Today, American black metallers Luring premiere the new track “Born With the Devil’s Marking”. The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated third album, Malevolent Lycanthropic Heresy, set for international release on December 13th via Iron Bonehead Productions. Hear Luring‘s “Born With the Devil’s Marking” in its entirety here:
Belonging to the Order of the Broken Sword circle which includes labelmates Azathoth’s Dream and Wuldorgast, Luring made their public debut in 2018 with the Interitu Caret Devotione ad Coronam Satanas demo. From there, with the successive full-lengths Victory Fires Ablaze Under the Banner of Lucifer and the Iron Bonehead-released Triumphant Fall of the Malignant Christ last year, Luring have slowly-yet-assuredly become one of the most exciting developments in American black metal of recent years, effortlessly finessing a stridently classicist form that doesn’t point toward preceding idioms too obviously nor overly.
Perhaps reaching their apotheosis of such, Luring now deliver Malevolent Lycanthropic Heresy. The trio’s third album features much of the same foundation as its two LP predecessors – rippling physicality fused with otherworldly texture, inspired by contemporaneously early Abigor and Gorgoroth as equally as turn-of-the-millennium Nocternity and Lunar Aurora – but here do Luring intensify the extremes of their sound. On one hand, that physicality goes a more gutted direction, digging deep into sepulchral catacombs almost deathly. On another hand (and especially as the album plays on), their once-subtle melodicism goes to bolder lengths: some more melancholic, others more triumphant, but always with a fully developed narrative arc. Interestingly, half the album is given to instrumental tracks that aren’t strictly “ambient” in the usual black metal sense(s), imparting haunting / alluring atmospheres that thread seamlessly into Malevolent Lycanthropic Heresy‘s overall sensory experience; however, there are touches of true ambient within the other four, otherwise-black-metal songs. Altogether, and armed with a cleaner and yet still-analog production, Luring render their third full-length a never-belabored masterclass in black metal both authentically ancient and refreshingly modern.
Also hear the previously revealed “Dying Wolf Beneath the Stars” HERE at Iron Bonehead‘s Soundcloud. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Luring’s Malevolent Lycanthropic Heresy 1. Ravaged By the Teeth of a Feral God 2. Chalice of Splintered Dreams 3. Born With the Devil’s Marking 4. Black Death Elixir 5. The Odious Gaze of Chronos 6. We Come From the Shadows at His Command 7. Dying Wolf Beneath the Stars 8. Burial Opus
A mighty force since the ’90s, MÖRK GRYNING‘s ferocious black metal refuses to yield to trends, instead honoring their feral forebears and carving an untamed path forward. As the world braces for the release of their latest apocalyptic symphony, Fasornas Tid, the band ignites the flames of anticipation with their new single, Black Angel.
The raw, relentless energy of Black Angel beckons from the shadows, a harbinger of the madness that lurks within us all. This track captures the essence of what MÖRK GRYNING has always embodied—a defiance of the mundane and a celebration of the chaos within. The ferocity of Black Angel is unmatched, leading listeners through a dystopian landscape with a blend of melodic black metal mastery and death metal savagery that harkens back to their iconic era of Tusen år har gått…, yet resounds with the power of now.
Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Wing Studios by Sverker Widgren, Fasornas Tid promises to be a journey through the darkest corners of the human psyche. With album artwork crafted by the enigmatic C-G, every aspect of this release speaks to the unyielding spirit and dark, rebellious heart of MÖRK GRYNING.
Listen to Black Angel now here:
Fasornas Tid is out December 13th on Season of Mist.
