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 Tsjuder
“Helvegr” (Season of Mist, 2023)

Tsjuder was one of those late discoveries. “Desert Northern Hell” was bought after reading a good review, and it did not disappoint. Their music is ferocious and cold, aggressive, and uncompromised, and uncompromised is the best way to describe the band and its whole existence. Tsjuder started out in 1995 and the above-mentioned record was probably the one that took them to the big stage of Black Metal.

“Helvegr” is a massive record. It has all the ingredients that we all love in the Norwegian sound, and some soft nuances that add more dynamics to the album, breaking the cycle of raging violence and “in your face” aggressiveness. Moments of melody and calm, not very recurrent in their work, are brought forward for their 6th Full-length.

The cold atmosphere is ever present, and one of the strongest things about Tsjuder is their ability to create these cold and killer atmospheres. An enormous discharge of Hate and Satan! The new album is a punch to the face of God and their followers, as all they have put out, although I feel some more - as mentioned before - mellower moments. Well, that is not the correct word… “Prestehammeren”, for example, has this groovier riff, and it fits so well with the overwhelming violence.

But wait, we got more! When the band chooses to go down “melody lane”, you can feel the riffs heat up and it is just an impressive display of craftmanship, right there and then! Never losing a bit of heaviness and massively appealing satanic emotion, Draugluin brings forth his power. Now this is an excellent display of power and dark tunes. Oh, once you finish the record jump over to check the band’s tribute to the Mighty Quorthon and Bathory, with “Tsjuder Tribute to Scandinavian Black Metal Attack”… the title reminds me of something ahah

In conclusion, Tsjuder did it again with a blast from the Past with sharpened claws well stuck in today’s snow. A fusion of melodies and times gone by. A must listen to every Black Metal fan of the golden age.


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