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French modern metallers Dagoba are back and have signed a worldwide contract with premier Austrian rock and metal label Napalm Records to bring their career to the next level. The signing is crowned with the announcement of their new 7" single “The Hunt” (out on July 20th, 2021), strictly limited to a rare selection of copies at Napalm Records mailorder.
 

As bassist of prog legends Opeth, Martin Mendez has gained world-wide popularity and now he returns with another virtuous death metal crusher that captures the fear, loss of control and despair of lockdown in eight new tracks.

For “Dancing Into Oblivion”, his project White Stones goes further down the path of progressive extreme metal with haunting growls, jazz induced intermezzi and an incredible level of technical perfection.

Two decades into their journey as ritualistic black metal conjurers, Wolves In The Throne Room have emerged from the forest with “Primordial Arcana”, their most majestic album to date, and their first release via Century Media Records (outside of USA and Canada) and Relapse Records (USA and Canada) out on August 20th, 2021.
 
Watch the “Mountain Magick” music video, directed by Wolves In The Throne Room, below.
 

For the past ten years, the seminal San Francisco band Deafheaven has been driven by evolution and innovation within themselves and their respective genres. With their forthcoming album “Infinite Granite”, available on August 20th, 2021, via Sargent House, they’ve taken another giant leap forward.

Progressive rock unit The Contortionist today confirms a livestream event featuring an exclusive performance of select tracks from their debut studio album, “Exoplanet”. The band’s third and final livestream of the quarantine age serves to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of their heaviest offering to date performed in one set for the first time... and the last.
 

Moonspell, the undisputed Gothic Metal titans, return to their hometown, Portugal’s luminous capital Lisbon, in style and with a grandiose Double-Date no pack member can afford to miss out!

Mitochondrial Sun is the ever-changing solo-project by Niklas Sundin, best known as a founding member and guitarist of Dark Tranquillity, the Grammy nominated Swedish metal band that for nearly three decades has helped carving out an entire subgenre and inspired musicians all around the globe.

Established progressive/technical death metal outfit Burial In The Sky is excited to announce the upcoming release of their third album, “The Consumed Self”. Out on August 13th, 2021, via Rising Nemesis Records. It is the follow-up to the group’s well-received 2018 sophomore album, “Creatio et Hominus”.

Melancholic black metal symbiosis Sojourner paves the way for another undeniably impressive next chapter with their outstanding new offering, the mini-EP “Perennial”, to be released digitally and as a strictly limited ivory vinyl edition on June 4th, 2021, via Napalm Records.

Today, German metallers Oceans have announced a special live stream that - just like their new EP “We Are Nøt Okay”, that will be released on April 30th - focuses on various topics surrounding metal health.