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Ukraine’s Folk Metal Force ORATHANIA Announce Debut Album; New Single Out Now

On April 3, 2026, Ukrainian folk metal project ORATHANIA will release its debut album Echo Of Freedom via Archivist Records. ORATHANIA was formed in Kyiv in 2025 by Ukrainian lirnyk-kobzar Borgvarr together with Varggoth and Karpath from the original line-up...

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Review: Dying Grotesque “Celestial” [Archivist Records / Grand Sounds PR]

In late autumn of last year, the Ukrainian death metal band Dying Grotesque released their sophomore full-length album Celestial via the local label Archivist Records,...

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This Week’s Picks – Sept 26, 2025

Welcome to this week’s global shitshow. Wall Street’s jerking everyone around like a drunk at a blackjack table, Congress can’t get off its ass long...

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HELL:ON Reissue Scythian Stamm on Limited Vinyl for the First Time

Feel the spirit of the steppe, the beat of shaman drums, the ring of steel, throat singing… Scythian Stamm by the Ukrainian death metal band...

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Ukrainian Folk Metal Band BANDERSTADT Releases New Single “Poppies”

Following the announcement of their new full-length album Red (out on September 26 via Archivist Records) and the release of its first single, “The Boat,” Ukrainian folk metal band BANDERSTADT returns with...

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Review: Labyrinthus Stellarum “Rift in Reality” [Archivist Records]

How about a trip through space, to some industrial black metal? Something that sounds catchy, yet deep and dark as the cosmos, with a sometimes...

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Ukraine’s Folk Metal Band BANDERSTADT Announces New Album; First Single Out Now

Archivist Records has set September 26th as the international release date for Ukrainian folk metal band BANDERSTADT’s new album, Red. Real Ukrainian folk songs are born today,...

Interview with U Kronakh

Hi there! U KRONAKH started as a solo thing. Has involving more people changed how you write, or is it still mostly in your head...

Album premiere + review: U KRONAKH “Archaic Dance of Winds” [Archivist Records]

Ukrainian atmospheric black/death metal band U Kronakh is back with Archaic Dance of Winds, their third full-length, out tomorrow via Archivist Records. Today, we’re excited...

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Review: Labyrinthus Stellarum “Vortex of the Worlds” [Archivist Records]

Last spring, the young Ukrainian atmospheric black metal/ambient duo Labyrinthus Stellarum from Odesa independently released their second studio album Vortex of the Worlds in digital...

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U KRONAKH Announces New Album; First Single Out Now

U Kronakh, Ukrainian atmospheric black/death metal band, has set March 21, 2025, as the international release date for their third full-length album, The Archaic Dance of...

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Review: Lava Abyss – Sacrificial Ritual of Primordial Fire [Archivist Records]

In 2021, at the height of scorching summer, the Ukrainian-American black/death metal duo Lava Abyss digitally released their debut album Sacrificial Ritual of Primordial Fire,...

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Prog Thrashers XENOTRONE Unveil New Official Music Video

Prog Thrashers XENOTRONE have unveiled a single and official lyric video for “Tower of Madness,” a track from their forthcoming album Into the Void, set...

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Top 30 Albums of 2024

Hi all! Here we go with the top-30 albums of 2024 from the Antichrist editorial team! First off, here’s how the list was created: our...

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Ukraine’s Atmospheric Black Metal Band, Labyrinthus Stellarum, Unveils New Single

Ukraine’s atmospheric black metal band, Labyrinthus Stellarum, releases the new single, “Lost in the Void.” Lost in the Void is an atmospheric, saturated with space...

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Ukraine’s Prog Thrashers XENOTRONE Announce Debut Album; First Single Out Now

Archivist Records has set February 21, 2025, as the international release date for Ukrainian progressive thrash metal band Xenotrone’s debut full-length album, Into the Void....

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Ukrainian Death Metal Cult HELL:ON Unveils New Music Video

“Preparation to the Ritual,” from Hell:on’s seventh album Shaman, released earlier this May (via Archivist Records), was named “Record of the Month” by Angry Metal Guy, RiffRiot – Metal Music...

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Ukrainian Death Metal Band DYING GROTESQUE Releases New Single

“Pneuma” is the second single from the upcoming album “Celestial” (to be released via the Archivist Records on November 29th, 2024) by Dying Grotesque –...

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Ukraine’s Atmospheric Black Metal Band Labyrinthus Stellarum Releases New Single

Ukraine’s atmospheric black metal band, Labyrinthus Stellarum, releases new single and lyric video for ‘Ravenous Planet.’ The song Ravenous Planet is one of the most...

Interview with Lava Abyss

Hi! You originally started as “Lava” but later became “Lava Abyss.” What inspired the name change, and how does it reflect the band’s evolution? At...