Tag: Heavy Metal
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If your idea of a proper Halloween doesnโt involve costume parties and cheap jump scares, Polish black metal veterans Black Altar are taking over The Garage in London on October 31 to celebrate 30 years in the underground. Thirty years in extreme metal is a fucking long time, so Black Altar have put together an…
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If youโve spent any time wading through the Funeral Doom underbelly, youโre likely familiar with Aimeric Lerat, better known as Hangsvart, the man behind Abysmal Growls Of Despair. Now Lerat is branching out with a new Death/Doom project, Abysmal Rage, and theyโve signed with Wormholedeath for the release of their debut full-length, A House No…
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There is a moment during track two of ้ป็ Kurogoku by Enterrรฉ Vivant, Ningendรด, where, amidst the atmospheric black metal spell this French/Japanese project is weaving, you hear something that makes you pause. You spin it back, listen closely, and then it hits you. A flute. In the middle of all this crushing noise, thereโs…
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Colombian melodic black/death metal outfit Eshtadur have released their new full-length, In Darkness All Shadows Gone, via Rockshots Records, alongside a new video for the closing track Soy Real. Four years in the making, the twelve-track album sees the band expanding their melodic black/death sound with the Caldas Symphonic Orchestra, Tuvan throat singing and guest…
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Thy Sanatorium are my breakout band of 2026. I have raved about their self-titled debut album to anyone who will listen, as well as here on the site, and I genuinely believeโwithout my usual grandiose statementsโthat they just need to be heard for people to get on the train to the sanatorium. See what I…
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Right, cards on the table. I know Sean Decker, the man responsible for the guitars and programming behind -VOX PRO DEI- by MOG. In fact, his other project Lastat were one of the first bands I ever championed, back in the dark days of 2024 when I started doing this. Christโฆ has it only been…
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Wormholedeath Records and Southern Soundclash Records have released Absolute Fucking Possession, a new split bringing together Brazilian black/death metal veterans Mystifier and Atlanta-based raw black metal project Hessian. The interesting thing about this one is what both sides bring to the table. For the first time in their 37-year history, Mystifier have authorised the commercial…
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Everlasting Spew Records have shared Echoes, the first single from Portuguese atmospheric black metal outfit Chants. Taken from their upcoming self-titled debut, the track is an abrasive blast of overwhelming violence and bleak, melancholic atmosphere. If youโre into Uada, Gaerea, Groza or Blaze Of Perdition, thereโs a pretty good chance Chants will be right up…
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There are no words, only a hollow, black rage at the news. Conrad โCronosโ Lant is dead at 63. If you listen to anything faster, heavier, darker or more hostile than traditional heavy metal, you owe this man a debt you can never fucking repay. When Venom spat Welcome to Hell into the world in…
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Make no mistake. Bruul by Bruul is a black metal EP. Except it isnโt. Except when it is. Confused? You will be. In spirit, it is a monstrous black metal EP that wallows in the musical evil of that genre like a pig in a mud bath, but musically it is a mix of genres…