Abbath, the supergroup founded by Norway’s iconic black metal front-man Abbath Doom Occulta after his split with Immortal, hit the web last week and it is killer! The aptly named “Abbath” was streaming in full online and is set for release January 22nd worldwide. I’ve had a chance to have …
Read More »Ascension premiere new track “The Dark Tomb Shines”
German black metal tyrants Ascension premiere the new track “The Dark Tomb Shines” at Metal Hammer Norway’s website. The track hails from Ascension‘s highly anticipated second album, The Dead of the World, set for European release on December 24th via W.T.C. Productions (Season of Mist will handle the North American release). Previewed by the Deathless Light EP, Ascension‘s The Dead of the …
Read More »1349 to release new album in Autumn
Norwegian black metallers 1349, are to release their as-yet-untitled new album this coming Autumn. Coming four years after the release of ‘Demonoir’, the album will be released on Indie Recordings, except for North America where it will issued via Season of Mist. The band will preview the album with the …
Read More »Drudkh – ‘Eastern Frontier In Flames’
Complementing their recent limited-edition vinyl-only 12” split with Winterfylleth, mysterious Ukrainian death metallers Drudkh have again delved into their archive of rarities for this short compilation, which features tracks from their 2007 EP ‘Anti-Urban’ and a brace of covers from the ‘Slavonic Chronicles’ offering of three years later. It also …
Read More »Drudkh / Winterfylleth – ‘Thousands of Moons Ago’ / ‘The Gates’
This four track split EP – appropriately limited to 666 12” pressings – sees mysterious Ukrainian black metal overlords Drudkh teaming with their English pagan counterparts Winterfylleth to deliver a collection of four cover versions. Drudkh explore the darkest depths of the eastern European underground for their triptych of contributions, …
Read More »BLOODSTOCK latest: Sophie Lancaster stage headliners confirmed & new video trailer!
BLOODSTOCK is becoming the serious metal fan’s festival of choice in 2014, now adding their three headliners for the Sophie Lancaster Big Top stage. Friday’s Sophie stage headliners are Greek extreme metal overlords ROTTING CHRIST. Much revered, ROTTING CHRIST were one of the first black metal bands in the region, …
Read More »Vultyrous (Funeral Fornication/Ringbearer/Archspire) – Interview
Ringbearer, the fantasy themed dark ambient project from Vultyrous of Funeral Fornication will be releasing ‘The Way is Shut’ via Tridroid Records in December. In anticipation of this album, the label provided PM the following short interview with Vultyrous: Most people who are familiar with you and your music know …
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