Your Inland Empire Spark on New Single "Grinding"

From the ashes of Crown, rises a shiny new banner for dark wave. On Your Inland Empire, the duo of Stéphane Azam and David Husser take the heavy electronics that they first donned on Crown’s last album a step further into the darkness of the club.

Today, Your Inland Empire are releasing “Grinding” as the second single off their upcoming debut album. Churning with pulsing beats, sparking riffs and shadowy bass lines, the song cuts straight to the album’s core, dancing between conflicting emotions and industrial decay, through the darkness and into the light.  

Watch the video for “Grinding” below.

Your Inland Empire’ self-titled debut album comes out November 14, 2025 on Season of Mist.

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In 2021, Crown’s The End of All Things revealed a striking metamorphosis. The album shifted the duo of Stéphane Azam and David Husser away from their sludge-laden origins into a cinematic fusion of industrial rock, post-metal atmosphere and darkwave sensibility. Its balance of bleakness and accessibility was praised for expanding Crown’s sonic vocabulary, yet the record ultimately stood as both culmination and chrysalis: the closing of one chapter and the quiet emergence of another.

That emergence is now complete. Your Inland Empire opens a new frontier with their upcoming self-titled debut album. “Grinding” pulses against bleak meditations on distance and dissolution. “I’m falling apart / In the void of my heart”, Azam sings, as if through gritted teeth, as he drifts through a haze of electro-shocked guitars.

“When writing music and lyrics, I often have very abstract visions — living paintings that I try to transcribe into sound,” Azam explains. “It can be colors, shapes, landscapes, people, all evolving in my imagination like a trance”.

The video for “Grinding” was directed by Brice Hincker & Amelie Diane. Your Inland Empire would like to give a special thanks to Philippe Dolfus and Olivier Guillemin for their collaboration and support on the video.  

Line-up
David Husser — Guitars, Programming, Production, Experimentation
Stephane Azam — Vocals, Guitars, Songwriting, Experimentation
Nicolas Uhlen — Drums
Marc Strebler — Bass Guitar

Production Credits
Recorded & mixed by David Husser at La Grange Studio, France.
Mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studio, Porto, Portugal.

Cover Art
Design & layout by Jeffrey V. Daniels.

Photography
Band photos taken by Jennifer Brachet.

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The Old Dead Tree Announce Live EP

Having weathered two decades, The Old Dead Tree are still at the roots of dark progressive metal. Last year, the French band returned to much fanfare with Second Thoughts, their first full-length since 2007. Now, they’re back with a new EP that was recorded live at legendary Abbey Road Studios.

The Old Dead Tree are releasing the EP’s first advanced single. “Feel Alive Again” is a new song that’s cut for the stage, leaning into stadium rock while staying grounded in the band’s dark progressive foundation.  

Watch The Old Dead Tree perform “Feel Alive Again” live at Abbey Road below.

London Sessions comes out November 28, 2025 on all digital platforms.

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“Feel Alive Again” begins with a confession, only to ascend into the stadium spotlight with a soaring crescendo. At once airy and direct, the song shows the vulnerability and strength of The Old Dead Tree.

Along with “Feel Alive Again”, London Sessions includes another new song, plus new versions of two songs from the band’s second album The Perpetual Motion.    

The video for “Feel Alive Again” was directed, shot and edited by The Old Dead Tree’s long-time collaborator Julien Metternich. Metternich has been at the helm of many of the band’s videos and photo shoots.  

Second Thoughts is available now on Season of Mist.

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In the spring 2025, as THE OLD DEAD TREE toured France with KLONE and achieved the production of the 4 tracks recorded in Abbey Road Studios to give birth to the EP London Sessions.

Line-up:
Manuel Munoz — Vocals
Nicolas Chevrollier — Guitars & Backing Vocals
Nicolas Cornolo — Guitars
Gilles Moinet — Bass Guitar
Raphaël Antheaume — Drums

Recording Studio:
Abbey Road Studios, London, United Kingdom.

Production Credits:
Produced, engineered & mixed by François-Maxime Boutault (Behomth, Dagoba) at Les Liens du Son.
Mastered by Tony Lindgren (Opeth, Paradise Lost) at Fascination Street Studios.

Guest Musician:
Raphaël Verguin (Psygnosis) — Cello

Cover Art:
Henri Lejeune (exclamations.fr)

Photography:
Band & studio photos taken by Julien Metternich.

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Defeated Sanity Release Punishing New Drum Playthrough

Having dedicated this year to leveling Europe and Latin America behind the sheer brutality of the band's latest Billboard-busting offering, Defeated Sanity are capping off 2025 with their first U.S. tour for Chronicles of Lunacy.

The long-standing innovators of brutal technical death metal are kicking off this mad-dash run with a special headlining show in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Defeated Sanity will then conjoin with their fellow lunatics in Corpse Pile, Despised Icon and Sanguisugabogg - who featured the band's vocalist Josh Welshman on their new single - for 22 dates covering both coasts.  Along the way, Skinless, Bayway, Ringworm, Upon Stone and other guests will appear during select shows.  

"We can't wait to finally present our new album Chronicles of Lunacy to our U.S. fans live and in action", Defeated Sanity says. "Be sure to join us as we brutalize the U.S. once again".  

As they prepare to slam America with the critically-acclaimed Chronicles of Lunacy, today, Defeated Sanity are releasing a new drum playthrough for the album's most punishing song. "Condemned to Vascular Famine" will have heads banging, bodies flying and brains exploding when the band spills its bloodlust all over the stage.  

"'Condemned to Vascular Famine' was voted by our fans as their favorite song off Chronicles of Lunacy, so we decided to open our set with it on the last tour", says Defeated Sanity's drummer, primary songwriter and co-founding member Lille Gruber. "'The song is a very epic and varied composition. It's quite funny to start out a big Euro fest with this weird drum beat, but we like to fuck with our audience, as everyone knows".

Watch Defeated Sanity drummer Lille Gruber crush "Condemned to Vascular Famine" below.

Get tickets at https://defeatedsanity.com/

Defeated Sanity 2025 U.S. Tour Dates
with Sanguisugabogg, Despised Icon and Corpse Pile + special guests

November 2 - Cambridge, MA @ Sonia Live Music Venue [HEADLINE SHOW] [TICKETS]~
November 4 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall [TICKETS]*
November 5 - Chicago, IL @ Metro [TICKETS]**
November 6 - Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe (Old National Centre) [TICKETS]***
November 7 - Lawrence, KS @ The Granada [TICKETS]
November 8 - Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall [TICKETS]
November 9 - Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater [TICKETS]
November 11 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Nile Theater [TICKETS]#
November 12 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory [TICKETS]#
November 13 - Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre [TICKETS]#
November 14 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater [TICKETS]#
November 15 - Las Vegas, NV @ Fremont Country Club [TICKETS]#
November 17 - Dallas, TX @ Echo Lounge & Music Hall [TICKETS]
November 18 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk [TICKETS]##
November 19 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (Downstairs) [TICKETS]##
November 21 - Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum [TICKETS]##
November 22 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade [TICKETS]##
November 23 - Charlotte, NC @ The Underground [TICKETS]##
November 25 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre [TICKETS]
November 26 - Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage [TICKETS]###
November 28 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza [TICKETS]^
November 29 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer [TICKETS]^
November 30 - Columbus, OH @ The King of Clubs [TICKETS]^^
~ only Defeated Sanity
* with Everybody Dies
** with Everybody Dies + Gorgasm
*** with Volcano + Ran Thru
# with Upon Stone
## with Bayway
### with Bludgeoned by Deformity
^ with Skinless
^^ with Ringworm + Anatomize

Chronicles of Lunacy is out now on Season of Mist.

