Sometime around 2019, things were stirring in the Romanian post-black metal sphere. Everything that was moving at the time would come to bear the name Mauna Sol. The effort largely belongs to Marius Licu, also known from The Thirteenth Sun, to whom other passionate artists were added: George Costan,...

A civilisation does not rise without leaving bones beneath its foundations. Somewhere between ambition and ruin, between the first cities and the first sins, the members of WarHymn have found the ground upon which their next chapter stands. The Romanian atmospheric black metal band announced their forthcoming full-length album,...

What is there to do when you realise that “Spiritual Healing” turns 35 and “Symbolic” turns 30, and that tracks from both are set to reach your ears live? You start counting down the days until the announced concert date. For Romania, that point was 11 June 2026. So,...

There are those Tuesdays when everything follows its familiar course. You wake up, go to work, return home, and spend the evening with a video game or a movie. Then there are the unusual Tuesdays that pull you away from routine and send you exactly where you ought to...

In Greek, “váthos” means “profundity”. Here, in Romania, the word also means Váthos, a post-black metal band, a group of young people who, sometime in 2017, decided to shape their compositions around themes of inner conflict, vulnerability, alienation, and the healing process. Yesterday, on 7 June 2026, these musicians...

The void has a voice, and it speaks once more from the western shores of Norway. On 5 June 2026, the melodic black metal group Sworn released “Null Crowned the Infinite”, the title track and first single from their forthcoming fifth full-length album, scheduled for release on 4 September...

The past is never forgotten. It has a habit of returning when least expected, clothed in old wounds and familiar shadows. Soulseller Records officially reissued “Live in Bischofswerda”, the complete recording of the 21 June 1997 return concert of Mayhem, available for the first time in its entirety across...

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words “The Calling”? For some, it may be the distant echo of a forgotten road, a voice from a place abandoned long ago, where only dust and memory still keep watch. For others, it may be...

A wind rises from the northern wastes once more. Today, 3 June 2026, Mortiis presents “Tundra, Heart of Hell”, the final advance single taken from the forthcoming full-length “Ghosts of Europa”, scheduled for release on 26 June 2026 via Prophecy Productions. The Norwegian artist, who has never adhered to...