» News Archive July 2022
Spanish Doom / Deathers SPECTRUM MORTIS have just revealed a track of their upcoming debut full length “Bit Meseri – The Incantation”. You can check out ‘U Anne Dugga’ at this location. The album will be released via Listenable Records on September 30, 2022. More SPECTRUM MORTIS information you will find at www.facebook.com/spectrummortis
Memphis, Tennessee based melodic blackened Death Metallers EPOCH OF UNLIGHT will release their fourth full-length “At War With The Multiverse” on September 16, 2022 via Dark Horizon Records. The album’s first single ‘An Amarathine Line’ is already streaming over here. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Anthropocene’, ‘The Numbing Stillness’, ‘Wrath Of The Cryomancer’, ‘An Amaranthine Line’, ‘Beneath A Dying Sun’, ‘Elysian Immortals’, ‘The Möbius Path’, ‘Night Hunt’, ‘All Light Dies’ and ‘The Lie Of Tomorrow’s Dawn’. For all further EPOCH OF UNLIGHT info please visit www.facebook.com/epochofunlight
Texas Death Metallers FLESHROT will release their upcoming debut full length “Unburied Corpse” on August 01, 2022 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (Europe) and Desert Wastelands (USA). It will feature the following tracks: ‘Wrapped In Entrails’, ‘Intricate Dissection’, ‘Draining The Liquified Remains’, ‘Unburied Corpse’, ‘Post Burial Extractions’, ‘In Filth And Pain’ and ‘Haunted Visions Of Sick Depravities’. A full album stream is available at this location now. For more FLESHROT info please visit www.facebook.com/fleshrottx
“Streams Of Ancient Wisdom”, a 400 pages hardcover book about the history of the Dutch Death and extreme Metal scene, written by Steven Willems (Voices From The Darkside and Rock Tribune contributor), will be published in September via Cult Never Dies. It will contain more than 100 interviews with bands, radio shows, record labels, journalists, record shops and recording studios, as well as a lot of (often never before published) artwork and photo material. The book also features a number of foreign Metal bands with their view on the Dutch extreme Metal scene. You can already preorder a copy via https://cultneverdies.myshopify.com or https://store.consouling.be. For all additional info check out www.facebook.com/dutchmetalbook
Singapore’s Punkdeathers DOLDREY will release their debut full-length “Celestial Deconstruction” on CD via Pulverised Records on August 19, 2022. The vinyl and digital versions will be out via Iron Lung Records. The album was recorded and mixed by Izzad Kadzali Shah at Dungeon 416, mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios, Western Massachusetts, USA and the artwork was supplied by Indonesian illustrator MFAXII (MASAKRE, HULDER, BLOODSOAKED NECROVOID). The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Lentum Mortiis’, ‘Blood Of The Serpent’, ‘Endless Torment’, ‘Seed Of Desire’, ‘Celestial Deconstruction’, ‘Age Of Extinction’, ‘War’, ‘Harmonic Divergence’, ‘Marked For Death’, ‘Destructive Security Command’ and ‘Fall Of Doldrey’. You can already check out ‘Blood Of The Serpent’ over here. To find out more about DOLDREY please visit www.pulverised.net or www.facebook.com/pulverisedrecords
Italian Doom / Death trio IN GRIEF has just premiered the track ‘Dig Hopes’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full length “An Eternity Of Misery”, which will be released on September 02, 2022 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed ‘Close To Insanity’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Beyond The Dark Veil’, ‘Ярна’, ‘Curse My Soul’, ‘Queen Of Babylon’, ‘Demons’, ‘Your Last Suffer’, ‘Dig Hopes’, ‘Close To Insanity’, ‘The Dagger, The Chain, The Scourge’ and ‘Ascension To Eternity’. More IN GRIEF info you will find at www.facebook.com/ingrief
Austrian Black Metallers ELLENDE will release their fourth full-length “Ellenbogengesellschaft” on September 30, 2022 via AOP Records. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Ich Bin’, ‘Unsterblich’, ‘Ruhelos’, ‘Hand Aufs Herz’, ‘Someday’, ‘Freier Fall’, ‘Abschied’ and ‘Verletzlich’. A video for the album’s first single ‘Abschied’ can already be watched at this location. It was produced / directed by Oliver König. For all additional band info please visit www.facebook.com/ellende.official
On September 30, 2022 AOP Records will release “Marter”, the third album from German Black Metallers FIRTAN, on CD and vinyl LP formats. A video for the first single ‘Amor Fati’ can already be watched over here. The album was recorded at studio Klangschmiede E with Markus Stock of THE VISION BLEAK / EMPYRIUM and the cover art was created by Władysław Podkowiński. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Faðir’, ‘Amor Fati’, ‘Labsal’, ‘Lethe’, ‘Parhelia’, ‘Odem’, ‘Menetekel’, ‘Peraht’ and ‘Medomai’ (bonus track only available on vinyl and CD boxset). All further FIRTAN information is available at www.facebook.com/firtanofficial
“Confines De La Cordura”, the second album from Barcelona based Death Metallers CRUZ, will be released via Nuclear Winter Records on September 26, 2022 on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It was recorded at Moontower Studios. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Ai Margini Della Follia’, ‘Als Peus De La Creu’, ‘Infamia Insular’, ‘Els Murs Errants’, ‘Confines De La Cordura’, ‘Eones De Sangre’ and ‘L’Alè De La Cripta’. You can already stream ‘Als Peus De La Creu’ over here. You can follow CRUZ at www.facebook.com/cruzmetalpunk
