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The end of the year draws nearer, so it’s time to look back on all the great releases again. If you would like to participate in our BEST OF 2024 READERS POLL, please send us a list of your ten favorite releases of 2024 until December 29, 2024 the latest. It doesn’t matter if it’s demos, EPs, splits or albums, but they must have been released in 2024. You can send us your lists here. The results will be published in early 2025.
“Austere Dawning”, the third full length from Portuguese Doom / Black Metallers MONTE PENUMBRA, will be released on December 13, 2024 via NoEvDia. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Ab.gott’, ‘Void Of Quietude’, ‘Lux Electa’, ‘Sub Forma De Animal’, ‘Murrain Unveiled’, ‘To Sleye No Beginning But An End’ and ‘Stamen Of Barrenness’. You can already stream the album closer ‘Stamen Of Barrenness’ at this location https://montepenumbra.bandcamp.com.
“Skeletal Wings Unleashed”, the debut full length from Mexican Black Metallers FUMES, will be released on February 07, 2025 via Personal Records on CD format. You can already listen to the album opener ‘Stellar Ascension Infernal’ at this location. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Stellar Ascension Infernal’, ‘Kamazotz’, ‘Suppuration Tunnels’, ‘Dead Morning Star’, ‘Carrier Of Venenifyer’, ‘Passage I’, ‘Hollow Teeth Of Darkness’, ‘Passage II’, ‘Plaguestorms’ and ‘Passage III’. www.facebook.com/fumes06
On January 31, 2025 Blood Harvest Records will release “Sidereal Malignancy”, the debut mini album from Brazilian Death Metallers COSMOPHAGE, on CD format. Me Saco Un Ojo Records will be releasing the cassette tape version. It was originally released digitally in October 2024. A full stream of it is available over here. For more COSMOPHAGE, please visit https://cosmophage.bandcamp.com
Canadian Death / Thrash Metallers SARKASM have just released a lyric video for ‘Dead Weight’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “Carnival Of Atrocities”, which will be released on February 04, 2025 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and in digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘I Am Chaos’, ‘Murmurs From The Void’, ‘Echoes Of Hyperion’, ‘Disintegrate’, ‘Cold Empty Rooms’, ‘Hateful, Spiteful, Vengeful’, ‘Ex Umbris’ and ‘Dead Weight’. www.facebook.com/sarkasmqc
Cleveland, Ohio based melodic Death Metallers DRUPARIA have just released a video for ‘Sever The Roots’ over here. The track will be featured on their upcoming album “The River Above”, which will be released on December 27, 2024. The album’s title track can additionally be streamed at this location. “The River Above” was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Dan Paddy at Blackroom Studios in Copley Ohio. The cover art was created by Mark Erskine. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Voiceless Regret’, ‘Under The Shade Of Sand’, ‘Bereavement’, ‘Kintsugi’, ‘In Repose, Descend’, ‘Sever The Roots’, ‘The River Above’, ‘Of Firmament… And The Renewal’, ‘Bled For Comfort’, ‘When Cranes Return’ and ‘The Violet Hour (The Civil Wars)’. www.facebook.com/druparia
On January 31, 2025 Blood Harvest Records will release “Odious Imprecation”, the debut mini album from Finland’s Death Metal five-piece AEDES, on CD, 12″ vinyl and cassette tape formats. You can stream it in its entirety over here. For more AEDES please visit https://aedesmetal.bandcamp.com
Spanish Death Metallers AVULSED will release their eighth full length “Phoenix Cryptobiosis” on March 04, 2025 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. A video for the first advance single will be released on December 18, 2024. The album was recorded in September and October at different studios and mixed at the beginning of November at Acórdica Studios, which is owned by guitarist Alejandro Lobo. It was mastered at MK2 Studio in Ivrea, Italy by Davide Billia. The cover artwork has once again been created by Ukrainian artist Daemorph Art. The complete tracklist of “Phoenix Cryptobiosis” reads as follows: ‘Limbs Regeneration (inst.)’, ‘Lacerate To Dominate’, ‘Blood Monolith’, ‘Unrotted’, ‘Guts Of The Gore Gods’, ‘Phoenix Cryptobiosis’, ‘Devotion For Putrefaction’, ‘Neverborn Monstrosity’, ‘Dismembered’, ‘Bio-Cadaver’ and ‘Wandering Putrid Souls’. www.facebook.com/avulsed91
On February 21, 2025 Dying Victims Productions will release “For A Few Fixes More”, the sophomore full length from Finland’s death thrashing Punkrock three piece SCUMRIPPER, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Headsplit Records will release the CD and cassette tape editions in North America. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘I Am The Trash Of Evil Men’, ‘Early Embittered Twilight’, ‘The Slime’, ‘For A Few Fixes More’, ‘Exhume The Body And Disturb The Peace’, ‘Crippling Void’, ‘I Cum Pain’, ‘Weather The Swarm’ and ‘Knights Of Summer’. A promo medley for the album can already be streamed at this location. More about SCUMRIPPER at www.facebook.com/scumripper
Finnish melodic Death Metallers DIMMAN have just released a video for ‘The Acrimony’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “Consciousness”, which will be released on February 28, 2025 via Inverse Records. A video for the album track ‘Infinitum’ can additionally be checked out here, a lyric video for ‘The First Daylight’ you can watch here. “Consciousness” will feature the following tracks: ‘Remission’, ‘The First Daylight’, ‘Cease The Vengeance’, ‘The Acrimony’, ‘Infinitum’, ‘Life Bereaved Him’, ‘Regretful’, ‘Amass Them’ and ‘Consciousness’. The cover artwork for the album was supplied by Elias Halkola. www.facebook.com/dimman
On January 24, 2025 German Doom / Deathers ATRAMENTUM will self-release their sophomore full length “The Wrath Within” digitally and on digipak CD. It was produced by Sebastian Schlenker and Tobias Norff, mixed by Dennis Israel (ClintWorks) and mastered by Eike Freese at Chameleon Recording Studios in Hamburg, Germany. The cover artwork was created by James Hutton. The follow-up to the band’s 2022 debut full length “Doomed In Time” will feature the following tracks: ‘Lighthouse’, ‘Living In Dystopia’, ‘Higgs Field’, ‘Back To Soil’, ‘Emptiness Inside’, ‘Window’, ‘No One Escapes’, ‘The Noose’, ‘Another Life To Die’, ‘Farewell’, ‘Path To Salvation’, ‘Lake Of My Own Essence’ and ‘The Wrath Within’. www.facebook.com/atramentumhamburg
Polish Death Metallers ICON OF EVIL have just released a lyric video for the title track of their upcoming sophomore full length “Locust Cathedral” at this location. The album will be released on December 06, 2024 via Selfmadegod Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Soundscope Studio by Jarek Wysocki. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Locust Cathedral’, ‘Verge Of Collapse’, ‘Cursed With Oblivion’, ‘Colossus’, ‘Creeping Corruption’, ‘Depths Oof Scorn’, ‘We’re The Plague’ and ‘Chain Reaction’. www.facebook.com/icon.of.evil.stenchmetal
“Invitation From Host Of Wrath”, the debut full length from defunct Polish Death / Thrashers SPARAGMOS, has been re-released for the first time on vinyl via Selfmadegod Records. It was originally released on cassette tape in 1992 and reissued on CD in 2020 via Selfmadegod Records. A full album stream is available over here. More about SPARAGMOS at www.facebook.com/officialsparagmos
Finnish melodic Death Metal five-piece PESTILENT SCARS will release their debut full length “Meadows Of Misfortune” on January 17, 2025 via Inverse Records. You can already watch a video for the track ‘Golden Maiden’ at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Into The Meadows’, ‘Internal Torment’, ‘Golden Maiden’, ‘Deceitful Phoenix’, ‘Unreality’, ‘A Reaching Hand’, ‘Democide’, ‘All On My Own’, ‘In Search Of Reason’ and ‘False Messiah’. The cover artwork was created by Topi Ilmola. More about PESTILENT SCARS at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564947165481
French Black Metallers GENOCIDE KOMMANDO have just revealed the track ‘Battle For Eradication’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full length “Third World War”, which will be released on December 27, 2024 via Osmose Productions. Here’s the album’s full tracklist: ‘666 – Mark Of The Black Beast’, ‘Obliteration’, ‘Raped Destiny’, ‘Battle For Eradication’, ‘Impious Venom’, ‘Mankind-Self-Destruction’, ‘Burn The Cenotaph’, ‘Drowning In Acid Poison’, ‘Abyssic Warfare’ and ‘Fallen Angel Rape’. www.facebook.com/osmoseproductions
