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On March 26, 2026 Caverna Abismal Records will re-release “Compendium Of The Horrific”, the sophomore full-length from Portuguese Death Metallers FESTERING, in an improved and expanded CD edition. It will feature a fully reworked cover artwork and layout, which is finally doing justice to the original artwork and conceptual vision, and also includes two previously unreleased tracks. A brand-new studio recording and a live track, which was recorded at the band’s very first performance at Masmorra Fest 2016. The booklet includes previously unseen photographs from that historic live show. www.facebook.com/festering.band
Finnish melodic Death / Black Metallers SE, JOSTA EI PUHUTA will release their fourth full-length “Syvyyden Portit On Saatava Auki” on May 29, 2026 via Inverse Records. It was mixed and mastered by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio and the album cover artwork was created by Nicolas O. A video for the first single ‘Kuolemaa Ei Ole’ can already be watched at this location. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Tulkoon Valkeus’, ‘Myrsky’, ‘Varis’, ‘Kuolemaa Ei Ole’, ‘Pahuuden Palavat Nuolet’, ‘Syvyyden Portit On Saatava Auki’, ‘Muinaiset Jumalat Kuuntelevat’, ‘Rituaali’ and ‘Pimeys Ja Ikuinen Yö’. www.facebook.com/sejostaeipuhuta666
“Dark Matter Manifesto”, the debut full-length from Tunisian blackened Metal band PRIMORDIAL BLACK, can be streamed in its entirety over here. It was released via Darkside Records last year. Sakis Tolis of ROTTING CHRIST contributed guest vocals to the track ‘Sowing Discord’ and Maxime Taccardi (K.F.R., SATURNIAN TEMPLE, OSCULUM SERPENTIS a.o.) guests on ‘Din Of Thy Celestial Birds’. According to a band info, the material “blends atmospheric Black Metal, Ritual Ambient and Industrial elements into a dense and cinematic whole.” www.facebook.com/primordial.black.band
“Wallachian Emperor”, the debut full-length from Romanian Black Metal project SKADIN, is out now and available in digital format via Loud Rage Music. It features the following tracks: ‘Rot With Me’, ‘Infernal War’, ‘Fallen Echoes’, ‘Dark Woods’, ‘Last Man Alive’, ‘Vlad Draculea’ and ‘Outro’. https://skadin.bandcamp.com
Turku, Finland based Black Metallers BIRCHING have just released their debut demo, which is simply entitled “Demo”. The material was recorded at the end of last year, early 2026. A full stream of it is available at https://birching.bandcamp.com
Canadian POWERRAGE will release their debut full-length “Beast” on April 24, 2026 via High Roller Records. It was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound and the cover artwork was created by Mario Lopez. POWERRAGE consists of former EXCITER guitarist John Ricci, bassist Todd Pilon (formerly of WITCHKILLER), drummer Lucas Dery and vocalist Jacques Bélanger, who previously sang on the EXCITER albums “The Dark Command” (1997), “Blood Of Tyrants” (2000) and “New Testament” (2004). You can already watch a lyric video for the first single ‘Dark Wings’ at this location. The complete “Beast” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Dark Wings’, ‘Cremation Damnation’, ‘Dragon Man’, ‘Haunted Hell’, ‘I Torture I Kill’, ‘The Devil Is Screaming’, ‘Damned And Cursed’ and ‘The Black Mass’. www.facebook.com/powerragebeast
Swiss Black Metallers ERNTE have just revealed the track ‘Ritval Pyre’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming fourth full-length “Der Schwarzen Flamme Vermächtnis”, which will be released on February 13, 2026 via Purity Through Fire. The previously revealed ‘The Rise Of The Older Ones’ can still be checked out at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Warrior Of The Black Flame’, ‘The Rise Of The Older Ones’, ‘To Ashes’, ‘Lucifer’, ‘Lord Of Ascending Flame’, ‘Wo Sie Wandelt’ and ‘Ritval Pyre’. www.facebook.com/ernteblackmetal
