Norwegian Black Metal formation Nattehimmel, featuring members from Green Carnation, In the Woods... and Strange New Dawn, have recently put out their debut demo, titled "The Night Sky Beckons", which was released on the 6th of May via Dutch label Hammerheart Records. Yesterday, the demo was uploaded to the label's YouTube channel, and is now available for listening in full, check it out:

Tracklist is as follows:

Astrologer Mountain of the Northern Kings The Night Sky Beckons

Stay tuned for more info regarding Nattehimmel.

French Black Metal band Ritualization have just released a brand new track, titled "The Crown of Moloch", which is the first glimpse at their upcoming EP, which is titled "Hema Ignis Necros" EP, and is expected to be released in the coming weeks/months via Iron Bonehead Productions, marking the band's first release of any kind in over five years:

No further details from the EP yet, stay tuned.

Tomorrow marks the day that French Avant-garde Black Metal pioneers Blut Aus Nord will be releasing their latest full-length album, titled "Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses", marking their 14th studio record in a career spanning three decades. The album will be released via long-time partners Debemur Morti Productions, and to celebrate the occasion, the entire thing is now being streamed online in full, check it out:

"Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses" will feature the following tracklist:

Chants of the Deep Ones Tales of the Old Dreamer Into The Woods Neptune's Eye That Cannot ...

New York-based Black Metal band Luminous Vault are getting ready to launch their debut full-length album, titled "Animate The Emptiness", which will be released tomorrow 20th of May via Canadian label Profound Lore Records. To celebrate the release, the entire album is now being streamed online, check it out:

The label had this to say regarding the band's style:

From their inception in 2015, LUMNOUS VAULT have combined the “machine rhythm” approach of pioneering bands Godflesh and Blut Aus Nord with black metal and synthesizers. On Animate the Emptiness, this vibrant fusion is expressed ...

Ukrainian Post-Black Metal act White Ward have just revealed another song from their upcoming album, "False Light", which is scheduled for release on the 17th of June via Debemur Morti Productions. The new song is titled "Cronus", and is the sixth track on the album. Check it out:

Last month the band revealed the album's 13-minute long opening track, "Leviathan":

"False Light" will mark the band's third full-length album, and the tracklist is as follows:

Leviathan Salt Paradise Phoenix Silence Circles Echoes in Eternity Cronus False Light Downfall

"False Light" is now ...

German Black Metal act Horn have just released the project's ninth full-length album, which is titled "Verzet". The album was release on Monday the 16th of May, and premiered on the BMP YouTube channel, check it out:

"Verzet" features the following complete tracklist:

Pein muss - gerieben als Korn Alpenrekorder Galgenblech Aufstand A Hill to Die On Parole Sono Pietre Protektor Verzet

The cover art for "Verzet" was designed by German artist Timon Kokott, who also collaborated with Horn for all album cover art as far back as 2017:

"Verzet" was released independently in ...

U.S. Black Metal band Predatory Light are just about to release a brand new EP this Friday via 20 Buck Spin. The EP, titled "Death and the Twilight Hours", will mark the band's first release of any kind since their self-titled debut album in 2016. To celebrate the occasion, the entire EP is now being streamed online over at the label's YouTube channel:

The EP features four new tracks:

The Three Living and The Three Dead Wracked by Sacred Fires Death and the Twilight Hours To Plead Like Angels

The label elaborated on the sinister themes to be encountered within:

Hail ...

Kolkata-based Black / Death Metal act Aparthiva Raktadhara are getting ready to unleash their debut album, which is titled "Adyapeeth Maranasamhita", and due for release this Friday 20th of May via Iron Bonehead Productions. Meanwhile, the album's opening track, "Noumenal Wings of Uncreation Hover over the Excrements of Sunyata", is now available for listening in the form of a music video, check it out:

"Adyapeeth Maranasamhita" or "আদ্যাপীঠ মরণসংহিতা", which translates to "Adyapith Death Code", is a reference to the goddess Adya, and features the following tracklist:

Noumenal ...

Barely a few months after the release of their latest album, Vancouver-based Black Metal act Wormwitch have just unleashed a brand new song, titled "Age of the Ordeal of Iron". The song is described as a stand-alone single for 2022, and it comes with a visualizer/music video to boot. Check it out:

The band presented the single as follows:

Returning less than a year after 2021’s critically acclaimed “WOLF HEX”, Canadian warmongers WORMWITCH present a new stand-alone single, “AGE OF THE ORDEAL OF IRON”. Continuing the band’s proven tradition of relentless, punishing melodic black metal ...

Romanian Experimental Black Metal act Katharos XIII will soon be launching what is to be their fourth full-length album, titled "Chthonian Transmissions", which is scheduled for release via Transylvania-based label Loud Rage Music on the 23rd of May. Leading up to the release, two of the album's tracks have now been made available for listening, the most recent of which, the album's title track, went live yesterday:

Emilian Matlak, the band's singer, guitarist and founder, commented on the new album's concepts:

The new album encapsulates six different dreams ...