News Posts

Boundary-pushing brutalists Sanguisugabogg release the new single and video ‘Rotted Entanglement’ from their upcoming album ‘Hideous Aftermath’, set for release in October via Century Media Records!

Relentless death/doom outfit Runemagick returns with brand new studio album ‘Cycle of the Dying Sun (Dawn of Ashen Realms)’ in October via Hammerheart Records and share a first offering with ‘Old Bones’!

Steelfest has announced the first batch of 27 confirmed names for the 2026 edition with again a great mix of cult heavyweights, unique one-time performances and first ever live shows!

Fresh off tour with Neckbreakker, Danish extreme metal band Galge announced their new album ‘Dødelig’ to be released on October 3rd!

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!

Unleashed raise their horns for third single ‘A Toast to the Fallen’ from their upcoming album ‘Fire Upon Your Lands’, out next month via Napalm Records! Catch them live this Summer still in Europe starting with a performance at Brutal Assault!

Impureza share the fierce new song ‘Reconquistar Al-Ándalus’ in anticipation of the release of their new album ‘Alcázares’ with Season of Mist next week!

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

Canadian death metal Harvested announced their new album ‘Dysthymia’ to be out in August and shared the devastating new video single ‘Harvested’ as a first sledgehammer to the face!

Extreme metal outfit Revocation are unleashing their new album ‘New Gods, New Masters’ in September with Metal Blade Records and unveiled a first sci-fi single with ‘Cronenberged’, featuring Jonny Davy from Job For A Cowboy!

Photo Reports

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!

Spoil Engine

Spoil Engine’s last performance with Iris in De Kreun, Kortrijk.

Burning Witches and Nervosa made a stop at 7er Club, Mannheim, Germany on their current ‘Double The Metal Tour’. See the photos of their phenomenal gig right here!

Pictures of the stop in Munich of the “Double The Metal 2022” tour with Burning Witches and Nervosa and support from SystemHouse33!

Leng Tch'e

Asgaard hosts 5 Belgian bands who are travelling around together under the title ‘Infected Weekends’ 

Carrion

Death Metal night in Asgaard! 2 Belgian Bands on the program: Carrion and Crux Tenebris!

The pics of the very first Black Box event in Mikkeli with headliner Bloodred Hourglass, Wolfheart, Sara and Balance Breach!

Album Reviews

Mexico’s powerhouse death/grindcore band Brujeria returns with their long-awaited album “Esto Es Brujeria”. The fifth album offers sixteen high-octane death grind songs with tight drumming, a solid release from these unhinged Mexicans out now via Nuclear Blast!

Canadian brutal/technical death metal collective Cryptopsy showcase a great deal of aggression and brutality on their newest endeavor “As Gomorrah Burns” out now via Nuclear Blast.

Florida’s death metal titans Cannibal Corpse bounce back with their sixteenth album “Chaos Horrific” fulfilling their legacy as they once again fortify the ante. With Erik Rutan making his second appearance, Cannibal Corpse deliver some brutal material to their fans yet again. Out on September 22nd via Metal Blade Records!

Ageless Summoning’s debut album “Corrupting the Entempled Plane” fits into the category of atmospheric death metal and comes highly recommended for fans of Morbid Angel and Demigod. Released via Dark Descent Records.

From Albion’s shores hails ‘The Devil and his Wicked Ways’, the debut album from Roots of the Old Oak’, treating you to some undistilled death doom straight from the nineties. Out on September 15 via Hammerheart Records.

The long-awaited comeback album “Make Them Beg For Death” from the U.S. brutal death metal/grindcore Dying Fetus brings the expected top-notch, high caliber quality we all expected. An absolute monster of an album, released on September 8 via Relapse Records!

Besides the grisly cover album, “Blackened Cerebral Riffs”, the third album from Northern New Jersey brutal death metal project Dead And Dripping is one of the best releases from Transcending Obscurity Records and marks a great achievement for the sole member who shows an expected talent in his newest endeavor.

Fifth album “Ontological Mysterium” from the US metal four-piece Horrendous is a sonic feast for fans of technical/progressive death metal. The album shines with its intricate guitar work with a superb level of technicality. Released a couple of weeks ago via Season of Mist.

Dark Descent Records and Extremely Rotten Productions surprised the fans with one of the best split releases of the year. Offering three exclusive songs from Denmark’s death metal outfit Undergang and one monolithic 14-minute track from the U.S. death/doom metal act Spectral Voice.

The international death metal act KHNVM is a prime example of the underground scene which has been blossoming with well-established bands and their latest outing ‘Visions of A Plague-Ridden Sky’ shows great talent that bridges the style between modern and old school brutal death metal. Out on Bitter Loss Records and Neck Breaker Records.