MOUNT PALATINE RELEASE "WORMHOLY WORLD"

 

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Band: Mount Palatine

Album: Wormholy World

Release Date: February 6th 2026

Country: Finland

Genre: Heavy Psych Metal

Label: Octopus Rising / Argonauta Records

Wormholy World is the second full length album by Finnish heavy psych metal trio Mount Palatine. Built on long form jamming and deep ensemble chemistry, the album delivers a powerful mix of crushing riffs, hypnotic grooves and cosmic atmospheres. Doom heaviness, stoner grit, psychedelic textures and progressive dynamics merge into an immersive and cohesive sonic vision that pushes the band further into their own distinctive territory.

BAND QUOTE ON THE ALBUM

“Wormholy World is an ultimate trip through destruction and recreation, the chaos of life and the universe itself. Musically, the album builds on the psychedelic heavy jams that define our sound. Through years of ensemble playing we have developed our own style of heavy psych metal, combining doom, stoner, sludge, psychedelic rock and progressive metal. These chaotic trips form a cosmic dance where fragile melodies break under crushing riffs only to reform into triumphant harmony. The vocals shift from ethereal choirs to harsh growls.

Like our debut Cockroach Crusade, the album was born from intense jam sessions. All songs were created and arranged through continuous riffs and live interplay in our own rehearsal space and home studio at Saarni Music. After the main tracks were captured, we added many layers of guitars, synths, effects and vocals until the songs reached their final cosmic form. The final touch came from Mactus the Magemaster at Saarni Music, bringing clarity and life to the recordings. While the debut explored many influences, this album brings a stronger sense of cohesion and focuses clearly on the artistic vision we want to pursue.”

FOR FANS OF

Elder

Stoned Jesus

Khemmis

Mount Palatine are a heavy psych metal trio from Helsinki, Finland. Formerly known as The Paladin, the band evolved their identity to reflect a more focused and expansive artistic vision. Their sound combines crushing heaviness with spiritual and cosmic elements, rooted in groove and improvisation.

https://www.instagram.com/mountpalatine/

https://www.facebook.com/people/Mount-Palatine/61579289841745/

https://mountpalatine.bandcamp.com/

https://linktr.ee/mountpalatine

NIBIRU RELEASE "HYPÓSTASIS"

 

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Band: NIBIRU

Album: H Y P Ó S T A S I S

Release Date: February 27th 2026

Country: Italy

Genre: Ritual Industrial / Black Ambient

Label: Argonauta Records

TRACKLIST

Azoth

Binah

Idolum

Sekhmet

Shalicu

Obeah

Ritualistic Black Voyagers NIBIRU return with their most visionary and intense album yet. Celebrating ten years of collaboration with Argonauta Records, H Y P Ó S T A S I S continues the band’s exploration of spiritual, emotional, and ritualistic soundscapes.

Nibiru forge a monolithic, ritualistic soundscape, blending the icy, spectral atmospheres of Paysage d’Hiver “Schattengang”  with the dark electronic intensity of Coil and Beherit. Sudden, unsettling bursts recall the confrontational power of Prurient and Brighter Death Now, creating an extreme, immersive experience that defies conventional genres. Their approach merges post-punk, darkwave, ambient, black metal, and occult doom, resulting in a deeply ritualistic and transformative listening journey.

With seven full-length albums and one EP behind them, NIBIRU have built a critically acclaimed discography including Caosgon, Netrayoni, Padmalotus, Qaal Babalon, Salbrox, Panspermia, Anamorphosis, and the Teloch EP. Their career highlights include appearances at Roadburn Festival 2016, Metalitalia Festival 2018, From Dust Till Doom Festival 2023, and multiple European tours, sharing stages with Oranssi Pazuzu, Uada, Nightstalker, Mortuary Drape, Mortiis, and AHAB.

H Y P Ó S T A S I S solidifies NIBIRU’s role as architects of ritualistic sound, delivering an immersive, extreme, and visionary sonic experience.

https://www.facebook.com/nibiruritual

https://www.instagram.com/nibiruritual_official/

https://www.facebook.com/ArgonautaRecords

https://www.instagram.com/argonautarecords/

VOIDWARD RELEASE "OCCULT SYMMETRY"

 

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VOIDWARD RELEASES OCCULT SYMMETRY MICRO-ALBUM AND THE PLOWMAN 11TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION MACRO-SINGLE

Progressive Stoner Doom Visionaries Usher in the Year of the Void

Marking a metaphysical milestone in heavy music, Voidward unleashes two monumental sonic offerings on February 22, 2025: the Occult Symmetry Micro-Album and The Plowman 11th Anniversary Edition Macro-Single. These releases push the boundaries of time, sound, and spiritual awareness—deepening the lore and legacy of the band that serves as Earth’s conduit to The Void.

