Season of Mist are pleased to announce the signing of blackened doom outfit CULTED. The band will release their third upcoming album 'Vespertina Synaxis; A Prayer for Union and Emptiness' via the label later this year.

Norwegian extreme metal formation GAAHLS WYRD, fronted by renowned vocalist Gaahl,have premiered a stunning video for the song "Carving the Voices" via Metal Hammer (UK).

The godfathers of American doom metal SAINT VITUS are now streaming the third new track, taken from their forthcoming album 'Saint Vitus'. The new record is set for worldwide release on May 17, 2019.

THIS GIFT IS A CURSE have released the second new track, taken from the band's upcoming album 'A Throne of Ash', to be released via Season of Mist on June 14. Listen to the new song below.

Death metal extremists MISERY INDEX have will be embarking on a North American tour this spring as direct support for NAILS. The run will kick off on June 8 in Chicago, IL and will conclude on June 16 in Raleigh, NC. A full list of confirmed shows can be found below.

Finnish funeral doom pioneers SHAPE OF DESPAIR will be performing a small handful of dates in the U.S. next month. The band will be performing two headlining Northeast Coast dates with ISLA before they head out west to be a part of Eternal Warfare Fest. Find all tour dates below.

Critically-acclaimed metal band BLACK COBRA are kicking off a run of U.S. dates this Thursday, April 25 in Boston, MA as support for label-mates WEEDEATER. Find a list of all tour dates below.

VIRVUM are about to embark on their Southern European dates together with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER in support of their latest release "Illuminance" which was re-released by Season of Mist in 2017. VIRVUM will be direct support during the French and Spanish tour dates this April. See below for a list of all currently confirmed shows.

VULTURE INDUSTRIES are about to embark on their European tour together with good friends HELHEIM and MADDER MORTEM. The Norwegian eccentrics kick off the 'Strange Rain' tour at the Quantic Club in Bucharest (RO) on April 25. A full list of dates can be found below.

Dadabots is special artificial intelligent (AI) software that creates music. The software, developed by Berkley College of Music graduates Zack Zukowski and CJ Carr, is built upon a "recurrent neural network" that receives data and then uses it to interpret musical sequences on its own. Simply stated, the software teaches itself how to compose music based on the work of an existing band as its data-set.