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“Flagellum Universalis”, the third album from Greek Black Metallers HERETIC CULT REDEEMER, will be released on April 21, 2023 via III Damnation Productions on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Lunar Reign – Lunar Apogee’, ‘Intoxication Divine’, ‘Ascending Perfection’, ‘Lapsit Exillis’, ‘The Woven Chords Of Ecstasy’, ‘Grave Sophia – Breath Of The Night’, ‘Eye Of The Saturnian Dawn’, ‘Primeval Cognition I’ and ‘Primeval Cognition II’. You can already listen to ‘Intoxication Divine’ over here. More about HERETIC CULT REDEEMER at www.facebook.com/heretic-cult-redeemer-108482089276374
California’s old school blackened Deathgrinders BRED FOR SLAUGHTER will release their debut EP “Here You’re Born… Here You Die” on March 17, 2023 via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on CD and digital formats. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Kill You Dead’, ‘Splattered With Toxic Waste’, ‘Plague On Humanity’, ‘Sacrificed At Dawn’, ‘Gutted And Devoured’ and ‘Backyard Graveyard’. You can already stream the opener at this location. BRED FOR SLAUGHTER features Mike Beams (MORTUOUS / ex – EXHUMED) on vocals. For all further band information check out www.facebook.com/bredforslaughter
Finnish Death Metal five-piece SADISTIC DRIVE will release their third full-length via Memento Mori (CD) in co-operation with Rotted Life (LP, cassette tape and digitally). The band was formed in 2018 and so far have released the demo “Street Cannibal Gluttony” and two albums, “Anthopophagy” and “Perpetual Torture”. For more information and regular updates please visit www.facebook.com/censoreddrive
On May 20, 2023 Norwegian Black Metallers NATTEHIMMEL will release their debut album “Mourningstar” on CD, LP and digitally via Hammerheart Records. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Mourningstar’, ‘Astrologer’, ‘Each Man A Consteallation’, ‘Armies Of Tiamat’, ‘Slay The Shepherd’, ‘Mountain Of The Northern Kings’, ‘Realm Of Hades’, ‘Tales Of The Immortals’ and ‘The Night Sky Beckons’. The band features members of IN THE WOODS… and STRANGE NEW DAWN. For all additional NATTEHIMMEL information please visit the band at www.facebook.com/nattehimmelofficial
Chilean Death Metallers PUTRID YELL will release their debut full-length “Consuming Aberration” on April 14, 2023 via Pulverised Records. It was recorded and mixed by Cristian Leon at Lion’s Roar Studio (RIPPER, HELLISH, DEARTHSVN), mastered by Damien Herring at Subterranean Watchtower Studio (HORRENDOUS, SUFFERING HOUR, BLOOD INCANTATION, ROPE SECT) and features artwork by Putrid Matt (COFFINS, BONES, HOODED MENACE). A first track entitled ‘Indescribable Evil Instinct’ can already be streamed over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Search’, ‘Consuming Aberration’, ‘Desire Of Death’, ‘Re-Animator’, ‘Forgotten Souls’, ‘Charred Corpses’, ‘Indescribable Evil Instinct’, ‘Process Through Death’, ‘Deadly Ashes’ and ‘Wrenching Putrid Yell’. More PUTRID YELL info you will find at www.facebook.com/putridyellchile
Black Tears have released the live album “Live From Collapse” from Catania, Italy based blackened Thrashers SCHIZO on CD. It has been recorded at Traffic Club in Roma, on February 20, 2020 during the “30 Years Of Collapse Show” and was originally released in early 2022 on vinyl format. “Live From Collapse” contains the live version of the whole album “Main Frame Collapse”, which was released by SCHIZO in 1989. https://blacktearslabel.bandcamp.com
Dutch Death Metallers GRACELESS have inked a deal with Listenable Records for the release of their fourth full-length. The band commented on it as follows: “The forthcoming album will add yet another layer to what some reviewers have called “the GRACELESS sound”: guiding the listener through ever darker catacombs of doomed melancholia while proudly striking a blunt Death Metal hammer. We are ready to descend further down. Are you coming with us?” Listenable Records will also reissue the band’s three first albums in all formats. All additional GRACELESS information you will find at www.facebook.com/graceless.osdm
On April 14, 2023 Iron Bonehead Productions will release the debut album of American Black Metallers SEVER, “At Midnight, By Torch Light”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Abyssonaut’, ‘Lunar Sacrifice’, ‘Sunset In The West’, ‘Hammer Of Vengeance’, ‘At Midnight, By Torch Light’ and ‘Eastern Boar’. You can already stream the opener ‘Abyssonaut’ at this location. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
Helsinki, Finland based Black / Dark Metal one man project UNOHDUS has just released their debut “Niin Turhaan Tähdet Valaisivat Meitä” at https://unohdusunohdus.bandcamp.com. It will officially be available on March 08, 2023 on all major digital platforms. In addition, a very limited number of cassettes will also be available for purchase on the band’s Bandcamp page.
