Void Sector Zero Sign to Season of Mist

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Can’t wait for Ceiba? Hear TEMIC’s new album before it comes out by RSVPing to tomorrow’s Bandcamp Listening Party.

TEMIC Ceiba Bandcamp Listening Party

Tuesday, September 22 @ 1:30 pm Eastern Time

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Hear TEMIC perform “Ashes” and other new songs from Ceiba on their fall headline tour with very special guests and Season of Mist labelmates Kingcrow. TEMIC recently announced five new dates, which will bring the band to Finland and England for the very first time.

TEMIC Autumnal Offerings 2026 European Tour

with very special guests Kingcrow

October 15 - Milan, IT @ Slaughter Club [NEW DATE] [TICKETS]

October 17 - Toulouse, FR @ Ready For Prog Festival [TICKETS]

October 18 - Pratteln, CH @ Z7 [TICKETS]

October 19 - Munich, DE @ Backstage [TICKETS]

October 20 - Maastricht, NL @ Muziekgieterij [TICKETS]

October 21 - Paris, FR @ Backstage By The Mill [TICKETS]

October 22 - Rüsselsheim, DE @ Das Rind [TICKETS]

October 24 - Toruń, PL @ Rock Art Festival [TICKETS]

October 26 - Helsinki, FI @ On The Rocks* [NEW DATE] [TICKETS]

October 27 - Tampere, FI @ Olympia*[NEW DATE] [TICKETS]

October 29 - Manchester, UK @ Club Academy^[NEW DATE] [TICKETS]

October 30 - Hull, UK @ The Welly 2^[NEW DATE] [TICKETS]

November 1 - London, UK @ 229^[NEW DATE] [TICKETS]

*with support from Joviac

^with support from In Search of Sun

“We wrote this album together with contributions from all five members”, the band says. “We allowed ourselves to explore the songs and really extend ourselves while always keeping the emotions at the front of our minds”.

With Ceiba, TEMIC return with a thunderous ode of prog.

Lineup

Fredrik Klemp (Maraton, 22) - Vocals

Eric Gillette (The Neal Morse Band, Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress) - Guitars, Backing Vocals

Diego Tejeida (Devin Townsend, Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress, ex-Haken) - Keyboards, Sound Design

Simen Sandnes (Shining, Arkentype) - Drums

Miguel Pereira (Withem, Big City) - Bass

Production credits

Drums and lead vocals recorded at Lionheart Studio in Oslo, Norway

Lead vocals engineered and produced by Diego Tejeida

Mixed by Chris Edrich

Mastered by Pierrick Noël at Atelier Mastering

Cover artwork

Hicham Hamzi / H-Hich Design

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Available formats

CD Digipack

2x12” Vinyl Gatefold (Black)

2x12” Vinyl Gatefold (Black and crystal clear mixed with white splatters)

2x12” Vinyl Gatefold (Solid yellow, red and white marbled)

2x12” Vinyl Gatefold (Orange and black marbled)

Follow TEMIC

Official Website: https://temicband.com

Bandcamp: https://temic.bandcamp.com/album/terror-management-theory

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Nytt Land Premiere Ritual of Stone Sun (Live 2026)

September 17, 2026

For more than 20 years, Nytt Land have followed their living, breathing connection with ancient traditions and beliefs. Earlier this year, on March 22nd, the dark folk family duo of Natalia and Anatoly Pakhalenko welcomed the spring equinox with a career-spanning live performance in Moscow. Now, fans around the world can partake in this shamanic ritual with their new live album Ritual of Stone Sun (Live 2026).

Ritual of Stone Sun (Live 2026) comes out on all digital platforms tomorrow, Friday, September 18, 2026 on Season of Mist, but you can experience the entire performance today by watching below.

“Ritual of Stone Sun is dedicated to the spring transition and the awakening of nature”, Nytt Land vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Anatoly Pakhalenko says. “Many of the songs from the album are performed today by the nomadic people of Siberia during ceremonies, shamanic rituals and folk festivals”.

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Catch Nytt Land this November on their first Australian tour with co-headliners Mortiis and special guest TiR.

Nytt Land Southern Ritual Australian Tour 2026

with co-headliner Mortiis and special guest TiR

November 19 - Sydney @ Factory Floor [TICKETS]

November 20 - Brisbane @ Crowbar [TICKETS]

November 21 - Melbourne @ Croxton [TICKETS]

November 22 - Adelaide @ Ed Castle [TICKETS]

Much like the symbol of the sun itself, Ritual of Stone Sun traces back through Nytt Land’s history. The dark folk family duo’s new live album spans from the throat singing and shamanic drums of their early Nordic cycle to their most recent explorations of the ancient percussion and vocal traditions that are performed by Siberian shamans to this day.

Lead single “Ragnarök” remains a core pillar for Nytt Land’s live ritual since first appearing on the duo’s 2018 album, Oðal. Anatolly’s throat singing and mystical talharpa recall scenes from a Nordic epic. “U-Gra”, a more recent fan favorite, calls out in dedication to ancient Siberia with pounding drums and Natalie’s hypnotic chanting. In the five years since the song was released off the 2021 album Ritual, it has been played more than 3 million times on YouTube and Spotify.

The full video of Nytt Land’s March 2026 performance in Moscow includes three songs that do not appear on Ritual of Stone Sun. “Taiga”, “Totem” and “Tygir Tayii (Heavenly Sacrifice)” are all featured on the duo’s latest studio album, Aba Khan, which was released this February by Prophecy Productions.

The live video of “Ragnarök” was filmed by Sergei Kaputanuk.

After signing with Season of Mist in May of 2026, Nytt Land announced Ritual of Stone Sun (Live 2026). Recorded and filmed in Moscow on March 22, 2026, the live album is dedicated to the beginning of spring and the awakening of nature. The tracklist spans from their 2026 single “Equinox” to “Ragnarök” and other songs from their early Nordic cycle.

Recording Lineup
Natalia “Baba Yaga” Pakhalenko - Vocals, Throat Singing, Drums, Flutes

Anatoly “Shaman” Pakhalenko - Throat Singing, Talharpa, Flutes, Percussion

Aleksandr Rosliakov - Session Drummer

Production credits

Producer & Sound Engineer - Sergei “Lazar”, Anatoly Pakhalenko

Mixing Studio - Nytt Land Studio

Mixing Engineer - Anatoly Pakhalenko, Natalia Pakhalenko

Cover art

Dimitrii Kulikov, Anatoly, Pakhalenko

Photographer

Dmitrii Kulikov

Booking info

Vadim at The Flaming Arts (info@theflamingarts.eu)

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Thy Catafalque Announce New Album 'XIII: Sárga erdő"

September 16, 2026

Today, Thy Catafalque, the two-time Fonogram winning project of Tamás Kátai, is announcing its thirteenth album, XIII: Sárga erdő.

On XIII: Sárga erdő (Yellow Forest), Kátai wanders through an old, half-remembered time from a quietly expansive direction. Thy Catafalque’s new album features more than 30 collaborators, including a 20-person choir and, for the first time in the project’s history, a live drummer. However, the folk and classical elements that flooded 2024’s XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek are handled here with a lighter touch. Just as a forest doesn't explain its colors, the album turns inside you, until you look up to discover that you’re somewhere new.

Watch the music video for lead single “Búcsú a piros madártól” below:

XIII: Sárga erdő comes out November 20, 2026 on Season of Mist.

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Written and produced by Kátai, lead single "Búcsú a piros madártól" (A Farewell to the Red Bird) opens XIII: Sárga erdő on a note of departure and resignation. A voice calls after something already gone, its sound swallowed by fog and distance. Live drums sit under layered vocals, kamancheh and lead guitar, giving the song a heavier, more physical pull than its title suggests.

