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On January 31, 2020 Osmose Productions will release the second album from Belgian blackened Speed Metallers BÜTCHER, “666 Goats Carry My Chariot”. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Inauguration Of Steele’, ‘Iron Bitch’, ’45 Rpm Metal’, ‘Metallström / Face The Bütcher’, ‘Sentinels Of Dethe’, ‘666 Goats Carry My Chariot’, ‘Viking Funeral’, ‘Brazen Serpent’ and ‘Exaltation Of Sulphur’. The cover artwork was created by Kris Verwimp. More info at www.facebook.com/butcherspeedmetal
Swiss Black Metallers TEMPLE OV PERVERSION are streaming their self-titled debut EP in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on October 18, 2019 via Clavis Secretorvm on 12″ vinyl format. More about TEMPLE OV PERVERSION at www.facebook.com/temple-ov-perversion-153157598752317
Greek Death Metallers VULTUR have just premiered a new track entitled ‘Postmortem Lividity’ over here. It will appear on the band’s second album “Drowned In Gangrenous Blood”, which will be released on October 31, 2019 via Memento Mori. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/vulturathens
Canadian blackened Death Metallers NECRONOMICON are now streaming their entire new full length “Unus” at this location. The album will be released on October 18, 2019 via Season Of Mist. For more NECRONOMICON info check out www.facebook.com/necronomiconmetal
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Newfoundland based two man Black Metal band ARTACH has released a video for the song ‘When The Forest Ends’, which features the forest and coast of their homeland. It was self-recorded, produced and filmed by the band. You can watch it here. More ARTACH information you will find at www.facebook.com/artachblackmetal
Vampiric Black Metallers BYYRTH are streaming their forthcoming new mini album “Cold Autumn Shadows” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on October 18, 2019 via Iron Bonehead Productions. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/byyrth
Chilean Death Metallers UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN are streaming their upcoming fifth full length “Teufelsbücher” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on October 18, 2018 via Iron Bonehead Productions. On the same day Iron Bonehead will re-release the band’s second album “People Of The Monolith” from 2008, on vinyl LP format as well as a special compilation of their 7″ EPs and their live performance at last year’s inaugural Never Surrender Fest. All further UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN information you will find at www.facebook.com/unaussprechlichen-kulten-609345889079874
Québec, Canada based Black Metallers SANCTVS are streaming their debut album "Mors Aeterna" in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on October 15, 2019 via Sepulchral Productions. More info at www.sepulchralproductions.com or www.facebook.com/sepulchral.prods
German Death Metallers NIGHTBEARER will release their first full-length "Tales Of Sorcery And Death" on December 13, 2019 via Testimony Records. The artwork was created by Juanjo Castellano Rosado and the tracklist reads as follows: ‘Beware The Necromancer’, ‘As Cold As Their Eyes’, ‘Lycantrophic Death Squad’, ‘Tales Of Sorcery And Death’, ‘The Gods May Weep’, ‘All Men Must Die’, ‘Daggers In The Night’, ‘The Watcher Between The World’, ‘Vile Flame Of Udun’ and ‘The Dead Won’t Sleep Forever’. The album opener ‘Beware The Necromancer’ is already available for streaming here. For all further NIGHTBEARER information check out www.facebook.com/nightbearer
UK Death Metallers HORRIFIED will release their new album "Sentinel" on December 13, 2019 via Testimony Records. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘The Pessimist’, ‘Awaiting Restitution’, ‘Crestfallen’, ‘Celestial Tears’, ‘Forgotten Thrones’ and ‘The Perceiver’. Damian Herring once again took care of the mix and mastering at Subterranean Watchtower Studios and the artwork was created by Adam Burke (SOLSTAFIR, GATECREEPER, TCHORNOBOG). A first track, ‘The Pessimist’, is already streaming at this location. More about HORRIFIED at www.facebook.com/horrifieduk
