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Two years after the revelatory “Subconscious Metamorphosis” album, Italian black metallers Lorn are back with “Arrayed Claws”, probably their more psychotic and violent work to date. The album features 5 tracks that perfectly exemplify Lorn’s evolutionary path within the black metal field. It will be out on  February 3rd, 2017 via I, Voidhanger Records as a jewel box CD with a 8-page full color booklet complete with lyrics, limited to 300 copies. As it was with Read more…

American metallers The Flight of Sleipnir  are are very pleased to announce that their new album titled “Skadi” will be released on January 20th, 2017 through Eisenwald Records. Following on the heels of the 2014 album “V”, the 6th full length “Skadi” shows the Colorado individualists more focused and settled. Taking inspiration from earlier recordings, which work as the creative drive, they forge their trademark sounds ahead once again in Nordic spiked splendour wrapped Read more…

German / Icelandic pagan black metallers Árstíðir lífsins have unveiled the first details of their upcoming EP “Heljarkviða“. The new EP will be available on December 19th 2016 via Ván Records, both on digipak CD and blue-colored vinyl. It will include 2 new songs, with more than 40 minutes total playtime (longer than many full-length album)! “Heljarkviða” is meant to depict the Old Norse kingdom of Helheimr; a place for the slain who suffer a ‘helsótt’, Read more…

Italian folk pagan black metallers Odr from Turin have just released the single “Fuochi nelle Valli” taken from their upcoming full-length album, scheduled for release in 2017. The song tells of an ancient history of persecution and violence that struck the valleys of their region Piedmont in Italy. It talks about witch-hunting that took place in the middle-ages. From a stylistic point of view, the music in ”Fuochi nelle Valli” is getting a bit darker, with Read more…

Spanish Viking folk metal band Pimeä Metsä from Madrid has just signed a record deal with the Italian label WormHoleDeath (an Aural Music division) for the worldwide release of its second full-length album “No Blood, No Glory“. Pimeä Metsä entered the studio during September and October 2016 and the result is an album which is a step forward in the compositional plane, without leaving their identity. Their sound has been enriched with a greater variety of nuances and Read more…

Caoimhín is a new international black metal project split between United States, United Kingdom and Norway. As a music project, they seek to mirror the unrelenting force and silent tranquility of the untouched wilderness. On November 28th, 2016 the band released its first single “Víðarr“, recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Simonsen at the Secret Quarters studios. All its lyrics come from various stanzas in the “Völuspá” poem of the “Poetic Edda“. “Víðarr Read more…