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.
Today, transplanted Swedish metal warriors Sandstorm premiere the new track "Dungeon of Death" at heavily trafficked web-portal Metal.de. The track is the third to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated new mini-album, Dungeon of Death, set for international release on May 22nd via Dying Victims Productions. Hear Sandstorm's title track "Dungeon of Death" in its entirety exclusively HERE.
Imagine three black-clad warriors galloping across the battlefield at full speed towards you, with weapons held high and the clash of thunder overhead… but instead of a swift, merciless death, what assaults you is the charming heavy metal of Sandstorm!
Sandstorm was formed in 2017 by Swedish brothers Stevie Whiteless and Reptile Anderson, and joined by Canadian drummer PJ “The Butcher” LaGriffe. Inspired by underground Swedish metal, the NWOBHM, shining studs and black leather, Sandstorm are the perfect embodiment of what real HEAVY METAL is all about.
Ever since the twin releases of Time to Strike (2019) and Desert Warrior (2021), both released to international acclaim by Dying Victims, true metallers have been craving a new Sandstorm record – and it seems that those prayers are about to be answered with yet another mini-album, Dungeon of Death!
The format is truly suiting to the power-trio, as their punchiness is amplified further, giving an immediacy to their largely patient march & gallop. Compared to its predecessors, Dungeon of Death sees Sandstorm bringing out the rock ‘n’ roll roots of ancient heavy metal even more than before. And when paired with the cleaner production style – warm, vintage, and very nearly time-traveled from 1982 – a certain mystical atmosphere arises from that dungeon…and with it, medieval metal might! Sandstorm bring you back to life – tonight!
In the meantime, hear the brand-new title track "Dungeon of Death" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Metal.de. Also hear the previously revealed "Close Combat" exclusively HERE, courtesy of the NWOTHM YouTube channel, as well as the previously revealed "Slave to Sin" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever magazine. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Spanish black metal/punk force PVRGATORII is set to release a new EP, “Profane Rites For Cursed Times”, on May 29, 2026 through Night Terrors Records. Marking a significant new chapter in the band’s trajectory, the record will be issued as a strictly limited edition: a one-sided 12" black vinyl with OBI strip, double-sided insert and an extensive 16-page fanzine entirely dedicated to the band, limited to 100 copies.
The first single “Hermetik Axis” is now streaming HERE.
Far from being a mere accessory, the accompanying fanzine stands as a crucial extension of the release itself. Across sixteen pages, it delves deep into PVRGATORII’s world, tracing the band’s history, exploring the Barcelona underground that shaped them, documenting their approach to instrumentation, and offering a broader insight into the ethos that fuels their work. It is both a document and a statement, reinforcing the physical and cultural weight of the release in an increasingly intangible musical landscape.
Formed in Barcelona in 2018, PVRGATORII have consistently defined their sound as “Black Metal ov Death,” a volatile fusion of raw black metal abrasion, punk urgency, and noise-laden hostility. Yet their approach deliberately resists contemporary trends: while rooted in aggression and immediacy, their music avoids the swagger and looseness often associated with black’n’roll. Instead, “Profane Rites For Cursed Times” remains steeped in a sinister, malevolent atmosphere, where tension is never released into levity and every element serves a darker purpose.
Following their debut album “Con Las Uñas Clavadas En La Cara De Dios” (2021) and the subsequent “Marching Through Thee Night Guided by a Black Fire” (2024), this new EP sharpens the band’s identity even further. It is a concise yet forceful statement, where the most unsettling aspects of black metal and punk converge without compromise, resulting in a sound that feels both immediate and deeply corrosive.
With “Profane Rites For Cursed Times”, PVRGATORII reaffirm their commitment to a vision that is as uncompromising as it is distinct, one that rejects dilution, embraces extremity and continues to evolve on its own terms.
Panie i
panowie, browar w dłoń! Oto z Norwegii nadchodzi debiutancki album Sabotør, do
którego bez złocistego napoju przysiadać nie wypada. Dwie trzecie składu
odpowiedzialnego za ten materiał udzielało się wcześniej w deathmetalowym
Haalbuaer (wszyscy znamy, prawda? Hehe!), ale zapuściło wąsa (albo dopiero im
wyrósł z pełną siłą, bo to na oko bardzo młode chłopaki), założyło katany, i
się zaczęło. Venomy, nie Venomy, pierwsza fala black metalu, alkohol, panienki… (Czytaj dalej...)
