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VON / Press

“DARK GODS Vol.II - MOTHER (Exclusive Single) - a new, doom-laden and gothic sound that will dig its claws into your heart and drag you slowly to the pits of Hell...turn down the lights, and sink into Mother”

“DARK GODS Vol.II - THE CULLING (Exclusive Single) - a groove-laden heavy and harsh piece of music presents a bleak vision of the thinning of the herd of humankind through mass murder propagated by a ruling elite, and closes to a refrain of ‘Revolution’”

“DARK GODS Vol.II - MUSE OF EVIL (Exclusive Single) - VON’s new disc, Dark Gods: Birth of the Architects, will boast a dozen primitive and sinister tracks...no more stalling here is some fresh VON for those ears”

“DARK GODS Vol.II - ABANDON (Exclusive Single) - a vicious letter of hatred, pumping forth bitter, anger-filled lyrics that make their intention crystal clear...this is rage at its most basic, sadistic and cruel”

“DARK GODS Vol.II - DEMONSKIN (Exclusive Single) - US Black metal godfathers VON have revealed the latest...the slithering, sinister 'DemonSkin'”

Louise Brown - IRON FIST MAGAZINE

“DARK GODS Vol.II - INVASION (Bass Demo) (Exclusive Single) - Slow-moving black death has come early this year…this tune invades your eardrums while filling your thoughts with a creepy sensation”

“DARK GODS Vol.II - BLACK LOTUS (Bass Demo) (Exclusive Single) ... this demo version, it’s otherworldly — a slow progression of vibrating bass tones and electronic noises that warble and shimmer like radiated waves from a dark star”

"DARK GODS Vol.II - RITUAL OF THE BLACK MASS (Exclusive Single) ... infiltrates the classic low-fi blackened monstrosities with which VON is synonymous, with more demonic rock, guttural vocal torment, and a plodding/maniacal occult doom murkiness.”

“DARK GODS Vol.II - RISE OF THE ANCIENTS (Exclusive Single) - “Rise of The Ancients” ... raw black metal with the foreboding tones of doom”

“DARK GODS Vol.II - THE COUNCIL OF SEVEN (Exclusive Single) - "The Council of Seven" is VON at their most sacrilegious and caustic, proving yet again why the band remains in a place all their own in black metal”

“DARK GODS Vol.II - ARCHITECTS OF DEATH (Exclusive Single) - "Architects of Death"...dark, threatening, aggressive and laced with the lyrical evilness that are trademarks of VON”

“DARK GODS Vol.II - TOMBS - there’s no mistaking the violent horror that VON channels even with this instrumental song...let yourself be enveloped by the void”

“DARK GODS: SEVEN BILLION SLAVES - VON seem to have finally taken up the mantle of black metal royalty in a way they have always deserved. What the Dark Gods Trilogy will ultimately become is yet to be seen, but the beginning is a promising one”

“DARK GODS: SEVEN BILLION SLAVES - A rotting miasma, a great sense of unease, and an otherworldly feel to the music, an atmosphere that VENIEN!!! and VON are known for”

“DARK GODS: SEVEN BILLION SLAVES - overwhelming, like a vision of hell brought to earth and with its convoluted and esoteric patterns shows us darkness revealing itself before our eyes, while we stare at the screen too scared to scream”

“DARK GODS: SEVEN BILLION SLAVES - raw black metal that succeeds greatly at creating an unsettling feeling in listeners, especially on the very surprising ten-minute piece “Ancient Flesh of the Dark Gods” made in collaboration with doom band Coffinworm”

“DARK GODS: SEVEN BILLION SLAVES - the music is good, the production is solid, and the entire album drips with evil atmosphere. These guys are the definition of “Trve Kvlt Black Metal” and you owe it to yourself to check them out if you’re not initiated into the fold yet”

“DARK GODS: SEVEN BILLION SLAVES - compared to bands as Blasphemy and Beherit (in the old days always named in one sentence with VON) these songs have the impact of a grenade - a high pace and with a dark, obscure sound. Niiiiiiice!”

“DARK GODS: SEVEN BILLION SLAVES - Dark Gods: Seven Billion Slaves comes off like the album that VON was trying to do all along, but had to get that pesky first full-length out of the way - the song ideas are more thought out and arranged”

“DARK GODS: SEVEN BILLION SLAVES - ample variation of pace, sound and mood (50 shades of dread, misery and hate) to keep it by and large an interesting and evocative listen”

“DARK GODS: SEVEN BILLION SLAVES - this is uncompromisingly malignant music - of course, I found it quite appealing”

“DARK GODS: SEVEN BILLION SLAVES - USBM primitivist resurrect themselves in filth - if ever there was a band to divide the black metal scene, it was VON”

“DARK GODS: SEVEN BILLION SLAVES - the album engulfs the listener in absolute darkness and madness VON is the sound of H.P. Lovecraft’s Absinthe-induced fever dreams”

“DARK GODS: SEVEN BILLION SLAVES - Dark Gods showcases a band who have put a fair amount of time, effort, and intelligence into progressing their chosen art”

“DARK GODS: SEVEN BILLION SLAVES - The record entails everything buried by the dusts of time and encompasses that raw, eerie and evil sound that makes this type of black metal an acquired taste and work of art”

“DARK GODS: SEVEN BILLION SLAVES - Nine tracks of a severe heart attack to the weak awaits us all, some being giants with more than 10 minutes, others very short, but the band hits the bull’s-eye”

“SATANIC BLOOD - the first thing to note about Satanic Blood is just how fucking evil it is”

“SATANIC BLOOD - a raw, searing document of bleak but classic black metal from a band so significant they literally gave Watain their name”

“SATANIC BLOOD - A time capsule from 1992 produced in 2012, Satanic Blood is a paradox. A record humming with the nascent energy of black metal in it’s earliest days, but one that is fundamentally out of a place at any point in time, Satanic Blood is a fascinating listen”

“SATANIC BLOOD - VON’s taking a riff and, through repetition and backing it with forceful blasts of mayhemic blasphemy, turning it into a dizzying, hypnotic wave of fury, remains a calling card that is theirs alone”

“SATANIC BLOOD - repetitive, primitive, low-budget, & ugly, VON’s songs play tricks on you too it’s all so lowbrow and bizarre that it starts to feel like high art after awhile”

“SATANIC BLOOD - For those who have heard only whispers about VON “Satanic Blood” will be an adventure”

“SATANIC BLOOD - VON is great, unique black metal and I am glad they have returned. ‘Satanic Blood’ is essential listening from this classic original band”

“SATANIC BLOOD - Satanic Blood gives me the same feeling I got the 1st time I heard Slayer, Venom or even Marduk (Fuck me jesus Demo). These gentlemen are some of the most pissed off twisted fucks I have ever gotten the chance to listen to”

“SATANIC BLOOD - Lo-fi, cacophonous, relentless, and laced with all the fervent hate, ire and rancour of a Catholic priest, it’s easy to see why so many bands summon up VON as a key figure in early 90s black metal”