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On May 31, 2021 Purity Through Fire will release “Shiva”, the sixth album from Finnish Black Metallers GOATS OF DOOM, on CD, A5 digipak and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later. The album track ‘Armon Varjot’ can already be streamed over here. The complete “Shiva” tracklist reads as follows: ‘ἀπōκάλυ’, ‘Uljas Uusi Maailma’, ‘Luomiskertomus’, ‘Armon Varjot’, ‘Korjuu’, ‘Rotat’ and ‘Shiva’. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/scaregod
On May 06, 2021 Caligari Records will release “Čornaje Połymia”, the debut demo from Belarus based Black Metallers ZMIARCVIELY on cassette tape format. It will feature the simple titled tracks ‘I’, ‘II’, ‘III’ and (you guessed it already) ‘IV’. You can check out ‘IIII’ at this location. For more info and ordering details please visit www.caligarirecords.com or www.facebook.com/caligarirecords
IMPALED NAZARENE will release their thirteenth album “Eight Headed Serpent” on May 28, 2021 via Osmose Productions on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It was recorded and mixed at Revolver studio in Finland by Asko Ahonen, mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox studio and the cover artwork was created by Ritual from Nucleart Design. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Goat Of Mendes’, ‘Eight Headed Serpent’, ‘Shock And Awe’, ‘The Nonconformists’, ‘Octagon Order’, ‘Metastasizing And Changing Threat’, ‘Debauchery And Decay’, ‘Human Cesspool’, ‘Apocalypse Pervertor’, ‘Triumphant Return Of The Antichrist’, ‘Unholy Necromancy’, ‘Mutilation Of The Nazarene Whore’ and ‘Foucault Pendulum’. The limited digipak edition also contains re-recorded versions of the band’s two old live classics ‘Penis Et Circe’s’ and ‘The Horny And The Horned’. You can already stream the album opener ‘Goat Of Mendes’ over here. More about IMPALED NAZARENE at www.facebook.com/impalednazareneofficial
“Ruled By The Cruel”, the second full length album from Canadian crossover Thrashers SOLANUM, will be released via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on May 14, 2021 on CD and digital formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Cold Career’, ‘In Contempt’, ‘Friendly Civil Servant’, ‘Standard Malpractice’, ‘Under The Boot’, ‘Manipulated’, ‘Reckless Obsession’, ‘Homemade Hell’ and ‘They Live’. You can already listen to the track ‘Standard Malpractice’ at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/solanum.crossover
A full album stream of “Severed Within”, the sophomore album from Canadian Death Metallers INTONATE, is available over here now. It will be released on April 16, 2021 via Willowtip Records on CD, vinyl and digital formats. For all further INTONATE info check out www.facebook.com/intonateofficial
French Pagan Black Metallers HANTERNOZ have just premiered the track ‘Bateliers De Loire’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming third album “Au Fleuve De Loire”, which will be released on May 03, 2021 via Antiq. The previously revealed album tracks ‘Vieille Nasse Crevée’ and ‘A Cul De Grève’ can still be streamed here and here. More HANTERNOZ at www.facebook.com/hanternoz-pagan-de-bretagne-144124245602843
On May 21, 2021 Hells Headbangers will release “Psicomoro”, a new four-song EP from Chile’s Black / Deathers PERVERSOR, on CD format. The 12″ vinyl version will follow later this October. The following tracks appear on it: ‘Cocaina’, ‘Anzu’, ‘Negros Protocolos’ and ‘Anguis Caecus’. The material was originally released digitally in September 2020. For all further band info please visit www.facebook.com/perversorcultofdestruction
ATAUL, Doom / Death Metal three-piece from the Philippines, will release their new album “The Infinite Void” in May 2021 via Dark Blasphemies Records. Their debut full length “Dawn Of Cataclsym” will be included as a bonus CD. For regular updates please follow the band at www.facebook.com/ataulph
