ARTICLES – METAL PURGATORY MEDIA

INTERVIEW with COLDWORLD

August 30, 2022 0

MPM: First off, how are you doing today? Secondly, those unaware of who you are could you introduce yourself and your contributions to Coldworld? CW: Hi, I’m ok these days. The world is burning but I am safe so far – could be worse. To explain ColdWorld to people who don’t know it is challenging… It’s my brainchild. Putting emotions into music since 2005. Black Metal with the focus on atmosphere and soundscapes. Darkness with a glimpse of light here […]

INTERVIEW with MISGIVINGS

August 11, 2022 0

Today we got to speak with France’s death metal band Misgivings! MPM: First off, thank you for doing this interview. Secondly, those not familiar with you and your contributions, could you introduce yourselves to what you do in the band? M: Hellz Metal Purgatory. I am Stéfan aka Infamist the original guitarist and creator of this vile entity Misgivings. MPM: The band released the self titled album Misgivings and I thoroughly enjoyed the record more and more. Could you go […]

GOD DETHRONED Reveal Latin American Tour Dates

July 13, 2022 0

Later this year, in December, Dutch death metal veterans God Dethroned and Sinister will embark on eight-date tour over Latin America. All confirmed dates and cities are listed below. Confirmed tour dates: 10.12.2022 – COL, Bogotá 11.12.2022 – COL, Medellín 13.12.2022 – MEX, Morelos 14.12.2022 – MEX, Querétaro 15.12.2022 – MEX, México City 16.12.2022 – CHI, Coquimbo 17.12.2022 – CHI, Santiago 18.12.2022 – CHI, Temuco

MIRZADEH Announce New Keyboardist

July 13, 2022 0

Finnish melodic black metal formation Mirzadeh are very pleased to introduce Descrato as their new permanent keyboard player in the ranks. Comments the band: “It’s time to introduce our new member. From now on a person behind Mirzadeh’s keyboards is Descrato who has been playing also in bands called Star Insight and Arina.”

INTERVIEW with INANIMATE EXISTENCE

July 13, 2022 0

Today we got to speak with Cameron Porras, the lead vocalist and guitarist from California’s technical/progressive death metal band Inanimate Existence! MPM: Hello Cameron, my pleasure in doing this interview and it’s such a honor to be speaking with you today. Those don’t know who you are and your contributions, could you introduce yourself to what you do for the band? IE: I play guitar and do vocals for the band as well as being a founding member. MPM: Inanimate […]

GRIMA Set To Release New Album Later This Month

July 2, 2022 0

On July 29th, Grima will put out their fifth full length titled Frostbitten. A 7-piece atmospheric black metal effort was engineered by Arsen Artemiev-Gorchitsa, mixed by Vladimir Lehtinen and mastered by Vladimir Lehtinen. The album’s first streaming song can be found below.

STRATOVARIUS Unleash New Single

July 2, 2022 0

One month after sharing new album details and first single, experienced power metallers Stratovarius now offer in listening the second single called “World On Fire”. Check it out.

INTERVIEW with AERIAL RUIN

June 30, 2022 0

We got to speak with Erik Moggridge from Pacific Northwest based project Aerial Ruin! MPM: Hello Erik, it is my honor and pleasure to be speaking with you today. Those unaware of who you are could you introduce yourself and your contributions to Aerial Ruin? AR: Thanks so much for the support and interest, my name is Erik Moggridge and Aerial Ruin is my mostly acoustic solo project that orients heavily around my melodic vocals. I do include a little […]

MIDNIGHT ODYSSEY Announce Seventh Studio Album Details

June 13, 2022 0

Waiting for the last chapter of the ambitious “Biolume” trilogy, Australia’s Midnight Odyssey also bring to fruition their space ambient trilogy, started in 2020 and inspired by the sci-fi narrative of the 70s. Entirely instrumental and imbued with wonderful cosmic melodies, a Midnight Odyssey’s trademark also in their most famous atmospheric metal incarnation, Echoes Of A Celestial Ruin collects the two monumental albums (Ruins Of A Celestial Fire and Ashes From A Terrestrial Fall) already available through Bandcamp, and the […]

THE WAKEDEAD GATHERING Announce New Album

June 13, 2022 0

Parallaxiom is the official title of the newly announced fourth studio album from the Ohio-based one-man death metal project, The Wakedead Gathering. Due out July 15th via I, Voidhanger Records, it was mixed and mastered by the band’s mastermind Andrew Lampe. Check out the album’s track, “Recessive Society”, serving as a first taste of what to expect. With Parallaxiom, The Wakedead Gathering tell a dark sci-fi story, set in a gray and dystopian future in which genetic tests allow an […]