February 09, 2026

“Wallachian Emperor”, the debut full-length from Romanian Black Metal project SKADIN, is out now and available in digital format via Loud Rage Music. It features the following tracks: ‘Rot With Me’, ‘Infernal War’, ‘Fallen Echoes’, ‘Dark Woods’, ‘Last Man Alive’, ‘Vlad Draculea’ and ‘Outro’. https://skadin.bandcamp.com

Turku, Finland based Black Metallers BIRCHING have just released their debut demo, which is simply entitled “Demo”. The material was recorded at the end of last year, early 2026. A full stream of it is available at https://birching.bandcamp.com

Canadian POWERRAGE will release their debut full-length “Beast” on April 24, 2026 via High Roller Records. It was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound and the cover artwork was created by Mario Lopez. POWERRAGE consists of former EXCITER guitarist John Ricci, bassist Todd Pilon (formerly of WITCHKILLER), drummer Lucas Dery and vocalist Jacques Bélanger, who previously sang on the EXCITER albums “The Dark Command” (1997), “Blood Of Tyrants” (2000) and “New Testament” (2004). You can already watch a lyric video for the first single ‘Dark Wings’ at this location. The complete “Beast” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Dark Wings’, ‘Cremation Damnation’, ‘Dragon Man’, ‘Haunted Hell’, ‘I Torture I Kill’, ‘The Devil Is Screaming’, ‘Damned And Cursed’ and ‘The Black Mass’. www.facebook.com/powerragebeast

Swiss Black Metallers ERNTE have just revealed the track ‘Ritval Pyre’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming fourth full-length “Der Schwarzen Flamme Vermächtnis”, which will be released on February 13, 2026 via Purity Through Fire. The previously revealed ‘The Rise Of The Older Ones’ can still be checked out at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Warrior Of The Black Flame’, ‘The Rise Of The Older Ones’, ‘To Ashes’, ‘Lucifer’, ‘Lord Of Ascending Flame’, ‘Wo Sie Wandelt’ and ‘Ritval Pyre’. www.facebook.com/ernteblackmetal