Black Metal

NOCTURNAL DEPRESSION set release date for new SUN & MOON album

Today, Sun & Moon Records sets November 25th as the international release date for Nocturnal Depression‘s highly anticipated ninth album, Tides of Despair, on digipack CD format.

French masters of nostalgic, depressive black metal, Nocturnal Depression return with their latest opus, the ever-aptly-titled Tides of Despair. A special occasion to say the very least, 2019 sees the return of Herr Suizid, founding member of the band who left in 2012, rejoining with fellow founder Lord Lokhraed. As a result, Tides of Despair has all the elements which make Nocturnal Depression stand out from all the thousands of cliche DSBM pretenders, many of whom were inspired by the band’s pioneering early works in the mid-2000s: immediately memorable riffs, achingly melodic leads, dramatic tension, and altogether dynamic songwriting.
  Surprisingly, Tides of Despair begins in quite a positive manner – but deceptively so, as Nocturnal Depression soon embark on a gloomy, atmospheric journey, guiding the listener onward into an exhaustingly emotional turmoil. Claustrophobic somberness comes to a climax on the perfectly titled “Living in a Mass Grave,” forlorn acoustic moments abound, despair and depression suitably mark songs like “Solitude and Despair Again” and “Farewell Letter,” epic gloom in “Muse of Suicide,” and all concluding with the bleak and melancholic “Reveries.” Throughout, the surprises continue with the integration of French horn, pianos, chimes, and bells, with a multitude of guests from different bands (Psychonaut 4, Sarkrista, Tulpa, Darkend, Selvans) making the album even more refreshing.   Completed by mixing & mastering courtesy of Alessandro “Algol” Comerio from Forgotten Tomb/Hiems, Nocturnal Depression prove with Tides of Despair that both the past is alive and the future is bleak!

First track premiere to be revealed shortly. Preorder info can be found HERE.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Nocturnal Depression’s Tides of Despair
1. Drowning Myself
2. Tides of Despair
3. Living in a Mass Grave
4. Solitude and Despair Again
5. Slit My Wrists
6. Farewell Letter
7. Muse of Suicide
8. Reveries

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BLACK BLOOD INVOCATION reveal new lyric video from upcoming split album with IMPRECATION

Today, Greek black/death upstarts Black Blood Invocation reveal a new lyric video for “Evocation of the Alla Xul.” The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated split album with America’s Imprecation, Diabolical Flames of the Ascended Plague, set for international release on December 6th via Helter Skelter Productions (distributed & marketed by Regain Records). See & hear Black Blood Invocation‘s “Evocation of the Alla Xul” lyric video in its entirety here:
Truly titled, Diabolical Flames of the Ascended Plague brings together two of the most bestial death metal cults of the modern era. Imprecation, of course, fought the good fight for most of the ‘90s, crafting a handful of now-classic EPs and demos that displayed their vision as being decades ahead of the game. Reinvigorated in 2009, Imprecation have only continued to get better and better, belying their veteran status as band: most their age wimp out, but not these Satanic Texas warlords! Here, they deliver two exclusive tracks (plus mystical outro) which hammer and slice, doom and dredge, whipping forth a maniacal warlust that’s as black and bewitching as it comes. Of especial note is a rerecording of the 1994 track “Emperor of Infernal Spirits,” which features guest vocals by Seth Decay of Ritual Decay and Morbus 666.
Not to be outdone, Black Blood Invocation likewise deliver three exclusive tracks (plus atmosphere-setting intro) that continue the malevolent momentum created by their preceding EP and demo. As such, their militantly pulsing blackgrind purports a uniquely Greek aspect, goatly and ominous and drawing down the moon. While influences of Archgoat and VON were indeed clear before, now are the duo setting upon more individualist ground, tantalizing the devout for their inevitable full-length debut.

With always classic artwork courtesy of the master Chris Moyen, Diabolical Flames of the Ascended Plague is a gutsfucking, middle-fingered statement of intent from the allied forces of Imprecation and Black Blood Invocation! In the meantime, see & hear Black Blood Invocation‘s “Evocation of the Alla Xul” lyric video HERE at Helter Skelter‘s official YouTube channel. Also hear Imprecation‘s previously revealed “Swine Full of Maggots” HERE at Helter Skelter‘s Bandcamp, where all three formats can be preordered.
Aforementioned cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Diabolical Flames of the Ascended Plague 1. A World Consumed in Fire
2. Swine Full of Maggots
3. Emperor of Infernal Spirits
4. Sigil of Lucifer
5. Congregation of Profane Ascension
6. Evocation of the Alla Xul
7. The Burning Effigy of Moloch
8. Atazoth Nexion

  ***tracks 1-4 = Imprecation / tracks 5-8 = Black Blood Invocation***  
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NEBULAR CARCOMA to release GAUA’s debut mini-album on tape

Today, Nebular Carcoma sets November 15th as the international release date for Gaua‘s striking debut mini-album, Feeble Psychotic Vortex, on cassette tape format.

