Thy Catafalque unleash a metallic punishment on the new single ‘Mindenevő’, a blackened blistering track from the upcoming new album ‘XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek’, set for release in November via Season of Mist!
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Swiss avant-garde experimentalist outfit Schammasch announced their next album ‘The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean’ to be released in October via Prosthetic Records and shared haunting lead single ‘They Have Found Their Master’, featuring additional vocals by Kathrine Shepard from Sylvaine!
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Ihsahn released the final single to be taken from his forthcoming self-titled album with ‘The Distance Between Us’ to prepare yourself for the release in February via Candlelight Records!
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The legendary Ihsahn released second single/video ‘Twice Born’ from the upcoming self-titled album, set for release in February 2024 via Candlelight Records!
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Norway’s pioneers of avant-garde/progressive black metal Borknagar announced their upcoming 12th album ‘Fall’ to be released via Century Media Records in February 2024 and shared the single ‘Summits’!
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A couple of days ago, Tuska announced a 2nd batch of confirmed names for the 2024 edition, and they got us even more excited about next summer! With Bad Omens, Zeal & Ardor, Tarot, Sonata Arctica, Warmen, Annisokay, Solence, Beyond The Black, Ankor, Rytmihäiriö, and I Am The Night! Go get your tickets now!
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Folterkammer signed with Century Media and celebrated with the BDSM inspired new song ‘Das Peitschengedicht’, including a haunting video.
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Blut Aus Nord unleashed a visual interpretation of the ‘Nameless Rites’ track, from their latest album ‘Disharmonium – Nahab’, recently released via Debemur Morti Productions!
Italian avant-garde black metal project Hiems unveiled the music video for the title song of the upcoming new album ‘Stranger in a Wasteland’, set for release in September via Agonia Records.
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Hexvessel’s 2nd single ‘Ring’ from the upcoming album ‘Polar Veil’, set for release in September via Svart Records, harks back to Mat “Kvohst” McNerney’s past in black metal bands with an eerie and mesmerizing soundscape!
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Gig Reports
With Turmion Kätilöt you always get an amazing disko metal party and with supporting acts Japanese black metal outfit Sigh and the Finnish melancholics of Marianas Rest we got quite the diverse musical evening at Pakkahuone in Tampere, Finland to start a long Easter weekend! An event organized by Nem Agency.
Gig report of Turmion Kätilöt with Sigh and Marianas Rest in Pakkahuone on March 28th 2024 in Tampere (Finland), organized by Nem Agency.
Gig report of Turmion Kätilöt with Sigh and Marianas Rest in Pakkahuone on March 28th 2024 in Tampere (Finland), organized by Nem Agency.
Photo Reports
Turmion Kätilöt came to Tampere’s Pakkahuone for a big Easter party. Along came Japanese black metal legends Sigh and Finnish melodeath doomsters Marianas Rest. An event by Nem Agency and Tullikamari Tampere.
Pictures of the 2nd day of Tuska 2023 with Oranssi Pazuzu, Reckless Love, VLTIMAS, Stam1na, Blind Channel, Amorphis, Baroness and Mercyful Fate.
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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!
Steelfest manages to impress with their line-up and organization every single year, and this year is no different, even after some recent setbacks! We’re amazed with the line-up that celebrates everything that is underground and extreme yet again, and that’s only a part of the reasons why you should still try to make it to the fest this weekend!
As the festival summer is quickly approaching, May sees many great releases yet again. Our team of writers put together a nice selection of those they are looking forward to the most this month with Deathstars, Cattle Decapitation, Veil Of Maya, The Dark Side Of The Moon, Ghost, Thulcandra, Frozen Soul, Sleep Token, Henget, Vomitory, Immortal, Kalmah and Legion Of The Damned!
