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Norwegian blackened extreme metal
warriors DIMMU BORGIR have posted a video for "ULVGJELD & BLODSODEL", a track from the bands anticipated new release "GRAND SERPENT RISING", due to be unleashed 5/22/2026 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
DIMMU BORGIR have announced FALL 2026 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES WITH BEHEMOTH and DARK FUNERAL..
DIMMU BORGIR have announced the band is in the studio recording a new album. .
DIMMU BORGIR have announced a 8/6/2025 HEADLINE SHOW @ 013 TILBURG WITH ABBATH, DOOM OCCULTA and GAEREA.
GALDER, guitarist for Norwegian blackened extreme metal
warriors DIMMU BORGIR has left the band.
DIMMU BORGIR, via SPOTIFY,
are streaming the
bands anticipated new release "INSPIRATIO PROFANUS" (COVERS ALBUM) , unleashed
12/8/2023 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
DIMMU BORGIR unleashed "PURITANICAL EUPHORIC MISANTHROPIA"
(REMIXED AND REMASTERED),. 10/28/2022 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
DIMMU BORGIR unleashed "NORTHERN FORCES
OVER
WACKEN", 7/29/2022 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
DIMMU BORGIR unleashed "EONIAN", 5/4/2018 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW: DIMMU BORGIR: NEW TRACK "ULVGJELD BLODSODEL" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF DIMMU BORGIR and NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS):
Oslo, Norway based extreme metal project DEFECT DESIGNER have posted "DAILY DOSE OF GLOOM", a track from the bands anticipated
new release "DEPRESSANTS", due to be unleashed soon in 2026 (release
date T.B.A.) via TRANSCENDING
OBSCURITY RECORDS. .
DEFECT DESIGNER have announced plans for an album trilogy.
DEFECT DESIGNER have posted the bands
anticipated new release "CHTIN", unleashed 3/15/2024 via TRANSCENDING
OBSCURITY RECORDS. .
CHAQ MOL of Swedish black metal warriors DARK FUNERAL was interviewed by IBLIS MANIFESTATIONS..
DARK FUNERAL'S classic track "OPEN THE GATES" is featured in the movie "PSYCHO KILLER"... DARK FUNERAL, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands 30th anniversary reissue of the bands
classic debut release "IN THE SIGN OF THE HORNS", re-unleashed 8/9/2024 via CENTURY MEDIA
RECORDS. .
DARK FUNERAL unleashed "WE ARE
THE
APOCALYPSE", 3/18/2022
via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
ITP V.022 REVIEW: DARK FUNERAL: "WE ARE
THE
APOCALYPSE",
Swedish death metal warriors VOMITORY have posted a video for "WRATH UNBOUND" , a track from the bands anticipated new release
"IN DEATH THROES", due to be unleashed 4/10/2026 via METAL BLADE
RECORDS.
VOMITORY, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "ALL HEADS ARE GONNA
ROLL", unleashed 5/26/2023 via METAL BLADE RECORDS.
VOMITORY unleashed "OPUS MORTUS VIII", 4/25/2011 via METAL BLADE RECORDS.
FROM METAL BLADE RECORDS:
Vomitory
announces their upcoming record, 'In Death Throes' out April 10th!
Check out the new single/video, "For Gore And Country" and pre-order
HERE: https://www.metalblade.com/vomitory/
VIDEO BELOW:VOMITORY: NEW TRACK"WRATH UNBOUND" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF METAL BLADE RECORDS):
Portugal based Gothic metal warriors MOONSPELL have posted a video for the title track from the bands anticipated new release "FAR FROM GOD", due to be unleashed 7/3/2026 via NAPALM RECORDS.
MOONSPELL unleashed "FROM DOWN BELOW LIVE 80 METERS
DEEP", 9/30/2022 via NAPALM RECORDS.
MOONSPELL unleashed "HERMITAGE",
2/26/2021 via NAPALM RECORDS. .
MOONSPELL unleashed a 3 CD, live BLUE RAY/DVD release "LISBOA UNDER
THE SPELL", 8/17/2018 via NAPALM RECORDS.
FROM NAPALM RECORDS:
Moonspell Announce New Studio Album "Far From God" and Unleash Music Video for Title Track!
“I lost my faith and hope in vampires for quite a few years.
