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Ov Hell: the new all-star Norwegian black metal debut is there: the album is called ‘The Underworld Regime’ and I think that the entire black metal scene has been looking forward to this debut, be it that no one calculated for something innovative. Yes, Ov Hell is an all-star band: what about Shagrath on vocals, Tom Cato “King (ov Hell)” Visnes (ex-Gorgoroth, God Seed) and Ice Dale (Enslaved, Audrey Horne) on the guitars, Frost (Satyricon, 1349) on drums and last but least Teloch (Gorgoroth, 1349) on bass? Actually I felt that King Ov Hell and Satyricon were working on something new: after all, God Seed has been put on heavy ice (ice made out of heavy water that is!) and Satyricon has announced a break fors ome years. And Ice Dale? Well, this über-mercenary is always in for some musical cooperation, I bet this guy eats guitar strings for breakfast.
Ov Hell: actually, the album can only be disappointing since all musicians have participated in legendary albums: take the essential top of the genre and be sure that you will find several albums on which these guys have played in the top ten (guest appearances by Varg Vikerness, Roger Nattefrost and Demonaz would have made the set complete). My first impression is that the album will be to the liking of fans of, oh surprise, God Seed and the latest Gorgoroth ((‘Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt’). Pure Norwegian black metal, yet this time with a production as massive as the Trollveggen! Apart from the fast tracks ‘Acts Of Sin’ and ‘Krigsatte Faner’ it is mostly midtempo and on occasion epic metal headbangers in which the writing hand of King Ov Hell is obvious. Shagrath shows that he is still one of the grimmest vocalists in black metal, Frost rolls the drums like he can do so well (including a mighty groove) and the riffs are performed with power: yet what else would you expect from such a line-up? It is sheer professionalism what is offered here, even if I think that the songs ‘Invoker’ and ‘Hill Norge’ (the new drinking anthem for the Norwegian black metal scene?) are a bit too common for a band like this.
Ah what the (ov) hell: it is just a good album, without negative or positive surprises. Many, including me, will also take this album as a worthy alternative for God Seed, the band that did not happen since Kristian “Gaahl” Espedahl is done with playing metal (at the moment). Ov Hell does what they are expected to, and as such ‘The Underworld Regime’ is not a surprise but above all a good album, which is also very advisable to those who don’t want their black metal to extreme.
Out of Norway's biggest and darkest metal bands rises Ov HELL. This group of Satan’s all-stars has been sharpening their teeth in some of black metal's most influential bands for many years. Known as key figures in bands such as Dimmu Borgir and Gorgoroth, Shagrath and King have come together to bring forward a new chapter in Norwegian black metal history. Ov HELL will carry on in the same tradition for which King and Shagrath are known, but the collaboration between the two will mark a new era for them both. Frost, Ice Dale and Teloch have been recruited for the first full-length release which is entitled “The Underworld Regime”. The album combines the best from two worlds - King's remarkable riffs and the distinguishable voice of Shagrath.
The end result is a black metal album that contains all of the power and blast beats worthy of their evil pedigrees. Expect an assault on all false gods and hypocrisy that is of this world today.
"The album will contain a mixture of our different musical preferences and the personalities involved, which hopefully will lead to something original and new. Although I have to say though that I am more occupied of developing myself spiritually and musically than strive to be viewed as original by fans. This album contains music I've worked on in my Gorgoroth and God Seed years. It's been a little hell to actually see this music form into a band, so the name of the band is quite suitable. Through the first song I got from Shagrath I knew that he would be the perfect man to join forces with. He has strong individual qualities and a strong will to power.
I am very positive that when we finish up this album it will be an album that won't sound like anything we have done before, and with a quality that won't stand back from anything presented in black metal earlier!" - KING
“With both of our demanding music careers and other projects, timing was not on our side. After last years inferno festival, King and I yet again joined forces to brainstorm our need to collaborate our passion for dark art. Over the course of the past year, King sent me demo ideas that were so inspiring it made me put my skeptic feelings aside. I wasn't sure if I wanted to have another Black Metal project but my unquenchable thirst to explore my darkest beast, launched the birth Ov HELL. The majestic Ov HELL has become a band that reflects our roots, raw, ugly, arrogantly blasphemous with uncompromising truth from two influential Norwegian musicians needing to express our primitive side, straight out Ov HELL.” - SHAGRATH
Norway (Bergen)
Current line-up Shagrath (Stian Tomt Thoresen) - Vocals (Dimmu Borgir, Starkness, Fimbulwinter, Chrome Division, Ragnarok (Nor)) King (Tom Cato Visnes) - Bass (Sahg, Jotunspor, I, Audrey Horne, Clububba, Gorgoroth, God Seed)
Studio members: Teloch - Guitars (1349, Orcustus, Nidingr, Umoral, NunFuckRitual, Condenado, The Konsortium, Gorgoroth) Ice Dale (Arve Isdal) - Guitars (Trinacria, Malignant Eternal, Audrey Horne, I, God Seed, Bourbon Flame, Enslaved (Nor)) Frost (Kjetil Vidar Haraldstad) - Drums (Zyklon-B (Nor), Keep of Kalessin, Gorgoroth, Gehenna (Nor), Satyricon, 1349)
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Requested by the comrade BawB and 15 moar comrades 
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