Progressive melodic Death Metallers MOTHER OF ALL will release their debut album “Age Of The Solipsist” via Black Lion Records on June 11, 2021. The band features bassplayer Steve Di Giorgio (TESTAMENT, SADUS, ex – DEATH), Danish guitarist Frederik Jensen and vocalist / drummer Martin Haumann, who has previously performed as the drummer of MYRKUR, AFSKY and others. The album was mixed by Hannes Grossmann (ex – NECROPHAGIST, ex – OBSCURA, ALKALOID) at Mordor Sounds and the artwork was created by Travis Smith (OPETH, NEVERMORE, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, KING DIAMOND). The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Autumn’, ‘We Don’t Agree’, ‘Curators Of Our World Scope’, ‘Age of the Solipsist’, ‘At The Edge Of A Dream’, ‘Blood Still Owed’ and ‘Feel The Pain’. A lyric video for the album opener can already be watched over here. A playthrough video for ‘We Don’t Agree’ is additionally available at this location. Steve Di Giorgio commented on ‘We Don’t Agree’ as follows: “This one was tricky and a bit complex, yet flowed in a good way. It’s brutal yet no loss of the melodic soul, which keeps it musical. Felt aggressive in nature but has a catchy rhythmic bounce that kept me focused in the low-end realm nicely. Some nice chops going on in this one too, but it’s short ‘n sweet, which gives it a slight hardcore edge too. Really fun to participate in a trio format. I think the honesty of the organic instruments comes thru more… I think you’ll agree!” More MOTHER OF ALL info you will find at www.facebook.com/motherofallofficial
A full album stream of “In Absence”, the debut full length from Kitchener, Ontario based progressive Death / Thrashers CATHARTIC DEMISE, is available over here now. For all additional band information please check out www.facebook.com/catharticdemise
“Heimkehr”, the seventh full-length of Germany’s Pagan Black / Death Metallers MINAS MORGUL, will be released via Trollzorn on April 23, 2021. A lyric video for the track ‘Weltenfall’ is already available at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Prolog: Sturm Aus Ost’, ‘Heimkehr’, ‘Niedergang’, ‘Stein Um Stein’, ‘Teufel’, ‘Weltenfall’, ‘Totenschiff’, ‘V. F.’, ‘Dein Erwachen’ and ‘Epilog: Tiefe Narben’. More MINAS MORGUL info you will find at www.facebook.com/minasmorgul
Italian Metal Punks BUNKER 66 have just premiered another track from their upcoming fourth album “Beyond The Help Of Prayers”. You can check out ‘The Rite Of The Goat’ at this location. The previously revealed album tracks ‘The Blackest Of Omens’ and ‘To The Gates Of Death / Lair Of The Profaner’ can still be streamed here and here. “Beyond The Help Of Prayers” will be released on April 30, 2021 via Dying Victims Productions. More BUNKER 66 info you will find at www.facebook.com/bunker66
On June 30, 2021 Signal Rex will release the third album from Portuguese Black Metallers RUACH RAAH, “Misanthropic Wolfgang”, on vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Ceremonial Flagellation’, ‘Bones Return To Soil’, ‘Luciferian Legions’, ‘Misanthropic Wolfgang’, ‘Filthy Spirit Underground’, ‘Scythe Of Human Generis’, ‘Skulls Cracked’, ‘Inhale The Smokes Ov Hate’ and ‘Satan My Master’. The album opener is already available for streaming at this location. For all further band information please visit www.facebook.com/ruach-raah-776783862403149
Italy’s Death Metal three-piece SEPOLCRO has inked a deal with Everlasting Spew Records. The band’s debut full length will be released later this year. Until then you can check out their previous releases at this location. More about SEPOLCRO at www.facebook.com/sepolcrodeathmetal
Canadian Death Metallers DISEMBODIMENT will release their debut EP “Mutated Chaos” on cassette tape format via Caligari Records on May 06, 2021 (the CD and digital editions will be released via Everlasting Spew Records). The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Ceaseless Discharge’, ‘Transcendent Upheaval Of Unholy Graves’, ‘Mephitic Gunk Of Putrified Limbs’, ‘Sickening Abominations Terrorizing At Night’ and ‘Below The Mind Of Morbidity’. You can already stream ‘Mephitic Gunk Of Putrified Limbs’ over here. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/disembodimentdeath
