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Dragged Into Sunlight have recently published a video teaser of the collaboration record that they’re creating with macabre act Gnaw Their Tongues. “N.V.” – a five song exorcism due out via Prosthetic Records on November 13 – has been five years in the making and will be a 32-minute release produced by Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, [...]

After critically acclaimed “IV: Arrow In Heart” record took its toll on black metallers in 2013 and left an imprint on a great deal of year-end lists (inc. CVLT Nation, Stereogum, Popmatters, Heavy Magazine or Examiner.com), the French sewers of intelligent dark art, AOSOTH, are coming back with a new EP, “IV”, slated for anOctober 23rd release on Agonia Records. [...]

Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions (LADLO Prods) have published a videoclip for promoting another song by the bizarre act Maïeutiste. You can listen to “Lifeless Visions” below. “Maïeutiste is a complex and orchestral album masterfully executed. A journey through Black Metal and ambient music… an exploration of various musical territories, such as folk rock, jazz [...]

MOONREICH unveils a new song from their upcoming album. You can listen to “Pillars of Detest – World Shroud” below. The gloomy and harsh atmospheres combined with thundering blast beats and crushing mid-tempo sections so prevalent in MOONREICH’s music have evolved and reached higher spheres with this third full-length. This new album asserts the band’s identity [...]

Italian heavy psych masters UFOMAMMUT passed by Reverence Festival and we took the chance for a pleasant chat. With a fresh album out this year, Urlo, Poia and Vita spoke exactly as the sound of their music: no fear, no boundaries. Just the taste for frightening music. For Art. The Black Planet – Hi guys. This [...]

WRATH SINS, whose special gig, regarding the presentation of their debut record, will take place on the 26th of September, in Porto at Metalpoint, have reveled the final billing for the show. The opening acts are Evillution, Monolyth and Rotura. The event is sponsered by Raising Legends Records and the promoter Bulldozer On Stage. Bellow [...]

DI.SOUL.VED is new portuguese super group, and have announced the release of their debut record, “Confessions From The Soul – Volume 1”, which it is set to come out somewhere during the month of November, via Murder Records/ Helldprod productions. The first single, “Dark Balance”, is available on soundcloud and on youtube. The DI.SOUL.VED line-up [...]

Portuguese instrumental sludge rocksters CATACOMBE have been confirmed to play in the next edition of Curt’Arruda. The band will headline the music part of the festival, mainly dedicated to national film works. The event will take place in Arruda dos Vinhos, in the Lisbon area, next 2nd and 3rd October, and besides two days of [...]

The Portuguese group SULLEN has released their first official live video, for the track “Exult”, taken from their debut album “Post Human”, released this year. The video was recorded during the band’s first live show, at Hard Club, in Porto, by Mínima productions. [...]

Back to the small and picturesque village of Valada for the second edition of Reverence Festival. One year has passed since the debut but the same vibrations anticipated the weekend. More than 70 performances, with a majority of international acts keeping company to some of the best rock produced in Portuguese lands. Day 1# The [...]

Blabbermouth has recently announced that Immortal will continue without Abbath. Lyricist/guitarist Demonaz Doom Occulta revealed some song titles (“Northern Chaos Gods”, “Called To Ice” and “Blacker Of Worlds”) that will appear in the next album which should be released by Nuclear Blast. Demonaz and Horgh said in a statement: “IMMORTAL never stopped. We just had [...]

Portuguese Death metal act Madame Violence have announced on their Facebook page that they have parted ways with singer Carlos Amado and guitarist Ricardo Carniça. The reason for this situation is musical diferences. [...]

The organizers of Amplifest have published the schedules for the festival, you can check them below, click for bigger picture:   [...]

The portuguese group, WRATH SINS have announce the release of their debut record, “Contempt Over The Stormfall”. The album is set to come out on the 26th of September via Raising Legends Records. On this very day, the group will preform a special gig, at Metalpoint, in Porto, to commemorate and to help spread their [...]