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  • TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY FEST -first edition

    We’re absolutely thrilled to be able to put together a fest just for the Transcending Obscurity Records label bands and that too outside of our country of origin/operation which is far away in India. To do something of this sort for our bands is like a dream come true and we’ve done our best to…

  • JACKSON COLT – new single out

    New Single ‘Strangers’ From South African Rock Powerhouse Jackson Colt Jackson Colt is the essence of 80’s Rock reimagined. Catchy chorus hooks, melodic riffs and shredding solos echo through from the Golden Era of the Guitar. Raised on “Old School Rock”, Jackson combines a retro-retake with a modern fresh sound that booms through the ages for…

  • OCEANS ON ORION – debut album out

    ‘Start from Nothing’ is the debut album of Israeli modern rockers, Oceans on Orion. Standing at the melting point of multiple genres, audiences, and generations, Oceans on Orion unique blend of 80s golden era guitar-vocals, modern riffing, and powerful stage performance, packs a punch and a promise for old school metallers, emo kids new and…

  • PICTURE ANN RELEASES THE DEDICATION EP

    Inspired by the Gothic setting and ominous tone of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by author Robert L. Stevenson, the predictably unpredictable musical entity known as Picture Ann has unearthed a brand-new slice of melancholy and darkness titled Dedication that weaves traits and elements of post-rock, drone ambient, and lo-fi black…

  • OLE DEVIL & THE SPIRIT CHASERS – double single out

    Ole Devil & The Spirit Chasers are back with a new double single – with a cover of the classic “I Wanna Be Your Dog”, and a live rendition of “My Love”. Here’s what the band has to say about it: In October 2021 we had a rehearsal in a recording studio and made the…

  • BLACK METAL BUS SIGHTSEEING at Inferno Metal Festival 2023

    Are you ready to take a journey through one of the darkest periods in music history?Join us on our Black Metal Bus Sightseeing field trip through Oslo, as we travel back in time to the early days of Norwegian black metal, a genre known for its harsh sound and controversial history. Led by Anders Odden,…

  • SLEGEST ERSTATTER VREDEHAMMER PÅ INFERNO 2023

    Vredehammer kan dessverre ikke opptre på årets Inferno-festival på grunn av skade. På den positive siden har det norske doom metal-bandet Slegest sagt ja til å stille opp på kort varsel. Bandet ga nylig ut sitt fjerde album kalt ”Avstand” som mottok strålende kritikker hos både fans og presse. Vi gleder oss over å ha…

  • KATAKLYSM and SOILWORK are continuing with the 2nd of their European tour

    KATAKLYSM & SOILWORK are coming back for the second leg of their European tour. Support HORIZON IGNITE TICKETS Swedish metal legends SOILWORK and Canadian death metal masters KATAKLYSM are continuing with the second leg of their co-headline run across Europe in March 2023 and are now joined by finnish Melodic Death Metal sextet HORIZON IGNITED. Due to personal reasons WILDERUN were forced to…

  • VULTURE INDUSTRIES – info and new album and new single out

    Embracing a sound that was once described by a fan as “This is how Nick Cave would sound like if he made metal”, VULTURE INDUSTRIES has long since established itself as something singular, yet oddly familiar and strangely recognizable. And, with the release of “Ghosts from the Past”, the band’s fifth full length album imminent,…

  • THE OCEAN – new single out

    The Ocean Reveal Immersive New Single, “Sea of Reeds” The song— which takes a bow to bands like Radiohead and Mogwai— appears on their album Holocene, incoming May 19th. For more than two decades, Berlin’s The Ocean have been churning out stellar releases between progressive / post metal and heavy rock. Their upcoming tenth studio album Holocene sees the band…

  • VULTURE INDUSTRIES – info about upcoming album

    Dark Essence Records have announced that VULTURE INDUSTRIES will be making a very welcome return back to the label’s roster, and that preparations are under way for the release of the band’s fifth full-length album. Rising from out of the ashes of the Goth band DEAD ROSE GARDEN in 2003, VULTURE INDUSTRIES established a lineup…

  • ARV – new EP out

    Photo-credit: Marius MADA Dale ARV: ‘Varmint’ EP From Norwegian Arctic Post-Metal/Death Outfit OUT NOW Through VINTER RECORDS. “Norwegian post-metal crew Arv have put together three songs that blast forward without hesitation, packing sharp and deeply nuanced post-metal into tight song structures that don’t even consider pausing. The band often dips into hardcore for cues on…

  • MESHUGGAH – Tours Sweden and Norway

    MESHUGGAH announced March/April 2023 Tour of Sweden and Norway! Tickets are now on sale HERE! Adventurous, progressive, brutal, and tirelessly creative – Meshuggah’s position as the most inventive and creative metal band ever to do it remains undisputed. And 30 years into their illustrious career, the iconic Swedish band shows no signs of decay. 2022 brought…

  • LEDFOOD & RONNI LE TEKRØ – slipper nytt album

    Ledfoot & Ronni Le Tekrø slipper sitt andre album sammen, “Limited Edition Lava Lamp” – ute 24.03.2023 Albumet ‘Limited Edition Lava Lamp’ er oppfølgeren til kritikerroste ‘A Death Divine’ fra 2021. Denne gangen har duoen fått forsterkninger og det kommende albumet er på mange måter langt mer kommersielt tilgjengelig enn forgjengeren.   Albumet er produsert…

  • PÂENIL ERA – new album out

    Timisoara – Romania based black metal act Pâenil Era is releasing a new album entitled ‘Deviere’, which is a Romanian word for ‘Diversion’, and contains 4 songs: 1 The Tower (9:43) 2 The Hearth (8:29) 3 The Wall (9:09) 4 The Tides (11:39) Album debuts on the Black Metal Promotion Youtube chanel https://www.youtube.com/@bmpromotion/videos Album also…

  • TRUTH DECAYED – new single out

    New Single ‘Death By Design’ From South African Thrash Metal Titans Truth Decayed South African Thrashers Truth Decayed are gearing up for the release their anticipated second chapter of ‘Faded Visions’ and today unleash the first single from ‘Faded Visions II’ called ‘Death By Design’ (produced by Kris Xenopoulos from Vulvodynia). After the stout impetus…

  • TRUEANDTRUE – debut single

    Photo by Henriette Sakrisvold Indie/post hardcore band trueandtrue, is releasing their single “Draw a Line” today. The single can be heard here https://on.soundcloud.com/ZqdM2   trueandtrue is an indie/post-hardcore group based in Oslo. With their debut single, “Draw a Line,” the listener is taken into a landscape of driving guitars, energetic drums, and emotional vocals. The…

  • HEX A.D. – release new song

    Photo: Arash Taheri Hex A.D. returns with their most epic project to date! The upcoming double LP «DELIGHTFUL SHARP EDGES» due out in May is a concept album that deals with genocide. The record is a three-part narrative that takes the listener on a musical and lyrical journey into the horrors and tragedies of organized…

  • THE MATERIA – new single out

    Photo: Slawomir Kluciejasz Polish prog band Materia releases new single today and is set to be touring Europe afterwards The single, mixed by Forrester Savell (Animals As Leaders, Karnivoll, Twelve Foot Ninja, Make Them Suffer…) can be watched below and is released via by Blood Blast Distribution (powered by Believe Distribution & Nuclear Blast). The…

  • THE TAZERS – new single and video out

    Photographer – Nathan Smith Psychedelic Rockers The Tazers reveal the video for new single In My Mind The Tazers has its roots stuck in the 70’s while incorporating modern sounds and structures. This trio pack a high-energy performance that captivates their audience with fuzz tones, vocal harmonies and powerful drum rolls. In My Mind is…

  • ASMODEAN – single slipp

    Foto: Stine Knutsen Singelslipp av Asmodean! Etter flere års arbeid med sitt debutalbum er Asmodean nå klare for å endelig dele en smakebit fra debut albumet “By a Thread” som slippes senere i år via Rob Mules Records. Singelen “Below the Line”, er en rockelåt proppfull av trøkk og energi. Allerede imorn, 17. mars, har…

  • ULVER – official 5-tape box Trolsk Sortmetall

    Darkness Shall Rise Productions presents: Ulver (NOR) – Trolsk Sortmetall 1993–1997  Official 5-tape box with the complete works from 1993–1997 from this seminal Norwegian wolf pack. Housed in a heavy luxurious canvas case-wrapped box with hot foil stamp printing. This box set is strictly limited to 1000 hand-numbered copies worldwide. Tape 1: Vargnatt (with live…

  • FORMOSA – new video out

    German Hard Rock/Metal/Glam Outfit FORMOSA release ‘Horns Up’ Video   Fourth Full-Length ‘Bittersweet’ to Drop April 21st via the Band’s Own Label METALMOSA.   The Band is currently on Tour supporting KISSING DYNAMITE and DYNAZTY. Tourdates below.     Comments the band: “For the video we went to the most epic and rad tattoo studio…

  • THE OCEAN – Announce New Album; Release New Video

    The Ocean Announce New Album Holocene, Premiere Stirring Video for “Parabiosis” The long-standing collective’s tenth album will be out on May 19th.Pre-orders are available now. Berlin-based atmospheric post metal juggernaut The Ocean (Collective) returns with the follow-up to their critically acclaimed Phanerozoic double album: Holocene.  This new album sees The Ocean add a closing chapter to their paleontology-inspired album series, presenting a gear shift…

  • BLACK MOON LILITH – debut single out

    Though metal band Black Moon Lilith members range in age from 15 to 19, their skills, creativity and passion are ageless. From Ventura County, in the 805 of Southern California, Thomas Hemmens (guitar), Nathan Hokom (bass), Jason Maser (drums) and Emrys Mellinger (vocals/guitar) produce high-level, distinctive, complex, jazz-flourished metal characterized by prominent and multifarious bass,…

  • TYGERS OF PAN TANG – new single and video out

    Time for a new single from “Bloodlines”, the upcoming album from NWOBHM legends TYGERS OF PAN TANG. And guitarist Francesco Marras looked to the band’s history when he wrote ”Fire On The Horizon”. “I was inspired by an old Tygers song – ‘Running Out Of Time’ from the album ‘Crazy Nights’”, Francesco enthuses. “I wanted to…

  • LUMSK – new album after 16 years of silence

    The progressive Norwegian folk metal band Lumsk has been working in silence for many years now, and finally here’s a new album coming out on the 5th of May via Dark Essence Records. And it’s a quite special double album as well. “Fremmede Toner” takes its name from a collection of poems by Norwegian author…

  • ESBEN AND THE WITCH – new single out

    Photo Credit: Sophie Fox Esben & The Witch have announced the release of their new album Hold Sacred to be released 12th May 2023 on Nostromo Records. Tourdates for Europe posted!Esben & The Witch released the second single, “True Mirror” from their stunning new album, Hold Sacred out 12th May 2023 on Nostromo Records. Pre-order…

  • ORSAK:OSLO: new video and single available

    Swedish/Norwegian post-krautrock and psych collective ORSAK:OSLO announce the release of their sophomore album “In Irons” this March 27th on Vinter Records, and release a compelling video for their brand new single “068 The Swell”.  “If you’ve heard the band before, the grace that lured you in in the first place is well accounted for here, as Orsak:Oslo…

  • EL CACO – ny single og video. Album ute idag

    Foto: Jørn Veberg El Caco er ute med sin tredje singel “Inventor ” fra deres kommende album “Uncelebration” i dag . Hør låten her og se videoen Inventor er heftig og massiv rock, med en melankolsk undertone som gjør den til det perfekte soundtrack til de kalde og uforutsigbare, men likefult forlokkende kveldene som preger…