From issue # 8 of the ever-reliable Holocaust 'zine, I present an interview with bassist/vocalist Janto Garmanslund of Hades (Norway, later Hades Almighty) shortly after the release of their debut, ...Again Shall Be. In 1993, guitarist Jørn Inge Tunsberg was convicted of burning the Åsane stave church along with Varg Vikernes, for which he served several years of prison time. Unfortunately nowhere near as renowned as much of their brethren, Hades were nevertheless phenomenal, sounding very much Norwegian while playing in a slower, folk-inflected style heavily indebted to Hammerheart and Twilight of the Gods. Both of their full-lengths prior to their name change - the debut mentioned above and The Dawn of the Dying Sun - come with the highest possible recommendation.
Janto - Holocaust # 8 - 1995
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