News : Chthe'ilist announce first live appearance in 3 years at Dark Mofo Festival, Tasmania

Official statement from the band : "Our first show since 2019 will take place in Hobart, Tasmania on June 16. Alongside us will be Krypts, Darkestrah & Tom Gabriel Warrior's Triumph Of Death. Note that this will be an exclusive performance for the Dark Mofo festival ; We won't play other shows in Australia.

For any other booking inquiries, message info@productionsTSO.ca - We are ready to continue where we left off since the US tour cancellation in 2020 with new material and new shows."

https://darkmofo.net.au/

News : Worm (Florida) announces new line-up addition

Florida-based Doom/Black/Death Metal outfit Worm has released the following statement :

"Our new lead guitar player is Wroth Septentrion whom you may know through his work in Atramentus/Chthe'ilist/First Fragment. His first contributions to the band will be on the bLUENOTHING EP. His unique sound has added a new depth to our coven and I cannot wait for all of you to hear. Expect a whole new level of necromantic shred…Expect bLUENOTHING to come out at the end of 2022 through 20 Buck Spin if everything goes to plan."

News : First Fragment nominated for best album & instrumental performances of 2021 via TheProgspace

The Progspace have announced their picks for best album of 2021 and have nominated First Fragment as well as Phil Tougas, Dominic "Forest" Lapointe & Nicholas Wells for best guitar, bass, drums performance of 2021 respectively. Votes can be cast here : https://theprogspace.com/the-progspace-awards-2021-vote-for-your-favourite-musicians/

Here is a statement from the site :

"You will find 17 categories this time, with 12 nominees in each category. Out of 392 releases, 195 performances, 92 music videos, 46 cover artworks and 27 streaming events, these nominees have been thoroughly selected in a process of internal voting by our staff located all over the world.

The categories and nominees aim to comprise a diverse selection of genres and styles, thus representing a good selection of progressive rock, metal and related subgenres. Today and tomorrow, we will be highlighting the nominees in each category, but of course, you can already check if your favourites are among them, either in the poll directly on our website or here in our little announcement trailer ":