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Polish Black Metallers TERRESTRIAL HOSPICE will release their second album “Caviary To The General” on February 10, 2023 via Ancient Dead Productions on CD and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Rat In A Burning Cage’, ‘In The Streams Of Phlegethon’, ‘December Night’, ‘Extinction Delight’, ‘Verminous Spawn’, ‘The Last Dance’, ‘Memoir’, ‘Path To Mahasamadhi’ and ‘Ars Moriendi’. The cover artwork was created by Mentalporn. A full album stream you will find over here. More band information is available at www.facebook.com/terrestrialhospiceofficial
“Benighted Desecration”, the debut full-length from Netherlands based old school Doom / Death Metal one man project CADAVER SHRINE, is streaming in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Chaos Records on February 10, 2023. More at https://gnawtheirtongues.bandcamp.com
Polish psychedelic experimental Black Metallers ENTROPIA have just revealed a second single from their upcoming fourth full-length “Total”. You can check out ‘Final’ over here. The album will be released on March 17, 2023 via Agonia Records. It was recorded in April of 2022 at Studio Monochrom in the mountains of Kotlina Kłodzka in Poland and engineered, mixed and mastered at Heinrich House Studio. The artwork was created by Zbigniew Bielak (BEHEMOTH, GHOST, MGŁA). All further ENTROPIA information you will find at www.facebook.com/mourningentropia
On April 28, 2023 Dying Victims Productions will release the fifth album of Germany’s blackened Thrashers LUCIFUGE, “Monoliths Of Wrath”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘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 only bonus track). The track ‘From Cosmos To Chaos’ can already be streamed over here. More LUCIFUGE info you will find at www.facebook.com/lucifugeblackmetal
Finnish Dark Metallers KUOLEMAN GALLERIA will release their fourth full-length “Pedon Synty” on March 24, 2023 via Inverse Records. A video for the track ‘Häpeäpaalu’ can be watched over here. For more KUOLEMAN GALLERIA info please visit www.facebook.com/kuolemangalleria
On March 31, 2023 Osmose Productions will release “Par Le Feu”, the sophomore album from French Black Metallers DIABLATION, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘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
German Black / Deathers THRON have just revealed a second track from their upcoming fourth full-length “Dust”. You can stream ‘Return …’ at this location. The band commented on it as follows: “It was partially filmed in an old abandoned sanatorium hidden in the French Vosges Mountains. A mysterious and eerie place that was perfect for the realization of the video. ‘Return…’ is a powerful example of the elements we’ve incorporated into our new album, and also shows the influence of our two new members Ravendust and J.” The album “Dust” will be released on March 31, 2023 via Listenable Records. You can follow THRON at www.facebook.com/thronkvlt
On March 31, 2023 Osmose Productions will release “Seven Acts To Apocalypse”, the sophomore full-length of Brazil’s THE EVIL, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The album features guitarist Iossif, probably better known as Wagner Antichrist, formerly of SARCÓFAGO and SEPULTURA. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Envy’, ‘Pride’, ‘Greed’, ‘Sloth’, ‘Lust’, ‘Voracity’ and ‘Wrath’. For more info and regular updates please follow THE EVIL at www.facebook.com/evildoom
Spanish Doom / Death Metallers SÖNAMBULA have just released a video for ‘Oasis Lisérgico’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s third album “Estasis Interrumpida”, which will be released on March 09, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Última Superviviente’, ‘Respirando Muerte’, ‘Caos Y Gloria’, ‘Oasis Lisérgico’, ‘Agua De Ruina’, ‘Cruz De La Desesperanza’, ‘Cuarentena’, ‘Fury 161’, ‘Pausa Solemne’, ‘Desolación’ and ‘Estasis Interrumpida’. For all additional SÖNAMBULA info please visit www.facebook.com/sonambulaofficial
