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August 17, 2019
Chile based Death Metallers GODAGAINST will release their new album “Summoning Chaotic Annihilation” on August 30, 2019 by via Australis Records. The cover was created by Daniel Hermosilla of Nox Fragor Art. For all further information and updates follow the band at www.facebook.com/godagainst
August 16, 2019
U.S. blackened Thrashers WRAITH have released their new full length "Absolute Power" today. A full album stream is available at this location. More about WRAITH at www.facebook.com/wraiththrash
On November 08, 2019 Primitive Reaction will release "Nocturnal Bloodlust", the debut album of Finland's Black Metallers BLACK BEAST. The following tracks will appear on it: 'Prelude', 'Black Seremony', 'Riding On Wings Of Death', 'Your Cold Grave', 'Words Of Leviathan', 'Unholy One', 'Nocturnal Bloodlust', 'Fist Of The Devil' and 'Symbol For My Devotion'. The track 'Your Cold Gave' is already available for streaming at the label's Bandcamp site. The album release gig will take place at the Steel Chaos Open Air Festival on November 08 / 09, 2019 in Helsinki, Finland.
Turkish Thrashers THRASHFIRE have just released a first advance single of their second album "Into The Armageddon". You can check out 'Wisdom Of Sacrilegious' at this location. The album will be released through Xtreem Music on October 10, 2019. The artwork was created by Ozan Yildirim (Deadhouse Studio) and the tracklist reads as follows: 'Pure Devastating Necromancy', 'Katacomb (The Kingdom Of Ressurrection)', 'Dybbukim', 'Wisdom Of Sacrilegious', 'Supreme Command', 'Through The Crimson Darkness', 'Slaughtered By Hellgoats', 'Post Apocalyptic Holy Terror', 'High Heel In The Hell' and 'Into The Armageddon'. For all additional THRASHFIRE information please visit www.facebook.com/thrashbeerandviolence
On October 31, 2019 Memento Mori will release "Drowned In Gangrenous Blood", the second full length of Greek Death Metallers VULTUR. It was produced, mixed and mastered by Haris Vougiantzis (EMBRACE OF THORNS) and the cover art was created by Gargoylekelly. The following tracks will appear on it: 'Groans Of Excruciating Torture', 'Drowned In Gangrenous Blood', 'High On Adrenochrome', 'Return To Soil', 'Rigorous Voices', 'Devirginized, Butchered And Eaten', 'Crushing The Ribcage' and 'Postmortem Lividity'. One of the tracks ('Groans Of Excruciating Terror') is already streaming right here. More about VULTUR at www.facebook.com/vulturathens
August 15, 2019
Greek's Heavy / Black Metallers DISHARMONY will release a special mini album entitled "Messe De Minuit" on CD and vinyl LP format via Iron Bonehead Productions on November 28, 2019. It was originally released last year on cassette tape and has been expanded in length now, making the release something of a double EP. Tracklist: 'Hail The Witch', 'By The Moonlight', 'Into The Tomb', 'Corpus Christi' and 'Midnight Mass' (Bonus). You can stream 'Corpus Christi' right here. More about DISHARMONY at www.facebook.com/tagmamagiadisharmony
On September 02, 2019 Amor Fati Productions will release "Raukn", the third album from Denmark's Black Metallers MÚSPELLZHEIMR on CD and vinyl LP formats. A full album stream is already available at this location. More MÚSPELLZHEIMR info you will find at https://afgrundsvisioner.bandcamp.com
Five years after the release of their last full length Swiss Thrashers ALGEBRA will finally release their follow-up "Pulse?" through Unspeakable Axe Records on September 30, 2019 on CD and digital platforms. It features 11 new tracks, along with a cover of SEPULTURA's 'Dead Embryonic Cells'. You can check out the title track right here. The full tracklist reads like this: 'Ego Destroyed', 'Inner Constraints', 'Addicted To Authority', 'Digital Masters', 'Quantum God', 'Simulated Mind', 'Manipulated Soul', 'Prelude To Hate', 'Hateful Source', 'Concrete Jungle', 'Pulse' and 'Dead Embryonic Cells' (SEPULTURA cover). For all additional information check out www.facebook.com/algebrathrash