On February 22, 2023 Amor Fati Productions will release the second demo from OERHEKS, “Landschapsanachronismen”, on 12″ vinyl format. A full stream is already available at this location. For more OERHEKS check out https://oerheks.bandcamp.com
On July 24, 2023 U.K. / Poland based Death Metallers ETERNAL ROT will release their third full-length via Memento Mori (CD) in co-operation with Godz Ov War Productions (LP, cassette tape and digital). So far these guys have released a promo tape (which was also released as the “Grave Grooves” 7″ EP), two full-length albums (“Cadaverine” and “Putridarium”) and a split with Japanese Doom / Deathers COFFINS. For regular updates make sure to follow ETERNAL ROT at www.facebook.com/eternalrot
Irish Black Metallers VERMINOUS SERPENT have just premiered the track ‘Seraphim Falls’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “The Malign Covenant”, which will be released on March 17, 2023 via Amor Fati Productions. The previously revealed ‘Transcendent Pyre’ can still be streamed over here. The full tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Seraphim Falls’, ‘Transcendent Pyre’, ‘The Malign Covenant’, ‘Chasm Of Nameless Bone’ and ‘Deaths Head Mantra’. More information you will find at www.amor-fati-productions.de or www.facebook.com/amorfatiprod
“Towards Extinction”, the debut album from Peru based Death Metallers SPECTRAL SOULS, is out now on CD and LP via Hammerheart Records. The following tracks are featured on it: ‘No More God For Me’, ‘No Hope Humanity’, ‘Fuck The World’, ‘Ego Man’, ‘Scum Politic’, ‘Towards Extinction’, ‘One Step Away From Extinction’, ‘Crystal Generation’, ‘Major Depressive Disorder’, ‘Misanthropy’ and ‘Behind The Lying Glass’. You can check out the album opener ‘No More God For Me’ at this location. For all additional SPECTRAL SOULS information please visit www.facebook.com/spectralsouls
Chilean Death Metallers SEPULCRUM have just premiered the track ‘Arousing The Putrid Flesh’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Lamentation Of Immolated Souls”, which will be released on March 17, 2023 via Chaos Records (CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape editions in Chile), in co-operation with Canometal Records (CD) and Burning Coffin Records (cassette tape). The previously revealed album track ‘Schizophrenic Amputation’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Lamentation Of Immolated Souls” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Orbital Teratoma’, ‘Schizophrenic Amputation’, ‘Lamentation Of Immolated Souls’, ‘The Decay’, ‘Legion’s Mandate’, ‘Arousing The Putrid Flesh’, ‘Slitting Coagulated Mess’, ‘Caustic Inhalation’, ‘Sick Delusion’ and ‘Traumatized By Insanity’. More SEPULCRUM you will find at https://sepulcrumdm.bandcamp.com
German Death Metallers SOUL GRINDER have just released “Live In Wuppertal”, a thirty minutes live video at this location. It was recorded with several cameras on December 26, 2022 at the Wuppertal Underground. The video production was realized by Steffen Hustert, while Maté Balogh was responsible for the sound and audio production. “Live in Wuppertal” features seven songs from the band’s last three releases. All further SOUL GRINDER info you will find at www.facebook.com/soulgrindermetal
Italian technical Thrash / Death Metallers MISCREANCE will release their new full-length, as well as a re-release of their 2022 album “Convergence”, via Season Of Mist. A full stream of “Convergence” can be found over here. The band commented on the signing as follows: “We couldn’t be happier to officially sign with Season Of Mist, one of the best labels in the game and clearly a big opportunity to let our sound blow a lot of speakers around the world. We’re keen to let our material see the light under the new label, also considering their works with some big bands that clearly influenced us a lot such as CYNIC, ATHEIST and GORGUTS!” You can follow MISCREANCE at www.facebook.com/miscreance
