Author: Rick Eaglestone

Ghül – Land Of Shadow

Having once already taken walked the road leading from Barad-dûr via Where The Shadows Lie to the Cracks of Doom inside Mount Doom, I am getting ready to cross the great iron bridge at the Dark Tower to explore the latest release from GhülLand Of Shadow 

 

 

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The Sun’s Journey Through The Night – Worldless

Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast, for now a woefully poetic entity has been summoned via The Sun’s Journey Through The Night’s latest album Worldless

 

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Edenfall – To Gaze Longer at the Earth

Edenfall return with third studio album , a conceptual work based on the poetry of love, loss and magic within Anglo-Saxon England To Gaze Longer at the Earth

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Verletzen – The Blackened Crusade

Unleashing a ferocity under a Welsh funeral moon, Verletzen take you a journey of manically placed terror on The Blackened Crusade

 

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Midnight Betrothed – Death…My Faithful Bride

Australia’s Midnight Betrothed present their second album Death…My Faithful Bride – a collection of six tracks that delve into the depths of dark romanticism, celebrating moonlit tragedy and forlorn love.

 

 

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Lamp of Murmuur – Saturnian Bloodstorm

 

 

Three years after the release of “The Burning Spears of Crimson Agony” the once mysterious Lamp of Murmuur manifest into something far wide reaching with a new logo and direction of artwork with latest release Saturnian Bloodstorm

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Deitus – A Scar for Serenity

London’s Deitus return to the fold under the candlelight banner with new album Irreversible scheduled for a July release, the band unveil first single – A Scar for Serenity.

Its important that a first single makes an impact and well, this certainly ticks the boxes as immediately there is clear more relentless direction to this that 2018’sVia Dolorosa showed splashes of and shows that the five years in between have bought forth a heavier darker side which has me intrigued to hear the finished article.

If Irreversible isn’t on your radar right now from this track alone it will only be a matter of time before it is.

 

Ghül – Where The Shadows Lie

 

Taking inspiration from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings legendarium, Ghül aims to drape the listener in ritualistic darkness and shadow with first track Where The Shadows Lie from a forthcoming full-length album, and will be one of many songs performed in the Black Speech of Mordor. (more…)

Frosk – Stone Prison

Massachusetts’s Frosk unveil a collection of sombre tales from restless nights with newest release Stone Prison.

 

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Ciemra – The Tread of Darkness

Hailing from Minsk, the five essences that form Ciemra satisfy the hunger of darkness with their debut album The Tread of Darkness.

 

 

 

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