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January 31, 2024

Pennsylvania based brutal Death Metallers GORE MACHINE will release their debut full length “Macerated & Liquified” on February 23, 2024 on CD and digital formats via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. The project is led by Druesome, who performs all instruments, vocals and sampling duties. “Macerated & Liquified” was recorded and mastered do it yourself and its complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Barbequed’, ‘Bullseye’, ‘Chainsaw Juggler’, ‘Unclogging Pipes’, ‘Rodeo Clown’, ‘What Happens In The Forest’, ‘Electric Slide Part 2’, ‘Lunker’, ‘Trioxin’ and ‘Workplace Safety’. The album’s first single ‘Lunker’ can already be checked out at this location. For more info please visit www.facebook.com/horrorpaingoredeath

On March 20, 2024 Amor Fati Productions, in co-operation with Extraconscious Records, will release “Immerse”, the sophomore full length from intercontinental atmospheric Black Metallers ACATHEXIS, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It was produced in three studios in Argentina, USA and Belgium. The following four lengthy tracks will be featured on the album: ‘Dreams Of Scorched Mirrors’, ‘Adrift In Endless Tides’, ‘The Other’ and ‘A Slow, Weary Wind’. You can already check out ‘The Other’ over here. All additional ACATHEXIS info you will find at www.facebook.com/acathexisband

Ukrainian / Polish Black Metal project MORBONOCT has just released a first single from their upcoming album “The Highest Purpose”, which will be released digitally on February 19, 2024. You can listen to ‘Mortal Shell’ at this location. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Alexander Medvedev and the cover artwork was created by Svitlana Medvedieva. https://morbonoct.bandcamp.com

German Lo-Fi Astro-Metaller GALVORNHATHOL will self-release a new EP entitled “H-Alpha” on February 21, 2024. It is the third part in a trilogy of albums that started with “I” and “II”. “H-Alpha” was written, recorded, mixed and mastered by C and the artwork was also created by C. You can already stream the first single ‘Virga’ over here. More about GALVORNHATHOL at www.facebook.com/galvornhathol

Japanese melodic Death Metallers ALPHOENIX have just released a video for their new single ‘The Jester Bird’ at this location. The song features a guest solo by Kouta of THOUSAND EYES. The single was produced by Jonas Kjellgren (SABATON, AMORPHIS, HYPOCRISY) and the cover artwork was created by the band’s vocalist / guitarist Shimpei. www.facebook.com/alphoenix

January 30, 2024

On February 02, 2024 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Orations”, a new mini album from Minnesota based Death Metallers HOUSE OF ATREUS, on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. A full stream of it is available at this location. More HOUSE OF ATREUS information you will find at www.facebook.com/acclimatedbyforce

American brutal Death Metallers PATHOLOGY will embark on a headlining North American tour this Spring, with Canadian Death Metallers NECROTICGOREBEAST and Tacoma, Washington based technical Death Metallers AETHEREUS as support. The trek will run from April 17 through early May 2024, with more dates to be announced soon. PATHOLOGY has finished work on their new studio album, the successor to “The Everlasting Plague” (2021), whose details are soon to be revealed. www.facebook.com/pathologymusic

January 27, 2024

“The First Ten Years”, the new compilation by Detroit, Michigan based melodic Death / Doom Metallers TEMPLE OF VOID, is out now on digi CD (limited to 500 copies) and double vinyl LP (limited to 300 copies, available in two colors) via Hammerheart Records. It features all of the band’s non album tracks from 2013 to 2023, including the CELTIC FROST cover ‘Os Abysmi Vel Daath’. A full album stream is available over here. The cover artwork was created by Toderico Art. www.facebook.com/templeofvoid

San Fransisco, California based Hardcore Thrashers ALMOST DEAD have just released a lyric video for ‘Agent Of Chaos’ at this location. The song is featured on the band’s new album “Destruction Is All We Know”, which was released on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats via Innerstrength Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Zac Orhen at Sharkbite Studios Oakland, California and the cover artwork was supplied by Gragoth of Luciferium War Graphics. www.facebook.com/bayareahardcoremetal

Austin, Texas based symphonic Black Metallers VESPERIAN SORROW will release their fifth full length “Awaken The Greylight” on April 26, 2024 via Black Lion Records. You can stream the album tracks ‘A Dire Flight For The Black Fragment’ and ‘An Epistle To The Prime Vivified’ here, respectively here. The complete “Awaken The Greylight” tracklist reads like this: ‘As The Pillars Were Raised’, ‘Antediluvian – Proceeding The Unshaping’, ‘An Epistle To The Prime Vivified’, ‘Traverse The Vorthonian Passage’, ‘A Dire Flight For The Black Fragment’, ‘Seek The Last Priestess Of Tyyk’, ‘They Beheld The Chainbreaker’s Crowning Defiance’, ‘Who Dwells Whithin The Blight Moon’, ‘The Excillion Ontogenesis’ and ‘Awaken The Greylight’. www.facebook.com/vesperian

