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Naioth Releases Lyric Video For New Song
Chilean progressive metal band Naioth is announcing the release of its new album “Transhuman Communication” on November 11th, 2017 via Digmetalworld in North America. The band also posted a lyric video for the album's title track.
The band has created a pre-order link on its Bandcamp page at this location.
"Transhuman Communication" was recorded at IFM Studios and the drums at Rec Música Studios in Valparaiso, Chile. It was mixed and mastered by Ignacio Figueroa and all the pre-production (Midi) by Felipe Cuevas. The artwork was designed by Manuel Alarcón and all the animations by Claudio Abarca.
The album also features Rayna Lawson (Metal Nation Radio) as a guest vocals on some of the tracks. The track list is as follows:
1. Samsara
2. The Ultimate Lie
3. Sublimation
4. Fathers Of The Race
5. Universe
6. Wicked Fortress
7. Transhuman Communication More...
Evertale Releases Track-By-Track Video
German power metal act Evertale released a track-by-track video for the upcoming new album "The Great Brotherwar." The album drops on on October 27th via NoiseArt Records. Check out the clip in the player below.
The album track listing can be found here:
1. Battle for Mankind
2. Empire Rising (see lyric video here)
3. The Swarm
4. The Joining
5. For the King and the Crown
6. Oceans of Sand l
7. The Journey to Iskendria
8. Chapter 666 (We are the Hammer) (see lyric video here)
9. March to the North
10. And the Dragon Returns
11. All Hail the Crimson King
12. The Great Brotherwar
13. Take to the Sky (Van Canto Cover)
Check out the video here: More...
Auðn Releases New Single "Veröld Hulin"
Icelandic atmospheric black metal act Auðn released the new single "Veröld Hulin." The song is taken from the forthcoming album "Farvegir Fyrndar," which is set for release on Nov 10th via Season of Mist. Pre-orders can be made at this location.
The track listing is as follows:
1. Veröld Hulin
2. Lífvana jörð
3. Haldreipi Hugans
4. Prísund
5. Ljósaslæður
6. Blóðrauð Sól
7. Eilífar Nætur
8. Skuggar
9. Í hálmstráið Held
Check out "Veröld Hulin" here: More...
Dead Quiet Releases "Dear Demon" Single
Vancouver stoner/doom act Dead Quiet's new album "Grand Rites" will be released on November 3, 2017. Pre orders are available now Bandcamp and iTunes. When you pre-order from iTunes you'll be able to own the songs "Spiritual Abuse," "Fucking Oath," and "Dear Demon" or you can listen to it on Apple Music or Spotify.
Today, the third single "Dear Demon" has been made available for streaming courtesy of Invisible Oranges at this location, or just check it out in the player below.
The track listing is:
1. Moon Curser
2. Blood Lovers
3. Corpse Revival
4. Disgraced
5. Fucking Oath (song streaming here)
6. Dear Demon
7. Old Hopeless
8. Spiritual Abuse (song available here)
9. Grand Rites
Check out "Dear Demon" here: More...
Anima Damnata Streams New Album In Full
Polish black/death act Anima Damnata is streaming the third full-length album "Nefarious Seed Grows to Bring Forth Supremacy of the Beast" in full via No Clean Singing at this location, or just down in the player below. The album is is scheduled for a November 1st release through Godz ov War Productions and Malignant Voices and it will be available in CD, 12” LP and digital download formats.
The album is going to be exclusively premiered during the Polish leg of the Abhorrent Desecration Tour 2017 where Anima Damnata will be supporting Black Witchery, Possession and Nyogthaeblisz.
"Nefarious Seed Grows to Bring Forth Supremacy of the Beast" was engineered and produced by M. (Mgla). It features the following track listing:
1. The Promethean Blood
2. Praise the Fall of God
3. Uprising Lucifer
4. Through Abomination 'Till Ecstasy
5. I Hail His Name
6. Your Life Is Cursed
7. Numinous Ascension Into a Black Hole
8. His Light Shines Upon Me
9. Blend Into Satan
10. Void of the Abyss
Check out the album here: More...
