Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
Artist: Horn Country: Germany Label: Northern Silence Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 Although Horn do not follow the same musical path as the pioneers of the pagan strand of metal, and are therefore not comparable to bands such as Bathory, Thyrfing or Falkenbach,…
Artist: Necrotesque Country: The Netherlands Label: Grotesque Metal Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 Personally, I’m not usually very optimistic about the state of the current Death Metal scene. There really is far too much run-of-the-mill stuff and, on top of that, not…
Artist: Moonfall / Cult Of Eibon Country: Finland / Freece Label: Medieval Prophecy Records Formats: Split LP / Split CD Year: 2026 Although the brief text accompanying this split mentions that it follows in the tradition of classic, cult split…
Artist: Primordial Intolerance Country: Canada Label: Green Matter Records Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 When listening to ‘Antipodean Evasion Tactics’, Primordial Intolerance’s debut demo tape, and knowing that they are from Quebec, Canada, it’s not unreasonable to think first of…
Arist: Old Curse Country: Paraguay Label: Wolfkult Religion Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 Old Curse from Paraguay have been around since 2018, and quite quickly after their conception released their debut EP ‘Solve et Coagula’. Whether it was due to…
Artist: Fosse Septique Country: Denmark Label: Extremely Rotten Productions / Me Saco Un Ojo Formats: 7″ EP / Cassette EP Year: 2026 Although these pages focus primarily on Black and Death Metal, that is certainly not the intention per se.…
Artist: Vafurlogi Country: Iceland Label: Norma Evangelium Diaboli / Oration Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 ‘Gneisti af eldi Guðs’, the sophomore album of Vafurlogi, arrives just two years after the debut ‘Í Vökulli Áþján’. Since then, the Icelandic…
Artist: Unholy Black Pentagram Country: Spain Label: WolfKult Religion Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 While perhaps historically not the most active outside some stoic stalwarts keeping the banner high, one can certainly speak of quite a productive time for the…
Artist: Blótskål Country: The Netherlands Label: WolfKult Religion Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 The Blótskål originates from the old Norse words blót and skál, and joined together translates to something like sacrificial bowl. It was central to the blót, a…
Artist: Funeral Moon / Gaalvan Country: Germany Label: Crimson Reign Records Formats: Split Cassette Tape Year: 2026 Just as on previous occasions, we haven’t had to wait long for new work from Gaalvan; just three months after the release of…
Artist: Abhorrent Execration Country: France Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2026 In just a few years, Abhorrent Execration was founded in 2022, this French duo has built up quite a discography. Starting with two demos, the band is now…
Artist: Arise From Worms Country: USA Label: Church Road Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 Although the formation of Arise From Worms had already been announced a little earlier, the release of their self-titled 3-track 12″ back in 2022…
Artist: Nunslaughter Country: USA Label: BLKIIBLK Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2026 For a band that has been around more or less since 1985 and is known as the metal band with the most releases, it is perhaps…
Artist: Necro Ritus Country: Finland Label: Wolfkult Religion Formats: Demo tape Year: 2026 ‘Born by Evil Blood’ combines the ‘Beast Unleashed’ and ‘Temple of Fornication’ demos, the first two Necro Ritus releases, onto one Cassette. This band was spawned in…
Artist: Chamber Of Unlight Country: Finland Label: Werewolf Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 That a new Chamber of Unlight album was inbound comes as no surprise, as the band already teased a new track in 2023 in the…
Artist: Sadistic Evil Country: Finland Label: Wolfkult Religion Formats: Demo tape Year: 2026 Sadistic Evil is one of the many outlets of Behemoth, a gentleman that has made his mark on Finnish Black Metal since 1991 in bands such as…
When we talk about French Black Metal, we quickly end up discussing bands such as Mütiilation, Deathspell Omega, and Antaeus, for example, but in a previous interview, I already mentioned that excellent bands such as Merrimack and Hell Militia sometimes…
Artist: Devourment Country: USA Label: Relapse Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2026 Brutal Death Metal doesn’t feature on these pages all that often, but that doesn’t mean we’re not up for it. Certainly not when it comes to Devourment. Like…
Artist: Thy Killing Hand Country: Poland Label: End All Life Productions / Norma Evangelium Diaboli Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 Thy Killing Hand is a relatively new Polish band that after two demos now releases their debut full-length album…
Artist: Inferno Country: Czechia Label: Debemur Morti Productions Formats: LP / Cassette tape / CD Year: 2026 For a discography marked by radical change, one that transitioned from crude Black Metal to a sophisticated and enveloping listening experience over the…
Artist: Witchcraft / BlackStream Country: Finland / Italy Label: WolfKult Religion Formats: Split 12” LP Year: 2026 Capping off a set of Witchcraft releases on WolfKult Religion is ‘House of Sacrilege’, a split release that was already launched in January…
Artist: Morgarath Country: Poland Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2026 As previously noted and reported, the Silesia region of Poland is a hotbed of uncompromising Extreme Metal. In recent months, a great many bands from the area have managed…