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Greek Death / Thrashers KRUSHYA have just released a new single entitled ‘Unholy Trinity’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming new album “Doominion”. www.facebook.com/krushya.band
American Death Metal project OPHIDIAN MEMORY has just released ‘Fleshbinding Ritual’, the first single from their upcoming album “Carrion Lord”, over here. The material was recorded and mixed by Blake Lamoureux and mastered by Rick Stallkamp. The cover artwork was created by Caelan Stokkermans. The album will be released on September 27, 2024. “Carrion Lord” will feature the following tracks: ‘The Mausoleum’, ‘Hunger Of Your Deceased Deity’, ‘A Jewel In Gocinia’, ‘Fleshbinding Ritual’, ‘Carrion Lord’, ‘A Murder On Warforged Soil’, ‘Hollowed’, ‘Sculptors Of Seraphic Tributes’, ‘Kept From Dust’ and ‘Bloodborne’. For more OPHIDIAN MEMORY music please visit https://ophidianmemory.bandcamp.com
Greek Black Metallers ISOLERT have just released their new album “Wounds Of Desolation” via Non Serviam Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. It was mixed and mastered by Achilleas K. (VARATHRON) at Suncord Audiolab and the artwork was created by Vamon VII. A full stream of it is available at this location. For more ISOLERT information please visit www.facebook.com/isolert
London based Post Depressive Black Metallers BETWEEN SUNSET AND SUNRISE will release their debut EP “In The Middle Of Chaos” digitally on September 27, 2024 via Der Abt Records. The EP will also be available as vinyl LP and cassette tape at the end of the year. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Half Empty Nightmares’, ‘Echoes Of Sorrow’, ‘The Mirror’, ‘Reconstruction From Within’ and ‘Dreams’. You can already watch a lyric video for ‘The Mirror’ right here. More BETWEEN SUNSET AND SUNRISE music you will find at this location.
On November 01, 2024 Floga Records will release the sophomore full length from Greek Black Metallers THYRATHEN, “Lakonic”, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. A lyric video for ‘Η Πόλις (The Philosophical Poem)’ is already available over here. The complete “Lakonic” tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Throne Of Micro-Cosmos (Foolishness)’, ‘Religious Agonies’, ‘Matter, Void, Sperm’, ‘De Rerum Natura’, ‘Η Πόλις (The Philosophical Poem)’, ‘Void, Matter, Sperm’ and ‘Scales & Sword (The Fall Of Justice)’. www.facebook.com/thyrathen.band
“SOLUS (Igne Natura Renovator Integra)”, the new EP from Italian / Norwegian Black Metal duo HAMMERFILOSOFI, is now streaming in its entirety at this location. It was recorded at WS Studios during the Autumn of 2023 and Winter 2024. The mastering was done by Magnus “Devo” Andersson at Endarker Studios during the Spring of 2024. www.facebook.com/hammerfilosofi
German melodic / celtic Death Metallers SUIDAKRA will release their 15th full length “DarkanakraD” on November 07, 2024 via MDD Records on CD and vinyl LP. The cover artwork was created by Kris Verwimp. www.facebook.com/official.suidakra
German Pagan Metallers KROMLEK will release a new album entitled “III – III” on November 14, 2024 via Trollzorn Records on double CD and double vinyl LP. The first part, entitled “III-III,” is a collection of their latest compositions created over the past decade. These tracks were produced at Antric Light Records studio and mastered in 2024. The second part, “Upphaf,” offers a comprehensive retrospective of the band’s history. Here, selected pieces have been reworked, recorded and produced anew to document the band’s musical evolution. The tracklist of “III – III” reads like this: ‘Þursöld I – Gigantenwelle’, ‘Þursöld II – Seismonade’, ‘Þursöld III – Nunatak’, ‘Ek, Gangleri’, ‘Totem Tales I – I Tidevarvet Av U’, ‘Totem Tales II – aRktur’, ‘Totem Tales III – AlgyR’ and ‘Strandhögg pt. IV – Ráns Schattenpass’. “Upphaf” features the following tracks: ‘KromleK’, ‘Träskens Näve’, ‘Strandhögg pt. I – Drachen Im Nebel’, ‘Strandhögg Pt. II – Gefolgschaft Der Gezeiten’, ‘Herjan’, ‘Grim Omens’, ‘Mantikor’ and ‘Moritvrvs Immortalis’. A lyric video for the album opener ‘Þursöld I – Gigantenwelle’ can already be watched at this location. More KROMLEK info you will find at www.facebook.com/kromlekofficial
