Watain announced their ultimate demise in about 3 years through the release of their “Death Transmission” statement… 3 more years for you to experience these black metal misfits live still at least once before they close the books after about 3 decades!
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!
Earlier this month, URNE announced their new album ‘Setting Fire To The Sky’ to be released in January 2026 with Spinefarm Records and shared the new single and video ‘Be Not Dismayed’!
“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.
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 Answer Lies In the Black Void recently unveiled second single ‘Sine Morbo’, with a haunting video, from upcoming album ‘Transcendental’, set for release with Lay Bare Recordings next week Friday, September 26!
Vintersea return with another fantastic song and video under the form of their latest composition ‘Become The Wave’! Another taste of the new version of the band and the beginnings of a new album!
Italian doom ensemble Ponte Del Diavolo released an official live video for ‘Covenant’, recorded during their appearance at the legendary Roadburn Festival earlier this year. Also a track from their debut full-length ‘Fire Blades From the Tomb’, released last year with Season of Mist!
Dutch black metal innovators Terzij de Horde released the second new single ‘The All-Consuming Work of the Soul’s Foreclosing’ and video of the upcoming album ‘Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone’, set for release in October with Church Road Records!
Friday night at Black Hawk MC’s Choppershow weekend in Belgium was all about live music, and especially local bands with Poseydon, popular cover band Impact, and most of all Hexa Mera hitting the stage with a farewell show. Their powerful set hit especially hard, knowing the band is stepping away after 15 years: a bittersweet but fitting send-off for a group that’s been so important to our scene and community.
