Monday, 22 June 2026

Band of the NeKroWEEK - BELPHEGOR - Austria - Diabolical Death Black Metal

BELPHEGOR
COUNTRY: AUSTRIA
GENRE: DIABOLICAL DEATH BLACK METAL




NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are BELPHEGOR (Diabolical Death Black Metal), one of the most extreme and blaspheme bands ever to come from Austrian lands. Belphegor are one of the most respected bands in their musical 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!

The latest single / videoclip "Scarlet Beast - Leviathan" out via
Reigning Phoenix Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R84svP3mTJo




BOOKING INFO!
Booking info: www.belphegor.at/booking.htm
Headquarters: belphegor@aon.at


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



SCARLET BEAST - LEVIATHAN DETAILS:

Diabolical death black metal titans BELPHEGOR have released a new single titled "Scarlet Beast - Leviathan" via Reigning Phoenix Music.

With the release of "Scarlet Beast“ Leviathan", BELPHEGOR return at their most menacing and deliberate, delivering a track that moves with the force of an advancing colossus. Built upon lumbering, monolithic riffs and a suffocating sense of inevitability, the single embodies a towering presence, vast, unrelenting, and absolute.

"Scarlet Beast - Leviathan" does not chase speed; it commands submission. Favoring tension, density, and sheer authority over velocity, the song fuses ritualistic black metal atmosphere with the crushing weight of death metal. The result is a sonic behemoth, oppressive, deliberate, and unstoppable, advancing through scorched terrain with death trailing in its wake.

The single arrives as BELPHEGOR kick off their North American "Praise The Beast" tour, carrying this new chapter directly onto the stage. The track's immense weight and deliberate pacing translate into a live experience built on tension and command, setting the tone for a run that promises ritual intensity across the continent.

STREAM, GET IT HERE: https://belphegor.rpm.link/leviathanYT

Accompanying the single is a stark and uncompromising music video that captures the essence of true darkness. Gritty and raw in execution, the visual counterpart strips away artifice and embraces ritualistic imagery, shadow, and decay. It is not spectacle, but invocation.

With "Scarlet Beast - Leviathan", BELPHEGOR once again prove their mastery of controlled devastation. The beast does not rush. It advances. And nothing stands in its path.

Mixed & mastered by Tue Madsen, Antfarm Studio
All guitars, vocals & bass recorded at Studio Mischmaschine Oberalm, Austria with Jake K.
Drums recorded in Michael Zech's Church Of Sound Studio Munich, Ger.

BELPHEGOR recording line-up:
Helmuth: Guitars, heretic grunts, bass
Wolfgang "Wolf" R.: Guitars
James S.: Drums

Music & Lyrics: Helmuth




"THE DEVILS" DETAILS!

Diabolical death metal squadron BELPHEGOR have released their new album "The Devils" out via Nuclear Blast Records.
Once again their trademark sounding "Diabolical Death Metal" will be brought to the world. The outstanding artwork was created by Greek artist Seth Siro Anton, with exalted design elements influenced by renaissance and middle age paintings.

With "The Devils", long-running diabolical black death metal titans BELPHEGOR unleash their twelfth studio album upon the masses, which proves to be one of the strongest and most elaborate records in the groups career. Mixed & mastered at renowned Fascination Street Studios by Jens Bogren (Kreator, Dimmu Borgir, At The Gates), "The Devils" sounds absolutely crushing and dynamic, sonically pushing the immense variety of the eight tracks to new heights.

