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Sacramento, California based Black Metal duo MINENWERFER will release their fourth full-length “Feuerwalze” on March 10, 2023 via Osmose Productions. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Cemetery Fields’, ‘Feuerwalze’, ‘Eternal Attrition’, ‘Nachtschreck’, ‘Sturmtruppen III (Sommekämpfer)’, ‘Shrapnel Exsanguination’ and ‘Labyrinthine Trench Sectors’. A full album stream is available over here. All additional MINENWERFER information you will find at www.facebook.com/minenwerfer
Los Angeles based Death Metallers KOMMAND have just released a second song from their upcoming new full-length “Death Age”. You can check out ‘Global Death’ over here. The album will be released on March 31, 2023 via 20 Buck Spin on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digitally. It was recorded by Mike Kriebel and mixed / mastered by Arthur Rizk. The artwork was created by Bharatadanu. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Final Virus’, ‘Chimera Soldiers’, ‘Global Death’, ‘Polar Holdout’, ‘Fleeing Western Territories’ and ‘Collapse Metropolis’. The previously revealed ‘Chimera Soldiers’ is still available at https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com
On April 13, 2023 Signal Rex, in co-operation with Bestial Burst, will release “Ophidian Glare”, the sophomore full-length from Finnish Black Metal three piece MOON ORACLE, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Numinous Gate Opens’, ‘A Vision In The Mansion’, ‘Nethereal Axe’, ‘Serpent’s Word’, ‘Widdersyns – Against The Current’ and ‘Abysmal Crimson Desert’. The album opener, ‘The Numinous Gate Opens’ and ‘Nethereal Axe’ can already be streamed at this location. For more MOON ORACLE info please visit www.facebook.com/moonoraclefinland
Czech Death / Black Metallers KOSTNATĚNÍ will release their second album “Úpal” on CD, gatefold vinyl and digital formats on May 26, 2023 via Willowtip Records. It was recorded from October 2020 to October 2021. The vocals were recorded in late 2021 to early 2022 and the drums were mixed and recorded in the fall of 2022 at The Weeb Dungeon by Andrew Lee. The album was mastered by Jacob Buczarski. A first song, ‘Nevolnost Je Vše, Čím Jsem (Nausea Is All I Am)’, can already be checked out at this location. The complete “Úpal” tracklist reads as follows (titles in Czech and English): ‘Řemen (The Belt)’, ‘Hořím Navždy (I Burn Forever)’, ‘Rukojmí Empatie (Hostage Of Empathy)’, ‘Opál (Opal)’, ‘Skrýt Se Před Bohem (Hide From God)’, ‘Nevolnost Je Vše, Čím Jsem (Nausea Is All I Am)’ and ‘Slunce Svázáno S Krvácející Zemí (Sun Bound To The Bleeding Earth)’. For more KOSTNATĚNÍ please visit https://kostnateni.bandcamp.com or https://instagram.com/kostnateniband
French Black Metallers DIABLATION have just revealed a new track entitled ‘Vox Diaboli’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming second album “Par Le Feu”, which will be released on March 31, 2023 via Osmose Productions on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Inferi Ostium’, ‘Vox Diaboli’, ‘L’Unique Merveille’, ‘Au Bord Du Gouffre’, ‘Crépuscule Doré’, ‘Testament De L’Humanité and ‘Mort, Marche Avec Moi’. All additional DIABLATION info you will find at www.facebook.com/diablation
Swedish Death Metallers DEATH REICH will release their debut full-length “Disharmony” on March 17, 2023 via Non Serviam Records on CD, LP and digitally. You can already listen to the first single ‘World War’ at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Disharmony’, ‘World War’, ‘In Serpents Skin’, ‘Dissimulation’, ‘Hysteria’, ‘Oblivion’, ‘Suffocation’, ‘Fall Of Kings’, ‘Vermin’, ‘Atrocity’ and ‘The Death Of The Peace Of Westphalian’. DEATH REICH was founded by Jonas Blom (RUNEMAGICK, ex – SACRAMENTUM, TRIDENT, GRIEF OF EMERALD and ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET) in 2018. More about DEATH REICH at www.facebook.com/death-reich-180015309471039
