Hideous Divinity
Formed: 2007
From:
Italy
Last Known Status: Active
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Hideous Divinity Premiere New Music Video
Italian technical death metal band Hideous Divinity have released a new music video for their track “Quasi-Sentient,” taken from their latest release Unextinct. The video for the song was filmed by Dema Novakova, both of which now available for streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you below.
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Mystic Festival Announces Daily Lineups
The Mystic Festival 2025 lineup is shrouded in less and less mystery. The growing clarity about what you can expect should make it easier for you to plan your attendance at the festival.
Sounds that are new, daring, exploratory? There are a few up our sleeves. The Swedes from Imminence need no promotion among fans of such soundscapes, their visionary take on metalcore speaks for itself. SiM – aka Silence iz Mine – are coming to us from Japan, where, for the last two decades, they have been creating their own musical world that marries metal with hip-hop and even… ska. The fans of the Attack on Titan anime will need no introduction to the band. Progressive rock is mostly associated with the genre’s golden era which bloomed half a century ago, but Port Noir are bringing it into the 21st century. Unprocessed are also offering progressive, virtuoso playing, but it is altogether more aggressive, with the metalcore nerve. The Brits have recently taken the lead in setting the new course in heavy music and Split Chain is another one in the list of pioneers – although in their music you will hear the familiar sounds of the turn of the 21st century, from shoegaze to nu-metal, but has anyone ever combined them in such a way as they did?
Graphic Nature is nu-metalcore buttressed with cold-as-ice electronics, a music both hostile and hypnotizing. The progressive vision of post-metal is spread by Blindead 23, who enter a new stage of their odyssey with the enthralling mini-album Vanishing. Heave Blood & Die scoff at genre lines, colliding post-punk with hardcore, to then swerve in the direction of prog rock. The guys from the deathcore band Paleface Swiss are said to have met at a Slipknot concert and you can hear that in their blood-thirsty music – though, as any predatory, they walk their own paths.
HÉR is a local, Gdansk band, but their setting their sail and taking the sea. “Their minimalist, violin and sax-laced rites gradually tilt the world further off its axis” is what the British Metal Hammer had to say about the band, and it is hard not to agree. The Finnish band Luna Kills, with the charismatic Lotta behind the mic, combines nu-metal with video game soundtracks and makes something that works more than well. Then there’s the brooding and saturated with extreme emotions metalcore which is the domain of the Warsaw-based Last Penance.
You prefer a more traditional sound? During the show of the New York band Castle Rat, you can expect the following – the Rat Queen will behead swiftly and smoothly every poser with her sword. The rest will be able to enjoy a superb, classic heavy/doom metal. Their compatriots from Bewitcher will send your heart speeding with their devilish speed’n’roll, and so will the British Hellripper, which at full speed ahead goes neck and neck with the legacy of Venom, Motörhead and Sabbat. Inhuman Nature is a thrash/heavy metal band from London – no shortcuts, only riffs sharp enough to cut. Bad Touch will remind us what the origin of it all is – classic, blues-based hard rock, reminiscent of the greatest years of Led Zeppelin or Free.
Hatebreed, but of course, take no prisoners. Why would they if the construction of this weapon used the engine of Slayer and the armour of the American hardcore? The rumour has it that the Brits from Grove Street started out playing for fun, but you’d be remiss not to take their music seriously now – it’s crossover colliding forceful, hardcore riffs with thrash rampage.
Stoner, doom, sludge, desert storms and cellar apparitions? Always more than welcome at the Mystic Festival! The music of Elder draws from doom and heavy metal but comes into bloom with all the colours of the psychedelic rainbow – those who enter into this magic realm won’t find their way back. Sun Dont Shine is still a new name, not everyone knows it yet so let us introduce the members – Kenny Hickey (Type O Negative, Silvertomb), Kirk Windstein (Crowbar, Down), Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative, Silvertomb) and Todd Strange (Crowbar, Down). The sun really doesn’t shine in their music. “Life kills you” as Dopethrone warn us in the title of the opening track of their latest album Broke Sabbath. And if life fails to do the deed, the Canadians will finish you off with the mixture of everything in music that is heavy, vile and evil. Tundra rock is the response from the North to the desert, stoner sound from the States – Slomosa know what riffs are meant for and they’re not afraid to use them. We remain in Norway. Bokassa are sometimes compared with their fellow countrymen from Turbonegro and Gluecifer and not without cause – their music is a high-proof mixture of punk, metal and stoner rock. Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol is coming all the way from Texas to get you a boo-boo from the music they tried to summarize with the title of their new record, Big Dumb Riffs. You can expect an equally unforgettable adventure from the encounter with the doomgaze band Faetooth, hailing partly from California, partly from the netherworld.
