The enigmatic transcontinental entity known as YHWH has emerged from the shadows to announce the third chapter of their sonic evolution. On October 30th, 2026, the band will release their highly anticipated new EP, “Baghavat”.
Following the trail of spiritual and sonic devastation left by their previous critically acclaimed releases, Tetragrammaton and Khatha, “Baghavat” represents a profound deepening of the YHWH sound. This third installment sees the Belgian/Thai collective transcending their origins to deliver a work that is darker, sharper, and more meticulously focused than anything in their prior discography.
To herald this new era, YHWH has unleashed the first single, “Chains of Slavery.” An oppressive and suffocating journey through dense atmospheres and relentless percussion, the track serves as a perfect gateway into the uncompromising world of “Baghavat.”
Formed in 2024, YHWH is a Belgian/Thai black metal band. All music is composed by Schem HaMephorash and her sister C. Bones, with S.M. Goat Ritual joining in June. Their first EP, Tetragrammaton, was released in April 2025 via Wormholedeath. The second chapter, Khatha, was released in 2025, and now it’s time for the third chapter: Baghavat
SACRIVERSUM were formed in 1992 in Łódź (Poland), playing old school Death Metal with progressive elements and atmospheric sounds, making their complex mixture special and unique. Their debut album „The Shadow Of The Golden Fire“ was released in 1994, at a time when a lot of Death Metal bands started to push their boundaries and became more experimental.
This year in may, SACRIVERSUM released their highly acclaimed new album „Before the Birth of Light“, which has received overwhelming reviews worldwide. Some magazines called them „the Deep Purple of Death Metal“, which describes their sound perfectly.
Before their split in 2005, SACRIVERSUM released four more studio albums, incl. the successful „Soteria“ (1998) album, with hits like „Meditates“ and „Overwhelming Monuments“, which is still part of the live-set. With new members joining, the band headed towards a more Doom/Gothic direction, often compared to dutch ORPHANAGE or the early works of TIAMAT,OPETH and PARADSISE LOST. „Beckettia“ (2000), „Mozartia“ (2003) and „Sigma Draconis” (2004) followed – all of them with interessting lyrical concepts, about ancient philosophy and the works of Samuel Beckett and Mozart.
Today, all those four records are finally available on all digital platforms for streaming and downloads.
Vocalist/Bassist and founding member Remigiusz „Remo“ Mielczarek comments those four albums as below:
Soteria
„It was the mid-1990s and our band was going through changes, both in terms of our line-up and our style. We wanted to move towards melody, melancholy and heaviness rather than just speed. Only two members remained from the original Sacriversum line-up: two new guitarists, a female vocalist and a new keyboardist had joined. This was a globally intense period of growth for gothic metal, with bands such as TIAMAT, AMORPHIS, THE GATHERING, PARADISE LOST, EDGE OF SANITY and ORPHANAGE emerging. They all inspired us, but we wanted to forge our own path.
Some tracks from this album, such as ‘Overwhelming Monuments’, later appeared on various promotional compilations, and people still remember them to this day. With this in mind, we have prepared live versions of these tracks with our current line-up, which we sometimes perform live. There are fans who value this particular album above all others.“
Beckettia
„This is a concept album with lyrics inspired by the works of Samuel Beckett. I was heavily influenced by this writer at the time – a few years earlier, I had written my Master’s thesis on him. Musically, we tried to develop and refine the soundscapes present on „Soteria“ slightly. There was also a change of vocalist at that time: Aleksandra was replaced by Kate, whose voice was slightly lower and darker.
Interestingly enough, the album had a profound effect on some people. A friend of mine who is a radio journalist recently told me that, when he was in forced exile in the Netherlands at the time of „Beckettia“’s release, the album provided comfort during lonely moments. That’s lovely! On a personal note, I associate the recording session in Krakow with a lot of partying, as it coincided with my thirtieth birthday in October 2001.“
Mozartia
„This album concludes our trilogy of releases, each of which is dedicated to a specific theme ranging from ancient philosophy to the works of Beckett and Mozart. I really like the “Mozartia” tracks – I believe they still have enormous musical potential today. The tracks on this album obviously have a gothic metal feeling, with female vocals and keyboards, but stylistically they lean a little more towards death metal than the previous two albums. As with other albums from our middle period, we have adapted certain “Mozartia” tracks for live performance in our current line-up.”
