» News Archive June 2024
On September 03, 2024 Me Saco Un Ojo Records, in co-operation with BlackSeed Productions, will release “Melted And Decomposed”, the sophomore full length of Spanish Death Metallers SANCTUARIUM. Me Saco Un Ojo will release the vinyl LP version, while BlackSeed will handle the CD version. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Abhorrent Excruciation In Reprisal’, ‘Exultant Dredge Of Nameless Tombs’, ‘Phlegmatic Convulsions’, ‘Sadisic Cremation Of Emaciated Offal’ and ‘The Disembodied Grip Of Putrescine Stench’. You can already check out ‘The Disembodied Grip Of Putrescine Stench’ at this location. More SANCTUARIUM at https://sanctuarium.bandcamp.com
Canadian blackened Thrash Metal quintet TORREFY has just premiered ‘Enslaved New World’, the second single from their upcoming album “Necronomisongs”, over here. The band previously already released a video for ‘Of Wind And Worm’ at this location. “Necronomisongs” will be released in the Fall of 2024. It was recorded by TORREFY and Cody Baresich at Circle A Studios, mixed by Cody Baresich and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege. www.facebook.com/torrefy
A full stream of “Raw Materials Of Decay”, the debut full length from Portland’s Death / Grinders HEMORRHOID, is available at this location. The album was released via Extremely Rotten Productions and Headsplit Records. It was recorded and mixed by Charlie Koryn at Underworld Studios and mastered by Noah Buchanan. The cover artwork was created by Filtheffigy. https://hemorrhoid-us.bandcamp.com
“Children Of The Morgue”, the eighth full length from Arlington, Virginia based Death / Thrashers DECEASED, will be released on August 30, 2024 via Hells Headbangers Records on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. You can already check out the title track over here. The album was once again recorded at Oblivion Studios in Maryland, where the band had already recorded “Fearless Undead Machines” and “Supernatural Addiction”. The complete “Children Of The Morgue” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Destination: Morgue’, ‘Children Of The Morgue’, ‘Turn To Wither’, ‘Terrornaut’, ‘The Reaper Is Nesting’, ‘Uninvited Dirge’, ‘The Grave Digger’, ‘Eerie Wavelengths’, ‘Fed To Mother Earth’, ‘Skull With The Vacant Stare’, ‘Brooding Lament’ and ‘Farewell (Taken To Forever)’. www.facebook.com/deceasedofficial
On August 24, 2024 Selfmadegod Records will release “Summer Of 69”, the debut full length from Swedish Hardcore Thrashers HATCHENED. A video for the single ‘Scapegoat’ can already be watched at this location. More HATCHENED info you will find at www.facebook.com/hatchendofficial
Finnish Black Metallers FÖRGJORD have just revealed a video for ‘Käärmeenkieli’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming seventh album, “Perkeleen Weri”, which will be released via Werewolf Records in the second half of 2024. www.facebook.com/forgjord
On June 28, 2024 Norwegian Black Metallers GJENDØD will release their fifth full-length “Livskramper” via Osmose Productions. A full album stream is already available at this location. The cover artwork was created by Theodor Kittelsen. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100032359227090
“Erg”, the seventh full length from German Black Metallers AGRYPNIE, will be released via AOP Records on September 13, 2024 on CD and vinyl LP formats. You can already check out the album track ‘Aus Rauchlosem Feuer’ (featuring Phil Jonas of SECRETS OF THE MOON) over here. The complete “Erg” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Aus Rauchlosem Feuer’, ‘Meer Ohne Wasser’, ‘Sturm’, ‘Blut’, ‘Entität’, ‘Stunde Des Wolfes’, ‘Geister’ and ‘Unter Sandessen Und Verscharrt’. www.facebook.com/agrypnie.official
Greek melodic Black Metallers WINTER ETERNAL are streaming their fourth full length “Echoes Of Primordial Gnosis” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on June 28, 2024 via Hells Headbangers. www.facebook.com/wintereternalband
German Black Metallers UPRISING have just revealed the track ‘While The World Is Burning’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full length “III”, which will be released on July 19, 2024 via AOP Records. The previously revealed ‘Eternal Mantra’ is still available for streaming over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Eternal Mantra’, ‘Uprise III’, ‘Raise A Glass’, ‘A Message To The Hypocrites’, ‘While The World Is Burning’ and ‘Brace Yourself’. The cover artwork was created by Misanthropic Art. www.facebook.com/uprisingblackmetal
On August 02, 2024 Singapore based Death Metal / Crust Punk four-piece DOLDREY will release a new EP entitled “Only Death Is Eternal” via Pulverised Records on MCD, MLP and in digital formats. A limited cassette tape edition will be released via Iron Lung Records. It was recorded and mixed by Izzad Kadzali Shah at Dungeon 416, mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios, Western Massachusetts, USA and the cover artwork was created by Alexander L. Brown (BØLZER, CRUCIAMENTUM, HORRENDOUS). The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Moral Decay’, ‘Only Death Is Eternal’, ‘All Is Hell’, ‘Societal Machine’ and ‘Keres’. You can already check out the EP opener ‘Moral Decay’ over here. For more DOLDREY please visit www.instagram.com/siegeofdoldrey
