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Blackened Death Metal Storytellers AOIDOS Present “Trauma” With Video, Ahead Of Forthcoming Album: Oizys

Posted in Black Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , , on October 30, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Blackened death metal quintet AOIDOS carve out a fusion of haunting melodies and atmospheres from the realms of black metal in conjunction with the power and groove of death. Storytelling is core to the band, whose name AOIDOS means bard in Ancient Greek. Light your fire, pour yourself a drink and prepare for dark and shadowy tales as the band present their new offering, “Trauma”. The single is the first to emerge ahead of the forthcoming album Oizys that is set for release on November 29th, 2024, via Nox Liberatio Records. Watch “Trauma” HERE. 

Dynamically, AOIDOS sculpt a thrilling soundscape across “Trauma” which encounters high intensity with brief moments that are almost serene. Delicate piano melodies enthrall among the weight of the heavy instrumentation. “Trauma” includes lyrics in the band’s native language – Portuguese. “The chorus is totally in Portuguese”, the band explain, “and it sings the plea of ‘Trauma’, a force that sees itself not as an oppressor, but as a protector, a shield between the victim and the true extent of the tragedies they went through.” 

Tracklist + Running Times:

  1. Dieaed – 01:29
  2. Thrall – 05:56
  3. Fire – 06:26
  4. Oizys – 06:28
  5. Trauma – 05:50
  6. Old Ballad – 01:48
  7. The Wheels – 04:03
  8. Black Swan – 06:06
  9. From the Surface Grate – 05:10
  10. Slumber – 01:53
  11. All! Wherever! Always! – 04:27

Full Album Running Time: 49:26

About AOIDOS:
AOIDOS came to be following a night of mead at the iconic Taberna 58, in Coimbra, Portugal, in 2019. Inspired by storytelling and the Aoidos, who were the bards and minstrels of Ancient Greece, the band bring this element into their heavy and ambient style.

Influenced musically by the likes of GOJIRA, BEHEMOTH and WATAIN, alongside classical piano compositions, AOIDOS strive to create a rich and textural soundscape that embraces the fierce energy of death and ethereality of black metal. To date, the band have taken to stages around South West Europe, including festival appearances at Bajonca Rock Fest, Rock dos Romanos, Mosher Fest, Melena Fest. 

Most recently, AOIDOS shared the bill with VADER, SEPTICFLESH and MOONSPELL at Laurus Nobilis Music Festival 2024. With a number of single releases behind them, AOIDOS are now set to unveil their debut album Oizys this November. 

AOIDOS:
João “Freitanás” Freitas (Vocals / Guitars)
Ekid Marques (Vocals / Bass)
Pedro Miguel (Drums)
Ivo Resende (Guitars / Backing Vocals)
Erlkönig (Piano)

Special Guests: Chris Barber (Drums)

Credits:
Producer: João “Freitanás” Freitas
Recording Studio: All tracks recorded at Home and our Rehearsal Space in Coimbra except Drums, which were recorded at Golden Jack Studios, Coimbra.
Engineer: João “Freitanás” Freitas and João Dourado
Mastering: João Dourado
Mixing: João “Freitanás” Freitas
Album Cover Artist: Sofya Alves
Band Photos by: Ruben Lopo

Source: C Squared Music

Links: 
Official Website: https://aoidosband.wixsite.com/aoidosband
Bandcamp: https://aoidos.bandcamp.com/
E-Shop: https://aoidos.bigcartel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aoidosband
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aoidosband/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aoidosband

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ALTAR OV ASTERIA – German Black Metal Duo To Release Debut Album Éna

Posted in Black Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, music videos with tags , , , , on October 18, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Dusktone welcomes Germany’s ALTAR OV ASTERIA to the label’s roster, announcing their entrancing debut album Éna for November release.

The first single, “Kataklysm”, is now streaming at THIS LOCATION.

Established by two girls from the Dresden area, Satyra and Melpomene, both heavily involved in the rich local underground, ALTAR OV ASTERIA was envisioned and formed through its members’ shared influence of black metal. The goal of the band’s material, embodied in their Éna debut, is to balance visceral energy with enveloping atmosphere and dark melody, creating a sound both rooted in black metal tradition and expansive new avantgarde sounds.

“Imagine you would wake up in a world full of mysteries and realities woven into each other, like in a story book of the past centuries of Dante Alighieri or Homer. Two black-robed mysteries in gold-snake masks wake you up from the heavy dorm with blackened sirens crushing your ears, mesmerizing your mind to sense the allegories of humankind existence. You’ve got an invitation to a storybook of hellish Sodom, chapter by chapter illustrating thy and foreign dystopia”.

Dusktone will release Éna on CD and all digital platforms on November 25th, 2024.

Tracklist:

01. Arroganz
02. Fegefeuer
03. Hesperus
04. Kataklysm
05. Pilatus

Preorders:

https://dusktone.bandcamp.com/album/na

https://www.dusktone.org/band/altar-ov-asteria/

Watch for updates on the vinyl, as well as news on other activities to post over the weeks ahead.

ALTAR OV ASTERIA:

https://www.instagram.com/altar_ov_asteria/

https://altarovasteria.bandcamp.com

Dusktone:

https://dusktone.bandcamp.com/

https://www.dusktone.it/

https://www.instagram.com/dusktone

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Dutch Blackgaze Act Noctambulist Signs To These Hands Melt; Releases New Single

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music with tags , , , on October 16, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

“Aderlater”, first single off upcoming album, streaming now

Rome, Italy; 16 October 2024: Dutch blackgaze band Noctambulist have signed to These Hands Melt for the release of their second full-length album. To get a first taste of the upcoming album, the band released the first single entitled “Aderlater”. 

Listen to “Aderlater” here: https://song.link/aderlater

“We wrote the track Aderlater with the full band after J.D. and Stef came up with some chords that went nowhere,” said the band. “We were all listening to a lot of post-punk and new wave and most of us attended concerts by The Cure around the time.”

