Hidden Gems & Guilty Pleasures: Horrifier (Norway)
Horrifier (Death Metal // Norway)
Hailing from Oslo, Norway, Horrifier have been vomiting pure, old-school brutality straight from the underground since 2022. Drawing inspiration from the legendary death metal bands of the late ’80s and early ’90s, the quartet channel the rotting sounds of Autopsy, the gnarly filth of Entombed, and the feral aggression of Repulsion.
Released in 2023 by Personal Records, Horrifier’s celebrated debut album, »Horrid Resurrection«, delivered uncompromising death metal built on crushing riffs, relentless drumming, and cavernous vocals that sound dragged up from the depths of the grave. No polish, no trends, and no modern gloss; only the raw stench of death metal the way it was meant to be: primitive, violent, and merciless. Horrifier’s sound here was putrid, aggressive, and relentlessly primitive, a putrid homage to the genre’s most savage roots.
In August 2026, the Norwegians returned with their second full-length, »Revelations Of Gore«: a concept record steeped in death, desperation, and ritual slaughter. Horrifier’s sophomore album follows a dying man who, standing at the edge of his final breath, encounters a monstrous entity offering him eternal life – but immortality demands a price… Driven by the fear of death, the man begins feeding the creature with human sacrifices in exchange for more time among the living. What starts as desperation slowly turns into obsession, as the line between survival and damnation fades beneath a growing pile of corpses.
Suitably, Horrifier musically illustrate this desperation & dementia with deft moves between relentless violence and suffocating darkness. Whilst retaining the band’s core sound, »Revelations Of Gore« sees bludgeoning riffs and savage tempos colliding with slower, ominous passages that build a heavy atmosphere of dread and decay, mirroring the protagonist’s descent into madness. The production is predictably crushing and richly organic, staying true to the original ethos of the metal of death: No gimmicks. No mercy. Only death.
Horrifier’s highly anticipated second album, »Revelations Of Gore«, was released internationally on August 7th, 2026 via Personal Records in CD format. Order your copy here: personal-records.com | personal-records.bandcamp.com | horrifiermetal.bandcamp.com
Courtesy of Personal Records
Discography:
• »Howl From The Grave« Demo (2022)
• »Cave Of Death – Vol.1« Split (Brutal Cave Productions, 2023)
• »Sadistic Impalement« Single (2023)
• »Horrid Resurrection« LP (Personal Records, 2023)
• »Burial Ground« EP (2025)
• »Horrifier / Impugner« Split (Lycanthropic Chants, 2025)
• »Compelled To Slaughter« Single (2026)
• »The Ingestion« Single (2026)
• »Revelations Of Gore« LP (Personal Records, 2026)
Horrifier is:
Adrian Risøy – Guitars, Vocals
Sander Halvorsen – Guitars
Erik Krokan – Bass
Andreas Langås – Drums
FFO: Autopsy, early Death, Incantation, Necrophagia, Repulsion, early Pestilence, Entombed, Asphyx, Obituary
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well