“Duck Face Killings”, the fourth full length from Italian Horror Deathers FULCI, will be released on August 09, 2024 via 20 Buck Spin. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Vile Butchery’, ‘A Blade In The Dark’, ‘Fucked With A Broken Bottle’, ‘Morbid Lust’, ‘Maniac Unleashed’, ‘Knife’, ‘Slashereality’, ‘Human Scalp Condition’, ‘Duck Face Killings’, ‘Rotten Apple’, ‘Sadistic Murder’, ‘Lo Squartatore’, ‘Stabbed, Gutted And Loved’ and ‘Il Miele Del Diavolo’. A visualizer video for ‘Rotten Apple’ can already be watched at this location. The album features guest appearances by Lord Goat of NON PHIXION and Wood of SKINLESS. The cover artwork was created by Wes Benscoter. www.facebook.com/fulciband
“Tales Of Woe”, the sophomore full length from Dutch Black / Deathers CODEX MORTIS, is out now via Black Lion Records on CD, limited vinyl LP and digitally. A full stream of it is available at this location now. The album was mixed and mastered by Björnström Ljud & Produktion and the artwork was created by Vladimir “Smerdulak” Chebakov. wwwfacebook.com/codexmortis
Norwegian Black Metallers YR will release their debut EP “Maanelyst” digitally and as digipak CD via Hellstain Productions today. It was was mixed and mastered by Hugo Alvarstein (GOD DETHRONED, NOCTURNAL BREED, CHROME DIVISION) and the cover artwork was created by Necrolust Productions (KAMPFAR, WHOREDOM RIFE, BLACK ALTAR). A full EP stream is available at this location. More YR info you will find at www.facebook.com/yrband666
“Sabatraxas”, the new EP from Netherlands based Black / Deathers LUCIFERICON, will be released on 12″ vinyl format via Invictus Productions today. You can stream it in its entirety over here now. www.facebook.com/lucifericon
US deathly Thrashers ASSIMILATOR are streaming their new EP “Expelled Into Suffering” in its entirety at this location. A video for the album’s title track can additionally be watched over here. “Expelled Into Suffering” is available via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on digital and physical formats. www.facebook.com/assimilatormetal
Spanish Doom / Deathers SOLNEGRE have released a new EP entitled “Annihilation Of The Self”. You can stream it at this location. A visualizer video can additionally be watched over here. It was recorded at Kimera Recordings with Nico Beninato, mixed and mastered by Toni Salvà at Diorama Sound and the artwork was created by Disturbing Grace Design. www.facebook.com/solnegredoom
On August 02, 2024 Neuropa Records will release the self-titled debut full length from US Black / Death Metal duo ADON. It was initially released exclusively through The Metalhead Box subscription service, but Neuropa now releases the record worldwide on CD and vinyl LP formats, with expanded deluxe layout. A full album stream is available here. For more ADON information please visit www.facebook.com/adonmetal
Swedish Viking Metallers EREB ALTOR have just released a new single entitled ‘Midvinter’ at this location. On Sunday the band will play at the Graspop Metal Festival in Belgium. www.facebook.com/erebaltorofficial
Ukrainian symphonic Black Metallers SYNOPSIS have just digitally self-released their sophomore full length “Pontifex Maximus”. It was mixed and mastered by Funeral and the cover artwork was created by Igor-Kostantyn Shevchenko. A full album stream is available right here. More SYNOPSIS music you will find at https://synopsisofficial.bandcamp.com
Danish / Turkish Death Metallers HYPERDONTIA are streaming their new full-length “Harvest Of Malevolence” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on June 21, 2024 via Dark Descent Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records. The album will be available on vinyl LP, CD, cassette tape and digital formats. An alternative cassette tape version of “Harvest Of Malevolence” will be out via Desiccated Records. www.facebook.com/hyperdontia
Slovakian blackened Death Metallers CEREMONY OF SILENCE have just premiered a visualizer video for ‘Primaeval Sacrifice’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “Hálios”, which will be released via Willowtip Records on July 19, 2024 on CD, cassette tape, vinyl LP and digital formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Primaeval Sacrifice’, ‘Serpent Slayer’, ‘Moon Vessel’, ‘Eternal Return’, ‘Light Runs Through Light’, ‘Perennial Incantation’ and ‘King In The Mountain’. “Hálios” was engineered and mixed by Miroslav Spevák, produced by Miroslav Spevák and Viliam Pilarčík and mastered by Colin Marston. The artwork was created by Matúš S. Ďurčík. www.facebook.com/ceremonyofsilence
Finnish Black Metallers CURSE UPON A PRAYER will release their fourth full length “The Worship: Orthoprax Satanism” on July 26, 2024. The CD version will be released via The Cursed Order, the vinyl version via Folter Records and the cassette tape via Korpituli Productions. A lyric video for the album’s last single ‘A Heav’n Of Hell’ is available at this location now. The previous single ‘Black Venus Erotica’ can still be checked out over here. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/curseuponaprayer
The self-titled 6-song EP (2022) from Colombian Death Metallers FUNERAL VOMIT will be re-issued with two exclusive bonus tracks on August 27, 2024 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Jaws Of Darkness’, ‘Necrophoric Infestation’, ‘Emerging Abomination’, ‘Clots’, ‘Sempiternal Torture’, ‘Funeral Incantation’, ‘Hematophagia’ (live bonus) and ‘Deathcrush’ (MAYHEM cover, live bonus). You can check out the track ‘Clots’ over here. For all additional FUNERAL VOMIT info please visit www.facebook.com/funeral.vomit