Swedish Thrashers INSANE have just premiered the track ‘At Dawn They Die’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s upcoming second album “Victims”, which will be released on April 30, 2021 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album tracks ‘The Sword’ and ‘Sinister Night’ can still be checked out here and here. For more info please visit www.facebook.com/insanesweden
Massachusetts based Death / Thrashers LED TO THE GRAVE have been signed by Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. The band’s new EP “Pray For Death” will be released on May 07, 2021 on CD, cassette and digital formats. You can already listen to the EP track ‘No Salvation’ over here. All additional LED TO THE GRAVE information you will find at www.facebook.com/ledtothegrave
On June 04, 2021 Spread Evil Productions will release “I-III”, the debut album from Finnish Black Metallers T.O.M.E., a mysterious entity whose membership is rumored to include veterans of the Finnish Metal underground. You can check out the album track “I” here. The album is the first in a continuance of albums featuring three songs, with “IV-VI” to follow, then “VII-IX” etc. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/spreadevilproductions
Xtreem Music has just re-released NECROPHAGIA‘s “Ready For Death” on CD, LP (limited to 500 copies, 100 splatter, 200 black) and cassette (50 copies). The material was recorded 35 years ago and originally supposed to be the band’s first album, but it was censored and rejected. In 1990 a vinyl only bootleg edition came out and in 2000 the songs were featured on a compilation CD. This is this first official release now, which comes with the original cover (and alternative inside), original tracklist, along with notes, lyrics, photos and old artwork. A full album stream is available at this location. For ordering details please visit www.xtreemmusic.com. For all further NECROPHAGIA info check out www.facebook.com/necrophagiaofficial
Sliedrecht, the Netherlands based brutal old school Death Metal five-piece SEPIROTH will release their third full length “Condemned To Suffer” via Petrichor in June 2021. It was mixed and mastered by Mendel bij de Leij and the artwork was created by Roberto Toderico (ASPHYX, SOULBURN, SINISTER, VOMITORY). You can already check out a first lyric video for ‘Embedded Defects’ over here. The band’s line-up features members of SEVERE TORTURE, TOXOCARA and SICK OF STUPIDITY. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/sepirothnl
Indonesian Death Metallers DETRITIVOR have just released a guitar playthrough video for ‘Morbid Sanity’ at this location. The track appears on the band’s debut album “Scattered Remnants”, which was recently released via Brutal Mind. All additional DETRITIVOR info is available at www.facebook.com/detritivordeath
Reanimated Belgian Doom / Deathers GATEWAY have just premiered the title track of their upcoming comeback EP “Flesh Reborn”over here. It will be released on May 07, 2021 via Chaos Records. The previously revealed ‘Slumbering Crevasses’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete “Flesh Reborn” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Hel’, ‘Slumbering Crevasses’, ‘Rack Crawler’ and ‘Flesh Reborn’. More about GATEWAY at www.facebook.com/gatewaydeathdoom
“Eternal Flame”, the third album from Portuguese Black Metallers ARMNATT, will be released via Signal Rex on May 28, 2021 on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Ancient Path’, ‘Darkness Embrace’, ‘All In Ruins’, ‘Black Moon’, ‘Magestic Shadows’, ‘Dark Moon Rising’, ‘Eternal Flame’, ‘Immortal Might’, ‘Hordeland’ and ‘What Once Was’. You can already stream ‘Darkness Embrace’ at this location. More ARMNATT info you will find at www.facebook.com/armnatt