Kátai shot the music video for "Búcsú a piros madártól" himself in the woods a 10-minute walk from his family home in Makó, Hungary. Sitting beside the river Maros, these woods are the same stretch of ground where Thy Catafalque’s very first video was filmed 25 years ago (and where another is already in the works).

In the video, live footage from Thy Catafalque's shows in Brazil, France and Hungary is cut together with hand-made and digital animation, left rough by design. "I wanted to keep it that way," Kátai says, "because it has a more personal touch."

Sárga erdő, out this autumn via Season of Mist, was recorded across various locations and at Miracle Sound Szeged with Gábor Vári again handling engineering, mixing and mastering. It marks another first for the project: real drums, played rather than programmed, for the first time in Thy Catafalque's history. Thirty-four musicians and vocalists appear across the record, along with a twenty-voice male choir, but the folk and classical textures that flooded XII—sitar, kamancheh, zither, strings—are handled with a lighter touch here, chosen with more precision for the moments that call for them. There's no unifying story across the twelve tracks, only that same felt sense of wandering through old, half-remembered time. A forest doesn't explain its colours—it just keeps turning them, until you look up and you're standing somewhere new.

Line-up:
Tamás Kátai — Guitar, Bass, Keyboards & Vocals

Production Credits:

Recorded in various locations and Miracle Sound Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.

Produced by Tamás Kátai; Sound Engineer, Mixing & Mastering by Gábor Vári (Miracle Sound Szeged).

Cover Art:
Tamás Kátai

Photography:
© Laszlo Horvath — Album Artwork

Guest Musicians:
Martina Veronika Horváth — Vocals (9, 12)
Ivett Dudás — Vocals (3, 10, 11)
Gábor Dudás — Vocals (2, 5, 11, 12)
Bálint Bokodi — Vocals (1, 8, 9)
Annamari Oláh — Vocals (6)
Lambert Lédeczy — Vocals (6)
Gergely Balla — Vocals (7)
Gábor Veres — Vocals (10)
Antal Cseh — Bass/Baritone Vocals (12)
The Male Choir of Tiszaföldvár — choir (8)
Anikó Für — Prose (5)
Árpád Szenti — Drums & Percussion
Krisztián Varga — Lead Guitar (1, 5, 6, 9, 10)
Zoltán Vigh — Lead Guitar (10)
Breno Machado — Lead Guitar (12)
Daniele Belli — Classical Guitar (12)
Anikó Barna — Citera & Koboz (8)
Chithrinie Nirupama — Sitar (4)
Peter Voronov — Violin (5)
Maria Grigoryeva — Violin (5)
Victor Morales — Violin & Piano (9)
Oleg Bezuglov — Violin (12)
Michaela Lilla Bos — Cello (9)
Francesco Pisciotta — String Arrangement (11)
Noam Dayan — Kamancheh (1)
Dmitry Karev — Accordion (8)
Dario Cei — Flute (8, 10)
Brandon Wilkins — Bassoon & Alto Flute (2)
Dan Rowland — Oboe d'Amore (7)
Kelly O'Donohue — Trumpet, Trombone & Flugelhorn (9, 11, 12)
Michele Fortunato — Trombone (12)
Patricio Böttcher — Alto Saxophone (3)
Efim Braylovskiy — Alto Saxophone (9)
Ibrahim Danbaba — Saxophone (11)

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GÅTE Announced as Winners of John Lennon Songwriting Competition

September 15, 2026

Gåte are one of the most accomplished group of artists to come out of Norway. The band have topped the Norwegian charts, won a Norwegian Grammy and represented Norway in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest with their groundbreaking mix of Nordic folk and modern rock. Now, as fans around the world anticipate the upcoming release of their sixth studio album and first for Season of Mist, they are proud to celebrate another career milestone.

Today, Gåte are announcing that their recent single “Sannsiger” has won the grand prize in the World category during Session I of The John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Released in April 2026 upon signing with Season of Mist, “Sannsiger” sets the stage for the ancient legends and folk narratives that the band explore on Sigil by weaving Hardanger fiddle and nyckeharpa into their contemporary sound. The song features guest vocals from Maria Franz of Season of Mist labelmates Heilung.

“We are deeply honored to be selected as winners of The John Lennon Songwriting Contest”, Gåte says. “This award means a lot to us, especially since ‘Sannsiger’ marks a new direction for our band. The song is driven by the nyceklharpa and a simple guitar loop that our guitarist Magnus Børmark recorded on his phone. From that recording grew a song about the truth-tellers throughout our shared history and how society in every age seems to feel the need to silence them”.

“‘Sannsiger’ hit me from the very first moment that I heard it”, Heilung vocalist Maria Franz said upon the song’s release. “Its raw energy immediately resonated with me. I’ve been a fan of Gåte for many years, so accepting the invitation was a no-brainer. The band were wonderful to work with, and I’m very excited to hear the rest of their upcoming album”.

Winners of The John Lennon Songwriting Contest receive prizes from Taylor Guitars, Genelec and other companies. One 2026 Grand Prize winner will go on to win Song of the Year and $20,000.

Watch the music video for “Sannsiger” below:

Sigil comes out September 25 on Season of Mist.

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Gåte’s upcoming fall tour will bring the band to nine cities across Norway, plus one date in Istanbul, Turkey. During this ten date run, they will perform new songs from Sigil, along with fan favorites from their celebrated discography.

Gåte Concerts 2026

October 23 - Trondheim, Norway @ Havet [TICKETS]

October 30 - Drammen, Norway @ Union [TICKETS]

October 31 - Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene [TICKETS]

November 5 - Haugesund, Norway @ Høvleriet [TICKETS]

November 6 - Stavanger, Norway @ Folken [TICKETS]

November 7 - Bergen, Norway @ Verftet [TICKETS]

November 12 - Skien, Norway @ Parkbiografen [TICKETS]

November 13 - Moss, Norway @ Verket Scene [TICKETS]

November 14 - Hamar, Norway @ Festiviteten [TICKETS]

November 21 - Istanbul, Turkey @ IF Performance [TICKETS]

GÅTE have now completed their sixth studio album, which will be released on the band’s new label home Season of Mist. While the band has focused primarily on Norway in the past, signing with the international label reflects both the growing interest they have received from around the world and their desire to reach a wider audience.

During the fall of 2026, GÅTE will perform the album’s lead single “Sannsiger” and other new songs during a headline tour of Norway and one date in Istanbul, Turkey. Their concerts are well-known for being immersive and intense, balancing raw energy with a ritual-like focus that has earned them a glowing and growing reputation beyond the Nordic region.

Line-up:
Gunnhild Sundli — Vocals

Magnus Børmark — Guitars, Nyckelharpa, Sounds, FX, Programming, Percussion, Backing Vocals

Jon Even Schärer — Drums, Percussion, Programming, Mouth Harp, Backing Vocals

Arent Todal — Hardanger Fiddle, Nyckelharpa, Violin, Sounds, Backing Vocals

Mats Paulsen — Bass, Backing Vocals

Production Credits:
Recorded at MagnuStudio; Øra Studio.

Produced by Kristian Fanavoll Tvedt & Magnus Børmark.
Mixed & Mastered by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios.

Guest Musicians:
Kristian Fanavoll Tvedt — Synths, Programming, Sounds, Guitar, Backing Vocals
Maria Franz — Guest Vocals on "Sannsiger"
Olav Luksengård Mjelva — Hardanger Fiddle on "Bergteken", "Oskorsreia", "Strandvaskar", "Songen", "Aude"
John Stenersen — Hurdy-Gurdy on "Mi Jord"
Knut Anders Vestad — Concert Grand Piano on "Jostedalsrypa"
Marit Aspås — Cello on "Jostedalsrypa"
Sylvelin Sundli — Upright Piano on "Bòd frå djupet"

Cover Art:
Martine Solstad Larsen (Sigil Artist); Martin Kvamme (Cover Art and Design).

