 Dark metal institution Agathodaimon have officially signed a worldwide record deal with Napalm Records. Formed by Sathonys (guitar) and Matthias Rodig (drums) the German five-piece quickly evolved, performed at major European festivals and released six studio albums throughout their vast career. Seven years after their highly praised full length In Darkness, Agathodaimon reunited in February 2020 and are currently working on new material! More to be announced soon! Guitarist Sathonys states: "We’re proud to announce that we have signed a deal with Napalm Records! As some of you know, Agathodaimon was put on hold for years. We've been working on a reunion for many months though, to get back in shape- and when we finally felt ready and announced the comeback in February, we were hoping to find a good partner soon, to release our next album. Yet, I didn't expect that we would be contacted by Napalm right away, a label that has developed in such an impressive way over the course of the last decades. Not only being able to sign lots of excellent bands, but who also managed to gather an impressive team of specialists over the course of time, all fully dedicated to and passionate about metal. So, here we are, and we couldn't be more excited to be part of their artist roster. We're absolutely looking forward to working with these guys!" Napalm Records A&R Sebastian Muench adds: "In 1998, Agathodaimon released Blacken The Angel an absolute masterpiece! As many, back in the good old days, I heard first about the band when I bought Metal Hammer Germany magazine and listened to the sampler CD that came with it. The song "Tristetea Vehementa" on the Off Road Tracks Vol. 10 Metal Hammer compilation made me fan for life. Agathodaimon was able to perfectly combine the best elements from Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal and Black Metal. The song "Body of Clay" is arguably even one of the best Doom Metal songs. All five album releases followed that recipe and resulted in some very unique and timeless classic albums. We are super excited to work with Agathodaimon in the future!" AGATHODAIMON are: Ashtrael - vocals Sathonys - guitar and vocals Nakhateth - guitar Von Yanesh - bass Mortos - drums More info: WEBSITE BANDCAMP
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 [Photo Credit: Stephanie Cabral // Illustration: Anne Catherine Swallow] Top-charting dark groove metal originators Devildriver recently announced the highly-anticipated release of their upcoming double album, Dealing With Demons. The first volume – entitled Dealing With Demons I – drops on October 9, 2020 via Napalm Records and marks the band’s first release of new, original material since 2016’s acclaimed Trust No One. Representing the onset of a final purging of the themes that have long possessed frontman Dez Fafara and Devildriver’s music, each track on Dealing With Demons I illustrates a different demon to be dealt with, or released. Today, the band is following up on the release of their burgeoning latest single “Keep Away From Me” and its thought-provoking video with yet another unforgettable anthem – the menacing, mosh-ready second single "Iona". From the ominous siren at its start to its grooving verses, the track pulls no punches. The hair-raising, anthemic chorus line, “She carries a black rose…” beckons the listener again and again into a chilling ghost story! Travel the dark road into Iona's clutches via the heart-gripping music video, directed by Vicente Cordero, below. Watch the chilling official music video for “Iona” HERE Frontman Dez Fafara says about “Iona” and the demons that inspired the track: "Iona is unlike any other Devildriver song we’ve put out. From the frantic verses to the haunting chorus, this song is another move forward to push our sound and the listener's ears into the fray! The chorus, “she carries a black rose, effigy from a story closed", tells the story of the long dead ghost of Iona and her obsession with death represented by the black roses in her hands – each one the soul of someone she’s taken from this life on a lonely dark road, assimilating their souls into black roses, which she carries for eternity. This theme relates to myself and “Dealing With Demons” in that, often times, we as people have a hard time “letting go” of things. This can be applied to relationships, death, and so on. Iona carrying the black roses symbolizes her inability to move on – always seeking revenge. The past is exactly that – the past – it’s important to let go and not be stuck in a perpetual loop of living in it." WEBSITE NAPALM RECORDS  Finnish dark metal band Kaamos Warriors released a new single Kuilu. The track is taken from the upcoming third album "Kirous" which is set to be released later on 2020. Watch music video here: https://youtu.be/ipPMApS5jEA Guitarist Jani Moilanen comments: "The fast paced song Kuilu is the second single from the upcoming album capturing the essence of Kaamos Warrior's brutal yet beautiful atmospheric dark music." Listen to Kuilu:
 [ photo credit: Jan Season ] Dark metal sensation Lord Of The Lost returns with their newest offer in their classic ensemble album series: Swan Songs III, the long-awaited successor to Swan Songs II, will be released via Napalm Records on August 7, 2020. Deeply emotional storytelling melding with beautiful harmonies and Chris Harms’ palpitation-inducing deep vocals make Swan Songs III absolutely exceptional. The first single, “A One Ton Heart”, presents itself as a powerful ballad that makes the listener dive away with heavenly piano parts, underlined by delicate acoustic guitars and soft drum rhythms that take the listener onto a musical journey. Watch the absolutely outstanding and surprisingly historical video – featuring hand saws, classical string instruments and the beauty of violence – below! Lord Of The Lost on the new single and video: “Since the founding of Lord Of The Lost, we have been wanting to shoot a video like this one. Unfortunately, none of our songs have ever fit to such a video. That hasn’t really changed with “A One Ton Heart”, but we didn’t want to wait any longer. So the video - in its non-existent statement - and our absurd looks have absolutely nothing to do with the song. Fortunately, the song didn’t care about that at all. And we have fulfilled another dream.” Watch the new official video for “A One Ton Heart” HERE!  † DECLARATION † No living instruments were harmed during the filming of this music video clip. All instruments have already been dead and unplayable before. After the shoot their mortal remains were cremated in an adequate satanic ritual. The standard version of Swan Songs III consists of new songs, all recorded with The Lord Of The Lost-Ensemble, and brand new versions of a hand-picked selection of Lord Of The Lost classics, including the standout 18-minute-long song “Letters To Home”. For all Dark metal connoisseurs, Swan Songs III comes with a high quality deluxe box, including the instrumental Swan Symphonies III-versions of all songs and previously unreleased demo versions of eight new songs. As a special bonus, there is a full live set, recorded at their 10th anniversary show in 2019 in their home town of Hamburg. More than five hours of Lord Of The Lost in all facets on seven CDs! Swan Songs III will be available in multiple formats, including a high-class Earbook, a box set and a 2LP Gatefold Vinyl. The album is a gift to all music fans and marks the next highlight in Lord Of The Lost's musical career. LORD OF THE LOST on the album: "The Swan Songs project started as a musical infidelity, continued in a beloved carry-on and became like a second musical DNA. Meanwhile, we feel at home in our second musical facet, as well as in our classifying LORD OF THE LOST sound / shell. Swan Songs III has a musical depth that even surprises ourselves with a certain distance to its finishing. It is by no means the last part of a trilogy, but so far our personal highlight of LORD OF THE LOST’s classical-career.” Swan Songs III will be available in the following formats:
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The LORD OF THE LOST Ensemble 2020: Chris Harms: Vocals, Violoncello, Semi Acoustic Guitar π: Acoustic Guitar Bengt Jaeschke: Acoustic Guitar Class Grenayde: Acoustic Bass Gared Dirge: Grand Piano Corvin Bahn: Organ, Harpsichord, Celeste Maline Zickow: 1st Violin Felicitas Fischbein: 2nd Violin Ida Luzie Phlipp: Viola Miriam Göbel: Violoncello Julia C. Pfänder: Contrabass Niklas Kahl: Percussions Daniel Möhrke: Percussions Henrik Petschull: Percussions LORD OF THE LOST: HOMEPAGE NAPALM RECORDS  Symphonic Dark Metal band Thy Despair unleash their second single, "Ghost Rider" taken from "The Song Of Desolation" album coming out May 8 via Rockshots Records.
The band stated:- "Ghost Rider tells us a story of night warrior on hell-born motorcycle who gathers souls of sinners in the name of Satan. The song gets out the idea that concepts of the good and the evil can't be absolute, as far as the world is not black and white. Good acts can be fuelled by evil forces, while evil deeds can come from good ideas". Thy Despair blends black, gothic, doom, symphonic and melodic death elements into their sound along with vocals being sung in both English and Ukrainian. "The Song Of Desolation" features 10 tracks each with its own tale to tell and a statement that unites all of them together.
www.rockshots.eu Facebook.com/thydespair Instagram.com/thydespair  Rockshots Records announce their latest signing of Kiev, Ukraine's Thy Despair for the release of their forthcoming album "The Song Of Desolation" due out on May 8, 2020. The dark metal band blends black, gothic, doom, symphonic and melodic death elements into their sound along with vocals being sung in both English and Ukrainian. Today they are sharing with fans the first single off the full length 'Free One'. Listen to 'Free One' at these links:
Thy Despair's new album "The Song of Desolation" follows the band's 2018 debut EP "Free One". Some of the album's lyrics are influenced by the war in eastern Ukraine. "It is a great tragedy for the nation and the main idea of these songs is that you should always fight back and keep freedom in your heart and mind. Lyrics of other songs are inspired by local legends or life experience. Even when everything goes extremely bad, you should still stay strong, struggle and hope for the best, otherwise you won’t survive or will turn into a slave with no backbone." says band founder Nephilim. The album as whole features 10 tracks each with its own tale to tell and a statement that unites all of them together.
