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Hammerheart Records teams up with Finland’s Asphodelus

ASPHODELUS has signed worldwide with Hammerheart Records and will record a follow up to 2019’s Stygian Dreams during the Summer of 2021. A release is expected early 2022. Stygian Dreams received great reviews worldwide, comparing ASPHODELUS to the early version of Katatonia, being a Doomed Death/Black band full of melancholy and melodies. ASPHODELUS is the continuation of Cemetary Fog, whom started out in 2012 and did a great EP for Iron Bonehead in 2016. Together with Hammerheart Records Jari Filppu (vocals/guitars) thinks ASPHODELUS will be able to deliver a big record that will appeal strongly to all fans of melancholic […]

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CRIN HAWK OPENS THE VEIL OF METATRON TO REVEAL HIS MEDITATIONS ON LIFE AND DEATH

“For reasons known and reasons not, for reasons sown and reasons forgot, and none shall match nor be so vain as the one called man certified insane.” from ‘Man’ For nearly a quarter of a century Crin Hawk has worn the enigmatic mask of Metatron and fronted THE MEADS OF ASPHODEL – one of the most challenging, imaginative, thought provoking and misunderstood bands to emerge from the shadowed vale of black metal. His intense, unflinching lyrics have made albums such as The Murder Of Jesus The Jew and in particular the almost unbearably grief-laden Sonderkommando subjects for endless debate amongst […]

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St. Louis Black Metal Duo STORMRULER Reveals Scorching New Track, ‘At The Cliffs Of Azure City’ + New Video

Fast-rising St. Louis, MO, USA based black metal export STORMRULER will release their infernal, fantasy battle-inspired full-length offering, Under The Burning Eclipse, this Friday, May 28 via Napalm Records, and are gracing fans with a special early surprise – a brand new lyric video for the track ‘At The Cliffs Of Azure City’. Combat-ready standout ‘At The Cliffs Of Azure City’ proves exactly why STORMRULER have turned heads in the underground with their grim attack. The track incorporates ruminations of classic heavy metal combined with scorched, war-torn percussion to create a blackened offering for the modern age. STORMRULER says about […]

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Vulture Lord announces sophomore album, Desecration Rite

Eighteen years since the release of their first full length album, the wicked and blasphemous Profane Prayer, the devils of VULTURE LORD have returned with its successor. Desecration Rite is an unholy assault of malice and malevolence, a shocking affirmation of VULTURE LORD’s dedication to the dark. Dripping with spite and venom, a hatred you can taste, the songs that combine to form the Desecration Rite are hymns of annihilation, an adoration of absolute destruction. The profound intensity of VULTURE LORD’s second album should come as no surprise. With members of Urgehal, Carpathian Forest, Endezzma and Beastcraft completing this cruel […]

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APF Records to reissue The Brothers Keg debut album on vinyl

London-based, psychedelic stoner doom trio THE BROTHERS KEG will reissue their debut album, Folklore, Myths And Legends Of The Brothers Keg on vinyl via APF Records on 30th July. Originally released last year on APF, the album follows the origin story of THE BROTHERS KEG. Recorded at Bear Bites Horse Studio in London (Green Lung, Terminal Cheesecake, Opium Lord and many others), producer Wayne Adams has expertly extracted the esoteric essence of the project, and the spirit of the KEG flows freely in full force. The album, as the title suggests, follows the origin story of THE BROTHERS KEG – […]

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An Autumn For Crippled Children – new single, ‘Splendour Unnoticed’, out now

AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN have announced ‘Splendour Unnoticed’, the third single to be taken from their forthcoming album – As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes – due for release via Prosthetic Records on May 21. Accompanying the single release, the black metal-meets-shoegaze band have shared an accompanying video. Listen to Splendour ‘Unnoticed’ via Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp. Pre-order As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes HERE WATCH THE VIDEO FOR ‘SPLENDOUR UNNOTICED’ Speaking on the new single, the band comments: “The track subject is darker than you would think hearing the music. The song itself […]

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DARKTHRONE TO RELEASE ETERNAL HAILS ON JUNE 25TH

As John Peel once said of The Fall, “Always different, always the same,” so too one could say the same of DARKTHRONE. Things change, times change, people change, and yet even when sounding fresh and new and delivering just five tracks in 45 minutes on their 19th album, Eternal Hails, the Norwegian black metal legends remain defiantly and eternally DARKTHRONE. Since forming in 1986 as Black Death in Kolboton, Norway, DARKTHRONE have been masters of their art. Dropping the death metal of 1991’s Soulside Journey debut album in favour of a more primitive, black metal sound on the following year’s […]

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PROPHECY PRODUCTIONS congratulates eight bands for reaping IMPALA Silver & Double Silver Awards

When PROPHECY PRODUCTIONS were originally founded in 1996, the declared aim of the label was to provide a dedicated home for dark stirring music and to offer long-term collaborations to artists signing into the family. At that time, hardly anybody would have expected that in its 25th anniversary year, 8 bands from label’s roster were to receive 10 IMPALA Silver and 3 Double Silver Awards. IMPALA is the European organisation for independent music companies and national associations. The non-profit trade association was established in 2000 to support European independent record labels and music. To receive an IMPALA Silver Award, an […]

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American Metal Legends ATTACKER Join Cruz Del Sur Music, Vocalist BOBBY LUCAS Returns To The Fold

Cruz Del Sur Music is proud to announce the signing of American metal legends ATTACKER! The label will release the band’s next studio album sometime in 2022. Originally formed in 1983, ATTACKER burst onto the scene with their 1985 debut, Battle At Helm’s Deep, an LP many consider to be one of the first pure American power metal albums. The band released The Second Coming in 1988 before splitting the next year. ATTACKER returned in 2001 and has since released four additional studio albums and one EP, the latest being 2018’s Armor Of The Gods EP. ATTACKER made contact with […]

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Alastor share ‘Dead Things In Jars’ single from forthcoming sophomore album

Swedish rock band Alastor share the first single from their forthcoming album Onwards And Downwards today via Heavy Blog Is Heavy. Hear and share ‘Dead Things In Jars’ HERE Metal Injection recently hosted the first single, the driving rocker ‘Death Cult’ HERE Excelsior! It’s the hail of yore that one should go ever onward and upward. And so, fittingly Onwards And Downwards is the occultist Swedish band ALASTOR’s clever call to arms… and also a reflection of our collective dark state of mind these days. “If our last album Slave To The Grave were about death, this record is more […]

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