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Friday, 12 January 2024

Playlist: Soon on stage - first half of 2024



For many bands we follow here at Unearthed Mirrors, the first live shows of 2024 are approaching - with WATAIN, Lukas Häger, Saturnalia Temple and UnoX hitting the stage already next month, followed by PÅGÅ in early March; Unpure and Xalpen will embark on the Europe Ablaze tour in April/May, also in May are a couple of festivals for Maggot Heart and the quite unique Eros At Arms festival for Concrete Winds.

Here is then a selection of music which will be haunting venues in these upcoming months: you might want to blast again the ones you know already, and we surely recommend getting acquainted with those you might not be very familiar with yet, because although covering very different styles, they all have some really excellent music to offer!

The playlist features:
  • WATAIN - "Nuclear Alchemy (Live In Stockholm, 2022)" from their live album "Die In Fire - Live In Hell" (His Master's Noise / Nuclear Blast, 2023)
  • WATAIN - "The Howling (Live In Stockholm, 2022)" from their live album "Die In Fire - Live In Hell" (His Master's Noise / Nuclear Blast, 2023)
WATAIN will be playing on February 10th at Bangalore Open Air.
  • Lukas Häger - "Alpine Blood" from his solo album "Folkmord I Ting" (End All Parties, 2023)
  • Lukas Häger - "Invändiga Pilar" from his solo album "Folkmord I Ting" (End All Parties, 2023)
Lukas Häger will begin his European tour on February 8th, then he will join Saturnalia Temple for their release show at the end of February, and PÅGÅ in early March.
All dates can be found AT THIS LINK.
  • Saturnalia Temple - "Revel In Dissidence" from their upcoming album "Paradigm Call" (Listenable Records, 2024)
Saturnalia Temple will be playing a release show for their album on February 24th, then at Celestial Darkness Festival in in March and at Teifljågd Open Air in June.
Details can be found HERE.
  • PÅGÅ - "Olili" from their album "The Evil Year" (Secret Trees/Svart Records, 2020)
  • PÅGÅ - Extracts from the show in Berlin, 08/12/2023
PÅGÅ will play in Wrocław and in Dresden at the beginning of March.
Details HERE.
  • Maggot Heart - "This Shadow" from their album "Hunger" (Rapid Eye Records / Svart Records, 2023)
  • Maggot Heart - "Looking Back At You" from their album "Hunger" (Rapid Eye Records / Svart Records, 2023)
Maggot Heart will be playing at Rock Hard festival and at Over The Edge Fest in May, and at Prepare the Ground Fest in Toronto in June. Details AT THIS LINK.
  • Unpure - "Prophecies Ablaze" from their album "Prophecies Ablaze" (Invictus Productions/ Ajna Offensive, 2023)
  • Unpure - "Northern Sea Madness" from their album "Prophecies Ablaze" (Invictus Productions/ Ajna Offensive, 2023)
Unpure are going to set stages ablaze in April/May together with Xalpen: all dates can be found IN THIS POST.
  • Xalpen - "The Beast from the East" from their album "The Curse of Kwányep" (Black Lodge Records, 2023)
  • Xalpen - "Kòlpèwsh (Serpent´s dance)" from their album "The Curse of Kwányep" (Black Lodge Records, 2023)
Xalpen are going to spread infernal darkness in April/May together with Unpure: all dates can be found IN THIS POST.
  • Concrete Winds - "Noise Trepanation" from their album "Nerve Butcherer" (Sepulchral Voice Records, 2021)
  • Concrete Winds - "Paroxystic Flagellator" from their album "Nerve Butcherer" (Sepulchral Voice Records, 2021)
Aggressive noise tormentors Concrete Winds will unleash sonic terror at Eros At Arms (CH) in May.

Blast this selection of music and get ready to experience it on stage in the upcoming months - hopefully more shows will be added and many more of us listeners will have the chance to partake in one or more concerts soon!
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UnoX don't have any of their music on YouTube yet, so we are including here the SoundCloud stream of their first live one year ago:



UnoX will bring their electro-rhythmic sound in Athens on January 26th (event page at this link) and at Saturnalia Temple's release show in Brussels on February 24th.