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On July 14, 2023 Me Saco Un Ojo Records, in co-operation with Dark Descent Records, will release “A Manifest Of Imperious Destiny”, a new mini album from Denmark’s Black / Deathers ASCENDENCY, on 12″ vinyl and CD formats, respectively. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Triumph Of Draconian Might’, ‘Victory – In All Its Ephemeral Glory’, ‘Domitor Invictus’ and ‘A Manifest Of Imperious Destiny’. You can already check out ‘Domitor Invictus’ at this location. For more ASCENDENCY please visit https://prophesiedascendency.bandcamp.com
Polish old school Death Metallers CORTEGE will release their new album “Vandari” on June 22, 2023 via ADG Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at MAQ Records with Jarosław Toifl (CRYSTAL VIPER, DARZAMAT, INFERNAL WAR) and the cover artwork was created by the band’s drummer Kamil Szuszkiewicz. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Reluded’, ‘Behind The Temple Veil’, ‘Tired Of Dying’, ‘Collision Course’, ‘Rahu’, ‘Vandari’, ‘Filth’, ‘Mitote – The Hum Of A Thousand Voices’, ‘On The Edge’, ‘Purgatory’, ‘Ketu’ and ‘To Die, To Sleep, No More’. A video for the song ‘Filth’ can already be watched over here. More CORTEGE information you will find at www.facebook.com/cortege.poland
The French Post Black Metallers HELL GATE have signed a deal with the French label Music-Records for the release of the band’s second full-length “Vagues D’Amertume”, which will be out on November 17, 2023. The band will be touring France from 2023 to 2024 to promote the new album. For more info and regular updates make sure to follow HELL GATE at www.facebook.com/hellgateband
Spanish Speed / Black / Thrash Metallers KÖRGULL THE EXTERMINATOR will release their sixth full-length “Built To Kill” on August 01, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Devil’s Sea’, ‘Existential Risk’, ‘The Nine Circles Of Hell’, ‘Built To Kill’, ‘In The Darkest Of Times’, ‘Exterminator’, ‘Night Of The Devil’, ‘Death To Human Race’, ‘Ritual Suicide’ and ‘Count Estruch’. You can already listen to the first advance single ‘In The Darkest Of Times’ at this location. More KÖRGULL THE EXTERMINATOR information you will find at www.facebook.com/korgulltheexterminatoraxethrash
American Black Metal trio BLACK EUCHARIST has just premiered the track ‘Ziziphus Paliurus’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Inn Of The Vaticide”, which will be released on June 23, 2023 via Stygian Black Hand. The previously revealed ‘Deflowering Jerusalem’ can still be streamed at this location. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Black Ejaculate’, ‘Deflowering Jerusalem’, ‘Drowned Flock’, ‘Inn Of The Vaticide’, ‘The Soiled Crucifix’, ‘Broken Staff Of The Shepherd’, ‘Ziziphus Paliurus’ and ‘A Foul Stench Lingers At Peor’. For all additional info, please visit www.facebook.com/stygianblackhand
UK based Death Metallers AGELESS SUMMONING will release their debut full-length “Corrupting The Entempled Plane” via Dark Descent Records on July 21, 2023 on vinyl LP, CD, cassette tape and digitally. A first track entitled ‘Epoch Of Souls’ is already available for streaming at this location. The full tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Usurper Of The Void’, ‘Descent From The Infinite’, ‘Epoch Of Souls’, ‘Among The Worms’, ‘Corrupting The Entempled Plane’, ‘Incarnate Nothingness’, ‘Toward The Fractal Absolute’, ‘Retribution Eternal’, ‘Invocation’ and ‘Salvation In Ash’. The “Corrupting The Entempled Plane” cover artwork was created by Paolo Girardi. All further band information you will find at www.facebook.com/agelesssummoning
“Fuck All Borders”, a Punk split album between Glasgow, Scotland based DISAFFECT and Polish SANCTUS IUDA, will be released on colored vinyl LP format (incl. a 16-page booklet) via Armageddon Label on June 30, 2023. Sanctus Propaganda will release the album in the EU. The complete tracklist plus streaming links for DISAFFECT’s ‘Into The Darkness’ and SANCTUS IUDA’s ‘Odmawiamy Klękania’ you will find over here. More about both bands at www.facebook.com/disaffectpunk or www.sanctuspropaganda.com/tag/sanctus-iuda
