Neither German nor industrial these Americans certainly masquerade as one with their monicker, imagery and art. The band specializes in whirlwind death/black since 2005. The Nazi-themed demo Iron Hands On Scandinavia was issued as an EP by Mistress Dance Records as well. Stormlegion featured 13 tracks and appeared in 2008. An EP also appeared in late 2010 on Planet Metal called Kontakt. David Swanson returned to the fold in 2010 and later switched to bass.

Kommandant is essentially a Chicago supergroup.

KOMMANDANT – KONTAKT – PLANET METAL  
First and most importantly, this band’s label has the best name. One hopes it is a real outfit. Next, what about the band’s music? The band is American but could have fooled me for all its Scandinavian true black metal trappings. This is the stuff of black metal dreams with its deadly vocals, blurred blinding speed, down picking and hushed drums. The drums are blasting in hell, but the quiet and inexpensive production renders it all quiet.
As good as the band is conceptually, the music is weighed down by the weak production and massive loads of genericism. Still, rather this than generic ambient gothic industrial sensitive melowhatever. The best song is Sulphur Chariot, which contains some heavier riffing, and forceful riffing. – Anna Tergel