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On March 06, 2026 Personal Records will release the self-titled debut mini album from blackened Doom Metallers THE LEAVING, on CD format. A full stream of it is available over here now. The band’s line-up features members from Argentina and The Netherlands: Dany Tee is the vocalist for Argentina’s Black Metallers LOS MALES DEL MUNDO, guitarist / bassist Kevin Storm is also the guitarist for HERETOIR and has previously played live with SHINING, VULTURE INDUSTRIES, EQUILIBRIUM and KALMAH, fellow guitarist Ferry Hofman is active in ENDYMAERIA and Ed Warby is best known for his drumming in GOREFEST and his contributions to AYREON and HAIL OF BULLETS. www.facebook.com/personalrecords666
“Mörker Täcker Livets Ljus”, the sixth full-length from Sweden’s Black Metallers TÅRFÖDD, will be released via Purity Through Fire on March 28, 2026 on CD format. You can already check out the album closer ‘Farväl Till Allt’ at this location. The complete “Mörker Täcker Livets Ljus” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Skies Collapse In Ashen Grey’, ‘Illvilja A Storm Of Poisonous Will’, ‘The Weight Of Continuing’, ‘Bones Beneath The Blame’, ‘Nothing Announces Change’, ‘Ära I Död’, ‘Mörker Täcker Livets Ljus’ and ‘Farväl Till Allt’. The cover artwork was created by Vindur of Drömskogen Art. https://trfdd.bandcamp.com
Finnish Death / Thrashers SKULL ALTAR have just released a visualizer video for ‘War Crimes (Disclosure Act) over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming album “Diabolical”, which will be released on CD on March 20, 2026 via Levykauppa Äx. It was mixed and mastered by Mikael Sehlin Productions and features the following tracks: ‘March For Destruction’, ‘Scorn’, ‘Broken By Religion’, ‘Exhumed By Darkness’, ‘Diabolical’, ‘Infodemia’, ‘Storm Behind Demise’, ‘The Circle Of Cryptic Pain’, ‘Fear Of War’ and ‘War Crimes (Disclosure Act)’. www.facebook.com/skullaltar
Italian atmospheric Black / Doom Metal duo URLUK will release their sophomore full-length “Memories In Fade” on April 10, 2026 via Pest Records. It was recorded at Orion Recording Studios between 2025 and early 2026. The first single ‘Angles Of Hauntology’ is already available for streaming at this location. The complete “Memories In Fade” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Angles Of Hauntology’, ‘Lying There’, ‘Yesterday’s Letters’, ‘Liminal Vortices’ and ‘The Last Watch’. www.facebook.com/urlukofficial
Boston, Massachusetts based progressive Death Metallers GRAVEBORN have just released a guitar playthrough video of the title track off their upcoming fifth full-length “Metempsychosis” over here. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Embers Of Existence’, ‘The Archaea Paradox’, ‘Temporal Sands’, ‘Idols Of Bone’, ‘Paralogs’, ‘Metempsychosis’, ‘River Of The Eternal Mind’, ‘Epistatic Drift’, ‘Legacy Of Light’, ‘The Maw Of Recursion’ and ‘Orthologs’. It will be released on April 03, 2026. “Metempsychosis”, along with previous singles from the album are available on Spotify. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/gravebornma
On May 22, 2026 Dying Victims Productions will release the fourth full-length from Germany’s blackened Thrashers WITCHING HOUR, “Descending… Where Time Has Ceased To Exist”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Journey Into Eternity Studios, which is owned by drummer Sascha Bastian. A video for the album track ‘The Graves Yearn For The Dead’ can already be watched at this location. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Descending…’, ‘Where Time Has Ceased To Exist’, ‘Profane Resurrection Of A Presumed Dead’, ‘The Graves Yearn For The Dead’, ‘A Night Under A Crimson Moons Lament’ and ‘…And Then Came The Flames’. www.facebook.com/witchinghourthrash
