Przed
chwilą pisałem w tym miejscu o debiutanckim, nagranym po przeszło trzech
dekadach, albumie szczecińskiego Undertaker, szczerze zresztą go polecając. Ale
to nie wszystko, co wytwórnia dla nas przygotowała. Oto bowiem, do pary z
„Epicentrum”, Black Flame Rebellion wypuszcza w świat wczesne nagrania zespołu,
w postaci demówki „Hardnesss” z bonusami, oraz materiał promo z roku
dziewięćdziesiątego szóstego. (Czytaj dalej...)
W ostatnich latach Kostaryka wypluła w świat kilka
bardzo wartościowych, death metalowych tworów, by wymienić choćby Astriferous,
Bloodsoaked Necrovoid czy Corpse Garden. Pochodzący ze stolicy tego kraju
Candarian śmiało można dopisać do tej listy. (Czytaj dalej...)
Vanta to kapela z
Australii, która po kilku krótkich wydawnictwach w wersji digital, postanowiła
wypuścić debiutancki album. To, co za pośrednictwem „Perpetual Selection”
oferują fanom muzyki metalowej, to nowoczesna odmiana deta, w którego tekstury
ci trzej panowie wplatają sporą ilość core’a, melodyjności i technicznych
zabiegów. (Czytaj dalej...)
Dutch black metal ritual Doodswens have released the next official track from their upcoming album, Doodswens, alongside a new music video, dragging the viewer deeper into darkness. 'The Black Flame' ritual was created in collaboration with visual mastermind Mothmeister and is also available in an uncensored version on the label's channel. The new album is due on 17th April, via Svart Records.
About 'The Black Flame', drummer and vocalist I. comments: "A dark ritual unfolds.. A man exposes himself and ignites inner strength. A wanderer, searching for the unknown, following a mythical witch and her acolytes. He witnesses the ritual, scarification and blood sacrifice, and unintentionally becomes part of what he thought he was only observing. The song depicts a dark ritual in which one completely exposes oneself and embraces one’s vulnerability, in order to ignite the inner fire and unleash the hidden power within oneself."
Szczecin, Poland; 13 March 2026: Hells Bells Festival has unveiled a heavy-hitting new wave of artists for its debut edition on 26-27 June 2026.
Leading the charge are the legendary UK Subs. Fronted by the indestructible Charlie Harper, the band remains one of the most important and enduring names in British punk history, still delivering high-energy performances and vital records like their recent studio album, “Reverse Engineering”.
Joining them are the masters of massive death metal, Dead Congregation. Hailing from Athens, they are widely regarded as one of the most powerful and uncompromising forces in the global extreme metal underground.
Also joining the lineup are the legendary Oi! icons The Last Resort. Hailing from the UK and led by the inimitable Roi Pearce, the band remains one of the most respected names in the street punk movement, famous for foundational hits like “Violence In Our Minds”.
The festival also welcomes Kraków’s My Own Abyss. Since 2018, this metalcore outfit has been steadily building a fierce reputation across Poland, recently bringing their signature breakdowns and infectious choruses to various stages across the country and abroad, including the giant Czech festival, Rock For People.
Starting from Monday, 16 March, the festival will enter its next pricing tier. This pool of tickets will be available only until 31 May 2026 (or until sold out): Full Weekend Pass (PLN 409), Friday Ticket (PLN 199), Saturday Ticket (PLN 229). The festival also continues to offer the discounted Youth Pass (ages 13-18) and Family Pass (adult with child under 13).
Varmia już od początku działalności wypracowała swój niepowtarzalny styl. Budują swoją twórczość na bazie black metalu, jednocześnie kładąc nacisk na swoje warmińskie korzenie, co w efekcie daje unikalną kompozycję agresywnych i pierwotnych dźwięków ściśle powiązaną z lirycznym konceptem. Pierwszy kontakt z ich twórczością może być zaskoczeniem ze względu na szerokie instrumentarium takie jak liry, rogi i przeróżne perkusjonalia. Tak, to bardzo dziwne, ale w tym “pogańskim black metalu” NIE MA klawiszy. Najnowszy album “lauks” ukaże się nakładem M-Theory Audio, a w Polsce można nabyć go m.in. w Mystic Production oraz na nadchodzących koncertach, do czego szczególnie zachęcamy!
FFO: Enslaved, Satyricon, Kampfar
Three Eyes of the Void – black metal, PL
Three Eyes of the Void oryginalnie powstał na Ukrainie, a od kilku lat stacjonuje w Gdańsku. Debiutancki album to udany kawał melancholijnego i atmosferycznego black metalu, którego inspiracji można szukać wśród takich kapel jak np. Drudkh. Na “The Atheist” usłyszymy dużo przestrzennych fragmentów, ale i sporo surowych, klasycznych riffów. W składzie muzycy Sacrilegium czy Xificurk.