Costa Rica based Death Metallers ASTRIFEROUS have just premiered the track ‘Ominous And Malevolent’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Pulsations From The Black Orb”, which will be released on March 10, 2023 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (vinyl edition) in co-operation with Pulverised Records (CD edition). The previously revealed ‘Teleport Haze’ can still be checked out over here. Here’s the abum’s full tracklist: ‘Intro (The Black Orb)’, ‘Blinding The Seven Eyes Of God’, ‘Teleport Haze’, ‘Metasymbiosis’, ‘Forlorn And Immemorial’, ‘Ominous And Malevolent’, ‘Lunomancy’ and ‘Symmetries That Should Not Be’. For more ASTRIFEROUS please visit https://astriferous.bandcamp.com
On April 14, 2023 Babylon Doom Cult Records will release “Dwaallicht”, the debut full-length from Tilburg, Netherlands based atmospheric Black Metal two-piece WITTE WIEVEN on vinyl LP format. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Ontsponnen Uit De Diepte’, ‘Koorddanser’, ‘Drogbeeld’, ‘Het Mistige Zicht’, ‘Kringen’ and ‘Met Beide Benen In Het Niets (Live)’. You can already listen to ‘Drogbeeld’ over here. More about WITTE WIEVEN at www.facebook.com/wittewievenofficial
Canadian Death Metallers DEAD SOUL ALLIANCE are streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Spiralling To Lunacy” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on February 17, 2023 via Cryptorium9. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/deadsoulalliance
Japanese Death Metallers DEFILED will release their new album “The Highest Level” on April 28, 2023 via Season Of Mist. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Off-Limits’, ‘Stealth’, ‘The Highest Level’, ‘Entrapped’, ‘The Status Quo’, ‘Warmonger’, ‘Demonization’, ‘Inquisition’, ‘Madness Accelerated’, ‘Delusion’, ‘Only The Strongest Survive’, ‘Red World’, ‘The Last Straw’, ‘Requiem’ and ‘The Speech’. A video for the album opener can be viewed over here. “The Highest Level” was recorded at Blackroom Studio Naha in Okinawa, Japan and mixed and mastered at Studio Nest. The cover artwork was created by Wes Benscoter. All additional DEFILED information you will find at www.facebook.com/defiled
Austin, Texas based Black / Death Metal one man project SARPA, featuring David Baxter (drummer of PLUTONIAN SHORE, ex – SKREW, ex – ŠKAN), has premiered their upcoming EP “Mauta Tala” at this location. The material was engineered by Tony Petrocelly and David Baxter and mixed and mastered at Trepan Studios by Tony Petrocelly. The drums were recorded and engineered by Clifton Miles at Stone Creek Sound. “Mauta Tala” will be released on February 17, 2023. For all further SARPA info check out www.facebook.com/sarpahorde
On February 24, 2023 Norwegian Death Metallers BLOOD RED THRONE will release a new single entitled ‘Latrodectus’ via Soulseller Records. It was recorded at Mayhem Music Sound Studio and mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström at The Mixroom. The artwork was created by Jon Tønnesen. The band’s founding member Daniel “Død” Olaisen commented on it as follows: “‘Latrodectus’ marks the 25th anniversary of BLOOD RED THRONE and despite we’re getting older, our music gets f*ckin’ better!” BLOOD RED THRONE will release their eleventh, yet untitled, full-length later this year via Soulseller Records. For more information check out www.facebook.com/bloodredthroneofficial
