Inter Arma crush and conquer on forthcoming album ‘New Heaven’, set for release in April via Relapse Records and shared a visualizer for the title track!
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News Posts
Dutch black metal duo Magistraal set the release date for their independent debut EP ‘Fantoom van de Deemsterburcht’ on April 16th. A first track will premiere on April 2nd.
Epic shamanic black metallers Darkestrah revealed the title track of their upcoming album ‘Nomad’, set for release via Osmose Productions on March 29th!
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In anticipation of the release of their new album this Friday March 1st via Vendetta Records, Dutch black metal outfit Beenkerver unveiled a music video for the title track ‘De Rode Weduwe’!
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A while ago, new Finnish black metal force Satanic North unleashed a first single upon us with ‘War’, a track from their debut album set for release in April via Reaper Entertainment!
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Extreme metal supergroup VLTIMAS are back with another single, proving they bow to now one and remain undefeated with ‘Invictus’, another track from the upcoming album ‘EPIC’, set for release in a couple of weeks via Season of Mist!
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Greek extreme metal legends Rotting Christ shared a first single ‘Like Father, Like Son’ from their upcoming new album ‘Pro Xristou’, set for release in May via Season of Mist!
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Blackgaze pioneers Alcest announced their new album ‘Les Chants De L’Aurore’ to be released in June via Nuclear Blast and shared a first mesmerizing track with ‘L’Envol’!
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Black metal project Selbst unveiled the track and video ‘Chant Of Self Confrontation’, from the highly anticipated upcoming third album ‘Despondency Chord Progressions’, set for release in April via Debemur Morti Productions!
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Ukrainian progressive extreme metal ensemble Waidelotte, featuring members of White Ward and Soen, unveiled with ‘The Era Of Stagnant Gods’ the first track from upcoming debut album ‘Celestial Shrine’, to be released this year via Debemur Morti Productions!
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Album Reviews
With ‘Prosaic’, Liam Neigbors’ (aka A.L.N.) brainchild Mizmor takes a less conceptual, down to earth approach to its unique mixture of depressive black metal and funeral doom, making each song stand on its own two feet in this bleak slice of life. Out via Profound Lore Records on this Friday, July 21.
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The Finnish veterans …And Oceans have delivered one of their best works to date ‘As in Gardens, So in Tombs’ which stands as their most accomplished album since their masterwork debut ‘The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts’. This is simply a feast for fans of symphonic and melodic black metal. Out via Season of Mist.
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Mastermind V-Khaoz of Vargrav continues to carve his sonic art in the footsteps of the Norwegian masters Emperor, the new EP output “Encircle the Spectral Dimension” emphasizes the majestic art of symphonic black metal. Out via Werewolf Records.
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Norwegian black metal elite Tsjuder have created a masterpiece on its sixth album “Helvegr”. The duo Nag and Draugluin take a furious classic direction into the frost-bitten style of bands like Marduk, Mayhem and Immortal. Out via Season of Mist!
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Enevelde presents its classic, authentic sound rooted in the second wave of black metal. The second album “En Gildere Død” is expertly crafted by the multi-instrumentalist B. Kråbøl, released via Terratur Possessions.
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Norwegian black metal duo Ekrom presents a superb slab of atmospheric/symphonic black metal. The first full length album “Uten Nådigst Formildelse” brings a fair mixture of atmospheric and grim black metal that in its authentic form. Released via Edged Circle Productions.
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Olkoth’s debut album “At The Eye of Chaos” is a superior death metal record that is highly recommended for the aficionados of extreme and technical music, do not hesitate to tune into the madness, released via Everlasting Spew Records.
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“War Against All” is a declaration of war crafted purely in the spirit of Norwegian black metal. On the tenth album, mastermind and founder Demonaz proves that he is the man behind the legacy of Immortal. Out via Nuclear Blast.
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Finnish black metal quartet Ondfødt has refined its craft on the fourth album “Det Österbottniska Mörkre”. The songs are packed full of tremolos and blistering tempos, showcasing an outstanding songwriting talent from these Finns. Set for release via Black Lion Records on May 26th.
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Dødheimsgard’s sixth album “Black Medium Current” is a landmark in the realms of avant-garde music. Mastermind Vicotnik shows how versatile the band has become and delivers a trance-like atmosphere, hypnotic industrial beats embedded with beautiful synth textures, out via Peaceville Records! Don’t miss out on getting to hear some of this masterpiece live for the first time at Steelfest in Finland next month!
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Photo Reports
Steelchaos is always a fantastic event to get to take pictures at, especially with on day 1 shows from Satan’s Fall, Malicious, Flame, Barathrum, Belphegor and Sacramentum!
Gaahls Wyrd is going from city to city in Europe, spreading their dark tunes with the support of their label mates Gaerea and at the stop at the Backstage in Munich Winterfylleth!
On a Sunday autumn evening in Finland we saw total Polish death metal takeover of On The Rocks Helsinki with Vader, Hate and Thy Disease at on of the stops on the “Final Declaration Northern Tour 2022”! For a Sunday, there was quite the massacre unleashed in the pit!
Pictures of the 2nd day of Tuska 2023 with Oranssi Pazuzu, Reckless Love, VLTIMAS, Stam1na, Blind Channel, Amorphis, Baroness and Mercyful Fate.
Pictures of the second day of Hellsinki Metal Horizons 2022, expanding everyone’s minds with musical experiments including Keoma, Assemble The Chariots, Humavoid, Vildhjarta, Enragement, Celeste, …and Oceans and Decapitated!
Pictures of a crazy show by Imperial Triumphant and Devenial Verdict at On The Rocks in Helsinki, Finland!
An intense last day of Steelfest 2022 with performances of Blood Chalice, Alfahanne, Kalmankantaja, Valkyrja, Antimateria and Taake!
Pictures of the 3rd day of the special 10th anniversary edition of Steelfest!
The pictures of another exciting day at Steelfest 2022!
Pictures of the 1st day of celebration of the dark, obscure and extreme at the 10th anniversary edition of Steelfest!
