February 28, 2026
German Death Metal duo BARBARIC OATH has just premiered the track ‘Sword And Sorcerer’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut mini album “Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance”, which will be released on March 27, 2026 via Caligari Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The previously revealed ‘Bestial Witchery’ can still be streamed over here. More about BARBARIC OATH at www.instagram.com/barbaricoath.dm
Leeds, UK based technical melodic Death Metallers COGNIZANCE will release their fourth full-length “In Light, No Shape” on May 01, 2026 via Willowtip Records. A video for the album’s first single ‘Witness Marks’ can already be watched over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Transient Fixations’, ‘Inflection Chants’, ‘A Game Of Proliferation’, ‘Chasm’, ‘Vertical Illusion’, ‘A Reconfiguration’, ‘Witness Marks’, ‘Subterranean Incantation’, ‘Induced Contortions’ and ‘The Zone’. “In Light, No Shape” was produced by Alex Baillie and Apostolis Karydis, mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström (AEON, BLOOD RED THRONE) and the artwork was created by Jef Whitehead (NAILS, LEVIATHAN). www.facebook.com/cognizanceband
Polish blackened Death Metallers LILLA VENEDA have just released a synthwave version of their ‘Biomechanical Algorithm’ single from the band’s “Primordial Movements” album from 2024. The track is a tribute to the spirit of the 1980s, where the original guitar melodies have been immersed in a slow, atmospheric synthwave landscape. You can check it out at this location. A video for ‘Biomechanical Algorithm’ is available over here. You can follow LILLA VENEDA at www.facebook.com/lillavenedaband
“Aux Enfants Des Ruines”, the fourth full-length of French atmospheric Black Metallers VIDE, can be streamed in its entirety at this location now. It has just been released via Antiq. More VIDE music is available at https://hylgaryss.bandcamp.com
Austria based blackened Death Metallers GRAUFAR have just released a video for ‘Foltertrog’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Via Necropolis”, which will be digitally self-released on March 20, 2026. www.facebook.com/graufar