occult rock

The Answer Lies In The Black Void to release debut album “Forlorn” on September 24th 2021

The Answer Lies In The Black Void is a collaboration between Martina Horváth (singer for the avant-garde metal project Thy Catafalque) and Jason Köhnen (Celestial Season, Bong-Ra, ex-The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble) born out of their shared passion for doom.

Spiral Grave to release debut album “Legacy of the Anointed” on July 16th 2021

Maryland/Virginia- based doom metal veterans Spiral Grave have finally revealed more details about their upcoming album, entitled “Legacy of the Anointed”.

Spiral Grave, comprised of extraordinary vocalist Screaming Mad Dee, Iron Louis Strachan (bass), Mot Waldmann on drums and former Lord guitarist Willy Rivera, was born in 2018 after the tragic death of their longtime band mate, Alfred Morris III, founding member of iconic Iron Man.

Alastor to release new studio album “Onwards and Downwards” on May 28th 2021

Swedish rock band Alastor share the first single from their forthcoming album “Onwards and Downwards”. Listen to “Death Cult” below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSY8MGYI1m0

Excelsior! It’s the hail of yore that one should go ever onward and upward. And so, fittingly “Onwards and Downwards” is the occultist Swedish band Alastor‘s clever call to arms… and also a reflection of our collective dark state of mind these days. 

Cvlt Ov The Svn to release debut full-length album “We Are the Dragon” on May 7th 2021

Finally, there’s a cvlt worth joining! As it often seems modern rock music has lost its sense of palpable danger and mystique, Finnish occult murder pop innovators Cvlt Ov The Svn mark its return in full force with their grim, addictive first full length, “We Are the Dragon”! Slated for release on May 7th, 2021, via Napalm Records, Cvlt Ov The Svn’s debut embodies a reverberating sense of eeriness, danger and fear, enriched with a pinch of gothic romanticism and pitch-black seduction. 

Mushroomhead announces grindhouse style “Shroomhouse” Double Feature on February 14th 2021

It’s known throughout the heavy metal universe and beyond that Mushroomhead are the leaders of self-produced cinematic music videos – the band has delivered countless high-budget film quality music videos to their fans over the course of their career, garnering millions upon millions of views and turning the heads of horror buffs outside the musical realm.

Bloody Hammers to release new studio album “Songs of Unspeakable Terror” on January 15th 2021

Just in time for the most macabre season of the year, horror-occult-goth metal/rock fusers Bloody Hammers have announced a new horror punk-inspired full-length album! 

The 11-track offering, entitled “Songs of Unspeakable Terror”, will be unleashed on January 15th, 2021, via Napalm Records and marks a new, eccentric chapter in the Transylvania County, North Carolina-based husband and wife duo’s musical story.
 

Cvlt Ov The Svn signs worldwide deal with Napalm Records

Finnish occult murder pop inventors Cvlt Ov The Svn have inked a worldwide record deal with Napalm Records. 

While rock music seems to have lost its danger and mystique in a lot of ways, Cvlt Ov The Svn are the force that embodies just that. Eeriness, danger and angst with a pinch of romanticism and seduction and a load of morbid horror theatrics - all wrapped in a melancholic and catchy, yet very rock, and at times even heavy, sound, drawing its influences from all sorts of artists and genres. 

Mushroomhead - A Wonderful Life

Mushroomhead is back with their new album, “A Wonderful Life”. The octet, Steve Rauckhorst (clean vocals), Jason “J Mann” Popson (harsh and rapped vocals), Jackie LaPonza (female vocals), Ryan Farrell (bass, keyboards), Tom Shaffner (guitars), Rick Thomas (keyboards, samples), Steve “Skinny” Felton (drums, percussion, production), and Robbie Godsey (additional percussion), has made some changes in this chapter of MRH.