Finnish sludge doom metal band Earthblood is set to release their 2nd EP ‘Witchburner’ via Inverse Records in April and shared first single ‘Sons of Heavy Rain’!
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NYC death/doom outfit Funeral Leech announced to be releasing their new album ‘The Illusion Of Time’ via Carbonized Records in April and unveiled a new track with ‘Ceaseless Wheel Of Becoming’!
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High On Fire shared an official video for their earlier released single ‘Burning Down’, a track from their upcoming new album ‘Cometh the Storm’, set for release in April via MNRK Heavy!
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Portuguese doom act Sinistro signs with Alma Mater Records for their next album ‘Vértice’ (out in September) and shared a first video single with ‘Pontas Soltas’!
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Greek occult doom/heavy metal outfit Saturday Night Satan shared the video single ‘Devil in Disguise’, a track from their upcoming debut album ‘All Things Black’, set for release at the end of this month via Made of Stone Recordings! Fans of artists like Ghost, Lucifer or Witchcraft may want to pay attention!
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Brume shared the emotional roller-coaster ride that is the track ‘New Sadder You’, from their upcoming album ‘Marten’, set for release in May via Magnetic Eye Records!
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L.A. death/doom quintet Civerous shares the crushing single ‘Shrouded In Crystals’ in anticipation of the release of their new album ‘Maze Envy’ via 20 Buck Spin on March 22nd!
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Finnish-Australian metal quartet The Eternal signed to Reigning Phoenix Music for the release of ‘Skinwalker’, their first new album in 6 years. Pre-save their upcoming single ‘Death Like Silence’ now!
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Finnish melodic death/doom metal outfit The Harbinger released a first single and music video ‘Hollow’ from their upcoming ‘Gates of Hell’ EP, set for release later this year via Inverse Records!
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Finnish melodic gothic doomster outfit Hanging Garden announced to be releasing the ‘Citylight Sessions’ EP in April via Agonia Records with remakes of 5 tracks from last year’s album ‘The Garden’!
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Lists
Samoht’s albums of the year 2019 are as usual a combo of doomy stuff, non-metal and heavy as fuck metal!
Mazen lists up his favorite releases of 2019 in the black, death and heavy metal scene, check out what he thinks are interesting releases to check out!
Again, 2019 was an incredible year for music. Check out what we think were the albums of the year!
End of the year means albums of the year lists, so here is the one we accumulated from what our editorial team likes!
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…
Album Reviews
Verbum’s first full length album “Exhortation to the Impure” takes a profound approach to death/doom metal, this is definitely an album that you shouldn’t miss.
From the deepest dungeons of Bruges Gateway has crawled out with his first EP in two years, the aptly named ‘Flesh Reborn’
Marianas Rest seeks to expand and critique melancholic melodic death metal on their sophomore album.
Finnish melodic death metal new comers Slow Fall deliver an impressive and diverse slab of melodeath on their debut full-length!
Like the drug, Opium Warlords’ “Nembutal” heals the listener of his or hers anxiety and leaves you sober and with an open mind.
Soulburn on their fourth outing has delivered a powerful album full of grooves, slow captivating leads and pulverizing ferocity. ‘Noa’s D’ark’ will surely satisfy fans of blackened death-doom metal.
Prepare to enter orbit around the cosmic doom of ‘Protosapien’, the third full length of Brazil’s Jupiterian.
The Belgian outfit Thurisaz releases their 5th full-length, pouring their hearts and souls into it after a tough period.
Tuomas Saukkonen’s Wolfheart brings the epic, desperate and dark tale of the Finnish Winter War to life with its signature “Winter metal” sound.
Belgian metal outfit Chalice brings an appetizer to what is to become most likely a full-length release. Check it out!
Photo Reports
check out our pictures from the doomy 10th edition of Darken The Moon Festival!
2 nights of darkness, occult and extreme metal… SteelChaos 2019 was yet again a highly stimulating festival! Check out the awesome pictures here…
The wolves took over the legendary Nosturi venue in Helsinki! Check out the pics of the Wolfheart show here!
When the line-up of the 2018 edition of Blow-Up festival got released bit by bit, we decided that we couldn’t let this event pass us by. With some of the biggest names in the sludge and doom scene and a few really special and rather rare sights on a stage over here, it’s something we’ve […]
Check out the pictures of a very atmospheric evening here!
Stoned Jesus brought one hell of a show to Magasin 4 and so did support Mothership and Elephant Tree. Check out the pics!
The smoky pictures of a night of doom, sludge and stoner at the Blowup vol. 4 Pre Festival Club!
Photo coverage of DWEF, Moonsorrow and Primorial from the Heathen Crusade show in Bruges (BE) on 15 April 2018
Almost none of us are familiar with the venue called Amuz, a renovated church that now serves as one of Antwerp’s most prestigious concert halls. Most of the time this venue houses classical concerts and other events, however on the 3rd of february, a very special occasion took place here. Some of the world’s finest […]
For years and years I go to the Roadkill Festival in Waarschoot, BE. After all these years this festival became a gathering of friends in the wide area of Waarschoot. Not only the numerous friends there make it noteworthy, also the organizers manage to get hell of a line-up!
This edition is no exception to this habit: They managed to get Pentagram, Thunder Mother, Acid King and Raketkanon. Also bands like Eyes on the Machine, Huracán, Hedonist and Fire Down Below entered the stage!