Romanian Black Metallers ORDINUL NEGRU have just released a video for ‘Zahir’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming ninth full length “Dodekatemoria”, which will be released this Autumn via Loud Rage Music. www.facebook.com/ordinulnegru
Ukrainian Black Metallers WINDSWEPT are streaming their new mini album “Der Eine, Wahre König” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on June 21, 2024 via Primitive Reaction. www.facebook.com/windsweptukraine
Swedish Death Metallers OPEN SURGERY have just released a playthrough video for ‘Sub Zero Suffocation’ at this location. The track is taken from their upcoming EP “Absolute Destruction”, which will be released via BVR Record on July 19, 2024 on the main digital streaming platforms. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Ring Of Absolute Destruction’, ‘Divine Asphyxiation’, ‘Ceremonial Collector Of Skulls’, ‘Psychotic Flamethrower Maniac’, ‘Serial Sodomy’, ‘Sub Zero Suffocation’, ‘Corpus Os Impurum’, ‘Unrelenting Massacre’ and ‘Amphibious Assault’. www.facebook.com/opensurgery
On July 05, 2024 Gravemoss Records will release “None Shall Be Spared”, the final EP from defunct Boston, Massachusetts based Death / Thrashers ABHORRED, on CD and digitally. Members of the band went on to play in bands such as VERMINIZER, RANCOROUS, MORNE, PANZERBASTARD and others. https://abhorred.bandcamp.com
“Infinite Evolution”, the fourth full length from New Jersey’s Thrashers BLOOD FEAST, will be released via Hells Headbangers on July 12, 2024 on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Crafting Carnage’, ‘Ravaging The Loins Of Mary’, ‘Never Will I Die’, ‘Of Hell’, ‘Eye Of Glass’, ‘Outbreak’, ‘The Preacher’, ‘Evilution’ and ‘The Chosen’. The band has just revealed ‘Never Will I Die’ at this location. The previously released video for ‘Outbreak’ can still be watched over here. For more BLOOD FEAST info please visit www.facebook.com/bloodfeastlegions
Madison, Wisconsin based Death Metallers CASKET ROBBERY have just released a video for their new single ‘The Lacryphagist’ at this location. The song marks the band’s first new material since their 2022 album “Rituals Of Death”. www.facebook.com/casketrobbery
Spanish Death Metallers APOSENTO have just released a lyric video for ‘The Bad Seed’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming fourth full length “No Safe Haven”, which will be out on July 02, 2024 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The vinyl edition will follow later. The previously released title track can still be checked out at this location. “No Safe Haven” was recorded at Rock Lab Studios of Dan Díez from TIERRA SANTA and mixed by Davide Billia (BEHEADED, ANTROPOPHAGUS, ex – HOUR OF PENANCE) at MK2 Studios in Italy. The album cover was again created by Naroa Etxebarría. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘No Safe Haven’, ‘Tortured And Abused’, ‘Uncertain Death’, ‘A Texas Funeral’, ‘The Bad Seed’, ‘Where Darkness Reigns’, ‘Let It Bleed’, ‘The Devil’s Bargain’, ‘As Your Life Ends’ and ‘Parásitos’. www.facebook.com/aposentodeath
Finnish melodic Death Metallers ALIAS NOONE have just released a lyric video for ‘Into Nothing’, over here. The track will be featured on their upcoming debut full length “Weight Of The World”, which was recorded during 2023-24 at D-Studios in multiple sessions. It will be released via Inverse Records later this year. www.facebook.com/aliasnoone
French Death Metallers SKELETHAL have just revealed the track ‘Spectrum Of Morbidity’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s third full length “Within Corrosive Continuums”, which will be released on July 12, 2024 via Hells Headbangers. The previously revealed album track ‘Fatal Abstraction’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Within Corrosive Continuums” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Creation’, ‘Spectrum Of Morbidity’, ‘Mesmerizing Flies At The Doors Of Death’, ‘Eyes Sewn Mouth Full’, ‘Upon The Immemorial Ziggurat’, ‘Fatal Abstraction’ and ‘Within Corrosive Continuums’. www.facebook.com/skelethal
Swiss technical Death Metallers ADELON have just released a video for ‘Fleshless Vertebrae’ over here. The song is taken from the band’s debut EP “Resurgence”, which will be released on June 21, 2024 on the main digital streaming platforms. It was co-produced, mixed and mastered by Alex Sedin at Ghostalgy Prods. www.facebook.com/adelonband
Spanish Death Metallers INTOLERANCE have just premiered the track ‘Rite Of Passage’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “Waking Nightmares Of An Endless Void”, which will be released on July 22, 2024. Memento Mori will release the CD version, while Godz Ov War will release the vinyl LP and cassette tape versions. The previously revealed album track ‘Fade Into Oblivion’ can still be checked out over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Towards Perdition’, ‘Fade Into Oblivion’, ‘The Dark Forest’, ‘Rite Of Passage’, ‘Hand Of Glory’, ‘Devourer Of Worlds’, ‘Spontaneous Self-Awareness Of The Void’ and ‘Melting Skies’. The cover art for “Waking Nightmares Of An Endless Void” was created by Juan Alberto Hernandez. www.facebook.com/intolerancedeathmetal
