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September 28, 2024

Canadian Black Thrashers TORREFY have just released their new album “Necronomisongs” via Witches Brew. A full album stream is available at this location. More TORREFY information you will find at www.facebook.com/torrefy

September 27, 2024

Nashville, Tennessee based melodic Black Metallers LENAX have just released a new single entitled ‘We Are Legion’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Infection”, which will be released in 2025. www.facebook.com/lenaxmetal

Philadelphia’s Black / Death Metallers BLASPHEMOUS have just premiered the track ‘Martyr Complex’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming fourth full length “To Lay Siege And Conquer”, which will be released on October 25, 2024 via Adirondack Black Mass. The previously revealed ‘Son Of The Forsaken’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “To Lay Siege And Conquer” tracklist reads like this: ‘To Lay Siege And Conquer’, ‘Son Of The Forsaken’, ‘Martyr Complex’, ‘Spiritual Enslavement’, ‘Dead And Still’, ‘Curse Of The Witchchrist’ and ‘Neverborn’. www.facebook.com/blasphemousmetal

German / Swedish Death Metallers ROTPIT will release their sophomore full length “Long Live The Rot” on November 29, 2024 via War Anthem Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. A cassette tape version will be available via Selfmadegod Records. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Sewer Rot’, ‘Massive Maggot Swarm’, ‘Long Live The Rot’, ‘Eat Or Be Eaten’, ‘The Triumph Of Rot’, ‘Tunnel Rat’, ‘Dirt Dwellers’, ‘Funeral Mock’, ‘Rotfreak’ and ‘OutRot’. You can check out the first single ‘Massive Maggot Swarm’ at this location. “Long Live The Rot” was once again produced by the band’s main songwriter Jonny Pettersson (MASSACRE, WOMBBATH, BERZERKER LEGION) at Studio Unbound, while the mastering was finished at Nevo Studios in Sundsvall, Sweden. The cover artwork was created by T. Kannibalet Hietomma Art. The new album introduces ROTPIT’s new drummer Erik Barthold from Swedish Doomers LEFT HAND SOLUTION and the Punk band DET KRISTET UTSEENDE. www.facebook.com/rotpit666

On November 29, 2024 Personal Records will release the debut full length of Swedish Death Metallers CRYPTORIUM, “Descent Into Lunacy”, on CD format. The cassette tape version will be available through Iron Fortress Records. Here’s the full “Descent Into Lunacy” tracklist: ‘Incarcerated’, ‘Horrid Exultation’, ‘Inner Decay’, ‘A Distant Dream’, ‘Void Of Life’, ‘Obscure Reality’, ‘Mournful Dawn’ and ‘Descent Into Lunacy’. You can already stream ‘Void Of Life’ right here. For more CRYPTORIUM please visit https://cryptoriumband.bandcamp.com

On November 29, 2024 Personal Records will release “Constellation Of Endless Blight”, the debut full length of Staten Island, New York based Death Metallers FESTERGORE, on CD format. Iron Fortress Records will be handling the cassette tape version. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Ironborn’, ‘Glass Casket’ (feat. Anthony Bramante, ex – NUCLEAR ASSAULT), ‘SMA’, ‘The View From Halfway Down’, ‘Synchronizing The Kozmos Part I’, ‘Surrender To Madness’, ‘Cryogenic Decay’, ‘Synchronizing The Kozmos Part II’ and ‘What Once Was Proud’. You can already check out ‘Cryogenic Decay’ at this location. More FESTERGORE music is available at https://festergore.bandcamp.com

Experimental Death Metal duo THUNRAZ will release their new album “Incineration Day” on November 22, 2024. It is a collaborative effort between Estonia based musician Madis Jalakas and Kansas City based drummer Sean Rehmer (DEJECTER). The album’s first single ‘Incinerator’ can already be streamed over here. The band has also shared a drum play-through video of the song at this location. The complete “Incineration Day” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Tyrant’, ‘Compactor’, ‘Fragile Automata’, ‘Incinerator’, ‘The Day After’, ‘Eastern Promises’ and ‘Spiritual Self-Surgery’. www.facebook.com/thunrazmetal

Berlin, Germany based symphonic Death Metallers CARVED MEMORIES have just released a video for ‘Raven’, the second single off their debut full-length “The Moirai”, over here. The album will be released on November 01, 2024 on CD and digitally via Black Lion Records. It was recorded by KV at Hell’s Pit Studio, the mix and drum recordings were done by Marcos Monnerat at Stereorat Studio and the mastering by Fredrik Nordström at Studio Fredman. The artwork was created by Nightjar Illustration. “The Moirai” will feature the following tracks: ‘Cerberus’, ‘Bellow’, ‘Doom’, ‘Agathodaimon’, ‘The Sovereign’, ‘Raven’, ‘Hourglass’ and ‘The Moirai’. www.facebook.com/carvedmemories

Finnish brutal Death / Grind one-man project K.Y.M.I. has just released its debut full length “Liha” via Inverse Records today. You can check out the full album at this location. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/kymipaja

September 26, 2024

Belgian Speed Metallers BÜTCHER have just revealed the track ‘Blessed By The Blade’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s third full length “On Fowl Of Tyrant Wing”, which will be released on October 25, 2024 via Osmose Productions. The cover artwork was created by Kris Verwimp and the complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘A Divine Wind’, ‘Speed Metal Samurai’, ‘Blessed By The Blade’, ‘Koraktor’s Iron Rule’, ‘Keep The Steele (Flamin’ Hot)’, ‘A Sacrifice To Satan’s Spawn’, ‘A Gypsy’s Tale (Of Sex And Seance)’ and ‘An Ending In Fyre’. www.facebook.com/butcherspeedmetal

Spanish Black Metallers KREYL will release their debut full length “Obscure Rise Of Ancient Eulogy” on October 18, 2024 via Inverse Records. A video for the second single ‘Nekromanteion Of Ephyra’ has now been released at this location. A lyric video of the first single ‘Medusa’s Death’ is additionally available over here. The complete “Obscure Rise Of Ancient Eulogy” tracklist reads like this: ‘Giants Of Arto Island’, ‘Nekromateion Of Ephyra’, ‘Medusa’s Death’, ‘The Oracle Of Delphi’, ‘Esoteric Mother Of The Waning Moon’, ‘The Dark Kingdom Of Tartarus’, ‘Sparagmos’, ‘Hydra Of Lerna’ and ‘The Battle Of Typhoon’. The album cover artwork was created by Lordigan Pedro Sena. www.facebook.com/kreylofficial

THYRMR, aka Trym Torson, former drummer of EMPEROR and ENSLAVED, has just revealed the tracks ‘Vandringen’ and ‘Trusselen’ here, respectively here. Both will be featured on the THYRMR debut full length “Saga Of The North”, which will be released on November 27, 2024 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. For the album Torson composed music inspired by his longstanding passion for movie soundtracks and ambient music. The following tracks will be featured on “Saga Of The North”: ‘Landsbyen’, ‘Trusselen’, ‘Slaget’, ‘Gravferd’, ‘Sorgen’, ‘Minner’, ‘Vandringen’ and ‘Håpet’. www.facebook.com/darknessshallriseproductions

Finnish melodic Death Metallers SERPENT FIRE have just released a video for the song ‘Wait Until The Dark’ at this location. The band is currently working on more new songs. www.facebook.com/serpentfire.metalband

On September 28, 2024 Necroeucharist Productions will release a limited, hand numbered four cassette tape box (50 copies) from Norwegian Black Metallers BEASTCRAFT entitled “Into Serpent Blood Invocation”. It will include the following items: “Into The Burning Pit Of Hell” (full album with alternate artwork), “Dawn Of The Serpent” (demo collection and rare tracks with alternate cover), “Baptised In Blood And Goatsemen” (full album with alternate cover), “Unpure Invocation Of Alastor Nefas” (live album, released for the first time on cassette), “The Beastcraftian Grimoire” (exclusive A4 book), “Invocation Into Serpent Blood” (900 x 636 flag), a BEASTCRAFT badge and card, as well as stickers. You can check out an unboxing video of the release right here. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/necroeucharistproductions

