HAPPY JULY 4th USA (USA'S 250th BIRTHDAY)

 

Have a very SAFE and HAPPY JULY 4th, 2026. Today is the U.S.A.'s 250th birthday. Hopefully the USA can live up to its ideals. Think about our furry freinds on JULY 4th and don't use fire works outside, it can scare pets and veterans with PTSD. 

 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-  

MESSE DES MORTS XIV FESTIVAL: ANNOUNCE 2026 DATES 11/26th, 27th and 28th, 2026 @ PIRANA MONTREAL, QUEBEC (CANADA)

 

 

 

Promoters for MESSE DES MORTS XIV FESTIVAL have announced 2026 dates 1/26th, 27th and 28th, 2026 @  PIRANA MONTREAL, QUEBEC (CANADA). .

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM MESSE DES MORTS XIV PROMOTERS: 

 

MESSE DES MORTS XIV

26-28 NOVEMBRE

Voici venu le moment d’annoncer la tenue de la 14e Messe des Morts, qui se déroulera à Montréal du 26 au 28 novembre!

Après avoir tout d’abord envisagé un retour vers une formule plus « classique », la forte hausse des prix du pétrole et l’incertitude entourant un éventuel retour à la normale des prix par suite du conflit en Iran nous ont forcé à réviser nos plans quand nous avons constaté que le prix des billets d’avion avait augmenté de 25 à 30 % (soit un total de 10 à 12 000 $ de plus). Vu cette pression additionnelle sur notre budget et le fait que nous étions également incertains de l’incidence d’une telle augmentation sur les festivaliers se déplaçant en avion, nous avons opté pour la prudence en décidant de garder le festival au Piranha une année de plus. Comme l’an dernier, nous profiterons de cette formule pour faire jouer plus de groupes, et nous avons encore monté une affiche très solide! Premières annonces la semaine prochaine…

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The time has come to announce the holding of the 14th Messe des Morts, which will take place in Montréal on November 26-28!

After contemplating a return to a more “classic” formula, the steep rise in oil prices and the uncertainty surrounding a potential return to normal prices following the conflict in Iran have forced us to revise our plans when we saw that plane ticket prices had gone up by 25 to 30 % (for a total of 10 to $12,000 more). Considering this additional pressure on our budget and the fact that we were unsure how such a rise would affect folks coming to the festival by plane, we have decided to err on the side of caution by keeping the festival at Piranha for one more year. As we did last year, we will take advantage of this setting to have more bands play, and we have once again put together a very solid lineup! First announcements coming up next week…

 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-  

IN LOVING MEMORY: BREAK UP

 

 

 

 

  Spanish melodic, death, doom metal warriors IN LOVING MEMORY have announced the band has broken up after the death of guitarist  JORGE ARAIZ..

 JORGE ARAIZ, guitarist for  Spanish melodic, death, doom metal warriors IN LOVING MEMORY has passed away 6/29/2026 after a battle with cancer. 

 

IN LOVING MEMORY have posted  the bands anticipated new release "THE WITHERING", unleashed 1/14/2022 via FUNERE.

 

 

  IN LOVING MEMORY unleashed "REDEMPTION" (EP), 11/1/2014 via HOUSE OF ASHES PRODUCTIONS. 

IN LOVING MEMORY unleashed "NEGATION OF LIFE", 11/21/2011 via BADMOON MUSIC. 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM IN LOVING MEMORY: 

 

English language below:

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Anuncio oficial:

A raíz de los últimos acontecimientos, In Loving Memory cesa su actividad después de casi 22 años en funcionamiento.

Cuando nuestro bajista, Txerra falleció, los 3 miembros restantes, Alberto, Jorge y Juanma, decidimos intentar seguir adelante con la banda.

Cuando nuestro teclista, Alberto falleció, los 2 miembros restantes, Jorge y Juanma decidimos continuar a duras penas.

Ahora ha fallecido también Jorge, y yo, Juanma, ya no tengo ni fuerzas ni ánimo para continuar con este proyecto y seguir adelante.

La música siempre ha sido mi pasión desde que comencé a tocar la guitarra allá por 1993 y desde entonces siempre he querido componer y tocar mi propia música y unos cuantos años más tarde decidí empezar, con gran ilusión, un proyecto de Doom/Death melancólico que se acabaría llamando In Loving Memory.

Con este grupo he editado, como guitarra solista y cantante, 3 discos ("Tragedy & Moon", "Negation of Life" y "The Withering"), 1 EP ("Redemption"), así como 1 demo en la que no cantaba yo, y de los que me siento muy orgulloso, porque cada miembro del grupo aportaba su granito de arena para que el conjunto fuese tal que a todos nos gustase y luego lo pudiésemos tocar en directo, algo que era nuestro, fruto de incontables horas de esfuerzo y ensayo, y que siempre intentamos que expresase una identidad, un sonido definitorio.

