Callous Eyes is the title of Sirenia’s brand new original track, the second single from the upcoming album Amanita Messis. Picking up the trail where the previous album left off, the band continues to deliver melodic and catchy metal with a symphonic touch. True to the band’s signature style the songs are perfectly balanced between the classic past and the modern touch of the future.
Callous Eyes is a catchy and melodic song relying on electronic elements with a modern touch, perfectly blended with metal. Amanita Messis will be an epic journey through the renowned musical style of the band who celebrates their 25th years anniversary this year. Lots of special anniversary tours and shows are in the works. 2026 will be an exciting and busy year for Sirenia, it will be the perfect occasion to see the band live. Some shows are announced already and many more announcements will follow soon.
Morten Veland / SIRENIA:
“We are very excited to be releasing the second song from our upcoming album. ‘Nightside Den’ is in many ways a typical Sirenia song, it has a lot of those typical elements that the band loves to include in their songs. It’s a melodic and groovy midtempo song with a nice Symphonic touch blended with electronic elements. This is our second song from the upcoming album ‘Amanita Messis’. We are very pleased to share this song with you all, make sure to head over to your favourite digital platform and check it out.”
Lilla Veneda was initiated and founded in 2009 in Wrocław (Poland) by Virian.
Band took the name from one of the most famous Polish romantic tragedies – Lilla Weneda written by Juliusz Slowacki.
“Beyond the Lucid Passage” is the latest single from Lilla Veneda, released as a transitional work connecting the band’s recent full-length album Primordial Movements (February 29th 2024) with its current creative evolution.
Originally recorded during the “Primordial Movements” sessions, the track did not fully align with the album’s final sonic direction at the time. However, its strong identity and compositional depth made it clear that the song represented an important turning point for the band. Revisited with fresh perspective, it has now been fully remixed to reflect Lilla Veneda’s present sound and artistic intent.
Musically, “Beyond the Lucid Passage” delivers modern, rhythm-driven riffs, a dense and powerful production, and intense vocal performances, while maintaining original melodic structures that are characteristic of — and unique to — Lilla Veneda. These distinctive melodies remain a core element of the band’s identity, setting the track apart within the modern metal landscape.
Lyrically, the song explores themes of inner transformation, consciousness, and humanity’s confrontation with the unknown—both within the self and on a cosmic scale. It serves as both a standalone release and a clear statement of direction, pointing toward a more spacious, ritualistic, and trance-driven expression.
The single’s cover artwork is a reinterpreted version of the “Primordial Movements” album cover, created by Anna Sobczak, reinforcing the conceptual link between the releases. The remix was handled by Przemysław Nowak at Impressive-Art Studio (Asgaard, Odraza, Outre), ensuring sonic continuity while elevating the track to meet the band’s current production standards.
Single “Beyong the Lucid Passage” is available at all popular streaming platforms (here).
German dark rock band UNZUCHT releases their new single ‘Katharsis’. The song is the first single from their upcoming studio album ‘Neon Dom’, which will be released on 15 May by Metalville.
‘Katharsis’ is the outlet for cleansing the soul of old burdens, inner conflicts and struggles experienced. A way out of the darkness to befriend your own demons, to understand them and learn to love them. There is always light at the end of the tunnel, even if it cannot be seen yet.
With their new studio album ‘Neon Dom’, UNZUCHT herald a new era of musical darkness – without giving up the search for redeeming light.
The work combines brutal intensity with deep black emotionality, creating a soundscape that challenges, overwhelms and fascinates at the same time.
The songs lead like a controlled fall into a world permeated by shadows: carried by powerful guitars, uncompromising rhythms and the new voice of frontman Timm, who transforms pain, anger and unshakeable strength into pure energy.
‘Neon Dom’ is more than an album – it is a liberating blow. ‘Darkness is followed by light and I burn all bridges,’ says Feuerregen. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, UNZUCHT rises anew: a musical monolith that only reveals its true power when you are ready to face your own demons.
Thematically, the album explores the boundaries of human existence: inner conflicts, a battlefield of fears and the disintegration of supposed certainties – and yet the tireless search for hope in a world that is increasingly slipping away.
