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Swedish black metallers Watain have released their new album, “The Wild Hunt”. The entire album is now available for streaming online courtesy of the Century Media YouTube channel. Check out the stream below. [...]

The release of Polish extreme metal masters BEHEMOTH’s upcoming tenth studio album “The Satanist” that has previously been announced for this fall has now been postponed to early 2014 and will be accompanied by an extensive headlining tour – further information including the exact dates to follow soon! Regarding the title of the new album, [...]

Drummer Phil Baheux of the Belgian metal band Channel Zero has passed away on Aug. 10 at 45 years old. Although the cause of death has not been confirmed, the band has issued a statement regarding Baheux’s passing, saying: “It is with great sadness that Channel Zero must announce the death of their brother and [...]

According to the official Ihsahn facebook, Emperor will reunite next year to perform in Wacken Open Air! [...]

DAY #3 After two successful first nights, the last day of the festival was announcing some real interesting concerts to watch and follow. First, Bavarian NORDLYS opened the ceremonies with a competent show, in which they tried to spread their ancient black metal references, with some approaches to old school Mayhem themes. They are coming [...]

Porto’s alternative music and art festival AMPLIFEST has announced some more new bands to perform in this year edition. North American post black metalers DEAFHEAVEN, Swiss doomsters ZATOKREV, dark ambient project FROM THE BOGS OF AUGHISKA, sludgers GALVANO, YEAR OF NO LIGHT and DOWNFALL OF GAIA and noise performers ALUK TODOLO were recently added to the [...]

SIDE B Lounge Live Club in Benavente, as announced the final bill for the two weeks of their 5th anniversary celebration, featuring some of the most highlighted Portuguese bands of recent years. Here is the complete program: DIA 6/ Sexta Feira: ACROMANÍACOS + PORTA VOZ + TABERNA + BUTE & FARRA Portas 21h30 / Início [...]

Euronews have recently informed that Kristian “Varg” Vikernes, has been arrested again, this time for suspicious acts by his wife, who recently legally bought 4 rifles. The police suspect the Norwegian national of planning a “massacre” and searched his house for weapons and explosives. The anti-terrorist prosecutor has been put in charge of the investigation. In a [...]

In a recent interview to Loudwire, Danny Carey, the legendary drummer of the not less legendary band TOOL has lift a bit of the veil of mystery around the next full-length album of the band. Here’s what he had to say: “It’s still the three of us right now and four of us it will [...]

DAY #2 On Friday the concerts started already in the final festival site, now truly surrounded only by Nature, in total communion with Darkness. The forest creates it’s on perimeter, and so you won’t catch any physical artificial barriers to enter the festival. The metal market was also more expanded, with some good proposals. The [...]

As we approach Autumn, the wish for more darker ambients takes shape, and that’s were Amplifest organizers come with this year’s first confirmed bands. North American instrumental sludge band RUSSIAN CIRCLES, alternative song writer CHELSEA WOLFE and UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS dirty rockers. The event will take place the 19th and 20 October, in [...]

Our first time into Deutschland’s toughest territory turned out to be a well succeed mission, where we were both conquers and conquered. The German organization celebrated it’s XVIth edition with an appealing line up that allowed the more than 300 persons present to mix the blasphemy of the concerts with the beauty and serenity of [...]

The third edition of this peculiar event took place again at Side B, Benavente, by the time of the commemorations of the city’s local festivities. This year the Side B crew designed an outdoor esplanade that set the perfect ambience to make this a real one day metal festival. Unfortunately we didn’t get there in [...]

DAY 2 Unfortunately we missed Lisbon’s powerviolence act REVENGEANCE, and so our night started with necro black metalers MORTE INCANDESCENTE. Now with Angel-0 replacing former member V-Kaos, they gave a competent concert. “NecroCulto” and “Black Crushing Metal”, where some of their main tracks. There’s nothing better than to start a festival day with a black [...]