After the recent announcement of the upcoming animated series, Belzebubs have more news! They unveiled their first-ever enamel pins! 🔥 The Makeship campaign will help fund new music videos for the band’s upcoming album, go get them before the time runs out and support an amazing project!
A good week ago, we received the exciting news that Belzebubs is officially bringing their black metal world to television with an animated show, out hopefully soon!
Tuska has already kicked off the road to 2027! 🤘
The first eight bands have been announced, with Lorna Shore and Children of Bodom leading the way. Also confirmed are Heaven Shall Burn, Kanonenfieber, Gaerea, Fox Lake, Avralize and Sinizter. Who are you the most excited about and who are you hoping for still to be added? Let us know in the comments!
Behemoth unleashed the new single and video ‘I, Scvlptor’, the title track of their upcoming album set to be released in September with Massacre Records and Nuclear Blast Records!
Black forest metallers Finsterforst revealed the new track ‘Obduktion’, the second to be shared from the upcoming sixth album ‘Still’, out at the end of next month with AOP Records!
Québec City-based folk and black metal band Tsar Stangra are set to release their new full-length album ‘Химните на разрушените светове (Hymns of the Broken Worlds)’ on July 1st via Globmetal Promotions, an ambitious piece of work exploring Bulgarian history, folklore, pagan ritual, exile, language and cultural memory!
Progressive symphonic extreme metal force Tómarúm signed with Vesperian, the beginning of what promises to be an exciting new chapter!
Black/death metal force Belphegor announced the “Praise The Beast European Tour 2026” to take place in October this year with the support of Krisiun, Asagraum and a 4th yet to be announced band! You won’t want to miss out on this night of brutality!
Finland’s power trio Rapid shared their new single ‘Witchcraft of Horror’, a track from their upcoming debut album ‘Enter the Realm of Fire’, set for release in August with Dying Victims Productions!
Belgian avantgatde extreme metal band Emptiness recently released the single ‘The Threat’ a second teaser of what is to come on their upcoming album ‘Nowhere Speask’, set for release in July via Season of Mist!
Steelchaos is back! If that is not reason enough to get yourself a ticket still, here are 5 reasons why you should still consider to go this weekend, including the exclusive Finland “Black Metal” 40 years anniversary show of Venom Inc.!
7 epic singles again selected by us of last week with Psychonaut, Before The Dawn, Black Mirrors, Wednesday 13, Sowulo, Ciemra and Skyforger! Highly recommended to check them out if you haven’t yet!
Another week with amazing releases, check out the 13 singles that caught our attention with Rue Vox, Enter Shikari, …And Oceans, Aphyxion, Dirty Shirt, For I Am King, Hoaxed, Seas On The Moon, Stake, Suicide Silence, VV, Demeted and Tallah!
The music industry is at it again at full force after the festival season with a massive amount of really cool releases coming out, just look at the number of our most anticipated releases for September have grown into and then we probably could have included more still. With new albums from Blind Guardian, Yungblud, Wolfheart, Slipknot, Starcrawler, Lost Society, The Hu, Vermin Womb, Vermilia, Bloodbath, Slugcrust, Electric Callboy, Innumerable Forms, Tribal Gaze, Gaerea and Graceless, it’ll be quite the month again!
Things are getting ramped up now that the summer period is at its end! Great releases are coming out soon and it showed in the past week with new singles from Slipknot, Gaerea, Alien Weaponry, Brymir, Orbit Culture, Suasion ft. Steffi Pacson and The Callous Daoboys that amazed us!
Finnish festival Steelfest is a true celebration of the underground, but it you’re not convinced yet, here are some reasons why you should go
A small grab of what we are looking forward to the most of the many exceptional releases coming our way during May 2022!
The month of April brings us not only Spring in full bloom, but a long list of stellar releases. Here is a selection of those we’re looking forward to the most!
March is one hell of a month! Yet again tons of releases to pick from, so here is a small selection again of what we highly recommend and is most anticipated for us!
This list is not for the faint of heart. A selection of releases that we experienced as being some of the most intense unleashed during 2021.
In a year full of prominent black metal releases ‘Reaperdawn’ is one of the contenders for the best of 2024, this is yet another triumphant return from guitarist Sebastian Ramstedt who gives us a sense of his creative genius. Out on Century Media Records.
Árstíðir Lífsins on its sixth full length album “Aldrlok” recounts the timeless tales of old Norse history and turbulent times of change in Iceland. The nine cuts combine modern and classic black metal into an epic black metal album that stands unique in the band’s musical works, out via Ván Records.
Kvaen’s third studio album ‘The Formless Fires’ captures the early years of Swedish melodic black metal. The album is highly recommended for fans of Dissection, The Moaning and A Canorous Quintet. Out on Metal Blade Records.
Akhlys’ fourth studio album ‘House of the Black Geminus’ is an incredible manifestation brought from the dark mind of Naas Alcameth. The six new cuts project a quasi-symphonic and sinister form of black metal with ferocity and atmosphere. Out on Debemur Morti.
The ninth studio album “Heavenly Down” from the Hungarian black metal masters Sear Bliss brings back memories of the past albums in a most breathless passionate spirit; capturing the hallmark of the band. Out via Hammerheart Records, it is a must for fans of symphonic and atmospheric black metal, and highly recommended to anyone who likes Summoning, Forest Silence, and Negură Bunget.
Civerous packs the sophomore “Maze Envy” with modulation of black/death metal, there are some nuances of blackened death metal that serve a dreary atmosphere. Out via 20 Buck Spin since last week, March 22nd.
Darkestrah’s seventh album “Nomad” inspires the listener to traverse through dark places, as the whole music emerges from the ancient landscapes of pagan kingdoms. It’s a sleekly written, very raw shamanic black metal album, highly recommended for fans of Moonsorrow, Nokturnal Mortum, and Ygg. Out today, March 29th via Osmose Productions.
Sweden’s Necrophobic returns with a staggering new album, “In Twilight Grey”. The songs here sound heavier, rawer, and more sinister, making them deliver one of their best studio albums of their career. Out via Century Media Records since last Friday!
Vltimas’ second full length album “Epic” deliver plenty of head-banging moments for fans of Morbid Angel, Mayhem, and Cryptopsy. This is a coherent record that showcases the chemistry between these veterans and takes what they already did expertly on their debut to a whole new level. Out since today via Season of Mist!
French black metal outfit Merrimack returns with its sixth album “Of Grace and Gravity” managed to capture atmosphere, aggression, and memorable riffs. Out on Season of Mist Underground Activists since March 8th.