“Before Whom Evil Trembles”, the sophomore full-length from German Death Metallers APEP, can be streamed in its entirety over here now. It was mixed and mastered by Christoph Brandes at Iguana Studios and the cover artwork was created by Paolo Girardi. The album will be released on September 13, 2024 via War Anthem Records. A record release show will take place at the Club Seilerstrasse in Zwickau, Germany on September 14, 2024 together with SINISTER, EPIDEMIC SCORN and MESSTICATOR. www.facebook.com/apepband
On November 08, 2024 AOP Records will release “Wherever We Roam…”, the fifth full length from German Black Metallers CHAOS INVOCATION. You can already listen to the album track ‘Ideal Sodom’ at this location. The complete “Wherever We Roam…” tracklist reads like this: ‘Wherever We Roam’, ‘Ideal Sodom’, ‘Golden Gates And Terrene Light’, ‘Bridges Aflame’, ‘No Throne Withstands’, ‘This World Wants Us Dead’, ‘Only In Darkness’ and ‘Engravings Of The Quivering Pedestal’. www.facebook.com/chaosinvocation
Sweden’s Black Metallers MÖRK GRYNING have just revealed a new track entitled ‘Tornet’ over here. It will appear on their new album “Fasornas Tid”, which will be released via Season Of Mist on December 13, 2024. It was recorded at Wing Studios with Sverker Widgren and the artwork was created by C-G. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Intro’, ‘The Seer’, ‘Tornet’, ‘Fasornas Tid’, ‘Before The Crows Have Their Feast’, ‘Savage Messiah’, ‘An Ancient Ancestor Of The Autumn Moon’, ‘Black Angel’, ‘Barren Paths’, ‘The Serpent’s Kiss’, ‘Det Svarta’ and ‘Age Of Fire’. www.facebook.com/morkgryningband
“Hymns To The Norse”, the fifth album of Swedish Pagan Black Metallers SEID, will be released on October 18, 2024 via De Tenebrarum Principio – a division of ATMF. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Hymn To Ivar’, ‘The End Of Days’, ‘My Kingdom Rise’, ‘White Beast From Hel’, ‘Nordmænnens Raseri’, ‘Light Up The Sky’, ‘Allfadir’ and ‘Hymns To The North’. You can already check out ‘My Kingdom Rise’ at this location. For more SEID information please visit www.norseblackmetal.com
On November 22, 2024 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Tyrannic Desolation”, the third full length from Australia’s blackened Doom Metallers TYRANNIC, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Prophetic Eyes Of Glass’, ‘Tyrannic Desolation’, ‘Only Death Can Speak My Name’, ‘Impaled Before Your Mirror Of Fate’, ‘Stillbirth In Still Life’, ‘Dance On Graves Chained To The Labyrinth’, ‘Incubus Incarnate’ and ‘Morbid Sanctum’. The album opener ‘Prophetic Eyes Of Glass’ is already available for streaming over here. More TYRANNIC music you will find at https://tyrannic.bandcamp.com
Berlin, Germany based avantgarde Death Metal duo INGURGITATING OBLIVION has just premiered part III of their 18-minute track ‘The Barren Earth Oozes Blood, And Shakes And Moans, To Drink Her Children’s Gore’ at this location. It will be featured on their upcoming new album “Ontology Of Nought”, which will be released on September 27, 2024 on CD, gatefold double vinyl, cassette tape and digital formats via Willowtip Records. www.facebook.com/ingurgitatingoblivionofficial
On September 13, 2024 Werewolf Records will release the self-titled debut demo of Japan’s Death Metallers IMMORTAL DEATH on CD and cassette tape formats. A full stream of it is available over here now. More IMMORTAL DEATH at https://immortaldeathog.bandcamp.com
Örebro, Sweden based progressive Death Metallers CARNOSUS have just premiered a video for ‘Worm Chaser’, the second single from their upcoming third full length “Wormtales”, at this location. The album will be released on October 18, 2024 on digipak CD, gatefold vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats via Willowtip Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Birthless’, ‘Within Throat, Within Heart’, ‘Neglectikon’, ‘Yearnings Of A Rotten Spine’, ‘Worm Charmer’, ‘Harbinger Of Woundism’, ‘Paradoxical Impulse’, ‘Wound Of Wisdom’, ‘Cosmoclaustrum’ and ‘Solace In Soil’. The cover artwork was created by Timon Kokott. www.facebook.com/carnosus
Turku, Finland based female fronted melodic Death Metallers PHOBOIAN have just released a lyric video for ‘The Plague’, the first single from their upcoming debut full length, over here. The album will be released via Inverse Records. For regular updates please follow the band at www.facebook.com/phoboian
Polish Death / Black Metallers DAMMNATORUM have just released a video for ‘Per Mortem Vado’ at this location. The track appears on the band’s 2023 debut album “In Umbra Mortis”. www.facebook.com/dammnatorum
