Black Metal

VLTIMAS release video for new track “Monolilith”

Three-piece extreme metal formation VLTIMAS are premiering a video for the new song “Monolilith”
The track is taken from the  forthcoming debut album ‘Something Wicked Marches In’. The band, consisting of David Vincent (ex-MORBID ANGEL), Rune Blasphemer Eriksen (ex-MAYHEM, AURA NOIR) and Flo Mounier (CRYPTOPSY), will release their brand new offering on March 29, 2019 via Season of Mist.

Guitarist and founder Rune comments: “She is the screeching owl, the seductress of the night, the irresistable incarnation of lust and desire. She is Lilith; the icon, the Demoness.”

“Monolilith is the 4th and final single from “Something Wicked Marches In” and shows a slightly different side to VLTIMAS. With its more melodic take, this track serves as a response to the more cold and brutal moments on the record. But don’t let yourself be fooled: The dark is deep and utterly captivating.” 
VLTIMAS have previously revealed the cover of ‘Something Wicked Marches In’ which has been created by renowned Polish artist Zbigniew M. Bielak (GHOST, PARADISE LOST, BÖLZER, ZHRINE) and can be viewed together with the track-list below.


Track-list
1. Something Wicked Marches In (4:28)
2. Praevalidus (3:39)
3. Total Destroy! (2:57)
4. Monolilith (5:25)
5. Truth And Consequence (3:42)
6. Last Ones Alive Win Nothing (5:29)
7. Everlasting (3:40)
8. Diabolus Est Sanguis (3:27)
9. Marching On (5:34)
Total: 0:38:21

VLTIMAS live
21 Jun 19 London (UK) The Underworld
23 Jun 19 Clisson (FR) Hellfest 2019
25 Jun 19 Krakow (PL) Mystic Festival 2019 (Exact date TBA)
26 Jun 19 Leiden (NL) Gebr. de Nobel
28 Jun 19 Oslo (NO) Tons of Rock 2019 (Exact date TBA)
02 Aug 19 Wacken (DE) Wacken Open Air 2019 (Exact date TBA)
After some years of absence from the black metal scene, guitarist Rune Eriksen (AURA NOIR, EARTH ELECTRIC, ex-MAYHEM), decides to venture back into the aural landscapes he’s widely known for. Having played with one of Norway’s leading extreme metal bands for years, Eriksen seeks to coalesce classic, cold Scandinavian riffing with an air of darkness and the signature force of death metal.
 
Combining strengths, Eriksen brings in veterans of the extreme, David Vincent of legendary death metal formation MORBID ANGEL, as well as acclaimed drummer Flo Mounier from CRYPTOPSY. The three-piece have completed the work on their debut album, which is slated for release early 2019 via Season of Mist. The new death metal powerhouse will be known under the moniker of VLTIMAS.
 
The foundation for VLTIMAS was laid when Rune, after collecting a handful of riffs, presented drummer Flo Mounier with the idea of forming a band together. For the two musicians, having composed and recorded numerous songs together in the past, the musical chemistry was already tried and tested. However, one thing was still missing. This extraordinary musical project needed an extraordinary voice and Eriksen got in touch with David Vincent, with whom he had been in contact for years, to finalize the line-up.
 
Vincent had just exited Morbid Angel and was ready for a new chapter in his long spanning career. Everything fell into place, and VLTIMAS came into being.
 
During the Noize Factory sessions (Georgetown, USA), the musicians started writing a substantial amount of music. The sessions proved to be a fruitful endeavor and the first ideas and song skeletons were later fleshed out by Rune at his home studio in Portugal, then finalized when Flo Mounier and Eriksen returned to Texas, in order to put the final touches to the material at David’s home studio. In a more controlled surrounding the songs started to unveil themselves and the studio was booked.
 
The band entered Orgone Studios in Woburn, England in May 2018 with producer Jaime Gomez Arellano. Here, the three-piece recorded nine crushing tracks that will appear on the full-length debut album.
 
