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An off-shoot of Norwegian dark steel legends Emperor, Zyklon was founded by guitarist/bassist Zamoth (aka Samoth, as he’s known in Emperor), who wished to concentrate on the newer and aggressive areas of the last mentioned band’s style. Weighed against Emperor, Zyklon includes a even more hard-edged and much less atmospheric …

When attention 1st centered on Norway’s nearly cartoonishly violent dark metal scene within the mid-’90s, Mayhem were dubbed its godfathers, but a lot of the critical accolades were bestowed upon Emperor, whose musical innovations experienced more effect on the genre than every other band. Norwegian dark steel was rife with …