Photography:
Ole Ekker

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Anciients Release Re-Recording of “Humanist”

September 14, 2026

Fresh off crushing the stage in celebration of the 10th anniversary of their first JUNO Award winning album, Voice of the Void, the Canadian progressive metal band Anciients are polishing off one of their heaviest songs ahead of their first tour of Europe and the United Kingdom in more than a decade.

Today, Anciients are releasing a re-recorded version of “Humanist”. Originally recorded for the band’s debut EP, Snakebeard, in 2011, “Humanist” was later included as a bonus track on their beloved first full-length, 2013’s Heart of Oak. The 2026 re-recording features their current lineup, who won a JUNO Award in 2025 for their latest album, Beyond the Reach of the Sun, as well as backing vocals from former member Chris Dyck, who appeared on the original recording. More than a decade later, the song’s heavy, heady and heartfelt performance proves once more why Anciients are one of progressive metal’s must-watch bands.

“Humanist’ was the first song we recorded as a band”, recalls Anciients’ vocalist and guitarist Kenny Cook. “After hearing the sonic improvements that came with re-recording ‘Built to Die’ last year, we wanted to give ‘Humanist’ the same treatment”.

“The song represents a wild dream”, Cook continues. “Musically, ‘Humanist’ is one of our heaviest, though we chuck a little bit of everything into the composition”.

Listen to the re-recorded version of “Humanist” below:

Catch Anciients this month on their European and UK headline tour.

Anciients 2026 Ascent of the Fallen Ones Headline European/UK Tour

September 26 - Leeuwarden, NL @ Into the Void [TICKETS]
September 27 - Cologne, DE @ Euroblast [TICKETS]
September 29 - Copenhagen, DK @ Stengade [TICKETS]
October 1 - London, UK @ The Black Heart [TICKETS]
October 2 - Nottingham, UK @ The Mist Rolling Inn [TICKETS]
October 3 - Manchester, UK @ The Lodge [TICKETS]
October 4 - Bristol, UK @ The Croft [TICKETS]
October 6 - Southampton, UK @ Joiners [TICKETS]
October 7 - Brighton, UK @ Dust [TICKETS]
October 10 - Nijmegen, NL @ Soulcrusher [TICKETS]

October 12 - Toulouse, FR @ Le Rex [TICKETS]
October 13 - Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz 3 [TICKETS]
October 14 - Madrid, ES @ Rockville [TICKETS]
October 15 - Bragança, PT @ JP Rock Cafe [TICKETS]

October 17 - Porto, PT @ Auditório CCOP

Anciients’ award-winning discography is available now on Season of Mist.

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With all being said and done, Anciients have returned! They stand ready to ascend the prog metal ladder and get back to doing what they do best with a weighty and dense, but wholly accessible, album. It’s a collection of ten songs that possesses the ability to have those furiously banging heads also tapping into their power of self-reflection and contemplation to ponder the finality of existence, the value of life and their place in the universe.

“Totally! We’re going to take as many of the opportunities that come to us. The hiatus is over and I think with the new members and everyone being on the same page we’re ready to get out there as soon as possible. We missed out on a huge block after the last record, so we’ve got to make up for lost time. Now that everyone is happy and healthy, we plan to hit it hard.”

Lineup
Kenny Cook (vocals, guitar)
Mike Hannay (drums)
Brock MacInnes (rhythm guitar)
Rory O'Brien (bass)

Guest musicians on “Humanist” (Re-Recorded)
Chris Dyck - Backing vocals

Recording studio
Rain City Recorders

Producer and sound engineer
Jesse Gander

Mastering engineer and studio
Stu McKillop @ Rain City Mastering

Mixing engineer and studio
Jesse Gander @ Rain City Recorders

Bio
Kevin Stewart-Panko

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Stoned Jesus Get Theatrical on Proggy New Single “Jackal”

September 9, 2026

With their forthcoming album trilogy, the heavy progressive trailblazers in Stoned Jesus are reaching a new creative peak. After topping best of 2025 lists with its scorching opener, Songs to Sun, this year, frontman Igor Sydorenko and his bandmates are cycling into the darkest, most daring and deeply moving territory of their career with Songs to Moon.

Today, Stoned Jesus are thrilled to release the album’s mini prog opera as the second advanced single from Songs to Moon. While hounded by grim hopes for the future, the wily “Jackal” will leave progressive rockers of all stripes pleasantly surprised.

“‘Jackal’ is Stoned Jesus at our most theatrical. Even though the time signature is 4/4 through and through, it’s the proggiest song on Songs to Moon”, Sydorenko says before adding. “Bonus challenge for all the true prog nerds. See if you can find the early Marillion line that I quoted word for word”.

Watch the video for “Jackal” below:

Songs to Moon comes out October 16, 2026 on Season of Mist.

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The Songs trilogy spans the many phases of Stoned Jesus. While an existential shroud hung over Songs to Sun, Songs to Moon plunges the band into a dark night of the soul. Like the bogeyman, “Jackal” stalks through a house of horrors. “In the darkness of the future past”, Sydorenko whispers over drums that rattle like Alice in Chains on Jar of Flies. “Hear me walking over skulls and dust”. Behind each locked door lies a disturbing scene that one expects to find when reading Aldous Huxley or George Orwell.

“Lyrically, the question that ‘Jackal’ poses is pretty much on the nose”, says Sydorenko. “When you sell your soul for comfort, what kind of future do you get in return?”.

But even though Songs to Moon is their most melancholic album, Stoned Jesus can’t be confined to just one shade of blue. As shadows often do, “Jackal” shifts its shape in the blink of an eye. “Go to sleep”, Sydorenko commands before kicking down the doors with the album’s heaviest - and funkiest - blues riff. The facts of the matter are grim (“No money, no future, no reason to fight”), but the song’s epic symphonic coda builds a clear case that for Stoned Jesus, both the present and future are blazingly bright.

The video for “Jackal” was created by Phobia Artworks.

Catch Stoned Jesus this fall as they debut Songs to Moon on European stages.

Stoned Jesus 2026 European Festival Dates

October 30 - Vallet, France @ WeStill Fest [TICKETS]

Following in the steps of Led Zeppelin III, Opeth’s Damnation or Alice In Chain’s Jar of Flies, during its final lap, Songs to Moon strips down to acoustic guitar and Sydorenko’s hushed vocals. “And when the sun goes down / It brightens up my mood”. As the dreamy desperation of “Window In My Room” fades beneath the stark reminder of closer “One More Empty Day”, Stoned Jesus return to earth weary but wise beyond their years and ready to explore the next frontier.

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

Live Lineup

Igor Sydorenko - Vocals, Guitar

Andrew Rodin - Bass, Backing Vocals

Ihor Biriuchenko - Drums, Percussion

Production Credits
Producer - Igor Sydorenko
Sound Engineer - Andy Rosczyk

Mixing and Mastering Engineer - Karl Daniel Lidén

Recording Studio

Goblin Sound Studio in Cologne, Germany

Mixing and Mastering Studio

Studio Tri-Lamb, Sweden

Cover Art
Vadym "Karaska" Karasiov

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Green Carnation Premiere A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex

September 3, 2026

Over the past three decades, Green Carnation have never shied away from making grand and gloomy statements. The Norwegian prog bards reached crushing new peaks and delved into the deepest, darkest and most personal depths of the band’s storied career during the first two chapters of A Dark Poem. Now, they are putting an exclamation point on their critically-acclaimed album trilogy with its bold and uncompromising conclusion, A Dark Poem, Part III:The Messiah Complex.

