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 ...

Finns Draugnim are getting ready to unleash what will be their fourth studio album, "Verum Malum", marking their first release of any kind in eight years. The album will be released on the 26th of April via Naturmacht Productions, with the album's opening track "Traitor’s Crown" now available for streaming while we wait:



The label briefly described the album's themes:

"Traitor's Crown" is the first single from the new album "Verum Malum" of Finnish Black Death Metal Band Draugnim. The album deals with the growing unquenchable and inescapable evil in man, not just ...

William "Meyhna'ch" Roussel, mastermind behind the legendary French Black Metal act Mütiilation, has resurrected the band with a brand new album, titled "Black Metal Cult", marking the first Mütiilation album in almost 17 years, and seventh studio album overall. The album was released on the 29th of March, and is streaming in full at the Osmose Productions channel:



The label commented briefly:

2024... More than 30 years after its infamous creation, the black heart of Mutiilation is still pumping its poison. Risen from the ashes, unexpected for decades. Meyhnach, in his ...

Austrian Black Metal act Vástígr are getting ready to release what will be their second studio album, titled "The Path of Perdition", which is due for release on the 24th of May via Avantgarde Music. Meanwhile, check out the album's opening track, "Plunge":



The label commented:

A perfect blending of atmospheric black metal and dissonant, complex structures typical to the Icelandic scene, Vástígr music is one of the very rare cases in which a black metal artist is actually crafting something personal and unique. After a five-year long silence, ...