January 26, 2024

Dutch Death / Thrashers DEAD HEAD will celebrate their 35th anniversary with their eighth full length “Shadow Soul”, which will be released via Hammerheart Records on March 29, 2024. A first single entitled ‘The Age Of Hype’ can already be streamed over here. The complete “Shadow Soul” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Any Of The Weak’, ‘Serpents Of Fame’, ‘Caverns Of Fate’, ‘Defiance’, ‘The Age Of Hype’, ‘The Run’, ‘Oppulent Disruption’ and ‘Dark Emptiness’. The album was produced by Erwin Hermsen at Toneshed Studio and the cover artwork was created by Vladimir Chebakov. www.facebook.com/deadheadthrash

The results of our BEST OF 2023 readers poll are a month old already by now, but we still would like to share with you what John McEntee of INCANTATION just sent in, regarding the fact that their latest album “Unholy Deification” made it to number four in the list: “We are honored to be in the Voices From The Darkside Top 10 Readers Poll. This means a lot to us because we know the readers of VFTDS are genuine underground deathbangers, and that’s where INCANTATION’s heart is at. Thank you very much, and we look forward to seeing everyone out on the road in 2024!” www.facebook.com/incantationofficial

On March 29, 2024 Osmose Productions will release “Nomad”, the seventh full length from Black Metallers DARKESTRAH, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. Here’s the complete tracklist already: ‘Journey Through Blue Nothingness’, ‘Kök-Oy’, ‘Nomad’, ‘Destroyer Of Obstacles’, ‘Quest For The Soul’, ‘The Dream Of Kojojash’ and ‘A Dream That Omens Death’. A first track will have its streaming premiere on February 26, 2024. www.facebook.com/darkestrahofficial

January 25, 2024

Guitarist and founding member André has returned to German Death Metallers EMBEDDED for the band’s 30th anniversary. As a result, former guitarist Christian (also with HIRAES) has now taken over the four strings, as bassist Daniel had already left the band last year. The first live performance in the new line-up recently took place at the Alter Schlachthof in Lingen, Germany, where EMBEDDED played to a full house together with TERRA BUILDER, HOME REARED MEAT and APALLIC. www.facebook.com/embeddeddeathmetal

“Nebulas Of Self-Desecration”, the debut full-length of Chilean Death Metallers UTTERTOMB, will be released on April 19, 2024 via Pulverised Records, on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. It was recorded at several locations by Pablo Clares (PROCESSION, ABREKADAVER, SLAUGHTBBATH), mixed by Claudio Salinas at Maestro 3 Studio and mastered by Patrick Engel at Temple Of Disharmony. The cover artwork was created by Khaos Diktator (DEVOURMENT, FUMING MOUTH, GAEREA). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Nec Spe Nec Metu’, ‘Exhumation Of The Womb’s Splendour’, ‘Graceless Thaumaturgy’, ‘Opisthotonic Funerals’, ‘Aurora Cruoris’, ‘Seraphobia’, ‘Ominous Flesh Relinquishment’ and ‘Nebulas Of Self-Desecration’. You can already check out ‘Exhumation Of The Womb’s Splendour’ right here. More UTTERTOMB information you will find at www.facebook.com/uttertomb

“Beneath”, the sophomore full length from Belgian Black Metallers LHAÄD, will be released on March 20, 2024 via Amor Fati Productions, in co-operation with Extraconscious Records, on CD and vinyl LP format. It will feature the following six tracks: ‘Beneath I’, ‘Beneath II’, ‘Beneath III’, ‘Beneath IV’, ‘Beneath V’ and ‘Beneath VI’. You can already check out ‘Beneath V’ at this location. More info about LHAÄD at The Nox Entity: www.facebook.com/thenoxentity

Polish atmospheric progressive Black Metallers KALT VINDUR are streaming their new album “Magna Mater” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape on January 26, 2023 via The Circle Music. www.facebook.com/kaltvindurband

January 24, 2024

On March 15, 2024 Eternal Death will release “The Final Level Of Consciousness”, the debut mini album from Massachusetts based Black Metallers COMPRESS, on cassette tape format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Fissured Cosmos’, ‘The Final Level Of Consciousness’, ‘Formosus’ and ‘Damnatio Memoriae’. The opener can already be streamed over here. For more COMPRESS please visit https://compress.bandcamp.com

Leeds, UK based Death Metal quintet COGNIZANCE is streaming their upcoming concept album “Phantazein” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on January 26, 2024 via Willowtip Records on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. www.facebook.com/cognizanceband

San Fransisco, California based Hardcore Thrashers ALMOST DEAD are streaming their upcoming sixth full length “Destruction Is All We Know” over here now. It will be released on January 26, 2024 via Innerstrength Records. www.facebook.com/bayareahardcoremetal

