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Newsletter #63 - September 19th, 2024
Greetings,

Another action packed month of quality Black Metal. Quite a few heavyweights are either working towards releasing or have just released new material, including Finnish legends Horna, who recently released "NYX", their 12th full album in a career spanning three decades. Also keep an eye out for albums from Agrypnie, Ellende, Winterfylleth, Aethyrick, and also Canadian Black Metal viking Bloodaxe.

Also check out the debut demo from Misotheos, promising newcomers on the Québécois Black Metal scene.

I'll leave you to it, have a great equinox.

Regards,
Imperator
News highlights:
- Agrypnie streaming "Erg" in full
- Misotheos present debut demo
- Vafurlogi streaming debut album in full
- Weltschmerz reveal new album
- Nigrum present "Splendour of the Old World"
- Winterfylleth present lyric video for "To the Edge of Tyranny"
- Destruktor premiere "Speaking with the Dead"
- Angelcorpse re-release first demo
- Ellende streaming "Todbringerin" in full
- Horna present opening track from new album "Nyx"
- Bloodaxe reveal new album in the works
- Nubivagant release new track from upcoming album
- Aethyrick premiere new track

Review highlights:
- Gravenoire - Devant la Porte des Étoiles (2024)
- 1349 - The Wolf & the King (2024)
- Gaerea - Coma (2024)
- Horna - Nyx - Hymnejä Yölle (2024)
- Spite (USA) - The Third Temple (2024)
- Abysmal Lord - Storms of Unholy Black Mass (2014)
- Markgraf - Markgraf (2020)

Forum highlights:
- Vreedas
- INQUISITION - Luciferian Rays (Unofficial Black & White Low-Fi Video)
- INFERNAL WORSHIP - single
- Hello there

Agrypnie streaming "Erg" in full

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on September 18th, 2024 0 Comments

The new album marks the band's seventh studio album in a career spanning 20 years.

Agrypnie streaming "Erg" in full

German Post-Black Metal veterans Agrypnie have just this past Friday released "Erg", marking their seventh full-length album in a career that spans two decades. "Erg" was released through Art of Propaganda Records, who also worked with Agrypnie for the release of their previous album, ...

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Misotheos present debut demo

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on September 18th, 2024 0 Comments

The band's first demo release is titled "Mocking the Infidels of Satan", and is now streaming in full.

Misotheos present debut demo

Québécois Black Metal act Misotheos have just released their debut demo, which is titled "Mocking the Infidels of Satan", and is now available for listening in full at the band's official channel:

The demo will have a limited physical release of 20 cassette tapes, and features three tracks in ...

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Vafurlogi streaming debut album in full

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on September 18th, 2024 0 Comments

The project's debut album, titled "Í vökulli áþján", was released by Norma Evangelium Diaboli on the 13th of September.

Vafurlogi streaming debut album in full

Icelanding Black Metal newcomers Vafurlogi, featuring members of Svartidauði and Helfró, have just released their debut studio album, titled “Í Vökulli Áþján”, via Norma Evangelium Diaboli, in collaboration with Oration Records. To celebrate the release, the entire album is now streaming in ...

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Weltschmerz reveal new album

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on September 18th, 2024 0 Comments

The band's next album will be titled "III: Non Sequitur", and is due for release on the 30th of October.

Weltschmerz reveal new album

Dutch Black Metal act Weltschmerz have revealed the details for what will be their third studio album, titled "III: Non Sequitur", and due for release on the 30th of October. Meanwhile, one of the album's tracks is already available for listening:

More info here: ...

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Nigrum present "Splendour of the Old World"

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on September 11th, 2024 0 Comments

The song is taken from the band's upcoming debut, "Blood Worship Extremism", due for release later this year.

Nigrum present "Splendour of the Old World"

Swedish Black Metal newcomers Nigrum are getting ready to release their debut studio album, titled "Blood Worship Extremism", and due for release later this year via Iron Bonehead Productions. Meanwhile, check out the track "Splendour of the Old World":

Stay tuned for more info.

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Winterfylleth present lyric video for "To the Edge of Tyranny"

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on September 2nd, 2024 0 Comments

The song is the seventh track from the band's upcoming album, "The Imperious Horizon", due for release on the 13th of September via Candlelight Records.

Winterfylleth present lyric video for "To the Edge of Tyranny"

British Black Metal heralds Winterfylleth are putting the final touches on what will be their eighth studio album, titled "The Imperious Horizon", and scheduled for release on the 13th of September via long-time partner Candlelight Records. While we wait, the album's seventh track, "To the Edge of ...

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Destruktor premiere "Speaking with the Dead"

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on September 2nd, 2024 0 Comments

The song is the opening track from the band's upcoming album, "Indomitable", due for release in October.