Originally released last year on CD and LP by Portugal’s elite Altare Productions, Gaua‘s Feeble Psychotic Vortex was a startling first fuller-length strike from this still-young Spanish entity. Ever aptly titled, the 37-minute Feeble Psychotic Vortex indeed sends the listener into a vortex of wild, wounded emotion and raw, red hatred, all transposed onto the grimmest black metal. Both malevolent in its marching melodicism and favorably punkish in its fury, each of these four epic-length tracks sees Gaua bewitching with hypnotic ease, all culminating in a massive ‘n’ mesmerizing cover of Vlad Tepes’ classic “Drink the Poetry of the Celtic Disciple,” extending that song’s malodorous ecstasy to a staggering 14 minutes.

Naturally, that choice of cover should say more than enough about Gaua‘s aims and intentions. Do not enter the Feeble Psychotic Vortex lightly!

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Gaua’s Feeble Psychotic Vortex
1. Misfortune
2. Schlitze
3. Second Lament of a Star
4. Drink the Poetry of the Celtic Disciple [Vlad Tepes cover]
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BROKEN SPIRIT to have demo collection released on vinyl by GOATOWAREX

On December 1st internationally, Goatowarex is proud to present Broken Spirit‘s Demo Collections 2012-2017 on double-LP vinyl format. Originally released on CD in 2018 by Portugal’s elite Black Gangrene, this vinyl version will feature laser-etched artwork on Side D, the first of such type of release done by Goatowarex. As per the band’s wishes, it shall be limited to 160 copies, with newly remastered sound.

Emblematic of the newer breed of black metal coursing through the deepest, darkest veins of the underground, Australia’s Broken Spirit is unflinching misery & misanthropy incarnate. Perfectly monikered, Broken Spirit is but another face of prolific enigma B.H., who counts among his current endeavors Drohtnung, Grave Worship, Mors De Corpus, and Pestis Cultus. But, put more directly, indeed is Broken Spirit his most personal and most challenging face.

Broken Spirit‘s first public recording came with Promo 2013, a four-song fucking of your soul: blown-out but with a nuanced-if-peculiar approach, here was triumphantly turgid black metal that dared you to enjoy it. Picking up the pace, both release-wise and more so tempo-wise, was the three-song Rotting in Void a year later, with its disturbingly clanging riffs creating an unsettling dislocation of body and soul. Thereafter, with 2015’s Solò otro cerdó and successive, super-limited split tapes with the considerable likes of Obskuritatem and Drohtnung did Broken Spirit‘s sonics become more ghostly, hovering like a forever-lost spectre – truly, a Broken Spirit – but charging forward into a vortextural vacuum with self-inflicted violence, B.H. truly matching form with content.

It is with this history, this complementary alternate life to Broken Spirit‘s cult Vivid Dreaming debut LP (which will receive the Goatowarex vinyl treatment in the coming year) with Portugal’s likewise-elite Altare Productions, that Goatowarex wishes to preserve for posterity on black vinyl, serving as a reverberating curse before the next penultimate chapter begins…or ends.

Ordering information can be found HERE.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Broken Spirit’s Demo Collections 2012-2017 1. I
2. II 3. III
4. IV
5. Entrance
6. Fourth Reich
7. Rotting in Void
8. Weeping Black Evangelium
9. Bitterness Becomes the Virus
10. Manifest of Suicide
11. No One Will Remember You
12. Cultivation of Evil
13. Void Worshipping Psychosis
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Deströyer 666 kick off European dates with Nocturnal Graves

DESTRÖYER 666 are about to kick off their previously announced European tour dates together with label mates NOCTURNAL GRAVES. The metal wolf-pack will embark on the ‘Sons of Rebellion’ tour tomorrow, October 24 at the Viper Room in Vienna (AT), and travel trough out 8 more countries before a final curtain the the Proxima venue in Wasaw (PL).