Neon Dom breathes darkness in all its forms — no turning back. Or: Here begins the journey into the heart of darkness — no turning back.
Created from the shards of human fragility, reforged in the fire of an unyielding will.
TRACK LISTING
1 – Katharsis 2 – Neon Dom 3 – Feuerregen 4 – Krieger 5 – Chaos 6 – Nie mehr zurück 7 – 1000 Scherben 8 – Gegen die Zeit 9 – Koloss 10 – Apokalypsis 11 – Nachtschatten 1 12 – Nachtschatten 2
NEON DOM Release Shows (special guest Vlad In Tears)
15.05.26 DE Düsseldorf – Ratinger Hof 16.05.26 DE Stuttgart – Im Wizemann
LINE UP Vocals – Timm Hindorff Guitar, Vocals, Programming, Electronics – Daniel De Clercq Bass – Don Canone Drums – Toby Fuhrmann
DISCOGRAPHY 2012: Deine Zeit läuft ab (EP) 2012: Todsünde 8 (Album) 2013: Rosenkreuzer (Album) 2014: Venus Luzifer (Album) 2015: Schweigen/Seelenblind (EP) 2016: Kettenhund (EP) 2016: Neuntöter (Album) 2017: Widerstand (Live Album) 2018: Akephalos (Album) 2020: Jenseits der Welt (Album) 2022: Chaosmagie (Best Of Album)
The Magus, the Luciferian project helmed by Necromantia co-founder and ex-Rotting Christ musician, has unleashed the second single and lyric video from the upcoming sophomore album, “Daemonosophia”. Titled “Magia Obscura”, the track delves into the esoteric heart of the project, exploring the profound depths of spiritual and physical evolution.
Following the aggressive stance of the first single “Pseudoprophetae”, “Magia Obscura” arrives further expanding the diverse and uneasy atmosphere promised for the new record.
The Magus provided the following insight into the track’s theme:
“Magia Obscura is about transformation and evolution. Both in physical and the metaphysical plane. Through transformation comes enlightenment. Through the Serpent self you communicate with the Draconian core. A rite of passage for the sorcerer. A step closer to Daemonhood…..”
The Magus previously revealed that the new album promises a more aggressive and dynamic sound than the first album, “ΒΥΣΣΟΔΟΜΩΝΤΑΣ”, while keeping the devouring dark atmosphere the project’s music is known for. The album’s sound has some unexpected and diabolically diverse moments that will make listeners feel uneasy.
For the album cover art, The Magus collaborated with Mexican artist Nestor Avalos, known for his work with numerous bands, including Exodus, Deicide and Rotting Christ. The artwork is an Infernal Triptych that portrays six infernal entities: Lucifer/Samael, Leviathan/Tiamat, and Belial/Satan. Nestor created a majestic painting of infernal wisdom and occult meanings, giving prominence to the Luciferian tradition and the music of the album.
Tracklist:
Pater Noster
Pseudoprophetae
Daemonosophia
The six in three is all One
The Era of Lucifer Rising- A Luciferian interpretation of the THOU ART LORD classic
Magia Obscura
Amelia
The Chapel of Iniquities
The Pact
La Llorona Negra
The Magus was formed in 2022, following the dissolution of the legendary Greek black metal band Necromantia, which The Magus co-founded. He decided to end Necromantia after the death of his bandmate Baron Blood in 2019, releasing a final album, “To the Depths We Descend”, in 2021 as a tribute. A seminal figure in the extreme scene, The Magus’s storied history includes playing a pivotal role in the early days of Rotting Christ and co-founding the cult project Thou Art Lord alongside Sakis Tolis. For this new project, The Magus continues his legacy of uncompromising Luciferian Black Metal, bringing in long-time collaborators El on guitars and Maelstrom on drums to push the boundaries of the Hellenic sound.
Season of Mist is proud to announce the signing of Via Doloris, the singular project of composer and multi-instrumentalist Gildas Le Pape. Conceived in solitude and shaped by discipline, Via Doloris traces a restrained and introspective path through black metal’s formal foundations, guided by melody, atmosphere and emotional clarity.
