After the team sent in their top lists at the end of last year, and calculating the results, we got to an interesting “albums of the year 2023” list featuring releases from Marduk, Kludde, Blink-182, Blackbraid, Orbit Culture, Gloryhammer, Ne Obliviscaris, Hypno5e, Periphery, Dying Fetus, Obituary, Avatar, Svalbard, VV and Sleep Token! Do you agree with any of these? What did you have in your top list?
Amor Fati Productions in conspiracy with Extraconscious Records, announces March 20th to be the international release date for international atmospheric black metal Acathexis’ highly anticipated second album ‘Immerse’ and share the first track ‘The Other’ as a little early taste!
Our resident extreme metal reviewer Mazen has a selection of stellar (mostly) black and death metal releases as his favorite of the year with Sulphur Aeon, Varathron, Moonlight Sorcery, Cruciamentum, Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Asphodelus, Marduk, …And Oceans, and Cirith Ungol!
Australian dark folk/blackgaze act Suldusk announces upcoming new album ‘Anthesis’, set for release via Napalm Records in March, and share the title track now with an accompanying video! Fans of Myrkur, Oathbreaker and Chelsea Wolfe, don’t sit on this one!
Portland, Maine based atmospheric black metal duo Obsidian Tongue presents their most epic work to date with their upcoming new EP ‘The Stone Heart’, unveiling the title track with a captivating video!
Hexvessel turned, with the support of Unfyros, Kuudes Linja in Helsinki into a magically doomy place filled with smoke, and darkness.
Earlier this year, Hexvessel released their new album ‘Polar Veil’ via Svart Records, taking the psychedelic folk rock towards the black metal origins of their leader Mat “Khvost” McNerney. And to celebrate the release, they did a few release shows in Finland, of which we got to enjoy the captivating Helsinki show in Kuudes Linja, with support from Unfyros.
One-man, atmospheric black metal project Shylmagoghnar shared a last single/video with ‘Infinion’ in anticipation of this Friday’s release of the new album ‘Convergence’ via Napalm Records!
Far from Vikings and church burnings, these cowboys from hell continue their epic tales of the old west on Wayfarer’s fifth album ‘American Gothic’, out via Century Media and Profound Lore.
In anticipation of the release of new album ‘Convergence’ via Napalm Records next month, atmospheric black metal act Shylmagoghnar shared the stirring video for single ‘The Sea’!
