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Watch: ‘Coronach’ by Hellripper

Posted: 10 February 2026 in Recommended Streams and Videos, Singles and EPs
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Scotland’s ibex-obsessed blackened thrash bastards of Hades otherwise known as Hellripper are pleased to share another new song off their upcoming, fourth studio album Coronach, to be released worldwide on March 27th, 2026 via Century Media Records.

Check out the epic album’s title track ‘Coronach’ in a lyric video created by Irvan Dionisi / Theblackvisual.id here:

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Hellripper’s mastermind, guitarist/vocalist and songwriter James McBain checked in with the following comment about the upcoming album’s title track ‘Coronach’, which also closes the album:

“A coronach is a vocal lament traditionally performed at funerals in the Scottish highlands. Intertwined with my own words is the poem of the same name by Sir Walter Scott, which served as an inspiration for this story: the funeral of an ambivalent and mysterious figure, revered by his community for his heroic deeds but whose life hid many dark secrets. As well as lyrically, the track is also a musical experiment for me; it was primarily influenced by late 80’s thrash metal along with bands like Bathory, Gallowbraid and Atlantean Kodex. A dash of post-punk, a fair amount of Iron Maiden-style guitar harmonies, some classical references and the haunting wail of the bagpipes fading in the distance: this song feels like the perfect farewell to the album”.

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Hellripper – Live:

SA 21.03.2026 Aalst (Belgium) – Oilsjt Omploft Festival

FR 27.03.2026 Glasgow (Scotland) – Garage *

SA 28.03.2026 Bern (Switzerland) – EmMetal Festival

FR 03.04.2026 Nottingham (England) – Saltbox **

SA 04.04.2026 London (England) – The Dome **

MO 06.04.2026 Utrecht (Netherlands) – De Helling ***

TU 07.04.2026 Dortmund (Germany) – Junkyard  ***

WE 08.04.2026 Hamburg (Germany) – Logo ***

TH 09.04.2026 Copenhagen (Denmark) – Pumpehuset ***

FR 10.04.2026 Berlin (Germany) – Lido ***

SA 11.04.2026 Warsaw (Poland) – Voodoo ***

SU 12.04.2026 Kraków (Poland) – Zascianek ***

MO 13.04.2026 Vienna (Austria) – Arena ***

TU 14.04.2026 Budapest (Hungary) – Dürer Kert ***

WE 15.04.2026 Munich (Germany) – Backstage ***

TH 16.04.2026 Prague (Czechia) – Subzero ***

FR 17.04.2026 Mannheim (Germany) – 7er Club ***

SA 18.04.2026 Paris (France) – Glazart ***

TH 14.05.2026 Mexico City (Mexico) – Foro La Piedad

FR 15.05.2026 Guadalajara (Mexico) – Anexa Independencia

SA-SU 16.-17.05.2026 San Luis Potosi (Mexico) – San Luis Metal Fest

TU 02.06.2026 Athens (Greece) – Kyttaro ^

WE 03.06.2026 Thessaloniki (Greece) – Eightball Club ^

FR 05.06.2026 Emmen (Netherlands) – Pitfest

SA 06.06.2026 Maastricht (Netherlands) – South of Heaven Open Air

SA 13.06.2026 Hauptmannsgrün (Germany) – Chronical Moshers Open Air

TH-SA 25.-27.06.2026 Ukmergė (Lithuania) – Kilkim Žaibu

SA 27.06.2026 Campania (Italy) – Southammer Metal Festival

FR 03.07.2026 Villava (Spain) – Sala Totem Aretoa +

TU 07.07.2026 Zaragoza (Spain) – Teatro de las Esquinas +

WE 08.07.2026 Toulouse (France) – Le Bikini +

TH 13.08.2026 Carhaix-plouguer (France) – Motocultor Festival

TH 03.09.2026 Košice (Slovakia) – Collosseum Club

FR 04.09.2026 Ostrava (Czechia) – Metal!!! Festival

SA 12.09.26 Verona (Italy) – Arcanum Fest

SA 26.09.26 Hinte (Germany) – Coast Rock Festival

SA 09.01.2027 Mangualde (Portugal) – Mangualde Hardmetalfest

* w/ Sarcator

** w/ Schizophrenia

*** w/ Schizophrenia & Sarcator

^ w/ Midnight

+ w/ Testament

Rimfrost – The Rise of Evil: Killer Instinct

Posted: 9 January 2022 in Singles and EPs
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6th January 2021

Christopher Nosnibor

Like so many IKEA item names, Swedish black metal act Rimfrost’s moniker is one which has the capacity to raise a smirk and a snicker for English speakers. I know, I know, it’s juvenile, chuckling to myself about cold cock and chilly willy, and there‘s nothing particularly comical about this release. But as ever with black metal, there’s an element of high theatre that’s only as serious as you take it. Or, put another way, an element of theatre that can only be taken as seriously as it’s pitched. Venom’s Black Metal may have defined the genre, but ultimately, it was no more than an underproduced collision of punk with Motorhead (who arguably blended punk and metal with shedloads of speed).

The corpse-paint wearing black metallers split in 2019, but reconvened in the Autumn of 2021, and unveiled the first fruits of their reunion in the form of ‘Killer Instinct’ in October. So to refer to The Rise of Evil: Killer Instinct as an EP feels a shade disingenuous, since it contains just two songs – the aforementioned ‘Killer Instinct’ plus ‘The Rise of Evil’ make up a single that form a narrative that, as they explain ‘depicts the story of a killer’. In that sense, I’m reminded of the debut single by iLiKETRAiNS, on which the two parts of ‘As The Curtains Close’ tell of a stalker with murderous intent.

Rimfrost’s release is a lot less brooding and considerably less sinister. ‘The Rise of Evil’ is fast and furious, staccato guitars nailed to a frenetic drum driving the headbanging behemoth slog without pause, and it’s heavy alright, but there’s also some musicianship on display here.

‘Killer Instinct’ is less black in its metal persuasion and altogether more heavy metal, with histrionic guitars and a crisp production, with an overall feel – aside from Hravn’s growling, deep-throated vocal snarlings – that’s more Iron Maiden than Immortal, more Saxon than Satyricon. It’s the sound of spandex more than of souls being crushed.

Sure, genres evolve, and rightly so, but this cleanly-produced fretwork frenzy is a far cry from Bathory or even subsequent Swedish exponents of black metal like Dissection, although the theatrical element is perhaps more in common. While it’s serious music, I’m not certain that they’re entirely serious. The result, then, is ok, but rather cozy if you’re on the market for something more purely black or simply something that’s spine-crunchingly strong.

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