Black Metal

The Great Old Ones release “Me, the Dreamer”, announce new album

Awaken, dear connoisseurs of cosmic horrors and celestial melodies. The grand architects of blackened mythos, THE GREAT OLD ONES, beckon you once more into the arcane and the infinite with their latest single, Me, The Dreamer. This hauntingly poetic prelude is the first offering from their impending album, Kadath.

Birthed from the shadowy mists of Bordeaux, France, THE GREAT OLD ONES masterfully weave the chilling narratives of H.P. Lovecraft into soundscapes of black metal brilliance. Their new album, Kadath, is a descent into the Dream Cycle of Lovecraftian lore, an odyssey through the realms that teeter between fantastical wonder and cosmic dread.

In Me, The Dreamer, we follow Randolph Carter on his quest to traverse the treacherous Dreamlands. The song, an intricate two-part masterpiece, unveils Carter’s yearning for the resplendent city prophesied in his dreams. But, as the divine gods of old would have it, his journey is barred by unspeakable perils and the promise of terrestrial and extraterrestrial fates intertwined. As Carter ventures into the eldritch territories, he inches closer to the edge of sanity, potentially meeting his doom on the shadowed side of the moon.

With Kadath, THE GREAT OLD ONES continue their commitment to evoking the unknown, the unseen, and the unconquerable in a symphony that dances on the brink of madness and serenity.

Watch the video for Me, the Dreamer here:

Kadath is out January 24th, 2025 on Season of Mist.

⧖ Pre-save & Pre-order here: https://orcd.co/tgookadath

Tracklist:1. Me, the Dreamer (10:55) [WATCH]
2. Those from Ulthar (9:10)
3. In the Mouth of Madness (7:11)
4. Under the Sign of Koth (8:46)
5. The Gathering (Interlude) (1:19)
6. Leng (Instrumental) (15:00)
7. Astral Void (End of the Dream) (8:54)
8. Second Rendez-Vous (Bonus Track, Jean-Michael Jarre Cover) (11:32)
Total runtime: 1:12:49

A name is whispered which chills the spine and quickens the pulse – THE GREAT OLD ONES. Like phantoms emerging from the fog, they have haunted the world of Lovecraftian Black Metal with their sonorous, foreboding melodies and eldritch tales. Descending once more into the abyss of H.P. Lovecraft’s enigmatic universe, they have unearthed their latest opus, Kadath – an album that promises to be a journey of both magnificent dreams and unspeakable horrors.

THE GREAT OLD ONES emerged in 2009 from the old parts of the ancient Aquitanian harbour city of Bordeaux, France, a city famed for its secrets and deep red wine. After releasing their first album, Al Azif, the reactions of critics and fans were unanimously positive.

The band followed up with their second full-length, Tekeli-li, which garnered even higher praise. As a result, THE GREAT OLD ONES played a show at the acclaimed Roadburn festival, opened for BEHEMOTH in their homeland, played at Hellfest, and supported label mates SHINING and DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT.

The third full length, EOD – A Tale of Dark Legacy, (2017) marked another big step in the band’s fast rising career. The five-piece took the road with the legendary GAAHLS WYRD and embarked on a successful European co-headline tour with AUÐN from Iceland. THE GREAT OLD ONES also appeared on the billing of respected festivals, such as Brutal Assault and Eindhoven Metal Meeting, in front of a gigantic crowd of cultists.

THE GREAT OLD ONES have been crafting sonic landscapes that echo with the cries of ancient, cosmic deities and the whispers of forgotten realms. Their discography masterfully showcasing the sheer power of atmosphere and narrative, and has guided listeners through the darkest corners of Lovecraft’s mythos, earning them a devoted following among both metal aficionados and acolytes of the macabre. With their unique blend of harrowing intensity and sombre beauty, they have captured the essence of the otherworldly, marrying it with the raw, blackened heart of metal.

