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March 31, 2022

“Transcendentia: The Shadow Pilgrimage”, the debut full length from German Black Metallers LUNAR CHALICE, will be released via Iron Bonehead Productions on June 01, 2022 on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Accusation’, ‘Calix Cum Velum’, ‘Immortuae’, ‘Descending Shadows’, ‘The Saturn Rite’, ‘The Astral Stargate’, ‘Flagellationis Diaboli’ and ‘Nocturnalia’. You can already listen to ‘Calix Cum Velum’ over here. For all further LUNAR CHALICE information please visit www.facebook.com/lunar-chalice-103072924374033

On May 31, 2022 Purity Through Fire will release the third album from Finnish Black Metal four-piece SHADOW’S MORTUARY, “Unohdettu Maa”, on digipak CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP edition will be released later this year. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Hurmeen Virta’, ‘Pohjola’, ‘Teloituksen Aika’, ‘Haudanlöyhkä’, ‘Veremme Voima’, ‘Viimeinen Laukaus’, ‘Ylistys’ and ‘Kahleista Maan’. The album closer ‘Kahleista Maan’ can already be streamed at this location. More SHADOW’S MORTUARY info you will find at www.facebook.com/shadowsmortuaryofficial

Montreal, Canada based Black / Thrash Metal duo SKUMSTRIKE will release their debut full length “Deadly Intrusions” via Selfmadegod Records on April 08, 2022 on CD and digital formats. Caligari Records will release the cassette version. ‘Caustic Poison’, the opening track, can already be streamed over here. The album was recorded and mixed in July / August 2021 in Montreal by Pat McDowall and mastered by Enormous Door. The cover artwork was created by Indonesian artist Ibay Arifin. For all further SKUMSTRIKE info check out www.facebook.com/skumstrike

Finnish symphonic Doom / Deathers DEPRESSED MODE have just released a video for ‘Dissociation Of The Extinguished Mind’, which features Jarkko Kokko from MORS PRINCIPIUM EST on lead guitars. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming third album “Decade Of Silence”, which will be released on May 06, 2022 via Inverse Records. You can watch the video at this location. Videos for the previously released songs ‘Endless November’, featuring Veronica Bordacchini from FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, ‘Death Walks Among Us’ and ‘Eternal Darkness’ can still be found here, here and here. The full tracklist of “Decade Of Silence” reads as follows: ‘Death Walks Among Us’, ‘Endless November’, ‘Dissociation Of The Extinguished Mind’, ‘As The Light Dims’, ‘Parasites Of Mind’, ‘Kaamos (Land Of Winter)’, ‘Serpents’, ‘Eternal Darkness’ and ‘Aeternus’. You can follow DEPRESSED MODE at www.facebook.com/depressedmodedoom

Chilean Black Metallers SAKLAS are streaming their debut EP “The One Who Swallowed God” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on April 01, 2022 via Personal Records. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/saklasband

‘Lifelessness’, a new track from Chile based thrashy technical Death Metallers SUPPRESSION, can be streamed over here now. The song is taken from their forthcoming full length “The Sorrow Of Soul Through Flesh”, which will be released via Unspeakable Axe Records on CD and digital formats on April 25, 2022. The vinyl edition will follow via Dark Descent Records later this year. The album was mixed and mastered by Colin Martson (GORGUTS) and the artwork was supplied by Paolo Girardi. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Lifelessness’, ‘Overfeeding Gaps’, ‘Monochromatic Chambers’, ‘Unperpetual Misery’, ‘Unwinding Harmonies’, ‘Lost Eyes’, ‘Misunderstanding Reality’, ‘Self-Eaten Alive’, ‘Arrowheads’ and ‘Extortion Behaviors’. SUPPRESSION features two former members of Chilean Thrashers RIPPER. For all additional SUPPRESSION information please visit www.facebook.com/suppression.death.metal

In February 2018, Antti Parviainen, founder and guitarist of defunct Finnish melodic Death Metallers CEREBRAL MIST died abruptly, leaving behind him six demos, which were to serve as the backbone of an upcoming album. In the summer of 2021 the band’s vocalist Antti Argillander, bassist Erno Venäläinen and current music producer Erno Sallinen started the production of an EP later to be named “Age Of Mist”. “The project was interesting due to the fact that everything needed to be arranged around Parviainen’s demo guitars”, Sallinen recollects. “No guitar tracks were re-recorded, unless absolutely necessary.” Argillander’s vocals were recorded by Elmo Kröger (also currently in KINGS OF GUILT) and the backing vocals were sung by NEVICATE’s Anni Kokkonen. The record was mixed and mastered by Joona Muistola of HAW Studios, and the cover art was drawn by Sinni Jensen. The EP will be released via Inverse Records today. You can listen to it in its entirety at this location. The original untouched demos of the songs are available at CEREBRAL MIST’s Bandcamp site. For all further CEREBRAL MIST info check out www.facebook.com/cerebralmist

March 30, 2022

Prague’s Death Metallers HEAVING EARTH will release their third full-length “Darkness Of God” on May 27, 2022 via Lavadome Productions on CD and digitally. It was produced by Leon Macey (MITHRAS) and mixed and mastered by Andrea Petucco (AD NAUSEAM). The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Violent Gospels (Ordination Of The Holy Trinity)’, ‘Crossing The Great Divide (Prayer To A Crumbling Shrine)’, ‘Apologetics (Of Failure And Fall)’, ‘Forever Deceiving Dismal Gods’, ‘Cardinal Sin’, ‘The Lord’s Lamentations’, ‘Earthly Kingdom Of God In Ruins’, ‘Flesh–Ridden Providence’ and ‘Woeful Redemption’. The album opener ‘Violent Gospels (Ordination Of The Holy Trinity)’ can already be streamed over here. For more HEAVING EARTH information please visit www.facebook.com/heavingearth

UK’s blackened Thrashers CRAVEN IDOL and Chicago based Death Metallers BERATOR (featuring former members of PROFANATICA, THE CHASM and NACHTMYSTICUM) will join forces on the upcoming “Venomous Onslaught” US tour. The tour kicks off on May 30, 2022 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and ends on June 10, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (BERATOR will play the fest’s pre-show on June 09, 2022). A promo video for the tour is available at this location. For regular updates make sure to follow the bands at www.facebook.com/cravenidol or www.facebook.com/berator

Norwegian NATTEHIMMEL is a brand new project from IN THE WOODS… and GREEN CARNATION founder members Christian (guitar) and Christopher (bass), who have returned to their Black Metal roots and teamed up with recently departed IN THE WOODS… vocalist / guitarist / keyboardist, Englishman James Fogarty (also of OLD FOREST) and Sven Rothe (STRANGE NEW DAWN) on drums. A limited 3 track demo tape “The Night Sky Beckons” will be released on May 06, 2022 via Hammerheart Records. For pre-order information please visit the Hammerheart Records store. The band is currently working on their debut album.

Gothenburg, Sweden based Speed Metallers ARMORY have just premiered the track ‘Wormhole Escape’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming third album “Mercurion”, which will be released on April 22, 2022 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed ‘Deep Space Encounter’ and ‘The Hunters From Beyond’ can still be streamed here, respectively here. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Message From The Stars’, ‘Journey Into Infinity’, ‘Transneptunic Flight’, ‘The Hunters From Beyond’, ‘Deep Space Encounter’, ‘Void Prison’, ‘Wormhole Escape’, ‘Music From The Spheres’ and ‘Event Horizon’. For all additional ARMORY information check out www.facebook.com/armoryofficial

Italian Horror Death Metallers TENEBRO have just released a lyric video of the song ‘Quella È La Villa’ as a second advance single from their upcoming debut full length “L’Inizio Di Un Incubo”, which will be out on May 03, 2022 via Xtreem Music on CD, limited 12″ vinyl LP (100 orange and 150 black), limited cassette (50 copies) and digital formats. You can watch the video at this location. The following tracks will be featured on the album: ‘Quella È La Villa’, ‘Ultima Tomba’, ‘Necrofilia’, ‘L’Imbalsamazione Dell’Amore’, ‘Brucia Strega!’, ‘I Morti Richiamati In Vita’, ‘Il Killer Del Rasoio’, ‘Sporca, Lurida, Puttana’, ‘Orrore Nel Castello Del Barone’, ‘Dèmoni’ and ‘L’Inizio Di Un Incubo’. More TENEBRO at https://tenebro666.bandcamp.com

