Tag: Black Metal
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If you think about it, making an absolute masterpiece out of sheer contradiction is probably the hardest trick to pull off in modern music. But when it works, it is something to behold. Dreams of Evernight, the latest full-length offering from the Swedish solo project Gravvรฅlnad, is exactly that kind of record. It challenges many…
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Welcome back, my filthy animals, to this week’s latest installment of new release’s, where I keep you up to date with everything metal, everything underground, and everything heavy. Let’s get to it, shall we? Albums Sons of The Abandoned by Bloodhunter โSons Of The Abandoned, produced by Tue Madsen, marks a turning point in Bloodhunterโs…
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Austrian black death metal titans Belphegor have officially announced their return to European stages this autumn with the “Praise The Beast” European Tour 2026. The trek is set to kick off on September 29th at Turock in Essen, Germany, before tearing through Belgium, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Central Europe, Poland, and the UK. The massive run…
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Swedish solo project Gravvรฅlnad has unveiled Dreams of Evernight, a brand new full-length offering built around expansive, long-form epic and atmospheric black metal compositions. Released through the reputable Northern Silence Productions, the album marks another chapter in the project’s dedicated focus on solitary, deeply immersive songwriting. True to the absolute DIY spirit of the underground,…
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Finnish atmospheric black metal project Beyond Seventh Dimension is gearing up for the release of their debut full-length album, Tรคhtien ikuinen suru, slated to drop on September 4th, via Inverse Records. Giving fans a first taste of the bleak soundscapes to come, the band has unleashed their brand new single, Silurian Seas, which is now…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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After some much needed rest, for my damn sanity if nothing else, I returned to work this morning with some brand new plans for The Cult Archives. The first one being this what you are now reading what I wrote (to paraphrase the great Ernie Wise). The fact is I receive a metric-fuck-ton (an official…
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Long-running extreme metal force Eternal Drak has announced the arrival of their sixth full-length album, The Violence of Time, set for release on July 17th, via Canadian label FirstWave. Now based in Quebec City, Canada, after originating in Latin America, the band has spent decades in the underground forging an evolving blend of Black, Thrash,…