ZORNHEYM - Pre-orders of the limited vinyl edition of the debut album are open!

ZORNHEYM
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
GENRE: SYMPHONIC EXTREME METAL



PRE-ORDERS OF THE "WHERE HATRED DWELLS AND DARKNESS REIGNS" LIMITED VINYL EDITION ARE OPEN!
[2018.01.25]

Swedish symphonic extreme metal masters Zornheym debut album "Where Hatred Dwells and Darkness Reigns" will soon be released in a limited edition vinyl via Non Serviam Records label!

The band comments: "The test press sounded amazing so Non Serviam Records are now opening the pre-orders of the vinyl version of our debut album Where Hatred Dwells and Darkness Reigns."

The band decided to get the following colours printed:
Blue x100
Red x100
Black x100

Pre-order your copy at this link: http://smarturl.it/zornheymWHDADR 

ORDER THE CD VERSION AT:
http://smarturl.it/zornheymWHDADR or :: FROM THE LABEL SITE ::


READ Nekronos Promotiom Hell : REVIEW ( Rate 10/10 ):
http://nekronospromotion.blogspot.pt/2017/07/zornheym-where-hatred-dwells-and.html

ZORNHEYM - “Where Hatred Dwells and Darkness Reigns”
Tracklist
1. The Opposed
2. Subjugation of the Cellist
3. A Silent God
4. Prologue to a Hypnosis
5. Trifecta of Horrors
6. ...and the Darkness Came Swiftly
7. Whom the Night Brings…
8. Decessit Vita Patris
9. Hestia

"The Opposed" : Official Videoclip :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wySP2q2jpQs




MORE INFO ON ZORNHEYM ON THE FOLLOWING LINKS:
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.ZORNHEYM.COM
FACEBOOK: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ZORNHEYM
YOUTUBE: [ LINK ]
INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/zornheym_official
TWITTER: HTTP://WWW.TWITTER.COM/ZORNHEYM
INSTAGRAM: HTTP://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/ZORNHEYM_OFFICIAL


 

BELPHEGOR - On Latin American Tour with Nargaroth!

BELPHEGOR
COUNTRY: AUSTRIA
GENRE: DIABOLICAL DEATH BLACK METAL ART



BELPHEGOR TO STORM LATIN AMERICAN SHORES MARCH 2018!
[2018.01.10]

European Diabolical Death Black Metal troop BELPHEGOR will be Touring Latin America in March with Black Metal act NARGAROTH!

02.03.2018 - BR - Recife, Burburinho
03.03.2018 - BR - Fortaleza, Teatro Do Boca Rica
04.03.2018 - BR - Sao Paulo, Carioca Club
06.03.2018 - BR - Rio De Janeiro, Teatro Odisseia
08.03.2018 - PY - Asuncion, Absoluto Rock
09.03.2018 - ARG - Buenos Aires, Uniclub
10.03.2018 - CHL - Santiago, Blondie
11.03.2018 - CHL - Temuco, C. de E. Puerto Madero
13.03.2018 - BOL - La Paz, Inti Palace II
16.03.2018 - COL - Bogota, Teatro Lumiere
Latin American booking: marcoslangsuyar@hotmail.com

BELPHEGOR »TOTENRITUAL« FESTIVAL INVASION 2018!
01.04.2018 - GER - Munich, Dark Easter Metal Meeting
14.06.2018 - GER - Ferropolis, With Full Force
25.07.2018 - SLO - Tolmin, Metaldays
02.08.2018 - GER - Wacken Open Air, Night To Dismember
04.08.2018 - RO - Rasnov, Rockstadt Extreme Fest
25.08.2018 - AUT - Spital am Semmering, Kaltenbach Open Air

AUSTRALIA/ NEW ZEALAND »TOTENRITUAL« CRUSADE MAY 2018!
Dates/ cities tba

Many more live Rituals to be announced soon!!


