News Posts

Finnish blackened death metal band Progeny of Sun releases their 3rd and last single ‘Forsaken Brigade’ before the release of their upcoming 2nd studio album ‘Prophets of the Void’ in September via Inverse Records!

German iconic blackened death metal duo Mystic Circle revealed a first track ‘Boogeyman’ from their upcoming album ‘Hexenbrand 1486’, set for release in autumn this year via ROAR!

Phobetor returns with their new EP ‘A Solitary Vigil’ on July 25th and already shared the title track with a captivating, dark video!

After 1914 had to cancel their tour due to the situation in Ukraine, they were now able to announce their return with a limited Summer tour through Europe with stops in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Romania and Austria!

Finnish blackened death metal band Progeny of Sun released their second single and music video ‘Decimation’ from the upcoming album ‘Prophets of the Void’, out in September via Inverse Records!

Extreme metal supergroup Sinsaenum announced their return with the release of their crushing new single ‘In Devastation’, the title track from their upcoming third album, out later this year via earMUSIC and serving as a cathartic tribute to the passing of Joey Jordison and Frédéric Leclercq’s father.

Finnish blackened tech death metal band Omnivortex released their new single ‘VISITANT’, a taste of the ferociousness of the new music they’re working on!

Portland blackened death metal band Drouth are gearing up to release their impending album ‘The Teeth of Time’ next week Friday May 16th on Eternal Warfare Records and shared a video for the title track last week!

Earlier this week, to celebrate their European tour with Satyricon and Rotting Christ starting, Behemoth shared the new video and single ‘Lvciferaeon’, another track from their upcoming album ‘The Shit Ov God’, set for release in May with Nuclear Blast!

In a collision of Belgian and Thai extreme metal sensibilities, blackened death metal project YHWH signed with Wormholedeath for the release of their upcoming EP ‘Tetragrammaton’ out on April 25!

Album Reviews

The fourth dreadful opus “Seven Crowns and Seven Seals” from North Rhine-Westphalia blackened death outfit Sulphur Aeon conveys an otherworldly sense of might to the ancient creatures that lurk beneath the seas out now via Ván Records on October 13th.

Hail Cthulhu!!!
Hail Sulphur Aeon!!!!

Anarkhon’s new release “Obiasot Dwybat Ptnotun” is a dark and gripping album that sounds really menacing and maintains plenty of slow brooding moments for the fifty-four minute length. The album comes highly recommended for fans of Lovecraftian style of blackened death metal and was released via Debemur Morti Productions.

‘Anthronomicon’ sees Ulthar moving in its own unique territory offering a complex and intricate work that will please fans of Lovecraftian death metal. The trio has achieved their best level of songwriting without sacrificing the roots of old school death and black metal. Out on February 17 via 20 Buck Spin.

Austria’s blackened death metal act Belphegor conjures us a demonic soundtrack to Walpurgis on its newest album ‘The Devils’ which is the band’s strongest release to date. The eight tracks offer atmospheric and epic qualities without sacrificing any of their trademark blackened aggression. Out on Nuclear Blast.

Desolate Shrine shows a new paradigm in the songwriting that establish a rawer and fierce hellish sound on the fifth opus “Fires Of The Dying World”.

Nocturnal Graves fourth album “An Outlaw’s Stand” is full of raptures and grits where the Aussies deliver the outright rampage of blackened thrash/death metal.

Their fourth album ‘Victory in Blood’ reflects on vicious aggression, though Unanimated has opted for a ferocious sound, there are some elements that don’t really work out that well.

“Rugia” is another welcoming effort from this Polish band that never ceases to impress the old and the new fans.

‘Carving the Fires of Akhet’ is an epic album that serves a crushing brutality and bombastic melodies.

On the EP ‘Altars of Cosmic Devotion’ Vøidwomb accentuates the well-crafted riffs and this certainly defines the songwriting composition of the Portuguese quintet.