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“The Perpetuated Festering”, the debut full length from Netherlands based old school Death Metallers NECROTESQUE, is available for streaming at this location now. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Rick Valcon at The Meister Geleen (DEAD END, MARTYR, SECTARIAN) and the cover artwork was created by Dedy Badic Art (ANATOMIA, DEMONICAL REVEL IN FLESH). “The Perpetuated Festering” was released digitally on January 21, 2023, the CD edition will be released on April 30, 2023 via Vidar Records. For more NECROTESQUE information please visit www.facebook.com/necrotesquedeathmetal
On April 22, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “Lions” (Demo 2023), the comeback recording of Finnish Black Metallers NIGHTSIDE, on CD format. It will feature the following tracks: There Won’t Be Another Dawn’, ‘Lions’ and ‘Gates Of Hell’. You can already check out ‘Gates Of Hell’ over here. All additional NIGHTSIDE information you will find at www.facebook.com/nightsideblackmetal
American Black Metallers LAMP OF MURMUUR are streaming their third album “Saturnian Bloodstorm” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on March 26, 2023 via Argento Records (Europe) in co-operation with Not Kvlt Records (USA). For more LAMP OF MURMUUR please visit https://lampofmurmuur.bandcamp.com
Dublin, Ireland based Black / Death / Avantgarde Metallers MOLEKH will release their debut full-length “Ritus” on March 27, 2023 via Pale Ghoul Recordings (cassette tape) and Bent Window Records (CD). It was recorded by Shauny Cads at Hellfire Studio (ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, DREAD SOVEREIGN, MALTHUSIAN), mixed by Shauny Cads at Last Light Recordings and mastered by Haldor Grunberg (AZARATH, BEHEMOTH). The cover artwork was created by Krzysztof Wronski Artwork (ROSK, THE THRONE). You will already find a full album stream at this location. More about MOLEKH at www.facebook.com/molekh.magni
Swedish old school Death Metallers IMPERISHABLE have just released a song from their upcoming debut full length “Come, Sweet Death”. You can listen to ‘Venomous’ over here. The album will be released via Hammerheart Records on June 09, 2023 on CD, LP and digital formats. For more band information check out www.facebook.com/imperishableband
German Thrashers NECRONOMICON have just released a video for ‘They Lie’ at this location. The song will be featured on their upcoming twelfth album “Constant To Death”, which will be released on April 28, 2023 via El Puerto Records. It was recorded at the band’s own headquarters and mixed and mastered by Achim Köhler. The cover artwork was created by Kattrin Peter of Kudulounge. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Constant To Death’, ‘They Lie’, ‘Redemption’, ‘Stored In Blood’, ‘The Guilty Shepherd’, ‘A Voice For The Voiceless’, ‘Black Rain’, ‘Children Cry Alone’, ‘Bloodrush’, ‘Down From Above’, ‘The Blood Runs Red’, ‘Poverty Show’ and ‘Outro’. More about NECRONOMICON at www.facebook.com/necronomiconofficial
On May 05, 2023 Eternal Death will release the debut demo of US West Coast Black Metallers MIDDEN, “Demo 2023”, on cassette tape format. You can already stream the track ‘VII’ over here. For more information and ordering details please visit www.eternal-death.com or www.facebook.com/eternaldeathusa
Turkish Thrashers THRASHFIRE have just released a lyric video for ‘Chaosbringer” at this location. The song was also released as a digital single. It is the first new song by THRASHFIRE after the release of their second album “Into The Armageddon” which was released via Xtreem Music in 2019. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/thrashbeerandviolence
Colorado Springs based Industrial Black Death Metal one man band DYOXIDON has released a new album entitled “The Decaying Multiverse” on March 05, 2023. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Host Revenant at his home studio. The following tracks are featured on it: ‘Psychosomatic Harvest’, ‘Tempest Nexus’, ‘Extinction (Errata)’, ‘Parasite Communion’, ‘Paroxysmal Nova’, ‘Light Of A Cybernetic Sun’, ‘The Crystalline Void’ and ‘Spectravore’. The artwork was created by Phlegeton Art Studio. A visualizer video of ‘Tempest Nexus’ is available at this location. More DYOXIDON info you will find at www.facebook.com/dyoxidon
A full album stream of “Return From The Brimstone Portal”, the debut full length from German Black / Death Metallers BRIMSTONE GATE, is available over here now. It was released via ADG Records on tape, CD and digitally on February 04, 2023. For all further BRIMSTONE GATE information please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069061359027
“The Garden”, the entire new album from Finnish Doom / Deathers HANGING GARDEN, is available for streaming at this location now. It was produced by Jussi Hämäläinen (vocals, guitars) and Jarno Hänninen and mixed and mastered by the latter at D-studio (BEHERIT, SHAPE OF DESPAIR). The cover artwork was created by Finnish artist Kalle Pyyhtinen. The album will be released via Agonia Records today. You can follow HANGING GARDEN at www.facebook.com/hanginggardenofficial
Finnish Dark Metallers KUOLEMAN GALLERIA have just released their fourth full length “Pedon Synty” via Inverse Records. You can check out a lyric video for the title track over here. More about KUOLEMAN GALLERIA at www.facebook.com/kuolemangalleria
On May 04, 2023 Blood Harvest Records will reissue “Beyond The Celestial Realms”, now re-titled as “Return To Realms”, from UK based technical Thrashers CRYPTIC SHIFT, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It was originally released in 2016. The vinyl version includes the bonus track ‘Entombed In Flesh’, from the band’s 2016 demo recording session, but previously unreleased on physical format. Included with the vinyl will be a download card which includes a total of 10 songs: all the songs appearing on the vinyl as well as the rest of the 2016 demo recording session. The CD and tape versions include all 10 songs. A full stream of the original “Beyond The Celestial Realms” release is available at this location. To coincide with the release of “Return To Realms”, Blood Harvest will also be doing a vinyl re-press of CRYPTIC SHIFT’s 2020 debut full length “Visitations From Enceladus”, now featuring different cover artwork, on the same date. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/crypticshift
Austrian Black Metallers ASPHAGOR have just released a video for the title track of their fourth full length “Pyrogenesis” over here. The album was released earlier this month via MDD on CD, gatefold double LP in and limited digipak in a limited boxset. For more ASPHAGOR information check out www.facebook.com/asphagor
On April 22, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “Eisig’ Romantik”, the third full length from German Black Metallers NACHTIG, on digipak CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following four lengthy tracks: ‘Ewig Kalt’, ‘Die Alte Welt’, ‘Eisig’ Romantik’ and ‘Der Klang Der Natur’. The opener is already available for streaming over here. For all additional NACHTIG information please visit www.facebook.com/nachtig-1908290632769976
Romanian Death Metallers NECROTUM have been signed by Memento Mori for the release of the CD version of their third full-length in the first half of 2024. More details will follow in the coming months. You can check out the band’s back catalogue at https://necrotumdeathmetal.bandcamp.com. For regular updates make sure to follow the band at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063500653640
“Demonic Assassination”, the sophomore full length from Italy’s blackened Speed Metal Punks HELLCRASH, is streaming in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on March 24, 2023 via Dying Victims Productions. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/hellcrashmetal