“It Echoes In The Wild”, the sophomore full-length from Canadian Black / Death Metallers EGREGORE, will be released via 20 Buck Spin on March 20, 2026. It was mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk (BLOOD INCANTATION, DREAM UNENDING, TOMB MOLD) and the cover artwork was created by Luciana Lupe Vasconcelos. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Cast Adrift’, ‘Voice On The West Wind’, ‘Stair Into The Vortex’, ‘Craven Acts Of Desperate Men’, ‘From The Yawning Crevasse Shrieks A Transmorphic Gale’, ‘Corsairs Of The Daath Gulf’, ‘Nightmare Cartographer’, ‘Six Doors Guard The Original Knowledges’, ‘Servants Of The Second Death’ and ‘It Echoes In The Wild’. A video for ‘Stair Into The Vortex’ is already available over here. More about EGREGORE at www.facebook.com/egregore137
French old school Death Metallers TRAGOS will release their debut full-length “Bellicum” on March 13, 2026 via Fetzner Death Records. It was recorded and mixed by Nekomata Home Productions and mastered at Studio TSR. The cover artwork was created by Thibault Delferiere and the full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Lethal Suspiro’, ‘Fragmento Fugit’, ‘Penumbra Prolix’, ‘Narcissus Vortex’, ‘Labor Delusiv’, ‘Scherzo Patibul’, ‘Chthonian Exult’, ‘Random Punishment’, ‘Ritual Deflor’, ‘Sanguinolent’, ‘Egofabulist’ and ‘Opus Carnifex’. A visualizer video for ‘Narcissus Vortex’ is already available at this location. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/tragosdeathmetal666
Dutch Black Metallers DOODSWENS will release their self-titled sophomore full-length on April 17, 2026 via Svart Records. It will be available on cream white / yellow / orange vinyl, limited violet vinyl, classic black vinyl, CD and digital formats. You can already watch a video for the album track ‘Driven By Death’ over here. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/doodswensofficial
On March 27, 2026 AOP Records will release “Expedition III: Renitenzpfad”, the sophomore full-length from German atmospheric Black Metallers ANTRISCH. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Conquista – Prolog’, ‘Hidalgo Infernal – Der Baskische Wolf’, ‘Nattern & Narren – Los Marañones I’, ‘Bittergrün – Los Marañones II’, ‘Abkehr – Non Svfficit Orbis’, ‘Verschanzt – Perleneilandterror’ and ‘Canis Lvpvm Edit – Wolfsfalle | Verratener Verräter’. A lyric video for the album opener ‘Conquista’ can already be watched at this location. All further ANTRISCH info you will find at www.facebook.com/antrisch
On February 25, 2026 Polish Death Metallers MORRATH will release a new EP entitled “Obscure Abominations” digitally and as a limited CD (300 copies) via Necroscope Blasphemia. The CD edition will additionally include the three live tracks from the band’s split with LEPROZORIUM, which was released in 2025 on strictly limited edition cassette tape (80 copies). The “Obscure Abominations” material was recorded during the Fall of 2024. Guitars, bass and vocals were recorded at Świniarnia Studio in Trzcinica by Damian Duda and the drums were recorded in Poznan by Mateusz Wrobel. The mixing and mastering was done by Michał Grabowski and the cover artwork was created by Mieszko Jankowski. You can already watch a lyric video for ‘Gospel Of Heretics’ over here. The full tracklist of the EP reads as follows: ‘Gospel Of Heretics’, ‘Human Eradication’, ‘Where The Obscure Dwells’, ‘Blasphemy Reigns’, ‘Where Salvation Meets The Rot’ (live), ‘Crimson Demons’ (live) and ‘New God Exalted’ (live). www.facebook.com/morrathband
Swedish Death Metallers HELVETETS DJÄVLAR have just released a video for ‘Terror’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length. For all additional info and regular updates make sure to follow them at www.facebook.com/people/helvetets-djavlar/61557614391305
