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Romania based blackened Thrash / Speed Metallers RUYNED are streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Profanum Sacrificium” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on June 26, 2026 via Osmose Productions. www.facebook.com/ruynedofficial
International Death Metallers RAVAGED BY THE YETI have just released a lyric video for ‘Tusk Of The Yeti’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Snowbound Horror”, which will be released on July 10, 2026 via Testimony Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Håkan Stuvemark at Necrotic Audio Productions in Ransta, Sweden and the cover artwork was created by Ivan S. Bragin. www.facebook.com/ravagedbytheyeti
Austin, Texas based Black Metal one-man band TEMPLE OV AHRIMAN is streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Heretics Of Consensual Reality” in its entirety over here now. It will be self-released on June 26, 2026. www.facebook.com/templeovahriman
Italian technical Death Metallers HOUR OF PENANCE have started recording their tenth full-length, the follow-up to “Devotion” from 2024. The recordings are taking place at Bloom Recording Studio with producer and bass player Marco Mastrobuono. Here’s the band’s official comments: “With immense pleasure we have finally walked through the door of the Bloom Recording Studio once again, the same studio where we’ve recorded our last 2 albums (“Misotheism” and “Devotion”) with our bass player – gear nerd – producer Marco Mastrobuono behind the mixing desk. Our drummer Giacomo Torti have just finished tracking the drums, we will share some footage of the recordings on our socials, so stay tuned for more. The recording process will take a while but we’re aiming to have a final version of the album by the end of the summer.” You can check out the setting up of the drums for the album recordings in this video. For regular updates please follow HOUR OF PENANCE at www.facebook.com/hourofpenance
Swedish Death Metallers NEKRODAWN will release their sophomore full-length “Covenant Of Carnage” on August 21, 2026 via War Anthem Records on CD, limited vinyl LP and digitally. The band features members from GRAVE, CENTINEX, INTERMENT, THE CROWN and HYPOCRISY. A lyric video for the album opener ‘Neath Skies Of Iron’ can already be checked out over here. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Neath Skies Of Iron’, ‘Massacre Eternal’, ‘Covenant Of Carnage’, ‘Liberty’s Pyre’, ‘Feeding The Greed Machine’, ‘Crowned Devourer’, ‘Condemned To Existence’, ‘Claws Of Pestilence’, ‘Incarnate Doom’, ‘Thy Spineless’, ‘Drones Of Deceit’ and ‘Desolation Reigns’. The “Covenant Of Carnage” cover artwork was created by Mitchell Nolte. www.facebook.com/nekrodawn666
Italian technical Death Metallers AYDRA will re-release their debut full-length “Icon Of Sin” on CD via Rude Awakening Records today. The album was originally released in 1999 via Sound Machine Recordings and is now available in a remastered version, expanded with four exclusive bonus live tracks. You can watch a visualizer video for ‘Lost Time Fury’ at this location. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/aydra
Polish Death Metallers BANISHER have just released a video for ‘Metamorphosis Pt. 2’ over here. The track is featured on the band’s latest full-length “Metamorphosis”, which was released on January 30, 2026 via Selfmadegod Records. A full album stream you will find at this location. More about BANISHER at www.facebook.com/banisherofficial
On August 21, 2026 Nespithe Records will release “Hymns Of Blasphemous Fornication”, a compilation from Philadelphia’s Death Metallers ACCURSED WOMB, on CD format. It will include the EPs “Crown Of Piss” and “Prison Coward” and the “Promo 2023” and “Promo 2026” demos. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Invocation Of The Necrovat’, ‘Womb Of The Ibex’, ‘Maimed Holy Flesh’, ‘Intro (Promo 2023)’, ‘Wasp Bone – Vocal Test’, ‘Intro To Oblivation’ (SPT cover), ‘Crown Of Piss’, ‘Euphoric Loathing’, ‘Flesh Vermin’, ‘Ceremonial Vein Corruption’, ‘Grotesque Sermons Of The Dismebodied’ and ‘Flesh Prison (First Sequence)’. You can already check out ‘Invocation Of The Necrovat’ at this location. More ACCURSED WOMB at https://accursedwomb.bandcamp.com