Portuguese Black Metallers ARMNATT have just premiered the track ‘Wilderness Domain’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s fourth album “Immortal Nature”, which will be released on August 26, 2022 via Signal Rex on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The previously revealed ‘Black Flame’ can still be checked out over here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘All Is Silent’, ‘Immortal Nature’, ‘Imponent Ruins’, ‘Eternal Entity’, ‘Black Flame’, ‘Images Of The Past’, ‘Wilderness Domain’, ‘Shadow Dust’, ‘Infinite Darkness’ and ‘Nature Take Its Course’. For more information please visit www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
“Onslaught To Seraphim”, the third album from Portland, Oregon based Death Metallers TRIUMVIR FOUL, is streaming in its entirety over here now. It will be released on July 29, 2022 via Vrasubatlat and Invictus Productions on cassette tape and CD respectively. A co-released vinyl version will be released later this year. More TRIUMVIR FOUL at https://vrasubatlat.bandcamp.com
Spanish Thrashers RETADOR will release their debut full length “Retador” via Xtreem Music on September 13, 2022 on CD and digital formats. The album was recorded at Moontower Studios and mastered at Unisound Studios, Germany by Dan Swanö. The cover art has been created by John Quevedo Janssens. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Retador’, ‘La Venda’, ‘Furia’, ‘Títeres’, ‘Violencia’, ‘Ton 618’, ‘Deseo De Matar’, ‘Corrupción’, ‘Juicio Final’ and ‘B52’. The band has just released the first single ‘Furia’ at this location. For all further RETADOR information check out www.facebook.com/retador.thrashmetal
Australian Death Metallers SARCOPHAGUM have just revealed ‘Pits Of Hate’, a track from their debut EP “Conduits To The Underworld”, at this location. The EP will be released on September 12, 2022 via Nuclear Winter Records on CD and cassette tape formats. All additional info you will find at www.nuclearwinterrecords.com
Dutch Grinders HEADLESS DAWN will release their debut album “Crap On Demand” on September 15, 2022 via Meat 5000 Records (CD) and Into It Records (cassette tape). The band consists of (ex-) members of BURIAL REMAINS, GRIM FATE, MASSIVE ASSAULT and SLEDGEHAMMER NOSEJOB. For more HEADLESS DAWN info please visit www.facebook.com/headlessdawn
On September 12, 2022 Nuclear Winter Records will release “Conduits To The Underworld”, the debut EP from Australian Death Metallers SARCOPHAGUM, on CD and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following three tracks: ‘Pits Of Hate’, ‘Netherengines’ and ‘Between Two Worlds’. SARCOPHAGUM is a side project of GOLGOTHAN REMAINS members past and present. For more info please visit www.nuclearwinterrecords.com or https://nuclearwinterrecords.bandcamp.com
Polish Black / Thrash Metal trio GALLOWER is streaming their upcoming new EP “Eastern Witchcraft” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on July 29, 2022 via Dying Victims Productions. More about GALLOWER at www.facebook.com/gallowerofficial
Minneapolis based blackened Death Metal trio SILURIAN will release their debut EP “End Of Ordovicia” on September 02, 2022 on CD, digital and limited cassette formats via Ordovician Records. It was engineered, mixed and mastered by Adam Tucker at Signaturetone Recording, Minneapolis and the artwork was created by Rotten Fantom. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘End Of Ordovicia’, ‘Gondwanian Sacrifice’ and ‘Eurypterid Emperors’. The EP’s title track is already streaming at this location. More info at https://instagram.com/ordovicianrecords
Buenos Aires, Argentina’s blackened Speed Metallers RAPTORE are streaming their upcoming second album “Blackfire” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on July 29, 2022 via Dying Victims Productions. For all additional info please visit www.facebook.com/raptoreofficial
On September 16, 2022 Hells Headbangers will release the fourth full length album from Greek Black Metallers MEDIEVAL DEMON, “Black Coven”, on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Where Witches Dwell And Labyrinths Confuse’, ‘Black Coven’, ‘Nocturnal Sacrilege’, ‘Sylvestris Deus (Protector Of The Forests)’, ‘Baptismal Blood’, ‘Katavythisis’ and ‘The Grave Dwellers’. You can already listen to the title track right here. All further MEDIEVAL DEMON information you will find at www.facebook.com/medievaldemonofficial
Braunschweig, Germany based Thrashers HEADSHOT have signed with MDD Records and will be releasing the follow-up to their 2011 album “Synchronicity” this autumn. For regular updates make sure to follow the band at www.facebook.com/headshot.metal
Costa Rica based Black Metallers AHLSPIESS have just released a new digital single entitled ‘Karishtuor’, which is available for free download at this location. The band released their 3 track debut demo “Aufklärung” in November 2019 and a single entitled “Et Super Lanceam” in May 2020. AHLSPIESS have finished songs for a new EP and are currently looking for a label. Interested parties should contact the band through their official bandcamp site https://ahlspiess.bandcamp.com as they do not have or wish to have any other online presence.