“Vom Schwarzen Schmied: Bergkgesænge”, the special version of the fourth album from German Black Metallers DAUÞUZ, is streaming in its entirety over here now. It will be released on April 01, 2022 via Amor Fati Productions on CD format (the tape edition will be released by Helhallen Tonträger). A special video for the re-recorded version of ‘Der Bergschmied II: Der Eid’ you can watch at this location. More about DAUÞUZ at www.facebook.com/dauthuzbm

Australia’s Black / Death Metal four-piece DENOUNCEMENT PYRE will release their fourth full length “Forever Burning” on June 17, 2022 via Agonia Records on CD, cassette, vinyl (black, red and “fire”), picture disc and digitally. The album was recorded at the band’s own studio, apart from drums, which were recorded at The Black Lodge Studio by Joel Taylor. It was mixed at I-HQ (NOCTURNAL GRAVES, ORDER OF ORIAS) by Jarro Raphael and mastered at High Voltage Audio by James Frazzetto. The cover artwork was created by Mitchell Nolte (ABORTED, MYSTIFIER, LUCIFERS CHILD). Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Forever Burning’, ‘The Liberating Fires Of Moloch’, ‘Tongues Stretched For Salvation’, ‘Darkness In The Eyes Of Apophis’, ‘Hung Like Swine’, ‘Burn This World And Start Again’, ‘The Opposer Of Light’ and ‘Sunder The Living Temple’. For all further DENOUNCEMENT PYRE information please visit www.facebook.com/denouncementpyre

“Presumed Dead,” the 1989 debut demo from Pennsylvania based defunct Thrashers SACRAMENT, will be available in a very limited vinyl pressing in October 2022. It was remastered from its original cassette format by Jon Tooley (HOPE DEFERRED, THE FAMINE). More information and pre-order details at https://thecharoncollective.bandcamp.com.

Singapore based Black / Death Metallers BATTLESTORM will release their sophomore album “Summon Decimation” as a limited CD edition (300 copies) via Trauma Records on April 01, 2022. It was recorded at Grimshrine Studios in 2020 and mastered by Joseph Curwen (UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN). The artwork was created by Jenglot Hitam. A full album stream is already available at this location. For pre-order details please contact traumarkhan@hotmail.com

On June 01, 2022 Iron Bonehead Productions will release a new mini album from America’s blackened Death Metallers CRUCIFIER, “Say Your Prayers”, on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘My Soul To Take’, ‘Foul Deeds Will Rise’, ‘Into Ash’, ‘Chime Of The Goat’s Head Bell’ and ‘Jesus Hitler’ (CARNIVORE cover). You can already check out ‘Into Ash’ over here. More CRUCIFIER at www.reverbnation.com/crucifier

March 29, 2022

On May 27, 2022 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Offerings Of Rapture And Decay”, the debut album from Greek old school Death Metallers CADAVER COILS, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Wings As Blades’, ‘Fruits Of Avarice’, ‘Splenetic Voices’, ‘Tongue Of The Beast’, ‘Arid Sand Tomb’ and ‘A Sovereign, A Monarch’. You can already stream ‘Splenetic Voices’ at this location. For all additional information check out www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions

Hagen, Germany based old school Death Metallers DENOMINATION have just released their debut album “They Burn As One” on all digital platforms. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Mike Utah’s Audio Ranch (MORGOTH) and produced by Jörn Michutta (MORGOTH “Ungod”) and Dirk Alberti. The record on physical formats will be released on April 10, 2022 as limited tape (100 copies) and limted digipak CD (500 copies). The vinyl editions will be available in September 2022 (100 transparent blue, 100 transparent green, 100 splatter). A full album stream is available over here. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/nastyhm2tone

California, based Death Metal trio SACRILEGA has just premiered the track ‘Sacrament Of The Void’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s debut full length “The Arcana Spear”, which will be released via Blood Harvest Records. The CD and cassette tape versions will be out on April 29, 2022, while the vinyl LP version will follow on July 29, 2022. The previously revealed title track can still be streamed over here. The full “The Arcana Spear” tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Arcana Spear’, ‘Tower Of Suppression’, ‘Rites Of Macabre’, ‘Sacrament Of The Void’, ‘Entre Sangre & Veneno’, ‘Ode To The Sepulcher Dream’, ‘A Vision Glorified In Fire’ and ‘Embrace The Grand Tyranny’. The album was recorded at Ramona Studio with Charlie Koryn and the artwork was created by Artem Grigoryev. For more SACRILEGA information please visit www.facebook.com/sacrilegadeathmetal

Portuguese Doom / Deathers THE CHAPTER will release their sophomore full length “Delusion Of Consciousness” on April 22, 2022 as digipak CD and digitally. It was produced by Daniel Cardoso (ANATHEMA, ANGELUS APATRIDA, AVA INFERI), who also took care of the mixing and mastering at Ohme Studios. The artwork was supplied by João Gomes. An official video for the album opener ‘Halocline’ can already be watched over here. All additional THE CHAPTER info you will find at www.facebook.com/thechaptermusic

Australian Metalpunks REAPER have just premiered the track ‘The Reaper’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s upcoming debut full length “Viridian Inferno”, which will be released on April 22, 2022 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed ‘Drop Of The Blade’ is still available for streaming at this location. A third album track (‘Decay’) you will still find over here. Here’s the album’s full tracklist: ‘Shadow Of The Crucifix’, ‘Satanic Panic’, ‘Taste The Blood’, ‘Drop Of The Blade’, ‘The Reaper’, ‘Nothing Left To Waste’, ‘Decay’, ‘Sentinels Of Heresy’, ‘Mass Grave’ and ‘Internal Torment’. You can follow REAPER at www.facebook.com/reapermelbourne

March 28, 2022

On May 05, 2022 Caligari Records will release “Spasticating Exacution”, a split mini-album between the two Italian Death Metallers SPASTICUS and BOIA, on cassette tape format. The CD version will be co-released with Necrolatry Records. The following tracks will be featured on it. SPASTICUS – ‘Crypt Of Freaks’, ‘Inbred Earth’ and ‘Hideous Eternal’. BOIA – ‘Coffin Claustrophobia’, ‘Putrid Warhorses Of Death’ and ‘Sodomize The Nun’ (POSTRIBULUM cover). You can already check out two of the songs at this location. For all additional band information, please visit www.facebook.com/spasticusdeathrash or www.facebook.com/boia666

Finnish Black Metallers AETHYRICK are currently streaming their fourth full length album “Pilgrimage” in its entirety right here. It will be released on March 31, 2022 via The Sinister Flame. More about AETHYRICK at www.aethyrick.com

German Black Metallers SERVANT have just released a full live show entitled “Black Mass Evocation”, exclusively at this location. It was recorded on February 18, 2022 at Hardeg Castle, near Göttingen in Germany. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Hymn To The Latest Days’, ‘Death Meditation’, ‘The Ultimate Occult Worship’, ‘Incantation Of The Old Ones’, ‘Ecclesia Obscuri’, ‘Blessed By The Light Of A Thousand Stars’ and ‘Negate The I’. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/servantmagick

On May 27, 2022 Iron Bonehead Productions will release a new mini album from German Death Metal three-piece ABYTHIC, “Eden Of The Doomed”, on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Revelation From The Great Vastness Thereafter’, ‘Conquest Of The One True Creed’ and ‘Victory In Your Eden Of The Doomed’. You can already stream ‘Conquest Of The One True Creed’ over here. For more ABYTHIC information check out www.facebook.com/abythic

March 26, 2022

Berlin / Wroclaw based blackened Death Metallers CHTHONIC CULT are streaming their second album “Become Seekers For Death” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on March 28, 2022 via Putrid Cult. All further band info is available at www.facebook.com/chthonic.cult

Italy’s Doom / Deathers ASSUMPTION will release their new full length album “Hadean Tides” via Everlasting Spew Records on May 20, 2022 on CD and digitally (the vinyl edition will follow later in 2022). In the American territory the tape and vinyl versions will be handled by Sentient Ruin. You can already stream the first single ‘Submerged By Hadean Tides’ over here. More about ASSUMPTION at www.facebook.com/assumptiondoom

