India-based label Transcending Obscurity Records is offering its entire catalogue of digital releases on Bandcamp for a price of your choice. This means that you pay what you want to download any album from the label, from 2022 and from previous years too. You can check some of TO's stuff out via the sampler below.

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Back in April, doomsters Lucifer's Fall announced the decision to go on indefinite hiatus via a Facebook post by vocalist Deceiver. However, the band seems to have changed their minds after their recent live show in Melbourne and the fans' support, and it looks like they will continue, albeit in a limited capacity.

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The best time of the year has finally arrived. You have been waiting impatiently and we were also looking forward for the 2021 Metal Storm Awards to go online. The wait is now over and voting has opened over here. No need to rush because you have until midnight, server time, February 28th, to get your votes in.

Feel free to comment, ask, and tell us what we got wrong or what we got right, on this thread. And don't forget to check out everything before voting. We hope you enjoy these nominations as much as we had fun preparing them. Happy listening!

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Rotting Christ's mainman Sakis Tolis has announced the release of his first ever solo album, entitled Among The Fires Of Hell. A date for release has not been revealed yet but it will come out independently through the artist's own label and will be shared free of charge via all music platforms. The title track, featuring guest appearances from Fotis Bernardo on drums and Andrew Liles on narration, is streaming below.

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Swedish progressive outfit Soen have released the song "Igniter" exclusively as download via this link. The song was mixed by David Castillo, mastered by Tony Lindgren, and the cover design is by Enrique Zabala. A teaser is streaming below.

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Greece's gothic doomsters Daylight Misery have released a standalone single in memory of Dimitris Theodoropoulos, founder and guitar player of the band Rex Mundi, who died on May 31st, 2021. The sales from this release will go to "Floga Parents' Association Of Children With Cancer". The song "Cancerworm" features vocals from Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride) and Sakis Tolis (Rotting Christ), a guest solo by Gus G., and keyboards by Kostas Panagiotou (Pantheïst).

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UK's Vulgaris are delighted to release a video for their brand new song "Goat Bong". The band said: "This is a blackened sludge/doom song written during the last year. It’s a stand alone single ahead of our new album, which we have nearly finished writing."

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Foreverglade, the new album by doom and death metal bringers Worm, is set for official release tomorrow, on October 22nd, but the band's label, 20 Buck Spin, has already made it available for streaming on You Tube. Check it out below.

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Andréa Meyer, the German recording artist, writer, actress and model, is unfortunately one of the casualties of the recent spree killing in Kongsberg, Norway. Perhaps best known for her pagan / shamanic writing and work in musical projects Aghast, Nebelhexë, and Hagalaz' Runedance, she was also an early member of Cradle Of Filth, performing at their live shows and guesting on their debut album. She also contributed to the likes of Satyricon and Necromantia. May she rest in peace.

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Black metal legends Necromantia are now offering an early stream of their latest and final opus “To The Depths We Descend…”. The Greek pioneers' farewell album is officially being released tomorrow but you can now listen to it in its entirety through the YouTube player below. Enjoy.

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It is now possible to pre-order Count Raven’s highly anticipated upcoming album, The Sixth Storm, on CD and very limited cassette at Bandcamp. The cassette is limited to 200 copies (100 with red and 100 with black shell). The Swedish doom metal bringers' sixth full-length is due for release on October 29th via I Hate Records and the song “The Giver And The Taker" is available for streaming below.

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Faith No More and Mr. Bungle frontman Mike Patton has announced that he was forced to cancel both bands' forthcoming tour dates, citing mental health reasons. You can read his full statement below.

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After three years of mayhem and pestilence, Québécois death metal adepts Outre-Tombe return with Abysse Mortifère, their third album of grotesque graveyard anthems, through Temple Of Mystery Records. Digital release date is October 26th, while both LP and CD versions are set to be out on Hallow’s Eve 2021. The track "Tombeau De Glace" is available for streaming via the Bandcamp widget below.

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It appears that post-black metallers Numenorean have disbanded. Guitarist Roger LeBlanc announced the news on a Facebook post which has now been deleted. The post mentioned allegations of sexual assault against one former member and one current member of the band.

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One of the most iconic figures in doom metal, vocalist Eric Wagner, has died at the age of 62. It was reported late last week that Wagner, who contracted Covid-19 while on a co-headlining tour with The Skull and fellow landmark outfit The Obsessed, had entered the hospital with pneumonia and that remaining live dates including a slated appearance at Psycho Las Vegas were cancelled. His son, Luke, has confirmed his death on social media.

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