Polish progressive Black Metal project UKĆ will release its third full length “Anomalie – Upadek Konającego Ćwierćwiecza” on March 06, 2026 through Via Nocturna. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Upadek Konającego Ćwierćwiecza’, ‘Anomalie’, ‘Nieobecność’, ‘Ślepe Uszy’, ‘Mętne Słońce’, ‘Czyściec’, ‘Odmęty’ and ‘W Ciszy’. The cover artwork was created by Rafal Kubisiak. A video for the title track, ‘Anomalie’, can already be checked out over here. UKĆ is the project of Łukasz “Icanraz” Sarnacki, known for his work with CORRUPTION, DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS, VIRGIN SNATCH, HERMH and CHRIST AGONY. All instruments and vocals on the album were recorded by Łukasz “Icanraz” Sarnacki at Hertz Studio with Karol Andres. Łukasz Sarnacki and Wojtek Wiesławski handled the mixes, while Wojtek Wiesławski, who has previously worked with bands such as BEHEMOTH, DECAPITATED and VADER, provided the final mastering. www.facebook.com/ukc.comingout
Helsinki, Finland based melodic Death Metallers GOTHONY have just released a video for the new track ‘Misery Ending’ at this location. The band’s self-titled debut full-length came out two years ago via Inverse Records and in 2025 the label also reissued GOTHONY’s 1995 demo. www.facebook.com/gothonyband
St. Louis, Missouri based Black Metallers AHZIDAL have just self-released their debut full-length “Gaiar Alata” on CD and digital formats. It was recorded, mixed and mastered in 2024 by Dreathus Harris (XAEMORA) at Sweaty D’s Tone Dojo. You can check out the tracks ‘Order Of The Black Worm’ and ‘They Came In Droves’ here and here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Alok Amativ, Ye Ahzidal’, ‘Order Of The Black Worm’, ‘Blighted Dreams’, ‘Charon’s Obol’, ‘The Return’, ‘Emblazoned Upon The Breast Of The Earth’, ‘They Came In Droves’, ‘The Shezarrine’, ‘Of Firmament And Flame’ and ‘Fulfilling The Prophecy’. www.facebook.com/ahzidal
On April 01, 2026 Demoniac Productions will release “La Escisión Acausal: Por La Vía Inversa Hacia La Descarnación”, the third full-length from Chile based Black / Death Metal duo CENOTAFIO, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Atrabilis Taenia Solivm’, ‘Osario’, ‘Nigredo Transfixión’, ‘Acausal Escisión’, ‘Viperidarium’ and ‘Orbis Coagula’. You can already check out ‘Osario’ at this location. More about CENOTAFIO at www.facebook.com/cenotafiobanda
Boston, Massachusetts based progressive Death Metallers GRAVEBORN will release their fifth full-length “Metempsychosis” on April 03, 2026. You can already watch a lyric video for the album closer ‘Orthologs’ over here. The first two singles, ‘Ember Of Existence’ and ‘Temporal Sands’, can additionally be streamed at this location. The complete “Metempsychosis” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Embers Of Existence’, ‘The Archaea Paradox’, ‘Temporal Sands’, ‘Idols Of Bone’, ‘Paralogs’, ‘Metempsychosis’, ‘River Of The Eternal Mind’, ‘Epistatic Drift’, ‘Legacy Of Light’, ‘The Maw Of Recursion’ and ‘Orthologs’. www.facebook.com/gravebornma
Manchester, UK based Speed / Thrash Metal trio AGGRESSIVE PERFECTOR has just premiered the track ‘Fiend In You’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Come Creeping Fiends”, which will be released on March 27, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Dead Undead’, ‘Strange Companion’, ‘Fiend In You’, ‘Like A Beast’, ‘Gallows Eve’, ‘Obscene Cult Of Dracula’, ‘Harlot’s Spell’, ‘Denied By The Reaper’, ‘Creeping In The Dark’ and ‘Return Of The Axe’. The previously revealed album track ‘Dead Undead’ can still be checked out at this location. You can follow the band at www.facebook.com/aggressiveperfectorband