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None of their albums are ever going to follow a straight line, but on Chronicles of Lunacy, Defeated Sanity return to sheer brutality.  


Lineup
Josh Welshman - Vocals
Vaughn Stoffey - Guitars
Jacob Schmidt - Bass
Lille Gruber - Drums

Guest musicians
Danny Nelson and Paolo Paguntalan provide backup vocals on "Amputationsdrang" and "Accelerating the Rot"

Recording Studio
Thousand Caves Studio in January 2024.

Production
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Colin Marston.
Produced by Colin Marston and Defeated Sanity.

Cover Art
Artwork by Jon Zig
Title lettering by Liz Schmidt
Layout by Alex Eckman-Lawn

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Hooded Menace Premiere Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration

For more than two decades, Hooded Menace have stood as the pillar between two realms of underground metal. The Finnish band are still transfixed by classic horror on their monumental new album. But Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration only goes to show that these stewards of death-doom remain far from stuck in their ways. 

Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration comes out tomorrow, Friday, October 3, but you can hear all seven earthshaking tracks today by listening to the full album stream below. 

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Ask the band anything about Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration during tomorrow's Reddit AMA. 

Hooded Menace AMA 
r/Metal
Friday, October 3 @ Noon EST / 18 CEST

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On Lachyrmose Monuments of Obscuration, Hooded Menace cast death-doom in a ghostly new light. 

Line-up
Harri Kuokkanen — Vocals
Lasse Pyykkö — Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Pekka Koskelo — Drums

Guest Musicians
Antti Poutanen — Cello
John McNulty — Spoken Word

Production Credits
Recorded by Heikki Marttila at Guru Studio, Joensuu, Finland.
Mixed by Heikki Marttila.
Mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios, Portugal.

Cover Art
Wes Benscoter (https://www.wesbenscoter.com)

Photography
Pasi Nevalaita

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1349 Announces 'Winter Mass' Live Album, Shares "I Am Abomination" Performance

True Norwegian black metal horde 1349 is now revealing that their latest live album, 'Winter Mass,' will be released on November 28, 2025 via Season of Mist. The concert was captured on November 20, 2021 in the band's hometown of Oslo (NO) at the venue Parkteatret. To commence this announcement, the band is now sharing the live recording of "I Am Abomination," along with the video, which can be seen below.

1349 frontman Ravn comments, "This show was captured between two lockdowns in the recent plague, and it mirrors the energy that we feel onstage to perfection. What you see here is the raw outburst of what we label 'Aural Hellfire.' To top it off, we also included all of the drawings that Kim Holm has done of us, thus far, and he also is able to convey that energy through his art. Rejoice and ravish this complete package of raw Hellfire!"

The offering will be released on vinyl, CD, and video formats; pre-orders are now live HERE.

1349 has also recently been announced among the first wave of bands to take the stage at next year's edition of Beyond the Gates Festival. The epic four-day metal event will take place once again in the heart of Bergen (NO) from July 29 - August 1, 2026. Tickets are available HERE.

The cover artwork and layouts for 'Winter Mass' were created by Kim Diaz Holm. The Norwegian artist has captured more than 2,000 concerts, often while standing to the side of the stage. Holm has worked with larger-than-life artists like Abbath but developed a special connection with 1349 after drawing them at both Inferno Festival and Hulen in 2012. Over the past 13 years, he has continued to document the band's incendiary live shows and even designed their merch. What he's created for Winter Mass draws fans even closer to fire. Sketched while he was headbanging in the pit, these drawings leap off the page with the same raw, dark spirit as their muse.

Now, fresh from the ashes of their eighth album, The Wolf & The King, 1349 are releasing a new live album. Though recorded shortly after pandemic lockdown was lifted, 'Winter Mass' explodes out the gates with the band’s signature aural hellfire. This hour-plus set, recorded at Oslo's Parkteatret, enraptured their home crowd with apocalyptic spells from across their discography’s massive cauldron of chaos. Early classics like “Sculptor of Flesh” thrash with unchained madness. Recent favorite "Striding the Chasm" whips by at a blistering pace that could only be captured by cover artist Kim Diaz Holm, who drew the album’s artwork while headbanging in the pit.   

"I will always be here / In all ways in all times", snarls Ravn on hellacious cut "I Am Abomination". After three decades and counting, what was once a proclamation is now a testament to 1349's enduring firepower. 

Experience aural hellfire live in the flesh back where it all began with 'Winter Mass.'

Live Line-up

Archaon - Guitars

Destructhor - Guitars

Frost - Drums

Ravn - Vocals

Seidemann - Bass

Recording:

Parkteatret, Oslo on November 20, 2021

Production Credits

Producer & Sound Engineer - Hugo Alvarstein

Mixing Studio - Alvarstein Mix & Mastering Studio Oslo Norway

Mixing Engineer - Hugo Alvarstein

Mastering Studio - Alvarstein Mix & Mastering Studio Oslo Norway

Mastering Engineer - Huge Alvarstein

Cover + Layout Artist:

Kim Holm

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Danheim Summons the Storm on New Single

With more than 1 billion streams and features in the History Channel TV show Vikings, Danheim has become a cornerstone for Nordic folk, Viking and World music alongside Heilung and Wardruna. On his upcoming ninth album and first since signing with Season of Mist, producer Reidar Schaefer Olsen is continuing to evolve the Nordic sound by journeying home.

Today, Danheim is releasing “Stormdans” as the second advanced single from Heimferd. With drums that roll like thunder and strings that swirl with all the silent anticipation of dark clouds on the horizon, the song embodies the tension at the heart of the album between restraint and release, destruction and renewal.

Watch the video for “Stormdans” Below:

Heimferd comes out October 31st, 2025 on Season of Mist.

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“Stormdans” brings the tension swirling at the center of Heimferd to a head. Where other songs on his new album sink into quiet reflection, Danheim’s latest single summons the raw power of a storm. The sky-scraping strings and earthshaking beats resonate with ancient force.

“For me, Heimferd is a journey home”, Olsen says, “not to a physical place, but to my ancestry, honoring the weight of old paths while also forging new ones”.

DANHEIM is a Nordic folk/Viking inspired project from the Copenhagen-based Danish producer Reidar Schæfer Olsen, a man with 10 years of experience in electronic and ambient music – focusing on Nordic Folk and Viking age inspired music with a certain Nordic authenticity or mood. Danheim’s music is often composed of ideas and stories based on the darker side of the Viking period, inspired or consisting of Nordic Mythology, old Danish folklore, and a vivid imagination.

Danheim hit 1 billion streams across streaming platforms in 2022, has 585.000 subscribers on YouTube, with music featured in multiple seasons of the popular TV show Vikings.

Early information: Singer-songwriter Reidar Schæfer Olsen, (born in 1985, Brøndby, Denmark), transitioned to focus on music in the early 2000s and has been composing music almost continuously ever since, alongside doing radio shows and starting the indie label Fimbul Records.

With a passion for songwriting running through his veins from an early age, Reidar Olsen’s Viking-inspired music and dark melodies have broadened the Nordic folk genre and inspired millions of listeners around the world, bringing them back in time with a blend of his imagination and creativity.

