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Melbourne, Australia based Death / Thrash duo BATTLEGRAVE will self-release their third full-length “Enslavement” on April 10, 2026 on CD and digitally. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Soul Chasm’, ‘There Is Only Death’, ‘Bonesaw’, ‘Eyes Of Enslavement’, ‘Venom’, ‘The Grand Machine Of Despair’, ‘Asylum’, ‘Marked By Evil’, ‘Under The Banner We March’ and ‘US Outpost 31’. You can already watch a video for ‘Bonesaw’ at this location. The album was recorded by Clint Patzel of BATTLEGRAVE, mixed by Tim Shearman and mastered by Logan Mader. The session drums were played by Robin Stone. www.facebook.com/battlegrave
Ukrainian Black / Death Metallers BRAS D’HONNEUR have just revealed the track ‘Trench Knife’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Hate Speech”, which will be released on March 13, 2026 via Primitive Reaction. The album’s full tracklist reads like this: ‘Trench Knife’, ‘Scum Of The Earth’, ‘Regicide’, ‘Main De Gloire’, ‘Eaten Alive By The Pigs’, ‘Crown Of Nails’, ‘Stench Of The Rotten Blood’, ‘Poisoning The Hearts With Malice’, ‘Disemboweled’, ‘Goat Rapists’, ‘Judas Cradle’, ‘Bras D’Honneur’ and ‘Sheep In Wolf’s Clothing’. BRAS D’HONNEUR is the latest creation of the duo R and V, who are already known for their combined work in DRUDKH, PRECAMBRIAN, BLOOD OF KINGU and RATTENFÄNGER among others. www.facebook.com/primitivereaction666
On March 21, 2026 Purity Through Fire will release the sophomore full-length from German Black Metallers AINZAMKAIT, “Fluch Des Nachzehrers”, on digipak CD format. The vinyl edition will follow in the summer. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Blutrausch’, ‘Fluch Des Nachzehrers’, ‘Blut’ges Morgentau’, ‘Pestritter’, ‘Antlitz Des Mondes’, ‘Alb Der Ewigkeit’, ‘Was Bleibt Ist Einsamkeit’ and ‘Solange Dein Herz Schlägt’. You can already check out the title track ‘Fluch Des Nachzehrers’ at this location. For more AINZAMKAIT please visit https://ainzamkait.bandcamp.com
Finnish Black Metallers MORGAL have just revealed the track ‘Stormchaser’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “The Seventh Circle”, which will be released later this year via Werewolf Records. www.facebook.com/morgalofficial
“Tortural Symphony Of The Flesh”, the sophomore full-length from Finnish Death Metallers UNEARTHLY RITES, will be released via Svart Records on April 03, 2026 on transparent red / black smoke marble vinyl, limited ultra clear vinyl, black vinyl, CD and digital formats. You can already watch a visualizer video for ‘Ignis Fatuus’ at this location. The band will be promoting the upcoming album in Finland in March, followed by a tour through Europe in April / May together with SONIC POISON. www.facebook.com/unearthlyrites666
The three albums “Despondent Death” (2015), “Abhorrent Disease” (209) and “Defiance” (2024) from New York based Death Metallers HYPOXIA will be re-released on cassette tape via Selfmadegod Records on February 27, 2026. www.facebook.com/hypoxiaofficialnyc
Ukraine based technical Thrashers VIOLENT OMEN will release their fourth full-length “Locomotive Of Chaos” on CD via Nocturnus Records this spring. You can already check out the track ‘Path Of Illumination’ over here. The album was recorded with producer Serg MP at Morrison Studio in Zhytomyr and mixed and mastered at Nuts4all Studio in Zaporizhzhia. The artwork was created by Ruslan Hrytsiuta. https://violentomenofficial.bandcamp.com
Finnish melodic Death Metallers CROWEN will release their third EP “Through The Dying Mist” via Inverse Records today. You can check it out in its entirety at this location. Videos for ‘Ember Wraith’ and ‘The Unwritten End’ are additionally available here and here and a lyric video for ‘I Am The Sorrow’ you will find at this location. More about CROWEN at www.facebook.com/crowenofficial
