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Black Tusk Announce European Tour
Posted on July 26, 2024After two decades, Black Tusk are still blazing ahead hard and fast. The sludge metal veterans just released their seventh album of heavy, no-frills riffs behind a new-yet-familiar lineup.
Defiled Cut to the Raw Truth on New Single
Posted on July 25, 2024Though they’ve more than earned their distinguished title as the samurai of death metal, Defiled have never had the patience to suffer any fools. For the past 30 years, Yusuke Sumita and his lethal band of warriors have been on a war path, leaving nothing but inevitable ruin in their grimy wake. They’ve conquered crowds from across their native Tokyo all the way to Milwaukee Metal Festival while touring with their fellow legends in Mayhem, Incantation, Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse.
Anciients Release Eye-Opening New Single
Posted on July 24, 2024Before they saw their new album to the finish line, Anciients had to climb an awfully rocky mountain. It might be hard to believe, but a global pandemic wasn’t the only obstacle that stood in the Canadian band’s path after winning a JUNO Award. They had to navigate multiple line-up changes, serious health complications and newfound fatherhood. But at last, the heavy, heady and heartfelt Canucks have returned to the summit of progressive metal with Beyond the Reach of the Sun.
Black Lava Reign Supreme on New Guitar Playthrough
Posted on July 23, 2024On their new album, Black Lava summon another perfect storm. The Savage Winds to Wisdom swirls together eerie blackened countermelodies and hexing prog with a heavy load of old-school headbanging. The riffs on “Dark Legacy” loom large, casting a fiery shadow over the kingdom of metal that warns of the band’s growing legend.
The Devil’s Trade Release Mind-Altering Live Footage
Posted on July 22, 2024A decade ago, Dávid György Makó started The Devil’s Trade as a solitary journey between him and his banjo. But once he started working on his latest album, his stark and doomy meditations on folk music spawned into something even more cavernous, something that sounded like the inner workings of a fully electrified band.
PONTE DEL DIAVOLO Announce Second Leg of European Fire Blades of the Tomb Tour
Posted on July 17, 2024With shadows as their scepter and darkness their domain, PONTE DEL DIAVOLO emerges once more from the stygian depths to cast their spell across Europe. Entwined in the mysteries of their craft, this esoteric ensemble is set to ignite the stage with “FIRE BLADES FROM THE TOMB Part II,” their hauntingly anticipated tour beginning this fall.
Gaerea Announce New Album + Tour with Zeal & Ardor
Posted on July 16, 2024Gaerea arrived shrouded in mystery. The masked sensations emerged from pandemic limbo with a vision for black metal that was guided not by myths or pagan beliefs but a purging of emotion. Existential dread still pulses through the Portuguese band’s blood, but their upcoming fourth album signals a shift in psychology.
HEILUNG Unleash Primal Rituals on Albion, Eiru ok Erop Ferdhast 2025 EU Spring Tour
Posted on July 16, 2024With the resounding chants of Christopher Juul, Maria Franz, and Kai Uwe Faust, HEILUNG does not merely perform; they invoke. Their rituals, veiled in the essences of forgotten landscapes, pull you into a realm where the primordial and the modern collide. Their sonic enchantments, crafted with ancestral breath and iron’s cold kiss, transcend the mere act of listening, pulling you into a communal trance born of earth and stars.
Anciients Announce Tour of Western Canada
Posted on July 15, 2024When they announced the long-awaited follow-up to their last JUNO Award-winning album, Anciients assured us that after eight years of soul-searching deep within the Canadian wilderness, they were ready to hit the road hard and fast.
Hellfest Donate One Million Euro to Savage Lands
Posted on July 15, 2024Savage Lands are still buzzing after their performance on the main stage at Hellfest. Today, the musician-run 501(c) 3 non-profit is thrilled to announce that the festival is donating one million Euro to support their ongoing reforestation efforts in Costa Rica and Europe!
SETH Stream Full Album La France des Maudits Ahead of July 14 Release
Posted on July 11, 2024From the crucible of France’s shadowed past, where the streets once echoed with the shrieks of the condemned, emerges an album that summons the spirit of insurrection and rebellion. SETH, the heralds of French black metal, return with their seventh full-length opus, La France des Maudits. This is no mere collection of songs; it is a revolutionary symphony that calls upon the echoes of fallen angels and the flame-lit guillotine.
FUNERAL’s Ethereal Offering – My Own Grave Reclaims the Throne of Despair
Posted on July 10, 2024In the shivering, twilight-stained expanses of Norway, where the frost gnaws at ancient stones and shadows linger under perpetual twilight, FUNERAL weaves their sorrowful tapestry with the unveiling of their harrowing new single, My Own Grave. This is the first elegy from their impending album, Gospel of Bones, a cavernous exploration of grief and resilience that promises to echo within the hollow voids of the hearts of doom metal aficionados.
Vestige Release Swelling “Corrosion”
Posted on July 9, 2024VESTIGE are fresh on the scene, but the French band are made of raw emotions. Formed amidst a tumultuous period in the life of vocalist and guitarist Théodore Rondeau, the band weave intense layers of feeling into evocative, atmospheric post-metal on their debut album. “Corrosion”, the second single off Janis, is an anthem for those who have lost their way but still have faith that they will find themselves again.
1349 Announce New Album
Posted on July 9, 2024Born from the frost-bitten landscapes of Norway, 1349 are returning to claim the throne of black metal supremacy. Their upcoming eighth album, The Wolf and The King, is proof of their unwavering dedication to the genre’s darkest depths. Lead single “Shadow Point” captures the raw, unfiltered sound that has defined the band’s legacy.
Black Lava Streaming New Album
Posted on July 8, 2024Just two years removed from their smoldering debut, Black Lava are once again ready to erupt. The Savage Winds to Wisdom spills from the band’s sacred cauldron of influences. Blackened countermelodies and hexing prog rhythms boil amidst old-school death metal. Only this time, these Australian sorcerers have added a heavy dose of atmosphere, conjuring medieval fantasies that are bound to whisk metalheads straight into the pit.
WORMED Release New Album Omegon
Posted on July 5, 2024Dimensional rifts tear asunder; the primordial echoes rend the silence of the cosmos. From the uncharted depths of Sci-Fi Tech Death Metal ascends a leviathan of sound and fury—WORMED. This ensemble of cosmic architects now heralds the arrival of Omegon, a journey that defies the constraints of space-time and thrusts listeners into the heart of ancient interstellar conflict.
Abysmal Dawn Headlining Armstrong MetalFest
Posted on July 3, 2024Abysmal Dawn are a fine-tuned machine. Internal combustion, back-to-back tours throughout the U.S. and Europe and a global pandemic couldn’t stop this band of hedonistic cyborgs from releasing one of the best albums of their career.
Necrofier Add Dates with Goatwhore and Vitriol
Posted on July 1, 2024Necrofier are joining their Satanic brethren in Goatwhore and Vitriol this September for a dark and fiery month-long run across North America. The Venomous Evocation tour includes stops for face-melting performances at Full Terror Assault and Metal Injection, plus five new dates in Indianapolis, Cleveland, Ottawa, Syracuse and Mechanicsburg.
DEFILED Announce New Album
Posted on June 27, 2024When it comes to Japanese death metal, there is no shrewder sensei than Defiled. Since they started their training in the world’s most vulgar of art forms back in the early ’90s, the band have toured everywhere from their native Tokyo to Milwaukee Metal Fest with the likes of Mayhem, Incantation, Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse.