Hierophant Nox

THE FOETAL MIND : THE GRAND CONTRACTION Hypnotic Dirge Records If The Foetal Mind’s debut, “Suprême Cheminement”, saw this French act probe the boundaries of depressive black metal with its curiosity-pricking collection of diverse influences, follow-up “The Grand Contraction” is where the rulebook of that genre is tossed aside. For much of the album, a [...]

Candlelight Records will continue its previously launched classics series confirming releases from DISCHARGE, EXTREME NOISE TERROR, and THE VARUKERS. New to the series, the label will release “Disensitise” and “War Is Hell” from DISCHARGE on August 23, followed by “Holocaust In My Head” by EXTREME NOISE TERROR on September 27 and the 2CD “The Damnation [...]

Western Australia’s masters of progressive metal experimentation Voyager have signed with the New Jersey-based prog metal pros at Sensory Records for the release of their upcoming fourth full-length album, “The Meaning of I”. Conceived in 1999 by German-born musician Danny Estrin, Voyager are certainly well known throughout the prog metal circuit worldwide, having carved an [...]

The End Records have posted the following announcement: Anvil are true defenders of the faith and they’ve never lost sight of their vision to create uncompromising, dyed in the wool heavy metal. They have been on a rock ‘n’ roll journey for the past 30 years and while few bands can make it to the [...]

PLAAG ‘Black’n’roll’ has become a useful journalistic catch-all for the manner in which a number of acts have teased out a certain aspect that was always present in black metal – that raw, direct, punkish, rhythmic nastiness. In many ways, as shall be explored below, it’s a very valid response to the feeling that the [...]

Czech death metal quartet Brutally Deceased is currently streaming its debut album, “Dead Lovers’ Guide”, online. If you cherish raw, savage old school death metal in the genuine Swedish tradition you can check out the music by heading over to band’s Bandcamp (http://brutallydeceased.bandcamp.com) or Soundcloud (http://soundcloud.com/brutallydeceased/sets/dead-lovers-guide) pages. The album was recorded in April, 2010 and [...]

Polish black metal legends Christ Agony have completed work on their ninth album, “NocturN”, for a fall release via Mystic Production. The CD was recorded over a two-week period at Studio X in Olsztyn, Poland with engineer Szymon Czech. The cover artwork and the graphic design for the follow-up to 2008′s “Condemnation” were handled by [...]

After a brief hiatus, Denver death metallers Enemy Reign are pleased to welcome new vocalist, Stevie Boiser, to the fold. Boiser replaces former throat , Sherwood Webber (Skinless), who fled the band amicably last year following a European tour , which included a slot on the Neurotic Deathfest. No stranger to the scene, Boiser comes [...]

Candlelight Records today confirms October 4th as the North American release date for Absu’s new album titled “Abzu”. As previously announced, the album is part two of a planned trilogy of recordings from the Dallas-based mythological occult metal band. Mixed by J.T. Longoria (King Diamond/Solitude Aeternus), the album features the original works of Polish artist [...]