Spanish Death Metallers NECROPHILIAC have been signed by Xtreem Music. The release of their second album is scheduled for February 2020. The band's debut was released way back in 1992 by the pre - Xtreem Music label, Drowned Productions. The album is currently being recorded by Jesús "Punti" Montilla at Sonic Banana Studios and will be mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studios. The cover art will be a conceptual work created by Artem Grigoryev. For more info and regular updates follow the band at www.facebook.com/necrophiliacdeathmetal
On November 15, 2019 Nuclear War Now! Productions will release the third IGNIVOMOUS album "Hieroglossia" on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will appear on it: 'Hieroglossia', 'Circle Of Scythes', 'Cloaked In Resplendent Perdition', 'Thalassophobia', 'Shackles Of The Demiurge', 'Blood And Mercury', 'Gaunt Redemption Parasite' and 'Vitriolic Swarm'. The band will be touring Europe in September 2019, playing multiple shows in Germany in addition to Poland, Denmark, The Netherlands, Belgium and France. A strictly limited tour edition digipak version of the new album will be available during the tour. You can already listen to the new track 'Thalassophobia' here. More about IGNIVOMOUS at www.facebook.com/ignivomous
Dutch all female Black Metallers ASAGRAUM's second album "Dawn Of Infinite Fire" will be released in Europe on September 13, 2019 via Edged Circle Productions and on September 27, 2019 in North America. The full tracklist reads as follows: 'They Crawl From The Broken Circle', 'The Lightless Inferno', 'Abomination's Altar', 'Guahaihoque', 'Dawn Of Infinite Fire', 'Dochters Van De Zwarte Vlam', 'Beyond The Black Vortex', 'Hate Of Satan's Hammer' and 'Waar Ik Ben Komt De Dood'. The mixing and mastering of the album was once again done by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio and the cover artwork has been created by Bahrull Marta. You can already check out the new track 'They Crawl From The Broken Circle' here. A previously released video for 'Abomination's Altar' can still be watched at this location. More info at www.facebook.com/asagraum
August 14, 2019
TEMPLE OV PERVERSION's self-titled debut EP will be released on 12" vinyl format on October 18, 2018 via Clavis Secretorvm. The following tracks will appear on it: 'Intro', 'Arrival Ov The Horns', 'Forever Night' and 'Temple Ov Perversion'. You can already stream the track 'Arrival Ov The Horns' here. TEMPLE OV PERVERSION is an old school Black Metal band from Switzerland in the vein of HADEZ, IMPERATOR, MORTEM and Hungary's TORMENTOR. Their first demo "Rehearsal MMXVII" was released in 2019. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/temple-ov-perversion-153157598752317
New Jersey blackened Thrashers ANTICOSM have just released a video for the titletrack of their upcoming album "The Call Of The Void". It was directed by Gabriel Francis at Backroom Studios and can be viewed at this location. The album was recorded and mixed by Brendan Smith at Brady Street Recordings in Waldwick, New Jersey and produced by ANTICOSM and Brendan Smith. It was mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio and the artwork and design was created by Metastazis from Paris, France (MORBID ANGEL, WATAIN, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER). "The Call Of The Void" will be released through the band's own label Hell Kill Destroy Records on August 16, 2019. The band previously already released a lyric video for the album track 'Somewhere Between Life And Death' over here. All further ANTICOSM info you will find at www.facebook.com/anticosmnj
German Death Metallers ABYTHIC have just released a lyric video for the song 'Drifting Among Shadows'. You can watch the video right here. The track appears on the band's upcoming second album "Conjuring The Obscure" which will be released on September 11, 2019 through Xtreem Music. The album tracklist reads as follows: 'Eternal Chaos Will Rise', 'Order Of The Gash', 'Shrouded In Perpetual Darkness', 'Ruins In A Wasteland Of Visions', 'Drifting Among Shadows', 'Coronation By The Burning Winds', 'Shadows Of Becoming Might' and 'Let The Purge Begin'. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/abythic
