Canadian Black Metal band Givre have just put out a brand new video for one of the tracks from their upcoming album, "Destin Messianique", which is to be released via Eisenwald on September 30th. The song is titled "Le Christ aux Oliviers", check it out:

The label commented on what listeners can expect with the new record:

While some groups may be content with creating music for mere entertainment, GIVRE has higher ambitions: The album is meant to be nothing less than a musical documentary of the early 20th-century spiritual mission of Québec. Therefore, the record is filled with archive ...

Australian Black Metal newcomers Skare have just revealed one of the tracks from their upcoming self-titled debut album, which is expected for release on the 12th of September via Amor Fati Productions and Dark Adversary Productions, who will handle the LP and CD versions respectively. The song is titled "The Threshold Into Death", check it out:

Complete tracklist is as follows:

The Lonesome Ibex A Sordid Ceremony Beyond the Church Spires The Threshold Into Death Into Icy Pewter Sky

Here's a closer look at the perfectly vintage cover art:

Stay tuned for more info.

Teutonic Black / Thrash pioneers Sodom have just announced the details for their next full-length album. Marking their 40th anniversary, the new album will be titled "40 Years at War - The Greatest Hell of Sodom" and is set to feature 17 re-recorded versions of existing songs, one from each of their previous records.

Steamhammer, the band's current label, had this to say:

40 years of Sodom, 40 years of ruthless thrash metal 'Made In Germany'. What came into being in 1982 in Gelsenkirchen-Buer has lost nothing of its authenticity and rawness, not even four decades later. ...

New York Black Metal collective Black Anvil have just put out a brand new lyric video for one of the songs from their upcoming fifth full-length album. Check out "Castrum Doloris":

The new album will be titled "Regenesis", and is scheduled for release on the 4th of November via Season of Mist. This will mark the band's first album in almost six years, following 2017's "As Was", and their first release through Season of Mist. The label commented on the album's style:

Make no mistake, "Regenesis" is not a departure from Black Anvil's identity, but rather serves as the ...

Dutch Black Metal band Iskandr have just put out a brand new single, titled "Glas". The single is a stand-alone acoustic instrumental track that does not form part of any album, although it is related conceptually and artistically to the band's most recent release, "Vergezicht", from 2021. Check it out:

Eisenwald, the band's label, elaborated on the nature of "Glas":

Intended as both an addendum to what last year’s “Vergezicht” had to offer, as well as a swansong for the musical style Iskandr had developed throughout three albums and two EP’s, “Glas” offers an introspective hymn to the ...

U.K. Black Metal act Abduction have just unveiled a brand new music video which was uploaded to the Candlelight Records channel earlier today. The video is for the song "Kernos Crown", expected to be part of the project's next album, the details of which remain as of yet unannounced:

Stay tuned for more info.

Back in March 2022, Brazilian Black Metal mystics Necromante released their second full-length album, titled "XI", via Iron Bonehead Productions. Yesterday, a lyric video was uploaded to the label's channel for the album's tenth track, "The Venom Between Gods", check it out:

The label commented on the band's origins and influences as well as the themes encountered on the new album:

Formed in 2007, NECROMANTE patiently stirred their cauldron of sound over the course of a couple demos, a mini-album, and a live album. Hailing from Brazil, within that cauldron, of course, can ...

German Black Metal newcomers Eclesios are getting ready to launch what will be their debut album next month, specifically on the 30th of September via Eisenwald. The album is titled "Halls of Salvation", and the track "Death Chiming" has now been made available for listening:

The label commented to give listeners an idea of where Eclesios comes from and what to expect from the debut:

The heavens are aflame and the flock prays for salvation. But salvation never comes. Of course not. What they deem sacred is a temple, made from bones, flesh, skin and blood, a church praying for thei ...

Italian Black / Death Metal band Hierophant have so far revealed three songs from their upcoming album, "Death Siege", the most recent of which is the album's third track, "Devil Incarnate", which was revealed today in the form of a lyric video:

"Death Siege" is scheduled for release on the 26th of August via Season of Mist. The song "Crypt of Existence" was already released in early July, check it out:

Back in June, the album's title track was revealed in the form of a music video:

"Death Siege" will mark Hierophant's fifth studio release, and their first material of ...

German Pagan Black Metal act Firtan are putting the finishing touches on what will be their third full-length album, titled "Marter", and due for release on the 30th of September via Art of Propaganda Records. While we wait, the band has just unveiled the album's first single, "Amor Fati", check out the music video below:

The band commented:

Throughout the last two years we went through many ordeals to create new music that we feel confident about. Here is the first song from our upcoming Album "Marter", which hopefully emphasizes what we tried to achieve - to create songs that ...