» News Archive December 2022
Swedish melodic Death Metallers DEAD SUN will release their eighth full length “Soul Diseased” on February 02, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. It was mixed and mastered by Håkan Stuvemark (WOMBBATH) and the cover art was created by Felipe Mora. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Sjuk Själ’, ‘Deeper Down’, ‘Sand And Rot’, ‘Carved To The Bone’, ‘The Shape From Out The Shadows’, ‘Mausoleum Melodies’, ‘Tid För Jakt’, ‘Soul Diseased’, ‘Stashed Away’ and ‘Premature Burial’. You can already listen to ‘Soul Diseased’, the first advance song from the album, at this location. For more DEAD SUN please visit https://rjdeadsun.bandcamp.com
San Diego, California based Death Metallers CONJURETH have just premiered the track ‘Cremated Dominion’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s sophomore full length “The Parasitic Chambers”, which will be released on January 23, 2023 via Memento Mori. The previously revealed ‘Smothering Psalms’ can still be streamed at this location. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Smothering Psalms’, ‘Dimensional Ascendancy’, ‘Devastating Cataclysmic Unearthing’, ‘Cremated Dominion’, ‘Deathless Sway Of Torsos Calm’, ‘A Blood Romance’, ‘The Ancient Presence’, ‘In Mortal Thresholds’, ‘From Ceremonies Past’ and ‘The Unworshipped II’. The cover artwork was suuplied by Erskine Designs. For all further CONJURETH info check out www.facebook.com/conjureth
Portuguese Death Metallers ANALEPSY have just premiered a video for ‘Edge Of Chaos’ at this location. The song is taken from the band’s last album “Quiescence”. The vinyl version of “Quiescence” was released via Agonia Records. Miasma Records and Vomit Your Shirt issued the album on CD, cassette tape and digital formats. More about ANALEPSY at www.facebook.com/analepsyofficial
Santiago, Chile based Thrashers TRASTORNED have just premiered ‘Into The Void’, the title track of their upcoming debut full length, at this location. The album will be released on January 27, 2023 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed ‘Insanity’ and ‘Metal Violence’ can still be checked out here, respectively here. The complete “Into The Void” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Witch Hunt’, ‘Metal Violence’, ‘Black Fire’, ‘Miasma Of Death’, ‘Into The Void’, ‘Dreadful Fate’, ‘Insanity’ and ‘Reborn Through Hate’. More about TRASTORNED at www.facebook.com/trastorned
Austrian Death Metallers SLAVESON have just released their first new song since 2001. You can check out ‘Martyrion II’ at this location: https://youtu.be/9y8yOqYDd4E.
New Orleans based Black / Death Metal trio ABYSMAL LORD is streaming their upcoming third full length “Bestiary Of Immortal Hunger” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on December 30, 2022 via Hells Headbangers on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl edition will follow next year. More about ABYSMAL LORD at www.facebook.com/abysmal-lord-2274024519585588
Canadian Black Metallers NOCTURNAL DEPARTURE are streaming their third full length “Clandestine Theurgy” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 30, 2022 via Hells Headbangers on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl version will follow next year. For more NOCTURNAL DEPARTURE please visit https://nocturnaldeparture.bandcamp.com
Kansas City based Speed / Thrash Metallers HELLEVATE have just revealed a second single off their forthcoming EP “The Purpose Is Cruelty”. You can stream ‘Dagon’ over here. The EP will be released on January 14, 2023. Its full tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Purpose Is Cruelty’, ‘Dagon’, ‘Buried Under Mistakes’, ‘Die Or Be Killed’ and ‘(No) Further Action Is Required’. All additional info you will find at www.facebook.com/hellevate
American Black / Death Metallers MALLEUS have just premiered the track ‘Prophetess’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s debut full length “The Fires Of Heaven”, which will be released on January 27, 2023 via Armageddon Label. The previously revealed ‘Beyond The Pale’ can furthermore be streamed over here. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘The Tempest’, ‘A Dark Sun Rises’, ‘Beyond The Pale’, ‘Prophetess’, ‘The Fires Of Heaven’, ‘Into The Flesh’, ‘Awakening’ and ‘Mourning War’. More MALLEUS is available at https://malleusheavymetal.bandcamp.com
Danish Death Metallers DEIQUISITOR have just released a new song entitled ‘Humanoid’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming new album “Apotheosis”, which will be released via Extremely Rotten Productions and Night Shroud Records on CD, cassette, digital and vinyl formats on January 20, 2023. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Humanoid’, ‘Striving For Destruction’, ‘Autosarcophagy’, ‘The Eyes Of Worms’, ‘Apophis’, ‘Reflected By The Void’, ‘Deiquisitor’, ‘Atomic Assassins’ and ‘Praise The Lord’. You can follow DEIQUISITOR at www.facebook.com/deiquisitor
Fukuoka, Japan based Goregrinders FESTERDECAY will release their debut full length “Reality Rotten To The Core” via Everlasting Spew Records on February 24, 2023. You can already check out the track ‘Rotten Fester Decay’ at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063795272829
In January 2023 issue # 46 of Brazil’s ZINE DEATH METAL will be released. On 96 pages it will feature interviews with the following bands: PRIMORDIAL SERPENT (Canada), AZATH (USA), MAZIKEEN (Australia), GROB (Slovenia), DOGMA OMEGA (Germany), NOCTURNES MIST (Australia), HELLLIGHT (Brazil), ANCESTRAL CÂNTICO (Brazil), THE TACITURN (Brazil) and EMBRIONAL (Poland). Pre-orders will receive the fanzine, a poster and a CD, all for $18.00 (USD) with shipping already included. It is available through Nascemos Mortos, a label from Brazil, which is dedicated to Black Metal. For more info please visit www.facebook.com/zinedeathmetal
Portuguese Black Metallers IRAE are streaming their anniversary recording “Assim Na Terra Como No Inferno” in its entirety at this location now. It has just been released via Signal Rex. More band info is available at www.facebook.com/irae666