German Black Metallers REIGN IN BLOOD are streaming their new album "Missa Pro Defunctis" in its entirety at this location now. The album was recorded at Old Spirit Studio and the mixing and mastering was done by Patrick Engel at Temple Of Disharmony. "Missa Pro Defunctis" will be released on August 16, 2019 via Iron Bonehead Productions. More info at www.facebook.com/reigninbloodofficial
On November 28, 2019 Iron Bonehead Productions will release a new EP from Finnish Death Metallers BLOOMING CARRIONS entitled "Sisters In Blooming Flesh". It will be available on CD and 12" vinyl format. The titletrack is already available for streaming at Iron Bonehead's Soundcloud page. The full tracklist of the EP reads like this: 'Sisters In Blooming Flesh', 'Enchantment Of Slaughtering' and 'Lehto'. More BLOOMING CARRIONS at https://bloomingcarrions.bandcamp.com
On October 04, 2019 EXHUMED will release their new album "Horror". You can already listen to the first single 'Ravenous Cadavers' at this location. EXHUMED frontman Matt Harvey commented on the track as follows: "'Ravenous Cadavers' is a great taste of the album - and this is one of the more mid-paced tracks on the record, so… "Horror" is all about stripping away everything and getting down to the core elements of our sound: raw and nasty aggression. The album’s like mainlining Grinding Death Metal at a lethal dose. If you liked the more intricate, melodic stuff that we’ve done, this may not be the one for you. If you’re a fuckin’ maniac that wants to pound some beers and smash up some tombstones, this is the record you’ve been waiting for.” The album was recorded at the band's home-built studio Darker Corners and produced by EXHUMED and Alejandro Corredor (BRUJERIA, NAUSEA). The mixing and mastering was done by Joel Grind (TOXIC HOLOCAUST). The following tracks will appear on the album: 'Unsound', 'Ravenous Cadavers', 'Scream Out In Fright', 'The Red Death', 'Utter Mutilation Of Your Corpse', 'Slaughter Maniac', 'Ripping Death', 'Clawing', 'Naking, Screaming, And Covered In Blood', 'Playing With Fear', 'Dead Meat', 'Rabid', 'In The Mouth Of Hell', 'Shattered Saity' and 'Re-Animated'. Bonus tracks: 'Crypt Of Terror' (GENOCIDE cover), 'Re-Entry And Destruction' (DEATH STRIKE cover) and 'The Day Man Lost' (CARNAGE cover). A strictly limited (100 copies) Relapse.com exclusive package will include the "Horror" LP pressed on blood red and white merge with aqua blue, blood red and oxblood splatter, a playable VHS in custom slipcase with audio and visuals of the entire album, a retro VHS inspired sticker sheet, plus an authorized Slaughter Video membership laminated card as well as an official Slaughter Video employee t-shirt. All items are exclusive to this package and are housed in a meticulously designed VCR inspired boxset. All additional EXHUMED info you will find at www.facebook.com/exhumedofficial
August 13, 2019
Texas based Black Metal duo VENEREAL BAPTISM will release their second album "Repugnant Coronation Of The Beast" through Osmose Productions on CD and vinyl LP formats on September 27, 2019. The following tracks will appear on it: 'To Castrate Angelic Grace', 'Venereal Fucking Whore', 'Uncleansed In Celestial Mortification', 'Repugnant Coronation Of The Beast', 'Blasphemous Sarin Execrations', 'Unfuckable Pacifist Gutterslut', 'Abhorrent Cesspool Of Lesser Human Vessels', 'Pestiferous Pious Deflorations', 'Born Of Lascivious Degradation' and 'Aborted At The Foulest Pit Of Hell'. The cover art was created by Rolf Brühwiller. All further VENEREAL BAPTISM information you will find at www.facebook.com/venerealbaptism