A full album stream of “333”, the eighth full length of Dutch Black Metallers FUNERAL WINDS, is available at this location now. It will be released on January 26, 2024 via Osmose Productions. For all additional FUNERAL WINDS information please visit www.facebook.com/funeralwindsbm

January 23, 2024

“Du Dømmes Til Død”, the eighth full-length from Norwegian Black Metallers KHOLD, will be released on March 22, 2024 via Soulseller Records on CD, vinyl LP and in digital versions. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Andy La Rocque at Sonic Train Studios, Sweden. The following tracks will be featured on the album: ‘Myrdynk’, ‘Vanviddfaren’, ‘Heks (Du Dømmes Til Død)’, ‘Skoggangsmann’, ‘Misgrep’, ‘Trolldomsdømt’, ‘Lædel’, ‘Galgeberg Og Retterbakke’ and ‘Dølgsmål’. You can already stream ‘Vanviddfaren’ at this location. More about KHOLD at www.facebook.com/khold.official

On April 30, 2024 German Black Metallers BAXAXAXA will release “Spells From The Crypt”, a compilation of their early recordings, via Dusktone on CD and cassette tape. It will feature the “Hellfire” demo from 1992, “The Old Evil” demo and the “Devoted to HIM” 7″ EP. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063697660921

Switzerland’s Black Metallers VIGLJOS will release their debut full length “Tome I: Apidae” on May 11, 2024 via Dusktone. It will be available on digipak CD, vinyl LP (three colors) and cassette tape. The release party of the album will be held at Tales Of Wrath Festival in Humbug, Basel. www.facebook.com/vigljos

January 20, 2024

On May 24, 2024 Greek ROTTING CHRIST will release their 14th full length ‘Pro Xristoy (Προ Χριστού)’ via Season Of Mist. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Pro Xristoy (Προ Χριστού)’, ‘The Apostate’, ‘Like Father, Like Son’, ‘The Sixth Day’, ‘La Letra Del Diavolo’, ‘The Farewell’, ‘Pix Lax Dax’, ‘Pretty World, Pretty Dies’, ‘ᛦᚵᛑᚱᛆᛋᛁᛚ’, ‘Saoirse’, ‘Primal Resurrection’ and ‘All For One’. The album was recorded at Deva Sounds Studios in Athens, Greece and produced by Sakis Tolis, with sound engineers Fotis Bernando and Aggelos Karatzas. It was mixed by Jens Borgen and mastered by Tony Lidgren at Fascination Street Studios, Örebro, Sweden. The artwork was created by Thomas Cole. www.facebook.com/rottingchristofficial

“Dismal Spells From The Dragonrealm – Part 2”, the fifth full length from Finnish Black Metallers DRUADAN FOREST, will be released on February 23, 2024 via Werewolf Records on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Born From The Unholy Fire (Part II)’, ‘Iconoclast’, ‘Aal Apam Li Aamnuk’, ‘Strife For Blood’, ‘Life In Death’, ‘To Die A Thousand Times’, ‘Summum Bestiae’, ‘Phosphoros’, ‘Concerto Of Sodomy’ and ‘Celestial’. The cover artwork was created by Misa Horkio. www.facebook.com/druadanforest

Oslo, Norway based Death / Thrashers SOVEREIGN have just released their debut full length “Altered Realities” via Dark Descent Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. A full album stream you will find at darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com. More about SOVEREIGN at: www.facebook.com/sovereignnorway

January 19, 2024

Italian Black / Death Metallers VOLTUMNA have just self-released their new EP “For Death Is Fate” today. It features the following tracks: ‘Black Science’, ‘Vanth’, ‘Sette Contro Tebe’ and ‘All’Infinito’. A visualizer video for ‘Vanth’ can be watched at this location. More about VOLTUMNA at www.facebook.com/voltumna

Italian Black / Death Metallers KERES will release their new album “Homo Homini Lupus” on February 23, 2024 via Gruesome Records. It was recorded by KERES and mixed and mastered by Stefano Morabito at 16th Cellar Studio. The cover artwork was created by Cristian Giacomuzzi. A video for ‘Eradicate The Infected Seed’ can already be watched over here. The complete “Homo Homini Lupus” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Exist For War’, ‘Immaculate Incarnation Of Darkness’, ‘Oblivion’, ‘Pale Horse Of Extinction’, ‘Until Everythings’s Burned’, ‘Leviathan’, ‘Eradicate The Infected Seed’ and ‘Void And Silence’. www.facebook.com/keresband

“Chytridiomycosis Relinquished”, the debut full length from UK based Death Metallers SLIMELORD, will be released on March 08, 2024 on vinyl LP, CD, cassette tape and digital formats via 20 Buck Spin. It was recorded by Adam Rogers (PitLab) at Millwright Studio in Boom, Leeds / England and mixed and mastered by Damian Herring at Subterranean Watchtower. The cover artwork was created by Brad Moore (TOMB MOLD, WORM). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘The Beckoning Bell’, ‘Gut-Brain Axis’, ‘Splayed Mudscape’, ‘Batrachomorpha Resurrections Chamber’, ‘The Hissing Moor’, ‘Tidal Slaughtermarsh’ and ‘Heroic Demise’. You can already check out the album opener ‘The Beckoning Bell’ at this location. More about SLIMELORD at www.facebook.com/horriblebog