Italian Death Metallers CROWNSHARD will self-release a new digital EP entitled “Awareness” on April 14, 2023. It will feature the following tracks: ‘There Is Nothing Left’, ‘Feeling Still Cursed’, ‘Mankind Has Failed’, ‘Eternal Timeless Fall’ and ‘Healed By The Hell’. You can already watch a video for ‘Healed By The Hell’ over here. The EP was produced by Cesare Fioriti and CROWNSHARD and mixed and mastered by Cesare Fioriti at CeceRock Studio. The artwork was also created by Cesare Fioriti. All additional CROWNSHARD info you will find at www.facebook.com/crownshard
On April 22, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “Ab Amitia Pulsae”, the fourth full length from German Black Metallers MAVORIM, on CD, A5 digipak and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Zeitgeist’, ‘Ein Zerrbild Aller Leiden’, ‘Das Joch Der Schande’, ‘Bis Nur Noch Knochen Übrig Bleibt’, ‘Was Des Lebens Nicht Wert’, ‘Zerinne Im Nichts’, ‘Die Andere Seite Deines Traumes’, ‘Unter Den Mühlen Der Zeit’, ‘Das Schluchzen Und Wimmern’, ‘Erlischt Für Immer Nun Das Licht’ and ‘Endzeit’. You can already stream ‘Ein Zerrbild Aller Leiden’ over here. More about MAVORIM at www.facebook.com/mavorim
Kansas City based Thrashers HELLEVATE have just released a video for ‘Dagon’ at this location. The song is featured on their newest EP “The Purpose Of Cruelty”, which features the following tracks: ‘The Purpose Is Cruelty’, ‘Dagon’, ‘Buried Under Mistakes’, ‘Die Or Be Killed’ or ‘(No) Further Action Is Required’. You can stream the EP at hellevate.bandcamp.com. More HELLEVATE info is available at www.facebook.com/hellevate
Florida’s old school Grinders EDKH will release their debut full length “Conspirashit” via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on April 21, 2023 on CD and digital formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Suicided’, ‘Clinton Cash’, ‘Deploradorable’, ‘I Like Wrestling (I Live With My ‘Ma)’, ‘It’s Not Perverted, It’s Italian’, ‘Sopa’ and ‘I Am Gorilla’. You can already listen to the single ‘Suicided’ over here. For all further information please visit www.horrorpaingoredeath.com
Polish Black Metal project ZØRORMR will release its fourth full length “The Monolith” through Via Nocturna on March 24, 2023 on jewelcase CD and digitally. It was produced by Arkadiusz “Aro” Jabłoński at Monroe Sound Studio (MASACHIST, VESANIA). The guitars, bass and vocals were recorded by ZØRORMR’s only member Moloch at Red Dragon Studio in Opole, Poland and the drums by Łukasz “Icanraz” Sarnacki at Dobra 12 Studio in Bialystok, Poland. Przemysław “Quazarre” Olbryt from DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS guests as a guitar player on the album. The cover artwork was created by Paweł Kuranda. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘The Monolith’, ‘Downward Spiral’, ‘Hollow’, ‘I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream’, ‘The Pentagram’, ‘Return To Nothingness’, ‘Per Aspera, Ad Astra’ and ‘Enter The Void’. A full album stream you will already find at this location. All additional ZØRORMR info is available at www.facebook.com/zorormrofficial
On April 28, 2023 Hells Headbangers will release “Decomposing Spells”, the third full length from blackened Horror Metal act VAULTWRAITH, on CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Wax Cylinder Apparition’, ‘The Devil’s Dish Served Cold’, ‘Decomposing Spells’, ‘Carnivorous Coven’, ‘Church Burned’, ‘The Sinister Scythe’, ‘Full Circle Possession’, ‘Hearse Hauntress’, ‘The Mortuary Succubus’ and ‘Of Skeletons And Metal’. A full album stream is available over here. You can follow VAULTWRAITH at www.facebook.com/vaultwraith
Greek Black Metallers HERETIC CULT REDEEMER have just premiered the track ‘Grave Sophia – Breath Of The Night’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full length “Flagellum Universalis”, which will be released on April 21, 2023 via III Damnation Productions. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Lunar Reign – Lunar Apogee’, ‘Intoxication Divine’, ‘Ascending Perfection’, ‘Lapsit Exillis’, ‘The Woven Chords Of Ecstasy’, ‘Grave Sophia – Breath Of The Night’, ‘Eye Of The Saturnian Dawn’, ‘Primeval Cognition I’ and ‘Primeval Cognition II’. For all additional HERETIC CULT REDEEMER information please visit www.facebook.com/heretic-cult-redeemer-108482089276374
Austrian Death Metallers MASTIC SCUM have just released a video for ‘Digital Dementia’ over here. The song appears on the band’s sixth album “Icon”, which was released in October 2022. More about MASTIC SCUM at www.facebook.com/masticscum
On May 04, 2023 Caligari Records will release “Demo DCLXVI”, the debut demo of Portuguese one-man Black Metal band HEXAKOSIOIHEXEKONTAHEXAPHILIA, on cassette tape format. It will feature the two tracks ‘The Burning Of A Temple’ and ‘Always One Step Too Far’. You can already stream the demo opener ‘The Burning Of A Temple’ at this location. HEXAKOSIOIHEXEKONTAHEXAPHILIA is a new project of Tiúval, known in the underground from ISRATHOUM, HALF VISIBLE PRESENCE, MERIHEM and BLUTVIAL as well as running Nomad Snakepit Productions. All further info you will find at www.caligarirecords.com or www.facebook.com/caligarirecords
Polish progressive blackened Doom / Deathers VERITI RITUS will self-release their debut full length “Defixiones” as a jewelcase CD and digitally on March 29, 2023. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Mateusz Chruściel at Underworld Studio and the cover artwork was created by Piotr Tomala (ex – ETERNAL DEFORMITY). You can already listen to two songs of the album at this location. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Devotion To The Entity’, ‘Odpływam W Nicość’, ‘Levers’, ‘Jak Wygląda Nic?’, ‘ZWID’, ‘Noce’ and ‘Blind And Helpless’. All further VERITI RITUS info you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089907247894
On May 19, 2023 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Ashvatta”, the debut full length from Spanish Black Metallers ARA SOLIS, on vinyl LP format. The CD edition will be released via Zazen Sounds. The following tracks will be featured on it : ‘Tromo Negro Do Firmamento’ (6:30), ‘Ara Solis’ (12:13) and ‘Ashvattha: The Tree Of Life And Death’ (17:30). You can already stream ‘Ara Solis’ over here. For more ARA SOLIS please visit at https://arasolis.bandcamp.com
Finnish blackened Death Metal three-piece ANIMA HERETICAE has just released a video for ‘Cimmerian Darkness’ at this location. It was directed by the band’s drummer Teppo Ristola and features Jussi Matilainen from WHERE’S MY BIBLE as an actor. The song will be part of the band’s upcoming debut full length album, which will be released in autumn 2023 via Inverse Records. For regular updates, make sure to follow ANIMA HERETICAE at www.facebook.com/animahereticaeofficial
US Black Metallers VREDENSDAL have just premiered the third and final single from their upcoming new full-length “Sonic Devotion To Darkness”. You can stream ‘Svøpt I Blod’ over here. The album will be released on March 31, 2023 via Soulseller Records. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Between Worlds (Intro)’, ‘The Chaos Rite’, ‘The Eye In The Well’, ‘Nightgrasp’, ‘Sonic Devotion To Darkness’, ‘Cyclical Despondancy’, ‘Svøpt I Blod’, ‘My Right To The Throne’ and ‘Eyes Glowing Black’. For more VREDENSDAL information please visit www.facebook.com/vredensdal666
‘Master Of Arachnids’, the third single from “Sutwyke”, the upcoming new full-length from British Black Metallers OLD FOREST, can be checked out at this location now. The album will be released on March 31, 2023 via Soulseller Records. It was mixed by Florian Dammasch at Nightside Studios and features a wood engraving by Robert Paterson as the cover artwork. All further information you will find at www.facebook.com/oldforestofficial
