Black Metal

VIRCOLAC, SPITE, and SACRILEGIA join together for U.S. tour, announce dates

Invictus Productions, in conspiracy with Black Vomit Propaganda, announces the “Seven Dates of Heresy” U.S. East Coast Tour with Vircolac, Spite, and Sacrilegia!

This marks the first time both Vircolac and Sacrilegia spread their wings over the North American continent, particularly the US East Coast. Bringing Spite on board adds another barb to their collective attack, which sees the unity of black, death, and thrashing speed metal on display for U.S. audiences.

Kicking off Saturday, May 16th at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn and finishing at Maryland Deathfest on May 24th, the full list of confirmed dates are as follows:
May 16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus Bar
May 17 – Worcester, MA @ Ralph’s Rock Diner
May 18 – Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar
May 19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Howlers
May 20 – Philadelphia, PA @ Cousin Danny’s
May 21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kingsland
May 22-24 – Baltimore, MD @ Maryland Deathfest  

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GOLDEN LIGHT set release date for IRON BONEHEAD debut, reveal new video

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets April 24th as the international release date for Golden Light‘s striking debut album, Sacred Colour of the Source of Light, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

A mysterious duo hailing from parts unknown, Golden Light are as unique as their moniker suggests. In a black metalled context, their spectral sorrows shoot a brilliance that’s blinding and bellicose in equal measure: a mystical, sun-drenched swarm of sound that embodies and defies black metal simultaneously, orthodoxy UN-done and recast. This golden light radiates through E. Henderson, who handles all instruments and sounds, and vocalist Meghan Wood. But their sonic conjecture will still surprise you…

Or, allow Golden Light to describe themselves thusly: “A procession of the damned. By the damned, I mean the excluded… Battalions of the accursed, captained by pallid data that we have exhumed, will march. You’ll read them—or they’ll march. Some of them livid and some of them fiery and some of them rotten. Some of them are corpses, skeletons, mummies, twitching, tottering, animated by companions that have been damned alive. There are pale stenches and gaunt superstitions and mere shadows and lively malices: whims and amiabilities. The naïve and the pedantic and the bizarre and the grotesque and the sincere and the insincere, the profound and the puerile. The ultra-respectable, but the condemned, anyway…they will march. We have gone into the outer darkness of scientific and philosophical transactions and proceedings, ultra-respectable, but covered with the dust of disregard. We have descended into abyss and have come back with the quasi-souls of lost data… We will march.”

Nightside whispers, vapor trails of shattered melody, glacial pulse, strident minimalism vs. subverted maximalism: so much lurks within Sacred Colour of the Source of Light. In a time-evaporating/expanding 33 minutes, Golden Light conjure forth four tracks of nearly all-epic construction, each one its own canvas of madness and mysticism. New colors, new shapes…old colors, old shapes…the sensations are simultaneously familiar and foreign. Iron Bonehead is honored to march alongside Golden Light.

Begin marching with a tripped-out video for opening track “Sceptre of Solar Idolatry” here:

Cover and tracklisting as follows:

Tracklisting for Golden Light’s Sacred Colour of the Source of Light
1. Sceptre of Solar Idolatry [3:46]
2. The Westen Gate [9:19]
3. Dawn of History [7:28]
4. Sacred Colour of the Source of Life [11:59]
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THE TRUE WERWOLF sets release date for long-awaited WEREWOLF debut album, reveals first track