Swedish melodic Folk / Death Metallers EVILON will release their new album “A Warrior’s Way” on digipak CD on November 01, 2024 via Fetzner Death Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Yggdrasil’, ‘Jotunheim’, ‘Walk Of The Damned’, ‘A Warrior’s Way’, ‘Into The Battlefield’, ‘Foreign Land’, ‘Galdr’, ‘My Runestone’, ‘Skald’, ‘Blot To The Skies’ and ‘Valkyria’. The artwork was created by Gogo Melone. A lyric video for the song ‘Yggdrasil’ is now available over here. More about EVILON at www.facebook.com/evilon
On November 01, 2024 AOP Records will release “Riverchild”, the fifth full length from Austrian Post Black Metallers ANOMALIE. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Mother Of Stars’, ‘An Unvorgiving Tide’, ‘Perpetual Twilight’, ‘Heart To Beat’, ‘Awakening’, ‘Riverchild’, ‘Among Shadows’, ‘A Cosmic Truth’ and ‘Thoughts’. You can already stream ‘Perpetual Twilight’ at this location. The cover artwork was created by Misanthropic Art Illustrations. www.facebook.com/the.anomalie.experience
“Extinction”, the only full length from New York based Crust Punks NAUSEA, will be re-released on vinyl via Svart Records on white / black marble vinyl, limited pink vinyl, limited transparent green vinyl, classic black vinyl, CD and digitally on December 06, 2024. It was originally released in 1990 by Profane Existence in the US and Meantime Records in the UK. The re-release was remastered, comes with a gatefold cover, booklet and new album artwork taken from the poster included with the original vinyl pressing. www.facebook.com/nauseapunk
“Apophenia” the new album from Polish Death Metallers DEIVOS, will be released on October 18, 2024 via Selfmadegod Records. A first single, ‘Sermon Of Hypocrisy’, is already available at this location. For all further DEIVOS info please visit www.facebook.com/deivos
On October 25, 2024 Me Saco Un Ojo Records, in co-operation with Dark Descent Records, will release a new mini album from Quebecois Death Metallers SEDIMENTUM, “Derrière Les Portes D’une Arcane Transcendante”. Me Saco Un Ojo will handle the 12″ vinyl release, while Dark Descent will handle the CD version. It will feature the following three tracks: ‘Vilénie’, ‘Le Labyrinthe Sempiternel’ and ‘Inhumation Céleste (Au Carillon Mordoré)’. ‘Le Labyrinthe Sempiternel’ can already be streamed over here. All further SEDIMENTUM info you will find at www.facebook.com/sedimentumdeath
Finnish Black Metallers BARATHRUM have just revealed the track ‘Dark Sorceress 3 (Spring Siege)’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming tenth full length “Überkill”, which will be released on October 11, 2024 via Hammer Of Hate. The previously revealed title track can still be streamed over here. The complete “Überkill” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Death By Steel’, ‘Mountain Of Bones’, ‘Spark Plugs Of Purgatory’, ‘Black Magick Rites’, ‘Ritual Murder’, ‘White Red Black And Pale’, ‘Denial Of God’, ‘Dark Sorceress 3 (Spring Siege)’ and ‘Überkill’. www.facebook.com/barathrumofficial
On October 31, 2024 Alte Seelen will release “Scripture Of The Woods”, the debut full length of American old school Black Metal duo KVELDSTIMER, on CD. The album was originally released on limited edition cassette tape earlier this year. It features the following tracks: ‘Emerging Glare’, ‘Folk Of The Blossoming Sky’, ‘Sommar’, ‘The Field’s Arrival’, ‘Washed Away Among The Stones’, ‘Fiendish Lore’ and ‘Moon’s Melody Of Death’. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564639922269
Finnish Black / Death Metal one-man project LUUSÄKKI has just released a second single from its upcoming self-titled debut full length. You can check out ‘Statue In Uniform’ over here. The first single ‘Fifth Of The Fifth Columns’ is still available at this location. The album will be released via Inverse Records on October 17, 2024. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Penned In Water’, ‘Gangrene’, ‘Spit Shined Pig Skin’, ‘Mai-Dun’, ‘Fifth Of The Fifth Columns’, ‘Statue In Uniform’, ‘Suzerain’, ‘Hyena’, ‘Death Cult’, ‘All Hallows’ and ‘City Of God’. www.facebook.com/luusakki
Finnish blackened Death Metallers WHERE’S MY BIBLE have just released their sophomore full-length “Kave” via Inverse Records. A full album stream is available right here. You can also watch a video for the title track at this location. The “Kave” cover art was created by Niko Hiltunen. www.facebook.com/wheresmybible
