Genre: AVANT-GARDE BLACK METAL / EXPERIMENTAL METAL
DØDHEIMSGARD (also DHG for short) are an extreme band from Norway from whom you never know what to expect.
Back in 1994, with guitarist/vocalist Aldrahn and Fenriz (Darkthrone) on bass/vocals, they started out as a black metal band, but two years after their formation, founder and drummer Vicotnik (also a member of avant-garde masters Ved Buens Ende) took over the lead role and then started playing guitar and more or less singing. They gained an unshakable position in the dark extreme scene with the cult record 666 International (1999), on which they came up with an experimental record thrown into an avant-garde industrial style, after which they shortened their name to DHG.
The name Dødheimsgard is an abbreviation of three words: død - death, heim - home and gard - realm, so a natural translation would be 'kingdom of death' or 'world of specters', which in their indefinable crossing of imaginable musical boundaries fits. DHG can be an edge-of-the-seat extreme black metal band, with riffs that cut under your skin, but at the same time, on their last two monumental records, they play with moods close to quietly Pink Floyd and mysteriously astral atmospheres.
In the past featuring a number of key bm-musicians from bands such as Thorns, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, Aura Noir, Immortal, Gorgoroth, Satyricon, etc., DØDHEIMSGARD are a band of unexpected means of expression and unexpected forms, far beyond the imaginable. In its dark realm, various surreal worlds clash and collide, and parallel realities can be permeated. One moment you are in nothingness, burnt by the flames of hell and surrounded by death itself, the next you are carried on the back of a pink unicorn. DHG is a world of paradoxes, a pitch-black twisted virus and magical rainbow rays. And then the band of unforgettable concerts worth travelling halfway around the world to see.
