» News Archive August 2023
“Gorging On Mephitic Rot”, the debut demo from Mexican Death Metallers STENCHED, will be released via Blood Harvest Records on 12″ vinyl format on October 31, 2023 including the two exclusive bonus tracks ‘Chunks Of Pustulant Rot’ and ‘A Skull Covered In Putrid Slime’. The original four tracks of the demo can be streamed at this location. More STENCHED info at https://stenched.bandcamp.com
On October 31, 2023 Signal Rex will release the sophomore full length from Poland’s Black Metallers TEUFELSBERG, “Pakt Mit Dem Teufel”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Hunger Etter Synd’, ‘Der Ruf Des Mephistopheles’, ‘Gospel Of Diabolical Freedom’, ‘La Beauté Du Diable’, ‘Noc Walpurgii, Lucyfera Dar!’ and ‘Wpiekłowstąpienie (In Herrlichkeit Inmitten Der Flammen)’. You can already check out ‘Der Ruf Des Mephistopheles’ at this location. All previous TEUFELSBERG releases you can stream at https://teufelsbergbm.bandcamp.com
UK’s blackend Thrashers DEVASTATOR will re-release their debut album “Baptised In Blasphemy”, entirely remixed and remastered, with new artwork and 8 bonus tracks, in November 2023 via Listenable Records. A new album will follow in early Spring 2024, also via Listenable Records. Here’s the complete tracklist of the re-release edition: ‘Howling Night’, ‘Worship The Goat’, ‘Hail Death’, ‘Send Them To Hell’, ‘Death Slut’, ‘Spiritual Warfare’, ‘Baptised In Blasphemy’, ‘Merciless Onslaught’ (re-recorded), ‘Worship The Goat’ (Live), ‘Send Them To Hell’ (Live), ‘Death Slut’ (Live), ‘Spiritual Warfare’ (Live), ‘Howling Night’ (Live), ‘Baptised In Blasphemy’ (Live) and ‘Hail Death’ (Live). All live tracks have been recorded at Bloodstock Open Air in 2022. A video for ‘Howling Night’ is available right here. All further DEVASTATOR info you will find at www.facebook.com/devastatoruk
On September 01, 2023 Amor Fati Productions will release a new mini album from Belgian Black Metallers DIKASTERION, “Chaos As A New World”, on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. You will find a full stream of it at this location. The cover artwork was created by Cinis. More DIKASTERION music you will find at https://dikasterion.bandcamp.com
Mumbai, India based Death / Grinders GUTSLIT have just released a video for ‘Altar Of Putridity’ over here. It is the third single from their new full-length “Carnal”, which was released on July 07, 2023. A full album stream you will find at this location. A video for ‘The Killing Joke’ is additionally available over here. For all further GUTSLIT info check out www.facebook.com/gutslit
Long Island, New York based progressive brutal Death Metallers AFTERBIRTH have just premiered ‘Hovering Human Head Drones’, the second single from their upcoming new album “In But Not Of”. You can listen to it at this location. The album was recorded live in the studio by Colin Marston in Queens, New York from April to June 2023. It was also mixed and mastered by Colin Marston and will be out on CD, gatefold vinyl and digitally on October 20, 2023 via Willowtip Records. The artwork was supplied by Alex Eckman-Lawn. The complete “In But Not Of” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Tightening The Screws’, ‘Devils With Dead Eyes’, ‘Vomit On Humanity’, ‘Autoerotic Amputation’, ‘Vivisected Psychopomp’, ‘Hovering Human Head Drones’, ‘In But Not Of’, ‘Angels Feast On Flies’, ‘Time Enough Tomorrow’, ‘Death Invents Itself’ and ‘Succumb To Life’. You can follow AFTERBIRTH at www.facebook.com/afterbirthnydeathmetal
Italian blackened Death Metallers HURONIAN have just released a video for ‘Blazing Bolt Of Hatred’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s upcoming EP “Beyond Frozen Heights”, which will be released on September 15, 2023 via Gruesome Records. For more HURONIAN information check out www.facebook.com/huronianofficial
International Black Metallers BELIAL’S THRONE are streaming their upcoming debut full length “Forgotten Land Of The Lost Souls” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on September 01, 2023 via Spread Evil Productions. “Forgotten Land Of The Lost Souls” was mixed and mastered by Shauny Cads at Last Light Records Studio. More about BELIAL’S THRONE at www.facebook.com/belials-throne-107104880966688
Mexican Death Metallers REVERENCE TO PAROXYSM are streaming their upcoming debut full length “Lux Morte” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on August 31, 2023 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records and Dark Descent Records on vinyl LP and CD formats, respectively. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/reverencetoparoxysm
Finnish technical Death Metallers OMNIVORTEX have just released a video for ‘Of Aeons Past’ at this location. The song is the second single from their upcoming sophomore full length “Circulate”. ‘Of Aeons Past’ has lyrically been inspired by the horror stories of HP Lovecraft. More about OMNIVORTEX at www.facebook.com/omnivortexofficial
Greek depressive Black Metallers SORRY… will release their third full length “Self Inflicted Razor Cutting” via Tragedy Productions on October 20, 2023. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Self Inflicted Razor Cutting’, ‘Lying In A Pool Of Blood’, ‘Complete Isolation’, ‘Days Of Uselessness’, ‘Broken Promises’, ‘Never Reached Dreams’ (HANGING GARDEN cover), ‘Window To Another Pointless Sunset’, ‘A Tortured Sight And The Final Breath’ and ‘Path Of Nothingness’. For all further info, please visit SORRY… at www.facebook.com/sorry.dsbm.official
German Black Metallers NEBELKRÄHE have just revealed a video for ‘Kranichträume’ at this location. It was filmed at the Faroe Islands during the pandemic summer of 2020. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming third album “ephemer”, which will be released on October 27, 2023 via Crawling Chaos Records on digipak CD, vinyl LP and digitally. It was produced by Victor Bullok at Woodshed Studio (ANOMALIE, DARK FORTRESS, FARSOT, SECRETS OF THE MOON). The drums were recorded by Christoph Brandes at Iguana Studios (IMPERIUM DEKADENZ, THE SPIRIT, THRON). Guests on the album include Noise (KANONENFIEBER), sG (SECRETS OF THE MOON, CRONE) and Markus Stock (EMPYRIUM, THE VISION BLEAK). The previously revealed album trailer can still be found over here. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Tumult Auf Claim Abendland’, ‘Nielandsmann’, ‘ephemer’, ‘Dornbusch (Im Norden Kein Westen)’, ‘Über Menschen Unter Tage’, ‘Kranichträume’ and ‘Die Strandbar Von Scheria’. For more NEBELKRÄHE information please visit www.facebook.com/nebelkraeheofficial
Greek technical Thrashers VENUS will release their debut full-length “Obscured Until Observed” in November 2023 on CD and digital formats via Xtreem Music. You can still listen to their 2022 EP “Project Lamda” at this location. For regular updates make sure to follow VENUS at www.facebook.com/venusscifi
On October 27, 2023 Hells Headbangers will release “Suffer The Fallen”, the fifth album from Australian Death Metallers CEMETERY URN on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It was produced by Adam Calaitzis at Toyland Studio and the cover artwork was created by Mark Riddick. The album opener ‘Damnation Is In The Blood’ is already available for streaming at this location. The complete “Suffer The Fallen” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Damnation Is In The Blood’, ‘Kill At A Distance’, ‘Savage Torment’, ‘Embers Of The Burning Dead’, ‘Room Of Depravity’, ‘Suffer The Fallen’, ‘Compulsive Degradation’ and ‘It Will End In Death’. The band’s original vocalist Damon Bloodstorm can be heard on the vinyl only bonus track ‘Mass Graves Of Blood’, an unreleased track from 2007, which also features original bassist Squiz. More about CEMETERY URN at www.facebook.com/cemeteryurn
“One Thousand Vultures Waiting To Be Fed”, the upcoming debut full length from EFRAAH ENHSIKAAH, will be released via Osmose Productions on October 27, 2023 on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘One Thousand Vultures Waiting To Be Fed’, ‘Letharia Vulpina’, ‘Budgeting For Betrayal’, ‘Running Into The Abyss’, ‘Dead Sun Shines Bright’, ‘Cold Blood And Broken Teeth’ and ‘Fed’. Meyhna’ch (solo, MÜTIILATION) has contributed guest vocals to the album. A first track will be revealed on September 05, 2023. Follow www.facebook.com/osmoseproductions for more info and updates.