German / US technical brutal Death Metallers DEFEATED SANITY have just released a lyric video for ‘Temporal Disintegration’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming seventh album “Chronicles Of Lunacy”, which will be released via Season Of Mist on November 22, 2024. www.facebook.com/defeatedsanity
German melodic Death Metallers BATTLESWORD will release their fifth full length “(XX)V – Of Tales And Tragedies” on September 26, 2024 via MDD Records on CD and vinyl LP. It was again recorded and mixed by Michael “Freio” Haas at Big Easy Studio in Hennef, Germany and mastered by Dan Swanö. You can already watch a lyric video for ‘Memento (Te Hominem Esse)’ over here. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Apparition’, ‘Memento (Te Hominem Esse)’, ‘Break The Seven Seals’, ‘Brethren Of The Sword’, ‘Into The Maelstrom Of Old’, ‘Follow The Deathbird’s Call’, ‘Obsidian Faces’, ‘Storm Of The Coffin-Born’, ‘The Days That Never Were’, ‘You Are The Fire’ and ‘A New Hope’. www.facebook.com/battleswordofficial
“Blood Worship Extremism”, the sophomore full length from Mexican Black Metallers NIGRUM, will be released via Iron Bonehead Productions on November 22, 2024 on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Blood Worship Extremism’, ‘Ineffable Empire’, ‘Visions In The Dark’, ‘Where Mountains Collide’, ‘Telestic Gateways’, ‘Beneath Turquoise Waters’, ‘Splendor Of The Old World’ and ‘Murderer Dweller’. You can already stream ‘Splendor Of The Old World’ at this location. For more NIGRUM information please visit www.facebook.com/nigrumofficial
On October 18, 2024 Spread Evil Productions will release “A Union Of Spectres”, a split album from Finnish Black Metallers AETHYRICK and MARRAS, on CD and vinyl LP formats. AETHYRICK will be featured with the tracks ‘The Roads Walked Alone’, ‘Astral Ecstasies’ and ‘Turning The Wheel Of Seasons’, while MARRAS will complete the split with ‘Wanderer Of Time’, ‘Between Two Worlds’ and ‘I Belong In Darkness’. You can check out MARRAS’ ‘Between Two Worlds’ at this location now. More about both bands at www.aethyrick.com or www.facebook.com/marrasblackmetal
Norwegian Black Metallers 1349 have just released the track ‘Inferior Pathways’ at this location. It will be featured on their upcoming eighth full length “The Wolf And The King”, which will be released on October 04, 2024 via Season Of Mist. The album was recorded at Amper Tone in Oslo, Norway and New Constellation R.M.P. in Orlando, Florida. It was produced and mixed by Ravn and Jarrett Pritchard (EULOGY, PULCHRA MORTE). www.facebook.com/1349official
In October / November US Death Metallers PERDITION TEMPLE will be touring Europe for the very first time, together with German Black / Deathers OMEGAVORTEX. The tour will kick off on October 25, 2024 in Dresden, Germany and ends on November 03, 2024 in Kortrijk, Belgium. www.facebook.com/perditiontemple
Finnish Folk Black Metallers THE MIST FROM THE MOUNTAINS have just revealed the track ‘Sáiva’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “Portal – The Gathering Of Storms”, which will be released on October 11, 2024 via Primitive Reaction. You can still check out a lyric video for the previously revealed album track ‘The Seer Of Ages’ over here. The full tracklist of “Portal – The Gathering Of Storms” reads as follows: ‘And So Flew The Death Crow’, ‘The Seer Of Ages’, ‘At The Roots Of The Vile’, ‘Among The Black Waves’, ‘In Longing Times’ and ‘Saiva’. www.facebook.com/themistfromthemountains
French atmospheric Black Metallers TOUR D’IVOIRE are streaming their self-titled debut full length in its entirety at this location now. It has just been released via Antiq. The cover artwork was created by Sperber Illustrationen. www.facebook.com/antiq.label
On September 13, 2024 EAL Productions will release “Death Is Absent”, the fifth full length from Finnish Black Metallers AETHYRICK. A full album stream is already available at this location now. More info you will find at www.aethyrick.com
