Timisoara, Romania based Occult Black Metal trident ORDINUL NEGRU announce the track-list for their upcoming full-length album "Dodekatemoria" as follows:
I. Aleph
II. Dodekatemoria
III. Judas Goat
IV. The Decrepitude of Centuries
V. Zahir
VI. Palladian Rituals
The cover artwork was crafted in conspiracy with long-time band collaborator Alexandru Das, and the band photos are the work of Oana Stoian.
The new material has been in the works for the past five years and it was previously introduced by two EPs: "Nebuisa" in 2020, and "A Sojourner Wandering Through the Barren Openness" in 2021, and now by a first video for the track "Zahir" here:
Here's what the band had to say about the album: ""Dodekatemoria" is the ninth album and represents our bond with the cosmic nature and what we experience as individuals when we are on this path searching for our truths."
The band also invited Anca Otescu (Black Water, FusionCore) and Irinel Carlan to enhance the vocal compartment with their guest performances.
"Dodekatemoria" will be released this Autumn in collaboration with Loud Rage Music.
After 6 years since the first long-play record, W3 4R3 NUM83R5 are back with a new album titled Death Finds A Way, in collaboration with Loud Rage Music.
A live performance on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024 at Rockstadt venue in Brasov will be the grounds for album release party, alongside special guests such asUnderwaves from Brasov and June Turns Black from Bucharest, an evening that will also mark the 10-year anniversary of the snapbacks boys. At the same time, the album will be available on all online streaming platforms.
Romanian Metalcore will be found in full on Death Finds A Way which will contain a total of 10 songs, some already released as singles but now remixed and remastered as well as new songs and which will be as first live audition on the evening of the concert.
The record is not a conceptual one so there are some different experimental nuances between the tracks, from metalcore and hardcore to short slam inserts but keeping all the ingredients with which W3 4R3 NUM83R5 imposed itself on the local scene: groovy and melodic lines, violent breakdowns, growl and scream vocals and, as a novelty for this second material, a few tracks have clean vocals.
Lyrics wise, there are themes in which any of us can find ourselves: fear, loneliness, hopelessness, courage, life, death, but also the destructive race of mankind against the planet that is their home.
Several of the remixed and remastered songs that will appear on the new album are already released including videos or lyrics videos, the most notable being Dying, Dark//Below and Outnumbered.
The songs on the new album were written and recorded by W3 4R3 NUM83R5, self-produced, and the final mix and mastering were done by Radu "Snuff" Constantinescu, the band's bassist. At the same time, the vocals on two of the tracks, Time Of Contempt and Final Chapter, are produced, edited and written together with Dan Niculescu and Rach Alaji from June Turns Black.
The visual identity, artwork for the album and merchandise were made by Ilinca Ivanuca and the Death Finds A Way digipack was produced by Loud Rage Music.
Romanian Metal veterans GOTHIC released a new video for the track "Frați", the fourth single taken from the band's most recent album, "Underground", released earlier this year in collaboration with Loud Rage Music. The video was directed by Sorin Pop between March and August 2024, with footage from the bands national tour in support of this album.
After 10 years of live activity, and in preparation for a new studio material, SADDAYAH released the band's first video. The track is titled "HP" and will be featured on the band's upcoming EP, "Lila".
Here's what the band had to say about "HP": "After an adventure towards the Earth's deep, the darkness and the aggression of Death Metal met in Europe's biggest salt mine, in a story about origins and survival. It's a short movie about a journey deep into humanity's gloom and the border between the border between the known and the unknown." and about the new EP: ""Lila" will be released with a concert in the Fabrica club in Bucharest, on October 18th. It will be released physically as a Deluxe Digipack CD with a print run strictly limited to 100 copies."
Tarnaveni, Romania based formation ENDLESS DARK announce their debut full-length album "The Kingdoom", to be released later in the year in collaboration with Loud Rage Music.
Formed in March 2022 by Florin Cucerzan (guitar and vocals) and Liviu Voda (guitar), the band was later joined by Dragos Benyovszky (bass and vocals), Catalin Chereji (keyboards) and Arpi Bogar (drums) to what nowadays is a determined quintet.
ENDLESS DARK strive to provide an atmosphere reminiscing to it's name, music-wise a Gothic Doom Metal band with Death and Black Metal influences. The sound, the message of the lyrics, the harmonic chaos, the obscure melody, they all create a cell of emotions bringing all that the name ENDLESS DARK holds within!
"The Kingdoom" is the first album of the Romanian band ENDLESS DARK, a material that preaches about a metaphorical entity by his name... the "kingdoom". This "kingdoom" is rather an idea, a morbid kind of thinking into the unknown, the mythical, the mystical, the dark path of the obscure idea of what afterlife could be, and of course... the ENDLESS DARK. The lyrics are reminiscing of death, many songs evoking a macabre tone in their lyrics while also holding high a very tiny touch of hope... or lack of it, from the melodic, chaotic harmony of the sound.
The band recently released their first official video for the title-track:
"From cold and shadows... We rise under the darkest moon, beyond the mist of time that brings up the ENDLESS DARK! Embrace the lost words, burn down the sun! Restless revenants roaming the darkest depths of this existence, we fight for our unlight to become the Age of the Dark! We shall rise the darkest light in the hopes of eternal peace! We follow the mythical path of everlasting unlight to bring the peace amongst disturbed dead... Let us reveal the ancient wisdom lost in time! Let us bring you... The Kingdoom!"
"The Sun, You" has seen the light! The first single taken off SADDAYAH's upcoming EP, "Lila", was shaped shortly after the band released their debut album "Apopheny of Life", and represents its continuity under a new sonic exploration.
"The Sun, You" was recorded at Osimetric Studios Bucharest. Cover art by Filip Rădulescu.