A full list of confirmed shows can be found below.
DESTRÖYER 666
+NOCTURNAL GRAVES +DEAD CONGREGATION +INCONCESSUS LUX LUCIS
24 Oct 19 Vienna (AT) Viper Room
25 Oct 19 Ljubljana (SI) Orto Bar
26 Oct 19 Arci Mu Parma (IT) Circolo
27 Oct 19 Villeurbanne (FR) CCO
28 Oct 19 Paris (FR) Petit Bain
29 Oct 19 London (UK) The Underworld
30 Oct 19 Leiden (NL) Gebr de Nobel
01 Nov 19 Mannheim (DE) MS Connexion Complex
02 Nov 19 Zwickau (DE) Club Seilerstraße
03 Nov 19 Krakow (PL) Kwadrat
04 Nov 19 Prague (CZ) Futurum
05 Nov 19 Munich (DE) Backstage
06 Nov 19 Oberhausen (DE) Helvete
08 Nov 19 Rostock (DE) Zwischenbau
09 Nov 19 Poznan (PL) U Bazyla
10 Nov 19 Warsaw (PL)

DESTRÖYER 666 will be touring in support of their latest EP ‘Call of the Wild’ which can be heard in full here.

The Artwork and details can be found below.
Track-list
1. Violence Is Golden (4:30)
2. Stone by Stone (3:37)
3. Call of the Wild (4:46)
4. Trialed by Fire (7:02)
Total: 19:55
DESTRÖYER 666 continue to do what they are best at: kicking ass and hammering out heavy metal that is slamming straight into the face. No compromise, no sell out, no bullshit!

The Australians fill the gap between albums with the hard-hitting EP, ‘Call of the Wild’ that comes with a distinct taste of an unrepentantly classic flavour.

DESTRÖYER 666 don’t do whiny nostalgia but simply stick to their old school roots, which are reaching straight down into the golden age of metal while allowing themselves to sound fresh and remain relevant.

The band originally started out as a solo project of BESTIAL WARLUST guitarist KK in Australia in 1994. As early as with debut album ‘Unchain the Wolves’ (1997),  fast-tracked towards international acclaim. The even stronger second full-length, ‘Phoenix Rising’ (2000) had the Australians relocating to Europe to be able to satisfy the soaring demand for touring and festival shows. After a round of line-up changes, third full length ‘Cold Steel… For an Iron Age’ (2002) cemented the band’s excellent reputation. After a hiatus caused among other issues by disenchantment with the business, DESTRÖYER 666 returned with ‘Defiance’ in 2009 and followed up on this success with the rough and gritty ‘Wildfire’ seven years later that saw them touring and performing at all the relevant metal festivals worldwide on a regular basis again.

‘Call of the Wild’ comes with three fresh tracks and the revisited classic, “Trialed by Fire”, which was first published on ‘Terror Abraxas’ (2003). Now come and get yours!

Line-up
KK: guitars, vocals
Ro: guitars, vocals
Felipe: bass
Perra: drums

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TRÉPAS set release date for SEPULCHRAL debut

Today, Sepulchral Productions sets December 5th as the international release date for Trépas‘ striking debut album, L’héritage du monde.

Founded by members and ex-members of Morgue and Outre-Tombe, Trépas is one of the more recent black metal bands emerging from Québec. The band journeys between harsher moments and more atmospheric passages, all complemented by acoustic guitars and just a dash of doomish sensibility, creating a sound that is their very own in the process. A newcomer that is sure to delight fans of the more brooding and melancholic side that this scene has been known for!
First track premiere to be revealed shortly. Preorder for the album can be found HERE. 
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Trépas’ L’héritage du monde
1. Rivages Sombres
2. L’Aube
3. L’Héritage du Monde
4. Charognes
5. Trépas
6. Errance
Trépas is:
Goliatt – voices
Harfang – guitars
Orme – guitars
Fléau – bass
Averse – percussions

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Turkish black metal cult Horrocious stream the entirety of their new album

Today, Turkish black metal cult Horrocious stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, Depleted Light and the Death of Uniqueness
Set for international release on October 25th via Osmose Productions, hear Horrocious‘ Depleted Light and the Death of Uniqueness in its entirety here:
Inexorable hatred occurred with the coming together of Godslaying Hellblast, Sarinvomit, and Persecutory members in early 2015. Horrocious started as a two-man black metal band to spread the infernal sounds that symbolize the destruction of the universe under the infinite chaos and eternal dominance of diabolic nothingness, and in this way, they recorded a four-track debut EP, Obscure Dominance Of Nothingness, which was released as limited-edition cassette in 2015 and CD edition in 2016. Later, three new members (C.G. on guitars, E.K. on bass, Alexey on drums) were added to the lineup to record an eight-track debut full-length in the first quarter of 2018.