On September 27, 2019 Osmose Productions will release "Ushered Forth By Cloven Tongue", the third album from Swedish Black Metallers PATRONYMICON, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The cover art was created by Chadwick St. John and the tracklist reads as follows: 'Haissem', 'The Funeral Of A Passive God', 'XI Kings XI Curses', 'Lightless Flames', 'Womb Of Rejection', 'From The Depths Of Damnation', 'A Star That Shineth Not' and 'Death Itself'. More about PATRONYMICON at www.facebook.com/patronymicon-158661034186769
Chile's Thrashers RIPPER will release a five song EP entitled "Sensory Stagnation" on September 30, 2019 on CD, cassette and digitally via Unspeakable Axe Records, with a vinyl release to follow from Dark Descent Records. It will feature the following tracks: 'Dissociation', 'The Unreal', 'Sensory Stagnation', 'Like A Sacrilege' and 'Terror Streets'. The track 'The Unreal' is already streaming at this location. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/ripperchileoficial
"In Manus Satanas", the third album from Kouvola, Finland based Black Metallers AEGRUS will be released on October 11, 2019 via Saturnal Records. The following tracks will appear on it: 'Hymn To The Firewinged One', 'Nightspirit Theosis', 'Gestalt Of Perdition', 'At The Altar Of Twilight' 'Ascending Shadows', 'Nemesis', 'The Black Wings Upon Me' and 'In Manus Satanas'. You can already stream 'Nemesis' over here. More AEGRUS info you will find at www.facebook.com/aegrusofficial
Norwegian Black Metallers MAYHEM will release their sixth album "Daemon" on October 25, 2019 via Century Media Records. It was composed and recorded by the same line-up that was already responsible for "Esoteric Warfare" (2014) and performed "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" in its entirety over the last few years: Necrobutcher (bass), Hellhammer (drums), Attila (vocals), Teloch (guitars) and Ghul (guitars). The following tracks will appear on it: 'The Dying False King', 'Agenda Ignis', 'Bad Blood', 'Malum', 'Falsified And Hated', 'Aeon Daemonium', 'Worthless Abomination Destroyed', 'Daemon Spawn', 'Of Worms And Ruins' and 'Invoke The Oath'. For more information and regular updates follow the band at www.facebook.com/mayhemofficial
August 12, 2019
On October 11, 2019 AnnapurnA and Clavis Secretorvm will release "Stigma", the debut album from Swedish Black Metallers DÖDFÖDD, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the title track, separated in two parts, 'Stigma I' and 'Stigma II' with a playing time of 22:32 and 21:57 minutes respectively. A full album stream is available here. More DÖDFÖDD at https://ddfdd.bandcamp.com
ECTOPLASMA's third album "White-Eyed Trance" will be released via Memento Mori on CD on October 31, 2019. Repulsive Echo Records will be handling the vinyl version, which will follow later this year. "White-Eyed Trance" was mixed and mastered by Robbert Kok (DISAVOWED) and the cover art was created by Mörtuus. The complete tracklist reads like this: 'Eviscerated In The Howling Winds', 'Psychomanteum Immolation', 'White-Eyed Trance: Choronzonic Covenant', 'The Oak Spewed Foul Whispers', 'Ghostly Emanations In The Mortuary', 'Alucarda, The Daughter Of Darkness', 'White-Eyed Trance: Ensnared In Devilry', 'Skeletal Lifeforms' and 'Souls Of Sacrifice' (DEVASTATION cover). You can already stream the track 'Psychomanteum Immolation' at this location. For all additional ECTOPLASMA info please visit www.facebook.com/ectoplasma-1579524392276613
August 10, 2019
On September 13, 2019 Norwegian Death Metallers BLOOD RED THRONE will release their nineth full length album "Fit To Kill" via Mighty Music. Guitarist Daniel "Død" Olaisen had this to say about the album: “We keep climbing the throne. "Fit To Kill" is by far our most old school release since 2003’s "Affiliated With The Suffering". Back to the roots. Death Metal never dies”. The band has just released a promotional video for one of the album tracks. You can check out 'Requiem Mass' at this location. All further BLOOD RED THRONE information you will find at www.facebook.com/bloodredthroneofficial
August 09, 2019