Kobra And The Lotus Releases New Lyric Video
"Prevail I," the latest offering by Canada's hottest metal export Kobra And The Lotus, has been successfully released in May 2017 via Napalm Records. A true rock juggernaut full of blistering guitars, pounding rhythms and haunting vocal melodies that is taking the listener on a sonic journey leading them out from the darkness and into the light. Produced by Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Amaranthe, Epica etc) and mastered by Grammy award winning Ted Jensen, "Prevail I" has undoubtedly ushered the band to a much deserved elevated hard rock status.
Now the band fronted by charismatic vocalist Kobra Paige has unveiled a brand new lyric video for the track "Prevail," which to you can enjoy in the player below.
The band informs us: "This one's for all the non-believers...the people on the outside and the voice inside your head that said you'd never make it out. The voice that told you to stop dreaming. The devil on your shoulder whispering 'Go ahead and quit, you're not good enough anyways.'
"Out with the hate and in with the love. There's a new mantra in town and it's slamming that shadowed voice into the ground. We will Prevail and we are never backing down!"
Evolution is inevitable and Kobra And The Lotus delivered the most powerful album to date, "Prevail I," with "Prevail II" to complete the story in the not too distant future...
Check out the clip here: More...
Winds Of Plague Issues New Single
Winds of Plague has released another new single today called "From Failure, Comes Clarity." All three singles that have been released from the new LP are available as iTunes instant gratification tracks. Fans who pre-order the LP on iTunes will get "From Failure, Comes Clarity," "Kings of Carnage" and "Never Alone" as instant downloads. All three tracks are also live on all streaming services now.
Winds of Plague will release "Blood Of My Enemy" via Entertainment One Music/Good Fight Music on October 27, 2018. The all new effort will be the follow up to the widely celebrated "Resistance" LP released in 2013. Johnny continues, "Over a year ago I started making weekly trips up to a small apartment in North Hollywood on my days off to work on music for WOP with Noah Sebastian from Bad Omens. It was strange at first since past WOP records were worked on in larger recording studio's or rehearsal spaces and now here I am sitting on the floor of this bedroom working on record number six."
The track listing for the album is:
1. A New Day
2. Nameless Walker
3. Kings Of Carnage (see video clip)
4. Soul Eater
5. From Failure, Comes Clarity
6. Blood Of My Enemy
7. Snakeskin
8. Never Alone (video clip available here)
9. 5150
10. Either Way You Lose
11. A Walk Among The Dead
12. Dark Waters
Check out "From Failure, Comes Clarity" here: More...
Down Among The Dead Men Signs New Record Deal
Death metal supergroup Down Among The Dead Men has assembled a new album "...And You Will Obey Me" - which finds the band filthier and crustier than ever before. Sounding massive, Rogga Johansson has created his best music for the band yet, with Dave Ingram being in absolute top form throughout. Both members have put out highly successful albums in Paganizer and Ursinne respectively this year, not to mention the sensational Echelon release where they joined forces again.
The full length is scheduled for release in early 2018 and a new song will be unleashed soon.
Dave Ingram states, “Getting Down Among The Dead Men signed to Transcending Obscurity Records was the ideal move for myself and Rogga, since we both have bands already with this great label (Ursinne for me, Paganizer for Rogga, and Echelon jointly.) This is yet another notch in our respective bullet belts, and we are proud to bring the third Down Among The Dead Men album ‘…And You Will Obey Me’ to the world via Transcending Obscurity Records, one of the most hardworking labels on the scene.”
Rogga Johansson adds, "I just wanna riff, and riffing is what Down Among The Dead Men is all about. Riffing and the immense vocals of the legend himself David Ingram. So we did a new album, and its gonna blow you away, as its a really, really good one! And who better to release it than proven media mogul Kunal Choksi with his Transcending Obscurity? Well no one else at all. I’m utterly proud of this album, and how we release it, and I hope that anyone that needs some dirty deathly crust in their lives will agree to just that too."
