A first single of 2026 has crawled out from Newfoundland Black Metal duo Artach in “Banshee“. It’s the Canadian’s first since last year’s “Morrigan… Goddess Of War” album, the pair not making music for genre purists as they have often strayed from the left hand path and embraced elements of Thrash, Death and Industrial Metal
Black Metal from Newfoundland? Taking inspiration from the land, nature, bleak weather, black metal and other metal bands Artach have long been ones to watch. They’ve shared a new single dubbed “Coming of the Milesians” which sees guitarist and bassist Sruthán and drummer and vocalist Fíochmhar continuing their prolific nature and rich form. If you
Taking inspiration from comes from the land, nature, Canada’s bleak weather, Black Metal and other metal bands, Artach have made a name for themselves with their blend of Industrially tinged warfare. After EP ‘Sgrios” (which translates to English as destroy, ruin, ravage, annihilate) appeared last summer, the collective have a new album “Morrigan… Goddess of War”
“Not a ton of Black Metal bands will have Rammstein-esque synth guitar sounds, tremolo-picked riffs, and harsh black metal vocals. We talked about doing this “industrial-styled” 4 song EP to keep active and experiment ahead of the release of our 3rd full-length in the fall of 2024. At first, we thought about calling it a