On February 02, 2023 Caligari Records will release “Infernal Ordinance”, the sophomore full length from Nashville based doomy Black / Death Metal trio ACT OF IMPALEMENT, on CD and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Summoning The Final Conflagration’, ‘Bogbody’, ‘In Wolflight’, ‘Specters Of Unlight’, ‘Creeping Barrage’, ‘Atomic Hecatomb’, ‘Blasphemous Rebirth’, ‘Death Hex’ and ‘Erased’. You can already stream the album opener at this location. All additional ACT OF IMPALEMENT information you will find at www.facebook.com/actofimpalement
Canadian Death / Thrashers SARKASM have just released a lyric video for the song ‘Voices’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “As Empires Decay”, which will be released on CD, 12″ LP (100 copies on splatter and 150 copies on black vinyl), cassette tape (limited to 50 copies) and digital formats on January 26, 2023 via Xtreem Music. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Voices’, ‘Pulseless’, ‘The Collapse’, ‘Burn The Scarecrow’, ‘Massacre The Impure’, ‘Alone And Bleeding’, ‘Beyond The Stigma’, ‘Fire At Will’, ‘One For The Woods’, ‘Man Made Monster’ and ‘An Ode To Suffering / When Immortals Die’. The album’s first single ‘The Collapse’ can still be streamed at this location. More SARKASM info you will find at www.facebook.com/sarkasmqc
“…And The Sky Turns To Black… (The Dark Age Has Come)”, the third album from Brazilian Death Metallers HEADHUNTER D.C. has been re-released on black vinyl now via Peruvian label Crypts Of Eternity Productions, limited to 300 copies, including 50 copies on translucid vinyl. It comes with a 20-page A4 zine-sized colored booklet, a big poster, sticker and a POSSESSED cover as bonus track. The album has been remastered for vinyl by Joseph Curwen of Chilean UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN. For ordering details please visit https://cryptsofeternity.bigcartel.com and www.facebook.com/headhunterdc.
Polish Black Metallers TERRESTRIAL HOSPICE have just revealed a trailer for their upcoming second album “Caviary To The General” at this location. It will be released on February 10, 2023 via Ancient Dead Productions on CD and cassette tape formats. The previously revealed track ‘In The Streams Of Phlegethon’ you can stream over here. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Rat In A Burning Cage’, ‘In The Streams Of Phlegethon’, ‘December Night’, ‘Extinction Delight’, ‘Vermin’, ‘The Last Dance’, ‘Memoir’, ‘Path To Mahasamadhi’ and ‘Ars Moriendi’. All additional TERRESTRIAL HOSPICE info you will find at www.facebook.com/terrestrialhospiceofficial
On February 03, 2022 III Damnation Productions will release a compilation from A DIADEM OF DEAD STARS, “Emerald Sunsets”, on digipak CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It includes the previously digital-only released “…Of Green Pastures…” single, the “The Light That Burns” demo (both from 2020) and the “The Furrow Of Woes” EP (from 2021). More about A DIADEM OF DEAD STARS at www.facebook.com/adiademofdeadstars
French Death Metallers CATACOMB will release their debut full length “When The Stars Are Right” via Xtreem Music in the spring of 2023 on CD, 12″ LP, cassette tape and digital formats. You can still listen to their recent EP “Back To Unknown Kadath” at this location. For all further information and regular updates follow the band at www.facebook.com/catacombcult
Slovakian Black Metallers SPECTRAL CORRUPTION are streaming their sophomore full length “Requiem” in its entirety over here now. It was just released via Signal Rex on CD format. The vinyl and tape versions will follow next year. More information you will find at www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
Chilean / Ecuadorian Black Metal duo GRYMMSTALT is streaming their upcoming debut full length “Anthems Of Mournful Despondency” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 21, 2022 via Signal Rex on CD format. The vinyl and tape versions will follow in March 2023. For more information please visit www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
Canadian progressive blackened Heavy Metaller ALONE have just released the song ‘VI (The Gate)’ at their Bandcamp site https://alone14.bandcamp.com. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Alone at his home studio.
Italian one-man, avantgarde Black Metal project HIEMS has been signed by Agonia Records. The band has already finished work on their third album, the first since 2009. The album title and release date will be announced soon. For regular updates follow HIEMS at www.facebook.com/hiemsofficial
Copenhagen, Denmark based Death / Grinders SEQUESTRUM (featuring members of CHAOTIAN and UNDERGANG) have just released a first single off their forthcoming debut EP, “Pickled Preservation”. You can stream ‘Preserved To Last’ at this location. The band commented on the song as follows: “‘Preserved To Last’ feels like a good presentation of what the band is about, having both grimy grinding parts, gory groovy chunks and a more rocking section. We feel it shows the slight diversity of what we try to mix within our Death Metal and also soaks it in the sludgy vocals expulsions of our three vocalists, in an attempt to make the music stand out a bit more too with the disgusting vocal diversity of our members in charge of those parts.” The EP was recorded at Mayhem Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark and mixed and mastered by J. B. Hviid. It will be released on January 27, 2023 via Extremely Rotten Productions on CD, digital and cassette tape formats. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Giblet Excreter’, ‘Preserved To Last’, ‘Necromucouphagia’, ‘Guts’, ‘Consigned To Humus’, ‘Human Broth’ and ‘Dis-Organ-Ized’ (IMPETIGO cover). More SEQUESTRUM information you will find at www.facebook.com/sequestrumdk
