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On January 20, 2023 Personal Records will release the self-titled debut EP from Finnish Death Metallers ASHEN TOMB, on transparent CD. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘They Live Beneath’, ‘Graveless Abomination’ and ‘Bleak Earth That Used To Host The Ignorant Race That Foresaw Its Doom And Did Nothing (Exterminated The Pest That Once Depraved Its Body)’. You can already check out ‘Graveless Abomination’ over here. ASHEN TOMB can be reached at www.facebook.com/ashentomb
On January 23, 2023, Memento Mori will release “Praeparet Bellum”, the seventh full-length from Long Island, New York based Doom / Death Metallers RIGOR SARDONICOUS. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Caelum Ardere Vidistis’, ‘Sanguinem Floralibus Luna’, ‘Terra Mota Est’, ‘Vita Cantus’, ‘Ex Finitim’, ‘Voluntatem Dei’, ‘Unholy Sonnet 10’ and ‘Praeparet Bellum’. You can already sream ‘Voluntatem Dei’ at this location. More RIGOR SARDONICOUS info can be found at www.facebook.com/rigorsardonicous.official
London, England based Death Metallers QRIXKUOR will release a new EP entitled “Zoetrope” on CD and tape formats on December 02, 2022 via Invictus Productions (Europe) and Dark Descent Records (USA). The vinyl edition will follow in mid 2023. A full EP stream is available right here. All additional QRIXKUOR information you will find at www.facebook.com/qrixkuor
Austin, Texas based Black / Death Metal project SARPA will release a new EP entitled “Mauta Tala” on February 17, 2023. The 12-minute opening track ‘Arcane Rites – Tohu Wa Bohu’ is already available for streaming at this location. The complete “Mauta Tala” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Arcane Rites – Tohu Wa Bohu’, ‘Necropoleis Of The Nebulous Deserts’ and ‘It Looms’. For more info please visit www.facebook.com/sarpahorde
Spanish Thrashers HOLYCIDE have just released video # 7 (out of a series of 10) from their second album “Fist To Face”. You can watch a lyric video for ‘The Aftermath’ (a RECIPIENTS OF DEATH cover) over here. All other HOLYCIDE videos you will find at this location. More band info is available at www.facebook.com/holycide
Chilean blackened Thrashers HELLISH have just premiered the track ‘Violent, Bloody & Cold’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “The Dance Of The Four Elemental Serpents”, which will be released on December 16, 2022 via Dying Victims Productions (vinyl LP) in co-operation with Unspeakable Axe Records (CD). The previously revealed album tracks ‘Goddess Death’ and ‘Dreamlike Fears’ can still be streamed here, respectively here. The full tracklist of “The Dance Of The Four Elemental Serpents” reads like this: ‘The Ancient Entity Of The Darkest Light’, ‘Black Stones’, ‘Violent, Bloody & Cold’, ‘Goddess Death’, ‘Nocturnal Trudge’, ‘Secrets Of The Sands’, ‘Dreamlike Fears’ and ‘The Dance Of The Four Elemental Serpents’. For more HELLISH information please visit www.facebook.com/hellishchile
Fargo, North Dakota based Death Metallers GORGATRON have just been added to the bill of next year’s edition of Czech Republic’s Obscene Extreme festival, which will take place from July 05, 2023 to July 09, 2023. A full stream of the band’s latest EP “Agony Reborn” is available over here. All additional GORGATRON information you will find at www.facebook.com/gorgatronband
“Clandestine Theurgy”, the third album from Canadian Black Metallers NOCTURNAL DEPARTURE, will be released on December 30, 2022 via Hells Headbangers on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl version will follow next year. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Ceremonial Storm’, ‘Dark Spells Of The Infernal Spirit’, ‘Clandestine Theurgy’, ‘Unhallowed Exhumation’, ‘Triumphator Of Unearthly Realms’, ‘Fetid Manifestations Of Wretched Imagery’, ‘Sacrificial Summon Under The Sign Of Amduscias’, ‘Sabbat Ablaze’ and ‘Flesh Torment’. You can already check out the album opener at this location. For more NOCTURNAL DEPARTURE please visit https://nocturnaldeparture.bandcamp.com
The new DESTRÖYER 666 album “Never Surrender” is available for streaming in its entirety over here now. It will be released on December 02, 2022 via Season of Mist. All additional DESTRÖYER 666 info you will find at www.facebook.com/destroyer666page
Richmond, Virginia based blackened Death Metallers APPALLING are streaming their upcoming third full-length “Sacrilege” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 02, 2022 via Personal Records. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/appallingmusic