German melodic Death / Thrashers FINAL CRY are celebrating their 35th anniversary with a few selected festival shows this summer (Metal Frenzy, Wipfelbeben, MUR) and some club shows before inviting to their own “Anniversary Fest” in Hannover on October 26, 2024. The band has just released a video for ‘The Beckoning Silence’ at this location. The song is taken from their current album “The Ever-Rest”, which was released in 2022 via MDD Records. www.facebook.com/finalcryofficial

French blackened Death Metallers NECROWRETCH have just released a video for ‘Dii Mauri’ over here. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming new album “Swords Of Dajjal”, which will be released on February 02, 2024 via Season Of Mist. The video was filmed on location in Spain and Kyrgyzstan and directed, filmed and edited by Mounir Chraibi. www.facebook.com/necrowretch

January 18, 2024

Finnish technical blackened Death Metallers ULTERROR have just released a second single from their upcoming debut full length “Transcendent Origins”. You can check out ‘Beyond The Blackened Veil Of Magellan’ over here. The album will be released on March 29, 2024 via Inverse Records. For more ULTERROR info please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076379805963

German Death / Thrashers BOUNDLESS CHAOS are streaming their upcoming debut full length “Sinister Upheaval” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on January 19, 2024 via Dying Victims Productions. www.facebook.com/boundlesschaos

VLTIMAS have just released a visualizer video for ‘Scorcher’, the second single from their upcoming sophomore full length “Epic”, over here. The album will be released on March 15, 2024 via Season Of Mist. More about VLTIMAS at www.facebook.com/vltimas

International Black Metal act ARAN ANGMAR has inked a deal with Soulseller Records. The band has just finished the Black Metal Revelation European Tour, supporting GORGOROTH, AETERNUS and IMPALEMENT, and is currently working on their third full-length, which will be recorded later this year. In celebration of the new record deal, ARAN ANGMAR have just premiered a new single track, entitled ‘Mors Vincit Omnia’, at this location. For regular updates please follow ARAN ANGMAR at www.facebook.com/aranangmar

January 17, 2024

On February 23, 2024 BMG will release a 5 CD live box from MOTÖRHEAD entitled “The Löst Tapes”. It will feature old analogue tape recordings of the following shows: “Volume 1: Live At Sala Aqualung, Madrid – 1st June 1995”, “Volume 2: Live At University Of East Anglia, Norwich – 18th October 1998”, “Volume 3: Live At KB Hallen, Malmö – 17th November 2000”, “Volume 4: Live At Sporthalle, Heilbronn – 29th December 1984” and “Volume 5: Live At Download Festival, Donington, England – June 13, 2008”. Volume 1 to Volume 4 previously had already been released digitally and on limited vinyl editions, Volume 5 will additionally also be available as a double vinyl edition now. More info you will find at www.imotorhead.com

Chile based Death / Thrashers PENTAGRAM will release their sophomore full length “Eternal Life Of Madness” on April 26, 2024 via Listenable Records. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘El Imbunche’, ‘Possessor’, ‘Omniscient Tyrant’, ‘The Portal’, ‘Eternal Life Of Madness’, ‘Icons Of Decay’, ‘Devourer Of Life’, ‘State Of Grace’, ‘The Seeds Of The Deed’, ‘Deus Est Machina’ and ‘No One Shall Survive’. For regular updates make sure to follow PENTAGRAM at www.facebook.com/pentagramchile1985

Romanian Death Metallers NECROTUM are streaming their upcoming third full length “Defleshed Exhumation” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on January 22, 2024 via Memento Mori. www.facebook.com/necrotumdm

Knoxville, Tennessee based brutal Death Metallers BRODEQUIN will release their fourth full length “Harbinger Of Woe” on March 22, 2024 via Season Of Mist. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Diabolical Edict’, ‘Fall Of The Leaf’, ‘Theresiana’, ‘Of Pillars And Trees’, ‘Tenaillement’, ‘Maleficium’, ‘VII Nails’, ‘Vredens Dag’, ‘Suffocation In Ash’ and ‘Harbinger Of Woe’. A video for the album track ‘Of Pillars And Trees’, which was created by Matti Way of From The North Films, can already be watched over here. “Harbinger Of Woe” was produced and engineered by Mike Bailey, mixed by Josh Welshman and mastered by Brad Boatwright. The drums were recorded at Brennan’s Drum Room in Dallas, Texas, guitar, bass and vocals were recorded at Navarre 24 in Harriman, Tennessee. The artwork was created by Jose de Brito, with additional elements by Jamie Bailey. www.facebook.com/brodequintn