Balkan based Black Metallers CMPT have just revealed the track ‘U Raljama Košave’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s sophomore full length “Na Utrini”, which will be released on December 27, 2024 via Osmose Productions. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Na Utrini’, ‘Oppidum Panuka’, ‘Mesečina’, ‘Campus De Maxond’, ‘Crna Voda’, ‘U Raljama Košave’, ‘Kao Srp U Noći’ and ‘Δ ΙΣΤΡΟΥ’. https://semeponoci.bandcamp.com
Norwegian Black Metallers TSJUDER have announced Swedish native Emil Wiksten (BLOOD RED THRONE, AEON, ABBATH) as their new permanent drummer. He replaced Jon Rice, who played on the “Helvegr” album and the “Tsjuder Tribute To Bathory – Scandinavian Black Metal Attack” EP, as well as at a bunch of gigs. You can check out a ‘Gods Of Black Blood’ drum playthrough video of Emil Wiksten over here. More about TSJUDER at www.facebook.com/thetruetsjuder
London, UK based Death Metal five-piece MUTAGENIC HOST has just premiered the track ‘Artificial Harvest Of The Obscene’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “The Diseased Machine”, which will be co-released on January 03, 2025 via Gurgling Gore (vinyl LP, cassette tape) and Dry Cough Records (vinyl LP, cassette tape). The CD edition will follow via Memento Mori on January 20th, 2025. The previously revealed album track ‘Incomprehensible Methods Of Slaughter’ can still be checked out over here. “The Diseased Machine” will feature the following tracks: ‘Neurological Necrosis’, ‘Genestealer’, ‘The Twisted Helix’, ‘Artificial Harvest Of The Obscene’, ‘Organometallic Assimilation’, ‘DIRECTIVE:: [kill_on_sight]’, ‘Incomprehensible Methods Of Slaughter’, ‘S.W.A.R.M. (Systematic War Against Restless Machines)’, ‘Promethean Dusk’ and ‘Rivers Of Grief’. https://mutagenichost.bandcamp.com
Swedish Death Metallers REPUKED have just released a video for the title track of their fourth full-length “Club Squirting Blood” at this location. The album has been released via Soulseller Records last month. It was mixed by Nico Elgstrand (ENTOMBED AD, MURDER SQUAD) and the artwork was created by Thomas Westphal of Necromaniac Artworks. A full stream is available over here. More REPUKED information you will find at www.facebook.com/repuked
Canberra, Australia based symphonic Death Metallers PROJECT: ULTIMATE SATAN have just released their debut full length “The Opus Satanas” via Eschatonic Records. A full album stream is available at this location. A video for the album track ‘The Infallible Void’ can be watched at this location, lyric videos for ‘Nocturne Immortalis’ and ‘Symphony Es Infernus’ are available here and here. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/projectultimatesatan
“Songs For The Dying”, the sophomore full length from Swedish melodic Death Metal trio AGAINST I, can be streamed in its entirety over here now. For all additional info on AGAINST I please visit www.facebook.com/againstIband
On January 31, 2025 Osmose Productions will release the third full length from Russian Death Metallers PYRE, “Where Obscurity Sways”, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. You can already watch a video for ‘Murderous Transcendence’ at this location. Here’s the album’s complete tracklist: ‘Where Obscurity Sways’, ‘From The Stygian Depths’, ‘Domains Of The Nameless Rites’, ‘Wandering…’, ‘Murderous Transcendence’, ‘Writhing Souls’, ‘Chanting Ancient Incantations’, ‘Pestilential Fumes’, ‘Descending…’ and ‘Prognostic Of The Apocalypse’. www.facebook.com/pyredeathmetal
Minsk, Belarus based brutal Death Metal quartet RELICS OF HUMANITY will release their third full length “Absolute Dismal Domain” on January 31, 2025 via Willowtip Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Omen Apollyon’, ‘Summoning Of Those Who Absorbed’, ‘Taking The Shape Of Infinity’, ‘In The Name Of Ubiquitous Gloom’, ‘Paralyzing The Light II’, ‘Absolute Dismal Domain’, ‘Smoldering Of Seraphim’, ‘His Creation That No Longer Exists’ and ‘Dominion’. The artwork was created by Siarhei. A lyric video for the album’s first single ‘Smoldering Of Seraphim’ is already available over here. More about RELICS OF HUMANITY at www.facebook.com/relicsofhumanity
Finnish Black Metallers NOITASAPATTI have just released their sophomore full length “Sankarin Matka” via Inverse Records. A full album stream is available at this location. The cover artwork was created by Mika Huumonen. www.facebook.com/noitasapattiofficial
“Oremus Peccatum / Refaim”, the 1994 debut demo from defunct Polish Black Metallers HERMH, will be re-released as a 6-panel digipak CD and a strictly limited white cassette tape edition (44 copies) through Via Nocturna on December 13, 2024. The material was re-mastered at Hertz Studio by the Wieslawski brothers in 2006. Diana Sawicka from What The Moon Brings is responsible for the new graphic design of the reissue. www.facebook.com/hermhofficial
German melodic Celtic Metallers SUIDAKRA have just released a video for ‘As Heroes Abide’ over here. The track is featured on the band’s new album “DarkanakraD”, which was released on CD via MDD Records earlier this month. The vinyl LP edition is also available now. www.facebook.com/official.suidakra
“Folkstorm”, the sophomore full length from Swedish Black Metallers GNIPAHÅLAN, will be released via Purity Through Fire on CD and vinyl LP formats. The CD version will be released on December 25, 2024, the vinyl version will follow early next year. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Karolinernas Dödsmarsch’, ‘Det Nordiska Urkallet’, ‘Genom Stål Och Død’, ‘Blodsband Genom Tidens Gång’, ‘Sprungna Från Urtidens Kedja’, ‘Kall Från Forna Tider’, ‘Ur Myllan Kommen…’, ‘Storm Av Nordisk Dödskonst’, ‘Blodörnens Kall…’ and ‘Folkstorm’. You can already check out ‘Det Nordisk Urkallet’ over here. For more information please visit www.purity-through-fire.com
A full album stream of “Sea Of Dead Bodies”, the upcoming debut full length from Polish Viking Death Metallers BURNING CREATION, is available at this location now. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Marek Stefaniak and the cover artwork was created by Damian Bydlinski. “Sea Of Dead Bodies” will be released on November 29, 2024 on CD and digital format through Via Nocturna. www.facebook.com/burning.creation5
French old school Black Metallers GORGON are streaming their seventh full length “For Those Who Stay” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on November 29, 2024 via Osmose Productions. www.facebook.com/gorgon.blackmetal.official
Krakow, Poland based Speed / Thrash Metallers PANDEMIC have just premiered the track ‘Greatest Of Sinners’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “Phantoms”, which will be released on December 20, 2024 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album tracks ‘Santa Muerte’ and the title track ‘Phantoms’ can still be streamed here and here. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Phantoms’, ‘Greatest Of Sinners’, ‘Under Gypsy’s Spell’, ‘Bane Of Brook Hall’, ‘Santa Muerte’, ‘The Last Road’, ‘Thralls Of The Crescent’ and ‘…The Horde’. www.facebook.com/pandemic.vol2
Finnish Folk / Black Metal project METSÄN ALTTARI will release its self-titled debut full length via Inverse Records today. A full album stream is available at this location. For all additional METSÄN ALTTARI information please visit www.facebook.com/metsanalttari
Finnish melodic Death Metallers DEFILED SERENITY will release their debut full length “Within The Slumber Of The Mind” on February 21, 2025 via Inverse Records. A video for the second single ‘Exiled To Infinity’ can already be watched over here. A video for the first single ‘Your Worst Enemy’ is additionally available at this location. More about DEFILED SERENITY at www.facebook.com/defiledserenity
“Constellation Of Endless Blight”, the upcoming debut full length from New York based Death Metallers FESTERGORE, can be streamed in its entirety at this location. It will be released on November 29, 2024 via Personal Records on CD format. Iron Fortress Records will be handling the cassette tape version. https://festergore.bandcamp.com
German Death Metal duo RATS OF GOMORRAH has just revealed another song from their upcoming debut full-length “Infectious Vermin”. You can watch a lyric video for ‘Rattenkönigin’ over here. The album will be released on January 31, 2025 via Testimony Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and in digital formats. The artwork was created by Roberto Toderico. A video for the previously released album track ‘Swarming Death’ can still be watched at this location. Here’s the full “Infectious Vermin” tracklist: ‘Swarming Death’, ‘Face No Consequence’, ‘Tails Unknown’, ‘Narcissus’, ‘Rise From The Abyss’, ‘Rattenkönigin’, ‘Night Orbit’, ‘Asleep On A Dagger’, ‘Strychnos’, ‘Towers, Ropes And Knives’, ‘Judas Goat’, ‘Cosmicide’ and ‘Vat Of Acid’. www.facebook.com/ratsofgomorrah