Austrian sci-fi Death Metallers MASTIC SCUM have just released another video from their current album “Icon”. You can watch ‘Create And Destroy’ over here. More MASTIC SCUM information is available at www.facebook.com/masticscum
On October 09, 2023 Polish Black Metal project HEGEROTH will self-release its fifth full length “Disintegration” on jewelcase CD and digitally. It was recorded at HH Soundlab Studios and the cover artwork was created by Maciej Kamuda (BLUT AUS NORD, NUNSLAUGHTER, MASTER, KINGDOM, ZMARLYM). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘The Snake’, ‘Debased’, ‘The Dirt’, ‘The Ritual’, ‘Uplifted’, ‘The Shepherd’, ‘The Ring’, ‘The Queen Of Spiders’ and ‘An Accident’. You can already watch a lyric video for the album opener ‘The Snake’ over here. For all further HEGEROTH info please visit www.facebook.com/hegeroth
US Death Metallers DYING FETUS will release their ninth album “Make Them Beg For Death” via Relapse Records on September 08, 2023. It was recorded in Baltimore with longtime producer Steve Wright and mixed by Mark Lewis (CANNIBAL CORPSE). The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Enlighten Through Agony’, ‘Compulsion For Cruelty’, ‘Feast Of Ashes’, ‘Throw Them In The Van’, ‘Unbridled Fury’, ‘When The Trend Ends’, ‘Undulating Carnage’, ‘Raised In Victory / Razed In Defeat’, ‘Hero’s Grave’ and ‘Subterfuge’. You can follow DYING FETUS at www.facebook.com/dyingfetus
On September 27, 2023 Signal Rex will release “Excesses Of Perpetual Gloom”, a three-song maxi-single from Portuguese Black Metallers MONS VENERIS, on CD format. It is meant as an appetizer for the band’s forthcoming full-length “Ascent Into Draconian Abyss”, which will be released this winter via Signal Rex. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Excesses Of Perpetual Gloom’, ‘Watchers From The Burning Void’ and ‘The Faceless Horrid’s Mirror’. You can already listen to ‘Excesses Of Perpetual Gloom’ at this location. More info you will find at www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
“Prophet Of Eternal Damnation”, the sophomore full length from Norwegian bestial Black / War Metal three-piece GOATKRAFT, will be released via Iron Bonehead Productions on November 03, 2023 on CD and vinyl LP formats. Here’s the full tracklist already: ‘Portal To Annihilation’, ‘Herald Of Death’, ‘Bestial Black Metal Hordes’, ‘Filth Eradication’, ‘Prophet Of Eternal Damnation’, ‘Death Psalm’, ‘Barbaric Hatred And Doom’, ‘Primal Instincts’ and ‘Thermonuclear Genocide’. More GOATKRAFT you will find at https://goatkraft.bandcamp.com
Swedish Doom / Deathers OCTOBER TIDE have just released a lyric video for ‘Tapestry Of Our End’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming seventh album “The Cancer Pledge”, which will be released on October 06, 2023 via Agonia Records. More OCTOBER TIDE information you will find at www.facebook.com/octobertideband
Swedish Post Black Metal duo LIGHTLORN has just released ‘Dimensionless Blackness’, a track from their upcoming debut full-length “At One With The Night Sky”, over here. The album will be released via Black Lion Records on September 29, 2023. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Amongst Stellar Remnants’, ‘A Tragedy In Starlight’, ‘Dimensionless Blackness’, ‘Ghostly Soliloquies’, ‘Of Longing Spirit And Infinite Solitude’, ‘Spiral Arms Like Swirling Rivers’ and ‘Earthbound’. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/lightlorn
“De Vermis Mysteriis”, the second album from German Black Metallers BAXAXAXA, can be streamed in its entirety over here now. It will be released on September 01, 2023 via The Sinister Flame. All additional BAXAXAXA information you will find at www.facebook.com/ungod-baxaxaxa-1037290856315377
Swedish melodic Death Metallers SODOMISERY have just revealed a third single from their upcoming sophomore full-length “Mazzaroth”. You can watch a lyric video of the titletrack over here. The album will be released on September 08, 2023 via Testimony Records on CD, LP and digitally. It was produced by Harris Sopovic at Sopovic Antiproductions in Östhammar, Sweden, mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström at Björnström Sound & Production in Sundsvall, Sweden and features a cover artwork from JRMR. More SODOMISERY info is available at www.facebook.com/sodomiseryofficial
Swedish Thrash / Speed Metallers TYRANEX have just released ‘Do Or Die’, a second track from their upcoming album “Reasons For The Slaughter“, at this location. The album will be released on September 22, 2023 via GMR Music Group on vinyl, CD and cassette tape. It was produced by Lawrence Mackrory (KATATONIA, BLOODBATH, DECAPITATED, VOMITORY). For all further TYRANEX info please visit www.facebook.com/tyranexofficial
On November 10, 2023 German Thrashers SODOM will release a new EP entitled “1982” with re-recordings of old tracks via SPV / Steamhammer on digipak CD, 12″ vinyl and digitally. It will feature the following tracks: ‘1982’ (Remix), ‘Witching Metal’, ‘Victims Of Death’, ‘Let’s Fight In The Darkness Of Hell’ and ‘Equinox’. You can follow SODOM at www.facebook.com/sodomized
Ukrainian / Polish Death Metallers KARPATHIAN RELICT have just released a second video from their upcoming third full length “Never Be After”. You can watch ‘The Masochist’ at this location. The previously revealed video for ‘Bury In The Past’ is still available over here. “Never Be After” will be released on September 09, 2023 via Musiko Eye and Metal Exhumator on CD and digitally. The cover artwork was created by Michał “Xaay” Loranc (GOD DETHRONED, KAMELOT, NILE). Its full tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Moth’, ‘Bury In The Past’, ‘Closed Book’, ‘Silent Waters Pt. I’, ‘Silent Waters Pt. II’, ‘Жach’, ‘My Anthem’ and ‘The Masochist’. For more information please visit KARPATHIAN RELICT at www.facebook.com/karpathianrelict
Swedish Death Metallers FARSOTH will release their second full-length “Morbid Symphonies” on October 27, 2023 via Black Lion Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Hate’, ‘Nothingness’, ‘Infernal Bondage’, ‘Morbid Symphony’, ‘Bound To Death’, ‘Afterlife’, ‘Provoke Me’, ‘Your Death’, ‘Rotten Flesh Stew’ and ‘World Beyond’. The album’s first single ‘Nothingness’ can already be streamed at this location. All further FARSOTH info you will find at www.facebook.com/farsothofficialsweden
American Black Metallers PROFANATICA have just released another track from their upcoming new album “Crux Simplex”. You can check out ‘The Third Fall’ over here. Here’s what Paul Ledney had to say about it: “The 9th station of the cross, Jesus falls for the third time because he was fucking weak. He tried to hasten his steps and now he hardly moves.” “Crux Simplex” will be released on September 22, 2023 via Season of Mist. More about PROFANATICA at www.facebook.com/profanaticausa
Vampyric Metal Punks SPITER will be touring Europe this October together with SATAN WORSHIP in support of their debut full length “Bathe The Babe In Bats’ Blood”, which was released last summer via Hells Headbangers. The “Satanik Overdose Of Bats’ Blood European Tour 2023” kicks off on October 05, 2023 in Berlin, Germany and ends on October 22, 2023 in Plzen, Czech Republic. For more information and regular updates make sure to follow SPITER at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100065006710906
Italian Crossover / old school Thrashers URAL have just released a visualizer video for ‘Nightmare’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s upcoming third full length “Psychoverse”, which will be released on October 10, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Drag Me To The Wolves’, ‘Heritage’, ‘Nightmare’, ‘Blood Red Sand’, ‘Fall Of The One World’, ‘Uncanny Valley’, ‘Carousel Of Hell’ and ‘66.6 F.M.’ For more URAL information please visit www.facebook.com/uralwolfteam
