Næstved Metalfest announces festival headliner and another two acts for the, now, enlarged version of the festival in 2023. Næstved Metalfest hereby reveals the headliner for the 2023 version of the festival and spices things up, by adding another couple of very interesting names to the line-up. On top of that, the festival announces that
ThroneFest, een festival dat black metal hoog in het vaandel voert, staat al een tijdje, bij MUSIKA toch, met stip genoteerd om opnieuw te bezoeken. Het was dan ook uitkijken naar de bands die de organisatie ons zou gaan presenteren. Intussen kregen we de eerste tien namen van bands te horen. En daar zijn wij,
Progressive rockers Haken recently announced their seventh studio album ‘Fauna’, the group’s most genre-busting and conceptually fascinating album to date, will be released on the 3rd March 2023. The band are pleased to release “Taurus” the 3rd single from the album. You can watch the video, produced by Crystal Spotlight, at: https://youtu.be/4FQBK4CFWbI Ross Jennings says
On February 24th, Finnish metal melancholists Insomnium will release their ninth full-length, Anno 1696, via Century Media Records. Based on a short story by Niilo Sevänen (bass/vocals), Anno 1696 is woven with sorrow and the last crumbling vestiges of hope. For a preview of this upcoming album, the new single, “The Witch Hunter”, can be
The Abbey, the emerging progressive doom metal band ft. Natalie Koskinen (SHAPE OF DESPAIR), Jesse Heikkinen (HENGET, ITERUM NATA, etc), Vesa Ranta (SENTENCED, THE MAN-EATING TREE), and Janne Markus (THE MAN-EATING TREE), are now releasing their third new single ‘Starless’. The new offering is taken from the band’s upcoming album “Word of Sin”, which will
In februari, maar bepaald tussen 22 en 25 februari reist het West-Vlaamse Dyscordia doorheen Vlaanderen om hun nieuwe drummer voor te stellen. Dyscordia kiest daarvoor De Kreun (Kortrijk), Hell (Diest), Kid’s (Antwerpen) en Ragnarok (Bree) als locaties uit. Telkens mogen Aeveris en Patroness mee om de zaal op te warmen. Patroness werd in 2019 opgestart
Imperium Dekadenz delivers profound darkness from the heart of the Black Forest! Lords of black metal Imperium Dekadenz raise darkness from the depths of southwestern Germany’s Black Forest once more with their new album, Into Sorrow Evermore, to be unleashed in 2023 via Napalm Records. Inspired by Norwegian black metal traditions, the band incorporates the
On March 17th, Ventura, California’s heavy metal institution Night Demon return with their third full-length, OUTSIDER, via Century Media Records. For a first preview of OUTSIDER, the album’s title track can be streamed now,the video (directed by Oliver Barth) can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QReBsOvk3YM&ab_channel=CenturyMediaRecords Regarding OUTSIDER, Jarvis Leatherby (Vocals / Bass) recently commented as follows
“Melancholy at its best! Already one of the best Doom albums 2023!“ (EMP) “Another heartfelt offensive by KATATONIA” (Metal Hammer, DE) Katatonia orbit the musical universe with Sky Void of Stars. Meritorious masters of melancholic metal Katatonia carry on their legacy of rearranging the order of the heavy music universe, proudly presenting their hauntingly beautiful
Portuguese melodic metal band Enchantya is set to release their third studio album Cerberus on April 28th 2023 via Inverse Records. The first single Existence is released today and video of the track is available here: https://youtu.be/juMKDAFlBy8 Pedro Antunes (keyboards) comments: “Enchantya have worked on “Cerberus” before and throughout the pandemic, and its concept became
