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Copenhagen, Denmark based Death Grinders SEQUESTRUM (featuring members of CHAOTIAN and UNDERGANG) have just released their debut EP “Pickled Preservation” via Extremely Rotten Productions. It was recorded at Mayhem Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark and mixed and mastered by J. B. Hviid. The following tracks appear on it: ‘Giblet Excreter’, ‘Preserved To Last’, ‘Necromucouphagia’, ‘Guts’, ‘Consigned To Humus’, ‘Human Broth’ and ‘Dis-Organ-Ized’ (IMPETIGO cover). For all additional SEQUESTRUM information please visit the band at www.facebook.com/sequestrumdk
On March 10, 2023 Me Saco Un Ojo Records (vinyl), in co-operation with Pulverised Records (CD), will release “Pulsations From The Black Orb”, the debut full-length from Costa Rica based Death Metallers ASTRIFEROUS. You can already check out ‘Teleport Haze’ at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘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’. More ASTRIFEROUS you will find at https://astriferous.bandcamp.com
On February 27, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “Naar All Tid Er Omme”, the sophomore full-length of Norwegian Black Metallers UNHOLY CRAFT, on CD format. The vinyl version will follow later this year, as well as the band’s debut album via different underground labels. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Naar All Tid Er Omme’, ‘Vitriolic Winds Of Hate’, ‘En Askedrøm’, ‘We Are Your Death’, ‘For Thee I Long’, ‘As I Gaze Upon The End’, ‘En Sjels Pinsle’ and ‘I Taaken’. You can already listen to the title track at this location. For more information please visit www.purity-through-fire.com
Helsinki, Finland based Thrashers ANZILLU have just released a video for ‘Mental Graveyard’ over here. The song appears on the band’s debut full-length “Ex Nihilo”, which was released via M-Theory today on limited color LP and digipak CD, as well as digitally. All further ANZILLU info you will find at www.facebook.com/anzillufi
Italian progressive Death Metallers SADIST have re-recorded their classic song ‘Breathin’ Cancer’ for the 30th anniversary of the band’s debut album “Above The Light”. You can check out a video for it at this location. The band commented on it as follows: “As SADIST’s debut album “Above The Light” turns 30 this year, we felt like giving a special gift to all the fans of the band out there! We re-recorded one of the most iconic songs from the album, ‘Breathin’ Cancer’, giving the song a fresh, brutal and fast new arrangement. For us, a good song is like a good wine, which gets better with age!” More SADIST info is available at www.facebook.com/sadstofficial
Hungarian Death Metallers COFFINBORN have just released a lyric video for ‘Infernal Entombment’ over here. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Cadaveric Retribution”, which will be released on February 23, 2023 via Xtreem Music. Additionally to the CD, there will also be a vinyl edition of 250 copies (100 splatter and 150 black), as well as cassette tape edition, limited to 50 copies. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Self-Mutilation Of The Soul’, ‘Undead Ceremony’, ‘Flesheater’, ‘Lycanthropic Devourment’, ‘Cleansed By Putrefaction’, ‘Infernal Entombment’, ‘Gruesome Fate’ and ‘Cadaveric Retribution’. You can already check out ‘Undead Ceremony’ at this location. All further COFFINBORN information you will find at www.facebook.com/coffinborn
Belarus based brutal Death Metallers OMINOUS SCRIPTURES are streaming their upcoming third album “Rituals Of Mass Self-Ignition” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Willowtip Records on CD, vinyl and digital formats on January 27, 2023. You can follow the band at www.facebook.com/ominousscriptures
Chilean Thrashers TRASTORNED are streaming their debut full-length “Into The Void” in its entirety over here now. It will be released via Dying Victims Productions on January 27, 2023. For all additional TRASTORNED info please visit www.facebook.com/trastorned
Finnish melodic Death Metallers TORCHIA have just released a video for the song ‘La Magra’ at this location. It is the first single from the band’s upcoming third album, which will be released later in the autumn. More about TORCHIA at www.facebook.com/torchiaband
Finnish Death Grinders SONIC POISON are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Eruption” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on January 27, 2023 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (vinyl edition) in co-operation with Pulverised Records (CD edition). More SONIC POISON info you will find at www.facebook.com/sonicpoison
