The Black Arts

The Black Arts The Black Arts is a long running heavy metal radio show in Australia that airs every Wednesday night at 9.00pm AEST.

Having steadily built a strong reputation with each of their previous efforts, Aephanemer are due to release their fourt...
23/09/2025

Having steadily built a strong reputation with each of their previous efforts, Aephanemer are due to release their fourth album "Utopie" through Na**lm Records in late October. Based on the song that we will be playing on this weeks show, "La Regle Du Jeu", their melodic death metal, replete with complexity and histrionic guitar work, is once again in fine form and will likely bring them wider, and well deserved, recognition.

New This Week: Gjendød - Svekkelse (Osmose Productions) (Norway)Having been plying their dark trade for a decade now, Gj...
23/09/2025

New This Week: Gjendød - Svekkelse (Osmose Productions) (Norway)

Having been plying their dark trade for a decade now, Gjendod are wasting no time in following up last years "Livskramper" with their sixth album "Svekkelse". As expected, they stay true to their black metal roots while also managing to push beyond the generic by incorporating a lot of variety into each of the eight tracks and it is this willingness to push themselves further that makes "Svekkelse" such an interesting listen.

It has been eight years since Heathenspawn arrived with their self-titled EP so it is great to see signs of life at long...
23/09/2025

It has been eight years since Heathenspawn arrived with their self-titled EP so it is great to see signs of life at long last in the form of their new single "The Ravenous Earth". It certainly doesn't take long to make an impact as their blackened death metal is delightfully incisive and fierce, as will be shown when it makes an appearance on this weeks show.

New This Week: Paradise Lost - Ascension (Nuclear Blast) (United Kingdom)Undeniably one of the most anticipated albums o...
23/09/2025

New This Week: Paradise Lost - Ascension (Nuclear Blast) (United Kingdom)

Undeniably one of the most anticipated albums of the year, particularly after the first single "Silence Like The Grave" was unveiled in June, expectations were high for "Ascension" when it finally arrived. Put simply, it is a magnificent effort that touches on many of the sounds that Paradise Lost have employed over their past discography while also definitively proving that their gloom knows no bounds with a title could be prophetic even at this stage of their esteemed, and varied, existence.

The Black Arts - 17th September 2025When it was released in September 2000, the seventh album from Morbid Angel, "Gatewa...
17/09/2025

The Black Arts - 17th September 2025

When it was released in September 2000, the seventh album from Morbid Angel, "Gateways To Annihilation", was received with mixed feelings among many, given it did sound somewhat different to what had come before. Looking back, it definitely has its moments and, for some, it was the start of a decline so listen live from 9.00pm at www.gippslandfm.org.au to be at one with nothing and hear the following:

Morbid Angel - Gateways To Annihilation (Earache Records)

Bloodbound - Defenders Of Jerusalem* (Na**lm Records)

Infernal Thorns - Christus Venari (Personal Records)

Kingdom - Primeval Cult Of Strength In The Womb Of Suffer (Osmose Productions)

Primal Fear - Domination (Reigning Phoenix Music)

JADE - Mysteries Of A Flowery Dream (Pulverised Records)

The Halo Effect - March Of The Unheard (Nuclear Blast)

Madder Mortem - Old Eyes, New Heart (DARK ESSENCE RECORDS)

Atrophy - Asylum (MASSACRE RECORDS)

Severe Torture - Torn From The Jaws Of Death (Season of Mist)

Isole - Anesidora (Hammerheart Records)

OBSIDIAN TIDE - The Grand Crescendo (Independent)

Borealis - Illusions (AFM Records)

Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy (Steamhammer)

*Advance Track

Having signed with Na**lm Records, Bloodbound are due to release their eleventh album "Field Of Swords" in November. The...
16/09/2025

Having signed with Na**lm Records, Bloodbound are due to release their eleventh album "Field Of Swords" in November. They strike the first blow with "Defenders Of Jerusalem", an anthemic song that offers no surprises but sounds reassuringly consistent with what has come before, as will be heard when it makes an appearance on this weeks show.