Japanese Death Metallers TRANSGRESSOR are streaming their new mini album “Beyond Oblivion” in its entirety over here now. It will be released today via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (vinyl version), Sewer Rot (CD version) and Unholy Domain (cassette tape version). All additional TRANSGRESSOR information you will find at www.facebook.com/transgressor-936876473030622
German Groove Death Metal quintet ABYSS OF HEL has been signed by MDD Records for the release of their debut full length at the end of the year. The band features guitarist Daniel Stromayer from the defunct Viking / Black Metallers THRUDVANGAR. You can already watch a lyric video for the song ‘YRU’ at this location. More about ABYSS OF HEL at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087299331601
On October 27, 2023 Osmose Productions will release “Invoking The Abysmal Night”, the fourth full length from Finnish Black Metallers AEGRUS, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. Here’s the full tracklist already: ‘Invoking The Abysmal Night’, ‘Followers Of The False Prophets’, ‘Through Devil’s Breath’, ‘Temple Of Ardent Worship’, ‘Nocturnal Rites Of Faust’, ‘Those Who Hide From Light’ and ‘Where The Forest Emanates Death’. The cover artwork was once again created by Helgorth from Babalon Graphics. You can follow AEGRUS at www.facebook.com/aegrusofficial
Chile’s MY DEAREST WOUND, the Black Metal solo project from Sergio González Catalán (RISE TO THE SKY, WINDS OF TRAGEDY), has just released a video for ‘Annihilator’ at this location. The song is taken from the project’s debut full-length “The Burial”, which will be released on September 15, 2023 via Tragedy Productions. The artwork was created by Natalia Drepina. More about MY DEAREST WOUND you will find at https://mydearestwound.bandcamp.com
Danish Thrashers DESTABILIZER will release their debut full length “Violence Is The Answer” via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on September 22, 2023 on CD and digital formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Violence Is The Answer’, ‘Iconoclast’, ‘The Road To Hell’, ‘Progress’, ‘Matchday’, ‘Invocation’, ‘King Paimon’, ‘Ex Inferis’, ‘Panic’ and ‘Terrorist’. You can already listen to the single ‘Progress’ right here. For all additional DESTABILIZER info check out www.facebook.com/destabilizerdk
Swedish Thrashers ERADIKATED will release their debut full length “Descendants” on October 06, 2023 via Indie Recordings. It was produced by the band, recorded by their guitarist Ragnar Östberg at his own studio East Hill Audio and mixed and mastered by Gustav Brunn at All In Audio. The artwork was created by Felicia Rosvall and Carl Stjärnlöv. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Unleash’, ‘Flood’, ‘Drought’, ‘Descendants’, ‘Dead Heaven’, ‘Hazardous’, ‘Faced’, ‘Flames’, ‘Reckoning’, ‘Blood-like Red’ and ‘Coffin’. A video for ‘Flood’, featuring live footage from Sweden Rock Festival 2023, can already be checked out over here. You can follow ERADIKATED at www.facebook.com/eradikatedofficial
On October 23, 2023 Memento Mori will release the second album from Polish Doom / Death Metallers MARTYRDOOM, “As Torment Prevails”. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Voidcreeper’, ’93’, ‘Katatonic Ascension Of Cirrhosis’, ‘Purtenance’, ‘Shedding Of The Soul’, ‘Torment’, ‘Festering Existence’, ‘Garden Of Flesh’ and ‘In The Grip Of Winter’ (AUTOPSY cover). You can already check out ‘Katatonic Ascension Of Cirrhosis’ at this location. For more MARTYRDOOM information please visit www.facebook.com/martyrdoomdeath
Italian melodic Death Metallers MIARA will release their debut full length “Hungering Inside” on November 17, 2023 via Inverse Records. The first single ‘My Will Dominates’ is already available over here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Hungering Inside’, ‘You Still Remain’, ‘The Gate Of Hell’, ‘Fit Into The Mold’, ‘Save Me’, ‘Broken Bond’, ‘My Will Dominates’, ‘Trying’ and ‘Honesty Is A Dream’. All additional MIARA info you will find at www.facebook.com/miaraband
English / German Metal Punks DUNGEON have just premiered the track ‘Put Them In Their Graves’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming new mini album “Into The Ruins”, which will be released on September 22, 2023 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed ‘Nagasaki Sunrise’ can additionally still be streamed at this location. The complete “Into The Ruins” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Nagasaki Sunrise’, ‘Put Them In Their Graves’, ‘No Light’, ‘Beneath The Church’ and ‘Ruins’. For more DUNGEON info please visit www.facebook.com/dungeonlondon
The self-titled sophomore full length from German Pagan / Black / Death Metallers HELGRINDUR will be released on October 20, 2023 via MDD Records. For more information and regular updates please follow the band at www.facebook.com/helgrindur
Brazilian Thrashers FARSCAPE have just premiered the title-track of their upcoming fourth full length “Purged And Forgotten” at this location. The album will be released on September 22, 2023 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed ‘Leucotomy’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Purged And Forgotten’, ‘Leucotomy’, ‘The Last Solstice’, ‘Backing From The Hole’, ‘Miss Violence’, ‘Captivity Of Souls’ and ‘Vengeance Of The Forgotten’. More about FARSCAPE at www.facebook.com/farscape666
On October 23, 2023 Memento Mori will release “Metamorphosis”, the sophomore full length from The Netherlands based old school Death Metallers ECOCIDE. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Prologue’, ‘Metamorphosis’, ‘Terminus’, ‘Corrupted Reality’, ‘On The Shores Of Madness’, ‘Vortex Singularity’, ‘Transcendence Of The Mind’, ‘The Flayed’ and ‘Amongst The Tombs’. A lyric video for ‘On The Shores Of Madness’ is already available at this location. The “Metamorphosis” cover artwork was created by Costin Chioreanu. More about ECOCIDE at www.facebook.com/ecocidemetal
German Thrashers HEADSHOT are currently working on a special album to celebrate their 30th anniversary. It will feature selected songs from their debut full length “Brain At Risk” (1995) and the follow-up “Emotional Overload” (1998), completely re-recorded and available on CD for the first time with frontwoman Daniela Karrer, who joined the band in 2008. The release is scheduled for the end of the year. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/headshot.metal
Spanish Doom Death Metallers SOLNEGRE will release their debut full length “The Spiral Labyrinth” on October 06, 2023 via Meuse Music Records in co-operation with Tragedy Productions. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Vessel Part I: The Night Within’, ‘Vessel Part 2: The Day We All Failed’, ‘The End Of All Things Endless’, ‘Yours Is A Legacy Of Broken Glass And Poisoned Wells’, ‘September 6th, 1995’, ‘The Waning Glow’, ‘Song For The Inert Part I’ and ‘Ethereal / A Song For Nel’. A visualizer video for ‘Ethereal / A Song For Nel’ can already be watched over here. A second visualizer for ‘Vessel Part I: The Night Within’ is available at this location. The album was recorded at Diorama Sound in Autumn 2022 and engineered by Toni Salvà. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088967200894