Rome, Italy based brutal Death Metallers DEVANGELIC have just released a video for ‘Udug-Hul Incantation’ over here. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming fourth full-length “Xul”, which will be released on April 07, 2023 on CD, vinyl and digital formats via Willowtip Records. It was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered at 16th Cellar Studios in Rome, Italy. The following tracks will be featured on “Xul”: ‘Scribes Of Xul’, ‘Which Shall Be The Darkness Of The Heretic’, ‘Udug-Hul Incantation’, ‘Famine Of Nineveh’, ‘Sirius, Draconis, Capricornus’, ‘Worship Of The Black Flames’, ‘Ignominious Flesh Degradation’, ‘Hymn Of Savage Cannibalism’, ‘Shadows Of The Iniquitous’ and ‘Sa Belet Ersetim Ki’Am Parsusa’. For all further DEVANGELIC information check out www.facebook.com/devangelic.official
Rochester, New York based progressive, technical Death Metallers CONTRARIAN have just released a drum playthough video for ‘In Gehenna’, which is one of the two singles from their upcoming fifth album “Sage Of Shekhinah”, at this location. The album will be out on March 17, 2023 on CD, vinyl and digital formats via Willowtip Records. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Sage Of Shekhinah’, ‘In Gehenna’, ‘Ibn Al Rawandi’, ‘The Guide For The Perplexed’, ‘Zabur Of Satfiyah Al Shamal’, ‘Apollonius Of Tyana’ and ‘A Madman From Island Patmos’. You can follow CONTRARIAN at www.facebook.com/contrarianmetal
Greek Black Metallers DEVISER have just released a lyric video for ‘Serpent God’ over here. The song is featured on the band’s latest album “Evil Summons Evil”, which was released via Hammerheart Records last month. It was produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Psychon of SEPTICFLESH at Soundabuseproductions in Athens. All further DEVISER info is available at www.facebook.com/deviserbandofficial
US Black Metallers VREDENSDAL have just released a second single from their upcoming new album “Sonic Devotion To Darkness”. You can check out ‘Nightgrasp’ at this location. The album will be released via Soulseller Records on March 31, 2023. It features the following tracks: ‘Between Worlds’, ‘The Chaos Rite’, ‘The Eye In The Well’, ‘Nightgrasp’, ‘Sonic Devotion To Darkness’, ‘Cyclical Despondancy’, ‘Svøpt I Blod’, ‘My Right To The Throne’ and ‘Eyes Glowing Black’. The cover artwork was created by Marek Soszynski. More about VREDENSDAL at www.facebook.com/vredensdal666
Polish Black Metal project ZØRORMR will release their new full-length “The Monolith” on March 24, 2023 on CD and digitally through Via Nocturna. It was produced by Arkadiusz “Aro” Jabłoński at Monroe Sound Studio (MASACHIST, VESANIA). The guitars, bass and vocals were recorded by Moloch at Red Dragon Studio in Opole and the drums were recorded by Łukasz “Icanraz” Sarnacki at Dobra 12 Studio in Bialystok. Przemysław “Quazarre” Olbryt from DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS played guitar on the album. The cover artwork was created by Paweł Kuranda. The following tracks will be featured on “The Monolith”: ‘The Monolith’, ‘Downward Spiral’, ‘Hollow’, ‘I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream’, ‘The Pentagram’, ‘Return To Nothingness’, ‘Per Aspera, Ad Astra’ and ‘Enter The Void’. You can already listen to ‘The Pentagram’ over here. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/zorormrofficial
French Death Metallers ATHANATHEOS will release their third full-length “Cross. Deny. Glorify.” on April 14, 2023 via Lavadome Productions. It was produced, recorded, mixed and mastered from July 2019 to December 2022 at the Atheistic Dungeon by Samuel Girard. The cover artwork is a painting by Giulio Romano (1524, “The Battle Of The Milvian Bridge”). The following tracks will be featured on the album: ‘The Cross’, ‘You Were Not’, ‘Credo Quia Absurdum’, ‘They Are Spreading the Pestilence’, ‘To Deny’, ‘The Silent Oblivion’, ‘Witness’, ‘Rise of Terror, Rise Of Intolerance’ and ‘To Glorify’. You can already check out ‘The Silent Oblivion’ at this location. For all additional ATHANATHEOS information check out www.facebook.com/athanatheos.atheistic
British Black Metallers OLD FOREST have just revealed a second song from their upcoming new full-length “Sutwyke”. You can stream ‘Zodiac Of War’ at this location. A video for ‘Faust Recants (Satan Cometh)’ is furthermore available over here. The full tracklist of “Sutwyke” reads as follows: ‘Faust Recants (Satan Cometh)’, ‘Black Hearts Of Sutwyke’, ‘Zodiac Of War’, ‘Winter Years Begin’, ‘Master Of Arachnids’, ‘Witch Of Prague Pt. 1’, ‘Witch Of Prague Pt. 2’ and ‘Effigies To The Flames’. The album was mixed by Florian Dammasch at Nightside Studios in Germany and the cover artwork is a wood engraving by Robert Paterson. “Sutwyke” will be released on March 31, 2023 via Soulseller Records. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/oldforestofficial