New This Week: Infernal Thorns - Christus Venari (Personal Records) (Chile)The artwork gracing the third album from Infe...
16/09/2025

New This Week: Infernal Thorns - Christus Venari (Personal Records) (Chile)

The artwork gracing the third album from Infernal Thorns, "Christus Venari" ("To Hunt Christ"), leaves little to no room for any doubt as to their intent or tone before even hearing a note. Their death metal is suitably intense throughout, yet it is the ability to create songs that draw from a classic sound while still managing to show creativity that makes it work so effectively, resulting in an album that is well worth delving into.

New This Week: Kingdom - Primeval Cult Of Strength In The Womb Of Suffer (Osmose Productions) (Poland)Undoubtedly Kingdo...
16/09/2025

New This Week: Kingdom - Primeval Cult Of Strength In The Womb Of Suffer (Osmose Productions) (Poland)

Undoubtedly Kingdom are the epitome of persistence having found a way to release six albums on various labels before signing to Osmose Productions for their latest, "Primeval Cult Of Strength In The Womb Of Suffer". Ironically, while they like a lengthy title, their songs are short, intense bursts of death metal that contain enough variety to keep things interesting, including a cover of the Deicide classic "Lunatic Of God's Creation" that fits perfectly with their own compositions.

New This Week: Primal Fear - Domination (Reigning Phoenix Music) (Germany)With a revised line-up in place, Primal Fear a...
16/09/2025

New This Week: Primal Fear - Domination (Reigning Phoenix Music) (Germany)

With a revised line-up in place, Primal Fear are back once again with their fifteenth album "Domination" and it is remarkable to hear just how energised they remain, even after nearly three decades. Musically it is very much what we have all come to expect from them by now but that is hardly an issue when their consistency remains at such a high level, it is quite easy to forget that they have been around so long, such is the vim and vigour they continue to show.

Another tour for next year, Lacuna Coil bring their “Sleepless Empire” tour to Australia in February 2026.
10/09/2025

Another tour for next year, Lacuna Coil bring their “Sleepless Empire” tour to Australia in February 2026.

The Black Arts - 10th September 2025From their inception, Nevermore had a distinctive sound that mixed heaviness and int...
10/09/2025

The Black Arts - 10th September 2025

From their inception, Nevermore had a distinctive sound that mixed heaviness and introspection, their fourth album "Dead Heart In A Dead World" was a more condensed, focused version when it was released in September 2000. Truth be told, they never released a bad album and it remains to be seen if new music will come from their recent resurrection so listen live from 9.00pm at www.gippslandfm.org.au to believe in nothing and hear the following:

Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World (Century Media Records)

1914 - 1916 (The Sudtirol Offensive)* (Na**lm Records)

Schreigarm - Mara Comes And Darkness Shall Reign (Purity-Through-Fire)

Antiversum - De Nemesis Omnes Et Omnia (Amor Fati Productions)

Helloween - Giants & Monsters (Reigning Phoenix Music)

The Haunted - Songs Of Last Resort (Century Media Records)

Behölder - In The Temple Of The Tyrant (Black Lion Records)

Alarum - Recontinue (Independent)

Vision Divine - Blood And Angels Tears (Scarlet Records)

ANCIIENTS - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun (Season of Mist)

Exmortus - Necrophony (Nuclear Blast)

Incantation - Unholy Deification (Relapse Records)

Vio-Lence - Let The World Burn (Metal Blade Records)

Lock Up - The Dregs Of Hades (Listenable Records)

*Advance Track

Inexorably marching forward, 1914 will be releasing their fourth album of war themed combination of black, death and doo...
09/09/2025

Inexorably marching forward, 1914 will be releasing their fourth album of war themed combination of black, death and doom metal, "Viribus Unitis" ("With United Forces"), through Na**lm Records in November. The first foray comes in the form of "1916 (The Sudtirol Offensive)", and it once again displays their ability to convey the horrors of war via an imposing soundscape, as will be shown when it makes an appearance on this weeks show.

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