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Newsletter #61 - June 14th, 2024
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In other news, some prominent bands that have recently put out new songs from upcoming albums include Akhlys, Forgotten Tomb, Seth, Sear Bliss and Wormwitch, among others.

Also, keep an eye out for brand new albums that are now streaming in full, including works by the likes of Greek misanthropists Dodsferd, Canadian Black Metal vikings SIG:AR:TYR, and also the debut album of the French underground act Sotherion.

That is all for now.

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Imperator
News highlights:
- True Black Dawn present new music video
- SIG:AR:TYR streaming new album in full
- Vimur premiere track from upcoming album
- Ophidian present "Descent Into The Labyrinth"
- Wormwitch reveal new album and premiere new track
- Sear Bliss release music video for "Chasm"
- Akhlys premiere "Maze of Phobetor"
- Seth release new music video
- Lycanthropia.net is now on Ko-fi
- Forgotten Tomb present "Nightfloating" music video
- Verzauber release new lyric video
- Dødsferd streaming "Wrath" in full
- Inherits the Void present new single
- Sotherion streaming debut album in full

Review highlights:
- Nightside - Death from the North (2024)
- Verwoed - The Mother (2024)
- Naxen - Descending into a Deeper Darkness (2024)
- Windswept - Der Eine, Wahre König (2024)
- Krater - Phrenesis (2024)
- Rotting Christ - Προ Χριστού (2024)
- Slaughter (CAN) - Strappado (1987)
- Verberis - Vastitas (2014)

Forum highlights:
- Caliginosity - A Gleaming Silver Wound
- CARDINAL - The Light on my Altar is Always Glowing

True Black Dawn present new music video

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on June 13th, 2024 0 Comments

The video is for the song "Algol", taken from their upcoming full-length effort, "Of Thick-circling Shadows", which is scheduled for release at the end of July via W.T.C. Productions.

True Black Dawn present new music video

Finnish Black Metal veterans True Black Dawn have just put out a music video for one of the songs of their upcoming album, "Of Thick-circling Shadows", which is due for release on the 30th of July via W.T.C. Productions. The song is titled "Algol", check it out:

Stay tuned for more info.

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SIG:AR:TYR streaming new album in full

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on June 13th, 2024 0 Comments

"Citadel of Stars" was released on the 31st of May via Hammerheart Records, marking the band's fifth studio album in a career spanning over 20 years.

SIG:AR:TYR streaming new album in full

Canadian Black Metal Vikings SIG:AR:TYR have recently released what marks their fifth studio album, titled "Citadel of Stars". The album was released via Hammerheart Records on the 31st of May, and is now available for listening in full:

More info here: https://sigartyr.lnk.to/citadelofstars

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Vimur premiere track from upcoming album

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on June 13th, 2024 0 Comments

The new album will be titled "The Timeless Everpresent", which is due for release via Avantgarde Music on the 5th of July.

Vimur premiere track from upcoming album

Atlanta-based Black Metal veterans Vimur are getting ready to unleash what will be their fourth studio album, titled "The Timeless Everpresent", due for release on the 5th of July via Avantgarde Music. Meanwhile, the album's first single, "Sons of Another Light", is now available for ...

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Ophidian present "Descent Into The Labyrinth"

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on June 13th, 2024 0 Comments

The song is the title-track from the project's upcoming debut studio album, due for release later this year.

Ophidian present "Descent Into The Labyrinth"

Greek Black Metal act Ophidian is due to release their debut studio album, titled "Descent Into The Labyrinth", via Iron Bonehead Productions later this year. Meanwhile, the album's title track is now available for listening:

The label commented:

OPHIDIAN meaning “serpentine, or serpent like” ...

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Wormwitch reveal new album and premiere new track

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on May 28th, 2024 0 Comments

The song is titled "The Helm and the Bow", and is taken from the band's upcoming self-titled full-length, due for release on the 26th of July.

Wormwitch reveal new album and premiere new track

Canadian Black Metal act Wormwitch are scheduled to release a brand new album on the 26th of July via Profound Lore Records. The album, despite being self-titled, will mark their fourth full-length overall. While we wait, the album's third track, "The Helm and the Bow", is now available for ...

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Sear Bliss release music video for "Chasm"

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on May 28th, 2024 0 Comments

The song is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Heavenly Down", due for release on the 28th of June via Hammerheart Records.

