“Not all black metal must be about Satan. There’s plenty of bands who can be obscure and straight-to-the-point with a peculiar image and, of course, very powerful music.”

That is how the Dusktone label announced the debut album from the Swiss black metal band Vígljós, and indeed, it is not about Satan. As signified by the album’s title itself — Tome I: apidæ — it’s about… bees.  But there aren’t many bands who could have made an album like this one. Continue reading »