» News Archive July 2018
German Thrashers PANZER SQUAD have just released another track from their upcoming new album "Ruins". You can check out ‘Escapist’ at this location now. The album opener ‘Extinction’ is still streaming right here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Extinction’, ‘Death Toll’, ‘Escapist’, ‘Sewer Rat’, ‘Societal Funeral’, ‘Singular Purpose’, ‘Shut In’, ‘Victims Of War’, ‘Delusionist’, ‘Approaching The End’, ‘Zombie Shot’, ‘After The Bombs’ and ‘Warsystem’ (SHITLICKERS cover). The album will be released on August 31, 2018 via Testimony Records on CD, limited vinyl (100 gold & 200 black) and digitally. More about PANZER SQUAD at www.facebook.com/panzersquadthrash
A full album stream of HELLISH‘s upcoming new full length "The Spectre Of Lonely Souls" is available at this location now. It will be released on August 31, 2018 via Unspeakable Axe Records. More about these Chilean Black / Thrashers at www.facebook.com/hellishchile
After almost 8 years of silence issue # 5 of DEADLY ILLNESS zine has finally been released. It comes with 52 b/w pages and features interviews with Steve Digorgio (on his Jazz / Fusion project from the 90s, DARK HALL), OPIUM LORD, STREAKS RECORDS, OHYDA, CADAVERIC INCUBATOR, NECROLEPSY, VIOLENT HAMMER, CHURCH OF MISERY, INTOLERABLE NOISECHESTRA, ICE DRAGON and GODCHILLA. This issue is available in 10 different colored main covers and each copy comes with a fancy fridge magnet, a limited edition of 50 copies come with an exclusive ICE DRAGON vinyl 7" with 13 different DIY covers plus lyrics / infosheet. For ordering details contact deadlyillness@gmail.com, all further information about the zine you will find at www.facebook.com/deadly-illness-zine-and-records-1190540234357480
Salvadoran Black / Thrashers WITCHGÖAT will release their debut demo "Umbra Regit" through Morbid Skull Records next week. It is limited to 20 black shells and 13 white shells, stained with putrid blood. The demo was immediately sold out after the pre-order option was issued by the label. The opening track ‘Emanations From The Underworld’ can be checked out over here. More about WITCHGÖAT at www.facebook.com/witchgoatsv
"Ruinous Ensoulment", the forthcoming debut full-length from Greek Death Metallers GRAVEWARDS, is available for streaming at this location now. The album will be released on July 27, 2018 through Unspeakable Axe Records (it will be available through international distribution channels on August 31, 2018). For all further band information check out www.facebook.com/gravewards
A new song from the forthcoming sophomore HELLISH album "The Spectre Of Lonely Souls" has just been posted here. Another track of the album (‘The Screams Come From Inside’) can be checked out at this location. "The Spectre Of Lonely Souls" will be released on July 27, 2018 via Unspeakable Axe Records (it will be available through international distribution channels on August 31, 2018). More HELLISH info you will find at www.facebook.com/hellishchile
ROTTING CHRIST have just released a lyric video for the track ‘Pir Threontai’ at this location. The track appears on the re-release of their 2010 album "Aealo". The band is currently in the studio recording their new album which will be released through Season Of Mist in 2019. More about ROTTING CHRIST at www.facebook.com/rotting-christ-290468585669
California based Death Metallers DRAGHKAR are streaming their upcoming EP "The Endless Howling Abyss" in its entirety over here now. It will be released on July 27, 2018 digitally, as well as on CD format via Craneo Negro Records (500 copies) and cassette through Nameless Grave Records (75 copies). For all additional DRAGHKAR information check out www.facebook.com/draghkarband
Seattle based Death Metallers DRAWN AND QUARTERED are now streaming ‘Nefarious Rites’, the opening track from their upcoming new full length "The One Who Lurks", at this location. The album will be released via Krucyator Productions next week. More about DRAWN AND QUARTERED at www.facebook.com/drawnandquartered
Georgian Funeral Doom / Death Metallers ENNUI will release their fourth album "End Of The Circle" on September 05, 2018 through Non Serviam Records on digipak CD and digitally. You can already check out the twenty plus minute track ‘The Withering Part I – Of Hollow Us’ right here. The album was mixed and mastered at Grindhouse Studios, Athens and the cover artwork was created by high W. Smerdulak. For all further band information check out www.facebook.com/bandennui
Australian Death Metallers ESKHATON have just released a lyric video for ‘Culthulunatic’. You can watch it right here. The track appears on the band’s new album "Omegalitheos", which has been released on June 20, 2018 through Lavadome Productions. A full album stream is furthermore available at the label’s Bandcamp site. More about ESKHATON at www.facebook.com/eskhaton666
