DIABOLICAL COUNTRY:
SWEDEN GENRE: DEATH BLACK METAL
DIABOLICAL - TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT - BLACK LITURGY PILGRIMAGE 2022! [2021.12.30]
Following the very successful Black Rituals tour in northern/central
Europe this fall, The blackened death metallers
DIABOLICAL are proud
to announce that the band was invited by
BATUSHKA
to join another journey, this time focusing more on the southern regions of our
continent.
The band comments:"It has been 3 years since we visited many of these
regions (and even longer since BATUSHKA
were there) so we are obviously looking forward to these concerts very much.
Since this will be a part of our 25 years anniversary celebrations, we are
looking to bring some tunes to life that we haven't played for some time, but
also some new material of course.
These will be great shows, joined by our friends in Warhammer,
Vananidr
from Stockholm, as well as Paradise
In Flames and Eshtadur
that are both coming all the way from South America to support the Black
Liturgy Tour!
Please share the dates with your friends!
Looking forward to see you in April!"
BLACK LITURGY PILGRIMAGE TOUR 2022 BATUSHKA,
DIABOLICAL, Warhammer,
Vananidr,
Paradise In Flames, Eshtadur 12.04 - Rom - Cluj Napoca - Form Space 13.04 - Rom - Bucharest - Quantic 14.04 - Bul - Sofia - Mixtape5 15.04 - Gre - Athens - Fuzz Club 16.04 - Gre - Thessaloniki - Fix Factory 19.04 - Aut - Vienna - Viper Room 20.04 - Slo - Kranj - Trainstation 21.04 - Ita - Milano - Legend Club 22.04 - Fra - Lyon - CCO Villeurbanne 23.04 - Spa - Barcelona - Boveda 24.04 - Spa - Bilbao - Stage Live 25.04 - Por - Porto - Hard Club 26.04 - Por - Lisbon - Rca Club 27.04 - Spa - Madrid - Caracol 28.04 - Fra - Montpellier - Secret Place 29.04 - Sui - Zurich - Wetzikon 30.04 - Fra - Caen - Le Cargo
(more dates to be announced)
DIABOLICAL - Eclipse |Tracklist: 1. We
Are Diabolical 2.Betrayal 3. Black Sun 4. Failure 5. Inception 6. Hunter 7. Tyranni 8. The Fire Within 9. Requiem
BELPHEGOR COUNTRY: AUSTRIA
GENRE: DIABOLICAL DEATH BLACK METAL ART
NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are BELPHEGOR (Diabolical Death Black Metal Art), one of the most extreme brutal bands
ever to come from Austrian lands. One of the most respected bands in their genre
and a reference of excellence in extreme metal itself!
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!
RE-RELEASE "THE LAST SUPPER" (1995) AND "BLUTSABBATH"
(1997) DETAILS!
Diabolical Black Death Metal troop BELPHEGOR will
re-release their first two albums "The Last Supper" from 1995 and "Blutsabbath"
from 1997 on January 14th via Nuclear Blast Records!
Helmuth states: "While we are finishing up a last couple of dates of
the 'The Black Rituals' tour, we’re proud to announce that we will
unleash our earliest offerings upon the masses again! Both albums have been
remastered by Andy Classen and will be available in a variety of versions
featuring uncensored artwork. Enjoy the first chapters of Belphegor’s
diabolical death metal signature sound!"
Helmuth comments:"We've rearranged and re-recorded a medley of two
songs off the »BLUTSABBATH« album [1997] as a promotional single for the
re-release of our first two full-length LPs due 14th January 2022 in double CD
and single LP formats. Florian Klein, aka Torturer, tracked the
drums, and the “BLACKEST SABBATH 1997” was mixed & mastered at Jens
Bogren´s Fascination Street studios in Örebro, Sweden. It was a thrilling
experiment to re-record this song I wrote in 1996 with a new soundwall, our
current skills and recording capabilities 25 years later. We hail you demons,
enjoy this special offering from us!"
