Tag Archives: Profound Lore

Agalloch’s ‘The Serpent & the Sphere’ streaming now

Posted by on May 5, 2014

Four years ago, Agalloch’s fourth full-length album, Marrow of the Spirit was released. Thankfully the band have readied a follow-up, The Serpent & the Sphere. Even more thankfully, NPR is now streaming the album, which will be released May 13th on Profound Lore. The Portland quartet are really in their own realm, blending black metal, folk, and ambient […]

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Agalloch release tracklisting and other details for next album

Posted by on March 19, 2014

Yesterday, Agalloch premiered a new track from their upcoming album The Serpent & The Sphere. Now we’ve got full confirmation that the album is complete and a full tracklisting is available as well as a few other details. It turns out the band enlisted the help of guitarist Nathanaël Larochette from a Canadian band named Musk Ox for […]

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Agalloch stream new track “Celestial Effigy”

Posted by on March 18, 2014

This is just turning onto a good week for new music, isn’t it? Rejoice, for Agalloch has unveiled a new track from their upcoming fifth album The Serpent & The Sphere, which is streaming over at Pitchfork. The track is titled “Celestial Effigy” and runs at about seven minutes, which is a below average length for Agalloch […]

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Stream New Lord Mantis Track “Body Choke”

Posted by on March 3, 2014

Last month, Lord Mantis revealed the NSFW album artwork for their new album Death Mask. Now we’re getting our first taste of the album with a new track dubbed “Body Choke”, the album opener. The track was posted on Noisey along with an interview in which frontman Charlie Fell elaborates on why listeners get a release from […]

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This New Lord Mantis Album Art Is A Little Hard On The Eyes (NSFW)

Posted by on February 19, 2014

Lord Mantis have written some evil music in their time, presumably with Satan’s tools. To go a(sh)long with such music, the band has some pretty evil artwork. Naturally, you’d expect something else thrown in for the band’s followup to 2012’s Pervertor. Well, prick up your ears and listen when we warn you that the artwork for Death […]

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Happy Halloween: Here’s a terrifying Portal video

Posted by on October 31, 2013

First off, Portal is a pretty terrifying band. Even without their nihilistic mixture of death metal and blacj metal, they just look scary. I mean, look at this picture. Dude’s got a clock on his head. Chances are, if you know anyone that walks around with a clock on their head, that’s a scary motherfucker. […]

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Rivers Of Nihil guitarist Jon Kunz’s Top 5: Black Metal Releases

Posted by on October 7, 2013

Rivers Of Nihil is arguably one of Metal Blade’s finest recent death metal signings. While the Reading, PA five piece’s first full-length offering The Conscious Seed Of Light (out on October 15) captures the brutality of classic death metal, it also blends in the heaviest elements of black metal. So it’s no given that guitarist […]

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KEN Mode Sign To Season Of Mist

Posted by on January 8, 2013

What a difference a few years makes. When KEN Mode released their last album, Venerable, in 2011, it was their first for Profound Lore. The band’s mix of hardcore intensity and AmRep-style loud indie rock was a breath of fresh air. Produced by Converge’s Kurt Ballou, that album really put them on the map beyond their native […]

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Agalloch Announce East Coast Dates

Posted by on January 20, 2011

Agalloch has announced dates for a Spring East Coast tour.

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KEN mode Streaming New Song Online

Posted by on December 15, 2010

KEN mode is streaming a new song called “Obeying The Iron Will” exclusively at InvisibleOranges.com. It’s taken from their upcoming third album, Venerable, the band’s first for Profound Lore.

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