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Hælbearded Ætherworship

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A vessel to celebrate semi-obscure offerings of underground extreme metal (and certain outliers) with a particular atmosphere #blackmetal #deathmetal #doommetal

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Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Jan 26

To start things of with this account, here's my 25 favorite albums of 2024, seperate list for minor releases coming later

AotY: @haexagram.bsky.social - Portal
EPotY: Erzfeynd - Fivrrist

for everything else I'm just listing the bands in clockwise order based on grouping in the replies
#aoty #metal

favorite albums of 2024 with Häxenzijrkell in the as the album of the year in the middle and all 24 more black, death and doom metal albums arranged in no particular order around it

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Fvneral Fvkk @fvneralfvkk.bsky.social · Aug 19

SwampFest will be our next and last congregation in 2025

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Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Aug 19

I left out the festivals in my post :D

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Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Aug 19

Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you attended:

• Wolvennest, Morast, Deathless Void
• Lugubrum, Bradung, Fall of Luvah
• Black Curse, Concrete Winds
• Cult of Fire, The Great Old Ones, Caronte
• Insect Ark, The Devil's Trade

Donovan @donomite.bsky.social · Aug 19

Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you attended:

Profanitica
Woe
Obsidian Tongue
Baazlvaat
Dragged Into Sunlight

I think. Something like that. I might have missed several.

Spooky Ana 🤘👩🏻‍🎨 @anageorge.art · Aug 19

Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you attended:

Green Day
Ghost
Carpenter brut
OM
Murder by Death

This is since 2019 lol… I used to go to way more shows pre-pandemic

Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Aug 16

A little overdue appreciation post for minor releases of the past 2 years

Check the alt text for band names

#Erzfeynd - fivrrist
gets the top spot, everything else in no particular order

#metalsky #blackmetal #aetherworship

Grid of my favorite minor releases 2023 to 2025

at the top: Erzfeynd - Fivrrist

all others artists for each column:

• Dark Divination • Karner • Otras • Tabula Rasa •

• Erzfeynd, Schrecken • Hænesy, Autumn Nostalgie • Moonstruck •

• Vollmondprozession • Trogne • Häxenzijrkell, Drengskapur •

• Häxanu, Collier d'Ombre • Fyrnask, Vetter • Blytzschwert •

• Oerheks • Nubivagant, Häxenzijrkell • Krvna • Erbeet Azhak •

Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Aug 15

Yep, fully agree. Think that's the general consensus from I've heard so far. Also, the vocalist is more occupied with Death Like Mass these days, which manage to capture some of the essence of this release in different ways

Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Aug 14

Amor fati bands never lack quality

Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Aug 14

cultesdesghoules.bandcamp.com/album/henban...

This month's obsession goes to henbane

A true gem in the world of occult weirdness

#cultesdesghoules #blackmetal #occultblackmetal #blackmetalsky

Henbane, ...or Sonic Compendium of the Black Arts, by CULTES DES GHOULES

5 track album

cultesdesghoules.bandcamp.com

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Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Aug 14

Morning to thee

It's weird icelandic stuff for mee

sjalfsmordafgaleysi.bandcamp.com/album/absolu...

Absolute Monarchy, by Sjálfsmorð af Gáleysi

8 track album

sjalfsmordafgaleysi.bandcamp.com

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Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Aug 14

Finland and restrained? Their stereotypical sound these days is perhaps even too melodic with some signatures of their traditional folk melodies. Or that of the sargeist video game music plagiarism variety.

Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you!

Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Aug 13

weltgeistbm.bandcamp.com/album/demo-i

The release where this illustration is used btw. The logo is also my work.

#blackmetalsky #finnishblackmetal #weltgeist

Demo I, by Weltgeist

3 track album

weltgeistbm.bandcamp.com

Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Aug 13

Reactivating my art account, while the creativity is high

Horæther Arts @horaether.bsky.social · Aug 13

The all

Illustration for Weltgeist

#darkart #inkdrawing #artsky

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Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Jul 1

After a bit of inactivity here's another music worship post with my most listened new releases of 2025 at the half year point. Ordered by number of plays.

Only a couple of them are from bands that I didn't know beforehand

#aoty #metalsky #blackmetalsky

Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · May 7

Not entirely new band and also very similar to the main member's other project dysylumn, which would be highly recommended for those who enjoy this new abyssal vacuum

Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · May 5

#BlackCurse live is just pure insanity. Captured on 03.05. In Karlsruhe

#blackmetalsky #deathmetalsky #live #concert

Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · May 5

Heh, I rather come from Oerheks/Häxenzijrkell to them but yeah, brilliant project

Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · May 5

the never ending smiles. Should have payed more attention, but I can't remember if this is still the case when I saw both of them this time around

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Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · May 5

kind of a heavier version of wolvennest. would I have made that comparison if Deha wasn't involved? 🫠🤔 I let you decide

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Jordan 🏳️‍🌈 @nocturnalegg.bsky.social · May 4

Brouillard aime pas le doom. Du coup, elle a la distance parfaite pour en faire.
Vous m'écoutez ça TOUT DE SUITE !
#DoomMetal #Bandcamp
transcendance-bm.bandcamp.com/album/alukta...

ALUKTA - Merok, by Transcendance

6 track album

transcendance-bm.bandcamp.com

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Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Apr 25

My week of listening 17/2025

Seeing Saor and Can Bardd reignited the spark. Otherwise here's another week of excessive doom

new
#SilverKnife
#Tribunal

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Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Apr 24

I think serpent luminis and pure should be your cup of tea. I also like the dsbm project enoid

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Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Apr 11

Music week 15/2025

It's the week ván doom, Meiningen lots of new #doommetal (Messa & Caronte) and lots of #vánrecords releases

New:
#Vollmondprozession
#Caronte
#Messa
#DarkDivination
#SumerianTombs

Discovered:
#SpectresAndTeeth

#blackmetalsky #doommetalsky

Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Apr 10

A few impressions from last night with #CultOfFire #Caronte and #theGreatOldOnes in Munich

#metalsky #liveconcert #backstagemunich

Hælbearded Ætherworship @aetherworship.bsky.social · Apr 9

Mine too, perhaps even my number one from that area