When I saw an email come through for a new Wormwood release, I was giddy with excitement. Sweden’s Wormwood has been one of the premier melodic black metal bands since their 2017 debut, Ghostland’s, through the trilogy of connected albums, Nattarvett, Arkivet, and 2024’s The Star. At the end of my review of The Star, […]
Sweden’s Wormwood burst onto the melodic black metal scene with 2017’s excellent Ghostlands, followed up by Nattarvett, the first of a planned trilogy of albums. Part two of the trilogy, 2021s Arkivet saw the band take a melancholic downturn befitting the tale of mankind’s general shittiness. I was hoping for a return to the more […]
I gotta say, so far I have not been real impressed with 2024. I started the year with a real good case of covid (I’m still not 100%), the Buffalo Bills simultaneously found new, creative ways to break my heart AND dig in to the “Best of” drawer of misery by once again kicking wide-right […]