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  From the shadows of Ye Olde England comes “Devil's Dawn,” the latest single from the symphonic/prog extreme metal titans, Ghosts Of Atlantis (aka GOA). Featuring James Dorton (The Faceless, Black Crown Initiate) on guest narration and Finchman on electronic synths, the track serves as the official single of the upcoming supernatural thriller/horror movie Witch. “Devil's Dawn” depicts a tale of witchcraft, religious ignorance, and humanity's constant struggle to find itself. Today (31 October 2022), GOA unveils the music video for “Devil’s Dawn” to celebrate Halloween. The single will be available on all digital media platforms this Friday, 04 November 2022. When speaking of the single and film, guitarist Colin says: “‘Witch’ is a phenomenal film with twists and turns, immaculate and thought-provoking script writing, and a cast of superb talent. This film is a real gem, and the single had to be crafted to meet the feel of the Movie. “The song itself, is a departure from th...

  Louisiana black/death trio FAUSTIAN have inked a deal with Black Lion Records and have released their first single "Birth of Apparitions" via the band's YouTubewill release their self-titled debut EP on Oct. 7 via the Swedish extreme metal label. LISTEN TO "BIRTH OF APPARITIONS" HERE   Recorded by James Whitten (Thou, High on Fire, Eyehategod), the four-track EP delivers a unique style of blackened death that seemlessly shifts from razor-sharp maelstrom to dirge-like grime as the three-piece meld violent urgency and claustrophobic atmosphere into a frenzied sonic catharsis. "We are happy to announce the release of the newly-signed FAUSTIAN," says Black Lion Records founder Oliver Dahlback. "Having found this young band through a mutual friend, I was truly blown away by the quality and sound that Faustian delivers." Faustian will be released Oct. 7 on CD and digital via Black Lion Records. More info will be released in the weeks to come re...

  Following the critically acclaimed 2020- debut album, The Funeral Pyre, Sweden based solo-project KVAEN is gearing up for the release of its sophomore album, entitled The Great Below, which will be coming out on March 25 via Black Lion Records. After the previously-released title track of the album (feat. Jeff Loomis of Arch Enemy), KVAEN has shared another hotly appetizer taken from the upcoming album. Watch the new lyric video for the relentless track "In Silence" here: Jacob Björnfot comments: "In Silence is one of my top 3 songs on this album. I think it's the most personal song that I have written to date. Read the lyrics and you'll understand. Enough said." Founded and led by Jacob Björnfot, this time accompanied by drummer Tommi Tuhkala while Fredrik Andersson (ex Amon Amarth) serves as the live drummer for the band, KVAEN has taken everything to the max and created a successor even more grand than its debut. Featuring eight brand new songs packed...

  THE HISTORY UK's Extreme Metal group Ghosts Of Atlantis are pleased to debut their cinematic journey for next track of their debut 3.6.2.4. The bands sound is an epic Journey for the listener, full of beautiful melodies, backed up by a crushing assault with emotive lyrics. Building the lore around the mythology of ancient Greece and Atlantis, GOA delivers it's own story, a story weaving both historic findings and fantasy storytelling. The album begins with the track "The Third Pillar" This first track ties in with the band’s Three Pillar logo, and sets the tone. The bands debut album entitled 3.6.2.4 will be out March 26th worldwide via Black Lion Records on CD/LP/Digital THE STORY "The third Pillar" tells the tale of the great pilgrimage by the Atlantean people. The path to the Lemuiran Halls are treacherous, Blinded by belief, the people embark across the lands. The ultimate goal, to reach the Three Pillars, it is said that the pillars are the sole point...

  SAILLE's fifth album V will be out April 9 2021 CD/Digital via Black Lion Records Playing Black Metal/Blackened Death Metal, SAILLE built a firm reputation for their impressive live performances on festivals all over Europe in the past years. SAILLE is a five-piece, with members residing in The Netherlands, Spain and Belgium. The fifth full-length album of SAILLE, entitled ‘V’, is another landmark in the band’s existence. After a rough period of time, SAILLE felt the need for a dramatic make-over, seeking a deeper darkness, both live and in the studio. Visually and sound wise SAILLE improved immense and a new frontman from the Netherlands was announced. Jesse Peetoom is two metres of charisma, musical talent and vocal power. It’s time for ‘V’, which release date has been set on April 9th, 2021 to be released by Black Lion Records, Sweden. Artwork was drawn by French artist Vincent Fouquet of Above Chaos. (Inquisition/Tsjuder/Kataklysm). Lyrically SAILLE deals with ‘The fearful, t...