Ecuadorian Vampiric Black Metallers WAMPYRIC RITES have just premiered the track ‘Captive In A Desolate Castle’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s second album “The Wolves Howl To The Moon”, which will be released on August 26, 2022 via Signal Rex on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The previously revealed ‘The Ancient Tyrant Returns From The Deep Forgotten Crypts’ can still be streamed at this location. The cover artwork was created by Ainul Iblis and the complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Ancient Tyrant Returns From The Deep Forgotten Crypts’, ‘Rites Under The Fullmoon’, ‘Amidst The Fog Of Eternity’, ‘The Wolves Howl To The Moon’ and ‘Captive In A Desolate Castle’. More WAMPYRIC RITES at https://wampyricrites1.bandcamp.com
“The Path To Bedlam”, the debut full-length from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based Death Metallers SUBLATION will be released on September 13, 2022. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘The Sectioning’, ‘Trepanning Of The Evangelics’, ‘Let The Fire Burn’, ‘Hypnotic Regression’, ‘Black Monday’, ‘The Alchemist’, ‘Haunted Shores’, ‘Evoked Through Obsidian’, ‘Eulogy’ and ‘I Will Show You Fear In A Handful Of Dust’. You can already check out the first single ‘Evoked Through Obsidian’ at this location. More about SUBLATION at www.facebook.com/sublationband
On September 09, 2022 Werewolf Records will release “The Blasphemous Psalms Of Cannibalism”, the second album of Finland’s Black / Deathers BLOOD CHALICE, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Black Mass’, ‘The Last Supper Of Insects’, ‘Antichristian War Declaration’, ‘Matanbuchus’, ‘Burned Faith’, ‘Celestial Destroyer’, ‘The Blasphemous Psalms Of Cannibalism’, ‘Blood Worship’, ‘Hate Meditation’, ‘Temet Nosce’, ‘From The Grave Of Livyatan’ and ‘The Rise Of Iconoclast’. You can already be stream ‘From The Grave Of Livyatan’ over here. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/bloodchaliceofficial
“Durance Of Lightless Horizons”, the debut full length from Canadian Death Metallers GUTVOID, will be released via Blood Harvest Records on CD and cassette tape formats on September 23, 2022, while the double vinyl version will follow in November / December. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Coils Of Gas-Hewn Filament’, ‘In Caverns It Lurks’, ‘Delivered To The Altar Lich’, ‘The One Who Dwells Beyond Time’, ‘Skeletal Glyph’ and ‘Wandering Dungeon’. A first song (‘In Caverns It Lurks’) is already available at this location. All additional GUTVOID info you will find at www.facebook.com/gutvoidofficial
Quebec, Canada based Death Metallers SEDIMENTUM are streaming their upcoming debut full length “Suppuration Morphogénésiaque” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on July 25, 2022 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (vinyl and tape versions) and Memento Mori (CD version). You can follow the band at www.facebook.com/sedimentumdeath
On September 09, 2022 Hells Headbangers will release the sophomore full length of Detroit, Michigan based Black / Death Metallers PERVERSION, “Dies Irae”, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Dies Irae’ (Intro), ‘Baghavad Genocide’, ‘Decapitator’, ‘Axioms Of Domination’, ‘Fathomless Cruelty’, ‘Unveiling The Primordial Revelation’, ‘Barbaric Execution’, ‘Migration Into Darkness’ and ‘Possessed’ (BATHORY cover). You can already check out ‘Axioms Of Domination’ over here. More about PERVERSION at www.facebook.com/perversion.is.death
Swedish Black / Deathers IN APHELION have just premiered a video for ‘Sorrow, Fire & Hate’ at this location. The track appears on the band’s debut album “Moribund”, which was released in March this year via Edged Circle Productions. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/inaphelion
“Perpetual Torture”, the second album from Finnish Death Metallers SADISTIC DRIVE, is out now via Selfmadegod Records. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Murderous Megalomania’, ‘Hooker Street Strangler’, ‘Prurient Stabbing Fantasies’, ‘Black Market Mortician’, ‘Sacraments Of Sadism’, ‘Human Vivisection’, ‘Suicide Self-Portrait’, ‘Fucked To Shreds’ and ‘Formless Corpses’. All further info you will find at www.facebook.com/censoreddrive
“Feast Of Blood”, the 2021 debut EP from American Black Metallers BAT MAGIC, will be released as a limited vinyl edition by Labyrinth Tower on sanguine vinyl with a screen printed B-side. It was previously only available on cassette and digitally. A full EP stream is available at this location. More info you will find at www.ordovampyrorientis.com