Today, Werewolf Records sets February 28th as the international release date for The True Werwolf‘s long-awaited debut album, Devil Crisis, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
  The True Werwolf is a study in true patience and perseverance. The band was begun in 2002 as a solo endeavor by extremely prolific black metal scene legend Graf Werwolf, largely known for Satanic Warmaster and as the original vocalist of Horna. Work on The True Werwolf was undertaken in secrecy, and scarce demos and EPs would trickle out in the underground, sometimes posthumously. Each step of the way, however, a commitment to raw ‘n’ rotten black metal was firm and unyielding, brewed in the ancient ways of the early ’90s. And although comparisons to Satanic Warmaster are understandable and locatable, The True Werwolf largely resides in a different headspace for mainman Werwolf, where medieval witchcraft, vampirism, and mysticism run riot, and the sound suitably existed on an axis of hideousness.
  That is, until now, with the sleek ‘n’ sumptuous Devil Crisis. In the works for over six years, Devil Crisis is the grand culmination of every residual aesthetic strain in The True Werwolf canon hereby taken their most professional and finessed ends. Informed by lyrical themes that are extremely emotional and erotic – and, in the case of “0373,” even cosmic – Devil Crisis boldly displays a pronounced sense of refinement that doesn’t sacrifice or stultify an ounce of Werwolf’s icy yet burning-hot passion; if anything, this refinement begins a new era for The True Werwolf.  Necromantical black metal art at its heart, this tour de force of madness & majesty explodes with an almost overwhelming sense of clarity, stargazing and screaming for vengeance, but within lurks heretofore-revealed elements – foremost among them, classic video game music – that only serve to make The True Werwolf a more unique and idiosyncratic entity. Likewise, the subtle-but-unabashed usage of keyboards here lends a most bewitching and magickal sound, wholly transporting the listener to forgotten realms and further underlining Werwolf’s roots in the glare of burning churches.
  Put another way, if Satanic Warmaster is like Black Sabbath, then The True Werwolf is like Ozzy solo. If you’re prepared to bark at the moon, prepare for the blizzard of Devil Crisis!

Begin barking at the moon with the brand-new track “Spellbound” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for The True Werwolf’s Devil Crisis
1. My Journeys Under the Battlemoon
2. Thy Deviant
3. Spellbound
4. Chi No Namid
5. 0373
6. The Witch of My Heart
7. Magick Fire
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Chile’s SIGN OF EVIL set release date for CALIGARI debut EP, reveal first track – features INVOCATION SPELLS member

Today, Caligari Records sets March 12th as the international release date for the debut recording of Chile’s Sign of Evil, Psychodelic Horror, on cassette tape format.

Featuring a member of cult-metal institution Invocation Spells, Sign of Evil are a wild ‘n’ wasted beast all their own. Blitzed to the nines, the aptly titled Psychodelic Horror indeed bears some semblance of classic South American madness, but with the delirium-inducing, chorus-drenched leads flying fast and free across these six swift-as-fuck songs, Sign of Evil are truly reaching into rarefied territory. One could semi-accurately call it black speed metal, but with elements of early GISM, strange Eastern Bloc metal from the ’80s, and ancient Italian occult rock, the 12 teeth-gnashing minutes of this first recording can only be likened to true PSYCHODELIC HORROR!

Get blasted by the brand-new track “Horror!” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows
Tracklisting for Sign of Evil (Chile)’s Psychodelic Horror
1. Death Will Rise
2. Guilty
3. Horror
4. Spilling Black Signs
5. Force To Eternity
6. Death Crew
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Scandinavian black metal torchbearers Mimorium premiere new track

Today, Scandinavian black metal torchbearers Mimorium premiere the new track “Hunter” here:
The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated second album, Blood of Qayin, set for international release on February 21st via Spread Evil Productions.
Hailing from Finland, Mimorium would more properly be categorized as Scandinavian black metal, as they are rooted deeply in the ’90s Swedish and also Norwegian black metal scenes. One can one hear echoes of old Dissection, Mörk Gryning, and Dark Funeral in Mimorium‘s fast-paced and melodic black metal as a successful tribute brought to the new millennium, still sounding very much their own and something different simultaneously. Their second album takes a plunge into themes of death and killing, discovering the mysteries of the Blood of Qayin to possess the minds of the murderers viewed through the teachings of anti-cosmic Satanism. Swift ‘n’ decisive, Blood of Qayin shall flow – the past is alive with Mimorium!

