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Album Review: In The Woods… – Diversum

After a huge shakeup in membership shortly after 1999’s Strange In Stereo, IN THE WOODS… became, for all intents and purposes, sole original member Anders Kobro’s project. Resurfacing with a revamped lineup for 2016’s Pure and Cease The Day of two years after, we now behold Diversum, featuring (surprise, surprise!) a new bassist and vocalist. Lineup shifts aside, IN THE WOODS… has always marched to the beat of its own drum, and its early work – if we’re being honest – to varying degrees was influential in such revered bands as ENSLAVED and OPETH’s transformation into their current sound(s). Subtle […]

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IN THE WOODS… Release New Single from Diversum Album: ‘Master Of None’

Norwegian metal icons IN THE WOODS… have released ‘Master Of None’, the third and final single from forthcoming album, Diversum. Stream ‘Master Of None’ The single is also available on Spotify and Apple Music. Soulseller Records will release Diversum on November 25. The album will be available on digital, CD, and various limited edition vinyl formats. Pre-Order:World (Physical) Americas (Physical) Digital IN THE WOODS… return with a brand new studio album of avant-garde, progressive black rock and metal managing to deliver another epic masterpiece following untrodden paths and pagan tongue. With the band’s new label Soulseller Records and new vocalist […]

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IN THE WOODS… Return With New Album, Diversum, on Soulseller Records in November

Norwegian metal icons IN THE WOODS… have signed with Soulseller Records and will release new album Diversum on November 25. The album will be available on digital, CD, and various limited edition vinyl formats. The album’s first single, as well as pre-orders, will be available on October 6. IN THE WOODS… return with a brand new studio album of avant-garde, progressive black rock and metal managing to deliver another epic masterpiece following untrodden paths and pagan tongue. With the band’s new label Soulseller Records and new vocalist Bernt Fjellestad, the sails are set out to reach new heights. IN THE […]

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Norwegian Extremists SARKE Streaming New Song, ‘Grim Awakening’

Pioneering extreme Norwegian metal act SARKE have released ‘Grim Awakening’ the third single from forthcoming album Allsighr. ‘Grim Awakening’ is a driving and rousing track that displays a natural attraction to darkness, finished off by the cruel vocals of Nocturno Culto. Stream the beast at THIS LOCATION SARKE will release their long awaited 7th full-length album, Allsighr, November 5 on CD, digital, and gatefold vinyl formats via Soulseller Records. Pre-orders:Americas World SARKE previously released a visualizer video for second single ‘Beheading of the Circus Director’, which is available HERE The forthcoming album’s first single, ‘Bleak Reflections’, was released previously and […]

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REPUKED Conjures ‘Sewer Rain’ in New Video

Stockholm (SE) – Soulseller Records has released the official video for ‘Sewer Rain’, the third single from forthcoming REPUKED album Dawn Of Reintoxication. The single is now available on all major digital platforms, including Spotify. ‘Sewer Rain’ (Official Video) After seven long years since their last full-length release, the Autopsy-worshipping slackers of REPUKED will release new album Dawn Of Reintoxication October 9 on Soulseller Records. Pre-Orders:Americas World The material on Dawn Of Reintoxication is still nasty and disgusting Death Metal, but with an extremely meatier sound and much heavier production than can be found on their earlier recordings. Finally finishing […]

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Sweden’s FURNACE Release New Single: ’94 Bloch Lane’

Swedish Death Metal trio FURNACE have released the third single , ’94 Bloch Lane’, from forthcoming album Dark Vistas. The single is available on YouTube, Bandcamp, Spotify, and all other major digital platforms. FURNACE’s Dark Vistas will be released October 9 on Soulseller Records. Dark Vistas is conceptual death metal in a melodic, thrashing and gothic setting. What if Paradise Lost, Deceased and any Swedish death metal band of choice came together for a full-on storytelling album? Well then you´d have FURNACE´s Dark Vistas. Comprised of members from Paganizer, Demiurg and Assassins Blade, as well as Cult Of The Fox […]

Interviews

Interview: Porta Nigra

PORTA NIGRA emerged from the Rhineland a decade ago sans corpsepaint and battle vests, more apt to be found sipping a glass of wine and perusing the works of Schopenhauer and Baudelaire than LaVey and Crowley. No less degenerate, however, the duo of Gilles de Rais (T.) and O. have moved beyond their early explorations of Fin de siècle, added a member in vocalist Tongue, and delivered Schöpfungswut on this, PORTA NIGRA’s 10th year. Lord Randall sat down with instrumentalist and lyricist T. to discuss… DECADE OF DECADENCEInterview with T. of PORTA NIGRABy: Lord Randall Rebel Extravaganza: In today’s fast-consumption […]

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Norwegian Black Metal Trio TULUS to Release Old Old Death March 6 on Soulseller Records / New Single Streaming

Norwegian Black Metal trio TULUS will release its sixth full-length studio album Old Old Death March 6 on CD, limited edition vinyl, and digital formats via Soulseller Records. The first single, ‘Jord’, can be streamed at the following locations: Youtube Bandcamp Spotify The new studio album from early Norwegian black metal band TULUS is guaranteed to shake the earth upon its March release! The trio, consisting of members of Sarke and Khold, has created a masterpiece in their own inimitable style. Expect 10 dark, cold, groovy Black Metal tracks that will hit your nerves like the black plague. Eerie and […]

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Norwegian Black Metal Horde SVARTTJERN Release New Single:’Frost Embalmed Abyss’

Oslo (Norway) – True Norwegian Black Metal band SVARTTJERN have premiered the third and final single from forthcoming album Shame Is Just A Word. The release coincides with the band’s headlining slot at the Orgivm Satanicvm II festival in Oslo tonight (January 3). Stream ‘Frost Embalmed Abyss’ at the links below. Bandcamp Youtube Spotify SVARTTJERN will release its fifth full-length album, Shame Is Just A Word, on January 17 via Soulseller Records. Forget genre-bending and studio sterility, as Shame Is Just A Word is nothing short of iniquitous black metal aggression designed with one goal in mind: Total Annihilation. MetalBite […]