March 25, 2022

On May 27, 2022 Edged Circle Productions will release the second album of international Death Metallers DARKENED, “The Black Winter”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It was produced by Linus Nirbrant and mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound. The cover artwork was created by Juanjo Castellano Rosado (UNLEASHED, THE BLACK DALHIA MURDER, GATES OF ISHTAR). The following tracks will appear on the album: ‘Premonitions’, ‘Blood’, ‘Flayed’, ‘Terminal Lucidity’, ‘Black Winter’, ‘Fearful Quandary’, ‘Swallowed By The World’, ‘Plague Of Despair’ and ‘Regret’. You can already listen to ‘Blood’ at this location. The current DARKENED line-up consists of Hempa Brynolfsson – guitar (EXCRUCIATE), Linus Nirbrant – guitar (A CANOROUS QUINTET), Tobias Cristiansson – bass (GRAVE, ex – DISMEMBER), Gord Olson – vocals (YE GOAT HERD GODS) and Andy Whale – drums (MEMORIAM, ex – BOLT THROWER). For all additional DARKENED information please visit www.facebook.com/darkeneddeathmetal

FOUR DAYS OF FUNERAL, the new band of former ARGENTUM vocalist Khabéé Lex Mortum, have just released their first single ‘Indomitaeque Morte’. You can check it out right here. For regular band updates make sure to follow FOUR DAYS OF FUNERAL at www.facebook.com/four-days-of-funeral-100748419241129

On April 25, 2022 German melodic Death Metallers DRAGONBREED will release their debut full length “Necrohedron” via MDD Records. The band consists of SUIDAKRA / GRAVEWORM musicians. A video for ‘The Undying’, the album opener, can already be watched at this location. More DRAGONBREED info you will find at www.facebook.com/dragonbreedofficial

A full stream of “Under Satan’s Wrath”, the new split release between Greek LUCIFER’S CHILD and Brazil’s MYSTIFIER, is available over here now. It will be released via Agonia Records today. More about both bands at www.facebook.com/luciferschildmusic or www.facebook.com/mystifier666

Brisbane, Australia based ORATORY will release their debut EP “Inner Pyre” on May 16, 2022. The band combines Death Metal, Sludge and Hardcore. A video for the EP’s first single ‘Capitulation Genuflect’ is already available at this location now. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/oratory666

Dutch melodic Death / Thrashers DISQUIET will release their third full-length “Instigate To Annihilate” on May 06, 2022 on CD, LP and digitally via Soulseller Records. A video for ‘Destroyance’ is already available over here. All additional info you will find at www.facebook.com/disquietofficial

Brazil’s female old school Thrashers THE DAMNNATION will release their debut full length “Way Of Perdition” via Soulseller Records on May 06, 2022 on CD, LP and digitally. A video for the album track ‘Grief Of Death’ can already be watched at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/thedamnnationofficial

“Drep Alle Guder”, the third full-length of Norwegian Black Metallers DJEVELKULT, will be out via Soulseller Records on May 06, 2022 on CD, LP and digitally. The album track ‘Voidwalker’ can already be streamed here. For more DJEVELKULT info please visit www.facebook.com/djevelkult

March 24, 2022

Swedish Doom / Deathers GRAND HARVEST are streaming their debut album “Consummatum Est” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on March 25, 2022 via Messor Grandis Productions. All additional GRAND HARVEST information you will find at www.facebook.com/grandharvest.band

On May 06, 2022 Personal Records will release “Deathbed Sessions”, a new EP from Finnish Death Metallers SEPULCHRAL CURSE, on CD. Lycanthropic Chants will release it on vinyl and digitally and Transylvanian Recordings will be handling the tape edition. The EP will feature the following tracks: ‘Circular Aeons’, ‘Harvesting The Bloodlines’, ‘Dystheist’ and ‘Towards The Shrouded Infinity’ (DEMIGOD cover). You can already stream ‘Dystheist’ over here. More about SEPULCHRAL CURSE at www.facebook.com/sepulchralcurse

German Black Metal duo MORTUUS INFRADAEMONI is streaming their upcoming third full length “Inmortuos Sum” in its entirety at this location now. The album will be released on March 25, 2022 via Iron Bonehead Productions. MORTUUS INFRADAEMONI features ex – LUNAR AURORA members Profanatitas (drums, bass, vocals) and Nathaniel (guitar, vocals). Full album streams of their previous releases you will find at https://mortuusinfradaemoni.bandcamp.com

March 23, 2022

“Mythological Cccult Metal” act PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN’S APSÛ have just premiered a lyric / visualizer video for ‘Every Watchtower Within Is The Axis Of A Watchtower Without’, the third single from their self-titled debut album, which is out now on Agonia Records. You can watch the video here. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/officialabsu

Stockholm, Sweden based blackened Thrashers BEASTIALITY have just premiered a video for ‘Sacrificial Chants’ at this location. The track is taken from the band’s comeback EP “Sacrificial Chants”, which was released late last month via Invictus Productions. The full tracklist of the EP reads like this: ‘Intro’, ‘Sacrificial Chants’, ‘Sinner’, ‘Thy Kingdom Dead’ and ‘The Black Sun Prophecy’. You can follow BEASTIALITY at www.facebook.com/beastiality-sweden-670820422970293

“Span Of Aeons”, the debut full length from Austrian Death Metallers DAETH DAEMON, has just been released via Ván Records on black and marbled vinyl (limited to 150, respectively 250 copies), as well as a 3 panel digipak 2 CD (housed in a slipcase), limited to 500 handnumbered copies. The first edition comes with a 5 song bonus disc, featuring the band’s previously released “The Skeleton Spectre” EP. PUNGENT STENCH’s Martin Schirenc and BELPHEGOR’s former vocalist Mäxx Crusher both contributed guest vocals to the album. For additional band info check out www.facebook.com/daethdaemon

Graz, Austria based Death Metallers NEKRODEUS will release their new album “Asbest” on April 01, 2022 via Grazil Records (in co-operation with Teratogen) on marbled and black vinyl, CD, cassette tape and digitally. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Werther’, ‘Asbest’, ‘I Fought The Low And The Low Won’, ‘Lied Aus Blei’, ‘Lethe’, ‘Lifeloather’, ‘Eat Dirt Taste Life’, ‘Schwarzer Regen’ and ‘Urne’. For all further NEKRODEUS info please visit www.facebook.com/nekrodeus

Chilean Death Metallers MORTIFY are streaming their second album “Fragments At The Edge Of Sorrow” at this location. It will be released on March 25, 2022 via Chaos Records. The cover artwork was created by Colombian artist Julian Mora. More about MORTIFY at www.facebook.com/mortifydeathmetal

Norma Evangelium Diaboli have just released “The Long Defeat”, the new full length from French Black Metal trio DEATHSPELL OMEGA. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Enantiodromia’, ‘Eadem, Sed Aliter’, ‘The Long Defeat’, ‘Sie Sind Gerichtet!’ and ‘Our Life Is Your Death’. For DEATHSPELL OMEGA music samples go to https://deathspellomega.bandcamp.com

Italian blackened Speed Metallers HELLCRASH have just premiered the track ‘Hell Breaks Loose’ at this location. It will appear on their upcoming vinyl split 7″ with BUNKER 66, “Hell & Sulphur”, which will be released on March 25, 2022 via Dying Victims Productions. BUNKER 66’s previously revealed EP contribution ‘Pandemonial Storms’ can still be streamed over here. More information about both bands you will find at www.facebook.com/bunker66 and www.facebook.com/hellcrashmetal

Norwegian Black Metallers ABBATH are now streaming their new album “Dread Reaver” in its entirety over here. It will be released on March 25, 2022 via Season Of Mist. You can follow ABBATH for regular updates at www.facebook.com/abbathband

A full stream of “All Paths Are Left Here…”, the upcoming debut full length from Ukranian Death Metallers NECROM, is available at this location now. It will be released on March 25, 2022 via Osmose Productions on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will be released later this year. For all additional band information check out www.facebook.com/necromofficial

March 22, 2022

Brazilian Black Metallers NECROMANTE are streaming their upcoming second album “XI” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on March 25, 2022 via Iron Bonehead Productions. All additional information you will find at www.instagram.com/necromante_official

A full album stream of “Soulgazer”, the debut full length from Denver, Colorado based Death Metallers ASTRAL TOMB, you will find at this location now. It will be released on March 25, 2022 via Blood Harvest Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP edition will follow on July 29, 2022. More ASTRAL TOMB at www.linktr.ee/astraltomb

