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Last Thursday, December 6th, it dawned quite calmly, contrasting with what happened on September 20th, 1998, in the now extinct venue Dramático de Cascais. On that day, the pilgrimage began quite early and filled the quiet village with Helloween fans, eager to witness live the most famous album repertoire “Keeper of the Seven Keys” and [...]

The festival Be Prog! My Friend may be no more, but its organization is bringing another festival in its place which will take place in Málaga, Spain: Rock The Coast. Over time many top artists have been announced, and recently the remaining slots have been announced, making a great roster even better. [...]

French electro outfit The Sacrifice are now streaming their upcoming self-titled album ‘The Sacrifice’ in full. The debut record is set for release on December 7th, 2018 via Season Of Mist. You can stream it below. The band comment: “These 11 tracks are the result of 11 months of messing around with a dozen of [...]

Italian Brutal Death Metal act Corpsefucking Art are now streaming their new album “Splatterphobia”! You can listen to it below. “Splatterphobia” was released by Comatose Music on November 23rd. You can buy it here. Tracklist: 1. Splatterphobia 2. Satanic Barbecue 3. Black Sheep Terror 4. Tomator 5. Nightmare City 6. Robocorpse II 7. Devouring By [...]

Leipzig received one of the German legs of the Hypocrisy + Kataklysm european tour. Hellraiser was the chosen venue. So, the first band to climb the stage was The Spirit, a German black metal band whose first and only album “Sounds from the Vortex” was released last year by Eternal Echoes label. This year Nuclear [...]

The godfathers of American doom metal Saint Vitus have recently finished their studio sessions for the recording of their brand new album, which will be released in 2019 via Season of Mist. From the very first guitar chords, that unmistakable frying, sizzling, and wailing signature sound of Dave Chandler as well as the trademark deeply resonant vocals of Scott [...]

The Greek metal veterans of Rotting Christ are now premiering the very first track taken from their upcoming album ‘The Heretics’. The new offering is slated for release on February 15th, 2019 via Season of Mist. The song ”Fire, God and Fear” is now streaming in the form of a lyric video. Frontman Sakis Tolis comments on behalf of [...]

We’re just a week away from one of Portugal’s most exciting year-end extreme music fests, Under The Doom. A celebration that started 6 years ago and that immediately generated a steady pilgrimage to both RCA Club and the LAV (Lisboa Ao Vivo) showroom with good reason: fixtures like Samael, Lacuna Coil, Ahab, Saturnus, Forgotten Tomb, [...]

While attending Beyond the Gates 2018 festival, Season of Mist made it possible to interview Vreid. This happened just before the pre-listening of their latest release Lifehunger at the Garage venue in Bergen, Norway. Needs to be referred that Garage venue is part of Bergen’s metal scene history and we were fortunate they allowed us to [...]

Vreid & Kalmah are embarking on a joint tour over europe. This tour will start on the 5th of December and they have as special guest Slegest. While attending Beyond the Gates 2018 festival, Enslain magazine with the support of The Black Planet zine had the opportunity to interview Hváll from Vreid. This happened just [...]

It’s not often you see so many bands of such high caliber on the same line up outside of big festivals. Those into hard rock and the stoner scene were in for a treat. [...]

Norway’s Atrox, whose sixth full-length album “Monocle” was released on Dark Essence Records last year, have announced that they will be adding guitarist Steffen Berg to their lineup of Rune Folgerø on Vocals, Eivind on Guitars, Rune Sørgård on Guitars & Technology, Erik Paulsen on Bass, and Andreas Kjøl Berg on drums. Although this won’t [...]

With their debut full-length album “Mother Culture” having hit the streets on Dark Essence Records last month, Norwegian Blackgazers Avast have now premiered a video from the album. Hailing from Stavanger, Norway, Avast consists of Hans Olaf Myrvang (Agenda) on bass and vocals, Trond Salte (Agenda),  Ørjan Lund (Nag) on guitars, and Stian Steensnæs (Lik) [...]

SWR Barroselas Metalfest, one of the oldest, most respected festivals dedicated to extreme sonorities in the old continent, will return to Vila de Barroselas, Viana do Castelo, Portugal on April 26, 27 and 28, 2019. After the first batch of confirmations including Godlfesh, Benediction, The Black Dahlia Murder, Midnight, Venenum and more, the organizers have [...]