Romania based atmospheric Black Metal one man band ANTUMBRA will release a compilation entitled “Oblivion” on September 10, 2023 via Loud Rage Music. The album features nine songs from previous releases, remixed and remastered, plus an exclusive bonus track. Here’s what Marius Ignatescu (all instruments / vocals) had to say about it: “This material conveys the idea of the irreversible passage of time, memories, death and life, all wrapped in a dark and atmospheric essence. This compilation implies a journey through the depths of existence, exploring the transient nature of life and the haunting echoes of the past. It captures the essence of Black Metal while evoking a sense of mystery and introspection.” You can check out the official video for ‘Alone’ at this location. More ANTUMBRA you will find at https://antumbra-official.bandcamp.com
New York City based Death / War Metallers RUIN LUST will release their fourth full length “Dissimulant” on September 29, 2023 via 20 Buck Spin. It was recorded and mixed by Nolan Voss and mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound Studio. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Eden’, ‘Imperium’, ‘Clinamen’, ‘Thrall’, ‘Dissimulant’, ‘Purge’, ‘Infinite Regress’ and ‘Chemical Wind’. The opener ‘Eden’ can already be checked out at this location. More RUIN LUST you will find at https://ruinlust.bandcamp.com
Germany’s Power Thrashers SAVAGE BLOOD have just finished work on the follow-up to their 2020 debut full-length “Downfall”. The album will be released via MDD Records later this year. For regular updates please follow the band at www.facebook.com/savageblood.metal
Finnish Death Metallers DESECRESY have just released a visualizer video for ‘Approaching Sound’ over here. The song will be featured on their upcoming eighth album “Deserted Realms”, which will be released on September 26, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD, limited vinyl LP (100 splatter and 150 black), limited cassette tape (50 copies) and digital formats. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Approaching Sound’, ‘Spirits At The Cursed Ruins’, ‘Dark Chambers’, ‘Green Monolith’, ‘From Beneath The Horizon’, ‘The Cosmic Crypt’, ‘Shroud Of Mist’ and ‘Deserted Worlds’. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063840274770
The Italian one-man Black Metal band HIEMS has just revealed a video for ‘A Night On The Bare Mountain’ at this location. The song will be featured on the upcoming third album “Stranger In A Wasteland”, which will be released on September 08, 2023 via Agonia Records. It was recorded at Elfo Studio (FORGOTTEN TOMB), engineered by Daniele Mandelli and mixed and produced by Daniele Mandelli and Alessandro “Algol” Comerio. The album was mastered at La Maestà Studio by Giovanni Versari and comes with artwork by Adam Burke (SOLSTAFIR, ENFORCER). Guest contributions come from Gabriel Minuta (guitars), Paolo Apollo Negri (hammond organs) and Elisabetta Marchetti (vocals). “Stranger In A Wasteland” features the following tracks: ‘A Night On The Bare Mountain’, ‘Death Unites Us’, ‘Master Of Lies’, ‘March!’, ‘The Rites Of Terror’, ‘Bereavement’, ‘Better Off Dead’, ‘Stranger In A Wasteland’ and ‘Quietus’. All additional HIEMS information is available at www.facebook.com/hiemsofficial
On September 22, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “Orathania”, an instrumental / ambient full-length from Ukrainian Black Metallers BERGRIZEN, on digipak CD format. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘To The Coasts Of Bessarabia’, ‘River Ros Rocks’, ‘Bukovina Landscapes’, ‘Carpathian Shield Of Galicia’, ‘On The Way To Khust’, ‘Tavria Grace’, ‘Siveria Magic’, ‘The Winds Of The Mines’, ‘Khortytsia The Heart Of Power’, ‘Spring In Podil’, ‘Sloboda Ukraine In Winter’ and ‘Polissya Forests And Volhynia Swamps’. You can already check out ‘Tavria Grace + River Ros’ Rocks’ at this location. For more BERGRIZEN information please visit www.facebook.com/true.bergrizen
Finnish Black Metallers HEXVESSEL have just released a video for ‘A Cabin In Montana’, the third single from their upcoming sixth full-length “Polar Veil”. The video was created from vintage footage taken from Canadian adventurer Tommy Tompkins’ wildlife films of the ’70s. It can be watched over here. The album will be released via Svart Records on September 22, 2023 on vinyl LP and CD. For all further HEXVESSEL info check out www.facebook.com/hexvessel
On October 13, 2023 German Death Metallers CORROSIVE will release a concept album entitled “Wrath Of The Witch” via MDD Records. Gerre (TANKARD), Sabina Classen (HOLY MOSES), Dirk Weiss (WARPATH), Eva Schmidt (NIHIL), Andreas Jäger (HYEMS) and Kai Wilhelm (FINAL CRY) will all guest on the album and perform the different characters of the story. For regular updates make sure to follow CORROSIVE at www.facebook.com/corrosiveband
Spanish Thrashers HOLYCIDE will release a new EP entitled “Bazookiller” on September 12, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. It features the following tracks: ‘War Broadcast Live’, ‘Bazookiller’, ‘Modern Day Dictator’ and ‘Five Year Plan’ (D.R.I. cover). A first advance song (‘War Broadcast Live’) can already be checked out at this location. The EP was recorded from March to June, mixed at Monstery Studios by Javi Fernández and mastered at MK2 Recording Studio in Italy by Davide Billia. For all further HOLYCIDE info please visit www.facebook.com/holycide
“Cursed To The Night”, the debut full length from German old school Black Metallers HAGATIZ, will be released on October 11, 2023 via Amor Fati Productions on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Gathering’, ‘Demimonde’, ‘Echoes From The Afterlife’, ‘Everlast In Darkest Night’, ‘Scourge Beneath The Skin’, ‘Drown In Darkness’ and ‘Necrovoid’. You can already check out ‘Demimonde’ at this location. HAGATIZ consists of three experienced musicians from the German Black Metal scene: Semgoroth (DAUÞUZ), MK (HÄXENZIJRKELL) and Odium Aeternum (ABYTHIC, HAMAD, LUNAR CHALICE, MYSTERIA MYSTICA AETERNA). For all additional info please visit www.amor-fati-productions.de or www.facebook.com/amorfatiprod
Brazilian Death Metallers REBAELLIUN have just released a guitar playthrough video for ‘In Heresy We Trust’ over here. The song is taken from their upcoming new album “Under The Sign Of Rebellion”, which will be released on September 22, 2023 via Agonia Records. It was recorded in the summer of 2021 at RR44 Studio by Rafael Siqueira and mastered by Jander Antunes. The cover artwork was created by Sebastian Suarez. You can follow REBAELLIUN at www.facebook.com/rebaelliun
“Ontological Mysterium”, the fifth album from Philadelphia based Death Metallers HORRENDOUS, is now streaming in its entirety at this location. It will be released on August 18, 2023 via Season Of Mist. The cover artwork was created by Brian Smith. More about HORRENDOUS at www.facebook.com/horrendousdeathmetal
US Death Metallers INCANTATION have just released a video for ‘Invocation (Chthonic Merge) X’ over here. The song is featured on their upcoming new album “Unholy Deification”, which will be released via Relapse Records on August 25, 2023. All further INCANTATION info you will find at www.facebook.com/incantationofficial
“Diabolus (The Unholy Rot): Demo #1 1990”, the one and only demo from defunct Atlanta, Georgia based Death Metallers ROT, will be re-released via Boris Records on October 06, 2023 on 12″ vinyl. It will include the original four-song demo EP remastered, along with the two previously unreleased tracks ‘Baphomet’ and ‘Violent Beast’ (rehearsal), as well as a recently unearthed live show from 1991. Also included will be in-depth biography from John Mincemoyer (printed on an 11×11 insert) and dozens of never before seen photos. The remastered title track is available for streaming at this location. For more information check out www.facebook.com/borisrecordsatl
