This Will Destroy You

This Will Destroy You is an American post-rock band from San Marcos, Texas that formed in 2005. Their works are lengthy atmospheric instrumental pieces featuring layers of effects- laden guitar and a heavy use of dynamics.

Savage

Alcest

This is the official Alcest Facebook profile.

eivør

Eivør Pálsdóttir is a Faroese singer, songwriter, and producer whose genre-defying sound has captivated audiences across the globe. Hailing from the remote village of Syðrugøta in the Faroe Islands, Eivør’s music seamlessly weaves together Nordic folk traditions with dark electronica and cinematic pop, creating an otherworldly yet deeply emotional experience.

Over the course of her two-decade career, Eivør has released twelve studio albums, with her latest record, ENN (2024), marking a bold evolution in her artistry. Sung entirely in her native Faroese, ENN explores themes of nature, desire, and resilience, combining organic instrumentation with haunting electronic soundscapes. The album, released via independent label Season of Mist, has solidified Eivør’s status as one of the most innovative voices in contemporary music.

Eivør’s powerful vocals and immersive live performances have earned her a devoted international following. She has toured extensively throughout Europe, North America, and beyond, selling out headline shows and supporting renowned acts such as Heilung. Her dynamic stage presence has graced major events, including The Game Awards at the Hollywood Bowl and the UEFA Champions League opening ceremony.

Beyond her solo work, Eivør is widely recognized for her contributions to acclaimed soundtracks, including Netflix’s The Last Kingdom and the award-winning video game God of War Ragnarök. Her unique ability to blend haunting melodies with evocative storytelling has garnered critical acclaim, along with numerous awards such as the Nordic Council Music Prize, Icelandic Music Awards, and multiple Faroese Music Awards.

With a fearless approach to music and a deep connection to her Nordic roots, Eivør continues to push creative boundaries, inviting listeners into a sonic world that is as raw as it is ethereal.

For more information, visit eivor.com.

Front Assembly Line

Front Line Assembly is one of the best-known of the various electronic music projects undertaken by the prolific Vancouver-based duo of Bill Leeb (vocals, synthesizers) and Rhys Fulber (synthesizers and samplers). After working in the mid-'80s under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder with Skinny Puppy, the Austrian-born Leeb formed the industrial/ebm-based Front Line Assembly in 1986 with Fulber -- who initially joined on as a studio assistant -- and synth player Michael Balch. After a handful of compilation appearances and cassette-only releases, Front Line Assembly issued its first three full-length efforts -- The Initial Command, State of Mind, and Corrosion -- on a monthly basis between December 1987 and February 1988. Later in 1988, Corrosion was reissued, along with a subsequent mini-album titled Disorder and a number of exclusive bonus tracks, as Convergence.

In 1989, the group returned with the album Gashed Senses & Crossfire, which contained the dance-flavored singles "Digital Tension Dementia" and "No Limit." A European tour in support of the record yielded a live album -- titled simply, Live -- that was released and deleted on the same day in a limited edition of 4,000 pressings. After Balch departed Front Line Assembly in 1990, Fulber stepped in as a full partner; the streamlined duo soon released the electro-styled album Caustic Grip, while 1992's Tactical Neural Implant found the group's music moving in a more hard-edged disco direction. By 1994, the sound evolved yet again, with the album Millennium displaying a newfound reliance on guitars; both the title track and "This Faith" scored as club hits. Fulber departed the lineup by 1997, while his replacement Chris Peterson debuted with 1998's Flavour of the Weak. A best-of/remix compilation, Monument, was released the same year, as well as Re-Wind, a re-mix collection of material from Flavour of the Weak. Implode appeared one year later. Sticking with a heavy dose of synth-pop trance and throbbing melodies,Leeb and Peterson issued Epitaph in fall 2001.

Once again re-united as FLA, Bill And Rhys released a killer single 'Maniacal' (2003) as a precursor to the new album 'Civilization' (2004) and the sighs of relief amongst FLA fans were audible across the globe. 'Maniacal' is good old-fashioned FLA bought up to date whilst B-side 'Anti' shows that messers Leeb and Fulber can still produce stark and dark Industrial.

And now for the first time ever Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber, and Chris Peterson have joined ranks to create arguably the best Front Line Assembly release that the electronic industrial community has seen in over a decade. The trio, with new members Jeremy Inkel and Adrian White, began work on Artificial Soldier in early 2005, and it was time well spent. Just release in June 2006 the newly re-formed line-up managed to create a release that not only lives up to the expectations of Front Line Assembly fans, but surpasses them. Heavy pounding beats, atmospheric strings, percolating melodies, dynamic synths and Bill Leeb's trademark vocals couldn't be fused together any tighter if you tried to do it at an atomic level. As if all of those factors weren't enough, two guest vocalists appear on Artificial Soldier – Eskil Simonsson from Covenant (on “The Storm”) and Jean-Luc De Meyer from Front 242 (on “Future Fail”)!