Polish Black / Death Metallers COFFINWOOD have just premiered the track ‘Biorobots’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Acolytes Of Eternal Flame”, which will be released on December 16, 2024 digitally and as limited CD. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Paweł “Janos” Grabowski at JNS Studio and the cover artwork was created by Mieszko Jankowski. The full “Acolytes Of Eternal Flame” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Disposition Of Doom’, ‘Radionuclide’, ‘Salvation Through Radiation’, ‘Acolytes Of Eternal Flame’, ‘Biorobots’, ’90s’, ‘Exclusion Zone’ and ‘Sacrophagus’. www.facebook.com/coffinwood.official
Vampiric Black Metal duo ORDER OF NOSFERAT has just revealed the track ‘At The Sea She Longs For His Return’ over here. It will be featured on the sixth ORDER OF NOSFERAT full length “Towards The Nightrealm Of Orlok”, which will be released on December 25, 2024 via Purity Through Fire. The previously revealed title track can still be checked out at this location. The cover artwork was created by Vhan Artworks. www.facebook.com/orderofnosferat
Blackened Heavy Metal duo HEXENBRETT has just premiered the track ‘Imotep’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full length “Dritte Beschwörung: Dem Teufel Eine Tochter”, which will be released on December 20, 2024 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album tracks ‘Wozu Die Angst’ and ‘Um Mitternacht’ can still be streamed here and here. The complete tracklist of “Dritte Beschwörung: Dem Teufel Eine Tochter” reads as follows: ‘Um Mitternacht’, ‘Dem Teufel Eine Tochter’, ‘Marisa’, ‘Imhotep’, ‘Wozu Die Angst’, ‘La Plese De La Nuit’, ‘Leder Im Nachtverkehr’, ‘Denn Der Tod Lächelt Nicht’ and ‘Sette Gocce Rosse Su Velluto Verde’. https://hexenbrett.bandcamp.com
Polish Black / Death Metallers MIRZAM ANTIDOTUM OV MARAZM are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “… There Is No Emptiness” in its entirety over here now. It was recorded, mixed and mastered between March and September this year at Dobra 12 Studio. The drums were recorded by Krzysztof Klingbein and the cover artwork was created by IGTL. “… There Is No Emptiness” will be released on November 29, 2024 on CD and digital format through Via Nocturna. www.facebook.com/mirzamantidotumovmarazm
“Descent Into Lunacy”, the debut full length from Karlstad, Sweden based Death Metallers CRYPTORIUM, can be streamed in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 29, 2024 via Personal Records (CD), in co-operation with Iron Fortress Records (cassette tape). https://cryptoriumband.bandcamp.com
Finnish Speed Metallers ARCHED FIRE have just released a lyric video for the track ‘Northbound Train’ over here. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/officialarchedfire
Portuguese thrashing Black Metallers FILII NIGRANTIUM INFERNALIUM are streaming their upcoming fifth full length “Pérfida Contracção Do Aço” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on November 29, 2024 via Osmose Productions. The cover artwork was created by Paolo Girardi. More FILII NIGRANTIUM INFERNALIUM information about at www.facebook.com/filiinigrantiuminfernalium
Norway’s KEEP OF KALESSIN will be reissuing several of their albums through their new label Season Of Mist. The first being their fourth full length “Kolossus” (originally released in 2008), which will be out on February 14, 2025. A full album stream you will find at this location. More KEEP OF KALESSIN information is available at www.facebook.com/keepofkalessin
On November 27, 2024 Darkness Shall Rise Productions will release a vinyl split 12″, which compiles the demos “Pilgrims Of Morbidity” from Austrian Death Metallers FESSUS and “Decrowned II: Trinity Ablaze” from German Death Metallers KILL THE LORD. You can stream the split album in its entirety over here now. For all additional band info please visit https://fessus.bandcamp.com or https://killthelord.bandcamp.com
German blackened Speed Metallers AXETASY have just premiered the track ‘Beyond All Order’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Withering Tides”, which will be released on January 24, 2025 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album track ‘Voidcrawler’ can still be checked out over here. The complete “Withering Tides” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Int(r)o The Void’, ‘Withering Tides Of Space’, ‘Fatal Maze’, ‘Slicing Dreams’, ‘Beyond All Order’, ‘Voidcrawler’, ‘Deadly Witch’, ‘Axetasy (Of Murder)’ and ‘Nebulous Nightmares’. www.facebook.com/axetasyband
“Purulence Gushing From The Coffin”, the debut full length from Mexican Death Metallers STENCHED, is streaming in its entirety over here now. It will be released via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (vinyl LP), in co-operation with Extremely Rotten Productions (CD) today. https://stenched.bandcamp.com
Polish Black Metal one-man project SVAR will release its debut full length “In The Land Called Night” on November 29, 2024 on digital format, cassette tape and CD through Via Nocturna. All instruments and vocals were recorded by Kamil Bolesta. The material was mixed and mastered by Mariusz Wołosz and the cover artwork was created by Yaggvh. A full album stream is already available at this location. More SVAR info you will find at www.facebook.com/svarkvlt
On January 31, 2025 Iron Bonehead Productions will release the self-titled debut mini album from US Death Metallers BALEFIRE, on 12″ vinyl format. It will feature the following tracks ‘Black Sun’, ‘Sands Of Gemini’, ‘Star-Born Revolt’, ‘Barbaric Rebirth’, ‘Lord Of The Red Lands’ and ‘Black Moon’. BALEFIRE is a new project of Chuck Sherwood, longtime bassist of INCANTATION and former bassist of BLOOD STORM. www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
On October 25, 2024 Greek Death / Thrashers ZAKULA have digitally released their sophomore full length “White Forest Reign Lullabies”. A CD edition will be available at the end of November. www.facebook.com/zakula.band
Italian melodic progressive Death Metallers HEXABROT have just released a lyric video for their new single ‘Lullaby Of The Descent’ at this location. The band is currently finishing their first EP, which will be released via Aenima Recordings during the next few months. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560824128823
Polish Grinders ASS TO MOUTH have just released a video for ‘The Underground’, the second single from their upcoming new album “Enemy Of The Human Race”, over here. The album will be released on CD on November 29, 2024 via Selfmadegod Records. The vinyl LP edition will follow at the beginning of 2025. www.facebook.com/assgrindsystem
On January 24, 2025 GS Productions will release a deluxe boxset from German Death Grinders BLOOD. It will be entitled “Octagon” and includes all the band’s full length albums as digipak CDs in a thick slipcase: “Inferno” (2017), “Dysangelium” (2003), “Gas Flames Bones” (1999), “Depraved Goddess” (1996), “Mental Conflicts” (1994), “O Agios Pethane” (1993), “Christbait” (1992) and “Impulse To Destroy” (1989). The box will be strictly limited to only 100 copies and also includes a postcard. For ordering information check out https://gsproduction.bandcamp.com, more BLOOD information you will find at www.facebook.com/blood.de
Italian melancholic Doom Death Metallers TETHRA have just released a lyric video for ‘Nighttime Surrender’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming fourth full length “Withered Heart Standing”, which will be released on December 06, 2024 via Meuse Music Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered between January and July 2024 at Elnor Studio by Mat Stancioiu and the artwork was created by Marisa Bottini. www.facebook.com/tethrahell
Boston’s progressive technical Death Metallers PATHOGENIC will release their third full length “Crowned In Corpses” on February 07, 2025 via Skepsis Recordings. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Mass Grave Memory’, ‘The New Rot’, ‘Dead But Not At Rest’, ‘Exiled From The Abyss’, ‘Fragments’, ‘Crowned In Corpses’, ‘Drag Your Crosses’ and ‘Silicon Regime’. A video for the album’s first single ‘Mass Grave Memory’ can already be watched over here. All additional PATHOGENIC info you will find at www.facebook.com/pathogenicmetal
Sydney, Australia based Death Metallers GOLGOTHAN REMAINS have just released a concept EP entitled “Bearer Of Light, Matriarch Of Death” on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats via Dark Descent Records. It features the following four tracks: ‘Methuselah’, ‘Tribulation’, ‘Necropoles’ and ‘Andromeda’. It was produced by ESOTERIC’s Greg Chandler at Priory Recording Studios and the artwork was supplied by Christian Kiesling of Misanthropic Art. www.facebook.com/golgothanremains
