Black metal news

Swedish Black Metal band Grá have just released a new EP today titled "Necrology of the Witch", marking the band's third release in total after their 2010 EP, "Helfärd", and their debut self-titled full length released in 2011. "Necrology of the Witch" features five new tracks and ends with a cover of Mayhem's classic, "Freezing Moon".

The complete tracklist is as follows:

In Cordibus Vestris Necrology of the Witch Οδεύοντας προς την Στύγα (On the way to Styx) Worms and Crows Helfärd II Freezing Moon (Mayhem cover)

No tracks are available for streaming yet, but here is a video taken ... [»]

Romanian Black Metal band Sorgnatt have released new material this week in the form of a full length album in cassette format, and also an EP that is divided between a 7" vinyl and a DVD. Impressive! Both items were released on the 24th of March by Ancient Beliefs Productions.

The "One Path to Follow" EP is limited to 105 hand-numbered copies only, and has a duration of approximately 30 minutes. The gatefold artwork and additional music was provided by Abbildung. The tracklist is as follows:

Vinyl side A:

Ravens Will Feast (On the Flesh of Mankind)

Vinyl side B:

Nowhere to Turn One Path to ... [»]

Austrian Black / Death Metal band Belphegor have announced that the release date for their upcoming full length album has suffered yet another delay. The band originally intended to release the album in March 2013, cancelling their appearance at the Barge To Hell metal festival in order to meet this deadline, however this didn't go as planned and the release date was pushed back to August 2013. Now the release date has been pushed back once again to early 2014. It will be released through Nuclear Blast.

The new album will mark the band's 10th full length, and although it remains untitled for ... [»]

Finnish Industrial / Epic Black Metal band Shade Empire have recently revealed the final details regarding their upcoming full length album. The new album is titled "Omega Arcane", and will mark the band's fourth full length and also their first release of any kind in five years. The album will be released through Candlelight Records in Finland on the 3rd of May, and in the rest of Europe on the 5th of May. The release dates for North American and the rest of the world have yet to be confirmed.

The band has already made a music video for the album's opening track, "Ruins", which was uploaded ... [»]

Norwegian Black Metal legends Enslaved have recently announced that for the first time ever, they will be embarking on a tour of Australia. The tour is titled "Australian Winter Rite Tour 2013" and will happen in June. It is being organized by Lava Entertainment, and features the four following dates:

13th June: Rosemount Hotel - Perth, Western Australia - Buy Tickets 14th June: The Hi-Fi - Melbourne, Victoria - Buy Tickets 15th June: The Manning Bar - Sydney, New South Wales - Buy Tickets 16th June: The Hi-Fi - Brisbane, Queensland - Buy Tickets

The band published a short message regarding ... [»]

French Black / Death Metal band Svart Crown are currently preparing to unleash their third full length album, titled "Profane", on the 22nd of April. To keep everyone entertained while they wait, their label Listenable Records has made the song "In Utero: A Place of Hatred and Threat" available for streaming online on their YouTube channel:

The complete tracklist for "Profane" is as follows:

Manifestatio Symptoms Genesis Architect Intern. Virus. Human In Utero: A Place of Hatred and Threat Until the Last Breath Profane The Therapy of Flesh Venomous Ritual Ascetic ... [»]

German Pagan / Folk Black Metal band Suidakra will be releasing their 11th full length album on the 24th of May, the complete details of which are now available after the band recently published the album's cover art:

"Eternal Defiance" will be released by German label AFM Records, and features the following tracklist:

Storming the Walls Inner Sanctum Beneath the Red Eagle March of Conquest Pair Dadeni The Mindsong Rage for Revenge Dragon's Head Defiant Dreams Damnatio Memoriae Mrs McGrath (Bonus track)

Two album trailers were recently made available showcasing the album's contents ... [»]

The guys at French label / blog Crush The Desert recently interviewed Belgian Pagan Black Metal band Theudho, covering such topics as the band's beginnings, ideologies, creative processes and their plans for the future. Here is an excerpt from the interview:

How does Theudho work? How does a rehearsal take place?

We stopped rehearsing as a band back in 2009, when we quit playing live. We write new material on an individual basis, share songs with the rest of the guys, improve, scrap or add things if necessary and then record everything for real. Essentially that's how we have written material ... [»]

Austrian Atmospheric Black Metal band Valfeanor have just released their third full length recording. The album is titled "The Eerie Constellation", and was released on the 25th of March through Austrian label Cursed Records.

The album features the following tracklist:

Interlude Lethe Jenseits Lethe Diesseits Kratores The Eerie Constellation Prelude Chaos Nova Ephemeral The Elegy and Reverence Postlude

The track "Lethe Diesseits" was already made available for streaming in December on the label's YouTube channel:

Additionally, the track "Kratores" was made available on the band's ... [»]

German Black Metal band Imperium Dekadenz have finally released their latest full length album, which is titled "Meadows of Nostalgia". The album was released on the 15th of March through Season of Mist, and marks the band's fourth full length, following their 2010 album "Procella Vadens".

To celebrate the release of the album, it is now being streamed in its entirety at this location.

The complete track list for "Meadows of Nostalgia" is as follows:

Durch das Tor... Brigobannis Aue der Nostalgie Ave Danuvi Memoria Aura Silvae Der Unweg Striga Tränen des Bacchus

Imperium Dekadenz - ... [»]