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Sammath Grebbeberg Publishes on June 16, 2023

by Brett Stevens on May 17, 2023

Grinding martial black metal band Sammath publish their seventh album, Grebbeberg, on June 16th of this year via Hammerheart Records. The band has already released two tracks from the album, one of which is on our radiocast of underground metal.

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Tags: Black Metal, death metal, hammerheart records, Old School Death Metal, sammath, War Metal

Sadistic Metal Reviews: Death By Group Participation Issue

by Brett Stevens on May 13, 2023

We should talk about dark organization in metal: whenever humans set up something thriving, it dies from within because individuals defer to the will of the herd, and also, under cover of that, individuals act against the goals of the group in order to advance their personal power interests.

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Tags: AIDS, Black Metal, death metal, modern metal, smr

Sammath Releases Preview of “Tot De Laatste Granaat” from Grebbeberg

by Brett Stevens on May 11, 2023

Skull-smashing Dutch war metal and black metal hybrid Sammath unveils the second track from its latest album, Grebbeberg, with a look into the dark spirit of humans engaged in conflict against hopeless odds.

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Tags: Black Metal, sammath, War Metal

Xibalba – Itzalan (2021)

by Brett Stevens on May 9, 2023

Picking up in the divide between funderground wargrinding and melodic but insipid mainstream black metal, Xibalba take the style they unleashed on their “Demo 2010” and push it further with racing primitive riffs overlaid with melodic lead rhythm guitar.

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New Demoncy Teaser Floats

by Brett Stevens on April 23, 2023

For all those who enjoy a good dark morbid black metal…

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Tags: Black Metal, demoncy

Sammath Premieres “Reichswald” From Grebbeberg

by Brett Stevens on April 6, 2023

Necrotic war metal and black metal hybrid band Sammath bring inner melody to battering relentless martial metal, and now premiere the first track from their latest album, Grebbeberg:

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Tags: Black Metal, sammath, War Metal

Fourth Monarchy – Nocturnal Odes of a Wandering Spirit (2023)

by Brett Stevens on March 25, 2023

Taking up the task of reassembling the ruins of black metal, Fourth Monarchy mix Southern European mystical black metal with Swedish melodic death metal to create a descent into lush internally contrasting waves of harmony for a nocturnal restless atmosphere.

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Sammath – Grebbeberg (2023)

by Brett Stevens on March 13, 2023

Sammath has always had two bands inside: one that writes subtle melodic music, and another that wants full-on pounding rhythmic warfare like early death metal. On Grebbeberg, Sammath unites its Gemini-like two halves with the aggression of Dodengang mixed into the melody of recent works.

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Graveland Releasing New EP and Ukraine Tribute Album

by Brett Stevens on March 10, 2023

Graveland has signed a contract with No Colours records for recording of an EP The Temple of Infernal Fire which is dedicated to the Polish black metal underground and will contain covers of Veles, Legion, Infernum, and Thunderbolt.

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Sammath to Release Grebbeberg on June 16

by Brett Stevens on March 8, 2023

Continuing their journey into the hybrid of black metal and war metal, Sammath mix in a little more grinding classic death metal for their seventh full-length album, Grebbeberg, to be released on Hammheart/Napalm records on June 16.

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Tags: Black Metal, sammath