Australian Death Metallers GUTLESS have just released their debut full length “High Impact Violence” via Dark Descent Records (CD and digital formats), in co-operation with Me Saco Un Ojo (vinyl LP). A cassette tape edition is available through both labels. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Bashed And Hemorrhaging’, ‘Beyond The Catacombs’, ‘Scalpel Obsession’, ‘Avalanche Of Viscera’, ‘Galvanized’, ‘Carved Into Existence’, ‘Gore God’ and ‘Viral Infection’. A full “High Impact Violence” stream you will find at this location. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/gutlessmelbourne
“Мрьтвоземъ”, the third full length from Russian Black Metallers VSPOLOKH, will be released via Purity Through Fire on December 25, 2024, on CD and A5 digipak formats. It was originally released in Russia this November. A video for ‘Шићиръ’ (‘Shigyr’) can be watched over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Кара’, ‘Шићиръ’, ‘Киалимская падь’, ‘Инзер’, ‘Юрма’ and ‘Касли’. www.facebook.com/vspolokh
Finnish melodic Death Metallers ADMIRE THE GRIM have just released a second single from their upcoming debut full length “Resist”, which will be released via Inverse Records on January 31, 2025. You can check out the title track at this location. The album’s first single ‘Crescent Moon’ is still available over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Crescent Moon’, ‘Resist’, ‘Revolutions’, ‘Rivers To Surge’, ‘Acoustic Melodies From The Past And Present’, ‘Choke On Your Words’, ‘Hypocrite’, ‘Mad Queen Of The Second Sun’ and ‘No Limits’. The cover artwork was created by Anssi Kuivalainen. www.facebook.com/admirethegrim
Ireland based symphonic blackened Death Metallers MOURNING OF THE HERETIC have just released their debut full length “To The Shadows Betrothed” today. A full album stream you will find at this location. For more band info please visit www.facebook.com/mourningoftheheretic
On January 31, 2025 Iron Bonehead Productions will release the sophomore full length from Germany’s Black / Deathers NAKED WHIPPER, “Chapel Defilement”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Intro’, ‘Depraved To The Bone’, ‘Bloodstained White Icon’, ‘Top Notch Slavedriver’, ‘(Pray Macabre) Chapel Defilement’, ‘Fucked On Cross’, ‘Intro’, ‘Celebrate Their Downfall’, ‘Nail Or Be Nailed’, ‘Out The Norm’, ‘The Swinepriest Bedlam’, ‘Flamethrow Messiah / The Purgatory Trial’ and ‘Wow Wow Wholy Whore, Hot Wax Fat Candles’. The cover artwork was created by Chris Moyen. www.instagram.com/naked_whipper_
Dutch Death Metallers HAIL OF BULLETS are streaming their self-titled debut EP in its entirety over here now. It will be re-released via Agonia Records on November 22, 2024 on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. Guitarist and founder Stephan Gebédi had this to say about the reissue: “The EP that started it all in 2007 for us and turned HAIL OF BULLETS in a Death Metal force to be reckoned with overnight! After hearing this EP for the first time, Silenoz (DIMMU BORGIR) said that: “When you think there’s no more hope for brutal music, where every bands sounds the same, HAIL OF BULLETS come along and just level everything with the ground! Pretenders – move over!” And after producing our full-length album, Dan Swanö stated: “One of the best, if not the best albums I worked on for a very, very, very long time!” Not much we can add to this, I guess!” The EP was originally self-released, and distributed by the band in CD-R format for a number of years but has been unavailable since. The Agonia Records edition comes with revamped artwork and in several different formats, including three vinyl editions. www.facebook.com/hailofbulletsofficial
“In Omnia Paratus”, the fifth full length from German Black Metallers MAVORIM, will be released via Purity Through Fire on December 25, 2024, on CD, A5 digipak CD, double vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. You can already check out ‘Alles Stirbt’ at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘In Omnia Paratus’, ‘Als Der Menschheit Wille Brach’, ‘Zerfall’, ‘Tu’ Ich Meine Augen Zu’, ‘Stählerne Reihen’, ‘Ein Fahles Ross’, ‘Aller Abart Gloria’, ‘Träume’, ‘Alles Stirbt’ and ‘Der Letzte Sonnenuntergang’. www.facebook.com/mavorim
On December 13, 2024 Polish avantgarde Black Metal duo RUNOPATIA will release a new EP entitled “Archaistia” via T.D.M. on CD and digitally. It will feature the following three tracks: ‘Świat Przejrzy’, ‘Serce Krwawe’ and ‘Za Późno’. You can already watch a lyric video for ‘Serce Krwawe’ over here. The EP was recorded, mixed and mastered at Impressive-Art Studio by Przemysław Nowak. www.facebook.com/runopatia
Australian blackened Doom Metal trio TYRANNIC is streaming their upcoming third full-length “Tyrannic Desolation” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 22, 2024 via Iron Bonehead Productions. https://tyrannic.bandcamp.com
A full stream of “Blood Worship Extremism”, the sophomore full length from Mexican Black / Deatherss NIGRUM, is available at this location now. It will be released on November 22, 2024 via Iron Bonehead Productions. www.facebook.com/nigrumofficial
“Incineration Day”, the new album from experimental Death Metal duo THUNRAZ, is streaming in its entirety over here now. It will be digitally self-released on November 22, 2024. www.facebook.com/thunrazmetal
“Edifice Of Vicissitudes”, the upcoming sophomore full length from Glasgow, Scotland based brutal Death Metal quartet INIQUITOUS SAVAGERY, is streaming in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Willowtip Records on November 22, 2024 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. www.facebook.com/iniquitoussavagery
On December 25, 2024 Purity Through Fire will release “Was Des Lebens Nicht Wert”, the debut full length from German Black Metal one man band AINZAMKAIT, on digipack CD format. It will feature the follwing tracks: ‘Intro’, ‘Was Des Lebens Nicht Wert’, ‘Heidentum’, ‘Ainzamkait – Widergänger’, ‘Feindesleid’, ‘Tal Des Schicksals’ and ‘Schmerz Eines Einst Stolzen Mannes’. You can already stream ‘Feindesleid’ over here. For more AINZAMKAIT information please visit www.facebook.com/people/ainzamkait/61565404964383
Swedish Death Metallers REVOLTING have just released a lyric video for ‘Blades Will Cut’ at this location. The track will appear on the band’s ninth full length “Night Of The Horrid”, which will be released on December 17, 2024 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Seven Severed Heads’, ‘Blades Will Cut’, ‘Night Of The Horrid’, ‘Hell From The Sky’, ‘A Song For The Morbid’, ‘Shapeshifter’, ‘Swipe Of The Schyte’, ‘The Final Journey’, ‘Mallet And Mask’ and ‘Outro’. www.facebook.com/revoltingdeathmetal
On November 29, 2024 Polish melodic Viking Death Metallers BURNING CREATION will release their debut full length “Sea Of Dead Bodies” on digital format and CD through Via Nocturna. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Calling (Intro)’, ‘Eaten By Hulder’, ‘Sea Of Dead Bodies’, ‘Ulfhednar’, ‘The Einherjers’ Return’, ‘Snakebite’, ‘Under The Fading Sun’, ‘Tears Of Mourner’, ‘As The Ocean Takes Us Down’ and ‘Burning Creation’ (AMON AMARTH cover). The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Marek Stefaniak and the cover artwork was created by Damian Bydliński. You can already watch a lyric video for ‘The Einherjers’ Return’ over here. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/burning.creation5
On December 06, 2024 Consouling Sounds will release “Het Pact”, a split album between Belgian Black / Doom Metallers A THOUSAND SUFFERINGS and Belgian Sludge Black Metallers KLUDDE, on misty bog vinyl, black vinyl, CD and digital formats. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/a.thousand.sufferings or www.facebook.com/kluddeband
UK based Black Metallers ÚLFARR will release their sophomore full length “Fornetes Folm” on CD and vinyl LP formats via Purity Through Fire. The CD version will be released on December 25, 2024, the vinyl version will follow in early 2025. Both editions will feature the EP “His Crown Grows From His Skull” as bonus. “Fornetes Folm” will feature the following tracks: ‘Alarūna’, ‘Hildeleoma’, ‘Algol (As Malice Shone Upon Northward Doors)’, ‘November’, ‘Moonskin’, ‘Glæterung’, ‘The Cold Council Of Old Shadow’ and ‘Forn-Jotr’. The tracklist of the “His Crown Grows From His Skull” bonus EP reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Ānforlætan’ and ‘In Veneration Of The Corpse Eaters Star’. You can already stream ‘Moonskin’ at this location. The cover artwork was created by Játvaðr. www.facebook.com/ulfarr666