Side projects include: Conjure One, Delerium, Pro-Tech, Synaesthesia, Will, Intermix, Noise Unit, Equinox, Cyberaktif and Mutual Mortuary.

Liturgy

Wolves In the Throne Room

Nearly two decades into their journey as masters of US Black Metal, Wolves In The Throne

Room have emerged from the forest with PRIMORDIAL ARCANA. Their most majestic

album to date.

While the proverbial blaze in the northern sky remains the band’s artistic palette of choice,

Primordial Arcana expands upon black metal to include musical forms that pre-date the

genre’s devastating second wave. “After we discovered Metallica and Slayer in our early

teens, the first extreme metal bands we were into were Deicide and Morbid Angel,” Aaron

explains. “So death metal was there from the very beginning, and I think it especially comes

to the fore on this record.”

It’s all more evidence that Wolves In The Throne Room are a band with few

contemporaries. “We have a singular and unique voice in the extreme metal world,” Aaron

says. “We’re coming from an unapologetically real and personal perspective, and we haven't

made any concessions to what's expected of us. We’ve always done things exactly the way

we want to do it and in a super DIY way.”

That methodology has reached a new peak with Primordial Arcana. “We’ve gotten even

deeper into the DIY aspect by building our own recording studio from the ground up, and

producing and mixing the record ourselves,” Aaron points out. “And now we’re making our

own videos within the local wilderness. So we’ve been able to keep all of the creative

control between the three of us while raising the bar creatively. As we become more insular

and rely on ourselves more, the art gets better and sharper—a more perfect representation

of what the band is all about.”

Immolation

New album ACTS OF GOD out now via Nuclear Blast Records. www.immolation.info

Oh Hiroshima

Agent Fresco

“AGENT FRESCO HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT EMBRACING COMFORT ZONES. IT’S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT PUSHING OUR OWN EMOTIONAL AND MUSICAL BOUNDARIES.”

– ARNÓR DAN ARNARSON

Sometimes, you can feel where a band is from. Agent Fresco are as untamed, graceful, momentous, dangerous and unpredictable as the land they come from. Agent Fresco are from Iceland – a country almost impossible not to be influenced by. “Living in a country that has summers of non-stop light and winters of almost complete darkness is bound to have an impact on your state of mind,” says vocalist, composer and frontman Arnór Dan Arnarson. So that’s settled.

Agent Fresco’s music is a reflection of this ever-changing landscape, with its overwhelming sense of freedom and vastness. This is a progressive Art Rock band that needs to be experienced from a few steps back to be grasped in its entirety, like a bold work of art. In the last couple of years, their iridescent, propulsive, arty and highly addictive music made the highly esteemed Reykjavik band – comprised of Arnór Dan, Þórarinn Guðnason, Hrafnkell Örn Guðjónsson and Vignir Rafn Hilmarsson – become the favourite of a music-loving nation and an act sparking international interest. Or, to use the words of MTV’s own Halley Bondy: “By and large one of the best bands to come out of Iceland”. And this in a country with a higher band per capita ratio than most others!

All it took was one album. A Long Time Listening, released in 2010, caused disbelieving faces, breathless wonder and bottomless enthusiasm for a passionate musical display like this. Prog Rock, Avantgarde, Metal or Alternative? Jazz, Post Rock or even Djent? The critics raved, vying with each other in a futile attempt to label these tunes from Iceland. “An amazing album by the best rock band in the country today,” was the verdict of the country’s most important national newspaper, Morgunblaðið. Even by the wide-open standards of Icelandic music Agent Fresco’s interpretation of the rock genre is unusually soulful and multi-layered, with a quicksilver rhythmic pulse and mother-of-pearl harmonies reflecting every mood colour imaginable. “There’s an incredible amount of artistic freedom in this band,” Arnór Dan states and Þórarinn adds: “The moment we stop pushing boundaries we can call it quits. I truly hope that never happens.” For Agent Fresco, the challenge is of utmost importance. The challenge to surpass oneself, to go places, to enter new territories. This is only possible by maintaining integrity, says Arnór Dan: “I truly feel like we’re creating something unique and honest while we challenge ourselves on a professional and personal level.”

