Season of Mist is proud to announce the signing of GEORGE KOLLIAS! The exceptional Greek drum progeny and NILE sticksman will release his debut solo album ‘Invictus’ through this label on May 18th (one day later in North America), 2015. Pre-sales will start next month.
ARCHSPIRE guitarist Dean Lamb has released a series of instructional guitar videos via Gear Gods. In this series the string wizard discusses techniques, soloing with special focus on his feats found on fast-rising technical death metal force’s latest album ‘The Lucid Collective’, and more.
MAYHEM songwriter and NIDINGR founder Morten Bergeton Iversen aka Teloch has written the music to accompany the production of German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht’s famous play ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’ currently premiered by The Norwegian Theatre in Oslo! You can watch a trailer with a sneak premiere for the music and performance here.
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT are now premiering a lyric video featuring the second new track taken from their forthcoming full-length ‘Stellar’. The song “Einkehr” is exclusively streaming via the official media partners below.
WILDLIGHTS, featuring ASG vocalist and guitarist Jason Shi as well as THUNDERLIP! drummer Johnny Collins, have released the first single off their forthcoming album to be released on Season of Mist. The new track is entitled “Rebel Smiles” and was released on the Sony Music Entertainment’s recently published free mobile game ‘Rockin’ Goat’.
GHOST BRIGADE are embarking on a string of European concerts today. The Finnish masters of melancholic heaviness are joined by AGRIMONIA from Sweden and Estonia’s TALBOT. The tour, presented by Metal Hammer, Germany and Metal.de, is kicking off in Germany at the Magnet, Berlin tonight and runs through seven more countries until a final show in Hamburg on the 17th of February. You can find a full list of confirmed dates below.
INQUISITION have unveiled the new artwork for the reissue of their 2004 classic ‘Magnificent Glorification of Lucifer’, which has been scheduled for release on the 23rd of March 2015 (one day later in North America) and is already available for pre-order in various formats at the Season of Mist shop. The new cover can be viewed below.
Ukrainian black metal pioneers DRUDKH have revealed the title of their next full-length, which will march under the flag of ‘A Furrow Cut Short’. The album has been scheduled for release on the 20th of April 2015. Pre-sale will commence late February, which will also mark the revealing of the album’s cover art and tracklist.
The plot thickens! CARACH ANGREN are presenting the second lyric video with a song from their forthcoming album ‘This Is No Fairytale’. Continuing the dark tale started with ‘There’s No Place Like Home’, the fantastic clip for the track “Two Flies Flew into a Black Sugar Cobweb” has been created by amazing artist Costin Chioreanu once again and is exclusively streaming via these official media partners:
SHINING are now unleashing the first new track taken from their forthcoming full-length ‘IX – Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends’, which cover artwork and track list have just been unveiled. The song “Vilja & Dröm” is exclusively streaming via the official media partners listed below.
Season of Mist has moved! After an exhaustingly hot 10-days phase of no internet access, tons of goods and furniture packed, moved, and unpacked as well as assembled again, our office and warehouse have found a new home. Read a statement of Season of Mist CEO Michael Berberian and find our new address and logo below.
VULTURE INDUSTRIES have announced a special show titled “The Babylon Spiral” with their visual artist Costin Chioreanu in Oslo (NO) on the 2nd of April as part of the INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL NORWAY at Kulturhuset and two new concerts in Spain. On further news, the Norwegian avant-gardists Baltic mini-tour starts tomorrow. Find a list of all shows below.
SÓLSTAFIR have announced that their regular drummer, Guðmundur “Gummi” Óli Pálmason, will not be performing during their upcoming shows. He will be replaced by Karl Petur Smith during this period.
INQUISITION have embarked on their black headlining campaign through Europe. The American black metal duo is joined by Finland’s ARCHGOAT, the Swedes ONDSKAPT and BLACKDEATH from Russia – except for the last four eastern dates. A list of all remaining dates can be viewed below.
Technical death metal innovators BEYOND CREATION have announced new US dates. The tour starts on March 27th in Michigan and sees the band traveling throughout the East Coast before concluding on April 12th in Rhode Island. BEYOND CREATION will be joined for the first three shows by REAPING ASMOPDIEA and in Philadelphia by label mates CANNABIS CORPSE. A full list of shows can be found below:
BLACK SHEEP WALL have unleashed their crushing new album ‘I’m Going to Kill Myself’ in full and it can be ordered here. This brutal sonic assault is still streaming via the following official media partners:
ROTTING CHRIST have announced a string of festivals shows all over Europe and slightly beyond starting at Norway’s Blastfest in Bergen on February 19th and running through nine more countries with prestigious festivals such as With Full Force (DE), Metal Days (SI), and Party.San Open Air all summer long until coming to a northern final in Trondheim, Norway on the 1st of October. Watch this space for more concerts!
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT just premiered “Requiem”, the first new track taken from their forthcoming full-length ‘Stellar’. The German black metal progenies also unveiled artwork and tracklist, which are shown below together with the links of the official media partners for the song “Requiem”:
THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT are now premiering the first new track taken from their forthcoming EP ‘Bloodcvlts’, which can be pre-ordered here. The Dutch death dealers are streaming a lyric video for the song “Reign of Hell” exclusively via these official media partners and reveal the artwork and tracklist:
Season of Mist are proud to announce the blood inking of a new deal with TSJUDER! The Norwegian black metal cult act has already entered studio to record a new album to be released later this year.