After the cancellation of several concerts last year and fans being worried about the future of the band, My Dying Bride vocalist/lyricist Aaron Stainthorpe has released the following statement: “Many of you have been wondering what has happened to the band since we cancelled all our shows back in late 2017. Well, here is the answer. "In September 2017 my beautiful little daughter, just five years old, was diagnosed with cancer. This event devastated the whole family as w

On June 29th, British cult metal act Paradise Lost will release a remixed and remastered version of their eighth full-length album "Believe In Nothing." Initially released back in 2000, the artwork and production of the album never lived up to the expectations of the band. The quintet now presents a freshly reworked version of the album with more appropriate, gloomy artwork. Today, the band releases the third album trailer, in which singer Nick Holmes and guitarist Greg Macki

Turkey's Burial Invocation is set to unleash the long-awaited debut full-length album "Abiogenesis" on August 17th on CD and digital formats via Dark Descent Records. The album will also be available July 6 as a limited-edition vinyl. After years of silence the band has returned with a new line-up and five lumbering tracks of subhuman death metal. The band exploded onto the underground scene when the debut EP "Rituals of the Grotesque" was released in early 2010. Coincidental

On June 29th, British cult metal act Paradise Lost will release a remixed and remastered version of the eighth full-length album "Believe In Nothing" via Nuclear Blast Records. The album initially saw the light of day in 2000, but never lived up to the band's personal expectations in terms of production. Now the band is set to release a new version of the album reworked by Jaime Gomez Arellano and featuring brand new, stylistic artwork (shown below). The lyric video for "Mout

Due to unforeseen and uncontrollable circumstances involving complications with the U.S. visa process, Swedish masters of death metal Bloodbath have been forced to postpone the upcoming North American tour dates. The band’s excursion was set to begin this week and included performances at Maryland Deathfest (this coming weekend) and Modified Ghost Festival. The tour will be rescheduled for a later date. ”It’s with an immense mix of anger, frustration and sadness that we’re fo

Swedish melodic doom/death metal unit Soliloquium premiered two new songs from the new full-length album "Contemplations," which drops on June 1st via Chicago's Transcending Records. The band teamed up with Invisible Oranges for the new song "Chains" over at this location, or just in the player at the bottom. The other song "In Affect" can be streamed in the player above. "Contemplations" was once again produced by Mike Watts (Sleepwalkers, Terminus), who also handles the dr

After marking the return with the first new material in 21 years via the new album "Darkness..." released last month via Pagan Records, Polish doom/death metal veterans Mordor released the censored video clip for "Dark Room." Check it out in the player above. "Dark Room” was directed by Ra V K Silesia and produced by D R Silesia. The executive producer was Paul Slaughter, and the cast includes Jolene Wolovich and Bartosz Żyngiel. "Darkness..." marks a return to the band’s roo

Finnish death metal act Sadistik Forest premiered another new song, the fourth from the new album "Morbid Majesties" coming on May 25th via Transcending Obscurity Records. Check out the opening track "Morbidly Majectic," which premiered over at Heavy Blog Is Heavy at this location, or you can just as easily click play in the player provided above. The track list can be found here: 1. Morbidly Majestic 2. Decades of Torment Then Death (song streaming here) 3. The Hour of Dr

Spanish melodic death metal band Dormanth released a video clip for the song “Like Ice,” which you can check out in the player above. The song appears on the latest album “IX Sins," which was released last month thru Dead Sheep Productions, Base Record Production and Necromance Records. Dormanth was born in Bilbao in January 1993 after various experiences of its components in different bands, such as Nopresion (Oscar del Val), Beer Mosh (Javi Martínez) and Elbereth (Maciej Zi

Finnish death metal act Sadistik Forest premiered the new song "Monsters of Death" over at New Noise Magazine at this location. The song is also available in the player above. The song is the third track released from the new album "Morbid Majesties" coming on May 25th via Transcending Obscurity Records. The track list can be found here: 1. Morbidly Majestic 2. Decades of Torment Then Death (song streaming here) 3. The Hour of Dread 4. Destructive Art 5. Zero Progress

Finnish death metal act Sadistik Forest is streaming the new song "Decades of Torment Then Death" in the player above. The song appears on the band's new album "Morbid Majesties" coming on May 25th via Transcending Obscurity Records. The track list can be found here: 1. Morbidly Majestic 2. Decades of Torment Then Death 3. The Hour of Dread 4. Destructive Art 5. Zero Progress 6. Monsters of Death 7. The Maelstrom Opens (song streaming here) 8. Bones of a Giant #S

Irish pagan metal god Primordial has just released the new album "Exile Amongst The Ruins," last Friday through Metal Blade Records (check out the full album here). Today, the band has released a video - directed by Costin Chioreanu - in which singer A.A. Nemtheanga talks about the lyrical content of each track on the album. Check out the clip above! The band is just about to traverse the lands of Europe as part of the Heathen Crusade 2018 tour with Moonsorrow and Der Weg Ei

Today (March 30th), Irish doom metal act Primordial released the new album "Exile Amongst The Ruins" via Metal Blade Records. Order the album over here. The band celebrates the monumental release by streaming the entire album in full in the player above! Once again building upon the signature sound, the follow up to 2014's "Where Greater Men Have Fallen" is a more raw, "old school sounding" record than its predecessor. Hitting home with what vocalist A.A. Nemtheanga describes

U.S. death/doom practitioners Pulchra Morte has unleashed a new lyric video for the track "Soulstench." The haunting psalm comes by way of the band's forthcoming, as-yet-untitled full-length, set for release later this year. More information on the album is expected soon. Pulchra Morte is bassist Jarrett Pritchard (Eulogy, producer of recent albums from Goatwhore, Gruesome, 1349, Wolvhammer et al), drummer Clayton Gore (Eulogy, Harkonin), vocalist Jason Barron (Sidirial, Hark