Netherlands based atmospheric Black Metal duo FREJA has just premiered the track ‘Of Those Stricken By Fate’ right here. It will appear on the band’s debut full length “Tides”, which will be released on April 22, 2022 via Babylon Doom Cult Records. The cover painting was done by Johan Prenger of Reflections Records. The previously revealed ‘Our Chosen Path’ can still be checked out at this location. The complete “Tides” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Our Chosen Path’, ‘Scattered Shields’, ‘Dusk’, ‘Cataclysm’, ‘Of Those Stricken By Fate’ and ‘Cloaks Of Valor’. For all further FREJA info please visit www.facebook.com/frejaband

March 21, 2022

Dutch Thrashers DEAD HEAD have just premiered another song from their upcoming seventh full-length “Slave Driver”. You can check out a video for ‘Polar Vortex’ at this location. The album will be released on April 29, 2022 2022 via Hammerheart Records on CD, LP and digitally. It was recorded by Erwin Hermsen at Toneshed Studio (TROUBLE, PESTILENCE, MALEVOLENT CREATION) and features artwork by Vladimir Chebakov (KATALEPSY, HIDIOUS DIVINITY). The previously revealed tracks ‘Acolyte’ and ‘Frequency Illusion’ can still be checked out here and here. More DEAD HEAD info is available at www.facebook.com/deadheadthrash

On April 22, 2022 Signal Rex will release a split album between UK based Black Metal quartet CAPEL BELUAH and US Black Metallers OLKOTH on digipak CD format. It will feature the following tracks. CAPEL BELUAH: ‘The Sunrise Has Swollen Black’, ‘Invert All Harmony’, ‘Ink Well’ and ‘The Mount’. OLKOTH: ‘Of Evil Purity…’ (new version), ‘The Infernal Ceremony’ and ‘Cold Dark Horizons’ (new version). OLKOTH’s ‘The Infernal Ceremony’ can already be streamed over here. For all additional information please visit www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec

A full album stream of “Integument Of Golden Luster”, the eleventh full length from Belgian blackened progressive Death / Thrashers DECLARED DEAD, is available at this location now. It was produced, engineered, recorded, mixed and masterd by the band itself. More DECLARED DEAD at https://declareddead.bandcamp.com

March 19, 2022

Greek Black Metallers FUNERAL STORM have just revealed a track from their upcoming second full length “Chthonic Invocations”, which will be released via Hells Headbangers later this year. You can check out ‘The Void’ at this location. The song is to commemorate the passing of H.P. Lovecraft, with the lyrics inspired by “The Viridian Verses” from The Bible Of Cthulhu. The band issued the following comments about the album: “Inspired by these hard times the world is going through, this album came out a lot darker and aggressive than its predecessor, “Arcane Mysteries”. This song is dedicated to a very special someone who, under the gaze of the Gods, entered the Void. May They Rise.” For all additional FUNERAL STORM information please visit www.facebook.com/funeralstorm666

March 18, 2022

On May 20, 2022 Edged Circle Productions will release the debut full length of Chile’s Black / Speed Metal one-man project SIGN OF EVIL, “Psychodelic Death”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Bad Trip’, ‘The Consequence Of Your Actions’, ‘Psychodelic Death’, ‘Serpent Poison’, ‘When The Day Arrives’, ‘Anonymous’, ‘The War Is Now’, ‘August 8th MMIX’, ‘The Underground’, ‘Die’, ‘Rusted Nailed’, ‘Slow Death’ and ‘Into The Unknown’. A video for the album opener, ‘Bad Trip’, is already available at this location. You can follow SIGN OF EVIL at www.facebook.com/signofevilchile

Denver, Colorado based melodic Death Metallers NIGHTWRAITH have just released a video for ‘Genesthai’. The song is taken from the band’s new full-length “Offering”, which will be released on March 25, 2022 via Reaping Scythe Records. You can watch the video over here. The album will feature the following eight songs: ‘Offering’, ‘Hedonic Adaptation’, ‘Beguiler’, ‘Genesthai’, ‘The Great Acceleration’, ‘Shavano’, ‘Maranasati’ and ‘The Snake And The Rope’. All further NIGHTWRAITH info you will find at www.facebook.com/nightwraith-1864743917133967

Xtreem Music have just re-released “Festering Flesh”, the 1991 demo from German Death Metallers FLESHCRAWL (which back then still were named SUFFOCATION), on digipak CD, limited to 300 copies. It includes liner notes, the cover of the demo, as well as photos and flyers from that era. It was previously already released as a 10″ vinyl edition. More about FLESHCRAWL at www.facebook.com/fleshcrawl

On April 01, 2022 Norma Evangelium Diaboli will release “Sepulkral Dedikation”, the second full length from Swedish Black Metallers LIFVSLEDA. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Sändebudet’, ‘Lifvspänn’, ‘Djefvulen’, ‘Hädankallad’, ‘Likbälet’, ‘Dödspredikanten’, ‘Evigheten’ and ‘Kallet’. For more LIFVSLEDA information check out www.facebook.com/lifvsleda

Finnish Death Metallers DESECRESY have just released a visualizer video for ‘Cult Of Troglodytes’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s upcoming seventh album “Unveil In The Abyss”, which will be released on April 19, 2022 via Xtreem Music on CD, 12″ LP, cassette and digital formats. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063840274770

On April 29, 2022 Osmose Productions will release “Miseria De Profundis”, the second full length from French Black Metal one-man band MEYHNACH, on CD format. The vinyl version will be released later this year. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Virus’, ‘To Exterminate The World’, ‘Into The Weird’, ‘Grim Omen’, ‘Relapse’, ‘In Search Of Wasted Time’ and ‘Tentacles Of Anguish’. All additional info you will find at www.facebook.com/meyhnach

March 17, 2022

“Nocturnal Trance”, the third album from Portuguese Black Metallers CANDELABRUM, will be released via Hells Headbangers on April 29, 2022 on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Crystalline Telasthesia’, ‘Through The Mirror Of Divination’, ‘Poisonous Dark Apparitions’, ‘Beyond (Back To The Origin)’ and ‘Into Death’s Trance’. You can already stream ‘Beyond (Back To The Origin)’ at this location. For more info check out www.hellsheadbangers.com or www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers

Brazilian Death Metallers POISONOUS have just premiered a song of their brand new four-track EP “Doomed Pillars”. You can check out ‘Acausal Dissolution’s Might’ at this location. More about POISONOUS at www.facebook.com/poisonousdeathmetal or https://poisonousdeathmetal.bandcamp.com

Swedish Death Metallers ENTRAILS will release their new full length “An Eternal Time Of Decay” together with a re-issue of “The Tomb Awaits” via Hammerheart in June 2022 on CD and LP. It was mixed by founder Jimmy Lundqvist and mastered by Dan Swanö. The artwork was created by sci-fi artist Henrik Ågren. For regular updates make sure to follow ENTRAILS at www.facebook.com/entrails666

On April 29, 2022 Osmose Productions will release the third and final album from ABHOMINE, “Demonize Destroy Delete”, on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. Hells Headbangers will be releasing the record on both formats in North America. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Liquid Cyber Cipher’, ‘Foul The Wound’, ‘Subjection’, ‘Predation Axiom’ and ‘Slave Syndicate’. For all additional ABHOMINE information please visit www.facebook.com/abhomine-487162971453007

March 16, 2022

Spanish Thrashers HOLYCIDE have just revealed video # 4 (of the series of 10 videos) from their second album “Fist To Face”. You can check out a lyric video of the song ‘Nuclear Fallout’ right here. More HOLYCIDE information you will find at www.facebook.com/holycide

Italian Doom / Deathers ASSUMPTION will release their new album “Hadean Tides” via Everlasting Spew Records later this year. A three minutes teaser can already be checked out at this location. Tape and vinyl editions in the American territory will be released via Sentient Ruin Laboratories. More about ASSUMPTION at www.facebook.com/assumptiondoom

Atlanta, Georgia based Death Metallers FATHER BEFOULED have just released a track from their upcoming fifth album “Crowned In Veneficum”. You can stream ‘Salivating Faithlessness’ right here. The album will be released on March 25, 2022 via Everlasting Spew Records on CD, cassette tape and digital. The vinyl edition will follow later in 2022. You can follow FATHER BEFOULED at www.facebook.com/fatherbefouled