On August 30, 2024 Blood Harvest Records will release “Breathing Obelisk”, a new mini-album from Canadian Death Metallers GUTVOID, on CD, 12″ vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Swamp Consumed’, ‘For We Are Many’, ‘When The Living Dome Opens’ and ‘Shodar’. You can already check out ‘For We Are Many’ at this location. More GUTVOID info you will find at www.facebook.com/gutvoidofficial
Spanish Death Metallers KRYPTICY have just premiered the track ‘The Water Street Butcher’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “The Non-Return”, which will be released on July 22, 2024 via Memento Mori. The previously revealed album track ‘Hypatia’s Heresy’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “The Non-Return” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Infected Pharaoh’, ‘Hypatia’s Heresy’, ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’, ‘The Void’, ‘The Water Street Butcher’, ‘UGH!’, ‘Krypticy’ and ‘Virgins Recently Fucked Sacrifice’. www.facebook.com/krypticy
Bronx based one-man melodic Death / Thrash band LEGIONARY has just released a new EP entitled “Prison Realm”. A full stream of it you will find at this location. More about LEGIONARY at www.facebook.com/legionaryband
Romanian Black Metallers ORDINUL NEGRU are working on their ninth full-length album, which is scheduled for an Autumn release. It will be entitled “Dodekatemoria” and has been in works for the past five years, previously introduced by two EPs: “Nebuisa” in 2020 and “A Sojourner Wandering Through The Barren Openness” in 2021, both released via Loud Rage Music. For regular updates make sure to follow ORDINUL NEGRU at www.facebook.com/ordinulnegru
On July 12, 2024 Invictus Productions will release the debut full length from Australia’s thrashing Death / Speed Metallers MAGES TERROR, “Damnations Sight”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Serpent Bat’, ‘Paramount Specter Dust’, ‘Fane Of The Slug Gods’, ‘Ruthless Guild’, ‘Presage’, ‘The Vomited Harvest’, ‘Master In The Black Cavern’, ‘Demon Bell’, ‘Vulgar Overlord’ and ‘Damnations Sight’. You can already check out ‘The Vomited Harvest’ at this location. For more MAGES TERROR information please visit www.facebook.com/magesterrorfront
Swedish – Finnish Speed / Thrash Metal quintet OBNOXIOUS YOUTH will release their new album “Burning Savage” on October 18, 2024 via Svart Records on black, transparent red and limited yellow / red / black marble vinyl, as well as on CD. You can already watch a video for the album track ‘Burning Savage’ over here. In November 2024 OBNOXIOUS YOUTH will be touring Europe in support of the new album, starting off with a release gig together with Norwegian NEKROMANTHEON at Hus 7 in Stockholm, Sweden on November 09, 2024. www.facebook.com/obnoxiousyouth
Norwegian Black Metallers STEINRAS have just revealed a second track from their upcoming self-titled debut full-length. You can check out ‘Crawler Of The Crypt’ at this location. It features Tore Bratseth (THE BATALLION, OLD FUNERAL) on vocals. The album will be released on July 05, 2024 via Soulseller Records on vinyl LP, CD and digitally. www.facebook.com/p/steinras-100041676165742
On August 30, 2024 Blood Harvest Records will release “Cremation Pyre”, the debut full length from Portuguese Death Metallers PHENOCRYST, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Pinnacle Of Death’, ‘Astonishing Devastation’, ‘Pyres Of The Altar’, ‘Incandescent Debris’, ‘Embers Of An Ancient Fire’, ‘Volcanic Winter’, ‘Fogo Nas Entranhas’ and ‘Burial Swamps’. You can already stream ‘Pyres Of The Altar’ over here. More PHENOCRYST info you will find at www.facebook.com/phenocryst
‘A Chill That You Can’t Taint’, the new single from Italy’s Depressive Black / Doom Metallers FORGOTTEN TOMB, is available as a lyric video at this location now. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming eleventh full length “Nightfloating”, which will be released on July 12, 2024 via Agonia Records. It was recorded at Elfo Studio in Italy between August 2023 and January 2024, produced by Daniele Mandelli and FORGOTTEN TOMB and mixed by Daniele Mandelli, Ferdinando Marchisio and Alessandro Comerio. Davide Tavecchia mastered it at Twilight Studio in February 2024. The cover artwork has been hand-drawn by Greek artist Satta La Main Verte. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Nightfloating’, ‘A Chill That You Can’t Taint’, ‘This Sickness Withered My Heart’, ‘Unsafe Spaces’, ‘Drifting’ and ‘A Despicable Gift’. www.facebook.com/official.forgotten.tomb
Canadian Death Metallers CRYPTOPSY have been signed by Season Of Mist. Here’s the band’s official statement: “We are thrilled to announce that CRYPTOPSY has joined forced with Season Of Mist! Season Of Mist’s dedication to artistic integrity and their track record of supporting diverse and innovative music make them the perfect partner for CRYPTOPSY. With their backing, we look forward to reaching new heights creatively, connecting with more fans and continuing to push the boundaries of extreme music. We are excited for the journey ahead and the opportunities this opens up for what’s already an exciting new chapter of our band.” www.facebook.com/cryptopsyofficial
Swiss Black Metallers COLDCELL have just released a video for ‘Hope And Failure’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming fifth full-length “Age Of Unreason”, which will be released on July 26, 2024 via AOP Records. You can still check out the previously revealed album track ‘Dead To The World’ at this location. “Age Of Unreason” will feature the following tracks: ‘Hope And Failure’, ‘Dead To The World’, ‘Left’, ‘Solidarity Or Solitude’, ‘Meaningless feat. INEZONA’, ‘Sink Our Souls’ and ‘Discord’. www.facebook.com/coldcellofficial
