Teufelsberg
uderza po raz czwarty. Stąd też przypominanie sylwetki zespołu tym razem sobie daruję,
bo każdy szanujący się maniak black metalu nazwę tę znać powinien. „Innivore”
to cztery nowe kompozycje naszych rodaków, zamykające się w dwudziestu ośmiu
minutach. Stylistycznie, a zarazem jakościowo, wielkich zmian tutaj nie ma. W
znaczeniu, że nadal jest najwyższa półka czarciego grania. (Czytaj dalej...)
Być może czasami
jesteście w melancholijnym nastroju i chcielibyście posłuchać sobie czegoś z
okolic gotyku. Wtedy warto sięgnąć po najnowszy album grupy Shadowlands, która
pochodzi z Portland i właśnie wydała, jak sam tytuł sugeruje, swój czwarty
krążek. To dwie panie i dwóch panów (jak w ABBA), którzy zapodają mieszankę
darkwave, post-punka, coldwave, synthpopu, a i trochę shoegaze też się tutaj
znajdzie. (Czytaj dalej...)
On June 19th internationally, Dying Victims Productions will release Heavy Metal Heroes, a special split EP between Peru’s Hyena and Japan’s Risingfall, on CD and 12” vinyl formats. And today, Deaf Forever magazine's website premieres the new track "Rock Forever." Hear Risingfall's "Rock Forever" in its entirety exclusively HERE.
Heavy metal is living a global explosion, driven by underground bands that keep alive the legacy of those Heavy Metal Heroes who created eternal anthems. This titular mini-album brings together two bands separated by a great distance but united in an undying thirst for true metal
In the meantime, hear Risingfall's brand-new track "Rock Forever" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever, Germany's defenders of the true. Also hear Hyena's previously revealed "The Evil Monk" exclusively HERE, also courtesy of Deaf Forever. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Hyena (Peru) and Risingfall (Japan)'s Heavy Metal Heroes
„Nikt się
nie spodziewał, ale każdy chciał!” Rozśmieszyło mnie troszkę to hasło
wydawnicze, które rzucił włodarz Godz ov War na Fejsbuczku. Serio? Każdy? No
chyba że statystyki sprzedaży wcześniejszych wydawnictw Hexenaltar przekraczają
moje wyobrażenie, w co jednak śmiem wątpić. Przede wszystkim mając na uwadze
muzykę, jaką Hexenaltar tworzą. I na niej może jednak się skupmy, a nie na chwaleniu
własnego konia, czy jakoś tak. (Czytaj dalej...)
Wrang to kapela z
holenderskiego podwórka, gdzie muzykuje od 2013 roku. Właśnie, po czterech
latach przerwy, powrócili z nowym pełniakiem. Holendrzy grają black metal,
który zapodają na całkiem zimnych i twardo nastrojonych gitarach, które mocno
zagęszczają, łomoczące beczki i wyraźny bas. Instrumentom towarzyszą rzecz
jasna zajadłe wokale i śladowe klawisze, które zostały umieszczone w chyba
kluczowych momentach poszczególnych utworów. (Czytaj dalej...)
Four LPs deep and a slew of EPs behind them, COGNIZANCE show no signs of restraining the pace of unrelenting inventive riffs and razor-sharp grooves. In Light, No Shape is a masterful Progressive Death Metal opus, rich in texture and atmospheric detail, delivering everything long-time listeners crave while channeling the mid-90s technical extremity of Death, Extol, and Meshuggah. This time, the band deliberately fractures the conventions of modern extreme production, opting instead for a more organic and visceral mix that sharpens the defining traits of their work.
In Light, No Shape marks the first lineup shift in a decade, as the band sharpen from a quintet to a quartet with founding guitarist Alex Baillie stepping forward as vocalist while retaining guitar duties, following the 2023 departure of founding vocalist Henry “Big Mac” Pryce.
Today, sword & sorcery metallers Iron Kobra premiere the new track "Unchained & Untamed" at Rock Hard Germany's website. The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated third album, Eternal Dagger, set for international release on June 19th via Dying Victims Productions. Hear Iron Kobra's "Unchained & Untamed" in its entirety exclusively HERE.
So strap yourselves to your seats, maniacs: the Cult of the Snake is back, bringing you heavy hymns that will pierce your eardrums like a heavy metal drill!