We also have some good news for the darkness devotees. The cult Greek band Zemial, currently touring with Absu as part of their live band, will perform their original material, allowing us to glimpse into the abyss of Tartarus. The Dutch band Soulburn, led by Eric Daniels, the guitarist from Asphyx’s classic line-up, will present a perfectly nefarious marriage of black and death metal. Not only is the music of the Canadian band Thantifaxath of diabolical pedigree, but it is also devilishly complex as if King Crimson signed away their souls. It is hard to say in which category to put Thaw, who in 2024 recaptured our attention with their excellent album Fading Backwards. It is, without a doubt, the musical embodiment of pitch-black darkness, though their sound derives not only from black metal. “Black Metal is Krig” as proclaim the Norwegian witches of Witch Club Satan and we have no intention of arguing with them. Totenmesse is a black metal band with a Polish seal of approval but their own vision for the genre – their 2024 slot at our festival was interrupted by a thunderstorm; they are coming back to finish the destruction that they started. Martwa Aura (Polish for ‘dead aura’) perfectly encapsulates in its name the music that the band plays – a funereal black metal without even a trace of daylight.
Enjoy pain, don’t you? Well, we are happy to provide. Vader entered into the new century with perhaps the most uncompromising material under their belt – now, the time has come to bring back the full body of the wrathful Litany. Can you smell decay? Must mean Necrot from California are near, with their cemetery, putrid death metal. Similar ground is covered by the British four-piece Celestial Sanctuary, trekking through pure, living death. A lesson in brutal yet technical death metal will be presented by the Italians from Hideous Divinity. More...
Death And Thrash Added To Brutal Assault Lineup
Death / thrash carnage! Feel the unstoppable brutality of Dying Fetus, the heavy metal anthems of 3 Inches of Blood, the thrashing chaos of Warbringer and the industrial grooves / thrash of Prong. Add to this the progressive epics of Ne Obliviscaris the technical savagery of Hideous Divinity and the wrath of the Egyptian gods of Nile!
Brutal Assault will take place in the Czech Republic at the Josefov Fortress during August 6-9, 2025.
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Nile Causes Havoc By The Avon
If you're on this site, it's safe to assume you have at least a basic knowledge of death metal. From the early days of Possessed and Death, it's a genre that has spawned numerous sub-genres of its own and continues to be one of the most popular forms of metal. Like all branches of metal, it has its legends by now and undoubtedly one of those is Nile. Nile has always made their own path, focusing on the history and mythology that guitarist Karl Sanders has always been fascinated by while creating music which is both intelligence and intense. This year, they unleashed their tenth album, "The Underworld Awaits Us All," their first in five years and already it promises to go down as one of their best yet. So as always, with a new album comes a new tour and tonight it was Bristol's turn to welcome the Carolina crushers.
Kicking things off this evening was Belgian death metal squad Pestifer. It's a shame that there weren't more people here for this set because these Walloons have crafted a very fine take on the genre, one where the heaviness flows very freely while still writing well crafted songs. Science fiction is the main focus of the lyrics, with vocalist Jérôme Bernard joking to fans at one point, "This is another song about aliens," but it's a cool angle to approach the music from, setting them apart from the usual misery and chaos that dominate death metal themes. Pestifer has been around for a while now and in that time they've perfected their stage presence, coming across very professional and operating like a well oiled machine. Their time may have been quite short but they really made the most of it, winning over neutrals in the crowd and ensuring that there'll be a stronger response when they return to the UK. More...
Hideous Divinity Premiere New Single
Hideous Divinity premieres their latest single, "Against The Sovereignty Of Mankind," streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. The song serves as a preview of the Italian death metal band's upcoming album, "Unextinct," slated for release on March 22nd via Century Media.
The band shared their thoughts on this track: More...
Hideous Divinity To Release New Album In March
"Unextinct," the latest full-length album from Hideous Divinity, will be made available via Century Media Records on March 22nd. Their newest track "The Numinous One" invites you into a sonic odyssey, transcending mortal boundaries. It unfolds a cosmic tale where the numinous being challenges life's constraints. Dirges echo the mourning of mankind, and shadows embrace the divine horror. You can check out the video below.
