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  • Apotheosis: The New Frontier is Pentrilox’s Album Out Now

    Good Day Noir Family,
    Pentrilox launch Apotheosis: The New Frontier with an ancestral female chant in “Breaking the Well,” and you understand this will be an epic journey.

    Apotheosis: The New Frontier is Pentrilox’s Album Out Now

    The voice rises alone at first, ritualistic and evocative; then an arpeggiator cuts through with a futuristic pulse.

    Soon after, guitars crash in with hard rock force, pushing the track forward without sacrificing melody. The balance between drive and tunefulness defines the band’s identity right away.

    “Distant Future” expands that vision. Once again, the textures suggest distant galaxies and advanced civilizations; however, this time subtle harmonic variations introduce a Middle Eastern flavor that adds unexpected color. The female vocal shapes the atmosphere with grace and clarity, while the male counterpart injects grit and weight. Their interplay becomes one of the album’s strongest assets. She often carries the more melodic passages; he reinforces them with power, and together they create a dynamic contrast that feels purposeful and bold.

    With “Finding a New Home,” the adrenaline rises noticeably. The male vocal sections venture firmly into metal territory, harmonically and rhythmically. The riffs tighten, the percussion intensifies, and the energy climbs. Yet the band never loses control. They channel that force into structured progression, keeping the track sharp and engaging.

    Then “The Symbiotic Bloom” invites you to throw your horns in the air. The tempo is fast, the rhythm relentless, and the male vocal pushes with conviction. The dystopian and intense lyrics transport the listener into a futuristic world on the brink of transformation. The band paints vivid images of symbiosis between technology and humanity, reinforcing the conceptual thread of the album.

    “The Galactic Bridge” hits like a black avalanche, driven by a crushing riff. Shortly after, the melody resurfaces through the female voice, and once more that familiar vocal interplay shapes the emotional arc. The production sounds powerful and direct, enhancing the cinematic dimension of the music.

    “The New Destiny (Sol 2)” closes the record on an atmospheric note. It suggests renewal, a new beginning beyond the stars. As a whole, Apotheosis: The New Frontier feels like the soundtrack to an epic sci-fi film or a visionary video game, rich with fantasy and ambition.

    Apotheosis: The New Frontier is Pentrilox’s Album Out Now!

    Transcendent!

    Pentrilox is a progressive metal and cinematic electronic project from Indianapolis, Indiana. Combining heavy riffs with expansive, futuristic atmospheres, they create immersive music inspired by space exploration, high fantasy, and human transcendence.

    Produced entirely in their private studio, Pentrilox’s sound is bold, polished, and forward-looking — a powerful soundtrack for those who believe the future is something to build, not fear.

     



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  • Album Review: Vreid – The Skies Turn Black

    Album Review: Vreid – The Skies Turn Black

    Reviewed by Oli Gonzalez

    Sognametal. After all these years of consuming metal and it’s countless subgenres, here’s a new one to me! A subgenre in which Norway’s Vreid have been credited as founders of, blending the darkened intensity of black metal with the more subtle elements of folk music. This is whilst exploring themes of local history and culture, and other more personal topics. Perhaps this is a suitable way to describe Vreid’s complex sound that has been carefully crafted and refined over the bands long storied career. A career which now sees them on the eve of their 10th studio album, “The Skies Turn Black”. One in which the band experienced personal hardships and struggles during the album’s writing, describing it as “inspiring and hell”. Personal themes that seep into the very fabric of the album. Take the album’s opening song, for instance.

    You can say that the sound emerges from the very bowels and depths of Norway’s wilderness. This is both literal and metaphorical as a late night stay in a remote cabin spawned “one of those rare creative sparks”, with the product being ‘From These Woods’. Here you’ll be introduced to a rich folk undertone characterised by the soothing opulent strings segment in the opening passage to the song, and the intermittent deployment of cleaner chant like vocals adding an eerie ethereal quality. As well as the subtle introduction of background synths to add a medieval like timbre. Mixed with the more traditional KVLT style shrieks and an array blazing guitar riffs adds more of what you’d expect from a band with a back metal spine, along with the blast beats which emerge later. Though none of them overpower the mix and alongside the steady pace makes for a rather inviting and aesthetically pleasing take on black metal!

