After releasing an album last year via Profound Lore Records, named as one of the top albums of the year by one of our writers, Bell Witch is going to roam through Europe on a huge European tour this spring, with support from Fvnerals, Knoll, The Keening and Thantifaxath!
Samoht was clearly somewhat inspired by dark Americana and country inspired music looking at his albums of the year 2023 list featuring artists like Dorthia Cottrell, Osi and the Jupiter, Wayfarer and The Coffinshakers, but also massive albums by bands like Frozen Soul, Serpent’s Oath, SLOW, OAK, Smoulder and Bell Witch!
UK brutal metallic sludge outfit Mastiff drops a crushing new video ‘Serrated’ featuring Harry Nott from Burner and Dan James from XIII, a first single from the upcoming album ‘Deprecipice’, set for release in March via MNRK Heavy!
Xavier apparently spent more time catching up with what he missed in 2022, than discovering new releases in a year that he seemed somewhat disappointed about what was coming out. He still picked out a handful of releases that stuck out for him with Nytt Land, Avatar, Gloryhammer, Kludde and Dymna Lotva!
Portland, Oregon based progressive sludge outfit Lord Dying shared the video single ‘The Universe Is Weeping’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Clandestine Transcendence’, set for release via MNRK Heavy next week Friday!
Portuguese outfit Ponte Del Diavolo dance with the devil on ‘Covenant’, another spellbinding single and video from their upcoming self-titled album set for release next month via Season of Mist!
Our resident extreme metal reviewer Mazen has a selection of stellar (mostly) black and death metal releases as his favorite of the year with Sulphur Aeon, Varathron, Moonlight Sorcery, Cruciamentum, Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Asphodelus, Marduk, …And Oceans, and Cirith Ungol!
Australian dark folk/blackgaze act Suldusk announces upcoming new album ‘Anthesis’, set for release via Napalm Records in March, and share the title track now with an accompanying video! Fans of Myrkur, Oathbreaker and Chelsea Wolfe, don’t sit on this one!
Dutch/Belgian black-doom project Stuporous shared the new track ‘Never Let Me Go’, another one revealed from their highly anticipated debut album ‘Asylum’s Lament’, set for release on January 25th via Void Wanderer Productions and War Productions!
From the cold dank fog of Portland, Oregon re-emerges death metal unit Petrification with their highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Sever Sacred Light’, set for release next month via Svart Records! Of which a second single ‘Sepulchral Lesions’ is out now!