On April 07, 2023 Argento Records will release a new mini album from Dutch Black Metallers OSSAERT entitled “Offerdier”. You can already stream the opener ‘De Lichtkrans En De Waan’ at this location. The cover artwork was created by Reuben Sawyer and the complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘De Lichtkrans En De Waan’, ‘Ritueel I’, ‘Ritueel II’ and ‘Het Geschenk En Het Bestaan’. For all additional OSSAERT information please visit www.facebook.com/ossaert
Serbian Black Metallers KOLAC will release their third, self-titled full-length later this year via Pest Records. A three track advance promo will be released shortly. In the meantime you can check out the band live over here. For regular updates make sure to follow KOLAC at www.facebook.com/kolachorde
French Death Metallers CATACOMB have just released a lyric video for ‘The Kings Of Edom’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “When The Stars Are Right” which will be released on 12″ LP, CD, cassette tape and digitally on March 23, 2023 via Xtreem Music. More CATACOMB information you will find at www.facebook.com/catacombcult
Rochester, New York based progressive Death Metallers CONTRARIAN have just premiered a second song from their upcoming fifth full-length “Sage Of Shekhinah”. You can check out ‘Zabur Of Satfiyah Al Shamal’ over here. “Sage Of Shekhinah” will be released on March 17, 2023 on CD, vinyl and digital formats via Willowtip Records. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘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’. All further CONTRARIAN info you will find at www.facebook.com/contrarianmetal
On April 14, 2023 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Refracted Lights Of A Blind God”, the debut EP from Kolkata, India based Death Metal trio KAAL NAGINI, on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Nameless Archetype Of Pantheonless Antiquity’, ‘Refracted Lights Of A Blind God’, ‘Lord Of The Two Doors And The Seven Portals’ and ‘Double Tongued Serpent Of Kú’. The cover artwork was created by Qayin Mandala Graphex. You can already stream ‘Refracted Lights Of A Blind God’ over here. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
Austria based melodic Death Metallers DYSTERSOL will release their third full-length “Anaemic” on April 06, 2023 via Black Sunset / MDD Records. It was produced by Milan Steinbach at Pointbreak Recordings and mastered by Nicholas Zampiello / New Alliance East Mastering. All additional DYSTERSOL info you will find at www.facebook.com/dystersol
US Death Grinders THE HUMAN RACE IS FILTH have released a video for ‘Cloaked In Shame’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s upcoming album “Cognitive Dissonance”, which will be self-released on March 10, 2023. The band issued the following comments: “We wrote this album from August to November 2021 and were really going for straight out Death Grind with a touch of D-Beat and Hardcore mixed in. We wanted dirtier guitar and bass tones, more aggressive drums, and more extreme vocals compared to the first three releases and we believe we accomplished those things on this release.” You can follow THE HUMAN RACE IS FILTH at www.facebook.com/thehumanraceisfilth
American Black Metallers LAMP OF MURMUUR have just premiered the track ‘Seal Of The Dominator’ over here. It will be featured on the third LAMP OF MURMUUR album, “Saturnian Bloodstorm”, which will be released on March 26, 2023 via Argento Records (Europe) and Not Kvlt Records (USA). The previously revealed ‘Conqueror Beyond The Frenzied Fog’ can still be checked out at this location. Here’s the album’s full tracklist: ‘Conqueror Beyond The Frenzied Fog’, ‘Hymns Of Death, Rays Of Might’, ‘Seal Of The Dominator’, ‘Descending From The Aurora’, ‘In Communion With The Wintermoon’ and ‘Saturnian Bloodstorm’. More LAMP OF MURMUUR you will find at https://lampofmurmuur.bandcamp.com
