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Mawiza Release Unplugged Version of “Mamüll Reke”
Posted on June 23, 2025Summoning thunderous tribal rhythms and indigenous instruments within the fields of modern metal has earned Mawiza recognition from the Chilean Grammys and respected elders like Mercyful Fate, Mastodon and Slipknot. But this band of modern day warriors are still a force of nature when paired down to their rawest form.
Cryptopsy Premiere ‘An Insatiable Violence’
Posted on June 19, 2025More than three decades removed from their ungentle exhumation from the Canadian underground, Cryptopsy are truly more insatiable than ever. A year after winning a JUNO Award, the band have been reeling off cryptic teasers and blasphemous videos to feed pit-dwelling faithful ahead of their upcoming ninth album. While eerily prescient of our latest unholy obsession, An Insatiable Violence proves once more that Cryptopsy are the most vile band in death metal.
Bask Announce New Album ‘The Turning’
Posted on June 17, 2025Ever since they came rumbling down from the Blue Ridge Mountains, it was clear that Bask are cut from a different neck of the woods than their fellow Southern trailblazers.
Cryptopsy Release Filthy Bass Playthrough
Posted on June 16, 2025Just one year after winning a Canadian Grammy, this week, Cryptopsy are officially back with their eerily prescient ninth album. As the most vile band in death metal prepare to tear into An Insatiable Violence, today, their filthy bass player Oli Pinard is releasing a sharp and shiny new playthrough for lead single “Until There’s Nothing Left”.
IMPUREZA Release “Verdiales & Bajo las Tizonas de Toledo”
Posted on June 13, 2025
Cryptopsy Named Decibel Cover Artist
Posted on June 12, 2025While already enshrined amongst the magazine’s unholy Hall of Fame, in the 30+ years since their ungentle exhumation from the Canadian underground, Cryptopsy had never graced the cover of Decibel. But now, the band’s new album An Insatiable Violence has turned the worm in their favor.
Savage Lands Partners with ESP Guitars
Posted on June 12, 2025Just like the trees they’re protecting, Savage Lands have roots that run deep. Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren and guitarist-turned-activist Sylvain Demercastel first joined forces in France during the late ’90s before reuniting two decades later to form the world’s first metal non-profit for biodiversity. Since 2022, their organization has protected more than 100 acres of endangered forest with help from environmentalists and metalheads.
Cryptopsy Release Eye-Popping New Single “Dead Eyes Replete”
Posted on June 11, 2025After 30 years, Cryptopsy are no strangers to the spotlight. Since their ungentle exhumation from the Canadian underground in 1993, the Montreal natives have worn the horned crown as the most vile band in death metal. Their upcoming ninth album and first since winning a JUNO Award embodies the many malicious mutations that have defined their Hall of Fame discography. But while infectious, the latest single from An Insatiable Violence brutally illustrates that society’s viral takeover isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
VESTIGE Unleash Emotional Torrent with Standalone Single “Envy”
Posted on June 10, 2025
Virvum Add Two Dates to Canadian Tour
Posted on June 9, 2025Next month, Virvum are touring Canada for the very first time. While initially only scheduled to blaze through Toronto, the band have added two more dates in response to rising fan anticipation across Ontario. The band’s melodic and blackened countrymen Stortregn will also join them on these two new dates in Sault St Marie and Thunder Bay.
Gaahls WYRD Stream New Album ’Braiding the Stories’
Posted on June 5, 2025
Cryptopsy Announce U.S. Tour
Posted on June 4, 2025After giving fans in Europe an early taste of their upcoming new album, today, Cryptopsy are announcing the band’s first U.S. tour in support of An Insatiable Violence. This fall, they will join fellow brutal technical death metal pharaohs NILE on a 25-date tour of the East Coast, Midwest and Pacific Northwest. Joining them on this run are The Last Ten Seconds of Life and Cognitive.
EIHWAR Joins The Hu on European Tour
Posted on June 4, 2025The shamanic techno vikings of EIHWAR are set to join forces with Mongolian rock giants The HU this June for a string of electrifying dates across Germany and France. Known for conjuring wild ritual chaos and myth-fueled dancefloor eruptions, the clan will bring their Viking War Trance rites to new battlefields as main support on The HU’s European tour.
Mawiza Release Towering New Single “Mamüll Reke”
Posted on June 3, 2025To the broad world of metal, Mawiza are still an ascendant new force, but these modern day Mapuche warriors have always stood fiercely by their indegenous roots. The band’s upcoming third album and first since winning a Chilean Grammy calls for us to restore our balance with nature. While the latest single from ÜL warns that the apocalypse is fast approaching, “Mamüll Reke” proudly demonstrates Mawiza’s staying power by relying on all they’ve learned from their ancestral land.
FUNERAL Unveil “Gamalt ljós,” a Three-Part Descent into the Abyss of the Self
Posted on June 2, 2025
IMPUREZA Share New Single “La Orden del Yelmo Negro”
Posted on May 30, 2025
CHANGELING Release Animated Music Video for “World? What World?”
Posted on May 27, 2025
…AND OCEANS Chart Alchemical Dualities on New Album ‘The Regeneration Itinerary’
Posted on May 21, 2025Season of Mist is proud to announce the release of The Regeneration Itinerary, the highly anticipated new album from Finnish symphonic black metal visionaries …AND OCEANS. Out this Friday, May 23, the album sees the band refine their sound into a cinematic and cerebral journey of contrasts—where philosophy meets fire, chaos dissolves into form, and transformation unfolds track by track.
Thy Catafalque Release New Live Video of “Vasgyár”
Posted on May 21, 2025Though never intended to leave the studio, Thy Catafalque has grown into a soaring – and roaring – live act. Tamás Kátai and his ever-expanding cast of collaborators are performing at Hellfest, Rockstadt Extreme, Alcatraz and other European festivals this summer before embarking on their first-ever tour of Latin America.