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?
Norwegian black metal outfit Vemod sets new prospective for its second album “The Deepening”. The album is recommended for fans of post-metal and shoegaze and influenced by bands like Alcest, out now via Prophecy Productions since last Friday.
Berlin based post-black metal act Nidare has unleased a brand new live session video for ‘Aderlass’, a track from their EP ‘Naehe un Flackern’ released last year via Through Love Records!
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!
Midwestern post-black outfit Chrome Waves presented their new single/video ‘Into The Water’, bridging the gap between their earlier released album ‘Earth Will Shed Its Skin’ and their impending 5th album set for a 2024 release!
Post-black metal band Cailleach Calling unveil a new standalone track with ‘Glittering Delusion’ after last year’s striking debut album, out via Debemur Morti Productions!
We sat down with Svalbard at Alcatraz 2023 to have a chat about their new album ‘The Weight of the Mask’ (out October 6th via Nuclear Blast) and the importance of the mental illness topic on it, talking about what they would say to someone who struggles and what they hope the music could mean to their listeners.
New Dutch black post-metal act The Color Of Rain announced their debut album ‘Oceans Above’ a good week ago, and shared first single ‘Cult Of The Cosmic Flood’ for you to discover them with!
Myrkur is back! In October her new album ‘Spine’ will be released via Relapse Records, a record that promises a new range of emotional and sonic contours to discover. And she already unveiled a first track with ‘Like Humans’!
Svalbard released the melancholic composition ‘How To Swim Down’ with a beautiful animated video last week, another single from their upcoming album ‘The Weight Of The Mask’, set for release in October via Nuclear Blast!
