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Grand Demise of Civilization to Release The Blaze of Abaddon on June 4 via Ordovician Records

GRAND DEMISE OF CIVILIZATION is set to release The Blaze Of Abaddon, their fourth album of Epic Hell Metal, on June 4 through Ordovician Records. The album will be available on compact disc, cassette, and digital formats. A lyric video for the album’s first single, ‘Silencer’, is available now at THIS LOCATION The song is also available on Bandcamp Formed in 2008, GRAND DEMISE OF CIVILIZATION quickly became a notable fixture of the Minnesota metal scene. Playing a brand of blackened death metal both melodic and brutal they garnered attention for their speed, intensity and precision. Typically long-form, their music […]

DYMNA LOTVA release full Dark Easter Metal Meeting concert video

DYMNA LOTVA release a multi-camera recording of their complete live performance at this year’s Dark Easter Metal Meeting in Munich, Germany on March 30, 2024. View the full stream at THIS LOCATION DYMNA LOTVA comment: “The best Easter is Dark Easter!”, vocalist Katsiaryna “Nokt Aeon” Mankevich enthuses. “We hope that you will like this video as much as we enjoyed playing in Munich!” The Belarus band has more concerts to come and all currently confirmed upcoming dates can be viewed further below. DYMNA LOTVA are performing in support of their current album Зямля Пад Чорнымі Крыламі: Кроў (“The Land Under […]

SUMMONER’S CIRCLE Launch Music Video for ‘Shroud Of Humanity’

American theatrical symphonic extreme metal band SUMMONER’S CIRCLE has unleashed the music video for ‘Shroud Of Humanity’, the newest single off the band’s upcoming album, Cult. Watch ‘Shroud Of Humanity’ Available on streaming services on Friday, May 3. Cult is a step away from the traditional cosmic horror themes of previous albums and stands as a reaction to the myriad vitriol the band has received from religious people over the past few years. It’s an indictment of religious groups and theocracies around the world and calls them all out for what they are – cults. Cult is set for worldwide […]

RIVERS OF NIHIL Drops ‘Criminals’ Video/Single; Chaos & Carnage Tour Begins This Week

Reading, Pennsylvania-based progressive death metallers RIVERS OF NIHIL are pleased to unleash their brand new single, ‘Criminals’. The latest track serves as a teaser for the band’s upcoming new full-length. Comments vocalist/bassist Adam Biggs, “Our newest single, ‘Criminals’, is by far one of the most aggressive tracks we’ve released in quite some time and displays the power of the new lineup at a full 10 out of 10. Lyrically, the song is a meditation on the nature of crime, punishment, and the delicate balance of power therein. So, show up for the shredding, stay for the contemplation of truth and […]

Blaze of Perdition: Polish Black Metal Outfit Releases ‘Przez rany’ Video / Single

Upharsin Nears April 19th Release On Metal Blade Records Watch BLAZE OF PERDITION’s ‘Przez Rany’ video ‘Przez Rany’ is the harrowing new single from long-running outfit BLAZE OF PERDITION. Having existed at the forefront of the Polish black metal movement, the band returns in 2024 with their sixth full-length, Upharsin, set for release on April 19th via Metal Blade Records. A step back from the somewhat unusual direction the band followed on their previous offering — 2020’s The Harrowing Of Hearts — Upharsin takes on a dark and pessimistic tone reflected by its appropriately oppressive music. Haunting and melancholic melodies […]

THE DREAD CREW OF ODDWOOD: Southern California Heavy Mahogany Faction To Launch The Battle Ballads North American Tour With Týr Thursday; Fifth LP, Rust & Glory, Out Now

Southern California’s rogue heavy mahogany faction THE DREAD CREW OF ODDWOOD is stocking their galley, arsenal, and keg room, preparing to set sail on The Battle Ballads North American Tour supporting Týr alongside Trollfest and Æther Realm. The tour kicks off this Thursday, March 28th in Baltimore and will storm across the continent, THE DREAD CREW OF ODDWOOD playing on the tour through the Houston date on April 22nd. See all tour dates below and stand by for additional tours to be announced for later this year. THE DREAD CREW OF ODDWOOD w/ Týr, Trollfest, Æther Realm: 3/30/2024 Middle East […]

GUILTLESS: Cvlt Nation Premieres Post-Apocalyptic ‘Dead-Eye’ Video; Thorns Debut From Band Formed By A Storm Of Light, Intronaut, Generation Of Vipers Members Out Now On Neurot Recordings

Cvlt Nation is hosting an exclusive premiere for an ominous, post-apocalyptic video for ‘Dead-Eye’ by GUILTLESS, a new band formed by members of A Storm Of Light, Intronaut, Generation Of Vipers, Battle Of Mice, and more. The song is found on the band’s debut, the Thorns EP, which was released through Neurosis’ label Neurot Recordings in February. A new voice steps forward to put our concerns and frustrations into words; that voice is GUILTLESS. Picking up where A Storm Of Light left off, GUILTLESS was born from a love of experimental rock, noise rock, early industrial, sludge, and doom. The […]

BRUME reveal next single ‘New Sadder You’

BRUME demonstrate the exceptional range of their songwriting with the emotional roller-coaster ride ‘New Sadder You’, which is taken from their forthcoming new full-length, Marten, as the next single. The Bay Area goth-doom quartet’s third album is slated for release on May 3, 2024. Watch ‘New Sadder You’ Pre-Order Marten BRUME comment: “I wrote this song for Jamie after his father passed away”, vocalist and bass player Susie McMullan reveals. “When someone you love dies, you mourn the loss of that loved one, you mourn the loss of the old happier, lighter version of you, but that new sadder you […]

U.S. Heavy Metal Legends ATTACKER Celebrate 40th Anniversary with New Album, The God Particle

One of the early bastions of true U.S. metal, New ATTACKER is back to celebrate their 40th anniversary on The God Particle, a triumphant, eight-song classic metal offering! The new album will be released on CD, vinyl, and digital formats through Cruz Del Sur Music on April 12. Watch ‘The Mighty Have Fallen’ New Jersey heavy metal legends ATTACKER are celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2024. It’s a milestone marked by their influential 1985 Battle At Helm’s Deep debut and 1988 The Second Coming sophomore effort, as well as post-2001 reformation full-lengths like 2004’s Soul Taker and 2006’s The Unknown […]

BLIGHTED EYE Release Video For ‘In Enmity’

BLIGHTED EYE present an offering of brutal metal and eerie atmospheres in their new single ‘In Enmity’. Accompanied with dark and macabre visuals, the progressive death/black metal outfit explores grief and loss. The band comments:“4 years since their debut EP, BLIGHTED EYE have returned with a music video for their newest single, ‘In Enmity’. Filmed and directed by Karl Whinnery of the bands VINTERSEA and LIGATURE MARKS, the video juxtaposes the bands’ ferocious performance with the agony of loss. Both crushingly heavy and haunting, the song was mixed, mastered, and produced by Alex Sedin (WHITE WARD, ANACHRONISM) and is a […]