Romania’s depressive black metal scene gained a new voice of shadow with Kult of Dead back in 2024. A year later, the band returned with “Orthodoxia”, a full-length that drifts through bleak atmospheres, somber riffs, and a pervasive sense of desolation. Released on 31 October 2025 via Ark49 Records,...

The masked ones have fulfilled their promise. GAEREA are coming to Quantic, Bucharest, Romania, on 31 January 2026, to finally bring the performance that eluded QFest. What was once postponed now becomes certain. They won’t come alone, but that is a story for another time. So stay vigilant. Tickets...

They plugged in, and they came to wound. Sweden’s Atonement brought their filth-soaked death metal to Old Grave Fest 12 and didn’t waste a single note doing it. No tricks, no polish – just riffs that bite...

“Pure hatred and disgust for the entire human existence since 1996” – sounds familiar, doesn’t it? That’s right, Argus Megere are stirring again. After more than six years in the shadows, the Romanian black metal band comes forward with news of their next full-length, titled “Cerburea apusului”. The cover,...

Death metal isn’t meant to be polite – and Sacrofuck from Poland embody that truth. Their music reeks of a time when the genre had danger, form, and intent. It’s not about movements or trends – it’s about the will to desecrate through sound. After they massacred the stage...

It’s no secret that whenever I hear melodic black metal, I automatically lean in to see what’s being played. And if it happens to deal with Middle Ages or medieval fiction – well, chances are I’ll listen from start to finish and draw a few conclusions. Sometimes, even write...

Some voices linger long after the sound fades. Ste Ge, the Romanian vocalist behind Apa Sîmbetii and Kistvaen, stands among them. Both projects trace separate routes through the same dusk – Apa Sîmbetii driven by experimental metal with black metal, progressive metal, and jazz influences, and Kistvaen steeped in...

If it is November, we all know what that means – it is the time for The Sinister Feast. This year, the first day of November is signed in blood as the date of the festival, and the place of choice is The Alte Schl8hof Wels, Austria. Indeed, this...

The depressive/post-black metal act Hangover in Minsk, now stirring attention across Poland, lifted the veil on the video for “Farewell”, the opening track from their first album “Party Is Over”. Shaped through the lens of Braindead Dreamer, an ally in gloom and vision alike, the video was premiered on Atmospheric...