“A deep connection to his Danish roots and heritage fueled his interest in the Nordic Folk/Viking genre, prompting the creation of Danheim and his indie label Fimbul Records.”

Ǽttartrú, a self-made Scandinavian belief system that reconnects oneself with their ancestors.

Line-up:
Reidar Schæfer Olsen – All Instruments & Production
 
Production Credits:
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Reidar Schæfer Olsen in his home studio.

Cover Art:
Reidar Schæfer Olsen

Photography:
Reidar Schæfer Olsen

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Eihwar Reveal Hidden World on New Single

The enfants terribles of Season of Mist’s roster, Eihwar, are releasing a new single today. Known for their explosive fusion of Nordic folk and electro-industrial chaos, the clan continues to defy the solemnity of most pagan acts on “Hugrheim” with a style that is wild, cartoonish, and fiercely ritualistic.

As Eihwar themselves proclaim:

“Over the past few years, our souls have gradually taken over the bodies of two human musicians. Through incarnation, we lost much of our memories. All that remains are images, emotions, and fragments from our previous existence, mixed in with the thoughts and memories of our human hosts. In this new song, we evoke the memories that gradually come back to us: memories of Hugrheim, the tenth world of Yggdrasil, hidden and unknown to men. This world is shaped by the Hugr, the spirit. In this realm dwell the invisible forces of the soul and consciousness. When our vessels perish here and our incarnation ends, we will return to Hugrheim. Still, we hope to remain here as long as possible this time, because nowadays the beer is fucking good, the rockstar life is pretty damn cool, and dental anesthesia actually exists.”

Watch the video for “Hugrheim” Below:

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Following a summer of electrifying festival appearances at Wacken Open Air, Resurrection Fest and Midgardsblot, as well as dates opening for The Hu, with “Hugrheim”, Eihwar present a song that both deepens their mythos and heightens their trance-driven energy.

The word “Hugrheim” comes from Old Norse roots. It can be understood as the realm of spirit, of memory, of consciousness. In the lore woven by Eihwar, their souls appear as reincarnated essences inhabiting human vessels, recalling fragments of their former existence. The song channels these recollections through warrior cries, horns, ritual percussion and machine-driven pulse, aligning Asrunn and Mark with pagan folk lineage while advancing into their own shamanic and celebratory, dance-driven terrain.

To celebrate “Hugrheim”, Eihwar are opening their new Traveling Merchant Webshop. This shop currently includes four t-shirt designs, one of which was only previously available at their concerts. It also holds the “Eihwar bindrune” medallion, which the duo describe as the “jewelry of the clan” - a symbolic extension of their ritual universe.

Shop at https://www.eihwar.com/

Eihwar’s debut album Viking War Trance is out now on Season of Mist.

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The video for “Hugrheim” was directed by Samuel Maurin and features actors Arya and Benoit Lala. The digital artwork showcases costume design by Yaelle Ghyselink.

Many bands have explored the Pagan & Norse worlds over the last 15 years seeking atmospheric, acoustic and ritual sounds with great seriousness. This is not the path EIHWAR chose.

Although the musicians of Eihwar are virtuosos in their acoustic traditional instruments, their goal is to bring some fun… and as much chaos as possible during their concerts, provoking the craziest trance on dancefloors. They bring a festive and furious neo-viking music whose primal force is based on technoid machines, mixed with trance vocals, shamanic drums and traditional Nordic sounds. Electronics are a ‘new steel’ for those modern warriors, cold and powerful. As the web already says, the duo is a kind of new ‘Viking Carpenter Brut’.

Lineup:

Asrunn — Vocals, Traditional Percussions

Mark — Vocals, Machines

Links:
Website: http://www.eihwar.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eihwar.music
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/eihwar.music
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Stoned Jesus Premiere Mind-Melting 'Songs to Sun'

While they've blazed beyond the hot box of stoner metal, after 16 years, Stoned Jesus are still expanding their horizons. This week, the heavy progressive rockers are officially embarking on a three-album journey that will take them all the way to the sun, moon and back. Though created during a dark period of instability, the trilogy's stunning opener, Songs to Sun, is guided by a burning passion for innovation that frontman Igor Sydorenko shares with his new bandmates.  

"The melodies, the hooks, the progressive side coming together with the sheer joy of a band riding grooves", The Obelisk writes of Songs to Sunin an early review. "...it's a next-level, AOTY-contender-type outing". 

"This is an outstanding record from a band who are simply at THE TOP OF THEIR GAME and who deserve all the plaudits fully coming their way", salutes Outlaws of the Sun.

Songs to Sun out now , on Season of Mist, but you can hear all six mind-melting tracks today by listening to the full album stream on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.

Listen Below:

"It's time for Songs to Sun to arrive", Sydorenko says. "The first part of The Songs Trilogy is one of our heaviest and intense yet eclectic and intricate collection of tracks to date. I'm extremely proud of presenting it to you all to enjoy. Can't wait to play this material live, too. See you on the road!"

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Songs to Sun is the first album in a forthcoming trilogy that once complete, will stand as the pinnacle of what's been a decades-long trip for Stoned Jesus. While picking up where Father Light left off, Sydorenko and his new mates still nod to Seven Thunders Roar and The Harvest along the way. But by merging metal's fiery intensity with mind-melting grooves, vintage prog and their catchiest choruses yet, they bring the many distinct phases of Stoned Jesus to a bright, burning head.      

Lineup
Igor Sydorenko - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Andrew Rodin - Bass, Backing Vocals
Yurii Ciel - Drums, Backing Vocals      


Production Credits
Produced by Igor Sydorenko
Recorded by Ignancy Gruzecki
Mixed and Mastered by Karl Daniel Lidén at Studio Tri-Lamb, Sweden

Recording Studio
Monochrom Studio in Poland

Cover Art
Vadym "Karaska" Karasiov

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Carach Angren Revisit Old Haunt on Spellbinding New Single

Since they crawled out from their curious vault in 2003, Carach Angren have mastered the dark art of composing symphonic, blackened ghost stories. Now into their third decade, on their upcoming EP, the Dutch masters of horror are returning to the source that inspired their first album. The latest single from The Cult of Kariba brings its titular sorceress back from the underworld. But as “The Resurrection of Kariba” so delights in revealing, her return brings consequences that are more catastrophic than anyone could imagine.  

Watch the spine-tingling 3D video for “The Resurrection of Kariba” Below.

The Cult of Kariba comes out October 17 on Season of Mist

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The Cult of Kariba is both a return and a continuation. The EP expands on Carach Angren’s first album Lammendam by entwining the sinister figure of Kariba within the folk tale of the White Lady. “The Resurrection of Kariba” opens underneath the floor of a church, where a cult gathers to summon the alleged sorceress. An unholy pounding by the duo’s blood-splattered symphonic signature brings Kariba back among the land of the living. Yet her audience of worshipers discover far more than they intended. The song’s ritual unleashes something even more sinister: one of her victims, now awakened with vengeance.    

The video for “The Resurrection of Kariba” was created by Aimed & Framed’s Tamara Llenas.  

With the upcoming EP The Cult of Kariba, CARACH ANGREN return to the story that first defined their identity. Drawing from historical legends and obscure regional folklore, the band revisits the myth of the White Lady from Schinveld, this time expanding it with a new, sinister figure: Kariba. Inspired by real poems, forgotten theatre plays, and occult symbolism, this EP introduces a hidden cult intent on resurrecting Kariba—a poisoner and alleged witch whose spirit carries a legacy of vengeance. The Cult of Kariba explores this narrative with a blend of haunting atmosphere, cinematic scope, and blackened aggression.