German Sludge / Doom Metal one-man project RODTGOD will digitally self-release its third full-length “Tales From Beyond The Tomb” on July 10, 2026. You can already check out a visualizer video for ‘Letter Of Thanks’ at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Hourglass’, ‘Letter Of Thanks’, ‘Letting Go’, ‘Waters’, ‘Clouds Are Forever’, ‘Things Could Be Worse’, ‘Night Terrors Morning Horrors’, ‘Shadow Work’, ‘Fear Of The End’, ‘Adiabatic’, ‘All Is Not Lost’ and ‘Unfathomable Duck Invocation Of The Mighty Space Newt’. www.facebook.com/rodtgodofficial
German Folk / Viking Metallers FINSTERFORST have just revealed the track ‘Obduktion’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sixth full-length “Still”, which will be released on July 31, 2026 via AOP Records. The previously revealed ‘Stille Nacht’ can still be checked out over here. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Obduktion’, ‘Herbstwanderung’, ‘Knie Nieder’, ‘Im Wind’, ‘Stille Nacht’, ‘Fels’, ‘Leere’, ‘Beyond The North Waves’ and ‘Another Brick In The Wall’. www.finsterforst.de
“Gneisti Af Eldi Guðs”, the upcoming sophomore full-length from Reykjavík, Iceland based melodic Black Metallers VAFURLOGI will be released on June 26, 2026 via NoEvDia, in co-operation with Oration Records. It was recorded with Stephen Lockhart at Studio Emissary and the cover artwork was created by Void Revelations and Heresie Studio. A full album stream is available at this location now. More about VAFURLOGI at www.facebook.com/vafurlogiofficial
International melodic Death Metallers TIL THE END will release their self-titled debut full-length on September 11, 2026 via Lifeforce Records on digipak CD and digitally. A video for ‘Until The End’ can already be watched over here. The cover artwork was created by Gustavo Sazes and the complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘From The Beginning (Genesis)’, ‘Lava’, ‘Dismal Paradise’, ‘These Little Voices’, ‘I’m Falling Apart’, ‘Awakening’, ‘Hybrid Fragments’, ‘Cemetery Trees’, ‘Higher And Beyond’ and ‘Until The End’. www.facebook.com/tiltheendofficial
On July 06, 2026 Purity Through Fire will release “Senectus Viae”, the sophomore full-length from Chilean Black Metal duo AD FINEM OMNIA, on digipak CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Intro’, ‘The Hermit And The Wind’, ‘Inner Decay’, ‘Anguish And Revelation’, ‘The Leaf That Refused The Light’, ‘Where Existence Fails’, ‘Abolish God’ and ‘Senectus Viae’. You can already check out ‘Anguish And Revelation’ and ‘The Hermit And The Wind’ here and here. The cover artwork was created by Daniel Hermosilla of Nox Fragort Art. www.facebook.com/adfinemomnia
Seattle, Washington based groovy Death / Thrash trio TORMENTA has just released their debut single ‘Jungle Dead’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length. More details will be revealed soon. www.instagram.com/tormentawa
“Invoking Terror”, the debut mini album from Ireland’s thrashing Death Metal three-piece CUTTHROAT, will be released on June 19, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions on CD and 12” vinyl formats. You can stream it in its entirety over here now. More about CUTTHROAT at https://cutthroatband.bandcamp.com
On June 19, 2026 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Dhrupad Anutpada (ধ্রুপদ অনুৎপাদ): Apophatic Ragas Of Non-Origination”, the debut full-length from international Black / Death Metallers NIRRITI, on CD and vinyl LP formats. A full album stream is available at this location now. More about NIRRITI at https://nirriti.bandcamp.com