Berlin, Germany based Thrashers DEIMOS’ DAWN, featuring frontman Marc Grewe, have just released a lyric video for ‘Rise Of The Mutilated’ over here. On October 26, 2024 the band will release a 5-track vinyl EP entitled “God Of Pain”, which will feature the following tracks: ‘God Of Pain’, ‘Lamps To The Slaughter’, ‘Rise Of The Mutilated’, ‘One Million Bullets’ and ‘Resistance’ (MORGOTH cover). The EP will only be available directly from the band. All five songs will also be available on the usual digital streaming platforms the day before. www.facebook.com/deimosdawn
“Exhaust”, the fifth album from Brooklyn, New York based technical Death Metallers PYRRHON, has just been released via Willowtip Records on CD, cassette tape, vinyl LP and digitally. It was recorded with producer Colin Marston in December 2023 at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves studios in Queens, shortly before the studio closed. You can stream the album in its entirety at this location. More about PYRRHON at www.facebook.com/pyrrhonband
Romanian Death Metallers SADDAYAH have just released a new single entitled ‘The Sun, You’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming EP “Lila”, which will be released via Loud Rage Music. www.saddayah.com
Glasgow, Scotland based brutal Death Metal quartet INIQUITOUS SAVAGERY will release their sophomore full length “Edifice Of Vicissitudes” via Willowtip on November 22, 2024 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. A video for ‘Casuality Of Diabolical Trial’, the album’s first single and opening track, is already available at this location. The complete “Edifice Of Vicissitudes” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Casualty Of Diabolical Trial’, ‘Synaptic Cull’, ‘Choked Before First Breath’, ‘Omnipotence Negates Self-Affliction’, ‘Narcotic Exsanguination’, ‘Lifeblood’, ‘Drenched In Righteous Offal’ and ‘Bio-Digital Convergence In The Fourth Industrial Age’. The cover artwork was created by Giannis Nakos of Remedy Art Design. www.facebook.com/iniquitoussavagery
Sweden’s melodic Death Metal trio AGAINST I is now streaming their newest single ‘Bound In Blood’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming full-length “Songs For The Dying”, which will be released on November 29, 2024. www.facebook.com/againstIband
French Doom / Deathers ATARAXIE have just premiered a video for ‘Vomisseurs De Vide’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming fifth full-length “Le Déclin”, which will be released on October 25, 2024 via Ardua Music, in co-operation with Weird Truth Productions, on CD, double vinyl LP, cassette tape and digitally. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Le Déclin’, ‘Vomisseurs De Vide’, ‘Glory Of Ignominy’ and ‘The Collapse’. www.facebook.com/ataraxiedoom
Swedish / Finnish blackened Speed Metal quintet OBNOXIOUS YOUTH will release their third album “Burning Savage” on October 18, 2024 via Svart Records on black, transparent red and limited yellow / red / black marble vinyl, as well as on CD. You can already watch a video for ‘Ethereal Termination’ over here. More about OBNOXIOUS YOUTH at www.facebook.com/obnoxiousyouth
American Death Metallers MASSACRE will release their fifth full length “Necrolution” on November 08, 2024 via Agonia Records on jewel case and slipcase CD, cassette tape and colored vinyl LP. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Fear Of The Unknown’, ‘Xenophobia (Prologue)’, ‘Ritual Of The Abyss’, ‘Ensnarers Within’, ‘Death May Die’, ‘Chasm (Prologue)’, ‘The Colour Out Of Space’, ‘In The Lair Of Legacy Leeches’, ‘The Things That Were And Shall Be Again’, ‘Xothic (Prologue)’, ‘Dead-Life: ReAnimator’, ‘Shriek Of The Castle Freak’, ‘Curse Of The Resonator’, ‘Horrors Of Hidden Truth’, ‘Shroud Of Shadows’ and ‘Ad Infinitum: The Final Hour’. A lyric video for the album’s first single ‘The Colour Out Of Space’ can already be watched at this location. “Necrolution” was recorded at DOA studios, Full S Studios and Gojiden Studio in Florida, USA and mixed and mastered by Jonny Pettersson at Studio Unbound in Sweden. The cover artwork was created by Timbul Cahyono of Bvllmetalart. The recording line-up consisted of Kam Lee (vocals), Mike Borders (bass), Rogga Johansson (guitars), Jonny Pettersson (guitars) and Jon Rudin (drums). The band features a separate session line-up for live performances, which consists of Carlos Gonzalez on guitars, Elden Santos on drums and Tim Wilson on bass. www.facebook.com/massacrebandusa