Produced with precision and narrative cohesion, The Cult of Karibaties together myth, horror, and folklore in a tightly crafted five-part journey. Rather than simply revisiting the setting of Lammendam, Carach Angren expand the story with additional historical context, new characters, and an even darker tone.

Lineup

Seregor - Vocals, guitar

Ardek - Keyboards, orchestra

Production & Recording Credits
Main compositions by Ardek.
Pre-production, orchestral arrangements and keyboards by Ardek.
Vocals by Seregor, recorded at Tidal Wave Studio, Germany.
Backing vocals by Ardek.
Drums performed by Gabe Seeber, recorded at Mayhemeness Recording Studio.
Bass guitar, drums written by Ardek.
Guitars tracks 2,3 written by Seregor.
Guitars tracks 4,5 written by Ardek.
Lyrics tracks 1, 2, 5 by Ardek.
Lyrics track 3 by Ardek & Seregor.
Lyrics track 4 by Seregor.
All guitars and bass guitar performed and recorded by Patrick Damiani at Tidal Wave Studio, Germany.
Mixed & Mastered by Patrick Damiani at Tidal Wave Studio, Germany.
Vinyl Mastered by Robert Schmidt, 24-96 Mastering, Germany.

Guest Musicians
Solo violin tracks 2, 5 performed and recorded by Nikos Mavridis.
Voice overs done by Tim Wells.
Wolf howl track 3 by Frodo Wijers.

Lyrics proofreading done by Sylvy Notermans.

Model
Lara Mauve

Photography
Stefan Heilemann (http://www.heilemania.de)

Hooded Menace Cover Duran Duran

Since making their accursed debut in the late 2000s, Hooded Menace have paved the way for hordes of metal maniacs who enjoy headbanging to more creepily, crushing tempos. On their upcoming seventh album, the Finnish horror lovers still stand between two realms of the underground with the unshakable force of a pillar. But as uncovered by its new single's surprise twist, Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration continues to break the mold that the band set for death-doom.   

Today, Hooded Menace are releasing their cover of "Save a Prayer", the enduring smash from English new wavers Duran Duran. While the song's latest video is styled with gothic flair, when hammered by the band's blood-stained signature, this pop gem glows in a ghoulish new light.    

Watch Hooded Menace cover "Save a Prayer" below.


Lachrymose Monuments of Obscurationcomes out October 3, 2025 on Season of Mist. 

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Can't wait to sink into Hooded Menace's new album? Hear all seven glorious tracks on Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration by RSVPing to this week's Bandcamp Listening Party.

Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration Bandcamp Listening Party
Wednesday, September 17 @ 1:30 pm ET / 7:30 pm CEST

RSVP
https://hoodedmenace.bandcamp.com/merch/lachrymose-monuments-of-obscuration-listening-party

The video for "Save a Prayer" was directed by  Tekla Vály. 

Additional video credits
Director of Photography - Tekla Vály
Second Camera - Eetu Kolehmainen

MicroPitching and other effects aren't the only tricks of the trade that are pulled out from under Hooded Menace's cloak. Traditional death-doomers might have been pleasantly surprised by the band covering W.A.S.P., so imagine the delighted screams upon hearing a Top of the Pops' gem like "Save a Prayer" splattered in their signature blood-soaked dread. Lasse's riffs still cement the rock-solid foundation beneath Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration, but even he was surprised when sculpting its lead single. What should appear from the double bass swirling amidst "Portrait Without a Face" but the moan of a cello. Like an echo from beyond the grave, the cry of strings reappears during the album's grand finale. Former live bassist Antti Poutanen sorrowfully saws as the band marches, gallops then sinks back "Into Haunted Oblivion".  

On Lachyrmose Monuments of Obscuration, Hooded Menace cast death-doom in a ghostly new light. 

Line-up
Harri Kuokkanen — Vocals
Lasse Pyykkö — Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Pekka Koskelo — Drums

Guest Musicians
Antti Poutanen — Cello
John McNulty — Spoken Word

Production Credits
Recorded by Heikki Marttila at Guru Studio, Joensuu, Finland.
Mixed by Heikki Marttila.
Mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios, Portugal.

Cover Art
Wes Benscoter (https://www.wesbenscoter.com)

Photography
Pasi Nevalaita

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Savage Lands Release Live Hellfest Video

SAVAGE LANDS are releasing the full video of their star-studded performance at last year’s Hellfest. The metal non-profit, which was founded by Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren and musician-turned-activist Sylvain Demercastel, performed songs off their debut album Army of the Trees on the festival’s main stage alongside Vincent Price (Body Count), Billy Graziadei (Biohazard), Shane Embury (Napalm Death), Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) and other leading voices from across the world of metal.

Watch Savage Lands’ star-studded performance at Hellfest Below.

Army of the Trees is out now on Season of Mist.

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Just listening to Army of the Trees helps support Savage Lands. 100% of the song’s royalties fund the musician-run non-profit’s ongoing preservation efforts.

Last year’s Hellfest 2024 marked a turning point for Savage Lands. The festival announced that they are donating €1 million to support the organization’s reforestation and biodiversity initiatives in Costa Rica and Europe. Their performance concluded with a stirring rendition of “Roots Bloody Roots,” which amplified the project’s rallying call for ecological action.

Beyond the stage, Savage Lands continue to grow. In France, they recently launched the Alliance of the Trees with three local associations: Association Francis Hallé, Etats Sauvages and Semeurs de Forêts. Together, these organizations will coordinate reforestation and preservation efforts on a national scale.

Savage Lands is also preparing a landmark initiative for this Saturday, September 20. In collaboration with Heilung, Hellfest Productions, the Jane Goodall Institute France, and Association Protection des Animaux Sauvages (ASPAS), Savage Lands will bring 10 metal fans to witness the inauguration of the first Jane Goodall wildlife reserve in Brittany, France.

Learn more about Savage Lands
https://savagelands.org/  

Donate 
https://savagelands.org/donation/

Savage Lands' debut album introduces several new species of metalhead to their ecosystem. Eurovision’s darlings Lord Of The Lost spill their blood and glitter over the spiky riffs that puncture “Out of Breath”. Holding court over lead single “Ruling Queen” with her serpentine cleans and lioness roar is none other than Arch Enemy’s Alissa White-Gluz. “Now is the time to take a stand”, the band roar in a fierce rallying cry during the album’s climactic title track, backed by Julien Truchan from Benighted and other pillars from the French metal community.

“Our goals are attainable,” Sylvain and Dirk say. “By converting the land that we purchase into nature sanctuaries, Savage Lands will help set a precedent for environmental activism. But we must work together and quickly. Ecosystems are still under attack. If we don’t, then there won’t be any wildlife left to save”.

Raise your horns and join the Army of the Trees in support of the metal  non-profit.
 

