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Album Review: Formosa – Danger Zone

With two albums under its belt (2016’s Tight & Sexy and Sorry For Being Sexy from 2018), and promo photos that make FORMOSA look like either stunt doubles for General Zod, Non and Ursa from Superman II or extras from the Blue Oyster scenes in the first Police Academy movie, I cannot bloody wait to hear this shit. ‘Dynamite’ prances out of the gate, positively poppy, BIBLE OF THE DEVIL at half-speed and ¼ the passion, and ‘Masquerade’ fares not much better, FORMOSA revealing itself to be any one of a thousand club bands you can see in any mid-sized […]

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UK True Metallers DARK FOREST Return in April with Oak, Ash & Thorn / New Single Streaming

Venerable British true metallers DARK FOREST return with nine songs of epic metal heroics and monumental storytelling on Oak, Ash & Thorn. The album will be released on CD, Vinyl, and Digital formats April 24 on Cruz Del Sur Music. New song ‘The Midnight Folk’ is streaming now HERE With their first studio offering in four years, DARK FOREST marries traditional metal glory with tales from the heart of England’s long and storied past. DARK FOREST founding member, guitarist and songwriter Christian Horton was halfway through the creation of the band’s fifth studio album when he came across a copy […]

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Album Review: XPUS – In Umbra Mortis Sedent

XPUS are a mysterious new death metal force from Italy and they are well worth checking out if you like your DM gloomy, morbid and sounding like it just erupted from a rotten crypt. Although not without a flaw or two, these evil revenants perform the amazing feat of sounding fairly original while evoking the spirit of many early progenitors of death. If you prefer chunky, oozing riffs with the hint of doom, XPUS are your boys. Even their faster moments (and they are capable of DEICIDE level speed) have that essential feeling of sickness and sorrow. There are touches […]

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HAIL SPIRIT NOIR sign with Agonia Records

Greek psychodelic prog metal band HAIL SPIRIT NOIR have signed a record deal with Agonia Records. The sextet’s new album is complete and has been slated for a tentative release in June 2020. HAIL SPIRIT NOIR is an intriguing psychedelic prog metal band, with strong experimental and prog rock influences, recommended for fans of Oranssi Pazuzu, Ulver, Borknagar, or Ghost, yet with an identity of its own. Their third and last album, Mayhem In Blue, was released to critical acclaim in 2016, and was followed by several festival appearances, including a thundering performance at Roadburn (which simultaneously marked the first-ever […]

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LUSTRE – THEY AWOKE TO THE SCENT OF SPRING (LP REPRINT) DUE SOON

Dated 2012, a piece of history of the Atmospheric Black Metal wave will be finally pressed on a gatefold LP format. Through the year LUSTRE has been rightfully recognized by most of the followers as a point of reference in shaping the guidelines of a majestic vision inspired by the northern nature. Crystalized beauty, intense and frail background atmospheres create dense layers of powerful visions. By the meany considered as a classic for the band ATMF & De Tenebrarum Principio are proud to repress, for the first time on this format, a piece of their past roster’s release history. SIDE […]

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BLACK CURSE set release date for SEPULCHRAL VOICE debut

Sepulchral Voice Records sets April 24th as the North American release date for BLACK CURSE’s highly anticipated debut album, Endless Wound, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Formed in 2015, BLACK CURSE is the focused will of death-obsessed fanatics. Physically residing in Denver, Colorado, the band is comprised of various members of other cults responsible for the outside attention the city has gained in recent years. BLACK CURSE has grown slowly over the years, changing form several times. The band has a meticulous writing process, wrought with intention and focus, that demands reflection. With this in mind, they chose to […]

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ULVER release new single & video ‘Russian Doll’ – Album due later this year

Oslo, Norway: Prolific experimental music collective ULVER, return with an intelligent, dark and dancey new track, ‘Russian Doll’. The single sees its release via House of Mythology with an accompanying video. Watch & Share: ‘Russian Doll’ (Official Music Video) HERE Available Now on All Streaming Platforms Of the single, ULVER’s Kristoffer Rygg explains, “Although this is pop music in our heads, the images and connotations in the lyrics are probably far away from what one usually associates with this genre. It actually began with some images and memories from the movie Lilja 4-Ever by Lukas Moodysson; a dark and disillusioning […]

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Dawn of Ouroboros to release new album in March

California blackened progressive metal band DAWN OF OUROBOROS are pleased to announce that they will release their album The Art Of Morphology via Rain Without End Records, a sublabel of Naturmacht Productions. The album will be released on March 30th 2020 and pre-orders will be available on March 2nd. The band commented: “Our Goal for this album was to find our voice and experiment openly with sound, emotion and chemistry as a whole. Lyrically, we chose to be free with our ideas and not stick to a single concept. Song inspirations ranging from our favorite horror manga series to the […]

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Album Review: Invictus – Eden

Subdued and pastoral, the abbreviated intro is less a standard, bland “intro track” than an opening of a door, a passing through of a gate…that is until the rough ‘n’ ragged guitar tone of ‘The Hammer’ crashes down, frayed around the edges, and the better for it, reminiscent of the passion-over-proficiency so prevalent in the garage days of power/thrash. Not that the Bavarians aren’t skilled at their craft. Far from it, in fact, especially when the pace slows down ¾ of the way through to give the solo room to breath. After the Sacred Heart-era DIO influence of ‘Inside Your […]

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