[BROADCAST: For Immediate Release: 18 Jan. 2024] > Amidst the echoes, a haunting scream reverberates through the vast expanse. > Picked up by the keen sonar of an orbiting satellite. > Triumvirate reach out to the inhabitants of Earth. > Wroth > Yhs > Zhaaral
VLTIMAS are legends of the underworld. Any good Satanist knows to bow down and worship at the horned feet of David Vincent (ex-Morbid Angel), Rune Eriksen (ex-Mayhem) and Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy). Their debut was greeted with a rapturous procession of devil horns. But with their new album, these gods of dark, extreme metal have ascended to truly epic heights.
Brodequin come with a long and sordid history. Jamie and Mike Bailey have been banging people’s heads together since 1998. Their first album catapulted the brothers far beyond their kingdom of Knoxville, Tennessee. But after seizing the throne as one of the most brutal rulers in all of metal, the band disappeared into the shadows.
2023 was a big year for EIVØR. Born and raised to a tiny island community, the electrifying Faroese singer-songwriter toured behind the soundtrack to the Netflix series The Last Kingdom, which she composed alongside Emmy winner John Lunn. But this year is going to be even bigger. Not only is she releasing a new album. She’s touring all across Europe — and she’s bringing along her new label mate.
The annual French festival celebrating everything metal is coming up in June this year – and in preparation for the festival, brutal death metal legends BENIGHTED are giving a series of shows across France!
Since winning a coveted JUNO for their last album in 2018, Anciients have been whittling away at their follow-up. That album is done now and will be released later this year. But before the hard-rocking Canucks come down from the mountain with a new set of genre-breaking commandments for the psychedelic masses, they’re flexing their new lineup with a re-recorded version of a proven fan favorite.
Step into the realm of avant-garde metal with Tamás Kátai’s visionary project. For over two decades, THY CATAFALQUE has masterfully pioneered left-field extreme metal music, and Season of Mist is proud to announce the reissue of the band’s first four groundbreaking albums.
It’s fitting that Ponte Del Diavolo are named after the “Bridge of the Devil”. The Italian band weld doom and black metal into a towering force that’s as cruel and unforgiving as the infamously steep road that medieval peasants had to cross on the way to their home country.
Cynic has endured more than its fair share of ups and downs. The progressive metal pioneers have weathered hurricanes, teenage angst, homophobia and the tragic loss of their legendary rhythm section. But through it all, Paul Masvidal has stood as a trailblazer for the electric guitar. Today, he’s being recognized with an endorsement from Kiesel Guitars.
Renowned French black metal entity MERRIMACK continues to unravel the enigmatic tapestry of their upcoming album, ‘Of Grace and Gravity’, with the release of their second single, Dead and Distant Clamors.
GAEREA closed out 2023 by recording their feverishly anticipated fourth album, which is scheduled to come out later this year. But first, they’re joining as the special guest on Wolves in the Throne Room’s upcoming European tour. Joining the blackened pack are Olympian death-doom-sayers Mortiferum, who are set to open this run of 22 shows.
From the heart of France’s mystical forests, emerge the enigmatic warriors of EIHWAR, a Viking duo that has forged an unbreakable bond within the revered ranks of Season of Mist.
EXOCRINE have been pumping out rapid-fire tech-death since 2015. But the French metal mercenaries truly unleash the full scope of their unrelenting arsenal on the third single off Legend.
KILL THE THRILL are blessed with an elusive vision. Over the past 30 years, the French duo have been dreaming up an abrasive-but-hypnotic blend of industrial rock, post-punk and dark wave. The videos for the first two singles off their upcoming fifth album, Autophagie, dropped immersed audiences in a cinematic fever dream that would give David Lynch nightmares. Today, KILL THE THRILL are releasing another hypnotic video for their roaring, electro-charged new single.Watch the video for “A la dérive” : https://youtu.be/lQ1qrMAiNMM?si=GLKhVcOQyQtrESOJ
[BROADCAST: For Immediate Release: Jan. 03, 2024] > Quadrantids ACTIVE. > Meteor shower visible from Earth. > Triumvirate reach out to the inhabitants of Earth. > Wroth > Yhs > Zhaaral Tonight, some lucky earthlings will be able to see the Quadrantid meteor shower. Against a blackened sky, this shower can produce more than 100 meteors, if only for a brief moment.To commemorate this cosmic occurrence, Darkspace have reissued their entire catalogue through Season of Mist. Hear how the mysterious Swiss band have pioneered cosmic, ambient, black metal over the course of their six releases.
VIPASSI have been carefully unlocking a mystery. The Australian quartet’s new album, Lightless, explores all sorts of twisted phenomena, from the hooded ritual of “Phainesthai” to the distorted maze of “Labyrinthine Hex”.
STONED JESUS released their 5th full length album, the first on Season of Mist: Father Light earlier this year. “an introduction to a deep new chapter of Stoned Jesus” writes GBHBL. A groovy, moody and doom-infused album that marks 15 years of the band’s existence.
VLTIMAS recently unveiled their upcoming album ‘EPIC’ with the release of the first single Miserere. To be released on the 15th of March, 2024 – VLTIMAS are ready to ascend to truly epic heights.
Prepare to be ensnared in the haunting embrace of PONTE DEL DIAVOLO as they unveil the first single, Demone, from their upcoming album ‘Fire Blades From the Tomb.’ This dark collective, weaving a unique blend of Doom and Black metal with a touch of old school essence and a modern, avant-garde twist, is set to plunge you into a sonic abyss.
VLTIMAS have been legends since the dawn of metal. Rune Eriksen took hold of axe-wielding duties for the second coming of Mayhem. Flo Mounier has been drumming for Cryptopsy since their earliest exhumations of the Canadian underground. And who could forget David Vincent, the larger-than-life vocalist for Morbid Angel.