SHADES OF BLACK: PANOPTICON, PURE WRATH, ETHEREAL DARKNESS, LIGHTLORN, RAAT, UNTO THEE, DANDELION, MÉLANCOLIE DU DHAMPIR, CŒUR DE RONCES - NO CLEAN SINGING (written by Islander) I had planned to post most of this SHADES OF BLACK column last Sunday. I obviously failed to get it finished in time for posting then, the result of being out very late on Saturd...

Review by @nocleansinging.bsky.social www.nocleansinging.com/2026/04/05/s...

IV

#deathdoom 
#newrelease

🌑      EUROPE      🌑
🌑  We’re coming. 🌑

#EtherealAbyssTour
#AtmosphericMetal
#BlackMetal
#DeathDoom
#metaltour

Under the moonlit sky, my failures turned to life.
#melodeath #melodicdeathmetal #doomvibes #atmosphericmetal #melancholy #heavyriffs #undergroundmetal

Also here, thank you for your support 🤘, Always great seeing Echoes featured in the wild

Thanks! A good balance between melody, grit and gloom was our goal, awesome to hear it comes through. Appreciate you taking the time to listen and share it 🤘

That’s so great to hear, thank you! We poured a lot into this one, so it really means a lot knowing it’s hitting right from the start. Appreciate you listening and the support 🤘

Let it take what it takes. Gone With the Tide.

#MelodicDeathMetal  #doommetal

Eight nights of darkness across Europe.
We’re ready.

#EtherealDarkness 
#EtherealAbyssTour
#deathdoom 
#AtmosphericMetal 
#metaltour

Drawn into the lonely night
In darkness we dwell 
In a frozen land
Searching for a soul
To witness the spell 
Of blinding snowfall 

#EtherealDarkness #Winter #MelodicDeathMetal #melodeath

We’ve been waiting for this for a long time.

Our first European tour starts March 27.
If you’re anywhere near one of these cities — come scream the songs with us.

Let’s make this the first of many.
#EtherealDarkness
#MelodicDeathMetal
#Headbangers
#EtherealAbyssTour
#EuropeanTour2026

The Abyss is coming.

8 nights.
3 bands.

Ethereal Darkness
Aetherian
Stygian

March–April 2026.
Be there.

#EtherealDarkness #EtherealAbyssTour #Metal, #MelodicDeathMetal, #DoomMetal #WarsawMetal, #PragueMetal

FULL FORCE FRIDAY:⚔️March 6th 2026⚛️⚔️

"By last breath of the fourth winds blow, better raise your ears, The sound of hooves knocks at your door, Lock up your wife.."⚛️

📢46 for the Walls of Deth!➡️ Pestilence!....Have Riffs, Have Metal! ⚛️

#FFFMar6 Comment and RT.🤘👹🤘#KMäN

Out of the shadows.
Back in your hands.

Smoke And Shadows — reprinted.

Should we resurrect a track live?

🤘🔥

#melodicdeathmetal 
#doommetal 
#deathdoom

03.04.2026 // NL Eindhoven - Cafe The Jack
04.04.2026 // DE - TBA

Tour dates:
27.03.2026 // PL Warsaw - Metal Cave Club
28.03.2026 // LT Kaunas - Lemmys
29.03.2026 // PL Krakow - Garage Pub
30.03.2026 // CZ Prague - The Stage
01.04.2026 // BE Fontaine-l'Eveque - MCP Apache
02.04.2026 // BE Diest - Club Hell

🌘 Ethereal Abyss Tour  🌒
Who's coming?
Mar 27 – Apr 04
with Aetherian + Stygian
PL, LT, CZ, BE, NL, DE
Dates and locations in first comment.
#MetalTour #MelodicDeathMetal #DeathDoom

After years in the dark, our album "Echoes" drops March 20, 60+ minutes of melodic death/doom. Mixed & mastered by Dan Swanö (Unisound). Cover art by Adam Burke, layout by WrathDesign. #EtherealDarkness #Echoes #MelodicDeathMetal #DeathMetal #NewAlbum 

Presales are available on bandcamp

AN NCS PREMIERE: ETHEREAL DARKNESS - "ON THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF" - NO CLEAN SINGING (written by Islander) Almost six years have passed since the Belgian band Ethereal Darkness released their debut album, Smoke and Shadows. Through a rendering of atmospheric melodic death metal with b...

Also, check out the review by @nocleansinging.bsky.social for On The Edge of The Cliff of our upcoming album "Echoes"
www.nocleansinging.com/2025/01/29/a...

ETHEREAL DARKNESS - On The Edge Of The Cliff (Official Audio Video) YouTube video by Ethereal Darkness

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhMy...

This is one of our darkest and most intense tracks, diving into themes of despair, depression, and suicide. Let us know what you think. Play it loud and spread the word 🤘
#etherealdarkness #melodicdeathmetal #newsingle #ontheedgeofthecliff #metalmusic #echoes

Don’t we all? 🙂‍↕️

Those are some confident metal artists 😎

Ethereal Darkness Ethereal Darkness is an atmospheric Melodic Death Metal band with Black and Doom Metal influences. The music focuses on the dark side of life and the eternal relationship between life and death, loss ...

Bandcamp Friday, check out our latest release “The Cycle” and stay tuned for the rest of the album “Echoes”, mixed by the legendary Dan Swano. etherealdarkness.bandcamp.com/music #metalsky #melodicdeathmetal #doommetal #melodicblackmetal

OBSCURITIES - VOLUME XI: CHAOS REIGNS - NO CLEAN SINGING (Daniel Barkasi returns to NCS with another monthly roundup of reviews and recommendations, this time focusing on eight albums released in October 2024.) I don’t want to harp on this for too long, as ...

My latest column at NoCleanSinging.com, covering October releases that may have slipped by. Not @kmanriffs.bsky.social, naturally. 😄

Lots of black metal, two very different melodic death metal acts, some doom, and a monster of cosmic death metal.

www.nocleansinging.com/2024/11/28/o...

#metalsky

Awesome form of darkness!

For next year, how do we get on the 2025 list? 😎

We mainly see cats 😎

How to get some airtime? 😎

"The Cycle", played 3 years ago at Alcatraz Fest finally released as a single.

#metalsky
#melodicdeathmetal
#melodicdoommetal
#metalband
#metalrelease

oh, it's above :)