"Pope Art", the debut full length from Paris, France based Black Metallers GRIIIM, will be released on October 31, 2019 as a limited digipak CD + DVD set via Purity Through Fire. A video for ‘The Church Of Negation’ (featuring Meyhna’ch of MÜTIILATION) is already available here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Welcome To My Nightmare’, ‘My Name Is Max’, ‘God Is Love But I’m Hate’, ‘The Church Of Negation (feat. Meyhna’ch)’, ‘Solitude In Heaven’, ‘Šizofrenija (feat. O of OBSKURITATEM)’, ‘As Long As You Hold The Knife’, ‘Guiding The Flesh’, ‘Speech’, ‘As Long As You Hold The Knife Part II’, ‘A New Kind Of War’, ‘I Ain’t Going Down’ and ‘I’m Upset (Epilogue, feat. Kristen)’. More info at www.facebook.com/maximetaccardiartworks
Australian Death Metallers IGNIVOMOUS have just premiered the titletrack from their upcoming third full length "Hieroglossia" at this location. The album will be released on November 15, 2019 via Nuclear War Now! Productions. The cover art was created by Stefan Thanneur and the tracklist reads as follows: ‘Hieroglossia’, ‘Circle Of Scythes’, ‘Cloaked In Resplendent Perdition’, ‘Thalassophobia’, ‘Shackles Of The Demiurge’, ‘Blood And Mercury’, ‘Gaunt Redemption Parasite’ and ‘Vitriolic Swarm’. For all additional IGNIVOMOUS information please check out www.facebook.com/ignivomous
US Black Metallers PROFANATICA are streaming their entire new album "Rotting Incarnation Of Go" over here now. It will be released via Season Of Mist today. PROFANATICA will be touring Europe together with DEMONOMANCY in November. The tour kicks off on November 01, 2019 at the Mörtelwerk in Leipzig, Germany, runs through 12 more countries and ends at the Temple venue in Athens, Greece on November 24, 2019. For regular tour updates and all further info follow them at www.facebook.com/profanaticausa
Stockholm, Sweden based Horror Metallers DIE KUNST DER FINSTERNIS have released a lyric video for ‘Exhumation’ at this location. The track is taken from the band’s third album "Revenant In A Phantom World (Queen Of Owls Addendum)", which will be released on October 31, 2019 via Lamech Records in co-operation with Amor Fati Productions. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Carnival Of The Undead’, ‘Grotesque’, ‘Madame Tuberculosis’, ‘Raised From Decay’, ‘Chasing Bleached Memories’, ‘The End Of Time – Miseria’, ‘Exhumation’, ‘Neophobic Delirium’ and ‘Vampirismus’. More band info at www.facebook.com/diekunstderfinsternis
Los Angeles, California based Death Metal quartet INFIRMITY are streaming the track ‘Plastic Idols – The Obsessed’ over here now. It is taken from their upcoming album "Descendants Of Sodom", which will be released on November 09, 2010 through Lost Apparitions Records. Another album track (‘Darkness Reigns Supreme’) is available at this location. All further INFIRMITY info you will find at www.facebook.com/infirmity
Oberpfälzer Wald", the debut full length from German Black Metallers VALOSTA VARJOON, will be released on October 31, 2019 via Purity Through Fire on jewelcase CD and A5 digipak, limited to 100 copies. A cassette tape version will be released by Worship Tapes. The album track ‘Die Turmwackler’ is already streaming here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Die Turmwackler’, ‘Kneipenterror’, ‘Oberpfälzer Wald’, ‘Glorreich…’, ‘Der Schwarze Tod’, ‘Dein Ableben’, ‘Drunk ‘n’ Roll’ and ‘Der Geliebte Tote’. More about VALOSTA VARJOON at www.facebook.com/valostav
On November 15, 2019 Hells Headbangers will release HAVOHEJ‘s third album "Table Of Uncreation" on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘God Of All Constellaion’, ‘Holy Blood, Holy Grail’, ‘The Black King’, ‘Seven Jinn’, ‘Impossible Force’, ‘Table Of Uncreation’, ‘All Time Is Now’, ‘Before Them And Behind Them’ and ‘Fatir’. You can already stream the track ‘Seven Jinn’ right here. For more info please visit www.hellsheadbangers.com or www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers
French Speed Metallers SACRIFIZER have just premiered the new track ‘Blackfire Wytch’ at this location. It will appear on "La Mort Triomphante", the band’s debut mini album, which will be released (enhanced with the band’s 2018 demo and one new track) on December 13, 2019 via Dying Victims Productions on vinyl LP format. It was originally released earlier this year as a limited edition CD and cassette. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Winds Of Transylvania’ (Intro), ‘The Grave Of Nosferatu’, ‘By Fist, Leather And Steel’, ‘Blackfire Wytch’, ‘Massacrator (Midnight Ripping)’, ‘La Mort Triomphante’, ‘Night Of The Razors’, ‘Grim Torment’, ‘Profane Forces’ and ‘Morbid Envenomation’. All further SACRIFIZER information you will find at www.facebook.com/sacrifizer-194593791286396