Finnish Grinders ROTTEN SOUND will release their new album “Apocalypse” on March 31, 2023 via Season Of Mist. The following tracks will be featured on “Apocalypse”: ‘Pacify’, ‘Equality’, ‘Sharing’, ‘Apocalypse’, ‘Suburban Bliss’, ‘Renewables’, ‘Newsflash’, ‘Digital Bliss’, ‘True And False’, ‘Denialist’, ‘Nothingness’, ‘Fight Back’, ‘Patriots’, ‘Ownership’, ‘Science’, ‘Empowered’, ‘Breach’ and ‘Inflation’. The cover artwork was created by Error Design. You can already watch a video for ‘Nothingness’ over here. More about ROTTEN SOUND at www.facebook.com/rottensoundofficial
At the end of May 2023 Bavaria, Germany based melodic Black Metallers MAAHES and Czech melodic Death Metallers INNERSPHERE will be on a mini tour together in Germany. The bands will play shows in Greifswald, Hamburg, Helmstedt and Frankfurt. A MAAHES video for the track ‘Invincible’ is available at this location, a video for INNERSPHERE’s ‘Omfalos’ you can watch over here. For all additional information make sure to follow them at www.facebook.com/maahesofficial and www.facebook.com/innerspheremetal
“Die Schlacht Part I” and “Die Schlacht Part II”, both albums from German Black Metallers EYSENBREY, are sold out in the meantime, but you will find them on the band’s Bandcamp site now. More about EYSENBREY at www.eysenbrey.de
Tampere, Finland based progressive Death Metallers PROXIMA B have just digitally released their debut full-length “Void Cycles”. A full album stream you will find at this location. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/proximabmetal
Orange County, California based Grinders PHOBIA have just released a new single via Willowtip Records. An official video for ‘Death To Leeches’ is available at this location. Frontman / vocalist Shane The Pain commented on it as follows: “It has been awhile since we have released anything from PHOBIA. The past couple of years have brought new life experiences, and all the trials and tribulations that come along with them. This new single is definitely some kick ass and very sincere grind! Enjoy!” The song was recorded at Trench Studios, engineered by Jon Haddad in Corona, California and mixed by Jason Roberts. All additional PHOBIA information you will find at www.facebook.com/phobiagrindcore
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. The band was founded in 2018 by Jonas Blom (RUNEMAGICK, ex – SACRAMENTUM, TRIDENT, GRIEF OF EMERALD and ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET) and has previously released two EPs (“Death Camp”, 2021 and “The Final Plague”, 2022). A visualizer video for the first single ‘Dissimulation’ is already available at this location. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Disharmony’, ‘World War’, ‘In Serpents Skin’, ‘Dissimulation’, ‘Hysteria’, ‘Oblivion’, ‘Suffocation’, ‘Fall Of Kings’, ‘Vermin’, ‘Atrocity’ and ‘The Death Of The Peace Of Westphalian’. For all further DEATH REICH information please visit www.facebook.com/death-reich-180015309471039
Sacramento, California based Black Metal duo MINENWERFER has just revealed the new track ‘Feuerwalze’ over here. It is the title track of the band’s upcoming fourth album, which will be released on March 10, 2023 via Osmose Productions. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Cemetery Fields’, ‘Feuerwalze’, ‘Eternal Attrition’, ‘Nachtschreck’, ‘Sturmtruppen III (Sommekämpfer)’, ‘Shrapnel Exsanguination’ and ‘Labyrinthine Trench Sectors’. More MINENWERFER info is available at www.facebook.com/minenwerfer
