Alright you filthy riff demons, light the candles, spill the wine (and maybe a bit of blood), and prepare to descend into darkness.
Because WATAIN aren’t here to play nice. They’re here to defile, to conjure, to burn your soul into ash and chant hymns over the smoke. 🔥🐺🕯️
Born in Sweden but baptised in the unholy fire of pure chaos, ritualism, and Luciferian madness, Watain don’t just play black metal — they live it, breathe it, and probably sleep in a coffin made of bones and goat skulls.
This is black metal the way Satan intended it. Blistering, bombastic, and backed by actual buckets of blood.
🩸 WHO THE HELL ARE WATAIN?
Genre: Black Metal / Ritualistic Chaos / Satanic Symphony of Destruction
From: Uppsala, Sweden 🇸🇪
Formed: 1998
Known For:
- Uncompromising live rituals soaked in pig’s blood and flame
- Melding raw old-school black metal with grand melodic evil
- True devotion to black metal’s violent, spiritual roots
- Not giving a flying goat’s skull about your opinion
They are NOT casual.
They are not for posers.
They are a church of fire and death — and the congregation is always full.
🔥 THE UNHOLY ORDER
- Erik Danielsson – Vocals/Bass / High Priest of chaos, corpsepainted and possessed
- Håkan Jonsson – Drums / Pummels like a demon chained to a war drum
- Pelle Forsberg – Guitars / Melodic malice from the depths
Watain’s core is Erik Danielsson – frontman, visual artist, and spiritual conductor of Hell’s orchestra.
When he speaks, it’s like a cursed prophet is whispering in your ear. When he screams, the dead listen.
💿 DISCOGRAPHY – THE DARK SERMONS OF WATAIN
☠️ Rabid Death’s Curse (2000)
🎧 The Limb Crucifix, Walls of Life Ruptured
Vibe: Raw. Primitive. Evil in cassette form.
The birth cry of a band already drenched in sin.
🐍 Casus Luciferi (2003)
🎧 Devil’s Blood, I Am the Earth, From the Pulpits of Abomination
Vibe: Where the beast grows teeth.
Riffs more hellish, rituals more defined.
A black metal milestone for the modern age.
🔥 Sworn to the Dark (2007)
🎧 Legions of the Black Light, Stellarvore, The Serpent’s Chalice
Vibe: Absolute masterpiece.
Atmospheric, furious, anthemic.
This is where Watain conquered.
Perfect balance of melody and malevolence.
💀 Lawless Darkness (2010)
🎧 Reaping Death, Waters of Ain, Total Funeral
Vibe: Even grander.
Won Swedish Grammy (yep, the devil got a trophy).
Choirs of evil with guitar solos that shred through dimensions.
🕯️ The Wild Hunt (2013)
🎧 Outlaw, The Child Must Die, They Rode On
Vibe: Controversial. Experimental. Still brutal.
Clean vocals, ballads, and a massive soundscape.
Still very black metal, but not afraid to explore.
Some fans panicked.
Others ascended.
🔥 Trident Wolf Eclipse (2018)
🎧 Nuclear Alchemy, Towards the Sanctuary, Furor Diabolicus
Vibe: Return to violence.
Short. Sharp. Absolutely feral.
Every track is a war cry.
This one bites, bleeds, and burns.
🖤 The Agony and Ecstasy of Watain (2022)
🎧 Before the Cataclysm, Septentrion, We Remain
Vibe: Refined darkness.
Blends melody and mania with surgical evil.
Includes haunting guest vocals from Farida Lemouchi (ex-The Devil’s Blood).
The closest Watain have come to “accessible” — and it’s still terrifying.
🎧 THE RIFF REPORT’S ESSENTIAL WATAIN RITUALS
🩸 Legions of the Black Light – Majestic. Morbid. Iconic.
🔥 Reaping Death – ***A blackened banger with ***actual hooks.
🐍 Nuclear Alchemy – The most violent 3 minutes you’ll hear today.
🕯️ The Serpent’s Chalice – Drenched in darkness and soaked in riffs.
💀 Before the Cataclysm – Black metal that feels apocalyptic AND beautiful.
🧠 WHY WATAIN MATTER
Because they:
- Put their soul into the void and dared it to look back
- ***Revived the danger and drama of black metal without compromise
- ***Live and breathe the true spirit of underground metal
- Mix blastbeats and beauty like Satan conducting a symphony
- ***Prove black metal can evolve without selling out its soul
This is more than music.
It’s devotion. Ritual. Art. Fire. Death. Rebirth.
Watain are the real fing deal.***
And if you know, you KNOW.
🎤 LIVE SHOWS – NOT A GIG. A RITUAL. A THREAT.
Watain gigs are:
- 🩸 LIT WITH BLOOD AND FIRE
- 🔥 Smell like burning hair, rot, and incense
- 🐐 ***Feature ***actual animal blood, bones, and unholy icons
- 🎭 Equal parts concert and summoning ceremony
Don’t wear white.
Don’t expect safety.
Do expect transcendence, terror, and tinnitus.
🎤 FINAL VERDICT FROM THE RIFF REPORT:
Watain aren’t just here to play black metal.
They’re here to call something ancient and awful down from the sky and hand it a microphone.
Want your metal ritualistic, roaring, and ready to consume the world?
Want ***gigs that feel like entering a haunted chapel ***during a possession?
Want a band that doesn’t pretend — because it’s the real fing darkness?
Then join the cult, raise the chalice, and swear to the fire.
This is WATAIN. And the flame never dies.
🕯️ The Riff Report lights the torch, howls at the void, and proclaims:
WATAIN – BLOOD. RIFFS. DEVOTION.
BLACK METAL AS IT SHOULD BE. 🔥🐍💀
