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“Unholy Domain”, the 1991 demo from defunct Finnish Death Metallers DEMIGOD, will be re-released on 12″ vinyl and cassette tape on March 05, 2027 via Svart Records. The vinyl edition comes with a booklet that features an interview by Luxi Lahtinen with vocalist / guitarist Esa Lindén and drummer Seppo Taatila, plus reviews and articles from zines of the early nineties. www.facebook.com/svartrecords
Edinburgh, Scotland based technical Metalcore act PERPETUA has just released their new EP “Saviour To None” via Bleeding Art Collective. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Saviour To None’, ‘Veil Of Deception’, ‘Descend’ and ‘Fallen Sons’. A visualizer video for ‘Descend’ can be watched at this location. More band informationm you will find at www.facebook.com/perpetuauk
Australia’s blackend Metal act ARC OF DYAD has just released “The Video Collection – The Work Of Idle Hands” over here. The collection combines all seven promotional videos from their debut full-length “The Work Of Idle Hands”, which came out in early 2026. A new ARC OF DYAD album will be released in 2027. www.facebook.com/arcofdyad
Italian Death Metallers OBBROBRIUS will release their sophomore full-length “Usurped” via Over The Border Records on digipak CD and digitally today. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Comet Broadcasting Studio and the cover artwork was created by Davide “Dartworks” Mancini. A full album stream is available at this location now. More about OBBROBRIUS at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554773517658
Lima, Peru based old school Death Metallers HELL TREPANNER will release their recent full-length “The Consecration Of Eternal Impurity” as a cassette tape edition on November 27, 2026 via Fetzner Death Records / Thrashirts. The album was released on CD via Awakening Records / Thrashirts in March this year. A full album stream you will find over here. More about HELL TREPANNER at www.facebook.com/helltrepannerdeath
Drummer Chris Kontos has just left FORBIDDEN after a three-year run with the band. Here’s his official statement: “This does not come easy for me. I have been trying to not have to do this and resolve many issues with FORBIDDEN for quite some time now. I have expressed my concerns to the band members as well as our management, the legal team and accounting. Financial integrity, a lack of transparency of accounting, ongoing business decisions I did not agree with, or was not made aware of or told about till after the fact resulting in conflicts with the band. These issues have become irreconcilable. I have decided that I can no longer continue as a part of the band. I am stepping down as the drummer for FORBIDDEN effective immediately. I wish the band all the best moving forward. I am incredibly proud of the music we created together including the new album and videos. I have never worked harder on a project in my life. I put my heart and soul into every bit of the work. I’m truly grateful to the fans for nearly four years of incredible support. I want to thank BLKIIBLK Records as well as everyone that helped the band over my time in FORBIDDEN. This includes past band members, road crew, sound engineers, tour management, production companies and promoters. I’m very grateful and have a ton of appreciation and gratitude for you all. You know who you are. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I’m looking forward to what life has to offer moving forward. New opportunities and adventures. I respectfully ask for privacy at this time and will have no further comment. Thank you to everyone for your ongoing support.” The remaining members of FORBIDDEN issued the following separate statement: “Everyone in FORBIDDEN wants to wish Chris Kontos the absolute best in his future endeavors. We found out about his leaving the band the same way everyone else did. A social media post. What we created together with this album will hopefully stand the test of time. Chris was an integral part of the process. We wish him nothing but happiness.” www.facebook.com/forbiddenofficial
Finnish melodic Death Metallers NEMECIC have just released a video for ‘Petrol And Spark’ at this location. The track is featured on the band’s upcoming new EP, which will be released in late 2026 via Inverse Records. www.facebook.com/nemecic
Estonia based progressive Death Metallers SURGENT have just released a video for ‘Dismantle / Replace’ over here. The track is featured on their upcoming sophomore full-length “Sin Eater”, which will be self-released by the band on November 05, 2026 on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digitally. www.facebook.com/surgentband
El Salvador based blackened Thrashers WITCHGÖAT have just premiered the track ‘Storming The Walls Of Eternity’ at this location. It will be featured on their upcoming third full-length “Serpent Hordes”, which will be released on December 04, 2026 via Personal Records on CD and Morbid Skull Records on cassette tape. The previously revealed title track ‘Serpent Hordes’ can still be checked out over here. More about WITCHGÖAT at www.facebook.com/witchgoatsv