On this debut full-length, Depleted Light and the Death of Uniqueness, Horrocious points the egoism and ambition of the divinity and his spatial prison in the thearchia light of his orders when he wanted to be respected, and prepares the ground for an endless struggle. True power of the Lucipherian energy above the spiritual light and embraces infinite sinfulness by rebelling against the incomprehensible secret uniqueness trapped in sanctity. Would it be forgotten that the war of freedom given by the falling angels and the wrath of sealed old evil spirits? From the creation to the scarcity of information, the salvation of humiliated existence will be realized by the destruction of all the things mentioned as goodness, so the control of the worlds was only an embarrassing force, and the irresistible principles and authorities destroyed endless dissatisfaction and the system was designed in stages and the system of interdependence was inevitable. Because this was rebellious son Lucifer’s eternal war against the integrity of all worlds…

Preorder info can be found HERE.
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Horrocious’ Depleted Light and the Death of Uniqueness
1. Light Belongs to Our Heresy
2. Upon the Fallen Worlds
3. Corruption of Existential Structure
4. Inevitable Vortex.. Swallowed Divinity
5. Perceived Integrity of Lord
6. Hidden in Infinite Chaos
7. Everlasting Fractal Luminiscence
8. Reborn from Energy.. Sublime Demons

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TAN KOZH reveal trailer for ANTIQ debut album – includes members of HIMINBJORG, BELENOS, WAY TO END+++

Today, French pagan black metallers Tan Kozh reveal a new trailer video for their forthcoming debut album, Lignages Oubliés. Set for international release on November 15th via Antiq, see & hear this first glimpse of Tan Kozh‘s Lignages Oubliés below.

Tan Kozh was created by Sven (Himinbjorg, Belenos, Möhrkvlth, Ar Bard) in 2015. After composing an album, Yamnah (Belenos) helped him with the lyrics, and they were then joined by Decay (ex-Way to End) on drums, Barved (ex-Les Chants De Nihil) on guitar, and Introspect (Introspect, ex- Les Chants De Nihil) on bass. The recording is fully redone, with playing on a real drum set and with various additions by all members. The band starts concerts in 2018.

The first Tan Kozh album, Lignages Oubliés, is a pagan black metal album inspired by ancient Indo-European myths. The warlike rhythms switch to frenetic blastbeats and some more contemplative passages, including acoustic guitar and fretless bass. The first part of the album contains visions of the past and future wars and destruction, with in the background the awakening of ancient pagan gods and the eternal turn of the wheel of time; the second part of the album is made of prayers addressed directly to ancient gods.

Antiq is a label dedicated to the fully coherent concept of making music through sound, image, video, and attitude. They have been putting their entire existence into it since 2009. Over the years, Antiq have been identified as producers of not only perfectly coherent lyrics and themes through music, but also conceptual art and, of course, the manufacturing of beautiful objects. The label tries as much as it can to work with French creators, and if possible, with the smallest and most serious structures.

In the meantime, see & hear a special trailer for Lignages Oubliés here:
Cover artwork, courtesy of Above Chaos (Inquisition, Bethlehem, Melechesh, Nordjevel, Tsjuder), and tracklisting are as follows: 
Tracklisting for Tan Kozh’s Lignages Oubliés
1. Troisième Fonction
2. De Brest à Brest-Litovsk
3. Ecce Homo
4. … Et la Haine nous sauvera tous
5. Sacrifice
6. Équinoxe
7. Interlude
8. Viens à moi
9. Imprécation
10. A la Gloire d’Indra
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Sweden’s REVEAL reveal disturbing new video from forthcoming new SEPULCHRAL VOICE album

Today, defiant pan-genre iconoclasts Reveal reveal a disturbing new video for the track “Clevermouth.“ The track hails from the Swedish band’s highly anticipated third album of Sweden’s Reveal, Scissorgod, set for international release on November 29th via Sepulchral Voice Records. See & hear Reveal‘sbrand-new “Clevermouth” video in its entirety here:
Reveal draw  inspiration from a wide range of genres, artists, and styles and thus have they been convicted as the black chameleons in the worldwide heavy metal / rock scene. But, this is actually a very conservative scene, where innovation & progress is a cuss rather than a cachet.

After their phenomenal black metal debut in 2011, Nocturne Eyes and Teeth, Reveal rightly recruited a fanbase who was then left shocked and disturbed when they released their second album, Flystrips, in 2016. Challenging even the most adventurous listeners, the chameleons of Reveal here delivered an album that encompassed very different themes and sounds, yet one with an even darker underlying aura than the debut.

