News Posts

Dutch black metal outfit released second single ‘The Black Flame’ with a new music video, dragging the viewer deeper into darkness with a visual ritual. Another track from their upcoming self-titled album set for release next month via Svart Records!

Dutch black metal outfit Doodswens announce their new self-titled album set for release in April via Svart Records and shared the first single with ‘Driven By Death’!

Dutch hardcore legens Vitamin X unleashed the new single ‘Ride the Apocalypse’ and a music video for ‘Chop Chop Chop’! Their new album ‘Ride the Apocalypse’ is set for release in March via Svart Records!

Finnish iconoclasts, Terveet Kädet leader Läjä Äijälä and Reverend Bizarre’s Albert Witchfinder unveiled their latest single ‘Last Fuck Before Death’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Circle Of Pain’, out in January 2026 via Svart Records!

Amsterdam’s hardcore legends Vitamin X are back with their seventh album ‘Ride The Apocalypse’ in March 2026 via Svart Records and shared a first track with ‘Chop Chop Chop’!

Finnish garage rock greats Sweatmaster offered another bite from their upcoming fifth album ‘More!’ with a video for the title track! The album is set for release via Svart Records in January 2026!

Finnish industrial metal juggernaut Dome Runner unleashed their new single ‘Salvation Access’, another track from their upcoming album ‘World Panopticon’, set for release in a couple of weeks via Svart Records!

The original soundtrack by Pétur Ben of cult film ‘Metalhead’ is finally going to be available on vinyl for the first time, to be released accompanied by the film on Blu-ray, booklet and poster in December via Svart Records!

Finnish death metal unit Abhorrence honours the Great Old Ones of death metal and unleashed the single and video ‘Old Age, Sickness and Death Metal’ as a tribute to Possessed and the 40th anniversary of the album that started it all: ‘Seven Churches’!

Album Reviews

Emanating raw, grimy black metal in its most primordial form Doodswens’ self-titled, sophomore album was invoked on last Friday, April 17 via Svart Records.

Havukruunu crafted a diverse piece of work that fits with the pagan themes of the past albums and presenting a sonic medium that connects the band with the ancient tale of ‘Tavastland’. Out this Friday via Svart Records, this is highly recommended for fans of Moonsorrow and the likes! Catch them live with their new album this Friday in Helsinki, at select places in Finland over the coming months, or this summer at Tuska!

U.S. death metal band Petrification returns with a brand-new album “Sever Sacred Light” out since February 9th via Svart Records. The album is recommended for fans who like their death metal obscure and old school.

Come on and shake your coffin to The Coffinshakers latest record, ‘Graves, Release Your Dead’, an insane mix of weird western, Halloween, psychobilly and Johnny Cash, out via Svart Records.

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.

I Am The Night has mastered its craft on the first full-length album “While The Gods Are Sleeping” what we have here is a supreme embodiment of the Swedish and Norwegian trademarks.

After six funeral paced years the grandmasters of Finnish funeral doom have returned to the crematorium with their sixth full length ‘Companion’. Out via their countrymen of Svart Records

Like the drug, Opium Warlords’ “Nembutal” heals the listener of his or hers anxiety and leaves you sober and with an open mind.

Thirty years after Winter’s groundbreaking death doom debut ‘Into Darkness’, founding member, Stephen Flam, has penned its spiritual follow up with his new band, Göden, on ‘Beyond Darkness’.

Hexvessel have pulled a new set of songs from their sleeves for the new album ‘Kindred’. The best magical forest folk from Finland you can find…