NE OBLIVISCARIS announce new European headlining dates with focus on Germany in May 2017. The progressive extremists will return to the old continent for a final round in support of their latest and highly acclaimed full-length ‘Citadel’.
VIPASSI have released the third track taken from their forthcoming full-length ‘Sunyata’. The debut of the Australian instrumental collective featuring members of NE OBLIVISCARIS will be out in stores on January 20th. The song “Elpis” is now exclusively streaming via the official media partners below.
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT have announced their first shows for 2017. The rising German black stars will be joining HEAVEN SHALL BURN in Germany and Luxembourg. The band is scheduled to enter studio in January 2017 to record a follow-up for their latest full-length ‘Stellar’.
THE GREAT OLD ONES have revealed another sinister track cut from their new album ‘EOD – A Tale Of Dark Legacy’, which has been composed as a sequel to H. P. Lovecraft’s masterpiece “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” and will finally break free into this world on January 27th. The monstrous song “When The Stars Align” is now exclusively streaming via the official media partners below.
BENIGHTED have released another grinding track taken from their forthcoming album ‘Necrobreed’ (out in stores on February 17th). “Forgive Me Father” features vocalist Trevor Strnad from THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and is streaming via the official media partners below, where you can also find hot new tour-dates.
REPLACIRE have streamed the first song taken from their forthcoming album ‘Do Not Deviate’, which has been slated for release March 17th. The title-track “Do Not Deviate” is now exclusively premiering via the official media partners below.
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Dutch progressive quartet EXIVIOUS have announced splitting up. The band will perform a few final shows in 2017, before calling it quits.
Sad news for all fans of ETHS. The French modern metal stars have announced the end of their career and are calling it quits. Season of Mist regrets to hear this decision, but of course fully respects it. We wish our long-time partners and personal friends for many years all the very best for their future as musicians and persons.
Icelandic death metal cult ZHRINE have released a full live set, recently shot at the York’s Saint Vitus bar on their first North American tour in support of their latest album ‘Unortheta’.
MAYHEM have kicked off the first leg of their European tour performing their black metal landmark debut ‘De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas’. The iconic Norwegians are joined by WATAIN, staging ‘Casus Luciferi’ in full. A list all confirmed MAYHEM shows including their European and North American tours in early 2017 can be viewed below.
EMPTINESS have premiered another sinister song taken from their forthcoming album ‘Not for Music’, which will be out in stores on January 20th. The track “Let It Fall” is now exclusively streaming via the official media partners below.
DODECAHEDRON are streaming the first track taken from their forthcoming album ‘kwintessens’, which has been scheduled for release on March 17th. The song “HEXAHEDRON – Tilling the Human Soil” is now exclusively streaming via the official media partners below.
Season of Mist are proud to announce the signing of ULSECT. The Dutch death metal innovators feature guitarist Joris Bonis and drummer Jasper Barendregt from DODECAHEDRON as well as former TEXTURES bass-player Dennis Aarts. The quintet will release its debut album on Season of Mist in 2017.
CARACH ANGREN unexpectedly found themselves in the middle of a political row caused by Dutch Christian political outlet ChristenUnie. Party spokesman Henk Stoffels issued a call for the ban of the band’s show at the P60 in Amstelveen on December 24th. He basically claimed the band was “satanic”, and their “demonic music would lead the youth astray”.
Atlanta’s WITHERED have announced US and Canadian shows. ‘The Winter 2017 Tour’ sees the band traveling throughout February and March in support of their latest album ‘Grief Relic’. A full list of confirmed dates can be found below.
INQUISITION have announced their “Bloodshed Across North America Tour” in support of Norwegian black metal legends and labelmates MAYHEM. INQUISITION will embark on their hellish road trip on January 20th in Québec, Montreal. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
HARK have announced a European tour in support of their forthcoming album ‘Machinations’. The Welsh heavy rockers will hit the road together with CONAN and DOWNFALL OF GAIA in March 2017. A full list of confirmed dates can be found below.
SHINING have reached the final round of celebrating 20 years of bleak despair, the end of hope, and vitriolic abuse last weekend in at the Nuke in Germany’s capital Berlin. The band is currently touring in support of their latest album ‘IX – Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends’. A full list of remaining dates can be found below.
THE GREAT OLD ONES have unleashed the next brooding song extracted from their new album ‘EOD – A Tale Of Dark Legacy’, which has been composed as a sequel to H. P. Lovecraft’s masterpiece “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” and will finally break free into this world on January 27th.