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Hypno5e - Announce 'Trame Noire' Studio Album
Jul 23
November 6, 2026 will see the release of Hypno5e's eighth long player entitled Trame Noire. Along disclosed details you can also give a listen to the first single, "Lost Fires".
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From the abyss, dawn is born: it’s a wonderfully poetic name for a band (in French, De L'Abîme Naît L'Aube), and it does a great job of encapsulating the melancholic atmospheric beauty of the Swiss sextet’s fledgling music style.
At The Gates have written many songs about death, but none quite as poignant as these: the final works of Tomas Lindberg.
Arriving 6 years after Palimpsest, Within represents the end of the longest gap between releases in Protest The Hero’s discography. At 36 minutes in length, it’s not a case of the band stacking up the material over those years, but instead this is a declaration of freedom and expansion.
Sojourner have returned after 6 years in the dark; now they've opened a gateway to a new era that looks promising.
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We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album? Exactly! We are here to make up for that!
We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves in the metal that we live and breathe, and most importantly, write about. But there's a whole world out there aside from Satan-worshiping black metal and dragon-slaying power metal. Here's what we checked out this month.
Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from the metal underground. This issue features music from Aeger Aenima, Dogma Vile, Hysteria, Pale Torch, Towers Below, and Obsolete Tears.
The fourth edition of what is fast becoming the UK's premiere black metal festival delivered yet more truly unique and special performances.
Staff pick
Blackened death metal
Jul 17
If your summer playlist is starting to get a little too relaxing, allow me to recommend Skaphos' The Descent.
This album is the perfect soundtrack for a sunny afternoon by the sea... before getting dragged into pitch-black waters by whatever Lovecraftian deep-sea horror creature has been patiently waiting beneath your inflatable crocodile.
The band's abyssal blackened death metal hits with crushing weight, though melodic undertones ocassionally break the surface just long enough to let you catch a quick breath, right before the next slab of dissonance drags you back beneath the waves.
Maybe the hotel pool isn't so bad after all.
This album is the perfect soundtrack for a sunny afternoon by the sea... before getting dragged into pitch-black waters by whatever Lovecraftian deep-sea horror creature has been patiently waiting beneath your inflatable crocodile.
The band's abyssal blackened death metal hits with crushing weight, though melodic undertones ocassionally break the surface just long enough to let you catch a quick breath, right before the next slab of dissonance drags you back beneath the waves.
Maybe the hotel pool isn't so bad after all.