“The Last Suppuration”, the debut full-length from Indiana based Death Metallers PROTRUSION, will be out on March 13, 2026 on cassette tape via Unholy Domain (Europe) and Iron Fortress Records (North America) and CD via Sevared Records. Extremely Rotten Productions and Unholy Domain will release the vinyl edition this spring. The title track as well as ‘Boiled At Birth’ can already be checked out at https://protrusion.bandcamp.com. The album’s artwork was created by Jon Zig. www.facebook.com/protrusiondeath
Spanish melodic Death Metallers EMPIRE OF DISEASE have just released a video for ‘Depravity’ over here. The track will be featured on their upcoming third full-length “While Everything Collapses”, which will be released on March 19, 2026 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. www.facebook.com/empireofdisease
Milwaukee, Wisconsin based blackened Death Metallers RELIC will release their debut EP “Crown Of Flies” on April 03, 2026 on CD and digital formats. It was recorded at Belle City Sound in Racine, Wisconsin in November 2025, produced by Chris Wisco and mixed and mastered by Billy Diamond. The cover artwork was created by Sant V. Schreiber. The EP’s first single ‘Scavengers Daughter’ can already be streamed at this location. The complete “Crown Of Flies” tracklist reads like this: ‘The Void Between Gods’, ‘Filth Of Rebirth’, ‘Scavengers Daughter’ and ‘Iron Sactament’. RELIC features the following musicians: Kevin Forsythe (JUNGLE ROT, EMBLAZONED) on guitar / bass, Jeff Plewa (MICAWBER, EMBLAZONED) on vocals, Alex “Pulverizer” Pulvermacher (DECRESCENT, EMBLAZONED) on drums and Vinny Alvarez (A NIGHT AT THE CHALET, SLAM PIG) on guitar. www.facebook.com/relicdm
Gothenburg, Sweden based old school Death Metallers CREEPING FLESH will self-release their third full-length “God’s Acres Rife With Flesh Adorned” on May 01, 2026 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. Swedish distributor Growls From The Underground will help out with the vinyl edition. The album was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö and features guest appearances by Olof Mörck (AMARANTHE) and Giannis Nakos (MORTAL TORMENT). The artwork was created by William Persson Öberg of Obscenum Art. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘A Portent Of Defeat’, ‘Five Yards Apart’, ‘Upon The Altar Of Peace’, ‘Through The Reddening Surf’, ‘Verdure Shift’ (feat. Giannis Nakos), ‘They Died Facing Forward’, ‘The Horrors That Befell Them’ (feat. Olof Mörck), ‘The Price Of Victory’, ‘Come Glorious Dawn’ and ‘Before The Ashen Throne’. www.facebook.com/creepingflesh
Norwegian Black Metallers TULUS have just revealed the track ‘Tulus’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming eighth full-length “Morbid Desires”, which will be released on March 27, 2026 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. The previously revealed ‘Salme II’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Morbid Desires” tracklist reads like this: ‘Salme II’, ‘Skabb’, ‘Tulus’, ‘Kistesmed’, ‘Vanvidd’, ‘Hedengangen’, ‘Fossegrimens Vakt’, ‘Skauånd’ and ‘Sabbat’. www.facebook.com/tulusband
On April 10, 2026 Adirondack Black Mass will release “Nex”, the third full-length from US Black Metallers SICARIUS, on CD and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Cold Death’, ‘Opened Obsidian Gateways’, ‘No Witnesses’, ‘Crashing Into The Abyss’, ‘Banshee’, ‘Daggers Down’, ‘The Hunger We Cannot Sate’, ‘An Aptitude For Elimination’, ‘Ambuscade’ and ‘Nex’ (feat. Charles Hedger). You can already check out ‘An Aptitude For Elimination’ over here. More SICARIUS at https://sicariusblackmetal.bandcamp.com
French old school Death Metallers TRAGOS have just released a lyric video for ‘Sanguinolent’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Bellicum”, which will be released on March 13, 2026 via Fetzner Death Records. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Lethal Suspiro’, ‘Fragmento Fugit’, ‘Penumbra Prolix’, ‘Narcissus Vortex’, ‘Labor Delusiv’, ‘Scherzo Patibul’, ‘Chthonian Exult’, ‘Random Punishment’, ‘Ritual Deflor’, ‘Sanguinolent’, ‘Egofabulist’ and ‘Opus Carnifex’. The album was recorded and mixed by Nekomata Home Productions and mastered at Studio TSR. www.facebook.com/tragosdeathmetal666
