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DOEDSMAGHIRD ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM OMNIVERSE CONSCIOUSNESS SET FOR RELEASE ON OCT 11TH ON PEACEVILLE

WATCH THE TRAILER FOR OMNIVERSE CONSCIOUSNESS DOEDSMAGHIRD is the new project from Yusaf “Vicotnik” Parvez, the mind behind longstanding leaders of the Norwegian metal scene, Dødheimsgard, and esteemed French multi-instrumentalist and Dødheimsgard guitarist Camille Giradeau. Today, DOEDSMAGHIRD have shared details of the debut album Omniverse Consciousness, set for release on October 11th on Peaceville. Speaking about the new project, Yusaf said:“A concept of universal awareness that transcends the present individual experience and connect the dots across multiple timelines and dimension. Consciousness is like nodes within a vast, interconnected web, where the black medium current serves a conduit for information exchange. […]

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Album Review: Mammoth Caravan – Frostbitten Galaxy

Following 2023’s debut, Ice Cold Oblivion, as well as the I, Megafauna EP released the same year, Little Rock, Arkansas’ MAMMOTH CARAVAN returns with the even more strangely named Frostbitten Galaxy. A jiggering of the lineup has occurred, a former drummer moving to guitars, a new guitarist. Just saying, I’ve been to Little Rock, and ain’t a single thing ice cold or frostbitten about the weather there at any point of the year. We’re talking galaxies here, though, folks, so… Opener ‘Absolute Zero’ slips in, taking its time getting where it’s hopefully going, a bed of synths beneath a soft, […]

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Exiled Hope Releases Symphonic Power Metal Track ‘Over For You’

Blackened power metal soloist EXILED HOPE is stretching her symphonic metal wings with her new track ‘Over For You’. The anthem, constructed by multi-instrumental mastermind Sofia Frasz, is off of her upcoming album, Apocrypha, launching April 11th, 2025. Sofia comments “My lyric videos started as an easy way to generate promotional content, but they quickly turned into a way to showcase each song’s personality and story through subtle details and by putting the focus on the lyrics. By adding small effects such as changes in lighting throughout the video and flowers falling from the trees featured in the 500-year-old cover […]

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CORTEZ debut video for ‘No Heroes’ from upcoming album

US heavy rock and metal purveyors CORTEZ share the second track taken from their new album, Thieves And Charlatans, to be released on Ripple Music this October 18th. Check out ‘No Heroes’ now! Watch ‘No Heroes’ Listen to the single on all streaming services CORTEZ return with their fourth studio album and glorious follow-up to their 2020 epic Sell The Future this fall! With its hefty, heroic riffs, prodigiously soaring vocals and swaggering grooves, Thieves And Charlatans is a stunning addition to American heavy rock’s history while also conjuring up compelling doom metal atmospheres. The album features special guests Craig […]

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Album Review: Black Sites – The Promised Land?

Roughly three years after Untrue, BLACK SITES returns with fourth album, The Promised Land? Don’t let the fact that the band’s now trimmed to a trio worry you, as opener, ‘Descent’ sets the standard, robust and ready, the lyric “Cometh now the punishment for sins of yesterday / for those who lie, how many times betrayed?” laying a dark tone. Founding guitarist/vocalist Mark Sugar’s vocal range is firmly entrenched in the mid-range, so those in search of vocal gymnastics or histrionics may initially be put off, but for fans of equally melodic bands such as SOUND & SHAPE and Parallels […]

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Decibel Premieres ‘On The Run’ from U.S. Black ‘N’ Rollers, VALLETTA

Decibel Magazine has premiered ‘On The Run’ from U.S. Black ‘N’ Rollers, VALLETTA. ‘On The Run’ is the second single from forthcoming full-length debut album, Summer. Listen to ‘On The Run’ Blackened Arena Rock? Melancholic Grunge ‘N’ Roll? VALLETTA’s anthemic approach to songwriting and energetic stage performance certainly makes you wonder. The band’s forthcoming full-length debut album, Summer, seeks to incinerate metal norms and create a new sound that is as grimy as it is electrifying! VALLETTA comes with an impressive pedigree. The band features drummer Justin Valletta (Mo’ynoq), bassist/backing vocalist Donald Boyd (Mo’ynoq), guitar/lead vocalist Keenan Carroll (Lord Almighty, […]

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Album Review: Wolfbrigade – Life Knife Death

Who needs coffee and energy drinks when WOLFBRIGADE is around? Hell, who needs cocaine?! This long running Swedish band is bone-breaking speed and power in concentrated music form. I was kinda shocked when I found out their new album would be on Metal Blade. I’m glad they’re on one of the bigger metal labels, but for a band with deep roots in the crusty Swedish punk scene, it’s a strange fit. Strange or no, they haven’t toned down one iota for this record. The press compares them to DISCHARGE, MOTÖRHEAD and old ENTOMBED, and that really hits the nail smack […]

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HAMMERFILOSOFI announces new EP through ATMF

International black metal duo HAMMERFILOSOFI will soon unleash a new EP on Aeternitas Tenebrarum Musicae Fundamentum (ATMF). After their much-acclaimed debut album, The Desolate One, HAMMERFILOSOFI returns with a fiery assault on the senses, in the shape of an EP entitled Solus (Igne Natura Renovator Integra); four psalms of relentless, multi-layered, and hellish madness. “The EP is an inward journey of spiritual violence and cathartic soul-searching”, comments NKTFR, and adds “Both musically and lyrically, it picks up from where The Desolate One left off and continues in a bold leap into the dark unknown”.Behind the music is as per usual […]

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Album Review: Glacial Tomb – Lightless Expanse

From the fertile musical soil of Denver, Colorado, GLACIAL TOMB returns with its second full length. Annoying keys and overblown effects lead us into the ‘Stygian Abattoir’, and oh, man, are these guys trying to sound like early Gothenburg here, at least in the music. The vocals haven’t changed much since the self-titled 2018 debut, nondescript as ever. I’m sure some may thrive on the frequent shifts from second-tier death metal growl to blackish bark, but to me, there’s nothing appealing. The trio seems to feel they’re a blend of sludge, black and death metals, but the tired-ass bridge in […]

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LEILA ABDUL-RAUF: Calls From A Seething Edge, Fifth Solo LP By Vastum Member, Drops October 11th On Cyclic Law/Syrup Moose; ‘Crimes Of The Soul’ Video Premiered By BrooklynVegan + Preorders Posted

Multi-instrumentalist LEILA ABDUL-RAUF, acclaimed for her evocative and boundary-pushing soundscapes, presents her fifth, most ambitious solo album to date, Calls From A Seething Edge. The album will be released in October as a co-release between Cyclic Law and Syrup Moose, who today unveil the cover art, track listing, preorders, and an intense video for the lead single, “Crimes Of The Soul”, premiered by BrooklynVegan. LEILA ABDUL-RAUF has been a key member in dozens of musical entities since the 1990s, including Vastum, Ionophore, Cardinal Wyrm, Fyrhtu, and more in recent years, preceded by time spent in Amber Asylum, Hammers Of Misfortune, […]

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