New Album “Chaos Vector” Out Now! via Blood Blast Distribution L-R: Invictus (Drums), Y’takt (Bass), Hex (Keys), Blind (Lead Vocals), Gog (Lead Guitar), Azra (Guitar) Photo Credit: Rachel Craig Media/Joshua Winstead Photography The third single from Knoxville, USA’s Summoner’s Circle is “Apostasy”, which the music video for is out now via The Circle Pit…
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BORKNAGAR Announces a Special 25th Anniversary Edition of their Highly Influential Debut
From the Borknagar Facebook Page…. We are stoked to announce a very special 25th Anniversary reissue of our debut album “Borknagar” that will be out on Century Media Records on November 12, 2021. Øystein comments: “Throughout the years I have received countless requests for a re-release of this album, but…
German Melodic Black/Death Metal Masters Thulcandra Release the Single “Funeral Pyre” From New Album, A Dying Wish, Available October 29
Black/Death Metal Veterans Thulcandra Return with New Studio Album, A Dying Wish! Out October 29, 2021 via Napalm Records! Watch the new music video for “Funeral Pyre” here: Pre-Order here: smarturl.it/ADyingWish On tour in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in autumn / winter! Black/death metal veterans THULCANDRA are back! After six…
Finland’s Pagan Metal Masters Havukruunu Announce EP, Kuu Erkylän Yllä, along With Title Track Single
“Kuu Erkylän Yllä” EP announcement & single! Release page: naturmacht.com/np139-havukruunu-kuu-erkylan-ylla/ Single: naturmachtproductions.bandcamp.com/…/kuu-erkyl… Youtube: youtu.be/2LJ-QkHtt-c Merch Release: 29.10.21 | Merch Preorder & Digital Release: 08.10.21 Merch: CD in Jewelcase with booklet, first press 1000 copies Pro Tape in black case with 4-panel J-card, first press 100 copies Shirt, Gildan Ultrac Cotton,…
A Metal-Rules.com Premiere: “Start” by 1000 Bone Cylinder Explosion
From Peter Hraur: “I’m really happy to finally start releasing music with my first single and video “Start”. I hope people like it, or at least react irrationally toward it. This is just the start, and I can’t wait to continue.” What is going on in Pennsylvania? We aren’t entirely…
Newfoundland Black Metal Duo Artach Shares Chilling Lyric Video “Ice Throne”
New Album “Sworn to Avenge” Out Now! via Depressive Illusions Records Canada, St. John’s, Newfoundland’s black metal duo Artach unleashed their latest album “Sworn to Avenge” this past June via Depressive Illusions Records. Heavily influenced by nature and the bleak climate they are surrounded by in the cold frozen north, the band is also inspired…
CDN Records Release The Blood of Christ Cassette Reissue of 1994 Demo “Frozen Dreams”
“The Lonely Flowers Of Autumn” Reissue Cassette and CD Out August 21st Remastering by Dan Swano (Incantation, Jungle Rot, Asphyx) Circa 1995 – The Blood of Christ – Lineup (L to R): Marek Kopala – Bass, Jason Deaville – Vocals, Jason Longo – Drums, Jeff Longo – Guitar Photo Credit –…
CRADLE OF FILTH Announce Special Halloween London Show; New Album Existence Is Futile Coming October 22
Suffolk hellhounds CRADLE OF FILTH are proud to announce that something fiendish is brewing. The vile six-piece will be appearing at one of London’s iconic venues, The Roundhouse, on Sunday, October 31aka All Hallows’ Eve for a very special album release show. The evening’s proceedings will comprise a wicked set of fan-favouites and new songs alike,…
A Metal-Rules.com Premiere: Cult Burial “Parasite”
It is under the gray cloud of the past year that enigmatic blackened death-doom collective, Cult Burial, was born. Today they reveal their crushing new single “Parasite”. Despite their doom roots, Cult Burial is anything but slow moving. Having formed in early 2020 in London the project rapidly developed, with…
ENSLAVED Announce New 4-Track-EP ‘Caravans To The Outer Worlds’ Out October 1st
COSMOS TREMBLED WHEN IT CAME TO BE FUSION OF SENSE AND EARTH… There is a desert which is very old, very dry, and very dangerous. Few have ever dared to cross it, and fewer have returned. Some say that it is a desert between places, others say that it is…
A Metal-Rules.com Premiere: Hellsword “Satan, Death And Fear”
Metal-Rules.com is pleased to present you with the exclusive premiere of the song “Satan, Death And Fear” by Hellsword. The band is recommended for fans of Venom, Hellhammer, Destroyer 666. Here’s what the band has to say about the song: “Unite in the final revolt! No bullshit, only plodding d-beats,…
CRADLE OF FILTH – start pre-order for new album “Existence Is Futile” + unveil first single and hellish music video for ‘Crawling King Chaos’
Belched from Hell’s depths into the rustic charms of the Witch County, Suffolk, thirty long and disturbing years ago, CRADLE OF FILTH are undisputed giants of the Heavy Metal realm. Imperious purveyors of a perennially unique strain of dark, dastardly, and wilfully extreme metal, with deep roots in the worlds of…
Quick Jabs for August 2021
This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Helgrind – Return To Motherland September 1st, 2019…
Newfoundland Black Metal Duo Artach Release Lyric Video “Tuiteam an Duine” Off New Album “Sworn to Avenge”
Video Premiere via ThisIsBlackMetal New Album “Sworn to Avenge” Out Now! via Depressive Illusions Records Coming from the coldest, windiest, snowiest, and foggiest city in Canada, St. John’s, Newfoundland’s Artach is heavily influenced by nature and even takes after the bleak climate they are surrounded by. The result of months…
Summoner’s Circle Weave Lovecraftian Horror With Music Video “Chaos Vector”
New Album “Chaos Vector” Out Aug 27th via Blood Blast Distribution L-R: Invictus (Drums), Y’takt (Bass), Hex (Keys), Blind (Lead Vocals), Gog (Lead Guitar), Azra (Guitar). Photo Credit: Rachel Craig Media/Joshua Winstead Photography Summoner’s Circle’s third full-length album “Chaos Vector” is being released this year and they have left no detail out.…