Texan black metallers Hexella revealed the new track ‘Black Earth’, the first from their highly anticipated debut album, set for release during the first half of this year via Hells Headbangers!
News Posts
Blackened progressive metal band Dawn Of Ouroboros shared ‘Slipping Burgundy’, their latest single on which they blend jazz parts with ferocious atmospheric black, getting us properly excited about their upcoming new album ‘Bioluminescence’, set for release in March via Prosthetic Records!
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German black metal act Verheerer announced their new album ‘Urgewalt’ to be out in April via Vendetta Records and unleashed the first single and video ‘Totenvolk’!
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Progressive blackened metal band Tómarúm announced their upcoming sophomore album ‘Beyond Obsidian Euphoria’, set for release in April via Prosthetic Records and unleashed a first track with ‘Shed This Erroneous Skin’!
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Finnish black/thrash metal institution Urn is set to release their new album ‘Demon Steel’ via Osmose Productions at the end of March and are revealing a first track in the beginning of next month!
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On ‘Cult of the Serpent Sun’, NITE guards the altar of blackened heavy metal with sharpened blades and axes raised, out in March via Season of Mist, get to listen to the title track already right now!
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Finnish pagan atmospheric black metal artist Vermilia has unveiled a new video for her latest single ‘Veresi’, a track from her upcoming album ‘Karsikko’, set for release next week Friday February 14!
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Cross Bringer announces their highly anticipated second album ‘Healismus Aeternus’, out on February 21 via Consouling Sounds and Silent Pendulum Records and shared the track ‘Desolation Hypnosis’!
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Greek atmospheric black metallers Lucifer’s Child announced their long-awaited new album ‘The Illuminant’, set for release in March via Agonia Records, and marked their return by their new single ‘Antichrist’!
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Wrath of Logarius announced to be releasing their new album ‘Crown of Mortis’ via Season of Mist in April, and unleashed yet another fiery example of their “formless black metal” with the track ‘Keeper of the Spectral Legion’!
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Album Reviews
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.
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Árstíðir Lífsins on its sixth full length album “Aldrlok” recounts the timeless tales of old Norse history and turbulent times of change in Iceland. The nine cuts combine modern and classic black metal into an epic black metal album that stands unique in the band’s musical works, out via Ván Records.
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Kvaen’s third studio album ‘The Formless Fires’ captures the early years of Swedish melodic black metal. The album is highly recommended for fans of Dissection, The Moaning and A Canorous Quintet. Out on Metal Blade Records.
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Akhlys’ fourth studio album ‘House of the Black Geminus’ is an incredible manifestation brought from the dark mind of Naas Alcameth. The six new cuts project a quasi-symphonic and sinister form of black metal with ferocity and atmosphere. Out on Debemur Morti.
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The ninth studio album “Heavenly Down” from the Hungarian black metal masters Sear Bliss brings back memories of the past albums in a most breathless passionate spirit; capturing the hallmark of the band. Out via Hammerheart Records, it is a must for fans of symphonic and atmospheric black metal, and highly recommended to anyone who likes Summoning, Forest Silence, and Negură Bunget.
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Civerous packs the sophomore “Maze Envy” with modulation of black/death metal, there are some nuances of blackened death metal that serve a dreary atmosphere. Out via 20 Buck Spin since last week, March 22nd.
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Darkestrah’s seventh album “Nomad” inspires the listener to traverse through dark places, as the whole music emerges from the ancient landscapes of pagan kingdoms. It’s a sleekly written, very raw shamanic black metal album, highly recommended for fans of Moonsorrow, Nokturnal Mortum, and Ygg. Out today, March 29th via Osmose Productions.
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Sweden’s Necrophobic returns with a staggering new album, “In Twilight Grey”. The songs here sound heavier, rawer, and more sinister, making them deliver one of their best studio albums of their career. Out via Century Media Records since last Friday!
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Vltimas’ second full length album “Epic” deliver plenty of head-banging moments for fans of Morbid Angel, Mayhem, and Cryptopsy. This is a coherent record that showcases the chemistry between these veterans and takes what they already did expertly on their debut to a whole new level. Out since today via Season of Mist!
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French black metal outfit Merrimack returns with its sixth album “Of Grace and Gravity” managed to capture atmosphere, aggression, and memorable riffs. Out on Season of Mist Underground Activists since March 8th.