Polish Death Metallers DISLOYAL have just released a new single entitled ‘Ravens Of Starvation’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming fifth full-length “Divine Miasmata”, which will be released on July 12, 2024 via Black Lion Records. “Divine Miasmata” was recorded at Monroe Sound Studio and engineered, mixed and mastered by Arkadiusz “Aro” Jablonski. The album was produced by Arkadiusz “Aro” Jablonski and DISLOYAL and the cover artwork was created by NaphulaArt. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Divine Miasmata’, ‘Silent Revolution’, ‘The Black Pope’, ‘1347-1352’, ‘Stella Peccatorum’, ‘Betrayed Faith’, ‘Religion Of Warfare’, ‘Ravens Of Starvation’ and ‘The Ascension Of Abaddon’. www.facebook.com/disloyalband
Austria based Speed Metallers DEATH RACER have just premiered the track ‘Inverted Crossroads’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “From Gravel To Grave”, which will be released on July 26, 2024 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album track ‘Nordschleife’ can still be checked out over here. The complete “From Gravel To Grave” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Motormentor’, ‘Nordschleife’, ‘Inverted Crossroads’, ‘C.F.S.O.D.C’, ‘Imola ’94 (From Gravel To Grave)’, ‘Racers Of Death’, ‘Traumatized In Traffic Jam Ejection’ and ‘S.M. Death Worship’. www.facebook.com/deathracerspeedmetal
Danish Black Metallers HORNED ALMIGHTY have just premiered a video for ‘Gospels Of Sickness’ over here. The track will be featured on their upcoming seventh full length “Contagion Zero”, which will be released on July 05, 2024 via Soulseller Records on vinyl LP, CD and digitally. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Hop House Studios in late 2023 with producer Andreas Linnemann. The artwork was created by Belial Necroarts. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘The Messiah Scourge’, ‘Gospels Of Sickness’, ‘Vermin On The Mount’, ‘Ascension Of Fever And Plague’, ‘Furnace Of Sulphur And Fire’, ‘Darken The World’ and ‘Epilogue … Of Hades And Of Death’. www.facebook.com/hornedalmighty
Canadian Black Metal trio LIMINAL SHROUD has just released a second single from their upcoming third full length “Visions Of Collapse”. You can check out ‘Malaspina’ at this location. The album will be released via Willowtip Records on July 05, 2024 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. It was co-produced, recorded and mixed by Matt Roach with additional audio engineering by Emily Ryan at Rain City Recorders in Vancouver BC, Canada. The mastering was done by Greg Chandler at Priory Recording Studios, UK and the artwork was created by Misanthropic Art. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Nocturnal Phosphoresence’, ‘Nucleonic Blight’, ‘Resolve’, ‘Malaspina’ and ‘The Carving Scythe’. www.facebook.com/liminalshroudofficial
Bucharest, Romania based Black Metallers WARHYMN will release a new 3-track EP entitled “Occult Fire” via Loud Rage Music. The artwork is depicted from the “Paradise Lost Catalogue” by French illustrator Gustave Dore and was adapted to an even more darker visual style. The EP features the ‘Occult Fire’ single, that will also be part of the band’s next full length, and two re-recorded songs from their debut “Gnosis”. The material was mixed and mastered by Andrei Alexandru Bogdan of Grand Way Studios. The songs are meant to be a test production for the next WARHYMN full length, that will be out in late 2025. You can check the EP’s single ‘Originea’ over here. More about WARHYMN at www.facebook.com/warhymn.official
Yonkers, New York based brutal technical Death Metallers MALIGNANCY are streaming their upcoming new album “…Discontinued” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Willowtip Records on June 14, 2024 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. www.facebook.com/malignancyofficial
Chile’s psychedelic Black Metallers KERASFÓRA are streaming their upcoming debut full length “Six Nights Beyond The Serpents Threshold” in its etirety over here now. It will be released on June 14, 2024 via Iron Bonehead Productions. https://kerasfora.bandcamp.com
Reykjavík, Iceland based Death Metallers DEVINE DEFILEMENT have just released their sophomore full length “Age Of Atrocities” via Rising Nemesis Records. It was recorded and mixed by Sigurjon Oli at Liquid Slam Studios and mastered by Floor at GLDCHN Studios. The artwork was created by Freyr Hreinsson. You can stream the album in its entirety at this location. The band has additionally released the following five videos for tracks from the album: ‘Byzantine Blinding‘, ‘Wraith‘, ‘Embedded In Filth‘, ‘S.C.U‘ (featuring Trausti from FALSE MAJESTY and Floor from KORPSE) and ‘Malformed Grin‘. More DEVINE DEFILEMENT info you will find at www.facebook.com/devinedefilement
Brazilian Black Metallers AMEN CORNER have just released their new album “Written By The Devil” via Hammerheart Records on CD and vinyl LP. It features the following tracks: ‘Intro’, ‘The War Of The Antichrist’, ‘The Protectors’, ‘Fall And Ascension’, ‘Signal From Beyond’, ‘Inferno’, ‘Written By The Devil’, ‘The Splendor Of Your Presence’ and ‘Lúcifer, A Suprema Luz Da Manhã’. www.facebook.com/amencornerhorde