On April 25, 2026 Antiq will release the sophomore full-length from Estonia based Black Metallers KÕDU, “Kirjad Sõgedate Külast”. You can already check out the album’s title track over here. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/kodublackmetal
Copenhagen, Denmark based Death / Thrash Metallers SHADOWSPAWN have just released their fourth full-length “Cadaver Dogs” on CD and digital formats through Via Nocturna. A full album stream you will find at this location. The material was recorded at Corpsekennel Spawncamp, mixed and mastered by Kelvin Dam and the cover artwork of the album was created by Henry Pyykkö. www.facebook.com/shadowspawn
French Death Metallers DAMNATIO AD BESTIAS will release their debut full-length “Martyr Incipit” on March 20, 2026 via Witches Brew Records. You can already check out the track ‘BloodFeast’ over here. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Abominations Of The One God’, ‘Mass Apostasy’, ‘BloodFeast’, ‘Gardens Of Decadence’, ‘Punished Into Submission’ and ‘The Beheading’. For all further band info please visit www.facebook.com/damnatioadbestiasfr
“Lunar Crusades”, the debut full-length from epic medieval Black Metallers RIVERFLAME, will be released on April 24, 2026 via code666 on CD and vinyl LP formats. Τhe album was mixed and mastered by Dimitris Douvras (ROTTING CHRIST, HAIL SPIRIT NOIR) and the cover artwork is a painting by Mars Triumph (MANOWAR, TRIUMPHER). You can already check out the track ‘Riverflame’ over here. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Riverflame’, ‘Where Dragons Once Ruled’, ‘Lunar Crusades’, ‘Through Mistlands Of Unearthly Worlds’ and ‘Before The Eternal Night’. www.facebook.com/code666.label
On May 01, 2026 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Votive Fire”, the seventh full-length from Portuguese Black Metallers BLACK CILICE, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Released By Fire’, ‘Vows Sworn For Centuries’, ‘Into The Inner Temple’ and ‘Deconstruction Of All Realities’. You can already check out the album opener at this location. More BLACK CILICE music you will find at https://blackcilice.bandcamp.com
New Jersey based blackened Death Metallers DRAGSHOLM will digitally self-release their debut full-length “From The Bloodline Of Bram” on March 20, 2026. The band is named after a haunted castle in Denmark and originally began in 2017 as a one-man project from musician Vlad Rituals. In 2023, the project officially became a full band when G.B joined on bass with Schlemi and Gravelord on guitars. “From The Bloodline Of Bram” is a concept album about Dracula and the occult. www.facebook.com/dragsholmband
German Death Metal duo BARBARIC OATH has just premiered the track ‘Sword And Sorcerer’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut mini album “Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance”, which will be released on March 27, 2026 via Caligari Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The previously revealed ‘Bestial Witchery’ can still be streamed over here. More about BARBARIC OATH at www.instagram.com/barbaricoath.dm
Leeds, UK based technical melodic Death Metallers COGNIZANCE will release their fourth full-length “In Light, No Shape” on May 01, 2026 via Willowtip Records. A video for the album’s first single ‘Witness Marks’ can already be watched over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Transient Fixations’, ‘Inflection Chants’, ‘A Game Of Proliferation’, ‘Chasm’, ‘Vertical Illusion’, ‘A Reconfiguration’, ‘Witness Marks’, ‘Subterranean Incantation’, ‘Induced Contortions’ and ‘The Zone’. “In Light, No Shape” was produced by Alex Baillie and Apostolis Karydis, mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström (AEON, BLOOD RED THRONE) and the artwork was created by Jef Whitehead (NAILS, LEVIATHAN). www.facebook.com/cognizanceband