Learn more about Savage Lands: https://savagelands.org/

Donate: https://savagelands.org/donation/

Core Lineup:
Poun - Vocals
Sylvain Demercastel - Guitars
Etienne Treton - Bass
Florian Pons - Drums

Special Member:
Dirk Verbeuren (Drums on "Black Rock Heart", "The Last Howl" and "Out of Breath)

Collaborators:
Stephane Buriez
Ardag Basmadjian
HK Nico + James at Vamacara

Guest Features:
Kai Uwe Faust - Vocals (Black Rock Heart)
Chloe Trujillo - Vocals (Black Rock Heart, Out of Breath)
Alissa White-Gluz - Vocals (Ruling Queen)
Kenneth Andrews - Guitar (Ruling Queen)
Andreas Kisser - Guitar (The Last Howl)
John Tardy - Vocals (The Last Howl)
Maria Franz - Vocals (No Remedy)
Lord Of The Lost - Vocals, Guitars (Out of Breath)

*Army of Trees features Steeven Corsini (Loco Muerte), Auré Jäger (Akiavel), David & Viber (Sidilarsen), Niko Jones (Tagada Jones), Julien Truchan (Benighted), Stéphane Buriez (Loudblast, Sinsaenum), Nils Courbaron (Bloodorn, Sirenia, DDC) and Aurelien Ouzoulias (The Beat Factory, Mörglbl).

Production:
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Adair Daufembach at Daufembach Studio in Los Angeles.

Cover Artist:
Brewster Agency  


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How Stoned Jesus Reached New Highs on "Low"

While they've blazed through folk, prog, pop and alternative rock following their first sip of doom metal, after 15 years, Stoned Jesusare still reaching new creative peaks. On the latest single from the band's mind-melting new album, Songs to Sun, the heavy progressive rockers rose above personal lows by doing something they've never done before: blast beats and harsh vocals.

Today, frontman Igor Sydorenko is releasing a new video that shows how to play and how he wrote "Low". Thanks to a simple riff and instant chemistry shared between Sydorenko and his new rhythm section, the band stopped worrying about pleasing people and blasted out the heaviest song in Stoned Jesus' wide-ranging discography.

"This is probably the happiest I've been creatively in Stoned Jesus", Sydorenko says. "With both Andrew and Yuri now in the band, we can experiment as deep as we can.

"Even though, we are currently working on the darker follow-up to Songs to Sun", he continues, "the three of us are constantly laughing all the time".

Watch Igor Sydorenko explain how to play and how he wrote "Low" below:

Songs to Sun comes out September 19, 2025 on Season of Mist. 

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Can't wait to hear Stoned Jesus' mind-melting new album? Hear all of Songs to Sun before it comes out during the band's upcoming listening party on Bandcamp.

Songs to Sun Bandcamp Listening Party
Tuesday, September 16 @ 1:30 pm CEST / 7:30 pm CEST

RSVP
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Songs to Sun is the first album in a forthcoming trilogy that once complete, will stand as the pinnacle of what’s been a decades-long trip for Stoned Jesus. While picking up where the band’s last album, Father Light left off, Sydorenko and his new mates still nod to their early classics Seven Thunders Roar and The Harvest. But by merging metal’s fiery intensity with mind-melting grooves, vintage prog and their catchiest choruses yet, they bring the many distinct phases of Stoned Jesus to a bright, burning head.

The video for “Shadowland: how to play it & how I wrote it” was written and filmed by Igor Sydorenko. It was edited by Radion Yakumenko.

Songs to Sun is the first album in a forthcoming trilogy that once complete, will stand as the pinnacle of what's been a decades-long trip for Stoned Jesus. While picking up where Father Light left off, Sydorenko and his new mates still nod to Seven Thunders Roar and The Harvest along the way. But by merging metal's fiery intensity with mind-melting grooves, vintage prog and their catchiest choruses yet, they bring the many distinct phases of Stoned Jesus to a bright, burning head.      

Lineup
Igor Sydorenko - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards
Andrew Rodin - Bass, Backing Vocals
Yurii Ciel - Drums, Backing Vocals      


Production Credits
Produced by Igor Sydorenko
Recorded by Ignancy Gruzecki
Mixed and Mastered by Karl Daniel Lidén at Studio Tri-Lamb, Sweden

Recording Studio
Monochrom Studio in Poland

Cover Art
Vadym "Karaska" Karasiov

Pre-order
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Garmarna Winners of The John Lennon Songwriting Contest

For the past three decades, Garmarna have won equal praise from metal heads and folk lovers. On their seventh and most recent album, the Swedes continued to weave traditional medieval tales with rock, pop, dance and other modern-day inventions, alongside executive producer Christopher Juul from Season of Mist labelmates Heilung. In 2021, Förbundet was nominated for Folk Album of the Year by the Grammis. Now, four years later, its opening song is taking home a different award. 

Today, Garmarna are proud to announce that "Ramunder" was selected by The John Lennon Songwriting Contest as the Session I Grand Prize Winner in the World category. The prize package for this award includes a Taylor acoustic-electric guitar and more than $4,000 in recording equipment.

"It's a great honor to receive this award", says Garmarna, who were selected as a finalist by the same contest in 2021 for their song "Dagen Flyr". "John Lennon and The Beatles pushed the envelope on what you can do in just about every field of the music business. Throughout our 35 year career, we've always aimed to do the same by mixing traditional Swedish ballads with contemporary influences. We always try to stay curious and bend the rules, with feet firmly planted in the ballad tradition".
          
Watch the video for "Ramunder" below:

Förbundet is out now on Season of Mist

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While they've always pulled from the darker chapters of Swedish folklore, "Ramunder" claims the crown as Garmarna's most chilling tale. Reimagined by razor-sharp acoustics, distorted grooves and a stomping drum beat, the opening of Förbundet sets a rather bloody scene with the tale of a warrior that destroys his enemies purely for the sake of his own enjoyment.

However, "Ramunder" isn't all doom and gloom. Anders Norudde saws his moraharpa with devilish delight. The Swedish multi-instrumentalist, composer, carpenter and violin-maker is a member of Hedningarna, the fellow groundbreaking Swedish folk band who were an early inspiration for Garmarna.       

Next year, Garmarna will face the Session II Grand Prize Winner in a public vote to determine the overall winner for the World category. 

When asked about how fans have responded to their different influences and diverse output over the years, Stefan cannot definitively say because their followers are seemingly fluid in their tastes as well. “Sometimes we’ve thought the audience will hate the new stuff, all jungle beats or house or pop or whatever,” he says. “The audience is a mix of metal heads, folk enthusiasts, hipsters, and just casual music lovers of all ages. Along the way, they have seemed to like what we do! We know that a lot of people wished the return album 6 would have been a bit more traditional, but then a lot of people also praised it for being 'so much GARMARNA' in the sense that it took an unexpected turn somewhere new.”

Their loyal acolytes should be pleased with 'Förbundet', and they will likely draw in new converts as well. You're next.


Lineup
Emma Härdelin: Vocals, violin
Stefan Brisland-Ferner: Violin, Viola, Hurdy gurdy, Keyboards, Nordic bowed lyre, Kantele, Moraharpa, Mouth harp, Electronics, Electric guitar, Mandolin, Backing vocals
Gotte Ringqvist: Acoustic guitar, Hardanger fiddle, backing vocals
Rickard Westman: Electric guitar, Electric bass
Jens Höglin: Drums, Percussion, Electronics

Guest musicians
Maria Franz: Vocals on ”Två Systrar”
Anders Norudde: Moraharpa on ”Ramunder”
Ulf Gruvberg: Vocals on ”Lussi Lilla”
 
Producer
Stefan Brisland-Ferner

Executive producer
Christopher Juul

Mixing
Christopher Juul

Mastering
Christopher Juul

Recording studios
DNA Studios in Stockholm with Stefan Brisland-Ferner
Studio NEVO Sundsvall with Stefan Brisland-Ferner and Henrik Heinrich
Studio Cobra Stockholm with Christian Gabel

Cover art
Axel Torvenius

Bio
Bryan Reesman

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Ponte Del Diavolo Release Roadburn Live Video

Last year, Ponte Del Diavolo made their mark by bridging the gap between two nefarious corners of the underground on their fiery debut album. Fire Blades from the Tomb welds doom and black metal into a towering, twisted new wave of dark art that's as cruel and mesmerizing as their native Italy's infamous Devil's Bridge.

