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Canadian Thrashers RAZOR will release a new full-length entitled “Cycle Of Contempt” on September 23, 2022 on LP, CD, cassette tape and digitally via Relapse Records. The band’s first album in 25 years will feature the following tracks: ‘Flames Of Hatred’, ‘Jabroni’, ‘Off My Meds’, ‘A Bitter Pill’, ‘Crossed’, ‘First Rate Hate’, ‘Cycle Of Contempt’, ‘Punch Your Face In’, ‘All Fist Fighting’, ‘Darkness Falls’ and ‘King Shit’. A lyric video for ‘Flames Of Hatred’ is already available over here. You can follow RAZOR at www.facebook.com/razorofficialthrash
French Death Metallers RITUALIZATION are streaming their new mini album “Hema Ignis Necros” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on August 12, 2022 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The cover artwork was created by Chris Moyen. More about RITUALIZATION at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063598541922
Memphis, Tennessee based melodic blackened Death Metallers EPOCH OF UNLIGHT have just released a lyric video for ‘Night Hunt’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s upcoming album “At War With The Multiverse”, which will be released on September 16, 2022 via Dark Horizon Records. The album’s first single ‘An Amarathine Line’ is still streaming over here. The full “At War With The Multiverse” tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Anthropocene’, ‘The Numbing Stillness’, ‘Wrath Of The Cryomancer’, ‘An Amaranthine Line’, ‘Beneath A Dying Sun’, ‘Elysian Immortals’, ‘The Möbius Path’, ‘Night Hunt’, ‘All Light Dies’ and ‘The Lie Of Tomorrow’s Dawn’. All additional band info you will find at www.facebook.com/epochofunlight
Finnish neoclassical symphonic melodic Death Metallers CLAMORIS will release their debut full length “Opus Limbonica” on October 28, 2022 via Inverse Records. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Regurgitated’, ‘The Bite Of The Cosmic Snake’, ‘Schemer’s Paradox’, ‘A Window To My Dreams’, ‘Rage, Rain Down On Them’, ‘Forma Inversa’, ‘Opus Limbonica’ and ‘Walking In The Graveyard’. The album’s second single ‘A Window To My Dreams’ has just be released over here. A lyric video for the first single ‘Rage, Rain Down On Them’ is additionally still available at this location. The “Opus Limbonica” cover artwork was supplied by Roberto Toderico. For all further CLAMORIS info please visit www.facebook.com/clamoris
Vienna, Austria based melodic Death Metallers VERMOCRACY will release their second album “Age Of Dysphoria” on September 30, 2022 via Black Sunset / MDD. It was recorded, produced and mastered at Norbert Leitner’s studio in Vienna and the cover artwork was created by Armin Stocker. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/vermocracy
“Crypt Lurker”, the debut full length from Georgetown, Washington based Death Metallers DECONSECRATION, will be released on September 11, 2022 via Chaos Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Crypt Lurker’, ‘Cephalic Fermentation’, ‘Putrescent Birth’, ‘Imploding Ascent’, ‘Buried Under The House’, ‘Galvanized’, ‘Plague Cadaver’ and ‘Bells Upon The Graves’. You can already watch a video for ‘Buried Under The House’ over here. More DECONSECRATION info is available at www.deconsecration.com
On October 10, 2022 Nuclear Winter Records will release “Entropy Dynamics”, the sixth album from Greek Black / Deathers EMBRACE OF THORNS, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Blackest Orthodoxy Perpetuated’, ‘Entropy Dynamics / Nucleus Dissolved’, ‘The Arrow Of Time’, ‘The Breath Of The Beast’, ‘I Wish You Burn In An Endless Funeral Pyre’, ‘Scythes Reaping Conscience’, ‘The Lament Of The Destroyed’, ‘Wormfeast’, ‘Transformation Into A Celestial Ghoul’, ‘Vultures’ Ritual Dance’ and ‘Ululation’. You can already check out ‘Entropy Dynamics / Nucleus Dissolved’ at this location. To coincide with the release of “Entropy Dynamics”, reissues of the band’s sold-out albums “Atonement Ritual” and “Praying For Absolution” will also be available again via Nuclear Winter, as well as a CD version of the preceding EP “The Pantheon I”, which will come with an exclusive bonus track. You can follow EMBRACE OF THORNS at www.facebook.com/embraceofthorns
