NIXIL unleash yet another intense black metal track with ‘In Thrall’, from the upcoming album ‘From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire’, set for release in August via Prosthetic Records!

French avant-garde black metallists Celeste released the new video and single ‘Il Se Vide Lentement’, a track from their upcoming EP ‘Epilogue(s)’, set for release in November via Nuclear Blast!

Norwegian black metal elite Tsjuder have created a masterpiece on its sixth album “Helvegr”. The duo Nag and Draugluin take a furious classic direction into the frost-bitten style of bands like Marduk, Mayhem and Immortal. Out via Season of Mist!

Enevelde presents its classic, authentic sound rooted in the second wave of black metal. The second album “En Gildere Død” is expertly crafted by the multi-instrumentalist B. Kråbøl, released via Terratur Possessions.

Polish metal icons BEHEMOTH! are roaming through Europe with their ‘Deathless Summer Tour 2023’ and struck down at Substage in Karlsruhe, Germany with the support of Hypocrisy and SpiritWorld. A gorgeous night of some of the best metal the world has to offer right now, and extreme temperatures despite no pyro being used.

Only a bit over a week until Tuska weekend is upon us! If you weren’t convinced yet you needed to go, here are 9 reasons we believe should be enough motivation! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, and the biggest Tuska Expo ever, this is one for the books!

Graveworm’s tenth opus ‘Killing Innocence’ is a solid offering from the Italian veterans. The new songs are saturated with the symphonic and gothic trademarks, as the founding members Stefan Unterpertinger and Stefan Fiori continue to carve their niche in the gothic genre. Out on AFM records.

On the third abum ‘Black Flame Eternal’ the Atlanta-based quartet Cloak has honed their black metal/gothic/black metal craft to create their magnum opus. Recommended for fans of Uada, Tribulation, and Satyricon, it is out now on Season of Mist.

Blasphemer’s new side project band RUÏM offers a sinister and visceral piece of black metal. The debut album ‘Black Royal Spiritism – I. O Sino da Igreja’ is a demonic opus and a towering achievement for Grammy award winning guitarist Blasphemer. Out via Peaceville Records.