blackened sludge metal

They are a band known for crossing borders, overstepping genre taboos and keeping the (metal) world in suspense. Today, French avantgarde black metallers Celeste take their immersive experience one step closer to the edge: January 28th, 2022, will see the release of the band’s new LP “Assassine(s)”, produced by Chris Edrich (Gojira, Tesseract, The Ocean, Leprous) - a long awaited follow-up to 2017’s “Infidèle(s)”.

Silent Pendulum Records has announced the December 3rd, 2021, release of “None But a Pure Heart Can Sing”, the new album by So Hideous. It’s the New York City band’s first new album since 2015’s acclaimed “Laurestine”, released on Prosthetic Records.

There is a red light at the end of the tunnel in this concert deprived time. Having always been an immersive and sensory experience, the shows of French avant-garde black metallers Celeste will be taken to the next level on their upcoming European tour throughout March and April 2022, set to include a UK date at London venue The Dome on March 10th.

A flickering red light glows in the darkness evoking images of a spooky lighthouse in the roaring sea - quite a suitable comparison for avant-garde black metal outlet Celeste, who continue their rise as one of the most promising extreme metal acts with their latest move.

UK five-piece and recent Entertainment One (eOne) signees Mastiff will release their “Leave Me the Ashes of the Earth” full-length on September 10th, 2021!
 

IO, volcanic and burning moon of Jupiter, where lava flows turn into magma lakes. It’s no wonder why Roman sludge heavy weights IO choose their band name and title for their upcoming debut album, with a sound that heavy, brutal yet warm and cosmic.

Now, the Italian band has revealed more details about their first full-length record, entitled “Fire”, which will be coming out on May 21st, 2021, through Argonauta Records!

Sludgy UK post-metal heavyweights Conjurer have signed a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Records!

Check out the music video for the song “The Mire” and stream the band’s first two full releases here.

Their follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2018 debut album, “Mire”, is set to be released later this year. 

Conjurer’s Brady Deeprose (guitar & vocals) comments:

Rome- based Sludge heavy weights, IO, have announced their signing with powerhouse label Argonauta Records, who will release the band’s debut album in the Spring of 2021.

Formed in 2018 from the pyres of time spent in Swedish post-metal outfit The Moth Gatherer, Alex Stjernfeldt’s Novarupta has gone on to envelop almost every corner of Sweden’s underground rock and metal community.
 

Following their latest album, “Salbrox” (2019, Ritual Productions), Blackened Sludge and Drone trio, Nibiru, have re-signed with Argonauta Records for the release of their sixth studio album, titled “Panspermia”, that will be seeing the light of day on Friday the 13th of November 2020.