Finland’s Doom / Deathers HANGING GARDEN will release their ninth full-length “Isle Of Bliss” on March 20, 2026 via Agonia Records. A lyric video for the album’s title track is available over here now. “Isle Of Bliss” was recorded at various studios in southern Finland by the band. The drums were recorded at Klaukkala’s D-Studio with Jarno Hänninen. The mixing and mastering was done by Jaime Gomez Arellano and the cover artwork was created by Kalle Pyyhtinen. The complete tracklist of “Isle Of Bliss” reads as follows: ‘To Outlive The Nine Ravens’, ‘Eternal Trees of Turquoise’, ‘Isle Of Bliss’, ‘To The Gates Of Hel’, ‘The Death Upon Our Shoulders’, ‘The Blights Nine’, ‘Arise, Black Sun’, ‘Her Waning Light’ and ‘Beneath The Fallen Sky’. www.facebook.com/hanginggardenofficial
“De Pinte”, the fourth full-length from Norwegian Black Metallers MISOTHEIST, will be released via Terratur Possessions on CD and vinyl LP formats today. A full album stream you will find at this location. For all additional info please visit www.terraturpossessions.com
Australian blackened Death / Thrash Metallers IN MALICE’S WAKE will release their fifth full-length “The Profound Darkness” on May 01, 2026. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Profound Darkness’, ‘Beyond Death’, ‘By Tongues Of Demons’, ‘The Last Song’, ‘Numb To Paradise’, ‘Upon My Flesh’, ‘The Great Purifier’, ‘Away From The Light’ and ‘The Darkness Below Us’. The material was mixed by Chris Themelco at Monolith Studio in Melbourne, Australia and mastered by Plec Johansson at Panic Room Mastering. The artwork was created by Shaun Farrugia of IN MALICE’S WAKE. You can stream IN MALICE’S WAKE over here. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/inmaliceswake
“Verwording”, the third full-length from Netherlands’ based Black Metallers WRANG, will be released on April 24, 2026 via Dominance Of Darkness Records on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Stilstand’, ‘Entartete Kunst’, ‘Nachten In Walheim’, ‘Voor Ons De Zee’, ‘De Duivel Is De Ander’ and ‘Bitjebauw’. You can already check out ‘Nachten In Walheim’ over here. For all additional WRANG info please visit www.facebook.com/wrangblackmetal
German brutal Death Metallers RESURRECTED have just released a lyric video for ‘Forever Damned’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming eighth full-length “Perpetual”, which will be released on April 10, 2026 via Testimony Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jörg Uken at Soundlodge Studio in Rhauderfehn, Germany and the cover artwork was created by Ivan S. Bragin of Bragin Design. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Unholy Intercession’, ‘Human Wrath’, ‘Forever Damned’, ‘Into Mighty Death’, ‘Sanity Is Lost’, ‘Decomposed’, ‘Immaculate Deception’, ‘Echoes Of Creation’, ‘Perpetual’ and ‘Infernal Desire’ (MALEVOLENT CREATION cover). DESPONDENCY’s Konstantin “Konni” Lühring contributed guest vocals on ‘Decomposed’. www.facebook.com/resurrected.brutaldeath
On February 20, 2026 Amor Fati Productions will release “Taurunovem – Th’Astraktyan Serfdome”, the debut full-length from German / Canadian Black / Death Metallers NECROPOLISSEBEHT, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. A full album stream is available over here now. More band information you will find at https://necropolissebeht.bandcamp.com
On February 20, 2026 Terratur Possessions will release the self-titled debut full-length from Norwegian Black Metallers DIABOLUS, MECUM SEMPERTERNE on CD and vinyl LP formats. A full album stream is available at this location now. DIABOLUS, MECUM SEMPERTERNE consists of Cernunnus on guitars (MANES, MANII), K.R. on vocals (WHOREDOM RIFE, BLOODTHORN), B. Kråbøl on drums (MISOTHEIST, ENEVELDE) and E. Blix on choir vocals (MARE, DJEVEL, VEMOD, KAOSRITUAL). www.terraturpossessions.com
Caverna Abismal Records have just released “Inverted Recrucifixion Of Pious Martyrs”, the debut full-length from German Black / Death Metallers BLOOD ALTAR, on cassette tape. The label is also the official distributor of the CD edition of the album. You can check it out in its entirety at https://bloodaltar666.bandcamp.com