On May 19, 2023 Personal Records will release “However It Still Moves”, the debut full length from Chile’s old school Doom / Deathers SPORAE AUTEM YUGGOTH, on CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Apparition Of Internal Odes’, ‘The Pendulum Of Necropath’, ‘Colossus Larvae: The Crimson Coffin & The Scarlet Worm’, ‘Disintegration’, ‘Disguise The Odius Spirits’, ‘Enantiodromia’, ‘Through Dominion To Interlude’ and ‘The Night Ocean’. You can already check out ‘Disintegration’ over here. More about SPORAE AUTEM YUGGOTH at www.facebook.com/sayuggoth or https://sporaeautemyuggoth.bandcamp.com
German melodic Death Metallers BOSPARANS FALL will release their debut full length “Götterspiel: Dunkle Zeiten” on May 26, 2023 via Black Sunset / MDD. The album tells the first part of a trilogy story about the warrior Alrik Immerda, who, 1019 years after the battle on Bosparan’s battlements, is drawn into the preparations for the ancient rituals that have been going on for almost two decades. More about BOSPARANS FALL at www.facebook.com/bosparans.fall
On May 19, 2023 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Martyrs”, the fourth full length from Belarus based Black Metallers PA VESH EN, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘A Vigilian Impending Murk’, ‘The House Of Pain’, ‘In The Torment Cell’, ‘The Revenant’s Overture’, ‘Among A Stir Of Echoes’, ‘Following The Pestilent Maiden’, ‘When The Lights Out’, ‘The Carnival Of Eerie Souls’ and ‘Le Fantôme De Cette Madame’. You can already check out ‘In The Torment Cell’ at this location. For all additional info please visit www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
Polish experimental Black MetallersENTROPIA are streaming their new full length “Total” in its entirety over here now. It was recorded in April of 2022 at studio Monochrom and engineered, mixed and mastered at Heinrich House Studio. The artwork was created by Zbigniew Bielak (BEHEMOTH, GHOST, MGŁA). The album will be released via Agonia Records today. You can follow ENTROPIA at www.facebook.com/mourningentropia
“Shambhallic Vibrations”, the debut full length of progressive Death Metallers LUNAR CHAMBER, will be released via 20 Buck Spin on April 28, 2023. It was mixed by Greg Chandler (ESOTERIC) and mastered by Colin Marston (KRALLICE / GORGUTS). The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Intro (Shambhallic Vibrations)’, ‘Spirit Body And The Seeing Self’, ‘Interlude (Ancient Sage)’, ‘The Bohdi Tree’, ‘III. Crystalline Blessed Light Flows… From Violet Mountains Into Lunar Chambers’. You can already check out ‘Spirit Body And The Seeing Self’ at this location. All further LUNAR CHAMBER information you will find at www.facebook.com/lunarchamberband
Finnish Doom / Deathers HOODED MENACE have just re-signed to Season Of Mist for the release of their next full-length via the label. The band commented on it as follows: “We’re looking forward to work with Season Of Mist for more HOODED MENACE music! This is the first time for us to re-sign to any label, so that says a lot, I suppose. Since we are not playing live anymore, but went back to being a “studio band” only – just like HOODED MENACE was meant to be in the beginning – we’ve decided to part ways with Teemu Hannonen (rhythm guitar) in good spirits and continue as a three-piece.” HOODED MENACE’s previous album “The Tritonus Bell” was released on August 27, 2021 and can still be streamed at this location. More about HOODED MENACE at www.facebook.com/hoodedmenaceofficial
Finnish Folk Black Metallers KOUTA will release their debut full length “Kaarnaköydet” on April 21, 2023 on CD and digitally. A visualizer video for their new single ‘Häpeä’ is already available over here. The drum parts of the album were recorded in a remote cabin in Lapland, the guitars and bass at Pekka Posio’s studio in Helsinki. Vocals, choirs and all other instruments together with the live recording of ‘Äitimaan Laulu’ were recorded at Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki. “Kaarnaköydet” was mixed by Pekka Posio and mastered by Svante Forsbäck. The artwork was created by Arttu Pentikäinen / Antti Mäki / Midjourney. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/koutaband
On April 28, 2023 Nuclear Winter Records will release “Turiya”, a new EP from Dhaka, Bangladesh based Death Metal three piece KAAL AKUMA, on CD and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following three tracks: ‘Ego Death’, ‘Tiyanak’ and ‘Ignorance Is Bliss’. The EP opener is already available for streaming at this location. All further KAAL AKUMA info you will find at www.facebook.com/kaalakuma
“Of Existential Distortion”, the debut full-length of Reykjavik, Iceland based blackened Death Metallers ÚLFÚÐ (pronounced “ool-wooth”, meaning animosity or hostility), is streaming in its entirety over here now. It will be released via Dark Descent Records on CD, cassette tape, digital and multiple vinyl LP editions on March 17, 2023. For more ÚLFÚÐ information, check out www.facebook.com/ulfud
Chilean Death Metallers SEPULCRUM are streaming their upcoming debut full length “Lamentation Of Immolated Souls” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on March 17, 2023 via Chaos Records (CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats), in co-operation with Canometal Records (CD) and Burning Coffin Records (cassette tape). More SEPULCRUM you will find at https://sepulcrumdm.bandcamp.com
Texas based Black Metallers NECROFIER will release their second full-length “Burning Shadows In The Southern Night” on June 02, 2023 via Season Of Mist Underground Activists. It was recorded at Studio G in Brooklyn, New York with engineer, producer and musician Joel Hamilton (UNSANE, IGGY POP, TOM WAITS) and the cover artwork was created by Burney. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Fall From Heaven’, ‘Total Southern Darkness’, ‘To The Wolves’, ‘Forbidden Light Of The Black Moon’, ‘Destroying Angels’, ‘Whispers That Burn In The Dark’, ‘The All Seeing Shadows’, ‘On Wings Of Death We Burn The Sky’, ‘Call To The Beyond’ and ‘Burnt By The Sacred Flame’. You can already watch a video for the album closer ‘Burnt By The Sacred Flame’ over here. For all additional NECROFIER information please visit www.facebook.com/necrofier
“Sage Of Shekhinah”, the upcoming fifth full length album from Rochester, New York based progressive Death Metallers CONTRARIAN, can be streamed in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on March 17, 2023 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats via Willowtip Records. You can follow CONTRARIAN at www.facebook.com/contrarianmetal
German Post Black Metallers HERETOIR have just revealed a video for “Anima” over here. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming mini album “Wastelands”, which will be released on May 19, 2023 via AOP Records on digipak CD, black and colored vinyl and digitally. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Anima’, ‘At Dusk’ (feat. Emily Highfield of SOLDUSK), ‘Wastelands’, ‘Golden Dust (Live)’, ‘Exhale (Live)’ and ‘The White (Live)’. All further HERETOIR info is available at www.facebook.com/heretoir
Danish / Turkish Death Metallers HYPERDONTIA have just released a new EP entitled “Deranged” via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (vinyl), in co-operation with Dark Descent Records (CD) and Desiccated Productions (cassette tape). It features the following four tracks: ‘Nauseous Hallucinations’, ‘Deluded’, ‘Gagging In Colvulsion’ and ‘Degradations Of The Flesh’. You can check out a video for ‘Deluded’ over here. More HYPERDONTIA info is available at www.facebook.com/hyperdontia
Polish Black Metal duo WOLFPATH will release the CD edition of their self-titled debut full length on March 31, 2023 via ADG Records (the digital version was already released in January 2023). It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Filip “Heinrich” Hałucha at Heinrich House Studio (BEHEMOTH, ENTROPIA, VESANIA) and the cover artwork was created by Rafał Warpecha. The album features the following tracks: ‘Cursed Moon’, ‘Wolfpath’, ‘Return Ov The Freezing Void’, ‘Konstelacja Ognia’, ‘Z Popiołów’ and ‘Wolf’. A full album stream is available at this location. For more WOLFPATH information please visit www.facebook.com/wilczadroga.
