The Great Old Ones

French Lovecraftian black metal masters THE GREAT OLD ONES have unveiled the cover art, album title and tracklist of their upcoming new record, ‘Cosmicism’. The album is set for worldwide release in the fall of 2019 via Season of Mist. Vocalist and guitarist Benjamin Guerry comments: “’Cosmicism’ is a literary philosophy developed by H.P. Lovecraft. In [...]

Back at Bornicke woods for another edition of the mature UNDER THE BLACK SUN FESTIVAL. This year the organisers planned the largest band bill version of the festival history, joining also some none black metal bands. 25 acts from 16 different countries that were embraced by the black feelings of hundreds of headbangers, proving once [...]

French post black metallers THE GREAT OLD ONES, have recently announced that their second album, entitled “Tekeli-Li”, will be released on April 16th, 2014 by Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions. It was recorded and mixed by Cyril Gachet (Year of No Light), and mastered by Alan Douches (Cannibal Corpse). The new album is entirely based [...]

The long established UTBS is already preparing next year’s edition, announcing the first names, which include polish dark black metalers MGLA and BLAZE OF PERDITION as well as the surprise concerning old school death metalers NUNSLAUGHTER, from Cleveland Ohio. Also confirmed are: THE GREAT OLD ONES (France); WILDERNESSKING (South Africa); OREMUS (Poland); NARBELETH (Cuba); KULT [...]

It’s already been one year since the release of one of the best Post Black Metal albums: “Al Azif” by French underground act The Great Old Ones, via Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions. In order to celebrate the anniversary, the band has released a single containing a cover of Björk’s “Bachelorette”, which you can listen at  http://www.lesacteursdelombre.net/productions/ . [...]

French act The Great Old Ones have recently posted live footage performing the song “Visions of R’lyeh”, which can be viewed below. “Visions of R’lyeh” is taken off the band’s new album “Al Azif”. You can also listen to the song “My Love For The Stars (Cthulhu Fhtagn)” below: “Al Azif” was recorded and mixed [...]