Russian Black Metallers OLD WAINDS have just revealed the track ‘Of Night And Ice’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s sixth full length “Stormheart”, which will be released on November 27, 2024 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. The album was mastered by Jack Control at Enormous Door Mastering. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Watch The Midnight Unveil’, ‘Northern Starfall’, ‘Of Night And Ice’, ‘In The Heart Of The Storm’, ‘The Eternal, The Dead, The Arcane’, ‘To The Moonlight’ and ‘Snow Swarm’. www.facebook.com/darknessshallriseproductions

Polish progressive Death Metallers OBSIDIAN MANTRA will release their new album “As We All Will” digitally and as jewelcase CD on September 27, 2024 through Via Nocturna. It was recorded between March and May 2024 and mixed and mastered by Filip Hałucha at Heinrich House Studio (HATE, BEHEMOTH, ENTROPIA, MASACHIST) with additional editing by Mateusz Łukasiewicz. The cover artwork was created by Pilar Martínez. A full album stream is available over here now. For more OBSIDIAN MANTRA information please visit www.facebook.com/obsidianmantra

Italian melancholic Doom / Deathers TETHRA will release their new album “Withered Heart Standing” on December 06, 2024 via Meuse Music Records as a 6-panel digipak CD. You can already check out a lyric video for the opener ‘Liminal’ at this location. “Withered Heart Standing” was produced by Valerio Rizzotti and recorded, mixed and mastered between January and July 2024 at Elnor Studio by Mat Stancioiu. The cover artwork was created by Marisa Bottini. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Liminal’, ‘Gaslighting’, ‘Days Of Cold Sleep’, ‘Withered Heart Standing’, ‘Like Water’, ‘Behind The Scars’, ‘Nighttime Surrender’ and ‘Commiato’. www.facebook.com/tethrahell

The debut EP from all female international brutal Death Metallers EMASCULATOR is now available on CD via New Standard Elite. Streams of the first two singles, ‘In Resplendent Terror’ and ‘Eradication Of The Asuras’ are available at emasculatorbdm.bandcamp.com. A video for ‘Eradication Of The Asuras’ can additionall be watched over here. The material was mixed and mastered by Josh Welshman, guitar and bass were recorded by L.B. at Divine Retribution Studios, the vocals recorded by Tonda Smrčka at Seabeast Production and the drums recorded by Taylor Hahn at Hahn Audio. Vocalist Mallika Sundaramurthy issued the following comments on EMASCULATOR’s upcoming live debut: “We are really excited to have our first live performance on day two of Texas Domination Fest, which will also be our CD release party! We look forward to meeting our friends and fans there.” EMASCULATOR is scheduled to play on Saturday, September 27, 2024 at 6:45 pm. For more details about the fest, visit www.texasdominationfest.com. More EMASCULATOR info you will find at www.facebook.com/emasculator

“Demonolatry”, the debut full length of Norwegian Death Metallers ABHORRATION, will be released via Invictus Productions on CD and vinyl LP formats. The CD version will be released on October 04, 2024, while the vinyl LP version will follow on November 01, 2024. The following tracks will be featured on the album: ‘Chamber Of Agilarept’, ‘Ai Apaec’, ‘Spawn Of An Abhorrent Entity’, ‘Invoke Them’, ‘The Grace Of Immolation’ and ‘Demonolatry’. The first single ‘Ai Apaec’ can already be checked out at this location. You can follow ABHORRATION at www.facebook.com/abhorration666

French Black Metallers DIABLATION are streaming their third and final album “Irrévérence” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on September 27, 2024 via Osmose Productions. www.facebook.com/diablation

September 25, 2024

International old school Death Metallers LIVING GATE have just released a video for ‘To Cut Off The Head Of The Snake’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Suffer As One”, which will be released on October 25, 2024 via Relapse Records. Its full tracklist reads as follows: ‘To Cut Off The Head Of The Snake’, ‘Internal Decomposition’, ‘Destroy And Consume’, ‘A Unified Soul’, ‘Massive Depletion In Eb Minor’, ‘Suffer As One’, ‘Ones And Zeroes’, ‘Hunting Maggots’, ‘Atoms And Particles’, ‘Overcome, Overthrow’ and ‘CQC’. The cover artwork was created by Marald van Haasteren. LIVING GATE will be on tour throughout Europe this Fall, starting on October 26, 2024 at the Samhain Festival in the Netherlands until November 09, 2024 at the Amplifest in Portugal. www.facebook.com/livinggate666

German Thrashers ACCUSER will release their 13th full length “Rebirthless” on November 21, 2024 via MDD Records on CD and vinyl LP. www.facebook.com/accuser2008

American Black Metallers SPITE are streaming their upcoming sophomore full length “The Third Temple” in its entirety over here now. It was again recorded, mixed and mastered by Jamie Elton. “The Third Temple” will be released on September 27, 2024 via Invictus Productions. In conjunction with the release, the band’s debut full length “Antimoshiach” will also be re-released on vinyl format. www.facebook.com/spitedesecration

Jyväskylä, Finland based melodic Death Metallers HAGALAS will release their sophomore full length “Mentes Reae” via Inverse Records today. It was recorded and mixed by Samuli Raappana and mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios. A full album stream is available at this location. More about HAGALAS at www.facebook.com/hagalasofficial

American melodic Death Metal project OPHIDIAN MEMORY, lead by Blake Lamoureux, will release its third full length “Carrion Lord” on September 27, 2024. It was recorded and mixed by Blake Lamoureux and mastered by Rick Stallkamp. The cover artwork was created by Caelan Stokkermans (ABIOTIC, HANNES GROSSMANN, LORNA SHORE). You can already stream the album in its entirety over here. For more OPHIDIAN MEMORY music please visit https://ophidianmemory.bandcamp.com

Finnish one-man Black Metal band VALONTUOJA has just released a second single from their upcoming debut full length “Luonnon Armoilla”. You can check out ‘Jään Tulen Alle’ at this location. The album will be released on November 08, 2024 via Inverse Records. The previously released first single ‘Kodistani Karkoitettu’ can still be checked out here. The full “Luonnon Armoilla” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Kodistani Karkoitettu’, ‘Jään Tulen Alle’, ‘Loista Silloin Kun Muu Maailma Tuhoutuu’, ‘Vanhan Valtakunnan Raunioilla’, ‘Läpi Läpinäkyvän’, ‘Sokeus Joka Hallitsi On Pois Pyyhitty’, ‘Kasva Siellä, Missä Kaikki On Tuhkana’ and ‘Hengitä Vihdoin Puhdasta Ilmaa’. www.facebook.com/valontuojablackmetal

Dutch Death Metallers HAIL OF BULLETS will re-release their self-titled debut EP from 2007 on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats on November 22, 2024 via Agonia Records. A lyric video for the first and only single ‘Red Wolves Of Stalin’ is available at this location. The EP was originally self-released and distributed by the band in CD-R format for a number of years. The Agonia Records edition will come with revamped artwork and in several different formats, including three vinyl editions. www.facebook.com/hailofbulletsofficial

Berlin, Germany based avantgarde Death Metal duo INGURGITATING OBLIVION has premiered their upcoming new album “Ontology Of Nought” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on September 27, 2024 on CD, gatefold 2 x 12″ vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats via Willowtip Records. www.facebook.com/ingurgitatingoblivionofficial

German blackened Death / Thrash Metallers WARLUST are streaming their upcoming third full length “Sol Invictus In Umbrae Satanae” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on September 27, 2024 via Dying Victims Productions. www.facebook.com/warlust666

