All posts by Filipe Gomes

Dubai-based oriental metal band Aramaic recently recruited Hendrik “Tempest” Woydnyski (of Maat) as their new drummer. This new addition comes after Aramaic‘s guitarist Fadi Al Shami contacted Hendrik back in January, as Fadi thought Aramaic‘s music could provide the proper platform for Hendrik to express himself freely beyond the drum kit. The Berlin-born Hendrik has had a passion [...]

Martin “Kiddie” Kearns, the Bolt Thrower drummer has passed away at the age of 38. The band issued the following statement: “With the heaviest of hearts, and still numb from shock, we have to share the very sad news that on Monday, BOLT THROWER lost our powerhouse drummer, Martin ‘Kiddie’ Kearns.  After the first rehearsal [...]

French black metal newcomers, VI, featuring current and ex-members of Aosoth, Antaeus and Aborted, are premiering a brand new song, “Par le jugement causé par ses poisons”. VI has a debut album coming out, entitled “De Praestgiis Angelorum”, on September 25th via Agonia Records. Pre-orders are available here. The line-up of VI is shaped by INVRI [...]

Abigail Williams are scheduled to release their upcoming album “The Accuser” on October 30th, via Candlelight records. In the meantime, Revolver Mag has revealed a brand new song “Path Of Broken Glass”. You can listen to it below. [...]

The Crato festival was held once again in the beautiful Alentejo village near Portalegre. In a constantly evolving process, this year’s edition saw the exhibition areas as well as all the restaurants and, crafts tents open to the public, free of charge. Adding to this, there were musical performances taking place throughout the afternoon and [...]

Dragged Into Sunlight have recently published a video teaser of the collaboration record that they’re creating with macabre act Gnaw Their Tongues. “N.V.” – a five song exorcism due out via Prosthetic Records on November 13 – has been five years in the making and will be a 32-minute release produced by Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, [...]

After critically acclaimed “IV: Arrow In Heart” record took its toll on black metallers in 2013 and left an imprint on a great deal of year-end lists (inc. CVLT Nation, Stereogum, Popmatters, Heavy Magazine or Examiner.com), the French sewers of intelligent dark art, AOSOTH, are coming back with a new EP, “IV”, slated for anOctober 23rd release on Agonia Records. [...]

Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions (LADLO Prods) have published a videoclip for promoting another song by the bizarre act Maïeutiste. You can listen to “Lifeless Visions” below. “Maïeutiste is a complex and orchestral album masterfully executed. A journey through Black Metal and ambient music… an exploration of various musical territories, such as folk rock, jazz [...]

MOONREICH unveils a new song from their upcoming album. You can listen to “Pillars of Detest – World Shroud” below. The gloomy and harsh atmospheres combined with thundering blast beats and crushing mid-tempo sections so prevalent in MOONREICH’s music have evolved and reached higher spheres with this third full-length. This new album asserts the band’s identity [...]

Blabbermouth has recently announced that Immortal will continue without Abbath. Lyricist/guitarist Demonaz Doom Occulta revealed some song titles (“Northern Chaos Gods”, “Called To Ice” and “Blacker Of Worlds”) that will appear in the next album which should be released by Nuclear Blast. Demonaz and Horgh said in a statement: “IMMORTAL never stopped. We just had [...]

Portuguese Death metal act Madame Violence have announced on their Facebook page that they have parted ways with singer Carlos Amado and guitarist Ricardo Carniça. The reason for this situation is musical diferences. [...]

The organizers of Amplifest have published the schedules for the festival, you can check them below, click for bigger picture:   [...]

Decapitated have issued the following statement: “Decapitated advises that they have resolved to take long-overdue action to redress various legal, copyright and financial disputes with their former label Earache Records. In response, Earache has removed from streaming sites the band’s entire catalogue of music released by Earache. Although it is not their doing, Decapitated apologises [...]

Fenriz of iconic Black Metal duo have recently published a Facebook post informing that they’ll enter the Necrohell 2 studios to record “something for the new album”. The last Darkthrone album is “The Underground Resistance” and was released in 2013. [...]