Polish blackened Death Metallers LILLA VENEDA have just released a synthwave version of their ‘Biomechanical Algorithm’ single from the band’s “Primordial Movements” album from 2024. The track is a tribute to the spirit of the 1980s, where the original guitar melodies have been immersed in a slow, atmospheric synthwave landscape. You can check it out at this location. A video for ‘Biomechanical Algorithm’ is available over here. You can follow LILLA VENEDA at www.facebook.com/lillavenedaband
“Aux Enfants Des Ruines”, the fourth full-length of French atmospheric Black Metallers VIDE, can be streamed in its entirety at this location now. It has just been released via Antiq. More VIDE music is available at https://hylgaryss.bandcamp.com
Austria based blackened Death Metallers GRAUFAR have just released a video for ‘Foltertrog’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Via Necropolis”, which will be digitally self-released on March 20, 2026. www.facebook.com/graufar
Australian Death / Thrashers IN MALICE’S WAKE have just released a video for ‘Numb To Paradise’ over here. The track will be featured on their upcoming fifth full-length “The Profound Darkness”, which will be released on May 01, 2026. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘The Profound Darkness’, ‘Beyond Death’, ‘By Tongues Of Demons’, ‘The Last Song’, ‘Numb To Paradise’, ‘Upon My Flesh’, ‘The Great Purifier’, ‘Away From The Light’ and ‘The Darkness Below Us’. It was mixed by Chris Themelco at Monolith Studio in Melbourne, Australia and mastered by Plec Johansson at Panic Room Mastering. The artwork was created by Shaun Farrugia of IN MALICE’S WAKE. www.facebook.com/inmaliceswake
On March 21, 2026 Purity Through Fire will release the debut mini album from Finland’s Black Metallers NACHTGNAWER, “Medieval Devourer”, on CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Medieval Devourer’, ‘Seigneur Of The Iron Winds’, ‘Process Of Possession’, ‘Stench Of The Ancient Towers’ and ‘Desecrator’. You can already check out the title track at this location. The cover artwork was created by Warhead Art. https://nachtgnawer.bandcamp.com
German Speed Metallers CRUEL FORCE have just revealed a video for ‘Savage Gods’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming fourth full-length “Haneda”, which will be released on March 27, 2026 via Shadow Kingdom Records. The previously released video for ‘Whips-A-Swinging’ can still be watched at this location. The complete “Haneda” tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Cross’, ‘Whips-A-Swinging’, ‘Savage Gods’, ‘Sword Of Iron’, ‘Crystal Skull’, ‘Warlords’, ‘Black Talon’, ‘Titan’s Awakening’ and ‘Haneda’. www.facebook.com/cruelforce
Finnish melodic Death Metallers NOUMENA have just released a lyric video for ‘Kuolemankello’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming seventh full-length, which is scheduled for release in August 2026 via Inverse Records. www.facebook.com/noumenaband
Swedish Speed / Thrash Metallers VENTHIAX are streaming their debut mini album “Rites Of Ra” in its entirety over here now. It will be released via Dying Victims Productions today. For all further info please visit VENTHIAX at www.facebook.com/people/venthiax/100090480222392
Belgian Death Metallers FACTURED INSANITY have just released a video for ‘We All Die In The End’ at this location. The track is featured on the band’s fifth full-length “Age Of Manipulation”, which was released earlier this month via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. www.facebook.com/fracturedinsanityofficial
UK based Death Metallers CRYPTWORM have just premiered ‘Infectious Pathological Waste’ over here. It is the title track of their upcoming third full-length, which will be released on March 27, 2026 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (CD and vinyl editions), in co-operation with Extremely Rotten Productions (cassette tape edition). The previously revealed ‘Drowning In Purulent Excrementia’ can still be checked out at this location. More about CRYPTWORM at www.facebook.com/cryptworm
