Dark Fortress - Ghastly Indoctrination

         Dark Fortress - Ghastly Indoctrination

         Album: Séance

         Release Date: January 30th, 2006

         Genre: Melodic Black Metal

         Country: Germany (Landshut, Bavaria)

Band statement: "For all those who missed our show at Wave Gotik Treffen in may, here's a clip of 'Ghastly Indoctrination,' our 2nd song that night. We had the camera directly on stage, so the angle of the video might be a bit unusual... More videos of that show will follow soon!"

Séance - Tracklist:

1. Ghastly Indoctrination 07:39 lyrics
2. CataWomb 06:41 lyrics
3. Requiem Grotesque 06:50 lyrics
4. While They Sleep 07:11 lyrics
5. To Harvest the Artefacts of Mockery 04:11 lyrics
6. Poltergeist 05:56 lyrics
7. Revolution: Vanity 05:14 lyrics
8. Incide 05:20 lyrics
9. Shardfigures 06:22 lyrics
10. Insomnia 06:34 lyrics

IN SOLITUDE - "To Her Darkness"

         IN SOLITUDE - "To Her Darkness"

         Album: The World. The Flesh. The Devil 

         Release Date: May 23rd, 2011

         Genre: Heavy Metal

         Country: Sweden ( Uppsala )

In Solitude has released their first music video. "To Her Darkness", the atmospheric new video directed by Johan Bååth, is the sixth track from In Solitude most recent album, "The World. The Flesh. The Devil", released on 23 May 2011 via Metal Blade Records.

Hornper ( In Solitude's vocalist): " We have now explored her further. This time in a field within which we've undeniably have had very little experience nor vocation. It's a series of portraits. Attempted visual translations. A fragile breach. Mirroring certain aspects and fragments of the experiences lying in the basis for the song's emergence, and its lyrics. The creative collaboration Johan Bååth and everyone involved was a very rewarding experience for us. And as our first attempt with this medium, we are very thankful to him for working with us. Not to mention his crew and the great contribution of Anna Norberg, Erik Danielsson and Marie Larsson, for which we are incredibly grateful." (Metal Blade Records)

The World. The Flesh. The Devil - Tracklist:
1. The World The Flesh The Devil 05:04 lyrics
2. We Were Never Here 06:09 lyrics
3. Serpents Are Rising 04:56 lyrics
4. Poisoned, Blessed And Burned 06:55 lyrics
5. Demons 06:44 lyrics
6. To Her Darkness 06:11 lyrics
7. Dance Of The Adversary 07:56 lyrics
8. On Burning Paths 13:44 lyrics

FALLEN JOY - "Hymn To Silent Soldiers"

         FALLEN JOY - "Hymn To Silent Soldiers"

         Album: Inner Supremacy

         Release Date: TBA

         Genre: Melodic Death Metal

         Country: France (Île-de-France)

Fallen Joy has posted a new video for "Hymn To Silent Soldiers", wich is taken from the upcoming new album Inner Supremacy. The video was directed by Brice Hincker.

Inner Supremacy - Tracklist:

1. Back to Life
2. Destroying Fate
3. Hymn to Silent Soldiers
4. Breaking the Light
5. Blood on the Wheel
6. War of the Undead
7. Burst of Hope
8. Hold the Final Breath
9. Circle of Illusion
10. The Rage to Live On
11. When the Sun Dies

Recommended Albums for May

1. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

1. Tapestry Of The Starless Abstract
2. Xenoflux
3. Of The Leper Butterflies
4. Forget Not
5. And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope
6. As Icicles Fall
7. Of Petrichor Weaves Black Noise

Genre: Extreme Progressive Metal
Release Date: 7 May 2012
Country: Australia

2. Arcana - As Bright As A Thousand Suns

1. Somnolence
2. As the End Draws Near
3. Inceptus
4. Medea
5. Leave Me Be
6. Infinity
7. In Memoriam
8. The Fading Shadow
9. As Bright as a Thousand Suns
10. Vinter
Genre: Neoclassical/Ambient

Release Date: 28 May 2012

Country: Sweden (Eskilstuna)