. Let the first blood spill with the previously revealed “Left Hand of North” HERE at the Black Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Distribution for the album is handled by Militant Underground.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Mimorium’s Blood of Qayin
1. I Am What We Are
2. Profane Breed
3. Regret Everything in You
4. Left Hand of North
5. Two Faced Shadow
6. Throne of Whore
7. Blood of Qayin
8. Hunter
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VELNIAS set release date for new EISENWALD album, reveal first track

Today, Eisenwald sets March 27th as the North American release date for Velnias‘ long-awaited third album, Scion of Aether, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Since 2006, Velnias have patiently built a potent body of work, capped by two full-length recordings: their debut Sovereign Nocturnal from 2008 (reissued by Eisenwald in 2014), followed by RuneEater from 2012. These Colorado natives create a soundscape of sprawling doom, soaring post-rock, and intense black metal, laced with passionate passages of folk and moody acoustics. Their sound is progressive – primal and feral, yet meticulously honed. Kindled by the essence of their art, Velnias have established themselves as a titanic live entity, consistently hypnotizing audiences fortunate to witness one of their rituals. Since their inception, they have relentlessly ventured on the road domestically and abroad, touring with a host of powerful partners such as the esteemed Agalloch, Alcest, Mournful Congregation, Esoteric, Kampfar, and Dornenreich.

At a glacier’s pace, Velnias have lumbered forth, savoring the craft that goes into their unique sound with vehement devotion. At last, we see their return as they unleash Scion of Aether. Through six tracks spanning 50 minutes, Scion of Aether is a journey textured by the nuance of Velnias’ unbound musical exploration. Velnias continue their evolution by breaking free of convention, fearlessly shedding the confines of genre. While carrying the torch of Velnias’ trademark “Oppressive Rocky-Mountain Dirge,” this latest effort expands upon their body of work with a confident maturing of the sound that is wholly their own. Laden with cascading dynamics through deft build-ups in texture and progression, the album dramatically traverses emotive soundscapes and explodes into engulfing heaviness. These transitions, paired with the seamless interplay of the instrumentation required for such skillful craft, are compounded through the composition of Scion of Aether. Each half of the album is interwoven almost as two massive chapters. Brooding, breathtaking, beautiful…words falter before such an entity. Recorded, mixed, and produced by the legendary Billy Anderson, no compromise was made to manifest the pure vision that is Velnias’ Scion of Aether.

A radiant crucible upon the oblivion horizon, Velnias conjure the reflection of the infinite aether within the fractal self. Velnias‘ timely return bears with it the indomitable Scion of Aether.
  Bear witness to the first sounds of that return with the brand-new track “Aurora Rune” here:
Ordering info for both formats can be found at Eisenwald‘s North American webstore HERE.

Cover art, courtesy of Adam Watts, and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Velnias’ Scion of Aether
1. Fissures within the Construct [2:44]
2. Pariah of the Infinite [11:04]
3. Aurora Rune [9:28]
4. Confluence of Entropic Umbra [1:41]
5. Supernal Emergent [9:36]
6. Oblivion Horizon – Null Terminus [15:11]
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ARCADA set release date for EDGED CIRCLE debut, reveal first track

Today, Edged Circle Productions announces March 27th as the international release date for Arcada‘s striking debut album, Projections, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

One of the underground’s best-kept secrets, Arcada hail from the cult-metal hotbed of Peru. Forming in 2012, the band have patiently built a small-but-significant canon across three demos and an EP. Each step of the way, Arcada have further finessed their sulfurous-yet-nuanced craft, each short-length recording providing a pivotal step toward aesthetic perfection.

Now, at last, it seems Arcada have accomplished that perfection with their long-awaited debut album, Projections. Wasting no time in establishing its mystical muse, Projections pulses forward with slashing ‘n’ scything intent. Riffs hammer with malice, but also with no small amount of melody, ringing out across the abyss like a clarion call for Hell’s hordes to arise. Underneath, moving with subtlety and surety, actual bass guitar plays demonic counterpoint, embellishing each of these five projections with a uniquely melancholic aspect.

And that aspect, in fact, puts Arcada in general and Projections in particular in a rarefied field. Not for them the chaotic blackthrashing overload of their no-less-considerable countrymen; rather, the quartet shape their occult-infused, epically-minded black metal into something ceremonial, otherworldly, simply OTHER. Not for nothing is the 39-minute Projections comprised of five lengthy tracks: each operates as its own labyrinthine corridor, forming a more grandiose – and more horrifying – landscape when threaded together as entire album-length work. Indeed, Projections is aptly titled…

Bells of doom toll from the Other Side, heralding the arrival of Arcada‘s Projections. Bear witness, or banish!