Vancouver, Canada based dissonant Death Metal duo CROWN OF MADNESS will release their sophomore EP “Elemental Binding” on February 23, 2023. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Immortal Eyes’, ‘A Wrenching Nostalgia’, ‘Roots, Limbs And Sky’ and ‘Vile Sun’. The EP’s first single and opening track, ‘Immortal Eyes’ (featuring a guest guitar solo from Matthew Pancoust of TRUENT) is already available over here. For all additional CROWN OF MADNESS information please visit www.facebook.com/crownofmadnessmetal
Finnish ABSOLUTE KEY are streaming their upcoming fifth full length “The Third Level Of Decay” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 21, 2022 via Signal Rex. For all further ABSOLUTE KEY info check out www.facebook.com/absolutekey111
Krosno, Poland based melodic Black Metallers DARGOR will release the CD edition of their debut full length “Ascend To Infinity” on February 01, 2023 via Meuse Music Records. The album was recorded at Regnat Audio Studio and Kancho Records Studio. The mix and mastering was done by Adrian Jarosz. The cover artwork was created by Michal ‘Xaay’ Loranc (GOD DETHRONED, KARL SANDERS, NILE, KAMELOT). A full album stream you will find at this location. More about DARGOR at www.facebook.com/dargormetaltv
20 Buck Spin will release two new full-length albums of US Deathers ULTHAR, “Anthronomicon” and “Helionomicon”, on February 17, 2023. Each album cover is half of a larger original piece created by Ian Miller (STORMKEEP, BOLT THROWER, Games Workshop). A first track entitled ‘Astranumeral Octave Chants’, from the “Anthronomicon” album, can already be checked out at this location. Here are the complete tracklists of both albums. “Anthronomicon”: ‘Cephalophore’, ‘Fractional Fortresses’, ‘Saccades’, ‘Flesh Propulsion’, ‘Astranumeral Octave Chants’, ‘Coagulation Of Forms’, ‘Larynx Plateau’ and ‘Cultus Quadrivium’. “Helionomicon” will feature the two tracks ‘Helionomicon’ and ‘Anthronomicon’. For all additional ULTHAR information please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063748920083
Grinding Death / Thrashers DECAYING MARTYR have just released ‘Rotten Disposition’, a new single and 7″ picture disc, via The Charon Collective. A video for the song can be watch at this location. For more DECAYING MARTYR info please visit www.facebook.com/decayingmartyr
Dutch Death Metallers BODYFARM have just premiered a video for ‘Blasting Tyranny’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming fifth full length “Ultimate Abomination”, which will be released on February 24, 2023 via Edged Circle Productions. The previously revealed video for ‘Torment’ can still be watched over here. The complete “Ultimate Abomination” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Torment’, ‘Symbolical Warfare’, ‘The Wicked Red’, ‘Blasting Tyranny’, ‘The Swamp’, ‘Carving Repentance’, ‘Empire Of Iniquity’, ‘Soul Damnation’, ‘Sacrilege Of The Fallen’ and ‘Charlatan Messiah’. All additional BODYFARM information you will find at www.facebook.com/bodyfarmdeathmetal
Netherlands based crusty Death Metallers DEFY THE CURSE will release their debut full length “Horrors Of Human Sacrifice” on January 13, 2023 via Hammerheart Records on 2 CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digitally. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Toneshed Studio (DEAD HEAD, INHUME, TROUBLE) and the artwork was created by Rafal Wechterowicz from Too Many Skulls (SLAYER, GHOST, KREATOR). You can already stream the track ‘Eidolon Of The Blind’ over here. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/defythecurse
On February 17, 2023, Cryptorium9 will release “Spiralling To Lunacy”, the sophomore full length from Canadian brutal old school Death Metallers DEAD SOUL ALLIANCE. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Within The Darkness’, ‘The Demons That Be’, ‘Spiralling To Lunacy’, ‘Condemnation Through Fear’, ‘Silencing The Masses’, ‘Products Of Pain’, ‘New Normal Nihilist’, ‘Freedom Of Death’ and ‘False Reconciliation’. You can already listen to the album track ‘Products Of Pain’ over here. All additional DEAD SOUL ALLIANCE information can be found at www.facebook.com/deadsoulalliance
Norwegian Death Metallers BLOOD RED THRONE have signed a worldwide deal with Soulseller Records. The band is currently working on their eleventh full length, the successor to 2021’s “Imperial Congregation”, which will be released in the second half of 2023 for the 25th anniversary of the band. For regular updates, check out www.facebook.com/bloodredthroneofficial
Finnish Death / Grinders ROTTEN SOUND will release their new album “Apocalypse” on March 31, 2023 via Season Of Mist. The following eighteen tracks will be featured on it: ‘Pacify’, ‘Equality’, ‘Sharing’, ‘Apocalypse’, ‘Suburban Bliss’, ‘Renewables’, ‘Newsflash’, ‘Digital Bliss’, ‘True And False’, ‘Denialist’, ‘Nothingness’, ‘Fight Back’, ‘Patriots’, ‘Ownership’, ‘Science’, ‘Empowered’, ‘Breach’ and ‘Inflation’. The artwork was created by Error Design. You can already stream ‘Sharing’ at this location. More about ROTTEN SOUND at www.facebook.com/rottensoundofficial
Brazilian Black Metallers CURSED EXCRUCIATION have just premiered the track ‘Beast Of Fire’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Arcane Diabolism”, which will be released on January 13, 2023 via Iron Bonehead Productions on vinyl LP format. The previously revealed album track ‘The Sorcerer Of Antioch’ can still be checked out over here. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Call… (Intro)’, ‘Initiation (The Oath Of Darkness)’, ‘Goetic Glorification’, ‘The Sorcerer Of Antioch’, ‘Daughters Of Nyx’, ‘Beast Of Fire’, ‘Black Altar Sacrifice’ and ‘The Rapture (Outro)’. More CURSED EXCRUCIATION music is available at https://tranceoftheundead.bandcamp.com
Portuguese symphonic Black Metallers CAEDEOUS have just completed work on their third album. The follow-up to “Obscurus Perpetua”, which was released in early 2022, will be out in the spring 2023 via Black Sunset / MDD. All further CAEDEOUS info you will find at www.facebook.com/caedeous