“If I recall correctly Mitch came up with the intro drum pattern and we changed the 6/8 we had to a 4/4 beat and wrote basically the entire song on the spot. The lead in the chorus came from Tristan from another old composition we never finished. It all fell into place, so to speak.”

“Lyrically the song deals with laying bare uncomfortable and personal feelings for the sake of music. It is, in a way, an ode to insecurity.”

“Aderlater” single artwork by Sandro Dal-Magro

Noctambulist are an atmospheric post-black metal outfit from Tilburg, the Netherlands. Formed in 2015 between housemates J.D. Kaye, Sam C.A. and Mitchell Scheerder, they set out to create a hard-hitting, melancholic style of black metal that draws inspiration from other genres such as post-rock, shoegaze, new wave and post-punk. 

Noctambulist stand for contrasts. Serotonin summits and strung-out canyons. The empty and the grandiose. The beautiful and the appalling.

After defining their sound and completing the lineup with guitarists Tristan Tabbers and Stef Heesakkers they released their full-length debut Noctambulist I: Elegieën via Northern Silence Productions. Their second album will be released through These Hands Melt, with more information to be unveiled soon.  

Noctambulist are:
J.D. Kaye – Vocals & Guitar
Stef Heesakkers – Guitar
Tristan Tabbers – Guitar
Sam C.A. – Bass
Mitchell Scheerder – Drums

Noctambulist online:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noctambulistofficial/
Bandcamp: https://noctambulistofficial.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1k7JWDTAwZRGoGg9rCxU2o?si=OOXFdQs2SP-w1u4S4l2duA

These Hands Melt online:
Website / shop: https://thesehandsmelt.shop/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/these.hands.melt
Bandcamp: https://thesehandsmelt.bandcamp.com/music
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheseHandsMeltOfficial

Source: 3nation / Dominic Athanassiou

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Introducing ALTE SEELEN – New Extreme Music Label Announces First Set Of Releases

Posted in Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , on September 9, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

The spiritual successor to God is Myth and Ars Magna Recordings, Alte Seelen is a new US-based label supporting the extreme metal underground and adjacent subgenres.

Founded by the heads of God is Myth and Ars Magna Recordings, Alte Seelen aims to produce high-quality releases while illuminating the bands, artists, and individuals who contribute to the music that is our life’s blood. In time the label hopes to expand its reach to provide unique items, ranging from prints to wood carvings and leatherwork.

While the label acknowledges and draws upon the experiences of the past, Alte Seelen represents a conscious decision to leave those ventures dormant and dreaming.

A new banner has been raised… Halloween 2024 will see the release of the first two Alte Seelen titles.

Ringare – Sorrow Befell (majestic black metal / dark synth), CD and digital (originally released on vinyl by Iron Bonehead).

Kveldstimer – Scripture of the Woods (primitive, yet majestic Black Metal), CD and digital (limited-edition cassette released by Altare Productions).

In late fall/early winter, Alte Seelen will release By The Grace of Death from atmospheric black metal band Canis Dirus. Bindrune Recordings will handle vinyl treatment.

alteseelen.com

instagram.com/alte.seelen

Follow Alte Seelen on Facebook

Source: ClawHammer PR

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DARK FUNERAL – 2024 USA Tour Dates and Info

Posted in Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , on August 17, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Tickets & Tourdates: https://bnds.us/iexs8t
Meet & Greet: https://darkfuneralmerch.com/collections/vip-packages
https://www.darkfuneral.se

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PANOPTICON To Tour U.S. and Canada This October – With Exulansis and Primeval Well 

Posted in Black Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , on August 5, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Announcing Panopticon‘s Autumnal Oration tour, presented by Hierophant Booking.

US black metal legends Panopticon will embark on an unprecedented string of intimate and powerful shows in the US and Canada this fall alongside dear friends and talented contemporaries Exulansis and Primeval Well – prepare accordingly!

Tickets to all shows here: https://linktr.ee/panotour24

Source: Bindrune Recordings | Website

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THE DEPRESSICK – Mexican Post-Black Metal Act To Release Sophomore Album Faded.exe In July

Posted in Black Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, music videos with tags , , , , , on June 30, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Mexican post-black metal act THE DEPRESSICK are finally back with their brand new, second full-length album titled Faded.exe, a gut-wrenching musical journey. The album will be released on July 19th 2024 via Tragedy Productions/End My Life Records.

The record shows a broadening in the scope in their sound, packing in even more brooding melodies, eerie howls, whirlwind drumming, and a tightening of the band’s signature songwriting chops. Constantly maintaining the subtle balance between light and melancholy, soaring atmospherics and granite riffs, THE DESPRESSICK deliver their sonic rebirth in fifty minutes of a grippingly emotional experience.

The first single “Greywave” is now streaming HERE.

Faded.exe definitely marks another step forward for the band, incorporating new suggestions into their visceral sound that bleeds raw emotion.

Track-list:

1. Shattered Heart 
2. Greywave
3. HCI
4. Indlandsis 
5. Papillon (Part I) 
6. Papillon (Part II)
7. Gray Ocean (Piano Version) 

THE DEPRESSICK is a Mexican Post-DSBM band formed in 2013. Based in Nezahualcoyotl a densely populated and historically impoverished suburb of Mexico City with considerable stigma attached to it. The “negativity, misery, poverty, sickness and filth” of their environment contributes to their music’s bleakness. For fans of: Lantlos, Lifelover, Amesoeurs and White Ward.

THE DEPRESSICK:

https://thedepressick.bandcamp.com/

End My Life Records:

https://endmyliferecords.bandcamp.com/

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PRIMORDIAL – Special U.S. Shows With Bloodbath To Commence This Week 

Posted in Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , on May 27, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Fergal Flannery

The short but epic journey begins on May 28th in Chicago and makes its way through Seattle, Mesa, and Los Angeles. Additional support will be provided by Archgoat and Severe Torture. Tickets are on sale now at THIS LOCATION! See confirmed dates below.