September 24, 2024

Atlanta, Georgia based crusty Black / Death Metallers MISANTHROPIC AGGRESSION will release their debut full-length “Insect Politics” via Boris Records on translucent 12″ red vinyl LP, as well as on digital format on October 15, 2024. It was recorded and mixed at Hammer Studios in Smyrna, Georgia and mastered at Subterranean Watchtower Studios. The front cover insect art was created by Jeremy Snevil. Additional front cover and vinyl label components by Warhead Art. The title track is already available for streaming over here. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Social Ruin’, ‘Insect Politics’, ‘Anger / Despair’ (Interlude), ‘A.S.S. III — The Borderland Wars’, ‘Bliss’, ‘La Canzone Di Mary Woodhouse’ (Interlude), ‘The Gates Of Hell’, ‘Boomer Death’, ‘Intentional Under Performance’, ‘Winner Of The Franchise Wars’, ‘The Serpent And The Sickle’ and ‘Eusocial Demesne’. www.facebook.com/misanthropicaggression

Swedish Death Metallers REPUKED will release their fourth full length “Club Squirting Blood” via Soulseller Records on November 22, 2024. It was mixed by Nico Elgstrand (ENTOMBED AD, MURDER SQUAD) and the artwork was created by Thomas ”Necromaniac” Westphal. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Stiff Dick In A Stiff’, ‘Parasitic Flesh’, ‘Dark Purge Fluid’, ‘Dead Existence For Humiliation’, ‘Crotch Rot’, ‘The Slobbering’, ‘Rebel Of Vomit’, ‘Club Squirting Blood’, ‘Loose Limbs’, ‘Into The Anal Abyss’ and ‘Stench Inhaler’. www.facebook.com/repuked

French Death Metallers MERCYLESS have just revealed a lyric video for the track ‘I Am Hell’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming eighth full length “Those Who Reign Below”, which will be released on October 25, 2024 via Osmose Productions. The material was produced by Raph Henry at Heldscalla Studio and the cover artwork was created Nestor Avalos. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Extreme Unction’, ‘I Am Hell’, ‘Evil Shall Come Upon You’, ‘Phantoms Of Caïn’, ‘Thy Resplendent Inferno’, ‘Crown Of Blasphemy’, ‘Prelude To Eternal Darkness’, ‘Chaos Requiem’, ‘Absurd Theatre’, ‘Sanctus Deus Mortis’ and ‘Zechariah 3:1’. For more MERCYLESS information please visit www.facebook.com/mercylesscult

September 23, 2024

Norwegian Black Metallers HELVITNIR are currently in the studio to record their debut full length, which will be released via Italian Dusktone early next year. Hellhammer is recording the drums at Mølla studio at the moment, the rest will be recorded at Sonus Diabolicus in Jotunheimen. Doedsadmiral from NORDJEVEL and Clint Aquilina from HORNED MAJESTY will guest on vocals on some of the songs and Ketil Ytterhus from PROFANE BURIAL will contribute on keyboards. For regular updates please follow HELVITNIR at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553432733212

Soulseller Records have signed Norway’s Death Metallers ENTOMOPHTHORA. The band’s debut album “Instinctual Diseas” will be released on November 22, 2024. It was engineered and mixed by Roger Isaksen at Xhaos Xhult Studio and mastered by Lawrence Mackrory at Rorysound Studios. The cover artwork was created by All4Band Design. Here’s the complete tracklist already: ‘Artwork Of Madness’, ‘Tormented And Torn’, ‘Instinctual Disease’, ‘Mass Hypnosis’ (SEPULTURA cover), ‘A Primordial Might’, ‘Vortex Of Violence’, ‘The Flames Of Chaos’ and ‘Aftermath’. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554418292939

“The Orbit Between Space And Death”, the debut EP from Chile based old school Death Metal act ALTERED PERCEPTION, has just been released through Ex Nihilo Music on CD. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Cosmic Flesh’, ‘Skeletonization’, ‘Regenerated In Violence’, ‘Portal Devora Humanos’ and ‘Malignant Execution’. You can check out the track ‘Skeletonization’ at this location. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/exnihilodistro

September 21, 2024

“Agony’s Bespoke”, the new album from Seattle’s progressive blackened Death Metallers BLIGHTED EYE, is out now via Beyond The Top Records on digipak CD, limited edition vinyl LP and digital formats. It was produced, mixed and mastered by Alex Sedin and the cover artwork was created by Caelan Stokkermans. A full album stream is available at this location. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/blightedeye

September 20, 2024

Atlanta, Georgia based atmospheric Black Metal solo project ISLEPTONTHEMOON will release its new album “Only The Stars Know Of My Misfortune” on vinyl LP and digital formats via Bindrune Recordings on November 8, 2024. A video for the track ‘Safety is already available at this location. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Safety’, ‘Dimming Light’, ‘Maybe I Don’t Know It Yet, But Good Things Are Coming Soon’, ‘I Belong To The Void’, ‘Like Dying’ and ‘Keep Hidden’. The material was written, recorded and mixed by ISLEPTONTHEMOON and mastered by Spenser Morris at SM Audio. https://isleptonthemoon.bandcamp.com

German Death Metallers TEMPLE OF DREAD have just revealed the final single from their upcoming fifth full length “God Of The Godless”. You can check out ‘Black Scream’ right here. The album will be released on October 04, 2024 via Testimony Records on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. It was produced by drummer Jörg Uken at his Soundlodge Tonstudio and the cover artwork was supplied by Paolo Girardi. www.facebook.com/templeofdread

Polish blackened Death Metallers EPHIALTES have just released the track ‘To The Victims Of Sirens’ at this location. It is the second single from their upcoming debut full length “Melas Oneiros”, which will be released on November 01, 2024 via Black Lion Records. The previously released single ‘Homo Deus’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Ad Patres’ (Intro), ‘To The Victims Of Sirens’, ‘In Her Embrace Again’, ‘The Void’, ‘Children Of Arachne’, ‘Homo Deus’, ‘The Blood Of The Gods’ and ‘Pulvis Et Umbra Sumus’. The whole material was recorded in 2021 at different locations in Poland and Sweden (Icaros Studio, Metallfabriken Studio, Studio Młyn) and completed in 2022 with Przemysław Nowak at Impressive-Art Studio. The cover artwork was created by Łukasz Kotula. www.facebook.com/ephialtesofficial

Texas Thrashers ANIALATOR have just released a lyric video for ‘Memories Of Terror’ over here. The track will be featured on their upcoming debut full length “Death Is Calling”, which will be released on October 22, 2024 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP (limited to 100 splatter and 150 black copies), cassette tape (limited to 50 copies) and digital formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Kill Till Death’, ‘Memories Of Terror’, ‘Iron Grinder’, ‘Hear The Death Call’, ‘Battlefield Messiah’, ‘Relentless’ and ‘Terror Tactics’. www.facebook.com/snialatortx

Bay Area based old school Death Metallers RIPPED TO SHREDS have just revealed a guitar playthrough video for ‘殭屍復活 (Horrendous Corpse Resurrection)’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming album “Sanshi”, which will be out on September 27, 2024 via Relapse Records on vinyl LP, CD, cassette tape and digital formats. The cover artwork was created by Guang Yang. www.facebook.com/rippedtoshredsband

September 19, 2024

Chile based Black / Deathers INVOCATION are streaming their upcoming debut full length “The Archaic Sanctuary (Ritual Body Postures)” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on September 20, 2024 via Iron Bonehead Productions. www.facebook.com/invocationchile

To celebrate the band’s 40th anniversary Dutch Death Metallers THANATOS will release a compilation album entitled “Four Decades Of Death” on November 15, 2024. It will be available on CD, vinyl LP (both formats will include a bonus DVD) and digitally via Agonia Records. The cover artwork was created by Toni Hietomaa. “Four Decades Of Death” consists of previously unreleased songs and a bonus DVD, featuring a multi-cam recording of the band’s last live show, which was filmed at the Baroeg Open Air festival in their hometown Rotterdam on September 10, 2022. The compilation will feature the following tracks: ‘A-Thanasia’ (2021 remake, originally recorded in 1989), ‘Putrid Existence’ (2021 remake, originally written in 1988), ‘Thou Shalt Rot’ (2021 remake, originally recorded in 2000), ‘Tied Up, Sliced Up’ (2021 new vocals, original recording 1992), ‘Violent Death Rituals’ (2018 studio demo), ‘Corporate Indoctrination’ (2018 studio demo), ‘The Silent War’ (2018 studio demo), ‘They Feed On Fear’ (2006 studio demo), ‘Destruction. Chaos. Creation.’ (2006 studio demo), ‘Justified Genocide’ (2006 studio demo), ‘March Of The Infidels’ (2006 studio demo) and ‘Unholy Predators’ (2023 version feat. Michelle Nocon, CD bonus track). You can already watch a lyric video for ‘Putrid Existence’ at this location. More about THANATOS at www.facebook.com/thanatos333

