Ancient and Sammath are opening for Norwegian black metaller turned arena rock clown Abbath at the Into Darkness IV festival on December 2nd in The Netherlands.
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Review contributed by Seth Berg.
The only available demo from their brief term in black metal, Myrkskog managed to make a simple homage to In the Nightside Eclipse era Emperor whilst infusing it with their own distinct, though simple, mode of expression.
13 CommentsTags: 1998, apocalyptic psychotica, Black Metal, demo, emperor, myrkskog, norway, Norwegian Black Metal, review
War Art Productions is reissuing the first three Immortal albums – Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism, Pure Holocaust, and Battles in the North, – on cassette.
28 CommentsTags: Black Metal, compact cassette, hipster bullshit, immortal, news, norway, Norwegian Black Metal, reissue, reissues, war arts productions
Desecresy premiered a music video for the third track, “Percussive Necromancy,” off his upcoming excellent fifth album, The Mortal Horizon, which Xtreem Music is releasing on CD August 14th.
21 CommentsTags: Black Metal, death metal, desecresy, Finland, Finnish Black Metal, Finnish Death Metal, minimalism, minimalist, music video, new track, xtreem music
Article by Lance Viggiano. Read his take on Transilvanian Hunger here.
I was essentially swindled into purchasing the gorgeous gatefold edition of this Averse Sefira LP which showcases some rather magnificent and captivating artwork as well as an above average execution of the band’s themes, concepts, and symbolism in visual form.
31 CommentsTags: 2008, Advent Parallax, article, averse sefira, Black Metal, boring, counter-review, death metal, jeff tandy, lame metal, lyrics, modern metal, re-review, review, techdeaf, tek-deth, texas, vapid, wanking
Wolfspell Records is reissuing Kataxu’s Roots Thunder debut album on CD and vinyl LP for the first time by itself on higher fidelity formats than compact cassette.
6 CommentsTags: Black Metal, compact disc, Kataxu, poland, Polish Black Metal, reissue, remaster, Roots Thunder, vinyl, Wolfspell Records
Emperor announced on their Mark Zuckerbook page that they are playing their second album, Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk, at the 2018 Inferno Metal Festival in Oslo, Norway.
1 CommentTags: anthems to the welkin at dusk, Black Metal, cash grab, emperor, festivals, ihsahn, inferno metal festival, news, norway, Norwegian Black Metal, oslo, samoth, upcoming shows
Polish black metal legends Graveland released a new music video for the rerecording of “Thurisaz” off of 1050 Years of Pagan Cult.
29 CommentsTags: Black Metal, folk metal, graveland, music video, poland, Polish Black Metal, rob darken, Viking Metal
Master’s Hammer played their first live show in over twenty five years recently at the Futurum bar in Prague this June. Most of the set, which entirely consisted of tracks from Ritual, was filmed by Tomáš Havránek who uploaded it to his Youtube channel. The performances are excellent and energetic so fans of the band should watch it. Word of warning, the presence of nude models makes this not safe for American workplaces in contrast to the Cronenbergian imagery our staff loves.
7 CommentsTags: Black Metal, Czech black metal, czech republic, live shows, Master's Hammer, nergal, prague, video, youtube
Mayhem are touring Europe this fall. I presume they will be playing De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas in its entirety. Mike Alexander’s friend Jon Browning submitted a review of the Washington, DC date earlier this year. From Jon’s review, Euro headbangers can expect triggers from Hellhammer and sloppy lead guitar performances from the stand-ins.
2 CommentsTags: Black Metal, de mysteriis dom sathanas, Europe, mayhem, tour, tour dates, upcoming tours