On April 28, 2023 Finnish BLACK MASS PERVERTOR will release their third full length “Dionysian Rite” on CD. Here’s the complete tracklist already: ‘Pig-Headed Self-Deification’, ‘Gathering Of The Sodomites’, ‘Striving For Carnal Desecration’, ‘Triumph Of The Spirit’, ‘Revival In Hatred’, ‘Wanderer Of The Desolate Path’, ‘The Return Of The Outsider God’, ‘Conqueror’s Ecstacy’, ‘Into The Lightless Womb’ and ‘Lust Of The Flesh’. All further BLACK MASS PERVERTOR information you will find at www.facebook.com/blackmassperv
Irish Black Metallers VERMINOUS SERPENT are streaming their debut full length “The Malign Covenant” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on March 17, 2023 via Amor Fati Productions. For all further information please visit www.amor-fati-productions.de or www.facebook.com/amorfatiprod
On April 14, 2023 German Thrashers DEIMOS’ DAWN will release their debut full length “Anthem Of The Lost” on CD and vinyl LP via MDD Records. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Feeding The Decline’, ‘Walking Out On You’, ‘The Final Illusion’, ‘Over Your Dead Body’, ‘Unholy Water’, ‘Too Much Pain Is Not Enough’, ‘Deathstar Spangled Banner’, ‘The 4th Wall’, ‘When In Doubt: Kill!’, ‘Put Down That Weapon’, ‘Two Handed Game’ and ‘Terrorvision Quest’. A video for the album opener ‘Feeding The Decline’ can already be watched over here. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/deimosdawn
US Black Metallers OBSEQUIAE have released their performance at “Fire In The Mountains” (July 24, 2022) as a live video, featuring a soundboard recording / mix and professional camera work, at this location. More OBSEQUIAE you will find at https://instagram.com/obsequiae
On March 17, 2023 Eternal Death will release “Hermitic Fire”, a new EP from US Black Metallers DEATH VANISH, on cassette tape format. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Conquer With Solar Might’, ‘From Down There’, ‘Old Magick And Tyrant’, ‘Hermitic Fire’ and ‘Doctrine Of A Beast’. A full EP stream you will find at this location. For more information please visit www.eternal-death.com or www.facebook.com/eternaldeathusa
On May 26, 2023 Soulseller Records will release “Woven Dark Paths”, the debut full length from Finnish Black Metal duo SARVEKAS. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Rite Of Transcendence’, ‘The Scryer Of Bones’, ‘Of Bloodlust & Nightside Sorceries’, ‘Embers Of Pagan Fire’, ‘Woven Dark Paths’, ‘The Austerity Of The Northern Lands’, ‘Soaring Over The Battlefields’ and ‘The Great Winter’. For more information please visit SARVEKAS at www.facebook.com/sarvekas
German Industrial Thrashers PARITY BOOT will release their sophomore full length “Fast Forward” on May 12, 2023 via Black Sunset / MDD. It was produced at Zenephant Studio in Hamburg and mastered by Jörg Uken at Soundlodge Studio. “Into Nothing”, the band’s debut full length from 2009, is available for streaming at this location. All additional PARITY BOOT information you will find at www.facebook.com/parityboot
Swedish Black / Death Metallers UNPURE have just premiered the track ‘Small Crooked Bones’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming fifth full length “Prophecies Ablaze”, which will be released on March 31, 2023 via Invictus Productions in co-operation with The Ajna Offensive. The previously revealed album track ‘Northern Sea Madness’ can still be streamed at this location. You can follow UNPURE at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063239587640&ref=ts
American Black Metallers SEVER have just premiered the track ‘Lunar Sacrifice’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “At Midnight, By Torch Light”, which will be released on April 14, 2023 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed ‘Abyssonaut’ can still be streamed over here. Here’s the complete “At Midnight, By Torch Light” tracklist: ‘Abyssonaut’, ‘Lunar Sacrifice’, ‘Sunset In The West’, ‘Hammer Of Vengeance’, ‘At Midnight, By Torch Light’ and ‘Eastern Boar’. All further information you will find at www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
On May 26, 2023 Soulseller Records will release “I Helvetes Forakt”, the fourth full length from Bergen, Norway based Black Metallers NATTVERD. Here’s the complete tracklist already: ‘Det Stormer I Norge’, ‘Vandring I Elver Av Blod’, ‘En Poesende Eim I Vinden’, ‘Oeyne I Natten’, ‘Forbannet Vaere’, ‘Helvete Kjenner Alt, Selv Naar Taaken Har Lagt Seg’, ‘En Gammel Kriger Trosser Vind Og Vaer’, ‘Gudsforlatt’, ‘Elvedjuvet’ and ‘I Moerke Skip Innover’. Regular updates you will find at www.facebook.com/nattverdofficial
Dublin, Ireland based Black / Death / Avantgarde Metal band MOLEKH will release their debut full-length “Ritus” via Pale Ghoul Recordings (cassette tape) and Bent Window Records (CD). The album was recorded by Shauny Cads at Hellfire Studio (ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, DREAD SOVEREIGN, MALTHUSIAN) and mixed by Shauny Cads at Last Light Recordings. Haldor Grunberg (AZARATH, BEHEMOTH) was responsible for mastering and the cover artwork was created by Krzysztof Wronski Artwork (ROSK, THE THRONE). The following tracks will be featured on “Ritus”: ‘Yetzer Hara’, ‘Cruor Innocentia’, ‘Possessionem’, ‘Ritus’, ‘Vocare Pulvere’, ‘Abyssus’ and ‘Incubus’. You can already watch a video for ‘Vocare Pulvere’ over here. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/molekh.magni
“Hades”, the debut full length from Russian Black Metal three-piece THANATOMASS, will be released via Living Temple Records on May 12, 2023. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Katabasis (Intromass)’, ‘Templvm Carnalis / Vomit Ceremony’, ‘Gravedance Sabbath’, ‘Living Tombs Of Tartaros’, ‘Sorcery Of Hades’, ‘The Bone Nimbus’ and ‘Retromass (Morbid Ordinance Of Doom)’. You can already stream ‘Gravedance Sabbath’ at this location. For more THANATOMASS please visit https://lvxmorgenstern.bandcamp.com
On May 26, 2023 Dying Victims Productions will release “Blackstar Oppression Regime”, the debut mini album from Finland based blackened Speed Metallers RAPID, on 12″ vinyl and CD formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Manticore’, ‘The Arrival’, ‘Edge Of Eternity’ and ‘Marines Of The Blackstar’. The CD version will also feature the four tracks of the band’s “Deadly Torment” demo: ‘Strike From Hell’, ‘Destructive Force’, ‘Queen Of Torment’ and ‘Hades Descends… The Dark Realms’. You can already check out a special promo medley at this location. More about RAPID www.facebook.com/rapid-metal-1066592610049055
Italian Black Metallers THYSIA have just premiered the track ‘Communicating Halls Of The Netherworld’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Islands In Cosmic Darkness”, which will be released on April 07, 2023 via Chaos Records. The previously revealed ‘Psallo’ can still be streamed at this location. The full tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Nexus Of Cataclysmic Forces’, ‘Scorched Bronze Earth’, ‘Phrenes’, ‘Psallo’, ‘Communicating Halls Of The Netherworld’, ‘Moira Krataià’, ‘Spiritual Desert’ and ‘Islands In Cosmic Darkness’. For all additional THYSIA information please visit www.facebook.com/thysia666