Hideous Divinity comments on the new single: "'The Numinous One' is the perfect paradigm of our new album. Everything you will find on 'Unextinct' is there. Visually, a relentless descent into a new dimension of horror where, in a world that just survived a shipwreck, we evoke and reawake an entity that escapes our control and... bites us back. Like Lucy, we freeze in awe and horror and succumb to this impersonal, uncontrollable predator that brings extinction. Like the rat soldiers, we kneel in front of the abyss of pestilence, unable to look away. Musically, a new version of the appalling death metal monster that continues the path of Simulacrum. Join us in this first chapter of the most brutal horror soundtrack you'll ever experience."
They add on the album announcement: "'Unextinct' sets a new milestone for Hideous Divinity, another step towards musical unspoken terror and frenzy. Every song has become a world with its own dissonances and rules made to be broken. A soundtrack of a shipwreck with the best sound production we've ever had: our brother Stefano 'Saul' Morabito at 16th Cellar Studios really outdid himself. The new creature is coming at you on March, 22nd"
Tracklisting:
1. Dust Settles on Humanity
2. The Numinous One
3. Against the Sovereignty of Mankind
4. Atto Quarto: The Horror Paradox
5. Quasi-Sentient
6. Hair, Dirt, Mud
7. More Than Many, Never One
8. Der Verlorene Sohn
9. Mysterium Tremendum
10. Leben Ohne Feuer More...
Engulf Premiere New Single Feat. Alluvial Singer
New Jersey death metal band Engulf premiere a new single titled “Bellows From the Aether”, taken from their upcoming debut album "The Dying Planet Weeps" that Everlasting Spew Records will launch on January 12th. Vocalist Kevin Muller of Alluvial also makes a guest appearance on that track. Aborted‘s Sven de Caluwé and Hideous Divinity‘s Enrico “H.” Di Lorenzo added vocals on other songs of the record.
Check out now "Bellows From the Aether" streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you below.
Hideous Divinity Premiere New Single & Music Video
Italian technical death metal outfit Hideous Divinity premiere a new standalone single and music video titled “Mysterium Tremendum“, streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you below.
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70000 Tons Of Metal 2023: Day Four
They say all good things must come to an end and so it was that the final day of this year's 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, the first for three years, had a slight air of sadness about it. But metal fans aren't the type to go out with a whimper and thus our fourth day at sea is traditionally the time to go all out with costumes and to lose a few inhibitions.
A bright and early start seemed to be on most sailor's agenda, as everyone wanted to make the most of this last day floating through the Caribbean, and there was certainly no better wake up call than Nightmare. The French power metal squadron have been going for some time now but this was the first chance many fans and onlookers had to hear new vocalist Barbara Mogore, who is 100% natural in her new job, giving the impression that she's always been leading the line. Perhaps as was to be expected, the band gave a good deal of attention to their latest album, "Aeternam," performing the title track as well as the songs, "Crystal Lake," "Divine Nemesis" and "Downfall Of A Tyrant." "Dead Sun" was also represented with four songs, including the title track which opened the set and "Starry Skies Gone Black" which closed it. Fans don't need to worry about the future of Nightmare with a new vocalist, as they're clearly in very capable hands. More...
Hypocrisy Confirmed For 70000 Tons Of Metal 2023
Swedish death metal veterans Hypocrisy has been announced as the final name for this year's edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise. The festival will take place aboard the Freedom Of The Seas ship and will sail from Port Miami in Florida on January 30th, heading to Bimini, Bahamas before returning on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows: More...
Another Four Bands Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
The lineup for this year's 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise is almost complete with the announcement that slam pioneers Internal Bleeding, Chile thrash metal veterans Nuclear, Costa Rican melodic death metal band Sight Of Emptiness and Skiltron from Argentina have all been added to the lineup, leaving only more announcement. The cruise is set to sail on January 30th from Miami, Florida and head to Bimini, Bahamas, before returning on February 3rd.
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Dragonforce Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
The organisers of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which will set sail a week from today on January 30th from Miami, Florida, have announced that British power metal veterans Dragonforce are the latest name to be confirmed for the floating festival.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Belphegor
Bodyfarm
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Dark Tranquillity
Dear Mother
Deathless Legacy
Destruction
Dragonforce
Edge Of Paradise
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Eshtadur
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei'An
Hideous Divinity
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Osyron
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Vicious Rumors
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant
Wormed
Bodyfarm Confirmed For 70000 Tons Of Metal 2023
Dutch death metal band Bodyfarm has been announced by the organisers of 70000 Tons Of Metal has the latest name for this year's edition of the festival, which will set sail in just over a week on January 30th and last until February 3rd. It will be a special voyage for the band as one of their two performances will be a new album live world premiere of their upcoming release, "Ultimate Abomination" where they will play this album from front to back.