Tracklist: 1. Intro (1:13) 2. The Seer (4:03) 3. Tornet (3:59) [LISTEN] 4. Fasornas Tid (3:34) [WATCH] 5. Before The Crows Have Their Feast (4:26) 6. Savage Messiah (4:37) 7. An Ancient Ancestor Of The Autumn Moon (4:11) 8. Black Angel (3:38) [LISTEN] 9. Barren Paths (1:52) 10. The Serpent’s Kiss (4:19) 11. Det Svarta (3:19) 12. Age Of Fire (4:48) Total runtime: 44:04
Mörk Gryning was founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1993 by Goth Gorgon and Draakh Kimera. Two years later they released their debut album “Tusen År Har Gått” (1995), recorded and mixed at Unisound Studios, by legendary producer Dan Swanö and released by No Fashion. The album is one of the milestones of the ‘90s Swedish Black Metal scene.
The group returned to action in November 1996, working at Sunlight Studios together with Tomas Skogsberg and Dismember’s Fred Estby to craft the “Return Fire” album. Over the following years, three more albums were released, for example “Maelstrom Chaos” with new guitarist Avathar, a scene veteran, recorded at the legendary Grieghallen Studios Bergen, Norway.
Ever since the debut album, “Tusen år har gått…”, Mörk Gryning has refused to follow in the footsteps of others and walked their own paths – something which is made very clear on the 2003 release “Pieces of Primal Expressionism”, an experimental and heavy progressive release recorded at Dug Out, produced by Daniel Bergstrand. After a couple of years of touring and festival performances, the band was put on hold.
Returning to the scene again in 2017, the band performed an exclusive live show in Stockholm playing all the songs from the debut album and some other songs from the back catalogue. This ended in releasing the 4-song live record called “Live at Kraken”. During the pandemic the comeback album “Hinsides Vrede” was released to much critical acclaim with many of the songs today being the backbone of their live shows. A new album is scheduled for release in 2024 and the band is more active than ever.
Line-up: DRAAKH KIMERA – Lead Vocals, Guitar GOTH GORGON – Bass, Backing vocals, Lead Vocals on “Det Svarta” S-L – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals C-G – Drums AEON – Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Recording Studio: Wing Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Production Credits: Produced by Sverker Widgren & Mörk Gryning Mixed & Mastered at Wing Studios, Stockholm by Sverker Widgren
Guest Musician: C of AVSLUT on “Tornet” & “An Ancient Ancestor Of The Autumn Moon”
Fronted by Justin Greaves, CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX has carved a path that speaks to the voiceless, the marginalized, and the disenchanted. The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature is a raw and evocative testament to their journey – an anthology of reworked and re-recorded classics that resonate with renewed vigor and raw emotion.
Drawing from the echoes of their rich past, this album traipses through time, breathing new life into anthems that have shaped the band’s immortal spirit. From the extended odyssey of Song For The Loved to the resurrection of the lost-classic Whissendine, each track showcases their unwavering commitment to exploring the human condition and the perpetual struggle for justice and equality.
This year, CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX are celebrating their 20-year existence. They’re doing this by releasing a two-part album with classics & covers of songs that have inspired their long journey. Season of Mist is now streaming The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature on the YouTube channel.
Listen to The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature here:
The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature An album which exhumes and resurrects their buried treasures, reworking and re-recording iconic tracks that have weathered the storms of time. These anthems – imbued with the rawness of old friends and new allies – surge with renewed vigor, challenging the very essence of complacency. Anthem such as We Forgotten Who We Are or the lead single Goodnight, Europe, completely re-imagined.
Horrific Honorifics Number Two (2) An album which serves as a dark homage to the musical titans who ignited their spirit, with visceral covers that explode into life. With tracks like the searing rendition of New Model Army’s Vengeance and the haunting introspection of Laura Branigan’s Self Control, this album is a collection of CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX‘s masterful rendition of classic songs which have inspired them over the years.
The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature + Horrific Honorifics Number Two (2) is out November 29 on Season of Mist.
