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“Quantifying Cosmic Doom”, the fifth full-length from Dutch blackened Death Metallers SOULBURN, will be released via Testimony Records on June 12, 2026 on digipak CD (limited to 500 hand numbered copies), jewelcase CD, cassette tape, gatefold 2 LP with obi strip (black), gatefold 2 LP with obi strip (grey with black splatter, limited to 250 copies) and in digital formats. A video for the album opener ‘The Braveheart Of Nightmares’ can already be watched over here. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Erwin Hermsen and Fons van Dijk at Toneshed Recording Studio in Horst, The Netherlands. The drums were recorded by Jörg Uken at Soundlodge Studio in Rhauderfehn, Germany and the guitars by Tom Meier at Tom Meier Studio Recording & Live Sound in Enschede, The Netherlands. The cover artwork was created by Manuel Tinnemans. Here’s the complete tracklist of the album: ‘The Braveheart Of Nightmares’, ‘Powehi, The Embellished Dark Source Of Unending Creation’, ‘A Pyramid Absurd’, ‘An Impious Journey Through The Cathedral’s Mouth’, ‘Stalactites Of Molten Flesh’, ‘M87 – What Hopes To Be Born?’, ‘Iconox Spew Black At The Razor’s Edge’, ‘Down Among The Stars’, ‘The Desolationist’, ‘In The Very Time That Will Rot Us’ and ‘An Innocuous Swathe Of Sky’. www.facebook.com/officialsoulburn
Finland’s Death Metal one-man band DESECRESY will release its ninth full-length “The Secret Of Death” via Xtreem Music on May 21, 2026 on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Gorge Of The Dead’, ‘It Appears In A Dream’, ‘By The Slowing Vortex Of Time’, ‘Crypthymn’, ‘Ancient Timbre Of Demise’, ‘Rotting Ghouls’, ‘Summoned With Necrolunar Telepathy’ and ‘Vanishing Existence’. You can already check out the album opener ‘Gorge Of The Dead’ at this location. More DESECRESY info you will find at www.xtreemmusic.com/desecresy
Slovakian Death Metallers HROB have just premiered the track ‘Zotročený Oheň’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Brána Chladu”, which will be released on April 27, 2026 via Memento Mori (CD edition), in co-operation with Night Terror Records (vinyl LP and cassette tape editions). The previously revealed ‘Tiene Stromov’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete “Brána Chladu” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Chrám Prázdnoty’, ‘Tiene Stromov’, ‘Genocída Snov’, ‘Medzihra’, ‘Zotročený Oheň’ and ‘Brána Chladu’. www.facebook.com/hrob.death
Belgian Death Metallers GORE FORCE V will release their sophomore full-length “Annus Porcus Oinkus” on April 11, 2026. Physical copies will be available via Rotten Roll Rex (Germany) and Rotten To The Core Records (Belgium). For more information and regular updates please visit www.facebook.com/goreforcev
Sundsvall, Sweden based blackened Death Metallers ÖVERVÅLD, featuring members from CRAWL, ex – SETHERIAL and Rebecca Holm on vocals, will release their debut full-length “I Förbund Med Omoralen” via Chaos Records later this year. You can already check out a video for the album track ‘Dyrka Döden’ at this location and stream ‘Förbund Med Omoralen’ over here. For all additional info please visit https://overvald.bandcamp.com
Italian blackened Death Metal three-piece IGNOBLETH has just premiered the track ‘Proselyte Pig I’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Manor Of Primitive Anticreation”, which will be released on April 17, 2026 via Caligari Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The previously revealed ‘Warped Abyssal Architectures’ can still be checked out at this location. The full tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Cults Of The Undead And Profane Necrolatry’, ‘Obelisk Of Deformity’, ‘Warped Abyssal Architectures’, ‘Spores’, ‘Forked Tongues’, ‘And The Lunar Mass Shatters’, ‘Interlude: Lecherous Sex Magick’, ‘Proselyte Pig I’, ‘Proselyte Pig II’, ‘Manor Of Primitive Anticreation’ and ‘Among The Seventy-Two Embalmed Ekpyrotic Gods’. More about IGNOBLETH at https://instagram.com/ignoblethband
Swedish Black Metal one-man band DAEMONIUM REGNI has just revealed the track ‘Spiritus In Flammo’ at this location. It will be featured on the upcoming self-titled debut full-length, which will be released on April 17, 2026 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. The previously revealed ‘Mater Daemonium’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist of “Daemonium Regni” reads like this: ‘Mater Daemonium’, ‘Ascendens Tenebrae’, ‘Silentium Mors Itinerarum’, ‘Luna Sanguinea’, ‘Spiritus In Flammo’, ‘Sacrificium’, ‘Magica Cultus’ and ‘Damnationem’. DAEMONIUM REGNI is the new solo project from Micke Broberg of UNANIMATED. www.facebook.com/darknessshallriseproductions
Polish Death / Thrashers SPARAGMOS have just released a video for ‘Fashioned In Lifetime’ at this location. The track is featured on the upcoming reissue of the band’s sophomore full-length “Error”, which will be out on March 27, 2026 via Selfmadegod Records, remastered and for the first time on CD and vinyl LP. It was originally released in 1994 on cassette tape only. www.facebook.com/officialsparagmos
Perth, Australia based melodic Death Metallers VANTA have just released their debut full-length “Perpetual Selection”. You can check it out in its entirety at this location now. All additional VANTA info you will find at www.facebook.com/vantametalofficial
