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While constantly touring all over Europe and the United States, CONAN are currently putting the final touches on the follow up to their latest 2016-studio record 'Revengeance'! Now the band unveiled first details about their upcoming full length, titled 'Existential Void Guardian' and which will see the light of day on August 31st 2018 with Napalm Records! Says guitarist & vocalist Jon Paul Davis: “Existential Void Guardian expands upon our previous lyrical and conceptual ideas. Bringing the listener’s focus from the screens of our favourite arcade machines to the minds of the characters through who’s eyes we view the 2 dimensional plane. Chris Fielding produced this album at Skyhammer Studio and we had audio wizard James Plotkin handle the mastering again. Artwork will be by Tony Roberts.” Beside a heavy UK-touring schedule with MONOLORD this Spring, CONAN are currently on tour in North America. Make sure to catch these doom heavyweights and their massive wall...

VENOM INC. - the trio formed by legendary Mantas, the Demolition Man & Abaddon - is set to kick off the next stage of their Blood Stained Earth World Tour. The first part will lead them through Asia plus Oceania, before the band haunt the UK and European clubs with labelmates SUFFOCATION, NERVOSA, AETERNAM and SURVIVE. In addition to presenting tracks from their debut album Avé, VENOM INC. will also perform a bunch of VENOM classics. In anticipation of the aforementioned tour, VENOM INC. has unleashed a brand new lyric video for 'War' today. Check it out over on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOgowdf9Iy "AVÉ Legions... May I present our recent endeavour...our new lyric video for our album track 'War'! This is an extended version for your enjoyment and precedes our current list of dates as we prepare to slay 2018! Starting in Japan and taking in Singapore, Bangkok, Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand before returning to the Northern hemispher...

Legendary, epic Greek black metallers, VARATHRON, will return with their sixth studio album titled "Patriarchs Of Evil" on April 27th via Agonia Records. Watch a teaser video for this release at: https://youtu.be/JQal6cck2qg Co-founded in 1988 by Stefan Necroabyssious, the band's vocalist and sole original member, VARATHRON has been on a steady release schedule since 2004's "Crowreign". The latter album introduced Haris (drums) and Achilleas C. (guitars) to the band, who were later joined by Sotiris (guitars) and Stratos (bass), and who together established a new, well-bonded line-up of an already established Hellenic black metal act, considered as one of the forefathers of the genre, next to Rotting Christ and Necromantia. Having previously described "Patriarchs Of Evil" as "heavy, dark and full of melodies that will revive past memories", VARATHRON elaborates on the successor to "Untrodden Corridors Of Hades"...

Last Legion Release Anticipated Sophomore Album “Muspelheim” & New Video New York City based Viking Metallers LAST LEGION have released their second full-length album “Muspelheim” in conjunction with hard rock/metal label Gravel Entertainment. “Muspelheim” is available now on Compact Disc and all major digital music platforms. Coinciding with the release, the band has also shared a music video for the song “God Ov Chaos,” directed by Tom Flynn (10 Years, Body Count, Otherwise). Check out the new video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53ijjJ6dDds&feature=youtu.be Last Legion is currently performing select dates in the Northeastern, U.S. They are planning to tour in support of the album later this summer. For more info, head to: www.lastlegionband.com http://www.facebook.com/lastlegionband http://www.twitter.com/lastlegionband

DESERT STORM ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM 'SENTINELS' TO BE RELEASED MARCH 16TH ON APF RECORDS! 2018 marks the return of Oxford-based sludge-metal titans Desert Storm as they prepare to follow the release of 2014’s critically-acclaimed ‘Omniscient’ album with their new opus ‘Sentinels’, confirmed for release this coming March 16th via APF Records. Recorded with engineer Jamie Dodd (Orange Goblin) at Flesh & Bone Studio's, Hackney and tracked by Steve 'Geezer' Watkins at Woodworm studios (which has also been used by legendary Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi), ‘Sentinels’ is a colossal sounding record, it’s ten tracks punching the listener with an oppressive towering monolithic sound that batters, but never dulls the senses. “This album is a natural progression from our previous releases,” explains guitarist Ryan Cole. “It has the Desert Storm sound, but has moved in a much harder, darker and heavier direction.” Today we get to hear the first rumblings from ‘Se...

You have been warned by the first band trailer that LETTERS FROM THE COLONY's debut album Vignette (out on February 16th) is the thing you need to own. The progressive extreme metal architects launched their second trailer for their upcoming full length release and unveil the scandalous background of some of their band members - in particular their ex-bassist and current guitarist Johan Jönsegård, who had to quit his position, after it was simply to dangerous for him, before Emil Östberg bravely took his place. Watch the clip with the first impressive live snippets of these Swedes and singer Alexander Backlund discussing the album lyrics and the main target audience while repairing bicycles and waiting for his second Lamborghini: https://youtu.be/b0bktDpFaSA ICYMI: 'Erasing Contrast' music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSanE0Izc70 Trailer #1: https://youtu.be/aotE_43M-nw Vignette is now available for pre-order here: http://nblast.de/LFTCVignette ...

Nottingham, UK doom trio Twilight's Embrace have emerged from the darkness to reveal details for their new record, and follow up to 2014's acclaimed debut By Darkness Undone. "After a couple of years that saw some members leaving and little in the way of live performances, we decided an EP was a good way to ease back into things and to let people know we're still alive, comments band leader and guitarist Ben Sizer. "Musically, the new tracks deliberately continue the path of previous releases, attempting to take classic doom-death recipes and add other influences to taste." Entitled Penance, the self-produced EP is set for release 23rd February and spans 4 epic death doom soundscapes, reminiscent of genre pioneers including Katatonia, November's Doom, Agalloch, Insomnium, Primordial, and more. There is also a not so subtle hint towards Paradise Lost, with a cover of 'It's Too Late' from 1999's Host. "For Twilight's Embrace t...

Dutch epic death/black metallers BLEEDING GODS will release their upcoming concept album Dodekathlon on January 12th, 2018 via Nuclear Blast. Right before Christmas, BLEEDING GODS unleashed their second digital single, 'Tripled Anger', together with a stunning lyric video (see below). Today, the band presents a drum playthrough video to this song, showing drummer Daan Klemann playing the whole track during the recordings in the studio. The video was recorded and edited with 4 cameras, therefore offering shots from almost every angle! Watch it here: https://youtu.be/yQGZ1OWyUR More on Dodekathlon: 'From Feast To Beast' [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]: https://youtu.be/bakhuYIHAfo 'From Feast To Beast' [MAKING OF]: https://youtu.be/nLYxA5BGYQs 'Tripled Anger' [LYRIC VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVEpzC9XtlM Trailer #1 - about the concept: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKJNvVS7X5c Trailer #2 - about the artwork: https://youtu.be/plEsjuqUsUA T...