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Like in previous years, this year’s edition of Laurus Nobilis Music featured a day dedicated to more extreme sounds. Stucker had the honor of being the first metal band on the Breakthrough Stage – a novelty in the festival, living up to its motto of supporting national artists. Thrash metal from Trofa, one EP in [...]

The 4th edition of the Reverence Santarém festival is coming. This year’s edition will happen on the 8th and 9th of September, in Parque da Ribeira, Santarém. Moonspell, Portugal’s most well-known metal act, will be headlining the first day of the event alongside the Belgians Amenra and Oathbreaker. They will be joined on stage for [...]

Extreme prog metallers Ne Obliviscaris released their new single entitled ”Urn (Part I) – And Within the Void We Are Breathless”. The single is part of the band’s upcoming album ”Urn”, which is set to be released on October 27th through Season Of Mist. You can listen to the single here: This was the second [...]

Crisix is a thrash metal band from Barcelona, Spain, who has stepped on stages like SWR XIII Barroselas metal Fest 2010 (Portugal), Wacken Open Air 2009 and 2010 (Germany). Crisix are (from left to right): Busi (Guitars) ; Javi Carrión (Drums);  Julián Baz (Vocals); (Bass) ; Albert Requena (Guitar) ; Julián Baz (Bass) TBP – Hey [...]

“Móðurástin” will be out on October 27th via Prophecy Productions. Icelandic act Katla. is named in tribute to one of Iceland’s greatest active volcanos, Katla. The project features ex-Sólstafir drummer Guðmundur Óli Pálmason and Einar Eldur Thorberg Guðmundsson (Fortíð, Potentiam) who is a singer/multi-instrumentalist. In the meantime, the band announced that their debut album “Móðurástin” is finished and [...]

“1755” will be released on November 3rd via Napalm Records/Alma Mater Records. Portugal’s Dark Metal pioneers in Moonspell are finally back with a brand new and hotly anticipated album, titled “1755”. Now the band fronted by Fernando Ribeiro unveiled first details about ‘1755’ and unleash the cover artwork as well as the album track list! From [...]

A handmade DVD-book limited to 108 copies is also available. Shamanic rockers from Ukraine Ethereal Riffian have released “Afterlight” DVD, which is the quintessence of the band’s 6-year work. Just like all band’s previous works, “Afterlight” is a conceptual release and it uncovers the topic of awakening in different spiritual traditions, namely – Buddhism, Shamanism & Mysticism. To celebrate [...]

The EP release is due for September 1st, 2017 via Nuclear Blast. Recently, Epica announced their long-awaited EP, “The Solace System”. This record will include six brand-new songs, which were written and recorded during the process of their latest album “The Holographic Principle”, which came out in late 2016 and charted worldwide. To give you [...]

Devilish Impressions will release their new album, “The I” on September 22nd, 2017 via Lifeforce Records / Publishing Wormholedeath. Hailing from Poland, the epic black / death metallers of Devilish Impressions have released the first video of the upcoming album. You can watch it below. Recorded at various studios, including Dobra12 (drums) and Icaros Studio [...]

“Nemethia” will be released on September 29th via Unique Leader Records. Advancing the September release of Arkaik‘s fifth full-length “Nemethia”, the brutal tech-death metal outfit has released an official video for the record’s “Futile State” through an exclusive premiere at Metal Injection. You can view the video below. The album was produced, engineered, and mixed [...]

“Deep Calleth Upon Deep” will be released on September 22nd via Napalm Records. Black metal legends SATYRICON have revealed their highly anticipated ninth studio album, “Deep calleth upon Deep”. It is set for release on 22nd September on Napalm Records. The opus will be available in digital format, CD digipak and gatefold vinyl and is [...]

Australia’s notorious metal villains KING PARROT revealed European tour plans in support of their recently announced studio album, “Ugly Produce”. The band will hit the road with death metal giants DECAPITATED for a 29-date run (inlcuding 10 dates in the UK alone) in October and November 2017. Additional support will come from Thy Disease and [...]

The month of August comes to an end with another brutal event in Portugal: ADM Metal Fest. All preparations in the village of Andam, in the parish of Porto de Mós, are now finalised to receive the first edition of  the ADM Metal Fest. #Day 1 Opening this festival we will have TRI-REX, a Portuguese cover [...]

“The Burning Silence” will contain nine songs with a total playing time of 43 minutes. Only one year after the release of the self-titled debut album, the Austrian Black Metal act Nocturne announced a follow-up release. The new album will be entitled “The Burning Silence” and will be released on December 16th by Talheim Records. [...]