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For the past ten years, San Francisco rock / post-metal luminaries Deafheaven have built one of the most compelling discographies in metal, one that has challenged both the modus operandi and perceptions of the genre. Each critically acclaimed release widened the scope of their particular views of what rock and metal can be, capped by their most innovative album to date in 2018’s “Ordinary Corrupt Human Love”.

In the darkest of years, Moonspell have announced to play a special Halloween live show, taking place in the South of Portugal, an ancient town named Beja, on October 31st, 2020!

French atmospheric dark metal duo Death Of A Dryad sets December 3rd, 2020, as the international release date for their 2nd full-length album “Hameln”!

On November 6th, 2020, France’s Déluge will release their sophomore album, “Ægo Templo”, via Metal Blade Records.

Check out the lyric video for the new single “Opprobre” below.

Pre-order “Ægo Templo” here, in the following formats:
• digipak-CD
• 180g black vinyl (EU exclusive)
• blue / white / black marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 300 copies)

Enslaved are preparing for the final act of their Cinematic Summer Tour - now due to take place on Thursday 1st of October at 7pm BST / 8pm CEST.

This virtual release event “Utgard - The Journey Within” is named after their upcoming studio album “Utgard” (out on October 2nd), from which they’ll be performing several tracks for the first time ever.

Melancholic rock and dark metal act, Autumnblaze, who has just recently signed a worldwide record deal with Argonauta Records, revealed some hotly anticipated details about their upcoming studio album!

Titled “Welkin Shores Burning”, the band’s seventh album will be coming out as Vinyl, CD and in Digital formats on November 27th 2020, a haunting, brand new music clip to the first single, “Leaders”, can be watched below.

Greek black metal act Yoth Iria have signed a deal with Poland’s Pagan Records to release their debut album. Entitled “As the Flame Withers”; the album is planned for a December 2020 release.

Yoth Iria is a massive comeback from the duet, which developed and pioneered the underground scene back in the day: Jim Mutilator and The Magus.

Despite the extremely difficult situation for musicians and concerts all over the world, Vampyric Masters of Extreme Metal, Cradle Of Filth, continue to appease their salivating fans by celebrating All Hallow’s Eve in style, even in 2020, the official year of the plague.

This time the band, draped around lead singer Dani Filth, take it to the next far-flung tower by announcing a live stream concert from St. Mary’s Church, Colchester Art Centre, England for the auspicious date of October 30th, 2020.

Primordial continue to promote their highly acclaimed latest studio album, “Exile Amongst the Ruins”, which was released worldwide, via Metal Blade Records, in 2018.

The band will therefore be embarking on a next, re-scheduled third leg of the “Heathen Crusade” across Europe in April and have furthermore confirmed various international festival appearances for 2021, also in celebration of Primordial’s 30th Anniversary since inception in 1991. Below are the dates announced so far.