German Black Metal veterans Zwielicht are getting ready for the release of what will be their second studio album, "The Aphotic Embrace", which is due for release next year on the 9th of February via Ván Records. While we wait, one of the tracks from the album is now available for listening. Check out "Fallen Abbey":



The label commented:

Zwielicht exists as such since 2002, but was called Gordem beforehand. It was not until 2005 the unholy legion decided to rebaptize to the name Zwielicht, which lasts until to this day.

The first physical emanation was a self released demo tape in 2006: ...

German Black / Death Metal act Sulphur Aeon are due to unleash their latest album, "Seven Crowns And Seven Seals", on the 13th of October through Ván Records. Meanwhile, the album's third track, "Usurper Of The Earth And Sea", can now be listened via the label's channel:



"Seven Crowns And Seven Seals" will mark the band's fourth studio album. The label commented on the album's style and Lovecraftian themes:

SULPHUR AEON's newest opus is blessed with contrasts, an astonishing sonic ebb and flow. Expect a barrage of angular riffs and ferocious blast beats, refined layers of melodies, dense ...

German Black Metal veterans Endstille recently released "Detonation", their ninth studio album and first release of any kind in almost a decade. To celebrate the release, Ván Records are streaming the entire album over at their channel:



The label commented briefly:

After some restraint in recent years, ENDSTILLE, Germany‘s leading raw Black-Metal-Alliance, is back at full force! The most aggressive Punks in Black Metal are back after 10 years with their nineth album “DetoNation”. Releasedate is set to August 25th 2023 via Ván Records.

ENDSTILLE continues to stand for uncompromising Black ...

On the 11th of August, Dutch Black Metal veterans Urfaust released what appears to be their final album, "Untergang". The album was released on the 11th of August via Ván Records, marking the band's seventh studio album in a career spanning 20 years. To celebrate the release, the entire album is being streamed in full over at the Ván Records channel:



The label commented briefly:

Recorded in the bunker with Deportator & adorned with the amazing art of Iza Carlucci, specially crafted for this ride into the afterlife, you know what to expect - or do you? Hail URFAUST!

The album features ...

German Black Metal veterans Endstille have recently revealed the details for what will be their ninth studio album, and first release of any kind in almost 10 years. The album will be titled "Detonation", and is scheduled for release on the 25th of August via Ván Records. While we wait, a lyric video for the track "Jericho Howls" premiered yesterday on the label's channel, check it out:



The label commented briefly:

After some restraint in recent years, ENDSTILLE, Germany‘s leading raw Black-Metal-Alliance, is back at full force! The most aggressive Punks in Black Metal are back after 10 ...

Underground German Black Metal act Funeral Procession are now streaming the song "Sylent Is The Lone Voyce That Cryeth In The VVildernesse" online via the Ván Records channel. The song is taken from their recent split album with fellow Black Metal act Mightiest, which was released back in September and titled "Of Deathfires, A Tomb & The Night Without End":



The complete tracklist for "Of Deathfires, A Tomb & The Night Without End" is as follows:

Side A


Mightiest - Passage – The Deathmantra
Mightiest - Breath of the Storm
Mightiest - Storm of Evil


Side B


Funeral ...

German Black Metal act Erzfeynd have just revealed one of the songs from the project's upcoming debut full-length album, "Muspilli". The new song is titled "Victus", and is the album's closing track, check it out:



The label briefly touched on the song's themes:

The journey through the Eschaton ends here, bearing witness to the Grand Celestial Fire as God's Lamb shrouded in Man's harness unlocks the abyss to devour us all.

"Muspilli" will be released on the 30th of September through Ván Records in digipack CD and vinyl LP formats, while Messe Noire Productions will handle the release on ...

On Monday the 19th of September, German Black / Death Metal duo Hadopelagyal released their debut full-length album, titled "Nereidean Seismic End". The album was released on vinyl and CD formats by Ván Records, with the cassette format handled by Amor Fati Productions. To celebrate the release, the entire album is up for streaming via the Ván Records channel, check it out:



"Nereidean Seismic End" features seven tracks in total:


Depravity Shall Triumph
Intertidal Terrorrealm
The Morning Carried a Feeble Sun, a Solitary Sphere of Embers
Blades Drawn from the Iron Marrow of the ...

German Black / Death Metal duo Hadopelagyal have just dropped a new track, titled "Blades Drawn from the Iron Marrow of the Sunken Dead", which was uploaded to the Amor Fati Productions channel earlier today, check it out:



The song is taken from the new album, "Nereidean Seismic End", which will be released on vinyl and CD by Ván Records, with the cassette tape release being handled by Amor Fati Productions.

No further details yet, stay tuned.

German Black Metal band Sumerian Tombs are preparing to launch their debut full-length, the self-titled "Sumerian Tombs", on the 18th of March via Ván Records. Ahead of the release, the entire album is now streaming online via the BMP YouTube channel, check it out:



Ván Records describe Sumerian Tombs as "Epic Vampyric Black Metal", and commented on the album's themes and what listeners can expect:

Rising from the crypts of West German necropolises, SUMERIAN TOMBS play an epic and furious style of Vampyric Black Metal. Their highly melodic yet aggressive music is a deep bow to the second ...