PRIMORDIAL:
w/ Bloodbath, Archgoat, Severe Torture:
5/28/2024 Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
5/30/2024 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
5/31/2024 Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ
6/01/2024 1720 – Los Angeles, CA

PRIMORDIAL released their acclaimed How It Ends full-length last Fall via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2018’s critically lauded Exile Amongst The Ruins finds PRIMORDIAL delivering more of their seminal blend of Celtic and black metal, with added urgency staring down the apocalypse.

“The title is a question – is this how it ends? How it all goes down; culture, language, history, society, humanity… who knows?,” considers vocalist A. A. Nemtheanga. “Regardless of who you are or were, you get one chance at all of this, and it’s asking, is this the end of your town, state, nation? Myths, traditions, relationships…?, and I suppose it asks the question, who reacts, who rebels, how does it end now for them?”

Watch PRIMORDIAL’s “Death Holy Death” video at THIS LOCATION.

Preview and purchase How It Ends at metalblade.com/primordial.

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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BATHORY – Biography Book To Be Published For The First Time In English!

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, books, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , on May 6, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Pagan Records and Monomaniax announce the English-language edition of “From Hades to Valhalla… BATHORY – The Epic Story” by José Luis Cano Barron

Pre-order via Pagan Records now!

Pagan Records and Monomaniax will release the English-language edition of “From Hades to Valhalla… BATHORY – The Epic Story”, the unofficial but definitive biography of one of the most influential metal bands of all time. Written by renowned metal journalist José Luis Cano Barron, this comprehensive tome delves into the band’s illustrious career, offering an uncensored and carefully researched account of its groundbreaking music and enduring legacy.

“From Hades to Valhalla… BATHORY – The Epic Story” will be available from 29 May 2024, and can be pre-ordered via Pagan Records here: https://tinyurl.com/24puj3ft

Originally published in Spanish, “From Hades to Valhalla… BATHORY – The Epic Story” has been translated into English, making this essential work accessible to a wider audience. With 156 vibrant pages packed with rare photographs, illustrations, and reproductions, the book chronicles Bathory’s journey from their early black metal roots to their Viking metal mastery, painting a vivid portrait of a band that defied categorisation and shaped the very sound of black and extreme metal.

“From Hades to Valhalla… BATHORY – The Epic Story” goes beyond mere biography, offering a deep analysis of Bathory’s music and its impact on the metal scene. Cano Barron draws upon his extensive knowledge and insider access to provide insights into the creative genius of Bathory’s enigmatic leader, Quorthon.

“From Hades to Valhalla… BATHORY – The Epic Story” is an essential addition to the library of any metal fan. With its captivating narrative, wealth of historical detail, and stunning visuals, this book offers a unique and immersive exploration of one of metal’s most revered bands.

Book Details:

  • Title: From Hades to Valhalla… BATHORY – The Epic Story
  • Author: José Luis Cano Barron
  • Publisher: Pagan Records / Monomaniax
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Pages: 156
  • Language: English
  • Release Date: 29 May 2024
  • Pre-order Link: https://tinyurl.com/24puj3ft

Pagan Records online:
Website / Shop: https://www.pagan-records.com

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DARKTHRONE – Release Video For “The Bird People Of Nordland”

Posted in Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , on April 25, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

New Album ‘It Beckons Us All’ Released Tomorrow, Friday April 26

Ahead of the eagerly awaited new album It Beckons Us All from Darkthrone, the band give fans a final tease of what is awaiting them with the release of the official video for “The Bird People Of Nordland”. Video created by Matthew Vickerstaff .

WATCH THE LYRIC VIDEO FOR “THE BIRD PEOPLE OF NORDLAND” HERE
(https://youtu.be/0Zjmk-POXyo)

Whilst freely admitting the concept for the song “Not a very metal subject, sorry!” Fenriz explains “ it’s about the EIDER bird and Nordland. Many years ago I saw a Norwegian documentary with the symbiotic relationship the coast people of Nordland had with the bird. They watched over the nests and in return could pick the eider for pillows clothing, warmth etc. So that is what the lyrics are about.” But, he continues “again, this is Ted’s song so a bit hard for me to comment on it musically but I will tell you all what I think when I hear it:

First of we have a typical grim Ted riff for the verse, then he surprises with a catchy riff for the refrain AND THEN comes my fave part of the album; the post-refrain riff which sounds like Queensryche 1984 style and you can also hear how much we enjoy to play it! EXACTLY where I want to be! Could have played that riff for 8 minutes straight, haha! This loops again with the refrain again without singing and then back to Queensryche ’84. Then first riff again with my added harmony guitar playing on it, what our studio man Ole Øvstedal called “the Corleone part.

A break arrives and then things are sped up (not faster than Yardbirds in 64, we are not an extreme metal band, more like MODERAT EPIC) which corresponds with a slower heavy metal riff where we also brought out the mellotrone if I remember correctly. 

Then Ted bombs you with a final part, primitive d-beat thrash with a riff that sounds like Tom G Warrior made it and I also ordered Ted to lay on some hellish guitars. Anyway, I LIVE for that queensryche 84 riff, Ted!”

photo courtesy of Peer Olav Kittilsen

Humble as ever Nocturno Culto states“Well, AGAIN, talking about our music really blows or is very difficult, at least for me. Personally, music is a floating thing, and I am having a hard time to try to break it down. It´s metal, a bit of heavy/doom/black/thrash, that is Darkthrone now, mixing genres has been something we have done since A Blaze, and especially since 2005. And I am just looking forward on new material, new riffs and ideas.”