On December 25, 2024 Purity Through Fire will release “Death Beneath A Starless Sky”, the third full length from UK Black Metallers NEFARIOUS DUSK on vinyl LP format. The CD version is already out now. The album’s title track can be checked out at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Black Heart’, ‘Secrets Within The Dead Forest’, ‘The Raven’s Curse’, ‘Death Beneath A Starless Sky’, ‘Mountains Of Transylvania’ and ‘Hymns Of Winter Depression’. www.facebook.com/nduk666
Hungarian Black Metal one man project VRAG has just released a new full length entitled “Rendületlenül” on CD via Filosofem Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Vrag at his own Forest Studio between 2022 and 2024. The cover artwork was created by Grafit of Hamu Artworks. A full album stream is available over here. More about VRAG at www.facebook.com/vraghun
On January 20, 2025 Memento Mori will release “Megalit Al Putrefacției”, the sophomore full length from Transylvania, Romania based Death Metallers PUTRED, on CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Obidă (intro)’, ‘Dominare Malefică’, ‘Aură Macabră’, ‘Spectre Torturate’, ‘Necromanție’, ‘Megalit Al Putrefacției’, ‘Părăsit În Purgatoriu’, ‘Inscripții Antice’, ‘Era Morbidității’ and ‘Critical Madness’ (AUTOPSY cover). You can already check out ‘Necromanție’ at this location. The cover artwork was created by Jan Pysander Whitney. More PUTRED info you will find at www.facebook.com/metalputredalmortii
“Revelations From The Void”, the third full length from Catalonia based Doom / Deathers ONIROPHAGUS, will be released on January 17, 2025 via Personal Records on CD format. It was once again recorded at Moontower Studios and the cover artwork was created by Paolo Girardi. You can already stream a first track entitled ‘Landsickness’ over here. The complete “Revelations From The Void” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Hollow Valley’, ‘Landsickness’, ‘The Tome’, ‘Black Brew’ and ‘Stargazing Into The Void’. www.facebook.com/onirophagus
Brazil’s blackend Doom Metallers A DEAD POEM have just premiered the track ‘In Forgotten Dimensions’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Abstract Existence”, which will be released on December 13, 2024 via Personal Records. The previously revealed ‘Before The Rising Sun’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Abstract Existence” tracklist reads like this: ‘In Forgotten Dimensions’, ‘Abstract Existence’, ‘Before The Rising Sun’, ‘Dressed In Black’, ‘Obedience’, ‘Prayers To The Void’ and ‘Silent Tears Fall’. www.facebook.com/adeadpoem.doom
Portuguese Death / Thrashers CULT OF ALCAEUS have just digitally released the track ‘The Odyssey Of The Soul’. It is the third and last track from the band’s “Doomed Cycles trilogy”. You can check out all three tracks at this location. More about CULT OF ALCAEUS at www.facebook.com/cultofalcaeus
Quebec, Canada based melodic Death Metallers OUTLYING have just released a new track entitled ‘Pitch-Black Serum’ right here. For all additional OUTLYING information please visit www.facebook.com/outlyingband
American Black Metallers WULDORGAST have just premiered the track ‘Cold Light Of Reason’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Cold Light”, which will be released on December 13, 2024 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed album closer ‘Dawn Of The Black Sun’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Cold Light” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Obscured In Shadows’, ‘Natural Life Is Eternal Battle’, ‘Cold Light Of Reason’, ‘Labyrinth Of Control’, ‘Cipher To Eternity’ and ‘Dawn Of The Black Sun’. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
Belgian brutal Death Metallers FACTURED INSANITY will release their fifth full length “Age Of Manipulation” on February 18, 2025 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Exaltation Of A Fallen Glory’, ‘Divide And Conquer’, ‘The Hangman’s Lair’, ‘Age Of Manipulation’, ‘Bezoar’, ‘Fear; The Ultimate Weapon’, ‘Divine Honour’, ‘Slumber In The Deep’, ‘Psy-K.O.’ and ‘We All Die In The End’. You can already listen to the first advance single ‘Exaltation Of A Fallen Glory’ here. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/fracturedinsanityofficial
“Dodekatemoria”, the ninth full length from Romania based Occult Black Metallers ORDINUL NEGRU, has just been released via Loud Rage Music on slipcase CD and limited cassette tape formats. The cover artwork was created by Alexandru Das. The album features the following tracks: ‘Aleph’, ‘Dodekatemoria’, ‘Judas Goat’, ‘The Decrepitude Of Centuries’, ‘Zahir’ and ‘Palladian Rituals’. www.facebook.com/ordinulnegru
German blackened Death Metallers REBEL SOULS have just digitally self-released a new EP entitled “Leviathan”. It features the following four tracks: ‘Leviathan’, ‘The Philanthropist’, ‘Warmonger’ and ‘Cognitive Warfare’. A full EP stream is available at this location. For all additional REBEL SOULS information please visit www.facebook.com/rebelsouls.deathmetal
“Archangelic Ludica”, the new EP from raw Black Metallers VASSSAV, has just been released via Obscure Disharmony Records on CD (limited to 300 copies). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘ARM (A Thousand Prayers)’, ‘LEG (All The Roads Given)’, ‘LEG (All The Gates Open)’, ‘ARM (A Thousand Storms)’ and ‘HEAD (A Stressful Venture)’. It was recorded, mixed and mastered in 2024 by I.C. and the cover artwork was created by BMS Illustration. www.facebook.com/obscure.disharmony.records
Italian melodic Pagan Death Metallers ALZHAGOTH have just released a new track entitled ‘Grievous Diorama’ over here. It is taken from the band’s upcoming album, which will be released via Inertial Music. www.facebook.com/alzhagoth
Polish grinders ASS TO MOUTH have just released a video for ‘The Underdog’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming album “Enemy Of The Human Race”, which will be released on CD via Selfmadegod Records on November 29, 2024 (the vinyl LP edition will follow at the beginning of 2025). It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Soundscope Recording Studio in Wroclaw, Poland by Jarek Wysocki. www.facebook.com/assgrindsystem
Dutch Death Metallers THANATOS are streaming their upcoming anniversary album “Four Decades Of Death” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 15, 2024 via Agonia Records. www.facebook.com/thanatos333
On December 27, 2024 Hells Headbangers will release the sophomore full length from Australian raw Black Metallers LAMENT IN WINTER’S NIGHT, “Whereunto The Twilight Leads”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Atrocity Altar will handle the cassette tape release. A full album stream you will find at https://lament-in-winters-night.bandcamp.com
Wroclaw, Poland based Death Metallers ICON OF EVIL will release their sophomore full length “Locust Cathedral” via Selfmadegod Records on December 06, 2024. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Soundscope Studio by Jarek Wysocki. You can already listen to the album track ‘Verge Of Collapse’ at this location. The complete “Locust Cathedral” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Locust Cathedral’, ‘Verge Of Collapse’, ‘Cursed With Oblivion’, ‘Colossus’, ‘Creeping Corruption’, ‘Depths Of Scorn’, ‘We’re The Plague’ and ‘Chain Reaction’. More about ICON OF EVIL at www.facebook.com/icon.of.evil.stenchmetal
On December 25, 2024 Purity Through Fire will release “Towards The Nightrealm Of Orlok”, the sixth full length of Germany / Finland based Black Metallers ORDER OF NOSFERAT, on CD, A5 digipak CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘…Far Away To The Land Of Ghosts’, ‘Crossing The Shadowland’, ‘Towards The Nightrealm Of Orlok’, ‘At The Sea She Longs For His Return’, ‘Blood Is Life!’, ‘Into Pale Shadows And Ghostly Dreams’, ‘Where The Werewolf Haunts The Woods’, ‘Beyond The Eternity Gates I Wait’ and ‘Don’t Leave’ (GUMMY BOY cover). You can already check out the title track ‘Towards The Nightrealm Of Orlok’ over here. The cover artwork was created by Vhan Artworks. www.facebook.com/orderofnosferat
Spanish Doom / Deathers TROLLCAVE are streaming their new mini album “Adoration Of The Abyssal Trespasser” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 15, 2024. Me Saco Un Ojo Records will release the 12″ vinyl version, while BlackSeed Productions will handle the CD version. https://trollcave666.bandcamp.com