Southern California based brutal Death Metallers VIROLOGIST have just released a video for ‘Maimed By The Therianthrope’ over here. The track will be featured on their upcoming debut full-length “Subjugation Of Anthropoid Forms”, which will be released via New Standard Elite on November 13, 2026. The album’s first single, ‘Opium-Induced Extrasensory Entrancement’ can still be streamed at this location. You can follow the band at www.facebook.com/virologistband
On November 06, 2026 Personal Records will release “The Veil Of Shadows”, a new mini album from Monterrey, Mexico based Black / Doom Metallers HAGEL, on CD format. A full stream is available of it at this location now. For all additional HAGEL information please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063703533638
“Still Rotten: 35 Years Of Avulsed History” is the title of a hardcover book, that is documenting the first 35 years of the history of Spanish Death Metallers AVULSED. It is written in Spanish and features 564 black pages with white text and almost 200 photos, documenting AVULSED’s journey from its very first line-up as a trio right up to the present day, narrated in the first person from the perspective of Dave Rotten. The book is limited to 300 copies and will be presented exclusively at the four concerts AVULSED will play between December 04 and December 07, 2026. Book signing sessions will also take place at every show and there will be shirts with the book artwork. If any copies remain after the tour, they will go on sale from December 09, 2026 via www.fullofmetal.com. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/avulsed91
Stockholm, Sweden based melodic Black / Death Metallers HYPERION are streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Elysia” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Willowtip Records on November 06, 2026 on CD, double vinyl LP and digital formats. www.facebook.com/hyperionswe
On November 04, 2026 Amor Fati Productions will release “Summoning Eternity”, the debut full-length from Belgian / American Black Metallers MISTS, on CD and vinyl LP formats. A full album stream is already available over here. For all additional information please visit https://summoningeternity.bandcamp.com
Finnish Death Metallers GATES OPEN will release their sophomore full-length “Beyond The Black Gates” on December 10, 2026 via Inverse Records. You can already watch a lyric video for ‘The Black Gates’ over here. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Black Gates’, ‘Slave To The Darkness Within’, ‘The Blood On Their Hands’, ‘Marching To The Gallows’, ‘The Black Scorpion’, ‘Chosen Destiny’, ‘Whispers Of Dread’, ‘Embrace The Abyss’, ‘The Grin Behind the Dark’ and ‘Beneath The Mask’. www.facebook.com/gatesopenband
Budapest, Hungary based Death Metallers VÉR have just premiered the title track of their upcoming debut full-length “A Féreg Pusztulása” at this location. The album will be released on December 03, 2026 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records. A previously revealed video for ‘Paranoia’ can still be watched over here. The complete “A Féreg Pusztulása” tracklist reads like this: ‘A Féreg’, ‘Anyaméh’, ‘Élőholt’, ‘A Gép’, ‘Paranoia’, ‘Elvermelés’, ‘A Féreg Pusztulása’ and ‘Szörnyek’. www.facebook.com/ver.deathmetal
On November 04, 2026 Amor Fati Productions will release “Disciples Of Void & Fire”, the debut full-length from Belgium / Netherlands / Norway based Black Metallers SENTRIES, on CD and viny LP formats. A full album stream is already available over here now. For more information please visit https://sentriesvoid.bandcamp.com
In early 2027 Xtreem Music will re-issue “The Burning Ground”, the 2005 compilation from reformed American Death / Thrashers REVENANT, as an expanded double CD, double vinyl LP (with gatefold sleeve and full-color insert), double cassette tape edition in a special box and digitally. It will be entitled “The Burning Ground 2.0” and will feature the complete early demos in their entirety, including the previously unreleased 1986 instrumental demo. Here’s the complete tracklist. CD 1: “Demo 1993”, “Demo 1992”, “Distant Eyes” (Demo 1990), ‘The New Paganism’ (unreleased rehearsal track from 1993) and ‘The Unearthly’ (live from Den Bosch, Netherlands, December 01, 1991). CD 2: “Demo 1988”, “Beyond The Winds Of Sorrow” (Demo 1987) and “Demo 1986”. The release will also include extensive liner notes by Henry Veggian and John McEntee, along with explanations of each recording, complete scans of the original demos and EPs, plus tons of old photographs and flyers. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100053716040483
Philippines based Black / Death Metallers DEIPHAGO have just revealed the track ‘Undeified’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sixth full-length “Hexessence Satan”, which will be released in the first half of 2027 via Hells Headbangers. More news will be announced soon. For more DEIPHAGO information please visit www.facebook.com/deiphago
Swiss Death Metallers MNEMOCIDE will release their sophomore full-length “Kingdom Of Filth” on January 09, 2027 via Fetzner Death Records on CD, cassette tape, vinyl LP and digitally. You can already watch a lyric video for ‘Death March’ over here. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered at Iguana Studios by Christoph Brandes and the artwork was created by Daroc. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘On Your Knees’, ‘Kingdom Of Filth’, ‘Under The Monolith’, ‘Death March’, ‘Oblivion’, ‘War Unleashed’, ‘Die’, ‘Unbroken’, ‘I Am’ and ‘Bastards Rising’. www.facebook.com/mnemocide