Finnish black metal icons Barathrum have set the release date for their 10th full-length ‘Überkill’ on October 11 via Hammer of Hate, and unleashed the title track as a teaser!

Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Swamp Stage a serving of extreme metal with Sadus, Paradise Lost and Cradle of Filth!

The highly anticipated second album of Finnish black metal outfit The Mist From The Mountains is set for release in October via Primitive Reaction. And with ‘The Seer of Ages’, a first track from ‘Portal – The Gathering of Storms’ is already available right now!

Polish black metal outfit Arkona present their upcoming eight album ‘Stella Pandora’, set for release in September via Debemur Morti Productions, and unveiled a first scathing track with ‘Necropolis’!

God Dethroned unveiled the music video for the title track of their upcoming album ‘The Judas Paradox’, set for release next month via Reigning Phoenix Music, and added extra dates to their “Epic Prophecy For Europe” tour with Batushka and Vltimas later this year!

Saxophone-driven, instrumental, avan-garde/post-black metal eccentrics Five The Hierophant announced their new album ‘Apeiron’ set to be released in October via Agonia Records and unleashed a first single with ‘Initiatory Sickness’! Catch them on their just revealed tour in October to experience the new work!

In a year full of prominent black metal releases ‘Reaperdawn’ is one of the contenders for the best of 2024, this is yet another triumphant return from guitarist Sebastian Ramstedt who gives us a sense of his creative genius. Out on Century Media Records.

The Omega Swarm’s debut full length album ‘Crimson Demise’ parades into the grim and dark realms of atmospheric death/black metal. This is a conceptual album based on themes of the apocalypse and comes highly recommended for fans of Hypocrisy. Out on Ván Records.

After a well-deserved summer break, the new season opened with a bang. Fat Bastard Promotions and Asgaard managed to book 1914, one of the most interesting bands of the last decade. Bokkerijders was chosen as support. No wonder the tickets flew out the door. After a few days, the event was hopelessly sold out. 

The third offering ‘Eastern Tales’ from the French atmospheric black metal project Belore will be much appreciated by fans of Summoning, Caladan Brood and Emyn Muil. Out via Northern Silence Productions.