Just one more sleep until It Beckons Us All, Darkthrone’s new masterpiece, is unleashed in full!

It Beckons Us All – track listing:

  1. Howling Primitive Colonies [06:30]
  2. Eon 3 [05:43]
  3. Black Dawn Affiliation [06:11] WATCH VIDEO
  4. And In That Moment I Knew The Answer [03:17]
  5. The Bird People Of Nordland [07:27]
  6. The Heavy Hand [04:18]
  7. The Lone Pines Of The Lost Planet [10:03]
  1. Howling Primitive Colonies [06:30]
  2. Eon 3 [05:43]
  3. Black Dawn Affiliation [06:11] WATCH VIDEO
  4. And In That Moment I Knew The Answer [03:17]
  5. The Bird People Of Nordland [07:27]
  6. The Heavy Hand [04:18]
  7. The Lone Pines Of The Lost Planet [10:03]

It Beckons Us All is available on the following formats available to order here!  https://darkthrone.lnk.to/beckons

  • Limited Edition Deluxe boxed edition: includes It Beckons Us All on CD, an exclusive corona vinyl LP & cassette and art prints all housed in a heavy duty lift off lid box
  • Limited edition ‘Fenriz’ edition LP on blue marble coloured vinyl– exclusively available through the Peaceville stores – VERY FEW COPIES LEFT!!
  • Limited edition ‘Nocturno Culto’ edition LP on grey marble coloured vinyl–available through the Peaceville stores
  • CD
  • LP
  • Digital Pre-save/Pre-add including Bandcamp available here
  • Plus other limited edition coloured vinyl LPs are available in stores across the world – cream white, crystal clear, petrol and .. a collectors dream .. if you can find them!

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CODEX MORTIS Return with Tales of Woe | New Song Now Streaming

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , on April 11, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Brace yourself for a chilling journey through an album that tells the harrowing story of demonic possession and mind control.

Tales of Woe, the album from Dutch black metal band CODEX MORTIS, tells about an evil spirit that tortures a man through demonic possession and mind control. With horrific visions of its previous victims, the evil spirit tries to turn the man into a murderer. The man escapes its hold by taking his own life, as a desperate attempt to end the circle of terror…

CODEX MORTIS has unveiled part of this chilling narrative with the album’s first single, “Capricious Disembodied Villain.” Watch the lyric video at youtu.be/gI4nDC1Y3F8?si=ESTXiu81IwZr6GSq

Black Lion Records will release Tales of Woe on June 21. Pre-order/pre-save the album at snd.click/Codexmortis

In Tales of Woe, a harrowing history filled with injustice, agony, violence, and death unfolds as a tortured soul, the antagonist of the story, finds itself in an undying state, compelled to inflict suffering and death upon others trying to undo its own misery. It describes the troubles of its latest victim, the protagonist, as he is possessed and haunted by horrid visions.

Track-list:

  1. Forsaken
  2. Capricious Disembodied Villain
  3. Chosen
  4. Trenched in Blood
  5. Fire Screams and Death
  6. It Dies with Me

The album was mixed and mastered by Björnström Ljud & Produktion. Artwork by Vladimir ‘Smerdulak’ Chebakov.

Stream CODEX MORTIS on Spotify and Apple Music.

CODEX MORTIS;
Vocals by Dirk Willems
Lyrics by Jos Schilder
Drums by Michiel van der Plicht
Guitars by Arjan van Dune
Bass by Mathieu Westerveld

CODEX MORTIS is a Dutch Black Death Metal band with explosive and hypnotic skull-crushing music that will haunt you into the afterlife. Incorporating the influences of the 90s, CODEX MORTIS crafts a sonic landscape characterized by ferocious speed and an abyssal depth, with each arrangement a relentless devouring sound.

blacklionrecords.bandcamp.com

Source: ClawHammer PR

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DARKTHRONE – Announces New Album, ‘It Beckons Us All’ – To Be Released April 26th

Posted in Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, music videos with tags , , , , , on March 15, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

IT BECKONS US ALL – THE NEW STUDIO ALBUM FROM NORWEGIAN TRAILBLAZERS DARKTHRONE DUE FOR RELEASE ON PEACEVILLE RECORDS ON 26th APRIL 2024

“A cauldron of old and epic metal beckons thee” – Fenriz

A SPELLBINDING CHRONICLE OF SEDUCTIVE
FROZEN ATMOSPHERES AND FEARLESS INNOVATION 

PRE-ORDERS ARE AVAILABLE HERE NOW
(https://darkthrone.lnk.to/beckons)

An introduction from Fenriz
(https://youtube.com/shorts/FMQwAGpfxKA)

Watch the “It Beckons Us All” trailer  
(https://youtu.be/ZHaKnsJjkjY)

A SPELLBINDING CHRONICLE OF SEDUCTIVE
FROZEN ATMOSPHERES AND FEARLESS INNOVATION 

Pioneers of a sound that changed the world. Lifelong disciples of suspense and mystery. An enigmatic duo like no other, hell-bent on haunting souls through the eternities. There are many things Darkthrone have been called since forming in 1986 and these are but a few, having drawn from a creative well so potent and powerful it turned them into one of Norway’s biggest musical exports. Following from their debut album Soulside Journey, the next  three full-lengths, often referred to as ‘the unholy three’, set the benchmark for black metal in the early 90s, though in truth they’ve never been the kind to rest on such laurels – distilling elements of vintage punk, doom, thrash and death into their own sonic fingerprint and continuing to test that equation throughout the years. It’s been quite the journey, having won cryptic pair Nocturno and Fenriz legions of loyal fans around the world. This tradition will only continue with latest masterpiece It Beckons Us All.