Destruktor premiere "Speaking with the Dead"

Australian Black/Death Metal act Destruktor are getting ready to unleash what will be their third studio album, titled "Indomitable", on the 18th of October via Hell's Headbangers Records. While we wait, the album's opening track, "Speaking with the Dead", is now available for listening:

The ...

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Angelcorpse re-release first demo

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on September 2nd, 2024 0 Comments

The original 1996 "Goats to Azazael" demo will be presented in EP format by Osmose Productions, and is now available for streaming in full.

Angelcorpse re-release first demo

U.S. Black Metal ancients Angelcorpse are having their debut demo 1996 tape "Goats to Azazael" re-released in EP format by Osmose Productions, with the entire thing now available for streaming at the label's channel:

More info here: https://bit.ly/angel-corpse-shop

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Ellende streaming "Todbringerin" in full

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on September 2nd, 2024 0 Comments

"Todbringerin" was released on the 30th of August via AOP Records, marking the band's fifth studio album.

Ellende streaming "Todbringerin" in full

Austrian Black Metal act Ellende have just released "Todbringerin" marking their fifth studio album in a career spanning over a decade. To celebrate the release, the entire album is now available for streaming over at the Art of Propaganda label's channel:

The album is dedicated to Austrian game ...

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Horna present opening track from new album "Nyx"

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on August 20th, 2024 0 Comments

The band's next studio album will be titled "Nyx (Hymnejä Yölle)", and features six new tracks, the first of which is now available for listening.

Horna present opening track from new album "Nyx"

Finnish Black Metal veterans Horna have just revealed the opening track from their upcoming 12th studio album, which will be titled "Nyx (Hymnejä Yölle)" ("Hymns to the Night"). Check out the first hymn below:

"Nyx (Hymnejä Yölle)" will be released on the 13th of September through World Terro ...

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Bloodaxe reveal new album in the works

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on August 20th, 2024 0 Comments

The new album will be titled "Bless the North Winds", and will mark the band's fifth studio album in a career spanning 25 years.

Bloodaxe reveal new album in the works

Canadian Black Metal viking Bloodaxe has recently announced that a brand new album is in the works, titled "Bless the North Winds" and featuring 10 tracks of pounding Boreal Metal. The album will mark the band's fifth full-length album in a career spanning three decades, and is currently in the ...

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Nubivagant release new track from upcoming album

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on August 20th, 2024 0 Comments

The song is the first glimpse at the Italian project's third studio album, "The Blame Dagger", due for release in October.

Nubivagant release new track from upcoming album

On the 4th of October, Italian Black Metal solo project Nubivagant will be releasing their third studio album, which is titled "The Blame Dagger". The album will be released through Amor Fati Productions, with the opening track "Darkness Upon the Face of the Deep" now available for ...

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Aethyrick premiere new track

NEWS

Posted by Imperator on August 20th, 2024 0 Comments

The song, titled "Beyond All Death", is taken from their upcoming fifth full-length album, "Death Is Absent", due for release next month.

Aethyrick premiere new track

Finnish Black Metal act Aethyrick have been putting the finishing touches on what will be their fifth studio album, "Death Is Absent", which is due for release on the 13th of September via Norma Evangelium Diaboli. While we wait, the album's third track is now available for listening:

The label ...

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Gravenoire - Devant la Porte des Étoiles (2024)

REVIEW

Reviewed by Jeger on September 10th, 2024

Gravenoire - “Devant La Porte Des Etoiles” (2024)

Review for Gravenoire - Devant la Porte des Étoiles

95%

4.8 star rating

GraveNoire “Devant La Porte Des Etoiles”

Origin: France

Genre: Black Metal

Label: Season of Mist

As the sun rises and then sets into its blackened horizon over a Scandinavian-dominated black metal scene whose realizations of the genre come by way of occultism and misanthropy, over in France, there’s a different way of doing things. In L'hexagone, black metal is a much more artfully colored endeavor and its colors bleed to the curses ...

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1349 - The Wolf & the King (2024)

REVIEW

Reviewed by Jeger on September 10th, 2024

1349 - “The Wolf & the King” (2024)

Review for 1349 - The Wolf & the King

85%

4.3 star rating

1349 “The Wolf & the King”

Origin: Oslo, Norway

Genre: Black Metal

Label: Season of Mist

If there was ever a near-perfect vision of what mainstream black metal should look and sound like, it would be Norway’s 1349 - a project realized with the creation of world-class music and genre dynamics in mind as opposed to heritage and culture. True black metal? That’s a slippery slope, as I’m of the mind that no true black metal project ...

