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Germany’s HORN set release date for new IRON BONEHEAD album, reveal new video

Iron Bonehead Productions sets May 15th as the international release date for the highly anticipated eighth album of Germany’s HORN, Mohngang, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Since 2017, with the release of the album Turm am Gang and then the Retrograd mini-album a year later, HORN have aligned forces with Iron Bonehead, resulting in a refreshed taste of German steel. The Horn saga began in 2002, and throughout those many years, mainman Nerrath has been steadily perfecting a classicist, almost-medieval style of black metal bound to pagan roots. Staunchly solitary to the present day, the initial drive behind HORN […]

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Album Review: God Dethroned – Illuminati

GOD DETHRONED has been one of my “go to” bands since the early ’90s, as well as probably the top extreme metal act from Holland. That’s why it pains me to say that their latest, Illuminati, is a very average release, and one that lacks the usual fire and fury we can expect from Henri Sattler and whoever his current cohorts are. It’s not that the band have radically changed their style here, or that this lacks technical skill and ability. Something just seems off about it. It is generally slower than what we’ve been getting from GOD DETHRONED and […]

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PLAGUE YEARS: Michigan Crossover Death Thrashers To Unleash Circle Of Darkness Full-Length Via Entertainment One May 22nd

View / Share PLAGUE YEARS’ ‘Play The Victim’ Video At THIS LOCATION Michigan-based crossover death thrashers PLAGUE YEARS will unleash their punishing Circle Of Darkness full-length via Entertainment One on May 22nd. Like an icepick to the face, PLAGUE YEARS arrives with an electric surge of sudden pain. An unrelenting end of the world assault of the cataclysmic convergence of thrash and hardcore, with bits of blackened death and midtempo madness to spare, the Detroit master blasters are here to crash the crossover party. Summoning the primitive spirit of the singular moment when the heaviest of metal first smashed into […]

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Album Review: Lychgate – Also Sprach Futura

LYCHGATE’s fourth release (and first for Debemur Morti Productions) seems as good a starting point as any for my ears. Having three full-lengths to its name at this point, and with nary a core lineup change since its inception, LYCHGATE should be settled into what it is and what it is not, thereby providing the new listener an experience of a band at its best. Quite frankly, I’m ashamed at myself, as big a fan of ESOTERIC as I am, not realizing the part Greg Chandler plays as a third of this trio, but rest assured, this isn’t some “pet […]

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Monolord singer/guitarist Thomas V. Jäger announces solo debut, shares title track via Consequence of Sound

“The hazy atmosphere and production echo MONOLORD’s aesthetics, with Jäger applying the underlying sonic principles of the band to his solo material. Consider the track ‘A Solitary Plan’ to be Jäger’s ‘Planet Caravan’ – even the heaviest and doomiest need to keep it chill sometime.” – Consequence Of Sound MONOLORD singer/guitarist Thomas V. Jäger announces his debut solo album, sharing the title track, ‘A Solitary Plan’ via Consequence Of Sound. Hear and share ‘A Solitary Plan’ HERE Thomas V. Jäger is best known as the vocalist/guitarist in MONOLORD, the hottest, most crushing melodic doom band in the world. So, releasing […]

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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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