Todos estos años en In Loving Memory me han permitido evolucionar como compositor, músico y persona, y por ello doy las gracias tanto a mis compañeros de grupo que por desgracia ya no se encuentran con nosotros, Jorge, Txerra y Alberto, como a todos los fans y amigos que he encontrado por el camino. Mención y agradecimiento especial a Igor e Iván, mis actuales compañeros en el grupo Agoyzen, donde también tocaba Jorge y con el que compartíamos local de ensayo. Ellos también han sufrido con este infortunio y conocen de primera mano el dolor de estas pérdidas.

Me quedo con los buenos momentos vividos estos años: la emoción de tocar en directo, el rompecabezas de componer diferentes líneas instrumentales y ver que todo encaja, la excitación cuando una persona te felicitaba tras un concierto o te escribía desde la otra parte del mundo para indicarte que le gustaba la música que hacíamos, pero por encima de todas las cosas, la alegría de llegar al local de ensayo y pasar un rato estupendo conversando entre nosotros.

El golpe emocional y personal de perder en tan poco tiempo a todos los miembros de la banda, que además de compañeros de grupo eran buenos amigos, es algo que me ha hecho reflexionar y puede que más adelante encuentre fuerzas para seguir tocando y componiendo, pero durante un tiempo, necesito mitigar de otra manera el inmenso dolor y vacío interior que siento.

Por tanto, con este último post, doy por clausurado este capítulo de mi vida, cuyo final ha sido agónico y amargo, y con él, las cuentas de In Loving Memory en las diferentes plataformas serán cerradas en breve, y así dejar atrás esta tragedia, esta negación de vida, este marchitamiento y comenzar una redención.

Gracias por todo.

Juanma B.

In Loving Memory of Txerra, Alberto & Jorge

Official announcement:

As a result of recent events, In Loving Memory ceases its activity after nearly 22 years in operation.

When our bassist, Txerra, passed away, the three remaining members—Alberto, Jorge, and Juanma—decided to try to carry on with the band.

When our keyboardist, Alberto, passed away, the two remaining members—Jorge and Juanma—decided to continue with great difficulty.

Now Jorge has also passed away, and I, Juanma, no longer have the strength or the spirit to continue with this project and move forward.

Music has always been my passion since I started playing guitar back in 1993, and since then I have always wanted to compose and perform my own music. A few years later, I decided, with great enthusiasm, to start a melancholic Doom/Death project that would come to be called In Loving Memory.

With this band, I have released, as lead guitarist and vocalist, three albums ("Tragedy & Moon", "Negation of Life" and "The Withering"), one EP ("Redemption"), as well as one demo on which I did not sing. I am very proud of all of them, because each member of the band contributed their grain of sand so that the whole would be something we all liked and could later perform live—something that was ours, the result of countless hours of effort and rehearsal, and which we always tried to give a distinctive identity and sound.

All these years in In Loving Memory have allowed me to grow as a composer, musician, and person, and for that I thank both my bandmates—who unfortunately are no longer with us, Jorge, Txerra, and Alberto—and all the fans and friends I have met along the way. A special mention and thanks to Igor and Iván, my current bandmates in Agoyzen, where Jorge also played and with whom we shared a rehearsal space. They too have suffered this misfortune and know firsthand the pain of these losses.

I keep the good memories from these years: the thrill of playing live, the puzzle of composing different instrumental lines and seeing how everything fits together, the excitement when someone congratulated you after a concert or wrote to you from the other side of the world to tell you they liked the music we made—but above all, the joy of arriving at the rehearsal space and spending a wonderful time talking among ourselves.

The emotional and personal blow of losing, in such a short time, all the members of the band—who, in addition to bandmates, were good friends—is something that has made me reflect. Perhaps later I will find the strength to continue playing and composing, but for now, I need to cope in another way with the immense pain and inner emptiness I feel.

Therefore, with this final post, I bring this chapter of my life to a close, a chapter whose ending has been agonizing and bitter. With it, the In Loving Memory accounts on the different platforms will soon be closed, leaving behind this tragedy, this negation of life, this withering—and beginning a redemption.

Thank you for everything.

Juanma B.

In Loving Memory of Txerra, Alberto & Jorge

 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-  

TODOMAL: POST NEW RELEASE "GRAVEYARDS OF JOY"

 

 Spain based atmospheric doom metal warriors TODOMAL have posted the bands anticipated new release "GRAVEYARDS OF JOY",  unleashed 7/3/2026 via SEASON OF MIST. 

 

 

 TODOMAL unleashed "A GREATER GOOD", 11/24/2023 via ARDUA MUSIC. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO BELOW: TODOMAL: NEW RELEASE "GRAVEYARDS OF JOY" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF SEASON OF MIST):  

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

MORTEM: POST VIDEO FOR "MØRKETID"

 

Norwegian black metal super group MORTEM (featuring members of MAYHEM, 1349, ARCTURUS and THORNS) have posted a video for the title track from the bands anticipated new offering "MØRKETID",unleashed 7/3/2026 via  PEACEVILLE RECORDS.

 MORTEM (featuring members of MAYHEM, 1349, ARCTURUS and THORNS) , via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands anticipated new offering "MØRKETID",unleashed 7/3/2026 via  PEACEVILLE RECORDS

 MORTEM (featuring members of MAYHEM, 1349, ARCTURUS and THORNS) have posted track from the bands anticipated new release "RAVNSVART",  unleashed 9/27/2019 via PEACEVILLE RECORDS.

