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OLD FOREST

About Me


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In the year 1997, the underground black metal scene was a rotting corpse, full of commercial and capitalist trend metal bands. It was at this time that three British long-time underground fans with apt musical ability decided that the flame of the dying scene had to be rekindled at all costs. Old Forest was born under the stars, in a mutual pact of understanding to preserve the cold and dark melancholy that was the very root of black metal. From the darkest depths of the underground seeped forth Kobold, Beleth and Grond with their debut demo ‘Of Mists and Graves’.
Old Forest's album debut was released through Cult Black Metal label Mordgrimm. The album was universally ignored, and this solidified Old Forest's status as a CULT black metal group. Shortly afterwards, a second album was recorded, titled "None More Black (the second coming)". This was never to see the light of day, and Old Forest shortly afterwards ceased activity in order to follow more esoteric paths.
In 2007, the members of Old Forest decided that they would reform in order to continue their musical crusade of anti commercial Cult Black Metal.
The new material will begin to appear in 2008 ; an EP trilogy exploring the dark myths and legends of the Sussex Weald (a.k.a Andredsweald). The first release of this trilogy is released on March the 23rd, through Death To Music productions, and is titled ;
"Tales of the Sussex Weald - Part 1 (The Legend of the Devil's Dyke)"
This comes in the form of a strictly limited edition Mini CD featuring 5 tracks of raw and etherial Black Metal, accompanied by a 24 page booklet explaining the myth of the Devil's Dyke for the first 100 European orders only (the postage is too expensive worldwide). A total of only 222 limited edition CDs of '...Part 1' are available.
An instant cult classic, not a best-seller...
OLD FOREST - 'The Devil's Dyke' music video (2008)

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Music:

Member Since: 19/08/2007
Band Website: www.myspace.com/OldForestOfficial
Band Members: KOBOLD - all vocals & synths

BELETH - 4 & 6 string guitars

GROND - All warhammer drums & percussion
Influences: early Emperor (self-titled mini album & As The Shadows Rise 7") old Burzum (demos & first 3 albums) old Darkthrone, old Mayhem (before the death of Dead and Euronymous) and the first albums ONLY of the following ; In The Woods, Dimmu Borgir, Forgotten Woods, Satyricon, Immortal and Old Funeral.
Sounds Like: Cult Black Metal in the style of early 90's Norwegian church-burning black-metal.
Record Label: DEATH TO MUSIC Prod. (anti-record label)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

THE LEGEND OF THE DEVIL'S DYKE booklet re-release

After recieving many requests to re-release the out-of-print booklet that accompanied the first 100 copies of Part 1 of our 'Tales of the Sussex Weald' trilogy "The Legnd of the Devil's Dyke"  - we ha...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:02:00 GMT

SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK

TV viewers in the South East (of England) may have seen recently that the area once known as 'Andredsweald' (which serves as the setting for the current Old Forest trilogy of EPs 'Tales of the Sussex ...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:50:00 GMT

OLD FOREST T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE

OLD FOREST are pleased to announce that you can now pre-order your ltd. edition 'Tales of the Sussex Weald' t-shirt directly from the webshop at www.deathtomusic.com for £13, which includes postage an...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:50:00 GMT

PART 2 ; DOMAIN OF THE LONG MAN !

OLD FOREST - Tales of the Sussex Weald ; Part 2 (Domain of the Long Man)After many late nights researching, rehearsing and recording, we are please to announce that Part 2 of our Sussex Weald tri...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:22:00 GMT

Marking our 10th Anniversary..

...our debut demo 'Of Mists and Graves' is now available to download FREE at www.deathtomusic.com - send a blank email to [email protected] to join the mailing list. Also, a rarely given in...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:44:00 GMT

TALES OF THE SUSSEX WEALD ; PART 2

We are currently working on Part 2 of our "Sussex Weald" trilogy - exploring the mysterys along the spine of the sussex downs like a forboding storm cloud...Currently in rehearsals stage, we shal...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:19:00 GMT

OLD FOREST - the new era...

Hails one and all - we thank you for your continued interest in OLD FOREST. As you have no doubt gathered, after 7 years of inactivity, OLD FOREST have reformed and begun recording agai...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:57:00 GMT