Music News 20251202 (Dec 2, 2025)
featuring Nightfall , Venamoris , MIRACLE BLOOD , WIELDED STEEL , KAUNIS KUOLEMATON , GIÖBIA , Astronoid and Monuments in Ruin EP292
Ahead of their long-awaited return to stages all across Europe, today, Nightfall are releasing a new video for one of the fiercest cuts off their monumental new album Children of Eve. “The Traders of Anathema” is a climactic hymn to Judas Iscariot. Its blazing riffs and towering chorus are the ultimate tribute to the eternal rebel.
Watch the video for “The Traders of Anathema” on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.
Photo by © Marios Theologis / Math Studio
In what has become an annual holiday tradition, Venamoris, the darkly romantic duo featuring Paula and Dave Lombardo, return with a new standalone single for the festive season: “Dreaming of You”
Photo credit: Hannah Verbeuren
Boston’s MIRACLE BLOOD issues a new live EP/video set, Live At New Alliance Audio, now playing everywhere on the anniversary of their second LP, Hello Hell, released on Nefarious Industries last year.
Massachusetts-based hardcore label 1126 Records is pleased to welcome Alabama’s WIELDED STEEL to their crushing roster!
WIELDED STEEL is a ferocious Alabama metalcore outfit forged in blood, sweat, and feedback. Born from the sweltering heat and grit of the deep South, the band channels raw violence through downtuned riffs, bone-breaking breakdowns, and war cry vocals. Their sound is a brutal hybrid of metalcore chaos and old-school death metal precision — a hardcore collision influenced by Terror’s unrelenting aggression, Dehumanized’s crushing technicality, and the merciless ferocity of Dying Fetus.
In celebration of their signing, today WIELDED STEEL drops a video for the new track “Your Words Mean Nothing,” showcasing the DIY Alabama hardcore scene.
Photo by Audrey Wilson
Finland’s masters of melancholy, KAUNIS KUOLEMATON, take the next step in the countdown to their fifth studio album "Kun Valo Minussa Kuoli" with the release of their second single, "Maailman Ainut Ihminen". The track is accompanied by a haunting new music video that immerses viewers in the band’s signature emotional depth and introspective themes.
Photo by Teppo Ristola Photography
Milano space rock explorers GIÖBIA team up with Echoes & Dust to premiere their brand new video "The Death of the Crows", taken from their sixth studio album "X-ÆON" available now through Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
https://echoesanddust.com/2025/11/exclusive-video-premiere-giobia-the-death-of-the-crows/
Astronoid’s new album, Stargod, is out via 3DOT Recordings, and the Boston-based band have shared a video in tandem with the release, sharing a studio-based clip for “Depressed Mode”
“’Depressed Mode’ almost didn’t make the record,” Brett Boland shares. “We were trying to complete the record but there wasn’t enough time to finish the lyrics, form, and rehearse the track so it was put on the backburner. We all loved where it was going but there just wasn’t enough time. There was a point in the process though where we had to completely halt the recording of Stargod due to family matters. When we got back to it, we decided that the best thing to do was re-track all of the drums for the record. The original drums were recorded in my basement and it was holding back the entire mix. So, with this new date to record in the books I was able to finish ‘Depressed Mode’ and we rehearsed it in time for the recording session. It ended up being one of the most unique tracks on the record and really solidified Stargod as a whole.”
Photo credit: James Singleton
and of course, Monuments in Ruin - Chapter 292 (music podcast)
Monuments in Ruin - Chapter 292 (music podcast)
Monuments in Ruin EP292
Breaking Bone to Build Foundation
Track List:
00:00 Monuments in Ruin Intro
00:10 Skullcrush feat. Devin Swank of Sanguisugabogg by Scorching Tomb - Ossuary (Time To Kill Records)
03:55 FIRST BREAK
04:39 Dilly-Dally by Now I've Done It - An Ill Guest (Independent)
09:27 Invocation by Marmalade Knives - Paradigm Lost (Electric Valley Records)
14:33 Bones by COSMIC REAPER - Bleed The Wicked, Drown The Damned (Heavy Psych Sounds)
20:55 Marigold by BLUE HERON - Emulations (Blues Funeral Recordings)
26:59 Plastic People by DUSTED ANGEL - This Side Of The Dirt (Heavy Psych Sounds)
32:22 SECOND BREAK
33:11 1976 by Giöbia - X-ÆON (Heavy Psych Sounds)
40:23 Black Flames by MOUNDRAG - DEUX (Spinda Records, Stolen Body Records)
44:31 Cuttlefish Galaxy by Basaltic Plateau - Dead Dinosaurs Echoes (Electric Valley Records)
50:31 THIRD BREAK
51:16 Dragon's Gaze by ÆTERNIA - Into The Golden Halls (Cruz Del Sur Music)
56:41 Fennel by IAN - COME ON EVERYBODY, LET'S DO NOTHING! (HUMAN WORTH)
01:03:49 Godtopsy by Defigurement - Endbryo (Nefarious Industries)
01:06:42 FOURTH BREAK
01:07:44 Radiance by Wretched - Decay (Metal Blade Records)
01:12:04 take us home
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