September 18, 2024

Dutch Black Metallers DEATHLESS VOID are streaming their upcoming debut full length “The Voluptuous Fire Of Sin” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on September 20, 2024 via Iron Bonehead Productions. www.facebook.com/deathless-void-103576735546776

German Death Metallers RECKLESS MANSLAUGHTER have just premiered the track ‘Befouled Commandments’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming fourth full length “Sinking Into Filth”, which will be released on October 21, 2024 via Memento Mori (CD version), in co-operation with Fucking Kill Records (vinyl LP version). The previously revealed ‘Retreat Into Nothingness’ can still be streamed over here. The cover art was created by Lucas Korte. www.facebook.com/recklessmanslaughter

Spanish Thrashers HOLYCIDE have just released their fourth video in a series of ten lyric videos that they plan to release from their latest album “Towards Idiocracy”. You can check out ‘Power Corrupts’ at this location. For more HOLYCIDE information check out www.facebook.com/holycide

Chicago, Illinois based progressive technical Death Metallers GIGAN have just premiered ‘Trans-Dimensional Crossing Of The Alta-Tenuis’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming album “Anomalous Abstractigate Infinitessimus”, which will be released on October 25, 2024 on CD, limited edition CD long box, vinyl LP, cassette tape, limited edition four-album cassette tape boxset and digital formats via Willowtip Records. Its full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Trans-Dimensional Crossing Of The Alta-Tenuis’, ‘Ultra-Violet Shimmer And Permeating Infra-Sound’, ‘Square Wave Subversion’, ‘Emerging Sects Of Dagonic Acolytes’, ‘Katabatic Windswept Landscapes’, ‘Erratic Pulsitivity And Horror’, ‘The Strange Harvest Of The Baganoids’ and ‘Ominous Silhouettes Cast Across Gulfs Of Time’. “Anomalous Abstractigate Infinitessimus” was recorded and mixed by Sanford Parker at Palisades Studio and the Hypercube in Chicago, Illinois and mastered by Collin Jordan at Boiler Room. The cover artwork was supplied by Max Winter (Teratogen). www.facebook.com/giganmusic

September 17, 2024

French Black Metallers HYVER are streaming their new EP “Fonds De Terroir” in its entirety over here now. It will be released via Antiq today. The cover artwork was created by Joanna Maeyens (PAYSAGE D’HIVER, RUYNN). www.facebook.com/antiq.label

“Egrotants, Souffreteux, Cacochymes, Covidards”, the sophomore full length from French trio GRYLLE, will be released on November 10, 2024 via Antiq. The band plays medieval music (flutes, lute, medieval drums) with Black Metal vocals. Synthesizers, samples, guitars and all other modern instruments are banned. You can already check out the tracks ‘Grande Marche Des Covidards’ and ‘Mauvais Sang’ at this location. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Grande Marche Des Covidards’, ‘Mauvais Sang’, ‘Moribon Flétri D’Orgueil’, ‘Réservement De Confortale Présence’, ‘Le Tropique Du Cancer’, ‘Queresle Des Diables Sur La Savance Du Mort’ and ‘Le Triomphe De La Mort’. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/antiq.label

September 16, 2024

US Thrashers NASTY SAVAGE have just revealed another song from their upcoming new album “Jeopardy Room”. You can check out ‘Schizoid Platform’ at this location. The previously released ‘Brain Washer’ can still be streamed over here. The album will be released on October 10, 2024 via FHM Records. It was recorded at Morrisound Recording Studio in Tampa, Florida with producer Jim Morris. OBITUARY’s Donald Tardy (drums) and John Tardy (vocals) are featured on the re-recorded demo classic ‘Witches Sabbath’. www.facebook.com/nastysavageofficial

September 15, 2024

Greek Death / Thrashers KRUSHYA have just released a new single entitled ‘Unholy Trinity’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming new album “Doominion”. www.facebook.com/krushya.band

American Death Metal project OPHIDIAN MEMORY has just released ‘Fleshbinding Ritual’, the first single from their upcoming album “Carrion Lord”, over here. The material was recorded and mixed by Blake Lamoureux and mastered by Rick Stallkamp. The cover artwork was created by Caelan Stokkermans. The album will be released on September 27, 2024. “Carrion Lord” will feature the following tracks: ‘The Mausoleum’, ‘Hunger Of Your Deceased Deity’, ‘A Jewel In Gocinia’, ‘Fleshbinding Ritual’, ‘Carrion Lord’, ‘A Murder On Warforged Soil’, ‘Hollowed’, ‘Sculptors Of Seraphic Tributes’, ‘Kept From Dust’ and ‘Bloodborne’. For more OPHIDIAN MEMORY music please visit https://ophidianmemory.bandcamp.com

September 13, 2024

Greek Black Metallers ISOLERT have just released their new album “Wounds Of Desolation” via Non Serviam Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. It was mixed and mastered by Achilleas K. (VARATHRON) at Suncord Audiolab and the artwork was created by Vamon VII. A full stream of it is available at this location. For more ISOLERT information please visit www.facebook.com/isolert

London based Post Depressive Black Metallers BETWEEN SUNSET AND SUNRISE will release their debut EP “In The Middle Of Chaos” digitally on September 27, 2024 via Der Abt Records. The EP will also be available as vinyl LP and cassette tape at the end of the year. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Half Empty Nightmares’, ‘Echoes Of Sorrow’, ‘The Mirror’, ‘Reconstruction From Within’ and ‘Dreams’. You can already watch a lyric video for ‘The Mirror’ right here. More BETWEEN SUNSET AND SUNRISE music you will find at this location.

On November 01, 2024 Floga Records will release the sophomore full length from Greek Black Metallers THYRATHEN, “Lakonic”, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. A lyric video for ‘Η Πόλις (The Philosophical Poem)’ is already available over here. The complete “Lakonic” tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Throne Of Micro-Cosmos (Foolishness)’, ‘Religious Agonies’, ‘Matter, Void, Sperm’, ‘De Rerum Natura’, ‘Η Πόλις (The Philosophical Poem)’, ‘Void, Matter, Sperm’ and ‘Scales & Sword (The Fall Of Justice)’. www.facebook.com/thyrathen.band

“SOLUS (Igne Natura Renovator Integra)”, the new EP from Italian / Norwegian Black Metal duo HAMMERFILOSOFI, is now streaming in its entirety at this location. It was recorded at WS Studios during the Autumn of 2023 and Winter 2024. The mastering was done by Magnus “Devo” Andersson at Endarker Studios during the Spring of 2024. www.facebook.com/hammerfilosofi

German melodic / celtic Death Metallers SUIDAKRA will release their 15th full length “DarkanakraD” on November 07, 2024 via MDD Records on CD and vinyl LP. The cover artwork was created by Kris Verwimp. www.facebook.com/official.suidakra

German Pagan Metallers KROMLEK will release a new album entitled “III – III” on November 14, 2024 via Trollzorn Records on double CD and double vinyl LP. The first part, entitled “III-III,” is a collection of their latest compositions created over the past decade. These tracks were produced at Antric Light Records studio and mastered in 2024. The second part, “Upphaf,” offers a comprehensive retrospective of the band’s history. Here, selected pieces have been reworked, recorded and produced anew to document the band’s musical evolution. The tracklist of “III – III” reads like this: ‘Þursöld I – Gigantenwelle’, ‘Þursöld II – Seismonade’, ‘Þursöld III – Nunatak’, ‘Ek, Gangleri’, ‘Totem Tales I – I Tidevarvet Av U’, ‘Totem Tales II – aRktur’, ‘Totem Tales III – AlgyR’ and ‘Strandhögg pt. IV – Ráns Schattenpass’. “Upphaf” features the following tracks: ‘KromleK’, ‘Träskens Näve’, ‘Strandhögg pt. I – Drachen Im Nebel’, ‘Strandhögg Pt. II – Gefolgschaft Der Gezeiten’, ‘Herjan’, ‘Grim Omens’, ‘Mantikor’ and ‘Moritvrvs Immortalis’. A lyric video for the album opener ‘Þursöld I – Gigantenwelle’ can already be watched at this location. More KROMLEK info you will find at www.facebook.com/kromlekofficial