US Black Metallers VREDENSDAL have just revealed a first track from their new full-length “Sonic Devotion To Darkness”. You can listen to ‘The Eye In The Well’ at this location. The album will be released via Soulseller Records on March 31, 2023. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Between Worlds (Intro)’, ‘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. For all further VREDENSDAL info check out www.facebook.com/vredensdal666
Dutch Death Metallers BODYFARM have just released a video for ‘The Wicked Red’ over here. The song is featured on the band’s upcoming fifth album “Ultimate Abomination”, which will be released on February 24, 2023 via Edged Circle Productions. BODYFORM will support DESTROYER 666 on their upcoming European tour in March 2023. For more details and regular updates please visit www.facebook.com/bodyfarmdeathmetal
British Black Metallers OLD FOREST have just premiered a video from their upcoming new album “Sutwyke”. You can watch ‘Faust Recants (Satan Cometh)’ right here. “Sutwyke” will be released on March 31, 2023 via Soulseller Records. It was mixed by Florian Dammasch at Nightside Studios in Germany and the cover artwork is a wood engraving by Robert Paterson. All further OLD FOREST information you will find at www.facebook.com/oldforestofficial
Austrian Black Metallers ASPHAGOR will release their new album “Pyrogenesis” on March 10, 2023 via MDD on CD and double vinyl, as well as in a strictly limited digipak. The latter is part of a limited boxset, which also includes a high-quality pin, cork coaster, autograph card, plectrum and a bottle opener with band logo. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Ex Cathedra’, ‘Nine Moons’, ‘The Mizaru Doctrine’, ‘Matricide’, ‘The Great Erosion’, ‘Scales Of Retribution’, ‘Pyrogenesis’, ‘Summoning’, ‘Pavor Nocturnus’, ‘The Architect’ and ‘Ghost Of Aphelion’. A lyric video for ‘The Great Erosion’ is already available at this location. You can follow ASPHAGOR at www.facebook.com/asphagor
German Death Metallers ATOMWINTER have just premiered a video for ‘Ov Blood And Flesh’ over here. The track is featured on the band’s fourth full-length “Sakrileg”, which is out now via Trollzorn Records on gatefold LP and digi CD, digitally and as a limited boxset. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Ov Blood And Flesh’, ‘The Lungs Ov Hell’, ‘Brutal Scriptures’, ‘Catatonic Pathway’, ‘The Dark Void’, ‘Sakrileg’, ‘Cryptic Death’, ‘Until The Loss Ov God’, ‘Born Into Iron Coffins’ and ‘Sacred Scum’ (vinyl edition bonus track). More ATOMWINTER info you will find at www.facebook.com/atomwinter
Dhaka, Bangladesh based Death Metal trio NEKROHOWL has just released a lyric video for their newest single ‘Sepulchral Entity’ at this location now. The video was created by Sarrower Hossain Seam. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Among The Dead, Among The Living”, which will be released in early 2024. It was recorded at Studio 100miles and reamped, mixed and mastered at Tastemaker Audio in the United States. The cover artwork was created by Anton Babayev. For all additional NEKROHOWL information, please visit the band at www.facebook.com/nekrohowl
Spanish Death / Black Metallers YSKELGROTH will release their upcoming sophomore full-length “Bleeding Of The Hideous” on CD and digital formats on April 04, 2023 via Xtreem Music. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Morbid Earth’, ‘Prone To Gobble Life’, ‘Omnicidal End’, ‘Aeons Empty’, ‘Plagueridder’, ‘Spasmic Extinction’, ‘Primal Expulsion’, ‘Riddance Of The Graves’ and ‘Path To Devourment’. You can already check out ‘Primal Expulsion’ over here. The cover artwork was created by John Quevedo Janssens. More about YSKELGROTH at www.facebook.com/yskelgroth