It has been a while since we last caught up with Ørjan Stedjeberg aka Ulvedhin Hoest aka Taake. In the meantime he’s been up to all sorts including a return to jail and pissing off most of Germany including those uptight, fuddy duddy old thrash metal guys Kreator. If you actually like black metal as opposed to sitting on Blabbermouth all day (and we do lots and lots) then the most exciting bit of Taake related news is that he has finally completed album number four. It’s a self-titled effort and the first outside of the arc of his initial three record ‘trilogy’. It sounds bleak, more than a little punky, raw and in thrall to Bathory, Venom and Hellhammer. Which is a good thing. Our buddy Dylan knows more about black metal than you so we got him to ask Hoest some questions. We weren’t sure whether he’d answer them or send us back a burning effigy of our email or something but check it out! He did!

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