Polish Black Metallers HEGEROTH will self-release their sixth full-length “Soaked In Rot” on March 25, 2026 on CD and digital formats. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Bene at HHSoundLab Studios and the cover artwork was created by Maciej Kamuda (BLUT AUS NORD, NUNSLAUGHTER, MASTER). You can already watch a lyric video for ‘Święte Szlachtowanie’ at this location. The complete “Soaked In Rot” tracklist reads like this: ‘You May Call Me A Witch’, ‘The Act Of Lust’, ‘Błogosławieni Ślepi’, ‘The Nails’, ‘Hypocrisy Demands Blood’, ‘Święte Szlachtowanie’, ‘The Degrees’, ‘The Swing’ and ‘Gdybym Istniał’. www.facebook.com/hegeroth
On April 24, 2026 Dominance Of Darkness Records will release “Satanic Terror”, the debut full-length from German Black Metallers WERWOLF, on CD and vinyl LP formats. You can already stream ‘Temple Of No Light’ over here. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Satanic Terror’, ‘Shrine Of Faith’, ‘…Of Cursed Places And Desegrated Graves’, ‘Temple Of No Light’, ‘Unholy Trinity’, ‘Whore Of Dead Heaven’ and ‘Infernal Devotion’. https://werwolf666.bandcamp.com
“Witching Attack”, the debut full-length from Dresden, Germany based Black / Thrash Metallers LEAD INJECTOR, can be streamed in its entirety over here now. It will be released on February 20, 2026 via High Roller Records. The album combines re-recorded demo tracks with fresh material. The cover artwork was created by SepulchralOwl. www.instagram.com/lead_injector
Italian blackened Doom Metallers DWELLNOUGHT are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Monolith Of Ephemerality” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on February 20, 2026 via Caligari Records on CD format. https://dwellnought.bandcamp.com
On April 27, 2026 Memento Mori, in co-operation with Me Saco Un Ojo Records, will release “Trepanación”, the debut full-length from Costa Rica’s old school Death Metallers CANDARIAN. Memento Mori will release the CD edition and Me Saco Un Ojo the vinyl and cassette tape editions. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Spectral Superstitions’, ‘Altars And Ancestors’, ‘Zombie Miscarriage’, ‘Skull Drilling Exorcism’, ‘Relinquished Víscera’, ‘Psychosurgery Ecstasy’ and ‘Vilipendio Del Cadaver’. You can already check out ‘Skull Drilling Exorcism’ over here. More about CANDARIAN at https://instagram.com/candarianhorror
Netherlands’ based Black / Death Metal one man band EL MUERTO has just released a video for ‘Lich King’ at this location. The track is featured on EL MUERTO’s debut EP “Lost And Amsterdamned”, which you can stream in its entirety over here. For all additional information please visit https://instagram.com/elmuerto_
Italian Occult Metallers MIDYRASI’S KULT have just premiered the track ‘Taste For Damnation’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Italian Dark Sound”, which will be released on March 27, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Italian Dark Sound’, ‘M.I.M. Mayhem’, ‘Cellar’, ‘Mountain Devil’, ‘Taste For Damnation’, ‘Slaughter’, ‘Hypnopriest’ and ‘The Lost Son Of Sylvester Anfang’. https://midryasiskult.bandcamp.com
Blackened Oriental Death Metal project JIBREEL has just released a video for their debut single ‘Alhowa’ at this location. JIBREEL is the brainchild of Ouassim Amdouni, composer, songwriter, guitarist and vocalist, who was born in Tunis and currently lives in Milan, Italy. He is blending extreme Metal with Middle Eastern melodies and spiritual atmospheres. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586087862065
Baltimore based Black Metallers NIXIL and Portland’s Black / Death Metal four-piece DROUTH will embark on a US tour together in May. The bands will be touring in support of their forthcoming split LP, “Toward Dead Temples”, which will be released on April 24, 2026 on vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. More about both bands at www.facebook.com/nixilnothing or www.facebook.com/drouthpdx
Perth, Australia based melodic Death Metallers VANTA have just released a lyric video for ‘Transmorcide’ at this location. The track is featured on their upcoming debut full-length “Perpetual Selection”, which will be released on March 13, 2026. www.facebook.com/vantametalofficial