Finnish Death Metal five-piece CORPSESSED has just released a live album entitled “Skeletal Grotesquery” via Krucyator Productions. It was recorded directly from the soundboard at the Braincrusher In Hell Festival in Hirschaid, Germany on November 25, 2022, later mixed by the band’s guitar player Matti Mäkelä and mastered by Loic Fontaine at Krucyator Studio in early 2023. A full album stream is available at this location. The cover artwork was supplied by Roni Ärling. You can follow CORPSESSED at www.facebook.com/corpsessed
Scottish old school Death Metallers COFFIN MULCH have just premiered the track ‘Fall Of Gaia’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Spectral Intercession”, which will be released on June 30, 2023 via Memento Mori. The previously revealed ‘Into The Blood’ can still be checked out at this location. The complete “Spectral Intercession” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Spectral Intercession’, ‘Into The Blood’, ‘Mental Suicide’, ‘In The Grip Of Death’, ‘Fall Of Gaia’, ‘Gateway To The Unseen’, ‘Infernal Mass’ and ‘Eternal Enslavement’. For all additional COFFIN MULCH info please visit www.facebook.com/coffinmulch
On July 28, 2023 COUNTESS ERZSEBET will self-release her self-titled mini album on CD and vinyl LP formats. All instrumentation – guitar, bass, organ, vocals and programming – is handled by Rachel Bloodspell Moongoddess, with four of the songs featuring drums by Steve Peacock of SPIRIT POSSESSION and PANDISCORDIAN NECROGENESIS. Rachel has previously played bass for a number of bands, the most recent being XASTHUR. The following tracks will be featured on “Countess Erzsebet”: ‘In The Blood Of Virgins’, ‘Glorification Of The Profane’, ‘666’, ‘Pray To The Devil’, ‘Obliteration Of Thine Enemy’ and ‘Exile Into Depravity’. You can already listen to ‘Glorification Of The Profane’ right here. More COUNTESS ERZSEBET info you will find at www.facebook.com/erzsebet.us
UK’s slamming brutal Death Grinders CREPITATION have released a third and final single from their upcoming sophomore full-length “Monstrous Eruption Of Impetuous Preposterosity”. You can stream ‘Rancid Blubbery Encrustments’ at this location now. The album will be released via Vicious Instinct Records on June 23, 2023. All additional info you will find at https://allmylinks.com/crepitation
Rochester, New York based Grinders SULLY (featuring members of BRUTAL TRUTH, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, SULACO and PSYOPUS) have been signed by Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. The band’s “The Tony” demo can be streamed in its entirety at hpgd.bandcamp.com/album/the-tony-demo
Florida based Death / Thrash Metal duo RONWE has just released their self-titled debut full-length via Music-Records today. It features the following tracks: ‘Through This Door’, ‘Betrayal’, ‘Time’, ‘Under The Snow’, ‘Go To War’, ‘From The Sky’, ‘Hivemind’ and ‘Black Temple’. The album was recorded at RPM Studios and The Doorway To Studios and mixed and mastered by Ryan Michalski at RPM Studios. The artwork was created by Matthias (Macchabée Artworks). For all further RONWE info check out www.facebook.com/ronwe666
Quebecois Black Metallers MISERERE LUMINIS have just premiered the track ‘Le Sang Des Rêves’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming comeback album “Ordalie”, which will be released on June 24, 2023 via Sepulchral Productions. For regular updates please follow MISERERE LUMINIS at www.facebook.com/luminis
“Bewitchment Of The Dark Ages”, the fourth full-length of Kansas based Death Metallers GAROTED has just been released via Lavadome Productions. A full stream is available at this location. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered at Axel Harvey Productions and the cover artwork was created by Misanthropic-Art. You can furthermore watch a video clip of the track ‘Unfathomable Manifestation’ over here. For all additional GAROTED information please visit www.facebook.com/garoted