US Black Metallers PROFANATICA will release their upcoming new album "Rotting Incarnation Of God" on October 11, 2019 via Season Of Mist. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Orange Peel Recordings in Kennesaw, Georgia with engineer Raheem Amlani. A first song is already available for streaming at this location. The artwork of the album has been created by Paolo Girardi and the complete tracklist reads as follows: 'Liturgy Of Impurity', 'Prayer In Eclipse', 'Broken Jew', 'Washed In The Blood Of Lord', 'Sacramental Cum', 'Mocked, Scourged And Shit Upon', 'Tithing Cunt', 'Rotting Incarnation Of God', 'Eucharist In Ruin' and 'In My Kingdom'. More about PROFANATICA at www.facebook.com/profanaticausa
Los Angeles, California based Death Metallers INFIRMITY will release their debut full-length "Descendants Of Sodom" on November 09, 2019 via Lost Apparition Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by John Haddad at Trench Studios, Corona and the cover art was created by the Daemorph Art. "Descendants Of Sodom" will feature the following tracks: 'Gomorrah Aflame', 'Descendants Of Sodom', 'Darkness Reigns Supreme', 'Infatuated With Intoxication', 'Plastic Idols - The Obsessed', 'Depths Of Regression' and 'Unholy Deception'. The title track can already be streamed over here. For all additional band information visit www.facebook.com/infirmity
August 08, 2019
YOTH IRIA, the new project of Jim Mutilator (ex - ROTTING CHRIST, ex - VARATHRON), has been signed by Repulsive Echo Records. An upcoming EP entitled “Under His Sway” has already been recorded at Pentagram studios (ROTTING CHRIST). It will include new songs plus one cover. For regular updates follow YOTH IRIA at www.facebook.com/yoth_iria_official-294541961469236
August 07, 2019
UK Extreme Metallers THE BLEEDING will release their second album "Morbid Prophecy" (the follow-up to 2018's debut "Rites Of Absolution") on October 18, 2019 via World War Now Records. It will feature the following eight tracks: 'Demonic Oath', 'Maelstrom', 'Entering The Pandemonium', 'Morbid Prophecy', 'Storm Of The Hellspawn', 'Sadistic Saviour', 'Repentance' and 'Hammer Of Penance'. For all additional band information check out www.facebook.com/thebleedingofficial
American Death Metallers VISCERAL DISGORGE have released a guitar playthrough video for their latest single 'Necrotic Biogenesis' at this location. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album "Slithering Evisceration" which will be out on September 13, 2019 on Agonia Records. More about VISCERAL DISGORGE at www.facebook.com/visceraldisgorge
August 05, 2019
Spanish Death Metallers GRAVEYARD have just released a video for the track 'Of Extant Cults And Living Terrors' at this location. The song is taken from their upcoming fourth full-length album "Hold Back The Dawn“ which will be released on September 20, 2019 via War Anthem Records. The album was recorded and mixed at Moontower Studios by guitarist Javi Félez, mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound Studio and features a cover art by Matt Carr. The following tracks will appear on it: 'Swarm Of Flies', 'Winds Like Daggers', 'Of Extant Cults And Living Terrors', 'Hurled Unto Damnation', 'The Storm Above (Port Sulphur)', 'The Shrike', 'O Beast I Fear Thy Name' and 'Madre De La Noche'. More about GRAVEYARD at www.facebook.com/deathmetalgraveyard
August 03, 2019
U.S. blackened Speed / Thrash three-piece WRAITH have just premiered another track from their upcoming album "Absolute Power". You can stream 'Acid Mass' at this location. Another album track ('Devil's Hour') is still available here. "Absolute Power" will be released on August 16, 2019. More WRAITH info you will find at www.facebook.com/wraiththrash
"The Order Of Genocide", the debut EP from Mumbai, India based Thrashers SABOTAGE, is out now on CD and digitally. The band commented on it as follows: ""The Order Of Genocide" talks about the atrocities that take place every single day and how the world is inching closer towards doom. Every single track is bound to dislodge a bone or two when the mosh pit breaks open! The release of the EP will also pave way to a tour in India across few cities!” A full EP stream is available here. For all further band information visit www.facebook.com/sabotage-india-148984769030530
