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Wolfheart to release new studio album “Wolves of Karelia” on April 10th 2020

Submitted by newseditor on Fri, 02/21/2020 - 18:26

Finnish heavy melodic death metal unit Wolfheart are back with their most commanding offering yet. The four-piece Nordic machine returns with their highly-anticipated new full-length masterpiece, “Wolves of Karelia”, set for release on April 10th, 2020, via Napalm Records.

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Fires In The Distance to release debut album “Echoes of Deep November” on May 22nd 2020

Submitted by newseditor on Wed, 02/19/2020 - 18:02

Connecticut-based melodic death/doom outfit Fires In The Distance are proud to announce the release of their debut album, “Echoes of Deep November”. The album will see release on Friday, May 22nd, 2020.

The melancholic cover art for “Echoes of Deep November” was created by Caelan Stokkermans, who is known for his work with Soreption, Cattle Decapitation, Misery Index, Lorna Shore, and many more.

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Endless Forms Most Gruesome to release self-titled debut album on April 3rd 2020

Submitted by newseditor on Wed, 02/05/2020 - 12:48

Endless Forms Most Gruesome is a musical project consisting of Juuso Raatikainen (SwallowThe Sun) and Manne Ikonen (Ghost Brigade). General sound of the project can be described as muddy, sludgy and groovy. Lyrical themes are rooted to mental health issues and inner dialogues caused by them.

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Solothus to release new studio album “Realm of Ash and Blood” on March 27th 2020

Submitted by newseditor on Mon, 02/03/2020 - 17:33

“Realm of Ash and Blood”, the third album from Finland’s Solothus, drops a dripping broadsword of Cimmerian carnage and staggering death-soaked doom delirium on the scorched landscape from which only mounds of skull dust and obsidian shards shall remain.

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Aodon to release new studio album “11069” on March 27th 2020

Submitted by newseditor on Fri, 01/24/2020 - 18:37

French post-black metal trio Aodon have signed with Willowtip Records and will release their sophomore album “11069” on March 27th, 2020.

The album will be available on CD digipak, vinyl LP, and digital formats.

Check out new single “Les Rayons” below.

Multi-instrumentalist/composer M-kha has taken Aodon to new heights with “11069”.The follow-up to 2016 debut album “Sharphood” is the full realization of the Aodon sound: Dark, Atmospheric, and Extreme!

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White Stones release music video for first single “Worms”

Submitted by newseditor on Fri, 01/24/2020 - 15:34

From Martin Mendez, bassist of the ubiquitous Opeth comes White Stones, a solo death metal project.

Recently, they announced that their debut album named “Kuarahy” (pronounced Kwa-Ra-Hee) will be released on March 13th and today, they offer their fans a first insight into the album with the first single “Worms”, that comes with a video! Watch the video below.

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Hangatyr to release new studio album “kalt” on March 2nd 2020

Submitted by newseditor on Tue, 01/21/2020 - 14:01

When the fellows launched Hangatyr in Spring 2006, the stylistic direction of the idealists from Saxony and Central Thuringia was immediately clear: cold, Nordic guitar riffs, paired with typical Thuringian melodies and German lyrics, inspired by the mythology that lives deep inside the creators, should shape the music.

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Aherusia - Nostos ~ An Answer (?)

Submitted by rockavlon on Mon, 01/13/2020 - 01:43

I was never, much of a fan of Aherusia’s first couple of albums, considering them to be a neat, if not a little more artistic, version of Rotting Christ, a band I was never too big on, with the exception of a couple of albums, due to their poor English enunciation. This however totally changed around, when the former released their third album, “Prometheus”, an ambitious concept album, which decides to modernize and give its own interpretation to the Promethean myth.

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Oceans release music video for new track “Hope”

Submitted by newseditor on Fri, 01/10/2020 - 19:14

2020 is here - and Austrian-German post death metallers Oceans start the new year with a bang by unleashing their debut album “The Sun and the Cold”, via Nuclear Blast today.

To celebrate, the quartet has launched the official video for the track “Hope”, which can be viewed below.

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Fleshgod Apocalypse announces Fall 2020 European Headlining Tour

Submitted by newseditor on Thu, 01/09/2020 - 19:07

Last year, Italian orchestral-death metal giants Fleshgod Apocalypse unleashed their highly-praised 5th album, “Veleno”, unto the world through Nuclear Blast. After storming European stages as part of the “MTV Headbanger’s Ball Tour” alongside label mates Kataklysm as well as Whitechapel and Dyscarnate in November/December 2019, the time has come for the band to once again return to our clubs as headliners in autumn 2020. This time, the sextet will be supported by metal legionnaires Ex Deo.