The new record offers a vast array of influences, but most notably the distinguished symbioses of these three respected and talented musicians. A dark and sinister ambiance meets a majestic and a commanding death metal energy.

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Line-up:
David Vincent – Vocals
Rune Blasphemer Eriksen – Guitars
Flo Mounier – Drums – guitars

Produced & Recorded by Jaime Gomez Arellano, Orgone Studios (UK)

NORDJEVEL reveal new video for “Amen Whores”

Today, Norwegian black metallers Nordjevel reveal the new video “Amen Whores.” The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated second album, Necrogenesis, set for international release on March 29th via Osmose Productions. See & hear Nordjevel’s “Amen Whores” video in its entirety HERE:

Nordjevel, whose self-titled debut album was released on Osmose Productions to great critical acclaim three years ago, are back with a vengeance with Necrogenesis, an album which sees the band’s core of founder and vocalist Doedsadmiral (Svartelder, Doedsvangr, Enepsigos) and bassist DzeptiCunt (ex-Ragnarok), being joined by Destruchtor (Myrkskog, ex-Morbid Angel) on guitars and backing vocals and Dominator (ex-Dark Funeral) on drums. 
 
The new arrivals have enabled Nordjevel to expand its musical horizons and produce an album that promises to be more ferocious than its predecessor, as Doedsadmiral explains: “With the addition of Destruchtor and Dominator to the band’s lineup, Nordjevel has never been so strong. Necrogenesis is a much darker and violent album. It is also more varied and mature, both musically and lyrically. We definitely did not want to get stuck in a rut and churn out an identikit version of our debut, and fortunately, we all felt that we wanted to go in the same direction, so we were all able to work together extremely well on the new songs. Having said that, Necrogenesis was a hard bastard of an album to complete, and at times, we felt that the universe was conspiring against us, so it became a very personal album for all of us.”
 
To give fans a taste of what they can expect from Necrogenesis, Nordjevel have just released a new video for the track “Amen Whores,” which can be seen in its entirety HERE at Osmose Productions‘ official YouTube channel. Also see the previously revealed video for opening track “Sunset Glow” HERE, also at Osmose‘s official YouTube channel. “Sunset Glow” has also been released as a single, and can be streamed or downloaded HERE at Osmose‘s Bandcamp.

Necrogenesis is set to hit the streets on Osmose Productions on March 29th in CD Jewel Case, Limited Edition CD Digipack (with bonus track), Limited Edition Double Gatefold Vinyl in Blood Red (with bonus track), Limited Edition Double Gatefold Vinyl in Black (with bonus track), Digital, and Limited Edition Audio Tape formats. Preorder info can be found HERE.

Recorded at Velvet Recording in Spydeberg, Norway, Necrogenesis was engineered by Nordjevel and Christer Krogh, and mixed and mastered by Patric Darkhyrys at his WSL Studios in France. With artwork and layout by Vincent Fouquet of Above Chaos.

Cover and tracklisting for Necrogenesis are as follows:
Tracklisting for Nordjevel’s Necrogenesis
1. Sunset Glow
2. Devilry
3. The Idea Of One-Ness
4. Black Lights From The Void
5. Amen Whores
6. The Fevered Lands
7. Nazarene Necrophilia
8. Apokalupsis Eschation
9. Panzerengel
10. Venom Of Serpents (Bonus Track Vinyl, Digipack)
 
MORE INFO:
www.nordjevel.no
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SORGELIG set release date for IRON BONEHEAD mini-album, reveal first track

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets May 3rd as the international release date for a striking new mini-album from Sorgelig, Devoted to Nothingness, on 12″ vinyl format.