Transcending Obscurity Records owner Kunal Choksi states, "It’s a continued honour to work with legends Rogga Johansson and David Ingram. Down Among The Dead Men have been one of my favourites and I was blown away after listening to their new album. It’s crusty as fuck and crushing as they’ve ever been. I’m sure this will be very well received and it’s great to have the support of both the gentlemen who have been very kind and cooperative all along. Both have been in phenomenal form too, what with their new albums of Paganizer and Ursinne (even Echelon) receiving an overwhelming response. This has been a great signing for the label so far and their new album will definitely be one of the highlights of 2018." More...
Coraxo Releases "Helios" Music Video
Finnish melodic/progressive death metal trio Coraxo posted a video clip for the new song "Helios." The song appears on the ssophomore album "Sol," which drops via Snow Wave Recordson on November 23rd (digital, CD and vinyl). Check out the clip in the player below.
"Helios" features a guitar solo by Chris Amott (ex-Arch Enemy).
The track listing for the album is:
1. Your Life. Our Future.
2. Of Stars Reborn
3. Satellite
4. Helios
5. Retrograde
6. Revenants
7. Ascension
8. Sunlight
9. In Hiding (The Chase pt. I)
10. Spearhead
Check out the clip here: More...
Silenmara Releases Music Video, New EP Revealed
Following a turbulent few months for the band, Florida melodic death metal outfit Silenmara has come back fighting with a brand new music video single and details of a polished EP produced by Jamie King that promotes their fight for musical freedom. Check out the video for the new single "Visionary." The song is available for purchase via Bandcamp at this location).
The song appears on the new EP "A Darkened Visionary" coming December 15th.
Guitarist Jason Gato commented on the song: "Lyrically, the song 'Visionary' was written about decisions. A person can take one of two roads. One simple mistake or miscalculation could be life changing or even fatal. On the other hand one focused and calculated decision can change a persons life for the best. It's all about your mindset and your ability to make serious decisions under pressure. When you're on a 'Bridge of defeat, could you stand for denial'?
"Musically we wrote this song for one specific purpose, to deliver an emotion. We wanted our people to feel the love we have for this music. It is filled with guitar melodies and odd time trickery that we have come to embrace in our writing. A very catchy guitar lick meets an aggressive vocal melody begging for guidance and hoping for forgiveness. We chose this song for its ability to find its way into your mind and stay. Our Vision of musical freedom." More...
Magick Touch Reveals More New Album Details
Today, Edged Circle Productions sets January 5, 2018 as the international release date for Magick Touch's second album "Blades, Chains, Whips & Fire." The band also revealed the artwork and track listing, shown below.
Magick Touch is a power trio - with the emphasis on POWER - from the southwestern coastal town of Bergen, Norway. The band - HK Rein on guitar and vocals, Bård Nordvik on drums, and Christer Ottesen on bass and vocals - formed in 2014 and released the debut album "Electrick Sorcery" through Edged Circle in 2015. Now the band is set to release the sophomore album upon an unsuspecting world as 2017 dies and 2018 is reborn.
The track listing is:
1. Under The Gun (song streaming here)
2. The Great Escape
3. Midnite Sadusa
4. Believe In Magick
5. Polonium Blues
6. Siren Song
7. Lost With All Hands
8. After The Fire
9. Electrick Sorcery
10. Blades, Chains, Whips & Fire More...
Dead Register Announces Fall Live Dates
Atlanta based monolithic, gothic-tinged, gloomy, melodic "doom-gaze" act Dead Register announced a string of tour dates for this fall, starting at Chizuko in Pensacola, FL on November 1st.
All dates are in support of the band's 2016 album "Fiber," which was recently released as a vinyl edition via Throne Records.
