Bordeaux, France-based black metal horde Seth will release a new full-length album titled “La France des Maudits” through Season of Mist on Bastille Day, July 14th. It is built from the following tracks:
01. “Paris des Maléfices”
02. “Et Que Vive le Diable !”
03. “La Destruction des Reliques”
04. “Dans le Cœur un Poignard”
05. “Marianne”
06. “Ivre du Sang des Saints”
07. “Insurrection”
08. “Le Vin du Condamné”
You can study the artwork and pre-order the record on a format of your selection here, and then watch the official music video for the lead single “Et Que Vive le Diable !” from it below.
Århus, Denmark-based noise punk group Narcosatánicos has revealed a headlining concert at Basement in Copenhagen on May 10th, with Syringe and Sortlegeme set to provide support.
Tickets for the show can be acquired from Billetto.dk for 100 DKK (+ fees), while more information is available in the official Facebook event.
Narcosatánicos released their latest studio album “Body Cults” through Bad Afro Records in 2016, and we reviewed it here. You can listen to the entire offering below.
Jailbreak — the open-air festival taking place at Fængslet in Horsens, Denmark on August 16th and August 17th this year — has added the Bay Area thrash metal veterans of Testament to its 2024 line-up.
Tickets for the festivities are still available for purchase over at Ticketmaster.dk, with the partout option costing 1345 DKK (+ fees) and one-day options selling for 845 DKK (+ fees). For more details, check the official Facebook event.
Testament will release their 14th studio album later this year, with more details still pending. In the meanwhile, you can watch the official music video for “WWIII” from their latest outing, 2020’s “Titans of Creation”, right here:
Houston, TX-formed progressive metal outfit Oceans Of Slumber will release a new full-length album titled “Where Gods Fear to Speak” through Season of Mist on September 13th. It is built from these songs:
01. “Where Gods Fear to Speak”
02. “Run from the Light”
03. “Don’t Come Back from Hell Empty Handed”
04. “Wish”
05. “Poem of Ecstasy”
06. “The Given Dream”
07. “I Will Break the Pride of Your Will”
08. “Prayer”
09. “The Impermanence of Fate”
10. “Wicked Game”
Pre-orders for the record are yet to be launched, but in the meanwhile, you can watch the newly premiered, official music video for the titular lead single from it below.
San Antonio, TX-born alternative metal crew Nothing More have lifted the veil on the official music video for their latest single “House on Sand”, featuring a guest appearance from I Prevail’s vocalist Eric Vanlerberghe, and you can watch it below. The track resides on their upcoming album “Carnal”, which was detailed in our earlier news post and is scheduled for release through Better Noise Music on June 28th.
Smash Into Pieces has dropped a new video single titled “Afterglow” online below. It is already the seventh piece of music to arrive from the Swedish alternative metallers since their latest studio album “Disconnect”, which came out via independent means in 2022, and is expected to feature on an impending follow-up. More details regarding such an effort are still pending, however.
Århus, Denmark-based death metal horde Illdisposed have set June 28th as the official release date for their new full-length offering “In Chambers of Sonic Disgust”. It will be issued by Massacre Records and comprises the following tracks:
01. “Spitting Your Pain”
02. “I Walk Among the Living”
03. “Lay Low”
04. “The Ill-Disposed”
05. “Flying Free”
06. “Start Living Again”
07. “For Us”
08. “I Suffer”
09. “And of My Hate”
10. “All Electric”
11. “Pain Suffer Me”
Pre-orders for all formats of the record have been launched via this link, which will also reveal the artwork, while the lead single “Spitting Your Pain” can be heard below.
The band will head out for a headlining European tour in support of the effort later this year, with Defacing God joining them as special guests on most evenings, and their plans include quite a few domestic shows. You can find more information about these by selecting the dates below.
Copenhagen, Denmark-resident indie rock ensemble Blaue Blume have announced headlining concerts at Falkonersalen in Copenhagen on November 08th and at the Aarhus Congress Center on November 09th.
