Author: KMN
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Black metal HEGEROTH released 3rd single from upcoming “Soaked In Rot” album
HEGEROTH is a band playing broadly understood black metal, open to influences outside the genre, diversity, a wide spectrum of means of expression, and unconventional solutions… all while maintaining energy, speed, and 100% metal in metal. Hegeroth was founded in 2010 in Upper Silesia (Poland). The band’s music has evolved from symphonic and melodic black metal in its […] -
TODOMAL sign to Season of Mist
European tour with Evoken announced, including an appearance at Party.San Open Air “With its scintillating songwriting, mournfully moody riffs, and sublime sense of melody — this is exactly what Doom could, and should be.” — No Clean Singing Season of Mist welcomes TODOMAL! Anglo-Spanish atmospheric doom metal collective TodoMal have signed to Season of Mist. Formed in […] -
PROTRUSION Launch Full Album Stream for “The Last Suppuration”
Indiana death metal crew PROTRUSION is streaming their debut album, The Last Suppuration, ahead of it’s release later this week. This exclusive premiere comes via the Jimmy from the Block YouTube channel. Listen now at this location. PROTRUSION guitarist / vocalist Colin Foster comments on the album. “Once people hear The Last Suppuration I have no doubt that they […] -
METATRONE Unveils New Single “Stato Infame” From New Album SANGUEACQUA
Italian Christian power-prog metal band Metatrone returns with the new single “Stato Infame”, alongside an official lyric video. The track is the third preview from the band’s upcoming album “SANGUEACQUA”, scheduled for release on March 13th, 2026, from Rockshots Records, marking the group’s long-awaited return ten years after their acclaimed album “Eucharismetal“. Following the previously released singles “Emmaus” and […] -
MOONLIGHT HAZE new EP “Interstellar Madness” out in May
Moonlight Haze will release the new EP “Interstellar Madness” on May 22 through Scarlet Records. Moonlight Haze and extraordinary vocalist Chiara Tricarico (Avantasia) brought symphonic power metal to the next level throughout the tracklist of their fifth studio release, indulging in extremely mighty, epic and theatrical moments. Guided by striking instrumentals parts, catchy and epic […] -
WACKEN OPEN AIR 2026 – over 50 new bands announced!
Excitement for Wacken Open Air is ramping up. Last week’s announcement for W:O:A’s “Wasted Wednesday” kicked things off. Now 49 more bands have been announced for this year’s anniversary edition! The festival week stars with a bone-crushing party on Wednesday, as Sacred Steel, The Troops of Doom, Phantom, Poison the Preacher, Crypt Sermon, Battlecreek and Diabolisches Werk promise to musically plough up the […] -
US prog/tech death band XENOSIS unveil astounding new album via Transcending Obscurity
It’s only for their fifth album that this deserving and rather overlooked US band got a record deal. Xenosis are playing prog/tech death metal and they have been increasingly experimenting with their music. On their latest album “Hermetic Transmutation”, one can even hear influences of dissonant as well as brutal death metal. Watch their newly released official video AT […] -
Poland’s THROAT stream PRIMITIVE REACTION debut album ahead of its release
Today, Polish black metallers Throat stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, Beyond the Devil’s Shroud, ahead of its release date. Set for international release on March 13th via Primitive Reaction, hear Throat‘s Beyond the Devil’s Shroud in its entirety HERE at Primitive Reaction‘s official YouTube channel. Hailing from the always-vibrant Polish black metal scene, Throat are miasmic morbidity personified. While so many of their domestic contemporaries […] -
Blackened Death Crew, VOIDTHRONE, Returns with ‘Dreaming Rat’ in May
The album cover in the original press release contained a watermark. Updated cover is included herein. Our apologies for the error.** Seattle (WA) – Dissonant Blackened Death Metal quartet, Voidthrone, returns with Dreaming Rat, their most unhinged and trenchant record yet! The album’s first single, “First Blood,” has been premiered by Toilet ov Hell. A dissonant death metal […] -
When SALVUS Strikes Up
SALVUS, AT NIGHT I FLY, ODION – concert report February 20, 2026 – Budapest, Instant Salvus has long been my favorite Hungarian band. I think they write remarkably high-quality, meticulously crafted, distinctive songs that could easily hold their own on a global level. The same is true of their lyrics as well — it is […]