The lineup is now as follows: More...
Vicious Rumors & Wormed Added To 70000 Tons 2023
The organisers of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise has confirmed the addition of American power metal veterans Vicious Rumors and Spanish death metal outfit Wormed for this year's edition of the festival. Unfortunately, death metal stalwarts Decrepit Birth has had to pull out of the event due to a medical emergency.
The eleventh round of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise will set sail on January 30th from Miami, Florida and make its way to Bimini, Bahamas, before returning on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows: More...
Dark Tranquillity Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
The organisers of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise have announced that Swedish melodic death metal pioneers Dark Tranquillity are the latest band to be confirmed for this year's edition of the festival. The cruise is scheduled to leave Miami on January 30th and head to Bimini, Bahamas before returning on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Belphegor
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Dark Tranquillity
Dear Mother
Deathless Legacy
Decrepit Birth
Destruction
Edge Of Paradise
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Eshtadur
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei'An
Hideous Divinity
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Osyron
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant
Belphegor Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
Austrian blackened death metal stalwarts Belphegor has been announced as the latest addition for this year's edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise. The floating festival, which will take place aboard the Freedom Of The Seas, will sail out from Miami, Florida on January 30th and return to port on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Belphegor
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Dear Mother
Deathless Legacy
Decrepit Birth
Destruction
Edge Of Paradise
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Eshtadur
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei'An
Hideous Divinity
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Osyron
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant
Three More Bands Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
The organisers of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise have confirmed a further three names for the 2023 edition of the event, which will launch in just over two weeks on January 30th from Miami, Florida, before returning on February 3rd. Now added to the lineup are Dutch outfit Dear Mother, Canadian progressive metal band Osyron and Colombian melodic death metal group Eshtadur.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Dear Mother
Deathless Legacy
Decrepit Birth
Destruction
Edge Of Paradise
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Eshtadur
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei'An
Hideous Divinity
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Osyron
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant
Edge Of Paradise Announced For 70000 Tons 2023
The organisers of the famous 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise has announced that Los Angeles, California based hard rock/heavy metal outfit Edge Of Paradise are the latest name to be confirmed for the floating festival, which is set to depart from Miami, Florida on January 30th and returns on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Deathless Legacy
Decrepit Birth
Destruction
Edge Of Paradise
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei'An
Hideous Divinity
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant
Hideous Divinity Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
Italian brutal death metal band Hideous Divinity has been announced as the latest name for the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is set to launch of January 30th from Miami and make a stop in Bimini, Bahamas before docking in Florida once again on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows:
Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Deathless Legacy
Decrepit Birth
Destruction
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei'An
Hideous Divinity
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant
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Hideous Divinity Melts Faces in Mesa, Arizona
What comes to mind when you think of Italy? Great food, great wine, fantastic scenery? How about death metal? No? Ok, well there’s such a thing and leading the charge is Hideous Divinity from Roma. They’re currently on a package tour that includes Hypocrisy, Carach Angran and The Agonist and I had the pleasure of checking them out during their most recent stop in Mesa, Arizona.
I have to admit that I’ve heard great things about Hideous Divinity but have never had the opportunity to check them out until now. Brutal, relentless, technical death metal are the only phrases needed to describe this band. They are raw as rusted steel and to the point. This band doesn’t need an extravagant stage show to get their point across, they just sheer your head off without remorse with their ferocity.
They kicked off their set with “Acheron, Stream of Woe” and if anyone in the audience was in the “it’s only the first band” mindset, it was over within the first 30 seconds. The crowd was now fully awake and in death metal show mode. Headbanging, moshpit shenanigans and beers destroyed. Hideous Divinity had flipped the switch!
Enrico Di Lorenzo stalked the stage from side to side throughout the whole set. Guitarist Enrico Schettino locked down his side of the stage with constant riffing. Bassist Stefano Franceschini is beast within his own right and his fingers were a blur the whole time. It goes without saying that no death metal band is complete without their blast beat machine/drummer, and Giulio Galati made it look easy all the while wearing his headphone monitors. A true master of his craft.
After a quick and scarring 6 song set, Hideous Divinity had definitely made an impression upon the Mesa, Arizona crowd. If these desert metalheads didn’t know anything about Hideous Divinity before the show, they knew now… After a round of grazies from the band, they promised to return to Arizona soon. Judging from the applause given, in addition to the clamoring over picks and setlists gifted to them from the band, they’ll be back for Hideous Divinity next time and in greater numbers. More...