Варфоломей’s Batushka announces that with the change of the year, so will a new version of the band will come to life and this under a new name! From 2025, the band will be known as Patriarkh, serving their pilgrims with new music free from litigation and the negativity that came with their former name.
Last week, German black metallers Firtan revealed the third single ‘Contra Vermes’, in anticipation of next week’s release of their highly anticipated 4th album ‘Ethos’ via AOP Records!
Iconic depressive black metal band Psychonaut 4 shared a lyric video for their song ‘Vai Me’, a track from their upcoming 5th full-length album ‘…Of Mourning’, set for release in October via Immortal Frost Productions!
Inferno Metal Festival confirmed Satyricon, Rotting Christ, Attan, Uma and Dizmal for next year’s edition! Get your tickets and book your hotel asap!
The 13th edition of Steelfest is happening in a bit more than 8 months and over the weekend they announced 30 confirmed names for 2025, with of course a nice selection of the top of the Finnish underground scene and plenty of pretty impressive names again, including some exclusive shows of bands like Absu, Osculum Infame, The True Werwolf, Imprecation, Hellwind & Vritrahn and more! Time to get those tickets, we’d say!
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!
After earlier this year celebrating 30 years of Horna at Steelfest with 3 separate shows each spanning another era of the legendary Finnish black metal outfit, they are now also set to release their highly anticipated 11th album ‘Nyx – Hymnejä Yölle’ in a couple of weeks via W.T.C. Productions!
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!
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’!
Just in time to be put under the Christmas tree comes Serpents Oath’s final panel to their Luciferian triptych. ‘Revelation’ is unrelenting black metal fury, full of fire and brimstone and a bright flame for the Belgian black metal scene. Out on December 20 via Odium Records and highly recommended for fans of modern sounding old school black metal in the vein of for instance Watain.
Norwegian symphonic black metal outfit Troll returns with its latest effort ‘Trolldom’ and offers fans thirty-seven minutes of cold, necro atmosphere. The fifth album is out now and released via Polypus Records.
Cincinnati, Ohio based melodic black metal outfit Valdrin is back with a bombastic symphonic offering inspired by fictional magical realms and magic. “Throne Of The Lunar Soul” is out now via Blood Harvest.
Hellenic black metal masters Varathron are back with a majestic seventh album “The Crimson Temple”. An epic triumphant return that combines bombastic melodies and dark choirs and a landmark in the modern era of Hellenic black metal, out on December 1st via Agonia Records.
20 Buck Spin presents the latest split album “Starpath”, unfolding the blissful serene and grim nature of Dream Unending and Worm in a special release, integrating the light side of yin and the dark side of yang in a beautiful symmetry. Out on November 24th.
Swedish melodic blackened death metal super group Night Crowned offers a compelling mixture of aggression and modern mixture of Nordic melodies on the third album ‘Tales’ out via Noble Demon Records today!
The sophomore offering “O Próbie Wiary I Jarzmie Zwątpienia” from the rising black metal outfit Mānbryne showcases excellent musicianship and artistic approach, out now, on Terratur Possessions and Malignant Voices.
International black metal outfit Taubrą offers an intriguing mixture of atmospheric and dark venomous black metal on its debut album “Therizo” out via Debemur Morti Productions tomorrow, October 13th!
Dutch black metal quintet Salacious Gods makes a surprising return with their comeback album “Oalevluuk”, a solid piece of Nordic-styled black metal out on October 6th via Hammerheart Records.
Washington-based atmospheric black metal outfit Wolves In The Throne Room treat the fans with yet another grim and ambient piece of black metal on the newest EP “Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge” out now via Relapse Records on September 29th.
