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Occult hard rockers ACÂRASH  reveal the details from their sophomore album, set for release on the 29th of May via Dark Essence Records. They also shared a lyric video for the the single “Satanic Obsession”. “A vessel for justice, strength and revenge” is how Occult Hard Rockers ACÂRASH describe their sophomore full-length album “Descend to [...]

DARK ESSENCE RECORDS JOINS FORCES WITH FRUITS OF VENUS TO GIVE FANS A FREE-TO-DOWNLOAD VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE.   Costin Chioreanu & Sofia Sarri Midnight Cemetery VR experience Dark Essence Records 31 March 2020 When this year’s Inferno Festival was cancelled due to the current Corona virus crisis also cancelled the much-anticipated guided Virtual Reality tour “Midnight [...]

Photo credit: Ton Dekkers Niklas Sundin, founding guitarist of melodic death metal veterans Dark Tranquillity has taken the band’s facebook page to announce his definitive departure from the band. You can read Niklas’ statement below: Hi, As some of you know, I’ve had a break from playing with D.T. since 2016 in order to focus [...]

Portuguese progressive death thrashers Destroyers Of All have just released a new lyric video. This time for the song “The Dead Valley”. You can watch it below. Extracted from the band’s latest release “The Vile Manifesto” released in 2019 via Mosher Records. Previously the band released a lyric video for the song “False Idols”, you [...]

Back in January, Portuguese thrashers Terror Empire released a new single entitled “Snake Nest”. Now, the band is back with “Hunt the Traitor”, the second new single after the band’s “Obscurity Rising” (2017) album. Both songs were recorded at Golden Jack studios, in Coimbra, Portugal. You can also revisit “Snake Nest” here. [...]

Check out the Kyterion’s official lyric video for the song “Dolenti Ne La Ghiaccia”, extracted from the album “Inferno II”. Focused on the first canticle of the eternal poem ‘The Divine Comedy’ by Dante Alighieri and featuring lyrics in XIII century’s Italian Vernacular language. The song “Dolenti Ne La Ghiaccia” deals with the ninth circle [...]

Symphonic black metal formation …AND OCEANS have released the second track, “Vigilance and Atrophy”, of their new album ‘Cosmic World Mother’. Vocalist Mathias Lillmåns comments: “Vigilance and Atrophy’ shows the melodic side of …AND OCEANS. A song laden with guitar melodies and draped in spacious synths, it introduces you to the more epic soundscapes of [...]

The Norwegians Leprous have been a growing phenomenon for many years, sustained by their excellent music, electrifying concerts and a friendly attitude. They have also long been considered one of the most important flag-bearers of the progressive aspect of metal in fusion with rock. Extremely productive since the release of their debut album “Tall Poppy [...]

The day after Napalm Death played in Leipzig and the same day that Lindemann (with Peter Tägtgren and Till Lindemann) were also playing in town, the Thrash Alliance 2020 took place in Felsenkeller. The metal community was divided but those who were in the venue were the true enthusiasts of good old thrash metal. The [...]

After much anticipation, the Leprous tour showcasing the album “Pitfalls” will make its way to Portugal, brought to you by Free Music Events! On February 28th and March 1st, the Hard Club in Oporto and Lisboa Ao Vivo will, respectively, witness all the genius brought to the stage on a memorable night. Before Leprous, the [...]

Brittish legends Carcass have mysteriously revealed that their new album will be out on August 7th 2020. Leaving no other information, we should expect an update soon. Last December, Carcass released their first new song since 2013, “Under the Scalpel Blade”, you can check it below, in case you missed it. [bandcamp width=100% height=120 track=1603170796 size=large [...]

So, in Strasbourg on February 9, 2020, during their tour with Leprous we took Fredrik Bergersen-Klemp and guitarist Simen Hundere Ruud aside to ask them about their past, future and of course we challenged them to do a little a-cappella-session. Maraton are a Norwegian prog rock band that combine their music with influences from various [...]

The Japanese quintet returns to Europe less than two years after their previous tour for a series of hard-hitting shows very much focused on the present. Even though Dir En Grey promised to come back after their late 2018 tour, few would expect to see them in Europe again so soon. To be fair, their [...]

Alcest + Birds in Row + Kaelan Mikla – 12.02.2020 –  Täubchenthal On February 12th, the public that went to Täubchenthal, in Leipzig, attended a concert with three bands of very diverse styles. At first, one could consider that three different bands might turn off people’s interest in the event, but the exact opposite happened. And whoever went to [...]