» News Archive April 2020
“Æequiizoiikum”, the second album from German Black / Deathers KHTHONIIK CERVIIKS, will be released via Iron Bonehead Productions on July 17, 2020 on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘KC Exhalement 4.0 (Welcome To HAL)’, ‘Odyssey 3000’, ‘Æequiizoiikum (Mothraiik Rites)’, ‘Δt (Recite The Kriitiikal Mæss)’, ‘Para-Dog-Son – Demagorgon’, ‘Kollektiing Koffiin Naiils (Délire Des Négations Sequence 1.0)’, ‘Bloodless Epiiphany (Délire Des Négations Sequence 2.0)’ and ‘KC Inhalement 4.0 (Nothiing-Niihiil-Non)’. More KHTHONIIK CERVIIKS info you will find at www.facebook.com/khthoniik-cerviiks-1667196730203180
On June 26, 2020 Signal Rex will release the fifth album of Portuguese Black Metallers IRAE, “Lurking In The Depths”, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The track ‘Ratazanas’ can already be streamed here. The previously revealed ‘Encurralado’ is furthermore still available at this location. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Nightshade’, ‘Black Metal Violador’, ‘Ratazanas’, ‘A Blaze In The Mist’, ‘Between Ruins’, ‘Encurralado’, ‘Calor, Fome E Doenças’ and ‘Carved In Pit Stones’. For all additional IRAE information check out www.facebook.com/irae666
German blackened Heavy Metal act HEXENBRETT has just premiered the new track ‘The Spider Song’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Zweite Beschwörung: Ein Kind Zu Töten”, which will be released on May 22, 2020 via Dying Victims Productions. The album will feature eight original tracks and a cover of Townes Van Zandt’s ‘The Spider Song’. The previously revealed ‘Lass Schlafende Leichen Ruhen’ is still available for streaming here. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Ein Kind Zu Töten (I)’, ‘Lass Schlafende Leichen Ruhen’, ‘Spalovac Mrtvol’, ‘La Tumba De Los Muertos Viviente’, ‘The Spider Song’, ‘Ein Kind Zu Töten (II)’, ‘Attraverso Sette Porte All’Inferno’, ‘Blutige Seide’ and ‘Les Reqiuem Des Vampires’. More HEXENBRETT at www.hexenbrett.bandcamp.com
“Rider Of The Last Light”, the debut album of Finnish Black Metallers GLOOM, will be released on June 26, 2020 via Spread Evil Productions. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Bleed’, ‘Iron Claws Of Black Metal’, ‘Fuck Your Faith’, ‘Deep In The Ground’, ‘No Mercy After Sunset’, ‘Murder Yourself’, ‘By Your Own Hands’ and ‘Rider Of The Last Light’. ‘Iron Claws Of Black Metal’ can already be checked out at this location. For all additional information please visit www.spreadevil.net or www.facebook.com/spreadevilproductions
Portuguese Black Metallers ARMNATT are streaming their second album “Dense Fog” in its entirety over here now. It will be released via Signal Rex tomorrow. All further ARMNATT information you will find at www.facebook.com/armnatt
Norwegian Black Metallers SARKE have signed a deal with Soulseller Records. The band features mainman / founder Sarke on bass / drums (KHOLD, TULUS), Anders Hunstad (keyboards), Steinar Gundersen (guitar) and Nocturno Culto (DARKTHRONE) on vocals. Their new album is planned for a Spring 2021 release. Since 2009 SARKE have released sixth full-lengths and played concerts and festivals across Europe and in the US. You can follow SARKE at www.facebook.com/sarkeofficial
Indianapolis based Death Metallers OBSCENE have premiered ‘Bless The Giver Of Oblivion’, a track from their forthcoming debut full length “The Inhabitable Dark”, at this location now. The album will be released on June 12, 2020 on CD, vinyl and digital formats via Blood Harvest Records. It was recorded at Earth Analog Studios in Tolono, Illinois in Summer of 2018 and engineered and mixed by Carl Byers at Clandestine Arts Recording. Damian Herring took care of the mastering at his Subterranean Watchtower Studios and the artwork was supplied by Mark Riddick. You can still stream the album’s first single ‘Isolated Dumping Grounds’ here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Without Honor And Humanity’, ‘Bless The Giver Of Oblivion’, ‘All Innocence Burns Here’, ‘They Delight In Extinction’, ‘Black Hole Of Calcutta’, ‘Isolated Dumping Grounds’, ‘This Is He Who Kills’ and ‘The Inhabitable Dark’. More OBSCENE information you will find at www.facebook.com/obscenedm
Finnish blackened Death / Thrashers FRONT will release a new mini-album entitled “Antichrist Militia” on June 05, 2020 via Iron Bonehead Productions. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Doom Cult Legion’ (Intro), ‘Antichrist Militia’, ‘Iron Front’, ‘Venom & Salt’, ‘Mouths Of War’ and ‘Machinegun Blasphemy’. The cover art was created by Jenglot Hitam and the opening track can still be streamed here. For all further FRONT info, please visit www.facebook.com/legionfront
Swedish Death Metallers DERANGED have released a playthrough video for ‘Quarantine Required For Living Entities’. The song is taken from the new album “Deeds Of Ruthless Violence”, which was just released via Agonia Records. You can watch the video here. More about DERANGED at www.facebook.com/derangedband
Swedish blackened Doom Metal fourpiece HEAD OF THE DEMON are streaming their upcoming third album “Deadly Black Doom” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on April 30, 2020 via Invictus Productions in co-operation with The Ajna Offensive. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/head-of-the-demon-272786519504397
Portuguese raw Black Metallers ANCIENT BURIAL are streaming their debut full length “Beyond The Watchtowers” over here now. It will be released on May 01, 2020 via Signal Rex. The band will be performing at this year’s Invicta Reqviem Mass VI festival, which is supposed to take place on December 04 / 05, 2020 in Porto, Portugal. For more information please visit www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
On May 29, 2020 Saturnal Records will release “Rehearsal Tape ’19” from Turkey’s first and longest-running Black Metal bands PAGAN on CD format. It was recorded live during the band’s rehearsals for their first live appearance after 18 years. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Longing And The Ancient Ones’, ‘Marching Of The Hordes’, ‘The Quest Of The Chronomancer’, ‘Shamanic Flames’, ‘The Wyrmweaver’, ‘Elenyr’ and ‘The Ascending’. More info at www.facebook.com/pagan.tr
Liège, Belgium based technical Death Metallers PESTIFER have just released a video for ‘Swallower Of Worlds’ at this location. The song is taken from their new album “Expanding Oblivion”, which was just released via Xenokorp. For more PESTIFER info please visit www.facebook.com/pestifer.band
On June 15, 2020 Slovak Metal Army will release the debut of Slovakian old school blackened Death Metallers DOMINION OF SUFFERING, “The Birth Of Hateful Existence”, on CD format. Necroeucharist Productions will be handling the vinyl edition. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Intro’, ‘The Birth Of Hateful Existence’, ‘Silentium Mortis’, ‘A Starborn Overlord’ and ‘Trapped By The Event Horizon’. ‘A Starborn Overlord’ is already available for streaming at this location and the title track ‘The Birth Of Hateful Existence’ can be checked out here. More about DOMINION OF SUFFERING at www.facebook.com/dominion-of-suffering-band-577965729346417