Begin bearing witness with the brand-new track title track “Projections” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Arcada’s Projections
1. Projections [8:12]
2. IAO [6:53]
3. O [6:16]
4. Lunar Possession [6:04]
5. Setheus [11:07]
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ENEPSIGOS reveal first track from new OSMOSE album – also release date, cover, tracklisting

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Despite Enepsigos‘ 2017 debut album, Plague of Plagues, having been enthusiastically welcomed by fans of traditional black metal, the band itself always felt that the album did not really go far enough in establishing what Enepsigos, and its music, was all about.

But now, with Osmose Productions set to release Enepsigos‘ sophomore album, Wrath of Wraths, on March 27th inernationally, all that is about to change. Because, according to the band, Wrath of Wraths is “a manifestation of what Enepsigos really is, and will be. Dark, disgusting, twisted, ritualistic, and violent.”

And today Osmose have released a single from the album to give fans a taste of what to expect. The track “Cups Of Anger” can be heard here:
With intro and interludes by Alexander Wolf and V.I.T.H.R, vocals, guitars, and bass for Wrath of Wraths were recorded at the Bergegarda Studios in Norway, while drums were recorded at the Beastcave Studios in Italy. Mixed and mastered by Tore Stjerna at the Necromorbus Studios in Sweden, and with artwork by Benjamin Vierling and additional inlay artwork by Nestor Avalos, tracklisting for Wrath of Wraths is as follows:

Tracklisting for Enepsigos’ Wrath of Wraths
1. Shields Of Faith
2. Confess
3. Seventh Seal
4. The Whore Is The Temple
5. Cups Of Anger
6 Water And Flesh

Wrath of Wraths will be available on CD, digipack, black and limited-edition white vinyl, and digital formats, and is now available to pre-order from the following:
all CD, LP and merch: http://bit.ly/enepsigos-shop
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release page: http://osmoseproductions-label.com/enepsigos-wrath-of-wraths
band page: http://osmoseproductions-label.com/bands/enepsigos
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Formed in 2016 by V.I.T.H.R – otherwise known as Doedsadmiral, founder and frontman of bands such as Nordjevel, Svartfelder, and Doedsvangr – and drummer Thorns – known for his work with Blut Aus Nord, Deathrow, Fides Inversa, Frostmoon Eclipse, and Darvaza – the band parted company with bassist Straff upon completion of the debut album and were consequently joined by Rituul on bass and guitars, and it is with this lineup that Wrath of Wraths was recorded.
  Originally conceived as a studio project, and demonstrating a brutality and darkness imbued with ritualistic undertones, Enepsigos recently inked a deal with the Flaming Arts Agency to bring the band’s sound, which is unashamedly rooted in early (and some would say “true”) black metal traditions, to live audiences.
  The video for the track “Pagan Rites” from Enepsigos‘ Plague of Plagues debut can be seen HERE.
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Hard-rocking ultra-black speed metallers Bütcher premiere new video

Today, hard-rocking ultra-black speed metallers Bütcher premiere the new video “Iron Bitch”. The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated second album, 666 Goats Carry My Chariot, set for international release on January 31st via Osmose Productions.

See & hear Bütcher‘s “Iron Bitch” video in its entirety here:
Bütcher vocalist R Hellshrieker reports the following: “We are extremely proud to see the upcoming album taking its final twisted form. We have worked tremendously hard to make this a unique output in the overabundance of digitally altered releases. The sonic layers of analog mayhem that have shaped our identity on the first album were molded once again in the Voodoosound Studios, but this time with a clear focus. With the previous experience under our belt, there was far less need for experimenting with all the vintage equipment, and we took the opportunity to include every detail that accentuates the deeper layers of the songs. This brings it as close as possible to the vision that main songwriter KK Ripper and I intended for this LP.”