Released earlier this year on limited cassette, the aptly titled Devoted to Nothingness is a swift ‘n’ decisive blast of unapologetically grim, blown-out black metal. Sorgelig may hail from Greece, but they otherwise eschew their homeland’s classic paradigm for one that hearkens back just as far, to France’s notorious Black Legions. Thus, across Devoted to Nothingness will those of hardier constitutions find utterly tortured, hysteric bleariness that’s both malformed and melancholic, favorably suggesting the likes of Vlad Tepes, Mütiilation, and especially Belketre, but with an exquisitely rotten touch all Sorgelig‘s own.

This is black metal from ancient times, no more but certainly no less. No modernity, no progression, NO HOPE: truly, Sorgelig are Devoted to Nothingness. The first devotion can be found with the new track “Die in Vain” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Sorgelig’s Devoted to Nothingness
A1. Light Fades Away
A2. Die In Vain
A3. The Parasites of Existence
A4. H.E.M.E.O.T.S
B1. Miden
B2. Devoted to Nothingness
B3. We Shall Be Forever Blind
B4. Eclipse
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MURG set release date for new NORDVIS album, reveal first track

Today, Nordvis Produktion announces April 26th as the international release date for Murg‘s highly anticipated third album, Strävan, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Strävan – “striving”or “endeavor” – is the third album of the anonymous Swedish black metal duo Murg. Strävan finalizes the trilogy begun in 2015 with the debut album Varg och Björn (“Wolf and bear”) and was continued with Gudatall (“Godpine”). Here in this final chapter, humankind as we know it, with all our flaws and perversions, no longer exists: a new form is created, a perfect beast born to sacrifice itself to end the entire universe. Strävan is the long audial march to the altar of cosmic destruction.

Murg‘s pitch-black metal is driven by slow-paced, churning riffs imbued with stoic darkness and aggressive pride, sinister and somber meandering throughout its eight tracks. Similar to the terse song titles, Murg works with a musical sparseness: tightly-knit structures without frills or special effects, straight to the bone but never simplistic or predictable. A noble and inhuman “fare thee well” to creation, towering and defiant in its uncompromising delivery.

Murg hail from the rural mining areas of Bergslagen, Sweden. Their harsh sound is affected by the deep, rocky forests of their native Bergslagen and the abandoned, centuries-old mines that are scattered among them. That, in combination with a misanthropic and deeply ecological ideology, makes up the foundation of Murg. Their first release, Varg och Björn, established that foundation with a concept album that conveyed the notion of humankind’s total uselessness and its cyclical attempts – and constant failure – at achieving co-existence with anything on this earth. Civilization is a myth that foreshadows the one and true god: Nature, and the parasitical humans has long since used their right to exist. The punishment is death, and Nature will be the executioner.

In the meantime, hear the new track “Renhet” here:
Preorder info for the CD version can be found HERE. Preorder info for the LP version can be found HERE. 
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Murg’s Strävan
1. Ur Myren
2. Strävan
3. Berget
4. Renhet
5. Korpen
6. Tre Stenar
7. Altaret
8. Stjärnan
MORE INFO:
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www.murg.bandcamp.com

Elite Greek black metallers Akrotheism premiere new track

Today, elite Greek black metallers Akrotheism premiere the new track “Typhonian Serpents” The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated second album, The Law of Seven Deaths, set for international release on March 29th via Osmose Productions. Hear Akrotheism‘s “Typhonian Serpents” in its entirety exclusively here:


Hailing from Athens, Akrotheism formed in 2012 to perform violent-yet-experimental black metal which deeply explores matters of esotericism and philosophy. The band’s first recording came in 2013 as a split EP with countrymen Order of the Ebon Hand. Emboldened by that momentum, a year later came the band’s debut album, Behold the Son of Plagues, which was a shockingly accomplished work for such a young band. Then, in 2015, Akrotheism delivered two tracks to a split release with countrymen Septuagint, which showed an even bolder and more daring vision of black metal. During this time, the band made select festival appearances once a year, playing alongside such esteemed bands as Ofermod, Necros Christos, Acherontas, and Bölzer among others.