Northern Italy based technical Thrashers MISCREANCE will release their sophomore full-length “Reminiscence” via Season Of Mist on August 28, 2026 on digipak CD and vinyl LP (black, black / orange sunburst and white with gold splatters). You can already watch a video for the album track ‘Scalp Ceremony’ at this location. The complete “Reminiscence” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Trait D’Union’, ‘Vision’, ‘Scalp Ceremony’, ‘Synaptic Cortex Dissection’, ‘Oracle’s Rift’, ‘The Moaning Hill’, ‘Symbiosis’, ‘Zenith Of A Dying Sun’ and ‘Mirage’. The cover artwork was created by Iranian artist Mona Shiraz. www.facebook.com/miscreance
Dallas, Texas based progressive Death Metal duo SALLOW MOTH has just premiered the track ‘Biohybrid Virulence’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming fourth full-length “Hydrophilous Brood”, which will be released on July 24, 2026 on vinyl LP, CD and digital formats via Willowtip Records. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Nebulous Appendages Of Vacillant Seafoam’, ‘Distended In Panglacial Advent’, ‘Driftmoth Vivisector’, ‘Biohybrid Virulence’, ‘Arcane Benthic Umbilicus’, ‘Polymorphic Gnaw’, ‘Hydrophilous Brood’ and ‘Serene Aqueous Leech’. The “Hydrophilous Brood” cover artwork was created by Clare McCarthy. www.facebook.com/sallowmoth
Swedish Death Metallers MEGASCAVENGER have just released an official lyric video for ‘Shallow Grave Overflow’, featuring guest vocals by AVULSED’s Dave Rotten, at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming sixth full-length “Toxic Noxious Undeath”, which will be released on August 13, 2026 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. www.facebook.com/megascavenger
On September 25, 2026 Agonia Records will release a remastered edition of the MASSACRE demo compilation “Tyrants Of Death”. It will be available as jewelcase CD, black vinyl LP, red smoked vinyl LP, gold marbled vinyl LP with poster, splatter “Kam Lee Edition” vinyl LP with bonus, cassette tape and digitally. The material was remastered at Satanic Audio in Poland in 2026. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Aggressive Tyrant’, ‘Death In Hell’, ‘Mutilated’, ‘Chamber Of Ages’, ‘Clangor Of War’, ‘From Beyond’, ‘Symbolic Immortality’, ‘Cryptic Realms’, ‘Infestation Of Death (live)’, ‘Clangor Of War (live)’, ‘Aggressive Tyrant (live)’, ‘Cryptic Realm (live)’, ‘Perpetual Domination (live)’, ‘The Traitor (live)’, ‘Corpsegrinder (live)’ and a limited hidden bonus track on selected formats. www.facebook.com/massacrebandusa
“Infernal Commands”, the debut full-length from Polish Black Metal duo THY KILLING HAND, can be streamed in its entirety at this location now. It was just released via EAL Productions. www.noevdia.com
Finnish epic melodic Death Metallers ULTHIMA will release their sophomore full-length “Midnight’s Call” in the fall of 2026. You can already check out the track ‘White Raven’ over here. For more ULTHIMA information please visit www.facebook.com/ulthima
Finnish progressive melodic Death Metallers NUMENTO have just released the track ‘One With The Void’ at this location. It is part of an upcoming EP, which is scheduled for release later this year. www.facebook.com/numentofin
On June 19, 2026 Shadow Kingdom Records will release “Tales Of Glory”, the seventh full-length from Cleveland, Ohio based Power Thrashers DESTRUCTOR, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Tales Of Glory’, ‘Shadow Magic’, ‘Harbinger Of Death’, ‘Wolves At Your Door’, ‘Death Screams’, ‘Fall To Your Knees’, ‘Never Take Me Alive’, ‘Answers In Blood’, ‘Rise To The Call’ and ‘Victorious Warrior’. You can already check out ‘Harbinger Of Death’ over here. For all additional DESTRUCTOR information please visit www.facebook.com/destructormetal
“Locust Cathedral”, the latest full-length from Wrocław, Poland based Death Metallers ICON OF EVIL, will be released on vinyl LP via Selfmadegod Records on June 26, 2026. It will be available in two limited variants: black-gold swirl vinyl, limited to 100 copies, including an A1 poster and classic black vinyl, limited to 200 copies. “Locust Cathedral” was recorded, mixed and mastered at Soundscope Studio by Jarek Wysocki and the cover artwork was created by FLN. You can stream the album in its entirety at this location. More about ICON OF EVIL at www.facebook.com/icon.of.evil.stenchmetal