On September 22, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “Mystikk & Mørke”, the debut mini album from Norwegian Black Metallers HJEMSØKT, on CD format. The 12″ vinyl LP will follow on October 27, 2023. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Steinens Mørke Søvn’, ‘Dans I Den Visnende Skogen’, ‘Sorgens Hymne’, ‘Kongen Begravd I Fjellet’, ‘Jord Røtter Blod’ and ‘Nattestormer’. You can already stream ‘Dans I Den Visnende Skogen’ over here. For more info please visit www.purity-through-fire.com
Chilean technical Death Metallers BLOOD OATH have just premiered the track ‘The Journey Into The Depths’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Lost In Eternal Silence”, which will be released on September 15, 2023 via Caligari Records (CD and cassette tape versions) in co-operation with Raise The Dead Records (vinyl version). The following tracks will be on it: ‘Beyond The Dimensional Gates’, ‘Sanctuary Of Souls’, ‘Fateful Existence’, ‘The Sacrifice’, ‘Singularity’, ‘Reflections Of Darkness’, ‘The Journey Into The Depths’ and ‘Lost In An Eternal Silence’. The previoulsy revealed ‘Sanctuary Of Souls’ is still available over here. You can follow BLOOD OATH at www.facebook.com/bloodoathchile
Finnish symphonic Black Metal trio MOONLIGHT SORCERY will release its debut full-length “Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle” via Avantgarde Music on September 29, 2023 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. It was mixed and mastered at Unisound by Dan Swanö. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘To Withhold The Day’, ‘In Coldest Embrace’, ‘The Secret Of Streaming Blood’, ‘Yönsilmä’, ‘Vihan Verhon Takaa’, ‘The Moonlit Dance Of The Twisted Jester’s Blood-Soaked Rituals’, ‘Fire Burns The Horizon’, ‘Into The Silvery Shadows Of Night’ and ‘Suden Tie (Wolven Hour Part II)’. More about MOONLIGHT SORCERY at www.facebook.com/moonlight.sorcery
Norwegian Black Metallers TSJUDER have just released a video for the title track of their new album “Helvegr” at this location. The recording took place in Hallingdal, Norway during the full moon and it gives a fitting representation of the darkest nights of hellish Norway. The meaning of Helvegr is often depicted as a journey or a road that the souls of the deceased would take after death. All additional TSJUDER information you will find at www.facebook.com/tsjuderofficial
“Beneath The Crimson Prophecy”, the sophomore full length from German blackened Speed Metallers DIABOLIC NIGHT, will be released via High Roller Records on October 20, 2023 on CD and vinyl LP. The cassette tape edition will be out via Mortal Rite Records. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Revelation’, ‘Tales Of Past & Mystery’, ‘The Sacred Scriptures’, ‘Pandemonium’, ‘Starlit Skies’, ‘Vicious Assault’, ‘Voyage To Fortune’ and ‘Arktares Has Fallen’. A lyric video for the album’s first single ‘The Sacred Scriptures’ is already available over here. The cover artwork was created by Adam Burke (ANGEL WITCH, PORTRAIT). For more information please visit DIABOLIC NIGHT at www.facebook.com/diabolicnight
Helsinki, Finland based Death / Thrashers KHIRAL have just released a new single entitled ‘Versions Of Reality’ over here. It’s the band’s first musical sign of life since the release of their second full-length “Shards” back in August of 2021. For more KHIRAL information please visit www.facebook.com/khiralband
Spanish Black Metallers DANTALION have just revealed their new single ‘Sound Of Bells And Open Scissors’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming new album “Fatum”, which will be released on September 08, 2023 via Non Serviam Records. A lyric video for ‘Novena Wake Begins’ can additionally be watched over here. The complete “Fatum” tracklist reads like this: ‘Great Funeral Of Dawn’, ‘Abyss Eating Serpent’, ‘Qayin Dominor Tumulus’, ‘Novena Wake Begins’, ‘Hades Visions’, ‘Exu King Of Souls Omulu’, ‘Mortuary Song’ and ‘Sounds Of Bells And Open Scissors’. More about DANTALION at www.facebook.com/dantalion.metalband
Cleveland’s Power Thrashers DESTRUCTOR will release their fifth full length “Blood, Bone, And Fire” this fall via Shadow Kingdom Records on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. Here’s the full tracklist already: ‘Blood, Bone, And Fire’, ‘Iron Clad’, ‘Storm Upon The World’, ‘Never Surrender’, ‘Depths Of Insanity’, ‘The Calling’, ‘Heroic Age’, ‘Hammering The Steel’ and ‘Dominate’. For regular updates make sure to follow DESTRUCTOR at www.facebook.com/destructormetal
Dutch Black Metallers SALACIOUS GODS have just released a video for ‘Morbid Revelations In Blood And Semen’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming album “Oalevluuk”, which will be released on October 06, 2023 via Hammerheart Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. All further SALACIOUS GODS info you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063615000945
On September 22, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “What If This Was Everything”, the sophomore full length from Norwegian Black Metallers SOLUS GRIEF, on CD format (it was originally released digitally in February of this year). The vinyl LP edition will follow on October 27, 2023. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Upon the Winds, My Breath Left’, ‘Within The Fires’, ‘What If This Was Everything’ and ‘Of the Earth Cold’. You can already stream the opener ‘Upon the Winds, My Breath Left’ over here. More SOLUS GRIEF you will find at https://solusgrief.bandcamp.com
Danish / Italian Black / Doom Metallers THE RITE are streaming their sophomore full length “The Astral Gloom” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Iron Bonehead Productions today. For more THE RITE information please visit www.facebook.com/the-rite-band-page-219647875291113
Swedish melodic, doomy Death Metallers OCTOBER TIDE will release their seventh full length “The Cancer Pledge” on October 06, 2023 via Agonia Records. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Peaceful, Quiet, Safe’, ‘Tapestry Of Our End’, ‘Unprecedented Aggression’, ‘Blodfattig’, ‘The Cancer Pledge’, ‘I know Why I’m Cold’, ‘Season Of Arson’ and ‘Breathe The Water’. The album was recorded and produced in 2023 by OCTOBER TIDE and Karl Daniel Lidén (BLOODBATH, KATATONIA), the latter also mixed and mastered it. The cover artwork was created by Albin Högbom. “It’s a direct continuation of the previous album”, states guitarist Fredrik Norrman. “Less Doom and more Death Metal, yet melodic and with more layers. I’ve searched for inspiration in records I listened to in the ’80s and ’90s when I grew up. But it still sounds like OCTOBER TIDE.” Next to Fredrik Norrman, the band’s current line-up also features second guitarist Mattias Norrman (ex – KATATONIA), vocalist Alexander Högbom (ex – DEMONICAL), bassist Johan Jönsegård (LETTERS FROM THE COLONY) and drummer Jonas Sköld (LETTERS FROM THE COLONY / THENIGHTTIMEPROJECT). On the day of the album release OCTOBER TIDE will start their European tour, which runs through Germany, Belgium, France, Czech Republic and Poland. For regular updates please follow them at www.facebook.com/octobertideband
Spanish Black Metallers MORTA have just premiered the track ‘La Caída De Los Infieles’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “La España Negra”, which will be released on September 08, 2023 via Signal Rex. The previously revealed ‘La Fé Impura De Un Futuro Envuelto En llamas’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete “La España Negra” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Requiem Por Una España Fragmentad’, ‘La Caída De Los Infieles’, ‘La Fé Impura De Un Futuro Envuelto En Llamas’, ‘La Muerte Santa’, ‘Leyenda Negra Del Tiempo’, ‘Mi Invierno Eterno’, ‘Estigia’ and ‘Transustanciación Diabólica’. All further MORTA information you will find at www.facebook.com/morta-black-metal-110470397260377
