Nifelheim

Trident bassist Alex Impaler is as big a metalhead as you or I, and not just because he plays in Swedish metal bands. In addition to practicing kickboxing when he's not playing music, he collects Iron Maiden memorabilia. "I have around 360 albums, 100 T-shirts and I don't know how many 'things': pins, posters, patches, Eddie figures," Impaler told Noisecreep...

Alongside Marduk, Dissection, Nifelheim and Naglfar, Sweden's Necrophobic are part of the old-school Swedish black/death metal vanguard, and have been carrying the torch for evil heavy metal for decades. Leather, spikes, and fire, Satan, razor-edged melodies, and icy cold spite are the hallmarks of the style, alongside the total "don't give a f---" attitude that many old-school metallers