Green Carnation release new single ‘The Messiah Complex’, the title track of the upcoming last chapter of their A Dark Poem trilogy, out in Sepember via Season of Mist!
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News Posts
Norwegian masters of K.A.O.S., Trollfest, announced their new studio album ‘Trollywood’ to be out in November with Reaper Entertainment! First single ‘Day Drinking’ is coming your way on August 7th!
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Gothminister returns with the powerful new industrial metal anthem ‘My Revenge’, from the upcoming album ‘We Are All Demons’, set for release in October!
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Norwegian folk rock outfit Gåte shared their latest single ‘Oskorsreia’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Sigil’, out in September with Season of Mist!
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Enslaved revealed the collaborative track ‘Spirit Helper’ featuring Kevin Kicking Woman, an elder of the Blackfeet Nation, out now everywhere!
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Green Carnation just recently announced the third and last part of their ‘A Dark Poem’ trilogy, ‘The Messiah Complex’, to be out in September with Season of Mist, and shared the lead single ‘Unconditional Artificial Chemistry’!
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Black metal institution Taake reveals the details on the upcoming album ‘En Skog av Nidstang’, set for release next month via Dark Essence Records and unveiled a first track with ‘Einstoeingen og Eg’!
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Tor-Helge Skei’s new project Holissstik unveiled the first new single and music video ‘The Rhythm of Silence’, featuring vocals from Martyna Halas, Marita Hellem and Pierre Ripka, a track from the upcoming debut album ‘Chapter 1: This Endless Solitude’, out in August on Season of Mist!
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Norwegian alternatives Blood Command turn betrayal into a summer anthem on their new single ‘Flowers To A Knife Fight, out with Arising Empire!
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Norwegian stoner punks Bokassa returned with their brand new single and video ‘Doesn’t Matter If You Love It Here’, out now everywhere via their own label, embracing their DIY spirit yet again!
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Album Reviews
The Norwegian veterans prove that their songwriting and dark musical mystique fit the style of second-wave black metal and even the early phases of first-wave black metal. Mortem delivers something different than the usual state of the art. Out via Peacevill Records since July 3rd.
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Dimmu Borgir achieves a sonic alchemy that flawlessly blends a sinister and darker approach on its long-awaited album “Grand Serpent Rising”. The Norwegian gods foray into a bombastic and triumphant majesty that resonates with the past studio albums and is the best-sounding album since “Death Cult Armageddon” according to our reviewer. Out via Nuclear Blast Records next week Friday on May 22nd.
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Norway’s Vreid prove they are a forward-thinking band and one of the acts that hold the black metal torch high. The tenth album “The Sky Turn Black” offers atmospheric passages and aggressive Nordic black metal tendencies. Out via Indie Recordings since March 6th. Catch them on tour in Europe with Hypocrisy, Abbath and Vomitory starting next week!
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The uniqueness and quality crowns Djevel’s new album “Natt Til Ende” as one of the best black metal albums of the year, the chant passages are saturated in the grimness of 90s black metal as each riff and melody offers many epic moments. Out via Avantgarde Music.
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Norwegian gothic/doom sextet Funeral conveys a sonic requiem on their seventh studio album “Gospel of Bones” out via Season of Mist since October 18th.
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1349’s new studio album ‘The Wolf & The King’ is impressive and engaging, full of dynamics and fiery tremolo riffage, delivering unrelenting aggression. This is a great return of one of Norway’s prominent black metal acts and out via Season of Mist.
Catch them on tour right now with Kampfar and Afsky, with a stop at Helsinki’s Ääniwalli tomorrow!
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Blood Red Throne delivers some quality metal on their 11th album “Nonagon” unleashes plenty of jaw-dropping riffs from the groovy chugs to the energetic drumming that is direct and efficient in crushing your skull. It is undoubtedly one of the band’s strongest albums, there are no frills here, just killer death metal tunes to crush your skull. The album comes highly recommended for fans of Vomitory, Deicide and, Cannibal Corpse. Out since January 26th via Soulseller Records.
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Fans of death/thrash metal should check out Norway’s death/thrash metal outfit Sovereign’s first full-length album, “Altered Realities”. The album is recommended for fans of Death, Pestilence and Nocturnus, out now via Dark Descent Records!
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Norwegian black metal outfit Vemod sets new prospective for its second album “The Deepening”. The album is recommended for fans of post-metal and shoegaze and influenced by bands like Alcest, out now via Prophecy Productions since last Friday.
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Darkthrone on its 20th album tackles the old era of traditional metal in a very conventional method. Although some of the tracks may lack the raw organic sound, nevertheless “Astral Fortress” is an epic blackened and doom-laden heavy metal record that is gritty and bold to its core! Out via Peaceville Records.
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Interviews
Glasgow Kiss released their debut album ‘Down In Flames’ with Eclipse Records last year, and we sat down with the band to talk about the overwhelming response to the record, their unusual approach to production, the emotional story behind “One Last Time”, and how songwriting became therapy for vocalist Charlotte.
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Today we’re already sitting down with Fixation again to have a chat about their soon-to-be released new album, but back in February, we already had a short conversation with vocalist Jonas Hansen about touring with Devin Townsend, their music and what he hopes to accomplish with it, some of his personal vocal inspirations, and how he would describe their music using just visuals.
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We got to talk with the 3 people behind the amplified history outfit Heilung about their inspirations and mission to heal the world…
We got to talk with the 3 people behind the amplified history outfit Heilung about their inspirations and mission to heal the world…
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