Via Doloris is rooted in an inward journey rather than orthodoxy. Across carefully structured compositions, Le Pape explores the architecture of the human psyche, moving through despair, inner rupture and fleeting moments of illumination. Melody stands at the center of the music, not as ornament but as its organizing force, leading expansive guitar lines through measured rhythms and subtle harmonic tension. Folk and pagan echoes surface quietly, lending the material a timeless, almost ritual quality without overt gestures or excess.
“I’m hugely excited by the signing with Season of Mist”, says le Pape. “Partnering with a label known for its professionalism and deep industry experience is a huge step forward for Via Doloris. With their support, VD will reach a much wider audience and gain the visibility I feel the project deserves. This is a major milestone in the project’s history, and I can’t wait to share what I’ve been crafting during the last years. Thanks to the team and everyone who has supported VD so far – this is just the beginning!”
The project’s first full-length work extends this vision into a unified and deliberately paced statement. Moving between languages and emotional registers, it traces a quiet passage through shadow and emergence, shaped by introspection rather than narrative clarity. Crafted in Norway under Le Pape’s sole direction, the material favors tension, texture and inner motion, allowing meaning to surface gradually, without resolution or insistence.
Via Doloris is the vision of founder Gildas Le Pape. Through sound, he crafts a world where emotion, discipline, and atmosphere converge — a place to give shape to what cannot be spoken. Rooted in solitude and shaped by the interplay of darkness and beauty, the project confronts the gravity of existence: the quiet burdens we carry, the hidden wounds time buries deep, the road to death. This “Way of Suffering” unfolds as a passage through pain in search of meaning, and the distant, flickering promise of rebirth.
Via Doloris’ musical identity draws from the towering legacy of Nordic metal while forging a distinct path. At its core lies a commitment to detailed guitar work, high-level musicianship, and the art of songcraft. Rather than follow genre trends, Via Doloris returns melody to its rightful place: not as decoration, but as the driving force of the music. These strong, expressive lines guide the compositions with raw clarity, carving out a language that speaks directly to the listener’s inner world.
Though the instrumentation nods to black metal’s formal foundations, the project resists confinement. It blends harmonic depth with subtle dissonance, creating tension and richness without sacrificing cohesion. Folk and pagan influences run like ancestral threads through the arrangements, lending them a sacral, mythic quality. The result is a sound built on contrasts: luminous and shadowed, forceful yet introspective, epic yet intimate. Layered into this sonic landscape are lyrics written in French, English, and Norwegian. Each language brings its own weight, rhythm, and tone, unlocking emotional registers that feel both ancient and immediate.
Based in Oslo, Gildas Le Pape first gained attention in 2007 when he joined the legendary Satyricon as a guitarist. Over the next six years, he toured the world and contributed to the band’s recorded legacy, before stepping away to explore a broad range of musical directions. In time, this path led him back to extreme music, this time with a renewed creative vision and sharpened intent. In 2023, he invited his long-time collaborator, Frost — arguably one of the most accomplished drummers in the genre — to join him in bringing the debut release to life.
Industrial extreme metal masters Aborym announce a pivotal new chapter in their career, officially signing a worldwide recording contract with the legendary Italian label Avantgarde Music, who have once again put their uncanny ability to use, and have welcomed extreme metal veterans/pioneers to their roster.
Simultaneously, the band has joined forces with the premier booking agency District 19 for exclusive live shows.
The new record will be titled “Metachaos” and its recordings are scheduled from February 2026.
“Signing with Avantgarde Music feels like a homecoming” says drummer Atum. “We have long admired their commitment to music that pushes boundaries and defies easy categorization. We are currently in the final stages of our upcoming album’s pre-production, which we believe is our most violent and extreme work to date. And on the live front Aborym is now represented by District 19, the powerhouse agency behind lots of extreme metal heavyweights. We can’t wait to play our new songs and old classics on stage”.
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s ASA unveil the long-overdue release of "Collective Failure" + first music video for title-track! Check it out and stay tuned for more news! Click image to watch the video
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