Polish Speed / Thrash Metallers PANDEMIC have just premiered the track ‘Santa Muerte’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “Phantoms”, which will be released on December 20, 2024 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed title track ‘Phantoms’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Phantoms’, ‘Greatest Of Sinners’, ‘Under Gypsy’s Spell’, ‘Bane Of Brook Hall’, ‘Santa Muerte’, ‘The Last Road’, ‘Thralls Of The Crescent’ and ‘…The Horde’. www.facebook.com/pandemic.vol2
Athens, Greece based Thrash / Death Metal trio ALL SINS UNDONE has just digitally self-released their debut full length “Narcissistic Compulsion” (CD and vinyl editions will follow soon as well). It was recorded, mixed and mastered by George Bokos at Grindhouse Studios, Athens. A full album stream is available at this location. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090920923682
Danish Black Metallers PERDITION’S MIRE will release their second EP, “Into A Dark Heartland”, on December 13, 2024 via Headkick Music on vinyl LP and CD format. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Pale Light And Settling Dust’, ‘Embers’, ‘Light Torn Asunder’, ‘Abomination’s Boundless Rage’, ‘Nothing Is, Nothing Becomes’ and ‘Into A Dark Heartland’. The band is currently working on their debut full-length album. www.facebook.com/perditionsmire
Blackened Metal band HEXENBRETT has just premiered the track ‘Wozu Die Angst’ over here. It will be featured on their sophomore full length “Dritte Beschwörung: Dem Teufel Eine Tochter”, which will be released on December 20, 2024 via Dying Victims Productions. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Um Mitternacht’, ‘Dem Teufel Eine Tochter’, ‘Marisa’, ‘Imhotep’, ‘Wozu Die Angst’, ‘La Plese De La Nuit’, ‘Leder Im Nachtverkehr’, ‘Denn Der Tod Lächelt Nicht’ and ‘Sette Gocce Rosse Su Velluto Verde’. The previously revealed album track ‘Um Mitternacht’ can still be streamed at this location. More HEXENBRETT at https://hexenbrett.bandcamp.com
“Hemasanctum”, the upcoming album from Los Angeles, California based one-man melodic Death / Black Metal project THE MOSAIC WINDOW, is available for streaming over here now. It will be released on November 15, 2024 via Willowtip Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. www.facebook.com/p/the-mosaic-window-100094717845304
Finnish Death Metallers AUGUST MOON have just premiered the track ‘Exitus’ at this location. It will be featured on their debut full length “Something Eldritch And Macabre”, which will be released on December 13, 2024 via Personal Records. The previously revealed ‘As Cataclysms Swept Across The Cities’ is still available over here. For more AUGUST MOON please visit www.youtube.com/@augustmoonbase
On December 13, 2024 Munich, Germany based Death / Thrashers CAUTERIZE will digitally self-release a new EP entitled “Vengeance”. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Vengeance’, ‘Left’, ‘Erased’, ‘Right’ and ‘Black Dawn’. www.facebook.com/cauterizeband
“Archangelic Ludica”, the upcoming EP from Black Metallers VASSSAV, will be released on CD via Obscure Disharmony Records on November 15, 2024. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/obscure.disharmony.records
Japanese melodic Death Metallers ALPHOENIX have just released an old / new song entitled ‘Future Begins’ at this location. Here’s the official comments from the band: “The rare track ‘Future Begins’, which was only distributed as a demo to a select few, has been reborn through the engineering of Ettore Rigotti (Disarmonia Mundi). The track gains new power thanks to a sound remake by the master metal producer who also worked on ALPHOENIX’s debut album, “Final Crusades”.” www.facebook.com/alphoenix
“La Saignée”, the debut full length from French Black Metallers ZÉRO ABSOLU, will be released via AOP Records on January 31, 2025. It will feature the two very lengthy tracks ‘La Saignée’ (20:26min) and ‘Le Temps Détruit Tout’ (13:23min). An edited shortened version of title track is already available for streaming at this location. More about ZÉRO ABSOLU at www.facebook.com/aoprecs
On January 10, 2025 Nine To Zero Productions will release “Dauþalaikaz”, the third full length from German Black Metallers URFEIND, on CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Thorns Of Madness’, ‘The Fallen’, ‘Serpent’s Flight’, ‘Weaving The Abyss’, ‘Hymn Of Corruption’, ‘Nine To Zero’, ‘Void’, ‘Anthem Of Decay’ and ‘Inner Rampage’. You can already check out the album operer ‘Thorns Of Madness’ over here. For all additional URFEIND information please visit www.facebook.com/urfeind
Swedish Black Metallers MÖRK GRYNING have just released a new track entitled ‘Black Angel’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming new album “Fasornas Tid”, which will be released on December 13, 2024 via Season Of Mist. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Wing Studios by Sverker Widgren and the artwork was created by the C-G. www.facebook.com/morkgryningband
On January 03, 2025 London, UK based Death Metal five-piece MUTAGENIC HOST will release their debut full length “The Diseased Machine”. It will be co-released by Gurgling Gore (vinyl LP, cassette tape), Dry Cough Records (vinyl LP, cassette tape) and Memento Mori (CD). The CD version will be released on January 20, 2025. The following tracks will be featured on “The Diseased Machine”: ‘Neurological Necrosis’, ‘Genestealer’, ‘The Twisted Helix’, ‘Artificial Harvest Of The Obscene’, ‘Organometallic Assimilation’, ‘DIRECTIVE:: [kill_on_sight]’, ‘Incomprehensible Methods Of Slaughter’, ‘S.W.A.R.M. (Systematic War Against Restless Machines)’, ‘Promethean Dusk’ and ‘Rivers Of Grief’. You can already check out ‘Incomprehensible Methods Of Slaughter’ over here. More MUTAGENIC HOST at https://mutagenichost.bandcamp.com
American Black Metal trio LURING has just premiered the track ‘Born With The Devil’s Marking’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full length “Malevolent Lycanthropic Heresy”, which will be released on December 13, 2024 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed ‘Dying Wolf Beneath The Stars’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Malevolent Lycanthropic Heresy” tracklist reads like this: ‘Ravaged By The Teeth Of A Feral God’, ‘Chalice Of Splintered Dreams’, ‘Born With The Devil’s Marking’, ‘Black Death Elixir’, ‘The Odious Gaze Of Chronos’, ‘We Come From The Shadows At His Command’, ‘Dying Wolf Beneath The Stars’ and ‘Burial Opus’. https://luring.bandcamp.com
Cleveland, Ohio based melodic Death Metallers DRUPARIA will self-release their debut full-length “The River Above” on December 27, 2024 on CD and digitally. It was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Dan Paddy at Blackroom Studios in Copley, Ohio and the cover artwork was supplied by Mark Erskine (Erskine Designs). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Voiceless Regret’, ‘Under The Shade Of Sand’, ‘Bereavement’, ‘Kintsugi’, ‘In Repose, Descend’, ‘Sever The Roots’, ‘The River Above’, ‘Of Firmament… And The Renewal’, ‘Bled For Comfort’, ‘When Cranes Return’ and ‘The Violet Hour (The Civil Wars)’. The title track is already available for streaming at this location. All additional band info you will find at www.facebook.com/druparia
French medieval Black Metallers GRYLLE are streaming their sophomore full length “Egrotants, Souffreteux, Cacochymes, Covidards” in its entirety over here now. The album has just been released via Antiq. www.facebook.com/antiq.label
Turkish technical old school Death Metallers SUICIDE have just digitally released their third full length “Devour The Fallen”. It features the following tracks: ‘Sanctuaries Sold’, ‘Blind Obedience’, ‘Might Of The Universe’, ‘Millennial Slaves’, ‘Devour The Fallen’, ‘Honor’s Mask’, ‘Hollow Ground’, ‘Victims Of A Cult’, ‘At The Ruin They Embrace’, ‘The Capitalist Revolution’ and ‘Guilt Entombed’. A full album stream is available at this location. More about SUICIDE at www.facebook.com/suicide.ankara
After Dark Horizon Records have just re-released “Instinct Prevelance” from Ukrainian symphonic Black Metallers LUCIFUGUM on digipak CD with a 12 pages booklet. It was originally released back in 1999 via Dark Horizon Records and features the band’s “Path Of The Wolf” demo from 1996 and “Сквозь равнодушное небо (Through The Indifferent Sky)” demo from 1997. More info you will find at www.propaganda666.com
Brazilian Death Metallers HEADHUNTER D.C. have just entered the studio to record their sixth full length “Rise Of The Damned… – In Death Metal We Trust” (subtitle still provisional). Vocalist Sérgio “Nekrobaloff666” Borges commented on it as follows: “Everyone will notice a more direct, in-your-face HEADHUNTER D.C., but still with the usual unholy brutality, dense atmospheres and necro-heretical poetry, band’s trademarks. Wait for it! Unholy Death Cult Metal 666% guaranteed!!!” The full tracklist, as well as other relevant details about the album will be revealed soon. www.facebook.com/headhunterdc