Mexican Black Metallers NIGRUM are streaming their upcoming debut full length “Elevenfold Tail” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 16, 2022 via Into Endless Chaos Records. All further NIGRUM info you will find at www.facebook.com/nigrumofficial
Greek ROTTING CHRIST have just released a digital compilation featuring previously unreleased tracks. “The Apocryphal Spells” Vol. I and Vol. II is out now on all digital streaming platforms. You can listen to Vol. I here and Vol. II here. The compilation will be released as a physical edition via Season Of Mist in 2023. For regular updates make sure to follow ROTTING CHRIST at www.facebook.com/rotting-christ-290468585669
New Orleans based Death Metallers CONGEALED PUTRESCENCE will release their second EP “Within The Ceaseless Murk” on December 17, 2022 via Caligari Records on cassette tape format. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Advection’, ‘Gelid Fathomless Suffering’, ‘Suffocating Brain’ and ‘Burning Off’. A full EP stream is available at this location now. More CONGEALED PUTRESCENCE music you will find at https://congealedputrescence.bandcamp.com
Berlin, Germany based Black Metal one man band AZKETEM will release its debut full length album “Azetik” on December 16, 2022 via Urtod Productions on vinyl LP. The CD version will be self-released by AZKETEM. You can stream the album in its entirety over here. For all additional AZKETEM information please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100030921802437
On December 16, 2022 NoEvDia will release “Með Hamri”, the third album from Reykjavík, Iceland based Black Metallers MISÞYRMING. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Með Hamri’, ‘Með Harmi’, ‘Engin Miskunn’, ‘Engin Vorkunn’, ‘Blóðhefnd’ And ‘Aftaka’. Following the album’s release, the band will embark on a European tour in January 2023. The tour kicks off on January 05, 2023 in Leiden (Netherlands) and ends on January 14, 2023 in Brussel, Belgium. For all further details please visit at www.facebook.com/misthyrming
Norwegian Black Metal pillars TULUS will release their new full-length “Fandens Kall” via Soulseller Records on February 17, 2023 on CD, vinyl and digitally. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Fandens Kall’, ‘Lek’, ‘Slagmark’, ‘Allstøtt’, ‘Isråk’, ‘Samuelsbrenna’, ‘Sjelesmerte’, ‘Bloddråpesvermer’, ‘Snømyrkre’ and ‘Barfrost’. The album was recorded and mixed at H-10 Productions by Lars Erik Westby, mastered by Thomas Eberger at Stockholm Mastering and features guest appearances of Anders Hunstad (keyboards), Lars Erik Westby (piano) and Lena Fløitmoen (female vocals). The cover artwork was created by Kjell Åge Meland. More TULUS info you will find at www.facebook.com/tulusband
American Black / Death Metal trio MALEFIC THRONE has signed a deal with Agonia Records. The band is currently working on their debut album (the follow-up to this year’s self-titled EP), which will be recorded in 2023. MALEFIC THRONE consists of Gene Palubicki (ex – ANGELCORPSE, PERDITION TEMPLE) on guitar, Steve Tucker (MORBID ANGEL) on bass and vocals and John Longstreth (ex – ANGELCORPSE, ORIGIN, HATE ETERNAL) on drums. For regular updates make sure to follow them at www.facebook.com/maleficthrone
On December 16, 2022 Me Saco Un Ojo Records, in co-operation with Rotted Life Records, will release a Death Metal split album between Russia’s GOSUDAR and American MALIGNANT ALTAR. Me Saco Un Ojo will release the split on vinyl in Europe, as well as handle its digital release, while Rotted Life will release the split on CD, vinyl and cassette tape in the USA. A full stream of it is already available over here. More from both bands you will find at https://gosudardeath.bandcamp.com and https://malignantaltar.bandcamp.com
Finnish Death Metallers TRAMALIZER will release their debut full length “Fumes Of Funeral Pyres” on February 17, 2023 via Soulseller Records on CD, vinyl and digitally. A first single and album pre-orders will be available in early January. More about TRAMALIZER at www.facebook.com/tramalizer
Memento Mori have signed Spanish old school Death Metallers KRYPTICY. The band is currently working on their sophomore full-length, the follow-up to “Hideous Being” from 2020, which will be released in late 2023. For more info and regular updates please follow KRYPTICY at www.facebook.com/krypticy
On March 03, 2023 Personal Records will release the sophomore full length from Greek melodic Doom / Deathers OCEAN OF GRIEF, “Pale Existence”, on CD format. The following tracks will be on it: ‘Poetry For The Dead’, ‘Dale Of Haunted Shades’, ‘Unspoken Actions’, ‘Imprisoned Between Worlds’, ‘Cryptic Constellations’, ‘Pale Wisdom’ and ‘Undeserving’. A video for ‘Dale Of Haunted Shades’ can already be watched at this location. More OCEAN OF GRIEF information is available at www.facebook.com/oceanofgriefgr
Chilean blackened Thrashers HELLISH are streaming their third full length “The Dance Of The Four Elemental Serpents” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 16, 2022 via Dying Victims Productions (vinyl LP) in co-operation with Unspeakable Axe Records (CD). More about HELLISH at www.facebook.com/hellishchile
Spanish Black Metallers OUIJA will release their third full length “Fathomless Hysteros” on December 26, 2022 via Negra Nit Distro. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Fathomless Hysteros’, ‘Bestia Negra’, ‘I See You Without Eyes’, ‘The Fifth Rider’, ‘Hijo Del Caído’, ‘Adversary’ and ‘Unbriedled Transylvanian Passion’. You can already watch a lyric video for the title track at this location. The album was recorded and mixed by Javi Felez at Moontower Studios and mastered by Magnus Andersson at Endarker Studio, Sweden. More about OUIJA at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063462515530
Australian Black Metallers KRVNA are streaming their sophomore full length “For Thine Is The Kingdom Of The Flesh” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 12, 2022 via Third Eye Temple and Ancient Dead Productions on CD format. The cassette tape edition will be directly available from the band. More about KRVNA at www.facebook.com/krvnaofficial