Following their 2022 self-titled full-length debut, which featured the hauntingly unforgettable track “Voidward,” this new dual release presents a vivid glimpse into the evolving mythos of The Void Cycle , set for full manifestation in 2026.

Occult Symmetry (Micro-Album)

Voidward introduces the world’s first Micro-Album: a singular, expansive composition in two acts— “Light Rider” and “Dark Miracle.” Clocking in with gravitational depth, Occult Symmetry stands as a meditative journey through frequency, dimension, and self. It's not just an album—it's a ritual in motion, a vibration in sync with the metaphysical forces guiding our collective experience of sound and silence.

The album artwork is a striking painting by Sally Gates, known for her work with Titan to Tachyons alongside Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle) and Kenny Grohowski (Imperial Triumphant). Gates is currently wrapping up a tour leg with Napalm Death and The Melvins, lending a powerful and evocative visual identity that perfectly complements Voidward’s cosmic sound.

The Plowman 11th Anniversary Edition (Macro-Single)

In celebration of 11 years of Heralding the Void , Voidward reissues The Plowman in a newly remastered, reimagined form. Originally unearthed on the knives EP (2013), this edition is part of a broader 11-version series — with Versions I through V already available, and Versions VI and VII scheduled to arrive in Autumn 2025. Each edition reveals a different dimension of The Void’s eternal message, echoing across time through heavy frequencies and ritualistic intensity.

About Voidward

Voidward isn’t just a band. Voidward is the Herald.

For fans of Castle Rat , Elder , Ghost , and even the legendary Riverbottom Nightmare Band , Voidward offers more than music—they offer initiation. Their genre-defying sound exists at the intersection of Progressive Stoner Doom and metaphysical truth, providing a heavy metal odyssey that serves as a mirror to eternity itself.

Guided by the unknowable force that is The Void, Voidward channels frequencies and philosophies from beyond, grounding cosmic chaos into sonic form. Their sound resonates deeply—most audibly through the ancient circuitry of the Boss HM2—and their mission is simple:

To bring The Void closer.

Production Credits

All music and production by Voidward

Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Nick Petersen at Track and Field Studios, Chatham, NC

Released via Clearly Records

Join the Cult of the Void

Will you become Voidward?

Follow Voidward into the eternal dark—the next phase begins now.

https://voidwardnc.com/

http://facebook.com/voidward

https://www.instagram.com/voidward_nc/

https://voidwardnc.bandcamp.com/album/occult-symmetry

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5vvb18nqMVRI35EwFCrHPA

https://music.apple.com/us/album/occult-symmetry-single/1795295725

RAINBOW BRIDGE RELEASE "SOUNDTRACK OF A SILENT LAND"

 

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Band: Rainbow Bridge

Album: Soundtrack of a Silent Land

Country: Italy

Genre: Psychedelic Stoner Rock

Label: Argonauta Records

Release date: June 27, 2025

Rainbow Bridge was born in 2006 inspired by the sounds of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and classics power-trio from the late sixties. Right from the start the band tried to give a personal touch with a strong attitude to the heavy blues psychedelic jam. The band played in many rock & blues festivals over the years - Blues in Town, Wood In stock, Jimi Hendrix Live Festival, Campania Blues, Bitonto Blues, South Italy Blues Connection, Blues a Balues, Dogana Blues, Freakout Stoned Fest ecc. - and opened for bands like Oh Sees, Putan Club & more. Over time, several bassists have come and gone in the band but when Fabio in late 2015 joining trio, the band started producing new music. Since 2017, four self-produced albums have been released on Bandcamp - plus a live album and a cover album - with very positive feedback from the press and critics even outside Italy. The Band is featured on the first volume of the "Stoner Freak Anthology" – an essential guide of the contemporary stoner rock scene - with second album "Lama". The band's references start from classic rock mixed with the most psychedelic stoner rock like Earthless, Colour Haze & Dead Meadow.