January 16, 2024

Australian Death Metallers CONTAMINATED have just premiered the track ‘Suffer Minutiae’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “Celebratory Beheading”, which will be released on February 09, 2024 via Blood Harvest Records. The previously revealed album track ‘An Unnatural End’ can additionally still be streamed over here. The complete “Celebratory Beheading” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Suffer Minutiae’, ‘Cosmic Shit Show’, ‘Feral Demise’, ‘Beneath Empty Sockets’, ‘An Unnatural End’, ‘Final Hours’, ‘…At The End Of A Shank’, ‘Apex C.H.U.D.’, ‘Desire For Agony’ and ‘Junkyard Warfare: Celebratory Beheading’. www.facebook.com/pestilentialdecay

German Black Metallers SERVANT have just released a video for ‘Empire Of Madness’ right here. The song is taken from the band’s latest album “Aetas Ascensus”, which was released last year via MDD Records. The video was filmed and produced by Matthias Engst in Berlin, Germany at the end of 2023. SERVANT will be touring Europe with GROZA and ELLENDE in October 2024. The tour will run through twelve countries. Regular updates you will find at www.facebook.com/servantmagick

On March 21, 2024 Dutch Black Metallers DUINDWALER will release their debut full length “In Het Heemskerks Duin”. Void Wanderer Productions and War Productions will handle the digipak CD and digital versions, while Zwaertgevegt will handle the cassette tape version. The album’s title track can already be checked out at this location. The “In Het Heemskerks Duin” cover artwork was created by A.A.W.R. and the complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Vaderlands Vuur’, ‘Razende Wind’, ‘In Het Heemskerks Duin’, ‘Het Duister Bestormd’, ‘Alle Rust Verdwenen’ and ‘Schim In De Duinen’. www.facebook.com/duindwaler

Santa Cruz, California based Death Metallers DIPYGUS are streaming their upcoming, self-titled third full length in its entirety over here now. It will be released on January 22, 2024. Memento Mori will handle the CD version, while Crypt Of The Wizard will handle the vinyl LP version. www.facebook.com/dipygus

January 13, 2024

Denver, Colorado based Doom / Deathers SPECTRAL VOICE have just released a third track from their upcoming sophomore full length “Sparagmos”. You can check out ‘Sinew Censer’ at this location now. The album features the following four lengthy tracks: ‘Be Cadaver’, ‘Red Feasts Condensed Into One’, ‘Sinew Censer’ and ‘Death’s Knell Rings In Eternity’. A video for ‘Red Feasts Condensed Into One’ can be watched over here. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk at Redwood Studio and the artwork was created by Manifester. Dark Descent Records will release “Sparagmos” on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats on February 09, 2024. www.facebook.com/necroticdoom

January 12, 2024

“My Plateau”, the sophomore full length from Norwegian Black Metallers PROFANE BURIAL, will be released on March 01, 2024 via Crime Records on CD, LP and digitally. It was mixed and mastered by Børge Finstad at Toproom Studio and the cover artwork was created by Sondre Tajet Søbyskogen. The following tracks will be featured on the album: ‘My Plateau’, ‘Moribund’, ‘Fragments Of Dirge’, ‘Righteous Indoctrination’, ‘Disambiguate Eradication’ and ‘Horror Code’. A video for the title track can already be watched out at this location. All further PROFANE BURIAL info you will find at www.facebook.com/profaneburial

U.S. technical Death Metallers ORIGIN will be touring Europe in April / May 2024 as direct support to Sweden’s Black Metallers MARDUK. The tour will run through Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Holland, UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Switzerland and Austria. DOODSWENS and guests will be opening the bill. More information you will find at www.facebook.com/origin

January 11, 2024

In April 2024 US Death / Thrashers DECEASED will embark upon an eight-date tour supporting VIO-LENCE, who’ll be playing their classic “Eternal Nightmare” debut in its entirety. DECEASED frontman King Fowley commented on it as follows: “Looking forward to a week-long touring jaunt in April. Getting out for a handful of shows before we go in to record the new record “Children Of The Morgue”, a one-hour journey into the world of the dying! These shows looking like our only ones till summer, so if you wanna come out and rock, by all means do so.” www.facebook.com/deceasedofficial

Freiburg, Germany based Hardcore Punk influenced Thrashers DRAIN DOWN have inked a deal with Black Sunset / MDD for the release of their sophomore full length “Toxic Society”, which will be released on February 29, 2024. The album was produced at Iguana Studios with Christoph Brandes. www.facebook.com/draindown