Set for release on Peaceville on 26th April 2024, the new music is an intense observation of the world around them – exciting and challenging the listener in equal measure, in the way only they can. Some of the riffs howl across a gallery of ice and snow while others crackle like a volcano awakening from its timeless slumber, Nocturno’s demonic barks ricocheting across the intoxicating structures almost like it’s beaming from a long-distant galaxy. As Darkthrone have shown us so many times in the past, their music is as visual as it gets – evoking tangible imagery through the medium of sound. Whether the ideas are sombre, reflective or incensed, they exist as emotional concepts you can see and feel as much as you hear. 

“I am having difficulties putting into words my personal feelings around the existential title It Beckons Us All, I can only hope others out there can feel the darkness that encompasses it,” muses Fenriz.

Fenriz

Never afraid to venture beyond the confines of the extreme metal template they were paramount in creating, there are moments on It Beckons Us All that will dazzle and surprise, as well as satisfy fans of old.

Nocturno comments: “We recorded in the manner we always do, live, meaning drums and guitar, with another guitar added later. We found a new twist during this process that surely benefited this album. Fenriz did stellar clean vocals on several songs, and his way of thinking creatively made it so good. We also shared the bass work this time around. We added a lot of extra layers like solo guitars… it was just a cauldron of ideas. Instead of finding a plug-in or choir synth patch, we both recorded four vocal tracks each. Darkthrone is an ever-evolving band, as many should know by now, and this album is touching a bit into the heavy genre. I have no idea what genre we are, and have really not cared much about it, but I know for sure it’s metal.”

Nocturno Culto photo courtesy of Peer Olav Kittilsen

In that sense, It Beckons Us All is very much demonstrative of two visionaries at their world-commanding best. They know what works but more importantly they choose to grow, throwing every ounce of their hearts and souls into evolving the jaw-dropping whirlpool of noise that could only ever have come from their collective minds. There are clean guitars, clean vocals and less typical instruments thrown into the mix, but the approach, intent and ethos at the heart of their fearless artistry remains very much the same. This is music for dreamers who find themselves paralysed by the contrasting beauty and ugliness in the world surrounding them. Never ones to appease the faint-hearted, Darkthrone are as real and human as it gets.

It Beckons Us All was recorded in April and May 2023 at Chaka Khan Studios in Oslo, the same location used for the Eternal Hails and Astral Fortress albums, mastered by Jack Control at Enormous Door, with artwork courtesy of Polish artist Zbigniew Bielak. (https://www.facebook.com/zbigniewmbielak  & https://www.instagram.com/zbigniewmbielak).

It Beckons Us All – tracklisting:

  1. Howling Primitive Colonies [06:30]
  2. Eon 3 [05:43]
  3. Black Dawn Affiliation [06:11]
  4. And In That Moment I Knew The Answer [03:17]
  5. The Bird People Of Nordland [07:27]
  6. The Heavy Hand [04:18]
  7. The Lone Pines Of The Lost Planet [10:03]

It Beckons Us All is available on the following formats and pre-orders are live NOW!  https://darkthrone.lnk.to/beckons

  • Limited Edition Deluxe boxed edition: includes It Beckons Us All on CD, an exclusive corona vinyl LP & cassette and art prints all housed in a heavy duty lift off lid box
  • Limited edition ‘Fenriz’ edition LP on blue marble coloured vinyl– exclusively available through the Peaceville stores
  • Limited edition ‘Nocturno Culto’ edition LP on grey marble coloured vinyl–available through the Peaceville stores
  • CD
  • LP
  • Digital
  • Plus other limited edition coloured vinyl LPs are available in stores across the world – cream white, crystal clear, petrol and .. a collectors dream .. if you can find them!

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DEVASTATOR – “CONJURERS OF CRUELTY” Releases On March 1st

Posted in Black Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, music videos with tags , , , , , on January 22, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Formed in 2017, DEVASTATOR is a four-piece Black Thrash band from the county of Derbyshire in the United Kingdom . They released their debut album ‘Baptised in Blasphemy’ in 2019 on UK label Clobber records. The album was reissued remixed and remastered with 8 bonus tracks in November 2023 on Listenable. DEVASTATOR will release their brand new album ‘Conjurers of Cruelty’ on the 1st of March, 2024.

Expanding on the raucous Black ‘n’ Roll attitude of the band’s debut and turning up the Black Metal to cacophonous levels, DEVASTATOR‘s sophomore release ‘Conjurers of Cruelty’ differs in many aspects without losing the spirit and power of the band’s debut, harnessing other avenues in Extreme Metal and presenting a multilayered and expansive record which explores both Black Metal and Death Metal, whilst still delivering the furious Thrash Metal assault and NWOBHM drenched force that the band has become known for.

Ritual Abuse (Evil Never Dies) – Official Lyric Video watch HERE

The band comments on the new single : ‘Ritual Abuse (Evil Never Dies)’:

“We are proud to present the first offering from our long awaited new album ‘Conjurers of Cruelty’, when writing the material for this record we wanted to not only expand on the formula of our previous effort but also implement a stronger contemporary Black Metal approach which the first album only merely touched upon. This quickly became very natural to us and added to the new album’s overall themes of ritual sacrifice and ceremonial conjurations. ‘Ritual Abuse (Evil Never Dies)’ is a perfect example of our influences in complete and total display, from straight forward-no nonsense-Teutonic-styled Thrash, to pure Celtic Frost worship, topped off with a grim Black Metal outro”.

DEVASTATOR ’s new album ‘ Conjurers of Cruelty’ was recorded at Godhand Studios in Derbyshire with producer Ben ‘Audiomage’ Gaines who also remixed and remastered ‘Baptised in Blasphemy’.