'BAPHOMET' VIDEO FROM »TOTENRITUAL« ALBUM!!
In case you missed it, check out this evil incarnated piece here:
Censored: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyDaEXtnYIo  
Uncensored: www.vimeo.com/234694061 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=66LxVxQXMhs


 
BELPHEGOR - BOOKING INFORMATION 2018!
Use this form for international booking inquiries only: www.belphegor.at/contact.htm



ORDER "TOTENRITUAL" NOW:
Order »TOTENRITUAL«: www.nuclearblast.com/belphegor-totenritual 
Or digitally: http://nblast.de/BelphegorDigital


MORE ABOUT THE BAND AT THIS LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.BELPHEGOR.AT 
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/BELPHEGORBAND 
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BELPHEGOR 

BAND CONTACT: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT 
BOOKING CONTACT [EU]: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT 
BOOKING CONTACT [NORTH AMERICA]: STEPH@CONTINENTAL-CONCERTS.US

DEMONICAL - Finish the new album!

DEMONICAL
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
GENRE: DEATH METAL



DEMONICAL FINISH NEW ALBUM!
[2018.01.17]

Swedish death metal masters DEMONICAL have just finished the yet untitled new album! Expect one of their best albums to the date!

The band comments on this news: "Today is the day! Our new album is recorded, mixed, mastered and delivered to the Polish HQ. Massive hails to each and everyone involved in the process. Bow down kneel!"

The band comments on the new album "The album will continue the traditional DEMONICAL path with fierce HM-2 driven Swedish death metal, however, it will also feature some new elements and streaks we haven’t explored before as well as bringing forth traces from the past. "

Expect a spring 2018 release through Agonia Records followed by worldwide touring.

LET THEIR SPIRIT LEAD US TO VICTORY


DEMONICAL LIVE 2018


Be sure not to miss DEMONICAL live in a town nearby and book them for your shows, contact Dreamtide Music Management: dreamtidemusic@hotmail.com


MORE ABOUT DEMONICAL AT THIS LINKS:
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DEMONICALOFFICIAL
TWITTER: HTTP://WWW.TWITTER.COM/DEMONICALBAND
YOUTUBE: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/DEMONICALOFFICIAL
INSTAGRAM: HTTP://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/DEMONICALOFFICIAL
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.DEMONICAL.NET
OFFICIAL MERCH: HTTP://WWW.DEMONICALMERCH.NET
LIVE BLOG: HTTP://DEMONICALOFFICIAL.BLOGSPOT.COM

MANAGEMENT AND BOOKING AGENCY:
DREAMTIDE MUSIC MANAGEMENT & BOOKING AGENCY
DREAMTIDEMUSIC@HOTMAIL.COM
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DREAMTIDEMUSIC

SUSPERIA - The Lyricist - [2018] - Album Review by NPH - Rate 9,5/10

SUSPERIA
COUNTRY: NORWAY
GENRE: BLACKENED THRASH/HEAVY METAL


Cover design and artwork was prepared by Vincent Fouquet, Above Chaos.

SUSPERIA - "The lyricist" - CD - 2018

Tracklist:
1. I Entered
2. Heretic
3. The Lyricist
4. My Darkest Moment
5. Day I Died
6. Void
7. Feed The Fire
8. Whore Of Man
9. Come Alive

RECORDING LINEUP:
Dagon - vocals
Tjodalv - drums
Memnock - bass
Cyrus - guitar
Elvorn - guitar

PRODUCTION/RECORDING:
"The Lyricist" was recorded at three different studios in Norway between February 2015 and May 2016. The album was later mixed and mastered at Strand Studio (Chrome Division, The Wretched End, In Vain) by Marius Strand.