Italian technical Death Metallers HOUR OF PENANCE have just premiered a lyric video for ‘Spiralling Into Decline’ over here. It is the closing track off the band’s new album “Devotion”, which was released in April via Agonia Records. www.facebook.com/hourofpenance
Finnish Death / Grinders I, CURSED have just released a second single from their new EP “Death Holograms”. You can check out a lyric video for ‘Sorrower’ at this location. A lyric video for the first single ‘Blades’ can still be watched over here. The EP will be released on July 17, 2024. www.facebook.com/i.cursed.grind
Austrian MASTIC SCUM have just released a video for ‘Room 23’ over here. The track appears on their latest album “Icon”, which was released on CD and red vinyl via MDD Records. www.facebook.com/masticscum
To celebrate their 10th anniversary Finnish Death / Thrashers HAUTAJAISYÖ will be re-releasing their first recordings from the “Uneenkuiskaajat Promo 2015” with bonus tracks via Inverse Records. It additionally will feature the unreleased intro song ‘Kuiskaukset’ (Whispers) and a different version of ‘Köysi’ (Rope), which was released on the band’s 2016 “Three Screams Of Insanity” split tape with POPRAVČÍ VRCH and UNHOLY IMPURITY. You can check out the Promo 2015 at this location. A new HAUTAJAISYÖ EP, which will be entitled “En Murru En Taivu”, will be released at the end of the year, on which the band will re-record three songs from their debut full length and one song from the demo sessions. More about HAUTAJAISYÖ at www.facebook.com/hautajaisyo
Finnish melodic Black Metallers BLOODCROSS have just premiered ‘Gravebound’, the title track from their upcoming debut full length, over here. The album will be released on July 05, 2024 via Personal Records. The previously revealed ‘Warbeasts’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete “Gravebound” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Warbeasts’, ‘Nemesis Reborn’, ‘Beyond Flesh’, ‘Pale Avenger’, ‘Gravebound’, ‘Devil Speed’ and ‘Howling Spirits’. www.facebook.com/bloodcrossmetal
Tampa, Florida based blackened Death Metal Punks TORTURERS’ LOBBY are streaming their upcoming debut full length “Deadened Nerves” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on June 14, 2024 via Caligari Records (CD and cassette tape versions), in co-operation with Ixiol Productions (vinyl version). You can also check out the band’s previously released EP “Man In Zugzwang” at https://torturerslobby.bandcamp.com
“Trenches”, third full-length from Norway’s SVARTELDER, will be released on August 02, 2024 via Soulseller Records. It was mixed and mastered by Marius Strand at Strand Studio and the artwork was created by Khaos Diktator. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Psychotic Symphony’, ‘I Give The Stranger A Sign’, ‘Touch This Norwegian Finger’, ‘The Forgiving Isolation’, ‘As All Ends…’, ‘…With Death’ and ‘In The Trenches’. You can already check out ‘I Give The Stranger A Sign’ at this location. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/svartelderofficial
Ukrainian Black Metallers LUCIFUGUM are currently working on two new songs. After a very serious throat problem Stabaath has returned on vocals now. The record will be called “Adanom” and will contain an intro and the songs ‘Смола У Крові Нашій’ and ‘Lucispear’. More LUCIFUGUM music you will find at https://lucifugum.bandcamp.com
Dutch Black Metallers CODEX MORTIS have just released a new single off their forthcoming sophomore full length “Tales Of Woe”. You can check out ‘It Dies With Me’ at this location. The album will be released via Black Lion Records on June 21, 2024. It was mixed and mastered by Björnström Ljud & Produktion. The artwork was created by Vladimir ‘Smerdulak’ Chebakov. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Forsaken’, ‘Capricious Disembodied Villain’, ‘Chosen’, ‘Trenched In Blood’, ‘Fire Screams And Death’ and ‘It Dies With Me’. www.facebook.com/codexmortis
Bay Area Deathers LACERATION will release their sophomore full-length “I Erode” via 20 Buck Spin on July 26, 2024 on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digitally. It was recorded by Matt Harvey of EXHUMED / GRUESOME and mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios (UNDERGANG, VASTUM, ULTHAR, HIGH ON FIRE). The artwork was created by James Bousema (FROZEN SOUL, KERRY KING, CELESTIAL SANCTUARY, MORGUL BLADE). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Degradation (Intro)’, ‘Excised’, ‘Sadistic Enthrallment’, ‘Vile Incarnate’, ‘Dreams Of The Formless’, ‘Carcerality’, ‘Strangled By Hatred’, ‘Impaling Sorrow’ and ‘I Erode’. You can already check out ‘Excised’ over here. More about LACERATION at www.facebook.com/lacerationofficial
On July 26, 2024 Chile based Thrashers MAYHEMIC will release their debut full length “Toba” via Sepulchral Voice Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Kollarbone Crushed Neanderthal’, ‘Extintion & Mystery’, ‘Valley Of The Thundra’, ‘Triumph Portrait’, ‘Eschatological Symphony’, ‘Hazardous Prowler’, ‘Olduvai’s Lullaby’ and ‘Toba’. You can already check out the album track ‘Triumph Portrait’ at this location. For more MAYHEMIC info please visit www.facebook.com/p/mayhemic-100036174441864
