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The Infernal Records: Week 21 is out! Take a look at our curated list of essential Black Metal releases from the past week. See the full list!
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Gemynd Beadu's Obsolete Human Machine (8/10) Australian atmospheric/Depressive black metal. A one man hellscape stokes the flames with dystopian nightmare fuel. Read more!
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Deudkh's Thaw EP (10/10) Ukrainian atmospheric black metal legends Drudkh follow up 2025's Shadow Play with their new EP Thaw. Read more!
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The Infernal Records: Week 20 is out! Take a look at our curated list of essential Black Metal releases from the past week. See the full list!
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Bosse-De-Nage's Hidden Fires Burn Hottest (10/10) American avant-garde black metal legends Bosse-De-Nage return after an 8 year hiatus to bring us their magnum opus. Read more!
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Jötunheimar's Ravens of the Heathen Sun (7/10) British symphonic black metal band Jötunheimar embrace Norse mythology to weave a tapestry of harmonic and atmospheric tales. Read more!
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Hädangången's Vädjan (8.5/10) Swedish "Raw Nature Black Metal" in its truest form: a sonic manifestation of the unforgiving Scandinavian landscape. Read more!
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Non Est Deus’s Blessings and Curses (7/10). This German black metal release is well-written and powerful, yet it plays it a bit too safe within its blasphemous sermon. Read more!
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The Infernal Records: Week 19 is out! Take a look at our curated list of essential Black Metal releases from the past week. See the full list!
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Beleriand's Rituals of Winter (9/10) Norwegian atmospheric black metal Beleriand returns with Rituals of Winter, a cold, purposeful triumph that marks the project’s finest hour. Read more!
Yoth Iria's Gone with the Devil (7.5/10) Helmed by Hellenic Black Metal legend Jim Mutilator, Yoth Iria release their latest full length album Gone with the Devil. Read more!
Forlorn Citadel’s An Oath Undone (7.5/10). This Australian Atmospheric Black Metal work is a meditation on collapse, blending high-fantasy misery with dungeon synth roots. Read more!
The Infernal Records: Week 18 is out! Take a look at our curated list of essential Black Metal releases from the past week. See the full list!
Echoes from the Crypt: I is out! Step away from the blast-beats and dive into our hand-picked Dungeon Synth treasures. See the full list!
Sunken & Panopticon’s Laurentian Echoes Tour was a true blast! Glasgow and Paris were swarmed by phenomenal atmosphere, raw power, and black metal. Read more!
The Infernal Records: Week 17 is out! Take a look at our curated list of essential Black Metal releases from the past week. See the full list!
Inferno Metal Festival 2026 was a true blast! Oslo was swarmed by a different kind of bunny: blast beats, Norwegian beer, and black metal. Read more!
The Infernal Records: Week 16 is out! Take a look at our curated list of essential Black Metal releases from the past week. See the full list!
Blood Countess’s Imperatrix Sanguinis (9/10). This English Black Metal release is an unforgiving, macabre journey steeped in darkness and harrowing legends. Read more!
Dark Easter Metal Meeting 2026 was a true blast! Munich traded traditional carols for crushing riffs, occult ceremonies, and elite black metal. Read more!
Herztod’s III (7.5/10). This Austrian Atmospheric Black Metal release is a primordial trek through forest and meadow with a devotion to terrestrial decay. Read more!
