I deal a lot with finality and finitude and mortality in my work as a musician and as a writer,” Watain ringleader Erik Danielsson says. “I think it’s invigorating to contemplate. I find that life gets a bit more vivid and intense when you are aware of the mortality of things.” You can feel that intensity on the Swedish black metal band’s seventh album, The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain, which explores death on a personal and global level, often through the invocation of female archetypes both real and imagined. “It’s a bit unusual to have an album title that refers to the band,” Da… read more
I deal a lot with finality and finitude and mortality in my work as a musician and as a writer,” Watain ringleader Erik Danielsson says. “I think it’… read more
I deal a lot with finality and finitude and mortality in my work as a musician and as a writer,” Watain ringleader Erik Danielsson says. “I think it’s invigorating to contemplate. I find… read more
Watain is a Swedish Black Metal band, formed in Uppsala, Svveden in 1998. The band's name is taken from a song written by American black metal group Von. According to Erik Danielsson, when the band formed, "there weren't really any bands anymore that seemed to take things that seriously, and there weren't that many bands that actually consisted of, you know, people that did so much more than just play the music that they liked and the same kind of music that their idols play". They released their demo Go Fuck Your Jewish "God" in 1998 and their liv… read more
Watain is a Swedish Black Metal band, formed in Uppsala, Svveden in 1998. The band's name is taken from a song written by American black metal group Von. According to Erik Danielsson, … read more
Watain is a Swedish Black Metal band, formed in Uppsala, Svveden in 1998. The band's name is taken from a song written by American black metal group Von. According to Erik Danielsson, when the band formed, "there weren't… read more