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Polish brutal Deathgrinders FAM have just revealed a first track from their upcoming fourth full-length “Pleasure Of Torture”. You can check out ‘Agony Becomes Divine’ at this location. The album will be released on August 07, 2026 on CD via Selfmadegod Records. It was recorded once again at PanzerStudio in Myszków and the cover artwork was created by T-Six Art. The complete “Pleasure Of Torture” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Dismembered Identity’, ‘Agony Becomes Divine’, ‘Living Behind My Eyes’, ‘Perverse Devotion’, ‘Rituals Of Obsession’, ‘Pain Protocol’, ‘Dead Eyes… Still Watching’, ‘Delight Of Agony’, ‘Predator Awareness’, ‘I Am The Monster’ and ‘Ofiara’ (NECROPHIL cover). www.facebook.com/famdeathgrind
Spanish Death Metallers AVULSED have just revealed a first track from their upcoming covers album “Nordic Embryogenesis”. You can check out the band’s version of the 1990 FUNEBRE demo track ‘Expunging Mortalities’ at this location. The album will be released on September 09, 2026 on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats via Xtreem Music. www.facebook.com/avulsed91
Raleigh, North Carolina based melodic Death Metallers NECROCOSM will release a new EP entitled “To The Depths” on July 17, 2026. The band was formed in 2011 and released their debut demo in 2013. Their debut full-length “Damnation Doctrine” was released in 2015. www.facebook.com/necrocosm
Norwegian / Swedish Folk Black Metallers MØRKGRIM will release their debut full-length “Sǫgur Frá Norðfirði” via Soulseller Records on October 02, 2026. A first track and further details including the cover artwork will be announced in early August. www.instagram.com/morkgrimofficial
Swiss Death Metallers VORAX have just revealed a lyric video for the title track of their debut full-length “Volcano Shock” at this location. The album will be released on June 27, 2026 on CD, vinyl LP and in digital formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Magma Ocean’, ‘Devouring Raw Flesh’, ‘Volcano Shock’, ‘Burning Lava’, ‘Hunter Killer’, ‘Flight Of The Pteranodon’, ‘Reign Supreme’ and ‘The Great Dying’. The band consists of members from MESSIAH, OMOPHAGIA and DEATH KOMMANDER. www.facebook.com/voraxdeathmetal
On June 26, 2026 Caligari Records will release “Telestic Ekstasis”, the second demo from Finland’s Death / Doom / Black Metallers CITRINITAS, on cassette tape format. A full stream of it you will find over here now. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/caligarirecords
Costa Rica based Death Metallers ASTRIFEROUS are streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Atavistic Unraveling” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on June 26, 2026 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records on vinyl LP format and Pulverised Records on CD. https://astriferous.bandcamp.com
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