On February 27, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “With A Last Exhale”, the debut full-length from Norwegian Black Metallers SOLUS GRIEF, on CD format. The vinyl version will follow later this year. It was originally digitally self-released by the band late last year. The following tracks are featured on it: ‘Under Choking White Veils’, ‘Life Has Left This Place’, ‘With A Last Exhale’ and ‘Yearning Of The Soul Damned’. You can already stream the album opener over here. For more SOLUS GRIEF please visit https://solusgrief.bandcamp.com
German Black Metallers SERVANT are currently in the studio to record the follow-up to their debut album “Blessed By The Light Of A Thousand Stars”, which was released in November 2021. The new album will be released in the summer via MDD Records. A video for the track ‘The Ultimate Occult Worship’ can be watched at this location. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/servantmagick
Serbian Death Metallers LIGHT DENIED have just released their self-titled debut EP, which is available for streaming at this location. The band has commented on it as follows: “The EP was recorded during 2022, consisting of 2 older rerecorded songs (‘Light Denied’ and ‘No Pity For The Weak’) and 2 newer never before recorded ones (‘Brooding Shadows’ and ‘Wither’). We are currently focused on rehearsing and preparing our next songs. Might go for some gigs as well. Special thanks to Maledictor for mastering and mixing our EP, Vhan artworks & printing for the cover as well as a few others that helped us get the release ready.” All further LIGHT DENIED info you will find at www.facebook.com/lightdenied
American Black / Death Metallers MALLEUS are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “The Fires Of Heaven” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on January 27, 2023 via Armageddon Label. The cover artwork was created by Adam Burke. For more MALLEUS please visit https://malleusheavymetal.bandcamp.com
“Maternity Ward To Crematorium”, the tribute album to Miami, Florida based Black / Death Metallers INFERION, which was released digitally last year, is now also available on cassette tape via Schematic. It features a wide variety of different veteran artists from all different genres with their own unique take on INFERION’s discography. The cover artwork was supplied by Richard Vergez. More about INFERION at www.facebook.com/inferion1
Spanish Thrashers HOLYCIDE have just released video # 8 (out of a series of 10 videos) from their second album “Fist To Face”. You can watch a lyric video for ‘Napalm Sweet Napalm’ over here. The complete “Fist To Face” album is also available on Spotify at this location. You can follow HOLYCIDE at www.facebook.com/holycide
Finnish Death Metallers OF SPITE will release their sophomore full-length “Riddle Redemption” on March 31, 2023 via Inverse Records. You can already watch a video for ‘Olen’ at this location. More OF SPITE information you will find at www.facebook.com/ofspite
Italy based technical Death Metallers MAZE OF SOTHOTH have just premiered ‘Scorn Of Flesh’, a track of their upcoming sophomore full-length “Extirpated Light”, at this location. The album will be released on March 24, 2023 via Everlasting Spew Records. MAZE OF SOTHOTH features members from BEHEADED and RIEXHUMATION. You can follow the band at www.facebook.com/mazeofsothothofficial
German blackened Death Metallers THRON will release their fourth full-length “Dust” on March 31, 2023 via Listenable Records. The album was recorded at Black Halo Studios in Rheinfelden, Chäuer Studios in Bärn and RL Studios in Freiburg in 2022. It was mixed and mastered at Iguana Studios in March-Buchheim by Christoph Brandes in October 2022. The artwork was created by Khaos Diktator Design. The folllowing tracks will be featured on it: ‘Dying In The Mud’, ‘Return…’, ‘The True Belief’, ‘The Golden Calf’, ‘Monologue’, ‘The Eve’, ‘Into Oblivion’ (CD / digital bonus track) , ‘The Tyranny Of I’ (CD / digital bonus track) , ‘Face Of Despair’, ‘The Wrong God’ and ‘Martyr’. A teaser video for “Dust” can already be watched at this location. For more THRON information please visit www.facebook.com/thronkvlt
Netherlands based atmospheric Black Metal duo FREJA has just premiered a video for ‘Scattered Shields’ over here. The song is taken from the band’s debut full-length “Tides”, which was released last year via Babylon Doom Cult Records. All additional FREJA info you will find at www.facebook.com/frejaband
