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news: incineration festival adds more names to its massive line up for 2025 with the likes of lamp of murmuur, carnation, cryptopsy and celestial sanctuary.

American thrash assailants Warbringer are set to bring the hammer of heavy metal to Incineration Festival in 2025, joining our ever-heavier, stacked Electric Ballroom billing. Joining Blood Incantation on the…

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Track: Live reveal from Danish black metal act, Solbrud.

Today, black metal boundary-pushers Solbrud reveal a new live video of “Øde Lagt.” The track is the first to be revealed from a special audio/visual live album, Levende I Brønshøj Vandtårn, set for international release on March 26th via Eisenwald.…

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Meet: Erlend Hjelvik tells us all about his new band, new album and his love of Norse Mythology

Backseat Mafia got chance to put some questions to Erlend Hjelvik. Formerly known as frontman, lyricist, and co-founder of the Norwegian party rockers Kvelertak, he parted ways with his bandmates…

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EP Review: Oldblood – Arms To The Sky

Formed in north London in 2018, Oldblood merge elements of doom, punk, post-metal and black metal into one cohesive, blackened monstrosity. As shown by their debut 4-track EP ‘Arms to the Sky’. Themed around…

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