OTYG - Bergtagen The Handsome Family Shaw and Lenz released the

Shaw and Lenz released the collaboration EP Bring Your Friends in 2024

California in 1966

” is best known as the brooding instrumental B-side to their epochal “Transdance

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” Lester Bangs

OTYG - Bergtagen The Handsome Family Shaw and Lenz released theCult Scandinavian folk metal! Otygs first demo recording, Bergtagen, has been remastered from the original tapes. Before folk metal turned into a gimmick, Otyg were already there. Bergtagen captures the band at its purest earthy, melodic, and deeply Scandinavian. No posturing, no plastic bombast. Just strong riffs, breathing rhythms, violin, jaw harp, and Vintersorg sounding raw, urgent, and serious. Though often called a demo, Bergtagen never felt