Finnish Black Metallers WHITE RUNE have just premiered the track ‘Death At Sundown’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Dawn Of The White Rune”, which will be released on August 19, 2022 via Hammer Of Hate. The previously revealed ‘Crimson Lament’ is still available over here. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Brought By The Touch Of Death’, ‘The Iron Claws Of Satan’, ‘White Rune Rising’, ‘Soulstorm’, ‘Death At Sundown’, ‘Echoes Of Torment’, ‘Crimson Lament’, ‘The Ravenous Part 1 – Altar Of Defeat’ and ‘The Ravenous Part 2 – Torn Kingdom Come’. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/whiterunebm
San Francisco, California based Death Metallers ACEPHALIX will release their new full-length “Theothanatology” on September 30, 2022 via 20 Buck Spin on LP, CD, cassette tape and in digital versions. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios and the cover art “Girolamus Transfiguratio” is a painting by Ettore Aldo Del Vigo. The following tracks will appear on the album: ‘Theothanatologist’, ‘Godheads’, ‘Abyssal’, ‘Portmortem Punishment’, ‘Innards Of Divinity’, ‘Pristine Scum’, ‘Defecated Spirit’ and ‘Atheonomist’. You can already listen to ‘Abyssal’ at this location. More about ACEPHALIX at www.facebook.com/acephalix79
On August 19, 2022 Horror Pain Gore Death Productions will release “Never-Ending Holocaust”, the debut album from New Jersey based crusty Grindcore duo MASS EXTINCTION, on CD and digital formats. Its complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Never-Ending Holocaust’, ‘Violent Acts Of Liberation’, ‘Mindless Human Consumption’, ‘(A)bstain // (A)bolish’, ‘Confined’, ‘Profit-Driven Misery’, ‘Victimized’, ‘Smashing Systems Of Oppression’, ‘Doomed Species’ and ‘Industrialized Murder’. Each of the album’s 10 tracks examines a specific issue related to animal agriculture, dairy, testing labs, fur farms, commercial fishing and other industries which allow humans to profit from animal abuse and exploitation. The album’s first single ‘Mindless Human Consumption’ is already available for streaming over here. You will find MASS EXTINCTION’s Bandcamp site here: https://massextinction.bandcamp.com
Greek Black Metallers CEREMONIAL WORSHIP are streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Seven Gateways To Eternal Misanthropy” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on July 22, 2022 via Eternal Death on vinyl LP format. More CEREMONIAL WORSHIP at: https://ceremonialworship.bandcamp.com
Finnish Black Metallers NOCTURNAL SORCERY have just premiered the track ‘Miracle Of Empty Hand’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “The Holy Law In Total Ruin”, which will be released on August 19, 2022 via Kvlt. The previously revealed ‘Blackhearted Angel’s Retribution’ can still be stream over here. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Ro’Iheyav Ro’Ihey Mihole’ Rem’Oyav / Mephistophelean Wine’, ‘Blachearted Angel’s Retribution’, ‘Fatum Nostrum (Damnatio Memoriae)’, ‘The Holy Law In Total Ruin’, ‘Thy Primordial Flame’, ‘Through Boundaries Of Time’, ‘Down The Valley Of Damnation’, ‘Miracle Of Empty Hand’ and ‘The Last Ray Of Ihvh’s Light’. More information you will find at www.facebook.com/kvlthelsinki
Netherlands based Doom / Death Metal one man band THE SOMBRE has just premiered the track ‘The Mourning Gloom’ at this location. It is taken from the upcoming third THE SOMBRE full length “Monuments Of Grief”, which will be released on August 19, 2022 via Chaos Records. The previously revealed ‘From The Depths Of Misery’ can still be checked out here. “Monuments Of Grief” will feature the following tracks: ‘From The Depths Of Misery’, ‘Alone In My Desolation’, ‘The Mourning Gloom’, ‘Monuments Of Grief’, ‘When Death Comes I Will Be Beside You’ and ‘Paradise Regained’. For more THE SOMBRE info please visit https://gnawtheirtongues.bandcamp.com
On September 23, 2022 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “VIIII”, the new mini album from Chilean Black Metallers BLACK GRAIL, on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Encarcelado Y Condenado’, ‘Reflexiones En Cicuta’, ‘La Separación, Vista Como Muerte’, ‘Transmigración Del Alma’ and ‘La Disolución, Consumación De La Ascesis’. You can already check out ‘Transmigración Del Alma’ at this location. More BLACK GRAIL at https://grialnegro.bandcamp.com
Finnish Black Metallers MIMORIUM have just premiered a video for ‘Mirror Dimension’ over here. The track will appear on the band’s upcoming third full length “The Route Of Haeresis”, which will be released on August 12, 2022 via Spread Evil Productions. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Invocation Of The Nameless One’, ‘Mirror Dimension’, ‘Liberate The Transcendent Essence’, ‘Succumb To Nightmares’, ‘Hand Of The Heretic’, ‘Her Place In Shade’, ‘The Route Of Haeresis’ and ‘Circle Of Serpents’. More MIMORIUM information you will find at www.facebook.com/mimorium
Polish blackened Death Metallers UPON THE ALTAR have just released a live performance video of songs from their upcoming split with DEATHEPOCH at this location. It was recorded on June 18, 2022. The split will be released on September 16, 2022 via Putrid Cult. A video for DEATHEPOCH’s ‘§148 Art. ( Human Beasts)’ can be watched over here. For more information about both bands please visit www.facebook.com/uponthealtarofficial or www.facebook.com/deathepoch