In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Unchained & Untamed" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Rock Hard, Germany's premier rock & metal authority. Also hear the previously revealed "Trembling Dungeons" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever magazine. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Today, Breton black metallers Möhrkvlth stream the entirety of their highly anticipated second album, Gwenojennoù An Ankounac’h, at the Black Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Set for international release on May 5th via Antiq, hear Möhrkvlth's Gwenojennoù An Ankounac’h in its entirety exclusively HERE.
On July 3rd internationally, Me Saco Un Ojo Records is proud to present the highly anticipated debut album of Canada's Coprolith, Putrescence, on vinyl LP format. Rotted Life will be handling the CD version.
Hailing from Toronto, Coprolith formed in 2023 and promptly released their debut demo, which Me Saco Un Ojo released on vinyl early the next year. While that demo was undeniably a promising start, the quintet dive deeply into an abyss that's heavier, more doomed, and most definitely darker with their debut album, Putrescence.
Truly titled, Putrescence is a vast landscape of rot and dread. Coprolith illustrate this landscape with a bounty of the very best sounds of the very early '90s: DEATH METAL, tried and true, but stirring within their cauldron is the tank-like bludgeon of Grave, the monolith pulse of Demigod, and the sepulchral tendrils of Incantation. That the Canadians splice & sluice those ingredients to their diabolical design shows both a lifer's understanding of these foundational sounds and, more so, a will to honor this tradition with fiercely focused personality - keenly knowing what's between the slimy exoskeleton and its rotten underbelly, so to speak. And the fact that all but one of the album's six tracks stretch well beyond the five-minute mark shows that there's charred, challenging vistas being explored along the way...
Lurk within the sewers long enough and, with Coprolith as your guide, you'll find exactly where the Putrescence is.
In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Possessed by Incoherent Violent Suggestions" HERE at Me Saco Un Ojo's Bandcamp. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Wydana
dwa lata temu debiutancka EP-ka Fantom zrobiła na mnie piorunujące wrażenie.
Choćby z tego powodu, że oto nagle, znikąd, pojawia się banda dzieciaków (i to
słowo tu podkreślam, bo nie wiem, czy oni wszyscy aby dobili dwudziestki) i
wysmaża taki materiał, że starzy wyjadacze mogli poczuć się zawstydzeni. Nic
dziwnego, że na kolejny krok zespołu czekałem niecierpliwie, niczym pająk na
wpadającą w uwitą misternie przez niego sieć muszkę. I nadszedł
„Breathtaking…”. (Czytaj dalej...)
Już kilka lat ci Włosi
komponują, bo od 2010 roku, a najnowsza ich płyta „Anthropic Genetic
Involution” jest czwartym wydawnictwem tej brygady. Nigdy nie słyszałem Ural,
ale nigdy nie jest za późno. To z czym przyszło mi obcować za pośrednictwem
tego krążka, jest cholernie entuzjastycznie zagranym thrashem, który od
pierwszych taktów skojarzył mi się z takimi kapelami jak chociażby Tankard czy
Anthrax. (Czytaj dalej...)
Los Angeles (CA) - ORGA MECHA, a Southern California band that melds traditional heavy metal with electronic textures and futuristic, sci-fi driven themes, will release its full-length debut album, Humanity.exe in June!
The music of ORGA MECHA weaves 1980s sounds in the vein of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Dio with synths, glitchy vocal effects and electronic drums heard among artists such as Dance With the Dead and Muse. Thematically, the group focuses on classic science fiction, societal decay and heavy metal unity.
A music video for "Idols and Gods," the album's first single, is available at:
ORGA MECHA is composed of Melissa Pinion (vocals/keyboards; also of STYGIAN CROWN), Raoul Rañoa (lead guitar), Rob D (bass), and Richie “Captain Black” Brooks (drums; also of NINTH CIRCLE).
Named in homage to the 2001 Stephen Spielberg classic “Artificial Intelligence,” ORGA MECHA's robust debut full-length album aims to reach both longtime classic fans, as well as metalheads looking to explore unchartered terrain.
“It’s all about classic metal, sci-fi and keytars. We’re excited to finally unleash this project and our music!” - Orga Mecha
Humanity.exe will be released June 26 on digital and CD (U.S.. only) formats.