However, now the Devil’s most beloved tongue & tool is about to release their third album, ominously named Scissorgod, once again via Sepulchral Voice Records: an album where Reveal present themselves at their highest musical level, their most visionary yet also most grounded. From pure rockers like “Harder Harder,” “Clevermouth,” and the title track “Scissorgod” to emotional bleeders like “Decomposer” or “Coin Toss” to ultra-black metal killers like “Down Through the Hole,” Reveal present themselves in a more widescreen and Technicolor manner – their focus frightening, their vision more artistic than ever before. These nine songs reflect the halos, the thorn-crowns, and the maelstrom of fire wherein Reveal struggle and always swirl & whirl, but show that this band is radiant on a pale, grey metallic sky.
Repeating the Reveal pattern, Scissorgod turned out to be an album that will separate the wheat from the chaff again. But this time, it does not require a full basic understanding of the band’s attitude and the knowledge of the fucked-up world they live in to follow the album. In other words, this time, their nailbomb toys are more cuddly and their razorblade candy is more sweet. Although their ever-present schizo grin and the tangible lethal intention is still shining through the darkness all the time, a sardonic weltanschauung is built upon microcosmic insanity: Reveal present a world of filth erected in the midst of Elysium, black-minded and strong.

Or, more directly, with Scissorgod do Reveal prove again that they give no fucks for uniforms, blinders, and the opinions of others; they simply collect and inhale the madness of the world and channel it into a pure outburst of DEATH ROCK (think about those two words for a moment). Scissorgod is not that far away from absorption & understanding like maybe Flystrips was, but scene sheriffs will predictably feel themselves as targets…and fucking definitely will the Scissorgod cut & stab some small-stature sheriffs.

The production of Scissorgod deserves special attention. This time, Reveal did not lock themselves up in a punkish DIY process, but hired none other than Martin -Konie- Ehrenkrona (In Solitude, Henrik Palm, Pig Eyes, Nifelheim) to turn the knobs and entered the Cobra Studios in Stockholm. The result is a top-notch production that evokes the feeling that Reveal are playing live in your room.

So, don’t be afraid: be thankful – be faithful – for what Reveal has to say. It can be the soundtrack while we dance a spiral downwards, down through a hole.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Reveal (Sweden)’s Scissorgod
1. Scissorgod
2. Harder Harder
3. Decomposer
4. Down Through The Hole
5. Feeble Hearts
6. Clevermouth
7. The Plot Thickens
8. What Pigs Get
9. Coin Toss
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VALOSTA VARJOON set release date for PURITY THROUGH FIRE debut, reveal first track

Today, Purity Through Fire sets October 31st as the international release date for Valosta Varjoon‘s striking debut album, Oberpfälzer Wald, on regular jewelcase CD and A5 digipack limited to 100 copies. Cassette tape version to be released by Worship Tapes.

Valosta Varjoon formed in 2016 as a solo endeavor of V. V. A first demo was released the following year, but in 2018 was V. V. joined by guitarist Sturmwulf, and thereafter did the Valosta Varjoon aesthetic truly begin to blossom. A split tape with Mexican comrades Viha Surma came in 2018, and then earlier this year, Purity Through Fire delivered the German & Slavonic Heathen Unity split CD, with Valosta Varjoon joined by Czarnobog and Necro Forest.

Alas, all these short-length attacks have coalesced into one mighty debut statement with Oberpfälzer Wald. With preternatural ease, Valosta Varjoon here create infinitely stirring & nostalgic sounds from black metal’s glorious 1990s era. Castles, cloaks, swords, snow – all these sensations are evoked, and plenty more, with a sound that’s the epitome of Bavarian Black Metal.

Proudly pagan, the eight immediately memorable anthems comprising Oberpfälzer Wald instill a constantly ascending sensation, but subtly so. Valosta Varjoon here prove themselves as masters of texture, their riffing rich with emotion but never overwrought; simply but by no means simple, a hook is introduced and then maximized with a hypnotic hummability, all before seamlessly flowing into the next. It’s a cold ‘n’ majestic magick, and all done with an austere understanding of everything that makes traditional black metal work. Which is to say nothing of the album’s production: a gleaming-yet-ghostly sort of rawness, reverberating with boundless depth and iron-fisted punch alike, each Bathorian lead sparkling and crackling with the night’s most mysterious energies.

Stern but ever-knowing, German black metal has lurked on the shadowy periphery for decades, mindfully mining quality over quantity and subtlety over ostentatiousness. Now does a profound new iteration of the Olde arrive with Valosta Varjoon‘s Oberpfälzer Wald! Raise the banners for that arrival with the new track “Die Turmwackler” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Valosta Varjoon’s Oberpfälzer Wald
1. Die Turmwackler
2. Kneipenterror
3. Oberpfälzer Wald
4. Glorreich…
5. Der Schwarze Tod
6. Dein Ableben
7. Drunk ‘n’ Roll
8. Der Geliebte Tote


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