Iran
EP Premiere: Broken Pillars – ‘Of Pillars and Primordial Myth’
September 6, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear Persian black metal band Broken Pillars channel their classic, ancient culture through the sounds of methodic, ritualistic black metal on this latest EP.
Video Premiere: Trivax – “Azrael / عزرائیل”
July 20, 2023 José Carlos Santos
Watch Middle-Eastern-come-U.K. trio Trivax face the scythe wielder with an all-out black metal attack.
Video Premiere: Out of Nowhere – “Dying Sun”
July 26, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Iranian metalcore quintet Out of Nowhere burnt brightly in new “Dying Sun” video
Track Premiere: Confess — “Megalodon”
September 8, 2021 Shawn Macomber
From the depths of Iranian prisons to heavy metal triumph, Confess has paid. their dues — and then some.
Track Premiere: Sargas – ‘Home’
July 21, 2021 Emily Bellino
Listen to a new song from Iranian death metal outfit Sargas.
Video Premiere: Horndal – “Horndal’s Blodbad”
March 11, 2021 J. Andrew
The latest from Sweden’s Horndal continues the tale of their blighted post-industrial town, with the added angle of the refugee experience.
From the Vastland: Bloody Stories of Demons and Their Dark World
January 25, 2019 J. Andrew
From the Vastland is making some of the best black metal out there. Check out our interview catching up with Sina, the band’s founder and chief songwriter!
Iranian metal band Confess give update on whereabouts, safety
March 15, 2018 Greg Pratt
Confess vocalist/guitarist Nikan (Siyanor) Khosravi is in hiding in Turkey after the band was charged and put on death row in Iran; we caught up with him to get an update.