Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Praise The Fire For The Sacrament' from Germany's BLACKEVIL highly anticipated third album, Praise The Communion Fire For The Unhallowed Sacrament.

Hailing from Bavaria, BLACKEVIL have been forging fire since 2013. Now, with third album Praise the Communion Fire for the Unhallowed Sacrament, BLACKEVIL take bolder steps into the epic that they only hinted at prior. If its predecessor began to transcend "blackthrash" categorization, Praise the Communion Fire wholly does so, canvassing a wider range of other stylistic sizes – late '90s melodic black metal, same-era blackened death, early '80s epic metal, and even a bit of NWOBHM that preceded that – that altogether result in something that's more unique than ever. The album's runtime of 46 minutes across seven tracks no doubt suggests that turn toward the epic, and the songwriting indeed goes everywhere but still with remarkable focus. Their chops, while thankfully evincing a human touch, support these daring constructs with finesse and a finely honed clarity. Leads and otherwise-more-melodic riffs lead the charge into the battlefield, buttressed by dynamics that are never boisterous for their own sake; rather, they're reigned in, allowing those riffs and rhythms to breathe, thus making the surges of energy all the more exciting. Put another way, BLACKEVIL aren't just another black(ened) metal band flying off the rails, imparting one extreme expression after another: there's actual class and craft at work here, honoring the ancient lore of heavy metal whilst adding to its lexicon. In that sense, the ceremonial reverence they exude truly supports the title Praise the Communion Fire for the Unhallowed Sacrament.

Forever Baptised in Eternal Fire reaped acclaim, but still left BLACKEVIL as a well-kept secret. Again blessed with (un)godly art by the masterful Paolo Girardi, Praise the Communion Fire for the Unhallowed Sacrament should once and for all establish BLACKEVIL as top-tier heavy metal blacksmiths!

BLACKEVIL is:

Abyss - ghoulish throat of revenge and roaring 4-string hell
Deathinfektor - attack of the iron six-string saw
Bloodhammer - glorifier of the infernal wardrum thunder

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://blackevil.net/
https://blackevil.bandcamp.com/
http://www.dyingvictims.com/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/

Hello fellow headbangers! 

Apologies for a little delay in March summary, but I hope you all following us on Spotify have noticed that playlist have been updated fairly often.

Anyways, quite a lot of full-lengths this month. We have My Dying Bride, we have Disbelief who have been quiet for 3 years, we have very unusual take on their material from In Flames, who decided to record it to sound as a soundtrack from 16-bit game. I spent this month listening mostly to Viscera, Vredehammer, Fange and very unusual Igorrr, I think Devin Townsend's position as Commander-in-Chief of mixing everything that could be called music, is in danger. Also Irist is worth checking out in my opinion, same with BeNeLux death metal legends Thanatos. Full playlist available here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/albums

Quite a few interesting singles have come out, giving us a taste of albums to come. Testament is obviously out already, but if you prefer to check out promoting singles only, check out the link below. I am mostly excited about new Carach Angren, Ex Deo, Benighted, Aborted, Aversions Crown, Abysmal Dawn, Sodomisery, Bleed from Within, Wolfheart, ...and Oceans, Kreator and always enjoy when there's something new from Kaamos Warriors, one of the most productive bands since Buckethead I guess ;-) All of the above and more can be found here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/singles

The list of EPs released is always short, so here are the bands: Azure Emote, Azusa (my favourite EP this month), Brain Stem, Candlemass, Crypt Crawler, Graveslave, Grovel, Hell Obelisco, Itus, Lychgate, Orinoco, Pure Wrath, Ruin Lust, Subtype Zero, Sutrah, Tribe of Pazuzu and Vectis. Here is the playlist with them:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/EPs

We have live show from Mord'a'Stigmata to listen, the show was at Roadburn in 2019:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/live

And if you enjoyed and were missing Metal Church releases from the 80s, you can find them in this neat compilation right here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/compilation

Remember to check these playlists as they are being updated as soon as some stuff appears on our website. Stay home, stay safe and remember to remove any breakable objects from your surroundings before headbanging in isolation.

And most of all: STAY METAL! \m/