Kadath marks a bold departure from the oceanic depths of the Cthulhu mythos, venturing instead into the Dreamlands. It is here that we follow the protagonist, Randolph Carter, as he seeks the fabled city that haunts his visions. The album resonates with his longing and determination, embodying the treacherous path he treads amidst the capricious gods and monstrous entities that dwell within this twilight realm. Through seven tracks, THE GREAT OLD ONES tortuously narrate Carter’s odyssey, transcending the boundaries of music to evoke a world where fantasy intertwines with terror.

Recorded under the vigilant eye of Francis Caste at Studio Sainte-Marthe, Paris, Kadath‘s production is nothing short of sorcerous. Each note and whispers are imbued with the power to transport the listener, offering an escape into an epic, immersive universe. Benjamin Guerry’s haunting vocals and guitars, alongside the mesmerizing contributions of Aurélien Edouard and Alexandre Rouleau on guitars, the deep resonance of Gregory Vouillat’s bass, and the relentless assault of Julian Deana’s drums, forge an album of unmatched emotional depth and technical prowess.

Thus, behold the latest chapter in their eldritch saga, Kadath – their unyielding quest to explore the outer margins of reality and imagination. An invitation to journey beyond the familiar, into a world of cosmic dread and awe-inspiring beauty, where the ancient gods still roam and dreams bleed into reality.
Line-up:
Benjamin Guerry – Guitars, Vocals
Aurélien Edouard – Guitars
Hugo Bernart – Guitars
Gregory Vouillat – Bass
Julian Deana – Drums

Recording Studio:
Recorded at Studio Sainte-Marthe, Paris, France

Production Credits:
Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Francis Caste at Studio Sainte-Marthe, Paris, France

Biography:
The Great Old Ones, with additions by Sébastien Gamez

Cover Art:
Jakub Rebelka

Photographer:
Daphnea Doto & Solweig Wood

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Website: https://www.thegreatoldonesband.com/
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Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/4377965
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/artist/the-great-old-ones/596465875 
TIDAL: https://tidal.com/browse/artist/5475055

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Mexican black/death expats Nigrum premiere new track “Ineffable Empire”

Today, Mexican black/death expats Nigrum premiere the new track “Ineffable Empire”. The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated second album, Blood Worship Extremism, set for international release on November 22nd via Iron Bonehead Productions. Hear Nigrum‘s “Ineffable Empire” in its entirety here:

In 2015, Nigrum was born from fire, from snake-infested tunnels and ravenous worship of death – there, where ancient stones are inspirited by bone-breaking and incessant ecstatic dances. From the mists of the central Mexican highlands and the pyramid temples of Quetzalcoatl that lie there came a turbid and sinuous path that took shape in the form of black metal.

After the first years of this journey, marked by hard strife constant changes, the cutting obsidian breeze of the Serpent brought Nigrum to Scandinavian shores. After laying the past to rest, Nigrum established themselves in the south of Sweden. They began with the recording of a three-track demo named Cremer Igne in 2020, which was released later that year. As that year was turning to an end, the band had its first live appearances in Sweden, Denmark, and Germany in its shifted shape after years of silence. The spiritual and creative processes that guided Nigrum culminated in, and were crowned by, the recording of their debut album. Titled Elevenfold Tail, this momentous birth truly announced the band’s arrival.

Still, deeper and darker energies lurked within, and so it comes to pass that Nigrum now unveil Blood Worship Extremism. Aptly titled, Blood Worship Extremism takes nearly every element of its full-length predecessor and intensifies ’em to an uncomfortable degree. Nigrum‘s attack is still clear and cutting in its cunning, but those hideous energies that always threaten to bubble over into hysteria are given free(r) reign across LP#2. On the surface, Blood Worship Extremism almost seems regressive by comparison. For one, the recording is rougher and rawer, exuding an authentically vintage sound circa 1998 demo tapes; lurk longer, and one will find that this soundfield ably benefits the band’s skills, as each instrument (the bass GUITAR, in particular) dazzles with devilish flourish. The songwriting, in kind, goes directly for the throat – immediately, unflinchingly – and at times overwhelms with its lack of decorum; lurk longer still, and that one will witness wholly organic atmospheric touches that waft upwards / downwards from Nigrum‘s cauldron without sacrificing any of that searing intensity. Even with all that intensity, cobwebbed melody continues to play a crucial part on their compass, which points to both North and South: no trendiness in either direction.