Portuguese symphonic Black Metallers CAEDEOUS have just released a video for ‘Surge Tenebris’ at this location. The song is taken from the band’s latest album “Obscurus Perpetua”, which was released a couple of months ago. All further info you will find at www.facebook.com/caedeous
On September 16, 2022 Chaos Records will release the debut full length from Italian Death Metallers MORBUS GRAVE, “Lurking Into Absurdity”, on CD format. The vinyl LP version will be released in early 2023. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro (The Curse) / Cerebral Cremation’, ‘Morbid Darkness’, ‘Morbus Grave’, ‘Traumatic Malignancy’, ‘Mangled’, ‘Profaner’, ‘Lurking Into Absurdity’ and ‘Horrors From The Unknown’. You can already stream ‘Traumatic Malignancy’ at this location. All additional MORBUS GRAVE information you will find at www.facebook.com/morbusgrave
“Hexerei”, the new album of Brazilian Black Metallers PATRIA, is out now via Dawnrazor Records, with distribution via Drakkar Brazil. In Europe it will be available through Ketzer Records and in Mexico through Helvete Records, with sales in the United States by Rebellion Republic and in Canada via Devil’s Eyes Distribution. The digital distribution is handled by Blood Blast, a digital subsidiary of Nuclear Blast. The following tracks are featured on the album: ‘Hexerei’ (Intro), ‘Worms Of Light’, ‘Archetypes’, ‘A Last Breath Of Sulfur’, ‘Under The Devil’s Void’, ‘Consecration’, ‘Unborn Spellcraft’, ‘Storm Of Wilderness’, ‘Transmutation’, ‘All Vices’ and ‘Viimne Väävlisõõm’ (bonus track). A full album stream you will find at this location. A lyric video for ‘A Last Breath Of Sulfur’ you will find over here. More about PATRIA at www.facebook.com/patriaofficial
On September 23, 2022 Iron Bonehead Productions will release the eighth album of Italian Black Metallers ABHOR, “Sex Sex Sex (Ceremonia Daemonis Antichristi)”, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Curse Of The Twins’, ‘Ceremonia Daemonis Anticristi’, ‘At The Edge Of The Circle’, ‘Ode To The Snake’, ‘Ritual Satanism’, ‘Evil Mentor’, ‘Beelzebuth’ (MYSTIFIER cover), ‘October 31st, 2010’, ‘The Call’ and ‘Violet Coven’. You can already check out ‘Evil Mentor’ over here. For all further ABHOR info please visit www.facebook.com/abhor666
Polish blackened Death Metallers UPON THE ALTAR have just released a video at this location. It was recorded live at PiekloNiebo studio and consists of songs from “The Dead Chant”, the band’s upcoming split with Polish Black / Deathers DEATHEPOCH, which will be released via Putrid Cult in mid August. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Dead Chant’, ‘Interludium I – Ablutio In Igne’, ‘…After Us Only Silence’, ‘Interludium II – Ablutio In Sanguine’, ‘Hiems Nuclei Pro Humanitatis’, ‘Interludium III – Ablutio In Fecas’ and ‘Theotokos Wept’. For more UPON THE ALTAR information please visit www.facebook.com/uponthealtarofficial
Finnish Black Metallers SORGTEID have just revealed the track ‘Avet Djupare Än Sorg’ over here. It is taken from the band’s upcoming debut album “Natt Av Tusen Dödsfall”, which will be released via Werewolf Records later this summer on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The release date, cover and tracklisting will be announced shortly. For regular updates follow Werewolf Records at www.facebook.com/werewolf.rex
On September 30, 2022 Osmose Productions will release the sophomore full length from German Black Metallers PESTLEGION, “Sathanas Grand Victoria”, on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Intro’, ‘We Deny Thy Name’, ‘The Portal’, ‘Into The Golden Valley’, ‘Ketzer Reim’, ‘Sathanas Grand Victoria’, ‘Adjuration Of The Elder Gods’, ‘Entsage Gott’ and ‘The Warlock’s Curse’. The album was mixed and mastered by SODOM drummer Toni Merkel and Tom Angelripper contributed backing vocals. For all additional info, please visit www.facebook.com/pestlegion
Chilean Thrashers CRITICAL DEFIANCE have just released a full album stream of their forthcoming new full length “No Life Forms” at this location. It will be released via Unspeakable Axe Records on July 18, 2022 on CD and digital formats. More about CRITICAL DEFIANCE at www.facebook.com/criticaldefiance
Ohio based Black / Deathers MANTICORE are streaming their fourth album “Endless Scourge Of Torment” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on July 15, 2022 via Hells Headbangers on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. Markus Kolar (ex – KOMMANDANT, FOREST OF IMPALED, SARCOPHAGUS) has provided the album’s intro and subtle orchestration on various songs, the cover art was created by NetherTemple Design and interior art for each song comes from by Dahmer Art. Check out www.facebook.com/manticore666 for more MANTICORE info.