The band comments: "Hail! Today we are finally unleashing our new album "THE DEVILS" in its entirety!
I think the greatest strength of this twelfth BELPHEGOR album are the many new elements incorporated into our unrelenting soundwall, which illuminates the offering shine with an evil ritualistic light. We tried to push the boundaries as musicians and as a band to bring the eight soundcollages to a new level of “Diabolical Black Death Metal” extremity. An intense atmosphere was our goal.
"THE DEVILS" is the perfect demonstration of how we wanted to sound in the year 2022, every aspect expressing what we seek within BELPHEGOR!"
In Musick, Helmuth

FULL STREAM "THE DEVILS": https://belphegor.bfan.link/the-devils / [ YOUTUBE ]

The track list for the new album is as follows:
I. THE DEVILS
II. TOTENTANZ - DANCE MACABRE
III. GLORIFIZIERUNG DES TEUFELS
IV. DAMNATION - HOLLENSTURZ
V. VIRTUS ASINARIA - PRAYER
VI. KINGDOM OF COLD FLESH
VII. RITUS INCENDIUM DIABOLUS
VIII. CREATURE OF FIRE
IX. BLACKEST SABBATH 1997 [Digipak bonus track]


ORDER NOW:
BELPHEGOR'S "THE DEVILS": Available on all digital platforms and on physical formats including vinyl, cassette, CD jewel case and CD Digipak with bonus tracks and TS design.
ORDER NOW: https://media.nuclearblast.de/shoplanding/2022/Belphegor/the-devils.html



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!

Monday, 15 June 2026

Band of the NeKroWEEK - ZORNHEYM - Sweden - Symphonic Metal

ZORNHEYM
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
GENRE: SYMPHONIC METAL




NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are ZORNHEYM (Sweden), one of the best Symphonic metal bands out there! Constituted by experienced metal musicians who united to bring fourth a fresh pieces of horror tales mixed with symphonic metal art! An horror painted scenario for the deadlier symphonic experience! Welcome to the Zornheim asylum!
Features former members of Devian, Dark Funeral (live), Scar Symmetry (live), Facebreaker and more!
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!

The music video for "Deus Rex" from the new album "Descending into Madness" out on the 2nd of October via
Noble Demon Records:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHqizoGuCwk




PRE-ORDER NOW:
Pre-order Blue Marbled Vinyl, special limited CD Digipak and the Zornheym Book "The Zornheim Archives" here: https://music.nobledemon.com/madness

Marking the band’s third full-length release, "Descending Into Madness" serves as a prequel to the dark and intricate story surrounding the asylum "Zornheim", its inmates and their doctors - where it is never quite clear who is truly insane.

"In an era obsessed with speed and instant results, we chose substance over shortcuts. This album was forged over years of relentless writing, arranging and refining. Every decision mattered. Every layer was earned. Nothing was rushed, nothing was accidental: until the vision stood complete," the band comments. "'Somewhere Far Beyond' is the first glimpse into this new chapter: a prequel that takes us back to the moment when Dr. Bettelheim first arrives at Zornheim, long before the madness fully unfolds. The track captures the epic choral power that defines the album, pushing our sound further than ever, with every member delivering at their absolute peak."

[ Cover art by: Pedro Sena - Lordigan ]

Tracklist:
01. Prologue: From the Depths of Sêlasee
02. Deus Rex
03. Somewhere Far Beyond
04. Deep Below
05. Anneliese
06. Alone in the Dark
07. Gallow’s Oak
08. The Funeral March
09. Descending
10. Come Sweet Death
11. The Foreboding (CD Bonus Track)
12. None For All (CD Bonus Track)

Recorded, mixed & mastered at Wing Studios
Produced by:
Sverker Widgren/Zorn

"Descending Into Madness" will be coming out on October 2 via Noble Demon Records and is now available for pre-order at this location: https://music.nobledemon.com/madness . The album will be available in a variety of exclusive formats, including colored marbled vinyl, a limited Collector's Edition CD, a Digipak and an A5 book.

 

ZORNHEYM BIOGRAPHY

ZORNHEYM was founded in Stockholm, Sweden, as an ambitious vision by its creator, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Zorn (ex-Dark Funeral), with the goal of realizing his interpretation of the ultimate concept band - a complete fusion of music, narrative, and visual storytelling. Since its inception, the band has set out to redefine the traditional "metal meets symphony" approach, developing a sound that blends cinematic orchestration with a powerful heavy metal backbone and strong influences from melodic death metal, all driven by a distinct sense for epic, memorable melodies.