“Verisaarna”, the debut full length from Finnish Black Metallers KRYPTAMOK, will be released via Purity Through Fire on May 30, 2020 on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Loputon, Totaalinen Sota’, ‘Apokalypsin Epilooki’, ‘Saastan Rekviemi’, ‘Susien Äitee’, ‘Pimeyden Tyranni’, ‘Rottien Reformaatio’, ‘Tämä On Enne Ja Kuolema Sen Lupaus’ and ‘Verisaarna’. The album opener is already streaming here. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/kryptamok
Belgian Speed Metallers BÜTCHER have announced Max Mayhem as their second guitar player. Max is well known as a guitarist from fellow Belgian Thrashers EVIL INVADERS. Here’s the official statement from Max: “I’m glad to announce that I am now joining Belgian Speed Metal force BÜTCHER as second guitarist! It was an honor for me to play with the boys at the release show of the new record. And the chemistry is there, both on- and offstage. Why not keep this going? As a fan of raw-sounding Metal, fast vintage riffing, and occasional blastbeats, it’s a pure pleasure for me to share the stage – and beers! – with BÜTCHER. I can’t wait to crush some skulls again once everything is back to normal!” All additional BÜTCHER information you will find at www.facebook.com/butcherspeedmetal
On June 12, 2020 Eternal Death will release the second album from Polish Black Metal duo ORDO SANGUINIS NOCTIS, “Chthonic Blood Mysteries”, on cassette tape format. It was originally released on CD in October 2019, limited to 300 copies. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Scarlet Blackness Esoterism’, ‘Widmowe Nekropolie Pomeranii’, ‘The Triple Of Three Arcana’, ‘Nokturn Wilczego Opetania’, ‘Podziemia Krwawych Blyskawic’, ‘Lunar Sanctuary Of Blood (Chthonic Mysteries Testimony)’ and ‘Revenge Of The Netherworld Entity’. More about ORDO SANGUINIS NOCTIS at www.facebook.com/ordosanguinisnoctis
Finnish Black Metallers BYTHOS will release their debut album “The Womb Of Zero” via Terratur Possessions today. A full album stream is available here. The cover art was created by Kristiina Lehto. More band info is available at www.facebook.com/bythosofficial
Polish Black Metallers URWERK have just released a four song mini album via Old Temple, entitled “Solium”. You can check it out at https://oldtemple.bandcamp.com/album/solium-urwerk
Phoenix, Arizona based Grinders HEINOUS and brutal Death Metallers FLUIDS will release a split CD entitled “Torture Euphoric / Snuffed” via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on May 29, 2020 on CD and digital formats. HEINOUS will be featured with the four tracks ‘Severed’, ‘Shrunken Head’, ‘Mortuary’ and ‘Killdozer’. FLUIDS complete the split with ‘Capped’ and ‘Chunked’. You can already stream ‘Shrunken Head’ by HEINOUS at this location. A track from FLUIDS (‘Capped’) is available here. More from both bands at https://heinous1312.bandcamp.com and https://fluids666.bandcamp.com
Greek Doom Metallers ZOS have released their self-titled debut full length via Old Temple. A full stream is available at https://oldtemple.bandcamp.com/album/zos-zos
French Black Metallers BÂ’A are now streaming their debut album “Deus Qui Non Mentitur” in its entirety over here. It will be out via Osmose Productions today. More BÂ’A info at www.osmoseproductions.com
A full album stream of “Bastardizing The Purity”, the debut full length from Brazil / Canada based bestial Black Metallers BLASPHAMAGOATACHRIST, is available at this location now. It will be released on April 27, 2020 via Nuclear War Now! Productions. All additional information about BLASPHAMAGOATACHRIST you will find at www.facebook.com/blasphamagoatachrist
US Black Metallers ETERNAL DEATH are streaming their debut EP “Ritual Clearing” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on cassette tape format via Eternal Death tomorrow. More band info you will find at www.eternal-death.com or www.facebook.com/eternaldeathusa
South Carolina based Death Metallers LECHEROUS NOCTURNE have released an official video for ‘Planet Of The Crossing’ over here. The song is taken from the band’s fourth album “Occultaclysmic”, which was released via Willowtip Records in 2018. For all additional LECHEROUS NOCTURNE information please visit www.lecherousnocturne.net or www.facebook.com/lecherous.nocturne
Belgian Death Metallers BONES are now streaming their entire new EP “Gate Of Night” at this location. It will be released tomorrow via Blood Harvest Records on 12″ vinyl format. You can follow BONES at www.facebook.com/bones-death-metal-148871445266066
Reanimated Canadian Thrashers WITCHES HAMMER are now streaming their entire comeback album “Damnation Is My Salvation” over here. It will be released on April 25, 2020 via Nuclear War Now! Productions. For more WITCHES HAMMER info check out www.facebook.com/witcheshammerndhc
Los Angeles, California based Death Metallers ABYSMAL DAWN have just released a 3D lyric video for ‘Coerced Evolution’ at this location. The track is taken from the band’s new album “Phylogenesis”, which was released via Season Of Mist earlier this month. The band commented on the video as follows: “The basic idea behind the lyrics is that some time in the near future, human life on Earth will have become unsustainable. In turn, a certain portion of the population will forcibly have their consciousnesses uploaded to a grid in order to alleviate resources. The same corporations that would have destroyed the Earth, would run these grids and would continue to make a profit on what’s left of humanity in some fashion. The ruling class would continue to live in the real world and make the planet sustainable once again.” All further info you will find at www.facebook.com/abysmaldawn
Alabama based Black / Death Metal four piece HEGEMONY is streaming their entire debut album “Enthroned By Persecution” right here. It will be released via Hells Headbangers tomorrow. More HEGEMONY info at www.facebook.com/hegemonicdeath
Brooklyn’s Black Metallers TOMBS have shared a video of a remote jam session, in which the band performs the instrumental song ‘The World Is Made Of Fire’, taken from 2016’s EP “All Empires Fall”. You can watch the video at this location. TOMBS most recent EP “MonarchyOf Shadows” was released in February this year via Season Of Mist. You can listen to it in its entirety here. Additional TOMBS information you will find at www.facebook.com/tombsbklyn
On May 31, 2020 Darkness Shall Rise Productions will release the PENTACLE album “Spectre Of The Eight Ropes” (2019) and “The Fifth Moon” (1996) on tape. Headsplit Records already released a tape version of “Spectre Of The Eight Ropes” in the USA. For more info and ordering details please visit www.facebook.com/darknessshallriseproductions or www.facebook.com/headsplitrecords. All addtional PENTACLE information you will find at www.pentacle.nl
