Tag: Black Metal
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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,…
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Following their evolution from a studio-only project into a functional live unit, Kybalion has announced a new EP titled Make the World Bleed. Set for release on June 5th, via Non Serviam Records, the collection finds the band refining a sonic identity that is as conceptually dense as it is aggressive. Drawing thematic inspiration from…
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Finnish Black Metal project Acolythus has officially emerged with their debut full-length, Unearthly Kingdoms ‘Neath Lifeless Stars, which yours truly reviewed here. Born from a sudden burst of creative inspiration, the album was written and recorded in just a few short weeks, serving as a raw outlet for the Black Metal aspirations of its members,…
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German Black Metal outfit Akantophis has officially joined the Wormholedeath roster, a partnership that begins with the label’s global reissue of the band’s latest album, Erneuerung.โ Blending atmospheric density with dissonant, progressive textures, Akantophis occupies a unique space in the extreme underground. While their sound occasionally dips into the territory of Death Metal, the band…
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Following the high-praise reception of their self-titled debut, by none other than yours truly, Thy Sanatorium has finally unleashed a visual accompaniment for one of the record’s standout tracks, Devilโs Heart. While the album itself is a sprawling, multi-genre beast, this new video narrows the focus, capturing the specific, suffocating atmosphere that has made the…
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Finland and Heavy Metal are inseparable, like unpaid bar tabs and selective hearing, like rehearsal rooms that smell like damp cables and something that definitely died in 2003. There are more Metal bands per capita in Finland than there are reasons to leave the house, and every time you think the well has run dry,…
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Greh has just dropped Summoning Aversion, giving us the first look at their upcoming album The Tyranny of Expectations due in early 2027. Itโs a pretty sharp turn for the German trio; theyโve moved away from their Doom roots to lean into a much harsher mix of Black Metal and atmospheric synths. Itโs stripped back…