  Aeolian unleashes music video of third single 'Golden Cage' of their new album The Negationist. Check out the video below: The video was recorded and edited by Martín Araya Lighting by Andrew Espinosa Special thanks to Toni Cerdà" Es Gremi centre musical, Cristina Jiménez, Andrew Espinosa, Martín Araya. Miriam Morán and Andrew Lamprell. Additional spanish guitars by Miquel A. Riutort (Mega) You can pre-order the upcoming album The Negationist which is out November 20th here:  http://smarturl.it/thenegatonist Follow Æolian https://www.facebook.com/aeolianmetalband/ https://www.instagram.com/aeolian_official/ https://twitter.com/aeolianmetal https://www.aeolianband.com Follow Black Lion Records https://www.facebook.com/blacklionrecordsswe/ https://www.instagram.com/blacklionrecordsswe/ https://twitter.com/Blacklionrecswe

  The Negationist marks the sophomore release by the Spanish quintet Aeolian. Picking up where they left off on the critically acclaimed Silent Witness, the band bring a blistering attack to bear. Through ten tracks, the band weave a dynamic spell of melodic death metal, with threads of black, folk, and occasionally thrash metal threads to sew it all together. Variations in pacing, excellent mixing, a cohesive and rock solid rhythm section, and memorable riffing all combine to draw in the listener to the albums earnest beauty. Passionate vocals rest comfortably in the fabric of the mix, steering the album with lyrical content from an environmentalist perspective. The Negationist provides the type of fist pumping soundtrack sure to energize any listener. With their second album titled ‘The Negationist’ where darkness and hope merge in an introspective trip marked by the damage we are doing to our own planet and how this is affecting us severely. This album has been mixed and produce...

Finnish melodic death metallers RE-ARMED unleash their fourth highly anticipated album on June 5th via Black Lion Records titled Ignis Aeternum which is Latin for 'fire forever' which seems a very fitting title for what is to come... Opening track 'Dive Within' is powerful and fast throughout with quick fierce vocal bursts matching the speed and tone of the instruments wonderfully. It ends on a ambient beautiful note and gives you everything and more to keep you gripped. Soaring single 'Beyond The Horizon' features endless resonant and striking guitars which makes it exhilarating throughout, as well as memorable clean vocals in the chorus, making a nice contrast to the harsher vocals and acts as a brilliant representative track for the band and album. It is solid and slick with technical instrumentation and tonnes of depth, something the band thrives on. This is one to stick on repeat. 'Ode To Life' opens with some strong and prominent bass and...

Finnish melodeath unit Re-Armed unleashed the lyric video for “Ode to Life” which features guitar solo contribution from Euge Valovirta (CyHra). The track serves as the second single from their upcoming album, Ignis Aeternum, slated for worldwide release on 05th June via Black Lion Records. Re-Armed informs: “We consistently choose to challenge both ourselves and the world around us. Breaking all boundaries is part of our writing process these days. This song is a good example of it. Metal music is generally full of cliches when it comes to song and album themes but we wanted to avoid most of these obvious cliches. Ode to Life dives musically and lyrically into the realms of existence. It is literally an ode to life itself, to our biodiversity, to our home planet Earth. So instead of all death, misery, and negativity, we do have positive messages within this song and in the whole album.” Watch the video below: Hailing from Kerava, Finland, Re-Armed has been aroun...

Re-Armed released the new lyric video for "Ode to Life". The single is part of their fourth full-length album "Ignis Aeternum" which will be released worldwide on June 5th via Black Lion Records. The single contains featuring solo made by Euge Valovirta (CyHra, etc). The band previously shared the music video "Beyond The Horizon", which is one of the most epic yet powerful songs the band has ever released. "Ode to Life" obviously continues to follow the course of epicness. The band comments on the new single and lyric video: "We consistently choose to challenge both ourselves and the world around us. Breaking all boundaries is the part of our writing process these days. This song is a good example from it. Metal music is generally full of cliches when it comes to song and album themes but we wanted to avoid most of these obvious cliches. Ode to Life dives musically and lyrically into the realms of existence. It is literally an ode ...

