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TRIPTYKON with the Metropole Orkest – “Requiem (Live At Roadburn 2019)”out now; Launch “Rex Irae” video


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Swiss avant-garde extreme metal act Triptykon are released their highly anticipated “Requiem” worldwide yesterday May 15th via Prowling Death Records / Century Media Records.

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ArcTanGent Festival announces Opeth as its first 2021 headliner & launches its own Crowd Funder


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After last weeks postponement announcement for ArcTanGent Festival for this Summer, the team are proud to announce that Opeth have confirmed as our first headliners for 2021.
“We’re very excited to announce that Opeth will be at ArcTanGent 2021 as our Main Stage Saturday night headliner.” says festival booker, James Scarlett, “They are the biggest band we had booked for 2020 so it felt like a good way to let people know our intentions for next year are equally big, if not bigger! A little bit of inside info is that ATG 2021 will feature loads of the 2020 bands with some amazing extras on top. Watch this space!”
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ALESTORM Releases New Single & Official Video “Fannybaws”


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ALESTORM have just released yet another banger fresh off their new album, Curse of the Crystal Coconut, to be released via Napalm Records on May 29, 2020! “Fannybaws” tells the story of the fearsome pirate who killed the mighty terror squid and fought against the Vikings – wearing nothing but a tiger pelt! The melding of rhythmic guitar riffs and Captain Chris Bowes’ raspy voice, both underlined by smashing drums, will channel your inner swashbuckler faster than you can say arrrggh!
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TesseracT present: Live in Lockdown – Tonight – Thursday 14th May


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Spearheading an ever-evolving metal scene, the UK’s TesseracT, released their fourth studio album Sonder in April 2018 on Kscope, garnering a phenomenal amount of praise across the globe from both media and their ever-growing fan base. They have taken Sonder around the world and now TesseracT present the Sonder ‘Live In The Lockdown’ session. Mixed and Mastered by Acle Kahney at 4D Sounds. http://www.4dsounds.com/. Recorded in 5 different locations, in 3 different countries …

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Century Media Records host ISOLATION FESTIVAL tonight via YouTube


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May 14th has come and it is time for an event you were all waiting for.  Tonight Century Media Records, in cooperation with EMP, hosts the ISOLATION FESTIVAL. The Century Media ISOLATION FESTIVAL is a free online festival that will be broadcasted on Century Media’s YouTube channel. The stream will begin tonight at 8pm CET / 2pm EST / 11am PST and is going to be online for 24 hours.

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INTERVIEW: NAMTAR (ex-Carach Angren Drummer)


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Interview by Carina Lawrence / Dark Art Conspiracy

Ivo “Namtar” Wijers is best known as the former drummer in symphonic black metal/horror Metal act Carach Angren from the Netherlands. Namtar was with the band since their formation in back in 2003 but after releasing a statement back in February 2020 this year has since left the band due to issues with the metal music industry.

See Namtar’s original statement about his departure here:

We wanted to find out more about his decision to part ways with the band following this as well as what lies ahead for the future (however uncertain things may be during the pandemic)…

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