The following three tapes are available through Morbid Chapel Records now: CHAINS OV BELETH – "Christeos Chaos", MYSTAGOS – "Pvrvsha" and MASCHARAT – "Mascharat". You can listen to a song from each release by clicking on the title. For more information and ordering details check out www.facebook.com/morbidchapelrecords
Swedish Death Metallers GRISLY will release their debut album "The Spectral Wars" through Xtreem Music on September 12, 2018. The cover artwork was created by Juanjo Castellano and the full tracklist reads like this: ‘Consumed From Beneath’, ‘Rot To The Living’, ‘Parasite Parasite’, ‘The Casket Eaters’, ‘Teeth That Rips’, ‘Bring Out The Horrors’, ‘Supernatural Warfare’, ‘Sentenced To Armageddon’, ‘Into Insanity’ and ‘The Spectral Wars’. The track ‘Rot To The Living’ can already be streamed at this location. GRISLY was founded in 2014 and consists of Rogga Johansson (guitars, vocals), Dennis Blomberg (bass, ex – PAGANIZER) and Henke Lundgren (drums). More info you will find at www.xtreemmusic.com
Milwaukee based Black Metallers PREZIR will release their debut full length "As Rats Devour Lions" on September 17, 2018 via Godz Ov War Productions. The follow-up to their 2017 EP "Contempt" was recorded and mixed by Shane Hochstetler at Howl Street Recordings and the bass was recorded by J.Hauppa. The following eight tracks will appear on the album: ‘As Rats Devour Lions’, ‘Ideologue Alchemy’, ‘Janičari’, ‘Dar Al-Harb’, ‘Serpents In The House Of Ra’, ‘Hamatsa Death Ritual’, ‘Plagiarized Infamy’ and ‘Oedipus Context’. The title track ‘As Rats Devour Lions’ is already streaming here. For all further band information check out www.facebook.com/prezir
DEICIDE’s new album “Overtures Of Blasphemy” will be released on September 14, 2018 via Century Media Records. The following twelve tracks will appear on it: ‘One With Satan’, ‘Crawled From The Shadows’, ‘Seal The Tomb Below’, ‘Compliments Of Christ’, ‘All That Is Evil’, ‘Excommunicated’, ‘Anointed In Blood’, ‘Crucified Soul Of Salvation’, ‘Defying The Sacred’, ‘Consumed By Hatred’, ‘Flesh, Power, Dominion’ and ‘Destined To Blasphemy’. You can already check out a lyric video for the first single ‘Excommunicated’ right here. All further information you will find at www.facebook.com/officialdeicide
Brazilian Death Metallers KRISIUN will release their new album "Scourge Of The Enthroned" on September 07, 2018 via Century Media Records. The track ‘Demonic III’ is already streaming at this location. The album’s complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Scourge Of The Enthroned’, ‘Demonic III’, ‘Devouring Faith’, ‘Slay The Prophet’, ‘A Thousand Graves’, ‘Electricide’, ‘Abysmal Misery (Foretold Destiny)’ and ‘Whirlwind Of Immortality’. More about KRISIUN at www.facebook.com/krisiun.official
Greek Death Metallers GRAVEWARDS have just released another track from their forthcoming debut full-length "Ruinous Ensoulment". You can listen to ‘Souls Twisted Beyond Recognition’ right here. The opener ‘Sworn In Denial-Omega Syndrome’ is additionally still streaming at this location. The album will be released on July 27, 2018 through Unspeakable Axe Records (it will be available through international distribution channels on August 31, 2018). More about GRAVEWARDS at www.facebook.com/gravewards
DRAWN AND QUARTERED‘s seventh full length "The One Who Lurks" will be released on July 27, 2018 through Krucyator Productions. Another album track (‘Ravage The Cadaver’) can be streamed at this location now. For all additional band information check out www.facebook.com/drawnandquartered
Poland’s Black Metallers OCCULTUM have just released their second album "In Nomine Rex Inferni" via Old Temple. All copies were released on gold CDs and are hand numbered. All further OCCULTUM info at www.facebook.com/occultum-1503781133262749
South Carolina based Death Metallers HORRENDOUS have just premiered a first track of their forthcoming new album "Idol". You can check out ‘Soothsayer’ at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘…Prescience’, ‘Soothsayer’, ‘The Idolater’, ‘Golgothan Tongues’, ‘Divine Anhedonia’, ‘Devotion (Blood For Ink)’, ‘Threnody…’ and ‘Obolus’. "Idol" will be released on September 28, 2018 via Season Of Mist. More HORRENDOUS information at www.facebook.com/horrendousdeathmetal
Old Temple have released a cassette boxset of Poland’s Black / Death Metallers PANDEMONIUM entitled "Pazuzu Tape Box". It is limited to 66 handnumbered copies and includes the following four cassettes: "Devilri" (+ rehearsal 91), "The Ancient Catatonia" (full 10 song version), "Misanthropy" and "Nihilist". All cassettes come in a closed extra elegant box. You can order copies right here: www.shop.oldtemple.com. More PANDEMONIUM information you will find at www.facebook.com/pandemoniumpl
On August 24, 2018 Greyhaze Records will re-release SARCÓFAGO‘s last album "The Worst" (from 1996) on vinyl and cassette formats for the first time. The album’s audio went through a high-quality remastering process, including audio sourced from original master tapes. The re-release also comes with an expanded visual package including previously unavailable photos from the album’s photo session. You can stream the album track ‘God Bless The Whores’ here. For more information or ordering details check out www.greyhazerecords.com or www.facebook.com/greyhazerecords