On March 03, 2023 Horror Pain Gore Death Productions will release a live album from Houston Texas based Death / Thrashers KRULLUR entitled “Dead Live” on CD and digitally. It will include eight tracks, including covers of NAPALM DEATH’s ‘Musclehead’ and LIP CREAM’s ‘Kill Ugly Pop’. You can already check out the track ‘Blown To Oblivion’ over here. All further info you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064156926367
A full stream of “Пробуждение” (eng. “Awakening”), the debut full-length from Russian Black Metal duo DRAKON, is available at this location now. It was released on CD in late October 2022 via Soundage Productions. The album was mixed and mastered by Tore Stjerna (…AND OCEANS, WATAIN, TRIBULATION, FUNERAL MIST, MAYHEM) and the cover artwork was created by Alexander Tartsus (BALFOR, KZOHH, SINISTER). More DRAKON at https://drakonblackmetal.bandcamp.com
“Islands In Cosmic Darkness”, the debut full-length from Italian Black Metallers THYSIA, will be released via Chaos Records on April 07, 2023 on CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Nexus Of Cataclysmic Forces’, ‘Scorched Bronze Earth’, ‘Phrenes’, ‘Psallo’, ‘Communicating Halls Of The Netherworld’, ‘Moira Krataià’, ‘Spiritual Desert’ and ‘Islands In Cosmic Darkness’. You can already check out ‘Psallo’ at this location. More about THYSIA at www.facebook.com/thysia666
Stockholm, Sweden based old school Thrashers ETERNAL EVIL will release the follow-up to their debut full-length “The Warriors Awakening… Brings The Unholy Slaughter” (Redefining Darkness Records, 2021) via Listenable Records. The band just issued the following comments: “ETERNAL EVIL has risen up from the departures with the new members Adam Schmidt on drums and Niklas Saari on bass. During Autumn of this year the band will be heading to Studio Humbucker to work with Robert Pehrsson once again to make the second album of ETERNAL EVIL. Fast, atmospheric and pounding riffs will please the listeners ears with tracks like ‘The Gates Beyond Mortality’ and ‘Guerilla Warfare’ with lyrical themes such as occultism to violent warfare. With this installation of ETERNAL EVIL, influences from ANNIHILATOR, DARK ANGEL and DISSECTION will be memorable.” You can watch a video for the track ‘Eternal Evil’ over here. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/eternalevil666
On March 03, 2023 German Death Metallers DISMINDED will release their new album “The Vision” via MDD. It was produced by Harris Johns and will feature the following tracks: ‘A Melting Of Worlds’, ‘Nightmare’, ‘Unleash Hate’, ‘Judgement Day’, ‘Coro-Nation’, ‘Final Prayer’, ‘World War 3’, ‘Dead Water’, ‘The Cult’ and ‘New God Rising’. The song ‘Unleash Hate’ is already available at this location. All further DISMINDED info is available at www.facebook.com/dismindedofficial
Polish Black Metal one man band MOONTHOTH will release a new album entitled “Uroczysko” on CD via Polish label EastSide today. It was recorded between 2021 and 2022 at AstralGate Studio and mixed and mastered in 2022 by Witek Nowak at Devil’s Tail Production. The vocals were contributed by Mateusz Sibila (IMPERIAL SIN, ex – VISHURDDHA) and the cover artwork was created by Paulina Przybylska. You will find a full album stream over here. For all additional MOONTHOTH info please visit www.facebook.com/moonthothband
Italian blackened Thrashers SATANIKA have just revealed the new track ‘Tentacles Of Horror’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming fifth album “Horde Of Disgust”, which will be released on February 24, 2023 via Osmose Productions. The complete “Horde Of Disgust” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Not Of This Earth’, ‘The Void’, ‘Cosmic Funeral’, ‘Horde Of Disgust’, ‘The Fog’, ‘Their Hands Upon Our Throat’, ‘Tentacles Of Horror’, ‘Cursed Be Thy Name’, ‘The Absolute Torment’ and ‘Bleed For Darkness’. More about SATANIKA at www.facebook.com/satanikattack
