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Konkhra prepare for Sad Plight Of Lucifer

Original Scandinavian Death Metal KONKHRA reveal Sad Plight Of Lucifer album artwork and tracklist! The killer artwork is created by Alvaro Valverde, the album is produced and recorded KONKHRA at Starstruck Studio and was mixed by none other than Tue Madsen! Sad Plight Of Lucifer is set for a release at 29 November on CD, LP and digital! The pre-orders will drop next week and the first single is set for this October. Be prepared! Sad Plight Of Lucifer Tracklist: Sad Plight Of Lucifer Revolution Seven Plagues Nothing Can Save You The Lesser Key Of Solomon August.6 1945 Artificial Sun […]

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Prog/Trad-Metal Outfit, SLEEPLESS, Release Video for ‘Lost Star’

Portland (OR) – Progressive/Traditional Metal outfit SLEEPLESS have released a lyric video for ‘Lost Star’, the second single from forthcoming album, Through Endless Black! Watch the video for ‘Lost Star’ SLEEPLESS are set to release Through Endless Black, their second full-length album, on October 31! The album will be available on vinyl and digital formats through Necromantic Press Records. The CD version will be released on Metal Warrior Records. Soon after the release of critically acclaimed, 2022 full-length debut album, Host Desecration, writing team Eric Sexton-Dorsett and Kevin Hahn dug in deep with a single minded purpose: to create a […]

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Thomas Von Wachenfeldt delves into history with Hultkläppens låtar och leverne

From the heartlands of Hälsingland emerges the haunting legacy of Hultkläppen, one of Sweden’s most enigmatic and masterful fiddlers. THOMAS VON WACHENFELDT, a classically trained violinist, composer, and renowned traditional Swedish musician, has ventured into the depths of history to resurrect timeless tunes. Den Vanfrejdade – Hultkläppens låtar och leverne is a biographical journey spanning the life and legacy of Hultkläppen (1834-1898). Comprising every known tune attributed to the legendary infamous fiddler, this double-CD album is the culmination of twenty years of meticulous research by Wachenfeldt, who is also a PhD researcher and an Associate Professor at Dalarna University and […]

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Album Review: Dark Tranquillity – Endtime Signals

While Gothenburg stalwarts DARK TRANQUILLITY were there at the start of the whole melodic death metal sound – and, in fact, had a hand in creating it – the band has never really “broke through” to mainstream consciousness on the level of IN FLAMES or AT THE GATES. Factor in that, post-1999’s Projector, DT fell victim to the ‘00s in a very real and recognizable way. While never quite going off the deep end into blatant courting of the Hot Topic set ala Jesper Stromblad & co., there’s no denying that founder Mikael Stanne has been playing it safe for […]

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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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