Russian atmospheric post rock band Kauan, will release its new album “Kaiho” on September 22nd, 2017. Marking a new beginning for the band in both sound and ambition, “Kaiho” will be released on Kauan’s own label kauanmusic in limited digipak CD edition, in limited double vinyl edition and in digital platforms. Kauan step away from their metal origins for their seventh album, which further evolves the band’s deeply moving atmospheric and introspective rock. The album focuses on the blissful nature of childhood and the transition to adulthood, when the weight of responsibilities and stark truths are realized. Lyrics for “Kaiho” were written by the great Finnish folk singer Marja Mattlar, and as always with Kauan, they are sung in Finnish, a Read more →

Canadian epic symphonic melodic death black metal band Atavistia from Vancouver, BC, will release its debut album “One Within the Sun” on September 19th, 2017. Atavistia is the newly formed brainchild of Matt Sippola, who is the only member of the band. Although this album was born on the West coast of Canada, it heavily revolves around the Nordic metal scene. Influenced by bands such as Wintersun and Ensiferum, Atavistia has obtained elements of folk, death, black, and symphonic metal. This album consists of five long epic tracks with many blast beats, heavy guitars, screeching vocals with massive orchestrations and synths to create this epic “wall of sound” feel. As a bonus, there are also instrumental versions of 4 of these tracks. “One Within Read more →

Italian avant-garde post black metallers Párodos from Salermo have revealed the first details of their upcoming debut full-length album “Catharsis”. The band has signed with the Finnish metal label Inverse Records and “Catharsis” will be released on the 27th of October 2017. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Marco Mastrobuono (Hour of Penance), at Kick Recording Studio (Fleshgod Apocalypse, Shores of Null, Hour of Penance). Párodos have released the official lyric video for “Catharsis” that you can watch below, which is the title track and the core of the entire work. They have also unveiled the cover artwork, made in its entirety by Francesco Gemelli (Anamnesi, Janvs, Lustre) and the album tracklist. “Catharsis” is Read more →

Canadian black metal band Eclipse Eternal from Toronto, Ontario has just released its fourth full-length album, entitled “Nostalgia“, which will be the final album and the end for Eclipse Eternal! It is a digital only release, for now, and is available for pay what you can / what you think it’s worth. As the band states: “for over three years we worked diligently to finish this opus; to capture the essence of who we are and what this band has represented. Our friends, comrades, brothers and sisters at arms, we are here now to tell you that we have achieved that goal. Pride does not begin to encompass what we feel at this moment. Eight songs, eight tales of victory through defeat. Eight odes Read more →

American black metal band Crafteon has just released its debut full-length album “Cosmic Reawakening“. Crafteon was conceived by vocalist and guitarist Lord Mordiggian in 2012 in Denver, Colorado. As a teacher of literature and aficionado of horror, Lord Mordi aspired to write an album based on the works of his favorite author, H.P. Lovecraft. The name “Crafteon” is a play-on-words with “Lovecraftian” and “aeon”. This recording prudently recounts an antiquarian bundle of peculiar short stories authored by H.P. Lovecraft, featuring a blasphemous potpourri of amorphous black metal enmeshed with spurious, assonant passages of hope juxtaposed and vanquished by discordant strains of utter despair and madness. Lyrics are an attempt to remain Read more →