UK Extreme Metallers THE BLEEDING have released a lyric video for the title track of their forthcoming new album "Morbid Prophecy" at this location. The album, that will be out on October 18, 2019 via World War Now Records, features the following tracks: ‘Demonic Oath’, ‘Maelstrom’, ‘Entering The Pandemonium’, ‘Morbid Prophecy’, ‘Storm Of The Hellspawn’, ‘Sadistic Saviour’, ‘Repentance’ and ‘Hammer Of Penance’. More about THE BLEEDING at www.facebook.com/thebleedingofficial
Italian Black / Doom Metallers FORGOTTEN TOMB are currently working on the follow-up album to "We Owe You Nothing" from 2017. The band will enter the studio in December with a scheduled release for April 2020 via Agonia Records. More about FORGOTTEN TOMB at www.forgottentomb.com or www.facebook.com/official.forgotten.tomb
"Supreme Command Of Satanic Will", the debut album from Canadian Black / Death Metallers TRAJETO DE CABRA, will be released via Iron Bonehead Productions on December 13, 2019 on CD and vinyl LP formats. The first track ‘Graves Of The Unanointed’ can already be checked out here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘In Fear Of Saturn’, ‘The Final Gate’, ‘Cursed Graves Of The Unanointed’, ‘Scythe Of Pestilence’, ‘Supreme Command Of Satanic Will’, ‘Blackened Hands Of The Impure’ and ‘Heretic Terrorist’. More TRAJETO DE CABRA info at www.facebook.com/trajetodecabra
On October 31, 2019 Purity Through Fire will release the self-titled debut full length from German one man Black Metal band NACHTIG as a regular jewelcase CD and A5 digipak, limited to 100 copies. A cassette tape version will be released by Worship Tapes. The album track ‘Der Tag Bricht An…’ is already available for streaming here. The complete "Nachtig" tracklist reads as follows: ‘Der Tag Bricht An…’, ‘Der Kreis Des Sterbens’, ‘Die Waldhexe’, ‘Der Todestanz’, ‘Mein Grab’ and ‘Der Letzte Weg’. All further information you will find at www.facebook.com/nachtig-1908290632769976
Michigan City, Indianapolis based Death Metallers PSYCHOMANCER will release their new album "Shards Of The Hourglass" on October 31, 2019 via Orchestrated Misery Recordings. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘The Unsullied’, ‘Hell’s Venom’, ‘Red Poetry’, ‘As Your Vital Signs Decline’, ‘Faded Scars Return To Bleed’, ‘The Castigator’, ‘Deto-Nation’, ‘Myrmidons’, ‘MK Ultra’ and ‘Shards Of The Hourglass’. You can already check out the brand new track ‘Faded Scars Return To Bleed’ at this location. A promo video for the album is furthermore available here. More PSYCHOMANCER info at www.facebook.com/psychomancertheband
Spanish Death Metallers OBSCURE have just released a lyric video for the song ‘Darkness Must Prevail’ at this location. The track will appear on the band’s upcoming new album "Darkness Must Prevail", which will be released on November 05, 2019 through Xtreem Music on CD format (the vinyl version has been postponed due to technical problems). "Darkness Must Prevail" has been mixed and mastered at Unisound Studios by Dan Swanö and the cover art has been created by Remy Cooper from Headplit Design. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Curse Of My Race’, ‘Darkness Must Prevail’, ‘After Life’, ‘End Destination’, ‘Sunk Into Oblivion’, ‘Through Self-Repulsion’, ‘Into Utter Darkness’ and ‘Blessing Of Malignancy’. For all additional OBSCURE information please visit www.facebook.com/obscuredeathmetal
Finnish Black Metallers BLACK BEAST have just premiered the new track ‘Nocturnal Bloodlust’ over here. It will appear on the band’s debut album "Nocturnal Bloodlust", which will be released through Primitive Reaction on November 08, 2019. It will feature the following tracks: ‘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 album release gig will take place at the Steel Chaos festival on November 08 – 09, 2019 in Helsinki, Finland. On the same day "Unholy Finnish Black Horror Union", BLACK BEAST’s split album with BLOODHAMMER, will be re-issued by Primitive Reaction on CD and (for the first time ever) vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. More info at www.primitivereaction.com
UK based Speed / Thrash Metallers AGGRESSIVE PERFECTOR have released a new track entitled ‘Into The Nightmare’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s debut album "Havoc At The Midnight Hour", which will be released on November 22, 2019 via Dying Victims Productions on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. All further AGGRESSIVE PERFECTOR information you will find at www.facebook.com/aggressiveperfectorband