Swedish Death Metallers OMNICIDAL have just revealed their new single ‘WWD’ over here. The song will be featured on the band’s debut full length “The Omnicidalist”, which will be released on April 07, 2023 via Non Serviam Records on digipak CD and digitally. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘By Knife’, ‘WWD’, ‘The Passenger’, ‘Cemetary Scream’, ‘Infernum’, ‘The Neverborn’, ‘The Reaping’, ‘Narcissistic Abuse’, ‘Ten Shots’ and ‘Slow Decay’. All backing tracks of the album were recorded live at Soundport studio, while the vocals and solos were recorded at Jordaniusounds studio in Borås. The entire material was mixed and mastered by Mikael MRG Andersson at Soundport studio. You can follow OMNICIDAL at www.facebook.com/omnicidalofficial
On May 05, 2023 Edged Circle Productions will release “Forfedrenes Taarer”, the debut album from Norwegian Black Metallers HEIMLAND, on vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. You can already listen to the first single ‘Skugger Fra Ein Svunnen Tid’ at this location. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Dødens Foerstning’, ‘Ved Dødens Vugge’, ‘Lagt I Ruiner’, ‘Iskald Raatten Jord’, ‘Forfedrenes Taarer’, ‘Skugger Fra Ein Svunnen Tid’ and ‘Ættestupet’. The cover artwork was created by Johan Christian Dahl. For more HEIMLAND information please visit www.facebook.com/heimlandofficial
“High Tales”, the new EP from Russian Black Metallers DRAKON, will be released as a jewelcase CD via Sleaszy Rider on April 07, 2023. It was mixed and mastered by Theodor Borovski (ALKONOST, DISSECTOR) and the cover artwork was created by Alexander Tartsus (BALFOR, DEPRAVITY, SINISTER, KZOHH). The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Providence Of Russian Blood’, ‘Timevortex’, ‘God Of War’, ‘Life Demise’ (UNANIMATED cover) and ‘Fenris’ (ENSLAVED cover). A lyric video for the EP opener ‘Providence Of Russian Blood’ can already be watched at this location. More about DRAKON at https://drakon.band, https://drakonblackmetal.bandcamp.com
On March 15, 2023 Me Saco Un Ojo Records, in co-operation with Rotted Life Records, will release “Sabazios Culte”, the debut demo from Canadian Death Metallers DÉCRYPTAL, on cassette tape format. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Pendu Par Phobethor’, ‘Virulence Ectoplasmique’, ‘Les Barques Volantes De Sarnath’, ‘Flétrissement’ and ‘Sabazios Culte’. A full stream is already available over here. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/mesacounojo or www.facebook.com/rottedlife
Puerto Rico based Thrashers CALAMITY have just released a video for their new single ‘Call To Me’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full length “Lumina”, which will be released later this year. For regular updates make sure to follow them at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089956322546
DEMONSTEALER, the technical symphonic Death Metal solo project of Indian Metal musician and multi-instrumentalist Sahil Makhija (DEMONIC RESURRECTION), has just revealed the title track from his upcoming fourth full length “The Propaganda Machine”. You can watch a video for it over here. The album will be released on March 31, 2023 via Black Lion Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digitally. “The Propaganda Machine” features guest contributions from Hannes Grossmann (ALKALOID, TRIPTYKON, BLOTTED SCIENCE), Martino Garattoni (NE OBLIVISCARIS, ANCIENT BARDS) and Ken Bedene (ABORTED). It was mixed and mastered at Hertz Studio in Poland and the artwork was created by Daemorph Art. Black Lion Records will also be re-releasing the back catalogue of DEMONSTEALER on CD and digitally. All further information you will find at www.facebook.com/demonstealerofficial
On May 26, 2023 Dying Victims Productions will release “Serpent Storm”, the sophomore full length from Polish blackened Heavy Metal four piece ARMAGH, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Woman From The Hills’, ‘Howling Of The Black Wind’, ‘Into The Fumes Of Deutero-Steel’, ‘Shadow Walkers’, ‘Mhacha’s Height’, ‘Storm Over Satanic City’, ‘Industrial District Fever’, ‘Beyond The Night’, ‘Flattened Rats’ and ‘Death Is Near’. A special promo medley of the album can already be checked out at this location. More ARMAGH info is available at www.facebook.com/armagh.band
On May 26, 2023 Dying Victims Productions will release “Serpent’s Call”, the debut full length from Belgium’s Speed Metallers VIOLENT SIN, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Serpent’s Call’, ‘Malicious Stirring’, ‘Awaiting The Gallows’, ‘Deacon Of Death’, ‘Nuns Are No Fun’, ‘Pyromaniac’, ‘Burn’, ‘The Original Sin’, ‘Ritual’, ‘Violent Sin’ and ‘Strike From The Underground’. You can already check out ‘Malicious Stirring’ at this location. More VIOLENT SIN information you will find at www.facebook.com/violentsinbelgium
“Kun Aurinkoni Kuoli”, the debut EP from Finnish Black Metallers SIELUHAASKA, will be released via Purity Through Fire on March 31, 2023 on digipak CD format. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Kun Aurinkoni Kuoli’, ‘Kaaoksen Syleilyyn’, ‘Kun Minä Kuolen’ (HÄMYS cover) and ‘Conjuration Of The True Pain With’. You can already stream the EP’s title track over here. For all additional SIELUHAASKA information please visit www.facebook.com/sieluhaaska
Polish Death Metallers MORRATH will release their debut full-length “Centuries Of Blindness” on April 20, 2023 via Metal Is The Law Productions (Europe) and Diabolus Production (USA). It was produced by Krzysztof Kostencki at Tetra Wave Studio. The album cover was created by the band’s bassist Mieszko Jankowski. “Centuries Of Blindness” will feature the following tracks: ‘No God To Come’, ‘Where Salvation Meets The Rot’, ‘Crimson Demons’, ‘New God Exalted’, ‘Primal Addiction’, ‘Spiral Of Pain’, ‘Undying Grief’, ‘Awaiting The Inevitable’ and ‘In The Crypts Of Profanity’. You can already watch a lyric video for ‘No God To Come’ at this location. All further MORRATH info is available at www.facebook.com/morrathband
Costa Rica based Death Metallers ASTRIFEROUS will release their debut full length “Pulsations From The Black Orb” on March 10, 2023 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (vinyl version) in co-operation with Pulverised Records (CD version). It will feature the following tracks: ‘Intro (The Black Orb)’, ‘Blinding The Seven Eyes Of God’, ‘Teleport Haze’, ‘Metasymbiosis’, ‘Forlorn And Immemorial’, ‘Ominous And Malevolent’, ‘Lunomancy’ and ‘Symmetries That Should Not Be’. A full album stream is available over here. For more ASTRIFEROUS please visit https://astriferous.bandcamp.com
