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Progressive Death Metal Duo IAPETUS Signs to Willowtip

Long Island (NY) – Progressive Death Metal duo IAPETUS have signed to Willowtip Records! The band is hard at work writing what will be their third full-length album for the label. Stay tuned! Band members Jordan Navarro and Matthew Cerami released the following statement concerning the signing: “We are honored, humbled, and thrilled to announce our partnership with Willowtip Records – to join their incomparable roster, both past and present, and to stand alongside so many incredible bands that we have long admired both as fans and peers.Willowtip is and has always been dedicated to pushing the boundaries of metal […]

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The Flenser & Friends Announce Your Voice Is Not Enough – A Tribute to Low

Your Voice is Not Enough stands as a heartfelt tribute to Low, a project born out of a conversation with Planning For Burial’s Thom Wasluck and The Flenser. Inspired by the nuanced beauty of Low’s discography, what began as a discussion on ranking favorite albums blossomed into a collaborative effort that brought together our close-knit group of Flenser artists and friends. Regrettably, the compilation took shape before the tragic passing of Mimi Parker, and in honoring her legacy, we dedicate this album to her memory, celebrating the profound impact she left on the music world. The tribute features eight cover […]

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GREY SKIES FALLEN: New York Doom Metal Act Signs With Profound Lore Records For March Release Of Molded By Broken Hands LP; ‘Knowing That You’re There’ Video/Single And Preorders Issued

Profound Lore Records announces the label’s first release of 2024, welcoming long-running New York City-based doomed dark metal veterans GREY SKIES FALLEN. The band’s first release for the label, Molded By Broken Hands, will be released March 8th, and today, a video for the lead single ‘Knowing That You’re There’ has been issued alongside preorders and more. GREY SKIES FALLEN’s sixth full-length album, Molded By Broken Hands sees the contingent offering their most triumphant work yet. This album carries that feeling of the underappreciated and underrated dark metal scene that was culminating in the US during the late 1990s, an […]

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Inver unveil the dark gothic metal magick of On This Earth

Bringing together a wealth of experience and influences from the disparate musical worlds of extreme metal, alternative acoustic and traditional folk, Inver have created a musical identity rich in atmosphere, emotion and imagination. Coupled with a song writing ethic that embraces and entwines artistry and integrity, dreamlike textures and honesty as raw as an open wound, this new creative collective have unveiled a unique and enthralling debut album…On This Earth. Behold the visualizer for ‘Tarnished Son’ On This Earth reaches into the soul of gothic metal and rock, grasping the essential darkness and emotional power that drives the genre and […]

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NATHANAEL LAROCHETTE: Musk Ox/The Night Watch Guitarist Releases Five-Part Skyward Composition

Musk Ox/The Night Watch guitarist NATHANAEL LAROCHETTE has officially unveiled Skyward, the complete, unedited mix of Sky from LAROCHETTE’s stunning 2016-released double solo album, Earth And Sky. Comprised of two distinct yet complementary albums, Earth was a collection of solo classical guitar works which acted as the stark acoustic counterpart to Sky, a layered, forty-minute ambient electric composition. LAROCHETTE elaborates, “Originally commissioned for an app designed to accompany commuters on specific Ottawa public transit bus routes, Skyward represents the complete, unedited composition that was later remixed and released as disc two of Earth And Sky back in 2016. When I […]

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TODAY IS THE DAY To Reissue Classic Supernova And Today Is The Day LPs On SuperNova Records In January; Teaser And Preorders Posted + New Album Nears Completion

SuperNova Records presents brand new vinyl reissues of TODAY IS THE DAY’s seminal LPs Supernova and Today Is The Day, confirming them for release in early February. Following the release of their acclaimed No Good To Anyone LP, released through BMG in February of 2020, TODAY IS THE DAY founder Steve Austin used the downtime of the COVID-19 lockdowns to secure the rights to every one of the band’s albums, relaunching his SuperNova Records label. With the entire catalog now under one roof, the label reissued the band’s entire back-catalog digitally and began rolling out additional TODAY IS THE DAY […]

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OBSIDIAN TONGUE: Maine Black Metal Duo Formed By Members Of Shabti And Falls Of Rauros Presents The Stone Heart EP; Decibel Magazine Debuts Video For Track Featuring Obsequiae’s Tanner Anderson

Portland, Maine-based atmospheric black metal outfit OBSIDIAN TONGUE presents their most epic work to date, with their new EP, The Stone Heart. Alongside the record’s cover art, track listing, preorders, and other details, an official video for its stunning title track, which features an otherworldly guest vocal appearance from Tanner Anderson of Obsequiae and Majesties, has been premiered exclusively through Decibel Magazine. OBSIDIAN TONGUE was formed by Brendan Hayter (Shabti, Thrawsunblat, Obsequiae-live) who was shortly later joined by drummer Ray Capizzo (Falls Of Rauros, Shabti, Panopticon-live), emerging as a live act in 2009. The band’s emotive brand of epic and […]

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MR.BISON: new video ‘Collision’ available now

Italian heavy psych rock stalwarts MR.BISON reveal the second single taken from their new album Echoes From The Universe, to be issued on February 16th through Heavy Psych Sounds. Enter the stratosphere with ‘Collision’ exclusively on It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine! Get psyched by MR. BISON’s ‘Collision’ video Their upcoming fifth album, Echoes From The Universe, invites the listener to a prismatic voyage that explores the notion of freedom and destiny through Norse mythology and weaves together a vivid and majestic sonic tapestry that brims with liquid riffs, graceful psychedelia, progressive grandeur and vibrant vocals. A modern and fulfilling space trip […]

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Prophecy Fest announce new bands for the 2024 edition

Prophecy Fest welcome three outstanding acts to the 2024 billing: PARADISE LOST, FEN, and ARÐ! It is somewhat of a coincidence that all newly announced bands hail from England, but on the other hand it is not, as insular doom pioneers PARADISE LOST have wielded a mighty influence not only on the British scene but also on the development and the artistic course that Prophecy Productions have taken. Prophecy Fest will bring dark, forward thinking music with an attitude to one of the world’s most fascinating cultural locations again, the legendary, natural Cave of Balve (“Balver Höhle”). The three day […]

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Furze & Woe J. Reaper 25 anniversary double tape box set

Special edition cassettes to include Woe J. Reaper’s first demo, Necromanzee, & unreleased FURZE material from 1992-1998 Norwegian black psych metal act FURZE and the sole member behind the project, Woe J. Reaper, is celebrating FURZE and Woe J Reaper’s 25th anniversary with the release of a limited and special edition cassette box set via Devoted Art Propaganda. The box set includes the original Woe J. Reaper Necromanzee demo from 1998 on one tape, while the second tape consists of unreleased material from 1992-1998. Limited to only 100 copies, it comes in two cassettes with two separate artworks in a […]

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