Tickets for the first show cost between 390 and 440 DKK (+ fees) and are available for purchase via Billetlugen.dk, while more details can be found in the official Facebook event.
Tickets for the second concert can be bought here for 370 DKK (+ fees), with more information likewise available in the official Facebook event.
Blaue Blume released their latest single “Det er din kærlighed” earlier this month, and in case you missed it, you can listen to it below.
Belmont has premiered the official music video for “Day by Day” below. The song is found on the Chicago, IL’s pop punk / easycore outfit’s newly arrived album “Liminal”, which came out this past Friday, April 12th via Pure Noise Records.
Reykjavík, Iceland-based post-punk / no wave group Kælan Mikla has teamed up with composer Bardi Johannsson for a collaborative track called “The Phantom Carriage”, and you can hear it in the accompanying music video below. It was recorded as a score for the Swedish 1921 silent film “Körkarlen”.
Danish fans can look forward to watching Kælan Mikla live at Lygten Station in Copenhagen on June 21st. Tickets for that show are still available for purchase over at Billetto.dk for 180 DKK (+ fees), while more information can be found in the official Facebook event.
An overview of the band’s upcoming European touring plans is visible in our dates section.
Tokyo, Japan’s shoegaze icons Mono will be celebrating their 25th anniversary with a headlining European tour later this year, which will see the band performing their upcoming album “Oath” in its entirety, accompanied by a chamber orchestra.
The itinerary for the trek, which is listed in full below, includes a concert at Store VEGA in Copenhagen on October 28th. Tickets for the show are priced at 340 DKK (+ fees) and will become available for purchase at 10:00 a.m. this Friday, April 19th via Billetlugen.dk, whilst more details can be found in the official Facebook event.
October 22nd - Trianon, Paris, FRA
October 23rd - Vooruit, Ghent, BEL
October 24th - Metropol, Berlin, GER
October 26th - Hackney Church, London, UK
October 27th - TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, NLD
October 28th - Store VEGA, Copenhagen, DEN
October 29th - Göta Lejon, Stockholm, SWE
October 31st - House of Culture, Helsinki, FIN
The aforementioned “Oath” is set to be released through Pelagic Records on June 14th, and while more details regarding it are still pending, you can pre-order it on a format of your choosing here and check out a teaser for it below. The first single will premiere this Wednesday, April 17th.
Chicago, IL-based doom and sludge metal fusionists Lair Of The Minotaur have returned with two new singles, respectively dubbed “Dark Sorcery Beyond” and “Six Days in Hades”, both of which you can listen to below. They are expected to be included on the eventual follow-up to the group’s latest studio album “Evil Power”, which came out through The Grind-House Records in 2010.
Melbourne, Australia-based blackened death metal horde Werewolves will release a new full-length album titled “Die for Us” via independent means on July 19th. It consists of these tracks:
01. “Die for Us”
02. “Beaten Back to Life”
03. “Fuck You Got Mine”
04. “My Hate Is Strong”
05. “The Company of Wolves”
06. “Spittle-Flecked Rant”
07. “We All Deserve to Be Slaves”
08. “Under a Urinal Moon”
09. “Stay Down”
You can peruse the artwork and pre-order the record on a format of your selection over at the band’s official website, and then listen to the first single “Beaten Back to Life” from it below.
Countless Goodbyes have premiered a new video single titled “Hollow” below. It is expected to be part of the Pori, Finland-based metalcore troop’s sophomore album, the details around which are, however, yet to be revealed by their label Prime Collective.
Death By Gong — a new post-rock supergroup uniting Heads.’ bassist Chris Breuer, Radare’s guitarist & synth player Jobst M. Feit, and The Ocean’s drummer Peter Voigtmann — have dropped their début single “Distant” online below. It is expected to feature on their eventual first studio album, the details around which are, however, still to be revealed.
H.E.R.O. has debuted a new single called “Misalign” below. It represents the first material to emerge from the Ribe, Denmark’s post-hardcore outfit since their latest studio album “Alternate Realities”, which came out through Mermaid Records in 2022 and was reviewed by us here.
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