See Dead Register at the following venues:
Nov 1 Pensacola, FL @ Chizuko
Nov 2 New Orleans, LA @ Portside Lounge
Nov 3 Lafayette, LA @ Freetown Boom Boom Room
Nov 4 San Antonio, TX @ Gold Bar
Nov 5 Austin, TX @ Beerland
Nov 6 Fort Worth, TX @ Mass
Nov 7 Springfield, MO @ Outland Ballroom
Nov 9 Dubuque, IA @ The Lift
Nov 10 Minneapolis, MN @ Hexagon
Nov 11 Chicago, IL @ Quenchers
Nov 12 St Louis, MO @ Fubar
Nov 13 Indianapolis, IN
Nov 14 Asheville, NC @ Asheville Yacht Club More...
Autumns Eyes Releases "Death Of October"
Today you can experience the "Death Of October" just a bit early with a brand new track from Halloween-inspired Gothic metal band Autumns Eyes. The song is taken from the new album "Ending Life Slowly" coming Halloween Day.
At the crossroad between a hallowed holiday and the cusp of a dead cold winter is where you’ll find Autumns Eyes mastermind Daniel Mitchell. After many seasons of seclusion in the studio, the recording process has finally wrapped up for a new album titled "Ending Life Slowly."
"Death Of October" serves as the first taste of that impending album, and Mitchell had this to say about the new song stream:
"With 'Ending Life Slowly' being inspired by death and decay that takes place during the latter part of Fall, starting the album with a song dedicated to Halloween was a natural first step. It marks an end to the most hallowed month of the year, and celebrates its macabre mayhem before we enter the cold void of November.”
1. Death of October
2. Break the Skin
3. Your Last Day
4. Moments Into Memories
5. The Honest Liars
6. Couldn’t Hold On
7. Far Away From Fading
8. Internal Arson
9. Open Your Eyes, Not Your Wrists
10. Under the Skin of the Sun
Check out "Death Of October" here: More...
Threat Signal Streams New Song "Aura"
Canadian melodic thrash/technical metalcore act Threat Signal issued a new single for the song "Aura." The song is the latest lifted off the new album "Disconnect," which drops November 10th via Agonia Records.
"Disconnect" was recorded and produced by vocalist Jon Howard and lead guitarist Travis Montgomery. Mixing and mastering were done by Mark Lewis (DevilDriver, Whitechapel, Battlecross, Coal Chamber). Artwork for the album was created by Ludovic Cordelieres of Rusalkadesign (Kamelot).
The album track listing is:
1. Elimination Process (see 360 degree clip here)
2. Nostalgia
3. Walking Alone
4. Exit The Matrix (see playthrough clip here)
5. Falling Apart
6. Aura
7. Betrayal
8. To Thine Own Self Be True
9. Dimensions
10. Terminal Madness
11. Eyes Sewn Shut
Check out "Aura" here: More...
Catapult the Dead To Release New Album
Hailing from Oakland, CA, the six piece crushing tribe of doom Catapult the Dead are teaming up with San Francisco's Doom Stew Records for the new full length release "A Universal Emptiness," which is due to drop on November 15th.
Catapult the Dead brings to the genre its own version of musical sorrow, despondency, and longing. This unique and haunting outfit is as beautifully devastating as it is callous and brooding.
"A Universal Emptiness" is a 38:39 minute apocalyptic journey. Sweeping synth and organ soundscapes lead you eerily, through a dark thunderous wall of sound. With thick brutal guitars at the core, it's rhythmic foundation is dragged angrily along by layered bass and powerful booming drums. All the while baleful roars and ghostly wales round out this bleak, crushingly dynamic, full length offering.
"A Universal Emptiness" will be available as a CD, vinyl LP, digital download and cassette tape. The 12" vinyl comes in three special color variants to compliment the beautiful illustrations created by Macedonian artist Pig Hands. Also featuring insert and label Illustrations by Death Ink.