DEVASTATOR – Conjurers of Cruelty’ Album track-listing:
1) Beyond the Gate. 1:06
2) Conjurers of Cruelty 5:01
3) Black Witchery. 5:02
4) Ritual Abuse (Evil Never Dies) 4:51
5) Walpurgisnacht 4:17
6) Necromantic Lust 3:13
7) Deathspell Defloration 5:58
8) Bestial Rites. 2:46
9) Sharpen the Blade. 4:10
10) Rabid Morbid Death 7:50
11) Liar in Wait 3:52 *
12) Death Forever 3:14 *
(*CD bonus tracks )

DEVASTATOR:
T. Nachtghul – Bass Guitar & Lead Vocals
R. Amun – Lead Guitar
C. W. Wolfgang – Rhythm Guitar
J. Scarlett – Drums

Source: Listenable Records

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STORMCROW – Italian Black Metallers Share New Single “Dark Existence”

Posted in Black Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , on January 2, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Italian black metal unit STORMCROW will release their third album, “Path to Ascension”, sometime in 2024 via Time To Kill Records.

The band shares a new single from the new album. Stream “Dark Existence” at THIS LOCATION.

The video of the previous single “Vulgus Vult Decipi” is also available HERE.

The band started out in northen Italy in 1997 and is no secret to genre connoisseurs thanks to a couple of well-received albums and European tours with Dark Funeral, Enthroned, Shining and many more. But now their big moment in the spotlight has come – STORMCROW are ready for the final breakthrough with the new album “Path to Ascension”.

STORMCROW have kept the black flame burning for 20+ years simply out of adoration and their respect for the genre. Undoubtedly they share some of the same DNA of iconic black metal bands that have gone before them, and whilst their technical abilities add a more than impressive flourish, they operate on a ‘don’t overcomplicate for the sake of overcomplicating’ rule. Keeping theatrics to a minimum has yielded a lean, sharp album that embodies the blueprint of old school black metal and embraces both melody and an epic narrative.

Watch for more details on the new album release, new tour updates, and more news on other upcoming STORMCROW activities to be posted shortly.

Line-up:
Wraith – Drums
Tohrus – Guitar
Vastis – Vocals
Astaroth – Guitar
Zedar – Bass

STORMCROW:

https://stormcrowblackmetal.bandcamp.com/

Time To Kill Records:

https://timetokillrecords.bandcamp.com/

Source: Anubi Press

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HAUNTOLOGIST – Releases New Track “Ozymandian” & Announces Debut Album

Posted in Black Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music videos with tags , , , , on December 20, 2023 by Metal Odyssey

Hauntologist – Ozymandian artwork

Debut album “Hollow” to be released on 2 February

Hauntologist, a new project established by black metal stalwarts The Fall and Darkside, will release its debut album on 2 February via No Solace on CD and digital formats. To get a taste of the upcoming album, the band has released the first single “Ozymandian”.

Listen to “Ozymandian”: 

Although the material is only about to be released now, the roots of the project go back many years and due to the band members’ busy schedules, they were waiting for the right time to unleash their creativity. The Fall – known for his work with Owls Woods Graves, Over the Voids… and as a live bassist for Mgła – and Darkside – known as the Mgła and Kriegsmaschine drummer – decided to venture further than the typical and conventional boundaries of black metal in their musical exploration.

Over the years, the band has undergone numerous clinical deaths and reanimations but eventually recorded their debut “Hollow” in 2023. Deeply rooted in negative metal music, it leans toward other genres and forms of expression to seek musical analogies of sleepless nights and surreal, anxiety-provoking hallucinations.

“Hollow” could be described as a field recording of a feverish nightmare. Despite its metal foundations, the music on “Hollow” constantly turns into side streets of other, often difficult to term and locate, music genres. It is an album built on the foundation of rubble and debris of visions that developed and died back throughout the years. The documentation of spirit decay and life slipping through the fingers.

Hauntologist – Hollow artwork

“Hollow” – tracklist:

  1. Ozymandian
  2. Golem
  3. Waves of Concrete
  4. Deathdreamer
  5. Hollow
  6. Autonomy
  7. Gardermoen
  8. Car Kruków

Hauntologist are:
The Fall – Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keys
Darkside – Drums

Source: 3nation

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LIGHTLORN – Share New Song, “Of Longing Spirit and Infinite Solitude”

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, music videos with tags , , , , , , , , on September 30, 2023 by Metal Odyssey

Cosmic black metal duo LIGHTLORN has posted the official lyric video for “Of Longing Spirit and Infinite Solitude.” The song marks the newest single off their upcoming full-length debut, “At One with the Night Sky.”

Black Lion Records will release “At One with the Night Sky” on October 27. Pre-order or pre-save the album at: snd.click/Lightlorn_ATOWTNS

Watch the video at: youtu.be/nJzCyX_FMQU

Brimming with dark, melancholy passages and wistful bridges interspersed with soaring crescendos and uplifting melodies, At One with the Night Sky is a post-black metal tour de force. From the opener “Amongst Stellar Remnants” to the closing track “Earthbound,” the album takes the listener on a sublime journey through the inner depths of the human psyche to the outer reaches of the cosmos.

If you enjoy contrasting song structures and the interplay between light and dark, between stirring and gloomy, and between serene and aggressive, then “At One with the Night Sky” is an album you need to hear.

Track List:
1) Amongst Stellar Remnants
2) A Tragedy in Starlight
3) Dimensionless Blackness
4) Ghostly Soliloquies
5) Of Longing Spirit and Infinite Solitude
6) Spiral Arms Like Swirling Rivers
7) Earthbound

LIGHTLORN is:
Renwar – All instruments and vocals
Riaan – Drums and programming

Lightlorn Official YouTube

Lightlorn Official Instagram

blacklionrecords.bandcamp.com

Source: ClawHammer PR

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NIXIL – Maryland Black Metallers Share Guitar Playthrough For “Collapsing The Poles” – US Tour To Commence Tonight!

