Perhaps the biggest weakness of Shamaatae's 7th full-length album under the Arckanum banner is that it stands in the shadow of a trio o...

With Kostogher , Shamaatae decided to trade some of the fine tuned production values of his debut Fran Marder to create a primitive, causti...

Fran Marder is the first substantial stop on the evolutionary journey of one of Sweden's finest and most consistent black metal outfits...

Arckanum 's ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ was easily among my favorite black metal releases last year, a stunning proof of concept that marked a new care...

This Þyrmir EP would probably be a hard sell if you didn't enjoy Shamaatae's recent full-length masterpiece ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ , but since...

Perhaps the greatest thrill of writing music reviews is when a band you've long considered decent, but lacking that extra 'something...