US Black Metal duo HÄXANU is streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Totenpass” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on February 07, 2023 via Amor Fati Productions. For more information please visit www.amor-fati-productions.de or www.facebook.com/amorfatiprod
On March 15, 2023 Me Saco Un Ojo Records, in co-operation with Rotted Life Records, will release “Sabazios Culte”, the debut demo from Canadian Death Metallers DÉCRYPTAL, on cassette tape format. Me Saco Un Ojo will release it in Europe, while Rotted Life will release it in North America. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Pendu Par Phobethor’, ‘Virulence Ectoplasmique’, #Les Barques Volantes De Sarnath’, ‘Flétrissement’ and ‘Sabazios Culte’. You can already check out ‘Virulence Ectoplasmique’ at this location. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/mesacounojo
Norwegian Black Metallers TULUS have just released the third and final single from their upcoming seventh full-length “Fandens Kall”. You can stream ‘Bloddråpesvermer’ over here. The album was recorded and mixed at H-10 Productions by Lars Erik Westby, mastered by Thomas Eberger at Stockholm Mastering and features guest appearances of Anders Hunstad (keyboards), Lars Erik Westby (piano) and Lena Fløitmoen (female vocals). The cover artwork was crafted by Kjell Åge Meland. “Fandens Kall” will be released via Soulseller Records on February 17, 2023 on CD, vinyl and digitally. More about TULUS at www.facebook.com/tulusband
US Death Metallers DYING FETUS have just released a video for ‘Unbridled Fury’ at this location. A previously released video for ‘Compulsion For Cruelty’ can still be watched over here. A full collection of DYING FETUS music videos and live performances is available via YouTube. The band has just started their European tour with support acts NASTY, CABAL and FROZEN SOUL. In April DYING FETUS will tour the US together with SUICIDE SILENCE, BORN OF OSIRIS, ABORTED, SANGUISUABOGG, CROWN MAGNETAR and SLAY SQUAD. For regular updates make sure to follow the band at www.facebook.com/dyingfetus
Italian blackened Speed Metal trio HELLCRASH has just premiered the track ‘Graveripper’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming second album “Demonic Assassination”, which will be released on March 24, 2023 via Dying Victims Productions. A video for the previously revealed ‘Okkvlthammer’ is still available at this location. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Volcanic Outburst’, ‘Okkvlthammer’, ‘Satan’s Crypt’, ‘Usurper Of Hell’, ‘Abyss Of Lucifer’, ‘Serpent Skullfuck’, ‘Finit Hic Deo’, ‘Graveripper’, ‘Demonic Assassinatiön’ and ‘Outro’. All further HELLCRASH info you will find at www.facebook.com/hellcrashmetal
On April 07, 2023 Personal Records will release “Doomsday & Salvation”, the debut full-length from Swedish Death Metallers THE GRIFTED, on CD format. It was recorded at Sunlight Studios with Tomas Skögsberg and features the following tracks: ‘Fractured’, ‘Behind Me In Ruins’, ‘Closure’, ‘Bleed Before My Eyes’, ‘The Maggots Feast’, ‘This Place Of Madness’, ‘Days Of The End’, ‘When A Phoenix Dies’, ‘Hope For Death’, ‘You Will Never Live’ and ‘Doomsday And Salvation’. You can already check out the album opener at this location. The band’s line-up features wellknown names of the Swedish underground: Jocke Lindström – vocals (MR. DEATH, PHOTOPARADE, DIGRESSION ASSASSINS, CHILD), Staffan Skoglund – guitar & backing vocals (ETHNOCIDE, SILVERBUG, MR. DEATH), Jonas Ohlsson – drums (SEPTIC GRAVE), Stefan Lagergren – guitar (TIAMAT, TREBLINKA, RIVERS EDGE, MR. DEATH, GRAND CADAVER), Jörgen Thullberg – bass (TIAMAT, TREBLINKA, MR. DEATH, CLINT EASTWOOD EXPERIENCE, PHOTOPARADE). For more THE GRIFTED information please visit www.facebook.com/personalrecords666
