August 2020 – METAL PURGATORY MEDIA

ILDARUNI Join Black Lion Records Roster

August 31, 2020 0

Pagan black metallers Ildaruni from Armenia are pleased to reveal that they have signed a deal with Black Lion Records. The band was formed in 2016, emerging as a raging force from the depths of the Armenian underground metal scene. Solidifying a permanent line-up, the band was fully focused on more live performances and started recording the first demo, Towards Subterranean Realms, which came to light on July, 2018. What’s next? Debut studio album. More to follow. Comment from the […]

NOCTE OBDUCTA Announce New Album In October, Unveil Details & Teaser

August 31, 2020 0

Nocte Obducta, black metal horde from Germany, share details and teaser of their upcoming studio album, titled Irrlicht. Due out October 23rd, 2020, via Supreme Chaos Records, it will feature 7 tracks. Track listing: 01. Zurück Im Bizarren Theater 02. Von Stürzen In Mondmeere 03. Rot Und Grau 04. Der Greis Und Die Reiterin 05. Der Alte Traum 06. Bei Den Ruinen 07. Noch

MOURNFUL CONGREGATION Begin Work On New Music

August 30, 2020 0

Australian funeral doom metal formation Mournful Congregation have shared a photo with Tim Call’s drum kit, indicating that the work on new material/music is underway. Their last full length opus, The Incubus Of Karma, was released two years ago. Stay tuned for additional info.

MACABRE OMEN Stream New Music Video

August 30, 2020 0

Greek black metal operatives Macabre Omen premiere an official video clip for “Anamneses From The Past (Sirens Calling)” track. The latter appears on the group’s latest music output – a compilation of tracks, gathered over a period of 25 years since the band’s formation. “Anamneses From The Past (Sirens Calling)” is an exclusive new piece on this effort. Macabre Omen commented: “Anamneses is a mini album filled with memories and recollections that were gathered over a period of 25 years […]

INSIDIOUS DISEASE New Album Due Out In October

August 29, 2020 0

Norwegian death metal horde Insidious Disease, featuring current/former members from Dimmu Borgir, Morgoth, Nile, Susperia and Napalm Death, have announced their first album in a decade, named After Death. It will be released on October 30th via Nuclear Blast and will feature 10 new tracks. A lyric video for another new track “Betrayer” is streaming below. Commenting on the new track, vocalist Marc Grewe says: “Betrayer” kicks in straight away and has a quite remarkable hookline and a riffing that […]

SEVENDUST Debut New Single

August 29, 2020 0

Blood & Stone is the newest music output from Americans Sevendust, which will see the light on October 23rd through Rise Records. Additional details have been revealed as well as the first single “Blood From A Stone” with accompanying lyric video (directed by Wayne Joyner). Tracks on the album: 01. Dying To Live 02. Love 03. Blood From a Stone 04. Feel Like Going On 05. What You’ve Become 06. Kill Me 07. Nothing Left To See Here Anymore 08. […]

ENSLAVED Premiere New Single & Video

August 28, 2020 0

Today Enslaved released their third single – “Urjotun” – from their upcoming studio album Utgard, due out 2nd October via Nuclear Blast. The single, one of their most experimental yet, is accompanied by a psychedelic video detailing dark visions and a journey to the outer reaches of the subconscious. The latter was produced and directed by David Hall. Vocalist Grutle Kjellson commented: “The lyrical idea for “Urjotun” had been spinning around in the chaos in the back of my head […]

MASTODON Release New Single

August 28, 2020 0

Mastodon have released a new single, called “Rufus Lives”, which is part of the ‘Bill & Ted Face The Music‘ movie soundtrack. The song was mixed by Alex Newport, while Billy Joe Bowers handled the mastering.

HELION PRIME Stream New Lyric Video

August 27, 2020 0

Helion Prime premiere the second new single “Madame Mercury”, taken from the upcoming studio album Question Everything, due out October 5th, 2020 via AFM Records. Statement from the band: “The single “Madame Mercury” is based on NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson. Johnson studied how to use geometry for space travel. She figured out the paths for the spacecraft to orbit (go around) Earth and to land on the Moon. NASA used Johnson’s math, and it worked! NASA sent astronauts into orbit […]

SEPULCHRAL CURSE – Only Ashes Remain

August 26, 2020 0

I love Finnish death metal, anything from Krypts, Desolate Shrine, Kalmah, Insomnium, and Mors Principium Est to what it appears to be now a Finnish extreme metal band to be looking for is Sepulchral Curse and their debut full-length from Transcending Obscurity Records titled Only Ashes Remain. Take a hybrid of both death metal and black metal reminiscing of Sulphur Aeon, Nunslaughter, and Dismember but in a occultist, mysticism and death oriented style of death and black metal. For a […]