Ukrainian blackened death/doom formation 1914 return to the battlefield with ‘The War That Never Ends’ Europe tour starting in March, and bring along Danish doom lords KATLA, both bands introducing their latest releases to the live crowds!
News Posts
Unverkalt unleashes new single ‘Oath Ov Prometheus’, putting their new blackened sound to full display! The full album ‘Héréditaire’ is set for release in February via Season of Mist!
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Italian blackened post-punk ensemble Ponte Del Diavolo shared their latest single ‘Lunga vita alla necrosi’ from upcoming album ‘De Venom Natura’, set for release next month via Season of Mist!
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Brutal Assault reveals massive lineup update for the 2026 edition with Body Count, Primus, Periphery, synthwave titans Perturbator and Carpenter Brut, Cradle of Filth and a bunch more heading to the fortress! Get your tickets!
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Australian death doom outfit Mammon’s Throne are set to release their third album ‘My Body to the Worms’ in March via Hammerheart Records and unveiled the first heavy track ‘Elixir’!
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Scandinavian metal outfit Ereb Altor announced their European “Rites of the Blood Moon” tour to be invading the main land in February with Skyforger, Wolfchant and Belore! Including a stop at our very own Asgaard Gentbrugge!
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Vienna’s sludge doom force Tarlung presents ‘Axis Mundi’, the title track of their upcoming album that will be out on January 30 via Argonauta Records!
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Party.San Metal Open Air 2026 adds a massive new batch of bands, including Dark Funeral, Sacred Reich, Wolves in the Throne Room, Devourment, Misery Index, and many more.
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Necromantic black doom creators Worm revealed ‘Blackheart’, new single and part II of the short film series linked to upcoming album ‘Necropalace’, out in February 2026 via Century Media!
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A new chapter of epic doom metal is about to begin with Finnish supergroup The Solitude announcing their debut album ‘The Sound of Absent Life’ to be released in April 2026 with Reaper Entertainment, unveiling the cover artwork!
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Album Reviews
Candlmass’ 13th record “Sweet Evil Sun” delivers plenty of emotive melodies and crushing riffs that will appease the demons inside your head, The songs in the album evokes the inner spirit of the Swedish doom metal masters this is a heavy bombardment of powerful riffs. Out on November 18 via Napalm Records!
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8 years after the near perfect ‘The Year is One’, one of the longest running Finnish doom acts Spiritus Mortis has returned with a new lineup and a fifth album ‘The Great Seal’, easing down a bit on the heavy doom riffery and replacing it with simply epic sounding heavy metal. Out on Svart Records since last Friday.
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Canadian heavy doom hitters Cauchemar make your fantasy dreams come true on their third offering ‘Rosa Mystica’. Out on Temple of Mystery Records.
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Author & Punisher is back with yet another crushing album filled with inhuman soundscapes that are enhanced by newly found human touches!
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Shape of Despair has transcended far and beyond “Return to the Void” returns to the old ways as it set a new paradigm of outstanding craftsmanship that will surpass many fans of funeral doom metal.
“Trisagion” offers a grand spectacle of how modern atmospheric black metal and funeral doom can be effectively engaging and powerful when merged.
Verbum’s first full length album “Exhortation to the Impure” takes a profound approach to death/doom metal, this is definitely an album that you shouldn’t miss.
From the deepest dungeons of Bruges Gateway has crawled out with his first EP in two years, the aptly named ‘Flesh Reborn’
Marianas Rest seeks to expand and critique melancholic melodic death metal on their sophomore album.
Finnish melodic death metal new comers Slow Fall deliver an impressive and diverse slab of melodeath on their debut full-length!
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