Atlanta, Georgia based atmospheric Black Metal one-man project ISLEPTONTHEMOON has just released a new album entitled “Only The Stars Know Of My Misfortune” on digital format via Bindrune Recordings. The vinyl LP edition will be available next week. A full album stream is available at this location. The material was written, recorded and mixed by ISLEPTONTHEMOON and mastered by Spenser Morris at SM Audio. https://isleptonthemoon.bandcamp.com
Costa Rica based old school Thrashers SHADOWS DECAY have just released a new EP entitled “Agent Of Chaos” on all major streaming platforms via Preoptic Distortion Records. It features the following tracks: ‘Dry You Out’, ‘Falling Of Mind’, ‘Agent Of Chaos’, ‘Bringer Of Death’, ‘Only Lies’ and ‘Psuedo Suicidal’. A full stream you will find over here. More about SHADOWS DECAY at www.facebook.com/shadowsdecay
Swedish Death Metallers REPUKED have just released another video from their upcoming fourth full length “Club Squirting Blood”. You can watch ‘Dark Purge Fluid’ at this location. The previously released video for ‘Parasitic Flesh’ can still be watched over here. The album will be released on November 22, 2024 via Soulseller Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. It was mixed by Nico Elgstrand (ENTOMBED AD, MURDER SQUAD) and the artwork was created by Thomas Westphal of Necromaniac Artworks. The complete tracklist of “Club Squirting Blood” reads as follows: ‘Stiff Dick In A Stiff’, ‘Parasitic Flesh’, ‘Dark Purge Fluid’, ‘Dead Existence For Humiliation’, ‘Crotch Rot’, ‘The Slobbering’, ‘Rebel Of Vomit’, ‘Club Squirting Blood’, ‘Loose Limbs’, ‘Into The Anal Abyss’ and ‘Stench Inhaler’. www.facebook.com/repuked
Buenos Aires, Argentina based blackened Death Metallers ATAUDES have been signed by Memento Mori. The band’s sophomore full-length will be released on April 21, 2025. Memento Mori will release the CD version, while Obscure Disharmony Records will take care of the cassette tape version. www.facebook.com/ataudesdeathmetal
Polish Black / Death Metallers MIRZAM ANTIDOTUM OV MARAZM have just released a first song from their upcoming debut full length “… There Is No Emptiness”. You can check out the opener ‘Kill Him’ at this location. The album will be released on CD on November 29, 2024 through Via Nocturna. It was recorded, mixed and mastered between March and September this year at Dobra 12 Studio (BATUSHKA, DOPELORD, ZØRORMR, KRZTA). The drums were recorded by Krzysztof Klingbein (BELPHEGOR, TOTENMESSE) and the cover artwork was created by IGTL. The complete tracklist of “… There Is No Emptiness” reads as follows: ‘Kill Him’, ‘Czas’, ‘Procjon’, ‘Mirzam’, ‘Tajemnia’, ‘Spika’, ‘Tys Boginia’, ‘Magnetar’, ‘Ekwinokcjum’ and ‘Szok Koncowy’. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/mirzamantidotumovmarazm
Spanish Thrashers RETADOR will release their sophomore full length “Earëndel” on January 21, 2025 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. You can already check out a first song from the album at this location. “Earëndel” was recorded at Moontower Studios in September 2024 and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studio (Germany). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Earëndel’, ‘Somos Eternos’, ‘La Sombra De Tu Existir’, ‘Redes’, ‘Lux Ferre’, ‘Asesino’, ‘Profanado’, ‘Terror En La Noche’ and ‘Abismo 52 (outro)’. www.facebook.com/retador.thrashmetal
Berlin, Germany based Black Metal three-piece THANATOMANIA will digitally self-release their sophomore full length “Punire” on December 13, 2024. It will also be available as a limited cassette tape edition of 50 copies. https://thanatomania.bandcamp.com
German Pagan Metallers KROMLEK have just released a lyric video for ‘Seismonade’ over here. The track will be featured on their upcoming double album “III – III”, which will be released on November 14, 2024 via Trollzorn Records on 2 CD and 2 LP. www.facebook.com/kromlekofficial
Romania based Occult Black Metallers ORDINUL NEGRU will release their ninth full length “Dodekatemoria” on November 13, 2024 via Loud Rage Music as slipcase CD and limited cassette tape. You can already stream the track ‘The Decrepitude Of Centuries’ at this location. A video for the track ‘Zahir’ can additionally be watched over here. The “Dodekatemoria” cover artwork was created by Alexandru Das. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Aleph’, ‘Dodekatemoria’, ‘Judas Goat’, ‘The Decrepitude Of Centuries’, ‘Zahir’ and ‘Palladian Rituals’. The new material has been in the works for the past five years and was introduced by the EPs “Nebuisa” (2020) and “A Sojourner Wandering Through The Barren Openness” (2021). www.facebook.com/ordinulnegru
American Death Metallers MASSACRE are streaming their fifth full length “Necrolution” in its entirety over here now. The album will be released on November 08, 2024 via Agonia Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. “Necrolution” was recorded at DOA studios, Full S Studios and Gojiden Studio in Florida (USA) and mixed and mastered by Jonny Pettersson at Studio Unbound in Sweden. The cover artwork was created by Timbul Cahyono of Bvllmetalart. www.facebook.com/massacrebandusa
Norwegian Death Metallers ENTOMOPHTHORA have just released a video for ‘The Flames Of Chaos’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Instinctual Disease”, which will be released on November 22, 2024 via Soulseller Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. It was engineered and mixed by Roger Isaksen at Xhaos Xhult Studio and mastered by Lawrence Mackrory at Rorysound Studios. The cover artwork was created by All4Band Design. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Artwork Of Madness’, ‘Tormented And Torn’, ‘Instinctual Disease’, ‘Mass Hypnosis’ (SEPULTURA cover), ‘A Primordial Might’, ‘Vortex Of Violence’, ‘The Flames Of Chaos’ and ‘Aftermath’. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554418292939
Finnish Deathgrinders CANNIBAL ACCIDENT will release their fifth full length “Disgust” on February 28, 2025 via Inverse Records. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Explicit Everything’, ‘Toleraped’, ‘Darkest Auer’, ‘When Only Fans Blow On Empty Stage’, ‘Flesh Fabricant’, ‘Darken The Attic’, ‘Itseinhon Kusisella Alttarilla (feat. Nikki 666)’, ‘Mouthbreathing Bottomfeeder’, ‘In The Meat Of The Night’, ‘EU-rope Around Your Neck’, ‘Kemperverse (Kemper Trilogy Part 3: Mama’s Boy)’, ‘Wife Eater (Woman’s Best Friend)’, ‘R.I.C.H. (Relying In Capital Heresy)’, ‘Viimene Fiitti (feat. Ulti-Make)’, ‘Omniworld’, ‘Inhumanely Precipitated Biodegradation’, ‘No One Loves You Anymore’, ‘I Want To Pay More Taxes’, ‘Insult / Result’ and ‘Scorched Meat Tactics’. You can already check out the first double single ‘Scorched Meat Tactics – Explicit Everything’ over here. The cover artwork was created by Maxime Taccardi. www.facebook.com/cannibalaccident
Greek epic melodic Death Metallers SOULSKINNER have just released a lyric video for ‘Kingdom Of The Deceased’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming sixth full length “Gloryfied By The Light”, which will be released on November 26, 2024 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘The Wanderer’, ‘Kingdom Of The Deceased’, ‘Glorified By The Light’, ‘Mighty Titans’, ‘The Freedom Of Truth’, ‘The Arrows Of My Desire’, ‘Sacred Temple Of Mystery’, ‘To The Moon’ and ‘To Aurora’. You can still listen to the album’s first advance single ‘Mighty Titans’ over here. More about SOULSKINNER at www.facebook.com/soulskinnerband
German Pagan Black Metallers ASENHEIM have just premiered the track ‘Im Zwielicht (Der Mantel Der Dämmerung)’ over here. It will be featured on the upcoming ninth ASENHEIM full length “Wolkenbrecher”, which will be released on December 10, 2024 via Dominance Of Darkness Records. The previously revealed album track ‘Der Harnischmacher’ can still be checked out at this location. “Wolkenbrecher” will feature the following tracks: ‘Einklang – Blut Und Eisen’, ‘Der Harnischmacher’, ‘Im Zwielicht (Der Mantel Der Dämmerung)’, ‘Mein Königreich’, ‘Ein Letzter Gruß’, ‘Zu Den Waffen’, ‘An Der Tafel Der Toten’, ‘Wolkenbrecher’, ‘Die Kalte Festung’, ‘Himmelfahrtskommando’ and ‘Räuberlied’. www.facebook.com/asenheimblackmetal
