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Swedish melodic death/doom metallers OCTOBER TIDE, feat. ex-Katatonia members Fredrik and Mattias Norrman, announce details surrounding their sixth studio album, follow-up to “Winged Waltz” from 2016. The new album is titled “In Splendor Below” and will be released on May 17th via Agonia Records. October Tide “In Splendor Below” (Agonia Records) 1. I, The Polluter 2. We Died in October 3. Ögoblick Av [...]

French Post-Hardcore/Metal/Noise Mongers Vesperine shared new song “Nous, si photosensibles”. New album ‘Espérer Sombrer’ coming out on March 22nd. A few weeks before the official release of their debut full-length album and after already shared a first glance from this upcoming effort with “Ce que l’ombre pénètre”, French Post-Hardcore/Metal/Noise mongers Vesperine just shared another audio [...]

After seven years of relative silence, FROSTMOON ECLIPSE guitarist CLAUDIO ALCARA is preparing to release a new album from his  solo dark folk/acoustic project STROSZEK. Titled “About All the Bad Days in the World”, the album is expected to hit the streets in late 2019 on Hypnotic Dirge Records, who describe the album as follows: STROSZEK [...]

The godfathers of American doom metal SAINT VITUS are now releasing the first brand new track and album details of their forthcoming album ‘Saint Vitus’ which will be released on May 17, 2019 via Season of Mist.   The already legendary story of SAINT VITUS began in the year 1978, when guitarist Dave Chandler, together with Armando Acosta [...]

The solid new single Death Row Center introduces the new singer Joonas Kosonen, leaving no room for doubt that Oceanhoarse is on top shape. Death Row Center, the band’s furious theme song for 2019, is out now on all streaming services. Cover art: Dean Clayton / Head Hunter Store The single is the first release with the [...]

Canadian post black metallers NUMENOREAN premiered the second song taken from their new album  ‘Adore’. ‘Adore’ is set for worldwide release via Season of Mist on April 12, 2019. Contrasting the bleakness of their debut record ‘Home’, Canadian post-black metal act NUMENOREAN have painted their sophomore effort ‘Adore’ in an array of brighter shades, while [...]

AEPHANEMER have unveiled a first track-by-track trailer for their much anticipated album 'Prokopton'. [...]

ATARAXIE have just unleashed the music video for their new album's opening track, "People Swarming, Evil Ruling" [...]

Russian post-metallers Endless Ocean have released their debut full-length “Preeznanie” (Acknowledgement), an experimental act with oriental influences that flows into trip-rock and unfolds in a progressive death metal ending, with the lyrical concept being based on fundamental philosophy. You can listen below and buy the album at the band’s bandcamp page: https://endlessocean.bandcamp.com <a href=”http://endlessocean.bandcamp.com/album/acknowledgement”>Acknowledgement by [...]

The Brazilian black metal underground stalwarts of MYSTIFIER are now premiering the second new track of their new full length ‘Protogoni Mavri Magiki Dynasteia’, which will be released on March 8th 2019. MYSTIFIER lead guitarist Beelzeebubth comments on the track: “Today is my Birthday my metal friends, and you will get a gift (from Darkness) too. Let’s [...]

Conceived by DRUDKH mastermind Roman Sayenko in cooperation with two fellow band members, black metal force WINDSWEPT have returned with their second full length. ‘The Onlooker’ was released via Season of Mist Underground Activists on February 8, 2019. WINDSWEPT, the Ukrainian black metal formation founded by DRUDKH mastermind Roman Sayenko, are now streaming their entire [...]

Gaahls WYRD, fronted by legendary black metal vocalist, frontman, artist and composer Gaahl, will release their highly anticipated debut album ‘GastiR – Ghosts invited’, via Season of Mist on May 31st. Norwegian extreme metal formation GAAHLS WYRD, fronted by renowned vocalist Gaahl,  are now streaming the first track off their upcoming record ‘GastiR – Ghosts [...]

The legendary American band Coven will perform for the first time in Portugal and in an exclusive concert at the 7th edition of the Woodrock Festival. Coven, led by Jinx Dawson, is a cult band, turned to the occult even before bands like Black Sabbath emerged, making them pioneers in the theme and also in [...]

Ukrainian black metal icons, DRUDKH are streaming the track “Autumn in Sepia”, taken from the new compilation ‘A Few Lines in Archaic Ukrainian’. The compilation, set for worldwide release on April 5 via Season of Mist Underground Activists, bundles the songs from the band’s split EP’s with HADES ALMIGHTY, GRIFT and PAYSAGE D’HIVER. Previously, this set of [...]