prophecy productions

Six long years following their last album, Eight Bells triumphantly returns, having utilized every second since towards crafting a complex, psychedelic album. Watch a video for “The Well.”

Reuniting former maudlin of the Well members Toby Driver and Greg Massi (and including lyrics penned by Jason Byron), avant-garde metal act Kayo Dot’s new album is a step forward that recalls the members’ previous band as well. Listen to a full stream of the album.

Existing in a temporal realm between metal, neofolk, and dark rock, Dornenreich’s hard-to-pin-down music is all about love.

German folk/doom metal duo Empyrium sets a high bar for “return” albums once again. Watch an exclusive pre-release video of album opener “The Three Flames Sapphire.”

After years of quiet, rigorous work, Tenhi multi-instrumentalist Tyko Saarikko speaks nine years after “Saivo” to reminisce on the band’s past and elaborate on Tenhi’s future.

Markus Stock reminisces about Empyrium’s roots and genre-defying demo in a new interview.

Newly formed Dutch black metal act Vuur & Zijde joined forces with the mysterious Impavida on a dualistic black metal split (out today) both expansive and cohesive — here’s our full review.

These Dutch rockers evolve their thoughtful fusion of rock, psychedelia, and metal with an album that explores nirvana and the quest to achieve it — here’s our full review of “Summerland” which was released today.

We review the sixth full-length from UK-based black metal project Fen — how does the band stack up after nearly a decade of releases?

Watch a new music video for an abstract and haunting new song from “Map of Lost Keys,” the upcoming second full-length from dark electronic project Thief, founded by a Botanist dulcimer player.