FFO: Furia, Drudkh, Khold
Drowned In Silver – occult/doom rock
Drowned In Silver to nowy twór pod wodzą Statica znanego z Mord’A’Stigmata. Tym razem by nie odpływać zbyt daleko ze swoją macierzystą formacją, wspólnie z muzykami Rosk i Kir, pod nowym szyldem nagrał album “Mothers” (Pagan Records, 2025), który muzycznie podąża ścieżkami wytyczonymi przez The Devil’s Blood, Wardruna czy Dead Can Dance. Na pograniczu occult rocka i transowej ekspresji kwintet tworzy swój własny immersyjny świat, w którym słuchacz co rusz odkrywa nowe wymiary.
FFO: Dead Can Dance, The Devil’s Blood, Mord’A’Stigmata
Kyiv (UA) - Hostile Consuming Rapture, the debut full-length album from Ukrainian brutal death metal trio, Sectarian Defacement, will be released April 6 on Grave Island Records.
A playthrough video for the album's first single, "Sectarian Ritual (Appalling Oath)," is available at youtu.be/WOb4lF52psI
Following their EP Chaotic Demiurge, the band pushes their sound further with a heavier and more focused approach. The album delivers raw, aggressive brutal death metal with elements of technical riffing, grinding intensity and groove-driven sections that keep the songs tight and memorable. Instead of following the polished “slamcore” trend, Sectarian Defacement deliver something far more extreme and brutal. The sound is raw, heavy and direct, hitting with the force of a blunt weapon.
Lyrically, Sectarian Defacement also touch on darker historical themes, including crimes of the Soviet regime.
If you are into truly heavy and uncompromising brutal death metal, Hostile Consuming Rapture is a release you should not ignore. Sectarian Defacement prove themselves as a band with real intensity and a strong identity.
Hostile Consuming Rapture will be available from Grave Island Records on CD, vinyl, and digital formats.
Today, ancient blackened death metallers Archaic Oath reveal the new video "Into the Temple of Light." The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated debut album, Determined to Death and Beyond, set for international release on April 24th via AOP Records. See & hear Archaic Oath's "Into the Temple of Light" video in its entirety HERE at AOP Records' official YouTube channel.
From a fleeting communion in 2005, Lykormas and Arneriach soon felt the ancient pull once more, the irresistible summons of decay, of origins long since festering in shadow. They turned back toward their rotted foundations, seeking to forge sound steeped in elder days and forgotten rites. Seasoned wanderers of the underground, they now also bear the banners of Marche Funèbre and Hemelbestormer, yet the old hunger never slept.
Thus, Archaic Oath was sworn: a covenant to resurrect blackened death metal in its most primal form, as once conjured by Naglfar, Dissection, Unanimated, and kindred spirits. Its veins run thick with the essence of the '90s melodic black metal era, tempered by decades of metal etched into flesh and bone.
The band’s first offering, Determined to Death and Beyond, was hewn during the long, cold winter of 2024-2025, destined to emerge from the void via AOP Records one year hence.
Upon the stage, the circle widens: Archaic Oath will be reinforced by (former) adepts of Beltez, Sumerian Tombs, and Melechesh, ensuring the rite is not merely heard, but invoked.
In the meantime, see & hear the brand-new video "Into the Temple of Light" HERE at AOP Records' official YouTube channel. Also see & hear the previously revealed video for "Forest of Horrors" HERE , also at AOP Records' official YouTube channel. Cover artwork, courtesy of Wesley Dewanckel, and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Archaic Oath's Determined to Death and Beyond
No to
ładną nam niespodziankę przyszykowała Black Flame Rebellion, do pary zresztą z
grupą szczecińskich grajków. Oto bowiem po, bagatela, trzydziestu czterech
latach, z debiutanckim albumem powraca Undertaker. Co prawda w nieco
odświeżonej wersji, zarówno jeśli chodzi o skład zespołu (choć trzon pozostał w
zasadzie niezmieniony), jak i, przede wszystkim muzycznej, ale jestem
przekonany, że niejednemu wydawnictwo to zrobi mocne kuku. (Czytaj dalej...)
Niemiecka Anasarca to jedna z
tych deathmetalowych nazw, która nigdy nie dorobiła się szacunku na jaki
zasługują. Ich pierwsze trzy długograje to kawał naprawdę dobrze zagranego,
szybkiego, chłoszczącego dupsko metalu śmierci. Wydany przed blisko dekadą
„Survival Mode” w jakiś dziwny sposób nie trafił nigdy do mnie na talerz, ale
zapowiadany przed białopodleski Selfmadegod Records, piąty album Niemiaszków
zatytułowany „Achlys” trafił tam gdzie powinien. (Czytaj dalej...)
