After releasing their new album ‘Coma’ at the end of the month via Season of Mist, Gaerea will embark on a European headline tour in 2025 to bring their new music and intense show to their dedicated followers! Get your tickets now!
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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!
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French sextet of Silhouette are getting ready to release their highly anticipated debut album ‘Les Dires de l’Ame’ next month via Antiq. Fans of Alcest, Sylvaine, Cult of Luna, Amenra and Darkher may want to pay heed!
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Gaerea is making their presence felt on the world of extreme metal with their latest captivating single and video ‘Unknown’, another track from their highly anticipated album ‘Coma’, set for release in October via Season of Mist!
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Gaerea is ready to venture onto different paths, infusing their intense black metal music with other influences, guiding us into the darkness with their upcoming album ‘Coma’, set for release in October via Season of Mist and shared a couple of weeks ago the lead single ‘Hope Shatters’ with a captivating video! Catch them live at select Europe festivals like Dark River Festival in Finland in 10 days, or at the end of the year on their North American tour supporting Zeal & Ardor!
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Atmospheric black metal project Tour d’Ivoire set the release date for their self-titled debut on Antiq on September 6th, and shared an excerpt from one of the tracks on the album!
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Finnish pagan metal artist Vermilia shared her latest single ‘Nocturne’ with a video, a cover version of the old Finnish classic song of the same name and originally written as a poem by one of the greats of Finnish poetry!
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Atmospheric black metal project Arx Atrata makes its long awaited return with stunning new album ‘A Reckoning’ and unveiled a first track with ‘I Was A Witness To His Passing’!
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SVNEATR announced their new album ‘Never Return’ to be released next month via Prosthetic Records and unleashed a video for the title track!
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Belgian black metal project Coldborn announces the upcoming second album ‘The Unwritten Pages of Death’ and shares some teasers!
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Lists
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!
February 2022 is yet again brimming with great releases, here’s a small selection of our most anticipated ones!
August proves to be a highly exciting and surprisingly full month for new releases! Here is a small selection of those that are most anticipated by our editorial staff!
12 more releases of March 2021 we have been looking forward to for a while! Check it out!
Photo Reports
Almost none of us are familiar with the venue called Amuz, a renovated church that now serves as one of Antwerp’s most prestigious concert halls. Most of the time this venue houses classical concerts and other events, however on the 3rd of february, a very special occasion took place here. Some of the world’s finest […]
The visuals of a mesmerizing night of atmospheric black metal that took us to a completely different world…
Album Reviews
Erzfeynd’s full-length album “Behaft Behert” takes you back to the ancient medieval times, this is a fresh take on atmospheric and raw black metal, if you are into bands like Troll, Manes and Abigor then this is for you. Out via Ván Records.
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Roman Saenko’s musical art has brought Drudkh to the forefront of the black metal genre, the new album “All Belong To The Night” crafts beautiful and mesmeric musical landscapes offering a fresh take on atmospheric black metal and standing as one of the band’s best albums.
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Trolldom’s “Av Gudars Ätt” Trolldom enters the majestic realm of 90s black metal with songs bejeweled for their sinister and unearthly atmosphere. Out on Iron Bonehead.
AARA’s fourth album “Triade II: Hemera” evokes an aura of modern black metal. The six tracks brim with new elements like Indian female vocals, Jewish Shofar horn and religious choirs.
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Bekëth Nexëhmü’s fourth album encapsulates the essence of bands like Ulver, Satyricon and Burzum and draws nearer to the themes of depressing black metal.
Ars Hmu’s debut full length “Empire of Impurity” is as grim and cold as the Norwegian and Swedish black metal counterparts that falls between the atmospheric and the symphonic form of black metal.
“Hymn To The Woeful Hearts” emphasizes epic melodies where Pure Wrath inflects the listener with many pivotal moments on their third album.
“Trisagion” offers a grand spectacle of how modern atmospheric black metal and funeral doom can be effectively engaging and powerful when merged.
Í Myrkri’s third album “Bag Skyggernes Slør” is deeply atmospheric and imaginative, the songs nourish on chilling tremolos and ambient synth soundscapes.
Mastermind Swartadauþuz takes the frosty elements of lo-fi black metal and carves sonic landscapes of a wintry opus on the third outing “De Fornas Likgaldrar”.