South American Death Metallers REPTILIUM have just released their debut EP "Conspiranoic". A lyric video for the song 'Goat' can be watched here. A whole EP stream is available at this location. All additional REPTILIUM info you will find at www.facebook.com/reptiliumsect
"Cenotaph Of Defectuous Creation", the second full length from Death / Doom Metallers SEMPITERNAL DUSK, will be released on September 27, 2019 on CD, vinyl LP and digitally via Dark Descent Records. The album track 'Excavated Filth From Dimensional Incarnations' is already streaming over here. More about SEMPITERNAL DUSK at www.facebook.com/sempiternaldusk
August 02, 2019
On September 20, 2019 Selfmadegod Records will reissue "The New Primitive", the debut full length from Richmond, Virginia based Death / Grinders ASPHALT GRAVES, on CD. It was originally released back in 2016 on the US label Vitriol Records and is already sold out for some time now. The re-release will come with a completely new cover artwork by Rapahel Gabrio as well as a revamped layout by Underground Factory. You can check a video for the track 'Angst And Praise' here. ASPHALT GRAVES features Jason Netherton (MISERY INDEX, ex - DYING FETUS) on vocals, Adam Faris (ex - WAR TORN) on guitar, Brent Purgason (GWAR, U.S. BASTARDS) on bass and Shannon Lucas (ex - THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER) on drums. All additional information you will find at www.facebook.com/asphaltgraves
Lycanthropic Chants have just released a new vinyl 7" of German Death Metallers REPULSIVE FEAST entitled "Brewing Rancid Stew“. It features four tracks and is limited to 203 black and 97 smeary black and white copies. You can listen to the title track at this location. More band info at www.facebook.com/repulsive-feast-406514753170111
Dutch progressive Death Metallers PESTILENCE have signed a worldwide record deal with Agonia Records, by the courtesy of the band's own imprint Hadeon Records. The band is currently working on their new album titled "Exitivm". For regular updates follow the band at www.facebook.com/pestilenceofficial
August 01, 2019
Brutal Death Metallers DEVOURMENT have just released a NSFW (violence, gore) video for 'A Virulent Strain Of Retaliation', the opening track off their upcoming new album "Obscene Majesty". You can stream the video here. It was directed by Michael Panduro (NAPALM DEATH, NASUM, DEAD CROSS). "Obscene Majesty" will be out on August 16, 2010 on CD, LP and digitally. The following tracks will appear on it: 'A Virulent Strain Of Retaliation', 'Cognitive Sedation Butchery', 'Narcissistic Paraphilia', 'Arterial Spray Patterns', 'Profane Contagion', 'Dysmorphic Autophagia', 'Sculpted In Tyranny', 'Xenoglossia', 'Modum Sui Morte' and 'Truculent Antipathy'. More DEVOURMENT at www.facebook.com/devourmentofficial
Swedish Death Metallers SORCERY have just released a lyric video of the song 'Death Is Near' at this location. The track will appear on their upcoming fourth album "Necessary Excess Of Violence" which will be released on CD (August 20, 2019) and 12" LP (September 03, 2019) via Xtreem Music. "Necessary Excess Of Violence" will feature the following tracks: 'The Stellar Circle', 'Where We Were Born We Will Demise', 'The Darkest Part Of You', 'Of Blood And Ash', 'I'll Be Gone In The Dark', 'Death Is Near', 'Illuminate', 'King Of Nothing', 'Year Of The Plague' and 'Language Of The Conqueror'. The album's previously released first advance single can still be streamed here. For all additional information follow the band at www.facebook.com/sorcerydeathmetal
Norwegian Black Metallers 1349 will release their new album "The Infernal Pathway" via Season of Mist on October 18, 2019. It was recorded at Amper Tone studios and Studio Nyhagen with engineer Jarrett Pritchard earlier this year. One of the album songs ('Enter Cold Void Dreaming') is already streaming at this location. For more 1349 info please check out www.facebook.com/1349official