News Posts

Polish black metal band Varmia release new song and video ‘der tot Adalbert’, a track from their upcoming album ‘lauks’, set for release in March via M-Theory Audio!

Austrian blackened death metal outfit Graufar exclusively shares their new single and music video ‘Buried In Flames’ with us ahead of tomorrow’s official release! A track from their upcoming album ‘Via Necropolis’, out in March.

New black metal project Via Doloris introduce ‘For The Glory’, a central composition from the upcoming debut album ‘Guerre et Paix’, set for release in March via Season of Mist!

UK’s black metal legends Winterfylleth sign with Napalm Records for the release of their upcoming album ‘The Unyielding Season’ in March and just unleashed a first single with ‘Heroes of a Hundred Fields’!

The Norwegian black metal provocateurs Witch Club Satan have announced their first ever North American tour with the “Founding of The North American Coven” tour starting at the end of may and with support from Penelope Trappes and Patriarchy!

Norwegian black metal band Malum share their new single ‘In Gloom II’, the first taste of their upcoming album ‘From the Voids’, set for release in March via Dark Essence Records!

Black metal outfit Doedsvangr have signed with Soulseller Records for the release of their upcoming album ‘The Flesh’!

Black folk metallers Cnoc An Tursa are set to release ‘A Cry For The Slain’ with Apocalyptic Witchcraft in April and unveiled the single ‘Alba In My Heart’!

Swedish black metal outfit Lömsk has announced their new full-length ‘Act II – Of Iron and Blood’ to be out in March via Vendetta Records and unveiled first single ‘Fields of Elysium’!

Black metal band Cogadh release first single and music video ‘Cromwells’ Curse’ from their upboming debut album ‘KINGMAKER’, set to be out in March! Fans of Taake, Havukruunu, Drudkh or Kampfar may want to pay attention…

Album Reviews

Washington-based atmospheric black metal outfit Wolves In The Throne Room treat the fans with yet another grim and ambient piece of black metal on the newest EP “Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge” out now via Relapse Records on September 29th.

Finnish melodic black metal stalwarts Moonlight Sorcery paint shimmering landscapes of winter on their first studio album “Horned Lord of The Thorned Castle” which amalgamate the fantasy style of Scandinavian melodies with a sense of fantasy. Out now via Avantgarde Music!

Bathe yourself in the blood of virgins with Countess Erszebeth’s self-titled and self-released new mini album. A doomy, magick-inducing piece of black metal, released earlier this summer.

The international black/doom metal collective The Rite offers a chilling atmosphere of horror on their sophomore album, “The Astral Gloom. For those who like their music dark and mysterious, look no further. Released via Iron Bonehead Productions.

Marduk’s fifteenth studio album “Memento Mori” perfectly fits with the raw aesthetics of the band. In terms of quality and songwriting the ten tracks offer sinister and furious black metal, this is one of the band’s best albums and is set for release this Friday via Century Media Records!

On “Nahab”, the second part of the ‘Disharmonium’ series, the French avant-garde black metal Blut Aus Nord offers another frightening album that resonate to the horror mythos of H.P. Lovecraft. Released via Debemur Morti Productions.

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.

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.

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.

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!