Tag Archives: The Oath

Is one of Ghost’s Nameless Ghouls White zombie’s Sean Yseult?

Posted by on September 19, 2016

While there’s been plenty of talk about who Ghost’s Papa Emeritus might be under the papal vestment, if there’s one thing we know about the rest of the Nameless Ghouls, it’s, well, not much. However, it’s been reported that their bassist on the Popestar tour, which kicked off on Friday, is a female. Footage of […]

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Grave Pleasures are in for a Futureshock with new song

Posted by on November 10, 2015

We were big fans of Finland’s Beastmilk when their debut album was released a few years back. The bad news is that was their only album, as they broke up shortly afterwards. The  good news is that singer Kvohst and bassist Valterri Arino continued on as Grave Pleasures, with help from guitarist Linnea Olsson, formerly […]

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Grave Pleasures album coming in September

Posted by on June 22, 2015

The debut Beastmilk album, 2013’s Climax, was one of those non-metal albums that was immediately accepted by metal fans. While there was certainly some heaviness to the band, and singer Mat McNerney logged time in Finnish folk metal band Hexvessel, the band’s sound was more rooted in dark post-punk along the lines of old Killing Joke […]

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Lucifer take you to Izrael

Posted by on May 20, 2015

[youtube]https://youtu.be/V7DipwzfPOM[/youtube] Many mourned when Berlin-based occult rock band The Oath broke up after one promising album, last year’s All Must Die. Thankfully, vocalist Johanna Sadonis has returned in a new project, Lucifer. The new band, whose first album, Lucifer I, will be out on June 16, also features former Cathedral guitarist Gaz Jennings, and has a similar ’70s […]

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The Oath breaks up

Posted by on April 29, 2014

Remember how Mercyful Fate once told us Don’t Break The Oath? That apparently just happened: the female doom duo known as The Oath, who only just released their debut album back in March, is calling it a day. An email was sent out by guitarist Linnéa Olsson to fans on Bandcamp that read as follows: “Thank […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/23: Charts get Sevendust-ed

Posted by on April 23, 2014

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. You had to figure we were going to have a lot of debuts on here what with Record Store Day and all that. Even without it, there was still a lot lined up in […]

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The Oath’s Joanna Sadonis discusses the occult, debut album, Watain cameo

Posted by on April 15, 2014

Finding a compatible soul that shares the same beliefs, desires and ambitions as another can be seen as cosmic fate or sheer coincidence. Once the relationship is discovered, it can open a valve of opportunities to your deepest potential. German vocalist Johanna Sadonis and Swedish guitarist Linnea Olsson found this synchronicity and identity in one another, […]

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