Tracklist: 1. We Forgotten Who We Are (11:17) 2. You Put The Devil In Me (6:18) 3. 444 (7:23) [LISTEN] 4. Goodnight, Europe (Pt2) (8:37) [WATCH] 5. (-) (4:39) 6. Song For The Unloved (14:22) 7. Whissendine (6:58) 8. Blizzard Of Horned Cats (4:43) Total runtime: 1:04:21
Tracklist: 1. Vengeance (4:16) 2. Self Control (5:23) [LISTEN] 3. Blueprint (4:03) 4. And That’s Sad (6:52) 5. Hammer Song (4:52) 6. When A Blind Man Cries (3:22) 7. My Pal (3:51) 8. Goin’ Against Your Mind (8:53) Total runtime: 41:36
The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature & Horrific Honorifics Number Two(2) are a double album celebrating the 20 year existence of CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX.
Original Credits: All tracks on Horrific Honorifics Number Two(2) are covers of various artists.
Vengeance Originally recorded by New Model Army, Written by: Sullivan/Morrow
Self Control Originally recorded by Laura Branigan, Written by: Giancarlo Bigazzi, Raffaele Riefoli, Steve Piccolo
Blueprint Originally recorded by Fugazi, Written by: Canty, Lilly, MacKaye, Picciotto
And That’s Sad Originally recorded by NoMeansNo, Written by: NoMeansNo
Hammer Song Originally recorded by Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Written by Alex Harvey
When A Blind Man Cries Originally recorded by Deep Purple, Written by: Gillan, Glover, Blackmore, Lord, Paice
My Pal Originally recorded by God, Written by: God, Joel Silbersher)
Goin’ Against Your Mind Originally recorded by Built To Spill, Written by: Doug Martsch, Jim Roth, Brett Nelson, Scott Plouf
Self Control Belinda Kordic – Vocals Justin Greaves – Drums, Guitars Andy Taylor – Baritone Guitar Helen Stanley – Synth Wesley J. Wasley – Bass
Blueprint Ryan Patterson – Vocals Justin Greaves – Drums, Guitars Helen Stanley – Piano Wesley J. Wasley – Bass
And That’s Sad Justin Greaves – Drums, Guitars, Vocals Wesley Wasley – Bass, Vocals
Hammer Song Belinda Kordic – Vocals Justin Greaves – Drums, Guitars Andy Taylor – Guitar, Acoustic guitar Helen Stanley – Synth, Hammond Wesley J. Wasley – Bass
When A Blind Man Cries Belinda Kordic – Vocals Justin Greaves, Drums, Guitars Andy Taylor – Guitars Helen Stanley – Piano Kostas Panagiotou – Hammond Wesley J. Wasley – Bass
My Pal Belinda Kordic – Vocals Justin Greaves – Drums, Guitars, Backing Vocals Wesley J. Wasley – Bass
Goin’ Against Your Mind Justin Storms – Vocals Justin Greaves – Drums, Guitars Andy Taylor – Guitar Wesley J. Wasley – Bass
Recorded in 2023 at: Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire Engineered by Pieter Rietkerk
Additional Vocal Sessions at: Kapsylen Studio, Stockholm Engineered by Jörgen Jugglo Wall. House Of Foto, Louisville, KY Engineered by Ryan Patterson
Additional Production Credits: Mixed by Pieter Rietkerk Mastered by Magnus Lindberg Produced by Justin Greaves
Available Formats: Digital Download CD Digipak 3×12″ Tri-Gatefold – Black 3×12″ Coloured Vinyl Tri-Gatefold – Transparent Red3x12″ Coloured Vinyl Tri-Gatefold – Yellow, Black & Red Marbled 3×12″ Coloured Vinyl Tri-Gatefold – Black & Silver Marbled
In their endless quest to push and support current underground acts that perpetuate the odor of vintage death metal, Memento Mori are extremely thrilled to announce a new signing: Ataudes, from Argentina.
