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DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT masterfully achieves the feat of making their Black Metal both ethereal and incredibly intense. With a strong focus on atmosphere, they blend ultra-fast riffs and supersonic blasts with mesmerizing melodies. This German trio once again demonstrates that the Teutonic scene is one of the most exciting today. Think of KRALLICE with more brutality and LITURGY with less psychedelia; DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT modernizes Black Metal without compromising its essence. A MUST LISTEN!"

DJEVELSORT is a new Norwegian black metal act from Hamar, combining atmospheric intensity with dark symphonic and progressive elements, born primarily as a solo project led by songwriter Tom Hagen. After more than two decades as a drummer, he stepped away from the drum kit in 2019 to pursue a more personal musical vision on guitar, drawing inspiration from the legacy of 1990s Scandinavian black metal. The debut album “Peril Of Freedom” consists of seven tracks composed and recorded between 2024 and 2025.
The album merges atmospheric riffs, orchestral arrangements, and strong melodic lines to create a sound that is both immersive and expansive; a central element of the album’s sonic identity is the fretless bass performed by Rich Gray (Annihilator), adding a fluid and progressive dimension that stands out within the genre. Inspired by artists such as Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, and early Ulver, “Peril Of Freedom” balances grand, epic soundscapes with a more introspective and atmospheric intensity. With its focus on atmosphere, melody, and Nordic aesthetics, the album introduces. Djevelsort as a new voice within modern Norwegian black metal!

The album comes with a 16 page booklet and full artwork design. Limited to 500 copies on CD.

Draugr, a frequently new band hailing from the Carinthia area in Austria delivers forth their second full length album “Ahnenfeuer - Ginnungagap Chaos Pt. I”.

On this record Draugr shows a more mature side as their musicianship has drastically evolved compared to their debut album “Unter Yggdrasils Schatten”, which was released 2 years ago. The production of the album is clear, yet heavy and the overall sound is super professional which is exactly what this type of music needs.

The music itself can be compared to second wave black metal, old school riffing, furious blasting, pumping basslines and harsh shrieking vocals although the album. The guitars deliver some nice melodic parts, to beautiful tremolo picking and back to super-fast classic chord riffing, where the drums come in as a natural support to the guitars if not being the leading instrument that takes this album to a higher level with all the extra elements that are hearable in the background. The bass guitars riffs its way through the album with fury and absolute aggressiveness which gives the album that heavy low sound to bang your heads too. And the vocals as said above are harsh, shrieking and above all well mixed into the music which makes the album very pleasant to listen too.

Draugr definitely managed to deliver a fantastic beast of a second album that all fans of Classic Black Metal to Pagan Black Metal will be able to enjoy from start til end. Pure Black Metal Madness is what you can expect on this record! Hail Loki. 

Atmospheric Black Metal from Canada.

Atmospheric Black Metal from Canada

4 panel digipak CD w/ matte printing lac + glossy UV spot

The re-release of CORPUS CHRISTII's The Fire God is truly an exciting event for fans of underground Black Metal. Originally released in 2001 by Hiberica and later reissued by Sadolust in 2006, the album has always been considered a vital part of the Portuguese Black Metal history. This edition marks the return of an essential piece of the genre that has been long sold out and in high demand.

The new edition features a re-arranged layout, includes the original tracklist, ensuring that the listener experiences the raw energy and atmosphere of the record as it was intended. Worth the mention, of Mayhem's iconic cover of "Buried by Time and Dust," which features a guest appearance by Necrobutcher on bass, making this release even more noteworthy for fans of both CORPUS CHRISTII and Mayhem alike.

The album comes with a 24 page booklet and full artwork design. Limited to 500 copies on CD.

Dystopia returns with their 5th studio album entitled: «De Verboden Diepte II: De Weg van de Meeste Weerstand», which is the direct successor for their previous album “De Verboden Diepte I” which was released 2 years ago.

Once again the band explores their sound with much diversity and dwells even deeper into the atmospheric black metal sound combined with post metal riffs, experimenting wider with their orchestra and trumpets yet holding close to the original essence of old school black metal.

“De Verboden Diepte II” delivers only 2 songs, yet what a journey these 2 lengthy tracks present. The album goes from full fury with blast beats and shrieking vocals to calm dreamy post moments before it takes you into a medieval landscape of sounds. The guitars deliver a lot of variety from chord riffing to melodic parts to even a few outstanding solos and in combination with the beautiful trumpets, it creates the right atmosphere which the bass notes underlay perfectly. The drums are tight, offering a wide range of different tempos and structures which pushes the album to higher level. Last, but certainly above all not least! The vocals are tremendous!!! From screaming to clean shrieks, to mournful singing, an absolute pleasure to the ears while listening your way through this record.

It’s not often that a band can surpass a record that was already as perfect as it stands, but this doesn’t count for Dystopia! De Verboden Diepte II is of definitely of equal value as its predecessor if not even stronger! Once again these Dutchies delivered a solid, NO, a masterpiece of an album that every fan of Old School Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal and even Post or Pagan Black Metal can enjoy to the fullest from start til end! 

The album comes with a 28 page booklet + Poster and full artwork design. Limited to 500 copies on CD.

Azaghal, the black metal pioneers hailing from Finland are back with their 13th studio album “Nekrohelios”.

Another sinister record by these old timers showing the new kids on the scene how to produce a quality record in the traditional old school way of True Finnish Black Metal!
Compared to their 2 previous albums “Alttarimme on Luista Tehty” & “Valo Pohjoisesta”, you can clearly hear on Nekrohelios that Azaghal went back to their original sound and roots from their early albums such as their long time classic Mustamaa.

The album starts with a haunting keyboard piece that lures your right back into that early 90’s vibes followed by the first opening song in full fury and blast beats! Azaghal is known for their well written guitar melodies and structures, obscure sound and straight forward pounding battery combined with harsh vocals that shriek throughout the album.

However, there is also enough variety going on, mid tempo’s, break parts, choruses and a lot of keyboard pieces which create that sinister feeling (think of early emperor without sounding symphonic). Thirteen also delivers a lot of variety with his vocals, from harsh to low sounding screams, but also adding clean vocals and almost choir voices.

All in all, Azaghal once again delivered an album that is outstanding in the ways of True Black Metal and with this the veterans show that they’re still far from done! True Finnish Black Metal that every fan of real underground black metal will enjoy from start till finish.

Formed in Kraków in 2019, Cursebinder set out to dissolve the lines between extreme metal and just about anything else. The self-produced demo EP (2020) announced the intention; the debut full-length Drifting (Avantgarde Music, April 2023) delivered on it, with forty minutes of haunting atmosphere, nuanced guitar work and shifting rhythms that earned the band a reputation for music impossible to pin down and difficult to forget.

Three years later, Psychohazard is a force with no shape and no mercy. The second full-length by Cursebinder hits harder and cuts deeper than anything they’ve done yet. Their latest release sees the band push for a more introspective, organic and life-affirming direction, circling the existential clash between the urban rat race and the human desire for love and connection.

At its center is raw human experience with all its contradictions; its veins overflow with a burning desire to look ever closer at the intangible forces that drive our lives. The band smashes their way through eight tracks of demolishing riffs dissolving into hazy atmospheres, jazz-inflected drift surfacing from the dark and layered rhythms drenched in pure psychedelic rage, baring their souls to those willing to listen. 

Their commitment to the ideas, unrelenting emotional power and the intensity of their live shows spill all over this record. So does everything else.  Unpredictable, elemental and intimate, Psychohazard is an invitation to ask the questions we’ve been avoiding.