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Gaerea - Coma (2024)

REVIEW

Reviewed by Jeger on August 27th, 2024

Gaerea - “Coma” 2024

Review for Gaerea - Coma

90%

4.5 star rating

GAEREA “Coma”

Origin: Porto, Porto, Portugal

Genre: Black Metal

Label: Season of Mist

Since the pre-plague days of 2016 and on through Death’s iron grip upon our world into our dystopian present day, Portugal’s Gaerea have bestowed upon their devotees some of the finest dark art to come out of Europe since the glory days of the Second Wave of black metal. But it hasn’t been through Satanism or anti-Christendom that Gaerea have chosen ...

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Horna - Nyx - Hymnejä Yölle (2024)

REVIEW

Reviewed by Jeger on August 19th, 2024

Horna - “ Nyx - Hymnejä Yölle” 2024

Review for Horna - Nyx - Hymnejä Yölle

100%

5.0 star rating

Horna “Nyx - Hymnejä Yölle”

Origin: Lappeenranta, Etelä-Karjala / Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland

Genre: Black Metal

Label: World Terror Committee

"We judge every man and woman only by their demeanor, not by their race or sexual preferences. We have zero interest in politics, left or right." Says Horna, and to that statement I must wholeheartedly agree. Fascist terror groups like ANTIFA and cancerous media outlets like MetalSucks have ...

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Spite (USA) - The Third Temple (2024)

REVIEW

Reviewed by Jeger on August 18th, 2024

Spite - “The Third Temple” 2024

Review for Spite (USA) - The Third Temple

90%

4.5 star rating

Spite “The Third Temple”

Origin: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Genre: Black Metal

Label: Invictus Productions

The convoluted realm of Jewish Mysticism has been explored with much fervor by contemporary black metal bands as of late: the mythical world of Qliphoth and Kabbalah as so detailed by esoteric collectives such as Gevurah (Swe) and Serpent Noir (Gre) whose occult works directly correlate with their artistic ventures. ...

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Abysmal Lord - Storms of Unholy Black Mass (2014)

REVIEW

Reviewed by PeaceThroughAnarchy on May 16th, 2021

HOLY SHIT! This is Barbaric Metal!

Review for Abysmal Lord - Storms of Unholy Black Mass

91%

4.6 star rating

if you like old school War Metal acts like old school Beherit and Blasphemy, you MUST listen to this EP here! No other way around it!

Abysmal Lord's incredibly primitive and dirty approach to Black Metal is very unique, and authentically old school (or Trve!) at the same time. On this release, they hit the bull's eye. This is by far the best War Metal release ever!

The guitar tone is so thick that you sometimes sense that it's the bassist ...

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Markgraf - Markgraf (2020)

REVIEW

Reviewed by PeaceThroughAnarchy on May 14th, 2021

We need more albums like this!

Review for Markgraf - Markgraf

92%

4.6 star rating

Arghhhhh! It's albums like this that give us hope! You can't kill the underground when bands like this exist!

If you take the mad dramatic vocals of King Diamond, and mix it with the gritty, dirty, doomy riffs of Cirith Ungol (or even some War Metal acts!), with a little sprinkle of 80s Heavy Metal solos, and ta-da!

In short, this album is one of the weirdest mixes I've ever encountered. There's a lot of Doom, a lot of old school 80s ...

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Vreedas

FORUM

Posted by Sagarana on September 4th, 2024 0 Comments

https://aerisatur.bandcamp.com/album/vreedas

I think small artists should promote their works because nobody else will, so…

Is moving between subgenres of black metal generally frowned upon? Let me know your thoughts

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INQUISITION - Luciferian Rays (Unofficial Black & White Low-Fi Video)

FORUM

Posted by Skrablas on September 3rd, 2024 0 Comments

Hell-o,

I wanted to share my amateur low-fi trve version of INQUISITION video for Luciferian Rays in black and white

https://youtu.be/yRU6OPLmC7w

Effects used on Open Shot: Pixelate, ChromaKey, Saturation, Bars, Noise

Audio quality reduced to mono, 64 kbps, 24000

Best wishes from ...

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INFERNAL WORSHIP - single

FORUM

Posted by sleepfc on August 29th, 2024 0 Comments

CARDINAL - INFERNAL WORSHIP

https://c666.bandcamp.com/track/infernal-worship-single

NEW SINGLE FROM THE UPCOMING EP. RAW BLACK METAL FROM CALIFORNIA

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Hello there

FORUM

Posted by Lilith666 on August 25th, 2024 0 Comments

Hi, I am new and happy to be here, was wondering if there are any Mephorash fans I can maybe talk to and share songs and impressions with? Thanks and feel free to message

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