September 12, 2024

“Before Whom Evil Trembles”, the sophomore full-length from German Death Metallers APEP, can be streamed in its entirety over here now. It was mixed and mastered by Christoph Brandes at Iguana Studios and the cover artwork was created by Paolo Girardi. The album will be released on September 13, 2024 via War Anthem Records. A record release show will take place at the Club Seilerstrasse in Zwickau, Germany on September 14, 2024 together with SINISTER, EPIDEMIC SCORN and MESSTICATOR. www.facebook.com/apepband

On November 08, 2024 AOP Records will release “Wherever We Roam…”, the fifth full length from German Black Metallers CHAOS INVOCATION. You can already listen to the album track ‘Ideal Sodom’ at this location. The complete “Wherever We Roam…” tracklist reads like this: ‘Wherever We Roam’, ‘Ideal Sodom’, ‘Golden Gates And Terrene Light’, ‘Bridges Aflame’, ‘No Throne Withstands’, ‘This World Wants Us Dead’, ‘Only In Darkness’ and ‘Engravings Of The Quivering Pedestal’. www.facebook.com/chaosinvocation

Sweden’s Black Metallers MÖRK GRYNING have just revealed a new track entitled ‘Tornet’ over here. It will appear on their new album “Fasornas Tid”, which will be released via Season Of Mist on December 13, 2024. It was recorded at Wing Studios with Sverker Widgren and the artwork was created by C-G. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Intro’, ‘The Seer’, ‘Tornet’, ‘Fasornas Tid’, ‘Before The Crows Have Their Feast’, ‘Savage Messiah’, ‘An Ancient Ancestor Of The Autumn Moon’, ‘Black Angel’, ‘Barren Paths’, ‘The Serpent’s Kiss’, ‘Det Svarta’ and ‘Age Of Fire’. www.facebook.com/morkgryningband

“Hymns To The Norse”, the fifth album of Swedish Pagan Black Metallers SEID, will be released on October 18, 2024 via De Tenebrarum Principio – a division of ATMF. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Hymn To Ivar’, ‘The End Of Days’, ‘My Kingdom Rise’, ‘White Beast From Hel’, ‘Nordmænnens Raseri’, ‘Light Up The Sky’, ‘Allfadir’ and ‘Hymns To The North’. You can already check out ‘My Kingdom Rise’ at this location. For more SEID information please visit www.norseblackmetal.com

On November 22, 2024 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Tyrannic Desolation”, the third full length from Australia’s blackened Doom Metallers TYRANNIC, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Prophetic Eyes Of Glass’, ‘Tyrannic Desolation’, ‘Only Death Can Speak My Name’, ‘Impaled Before Your Mirror Of Fate’, ‘Stillbirth In Still Life’, ‘Dance On Graves Chained To The Labyrinth’, ‘Incubus Incarnate’ and ‘Morbid Sanctum’. The album opener ‘Prophetic Eyes Of Glass’ is already available for streaming over here. More TYRANNIC music you will find at https://tyrannic.bandcamp.com

Berlin, Germany based avantgarde Death Metal duo INGURGITATING OBLIVION has just premiered part III of their 18-minute track ‘The Barren Earth Oozes Blood, And Shakes And Moans, To Drink Her Children’s Gore’ at this location. It will be featured on their upcoming new album “Ontology Of Nought”, which will be released on September 27, 2024 on CD, gatefold double vinyl, cassette tape and digital formats via Willowtip Records. www.facebook.com/ingurgitatingoblivionofficial

On September 13, 2024 Werewolf Records will release the self-titled debut demo of Japan’s Death Metallers IMMORTAL DEATH on CD and cassette tape formats. A full stream of it is available over here now. More IMMORTAL DEATH at https://immortaldeathog.bandcamp.com

Örebro, Sweden based progressive Death Metallers CARNOSUS have just premiered a video for ‘Worm Chaser’, the second single from their upcoming third full length “Wormtales”, at this location. The album will be released on October 18, 2024 on digipak CD, gatefold vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats via Willowtip Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Birthless’, ‘Within Throat, Within Heart’, ‘Neglectikon’, ‘Yearnings Of A Rotten Spine’, ‘Worm Charmer’, ‘Harbinger Of Woundism’, ‘Paradoxical Impulse’, ‘Wound Of Wisdom’, ‘Cosmoclaustrum’ and ‘Solace In Soil’. The cover artwork was created by Timon Kokott. www.facebook.com/carnosus

Turku, Finland based female fronted melodic Death Metallers PHOBOIAN have just released a lyric video for ‘The Plague’, the first single from their upcoming debut full length, over here. The album will be released via Inverse Records. For regular updates please follow the band at www.facebook.com/phoboian

September 11, 2024

Polish Death / Black Metallers DAMMNATORUM have just released a video for ‘Per Mortem Vado’ at this location. The track appears on the band’s 2023 debut album “In Umbra Mortis”. www.facebook.com/dammnatorum

Swedish melodic Folk / Death Metallers EVILON will release their new album “A Warrior’s Way” on digipak CD on November 01, 2024 via Fetzner Death Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Yggdrasil’, ‘Jotunheim’, ‘Walk Of The Damned’, ‘A Warrior’s Way’, ‘Into The Battlefield’, ‘Foreign Land’, ‘Galdr’, ‘My Runestone’, ‘Skald’, ‘Blot To The Skies’ and ‘Valkyria’. The artwork was created by Gogo Melone. A lyric video for the song ‘Yggdrasil’ is now available over here. More about EVILON at www.facebook.com/evilon

On November 01, 2024 AOP Records will release “Riverchild”, the fifth full length from Austrian Post Black Metallers ANOMALIE. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Mother Of Stars’, ‘An Unvorgiving Tide’, ‘Perpetual Twilight’, ‘Heart To Beat’, ‘Awakening’, ‘Riverchild’, ‘Among Shadows’, ‘A Cosmic Truth’ and ‘Thoughts’. You can already stream ‘Perpetual Twilight’ at this location. The cover artwork was created by Misanthropic Art Illustrations. www.facebook.com/the.anomalie.experience

“Extinction”, the only full length from New York based Crust Punks NAUSEA, will be re-released on vinyl via Svart Records on white / black marble vinyl, limited pink vinyl, limited transparent green vinyl, classic black vinyl, CD and digitally on December 06, 2024. It was originally released in 1990 by Profane Existence in the US and Meantime Records in the UK. The re-release was remastered, comes with a gatefold cover, booklet and new album artwork taken from the poster included with the original vinyl pressing. www.facebook.com/nauseapunk

“Apophenia” the new album from Polish Death Metallers DEIVOS, will be released on October 18, 2024 via Selfmadegod Records. A first single, ‘Sermon Of Hypocrisy’, is already available at this location. For all further DEIVOS info please visit www.facebook.com/deivos

On October 25, 2024 Me Saco Un Ojo Records, in co-operation with Dark Descent Records, will release a new mini album from Quebecois Death Metallers SEDIMENTUM, “Derrière Les Portes D’une Arcane Transcendante”. Me Saco Un Ojo will handle the 12″ vinyl release, while Dark Descent will handle the CD version. It will feature the following three tracks: ‘Vilénie’, ‘Le Labyrinthe Sempiternel’ and ‘Inhumation Céleste (Au Carillon Mordoré)’. ‘Le Labyrinthe Sempiternel’ can already be streamed over here. All further SEDIMENTUM info you will find at www.facebook.com/sedimentumdeath