Chile based Black Metallers LVXCÆLIS have just premiered a new track entitled ‘Throne Of Doom’ over here. It will appear on the band’s upcoming third album "Maher Shalal Hash Baz", which will be released on October 31, 2019 via Lamech Records. More LVXCÆLIS info at www.facebook.com/lvxcaelis407
On December 06, 2019 Saturnal Records will release "Morbid Cult", the second album from Turkish Death Metallers HELLSODOMY. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Into Perversion’, ‘Endless Demise’, ‘Pestilence Of Black Blood’, ‘Charged To Kill’, ‘From The Seed To The Grave’, ‘Hateclan’, ‘Divided Souls’, ‘Mortem In Comfort’, ‘Dazed Victims’, ‘Furious Chants’ and ‘Souls Devoured’. The album track ‘From The Seed To The Grave’ is already available for streaming here. More about HELLSODOMY at www.facebook.com/hllsdmy666
On November 29, 2019 Osmose Productions will release the self-titled debut full length from Norwegian Black Metallers TRAGEDIENS TRONE on CD and vinyl LP formats. The album opener ‘Entrance’ is already available for streaming here. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Entrance’, ‘Cold Depths Of Solitude’, ‘The Bornless One’, ‘Stygian Fluke’, ‘Erbrechen’, ‘Avgrunnsmarsj’ and ‘Siphon Anima’. More info at www.facebook.com/tragedienstrone
Finnish Black Metallers AEGRUS are streaming their upcoming third album "In Manus Satanas" in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on October 11, 2019 via Saturnal Records. For all further AEGRUS information check out www.facebook.com/aegrusofficial
"Derniers Chants", the second full length from Québec, Canada based Black Metallers OSSUAIRE, is now streaming in its entirety over here. The album will be released on October 15, 2019 via Sepulchral Productions. More about OSSUAIRE at www.facebook.com/ossuaire.qc
Greek Death Metallers ECTOPLASMA have just released the new track ‘White-Eyed Trance: Ensnared In Devilry’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s third full length "White-Eyed Trance", which will be released on October 31, 2019 via Memento Mori on CD format (Repulsive Echo Records will be handling the vinyl LP version, which will follow later this year). The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘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). All further ECTOPLASMA info can be found at www.facebook.com/ectoplasma-1579524392276613
Southern German symphonic Black Metallers TOTENGEFLÜSTER will release their sophomore album "The Faceless Divine" on October 11, 2019 via Black Lion Records. A video for the track ‘On Carrion Wings’ can already be watched right here. For more TOTENGEFLÜSTER information please visit www.totengefluester.de or www.facebook.com/totengefluester
US Death Metallers SENTIENT HORROR will release their sophomore full-length "Morbid Realms" on November 29, 2019 via Testimony Records (Europe) and Redefining Darkness Records (USA). Juanjo Castellano Rosado, who already created the cover for the EP "The Crypts Below", was enlisted again for the artwork, while Dan Swanö (Unisound Studios) was in charge of the mix and mastering duties. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Call Of Ancient Gods’, ‘Bound To Madness’, ‘Sworn To The Dead’, ‘Reanimated’, ‘Ripped From Hell’, ‘Loss Of Existence’, ‘Black Wings Of Delirium’, ‘Obsessive Killing Disorder’, ‘Morbid Realms’ and ‘Cemetery Slaughter’. The opening track and first single, ‘Call Of Ancient Gods’, is already streaming at this location. More about SENTIENT HORROR at www.facebook.com/sentienthorrorofficial
On November 30, 2019 Purity Through Fire will release the second album from Finnish Black Metallers SHADOW’S MORTUARY, "Kuoleman Portit". You can already listen to the new track ‘Ruoska’ here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Sielun Tuhkaa’, ‘Ikisodan Hurmo’, ‘Riipus’, ‘Virran Viemä, Tulen Tuoma’, ‘Soihdunkantaja’, ‘Ruoska’, ‘Kuoleman Portit’ and ‘Ouroboros’. For all additional info please visit www.facebook.com/shadowsmortuaryofficial
On November 15, 2019 Helldprod Records will release a special mini album from German Black Metallers FRONT BEAST entitled "Shadows" on cassette tape format. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Satan’, ‘Takentothe Abyss’, ‘Circle Of Dancing Shadows’, ‘Morbid Visions’, ‘Wolfs Howl’ and ‘A Life Beyond’. The track ‘Morbid Visions’ can already be streamed at this location. More FRONT BEAST info at www.facebook.com/frontbeastofficial