US Doom / Deathers PULCHRA MORTE will be releasing their sophomore album in 2020. The band just issued a call to arms for anyone and everyone interested in joining in on the gang vocals for the track ‘The Serpent’s Choir’, which will be featured on their new album. All details you will find here. Deadline for submissions is May 01, 2020. Everyone that participates will receive a free download of the band’s debut album. More PULCHRA MORTE information you will find at www.facebook.com/pulchramorte
German blackened Metalpunks KARLOFF are streaming their entire upcoming debut mini album “Raw Nights” at this location now. It will be released on April 24, 2020 via Dying Victims Productions on 12” vinyl format. For all additional KARLOFF information check out www.facebook.com/karloffpunk
Canadian Death Metallers EXPUNGED are streaming their self-titled debut mini album in its entirety over here now. It will be released on April 24, 2020 via Hells Headbangers. More about EXPUNGED at www.facebook.com/expungeddeathmetal
Topeka, Kansas based brutal Death Metallers UNMERCIFUL are now streaming their new album “Wrath Encompassed” in its entirety at this location. It will be released on April 24, 2020 via Willowtip Records. UNMERCIFUL recently also released a music video for the titletrack of the album. It was filmed and produced by Kansas City based Axel Harvey Productions. You can watch the video here. All further UNMERCIFUL info can be found at www.facebook.com/officialunmerciful
On May 29, 2020 Evil Dead Production, in co-operation with Hells Headbangers, will release “Versus All Gods”, the ninth full length from IMPIETY, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The cover art was created by Jenglot Hitam and the complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro – Kommand IX’, ‘Reigning Armageddon’, ‘Djinn Of All Djinns’, ‘Barbarian Black Horde’, ‘Inviktus Satanikus’, ‘Azazel’, ‘Terror Occult Dominion’, ‘Dajjal United’, ‘Interstellar Deathfuck’ and ‘Magickal Wrath’. The album track ‘Reigning Armageddon’ can already be streamed here. More about IMPIETY at www.facebook.com/impietyofficial
Black Metallers GOLDEN LIGHT are streaming their upcoming debut full length “Sacred Colour Of The Source Of Light” at this location now. It will be released on April 24, 2020 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The duo from parts unknown consists of E. Henderson (who handles all instruments and sounds) and vocalist Meghan Wood. A video for the previously revealed album opener ‘Sceptre Of Solar Idolatry’ is still available here. For more info and ordering details please visit www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
German blackened Thrashers WARLUST are streaming their second album “Unearthing Shattered Philosophies” over here now. It will be released on April 24, 2020 via Dying Victims Productions. More WARLUST information you will find at www.facebook.com/warlust666
Auckland, New Zealand based Black Metallers WINTER DELUGE are streaming their upcoming new mini album “Degradation Renewal” in its entirety at this location now. It was recorded and mixed by Raj Singarajah and Cam Sinclair (known for his work with BÖLZER, DIOCLETIAN, HERESIARCH, WITCHRIST) and will be released on April 24, 2020 via Osmose Productions. More WINTER DELUGE info at www.facebook.com/winterdeluge
ABBATH have released a drum cam video for the song ‘Bridge Of Spasms’. It was recorded in February this year at Club Progresja in Warsaw, Poland, during the band’s European tour with label mates 1349 and VLTIMAS. The video can be watched here. Drummer Ukri commented on it as follows: “‘Bridge Of Spasms’ is an highly energetic track and one of my favorite songs to play live. It’s also the first song that we started working on together for our latest album “Outstrider”, during my debut rehearsals with ABBATH early 2018. During our recent Outstrider 2020 European tour, “Drummers From Hell” Youtube drum channel filmed our show in Warsaw. We picked ‘Bridge Of Spasms’ to make the video of, because it represents our newer sound and the unifying sonic power that the ABBATH band can perpetrate on stage”. All further ABBATH information you will find at www.facebook.com/abbathband
On May 29, 2020 Hells Headbangers will release “Riders Of The Wasteland”, the debut full length from Finnish Black / Death Metallers VIOLENT HAMMER, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Death Squad’, ‘Annihilation (Victims Of Bomb Raid)’, ‘Wasted Through Life’, ‘Screams Of Agony’, ‘Riders Of The Wasteland’, ‘(Trapped) In Depths’, ‘House Of Beria’, ‘Bratva’ and ‘Prophet Of Darkness’. ‘(Trapped) In Depths’ is already available for streaming here. To find out more about VIOLENT HAMMER please visit www.facebook.com/violenthammer
American blackened Death Metallers VALDRIN have revealed a lyric video for ‘Red Burning Candles Of Hatred’ at this location. The track will appear on the band’s third album “Effigy Of Nightmares”, which will be released on June 12, 2020 via Blood Harvest Records. Vocalist / guitarist Carter Hicks commented on the album as follows: “Effigy Of Nightmares”, like our previous album “Two Carrion Talismans”, centers around the antagonist of our Mythos: Nex Animus. The story chronicles the tour of a nameless narrator through the halls of Hosptium Mortis, the nightmare hospital below the Orcus underworld itself, where Nex tortures and lobotomizes the dissident gods of his domain. We as the vessels of the Ausadjur Mythos have chosen this short and concise musical observation of Nex’s supreme power to be the final tale in the Orcus realm. In the future, we will return to the story of Valdrin Ausadjur, and continue after the events of Beyond The Forest.” The cover art of the album was created by Lucas Ruggieri, with layout by Anton Escobar and the full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Gates Of Hospice’, ‘Exsanguination Tunnels’, ‘Red Burning Candles Of Hatred’, ‘Serpentine Bloodhalls’, ‘Basilisk Of Light’ and ‘Down The Oubliette Of Maelstrom’. For more VALDRIN info please visit www.facebook.com/valdrinausadjur
Chicago based Black Metallers DISMALIMERENCE will release their debut full-length “Tome: 1” on June 26, 2020 via Transcending Records. It will be available on vinyl (black and gold marble editions), CD and digitally . The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Crimson Glow’, ‘Sequestered Hearts’, ‘My Only Love’, ‘Orchid’s Reverie’, ‘Pragma’, ‘Negligence Of The Forgotten’, ‘Vale Amor’ and ‘Destined For Solitude’. You can already check out ‘Negligence Of The Forgotten’ here. More about DISMALIMERENCE at www.facebook.com/dismalimerence
South American Death Metallers REPTILIUM have just released their sophomore EP “Adrenochromacy” via Slam Worldwide. It was recorded, engineered and produced by REPTILIUM’s Nirah (guitar and vocals) and Cecrops (drums) at Valley Of The Death in Quito, Ecuador. The mixing and mastering duties were handled by Cody Fuentes at Rapture Recordings, Los Angeles, California. A full EP stream is available at this location. All additional band information can be found at www.facebook.com/reptiliumsect