Hungarian Black Metal one-man band MERCULISTARYA has just released its debut full-length “Áradó Fájdalom A Tunodés Medrében” via Pest Records in co-operaion with Metal Ör Die Records. You can stream it in its entirety at this location now. MERCULISTARYA features Árpád Szenti of THY CATAFALQUE, AHRIMAN, ATHAME and DAMNATION. All further information you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586009559697
Indonesian brutal Death Metal trio MULTIWOMB will release their debut full-length “Anatomy Of Gorelust” on March 23, 2026 via Grave Island Records. It was recorded at Nada Rakta Chamber and Volcanic Studio, mixed and mastered at Ultra Organic Studio and the artwork was created by Jon Zig. The track ‘Placenta Cannibal Feast’ is already available over here. You can follow MULTIWOMB at www.instagram.com/multiwomb_iddm
On April 30, 2026 BlackSeed Productions will release “Loss Of Transcendence”, the debut full-length from Italian THE GREAT OBSERVER, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Their music has been described as a “mixture of obscure tones and grim melodies, coexisting with chaotic bursts of energy, in a ravaging mixture of Mediterranean Black Metal (MORTUARY DRAPE, ZEMIAL) and early Death / Thrash (Canada’s SLAUGHTER, MASTER, ORDER FROM CHAOS).” The album was recorded between late 2024 and early 2025 and then mixed and mastered by The Forge Music Productions (FLAMEKEEPER, VULTURES VENGEANCE, NIGHT GAUNT). The cover artwork was created by Claudio, who’s also well known as an illustrator for many bands and as a tattoo artist. You can check out the track ‘The Great Observer’ over here. All additional info you will find at www.facebook.com/people/the-great-observer/61573041190494
Polish experimental Death Metallers BANISHER will release a video for ‘Daymare’, the second single from the band’s latest album “Metamorphosis”, at this location today. The album came out end of January 2026 via Selfmadegod Records. www.facebook.com/banisherofficial
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. You can already stream it in its entirety at this location https://signalrex.bandcamp.com
Spanish Death Metallers COME BACK FROM THE DEAD will release a new EP entitled “Ad Nauseam” on vinyl 12″ and digitally on May 01, 2026 via Coffin Entrails Sound, the label created by the band, in co-operation with Taûme Records, a recently established label founded by one of the members of CBFTD. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/comebackfromthedead
James “Freight Train” Lee, vocalist on the ORIGIN albums “Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas”, “Echoes Of Decimation” and “Antithesis”, will join Kansas based Death Metallers UNMERCIFUL for the band’s first-ever appearance at this year’s Maryland Deathfest on Sunday, May 24, 2026. Andy Vincent (MORGUE DEFILEMENT) will be stepping in on drums, to replace UNMERCIFUL’s Trynt Kelly, who still struggles with health issues. The latest UNMERCIFUL album “Devouring Darkness”, which was released on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats via Willowtip Records, can be streamed in its entirety over here. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/officialunmerciful
Kotka, Finland based Doom / Death Metallers SAASTA have just released a video for ‘The Envy’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming sophomore full-length “Cesspool”, which will be released on May 08, 2026 via Inverse Records. www.facebook.com/saastaofficial
Milwaukee, Wisconsin based Death Metallers PIG’S BLOOD will release their third full-length “Destroying The Spirit” via Dark Descent Records on April 24, 2026 on CD, vinyl LP (standard black and yellow / oxblood variants) and digitally. You can already check out the album closer ‘Strikeforce Of Isolate Will’ over here. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Standing In Depravity’, ‘Destroying The Spirit’, ‘Tartarean Infection’, ‘Power To Stop It’, ‘Rabid Dogs’, ‘Satanic Hammer Of Justice’, ‘Aftermath’, ‘Commitment To Death’, ‘Ravenous Hellslaught’ and ‘Strikeforce Of Isolate Will’. www.facebook.com/commandmoreblood
