For Green Carnation, making music means giving 100%. There is no room for compromise when it comes to creating something they can be truly satisfied with. And if you want to see just how far that commitment can be taken, you only have to listen to “A Dark Poem”...

Conrad “Cronos” Lant has died at the age of 63. Born in 1963, the English musician remained at the heart of one of the bands that changed the sound of heavy metal forever for more than four decades. Venom announced his death today, on 1 October 2026. For the...

“When sound becomes ceremony, music opens a portal. Beyond it lies the SoundArt experience.” These are the words chosen by Cavalleria Events to introduce the eighth edition of SoundArt Festival, set to take place on 12 and 13 March 2027 at Quantic in Bucharest, Romania. Like any story worth...

On 25 September 2026, Quantic in Bucharest brought together Green Carnation, Euthymia, Uncle Leaf and Men in the Box for a show that progressive metal fans had been looking forward to for quite some time. Indeed, Bucharest Prog Day did it again! And it did so with names for...

The year of 2026 has been an exceptionally productive one for Ruyned. The Romanian band, formed in 2023 and dedicated to thrash and death metal, to which they add a touch of black metal, are now collaborating with Osmose Productions and promoting their album “Profanum Sacrificium”, released a few...

There are things you do not think about too much when you sit down to listen to a new album. For instance, I did not think that “A Path Apart” by Canadian atmospheric/melodic black metal band Arctos would become so dear to me. Finding something genuinely creative is one...

Speed, black, thrash and heavy metal meet in the music of Belgian band Bütcher, where old-school devotion comes with a distinctly unruly streak. Yet, when it comes to deciding what makes it onto a Bütcher song, vocalist R Hellshrieker keeps it simple: “We either feel it’s «our» material or...

The members of the atmospheric doom metal group Pantheïst have announced the full details of their new album, “Uncanny Times”, scheduled for release on 30 October 2026 through Argonauta Records. The reveal also comes with the premiere of “The Final Journey”, the opening track of the forthcoming record, accompanied by...

Missing the sound of DinUmbră? We have news for you: the Romanian artists will release a remastered edition of their self-titled debut album on 5 December 2026. The new edition will come out on digipack CD through Psychosounds Music, with a digital version also arriving on streaming platforms. Still...