News of recording.
I've just had a demo back from Brendan who has re-written most of Saints and sinners.We had originally started writing it in 1984 and had kicked around with it in a few rehearsals back then.We had a chorus which Brendan has kept but other than that just bits and pieces on a really beat up tape which I never gave to Brendan.We did try to do it again in the early 2000s and I had put down the music for it but never got around to doing it.Now with Garageband we can send music to each other which makes life so much easier and means we can write together on different continents.I am really happy with how Brendan has written the song and it is not that far away from the ideas my dad had for the verses.
We have also been have some Zoom meetings with our friend Torben who will be working on this project with us.We have been working on the guides and sounds before we start for real and will be doing an LP size album.We will get as much as we can done but will have to wait until Diccon is ready, because he may need an operation on his hand when this pandemic is over and is going to need time to recover.Things are moving but at Pagan Altar speed If you think we average an album once every ten years we are well ahead of time.

Prepare yourselves for: Obsolete - Animate//Isolate. The first pre-release track is linked below (and I'm about halfway through a promo of the album now) and this is wild technical death/thrash, for fans of Atheist, Vektor, Coroner, Death, and others. It's basically constant progressions into different riffs, tempos, and feels. Although I drew the Vektor comparison, it's very different in my view from the modern sci-fi tech thrash bands.

New Hideous Divinity single out for an EP due April 23

I saw that Blut Aus Nord post on facebook about it today, and actually had the impression that this release is going to be Memoria Vetusta IV. And not that other project you mentioned.

I'm pretty sure it will be Memoria Vetusta IV, but I doubt it'll be released under the Blut Aus Nord name. Vindsval seems to want to keep things separated when it comes to the working in different styles of BM and I don't think he sees the Memoria Vetusta albums as being in line with what he wants to do with BAN (I.e. continue what he started with Hallucinogen) even if I don't think they're vastly different soundwise. Which is why I think he'll release them as The Meditant and not Blut Aus Nord.

No offense but that doesn’t make a lot of sense. If he planned to release it under the Meditant then wouldn’t he say that instead of just saying it’s time for MV IV under the BAN fb page? Also to sell the album it makes no sense to now diverge from the BAN name and the most memorable set of releases he has put out with a new name that has no connection to the previous releases. That doesn’t seem like a wise move, at least from a label/business standpoint.

UPDATE: NEW ALBUM
Hails to all
A quick communication here from Deathmaster. We have lots of news, all of which will be revealed over time.
Firstly and most importantly, the new album has been written in ‘first draft’ form.
What is different this time is - inspiration. It just wasn’t there before now. The new songs are mighty, epic and classically DoomSword! The momentum is there and we are working remotely - what I have been sent back by Gianluca “Ancient” Silvi and Wrathlord so far has reduced me to a fan-like state. I cannot praise this lineup enough. Given the current situation we cannot say when the album will be recorded but know that it will be as soon as possible. I don’t want to give too much away but it will focus in its majority on Robert E. Howard and Conan the Barbarian, but there will also be a couple of unrelated tracks and a tribute song.
Check back for news regarding the release of the demo/ vinyls. Also I will be posting old ‘first draft’ demos of some tracks from MNWLO which are killer.
Deathmaster
(Any questions for the next update post below)

New Balmog single from their upcoming album Eve.

https://soundcloud.com/friedhofmag/balmog-desacougo

It honestly blows out of the water most black metal in this vein (Watain, Ondskapt, Acherontas, Ascension, etc). Really sad they don't get 1/100 of the attention those bands get.

Vanum just finished recording a new album according to a FB post I say today, an announcement through Eisenwald should be coming shortly.

Really underrated band. Saw them twice and they were incredible live.

Their last album was great, hopefully the new record maintains the same quality.