Finnish Death Metallers TRAMALIZER have just revealed a third song from their upcoming debut full-length “Fumes Of Funeral Pyres”. You can watch a video (in VHS style) for ‘As They Are Put To Sleep’ at this location. The album will be released via Soulseller Records on February 17, 2023 on CD, vinyl and digitally. The cover art was created by Niko Partanen and the complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Tramalized’, ‘Point Of No Turning Back’, ‘Hating God’, ‘As They Are Put To Sleep’, ‘Curse Of The Lake Drag’, ‘Gift’, ‘Fumes Of Funeral Pyres’, ‘Looking For Reality’, ‘Plain Evil’, ‘The Rostov Ripper’ and ‘At The Night Of Feast’. For all further TRAMALIZER info please check out www.facebook.com/tramalizer
Gates Of Hell Records have signed Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based blackened Thrash Metallers WILD BEYOND. The band’s self-titled debut full-length will be released on April 14, 2023. The cover art was supplied by Adam Burke (ANGEL WITCH, ETERNAL CHAMPION, TEMPLE OF VOID). Here’s the full tracklist already: ‘In The Footsteps Of Mars’, ‘Detonation Of Secret Works’, ‘Frenzied At The Skull’, ‘Arctic Stargate’, ‘Sculpting The Abyss’, ‘Antichrist Coronation’, ‘Radio Burst Dark Origins’ and ‘Exit Wounds’. The album opener ‘In The Footsteps Of Mars’ can already be streamed over here. WILD BEYOND features guitarist / vocalist Edward Gonet (DAEVA, ex – INFERNAL STRONGHOLD), drummer Evan Madden (ex – WOE and WOODS OF YPRES) and bassist / keyboardist / guitarist Jimmy Viola. More information you will find at www.facebook.com/gatesofhellrecords
Greek melodic Doom / Deathers OCEAN OF GRIEF have just premiered the track ‘Unspoken Actions’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming second album “Pale Existence”, which will be released on March 03, 2023 via Personal Records. A previously revealed video for ‘Dale Of Haunted Shades’ can still be watched over here. The complete tracklist of “Pale Existence” reads as follows: ‘Poetry For The Dead’, ‘Dale Of Haunted Shades’, ‘Unspoken Actions’, ‘Imprisoned Between Worlds’, ‘Cryptic Constellations’, ‘Pale Wisdom’ and ‘Undeserving’. For all additional info please visit www.facebook.com/oceanofgriefgr
Swedish Doom / Deathers RUNEMAGICK have just revealed a first single from their upcoming new album “Beyond The Cenotaph Of Mankind”. You can listen to ‘Endless Night And Eternal End’ over here. The album will be released on April 28, 2023 on CD, LP and digitally via Hammerheart Records. The cover artwork was created by Denny Surreal Art and all audio was mixed and mastered by Johan Bäckman at Raven Noise Studio. You can follow RUNEMAGICK at www.facebook.com/runemagick
Dutch Black Metallers FUNERAL WINDS have just revealed the title track of their upcoming seventh full-length “Stigmata Mali” at this location. The album, which will be released on February 24, 2023 via Osmose Productions, features the following tracks: ‘Open The Wounds’, ‘Stigmata Mali’, ‘By These Hands, By Your Command’, ‘Odious Emanations’, ‘The Angles Of Darkness’, ‘Ferocious Revelations’, ‘Purified By Acausal Flames’ and ‘The Bornless Forever’. All further FUNERAL WINDS info you will find at www.facebook.com/funeralwindsbm
Icelandic Black Metallers ALTARI will release their debut full-length “Kröflueldar” via Svart Records on April 14, 2023. The cover artwork was created by guitarist K.R.Guðmundsson. You can check out the title track ‘Kröflueldar’ at this location. For more info please www.facebook.com/svartrecords
The Polish one man Black Metal band MOONTHOTH will release its new album “Uroczysko” on February 07, 2023 via EastSide on CD and digitally. It was recorded between 2021 and 2022 at AstralGate Studio and mixed and mastered in in 2022 by Witek Nowak at Devil’s Tail Production. The vocals were contributed by Mateusz Sibila (IMPERIAL SIN, ex – VISHURDDHA) and the cover artwork was created by Paulina Przybylska. A full album stream is available over here. More about MOONTHOTH at www.facebook.com/moonthothband