As they prepare to unfurl their next deadly creation, today, Ponte Del Diavolo are releasing a new video from their mesmerizing performance at Roadburn. Weaving enchantments of synth, theremin and clarinet into their ritual dance with death, "Covenant" burns with newfound intensity when stoked by the fiery response from this year's festival crowd. 

Watch Ponte Del Diavolo perform "Covenant" live at Roadburn 2025 Below’


Fire Blades from the Tomb is out now on Season of Mist.

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PONTE DEL DIAVOLO bridges the gap between two separate worlds.

The Italian band proposes a Doom / Black metal sound with old-school roots, adding a modern and outside the box background. The female voice - with strong dark wave influences - is the lyric corpus of this strongly esoteric project. The solid presence of two bassists creates the massive foundation for the rhythmic guitar, everything marked by a raw and dynamic drumming.

Mystery of Mystery / Secret Live Session marked the quintet’s debut EP. It was recorded live and without editing at Dracma Studio with the producer L’Ossario in their home base of Turin in March 2020. "I" was released on the web by Iopan Records. It was soon followed by their second single, "The Wickedest Woman In the World".

At the end of 2021, Ponte Del Diavolo recorded their second EP, Sancta Menstruis at Deepest Sea Studio in Turin with Danilo Battocchio. The first single,  "The Unborn", arrived in February 2022.

The band's third EP, Ave Scintilla!, was also recorded in Turin. This time around, they reconvened at Dracma Studio with L'Ossario.

Now that they've signed with Season of Mist, Ponte Del Diavolo are ready to release their debut album. Fire Blades From the Tomb  forgesclassic, cultish doom metal with modern bents of post-punk. Lead single and opening track “Demone” is whipped along by a boiled black bass line and dark-wave induced vocals.

Prepare to cross over into the Italian dark arts.

Line-up
Elena Camusso (as Erba Del Diavolo) - Vocals
Alessio Caruso (as Krhura) - Bass
Andrea l'Abbate (as Kratom) - Bass
Stefano Franchina (as Segale Cornuta) - Drums
Rocco Scuzzarella (as Nerium) - Guitars

Guest Musicians
Andrea l'Abbate - Synth on 'Covenant'.
Lucynine - Theremin on 'Covenant'.
Vittorio Sabelli - Clarinet on 'Covenant', 'Red as the sex of She who lives in death' & 'Nocturnal veil'.
Davide Straccione - Vocals on 'The weeping song'.

Recording Studio
Deepest Sea Studio

Producer & Sound Engineer
Danilo Battocchio

Mixing & Mastering Studio / Engineer
Lunatech Sounds / Dimitris Douvras

Cover Art
Laura Nardelli

Stream: https://orcd.co/firebladesfromthetombpresave​​​​

Order: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/PonteFireBlades

Links:
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ponte-del-diavolo/1639072320
Bandcamp: https://pontedeldiavolo666.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PontedelDiavolo/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pontedeldiavoloband/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4mAfr0B2wgIFbVBUAv9btD
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@pontedeldiavolo3847

Green Carnation Premiere First Part of A Dark Poem

A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores of Melancholia comes out this Friday, September 5, but you can hear all six grand and gloomy songs today by listening to the full album stream on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.

Listen Below.

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"Today is a milestone in Green Carnation's history, as we're now finally able to share the first part of A Dark Poemwith the world", says the band's vocalist Kjetil Nordhus. "The incredible amount of work behind this album, and the time it took to finish it on the level we wanted, makes it even sweeter to finally be here. This is indeed a proud moment for Green Carnation. We are looking forward to the journey ahead".

Green Carnation will perform all of A Dark Poem live in their hometown of Kristiansand, Norway on September 12, 2026. During this once-in-a-lifetime 3-hour performance, the band will perform all three parts of their epic album trilogy in full, one after another, alongside some very special guests and the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra.

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No matter how long or where the journey has taken them, Green Carnation have always sought to climb the highest mountains. While founded by Emperor's former bassist Tchort in the early '90s, the Norwegians quickly blazed their own trail through fields of symphonic doom, hard rock, acoustic plucking and progressive metal. The idea for an album trilogy stems back to the band's very first opus, Light of Day, Day of Darkness, though the inspiration for A Dark Poem dates back even further to Arthur Rimbaud's 1870 poem "Ophelia".         

"We like to purse things that are extremely ambitious", says Nordhus. "Creating a trilogy of albums felt like it might be just out of our reach, which is what made us want to see if we could do it".  

Though only the beginning of the band's latest epic journey, The Shores of Melancholia pulls a page from across Green Carnation's storied 25-year discography. The album's opening one-two punch landed a direct hit during the band's set yesterday at ProgPower USA. "As Silence Took You" opens its sails with majestic, billowing leads before "In Your Paradise" chugs full steam ahead after the clarion call of a flute. "It makes you want to bang your head a little", Nordhus says with a pleased smile. "I think melancholia suits Green Carnation very well". 

While navigated with the band’s familiar mastery, the view from The Shores of Melancholia is no palatial retreat. "The album reflects the troubled relationship between our personal lives and the external world", Nordhus explains. "It's about losing faith in the world we've come to know and how that leads to an inner dystopia". Judgement day appears around every corner, steering them from the title track’s anxious war-torn tide to the Floydian whirlpools of paranoia that drench "Me, My Enemy". The dark and stormy "The Slave That You Are" even claws back to Green Carnation's budding days in extreme metal thanks to the blackened howl of Enslaved's Grutle Kjellson.

“A lesson learned, now bridges burn”,  Nordhus cries out with impassioned cleans, as if tied to the mast during the album's bright and blazing closer "Too Close to the Flame".   

On A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores of Melancholia, Green Carnation set sail on an epic journey into a dark night of the soul.  

Current line-up
Kjetil Nordhus - Vocals
Tchort - Guitar
Bjørn Harstad - Guitar
Stein Roger Sordal - Bass
Endre Kirkesola - Keyboards
Jonathan Alejandro Perez – Drums

Recording line-up
Kjetil Nordhus - Vocals
Bjørn Harstad - Guitar, Effects
Stein Roger Sordal - Bass, Guitars, Keyboards
Endre Kirkesola - Keyboards, Synthesizers, Organs, Effects
Jonathan Alejandro Perez – Drums

Guest Musicians
Ingrid Ose - Flute on “In Your Paradise” & “Me My Enemy”.
Grutle Kjellson (Enslaved) – Harsh Vocals on “The Slave That You Are”.
Henning Seldal – Percussion on “Too Close to the Flame”.
 
Production Credits
Recorded at DUB Studio in Kristiansand, Norway
Produced by Endre Kirkesola, Stein Roger Sordal & Kjetil Nordhus.
Sound Engineering by Endre Kirkesola.
Mixed by Endre Kirkesola & Bjørn Harstad
Mastered by Lawrence Mackrory 

Cover Art
Niklas Sundin (https://www.nsundin.com)
 
Photography
Lars Gunnar Liestøl

Bio
George Pacheco
 
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Ne Obliviscaris Announce 2025 North American Tour

After a blistering run on the European summer festival circuit, Ne Obliviscaris are returning to North America this November. Over the course of a 2 hour show, the progressive metal maestros will perform both their latest critically-acclaimed album Exul and the groundbreaking Citadel, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. This is the band's first headlining tour of North America with new harsh vocalist James Dorton and original drummer Dan Presland.