On May 26, 2023 Dying Victims Productions will release the sophomore full length from Germany’s blackened Thrashers SPEEDWHORE, “Visions Of A Parallel World”, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Matriarch’, ‘Lion’s Gate’, ‘Clutch Of The Sea’, ‘Hologram’, ‘Golgotha’, ‘Heir To The Ruby Throne’, ‘Decrypted Prophecies’, ‘The Last Bulwark Of Man’ and ‘Visions Of A Parallel World’. You can already stream the album opener ‘Matriarch’ at this location. More SPEEDWHORE information you will find at www.facebook.com/rumblingmetal
Finnish Grinders ROTTEN SOUND have just revealed a video for ‘Renewables’ over here. The song is featured on the band’s upcoming new album “Apocalypse”, which will be released on March 31, 2023 via Season Of Mist. For all additional ROTTEN SOUND information please visit www.facebook.com/rottensoundofficial
“Invicta Mori”, the upcoming third album from Houston Texas based Industrial Doom / Deathers SAVIORSKIN will be released via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on April 07, 2023 on CD and digital formats. The album’s first single ‘Sycophant’, which features Marc Grewe (ex – MORGOTH, INSIDIOUS DISEASE) on vocals, can already be checked out at this location. The complete tracklist of “Invicta Mori” reads as follows: ‘Iconoclast’, ‘Judaswhore’, ‘Lost In Prayer’, ‘Martyrdom’, ‘King Misery’, ‘Away’, ‘Burning Eden’, ‘Nowhere’, ‘Sycophant’, ‘DoomFather’, ‘Born Of The Shallow’, ’47 Nails’ and ‘Orgasmatron (live)’. All further SAVIORSKIN info you will find at www.facebook.com/saviorskindoom
Swedish Death Metallers THE GRIFTED have just premiered the track ‘The Maggots Feast’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s debut full length “Doomsday & Salvation”, which will be released on April 07, 2023 via Personal Records. The previously revealed ‘Fractured’ can still be streamed at this location. Here’s the complete “Doomsday & Salvation” tracklist: ‘Fractured’, ‘Behind Me In Ruins’, ‘Closure’, ‘Bleed Before My Eyes’, ‘The Maggots Feast’, ‘This Place Of Madness’, ‘Days Of The End’, ‘When A Phoenix Dies’, ‘Hope For Death’, ‘You Will Never Live’ and ‘Doomsday And Salvation’. You can follow THE GRIFTED at www.facebook.com/thegrifted
International Funeral Doom / Death Metallers MESMUR will release their fourth full length “Chthonic” via Solitude Productions, in co-operation with Aesthetic Death, on digi CD on April 14, 2023, with plans for a vinyl release later. It features viola and cello performances from Brianne Vieira and guest organ from Kostas Panagiotou of UK Funeral Doom Metallers PANTHEIST. The cover artwork was created by Ukrainian painter Vladislav Cadaversky. The following tracks will be featured on “Chthonic”: ‘Chthonic (Prelude)’, ‘Refraction’, ‘Petroglyph’, ‘Passage’ and ‘Chthonic (Coda)’. More about MESMUR at www.facebook.com/mesmurdoom
Swedish old school Death Metallers IMPERISHABLE will release their debut full length “Come, Sweet Death” via Hammerheart Records on June 09, 2023 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Venomous’, ‘Infernal Lust’, ‘The Perennial Desire’, ‘The Phantasm’, ‘Vertiginous’, ‘Teeth Of The Hydra’, ‘Deathspawn’, ‘Fangs’, ‘Prelude’, ‘Come, Sweet Death’ and ‘Once My Eye Moved Mountains’ (EUCHARIST cover, vinyl only bonustrack). All further IMPERISHABLE info you will find at www.facebook.com/imperishableband
Austrian melodic Death Metallers DYSTERSOL will release their third album “Anaemic” on April 06, 2023 via MDD. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Things To Come’, ‘Fail Better’, ‘In Dreams’, ‘Battering Ram’, ‘Mountain Of Death’, ‘Shapeshifter’, ‘Nailed To The Stars’, ‘Rainmaker’, ‘Soothsayer’, ‘Dollmaker’, ‘Niedergang’ and ‘Into The Void’. The album opener is already available as a visualizer video at this location. For more DYSTERSOL information please visit www.facebook.com/dystersol
Sacramento, California based Black Metal duo MINENWERFER will release their fourth full length “Feuerwalze” on March 10, 2023 via Osmose Productions. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Cemetery Fields’, ‘Feuerwalze’, ‘Eternal Attrition’, ‘Nachtschreck’, ‘Sturmtruppen III (Sommekämpfer)’, ‘Shrapnel Exsanguination’ and ‘Labyrinthine Trench Sectors’. A full album stream is available over here. All additional MINENWERFER information you will find at www.facebook.com/minenwerfer
Los Angeles based Death Metallers KOMMAND have just released a second song from their upcoming new full-length “Death Age”. You can check out ‘Global Death’ over here. The album will be released on March 31, 2023 via 20 Buck Spin on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digitally. It was recorded by Mike Kriebel and mixed / mastered by Arthur Rizk. The artwork was created by Bharatadanu. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Final Virus’, ‘Chimera Soldiers’, ‘Global Death’, ‘Polar Holdout’, ‘Fleeing Western Territories’ and ‘Collapse Metropolis’. The previously revealed ‘Chimera Soldiers’ is still available at https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com
On April 13, 2023 Signal Rex, in co-operation with Bestial Burst, will release “Ophidian Glare”, the sophomore full length from Finnish Black Metal three piece MOON ORACLE, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Numinous Gate Opens’, ‘A Vision In The Mansion’, ‘Nethereal Axe’, ‘Serpent’s Word’, ‘Widdersyns – Against The Current’ and ‘Abysmal Crimson Desert’. The album opener, ‘The Numinous Gate Opens’ and ‘Nethereal Axe’ can already be streamed at this location. For more MOON ORACLE info please visit www.facebook.com/moonoraclefinland
Czech Death / Black Metallers KOSTNATĚNÍ will release their second album “Úpal” on CD, gatefold vinyl and digital formats on May 26, 2023 via Willowtip Records. It was recorded from October 2020 to October 2021. The vocals were recorded in late 2021 to early 2022 and the drums were mixed and recorded in the fall of 2022 at The Weeb Dungeon by Andrew Lee. The album was mastered by Jacob Buczarski. A first song, ‘Nevolnost Je Vše, Čím Jsem (Nausea Is All I Am)’, can already be checked out at this location. The complete “Úpal” tracklist reads as follows (titles in Czech and English): ‘Řemen (The Belt)’, ‘Hořím Navždy (I Burn Forever)’, ‘Rukojmí Empatie (Hostage Of Empathy)’, ‘Opál (Opal)’, ‘Skrýt Se Před Bohem (Hide From God)’, ‘Nevolnost Je Vše, Čím Jsem (Nausea Is All I Am)’ and ‘Slunce Svázáno S Krvácející Zemí (Sun Bound To The Bleeding Earth)’. For more KOSTNATĚNÍ please visit https://kostnateni.bandcamp.com or https://instagram.com/kostnateniband
French Black Metallers DIABLATION have just revealed a new track entitled ‘Vox Diaboli’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming second album “Par Le Feu”, which will be released on March 31, 2023 via Osmose Productions on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Inferi Ostium’, ‘Vox Diaboli’, ‘L’Unique Merveille’, ‘Au Bord Du Gouffre’, ‘Crépuscule Doré’, ‘Testament De L’Humanité and ‘Mort, Marche Avec Moi’. All additional DIABLATION info you will find at www.facebook.com/diablation