Swedish old school Thrashers MORPHETIK will release their sophomore full-length “Proclamations Of War” on February 24, 2023 via Witches Brew on CD and digitally. It was recorded by Franco Escalona (NIGHTRAGE, ALWAYS WAR) and mixed and mastered by Jocke Rydbjer (WOLFBRIGADE). The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘March Of The Fallen’, ‘Death Incarnate’, ‘World Wide War’, ‘Domination’, ‘Death From Above’, ‘Endless Pain’, ‘Resist To Exist’, ‘Acolytes Of Destruction’, ‘Fatal Incursion’ and ‘Nuclear Homicide’. You can already stream ‘World Wide War’ over here. More about MORPHETIK at www.facebook.com/morphetik
On February 03, 2023 III Damnation Productions will release “Emerald Sunsets”, a compilation from Greek Black Metallers A DIADEM OF DEAD STARS, on digipak CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It includes all previously digital only material from the band (“…Of Green Pastures…” EP, “The Light That Burns” demo and “The Furrow Of Woes” EP). The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Furrow Of Woes’, ‘And Swallows Flew Away From This Land’, ‘The Light That Burns’ and ‘Of Green Pastures’. A full stream of it you will find at this location. For all additional A DIADEM OF DEAD STARS info please visit www.facebook.com/adiademofdeadstars
Berlin, Germany based Thrashers DEIMOS’ DAWN will release their debut full-length “Anthem Of The Lost” on April 14, 2023 via MDD Records on CD and vinyl. The band features Marc Grewe (ex – MORGOTH) on vocals. The material was recorded at the studio of Corny Rambadt (SODOM, DISBELIEF), ex – SODOM guitarist Andy Brings produced the vocal lines and also contributed almost all of the lyrics to the album. An official lyric video for ‘Deathstar Spangled Banner’ is already available over here. The album release party will take place on April 08, 2023 in Braunschweig, Germany. More about DEIMOS’ DAWN at www.facebook.com/deimosdawn
Nashville, Tennessee based Death Metal trio ACT OF IMPALEMENT is streaming their sophomore full-length “Infernal Ordinance” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on February 02, 2023 via Caligari Records on CD and cassette tape formats. It was mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios and the cover artwork was created by Diablo Macabre. For more ACT OF IMPALEMENT information please visit www.facebook.com/actofimpalement
“Harrowing”, the debut full-length from blackened Death Metal trio MITHRIDATUM, can be streamed in its entirety over here now. The album will be released on CD, vinyl and digital formats on February 03, 2023 via Willowtip Records. It was mixed and mastered by Michael Garrison and the cover art was supplied by The Blazing Seer. The band features former members of ABHORRENT and THE FACELESS. All further info you will find at www.facebook.com/mithridatum
Miami, Florida based Black / Deathers INFERION will reissue their long out-of-of-print 1999 debut full-length “Given To the Ground” on February 10, 2023 on digipak CD and digitally. The album has been remastered and the digital version will include three bonus tracks, re-recorded versions of ‘Entering Death Without A Name’, ‘Killing Off Life’ and ‘Religous War’. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Given To The Ground’, ‘Luxor Massacre’, ‘Entering Death Without A Name’, ‘Killing Off Life’, ‘Religious War’, ‘When The Fire Dies’, ‘Realm Of Solitude’, ‘Angelic Suffering’, ‘Further Into The Vortex’, ‘Entering Death Without A Name’ (2023 re-recording), ‘Killing Off Life’ (2023 re-recording) and ‘Religious War’ (2023 re-recording). For more INFERION information please visit www.facebook.com/inferion1
On March 17, 2023 Eternal Death will release “Hermitic Fire”, the new EP from US Black Metallers DEATH VANISH, on cassette tape format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Conquer With Solar Might’, ‘From Down There’, ‘Old Magick And Tyrant’, ‘Hermitic Fire’ and ‘Doctrine Of A Beast’. You can already check out ‘From Down There’ at this location. More info you will find at www.eternal-death.com or www.facebook.com/eternaldeathusa