 

 

 

FROM PEACEVILLE RECORDS: 

 

Mortem ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM MØRKETID, RELEASED 3rd JULY

ORDER HERE: https://mortem.lnk.to/Morketid (or link in bio)

"This has been a long wait. We are happy and pleased with the result. We hope you`ll be as well." - Mortem

THE SECOND STUDIO ALBUM FROM THE NORWEGIAN EXTREME METAL PIONEERS, COMPRISING MEMBERS OF ARCTURUS, THORNS, MAYHEM & 1349

Mortem return with a new ode to the dark: Mørketid. Combining brooding, mid-paced monumental riffs with bursts of hyperspeed black metal, the album — set for release via Peaceville on 3rd July — marks a clear progression from their 2019 debut, Ravnsart. Across eight tracks of savage, eerie, and often epic black metal, the band is joined by the indomitable keyboard textures of Sverd, Hellhammer’s unmistakable percussive prowess, and the vicious returning snarls of vocalist Marius Vold.

ARCTURUS, THORNS, MAYHEM & 1349 

VIDEO BELOW: MORTEM NEW VIDEO "MØRKETID" (VIA YOU TUBE , COURTESY OF PEACEVILLE RECORDS.):  

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

INFERNO: POST NEW TRACK "WITH RAVING MOUTHS THEY UTTER THINGS MIRTHLESS UNADORNED AND UNPERFUMED"

 

Czech Republic black metal warriors INFERNO have posted  "WITH RAVING MOUTHS THEY UTTER THINGS MIRTHLESS UNADORNED AND UNPERFUMED" , a track from the bands anticipated new release "THE ANTHROPIC SOPHISIMS" , due to be unleashed 7/17/2026 via DEBEMUR MORTI PRODUCTIONS..  

INFERNO have posted a video for "STARS WITHIN STARS WITHOUT PROJECTED INTO THE MATRIX OF TIME", a track from the bands anticipated new release "PARADEIGMA (PHOSPHENES OF APHOTIC ETERNITY)",  unleashed 5/7/2021 via  DEBEMUR MORTI PRODUCTIONS.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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VIDEO BELOW: INFERNO:: NEW TRACK "WITH RAVING MOUTHS THEY UTTER THINGS MIRTHLESS UNADORNED AND UNPERFUMED" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF DEBEMUR MORTI PRODUCTIONS):  

 Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

SIGH: SET TO UNLEASH "GOH-KA", POST TRAILER

 

 Tokyo, Japan based extreme metal warriors SIGH have posted a trailer for the bands anticipated new release "GOH-KA", due to be unleashed 9/4/2026 via PEACEVILLE RECORDS. 

 

 SIGH have announced SUMMER 2026 WEST COAST USA TOUR DATES... 

 SIGH have posted a lyric video for  "THE ZOMBIE TERROR" , a track from the bands anticipated re issue of  "INFIDEL ART", due to be re unleashed soon (release date T.B.A.) via PEACEVILLE RECORDS. .

SIGH'S "INFIDEL ART", was originally unleashed 10/1995 via CACOPHONOUS RECORDS.  

 

 SIGH, via SPOTIFY, are streaming  the bands  anticipated new reissue of their classic release "HANGMAN'S HYMN" , re titled  "I SAW THE WORLD'S END-HANGMAN'S HYMN MMXXV", re-unleashed 6/13/2025 via PEACEVILLE RECORDS. .  

 SIGH unleashed "LIVE EASTERN FORCES OF EVIL",   6/16/2023 via PEACEVILLE RECORDS.

SIGH unleashed "SHIKI",  8/26/2022 via PEACEVILLE RECORDS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM SIGH: 

 

SIGH (official page) – ‘GOH-KA’

The epic new studio album from the long-standing Japanese metal pioneers. Including guest appearance from Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt

Coming 4th September. - https://sighpeaceville.lnk.to/GOH-KA

plus: pre-orders of the album from the Peaceville store or band store will come with a free 10-track sigh sampler.

Main-man Mirai Kawashima notes this as being as equally personal an album as ‘Shiki’, both musically and lyrically. From a musical perspective, if you were to place the main ingredients of Celtic Frost, Voivod, Black Sabbath, horror movies and Japan into a cauldron and stir it, you will get ‘Goh-ka’. Numerous additional spices such as psychedelic rock, prog rock and classical music are also evident over the album’s close to one-hour duration.

Joining Mirai Kawashima and Dr Mikannibal along with guitarist Nozomu Wakai, are Frédéric Leclercq (Kreator) on bass, plus renowned US drummer Mike Heller.

Among the additional contributors to the album, Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth notably delivers a special guest guitar solo on the track, ‘Unputenpu’.

‘Goh-ka’ was recorded across multiple studios, and once again mixed and mastered by Lasse Lammert at LSD studios in Germany.

Sigh is on tour in 2026 in Europe and North America 

 

 

 

VIDEO BELOW: SIGH: "GOH-KA" TRAILER (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF PEACEVILLE RECORDS. ):

 

 

 

  

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-