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    KLIMT 1918 - Àmor (2026)

    KLIMT 1918 - Àmor (2026)
    KLIMT 1918 - Àmor (2026)

    Only ten years have passed since the band’s last album, “Sentimentale Jugend”, and we couldn’t be more excited about the release of “Àmor”. As one of the bands that got us to open our musical palette back in the 2000s with their “Undressed Momento” and “Dopoguerra” releases, KLIMT 1918 has always been creating dreamy and highly understated music. Featuring a very lush Shoegaze/Post-Rock sound with some Alternative/Atmospheric Rock sprinkles, this release will appeal to any fan of bands like Alcest, all the way to Anathema and EF.

    Kicking off the release with the lush guitars of “DreamCore”, the band immediately immerses the listener into their magical sound. Filled with dreamy vocals and overpowering atmospherics, this release sets off a magical course from the start. As “Aventine”, “Nihil Vitra”, and “Eros” come around, the listener is fully swept off this realm and into the band’s unique aural plane. There are tons of subtle elements and arrangements that make their songs quite expansive and yet very cohesive sounding.

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    Sleeping Pulse - Dreams & Limitations (2026)

    Sleeping Pulse - Dreams & Limitations (2026)
    Sleeping Pulse - Dreams & Limitations (2026)

    Twelve years after their debut release, Sleeping Pulse finally returns to deliver waves of melancholy, similar to bands like Antimatter, Anathema, and Porcupine Tree. Featuring Mick Moss of Antimatter and Luís Fazendeiro of Painted Black, this duo focuses on creating emotionally charged songs, filled with intricate details and tons of subtle atmospherics. While Anathema is the most direct comparison, the band has their own unique voice and style, creating magical melodies.

    After setting a very ominous vibe with the instrumental album title track, the band’s sound explodes in melancholy with the crafty guitars of “Rise”, and the scene is fully set with Mick’s vocals coming front and center. With Fazendeiro handling all the music, we can hear his very minimalist and yet effective style immediately on tracks like “Illuminate”, “The Butterfly Collector” and “Two Wreaths”.

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    Trelldom - …by the word… (2026)

    Trelldom - …by the word… (2026)
    Trelldom - …by the word… (2026)

    After shocking their Black Metal fans in 2024 with “...by the Shadows…”, Trelldom is back with more of that enigmatic Avant-garde Metal music. Featuring seven tracks and nearly 40-minutes of highly engaging and challenging music, Gaahl unleashes a very unique and lush aural experience that will certainly be loved by the fans of their last album, but will fall flat on the crowd that would be expecting BM out of this release.

    Opening with the solemn “When This Was Young”, we instantly get those Avant-garde elements that made their 2024 so good. There are plenty of different instruments that masterfully interplay with atmospherics and Gaahl’s clean vocals and whispers. The release continues to sink its teeth into the listener with the maddening saxophones of “I Speak Forgotten Voices”, and the crafty and hectic tempo changes of “This Moment the Life of a Memory”, which features very interesting riffs and a very playful pace.

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    A Forest of Stars - Stack Overflow in Corpse Pile Interface (2026)

    A Forest of Stars - Stack Overflow in Corpse Pile Interface (2026)
    A Forest of Stars - Stack Overflow in Corpse Pile Interface (2026)

    Unleashing one of the finest and most chaotically beautiful releases of 2026, today we have A Forest of Stars with “Stack Overflow in Corpse Pile Interface”. Eight years in the making, this release delivers six tracks and over 73 minutes of magical weirdness in the shape of Avant-garde/Progressive Black Metal, that only this British outfit could produce. Following the style of their previous release, this album is both engrossing and insane, masterfully showcasing unique craftsmanship.

    Opening with the lush “Ascension of the Clowns”, the band sets a very dense atmosphere with dramatic violins alongside Mister Curse’s deranged vocals and crafty guitars. This atmosphere feels suffocating (in a good way) as the band escalates their antics with the piercing “Street Level Vertigo”. Excelling in creating slow-burning tracks that span 10+ minutes at a time, each song expertly develops around chaotic onslaughts of madness and elegant instrumentation/vocal arrangements, creating very cinematic experiences.

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    Lantlôs - Nowhere in Between Forever (2026)

    Lantlôs - Nowhere in Between Forever (2026)
    Lantlôs - Nowhere in Between Forever (2026)

    Continuing their musical journey outside of the confines of their original Post-Black Metal sound, today we have Markus Skye and Lantlôs, with their latest effort “Nowhere in Between Forever”. First off, for anybody expecting the old sound, they should have realized by now that Markus and company have embarked into more experimental territories since “Melting Sun”, and this one takes the band’s sound into more Alternative Metal territories with some Post-Punk, Electronic, and Shoegazey elements thrown into the mix.