“Raw Materials Of Decay”, the debut full length from Portland’s Death / Grinders HEMORRHOID, which was originally released in March of this year, will be released via Extremely Rotten Productions, in co-operation with Headsplit Records, on June 28, 2024 on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. It was recorded and mixed by Charlie Koryn at Underworld Studios and mastered by Noah Buchanan. The cover artwork was created by Filtheffigy. A full album stream is available at https://hemorrhoid666.bandcamp.com
Bangladesh based Death Metallers WARHOUND have just self-released a new EP entitled “1857: The Rebellion” on digital format. The following tracks are featured on it: ‘Lest We Forget’, ‘Bone Chilling Gust’, ‘Unbent Until Death’ and ‘Last Stand of the Old Order’. It was recorded at Noizemine Studio and Bumblebee Productions in Dhaka, mixed and mastered by Dewan Anamul Hasan and the cover artwork was created by Aryan Shrestha. A full EP stream is available over here now. For all further WARHOUND information, please visit www.facebook.com/warhoundbd
Greek psychedelic progressive Black Metallers HAIL SPIRIT NOIR will release their sixth full length “Fossil Gardens” on June 28, 2024 via Agonia Records on CD, cassette tape, colored vinyl LP and digitally. You can already check out a lyric video for the song ‘Curse You, Entropia’ at this location. “Fossil Gardens” was produced by Dimitris Douvras (ROTTING CHRIST, NIGHTSTALKER) and Magnus Lindberg (member of CULT OF LUNA and mastering engineer) and the cover artwork was created by George Baramatis. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Starfront Promenade’, ‘The Temple Of Curved Space’, ‘Curse You, Entropia’, ‘The Blue Dot’, ‘The Road To Awe’, ‘Ludwig In Orbit’ and ‘Fossil Gardens’. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063941775960
Finnish melodic Death Metallers NUMENTO have just self-released their third full “The Antimatter Fantasy”. The album was produced and mixed by Chris Herrle. The artwork was again created by the band’s guitarist Aleksi Vehmassalo. A full album stream is available over here. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/numentofin
San Antonio, Texas based melodic blackened Death Metallers MYTHOLOGIK have just released a lyric video for ‘Satanael’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming album “Blood In The Sky”, which will be self-released on June 14, 2024. It was recorded, engineered, produced, mixed and mastered by Bryan Eckermann at Bonespill Studios. www.facebook.com/mythologiktx
Norwegian Metallers SARKE, featuring Nocturno Culto from DARKTHRONE on vocals, have just revealed another track from their upcoming eighth full-length “Endo Feight”. You can check out ‘In Total Allegiance’ over here. The album will be released on June 21, 2024 via Soulseller Records. It was recorded and mixed at H10 Productions by Lars-Erik Westby and mastered by Sofia von Hage and Thomas Eberger at Stockholm Mastering. The cover illustration was created by Kjetil Nystuen. www.facebook.com/sarkeofficial
Dutch Death Metallers SEVERE TORTURE are streaming their upcoming sixth full length “Torn From The Jaws Of Death” in its entirety at this location now. The album was recorded at Torture Compound Studios with Damiën Kerpentier and mixed and mastered by Mendel bij de Leij of MbdL Productions. The cover artwork was created by Pär Olofsson. “Torn From The Jaws Of Death” will be released on June 07, 2024 via Season Of Mist. www.facebook.com/severetorture
Finnish Folk / Black Metallers WOLFHORDE will release their third full length “Bloodmoon Symphonies” on August 30, 2024 via Inverse Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Killer Rabbit Of Caerbannog’, ‘Forsaken Shrine’, ‘Tormented (Beyond Apprehension)’, ‘Kuoleman Mustat Siivet’, ‘Anubis’, ‘Phantom Queen’, ‘Last Good Fight’ and ‘Bloodmoon Symphony’. A video for the first single ‘Tormented (Beyond Apprehension)’ can already be watched over here. The “Bloodmoon Symphonies” cover artwork was created by Juha-Matti Koppelomäki. www.facebook.com/wolfhordebandofficial
Polish Death Metallers ESCALATION have just released a first song from their upcoming debut full length “Ruins Of The Falling World”. You can check out ‘Beyond The Veil Of Fear’ over here. The album will be released on June 21, 2024 on jewelcase CD and digitally through Polish label Via Nocturna. It was recorded at HUGEstudio (GRIEF CIRCLE, FORMIS, CZORT) and mixed and mastered by Piotr Zubko. The cover artwork was created by Katarzyna Jakubska from Dark Descent Design. The complete “Ruins Of The Falling World” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Beyond The Veil Of Fear’, ‘No Turning Back’, ‘Symphony Of Despair’, ‘United Forces’, ‘Human Tomb’, ‘Embrace Of Darkness’, ‘Rise Before We Fall’ and ‘Worthless Promises’. www.facebook.com/escalationofficial
Spanish Death Metallers APOSENTO have just released the title track of their upcoming fourth full length “No Safe Haven” at this location. The album will be released on July 02, 2024 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats (the vinyl edition will follow later on). It was recorded at Rock Lab Studios with Dan Díez from TIERRA SANTA and mixed by Davide Billia (BEHEADED, ANTROPOPHAGUS, ex – HOUR OF PENANCE) at MK2 Studios in Italy. The album cover has once again been created by Naroa Etxebarría. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘No Safe Haven’, ‘Tortured And Abused’, ‘Uncertain Death’, ‘A Texas Funeral’, ‘The Bad Seed’, ‘Where Darkness Reigns’, ‘Let It Bleed’, ‘The Devil’s Bargain’, ‘As Your Life Ends’ and ‘Parásitos’. Since the release of their previous album, APOSENTO has undergone some line-up changes. One of their former vocalists, Carlos García, has returned to the band. He was already part of APOSENTO from 1993 to 1997 and recorded the EP “Welcome To Darkness” with them in 1997. Also Manu Reyes, who already played bass and recorded two albums and an EP since their re-formation in 2012 until 2020, now converted to guitar. The current line-up is completed by bassist Pablo Vázquez, who joined in 2021 and Raúl Ceballos, who recently became the band’s new drummer. www.facebook.com/aposentodeath
