Prepare yourselves, mortals––as 1349 unleashes Inferior Pathways, the latest onslaught from their forthcoming album, The Wolf and The King. This infernal hymn channels the quintessence of 1349: unrelenting, blast-heavy, and furious. Inferior Pathways is a seething maelstrom of chaos and carnage, and it’s the perfect example of why 1349 are the ultimate masters of black metal.
The hounds of hell have been unleashed, and their name is BENIGHTED. This November, the European continent will tremble under the unholy assault of the Beast Against Beast tour, a grotesque spectacle designed to plunge you into the darkest chasms of your consciousness.
VESTIGE—the brainchild of Théodore Rondeau—invites you into an emotional odyssey with their debut album, Janis. Crafted in the quivering silence of profound introspection, Janis is a musical narrative that reverberates with the echoes of despair and glimmers of hope – a raw, unfiltered expression of the human experience.
Thirty years ago, the Athenian underground gave rise to a new Greek legend. On Thorns I Lay came up in the wake of Nightfall, Rotting Christ and Septicflesh. Eventually, all four bands would come to share the same record label, but while their countrymen were swayed by symphonic and black metal, On Thorns I Lay developed their own gothic style of atmospheric death-doom.
BIZARREKULT rises once more to summon the solitary souls of the United Kingdom. With a heart laid bare and a mind navigating the intricate labyrinth of existence, Roman V. and the brethren of Bizarrekult are set to explore the melancholic terrains of identity and sorrow. The Imperious Horizon Tour promises to be an odyssey into depths uncharted, crafted for those who find solace in the embrace of the dark arts.
Alright, misfits and marauders, gather ’round! Forget whatever tame plans you had for the next few months because EIHWAR is about to blow the roof off every venue from the Netherlands to France. Welcome to the sonic apocalypse, it’s time for the Viking War Trance – 2024 EU Tour, and it’s going be an absolute berserker raid on the senses!
Following the release of their latest album Hopium on August 23rd, the Italian progressive rockers KINGCROW are set to ignite stages across Europe this September with their 2024 dates. A journey not to be missed, the band’s relentless pursuit of musical innovation brings their mesmerizing soundscapes to life, echoing the intricate styles of classic acts such as Steven Wilson and The Pineapple Thief, al while bringing their completely unique twist.
Season of Mist welcomes Danheim! With roaring drums, ancient melodies, and the timeless whisper of Norse gods, Season of Mist proudly announces the signing of DANHEIM, the groundbreaking Nordic folk project helmed by Danish producer and musician, Reidar Schæfer Olsen.
When ANCIIENTS learned they’d won the 2018 JUNO for Metal/Hard Rock, the hard-hitting Canucks had just woken up in Vienna with eyes still caked in sludge after another blazing show on their headlining tour of Europe. The road to their new album has been longer and harder than anyone could’ve expected. But after six years of soul searching in the Canadian wilderness, at long last, the band have returned to the summit of progressive metal with the heavy, heady and heartfelt Beyond the Reach of the Sun.
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.