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Photo credit: Ton Dekkers Niklas Sundin, founding guitarist of melodic death metal veterans Dark Tranquillity has taken the band’s facebook page to announce his definitive departure from the band. You can read Niklas’ statement below: Hi, As some of you know, I’ve had a break from playing with D.T. since 2016 in order to focus [...]

Portuguese progressive death thrashers Destroyers Of All have just released a new lyric video. This time for the song “The Dead Valley”. You can watch it below. Extracted from the band’s latest release “The Vile Manifesto” released in 2019 via Mosher Records. Previously the band released a lyric video for the song “False Idols”, you [...]

Back in January, Portuguese thrashers Terror Empire released a new single entitled “Snake Nest”. Now, the band is back with “Hunt the Traitor”, the second new single after the band’s “Obscurity Rising” (2017) album. Both songs were recorded at Golden Jack studios, in Coimbra, Portugal. You can also revisit “Snake Nest” here. [...]

Check out the Kyterion’s official lyric video for the song “Dolenti Ne La Ghiaccia”, extracted from the album “Inferno II”. Focused on the first canticle of the eternal poem ‘The Divine Comedy’ by Dante Alighieri and featuring lyrics in XIII century’s Italian Vernacular language. The song “Dolenti Ne La Ghiaccia” deals with the ninth circle [...]

Symphonic black metal formation …AND OCEANS have released the second track, “Vigilance and Atrophy”, of their new album ‘Cosmic World Mother’. Vocalist Mathias Lillmåns comments: “Vigilance and Atrophy’ shows the melodic side of …AND OCEANS. A song laden with guitar melodies and draped in spacious synths, it introduces you to the more epic soundscapes of [...]

Brittish legends Carcass have mysteriously revealed that their new album will be out on August 7th 2020. Leaving no other information, we should expect an update soon. Last December, Carcass released their first new song since 2013, “Under the Scalpel Blade”, you can check it below, in case you missed it. [bandcamp width=100% height=120 track=1603170796 size=large [...]

Recently signed cathartic black metal outfit GAEREA are now releasing a brand new guitar play-through in celebration of their new Olivia Guitars endorsement. The video can now be viewed below and is also available via the official Season of Mist YouTube channel here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NARIxUQkAh4 GAEREA are about to release their brand new album via Season [...]

Danish thrash/power concept masters, MANTICORA are announcing the release of their 9th full-length album, which will be named “To Live To Kill To Live”. The album, which is the 2nd part of their grand concept (a 334 page horror/thriller novel and a double concept album, written upon the novel) is set to be released on [...]

Norwegian progressive metal act GREEN CARNATION are now revealing the album details for 'Leaves of Yesteryear'. The new record is the first release by the band in 14 years and will be out on May 8th, via Season of Mist. [...]

Icelandic black metal band HELFRÓ are now premiering the first song of their self titled debut album, which will be released on Season of Mist Underground Activists on April 24. [...]

Singer-songwriter Olli Helenius makes an outstanding comeback to his Hard Rock roots. Ocean Dark’s debut single “Die For Me” out this Friday. Olli Helenius, a man with a long career as a singer-songwriter and as a professional musician, makes a powerful comeback mixing rock music with a taste of metal. A decade ago he gained attention [...]

Just recently, Italian heavy metallers SHOCKIN’ HEAD – feat. members of historical bands CHUPACABRAS, R.A.V.E.D, ESTREMO PONENTE – released a re-interpreted cover video for MUSE‘s ‘Hysteria’, in metal version. Now the video has gotten the premiering also on Blank TV, yet you can watch below. Comments the band’s guitarist Zac Vanders: “When you have been [...]

It’s been 14 long years until Wolfheart / Before the Dawn mastermind Tuomas Saukkonen returns with his hotly anticipated, sophomore solo-album under the flag of DAWN OF SOLACE. January 24th 2020 saw the Death and Gothic Doom Metal icon release his brand new album, “Waves”, on Noble Demon. “Waves” will be taking the listener on [...]

Norwegian Black Metal veterans CREST OF DARKNESS have revealed a new video by Stig Kenneth Limmesand for the title track from their ninth full-length album “The God Of Flesh”. The video can be seen below. CREST OF DARKNESS founder Ingar Amlien has this to say about the new video: Stig Kenneth Limmesand has done a [...]