An especially profound challenge lay in the concept of the first album. A Long Time Listening was centered around his father’s death. “It made me realize how monumental music can be,” he says. “It not only gave me the chance to deal with the loss of my father, it also gave me the possibility to honour his name in the best way possible.” It’s true, every single listener will experience this album in a different way, will get something else out of it. Arnór Dan is not the guy to tell straightforward stories. “I find that creating layers of imagery within the song helps the listener experience the song more uniquely and leads them to a more personal interpretation. Writing lyrics in a direct manner just never fascinated me.”

This was five years ago. Since then, two tours have led Agent Fresco through Europe, taking festivals such as Roskilde and Euroblast by storm. Their reputation for being a rare treat when heard live, an intense monster once unleashed on stage, quickly added to their prestige. “Playing live is a whole other feeling, so different from composing,” comments Þórarinn. “It’s about interpreting your own work – kind of like dancing with yourself.” This didn’t go by unnoticed as the band learned after their stunning gig at Reykjavik’s own Iceland Airwaves. “Seriously, this band is so impressive and the way the entire room sings along to their stunning Eyes Of A Cloud Catcher is a moment that’ll live long in the memory of all here,” an enthused Paul Brannigan of Kerrang Magazine wrote after seeing the band at this prestigious festival.

But the second album… well, it just wouldn’t come. A classic case of catch-22 for Arnór Dan as he again had plans to exorcise some pretty serious demons with the help of this record. “The emotional trigger for this album was a disgusting encounter with violence that I had three years ago,” he remembers. “Two guys attacked me very late one night and I was left behind with a broken eye socket, a cut to the eyebrow and a concussion. This changed me. I decided to let the anger and angst intensify and I kept them animated throughout the entire writing process to feed off of these raw emotions.”

That’s why the album is called Destrier. “A destrier (pronounced DES-treer) was a medieval warhorse, born and raised for battle. I found this to be a beautiful, mysterious and muscular companion for the songs and a perfect concept for the album.” But the events of Arnór Dan’s brutal encounter were still so close to him that he couldn’t let them go. “In hindsight, I now realize that it got a bit out of hand in the end. I almost fell victim to my own personal Stockholm Syndrome in dealing with my anger and that is what I wanted to capture in the See Hell music video.” This stunning second single, with its thoughtful, tragic images, leads into the dark world of the second album. “It’s amazing and terrifying how destructive angst and anger can be to your physical health. I constantly lost my voice, had a difficult time sleeping, experienced anxiety attacks and had a very hard time focusing during the last stages of the recording.”

At long last, the mission Destrier is accomplished, and it outstrips its predecessor almost effortlessly. The 14 new pieces of music are a cornucopia of musical atmopsheres, ideas and textures, an emotional tour de force through lightless chasms, up to the skies, leading from the darkest aspects of human existence to moments of sheer beauty. Suddenly, it is all just too clear why this album took so long: works like these are not to be written between lunch break and dinner. Agent Fresco managed to maintain the musical variety of the debut album, but stretch it even further. “I’ve tried to explore and analyze difficult emotions such has anxiety and anger while Þórarinn experimented with how harmonics and rhythms can be perceived differently by the listener.” Þórarinn’s take on it is this: “There are so many ideas that have not been explored, especially of the rhythmical kind. I’ve also been very fascinated by the harmonic series and its relationship with sound, perception and links to other aspects of music and natural sounds.” This makes Destrier his very own playground of visionary ideas.

To be precise, Destrier is a journey through every guitar-drivengenre developed before, with influences ranging from classical music to philosophy, from poetry to ancient myth, to create their very own brew of emotionally packed pieces. Rolling Stone described Agent Fresco as “an Icelandic band that somehow veered from blazing alt-guitar rock to Steely Dan-ballad piano figures and Queen stadium-gig hurrahs, often in the same song, to decisive euphoric effect.” The Music Void’s take is this: “a male version of Björk with a band coming from a Rage Against The Machine angle.” Yep, it’s in there too. But far from coming close to the core.

Destrier is proof that too many cooks do not necessarily spoil the broth. The album is conceived as a work of art, not just a mere collection of songs. “I’ve always found it natural to write and produce a record as a unified work or art,” Arnór Dan shrugs. Agent Fresco’s music is not for mere entertainment purposes, that should be clear by now. Although, to be fair, they wouldn’t mind if you’d use it so. “My music is an extremely powerful outlet for me and I believe that writing lyrics help me evolve emotionally and intellectually as a human being,” says Arnarson. “Being creative and making music simply gives me a purpose.”