Ne Obliviscaris will be joined on all 27 dates by progressive death metal progenitors Rivers of Nihil and their fellow Aussies Psycroptic.

"When we come back to the United States and Canada this November and December for a very special headline tour, things are going to be bigger in every way", Ne Obliviscaris says. "We'll be performing both Exul and Citadel in full during a 2 hour show. Joining us as special guests are Rivers of Nihil, who will be playing their new self-titled album and album of the year contender in full, and our fellow Aussies in the amazing Psycroptic".  

General tickets and VIP go on sale this Friday, August 29 at 10 am local time.

Artist pre-sale code: CITADEL25

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Ne Obliviscaris 2025 North American Headline Tour
with Rivers of Nihil & Psycroptic

November 5 - Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater [TICKETS]
November 7 - Dallas, TX @ Echo Music Hall [TICKETS]
November 8 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live [TICKETS]
November 9 - Austin, TX@ Come and Take It Live [TICKETS]
November 10 - New Orleans, LA @ Southport Music Hall [TICKETS]
November 11 - Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall [TICKETS]
November 12 - Tampa, FL @ Orpheum Outdoors [TICKETS]
November 14 - Jacksonville, FL @ The Albatross  [TICKETS]
November 15 - Greensboro, NC @ Hangar 1819 [TICKETS]
November 17 - Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage [TICKETS]
November 18 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Monarch [TICKETS]
November 19 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club [TICKETS]
November 20 - Montreal, QC @ Beanfield Theatre [TICKETS]
November 21 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theater [TICKETS]
November 22 - Joliet, IL @ The Forge [TICKETS]
November 23 - Fort Wayne, IN @ Piere's Entertainment Center [TICKETS]
November 25- Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line [TICKETS]
November 26 - Winnipeg, MB @ Exchange Event Centre [TICKETS]
November 27 - Regina, SK @ The Exchange [TICKETS]
November 29 - Edmonton, AB @ Starlite [TICKETS]
November 30 - Calgary, AB @ Palace Theater [TICKETS]
December 2 - Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl [TICKETS]
December 3 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon [TICKETS]
December 4 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater [TICKETS]
December 5 - Roseville, CA @ Goldfield [TICKETS]
December 6 - San Jose, CA @ The Ritz  [TICKETS]
December 7 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco [TICKETS]

Exul and the 10th anniversary remastered version of Citadel are now available on Season of Mist.

Order & Stream Exul
https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/NeO-exul

https://orcd.co/neoexul

Order & Stream Citadel 
https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/NeOCitadelRemaster 

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Anciients Add New Dates to 2025 North American Tour

Starting this week, Anciients are kicking off their first U.S. tour in 8 years. The heavy, heady and heartfelt Canucks are performing their latest Canadian Grammy-winning opus throughout the American North and Southwest. Along the way, the band will make a few stops down south around their appearance at ProgPower USA. After this month-long run is over, it won't be long before they return to the road.   

Today, Anciients are announcing the next leg of their North American tour in support of Beyond the Reach of the Sun. In October and November, the band will bring their new album to Eastern Canada for the first time as well as major cities across the East Coast and Midwest. Joining them for the bulk of these dates are Music City heavy jamming psych-wizards Howling Giant. 

"It's been a long time coming", Anciients' frontman Kenny Cook says. "We're ready to hit the road hard!"

Get tickets for Anciients' 2025 North American Tour
https://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/anciients/

Anciients' 2025 North American Tour
with Dawn of Ouroboros, Armed for Apocalypse, Nott, Exist and Howling Giant

August 27 - Seattle, WA @ Substation [TICKETS]*
August 28 - Portland, OR @ Dante's [TICKETS]*
August 29 - Boise, ID @ The Shredder [TICKETS]**
August 30 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Aces High Saloon [TICKETS]**
August 31 - Colorado Springs, CO @ What's Left Records [TICKETS]**
September 2 - Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street [TICKETS]**
September 4 - Atlanta, GA @ ProgPower USA [TICKETS]
September 5 - Gastonia, NC @ The Rooster [TICKETS]***
September 6 - New Orleans, LA @ No Dice [TICKETS]***
September 7 - Austin, TX @ Come And Take It [TICKETS]***
September 8 - Houston, TX @ Pub 529 [TICKETS]****
September 9 - Dallas, TX @ TX Tea Room [TICKETS]****
September 11 - Phoenix, AZ @ Nile Underground [TICKETS]*****
September 12 - San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick [TICKETS]*****
September 13 - Los Angeles, CA @ Knucklehead [TICKETS]*****
September 14 - San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside [TICKETS]*****
September 16 - Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonel [TICKETS]*****
September 17 - Reno, NV @ The Cellar*****
September 18 - Eugene, OR @ John Henry's [TICKETS]******
September 19 - Richland, WA @ Ray's Golden Lion [TICKETS]******
September 20 - Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown [TICKETS]******
October 29 - Saskatoon, SK @ Black Cat [TICKETS]
October 30 - Regina, SK @ The Exchange [TICKETS]
October 31 - Winnipeg, ON @ Sidestage [TICKETS]
November 1 - Sioux Falls, ND @ Bigs Bar [TICKETS]
November 2 - Des Moines, IA @ Lefty's Live Music [TICKETS]
November 3 - Cudahy, WI @ X-Ray Arcade [TICKETS]
November 4 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups [TICKETS]^
November 5 - Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle [TICKETS]^
November 6 - Chicago, IL @ Live Wire Lounge [TICKETS]^
November 7 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace [TICKETS]^
November 8 - Montreal, QC @ Piranha Bar [TICKETS]^
November 9 - Ottawa, ON @ Dominion Tavern [TICKETS]^
November 11 - Boston, MA @ O'Briens [TICKETS]^
November 12 - Portland, OR @ Geno's [TICKETS]^
November 13 - Providence, RI @ The Parlour [TICKETS]^
November 14 - New York City, NY @ Woodshop [TICKETS]^
November 15 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie [TICKETS]^
November 16 - Baltimore, MD @ Mobtown Ballroom [TICKETS]^
November 19 - Chattanooga, TN @ JJ's Bohemia [TICKETS]^
November 20 - Huntsville, AL @ Mad Malts [TICKETS]^
November 21 - Jacksonville, FL @ The Albatross [TICKETS]^
November 22 - Bradenton, FL @ Obscura [TICKETS]^
November 25 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar [TICKETS]
November 26 - Denver, CO @ The Black Buzzard [TICKETS]
November 28 - Missoula, MT @ Zacc [TICKETS]
* w/ Dawn of Ouroboros + Nott
** w/ Dawn of Ouroboros
*** w/ Dawn of Ouroboros + Exist
**** w/ Armed for Apocalypse + Exist
***** w/ Armed for Apocalyspe
****** w/ Armed for Apocalyspe + Nott
^w/ Howling Giant

Beyond the Reach of the Sun is available now on Season of Mist.

Order & Stream
https://orcd.co/anciientsbeyondthereachofthesun

Watch the new video for "Is It Your God" on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/QYAjywHYNZA

"'Is It Your God' asks how someone can believe in a higher power when given a life full of despair and anguish", Cook says. "Do you continue to restrict your happiness while living this life, in hopes of joy for eternity? Or do you question whether it's all for nothing?"