"Lila" will be released in collaboration with Loud Rage Music, more about this to be revealed soon.
SADDAYAH was founded 11 years ago in Ploiesti, Romania. The band's music is based in traditional Death Metal although the members' high technical level shaped a new direction, a combination of Melodic Technical Death Metal with Progressive and Black Metal influences.
ORDINUL NEGRU present their new single / video, "Zahir":
The new single is an extract from the band's upcoming ninth studio album titled "Dodekatemoria" and scheduled for an Autumn release in collaboration with Loud Rage Music. The new material has been in works for the past five years, and it was previously introduced by two EPs: "Nebuisa" in 2020, and "A Sojourner Wandering Through the Barren Openness" in 2021.
Here's what the band had to say about it: ""Dodekatemoria" is the ninth album and represents our bond with the cosmic nature and what we experience as individuals when we are on this path searching for our truths.
We choose to present "Zahir" firstly, a song that represent the gateway to our world, inspired by the writings of Aleister Crowley, magnificently interpreted by the Mihai Surdea, with whom we collaborate for the third time, and with the actor Ovidiu Mihăță, that interprets perfectly our bond with the elements and our aspirations.
The video is the first of a series that illustrates the cosmogony of our new album."
ORDINUL NEGRU is working on a new full-length album, scheduled for an Autumn release! Titled "Dodekatemoria", the new material has been in works for the past five years, and it was previously introduced by two EPs: "Nebuisa" in 2020, and "A Sojourner Wandering Through the Barren Openness" in 2021, both released in collaboration with Loud Rage Music.
Here's what the band had to say about it: ""Dodekatemoria" is the ninth album and represents our bond with the cosmic nature and what we experience as individuals when we are on this path searching for our truths.
We choose to present "Zahir" firstly, a song that represent the gateway to our world, inspired by the writings of Aleister Crowley, magnificently interpreted by the Mihai Surdea, with whom we collaborate for the third time, and with the actor Ovidiu Mihăță, that interprets perfectly our bond with the elements and our aspirations.
The video will be released on the 18th of June and is the first of a series that illustrates the cosmogony of our new album."
Bucharest, Romania based Black Metal band WARHYMN announce the follow-up to their 2022 EP "Cult of Primordials", a 3 tracks new effort titled "Occult Fire"!
Here's what the band had to say about it: "We can proudly announce that in the very early days of July the "Occult Fire" EP will kick in Loud Rage Music Bandcamp collection and all streaming platforms!
The artwork is depicted from the "Paradise Lost Catalogue" by French illustrator Gustave Dore and was adapted to an even more darker visual style in order to deliver the theme and mood we want to bring to the table.
This material features the "Occult Fire" single that will also be part of our next full length and two more songs, carefully chosen from our debut "Gnosis", completely re-recorded from scratch and rebranded as "Occult Fire Versions". It was mixed and mastered by Andrei Alexandru Bogdan of Grand Way Studios, with whom we had a great working experience. The songs are also meant to be a test of production for our next full length that will hopefully be out in the later days of 2025 and will be our most ambitious material so far!"
Occult Fire EP tracklist:
01. Occult Fire - Lucifer's Hymn
02. Descendants ov Cain (Occult Fire Version)
03. Originea (Occult Fire Version)
* tracks 1 and 2 - music by Warhymn - Lyrics by Shavy
* track 3 - music by Ritco Florin and Warhymn - Lyrics by Ritco Florin
Occult Fire EP Line-up:
Shavy : Guitars/Vocals/Orchestration
Rizea : Guitars/Vocals
Hex : Bass Guitar
Philip: Drums
WARHYMN recently released a new single, "Originea", that will be part of the upcoming EP:
Technical but expressive, fast and slow, brutal yet melodic, "The Beguiling Mind Games" is a dark pilgrimage through the most hidden places of the human mind. It deals with gaslighting, depression, anxiety, betrayal, fear, manipulation and suicide.
It is the bare and ugly truth about human interactions and their consequences.
A complex journey in nine chapters developing a strange and original soundtrack for those who are keen to bands like Hypocrisy, Edge of Sanity, Yearning, Phlebotomized and why not, Blacksheep.
The artwork of the album was made by the well known graphic artist Costin Chioreanu.
"Gaslighting" is the second single off “The Beguiling Mind Games”, the debut album of the one-man project, THE SHEPHERD. Is also the opening track of the album and one of the fastest and most brutal songs on the album. Flesh-ripping torment, no compromise!
"Gaslighting" is available here:
"The Beguiling Mind Games" is set to be released on April 15th, 2024, via the Romanian underground metal label Loud Rage Music.
The artwork of the album was made by the well known graphic artist Costin Chioreanu.
Initially released in April 1997 by Bestial Records on tape format, DEIMOS - "Insane" is now re-released for the first time on CD format via Loud Rage Music!
Awarded by the readers of THE Romanian Rock/Metal magazine of the time, Heavy Metal Magazine, with the title Best Album of the Year, "Insane" can now be pre-ordered here:
Here's what Corina Elena, one of the founders of the band, had to say about the re-issue: "After all these years playing in Vorus and Putred, many people often ask about Deimos old material, wishing to have, especially the first album "Insane" on CD, since Bestial Records released it on cassette only in 1997. I realized that will be great to finally put it out on CD with the collaboration of Loud Rage Music as the executive producer.
Glad to witness the recent re-editions of some old classic Romanian death / thrash albums on CD format for the first time. I feel it is the right moment to do it and in some way to contribute to enrich the Romanian rock / metal archives, adding our little piece of history in the local metal scene."
The CD version comes with an enhanced sound and as bonus the three tracks of the band's demo from 1996 with their original sound!
Here's the title track off the re-issue of "Insomnia":