Munich, Germany based Black / Death Metallers WOLVES DEN will release their second full-length “Miserere” on May 15, 2020 through Trollzorn Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Tides Of Hate’, ‘Pfad Ins Dunkel’, ‘Der Frost In Mir’, ‘Nachtmahr’, ‘Häresie’, ‘Antaios’, ‘Melancholera’ and ‘Nameless Grave’. You can already check out ‘Häresie’ at this location. The artwork was created by Lisa Vinstervan. More WOLVES DEN information you will find at www.facebook.com/wolvesdenband
Finnish Death Metallers PURTENANCE will release their fourth album “Buried Incarnation” on June 23, 2020 via Xtreem Music on CD and 12″ LP formats. The cover art was once again created by Chris Moyen who has been in charge of every PURTENANCE cover artwork since their 1992 debut album “Member Of Immortal Damnation”. The following tracks will appear on “Buried Incarnation”: ‘Into The Arctic Gloom’, ‘Shrouded Vision Of Afterlife’, ‘Inside The Pyre Of Enlightenment’, ‘Under The Malicious Moon’, ‘Lifeless Profoundity’, ‘Deathbed Confession’, ‘Wrapped In Lamentation’, ‘Dark Womb Of Nothingness’ and ‘Burial Secrecy’. You can already listen to the first single of the album (‘Deathbed Confession’) at this location. For all further band information check out www.facebook.com/purtenance
Canadian Black Metallers REVENGE have released a new song entitled ‘Self Segregation (System Torched)’ over here . It is taken from their upcoming new full-length “Strike.Smother.Dehumanize”, which will be released on May 22, 2020 via Season Of Mist Underground Activists. More about REVENGE you will find at www.facebook.com/revengeofficialsompage
Finnish Black / Doom Metallers OBLIVION GATE are now streaming their debut album “Wisdom Of The Grave” in its entirety at this location. It will be released on April 16, 2020 via Aeternitas Tenebrarum Music Foundation (ATMF). “Wisdom Of The Grave” originally was the second of two OBLIVION GATE EP releases, and contained four tracks. Now, with two additional brand-new songs, it became a full album, that features the following tracks: ‘Morphine’, ‘Wisdom Of The Grave’, ‘Give Me The Gun’, ‘A Strange Thing To Say’, ‘Lesser Key Of Solomon’ and ‘In The Fields Where I Lay’. For more OBLIVION GATE information visit the label at www.atmf.net or www.facebook.com/aeternitas.tenebrarum
Detroit, Michigan based Metalpunks SHITFUCKER are now streaming their entire upcoming second album “Sex With Dead Body” over here. It will be released on April 20, 2020 via Hells Headbangers. Among the album tracks you’ll also find four re-recorded versions of the songs from their 2019 demo “Ricky’s Dead”. More SHITFUCKER at https://shitfucker.bandcamp.com
Russian Death Metallers PYRE have just premiered the new track ‘Ornaments Of Bones’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut album “Chained To Ossuaries”, which will be released on April 27, 2020 via Memento Mori (CD version) and Dawnbreed Records (vinyl version, to be released at a later date). The previously revealed tracks ‘Across The Shores Of Emerald Fractals’ and ‘Impaler The Redeemer’ can still be streamed here and here. All further PYRE info you will find at www.facebook.com/pyredeathmetal
Colombian old school Death Metallers THE SCUM have released a lyric video for ‘No Forgiveness’, the second single from the band’s forthcoming “Dead Eyes” EP. You can check it out at this location. The video was edited by Francisco Henao at Attia Studios in Manizales. An official video for the title track (featuring Dave Ingram of BENEDICTION) can furthermore be watched right here. The “Dead Eyes” EP was mixed by Tomas Skogsberg at Sunlight Studios in Sweden and the mastering was done by Andy Classen at Stage One Studio in Germany. It will be released on May 01, 2020 via Wild Noise Productions. For all additional THE SCUM information check out www.thescum.co or www.facebook.com/thescummusic
Switzerland’s Death / Doom / Crust four-piece FUNERALOPOLIS have just premiered the track ‘Witchcraft Horror’ at this location. The track will appear on the band’s debut full length “…Of Deceit And Utter Madness”, which will be released on April 27, 2020 via Memento Mori. The cover art of the album was created by Mark Cooper and Ted Tringo took care of the mastering. The previously revealed tracks ‘Crawling Caskets’ and ‘House Of West’ are still available for streaming here and here. The complete “…Of Deceit And Utter Madness” tracklist reads like this: ‘Intro’, ‘Crawling Caskets’, ‘House Of West’, ‘Witchcraft Horror’, ‘Devouring Crypts Of Darkness’, ‘Downfall’, ‘…Of Deceit And Utter Madness’, ‘The Envenomed King’, ‘Into Unknown Kadath’ and ‘Endzeit Burial’. For more FUNERALOPOLIS information please visit www.facebook.com/funeralopolisofdeath
Austin, Texas based Black Metallers SARPA have just premiered the track ‘Anguishing Reveries’ at this location. It is taken from their upcoming self released, self-titled debut full length, which will be out on June 05, 2020. The material was written and performed (all instruments, vocals) by David Baxter in various studios throughout Central Texas in 2019. The album was mixed and mastered by Tony Petrocelly at Trepan Studios. The album’s first single ‘Triad Of Might’ is still streaming over here. More about SARPA at www.facebook.com/sarpahorde
US blackened Death Metal project MVRDVRKVLTVR have self released their debut EP “Mauled By Savagery” last month. The following tracks appear on it: ‘Invocation’, ‘Worthless Sacrifice’, ‘Death In Her Mercy’, ‘The Wall’, ‘Lord Deceiver’, ‘Strength Is The Only Trve Law’ and ‘Doxology’. For sound samples, ordering details or all further info check out https://mvrdvrkvltvr.bandcamp.com or www.facebook.com/mvrdvrkvltvr-101503031502089
On June 30, 2020 Odium Records will release “Deus Inversus”, a Black Metal split album between Poland’s BLACK ALTAR and Norway’s KIRKEBRANN, on digipak CD and vinyl LP formats (black: limited to 250 copies, die hard marble: with patch and sticker, limited to 50 copies). DEUS INVERSUS will contribute seven new and exclusive songs to this release. For BLACK ALTAR’s part, Lars Broddesson (FUNERAL MIST, ex – MARDUK), Mauser (ex – VADER) and Alexandros (MACABRE OMEN) took part in the recording session, led by BLACK ALTAR founder Shadow. Mauser was also responsible for BLACK ALTAR’s production, while KIRKEBRANN’s production was handled by Morfeus (ex – LIMBONIC ART). You can already check out a prelude to the BLACK ALTAR track ‘Deus Inversus’ (with drums by Lars Broddesson) here. More information about both bands you will find at www.facebook.com/blackaltar or www.facebook.com/kirkebrann
‘Orgy Of Flies’, a track from the forthcoming remastered Greyhaze Records reissue of SARCÓFAGO‘s “Hate”, is now available for streaming here. The album will be out on May 15, 2020 on deluxe vinyl and cassette formats. All additional info you will find at www.greyhazerecords.com or www.facebook.com/greyhazerecords
