Black metal news

When discussing the early years of Norwegian Black Metal, there are a few band names that always manage to crop up sooner or later, either due to being a direct musical influence on the scene or simply because they featured musicians who later became key figures in Norwegian Black Metal. ... [+]

U.S. Epic / Atmospheric Black Metal band Caladan Brood are due to release their debut full length album today, titled "Echoes of Battle". The album is to be released through German label Northern Silence Productions, and the band has made a 7-minute long teaser available for ... [+]

U.S. Experimental Black Metal solo-project Botanist will soon be releasing a brand new full length album on the 19th of February titled IV: Mandragora. While we wait, the band has decided to make the entire album available for streaming online at the official Botanist Bandcamp profile: ... [+]

Austrian Epic / Atmospheric Black Metal veterans Summoning have just issued a statement on their official website, announcing that work on the "Old Mornings Dawn" album is now finished, and that it is now up to their label to complete the process: So it is done finally. Today, ... [+]

Greek Black Metal legends Rotting Christ are scheduled to release what will be their eleventh full length album, titled "Κατά τον δαίμονα εαυτού", on the 1st of March through Season of Mist. In the weeks leading up to the album's release, the label has made In Yumen - Xibalba and ... [+]

Italian Black Metal band Apolokia have just released their first full length album this week, which is titled "Kathaarian Vortex" and features the following track list: Consolamentum Post Kristus Daemonolatry In Figuram Baphometis Order of the Nine Malignant Asphyxiation ... [+]

Norwegian Black Metal band Vreid are scheduled to release their upcoming full length album, titled "Welcome Farewell", on the 22nd of February through Norwegian label Indie Recordings. To keep their fans happy while they wait for the album to be available, the band has produced a ... [+]

Swedish Black Metal band Thyrfing will be releasing their next album, titled "De Ödeslösa", on the 1st of March through NoiseArt Records. The album will mark the band's seventh full length studio recording, and their first release in five years since their 2008 album, "Hels ... [+]

Underground U.S. Black Metal project Nattferd is due to release new material today in the form of an instrumental EP, which is titled "Journey Through a Path in the Woods". The EP will be released through Eternal Frost Records, which is run and owned by Nattferd's sole member, ... [+]

Iraqi Black Metal band Seeds of Iblis have been working hard over the last year, because not only are they due to be releasing their debut full length album "Anti Quran Rituals" on the 22nd of February, but they have also prepared a stand-alone EP titled "The Black ... [+]