Finnish Black Metallers BARATHRUM have just revealed the track ‘Dark Sorceress 3 (Spring Siege)’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming tenth full length “Überkill”, which will be released on October 11, 2024 via Hammer Of Hate. The previously revealed title track can still be streamed over here. The complete “Überkill” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Death By Steel’, ‘Mountain Of Bones’, ‘Spark Plugs Of Purgatory’, ‘Black Magick Rites’, ‘Ritual Murder’, ‘White Red Black And Pale’, ‘Denial Of God’, ‘Dark Sorceress 3 (Spring Siege)’ and ‘Überkill’. www.facebook.com/barathrumofficial

On October 31, 2024 Alte Seelen will release “Scripture Of The Woods”, the debut full length of American old school Black Metal duo KVELDSTIMER, on CD. The album was originally released on limited edition cassette tape earlier this year. It features the following tracks: ‘Emerging Glare’, ‘Folk Of The Blossoming Sky’, ‘Sommar’, ‘The Field’s Arrival’, ‘Washed Away Among The Stones’, ‘Fiendish Lore’ and ‘Moon’s Melody Of Death’. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564639922269

Finnish Black / Death Metal one-man project LUUSÄKKI has just released a second single from its upcoming self-titled debut full length. You can check out ‘Statue In Uniform’ over here. The first single ‘Fifth Of The Fifth Columns’ is still available at this location. The album will be released via Inverse Records on October 17, 2024. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Penned In Water’, ‘Gangrene’, ‘Spit Shined Pig Skin’, ‘Mai-Dun’, ‘Fifth Of The Fifth Columns’, ‘Statue In Uniform’, ‘Suzerain’, ‘Hyena’, ‘Death Cult’, ‘All Hallows’ and ‘City Of God’. www.facebook.com/luusakki

Finnish blackened Death Metallers WHERE’S MY BIBLE have just released their sophomore full-length “Kave” via Inverse Records. A full album stream is available right here. You can also watch a video for the title track at this location. The “Kave” cover art was created by Niko Hiltunen. www.facebook.com/wheresmybible

September 10, 2024

German / US technical brutal Death Metallers DEFEATED SANITY have just released a lyric video for ‘Temporal Disintegration’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming seventh album “Chronicles Of Lunacy”, which will be released via Season Of Mist on November 22, 2024. www.facebook.com/defeatedsanity

German melodic Death Metallers BATTLESWORD will release their fifth full length “(XX)V – Of Tales And Tragedies” on September 26, 2024 via MDD Records on CD and vinyl LP. It was again recorded and mixed by Michael “Freio” Haas at Big Easy Studio in Hennef, Germany and mastered by Dan Swanö. You can already watch a lyric video for ‘Memento (Te Hominem Esse)’ over here. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Apparition’, ‘Memento (Te Hominem Esse)’, ‘Break The Seven Seals’, ‘Brethren Of The Sword’, ‘Into The Maelstrom Of Old’, ‘Follow The Deathbird’s Call’, ‘Obsidian Faces’, ‘Storm Of The Coffin-Born’, ‘The Days That Never Were’, ‘You Are The Fire’ and ‘A New Hope’. www.facebook.com/battleswordofficial

“Blood Worship Extremism”, the sophomore full length from Mexican Black Metallers NIGRUM, will be released via Iron Bonehead Productions on November 22, 2024 on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Blood Worship Extremism’, ‘Ineffable Empire’, ‘Visions In The Dark’, ‘Where Mountains Collide’, ‘Telestic Gateways’, ‘Beneath Turquoise Waters’, ‘Splendor Of The Old World’ and ‘Murderer Dweller’. You can already stream ‘Splendor Of The Old World’ at this location. For more NIGRUM information please visit www.facebook.com/nigrumofficial

On October 18, 2024 Spread Evil Productions will release “A Union Of Spectres”, a split album from Finnish Black Metallers AETHYRICK and MARRAS, on CD and vinyl LP formats. AETHYRICK will be featured with the tracks ‘The Roads Walked Alone’, ‘Astral Ecstasies’ and ‘Turning The Wheel Of Seasons’, while MARRAS will complete the split with ‘Wanderer Of Time’, ‘Between Two Worlds’ and ‘I Belong In Darkness’. You can check out MARRAS’ ‘Between Two Worlds’ at this location now. More about both bands at www.aethyrick.com or www.facebook.com/marrasblackmetal

September 09, 2024

Norwegian Black Metallers 1349 have just released the track ‘Inferior Pathways’ at this location. It will be featured on their upcoming eighth full length “The Wolf And The King”, which will be released on October 04, 2024 via Season Of Mist. The album was recorded at Amper Tone in Oslo, Norway and New Constellation R.M.P. in Orlando, Florida. It was produced and mixed by Ravn and Jarrett Pritchard (EULOGY, PULCHRA MORTE). www.facebook.com/1349official

In October / November US Death Metallers PERDITION TEMPLE will be touring Europe for the very first time, together with German Black / Deathers OMEGAVORTEX. The tour will kick off on October 25, 2024 in Dresden, Germany and ends on November 03, 2024 in Kortrijk, Belgium. www.facebook.com/perditiontemple

Finnish Folk Black Metallers THE MIST FROM THE MOUNTAINS have just revealed the track ‘Sáiva’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full length “Portal – The Gathering Of Storms”, which will be released on October 11, 2024 via Primitive Reaction. You can still check out a lyric video for the previously revealed album track ‘The Seer Of Ages’ over here. The full tracklist of “Portal – The Gathering Of Storms” reads as follows: ‘And So Flew The Death Crow’, ‘The Seer Of Ages’, ‘At The Roots Of The Vile’, ‘Among The Black Waves’, ‘In Longing Times’ and ‘Saiva’. www.facebook.com/themistfromthemountains

September 07, 2024

French atmospheric Black Metallers TOUR D’IVOIRE are streaming their self-titled debut full length in its entirety at this location now. It has just been released via Antiq. The cover artwork was created by Sperber Illustrationen. www.facebook.com/antiq.label

September 06, 2024

On September 13, 2024 EAL Productions will release “Death Is Absent”, the fifth full length from Finnish Black Metallers AETHYRICK. A full album stream is already available at this location now. More info you will find at www.aethyrick.com

Berlin, Germany based Thrashers DEIMOS’ DAWN, featuring frontman Marc Grewe, have just released a lyric video for ‘Rise Of The Mutilated’ over here. On October 26, 2024 the band will release a 5-track vinyl EP entitled “God Of Pain”, which will feature the following tracks: ‘God Of Pain’, ‘Lamps To The Slaughter’, ‘Rise Of The Mutilated’, ‘One Million Bullets’ and ‘Resistance’ (MORGOTH cover). The EP will only be available directly from the band. All five songs will also be available on the usual digital streaming platforms the day before. www.facebook.com/deimosdawn

“Exhaust”, the fifth album from Brooklyn, New York based technical Death Metallers PYRRHON, has just been released via Willowtip Records on CD, cassette tape, vinyl LP and digitally. It was recorded with producer Colin Marston in December 2023 at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves studios in Queens, shortly before the studio closed. You can stream the album in its entirety at this location. More about PYRRHON at www.facebook.com/pyrrhonband

Romanian Death Metallers SADDAYAH have just released a new single entitled ‘The Sun, You’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming EP “Lila”, which will be released via Loud Rage Music. www.saddayah.com

Glasgow, Scotland based brutal Death Metal quartet INIQUITOUS SAVAGERY will release their sophomore full length “Edifice Of Vicissitudes” via Willowtip on November 22, 2024 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. A video for ‘Casuality Of Diabolical Trial’, the album’s first single and opening track, is already available at this location. The complete “Edifice Of Vicissitudes” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Casualty Of Diabolical Trial’, ‘Synaptic Cull’, ‘Choked Before First Breath’, ‘Omnipotence Negates Self-Affliction’, ‘Narcotic Exsanguination’, ‘Lifeblood’, ‘Drenched In Righteous Offal’ and ‘Bio-Digital Convergence In The Fourth Industrial Age’. The cover artwork was created by Giannis Nakos of Remedy Art Design. www.facebook.com/iniquitoussavagery

