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REVIEW: Behemoth – ‘Opvs Contra Natvram’


by Carina Lawrence / Dark Art Conspiracy

The mighty Behemoth continues to push boundaries and innovation on their twelfth album ‘Opvs Contra Natvram’. Poland’s extreme metal heroes have set such a high precedent with their past releases and achieved soaring success in the genre, almost unparalleled, which is quite something. Fronted by Adam Darski, aka Nergal, his vision has earned this statute and expanded their sound, and this new opus adds new layers being their most extensive and mature.

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Behemoth Reveal Landmark “Opvs Contra Cvltvram” Livestream From Warsaw’s Palace of Culture


Ever the creative innovators, Poland’s extreme metal overlords BEHEMOTH have revealed their latest visual feast, Opvs Contra Cvltvram, a streaming event shot on the roof of Warsaw’s renowned Palace of Culture & Science and premiering at 12pm ET on Thursday, September 15 on the band’s YouTube channel and here.

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DIMMU BORGIR release rehearsal version of track ‘Puritania’


One of Norway’s most creative black metal bands DIMMU BORGIR released their groundbreaking record Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia back in 2001. The band are celebrating this seminal album by releasing a brand-new sonic experience, the incredible rehearsal version of ‘Puritania’ from the bonus album Dust Of Cold Memories.

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DIMMU BORGIR announce remixed and remastered ‘Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia’ + release first single ‘Blessings Upon The Throne Of Tyranny’


One of Norway’s most creative black metal bands DIMMU BORGIR released the groundbreaking ‘Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia‘ in 2001. DIMMU BORGIR celebrate this seminal album by releasing a brand-new sonic experience. ‘Blessings Upon The Throne Of Tyranny‘ has been remixed and remastered using modern methods, to create an altogether more improved listening experience with contemporary production quality.

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DAWN OF ASHES Releases Unsettling, NSFW Video for “EMDR”


Los Angeles based Industrial Metal band DAWN OF ASHES has revealed the hotly anticipated, intensely graphic official music video for their single, “EMDR.” Fully NSFW, featuring unsettling imagery as analogies for the wholly encompassing and often contradictory experiences of severe trauma sufferers, “EMDR” is not for the feint of heart, but serves as a uniquely explicit insight into a mind struggling to achieve balance and recognition beyond suffering. Originally premiered with METALSUCKS, “EMDR” is the first single off of the band’s recently released and heavily praised new LP, Scars of the Broken, which is available to purchase (physical and digital) and stream online via ARTOFFACT RECORDS.

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Matthew Kiichi Heafy’s Ibaraki Shares “Kagutsuchi” Video + New Album “Rashomon” Out Today


Trivium singer and guitarist Matthew Kiichi Heafy has released Rashomon, the long-awaited and much-anticipated album from his IBARAKI project today, May 6, via Nuclear Blast

Get Rashomon, selected by Revolver as one the most anticipated releases of 2022, on CD, vinyl, cassette, and T-Shirt + CD bundle here.

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