News Posts

Siberian atmospheric black metal legion Grima is set to release their 6th album ‘Nightside’ via Napalm Records in early 2025 and shared a first captivating single with ‘Skull Gatherers’!

Scottish atmospheric black metal outfit Saor invites you to rediscover its country’s ancient legacy with lead single and title track ‘Amidst the Ruins’ from their upcoming new album, set for release in early 2025 via Season of Mist!

French Lovecraftian black metal outfit The Great Old Ones ventures further into the darkness with us with their new single ‘In The Mouth of Madness’, the 2nd they unveil of the upcoming album ‘Kadath’ set for release early 2025 via Season of Mist!

Swedish black metal witches Völva have unleashed a second single ‘Asmodeus’ from their upcoming album ‘Desires Profane’, set for release later this month via Grind To Death Records and Fiadh Productions!

German destructive force that is Mantar is set to release their new album ‘Post Apocalyptic Depression’ in early 2025 via Metal Blade Records and shared a first single with ‘Halsgericht’!

Beyond the Gates announced the first wave of bands for the 2025 edition with the return of King Diamond for the first time in almost 2 decades, special sets from Abbath, Triptykon and Destruction, and on top of that I Am Morbid, Hellbutcher, Hellripper and Dark Sonority!

Post-black outfit Dawn Of Ouroboros shared a live video for ‘Rise from Disillusion’, a track from their 2023 album ‘Velvet Incandescence’, released via Prosthetic Records!

Blackened death metallers Aoidos released ‘From the Surface Grate’, the third single from their upcoming album ‘Oizys’, set to be released on November 29th via Nox Liberartio Records!

After releasing their critically acclaimed new album via Season of Mist, Gaerea shared a video for the title track ‘Coma’ in anticipation of spreading their music to the vortex societies all over the world, starting with the USA and Canada with Zeal & Ardor and Zetra later this month, next spring in Europe with a headlining tour and already a couple of confirmed summer festivals like Alcatraz in Belgium!

Album Reviews

There is a reason why most of the solo bands are remarkably prolific, first they always come up with profuse ideas and they solely work on the basis of their […]

On “Ophidian Manifest” Kampfar treads between the thin line of the modern black metal and the second wave.

Deus Mortem’s “Kosmocide” is a great album for those who like their black metal played fast and catchy at the same time!

Trvekvlt plays a rudimentary kind of metal music but simultaneously proves that gimmicks and ingenuity can also be achieved even by anonymous musicians.

After six years of recording L’Acéphale bring a grand Magnum Opus.

This is absolutely a riff driven album where Mork showcases the traditions of the Norwegian black metal style.

Vimur’s sophomore album possesses the quality of raw black metal, this is a very good album from the U.S. quartet.

Certainly people who are interested in following the band or want to explore the more folky side of their sound (and that of their genre-mates) will have a good time with this album.

Finnish one man project Vargrav delivers yet again another masterpiece of symphonic black metal!

German Darkned Nocturn Slaughtercult is back with a new release to show you what “real” old school black metal sounds like.