Elevenfold Tail may’ve surprised with its strike of the ritual dagger, but now Nigrum arrive unadorned and equally unannounced, that dagger already placed decisively in your hand. Here, Blood Worship Extremism begins…

Also hear the previously revealed “Splendor of the Old World” HERE at Iron Bonehead‘s Soundcloud. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Nigrum’s Blood Worship Extremism
1. Blood Worship Extremism
2. Ineffable Empire
3. Visions in the Dark
4. Where Mountains Collide
5. Telestic Gateways
6. Beneath Turquoise Waters
7. Splendor of the Old World
8. Murderer Dweller

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THE HOLY FLESH stream new CALIGARI album


Today, UK black metallers The Holy Flesh stream the entirety of their highly anticipated third album, Advocate, Martyr and Redeemer. Set for international release on October 25th via Caligari Records on cassette tape format, hear The Holy Flesh‘s Advocate, Martyr and Redeemer in its entirety here:

Formed in 2019 and making their public debut with the Caligari-released Emissary and Vessel, The Holy Flesh are arguably among the most unsung modern black metal bands around. Too technically developed and decently recorded for the raw & primitive crowd and too weird, indefinable, and underground for the more-normcore sector, mainman Entity nevertheless has built a tidy canon for himself with The Holy Flesh.

After last year’s digital-only Herald and Adversary, The Holy Flesh collaborate with Caligari again, this time for the band’s third full-length. Titled Advocate, Martyr and Redeemer, LP#3 sees Entity hitting the height of his powers. Still atmospheric and more than a bit cosmic, The Holy Flesh as heard here creates a spellbinding display of restlessly moving but impossibly fluid songwriting. The band’s black metal still maintains a stark and stripped-down approach, but Entity goes all out with a masterful layering of riffs and leads – one distorted and clanging, the other clean and soulful, or some combination thereof (the possibilities seem endless, and so is the reverberating sound) – that entwine around each other and then coil and recoil every which way, altogether mesmerizing and more than a bit melodic. In fact, the bulk of Advocate, Martyr and Redeemer moves at an almost-sashaying downtempo, alluring the listener with a come-hither conveyance and then hiccupping that approach to leave that listener always guessing what comes next. But, let it be known that The Holy Flesh deeply penetrate with their poignant (if not off-kilter) melodicism, underlining the fact that the emotional output trumps instrumental wizardry.

For those who raise a banner for Ved Buens Ende, ’90s Fleurety, and later Deathspell Omega and Drudkh, introduce yourself to The Holy Flesh with Advocate, Martyr and Redeemer!

Preorder info can be found HERE at Caligari‘s Bandcamp. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for The Holy Flesh’s Advocate, Martyr and Redeemer
1. Advocate I [5:31]
2. Advocate II [11:21]
3. Martyr I [7:30]
4. Martyr II [8:14]
5. Redeemer I [7:44]
6. Redeemer II [9:53]

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American black/death metallers Blasphemous stream new ADIRONDACK BLACK MASS album

Today, American black/death metallers Blasphemous stream the entirety of their highly anticipated fourth album, To Lay Siege and Conquer. Set for international release on October 25th via Adirondack Black Mass, hear Blasphemous‘s To Lay Siege and Conquer in its entirety here:

Philadelphia’s Blasphemous formed in 2003 with one intention: to write and record blackened death metal. A lot has changed in the past 21 years, but one thing has remained: the band’s sense of passion and willingness to persevere despite lineup changes, a hiatus, and the shifting of the music industry. Returning later this year with To Lay Siege and Conquer, their first LP since 2018, Blasphemous are a reminder that death and darkness will always prevail. 

