18th March will see the long-awaited seventh full-length album “We Are The Apocalypse” from Swedish Black Metal Masters Dark Funeral surface via Century Media and having had the first taste with “Let The Devil In“, something of an introvert journey, contemplating the darkness within, their second single “Nightfall” is the diametral opposite. A display of
The inevitable return of plague bearing Swedish Black Metal pioneers Dark Funeral has taken place with the band presenting “Let The Devil In“, a cut of unforgiving darkness that fits perfectly with the gory and sinister atmosphere of the video (filmed, directed and edited by Grupa13) as the first burnt offering from their seventh studio
Inspired by such bands as Immortal, Behemoth and Dark Funeral, 2010 saw the birth of Plaguebreeder in Lahti, Finland. A decade of aggression has followed with the trio who now comprise Ardeath (vocals, bass, orchestra), Klaath (guitar) and Kalmisto (drums) waging war on the planet in Extreme Metal. Originally entitled “Misanthropy”, the bands fourth in
Mask of Insanity are a beast that rose from the black depths of Lelystad Netherlands in 2015 to conjure Blackened Melodic Death Metal around an axis of Gildor van Mourlik (bass, vocals) and Vincent Klien (guitars) who were joined by Cor Vos (guitars) for their debut album “Damnation Is Eternal“, which spent some five years
Greek Death Metal trio Deathcraeft created an Odyssey of their own with their freshly released debut album “On Human Devolution”, which sees vocalist Nikonas Tsolakos and guitarist Kostas Kalampokas and drummer Giannis Chionidis (also of Progressive Death Metal act Echidna) join forces to created what they termed as a piece “describing the self-destructing nature of
A concept album that takes the elements of Thrash, Black and Death Metal in order to reinvent the story of “Cthulhu Mythos” by H.P. Lovecraft with more socio-political lyrics, Greek trio Deathcraeft look to create an Odyssey of their own with “On Human Devolution” vocalist Nikonas Tsolakos, guitarist and bassist Kostas Kalampokas and drummer Giannis Chionidis (also
The year 2000 saw Millennium Bug fears turn out to be nothing as Tampa Florida Death Metallers Morbid Angel inked just their sixth studio album in 17 years to that point, a turbulent line up being partially to blame with riff lord Trey Azagthoth essentially being the mastermind of the highly influential act and the
Taking elements of Black, Death and Extreme Metal and putting them together to create something of haunting atmosphere and crushing intensity, North Carolina based Hex Wound formed in 2019 and unleashed their first plague in the form of single “Void Of Suffering” on the World a year later. Little did we know then but vocalist
Swedish symphonic Black Metal band Zornheyn, who feature former members of Dark Funeral and Scar Symmetry in their ranks, have announced a quartet of UK dates with Yorkshire Black Metallers Ante-Inferno in June. Zornheyn’s 2017 album “Where Hatred Dwells And Darkness Reigns” is out now via Non Serviam Records. 14th London, The Black Heart 15th Cardiff,
Pro-Shot in High Definition at a sold out Foundary Club in Lakewood, Ohio, here’s a full set from Stockholm, Sweden’s Kings of Black Metal Dark Funeral! The bands 2016 album “Where Shadows Forever Reign” is out now via Century Media.
