From the roots of Amon Amarth, Fimbul Winter strikes with their debut EP ‘What Once Was’, out in November!
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News Posts
Southern California quintet SPITE announced their new album ‘NEW WORLD KILLER’ to be out via Rise Records on Halloween and shared the new single & video ‘LIGHTS OUT’!
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Hispanic metal project Impureza unleashed a cinematic music video for ‘Covadonga’ where the fiery flamenco dance embodies the fusion of tradition and extreme their recent album ‘Alcázares’ stands for! Out with Season of Mist!
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Prog death metal masters Fallujah are paying tribute to extreme metal pioneers Meshuggah with their music video for ‘The Obsidian Architect’, a track from their latest album ‘Xenotaph’ out via Nuclear Blast!
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Finnish death/doom mastodons Hooded Menace reawaken classic horror on new single ‘Pale Masquerade’ another track from their upcoming album ‘Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration’, set for release in October via Season of Mist!
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Danish electro death metal band Lightchapter released the fourth and final single ‘Restore My Faith in Sanity’ in anticipation of their second album ‘Where All Hope Begins’ being released on September 26!
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Danish extreme metal outfit Galge shared second single ‘Genklang’ with some captivating visuals, from their upcoming album ‘Dødelig’, set for release in the beginning of October!
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Funeral doom titans Evoken announce new album ‘Mendacium’ to be released in October via Profound Lore Records and share a first track with album opener ‘Matins’!
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Manchester’s savage sons WODE return with their fourth album ‘Uncrossing The Keys’, out in October with 20 Buck Spin, shared the single ‘Transmutation’ and opened preorders for the album!
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Dungeon doom/death/black trio Cultic brings warlocks and dragons by unleashing the video single ‘Nomad’, a track from their upcoming third album ‘Lore’, out in October via Eleventh Key Records!
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Album Reviews
Portland-Oregon based death metal act Witch Vomit proves to be more than a season band, the third album ‘Funeral Sanctum’ explores new ground by presenting a fresh and raw/melodic death metal songs. Released via 20 Buck Spin on April 5th.
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Japanese death/doom four-piece Coffins return with their most anticipated album “Sinister Oath”, released on March 29th via Relapse Records, and deliver a dark and oppressive piece, highly recommended for fans of Autopsy, Asphyx, and Hooded Menace!
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‘Vault Of Horrors’ is coming in heavy with killer songs and a long, impressive list of guest appearances! Don’t miss out on the 12th full-length release of Aborted, out via Nuclear Blast!
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The fifth installment “Unextinct” from the Italian technical brutal death metal outfit Hideous Divinity delivers plenty of powerful brutality and atmosphere. Hideous Divinity managed to imbue the songs with themes extracted from cinematic art, out via Century Media Records, and comes highly recommended for fans of Vader, Fleshgod Apocalypse, and Hour of Penance.
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Civerous packs the sophomore “Maze Envy” with modulation of black/death metal, there are some nuances of blackened death metal that serve a dreary atmosphere. Out via 20 Buck Spin since last week, March 22nd.
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Knoxville, Tennessee-brutal death metal act Brodequin return with their newest album “Harbinger of Woe”, very reminiscent of the old-school Spanish grind gore bands of the 90s. Out since March 22nd, via Season of Mist Underground Activists.
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Sweden’s Necrophobic returns with a staggering new album, “In Twilight Grey”. The songs here sound heavier, rawer, and more sinister, making them deliver one of their best studio albums of their career. Out via Century Media Records since last Friday!
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Vltimas’ second full length album “Epic” deliver plenty of head-banging moments for fans of Morbid Angel, Mayhem, and Cryptopsy. This is a coherent record that showcases the chemistry between these veterans and takes what they already did expertly on their debut to a whole new level. Out since today via Season of Mist!
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20 Buck Spin brings forth the full-length album “Chytridiomycosis Relinquished” of the Est Yorkshire death doom quintet Slimelord. The seven epic songs reach the peaks of innovative composition defining the mysteriousness of the music, out since last Friday!
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Skeletal Remains fifth album “Fragments of The Ageless” proves the Californian quartet has turned itself into a proverbial institution for old school death metal. Out via Century Media Records tomorrow, March 8th.
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Lists
Oktober has many releases again that are some of the most anticipated of the year within our editorial team! Check out the wide range of awesome albums!
August proves to be a highly exciting and surprisingly full month for new releases! Here is a small selection of those that are most anticipated by our editorial staff!
12 of the albums we’re looking forward the most in June, there are more, but these are really at the top of our lists! Check it out!
Some of our most anticipated released for May 2021, warning: there is way more exciting music being released, this is only a small selection…
Noble Demon is a new label that started in 2020 and is quickly on the rise to be one of the more prominent and big players in the scene!
12 more releases of March 2021 we have been looking forward to for a while! Check it out!
Our 9 most anticipated releases of the first half of the month March of 2021… get ready for some real good music coming your way!
Not including these records in my top 2020 was just too painful.
2021 promises to be quite the year again for new music releases! With our team we decided on some of the releases we’re looking forward to the most!
As every year, we put the heads together of our editorial team to decide on our collective “Albums of the Year”, check it out!
Photo Reports
Pictures of the massive Stam1na show at the Ice Hockey Hall in Helsinki with special guests Diablo, Corroded and Dear Mother!
First edition of the charity festival named Aütfëst, held in Bruay-La-Buissière, France. Profit goes to Autism related organisations. With shows from Overflow Guy, Titans Rage, Death Structure, Kamizol K, Overdrivers, Xaon, and BlackRain!
Last month, Circuit Breaker Bookings with All Out Productions brought grindcore juggernauts Full Of Hell all the way from US to a fully sold out On The Rocks. And with supporting acts Kuvotus and Dome Runner, this was by far one of the most intense nights we have witnessed of late. A night full of blood, sweat and broken glass, with constant moshpits and stagediving!
Infected Rain came back to Belgium a second time this year on their “Heyday tour 2023”, the place to be was DVG Club in Kortrijk, accompanied by warm up act All Hail the Yeti!
This past August, On The Rocks in Helsinki experienced a full on death metal assault by the undeniable legends themselves, Possessed! After canceling shows in Finland over a few years, these Bay Area legends were highly anticipated by Finnish metalheads with a great turnout on a sold out show.
The last day of a long and exhausting weekend of great music and atmosphere with some of the most extreme music around on the Swamp Stage from Serpents Oath, Archspire, Kataklysm and Bloodbath!
Pictures of Bloodred Hourglass, I Am Morbid, Leprous and Emperor performing on one of the outdoor stages at Hellsinki Metal Festival!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz with Predatory Void, Shadow Of Intent, Decapitated, and Sodom on the Swamp Stage ripping it up!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz with H.E.A.T., Sepultura and Biohazard on the main stage!
Pictures of the performances of Pentagram, Burst, Priest, Déluge, Fit For An Autopsy and Watain on the indoor stage of Hellsinki Metal Festival!
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