On June 04, 2021 Spread Evil Productions will release the self-titled debut album from Finnish blackened Progressive Metallers CRIMSON DIMENSION. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Crimson Dimension’, ‘Black Mass’, ‘Age Of Awakening’ and ‘Valon Hylkäämä’. The album opener can already be checked out over here. For all further band info please visit www.facebook.com/crimsondimensionofficial
German Black / Speed Metal Punks LUCIFUGE have just premiered the track ‘Black Light Of The Evening Star’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming fourth album “Infernal Power”, which will be released on April 30, 2021 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album tracks ‘Leviathan Arise’ and ‘Infernal Power’ can still be streamed here and here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Infernal Power’, ‘Leviathan Arise’, ‘Black Batallions’, ‘Temples Of Madness’, ‘Heresy Shall Remain’, ‘Beneath The Eyes Of The Black’, ‘Black Light Of The Evening Star’, ‘The Doors Of Hell May Shake’, ‘Good As It Is (GISM cover) and ‘Midnight Sun’. More about LUCIFUGE at www.facebook.com/lucifugeblackmetal
On May 28, 2021 Werewolf Records will release the self-titled debut full length from Finnish Black Metallers VRITRAHN-WERWOLF on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘End Of The Ages’, ‘Silver Aurora’, ‘Lord Of All Evil’, ‘…To Perish In The Silence’, ‘Death Torments’, ‘Blasphemous Metal’, ‘Sacrament’, ‘Crucifucked (S.S.)’ and ‘Starlight Throne Of The Eclipse’. You can already stream ‘End Of The Ages’ and ‘Death Torments’ at the label’s Bandcamp site: https://vritrahn-werwolfvritrahn-werwolf.bandcamp.com.
Perth, Australia based Black Metallers SEANCE OF will release their debut album “The Colour Of Magick” on CD and vinyl LP formats via Signal Rex on June 21, 2021. It was mastered by MOONSORROW’s Henri Sorvali at Trollhouse Studio. The track ‘4’ is already available at this location. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/signalrec
Russian Black Metallers PASSÉISME will release their debut full length “Eminence” on June 11, 2021 via Antiq on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. A teaser for the album can already be checked out here. The full “Eminence” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Chant For Tribulation’, ‘Chant For Harvest’, ‘Chant For Austerity’, ‘Chant For Insolence’, ‘Chant For Parade’, ‘Chant For Splendour’ and ‘Chant For Enlightenment’. More PASSÉISME info you will find at www.facebook.com/passeismebm
Swedish Black Metallers ÅSKOG have just released an animated lyric video for their new single ‘Tid’. You can check it out right here. The band’s debut full-length “Varþnaþer” will be out on May 12, 2021 via Grind To Death Records (CD) and Leviaphonic Records (digital). A vinyl and cassette release will follow on June 25, 2021 via Corrupted Flesh Records. ‘Vinter’, the first single of the album, was released last month at this location. For all additional information visit ÅSKOG at www.facebook.com/askog666
Greek blackened Death / Thrasher KARMA VIOLENS have just self-released their newest album “Mount Of The Congregation” digitally. It was recorded at Symbolic Π Studios and produced and mixed by Costas Papadopoulos. The mastering was done at Hertz Studios and the artwork was created by Remedy Art Design (EVERGREY, SUFFOCATION, OCEANS OF SLUMBER). A full album stream is available here. All further KARMA VIOLENS info you will find at www.facebook.com/karmaviolens
Denver, Colorado based blackened Death Metal quartet NOCTAMBULIST has signed to Willowtip Records and will release their sophomore album “The Barren Form” on July 02, 2021 on CD, vinyl, cassette and digital formats. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Juggernaut Audio in Denver Colorado in Summer 2020. The album’s first single ‘Depletion’ is already streaming at this location. Here’s the complete “The Barren Form” tracklist: ‘Exordium’, ‘Depletion’, ‘Infinitesimal’, ‘Engulfed’, ‘Contrivance’ and ‘Dissolution’. More about NOCTAMBULIST at www.facebook.com/noctambulist303