A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex comes out tomorrow, Friday, September 4 on Season of Mist, but you can hear the entire album - including its epic orchestral finale - today by listening to the full album stream below.

“A Dark Poem is by far our biggest achievement since Light of Day, Day of Darkness”, Green Carnation vocalist Kjetil Nordhus. “Our new album trilogy returns to the epic storytelling that put us on the map back in 2001. While the reception to Part I and Part II has been overwhelmingly positive for us, we do believe that Part III saves the best for last”.

“The intention behind A Dark Poem was to build a completely new musical universe”, Green Carnation bassist and primary lyricist Stein Roger Sordal says. “While the direction revealed itself as the creative journey unfolded, The Messiah Complex was carefully planned with a clear vision for where we wanted the story to end. Our goal was for all three parts to stand on their own, but Part III brings them all together into a unified whole”.

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Catch Green Carnation during their upcoming hometown shows and European summer festival dates.

During their headlining show in September at the Kilden Performing Arts Centre, the band will perform A Dark Poem in its entirety for the first and final time. Already, fans from 18 different countries have purchased tickets for this once-in-a-lifetime event.

Green Carnation 2026 + 2027 Show Dates

September 12 - Kristiansand, Norway @ Kilden Performing Arts Centre [TICKETS]#

September 25 - Bucuresti, Romania @ Bucharest Prog Day II [TICKETS]

September 26 - Barcelona, Spain @ Be Prog! My Friend [TICKETS]

May 1, 2027 - Kopervik, Norway @ Karmøygeddon [TICKETS]

June 11, 2027 - Technikum, Munich @ Prog Metal Mania [TICKETS]

#Performing A Dark Poem, Part I-III

With A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex, Green Carnation finish a masterpiece that stands alongside Light of Day, Day of Darkness as the defining statement of their storied career.

Recording lineup
Kjetil Nordhus - Vocals
Stein Roger Sordal - Bass, Rhythm Guitars, Lead Guitars, Keyboards
Bjørn Harstad - Lead Guitars, Effects
Endre Kirkesola - Keyboards, Synthesizers, Organs, Effects
Jonathan Alejandro Perez - Drums

Guest musicians
Ingrid Ose - Flute on “Broken Souls, Common Enemies”

Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra and Opera Choir on “A Dark Poem - Orchestral Suite”

Live lineup
Kjetil Nordhus - Vocals
Stein Roger Sordal - Bass
Tchort - Guitars
Bjørn Harstad - Guitars
Trond Breen - Guitars
Endre Kirkesola - Keyboards

Recording & Mixing Studio
dUb Studio

Mastering Studio

Rorysound Studios

Production Credits
Producers - Endre Kirkesola, Stein Roger Sordal, Kjetil Nordhus
Mixing & Sound Engineer - Endre Kirkesola

Mixing Assistant — Bjørn Harstad

Mastering Engineer — Lawrence Mackrory

Credits for “A Dark Poem - Orchestral Suite”

Recorded at Kilden Performing Arts Centre in Kristiansand, Norway

Performed by the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra and Kristiansand Opera Choir

Symphone Orchestra Conductor - Alexander Hanson

Choir Preparation and Conductor - Anne Haugland Balsnes

Mixing & Sound Engineer - Simen Endresen Hefte

Mastering Studio - Rorysound Studios

Mastering Engineer - Lawrence Mackrory

Cover artist
Niklas Sundin

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Theodor Bastard Announce New Album '▽'

September 1, 2026

While they’ve remained relatively silent over the past six years, Theodor Bastard refuse to stay still. Amidst the shadows of the pandemic, war and invasive technology, the world music pioneers have been searching for a way out of the darkness that’s descended over our reality. The path that they discovered on their upcoming eighth studio album didn’t lead back to their home in the forest of Karelia, but away from it, into the coldness of the city, a collapsing civilization, and ultimately, rebirth.

Today, Theodor Bastard are announcing their new album ▽ (pronounced V) with a thrilling music video for its bewitching lead single. While it reconnects with their roots in electronic music, “Sverkay” is a sure sign that the band are bound for dark new horizons.

“This album might never have happened”, Theodor Bastard producer, multi-instrumentalist and founding member Fedor Svolotch says. “So much has surrounded us during recent years: the pandemic, war, division, fear, anxiety over technology, and a sense that reality itself is becoming darker and more unstable. We have felt so much anger, pain, confusion and disappointment both in ourselves and in the world around us. All these emotions were gathering inside us, changing, darkening, searching for a form, until they eventually transformed into the unexpected on ▽”.

Watch the music video for “Sverkay” below:

▽ comes out November 13, 2026 on Season of Mist.

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▽ reflects just how much has changed since the world last heard from Theodor Bastard in April 2020. While the band are still recognized internationally for blending ritual folk, electronics and world music, on their new album, they’ve re-embraced their early electronic impulses because that’s now how modern life feels: cold, sharp, tense.

“Our sound changed because the world changed”, Svolotch explains. “We had to destroy our own habits and expectations to make ▽. We wanted to start again, as if the band has no past, no safe place, no ready-made formula. As a result, this album is not a continuation of what came before. It’s a different door”.

Long-time fans of Theodor Bastard were pleasantly surprised late last year when the pulse-pounding analog synths of “Nebo” first appeared in the award-winning Russian crime drama The Method. But the latest single from

▽ is a giant leap from the softer, more earthly textures of the band’s recent studio ventures. Like a spaceship, “Sverkay” rumbles with distorted bass before it’s suspended high above the earth by a trap-like beat.

The video for “Sverkay” was directed by Fedor Svolotch and stars Yana Veva. Theodor Bastard built the spaceship that appears in the video by hand. They also created the video’s practical and visual effects themselves. The concept for the spacesuit was created by Yana Veva and made by TomHem Studio.

Additional video credits

Screenwriters - Fedor Svolotch & Yana Veva

Director of Photography - Oleg Makoseev

Additional Camera - Vyacheslav Salikov

Film Editor - Fedor Svolotch

Gaffer & Assistant Director - Taras Frolov

Storyboard Artist - Yana Veva

Spacesuit Concept Art - Yana Veva

Spacesuit Fabrication - TomHem Studio

Spaceship Control Panel Fabrication - Andy Vladych

Spaceship Cockpit Concept - Alexey Kalinovskiy

Set Design and Construction - Alexey Kalinovskiy & Kusas

Props Master - Alexey Kalinovskiy

Practical Effects - Alexey Kalinovskiy & Kusas

Visual Effects - Maria Starostina & Fedor Svolotch

Colorist - Vyacheslav Salikov

With ▽, Theodor Bastard return with dark electronics for dark times.

Recording Lineup
Yana Veva - Vocals, Lyrics, Vocal arrangements, Synthesizers, Keyboards
Fedor Svolotch - Arrangements, Guitars, Bass guitar, Synthesizers, Analog synthesizers, Keyboards, Drum programming, Sound design, Sound production, Mixing
Christine Kazarian - Harp
Vyacheslav Salikov - Cello / Strings
Kusas - Percussion, Bells, Metallophone, Marimba, Jaw harp
Ekaterina Dolmatova - Backing vocals
Eli H - Bass guitar
Alexey Kalinovskiy - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Lap slide guitar
Vyacheslav Nikiforov - Drums
Sergey Smirnov - Drums
Maria Starostina - Flute, Backing vocals
Maxim Kostyunin - Guitar
Gale Dorothy - Vocals on Molnii i Svist

Current Lineup
Yana Veva - Vocals
Fedor Svolotch - Sound, Guitar, Electronics
Andy Vladich - Drums
Alexey Kalinovskiy - Keyboards
Kusas - Percussion
Vyacheslav Salikov - Cello
Ekaterina Dolmatova - Backing vocals

Production Credits
Producer - Fedor Svolotch
Sound Engineer - Fedor Svolotch
Mixing Engineer - Fedor Svolotch
Mastering Engineer - Boris Istomin
Recording Studio - Theo Records
Mastering Studio - Knob Studio

Cover Artwork
Fedor Svolotch

Artwork / Layout Designer
Yana Veva & Fedor Svolotch

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Booking
Maxim Krupoderya
theodorbastard@gmail.com

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Website: https://theodorbastard.com/
Bandcamp: https://theodorbastard.bandcamp.com/
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The Ghoulstars Announce Tour Supporting Turmion Kätilöt

August 31, 2026

Finnish horror punks The Ghoulstars are thrilled to announce that they are opening the first leg of fellow Finns Turmion Kätilöt’s Resodance Tour. During these six dates across Finland, The Ghoulstars will perform songs off their monstrously catchy debut album, The Dark Overlords of the Universe, which was featured on CNN’s Hollywood Minute.