BELPHEGOR BIOGRAPHY
DIABOLICAL DEATH/ BLACK METAL ART SINCE 1993
The dark days of autumn and winter are approaching as European troop
BELPHEGOR plant another signpost to Hell upon the Earth's surface. One of
the most consistently extreme bands on the Death/Black scene crest their throne
built of bones once again to uncompromisingly attack humanity, three years after
their 2014 demonstration of brutality, »CONJURING THE DEAD«. »TOTENRITUAL«
consists of nine compositions which, blow-by-blow, silence any doubts about
the supremacy of these icons of the European scene. Merciless riff force,
crunchy blasts in a dark setting – 24 years after their foundation, BELPHEGOR’s
inventive creativity places them head and shoulders above the rest. Anyone
looking for silence, beautiful melodies and a life-affirming aura will suffocate
under the power of »TOTENRITUAL.«
Even small interludes takes the listener to a safe place only for a short period,
before the next brutal attack follows. The eleventh studio album of the
undisputed Death/Black Metal scene conductors follows the sophisticated path of
its precursors and will have their followers kneeling down in humility. The
commander of death-sounds does not use a blunt corset of henchmen for his
attacks on society's conventions, but demonstrates his skills as a high-class
songwriter. From determined songs, embossed by an obsessed directness, to
majestic ritualistic hymns - followers of darkest sermons will be led directly
into the abyss. »TOTENRITUAL« enters mercilessly into the procession of
BELPHEGOR's works of art: another thorn in the eye of every upholder of
moral standards – the end is heralded.
For the recordings of »TOTENRITUAL«, the squad retired to Stage One
Studios in Germany and Studio Mischmaschine in Austria.
For the diabolic wall of sound, the explosive material was sent across the pond
and was refined in the Audiohammer Studios in Florida by Jason Suecof
[Mix] and Mark Lewis [Mastering]. The impressive cover artwork was again
created by the Greek artist Seth Siro Anton, who has also created the
striking visual countenance for »PESTAPOCALYPSE VI« [2006] and »CONJURING
THE DEAD« [2014].
BELPHEGOR was founded in 1993 and spread like a virus within the
underground. Meanwhile, their »BLOODBATH IN PARADISE« demo has become
legendary and paved the baleful path into the souls of thousands of listeners.
Anti-religious with nihilistic tendencies as well as provocative topics,
BELPHEGOR moved on. The debut album »The Last Supper« [1995] let the
community of followers and opponents grow. Inexorably, the band pushes their
destructive ways forward in the following years. BELPHEGOR become louder,
more obsessed and more dynamic, and their albums now have cult status. To think
about the scene doesn't work without thinking of BELPHEGOR. In 2008, the
band sent their followers to the edge of hell with »Bondage Goat Zombie«
and sparked an all-consuming Death Metal fire with blasting black metal
influences. This masterpiece, inspired by the Marquis de Sade, is one of the
most demanding works the genre has offered to this day. BELPHEGOR showed
themselves equally brutal and baleful on the successors »WALPURGIS RITES -
HEXENWAHN« [2009] and »BLOOD MAGICK NECROMANCE« [2011]. The band
received a lot of great feedback for their intense live performances as well,
and reached out to a big and loyal fan base. Their obscure rituals full of
diabolical magick have haunted the world several times – next to extensive tours
through Asia and Europe, BELPHEGOR have also completed ten tours through
North America. No matter where BELPHEGOR march forth on this planet, be
it on your stereo or live on stage, one thing is for sure: after the crest of
their devilish death ceremony, there will only be a heap of ruins remaining!
GAEREA - ANNOUNCES WORLDWIDE PREMIERE OF "LIVE AT ARDA RECORDERS" CONCERT
STREAM! [2021.12.13]
Upon popular demand, Cathartic
black metal titans GAEREA
will present the worldwide premiere of their "Live at Arda Recorders"
concert stream! This intimate and devastating performance was recorded in the
autumn of 2020 and showcases the Vortex Wanderers performing 'Limbo' in
its entirety from start to finish. The set will premiere this Friday, December
17 @ 22:00 CET and will be on demand for a limited time only! Set reminders and
buy your tickets
HERE.
Earlier this year, the band also streamed their unique and stunning "Bronze
Hall" performance via Knotfest's "Pulse of the Maggots 2x21" online
festival. The band's set from the festival has recently been named one of the
Best Streaming Performances of 2021 by www.Knotfest.com. The
performance is available to view at the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ngI2PBvTsY&t=141s
.