The track listing is:
1. 'Till It Goes Away
2. Anti-Aether
3. Last Breath
4. Burning Womb More...
Down 'N' Outz To Release New Live Album
Down 'n' Outz is pleased to announce the release of a brand new live album "The Further Live Adventures Of..." on December 1st, via Frontiers Music Srl. The live album, recorded in Sheffield Corporation in December 2014, will be available 2CD/DVD, Blu-ray, vinyl and digital. In addition, on the same day, the band will reissue the previous records "My Re-Generation" and "The Further Adventures Of..." on CD, LP and Digital. Check out the clip for "Overnight Angels" in the player below.
Down 'N' Outz is the project founded and fronted by Def Leppard's Joe Elliott and backed by members of The Quireboys, Wayward Sons and Raw Glory. The band pays tribute to rock legends Mott The Hoople and was established from the most unusual of circumstances...in the words of Joe Elliott: "When Mott The Hoople announced they were reforming for a week's worth of shows at the Hammersmith Odeon I was asked that I participate in some capacity. They've always been my favourite band and it's nice to see the rest of the rock world finally catch up and give them their due."
"But, what was I to do? It was suggested to me that the Quireboys would be up for offering their services. This was perfect! A fan since their first album, I loved the idea of working with a band as enthusiastic to do this as I was. I decided that the thing to do was play some songs that like-minded people thought they would never hear live again, if ever, songs by spin offs of Mott the Hoople - songs by Mott, Ian Hunter and British Lions. Songs that are close to my heart, songs that I've played every week for the best part of 35 years on record, cassette, CD, iPod and now live."
Down 'N Outz supported Mott The Hoople at one of the legendary 2009 reformation shows at Hammersmith Odeon. Following a rapturous reception, the one night project took on a life and energy of its own and an album project was born. More...
Wolfshead Issues Lyric Video For New Song
Finnish metal act Wolfshead issued a lyric video for the new song "Division Of The Damned." The song is taken from the debut album "Leaden" which is set for release on October 27th via Rockshots Records.
The track listing is:
1. Vukodlak
2. Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
3. Purifier
4. When The Stars Are Right
5. Division Of The Damned
6. Haruspex
7. Winds Over Potter's Field
8. The Hangman
Check out "Division Of The Damned" here: More...
FS Projekt Releases New Lyric Video
Russian power metal act FS Projekt has released a new lyric video for the song "Kredo Tvoyo" ("Thy Creed").
Since its first release, FS Projekt has been providing un-rhymned English translations of its lyrics and posting them on English resources in order for non-Russian speakers to be able to understand the meaning behind each of the project's compositions. Now FS Projekt takes this good practice to the next level by presenting a translation video for the latest single "Kredo Tvoyo" (Thy Creed).
Check it out here:
Judas Priest Reveals New Album Title
British heavy metal icons Judas Priest has announced via a short post on Facebook that the title of their forthcoming new studio album will be, "Firepower." The album will be released in early 2018 but at present, no other details are available. The album was produced by Andy Sneap, who has previously worked with the likes of Testament, Exodus and Kreator and recorded at This will be their second album to feature guitarist Ritchie Faulkner who replaced longtime member KK Downing and made his recording debut with the band on 2014's, "Redeemer Of Souls."
The band has also announced the first dates of their 2018 tour of North America where they will be supported by fellow heavy metal legends Saxon and Thin Lizzy spinoff, Black Star Riders. The dates can be seen below: More...
Mono Announces Australian Tour Dates
Japanese instrumental rock outfit Mono is returning to Australian shores this November for a string of tour dates. They will be supported by Sydney's visceral Dumbsaint and a plethora of local talent across the country.
Brisbane's show will feature Balloons Kill Babies (who just released the EP "Prodromal"), Sydney gets Grun (who released the first record in many years earlier in 2017), Melbourne gets Solkyri and Adelaide gets Last Days of Kali.
The tour is In celebration of ten years since the debut visit to Australia and the band will visit Adelaide for the first time ever, as well as returning to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne & Perth - adding this - this visit follows the 2016 album "Requiem for Hell" and will feature the band playing music that spans the entire catalogue across a close to two hour show.