3. Ulver - Childhood's End [Compilation]

1. Bracelets of Fingers (The Pretty Things cover)
2. Everybody's Been Burned (The Byrds cover)
3. The Trap (Bonniwell’s Music Machine cover)
4. In the Past (The Chocolate Watchband cover)
5. Today (Jefferson Airplane cover)
6. Can You Travel in the Dark Alone (Gandalf )
7. I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night (The Electric Prunes cover)
8. Street Song (13th Floor Elevators cover)
9. 66-5-4-3-2-1 (The Troggs cover)
10. Dark Is the Bark (The Left Banke cover)
11. Magic Hollow (The Beau Brummels cover)
12. Soon There Will Be Thunder (Common People)
13. Velvet Sunsets (Music Emporium cover)
14. Lament of the Astral Cowboy (Curt Boettcher )
15. I Can See the Light (Les Fleur De Lys cover)
16. Where Is Yesterday (The United States of America cover) 

Genre: Ambient/Avant-garde/Electronica

Release Date: 28 May 2012

Country: Norway (Oslo)

4. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

1. Voodoo Mon Amour
2. Guerilla Laments
3. Kevlar Sweethearts
4. How to Organize a Lynch Mob
5. Black Box Messiah
6. Exit Strategy of a Wrecking Ball
7. Aurora
8. Mass Rapture
9. Honey Trap Aftermath
10. Of Kali Ma Calibre
11. Justice for Saint Mary 

Genre: Avant-garde Metal

Release Date: 22 May 2012

Country: Sweden ( Stockholm )

5.  Engel - Blood Of Saints

1. Question Your Place
2. Frontline
3. Feel Afraid
4. Numb
5. Cash King
6. One Good Thing
7. Blood Of Saints
8. Down To Nothing
9. Drama Queen
10. In Darkness
11. Journeys End
Genre: Modern Gothenburg Metal
Release Date: 18 May 2012
Country: Sweden

6. Ahab - The Giant

1. Further South
2. Aeons Elapse
3. Deliverance (Shouting at the Dead)
4. Antarctica the Polymorphess
5. Fathoms Deep Below
6. The Giant

Genre: Funeral Doom Metal

Release Date: 25 May 2012

Country: Germany (Munich, Bavaria/Mosbach, Baden-Württemberg)

7. Litrosis - I Am Death

1. Litrosis
2. Insomniac's Lullaby
3. Soulcide
4. Burn the Sun
5. Countless Wounds
6. I Am Death
7. Bloodred Desert Plain
8. In the Grave You Go Alone
9. Bury the Dead

Genre: Symphonic Black Metal

Release Date: 1 May 2012

Country: Greece (Athens, Attica)

8. De Profundis - The Emptiness Within

1. From the Depths (Intro)
2. Delirium
3. Silent Gods
4. This Wretched Plague
5. Twisted Landscapes
6. Release
7. Dead Inside
8. Parallel Existence
9. Unbroken (A Morbid Embrace)

Genre: Progressive Black/Extreme Metal

Release Date: 7 May 2012

Country: United Kingdom (London)

9. Carach Angren - Where The Corpses Sink Forever

1. An Ominous Recording
2. Lingering In an Imprint Haunting
3. Bitte Tötet Mich
4. The Funerary Dirge of a Violinist
5. Sir John
6. Spectral Infantry Battalions
7. General Nightmare
8. Little Hector What Have You Done?
9. These Fields are Lurking (Seven Pairs of Demon Eyes)

Genre: Symphonic Black Metal

Release Date: 18 May 2012

Country: Netherlands (Landgraaf, Limburg)

10. Shadows Fall - Fire From The Sky

1. The Unknown
2. Divide and Conquer
3. Weight of the World
4. Nothing Remains
5. Fire from the Sky
6. Save Your Soul
7. Blind Faith
8. Lost Within
9. Walk the Edge
10. The Wasteland

Genre: Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore

Release Date: 15 May 2012

Country: United States (Springfield, Massachusetts)

11. Sabaton - Carolus Rex

1. Dominium Maris Baltici
2. Lejonet från Norden
3. Gott Mit Uns
4. En Livstid i Krig
5. 1648
6. Karolinens Bön
7. Carolus Rex
8. Ett Slag Färgat Rött
9. Poltava
10. Konungens Likfärd
11. Ruina Imperii

Genre: Power Metal

Release Date: 25 May 2012

Country: Sweden (Dalarna, Falun)

12. Marduk - Serpent Sermon

1. Serpent Sermon
2. Messianic Pestilence
3. Souls for Belial
4. Into Second Death
5. Temple of Decay
6. Damnation's Gold
7. Hail Mary (Piss-soaked Genuflexion)
8. M.A.M.M.O.N.
9. Gospel of the Worm
10. World of Blades