Romanian Black Metallers MAUNA SOL will release their debut full-length “The Calling” via Loud Rage Music in spring of this year. More details, as well as the first single will be revealed soon. www.facebook.com/maunasolband
Costa Rica based Death Metallers CANDARIAN have just premiered the track ‘Altars And Ancestors’ over here. It will be featured on their upcoming debut full-length “Trepanación”, which will be released on April 27, 2026. Memento Mori will handle the CD version, while Me Saco Un Ojo Records will handle the vinyl and cassette tape versions. The previously revealed ‘Skull Drilling Exorcism’ can still be streamed at this location. The full “Trepanación” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Spectral Superstitions’, ‘Altars And Ancestors’, ‘Zombie Miscarriage’, ‘Skull Drilling Exorcism’, ‘Relinquished Víscera’, ‘Psychosurgery Ecstasy’ and ‘Vilipendio Del Cadaver’. https://instagram.com/candarianhorror
Dutch Black Metallers DOODSWENS will release their self-titled sophomore full-length via Svart Records on April 17, 2026. It will be available on cream white / yellow / orange vinyl, limited violet vinyl, classic black vinyl, CD and digitally. A video for ‘The Black Flame’ can already be watched over here. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/doodswensofficial
On May 08, 2026 So Below Productions will release “…And You Will Remember This Winter”, the debut full-length from Appalachian raw Black Metal duo ZARAZA. A video for the first single ‘The Yearning Mouth Of The Forest’ can already be watched at this location. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Invocation’, ‘The Yearning Mouth Of The Forest’, ‘Gnawing At The Marrow Of Time’, ‘Grinding The Ashes Of The Cremated’, ‘Conjuration’, ‘Hollow Earth Drank The Blood Of Man’, ‘Let The World Fall Into Night’ and ‘Cleansing’. ZARAZA’s official Bandcamp page can be found here, all further info you will find at www.instagram.com/zaraza_usbm
“Hostile Consuming Rapture”, the debut full-length from Ukrainian brutal Death Metal trio SECTARIAN DEFACEMENT, will be released on April 06, 2026 via Grave Island Records on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. You can already check out a playthrough video for the album’s first single ‘Sectarian Ritual (Appalling Oath)’ over here. The complete tracklist of “Hostile Consuming Rapture” reads like this: ‘Intro’, ‘Sectarian Ritual (Appalling Oath)’, ‘Mob Justice’, ‘Mental Putrefaction’, ‘Corrosion Spread’, ‘Hostile Consuming Rapture’, ‘Puddle Of Gore’, ‘Dismal Liturgy’, ‘Famine 33’ and ‘Suttee’ (DEFEATED SANITY cover). www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576693025503
Belgium’s blackened Death Metallers ARCHAIC OATH have just revealed a video for ‘Into The Temple Of Light’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Determined To Death And Beyond”, which will be released on April 24, 2026 via AOP Records. A previously revealed video for ‘Forest Of Horrors’ is still available over here. The cover artwork was created by Wesley Dewanckel and the tracklist reads as follows: ‘Above The Ice’, ‘Wrath Of The Witches’, ‘Forest Of Horrors’, ‘Requiem For A Doomed Soul’, ‘Abysmal Ascent’, ‘Path Of Penitence’, ‘Into The Temple Of Light’ and ‘Ye Entrancemperium’. www.facebook.com/archaicoath
“Man Proposes, Earth Disposes”, the sophomore full-length from Belgian / Dutch Death Metallers A GOAT AS OUR SHEPHERD, can be streamed in its entirety at this location now. It was released at the end of February 2026. You can additionally watch a video for ‘Circling The Drain’ here and a lyric video for ‘Scapegoat Hypocrisy’ here. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/agaosofficial
French Black Metallers TARASK have just premiered the track ‘Evocation VI’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Sitra Ahra”, which will be released on April 07, 2026 via Antiq. The cover artwork was created by Sözö Tözö. The previously revealed ‘Evocation III’ can still be checked out at this location. More about TARASK at https://tarask666.bandcamp.com
International Death Metal four-piece UNHOLY REDEEMER will release a new mini album entitled “Journey Beyond Death” later in 2026 via Dark Descent Records (US), in co-operation with Extremely Rotten Productions (Europe), on all formats. The CD will feature five songs, while the vinyl edition will include the band’s demo on side B as bonus tracks. “Journey Beyond Death” is the first recording with bass player Tommi Grönqvist (DESECRESY / SLUGATHOR). More UNHOLY REDEEMER information you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087342811911
On March 13, 2026 Signal Rex will release “Demo MMXXV”, the debut demo from Finland’s Black Metallers DØDMOON, on CD and cassette tape formats. A full stream of it is available at this location now. More about DØDMOON at https://dodmoon.bandcamp.com
Black / Death Metallers BRAS D’HONNEUR are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Hate Speech” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on March 13, 2026 via Primitive Reaction. BRAS D’HONNEUR is the latest creation of the duo R and V, who are jointly renowned for DRUDKH, PRECAMBRIAN, BLOOD OF KINGU and RATTENFÄNGER among others.