Album Pre-order available at: http://bit.ly/TheSongOfDesolation_CD Also, watch their Epic Game of Thrones Metal Lyrics Cover - https://youtu.be/j4Pvk76doO4 Band members: Elin - Vocals Nephilim - Vocals / Guitar Strike - Guitar Navka - Keys Alex - Drums Anton - Bass www.rockshots.eu Facebook.com/thydespair Instagram.com/thydespair  Rockshots Records announces their latest signing of Kiev, Ukraine's Thy Despair for the release of their forthcoming album "The Song Of Desolation" due out on May 8, 2020. The dark metal band blends black, gothic, doom, symphonic and melodic death elements into their sound along with vocals being sung in both English and Ukrainian. Today they are sharing with fans the first single off the full length 'Free One'. Listen to 'Free One' at these links:
Thy Despair's new album "The Song of Desolation" follows the band's 2018 debut EP "Free One". Some of the album's lyrics are influenced by the war in eastern Ukraine. "It is a great tragedy for the nation and the main idea of these songs is that you should always fight back and keep freedom in your heart and mind. Lyrics of other songs are inspired by local legends or life experience." says band founder Nephilim. The album as a whole features 10 tracks each with its own tale to tell and a statement that unites all of them together. Nephilim adds: "Even when everything goes extremely bad, you should still stay strong, struggle and hope for the best, otherwise you won’t survive or will turn into a backboneless slave." Album pre-order available at: Also, watch their Epic Game of Thrones Metal Lyrics Cover - https://youtu.be/j4Pvk76doO4
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Lyrics by Nephilim Composed by Nephilim Arrangements by Strike, Navka, Alex, Anton Cover by Elin Art by Elin Cover photography by Katerina Vorona Band photography by Mary Kiper Mixed and mastered by QWERTY Records Cover model - Elin Band members: Elin - Vocals Nephilim - Vocals / Guitar Strike - Guitar Navka - Keys Alex - Drums Anton - Bass www.rockshots.eu Facebook.com/thydespair Instagram.com/thydespair  Timisoara, Romania based Dark Doom Jazz quintet Katharos XIII present their new video for the track Vidma, taken off the band's most recent album, Palindrome released on October 14th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAgeZzczfrM This video directed by Alexandru Das, is intended to be a meditative capture of our place in the universe, as a non-existential experience interacting with primary elements. During the whole journey we are observers and we sink more and more into our anxieties hallucinating with the unknown discovering that we are not the centre of everything as we want to believe. Like a shadow spirit, Vidma impersonates the flow of life as flashes of light in the void of the universe where questions of what is simulated and what is real around us are painful for the seeker, but maybe the key is at the end of the journey where you will find a dream that sets reality to be what we want to believe it is and the rest is lost in the dark like life itself. Katharos XIII's new studio album Palindrome is available for streaming and orders here:
https://www.facebook.com/KatharosXIII/ www.loudragemusic.com loudragemusic.bandcamp.com  My Kingdom Music is absolutely honoured to announce the signing of a new contract with one of the most eclectic realities of the Dark Metal scene: they are Dark Matter, the project behind which the visionary Aria Moghaddam from Iran and his talented band mate Mehdi 14CH paint melancholic, introspective and ethereal musical landscapes. After two singles, they are ready to release their debut album titled "Nebula To Black Hole" an album that will show us a band destined to leave a sign in the scene thanks to an extremely amazing release which includes 8 songs, 17 guests from 11 countries and everything held together by a unique magical essence, that is the dark art of this creature. "Nebula To Black Hole" will be out via My Kingdom Music on January 31st, 2020 and it will be a long musical journey into the beautiful art of Dark Matter. www.facebook.com/DarkMatterPage www.mykingdommusic.net www.facebook.com/mykingdommusic.label  Finnish metal band Kaamos Warriors releases the first single Ruined by Plague from their second album Shadows Of Northern Chaos. The single will be released July 25th .2019 by Inverse Records. Shadows Of Northern Chaos album will be released in the end of year 2019. "The single "Ruined by Plaque" is the fourth track from the album, it is not the fastest one but represents the melodic roughness and dark atmosphere of the album." - Jani / Kaamos Warriors Originally Kaamos Warriors was a two member band formed by Mikko Ojala (Dark The Suns) and Jani Moilanen (R2JBros) but now the band has a third member Jyri Moilanen who will handle bass on upcoming album.  Listen to Ruined by Plague:
Line-up: Mikko Ojala (vocals & guitars) Jani Moilanen (guitars, acoustic guitars, solo guitars) Jyri Moilanen (bass) https://www.facebook.com/Kaamos-Warriors-224268018275265 https://spoti.fi/2B5wCB2 |
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