SUSPERIA - The Lyricist - 2018 - Agonia Records
Genre: Blackened Thrash/Heavy Metal

THE BAND:
Susperia has always been one of biggest metal promises from Norway. Since the foundation back in 1998 by Tjodalv (ex-Dimmu Borgir, ex-Old Man's Child) and Cyrus (ex-Satyricon, ex-Old Man's Child) the band had a quite notorious black metal background, something that was quite easy to notice on the bands debut EP "Illusions of Evil". This has been something that the band has abandoned through the years and the same happened to the use of keyboards that where performed on the debut EP by Mustis (ex-Dimmu Borgir), even so the debut album "Predominance" has been until now the bands most extreme full-length piece to the date, I mean until now, because the band is back to their dark primordial roots in the new blackened thrash/heavy metal piece by the title of "The Lyricist", that is in my opinion, the natural follow-up to the bands debut release "Predominance". You can now imagine how Susperia would have sounded like if they never departed from their extremer metal path!
Twenty years of success have allowed this powerful live band to tour with great bands such as Testament, W.A.S.P., In Flames, Destruction and Dimmu Borgir.
With this new album the band rises with one of their heaviest and most extreme albums to the date, much thanks to the incursion of new blood by the new singer Dagon who has ignited the flames of creation and with it a new stage for Susperia has arise!

THE NEW ALBUM:
"The Lyricist" bring fourth a new found confidence and determination deep within Susperia core, keeping up the melodic essence and strong identity the band now enhances its classical sound with reborn extremer metal features that takes Susperia sound into an absolute new level... and yeah Tjodalv blast beats are also back for your delight!
Nine years passed since the last Susperia original full-length release "Attitude", yet the wait was more than worthy since the band couldn't simply have a better comeback!
With "The Lyricist" the band has created one their richest and strongest releases to the date. The combination of rock-solid structures within each new and mind-blowing blackened thrash/heavy metal song is impressive. To add to the classic heavy metal ear catching melody and the thrash metal vicious fierceness we have some reborn blackened extremer metal touch as well as a slight "doomish" dark atmosphere that can be heard in tracks like "My Darkest Moment", this surely makes this new album become one of the most impressive and dynamic metal offers for 2018! What a comeback!

THE MUSICIANS:
"The Lyricist" is allot more than just another Susperia album, in fact this experienced metal quintet has reinvented their music and feel like from fire reborn, with it they bring fourth an absolute new and fierce blackened thrash/heavy metal experience. The incursion of bands new blood by Dagon allowed the band to overcome what has been done before in the past, the new singer has that amazing vocal reach that shall impress you since first listening, imagine a mix of Athera (ex-Susperia), Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Matt Barlow (ex-Iced Earth) and Warrel Dane (R.I.P. : Sanctuary,ex-Nevermore) all in one singer! Susperia remaining members are the same that have recorded the bands debut "Predominance" album back in 1999 and it pretty much feels like they are back on those days with such flammable and inspired creations that will set your ears ablaze!
Tjodalv drums are better than ever in one of his greatest works to the date. Cyrus and Elvorn riffage and guitar melodies keep the essence within the classic Susperia sound. Memnock (Abyssic, ex-Old Man's Child) growling backing vocals and powerful bass lines solidify one of the best creations by the band to the date! Remarkably well produced, easy listening, addictive/"catchy" music where extremer metal blends perfectly with classic heavy metal and old-fashioned thrash metal!

TRACK BY TRACK:
The album starts with "I Entered", a powerful track that much alike the band arises in extremity. "Heretic" follows up; this is one of the most extreme songs of the whole new piece. The title track "The Lyricist" is one of my favourite tracks; this is another strong track revealing the bands reborn formula, fast and dark as hell. Another of my personal favourite tracks is "My Darkest Moment" which has a whole new dark/doom metal atmosphere as it explores metal most obscure and melancholic grounds. "Day I Died" is an outstanding track and another of my favourites, the whole catchy melody gets stuck in your ears since the very first listening. Tracks like "Void", "Feed the Fire" and "Whore of Man" continue to explore the Heavy/Extreme Metal combo in a impressive way. "Come Alive" is another of my own favourite tracks, an old fashioned thrash metal anthem that ends this ass kicking album!

