Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 22, 2022
Swiss industrial metal giants Samael have unleashed a video for the song “Dictate Of Transparency.” The track is taken from their latest effort, 2017’s Hegemony. Available now, is a strictly limited 7” vinyl of the song, including the track, “Against All Enemies,” taken from the same 2017 record. The group comments: “‘Dictate of […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 13, 2021
Swiss industrial black metal outfit Samael have unveiled a video for Beatles cover “Helter Skelter.” The track is taken from the band’s latest effort, 2017’s Hegemony. The group comments: “To the question ‘what is the first Metal song ever recorded‘, we’ve decided to answer “Helter Skelter” from The Beatles! To commemorate the 53rd […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 3, 2021
Swedish black metal giants Dark Funeral have announced their new album, We Are The Apocalypse, will be released on March 18th, 2022 via Century Media Records. To celebrate, the group has announced a record release show on March 19th, 2022 at Fållan in Stockholm, Sweden with special guests Samael and Eleine. Tickets are […]
Posted by Siegfried Samer on August 26, 2021
It’s a tough year for metal festivals worldwide, and European festivals are no exception. Numerous festivals had to be postponed yet another year to 2022, including the world-famous Wacken Open Air in Germany, their downsized spinoff “Bullhead City,” which should have taken place in September 2021, and the gigantic Hellfest in Clisson, France. The […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on August 24, 2021
Psycho Las Vegas Festival has announced additions to its 2022 line up. Due to this years’ travel restrictions, many bands from overseas had to withdraw from the 2021 festival including Emperor, Satyricon, Mayhem, etc.. Read about that here. A number of US bands were added to the bill to round out that line […]
Posted by Siegfried Samer on August 9, 2021
Since its inception in 2016, Metal On the Hill festival, organized by Austrian powerhouse metal label Napalm Records, has been a bona fide success story for the organizer. After an unfortunate cancellation in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival is back on schedule for its 2021 incarnation (buy tickets here). From 13th to […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 26, 2018
Samael are set to reissue 2011’s Lux Mundi sometime early next year. Lux Mundi is the group’s overall tenth studio effort as 2017’s marked the band’s first full-length release in six years with Hegemoney. To celebrate the Holiday season, the Swiss industrial/black metal outfit unleashed a new version of the song “Antigod.” Watch the lyric […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 24, 2018
This past spring, longtime Samael guitarist Marco “Mak” Rivao parted ways from the group. After sixteen years, he decided it was time for a change as the group recruited bassist Drop to play on guitar. Today (24th), their search for a new bassist has officially ended. These Swiss industrial black metallers have announced Pierre “Zorrac” […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 26, 2018
After sixteen years, longtime Samael guitarist Marco “Mak” Rivao has decided to leave the group to do something different. The leave seems more heartfelt and definitely amicable as the band have accepted his decision. The group decided to recruit bassist Drop to play guitar while they will look for a new bass player. Read Mak’s […]
Posted by Matt Brown on November 1, 2017
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Unfortunately, I didn’t receive the chart information necessary to complete MBN last week, so I’m a week behind over here. Hope you all had a happy and metal Halloween. Notable Debuts: Robert Plant, […]