“Apotheosis”, the fourth full-length from Danish Death Metallers DEIQUISITOR, has just been released on vinyl, CD and cassette tape formats via Extremely Rotten Productions in co-operation with Night Shroud Records. It was recorded at Phlegm Studios in Lejre and mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson of Earhammer Productions. A full album stream is available at https://deiquisitordk.bandcamp.com. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/deiquisitor
“The Purpose Is Cruelty”, the new digital EP from Kansas City based Thrashers HELLEVATE, is out now. It features the following tracks: ‘The Purpose Is Cruelty’, ‘Dagon’, ‘Buried Under Mistakes’, ‘Die Or Be Killed’ and ‘(No) Further Action Is Required’. You can listen to it in its entirety over here https://hellevate.bandcamp.com. All additional HELLEVATE info you will find at www.facebook.com/hellevate
San Diego, California based Death Metal four-piece CONJURETH is streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “The Parasitic Chambers” in its entirety at this location now. The cover artwork was created by Erskine Designs. The album will be released on January 23, 2023 via Memento Mori. More CONJURETH info you will find at www.facebook.com/conjureth
Finnish Death Metallers TRAMALIZER have just revealed a second song from their upcoming debut full-length “Fumes Of Funeral Pyres”. You can stream ‘The Rostov Ripper’ at this location. The album will be released via Soulseller Records on February 17, 2023 on CD, vinyl and digitally. The cover artwork was created by Niko Partanen. Here’s the complete “Fumes Of Funeral Pyres” tracklist: ‘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’. More TRAMALIZER info you will find at www.facebook.com/tramalizer
Norwegian Black Metallers TULUS have just premiered ‘Snømyrkre’, the second single from their upcoming seventh full-length “Fandens Kall”, over here. The album will be released via Soulseller Records on February 17, 2023 on CD, vinyl and digitally. It 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 created by Kjell Åge Meland. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Fandens Kall’, ‘Lek’, ‘Slagmark’, ‘Allstøtt’, ‘Isråk’, ‘Samuelsbrenna’, ‘Sjelesmerte’, ‘Bloddråpesvermer’, ‘Snømyrkre’ and ‘Barfrost’. All additional TULUS information you will find at www.facebook.com/tulusband
Norwegian Black / Viking Metallers UBUREN have just released their new album “Usurp The Throne” on vinyl LP, digipak CD and digitally via Dusktone. You can watch a video of the song ‘When The River Breaks’ at this location. The album was recorded at Fuck It I’ll Do It Myself Studio, mixed and mastered by Ask Kjetilson and the artwork was supplied by Bharaduur. A full album stream is available over here. For all further UBUREN info check out www.facebook.com/uburen
“Cursedness Of The Cinder Witch”, the latest album from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based Black / Thrash Metallers BLOOD STORM, is also out now as a limited edition cassette tape (red shell) via Necroharmonic Productions / Rotter Records. It was originally released on CD and digitally via Barbarian Wrath last year. The album features the following tracks: ‘Chaotic Exile’, ‘Mundane Havoc’, ‘Nefarious Pact’, ‘The Separation’, ‘The Hungering Emptiness’, ‘Saffron Harlot Of The Nightside’, ‘Futile Obsession’, ‘The Penanggalan’ and ‘Terror Inversion’. The artwork was created by Morkh aka Alex Shadrin. For more BLOOD STORM information please visit www.facebook.com/bloodstormcult
“Tomb Of Morbid Stench”, the 2019 demo from Houston, Texas based Death Metallers CEMETARIAN, has been released on CD via Necroharmonic Productions with two additional bonus tracks. Here’s the full tracklist of the CD: ‘Expulsed From The Netherworld’, ‘Malformed Deity’, ‘Tomb Of Morbid Stench’, ‘Eroded Altar Of Mortality’ (bonus track, not on the cassette versions) and ‘Discarded And Dismembered’ (bonus track from the band’s split EP with ABSCONDER). You can stream the three original demo tracks at https://cemetariantx.bandcamp.com
On March 21, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “Vulgäre, Deutsche Hassmusik”, the third full-length from German Black Metallers EISENKULT, on CD, A5 digipak and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP edition will follow later this year. The first advance track ‘Bizarr Und Erbärmlich’ can already be streamed at this location. The album’s full tracklist reads like this: ‘Anrufung’, ‘Der Teufel Hat’s Gesandt’, ‘Bizarr Und Erbärmlich’, ‘Da Ist Nichts’, ‘Tränensäufer’, ‘Wer Schlug Deinen Abel Tot?’, ‘Te Deum’, ‘Niederes Gewürm’, ‘Gnadenwille’ and ‘Sendung Und Segen’. More about EISENKULT at www.facebook.com/eisenkult