Finnish Black Metallers KRYPTAMOK have just revealed the track ‘Eläköön Sota Ihmisten Kesken’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming second album “Kataklysmi”, which will be released on July 17, 2022 via Purity Through Fire on CD format. The vinyl LP and cassette tape versions will follow later this year. The previously revealed title track can additionally be streamed over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Ambienssi Apokalyptiselle Näytelmälle’, ‘Hävityksen Ensimmäinen Askel’, ‘Kataklysmi’, ‘Eläköön Sota Ihmisten Kesken’, ‘Saatanallinen Hävitystaistelu’, ‘Helvetin Esitaistelija’, ‘Laulakaa Tulesta, Laulakaa Liekeistä’, ‘Outo Kuningas’ and ‘Lopunajan Abominaatiot’. For more KRYPTAMOK info please visit www.facebook.com/kryptamok
“Lagu”, the fourth full length from French Black Metallers CAÏNAN DAWN, will be released via Osmose Productions on September 30, 2022 on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Nun’, ‘Myctophidae’, ‘Y’ha-Nthlei’, ‘Okeanos’, ‘Atlantis’, ‘Septima’, ‘Apnea’, ‘Lagu’ and ‘Profundum’. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/cainandawn
On August 11, 2022 Caligari Records will release “Haunted Mausoleum”, the debut EP of Boston, Massachusetts based GROTESQUERIES, on cassette tape format. The material was recorded at New Alliance Studios with engineer Alec Rodriguez and the cover art was created by Tombtower. The EP opener ‘Flesh Prison’ can already be checked out over here. The full “Haunted Mausoleum” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Flesh Prison’, ‘From Skin Into The Sin’ and ‘Gortician’. GROTESQUERIES is the Death Metal project of drummer Yianni Tranxidis, whose credits include BLACK MASS, ROZAMOV and GARROTED among others. He has teamed-up for this with Brendan O’hare on guitars (BLACK MASS, CASKET RATS), John Rainis on bass (GOG, WODAR) and Mike Buonomo on vocals (MORGUED). Connor Thompson (STAGNATER) will be joining the line-up, sharing the lead / rhythm guitar duties, and will be involved on future recordings. More info you will find at www.caligarirecords.com or www.facebook.com/caligarirecords
On August 15, 2022 Amor Fati Productions will release the debut albums of two Flemish Black Metal solo projects AERDRYK and OERHEKS, “With Met De Drietand Op Mijn Huid” and “Cagghenvinna” respectively, on vinyl LP format. “With Met De Drietand Op Mijn Huid” will feature the following tracks: ‘Mijn Boetedoening’, ‘Kruisweg’, ‘De Modderige Paden’, ‘Met De Drietand Op Mijn Huid’, ‘De Rode Klauwen’, ‘Berouw’ and ‘Doodgeboren’, while the tracklist of “Cagghenvinna” reads as follows: ‘Door Doornen Overtogen’, ‘Transmutatie Tot Het Edele’, ‘De Oude Eik & Eindigende Lust’, ‘Doorheen De Demervallei’ and ‘Stilte, Deel Één: Een Storm Der Tijd’. For all addtional info please visit www.amor-fati-productions.de or www.facebook.com/amorfatiprod
German melodic Death Metallers BATTLESWORD will release their new album “Towards The Unknown” on September 16, 2022 via MDD Records. It was recorded in April / May 2022 at Big Easy Studio in Hennef, Germany and the mastering was done by Dan Swanö. As a bonus the album will also include the songs from the “The 13th Black Crusade” EP, which has been out of print for many years, and which were also remastered by Dan Swanö for this purpose. More about BATTLESWORD at www.facebook.com/battleswordofficial
Portland, Oregon based Death Metallers AUTOPHAGY will release their debut full-length “Bacteriophage” on September 30, 2022 via Pulverised Records. It was engineered and mixed by Charlie Koryn (FUNEBRARUM, ASCENDED DEAD, ex – SKELETAL REMAINS) and Billy Anderson (SLEEP, NEUROSIS, EYEHATEGOD, PALLBEARER, BELL WITCH). The mastering was done by Dave Otero at Flatline Audio (CEPHALIC CARNAGE, KHEMMIS, CATTLE DECAPITATION) and the artwork was supplied by Marcio Blasphemator (HELLRIPPER, DIABOLICAL FORCE, WHIPSTRIKER). The following tracks will be featured on the album: ‘Infernal Miasma’, ‘Abhorrent Abomination’, ‘Sacrificial Spawn’, ‘Beneath The Moss, Between The Roots’, ‘Bacteriophage’, ‘Eviscerated Remains’, ‘Return To Charnal Hall’, ‘Becoming’ and ‘Dawn Of The Endless Plague’. You can already check out ‘Sacrificial Spawn’ at this location. For more AUTOPHAGY information please visit www.instagram.com/autophagy_official
On August 12, 2022 Hells Headbangers will release the fifth full length of Italy’s blackened Speed / Thrash Metal trio BARBARIAN, “Viperface”, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The album track ‘Fourteen Daggers’ can already be streamed over here. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Viperface’, ‘Chant Of The Inflicter’, ‘Whisper My Name’, ‘Charity Defiler’, ‘A Feast For The Beast’, ‘Fourteen Daggers’ and ‘Regressive Metal’. More BARBARIAN info you will find at www.facebook.com/barbarianmetal
Maine, US based one-man Doom / Death project SEEP has just released its debut full-length “Hymns To The Gore” via Extremely Rotten Productions. You will find a full album stream at this location now. The album is available on black and green translucent vinyl at the Extremely Rotten Productions store. It will also be released via Gurgling Gore Records on cassette. For more SEEP please visit https://seepdeathdoom.bandcamp.com
