Faustcoven

Faustcoven Is A Black/Doom Metal Band From Norway Started In Trondheim Norway In 2002 By Sole Member Gunnar Hansen With Johnny Tombthrasher And Terje Kraaboel Having Contributed Live Drums In The Studio . The Sound Of Faustcoven However Is Far Removed From What One Usually Expects From Norwegian Black Metal Being Mainly Inspired By The First Wave Of Black Metal Trad./proto Doom And Classic Heavy Metal Of All Shapes. The Production Is Bassy And Heavy Not The Usual Trebly & Thin B.M.-Production The Riffs Groovy And Midpaced Instead Of Tremolo Raping Two Note Melodies And No Blastbeats Are To Be Seen For Miles Around. Instead Of Frozen Forests And Evil Elves The Atmosphere Of Faustcoven Invokes Horror And DOOM. Oh Yeah And No Corpsepaint! Neither Is Faustcoven A Funeral Doom Band In Disguise The Riffs Are More Dynamic Trying To Follow The Lead Of Black Sabbath Pentagram And Hellhammer/Celtic Frost Rather Than The More Static Droney Riffs Many Other Black/Doom Bands Use. The Most Modern Part Of Faustcoven Is Probably The Extensive Use Of Dissonance Lending A Sense Of Eeriness To The Music But The Total Package Is One Mans Personal Time Machine Back Into The 80’s And Sometimes Even The 70’s . Signed On Die Hard Old School Label Barbarian Wrath The Discography Of Faustcoven So Far Apart From Demos Includes 2 Full Lengths The Halo Of Burning Wings 2003 And Rising From Below The Earth 2008 And One 7’’ Split With Fellow Norwegian Band Koldbrann Released In 2006. The Next Several Months Will Also See The Two Albums Released As LP’s On Legendary Vinyl Label Nuclear War Now! A Demo/rehersal Anthology On Under The Sign Of Garazel And A Split 7’’ On Iron Tyrant With German Labelmates Cultes Des Goules. The Next Full-Length Tentatively Titled “Hellfire & Funeral Bells” Is Also In The Works Although It Will Not Be Released Anytime Soon. While Representing A Rebellion Against Everything Modern Gothy And Sterile As Well As The So Called Old School Mid 90’s Clichés Of Black Metal Firmly Rooted In The Underground What Faustcoven First And Foremost Is Is A Passionate Declaration Of Love For Everything That Was Great About 70’s And 80’s Metal And A Salute To The Gods Of The Riff. read less