Mono was originally formed in 1999 - a unique approach of blending orchestral arrangements and shoegaze guitar noise which has been held in extremely high regard; so much so, that the band's musicianship was praised. One of the most monumental live memories of the band was a special set of shows with a 23-piece orchestra in New York, Tokyo, London and Melbourne.
The Australian tour dates are as follows: More...
Mayhem Added To Decibel Metal & Beer Fest
Norwegian black metal legends Mayhem will take part in the latest edition of the Decibel Metal And Beer Fest, which is set to take place on March 31-April 1, 2018 at The Fillmore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
For nearly a decade, Decibel has fostered the brotherhood between the craft beer and metal worlds with its monthly "Brewtal Truth" column written by award-winning beer writer Adem Tepedelen. With their Metal And Beer Fest, the two worlds unite in one magnificent weekend of extreme sound and suds in Philadelphia. Mayhem will perform on April 1st alongside Carcass, Repulsion, Dream Death, and more.
The band is currently in the midst of the second leg of the European live takeover. The "Purgatorium Europæ - Pars Duorum" Tour commenced Friday, September 29th in Berlin, Germany and will draw to a close on October 27th in Gothenburg, Sweden leaving more than two dozen cities leveled its wake. Following their European run, Mayhem will descend upon North America for a month-long journey from November 3rd to December 2nd. Support will be provided by Immolation and Black Anvil, the latter of which appeared with the band on their last stateside expedition. More...
The Kennedy Veil Streams New Album In Full
California death metal legion The Kennedy Veil is streaming the entire new album "Imperium" via Unique Leader's Bandcamp site. The album was just release this past Friday (October 20th).
The eight-track "Imperium" was produced, mixed, and mastered by Zack Ohren (Animosity, Suffocation, All Shall Perish et al) at Castle Ultimate Productions, features guest appearances by Trevor Strnad of The Black Dahlia Murder, Sven de Caluwé of Aborted and Dickie Allen of Infant Annihilator.
Check it out in full here: More...
Cardiant Posts Video Clip For New Single
Finnish melodic metal sextet Cardiant is set to release the fourth full-length album "Mirrors" on November 24th via Inverse Records. The recordings started already in May 2015 and after two years, the band released the new single and music video "Life Has Just Begun," which is available below.
"Mirrors" is a concept album and natural continuum to the critically-acclaimed album "Verge," which was peaking at #11 on the official Finnish album charts. The album features several guest singers, Pasi Rantanen (Thunderstone, King Company), Nitte Valo (Burning Point, Seraphiel) and Janne Saksa who performed session vocals to Cardiant's debut album "Midday Moon."
"'Life has just begun' is a story about how endings can be turned into new beginnings in life. The song has been a favorite among the band and the new video gives the viewer a peek inside the studio and how the song was recorded," commented guitarist/composer Antti Hänninen.
The track listing for "Mirrors" is:
1. Mirrors And Me
2. Riot Rising
3. Soul (feat. Pasi Rantanen)
4. A Quiet One
5. Blank Star
6. His Supremacy (feat. Janne Saksa)
7. Shooting Star (feat. Nitte Valo)
8. Absolute Power
9. My Delusion
10. Life Has Just Begun
11. Another Time, Another Place (feat. Rantanen, Valo, Saksa) More...
Lark Releases "Too Far Gone" Lyric Video
French progressive sludge/stoner metal band Lark premiered the lyric video for the new song "Too Far Gone" over at The Sludgelord over at this location, or just down below in the player provided.
"Too Far Gone" appears on the band's debut self-titled album coming October 31st. Lark features former members of Bright Curse and Sail In Between.
Check out the song here:
Nervcast Release New Video Clip "Fallen Angels"
Toronto's Nervcast released a video clip for the just dropped track "Fallen Angels." The song appears on the band's debut EP "Locked And Loaded," which was just issued this past Friday (October 21st).