At the core of ZORNHEYM lies a dark and expanding narrative universe. Each album unfolds within the walls of the mental asylum Zornheim - a place shrouded in mystery, madness, and horror - where the institution itself becomes the central character. Across releases, the band explores different eras of its sinister history through layered storytelling, recurring themes, and hidden connections. This concept was introduced on their debut album "Where Hatred Dwells and Darkness Reigns" (2017) and further expanded on the critically acclaimed "The Zornheim Sleep Experiment" (2021), followed by the acoustic EP "The Forgotten Inmates" (2023), which completed the first chapter of the asylum’s story.

ZORNHEYM’s artistic vision extends far beyond music. Their albums are accompanied by detailed visual concepts and graphic novels, bringing the asylum and its inmates to life in another dimension, while their music videos are produced as short films that further immerse the audience in the band’s universe.

On stage, ZORNHEYM transforms into a theatrical experience led by frontman Bendler, whose commanding presence draws the audience deep into the asylum’s grip. On special occasions, actors become part of the performance, elevating the show beyond a traditional concert into a dark and immersive spectacle.



ZORNHEYM are:
Zorn - Guitars
Scucca -
Guitars and Backing Vocals
Bendler-
Vocals
Qual -
Drums


MORE INFO ON ZORNHEYM ON THE FOLLOWING LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE/STORE:
HTTPS://ZORNHEYM.BANDCAMP.COM/
FACEBOOK: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ZORNHEYM
TWITTER: HTTP://WWW.TWITTER.COM/ZORNHEYM
INSTAGRAM: HTTP://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/ZORNHEYM_OFFICIAL

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/ZornheymOfficial


Monday, 8 June 2026

Band of the NeKroWEEK - BALFOR - Ukraine - Barbaric Black Metal

BALFOR
COUNTRY: UKRAINE
GENRE: BARBARIC BLACK METAL




NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, what better choice than our Ukrainian brothers BALFOR who deserve all our support over this hard times! They play barbaric black metal, one of the most successful representatives of their national metal scene by now. Explosive mixture of black and death metal, flavored with epic melodic brought BALFOR fame not only at home, but also far beyond its borders.
Show your support on this hard times and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!

The videoclip for "Serpents of the Black Sun" from their latest album "Black Serpent Rising":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPphT2skiws




MORE ABOUT THE BAND @ THIS LINKS:
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BALFOROFFICIAL 
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/BALFORHORDE 

BOOKING / CONTACT: BALFORHORDE@GMAIL.COM 


LATEST ALBUM:


"Black Serpent Rising" Tracklist:

01. Serpents Of The Black Sun
02. Dawn Of Savage
03. Unbounded Wrath Of Venom
04. Heralds Of The Fall
05. Among The Fallen Ones
06. Wolfbreed
07. A Vulture’s Spell
08. Crimson Stronghold

ORDER NOW : HERE :

BALFOR BIOGRAPHY

Balfor is a Ukrainian Black Metal band from Kyiv featuring Khors, Raventale and ex-Hate Forest members. The band plays a style that can be to define as Barbaric Black Metal, a name that only partly explains the kind of dark, dramatic music they play. Music that is an epic, melodic and a blastingly fast mixture of Black and Death Metal.

Band's frontman, continuously since its founding, is Anton Thorgeir Prymak - lead vocals, guitars and as well as main composer.
The first album “Volki Severa” was released by German label E.O.L.P. Production and received many good reviews. Meantime, band completed their first Ukrainian tour.

Next release “Pure Barbaric” in a move calculated to bring Balfor to the attention of a much larger audience was released for free download via a net-label. It was a move that was extremely successful in terms of increasing interest to the band. Using the resources and capabilities of social media Balfor manages to attract new listeners worldwide.

Writing a new album “Barbaric Blood” Balfor signed a contract and publishes it on Pulverised Records. European tour in support of the album was very successful. The band played shows in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland. Balfor also take a part on such well-known European metal festivals like: Eindhoven Metal Meeting (NL), Rockmaraton (HU), Dong Open Air (DE), Global East (UA), Metal Heads Mission (UA), Kilkim Zaibu (LT), Gothoom (SK), Carpathian Alliance (UA), Metal Crowd (BEL), etc.