Norwegian Death Metallers BLOOD RED THRONE have just revealed the third and final single from their upcoming eleventh full length “Nonagon”. You can stream ‘Seeking To Pierce’ at this location now. The previously revealed album tracks ‘Tempest Sculptor’ and ‘Blade Eulogy’ can still be checked out here and here. The complete “Nonagon” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Epitaph Inscribed’, ‘Ode To The Obscene’, ‘Seeking To Pierce’, ‘Tempest Sculptor’, ‘Every Silent Plea’, ‘Nonagon’, ‘Split Tongue Sermon’, ‘Blade Eulogy’ and ‘Fleshrend’. The album was mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström at Bjornstromsound and features cover artwork by Giannis Nakos of Remedy Art Design. It will be released on January 26, 2024 via Soulseller Records. www.facebook.com/bloodredthroneofficial

January 10, 2024

Leeds, UK based Death Metal quintet COGNIZANCE has just premiered ‘A Brain Dead Memoir’, a new single from their upcoming third full length “Phantazein”, at this location. The album will be released on January 26, 2024 via Willowtip Records on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Ceremonial Vigour’, ‘A Brain Dead Memoir’, ‘Chiselled In Stone’, ‘Introspection’, ‘Futureless Horizon’, ‘The Towering Monument’, ‘Alferov’, ‘Shock Heuristics’, ‘Broadcast Of The Gods’, ‘In Verses Unspoken’ and ‘Shadowgraph’. “Phantazein” was produced by Alex Baillie and Apostolis Karydis, mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström (AEON, BLOOD RED THRONE) and the artwork was created by Dan P Carter (BEHEMOTH, EMPIRE STATE BASTARD). www.facebook.com/cognizanceband

Russian Black Metallers DRAKON will release a new album entitled “Thunderdome” via Sleaszy Rider on January 18, 2023. It was mixed and mastered by Theodor Borovsky (ALKONOST, DISSECTOR) and the cover artwork was created by Valentina Mustajarvi. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Gold’, ‘Filth’, ‘Falsity’, ‘Abomination Of Desolation’, ‘Salt And Blood’, ‘Gog And Magog’, ‘Image Of Agni’ and ‘Foreverness’. You can already listen to the first single ‘Abomination Of Desolation’ over here. More band information you will find at https://drakon.band

January 09, 2024

On February 02, 2024 Horror Pain Gore Death Productions will release “Feed The Plague”, the debut full length from France’s grinding Death Metallers CORPSEVORE, on CD and digital formats. You can already listen to the single ‘Science Without Conscience’ at this location. The complete “Feed The Plague” tracklist reads as follows: ‘If Slaughterhouses Had Glass Walls…’, ‘Feed The Plague’, ‘Cognitive Dissonance’, ‘Fur Bitch’, ‘Horn Impaled’, ‘Meat Is Murder, Milk Is Rape’, ‘Greedhouse Effect’, ‘A.H.A.B. (All Hunters Are Bastards)’, ‘Just Another Stun Gun Failure’ and ‘Science Without Conscience’. www.facebook.com/corpsevore

French Black Metallers MERRIMACK will release their new album “Of Grace And Gravity” on March 08, 2024 via Season Of Mist: Underground Activists. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Sulphurean Synods’, ‘Sublunar Despondency’, ‘Dead And Distant Clamors’, ‘Wounds That Heal’, ‘Starving Crowns’, ‘Under The Aimless Spheres’ and ‘Embalmer’s Wine’. The new single ‘Dead And Distant Clamors’ can now be streamed over here. More about MERRIMACK at www.facebook.com/merrimackofficial

On March 08, 2024 Armageddon Label will release “Grey And Dry”, the debut full length from San Diego, California based Hardcore Punks AGONISTA, on vinyl LP format. It was recorded and mixed by Patrick Alexander at Cacho Estudio in Tijuana (HABAK, VIOLENCIA, ABYSSAL) and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (CONVERGE, DROPDEAD, TRAGEDY). The cover artwork was created by Adrian Balderrama. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Larvas’, ‘Grey And Dry’, ‘Abuse / Diffuse’, ‘Eyes Of Despair’, ‘Bazofia’, ‘MMXXIII’, ‘Medication’, ‘In Haste’, ‘Muertos’, ‘Wrecked Inside’ and ‘MMXLlII’. You can already check out ‘Abuse / Diffuse’ over here. For more AGONISTA please visit https://agonistarips.bandcamp.com

“Instrumentality”, the debut full length from New Jersey based technical Death Metal trio CHAOS SANCTUARY, can be streamed in its entirety at this location now. It was self-released by the band on December 29, 2023. www.facebook.com/chaosanctuary

January 08, 2024

Polish Black Metallers THROAT have just revealed the track ‘Klatwa’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming EP “Blood Exaltation”, which will be released on February 09, 2024 via Primitive Reaction on CD format. The previously released demo track ‘New Flesh Nectar I’ can still be streamed at this location. More about THROAT at https://throatoftheantichrist.bandcamp.com

Australian Black Metallers KRVNA are streaming their upcoming new mini album “The Rythmus Of Death Eternal” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on January 10, 2024. Zazen Sounds will release the digipak CD, Third Eye Temple will be releasing the cassette tape version and Brilliant Emperor the vinyl version. https://krvna.bandcamp.com

