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PESTILENCE to re-release remastered Classic early-Era albums
Newly remastered versions of classic PESTILENCE albums from the 80’s and 90’s are coming to an ample variety of physical formats on June 30th and to streaming platforms from February 24th. The Dutch progressive/technical death metal pioneers will have them re-issued on Agonia Records, who previously released the band’s last album, “Exitivm” (2021).
SADIST – The interview with Tommy Talamanca (guitar & keyboards)
Back in the 90s, I remember some people saying that some Death Metal musicians listen to Jazz. I thought at that time „Oh, It’s interesting. It probably proves that playing Death Metal is quite complicated, because it’s not just a mindless rumbling to playing so fast and technically…”. And then I didn’t think about examples […]
PESTILENCE – Interview with Patrick Mameli (vocal & guitar)
PESTILENCE! The band that at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s undoubtedly set the canons of Technical Death Metal (along with DEATH, ATHEIST and CYNIC). Patrick Mameli is the heart and the brain of PESTILENCE from the beginning, and he does not give up and continues to spread the pestilence. Literally a few weeks […]
IN MOURNING – music video for new track “Black Storm”
In anticipation of their new studio album “Garden Of Storms” – which is due for release on October 4th via Agonia Records – Sweden’s melodic, progressive death/doom metal masters IN MOURNING, premiere the first single titled “Black Storm”. The single comes as a music video recorded by Jonna Andersson. Watch the video below.
Legendary Dutch death metallers PESTILENCE sign record deal with Agonia Records
Legendary, genre-defying and long-running progressive death metallers PESTILENCE, originally established in the Netherlands in 1986, have signed a worldwide record deal with Agonia Records, by the courtesy of Hadeon Records. The band is currently working on their new album titled “Exitivm”.
THE MOTH GATHERER – Interview with Victor Wegeborn (Vocals, Guitars & Electronics)
When I first heard their debut album from 2013, I was so overwhelmed by this music that I could not free myself from these sounds, which it’s continues to this day. After their last album, I only confirmed myself, that it is the perfect music with which you can go insane with rage, cry with […]
IN MOURNING recording new album
Swedish melodic death/doom metallers IN MOURNING have started recording their new studio album, successor to “Afterglow” from 2016. Their choice fell on Black Lounge recording studio and producer Jonas Kjellgren, with whom the band recorded their first three studio albums.
THE MOTH GATHERER detail new album “Esoteric Oppression”
Sweden’s THE MOTH GATHERER, an atmospheric doom/sludge/post metal band based in Stockholm, will release its third studio album, successor to critically acclaimed “The Earth Is The Sky” (2015) on February 22nd via Agonia Records. The new album is titled “Esoteric Oppression”. Its cover artwork and tracklisting are available below, in anticipation of a new single, […]
SHIBALBA stream new album “Stars Al-Med Hum”
Dark, meditative music group SHIBALBA, are streaming their new studio album, “Stars Al-Med Hum”, due out November 23rd via Agonia Records. The album is available for listening at below.
LUCIFER’S CHILD (feat. members of ROTTING CHRIST, NIGHTFALL and CHAOSTAR) stream new album “The Order”
Greek black metallers LUCIFER’S CHILD are streaming their new album, “The Order”, ahead of its November 9th release date on Agonia Records. Listen to the album below.
LUCIFER’S CHILD (feat. ROTTING CHRIST, NIGHTFALL and CHAOSTAR members) reveal music video for title track of upcoming album “The Order”
Greek black metallers LUCIFER’S CHILD release new single “The Order” in the form of a music video directed by George Koimisis and the band themselves. It’s the title track from the band’s fothrcoming album, set to be released on November 9th via Agonia Records. Watch the video below.
ARSIS premiere new track “Hell Sworn” from upcoming album “Visitant”
Listen to the second single from the American, Virginia Beach-based death metal outfit ARSIS. The track “Hell Sworn” arrives in anticiption of the band’s upcoming studio album “Visitant”, out on November 2nd via Agonia Records (Europe / Rest Of The World) and Nuclear Blast Records (North / South / Central America). The song is available […]
THE KONSORTIUM – Interview with drummer Dirge Rep
If every self-respecting Black Metal fan associates the person of Teloch (e.g. with MAYHEM, ex-GORGOROTH, ex-1349) and Dirge Rep (e.g. with GEHENNAH, ex-ENSLAVED, ex-GORGOROTH, ex-AURA NOIR), then he undoubtedly should to meet with the work of THE KONSORTIUM, who among others take part in the next manifestation of black energy…
LUCIFER’S CHILD sign with Agonia Records
LUCIFER’S CHILD, a Greek black metal band from Athens, has signed a record deal with Agonia Records. The band, combining members of Rotting Christ, Nightfall and Chaostar, is on the final lap of the recording process of their sophomore album, follow-up to 2015 debut “The Wiccan”.
THE KONSORTIUM (feat. ex-ENSLAVED, MAYHEM members) stream new album “Rogaland” in advance
Norwegian black/thrash metallers THE KONSORTIUM, feat. bassist Teloch (Mayhem, ex-Orcustus, ex-Gorgoroth, ex-1349) and drummer Dirge Rep (Orcustus, ex-Enslaved, ex-Aura Noir), are streaming their sophomore studio album “Rogaland” prior to its release on Agonia Records, on June 1st in Europe and June 8th in North America. Listen to the album below.