Swedish Death Metallers DEATH REICH will release their debut full length “Disharmony” on March 17, 2023 via Non Serviam Records on CD, LP and digitally. You can already listen to the first single ‘World War’ at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Disharmony’, ‘World War’, ‘In Serpents Skin’, ‘Dissimulation’, ‘Hysteria’, ‘Oblivion’, ‘Suffocation’, ‘Fall Of Kings’, ‘Vermin’, ‘Atrocity’ and ‘The Death Of The Peace Of Westphalian’. DEATH REICH was founded by Jonas Blom (RUNEMAGICK, ex – SACRAMENTUM, TRIDENT, GRIEF OF EMERALD and ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET) in 2018. More about DEATH REICH at www.facebook.com/death-reich-180015309471039
Rome, Italy based brutal Death Metallers DEVANGELIC have just released a video for ‘Udug-Hul Incantation’ over here. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming fourth full length “Xul”, which will be released on April 07, 2023 on CD, vinyl and digital formats via Willowtip Records. It was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered at 16th Cellar Studios in Rome, Italy. The following tracks will be featured on “Xul”: ‘Scribes Of Xul’, ‘Which Shall Be The Darkness Of The Heretic’, ‘Udug-Hul Incantation’, ‘Famine Of Nineveh’, ‘Sirius, Draconis, Capricornus’, ‘Worship Of The Black Flames’, ‘Ignominious Flesh Degradation’, ‘Hymn Of Savage Cannibalism’, ‘Shadows Of The Iniquitous’ and ‘Sa Belet Ersetim Ki’Am Parsusa’. For all further DEVANGELIC information check out www.facebook.com/devangelic.official
Rochester, New York based progressive, technical Death Metallers CONTRARIAN have just released a drum playthough video for ‘In Gehenna’, which is one of the two singles from their upcoming fifth album “Sage Of Shekhinah”, at this location. The album will be out on March 17, 2023 on CD, vinyl and digital formats via Willowtip Records. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Sage Of Shekhinah’, ‘In Gehenna’, ‘Ibn Al Rawandi’, ‘The Guide For The Perplexed’, ‘Zabur Of Satfiyah Al Shamal’, ‘Apollonius Of Tyana’ and ‘A Madman From Island Patmos’. You can follow CONTRARIAN at www.facebook.com/contrarianmetal
Greek Black Metallers DEVISER have just released a lyric video for ‘Serpent God’ over here. The song is featured on the band’s latest album “Evil Summons Evil”, which was released via Hammerheart Records last month. It was produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Psychon of SEPTICFLESH at Soundabuseproductions in Athens. All further DEVISER info is available at www.facebook.com/deviserbandofficial
US Black Metallers VREDENSDAL have just released a second single from their upcoming new album “Sonic Devotion To Darkness”. You can check out ‘Nightgrasp’ at this location. The album will be released via Soulseller Records on March 31, 2023. It features the following tracks: ‘Between Worlds’, ‘The Chaos Rite’, ‘The Eye In The Well’, ‘Nightgrasp’, ‘Sonic Devotion To Darkness’, ‘Cyclical Despondancy’, ‘Svøpt I Blod’, ‘My Right To The Throne’ and ‘Eyes Glowing Black’. The cover artwork was created by Marek Soszynski. More about VREDENSDAL at www.facebook.com/vredensdal666
Polish Black Metal project ZØRORMR will release their new full length “The Monolith” on March 24, 2023 on CD and digitally through Via Nocturna. It was produced by Arkadiusz “Aro” Jabłoński at Monroe Sound Studio (MASACHIST, VESANIA). The guitars, bass and vocals were recorded by Moloch at Red Dragon Studio in Opole and the drums were recorded by Łukasz “Icanraz” Sarnacki at Dobra 12 Studio in Bialystok. Przemysław “Quazarre” Olbryt from DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS played guitar on the album. The cover artwork was created by Paweł Kuranda. The following tracks will be featured on “The Monolith”: ‘The Monolith’, ‘Downward Spiral’, ‘Hollow’, ‘I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream’, ‘The Pentagram’, ‘Return To Nothingness’, ‘Per Aspera, Ad Astra’ and ‘Enter The Void’. You can already listen to ‘The Pentagram’ over here. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/zorormrofficial
French Death Metallers ATHANATHEOS will release their third full-length “Cross. Deny. Glorify.” on April 14, 2023 via Lavadome Productions. It was produced, recorded, mixed and mastered from July 2019 to December 2022 at the Atheistic Dungeon by Samuel Girard. The cover artwork is a painting by Giulio Romano (1524, “The Battle Of The Milvian Bridge”). The following tracks will be featured on the album: ‘The Cross’, ‘You Were Not’, ‘Credo Quia Absurdum’, ‘They Are Spreading the Pestilence’, ‘To Deny’, ‘The Silent Oblivion’, ‘Witness’, ‘Rise of Terror, Rise Of Intolerance’ and ‘To Glorify’. You can already check out ‘The Silent Oblivion’ at this location. For all additional ATHANATHEOS information check out www.facebook.com/athanatheos.atheistic
British Black Metallers OLD FOREST have just revealed a second song from their upcoming new full-length “Sutwyke”. You can stream ‘Zodiac Of War’ at this location. A video for ‘Faust Recants (Satan Cometh)’ is furthermore available over here. The full tracklist of “Sutwyke” reads as follows: ‘Faust Recants (Satan Cometh)’, ‘Black Hearts Of Sutwyke’, ‘Zodiac Of War’, ‘Winter Years Begin’, ‘Master Of Arachnids’, ‘Witch Of Prague Pt. 1’, ‘Witch Of Prague Pt. 2’ and ‘Effigies To The Flames’. The album was mixed by Florian Dammasch at Nightside Studios in Germany and the cover artwork is a wood engraving by Robert Paterson. “Sutwyke” will be released on March 31, 2023 via Soulseller Records. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/oldforestofficial
German Speed / Thrash Metallers INTÖXICATED will release their new album “Sadistic Nightmares” on May 05, 2023 via MDD Records. It was recorded and produced by Jörg Uken at Soundlodge Recording and the cover artwork was created by Dark Dungeons Atelier. For all further information please visit the band at www.facebook.com/intoexicated
German blackened Speed Metal Punks LUCIFUGE have just premiered the track ‘Before The Altar Of Famine And Desire’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming fifth full length “Monoliths Of Wrath”, which will be released on April 28, 2023 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed ‘From Cosmos To Chaos’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Monoliths Of Wrath” tracklist reads like this: ‘From Cosmos To Chaos’, ‘The Cult Of Infinity’, ‘Before The Altar Of Famine And Desire’, ‘Visions Of Death’, ‘Enemies Of The Sun’, ‘Dissolving Into God’, ‘The Art Of Putrescence’, ‘Resources Of Self Destruction’, ‘Physiognomy Of Failure’, ‘The Path To Perdition’ and ‘Delirium And Debauchery’ (CD bonus track). More about LUCIFUGE at www.facebook.com/lucifugeblackmetal
Finnish melancholic melodic Death Metallers ENDLESS CHAIN are currently working on their second full length, which is scheduled for a late 2023 release. A lyric video for the first single ‘Until No One Comes’ can already be watched over here. For regular updates please follow the band at www.facebook.com/endlesschainband
