Necrofier kept the black flame burning in 2023. Back at the beginning of summer, their new album was hailed upon arrival by Distorted Sound as “another stunning slab of black metal”. A&P Reacts praised the way the band’s raw energy compliments the warmer touches of GRAMMY-nominated producer Joel Hamilton. Burning Shadows in the Southern Night also landed on Heaviest of Art‘s year-end list for best cover art.
Embark on a descent into the netherworld on MERRIMACK‘s latest revelation, ‘Of Grace and Gravity’, the ensemble’s 6th full-length album. A haunting symphony of cosmic dissonance will be breathed into existence on the 8th of March, 2024.
The Bordeaux-quartet EXOCRINE have been blending ultra technical and extraordinarily rapid death metal with philosophical musings for quite some time now. Releasing their first album in back in 2015, they now mark a new chapter with the upcoming album. While still choked-full of eerie, dissonant finger-taps and enough blast beats to blow out your eardrums, ‘Legend’ rages from within.
Season of Mist is proud to welcome EIHWAR to the roster! Embarking from the heart of France’s dense and enchanting forests, EIHWAR, a mysterious Viking duo, has found its sanctuary within the esteemed ranks of Season of Mist.These enigmatic warriors have risen to prominence, sending shock-waves through the digital realm and echoing their powerful presence across the hallowed halls of European venues. Their offering to the musical realm takes the form of an extraordinary concoction they have titled ‘Viking War Trance,’ a fusion that breathes life into pagan war songs, resounding drum beats, and the elegant interplay of woodwinds and strings. This musical alchemy is underpinned by an irresistibly dance-able rhythm that beckons listeners into a trance of their own.
Season of Mist is proud to welcome Defeated Sanity to our label!
Metal is known for inciting mass headbanging. This year, metalheads continued to butt heads over an age-old question: natty or not?
Icelandic black metal ensemble HELFRÓ are back with Tálgröf, an album that’s inspired by the dark manifestations of the human mind. The sickness of humankind is explored through intense rhythmic passages, fusing the extremities of traditional death metal together with sombre, introspective lyrical convictions.
While mixing for their long-awaited fourth album is already well underway, Pessimist aren’t wasting anytime announcing their plans for next year.
TEMIC are already living up to their billing as prog’s new supergroup. Their debut album, Terror Management Theory, just topped the charts in the Netherlands and reached #15 on iTunes Worldwide Metal chart.
VOYAGER are counting on a successful comeback in 2024. The Eurovision breakouts are now announcing the rescheduled dates for their European and UK tour supporting Fearless in Love.
Following the release of IMPURE WILHELMINA‘s EP ‘Dead Decades’ presenting a spin on La Javanaise & King Crimson’s Fallen Angel, the band is now ready to embark upon a tour to unleash their new tracks upon Europe.
There’s black metal & there’s death metal. Then, you have NECROWRETCH – a band combining the best of both worlds into music made straight from the depths of hell. Having set their pace with releases such as ‘Satanic Slavery’ & ‘The Ones From Hell’, NECROWRETCH is back and ready to open a new chapter of fiery blast beats and twisted guitar riffs.
At long last, ANCIIENTS are returning.
KILL THE THRILL are France’s most enigmatic post-punk & industrial band, creating music as far back as 1989. They’ve had a few lineup changes over the years – but long-standing members Marylin Tognolli & Nicolas Dick have been creating atmospheric & bleak sonic landscaped with poignant lyricism ever since the band’s genesis.
Wormhole emerged from the underground this year with Almost Human, their first album for Season of Mist.
Hailing from the Swedish hinterlands of Dalarna and Halifax, West Yorkshire, HELGA amalgamated in 2019 in York, North Yorkshire. United by singer, Helga Gabriel, the quintet delve into a musical alchemy on their pursuit of darker manifestations.
TEMIC are just one album in, but they already boast an impressive resume. Diego Tejeida has played with Devin Townsend and Haken, but the keyboardist was touring with Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress when he first teamed up with guitarist Eric Gillette, who’s also jammed alongside Neal Morse.