Genre: Black Metal

Release Date: 25 May 2012 

Country: Sweden (Norrköping)

ATOMA - "Rainmen"

        ATOMA - "Rainmen"

        Album: Skylight

        Release Date: March 4th, 2012

        Genre: Post Rock/Metal

        Country: Sweden

"AtomA was formed in 2011 from the ashes of doom metallers Slumber, to become an escapism playground taking the band far from earth, where obsession of ideas and innovations constantly drove the group to try achieving new ways of expressions within the ambient/metal/rock sphere. The band set out to explore vast spaces of soundscapes in music that was not driven by genre, but by astral atmospheres and heavy melodies. The more difficult reality and life became to understand, the group indulged more and more in escapism through music and hallucinogens to create other worlds. The first one is the newly released debut "Skylight".

"Skylight" was recorded during eight weeks in 2010 at The Panic Room and was created with AtomA's official sound-engineer partner Thomas 'Plec' Johansson (Watain, Torchbearer, Scar Symmetry). Post rock/metal in majestic symphonic arrangements converges seamlessly through the gothic, ambient and electro influences, making "Skylight" a very dynamic album with deep astmophere. The debut album consists of 10 dark and heavy songs that are well written and well played. AtomA brings something new and exciting to today's music climate and the debut "Skylight" is a very intriguing album and journey.

AtomA sets the environment for its debut 'Skylight' in outer space, where a few astronauts are lost and travelling through planets, searching for a refuge. The songs and lyrics picks up moods/atmospheres in these astronaut's minds and emotions, as they're drifting through space to ultimately find a unique anomaly on a strange planet, the monolith symbol of AtomA (cover artwork). The story of the astronauts very much reflects the groups own alienation and detachment from the world, and also a deep longing for an unknown home. Goodbye planet Earth..." (AtomA Official Page)

Skylight - Tracklist:

1. Atoma
2. Skylight
3. Hole In The Sky
4. Highway
5. Bermuda Riviera
6. Resonance
7. Solaris
8. Rainmen
9. Saturn & I
10. Cloud Nine

Older Video: Skylight - Bermuda Riviera

Napalm Records:

"An atmospheric journey to the ends of the universe. Goodbye, Planet Earth. The breathtaking cover of "Skylight" makes it clear from the beginning where the journey comprising 10 tracks will lead to. AtomA places the infinite reaches of the universe at the feet of their fans, presenting an atmospheric apocalyptic epos. As Planet Earth has become inhospitable, a group of astronauts take on the unexplored cosmos in search of a new home for mankind. In order to relate their tale, the Swedish trio create a synthesized sound sphere deeply anchored on a driving rock foundation. The songs evoke ethereal and electronic details that provide the complexity necessary to transform this release into a spectacular journey of discovery across the solar system. The masterful songwriting and the attention to detail are especially apparent on songs like "Resonance", the title track"Skylight", and "Rainmen". AtomA's "Skylight" is a post rock/metal album that will make an adventurous astronaut out of anyone who listens, and allow them to take on the future fate of man. Goodbye, Planet Earth..."

SHTURM - "Eagles Above Tibet"

        SHTURM - "Eagles Above Tibet"
        Album: Karmaruna

        Release Date: April 18th, 2012

        Genre: Death Metal
        Country: Russia (Krasnodar)

Shturm have released a new music video for the track "Eagles Above Tibet". The song is taken from their new album Karmaruna, released on April 18th via Darknagar Records. 

Band statement:

"The video's full of symbols and ideas, so its sense may be not very clear for you - we'll be happy to answer your questions!

The video's and song's ideas are different at first sight. The song itself tells us about how compassionate may be human's heart even after great ties of exile, wars and humiliation. It also tells us about how important is freedom for everyone of us all! The video consists of few scenes in which the wise Buddhist parables are shown. We suppose their sence may be quite urgent for many people today, so the video may appear interesting for you!" (Facebook)

Karmaruna - Tracklist:
1. Wounds on My Hands
2. Solitude Beside
3. My Life with Angel
4. Eagles Above Tibet
5. To Kapylavasta
6. Karmaruna
7. In Us
8. Down to the Waterfall
9. Remember Thy Name
10. Dreams of Better Life
11. Metal Music Artefact