On May 27, 2022 Iron Bonehead Productions will release two simultaneous debut albums of Swedish Black Metallers TROLLDOM, “I Nattens Sken” and “Av Gudars Ätt”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The music of “I Nattens Sken” was already written between 2004 and 2008, recorded in 2018 and mixed and mastered in 2021, while “Av Gudars Ätt” was written between 2014 and 2017, recorded in 2018 and mixed and mastered in 2021. The full tracklist of “I Nattens Sken” reads as follows: ‘Under Vinternattens Dystra Fullmane’, ‘Ondskans Svarta Broderskap’, ‘Nattens Furste’, ‘Inom Nattens Eviga Rit’, ‘Nattmorkrets Svarta Skugga’, ‘Vid Hans Tron Morkret Vilar’, ‘Draparen Av Livets Veke’ and ‘Till Ruinens Svarta Rike’. “Av Gudars Ätt” features the following tracks: ‘Av Nagelbyggt Fran Doda Man…’, ‘Avtryck I Tiden Vavens Sista Stycke’, ‘Tomma Ogonhalor Spa Tidens Ande’, ‘En Eldbekladd Begravningsritual…’ and ‘Ur Nattsvart Dimma Mot Mossens Morka Vatten’. You can already check out a song from each album: ‘Ondskans Svarta Broderskap’ (from “I Nattens Sken”) can be streamed at this location, while ‘Avtryck I Tiden Vavens Sista Stycke’ (from “Av Gudars Ätt”) is available over here. For more info visit www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions

March 15, 2022

Indianapolis, Indiana based Death Metal quartet OBSCENE will release their second album “…From Dead Horizon To Dead Horizon” on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats via Blood Harvest Records. The CD and tape versions will be released on May 27, 2022, in time for the band’s upcoming U.S. tour with MORTA SKULD, while the vinyl version will follow on August 05, 2022. The album was recorded and engineered by Noah Buchanan (MIDNIGHT, NUNSLAUGHTER) at Mercinary Studios and mastered by Dan Swanö (BLOODBATH, HAIL OF BULLETS) at Unisound AB. The cover art was created by Skadvaldur (COFFIN ROT, RIPPED TO SHREDS). The following tracks will be featured on the album: ‘From Dead Horizon’, ‘I Shall Drink The Earth’s Blood’, ‘Deathless Demigod’, ‘Faith Through Pain’, ‘Insensate Cruelty’, ‘The Burrowing Hiss’, ‘Shrew’s Nest’, ‘Children Of The Static’, ‘Open Grave Of A Forgotten Past’ and ‘To Dead Horizon’. You can already watch a video for ‘Deathless Demigod’ right here. For more OBSCENE info please visit www.facebook.com/obscenedm

“Allegiance To The Myth”, the second album from American Black Metal three-piece SERPENTSHRINE, will be released on digipak CD format via Signal Rex on April 22, 2022. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Ancient Ophidian Lords’, ‘Satanic Rituals Of The Perverse’, ‘Blaze Of The Narthex’, ‘Queen Of The Crimson Moon’, ‘Fathomless Rapture’, ‘Witchduck’, ‘Desecrating The Crown’ and ‘Impaling The Weathered Cross’. You can already stream ‘Fathomless Rapture’ over here. For all further SERPENTSHRINE info please check out www.facebook.com/hailtheserpent

American Black / Deathers PERVERSION have just revealed the track ‘Axioms Of Domination’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming second album “Dies Irae”, which will be released via Hells Headbangers later this spring. More PERVERSION information you will find at www.facebook.com/perversion.is.death

Chicago, Illinois based Death Metallers INNER DECAY will release their second full-length “Enter The Void” via Pest Records a little bit later this year. The first single ‘Death Of The Sun’ can already be streamed over here. For regular updates please follow INNER DECAY at www.facebook.com/innerdecayband

Portuguese brutal Death Metallers ANALEPSY have just premiered a video for ‘Fractured Continuum’ at this location. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album “Quiescence”. The vinyl version of it will be released on May 27, 2022 via Agonia Records, while the CD, cassette tape and digital formats will already be available on April 15, 2022 via Miasma Records and Vomit Your Shirt respectively. For all further ANALEPSY info check out www.facebook.com/analepsyofficial

West Virginia’s Black / Folk Metal duo NECHOCHWEN will release their new album “Kanawha Black” on May 13, 2022 on CD, vinyl and digitally via Bindrune Recordings. The vinyl version comes as a single LP with a gatefold jacket and 2-sided insert. It also includes a CD and download card. The following songs will be featured on it: ‘Kanawha Black’, ‘The Murky Deep’, ‘I Can Die But Once’, ‘A Cure For The Winter Plagues’, ‘Visions, Dreams, And Signs’, ‘Generations Of War’ and ‘Across The Divide’. You can already listen to the album closer ‘Across The Divide’ over here. The band previously already released a lyric video for the title track, which you can watch at this location. For more NECHOCHWEN info please visit www.facebook.com/nechochwen

March 12, 2022

Greek Black Metallers ΑΧΕΡΟΝΤΑΣ are streaming their new album “The Seven Tongues Of ΔΑΗΜΩΝ” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on March 14, 2022 via Zazen Sounds. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/breathoffire61 or https://drakoniancoven.bandcamp.com

A full album stream of “Retaliation Warfare”, the second full length from Reno, Nevada based War Metal one man band TRIUMPH (featuring Immolater of RITUAL GENOCIDE, ANCIENT MALIGNITY, BLASPHEMOUS CREATION), is available over here now. It will be released on March 15, 2022 via Inhuman Assault Productions. More TRIUMPH at https://triumph2.bandcamp.com

March 11, 2022

“The Lower Catacombs”, the second album from New Jersey based old school Death Metallers BLASPHEMATORY, will be released via Nuclear Winter Records on May 13, 2022 on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Cruciform Shadows’, ‘Unclean Eulogies’, ‘Key To The Furnace’, ‘Perpetual Despair’, ‘Flooded Graves’, ‘The Corruption Of Saints’ and ‘The Lower Catacombs’. You can already stream the album opener over here. More about BLASPHEMATORY at www.facebook.com/blasphematory

Finnish Black / Folk Metallers KOUTA have just released their debut EP “Aarnihauta”. It has been recorded, mixed and mastered by Pekka Posio. The artwork was created by Juuso Voutilainen and Antti Mäki. You can check out a video for the song ‘Maanviha’ at this location. The band commented on the EP as follows: “Our first EP introduces the band’s passion for Black Metal, adding elements of Folk as well as heavier Rock into the mix. Our northern roots of the band are meant to be seen and heard, both musically and thematically. The EP’s purpose is to lay the groundwork for a wide variety of modern Black Metal to come. KOUTA’s first full-length album recording took place in February 2022. With the first EP out and a second one coming, we expect to start playing live shows as early as the spring of 2022. The full-length is meant to be released somewhere at the end of 2022, together with an array of live-shows.” For all further KOUTA info please visit www.facebook.com/koutaband

March 10, 2022

Irish blackened Death Metallers MALTHUSIAN and American Black / Deathers SUFFERING HOUR will join forces on a split album entitled “Time’s Withering Shadow”, which will be released on May 06, 2022 via Invictus Productions. It will feature the following exclusive tracks: MALTHUSIAN – ‘Dissolution Of Consciousness’ and ‘Delirium’, SUFFERING HOUR – ‘Crawling Embers’, ‘Temporal Lapse’ and ‘Reserection’ (MIGHTY SPHINCTER cover). More about both bands at www.facebook.com/malthusiandm and www.facebook.com/sufferinghourmetal

Topeka, Kansas based brutal Death Metallers UNMERCIFUL will support DECREPIT BIRTH and PATHOLOGY on the “Uncivilization Of Creation” US Tour from July 08 to July 31, 2022. Death Metallers STABBING and CONDEMNED are on the bill for selected dates as well. UNMERCIFUL bassist / vocalist Jeremy Turner commented on it as follows: “We’ve wanted to tour with DECREPIT BIRTH again ever since we got to tour Europe with them in 2008. We’ve also been trying to get a tour going with PATHOLOGY for a couple of years now, and the sickos in STABBING are killing it right now! CONDEMNED has always been heavy as fuck. We are so looking forward to one of the sickest tour packages destroying the stage every night!! We will see you all in July!!!” You can follow UNMERCIFUL at www.facebook.com/officialunmerciful

