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Interview with Franta Štorm of Master’s Hammer

After seven years of silence, Czech legends MASTER’S HAMMER return with Maldorör Disco — a surreal, synth-laden reinvention that dances somewhere between black metal, art...

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Review: Testament “Para Bellum” [Nuclear Blast Records]

For some reason I wasn’t following Testament since 2016, when Brotherhood Of The Snake was released. Since then Titans Of The Creation was released at...

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Report: Metal Gates Festival 2025

Another edition of Metal Gates festival, which kicked off on Thursday, September 25th, at Quantic Club, with a warm-up concert, as let’s call it day...

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Italian Black Metal Band VACUA Unveil First Single From Upcoming Album Mater

Italian black metal act VACUA unveils Dies Funeris Terrae, the first single from their forthcoming album Mater. The track stands as the perfect introduction to the record, weaving together...

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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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This Week’s Picks – Sept 19, 2025

Hey from still-scorching Arizona! Week two of This Week’s Picks lands right as French streets erupt, Brussels debates climate targets it won’t meet, and the...

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This Week’s Picks – Sept 12, 2025

Hey from hot Arizona! This is the first “This Week’s Picks”! The plan is to do it (or at least try to) every week, sharing...

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VACUA, Italian Black Metal Band, Announces Debut Full-Length Album via Japanese Label Hidden Marly Production

Italian black metal band VACUA will release their highly anticipated debut full-length album, “Mater”, internationally on November 7th via Japanese label Hidden Marly Production. VACUA comment on Mater: “VACUA rise...

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US Prog Black Metal Solo Project Amenspear Announces New Album

NY-based progressive black metal project Amenspear is set to release its second full-length album “All My Gods Are Dying” on August 22, 2025. Tracks like...

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Review: Draugaskógur “Fullmoon Hypnotic Ritual” [Inferna Profundus Records]

I find this new offering somewhat difficult to review. You know, the prospects are loud and clear; a certain Varg Vikernes influence still rears its...

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Review: Barshasketh “Antinomian Asceticism” [World Terror Committee]

The concept of Antinomianism is an ages olde rebuttal to the notion that religious people – namely Christians – are required to live by an...

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Review: Ancestor of Kaos – Animal Ritual [Horror Pain Gore Death Productions]

This is a fast, threatening wild beast, not always the most memorable album you’ve ever heard, but one with undeniable energy. We get a great...

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MALPHAS Reawakens Early Darkness With New Single “The Conjuring”

Epic blackened melodeath conjurers MALPHAS unveil their latest offering, “The Conjuring”, out now via M-Theory Audio. A reimagining of one of the first songs the...

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Review: Draugveil “Cruel World of Dreams and Fears”

Draugveil‘s Cruel World of Dreams and Fears is an epic 90s black metal album that wasn’t released in the 90s; although, it could’ve easily passed for...

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Review: Arkhaeth “Profound Lore of the Ashen Specters” [Abyssal Spectra / Zazen Sounds]

The exploration of Luciferian doctrines and their implications on the human spirit; development of self and the quest for enlightenment – the attaining of forbidden...

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MYTHRAEUM Release Playthrough Video For “Crown and Sepsis”

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of ‘Oblivion Aeternam’ San Diego-based Black Metal aggregation MYTHRAEUM unveil a playthough video for the album track “Crown and Sepsis.”...

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Atmospheric Industrial Black Metal Band DUSK Announces New EP

Costa Rican atmospheric industrial black metal entity DUSK announces their new EP Repoka, due for international release on August 29. The EP delivers four new tracks...

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Review: Lucifer’s Child “The Illuminant” [Agonia Records]

The Greek Black Metal scene was birthed alongside the Norwegian movement, and has kept in stride with it in some ways and surpassed it in...

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Review: MYR “Helvegen”

The path to Hel is an open one. It requires very little guidance, as its way is paved through the heart of every man; torchlit...

Interview with Grave Circles

Let’s talk about your album’s themes. There’s a lot of stuff about the end of the world. How do you think the world could end?...