Led by founding member Ron “RK” Kaiser and steeped in influence from Morbid Angel, Deicide, Watain, Angelcorpse, and Immortal, Blasphemous have always been uncompromising in their approach to writing and recording. The band’s first incarnation released their first demo, Storm of Chaos, in 2005. Quickly establishing themselves as a force to be reckoned with live and in the studio, BLASPHEMOUS released their first album, Incineration of the Cult, in 2008. They quickly followed it up with a second album, Bearer of the Darkest Plagues, but lineup instability brought things to a close in 2013…for a time. 
Feeling that there was more to be said, RK reformed Blasphemous in 2016, assembling a new lineup that included Engulf guitarist Hal Microutsicos, lead guitarist Steve Shreve, bassist Josh Guinter, and drummer Mark Vizza. Signing to Horror Pain Gore Death Productions, that lineup released the third Blasphemous album, Emerging Through Fire. It revealed a band more energized, more creative, and more ready for domination than ever before, leading to a number of short tours and one-off live performances. 

Guinter departed the band and was replaced by bassist Dan Lee in 2020, during a time when live performances ceased. Forging ahead, Blasphemous wrote and recorded the Eternal Misanthropy EP, which saw release in 2022, supported by physical releases from Unchained Tapes and Born for Burning. With a solid foundation finally established, Blasphemous are once again prepared to make their mark on the underground when To Lay Siege and Conquer is released October 25th on Adirondack Black Mass.

Preorder can be found both HERE at Blasphemous‘ Bandcamp as well as HERE at Adirondack Black Mass‘ Bandcamp. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Blasphemous (USA)’s To Lay Siege and Conquer
1. To Lay Siege and Conquer [5:16]
2. Son of the Forsaken [4:22]
3. Martyr Complex [3:50]
4. Spiritual Enslavement [3:20]
5. Dead and Still [4:20]
6. Curse of the Witchchrist [4:25]
7. Neverborn [4:11]

MORE INFO:
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www.blasphemousphilly.bandcamp.com 


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BÜTCHER reveal new video from upcoming OSMOSE album

Today, Belgian speed metallers Bütcher reveal the new video “Keep the Steele (Flamin’ Hot).” The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated third album, On Fowl of Tyrant Wing, set for international release on October 25th via Osmose Productions. See & hear Bütcher‘s “Keep the Steele (Flamin’ Hot)” in its entirety here:

Bütcher have exploded onto the scene and have been making a name for themselves internationally. Their music caters to the blackened souls who love old-school speed, thrash, heavy, and black metals. Cuts such as “Iron Bitch,” “45 RPM Metal,” and “666 Goats Carry My Chariot” are now part of the canon of the old-school metal community.

After an avalanche of successful shows and festivals throughout Europe, Bütcher are proud to present their third album, On Fowl of Tyrant Wing. After the rabid debut Bestial Fükkin’ Warmachine (Babylon Doom Cult Records, 2017) and the heralded sophomore album 666 Goats Carry My Chariot (Osmose Productions, 2020), they delve deep into their specific mixture of the golden ’80s and extreme ’90s.

Bütcher have always mixed ancient speed and thrash metal with NWOBHM, classic hard rock and black metal. On side A of the new album, they continue their very own legacy. On side B, they double down on that premise. It’s a concept side with an overarching unique story (written by R Hellshrieker) and a fully composed tour de force (by KK Ripper) where tempo changes, interwoven melodies, sitars, organs, and various percussion instruments create an unexpected musical journey.

Heavy, death, and black metals counter the speed metal, and nobody will see it coming. Both progressive and very traditional, this album is sure to opiate fans and critics alike.

Also hear the previously revealed “Blessed by the Blade” HERE, also at Osmose Productions‘ official YouTube channel. Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover artwork, courtesy of the legendary Kris Verwimp, and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Bütcher’s On Fowl of Tyrant Wing
1. A Divine Wind
2. Speed Metal Samurai
3. Blessed By The Blade
4. Koraktor’s Iron Rule
5. Keep The Steele (Flamin’ Hot)
6. A Sacrifice To Satan’s Spawn
7. A Gypsy’s Tale (Of Sex and Seance)
8. An Ending In Fyre

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Sweden’s SEID stream new DE TENEBRARUM PRINCIPIO album – features members of CRAFT+++

Today, Swedish black metallers Seid stream the entirety of their highly anticipated fifth album, Hymns to the Norse. Set for an international release on October 18th via De Tenebrarum Principio – a division of ATMF – hear Seid‘s Hymns to the Norse in its entirety here:

Hymns to the Norse – the new album from Seid, active since 2009 and purveyors of proud pagan black metal in the ancient tradition – takes great inspiration from the old folk music of the Scandinavian region. In many ways, this album is more of a concept album than 2022’s preceding Svart Sól was. The sejd drum intro “Hymn To Ivar” opens it up in an even-more-traditional fashion, but then you get brass sections and the sound develops more and more throughout the album towards something more recognizably black metal. “Hymn to the North” closes the album, referring to the fact that all the songs you just heard were hymns: previously untold but, in our common ancestry, deeply buried.

