Taake "Avvik" CD metal merch Bassist Jesse Johnson ultimately decided

Bassist Jesse Johnson ultimately decided to step aside

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Taake "Avvik" CD metal merch Bassist Jesse Johnson ultimately decidedAvvik translates to anomaly or deviation. And even though Taake have been recognized as an important act within the Norwegian Black Metal scene for decades, they have always stood on the outside of main currents of black metal, a scene once founded by deviants and outcasts. In this context, Avvik also refers to this particular collection of songs, as the album compiles tracks which never really fitted in to any of the Taake releases, and hence ended