Line Up:

Giuseppe JimiRay Piazzolla – guitar, vocal

Fabio Chiarazzo - bass

Paolo Ormas - drums

https://therainbowbridge.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/rainbowbridgemusic/

https://www.instagram.com/rainbowbridgetrio/

http://www.argonautarecords.com/

DESCENDANT RELEASE "A SOLEMN OATH"

 

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A Solemn Oath

by Descendant

Tracklist:

1.A Solemn Oath 06:23

2.Forest of Embers 05:14

3.Repose 08:20

4.Nightstalkers 06:09

5.Desolate Wasteland 05:34

6.The Tide And The Stream 07:56

"A Solemn Oath" was written and recorded in the Winter of 2023 - Fall of 2024

Recorded, mixed and mastered at DII Studios by Brandon Cundiff

released September 16, 2024

Vocals - Ash Auerillia

All Instruments (other than stated below)- Brandon Cundiff

All Guitar solos written and performed by - Jesper Curran

"A Solemn Oath" (Track 1) features Braeden Gendron on vocals

https://descendantdoom.bandcamp.com/

BLACK SPELL RELEASE "INTO DARKNESS"

 

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Into Darkness

by Black Spell

Tracklist:

1.Into Darkness 07:24

2.The Omen 05:47

3.Black Witchery 05:38

4.A Sinner's Hell 07:45

5.A Note From The Devil 01:33

6.Saturn's Death 07:31

7.Winds Of Doom 05:49

8.Dungeons Of Death 05:01

9.Enter The Shrine Of The Black Gods 08:54

ALBVM NVMERO QVATTRO

Black Spell's fourth album came to life after a period of Black Meditations about Doom and here it is.

Not made for the amusement of anybody.

Recorded in 2023 in the Shrine Of The Black Gods

Produced by Black Spell and Makarov

Enter The Shrine Of The Black Gods - instrumental bonus track

released June 20, 2024

Black Spell has always been:

Alastair: guitars, vocals, organ

Pierre: bass guitar

Johan: drums, synthesizers

All music written and performed by Black Spell

Lyrics by Alastair

https://blackspell1.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Black-Spell-Band-Backup-Page-103711902121117/

https://www.instagram.com/black.spell.doom/

BLACK CAPRICORN RELEASE "SACRIFICE DARKNESS AND... FIRE"

 

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Sacrifice Darkness and .​.​. Fire

by Black Capricorn

Sacrifice Edition (FOR THE FIRST TIME! Different look on SIDE A & SIDE B)

180-gram heavyweight vinyl

Side A: Merge / Side B: Marbled

Single sleeve with 3mm spine

Full color insert

Black poly-lined inner sleeve

Protective plastic sleeve

33 rpm heaviness

STRICTLY LIMITED TO ONLY 150 COPIES

Darkness Edition (Blue & white marbled with red center)

180-gram heavyweight vinyl

Color-in-color: Blue & white marbled with red center.

Single sleeve with 3mm spine

Full color insert

Black poly-lined inner sleeve

Protective plastic sleeve

33 rpm heaviness

STRICTLY LIMITED TO ONLY 150 COPIES

Tracklist:

1.Sacrifice 05:54 video

2.The Moon Rises As The Immortals Gather

3.The Night That Came To Take You Away

4.Queen Zabo

5.Another Night Another Bite

6.Blood Of Evil

7.Electric Night

8.A New Day Rising 05:40 video

Italy's modern titans of doom rise once again, as the coven of scuzzy, occult psychedelia that is Black Capricorn deliver their latest slab of epic proto metal!

"Sacrifice Darkness and ... Fire" is out July 12th on Majestic Mountain Records!

releases July 12, 2024

Black Capricorn is

Rachela Piras - Drums

Virginia Piras - Bass

Fabrizio Monni - Guitars/Vocals

All music by Black Capricorn

Recorded at Consultant Recording Studio

Produced by Fabrizio Monni

Engineered by Fabrizio Monni

Mastering: Mirko Toro

Art & Design: Fabrizio Monni

https://blackcapricorn.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BlackCapricorn666

https://www.instagram.com/blackcapricorn666/

SEPPSIS RELEASE "BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD"

 

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Bright Future Ahead

by Seppsis

Tracklist:

1.Thoughts and Prayers 05:54

2.Rich Future 04:17

3.StagNation 07:40

4.Shoot me! 04:39

5.Leave 04:13

6.Dont Think! 04:20

7.Deserts of Shugg 05:47

8.Apocalypse Now! 05:23

9.March to the End 01:57

released May 30, 2024

Stoner Punk from Bad Kreuznach, Germany.