They became the clowns of Hollywood, the cheap Halloween shop customs, the old and disgraceful Princes from the East. Until the film director Robert Eggers brought us Nosferatu in 2024 and I was immediately attracted back to that tragic, romantic character who Bram Stoker immortalised in his letters. I wrote Far from God in just one breath and it’s our first song about vampiric love in ages. I confess I felt the urge of, together with Moonspell, saving the face of Gothic Metal which became hostage of semi-tuned operatic female vocalists, simpleton and crunchy guitar riffs; and of lyrical content that would make Dracula impale himself with a stake in his bloodless heart. This song is the essence of this album, its title, its video, its soul. And you can even feel the fire of daylight burning into yours and your lover’s skin.”
Born out of five years of creative searching, doubt and ultimate rediscovery, the album marks a powerful return for the band. Far from playing it safe, MOONSPELL deliver a work that feels like a rebirth: darker, sharper and emotionally unfiltered. Rather than bending to modern trends, the band double down on identity and substance, presenting a bold and beautiful statement of Gothic Metal in its purest form: dark, romantic, dramatic and unapologetically heavy!
The first single, “Far From God”, sets the tone with burning intensity. A hymn to tragic vampiric love, the song revives the mystique and romantic darkness that once defined the genre, while layered keyboards subtly expand the atmosphere without softening its heaviness. Dense guitars, deep resonant vocals and dramatic dynamic shifts evoke a timeless gothic aesthetic, restoring danger and elegance to the narrative of the vampire.
MOONSPELL Live Dates 2026:
20.06.2026 (BE) Dessel – Graspop Metal Meeting
10.07.2026 (FI) Kotka – Dark River Festival
16.07.2026 (PL) Bolków – Castle Party Festival
02.08.2026 (BU) Plovdiv – Ancient Theatre of Plovdiv (Opus Diabolicum Orchestra Show)
06.08.2026 (DE) Schlotheim – Party.San Metal Open Air
28.08.2026 (RO) Câmpulung Muscel – Posada Rock Festival
18.09.2026 (UK) London – Cosmic Void Festival
19.09.2026 (TR) Istanbul – Bosphorus Open Air Metal Fest
VIDEO BELOW: MOONSPELL: NEW TRACK "FAR FROM GOD" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF NAPALM RECORDS):
Norwegian black metal legends MAYHEM have announced SPRING 2026 CHINESE TOUR DATES..Venues posted in JPEG ABOVE.
MAYHEM, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands anticipated new offering "LITURGY OF
DEATH", unleashed 2/6/2026 via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
MAYHEM have announced the reissue of
the bands classic release "GRAND DECLARATION OF WAR" vinyl release, due
to be unleashed 12/5/2025 via SEASON OF MIST.
German black metal warriors NARGAROTH have posted a video for "REQUIEM GERMANIA", a track from the bands anticipated new release "APOCALYPTIC STEEL", due to be unleashed 6/26/2026 via SEASON OF MIST.
NARGAROTH unleashed "ERA OF THRENODY", 5/16/2017 via INTER ARMA PRODUCTIONS.
VIDEO BELOW: NARGAROTH: NEW TRACK "REQUIEM GERMANIA" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF SEASON OF MIST):
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ITP RATING SYSTEM FOR EXTREME METAL CD REVIEWS:
A feature entitled ITP BLAST BACK REVIEWS: A RE RATE of reviews (that year) to see if I over or under rated certain releases. Just the rating, and there's no guarantee that all ratings will change. All ITP REVIEWS are on a BELL CURVE in comparison to previous (band/artist) releases and whatever else is released that year in said genre.
ITP EXTREME METAL RELEASE REVIEW RATING SYSTEM:
***** (5 stars)=Awesome, a classic, timeless, unholy
**** 1/2 (4 and half stars)=amazing, perhaps this bands best
**** (4 stars)=very good, well worth the purchase
*** 1/2 (3 1/2 stars)=Good, standard fare, for fans and not new converts
*** (3 stars)=Good, but flawed, no progression here
** 1/2 (2 1/2 stars)=Bordering on mediocrity, band is overrated
** (two stars)=somewhere between mediocre and SUKETH
* 1/2 (1 1/2 stars)= SUKETH (this release SUCKS)
* (one star)=Awful, this CD can only be used as a beer coaster or a Frisbee.
? (No stars)=this band and release blow goats.
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