Chilean Black / Death Metallers XUL OV KVLTEN are streaming their second album "Entropic Increase From The Omega Aeon" in its entirety at this location now. It was just released via Aeternitas Tenebrarum Music Foundation (ATMF) on CD format. All additional XUL OV KVLTEN info you will find at www.facebook.com/xul-ov-kvlten-571200109723503
On October 06, 2019 Goatowarex will release the self-titled debut demo from Australia’s Black Metallers BURIER on cassette tape format. A full stream of the demo is available here. More BURIER at https://burier.bandcamp.com
On November 29, 2019 Osmose Productions will release "Tyranni", the second album from Swedish Black Metallers AVSLUT on CD and vinyl LP formats. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Tyranni’, ‘Stigens Ände’, ‘Likvidering’, ‘Allt Förgås’, ‘Den Eviga Flamman’, ‘Underjordens Apostlar’, ‘Pestens Lärjungar’, ‘Dråp’ and ‘Ändlöst Slaveri’. You can already stream the title track at this location. More about AVSLUT at www.facebook.com/1008avslut1008
Polish Black / Doom Metallers HELL’S CORONATION will release their debut full length "Ritual Chalice Of Hateful Blood" through Godz Ov War Productions on October 31, 2019. It was produced by the band and engineered by Jacek Langowski and Arkadiusz Stawicki. The artwork was provided by Lord K and the layout was designed by Marckus. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Levitating In Tarry Fog’, ‘Covenant Of Doom’, ‘Mighty Black Flame’, ‘Fullmoon Is The Sinister Light Of Providence’, ‘I Crush The Sanctity Of Christ’ and ‘Ressurection Through Condemnation’. A teaser of the album can be found here. For all additional info, please visit www.facebook.com/hellscoronation
On October 31, 2019 Purity Through Fire will release the debut album from UK based Black Metallers ÚLFARR, "Hate & Terror – The Rise Of Pure Evil", on regular jewelcase CD and A5 digipak, limited to 100 copies. The track ‘Hate & Terror – The Rise Of Pure Evil – Part I’ is already available for streaming at this location. More ÚLFARR information you will find at www.facebook.com/ulfarr666
Turkish Black Metallers HORROCIOUS have just released a new track entitled ‘Perceived Integrity Of Lord’ over here. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut album "Depleted Light And The Death Of Uniqueness", which will be released on October 25, 2019 via Osmose Productions. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Light Belongs To Our Heresy’, ‘Upon The Fallen Worlds’, ‘Corruption Of Existential Structure’, ‘Inevitable Vortex… Swallowed Divinity’, ‘Perceived Integrity Of Lord’, ‘Hidden In Infinite Chaos’, ‘Everlasting Fractal Luminiscence’ and ‘Reborn From Energy… Sublime Demons’. More about HORROCIOUS at www.facebook.com/horrocious666
Philadelphia based Black / Thrashers ATOMIC CRETINS have revealed the title track from the upcoming EP "Spiritual Cancer" at this location. The EP will be released on October 26, 2019 via Suicide Bong Tapes on cassette format. A release show will take place on the same day at Century Bar in Philadelphia. The cover art was created by Peet Sketches. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/atomiccretins666
On October 31, 2019 Purity Through Fire will release "Alpenpässe", the third album from Sacramento, California based Black Metallers MINENWERFER, on CD. The gatefold double LP vinyl version will be out before the end of the year. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Der Blutharsch’, ‘Dragging The Dead Through Mountain Passes’, ‘Cloaked In Silence’, ‘Kaiserjägerlied’, ‘Tiroler Edelweiss’ and ‘Withered Tombs’. The track ‘Dragging The Dead Through Mountain Passes’ is already available for streaming here. Even though the band hails from America they mostly sing in German. More about MINENWERFER at www.facebook.com/minenwerfer
Venezuelan blackened raw Death / Doom Metallers CTHONICA have just premiered the new track "Act VI: …Not As Those Who Served And Preached In Obeisance’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s debut album "Typhomanteia: Sacred Triarchy Of Spiritual Putrefaction", which will be released on October 25, 2019 via Clavis Secretorvm in co-operation with Sentient Ruin and Caligari Records. More information you may find at www.clavisecretorvm.com or https://clavisecretorvm.bandcamp.com