German Speed / Thrash Metallers INTÖXICATED will release their new album “Sadistic Nightmares” on May 05, 2023 via MDD Records. It was recorded and produced by Jörg Uken at Soundlodge Recording and the cover artwork was created by Dark Dungeons Atelier. For all further information please visit the band at www.facebook.com/intoexicated
German blackened Speed Metal Punks LUCIFUGE have just premiered the track ‘Before The Altar Of Famine And Desire’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming fifth full-length “Monoliths Of Wrath”, which will be released on April 28, 2023 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed ‘From Cosmos To Chaos’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Monoliths Of Wrath” tracklist reads like this: ‘From Cosmos To Chaos’, ‘The Cult Of Infinity’, ‘Before The Altar Of Famine And Desire’, ‘Visions Of Death’, ‘Enemies Of The Sun’, ‘Dissolving Into God’, ‘The Art Of Putrescence’, ‘Resources Of Self Destruction’, ‘Physiognomy Of Failure’, ‘The Path To Perdition’ and ‘Delirium And Debauchery’ (CD bonus track). More about LUCIFUGE at www.facebook.com/lucifugeblackmetal
Finnish melancholic melodic Death Metallers ENDLESS CHAIN are currently working on their second full-length, which is scheduled for a late 2023 release. A lyric video for the first single ‘Until No One Comes’ can already be watched over here. For regular updates please follow the band at www.facebook.com/endlesschainband
Finnish Dark Metallers KUOLEMAN GALLERIA will release their fourth full-length “Pedon Synty” on March 24, 2023 via Inverse Records. A lyric video for the third and final single ‘Sieluvaras’ is available at this location now. All additional KUOLEMAN GALLERIA information you will find at www.facebook.com/kuolemangalleria
Greek melodic Doom / Deathers OCEAN OF GRIEF will release their sophomore full-length “Pale Existence” on March 03, 2023 via Personal Records. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Poetry For The Dead’, ‘Dale Of Haunted Shades’, ‘Unspoken Actions’, ‘Imprisoned Between Worlds’, ‘Cryptic Constellations’, ‘Pale Wisdom’ and ‘Undeserving’. A full album stream you will find over here. For all additional OCEAN OF GRIEF information please visit www.facebook.com/oceanofgriefgr
On March 31, 2023 Cosmic Key Creations will release a compilation CD from Birmingham, UK based Death Metallers MEMORIAM, entitled “War Rages On – Artefacts”. It will feature all the band’s demos, B-sides and rarities including some previously unreleased stuff. Almost all of tracks were never released on CD before and some versions have never seen the light of day at all until now. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘War Rages On’ (from “The Hellfire Demos” – demo / 7″ EP, 2016), ‘Resistance’ (from “The Hellfire Demos” – demo / 7″ EP, 2016), ‘Drone Strike’ (from “The Hellfire Demos II” – 7″ EP, 2017), ‘Surrounded (By Death)’ (from “The Hellfire Demos II” – 7″ EP, 2017), ‘The Captive’ (SACRILEGE cover, from “The Hellfire Demos III – 7” EP, 2017), ‘Contempt Grows’ (demo version, Japanese bonus track from the “To The End” album 2021), ‘War Rages On’ (original demo version, instrumental 2016), ‘Drone Strike’ (original demo version, instrumental 2016), ‘Drone Strike V2’ (slow version 2017), ‘Prisoners Of War’ (live studio jam 2017) and ‘Contempt Grows’ (Demo 2020). The CD will be limited to 1000 copies and comes in a super jewel case with a 20 pages booklet, that features lyrics and pictures. For pre-order information please visit this location. For regular updates make sure to follow MEMORIAM at www.facebook.com/memoriam2016
