A collection of stories exploring the perils of existence, the evils of mankind, occult themes, spirituality, and the cycles of life, death and creation is on the horizon from Melodic Blackened Death Metal project Vithial. The work of Florida based multi instrumentalist and vocalist David Dwayne, “Awakened Ancient Spirits” examines nature, consciousness and mythological narratives
Having survived a European tour opening for co-headlining duo Butcher Babies and Infected Rain, Latvians Black Spikes have turned their attention to their summer releasing album “Ydos“. Label home Napalm Records have shared a second single from that in “Revana“, the album concept in which every song depicts one of humankind’s vices: meaning this one is
Formed in Barcelona in 2018, Pvrgatorii have consistently defined their sound as “Black Metal ov Death” a volatile fusion of raw hostile Black Metal abrasions and Punk urgency. Their burnt offerings are often steeped in a sinister, malevolent atmosphere, where tension is never released into levity and every element serves a darker purpose. The duo
Descending into the black depths of an introspective and suffocating abyss to capture the eternal limbo where time seems to stand still, trapping the individual in an endless cycle with no direction and no escape, Without The Sun present “Stasis”. The track serves as the second single from their upcoming studio album “III”, a record set for release
After releasing not one but two albums in 2024 it might come as no surprise that Finnish Blackened Melodic Death Thrash duo Gates Open have taken a slower pace since. Founded in early 2023 by guitarist Jere Neejärvi and vocalist Tommi Manninen, who were part of Down into Silence back in 2007, the pair have
Comprising members known for their prior works in Pain Confessor, Shrapnel Storm, Wanamo, Sad Company and After Bear, Finnish Melodic Metal act JÛN have shared a second single in “The Endless Horizon”. It follows the release of debut track “Inception of Isolation” earlier this year as the band founded in 2025 by guitarists Jukka Keskinen
Cover artwork and a track listing for the summer block buster that is “Global Domination” from Italian death-grind veterans Undertakers has arrived courtesy of Time To Kill Records. A 10th July release date has been secured for the ten track affair which promises Grindcore violence, Hardcore urgency, Death Metal weight and sharp Black Metal edges
Back in October Inverse Records unveiled the first single from a debut album by Godsize Error in “The Beauty of Shadows”. A song that fuses groove, heaviness and emotion in equal measure, that was the first from a body of work which began life in 2023. The second single from the group who feature in
Over the past couple of months not one but two advanced singles have surfaced from “Cosmic Liar“, the first album from Chicago natives Ditheist in a decade. Those tracks serve as a storms warning from what should be another relentless, blasphemous onslaught of precision riffing, feral intensity and abyssal atmosphere that proves some forces only
Finnish Blackened Melodic Death Metal band Se, Josta Ei Puhuta are watching the clock in fear as their fourth studio album, “Syvyyden portit on saatava auki” (or “The gates of the deep must be opened“) is set for a 29th May arrival via Inverse Records. The third chapter in ‘Muinaiset jumalat kuuntelevat‘ (or “The ancient gods are
