Music News 20250923 (Sept 23, 2025)
featuring THE ANSWER LIES IN THE BLACK VOID , EVILCULT , Black Cross Hotel , PREYRS , WODE , LACERTILIA , YEAR OF THE GOAT , BYZANTINE , Love Your Witch , Psychonaut and Monuments in Ruin EP282.
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THE ANSWER LIES IN THE BLACK VOID, the alchemical collaboration between vocalist Martina Horváth (Thy Catafalque) and composer/multi-instrumentalist Jason Köhnen (Celestial Season, Bong-Ra, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble), have released the second single from their upcoming third full-length album, "Transcendental".
Photo by Peter Palotas
EVILCULT Unchains Triumph of Evil — A Blasphemous Ode to the Old Gods of Blackened Speed Metal
The ancient, demonic rites of South American metal are resurrected as EVILCULT prepares to unleash their third full-length album, Triumph of Evil, on September 19th via Awakening Records. Forged in the fires of chaos and blasphemy, this new offering is a merciless assault on Christian morality and a hell-forged tribute to the primitive, raw energy of '80s underground metal.
EVILCULT Releases New Video For Midnight Ritual
Black Cross Hotel, the Chicago-based industrial post-punk outfit featuring members of The Atlas Moth and Stabbing Westward, release Songs for Switches on Oct. 31 via Someoddpilot Records.
Photo credit: Chris Eichenseer
PREYRS, a visceral new force in alternative rock and metal, reveal their second ever single, 'Zeros, Ones & Lies', out now via Pelagic Records.
Photo: David Cleland
Under Lanternlight” is the latest harbinger from Manchester’s savage sons, WODE, preceding the black metal cult’s impending fourth album, Uncrossing The Keys, nearing release on 20 Buck Spin.
photos by Stephen Fletcher
Cardiff-based heavy psych torchbearers LACERTILIA return after five years with their anticipated third studio album "Transcend", due out on October 24th through Swedish powerhouse Majestic Mountain Records. Stream their brand new single and video for "The Sun Is The Key" now!
Six long years since their previous offering, Swedish occult rock masters YEAR OF THE GOAT finally return with their fourth studio album Trivia Goddess, arriving this Friday, September 12th on Napalm Records!
Watch the clip for "Trivia Goddess" now streaming
photo credit: Kim Vestbrandt
Charleston, West Virginia metal veterans BYZANTINE are pleased to unveil their video for “Harbinger.” The track comes off the band’s latest full-length, Harbingers, released last June via Metal Blade Records.
Photo by Jason Adams
Love Your Witch, the Tel Aviv-born stoner-thrash powerhouse now entrenched in Berlin’s underground, returns to the scene with the unveiling of their official music video for “Strider”, the gripping first single from their much-anticipated album Radio Fantasia, that is slated for a release on November 14, 2025.
Photo: Guy Ron
Belgian psychedelic post-metal collective Psychonaut return with 'And You Came With Searing Light', taken from their forthcoming album World Maker, out 24th October via Pelagic Records. Known for weaving together towering riffs, polyrhythmic precision and deep philosophical themes, the trio now turn inward, navigating the shifting terrain of fatherhood, grief and hope.
and of course, Monuments in Ruin - Chapter 282 (music podcast)
Welcome to Monuments in Ruin EP282
The golden beast of bloodsoaked redemption
Track List:
00:00 Monuments in Ruin Intro
00:10 The Traveler by BASK - The Turning (Season of Mist)
04:15 First break
04:53 Return of the Phantom by VOID (Louisiana) - Forbidden Morals (Shadow Kingdom)
09:44 Wishing for More by Siena Root - Made In KuBa (Perception)
13:22 Rusty Cage by King Ultramega - Rusty Cage (Single) (Reigning Phoenix Music RPM)
17:59 WOLF I by CASTLE RAT - The Bestiary (King Volume Records (US) , Blues Funeral Recordings (UK/Europe)
22:33 Pot Of Gold by COSMIC REAPER - Bleed The Wicked, Drown The Damned (Heavy Psych Sounds)
26:59 Second break
28:08 Fractal Haze by Giöbia - X-ÆON (Heavy Psych Sounds)
34:45 DIG YOUR WAY OUT by MARGARITA WITCH CULT - Strung Out In Hell (Heavy Psych Sounds)
37:19 Endless by BLACK MAGNET - Megamantra (Federal Prisoner)
39:58 Subjugation by KONTUSION - Insatiable Lust For Death (Profound Lore)
43:38 The Same River Twice by CRYPTODIRA - Genesis Of Error EP (Silent Pendulum Records)
45:22 Third break
46:47 Crimson Coven by CRIMSON COVEN - -0- The Genesis (Shadow Kingdom)
51:59 take us home
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