Polish Death Metallers SYMBOLICAL will release a new EP entitled “Natura” on September 08, 2022. It’s the second part of a trilogy, started with the EP “Igne”, which was released at the end of 2021. The material for the album was recorded, mixed and mastered at JNS Studio by Paweł Janos. You can watch a video for the song ‘The Dread World’ over here. More about SYMBOLICAL at www.facebook.com/symbolicalofficial
Experimental melodic Black / Death Metal project ZETA will release its debut full-length “Binary Enigma” on September 02, 2022. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Hopinksville Goblins’, ‘Suspended Colossus’, ‘Binary Enigma’, ‘Organic Corridor’, ‘Cosmic Embrace’, ‘Traversing The Void’, ‘M-Triangle’, ‘Weight Of Disclosure’ and ‘Dimensional Nexus Part II ‘. The first single ‘Suspended Colossus’ is already available at this location. The album features the work of band members residing in three different states (Cleveland, Ohio / Chicago, Illinois and Phoenix, Arizona). All additional info you will find at www.facebook.com/zr1978
American Death Metallers VRENTH have just premiered the title track of their upcoming second full length “Succumb To Chaos” over here. The previously revealed ‘Omnipresence (Mors Certa / Hora Incerta)’ can still be streamed at this location. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Omnipresence (Mors Certa / Hora Incerta)’, ‘Demise In Hollow Suffering’, ‘Curse Of The Living And Of The Dead’, ‘Integrum Tenebrae’, ‘Succumb To Chaos’, ‘An Eternal Impious War’, ‘Contemptus Mundi’ and ‘The End As A Shadow’. The cover artwork was created by Gruesome Graphx. “Succumb To Chaos” will be released on September 05, 2022 via Rotted Life Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl version will follow later this year. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/vrenthband
Czech Black / Death Metallers ALTARS ABLAZE will release their debut album “Life Desecration” on September 16, 2022 via Lavadome Productions. It was recorded at Davos Studio and mixed and mastered by Christian Erkens at Cyphx-Audio. The artwork was created by Nuno Zuki of Belial NecroArts. You can check out the album’s second single ‘Drenched In Wrath And Blood’ at this location. The first single ‘Glorification Of Rats’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Life Desecration” tracklist reads as follows: ‘For The Lifeless Love Of A Crucified Corpse’, ‘Life Desecration’, ‘Shrine Destroyer’, ‘Across The Empires Of Death’, ‘Drenched In Wrath And Blood’, ‘With Bone Crowns And Iron Scepters’, ‘Beneath The Smouldering Ruins’ and ‘Glorification Of Rats’. ALTARS ABLAZE features members from HEAVING EARTH, SUPREME CONCEPTION and ELYSIUM. All additional info you will find at www.facebook.com/altars.ablaze
“Haunted Mausoleum”, the debut EP from Boston, Massachusetts based Death Metallers GROTESQUERIES, is streaming in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on August 11, 2022 via Caligari Records on cassette tape format. The material was recorded at New Alliance Studios with engineer Alec Rodriguez. The cover art was created by Tombtower. More GROTESQUERIES at https://grotesqueries.bandcamp.com
On September 23, 2022 The Sinister Flame will release “Vitriolic Atonement”, the sophomore full length from Finnish Black Metallers CELESTIAL GRAVE, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. Here’s the full tracklist already: ‘Eucharist’, ‘Cadaverous Solace’, ‘Clemency’, ‘The Abyss Exhales’, ‘Exaltation’ and ‘Radiant Tides Below’. For more band information check out www.facebook.com/celestialgrave
On September 12, 2022 Amor Fati Productions will release the self-titled debut full length from Australian Black Metallers SKARE on vinyl LP format. The CD version will be released by Dark Adversary Productions. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Lonesome Ibex’, #A Sordid Ceremony’, ‘Beyond The Church Spires’, ‘The Threshold Into Death’ and ‘Into Icy Pewter Sky’. You can already check out ‘Threshold Into Death’ at this location. For all additional information please visit www.amor-fati-productions.de or www.facebook.com/amorfatiprod
