Australian blackened heavy metal collective Black Lava announced their upcoming new album ‘The Savage Winds to Wisdom’ set to be released in July and unleashed a first taste of the darkness to come with the single ‘Ironclad Sarcophagus’!
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News Posts
Finnish black metallers Kratti shared the new track ‘Haudanvartija’, a second one to be revealed from the band’s upcoming debut album ‘Matka Kohti Kosmista’ set for release in May via Signal Rex!
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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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Polish black metal outfit Blaze of Perdition released the new single ‘Przez rany’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Upharsin’, set for release next week via Metal Blade Records!
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Finnish black metal outfit Nightside set the release date for their comeback album ‘Death From the North’ on May 24 via Purity Through Fire and unveiled the title track as a first taste!
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The esteemed Dutch metal band Slechtvalk signed with MDD Records for the release of their upcoming album this fall, the first after an 8-year hiatus since their last release!
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New Finnish black metal entity Night Shall Drape Us burn the black flame on the latest unveiled track ‘Ashes of Men’, from the upcoming debut album ‘Lunatic Choir’, set for release by the end of the month via Season of Mist!
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German black metal outfit Naxen released a lyric video for the track ‘To Writhe In The Womb Of Night’ from their upcoming album ‘Descending Into A Deeper Darkness’, set for release in May via Vendetta Records!
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Italian black metal act Darkend signs to Time to Kill Records and announces to be releasing their fifth album ‘Viaticum’ later this year!
US black metal band Akhlys return triumphant with a new album filled with pure black metal terror under the form of ‘House of the Black Geminus’, set for release in July via Debemur Morti Productions. Discover a first taste of it with the track ‘Sister Silence, Brother Sleep’!
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Lists
A list consisting of the best honest, true and ball kicking releases of 2018!
End of the year means albums of the year lists, so here is the one we accumulated from what our editorial team likes!
A list of albums of the year 2018 that mostly seems to revolve around energy and emotions, check it out!
A list with a lot of black metal seeping in, but with a rather surprising number 1 spot!
2017 was again a massive year for music of all makes, I’ve done my best to narrow it down to the 10 releases that suck with me the most the past year…
Darkness, underground, dripping of hate and vile regret… our editor-in-chief has delivered his ode to absolute and relentless black in his albums of the year 2017…
2017 has once again been an excellent year for black metal music. I’ve presented my top albums along with a list of notable releases in the genre!
A full year of incredible releases that we are trying to cram into a list of “albums of the year”, here we go again…
After endless debating the list is done with one clear winner!
Album Reviews
“Into Sorrow Evermore” truly reflects the sonic aspects of these talented musicians which seems a perfect combination of atmosphere and grim black metal. Imperium Dekadenz has become true masters of their craft in capturing the quintessence of atmospheric black metal where each track showcases different styles of melodic and atmospheric black metal. Out on January 20 via Napalm Records.
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With “Aamongandr” Satanic Warmaster retains its status in Finnish and European black metal, every nuance of the following eight tracks makes the new album close to a masterwork. The sheer brilliance of the effective riffs and the stellar production, and the addition of the orchestration will make you behold the greatness of the composition. Released via Werewolf Records.
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Erzfeynd second full-length album “Muspilli” invokes pagan and medieval atmospheres, mastermind Nahdrut Herlarecks utilizes a vast composition and brings a grandeur saga to his sonic oeuvre and with the music woven into grand atmospheric qualities. Out on Ván Records.
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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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“Never Surrender” is much of a continuation to its predecessor but the quartet stampedes into a wildfire like tempos, the songs are fast, relentlessly aggressive, and infectious. Deströyer 666 has returned with impressive work that conveys the classic hallmarks of heavy/speed and blackened thrash metal, released via Season of Mist.
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Darkthrone on its 20th album tackles the old era of traditional metal in a very conventional method. Although some of the tracks may lack the raw organic sound, nevertheless “Astral Fortress” is an epic blackened and doom-laden heavy metal record that is gritty and bold to its core! Out via Peaceville Records.
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Swiss black metal duo Ateiggär on the first studio album “Tyrannemord” incorporates something rare that makes their music one of a kind, this is a great Nordic-inspired piece of a symphonic black metal that comes similar to bands like Kvist. Out via Eisenwald.
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“Naa Skrider Natten Sort” is without doubt one of the best albums in black metal this year, Djevel has aptly presented themselves as true disciples next to bands like Whoredom Rife and Mare. With its beautiful atmosphere and grim melodies it is an epic black metal album with the songwriting and composition making it an instant classic. Out since today via Aftermath Music.
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Ymir’s sophomore release “Aeons of Sorrow” invokes the cold icy melodies of the mid-nineties Finnish black metal, mastermind Vrasjarn maintains the characteristic sound of the band and for this reason, the new album will appeal to many fans of the genre. Released via Werewolf Records.
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”Viscera” is a sonic nightmare sustained by the abrasive elements of blackened death doom, Strigoi depicts utter bleakness and redefines its style where the band takes a logical step forward from the debut album. Released via Season of Mist.
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