On October 25, 2024 a MOTÖRHEAD single collection will be released. It will be entitled “We Take No Prisoners – The Singles 1995 – 2006″ and features the band’s single A and B sides from that period. The collection will be available as a deluxe 7″ boxset (featuring nine 7″ singles), double CD and digitally. The track ‘Shut Your Mouth (Single Edit)’ is available digital for the first time. The following tracks will be featured: ‘Sacrifice’, ‘Order / Fade To Black’, ‘Over Your Shoulder (Live)’, ‘I Don’t Believe A Word (Single Edit)’, ‘Overnight Sensation (Live)’, ‘Love For Sale’, ‘Take The Blame’, ‘God Save The Queen’, ‘One More Fucking Time’, ‘Shut Your Mouth (Single Edit)’, ‘See Me Burning’, ‘Whorehouse Blues’, ‘Killers’, ‘God Was Never On Your Side’, ‘Trigger’, ‘R.A.M.O.N.E.S.’, ‘Devil I Know’, ‘R.A.M.O.N.E.S. (Live)’, ”Inferno’ Interview’ and ”Inferno’ Interview – Bel Age Hotel, California, April 2004 (w/ Mikkey Dee and Lemmy)’. www.imotorhead.com
“Agony’s Bespoke”, the new album from Seattle’s progressive blackened Death Metal four-piece BLIGHTED EYE, is now streaming in its entirety over here. It will be released via Beyond The Top Records on digipak CD, limited edition vinyl LP and digital formats on September 20, 2024. The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Alex Sedin and the cover artwork was created by Caelan Stokkermans. www.facebook.com/blightedeye
Finnish Death Metallers PESTILENT SCARS have just released the single ‘In Search Of Reason’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming debut full length “Meadows Of Misfortune”, which will be released on January 17, 2025 via Inverse Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Into The Meadows’, ‘Internal Torment’, ‘Golden Maiden’, ‘Deceitful Phoenix’, ‘Unreality’, ‘A Reaching Hand’, ‘Democide’, ‘All On My Own’, ‘In Search Of Reason’ and ‘False Messiah’. The cover artwork was created by Topi Ilmola. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564947165481
Finnish melodic Death Metallers DIMMAN have just released a video for ‘Infinitum’ over here. The track will be featured on their upcoming sophomore full length “Consciousness”, which will be released on February 28, 2025 via Inverse Records. Here’s the complete tracklist already: ‘Remission’, ‘The First Daylight’, ‘Cease The Vengeance’, ‘The Acrimony’, ‘Infinitum’, ‘Life Bereaved Him’, ‘Regretful’, ‘Amass Them’ and ‘Consciousness’. The cover artwork was supplied by Elias Halkola. More about DIMMAN at www.facebook.com/dimman
Los Angeles, California based one-man melodic Death / Black Metal act THE MOSAIC WINDOW will release its upcoming sophomore full length “Hemasanctum” on November 15, 2024 via Willowtip Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Incantation To Summon The Unstable’, ‘The Pounding Of Hooves’, ‘Black Bethlehem’, ‘Turibulum’, ‘Ash Like Anvils’, ‘Night Disease’, ‘Shrouded In Pain’ and ‘Hymn To Silence The Light’. The entire material was written and recorded between October 2023 and February 2024 and mixed by Damian Herring in the Summer of 2024. You can already watch a video for the first single ‘The Pounding Of Hooves’ at this location. “Hemasanctum” is the first MOSAIC WINDOW album that features a real drummer: Gabe Seeber of ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, VALE OF PNATH, OBSCURA (live), DECREPIT BIRTH (live), CARACH ANGREN (live) and many more. Two guest solos have been contributed by guitarist Andy LaRocque (KING DIAMOND). www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094717845304
On October 25, 2024 Adirondack Black Mass will release the fourth full length of Philadelphia based blackened Death Metallers BLASPHEMOUS, “To Lay Siege And Conquer”, on CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘To Lay Siege And Conquer’, ‘Son Of The Forsaken’, ‘Martyr Complex’, ‘Spiritual Enslavement’, ‘Dead And Still’, ‘Curse Of The Witchchrist’ and ‘Neverborn’. You can already check out ‘Son Of The Forsaken’ at this location. More BLASPHEMOUS information you will find at www.facebook.com/blasphemousmetal
On September 27, 2024 Polish Death / Thrashers VOMITVSANCTVS will release their debut full length “Secretion Of Contempt” digitally and on CD through Via Nocturna. It was recorded by the band and mixed and mastered by guitarist Preacher. The cover artwork was created by vocalist Reverend. The following tracks will be featured on the album: ‘Voices’, ‘Plaga’, ‘Reverend’, ‘Pestilence’, ‘redruM’, ‘Cathoslut’, ‘Zgnilizna’ and ‘Secretion Of Contempt’. You can already watch videos for the two singles ‘Secretion Of Contempt’ and ‘Zgnilizna’ here and here. More VOMITVSANCTVS info you will find at www.facebook.com/vomitvsanctvspl666