Polish melodic Death Metallers BURNING CREATION have just revealed a first song from their upcoming debut full length “Sea Of Dead Bodies”, which will be released on November 29, 2024 on CD and digital format through Via Nocturna. You can listen to ‘Snakebite’ over here. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Marek Stefaniak and the cover artwork was created by Damian Bydliński. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Calling (Intro)’, ‘Eaten By Hulder’, ‘Sea Of Dead Bodies’, ‘Ulfhednar’, ‘The Einherjers’ Return’, ‘Snakebite’, ‘Under The Fading Sun’, ‘Tears Of Mourner’, ‘As The Ocean Takes Us Down’ and ‘Burning Creation’ (AMON AMARTH cover). www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083279234554
On December 27, 2024 Osmose Productions will release the sophomore full length from Serbian Black Metallers CMPT, “Na Utrini”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. A first track will be revealed on December 02, 2024. Here’s the full “Na Utrini” tracklist already: ‘Na Utrini’, ‘Oppidum Panuka’, ‘Mesečina’, ‘Campus De Maxond’, ‘Crna Voda’, ‘U Raljama Košave’, ‘Kao Srp U Noći’ and ‘Δ ΙΣΤΡΟΥ’. https://semeponoci.bandcamp.com
On December 27, 2024 Osmose Productions will release “Third World War”, the third full length from French Black Metallers GENOCIDE KOMMANDO, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘666 – Mark Of The Black Beast’, ‘Obliteration’, ‘Raped Destiny’, ‘Battle For Eradication’, ‘Impious Venom’, ‘Mankind-Self-Destruction’, ‘Burn The Cenotaph’, ‘Drowning In Acid Poison’, ‘Abyssic Warfare’ and ‘Fallen Angel Rape’. More info and updates at www.facebook.com/osmoseproductions
Sydney, Australia based Death Metallers GOLGOTHAN REMAINS will release a new EP, entitled “Bearer Of Light, Matriarch Of Death”, on November 22, 2024 via Dark Descent Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Methuselah’, ‘Tribulation’, ‘Necropoles’ and ‘Andromeda’. You can already check out the EP closer ‘Andromeda’ at this location. “Bearer Of Light, Matriarch Of Death” was produced by ESOTERIC’s Greg Chandler at Priory Recording Studios and the artwork was supplied by Christian Kiesling of Misanthropic Art. You can stream previous GOLGOTHAN REMAINS releases over here. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/golgothanremains
German Black Metallers CHAOS INVOCATION are streaming their upcoming fifth full length “Wherever We Roam…” at this location now. It will be released on November 08, 2024 via AOP Records. The cover artwork was created by Khaos Diktator. www.facebook.com/chaosinvocation
On January 24, 2025 Dying Victims Productions will release the sophomore full length of Tampere, Finland based blackened Speed Metallers VITRIOLIC, “Black Steel Vengeance”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Headsplit Records has already released the CD and cassette tape versions in North America. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Crown Of Fire’, ‘The Eternal Return’, ‘Death Unconquered’, ‘Martial Spirit’, ‘Envenom Katharsis’, ‘Hellspawn – Heir To Darkness’, ‘The Hunt’, ‘Scorn Is The Son Of Defeeat’, ‘Trench Raider’ and ‘Black Steel Vengeance’. A promo medley from the album can be checked out over here. All additional VITRIOLIC information can be found at www.facebook.com/vitriolicfin
Belgian cosmic Black Metal / IDM project DRUON ANTIGON has just revealed a new single entitled ‘Collapsing Black’ feat. Ronarg. You can check it out over here. The song is taken from the new album “Het Donkere Volmaakte Al”, which will be released on November 29, 2024 via Consouling Sounds. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/druonantigon
Polish one-man Black Metal project SVAR has just revealed the title track from their upcoming debut full length “In The Land Called Night” at this location. The album will be released on November 29, 2024 on CD, cassette tape and digital formats through Polish label Via Nocturna. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Through Lakes, Forest And Swamps’, ‘Expelling The Zmei’, ‘The Essence Of Decline’, ‘Heart Of Stone’, ‘In The Land Called Night’, ‘Venomous Words Of Virtue’ and ‘Lost In The Carpathian Forest’. All instruments and vocals were recorded by Kamil Bolesta. The material was mixed and mastered by Mariusz Wołosz and the cover artwork was created by Yaggvh. www.facebook.com/svarkvlt
French old school Black Metallers GORGON have just revealed the track ‘Troops Of The Fallen’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming seventh full length “For Those Who Stay”, which will be released on November 29, 2024 via Osmose Productions. Here’s the album’s complete tracklist: ‘For Those Who Stay’, ‘Tod. Mort. Death.’, ‘Next To The Mill’, ‘Hypnotic Fire’, ‘Vatican’s Fall’, ‘The Art Of Dying’, ‘Despicable Beggars’, ‘Shelter’, ‘When It Rains In Hell’, ‘Troops Of The Fallen’ and ‘Deserters As Prey’. More about GORGON at www.facebook.com/gorgon.blackmetal.official
German melodic Celtic Metallers SUIDAKRA have just released a video for ‘Unravelling Destinies’ at this location. The track is taken from the band’s new album “DarkanakraD”, which was just released via MDD Records on CD and digipak CD (the latter is only available in the MDD Shop and selected mailorders). The vinyl edition will follow on November 28, 2024. www.facebook.com/official.suidakra
On November 08, 2024 EAL Productions will release “Mortui Incedere Possunt”, the 12th full length of Russian Black Metallers BLACKDEATH. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Annihilate Thy Forest II’, ‘Wiegenlied Für Die Toten’, ‘In Den Wolken Der Venus’, ‘Emmeleia’, ‘Die Größte Kraft’, ‘Verwünschung’, ‘Im Namen Des Künstlichen Intellekts’ and ‘Der Zorn’. www.facebook.com/trueblackdeath
Polish Grinders ASS TO MOUTH will release their third full length “Enemy Of The Human Race” on November 29, 2024 via Selfmadegod Records on CD (and vinyl LP at the beginning of 2025). www.facebook.com/assgrindsystem
Italian progressive Death Metallers BEDSORE have just revealed another song from their sophomore full-length “Dreaming The Strife For Love”. You can already watch a video for ‘Scars Of Light’ over here. The album will be released on November 29, 2024 via 20 Buck Spin on vinyl LP, CD, cassette tape and in digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Minerva’s Obilesque’, ‘Scars Of Light’, ‘A Colossus, An Elephant, A Winged Horse, The Dragon Rendezvous’, ‘Realm Of Eleuterillide’, ‘Fanfare For A Heartfelt Love’ and ‘Fountain Of Venus’. A BEDSORE European tour with label mates FULCI is planned for February 2025. www.facebook.com/bedsoredeath
Portuguese blackened Speed / Thrash Metallers FILII NIGRANTIUM INFERNALIUM have just released the track ‘Cristo.Rei.Animal.’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming fifth full length “Pérfida Contracção Do Aço”, which will be released on November 29, 2024 via Osmose Productions. The artwork was created by Paolo Girardi and the complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Beata Fornicanda’, ‘Holocausto Molto Vivace Ma Non Troppo’, ‘Negros Hábitos’, ‘Cristo.Rei.Animal.’, ‘Pérfida Contracção Do Aço’, ‘Comes Carne’, ‘Má Criação’, ‘Vaticanale’ and ‘Chuva Dourada’. www.facebook.com/filiinigrantiuminfernalium
“Trümmerfestung”, the sophomore full length from German melodic Black Metal quintet JARL, will be released on December 12, 2024 via Trollzorn Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Levitation’, ‘Schattenwurf’, ‘Trümmerfestung’, ‘Schein’, ‘Wirkmacht’, ‘Dreck Und Rost’ and ‘Alchemie’. You can already check out a lyric video for ‘Levitation’ at this location. The cover artwork was created by Jan Yrlund. www.facebook.com/jarlblackmetal
German melodic Black Metallers APOSTASIE have just released another song from their upcoming debut full length “Non Est Deus”. You can watch a lyric video for ‘Pein, Pest’ over here. “Non Est Deus” will be released on November 29, 2024 via Trollzorn Records. Its complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Non Est Deus’, ‘Theotókos’, ‘Isapóstolos’, ‘Eikon’, ‘Blut Schreit Palästina’, ‘Pein, Pest’, ‘Ich, Novus Alexander’ and ‘Es Ist Kein Gott’. www.facebook.com/apostasieband
“Scripture Of The Woods”, the debut full length from American old school Black Metal duo KVELDSTIMER, is now available on CD via Alte Seelen. It was originally released as a limited edition cassette tape earlier this year. You can stream the album at alteseelen.bandcamp.com now. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564639922269
Colombian Black Metal project GIGANTOPHIS has just released a new song entitled ‘Del Cáliz Luciferino’ at this location. More GIGANTOPHIS music you will find at https://gigantophis.bandcamp.com
“Desecration Of The Archangels”, the new EP from US Black / Deathers CRUCIFIXION RITUAL, will be released via Invictus Productions on cassette tape today. You can stream it in its entirety over here. All further info you will find at www.facebook.com/invictusproductions