Italy’s melodic Black / Death Metallers HURONIAN will release a new EP entitled “Beyond Frozen Heights” on September 15, 2023 via Gruesome Records. You can already check out two of the tracks here and here. The band’s vocalist Daniele Lupidi, who also plays in HATEFUL and VALGRIND, also created the cover art of the EP. More about HURONIAN at www.facebook.com/huronianofficial
Japan’s ABIGAIL and America’s NEKROFILTH have joined forces on a split album entitled “Fuck In Hell’s Evil Bitches”, which will be released on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats later this year via Hells Headbangers. You can already check out ABIGAIL’s ‘Black Funeral War’ at this location and NEKROFILTH’s ‘Fuck In Hell’ over here. The exact release date and tracklist of the album will be announced shortly. For regular updates make sure to follow Hells Headbangers at www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers
“Still The Future Is Bleak”, the new EP from New Jersey’s Punk Metallers ROAD PIG, will be released via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on September 01, 2023 on CD and digital formats. It was recorded in 2019, mixed this year by Will Mellor at Red Water Recording and mastered at Dead Air Studios by Will Killingsworth. The artwork was created by Fred Grabosky of Form Terror Growth. You can already check out the EP’s single ‘Ancient Noise’ at this location. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Total War’, ‘Blood On The Streets’, ‘Ancient Noise’ and ‘Leather And Dust’. All additional ROAD PIG information you will find at www.facebook.com/roadpignj
Seattle, Washington based Death Metallers CYSTIC are streaming their upcoming debut full length “Palace Of Shadows” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on August 11, 2023 via Chaos Records. In September the band will perform at this year’s Killtown Deathfest in Copenhagen, Denmark. More CYSTIC you will find at https://cystic666.bandcamp.com
Australian Black Metallers RUNESPELL are streaming their fifth album “Shores Of Nastrond” at this location now. It will be released on August 11, 2023 via Iron Bonehead Productions. For more RUNESPELL please visit https://instagram.com/runespellofficial
Finnish melodic Black / Death Metallers I HELVETE have just released a lyric video for ‘Uuden Ajan ABC’, the first single from their upcoming sophomore full length “Yksi Yhteinen Yhteiskunta”, over here. The album will be released on November 24, 2023 via Inverse Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Yksi Yhteinen Yhteiskunta’, ‘KKK’, ‘Uuden Ajan ABC’, ‘Yhdestoista Hetki’, ‘Paratiisi’, ‘Suuri Puhdistus’, ‘Valittu Kansa’ and ‘V Niin Kuin Vallankumous’. The cover artwork was created by Yuri Chuchmay. You can follow the band at www.facebook.com/ihelveteband
On August 25, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release the debut full length from Finnish Black Metallers AGANTHROS, “Syntiset Saatanat Kurjat”, on CD format. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Ruttolapsi’, ‘Sodoman Valssi’, ‘Veljet, Kantakaa Minut Hautaan’, ‘Avaruuden Nurja Puoli’, ‘Ana’, ‘Vieraiden Askeleet’ and ‘Seitsemän Miehen Voima’. You can already check out ‘Avaruuden Nurja Puoli’ over here. Fore more AGANTHROS please visit https://aganthros.bandcamp.com
“Death Of Sorrow”, the sophomore full length from US Doom / Death Metallers SORROW, has just been released via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape. The album was already written way back in 1993, but only recorded in 2023. A full stream is available at this location. All further SORROW info is available at www.facebook.com/sorrowny
Hanover, Pennsylvania based old school Death Metal trio SADISTIC VISION has just released a video for the title track of their new EP “Destroyer Of All Dreams” at this location. The EP was released via Boris Records at the end of July on CD, vinyl and digital formats. It features the following tracks: ‘Intro’, ‘Unremorsed Killing’, ‘Repressed Mind’, ‘Destroyer Of All Dreams’ and ‘J.C.’. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/svforlife
On September 22, 2023 Dying Victims Productions will release “Sharp Magick Steel”, the debut album of Colombia’s Speed Metallers RECKLESS, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Kneel Before The Gods’, ‘Crimson Obsession’, ‘Glittering Death’, ‘Sharp Magik Steel’, ‘Behind The Mist’, ‘Neutralized’, ‘Wake Up Screaming’ and ‘Unholy Odyssey’. You can already stream ‘Glittering Death’ over here. For all additional RECKLESS information please visit www.facebook.com/recklessspeedmetal
Portland, Oregon based Death Metallers EXCARNATED ENTITY have just premiered the track ‘Corridor Of Flame’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Mass Grave Horizon”, which will be released on September 08, 2023 via Nuclear Winter Records. The previously revealed album track ‘Irradiated Shadows’ is still available for streaming over here. The complete “Mass Grave Horizon” tracklist reads like this: ‘Abjection’, ‘Carcinogen Shroud’, ‘Irradiated Shadows’, ‘Corridor Of Flame’, ‘Paralytic Reverie’, ‘Mass Grave Horizon’, ‘The Butcher’s Pulpit’ and ‘Gallery Of Defeat’. For more EXCARNATED ENTITY music please visit https://excarnatedentity.bandcamp.com
German old school Death Metallers CARNAL TOMB will release their third full-length “Embalmed In Decay” on November 03, 2023 via Testimony Records on CD, LP and digitally. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Intro’, ‘The Putridarium’, ‘Cataclysmic Maze’, ‘Defiled Flesh’, ‘Draped In Disgust’, ‘Cerebral Ingestion’, ‘Morgue Usurper’, ‘Embalmed In Decay’ and ‘Eyes Of The Chasm’. The album was recorded and mixed by Tobias Engl at Englsound in Berlin, Germany and mastered by Sverker Widgren at Wing Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. The artwork was created by Skaðvaldur. A lyric video for the first single ‘The Putridarium’ can already be watched over here. Guests on the album are Serkan Niron (ENGULFED) and Leonhard Link (MORBID PANZER, PUTRESCINE, SPEEDWHORE). You can follow CARNAL TOMB at www.facebook.com/carnaltombdeathmetal
Greek Black Metallers TEMPLE OF KATHARSIS have just released a video for ‘Inside The Medieval Crypt’ at this location. The track appears on the band’s debut full length “Macabre Ritual”, which was released on CD last week via Theogonia Records. A full album stream is available over here. More about TEMPLE OF KATHARSIS at www.facebook.com/templeofkatharsis
On October 06, 2023 Chaos Records will release “The Locust Mantra”, the second album from Uppsala, Sweden based Black Metallers THIRD STORM, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The cover artwork was created by Raul Gonzales. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Clandestine Gospel’, ‘Mater Pest’, ‘Demigod Doctrine’, ‘World Infernal’, ‘When Noble Hearts Failed’, ‘Inescapable Echoes Of War’, ‘Alter Omega’, ‘In The Garden Of Crystallized Souls’ and ‘Dawn Of The Fearmongers’. You can already stream ‘World Infernal’ over here. For more THIRD STORM information check out www.facebook.com/thirdstorm
Romanian Death’n’Rollers BLACKSHEEP will release their second full length “Bloodties” on August 16, 2023 via Loud Rage Music on jewel case CD. The artwork was created by Costin Chioreanu (OPETH, GHOST, VOIVOD, EMPEROR, ULVER). A first song of the album (‘Unleash The Beast’) can already be streamed at this location. All additional BLACKSHEEP info is available at www.facebook.com/blacksheeproll
Greek Black Metallers TEMPLE OF KATHARSIS have just released their debut full length “Macabre Ritual” via Theogonia Records on jewel case CD, which features a 12-page booklet. A full album stream you will find at this location. For all further band information please visit www.facebook.com/templeofkatharsis