Swedish Heavy / Thrashers MAN MACHINE INDUSTRY have just released a video for ‘R.I.P.’, which features David White from HEATHEN, at this location. The song appears on the band’s new EP “Eschaton II. Judgment Day”, which was released in late April 2023 via GMR Music Group. More about MAN MACHINE INDUSTRY at www.facebook.com/manmachineindustry
French atmospheric Black Metal trio AODON has just premiered ‘Egon’, a track from their forthcoming third full-length “Portraits”, at this location. The album will be released on June 09, 2023 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats via Willowtip Records. The artwork was created by Alex Eckman Law. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Swen’, ‘Egon’, ‘Mayerson’, ‘Adam’, ‘Miquella’, ‘Andreas’, ‘Liza’, ‘Inaki’ and ‘Sheelagh’. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/aodonband
Norwegian Black Metallers NATTVERD are streaming their upcoming fourth album, “I Helvetes Forakt”, in its entirety over here now. It will be released on May 26, 2023 via Soulseller Records. More NATTVERD info you will find at www.facebook.com/nattverdofficial
Progressive Death Metallers HORRENDOUS have completed their fifth full-length “Ontological Mysterium”, which will be released on August 18, 2023 via Season Of Mist. The band has worked together with the renowned comic book artist and writer Daniel Warren Johnson, who worked on titles for Image and Marvel Comics, to draw a poster to celebrate the birth of the album. The poster is added to the limited Vinyl Frankenstein edition and is available in the Season Of Mist online shop. The “Ontological Mysterium” cover artwork was created by Brian Smith and the complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Blaze’, ‘Chrysopoeia (The Archaeology Of Dawn)’, ‘Neon Leviathan’, ‘Aurora Neoterica’, ‘Preterition Hymn’, ‘Cult Of Shaad’Oah’, ‘Exeg(en)esis’, ‘Ontological Mysterium’ and ‘The Death Knell Ringeth’. A visualiser video for ‘Ontological Mysterium’ can already be checked out at this location. For regular updates follow HORRENDOUS at www.facebook.com/horrendousdeathmetal
Finnish Black Metal duo SARVEKAS is streaming their debut album “Woven Dark Paths” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on May 26, 2023 via Soulseller Records. The cover artwork was created by Roni Ärling. For all further SARVEKAS information check out www.facebook.com/sarvekas
Chicago based Thrashers BLOODLETTER will release their new album “A Different Kind Of Hell” via Wise Blood Records on July 21, 2023 on vinyl, CD, cassette tape and digitally. It was recorded and mixed by Peter Carparelli and BLOODLETTER at Haunted Hill Recordings and mastered by Matt Engstrom of Burn the Furniture Studios. The cover artwork was created by Andre Trindade. The first single ‘Blood Is Life’ is already streaming at this location. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Howling Dead’, ‘Blood Is Life’, ‘Bound & Ravaged’, ‘From Hell They Came’, ‘The Last Tomb’, ‘His Will Be Done’, ‘Obsidian Offering’, ‘To Darkness Damned’, ‘Lord Of Pain’, ‘What Lies Beneath’ and ‘Flesh Turned To Ash’. All additional BLOODLETTER info you will find at www.facebook.com/bloodlettermetal
Michigan based Black Metal one man band ORELISK will release its debut full-length “The Underworld Obscura” on June 30, 2023 via Northern Spire Productions on CD, cassette tape and digitally. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Winter In Salem’, ‘The War Of Despair’, ‘Only In Delirium I Can See’, ‘Derelict House Of Desires’, ‘Ruins As Subjective To The Ruined’ and ‘The Underworld Obscura’. You can already stream the album opener ‘Winter In Salem’ at the ORELISK Bandcamp site https://orelisk.bandcamp.com.