Fargo, North Dakota based Death Metallers MAUL have just released another song from their upcoming new album “In The Jaws Of Bereavement”. You can check out ‘Spontaneous Stigmata’ at this location. “In The Jaws Of Bereavement” will be released on October 04, 2024 via 20 Buck Spin on vinyl LP, CD, cassette tape and digital formats. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Adam Tucker at Signaturetone Recordings in Minneapolis and the cover artwork was supplied by Wyrmwalk. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘In The Jaws Of Bereavement’, ‘Blood Quantum’, ‘Weaving Cerebral Horrors’, ‘Spontaneous Stigmata’, ‘An Alluring Deceit’, ‘Midwest Death’, ‘Unbridled Delusions’, ‘Stuck Stomped And Smeared’, ‘With Each Voracious Lick’ and ‘Drawn To Drowning’. www.facebook.com/maulnd
French Black Metallers DIABLATION have just revealed the track ‘Eternel’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s third and final album “Irrévérence”, which will be released on September 27, 2024 via Osmose Productions. The following tracks will be featured on “Irrévérence”: ‘144000’, ‘Eternel’, ‘Purification’, ‘Par La Haine’, ‘Chrysanthèmes Au Nouveau Monde’, ‘Ad Universum’ and ‘Le Dernier Roi’. www.facebook.com/diablation
Birmingham, UK based blackened Death Metallers DEATHFIEND have just released a lyric video for ‘Relive The Torment’, featuring Mark “Barney” Greenway from NAPALM DEATH, at this location. The song will be included in the band’s upcoming new EP “Dark Rising“, which will be released on September 20, 2024 via Gruesome Records on digipak CD and cassette tape. The material was recorded by A. Pisu and mixed and mastered by Carlo Altobelli at Toxic Basement Studio in Italy. The artwork was created by Belial Necroarts. Here’s the complete “Dark Rising“ tracklist: ‘Plague Race’, ‘Outliers’, ‘Earth Defiled’, ‘Dark Rising’, ‘Age Of Mistrust’, ‘Relive The Torment’, ‘Watch Them Crawl’, ‘Forget Mankind Desecration Ritual’ and ‘Embrace The Flame’. DEATHFIEND was formed in 2019 by John Pickering, founding member of Crust legends DOOM, SORE THROAT, CAIN, RAINBOW GRAVE and POLICE BASTARD, along with drummer Andrea Pisu and Rick Farn on bass guitar. www.facebook.com/deathfiend1
Polish experimental Black Metal five-piece THAW will release their new album “Fading Backwards” on October 25, 2024 via Agonia Records on digipak CD, colored vinyl LP, cassette tape and digitally, accompanied by a tour of Poland. The song ‘The Great Devourer’ can already be streamed over here. The album was recorded at Monochrom Studio (BEHEMOTH, ENTROPIA) and mixed and mastered by Haldor Grunberg and Krzysztof Kurek at Satanic Audio (PESTILENCE, AZARATH, BEHEMOTH). The cover artwork was created by Artur Masternak. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘The Great Devourer’, ‘A Place Where Repetition Dwells’, ‘Wartenberg Wheel’, ‘In The Laughter And The Stride’, ‘Dissociate Me / Spreader Bar’ and ‘Moral Justification Of Selfishness’. www.facebook.com/thawnoise
U.S. Black’n’Rollers VALLETTA have just released ‘On The Run’, the second single from their forthcoming debut full-length “Summer”, at this location. The album was recorded and mixed by Al Jacob at Warrior Sound in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and mastered by Matt Tuttle at IAS Studios, in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The cover artwork was created by Will Goodyear. “The album “Summer” will be released on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats on October 04, 2024 via Forcefield Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Kissing Angels’, ‘Serpents Of Solomon’, ‘Saint’, ‘Diving Into The Deep’, ‘Criminal’, ‘Soot & Ash’, ‘Ill Blood’, ‘In Ecstasy’, ‘On The Run’, ‘Bringing The Worst’, ‘Come Alive’ and ‘Almighty Hate’. The vinyl version contains five instrumental synthesizer bonus tracks that serve as interludes. www.facebook.com/vallettanc
Finnish melodic Death Metallers CROWEN will release their new EP “Where The Darkness Falls” this autumn via Inverse Records. A video for ‘Dark Forever’ can already be checked out over here. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/crowenofficial
