Nidhogg - Narcissvs

Label: Nidhogg (Independent) Release Date: February 6th, 2026

Unleash the wolves of the Polish black metal metalion. Narcissvs the debut album from Polish practitioners of evil Nidhogg (solo project of former Wilczyca vocalist), released in February with a strength and power to it that you may not hear that often.

This sounds to me, very much like a late 90s/early 2000s Behemoth release. Black metal with the hairy balls of death metal. I think it’s awesome honestly. I’m really not searching for it specifically, so maybe I just don’t know of others, but this ballsy black metal sound isn’t stuff I hear often. It makes sense though, Nidhogg are a Polish band, whom have been playing quite a bit with Behemoth. Naturally, this all just makes sense. I will say, if Behemoth put in just half of the effort they put into trying to make Christians cringe with their lyrics, into focusing on the music, they’d come out with a record this good. 

Although my favorite song on the album is a ripping cover of Kat’s Wyroczina, Nidhogg’s originals speak for themselves. The title track Narcissvs is pummeling force that sets the tone and expectations for the rest of the record well, Transilvania is fierce head bobbing tune and Humanity means Nothing is a great experience that leans even more heavily into the folk elements you can hear across the rest of the album. with its folk elements, which you can hear all over the album but this one sticks out to me.

Nidhogg himself unsettles me. He seems nice, but a big polish dude with white out contacts and long black dreads, ahhhh what am I saying, sounds like who my mom thinks I hang out with.

While I think this is a great record, it does run its course. I don’t find myself being super focused on it. I put it on after the first listen and it’s just kinda on. It’s good but not something I’m leaving on repeat. All in all Narcissvs is a good listen and a different flavor of black metal from what I’m accustomed to expecting from newer bands. Nothing monumental but a great debut record with a fresher, ballsier black metal sound from a band I’m looking forward to hearing more from and hopefully seeing live. Also what the fvck is vp with all the replacing the “u” with a “v”? What’s the point? Is there one? If not, maybe stop it?

Score: 7/10