Portuguese Black Metallers IRAE have just premiered the new track ‘Símbolos Do Império’ at this location. It is featured on the band’s anniversary album “Assim Na Terra Como No Inferno”, which was released on November 23, 2022 via Signal Rex. The previously revealed ‘V Caminhv Primitiv’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘V Caminhv Primitiv’, ‘Pvr Tempvz De Decadênzia’, ‘Relíqvia De Espinhvz’, ‘Zangrandv V Rebanhv… Uma Melodia De Loboz’, ‘Majestade De Sangue’, ‘Símbolos Do Império’ and ‘Enforcamento’. More about IRAE at www.facebook.com/irae666
Neformat Family, in co-operation with Trismus Records, have just released a split EP of Kyiv, Ukraine based Black Metallers VIDMERSHIY SHMAT and Uzhhorod, Ukraine based Death Metallers OBRIJ. It features one track of each band. A full EP stream you will find at https://neformat.bandcamp.com. All additional band information is available at www.facebook.com/vidmershiy.shmat or www.facebook.com/obriymetaluzh
“The Vile Domain”, the five song debut EP from Denver, Colorado based old school Death Metallers LACERATED can be streamed in its entirety over here now. The material was recorded, mixed and mastered by Ivan Alcala and the cover artwork was created by Hand Rotart. For all further LACERATED information please visit www.facebook.com/laceratedcolorado
Milwaukee, Wisconsin based progressive Death Metallers ANOMALY are streaming their sophomore full-length “Somewhere Within The Pines” in its entirety over here now. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Ryan Kutz at Cherry Pit Studios. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/anomalymke
Italian blackend Death Metallers SIRRUSH have just released a lyric video for ‘A Son Set His Father Free’ at this location. The song is taken from their debut full-length “Molon Labe”, which was released via Non Serviam Records today. A lyric video for the title track ‘Molon Labe’ can additionally be checked out over here. The album was mixed and mastered at the Kick Recording Studio in Rome by Marco Mastrobuono and the drums were recorded by Davide Billia (HOUR OF PENANCE, BEHEADED, ANTROPOFAGUS) at his MK recording studio. The cover artwork was created by the Sicilian artist Lorenzo Di Vincenzo, aka Otagron, who’s the band’s singer. More about SIRRUSH at www.facebook.com/officialsirrush
“Eminente Lucifer Libertad”, the sophomore full-length from Norwegian blackened Speed Metallers PHANTOM FIRE, will be released via Edged Circle Productions on March 03, 2023. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Bloodshed’, ‘Eminente’, ‘Derive From Ash’, ‘Ritual’, ‘Satanic Messenger’, ‘Lucifer’, ‘De Taptes Dans’, ‘Black Night’, ‘Mara’, ‘Libertad’ and ‘Pentagram’. The band has just released a video for their new single ‘De Taptes Dans’ at this location. It was directed by Slick Iverson, Andreas Lindborg and Mattias Wold and produced by Varde Film. NIFELHEIM’s Hellbutcher has once again provided the cover artwork for the album and ENSLAVED’s Iver Sandøy not only played session drums, he was also responsible for the production, mix and mastering at Solslottet Studio. For regular updates follow PHANTOM FIRE at www.facebook.com/phantomfireofficial
French Death Metallers SÉPULCRE are streaming their new EP “Cursed Ways Of Sheol” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Invictus Productions today. All further SÉPULCRE information you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100036617144390
“Kazn”, the new album from Poland’s blackened Thrashers WITCHMASTER, can be streamed in its entirety over here now. It will be released via Agonia Records today. For all additional WITCHMASTER info please visit www.facebook.com/witchmasterband
Canadian Death / Thrashers SARKASM will release their debut full-length “As Empires Decay” on 12″ LP, CD, cassette tape and digitally on January 24, 2023 via Xtreem Music. It was mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studios in Germany. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Voices’, ‘Pulseless’, ‘The Collapse’, ‘Burn The Scarecrow’, ‘Massacre The Impure’, ‘Alone And Bleeding’, ‘Beyond The Stigma’, ‘Fire At Will’, ‘One For The Woods’, ‘Man Made Monster’ and ‘An Ode To Suffering / When Immortals Die’. Luc Lemay from GORGUTS is featured as a guest vocalist on some of the tracks. The first advance single ‘The Collapse’ can already be checked out at this location. More about SARKASM at www.facebook.com/sarkasmqc