"Abiogenesis", the new album from Turkey based Death Metallers BURIAL INVOCATION, is now streaming in its entirety at this location. All additional BURIAL INVOCATION info you will find at www.facebook.com/burialinvocation
American Death / Black Metallers CAST THE STONE have just released a video for their INFESTDEAD cover ‘Jesusatan’. You can check it out right here. The track will appear on the band’s forthcoming EP "Empyrean Atrophy", which will be released on August 31, 2018 via Agonia Records. The EP was produced by Dan Swanö and features cover artwork by Gary Ronaldson of Bite Radius Designs. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘As The Dead Lie’, ‘The Burning Horizon’, ‘Standing In The Shadows’, ‘A Plague Of Light’, ‘Empyrean Atrophy’ and ‘Jesusatan’. More about CAST THE STONE at www.facebook.com/castthestoneofficial
South Dakota based Death Metallers ANGEROT have released a video for ‘Rivers Of Chaos’ at this location. The song features LG Petrov (ENTOMBED, ENTOMBED A.D., FIRESPAWN) and appears on the band’s debut full length "The Splendid Iniquity", which was released via Black Market Metal. The album was recorded with Eddie G at Underground Studios, mixed by Tomas Skogsberg at Sunlight Studios and mastered by Brad Boatright at AudioSeige. For all further ANGEROT information check out www.facebook.com/angerot
On September 07, 2018 Tampa, Florida based Death Metallers MONSTROSITY will finally release their new full length "The Passage Of Existence" via Metal Blade Records. It is the band’s first album since "Spiritual Apocalypse" from 2007. The following tracks will appear on "The Passage Of Existence": ‘Cosmic Pandemia’, ‘Kingdom Of Fire’, ‘Radiated’, Solar Vacuum’, ‘The Proselygeist’, Maelstrom’, ‘Eyes Upon The Abyss’, ‘Dark Matter Invocation’, ‘The Hive’, ‘Eternal Void’, ‘Century’ and ‘Slaves To The Evermore’. The album opener can already be checked out at this location. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/monstrosityofficial
French Death Metallers NECROWRETCH (www.facebook.com/necrowretch) will embark on a full European tour with Australia’s CEMETERY URN (www.facebook.com/cemeteryurn) in September. The tour kicks off at the Killtown Death Fest in Copenhagen, Denmark on September 06, 2018 and ends on September 21, 2018 in Germany at the NRW Death Fest. A couple of dates are still available, so all interested promoters should contact Killtown Bookings for all further details at www.killtownbookings.com.
German extreme Thrashers PANZER SQUAD will release their debut full length "Ruins" via Testimony Records on August 31, 2018 on CD, limited vinyl (100 gold / 200 black) and digitally. The following tracks will appear on the album: ‘Extinction’, ‘Death Toll’, ‘Escapist’, ‘Sewer Rat’, ‘Societal Funeral’, ‘Singular Purpose’, ‘Shut In’, ‘Victims Of War’, ‘Delusionist’, ‘Approaching The End’, ‘Zombie Shot’, ‘After The Bombs’ and ‘Warsystem’ (SHITLICKERS cover). The opener ‘Extinction’ is already streaming at this location. More about PANZER SQUAD at www.facebook.com/panzersquadthrash
Texas based Death Metallers INFURIATE are currently streaming the track ‘Juggernaut Of Pestilence’ over here. It is taken from their upcoming self-titled album, which will be released on August 31, 2018 via Everlasting Spew Records. The band features members of SARCOLYTIC, SECT OF EXECRATION, IMAGES OF VIOLENCE, ID and WHORE OF BETHELEM and the artwork for the album was done by Jon Zig. All additional info you will find at www.facebook.com/infuriatedeathmetal
New Jersey Death Metallers ENGULF have revealed a second track off their upcoming EP "Gold And Rust". You can check out ‘Misshapen Abomination’ right here. The release of the EP is scheduled for July 13, 2018. For all further information go to www.facebook.com/engulfdm
Northern Germany based Death Metallers WEAK ASIDE will release their third full length album "Forward Into Darkness" on September 28, 2018 via FDA Records. It was recorded at Desert Inn Studio and mixed / mastered by Jörg Uken at Soundlodge Studio. The cover artwork was created by Necromaniac Artworks. The full tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Submerge’, ‘Until You Died’, ‘Royal Blood Dethroned’, ‘We’re All Condemned’, ‘Contact’, ‘Violence’, ‘In The Deep There Is No God’, ‘Face Down’, ‘Poison Gas’ and ‘The End’. More about WEAK ASIDE at www.facebook.com/weakaside
‘Succubus Of The 12th Aether’, a track from LUCIFERICON’s upcoming debut full length "Al-Khem-Me", is currently streaming at this location. The cover artwork was created by Adrian Baxter. The album will be released on October 05, 2018 via Invictus Productions. More info about these Dutch Death Metallers at www.facebook.com/lucifericon