As the festival summer is quickly approaching, May sees many great releases yet again. Our team of writers put together a nice selection of those they are looking forward to the most this month with Deathstars, Cattle Decapitation, Veil Of Maya, The Dark Side Of The Moon, Ghost, Thulcandra, Frozen Soul, Sleep Token, Henget, Vomitory, Immortal, Kalmah and Legion Of The Damned!
Thomas Eriksen channels the raw classic aesthetics of old-school black metal and deserves an award for his newest musical accomplishment, his sixth album ‘Dypet’ which maintains the trademarks of Norwegian black metal with impressive catchy hooks. Out via Peaceville Records.
The third chapter of the trilogy, “Triade III: Nyx” from the Swiss atmospheric black metal trio Aara conveys majestic Victorian themes that are weaved by the spectacular performances of the trio. The six tracks are full of dark passages and captivating melodies, the fifth album is highly recommended for fans of Blut Aus Nord and such, released via Debemur Morti Productions.
‘Dust’ imparts the technical skills of the band, proving that Thron employs enough variation to deliver a tight performance. These Germans’ fourth album is well crafted and comes highly recommended for fans of Dissection, Tribulation and Necrophobic. Out on Listenable Records.
‘Of Existential Distortion’ is definitely among the best black metal albums that Iceland has offered in recent times. Úlfúð aptly managed to emphasize the hallmarks of 90s black metal dark melodies by presenting an album equally majestic as the Norwegian bands. Out via Dark Descent Records.
Swedish atmospheric black metal outfit Jord signed to Hammerheart Records for the release of their upcoming album ‘Tundra’, set for release in October!
Greek black metal outlaws Lucifer’s Child teamed up with Brazil’s Nervochaos for a Northern leg of their European “The Fall Of The Rebel Angels Tour”, which starts about halfway May!
Dødheimsgard’s sixth album “Black Medium Current” is a landmark in the realms of avant-garde music. Mastermind Vicotnik shows how versatile the band has become and delivers a trance-like atmosphere, hypnotic industrial beats embedded with beautiful synth textures, out via Peaceville Records! Don’t miss out on getting to hear some of this masterpiece live for the first time at Steelfest in Finland next month!
Epic extreme metal trio Craving shared the new single and video ‘Gods Don’t Negotiate’, featuring Cradle Of Filth’s Marek “Ashok” Šmerda, a track from the upcoming album ‘Call Of The Sirens’, set for release next month via Massacre Records!
In about 3 weeks, the eleventh edition of Steelfest will take place in Hyvinkää, Finland and they have yet again a very impressive line-up at this 3-day celebration of the underground!