Italy’s progressive Death Metallers SADIST have just revealed a guitar playthrough video for ‘Finger Food’ over here. The song appears on the band’s latest album “Firescorched”, which was recorded, mixed and mastered by Tommy Talamanca at Nadir Music Studios in Genoa, Italy with artwork design by Paolo Puppo. It was released via Agonia Records at the end of May this year. More about SADIST at www.facebook.com/sadstofficial
On September 15, 2022 Purity Through Fire will release “Sarkhral Lumænor – La Lueur Contre Les Fléaux”, the fourth full length from French melodic Black Metallers WYRMS, on CD format. The album’s first single, ‘L’Envoyé Des Flammes’, can already be streamed over here. This is the complete tracklist: ‘La Messe De L’Épée’, ‘Fort Blanc Et Bêtes Noires’, ‘Entre Gueux Et Rats’, ‘Trouble Mort’, ‘L’Envoyé Des Flammes’ and ‘Dans L’Hiver Et Dans La Nuit’. More about WYRMS at www.facebook.com/wyrmsblackmetal
Spanish Death Metallers UNBOUNDED TERROR have just released a video for ‘Organic Waste’ at this location. The song will be featured on their upcoming third full length “Echoes Of Despair”, which will be released on September 06, 2022 via Xtreem Music on CD, 12″ LP, cassette tape and digital formats. The album’s first advance single ‘Hypocrite Ignored’ can still be streamed over here. “Echoes Of Despair” will feature the following tracks: ‘Organic Waste’, ‘Rotting Myself’, ‘Echoes Of Despair’, ‘Liars’ Punisher’, ‘Hypocrite Ignored’, ‘They Are Not (What They Claim To Be)’, ‘Desolation Inside Of Me’, ‘Falling Into The Void’, ‘Devil’s Church’, ‘Hungry For Your Hate’ and ‘Something’s Rotten in Humanity’. The entire material was recorded and mixed by Vicente J. Paya at his own Black Night Studios and mastered by Javi Fernández at Montseny Studios. Ukrainian artist Daemorph Art (AVULSED, DECRAPTED, PUTREVORE) created the artwork from his exile in Turkey. More UNBOUNDED TERROR information you will find at www.unboundedterror.com
Irish Black / Deathers COSCRADH have just premiered the track ‘Plagues Of Knowth’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s upcoming debut album “Nahanagan Stadial”, which will be released on August 05, 2022 via Invictus Productions. The previously revealed ‘Cladh Hàlainn’ is still available over here. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Nahanagan Stadial’, ‘Feast Of The Epiphany’, ‘Plagues Of Knowth’, ‘Cladh Hàlainn’ and ‘Feallaire Dóite’. For all additional band info please visit www.facebook.com/coscradh
Basque / German Death Metallers SIJINN will be supporting SADISTIC INTENT on their whole European tour, which will kick off tomorrow at the “Metal Magic Festival” in Fredericia, Denmark (SADISTIC INTENT will already appear at “In Flammen Open Air” in Torgau, Germany today). The tour will run through Finland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, the UK and ends on July 31, 2022 in Limerick, Ireland. For regular updates keep an eye on both bands at www.facebook.com/sijjin-102605617799602 and www.facebook.com/s.i.666official
Helsinki, Finland based Thrashers MY FUNERAL have just released a video for their new single ‘Nirvana Of Negative’ at this location. The song, as well as the earlier released ‘Primitive Evil’, are part of a full length album, which will be released later this fall through Inverse Records. More MY FUNERAL info you will find at www.facebook.com/funeralterror
Dutch Black Metallers ALBURNUM are streaming their upcoming debut full length “Buitenlucht” at this location now. It will be released on July 08, 2022 via Babylon Doom Cult Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl version will follow at the end of the year. For more information please visit www.babylondoomcultrecords.com or www.facebook.com/babylondoomcultrecords
Krakow, Poland based one-man Black Metal project SVAR has just released a new EP entitled “Under A Sky Full Of Thunder”. It was recorded, mixed and mastered between 2021 and 2022 by Kamil Bolesta (guitar, bass and vocals) and the cover artwork and layout was created by Yaggvh. You can listen to the whole EP over here. All further SVAR info you will find at www.facebook.com/svarkvlt
On September 05, 2022 Rotted Life Records will release the sophomore album from southern California based Death Metallers VRENTH, “Succumb To Chaos”, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl version will follow later this year. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Omnipresence (Mors Certa / Hora Incerta)’, ‘Demise In Hollow Suffering’, ‘Curse Of The Living And Of The Dead’, ‘Integrum Tenebrae’, ‘Succumb To Chaos’, ‘An Eternal Impious War’, ‘Contemptus Mundi’ and ‘The End As A Shadow’. You can already check out the album opener ‘Omnipresence (Mors Certa / Hora Incerta)’ at this location. All additional VRENTH info is available at www.facebook.com/vrenthband
Polish blackened Thrashers GALLOWER have just premiered the track ‘Claws And Fangs’ over here. It will appear on the band’s new EP “Eastern Witchcraft”, which will be released on July 29, 2022 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed title track ‘Eastern Witchcraft’ can still be streamed at this location. The full “Eastern Witchcraft” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Eastern Witchcraft’, ‘Claws And Fangs’, ‘Susanoo’s Deceit’, ‘Enchanted Woods’ and ‘Forest Sleeps While Stars Die’. You can follow GALLOWER at www.facebook.com/gallowerofficial