Kommandant
/ Disiplin / Nova / Wolf Axis / Wæxærg / Gibur
„Promethean
Vanguard”
ATMF
2026
Niezły split wysmażyło
na koniec kwietnia ATMF, a zamysł ten label miał ważny, bo wydawnictwo to
pojawiło się jako sprzeciw wobec black metalowej sceny, która poprzez
manipulacje lewackich i multikulturowych hochsztaplerów, zatraciła pierwotny
instynkt, zatracając fundamentalne założenia gatunku. Innymi słowy, uważa się
za ekstremalną, lecz w rzeczywistości z dnia na dzień łagodnieje, dostosowując
się do mięknącego odbiorcy. (Czytaj dalej...)
Hipnotyczny The Ruins Of Beverast zagra w listopadzie w Warszawie i Krakowie, gdzie towarzyszyć mu będą funeraldoomowa legenda Esoteric oraz świeża krew niemieckiego black metalu - Imha Tarikat.
Krótko po rozwiązaniu Nagelfar Alexander von Meilenwald powołał do życia The Ruins Of Beverast - projekt, z którym na przestrzeni ponad dwudziestu lat wypracował sobie pozycję w absolutnej czołówce atmosferycznego black metalu. Na początku roku, standardowo nakładem Van Records, ukazał się jego nowy album “Tempelschlaf”, którego hipnotyzujących walorów będziecie mogli doświadczyć na żywo w listopadzie.
Esoteric wywodzą się z miasta, w którym narodził się heavy metal, czyli Birmingham, więc o bylejakości nie może być tu mowy. Funeraldoomowa legenda, której twórczością inspiruje się większość zespołów w gatunku. W jej dyskografii nie ma słabych punktów, a na ten moment zamyka ją wydany w 2019 roku krążek “A Pyrrhic Existence”.
Imha Tarikat to obecnie jeden z najważniejszych zespołów współczesnej sceny blackmetalowej w Niemczech, co potwierdzili wydaną w zeszłym roku, świetnie przyjętą płytą “Confessing Darkness”. W artystycznej wizji Kerema Yilmaza wspierają m.in. Ricardo Baum, wokalista The Night Eternal, oraz Jerome Reil - syn perkusisty Kreator, Jürgena Reila.
Formed in 2013 by Etienne Sarthou (Guitar, Karras, ex-AqME, Freitot) and Pierre Duneau (Vocals & Keyboards, ex-Memories of a Dead Man), DELIVERANCE released an EP (Doomsday, Please) the same year, followed four years later by their debut album CHRST.
However, it was truly with their second and third albums that Deliverance established themselves as a cornerstone of the French avant-garde metal scene. Titled Holocaust 26:1-46 (2020) and Neon Chaos in a Junk-Sick Dawn (2022), these two pivotal releases earned critical acclaim and allowed the Parisian quartet to perform on prestigious stages such as Hellfest, Motocultor, Post in Paris, Rise & Fall, and Tyrant Fest.
In 2026, DELIVERANCE returns once again, completely breaking free from artistic and musical boundaries. While their black metal/sludge DNA remains strong, it now intersects with elements of post-rock, progressive rock, Floydian psychedelia, and even contemporary indie rock/electro - completely unprecedented in this musical sphere.
The Voyager Golden Banquet takes the listener away from the earthly realm and familiar landmarks, plunging them into the vastness of the unknown. The journey is at once tumultuous, unsettling, and even frightening, yet also serene and luminous.
This space odyssey paints a cinematic soundscape more vividly than ever. Whereas its predecessor was cathartic and oppressive, this new album reflects artists in search of inner peace, attainable only through daring, all-encompassing adventure, a quest for light with no turning back.
AVERSIO HUMANITATIS and PURE WRATH both unveiled their latest works of Art last Friday, April 24th – two outstanding new visions of contemporary Black Metal. Where AVERSIO HUMANITATIS' "To Become the Endless Static" is a maelstrom of punishing and unrelenting dissonant Black Metal with Death Metal undercurrents, PURE WRATH's "Bleak Days Ahead" channels the tragedies and emptiness of modern urban existence with deep melancholy and frenzied desperation.
Both albums are now available on CD, vinyl and digital formats, alongside merchandise, via DMP's EU, US and Bandcamp shops.
Stoked we can finally reveal our next release and welcome SCORDATURA in our roster!
With 'Led Into Oblivion' the Scottish combo unleashes 9 tracks of pure death metal madness, delivering their most ambitious and punishing work yet!
Backed by nearly two decades of experience, the band refines its brutality into a precise, sense‑shattering assault! Relentless, razor‑sharp and fully committed to extremity, 'Led Into Oblivion' is a fierce statement of technically edged, uncompromising death metal!
'Led Into Oblivion' is the first single off the eponymous new album.