Bask Premiere New Album 'The Turning'

Ever since they came rumbling down from the Blue Ridge Mountains, Bask have sounded of their very own time and place. The climb to reach album number four ended up taking these Southern trailblazers on one hell of a trip. But on The Turning, the band take their homebrewed Heavy Americana to a whole new dimension.  

"The album is passionate, soul searching, driven with purpose and a sense of adventure that doesn't involve pointless wandering", Blabbermouth writes about The Turning in a 8/10 review. "Sure, influences can be heard, assumed and even self-professed, but as a collective, Bask doesn't rip off any band, subgenre nor style. The Turning is a true exploration of sound, story and self". 

"The Turning is an emotionally charged record of the highest order with Bask firmly establishing themselves as one of the most unique and original voices within the modern day Psych Stoner Rock / Metal scene", writes Outlaws of the Sun. "This is a record of real quality and can easily be considered of the best Psychedelic Rock albums of the year".

The Turning comes out tomorrow, Friday, August 22 on Season of Mist, but you can hear all eight lush and roaming songs today by listening to the full album stream on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.     

Listen to The Turning Below.

Pre-order & Pre-save
https://orcd.co/basktheturning

Bask are ringing in this heavy and heady frontier on their current tour of the East Coast. Hear them perform songs off The Turning during the album's opening run out on the road.  

The Turning 2025 East Coast Tour 
August 21 - Savannah, GA @ El Rocko [TICKETS]
August 22 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel [TICKETS]
August 23 - Raleigh, NC @ Chapel of Bones [TICKETS]
August 24 - Richmond, VA @ Fuzzy Cactus [TICKETS]
August 26 - Philadelphia, PA @ MilkBoy [TICKETS]
August 28 - Searsport, ME @ Starboard Lounge [TICKETS]
August 29 - Providence, RI @ Parlour [TICKETS]
August 30 - Wallingford, CT @ Cherry Street Station [TICKETS]
August 31 - Boston, MA @ O'Briens [TICKETS]

"Music is an emotional outlet, but at the end of the day, it's also a way for us to hang out with our best buds", the band says. "The Turning was a challenge, but we weathered the storm and came out the other side with a beautiful album that sounds like Bask".   

Line-up:

Jesse Van Note – Bass
Scott Middleton – Drums
Ray Worth – Guitar
Zeb Wright – Guitar/Vocals
Jed Willis - Pedal Steel

Guest musicians
Clay White - Trumpet
Franklin Keel - Cello
Alex Taub - Piano, Hammond B3 Organ

Recording Studio 
Echo Mountain Recording

Producer 
Kenny Harrington

Engineer
Kenny Harrington

Mixing Studio
Acre AudioMixing

Mixing Engineer
Andrew Schneider

Mastering Studio
West West Side Music

Mastering Engineer
Alan Douches

Available Formats
Digital Download
CD Digipack
12" Vinyl Gatefold (Black)
12" Vinyl Gatefold (Transparent Orange)

Pre-order & Pre-save

https://orcd.co/basktheturning

Der Weg einer Freiheit Release Searing New Single "Marter"

Since their formation in 2009, Der Weg einer Freiheit have carved out a singular place in modern black metal. While rooted in the genre’s foundations, these Germans are constantly evolving. On their upcoming sixth album, they turn inward with devastating clarity. Innern tunnels toward collapse and into silence before finally reaching a place of personal transformation.

Today, Der Weg einer Freiheit are releasing the second advanced single from Innern. “Marter” is the album’s searing opener, a harrowing plunge into its core themes of isolation, dissolution and the fragile possibility of release.  

Watch the video for “Marter” below.

Innern comes out September 12th on Season of Mist

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Pre-save

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As the opening track from Innern, “Marter” sets the tone for an album that peers inward, confronting pain not as an end, but as a threshold. The song is defined by its contrasts: unrelenting yet fragile, crushing yet imbued with fleeting moments of calm. Opening with mournful restraint, it slowly uncoils into a storm of relentless tremolo-picked guitars. Intricate yet punishing blast beats from Tobias Schuler rumble beneath the grounding weight of Alan Noruspur’s bass. Nikita Kamprad and Nicolas Rausch’s layered guitars oscillate between ferocity and elegiac stillness as Kamprad’s vocals shift from anguished cries to whispered resignation.

On “Marter”, Der Weg einer Freiheit contemplate identity, rebirth and the futility of clinging to words that fall on deaf ears. The lyrics’ imagery of burning throats, collapsing voices and the pull of the stars frames suffering as both torment and an avenue toward renewal. The repeated surrender, “Nimm sie alle, meine Schreie…”(“Take them all, my screams…”), dissolves personal agony into something vast and cosmic.

The lyric video for “Marter” was created by Riivata Visuals.

DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT stand now at the peak of a fifteen-year evolution.Their music is as concerned with silence as it is with sound, as shaped by introspection as by fury. As they prepare to bring Innern to European stages in autumn 2025, they do so not as provocateurs of extremity, but as artists navigating the fragile space between collapse and clarity. In a genre often defined by spectacle, DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT remain committed to vulnerability, transformation, and truth.

Lineup:

Nikita Kamprad — Vocals, Guitars

Nicolas Rausch — Guitars

Alan Noruspur — Bass

Tobias Schuler — Drums

Production Credits:
Recorded, mixed & mastered in Würzburg, Germany by Nikita Kamprad.
Drums recorded separately at Studio Weißmann, Würzburg, Germany.

Cover Art:
Design & layout by Max Löffler (https://maxloeffler.com/)

Photography:
Mario Schmitt

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Follow Der Weg Einer Freiheit:

Official Website: https://derwegeinerfreiheit.de/

Bandcamp: https://derwegeinerfreiheit.bandcamp.com/

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/derwegeinerfreiheit

Instagram: http://instagram.com/derwegeinerfreiheit

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7e823b0KQoVtLG86Ui5xGD

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/artist/der-weg-einer-freiheit/363526020

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Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/artist/4479035

Carach Angren Announce 'The Cult of Kariba'

Since they crawled out from their curious vault in 2003, Carach Angren have mastered the dark art of composing symphonic, blackened ghost stories. Now into their third decade, on their upcoming EP, the Dutch masters of horror are returning to the source that inspired their first album. The Cult of Kariba reveals the hidden intent behind the resurrection of its titular sorceress. On lead single “Ik Kom Uit Het Graf” (I Emerge From the Grave), the mysterious Kariba returns with vengeance.

Watch the shocking music video for “Ik Kom Uit Het Graf” below.

The Cult of Kariba comes out October 17 on Season of Mist

Pre-order

https://orcd.co/carachangrenthecultofkariba

Pre-save

https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/6haPZ1Ex0DuzfaeGL9D3Fo?si=-wG2OmnQQUSlOetHuxywdw

The Cult of Kariba is both a return and a continuation. The EP expands on Carach Angren’s first album Lammendam by entwining the sinister figure of Kariba within the folk tale of the White Lady. “Ik Kom Uit Het Graf” (I Emerge from the Grave) - which is their first song written entirely in Dutch - follows a man who was poisoned by Kariba, only to be summoned centuries later by an errant cult ritual. What unfolds is so sinister, it could only be composed by this group of evil masterminds.      

The video for “Ik Kom Uit Het Graf” was produced and directed by Zoran Bihac.