Sear Bliss release music video for "Chasm"

Hungarian Black Metal legends Sear Bliss will be releasing a brand new album on the 28th of June, titled "Heavenly Down", marking their ninth full-length effort in a career spanning over 30 years. While we wait, Hammerheart Records have released a music video for the album's seventh track, "Chasm", ...

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Akhlys premiere "Maze of Phobetor"

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on May 28th, 2024 0 Comments

The song is the second single from the band's upcoming albm, "House of the Black Geminus", due for release on the 5th of July.

Akhlys premiere "Maze of Phobetor"

On the 5th of July, Colorado Black Metal mystics Akhlys will be unleashing a brand new album, titled "House of the Black Geminus", via Debemur Morti Productions. Meanwhile, another track from the album has now been made available for listening, check out "Maze of Phobetor":

As described by the ...

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Seth release new music video

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on May 28th, 2024 0 Comments

The video is for "Dans le Cœur un Poignard", fourth track from the band's upcoming album, "La France des Maudits", due for release in July.

Seth release new music video

French Black Metal veterans Seth are due to put out a brand new album, titled "La France des maudits", on the 14th of July via Season of Mist, marking their seventh studio album in a career spanning three decades. While we wait, a music video was made for the album's fourth track, "Dans le Cœur un ...

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Forgotten Tomb present "Nightfloating" music video

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on May 17th, 2024 0 Comments

The song is the title-track from the band's upcoming album, "Nightfloating", due for release on the 12th of June via Agonia Records.

Forgotten Tomb present "Nightfloating" music video

Italian Black Metal veterans Forgotten Tomb are gearing up for the release of what will be their 11th studio album in a career spanning 25 years. The album, titled "Nightfloating", is due for release on the 12th of June via Agonia Records. Meanwhile the album's title-track and opener is now ...

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Verzauber release new lyric video

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on May 17th, 2024 0 Comments

The video is for the song "To Call the Stars by Name and Render the Heavens Ablaze", taken from the debut album, "Frankincense & Vitriol", released last year.

Verzauber release new lyric video

Irish Black Metal alchemists Verzauber have just put out a lyric video for one of the songs from last year's debut, "Frankincense & Vitriol", ahead of the album's impending physical release through Naturmacht Productions. The song in question is the album's fifth track, "To Call the Stars by Name ...

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Dødsferd streaming "Wrath" in full

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on May 17th, 2024 0 Comments

The album was released on the 10th of May via Hypnotic Dirge Records, marking the band's 12th full-length release.

Dødsferd streaming "Wrath" in full

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 ...

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Inherits the Void present new single

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on May 17th, 2024 0 Comments

The song is titled "Orchard of Grief", and is the second track from the project's upcoming third studio album, "Scars of Yesteryears", due for release next month.

Inherits the Void present new single

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 ...

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Sotherion streaming debut album in full

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on May 17th, 2024 0 Comments

The album's title is "Vermine", and was released on the 9th of May via W.T.C. Productions.

Sotherion streaming debut album in full

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 ...

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Nightside - Death from the North (2024)

REVIEW

Reviewed by Jeger on May 8th, 2024

Nightside - “Death From the North” 2024

Review for Nightside - Death from the North

100%

5.0 star rating

Nightside “Death From the North”

Origin: Turku, Varsinais-Suomi, Finland

Genre: Black Metal

Label: Purity Through Fire

Obscurity it seems is a comfortable home for the true black metal band/artist. Over the years, Suomi has proven to be a provider for such a home as evidenced by its fertile underground scene. Obscurity is the true black metal way! Whether you’re renowned but choose the underground as your haunt like one Satanic ...

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Verwoed - The Mother (2024)

REVIEW

Reviewed by Jeger on May 8th, 2024

Verwoed - “The Mother” 2024

Review for Verwoed - The Mother

75%

3.8 star rating

Verwoed “The Mother”

Origin: Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Genre: Black Metal

Label: Wolves of Hades / Argento

Verwoed - The Netherland’s own modern-day underground black metal visionaries - casting a dim light from within the shadows of despair for only those desperate enough to see it. And to follow its faded luminance means to traverse the most dreadful genre terrain. A less-than-beaten cathartic pathway through terror-ridden ...