Sigma Draconis
“This album was no longer part of the ‘thematic’ series of releases, for which we sought inspiration in cosmic space and science fiction. Musically, it’s a very strange album, combining elements of death metal, gothic and progressive rock. I have mixed feelings about it and like some tracks more than others. However, MacKozer considers this to be the band’s best album from their period of activity prior to their seventeen-year hiatus. Today, in terms of both personnel and style, we’re continuing the musical direction we began on our debut album. However, we considered some tracks from “Sigma Draconis” – such as ‘Northern Blood’ – to be consistent with our current image, so we have included them in our live setlist.”
SACRIVERSUM is: Remigiusz „Remo” Mielczarek – bass, vocals Krystian „MacKozer” Kozerawski – guitar Olaf “Olafsson” Kozerawski – guitar Krzysztof „Baran” Baranowicz – keyboards Jan „Trocin” Traciński – drums
Dragonland has released a video for “The Prophecy Unfolds”, second single taken from the new album “Prophecies” to be released on October 23 by Scarlet Records.
DRAGONLAND Release New Video for ‘The Prophecy Unfolds’
“Prophecies”:
Seventh studio album for the classic Swedish symphonic power metal act;
mixed & mastered by Fredrik Nordström at Studio Fredman (In Flames, Arch Enemy, HammerFall);
artwork by Pedro Sena (Amon Amarth, Kreator);
Dragonland is officially part of the RTN Touring booking roster; Dragonland will tour Europe in November-December 2026 alongside Týr and Twilight Force; 82k followers on Spotify; FFO: Rhapsody Of Fire, Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, Twilight Force;
“Prophecies” tracklist:
1 The Prophecy Unfolds 2 Rolling Waves 3 Survival of Mankind 4 The Perfumed Jungles of Chrysantion 5 Dragonland 6 Light of the Sunset 7 Glory and Gold 8 Making Darkened Nights So Bright 9 A Distant Memory 10 The Call of the Wild 11 Cries of Anguish 12 Running in the Night (FM-84 cover – CD/digital bonus track)
artwork by Pedro Sena
“Prophecies” is a hard-hitting and meticulously crafted symphonic power metal journey set to engulf the listener in an ocean of soaring melodies, fast riffing, and epic orchestrations.
The vision for the album was to revisit and re-imagine domains traversed by Dragonland in the past, as well as to explore some compelling new terrain. This record contains it all – epic fantasy stories, gripping ballads and blazingly fast power metal anthems, accompanied by a plethora of diverse lyrical themes.
To bring this ambitious undertaking to life, while retaining their unmistakable signature sound, Dragonland once again worked together with legendary producer Fredrik Nordström of Studio Fredman, and the end result speaks for itself.
Dragonland: Jonas Heidgert – vocals Jesse Lindskog – guitars Elias Holmlid – keyboards Anders Hammer – bass Johan Nunez – drums
Portuguese black metal act SIGILO has announced its highly anticipated debut album “Gloria ad Inferi”, which is set to be released on October 23 via Alma Mater Records. Alongside the album announcement, SIGILO unveils the track, “Everything Satan”, offering the first glimpse into the dark and uncompromising world of “Gloria ad Inferi”. The single is out now on all major streaming platforms.
Speaking about the track, SIGILO comments: “This song reflects Portugal’s geographical position at the edge of Europe, standing between the winds of the four directions and the vastness of the Atlantic. It speaks of a world without borders, where everything is ours to claim, and where, ultimately, everything belongs to Satan, not to any god.”
Tracklist:
Black Spell of Death Chaos and Destruction
Preliminary Invocation
Somber Prayer For the Ostracized
Universal Gathering Chantic
The Lurking Evil
Everything Satan
As Cosmic Forces Rise
Gloria Ad Inferi
Engodo
Cavernous Black Spell of Death Chaos and Destruction
Cavernous Universal Gathering Chantic
SIGILO’s roots date back to 2014, when its sole creator first began exploring the bleak and uncompromising world of Black Metal. What began as an individual search for expression gradually developed through a number of early projects, each serving as a different stage in an ongoing process of experimentation, discovery, and personal transformation.