‘Radioactive Madness’ and ‘Slaughterchild’, two new tracks from Swedish Grinders BIRDFLESH, are now available for streaming at this location. They will appear on the band’s upcoming new 13 track EP “All The Miseries”, which will be released via Everlasting Spew Records on May 26, 2021 (American distribution will be handled by Haunted Hotel Records). The EP will also feature 11 additional live bonus tracks. You can follow BIRDFLESH at www.facebook.com/birdfleshgrind
Austin, Texas based Death Metallers CATHEXIS will release their debut full length “Untethered Abyss” on June 25, 2021 on CD, vinyl and digital formats via Willowtip Records. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Horizonless Realm Of Mechanical Retribution’, ‘Given To The Colony’, ‘Harrowing Manifestation’, ‘Red Hook’, ‘Library Of Babel’, ‘Mortuus In Perpetuum’, ‘Isolated Malevolence’ and ‘Reanimated Kin’. The album’s first single ‘Mortuus In Perpetuum’ is already streaming over here. All additional CATHEXIS information is available at www.facebook.com/cathexistexas
California based Doom / Deathers CIVEROUS have been signed by Everlasting Spew Records. More news about their debut album will follow later this year. You can already check out some of their previous releases at https://civerous.bandcamp.com
Singapore based Death Metal newcomers ADARRAK have just released a video for ‘Bereft’, the first single from their forthcoming debut album “Ex Oriente Lux”, at this location. Ex – MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman contributed a guest guitar solo to the song. The album will be released on May 27, 2021 via Satanath Records (physical) and Blood Blast Distribution (digital). It was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studios and features the following songs: ‘Final Ethos Demise’, ‘Into The Abyss’, ‘Mettle’, ‘Bereft’, ‘Withering’, ‘Through The Fabric Of Time’, ‘Beneath The Vault Of The World’ and ‘Fire Will Cleanse’ (Instrumental). Teaser videos for the songs ‘Mettle’ and ‘Withering’ are available here and here. For more ADARRAK info check out www.facebook.com/adarrakband
SciFi Death Metallers UNIVERSALLY ESTRANGED have just premiered ‘Despoiling Souls Of Flesh Across The Galaxy’ over here. The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s upcoming debut full length “Reared Up In Spectral Predation”, which will be released on April 30, 2021 via Blood Harvest Records. The previously revealed ‘Teeming With That Of Unknown Origin’ can still be streamed at this location. The full tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Despoiling Souls Of Flesh Across The Galaxy’, ‘The Visitor’, ‘A Thing, Oozing In’, ‘Sentient Meatsack’, ‘Teeming With That Of Unknown Origin’, ‘Internecine Psychic Bloodletting’, ‘Reared Up In Spectral Predation’, ‘Interlude’ and ‘Blistered Under The Blue Illusion’. More UNIVERSALLY ESTRANGED at https://universallyestranged.bandcamp.com
On May 14, 2021 Hells Headbangers will release “Nightmare Necropolis”, the second album from Finnish Death Metallers CADAVERIC INCUBATOR, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The track ‘Sickly Obsessed’ can already be checked out here. The following tracks will appear on “Nightmare Necropolis”: ‘World Necrosis’, ‘Blood Lust’, ‘Necropolis’, ‘Sarcophagidae’, ‘Sickly Obsessed’, ‘Through The Flesh’, ‘Frenzied Hatred’ and ‘Coffin Defiler’. Eric Cutler of AUTOPSY contributed a guest solo on ‘Frenzied Hatred’. For all additional CADAVERIC INCUBATOR info please visit www.facebook.com/cadaveric-incubator-1537299173162374
“Apogée.Ivresse.Agonie”, the seventh full length from French Black Metal duo AUTARCIE, will be released on April 30, 2021 via Purity Through Fire on CD, A5 digipak, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Prélude’, ‘Nation’, ‘France Profonde’, ‘Regnum Francorum’, ‘Le Bardit Des Hardis’, ‘Gladio Vivere, Gladio Morietur’, ‘Apogée.Ivresse.Agonie’ and ‘Postlude’. A special album trailer can be watched over here. More info at www.purity-through-fire.com
