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Canadian Dungeon Synth solo project FrazyL has signed a licensing deal with Epictronic for the debut album “Mon Odyssée”, due for release on January 21st, 2022.

Signing statement:

Emma Ruth Rundle’s latest single “Blooms of Oblivion” intimately reflects on an experience that was too big for her as a child - “Down at the methadone clinic we waited / hoping to take home your cure / The curdling cowards, the crackle of china / you say that it’s making you pure”, she sings. For anyone that’s endured trauma and grief, there’s a beautiful solace in hearing Rundle articulate and humanise that particular type of pain not only with her words, but with her unique mysterious language of melody and timbre.

Venerable Black Metal trailblazers Wolves In The Throne Room have announced that their upcoming European tour will now be postponed until Fall 2022.

The Washington-based trio released their new album, “Primordial Arcana”, on August 20th of this year, via Century Media Records.

In a statement addressing the postponement of their European trek to next year, the band shares:

Oakland-based artist Leila Abdul-Rauf will release her fourth full-length solo album, “Phantasiai”, in July through Cyclic Law, with a vinyl release to follow in September as a co-release with Cloister Recordings. The cover art, track listing, preorders, two tracks from the album, and more have been issued.
 

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.
 

Prolific shapeshifters Hail Spirit Noir, of Greek origin, discard their progressive robes to celebrate their 10th anniversary with a one-off, emotional, horror-like and disco-driven album, “Mannequins”. The record is slated for a September 10th, 2021, release on Agonia Records.

Philadelphia-based Lotus Thrones, the solo project formed by former Wolvhammer and Across Tundras drummer Heath Rave during the 2020 quarantine, has completed its first full-length release. “Lovers in Wartime” will see late July release through Disorder Recordings, who this week reveals the cover art, track listing, and a brief teaser for the album.
 

Italian neoclassical darkwave/ethereal neofolk quartet All My Faith Lost... presents their first record in eleven years, with the immersive sounds of Untitled. The beautiful, sprawling album is nearing release through French collective Cyclic Law on March 9th, 2021, and preceding its release, two songs are now streaming alongside preorders and more.
 

Steve Von Till has made a life’s work out of seeking the elemental. With a solo discography that stretches back more than two decades, he has toiled in a shadow realm, peeling back layers of reality in a never-ending search for true meaning and raw emotion.

En Minor - the Southern gothic/dark Americana project led by Philip H. Anselmo (Down, Pantera, Scour, etc.) - have confirmed a special livestream later this month.