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Epic Legends CANDLEMASS Announce New Album, “Sweet Evil Sun” & Release First Single


Swedish godfathers of epic doom metal, CANDLEMASS, have returned to continue their unmatched legacy. With their new album, Sweet Evil Sun, out November 18, 2022 via Napalm Records, they are ready to prove once again that they reign as one of the heaviest metal bands on earth, bringing epic doom to the world of metal.

Alongside the new album’s pre-order kickoff, CANDLEMASS – purveyors of legendary albums like Epicus Doomicus Metallicus and Nightfall – have released a monumental new single and video, “Scandinavian Gods”, kicking things off with a hammer blow. The single and video stomp in with a dark, Nordic metal chant driven by slow and heavy drums, droning guitars and majestic vocals that convey mysterious tales of Scandinavian mythology to the next generation!

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Behemoth Share “Thy Becoming Eternal” Video


With three weeks to go before the release of BEHEMOTH‘s twelfth studio album Opvs Contra Natvram, out September 16 and available for pre-order here, the black metal messiahs unleash one of their most fierce and menacing singles yet. “Thy Becoming Eternal” tells a story of finding strength in times of misfortune and is encapsulated in an epic animated video, produced by animator Ruben Fro.

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Horror Punk Icon WEDNESDAY 13 to Release Ninth Studio Album, “Horrifier”


Heavy horror punk icon WEDNESDAY 13 has slithered his way to the top of the horrendous heights of rock, punk and metal with his electrifying solo music and as frontman of renowned horror punk supergroup Murderdolls, amassing a colossal cult-following along the way. On October 7, 2022, the undisputed harbinger of metal horror returns, following up on 2019’s acclaimed Necrophaze (#2 US Heatseekers) with Horrifier – a brand new slathering of 11 terrifyingly grim and groovy anthems to get blood pumping and brains melting!

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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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INTERVIEW – VENOM INC.: “We explore the dark side of humanity and the endless questions of what comes next”


Interview with Tony Dolan by Carina Lawrence / Dark Art Conspiracy

Venom Inc. vocalist and bassist Tony Dolan chatted to us ahead of their special ‘Black Metal’ 40th-anniversary set at Bloodstock Festival UK, which takes place on its final day, 14th August. He talked to us about the festival, their follow-up album to their 2017 ‘Avé’ titled ‘There’s Only Black’ due for release later this year and how Venom came to reform in 2015 with the 1989-1992 Venom line-up under the new rebranded Venom Inc and more!

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SLIPKNOT SHARE NEW SONG “YEN”


GRAMMY Award-winning Iowan icons SLIPKNOT have shared “Yen,” a brand new single off their widely anticipated new album, THE END, SO FAR, which will be released September 30th on Roadrunner Records (album art / track listing below). Available today on all streaming platforms, “Yen” is a showcase of SLIPKNOT’s exceptional range and sees one of the world’s most popular and deeply enigmatic bands relentlessly charting new ground as they continue to redefine, revitalize, and reimagine the scope of rock music.

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