Slasherwave outfit Gost unveils ‘Widow Song’, the latest single from their impending new full-length ‘Prophecy’, set for release in March via Metal Blade Records!
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News Posts
Belgian hadopelagic black metal outfit Lhaäd is set to take you to the deepest depths of the ocean with upcoming album ‘Beneath’ set for release in March via Amor Fati Productions in conspiracy with Extraconscious Records!
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In case you missed this when they released their debut single a couple of weeks ago, the duo Gradience brings a totally unique sound combining tasty rap metal bars with grim, explosive black metal into an intense blow of fresh air!
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The French extreme metal stalwarts of Hyrgal have just released their brand-new offering ‘Implorer la Grâce’!
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Danish black metallers Solbrud share a captivating stop motion music video for the track ‘For evigt, For altid, Forandret’, in anticipation of their highly anticipated album ‘IIII’ to be released via Vendetta Records early next month!
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Rotting Christ have stood the test of time, and these masters of Hellenic black metal are returning with their 14th album ‘ΠΡΟ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ’ set for release in May via Season of Mist!
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French death/black outfit Necrowretch ride with the devil in new single ‘Dii Mauri’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Swords of Dajjal’, set for release next month via Season of Mist!
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US dystopian black metal outfit Abhoria has just released their sophomore album ‘Depths’ via Prosthetic Records and unleashed a lyric video for ‘Winter’s Embrace’ to celebrate!
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Ihsahn released the final single to be taken from his forthcoming self-titled album with ‘The Distance Between Us’ to prepare yourself for the release in February via Candlelight Records!
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US black metal act Hulder issues ‘Hearken The End’ video single in anticipation of the release of the new album ‘Verses In Oath’, set for release next month via 20 Buck Spin!
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Album Reviews
Darkthrone on its 20th album tackles the old era of traditional metal in a very conventional method. Although some of the tracks may lack the raw organic sound, nevertheless “Astral Fortress” is an epic blackened and doom-laden heavy metal record that is gritty and bold to its core! Out via Peaceville Records.
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Swiss black metal duo Ateiggär on the first studio album “Tyrannemord” incorporates something rare that makes their music one of a kind, this is a great Nordic-inspired piece of a symphonic black metal that comes similar to bands like Kvist. Out via Eisenwald.
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“Naa Skrider Natten Sort” is without doubt one of the best albums in black metal this year, Djevel has aptly presented themselves as true disciples next to bands like Whoredom Rife and Mare. With its beautiful atmosphere and grim melodies it is an epic black metal album with the songwriting and composition making it an instant classic. Out since today via Aftermath Music.
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Ymir’s sophomore release “Aeons of Sorrow” invokes the cold icy melodies of the mid-nineties Finnish black metal, mastermind Vrasjarn maintains the characteristic sound of the band and for this reason, the new album will appeal to many fans of the genre. Released via Werewolf Records.
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”Viscera” is a sonic nightmare sustained by the abrasive elements of blackened death doom, Strigoi depicts utter bleakness and redefines its style where the band takes a logical step forward from the debut album. Released via Season of Mist.
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The eighth album from the Italian satanic coven Abhor brings dark morbid tunes of unholy mass with a great mixture of first-wave black metal sound that is similar to bands like Mortuary Drape, Mystifier, Death SS, and Samael, if you are into the occult style of black then you must check ‘Sex Sex Sex (Ceremonia Daemonis Anticristi)’, released via Iron Bonehead Productions!
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Finnish renowned veterans L.L. (all instruments), and M.M. (Vocals and lyrics) present their symphonic oeuvre under the moniker of Pestilent Hex. Debut album “Ashen Abhorrence” finds its way into the magical hallmarks of melodic/symphonic black metal of the early nineties and was released with Debemur Morti Productions.
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Finnish black outfit Moonlight Sorcery’s musical quest wanders across the creative hallmarks of the Scandinavian black metal, the debut EP “Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity” offers a refreshing and inspirational muse to fans of melodic black metal, out via Avantgarde Music!
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Archgoat perfectly embodies the ancient aesthetic of war metal in their latest four-track EP “All Christianity Ends” which plunges you into the morbid realm of the Luciferian darkness, and was released via Debemur Morti Productions!
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‘The Great Below’ provides real thrills, bringing off the passion of intersecting different genres with exuberant riffs and technical prowess. Like a burning furnace the songs are molded by an aggressive form of modern black metal that blends catchy choruses, melodies, and energetic tempos.
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Photo Reports
Pictures of a great local and underground metal event in Belgium: “Metal at the Attic”!
A night of brutal death, dark black and mind-blowingly intricate metal music with Obscura, God Dethroned, Thulcandra and Fractal Universe!
Pictures of a most impressive night with Moonsorrow playing their popular ‘Verisäkeet’ album from start to finish! Check it out!
Dimmu Borgir en Amorphis co-headline a sold out 013 on their EU Tour.
Full Moon “Black and Death” Edition 2019 with Thurisaz, The Committee, Oceans Burning, Fractured Insanity, Coldborn, Ars Veneficium and Antzaat.
Pictures of a night with some of black metal greats, headed by the Norwegian legends of Mayhem!
Pictures of the show Tribulation played opening for Ghost at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki!
Pictures of the second night of a gathering of wolves at Steelchaos 2019!
The pictures of the first day of Steelchaos 2019, a gathering of wolves!
Day 2 of Blowup Vol. 5 had an even more impressive line-up to get mesmerized by. Here are the pics of the day!
