Coven Core visionaries Mama Doom unveiled the full details of their highly anticipated album ‘Eminent Womb’, out in September via Argonauta Records! Get a taste of what is to come with their latest single and video ‘Woven Linen’!
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Atmospheric doom metal project TodoMal unveiled the title track of their upcoming new album ‘Graveyards of Joy’, set for release in July via Season of Mist! Catch them live in Europe in July and August in support of Evoken and at festivals like Tolminator!
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Heavy doom outfit Castle announced their new album ‘Carrie Chains’ to be out in September via Hammerheart Records and shared the title track to celebrate!
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Norwich doom duo Kulk announced their upcoming new album ‘Choosing to Die’ to be out in August with Church Road Records and unveiled the video single ‘An Endless Knife’!
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Green Lung return with their 4th album ‘Necropolitan’, a love letter to gothic London in riffs, out in September with Nuclear Blast and just recently unveiled their first single with ‘Evil in this House’!
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Monolord shared a last taste of their upcoming album ‘Neverending’ (out next week May 29 with Relapse Records) with the track ‘It’s Neverending’ featuring vocals from Jörgen Sandström from Grave and ex-Entombed! Catch them live in Europe later this year or at select festivals including Alcatraz Festival in Belgium!
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Finnish doom-laden death metal force Marianas Rest unveiled a brand new lyric video for ‘Rat In The Wall’, featuring guest vocals by Okko Solanterä from Horizon Ignited, taken from their latest album ‘The Bereaved’, out with Noble Demon.
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Warning shared second track ‘Night Comes Down’ from their upcoming new album ‘Rituals of Shame’, to be released in June with Relapse Records and their first new album in 20 years!
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Atmospheric doom collective TodoMal shared their new single ‘Humanised Gods’, second single from their upcoming album ‘Graveyards of Joy’, out in July on Season of Mist!
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Portland post-doom metal collective Burial Clouds shared their stunning new video and single ‘Windflower’ in anticipation of their new album ‘Burn Holy’ being released in a couple of weeks!
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Album Reviews
“Projections” carves a new niche and a whole musical direction for doom fans to enjoy. Godthrymm marches into a path between traditional doom and sludge, and this is what sets them apart in the doom metal scene today. Out via Profound Lore Records since May 29th.
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Draconian has returned with one of their best outings to date. The brilliant musicianship and gothic death-doom style continue to resound from the bygone gothic era of the 90s. “In Somnolent Ruin” out via Napalm Records this Friday May 8th.
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Denmark’s Foetorem forges a perfect balance between aggression and the dark, grotesque atmosphere on their debut full length album “Incongruous Forms of Evergrowing Rot”. Out since March 27th via Everlasting Spew Records.
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The fifth studio album “Qroba” by Georgia’s funeral doom metal band Ennui is a ghostly and evocative piece that brings a sense of melancholia. If you like slow-paced, depressing funeral doom music, then you should check out this fantastic release. Out via Meuse Music Records since February 27th.
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Michigan four-piece death-doom act Temple of Void returns with the fifth studio album “The Crawl”, showing signs of progress and an expansion of sound to encapsulate different forms of metal. This album is recommended for fans of Type O Negative and Hooded Menace and out via Relapse Records since yesterday.
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On the fourth studio album “Necropalace”, Worm welcomes the listener to the nightmarish limbo of dread and fantasia where the floating spectral phantoms reside in starry realms guarded by mythical creatures and dragons that surround an imperial palace. Out via Century Media Records since February 13th.
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The second album “Advent of Wounds” of the Brazilian duo Fossilization, is ominously dark and resonates with sinister fury. The band returns after three years only to crush and prosper. Out since February 13, via Everlasting Spew Records.
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The third studio album “Elevation”, by the internation band Enshine is reminiscent of 90’s melodic death/doom metal and is out since January 3rd.
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On seventh opus “Tempelschlaf”, The Ruins of Beverast blends multiple musical inspirations from ambiance to haunting dark atmospheres of blackened doom. Alexander von Meilenwald demonstrates versatility as a songwriter, the result is a more focused album. Out via Ván Records since January 9th.
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The fourth studio album “Viribus Unitis” of the Ukrainian war brigade 1914 continues with the conceptual theme of World War I. 1914 integrate powerful elements of blackened death, doom, and atmospheric textures. Out since November 14th, via Napalm Records.
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It’s finally there! The week of the very first edition of Ankea Festival! If you’re still somehow on the fence on why you should get yourself a ticket and come join us in Tampere this weekend, here are 8 reasons that hopefully will convince you!
