Finnish melodic death/doom outfit Marianas Rest announced their upcoming new album ‘Auer’ to be released next month via Napalm Records and shared the epic first single ‘Diseased’!

Italian doom/black outfit Ponte Del Diavolo sign to Season of Mist for the release of their upcoming new album!

As usual, Mazen’s top albums are a mix of death metal, black metal and a touch of doom metal, heralding everything that is underground and extreme with bands like Phobophilic, Autopsy, Stormruler, Watain, Shape of Despair, Ars Hmu, Sedimentum, Chaotian, Trolldom and Immolation!

German outfit Downfall Of Gaia announced their new album ‘Silhouettes of Disgust’ to be released in March via Metal Blade Records and shared a first single/video with ‘Bodies As Driftwood’!

Finnish progressive doom outfit The Abbey released another single and video with ‘Starless’ in anticipation of the release of their debut ‘Word of Sin’, out next month via Season of Mist!

UK melodic doom band Sermon announced their return with the new album ‘Of Golden Verse’, to be released via Prosthetic Records and share a first single with ‘Golden’!

Katatonia proudly presenting their hauntingly beautiful next studio album ‘Sky Void of Stars’ out January 20 via Napalm Records. It’s a classic Katatonia album, no surprises there. If you are a fan of melodic, melancholic metal and dark lyrics, you won’t want to miss out on this one.

“The Choral Tomb” is a bombardment of oceanic maelstrom the music is vastly spacious and filled with emotion-packed clean vocals, therefore, allowing much diversity by applying elements from sludge doom, droning atmosphere, and arpeggio guitars. Ahab conveys its own trademarks which they proclaim as a Nautical funeral doom institution. Out today via Napalm Records!

Atmospheric/depressive black metal project Winds Of Tragedy to release haunting new album ‘Hating Life’ via Meuse Music Records and Tragedy Productions in February!