International Death Metallers HEADS FOR THE DEAD have just premiered a second track from their upcoming new EP “In The Absence Of Faith”. You can check out ‘Taste Of Terror’ over here. The EP will be released on September 01, 2023 via Pulverised Records on LP, CD and digital formats. The cassette tape edition will be available via War Anthem Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonny Pettersson (WOMBBATH, MASSACRE) at Studio Unbound and the artwork was created by Indonesian artist Dedy aka The Art Of Badic. SENTIENT HORROR frontman Matt Moliti once again contributed lead guitars. More about HEADS FOR THE DEAD at www.facebook.com/headsforthedead
Finnish Black Metallers VALRAVN have just revealed the track ‘Liekki Tiemme Valaisee’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “The Awakening”, which will be released on September 08, 2023 via Primitive Reaction. The previously revealed album track ‘Charge Of The Last Cavalry’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist of “The Awakening” reads like this: ‘The Black Flame’, ‘Kehän Murtama’, ‘Liekki Tiemme Valaisee’, ‘The Great Deceit’, ‘The Insolent’, ‘Sisyphean Torment’, ‘A Symphony Of Horror’ and ‘Charge Of The Last Cavalry’. All additional VALRAVN info you will find at www.facebook.com/valravnfin
On September 08, 2023 Signal Rex will release “Trident And Vision”, a Black Metal split album of Finnish HAIL CONJURER and ABSOLUTE KEY, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Both bands are featured with their own track, while the other three are collaborative works. You can check out one of them at this location. In September 2023 HAIL CONJURER and ABSOLUTE KEY will also play four shows together in Finland. For more information please visit www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
Long Island, New York based progressive / brutal Death Metallers AFTERBIRTH will release their third full length “In But Not Of” on CD, gatefold vinyl and digital formats on October 20, 2023 via Willowtip Records. The album’s first single ‘Tightening The Screws’ is already available over here. The complete “In But Not Of” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Tightening The Screws’, ‘Devils With Dead Eyes’, ‘Vomit On Humanity’, ‘Autoerotic Amputation’, ‘Vivisected Psychopomp’, ‘Hovering Human Head Drones’, ‘In But Not Of’, ‘Angels Feast On Flies’, ‘Time Enough Tomorrow’, ‘Death Invents Itself’ and ‘Succumb To Life’. The entire material was written and arranged by AFTERBIRTH between 2020 and 2023 and recorded live in the studio by Colin Marston from April to June 2023. It was also mixed and mastered by Colin Marston and the artwork was supplied by Alex Eckman-Lawn. More about AFTERBIRTH at www.facebook.com/afterbirthnydeathmetal
“Plight Of Acceptance”, the debut full-length of melodic Death / Black Metal solo project THE MOSAIC WINDOW, will be re-issued via Willowtip Records on CD and vinyl formats on November 10, 2023. It was originally self-released digitally in June of this year. “Plight Of Acceptance” was mixed and mastered by Damien Herring. A full album stream is available at this location https://themosaicwindow.bandcamp.com
Ireland based Black Metallers BELIAL’S THRONE have just premiered the title track of their upcoming debut full length “Forgotten Land Of The Lost Souls” over here. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Forgotten Land Of The Lost Souls’, ‘Void’, ‘Ascension Ritual’, ‘Pit Of Dead Realm’, ‘Halls Of Silent Kingdom’, ‘Rejoin At Dusk’, ‘Last Time We Meet’ and ‘Outro’. The previously revealed ‘Void’ can still be streamed at this location. “Forgotten Land Of The Lost Souls” will be released on September 01, 2023 via Spread Evil Productions. For more BELIAL’S THRONE info check out www.facebook.com/belials-throne-107104880966688
“Fortified With Ashes”, the debut EP from UK based old school Thrashers CHUPACABRA, can be streamed in its entirety over here now. It was mixed and mastered by Wynter Prior at Sphynx Studios in Brighton, UK. More about CHUPACABRA at www.facebook.com/official.chupacabra.uk
Chile’s depressive Black Metal project MY DEAREST WOUND will release its debut full-length “The Burial” on September 15, 2023 via Tragedy Productions. It will feature the following tracks: ‘When Did I Die?’, ‘End It All’, ‘Annihilator’, ‘A Thousand Goodbyes’, ‘We Don’t Believe in Happiness’, ‘Dreams’ and ‘Life Was Pain’. A video for the album opener ‘When Did I Die?’ can already be watched at this location. For more MY DEAREST WOUND information please visit https://mydearestwound.bandcamp.com
German Post Black Metallers FINSTERFORST have just revealed the track ‘Kapitel II: Dualität’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming mini album “Jenseits”, which will be released on September 08, 2023 via AOP Records. The previously revealed ‘Kapitel I: Freiheit’ can still be checked out over here. More FINSTERFORST information you will find at www.finsterforst.de
Brazilian Death Metallers REBAELLIUN have just revealed a first song from their upcoming new album “Under The Sign Of Rebellion”. You can watch a lyric video for ‘In Heresy We Trust’ at this location. The album will be released via Agonia Records on September 22, 2023. It was recorded during summer 2021 at RR44 Studio by Rafael Siqueira and mastered by Jander Antunes. The cover artwork was created by Sebastian Suarez. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Intro’, ‘All Hail The Regicide’, ‘The Gods Manace’, ‘Fear The Infidel’, ‘Insurgent Fire’, ‘Light Eater’, ‘The Decimating Opposition’, ‘In Heresy We Trust’, ‘Hostile Presence’, ‘Antagonize’ and ‘The Ultimate War’. You can follow REBAELLIUN at www.facebook.com/rebaelliun
“Conjuration Of Flesh”, the debut EP from German Death Metallers EYEMASTER, is out now via Lycanthropic Chants (150 copies on black and 150 copies on pink 12″ vinyl). You can listen to one of the songs at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068303077683
On August 25, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “Eternal Wanderer Of The Night Sky”, the second album from Finnish blackened Doom Metallers WOODEN THRONE, on deluxe digipak CD, featuring embossed gold-printing. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Eternal Wanderer Of The Night Sky’, ‘Forward Into Starless Abyss’, ‘The Autumnal Frost’, ‘The Earthly Womb’, ‘Firm Roots Of The Scarred North’ and ‘Talvikki’. You can already stream the title track over here. More more info please visit www.purity-through-fire.com
Finnish Black Metallers SIELUNVIHOLLINEN have just revealed the title track of their upcoming fifth full length “Helvetinkone” at this location. The previously revealed ‘Alkemisti Ja Tuhoaja’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Sinetti Ja Symboli’, ‘Raivoni Astalo’, ‘Alkemisti Ja Tuhoaja’, ‘Veitsenterällä’, ‘Matkani Päässä’, ‘Helvetinkone’, ‘Kun Kaikki Vihdoin Kuihtuu Pois’ and ‘Läpi Harmaan Kiven’. The album will be released on September 08, 2023 via Hammer Of Hate. All additional SIELUNVIHOLLINEN info you will find at www.facebook.com/sielunvihollinen
São Paulo, Brazil based Doom / Deathers FOSSILIZATION have just revealed a track from their upcoming debut full length “Leprous Daylight”. You can listen to ‘Oracle Of Reversion’ at this location. The album will be released via Everlasting Spew Records on September 08, 2023 on CD, cassette tape and digitally (the vinyl edition will follow in late autumn 2023). More about FOSSILIZATION at www.facebook.com/fossilization
Australian Grindcore three-piece SUPPRESSANT has just released their debut 7″ “Designed Obsolescence” via Grindhead Records and Psychocontrol Records. It was recorded by Jay Whalley at The Pet Food Factory, mixed by Clem Bennett and mastered by Jake Randall at Sol Audio. A full EP stream is available at the band’s Bandcamp site https://suppressant-grind.bandcamp.com.