Get tickets at https://turmionkatilot.com/shows/

The Ghoulstars Supporting Turmion Kätilöt Resodance Tour

December 3 - Jyväskylä, FI @ Lutakko

December 4 - Jyväskylä, FI @ Lutakko

December 5 - Joensuu, FI @ Kerubi

December 11 - Seinäjoki, FI @ Rytmikorjaamo

December 12 - Oulu, FI @ Tarkastamo

December 19 - Turku, FI @ Teatro

The Ghoulstars Additional 2026 Dates

October 24 - Kuopio @ Ottopoika [TICKETS]

More dates announcing soon.

The Dark Overlords of the Universe is out now on Season of Mist.

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The Ghoulstars may be undead, but there’s nothing pale or lifeless about The Dark Overlords of the Universe. The title track crosses surf beats, heavy riffing and a hair-raising transition into a chorus that’s absolutely to die for. “We can’t wait to unleash this delightful horror upon the world”, Laakso says with an ominous glint in his bloodshot eye. “As V. Santura told me: ‘The record is unique, catchy and a really fun listen’”.

With The Dark Overlords of the Universe, The Ghoulstars direct a monstrously catchy mash-up between metal, punk and B-horror.

Lineup
Markus "Daddy Ghoul" Laakso - Guitars
Toni "Ghoulio" Ronkainen - Drums
Arthur "LL Ghoul A" Thure - Vocals
Markus "Hella Ghoul" Makkonen - Bass

Guest musicians
Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns (...and Oceans, Finntrol) - Backing Growls
Tommi "Tuple" Salmela (Tarot, Raskasta Joulua, Lazy Bones) - Backing Vocals on "The Dark Overlords of the Universe")

Production credits
Produced by Markus Laakso
Guitars recorded by Markus Laakso and Erkka Närhi
Vocals recorded by Markus Laakso and Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns
Drums recorded by Erkka Närhi
Bass recorded by Samu Männikkö and Markus Laakso
Percussion recorded by Markus Laakso
Mixed & Mastered by V. Santura at Woodshed Studio in Germany

Cover art

Niko Anttila

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Booking info

Finland

Rowan Rafferty at Nem Agency - rowan@nem.fi

Rest of the world

info@theghoulstars.com

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Bandcamp: https://theghoulstars.bandcamp.com

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Der Weg einer Freiheit Announce Instrumental Version of Innern

August 25, 2026

The German progressive black metal band Der Weg einer Freiheit are announcing an instrumental version of their critically-acclaimed sixth album. The instrumental version of Innern marks the album’s one-year anniversary by highlighting the compositions and instrumentation that underpins one of the band’s most introspective albums.

Along with the announcement, today, Der Weg einer Freiheit are releasing the instrumental version of “Xibalba” across all digital platforms. The song carries particular significance for Innern. It was the first song on the album that the band finished the instrumentation for but was the last to receive vocals.

Listen to the instrumental version of “Xibalba” below:

The instrumental version of Innern comes out on all digital platforms September 11, 2026 via Season of Mist.

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"The initial idea came from our bassist, Alan," says Der Weg einer Freiheit vocalist and guitarist Nikita Kamprad. Alan Noruspur spent months living with the instrumental version of "Xibalba" during the writing process for Innern. He found himself missing it once vocals were added. That attachment led the band to reconsider an idea they had floated even before the original release of Innern: a fully instrumental companion to the album.

The instrumental edition is not simply a muted version of the original mix. Kamprad built an entirely new mix for the release, rebalancing instrument levels and adding new atmospheric layers in places. "The instrumental version has to carry the same atmosphere, emotion and narrative on its own," he explains. "Removing the vocals allows all of these carefully crafted details to breathe." With the vocal layer gone, the synthesizers and ambient textures that give Innern its cinematic scale, treated by Kamprad as compositional elements rather than embellishments, move to the foreground, alongside the interplay between Kamprad and Nicolas Rausch's guitars, Alan Noruspur's bass and Tobias Schuler's drums.

"Every song usually begins as an instrumental composition, so in many ways, this version of Innern represents the songs in their original form” Kamprad says. “We don't see it as an alternative to the original album, but as another perspective on the same body of work, one that places the focus entirely on the music itself."

The original version of Innern is available now on Season of Mist

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Catch Der Weg einer Freiheit this fall on their headline tour of Europe with Conjurer and Brnjsmin

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Der Weg einer Freiheit 2026 European Fall Tour

with Conjurer and Brnjsmin

October 16 - Dresden, DE @ Groovestation
October 17 - Kraków, PL @ Zascianek
October 18 - Warsaw, PL @ Mechanik
October 19 - Brno, CZ @ Melodka
October 20 - Graz, AT @ Explosiv
October 21 - Milano, IT @ Q-Hub
October 22 - Wörgl, AT @ Komma
October 23 - Sion, CH @ Le Port Franc
October 24 - Langenthal, CH @ Old Capitol
October 25 - Maastricht, NL @ Samhain (without Brnjsmin)
October 26 - Cologne, DE @ Essigfabrik
October 27 - Marburg, DE @ KFZ
October 28 - Bremen, DE @ Tower
October 29 - Hanover, DE @ Bei Chez Heinz
October 30 - Rostock, DE @ Peter Weiss Haus
October 31 - Stuttgart, DE @ Kulturquartier

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.

Line-up:
Nikita Kamprad — 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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TEMIC Release Pristine New Ballad "Broken"

August 24, 2026

TEMIC certainly lived up to the hype with their chart-topping debut, but the international prog supergroup have grown by leaps and bounds on their mighty and magical second album. Fans and critics are trembling in anticipation for Ceiba, the group’s thunderous ode to loss.

Today, TEMIC are releasing the second advanced single from Ceiba. “Broken” bares the album’s soul with grief and grace.

“‘Broken’ is built around overwhelming emotion and honesty”, TEMIC vocalist Fredrik Klemp says. “We wrote the song in 30 minutes. It came together instinctively. There was no need to overthink it or make it into something more than what it already was. We simply allowed it to be what it is. I think that’s where the song gets its strength”.

“The honesty of this song became very important to my vocal performance”, Klemp continues. “It connects to experiences and emotions that are deeply personal to me. Rather than distance myself from them, I wanted to let those emotions come through in my voice. My performance sits deliberately close to the edge, fragile and unsteady, as if it could give way at any moment”.

Watch the music video for “Broken” Below:

Ceiba comes out October 2, 2026 on Season of Mist

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Hear TEMIC perform “Broken” and other new songs from Ceiba on their fall headline tour with very special guests and Season of Mist labelmates Kingcrow.

