Estonian invasion to Germany
Four horsemen of death and black metal Swarn, Thou Shell Of Death, Hasswald and Death Kommander conquered the stage at the Barther Metal Open Air festival…
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Four horsemen of death and black metal Swarn, Thou Shell Of Death, Hasswald and Death Kommander conquered the stage at the Barther Metal Open Air festival…
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Anyone who has been following the activities of the Tartu metal scene has probably noticed the pride we feel for our hometown and its people. As a long-time resident of Tartu, and having spent more than a quarter of a century immersed in heavy music, I can confirm that the metal scene here, albeit with its rhythmic highs and lows, is an interesting phenomenon and certainly worth exploring.
Metal Made Tarbatu Read More »
On 21 June, a historic event will take place – Langenu, the heavy horse of the Setonic direction of the Tarbathian scene, will perform for the first time in Setomaa. The concert will take place in the Uusvada Village House as part of the program of the Finno-Ugric Film Festival FUFF.
Setonic Langenu in 13 pictures Read More »
Earlier this year, the one-man project 1695 released its second full-length ‘Vana maa’. The three-song album was released on cassette by the legendary Estonian label Trash Can Dance.
1695 ‘Vana maa’: the birth of the autumn symphony Read More »
Tartu death metal project Swarn decided to go ahead and sign up for a small
Latvian-Lithuanian tour at the beginning of March this year, accompanied by the Swiss-Scottish-German death
metal quintet Death Kommander. Let’s take a closer look!
Last year was filled with many positive events but as you may understand, organising a festival means channeling a lot of time (and energy) into one project and thus many of us were focused solely on bringing it to life. However, we haven’t been inactive…
What lies ahead of us? Read More »
February brought news about the second EP „…der Waldgang“ from the Tarbathian black metal duo Hasswald. Since the magazine TAUD covered their story just last autumn, we bring you the English version of the interview, especially, as the content of it has not yet aged like a sour vinegar.
HASSWALD: Our performance should make the listener question what reality is all about Read More »
The year 2024 is getting further and further behind us every day, and with it, human memory is gradually fading. In order not to completely forget everything that happened, we take it as our sacred goal to remember the significant things that happened in the metal circles of Tarbatu (sometimes also known as Tartu, Estonia) last year.
The annual cycle 2024 in the Tarbathian extreme scenes Read More »
Before we start, let me introduce you to Black Magic Estonia in case you haven’t heard of it yet. Black Magic Estonia was a venue and an association of a group of like-minded people from Tallinn with a specific focus on Black Metal. For most outsiders it served mainly as a place to witness amazing underground concerts or a place to continue after the official program of Howls of Winter has finished.
In memoriam Black Magic Estonia Read More »
When I first started planning the festival, I was hoping that the outcome will be something where all (very important, I’ll come back to that later) people who participate in one way or the other will go home and feel that it was worth the time spent. From what I heard, we managed to do
Thoughts from the organizer of Tarbariitus Read More »