Among these projects, Mournkind became the most significant – a vessel through which raw emotion, darkness, and sonic exploration could collide without restraint. Over the following years, Mournkind became increasingly important in shaping this artistic vision. Yet beneath the surface, something new was beginning to take form.
In 2019, Mournkind was brought to an end, marking not a departure from its origins, but the beginning of a new chapter. From its ashes emerged SIGILO: a more focused and deliberate embodiment of the ideas, experiences, and emotions that had developed over the preceding years.
Where the earlier projects served as experiments and trials by fire, SIGILO became a process of refinement. The music turned increasingly inward – more introspective, solitary, and uncompromising – while remaining deeply rooted in the essence of Black Metal.
A major milestone came with SIGILO’s signing to Alma Mater Records, followed by the release of the split “Sermão” alongside Brazil’s Luxúria de Lillith. The release marked SIGILO’s emergence onto the wider Black Metal landscape, establishing a distinct identity while firmly acknowledging the genre’s foundations.
Now, after more than a decade of relentless creation, SIGILO presents its debut album, “Gloria ad Inferi”. Forged in solitude, shadow, and unwavering dedication, the album stands as both a culmination and a new beginning – a fierce, solitary declaration shaped by years of searching, transformation, and devotion to the black flame.
“Gloria ad Inferi” will be coming out on October 23 via Alma Mater Records. Physical formats can be pre-orderedHERE, while the digital release is available for pre-save atTHIS LOCATION.
Finnish psychedelic space rock trio SKYJOGGERS has released an official video for “Ancient Steel,” the first single taken from their upcoming sixth studio album, Frag Nicht Nach Sonnenschein, due out 13 November 2026 via Sound Of Liberation Records.
Following the recent release of “Ancient Steel,” the new video adds a visual dimension to the first taste of the band’s forthcoming record and marks another step towards the next chapter of SKYJOGGERS.
A relentless blast of fuzz-drenched riffs, cosmic energy and driving grooves, “Ancient Steel” presents the trio’s original brew of fast-paced Plutonic space rock at its finest. At the same time, the track arrives as SKYJOGGERS celebrate a decade as a band, kicking off what promises to be an exciting new era for the Finnish trio.
Written during an intense period of touring across Europe, Frag Nicht Nach Sonnenschein continues the darker and heavier sonic direction established on the band’s previous album, 12021: Post-Electric Apocalypse. The record sees SKYJOGGERS pushing further into their own universe of psychedelic riffs, deep-space grooves and uncompromising sonic destruction.
Recorded in February 2026 at the band’s own studio in Tampere, Finland, Frag Nicht Nach Sonnenschein was recorded and produced by SKYJOGGERS, mixed by Anssi Vättö and mastered by Janne Hakanen.
Kalandra unveils the first single “Let Me Be Open” today, from the much anticipated third studio album ‘The Other Side’. The new album is set for November 13, worldwide via By Norse Music. Pre-orders start today! The record will be available on Black Vinyl, Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl, Digibook and on all digital platforms. The Norwegian folk-pop group also announce a lengthy European headliner tour with special guest Finnegan Tui. Find all confirmed dates below.
Kalandra takes the listeners on a breathtaking journey through dreams and nightmares on the new full-length. The first single “Let Me Be Open” encourages the free and openmindedness we gradually lose more and more as we grow older. In dreamy and uplifting soundscapes, vocalist Katrine chants: Let me be open and ready to recieve. The song expresses hope, and inspires to not be ruled by fear, and rather to explore and remember the curiousity and spark of childhood. Katrine explains:
“There’s a moment when you realise how much of yourself you’ve learned to hold back. Let Me Be Open grew out of that feeling, the longing to loosen your grip, let go of some of the fear, and rediscover the sense of wonder you had as a child. It’s a song about making space for something softer to emerge, and trusting that not every shadow needs to be fought.”
On the album “The Other Side” the band explores the mysterious imagery of the subconscious—where memories, fears, and imagination quietly intertwine. Thematically following a series of vivid and recurring dreams over the past few years. Vocalist and songwriter Katrine Stenbekk, together with bandmate Jogeir Daae Mæland, began exploring the world of dream analysis. Keeping a notebook by the bed, they started writing down fragments of dreams the moment they woke. Those scattered images, emotions, and subconscious narratives, became the foundation for a new collection of songs.