Baltimore based Black Metallers NIXIL and Portland’s Black / Death Metallers DROUTH will release a split album entitled “Toward Dead Temples” on April 24, 2026 on vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. A video for NIXIL’s track ‘Never Rise Again’ can be watched at this location now. More information about both bands you will find at www.facebook.com/nixilnothing and www.facebook.com/drouthpdx
Polish Death Metallers MORRATH have just released a new EP entitled “Obscure Abominations” digitally and on limited CD (300 copies) via Necroscope Blasphemia. The guitars, bass and vocals were recorded at Swiniarnia Studio Trzcinica by Damian Duda and the drums were recorded in Poznan by Mateusz Wrobel. The whole material was mixed and mastered by Michal Grabowski (CHRIST AGONY, TOWARDS HELLFIRE, FETO IN FETUS) and the cover artwork was created by Mieszko Jankowski (COFFINWOOD, LEPROZORIUM, NIGHT LORD). The CD edition features additional live tracks from the band’s split with LEPROZORIUM, “Przegnity Konglomerat”, which was released in 2025 on strictly limited edition cassette tapes (80 copies). A full stream of the new EP is available over here now. www.facebook.com/morrathband
Belgium’s Black / Death Metallers POSSESSION have released their sophomore full-length “The Mother Of Darkness” via Iron Bonehead Productions on CD and vinyl LP formats earlier this month. A full album stream is available at this location now. The cover artwork was created by Chris Moyen. www.facebook.com/hisbestdeceit
Illinois based Grinders MELTING ROT have just revealed the track ‘Blinded. Beaten. Stabbed’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Infatuation With Premeditation”, which will be released on March 27, 2026 via Hells Headbangers. The previously revealed ‘Morbid Infatuation’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Decomposition’, ‘Human Pavement Splatter’, ‘Blinded. Beaten. Stabbed.’, ‘The Surgeon Was Comatose’, ‘Submerged In Accelerant’, ‘Aiming For Construction Workers’, ‘Open Casket Vomit Spew’, ‘Morbid Infatuation’, ‘Torrential Continuous Arterial Bleeding’, ‘Physically Murdered’ and ‘Forklift Facelift’. https://meltingrot.bandcamp.com
On March 21, 2026 Purity Through Fire will release the sophomore full-length from Bergen, Norway based Black Metallers A.H.P., “Alltid Imot Deg”, on CD format. The vinyl edition will follow this summer. It features the following five songs / vocalists: ‘Souls To Inhale’ (Armagog – vocals), ‘Lust For Murder’ (Onielar / DARKENED NOCTURN SLAUGHTERCULT – vocals), ‘In Endless Disgust’, ‘Nocturnal’ and ‘Alltid Imot Deg’ (JMRM – vocals). You can already check out ‘Lust For Murder’ over here. More about A.H.P. at www.facebook.com/againsthumanplague
Russian Death Metallers GROND will release their third full-length “The Temple” on April 30, 2026 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The full tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Rotter Himmel’, ‘Weddigen’, ‘Pour Le Merite’, ‘U-29’, ‘Dreadnought’, ‘Submergence’, ‘Radiant Fury’, ‘The Temple’ and ‘Dark Solitude Of The Sea’. You can already check out ‘Weddigen’ at this location. More about GROND at www.facebook.com/grondrus
Chilean Black / Death Metal duo CENOTAFIO has just premiered the track ‘Acausal Escisión’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “La Escisión Acausal: Por La Vía Inversa Hacia La Descarnación”, which will be released on April 01, 2026 via Demoniac Productions. The previously revealed ‘Osario’ can still be streamed at this location. Here’s the complete tracklist of the album: ‘Atrabilis Taenia Solivm’, ‘Osario’, ‘Nigredo Transfixión’, ‘Acausal Escisión’, ‘Viperidarium’ and ‘Orbis Coagula’. www.facebook.com/cenotafiobanda
