OBSIDIAN KINGDOM are now streaming their debut full-length ‘Mantiis’ officially via UK’s renowned PROG magazine. You can listen to the album exclusively here. For the US/Canada you can use Bandcamp. Read the band’s comment and check their tour dates with SÓLSTAFIR below.

BEYOND CREATION are currently revealing their amazing forthcoming album ‘Earthborn Evolution’ in full. The new Canadian masters of progressive technical death metal have teamed up exclusively with these media partners for the official streaming of their masterpiece:

Season of Mist are proud to announce the signing of legendary death metal band HATE ETERNAL! Founder, guitarist/vocalist, primary songwriter as well as acclaimed producer Erik Rutan and bassist/vocalist J.J. Hrubovcak are currently holed up in the band leader’s Mana Recording Studio (CANNIBAL CORPSE, MOUNTAIN GOATS, GOATWHORE) and hard at work at the new HATE ETERNAL album, which is tentatively scheduled for early 2015.

Critically acclaimed Finnish melancholic metal band GHOST BRIGADE are currently premiering two new songs from their highly anticipated new full-length ‘IV – One with the Storm’, which has been scheduled for release on November 7th (November 11th in North America). On further news, the band has announced a string European shows in February 2015. Streaming links and all dates can be viewed below.

SAINT VITUS kick off their extensive European tour in celebration of the band’s 35th anniversary today! To honour this grand occasion, the godfathers of American Doom Metal will perform all songs from the fan-favourite “Born Too Late” album (originally released in 1986) as part of their show peppered with a host of classic hits.

SEPTICFLESH will join fellow dark spirits MOONSPELL for a string of European dates in spring 2015! The tour will start at the Doornroosje in Nijmegen, The Netherlands on March 12th and then proceed to haunt Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, possibly Portugal and Luxembourg before a final show at the Underworld in London, UK on April 2nd. Find a list of currently confirmed dates below:

CARACH ANGREN are unveiling the first new song taken from their yet untitled forthcoming new album, which is tentatively scheduled to be released early 2015. The black Dutch conjurers have chosen the track “There Is No Place Like Home” to serve as an appetiser for their forthcoming full-length and the following official media partners for the exclusive streaming:

Australian progressive metal outfit NE OBLIVISCARIS are now premiering an epic new track taken from their forthcoming second album ‘Citadel’. The song “Pyrrhic” is exclusively streaming via these official media partners:

Icelandic musical ecclectics SÓLSTAFIR have revealed a stunning new video for the song “Lágnætti” taken from their current full-length masterpiece ‘Ótta’, which recently entered the charts in Finland, Germany and Austria among other countries. The clip is now exclusively streaming via these official media partners:

Roadburn Festival has announced a special second show by SÓLSTAFIR and added KEN mode to their billing! SÓLSTAFIR have been confirmed to perform their instrumental soundtrack to Icelandic cult-classic Viking movie “Hrafninn Flýgur” (“When the Raven Flies”) on Thursday, April 9th at the 013 venue in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Canadian post-hardcore heroes KEN mode will join them at O13 on the same day.

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THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT are checking in to their label threatening violence in the shape of their forthcoming EP ‘Bloodcvlts & Deathcvlts’. The Dutch deathbringers are currently in studio, which they documented by releasing a video containing the song “The Mallevs Maleficarvm Manvscript MMXIV” to be viewed here.

BENIGHTED are proud to announce that their line-up is once again complete and the release of a live album!

Welsh heavy rockers HARK are now releasing an amazing video clip for the song “Scarlet Extremities” taken from their acclaimed debut album ‘Crystalline’. The video is streaming now via these official media partners:

KEN mode have revealed the title of their next full-length, which will go under the heading of ‘Success’. The Canadian power-trio will record their new album with Steve Albini (HIGH ON FIRE, NEUROSIS, NIRVANA, HELMET). Albini and the band will convene on November 23rd at Winnipeg’s Empire Recording to start the process. The album will be mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service.

Critically acclaimed Finnish melancholic metal band GHOST BRIGADE have released the third video teaser video in an ongoing campaign leading up towards the release of their highly anticipated new full-length ‘IV – One with the Storm’, which has been scheduled for release on November 7th (November 11th in North America). The clip, featuring music taken from the new album, can be viewed here.

Season of Mist is proud to welcome SHAPE OF DESPAIR back to the roster! The Finnish funeral doom legends are not really new to the label, which already released SHAPE OF DESPAIR’s albums ‘Shades of…’ and ‘Illusion’s Play’, as well as the ‘Shape of Despair’ compilation in North America. The band’s forthcoming full-length will be released via Season of Mist on a worldwide scale.

Norwegian black metal tyrants 1349 (Ravn -Vocals, Frost [SATYRICON] – Drums, Seidemann – Bass, Archaon – Guitars) are streaming their vicious new full-length album ‘Massive Cauldron of Chaos’. The album, which has been called “a welcome return for 1349 and a record that will surely reconfirm their standing in the modern black metal world” (Metal Hammer UK) and “their most eclectic and perhaps definitive album to date” (New Noise Magazine) is streaming now at Lambgoat.com.

Dutch progressive quartet EXIVIOUS have just released a new stunning play through video for the song “Deeply Woven” taken from their album ‘Liminal’. The clip can be viewed here. Disclaimer: Please take care not to break or entangle your fingers while trying to copy the moves of former CYNIC guitarist Tymon Kruidenier!