After that “Barbaric Blood” was released by CD-Maximum Records for CIS and Baltic countries under the license of Pulverised Records.
Second European tour Balfor shared in the company of black metal bands Emptiness and Christ Agony.

Without dwelling on the achievements Balfor returned to Kyiv and recorded the EP “Heralds Of The Fall”.
And new album “Black Serpent Rising” will be released in January 2017 by French label Drakkar Productions. Album interprets dark, barbaric past of humanity and ancient cults.

Monday, 1 June 2026

Band of the NeKroWEEK - ABYSSIC - Norway - Doom Death Metal

ABYSSIC
COUNTRY: NORWAY
GENRE: DOOM DEATH METAL




NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are ABYSSIC (Norway) Orchestral Doom / Death metal dark entities from Norway. Formed by veteran Norwegian extreme metallers known for their work with bands such as Susperia, Dimmu Borgir, Old Man's Child, Asagraum, Sirenia, etc.
ABYSSIC
sound is astonishing symphonic experience of obscure funeral doom and death metal combined with some old-fashioned Norwegian black metal and a touch of sophisticated progressive rock from the 70's.
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!

Check out Abyssic live performance at Heretic March Festival 2024 in Germany:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilAKnTDTa-Ea  



BIOGRAPHY:
THE BRINGER OF DOOM

ABYSSIC is a unique symbiosis of atmospheric approaches in funeral death/doom, with black and prog influences. The signature is enhanced by orchestrations with Mellotron, Minimoog and Upright Bass.

ABYSSIC is a result of a collaboration between Memnock (Susperia), Elvorn (Susperia) and André Aaslie (Funeral, Images At Twilight, Gromth & Profane Burial) and together with Asgeir Mickelson (Ex-Borknagar, Ihsahn) they recorded the debut album 'A Winter's Tale' in February 2016 (Osmose Productions).

Later 2016 Tjodalv (Susperia, Ex-Dimmu Borgir, Old Man`s Child) and Makhashanah (Henriette Bordvik) (Asagraum (Live), Ex-Sirenia) joined
ABYSSIC, and together with Memnock, Elvorn and Aaslie they bring you the ABYSSIC darkness with album nr 2, "High The Memory".







"BROUGHT FORTH IN INIQUITY"DETAILS:

Orchestral Doom / Death metal dark entities ABYSSIC have released their 3rd album entitled "Brought Forth In Iniquity" on October 28th 2022  through Osmose Productions.

The album art was created once again by Mitchell Nolte Art and Illustration for ABYSSIC, exclusively.

Finally, ABYSSIC's third opus is here, and the long wait is over... The music is much more violent, faster, and the lyrics are even more haunting than on the last two albums. The orchestration is beyond everything they have done so far and is even more beautiful than ever. So, in other words, "Brought Forth in Iniquity" is faster and more brutal and more beautiful than ever. All we can say is: Expect the unexpected.


ORDER:
order info can be found at this link: https://osmoseproductions-label.com/abyssic-brought-forth-in-iniquity/

Tracklisting for ABYSSIC's "Brought Forth in Iniquity"
1. Cold as Winter Storm [9:43]
2. Chronicle of the Dead [8:49]
3. Mirror of Sorrow [6:33]
4. Djevelens Lys [7:06]
5. Brought Forth in Iniquity [18:33]


DISCOGRAPHY:

[ 2016 ] : A Winter's Tale - Label: Osmose Productions
[ 2019 ] : High the Memory - Label: Osmose Productions
[ 2022 ] : Brought Fourth in Iniquity - Label: Osmose Productions
 



ABYSSIC ARE:
Memnock -
Vocals, Contrabass
Elvorn -
Guitars
Borg -
Keys, Orchestration
Tjodalv -
Drums
Makhashanah -
Bass, Additional Vocals


MORE INFORMATION ON ABYSSIC AT:
OFFICIAL SITE: http://www.abyssic.com/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/abyssicofficial
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@abyssicofficial

BOOKING/CONTACT: abyssicofficial@gmail.com