THE KONSORTIUM (feat. ex-ENSLAVED, MAYHEM members) premiere new track “Stormen” from upcoming album “Rogaland”
Norwegian black/thrash metal outfit THE KONSORTIUM, feat. bassist Teloch (Mayhem, ex-Orcustus, ex-Gorgoroth, ex-1349) and drummer Dirge Rep (Orcustus, ex-Enslaved, ex-Aura Noir), premiere new track “Stormen”. The song comes from the band’s forthcoming album “Rogaland”, due out on June 1st in Europe and June 8th in North America via Agonia Records. “Rogaland” is the successor to […]
ACHERONTAS stream new album “Faustian Ethos”
Greek occult black metallers with ritual & 70’s rock influences, ACHERONTAS, are streaming their seventh studio album “Faustian Ethos”, due out on May 18th in Europe and May 25th in North America via Agonia Records. Listen to the album in advance at below.
HALCYON WAY sign record deal with Agonia Records
HALCYON WAY, an American metal band from Atlanta, GA, has signed a worldwide record deal with Agonia Records. Fresh off a month-long European tour with Angra & Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime, the band is expected to release a new studio album – successor to Billboard-charting “Conquer” from 2014 – in August.
VARATHRON – Interview with Stefan Necroabyssious (vocalist)
When the first time I heard VARATHRON, and it was in the early 90s of the last century, it knocked me out! What a eerie Black Metal! From Greece !? The music was so powerful, predatory and aggressive as this Nordic Black Metal, and it also was majestic and monumental like ancient Greek objects… Today […]
THE KONSORTIUM share music video for new song “Arv”
Norwegian black/thrash metal outfit THE KONSORTIUM, feat. bassist Teloch (Mayhem, ex-Orcustus, ex-Gorgoroth, ex-1349) and drummer Dirge Rep (Orcustus, ex-Enslaved, ex-Aura Noir), reveal music video for new track “Arv”. It’s the first song to be revealed from the band’s upcoming album “Rogaland”, due out on June 1st in Europe and June 8th in North America via […]
VARATHRON reveal music video for new track “Into The Absurd”
Legendary Greek black metallers VARATHRON launch music video for the track “Into The Absurd”, taken from the band’s forthcoming studio album “Patriarchs Of Evil”, due out on April 27th via Agonia Records. Watch the video below.
DEMONICAL premiere new track “A Void Most Obscure”
In anticipation of their upcoming album “Chaos Manifesto”, Sweden’s melodic, old-school death metallers DEMONICAL reveal a new track titled “A Void Most Obscure”. Listen to the song on YouTube below.
VARATHRON premiere new track “Ouroboros Dweller”
Hellenic black metal masters VARATHRON premiere the first single from their upcoming album “Patriarchs Of Evil”, due out on April 27th via Agonia Records. Listen to “Ouroboros Dweller” below.
ATHEIST sign worldwide record deal with Agonia Records and announce plans for new upcoming release slated for 2018
American, legendary, technical, metal pioneers ATHEIST have signed a worldwide record deal with the European based label, Agonia Records. The band is expected to release a new studio album, the follow-up to 2010’s critically acclaimed “Jupiter” in mid to late 2018.
ACHERONTAS complete recording new album
Greek occult black metallers with ritual & 70’s rock influences, ACHERONTAS, have finished recording their seventh studio album, scheduled for a spring release on Agonia Records.
VOIDHANGER sign record deal with Agonia Records & premiere new track and reveal details for upcoming album
Poland-based extreme metal/hardcore punk band VOIDHANGER has enetered Agonia Records roster, with plans to release a new studio album “Dark Days Of The Soul” on March 2nd. Cover artwork designed by Mentalporn (Behemoth, Origin, Blaze Of Perdition) can be viewed below. Listen to the first single “Death Wish” below.
SUSPERIA premiere lyric video for new song “I Entered” & reveal album formats and pre-orders
Norwegian blackened thrash/heavy metallers SUSPERIA, comprising former members of Dimmu Borgir, Satyricon and Old Man’s Child, release the first single from their recently announced new studio album, “The Lyricist”. Titled “I Entered”, the single is available in a form of a lyric video designed by Costin Chioreanu (At The Gates, Paradise Lost, Arch Enemy) below.
USURPRESS reveal new song and album details
Friday, 23rd of February 2018, will witness the release of “Interregnum”, the 4th album and follow up to the ambitious concept suite “The Regal Tribe” (2016), by Swedish self proclaimed “primitive and progressive” death metallers USURPRESS. The album will be available via Agonia Records. Listen to the first single “In Books Without Pages” below.
VARATHRON reveal first video from “Patriarchs Of Evil” recording sessions
Legendary Greek black metallers VARATHRON are working on their sixth studio album “Patriarchs Of Evil” and today they have released the first video from the recording sessions. Watch drummer Haris record drums at Infinite Loop Music Studio in Ioannina (Greece) and hear fragments of new pre-production songs below.