Sweden’s melodic Death Metal trio AGAINST I is now streaming their newest single ‘Bound In Blood’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming full-length “Songs For The Dying”, which will be released on November 29, 2024. www.facebook.com/againstIband

French Doom / Deathers ATARAXIE have just premiered a video for ‘Vomisseurs De Vide’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming fifth full-length “Le Déclin”, which will be released on October 25, 2024 via Ardua Music, in co-operation with Weird Truth Productions, on CD, double vinyl LP, cassette tape and digitally. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Le Déclin’, ‘Vomisseurs De Vide’, ‘Glory Of Ignominy’ and ‘The Collapse’. www.facebook.com/ataraxiedoom

Swedish / Finnish blackened Speed Metal quintet OBNOXIOUS YOUTH will release their third 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 ‘Ethereal Termination’ over here. More about OBNOXIOUS YOUTH at www.facebook.com/obnoxiousyouth

American Death Metallers MASSACRE will release their fifth full length “Necrolution” on November 08, 2024 via Agonia Records on jewel case and slipcase CD, cassette tape and colored vinyl LP. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Fear Of The Unknown’, ‘Xenophobia (Prologue)’, ‘Ritual Of The Abyss’, ‘Ensnarers Within’, ‘Death May Die’, ‘Chasm (Prologue)’, ‘The Colour Out Of Space’, ‘In The Lair Of Legacy Leeches’, ‘The Things That Were And Shall Be Again’, ‘Xothic (Prologue)’, ‘Dead-Life: ReAnimator’, ‘Shriek Of The Castle Freak’, ‘Curse Of The Resonator’, ‘Horrors Of Hidden Truth’, ‘Shroud Of Shadows’ and ‘Ad Infinitum: The Final Hour’. A lyric video for the album’s first single ‘The Colour Out Of Space’ can already be watched at this location. “Necrolution” was recorded at DOA studios, Full S Studios and Gojiden Studio in Florida, USA and mixed and mastered by Jonny Pettersson at Studio Unbound in Sweden. The cover artwork was created by Timbul Cahyono of Bvllmetalart. The recording line-up consisted of Kam Lee (vocals), Mike Borders (bass), Rogga Johansson (guitars), Jonny Pettersson (guitars) and Jon Rudin (drums). The band features a separate session line-up for live performances, which consists of Carlos Gonzalez on guitars, Elden Santos on drums and Tim Wilson on bass. www.facebook.com/massacrebandusa

On October 25, 2024 a MOTÖRHEAD single collection will be released. It will be entitled “We Take No Prisoners – The Singles 1995 – 2006″ and features the band’s single A and B sides from that period. The collection will be available as a deluxe 7″ boxset (featuring nine 7″ singles), double CD and digitally. The track ‘Shut Your Mouth (Single Edit)’ is available digital for the first time. The following tracks will be featured: ‘Sacrifice’, ‘Order / Fade To Black’, ‘Over Your Shoulder (Live)’, ‘I Don’t Believe A Word (Single Edit)’, ‘Overnight Sensation (Live)’, ‘Love For Sale’, ‘Take The Blame’, ‘God Save The Queen’, ‘One More Fucking Time’, ‘Shut Your Mouth (Single Edit)’, ‘See Me Burning’, ‘Whorehouse Blues’, ‘Killers’, ‘God Was Never On Your Side’, ‘Trigger’, ‘R.A.M.O.N.E.S.’, ‘Devil I Know’, ‘R.A.M.O.N.E.S. (Live)’, ”Inferno’ Interview’ and ”Inferno’ Interview – Bel Age Hotel, California, April 2004 (w/ Mikkey Dee and Lemmy)’. www.imotorhead.com

“Agony’s Bespoke”, the new album from Seattle’s progressive blackened Death Metal four-piece BLIGHTED EYE, is now streaming in its entirety over here. It will be released via Beyond The Top Records on digipak CD, limited edition vinyl LP and digital formats on September 20, 2024. The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Alex Sedin and the cover artwork was created by Caelan Stokkermans. www.facebook.com/blightedeye

September 05, 2024

Finnish Death Metallers PESTILENT SCARS have just released the single ‘In Search Of Reason’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming debut full length “Meadows Of Misfortune”, which will be released on January 17, 2025 via Inverse Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Into The Meadows’, ‘Internal Torment’, ‘Golden Maiden’, ‘Deceitful Phoenix’, ‘Unreality’, ‘A Reaching Hand’, ‘Democide’, ‘All On My Own’, ‘In Search Of Reason’ and ‘False Messiah’. The cover artwork was created by Topi Ilmola. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564947165481

Finnish melodic Death Metallers DIMMAN have just released a video for ‘Infinitum’ over here. The track will be featured on their upcoming sophomore full length “Consciousness”, which will be released on February 28, 2025 via Inverse Records. Here’s the complete tracklist already: ‘Remission’, ‘The First Daylight’, ‘Cease The Vengeance’, ‘The Acrimony’, ‘Infinitum’, ‘Life Bereaved Him’, ‘Regretful’, ‘Amass Them’ and ‘Consciousness’. The cover artwork was supplied by Elias Halkola. More about DIMMAN at www.facebook.com/dimman

Los Angeles, California based one-man melodic Death / Black Metal act THE MOSAIC WINDOW will release its upcoming sophomore full length “Hemasanctum” on November 15, 2024 via Willowtip Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Incantation To Summon The Unstable’, ‘The Pounding Of Hooves’, ‘Black Bethlehem’, ‘Turibulum’, ‘Ash Like Anvils’, ‘Night Disease’, ‘Shrouded In Pain’ and ‘Hymn To Silence The Light’. The entire material was written and recorded between October 2023 and February 2024 and mixed by Damian Herring in the Summer of 2024. You can already watch a video for the first single ‘The Pounding Of Hooves’ at this location. “Hemasanctum” is the first MOSAIC WINDOW album that features a real drummer: Gabe Seeber of ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, VALE OF PNATH, OBSCURA (live), DECREPIT BIRTH (live), CARACH ANGREN (live) and many more. Two guest solos have been contributed by guitarist Andy LaRocque (KING DIAMOND). www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094717845304

September 04, 2024

On October 25, 2024 Adirondack Black Mass will release the fourth full length of Philadelphia based blackened Death Metallers BLASPHEMOUS, “To Lay Siege And Conquer”, on CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘To Lay Siege And Conquer’, ‘Son Of The Forsaken’, ‘Martyr Complex’, ‘Spiritual Enslavement’, ‘Dead And Still’, ‘Curse Of The Witchchrist’ and ‘Neverborn’. You can already check out ‘Son Of The Forsaken’ at this location. More BLASPHEMOUS information you will find at www.facebook.com/blasphemousmetal

On September 27, 2024 Polish Death / Thrashers VOMITVSANCTVS will release their debut full length “Secretion Of Contempt” digitally and on CD through Via Nocturna. It was recorded by the band and mixed and mastered by guitarist Preacher. The cover artwork was created by vocalist Reverend. The following tracks will be featured on the album: ‘Voices’, ‘Plaga’, ‘Reverend’, ‘Pestilence’, ‘redruM’, ‘Cathoslut’, ‘Zgnilizna’ and ‘Secretion Of Contempt’. You can already watch videos for the two singles ‘Secretion Of Contempt’ and ‘Zgnilizna’ here and here. More VOMITVSANCTVS info you will find at www.facebook.com/vomitvsanctvspl666

Fargo, North Dakota based Death Metallers MAUL have just released another song from their upcoming new album “In The Jaws Of Bereavement”. You can check out ‘Spontaneous Stigmata’ at this location. “In The Jaws Of Bereavement” will be released on October 04, 2024 via 20 Buck Spin on vinyl LP, CD, cassette tape and digital formats. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Adam Tucker at Signaturetone Recordings in Minneapolis and the cover artwork was supplied by Wyrmwalk. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘In The Jaws Of Bereavement’, ‘Blood Quantum’, ‘Weaving Cerebral Horrors’, ‘Spontaneous Stigmata’, ‘An Alluring Deceit’, ‘Midwest Death’, ‘Unbridled Delusions’, ‘Stuck Stomped And Smeared’, ‘With Each Voracious Lick’ and ‘Drawn To Drowning’. www.facebook.com/maulnd