On September 15, 2022 Purity Through Fire will release the third full length from Swedish Black Metallers GNIPAHÅLAN, “I Nordisk Vredelusta”, on CD format. The vinyl version will be released in 2023. You can already check out the album’s title track ‘I Nordisk Vredeslusta’ at this location. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Forna Minnen’, ‘I Stormens Led’, ‘Odestimmans Kampfyllda Har’, ‘Fortrollad Till Efvighet’, ‘I Blodets Svarta Dunkel Del I’, ‘Inom Tusenarig Visdom’, ‘I Nordisk Vredeslusta’, ‘Nordens Majestat’, ‘I Blodets Svarta Dunkel Del II’ and ‘Bort I Efvigheten’. The band’s second album “Folkstorm” will be released later this year, also through Purity Through Fire. For more GNIPAHÅLAN info please visit www.ancientrecords.se
Portland, Oregon based Death Metal duo TRIUMVIR FOUL has just premiered the track ‘Serpents’ Gnash For War’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming third album “Onslaught To Seraphim”, which will be released on July 29, 2022 by Vrasubatlat and Invictus Productions on cassette tape and CD versions respectively. A co-released vinyl version will also be released later this year. The previously revealed album track ‘Flesh Diocese’ can still be found at this location. Here’s the complete “Onslaught To Seraphim” tracklist: ‘Presage’, ‘Flesh Diocese’, ‘Domini Befallen (To Doom)’, ‘Bašmu Enthralled, Horned Creations’, ‘Serpents’ Gnash For War’, ‘Slither Of Corruption (The Demise Of The Three Serpents)’, ‘Infected Virtue’ and ‘Onslaught To Seraphim’. For more TRIUMVIR FOUL please visit https://vrasubatlat.bandcamp.com
Marburg, Germany based Death Metallers CORROSIVE have just released a video for ‘Necroloveicon’ at this location. The song is taken from their latest album “Death As A Process”, which was released on June 03, 2022 in stores and on all common streaming platforms. For regular band updates follow CORROSIVE at www.facebook.com/corrosiveband
Texas based Death Metallers FLESHROT have just premiered the track ‘Haunted Visions Of Sick Depravities’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Unburied Corpse”, which will be released on August 01, 2022 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (Europe) and Desert Wastelands (US). You can still check out the previously revealed ‘Intricate Dissection’ over here. The full tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Wrapped In Entrails’, ‘Intricate Dissection’, ‘Draining The Liquified Remains’, ‘Unburied Corpse’, ‘Post Burial Extractions’, ‘In Filth And Pain’ and ‘Haunted Visions Of Sick Depravities’. All additional FLESHROT info you will find at www.facebook.com/fleshrottx
Danish Black Metallers GRIGORIEN have just premiered the track ‘Syndens Slegtsbog’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Magtens Evangelium”, which will be released on August 05, 2022 via Signal Rex on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘De 9 Chor’, ‘Skammens Æt’, ‘Boedsgang Og Blodig Hoste’, ‘Østens Hviide Slange’, ‘Et Taarn Til De Høyeste Himle’, ‘Tiggere I Gyldne Pialter’, ‘Strafferens Psalmer’, ‘Af Kviksølv Og Galdes Chor’, ‘De Blindes Hyrde’, ‘Syndens Slegtsbog’ and ‘Den Kaossymmetriske Liturgie’. More GRIGORIEN information you will find at www.facebook.com/grigoriendk
Portuguese Black Metallers BLACK CILICE are streaming their upcoming sixth full length “Esoteric Atavism” at this location now. It will be released via Iron Bonehead Productions today. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
On August 12, 2022 Spread Evil Productions will release the third album from Finnish Black Metallers MIMORIUM, “The Route Of Haeresis”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Invocation Of The Nameless One’, ‘Mirror Dimension’, ‘Liberate The Transcendent Essence’, ‘Succumb To Nightmares’, ‘Hand Of The Heretic’, ‘Her Place In Shade’, ‘The Route Of Haeresis’ and ‘Circle Of Serpents’. For all further MIMORIUM info check out www.facebook.com/mimorium
Maine based one-man Doom / Death project SEEP has just released a visualizer video for ‘Gorging On The Gutpile’ over here. The song is taken from the SEEP debut full-length “Hymns To The Gore”, which will be released on vinyl, CD and digital formats via Extremely Rotten Productions on July 08, 2022. Gurgling Gore Records will release the album on cassette. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Morbidly Obese’, ‘Jigsaw Facefuck’, ‘Addicted To Rancidity’, ‘Horrific Fetal Mutation’, ‘Gorging On The Gutpile’, ‘Pedophile Genitalia Removal’, ‘Encased In Shit’ and ‘Swimming In Sewage’. The music was written, performed and recorded by Vomitus. ‘Jigsaw Facefuck’ features guest vocals by Brennen Westermeyer (FLUIDS). The guest guitar solos on ‘Addicted To Rancidity’ and ‘Encased In Shit’ were performed by Daniel Bonofiglio (FUMES / GUTVOID). More SEEP you will find at https://seepdeathdoom.bandcamp.com
“Morbid Extinction”, the new EP from Indonesian Deathcrust fourpiece MASAKRE, is out now on cassette via Lycanthropic Chants, limited to 103 copies on red shell tapes, with a 300gsm cover and free digital download. It was released on CD and vinyl earlier this year via Pulverised Records. You can watch a video for ‘Abolished Realms’ at this location. More MASAKRE at https://masakreblood.bandcamp.com
The “Manufaktur” EP from Osnabrück, Germany based HITZBOLD is out on limited tape edition via Lycanthropic Chants now: 50 green shell tapes, with 270gsm yellow neon paper cover and 53 dark yellow shell tapes, with 270gsm green neon paper cover. Both editions are hand-numbered and include a free digital download. You will find a full stream at this location. For all additional HITZBOLD info please visit www.facebook.com/hitzbold