Canadian Death Metallers EXPUNGED have just revealed a video for ‘Dark Age Crusade’. The track will appear on the band’s upcoming self-titled debut mini album, which will be released on April 24, 2020 via Hells Headbangers. You can watch the video at this location. The previously released ‘Disposed In Chaos And War’ can still be streamed over here. For more EXPUNGED info please visit www.facebook.com/expungeddeathmetal
Pasadena, California based Heavy Metal legends TYRANT have just released a brand new track from their comeback album “Hereafter”. You can check out ‘Beacon The Light’ at this location. The album will be released on May 15, 2020 via Shadow Kingdom Records. Its complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Tyrant’s Revelation’, ‘Dancing On Graves’, ‘The Darkness Comes’, ‘Fire Burns’, ‘Hereafter’, ‘Pieces Of Mine’, ‘Until The Day’, ‘When The Sky Falls’, ‘Bucolic’, ‘Beacon The Light’ and ‘From The Tower’. The band’s current line-up features founding member Greg May (bass), Rocky Rockwell (guitars), Ronnie Wallace (drums) and newest member Rob Lowe (SOLITUDE AETERNUS, ex – CANDLEMASS) on vocals. More about TYRANT at www.facebook.com/tyrant-172515856798
Vancouver, Canada based progressive Death Metallers THE HALLOWED CATHARSIS will release a new EP entitled “Killowner” on June 02, 2020 via Lacerated Enemy Records. The following six tracks will appear on it: ‘Abduction Sequence’, ‘Forced Mutation’, ‘Breeding Pits’, ‘Swap Meat’, ‘Strays’ and ‘Killowner’. An official video for the album track ‘Breeding Pits’ can already be watched at this location. More THE HALLOWED CATHARSIS info you will find at www.facebook.com/thcdeath
On May 29, 2020 Amor Fati Productions will release the self-titled debut from Belgian Black Metallers AKOLYTH on CD and vinyl LP formats. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘A Work Of Ages’, ‘The Night, The Fog’, ‘What Dwells Between Fractured Worlds’ and ‘To Become His Doorway’. “Akolyth” was recorded, mixed and mastered at Opus Magnum Studios in Brussels and the opening track ‘A Work Of Ages’ can already be streamed here. For more info and ordering details please visit www.amor-fati-productions.de
“No Chords Barred” is the title of an upcoming Grindcore split release on Horror Pain Gore Death Productions between Kyoto, Japan / Minneapolis, Minnesota based FORMLESS MASTER and New Jersey’s BAYHT LAHM. FORMLESS MASTER are featured with the following four tracks: ‘The Clones Of Bruce Lee’, ‘Impossibly Mismatched’, ‘Knocked Down Repeatedly’ and ‘Ballad Of Bolo Yeung’. BAYHT LAHM complete the split with ‘Gente De Sal (Mitos Falsos)’, ‘…Of Ruination’, ‘Xenophobic Nationalists’ and ‘Decadence Of A Capitalist Society’. You can already stream ‘The Clones Of Bruce Lee’ by FORMLESS MASTER at this location. ‘Gente De Sal (Mitos Falsos)’ by BAYHT LAHM is available here. “No Chords Barred” will be released on May 15, 2020 on CD and digital formats. More information on both bands you will find at www.facebook.com/formlessmaster or www.facebook.com/bayhtlahm
Swedish old school Death Metallers CENTINEX have just premiered the first single from their upcoming new album “Death In Pieces”. You can check out a lyric video for ‘Only Death Remains’ over here. The album will be released on May 29, 2020 via Agonia Records. For all additional CENTINEX info please visit www.facebook.com/centinexofficial
Edmonton, Alberta based progressive tech Death Metallers PROTOSEQUENCE will release a new EP entitled “A Blunt Description Of Something Obscene” on May 19, 2020 via Lacerated Enemy Records. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Savagery In Fundamental Behaviours’, ‘A Blunt Description Of Something Obscene’, ‘Bleeding The Alienist Ft. Joe Mckee’, ‘The Pale’, ‘Savagery In Fundamental Behaviours’ (Instrumental), ‘A Blunt Description Of Something Obscene’ (Instrumental), ‘Bleeding The Alienist’ (Instrumental) and ‘The Pale’ (Instrumental). A lyric video for the EP track ‘Savagery In Fundamental Behaviours’ is already available at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/protosequence
German Pagan Black Metallers HORN have just premiered the new track ‘Wär Nicht Traubhagel’ over here. It is taken from the band’s upcoming eighth album “Mohngang”, which will be released on May 15, 2020 via Iron Bonehead Productions. A video for the previously revealed ‘Satt Scheint Der Sud Der Tat’ is still available at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Einleitung – Der Wettlauf Zum Meer’, ‘Satt Scheint Der Sud Der Tat’, ‘De Står Her Somsletta’, ‘Wär Nicht Traubhagel’, ‘Handkreis Und Chor’, ‘Upstream Canals, A Ship’s Bell Sounds’, ‘Dulcimerstück’, ‘Vom Tribock Hohl Geschossen’, ‘Ødegård Und Pendelschlag’ and ‘Die Mit Dem Bogen Auf Dem Kreuz’ (Cello Version). For all additional HORN information please visit www.facebook.com/hornofficial
Black Metallers TITAAN are streaming the one and only, 46 minutes long, track of their upcoming second album “ITIMA” in its entirety over here. The album will be released on April 16, 2020 via Aeternitas Tenebrarum Music Foundation (ATMF). More TITAAN info can be found at www.facebook.com/titaan.official
Sarpsborg, Norway based trio BLACK SUN BROTHERHOOD have just released their first digital single “Ecstasy Of Blasphemy”. It features three songs from the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Between God & Beast”. You can check out the songs here. Their band members have previously been involved in THE HELHEIM SOCIETY, DEATHSEEKER, TYR and THYABHORRENT and also in Rock / Progressive / experimental bands like SCHÆFER, KVAZAR and VENDETTA BLITZ. Musically they describe themselves as “a coldblooded cocktail of old school Black Punk and diabolical Death Metal”. More BLACK SUN BROTHERHOOD info you will find at www.facebook.com/blacksunbrotherhoodnorway
Bangladeshi Black / Thrashers ETERNAL ARMAGEDDON have self-released a re-mastered version of their debut album “In Light In Dark In Hate”. It was originally only distributed to the local fans on CD-R format. A full album stream is available at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/eternalarmageddon
Cleveland, Ohio based Death Metallers KURNUGIA have just premiered the new track ‘Pervert The Pious’ over here. It is taken from the band’s upcoming debut album “Forlorn And Forsaken”, which will be released on April 27, 2020 via Memento Mori. The cover artwork was created by Mark Cooper. KURNUGIA was founded by ex – members of DECREPIT, NUNSLAUGHTER, EMBALMER, DECEMBER WOLVES and DELUSION. The previously revealed album tracks ‘Eroded Faith’ and ‘To The Cursed Depths’ can still be streamed here and here. All additional KURNUGIA information you will find at www.facebook.com/kurnugia
Atlanta, Georgia based Death Metallers CEMETERY FILTH have premiered “Dominion”, their forthcoming new album, at this location. It will be released via Unspeakable Axe Records on April 13, 2020 on CD, cassette and digitally. A vinyl LP edition will be released in co-operation with Boris Records. For all further CEMETERY FILTH information please visit www.facebook.com/cemeteryfilth
