TERRA RELICTA COMPILATIONS
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ELYSION - Illuminatea Love’s Ghosts With New Single “Dead Loves”
Greek dark/gothic/atmospheric metal ensemble Elysion unveil “Dead Loves”, the third single taken from their forthcoming studio album Identity, set for release on 16 October via Massacre... -
TE DEUM - From The Shadows Of War Unleashes "Funeral Song" And Heralds Gates To The Unknown
Ukrainian doom/death metal veterans Te Deum have announced their fourth full-length album, Gates To The Unknown, set for international release on 20 November via Moon Records. To kick... -
INFECTED RAIN - Drops New Single "Bloom" With Live One-Take Playthrough
Moldovan modern metal entity Infected Rain strikes back with their brand-new single, "Bloom", accompanied by a live one-take playthrough. Exploring the bittersweet feeling of watching... -
NOCTIFERIA - Confronts Humanity's Greatest Contradiction With New Single And Video "Paradox Redux"
Slovenian extreme industrial metal pioneers Noctiferia have released "Paradox Redux", the latest single from their forthcoming eighth studio album, Axiom I, due out on 20 November via...
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IAMX
"It's my kind of duty to provoke people and to make sure they feel something — to dance, cry, do whatever they feel. I do motivate them, because that's my purpose." - Chris Corner -
DUCTAPE
"When you feel something you need to share, creating songs is the best way to do it. You can reflect on yourself so that you can relax and be relieved of that emotion." - Çağla Güleray -
THERION
"There were already bands doing small illustrations of symphonic metal, and I was thinking, why doesn't someone do this all the time?" - Christofer Johnsson -
AUX ANIMAUX
"When I found the goth scene and the music and everything around it, I slowly started to find my true self again. I'm fascinated by Satanism - not because I worship Satan..." - Gözde Duzer
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"The speech that they hate is my speech, but my speech is not a hate speech. What can you do? You can just mirror/reflect them - hopefully, they will see how grotesque..." - Dero Goi


Terra Relicta, the dark music online magazine and radio, proudly presents its ninth compilation – Five Years Under, created in celebration of the fifth anniversary of Terra Relicta Radio.
Esoterik return with "Dirt", an aggressive, myth-infused single confronting the modern crisis of artificial stimulation, digital decay, and the erosion of human focus. Building on the...
London-based artist A.A. Williams has shared a captivating new video for "The Veil", one of the most delicate and exposed moments on her third studio album, Solstice, released in June...
Portuguese folk/doom/symphonic metal artist Paula Teles has unveiled her new single and accompanying video, "Herança", released via Ethereal Sound Works. Blending the emotional weight...
Hungarian atmospheric black metal duo WitcheR have released their new video single, "Suttogó". Translated as "The Whisperer", "Suttogó" draws listeners into a world of dark forests,...
For more than three decades, industrial metal visionaries Fear Factory have explored the uneasy relationship between humanity and technology, crafting dystopian narratives that blur...
This modern yet intimate venue hosted the excellent Sine Lumine Fest in June. This time the focus was firmly on post-punk, with Sweden's Then Comes Silence and Denmark's The Foreign Resort sharing the bill. Having never seen either band live before.
Nocturnal Culture Night (NCN) is one of Germany’s most cherished boutique dark-scene festivals, held annually in the Kulturpark Deutzen, a woodland park near Leipzig. The 2026 edition took place from 4–6 September, with a warm-up party on 3 September.
Frantic Fest is a relatively new festival, founded in 2017 in Francavilla al Mare, Abruzzo. That makes it a young event by European metal standards, yet one that has grown rapidly and is now regarded as a major Italian extreme‑music open‑air gathering.
The masterful blend of post‑punk rawness, melancholic darkwave, gothic atmosphere, and pulsating electro energy works exceptionally well live. Ash Code’s extensive stage experience is evident; even without excessive interaction, a magnetic connection forms...
It was already around midnight when NNHMN stepped on stage. Despite some initial sound issues, they quickly captivated the now sizeable audience with their danceable yet icy darkwave and coldwave, infused with touches of techno and dark pop. Their performance...