Polish Black Metallers INTO DARK will release their new EP “I, Glance” on May 26, 2023. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Przemysław Nowak at Impressive-Art Studio (ASGAARD, ODRAZA, OUTRE, DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS) and the cover artwork was created by Piotr Kiełb. A full EP stream you will find at this location. More about INTO DARK at www.facebook.com/intodarkofficial
Minneapolis, Minnesota based Death / Black Metallers KOSTNATĚNÍ have just released a full album stream of their second full-length “Úpal” at this location. The album will be released on CD, gatefold vinyl and digital formats on May 26, 2023 via Willowtip Records. It was written and recorded from October 2020 to October 2021. The vocals were recorded in late 2021, early 2022 and the drums were mixed and recorded in the fall of 2022 at The Weeb Dungeon by Andrew Lee. “Úpal” was mastered by Jacob Buczarski. More KOSTNATĚNÍ you will find at https://kostnateni.bandcamp.com or https://instagram.com/kostnateniband
Atlanta, Georgia based blackened Heavy Metal four-piece CLOAK is streaming their upcoming third full-length “Black Flame Eternal” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on May 26, 2023 via Season Of Mist. A video for the album’s single ‘The Holy Dark’ can additionally be watched at this location. For all further CLOAK information check out www.facebook.com/cloakofficial
Norwegian Black Metallers TSJUDER have just released another new track entitled ‘Prestehammeren’ over here. It is taken from the band’s upcoming new album “Helvegr”, which will be released on June 23, 2023 via Season Of Mist on digipak CD and coloured vinyl, but also as a limited edition clamshell box (CD) and limited vinyl box. These limited editions come with a bonus album “Scandinavian Black Metal Attack” in which TSJUDER pays a special ode to BATHORY. You can follow TSJUDER at www.facebook.com/tsjuderofficial
On June 24, 2023 Sepulchral Productions will release “Comme Des Revenants Parmi Les Ruines”, the debut full-length from Québec, Canada based Black Metal duo SACRENOIR. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Mille Nuits Ont Passé’, ‘Portail Vampirique’, ‘Étouffés Par Les Flammes’, ‘The Blade Of Satan’, ‘Épuration’, ‘Le Puits Du Diable’, ‘Aux Portes De L’Enfer’, ‘Vers D’autres Mondes’ and ‘Parmi Les Ruines’. All additional SACRENOIR info you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100065311967575
“Les Ombres Malades”, the sophomore full-length from Canadian Black Metallers TRÉPAS, will be released on June 24, 2023 via Sepulchral Productions. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Aliénation’, ‘Les Ombres Malades’, ‘Désert De Cendres’, ‘Métamorphose’, ‘Le Manque Onirique’, ‘Altérité’ and ‘L’astre Noir’. All further TRÉPAS information you will find at www.facebook.com/trepasblackmetal
German Black Metallers SERVANT have just completed the work on the follow-up to their “Blessed By The Light Of A Thousand Stars” debut full-length from 2021. The new album will be entitled “Aetas Ascensus” and is scheduled for a July 07, 2023 release via MDD Records. For more information and regular updates make sure to follow SERVANT at www.facebook.com/servantmagick
On July 24, 2023 Memento Mori will release the debut full-length from Philippines based old school Death Metallers FORMLESS OEDON, “Streams Of Rot”. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Heavenly Abomination’, ‘Voidspawn…’, ‘…In The Flesh’, ‘Calcine Purification’, ‘Consolamentum’, ‘Beyond Eclipse Of Time’ and ‘Streams Of Rot’. You can already stream the album opener ‘Heavenly Abomination’ at this location. For all additional band info please visit www.facebook.com/formlessoedon or https://formlessoedon.bandcamp.com
Italian old school Doom / Death Metal three-piece CLAUSTRUM will release their self-titled album on June 09, 2023 via Unorthodox Emanations / Avantgarde Music on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Ecpirosi’, ‘Destined To Rot’, ‘Zombi Rats’, ‘Desire Of Death (Nuclear Death)’, ‘Hopeless Despair’, ‘Awaiting Doom’ and ‘Necroptosi’. For all additional CLAUSTRUM information please visit www.facebook.com/claustrumdeath