    Opening with the vibrant “Daisies”, we get crunchy and playful distorted guitars with some masterful atmospherics, in a very magical Shoegazey way. With some elements of bands like Deftones and Holy Fawn, the songs in this release are beautiful sonic exploration of unique combinations, like the electronics of “Cherries”, the 90’s vibes of “Oxygen”, and the dreamy video-game esque atmospherics of “Jeanet”. There are definitely no fillers in this release as each track creates its own unique aural universe with very lively vibes like “Numb TV Superstar” and “Solar Death”.

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    Moon Far Away - Acou (2026)

    Moon Far Away - Acou (2026)
    Moon Far Away - Acou (2026)

    Hailing from Russia, today we have Moon Far Away and their sixth full-length release “Acou”. Featuring a very rich and enigmatic Neo-Folk style, this release delivers over 46 minutes of elegant and very crafty music. For fans of Dead Can Dance, Rome, and Neun Welten, this release is full of rich instrumentation alongside lush vocal arrangements and a very mellow and yet hypnotic vibe.

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    Slagmaur - Hulders Ritual (2026)

    Slagmaur - Hulders Ritual (2026)
    Slagmaur - Hulders Ritual (2026)

    If the great anticipation of the band’s first full-length release in nine years wasn’t enough, the band created all kinds of additional hype with their masterfully executed missing persons faux report in late 2025. For the uninitiated, Slagmaur is one of the truly weirdest and more mysterious Avant-garde Black Metal outfits to ever come out of Norway, with their intense live performances and insane music. With all the hype around “Hulders Ritual”, we can confirm that the hype is real as this release propels the band to the next level.

    Opening with the fierce “Ritual Dogs”, we quickly get that raw and cavernous Norwegian Black Metal sound of yesteryears alongside some funky atmospherics. That initial impression quickly evolves into the buzzsawing guitars of “Wildkatze”, which is less raw and more typical Slagmaur, repetitive, crafty and intense. Eliciting a visceral reaction, the opening riffs of “Huldergeist” are brutal and haunting, creating a truly immersive and ravaging experience.

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    Fauna - Ochre & Ash (2025)

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    Creating one of the most harrowing and primal releases ever, today we have Fauna and their long awaited “Ochre & Ash”. Thirteen years have passed since the release of “Avifauna”, and fans have been craving for a new album from this Pacific Northwest duo. More than worth the wait, this release unleashes nearly 70 minutes of crushing music that creates discomfort and hands out punishment from the opening atmospherics all the way to the closing riffs.

    Opening with the ritualistic “A Conjuring”, the band sets a very feral and Heilung/Wardruna-esque atmosphere that masterfully transitions into the crafty drumming and dissonant riffing of “Nature and Madness”. Shifting gears, the duo unleashes hell with great intensity and violence. The drumming and screamed vocals remind us a bit of Mike Rekevics in Vanum/Fell Voices. As the dense atmosphere dissipates a bit, the track moves into a cavernous direction with enthralling atmospherics and a wall of distortion.

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    Hexvessel - Nocturne (2025)

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    Keeping things weird and unique as always, Mat McNerney is back with the current era of Hexvessel that has them playing a very frosty and powerful blend of Atmospheric Black Metal with some of the band’s earlier Dark Folk elements. In “Nocturne” the band shapeshifts a bit more, taking the BM elements of “Polar Veil”, and blending some harrowing bleak soundscapes with chilling vocals and a few guest appearances to keep things dreamy and weird.

    With a mood setting opener and the chilling keyboards of “Sapphire Zephyrs”, the band sets a very desolate backdrop that masterfully is reinvigorated with piercing Black Metal-styled guitars and harsh screams. The transition to “Inward Landscapes” shifts the momentum to more atmospheric territories alongside Mat’s eerie clean vocals. One of our favorite tracks has to be the moody “A Dark Graceful Wilderness”, which gives us some “Dawnbearer” and “When We Are Death” vibes.

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    Austere - The Stillness of Dissolution (2025)

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    This Aussie two-man band went away for over ten years and returned recently in 2021 and has dropped an album a year since 2023, making it one of the most productive in the scene. For the uninitiated, Austere was one of the originators of the Depressing Black Metal style back in the 2000’s and they continue to spew their bleakness with “The Stillness of Dissolution”. Evolving more into Atmospheric Black Metal territories, this release is engaging, catchy and yet very desolate in punishing, just what the doctor ordered for a cloudy and rainy day.

    Opening with “Dissolved Exile”, the band showcases their technical chops with a very melodic and crafty piece filled with engaging guitar leads, melodic passages, and crafty drumming alongside a good dose of harsh vocals. One of the signature styles from all of Tim Yatras’ bands is the dramatic clean vocals, that gracefully add that extra level of bleakness to the very well composed and expertly layered core music. Immediately inciting the listening to headbang alongside the catchiness of the guitar work, “Rusted Veins” is one of the album’s stand-out tracks, just completely intoxicating.

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