Nicolas Cage Fighter. A name that has inevitably sent music journalists into a hurried frenzy, trying to out-pun one another and tearing at their thesaurus’ like some flock of vocab vultures.

Tenebra have a lot to say about themselves.

With the notable exceptions of Mercyful Fate/King Diamond and Volbeat, Denmark’s underground hasn’t proven to be an almighty crucible that thrusts their kin into legend.

With the notable exceptions of Mercyful Fate/King Diamond and Volbeat, Denmark’s underground hasn’t proven to be an almighty crucible that thrusts their kin into legend.

The progressive side of metal is a quirky little cove. You’ve got the mathematicians in one corner toying with time signatures and the fabric of reality amongst other things, the novelists attempting to cram their stupendously-sized lore into a digestible runtime and even the ‘death-inspired’ folk on their mission to beat the bpm riff-record whilst maintaining wrist function.