Khemmis unleashed their new single and video ‘Beneath The Scythe’, another single from their upcoming self-titled album, set for release in June via Nuclear Blast Records!
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News Posts
UK doom metal heavyweights Godthrymm unveiled with ‘The Sun Never Fell’ another track from their upcoming album ‘Projections’, out in May via Profound Lore Records!
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Experimental stoner/doom metal duo Cthuluminati releases their new single ‘The Awakening’!
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Portland’s Dry Wedding signed with Vesperian and released their first new song ‘Arrowhead’!
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Monolord have shared the new track ‘Oozing Wound’, a second preview of their upcoming album ‘Neverending’, out next month with Relapse Records! Catch them live this summer at only a few European festivals, including Alcatraz, or this fall on their Europe tour!
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Irish doom stalwarts Soothsayer signed to Apocalyptic Witchcraft for the release of their next album! More details coming soon!
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Atmospheric doom metal project TodoMal shared lead single ‘Point of Coalescence’ from their upcoming album ‘Graveyards of Joy’, set for release in June via Season of Mist!
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French doomgaze duo Aetere unveiled the single ‘Cilice’ and announce their debut album ‘Theogonie’ to be out in June via Octopus Rising / Argonauta Records!
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Swedish gothic doom entity Draconian dropped their latest new single ‘Misanthrope River’, another track from their upcoming album ‘In Somnolent Ruin’, out next month via Napalm Records!
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Doom outfit The Answer Lies In The Black Void reveal cover of Massive Attack’s ‘Angel’, which will also be featured on the Pelagic Records label compilation ‘The Dungeon Tapes’!
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Lists
Only a handful of days left before Helsinki gets a healthy shot of heavy and dark music with the third edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival! If you’re still confused and wondering if you should go or not, check out 8 reasons we believe should convince you… Beware, get your tickets today as tomorrow the price will go up again!
Tolminator is already a quite unique and exceptional experience on its own, but they always seem to keep a keen eye on the scenes of different countries and know to pic some of the most promising acts for their line-ups. And this year, we get to welcome our friends of Marche Funèbre, Mordkaul and Brutal Sphincter to be part of the “Belgian Invasion”, but also 2 stellar acts from Finland with melodeath icons Omnium Gatherum and psychedelic black metal collective Oranssi Pazuzu!
On the first full day of Alcatraz 2025, 3 out of 4 stages will be opened by some Belgian gems, some banging heavy metal from Room13, atmospheric and melancholic doom with Splendidula and brutal death with a wink and a grin from Coffin Feeder!
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 Frayle, RUÏM, Orange Goblin, Crystal Lake, Oranssi Pazuzu, 3 Inches of Blood, Sigh, and Brutally Deceased, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
In less than a week, Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket and join us there!
In 10 days, Kortrijk in Belgium, will turn the heavy up again with Hell’s Balls Belgium, just like they do every summer with Alcatraz festival. In case you weren’t sure yet why you should go, here are what we think are valid reasons for you to be there…
What are you the most excited about of this year’s editions of the festival? Let us know in the comments!
The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland, starting with Cult of Darkness today, Helsinki Techfest, and HKI SKEPU FEST VI this month still, Pakanafesterit in October, Hellsinki Industrial Festival and Melancholy Mass Festivals in November, and John Smith Rock Frozen in December! And for the beer and music lovers, several Masis Beer & Metal events spread over the next couple of months all over Finland! Go get your tickets now!
With about a week to go, we put together 10 reasons why we think you should consider to still get yourself a ticket for Alcatraz 2024 and join in with the fun! With a stellar line-up, including some of the best the Belgian scene has to offer and a great organization trying to improve your festival experience year after year, it’s promising to be one hell of a weekend again!
The second day of Tuska 2024 will get at least as exciting as the day before, we highly recommend you don’t sit out on the shows of Ankor, VOLA, Solence, St. Aurora, Make Them Suffer, I Am Your God, Bring Me The Horizon and The Abbey!
Tomorrow it’s again that time of the year: Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket if any are available still! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, Tuska Expo expanding further and simply an amazing atmosphere! See you there!
Album Reviews
Costa Rican death doom outfit Perishing delivers a prime example of guttural death doom on their debut ‘Malicious Acropolis Unveiled’. Out via Transcending Obscurity.
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Let The Answer Lies in the Black Void’s third album ‘Transcendental’ envelop you in an ethereal shroud of esoteric mystical doom. Out via Lay Bare Recordings.
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“Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration” is dark and crushingly heavy, and stands as a milestone in the band’s discography. Hooded Menace delivers a top performance and songwriting prowess in its most majestic and grandiose form. Out via Season of Mist on October 3rd.
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Put your raincoats on as Krigsgrav’s eighth studio album ’Stormcaller’ is predicting some very heavy blackened thunderstorms. Pouring down on you via Willowtip Records since last Friday!
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“Ascension” somehow fulfills what “Obsidian” might have lacked; it’s another worthy entry in the band’s growing discography and redefines the modern gothic doom metal that is on par with other veterans like My Dying Bride. Out via Nuclear Blast Records since yesterday, September 19th.
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Third studio album “Pain Effulgence” of Boston, Massachusetts death doom quartet Innumerable Forms is a crushing iteration of the classic sound of British and Finnish melancholic bands. Out now via Profound Lore Records since August 22nd.
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‘Saturnian Appendices’ is the newest release by the Philadelphian epic doom metal band Crypt Sermon. The EP includes three brooding, doom-laden songs and one cover song by Mayhem. Out via Dark Descent Records.
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Greek titans Nightfall display remarkable musicianship on their eleventh studio album “Children of Eve”, out via Season of Mist since yesterday. The songs embrace and recapture the gothic facet of its music with dark atmosphere.
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In between full lengths, Finnish-Hellenic ensemble Aeonian Sorrow has birthed a new four track EP of resplendent funereal gothic doom. ‘From the Shadows’ is available right now.
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Finnish black metal duo Moonfall delves into the archaic and atmospheric style of early black and dungeon synth. Their full-length album “Odes to the Ritual Hills” was released via Iron Bonehead Productions last week Friday!
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Interviews
A talk with vocalist/bassist Andreas from Highrider about their latest album, D&D and the bands that have inspired them to create such a crazy blend of different music styles!
Moonspell is bringing a new album soon and if we may believe them, it’s going to be a rumbling one… More about that and other things from Pedro!
A talk with Colin H. van Eeckhout about Amenra’s history, their music and playing shows.
With a winning formula of classic metal drenched in a doomy athmosphere, Argus is one of the more exciting bands hailing from the American underground. On the second date of their recent European tour, Grimm jumped at the opportunity to talk about the group’s songwriting routines, recent line-up changes and upcoming album.
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