Censorship or Idiocy? European Black Metal Bands Denied Entry to Metal Threat Fest 2025, Mistaken for BLM Activists
Chicago’s Metal Threat Fest 2025 has found itself at the epicenter of an international scandal so absurd it could give…
Tag: Black Metal
End of an Era of Darkness: Watain Trades Black Metal for Black Lives Matter to Become “Even Blacker”
In a world where every other rock star suddenly becomes an eco-warrior, a mental health influencer, or—God forbid—a designer of…
WATAIN to Finally Call it Quits After Releasing Eighth Album (Thank God)
Swedish black metallers WATAIN have announced that their upcoming eighth studio album will be their final collection of new material.…
Emperor, Mortiis, and Faust to Grace the Stage at 2026 BEYOND THE GATES Festival: Prepare for the Most Trve Kvlt Reunion of All Time (Maybe)
Ah, BEYOND THE GATES! The festival so metal, it makes Vikings weep with joy… or maybe it’s just the lutefisk.…
Cradle of Filth Is Hiring New Slaves: Thousands of Musicians Ready to Suffer Abuse for a UK Visa
The great and terrible British symphonic black metal machine, Cradle of Filth, is once again in the spotlight. But this…
Cradle of Filth Minus One Dude: Still Filthy, Still Filthy-ing
CRADLE OF FILTH, those purveyors of symphonic black metal (or whatever Dani Filth is calling it these days), graced Montevideo,…
Angel Massacre in Winston Salem, NC (08/24/2025)
Black Metal from Gastonia, North Carolina Chuck B. BallsyChuck B. Ballsy, affectionately known in the satirical world as “The Sultan…
My Dying Bride Scraps New Album, Has Only ‘Bits Of Three Songs’ Ready: ‘We’re Always Procrastinating’
So, MY DYING BRIDE, those purveyors of sonic melancholy, have decided to shake things up a bit, or rather, throw…
Aterra in Charlotte, NC (08/16/2025)
Black Metal from Icard, North Carolina Chuck B. BallsyChuck B. Ballsy, affectionately known in the satirical world as “The Sultan…
Buried Asunder in Charlotte, NC (08/16/2025)
Experimental Black Metal from Rock Hill, SC Chuck B. BallsyChuck B. Ballsy, affectionately known in the satirical world as “The…