TEMIC Autumnal Offerings 2026 European Tour

with very special guests Kingcrow

October 17 - Toulouse, FR @ Ready For Prog Festival [TICKETS]

October 18 - Pratteln, CH @ Z7 [TICKETS]

October 19 - Munich, DE @ Backstage [TICKETS]

October 20 - Maastricht, NL @ Muziekgieterij [TICKETS]

October 21 - Paris, FR @ Backstage By The Mill [TICKETS]

October 22 - Rüsselsheim, DE @ Das Rind [TICKETS]

October 24 - Toruń, PL @ Art Rock Festival [TICKETS]

More dates to be announced soon.

No matter how deep Ceiba digs into philosophical terrain, TEMIC continue to branch out in all directions both literally and figuratively. The album treats loss not as an end but as one more step along life’s path. “Your soul will never die”, assures lead single “Ceased To Be”, which crosses between prog’s technical sorcery and pop’s divine melodies with relative ease thanks to shrewd guidance from the group’s newest member and bassist Miguel Pereira (Withem, Big City). Supported by swaying leads, towering cleans and firm groove, 10-minute closer “As Long As We Last” promises to stay with us long after its final epic solo.

With Ceiba, TEMIC return with a thunderous ode of prog.

Lineup

Fredrik Klemp (Maraton, 22) - Vocals

Eric Gillette (The Neal Morse Band, Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress) - Guitars, Backing Vocals

Diego Tejeida (Devin Townsend, Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress, ex-Haken) - Keyboards, Sound Design

Simen Sandnes (Shining, Arkentype) - Drums

Miguel Pereira (Withem, Big City) - Bass

Production credits

Drums and lead vocals recorded at Lionheart Studio in Oslo, Norway

Lead vocals engineered and produced by Diego Tejeida

Mixed by Chris Edrich

Mastered by Pierrick Noël at Atelier Mastering

Cover artwork

Hicham Hamzi / H-Hich Design

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Official Website: https://temicband.com

Bandcamp: https://temic.bandcamp.com/album/terror-management-theory

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/temic/1695936703

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/21VXRBFEQrR6Xrot1y5t7I

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Untitled With Drums Premiere New Album Made Flesh

August 20, 2026

UNTITLED WITH DRUMS have shared the stage with Deftones and Baroness, but the band are giving their hybrid of ‘90s post-hardcore and 2000’s alt metal an even greater emotional charge on their upcoming second album, Made Flesh.

Made Flesh comes out tomorrow, Friday, August 21 on Season of Mist, but you can hear all 10 catchy and cutting songs today by listening to the full album stream on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.

Listen to Made Flesh Below":

Made Flesh comes out August 21, 2026 on Season of Mist

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Made Flesh pushes Untitled With Drum’s familiar but fresh sound like never before. Lucas D.'s riffs cut harder while his more atmospheric passages stretch out further, woven through Nicolas Z.'s increasingly prominent synth work. Rémy D.'s drumming anchors the songs with assertive, sometimes intricate grooves, and Martin L.B.'s vocals and bass carry the record's emotional charge throughout.

No strangers to the specialist press or the festival circuit, Untitled With Drums have been together since 2014. The band released their debut album Hollow in 2020, just days before their native France entered its first COVID lockdown. Despite the timing, the album drew widespread praise and propelled the band to the stages of Hellfest, London’s Desertfest and the Nuits de Fourviere festival, where they opened for the Deftones and Baroness.

While the power of Lucas D.'s riffs is heightened, the ethereal soundscapes he weaves are even more expanded. They blend seamlessly with Nicolas Z.'s synthesizers, now more prominent than ever. Rémy D.'s drumming provides the songs’ backbone, delivering grooves with assertive nuances without neglecting more intricate patterns. This array of strengths wouldn't be complete without bassist Martin L.B..'s vocals, never failing to deliver an infectious emotional intensity. This energy serves Made Flesh's thematic focus: a satirical outlook on our times delivered from a multitude of perspectives, like donning and dropping one mask after another.

With this sophomore album, UNTITLED WITH DRUMS establish themselves as the beacon of a French rock scene struggling to take risks, too often settling for crude heaviness. Theirs cuts deeper — straight to the flesh.

Line-up:
Martin L.B. — Bass, Vocals, Additional Guitar

Lucas Delay — Guitar, Additional Guitar

Nicolas Zalachas — Keyboards

Remy D. Perrin — Drums, Additional Guitar

Additional Recording Lineup:

Etienne Marchal — Additional Guitar

Recording Studio:

Halle du Jeu de Paume (Vic-le-Comte, France).

Production Credits:

Produced and Mixed by Cyrille Gachet.

Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music.

Cover Art:

Martin Le Borgne

Biography:

Clément Duboscq

Photography:

Angélique Delabre

Follow Untitled With Drums

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Bandcamp: https://untitledwithdrums.bandcamp.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/untitledwithdrums/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/untitled_with_drums/

YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07Z6EpQUvCmC84MN1Rhqzg

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4XiFVuDepsbUebkmNbTjlu

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Holissstik Premiere Debut Album Chapter I: This Endless Solitude

August 13, 2026

As a founding member of the critically acclaimed Manes and Lethe, Tor-Helge Skei has pushed the boundaries of both black metal and electronic music. Now, after more than 30 years, he’s expanding his vision like never before with Holissstik, a dark collective experiment that features fellow underground legends and rising stars from the avant-garde.

Chapter I: This Endless Solitude comes out tomorrow, Friday, August 14, but you can hear all eight endlessly rewarding songs today by listening to the full album stream below.

“The inspiration for Holissstik comes from the Greek word Hólos, which is the root for the English word ‘whole’”, Skei says. “Collaboration is the heart and soul of this project. The idea is that each part cannot exist or be understood when separated from the whole. The sum is greater than its parts”.

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As could only be the case, Holissstik’s opening chapter started with Skei alone at his studio. But after meticulously sketching This Endless Solitude with his collection of guitars, recording software and homemade plug-ins, he allowed outside influences to take control. The album features more than 15 collaborators, including Martyna Hallas (Rage of Light), Marita Hellem (Martyra), French rapper Pierre Ripka, Paritta Monks and members of Manes and Lethe. It unfolds with surprising twists and turns right from the start, too. Lead single “The Rhythm of Silence” slips seamlessly through the cracks between trip-hop and industrial noise into rap.

Much like the wilted flowers that lay on its cover, death and its psychological offshoots linger in the many corners of This Endless Solitude. Hypnotized by soft spinning synths, “Reoccuring Dreams”quickly descends into a nightmare. But amidst deep-seeded anxieties, intrusive thoughts and other ceaseless discomforts, like a rope that guides one out of a cave, Holissstik still cling to hope. “Hold it gentle / In the palm of your hands”, Halas offers during enchanting centerpiece “Would You Take This Heart”. As the title track ends the album by turning into the light, it’s not so much an invitation as it is an invocation to become something greater than ourselves.

With This Endless Solitude, Holissstik emerge as a boundless, unified force.

Although the very nature of Holissstik demands that we expect the unexpected, the collective’s future certainly seems to guarantee obsidian horizons and torrential deluges of artistic truth. In other words, the project promises to persistently and ritualistically pummel us with devastating yet necessary, epic masterworks. Skei and his collaborators truly present the most immersive experiences possible and, in Manes language, offer a safe place in the unsafe; dive in with your hands bound, and be submerged within the imprisoning brilliance. Skei continues to participate in a range of outstanding groups, and yet Holissstik stands as the most unpredictable and, counterintuitive as it might sound, accessible undertaking in the history of his illustrious career.

