• Helldrifter to Begin Work on New Album

    German melodic death metal outfit Helldrifter have officially announced that work on their next musical chapter will kick off right after the summer. Revealing the news via social media, the southern German band shared that a substantial amount of new music is already taking shape behind the scenes. While the writing process is still in…

  • Divine Sovereign Return to the Spotlight With New Track: Pledge

    Polish atmospheric black/doom metal project Divine Sovereign has returned to the spotlight with a brand new lyric video for Pledge. The track serves as a crushing preview of their forthcoming album, Autaxia Chronicles: A House Divided. Continuing the narrative laid down in their debut, Dawn of the New Age, the new record plunges deeper into…

  • 85 Segundos para el Fin del Mundo Release Second Single: Hibakusha

    Following their explosive debut with Hienas y Buitres, Latin American extreme metal duo 85 Segundos para el Fin del Mundo has returned with their second promotional single, Hibakusha. The project unites two veteran powerhouses of the Chilean metal scene: guitarist Cristian Olivares (ex-Lefutray) and vocalist Matías Leonicio (Nuclear). Together, the pair continues to expand on…

  • Disfiguring the Goddess Unveil Latest Single: AWOL

    Disfiguring the Goddess has unveiled AWOL, the second single from the highly anticipated upcoming album Bloom. Arriving via Seek & Strike on July 31st, the track stands out as one of the record’s most unexpected moments. Mastermind Cameron Argon (better known as Big Chocolate) uses the song to showcase a more melodic and emotionally charged…

  • Plague of Angels Drop Fifth Single: Pangea

    Dark alt-metal visionaries Plague of Angels have officially dropped Pangea, the band’s heavy-hitting fifth single. The track dives deep into the fragmentation of modern human connection, tackling the stark irony of growing further apart in an increasingly hyper-connected digital world. To bring this weighty theme to life, the band opted for a slower, more brooding…

  • A.A. Williams Releases Stunning New Album: Solstice

    A.A. Williams has officially released her stunning new studio album, Solstice, out now via Nuclear Blast’s boutique label, RPM (Reigning Phoenix Music). The full-length record marks a creative turning point for the artist, delivering a cinematic and deeply personal collection of songs shaped by extreme dynamics, balancing crushing weight against moments of fragile, quiet vulnerability.…

  • Interview: Ukrainian Pagan Black Metal Band Цемра (Cemra UA) Talks to Sofia From Mayhem Facts & Quotes

    Hello, you filthy animals, and welcome to the revamped Black Metal Archives, and have we got a doozy to kick off our new era. Friend of the site Sophia, who runs the Mayhem Facts & Quotes YouTube Channel which I know you’re all going to subscribe to because you’re lovely people, sat down for a…

  • Out Now: New Releases (June 5th, 2026)

    Welcome back to this weeks round up of all the new album, EP, and single releases from the past seven days. Oh… and there’s a little, possibly horrific, surprise at the end of this weeks piece. Albums The 38th Division by Iselder “Iselder return with The 38th Division, a new black metal album built around…

  • Wheels on Meals (1984): Martial Arts Perfection

    Filmed under a title that defies the basic laws of English syntax because Golden Harvest executives were genuinely superstitious about their previous box-office flops starting with the letter ‘M’ (hence Wheels on Meals instead of Meals on Wheels), this movie is an absolute high-water mark of action cinema. By the mid-1980s, the old-school, costume-heavy studio…

  • The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962): Peak Drive-In Dementia

    There is a moment during the early 1960s where science fiction cinema abandoned all remaining pretenses of middle-class respectability and plunged headfirst into a subterranean pool of pure madness, and that moment is Joseph Green’s The Brain That Wouldn’t Die. Filmed under the significantly more honest title The Head That Wouldn’t Die in 1959 but…