Australian black metal force Faustian are releasing their new album ‘Parable Of The Sewer’ on Apocalyptic Witchcraft in July and recently unveiled the track ‘Broken Better’!
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Finnish black metal veterans Azaghal unveiled their latest single ‘Noitalasia’, the third unveiled from their upcoming album ‘Nekrohelios’, out by the end of this month via Immortal Frost Productions!
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Belgian metalpunks Shewolff shared their new track ‘Nail + Burn’, the third revealed from their upcoming debut mini-album ‘We’re All Gonna Fukking Die’, out on May 22nd via Dying Victims Productions!
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Finnish bestial black/death metal trio Hoc Est Bellum are getting ready to unleash their debut album ‘Filth Majesty’ next month with Time To Kill Records and unveiled a first single with ‘Nightside Necromancy’!
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Finnish black metal icons Azaghal shared second single ‘Saatana, Olen Miekkasi’ and first music video of their upcoming album ‘Nekrohelios’, set for release at the end of the month with Immortal Frost Productions!
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Belgian extreme music apparition Emptiness announced its new album ‘Nowhere Speaks’ to be out in July via Season of Mist!
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Czech black metal institution Inferno announced their new album ‘The Anthropic Sophisms’ to be our in July with Debemur Morti Productions and shared the one and only single ‘Circulus Vitiosus Deus (The Infinity Ravages All)’!
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Portland’s Dry Wedding signed with Vesperian and released their first new song ‘Arrowhead’!
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Polish black metal outfit Piołun returns with their second full-length ‘Exolvuntur’ in May via Malignant Voices and unleashed a first track with ‘Manifest Kresu’.
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Swedish black metal outfit Flykt unveiled the details of their upcoming album ‘Sinister Strain’, out in June via Hammerheart Records and unleashed the new track ‘An Uncarved Block’!
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Album Reviews
Akhlys’ fourth studio album ‘House of the Black Geminus’ is an incredible manifestation brought from the dark mind of Naas Alcameth. The six new cuts project a quasi-symphonic and sinister form of black metal with ferocity and atmosphere. Out on Debemur Morti.
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The ninth studio album “Heavenly Down” from the Hungarian black metal masters Sear Bliss brings back memories of the past albums in a most breathless passionate spirit; capturing the hallmark of the band. Out via Hammerheart Records, it is a must for fans of symphonic and atmospheric black metal, and highly recommended to anyone who likes Summoning, Forest Silence, and Negură Bunget.
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Civerous packs the sophomore “Maze Envy” with modulation of black/death metal, there are some nuances of blackened death metal that serve a dreary atmosphere. Out via 20 Buck Spin since last week, March 22nd.
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Darkestrah’s seventh album “Nomad” inspires the listener to traverse through dark places, as the whole music emerges from the ancient landscapes of pagan kingdoms. It’s a sleekly written, very raw shamanic black metal album, highly recommended for fans of Moonsorrow, Nokturnal Mortum, and Ygg. Out today, March 29th via Osmose Productions.
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Sweden’s Necrophobic returns with a staggering new album, “In Twilight Grey”. The songs here sound heavier, rawer, and more sinister, making them deliver one of their best studio albums of their career. Out via Century Media Records since last Friday!
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Vltimas’ second full length album “Epic” deliver plenty of head-banging moments for fans of Morbid Angel, Mayhem, and Cryptopsy. This is a coherent record that showcases the chemistry between these veterans and takes what they already did expertly on their debut to a whole new level. Out since today via Season of Mist!
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French black metal outfit Merrimack returns with its sixth album “Of Grace and Gravity” managed to capture atmosphere, aggression, and memorable riffs. Out on Season of Mist Underground Activists since March 8th.
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Norway’s progressive Viking folk black metal quintet Borknagar returns with the stunning new album “Fall”. The 12th studio album captures the essence of Borknagar where the band continues its legacy, released last Friday via Century Media.
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The fifth installment “Dismal Spells Part II: The Night Circus” from the project Druadan Forest invites us to traverse through this sonic creation of V-Khaoz’ visual worlds, released on February 23rd via Werewolf Records.
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The Swiss atmospheric black metal/ambient act DarkSpace offer an interesting variation on the new album “Dark Space -II”. DarkSpace opted to a highly imaginative listening session, out via Season of Mist on February 16th.
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Lists
Steelchaos is back! If that is not reason enough to get yourself a ticket still, here are 5 reasons why you should still consider to go this weekend, including the exclusive Finland “Black Metal” 40 years anniversary show of Venom Inc.!
7 epic singles again selected by us of last week with Psychonaut, Before The Dawn, Black Mirrors, Wednesday 13, Sowulo, Ciemra and Skyforger! Highly recommended to check them out if you haven’t yet!
Another week with amazing releases, check out the 13 singles that caught our attention with Rue Vox, Enter Shikari, …And Oceans, Aphyxion, Dirty Shirt, For I Am King, Hoaxed, Seas On The Moon, Stake, Suicide Silence, VV, Demeted and Tallah!
The music industry is at it again at full force after the festival season with a massive amount of really cool releases coming out, just look at the number of our most anticipated releases for September have grown into and then we probably could have included more still. With new albums from Blind Guardian, Yungblud, Wolfheart, Slipknot, Starcrawler, Lost Society, The Hu, Vermin Womb, Vermilia, Bloodbath, Slugcrust, Electric Callboy, Innumerable Forms, Tribal Gaze, Gaerea and Graceless, it’ll be quite the month again!
Things are getting ramped up now that the summer period is at its end! Great releases are coming out soon and it showed in the past week with new singles from Slipknot, Gaerea, Alien Weaponry, Brymir, Orbit Culture, Suasion ft. Steffi Pacson and The Callous Daoboys that amazed us!
Finnish festival Steelfest is a true celebration of the underground, but it you’re not convinced yet, here are some reasons why you should go
A small grab of what we are looking forward to the most of the many exceptional releases coming our way during May 2022!
The month of April brings us not only Spring in full bloom, but a long list of stellar releases. Here is a selection of those we’re looking forward to the most!
March is one hell of a month! Yet again tons of releases to pick from, so here is a small selection again of what we highly recommend and is most anticipated for us!
This list is not for the faint of heart. A selection of releases that we experienced as being some of the most intense unleashed during 2021.
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