The very first Romanian Death Metal album, ULTIMATUM‘s “Among Potential States”, is now out in a re-mastered version via Loud Rage Music. You can check out the title-track at this location. The album was originally released in 1996 via East & Art on cassette tape. www.facebook.com/vltimatvm

January 06, 2024

Hungarian Death Metal five piece DAMNATION has just released a first single from their upcoming debut full length “Fátum”. You can check out ‘Belső Kapuk A Világűrbe’ at this location. The album will be released on February 18, 2024 via Pest Records. It was recorded and mixed / mastered at Obsidian Sound Studio by Árpád Szenti and the cover artwork was created by Stan Ivan. www.facebook.com/damnationhun

Italian Death Metal quartet SPIRITUAL DECEPTION has just released a video for ‘Atavic Future (Decadence Pt.II)’ over here. The song will be featured on their upcoming new album “Semitae Mentis”, which will be out on February 09, 2024. Amputated Vein Records will release the album on physical formats, with Earache Records handling digital distribution. www.facebook.com/spiritualdeception

January 05, 2024

Here’s a little bit of feedback from two of the bands that you voted for in our BEST OF 2023 poll. CRUCIAMENTUM vocalist / guitarist Dan Lowndes was totally blown away by the fact, that their new album “Obsidian Refractions” made it straight to number one: “That’s awesome, it’s a real honor to receive such a high accolade from you. I’ve been following the zine for as long as I can remember. We all really appreciate it, thank you!” Pat Ranieri, guitarist / vocalist of HELLWITCH, was also very happy about the fact that their new album “Annihilational Intercention” made it to number seven in the poll: “Woooooww! Thanks for sharing this with me! I’m honored that so many of my contemporaries like the new album!!!”

On March 22, 2024 Wolves Of Hades will release “Nocturnal Will”, the fourth full length from Swedish Black Metal / Crust four-piece DÖDSRIT, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Irjala’, ‘Nocturnal Fire’, ‘Ember And Ash’, ‘Utmed Gyllbergens Stig’, ‘As Death Comes Reaping’ and ‘Celestial Will’. The cover artwork was created by Burney. You can already stream ‘Nocturnal Fire’ over here. More about DÖDSRIT at www.facebook.com/dodsrit

Finnish Black Metallers NOCTURNAL SORCERY have just revealed the track ‘Beyond Salvation’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “Captive In The Breath Of Life”, which will be released on February 09, 2024 via Kvlt. The previously revealed ‘Redemption At Daybreak’ can still be checked out over here. The complete tracklist of “Captive In The Breath Of Life” reads like this: ‘The Dark Secret’, ‘Oath At Mt. Hermon’, ‘Cry Of The Wounded Heaven’, ‘Captive In The Breath Of Life’, ‘Spectral Force’, ‘Beyond Salvation’, ‘Joyless Dance In The Shadow’, ‘Redemption At Daybreak’, ‘Damned By The Law Of The Stars’, ‘Lucifer’s Shade’ and ‘Along The Path Of Fire’. www.kvlt.fi

Portland, Oregon based Death Metallers PETRIFICATION will release their sophomore full length “Sever Sacred Light” via Svart Records on February 09, 2024. The album’s second single ‘Sepulchral Lesions’ can now be streamed at this location. More about PETRIFICATION at www.facebook.com/petrificationdm

Polish DEFYING will release their new album “Wadera” on February 23, 2024 via the Italian label These Hands Melt on CD and digitally. It was recorded and produced by Tomasz Semeniuk in 2022, mixed and mastered by Filip Halucha at Heinrich House Studio (AZARATH, BEHEMOTH, ENTROPIA, OBSCURE SPHINX) and the cover artwork was created by Pawel Siemaszko. “Wadera” is a concept album inspired by the Polish horror film “The Wolf” (1983) and the short story “Wadera” (1977) by Jerzy Gieraltowski. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Tempus Infaustum’, ‘…Miast Cichać Szemrają…’, ‘The Fugue’, ‘Incomprehensibly Woken’, ‘The Acquaintance Shade’, ‘The Lurking Spectres’, ‘Cremaberis Igne Aeternoi’, ‘Reluctant To The Grave’, ‘Misbegotten’ and ‘Quietus’. You can already watch a video for ‘Tempus Infaustum’ over here. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/defyingpoland

Brazilian Death Metallers ESCARNIUM have just released a lyric video for a brand new track, entitled ‘The Pyrocene’s Might’, at this location. It was recorded by Sergej Dukart at Walswerk Tonstudio in Germany and Reinaldo Jr. at RMS Studio in Brazil and mixed and mastered by Sergej Dukart. ‘The Pyrocene’s Might’ will be featured on the upcoming, fourth ESCARNIUM full length in a re-recorded version. www.facebook.com/escarnium