To explain the concept of Sitra Ahra, there is a link with Tarask's debut album, Pharus Morti... On the cover, there was a protagonist discovering a Lovecraftian, industrial port city filled with horrors. Throughout the album, he casts a cynical and disgusted eye on the city, its decadence and futility; it forms an almost-living entity that tries to absorb and corrupt him throughout the album. In the end, it succeeds, and then our protagonist begins his descent into madness, where he seeks salvation in the occult in the last track.
Tarask's second album, Sitra Ahra, deals with consumerism, modern society, and a critique of a world where the individual is forcibly subjected to conformity, leaving them alone with their demons. The new album continues this story, following the same protagonist, who this time, after having barely escaped the cursed city, finds himself alone searching for answers. He therefore decides to delve into the occult and Satanism, in a desperate attempt to conquer his inner demons. It's therefore a more introspective album, even though the lyrics deal a lot with Goetia, qliphoth, etc… In the band's estimation, Tarask are still quite far from classic black metal, with many atmospheric, even depressive passages, and that's also reflected in the lyrics. The cover art has been painted by French artist Sözö Tözö.
Antiq is a label dedicated to the fully coherent concept of making music through sound, image, video, and attitude. They have been putting their entire existence into it since 2009. Over the years, Antiq have been identified as producers of not only perfectly coherent lyrics and themes through music, but also conceptual art and, of course, the manufacturing of beautiful objects. The label tries as much as it can to work with French creators, and if possible, with the smallest and most serious structures.
In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Evocation VI" exclusively HERE, courtesy of the Atmospheric Black Metal Albums YouTube channel. Also hear the previously revealed "Evocation III" HERE, also at the Atmospheric Black Metal Albums YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
On March 13th, Signal Rex will release Dødmoon's highly anticipated debut demo, Demo MMXXV, on CD and cassette tape formats. And today, the No Gleaming Light YouTube channel streams the demo in its entirety. Hear Dødmoon's Demo MMXXV in its entirety HERE.
Today, militant black / death metallers Bras D'Honneur stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, Hate Speech, ahead of its release. Set for international release on March 13th via Primitive Reaction, hear Bras D'Honneur's Hate Speech in its entirety HERE at Primitive Reaction's official YouTube channel.
Italian thrashers URAL unleash a new audiovisual bomb with the video-clip for “Rat in a Cage”, the 2nd advance single taken from their upcoming 4th album “Anthropic Genetic Involution”.
A true raw, raging and no-holds-barred Thrash Metal assault, packed with razor-sharp riffs, relentless speed and pure old-school attitude that tears everything apart in its path.
The album will be released on April 23rd through Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. Prepare for impact!
Xtreem Music continues its collaboration with Italian Thrash/ Crossover force URAL, one of the most consistent and hard-hitting acts in today’s European old school scene. Formed in Turin in 2010, the band has steadily built its reputation since their self-titled demo (2011) and the “Wasteland” EP (2013), followed by the full-length albums “Party With the Wolves” (2016) and “Just for Fun” (2019), establishing a sharp and aggressive sound deeply rooted in ’80s Thrash with clear Voivod influences.
In 2022, URAL released the “Cyber Requiem” EP, produced by Davide “BrutalDave” Billia (Antropofagus, Beheaded, Hour of Penance) with artwork by Luca SoloMacello. The same team handled their third full-length album, “Psychoverse” (2023), which marked the band’s signing with Xtreem Music for worldwide promotion and distribution.
After two years of intense live activity across Italy and Europe, URAL completed their fourth album in 2025, once again produced by Davide Billia. Titled “Anthropic Genetic Involution”, the album is scheduled for release in April 2026 through Xtreem Music.
Delivering razor-sharp, uncompromising Thrash Metal that channels the spirit of the ’80s Bay Area while blending dissonant Voivod-inspired riffs with raw Crossover energy, URAL firmly establish themselves as a powerful force within the New Wave of Old School Thrash Metal.
Tracklist for "Anthropic Genetic Involution":
01. Extreme Paranoia
02. Break the Fall
03. God of Lies.
04. Wrong Children
05. Open Scars
06. Rat in a Cage
07. Flat Black (J.J. Johnson)
08. Terror Eyes
09. ...to Change Your Vision
Release date for "Anthropic Genetic Involution" will be April 23rd through Xtreem Music on CD & Digital formats.
Ludzie
mają w życiu różnego rodzaju fobie. Mniej lub bardziej dziwne. Jedną z, chyba,
najbardziej powszechnych jest nyktofobia, czyli strach przed ciemnością. Może
dlatego, że sama ciemność jest w sumie niczym… albo wszystkim. Bo jeśli nic w
niej widzimy, to nie wiemy, czy czasem jednak coś się w niej się coś kryje. A
jeśli coś się kryje, to może to być cokolwiek, co nam wyobraźnia podpowie. (Czytaj dalej... / Continue reading)
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