On September 15, 2022 Me Saco Un Ojo Records, in co-operation with Dark Descent Records, will release “Volatile Forms”, the debut album from Danish Doom Deathers DEAD VOID, on vinyl LP and CD formats, respectively. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Atrophy’, ‘The Entrails Of Chaos’, ‘Sadistic Mind’, ‘The Reptilian Drive’ and ‘Perpetually Circling The Void’. The album closer ‘Perpetually Circling The Void’ is already available for streaming at this location. More about DEAD VOID at www.facebook.com/thedeadvoid
Spanish Death Metallers UNBOUNDED TERROR have just released a lyric video for ‘Liars’ Punisher’, the new single from their upcoming third album “Echoes Of Despair”. You can watch the video over here. The album will be released on September 06, 2022 via Xtreem Music on CD, 12″ LP, cassette tape and digital formats. It was recorded and mixed by Vicente J. Paya at his own Black Night Studios and mastered by Javi Fernández at Montseny Studios. The artwork was created by Daemorph Art (AVULSED, DECRAPTED, PUTREVORE). The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Organic Waste’, ‘Rotting Myself’, ‘Echoes Of Despair’, ‘Liars’ Punisher’, ‘Hypocrite Ignored’, ‘They Are Not (What They Claim To Be)’, ‘Desolation Inside Of Me’, ‘Falling Into The Void’, ‘Devil’s Church’, ‘Hungry For Your Hate’ and ‘Something’s Rotten In Humanity’. The previously released single ‘Hypocrite Ignored’ can still be checked out at this location and a video for ‘Organic Waste’ right here. All further UNBOUNDED TERROR info you will find at www.unboundedterror.com
On September 09, 2022 Invictus Productions will release the debut album of Belgian Death Metallers BONES, “Sombre Opulence”. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Execration Rites’, ‘Funerary Magic’, ‘Twilight Divination’, ‘Deserts Of Eternity’, ‘Withering’, ‘Primordial Idolatry’, ‘Composite Deities’, ‘Great Altars Of Ascension’ and ‘Formulas Of Condemnation’. The album’s first single ‘Twilight Divination’ can already be streamed at this location. For all further BONES info please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100027587905043
“Tales Of Demolyn”, the upcoming debut album from Gothenburg, Sweden based one man Black Metal band DEMOLYN, will be released digitally everywhere on August 12, 2022. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Shattered Soul’, ‘Withering Away’, ‘Döden Jag Är’, ‘Hear My Battle Cry’, ‘På Toppen Av Berget’, ‘Per Sanguinem Effuderit’, ‘Höj Era Svärd’ and ‘The Seven Riders Of Demolyn’. More DEMOLYN info you will find at www.instagram.com/demolyn.band
Swiss Thrashers ALGEBRA will release their fourth full-length “Chiroptera” on September 19, 2022 via Unspeakable Axe Records on CD and digital formats. The album’s first single ‘Kleptomaniac’ is already streaming at this location. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Fallen’, ‘Resuscitation’, ‘Kleptomaniac’, ‘Constricted’, ‘Accomplice’, ‘Chiroptera’, ‘Suspect’, ‘Eternal Sleep’, ‘Losing Touch’, ‘Burn The Bridge’ and ‘The Great Deception’. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/algebrathrash
On October 21, 2022 Dying Victims Productions will release “Of Night And Lust”, a split mini album between Italy’s blackened Thrashers BUNKER 66 and German Thrashers LUCIFUGE, on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. BUNKER 66 will be featured with the following tracks: ‘Mellhammer’, ‘Sulphurous Lust’ and ‘Doctor Rock’ (MOTÖRHEAD cover). LUCIFUGE’s part consists of ‘The Great Unseen’, ‘In Blood And Dust’ and ‘Warriors Of The Night’. You can already check out the LUCIFUGE track ‘Warriors Of The Night’ over here. More about both bands at www.facebook.com/bunker66 or www.facebook.com/lucifugeblackmetal
Italian Death Thrashers MISCREANCE will release their debut full-length “Convergence” on September 19, 2022 via Unspeakable Axe Records (CD), Danex Records (vinyl) and Desert Wastelands (cassette tape), as well as on Bandcamp and other digital platforms. The following tracks will be on it: ‘Flame Of Consciousness’, ‘Fall Apart’, ‘Incubo’, ‘No Empathy’, ‘The Garden’, ‘Alchemy’, ‘My Internment’ and ‘Requiem For Sanity’. The album’s first single ‘Incubo’ is already streaming over here. For all additional MISCREANCE info check out www.facebook.com/miscreance
Irish Black / Death Metallers COSCRADH are streaming their upcoming debut album “Nahanagan Stadial” at this location now. It will be released on August 05, 2022 via Invictus Productions. All further band information you will find at www.facebook.com/coscradh