The entity known as Ataudes was called forth in Buenos Aires back in 2019, out of a rabid desire to play blackened death metal pervaded by destructive riffs, blastbeats, and gut-wrenching vocals, and exhibiting a dazzling taste for haunting sections that create an eerie atmosphere that spreads through their music like a malevolent blend of all things morbid. From the high-speed rampages to the creepier slower parts, Ataudes have a brilliantly grim and defiling sound that hits all the right spots for old-school extreme metal diehards to feast upon. The band are recommended for fans Morbid Angel, Blood Incantation, Spectral Voice, Immolation, Dead Congregation, Krypts, and Incantation.
Ataudes‘ second full-length is due out on April 21st, 2025. Memento Mori will release the CD version, and Obscure Disharmony Records will take care of the tape version. Further details to follow in the coming months. For more info, consult the links below.
Today, Osmose Productions announces December 27th as the international release date for CMPT‘s highly anticipated second album, Na utrini, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
The second in the ambitious Balkan black metal trilogy, started with the debut album Na utrini, offers a conceptual prequel set before the events of the previous album begin to unfold. Utrina comes from the local vocabulary usually meaning a neglected, uncultivated land that no one pays attention to anymore. It is a desolate piece of land at the end of villages, between fields and forests, roads and marshlands, alienated and abandoned by common folk.
While Krv i pepeo carries the symbol of bloodlust, Na utrini paves its way in symbols of land, mud, and dirt and, as such, explores the world located on the northern wing of the Danube bank in the lower part of the Pannonian basin. These wet and muddy lands at the foot of the Carpathians were, for centuries, both home and the grave for numerous empires and civilizations, many of which still have their mark in local folklore, beliefs, and toponyms. It was here that the ancestors of the southern Slavs made their last stop before definitively settling on the Balkan Peninsula.
Once again following the night and the local “demon hour” (Serbian: “gluvo doba”), Na utrini is a record about the darkness of abandoned places, old ruins, cemeteries, wastelands, and liminal spaces that time has forgotten.
First track premiere to be revealed on December 2nd. Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for CMPT’s Na utrini1. Na utrini [9:30] 2. Oppidum Panuka [4:57] 3. Mesečina [5:37] 4. Campus de Maxond [1:59] 5. Crna voda [3:47] 6. U raljama košave [5:35] 7. Kao srp u noći [9:26] 8. Δ ΙΣΤΡΟΥ [7:27]
Today, Osmose Productions announces December 27th as the international release date for Genocide Kommando‘s highly anticipated third album, Third World War, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.
After Black Metal Supremacy (2002) and Anthems of Mass Massacre (2022), the nihilist prophets Genocide Kommando are back with Third World War! With hatred and powerful consistency, this new opus is a new anthem devoted to anti-human themes! Don’t expect anything but the violent music and aesthetics mating of war and Satanism!
First track premiere to be revealed on December 3rd. Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Genocide Kommando’s Third World War 1. 666 – Mark of the Black Beast [1:01] 2. Obliteration [2:41] 3. Raped Destiny [4:07] 4. Battle for Eradication [3:59] 5. Impious Venom [4:33] 6. Mankind-Self-Destruction [5:00] 7. Burn the Cenotaph [5:31] 8. Drowning in Acid Poison [4:46] 9. Abyssic Warfare [4:50] 10. Fallen Angel Rape [3:53]
Today, German black metallers Chaos Invocation stream the entirety of their highly anticipated fifth album, Wherever We Roam…. Set for international release on November 8th via AOP Records, hear Chaos Invocation‘s Wherever We Roam… in its entirety here:
The journey of Chaos Invocation started in the fourth year of this millennium. Ever since the beginning, it has been the intention to manifest the members’ beliefs and experiences in Satanic music. As a trident lineup, Chaos Invocation released three full-length records: In Bloodline With The Snake (2009), Black Mirror Hours (2013), and Reaping Season, Bloodshed Beyond (2018). Shortly before the release of the latter, Omega (drums) and Tumulash (bass guitar) joined the founding members A. (guitars) and M. (vocals) and enriched the band with another spearhead. As a four-piece, Chaos Invocation recorded Devil, Stone & Man (2022): a wild, fierce, and challenging ride into the more sepulchral and dangerous realms of the black metal genre and a sonic monument of Satanic worship and sheer metallic fury. Devil, Stone & Man also marked the first collaboration with V. Santura at Woodshed Studio, with whom they also recorded their latest output.