Now, lying in wait to unveil their boldest and most daring work yet, Akrotheism have been studiously crafting their breakout second album, The Law of Seven Deaths, which will be released under the auspices of Osmose Productions. Both a culmination of all thematic and textural exploits to date as well as new corridors yet unexplored, The Law of Seven Deaths is a veritable labyrinth of beyond-the-drape atmosphere and dizzying, dynamic aggression. The album was mixed and mastered by Stephen Lockhart at Emissary Studio, Iceland – known for Svartidaudi, Sinmara, and Rebirth Of Nefast among others – and will feature guest vocals and chants by Acherontas V. Priest. Verily, The Law of Seven Deaths is the work upon which Akrotheism will be duly judged and found triumphant.

A statement from the band reads as thus: “The Law of Seven Deaths came into existence to provoke those who dare to take the inner journey. The one to the uncontrolled liberation of subconscious energies.”
Cover art, courtesy of David S. Hererrias, and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Akrotheism’s The Law of Seven Deaths
1. Typhonian Serpents
2. Manifesting Tartarus
3. Desmotropia
4. Virtue Of Satyr
5. Oracle Mass
6. Skeptomorfes
7. En
MORE INFO:
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MEADOWS END: Swedish symphonic extreme metal unit unleashes video “Svept i Sorgepläd”

MEADOWS END has kept creating waves in the metal world with the previews of their highly anticipated album, The Grand Antiquation, due for release on CD & LP via Black Lion Records this March 08th.

After the video of the single Non-Dreaming Eye and the lyric video of the single Devilution, the Swedish symphonic death squad offers another monumental video “Svept i Sorgepläd” as the third single of the album.

MEADOWS END channels orchestrated atmospheres, mesmerizing melodies and heavy grooves, backed up by the aggressive vocals, to create their own blend of modern extreme metal music. Hailing from Örnsköldsvik, MEADOWS END was born in 1997 by a group of childhood friends. Their over-two decades of journey encountered many lineup changes, currently only having Jan Dahlberg (guitars) and Mats Helli (bass) from the original lineup. MEADOWS END previously worked as a six-piece act, but most recently they converted to a quintet.

This March 08, 2019, MEADOWS END returns with the anticipated fourth album, The Grand Antiquation, via Black Lion Records on digipak CD and Vinyl. The album contains everything a listener can expect from the band. Retaining the band’s signature cunning symphonic and melodic tricks, The Grand Antiquation is forged from uncompromisingly delivered death metal, full of unforgettable grooves and ethereal atmospheres that demand the worth of establishing MEADOWS END as an innovator of their craft and a top player of the scene. 

PRE-ORDER:
https://meadowsendblacklion.bandcamp.com/album/the-grand-antiquation

MORE INFO: 
https://meadowsend.org
https://www.facebook.com/meadowsend
https://twitter.com/meadows_end
https://www.facebook.com/blacklionrecordsswe
https://twitter.com/Blacklionrecswe

DRASTUS set release date for long-awaited new NOEVDIA album – streaming now

Today, Norma Evangelium Diaboli announces March 1st as the international release date for Drastus‘ long-awaited second album, La Croix de Sang. 

A decade in the making, Drastus‘ La Croix de Sang builds on everything this band has been well known for in the underground. The coldest violence, built on intricate drumming, echoes the never-ending depths of nightmarish atmospheres: seldom are we facing such confident radicalism…

NoEvDia recommends Drastus for fans of Thorns, Dead Congregation, Mayhem, and Deathspell Omega. Stream La Croix de Sang in its entirety here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Drastus’ La Croix de Sang
1. Nihil Sine Polum
2. Ashura
3. Crawling Fire
4. The Crown of Death
5. Hermetic Silence
6. Occisor
7. Constrictor Torrents

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Nocturnal Graves kick off Australian tour with Watain

NOCTURNAL GRAVES are about to kick off their Australian tour dates supporting WATAIN. The rampage will begin at the Max Watt’s in Melbourne on Friday, February 22, and continue to wreck havoc in Australia and New Zealand until a final curtain at the Galatos in Auckland (NZ) on the 27th of February. Find a full list of confirmed shows below.