    Who was there for Black Sabbath’s farewell show Back To Beginning in July 2025? Bassist Jarie was, and this serves as the creative impetus for ‘The Skies Turn Black’. The skies did turn black when the Prince Of Darkness himself Ozzy Osbourne left this world only a few weeks after this once in a lifetime concert. The whole song offers more of a classic heavy metal vibe that pays homage to Black Sabbath themselves, whilst the lyrics direct and straight to the point in a touching tribute:

    “The stage was yours, the music now forever ours”

    “Prince Of Darkness, let his kingdom come’.

    Grab a tissue. It’s ok. Rest In Power, sweet Prince.

    Album Review: Vreid - The Skies Turn Black

    How often do black metal bands write the soundtrack to movies? Not very often, but Vreid’s instrumental effort ‘Kraken’ is the eerie and chilling soundtrack to the movie of the same name. What makes this even more special is that the band worked with a music teacher at the very start of their careers on this, in a true special full circle moment.

    ‘Build Destroy’, and ‘A Second Death’ offer more traditional tastes of black metal which are as raw and aggressive as they are on-the-nose in their delivery. Though with the modern clean production values and not the baked potato quality recordings you often hear with early black metal. This modern forward thinking approach is not just limited to the production approach. As we’ve seen, the band aren’t afraid to flirt with other genres. An unexpected highlight came in the

    shape of ‘Smile Of Hate’. A gothic-doom inspired anthem which soul-piercing lead guitars and haunting piano segments as heavy as the death of a loved one.

    Inviting guest musicians can add dimensions to the music that isn’t available within the band’s ranks. Vreid invite Agnete Kjolsrud from Djerv to inject her ethereal cleans to the band’s sound. The problem is, how will Vreid play this song live? Or is there no intention of it ever leaving the studio? Though Vreid have proven to be resilient problem solvers so surely they’ll figure this out. Maybe we’ll see a guest appearance on stage when the band hit mainland Europe alongside Vomitory, and Hypocrisy later in the year. The first time many will lay eyes on Vreid and will hear the sound of Sognametal.

    Until then, there’ll be plenty of time to become more acquainted with the band. “The Skies Turn Black” serves as a more than adequate introduction to Vreid. In a genre full of cliches “The Skies Turn Black” offers fresh impetus by a band furiously devoted to writing music entirely on their own terms.

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  • Beartooth’s Caleb Shomo Deletes His Instagram Amid “Free” Controversy, Attila’s Chris Fronzak Cracks A Divisive Joke

    Whether or not his account deletion is related to Shomo’s recent image overhaul is unclear.

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  • “We were just snot-nosed punks trying to do something different.” Metallica and the making of Master Of Puppets – only in the new issue of Classic Rock

    Also in Classic Rock 351: The Black Crowes, Blondie, Megadeth, Suzi Quatro, Big Country, Brian Robertson, Puscifer, Danny Bryant, Buckcherry, Big Big Train and more

  • Held. (Coheed And Cambria/The Sleeping) Launch Their Second Single “CONSTANT TENSION”

    They’ve also announced a listening party this week for their debut album “GREY”.

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  • Mutilagia Premiere New Single “Symptoms Of Intrinsic Depravity”

    Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz,Argentina-based slamming brutal death metal band Mutilagia premiere a new single titled "Symptoms Of Intrinsic Depravity", streaming via YouTube for you now below. Matthias Joyce from Rottenness and To Violently Vomit guests on vocals. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

  • Whispers Of Oblivion Premiere New Single & Visualizer “K.L.B.K.”

    Deathcore project Whispers Of Oblivion premiere a new single and visualizer named "K.L.B.K.", streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. Ohrion guests on that particular track. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

  • Cybercrime Premiere New Single & Music Video “Murder Voyeurism”

    Portland, Oregon-based deathcore outfit Cybercrime premiere a new single and music video by the name of “Murder Voyeurism”, streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

  • CROMO6 Premiere New Single & Music Video “BRO//MINE”

    Italian hardcore/deathcore sextet CROMO6 premiere a new single and music video titled "BRO//MINE", streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

  • Kanine Premiere New Single & Music Video “Sharp Teeth”

    Strasbourg, France-based deathcore band Kanine premiere a new single and music video titled "Sharp Teeth", streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com