Author: KMN
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THE ETERNAL – Celestial EP
The Australian–Finnish outfit The Eternal have long been a steady pillar on the melancholic, prog-leaning gothic/doom scene, but ever since 2024’s Skinwalker it feels like they’ve genuinely breathed new life into themselves. Part of this “second act” is the new six-track Celestial EP, released on January 16, 2026 via Reigning Phoenix Music. The label’s press […] -
MARIANAS REST – The Bereaved
Hailing from the dark shores of the Baltic Sea—Kotka in southeastern Finland—Marianas Rest have already proven with their previous four albums that they’ve become one of the North’s key strongholds of melancholic death/doom. Their fifth full-length, The Bereaved, was released on January 16, 2026 via Noble Demon. According to the official biography, it’s a deeply […] -
NOIZE BLADE – The Age of Dread
The Budapest-based Noize Blade’s roots reach all the way back to 1998, but the band officially formed on January 1, 2019; in 2020 came the Stainless Metal demo, and two years later their first full-length, Noizium. The Age of Dread is already the work of a band that knows exactly what it wants: the foundations […] -
SUGOI Release New Single “Gaueko Ahotsak” Featuring Carlos Escudero
The Basque heavy metal band Sugoi have unveiled their new single, “Gaueko Ahotsak,” featuring special guest vocals from Carlos Escudero, frontman of Spanish metal act Vhäldemar. The track is accompanied by an official video clip, now available on the band’s YouTube channel. SUGOI stand out for performing entirely in Euskera (Basque), the oldest living language […] -
DISSENTIENCE Unveil Monstrous Video For “Kaiju”
Inspired by classic Japanese monster films and Lovecraftian mythology, DISSENTIENCE are left to fend for themselves and escape a destructive, nameless beast in their latest release “Kaiju”. Based out of Bethlehem, PA, the progressive death-thrash unit unleash a devastatingly brutal onslaught accompanied with their humorous take on a B-movie video style, available HERE. “While we take the music side […] -
France’s VIDE stream new ANTIQ album at Atmospheric Black Metal Albums – features members of DARK SANCTUARY, LE PROCHAIN HIVER, SAINTE OBYANA DU FROID
On February 27th internationally, Antiq will release the highly anticipated fourth album of France’s Vide, Aux enfants des ruines. And today, the Atmospheric Black Metal Albums YouTube channel streams the album in its entirety. Hear Vide‘s Aux enfants des ruines in its entirety HERE. With three albums released in 2022, Vide returns this year with a 50-minute album. Aux enfants des ruines contains seven tracks of intense atmospheric black […] -
COGNIZANCE Return with ‘In Light, No Shape’ on Willowtip in May!
Following 2024’s critically acclaimed LP Phantazein, COGNIZANCE return with In Light, No Shape May 1 on Willowtip Records! The official video for the album’s first single, “Witness Marks,” is available at: youtu.be/LOhAHuT2zE8 The song is also available on the usual streaming platforms, including Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple Music. Four LPs deep and a slew of EPs behind them, COGNIZANCE show no signs of restraining the pace […] -
5RAND – Italian melodic death metallers unleash “Double Bind” video, new album “Ordhalia” out now
5RAND have unleashed the official video for “Double Bind”, the last single taken from the band’s third album, “Ordhalia”. Watch “Double Bind” HERE. With “Double Bind”, Italian modern melodic death metal force 5RAND deliver their most personal and psychologically intense track to date. Written and performed by Julia Elenoir, Psychologist, Psychotherapist and songwriter, the song embodies a rare convergence of clinical insight and lived […] -
BARBARIC OATH premiere new track at NoCleanSinging.com – features members of INTO COFFIN, NEKUS, PUTRIDARIUM+++
Today, Heroquest death metallers Barbaric Oath premiere the new track “Sword and Sorcerer” at heavily trafficked web-portal NoCleanSinging.com. The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated debut mini-album, Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance, set for international release on March 27th via Caligari Records on CD and cassette tape formats. Hear Barbaric Oath‘s “Sword and Sorcerer” in its entirety exclusively HERE. Hailing from Germany, Barbaric Oath are a […] -
APOSTLE Announce New Album A Splinter in the Infinite Noumenon, Release Crushing New Single “Swine”
ATLANTA, GA metal trio APOSTLE have announced their forthcoming full-length album A Splinter in the Infinite Noumenon, set for release June 5, 2026 via Terminus Hate City. Alongside the announcement, the band has unveiled the album’s first single, “Swine”, accompanied by a visualizer. Formed in 2017, APOSTLE have built a reputation for blending the aggression of […]