Finnish blackened Death Metallers BURYFICATION will release their debut EP “Leviathan” on December 13, 2022 on all major streaming services. More band info you will find at www.buryfication.com
On February 24, 2023 Blood Harvest Records will release a new EP from Swedish Death Metallers NECROVATION, “Storm The Void / Starving Grave”, on 7″ vinyl and cassette tape formats. You can already stream ‘Storm The Void’ right here. For more information and regular updates make sure to follow NECROVATION at www.facebook.com/necrovationdeathmetal
UK Death Metallers MEMORIAM will release their new album “Rise To Power” on February 03, 2023 via Reaper Entertainment as limited deluxe boxset, colored vinyl and CD. A video for the first single ‘All Is Lost’ can already be watched at this location. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Never Forget, Never Again (6 Million Dead)’, ‘Total War’, ‘I Am The Enemy’, ‘The Conflict Is Within’, ‘Annihilation’s Dawn’, ‘All Is Lost’, ‘Rise To Power’ and ‘This Pain’. The album was produced by Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR, AT THE GATES, AMORPHIS) at Parlour Studios and the cover artwork was once again created by Dan Seagrave. All further MEMORIAM info you will find at www.facebook.com/memoriam2016
Polish Black Metallers ENTROPIA have just released a track from their upcoming full length “Total”. You can listen to ‘Retox’ at this location. The album will be released on March 17, 2023 via Agonia Records. It was recorded in April 2022 at studio Monochrom in Poland and at Heinrich House Studio. The artwork was created by Zbigniew Bielak (BEHEMOTH, GHOST, MGLA). The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Retox’, ‘Mania’, ‘Orbit’, ‘Total’ and ‘Final’. More about ENTROPIA at www.facebook.com/mourningentropia
“Pickled Preservation”, the debut EP from Copenhagen, Denmark based Death Grinders SEQUESTRUM, will be released on January 27, 2023 via Extremely Rotten Productions on CD and cassette formats. It was recorded at Mayhem Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark and was mixed and mastered by J. B. Hviid. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Giblet Excreter’, ‘Preserved To Last’, ‘Necromucouphagia’, ‘Guts’, ‘Consigned To Humus’, ‘Human Broth’ and ‘Dis-Organ-Ized’ (IMPETIGO cover). SEQUESTRUM features members of CHAOTIAN and UNDERGANG. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/sequestrumdk
Austrian melodic Death Metallers DYSTERSOL are currently finishing their third full length, the successor of “The Fifth Age Of Man” (2018), which will be released next spring via Black Sunset / MDD Records. For regular updates follow the band at www.facebook.com/dystersol
Montreal, Canada based Thrash / Stoner Metal trio IRON ASPARAGUS has just released a lyric video for their new single ”Diamond In The Dirt’ over here. All further IRON ASPARAGUS information you will find at www.facebook.com/ironasparagus
“Sakrileg”, the fourth full-length from Germany’s old school Death Metallers ATOMWINTER, will be released on February 10, 2023 on gatefold LP, digi CD, limited boxset and digitally via Trollzorn. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Ov Blood And Flesh’, ‘The Lungs Ov Hell’, ‘Brutal Scriptures’, ‘Catatonic Pathway’, ‘The Dark Void’, ‘Sakrileg’, ‘Cryptic Death’, ‘Until The Loss Ov God’, ‘Born Into Iron Coffins’ and ‘Sacred Scum’ (vinyl bonus track). A lyric video for the track ‘Until The Loss Ov God’ is already available at this location. More ATOMWINTER info you will find at www.facebook.com/atomwinter
On February 10, 2023 Chaos Records will release the debut full length from Netherlands based Doom / Deathers CADAVER SHRINE, “Benighted Desecration”, on CD format. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Reverberation’, ‘And Death Crawls’, ‘Dragged Away’, ‘The Black Door’, ‘Tongues Spread’, ‘Benighted Desecration’, ‘Faceless Abomination’ and ‘The Shattered Corpse’. You can already stream ‘And Death Crawls’ over here. For more CADAVER SHRINE check out https://gnawtheirtongues.bandcamp.com
Greek Black Metallers WOTHROSCH have just released a video for ‘Mass’, featuring Niklas Kvarforth, at this location. The track is taken from the band’s debut album “Odium”, which will be released via Hammerheart Records on January 13, 2023. Pre-order info you will find at this location
Atlanta, Georgia based Death Metallers OCCULSED (feat. members of FATHER BEFOULED) have just premiered the track ‘Resiled Necromniscience’ over here. The song is part of the compilation “Parturition Of Adulteration”, which will be released via Everlasting Spew Records on December 23, 2022. It includes the band’s sold out earlier two demos, remastered and available for the first time on CD and digitally. All additional band info you will find at www.facebook.com/occulsed
‘Inviolate Viscera’, a track of the new NOTHINGNESS album “Supraliminal” can be streamed over here now. The album will be out on January 20, 2023 via Everlasting Spew Records. More about the Minneapolis, Minnesota based Death Metal five-piece at www.facebook.com/nothingnessmn
Everlasting Spew Records have signed Italian Goregrinders GOLEM OF GORE for the release of their upcoming full length album and Estonia’s thrashing Death Metal duo GRAVEATER. You can check both bands out at https://golemofgore.bandcamp.com and https://graveater.bandcamp.com
2022 is coming to an end and longtime readers of VOICES FROM THE DARKSIDE will already know what that means. In our good old tradition, we would like to hear from you, which ten releases impressed you the most the past twelve months. So please send us a list with your ten personal faves for our BEST OF 2022 READERS POLL. It can be albums, EPs or demos. The chronological order doesn’t matter, but they must have been released in 2022. Send your lists to bestof2022@voicesfromthedarkside.de until December 30, 2022 the latest. The results will be published in early 2023.
