BASK, the torchbearers of progressive psychedelic rock, are setting forth on a pilgrimage across Europe in 2024, carrying with them the echoes of their third and most cinematic album, ‘III.’ This tour promises not just a series of concerts but an experience that will transport audiences through the peaks and valleys of musical storytelling.
This month marks one year since Horrendous brought the metal realm to its knees in worship of Ontological Mysterium. After exploding from the underground in 2018 with the cultishly beloved Idol, last year, the Philadelphia death metal band were the toast of the genre’s critics.
With a spirit that fearlessly transcends musical boundaries, CHANGELING, the brainchild of virtuoso Tom Fountainhead, is proud to announce its signing with Season of Mist. This alliance marks the dawn of a transformative chapter, promising to reshape the musical landscape with an avant-garde fusion of genres.
Last week, VESTIGE released their third single, the first part to Automne. With the album’s release steadily approaching, the French modern metal collective unveil the haunting follow-up to this captivating track, a prelude to their highly-anticipated debut album, Janis. A profound auditory experience that intertwines raw emotion and transcendent hope.
Defeated Sanity slammed the realm of underground metal on its deformed head last week with the announcement of their upcoming seventh album. The boundary-breaking death metal band still hit from every odd angle, but on Chronicles of Lunacy, these technical maniacs return to sheer brutality.
In the shadows where the ancient and the arcane coalesce, GRAVENOIRE rises, shrouded in mist and whispers of forgotten rites. This auditory monolith manifests through their debut opus, Devant La Porte Des Étoiles, an unflinching homage to the raw and visceral 90’s Black Metal era.
Though they formed during the most uncertain time in recent history, Gaerea emerged from pandemic limbo with a new strand of black metal. Instead of pagan beliefs or lo-fi fidelity, the masked visionaries were guided by a purging of raw emotions. The world has quickly come to share their vision following them from the gates of Hellfest to tours across China and the U.S.
Tamás Kátai has a vision that extends far beyond Hungary. While only intended as a studio project, over the past two decades, Thy Catafalque has grown into a lively collaboration that brings together other prominent musicians from inside and outside his country’s metal scene. With each album, he’s pushed the boundaries of extreme metal, bringing the world’s most vile art form into conversation with the avant-garde.
KINGCROW, the Italian maestros of progressive rock, are ready to ignite the airwaves anew with their latest masterwork, Hopium. Emerging from Italy’s rich musical forge, KINGCROWs journey has been a relentless pursuit to push boundaries and explore new territories of sound. With Hopium, the band delivers a magnum opus that seamlessly intertwines introspection and electrifying riffs, an album that is destined to resonate with the soul and stir the senses.
Though revered by critics and peers, Oceans of Slumber bow to no one. For more than a decade, the Houston band have spurred prevailing trends in both the metal scene and the American South. Instead of adhering to conventional wisdom or slapping a new coat of paint on the same old ideas, they’ve remade the Southern Gothic in their own progressive image, casting tales of hope and despair against an ever-shifting backdrop of melodic death, doom and black metal.
Defiled have long since mastered the vile art of old-school death metal. Ever since they first erupted with wrath out of the Tokyo underground at the tail-end of the ’90s, Yusuke Sumita and his band of bloodthirsty samurai have left nothing but inevitable ruin in their wake. They’ve toured with fellow legends like Mayhem, Incantation, Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse, leading crowds from as far away as Milwaukee Metal Festival to lose their sanity.
In the ever-turning wheel of life, where seasons merge as effortlessly as emotions, VESTIGE emerge with their latest single Automne Pt. 1 from their highly anticipated debut album, Janis.
Ever since their inception, NE OBLIVISCARIS have surged forth as titans of progressive metal. Their complex soundscapes push the boundaries of the genre, weaving together fierce riffs and ethereal, harmonic violins with a dual-vocal onslaught that’s as soaringly clean as it is crushingly harsh.
Today, FUNERAL returns with Yestertear, the haunting second single from their forthcoming album, Gospel of Bones. FUNERAL weaves a somber yet resilient tale through their melancholic soundscapes. Yestertear is a cathartic vessel, sailing through the darkest waters of human grief and emerging on the shores of mournful beauty. Produced by the legendary Børge Finstad and adorned with the ethereal harmonies of Ingvild “Sareeta” Johannesen, Gospel of Bones is an opus of mourning carved in nightmarish tones and relentless dirges. Each track meticulously showcasing the band’s mastery in articulating the grim yet inspiring journey through pain and loss. On Yestertear, the listener drowns in intricate melodies and the profound anguish woven with care by the hands of the Anders Eek (Drums, Guitars, Vocals) Erlend E. Nybo (Guitars), Rune Gandrud (Bass), Sareeta (Violin, Backing Vocals), Stian Kråbøl (Guitars) & Eirik P. Krokfjord (Vocals). Eek’s dismal symphonies echo through every note, leading us through the desolate beauty of remembered sorrow and past hauntings. Here, we are not merely passive listeners but fellow mourners, each phrase a whisper in the grand requiem of existence. ➤ Listen to Yestertear now on the Season of Mist YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/taZsXT5YNiw
Defeated Sanity have broken the minds of metalheads for 30 odd years. While their lineup has undergone relentless mutation, the band keep finding dizzying ways to slam old-school death metal on its deformed skull. Their jazz-infused chaos even broke them onto the Billboard charts. But on their upcoming seventh album, Chronicles of Lunacy, these technical maniacs wanted to work out the more depraved part of their brain.
HEILUNG are known around the world for transcending the boundaries of music. They don’t play shows but perform a ritual, fusing together earth, fire and incense with throat singing, primordial rhythms, subtle electronic textures, a mesmerizing light show and instruments made from human bone.
Their home-brewed metallic sludge has only gotten heavier with age, but when it comes to blazing the old dusty trail, there’s no slowing down Weedeater. The veteran Coastal Carolina stoners are fresh off an uproarious East Coast run with GWAR and a trippy European tour. Now, the band are ready to take the high seas by storm later this year with High on Fire.
Italy’s progressive rock alchemists, KINGCROW, continue to etch their legacy of evocative soundscapes and profound lyrical narratives with the release of their latest single, Hopium. This eponymous track from their highly anticipated album heralds a new zenith in the band’s storied journey, where genres dissolve, and the music becomes an experience beyond the ordinary.
Prepare yourselves for a journey back into the abyss, where shadows weave through symphonic grace and brutality echoes in every corner. NE OBLIVISCARIS, the titans of extreme progressive metal, are poised to release a remastered version of their iconic sophomore album, Citadel, in celebration of its 10-year anniversary. Mark your calendars for August 16th, 2024 – the day the updated version of this timeless concept album, remastered by Mark Lewis (who mixed & mastered 2023’s Exul), will be released on all digital platforms.
GRAVENOIRE emerges from the shadows yet again with their potent new single, Ordo Opera Cultura. This haunting new anthem is but a glimpse into the mystical and uncompromising spirit of their forthcoming debut album, Devant la Porte des Étoiles.