Blackened progressive metal band Dawn Of Ouroboros shared a new music video for the track ‘Cephalopodic Void’, from their latest album ‘Velvet Incandescence’ released last year via Prosthetic Records!

Finnish pagan metal artist Vermilia released her first single ‘Vakat’ from the upcoming new album ‘Karsikko’, set for release in early 2025! Catch her the coming week on her Spanish tour, and later this season in Finland for a couple of dates like this year’s Melancholy Mass Festivals in Tampere and Helsinki!

Polish black metal outfit Arkona shared a second glimpse into their upcoming 8th album ‘Stella Pandora’ (out next week via Debemur Morti Productions) with the single ‘Prometheus’! We’re already looking forward to seeing them live at next year’s Steelfest!

Norwegian black metal icons 1349 unleashed ‘Inferior Pathways’ last week, the latest onslaught from their upcoming album ‘The Wolf and The King’, set for release in a couple of weeks on Season of Mist!

The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland, starting with Cult of Darkness today, Helsinki Techfest, and HKI SKEPU FEST VI this month still, Pakanafesterit in October, Hellsinki Industrial Festival and Melancholy Mass Festivals in November, and John Smith Rock Frozen in December! And for the beer and music lovers, several Masis Beer & Metal events spread over the next couple of months all over Finland! Go get your tickets now!

UK’s symphonic black metal project Wraithfyre offers a majesty journey on its debut ‘Of Fell Peaks and Haunted Chasms’ sharing similarities to the likes of Tartaros and Old Man’s Child. Out on Naturmacht Productions.

The new and highly anticipated eleventh album “Nyx – Hymnejä Yölle” from the Finnish black metal icons Horna is a pure definition of evil. One of this year’s top black metal releases, out via World Terror Committee tomorrow, September 13th!

Finnish folkloric black metallers The Mist From the Mountains revealed the new track ‘Sáiva’, the second one brought into the world from their highly anticipated upcoming album ‘Portal – The Gathering of Storms’, set for release on October 11th via Primitive Reaction!

Варфоломей’s Batushka announces that with the change of the year, so will a new version of the band will come to life and this under a new name! From 2025, the band will be known as Patriarkh, serving their pilgrims with new music free from litigation and the negativity that came with their former name.