News Posts

Belphegor open the gates once more and unleashed their new single ‘Scarlet Beast – Leviathan’ with Reigning Phoenix Music right when they were about the embark on their North American tour!

UK’s Blood Countess wages war on weakness and mediocrity with the black metal savagery that will come with upcoming album ‘Imperatrix Sanguinis’, out in April with Dominance of Darkness Records and revealed a first track with ‘Chains of Misdeed’!

Black metal outfit Doedsvangr unveiled the first strike from their upcoming album ‘Within The Flesh’ (out in April via Soulseller Records) with the track ‘Black Sun Dissolution’!

Swedish black/death metal outfit Speglas released the third and final single ‘Incessant Severance’ from their upcoming album ‘Endarkenment, Being & Death’, set for release next week’s Friday via Trust No One Recordings!

Last week, Mesopotamian metal masters Melechesh shared the new single ‘Raptors of Anzu’ from their upcoming EP ‘Sentinels of Shamash’, set for release with Reigning Phoenix Music in April!

Bizarrekult delivers another piece of raw post-black metal with new single ‘Avmakt’, the third and final track unveiled before the release of new album ‘Alt Som Finnes’, out on February 20 with Season of Mist!

Dutch black metal outfit Doodswens announce their new self-titled album set for release in April via Svart Records and shared the first single with ‘Driven By Death’!

Belgian atmospheric black doom outfit Splendidula releases new single and video ‘Kilte’ from upcoming album ‘Absentia’, set for release in April via Argonauta Records!

Finland’s symphonic black metal vanguard Vargrav unveiled the new track ‘Moonfrost Storms’, the second one to be revealed from upcoming fourth album ‘Dimension: Daemonium’, set for release in March with Werewolf Records!

Texas-based black metal alchemists Necrofier unleashes ‘Fires of the Apocalypse, Light My Path III’, the latest single from their upcoming album ‘Transcend Into Oblivion’, set for release at the end of this month with Metal Blade Records!

Album Reviews

Havukruunu crafted a diverse piece of work that fits with the pagan themes of the past albums and presenting a sonic medium that connects the band with the ancient tale of ‘Tavastland’. Out this Friday via Svart Records, this is highly recommended for fans of Moonsorrow and the likes! Catch them live with their new album this Friday in Helsinki, at select places in Finland over the coming months, or this summer at Tuska!

“Fra Li Monti Sibillini” makes you envision the majestic peaks of icy mountains, pine trees, and myriad forest scenes. The frostbitten nature of Hesperia is rife with aggression, synth segments, and blast beats. Out now via Hammerheart Records since January 17th.

Scotland based black metal act Barshasketh crafted a fine album that is full of detailed sections. Fifth studio album “Antinomian Asceticism” was released via World Terror Committee on January 9th.

Third studio album “Dauþalaikaz” from German black metal band Urfeind offers a cold and bleak kind of black metal. The album comes recommended for fans of Bethlehem and Forteresse, out now via Nine to Zero Productions since January 10th.

“Kadath” takes elements of both modern and vintage black metal to blend a lavish sense of melodies, sweeping the listener towards an atmospheric spectrum. The Great Old Ones conjures an otherworldly musical voyage that will not disappoint their fans, out tomorrow with Season of Mist!

The Greek black metal legends Yoth Iria take a majestic and bombastic direction in their new opus “Blazing Inferno”. Jim Mutilator offers something compelling to fans by capturing the epic majesty of classic Hellenic black metal, released via Edged Circle Productions!

Omegaeternum’s debut full length album “1248” binds epic and mystical atmosphere by unfolding eerie melodies, the Frenchmen have crafted a unique black metal album. Out since November 25th via Ván Records.

Mörk Gryning’s newest album “Fasornas Tid” offers unrelenting aggression and rawness packed with the 90s black metal quality. Out via Season of Mist tomorrow, December 13th.

The uniqueness and quality crowns Djevel’s new album “Natt Til Ende” as one of the best black metal albums of the year, the chant passages are saturated in the grimness of 90s black metal as each riff and melody offers many epic moments. Out via Avantgarde Music.

Finland’s symphonic/melodic black metal outfit Pestilent Hex crafts the traditional sound of Scandinavian black metal on the second full length album “Sorceries of Sanguine & Shadow”, out via Debemur Morti Productions since last week’s Friday.