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A new indication of the bleak, black blood coursing through Enthrall To The Void Of Bliss — the forthcoming LP from US black/death outfit, Aevangelist — is now pouring forth below with “Gatekeeper’s Scroll.” The first Aevangelist album to be fully released in the United States, 20 Buck Spin will issue Enthrall To The Void [...]

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 [...]

BEHEMOTH have released a new video for the title-track of their last record, “The Satanist”. The album came out last year, and since then, the group has done four diferent videos for four diferent tracks. The most recent one can be seen bellow. [...]

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. [...]

Day 2# On Friday we were awaken by Sleep’s check sound as a way to warn us that a massive day of sound was ahead of Reverence. On the way to the festival area we soon found out who the surprise guest was: the unbearable hot sun that impelled us to drink liquids. Alcohol mostly. [...]

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 [...]

Italian heavy psych masters UFOMAMMUT passed by Reverence Festival and we took the chance for a pleasant chat. With a fresh album out this year, Urlo, Poia and Vita spoke exactly as the sound of their music: no fear, no boundaries. Just the taste for frightening music. For Art. The Black Planet – Hi guys. This [...]

WRATH SINS, whose special gig, regarding the presentation of their debut record, will take place on the 26th of September, in Porto at Metalpoint, have reveled the final billing for the show. The opening acts are Evillution, Monolyth and Rotura. The event is sponsered by Raising Legends Records and the promoter Bulldozer On Stage. Bellow [...]