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , , , on September 29, 2023 by Metal Odyssey

Baltimore, Maryland black metal quintet NIXIL has shared a guitar playthrough for “Collapsing The Poles,” taken from the band’s second full-length, From The Wound Spilled Forth Fire, recently released via Prosthetic Records. The playthrough comes in conjunction with NIXIL’s US tour set to begin tonight, September 29th, in Youngstown, Ohio and run through October 6th in New York City.

Speaking on the guitar playthrough, Shane Gardner comments, “My number one ‘BuZzy’ is a partscaster — a fender body and neck — that I purchased for $200 and added a Seymour Duncan Hot Rail Humbucker and a killswitch, no toggle. For the playthrough I overdubbed my track using an SM57 through a Marshall CODE 50 Practice amp into Adobe Audition.

“I use the inverted triad on a lot of our songs. ‘Collapsing…’ has them throughout the verse sections. I think they add texture to a simple chord structure, and it adds a hypnotic effect with the addition of Alden’s guitar note bend. It’s all in the hands I guess.”

Of their upcoming tour, the band adds, “We leave this Friday, September 29th, for eight dates in the Northeastern US to celebrate the release of From The Wound Spilled Forth Fire. This album — like all of our music — is best experienced live and loud; bring your rage, your aching heart, your unquenchable thirst for catharsis, and join us.”

Watch NIXIL’s guitar playthrough for “Collapsing The Poles” at THIS LOCATION.

Watch NIXIL’s previously released video for “Abyss Unto Abyss” HERE, “In Thrall” HERE, and “Collapsing The Poles” HERE.

From The Wound Spilled Forth Fire is available CD, LP, and digitally. For orders, visit THIS LOCATION.

NIXIL Live:
9/29/2023 Westside Bowl – Youngstown, OH
9/30/2023 Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
10/1/2023 Ralph’s Rock Diner – Worcester, MA
10/2/2023 Cherry Street Station – Wallingford, CT
10/3/2023 Windsor Exchange – Windsor, VT
10/4/2023 Geno’s Rock Club – Portland, ME
10/5/2023 Dusk – Providence, RI
10/6/2023 El Bunker del Diablo – New York, NY

After solidifying their lineup in its current form, with the arrival of guitarist/backing vocalist Alden, NIXIL opted to record From The Wound Spilled Forth Fire live at Magpie Cage Recording Studio with J. Robbins. The resulting six songs seethe with a frenzied despair, whilst more ominous passages breathe with a disquieting existential terror in every percussive and rhythmically meditative trance, exactly as the band intended to capture before handing mastering duties to James Plotkin.

NIXIL:
C. – vocals
Key – drums
Aurora – bass, backing vocals
Alden – guitar, backing vocals
Shane – guitar

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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Finnish Black Metal Band Verilehto Released A New Single And Music Video From Their Upcoming Debut Album

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news on September 28, 2023 by Metal Odyssey

Promo pic by Verilehto

Finnish black metal band Verilehto is set to release their debut album “Kuoleman Siipien Havina” on November 10th 2023 via Inverse Records. The first and only single “Alla Tähtitaivaan” is released today along with music video which can be seen via this link: https://youtu.be/2DVNa_qT454

The band comments:
“Picking up the single from the record was both hard and easy, every song is strong at its own, but Alla Tähtitaivaan ended up being most versatile to show what to expect from the record. The lyrical content is about old tales / folklore of northern lights, how fallen warriors’ spirits lived in those lights – trying to lure people to join them.”

LISTEN: Alla Tähtitaivaansingle on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/verilehto-alla

PRE-SAVE: upcoming album: https://music.imusician.pro/a/L6_OZ2Ca

https://verilehto.bandcamp.com

Line-up:
Janne Tuikkala – Guitar, Bass, Drums, songwriting
Janne Partanen – Vocals, lyrics

Verilehto – Alla Tähtitaivaan (single 2023)
Single cover by Verilehto
Music by Janne Tuikkala
Lyrics by Janne Partanen

BIOGRAPHY:
Verilehto was formed in 2017 by Janne Tuikkala (Dawn of Everwinter, Muria, Alpha Noir, ex-Warceremony and ex-Strange Aeon) with ambition to write and record atmospheric, melodic, yet heavy black metal sung in Finnish. After showing few song ideas to Janne Partanen (Hautajaisyö, Alfa Pentatonik, Marraskuun Lapset, Paavalin Harhat and many others), they agreed to do a record together.

Few song ideas (oldest ones from 2001) led to first full album “Kuoleman Siipien Havina”. 

The debut album consist from seven songs (intro + six songs), which are quite versatile compared to each other, yet still having a same mood to them. Melodic black metal layered with acoustic guitars and even additional drone synths. 

All the music was recorded by Janne Tuikkala at his j.sound home studio during 10/2022 – 5/2023 and Janne Partanen recorded his vocals at Hautajaisyö headquarters during spring of 2023. Once vocals were finished Tuikkala mixed and mastered the record at j.sound.

Verilehto – Kuoleman Siipien Havina (album 2023) Album cover by Awinita Alm

Track list:

  1. Johdanto
  2. Lohduton Kylmä Polku
  3. Kuoleman Siipien Havina
  4. Alla Tähtitaivaan
  5. Kirottu Kiulu
  6. Hirtetyn Hyvästit
  7. Kalman Seppä

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MELAN SELAS – Greek Black Metal Act Unveil “Zephyrean Hymns”

Posted in Black Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , , , on September 20, 2023 by Metal Odyssey

Stream the album now in full via Black Metal Promotion!

“Zephyrean Hymns” out 22 Sep, pre-order via The Circle Music

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Greek black metal duo Melan Selas have unveiled the second album “Zephyrean Hymns” with a full album stream.

Listen to the album via Black Metal Promotion: https://youtu.be/rXW8XKYTGXU

Scheduled for a 22 September 2023 release, “Zephyrean Hymns” breathes new life into the black metal scene and promises to place the band among the greats of the Greek black metal scene.