Seppsis combines rough and dirty Punk & Metal beats with the melodic guitars of 70s Hard Rock and the slow, psychedelic vibes of Stoner Rock and Doom.

Your Soundtrack to the apocalypse!

https://seppsis.bandcamp.com/

https://linktr.ee/seppsis

LARES RELEASE "ET IN ARCADIA EGO"

 

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Band: LARES

Album: Et in Arcadia Ego

Country: International

Genre: Psychedelic Black Doom metal

Label: Argonauta Records

Release date: April 12th, 2024

"After four years contemplating the spatio-temporal void that opened up beneath our feet during Covid, Lares is thrilled to announce our renewed collaboration with Argonauta Records for the release of our third album “Et in Arcadia Ego”.

"Et in Arcadia Ego" was recorded live in our rehearsal studio, mixed by Luca Leprotti (David di Donatello Awards for Best Sound on "Volevo Nascondermi" by Giorgio Dritti) and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege studio in Portland OR (SUNN O))), Sleep, Magma, Obituary) The album is an accidental concept born from the first session we managed to play together after a long and frustrating break necessitated by lockdowns, band members in high risk categories, and mental illness. Without looking for it we found death, isolation, boredom, uncertainty, rage, and an energy that we decided instantly to try to capture and preserve as it was. No additives, no major editing. In the uncertainty of the times, we began to collect recording equipment, slowly transforming our rehearsal space into a recording studio. We developed a ritual of playing and replaying, without click, the whole 27 minutes, until we got better than close to the original, to the perfect simulacra. There is a bonus track included in the album called “10 Hygiea” that is part of the soundtrack of "Music Appreciation", a short horror movie we collaborated with." - says the band

Et in Arcadia Ego

Founded in Berlin in 2015, the international quartet released 2 albums,  "Mask of Discomfort" in 2017, and "Towards Nothingness" in 2020  (Argonauta Records), critically acclaimed by the major platforms like Cult  Nation, Deaf Forever, Rock Hard, Metal Hammer and more. The idea of the name Lares originates from an archaic Roman Etruscan word which means "heroes" and "demons“. A faceless god, an entity that could be molded into any desired shape, believed to observe, protect and influence fate. 

Since the beginning, the band explored different music genres, creating a unique sound in continuous evolution that mixes elements of Doom, Black and Sludge metal, strongly influenced by the 60s and 70s psychedelia and  90s grunge/noise. 

Lares has played and organised concerts locally since the foundation of the band, slowly creating a devoted fan base in Berlin and surrounding areas.  

During this process, especially in the last 2 years, they developed a live sound performance that was captured in a live recording session in their rehearsal studio and that became their third concept album, “Et In Arcadia  Ego". 

 “Et in Arcadia Ego” marks their renewed collaboration with Argonauta  Records and a new chapter for the band, which is looking forward to touring around Europe and releasing more material in the near future. 

"Animos Daemones Ex Hominibus Fieri Lares"

For more info:

https://www.facebook.com/laresband

https://www.instagram.com/laresmetal/

https://www.argonautarecords.com/

HEAVY TEMPLE RELEASE "GARDEN OF HEATHENS"

 

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Garden of Heathens

by Heavy Temple

Tracklist:

1.Extreme Indifference to Life 05:48

2.Hiraeth

3.Divine Indiscretion

4.House of Warship

5.Snake Oil (and Other Remedies)