On February 03, 2023 Personal Records will release a double EP from international Black Metallers CARATHIS, entitled “Moonstone & Amethyst”, on CD format. It includes two EP recordings – 2021’s “The Amethyst Fortress”, previously only available digitally, and the otherwise unreleased “The Moonstone Prophecy”. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Sacred Walls’, ‘The Crimson Gate’, ‘The Forsaken Realm’, ‘The Fallen Star’, ‘The Amethyst Fortess’, ‘The Portal’, ‘The Procession’, ‘The Prayer’ and ‘The Priestess’. You can already stream ‘The Portal’ over here. More CARATHIS at https://carathisbm.bandcamp.com
Salt Lake City, Utah based Death Metallers SACRILEGION are streaming their debut album “From Which Nightmares Crawl” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 09, 2022 via Chaos Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl edition will follow next year. The cover artwork was created by John Quevedo Janssens (PAGANIZER, SUMMONING DEATH) and the mixing and mastering was done by Damian Hearring (HORRENDOUS, CRYPTIC SHIFT, VOID ROT). For all further information please visit SACRILEGION at www.facebook.com/sacrilegion
Denver, Colorado’s LACERATED have just released a video for ‘Grotesque’ over here. The track appears on the band’s debut EP “The Vile Domain”, which was released on Halloween 2022. The material was recorded, mixed and mastered by Ivan Alcala and the cover artwork was created by Hand Rotart. More about LACERATED at www.facebook.com/laceratedcolorado
On February 07, 2023 Amor Fati Productions will release the sophomore full length from Black Metallers HÄXANU, “Totenpass”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Θάρσει’, ‘Death Euphoria’, ‘Thriambus’, ‘Threnoidia’, ‘Sparagmos’, ‘Ephòdion’, ‘οὐδεὶς ἀθάνατος’ and ‘Totenpass’. You can already stream ‘Death Euphoria’ over here. More information you will find at www.amor-fati-productions.de or www.facebook.com/amorfatiprod
Polish melodic Black Metallers DARGOR will release their new album “Ascend To Infinity” via Meuse Music Records on digipak CD in early 2023. A full album stream is already available at this location. The material was recorded at Regnat Audio Studio and Kancho Records Studio. The mixing and mastering was done by Adrian Jarosz and the artwork created by Michał ‘Xaay’ Loranc. For all further DARGOR info check out www.facebook.com/dargormetaltv
NUNSLAUGHTER have just revealed a video for the title track of their fifth full length “Red Is The Color Of Ripping Death” over here. The album was released in August 2021 via Hells Headbangers and is now also available in five different vinyl colors / variations: gold, red, picture disc (with cover and insert), swamp green / beer swirl and traditional black. For ordering details please visit https://shop-hellsheadbangers.com. You can follow NUNSLAUGHTER at www.facebook.com/nunslaughter
On December 09, 2022 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Necronomical Mirror Divination”, a Black Metal split album between Greek CULT OF EIBON and Finnish CEREMONIAL TORTURE, on CD and vinyl LP formats. A full stream is already available at this location. The artwork was created by Panos Sounas, who already did the classic cover art for NECROMANTIA’s first two albums. More info you will find at www.ironbonehead.de or www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
On January 20, 2023 Denmark’s Death Metallers DEIQUISITOR will release their fourth full length “Apotheosis” on CD, cassette tape, digitally and vinyl formats via Extremely Rotten Productions, in co-operation with Night Shroud Records. It was recorded at Phlegm Studios in Lejre and mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson of Earhammer Productions. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Humanoid’, ‘Striving For Destruction’, ‘Autosarcophagy’, ‘The Eyes Of Worms’, ‘Apophis’, ‘Reflected By The Void’, ‘Deiquisitor’, ‘Atomic Assassins’ and ‘Praise The Lord’. For all additional DEIQUISITOR information please visit www.facebook.com/deiquisitor
Italian technical Death Metallers HOUR OF PENANCE have added new drummer Giacomo Torti (ex – BLOODTRUTH) to their line-up. You can check out his skills in the playthrough video for ‘Sovereign Nation’, which you will find over here. The song appears on the band’s album “Misotheism”, which will be re-released on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape on January 27, 2023 via Agonia Records. All further HOUR OF PENANCE info is available at www.facebook.com/hourofpenance
Portland, Oregon based Deathgrind duo DEHISCENCE is streaming their debut mini album “Colony” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on December 09, 2022 via Chaos Records on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. The tape edition will be released by Seeds Of Doom Records. DEHISCENCE features members from DIABOLIC OATH and FUNEBRARUM. More information you will find at www.facebook.com/chaosrecords
On December 30, 2022 Horror Pain Gore Death Productions will re-release a split album between Swedish Black Metallers PAGAN RITES and the Netherlands’ Black / Speed Metallers VULCAN TYRANT on CD and digital formats. It was originally released on CD via Take This Torch Records in 2021, limited to 100 copies only. PAGAN RITES are featured with the tracks ‘Pain Of The Flesh’ and ‘Sign Of The Horn’ and VULCAN TYRANT with ‘Invocation Of The Lion-Headed Serpent’ and ‘Vexed By A Wicked Nightmare’. You can stream ‘Pain Of The Flesh’ by PAGAN RITES at this location and ‘Vexed By A Wicked Nightmare’ by VULCAN TYRANT over here. More about both bands at www.facebook.com/paganrites and www.facebook.com/vulcantyrant
Tampa, Florida based Death Metallers NOCTURNUS AD have returned to New Constellation studio in Orlando, Florida for the recordings of their new album. The follow-up to “Paradox” (2019) will once again be engineered and produced by Jarrett Pritchard. According to drummer / vocalist Mike Browning about 90% of the album is already recorded and then the mixing and mastering will be done at New Constellation studio as well. The last four songs on the album will continue “The Key” story, just like “Paradox” did. There’s no actual release date at this point, but it will be released via Profound Lore Records again sometime next year. For regular updates make sure to follow NOCTURNUS AD at www.facebook.com/nocturnusad
