Saxophone-driven, instrumental, avan-garde/post-black metal eccentrics Five The Hierophant announced their new album ‘Apeiron’ set to be released in October via Agonia Records and unleashed a first single with ‘Initiatory Sickness’! Catch them on their just revealed tour in October to experience the new work!
Zeal & Ardor unveiled a second single with the snarling, staccato new track ‘Clawing Out’, another one from the upcoming 4th album ‘GREIF’, set for release in August!
Post-black act Machukha announced their debut album ‘Mochari’ to be released via Consouling Sounds in June and unveiled an intense video for first single ‘Bezpliddya’!
Michigan atmospheric black metal ensemble Vesperwynd released their new single ‘Osmosis’!
Blackgaze pioneers Alcest announced their new album ‘Les Chants De L’Aurore’ to be released in June via Nuclear Blast and shared a first mesmerizing track with ‘L’Envol’!
Australian dark folk/blackgaze project Suldusk shared the new single ‘Crystalline’ with a gripping new video, another track from the upcoming ‘Anthesis’ album, set for release in the beginning of March via Napalm Records!
In anticipation for their tour with Enslaved and Wayfarer next month, UK post-hardcore outfit Svalbard shared a video for ‘To Wilt Beneath The Weight’, from their latest album ‘The Weight Of The Mask’ released via Nuclear Blast last year.
After the team sent in their top lists at the end of last year, and calculating the results, we got to an interesting “albums of the year 2023” list featuring releases from Marduk, Kludde, Blink-182, Blackbraid, Orbit Culture, Gloryhammer, Ne Obliviscaris, Hypno5e, Periphery, Dying Fetus, Obituary, Avatar, Svalbard, VV and Sleep Token! Do you agree with any of these? What did you have in your top list?
Norwegian black metal outfit Vemod sets new prospective for its second album “The Deepening”. The album is recommended for fans of post-metal and shoegaze and influenced by bands like Alcest, out now via Prophecy Productions since last Friday.
Berlin based post-black metal act Nidare has unleased a brand new live session video for ‘Aderlass’, a track from their EP ‘Naehe un Flackern’ released last year via Through Love Records!