Selfmadegod Records will re-release “Thanks For Your Hostility”, the fourth full-length from Belgian Grinders AGATHOCLES, on June 19, 2026. It was recorded in 1996 at Soundshape Studio in Belgium and originally released by German label Morbid Records. www.facebook.com/people/agathocles/100063591579662
Spanish Death Metallers AVULSED will release a very special cover album, entitled “Nordic Embryogenesis”, on which the band pays tribute to the primitive depths of Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian Death Metal. It will feature tracks from cult demos and EPs that, in many cases, were the only recordings those bands ever left behind. The eleven songs will be unveiled individually, each accompanied by its own exclusive artwork. A first song will be revealed on June 26, 2026, more will follow every week until the end of August. The band will not reveal the tracklist or the names of the bands being covered beforehand, keeping speculation and anticipation alive until the album’s final release. “Nordic Embryogenesis” will be available on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats via Xtreem Music on September 09, 2026. The drums on the recordings were tracked at The Empty Hall Studios in Madrid during April, the guitars between March and May at Acórdica Studios in Zaragoza and the vocals at Sanctuary Studios in Cáceres. The whole material was mixed by Alejandro Lobo at Acórdica Studios during May and June and mastered by Davide Billia at MKII Studios in Italy. The cover artwork was created by Indonesian artist Rudi Yanto. For regular updates on this, make sure to follow AVULSED at www.facebook.com/avulsed91
US Black Metallers HULDER have just released a video for ‘View From Nemeton’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “Verbolgen”, which will be released on August 07, 2026 via Season Of Mist (world) and 20 Buck Spin (North America). www.facebook.com/hulderus
Romanian Black Metalers WARHYMN will release their sophomore full-length “Founder” via Loud Rage Music in the autumn of 2026. The band commented on it as follows: “The album concludes the trilogy that began with the debut album “Gnosis” (consciousness), continued with “Cult Of Primordials” (crime and free will), and now turns its focus to the rise of the first civilizations, driven to evolve through any means necessary and fueled by boundless ambition. In doing so, it further develops the original concept of the acquisition and evolution of primordial sin (human consciousness), presented through a dark and occult lens. This is our most ambitious work to date, both in terms of composition and production. The album consists of six progressive Black Metal tracks infused with Middle Eastern influences, creating an atmosphere that authentically reflects the themes explored throughout the record.” www.facebook.com/warhymn.official
Cluj-Napoca, Romania based technical brutal Death Metallers OMNITROCY will release their debut full-length “States Of Conscious Matter” via Loud Rage Music this summer. It was recorded at Liveset Recording with Garnoo. The cover artwork was created by Anna Vixie Art. You can already check out the album track ‘Waste Of Life’ at this location. More about OMNITROCY at www.facebook.com/omnitrocy
Ireland based melodic Death Metal one-man project BALASHTOTH has just released its debut full-length “Equation II: The Antithesis Of Life And Free Will” via Pest Records, in co-operation with Metal Ör Die Records and Not-Even-Music. A video for ‘+ Fear + Despair’ can be watched over here. The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Balazs Toth and the cover photo was supplied by Peter Jakab. www.facebook.com/balashtoth
Los Angeles, California based melodic Death Metallers SYN ABSENCE have just released a video for ‘Dreamers Of Time’ at this location. The band is currently writing songs for the upcoming follow-up to 2024’s “Realm Of Hate” full-length. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565957775842