All posts by Filipe Gomes

Tim Yeung has officially left MORBID ANGEL, five years after he joined the band as the replacement for the group’s longtime drummer, Pedro “Pete” Sandoval. “I’ve been waiting to break the news for a while about this. Now seems like the proper time to do so. As some of you know, there have been some [...]

Bizarre act Maïeutiste have revealed a videoclip which showcases the first single of their upcoming album. “Absolution” can be heard below. “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 or doom. Maïeutiste delivers an unclassifiable yet universal [...]

Guðmundur Óli Pálmason, now ex-drummer of Iceland’s icons Sólstafir has released a public statement about his departure from the band. You can read it below and keep up with any updates at this location. Statement about my forced absence from Sólstafir “When I woke up on the morning of 20. January and looked at my [...]

MOONREICH will strike again in September with a new album. 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 through its dark and muggy atmospheres. “Pillars Of Detest” will [...]

The upcoming Regarde les Hommes Tomber album is called EXILE and will be released on September 19th and will be available in gatefold LP version (limited to 500 copies) as well as digipak and cassette tape. A collector box set limited to 200 copies is also available for preorder. It will contain: A gatefold color LP and a [...]

Polish black metallers, BLAZE OF PERDITION, have revealed a new track in anticipation of their third studio album, “Near Death Revelations” (set to be released on June 26th worldwide via Agonia Records). The song is called “Królestwo Niczyje” and can be listened below. Agonia Records recent signess, BLAZE OF PERDITION, have managed to built up [...]

Ia Pazuzu (The Abyss Of The Shadows) is the impending new long player from Swedish industrial black metal misery makers, Diabolicum. Now boasting the ill-omened vocal tidings of Shining’s Niklas Kvarforth, the record breaks the band’s 14-year slumber and boasts nine harrowing psalms of disease and torment. The record will see release on July 7th [...]

Swedish classic heavy metal band Ghost have released a stream of “Cirice”, the first new track from their upcoming album “Meliora”, which will be released on August 21st. You can stream the song below. The track moves between crunchy low chugging to melodic harmonizations, a pleasant piano interlude making an appearance. Vocalist Papa Emeritus III [...]

(Picture gallery below) Day 0 The SWR festival has completed 18 years of existence. Over time the festival has grown at a huge pace gaining a considerable notoriety among the European festivals and placed at the top of the metal festivals in Portugal, by its own effort and merit. So, once again, the pilgrimage to the [...]

In 2012, CATTLE DECAPITATION shocked the metal world with what was revered by fans and haters alike as their best album to date, Monolith Of Inhumanity. Here we are, three years later, CATTLE DECAPITATION and Metal Blade Records are pleased to unveil to the world the band’s magnum opus with The Anthropocene Extinction, set for [...]

The VAGOS OPEN AIR 2015 now has 20 bands on its linup: Tickets prices: 65 euros (three day pass) and 32 euros (daily). Special pack pass + official festival t-shirt on sale. More info at: www.vagosopenair.eu There are two more names to add to the lineup of the 7th Edition of VAGOS OPEN AIR! FILLI NIGRANTIUM [...]

Day 2 The second day had its kick start with BORDERLANDS, a young metalcore group. The room was still half empty, but that didn’t stop them to give their best.  Next up was ANALEPSY. The group never disappoints when playing live, and their unique style of slam/brutal death metal caused the first chaotic moshpit of [...]

The 12th edition of Moita Metal Fest took place on the 27th and 28th of March, where 17 bands left their mark on the festival stage. Day 1 Only a few minutes after the due time, JACKIE D. played the first musical notes of the night, the party had officially begun. Despite being in a [...]

Formed in Basel, Switzerland, in 2012. COLD CELL are a *cold* dark- black metal group that is slowly but constantly growing up and getting noticed. Having debuted in 2013 with the album “Generation Abomination” on domestic label Gravity Ent., they recently joined roster of Avantgarde Music after recording and presenting to us their sophomore album [...]