Swedish / US Death Metallers RIBSPREADER have just released a lyric video for ‘Further Into Decay’ over here. The song will be featured on their upcoming tenth full length “Reap Humanity”, which will be released on January 16, 2024 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. You can still listen to the album’s first advance single ‘A Fleshless Gathering’ at this location. The full “Reap Humanity” tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Skeletal Towers’, ‘A Fleshless Gathering’, ‘Reap Humanity’, ‘Count Damnation’, ‘As The Ghouls Are Summoned’, ‘Like Breeding Vermin’, ‘Further Into Decay’, ‘Human Fodder’ and ‘Shrouded In Despair’. More about RIBSPREADER at: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100044948155884

January 04, 2024

Irish Black Metal two-piece HASTURIAN VIGIL has just premiered the track ‘Ikaath The Seven Horned’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Unveiling The Brac’thal”, which will be released on February 02, 2024 via Invictus Productions. The previously revealed ‘Nine Bellowing Hounds’ can still be streamed over here. The full “Unveiling The Brac’thal” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Ikaath The Seven Horned’, ‘Apparitions Of Torment’, ‘Nine Bellowing Hounds’ and ‘Velvet Paintings Gaze’. For more HASTURIAN VIGIL info please visit www.facebook.com/hasturianvigil

On January 09, 2024 “Apocryphal Spells”, the 2012 EP from Portuguese Black Metallers DECAYED, will be re-released on digipak CD (limited to 200 copies) via Haloran Records in its complete version, fully remastered. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Apocryphal Intro’, ‘First Spell’, ‘Second Spell’, ‘Third Spell’, ‘Final Spell’ and ‘Divine Ambrosia’. The EP was originally released on vinyl 7″ via Hoth Records, limited to 40 copies. www.facebook.com/dkd666

Long Island, New York based progressive Death Metal duo IAPETUS has inked a deal with Willowtip Records. The band is currently working on their third full-length album for the label. www.facebook.com/iapetus.metal

January 03, 2024

Dutch Black Metallers FUNERAL WINDS have just revealed the track ‘Birthed By Pure Malevolence’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s eighth full length “333”, which will be released on January 26, 2024 via Osmose Productions. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Sovereign Of Shadows’, ‘Eternal Nightmare’, ‘Cast The Gauntlet Of Doom’, ‘Ancient Wrath Unleashed’, ‘The Damned Ones Shall Rise’, ‘Forever Cursed And Bound’, ‘Birthed By Pure Malevolence’ and ‘Conjuration Of The Blind One’. www.facebook.com/funeralwindsbm

Chilean Death Metallers UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN have just premiered the track ‘Dho Hna Formula’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sixth full length “Häxan Sabaoth”, which will be released on February 02, 2023 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed ‘Lamia Sucuba’ can still be streamed at this location. Here’s the album’s complete tracklist: ‘Lamia Sucuba’, ‘Cuatro Velas De Cebo Infantil’, ‘Our Almighty Chthonic Lords’, ‘Hexennippel’, ‘Dho Hna Formula’, ‘Back To The Mother Hydra And Father Dagon’ and ‘Die Teufelsbucher’. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063628153991

Boston’s TORN IN HALF and Little Rock’s OPEN KASKET will join forces on a Death Metal split release entitled “Prayers Returned With Pain”, which will be released on cassette tape and digital formats via Isolated Incidents. TORN IN HALF are featured with the tracks ‘Stained With Remains (Ft. Dysentery & Vomit Forth)’ and ‘Utter Decimation’, while OPEN KASKET contributed ‘Putrid Existence’ and ‘Chemical Death (Ft. Zashed)’. https://instagram.com/torn.inhalf, www.facebook.com/openkaskethc

Brazilian Dark Metallers LITOSTH have just premiered the track ‘A Ofensa’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full length “Cesariana”, which will be released on February 02, 2024 via Personal Records. The previously revealed ‘Whipping Bottles’ can additionally be checked out over here. The complete “Cesariana” tracklist reads like this: ‘In Waves’, ‘Whipping Bottles’, ‘Time Doesn’t Heal’, ‘The Clay Messiah’, ‘A Ofensa’, ‘The Argonaut’, ‘Caesarean’ and ‘The Vaccum Extractor Paradigm’. www.facebook.com/litosthofficial

January 02, 2024

Finnish Black Metallers HOLLOW WOODS have just premiered the track ‘Night Burns Through’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “Like Twisted Bones Of Fallen Giants”, which will be released on February 02, 2024 via Signal Rex. The previously revealed album track ‘Burial Fires’ can still be streamed at https://hollowwoods.bandcamp.com. The complete “Like Twisted Bones Of Fallen Giants” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Ancient Graves’, ‘Beneath The Dying Tower’, ‘Night Burns Through’, ‘Halls Of Idle Breath’, ‘Interlude / Among Ruins’, ‘Burial Fires’ and ‘Like Twisted Bones Of Fallen Giants’.