Check out the video here:
Tongues To Release Debut Full Length "Hreilia"
Danish black/death metal act Tongues will release the debut full length album "Hreilia" on December 8th via I, Voidhanger Records.
Tongues debuted in 2014 under the flag of I, Voidhanger Records with "Thelésis Ignis," a portentous 35-minute long EP which earned them the praises from the underground metal aficionados. Apparently swallowed by the shadows right after that promising release, Tongues has simply kept a low profile and concentrated for 3 long years on the second chapter of the doomed spiritual journey. That journey spawned "Hreilia," a new and exciting example of Tongues' audacious synthesis of black, death and doom metal, propelled by fiery riffs, magnetic melodies and mystical atmospheres.
Enshrouded like its predecessor in an esoteric dark aura and graced by an apocalyptic cover painting by vocalist A. Lovmand, "Hreilia" delves even deeper into the realms of subconscious. "The underlying concept of the album was inspired by a dream; that's where the word 'Hreilia' comes from," confirms drummer and lyricist C. Qvortrup. "That word held a significant spiritual value within the context of that dream. It symbolized a profound spiritual disappointment...a nightmare."
Tongues' pessimistic approach to the new album is quite evident even during its most aggressive moments, when the inner fire that characterized the previous EP bursts out nervously from the articulated structures of "Grove Of Mithridate" and "Theophagous Wounds Of Earth," two examples of the band's trademark style, hanging in the balance between utmost aggression and psychedelic meditation. As the album progresses, the melodies become slowly - yet steadily - more depressive and defeated, 'till Tongues' ferocious inner struggle concludes and gives way to sadness and disillusionment.
The track list for "Hreilia" is:
1. Perennial Waves
2. Theophagous Wounds of Earth
3. Interlude
4. ...and the Ever Watchful Clouds
5. Grove of Mithridate
6. Acumen Numinous
7. Hreilia More...
Diamond Black Issues Debut Single "Sorrow"
U.K. rock band, Diamond Black - featuring The Sisters Of Mercy Guitarist Ben Christo - has released the debut single and music video for the song "Sorrow." The video can be viewed in the player below.
Intense, sensual and arcane, Diamond Black is a dark rock quartet from Camden, London, UK. Founded by Ben Christo (The Sisters of Mercy) and Finnish singer J.I. Turunen, Diamond Black brings you crushing riffs, mesmerizing electronica and cinematic choruses; a dark fusion of irreverence, intrigue and isolation.
"Sorrow" was produced and mixed by Jaani Peuhu and mastered by Minerva Pappi/Waudio. Check out the clip here:
Blot & Bod Debuts Full-Album Stream Of New Album
Danish black metal band Blot & Bod debuts the full-album stream of its brand new outing "Ligæder", which was digitally released on October 16th via Bandcamp. A cassette tape edition can be ordered from Fallow Field.
Check out now "Ligæder" in its entirety below.
Calligram Premieres New Song "Scourge"
Genre-bending London based black metal band named Calligram premieres a new song titled "Scourge", taken from the upcoming debut album "Askesis", which will be released on November 24 by Basick Records.
Check out now "Scourge" below.
Wending Tide: Pre-Release Full-Album Streaming
New Zealand black metal project Wending Tide premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new album "The Painter", which will be officially released by Naturmacht Productions on November 25.
Check out now "The Painter" in its entirety below.
Summoning Debuts Title Track Of Upcoming New Album
Austrian epic black metal act Summoning debuts the title track of the band's upcoming new album "With Doom I Come", which Napalm Records will be releasing on January 5, 2018.
Check out now "With Doom I Come" below.
Ovnev Premieres "Subterranean Premonitions"
Hailing from Spring, TX one-man atmospheric black metal band Ovnev premieres a new song entitled "Subterranean Premonitions", taken from the upcoming new album "Incalescence", which will be released on November 25 by Naturmacht Productions.
Check out now "Subterranean Premonitions" below.
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