UK based Speed / Thrash Metallers AGGRESSIVE PERFECTOR have just premiered the track ‘Obscene Cult’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Come Creeping Fiends”, which will be released on March 27, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album tracks ‘Fiend In You’ and ‘Dead Undead’ can still be streamed here and here. The complete tracklist of “Come Creeping Fiends” reads like this: ‘Dead Undead’, ‘Strange Companion’, ‘Fiend In You’, ‘Like A Beast’, ‘Gallows Eve’, ‘Obscene Cult Of Dracula’, ‘Harlot’s Spell’, ‘Denied By The Reaper’, ‘Creeping In The Dark’ and ‘Return Of The Axe’. www.facebook.com/aggressiveperfectorband
Italy’s old school Thrashers URAL have just released a video for ‘Rat In A Cage’ over here. The track will be featured on their upcoming fourth full-length “Anthropic Genetic Involution”, which will be released on April 23, 2026 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Extreme Paranoia’, ‘Break The Fall’, ‘God Of Lies’, ‘Wrong Children’, ‘Open Scars’, ‘Rat In A Cage’, ‘Flat Black (J.J. Johnson)’, ‘Terror Eyes’ and ‘…To Change Your Vision’. www.facebook.com/uralwolfteam
Kansas based Death Metallers UNMERCIFUL have just announced a string of US tour dates in support of their latest release “Devouring Darkness” in May 2026. The tour will feature a new line-up that includes the recently announced addition of James “Freight Train” Lee (ex – ORIGIN) on vocals. “Devouring Darkness” is out now on CD, digital and vinyl formats via Willowtip Records. You can stream it in its entirety at https://unmerciful.bandcamp.com. For more band info and regular updates please visit www.facebook.com/officialunmerciful
Polish Black Metallers HEGEROTH have just released a lyric video for ‘The Nails’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming sixth full-length “Soaked In Rot”, which will be self-released on March 25, 2026 on jewel case CD and digital formats. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘You May Call Me A Witch’, ‘The Act Of Lust’, ‘Błogosławieni Ślepi’, ‘The Nails’, ‘Hypocrisy Demands Blood’, ‘Święte Szlachtowanie’, ‘The Degrees’, ‘The Swing’ and ‘Gdybym Istniał’. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Bene at HHSoundLab Studios and the cover artwork was created by Maciej Kamuda (BLUT AUS NORD, NUNSLAUGHTER, MASTER). www.facebook.com/hegeroth
Indiana based Death Metallers PROTRUSION are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “The Last Suppuration” in its entirety over here now. The album will be released on March 13, 2026 on cassette tape via Unholy Domain (Europe) and Iron Fortress Records (North America) and on CD via Sevared Records. Extremely Rotten Productions and Unholy Domain will release the vinyl edition this spring. The band will also release the album digitally at https://protrusion.bandcamp.com. More about PROTRUSION at www.facebook.com/protrusiondeath
Polish Black Metallers THROAT are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Beyond The Devil’s Shroud” in its entirety over here now. The album will be released on March 13, 2026 via Primitive Reaction on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. https://devilsthroat.bandcamp.com
Würzburg, Germany based old school Thrashers ZERRE have just premiered a video for ‘Rotting On A Golden Throne’ at this location. It is the title track of the band’s upcoming fourth full-length, which will be released on March 27, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album tracks ‘Deception Of The Weak’ and ‘Pigs Will Be Pigs’ can still be checked out here and here. The complete “Rotting On A Golden Throne” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Pigs Will Be Pigs’, ‘Deception Of The Weak’, ‘Mental Vacation’, ‘Concrete Hell’, ‘Rotting On A Golden Throne’, ‘Killing Taste’ and ‘No Alibi’. https://zerrethrash.bandcamp.com
