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[#MusicMonday 25.08.25] A Curious Trio of Upcoming Albums.
[Music Monday/ Heavy News - 25.08.25]: Join me in my ongoing spelunking through the immeasurably steep ascent up New Release Mountain with three particularly curious underground LP’s: US-based grunge-doom (CROP - S.S.R.I.) and self-style ‘Castle Metal’ (medieval black metal!) via Morke’s upcoming To Carry On and finally, sludge-laden, raw atmospheric black metal from Wales of all places in incognito-solo-artist The Sorrow Of Being Immaculate’s Suicide Forest. Most curious indeed, old bean!
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#MusicMonday 18.08.25]: Upcoming Release Radar.
Another Music Monday, another great selection of album releases happening over the next couple of months! See within for artist/album info/links, music videos, preorder links etc for upcoming LPs from: Norwegian post/blackgazers Sundrowned, Australian blackened disso-death brutality via Hebephrenique, UAE/Jordan melodic death-doom collab Falling Leaves, psychedelic blackened US robot-metallers Electromancy and Norwegian hardcore/psych/post-punks Haraball!
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[#HeavyNews] Blackvapor/USBM Duo, HELLIR, Release New Single, "Ishimura"
I love it when our topical worlds collide! Inspired by the ill-fated planet-cracking ship of Dead Space fame, US duo Hellir have released the equally eerie black-metal-meets-vaporwave single ‘Ishimura’, from forthcoming EP Hollow Moon: Precursor, which necromorphs unto the public on August 22nd! Grab a plasma cutter and tune in to this frequency, before it’s too late.
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[Heavy News] Five Diverse Singles: BEAST IN BLACK, AGE OF RUIN, BRIAN CAMPEAU, LENAX and SLUNG!
After a bit brief lull in the Heavy News cycle, we’re back - this time, with something a little different. It is hump-day for a lot of you out there. I’d like to ease that whatever-2025-is overarching sensation of dystopia with a nice spread of music singles to nibble on. Check out the picnic basket (actually a link) for: Gaming-OSTs-Go-Metal (Beast in Black/Activision Blizzard), Modern Metal/Hardcore (Age of Ruin), Artsy psych-pop from the UK (Slung), progressive Australiana singer-songwriter Brian Campeau and finally, US black metal outfit Lenax. Bon appetit! Don’t overdo it - plenty more coming soon!
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[Podcast] EP. 42: Interview with NAMELESS, a.k.a. DENNIS MIKULA of GHOST BATH.
Atmospheric black metal (aka blackgaze, post-black metal) has experienced rapid growth - to the point of oversaturation. One artist who retains a strongly unique musical aesthetic is, of course Nameless (aka Dennis Mikula) of US black metal unit Ghost Bath. See link for Youtube video interview, audio-only version, recent singles, artist/album preorder links, an extensive artist release statement and more!
Featured Image: via Ghost Bath’s official Facebook profile.
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[Heavy News] U.S. Black Metallers, LENAX, Unleash Hellscape Vol. I (The Voices) EP
Heading across the pond a ways for our second Heavy News feature for Music Mondays, we have Nashville-based black metal fiends Lenax. They’ve chopped and hacked at their own infernal EP, now released as Hellscape Vol. 1 (The Voices). Check the link for streaming embed (which contains additional bonus tracks), pre-order link, a hefty and informative artist/album/production bio, Lexas’ links (linx?!) and more! Get grim and kvlt with this one, y’all.