On the last day of winter this year (a leap day that only comes around once every four years) Polish band Lilla Veneda released their third studio album ...
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In early October last year, the Finnish death/war metal band Shrapnel Storm released their third studio album Silo via the French label Great Dane Records, presenting yet another ...
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At the end of 2023, the independent Polish label Putrid Cult (run by Morgul from DeathEpoch) released a split album with the hellish title Hellspawn Hegemony from two ...
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The American deathcore band Carnifex from sunny California has returned after a two-year break with their latest full-length album Necromanteum, their ninth release. For 20 years, they have ...
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In the second half of 2023, the young Swiss band Wizards of Wiznan released their debut album No Light Has No Shadow in collaboration with Argonauta Records. This ...
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The year 2023 was significant for techno death world, as the legendary Canadian deathsters Cryptopsy released their eighth studio album As Gomorrah Burns (joining forces with mighty Nuclear ...
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Late last summer, British guitarist Josh Keech released the sequel to his first EP, “Warrior in the Clouds, Pt. 2” on the local label JJK Records, thereby concluding ...
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The last summer, the Danish death/black metal band Sturmtiger (now based in the United Kingdom) released their second studio album Transcendent Warfare after an almost decade-long hiatus, joining ...
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At the end of 2022, the Polish death/black metal band Devilpriest released their sophomore studio album In Repugnant Adoration in collaboration with the local label Odium Records (now ...
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At the end of 2022, the stoner band Thammuz from Gelderland (Netherlands) released their second full-length album Sons of the Occult in partnership with Italian label Argonauta Records. ...
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In late autumn of 2022, the French pagan/black metal band Aldaaron finally released their long-awaited album Arcane Mountain Cult via Paragon Records. And although they never officially disbanded, ...
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The young Grecian band from Athens Burn the Sun made their mark last year by releasing their debut album Le Roi Soleil via Sliptrick Records. Although the band ...
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Last summer, the Australian one-man project Demogorgon released its fifth studio album You Are Worthless and I Want You Dead via independent music label Sliptrick Records. Demogorgon is ...
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A couple of days ago Austrian progressive sludge metal band Chorosia delivered a brand new EP Stray Dogs via Grazil Records and Kvlt und Kaos Productions, focusing once ...
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The last days of August are usually a sad period – the end of summer and all the back to school preparations aren’t exactly what we dream of. ...
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The Polish black metal band Into Dark has returned from oblivion with a brand new record – EP I, glance, releasing it entirely independently in late spring. Six ...
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Underground and indie scene is full of rising stars; some are wading through the thorns, gaining some kind of mainstream influence, but some names are literally too underground ...
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Last summer gothic metal band Poisoned Hestia has returned with the sophomore full-length album All the Way Down, releasing it entirely independently. It’s not typical gothic metal with ...
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At the end of last year French newly-fledged item Oïkoumen has released independently their debut album Dystopia, making a confident statement within symphonic metal scene. With strong roots ...
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The Polish death metal duo Salceson X has returned from oblivion, offering a brand new full-length album with a mocking Latin title Qui Penis Aquam Turbat, releasing it ...
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