International melodic black metal band Sojourner signed to Avantgarde Music again, and is currently working on their fourth studio record ..read more

French one-man melodic black metal band Inherits The Void is back with the third studio album in four years. Fifteen months after the acclaimed The Impending Fall Of The Stars, multi-instrumentalist A is back with a brand-new studio record, Scars Of Yesteryears. Doubtlessly Inherits The Void’s most diverse and mature work to date, Scars Of Yesteryears succeeds in paying homage to the godfathers of the Swedish black and death metal scene, yet keeping a personal, present sound and never giving in to mere nostalgia. As a final touch, the album mastering is crafted by the one and only Dan Swanö. A ..read more

Malist is a one-man black metal band formed in 2017 and hailing from Moscow, Russia. In just a few years, talented multi-instrumentalist Ov Frost released several full-length studio albums, keeping an unrelenting pace. Follow the band on Facebook, Instagram and Bandcamp. Discography (main releases only): In the Catacombs of Time Full-length 2019 To Mantle the Rising Sun Full-length 2020 Karst Relict Full-length 2021 As I Become Darkness Full-length 2022 Of Scorched Earth Full-length 2024 ..read more

French one-man melodic black metal band Inherits The Void will release their sophomore studio album in January 2023. The Impending Fall Of The Stars is intended to be the evolutionary continuity of Monolith Of Light, Inherits The Void’s debut album released in 2021, and will be released on CD and digital via Avantgarde Music on January 20th. Here follow the album tracklist and cover art. The Impending Fall Of The Stars Palingenesis Where The Oceans Lost Their Light Sullen Laments Of The Wanderers Whispering Silence Endless Nocturnal Mask Crimson Slumber While The Night Seizes Of The Burning S ..read more

Let the moonclad twilight veil the forests once again! Moonlight Sorcery is a Finnish black metal trio formed in early 2018. The band’s black metal is a symphonic and melodic variety by nature. Inspired by many black metal classics as well as classic heavy metal and melodic death metal, the band indeed has a huge palette of influences, which is directly reflected in the versatility of the song material. Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity, the band first EP, was worked on as the icy winds blew and winter did its magic. In all the peace and quiet. The silver-saturated nights of the moon rushed ..read more

It’s about time to reveal all the faces of the night! Finnish melodic black metal trio Moonlight Sorcery will release their first full-length album entitled Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle on September 29th. Expect nothing but an ice cold blizzard that will conquer your castles, crumble your towers and withhold the daylight forever! Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle is a perfect combination of the atmosphere from Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity and the rawness of Nightwind: The Conqueror from the Stars, the band’s two EPs released in 2022 and early 2023. Mixed and mastered at Unisound b ..read more

The Impending Fall Of The Stars is intended to be the evolutionary continuity of Monolith Of Light, Inherits The Void’s debut album released in 2021. Despite this continuity, however, the album tends to be more melodic, leaning towards the black metal scene of the ‘90s, particularly the Swedish one (Sacramentum, Dawn, Vinterland) while still infusing modern influences from bands such as Regarde Les Hommes Tomber and even elements taken from the first wave of melodic death metal (early Ablaze My Sorrows, Eucharist, Gates Of Ishtar and the likes). “The Impending Fall Of The Stars was composed as ..read more

A new EP from the German black/death one-man band Kanonenfieber, Der Füsilier, will be released by the joint forces of Avantgarde Music and Noisebringer Records on January, 13th, 2023. Torn from their homeland, their family and their lives. German soldiers were sent to their deaths by the thousands in the icy expanses of the Karpaten. Hunger, frostbite and inhuman hygienic conditions were constant companions of the divisions sent to Przemyśl. Over 110,000 Austro-Hungarian soldiers trapped in Przemyśl had been waiting for months to be released from the siege by Russian forces. This is where the ..read more

Moonlight Sorcery, the Finnish symphonic black metal sensation of 2022, is back with a new mini album featuring three brand-new tracks and a cover. While hard at work on their debut studio album, Loitsumestari Taikakallo, Haaska and Ruttomieli took a divergent path that brought them to compose and record what would become Nightwind: The Conqueror From The Stars. This has been one of the best kept secrets of 2022, but now the time has come to unveil the new spells which have been conjured in the magical dungeons of Moonlight Sorcery. Nightwind is in every aspect the follow-up to the acclaimed d ..read more

You are the abyss you gaze into. Every fiber of your body resists certainty. Change just delays it. In the end you will be what you are. Nothing. Where should the paths lead when everything ends in blackness? Why are the last moments always the hardest? Omnipresent and always there. Regret. A year after the release of Sisyphus, the second album of the black metal project Leipa follows. Out via Avantgarde Music / Noisebringer Records on January 13th, 2023. Reue by Leipa ..read more