On January 23, 2023 Memento Mori will release “The Parasitic Chambers”, the second full length from San Diego, California based Death Metallers CONJURETH. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Smothering Psalms’, ‘Dimensional Ascendancy’, ‘Devastating Cataclysmic Unearthing’, ‘Cremated Dominion’, ‘Deathless Sway of Torsos Calm’, ‘A Blood Romance’, ‘The Ancient Presence’, ‘In Mortal Thresholds’, ‘From Ceremonies Past’ and ‘The Unworshipped II’. The album opener can already be checked out over here. The “The Parasitic Chambers” cover artwork was created by Erskine Designs. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/conjureth
German Death Metal quintet TERRIBLE SICKNESS has just released a video for ‘Winds Of Extinction’ at this location. The track is featured on their third full length album “Flesh For The Insatiable”, which was released last month via MDD Records. More about TERRIBLE SICKNESS at www.facebook.com/terriblesickness.official
Czech Black Metallers SKÁLA are streaming their debut album “The Secrecy” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 09, 2022 via Eternal Death on cassette tape format. For more information please visit www.eternal-death.com or www.facebook.com/eternaldeathusa
Finnish Doom / Death Metal one man project THE ORACLE HOUSE has just digitally released its debut four song EP “Golden Path”. THE ORACLE HOUSE was founded in 2020 by Jani Koskela, who’s idea was to create “heavy and crushing Death / Doom in the spirit of COFFINS (Japan), SLAUGHTER (Canada), CELTIC FROST etc.” Lyrically he focuses on religious mass murders, occult themes and other morbid tales. A full EP stream is available here https://theoraclehouse.bandcamp.com
“Caviary To The General”, the sophomore full length from Polish Black Metallers TERRESTRIAL HOSPICE, will be released on February 10, 2023 via Ancient Dead Productions on CD and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Rat In A Burning Cage’, ‘In The Streams Of Phlegethon’, ‘December Night’, ‘Extinction Delight’, ‘Vermin’, ‘The Last Dance’, ‘Memoir’, ‘Path To Mahasamadhi’ and ‘Ars Moriendi’. You can already check out ‘In The Streams Of Phlegethon’ over here. More about TERRESTRIAL HOSPICE at www.facebook.com/terrestrialhospiceofficial
On December 31, 2022 The Sinister Flame will release “Manum Inicere Alicui”, the second album from German Black Metallers HAR SHATAN, on vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Intro / Aurora’, ‘Fulgens Et Sole Clarior’, ‘Secret’, ‘Loyalty Until Death’, ‘Blood Of Creation’, ‘Lichtträger Lucifers’ and ‘Another Dimension (Outro)’. A full album stream is available at this location. For all further information please visit www.thesinisterflame.com or www.facebook.com/thesinisterflame
Russian symphonic / epic Doom / Deathers MARE INFINITUM will release their third full length “Cryosleep” on December 16, 2022 via Solitude Productions on CD and digitally. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Your Final Bow’, ‘The Flight Of No Return’, ‘Event Horizon’, ‘Cryosleep’ and ‘Celestial Escapist’. You can already stream the album’s title track at http://mareinfinitum.bandcamp.com
American Black Metallers BAD MANOR are now streaming the track ‘Love Song’, a cover of Punk legends THE DAMNED, at this location. The song originally appeared on the sold out cassette edition of the band’s debut album “The Haunting”, which was limited to 93 copies (one of which was set on fire for reasons still unknown). It featured alternate master and artwork with no credits other than the band name and album title. The entire tape was wrapped in foil, tied with twine, had a rusty house key attached and then the entire thing was submerged in hot wax. Labyrinth Tower will release the vinyl edition of “The Haunting” on January 28, 2023. It will be available on heavyweight translucent pink / magenta marble and limited black vinyl, with an illustrated 16-page book of stories that accompany the twisted tales heard on “The Haunting”. Orders also come with a brushed bronze Ordo Vampyr Orientis insignia pin. A full stream you will find over here. For more information or pre-order details please visit www.labyrinthtower.com
Hungarian atmospheric Black Metallers WITCHER have just released a video for ‘Hazatérés’ right here. The song appears on the band’s third full length “Lélekharang”, which was self-released on CD, tape and vinyl in October. A full album stream is available at this location. For all additional WITCHER information check out www.facebook.com/witcherband
Greek Black Metallers DEVISER have just released a video for ‘Cold Comes The Night’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming new album “Evil Summons Evil”, which will be out in February 2023 on CD, LP and digitally via Hammerheart Records. It was recorded at Soundabuseproductions in Athens and produced by Psychon of SEPTICFLESH, who also mixed and mastered the album. For regular updates make sure to follow DEVISER at www.facebook.com/deviserbandofficial
On January 27, 2023 Me Saco Un Ojo Records, in co-operation with Pulverised Records, will release “Eruption”, the debut full length from Finland’s Death / Grinders SONIC POISON, on vinyl and CD respectively. The tracklist reads like this: ‘Reeking Earth’, ‘Impenetrable Force’, ‘Repulsive Reactions’, ‘Carbonized’, ‘Ouroboros’, ‘Taste Of Inferiority’, ‘Grinding Fear’, ‘The Scavenger’, ‘Antihesis’, ‘No Time’, ‘War On Drugs’, ‘Library Slasher’, ‘Eruption’, ‘Radiate The Masses’, ‘Uprising’ and ‘World We Knew’. You can already check out ‘Library Slasher’ over here. More SONIC POISON music is available at https://sonicpoison13.bandcamp.com
DESTRÖYER 666 have just released a video for the title track of their new album “Never Surrender” at this location. More DESTRÖYER 666 info you will find at www.facebook.com/destroyer666page
