Scardust Shares New Music Video

Israeli progressive metal outfit Scardust has posted a new music video online for the song, "Huts." You can check it out below. The song comes from the band's latest album, "Strangers," which was released in October 2020 through M-Theory Audio. The band will also be performing a livestream show on March titled, "In Concrete Cages" in Gargarin. Tickets can be purchased here. More...

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Agathodaimon Returns With "The Seven"

Black metal has a following all across the globe, but it's roots and biggest names all hail from Europe. From Venom in England, to Celtic Frost in Switzerland to the infamous Norwegian scene, black metal is truly a European phenomenon. Of course, being one of the chief exporters of metal music, Germany has more than its fair share of black metal groups too, with one of the most beloved coming in the form of Mainz founded Agathodaimon.

Agathodaimon began life in 1995, reportedly intending to be more of a melodic death metal band, but soon found themselves performing their own brand of symphonic black metal. As time went on, their music became more Gothic than symphonic but remained suitably dark and heavy and established themselves as a premier German black metal band alongside the likes of Dark Fortress.

Their last album, "In Darkness" was released in 2012 but in less than a week, the band will unleash their first new album in nine years, "The Seven," granting the wishes of fans everywhere in what is sure to be a triumphant return. To find out more about the album, its themes, guest appearances and much more, band leader Sathonys spoke with Metal Underground. You can watch the interview in full below.

Diamond Oz: It's a very exciting time as the new album, "The Seven" is right around the corner. It's the first studio album from Agathodaimon in nine years. What was the reason for such a long gap in between albums?

Sathonys: I wasn't really comfortable with this question in the beginning, because we're doing black metal stuff. I was thinking, "Should I say that I had to serve a prison sentence or whatever just to make it a bit more 'true black metal'" but the reason was quite simple: getting married and having two kids. My daughter was born in 2013 and I was 100% sure that it wouldn't work out, trying to fit both the band and the family together. I know Agathodaimon is a job that's time intense and of course I didn't want to compromise on either side. I want to be there for my family, my kids and of course the band, so I thought, "Let's make a hard cut here, put the band on ice and then pick it back up when the worst developments, kid wise are through." Our vocalist Ashtrael was in a similar position, he'd also become a daddy, so in 2018 we decided, "Now we can focus on the band again."

Oz: To be fair, I don't think anyone's going to give you shit for being a good dad.

Sathonys: I was wondering if we heard many reasons like that.

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Serrated Premiere Full-Album Stream Of New Album

Tamworth NSW, Australia-based deathcore/metalcore outfit Serrated premiere the full-album stream of the band's brand new album "Crown Me King", which is out as of today.

Check out now ""Crown Me King" in its entirety below.

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Phasma Premiere New Track & Music Video

International black metal/death metal outfit Phasma premiere a new track and music video named “Garden of Crucified Nazarenes”, taken from their upcoming new album "Epiales". The record will be out on March 26, 2022.

Check out now "Garden of Crucified Nazarenes" streaming via YouTube for you below.

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Knives To A Gunfight Premiere New Music Video

Belgium-based deathcore outfit Knives To A Gunfight premiere a new song and music video called “Words Unspoken”. The track is taken from their upcoming new album "Hell of Misery", which will be out in stores this spring.

Check out now "Words Unspoken" streaming via YouTube for you below.

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Lamentari Premiere New Single "Synodus Horrenda"

Lamentari premiere their new single "Synodus Horrenda" off the band's forthcoming EP "Clavis Aurea". The record was mixed and mastered by Stefano Morabito (Fleshgod Apocalypse) at 16th Cellar Studio.

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Come To Grief Premiere New Song "Life's Curse"

Come To Grief announce their debut album "When The World Dies" for May 20th 2022. The band premiere their first advance track from it named "Life's Curse", featuring Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon. The album was recorded by Kurt Ballou (Converge, etc.) in July of 2021 at GodCity Recording Studio in Salem, MA, and mastered by Brad Boatright (Author & Punisher, God's Hate, etc.) at Audiosiege.

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