Italian blackened Thrashers EXTIRPATION are streaming their new mini album “The Endless Storm” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 25, 2022 via Chaos Records on CD format. The vinyl edition will follow next year. All further EXTIRPATION info you will find at www.facebook.com/extirpationband
Finnish Black Metallers RIENAUS will release their third full-length “Luciferille” on November 25, 2022 via Kvlt. A full album stream you will find right here. More RIENAUS at https://rienaus.bandcamp.com
Scottish Death Metallers MYCELIUM are currently streaming their sophomore full-length “Mycoticism (Disseminating The Propagules)” at this location. It will be released on November 25, 2022 via Blood Harvest Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl version will follow next year. For all additional band info please visit www.facebook.com/myceliumband
Italy’s Horror Death Metallers TENEBRO have just released a free 2-song EP entitled “Carne Humana” over here. You can additionally watch a lyric video for ‘Quella È La Villa’ over here. The song is taken from the band’s latest album “L’inizio Di Un Incubo”, which was released via Xtreem Music earlier this year. For more TENEBRO music please visit https://tenebro666.bandcamp.com
“Consécration Cadavérique”, the debut full-length from Québec, Canada based Black Metallers ORPHIQUE, can be streamed in its entirety over here now. It will be released on November 24, 2022 via Sepulchral Productions. For more info please visit www.sepulchralproductions.com or www.facebook.com/sepulchral.prods
Dutch Death Metallers LUCIFERICON are streaming their sophomore full-length “The Warlock Of Da’ath” in its entirety at this location now. The album will be released on November 25, 2022 via Invictus Productions. More about LUCIFERICON at www.facebook.com/lucifericon
Finnish Black Metallers BLACK BEAST are streaming their second album “Arctic Darkness” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on November 25, 2022 via Primitive Reaction. All additional information you will find at www.primitivereaction.com
“Agony Reborn”, the new EP from Fargo, North Dakota based Death Metal quintet GORGATRON, can be streamed in its entirety at this location now. It was released earlier this month on digital and cassette formats via Blood Blast Distribution. You can reach GORGATRON through www.facebook.com/gorgatronband
Austrian Black Metallers KARG have just released a video for ‘Ebbe//Flut’ over here. The track is the third single from the band’s upcoming eighth album “Resignation”, which will be out on November 25, 2022 via AOP Records. All further KARG information you will find at www.facebook.com/kargband
Kansas City based Thrashers HELLEVATE will release a new EP entitled “The Purpose Is Cruelty” on January 14, 2023. A lyric video for the title track is already available at this location. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Purpose Is Cruelty’, ‘Dagon’, ‘Buried Under Mistakes’, ‘Die Or Be Killed’ and ‘(No) Further Action Is Required’. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/hellevate
“The Haunting”, the debut full-length from American Black Metallers BAD MANOR, will be released on vinyl via Labyrinth Tower. It was originally released on cassette and digital formats only. It will be available on pink / magenta marble and limited black vinyl and comes with an illustrated 16 pages book of stories that accompany the twisted tales heard on “The Haunting”. Orders also come with a brushed bronze Ordo Vampyr Orientis insignia pin. A full album stream is available over here. For more info and ordering details please visit www.labyrinthtower.com
German Black Metallers NOCTURNIS have just released a video for ‘Reue’ at this location. The track is taken from their new album “Unsegen”, which was released in late October 2022 via MDD Records. All additional NOCTURNIS info you will find at www.facebook.com/nocturniskvlt
Florida Death Metallers HIBERNUS MORTIS are streaming their new album “The Monoliths Of Cursed Slumber” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 25, 2022 via Blood Harvest Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl edition will follow next year. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/hibernusmortis
A full album stream of “At The Gates Of Dusk”, the third full-length from Siberian five-piece Post Black Metallers ULTAR, is available at this location now. The album is out now via RockMark Records. The band recently released a video for the album track ‘Innsmouth’ right here. A video for the album’s first single ‘Midnight Walk And Reminiscence Of Necromancy’ is additionally available over here. More band information can be found at www.facebook.com/ultarband