THE CONCLUSION:
Norway is a land of Vikings. frost and quality metal music, Susperia are a proof of the last one! With the latest work "The Lyricist" the band awakens the Susperian extremer metal Beast back from slumber and unleash one of their best and most addictive albums to the date! This has been a long awaited release from these experienced Norwegian musicians and the ending result proves they still got the fire to create one of the best pieces of metal for 2018! A dynamic and highly recommended new album for old and new fans of the band! This is the darker, heavier and the most extreme album that the band has done so far. "The Lyricist" will please adepts of quality metal music performed by impressively talented musicians!

RüPä - NeKronos Promotion HELL

RATE: 9,5/10


"The Lyricist" : Music Video : https://youtu.be/wsPCXas5oys 



"My Darkest Moment" : Music Video : https://youtu.be/oW00nyP9JTo



"I Entered" : Lyric Video : https://youtu.be/WGQr4cLF63Q



"The Lyricist" : Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/LDCC0nr07cY




MORE INFO ON SUSPERIA AT:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.SUSPERIA.NET
OFFICIAL FACEBOOK: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SUSPERIAOFFICIAL 
OFFICIAL YOUTUBE: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/SUSPERIAOFFICIAL 
OFFICIAL TWITTER: HTTP://WW.TWITTER.COM/SUSPERIABAND
OFFICIAL INSTAGRAM: HTTP://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/SUSPERIAOFFICIAL

GENERAL CONTACT: SUSPERIA.BAND@GMAIL.COM 

FACEBREAKER - Guitarist leaves the band!

FACEBREAKER
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
GENRE: DEATH METAL



GUITARIST LEAVES FACEBREAKER!
[2018.01.12]

Zombie addicted Swedish death metal hell-masters FACEBREAKER have just announced the departure of their guitarrist Bendler who decided to concentrate on his other band Zornheym.

FACEBREAKER comment:
"We wish him all the best in the future and thanx for all the GREAT memories.
Cheers."

This is what Bendler says about his decision:
"I've had a blast, many awesome memories and four great friends , but now it's over , I'm leaving FACEBREAKER
It's all about time and priorities on my behalf, my musically focus will be on Zornheym
I will follow them with great interest and I'm looking forward to their next album witch i'm pretty sure will be an absolute killer!!
Thanks FACEBREAKER for having me on board, I'm gonna miss ya guy's!!
And a sincere thanks to all dedicated flesh eating fans out there !!!!!
Cheers "

Facebreaker "Catacomb" videoclip: http://youtu.be/OFguCesKgYQ




More info about the band at the following Links:
OFFICIAL SITE:HTTP://WWW.FACEBREAKER.COM
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/FACEBREAKER.OFFICIAL
YOUTUBE: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/FACEBREAKER666

CONTACT/BOOKING: FACEBREAKER666@HOTMAIL.COM 

CONQUEST ICON - New Logo and more news!

CONQUEST ICON
COUNTRY: POLAND
GENRE: BLACKENED DEATH METAL



NEW LOGO AND NEWS FROM CONQUEST ICON CAMP!
[2018.01.03]

CONQUEST ICON, Polish Blackened Death Metallions have just announced their new logo made by Ihasan Art.

The band has also unleashed the following news:
"Happy New Year everyone!
New year brings some news from us, finally.
(...) We have also finished writing music for our new album - we will enter the studio later this year."


MORE ABOUT THE BANDS @ LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.CONQUESTICON.ORG 
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CONQUESTICON
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/CONQUESTICON 

BOOKING / CONTACT: BAND@CONQUESTICON.ORG 

NOCTEM - On final "Haeresis" Tour over Europe!