Topeka, Kansas based brutal Death Metallers UNMERCIFUL have posted a drum play-through video for the title track off of their upcoming third full-length “Wrath Encompassed” over here. The band also released an official video for the track (filmed and produced by Kansas City-based Axel Harvey Productions) at this location. Willowtip Records will release the album on April 24, 2020 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. UNMERCIFUL furthermore have been announced as the headliners for Black Bomb Metal Fest 7 at the Game Room in Sonora, California in June. The fest also features EMBRYONIC DEVOURMENT, PURIFICATION BY FIRE and more. More band information and regular updates you will find at www.facebook.com/officialunmerciful
Portuguese Black Metallers ARMNATT have just premiered the title track of their upcoming second full length “Dense Fog” at this location. The previously revealed ‘Circumscribing The Circle’ can still be streamed over here. The album will be released on May 01, 2020 via Signal Rex. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘The Flame Of Purification’, ‘Dense Fog’, ‘Black Devotion’, ‘Circumscribing The Circle’, ‘Eternal Night’, ‘As The Dark Moon Rises’, ‘Vultfigures’, ‘Obscure’, ‘In The Catacombs’ and ‘Echoes From A Distant Past’. Signal Rex will also release ARMNATT’s debut full length from 2014, “Darkness Times”, on vinyl for the first time. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/armnatt
Defying Danger Records will release vinyl and cassette tape editions of “Shells Will Fall”, the latest album from Finland’s old school Death Metallers DECAYING. The vinyl editions will be out on May 29, 2020 on black and white vinyl, limited to 300 and 100 copies respectively. Both editions come with a lyric sheet, free download code and an album sticker. The tape edition will be limited to 300 hand numbered copies (release date: June 06, 2020). For all addition DECAYING info please visit www.facebook.com/decayingofficial
Great Dane Records has postponed the release of the self-titled debut full length from French Death / Thrashers ANAXAGOR to May 31, 2020. The pre-order for the digipak CD has already started. 4 songs of the album are available for streaming on the label’s Bandcamp site. More about ANAXAGOR at www.facebook.com/anaxagorbx
“On Ghastly Shores Lays The Wreckage of Our Lore”, the third full-length from UK’s Black Metal five-piece OLD CORPSE ROAD, will be released on May 15, 2020 via Trollzorn Records. The artwork was painted by local artist Kate Van Suddese. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Ghastly Shores Lays The Wreckage Of Our Lore’, ‘Harbingers Of Death (Voices In The Tempest)’, ‘Black Ship’, ‘Sea Fire’, ‘As Waves Devour Their Carcasses’, ‘Demons Of The Farne’, ‘The Ghosts Of The Ruinous Dunstanburgh Castle’ and ‘Waterlore’. More band information can be found at www.facebook.com/oldcorpseroad
Greek occult Black Metallers ACHERONTAS have just premiered the title track from their upcoming eighth album “Psychic Death – The Shattering Of Perceptions” over here. The previously released ‘The Offering Of Hemlock’ is still available for streaming at this location. Agonia Records has postponed the release of the album to June 26, 2020. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/drakonbreath
Finnish Black Metallers BYTHOS will release their debut full length “The Womb Of Zero” on April 24, 2020 through Terratur Possessions. You can already check out the track ‘Omega Dragon’ over here. The previously revealed ‘When Gold Turns Into Lead’ can still be checked out at this location. The cover art was created by Kristiina Lehto and the full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Black Labyrinth’, ‘When Gold Turns Into Lead’, ‘Sorath The Opposer’, ‘Omega Dragon’, ‘Call Of The Burning Blood’, ‘Hymn To Lucifer’, ‘Legacy Of Naahmah’, ‘Destroyer Of Illusions’ and ‘Luciferian Dawn’. More BYTHOS info you will find at www.facebook.com/bythosofficial
French BENIGHTED will be streaming their upcoming new full length “Obscene Repressed” in its entirety via the official Season Of Mist YouTube channel at 16:00 CEST / 10:00 EDT. The album will be released through the label tomorrow. Drummer Kevin Paradis commented on the stream as follows: “It’s with a lot of pride and excitment that we share this album with you! We can’t wait to have some feedback on our work, and I hope our music will bring you some brutal hours during these difficult times! As drummer of the band since their last EP, I have tried to bring some lightening fast blast beat and double bass drum, some groovy beats, intricate fills and polyrhythms, but all of this with a Punk spirit mandatory to BENIGHTED Brutal Death Metal / Grindcore spirit! Anyway, I’ve found in these new songs some of the best guitar riffs I ever had to drum on, and I hope you will like them as much as I do, not to mention the unique vocals of our dear Julien. Let’s wish him a good recovery!” You can follow the band for regular updates at www.facebook.com/brutalbenighted
Alan from PRIMORDIAL has a podcast now. You can check it out here or here. He also started a side project called APRILMEN together with film composer Gareth Anton Averill. A video for the track ‘Dead Of The Night’ can already be watched at this location. The song will appear on the forthcoming EP “Heavy Hearts”, which will be out on November 09, 2020 on limited edition cassette. More APRILMEN at www.facebook.com/aprilmen-324650961664058 or https://aprilmen.bandcamp.com
Canadian blackened Death / Thrashers TORREFY will self-release their second album “Life Is Bad” on July 01, 2020. It was recorded by Gustavo Valderama at Electric Flow Studios in Canada, produced by the band and Gustavo Valderama and mixed by Felipe Gonzales and Gustavo Valderama at Umbral Studios in Caldas, Colombia and Electric Flow Studios in Canada. Joel Grind of TOXIC HOLOCAUST took care of the mastering. An official video for the album’s first single ‘Plague Of Empires’ is available at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Sarcophony’, ‘Eye Of The Swarm’, ‘Outrun By Wolves’, ‘GFYD’, ‘Arborequiem’, ‘The Thin Line’, ‘Cells’, ‘Torrn Apart By Machinery’ and ‘Plague Of Empires’. More about TORREFY at www.facebook.com/torrefy
Memphis based Death Metallers SHARDS OF HUMANITY have just released a full album stream of the band’s sophomore full length “Cold Logic” over here. It will be released on April 13, 2020 via Unspeakable Axe Records. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/shardsofhumanity
UK’s technical Thrashers CRYPTIC SHIFT are streaming the track ‘(Petrified In The) Hypogean Gaol’ at this location now. It is taken from the band’s upcoming debut album “Visitations From Enceladus”, which will be released on May 04, 2020 via Blood Harvest Records. The previously revealed ‘The Arctic Chasm’ can still be checked out here. The complete tracklist of “Visitations From Enceladus” reads like this: ‘Moonbelt Immolator’, ‘(Petrified In The) Hypogean Gaol’, ‘The Arctic Chasm’ and ‘Planetary Hypnosis’. For all additional CRYPTIC SHIFT info please visit www.facebook.com/crypticshift
