Night’s Embrace – Rehearsal 2026 [Demo]

Artist: Night’s Embrace Country: France Label: Starless Industries Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 Although L.S., also known as Lila Starless, has been active in countless bands and projects, she has only appeared on these pages once before. That was with…

Atavistic Passage – Demonstration Three [Demo]

Artist: Atavistic Passage Country: United Kingdom Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 With two solid demo under his belt, Atavistic Passage didn’t quite chose the easiest way to go forward with his third one. I wouldn’t quite classify both…

Auriel’s Bow – Tamrielic Surrealism [EP]

Artist: Auriel’s Bow Country: Bulgaria Label: Blasphemous Rumours Promotion Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2025 Not something I like to admit, but when I started the reviewing in the first years of the 00’s I used to be the youngest in every crew, now I am…

Occult Mountain – Demo ll Walking The Snow Covered Path

Artist: Occult Mountain Country: USA Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2025 Hot on the heals of this project’s debut demo, Occult Mountain is already back with another. ‘Winter Invocations’ was a particularly charming demo that showcased a great balancing…

Occult Mountain – Winter Invocations [Demo]

Artist: Occult Mountain Country: USA Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2025 It could be a very good slogan to sell more copies of your demo: “so good, it’s not allowed on Metal-Archives”. While many of the unfathomable choices of…

Daedric Chamber – Aurbis Unending [EP]

Artist: Daedric Chamber Country: USA Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2025 Over the past few years, I have learned a thing or two about video games that I have never even seen in my entire life. There is a…

Daedric Chamber – The Bleak Veil Endures

Artist: Daedric Chamber Country: USA Label: Grime Stone Records / Nightshade Productions Formats: Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2024 Although ‘The Bleak Veil Endures’ is a bit older, being released on CD some half year ago, it is still very…

Moonlight Sword – Imperial Dragoon Kommando [Demo]

Artist: Moonlight Sword Country: USA Label: Oakheart Production Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2023 In 2022 the one-woman band Moonlight Sword released two fine digital demos, that both also appeared on cassette tape by the Belgian Rabauw label. Carmilla II Dracul,…

Mithrandir – Valapatto [EP]

Artist: MithrandirCountry: FinlandLabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: Digital EPYear: 2023 Mithrandir’s debut ‘Towards the Spires of Dol Guldur’ was quite a striking debut. Expertly combining their Finnish Black Metal roots of the likes of Satanic Warmaster and Sargeist with touches of Burzum, Darkthrone…

Kaikkivaltias – Astu [EP]

Artist: KaikkivaltiasCountry: FinlandLabel: Self-releasedFormats: Digital EPYear: 2023 For those intrigued by the prospect of a mix of Classic/ Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal and Black Metal coming together in a medieval theme, take heed. Kaikkivaltias is the brainchild of the Finn…

Nidvinter – Winter Wars [EP]

Artist: NidvinterCountry: NorwayLabel: Self-releasedFormats: Digital EPYear: 2023 ‘Winter Wars’ is the first EP of the band Nidvinter, an Oslo-based band that arose from the ashes of Hexenkeit in early 2023. It follows an earlier released demo on which the band…

Darkness Domain – The Judgement Bells

Artist: Darkness DomainCountry: FinlandLabel: Darker Than Black Records / Old Forest ProductionFormats: Digital / LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 A mysterious entity that hails somewhere from within the borders of Finland, Darkness Domain released their first recording upon…

Mithrandir – Towards the Spires of Dol Guldur

Artist: MithrandirCountry: FinlandLabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: DigitalYear: 2023 The connection between Lord of the Rings and Metal is one that has lasted almost as long as the music genre has been around. Legions of bands including Cirith Ungol, Gorgoroth and Burzum owe…

Vindalf – Ancient Spell Of Darkness

Artist: VindalfCountry: ChileLabel: Signal RexFormats: CDYear: 2022 After having released a couple of singles/EP’s Vindalf released its debut album in 2021 and sees its return a year later with no less than two albums that saw the dark of night…

Ghostwound – The Way Back (Demo I)

Artist: Ghostwound Country: Indonesia Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2023 Ghostwound is a new Dungeon Synth-heavy Black Metal act that is most likely the product of one anonymous figure, I guess the one depicted on the cover, from Indonesia.…

Vampirblut – A Clash Of Steel And Flame [Demo / Single]

Artist: VampirblutCountry: USALabel: Self-releasedFormats: Digital demo, SingleYear: 2022 American one-man Black Metal act Vampirblut releases one demo and single/EP after another with dizzying speed. So many that even Metal-Archives is struggling to give a complete picture, various demos are circulating…

Moonlight Sword – Elfenwinter [Demo]

Artist: Moonlight Sword Country: USA Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2022 From Greensboro, North Carolina, comes Moonlight Sword, a one-man Black Metal act. Or rather, a one-woman Black Metal act. The lady in question, who calls herself Carmilla II…

Moonlight Sword – Elven Blood [Demo]

Artist: Moonlight Sword Country: USA Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2022 With ‘Elven Blood’ Carmilla II Dracul returns with a follow-up to her ‘Elvenwinter’-demo, released earlier this year. The demo gave a nice first taste of the music of…

Stormkeep – Tales of Othertime

Artist: StormkeepCountry: USALabel: Ván RecordsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2021 In the wake of the popular `Galdrum’ EP, Stormkeep released their first full length album `Tales of Othertime’ in late 2021. Members from amongst others Wayfarer, Blood Incantation, Lord Dahthar and…