Belarus based brutal Death Metallers OMINOUS SCRIPTURES have just released the title track off their forthcoming third full-length “Rituals Of Mass Self-Ignition” over here. The album’s first single ‘Demonic Totem I Am’ can also be streamed at the same location. Willowtip Records will release the album on CD, vinyl and digital formats on January 27, 2023. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Demonic Totem I Am’, ‘Rituals Of Mass Self-Ignition’, ‘Enraged’, ‘Fanning The Flames’, ‘Serpentine Wisdom’, ‘Mangled Perception’, ‘Inhabitant Of The Lacrimarium’ and ‘Codex Rescriptus’. You can reach out to OMINOUS SCRIPTURES at www.facebook.com/ominousscriptures
All female Brazilian Thrashers THE DAMNNATION have just premiered a video for the song ‘Slaves Of Society’ at this location. The track is taken from their debut full-length “Way Of Perdition”, which was released earlier this year via Soulseller Records. The full tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Before The Drowning’, ‘Way Of Perdition’, ‘Into The Sun’, ‘This Pain Won’t Last’, ‘Grief Of Death’, ‘Random Words’, ‘Slaves Of Society’, ‘Rotten Soul’, ‘No Hope Inside’ and ‘The Greed’. All further THE DAMNNATION information you will find at www.facebook.com/thedamnnationofficial
Florida Death Metallers OBITUARY will release their new full length “Dying Of Everything” via Relapse Records on January 13, 2022 on vinyl LP, CD, cassette tape and digitally. The title track can be streamed over here now. The band commented on it as follows: “We picked the title track for the second single to give fans a taste of something a bit different than that typical OBITUARY style and we are excited to showcase Ken’s writing ability when he and Donald put their heads together and feel it just adds some extra flavor and spice to “Dying Of Everything” and can’t wait for the fans to hear it!!” The full tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Barely Alive’, ‘The Wrong Time’, ‘Without A Conscience’, ‘War’, ‘Dying Of Everything’, ‘My Will To Live’, ‘By The Dawn’, ‘Weaponize The Hate’, ‘Torn Apart’ and ‘Be Warned’. For more info and regular updates follow OBITUARY at www.facebook.com/obituaryband
Santiago, Chile based Thrashers TRASTORNED have just premiered the track ‘Insanity’ over here. It is taken from the band’s upcoming debut full length “Into The Void”, which will be released on January 27, 2023 via Dying Victims Productions. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Witch Hunt’, ‘Metal Violence’, ‘Black Fire’, ‘Miasma Of Death’, ‘Into The Void’, ‘Dreadful Fate (Interlude)’, ‘Insanity’ and ‘Reborn Through Hate’. More TRASTORNED info you will find at www.facebook.com/trastorned
Black / Thrashers DESTRÖYER 666 will embark on a 16 dates European tour in March 2023. It will include shows in Germany, France, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Poland and the Netherlands. The tour will kick off at the Helvete club in Oberhausen, Germany on March 03, 2023 and ends on March 19, 2023 at the Baroeg in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The band will be touring in support of their new album “Never Surrender”, which will be released via Season Of Mist today. All additional information you will find at www.facebook.com/destroyer666page
On December 30, 2022 Hells Headbangers will release “Bestiary Of Immortal Hunger”, the third album from New Orleans based bestial Black / Deathers ABYSMAL LORD, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl edition will follow next year. You can already listen to ‘Ultra Expulser’ over here. The previously revealed album track ‘Antisemen Of Ceremonial Pseudochrist’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete “Bestiary Of Immortal Hunger” tracklist reads like this: ‘Starvation Mass (Ortni)’, ‘Satanic Return’, ‘Glowing Baphomet’, ‘Medo Da Morte (Yrasor)’, ‘Bestiary Of Immortal Hunger’, ‘Obscure Grottos Of Hell’, ‘Carcass Of The Living God’, ‘Ultra Expulser’, ‘Antisemen Of Ceremonial Pseudochrist’, ‘Towering Leviathan’ and ‘Deny The Paradise’. More about ABYSMAL LORD at www.facebook.com/abysmal-lord-2274024519585588
On January 20, 2023 Personal Records will release the self-titled debut EP from Finnish Death Metallers ASHEN TOMB, on transparent CD. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘They Live Beneath’, ‘Graveless Abomination’ and ‘Bleak Earth That Used To Host The Ignorant Race That Foresaw Its Doom And Did Nothing (Exterminated The Pest That Once Depraved Its Body)’. You can already check out ‘Graveless Abomination’ over here. ASHEN TOMB can be reached at www.facebook.com/ashentomb
On January 23, 2023, Memento Mori will release “Praeparet Bellum”, the seventh full length from Long Island, New York based Doom / Death Metallers RIGOR SARDONICOUS. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Caelum Ardere Vidistis’, ‘Sanguinem Floralibus Luna’, ‘Terra Mota Est’, ‘Vita Cantus’, ‘Ex Finitim’, ‘Voluntatem Dei’, ‘Unholy Sonnet 10’ and ‘Praeparet Bellum’. You can already sream ‘Voluntatem Dei’ at this location. More RIGOR SARDONICOUS info can be found at www.facebook.com/rigorsardonicous.official
London, England based Death Metallers QRIXKUOR will release a new EP entitled “Zoetrope” on CD and tape formats on December 02, 2022 via Invictus Productions (Europe) and Dark Descent Records (USA). The vinyl edition will follow in mid 2023. A full EP stream is available right here. All additional QRIXKUOR information you will find at www.facebook.com/qrixkuor
Austin, Texas based Black / Death Metal project SARPA will release a new EP entitled “Mauta Tala” on February 17, 2023. The 12-minute opening track ‘Arcane Rites – Tohu Wa Bohu’ is already available for streaming at this location. The complete “Mauta Tala” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Arcane Rites – Tohu Wa Bohu’, ‘Necropoleis Of The Nebulous Deserts’ and ‘It Looms’. For more info please visit www.facebook.com/sarpahorde
Spanish Thrashers HOLYCIDE have just released video # 7 (out of a series of 10) from their second album “Fist To Face”. You can watch a lyric video for ‘The Aftermath’ (a RECIPIENTS OF DEATH cover) over here. All other HOLYCIDE videos you will find at this location. More band info is available at www.facebook.com/holycide