NOCTEM
COUNTRY: SPAIN
GENRE: BLACKENED DEATH METAL



NOCTEM ON FINAL "HAERESIS" EUROPEAN TOUR!
[2018.01.31]

Spain's blackened death metallers NOCTEM will hit the road again presenting the final Eurotour of their latest opus "Haeresis" supported by Extreme Metallers MartYriuM and Death Metal act Rebel Souls:

NOCTEM + MARTYRIUM + REBEL SOULS
TOTAL METAL OVER EUROPE HAERESIS TOUR
01/03 - Rock Club Tartaros / Banska Bystrica (SK)
02/03 - Red & Black / Chorzow (PL)
03/03 - Rock Klub Iron / Krosno (PL)
04/03 - Club Rude Boy / Bielsko-Biala (PL)
05/03 - Bar Pod Hodinama / Kolin (CZ)
06/03 - Flowerpower / Magdeburg (DE)
07/03 - Futurum Music Bar / Praha (CZ)
08/03 - P.M.K. / Innsbruck (AT)
09/03 - Durer Kert / Budapest (HU)
10/03 - Manufactura / Timisoara (RO)
11/03 - Hard Club / Cluj-Napoca (RO)

Organizing: Total Metal Concerts & Booking & Art Gates Records
Prosthetic Records Hell Frog Promotion

SPREAD THE PLAGUE!!!

NOCTEM "A Cruce Salus" videoclip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_xGxWqBwvg




More info about NOCTEM band at the following Links:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.NOCTEMOFFICIAL.COM
OFFICIAL FACEBOOK: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NOCTEMOFFICIAL 
OFFICIAL YOUTUBE: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NOCTEMBAND 
OFFICIAL INSTAGRAM: HTTP://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/NOCTEMOFFICIAL
OFFICIAL TWITTER: HTTP://WWW.TWITTER.COM/NOCTEMOFFICIAL 

GENERAL CONTACT: NOCTEMBAND@GMAIL.COM
GENERAL MANAGEMENT & BOOKING WORLDWIDE:
THE FLAMING ARTS AGENCY
INFO@THEFLAMINGARTS.ORG 
HTTP://WWW.THEFLAMINGARTS.EU

Band of the NeKroWEEK - FENRIS - Holland - Viking Black Death Metal

FENRIS
COUNTRY: HOLLAND
GENRE: VIKING BLACK DEATH METAL



NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are FENRIS ( Black Death Metal), the ones and only with the registered FENRIS name, a killer Dutch band with great Viking spirit, forging some scorching black metal with some death metal twist!
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!

Check live video for "Verschroeide Aarde" from the album "Ordeal".
https://youtu.be/SmaWIYbbpuQ




MORE ABOUT THE BANDS @ LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.FENRIS.NL 
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/FENRISNL
BOOKING / CONTACT: INFO@FENRIS.NL

FENRIS BIOGRAPHY

Originally formed in 1997, Fenris has a 14 year history of combining thunderous viking metal with scorching black metal. At times blindingly fast, sometimes atmospheric, but always melodic and
dynamic.

With strong roots in Nordic and Germanic mythology, and some of the lyrics in their mother tongue, the mood set is that of ancient peoples, their hopes and beliefs and their wars and hardships. To date,
two albums have been released: 'Offerings to the Hunger' (2001) and 'Ordeal' (2005), the last of which was an unsigned release.

In their existence Fenris has shared the stage with Enslaved, Sear Bliss, Rotting Christ, Tyr, Einherjer, SkyForger and many others.

On the 1st of September 2016 Fenris released their new album ‘...en doodenakkers tot den horizon’, which is distributed through Snakebite/Rockinc Entertainment.

2018.11.03 - OESTE UNDERGROUND FEST III - 2018 - MALVEIRA - Portugal

OESTE UNDERGROUND FEST III - 2018 @ MALVEIRA
DATA : 3 DE NOVEMBRO 2018 (Sábado)

Realiza-se no próximo dia 3 de Novembro, no Pavilhão Multiusos da Malveira (concelho de Mafra, distrito de Lisboa), a terceira edição do festival de Metal e Hardcore Oeste Underground Fest.

