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 area was once a settlement of Reuther, an ancient king of the Scots, who ruled between 213 and 187 BC. Drawing from the vast well of history, culture and mythology, Ruadh set out to compose music purely to taste, creating an unmistakable atmosphere with the beating heart of 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 and death metal influence introduced on that album, although the core sound still remains very much late 80’s/early 90’s black metal. As Rognvaldr & Vulcan (the sole members of Beorn’s Hall) state: “Over the summer we lost a very close friend and founding member Read more →

On March 8th, 2019 the Faroe Islands’ Týr will release their eighth full-length, “Hel” via Metal Blade Records. ”Hel” is a collection of ruthlessly melodic and irresistibly compelling progressive folk metal that will immediately resonate with any who have followed the band at any point over the two decades of their storied career. With “Hel” Týr provide even more irrefutable evidence that they stand at the vanguard of Scandinavian metal. Known for their prolific nature, dropping their first five full-lengths in the space of just seven years, the six-year gap between “Valkyrja” (2013) and “Hel” is by far the longest between any two of their records.             Read more →

Italian atmospheric pagan black metal band Svirnath, the solo project of Frans will release its second full-length album, entitled “Dalle Rive del Curone” on February 1st, 2019, via Naturmacht Productions. All music is written and recorded by Frans, while the album was mixed and mastered by Robert Bromään at Naturmacht Studios. This new work is dedicated to the Curone creek and river, the land where the project was born. Melodic, atmospheric, with extended use of acoustic guitars, hailing Mother Nature “Dalle Rive del Curone” is the perfect Naturmacht release. It is already available for pre-order in their label’s web-store both in a 6-panel digipak edition CD and in a Vinyl LP limited to 100 copies.

Tracklist:
1. Vir Naturae
2. All’Ombra delle Fronde                 Read more →