6.In the Garden of Heathens

7.Jesus Wept

8.Psychomanteum

HEAVY TEMPLE are back from extensively touring across the United States and for the first time also Europe. They are also back from the rehearsal room where the making of new songs became far more of a group effort than on the debut album. And finally back from Animal Farm studio where John Forrestal gave the new album "Garden of Heathens" a rich and warm organic sound that is also crisp and crystalline. Where the debut full-length "Lupi Amoris" charged forward like a roaring mastodon, "Garden of Heathens" comes across more diverse and sophisticated without losing punch or heaviness. And while the powerful vocals of frontwoman High Priestess Nighthawk provide a strong gravitational pull, HEAVY TEMPLE always remain a riff-first kind of band. Even so, the heavy-touring Philadelphia, PA trio have expanded their range to encompass an even wider breadth of rock and metal road stops, from BARONESS to THE BEATLES and BLACK SABBATH to FU MANCHU – with many crossroads in between. Lyrically, Nighthawk wrote her most personal lines so far as the album revolves thematically around things that aren't real – from the American Dream to relationships. No matter how shiny something looks, below the surface lurk anxiety, betrayal, and doubt. HEAVY TEMPLE came into existence on the 2012 winter solstice during a night filled with the pure enjoyment of creating and playing heavy music. Once established, the band started playing live and soon got to tour alongside such notables as RUBY THE HATCHET, ROYAL THUNDER, and CORROSION OF CONFORMITY and they also got to play at notable festivals such as The Maryland Doom Fest and Psycho Las Vegas among many others. Following the two EPs "Heavy Temple” (2014) and "Chassit" (2016) and a number of singles, HEAVY TEMPLE at last took a break from heavy touring to record their first full-length. "Lupi Amoris" (“Wolves of Love”) that was released in 2021 to strong applause from both critics and followers alike. This album opened new doors including more festival appearances, a US tour with THE OBSESSED and their first tour of Europe with friends and labelmates HOWLING GIANT. HEAVY TEMPLE are not just back, they are here to stay. "Garden of Heathens" gives strong testimony that the trio is pushing hard to broaden their spectrum and break through any preconceptions and obstacles in front of them. "Garden of Heathens" sheds new light and a wider perspective on heavy and desert rock, psychedelia, and doom metal. Check this out!

Buy at our shop here:

worldwide: en.spkr.media

US/Canada: us.spkr.media  

releases April 12, 2024

2024, 2024 Magnetic Eye Records

https://heavytemple.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/HeavyTemple

https://www.instagram.com/heavytemple/

https://twitter.com/heavytemple

ASTRAL SLEEP RELEASE VIDEO FOR "TORMENT IN EXISTENCE"

 

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Release Date: 21. April 2023

FFO: YOB, Crowbar, Solitude Aeturnus

Location: Finland

Short Bio: Astral Sleep hails from Finland, Tellus. The group has wreaked havoc on the metal genre since 2005. Astral Sleep's music fuses various musical styles into an unique entity dubbed "Astral Doom Musick": The boundaries of different sub-genres of Doom are ripped apart, mingled with pieces of jazz, psych-rock, noise, and various styles of metal, and sown back together into the monstrosities that they are. Astral Sleep's mission is finding eternal bliss in the world on its inevitable trajectory towards Doom.

Album art made by Mark Cooper (markcooperart.com)

Follow them on Spotify and add them to your playlists!

Check out this video!

https://youtu.be/SWcftmTQQVc

Astral Sleep: Torment in Existence

Follow the band on Spotify and add them to your playlists!

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6tRV5VBDpbCRVdEfwIzzg4

Support them on Bandcamp!

https://astralsleep.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-already-living-in-the-end-of-times

Follow the band at these links:

https://www.facebook.com/astralsleepdoom

https://www.instagram.com/astralsleepdoom/

https://astralsleep.bandcamp.com/

https://tidal.com/browse/artist/4813727

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6tRV5VBDpbCRVdEfwIzzg4

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ACID WITCH RELEASE "ROT AMONG US"

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Rot Among Us

by ACID WITCH

Tracklist:

1.Gather Each Witch

2.Rot Among Us

3.The Sleeper

4.Psychedeathic Swampnosis

5.Devil's Night Doom

6.5508 Martin St. 04:38

7.Evil Dad (Dad By Dawn)

8.Tommyrotters

9.Chelsea Didn't Come Home Last Night

10.Gundella the Green Witch

HELLS HEADBANGERS is proud to present ACID WITCH's highly anticipated fourth album, Rot Among Us, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

By now, ACID WITCH require little introduction. Since 2007, the Detroit crew of mischievous miscreants have patiently crafted an ever-singular sound that's equal parts doom, death metal, psych rock, and horror-movie soundtrack. And while their full-length discography is semi-sparse, each ACID WITCH album is a momentous event, showcasing another dark 'n' delirious side to these Halloween-obsessed savants.