Irish melodic Black / Deathers FOR RUIN have just released a 4-track digital-only EP entitled “Relapse” today. It is available on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp and all other common streaming platforms. The tracklist of the EP reads as follows: ‘Devout’, ‘Only The Dead’, ‘In Vain’ and ‘Bastion’. ‘In Vain’, the first single from the EP, was already released on March 17, 2021. The artwork comes from Ken Coleman (MORBID ANGEL, THE CRANBERRIES etc). Lyric videos for the single and all EP tracks can be found at the band’s YouTube channel. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/forruin
“The Final Revelation Of Abaddon”, the debut album of Italy’s ancient Death Metallers RIEXHUMATION, will be released via Lavadome Productions on May 28, 2021 on CD, cassette and digitally. The cover artwork was created by Roberto Toderico. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Intro’, ‘Inbreeding A Final Form In The Flesh’, ‘Take The Throne Of Enlil’, ‘Conflagration Mantra’, ‘Manifestation Of The Horned-Head Presence’, ‘Ascension XIV’, ‘The Vectorcvlt’, ‘Embrace Nihility’ and ‘Triumph Of Perfect Darkness’. You can already check out the album track ‘The Vectorcvlt’ at this location. All further RIEXHUMATION information you will find at www.facebook.com/riexhumation
Matti Riekki’s book, “North From Here – The Sentenced Story”, will be released in English via Svart Records in July 2021 in a gold foil-stamped hardback edition, just as the Finnish language first edition. Matti Riekki is a music journalist specialising in Heavy Rock, known as the host of the late national radio show Metalliliitto and the longstanding Editor-in-Chief of Finnish Heavy Metal magazine Inferno. Pre-order details and more info is available at www.svartrecords.com
Canadian Death Metal trio OBVURT has just released their debut EP “The Beginning” via Brutal Mind. A guitar playthrough video for the song ‘Scars Of War’ demonstrates the accomplished playing of guitarist / vocalist Philippe Drouin, who was forced to learn to play left-handed after an accident in 2016 left him unable to continue picking with his right. You can check out the video at this location. OBVURT consists of Philippe Drouin (ex – UNBREAKABLE HATRED, ex – VITIATED), Olivier Pinard (CATTLE DECAPITATION, CRYPTOPSY) and Samuel Santiago (AGONY, ex – GOROD). In August 2020 the band recorded their first EP “The Beginning” with Christian Donaldson (CRYPTOPSY) at The Grid Productions. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Prelude Dm’, ‘Osteophyte’, ‘The First Light’, Obverted’, ‘Scars Of War’ and ‘The End’. The layout and artwork was created by Jon Zig. More about OBVURT at www.facebook.com/obvurt
On May 21, 2021 Saturnal Records will release “Death To Traitors”, the fifth album from Turkey based melodic Black Metallers SABHANKRA, on CD format. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Call To Arms’, ‘Burn Down Their Halls’, ‘Death To Traitors’, ‘Heavens Are Fake’, ‘I Came This Far For Nothing’ and ‘Awakened In The Dark’. The album opener is already available for streaming over here. More SABHANKRA info you will find at www.facebook.com/sabhankraband
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have signed Italian Punk Rock / Grind / Noisecoretrio DUKOV for the release of their new EP “Death Is Ok”, which will be out on April 30, 2021 on CD and digital formats. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘RBMK’, ‘Cockroach Boy’, ‘Body Horror’, ‘Die When You Die’ (GG ALLIN cover), ‘Dukov’, ‘Advice’, ‘Peones Of Death’, ‘Soviet Psycho’ and ‘I Had A Fucking Stagedive At My Cousin’s Bar Mitz Vah’. You can already listen to the track ‘Peones Of Death’ at this location. For all further details please visit Horror Pain Gore Death Productions at www.facebook.com/horrorpaingoredeath