Greek Black Metal veterans Dødsferd have just released a brand new album, titled "Wrath", on the 10th of May through Canadian label Hypnotic Dirge Records. To celebrate the release, the entire album is now available for streaming via the label's channel, check it out:



The label commented:

Following the acclaimed “Diseased Remnants of a Dying World” album in 2018, Dødsferd released an atmospheric two-piece album of raw black metal entitled "Suicide and the rest of your kind will follow Part II", followed by an acoustic collaboration with Sarvok. Circling back ...

French Atmospheric Black Metal project Inherits the Void is gearing up for the release of what will be their third studio album, "Scars of Yesteryears", which is due for release on the 21st of June via Avantgarde Music. While we wait, the album's second track, "Orchard of Grief", is now available for listening:



The label commented:

As introduced by Inherits The Void mastermind A. himself, “Scars Of Yesteryears is a melodic black metal album which embodies the artistic choices initiated with its predecessor. However, Scars Of Yesteryears is more diverse in its musical influences, ...

French Black Metal solo act Sotherion recently released their debut studio album, titled "Vermine", on the 9th of May via W.T.C. Productions. The whole album is now streaming in full via the label's channel:



The label elaborated on the project's origins as well as the album's style and themes:

Spawned by the mind of infamous composer BST (Aosoth, The Order of Apollyon) in total isolation, in the midst of the first lockdown of 2020, Sotherion is a one-man project paying homage to the late ‘80s and early ‘90s second wave of black metal. Inspired by disgust for the modern world and its ...

Irish Black Metal act Verzauber is scheduled to release a physical version of the project's debut album "Frankincense & Vitriol", which was first released digitally last year. The album will see Digipak CD and tape editions via Naturmacht Productions at the end of this month, with the opening track, "The Citadel Awakens to the Gaze of an Incensed God", now streaming on the Naturmacht channel ahead of the physical release:



The label commented:

The debut Verzauber album, “Frankincense & Vitriol” is an epic work encompassing five distinct yet interwoven chapters of dense, narrative-driven ...

Finnish Black Metal veterans Draugnim have just released a brand new album, titled "Verum Malum", marking the band's first new material of any kind in over eight years, and their fourth full-length studio effort overall. "Verum Malum" was released via Naturmacht Productions on the 26th of April, and is now streaming in full over at the Naturmacht channel:



The label commented briefly:

"Verum Malum" is the 4th album of Finnish Black Death Metal Band Draugnim and deals with the growing unquenchable and inescapable evil in man, not just during our times but throughout history.
The ...

Californian WW1 enthusiasts Minenwerfer have just released 4 new EPs, which are essentially the remastered versions of tracks that were previously released in the form of split albums over the last decade with Kommandant, 1914, Flak and Sturmtiger. The EPs are titled "Heimkehr", "Ostfront 14-15", "Pessimism" and "War God Invocation" respectively, and are all now streaming online in full over at the Osmose Productions channel, check them out:









More info here: https://bit.ly/minenwerfer-shop

Last week, Norwegian Black Metal pioneers Darkthrone released "It Beckons Us All......", their 21st studio album in a career spanning four decades. Leading up to the album's release, two of the tracks from the album were made available for listening in the form of lyric videos, namely "Black Dawn Affiliation" and "The Bird People of Nordland":





The entire album is also available for streaming over at the Peaceville Records Bandcamp page:

https://peaceville.bandcamp.com/album/it-beckons-us-all

Greek Black Metal mystics Kawir have recently put out a brand new album, "Kydoimos", which was released on the 19th of April via Soulseller Records, marking the band's ninth studio album in a career spanning three decades. To celebrate the release, the entire album is now being streamed online at the label's channel:



More info here: http://www.soulsellerrecords.com

Neseblod Records, originally 'Helvete' in Oslo, Norway, was damaged by fire. The blaze apparently started in the record store’s basement. The late Euronymous (Mayhem) used to own it back in the day. The current owner turned it into a black metal archive, a museum of sorts, and keeping the historical black metal graffiti on the wall that became a famous backdrop for many band and fan photos. A go fund me page has been created to help the owner try and restore what he can.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/neseblod-records-fire-fund

“I have been working with many Norwegian ...

Colorado-based Black Metal spectres Akhlys have recently unveiled the details for their next album, which is to be titled "House of the Black Geminus", and will be released on the 5th of July via Debemur Morti Productions. The album will mark the band's fourth studio release, and features six new tracks, one of which, "Sister Silence, Brother Sleep", is now available for listening:



The label elaborated on the album's themes and style:

Following 2020's widely-worshipped "Melinoë", AKHLYS, the globe's premier channelers of abyssal nightmare, return triumphant with ...