  Continuing, he says, “The album was recorded in just one week, a very short timespan for an analog recording – where the title song, for instance, uses all 24 tracks on the tape! – and with LV Speedhämmer laying down the drums after only joining the band 1-2 weeks prior to the recordings. It was a turbulent period for the band, dealing with last minute line-up changes and constantly playing live shows during most of the year. But it has paid off – the album lives, it thrives, it breathes with vicious abandon, and it assaults the mind of the listener. One can almost taste the anger, the tenacity, the strength and the perseverance on this. In the face of adversity, the album was constantly playing in our heads, and KK Ripper has just pumped out riff after riff, lead after lead, the way he composed it. I turned my lungs into leather for this and screamed out all my frustrations. And now it is a victory for us to be able to present this full-length effort in its splendid glory.”

R Hellshrieker concludes: “With a sublime mastering by Arthur Rizk, this album seems to be played straight from mount Olympus, and granted both grandeur and destructive power by the thunderbolts of Zeus himself. The album flows from pure speed ‘n’ heavy metal over extreme thrash, to a black/speed/heavy metal hybrid on side B. To accompany our mixture of metal, there was only ever going to be the epic artwork of none other than Kris Verwimp.  To Bütcher, there is simply no better way to use that as the finishing touch for an Osmose release. We couldn’t have been more proud of the result. And the time for absolute vengeance, and our Second Prayer in service to the Godz of Steele, is nigh.”

Also hear the album’s previously revealed title track “666 Goats Carry My Chariot” exclusively HERE, courtesy of NoCleanSinging.com, as well as the previously revealed video for “45 RPM Metal” exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever magazine.

Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Bütcher’s 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
1. Inauguration of Steele
2. Iron Bitch
3. 45 RPM Metal
4. Metallström/Face the Bütcher
5. Sentinels of Dethe
6. 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
7. Viking Funeral
8. Brazen Serpent
9. Exaltation of Sulphur
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American black-doom magickians Worm stream the entirety of their new album

Today, American black-doom magickians Worm stream the entirety of their highly anticipated second album, Gloomlord. Set for international release on January 24th via Iron Bonehead Productions, hear Worm‘s Gloomlord in its entirety here:
Hailing from the swampy recesses of Florida, originally as the work of one mysterious Fantomslaughter, Worm released two demos – The Deep Dark Earth Underlines All (2014) and Nights in Hell (2016) – before expanding to a duo alongside one Equimanthorn and releasing their debut album, Evocation of the Black Marsh, through Iron Bonehead in 2017. Fully distilling their foul ‘n’ fetid aesthetic, Worm‘s first full-length reaped a bounty of unsettling atmosphere and ancient-style songwriting, presenting a clanging, blown-out appropriation of early Goatlord and Mortuary Drape but with a screws-loose personality that hails unorthodoxy endlessly.

While those influences undoubtedly remain, Worm strike back with a bolder assertion of their own, now-unique identity with Gloomlord. Ever aptly titled, Gloomlord is an altogether more solemn and stately descent into the swamps, both spiritually and physically. With five epic songs spread across an impossibly vast 42 minutes, Worm‘s second album pounds forward with ominous intent, but slowly-evaporating melodies rise from the muck ‘n’ mildew and bewitch the listener with devastation and doom. Indeed, it’s the lattermost element – DOOM – where the duo expand the Worm aesthetic, dynamically exploring the crevasse between light and shade, in a sense evoking the early ’90s canon of classic UK doom-death as well as funeral doom progenitors Unholy, Thergothon, and especially Disembowelment; in fact, the lattermost-named band held the biggest influence on the stylistic shift across Gloomlord. Elsewhere, surprising twists of speed indeed twist the knife more cruelly, only to pull it back out – slowly – as that eerily reverberating melodicism takes center stage. The sum effect is drowning in that very same swamp, over and over but horrifically different from the last, ad infinitum and hypnotically so. Or, as the band themselves coin it, “Floridian Funeral Doom,” and that sum effect is indeed unique, and uniquely Floridian.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Worm (USA)’s Gloomlord
1. Putrefying Swamp Mists at Dusk (Intro)
2. Rotting Spheres of Sentient Black
3. Apparitions of Gloom
4. Melting in the Necrosphere
5. Abysmal Dimensions
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