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Just a quick note to let everyone know that we haven't forgotten about the site. We soon intend to publish all the pending news articles which we have been gathering over the last two months, and we are also going to expand our album database with 1,000 additional albums including many new releases from 2013.
We have added a few more changes to the site as some of you may have noticed, most notably the "News Search" function in the News sidebox, a "Related News" section which appears on each individual News article page showing related news items, and also News Tag links which also allow you ... [»]
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We have revamped the site's search engine this week, addressing various performance issues and also making the results more accurate. The search function now returns results at least 10 times faster than it did before, while the Search by Band / Country / Year / Genre functions are now at least 15 times faster than they were before.
Other notable changes are the "Recommended Album" sidebox, which now works independently and refreshes in real time without having to reload the entire page. The same functionality has been applied to the "Similar Albums" box that can be found at the bottom on any ... [»]
U.S. Black Metal band Von have just released their second full length album, which is titled "Dark Gods: Seven Billion Slaves". The album was released on the 22nd of March, only six months after the release of their first full length, "Satanic Blood". That said, "Satanic Blood" consisted of many songs which the band had already written for their 1992 demo (also titled "Satanic Blood"), so this new album is practically the band's first release to feature entirely new material in 21 years.
The album was released through the bands proprietary label, Von Records, features the following track ... [»]
Norwegian Melodic Black / Death Metal band Keep of Kalessin are releasing new material this week in the form of a single, which is titled "Introspection". The band has produced a music video for the song, which is now available for watching on YouTube. The single was released through Indian extreme metal label Demonstealer Records, and was premiered at the Indie Recordings Label Night at the Inferno Festival in Oslo, Norway:
During the video's premiere event, Keep of Kalessin's founder Arnt "Obsidian" Grønbech revealed some unexpected news regarding the band's lineup, as the band's former ... [»]
German Thrash legends Sodom will be unleashing their 14th full length album next month, which is titled "Epitome of Torture" and will be released through SPV / Steamhammer in Germany on the 26th of April, while the release date for the rest of Europe will be on the 29th of April and the North American release date scheduled for the 7th of May.
While that is still almost a month away, the band has made a trailer for the album available so that everyone can get a taste of what they will be offering:
At the beginning of February the band hinted at the album's musical direction on their official ... [»]
Sadly, Swedish guitarist David Parland, also known by his stage name Blackmoon, passed away last week on the 19th of March at the age of 42, with the exact cause of death still pending confirmation. The news came from the Facebook profile of fellow Swedish guitarist and life-long friend Lord Ahriman, who co-founded Dark Funeral with David in 1993. He had this to say:
A couple of days ago I was reached by the terrible news that my old brother David 'Blackmoon' Parland had passed away and entered the eternal fire once and for all. It's taken me a few days to grasp it all. And it still hurts, ... [»]
U.S. Black Metal band Woe are preparing for the release of their upcoming album, which is titled "Withdrawal" and scheduled to be released in Europe on the 22nd of April through Candlelight Records, with a North American release date set for the following day. One of the songs from the new album, titled "Exhausted", is available for streaming here.
The complete track list for the new album is as follows:
This is the End of the Story
Carried by Waves to Remorseless Shores of the Truth
All Bridges Burned
Ceaseless Jaws
Song of My Undoing
Exhausted
Withdrawal
The song "Carried by Waves to ... [»]
Canadian Black Metal band Monarque have recently revealed details regarding their upcoming full length album. The new album will be titled "Lys Noir", and is scheduled to be released on CD some time in April through Canadian label Sepulchral Productions. A cassette version will be released by Les Productions Hérétiques, and an LP version is also scheduled to be released some time in 2014.
No tracklist is available yet, but the song "L'Appel de la Nuit" has been made available for streaming online, and supposedly the album's cover art is that which appears in the video:
"Lys Noir" will mark the ... [»]
"Gorgos Goetia" is the name of the latest full length album by U.S. Black Metal solo project A Transylvanian Funeral. The album was released on the 21st of March through U.S. label Forbidden Records, and marks the project's third full length release, following the 2009 self-titled debut and 2010's "The Outsider".
The complete tracklist for "Gorgos Goetia" is as follows:
Cold Blood and Darkness
Burning Astral Hunger
Light Cast Out
The Supreme Rite of Transmutation
Fear
Mars Exalted in Capricorn
Moonchild
Night Hags
Percival in Black Armor
Ten of Swords
Hymn to a Gorgon
Goliath ... [»]
From the Vastland is one of a handful of Black Metal bands to proceed from Iran, and they have just released their second full length album. The new album is titled "Kamarikan", and it was released on the 27th of March through Norwegian label Indie Recordings. The band's only other release to date has been their 2011 debut, "Darkness vs. Light, the Perpetual Battle".
The entire album is available for streaming online here.
The album features the following tracklist:
The Ahriman Wizard
Call of the Mountain Battle
Darkness All Over the World
Kamarikan (Daevas Corps)
Night Sentinel
Realm of ... [»]
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