Tag: Black Metal
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Kalamazoo, Michigan-based four-piece Aspen Sanctum will release their debut full-length album, To Withhold the Need to Conquer, on August 7th, 2026. The independent digital launch will be accompanied by a physical cassette edition released via Fiadh Productions. Formed by Jared Koons, Jeremy Cronk, Tim Wicklund, and Bryan Neterer, the group intersects atmospheric black metal with…
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Norwegian black metal act Northern Krig have released their new standalone single, Return Of The Elfking. Following their sophomore full-length album, Worship Files For Anthropophagolagnia Predators, the new track spans six minutes and forty-two seconds and introduces an updated band lineup. The release marks the official recording debut of new member Grenjara (bass/vocals), who joins…
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Finnish progressive folk/black metal group Jotungrav have announced their debut full-length album, Elegi, set for release on August 20th, 2026 via Inverse Records. Ahead of the album’s launch, the band has released its sole advance single, Återfödd. Running over eight minutes, Återfödd (Swedish for “reborn”) marks a stylistic shift for the group. The track sets…
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When I first started the Black Metal Archives, it was with one goal: To shine a light on bands and artists that would otherwise go under the radar. I have always felt a certain kinship to those kinds of artists, and even though the goalposts have changed somewhat due to the site now being approached…
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Extreme Chaos, Nuclear War Now! Productions, and Deathrash Armageddon have revealed Messa Nera, an upcoming split release between Italian black/death/noise duo Vodun and Uruguayan solo project JPI Vio-Lens Kommand. The split is scheduled for release on August 30th. Rooted in a shared interest in voodoo rituals, esoteric practices, and black mass themes (messe nere), the…
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Extreme Metal albums are not supposed to start with an acoustic guitar. Black Metal albums? Sure. Goth Metal albums? Most definitely. But Extreme Metal albums are supposed to jump out of your speakers and grab you by the balls, squeezing hard enough that your eyes bulge out your head. I mean, that’s what most extreme…
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German blackened death metal outfit Horresque have officially released their new single, Behind the Door. The track is the first material to surface from the band’s upcoming third full-length album, Chasms Pt. III – The Dread, Unveiled, which is slated for an early 2027 release as an independent, self-released effort. The single continues the band’s…
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Black metal projects Hessian and YHWH are set to release a collaborative split EP, Rapture and Perversion, arriving on July 24th via Wormholedeath Records. Though the joint project was planned nearly a year ago, both bands paused its production to prioritize individual releases. The resulting split offers a seamless transition between two distinct, uncompromising approaches…
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German black metal outfit Boötes Void have returned with Nihil, the lead single and music video from their upcoming third studio album, Panta Rhei, which is scheduled to arrive on September 4th via Vendetta Records. Named after the ancient Greek philosophical principle of Heraclitus—”everything flows”—the album explores the doctrine of perpetual change and the illusion…
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If you think about it, we are all utterly terrified of time. We buy expensive watches, we set alarms, and we pretend we have some semblance of control over the minutes ticking away, but deep down, we know the truth: time is a slow, patient executioner. It doesn’t guide us, it subdues us. It is…