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No God Only Pain release Roads to Serfdom
Nocturnal doom/black metal band No God Only Pain are finalizing details on their upcoming EP Roads to Serfdom which demonstrates a transition in styles of this band toward apocalyptic roadhouse dark...
View ArticleChthonic frontman running for congressman in Taiwan
By now, metal musicians and fans participating in politics isn’t entirely unheard of; even in Asia you can find such prominent examples as Joko Widodo (president of Indonesia). Freddy Lee, the...
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Upcoming tours – Gorgoroth, Kampfar, Gehenna
This December, a few notable black metal acts are touring Western/Central Europe. Gorgoroth and Gehenna, at the very least had some fame and notoriety back in the 1990s and are still well known today,...
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Crushing the sacred idols – Transylvanian Hunger (1994)
Article by Lance Viggiano, read the more positive DLA review here 1993’s Under a Funeral Moon displays Darkthrone at their peak of creativity with a depth of vision that is initially challenging and...
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Isvind – Gud (2015)
Part of me still wants to like Gud. Isvind’s 4th studio album is a textbook example of how to sound like black metal, for sure, but the specific emphasis on consonant melody (mixed with some primitive...
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Dødheimsgard to release Kronet Til Konge
As part of Peaceville Records’ holy mission to rerelease every shred of music they can, Dødheimsgard is releasing a vinyl pressing of their debut album on December 11th. I haven’t actually listened to...
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Destroyer 666 unveils new album
The guy who went to Black Flames of Blasphemy VI seems to have liked them – Destroyer 666 is returning with a new studio album after 7 years of inactivity on that front. They’ll presumably continue to...
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Dodheimsgard – Kronet til Konge (1995)
Kronet til Konge shows what happens when a genre overshoots its inertia. Everything labeled “Norwegian black metal” with “that sound” was selling like hotcakes, which is a rare position for metal to...
View ArticleRotting Christ reveals new album – Rituals
Rotting Christ’s 12th studio is in the works. Entitled Rituals, it will come out on Feburary 12th, 2016; a single has already been officially released to the internet for streaming. Given the timing,...
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Greyhaze Records releases Sarcofago demo compilation
How many people listen to Hellhammer’s Death Fiend? What about Sodom’s 1982 Witching Metal? How popular are Death’s earliest demos? When it comes to early proto-underground bands, these earliest demos...
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Why you should listen to Profanatica
Article by Lance Viggiano Black metal emerged as a reaction to the trend of death metal which had already established a musical vocabulary and through that achieved a higher degree of technicality as...
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Abbath sets release date for self-titled album
We’ve sampled a few of the tracks Olve Eikemo has released as part of the Abbath project. They certainly exist, that much I can tell you, but I personally wasn’t able to get much out of them beyond a...
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Purity Through Fire label releases free compilation for download
German black metal label Purity Through Fire has released a promotional sampler of bands from the new wave of black metal inspired music, including Leichenzug, Kroda, Bergrizen, Vspolokh, Myrd,...
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Vic Records announces re-issue of Mythos Pain Amplifier in 2016
Vic Records plans to re-issue the 1995 debut album from Finnish black metal band Mythos in early 2016. The new issue will include ten bonus tracks taken from the split CD Vociferous &...
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Blackdeath – Totentanz (2016)
Blackdeath is a Russian black metal band that just so happens to perform their lyrics in German. Funny how that works out. I’m not sure what the motivation is, but it’s a mildly interesting bit of...
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Cirith Gorgor – Visions of Exhalted Lucifer (2015)
Cirith Gorgor bases its music around a strong vocal in the modern metal style of several emphatic syllables which then trail off, and this primary rhythm instrument propels the music forward....
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Artists and fans against censorship start anti-Baltimore group
In response to stories of political censorship by the Maryland Metalfest, attacks on Demonic Christ, and alleged SJW exclusion of political non-conformists, a loose-knit group of fans, musicians and...
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Ihsahn to release Arktis
Along with a planned review for the upcoming week, Ihsahn has made it back onto my list of “musicians who clearly exist” with the upcoming release of Arktis. It is set for a March 4th release and will...
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#Metalgate before the quarrel: Nyogthaeblisz censored at festival
In the middle of #metalgate, we are familiar with regular outrages as SJWs attempt to silence anyone who does not agree with their narrow-minded, politically-motivated viewpoint which they use as a...
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Xibalba to release Ah Tza! EP
The post-Christmas malaise has set in worldwide, but there’s still time for the occasional pre-2016 release and/or news story. After what was apparently a pretty good performance at Black Flames of...
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