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Nebelhex?: Laguz - Within the Lake

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Artist: Nebelhex? (@)
Title: Laguz - Within the Lake
Format: CD
Label: Candlelight Records (@)
Rated: * * * * *

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If you are a fan of Hagalaz Runedance you'll love the solo debut of Andrea Haugen (aka Nebelhexe). Nebelhexe (meaning fog–witch), is dark Nordic rock with elements of folk, darkwave, rock, gothic, industrial, classical, and other forms of music creating an eclectic blend. Hagalaz Runedance and Nebelhexe have much in common with their peers at NorthSide records ( www.noside.com ), especially Hedningarna, for their expansion outside of traditional Nordic folk into other areas of musical exploration. Like Loreena McKennit, Nebelhexe moves traditional, classical, and folk elements into a more acceptable listening format suitable for a modern audience. However, Nebelhexe goes a bit further and goes into Darkwave and Industrial sounding sectors with tracks like "My Visual World" and "Celtic Crows" for instance. The first adds a bit of electronics giving it a suitable darkwave feel while the latter adds a throbbing mechanical, industrial rhythm. All of the works of this artist have very strong pagan spiritual significance with a focus on Scandinavian mysticism. Andrea Haugen has been active in variuos occult orders and pagan groups since 1990 and is the author of her 2000 book The Ancient Fires of Midgard. She is reportedly at work on a musical project and theatre play with Sabbat/Skyclad creator Martin Walkyier. She is also handling Norwegian translation of Anton LeVey's Satanic Bible. Her label, Candlelight Records, is also planning a reissue of Hagalaz Runedance's highly revered Friggas Web and Volven albums.

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