Italy’s Speed Metal three-piece HELLCRASH has just premiered the track ‘Serpent Skullfuck’ over here. It will be part of the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Demonic Assassination”, which will be released on March 24, 2023 via Dying Victims Productions. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Intro’, ‘Volcanic Outburst’, ‘Okkvlthammer’, ‘Satan’s Crypt’, ‘Usurper Of Hell’, ‘Abyss Of Lucifer’, ‘Serpent Skullfuck’, ‘Finit Hic Deo’, ‘Graveripper’, ‘Demonic Assassinatiön’ and ‘Outro’. The two previously revealed album tracks ‘Graveripper’ and ‘Okkvlthammer’ can still be streamed here, respectively here. All additional HELLCRASH info is available at www.facebook.com/hellcrashmetal
Spanish Death / Black Metallers YSKELGROTH have just released a lyric video for ‘Prone To Gobble Life’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s second album “Bleeding Of The Hideous”, which will be released on April 04, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The cover artwork was created by John Quevedo Janssens. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Morbid Earth’, ‘Prone To Gobble Life’, ‘Omnicidal End’, ‘Aeons Empty’, ‘Plagueridder’, ‘Spasmic Extinction’, ‘Primal Expulsion’, ‘Riddance Of The Graves’ and ‘Path To Devourment’. The previously revealed ‘Primal Expulsion’ can still be streamed over here. For all further YSKELGROTH info please visit www.facebook.com/yskelgroth
On March 31, 2023 Hells Headbangers will release the self-titled debut EP from old school Hardcore Punks BLOODY APOSTLES on 7″ vinyl format. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Essentially Expendable’, ‘Bye Bye Kathy’, ‘Major Threat’, ‘Cop Klan’, ‘Scorpion’ and ‘I Will Not Cooperate’. BLOODY APOSTLES features Paul Ledney (PROFANATICA / HAVOHEJ), Malcolm Tent (ANTISEEN / THEY HATE US), PP Duvay (MURDER JUNKIES) and bass player Brian Zickafoose. The track ‘Cop Klan’ can already be streamed at this location. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers
Italian Death Metallers CROWNSHARD will release a new EP entitled “Awareness” on April 14, 2023. It was produced by Cesare Fioriti and CROWNSHARD and mixed and mastered by Cesare Fioriti at CeceRock Studio. The artwork was created by Cesare Fioriti. For more information check out www.facebook.com/crownshard
Bergen, Norway based blackened Speed Metal duo PHANTOM FIRE will release their sophomore full-length “Eminente Lucifer Libertad” on March 03, 2023 via Edged Circle Productions. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Bloodshed’, ‘Eminente’, ‘Derive From Ash’, ‘Ritual’, ‘Satanic Messenger’, ‘Lucifer’, ‘De Taptes Dans’, ‘Black Night’, ‘Mara’, ‘Libertad’ and ‘Pentagram’. The album was produced, mixed and mastered at Solslottet Studio by ENSLAVED’s Iver Sandøy, who also played session drums on the recordings and the cover artwork was contributed by NIFELHEIM’s Hellbutcher. A full album stream is already available at this location. Videos for ‘Pentagram’, ‘Mara’ and ‘De Taptes Dans’ can be watched here, here and here. More about PHANTOM FIRE at www.facebook.com/phantomfireofficial
Bangkok, Thailand based Grindcore trio SMALLPOX AROMA has just premiered a lyric video for ‘Gory Sight, Shining Bright’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s upcoming full-length “Festering Embryos Of Logical Corruption”, which will be released on March 31, 2023 via Inhuman Assault Productions on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP edition will follow later this summer. The previously revealed album track ‘Eleven Corpses Disentombed’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Festering Embryos Of Logical Corruption” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Harvesting The Aliens’ Nest’, ‘Into The Realm Of Nothingness’, ‘Oh My Sweet Gruesome Scarecrow’, ‘Quest For The Missing Head’, ‘Eternal Burrow’, ‘Inherited Ritual Of Savagery’, ‘Gory Sight, Shining Bright’, ‘Swallow The Defiled’, ‘Unfolding The Secret Alter Egos In You’, ‘Eleven Corpses Disentombed’, ‘Metamorphic Passage Of Time’, ‘Inescapable Viceral Erosion’ and ‘Country Of The Ghouls’. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/smallpoxaroma
A full album stream of “Cognitive Dissonance”, the new full-length from Pennsylvania based Death Grinders THE HUMAN RACE IS FILTH, is available over here now. The album will be released on March 10, 2023. It was recorded at The Kaleidoscope in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in November / December 2022, engineered and mixed by Ben Roth and mastered by Joel Grind from TOXIC HOLOCAUST. More about THE HUMAN RACE IS FILTH at www.facebook.com/thehumanraceisfilth
