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Montreal based death metallers KATAKLYSM have issued the following statement: “We are here today to announce that Oli Beaudoin will remain behind the throne as the drummer for KATAKLYSM on the next album and future tours. Max has informed that he cannot continue or return to the ranks at this time due to physical health [...]

  Greek occult black metal project NIHASA has split up. Acherontas V. Priest has stated: My Project Nihasa closed the Circle of Creation. The last Release by This Magical Project is The Vinyl Version of the Debut Album”Brahamanda Xul Grimoire” By Darker Than Black including one bonus track from Necromantia.Also Few Copies of the Split [...]

Middle of the week underground night in central Lisbon, opening the ceremonies of Associação Fantasma Lusitano, in a dark and narrow alley at Cais do Sodré. Old building, recently renovated, with a concrete wall presentation that fools no one: here is where the conceivers of the Idea want to hold some infamous underground events in [...]

The new Opeth album, “Pale Communion”, is set to be released on June 17th, via Roadrunner Records. The band’s new record, was produced by their frontman, Mikael Akerfeldt with the collaboration of Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree). The first single, will be released on the 6th of May, and it’s called “Cusp of Eternity”.  You can [...]

This year’s edition of the well-known Vagos Open Air festival is almost taking it’s final shape. The organizers have recently announced Behemoth and Quartet Of Woah as new additions to the roster. Other bands previously revealed include: Kreator, Opeth, The Haunted, Annihilator, Soilwork, Epica, Sylosis, Angelus Apatrida, Gates Of Hell, Kandia, Requiem Laus and Murk. Vagos Open [...]

The north-american sludge band, Crowbar, have revealed some information about their new record. Said record’s releasing date will be on the 26th of May, via Century Media Records. They have also released a new track, “Walk With Knowledge Wisely”, on soundcloud, which you can listen below. [...]

The project StarOfAsh has released their album, “Ghouleh” digitaly. This is the conclusion of the Heidi S. Tveiten’s, where she wrote a song for every day of the year in 2013. This new release also includes a bonus track. The tracklist can be seen below, and the record is available for purchase on amazon and [...]

The Swedish progressive metal band Opeth, announced that in honor of their 25th anniversary they are going to publish a book about the band’s history. The book contains interview with both actual and former band members, never seen pictures of their life on the road and on studio. Although there’s not an official release date [...]

The XIth edition of the Extreme Metal Attack took place last month, for the third time at Side B Club, in Benavente. Another intense weekend of pure blasphemy was carved by dedicated underground performers alongside with a quite numerous audience, fact that somewhat surprised us once the band bill was less appealing than in recent [...]

“The Edge Of Agony” is the title of the third new song to be revealed off ENTHRONED’s upcoming album, “Sovereigns” (out April 15th worldwide on Agonia Records). The follow up to the critically acclaimed “Obsidium” (2012) drifts from sonic blast beats to oppressive slower parts, melds together aggressive shredding with forceful riffs, and blends satanic [...]

Salão Brasil, the well known venue located downtown in Coimbra hosted a sold out show which brought once again the sensation alternative Rock band Linda Martini to the city that is know as the City of Students. Starting of with the progressive instrumental “Queluz Menos Luz”, which works great as an intro or interlude, the [...]

Black doomsters BETHLEHEM as recently announced that two of their members are quitting the band. So, vocals Guido Meyer de Voltaire and guitar player Olaf Eckhardt have left, under the following comment from the band: Bethlehem might need you! Unfortunately some musicians have things going on in their personal lives making them unable to commit [...]

The small city of Speyer, in western Germany hosted one of the darkest band bills of recent years. Underground and dedicated performers, allied with convict and extreme headbangers erected an event forged in three words: Obscurantism, Satanism and Death. The organisers, known by more than a dozen of prior extreme underground events (under the name [...]

Barroselas will once again dress in black between 23 and 26 April for 17th Edition of Barroselas SWR Metalfest. At first glance , the small village of Barroselas Minho looks like a village like any other. Four thousand , one coffee every two corners , a supermarket and a sports complex would make it similar [...]