German Black Metallers BAXAXAXA have just premiered the track ‘Kiss Of Shame’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “De Vermis Mysteriis”, which will be released on September 01, 2023 via The Sinister Flame. You can still check out the previously revealed album track ‘Above The Stellar Gateway’ at this location. The complete “De Vermis Mysteriis” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Seed Of Golgotha’, ‘De Vermis Mysteriis’, ‘Kiss Of Shame’, ‘Awaken, The Old Thing In The Ground’, ‘Above The Stellar Gateway’, ‘Decarnation Monument’ and ‘Necrolatry Libation’. For more BAXAXAXA information please visit at www.facebook.com/ungod-baxaxaxa-1037290856315377
Romanian Death Metallers VORUS are currently working on the songs for their third full-length “Desolate Eternities”, which is scheduled to be recorded in Fall of 2023 and released in Spring of 2024 via Rage Music on CD format. You can check out a demo version of ‘Aether Of The Abyss’ (a track that will be featured on the new album) at this location. For regular updates please follow VORUS at www.facebook.com/vorusdeath
German Art Metal three-piece THE CIRCLE has just revealed the new track ‘Afflux’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “Of Awakening”, which will be released on August 18, 2023 via AOP Records. A recently revealed video for the title track ‘Of Awakening’ can be watched at this location and the previously revealed album track ‘Ashes And Fading Tides’ can still be streamed over here. More about THE CIRCLE at www.facebook.com/thecircle.metal
German Death Metallers HALLUCINATE are streaming their upcoming debut full length “From The Bowels Of The Earth” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on August 04, 2023 via Caligari Records. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/hallucinatedeath
On August 04, 2023 Eternal Death will release “The Howling Gale”, a split album between US Black Metallers ANCIENT TORMENT and HAXEN, on CD format (Timeworn Records will be releasing the cassette tape version). A full stream of it is available over here now. For more information please visit www.eternal-death.com or www.facebook.com/eternaldeathusa
German melodic Death Metallers BOSPARANS FALL have just released a video for ‘Dunkle Zeiten’ at this location. The song is taken from their new album “Götterspiel: Dunkle Zeiten”, which was released earlier this year via MDD. For all additional BOSPARANS FALL info check out www.facebook.com/bosparans.fall
New Jersey based Grinders GRIDLINK have just premiered ‘Coronet Juniper’, a track from their upcoming full length “Silk Ash Cascade”, over here. The album will be released on CD, gatefold vinyl LP and digital formats on September 15, 2023 via Willowtip Records. More about GRIDLINK at www.facebook.com/gridlink512
On August 25, 2023 Slovenian Black Metallers CVINGER will release their third full length “Doctrines By The Figures Of Crnobog” on jewel case CD and digitally via Polish label Via Nocturna Records. The cover artwork was created by Mitchel Nolte. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Meditations At The World’s Demise’, ‘Revelation Of The Three Headed One’, ‘Fury Born Out Of Bones And Fire’, ‘Blood Catharsis And The Mantra Of Depravity’, ‘The Winter Night Of The Funeral Pyres’, ‘Slava’, ‘Totemism’, ‘Cosmic Realm’, ‘Doctrines By The Figures Of Crnbog’ and ‘Chants And Canticle’. You can already watch a video for ‘Doctrines By The Figures Of Crnbog’ at this location. More CVINGER info you will find at www.facebook.com/cvinger666
In early July 2023 Haloran Records released “From Hell”, a lost studio recording from Portuguese Black Metallers DECAYED, which was recorded back in 2008 at Brugo Studio. It features band classics, re-recorded by the “Hexagram” line-up, plus ‘Infernal Waves’ (an exclusive track that only appears on this CD – you can check it out here) and the SODOM cover ‘Blasphemer’. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘From Hell’, ‘Black Metal Onslaught’, ‘Spikes Leather Bullets’, ‘HellWitch’, ‘Blasphemer’ (SODOM cover), ‘Prologue-Moonrise’, ‘Drums Of Valhalla’, ‘Fuck Your God’, ‘Infernal Waves’ and ‘Evil Incantations’. The jewel case CD is limited to 200 copies and available through www.facebook.com/haloranrecords. More about DECAYED at www.facebook.com/dkd666
US Death Metallers INCANTATION will release their 13th full-length “Unholy Deification” via Relapse Records on August 25, 2023. It features guest contributions from Jeff Beccera (POSSESSED), Henry Veggian (ex – REVENANT) and Dan Vadim Von (MORBID ANGEL). The cover artwork was once again created by Eliran Kantor (IMMOLATION, KREATOR, CAVALERA). The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Offerings (The Swarm) IV’, ‘Concordat (The Pact) I’, ‘Chalice (Vessel Consanguineous) VIII’, ‘Homunculus (Spirit Made Flesh) IX’, ‘Invocation (Chthonic Merge) X’, ‘Megaron (Sunken Chamber) VI’, ‘Convulse (Words of Power) III’, ‘Altar (Unify in Carnage) V’, ‘Exile (Defy the False) II’ and ‘Circle (Eye of Ascension) VII’. A video for ‘Concordat (The Pact) I’ you will find at this location. You can follow INCANTATION at www.facebook.com/incantationofficial
EXHUMATION guitar player and VOICES staff writer Yoga Ghotama has just released an art book entitled “Under The Hands Of Destruction”, which features 13 underground artists from across Indonesia. The book as 109 pages and is entirely written in English. You can check out some pictures at his Facebook site www.facebook.com/yogaghotama. Yoga is currently looking for distributors, so if you can help him out, pleasecontact him at yogaghotama@gmail.com