Spanish Death Metallers CAUSTIC will release their fourth full-length “Inner Deflagration” via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on April 10, 2026 on CD and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Dead Mind Job’, ‘Sleeping On Adrenaline’, ‘A Vortex Darkly’, ‘Inner Deflagration’, ‘Mato En Mi Tiempo Libre’, ‘Stab It Until You Make It’, ‘Speak Of The Dead’, ‘Mestres De L’assassinat’, ‘Rotten King’ and ‘Maggots’. The album opener ‘Dead Mind Job’ can already be streamed over here. All further CAUSTIC info you will find at www.facebook.com/causticbrutaldeath
Seattle, Washington based blackened Death Metallers VOIDTHRONE will release their fourth full-length “Dreaming Rat” on May 08, 2026. The album’s first single, ‘First Blood’ can already be checked out at this location. The album was produced, mixed and mastered by the band’s guitarist Ronald Foodsack and the cover artwork was created by Kiri Yu. www.facebook.com/voidthrone
Finnish Doom / Deathers HANGING GARDEN have just released a video for ‘Eternal Trees Of Turquoise’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming ninth full-length “Isle Of Bliss”, which will be released on March 20, 2026 via Agonia Records on jewel case CD, cassette tape, vinyl LP (purple, blue and gold) and digitall formats. It was recorded at various studios in southern Finland and mixed and mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano (OPETH, MOONSPELL, GHOST). The artwork was created by Kalle Pyyhtinen (CHILDREN OF BODOM). The following tracks will be featured on “Isle Of Bliss”: ‘To Outlive The Nine Ravens’, ‘Eternal Trees Of Turquoise’, ‘Isle Of Bliss’, ‘To The Gates Of Hel’, ‘The Death Upon Our Shoulders’, ‘The Blights Nine’, ‘Arise, Black Sun’, ‘Her Waning Light’ and ‘Beneath The Fallen Sky’. www.facebook.com/hanginggardenofficial
Polish Thrashers ABUSER have just released a lyric video for ‘Blood Marks’ at this location. It is the title track of the band’s upcoming debut full-length, which will be released on May 07, 2026 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Cry Of The Innocent’, ‘Suspended In Torture’, ‘Blood Marks’, ‘Painbringer’, ‘Fin De Siécle’, ‘Monument Of Atrocity’, ‘Struggling For Reality’, ‘Lethal Obsession’, ‘Abuser’ and ‘Witnessing Madness’. www.facebook.com/abuserthrash
On April 12, 2026 Purity Through Fire will release “Der Ligger Et Land”, the fourth full-length from Norway’s Black Metallers ILDFAR, on digipak CD format. You can already check out a lyric video for the album opener ‘Urgaard’ at this location. The complete “Der Ligger Et Land” tracklist reads like this: ‘Urgaard’, ‘Hjemkomsten’, ‘Under Maanen’, ‘En Svunnen Tid’, ‘Vi Minnes’, ‘Naar Alt Der Svartner’, ‘Solen Vekker Dalen’, ‘Dom Over Hver En Doed’, ‘Natteskygger’, ‘Der Ligger Et Land’, ‘Voktere Av Tid’ and ‘Svartsinn’. https://ildfar.bandcamp.com
On May 08, 2026 Personal Records will release “Locus Damnatorum”, the debut full-length from Slovakia based blackened Death Metallers GOHOLOR, on CD format. It was mixed and mastered by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studios. You can already check out the album opener ‘Demonical Redemption’ at this location. The complete “Locus Damnatorum” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Demonical Redemption’, ‘Black Rising Suffering’, ‘Divine Blood Invocation’, ‘Last Groan Devoured By Death’, ‘Ominous Delusions’, ‘Embraced By Demons Spell’ and ‘Nihillistic Torments’. https://goholor1.bandcamp.com
“Gwenojennoù An Ankounac’h”, the sophomore full-length from French Black Metallers MÖHRKVLTH, will be released on May 05, 2026 via Antiq. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Dindan Gouloù Ar C’hroajoù Mein’, ‘Va C’heriadenn’, ‘Recueillement’, ‘Pour Une Couronne De Chrysanthèmes’, ‘Noz Ar Re Grouget’ and ‘Aux Songes De L’Hiver’. You can already check out ‘Dindan Gouloù Ar C’hroajoù Mein’ over here. All additional MÖHRKVLTH info you will find at www.facebook.com/mohrkvlth
“We’re All Gonna Fukking Die”, the debut mini album from Belgium’s Metal Punk three-piece SHEWOLFF, will be released on May 22, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Eternal Night’, ‘Guillotines’, ‘We’re All Gonna Fukking Die’, ‘Nail + Burn’, ‘Fantastik Fukk’ and ‘Konfusion’. You can already check out ‘Guillotines’ at this location. More about SHEWOLFF at https://shewolff.bandcamp.com