NOCTURNAL GRAVES comment: “It has been some time since we desecrated the stages of Australia, so we are proud to make our return alongside our Brothers in Watain and to finally present ‘Titan’ to the audiences of Australia…. furthermore, we will finally make our way to New Zealand for the first time, something we have anticipated for many years. Join us to make these shows rage with Blood! Fire! Death! We are ready to crush!”
NOCTURNAL GRAVES
+WATAIN
22 Feb 19 Melbourne (AU) Max Watt’s
23 Feb 19 Brisbane (AU) Crowbar
24 Feb 19 Sydney (AU) The Factory
26 Feb 19 Wellington (NZ) Valhalla
27 Feb 19 Auckland (NZ) Galatos

NOCTURNAL GRAVES
+ DESTRÖYER 666
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) Proxima

NOCTURNAL GRAVES will be playing in support of their latest release ‘Titan‘. Cover and track-list can be viewed below.
Track-list
1. Resistance (6:44)
2. Roar of the Wild (3:41)
3. Ecdysis, Shedding Weak Flesh (6:13)
4. Souls Tribulation (3:42)
5. And Hell Followed Them (4:15)
6. Bow before None (6:07)
7. Silence the Martyrs (3:34)
8. Titan (5:27)

Total playing time: 39:43
Remember the famous blues legend about aspiring musicians meeting the devil at the crossroads, who offers artistic greatness in return for the souls of the eager seekers of fame? Well, a similar story can probably be told about NOCTURNAL GRAVES. Just exchange “fame” with “true old school spirit” and re-locate the fateful meeting to the very point where black, death, and thrash metal grow in and out of each other – with each of these sub-genres being expressed in their earlier incarnations. 

At exactly those crossroads you will find ‘Titan’. The third full-length of the Australian veterans unashamedly celebrates the testosterone-driven raw aggression of the darker side of the ‘80s metal scene. Each riff hits home hard with as much passion as precision. NOCTURNAL GRAVES obviously love what they are doing and this shines through every brutal note. Song by song this band keep the flame burning and their uncompromising conviction as well as execution sets ‘Titan’ apart from random nostalgia and makes the album fully relevant within the contemporary metal setting. 

NOCTURNAL GRAVES were originally formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2004. Two well received demos, ‘Profanation of Innocence’ and ‘Deathstorm’ followed in the same year. Quickly scoring a record deal, the band officially released the ‘Necromancer’ 7″ vinyl in 2006 before unleashing their cult debut full-length, ‘Satan’s Cross’ the following year, which was re-issued with the stunning cover art by renowned painter Paolo Girardi (INQUISITION, MANILLA ROAD, HIEROPHANT) in 2017.

When the Australians first hit Europe in 2009, they celebrated the event with ‘The Gravespirit Sessions’ split. Former DESTRÖYER 666 and RAZOR OF OCCAM guitarist Shrapnel, as well as drummer L.W., joined in 2012. 

NOCTURNAL GRAVES widely extended their international fanbase with the release of sophomore album ‘…From the Bloodline of Cain’ (2014), which resulted in an invitation to the 2016 edition of Maryland Deathfest and more shows in the US. The band supported the tour with a limited 7″ EP ‘Sharpen the Knives / Lead us to the Endless Fire’.

Now, NOCTURNAL GRAVES are getting ready to conquer the world with their highly anticipated forthcoming third full-length. ‘Titan’ is in every sense as big as the album’s name implies. Prepare for impact!