"And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter." (Revelation 8:10-11)
Originally released in 2017 by Dark Descent Records and long sold-out, "Holókauston" is - for now - the crowning achievement of BESTIA ARCANA, the occultist Black Metal outlet for Naas Alcameth (AKHLYS, AORATOS, NIGHTBRINGER) alongside current and ex-members of NIGHTBRINGER.
The successor to 2011's acclaimed "To Anabainon ek tes Abyssu" is a stark reminder of the labyrinthine depths Alcameth had mined prior to recent achievements with oneiric and nightmarish entity AKHLYS – outlandish, shadow-crafted, compulsive and still vital.
Tracklist:
01. Hellmouth
02. Obscurator
03. Howling
04. Iniquity
In celebration of this heretical and apocalyptic black opera, DMP will reissue "Holókauston" on CD, vinyl - including an exclusive DMP edition - and digital on July 17th. This edition reaffirms the album's enduring and strikingly prescient cataclysmic stance, as Naas Alcameth reflects:
"When we recorded "Holókauston", it expressed eschatological vision and apocalyptic dread, reaching toward archetypal depths. Nearly a decade later, we find ourselves in a time of greater uncertainties and eroding paradigms. Its themes feel less like distant myths or parables and more like something fearfully close and inevitable. This re-release reminds us that "Holókauston" was never tied to a single moment but continues to resonate wherever the looming shadow of Armageddon falls."
Today, Portuguese black metallers Black Cilice stream the entirety of their highly anticipated seventh album, Votive Fire, at the Rites of Pestilence YouTube channel. Set for international release on May 1st via Iron Bonehead Productions, hear Black Cilice's Votive Fire in its entirety HERE.
Czech Black Metal legends INFERNO – actively shaping the genre since the mid '90s – return with a successor to 2021's highly acclaimed "Paradeigma". The band's electrifying ninth full-length, "The Anthropic Sophisms", contains four epic tracks where deep space Black Metal, Industrial brutalism, malevolent motorik rhythms, crackling electronics and obscure vocals collide in an ecstatic, perma-climatic trance without hope of resolution or a semblance of light.
Tracklist:
01. Fission of the Soul
02. Dekranos Katexochen (Mých smrtí je bezpočet, mých nemocí mnoho)
03. With Raving Mouths They Utter Things Mirthless, Unadorned and Unperfumed
04. Circulus Vitiosus Deus (The Infinity Ravages All)
INFERNO now unveil a first and only single for their ninth opus, supported by a surrealist video from Fabio Rincones (SELBST). 'Circulus Vitiosus Deus (The Infinity Ravages All)' combines viscous deep space atmospherics and Industrial force into a relentless, hallucinatory spiral of tense dissonance.
Watch here:
INFERNO came into existence 1995 in the Czech Republic, with first demo offerings "Peklo Na Zemi" (1996) and "Temná Poselství Dávných Předků" (1997) gaining significant acclaim in the Czech scene and beyond, opening many possibilities within the Black Metal underground.
Following a number of successful split releases, in the first decade of the new millennium INFERNO recorded two full-length albums of defiant and warlike Black Metal - "Duch slovanské síly" (2001) and "V návratu pohanství..." (2003) – the raw and ominous "Nikdy nepokřtěni" (2006) and concluded this period of rabid Black Metal traditionalism with "Uctívání temné zuřivosti" (2008) which merged old currents into a more refined offering, aggressive yet triumphantly melodic.
The release of pivotal album "Black Devotion" (2009) reshaped and regenerated the creative forces within the band. INFERNO subsequently entered Necromorbus Studio to create the cacophonic and malevolent "Omniabsence Filled By His Greatness" (2013) another step-up which imbued band-members with the will to transcend their previous self-imposed limitations.
In the following years, INFERNO performed on prominent stages around the world, securing a reputation for being a savage and mystical live act. Dedicated to self-transformation and unconscious dialogue with the great other, the monumental and idiosyncratic "Gnosis Kardias (Of Transcension and Involution)" (2017) helped redefine contemporary Black Metal Art.
In 2021, INFERNO unveiled their most transcendent and dynamic work to-date, "PARADEIGMA (Phosphenes Of Aphotic Eternity)", through Debemur Morti Productions. In the ensuing years, the band carried this singular vision onto stages across the globe, refining its intensity in the live realm while restlessly shaping new material in parallel. "The Anthropic Sophisms (On the Heights of Despair)" - an electrifying, hypnotic & profound 9th album from these Czech avant-Black Metal voyagers - will be released on 17th June 2026.