Lineup
Tor-Helge Skei

Guest musicians

Anna Murphy - Vocals on “Obsession Six”

Christophe Denhez - Guitars on “The Rhythm of Silence”, Guitars, vocals and lyrics on “Behind Me”

Eivind Fjøseide - Guitars on all songs except “Projections”

Gabriel Trentini - Vocals and lyrics on “Obsession Six”

Kristoffer Oustad - Synth on “The Rhythm of Silence”, “Projections”, “Reoccuring Dreams”, “This Endless Solitude”

Tor-Arne Helgesen - Drums on all songs except “Behind Me” and “This Endless Solitude”

Marita Hellem - Vocals on “The Rhythm of Silence” and “This Endless Solitude”

Martyna Halas - Vocals and lyrics on “The Rhythm of Silence”, “My Salvation”, “Would You Take This Heart” and “This Endless Solitude”

Nik Košar - Vocals and lyrics on “Projections” and “Reoccuring Dreams”

Pierre Ripka - Vocals and lyrics on “The Rhythm of Silence”

Paritta Monks - Chanting on “Would You Take This Heart”

Rune Folgerø - Vocals on "This Endless Solitude"
Rune Hoemsnes - Drums on "Behind Me"
Stig Waltoft - Synth and sounds on "Would You Take This Heart"
Tom Engelsøy - Vocals on "Obsession Six"
Torstein Parelius - Bass on "Behind Me" and "This Endless Solitude", lyrics on "This Endless Solitude"
Trond Johansen - Guitars on "Would You Take This Heart"

Production credits

Recorded, produced and mixed by Tor-Helge Skei

Mastered by Knut V. Prytz

Songwriting credits

All songwriting and arrangements by Tor-Helge Skei

Biography

Jillian Drachman

Cover art

Adrien Bousson

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Available formats

CD Digipack with alternative cover

12” Vinyl (Black)

12” Vinyl (Clear, green and purple marbled)

Follow Holissstik

Official website: https://www.holissstik.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2kUEjjZJGqkwgszR0HQ8IK?si=u6nO-aJkT2inWJlOaDT6Vg

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/holissstik/1895853949

Bandcamp: https://holissstik.bandcamp.com/

YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzTKclWOedWL9-sznSesabA

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holissstik

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holissstik/

Discord: https://discord.gg/rmfY8Jd8ww

Miscreance Perform Deadly Tech-Thrash Ritual on New Single “The Moaning Hill”

August 12, 2026

When they officially arrived on the scene in 2022, after crawling through Italy’s underground, Miscreance were likened to Death, Sadus, Voivod and other immortal beings who have shaped the alternate timeline that is the history of extreme metal. The band’s thrashing riffs and blistering tempo shifts recall death metal’s golden age, but their upcoming second album, Reminiscence, is far from just another blast from the past.

Today, Miscreance are releasing the third and final advanced single from Reminiscence. On “The Moaning Hill”, the band perform a deadly tech-thrash ritual that shreds through the folds of our reality.

“Through a collective hallucination, a voyage through time led us to discover a moment in human history that was lost”, the band says about the far-out path they took to Reminiscence. “‘The Moaning Hill’ is the site of a murky and feverish dream, where the intertwining of bodies merges with the ravaged sound of percussion. A horrible ritual of deformity and bloodshed await you under the moonlight!”

Listen to “The Moaning Hill” Below:

Reminiscence comes out August 28, 2026 on Season of Mist

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Can’t wait for Reminiscence? Hear the entire album before it comes out by RSVPing to Miscreance’s upcoming Bandcamp Listening Party.

Reminiscence Bandcamp Listening Party

August 18 @ 1:00 pm Eastern Time

RSVP

https://miscreance.bandcamp.com/live/reminiscence-listening-party

While recorded in Italy, Miscreance discovered the concept for Reminiscence by sifting through the sands of time. Along with splintering riffs and trippy tempo shifts, the band uncovered a hidden world where jungle-dwelling hunters and digeridoo coexist with strange tongues, telepathic surgeries and a burning celestial corpse. As imagined by Iranian artist Mona Shiraz, the album’s cover art is a modern interpretation of the kind of painting that was all the rage during the Stone Age. “What we’ve created is a ‘lost album’”, Rossignol says. “It comes from an unknown civilization that’s both futuristic and extremely primitive. Through psychic powers and capabilities that transcend earthly comprehension, these primordial extraterrestrials have achieved total neural unity. Yet innate wickedness still lures inside of them, harboring the need for preys, scalps and lust”. Climbing “The Moaning Hill” is not for the faint of heart, but the intricate twists along its perverse path lead to truly sacred pleasures.

“You’ve never known the face of death / But now it becomes yours”, Feltrin growls amidst the many peaks hidden within “Oracle’s Rift”. As the band tear through a torturous passage with ruthless precision, the last thing you see – or hear – is death metal’s future mutating right before our eyes.

With Reminiscence, Miscreance unlock a mind-altering experience of old-school technical death metal.

Lineup
Andrea Feltrin - Drums and Vocals
Jean-Claude Rossignol - Bass
Tommaso Cappelletti - Guitars
Andrea Granauro - Guitars

Guest musicians
Leo Di Angilla - Percussion, Digeridoo, Flute, Berimbau

Recording and Production Credits
Recording Studio - Bridge Produzioni Audio in Susegana, Italy
Mixing and Mastering Studio - Majestic Studio in Silea, Italy
Producer - Marino De Angeli
Mixing, Mastering and Sound Engineer - Marino De Angeli

Cover art
Mona Shiraz

Follow Miscreance
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/miscreance/1502815524
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2v4mzDLx1JSnxzq8CsYDzD
Bandcamp: https://miscreance.bandcamp.com/music
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC09Rq5Qo2p914wCf7PVFjqQ
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Miscreance/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miscreance_official/

Gåte Release New Single "Strandvaskar"

August 11, 2026

Gåte are one of the most distinct bands to come out of Norway. The band have topped the Norwegian charts, won a Norwegian Grammy and represented Norway in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. Now, they are expanding their groundbreaking mix of Nordic folk and modern rock on their upcoming new album Sigil.

Today, Gåte are releasing “Strandvaskar” as the second advanced single from Sigil. With Hardanger fiddle and mystical electronics, the song pulls from the Norwegian superstition that a body washed ashore must be given a proper burial, lest the sea return to reclaim what it’s lost.

Listen to “Strandvaskar” below.

Sigil comes out September 25 on Season of Mist.

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Sigil is Gåte’s most ambitious album yet. The album recounts ancient legend and folk narratives to ask what survives once illusion falls away.

"Strandvaskar" names the drowned rather than the finder. The song stages a quiet, unresolved dialogue between the two: a voice with no sound that speaks, eyes that flicker and slowly fill with blue as the sea reclaims its own. The narrator is pulled toward the dead and pulls back, not from horror but fear, letting go rather than being able to hold on.

Gåte Concerts 2026

October 23 - Trondheim, Norway @ Havet [TICKETS]

October 30 - Drammen, Norway @ Union [TICKETS]

October 31 - Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene [TICKETS]

November 5 - Haugesund, Norway @ Høvleriet [TICKETS]

November 6 - Stavanger, Norway @ Folken [TICKETS]

November 7 - Bergen, Norway @ Verftet [TICKETS]

November 12 - Skien, Norway @ Parkbiografen [TICKETS]

November 13 - Moss, Norway @ Verket Scene [TICKETS]

November 14 - Hamar, Norway @ Festiviteten [TICKETS]

November 21 - Istanbul, Turkey @ IF Performance [TICKETS]

Magnus Børmark — Guitars, Nyckelharpa, Sounds, FX, Programming, Percussion, Backing Vocals

Jon Even Schärer — Drums, Percussion, Programming, Mouth Harp, Backing Vocals

Arent Todal — Hardanger Fiddle, Nyckelharpa, Violin, Sounds, Backing Vocals

Mats Paulsen — Bass, Backing Vocals

Production Credits:
Recorded at MagnuStudio; Øra Studio.

Cover Art:
Martine Solstad Larsen (Sigil Artist); Martin Kvamme (Cover Art and Design).