“A quest through space and time, an ascension to something greater… Zephyrean Hymns lead our cause,” this is how the band describes the new album.

“Zephyrean Hymns” consists of eight songs that create a unique atmosphere. Sometimes the listener is assaulted by raging riffs and eerie screams and at other times engrossed in seductive vocals travelling with dreamy melodies.

Hailing from Trikala, Greece, Melan Selas formed in 2015 and have so far released two EPs and one full-length album, “Φάος”. The band consists of D.K. (Riffobia, Katavasia) who handles all instruments and Astraea (Oletir) on vocals and lyrics.

Melan Selas‘ music genre can be defined as black metal with epic and atmospheric elements, as well as some black/thrash metal sections. The lyrical themes of the project vary between nature, ancient times and philosophy. In 2016 they released their debut work, a self-titled EP. “ῬΕΟΝ” followed in 2018, released in vinyl format and in 2019 they released their full-length album “ΦΑΟΣ”. Currently, Melan Selas are on the way for the release of their new album “Zephyrean Hymns”, which is to be out in September 2023 via The Circle Music.

“Zephyrean Hymns” is available to pre-order via The Circle Music.

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“Black Metal: Evolution Of The Cult” – The Definitive Black Metal Book Out This November

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal books, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , , , on September 9, 2023 by Metal Odyssey

Features brand new interviews with Necromantia, Arcturus, Immortal, Agalloch, Destruction, Mystifier, and Winterfylleth plus extended interviews with Rotting Christ, Behemoth, Sigh, Mayhem and many more

The Restored, Expanded & Definitive Edition” to consist of 130,000 words of new content, 25 new chapters with over 70 new interviews and improved cover art and design

The book release marks 10 years of Cult Never Dies

UK-based publishing house Cult Never Dies will mark its 10th anniversary this November with the release of Dayal Patterson’s “Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult – The Restored, Expanded & Definitive Edition”. Pre-orders are available now via Cult Never Dies (UK & ROW store / EU store). North American orders can be placed via Decibel Books.

With the original version of the book no longer available in print, Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult is hailed as the most acclaimed book on the history of black metal, and the only one endorsed by those involved in creating the genre.

The book will be approximately 340,000 words long, including 130,000 words of new content, 25 new chapters and 48 extended and updated chapters. This will include over 150 exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in the genre, including: Venom, Mercyful Fate, Bathory, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Blasphemy, Darkthrone, Behemoth, Rotting Christ, Mayhem and many more. The author also included over 70 brand new or previously unpublished interviews with the likes of Necromantia, Arcturus, Immortal, Agalloch, Destruction, Mystifier, and Winterfylleth.

Evolution of the Cult will also have hugely improved cover art and layout by longtime Cult Never Dies artist David Thiérrée (Behemoth, Gorgoroth, Mortiis), and will include almost 600 photos, many previously unseen, including an 80-page colour/gloss section.

Silenoz of Dimmu Borgir commended the book: “You don’t have to read between the lines anymore ‘cause it’s all there, straight from the source,” while Sakis Tolis of Rotting Christ called it “a valuable educational piece of dark writing.”

Vorph of Samael added: “This is a very insightful work: Without doubt the ultimate book on the subject, a testimony of black metal and a good introduction for neophytes.”

Hvall of Windir and Vreid said: “A brilliantly written book – mandatory if you have any interest in the genre, or want to explore a new world.”

Photo credit: Ester Segarra

Dayal Patterson, book author, Cult Never Dies owner and longtime music journalist, said: “I cannot express how good it feels now that Cult Never Dies finally owns the rights to this book and are able to release it – along with Decibel in the US – in this massively improved form. The limitations placed on the original in terms of word count meant that so many chapters and parts I originally envisioned simply couldn’t be included or were not even worth completing due to a lack of space. What turned into a fairly straightforward restoration job led to about a year of 14-hour days, not only overhauling the existing chapters and layout (something we had always been unhappy with) of the book, but doing a huge number of new interviews and working with a wealth of new bands and artists. Finally, there are proper chapters celebrating bands such as Vinterland, Satyricon, Immortal, Arcturus, Mystifier and Profanatica, as well as greater explorations of black metal in Brazil, the US, the UK, Sweden, Greece, and, of course, Norway.”

For a full list of the 150 interviewees, visit Cult Never Dies.

Bands featured include: VENOM • MERCYFUL FATE • BATHORY • HELLHAMMER • CELTIC FROST • SODOM • DESTRUCTION • SEPULTURA • VULCANO • HOLOCAUSTO • MYSTIFIER • BLASPHEMY • SAMAEL • ROTTING CHRIST • NECROMANTIA • DEVISER • TORMENTOR • MASTER’S HAMMER • VON • MAYHEM • THORNS • DARKTHRONE • BURZUM • IMMORTAL • EMPEROR • GEHENNA • GORGOROTH • TRELLDOM • BEHERIT • IMPALED NAZARENE • CRADLE OF FILTH • DIMMU BORGIR • LES LEGIONS NOIRE • MARDUK • DISSECTION • VINTERLAND • THE BLACK • WATAIN • SHINING • STRID • FORGOTTEN WOODS • BETHLEHEM • SILENCER • FORGOTTEN TOMB • LIFELOVER • GRAVELAND • INFERNUM • BEHEMOTH • HADES • HELHEIM • ISENGARD/STORM • KAMPFAR • WINDIR • PRIMORDIAL • OCTOBER FALLS • ENSLAVED • SATYRICON • ULVER • MORTEM • ARCTURUS • FLEURETY • IN THE WOODS… • MANES • VED BUENS ENDE • DØDHEIMSGARD • SIGH • DEATHSPELL OMEGA • MYSTICUM • ABORYM • BLACKLODGE • BLACK WITCHERY • HECATE ENTHRONED • WINTERFYLLETH • FEN • AGALLOCH • ABSU • PROFANATICA and more

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