Finnish old school Death / Thrashers JEWEL THRONE will release their debut full length “Blood Vultures” on October 18, 2024 via Inverse Records. A lyric video for the album’s second single ‘The Graveyard Of Dreams’ can already be watched at this location. The full “Blood Vultures” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Blood Vultures’, ‘Cosmic Titan Engines’, ‘Psychotoxic Assault’, ‘The Graveyard Of Dreams’, ‘Megaton Headshot’, ‘Instant Apocalypse’, ‘The Extinction Level Express’, ‘Hate Overdrive’, ‘Mental Self-Mutilation’, ‘Hammer Down The Last Nail’, ‘Suffer The Fools’ and ‘The Overlord’. www.facebook.com/jewelthronefinland
On October 25, 2024 Osmose Productions will release “On Fowl Of Tyrant Wing”, the third full length from Belgian Speed Metallers BÜTCHER, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘A Divine Wind’, ‘Speed Metal Samurai’, ‘Blessed By The Blade’, ‘Koraktor’s Iron Rule’, ‘Keep The Steele (Flamin’ Hot)’, ‘A Sacrifice To Satan’s Spawn’, ‘A Gypsy’s Tale (Of Sex And Seance)’ and ‘An Ending In Fyre’. The cover artwork was created by Kris Verwimp. www.facebook.com/butcherspeedmetal
Dutch epic Black / Death Metallers SLECHTVALK will release their sixth full-length “At Death’s Gate” on October 31, 2024 via MDD Records. The successor to their 2016 album “Where Wandering Shadows and Mists Collide” will feature nine tracks. For more band information and regular updates check out www.facebook.com/slechtvalk.metal
Czech / American all female brutal Death Metallers EMASCULATOR have just premiered a video for ‘Eradication Of The Asuras’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut EP “The Disfigured And The Divine”, which will be released via New Standard Elite on physical formats on September 25, 2024. It will also be available on streaming platforms on October 25, 2024. “The Disfigured And The Divine” was mixed and mastered by Josh Welshman. The guitar and bass were recorded by L.B. at Divine Retribution Studios, the vocals by Tonda Smrčka at Seabeast Production and the drums by Taylor Hahn at Hahn Audio. www.facebook.com/emasculator
German Black Metallers SERVANT have just reveald the track ‘Magick’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full length “Death Devil Magick”, which will be released on September 20, 2024 via AOP Records. The album was written, recorded, mixed and mastered between October 2024 and May 2024. A previously revealed video for the album track ‘Temple’ can still be watched at this location and the also previously revealed ‘Litany’ is still available over here. More SERVANT info you will find at www.facebook.com/servantmagick
German Black Metallers ZWIELICHT have just released a video for ‘Twilight Temple’ at this location. The track appears on the band’s sophomore full length “The Aphotic Embrace”, which was released earlier this year via Ván Records. A vinyl repress of the album will be out this fall. www.facebook.com/zwielichtbm
Polish Black Metallers MARDOM have just premiered the track ‘Spojrzenie’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Dead Soul Age”, which will be out on October 04, 2024 via Personal Records. The previously revealed ‘If Hate Now Reigned’ can still be streamed at this location. For more MARDOM information please visit www.facebook.com/mardomband
“Melted And Decomposed”, the sophomore full length from Spanish Death Metallers SANCTUARIUM, can be streamed in its entirety at this location now. It will be released today via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (vinyl LP version), in co-operation with BlackSeed Productions (CD version). https://sanctuarium.bandcamp.com
Finnish Black Metallers NOITASAPATTI will release their sophomore full length “Sankarin Matka” on November 29, 2024 via Inverse Records. A lyric video for the first single ‘Paluu Liekkeihin’ is already available over here. The complete “Sankarin Matka” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Tulikipuna’, ‘Tuhatkasvoinen’, ‘Sankarin Matka’, ‘Paluu Liekkeihin’, ‘Käskyläisen Sanat’, ‘Henkien Polulla’, ‘Matka Halki Myrskyjen’ and ‘Tähtivaeltaja’. The cover artwork was created by Mika Huumonen. www.facebook.com/noitasapattiofficial
Slovenia based symphonic Black Metallers MARAX have just self-released their second full-length album “The Shrine” on CD and digitally. You can check out a video for the song ‘Trinity From The Shrine’ at this location. A full album stream you will find over here. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/maraxofficialslo