On April 17, 2026 Amor Fati Productions will release “Út”, the fourth full-length from Black / Death Metal four-piece MYLINGAR, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Megi’, ‘Blóð’, ‘Mitt’, ‘Rækta’, ‘Jarðveginn’, ‘Af’ and ‘Neðan’. You can already check out ‘Rækta’ at this location. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/mylingar
Canadian Black Metallers NOCTURNAL DEPARTURE have just revealed the track ‘Spiritual Cessation’ over here. It is the title track of the band’s upcoming third full-length, which will be released later this spring via Hells Headbangers. The cover artwork was created by Greallach Arts. NOCTURNAL DEPARTURE will be touring in support of the album in May 2026 together with SPECTRAL WOUND and NÄCHTLICH. https://nocturnaldeparture.bandcamp.com
“Naturalna Nietolerancja”, the upcoming debut full-length from Polish Black Metallers BEZKRES, will be released via Signal Rex on April 10, 2026 on CD and vinyl LP formats. You can already stream the title track at this location. The full tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Majestat Kamiennych Monumentów’, ‘Ludzkie Ścierwo’, ‘Marność Wiary Plugawego Krzyża’, ‘Przełęcz Zatracenia’, ‘Siła Woli’, ‘Naturalna Nietolerancja’, ‘Nieskończony Szlak’, ‘Anihilacja’ and ‘W Poszukiwaniu Samotności W Skalnym Labiryncie’. www.facebook.com/bezkresblackmetal
Italian Black Metallers CALVANA have just premiered a lyric video for ‘Summer Storm’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “Sub Janus”, which will be released on March 20, 2026 via Adirondack Black Mass. The previously revealed ‘Death Of Pan’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Sub Janus” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Twilight Song’, ‘My Prayer To Diana’, ‘Summer Storm’, ‘Fear Makes You Tame’, ‘Death Of Pan’, ‘Meine Süße Sternenkriegerin’, ‘Carnivore’, ‘Sorry’ and ‘Sub Janus’. www.facebook.com/calvana
Finnish Death Metallers HAUTAJAISYÖ have just released a video for ‘Kuusi Kantajaa’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming fifth full-length “Surun Paino”, which will be released on March 20, 2026 via Inverse Records. The music video differs from the official single in that it features guest appearances by the Jumalaudat choir and cameos from the Finnish Metal bands SURUJUHLA, MESSIAH PARATROOPS, DEFILED SERENITY, KITUMA, VAHINKOLAPSI and CHORDAE EXITIUM. A video for the first single ‘Maan Nielemä’ can still be watched at this location. “Surun Paino” will feature the following tracks: ‘Surun Paino’, ‘Maan Nielemä’, ‘Kuusi Kantajaa’, ‘Kasvoton Kuljettaja’, ‘Hetki Viimeinen’, ‘Lyhyt Matka Hautaan’, ‘Eloton’ and ‘Haaskalinnut Minut Muistaa’. www.facebook.com/hautajaisyo
Chicago, Illinois based progressive technical Death Metallers GIGAN will kick off their West Coast Sonic Invasion Tour 2026 on April 30, 2026 in San Diego. The tour will also include an appearance at Northwest Terror Fest on May 09, 2026. www.facebook.com/giganmusic
New Jersey based melodic Death / Thrashers LEGIONARY have just released a lyric video for ‘Controllers Of Perception’ at this location. The track is featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “Never-Ending Quest For Purpose”. Multi-instrumental, composer and LEGIONARY founder Frank D’Erasmo had this to say about the album: “This new album is a continuation of the path we took on our last EP, “Prison Realm”. For fans of that EP, this new album is in that style again, but on steroids! Things sound heavier, more epic and more massive on this album. All of the same guys from the last release have returned, including vocalist Chris Clancy (AS I LAY DYING, INVICTUS, MUTINY WITHIN) and lead guitarist Tony Barhoum (CHAOS SANCTUARY, CONDITION CRITICAL), but the big addition this time around was mix engineer, Mike Low. Things have never sounded this BIG on a LEGIONARY release!” www.facebook.com/legionaryband
