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IHSAHN & LEPROUS unique hybrid concert this Sunday (20.12.20)


The collaboration between Ihsahn and Leprous goes back the better part of two decades, where songs, members and performances have been heavily intertwined. This exclusive and unique performance will celebrate these connections further.

Set to take place at Notodden Theater, Norway, on December 20th 2020 @ 7pm GMT, tickets are available HERE.

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JINJER Closes 2020 with Socio-Critical Music Video for “Home Back”


As the year comes to a close, modern metal’s busiest band, JINJER, are going out with one last huge bang with a surprise video release for the fan favorite track “Home Back”, the seventh single taken from their critically acclaimed studio album Macro.

The official music video for “Home Back”, with lyrics written by the exceptionally talented Tatiana Shmayluk, is not only a testament to JINJER’s creativity and drive to continuously raise the bar musically as a band, but also an audiovisual statement against war and a very personal topic for each band member. Because of where JINJER originally come from, the Donetsk region of Ukraine, they are no strangers to upheaval and the suffering caused by conflict.

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BLACK CROWN INITIATE Announce Tour With Rivers of Nihil, Archspire, Allegaeon


American progressive death metal quintet BLACK CROWN INITIATE are proud to announce that they will be part of the second edition of the “Faces of Death” tour.  

Featuring a crushing five-band package, next year’s Rising Merch Faces Of Death Tour will be delivering cuts of the finest death metal direct into the faces of mosh loving diehards over 23 shows across 12 European countries. 

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TesseracT announce details on their live cinematic experience


TesseracT presents P O R T A L S – a cinematic live experience. As mysterious, monolithic structures appear across continents, it is perhaps not a complete coincidence that TesseracT chose such an artwork before the first news reports came in from Utah. A portal offers a gateway for its passenger to travel amongst realms; through 5 acts, TesseracT have designed a gateway into their world.  

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ENSLAVED announce celebratory Winter Solstice streamed event for Saturday 19th December + Sunday 20th December


Enslaved‘s new studio album Utgard was recently released into the world, the concept of which explores the esoteric place in Norse mythology that celebrates therebirth of the individual – a place where one goes for unification of that which is above and that which lies below. A reckoning of dark and light, of night and day.

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JINJER Surprises Fans With Entire Melbourne Concert Streaming On YouTube Today At 8pm CET + Monumental Live Album, Alive In Melbourne, Out Now


Ukraine’s progressive groove metal frontrunners JINJER have finally released their very first official live album, Alive In Melbourne, today via Napalm Records. The album shows JINJER at what they do best: smashing crowds to bits like very few bands can. Recorded on March 5th 2020 on the Australian leg of their highly successful Macro World Tour, the show was one of the last performances for JINJER, as well as the rest if the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Alive In Melbourne features 17 of JINJER‘s heaviest hitting tracks including I Speak Astronomy, Noah, Pit of Consciousness, Words of Wisdom and their breakthrough single Pisces.

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