German extreme metal collective Der Rote Milan unveil their haunting new single ‘Où allez-vous’ from the upcoming album ‘Verlust’, set for release on December 12 via Unholy Conspiracy Deathwork!
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News Posts
Symphonic black metal project Vesseles released their new song ‘Perpetual Chasm of Black Mirrors’, another track from their upcoming release ‘Home’, set to be out in January 2026!
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Independent black metal band Profane Elegy has released their latest single ‘And Then We Are Gone’, another preview of the upcoming album ‘Herezjarcha’, out in January 2026!
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Finnish black metallers Dark Divination revealed the new track ‘Pride of Victory’, the second one unveiled from their highly anticipated debut album ‘Liitto hengen ja veren’, set for release in December via Signal Rex!
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Svalbard have released their very final song ‘If We Could Still Be Saved’ only days before their last UK tour, out with Nuclear Blast Records! 2026 will be your last chance catching these talented people live before they close the books…
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Worm signed to Century Media Records for the release of their new album ‘Necropalace’ in February 2026 and revealed the short film for the title track, taking us back to the obscure symphonic black metal tapes from the 90s and horror from the same era!
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Belgian black metal legends Enthroned ignite the tribunal once more with the latest track ‘Ashen Advocacy’ being unveiled of upcoming new album ‘Ashspawn’, set for release in December via Season of Mist!
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Greek black metal titans Yoth Iria recently signed to Metal Blade Records’ roster for the next chapter of their careers! Catch them live in Europe starting next week as support to Nailed To Obscurity!
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Alcatraz Festival just gave us an early christmas present by adding 32 more bands to the 2026 lineup, making it almost complete with another nice selection of metal icons, underground greats, up-and-coming bands and artists from its own Belgian soil!
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Norwegian black metal band Malum signs with Dark Essence Records for the release of their next album in the spring of 2026!
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Album Reviews
”Viscera” is a sonic nightmare sustained by the abrasive elements of blackened death doom, Strigoi depicts utter bleakness and redefines its style where the band takes a logical step forward from the debut album. Released via Season of Mist.
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The eighth album from the Italian satanic coven Abhor brings dark morbid tunes of unholy mass with a great mixture of first-wave black metal sound that is similar to bands like Mortuary Drape, Mystifier, Death SS, and Samael, if you are into the occult style of black then you must check ‘Sex Sex Sex (Ceremonia Daemonis Anticristi)’, released via Iron Bonehead Productions!
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Finnish renowned veterans L.L. (all instruments), and M.M. (Vocals and lyrics) present their symphonic oeuvre under the moniker of Pestilent Hex. Debut album “Ashen Abhorrence” finds its way into the magical hallmarks of melodic/symphonic black metal of the early nineties and was released with Debemur Morti Productions.
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Finnish black outfit Moonlight Sorcery’s musical quest wanders across the creative hallmarks of the Scandinavian black metal, the debut EP “Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity” offers a refreshing and inspirational muse to fans of melodic black metal, out via Avantgarde Music!
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Archgoat perfectly embodies the ancient aesthetic of war metal in their latest four-track EP “All Christianity Ends” which plunges you into the morbid realm of the Luciferian darkness, and was released via Debemur Morti Productions!
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‘The Great Below’ provides real thrills, bringing off the passion of intersecting different genres with exuberant riffs and technical prowess. Like a burning furnace the songs are molded by an aggressive form of modern black metal that blends catchy choruses, melodies, and energetic tempos.
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“Devil, Stone & Man” is a worthy album in the band’s discography as on the whole the eight tracks are overwhelmingly heavy outlined by the performance of these German lads.
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I Am The Night has mastered its craft on the first full-length album “While The Gods Are Sleeping” what we have here is a supreme embodiment of the Swedish and Norwegian trademarks.
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“The Long Defeat” opens a new chapter in Deathspell Omega’s creative oeuvres that seems to conjoin the modern aesthetics with the unorthodox style of avant-garde black metal.
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Italy’s oldest black metal outfit Frostmoon Eclipse released a lovely little gem that serves as a perfect introduction to their work.
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Photo Reports
Full Moon “Black and Death” Edition 2019 with Thurisaz, The Committee, Oceans Burning, Fractured Insanity, Coldborn, Ars Veneficium and Antzaat.
Pictures of a night with some of black metal greats, headed by the Norwegian legends of Mayhem!
Pictures of the show Tribulation played opening for Ghost at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki!
Pictures of the second night of a gathering of wolves at Steelchaos 2019!
The pictures of the first day of Steelchaos 2019, a gathering of wolves!
Day 2 of Blowup Vol. 5 had an even more impressive line-up to get mesmerized by. Here are the pics of the day!
The 3rd and last day of Tuska 2019 was a good moment to chill out a bit, but still had some impressive artists!
We were in for a treat with Skindred on this early morning, so we got into party mode really quickly!
Pictures of day 1 of the almighty Tuska with some damn good music!
In June of 2019 we the very first Miracle Metal Meeting took place at Brielpoort in Deinze. For the first edition they sure hit like a bomb! They invited the creme of the crop of contemporary Belgian metal.
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