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Naxen - Descending into a Deeper Darkness (2024)

REVIEW

Reviewed by Jeger on May 6th, 2024

Naxen - “Descending Into a Deeper Darkness” (2024)

Review for Naxen - Descending into a Deeper Darkness

85%

4.3 star rating

Naxen “Descending Into a Deeper Darkness”

Origin: Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Genre: Black Metal • Depressive Black Metal

Label: Vendetta Records

Some call it the “glass is half empty or full” metaphor. It labels one a pessimist if said glass is seen to be mostly empty, or is it just realism? Hope is in fact lost… Any hope for a bright future for the species is a fool’s dream! Dread encapsulates existence and life is ...

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Windswept - Der Eine, Wahre König (2024)

REVIEW

Reviewed by Jeger on May 5th, 2024

Windswept - “Der eine, wahre König” 2024

Review for Windswept - Der Eine, Wahre König

90%

4.5 star rating

Windswept “Der eine, wahre König”

Origin: Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Genre: Black Metal

Label: Primitive Reaction

Roman Saenko - Ukraine’s most prolific black metal artist - his name is synonymous with controversy. Is he an NSBM artist? I’ll answer a question with a question: who gives a shit? His projects: Drudkh and Hate Forest - sheer brilliance incarnate. Some of the world’s finest and truest black metal as realized by a ...

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Krater - Phrenesis (2024)

REVIEW

Reviewed by Jeger on May 5th, 2024

Krater - “Phrenesis” 2024

Review for Krater - Phrenesis

80%

4.0 star rating

Krater “Phrenesis”

Origin: Lichtentanne, Saxony, Germany

Genre: Black Metal

Label: Eisenwald

In this reversed bipolar age when the principles of the past are now deemed worthless and as societal fabric rapidly unfurls around us, the individual descent into madness is often a quick one. A process that formerly took years perhaps, now a steady and fluid transformation. You can feel it every day: those random thoughts of jerking the ...

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Rotting Christ - Προ Χριστού (2024)

REVIEW

Reviewed by Jeger on May 5th, 2024

Rotting Christ - “ Προ Χριστού” (2024)

Review for Rotting Christ - Προ Χριστού

95%

4.8 star rating

Rotting Christ “ΠΡΟ ΧΡΙΣΤΟU” (Pro Xristou)

Origin: Athens, Greece

Genre: Black Metal

Label: Season of Mist

The almighty Rotting Christ! Restful and austere upon their Olympian plateau - enthroned and at vantage o’er the entirety of the European black metal scene: elder fathers of the genre, true innovators and stark visionaries this collective has proven to be since their official inception in ‘89. And this practically unreachable ...

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Slaughter (CAN) - Strappado (1987)

REVIEW

Reviewed by PeaceThroughAnarchy on May 18th, 2021

ARGHHHHHH!

Review for Slaughter (CAN) - Strappado

93%

4.7 star rating

Slaughter was one of the most underrated acts related to the first wave / 80s Black Metal scene. Most people remember this band as Chuck Schuldiner's first band (he did contribute in the early days of the band), but people, you should not just look at it that way. This band released one of the most evil Black Metal albums of all time.

On first listen, you will definitely hear a lot of Hellhammer / Celtic Frost, or even some of the less obvious ...

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Verberis - Vastitas (2014)

REVIEW

Reviewed by PeaceThroughAnarchy on May 16th, 2021

Hail the Underground Heroes!

Review for Verberis - Vastitas

89%

4.5 star rating

The Black/Death formula that existed since the late 80s is probably one of the most over the top and extreme forms of Extreme Metal in general. These New Zealand boys started to add some more Death/Doom elements to the mix, which makes it fuckin' unique in my book!

The guitar tone is the usual gritty, dirty tone found in most War Metal acts, but here the riffs are even more doomy than usual (downright open chords at some points!).

The riffs ...

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Caliginosity - A Gleaming Silver Wound

FORUM

Posted by VVoodsDCLXVI on May 27th, 2024 0 Comments

New EP: https://caliginosity.bandcamp.com/album/a-gleaming-silver-wound

Grim and somber black metal with experimental overtones

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CARDINAL - The Light on my Altar is Always Glowing

FORUM

Posted by sleepfc on May 17th, 2024 0 Comments

New demo by CARDINAL (SF)

THE LIGHT ON MY ALTAR IS ALWAYS GLOWING

FFO RAW BLACK METAL, DARK AMBIENT

https://c666.bandcamp.com/album/the-light-on-my-altar-is-always-glowing

LISTEN!

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