Finnish Dark Metallers KUOLEMAN GALLERIA will release their fourth full length “Pedon Synty” on March 24, 2023 via Inverse Records. A lyric video for the third and final single ‘Sieluvaras’ is available at this location now. All additional KUOLEMAN GALLERIA information you will find at www.facebook.com/kuolemangalleria
Greek melodic Doom / Deathers OCEAN OF GRIEF will release their sophomore full length “Pale Existence” on March 03, 2023 via Personal Records. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Poetry For The Dead’, ‘Dale Of Haunted Shades’, ‘Unspoken Actions’, ‘Imprisoned Between Worlds’, ‘Cryptic Constellations’, ‘Pale Wisdom’ and ‘Undeserving’. A full album stream you will find over here. For all additional OCEAN OF GRIEF information please visit www.facebook.com/oceanofgriefgr
On March 31, 2023 Cosmic Key Creations will release a compilation CD from Birmingham, UK based Death Metallers MEMORIAM, entitled “War Rages On – Artefacts”. It will feature all the band’s demos, B-sides and rarities including some previously unreleased stuff. Almost all of tracks were never released on CD before and some versions have never seen the light of day at all until now. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘War Rages On’ (from “The Hellfire Demos” – demo / 7″ EP, 2016), ‘Resistance’ (from “The Hellfire Demos” – demo / 7″ EP, 2016), ‘Drone Strike’ (from “The Hellfire Demos II” – 7″ EP, 2017), ‘Surrounded (By Death)’ (from “The Hellfire Demos II” – 7″ EP, 2017), ‘The Captive’ (SACRILEGE cover, from “The Hellfire Demos III – 7” EP, 2017), ‘Contempt Grows’ (demo version, Japanese bonus track from the “To The End” album 2021), ‘War Rages On’ (original demo version, instrumental 2016), ‘Drone Strike’ (original demo version, instrumental 2016), ‘Drone Strike V2’ (slow version 2017), ‘Prisoners Of War’ (live studio jam 2017) and ‘Contempt Grows’ (Demo 2020). The CD will be limited to 1000 copies and comes in a super jewel case with a 20 pages booklet, that features lyrics and pictures. For pre-order information please visit this location. For regular updates make sure to follow MEMORIAM at www.facebook.com/memoriam2016
Italy’s Speed Metal three-piece HELLCRASH has just premiered the track ‘Serpent Skullfuck’ over here. It will be part of the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “Demonic Assassination”, which will be released on March 24, 2023 via Dying Victims Productions. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Intro’, ‘Volcanic Outburst’, ‘Okkvlthammer’, ‘Satan’s Crypt’, ‘Usurper Of Hell’, ‘Abyss Of Lucifer’, ‘Serpent Skullfuck’, ‘Finit Hic Deo’, ‘Graveripper’, ‘Demonic Assassinatiön’ and ‘Outro’. The two previously revealed album tracks ‘Graveripper’ and ‘Okkvlthammer’ can still be streamed here, respectively here. All additional HELLCRASH info is available at www.facebook.com/hellcrashmetal
Spanish Death / Black Metallers YSKELGROTH have just released a lyric video for ‘Prone To Gobble Life’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s second album “Bleeding Of The Hideous”, which will be released on April 04, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The cover artwork was created by John Quevedo Janssens. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Morbid Earth’, ‘Prone To Gobble Life’, ‘Omnicidal End’, ‘Aeons Empty’, ‘Plagueridder’, ‘Spasmic Extinction’, ‘Primal Expulsion’, ‘Riddance Of The Graves’ and ‘Path To Devourment’. The previously revealed ‘Primal Expulsion’ can still be streamed over here. For all further YSKELGROTH info please visit www.facebook.com/yskelgroth
On March 31, 2023 Hells Headbangers will release the self-titled debut EP from old school Hardcore Punks BLOODY APOSTLES on 7″ vinyl format. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Essentially Expendable’, ‘Bye Bye Kathy’, ‘Major Threat’, ‘Cop Klan’, ‘Scorpion’ and ‘I Will Not Cooperate’. BLOODY APOSTLES features Paul Ledney (PROFANATICA / HAVOHEJ), Malcolm Tent (ANTISEEN / THEY HATE US), PP Duvay (MURDER JUNKIES) and bass player Brian Zickafoose. The track ‘Cop Klan’ can already be streamed at this location. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers
Italian Death Metallers CROWNSHARD will release a new EP entitled “Awareness” on April 14, 2023. It was produced by Cesare Fioriti and CROWNSHARD and mixed and mastered by Cesare Fioriti at CeceRock Studio. The artwork was created by Cesare Fioriti. For more information check out www.facebook.com/crownshard
Bergen, Norway based blackened Speed Metal duo PHANTOM FIRE will release their sophomore full length “Eminente Lucifer Libertad” on March 03, 2023 via Edged Circle Productions. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Bloodshed’, ‘Eminente’, ‘Derive From Ash’, ‘Ritual’, ‘Satanic Messenger’, ‘Lucifer’, ‘De Taptes Dans’, ‘Black Night’, ‘Mara’, ‘Libertad’ and ‘Pentagram’. The album was produced, mixed and mastered at Solslottet Studio by ENSLAVED’s Iver Sandøy, who also played session drums on the recordings and the cover artwork was contributed by NIFELHEIM’s Hellbutcher. A full album stream is already available at this location. Videos for ‘Pentagram’, ‘Mara’ and ‘De Taptes Dans’ can be watched here, here and here. More about PHANTOM FIRE at www.facebook.com/phantomfireofficial
Bangkok, Thailand based Grindcore trio SMALLPOX AROMA has just premiered a lyric video for ‘Gory Sight, Shining Bright’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s upcoming full length “Festering Embryos Of Logical Corruption”, which will be released on March 31, 2023 via Inhuman Assault Productions on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP edition will follow later this summer. The previously revealed album track ‘Eleven Corpses Disentombed’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Festering Embryos Of Logical Corruption” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Harvesting The Aliens’ Nest’, ‘Into The Realm Of Nothingness’, ‘Oh My Sweet Gruesome Scarecrow’, ‘Quest For The Missing Head’, ‘Eternal Burrow’, ‘Inherited Ritual Of Savagery’, ‘Gory Sight, Shining Bright’, ‘Swallow The Defiled’, ‘Unfolding The Secret Alter Egos In You’, ‘Eleven Corpses Disentombed’, ‘Metamorphic Passage Of Time’, ‘Inescapable Viceral Erosion’ and ‘Country Of The Ghouls’. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/smallpoxaroma
A full album stream of “Cognitive Dissonance”, the new full length from Pennsylvania based Death Grinders THE HUMAN RACE IS FILTH, is available over here now. The album will be released on March 10, 2023. It was recorded at The Kaleidoscope in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in November / December 2022, engineered and mixed by Ben Roth and mastered by Joel Grind from TOXIC HOLOCAUST. More about THE HUMAN RACE IS FILTH at www.facebook.com/thehumanraceisfilth