“Seven Words”, the seventh studio album from UK Thrashers XENTRIX will be released on November 04, 2022 via Listenable Records in a variety of formats and bundles. It was recorded at Backstage studios in Derbyshire and Viscon studios in Lancashire in the UK and mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap (JUDAS PRIEST, EXODUS, MEGADETH). The cover artwork was created by Dan Goldsworthy (ACCEPT, CORPSEGRINDER, ALESTORM). The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Behind The Walls Of Treachery’, ‘Seven Words’, ‘Spit Coin’, ‘The Alter Of Nothing’, ‘Everybody Loves You When You’re Dead’, ‘Reckless With A Smile’, ‘Ghost Tape Number 10’, ‘My War’, ‘Kill And Protect’, ‘Anything But The Truth’ and ‘Billion Dollar Babies’ (CD exclusive bonus track). The band will embark on a European tour with VIO-LENCE, WHIPLASH and ARTILLERY at the end of November. The tour kicks off on November 23, 2022 in Amersfoot, the Netherlands and ends on December 05, 2022 in Gothenburg, Sweden. You can follow XENTRIX at www.facebook.com/xentrixmetal
Danish Black Metallers GRIGORIEN will release their debut full length “Magtens Evangelium” on August 05, 2022 via Signal Rex on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘De 9 Chor’, ‘Skammens Æt’, ‘Boedsgang Og Blodig Hoste’, ‘Østens Hviide Slange’, ‘Et Taarn Til De Høyeste Himle’, ‘Tiggere I Gyldne Pialter’, ‘Strafferens Psalmer’, ‘Af Kviksølv Og Galdes Chor’, ‘De Blindes Hyrde’, ‘Syndens Slegtsbog’ and ‘Den Kaossymmetriske Liturgie’. A full stream you will find at this location now. For more GRIGORIEN please visit https://grigorien.bandcamp.com
Danish Black Metallers GRIGORIEN will release their debut full length “Magtens Evangelium” on August 05, 2022 via Signal Rex on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘De 9 Chor’, ‘Skammens Æt’, ‘Boedsgang Og Blodig Hoste’, ‘Østens Hviide Slange’, ‘Et Taarn Til De Høyeste Himle’, ‘Tiggere I Gyldne Pialter’, ‘Strafferens Psalmer’, ‘Af Kviksølv Og Galdes Chor’, ‘De Blindes Hyrde’, ‘Syndens Slegtsbog’ and ‘Den Kaossymmetriske Liturgie’. A full album stream you will find at this location. For more GRIGORIEN please visit https://grigorien.bandcamp.com
“All Virtues Ablaze”, the upcoming sophomore full length from Canadian Black Metal trio LIMINAL SHROUD, is available for streaming over here now. It was recorded and mixed by Matt Roach at Rain City Recorders in Vancouver, Canada and mastered by Dave Otero at Flatline Audio in Denver, Colorado, USA. The artwork was created by Justyna Koziczak. “All Virtues Ablaze” will be released on August 05, 2022 via Willowtip Records on digipak CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. All additional LIMINAL SHROUD information you will find at www.facebook.com/liminalshroudofficial
Thai Death Metallers REINCARNATED have just premiered the track ‘Quasar God Oration’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s debut album “Of Boötes Void Death Spell”, which will be released on September 03, 2022 via Inhuman Assault Productions. The previously revealed ‘Ophiucus Crypt’ is still streaming over here. The complete “Of Boötes Void Death Spell” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Ophiuchus Crypt’, ‘Quasar God Oration’, ‘Proxima Hibernation’, ‘Triumphant Dead Comet’ and ‘Tomb Of Boötes Void’. For all further REINCARNATED info check out www.facebook.com/reincarnated696
Hamburg, Germany based Death Metallers RISE OF KRONOS have just released a video for ‘Allegory Of The Cave’ at this location. The song is taken from their debut album “Council Of Prediction”, which was released via MDD earlier this year. In September the band will be supporting DEBAUCHERY vs. BLOOD GOD on their German tour. For all additional RISE OF KRONOS info please visit www.facebook.com/riseofkronosofficial
The Sinister Flame, in co-operation with Dark Descent Records, will reissue “Relinquishment”, the 2014 debut full length from Finnish Black Metallers ORDINANCE, on double vinyl. It will be pressed onto three sides and housed in a gatefold jacket, which features a 20-page booklet with lyrics. A full album stream is available at https://ordinance.bandcamp.com. More info you will find www.thesinisterflame.com.