Feature: South Of Heaven
BENEDICTION - Ravage Of Empires
After the release of "Killing Music", Benediction promised that it won't take another seven years for the next full-length. They...
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Epitome with Kiszka (bass) and Młody (guitars)
It was supposed to be a farewell, but it became a manifesto. Epitome's new album was conceived as a symbolic finale, yet it...
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WINTER ETERNAL - Unveiled Nightsky
When you think of a country with the "best" winter, you definitely wouldn't think of Greece, right? Until, obviously, you want a...
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Riot V with Don Van Stavern (bass)
The World Rock Day celebration in São Paulo will mark the return of Riot—or Riot V, to be precise—to Brazil less than a year...
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TOUGHNESS - Black Respite Of Oblivion
Some bands spend years searching for their own language, while others arrive with a clear and immediate statement: something is...
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TERRESTRIAL HOSPICE - Omnicide - Chapter I
I have heard many good things about Terrestrial Hospice; however, as often happens with me, I never check them out. As I obtained...
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FOURNIER - Demo
So, what does Fournier mean? Other than obscure French professional basketball player Evan Fournier, I was unfamiliar with the...
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ZØRZA - Twilight Of The Golden Star
"Hellven" is one of the most important albums for me. Unlike many, who were raised on the first or second wave of black metal...
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DARK MILLENNIUM - Come
Dark Millennium always knows how to surprise their fans. Their last album "Acid River" was already a very intense trip, "Come"...
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SWORN - Null Crowned The Infinite
Every once in a Blue Moon as they say, a Black Metal band comes along that independently makes a silent impact on the scene:...
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VENOM - Into Oblivion
Dear diary, It's me again, the little man you love most, your cute Cronos. Today I have great news: I have released a new...
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LITOSTH - Dreaming
Have you ever experienced existential collapse? Like fighting quicksand becomes the struggle as life-shattering event upon...
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HIBERNUM - Djavo
My best metal buddy has a soft spot for Serbian bands, and he seems to be on a one-man crusade through the local scene. Unwilling...
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HOR - III
"Where are you heading to on holiday?" I frequently ask my colleagues. "Oh, thanks for asking! I am going to visit Greece" - they...
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ABUSER - Blood Marks
Ah, Poland. As a metalhead, I often associate it with quality stuff – there's just so much of it coming out of the country, both...
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Dead Kosmonaut with Mattias Reinholdsson (bass, backing vocals)
Swedish Dead Kosmonaut are back with their third full-length album "Retrospectre" (read review here). Presenting some traditional...
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SCHATTENVALD - Alle Hernach
Schattenvald plays "Oberfranken Black Metal" (which means Upper Franconian black metal) since 1998. That's the information we get...
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ZØRZA - Twilight Of The Golden Star
As an enthusiast whose soft spot for the beauty of Post-Black Metal is like that of a true art/literature appreciator, when an...
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Live Review - Vastum - VooDoo Club Warszawa - 4/20/26
I see a lot—probably too many—concerts every year. Hundreds of them. From tiny, suffocating basement shows to massive stadium...
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Digging Through Past
Greetings, MetalBite legion! A brand-new edition of Digging Through Past is live and ready for you to explore. We've unearthed...
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VOMIT DIVISION - Hangover Highway
More than five years ago, Vomit Division released a fine portion of anti-social compositions. Unfortunately, this is a long time...
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DORMANT ORDEAL - Tooth And Nail
I confess—mea culpa. For a long time, I simply couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about.My first encounter with the...
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MetalBite's Top 10 Albums of the Month - May 2026
Welcome back to MetalBite's Top 10 Albums of the Month. The thing I dread the most about putting together this column is coming...
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WINTERFYLLETH - The Unyielding Season
What a release. This album stands as an unwavering statement of Winterfylleth’s dedication to English black metal, and it...
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NUNSLAUGHTER - Satanic Chaos Legions
What do have Metallica in common with Nunslaughter? Em, musically almost nothing, maybe some thrashier parts in the songs (of...
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AT THE GATES - The Ghost Of A Future Dead
"The Ghost Of A Future Dead" is an album that feels impossible to hear without context—yet somehow powerful enough to stand...
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PHARMACIST - Vertebrae After Vertebrae
This vocalist, who goes by the stage name of Pharmacist, sounds like a carbon copy of Jeff Walker in 1988. But I wouldn't go so...
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ILDARUNI - Divinum Sanguinem
When you think of the region of the Caucasus, black metal certainly doesn't come to mind. Of course, there is some scene, as...
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HANGATYR - Sumpf Der Fäule
I understand anyone who looks at my homeland, Germany, with a healthy amount of skepticism. Yes, we're the proud...
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WOLFBASTARD - Satanic Scum Punks
You hail from Britain. And you name your album "Satanic Scum Punks". So what can you reasonably expect? In my humble opinion,...
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IN MALICE'S WAKE - The Profound Darkness
In Malice's Wake. The guys are one of the absolute best-kept secrets from the land down under – in fact, so well-kept that,...
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TRELLDOM - ...By The Word...
Why isn't King Crimson considered a metal band? I guess that's probably because they've never fully embraced heavy metal as a...
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ALKEMISTI - Teufelspakt - Perkeleen Tie
With "Teufelspakt – Perkeleen Tie" the German label Dominace Of Darkness has just released a very interesting split album by...
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Interviews
Epitome - with Kiszka (bass) and Młody (guitars)
It was supposed to be a farewell, but it became a manifesto. Epitome's new album was conceived as a symbolic finale, yet it...
163
Riot V - with Don Van Stavern (bass)
The World Rock Day celebration in São Paulo will mark the return of Riot—or Riot V, to be precise—to Brazil less than a year...
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Dead Kosmonaut - with Mattias Reinholdsson (bass, backing vocals)
Swedish Dead Kosmonaut are back with their third full-length album "Retrospectre" (read review here). Presenting some traditional...
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Haunted Cenotaph - with Golem (guitars) and Coffin Crawler (Vocals)
After several years of silence, which for many could have seemed like a definitive end, Haunted Cenotaph returns with a release...
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Draconian - with Anders Jacobsson (vocals)
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