Then again, since the release of 2017's Evil Sound Screamers, ACID WITCH have certainly stayed busy on the short-length front, not to mention founding frontman/keyboardist Slasher Dave's soundtrack-oriented solo work. That latter element comes ever more to the fore on the band's fourth full-length, Rot Among Us. That preceding album surely emphasized those synths, as well, bringing the band's beloved horror canon of the '70s and '80s into sharper focus, but ACID WITCH top even that with Rot Among Us. Much, much darker and deadly serious but somehow clearer and more drug-crazed, Rot Among Us shows ACID WITCH in rarefied form, retaining their core sound but lacing each of these 10 anthems with a lysergic sense of starpower that's simply larger than life. A devilish sense of fun prevails, as it always has in the ACID WITCH world, but they take these arena-ready anthems in a gutsfucking and grimy direction that's absolutely DARK at the very, bitter end - and all of it's threaded together with acutely filmic samples, making that path to that end like a movie itself.

Featuring their best production to date, courtesy of Slasher Dave, and mind-bending cover artwork courtesy of his longtime partner Shagrat, ACID WITCH's Rot Among Us is the timely rallying cry of all Halloween horror hounds! 

releases October 1, 2022

https://acid-witch-detroit.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Acid-Witch-146053698843172

THE GATES RELEASE "...OF PANDEMONIUM"

 

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Artist: The Gates

Release title: ... of Pandemonium

Label: Northern Silence Productions

Release Date: 13-05-2022

Format: Digital, CD

Genre: Magik Metal

Country: Canada

Tracklist:

1. The Cosmic Crypt (4:58)

2. Unlock the Gates (3:16)

3. Funguss (3:22)

4. The Wizard (3:42)

5. The Reborn (4:31)

6. Dark Lord (5:28)

7. In the Gaze of the Beast (3:25)

8. The Ghost of the Knight (4:48)

Line-up:

Galigula – vocals

King Baal – all instruments

The Gates play „Magik Metal“, combining their own brilliant interpretation of old school Occult Rock and Psychedelic Metal with additional Black Metal vocals. Visually, they use classic psych imagery such as colorful artwork and magic mushrooms in combination with occult symbols and occasional nods to the Nazisploitation movies of the 70s (which are to be understood as a tribute to old school B-movies and cult flicks and nothing else), while their lyrics also focus on classic forms of occultism and psychedelic experiences.

Seemingly out of nowhere they delivered with "...of Pandemonium" an absolute killer album full of occult hymns that are sure to find many fans and has the potential to become a real classic.

Outside the relatively new but steadily growing Magik Metal sub-genre the music of The Gates should appeal the most to fans of the old school Occult Rock of Coven, The Devil’s Blood or Year of the Goat and occult Heavy Metal such as Mercyful Fate or Ghost, and has to be classified as highly addictive!

The European pressing of the CD comes in a jewel case with an undisclosed limitation. A limited A5-DigiCD, T-shirts and different CD box sets will also be available directly from Northern Silence and selected partners. Northern Silence will also release the European LP editions in late 2022, planned on color as well as classic black vinyl, including posters and free stickers.

For fans of Year of the Goat, The Devil's Blood, Ghost, Mercyful Fate, Coven

Recording, mix, mastering, lyrics, artwork & layout by The Gates

Follow:

Bandcamp: https://thegates-northernsilence.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3bZ9FjdzPRaF1OQNXojbk1?si=5MkVFJoJTbGsVdVmJeV0tg

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.g.a.t.e.s/

VAMACARA SIGNS WITH BLACK SUNSET

 

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After their 2017 EP "Mantras for the Manifold", the two minds behind the exceptional musical project Vāmācāra have completed work on their first long-player and signed a deal with Black Sunset / MDD, where the album will be released before summer. Vāmācāra combines oriental music with western scales, far eastern philosophy with occidental. If you need stylistic pigeonholes, you can also call it Black/Death/Stoner with psychedelic elements, or 70s rock with blast beats. In any case, you can expect something extraordinary! More info soon!

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https://vamacara.bandcamp.com/

EARTHLESS ANNOUNCE "NIGHT PARADE OF ONE HUNDRED DEMONS"

 

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EARTHLESS returns with their new album Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons on January 28 via Nuclear Blast, along with a winter tour kicking off January 27th at Los Angeles’ The Echo. The latest from the San Diego-based psych rock power trio -- Isaiah Mitchell (guitar & vocals), Mike Eginton (bass) and Mario Rubalcaba (drums) -- was was recorded with Rubalcaba’s childhood friend Ben Moore, who’s worked with everyone from Diamanda Galas and Burt Bacharach to Ceremony and Hot Snakes. Their sixth album is comprised of two monster songs: the 41-minute title track and the 20-minute “Death To The Red Sun.”