De cariz solidário, dado que visa auxiliar os bombeiros locais, o evento será constituído por bandas portuguesas e estrangeiras, praticantes da melhor música pesada que atualmente se faz na Europa.

INFORMAÇÃO UTIL:

LOCAL: Pavilhão Multiusos da Malveira - Malveira - Portugal
COORDENADAS GPS: 38.936564,-9.260772 | 38°56'11.6"N 9°15'38.8"W

Evento de beneficência para os Bombeiros Voluntários da Malveira

CARTAZ COMPLETO:



SERRABULHO |PORTUGAL| (Party Death/Grindcore) : https://www.facebook.com/serrabulhogrind/
REPULSIVE VISION |REINO UNIDO| (Death Metal) : https://www.facebook.com/RepulsiveVision
PRAYERS OF SANITY |PORTUGAL| (Thrash Metal) : https://www.facebook.com/prayersofsanity/
ANALEPSY |PORTUGAL| (Slamming Brutal Death Metal) : https://www.facebook.com/analepsyofficial
RENCOR |ESPANHA| (Grindviolence) : https://www.facebook.com/rencorgrindviolence
GAEREA |PORTUGAL| (Black Metal): https://www.facebook.com/gaerea
WARHAMMER |GRÉCIA| (Thrash Metal):  https://www.facebook.com/Warhammer-353071788159550
HOURSWILL |PORTUGAL| (Heavy Metal): https://www.facebook.com/Hourswill/
UNDERSAVE |PORTUGAL| (Death Metal): https://www.facebook.com/Undersave
FEAR THE LORD |PORTUGAL| (Hardcore): https://www.facebook.com/FTL2845/
OPPIDUM MORTUUM |PORTUGAL| (Doom/Death Metal): https://www.facebook.com/OppidumMortuum/

PROMO TEASER : https://youtu.be/hk3S90rKcCc





SERRABULHO : Pubic Hair in the Glasses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_worevquyM



REPULSIVE VISION : Fragmentary  : Videoclip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uykZXHnOvK0






MAIS INFORMAÇÂO SOBRE O FESTIVAL:
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/oesteundergroundfest
EVENTO FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/1206199552850360

BLACK ALTAR - Winds ov Decay - [2017] - Split Review by NPH - Rate 8,5/10

BLACK ALTAR
COUNTRY: POLAND
GENRE: BLACK METAL


[ Cover Art by Nestor Avalos ]

BLACK ALTAR - "WINDS OV DECAY" - SPLIT - 2017

Tracklist:
BLACK ALTAR: "Winds ov Decay"
1. INTRO
2. TOPHET
3. WINDS OV DECAY
4. PENTAGRAM SACRIFICE (Beastcraft cover)
5. OUTRO
6. TOPHET – PreEmptive Strike 0.1 – electro version – bonus track

BEASTCRAFT: "Occult Ceremonial Rites"
7. IN THE HOUR OF THE THORNS (unreleased intro track from 2016)
8. DEATHCRAFT AND NECROMANCY (unreleased track recorded in 2007/2016)
9. BLACKWINGED MESSIAH (previously only released on 7” vinyl, recorded in 2007)
10. BURNT AT HIS ALTAR (unreleased live recording from 2016, taken from the Death is Complete tribute concert)
11. RESURRECTION THROUGH DESECRATION AND CHURCHFIRES (previously only released on 7” vinyl, recorded in 2006)
12. …IN THY GLORY (7”, 2017)

BLACK ALTAR RECORDING LINEUP:
Shadow – vocals
James Steward (Vader) – drums
Michał – guitars, bass
V. Priest (Acherontas) – guest vocals
Acerbus (Ondskapt) – guest vocals
Sorath Northgrove (Beastcraft) – guest vocals
Nihil (Furia) – sound engineering, sample fx, mix and mastering

Tophet has been recorded in 2016 at Hertz Studio, Bat Studio and Czysciec Studio.
Mix and mastering by Nihil.