Kalandra has also announced their biggest headliner tour in Europe to date, with special guest singer-songwriter Finnegan Tui from New Zealand. The 2027 tour starts on February 26 in Cologne and ends March 27 in Amsterdam. Through the extensive one month tour, the band will visit all major cities in Europe – including the UK and Scandinavia. Tickets go on sale next week.
EU & UK 26.02.2027 – Gebaeude 9, Cologne 27.02.2027 – Backstage, Munich 28.02.2027 – Im Wizemann Club, Stuttgart 02.03.2027 – Trinity, Bristol 03.03.2027 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham 04.03.2027 – Slay, Glasgow 05.03.2027 – Manchester Academy 2, Manchester 06.03.2027 – Islington Assembly Hall, London 07.03.2027 – Botanique, Brussels 09.03.2027 – Moritzbastei, Leipzig 10.03.2027 – Szene Wien, Vienna 11.03.2027 – A38, Budapest 12.03.2027 – Hype Park, Krakow 13.03.2027 – Niebo, Warsaw 14.03.2027 – FRANNZ Club, Berlin 16.03.2027 – Kollektivet Livet, Stockholm 18.03.2027 – Monument, Gothenburg 19.03.2027 – Hotel Cecil, Copenhagen 20.03.2027 – Logo, Hamburg 21.03.2027 – Rock Café, Prauge 23.03.2027 – Dynamo, Zurich 24.03.2027 – Legend Club, Milano 25.03.2027 – Rayonne, Lyon 26.03.2027 – Machine du Moulin Rouge, Paris 27.03.2027 – Paradiso, Amsterdam
Kalandra
The dream world has inspired many great works of art over the centuries. The phantasmagorical terrain inhabited by Lewis Carroll, Salvador Dali and David Lynch is where we now find Scandinavian alt-prog-folk artisans Kalandra, whose elegant blend of Nordic pop savvy and dark atmospheric rock has been a developing sensation for 15 years.
Formed while the core members were studying at Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, their remarkably assured 2020 debut album The Line – over 54 million streams and counting – was followed by 2022’s immersive video game soundtrack Kingdom Two Crowns: Norse Lands. In 2024, their captivatingly majestic A Frame Of Mind album powerfully affirmed Kalandra’s ascendancy – as did their sold-out headline show at Oslo’s 1300-capacity Rockefeller venue earlier this year. Their proven genius for weaving ethereal melodies into raw and eerie musical landscapes makes them a perfect fit for a concept album about dreaming, as we are presented with on The Other Side.
Determining the theme before writing began, the band started ‘dream journalling’: jotting down their nocturnal visions and working them into songs. “It’s been very helpful to write down my dreams,” affirms singer Katrine. “It definitely affected how I wrote lyrics. I would love to do this again, have some sort of loose concept, it brings the record together.”
“Knowing the theme was dreaming was helpful to me musically too,” adds guitarist Florian. “We could have these dreamy effects in there. I feel most of the songs have nightmarish or dreamy parts, one way or another. There are still a lot of different themes here though, there’s folklore, current events, introspective stuff, life and death… Everything can fit into dreams lyrically speaking, it’s just life, it’s all-encompassing.”
There’s a very dreamlike blend of languor and disturbance taking different shapes throughout the record. Faroese singer-songwriter Elinborg lends her imploring voice to the nervous percussive tension of the uncharacteristically brisk Animal: “Kalandra have long joked about our inability to write an upbeat song,” says Katrine, “so at 136 BPM, this one finally proves that we’re capable of it!”.
Pensive ballad A Ship Has Left The Shore especially exemplifies the album’s scrupulously uncluttered soundscape, focusing purely on the strength of its haunting vocal and piano melodies. “It’s about losing someone dear to you,” reveals Katrine.
Kalandra have long since settled into their own versatile musical identity, embracing effective contrasts between shimmering joy and aching melancholy, sounding atavistically ancient but stylishly contemporary, otherworldly but firmly rooted in woodland soil.
The band have no problem sharing their hopes and ambitions for the future, and it’s much the same as any blossoming band in the prime of their lives with a beautifully wrought new album in the can: bigger tours, bigger crowds, bigger budgets, bigger stages – the bigger the better for Florian. “I’ll only be happy once we’ve done a Rammstein-sized show,” he grins, “with a nuclear power plant on wheels travelling beside the bus! That’s peak ambition!”
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