On April 24, 2022 Amor Fati Productions will release “Ring”, the new EP from Belgian / Dutch / French Black Metallers SILVER KNIFE, on digipak CD and 12″ vinyl formats. It will feature the two tracks ‘Ecomimises’ and ‘Recalcitrant’. For more SILVER KNIFE info check out www.facebook.com/silverknifeband

“Deadly Intrusions”, the debut full-length from Quebec based Black / Thrash Metal duo SKUMSTRIKE, will be released on CD via Selfmadegod Records on April 08, 2022. Caligari Records will be handling the cassette version. The album was recorded and mixed in July / August 2021 in Montreal by Pat McDowall and mastered by Enormous Door. The cover artwork was created by Indonesian artist Ibay Arifin. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Caustic Poison’, ‘Blood Red Vision’, ‘(Ensnared In) Endless Night’, ‘Panic Obsession’, ‘Another Shot Of Fear’, ‘Ritual Murder’, ‘Mental Wound Submission’, ‘Lobotomize’, ‘The Infestor’, ‘Deadly Intrusions’ and ‘Nothing Is Final’ (POISON IDEA cover). You can already stream ‘Blood Red Vision’, the first single from the album, over here. More about SKUMSTRIKE at www.facebook.com/skumstrike

On May 20, 2022 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Medievalgeist”, the debut full length from Los Angeles based Black Metallers VAAMATAR, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson (AUTOPSY, NECROT, VASTUM). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Medievalgeist’, ‘Plundering Claws’, ‘Hallowed Flesh’, ‘Spit & Gravel’, ‘Axe Of Dolor’ and ‘Midnight Montpelier’. You can already listen to ‘Hallowed Flesh’ at this location. For more VAAMATAR please visit https://vaamatar.bandcamp.com

Swedish blackened Death Metal trio IN APHELION is streaming their upcoming debut full length “Moribund” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on March 11, 2022 via Edged Circle Productions. For more band info please visit www.facebook.com/inaphelion

Finnish melodic Death / Black Metallers SE, JOSTA EI PUHUTA have just released a third and last single from their upcoming third album “Gehenna”. You can stream ‘Kuolleena Syntynyt’ at this location. A video for the album’s title track can still be checked out over here and a lyric video for the second single ‘Murskaa Unelmat’ is still available at this location. The complete “Gehenna” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Joka Tähtiin Kurkottaa’, ‘Gehenna’, ‘Kuolleena Syntynyt’, ‘Joko Viimein Uskotte’, ‘Murskaa Unelmat’, ‘Niille, Jotka Valoa Etsivät’, ‘Jättiläisten Olkapäiltä’, ‘Aika Saattaa’, ‘Tänä Yönä Kaikki Loppuu’ and ‘Suureen Tuntemattomaan’. The album will be released on April 22, 2022 via Inverse Records. The cover art was created by Bahrull Marta. All additional information you will find at www.facebook.com/sejostaeipuhuta666

March 09, 2022

Spanish Death Metallers INTOLERANCE have just premiered the track ‘Echoes From The Past’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Dark Paths Of Humanity”, which will be released via Memento Mori (CD version) on April 25, 2022 and Godz Ov War Productions (tape version) on May 13, 2022. A vinyl edition will follow later from Fucking Kill Records. The previously revealed album opener ‘Embodiment Of Chaos’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Dark Paths Of Humanity” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Embodiment Of Chaos’, ‘Death Before Slavery’, ‘Beyond The Axis Of Truth’, ‘Flagellation’, ‘Echoes From The Past’, ‘Tower Of Silence’, ‘Cataleptic Despair’ and ‘Dark Paths Of Humanity’. The album was mastered by Javier Felez at Moontower Studios and the cover art was created by CL Artworks. All additional INTOLERANCE info you will find at www.facebook.com/intolerancedeathmetal

Philadelphia / New Jersey based Punk-infused 80s style Speed / Thrashers FRIGHT will release their debut full length on April 08, 2022 via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on CD and digital formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Hands Claw Open Eyes’, ‘Divine Desecration’, ‘Imprisoned Minds’, ‘Erupting Dawn Thunder’, ‘Obliterated Ruin’ and ‘Child Of A New War’. The artwork was created by Sugi and the layout design by Mark McCoy (FULL OF HELL, PIG DESTROYER). The album’s first single ‘Hands Claw Open Eyes’ can already be streamed at this location. More FRIGHT you will find at https://frightmetal.bandcamp.com

Scotland’s Black / Death / Thrash Metallers TYRANNUS have just released ‘A Worse Reality’, the first single from their forthcoming debut full length “Unslayable”. You can stream the song over here. The digipak CD and digital formats of the album are being handled by the band independently, while the vinyl and tape versions will be released via True Cult Records. “Unslayable” was recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered by Scott McLean at La Chunky Studios, October 2021 – January 2022 and the cover art was supplied by CVSPE. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘A Cruel Dream’, ‘A Worse Reality’, ‘The Flood’, ‘It Taketh’, ‘Lake Of The Undying’, ‘Unslayable’, ‘Light The Last Sun’ and ‘Break The Will Of Evil’. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/tyrannusetimperium

Finnish Black Metallers AESTHUS have just revealed the new track ‘Tyhjyys, Ikuinen Kuolema’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s debut album “Hänen Temppelinsä Varjoissa”, which will be released on March 21, 2022 via Purity Through Fire on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP edition will follow later this year. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Hänen Temppelinsä Varjoissa’, ‘Vihani Alttarilta’, ‘Kuolonpolku’, ‘Jälkeläinen’, ‘Verta Saatanalle’, ‘Ikiyössä’ and ‘Tyhjyys, Ikuinen Kuolema’. The previously revealed ‘Vihani Alttarilta’ can still be checked out here. For all further AESTHUS information please visit www.facebook.com/aesthusofficial

March 08, 2022

Chilean Death Metallers CONCILIVM have just premiered the track ‘Oneiric Abyss’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s debut album “A Monument In Darkness”, which will be released on April 08, 2021 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed ‘Maleficent Creation’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “A Monument In Darkness” tracklist reads like this: ‘Cryptic Asceticism’, ‘Oneiric Abyss’, ‘The Veil Descends’, ‘Of Gold And Silver’, ‘Maleficent Creation’, ‘Moonlight Nigredo’, ‘A Monument In Darkness’ and ‘Archetype’. More CONCILIVM at https://concilivm.bandcamp.com

Crush the Desert Records has just released “When All Hope Is Gone”, the debut full length from Spanish Black Metal project NHAARG, as a 3-panel digipak CD, limited to 300 copies. A full album stream is available over here. NHAARG is the solo project of DURTHANG / PESTICUM member Nhaarg. For more info check out www.crushthedesert.org or http://crushthedesert.blogspot.com

On May 14, 2022 Floga Records will release “The Secret Last Syllable”, the second album from Greek Black Metallers SYNTELEIA, on CD and tape formats. The vinyl LP edition is scheduled for later this year. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Tower Of Koth’, ‘Emblem Of Yith’, ‘Nymph Of The Pyramids Pt. 1 – The Reign’, ‘Nymph Of The Pyramids Pt. 2 – The Curse’, ‘Escaping Atheron’, ‘Harvest The Forest’, ‘Into The Abyss – A Passage To Insanity’, ‘The Secret Last Syllable’ and ‘Omega-Alpha’. The album opener ‘Tower Of Koth’ can already be streamed over here. More SYNTELEIA info you will find at www.facebook.com/synteleia

“Night Of The Desecration”, the sophomore full length from Greek Black Metallers WAMPYRINACHT, will be released via Iron Bonehead Productions on May 20, 2022 on CD and vinyl LP formats. Its complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Fountain Of All Sorrows And Wrath’, ‘Thorns For My Damnation’, ‘Night Of The Desecration’, ‘My Angel’, ‘The Church Of Thorns’, ‘A Wanderer’s Journey…’, ‘Hammer Of The Angels’, ‘…Towards The Glimmering Star’ and ‘Of Statues Wrecked And Ruined’. You can already listen to the album track ‘The Church Of Thorns’ at this location. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/wampyrinacht

