James Curcio steers of clear of the usual genre detritus to offer his definitive guide to Scandinavian black metal. Curcio makes some excellent choices, but chooses to focus on bands who incorporate folk elements into their blistering, under-produced paeans to the old ways. Where is a black metal band like Gehenna? Gehenna, who should have a new album coming out sometime this year? Gehenna, who could shred you into oblivion? Gehenna, whose bone-crunching music you should already be trying to download? That Gehenna.