– Björn Springorum

Agent Fresco are,

Arnór Dan Arnarson: vocals

Hrafnkell Örn Guðjónsson: drums / percussion

Vignir Rafn Hilmarsson: bass / upright bass

Þórarinn Guðnason: guitar / piano / programming

N8NOFACE

Sadistik

Novembers Doom

Sydney Valette

Green Carnation

No matter what stylistic path they take, Green Carnation have never shied away from grand, gloomy statements. Founded in the early ‘90s by Emperor’s former bassist Tchort, the Norwegians quickly amassed a cult following thanks to one of the most ambitious epics in metal history. Even before going on hiatus during the mid-2000s, the ever-evolving auteurs still flashed a flare for the dramatic by performing their acoustic verses underneath a mountain dam. However, there was one tale — or three, to be exact — that continued to elude them. Until now. With A Dark Poem, Green Carnation have finally finished their masterpiece. The idea for an album trilogy stems from Green Carnation’s earliest yesteryears, but the first part of A Dark Poem cites various passages from across their illustrious cannon. Lead single “In Your Paradise” reaches newfound peaks of heaviness, swept out to sea by sublime riffs and somber symphonic flourishes. While navigated with the band’s familiar mastery, the view from The Shores of Melancholia is far from heavenly. Judgement day appears around every corner, steering them from the title track’s scarlet clouds of war toward Floydian whirlpools drenched in paranoia before being shipwrecked by second wave black metal. On A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores of Melancholia, Green Carnation set sail on an epic journey into a dark night of the soul.

Potochkine

Potochkine är en Parisbaserad duo som blandar pulserande EBM-rytmer, intensiv synthpunk och techno med teatrala framträdanden och kraftfull sång på franska.

Crippling Alcoholism

battlesnake

The rising titans of Australian hard rock and pure heavy metal, Battlesnake have quickly ascended from the underground, captivating audiences worldwide with their unique blend of powerful riffs and dynamic songwriting. Channeling the likes of Queen, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath into something familiar yet ground breaking. Renowned for their high-octane live performances, epic theatrical compositions and relentless energy, they have firmly established themselves as one of the most exciting acts in contemporary metal. Mortals tremble, all hail Battlesnake!

Immortal Onion

Black Nail Cabaret

dark pop

Berlin Manson

RA: Resident Advisor

Lone Assembly

Celina

Instructor

The Devil's Trade

Pelagic Records

BOOKING EU/UK

ben@dead-pig.com

HU / PRESS

thedevilstrade@gmail.com

https://linktr.ee/thedevilstrade

Five The Hierophant

Sear Bliss

The Hungarian symphonic black metal/folk metal outfit Sear Bliss has earned a reputation for being one of the more melodic bands in Eastern Europe's extreme metal scene. Sear Bliss can be intensely aggressive, and they have the familiar black metal elements (including sinister-sounding rasp vocals, blastbeats, and dark subject matter). But in contrast to vicious, unforgiving black metal bands like Norway's Gorgoroth and Sweden's Marduk, Sear Bliss have been a lot more accessible by mainstream metal standards and combined forcefulness with musicality, intricacy, and nuance. East European folk has influenced their writing, and so have old-school power metal artists such as Queensrÿche and Ronnie James Dio. Further, Sear Bliss have not been shy about using instruments that one ordinarily does not associate with black metal, including the trombone, the trumpet, the flute, and the violin. Sear Bliss was formed in Szombathely, Hungary in 1993 by lead singer András Nagy (who has played bass, guitar, and keyboards with the band) and bassist Csaba Tóth, formerly of the Hungarian band Extreme Deformity; the rest of Sear Bliss' original lineup consisted of guitarist János Barbarics and drummer Norbert Keibinger, two ex-members of the Hungarian band Animosity. Like so many of Europe's extreme metal combos, Sear Bliss has been a revolving door over the years -- and it didn't take the band long to experience an abundance of lineup changes. Tóth left in 1994, and 1994's new arrivals included trumpeter Gergely Szücs, keyboardist Winter, former Extreme Deformity vocalist Csaba Csejtei (who joined Sear Bliss as a guitarist) and Csejtei's brother Zoltán Csejtei (who had been Extreme Deformity's guitarist but joined Sear Bliss as a vocalist). In 1995, Sear Bliss recorded their first demo, The Pagan Winter, and the lineup changes continued; Keibinger left, and newcomers included keyboardist/trumpeter Gergely Szücs and drummer Zoltán Csejtei; it was also in 1995 that Sear Bliss signed a deal with Mascot/Two Moons Records. Sear Bliss' first official full-length album, Phantoms, was recorded and released in 1996, and they started recording their next album, The Haunting, in 1997 -- a year that saw the departure of Winter and both of the Csejtei brothers and the arrival of drummer Zoltán Schönberger and guitarist Viktor Scheer. More lineup changes came in 1999, when Scheer, Szücs, and Barbarics took off and guitarist András Horváth P. arrived. Guitarist István Neubrandt and trombonist Zoltán Pál joined in 2000, and Horváth was fired in 2001, which was also the year in which Sear Bliss signed with the Red Stream label. Red Stream released Grand Destiny in 2001, followed by Forsaken Symphony in 2002 and Glory and Perdition in 2004. More lineup changes followed in the mid- to late 2000s, but being a revolving door didn't prevent Sear Bliss from continuing to deliver quality albums. In 2007, Sear Bliss recorded their excellent Candlelight release, The Arcane Odyssey, with a lineup consisting of Nagy on vocals, bass, and keyboards, Schönberger on drums, Pál on trombone, and Neubrandt and Péter Kovács on guitar. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi

Mayberian Sanskülotts

https://mayberian.bandcamp.com/ https://spoti.fi/3FDXU1U

Hűvös

Menedzser: Vígh Nóra, +36 30 621 3417, huvosband@gmail.com Booking: Fejes Fanni, +36 30 993 8233, fejes.fanni@indieartistmanagement.com

Óperentzia

Waiting Room

Booking: Büki Regina 06 30 784 0305 /waitingroom.zenekar@gmail.com

Coltaine

COLTAINE - Post Metal

Karlsruhe, Germany.

Active since 2022.

Franny

The Allegorist

Rome is not a Town

A Swedish indie rock band known for their powerful and magnetic energy during live performances.

Lesoir

WHISPERS IN THE SHADOW

DARK WAVE ROCK https://www.whispersintheshadow.com https://whispersshop.bigcartel.com

Hang Linton

Vagtazo Halottkemek

Ponte del Diavolo

https://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/ponte-del-diavolo/

Soviet Monday

Betonorgona. Bedroom posztpank kvartett. Yes. Biró Milán – ének Jancsó László – basszusgitár Kovács Márton – gitár Mónus Marcell – ütőhangszerek Kontakt: email: sovietmonday@gmail.com Tel.: 06304016140

Teeth Marks

Diabolus In Musica

Kæry Ann

Desert/psych-gaze from Italy. Debut LP 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘯 out now

Lucy Dreams

Lucy Dreams pioneers ‘SonicWaveArtPop’, blending human expression with technological innovation. Their latest singles challenge norms, merging analog and digital artistry, where members Zero and One, alongside their creation, Lucy, redefine pop with a sound that pushes past conventional limits. With international acclaim and a transatlantic tour underway, Lucy Dreams sets the stage for a new era of pop music, celebrating harmony between creativity and technology.

MACHUKHA

Post-black metal / dark hardcore / punk https://linktr.ee/MACHUKHA

Turbowitch

Darkfall

Austrian Thrashed Death Metal since 1995.

Ver

Psycho Mutants

Varkocs

PUNK DRIVE AND HIGH ENERGY. THAT IS VARKOCS!!!

https://www.instagram.com/varkocs_official?igsh=MTQ3dz

Agregator

Dallamos death metal és önpusztító, dekadens szövegek - nekünk egy pokol túl kevés ...

Pornography

Cure-t kedvelő csapat...Cure-t játszik.... Tagok: Kisduda Árpád (Arpi Cure) : ének, gitár, sz

Angertea

Marionette Id

DOMINIK PROK

Ficture

Jules War

Jules War appeared in November 2024 with a special, atmospheric music project in the form of the debut LP, The Greatest Climber on Earth, which the band worked on for more than four years. By the end of 2024 she felt that it was ready to be presented to the public, first on digital platforms and then live from 2025 onwards. Behind the guitar is Balázs Bajnok who, as a member of the band Magidom, released three LPs and toured extensively, as well as appearing as a guest musician in several well-known local acts.

Imago Mundi

Utolsó Hullám

VLKN

capsule boy

mt saint michael

Entrópia Architektúra

Crow Black Dream

Darkwave formáció Székesfehérvárról!

Synthetic Destiny

Living Totem

Fandyr

Ponte del Diavolo (ITA)

P.F.A

giving punk a bad name since 2006.

livingtotem

Pixelplants

Heatdeath1992

Eclipse of the Sun

Csicskakoporsó

Waiting Room(HU)

Fekete Zaj 2026 @ Fekete Zaj Fesztivál

Fekete Zaj 2026 @ Fekete Zaj Fesztivál

Flytjendur