On July 24, 2023 Memento Mori, in co-operation with Godz Ov War Productions, will release “Moribound”, the third full-length from UK based Death Metallers ETERNAL ROT, on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. The cover artwork has once again been created by Mark Riddick and the complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Summoned From Moribund Delusions’, ‘Reflected In Perpetual Waves Of Despair’, ‘Swollen Corpse Adoration’, ‘Desecrated Guts’, ‘Gestures Never Recalled’ and ‘Lurker In The Morgue’. You can already listen to ‘Desecrated Guts’ over here. More about ETERNAL ROT at www.facebook.com/eternalrot
“Tongue Of Thorns”, the sophomore full-length from Trondheim, Norway based blackened Death Metallers NEXORUM, has just been released via Non Serviam Records on digipak CD, vinyl and digitally. A full album stream is available at this location now. More about NEXORUM at www.facebook.com/nexorum.official
Austrian melodic Deathers DYSTERSOL have just released an animated video for ‘Soothsayer’ over here. The track is featured on the band’s new album “Anaemic”, which has been released in early April via Black Sunset / MDD. For all further band information check out www.facebook.com/dystersol
“Deciphering Torment Through Malediction”, the debut full-length from Rhode Island based Black Metallers BLACK SORCERY, will be released on July 28, 2023 via Eternal Death. Here’s the complete tracklist already: ‘Intro’, ‘Gasping For Light Under A Petrine Cross’, ‘Final Meditations On Despair’, ‘Erinyes Slough’, ‘Gomorran Virtue’, ‘Sordid Rote’, ‘Heinous Rites’, ‘(Endgame Thought Process)’ and ‘Seven Veils’. For more BLACK SORCERY please visit https://blacksorcery93.bandcamp.com
Brazilian Black Metallers MYSTIFIER will return to Europe in June and July 2023 for a run of festivals and club shows. The “Primitive Black Magic Dynasty tour” will kick off on June 10, 2023 at the Nada Festival in Beja, Portugal and ends at the Cassiopeia venue in Berlin, Germany on July 23, 2023. For more information and regular updates make sure to follow MYSTIFIER at www.facebook.com/mystifier666
Indian Death Grinders GUTSLIT will release their third full-length “Carnal” on July 07, 2023 on vinyl, CD and digital formats. It was mixed and mastered by Mark Lewis (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, WHITECHAPEL) and produced by Prateek Rajagopal (THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, CREED 3), with artwork by Kidsquidy. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Son Of Sam’, ‘Matriarch’, ‘Bind Torture Kill’, ‘The Killing Joke’, ‘Insidious’, ‘Body Snatcher’, ‘Altar Of Putridity’ and ‘Primeval’. The album marks the return of Aditya Barve (SKEWERED IN THE SEWER) on vocals and features guest vocals by Julien Truchan (BENIGHTED) on the track ‘Bind Torture Kill’. A visualizer video for the first single ‘Matriarch’ can already be watched over here. GUTSLIT will celebrate the release of the album with a performance at Obscene Extreme 2023 which coincides with the album’s official release date. Prior to that, the band will be embarking on a mini tour across India in June. All additional GUTSLIT info you will find at www.facebook.com/gutslit
On August 04, 2023 Caligari Records will release the debut full-length of German Death Metallers HALLUCINATE, “From The Bowels Of The Earth”, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘A Universe Obscure’, ‘Blackened Gills’, ‘Black Smokers’, ‘Mahavishnu’s Dream’, ‘Paracletus’, ‘Tachycardia’, ‘AION’, ‘Crimson Rain’ and ‘Dying Consciously’ (vinyl and cassette tape bonus track). A video for ‘AION’ can already be watched at this location. HALLUCINATE features members of GRAVEYARD GHOUL and KARLOFF and Robert Andersson (ex – MORBUS CHRON) contributed guest vocals to the album. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/hallucinatedeath
Finnish Black / Death Metallers ANIMA HERETICAE will release their debut album “Descended From The Mountains” on September 22, 2023 via Inverse Records. A video for ‘Kraken’ can already be watched over here. More about ANIMA HERETICAE at www.facebook.com/animahereticaeofficial