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NARGAROTH sign to Season of Mist

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Season of Mist are proud to announce the signing of German Black Extreme Metal legend NARGAROTH. In conjunction to the news, all back-catalogue will be available on digital ...
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HILD Sign To Odium Records

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Odium Records announces signing the new, unique Swedish band HILD. It’s the new band of Lars Broddesson, known as ex drummer of Marduk and session drummer of Funeral Mist and Black Altar. Debut album ValFreiya is going to ...
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Review: Sarcófago “The Laws of Scourge” [Cogumelo Records]

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It’s hard to imagine that this is the same band that caused havoc with I.N.R.I. some years prior. Now functioning as a much more dynamic band, Sarcofago unleashes everything that ...
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Review: Kirkebrann / Visegard “Kirkegard” [Odium Records]

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At the end of last year Odium Records have released new split Kirkegard between two Norwegian black metal bands Kirkebrann and Visegard. Actually, this is not their first ...
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Review: Imperial Triumphant “Spirit of Ecstasy” [Century Media Records]

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Let’s have one more trip through Imperial Triumphant’s mix of metal, jazz and weirdness. This new offering manages to be both different from their previous live album I ...
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Interview: Warhammer

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Below you can read an interview I’ve conducted with Warhammer’s Hercules Giotis (vocalist & guitarist), where he talked about the band’s latest album Ashes And Cinders¸ touring with ...
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Review: Witchery “Nightside” [Century Media Records]

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Here is one pretty fun witch hunt and witchcraft-themed album, which doesn’t always have the most interesting or memorable music but does have its moments. The first track ...
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Review: Sakis Tolis ”Among The Fires Of Hell” [Metal Hammer Records]

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(Don’t) Sleep the Sleep of the Angels just yet! I’ve admittedly not been too pleased with the more recent song collections of the mighty Rotting Christ, as their ...
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Interview: Necronautical

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UK’s Necronautical recently returned from a mini-tour around the country, yet presenting their latest release Slain In The Spirit (2020). Here you can read an interview I had ...
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Tableau Mort To Release New Album ”Visio In Somniis” In May

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UK extreme metal act Tableau Mort announces a new album entitled Visio In Somniis. The album will be out in May via Cult Of Parthenope records. The band stated: ...
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Vulture Lord premiere song

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ODIUM RECORDS presents the first single of VULTURE LORD from the upcoming split with Polish BLACK ALTAR – “Deathiah Manifesto”. The song is called “Hark! The Hymns of War” and you can watch ...
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Review: Elderblood “Achrony” [Drakkar Productions]

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After five years of silence Ukrainian symphonic black metal formation has returned in hot summer of 2021 with their brand new LP Achrony which was released by BM-friendly ...
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Review: Funeral Mist “Deiform” [Norma Evangelium Diaboli]

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For those living under the rock; Funeral Mist since the late nineties released the most intense sonic works under the black metal’s darkened wings. Helmed by Mortuus (from ...
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2021 Best Black Metal releases by Lord Ov Hell

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Helwetti (Finland) – Helwetti / Illuminating Void Productions Labyrinthine Haze (Sweden) – Descending into the Deep [bandcamp] Manière Noire (Canada) – L’ordre du Dragon : Brève nouvelle de ...
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Review: Master’s Hammer “Ritual” [Monitor]

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On paper, Czech black metal might be an ideal style for people who struggle to get into the harsh sound that we’ve come to associate with Norway and ...
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Review: Ravendust “The Gold Of The Aura” [Wolfmond Production]

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This summer Wolfmond Production has released sophomore release The Gold of the Aura of solo project of Ravendust from Switzerland, offering bolder ideas apart from his more classical ...
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Review: Necromantia “Scarlet Evil Witching Black” [Osmose Productions]

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Often lumped together with Varathron and Rotting Christ, Necromantia were another important band of the Greek black metal scene. Of course, each of these bands had their own ...
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Interview: WORMWOOD

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Sweden’s Wormwood seems to have impressed the metalheads around with their new amazing album Arkivet. In my opinion, this release is way more different than the band’s previous ...
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Review: Graveland “Hour of Ragnarok” [Inferna Profundus Records]

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One of the Polish pagan metal legends Graveland has returned with the fresh studio album Hour of Ragnarok in collaboration with the music labels Inferna Profundus, Forever Plagued ...
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Interview: THYRFING

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Sweden’s black/viking metal act Thyrfing, are back with a new album in nearly 8 years. Then, Vanagandr was out this year’s late August via Despotz records, and just ...
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