GAEREA
previously announced they entered the Demigod Recording Studio for the
recordings of their brand new full length, which is scheduled for release next
year via Season
of Mist! For more updates and details on the new offering, keep an eye
out on the band's
Facebook or Instagram
page.
Cover artwork:
painted by Eliran
Kantor (Helloween, Testament, Iced Earth, Sodom) "LIMBO" Track-list 1. To Ain (11:15) (HERE) 2. Null (6:01) (HERE) 3. Glare (7:16) 4. Conspiranoia (9:15) (HERE) 5. Urge (4:50) (HERE) 6. Mare (13:11) Total playing time: 51:48
VIDEO: Sukkubus - Kristy von Kashyyyk. Death Monk - Barth/
Funkenflug Society. Film and edit - Thomas Keplinger/ Framepunk Guerilla.
Support, share and spread the word!
Helmuth comments:"We've rearranged and re-recorded a medley of two
songs off the »BLUTSABBATH« album [1997] as a promotional single for the
re-release of our first two full-length LPs due 14th January 2022 in double CD
and single LP formats. Florian Klein, aka Torturer, tracked the
drums, and the “BLACKEST SABBATH 1997” was mixed & mastered at Jens
Bogren´s Fascination Street studios in Örebro, Sweden. It was a thrilling
experiment to re-record this song I wrote in 1996 with a new soundwall, our
current skills and recording capabilities 25 years later. We hail you demons,
enjoy this special offering from us!"
BELPHEGOR RE-RELEASE FIRST TWO ALBUMS "THE LAST SUPPER" (1995) AND "BLUTSABBATH"
(1997) ON JANUARY 14TH! [2021.12.03]
Diabolical Black Death Metal troop BELPHEGOR will
re-release their first two albums "The Last Supper" from 1995 and "Blutsabbath"
from 1997 on January 14th via Nuclear Blast Records!
Helmuth states: "While we are finishing up a last couple of dates of
the 'The Black Rituals' tour, we’re proud to announce that we will
unleash our earliest offerings upon the masses again! Both albums have been
remastered by Andy Classen and will be available in a variety of versions
featuring uncensored artwork. Enjoy the first chapters of Belphegor’s
diabolical death metal signature sound!"
Better be quick and keep your eyes and ears open since BELPHEGOR already have
new aces up their sleeves waiting to surprise and mesmerize their listeners in
the next weeks...
BELPHEGOR's new
current untitled album to be released
May 2022 via Nuclear Blast
!!
DEMONICAL -
"MASS DESTROYER" NEW ALBUM DETAILS REVEALED!
[2021.12.02]
Sweden's prolific death metallers
DEMONICAL have
announced details on their new album entitled "Mass Destroyer"!
Agonia Records
have set May 6th, 2022 as the release date for “Mass Destroyer”, the
seventh full-length album from
DEMONICAL.
The band comments: “Following the release of our previous album,
“World Domination” in fall 2020, a huge inspirational boost hit us so why
waste time and wait, just hammer while the metal is hot!
The outcome is here, “Mass Destroyer”, another vicious Demonical
assault of Stockholm-style death metal madness and beyond.
We worked with the same production team as last time and the result turned out
nothing but great, a dynamic and breathing album we all feel very satisfied and
proud off.
Can’t wait to destroy the masses!”
Tracklisting: 01. We Conquer the Throne 02. Sun Blackened 03. Fallen Mountain 04. Wrathspawn 05. Dödsmarsch 06. Lifeslave 07. Cemented in Ire 08. By Hatred Bound
Recorded at Glashuset and Sellnoise Studios by Johan Hjelm
and Jonas Arnberg
Mixed and mastered at Tri-Lamb Studios by Karl Daniel Lidén
Album art by Mark Riddick
Photos by Jens Rydén
Singles, album formats - including limited editions with bonus tracks - will be
announced later together with the commencement of pre-orders.
More deadly news to follow shortly!
DEMONICAL -
"MASS DESTROYER" ALBUM RELEASE TOUR!
