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Hessian Firm Releasing Compilation Album from Canadian Black Metal Duo TRAILS OF ANGUISH

Montreal (QC) – Hessian Firm is proud to announce the May 17 release of Scathed Gaping Misery, a compilation of the only two EPs ever released from defunct Canadian Black Metal TRAILS OF ANGUISH. The compilation consists of all tracks from 2001’s Relentless Abhorrence Of Misery’s Grievance and 2003’s Scarred Memento. Stream Scathed Gaping Misery In Full Watch the official video for album track ‘Spectral Life Scars’ While many black metal bands appear and disappear without ever recording a full length. Few ever come close to the quality offered by TRAILS OF ANGUISH. Unrepentantly emotional and honest, but balanced by […]

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 Hope Conspiracy Announce New Album, ‘Tools of Oppression / Rule by Deception’

THE HOPE CONSPIRACY have returned with their long-awaited new full-length album, Tools Of Oppression / Rule By Deception. Incoming May 31 from Deathwish Inc., the album is true sonic violence aimed at political division, economic manipulation, war profiteering, media propaganda and other vile forms of global oppression. An ominous soundtrack to the steady decline of our modern age, there is no question, THE HOPE CONSPIRACY is back to make a cold hard statement about existence in the end times. Air rad sirens wail as the foreboding album opener ‘Those Who Gave Us Yesterday’ explodes forth like burning shrapnel. Vocalist Kevin […]

TRIBUNAL: Vancouver Orchestral Doom Act Announces Eastern North American Spring Tour With Mares Of Thrace

Vancouver-based gothic/orchestral doom collective TRIBUNAL announces a run of late Spring tour dates with Mares Of Thrace. The Weight Of Exile Tour 2024 will run from May 31st through June 15th, winding its way from Eastern Canada into the US Midwest and across the East Coast. See all confirmed dates below. TRIBUNAL – The Weight Of Exile Tour 2024 w/ Mares Of Thrace: 5/31/2024 Mills Hardware – Hamilton, ON 6/01/2024 Prepare The Ground – Toronto, ON 6/02/2024 Turbo Haus – Montreal, QC 6/04/2024 West Side Bowl – Cleveland, OH 6/05/2024 Outer Limits – Detroit, MI 6/06/2024 Black Circle – Indianapolis, […]

Australian Hard Rockers TAROT Release New Single, ‘Leshy’s Warning’

Australian Hard Rockers TAROT have released ‘Leshy’s Warning’, the second single from forthcoming album, Glimpse Of The Dawn. Check it out on the Cruz Del Sur Music YouTube Channel Glimpse Of The Dawn, the band’s first album for Cruz Del Sur Music, will be released April 12 on CD, vinyl, and digital formats! The long-awaited sophomore album re-imagines heavy, Hammond B3 organ hard rock for a new generation! Eight years have passed since TAROT’s first full-length, Reflections, to their new long-player, Glimpse Of The Dawn. It was like a lifetime for the 1970s-rock-tinged Australians. The band embarked on its first-ever […]

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 […]

Council Records Announces Upcoming Release of Omega Glory LP, Releases First Single

Council Records has announced that they will release the upcoming OMEGA GLORY LP, and have premiered the first single via Decibel Listen to ‘Cut Adrift’ After the darkness of 2020 passed, guitarist Brian Meehan emerged with 6 songs that were a therapy session of sorts for him. Meehan, who’s been in a ton of bands (Kill Your Idols, Celebrity Murders and Milhouse etc) needed an outlet during those dark times, and OMEGA GLORY was it. The songs were meant to just be just a recording project, but after Brian contacted his old friend and former band mate Sean McCann (Herjaza, […]

DARKTHRONE Announces New Album, It Beckons Us All, To Be Released April 26th

“A cauldron of old and epic metal beckons thee” – Fenriz An Introduction From Fenriz Watch the It Beckons Us All trailer Pioneers of a sound that changed the world. Lifelong disciples of suspense and mystery. An enigmatic duo like no other, hell-bent on haunting souls through the eternities. There are many things DARKTHRONE have been called since forming in 1986 and these are but a few, having drawn from a creative well so potent and powerful it turned them into one of Norway’s biggest musical exports. Following from their debut album Soulside Journey, the next three full-lengths, often referred […]

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 […]

STEVE AUSTIN: Today Is The Day Frontman Launches Classic Outlaw Country Act

STEVE AUSTIN, the founding vocalist/guitarist for long-running visionary metal outfit Today Is The Day and renowned engineer of his Austin Enterprise studio, begins a new chapter in his musical journey, humbly unveiling his new classic outlaw country/bluegrass act. Having toured and made records since 1993, STEVE AUSTIN has recorded and produced some of the biggest hard rock and metal bands of our time, including Deadguy, Converge, Unsane, former Dead Kennedys vocalist Jello Biafra, Grammy nominated Lamb Of God, and the massive Today Is The Day catalog, among many others. But a different type of heavy vibe pours forth from his […]