Laat maar komen die plaat. Als het hele album zo is als de twee nummers die je kunt beluisteren ben ik bang dat ik aan het eind van het jaar mijn nog aan te kopen CD versleten heb. Wat een top nummers!!! Argo van Bart
The first 30 seconds of "Revenge by Fire" convinced me to get the whole album! It is a face-melting blend of speed and black metal, reminiscent of Hellripper! KVAEN is a Swedish solo project much like Hellripper but many known guest musicians helped J. Björnfot in his endeavor. Altogether it is really a solid debut album, I loved the melodies and the pace changes in the second half too, ending with a "calm" instrumental one. Well-done!! sachavonkarl74
The band pays tribute to old-school black metal without becoming a cliché. Their music is exactly what I want when I want to listen to straight-up Second Wave black metal. The riffs were memorable and weren’t diluted by too-long run times; the drums were resonant and powerful without being overpowering, and the songwriting was excellent overall.
Finland black metal band att the finest.
10/10
⚔🖤⚔. SANDRA.N.696
Blackened hardcore with the sheer heady power of stadium crust and the glacial melodies of second-wave black metal. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 10, 2023
Dinbethes blew me away, so I started paying attention to Dutch Black and found Ossaert. Then I realized P was involved in both projects; and following P, I found Weerzin and then this: Shagor. Total abyss, profundity, whirling blackness, ritualistic hallucinogenic trance chanting echoes, rabid nocturnal wailing, all raging from a chamber in an ageless citadel of Cyclopean masonry buried under the ocean. It’s so raw, yet so multilayered and impassioned. This is great! 10/10 zlatanika