March 23, 2026

POWERRAGE, the new band featuring former EXCITER guitarist John Ricci, bass player Todd Pilon (ex – 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), have just released a lyric video for ‘Dragon Man’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcomig debut full-length “Beast”, which will be released on April 24, 2026 via High Roller Records. It was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound and the artwork was created by Mario Lopez. A lyric video for the album opener ‘Dark Wings’ can additionally still be watched over here. The full tracklist of “Beast” 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

Italian Black Metal one-man band BELEGHOST has just digitally self-released its debut full-length “The Pandemonium”. You can stream it in its entirety at this location now. More about BELEGHOST at https://beleghost.bandcamp.com or www.instagram.com/beleghost_project

On May 25, 2026 Antiq will release “Monestherou”, the debut full-length from French Black Metallers MALEBESTE. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Aigre Vinasse Et Chaude Populace’, ‘Hautefaye 1870’, ‘Chasse Gallery’, ‘Palefroi Du Diable’, ‘Milouziena’, ‘Le Puits D’Enfer’, ‘Monestherou’, ‘Flamme Noir De L’Espoir’ and ‘Nocturne (Medley Acoustique)’. You can already check out ‘Hautefaye 1870’ over here. For all additional MALEBESTE information please visit https://malebeste.bandcamp.com