With Seid‘s raw, lo-fi sound, eerie vocals, sejd drum, Hammond organs, and haunting atmospheres, this album pushes the boundaries of black metal while exploring the Norse roots. Hymns to the Norse takes you to the past…and brings the past into you.

North American preorder info can be found HERE; European preorder info can be found HERE. Cover artwork, courtesy of Frank Dicksee (1873), and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Seid (Sweden)’s Hymns to the Norse
1. Hymn To Ivar
2. The End Of Days
3. My Kingdom Rise
4. White Beast From Hel
5. Nordmænnens Raseri
6. Light Up The Sky
7. Allfadir
8. Hymns To The North

Lineup
Seiðr – vocals, organ, guitars 
Osgilliath – bass 
Pär Johansson – drums (also in Craft) 
Herjann – guitars 
Reynir – guitars

MORE INFO:
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SPITER to tour the United States next month – UPDATED dates

Next month, True Vampyric Metal Punks Spiter will embark on a tour of the American East Coast. Joining them as support will be New Hampshire deathpunks Diabolus. UPDATED list of confirmed dates as well as poster art are as follows:

11/1 Worcester, MA @ Ralph’s Diner
11/2 New Brunswick, NJ @ Cinco De Mayo
11/3 Richmond, VA @ Cobra Cabana
11/5 Atlanta, GA @ Boggs Social
11/6 Jenson Beach, FL @ Dark Riff Records
11/7 Orlando, FL @ The Cobalt
11/8 Pensacola, FL @ Subculture
11/9 New Orleans, LA @Siberia
11/10 Memphis, TN @ The Hi Tone
11/12 Louisville, KY @ Portal
11/13 Asheville, NC @ Eulogy
11/14 Raleigh, NC @ The Pour House
11/15 Long Island City, NY at El Bunker Diablo 
11/16 Philadelphia, PA at Fotoclub

It was but the summer of 2022 when Spiter burst from the fucking grave with their debut album for Hells Headbangers, Bathe the Babe in Bats’ Blood. Featuring members of labelmates Shitfucker and Devil Master, the power-trio made plain – and vulgar – their infernal & infectious True Vampyric Metal Punk: a raw-yet-anthemic blend of cult blackthrash, obscure hardcore punk, and even the wildest deathrock. The album sowed its seeds of sanguine depravity and Spiter took their madness on the road, cementing their cult status immediately.

Now, the deviants of Spiter return with a ripping new mini-album, Enter the Gates of Fucking Hell. This six-song / 26-minute recording sees the lineup scaled back to vocalist / guitarist / songwriter Richard Spider (Daemon Bitch of Shitfucker) and drummer Snake (Disjawn) – they continue to be a trio for live purposes – and remarkably shows even more fire and focus than that not-inconsiderable debut album. Somehow, those six(-six-six) songs sound shorter and more epic simultaneously, with Spider showing his songwriting chops between wild & winding mania and ghoulish catchiness. The production, in kind, is colder and harsher but clearer and heavier, assaulting the listener with arguably more undead energy than said debut. And then, over before it began, you’re again possessed to press “play” and enter those fucking gates over and over…again, until it fucking hurts.

