dark metal

After recently announcing their signing to Nuclear Blast, Silver Lake by Esa Holopainen has finally revealed further info about its self-titled debut album, scheduled for release on May 28th, 2021.

Belarus Symphonic Metal discovery Belle Morte have signed a deal for the release of their debut full-length album “Crime of Passion” via Wormholedeath.

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Incendium and Heavy Metal Entertainment announce the launch of “Maledictus Athenaeum”, a Cradle Of Filth comic book anthology series, under all-new music focused OPUS imprint.
 

French post black metallers Decline Of The I are set to release a new album entitled “Johannes” on March 26th, 2021, via Agonia Records.

The band revealed a music video for the first single “A Veil of Splendid Lies” - watch it below.

German metallers Oceans light a beacon of hope and solidarity with the broken and misunderstood. Today, the band from Berlin/Vienna announces their new digital-only EP “We Are Nøt Okay” to be released on April 30th, 2021.

Cooperating with The Ocean In Your Mind, A German NPO, Oceans add a very serious tone to their newest output by turning “music for the depressed” into active help and encouraging fans to join the cause.

Hailing from Philadelphia, US, the newly launched avant-garde/doom metal quartet Shadows, led by Alex Bouks (Immolation, Goreaphobia)  and comprising former Goreaphobia musicians, has announced the details surrounding its self-titled EP, set for release on February 26th, 2021, via Agonia Records.

The band has unveiled a brand new single “Ghost of Old” in anticipation of the material - watch the video below.

Poisonous dark metallers Cradle Of Filth reveal the title of their forthcoming studio album as “Existence is Futile”. Their monumental new opus - their 13th (unlucky for all) studio album to date - was recorded at Grindstone Studios with producer Scott Atkins.

The record will be embellished with artwork from Arthur Berzinsh, who is also guilty of creating the past two album artworks in the Cradle arsenal. Further nihilistic details from the crypt will soon see the light of day.

Byron is a melodic heavy metal band from Finland founded in 2019 as a one-man studio project, now standing as a full-grown band. Byron mixes its eclectic sound with influences from various genres, such as occult rock and doom, topping it with themes and imagery of the arcane and the occult.

The band is excited to reveal today cover artwork, tracklist and the new killer single “Corn, Drought and the Lord”. Listen to new single below.

Nuclear Blast proudly announce the signing of the solo project of Amorphis guitarist Esa Holopainen, Silver Lake. Esa Holopainen made good use of his time in 2020 and fulfilled an old dream of his by recording his first solo album at the Sonic Pump studios.

As if announcing today’s new virtual performance stream wasn’t enough of an early holiday gift (see below for more information), Finnish melodic death metal mainstays Wolfheart are doubling their musical output with the announcement of their upcoming EP, “Skull Soldiers”, scheduled for release on March 5th, 2021, via Napalm Records!