Brutal Assault just unveiled a new wave of bands for its 2026 edition with The Sisters of Mercy and The Ghost Inside announced as headliners, but also a great selection of extreme metal and progressive/experimental representation!
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News Posts
Finnish speed/death cult outfit DET share the new track ‘Catacomb’, a third track revealed from their highly anticipated debut album ‘Destructive elite Terror’, set for release in October via Dying Victims Productions!
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Danish black metal band ORM returns with its fourth album ‘GULD*, set for release in October via Indisciplinarian and shared its first single and video with ‘Undfangen’!
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UK blackgaze rising stars Æl-Fierlen have released their colossal debut album ‘All Is Far Away’ last Friday and celebrated with a gorgeous and captivating music video for the closing epic ‘Ællmiht’!
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Galge recently dropped the new video and single ‘Nidding’, the third track shared from their upcoming album ‘Dødelig’, set for release in a couple of weeks on October 3rd!
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Quebec extreme metal outfit Outlying is releasing their new album ‘Oblivisci’ this November, exploring pain and redemption, and is streaming the single ‘November’ right now!
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Watain announced their ultimate demise in about 3 years through the release of their “Death Transmission” statement… 3 more years for you to experience these black metal misfits live still at least once before they close the books after about 3 decades!
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Italian doom ensemble Ponte Del Diavolo released an official live video for ‘Covenant’, recorded during their appearance at the legendary Roadburn Festival earlier this year. Also a track from their debut full-length ‘Fire Blades From the Tomb’, released last year with Season of Mist!
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Dutch black metal innovators Terzij de Horde released the second new single ‘The All-Consuming Work of the Soul’s Foreclosing’ and video of the upcoming album ‘Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone’, set for release in October with Church Road Records!
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Party.San Metal Open Air festival announced the first 27 bands for 2026, including Testament, Hypocrisy and Amorphis as top names but so much more with something for as good as anyone who is into the more underground and extreme metal! Ticket presales are live right now!
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Album Reviews
“Angel of Carnage Unleashed” is full of a menacing atmosphere and bombastic orchestral arrangements that will bring Darkwoods My Betrothed to the turrets of its fame.
“To The Depths We Descend…” holds an ancient perspective to the Necromantia’s debut album.
“Monuments” is driven by the innovative approach to black metal the songs encapsulates inventive atmospheric elements.
‘Atavistic Black Disorder/Kommando’ is essential for the die hard fans of Mayhem.
‘Realm of the Night’ is a feast of storming blast beats and symphonic swells. Its textures are dense with the powerful reverb of demonic vocals bursting like thunder.
Thronum Vrondor on their fourth album has combined subtle atmosphere and a twisted concoction of modern melodic black metal.
‘Eternal Hails……’ is a well-crafted album brought by excellent songwriting from these true traditionalists.
‘Dy’th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath’ is a lengthy album, containing twelve songs that combine into a seventy-seven minutes mystical overture. The album is built on lofty musical arrangements that manifest in different tones of atonal symphony.
The seven new tracks convey a dark and menacing atmosphere of Swedish melodic black metal which showcases the skills of the veteran musician.
On the latest EP, Nordjevel invokes the hallmarks of Swedish black metal like Dark Funeral and Marduk as they serve as an example of sheer aggression and violence.
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