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The Greek metal veterans of Rotting Christ are now premiering the second track of their upcoming record “The Heretics”. The new offering is slated for release on February 15th, 2019 via Season of Mist (pre order here). The song ”Heaven and Hell and Fire” is now streaming in the form of a lyric video. Front [...]

Brutal Assault will take place at in Fortress Josefov in August 7 ~ 10, 2019. Czech Republic’s iconic metal festival Brutal Assault has issued another number of confirmations. Dimmu Borgir and Godflesh are among the highlighted bands, but there are many more. Read the statement below: Let’s open this mega update with black metal stormblast! [...]

Portuguese festival Comendatio Music Fest has announced the first headliner: British progressive metal band Tesseract. More recently, two other Portuguese bands have been confirmed: Kandia and Pântano. Taking place in the city of Tomar, Comendatio Music Fest is scheduled for June 8 & 9 2019. More information soon. About Comendatio Music Fest Facebook [...]

THE MOTH GATHERER, an atmospheric doom/sludge/post metal band based in Stockholm, will release its third studio album, “Esoteric Oppression” on February 22nd via Agonia Records. The new album entitled “Esoteric Oppression” is the successor of the critically acclaimed “The Earth Is The Sky” (2015). The Moth Gatherer is a band of varying genres, centered around atmospheric doom, sludge and post metal. Their prolific approach includes electric musical [...]

The festival Be Prog! My Friend may be no more, but its organization is bringing another festival in its place which will take place in Málaga, Spain: Rock The Coast. Over time many top artists have been announced, and recently the remaining slots have been announced, making a great roster even better. [...]

French electro outfit The Sacrifice are now streaming their upcoming self-titled album ‘The Sacrifice’ in full. The debut record is set for release on December 7th, 2018 via Season Of Mist. You can stream it below. The band comment: “These 11 tracks are the result of 11 months of messing around with a dozen of [...]

Italian Brutal Death Metal act Corpsefucking Art are now streaming their new album “Splatterphobia”! You can listen to it below. “Splatterphobia” was released by Comatose Music on November 23rd. You can buy it here. Tracklist: 1. Splatterphobia 2. Satanic Barbecue 3. Black Sheep Terror 4. Tomator 5. Nightmare City 6. Robocorpse II 7. Devouring By [...]

The godfathers of American doom metal Saint Vitus have recently finished their studio sessions for the recording of their brand new album, which will be released in 2019 via Season of Mist. From the very first guitar chords, that unmistakable frying, sizzling, and wailing signature sound of Dave Chandler as well as the trademark deeply resonant vocals of Scott [...]

The Greek metal veterans of Rotting Christ are now premiering the very first track taken from their upcoming album ‘The Heretics’. The new offering is slated for release on February 15th, 2019 via Season of Mist. The song ”Fire, God and Fear” is now streaming in the form of a lyric video. Frontman Sakis Tolis comments on behalf of [...]

Vreid & Kalmah are embarking on a joint tour over europe. This tour will start on the 5th of December and they have as special guest Slegest. While attending Beyond the Gates 2018 festival, Enslain magazine with the support of The Black Planet zine had the opportunity to interview Hváll from Vreid. This happened just [...]

Norway’s Atrox, whose sixth full-length album “Monocle” was released on Dark Essence Records last year, have announced that they will be adding guitarist Steffen Berg to their lineup of Rune Folgerø on Vocals, Eivind on Guitars, Rune Sørgård on Guitars & Technology, Erik Paulsen on Bass, and Andreas Kjøl Berg on drums. Although this won’t [...]

With their debut full-length album “Mother Culture” having hit the streets on Dark Essence Records last month, Norwegian Blackgazers Avast have now premiered a video from the album. Hailing from Stavanger, Norway, Avast consists of Hans Olaf Myrvang (Agenda) on bass and vocals, Trond Salte (Agenda),  Ørjan Lund (Nag) on guitars, and Stian Steensnæs (Lik) [...]

SWR Barroselas Metalfest, one of the oldest, most respected festivals dedicated to extreme sonorities in the old continent, will return to Vila de Barroselas, Viana do Castelo, Portugal on April 26, 27 and 28, 2019. After the first batch of confirmations including Godlfesh, Benediction, The Black Dahlia Murder, Midnight, Venenum and more, the organizers have [...]

French electro outfit THE SACRIFICE are premiering the second track of their upcoming self-titled album ‘The Sacrifice’. The debut record is set for release on December 7th, 2018 via Season of Mist. THE SACRIFICE was born out of French electronic group PANZER FLOWER from Occitanie, consisting of Patrice Duthoo and Raphaël Glatz. Back then, PANZER FLOWER [...]