Hear a 3-minute teaser of “Death To The Red Sun” here: https://youtu.be/X6riYs9RCj4

Pre-Order The Album Here: https://nblast.de/EarthlessNightParade 

Pre-Save The Album Here: https://earthless.bfan.link/night-parade

Tracklist:

01 - Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons

02 - Death To The Red Sun

Total Run Time: 61:39 minutes

AVAILABLE FORMATS:

CD Digipak

Digital Album

Gatefold 2LP (black)

Gatefold 2LP (black, 'super audiophile')

Gatefold 2LP (pearl)

Gatefold 2LP (gold)

2LPs will have an etching on the D side

The album and its title were inspired by an ancient Japanese legend in which a horde of demons, ghosts and other terrifying ghouls descend upon sleeping villages at night, once a year. Known as Hyakki Yagyō, or the “Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons,” one version of the tale states that anyone who witnesses this otherworldly procession will die instantly—or be carried off by the creatures of the night. As a result, the villagers hide in their homes, lest they become victims of these supernatural invaders. “My son and I came across the ‘Night Parade of One Hundred Demons’ in a book of traditional Japanese ghost stories,” bassist Mike Eginton explains. “I like the idea of people hiding and being able to hear the madness but not see it. It’s the fear of the unknown.”

Given the record’s inspiration, it should come as no surprise that Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons strikes a more sinister tone than the rest of the band’s catalogue. “It definitely has a darker, almost evil kind of vibe compared to stuff we’ve done in the past,” Rubalcaba says. “There’s more paranoia and noise, and some of Isaiah’s whammy-bar stuff kind of reminds me of these Jeff Hanneman moments in Reign In Blood, where it just seems like everything is going to hell. It’s pretty fun.”

When Eginton wasn’t tracking his bass parts, he worked on the album’s incredible sleeve art. “He really dedicated himself to the project,” Rubalcaba says. “He’d be drawing in the studio with, like, a coal-miner’s lamp on his head while we were doing overdubs. He really knocked it out of the park.” “I basically wanted to draw my interpretation of the folk story,” Eginton explains. “I started researching the different Yōkai—the demons—and really got into it. It was really cool reading about where they came from and what their interactions with humans were. Then I tried to create what I imagined the event might look like. I didn’t get a hundred in there, but I got quite a few.”

Their latest is a return to the epic instrumentals Earthless made their unmistakable name on, whereas 2018’s Black Heaven featured shorter songs and vocals from guitarist Isaiah Mitchell on much of the album—an unprecedented move for the trio. Black Heaven was recorded while Mitchell was living in the Bay Area, which made it difficult for the band to get together and work on the type of long instrumental pieces they’re known for. But, in March 2020 -- specifically, the night the pandemic lockdown kicked in -- Mitchell moved back to San Diego from the Bay Area. Bad timing, perhaps—or maybe perfect timing.

“With Isaiah here, we were able to get together once or twice a week to work on these jams,” Rubalcaba says. “We got back to our original songwriting process of just playing and building off each other little by little. And we actually had the time to do that, which was creatively inspiring.” Plus, they were all on the same page about not wanting to do another record with vocals. “Black Heaven was outside our comfort zone. I think it was a good record, but it was challenging to write songs in a more traditional verse-chorus-verse format. This one was more enjoyable.”

All told, Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons isn’t just a return to the band’s traditional format—it’s a return to their very beginnings. “This album actually has the very first Earthless riff in it,” Eginton reveals. “We just recorded it 20 years after we wrote it. But we’re really happy with how this record came out. We feel it might be our finest to date.”

BLACK SPELL RELEASE "THE PURPLE SKULL"

PRESS RELEASE:

The Purple Skull

by Black Spell

Genre: Psychedelic doom metal

released November 3, 2021

Independent

 

Tracklist

1.Rebirth 01:01

2.Dark Priest Of Hell 04:05

3.Walpurgis Night 03:23

4.Ethereal Shadows 03:54

5.Feast Of The Grand Whore 03:48

6.Blood Communion 06:14

7.Holy Incense 03:53

8.The Purple Skull 07:04

9.Black Alchemist 04:20

10.Il Teschio Viola Vive 02:48

about

‘’The Purple Skull’’ is the new album by the psych occult doom band from the North East of Italy, Black Spell.

