Author Archives: Dimitris

Swiss folk metal masters Eluveitie will release their new full-length album “Ategnatos” on April 5th 2019, via Nuclear Blast. A work based on archaic archetypes and the ancient concept of renewal, “Ategnatos” unfolds an elemental force to be reckoned with. And by using their longest gap between two metal albums to gather momentum, they just forged their strongest album around it. No wonder the album follows a decidedly darker, monumental tone that suits them very well. Read more…

Russian melodic black metallers Skylord from Moscow, will release their debut full-length album “Frostcraft” via SoundAge Productions at the end of winter! Twelve years after the band’s beginning, ”Frostcraft” was forged with frosty hammers and inflated with snowstorms by Death-Winter’s breath in the harsh fierce coldscapes of Mother Russia. This swift melodious black metal is like a snowstorm, covered with magic gemstone keys, that will swirl you in a dance of snowflakes, fan you with algid Read more…

French black metallers Véhémence will release their second full-length album entitled “Par le Sang Versé” on February 2nd, 2019 via Antiq Label. Epic medieval black metal with fascinating riffs, the new Véhémence album is an immersive and blazing experience. Hold by lyrics with fantastic themes inspired from chivalry sagas, this one-hour disc is a journey in a medieval-fantastic universe. Véhémence brings here a model of composition and execution. “Par le Sang Versé” will be available in Read more…

Atmospheric black metal project Ruadh from Glasgow, Scotland will release its debut full-length album “Sovereign” on April 12th, 2019 via Northern Silence Productions. Ruadh (which is pronounced “Roo-Ah” and translates to “red” ) is the solo project of musician and songwriter Tom Perrett. Tom was born and raised in one of the oldest Burghs in Scotland, which translates to “The red glen”. The derivation of the name of the town is unclear, but one theory is that the Read more…

New Hampshire pagan black metal warriors Beorn’s Hall have just announced their third full-length album, entitled “In His Granite Realm“! It will be released via Naturmacht Productions on March 15th, 2019 both in classic jewel-case edition CD with booklet and in vinyl LP in sleeve with insert limited to 200 copies. The band’s upcoming work continues the same path of progression they left off at on their previous album “Estuary“. They double downed on the doom Read more…