Black Metal
Mayhem announce Fall 2024 North American 40th anniversary tour
The legendary Norwegian black metal act is playing select cities in November. Mayhem Announce Fall 2024 North American 40th Anniversary Tour Spencer Kaufman
Tore Ylwizaker, Ulver keyboardist, has died at age 54
Ylwizaker joined the Norwegian band in 1997. Tore Ylwizaker, Ulver Keyboardist, Has Died at Age 54 Jon Hadusek
Heavy Song of the Week: 1349 Balance Atmosphere and Structure on “Shadow Point”
From the Norwegian black metal band's upcoming album The Wolf and the King. Heavy Song of the Week: 1349 Balance Atmosphere and Structure Gracefully on “Shadow Point” Jon Hadusek
Black metal band apologizes after severed pig’s head tossed at show
The Texas band Martyrdom are "incredibly sorry to anyone we offended." Black Metal Band Apologizes After Severed Pig’s Head Tossed at Show Heavy Consequence Staff
Cradle of Filth members to marry each other
Guitarist Marek "Ashok" Šmerda and keyboardist/vocalist Zoë M. Federoff just got engaged. Cradle of Filth Members to Marry Each Other Jon Hadusek
Mining Metal: Best Underground Metal of October 2023
Highlighting standout underground metal releases each month. Mining Metal: Afterbirth, Auriferous Flame, Dream Unending/Worm, Ὁπλίτης, Laster, The Lion’s Daughter, OWDWYR, and Vertebra Atlantis Langdon Hickman and Colin Dempsey
10 Years Ago, Deafheaven’s Sunbather Challenged the Boundaries of Metal
Deafheaven's sophomore album brought the brutality and beauty of blackgaze into the spotlight. 10 Years Ago, Deafheaven’s Sunbather Challenged the Boundaries of Metal Jordan Blum
Liturgy and BIG|BRAVE Announce 2023 North American Tour
New albums are on the way from the two experimental metal acts in the coming weeks. Liturgy and BIG|BRAVE Announce 2023 North American Tour Spencer Kaufman
Dark Funeral and Cattle Decapitation Lead 2023 Decibel Magazine Tour
The North American outing kicks off in May. Dark Funeral and Cattle Decapitation Lead 2023 Decibel Magazine Tour Jon Hadusek
Darkthrone To Release Original Version of Shelved Album Goatlord
Darkthrone spearheaded the second wave of black metal in the early 1990s. But before the corpse paint and candelabras, they played a more technical brand of death metal, as heard on their 1991 debut Soulside Journey. The band would record another album’s worth of death metal as the intended follow-up. Known as Goatlord, the project was promptly shelved when Fenriz and Nocturno Culto embraced the lo-fi black metal aesthetics found on 1992’s A Blaze in the Northern Sky. Eventually, the Goatlord recordings would see the light of day, with Fenriz adding new vocal overdubs for the album in 1994 prior to its 1996 release on Moonfog Productions. Darkthrone have now revived Goatlord once more, but in its original instrumental form. Dubbed Goatlord: Original, the album features new artwork by Zbign...
Heavy Song of the Week: Dryad Conjure an Icy Gust of Midwestern Black Metal on “The Abyssal Plain”
Heavy Song of the Week is a new feature on Heavy Consequence breaking down the top metal and hard rock tracks you need to hear every Friday. This week the honor goes to Iowa black metal band Dryad’s “The Abyssal Plain.” Winter is upon us. The days are short, and the trees bare. A seasonal depression creeps in as we stay indoors to escape the cold. No wonder black metal was pioneered upon the tundras of Scandinavia. Otherworldly howls and walls of guitar that recall the bitter arctic wind — it just sounds right this time of year. A life indoors also means more time to consume, perform, write, and record music. Ideal circumstances for those looking to indulge the dark arts and channel whatever thoughts, negative or otherwise, through the escapism and personal journey black metal provides, bo...
Liturgy Share Choral Piece “Angel of Sovereignty” Ahead of Upcoming Double Album: Stream
Liturgy have shared the choral piece “Angel of Sovereignty” ahead of their upcoming double album 93696, out March 24th. Outwardly, a two-minute song that’s almost exclusively the sound of a children’s choir seems like a bizarre choice for a single. But Liturgy have been known to throw a curveball, and the track epitomizes the project’s uncompromising nature. There are no traditional rock instruments; nor is there anything remotely metal about the piece. However, the same compositional complexities that run through Liturgy’s “heavier” offerings, if you will, are still at work here. The arrangement of the vocal melodies is unconventional and beguiling — a test for listeners both in its choir-only format and composition. Advertisement Related Video As a teaser for 93696, the track has effecti...
