Belgian atmospheric black/doom metal act Splendidula released their new standalone single ‘Behind My Semblance’, with matching lyric video, out now via Argonauta Records!
News Posts
Dawn Of Solace announces new album ‘Affliction Vortex’ to be released in February 2025 via Noble Demon and shared the first single and video with ‘Murder’!
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The enigmatic Italian doomsters of Messa have signed to the worldwide roster of Metal Blade Records for the next chapter of their careers! Having caught them live last April at this year’s edition of Desert Hel, they’re more than worth your time checking them out and we wish them all the success they can get from this move!
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Death-doom outfit Barren has unveiled their latest single ‘L’appel du Vide’, the second track from their highly anticipated debut album ‘The Hanged Man’, set for release on October 31st via Skull House Records!
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Finnish masters of melancholy Swallow The Sun unveiled yet another single of their upcoming album ‘Shining’ last week with ‘MelancHoly’! Mark October 18th in your calendar for the official release of the album via Century Media Records!
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Inferno Metal Festival confirmed Satyricon, Rotting Christ, Attan, Uma and Dizmal for next year’s edition! Get your tickets and book your hotel asap!
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Finnish doom metal act Grain Of Pain unveiled a lyric video for the track ‘Can’t Be Fallen’ last week, a track from the recently released debut album ‘The Moon Lights The Way’, out since May via Noble Demon!
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Portuguese post-metal outfit Sinistro unveiled a captivating music video for their second single ‘Elegia’ from their upcoming studio album ‘Vértice’, set for release in October via Alma Mater Records!
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Finnish symphonic doom metal band Infirmum releases first single and music video ‘Burn’ from upcoming album ‘From The Depths I Cried’, expected by the end of this year still!
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For those doomsters under us who missed the news, in anticipation of next month’s release of the new Marche Funèbre album ‘After the Storm’ via Ardua Music, they unleashed a stunning video for the title track!
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Photo Reports
A welcome reunion with Bloodred Hourglass, MyGrain, Marianas Rest and Balance Breach for the top of the Finnish up-and-coming scene!
Pictures of the first day of Finland’s SaariHelvetti festival held in Tampere in 2021! With a whole slab of quality Finnish metal bands from start to finish!
Pics of the second day of SaariHelvetti, one of the only festivals in Finland during the summer of 2020. Check it out!
Pictures of the show Tribulation played opening for Ghost at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki!
The pictures of the first day of Steelchaos 2019, a gathering of wolves!
Day 2 of Blowup Vol. 5 had an even more impressive line-up to get mesmerized by. Here are the pics of the day!
Pictures of a rainy heavy metal night in the park with headliner Children of Bodom!
A great night of Scandinavian metal with Shade Empire, Ereb Altor and Soulfallen!
Katatonia is celebrating 10 years of “Night Is The New Day” and stopped by Belgium on their extensive tour! Support from Cellar Darling & Wheel.
Outside freezing and icy, inside we managed to heat up quite well at the sold out show… Lucifer is back baby! Check out the pictures!
Album Reviews
Debuting with ‘Haunted Funeral Creations’, the three guys from Californian death metal outfit Conjureth are channeling their more doom inspired visions via Tumulation. Out now via Hammerheart Records.
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Dark Descent Records and Extremely Rotten Productions surprised the fans with one of the best split releases of the year. Offering three exclusive songs from Denmark’s death metal outfit Undergang and one monolithic 14-minute track from the U.S. death/doom metal act Spectral Voice.
With ‘Prosaic’, Liam Neigbors’ (aka A.L.N.) brainchild Mizmor takes a less conceptual, down to earth approach to its unique mixture of depressive black metal and funeral doom, making each song stand on its own two feet in this bleak slice of life. Out via Profound Lore Records on this Friday, July 21.
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Static Abyss’ second full-length “Aborted from Reality” invokes such horror and treads into the style of morbid crusty death doom metal, Chris Reifert and Greg Wilkinson have successfully created a filthy and sordid amalgam of slow death doom metal. Out via Peaceville Records!
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“The Choral Tomb” is a bombardment of oceanic maelstrom the music is vastly spacious and filled with emotion-packed clean vocals, therefore, allowing much diversity by applying elements from sludge doom, droning atmosphere, and arpeggio guitars. Ahab conveys its own trademarks which they proclaim as a Nautical funeral doom institution. Out today via Napalm Records!
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The follow-up to ‘Mysterium I’ that was released earlier this year, ‘Mysterium II’ sees Dutch death doom legends Celestial Season take on a more funereal side. Out now via Burning World Records.
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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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”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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Candlmass’ 13th record “Sweet Evil Sun” delivers plenty of emotive melodies and crushing riffs that will appease the demons inside your head, The songs in the album evokes the inner spirit of the Swedish doom metal masters this is a heavy bombardment of powerful riffs. Out on November 18 via Napalm Records!
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8 years after the near perfect ‘The Year is One’, one of the longest running Finnish doom acts Spiritus Mortis has returned with a new lineup and a fifth album ‘The Great Seal’, easing down a bit on the heavy doom riffery and replacing it with simply epic sounding heavy metal. Out on Svart Records since last Friday.
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Noble Demon is a new label that started in 2020 and is quickly on the rise to be one of the more prominent and big players in the scene!
If Gothic is your thing, you might want to check these releases out if you haven’t yet. If you’re not a fan of the style, still check them cause these are good ones!
2021 promises to be quite the year again for new music releases! With our team we decided on some of the releases we’re looking forward to the most!
2021 promises to be quite the year again for new music releases! With our team we decided on some of the releases we’re looking forward to the most!
As every year, we put the heads together of our editorial team to decide on our collective “Albums of the Year”, check it out!
Miele Krieg delivers time after time a fine selection of black and death metal releases that are way off the beaten path…
An album of the year 2020 list heavily populated with Finnish bands and a mix of several genres, coming from our senior publisher.
Psychedelic, experimental sounds are not an unfamiliar sight in Davinci’s top list of 2020. Go on a discovery into weird realms…
A mix of doom & gloom, Americana, AOR and death metal… you can’t say that Samoth sticks to one genre only!
Don’t you just hate when that happens? 10 top albums I missed last year that I think you should still check out…
