News Posts

Dutch atmospheric black metal trio An Autumn For Crippled Children shared the new single ‘This feels like dying’ from the upcoming Prosthetic Records album ‘Closure’, set for release next month!

Hexvessel’s 2nd single ‘Ring’ from the upcoming album ‘Polar Veil’, set for release in September via Svart Records, harks back to Mat “Kvohst” McNerney’s past in black metal bands with an eerie and mesmerizing soundscape!

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!

Longstanding American outfit Abigail Williams signs with Agonia Records to spread more of their atmospheric black metal through their upcoming new album!

Swedish atmospheric black metal outfit Jord signed to Hammerheart Records for the release of their upcoming album ‘Tundra’, set for release in October!

Atmospheric black metal act Gyrdleah shares the new song ‘Speak of the Devil’ from the upcoming new album ‘Spellbinder’, set for release next month via Black Lion Records!

Experimental, atmospheric black metal project Óreiða announced the upcoming album ‘The Eternal’ to be released in May via Debemur Morti Productions and shared the title track!

Blackened progressive metal project Dawn Of Ouroboros shared their new single ‘Velvet Moon’ with accompanying video, another track from their upcoming album ‘Velvet Incandescence’, set for release via Prosthetic Records in April!

UK black metal trio Dawn Ray’d released their new single ‘Go As Free Companions’, another track from their upcoming album ‘To Know The Light’, set for release on March 24 via Prosthetic Records.

Atmospheric black outfit Witte Wieven set release date for ‘Dwaallicht’ on April 14 via Babylon Doom Cult Records and shared a track from the album!

Album Reviews

AARA’s fourth album “Triade II: Hemera” evokes an aura of modern black metal. The six tracks brim with new elements like Indian female vocals, Jewish Shofar horn and religious choirs.

Bekëth Nexëhmü’s fourth album encapsulates the essence of bands like Ulver, Satyricon and Burzum and draws nearer to the themes of depressing black metal.

Ars Hmu’s debut full length “Empire of Impurity” is as grim and cold as the Norwegian and Swedish black metal counterparts that falls between the atmospheric and the symphonic form of black metal.

“Hymn To The Woeful Hearts” emphasizes epic melodies where Pure Wrath inflects the listener with many pivotal moments on their third album.

“Trisagion” offers a grand spectacle of how modern atmospheric black metal and funeral doom can be effectively engaging and powerful when merged.

Í Myrkri’s third album “Bag Skyggernes Slør” is deeply atmospheric and imaginative, the songs nourish on chilling tremolos and ambient synth soundscapes.

Mastermind Swartadauþuz takes the frosty elements of lo-fi black metal and carves sonic landscapes of a wintry opus on the third outing “De Fornas Likgaldrar”.

Arkhtinn on the sophomore “二度目の災害” convey the kind of haunting wonderment that evokes the eerie sounds of atmospheric/symphonic black metal.

Olio Tähtien Takana on its third epic endeavor ‘Spectral Katharsis’ gives a lesson on how to achieve an epic orchestral style of black metal.

‘Primordial Arcana’ sprawls with epic majesty and raw black metal that is beautifully woven with synth passages, soothing rhythm and arcane mystical poetry that grabs back to their roots.

Lists

February 2022 is yet again brimming with great releases, here’s a small selection of our most anticipated ones!

August proves to be a highly exciting and surprisingly full month for new releases! Here is a small selection of those that are most anticipated by our editorial staff!

12 more releases of March 2021 we have been looking forward to for a while! Check it out!