“Feuerwalze”, the fourth full-length from Sacramento, California based Black Metal duo MINENWERFER, will be released via Osmose Productions on March 10, 2023 on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Cemetery Fields’, ‘Feuerwalze’, ‘Eternal Attrition’, ‘Nachtschreck’, ‘Sturmtruppen III (Sommekämpfer)’, ‘Shrapnel Exsanguination’ and ‘Labyrinthine Trench Sectors’. For more info and regular updates please follow MINENWERFER at www.facebook.com/minenwerfer
“Lamentation Of Immolated Souls”, the debut full-length from Chile’s Death Metallers SEPULCRUM, will be released via Chaos Records, in co-operation with Canometal Records and Burning Coffin Records, on March 17, 2023 on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The full 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’. You can already listen to ‘Schizophrenic Amputation’ over here. A full stream of the band’s debut EP “Corpse Dividing Holes” from 2020 can be found at https://sepulcrumdm.bandcamp.com
French Death Metallers CATACOMB will release their debut full-length “When The Stars Are Right” on 12″ LP, CD, cassette tape and digitally on March 23, 2023 via Xtreem Music. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Kings Of Edom’, ‘Ruler Of This World’, ‘Servants Of The Old Ones’, ‘Waiting For The Stars’, ‘The Great Dreamer’, ‘Black Goat’, ‘In Your Blasphemous Name’, ‘Crawling Chaos’, ‘Blind Idiot God’ and ‘Chapel Of Ghouls’ (MORBID ANGEL cover). The first advance single ‘Waiting For The Stars’ can already be streamed at this location. For all additional CATACOMB info please visit www.facebook.com/catacombcult
Vancouver based Death Metal duo CROWN OF MADNESS has just released a lyric video for ‘A Wrenching Nostalgia’ over here. The song will be featured on their upcoming second EP “Elemental Binding”, which will be released on February 23, 2023. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Immortal Eyes’, ‘A Wrenching Nostalgia’, ‘Roots, Limbs And Sky’ and ‘Vile Sun’. All further information you will find at www.facebook.com/crownofmadnessmetal
Finnish Death Metallers ASHEN TOMB are streaming their self-titled debut EP in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on January 20, 2023 via Personal Records on transparent CD. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/ashentomb
On February 04, 2023 German melodic Death / Black Metallers BRIMSTONE GATE will release their debut full-length “Return From The Brimstone Portal” on CD, cassette tape and digitally via ADG Records. You can already check out a video for the song ‘Death Arises In The Winds’ over here. More about BRIMSTONE GATE at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069061359027
Finnish Doom Metallers ASTRAL SLEEP will release their fourth full-length “We Are Already Living In The End Of Times” on April 21, 2023 via Saarni Records on CD, vinyl and digital formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘We Are Already Living In The End Of Times’, ‘Torment In Existence’, ‘Invisible Flesh’, ‘The Legacies’, ‘Time Is’ and ‘Status Of The Soul’. The cover artwork was created by Mark Cooper. For all additional info please visit www.facebook.com/astralsleepdoom
Polish Black Metallers THREE EYES OF THE VOID have just revealed a lyric video for the new song ‘Against The One’ at this location. The band is currently working on material for an album, which will be released later in 2023. For regular updates make sure to follow THREE EYES OF THE VOID at www.facebook.com/teovband
On February 24, 2023 Osmose Productions will release “Horde Of Disgust”, the fifth full-length from Italian thrashing Black Metallers SATANIKA, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘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’. For more SATANIKA information please visit www.facebook.com/satanikattack
Boston, Massachusetts based Grinders HORRIBLE EARTH will release thir sophomore full-length “Weakened By Civilization” via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on February 17, 2023 on CD and digital formats. You can already stream the album’s first single ‘Prayers Ring Hollow’ at this location. The complete “Weakened By Civilization” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro / Worth More Dead’, ‘Brainworms’, ‘Corrupting Morals’, ‘Pay For Your Hubris’, ‘Prayers Ring Hollow’, ‘Trepaining’, ‘Endless War III’, ‘Surrounded By Obscenities’, ‘Jerk Oracle’, ‘Narcanastan’, ‘Extinction Through Violence’, ‘Jazz Odyssey’, ‘Pyrrhic Victory’, ‘Consume Microplastics’, ‘Modified Umbrella’, ‘Rats Eat Better Than Us’ and ‘Weakened By Civilization’. All additional HORRIBLE EARTH info you will find at www.facebook.com/horribleearth