Stream Spiter‘s Enter the Gates of Fucking HellHERE at Hells Headbangers‘ Bandcamp. Order info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Spiter’s Enter the Gates of Fucking Hell
1. Enter The Gates Of Fucking Hell
2. Drowning In Darkness
3. Tears Of Blood
4. The Creeping Serpent Psychosis
5. 666 On The Crucifix
6. Reflection Of The Vampire

MORE INFO:
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LURING set release date for new IRON BONEHEAD album, reveal first track

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions announces December 13th as the international release date for Luring‘s highly anticipated third album, Malevolent Lycanthropic Heresy, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

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.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track “Dying Wolf Beneath the Stars” here:

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

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

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions announces December 13th as the international release date for Wuldorgast‘s striking debut album, Cold Light, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Wuldorgast are a new formation belonging to the Order of the Broken Sword circle, which includes labelmates Luring and Azathoth’s Dream among others. Like those two bands, Wuldorgast likewise underline this exciting new development in American black metal of recent years: a stridently classicist form that doesn’t point toward preceding idioms too obviously nor too overly, but not completely without precedent.

Witness Wuldorgast‘s first public work, the full-length Cold Light. Vaguely eldritch Scandinavian in approach but not the usual suspects, the duo’s black metal is one that’s asskicking yet atmospheric, equally martial and rowdy as fuck. Superficial first-glances might suggest late ’90s Darkthrone or early 2000s Carpathian Forest, but cast your gaze to the darkest not-so-distant past and one could liken Wuldorgast here such cults as Tangorodrim, Thesyre, Torka, and especially Germany’s unsung Graupel: not the most worn-out references, thankfully, and finessed in such a manner that locates the essence rather than the result. Thus is everything stripped down to bare-bones, brass-knuckled rudiments and then built back up with a triumphant delirium fueled by blood and alcohol – and an abundance of heraldic leads, adding a crucial distinction of character. No more but definitely no less, Cold Light is real BLACK METAL for real black metal people!

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track “Dawn of the Black Sun”  here:

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Wuldorgast’s Cold Light
A1. Obscured in Shadows [7:06]
A2. Natural Life is Eternal Battle [3:47]
A3. Cold Light of Reason [4:47]
B1. Labyrinth of Control [6:02]
B2. Cipher to Eternity [4:48]
B3. Dawn of the Black Sun [5:33]



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UNHOLDUN set release date for PURITY THROUGH FIRE debut album, reveal first track

Today, Purity ThroughFire announces November 17th as the international release date for Unholdun‘s highly anticipated debut album, Fœhn, on CD format.

The work of one Alexis Chiambretto, Unholdun made their public debut in 2022 with a self-titled EP through Purity ThroughFire. At the time, the mainman modestly said, “I didn’t try to revolutionize black metal with this EP; it’s more like ‘a tribute’ to the good, old black metal. So, I would like to feel a little bit the ’90s vibe, even in the artwork.” Nevertheless, Unholdun‘s pleasures were simple but sublime, exhibiting a sweepingly melodic surge that favorably recalled the Québec scene that’s made waves in the underground for the past couple decades.

While Chiambretto still calls France his home (and he’s here joined by session drummer Rémi Serafino), Unholdun‘s sound has become bigger and bolder with Fœhn, the band’s full-length debut. The unadorned and awe-inspiring cover artwork spells out the magick of Fœhn in no uncertain terms: epic, expansive, elemental, but frighteningly focused. Unholdun‘s template hasn’t changed so much as the execution of such has. Electric, exciting, restlessly roiling but ripping with a joie de vivre that’s impossible not to get windswept up by, paradoxically, the band’s influences are more upfront and yet relatively more varied – classic Arckanum, late ’90s Darkthrone, similarly late ’90s Kampfar, 2000s Khold, first-era Deathspell Omega, all templars of BLACK METAL all unbounded in approach – but Chiambretto manages to mix & mince those various DNA in such a manner that what emerges is idiosyncratic and infectious. Pushed to greatness by powerful production that’s clear, gritty, and wholly human, Fœhn has all the hallmarks of a quiet triumph. Face towering solitude and explore the peaks with Unholdun!

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track “Forêts” here:

Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Unholdun’s Fœhn
1. Combes [7:31]
2. Forêts [5:43]
3. Cavernes [6:15]
4. Glaciers [9:54]
5. Neiges eternelles [5:54]
6. Cimes [7:33]

MORE INFO:
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www.purity-through-fire.com