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Mork — Ferdamann (Official Video)
Ferdamann means the wanderer, and that is exactly what this sounds like. Cold, patient, riff-first Norwegian black metal from a man who has been doing this alone since 2004. Monolitt is out now on Peaceville and this is the track to start with.
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DEEP DIVE Walg. Six albums in five years and almost nobody noticed
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