Thomas Kronenes, more commonly known by his stage name Pest, has been kicked out of Norwegian Black Metal band Gorgoroth for not prioritising the band's upcoming South American tour in September. The band has issued the following statement on their website:

Out of respect for and loyalty to Gorgoroth's audience and collaborators, Infernus has kicked Pest out of the band, effective immediately. This after Pest informed the band that he would not be prioritizing doing the upcoming Latin American Tour after all, just two weeks before the band was set to depart for Brazil. Infernus has decided ...

The latest addition to our arsenal of functionalities on BestBlackMetalAlbums.com is the option to preview albums through our official YouTube channel. If an album has this option, the preview will appear as a link in the song list underneath the album's cover on the left hand side, as can be seen in the image above.

To begin with, there are approximately 150 albums with this feature, the majority of these being albums that are in our Top 100 Black Metal Albums list. We will be adding the links to the remaining songs from our YouTube channel for each album over the coming days.

Enjoy!

After uploading our 666th Black Metal song to our official BestBlackMetalAlbums.com YouTube Channel, we are going to take a break from video uploads while we concentrate on other aspects of the site, such as linking each album with it's corresponding YouTube video and more importantly, adding more album reviews.

For those of you that have already subscribed to us, we hope you have enjoyed all the songs we have uploaded, and that you have found our channel useful for finding out new bands and great Black Metal albums. For everyone else, get over there, check out our channel, and if you like ...

One of the Philippines' premier Black Metal acts, Deiphago have recently released their third full length studio recording, titled "Satan Alpha Omega", through U.S. label Hell's Headbangers Records.

Deiphago was founded in Manila, Philippines in 1989, and the band released three demos before relocating to Costa Rica in 2004. Shortly afterwards they released their first full length album titled "Satanik Eon" in 2006, and their follow-up album "Filipino Antichrist" in 2009. Deiphago have also released two EPs as well as participating on various compilations and split albums.

Deiphago - ...

Finnish Black Metal band Impaled Nazarene are scheduled to release a DVD featuring a recording of their 20th Anniversary Show from the at 20th of November, 2010, played at Henry's Pub in Helsinki, Finland. The DVD will be available on the 31st of October, and also includes a bonus DVD featuring their live performance at the Steelfest Festival on the 18th of May, 2012 in Hyvinkää, Finland.

Their 20th Anniversary performance also marked the release of their 11th full length album, "Road to the Octagon", and the DVD consists of a breathtaking 39 songs spanning their entire career. The bonus ...

U.S. Black Metal band Krallice are scheduled to release their upcoming album, "Years Past Matter", on the 25th of August. This will mark their fourth full length studio recording, and the first to be released by the band themselves instead of Canadian record label Profound Lore, who have handled all of the band's other releases to date. That said, the vinyl edition will be released on the 16th of October by Gilead Media who have also released the vinyl editions of all Krallice's previous albums.

Stay tuned for further info.

Ukrainian Pagan Black Metal band Khors will be releasing their fifth full length studio recording, titled "Wisdom of Centuries", on the 11th of September through British label Candlelight Records.

Khors was formed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Aleksandr "Khorus" Bogatikov after leaving fellow Ukrainian band Astrofaes in 2004. Since then the band has released four full length albums, as well as one compilation album and two DVDs featuring a collection of live performances.

The track list for "Wisdom of Centuries" is as follows:


Through the Clouds of the Past
Black Forest's Flaming Eyes
The ...

In case you have tried to vote in our Poll during the last week or so but have been surprised to find that the Poll had already been sent, the reason for this is that a recently detected bug was preventing some users from correctly registering their votes.

This has now been fixed, and we apologize for any inconvenience or confusion that this bug may have caused.

Romanian Pagan Black Metal band Dordeduh are set to release their debut full length album, titled "Dar De Duh", on the 28th of September through German record label Prophecy Productions. The band's only other release to date has been 2010's "Valea Omului" EP.

Musically, Dordeduh bears many resemblances to Negură Bunget, as can be heard on their "Valea Omului" EP, and their new album will no doubt be a continuation of this trend.

The track list for Dar De Duh has already been confirmed:


Jind De Tronuri
Flacararii
E-an-na
Calea Rotilor De Foc
Pandarul
Zuh
Cumpat
Dojana


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German Black Metal band Eïs are set to release "Wetterkreuz", their third full length album, on the 28th of September through German record label Prophecy Productions. Eïs originally formed in 2005 in Bielefeld, Germany, under the name Geïst, but were forced to change their name in March 2010 after a rock band called Geist from Cologne threatened them with lawsuits.

During their time as Geïst, the band released three full length albums. These were "Patina" in 2005, "Kainsmal" in 2006, and "Galeere" in 2009, as well as one EP titled "In den Werften der Galeere", also ...