Norwegian outlet Fosen Folket reports that black metal figure Snorre Ruch of Thorns and his friend Rune Krieghr Røstad a.k.a. General Gribbsphiiser of Slagmaur have been declared missing. Røstad posted a photo of the two on Facebook earlier this week before heading out for a “boys’ hike and night under open skies” in the Varghiet forests. No one has heard from them since.
Trading Louisiana sludge for a more European soundscape, black metal act Scour is the latest project from Phillip H. Anselmo, the former frontman of Texan bruisers Pantera and New Orleans supergroup Down. Although quite some distance away from his usual musical stamping ground, this isn’t the first time Anselmo has turned his hand towards black metal, but where the likes of Eibon and Viking Crown merely laid the groundwork, it’s with Scour where all the pieces have finally come together. Continue reading