The Nar Mattaru Curses

Swedish pioneers MZ.412 return to the forefront of the black industrial scene with the 2026 release of The Nar Mattaru Curses on the UK-based Cold Spring label. As originators of the genre, the group—led by Henrik Nordvargr Björkk alongside Drakh and Ulvtharm—has spent over three decades defining a sound that merges dark ambient textures with ritualistic noise and metal aesthetics. This fourteen-track album, issued as a CD in a digipak featuring artwork by Abby Helasdottir, serves as a comprehensive archival collection of the band's more elusive output. The material spans nearly thirty years of the project's history, gathering obscure and previously unreleased recordings captured between 1989 and 2017. Sonically, the release traverses uncompromising ritual industrial landscapes, characterized by apocalyptic atmospheres and crushing sonic sorcery that reflect the band's occult foundations. Arriving in a year marked by significant reissues of their early discography, this collection reinforces the enduring influence of Maschinenzimmer 412 within the global industrial underground. The Nar Mattaru Curses functions as both a historical document and a potent display of the malevolent, ritualistic soundscapes that remain the hallmark of the Swedish behemoths.