The final day of Steelfest Open Air always hits differently. Fatigue, devotion and one last descent into the underground. We picked out 5 performances again that we think you should check out for sure tomorrow on Day 3 in case your energy level isn’t high enough to go see everything, going from Dutch black metal icons Cirith Gorgor, the icy pressence of Imperial Crystalline Entombment, doom and gloom from Shape of Despair, a rare and most likely very emotionally charged performance by Lifelover to extreme metal innovators Tormentor to close the weekend! See you there!
It’s looking like Steelfest is going to sell out this year, but if you’re still somehow on the fence if you should go next week or not, here are some solid reasons why you should make the effort this year… If you’re going, why is Steelfest THE event you’re investing your time and money in?
Finland’s summer festival season is stacked again. From underground black metal rituals to lakeside legends and city concerts with global names, we picked 12 events worth your time this summer with Steelfest, Allas Live, Sonic Rites, Ankea, Nummirock, Tuska, CoolHead Live, Dark River Festival, John Smith Rock, Ilosaarirock, Hellsinki Metal Festival and SaariHelvetti
Who says festival season ends with summer? In Finland, the dark months come alive with music: experience the true punk spirit at HKI SKEPU FEST (starting tonight), get in touch with your ancestors and nature at Pakanafestarit, discover new talent at Lost In Music, embrace the shadows at Hellsinki Industrial Festival, sail into chaos with the Hellsinki Metal Cruise, sink into sorrow at Melancholy Mass Festivals, and feel the fire indoors at John Smith Rock Frozen. When the nights are long, Finland turns the volume up.
The first day of the third edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival is filled with an impressive line-up of metal bands of almost every subgenre, completed with some special ones. Of course you need to go see King Diamond headlining tonight, but there is so much more to discover, so our editorial team picked out 7 bands that they think you definitely shouldn’t miss out on with Rabbit Cult, Gost, Kanonenfieber, Forbidden, Fear Factory, Candlemass and Moonsorrow! What bands are you really looking forward to today? Let us know in the comments!
For the first day of Alcatraz 2025, our team picked out 8 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Messa, Frayle, 3 Inches of Blood, thrown, Cabal, Crystal Lake, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons and Heriot! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
Brutal Assault is a proper celebration of everything that is metal and/or extreme and there is something great to be found at any time of the day! We picked out 8 bands that you should go see on the first day of this year’s edition, with High Parasite, Gutalax, Landmvrks, Blood Fire Death, Slow Crush, Patriarchy, Fear Factory and Drowning Pool, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
On the last day of Alcatraz 2025, we get 10 more fantastic Belgian bands served up, going from mesmerizing atmosphere makers like Briqueville and Alkerdeel, to absolute mayhem from bands like Bark, Devastatiön, Slaughter Messiah and Cobracide, hardcore legends Congress and Whatever It Takes, rockers Promise Down or goth-tinged heavy metallers Cult of Scarecrow! Something for everyone and again proof how rich the Belgian heavy music scene is…
This weekend is the highlight for us and many among us in Belgium with the 2025 edition of Alcatraz Festival, but if you still haven’t decided to go, here are 10 reasons why we believe you should just go ahead and go get you some tickets still… What are you looking forward to the most for this year’s edition?
Previews
A new festival is on the horizon in Finland with Ankea Festival, so here are the details on what promises to be a pretty amazing event!
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The first edition of brand-new festival Hellsinki Metal Festival is quickly approaching and they’ve constantly been sharing more details and updates. So it was about time to gather what we already know about the fest in a preview…
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One of Belgium’s biggest and nicest metal festivals is celebrating its 15th anniversary and we hope to see you there! For those who haven’t been there yet, we gathered some quick information about what is going to be another awesome edition!
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In about 3 weeks, the eleventh edition of Steelfest will take place in Hyvinkää, Finland and they have yet again a very impressive line-up at this 3-day celebration of the underground!
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Rockfest is back with a vengeance and a solid line-up that will rock your world for about 3 days in Hyvinkää, Finland!
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Sonic Rites 2022 delivers an eclectic mix of underground and intriguing acts from hardcore to post-metal to pagan folk and more!
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After 2 years of delays, Steelfest is taking out all the stops with 4 days of underground metal madness in a celebration of their 10th anniversary!
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Desert Hel 2022, the first ever attempt to make Helsinki a desert city with the best of stoner/doom/desert rock and metal!
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You might want to look into visiting this little Roadburn in the Nordic region called Blowup festival if you happen to be in the neighborhood!
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