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Portuguese act HEAVENWOOD is going to present their upcoming record in two very special release shows, that will take place in Porto (Hard Club – Room 1) on the 26th of March and in Lisbon (RCA Club) on the 2nd of April. The tickets for both shows are now available in pre-sales online, you just [...]

Two of Portugal’s most nastiest Black Metal acts are spliting a tape through War Arts Productions. Ruach Raah meets Ordem Satânica. The launch date is set for 18th March and is entitled Tradição Decadente (English: “Decadent tradition”), featuring three songs from both hordes, Tradição Decadente  sees  RUACH RAAH continuing down the path of mid-paced primitivism hailing Satan and death, all [...]

Swiss group RORCAL have debuted a new song from their upcoming release “Creon” on streaming. The album, the group’s fourth, it is set to come ou on March 25th, via Lost Pilgrim Records (among other labels), so in the meantime you can stream their new track “Αἵμων” (Haemon), an eleven-minute piece, bellow. [...]

THORVUS, a portuguese act has released a lyric video for their track “A Trial Before My Demons”, which can be seen bellow. This song is a demo version taken from their upcoming debut record, whose title is yet unknown, that should be released later this year. [...]

Swedish Black metal band VALKYRJA has announced that they’ve part ways with now former vocalist A.L., and found a quick replacement: RSDX. The Hell Militia and Weltbrand’s frontman will take control of the vocals during the almost comming US tour in support of bestial Archgoat. This change is said to be aplicable also to the european [...]

Psychedelic black metal group ORANSSI PAZUZU have debuted a new track from their upcoming record “Värähtelijä” on streaming. The song “Vasemman Käden Hierarkia” can be streamed here, and its the second track released earlier by the band to promote their next album, which has its due date on the 26th of February via Svart Records. You [...]

BURNED BLOOD, Portuguese melodic death metal group have made available a lyric video for their single “The Method”. The track was taken from their EP, “In The Eyes of MA’AT” which was released later last year, on the 5th of December, and it’s a social critic to the methods of manipulation used by todays media [...]

HEAVENWOOD are going to present their new record, “The Tarot Of  The Bohemians”, that is set to be released on the 26th of March via Raising Legends Records, on a special show, that will take place on the same day, in Porto, at Hard Club (Room 1). The opening acts are the groups The Temple, [...]

Sweden’s cult Sludge band CULF OF LUNA will have a new album this year. “Mariner”, their eight full length, will represent a collaboration with Battle of Mice’s former frontwoman Julie Christmas, and is expected to have its official release the 8th of April, through Indie Recordings. As the pre-orders start exactly today we leave with [...]

SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST have closed the band billing for the two main stages for this year’s edition. The bands Taake, Severe Torture, Incantation, Possession, Nadra and Desalmado are the final additions to it. They’ve also revealed the name of the four finalists for the Wacken Metal Battle Portugal, that are Kapitalistas Podridão, Mindtaker, Monolyth and [...]

Portuguese black metal cult act MORTE INCANDESCENTE have shared a new track on streaming, “Nas Esquinas da Alma”, which you can listen to bellow. This song is a part of their upcoming release “…o mundo morreu!”, that is set to come out on the 18th of March, via War Arts Productions. https://soundcloud.com/war-arts-prod/morte-incandescente-nas-esquinas-da-alma/s-W2qcG   [...]

Portuguese group SULLEN have released a video of a live performance for their rendition of the song “Redondo Vocábulo”, by musician Zeca Afonso, featured on their debut record “Post Human” from last year. This video was filmed at their most recent show, that took place at the Teatro Helena Sá e Costa (Porto), and can [...]

Icelandic newspaper The Reykjavík Grapevine has issued an extended article covering the surpringly influent local Black metal scene. In a piece entitled “Welcome To The Circle – Meet The Men Behind Iceland’s Thriving Black Metal Scene”, several testimonies from the guys that are shaping new faces in the contemporary extreme musical panorama. Interviews with bands such as [...]

DESTROYERS OF ALL, portuguese death/progressive metal group, have announced a special gig to celebrate and present their debut record “Bleak Fragments”. The show will take place in Coimbra, their home town, at the venue States Club, on the 19th of March (saturday). The opening acts are Tales For The Unspoken and Terror Empire, also from [...]