German Death Metallers TERATOMA have just premiered the track ‘Stertorous Whisper’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Longing Veracity”, which will be released on March 25, 2026 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records. The previously revealed title track ‘Longing Veracity’ can still be checked out at this location. More about TERATOMA at www.facebook.com/teratomaberlin
Swedish Death Metallers HARROWED are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “The Eternal Hunger” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on February 27, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions. www.facebook.com/harroweddeathmetal
Dutch blackened Death Metallers HEATHEN PEACE have just released ‘Heath Dweller’, an advance track from their upcoming sophomore full-length, over here. It features guest vocals from Henke Forss from Swedish Black Metallers DAWN. ‘Heath Dweller’ is available digitally and as a limited promo flexi disc. The flexi contains an extra, exclusive instrumental intro track. The new album will be released on April 01, 2026 on vinyl LP and CD via Cosmic Key Creations, in co-operation with Rebellion Records. A limited tape release will be out via Zwaertgevegt Records. www.facebook.com/heathenpeace
On March 21, 2026 Amor Fati Productions will release “Onzuiver”, the sophomore full-length from Belgian atmospheric Black Metal one-man band AERDRYK, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Modder En Bloed’, ‘Een Wereld Om Te Bederven’, ‘De Laatste Wens’, ‘Onzuiver’, ‘Liever Levend Verbranden’, ‘Een Bestaan Van Lijden’, ‘Kruispunt’ and ‘In Het Graf En Diep’. You can already check out ‘Een Bestaan Van Lijden’ at this location. The release will be accompanied with the vinyl re-press of the debut “Met De Drietand Op Mijn Huid” and a split vinyl release with OERHEKS. AERDRYK is the solo project of C.V.B. (WOLVENNEST, CULT OF ERINYES, LVTHN, ERBEET AZHAK). https://aerdryk.bandcamp.com
“Dimension: Daemonium”, the fourth full-length from Finland’s symphonic Black Metallers VARGRAV, will be released via Werewolf Records on April 17, 2026 on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. You can already stream the album tracks ‘Moonfrost Storms’ and ‘The Gates Of My Dimension’ here and here. The complete “Dimension: Daemonium” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro (Thy Daemonium)’, ‘Ablaze Upon The Nocturnal Realms’, ‘Moonfrost Storms’, ‘Dragons Of Nightmare’, ‘The Gates Of My Dimension’, ‘Bleeding Galaxies’, ‘Starlight Chalice’ and ‘Unveil The Enslavement Of Lunar Prophecies’. www.facebook.com/vargravofficial
This spring Russian GS Productions will release a limited edition boxset (100 copies) of Swedish melodic Death Metallers DETHRONEMENT. It will be entitled “1996-2003 – The Banished, Discarded & Forgotten” and include four digipak CDs that feature everything the band ever recorded. CD 1: “Creatures Of Darkness” (Promo ’97) – 9 tracks, CD 2: “Breeding The Demonseed” (Demo 1998) – 7 tracks, CD 3: “Survival Of The Sickest” (full-length 1999) – 9 tracks and CD 4: “World Of Disgust” (Demo 2000) – 8 tracks and “Steel Manufactured Death” (Demo 2002) – 6 tracks. DETHRONEMENT were active from 1996 to 2003 and their demo “Breeding The Demonseed” was voted “Demo Of The Year” in the Swedish Close-Up magazine. Two of the band member are still active these days. Guitarist Johan Jonasson plays in the Heavy Metal band STARBLIND and drummer Andreas Mitroulis is a member of BIRDFLESH and GENERAL SURGERY. You can stream a lot of the DETHRONEMENT songs at https://gsproduction.bandcamp.com. For all additional info please visit http://gsp-music.com
German Crust / Grinders VOR DIE HUNDE have just released a video for ‘Bonzenschussgerät’ at this location. The track is featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “Weltmarktführer Befiehl – Wir Entfolgen!”, which will be released on March 13, 2026 via Defying Danger Records (CD) and Necro Records (vinyl LP). www.facebook.com/4diehunde