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Following the wait of almost a decade, the German debutant Last Moon’s Dawn are now presenting the highly anticipated “Absence” as a full-length album to the world of dark metal. The band’s debut album was released on March 31, 2017 via the Chinese label Pest Productions in a digipak edition CD with 12-page booklet. Produced by Markus Siegenhort (Lantlôs / LowCityRain), the nine fascinating tracks co-produce a magical soundscape for any fans that adore the finest dark metal Read more…

American pagan metallers Helsótt, whose exotic sound mixes death metal with pagan influences, will release a new five-song EP, “The Healer“, on April 28th on M-Theory Audio. The release features stunning artwork from Felipe Machado Franco (Blind Guardian, Iced Earth), was recorded in part at Southern California’s Trench Studios (Intronaut, Abysmal Dawn) and was mixed/mastered by J-F Dagenais (Kataklysm, Ex Deo). As the hype builds towards street date, the band found time to get together and make a Read more…

Greek epic extreme metallers Divine Element will release their second full-length album “Thaurachs of Borsu” on May 19th, 2017 via I, Voidhanger Records. A comeback that has been slowly brewing since a few years now. Divine Element was the first band of Spectral Lore’s multi-instrumentalist Ayloss and vocalist Antonis, releasing their ambitious debut album back in 2010. Afterwards, the band paused operations and Ayloss took his brand of sprawling, epic metal songwriting to a more atmospheric turn with Read more…

Italian theatrical metallers In Tromentata Quiete signed a new contract with My Kingdom Music for the release of their fourth album titled “Finestatico”, in June 2017. It is the third one with the Italian label and will be the natural continuation of “Cromagia” musical essence, with a more direct and metal production and describes a vision a Man has when he faces his creations and compares this vision to a journey into the Universe. So commented Read more…

It was a tricky question… How would Swedish duo Vintersorg continue after 2014′s intriguing album “Naturbål“? Shunning repetition, vocalist and mastermind Andreas “Vintersorg” Hedlund did the unthinkable and composed a sequel to his groundbreaking 1998 album “Till Fjälls“, which is considered to be one of the most important albums in the genre of folk black metal! What to expect from “Till Fjälls del II“? No scientific lyrical concept, no progressive trickery, but a heartfelt Read more…

Italian epic black metal band Emyn Muil, the personal project of Nartum (also in Valtyr, Ymir) will release its second full-length album titled “Elenion Ancalima” in May 2017. It will include 5 tracks with a total duration of 42 minutes, inspired by Tolkien’s novel “Akallabeth” from Silmarillion. Hildr Valkyrie will also appear in this album as a guest vocalist, and the band thanks her for the very precious collaboration! “Elenion Ancalima” will be released Read more…

German folk metallers Odroerir from Thuringia will finally break their “discography silence” with their new acoustic album “Das Erbe Unserer Ahnen“, which translates to “The Heritage of Our Ancestors”. The album will be released on June 16th, 2017 via Einheit Produktionen as a standard music CD as well as A5 digiCD with an added bonus DVD. The footage used in the videos comes from several hiking and biking trips compiled from the Fix´s vault over the Read more…