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After years of silence, highly respected Black Metal act Funeral Mist shreds new light with a surprise new album. Called “Hekatomb” it is due to be released on June 15th via Norma Evangelium Diaboli. Each new album by Funeral Mist, a band whose origins date back to the mid ’90s, is the equivalent of an [...]

Portuguese death/thrash machine Infraktor have released a video of the song “Son of a Butcher”. You can watch it below. “Son of a Butcher” is taken from the Infraktor debut album “Exhaust”, released in February 2018 via Rastilho Records. The video was directed by Portuguese director Ricardo Silva. Known for is work as a vocalist [...]

Season Of Mist has announced that Abbath parted ways with King ov Hell (also known for being involved in Gorgoroth for many years) has left the band. Season Of Mist published: ABBATH’s bass player ‘King’ will no longer be part of the band, due to conflicting views on lyrical concepts of the upcoming album. The [...]

Veteran metal guitarist Ralph Santolla passed away. He was best known for playing in Obituary, Deicide, Iced Earth, Death, and others fell into a coma after suffering a heart attack on May 30th, according to a Facebook post written by his mother, Sue Santolla-Rocha. The musician was surviving with the help of artificial life support. [...]

Portuguese prog band Shell From Oceanic have released a new single entitled “Intermittent”. The song is taken from the band’s new album “”How to Let Go” due to be released on June 29, 2018. You can listen to it below. How to Let Go by Shell From Oceanic About “How to Let Go” “How To Let [...]

Notredame Productions have revealed the first bands for the Under The Doom VI Festival. The event will take place at the Lisboa ao Vivo venue on December, 7th and 8th. So far the following bands have been confirmed: Day #1 ARCTURUS |Norway| : www.facebook.com/arcturusnorway WHILE HEAVEN WEPT |USA| : www.facebook.com/whileheavenwept WYATT E. |Belgium| : www.facebook.com/Wyattdoom More bands [...]

Akercocke, the celebrated masters of dark & twisted British extreme metal made their triumphant return in 2017 with their long awaited new new studio album “Renaissance in Extremis” and have released a new video for the track ‘Insentience’ from the acclaimed release. You can watch below. Jason Mendonça explains the songs creation, development and the [...]

Norwegian Black Metal titans Immortal have finally premiered the highly-awaited first single of their upcoming album. The single is the title track “Northern Chaos Gods”. You can listen to it below. The band commented: “We are eternally dedicated to Immortal and our own musical past. The album is conceptual, and the first step in the [...]

Swiss metal titans Samael have announced the departure of their guitarist Mak. A replacement has already been announced as well. Samael stated on their Facebook page: “Mak is leaving S A M A E L. The band regrets this, but accepts his decision and we wish him all the best for his future endeavors. From [...]

Swedish unique act Ghost has been promising heavier material ever since a fourth album started to be mentioned. Now the band has premiered a brand new song entitled “Rats”. A cinematic video has also been released, very inspired by the 80’s film style. You can watch it below. Ghost also announced that their new album will [...]

Italian symphonic death metal kings Fleshgod Apocalypse have been robbed in Sweden. Leader Francesco Paoli has posted a video mentioning what happened and announcing that the rest of the tour is now cancelled due to the loss of indispensable gear and equipment. You can watch the video below, as well as a list of the [...]

“Unsettling Whispers” will be out on June 22, 2018 via Transcending Obscurity Records. Portuguese Black Metal act Gaerea have released a single extracted from the band’s upcoming album “Unsettling Whispers”. You can listen to it below. Transcending Obscurity commented: “Gaerea have turned the genre of black metal on its head. While most rehash the classic sound, [...]

You can pre-order “Messe Noire” here. Polish black/death titans Behemoth have released a new trailer video for their new upcoming live DVD/Blu-ray, which will be entitled “Messe Noire”. This new live release is due to be out on April 13th. You can watch it below: Messe Noire includes the band’s shows in Warsaw, Poland on [...]

Polish Decapitated have finally returned home. This past January, all charges against the band members were dropped. Things haven’t been easy for the band since September of last year when the group was arrested for alleged rape and kidnapping after their show at The Pin in Spokane, Washington on August 31st 2017. Finally, after months [...]