Production: Nocturnal Graves
Engineer: Jarro Raphael at I-HQ Recordings, Australia
Mix: Jarro Raphael
Mastering: Tony “Jack the Bear” Mantz and Tom Beard at Deluxe Mastering 

Recording line-up
Decaylust: lead guitars, vocals
Shrapnel: lead guitars
J.R.: drums, rhythm guitars, bass, lead vocals

Current line-up
R. Prain: bass, vocals
Shrapnel: guitars
Decaylust: guitars
J.R.: drums

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Swiss bestial black/death troop EGGS OF GOMORRH: premieres title track “Outpregnate” of upcoming CD

Swiss black death terror group Eggs of Gomorrh is a month away from the release of their MCD, Outpregnate,arrives on March 18th via Krucyator Productions digitally and on CD.

“Outpregnate, the main theme of the EP is about an apocalyptic universe and its projection upon a mortal who ejaculates worms while the vault of demonic possession opens itself toward him.”, explains the band on the concept. 

Stream the track “Outpregnate” here:

The first single, Prayeggrh. came out a few weeks ago, can be streamed AT THIS LOCATION

Swiss necrosadistic elite EGGS OF GOMORRH was formulated a decade ago to inject the fuel of depravity, abhorrence and lechery into the human race. Their first bestial manifestation exploded up in 2011 in the form of a self-released demo “Rot Prophet”. After lurking 05 years in the subterranean darkness and occasionally appearing for live annihilations, the Swiss hellhounds finally discharged their debut album “Rot Prophet” in 2016 under the banner of Vault of Dried Bones. Despite having the same title, the full length contains three numbers from the demo, but with totally different and improved approaches.

The swiss bestial black/death trio has now made a pact with Krucyator Productions for unchaining their MCD “Outpregnate”. Hatching a visible transition of conceptual composition, the new offering outstrips the savagery and profanity of the “Rot Prophet” era materials. Outpregnate represents a universe where medieval satanism arises and extinguishes the morality with carnage, apocalyptic hate, eternal sodomy and murder. In sum, the violence and bestiality begotten through the EP lie beyond the identified periphery of “war metal” or “bestial black metal”. The MCD contains a bonus cover of an Arkhon Infaustus track.

CD due for release on 18th March.

PRE-ORDER:
Bandcamp : https://krucyator.bandcamp.com/album/outpregnate
Shop : https://krucyator.com/collections/frontpage/products/eggs-of-gomorrh-outpregnate
Digital : http://smarturl.it/outpregnate

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DEATHWOMB set release date for IRON BONEHEAD debut, reveal first track

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets April 19th as the international release date for Deathwomb‘s striking debut album, Moonless Night Sacraments, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Hailing from Spain, Deathwomb are ancient black metal personified. Theirs is a sound at odds with the modern world, brewed in the cauldron of simpler, more idealistic, and most definitely more underground times. With but a four-song demo from 2017 as their previous recording, this power-trio proves their Satanic worth with their first full-length, Moonless Night Sacraments.

Ever aptly titled, Moonless Night Sacraments conjures the lycanthropic spirit of ’90s black metal’s crudest proponents, lurking largely in Finland, North America, and Brazil. Doubtlessly physical in their profane ruminations, it’d be a gross misnomer to label Deathwomb as “bestial,” at least in the more post-millennial definition. Rather, the swarming, oft-swampy surge they employ across Moonless Night Sacraments – suffused with mystical synth, most crucially – bears aesthetic kinship with ’90s Demoncy, Havohej, and Black Funeral, early Mystifier, and of course, Beherit’s landmark Drawing Down the Moon. Naturally, Deathwomb strive to add to this (un)hallowed canon rather than merely replicate it, so authentic is their (unholy) passion.

As modern life justifiably grinds to a halt, time stands still as Deathwomb offer you Moonless Night Sacraments…partake at your own peril. Begin partaking with the new track “The Ancient Serpent” here:
 Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Deathwomb’s Moonless Night Sacraments
1. Tablets of Fire
2. Eternal Oaths of Chaos
3. The Primordial One
4. The Ancient Serpent
5. Moonless Night Sacraments
6. God’s Servant Laceration
7. Enochian Keys
8. Black Omen
9. Moloch’s Domain
10. The Chasm
MORE INFO:
www.deathwomb666.bandcamp.com