April 01, 2021
“Apogée.Ivresse.Agonie”, the seventh full length from French Black Metal duo AUTARCIE, will be released on April 30, 2021 via Purity Through Fire on CD, A5 digipak, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Prélude’, ‘Nation’, ‘France Profonde’, ‘Regnum Francorum’, ‘Le Bardit Des Hardis’, ‘Gladio Vivere, Gladio Morietur’, ‘Apogée.Ivresse.Agonie’ and ‘Postlude’. A special album trailer can be watched over here. More info at www.purity-through-fire.com
Irish melodic Black / Deathers FOR RUIN have just released a 4-track digital-only EP entitled “Relapse” today. It is available on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp and all other common streaming platforms. The tracklist of the EP reads as follows: ‘Devout’, ‘Only The Dead’, ‘In Vain’ and ‘Bastion’. ‘In Vain’, the first single from the EP, was already released on March 17, 2021. The artwork comes from Ken Coleman (MORBID ANGEL, THE CRANBERRIES etc). Lyric videos for the single and all EP tracks can be found at the band’s YouTube channel. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/forruin
“The Final Revelation Of Abaddon”, the debut album of Italy’s ancient Death Metallers RIEXHUMATION, will be released via Lavadome Productions on May 28, 2021 on CD, cassette and digitally. The cover artwork was created by Roberto Toderico. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Intro’, ‘Inbreeding A Final Form In The Flesh’, ‘Take The Throne Of Enlil’, ‘Conflagration Mantra’, ‘Manifestation Of The Horned-Head Presence’, ‘Ascension XIV’, ‘The Vectorcvlt’, ‘Embrace Nihility’ and ‘Triumph Of Perfect Darkness’. You can already check out the album track ‘The Vectorcvlt’ at this location. All further RIEXHUMATION information you will find at www.facebook.com/riexhumation
Matti Riekki’s book, “North From Here – The Sentenced Story”, will be released in English via Svart Records in July 2021 in a gold foil-stamped hardback edition, just as the Finnish language first edition. Matti Riekki is a music journalist specialising in Heavy Rock, known as the host of the late national radio show Metalliliitto and the longstanding Editor-in-Chief of Finnish Heavy Metal magazine Inferno. Pre-order details and more info is available at www.svartrecords.com
Canadian Death Metal trio OBVURT has just released their debut EP “The Beginning” via Brutal Mind. A guitar playthrough video for the song ‘Scars Of War’ demonstrates the accomplished playing of guitarist / vocalist Philippe Drouin, who was forced to learn to play left-handed after an accident in 2016 left him unable to continue picking with his right. You can check out the video at this location. OBVURT consists of Philippe Drouin (ex – UNBREAKABLE HATRED, ex – VITIATED), Olivier Pinard (CATTLE DECAPITATION, CRYPTOPSY) and Samuel Santiago (AGONY, ex – GOROD). In August 2020 the band recorded their first EP “The Beginning” with Christian Donaldson (CRYPTOPSY) at The Grid Productions. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Prelude Dm’, ‘Osteophyte’, ‘The First Light’, Obverted’, ‘Scars Of War’ and ‘The End’. The layout and artwork was created by Jon Zig. More about OBVURT at www.facebook.com/obvurt
On May 21, 2021 Saturnal Records will release “Death To Traitors”, the fifth album from Turkey based melodic Black Metallers SABHANKRA, on CD format. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Call To Arms’, ‘Burn Down Their Halls’, ‘Death To Traitors’, ‘Heavens Are Fake’, ‘I Came This Far For Nothing’ and ‘Awakened In The Dark’. The album opener is already available for streaming over here. More SABHANKRA info you will find at www.facebook.com/sabhankraband
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have signed Italian Punk Rock / Grind / Noisecoretrio DUKOV for the release of their new EP “Death Is Ok”, which will be out on April 30, 2021 on CD and digital formats. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘RBMK’, ‘Cockroach Boy’, ‘Body Horror’, ‘Die When You Die’ (GG ALLIN cover), ‘Dukov’, ‘Advice’, ‘Peones Of Death’, ‘Soviet Psycho’ and ‘I Had A Fucking Stagedive At My Cousin’s Bar Mitz Vah’. You can already listen to the track ‘Peones Of Death’ at this location. For all further details please visit Horror Pain Gore Death Productions at www.facebook.com/horrorpaingoredeath