[2021.12.03]
Following the previous day album announcement,
Sweden's prolific death metallers
DEMONICAL are
thrilled to hereby reveal “Six Dates of Death”, a run of live shows in
Germany and Czech supporting the release.
10.05 CZ Prague - Modra Vopice 11.05 DE Dresden - Chemiefabrik 12.05 DE Bochum - Matrix 13.05 DE Hamburg - Bambi Galore 14.05 DE Rostock - Zwischenbau 15.05 DE Göttingen - Freihafen
Our slaying brothers in Nervochaos and Repuked will join as guests
making this a deadly march of madness and decay. “Mass Destroyer” will be out May 6th through Agonia Records
.
DIABOLICAL
COUNTRY:
SWEDEN GENRE: DEATH BLACK METAL
DIABOLICAL - TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT - BLACK LITURGY PILGRIMAGE 2022! [2021.12.30]
Following the very successful Black Rituals tour in northern/central
Europe this fall, The blackened death metallers
DIABOLICAL are proud
to announce that the band was invited by
BATUSHKA
to join another journey, this time focusing more on the southern regions of our
continent.
The band comments:"It has been 3 years since we visited many of these
regions (and even longer since BATUSHKA
were there) so we are obviously looking forward to these concerts very much.
Since this will be a part of our 25 years anniversary celebrations, we are
looking to bring some tunes to life that we haven't played for some time, but
also some new material of course.
These will be great shows, joined by our friends in Warhammer,
Vananidr
from Stockholm, as well as Paradise
In Flames and Eshtadur
that are both coming all the way from South America to support the Black
Liturgy Tour!
Please share the dates with your friends!
Looking forward to see you in April!"
BLACK LITURGY PILGRIMAGE TOUR 2022 BATUSHKA,
DIABOLICAL, Warhammer,
Vananidr,
Paradise In Flames, Eshtadur 12.04 - Rom - Cluj Napoca - Form Space 13.04 - Rom - Bucharest - Quantic 14.04 - Bul - Sofia - Mixtape5 15.04 - Gre - Athens - Fuzz Club 16.04 - Gre - Thessaloniki - Fix Factory 19.04 - Aut - Vienna - Viper Room 20.04 - Slo - Kranj - Trainstation 21.04 - Ita - Milano - Legend Club 22.04 - Fra - Lyon - CCO Villeurbanne 23.04 - Spa - Barcelona - Boveda 24.04 - Spa - Bilbao - Stage Live 25.04 - Por - Porto - Hard Club 26.04 - Por - Lisbon - Rca Club 27.04 - Spa - Madrid - Caracol 28.04 - Fra - Montpellier - Secret Place 29.04 - Sui - Zurich - Wetzikon 30.04 - Fra - Caen - Le Cargo
(more dates to be announced)
DIABOLICAL - FINISH EUROPEAN TOUR WITH BELPHEGOR AND BATUSHKA! [2021.12.09]
The band comments:"END OF THE ROAD!
Having spent 4 weeks on the road, playing 21 shows in 12 different countries, we
are now finally back home in Stockholm. Big thanks to the great, persistent and
consistent bands that that delivered the goods every single day: Batushka,
Belphegor, Almost Dead, Warhammer , Impalement
But an even bigger thanks obviously goes to the whole road crew on this tour who
did an amazing job of keeping this tour going nice and smooth, although
conditions changed from day to day. Thanks also to Vadim and Jon
at THE FLAMING ARTS AGENCY for solving the issues that came up frequently
regarding new regulations and restrictions.
Obviously we also have to thank the many great promotors involved in this tour,
who kept going and made the shows happen despite the problems that the
Covid-situation brought to them. Fantastic job!
This was in many ways a very hard tour for many of the people mentioned above,
and they deserve tons of respect for pulling it off.
But, in the end, it is also maybe the most rewarding tour we ever did. After 1.5
years of no live-activity from our side, we could go out and see clearly that
the scene is very much alive. Huge thanks to the many fans that came out every
night! We had more sold out shows than we can remember on any previous tour we
did, and almost every night we had more people coming to the gigs than we had
expected. So, our biggest gratitude goes to all the people that came out and
showed that we are alive and well! We will make it happen again!"