Hungarian Viking / Black Metallers SVALINN’S RIFT have just released their debut EP “Unpenitent Era” via Youtube and Bandcamp. It features the following four tracks: ‘Damp With Sleet’, ‘Ice Waves And The Primordial Giant’, ‘Daybreak Is Here, Today We Go To Battle’ and ‘Forgotten Feelings From Runes’. The music was recorded and produced at the band’s home studio. The band commented on it as follows: “Our first EP is a kind of obeisance for the Norse Mythology over and above its nature permeates the essence of the Viking lifestyle. Moreover what could be more appropriate to express the mood associated with it than Black Metal. After all, the beauty of the devastation done during the territorial conquests and the pagan spirituality are matched with our feelings, which we express through our music.” For a full EP stream go here. All additional SVALINN’S RIFT is available at www.facebook.com/svalinnsrift

Krucyator Productions has just re-released “Extermination Revelry” (2003) and “Return Of The Black Death” (2004) from Seattle Death Metallers DRAWN AND QUARTERED on CD. Both albums were originally released almost two decades ago via Moribund Records. You will find full album streams here (“Extermination Revelry”) and here (“Return Of The Black Death”). For all additional DRAWN AND QUARTERED information please visit www.facebook.com/drawnandquartered

A full album stream of the self-titled debut full length from Milwaukee, Wisconsin based Crossover Thrash / Folk Metallers PILLAGING VILLAGERS is now available at this location. The album will be released on March 11, 2022. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/pillagingvillagers

March 07, 2022

Danish blackened Punks HERKSER are streaming their debut EP “Befængt” in its entirety at this location now. It was just released via Caligari Records on cassette tape format today. For more HERKSER info please visit www.facebook.com/hersker666

On April 30, 2022 Amor Fati Productions will release “Urgrund”, the sophomore album from German Black Metal duo HÄXENZIJRKELL, on CD format. The vinyl LP edition will be released later this year. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Part 1: Die Entschleierung’, ‘Part 2: Von Zeit Und Form’ and ‘Part 3: Der Pfad Der Finsternis’. A video excerpt of the track ‘Der Pfad Der Finsternis’ can already be checked out at this location. For all further HÄXENZIJRKELL info go to www.facebook.com/haexenzijrkell

“Rapture”, the new album from Swedish Black Metallers LORD BELIAL, will be released on May 27, 2022 on CD, LP and as a deluxe CD boxset via Hammerheart Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Andy LaRoque at Sonic Train Studios and features artwork by Mike Hrubovcak (Visual Darkness). The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Legion’, ‘On A Throne Of Souls’, ‘Rapture Of Belial’, ‘Destruction’, ‘Belie All Gods’, ‘Evil Incarnate’, ‘Lux Luciferi’, ‘Infinite Darkness And Death’, ‘Alpha And Omega’ and ‘Lamentations’. You can already stream ‘On A Throne Of Souls’ over here. You can follow LORD BELIAL at www.facebook.com/lordbelialband

Irish Black Metallers VALAIS have just released a video for their upcoming self-titled debut full length, which will be released on March 04, 2022 via Signal Rex on CD and cassette tape. The vinyl edition will follow later this year. You can watch the video at this location. A full album stream is available at https://valaisband.bandcamp.com

March 05, 2022

Finnish Black Metallers AETHYRICK have just premiered the track ‘Winds Of The Wanderer’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming fourth album “Pilgrimage”, which will be released on March 31, 2022 via The Sinister Flame. The previously revealed ‘Hallowed Bloodline’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Turning Away’, ‘In The Chapel Of One Spirit’, ‘Threefold Resurrection’, ‘Winds Of The Wanderer’, ‘A Brother To The Stars’, ‘Hallowed Bloodline’, ‘The Moon And Her Consort’ and ‘Kingdom’. More about AETHYRICK at www.aethyrick.com

Greek Black Metallers LUCIFER’S CHILD have just released a new single entitled ‘Nova Tenebris’. The song is taken from their upcoming split release with Brazil’s MYSTIFIER, “Under Satan’s Wrath”, which will be released on March 25, 2022 via Agonia Records. You can listen to ‘Nova Tenebris’ right here. For all further band information please visit www.facebook.com/luciferschildmusic

“Exquisite Aspects Of Wrath”, the fourth album by Finnish Black Metallers MORMÂNT DE SNAGOV, has just been released via Pest Records. A full album stream is available at this location. Lyric videos for the songs ‘Words Corrupted’ and ‘Themis Supreme’ can be watched here and here. You can follow MORMÂNT DE SNAGOV at www.facebook.com/mormantdesnagov

March 04, 2022

On April 15, 2022 Me Saco Un Ojo Records and Dark Descent Records will co-release a new split album between Japan’s ANATOMIA and Denmark’s UNDERGANG on vinyl LP and CD formats, respectively. It will feature the following tracks: ANATOMIA – ‘Total Darkness’ and ‘Bound To Death’, UNDERGANG – ‘Helt Til Rotterne’, ‘I Dit Stiveste Pus’ and ‘Taksidermi’. You can already stream ANATOMIA’s ‘Bound To Death’ and UNDERGANG’s ‘Helt Til Rotterne’ at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/anatomia-166448756742258, www.facebook.com/undergangktdm

Slovenian experimental Black Metal duo SNØGG has just released their concept album “Dan, Ko Je Vrag Vzel Šalo” today on CD (the digital release was already available on March 01, 2022). It was recorded and produced at Studio Šiška, Ljubljana by Simon Penšek and SNØGG. You can stream the single ‘Dan, Ko Je Vrag Vzel Šalo’ over here. All additional info you will find at www.facebook.com/snoggband

Stockholm, Sweden based symphonic Black Metallers KATHAROS will release their new album “Of Lineages Long Forgotten” on May 13, 2022 on CD, vinyl and digital formats via Willowtip Records. The album’s first single ‘The World Serpent’s Marrow’ is already streaming at this location. “Of Lineages Long Forgotten” was recorded, mixed and mastered at Necromorbus Studio (MAYHEM, WATAIN et al.) and will feature the following songs: ‘Those Hornclad’, ‘Feigned Retreat’, ‘Of Lineages Long Forgotten’, ‘The World Serpent’s Marrow’, ‘Lay Yersinian Siege’, ‘I Waged War’ and ‘Most Dread Portent’. Backing vocals were contributed by Robin “Rob the slob” Westlund from REPUKED and the artwork was created by Eliran Kantor. You can follow KATHAROS at www.facebook.com/katharosswe

Italian Horror Death Metal band TENEBRO will release their debut full length “L’Inizio Di Un Incubo” on May 03, 2022 via Xtreem Music on CD, 12″LP, cassette tape and digitally. You can already check out the album track ‘Dèmoni’ over here. The complete “L’Inizio Di Un Incubo” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Quella È La Villa’, ‘Ultima Tomba’, ‘Necrofilia’, ‘L’Imbalsamazione Dell’Amore’, ‘Brucia Strega!’, ‘I Morti Richiamati In Vita’, ‘Il Killer Del Rasoio’, ‘Sporca, Lurida, Puttana’, ‘Orrore Nel Castello Del Barone’, ‘Dèmoni’ and ‘L’Inizio Di Un Incubo’. TENEBRO previously released a 3-song EP called “Liberaci Dal Male” on cassette tape format in late December 2020, which was re-released on CD together with the band’s “Demo 2019” in February 2021 through Xtreem Music. More TENEBRO at https://tenebro666.bandcamp.com

French blackened Death Metal band MESSE MORTUAIRE will release their debut EP “Nocturnal Demonic Visitation” via Repulsive Echo Records later this year. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Nocturnal Demonic Visitation’, ‘Vampirum Spectrum’ and ‘Filius Diaboli’. You can already listen to the EP opener / title track at https://messemortuaire.bandcamp.com

“Still As The Night, Cold As The Wind”, the debut full length from Vancouver, Canada based Black Metallers VITAL SPIRIT, will be released via Vendetta Records, in co-operation with Hidden Tribe, on May 06, 2022 on CD and cassette tape versions respectively. A vinyl edition will follow later this year via Vendetta as well. It was produced by Tim Creviston (who already produced the band’s first EP) and mixed by Colby Hink. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Blood And Smoke’, ‘Bad Hand’, ‘Dawn Of Liberty’, ‘The Long Walk’, ‘Withering Fire’, ‘Saccharine Sky’, ‘White Eyes’ and ‘Lord Of The Plains’. ‘Dawn Of Liberty’ is already available for streaming at https://vitalspirit.bandcamp.com