BLACK ALTAR - Winds ov Decay - 2017 - Odium Records
Genre: Black Metal

Out from the darkest crypts emerges the new black metal piece by Black Altar a band that has over 21 years of existence and devotion to the black metal arts. To celebrate more than two decades in blasphemy the band has released this new split with the Norwegian black metal heretics Beastcraft! 
Black Altar has been founded by Shadow on his homeland Poland back in 1996. Since then his unholy crusade has set a mark in black metal underground, Black Altar has ascended to become one of the best Polish references on its genre. "Winds ov Decay" is a proof of that, unholy dark ritualistic music crafted by experienced black metal war-masters!
Shadow rebellious march has raised 2 tenebrous full-length albums, 2 EPs and loads of split cd's with bands such as Vesania, Nebular Mystic,Varathron, Thornspawn and now Beastcraft, a rough black metal band that adds among other elements a very own depressive and melancholic atmosphere to their darkest metal crafts.

"Winds ov Decay" / "Occult Ceremonial Rites" is a split album that will please adepts of traditional black metal without any delightful adornments or "over-melodic" touches. This is straight fu**ing black metal right upon your tortured ears, bitter and old fashioned, harsh and with a pitch black atmosphere.
While Black Altar ritualistic sound is quite more aggressive and with some slight death metal touch into, Beastcraft sound in the other hand goes deeper into the obscure and sounds allot more old-fashioned and rawer. Their dark depressive/melancholic touch is surely giving them an own blackened essence!

Black Altar/Beastcraft split contains 12 tracks of the most christ-raping black metal out there! Black Altar present two new tracks which express the bands true essence, "Tophet" and the title track "Winds ov Decay" unleash true terrorizing black metal, fast, vicious and as deadly as it can be, to enhance this brutal sound none better than James (Vader) drums to give all the right dose brutality! "Tophet" includes the vocals of some distinguished guests like V. Priest (Acherontas), Acerbus (Ondskapt) and Sorath Northgrove (Beastcraft)!
Black Altar have also covered Beastcraft "Pentagram Sacrifice" as tribute and added as bonus an interesting electronic version of the track "Tophet"!
Beascraft "Occult Ceremonial Rites" follows... "In the Hour of the Thorns" introduces the listener to "Deathcraft and Necromancy" and "Black Winged Messiah" tracks that shall take you into a dark melancholic journey across pure demonical black metal grimness, a diabolical trip into the depths of the obscure! In the same vein you have the live version of "Burnt at his Altar" from the bands debut full length "Into the Burning Pit of Hell". To end the split we have "Resurrection Through Desecration and Churchfires" recorded in 2006 and "In Thy Glory" from 2017, two ugly and old fashioned pure fu**ing black metal tracks...both damn vicious and addictive! True black metal cult!

"Winds ov Decay" / "Occult Ceremonial Rites" is a quite well balanced black metal creation, pleasing the adepts of scorching and fierce as well as raw and melancholic extremes of black metal. This unholy offspring is a "must have piece" to every die hard black metal worshiper, a sinister piece of true unholy necromancy! With this new release, both Black Altar and Beastcraft enrich their underground black metal legacy with another ritualistic cult creation, proving with it that black metal is alive and kicking hard!

RüPä - Nekronos Promotion Hell

RATE: 8,5/10



"Tophet" : Videoclip : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMYmAwIcA9c



FULL SPLIT STREAM : https://youtu.be/YCeEO3dIIe0




MORE ABOUT THE BAND AT:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.BLACK-ALTAR-HORDE.COM 
FACEBOOK PROFILE: http://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BLACKALTAR
MYSPACE: HTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/BLACKALTARHORDE

BOOKING / CONTACT: SHADOW666@INTERIA.PL