Photography:
Ole Ekker

Nordjevel Sign to Season of Mist

August 6, 2026

The Norwegian black metal band are joining Season of Mist’s Underground Activists imprint. Along with the signing, the band are announcing a headline tour of Europe. This 12-date run begins in March 2027. It’s presented by Chäuer Studios Bärn and includes support from Svarttjern, Malphas and Unviâr.

Formed in 2015 by vocalist and lyricist Doedsadmiral, Nordjevel built its founding lineup on established Scandinavian talent, drawing early members from Marduk and Ragnarok. The band's sound shifted decisively in 2018 with the arrival of guitarist Destructhor (ex-Morbid Angel, Myrkskog, Zyklon), moving from the melodic, folk-inflected black metal of their 2016 self-titled debut toward the denser, death-informed attack that has defined Necrogenesis (2019) and Gnavhòl (2022). Doedsadmiral's lyrics, compiled years ahead of the music they eventually accompany, anchor the band's recurring themes of war, death, anti-Christianity, Norse mythology and esoteric darkness in the specificity of Norwegian landscape and history.

Nordjevel's live history includes Inferno, Wacken, Hellfest, Bloodstock, Maryland Deathfest and Brutal Assault. Earlier this year, the band completed a European tour alongside Aeternus.

New music from Nordjevel is coming soon.

Nordjevel Incantation Tour 2027

24 March -Warsaw, PL @ Voodoo Club
25 March - Krakow, PL @ Club Zascianek
26 March - Berlin, DE @ Musikbrauerei
27 March - TBA
28 March - Bochum, DE @ Matrix
29 March - Namur, BE @ Belvedere
30 March - London, UK @ Underworld
31 March - Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat
1 April - Hamburg, DE @ Bambi Galore
2 April - Lichtenfels, DE @ Ragnarök
3 April - Luzern, CH @ Südpol
4 April - Colmar, FR @ Le Grillen

After a break in 2024, Nordjevel resurfaced and recorded their soon-to-be unveiled fourth studio album. Once again, they toured Europe, this time with Aeternus.

Line-up
Doedsadmiral — Vocals
Destructhor — Guitars
Sagstad — Guitars
John — Drums
R. — Bass (Live)

Follow Nordjevel
Official Website: https://www.nordjevel.com/

Bandcamp: https://nordjevel.bandcamp.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nordjevel

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nordjevelofficial

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NORDJEVELOFFICIAL

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nordjevelofficial

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Pfim1uupYVYG87GDtdw8r

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/artist/nordjevel/1070770408

Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/9600420

Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/artist/7493886

Holissstik Realize Haunting Vision on "Reoccurring Dreams"

August 5, 2026

No matter how his genius takes shape, Tor-Helge Skei remains one of the most consistent and surprising artists in extreme music. As a founding member of the critically acclaimed Manes and Lethe, the Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and producer has pushed the boundaries of metal and electronic music. Now, he’s expanding his vision like never before with Holissstik, a new collective experiment that features fellow members of Manes and Lethe, underground legends and rising stars from the avant-garde.

Today, Holissstik are releasing the third and final advanced single from Chapter 1: This Endless Solitude. Though haunted by the current state of the world, “Reoccurring Dreams” possesses the collective spirit that makes Skei and his collaborators such a unified force.

“Collaboration is the heart and soul of Holissstik”, Skei says. “I’ve had the idea for ‘Reoccurring Dreams’ for quite some time. But, as is often the case, the song evolved, unplanned and uncontrolled, as Nik, Kristoffer, Eivind, Tor Arne and I worked on it together. While quite floaty, it twists off in unexpected directions. There’s even an Easter egg for fans of Manes and Diabolus, Mecum Semperterne! to find!”.

Listen to “Reoccurring Dreams” below:

Chapter 1: This Endless Solitude comes out August 14, 2026 on Season of Mist.

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As one could reasonably expect, This Endless Solitude began in 2024 with Tor-Helge Skei alone at his studio in Norway, revisiting unfinished songs from previous projects. The album’s latest single opens as if falling deep into a trance, blanketed beneath one long, dark cloud of synth. Over the following years, Skei salvaged bits and pieces of old recordings while building new components from scratch using his curious collection of recording software and homemade plug-ins. Jolted awake, “Reoccurring Dreams” tosses and turns between trip-hop, black metal, electronic and industrial.

Skei’s approach to production is still hands-on, but he’s invited outside influences to take control over Holissstik. “After I finished the initial sketches for the songs on This Endless Solitude, I wanted to hear where other people would take with them without being given any rules, limitations or restrictions”, he says. On “Reoccurring Dreams”, familiar faces appear in current and former Manes members Eivind Fjøseide and Tor-Arne Helgesen. But the single also introduces two new collaborators. With just the lift of a finger, Norwegian experimental musician Kristoffer Oustad conjures a melody that will ring in your head for days on end. And though it may be hard to believe, the distorted voice speaking as if from another world is none other than Kamra vocalist Nik Košar.

“I see trees, but they look like men, standing”, recalls Košar, twisting a verse from the Bible on its head. “I do not see myself, but I look, searching”. It’s not an admission of defeat, but a call to become something greater than ourselves.

“From the start, Holissstik felt like a serene light tap from somewhere beyond”, Košar says. “While I typically come from black metal, I love experimenting with different vocal styles. "‘Reoccurring Dreams’ strayed from the usual. The focus moved away from the vocals and their color into the rhythm, the words and the flow. The lyrics are inspired by a quote from the Bible, which I inverted. They don’t carry any religious meaning but reflect the current state of a blind society that struggles within the self-inflicted solitude born out of our removal from nature”.

“The whole creative process and its conclusion felt seamless and genius”, Košar continues. “Working with Holissstik felt like a puzzle where all the pieces are already laid before you and you know exactly where you fit. It was a surreal experience that I am thankful to be a part of”.

“Holissstik is like an audio ecosystem, where the collective is the creative force, the gardener and the nutrient”, Oustad says. “This is where you are the flower and the bee at the same time, both knowing and unaware of your impact and importance in the holistic process. I am proud and deeply honored to have been asked to be a part of it”.

“With Hollissstik, we’ve built something that transcends traditional metal by focusing on the ‘holos’ - the beauty of the complete, interconnected whole”, says Helgesen, who contributes drums to “Reoccurring Dreams”.

Fjøseide, who contributes guitar to the song, agrees. “Skei and I have worked together on music for more than 30 years. Together, we have a special chemical musical reaction that makes things very exciting”.

Lineup
Tor-Helge Skei

Guest musicians

Anna Murphy - Vocals on “Obsession Six”

Christophe Denhez - Guitars on “The Rhythm of Silence”, Guitars, vocals and lyrics on “Behind Me”

Eivind Fjøseide - Guitars on all songs except “Projections”

Gabriel Trentini - Vocals and lyrics on “Obsession Six”

Kristoffer Oustad - Synth on “The Rhythm of Silence”, “Projections”, “Reoccuring Dreams”, “This Endless Solitude”

Tor-Arne Helgesen - Drums on all songs except “Behind Me” and “This Endless Solitude”

Marita Hellem - Vocals on “The Rhythm of Silence” and “This Endless Solitude”

Martyna Halas - Vocals and lyrics on “The Rhythm of Silence”, “My Salvation”, “Would You Take This Heart” and “This Endless Solitude”

Nik Košar - Vocals and lyrics on “Projections” and “Reoccuring Dreams”

Pierre Ripka - Vocals and lyrics on “The Rhythm of Silence”

Paritta Monks - Chanting on “Would You Take This Heart”

Production credits

Recorded, produced and mixed by Tor-Helge Skei

Mastered by Knut V. Prytz

Songwriting credits

All songwriting and arrangements by Tor-Helge Skei

Biography

Jillian Drachman

Cover art

Adrien Bousson

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