Oak, Ash & Thorn Sign to Season of Mist
Posted on May 16, 2024Season of Mist is proud to welcome Oak, Ash & Thorn.
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Insanity Alert Streaming New EP
Posted on May 15, 2024Ski parties visit Austria for its powdered slopes, but when Insanity Alert banded together around Innsbruck in 2011, they had a different type of shredding in mind. The band’s destructive appetite for crossover thrash is only rivaled by their unquenchable thirst for ice-cold beer and a jonesing for good bud(s).
NIGHTFALL Returning to Brazil
Posted on May 14, 2024After rising from the underground alongside fellow Greek legends in Septicflesh and Rotting Christ, Nightfall vanished back into the shadows before their deadly comeback in 2021. Not only did they reappear with a ferocious new album, but Efthimis Karadimas and his reinvigorated band of melodic slayers returned to stages all over the world.
Black Lava Conjure Fresh Doom on “Unsheathing Nightmares”
Posted on May 14, 2024Though they formed with the ease of a natural stream, Black Lava whisk together a wickedly wide cauldron of influences. Sludgy grooves boil with melodic dissonance and old-school death metal, bubbling over into medieval fantasies.
CHRISTIAN DEATH Playing Europe on Armageddon Tour 2024
Posted on May 14, 2024The legendary harbingers of death rock, CHRISTIAN DEATH, have announced their most ambitious venture yet – the Armageddon Tour 2024. Poised to set stages ablaze across Europe, CHRISTIAN DEATH invites fans to witness the embodiment of their darkly poetic artistry in a live spectacle that promises to be nothing short of apocalyptic.
DVRK Takes Your Breath Away on Breathless
Posted on May 13, 2024In an era where metal yearns for innovation yet craves its dark roots, DVRK emerges with their second single, Breathless, from their debut EP, Infinite Reminiscence. This track plunges listeners into an intense narrative journey, encapsulating the essence of deathcore, nu-metal, and bass music into a singular, formidable sound.
Cynic Perform on Audiotree From Nothing
Posted on May 9, 2024Putting your creative process into words is difficult, especially if you’re as forward-thinking as CYNIC. But after 30+ years, weathering hurricanes, teenage angst, homophobia and the tragic loss of their legendary rhythm section has given Paul Masvidal sage-like insight into the band’s celestial voyage.
syk Streaming Intensively Innovated New Album
Posted on May 9, 2024syk are relentless in their pursuit of sonic evolution. Since 2013, the Italtian band have consistently delivered avant-garde metal that will make your head not only bang but spin. Their new album is even more innovative and intense. eartHFlesh doesn’t just push the envelope. It tears it apart.
SEVERE TORTURE’s Sonic Annihilation Continues on The Pinnacle of Suffering
Posted on May 7, 2024Navigate through the carnage, seasoned seekers of the unrelenting extremities, as Season of Mist heralds the monstrous return of death metal behemoths SEVERE TORTURE with their latest aural onslaught, The Pinnacle of Suffering. Serving as the harbinger of their much-anticipated album, Torn from the Jaws of Death, this new single encapsulates the relentless spirit and vicious might of a band unyielding in their quest to sculpt soundtracks for the macabre.
The Flames Rise Higher on 1349’s New Single Ash of Ages
Posted on May 3, 2024In the grand tradition of black metal supremacy, 1349 returns with a searing standalone single, Ash of Ages, paving the desolate path to their much-anticipated North American tour later this May. Echoing the grim roots of black metal’s full-throated cry, Ash of Ages ascends from the band’s profound depths to scorch the earth with its presence.
WORMED Dive into the Quantum Chaos on Automaton Virtulague
Posted on May 2, 2024In the infinite expanse of the universe where the lines between technology and the arcane blur, WORMED stands poised at the helm, guiding listeners through the cosmic disorder with their first single Automaton Virtulague from the highly anticipated album, Omegon. Known for their unparalleled mastery in the Sci-Fi Tech Death Metal domain, WORMED invites you to transcend dimensions.
EIVØR Releases Swooning New Single
Posted on April 30, 2024Fans around the world recognize Eivør for her thunderous Nordic drumming and operatic throat singing. But her upcoming twelfth album marks a bold new venture in her two decades-long musical journey.
Gaerea Release Explosive New Single
Posted on April 29, 2024In a world where music often treads familiar territories, cathartic black metal visionaries GAEREA challenge the paradigms and invite listeners into an enigmatic journey with their latest standalone single, “World Ablaze”.
REGARDE LES HOMMES TOMBER Exclusive Paris Philharmonic Show w/ Behemoth
Posted on April 26, 2024In an unprecedented event collaborating with the Paris Philharmonic’s ongoing metal exhibition, Season of Mist is proud to announce an exclusive show featuring the titan of French atmospheric black metal, REGARDE LES HOMMES TOMBER, alongside the legendary Behemoth. Set within the grandeur of the Paris Philharmonic, this monumental event is slated for April 30, 2024, marking a convergence of raw, unbridled energy and sophisticated artistry.
Night Shall Drape Us Release Debut Album
Posted on April 26, 2024Night Shall Drape Us came together from corners of the Nordic underground, bound by bonds of blood and spirit, to create traditional black metal executed to perfection.
BLACK TUSK Streaming New Album The Way Forward
Posted on April 25, 2024BLACK TUSK came roaring out of the Savannah swamplands nearly twenty years ago, but the sludge metal veterans aren’t looking back anytime soon. On their seventh album, The Way Forward, the band blaze full steam into the future behind the force of their new yet familiar lineup.
Horrendous Announce Tour with Tomb Mold
Posted on April 25, 2024Metalheads everywhere are still having a hard time deciding whether to crown Ontological Mysterium or The Enduring Spirit as the best album of 2023. They don’t have to choose any longer, because Horrendous are going on tour with Tomb Mold.
Insanity Alert Honor Queen on “Moshemian Thrashody”
Posted on April 24, 2024Some metalheads are sticklers for the rules, but no cow is too sacred for Insanity Alert. On their new EP, the Austrian pranksters tear through a four-pack of familiar classics. But while the first single from Moshemian Thrashody yanked the chain of a saxy pop icon, the title track crashes classic rock’s night at the opera with a whole clown car full of crossover thrash hijinks.
ROTTING CHRIST Herald the Last Stand of Pagans on The Apostate
Posted on April 23, 2024ROTTING CHRIST proudly present The Apostate, the latest single from the unparalleled masters of blackened ‘hellenic’ metal. This track is a vehement storm conjured from the depths of the band’s upcoming monumental release, Pro Xristou — a sonorous odyssey that not only celebrates the indomitable spirit of paganism but also challenges the encroaching shadows of conformity.
Profanatica Announce More US Tour Dates
Posted on April 22, 2024Profanatica have been one of the nastiest bands in America since the early ’90s, back when they were playing the backroom of Chinese restaurants alongside Gorophobia, Immolation and Incantation.