Today Finnish melancholy death-doom metal masters SWALLOW THE SUN are releasing a standalone 14-minutes epic single track called “Lumina Aurea”. According to Juha Raivio “Lumina Aurea” (featuring Wardruna’s Einar Selvik and The Foreshadowing’s Marco I. Benevento) marks the band’s darkest and most sinister piece of music the band has ever released. “‘Lumina Aurea’ is a […]

YOB, who have enjoyed a remarkable 2018, will return to the road next Spring, bringing Voivod and Amenra along for the month-long trek across North America. The news arrives as Our Raw Heart continues to surface on a wide range of best of 2018 lists, nabbing the #1 spot in Decibel Magazine’s extensive year-end issue, […]

Relapse Records is proud to offer our annual FREE label sampler highlighting another year of incredible music from our eclectic roster, featuring the best dark and heavy music from around the globe. With genres ranging from death metal, black metal, doom, sludge, and grindcore to hard rock, electronic, synth, industrial, darkwave, experimental, and more, the […]

Photo Credit: Reid Haithcock Extreme metal quartet FULL OF HELL have finished recording their 4th full-length album with Kurt Ballou at God City (Converge, Nails, High on Fire). The album is expected to be released in Mid-2019. Stay tuned for more updates and music in the near future. FULL OF HELL will perform with INTEGRITY […]

Right before hitting the road again Southern California’s very own melodic hardcore-punk legends, IGNITE, are releasing a brand new video for “Nothing Can Stop Me”, taken from the 2016th released album “A War Against You”, which charted at #12 in Germany. Furthermore the band is working on new music and will enter the studio again […]

Norway’s avant-garde Metallers BORKNAGAR are finally back in the studio in order to record their 11th album, following up 2016’s acclaimed “Winter Thrice” release. The new album will be once again mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studio (Opeth, Kreator, Amon Amarth, etc.) in March 2019 and is expected for a worldwide […]

WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM and Century Media Records join forces   Century Media Records are proud to announce a partnership with WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM and their own label Artemisia Records to release their upcoming albums in the world outside of North America. The band from Olympia, Washington just finished an US tour with […]

BACKYARD BABIES announce new album “Sliver & Gold” / cover & track list revealed!  Legendary Swedish rockers Backyard Babies are back! More than three years after their last studio album “Four By Four”, Nicke, Dregen, Johan and Peder are about to celebrate their upcoming 30th anniversary in style with a brand new record entitled “Sliver […]

Dutch blackened Death Doom Metallers SOULBURN have announced a change of member in their ranks, as longtime drummer Bob Bagchus (ex Asphyx) decided to leave the group. Here is a statement by SOULBURN: ”Bob Bagchus decided to call it quits and parted ways with SOULBURN. It came a bit as a surprise, but we totally […]