Basque Country (Spain) based Death Metallers PESTILENGTH are streaming their upcoming second full length “Basom Gryphos” in its entirety at this location now. It was recorded in August 2021 at Eclectic Studios and mixed and mastered by X. The album will be released on March 07, 2022 via Nuclear Winter Records on CD. The vinyl version will be co-released via Sentient Ruin, while the tape version will be co-released through Goat Throne. For more PESTILENGTH check out https://pestilength.bandcamp.com

Japanese Thrashers SURVIVE will release their first live album “Live At Death Valley” on May 04, 2022 via Pest Records. The CD version will feature 8 tracks plus a bonus EP made of 4 tracks, one of them featuring Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan (VENOM INC.) as special guest. The complete “Live At Death Valley” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Degenerate’, ‘Wrath’, ‘Fuck Against Authority’, ‘Obey Your Own Army Corps’, ‘Rules Of Lies’, ‘Immortal Warriors’, ‘Human Misery’ and ‘The Road To Hell Is Paved By Good Will’. The bonus tracks from EP “The Road To Hell Is Paved By Good Will” are: ‘The Road To Hell Is Paved By Good Will’ (featuring Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan), ‘Rules Of Lies’ (Orchestral Version), ‘Seize The Victory’ and ‘The Road To Hell Is Paved By Good Will’ (Live at Club Citta Metallization Festival 2020). Here’s what Mantas from VENOM INC. had to say about SURVIVE’s live potential: “I had the pleasure and honor of touring Europe with SURVIVE and they proved themselves to be a valuable asset to the touring package. I can say without hesitation or reservations that they were most definitely my favorite band on the tour. Incredibly nice and gracious guys who obviously loved their music and delivered every single night. I gave them the nickname ‘The Japanese Machine Head’ a song that they played at every sound check became the tour anthem because of its wonderful chorus structure. Melody, hook lines and brutally heavy guitar riffs define this amazing band who deserve global recognition. Maximum Respect from Jeff (Mantas).” For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/survive333

March 03, 2022

Gothenburg, Sweden based Speed Metallers ARMORY have just premiered the track ‘Deep Space Encounter’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s upcoming third album “Mercurion”, which will be out via Dying Victims Productions on April 22, 2022. The previously revealed ‘The Hunters From Beyond’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Mercurion” tracklist reads like this: ‘Message From The Stars’, ‘Journey Into Infinity’, ‘Transneptunic Flight’, ‘The Hunters From Beyond’, ‘Deep Space Encounter’, ‘Void Prison’, ‘Wormhole Escape’, ‘Music From The Spheres’ and ‘Event Horizon’. For all additional ARMORY information check out www.facebook.com/armoryofficial

On March 25, 2022 Osmose Productions will release “All Paths Are Left Here…”, the debut full length from Ukrainian old school Death Metallers NECROM, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP edition will be released later this year. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Dagon’, ‘Fathers Will Feast’, ‘Food For Worms’, ‘The City The Old Ones Built’, ‘The Oldest Horror’, ‘Walls Have Hands’, ‘The Light Has Never Been Here’, ‘Templars Are Coming’, ‘Tomahawk Of Bone’ and ‘The Woods Of Weird West’. More about NECROM at www.facebook.com/necromofficial

Finnish melodic Death Metal quintet HAGALAS will release their second EP “As A Unit” on April 04, 2022. It was recorded in autumn 2021 with Samuli Raappana and mastered by Tony Lindgren / Fascination Street Studios in Sweden. You can check out a video for their first single ‘Destination:Genocide’ at this location. For all additional HAGALAS information please visit www.facebook.com/hagalasofficial

India’s Black / Death Metal trio APARTHIVA RAKTADHARA will release their debut full length “Adyapeeth Maranasamhita (আদ্যাপীঠ মরণসংহিতা)” via Iron Bonehead Productions on May 20, 2022 on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Noumenal Wings Of Uncreation Hover Over The Excrements of Sunyata’, ‘Obsidian Noose Of Naag-Paash: Ominous Ophidian Astra’, ‘Gnostic Arousal Of Shava Lingam’, ‘Omnicidal Samshan-Pyre Of Kaalkutha’, ‘Drowning Into The Vitriolic Waters Of Atavistic Nidra’ and ‘Nada Of Creation Collapses Onto Primal Bindu’. You can already listen to ‘Gnostic Arousal Of Shava Lingam’ over here. The cover artwork was created by Qayin Mandala Graphex. All further band info you will find at www.facebook.com/aparthivaraktadhara

March 02, 2022

On April 22, 2022 Personal Records will release “Fatal Venin”, a new EP from Quebec City, Canada based old school Thrashers SURVIVAL INSTINCT on special transparent CD format. You can already check out the title track over here. The full tracklist of the EP reads as follows: ‘Fatal Venin’, ‘Instinct’, ‘Night Speed’, ‘Poser Killer’ and ‘Slow Death’. For more SURVIVAL INSTINCT information please visit www.facebook.com/metalsurvivalinstinct

“All That Was Promised”, the upcoming sophomore full-length from New Jersey based blackened Death Metallers HATH, is streaming in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on March 04, 2022 via Willowtip Records. The material was engineered and mixed by AJ Viana at AJ Viana Productions and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Mastering. The cover artwork was created by Adam Burke. More about HATH at www.facebook.com/hathband

Brazilian Black Metallers ILLUMINATION are streaming their debut mini album “Worship Death More Than Life” over here now. It will be released on March 04, 2022 via Personal Records. Devilish (DARKSTORM, ex – CULT OF FIRE) and Renato Gimenez (VAZIO) have contributed guest vocals and the cover art was created by Francisco Shcönmann. For all additional band info please visit www.facebook.com/illuminationofficial

March 01, 2022

Australian Metalpunks REAPER have just premiered the track ‘Drop Of The Blade’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s debut album “Viridian Inferno”, which will be released on April 22, 2022 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed ‘Decay’ can still be checked out over here. The complete tracklist of “Viridian Inferno” reads like this: ‘Shadow Of The Crucifix’, ‘Satanic Panic’, ‘Taste The Blood’, ‘Drop Of The Blade’, ‘The Reaper’, ‘Nothing Left To Waste’, ‘Decay’, ‘Sentinels Of Heresy’, ‘Mass Grave’ and ‘Internal Torment’. More REAPER information is available at www.facebook.com/reapermelbourne

On March 31, 2022 The Sinister Flame in co-operation with Dark Descent Records will release a 30th anniversary edition of “Sleeping Under Tartarus”, the 1992 debut from Greek Black Metallers ZEMIAL. It will feature the original intro and the entire material was restored and remastered from the original tapes. The vinyl edition comes on single-sided 180g 12″ vinyl, while the B-side is etched with the original ZEMIAL logo. “Sleeping Under Tartarus” was originally released as a 7″ EP by Torched Records and reissued in 1994 by Gothic Records. All additional band info you will find at www.facebook.com/zemialofficial

Russian Doom / Death duo TREWERUM has just released their debut album “Millenniums In A Darkness” on CD and digitally via Fono Ltd. It was recorded from the end of 2019 to the summer of 2021 and mixed and mastered by Mikhail Kurochkin. The artwork was created by Rotten Fantom. A full album stream is available at this location. More about TREWERUM at www.facebook.com/trewerum

Berlin and Wroclaw based Death Metallers CHTHONIC CULT have just premiered the track ‘In The Seventh Hour’ over here. It will appear on the band’s upcoming second full length “Become Seekers For Death”, which will be released on March 28, 2022 via Putrid Cult. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Ironclad Nemesis’, ‘On The Wings Of Drought’, ‘The Thunder Spoke To The Spirit’, ‘When The Ancients Speak’, ‘Become Seekers For Death’, ‘In The Seventh Hour’, ‘Crimson Streams Of Sacrifice’ and ‘The Hunt Of The Light-Bearer’. The previously revealed ‘Ironclad Nemesis’ is still streaming at this location. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/chthonic.cult

Norwegian Black Metallers ABBATH have just released a lyric video for ‘The Book Of Breath’ at this location. The song is taken from their upcoming new album “Dread Reaver”, which will be released on March 25, 2022 via Season Of Mist. The cover artwork was created by Bjørn Stian Bjoarvik and Francisco Munoz. All additional ABBATH info can be found at www.facebook.com/abbathband