On June 07, 2024 Personal Records will release “Detrimental Paratomy”, the debut EP from Tuscan Death Metallers NECROCENE, on transparent CD format. A full EP stream is available over here now. The EP was recorded and mixed at Hill Valley Studio between December 2022 and March 2023, and then mastered at Sügis Productions in April 2023. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091964531943
On June 21, 2024 Invictus Productions will release “Sabatraxas”, a special anniversary EP from Netherlands based Black / Deathers LUCIFERICON, on 12″ vinyl format. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Alogos Vel Sethos’, ‘Paradoxicon Lucifericon’, ‘Sabatraxas’, ‘Khidir’s Urn’, ‘Qliphotic Trance’ and ‘Sevenfold’. The first three songs are leftover tracks from “The Warlock Of Da’ath” sessions, the three tracks that follow are live versions. You can check out ‘Sabatraxas’ at this location. More about LUCIFERICON at www.facebook.com/lucifericon
Minneapolis, Minnesota based blackened Death Metallers GRAND DEMISE OF CIVILIZATION have just released their fourth full length “The Blaze Of Abaddon” via Ordovician Records on CD, cassette tape and digital formats. It was recorded from September 2021 to March 2024 at Silent Water Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota, engineered, mixed and mastered by Dan Lerach and the cover art was created by Belial Necroarts. A full album stream is available over here. You can follow the band at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063570482754
Dutch atmospheric Black Metal project WURGILNÕ has just released the single ‘De Pest’ at this location. The track is taken from the upcoming new album “Krijtland”, which will be released on June 11, 2024 via Fetzner Death Records on CD, cassette tape and digitally. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Kop Op Het Blok’, ‘De Lijdensweg Van Entgen Luijten’, ‘Voor De Eeuwigheid Gehangen’, ‘1928’, ‘De Nachtdwaalster’, ‘Het Wilde Heir’, ‘De Pest’ and ‘Krijtland’. The album was recorded at “Het Galgenveld” in Sittard, The Netherlands from October 2023 to April 2024, mixed by WURGILNÕ and mastered by Jon Sjolin of Experitone in Sweden. The artwork was created by Merg&Been. www.facebook.com/wurgilno
Darkness Shall Rise Productions will release a compilation from German Occult Folk / Doom Metallers AIVVASS, entitled “Spiritual Archives (Occult Rites I+II)”, on CD and cassette tape formats. Both EPs, “Occult Rites I” and “Occult Rites II” will be released separately on 12″ vinyl. The CD and tape versions will be released on July 18, 2024, while the two vinyl EPs will be released on August 15, 2024. A full album stream is already available over here. More AIVVASS info you will find at www.facebook.com/officialaivvass
“Retaliation”, the debut full length from Norwegian Black / Deathers / ULVEHUNGER, will be released via Darkness Shall Rise Productions on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The CD and tape versions will be released on July 18, 2024, while the vinyl version will follow on August 15, 2024. The album was recorded at Tomb Studio (ORDER, WITCH CLUB SATAN) and produced by Anders Odden, with mastering by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony. You can already stream “Retaliation” in its entirety at this location. ULVEHUNGER consists of L.J. Balvaz (BALVAZ, CADAVER, DISGUSTING), K.B. Fletcher (DISGUSTING), Frost (SATYRICON, 1349) and Anders Odden (CADAVER, ORDER, SATYRICON live). www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089656459184
Norwegian Black Metallers YR have just released a new single entitled ‘Doed Og Begravet’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming EP “Maanelyst”, which will be released on June 21, 2024 via Hellstain Productions on digipak CD and digitally. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Doed Og Begravet’, ‘Kvessa Tunger’, ‘Nidhogg’, ‘Stormtatt’ and ‘Offernatt’. The material was mixed and mastered by Hugo Alvarstein (GOD DETHRONED, NOCTURNAL BREED, CHROME DIVISION) and the cover artwork was created by Necrolust Productions (KAMPFAR, WHOREDOM RIFE, BLACK ALTAR). www.facebook.com/yrband666
Canada’s Black / Death Metal three-piece ADVERSARIAL has just released their third full length “Solitude With The Eternal” via Dark Descent Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. The album was recorded and mixed by Vadim Balanyuk and mastered by Damian Herring at Subterranean Watchtower Studios. The artwork was created by Nekronikon. A full album stream is available at this location. More about ADVERSARIAL at www.facebook.com/adversarialofficial
“The Feast Of Human Vices”, the new EP from Chicago’s Doom / Deathers CARRION THRONE, is streaming in its entirety over here now. It was just released via Lacerated Enemy Records. www.facebook.com/carrionthronedeath