Dutch black metal duo are releasing their new album ‘Verwording’ with Dominance of Darkness Records in April and recently unveiled a first track with ‘Nachten in Wahlheim’!
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News Posts
UK black metal legends Winterfylleth unveils new single ‘Echoes In The After’ with a captivating video, another track from their upcoming album ‘The Unyielding Season’, set for release in March via Napalm Records!
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Swedish black metal force Lömsk has unveiled brand new single and video ‘Of Iron and Blood’ from upcoming album ‘Act II – Of Iron and Blood’, set to be released next week Friday via Vendetta Records!
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Vreid and Djerv released the new single ‘Loving the Dead’, a last track unveiled before Vreid’s upcoming album ‘The Skies Turn Black’, and coming with a cinematic video that features Jackass icon Chris Pontius!
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Following the release of ‘Cult of the Serpent Sun’ with Season of Mist last year, San Francisco blackened heavy metal force NITE are bringing their metal attack to the European shores with a tour in April!
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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!
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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’!
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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’!
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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!
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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!
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Album Reviews
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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On their seventh album “Katharsis” Keep of Kalessin unfolds a formidable array of blazing riffs, majestic symphonic arrangements and epic song structures combined with rapid ferocity, mastermind Obsidian Claw may have delivered his best outing since the band’s 2006 album “Armada”. Out via Back on Black!
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Photo Reports
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!
Batushka and Diabolical visit Asgaard. Batushka for their 2022 black liturgy pilgrimage tour, Diabolical for their 25th anniversary tour!
Celeste plays 30 shows on their European tour from which 2 in Belgium. We attended their show in Antwerp.
The pictures of a night with the Norwegian misfits of Kvelertak at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland!
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