Zurich, Switzerland based TRIUMPH OF DEATH will be playing HELLHAMMER’s music on stage in 2019. The band, that is supposed to be a very respectful and authentic tribute to HELLHAMMER, was founded by former HELLHAMMER / CELTIC FROST (and current TRIPTYKON, NIRYTH) member Tom Gabriel Warrior (vocals / guitar). The line-up is completed by Mia Wallace (NIRYTH, THE TRUE […]
To celebrate the band’s 35th anniversary Memento Mori will release a 2 CD compilation from Dutch Death / Thrashers THANATOS next year. It will feature the following recordings: "Speed Kills" (Demo 1984), "Rebirth" (Demo 1986), "The Day Before Tomorrow…" (Demo 1987), "Omnicoitor" (Demo 1989), "Unreleased Live Tape" (1985), "Pre-production Tape" (1991) and 2 old re-recorded […]
ROTTEN SOUND will be touring Europe again in February and March 2019 in support of their latest EP "Suffer To Abuse". The band will first support NAPALM DEATH on 4 Finnish dates, with 13 headliner gigs in 10 European countries to follow. Support on those shows will come from IMPLORE. More ROTTEN SOUND information at […]
French Death / Thrashers MORTAL SCEPTER will release their debut full-length "Where Light Suffocates" on January 22, 2019 via Xtreem Music. The band released their first demo back in 2014, followed by the 6-song EP "As Time Sharpens the Sentence" in 2015 (through the Dark Descent Records sublabel Unspeakable Axe Records). The tracklist for "Where […]
CAIXÃO is a new band from Brazil, musically in the vein of SARCÓFAGO, SEPULTURA, HELLHAMMER, BATHORY and SODOM, with members and ex – members of POISONOUS, MORBID PERVERSION, IMPETUOUS RAGE, MYSTIFIER and GLOOMY MISANTHROPY. A pro-tape will be avaliable shortly via Diabolous Productions. You can already check out a digital version of "Black Coffin Entities" […]
On January 18, 2019 Nuclear Blast Records will release the new MALEVOLENT CREATION album "The 13th Beast". It will be available as black and limited coloured vinyl LP (plus 4-page LP booklet), CD and digitally. The album was once again mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studio and the cover artwork was created […]
Innsbruck, Austria based Crossover Party Thrashers INSANITY ALERT have released a video from their upcoming third full-length "666-Pack". You can watch ‘All Mosh / No Brain’ at this location. The cover artwork was created by Mark Riddick and the album’s full tracklist reads like this: ‘Thirstkiller’, ‘The Body Of The Christ Is The Parasite’, ‘All […]
On December 14, 2018 UK’s VENOM will release their 15th studio album via Spinefarm Records. It is entitled "Storm The Gates" and was produced by bassplayer / vocalist Conrad "Cronos" Lant himself. The album features the following tracks: ‘Bring Out Your Dead’, Notorious’, ‘I Dark Lord’, ‘100 Miles To Hell’, ‘Dark Night (Of The Soul)’, […]
Mexico / Cyprus based Black / Death Metallers FORBIDDEN RITES have just released their debut album "Pantheon Arcanum" via GrimmDistribution. The drums were recorded at Steel Fortress Studio in Nicosia, Cyprus and guitars, bass and vocals at Sound Village Studio in Toluca Mexico. It was mastered in Germany by Andy Classen (ROTTING CHRIST, ASPHYX, KRISIUN) […]
Norwegian Black Metallers RAGNAROK have entered Sweden’s Endarker Studio (with Devo of MARDUK once again) to record their ninth, as yet untitled, full-length album. It is scheduled to be released in late May 2019 via Agonia Records. All instruments have already recorded and the vocals will be added in January. Later this month RAGNAROK will […]