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New HYPERION video online

Italian Heavy Metal band HYPERION, have just launched a lyric-video of the song ‘Bridge Of Death’ as the third single from their recently released 2nd album Into The Maelstrom, that saw the light through Fighter Records last 21st of April. Watch the video right HERE The cover art for Into The Maelstrom has been created by Akirant Illustration, who currently works with IRON MAIDEN as well as with BLAZE BAYLEY and HOLYCIDE. The album contains 9 songs with an impressive production and influences that come from bands of the ’80s in the vein of JUDAS PRIEST, ANNIHILATOR, IRON MAIDEN, METALLICA, […]

HELLRIPPER REVEAL DETAILS OF THEIR NEW STUDIO ALBUM, THE AFFAIR OF THE POISONS

Having recently announced their signing to Peaceville Records, HELLRIPPER have revealed details and the cover artwork of their upcoming new studio album The Affair Of The Poisons scheduled for release on 9th October 2020. HELLRIPPER, aka James McBain, based in the Scottish Highlands, says of their forthcoming epic “The Affair Of The Poisons contains the mixture of thrash/black/speed metal and punk that HELLRIPPER has become known for, but this time I feel that the end result is more cohesive. Some of the tracks are more straight-forward while others contain some twists and parts that are new to the HELLRIPPER sound. […]

German Death Metal Giants DEFEATED SANITY Releasing The Sanguinary Impetus July 24 on Willowtip

Berlin (Germany) – Progressive/Brutal Death Metal luminaries DEFEATED SANITY return July 24 with The Sanguinary Impetus on Willowtip Records. Album cut ‘Propelled Into Sacrilege’ is streaming HERE The Sanguinary Impetus is perhaps the ultimate expression of DEFEATED SANITY’s signature blend of the brutal with the technical, performed in a manner largely unparalleled in the world of extreme metal. At once comfortably recognizable and awe-inspiring, the forthcoming album is sure to be a lock for many year-end lists. Sickening riff crunch, hammering beats, and technical wizardry combine to create a level of sonic violence that won’t soon be forgotten. The band […]

FELLWARDEN set release date for new EISENWALD album – features members of FEN

Eisenwald announces June 26 as the North American release date for FELLWARDEN’s highly anticipated second album, Wreathed In Mourncloud, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The genesis of FELLWARDEN began in 2014: inspired by the rearing landscapes and quiet, understated majesty of the fells of North-Western England, Fen frontman The Watcher embarked on a quest to embody the ambience of the region through soaring, epic black metal. Envisaged from the outset as a studio-only project, FELLWARDEN permits The Watcher to truly push the limits of creative expression, adding layer upon layer to each piece and building vast textures within extreme […]

BELL WITCH AND AERIAL RUIN ANNOUNCE COLLABORATIVE RECORD STYGIAN BOUGH VOLUME I – OUT JUNE 26 ON PROFOUND LORE

On Stygian Bough: Volume I, members Dylan Desmond and Jesse Shreibman of renowned doom duo, BELL WITCH fully integrate themselves with dark folk elegist, Erik Moggridge of AERIAL RUIN. Genuine collaborations are rare yet these two found a way to become one, resulting in a hauntingly beautiful record. Today the trio have revealed details of the highly anticipated album alongside its ethereal first single, ‘Heaven Torn Low II (The Toll)’. Listen + Share ‘Heaven Torn Low II (The Toll)’ Official Audio on YouTube Also available to listen to on Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple Music While Moggridge has been a part […]

JEFF SCOTT SOTO RELEASES SURPRISE LIVE ALBUM

JEFF SCOTT SOTO has released a surprise live album, Live At Frontiers Rock Festival 2019 on all digital platforms. Today marks the one year anniversary of the performance captured in Milan, Italy on April 27, 2019 at the Frontiers Rock Festival. Stream or download it HERE Listen to a performance of ‘Eyes Of Love’ HERE The performance will be released later this year in physical format as a bonus disc on Jeff’s upcoming solo album, Wide Awake (In My Dreamland), which he has co-written and co-produced with producer Alessandro Del Vecchio. On April 27, 2019, the one and only JEFF […]

CENTINEX stream new track from upcoming album, Death In Pieces

Swedish old-school, death metal veterans CENTINEX premiere first single from their upcoming studio album, Death In Pieces, set to be released on May 29th via Agonia Records. The new track is titled ‘Only Death Remains’, and is available in the form of a lyric video HERE CENTINEX originated in 1990 as a riff-oriented part of the classic Swedish death metal movement and disbanded in 2005 after releasing eight full-length albums. In 2014 they resurfaced, quite surprisingly, and with a refreshed line-up, delivered their celebrated come-back record, Redeeming Filth. The next album was inevitable and didn’t take another decade to assemble. […]

TYRANT reveal new track from long-awaited comeback album for SHADOW KINGDOM

Reunited American heavy metal legends TYRANT reveal the brand-new track ‘Beacon The Light’. The track hails from the band’s long-awaited comeback album, Hereafter, set for international release on May 15th via Shadow Kingdom Records. Hear TYRANT’s ‘Beacon The Light’ HERE at Shadow Kingdom’s Bandcamp. Hailing from Pasadena, California, TYRANT formed in 1978 and put out their first demo in ’82. However, it was with their pair of albums for Metal Blade – 1985’s Legions Of The Dead and 1987’s Too Late To Pray – where they’d etch their name into cult heavy metal legendry. Proud and powerful, theirs was steel […]

Koniec Pola unveil new mini-album details

KONIEC POLA will release their new mini-album, entitled trop (translates to “trace” from Polish) on 27 April 2020. The release will come in digibook CD format, limited to 100 copies, via Devoted Art Propaganda. KONIEC POLA, which translates to “The End of the Field”, is made up of musicians from bands such as Licho, S., Wedrowcy~Tulacze~Zbiegi and Strzepy. Taking a different approach to post-rock, black metal and experimental music, KONIEC POLA released their debut album, Cy, in 2018, also through Devoted Art Propaganda. While Cy explored the imaginary and the postmodern of a Polish village, trop invites the listener on […]

BLAZE OF SORROW reveal new video from forthcoming EISENWALD album

Italian black metal vanguard BLAZE OF SORROW reveal the new video ‘Sonno d’eterno’. The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated sixth album, Absentia, set for North American release on April 24th via Eisenwald. See & hear BLAZE OF SORROW’s new video for ‘Sonno d’eterno’ HERE at Eisenwald’s official YouTube channel. Since 2007, BLAZE OF SORROW have been a veritable institution of Italian black metal, a scene and style too long overlooked. BLAZE OF SORROW both embody and defy the Italian idiom: medieval in its melancholy, nearly “romantic” in the literary sense of the word, but always revealing (and expanding […]