Released here also in a special Japanese CD edition by Disk Union Japan / Unforgiven Blood label.

Recorded between March and May 2021 at Mefisto Studio

Produced by Bogdan Makarov and Black Spell

Mastering by Bogdan Makarov.

Artwork by Shane Horror:

www.facebook.com/shanehorror/

www.instagram.com/shanehorror/

Credits:

Alastair Skull......Guitars, Organ, Vocals

Pierre Skull......Bass Guitar

Johan Skull......Drums, Synthesizer

All music written & performed by Black Spell

Lyrics by Alastair

All Merch available at: heavy-threads.com/collections/black-spell

shipping out on or around November 21, 2021

https://blackspell1.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Black-Spell-Band-Backup-Page-103711902121117/

BRIGHT CURSE RELEASE "TIME OF THE HEALER"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Time of The Healer

by Bright Curse

Tracklist:

1.Smoke of The Past 10:44

2.Laura 05:27

3.Une Virée 02:57

4.Shadows 10:43

5.Time of The Healer 10:18

Bright Curse is

Romain Daut: Guitar, Flute, Vocals

Sammy Deveille: Bass, Double Bass

Mark Buckwell: Drums, Percussions

Tommy Foster: Additional guitars.

Dylan Jones: Trumpet on "Laura" and "Time of The Healer"

released May 10, 2019

Produced By Romain Daut and JB Pilon

Recorded and Mixed at Buffalo Studio (London UK)

Mastered at Audiosiege Portland.

Released by Ripple Music (Worldwide)

https://brightcurse.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BrightCurse

PHASED RELEASES "AEON"+ TEASER ONLINE

HERE IS THE PRESS STATEMENT:

Psychedelic Doomsters PHASED release their fourth full-length via Czar Of Bullets on November 27th 2015.

Listen a first extract here:

Seed Of Misery: https://soundcloud.com/czar-of-crickets/phased-seed-of-misery

Once a stoner band, nowadays Phased play a sort of heavy, leaden and groovy psychedelic doom – motor doom, as their former label boss fittingly baptized it. Six years into their last studio recording, the Swiss trio now releases AEON. Seven monoliths of down-tuned guitars, slow beats and a subtly threatening vocal treatment, that were recorded by Chris Sigdell (voice, guitar), Marko Lehtinen (drums) and Michael Greilinger (filling in on bass) at Helium Records in Basel. The album was mixed by Richard Whittaker in London and mastered by Greg Chandler in Birmingham.

Phased have released three albums so far: «Music For Gentlemen» (2003) and the Elektrohasch classics «Medications» (2006) and «A Sort Of Spasmic Phlegm...» (2009). In 2013 Space Rock Productions released a double vinyl compilation. The band has played several European festivals of high renown, such as Stoned From The Underground, Up In Smoke or Doom Shall Rise – and single shows with bands like Mastodon, High On Fire, Orange Goblin, Spirit Caravan and many more.

AEON will be released on CD, LP and as digital download.

PHASED on the web:

www.phased.ch

https://www.facebook.com/phasedswitzerland

http://phased.bandcamp.com

FOLIVORE RELEASES "EVE OF CONCEPTION"

Santa Cruz, California psychedelic doom black metal band Folivore will release their new demo entitled "Eve of Conception" today, April 20th. The new demo is the second in Folivore´s career and the follow up to their 2010 rehearsal demo. "Eve of Conception" will be released independently and will feature the following tracks:

1. Sudden Oak Death 

2. Astral Transfiguration 

3. Black Magic Baptism 

4. Doomed to Wonder  

5. Eve of Conception

BLACK CAPRICORN RELEASES "CULT OF BLACK FRIARS"

Psychedelic doom metal band from Cagliari, Italy, Black Carpricorn will be releasing their new album "Cult of Black Friars" on November 1st. The album, the third one in the band´s career, will be released through Funeral Industries on vinyl format and is the follow up to the band´s "Born Under the Capricorn" 2013 release. "Cult of Black Friars" will feature the following tracks:

Side A

1. Atomium  

2. Cult of Black Friars  

3. Hammer of the Witches  

4. Riding the Devil's Horses  

5. Animula Vagula Blandula  

Side B

6. Cat People  

7. From the Abyss  

8. Arcane Sorcerer  

9. To the Shores of Distant Stars