Canada’s WITCHES HAMMER have just premiered the new track ‘Across Azeroth’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s comeback album “Damnation Is My Throne”, which will be released on April 25, 2020 via Nuclear War Now! Productions. More info at www.facebook.com/witcheshammerndhc
On July 03, 2020 American Black Metallers BLACK FUNERAL will release their tenth album “Scourge Of Lamashtu” on CD and vinyl LP formats via Iron Bonehead Productions. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Kassaptu Lemuttu’, ‘The Vampyric Rabisu At The Threshold’, ‘Nergal (Lord Who Prowls By Night)’, ‘Seven Udug-Hul’, ‘Scourge Of Lamashtu (She Who Strangles The Lamb)’, ‘Gidim Hul (Bloodthirst Of The Demonic Dead)’ and ‘Pazuzu King Of The Lilu-Demons’. For more information please check out www.facebook.com/akhtya
Finnish anti Islamic Black Metallers CURSE UPON A PRAYER are streaming their third album “Infidel” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on April 10, 2020 via Saturnal Records. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/curseuponaprayer
Portuguese Black Metallers ANCIENT BURIAL have just premiered the new track ‘Into The Land Of Death’ over here. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Beyond The Watchtowers”, which is set for release on May 01, 2020 via Signal Rex on vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The previously revealed opening track ‘Intro + Nighthunt’ is still available here. ANCIENT BURIAL will be performing at this year’s Invicta Reqviem Mass VI, which will take place on December 04 and 05, 2020 in Porto, Portugal. For more information visit www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
“A Fall Of An Epoch”, the fifth album from Finnish epic, Folk inflected Black Metal trio OCTOBER FALLS, will be released via Purity Through Fire on May 30, 2020 on digipak CD and vinyl LP formats. A special die hard LP version with an engraved wooden slipcase will be available only through pre-order. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘A Fall Of An Epoch’, ‘The Endtimes Rising’, ‘The Ruins Of What Once Was’, ‘Hammering The Tide’ and ‘The Flood Of Drought’. The album track ‘Hammering The Tide’ is already available for streaming here. All additional OCTOBER FALLS info can be found at www.facebook.com/octoberfalls
Canadian Black Metallers THE PROJECTIONIST will release their fifth full-length “The Stench Of Amalthia” via Moribund Records on April 17, 2020. The album unfolds a horrifying story about an aging, dying former Film Noire starlet, Amalthia Grahame, isolated in her palatial home. The track ‘A Startling Housecall’ can already be streamed at this location. More about THE PROJECTIONIST at www.facebook.com/the-projectionist-1021842331170650
“Enthroned By Persecution”, the debut album of Alabama based blackened Death Metallers HEGEMONY, will be released on April 24, 2020 via Hells Headbangers on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Exalted March To Decimation’, ‘Rise In Turmoil’, ‘Halter Of Bloodlines’, ‘Driven By Hedonistic Vice’, ‘Strength And Impurity’, ‘Fist Of Heretical Triumph’, ‘Desecration Paradigm’ and ‘Ruination Sacrifice’. The track ‘Rise In Turmoil’ can already be checked out here. More about HEGEMONY at www.facebook.com/hegemonicdeath
Icelandic Black Metallers HELFRÓ have just premiered a third track of their upcoming self-titled debut album, which will be released via Season Of Mist Underground Activists on April 24, 2020. The song ‘Ávöxtur Af Rotnu Tré’ is now streaming over here. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/helfroice
EXHUMED and GRUESOME will join forces for a split release entitled “Twisted Horror”, which will be out on June 05, 2020 via Relapse Records on 10″, CD and digitally. EXHUMED will be featured with ‘Rot Your Brain’, ‘Buried To Die’ and ‘Dead, Deader, Deadest’ and GRUESOME contribute ‘A Mind Decayed’ and ‘Led Into The Dark’. EXHUMED / GRUESOME mastermind Matt Harvey comments: “As everyone knows, it’s a weird, surreal time for us all. So many plans have been disrupted at this point, it’s academic to even get into, but one thing that we didn’t want to postpone was this new EXHUMED / GRUESOME split record. With so many of us stuck at home, we’re all depending on Death Metal to keep us sane more than ever, so we figured why wait? We’ve also been working on a US tour featuring both EXHUMED and GRUESOME (and some awesome special guests), and as soon as it’s realistic to announce something, we will. In the meantime, here’s new music to warp your impressionable minds, so tune in, turn on, and rot your brain!” You can already listen to GRUESOME’s new song ‘A Mind Decayed’ at this location. More EXHUMED information you will find at www.facebook.com/exhumedofficial, to find out more about GRUESOME please visit www.facebook.com/gruesomedeathmetal
On April 24, 2020 Werewolf Records will release “Traveler Of The Untouched Voids”, a new mini album from Finnish Black Metallers MØRKETIDA, on 12″ vinyl format. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Descent Of Purple Mist’, ‘Upon The Aged Heavens’, ‘Traveler Of The Untouched Voids’ and ‘Unsilent Storms In The North Abyss’ (IMMORTAL cover). The opener ‘Descent Of Purple Mist’ can already be streamed here. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/morketida
US Death Metallers MISERY INDEX have just released a live video of their complete show in Nantes, which was shot during their tour with NAPALM DEATH, EYEHATEGOD and ROTTEN SOUND last February. You can watch the show here. You can follow MISERY INDEX at www.facebook.com/miseryindex
South American Death Metallers REPTILIUM have just premiered ‘Refusing The Hidden Truth’, a track from their forthcoming sophomore EP “Adrenochromacy”, at this location. The EP will be released on April 17, 2020 via Slam World Wide. It was recorded, engineered and produced at Valley Of The Death in Quito, Ecuador and the mixing and mastering duties were handled by Cody Fuentes at Rapture Recordings in Los Angeles, California. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Le Grand Animal Du Maastricht’, ‘New Deadly Bastard’, ‘Refusing The Hidden Truth’ and ‘Massive Abduction’. More about REPTILIUM at www.facebook.com/reptiliumsect
Spanish Death Metallers APOSENTO have just released a lyric video of the the song ‘The Dweller On The Threshold’ over here. The song will appear on their upcoming new album “Conjuring The New Apocalypse”, which will be released on May 05, 2020 via Xtreem Music on CD and 12″ LP formats. It was recorded and mixed by Dan Díez at Track Stereo Studios and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studios in Germany. The cover art has been created by Naroa Etxebarría. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Liber Al Vel Legis’, ‘Heretics By The Grace Of God’, ‘Kadosh – Spitting On The Trisag’, ‘Samhain – The Night Of Ignis Fatuus’, ‘Akerbeltz’, ‘Noli Me Tangere’, ‘Vamachara – The Left Hand Path’, ‘Revelation 777’, ‘The Dweller On The Threshold’ and ‘Doomsday – The Metanoia Of Redemption Process’. For all additional info please visit www.facebook.com/aposento-738317632866483