French Black Metallers DIABLATION have just revealed the track ‘Eternel’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s third and final album “Irrévérence”, which will be released on September 27, 2024 via Osmose Productions. The following tracks will be featured on “Irrévérence”: ‘144000’, ‘Eternel’, ‘Purification’, ‘Par La Haine’, ‘Chrysanthèmes Au Nouveau Monde’, ‘Ad Universum’ and ‘Le Dernier Roi’. www.facebook.com/diablation

Birmingham, UK based blackened Death Metallers DEATHFIEND have just released a lyric video for ‘Relive The Torment’, featuring Mark “Barney” Greenway from NAPALM DEATH, at this location. The song will be included in the band’s upcoming new EP “Dark Rising“, which will be released on September 20, 2024 via Gruesome Records on digipak CD and cassette tape. The material was recorded by A. Pisu and mixed and mastered by Carlo Altobelli at Toxic Basement Studio in Italy. The artwork was created by Belial Necroarts. Here’s the complete “Dark Rising“ tracklist: ‘Plague Race’, ‘Outliers’, ‘Earth Defiled’, ‘Dark Rising’, ‘Age Of Mistrust’, ‘Relive The Torment’, ‘Watch Them Crawl’, ‘Forget Mankind Desecration Ritual’ and ‘Embrace The Flame’. DEATHFIEND was formed in 2019 by John Pickering, founding member of Crust legends DOOM, SORE THROAT, CAIN, RAINBOW GRAVE and POLICE BASTARD, along with drummer Andrea Pisu and Rick Farn on bass guitar. www.facebook.com/deathfiend1

Polish experimental Black Metal five-piece THAW will release their new album “Fading Backwards” on October 25, 2024 via Agonia Records on digipak CD, colored vinyl LP, cassette tape and digitally, accompanied by a tour of Poland. The song ‘The Great Devourer’ can already be streamed over here. The album was recorded at Monochrom Studio (BEHEMOTH, ENTROPIA) and mixed and mastered by Haldor Grunberg and Krzysztof Kurek at Satanic Audio (PESTILENCE, AZARATH, BEHEMOTH). The cover artwork was created by Artur Masternak. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘The Great Devourer’, ‘A Place Where Repetition Dwells’, ‘Wartenberg Wheel’, ‘In The Laughter And The Stride’, ‘Dissociate Me / Spreader Bar’ and ‘Moral Justification Of Selfishness’. www.facebook.com/thawnoise

U.S. Black’n’Rollers VALLETTA have just released ‘On The Run’, the second single from their forthcoming debut full-length “Summer”, at this location. The album was recorded and mixed by Al Jacob at Warrior Sound in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and mastered by Matt Tuttle at IAS Studios, in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The cover artwork was created by Will Goodyear. “The album “Summer” will be released on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats on October 04, 2024 via Forcefield Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Kissing Angels’, ‘Serpents Of Solomon’, ‘Saint’, ‘Diving Into The Deep’, ‘Criminal’, ‘Soot & Ash’, ‘Ill Blood’, ‘In Ecstasy’, ‘On The Run’, ‘Bringing The Worst’, ‘Come Alive’ and ‘Almighty Hate’. The vinyl version contains five instrumental synthesizer bonus tracks that serve as interludes. www.facebook.com/vallettanc

Finnish melodic Death Metallers CROWEN will release their new EP “Where The Darkness Falls” this autumn via Inverse Records. A video for ‘Dark Forever’ can already be checked out over here. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/crowenofficial

Finnish old school Death / Thrashers JEWEL THRONE will release their debut full length “Blood Vultures” on October 18, 2024 via Inverse Records. A lyric video for the album’s second single ‘The Graveyard Of Dreams’ can already be watched at this location. The full “Blood Vultures” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Blood Vultures’, ‘Cosmic Titan Engines’, ‘Psychotoxic Assault’, ‘The Graveyard Of Dreams’, ‘Megaton Headshot’, ‘Instant Apocalypse’, ‘The Extinction Level Express’, ‘Hate Overdrive’, ‘Mental Self-Mutilation’, ‘Hammer Down The Last Nail’, ‘Suffer The Fools’ and ‘The Overlord’. www.facebook.com/jewelthronefinland

On October 25, 2024 Osmose Productions will release “On Fowl Of Tyrant Wing”, the third full length from Belgian Speed Metallers BÜTCHER, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘A Divine Wind’, ‘Speed Metal Samurai’, ‘Blessed By The Blade’, ‘Koraktor’s Iron Rule’, ‘Keep The Steele (Flamin’ Hot)’, ‘A Sacrifice To Satan’s Spawn’, ‘A Gypsy’s Tale (Of Sex And Seance)’ and ‘An Ending In Fyre’. The cover artwork was created by Kris Verwimp. www.facebook.com/butcherspeedmetal

September 03, 2024

Dutch epic Black / Death Metallers SLECHTVALK will release their sixth full-length “At Death’s Gate” on October 31, 2024 via MDD Records. The successor to their 2016 album “Where Wandering Shadows and Mists Collide” will feature nine tracks. For more band information and regular updates check out www.facebook.com/slechtvalk.metal

Czech / American all female brutal Death Metallers EMASCULATOR have just premiered a video for ‘Eradication Of The Asuras’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut EP “The Disfigured And The Divine”, which will be released via New Standard Elite on physical formats on September 25, 2024. It will also be available on streaming platforms on October 25, 2024. “The Disfigured And The Divine” was mixed and mastered by Josh Welshman. The guitar and bass were recorded by L.B. at Divine Retribution Studios, the vocals by Tonda Smrčka at Seabeast Production and the drums by Taylor Hahn at Hahn Audio. www.facebook.com/emasculator

German Black Metallers SERVANT have just reveald the track ‘Magick’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full length “Death Devil Magick”, which will be released on September 20, 2024 via AOP Records. The album was written, recorded, mixed and mastered between October 2024 and May 2024. A previously revealed video for the album track ‘Temple’ can still be watched at this location and the also previously revealed ‘Litany’ is still available over here. More SERVANT info you will find at www.facebook.com/servantmagick

German Black Metallers ZWIELICHT have just released a video for ‘Twilight Temple’ at this location. The track appears on the band’s sophomore full length “The Aphotic Embrace”, which was released earlier this year via Ván Records. A vinyl repress of the album will be out this fall. www.facebook.com/zwielichtbm

Polish Black Metallers MARDOM have just premiered the track ‘Spojrzenie’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Dead Soul Age”, which will be out on October 04, 2024 via Personal Records. The previously revealed ‘If Hate Now Reigned’ can still be streamed at this location. For more MARDOM information please visit www.facebook.com/mardomband

“Melted And Decomposed”, the sophomore full length from Spanish Death Metallers SANCTUARIUM, can be streamed in its entirety at this location now. It will be released today via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (vinyl LP version), in co-operation with BlackSeed Productions (CD version). https://sanctuarium.bandcamp.com

Finnish Black Metallers NOITASAPATTI will release their sophomore full length “Sankarin Matka” on November 29, 2024 via Inverse Records. A lyric video for the first single ‘Paluu Liekkeihin’ is already available over here. The complete “Sankarin Matka” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Tulikipuna’, ‘Tuhatkasvoinen’, ‘Sankarin Matka’, ‘Paluu Liekkeihin’, ‘Käskyläisen Sanat’, ‘Henkien Polulla’, ‘Matka Halki Myrskyjen’ and ‘Tähtivaeltaja’. The cover artwork was created by Mika Huumonen. www.facebook.com/noitasapattiofficial

September 02, 2024

Slovenia based symphonic Black Metallers MARAX have just self-released their second full-length album “The Shrine” on CD and digitally. You can check out a video for the song ‘Trinity From The Shrine’ at this location. A full album stream you will find over here. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/maraxofficialslo