BELPHEGOR
(AT) + BATUSHKA
(PL) +
DIABOLICAL (SE) +
IMPALEMENT
(CH) +
ALMOST DEAD (US) +
WARHAMMER
(GR)
BLACK RITUALS TOUR 10.11.2021 - SWE - Stockholm, Slaktkyrkan 11.11.2021 - SWE - Gothenburg, Musikens Hus 12.11.2021 - NOR - Oslo, Parkteatret 13.11.2021 - SWE - Malmo, Plan B 14.11.2021 - DEN - Aarhus, Voxhall 16.11.2021 - UK - London, 229 17.11.2021 - UK - Bredford, Esquires 18.11.2021 - UK - Manchester, Bread Shed 19.11.2021 - UK - Birmingham, Castle and Falcon 20.11.2021 - BEL - Louvain-la-Neuve, Mass Deathruction Fest 21.11.2021 - NLD - Zaandam, De Flux 23.11.2021 - GER - Übach - Palenberg, Rockfabrik 24.11.2021 - GER - Hamburg, Headcrash 25.11.2021 - GER - Dresden, Puschkin 26.11.2021 - CZE - Prague, Futurum 27.11.2021 - SVK - Kosice, Collosseum 28.11.2021 - CZ - Ostrava, Barrack Club 30.11.2021 - HUN - Budapest, Barba Negra 01.12.2021 - GER - Munich, Backstage 02.12.2021 - CRO - Zagreb, Boogaloo Club 03.12.2021 - AUT - Graz, Explosiv 04.12.2021 - ITA - Milan, Black Winter Fest 05.12.2021 - SUI - Monthey, City
DIABOLICAL - Eclipse |Tracklist: 1. We
Are Diabolical 2.Betrayal 3. Black Sun 4. Failure 5. Inception 6. Hunter 7. Tyranni 8. The Fire Within 9. Requiem
GAEREA - ANNOUNCES WORLDWIDE PREMIERE OF "LIVE AT ARDA RECORDERS" CONCERT
STREAM! [2021.12.13]
Upon popular demand, Cathartic
black metal titans GAEREA
will present the worldwide premiere of their "Live at Arda Recorders"
concert stream! This intimate and devastating performance was recorded in the
autumn of 2020 and showcases the Vortex Wanderers performing 'Limbo' in
its entirety from start to finish. The set will premiere this Friday, December
17 @ 22:00 CET and will be on demand for a limited time only!
Set reminders and buy your tickets
HERE.
Earlier this year, the band also streamed their unique and stunning "Bronze
Hall" performance via Knotfest's "Pulse of the Maggots 2x21" online
festival. The band's set from the festival has recently been named one of the
Best Streaming Performances of 2021 by www.Knotfest.com. The
performance is available to view at the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ngI2PBvTsY&t=141s
.
GAEREA
previously announced they entered the Demigod Recording Studio for the
recordings of their brand new full length, which is scheduled for release next
year via Season
of Mist! For more updates and details on the new offering, keep an eye
out on the band's
Facebook or Instagram
page.
Nekronos Promotion Hell team would like to wish you a smashing new Year
of 2022, hope it's going to be way better than the last two years in all aspects, we all hope that your best wishes will come true and also hope that
2022 will be a year to remember for the best of reasons for you all... our supported bands, affiliations and supporters! Metal On and Party Hard on new years eve and enjoy this new metal year!
Cheers \m/
...so the year of 2021 is ending... damn it was about time for this weird year to come to an end! The time is right for a balance in the metal scene. Rui Gonçalves, the founder of Nekronos Promotion Hell has elected
6 albums as the
international albums of the Year 2021 !
Feel free to let us know which are your choices for this year, comment below
this article and have a blasting 2022 !!!
BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2021!
ZORNHEYM (Sweden)
Album: The Zornheym Sleep Experiment
Genre:
Symphonic Extreme Metal
SUSPERIA
(Norway)
Blackened Thrash/Heavy Metal
ALBUM: The Lyricist [2018]
Label: Agonia Records
[
READ HERE ] BLACK ALTAR /
BEASTCRAFT (Poland / Norway)
Black Metal
SPLIT: "Winds ov Decay" / "Occult Ceremonial Rites" [2017]
Label: Odium Records
[
READ HERE ]
