Californian Black Metal act Minenwerfer are ramping up for the release of what will be their fourth studio album, "Feuerwalze", due on the 10th of March via Osmose Productions. While we wait, the album's title track is now up for streaming on the label's channel, check it out:

The label commented on the album's themes:

A campaign started on 1 July 1916. A campaign of muddy, rat infested trenches, endless artillery barrages, and cracks of rifles in the distance. A campaign of unsettling night raids, close quarters combat, and suffocating fumes of chlorine gas.

The sound of the treads ...

In April of last year, Chilean Experimental Black Metal act Kexelür put out their debut demo, titled "Llave a las Profundidades​.​.​." ("Key to the Depths"). Now in February 2023, the demo is being given a CD release via Romanian label Sun & Moon Records, who are also streaming the entire thing in full on their channel:

In the words of the label:

In the darkness of oblivion, where the screams of despair and the arcane coexist in disharmony, lies Kexelür, the forbidden spell whose invocation allows fusion with hidden energy and thus explores the fatality of the human race.

Avant-garde ...

Italian Atmospheric Black Metal act Morwinyon have recently premiered "Devouring Flames", the opening track from what will be their second studio album, "Wastelands", which will see a release on the 24th of February via Naturmacht Productions. Check it out:

As described by the label:

"Wastelands" draws a picture of the suffering mankind inflicts to nature, with an Atmospheric Black Metal that contrasts evocative melodies and orchestral sounds with more aggressive and raw sections that evolve through the songs. It is inspired by images of fire and drought, and the annihilation of the ...

On the 10th of March, Canadian Black Metal / Folk act Burden of Ymir will be releasing "Heorot", the project's fifth studio album. While we wait, the entire album premiered yesterday on the BMP channel, check it out:

The album will be released through Italian label Flowing Downward, who commented briefly on the release:

Burden of Ymir brings his unique blackened folk metal to Flowing Downward, with his fifth full-length album "Heorot".

With "Heorot", mastermind and sole member Joe Caswell (also active as olim, Drowstorm and member of Vintertodt) takes a departure from the Norse ...

French Atmospheric Black Metal act Bacchus have just put out the opening track from their upcoming album, "II", check it out:

The album will be released on the 7th of April via Debemur Morti Productions, with pre-orders going live tomorrow:

http://www.debemur-morti.com/ https://debemurmorti.aisamerch.com/

Stay tuned for more info.

German Black Metal solo act Hâl has just released a brand new studio album, titled "Drei Dezennien" ("three decades"), marking the project's second full-length record. To celebrate the release, the entire thing is being streamed over at the BMP channel, check it out:

"Drei Dezennien" is inspired by the Thirty Years War, with cover art taken from the painting "Nachtelijk gevecht" (1623) by Dutch painter Esaias van de Velde.

More info here:

https://haalbm.bandcamp.com/album/drei-dezennien

Swiss Technical Black / Death Metal veterans Anachronism have today unleashed their third full-length studio record, "Meanders". The album was released through Avantgarde Music, or more specifically, their sub-label Unorthodox Emanations, who specialize in all things Death Metal. To celebrate the release, the entire thing is being streamed online:

The label commented:

Following the self-released Orogeny from 2018 (and the Reflecting the Inside EP before that), Meanders is a work of heavy contrasts: pure blasts of violence intertwine with ambient, intimate parts or groovy drum & bass ...

On the 31st of March, Swiss Atmospheric Black Metal act Aara will be dropping the third and final chapter in their "Triade" trilogy of albums, "Triade III: Nyx". The album will be released through Debemur Morti Productions, who have just uploaded one of the songs from the album. Check out "Emphase der Seelenpein":

Pre-orders are scheduled to begin on February 3rd:

EU: http://www.debemur-morti.com/ NA: https://debemurmorti.aisamerch.com/

Norwegian Prog / Black Metal vikings Enslaved have put out another track from their upcoming "Heimdal" album, this time in the form of a music video for the album's third track, "Forest Dweller", check it out:

The album will be released on the 3rd of March via Nuclear Blast Records, more info available here:

https://enslaved.bfan.link/heimdal.yde

This Friday 27th of January, Finnish Symphonic Black Metal veterans ...and Oceans will be releasing their sixth studio album, "'As in Gardens, So in Tombs". The album will be released through Season of Mist, and while we wait, the entire album is now streaming over at the label's channel:

The album features 10 tracks in total, and clocks in at just over 50 minutes in length:

As in Gardens, So in Tombs The Collector and His Construct Within Fire and Crystal Carried on Lead Wings Likt Törnen Genom Kött Cloud Heads Wine into Water Inverse Magnification Matrix The Earth ...