“Malum Supplicium”, the third full-length from Portuguese symphonic Black Metallers CAEDEOUS, will be released as a double CD on April 21, 2023 via Black Sunset / MDD. It was mixed and mastered at Gray Matter Audio Studios in Soham, England by Rich Gray (ANNIHILATOR), who also worked as the session bass player on the recordings. The second CD features a purely orchestral version of the album material. For all further CAEDEOUS information please visit www.facebook.com/caedeous
On March 10, 2023 Hells Headbangers will release a new EP from Ohio’s Black Metallers GENOCIDAL RITES, “Exsanguination Of The Gods”, on cassette tape format. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Of Genesis, Of Genocide’, ‘Abrahamic Annihilation In Complete Totality’ and ‘Blackened Grasp Of Humanity’s End’. You can already stream the EP opener over here. More GENOCIDAL RITES at https://genocidalrites.bandcamp.com
On April 28, 2023 Chaos Records will release the debut full-length from Swedish Thrash duo SENTINEL SIRENS, “Orbithon Wave”, on CD format. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Acrimony Of Gods’, ‘The Dome Cyclotron’, ‘Orbithon Wave’, ‘Of Deepest Below’, ‘Fury Of Atlantis’, ‘Thalus Masterplan’, ‘Monstrum Pandemum’, ‘Chaos Unbound’, ‘The Drowning Of The Oceans’ and ‘Planet Lament’. You can already check out ‘Monstrum Pandelum’ at this location. The cover artwork of the album was supplied by Emerging Death. For more SENTINEL SIRENS info please visit www.facebook.com/sentinelsirens
Finnish Death Metallers OF SPITE have just released a video for ‘Senufo’, the second single from their upcoming sophomore full-length “Riddle Redemption”, over here. The album will be released on March 31, 2023 via Inverse Records. All additional OF SPITE info is available at www.facebook.com/ofspite
On March 31, 2023 Werewolf Records will release “Wolves Of The Northern Moon”, the sophomore full-length of Finland’s Black Metallers GRIEVE, on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Wolves Of The Wintermoon’, ‘Ancient Enemy Of Life’, ‘Twilight Woods’, ‘Damnation Nocturne’, ‘Glacier’, ‘Deep In The Ice-Cold Mountains’, ‘Eternal Winter, Eternal War’ and ‘The Dark Storm Of Death’. You can already stream ‘Deep In The Ice-Cold Mountains’ over here. For more GRIEVE information please visit www.facebook.com/thetruegrieve
“Threads Of Unknowing”, the new album from Ramona, California based technical blackened Death Metallers VOIDCEREMONY, will be released on April 14, 2023 via 20 Buck Spin. A first track, ‘Writhing In The Facade Of Time’, can already be checked out at this location. It was mixed, mastered and reamped in Milan, Italy by Gabriele Gramaglia and the cover artwork was created by Juanjo Castellano. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Threads Of Unknowing (The Paradigm Of Linearity)’, ‘Writhing In The Facade Of Time’, ‘Abyssic Knowledge Bequeathed’, ‘Entropic Reflections Continuum’, ‘At The Periphery Of Human Realms (The Immaterial Grave)’ and ‘Forlorn Portrait: Ruins Of An Ageless Slumber’. All further VOIDCEREMONY info you will find at www.facebook.com/voidceremony
On April 24, 2023 Memento Mori will release the fifth full-length from Italian Death Metallers VALGRIND, “Millennium Of Night Bliss”. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Teshub’, ‘Banished By Celestial Harmonies’, ‘Millennium Of Night Bliss’, ‘Tenebra Corona Mundi’, ‘Dark Winds Of Avalon’, ‘Lament Of The Black Penitents (Glory Is The Sun Of The Dead)’, ‘Oracle Of Death’, ‘Fear From Beyond’ and ‘The Path To The Temple Of Black Ash’. You can already check out the album opener ‘Teshub’ over here. More about VALGRIND at www.facebook.com/valgrind.deathmetalband.since1996
Swedish blackened Thrashers LAST LEGION have just released their debut full-length “Metall, Blod & Aska” via Grind To Death Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Christian Larsson and Tomas Jeppsson and the cover artwork was supplied by Olle Olsson. The band issued the following comments about it: “After four demo / EP releases, we finally present the debut full-length album, “Metall, Blod & Aska”, which translates to “Metal, Blood And Ashes”. It is a Death / Thrash album with some blackened elements. Lyrics mainly focus on war and death with a touch of anti-religion. It contains a mix of fierce and fast riffs combined with heavy, slower parts.” A full album stream is available at this location. For all additional LAST LEGION information please visit www.facebook.com/lastlegionmusic
