April 04, 2022

Vancouver, British Columbia based Black Metal duo VITAL SPIRIT has just premiered the track ‘Withering Fire’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full length “Still As The Night, Cold As The Wind”, which will be released on May 06, 2022 via Vendetta Records (CD) and Hidden Tribe (cassette tape), respectively. A vinyl version will follow later this year via Vendetta. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Blood And Smoke’, ‘Bad Hand’, ‘Dawn Of Liberty’, ‘The Long Walk’, ‘Withering Fire’, ‘Saccharine Sky’, ‘White Eyes’ and ‘Lord Of The Plains’. More VITAL SPIRIT you will find at https://vitalspirit.bandcamp.com

Finnish melodic Death Metal quintet HAGALAS will release their second EP “As A Unit” via Inverse Records on CD and digitally today. It was recorded in the Fall of 2021 in an old cottage at the shore of Lake Päijänne with Samuli Raappana from TUULIAJO in charge of recording and mixing. The EP, which was mastered in Sweden by Tony Lindgren from Fascination Street Studios, features the following four tracks ‘Rampant’, ‘Animal Farm’, ‘Destination: Genocide’ and ‘As A Unit’. A full EP stream is available over here. A lyric video for the title track can furthermore be watched at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/hagalasofficial