And so it goes this December after December, and Furia are reaching further and further afield with black metal grown in heaps. Last year they were nominated for the Policy Passports for their latest album, Huta Luna, toured the whole country with it and reminded again that they are unbeatable. It's going to be hot as a steel mill, there's going to be excitement, and in the end there's going to be The Moon, or the Sun.
Gaahls Wyrd - one of black metal's most important throats in a solo version. The word ‘solo’ is key here, as Gaahl has a great band behind him in the studio and at gigs, but acts as a free electron - of the old Norwegian guard, he is the one who continues to remind us of the danger and spiritual power of the genre.
Aluk Todolo play intense and stimulus-infused krautrock with noiserock elements. Their constructions are mantric, with each of the three musicians pulling this noise of the night in their own direction. They hypnotise masterfully, for example on this year's Lux.