Vampyric Metal Punks SPITER have just released a video for ‘Foreshadow’ at this location. The track is taken from the band’s debut full-length “Bathe The Babe In Bats’ Blood”, which was released via Hells Headbangers last year. SPITER features members of labelmates SHITFUCKER and DEVIL MASTER. More SPITER you will find at https://spiter.bandcamp.com
German Thrashers NECRONOMICON will release their twelfth full-length album “Constant To Death”on April 28, 2023 via El Puerto Records. It was recorded and produced at the band’s own headquarters and mixed and mastered by Achim Köhler. Frontman Freddy describes “Constant To Death” as his most modern and at the same time most personal album: “There’s everything in these 12 songs, from typical NECRONOMICON sounds to catchy Power Metal to my musical origins of Punk.” A video for the title track can already be watched at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Constant To Death’, ‘They Lie’, ‘Redemption’, ‘Stored In Blood’, ‘The Guilty Shepherd’, ‘A Voice For The Voiceless’, ‘Black Rain’, ‘Children Cry Alone’, ‘Bloodrush’, ‘Down From Above’, ‘The Blood Runs Red’, ‘Poverty Show’ and ‘Outro’. You can follow NECRONOMICON at www.facebook.com/necronomiconofficial
Swedish Death Metallers OMNICIDAL will release their debut full-length “The Omnicidalist” via Non Serviam Records on April 07, 2023 on digipak CD, vinyl LP and digitally. The album was recorded live at Soundport studio, while the vocals and solos were recorded by the band at Jordaniusounds studio in Borås. Mikael MRG Andersson took care of the mixing and mastering at Soundport studio. The following tracks will be featured on “The Omnicidalist”: ‘By Knife’, ‘WWD’, ‘The Passenger’, ‘Cemetary Scream’, ‘Infernum’, ‘The Neverborn’, ‘The Reaping’, ‘Narcissistic Abuse’, ‘Ten Shots’ and ‘Slow Decay’. A visualizer video for the first single ‘By Knife’ can already be checked out over here. For all additional OMNICIDAL information please visit www.facebook.com/omnicidalofficial
German Pagan Metallers FIMBULVET will release their new album “Portale” on April 28, 2023 in co-operation with Trollzorn Records and Einheit Produktionen. It will be available as a noble artbook CD edition, limited to 500 copies with a 36-page booklet. “Portale” was produced by Markus Stock (EMPYRIUM, THE VISION BLEAK, SUN OF THE SLEEPLESS) at Klangschmiede Studio E. A lyric video for the song ‘Feuertod’ is already available at this location. The album’s complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Schwelle Zur Inbrunst’, ‘Portale’, ‘Neiding’, ‘Feuertod’, ‘Krieg Der Ratten’, ‘Drachentor’, ‘Wie Ein Blatt Im Wind’, ‘Der Finst‘Re Poet’, ‘Traumfänger’ and ‘Patron Des Lebens’. All additional FIMBULVET info you will find at www.facebook.com/fimbulvetofficial
On April 24, 2023 Memento Mori, in co-operation with Rotted Life, will release “Beliefs Of Dead Stargazers And Soothsayers”, the debut full-length from Brisbane, Australia based Death Metallers PUSTILENCE, on CD and cassette tape / digital formats, respectively. Rotted Life will also release the vinyl version later in the year. You can already check out the album track ‘Outwith The Plains Of Ultimatum’ over here. For more band information check out www.facebook.com/pustilenceaus
On March 31, 2023 Invictus Productions, in co-operation with The Ajna Offensive, will release “Prophecies Ablaze”, the fifth album of Sweden’s UNPURE. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Megalithic Gateways’, ‘Northern Sea Madness’, ‘Small Crooked Bones’, ‘The Witch Of Upsala’, ‘Beyond The Nightmares’, ‘His Wrath And The Red Soil’, ‘Prophecies Ablaze’ and ‘Endtime Dictator’. You can already check out ‘Northern Sea Madness’ at this location. More about UNPURE at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063239587640
A full stream of “Horde Of Disgust”, the fifth full-length from Italian blackened Thrashers SATANIKA, can be found over here now. The album will be released via Osmose Productions today. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/satanikattack