Finnish melodic death metallers Re-Armed have just dropped the music video for the single “Beyond the Horizon” via Metal Injection. The quintet's anticipated fourth album, Ignis Aeternum, is slated for worldwide release on June 05th via Black Lion Records on CD and digital formats. Discussing the track, Re-Armed offers, “Generally speaking, this song and music video was originally made to cherish the hope, to look for better days, to look beyond the horizon. In mankind's recent history, it's now or never when we need to unite and find solutions together. That's what we need today in order to survive through this difficult time. May the force be with you!” Check out the video below: Hailing from Kerava, Finland, Re-Armed has been around since 2001. Over the course of their nearly two decades of prolific journey, they underwent several lineup changes and unearthed three critically acclaimed full-lengths, an EP, and numerous demo releases. Their tight ...

Australia’s Death Metallers Nemesium launches lyric video for track 'Boundaryless'. Check out the video below: Nemesium frontman comments : Written about our mate Xak Boundary who sadly passed, who lived and breathed Mad Max. It tells a story of his travels in the apocalyptic world. The song is taken from debut album "Continua", set for release June 12th 2020 through Black Lion Records. The album represents a true hybrid of all corners of extreme music, channeling various stylings from old school and modern death metal to the darkest melodic black metal from the 90's Scandinavian scene. "Continua" tells a series of tales about torturous struggle, transition into a new age and the decimation of the world as it currently exists to the background of an unrelenting and sonically crushing soundtrack. Out June 12th 2020 on CD, LP & digital format. https://www.facebook.com/NemesiumOfficial/

Finnish Melodic Death Metallers Re-Armed unleashes OFFICIAL TRAILER OF THE NEW ALBUM 'IGNIS AETERNUM'. Re-Armed comments: "This is our 4th studio album and it will be the first one that includes lots of melodies, symphonic elements, and way more cleaner vocals than ever before, so writing and producing needed some extra brainstorming. The upcoming album is called 'Ignis Aeternum' and it will contain ten songs, that are strong and lifeful. A loose theme for the album is about positivity, a constant change and seeing life as it is in every level. It is a trip, a breathtaking view about life's diversity. This album is an ode to life." Check out the official album trailer video below: http://www.re-armed.net http://www.facebook.com/rearmed http://twitter.com/ReArmedOfficial https://www.instagram.com/rearmedofficial/

Italian melancholic doom/death quintet's third opus is now out (released March 20th) via Black Lion Records. Containing nine original numbers of elegant melodies and a dismal, doomy version of David Bowie’s masterpiece “Space Oddity,” the album focuses on the duality between what is hidden inside the depths of the human soul and the vastness sidereal space. Download/Stream ‘Empire of the Void’: Formed in 2008, TETHRA is a melancholic death/doom quintet based in Novara, Italy. Having two full-lengths and an EP under their wing, Tethra has gradually honed their gothic death/doom craft over the years, incorporating elements of progressive metal and plunging into the ravine of bleak melodies. Apart from sharing stages with the likes of Sepultura, Daylight Dies, Saturnus, Forgotten Tomb, The Foreshadowing, Swallow the Sun, Antimatter, Officium Triste, and Negura Bunget, the Italian group has played several live shows and festivals (including Malta Doom Fest) to date. Tethra...

MEADOWS END has kept creating waves in the metal world with the previews of their highly anticipated album, The Grand Antiquation, due for release on CD & LP via Black Lion Records this March 08th. After the video of the single Non-Dreaming Eye and the lyric video of the single Devilution ,the Swedish symphonic death squad offers another monumental video "Svept i Sorgepläd" as the third single of the album. Check out the new video below: MEADOWS END channels orchestrated atmospheres, mesmerizing melodies and heavy grooves, backed up by the aggressive vocals, to create their own blend of modern extreme metal music. Hailing from Örnsköldsvik, MEADOWS END was born in 1997 by a group of childhood friends. Their over-two decades of journey encountered many lineup changes, currently only having Jan Dahlberg (guitars) and Mats Helli (bass) from the original lineup. MEADOWS END previously worked as a six-piece act, but most recently they converted to a quinte...

Swedish thrashers DEFIATORY are about to release their second album, titled “HADES RISING”. The album marks the continuation of the band’s collaboration with Black Lion Records, following up their debut release “EXTINCT”, released in 2016. "Hades Rising" carries on from the aggressive thrash metal sound established on the debut album, evolving into more rhythmic and melodic sessions, granting more variety without losing focus on what is important in the old school style of thrash metal. The album, containing 11 tracks of relentless neck-wrecking thrash metal, with an amazing artwork painted by Mika Rudin, will be released this May 11 on CD formats . As soon the band finished the album, they started to work on two music videos, the first one, "In Hell" is out now: DEFIATORY notes, “‘In Hell’ takes the listener through the horrors of war and the helplessness and madness striking the soldiers fighting it. Are you fighting for the right side? Who is t...