“Extreme Nation”, the award-winning feature documentary film on the extreme underground music of the Indian subcontinent gets digitally released on Vimeo’s Video on Demand. The film will be available to viewers worldwide on the streaming platform from 11 AM IST/ 05:30 AM GMT, April 03, 2020. Executive producer Abhay Singh had this to say about it: “After much contemplation we, the producers of the film, decided to release the movie online for people to watch, especially during these testing times for humanity. The whole world is hooked on digital content and wants to know what’s happening around them, hence we decided now is the time. Vimeo On Demand is a creator-empowering platform democratizing the dissemination of relevant media to audiences and is our tool of choice for engaging with our audience.” You can watch “Extreme Nation” here and here. The 81 minutes long film features commentaries from various musicians and people involved in the extreme music scene, including NAFARMAAN, PRIMITIV, PLAGUE THROAT, SYPHILECTOMY, KONFLICT, GENOCIDE SHRINES and MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS. Comments from many obscure bands, Metal enthusiasts, members of the underground and journalists as well as internationally touring bands like IMPIETY and CULT OF FIRE were also documented during their performances. For more information check out www.royvilleproductions.com or www.facebook.com/extremenationindia
German Black / Thrashers WARLUST have just premiered the new track ‘To Fall Apart’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s upcoming second album “Unearthing Shattered Philosophies”, which will be released on April 24, 2020 via Dying Victims Productions. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Death Created Time’, ‘The Burning Eyes Of Satan’, ‘Wolvewhore’, ‘In The Shadow Of The Alchemyst’, ‘My Final Sacrifice’, ‘I Spit On Your Grave’, ‘Primal & Divine’ and ‘To Fall Apart’. The previously released ‘I Spit On Your Grave’ is still available here, while ‘My Final Sacrifice’ can be streamed here. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/warlust666
Quebec, Canada based technical Death Metallers BEYOND CREATION have released a video for the track ‘Suface’s Echoes’ at this location. The song is taken from the band’s latest album “Algorythm”. The band commented on the video as follows: “‘Surface’s Echoes’ is one of our favourite songs to play off of “Algorythm” so we simply had to make a music video in a live setting with the track. Once again shot in our hometown of Montreal with Ismael Mossadeq as a director, we knew it would capture the highly powerful vibe that our city is notable for among touring metal bands. Enjoy, share, like and subscribe! Peace!” For all additional BEYOND CREATION information check out www.beyondcreationofficial.com or www.facebook.com/beyondcreationofficial
On April 30, 2020 Purity Through Fire will release “Purging Sacred Soils”, the debut album of German Black Metallers SLAGMARK, on CD, A5 digipak and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow at a later date. The band features members of SARKRISTA and TOTENWACHE. The following tracks will appear on the album: ‘Hexenhammer’, ‘Feeding The Urge To Destroy’, ‘Purging Sacred Soils’, ‘Built On Bone Hills’, ‘Eradication Of All Terrestrial Ulcer’, ‘As Cathedrals Drowned In Flames’ and ‘Unleash Our Brutish Wrath’. One of the tracks can already be streamed at this location. For more info please check out www.purity-through-fire.com
US melodic Black Metallers VALDRIN will release their third album “Effigy Of Nightmares” on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats via Blood Harvest Records on June 12, 2020. The cover art was created by Lucas Ruggieri, with layout by Anton Escobar, and the tracklist reads as follows: ‘Gates Of Hospice’, ‘Exsanguination Tunnels’, ‘Red Burning Candles Of Hatred’, ‘Serpentine Bloodhalls’, ‘Basilisk Of Light’ and ‘Down The Oubliette Of Maelstrom’. ‘Red Burning Candles Of Hatred’ is already streaming here. More band information at www.facebook.com/valdrinausadjur
On April 30, 2020 Purity Through Fire will release the debut mini album from UK’s Black Metallers MORTE LUNE, “Temple Of Flesh”, on digipak CD. The track ‘O Father, O Satan’ is already available for streaming here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘O Father, O Satan’, ‘Silence Of The Night’, ‘Chalice Of Blood’, ‘Lucifers Gift’, ‘Spewing Black Vomit’ and ‘Temple Of Flesh’. For more information please visit www.purity-through-fire.com
German blackened Metal Punks KARLOFF have just premiered the new track ‘Bastard Of The Night’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s debut mini album “Raw Nights”, which will be released on April 24, 2020 via Dying Victims Productions on 12” vinyl format. The previously revealed ‘I Like Blood’ is still streaming here. All further KARLOFF info you will find at www.facebook.com/karloffpunk
Season Of Mist have signed New York City based Black Metallers BLACK ANVIL. The band will release their fifth album, as well as their back catalog via the label later this year. BLACK ANVIL commented on the signing as follows: “We have been quite familiar with Season Of Mist over the years. They’re unique, eclectic and, most importantly, passionate about what they choose to release and who they choose to work with. This is an emotion that is extremely strong in our camp because without it, there’s absolutely no reason to move forward and keep our flame lit.” You can still check out the band’s latest album “As Was” via their Bandcamp site. More about BLACK ANVIL at www.facebook.com/blackanvil
On April 24, 2020 Hells Headbangers will release the self-titled debut mini album from Canadian Death Metal trio EXPUNGED on 12″ vinyl format. It was mastered by Topin Das at Apartment Two Studio and will feature the following five tracks: ‘Disposed In Chaos And War’, ‘Melting Flesh’, ‘Putrefying Mind’, ‘Dark Age Crusade’ and ‘Your Demise’. You can already listen to ‘Disposed In Chaos And War’ at this location. All additional EXPUNGED info at www.facebook.com/expungeddeathmetal
US Black Metallers HÄXANU are streaming their debut album “Snare Of All Salvation” in its entirety over here now. It will be released via Amor Fati Productions today. For more info and ordering details check out www.amor-fati-productions.de or www.facebook.com/amorfatiprod
US Black / Death Metallers INFERION have just released a video for ‘Grendel (Deconstructed Version)’ at this location. The song is taken from their upcoming, as of yet untitled new album. The video was produced by Rich Vergez (Torche-Admission) and features live footage of the band performing in Colombia. The album will be released this fall via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. More about INFERION at www.facebook.com/inferion1