Polish Thrashers ABUSER will release their debut full-length “Blood Marks” on May 07, 2026 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Cry Of The Innocent’, ‘Suspended In Torture’, ‘Blood Marks’, ‘Painbringer’, ‘Fin De Siécle’, ‘Monument Of Atrocity’, ‘Struggling For Reality’, ‘Lethal Obsession’, ‘Abuser’ and ‘Witnessing Madness’. You can already stream ‘Monument Of Atrocity’ at this location. More ABUSER info you will find at www.facebook.com/abuserthrash
Finnish Death / Thrashers INFINITE CHAOS have just released a lyric video for ‘Parasite’ over here. The track is featured on their self-financed debut EP “The First Chapter”, which was released at the end of last year. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Parasite’, ‘The Existing Dimensions’, ‘For The Resistance’, ‘W.O.C.’ and ‘Blood Brothers’. The whole material was recorded, mixed and mastered at Noise Floor Studio in Helsinki by Mikko Herranen and the artwork was created by Mika Kanerva. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562870955337
Finnish blackened Death Metallers KARELIAN WARCRY will release their third full-length “Veripellot” on March 06, 2026. You can already check out the album track ‘Horisontit’ at this location. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/karelianwarcry
On February 27, 2026 Antiq will release the fourth full-length from French atmospheric Black Metallers VIDE, ”Aux Enfants Des Ruines”. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Aux Enfants Des Ruines’, ‘Hymne Au Vide’, ‘Nourrir La Haine’, ‘Messe Des Ruines – L’Appel Aux Loups’, ‘Messe Des Ruines – Le Refuge’, ‘Messe Des Ruines – Testament’ and ‘Messe Des Ruines – Passage’. You can already check out ‘Le Refuge’ over here. For more info please visit https://hylgaryss.bandcamp.com
Belgian Thrashers CYCLONE have just revealed a lyric video for ‘Nothing Is Real’ over here. The track will be featured on their upcoming new mini album “Known Unto God”, which will be released on February 06, 2026 via High Roller Records in Europe. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063577267482
On March 27, 2026 Caligari Records will release “Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance”, the debut mini album from Germany’s Black / Deathers BARBARIC OATH, on CD and cassette tape formats. You can already check out ‘Bestial Witchery’ at this location. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Crom Cult’, ‘Sword And Sorcerer’, ‘Bestial Witchery’, ‘Dragon Lord’ and ‘For Victory… (The Warrior Path)’. https://instagram.com/barbaricoath.dm
German old school Thrashers ZERRE have just premiered the track ‘Deception Of The Weak’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming fourth full-length “Rotting On A Golden Throne”, which will be released on March 27, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed ‘Pigs Will Be Pigs’ can still be streamed at this location. The full tracklist of “Rotting On A Golden Throne” reads like this: ‘Intro’, ‘Pigs Will Be Pigs’, ‘Deception Of The Weak’, ‘Mental Vacation’, ‘Concrete Hell’, ‘Rotting On A Golden Throne’, ‘Killing Taste’ and ‘No Alibi’. https://zerrethrash.bandcamp.com
German Death Metal two-piece project UNINHIBITED has just digitally self-released a new EP entitled “From Flesh To Void”. You can check it out at this location. For all additional UNINHIBITED information please visit www.facebook.com/people/uninhibited-death-metal/61564262967861
On March 20, 2026 Adirondack Black Mass will release “Sub Janus”, the third full-length from Italy’s Black Metallers CALVANA on digipak CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Twilight Song’, ‘My Prayer To Diana’, ‘Summer Storm’, ‘Fear Makes You Tame’, ‘Death Of Pan’, ‘Meine Süße Sternenkriegerin’, ‘Carnivore’, ‘Sorry’ and ‘Sub Janus’. You can already check out ‘Death Of Pan’ over here. More CALVANA info you will find at www.facebook.com/calvana