Titled Wherever We Roam…, Chaos Invocation‘s fifth full-length looks to the past to see the trails to blaze ahead. Where Devil, Stone & Man maintained an incredibly direct aspect – arguably, the German’s most straightforwardly aggressive material to date, all grime and gnarl suiting the dark times in which it was birthed – Wherever We Roam… sees Chaos Invocation bringing back their burning-black melodicism, which heightens the authentically second-wave vibes intrinsic to their enduring aesthetic. Still serpentine and sinuous, their songwriting has continued to focus on expressions of a direct nature rather than busy themselves with overbearing complexity. Put another way, the quintet have focused on the more dynamic currents of Reaping Season, Bloodshed Beyond and simply sharpened them to a judicious degree, all given nightsky flight through the crisp & clean production – wholly organic, wholly powerful – as well as the oft-soaring leads.
As such, Wherever We Roam… feels anthemic, boundless, and wholly tailor-made for the stage, where Chaos Invocation have considerable experience; since their first live appearance in 2009, they’ve embarked upon several European tours as well as playing several smaller tours and festivals all over the European continent. “Our journey is far from being over,” state the band, and “we cannot wait to raise our banners at places we have yet not visited.” If there’s a record to slay that way forward, then surely it’s Wherever We Roam…
Cover artwork, courtesy of Khaos Diktator, and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Chaos Invocation’s Wherever We Roam… 1. Wherever We Roam 2. Ideal Sodom 3. Golden Gates And Terrene Light 4. Bridges Aflame 5. No Throne Withstands 6. This World Wants Us Dead 7. Only In Darkness 8. Engravings Of The Quivering Pedestal
Lineup A. – lead guitar, vocals* M. – vocals LS – rhythm guitars RK – bass guitar Omega – drums
*lead vocals on “Ideal Sodom” and “Bridges Aflame,” all clean vocals
Today, old-school French black metallers Gorgon reveal the new track “Troops of the Fallen.” The track is the first to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated seventh album, For Those Who Stay, set for international release on November 29th via Osmose Productions. Hear Gorgon‘s “Troops of the Fallen” in its entirety here:
With For Those Who Stay, the cursed phalanx of Gorgon is back with its wildest work to date!
Eleven new uncompromising titles to continue the trilogy, started on Osmose with The Veil Of Darkness (2019) and Traditio Satanae (2021). Sharp guitars, thumping drums, sense of melody: Gorgon continues to impose its vision of black metal which started in 1991.
The Scriptures talk about the seven deadly sins, the seven-headed beast of the Apocalypse – they will soon talk about the band’s seventh album!
Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Gorgon (France)’s For Those Who Stay 1. For Those Who Stay [5:05] 2. Tod. Mort. Death. [2:39] 3. Next To The Mill [3:11] 4. Hypnotic Fire [3:49] 5. Vatican’s Fall [3:11] 6. The Art Of Dying [2:58] 7. Despicable Beggars [4:56] 8. Shelter [3:33] 9. When It Rains In Hell [3:47] 10. Troops Of The Fallen [4:13] 11. Deserters As Prey [3:17]
Today, Greek black metallers Thyrathen stream the entirety of their highly anticipated second album, Lakonic. Set for international release on November 1st via Floga Records, hear Thyrathen‘s Lakonic in its entirety HERE:
Formed in 2011 but not making their public debut until ten years later, Thyrathen nevertheless are a vanguard for ancient Hellenic black METAL. That debut, the full-length ThanatOpsis, featured a godly lineup – drummer Corax S. (ex-Nocternity and Jackal’s Truth), guitarist A.Z. (ex-Kawir and Obsecration), and vocalists Stefan Necroabyssious (Varathron, Funeral Storm, Katavasia) and Alexandros (Macabre Omen, The One) – and the results were, unsurprisingly, godly. Here was that classic Greek sound, given deeper and darker drama through a framework of both fantasy and philosophy, but looking within for inspiration rather than without. Put another way, Thyrathen slotted well into the lineage its principal members helped shape, but ThanatOpsis was entirely its own creation. A Mount Olympus to eclipse, as it were…
Somehow, Thyrathen have scaled that mount once again, and indeed have eclipsed the feat with their second album. Titled Lakonic, the band’s sophomore full-length stays true to their noble foundation, but goes bigger and bigger and BIGGER. Thyrathen here create a vast and epic landscape that’s poetic and philosophical in equal measure, illuminated by the torch of That Classic Greek Sound but skillfully maximizing the METAL aspect of black metal. Once again, neither keys nor synths have been used. Instead, as on the debut, ancient lyre and choirs & voices constitute the lyrical part of Thyrathen‘s music, giving an impossibly rich texture to their heavy metal hymns that’s solemn, ceremonial, and simply stunning. The lineup sees the return of Corax S., Stefan Necroabyssious, and Alexandros, and also the arrival of Noch from Greece’s Black Winter on guitar, bass, and choirs and Thanasis Kleopas on ancient lyre and voices. Together, these men weave a tapestry of sound that engages upon first listen and then works an ever-more-entrancing spell as successive spins seduce the listener.
Both counterpart to and continuation of ThanatOpsis, Lakonic goes one step further and consolidates the unique character & music style of Thyrathen as “diachronic, lyrical black metal,” in their own words. With seven songs in 47 minutes, this second album is a coherent, poetic-epic, and theatrical journey: it creates images, it flows joyfully in its entirety, and it adds further to the brilliant canon Thyrathen are building.
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Thyrathen’s Lakonic 1. The Throne of Micro-Cosmos (Foolishness) [5:45] 2. Religious Agonies [5:13] 3. Matter, Void, Sperm [6:29] 4. De Rerum Natura [5:51] 5. Η Πόλις (the Philosophical Poem) [7:49] 6. Void, Matter, Sperm [6:51] 7. Scales & Sword (the Fall of Justice) [7:16]
Today, Portuguese speedthrashblackmetal kings Filii Nigrantium Infernalium reveal the new track “Cristo.Rei.Animal.” The track is the first to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated fifth album, Pérfida Contracção do Aço, set for international release on November 29th via Osmose Productions. Hear Filii Nigrantium Infernalium‘s“Cristo.Rei.Animal”in its entirety here:
Open the mouth of Hell: Filii Nigrantium Infernalium, classic Portuguese maniac black metal pioneers, deliver their fourth album for Osmose.
Crushing, demented production and compositions. Blasphemous, disconcerting artwork by cult artist Paolo Girardi. Forged out from the pandemic, this masterpiece is raw, baroque, and complexly straight to the point, an unpredictable, insane labyrinth of sound and words.
Sacrilegious and offensive speedthrashblackmetal, grotesque sinister gloom, venomous sarcasm ranging from old-school heavy metal to dark sharpened doom and relentlessly wild blasting beats’ devastation.
Preorder info can be found HERE. Aforementioned cover artwork and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Filii Nigrantium Infernalium’s Pérfida Contracção do Aço 1. Beata Fornicanda [2:50] 2. Holocausto Molto Vivace Ma Non Troppo [4:30] 3. Negros Hábitos [4:24] 4. Cristo.Rei.Animal. [4:14] 5. Pérfida Contracção do Aço [5:50] 6. Comes Carne [5:30] 7. Má Criação [4:09] 8. Vaticanale [9:45] 9. Chuva Dourada [3:47]