Vancouver, Canada based Death Metal duo CROWN OF MADNESS has just released their sophomore EP “Elemental Binding”. It features the following four tracks: ‘Immortal Eyes’, ‘A Wrenching Nostalgia’, ‘Roots, Limbs And Sky’ and ‘Vile Sun’. The EP is available through the band’s Bandcamp site. All additional CROWN OF MADNESS information you will find at www.facebook.com/crownofmadnessmetal
On June 30, 2023 Agonia Records will release newly remastered versions of the PESTILENCE albums “Malleus Maleficarum” (1988), “Consuming Impulse” (1989), “Testimony Of The Ancients” (1991) and “Spheres” (1993). They will be available on jewel case CD, cassette tape, black vinyl LP, limited vinyl LP (11 different patterns) and digitally. For regular updates please follow PESTILENCE at www.facebook.com/pestilenceofficial
Dutch Death Metallers BODYFARM are streaming their upcoming fifth album “Ultimate Abomination” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on February 24, 2023 via Edged Circle Productions. In support of the album, BODYFARM will be touring in Europe with DESTROYER 666 next month. For more info and regular updates check out www.facebook.com/bodyfarmdeathmetal
Reanimated Swedish Death Metallers NECROVATION will release their comeback EP “Storm The Void / Starving Grave” on February 24, 2023 via Blood Harvest Records. It will be available on 7″ vinyl and cassette tape formats. A full stream is already available over here. For all additional NECROVATION information please visit www.facebook.com/necrovationdeathmetal
“Stigmata Mali”, the seventh album from Dutch Black Metallers FUNERAL WINDS, is streaming in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on February 24, 2023 via Osmose Productions. More about FUNERAL WINDS at www.facebook.com/funeralwindsbm
‘Vile Evil Rotted Over’, the first new track in eight years from Spanish Death Metallers AVULSED, will be released on February 28, 2023, just to commemorate the first year since Verónica Váquez, the wife of vocalist Dave Rotten, passed away after two years of fighting cancer. The lyrics, as well as the detail on the cover, are a tribute to her. In the meantime AVULSED have almost completed eight new tracks for their next album, but ‘Vile Evil Rotted Over’ will possibly not be included. According to the band it was just recorded to let everyone know that AVULSED is back. In related news, the personal account of AVULSED’s bass player, who also handled the band’s official Facebook page, was hacked and therefore will never be updated again. So, if you want to follow AVULSED, please do that at www.facebook.com/avulsed91 from now on.
Detroit, Michigan based melodic Power Thrashers AMONG THESE ASHES will release their new single ‘The Enemy In I’ on April 21, 2023 together with the SAVATAGE cover ‘Sirens’. The band commented on it as follows: “A year after releasing our debut album, “Dominion Enthroned”, we return with our newest track, ‘The Enemy In I’. This track lyrically chronicles the woes of self-destruction. We worship at the altar of those who paved this musical path for us, and in that spirit, we’ve included a cover of a SAVATAGE classic, ‘Sirens’, as a B-side track to this release. Both tracks display our signature attributes with pummeling aggression contrasted by thematic melodies and harmony. We cannot wait to bring these cacophonous offerings to the ravenous Metal hordes.” AMONG THESE ASHES have just released a lyric video for a reworked version of ‘A Veil Of Black’ (a track from “Dominion Enthroned”) at this location. It features Brooke Rousseau of LADY LUNA AND THE DEVIL on vocals with AMONG THESE ASHES lead vocalist, JP Abboud. The video was created by Ross Morgan. The song will be included as a bonus track on the CD reissue of “Dominion Enthroned”, which will be out on February 28, 2023 via Alone Records. A full album stream is available over here. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/amongtheseashesmetal
Spanish Thrashers HOLYCIDE have just released video # 9 (out of a series of 10 videos) from their sophomore full-length “Fist To Face”. You can watch a lyric video for ‘Innocent Hate’ at this location now. All additional HOLYCIDE info is available at www.facebook.com/holycide