Swiss symphonic death metal band Kerberos explore inner turmoil and triumph in the cinematic video for their latest single ‘Liar Within’, a preview of their upcoming record ‘Apostle to the Malevolent’, set for release in March 2025!
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News Posts
Symphonic death metal masters Genus Ordinis Dei just released their explosive new single ‘Eternal Cycle’ featuring Ambre Vourvahis from Xandria, out now via Eclipse Records! And the coming week, they’re starting their European tour in support of Xandria and Sirenia, don’t miss out!
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Dutch symphonic death metal act Haliphron deliver another epic track with ‘Art of the Blade’, dedicated to everyone who struggles with their mental health, and a track from the upcoming album ‘Anatomy of Darkness’, set for release this Friday via Listenable Records!
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Montreal’s Valfreya’s ‘Dawn Of Reckoning’ is a blackened folk descent into mythological madness and is available for your listening pleasure as of today!
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French symphonic melodic death metallers Aephanemer are kicking off their European tour tomorrow with a first show in Italy! Make sure you catch them live near you, including at our very own Asgaard venue!
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Italian symphonic death metal outfit Fleshgod Apocalypse returned with new single and video ‘Pendulum’, released last Friday via Nuclear Blast!
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German one-man extreme metal project Far Beyond signed to Prosthetic Records, announced new album ‘The End of My Road’ to be released next month, and shared a first single with ‘From the Stars and the Crescent Moon’!
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Symphonic death metal project Thy Shining Curse unleashed a mesmerizing new music video and single ‘Melmoth’, from the band’s upcoming debut album ‘Theurgia’, set for release next month via ViciSolum Productions!
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Genus Ordinis Dei reveal ‘The Fortress Without Gates’ with a music video as the final episode of their metal music series that is their latest concept album ‘The Beginning’, released last week via Eclipse Records!
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Symphonic death metal masters Genus Ordinis Dei unveiled another chapter of their upcoming album ‘The Beginning’ with the latest video for ‘For A New God’! The album will be out next month via Eclipse Records!
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Photo Reports
A Symphony of Metal at DVG Club in Kortrijk, Belgium: Sirenia, Xandria, and Genus Ordinis Dei’s performances were a testament to the enduring appeal of symphonic metal!
After an exemplary show at Alcatraz this past summer, Septicflesh graced Belgium again with their presence on their “Modern Primitive European tour”, dropping by the DVG Club in Kortrijk. And with support by Equilibrium, Oceans and Scar of the Sun, it was quite the death metal night of epic proportions!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Swamp Stage a serving of extreme metal with Fleshgod Apocalypse, Benediction, Lord of the Lost and Watain!
The Polish black metal institution Batushka brought their unholy sermon to the halls of Helsinki’s Vanha Ylioppilastalo and brought with them the Russian pagans of Arkona, the pretty epic Canadian Aeternam and Latvian vikings of Varang Nord!
First edition of the charity festival named Aütfëst, held in Bruay-La-Buissière, France. Profit goes to Autism related organisations. With shows from Overflow Guy, Titans Rage, Death Structure, Kamizol K, Overdrivers, Xaon, and BlackRain!
The French band Aephanemer dropped by On The Rocks in Helsinki to turn the heat up and make a pretty much crammed venue go wild to their symphonic/melodic death metal tunes! Support came from locals Numento.
Rising stars in the melodeath realms, Aephanemer is touring, and we visited them on their stop at The Black Lab in Wasquehal, France. Warm up act were black folk metallists Sorcières.
We joined the celebrations at MaYaN’s 10th anniversary show in Effenaar Eindhoven featuring special guests throughout the show and a great opening show by Off The Cross!
Mayan knows how to throw a party, this time we welcomed them in Lessines
Album Reviews
4 years in the making and it was worth the wait. Ensiferum does a throw to album of the year where epic, gloomy, atmospheric, and melodic are some of the words to describe this journey that is ‘Winter Storm’, out via Metal Blade Records on October 18!
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Gorgon may have a different approach to symphonic death metal but from my point of view Elegy shows a fair effort from this band.
The use of various instrumentations has certainly worked in the favour of the band, it is the secret key element of Codex Omega.
Genus Ordinis Dei are ready to release their second album to the world. a jaw dropping album full of symphonic death metal that will definitely give the band a lot of new fans.
The Lovecraftian deities are here… doom and chaos guaranteed!
Interviews
We sat down with Onni and Kevin from Assemble the Chariots at Tuska 2024 to talk about their new album ‘Unyielding Night’ (set for release on July 19th via Seek and Strike), how this is the start of a whole universe they’re creating, with the sound they’ve always envisioned for the band from the beginning. And we came back from the talk with 2 things ingrained in our heads: listen to the album from start to finish, and make sure you make it to the release show at On The Rocks in Helsinki where they’ll play the album in its whole for what sounds like a unique experience…
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We were able to talk to Astrid from Belgian symphonic death outfit Inhuman to hear her out about the new album!
An interview with Johannes Eckerström of Avatar… Or was that Terminator 2? Has that name change gone through yet? Old Kerry McKee got lost… So lost that he found his way into this article! Read more about it here!
A chat with Cristiano about being on the road, Italy and being different!