On April 24, 2026 Dominance Of Darkness Records will release “Elbenblut”, the tenth full-length from German Black Metallers ASENHEIM, on CD and vinyl LP formats. You can already check out ‘Wo Die Schatten Drohen’ over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Ein Steiniger Weg’, ‘Ein Stern’, ‘Elbenblut I’, ‘Wächter Der Nacht’, ‘Im Lande Mordor’, ‘Elbenblut II’, ‘Wo Die Schatten Drohen’, ‘Das Letzte Zeitalter’, ‘Das Juwel Von Erebor’, ‘Ein Letzter Atemzug’ and ‘Nicht Mehr Weit’. www.facebook.com/asenheimblackmetal
On February 20, 2026 Amor Fati Productions will release “Morulus”, the debut mini album of German / Mexican Black Metallers VORAGO, on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. It was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Scumlight Studio. A full stream of it you will find over here now. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/amorfatiprod
“Death Doom Punks”, the seventh full-length from German old school Death Metal / Punk three-piece ARROGANZ, will be released via Testimony Records on May 15, 2026. A video for ‘Die For Nothing’ can already be watched at this location. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Timo Rotten at Dungeon Soul Studios in Berlin, Germany and produced by ARROGANZ. The cover artwork was created by Johnny Doe. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Die For Nothing’, ‘Under Scarred Skin’, ‘Pain Forged Armor’, ‘Death Doom Punks’, ‘Anti-Ideology’, ‘Arsenic Breath’, ‘Incubus’ Veins’, ‘Earths Final Dose’ and ‘Spirit Arsonist’. www.facebook.com/arroganzgermany
“Brána Chladu”, the debut full-length from Slovakia’s Doom / Deathers HROB, will be released on April 27, 2026 via Memento Mori (CD edition), in co-operation with Night Terror (vinyl LP and cassette tape editions). It will feature the following tracks: ‘Intro’, ‘Chrám Prázdnoty’, ‘Tiene Stromov’, ‘Genocída Snov’, ‘Medzihra’, ‘Zotročený Oheň’ and ‘Brána Chladu’. You can already check out ‘Tiene Stromov’ over here. For all additional HROB information please visit www.facebook.com/hrob.death
Detroit, Michigan based Death Metallers TEMPLE OF VOID will release their fifth full-length “The Crawl” on March 06, 2026 via Relapse Records. A lyric video for the track ‘Soulburn’ can already be watched at this location. The album was recorded in one week in January 2026 with Kurt Ballou at his GodCity Studio (GATECREEPER, HIGH ON FIRE) in Salem, Massachusetts. He was assisted by engineer Zach Weeks (DEAFHEAVEN, FUMING MOUTH) and Ace Brad Boatright mastered the material at his Audiosiege Mastering Studio in Portland, Oregon. The cover artwork was created by Travis Smith (OPETH, DEATH). The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Poison Icon’, ‘Godless Cynic’, ‘The Crawl’, ‘A Dead Issue’, ‘Thy Mountain Eternal’, ‘Soulburn’ and ‘The Twin Stranger’. www.facebook.com/templeofvoid
On April 17, 2026 Darkness Shall Rise Productions will release the self-titled debut full-length from Swedish Black Metal one man band DAEMONIUM REGNI on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Mater Daemonium’, ‘Ascendens Tenebrae’, ‘Silentium Mors Itinerarum’, ‘Luna Sanguinea’, ‘Spiritus In Flammo’, ‘Sacrificium’, ‘Magica Cultus’ and ‘Damnationem’. You can already check out the opener ‘Mater Daemonium’ over here. DAEMONIUM REGNI is the solo project from Micke Broberg of UNANIMATED, which is dedicated to dark and epic Black Metal for fans of ROOT, BATHORY and ANCIENT WISDOM. www.facebook.com/darknessshallriseproductions
Chilean bestial Black / Death Metal Goregrinders MORS.VOID.DISCIPLINE will release their debut full-length “Txketh)ëké” via Sentient Ruin on March 13, 2026 on vinyl LP, CD and cassette tape formats. The track ‘Sanguinem In Anum Caprae Putrescentis Eiaculans’ can already be streamed at this location. You can follow MORS.VOID.DISCIPLINE at https://morsvoiddiscipline.bandcamp.com
“Imperatrix Sanguinis”, the sophomore full-length from UK’s Black Metallers BLOOD COUNTESS, will be released via Dominance Of Darkness Records on CD and vinyl LP formats on April 24, 2026. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Chains Of Misdeed’, ‘Sadistic Marchioness’, ‘The Scavenger’s Daughter’, ‘Shakals Of Sin’, ‘Purge Of Trencin’, ‘Schadenfreude’ and ‘Anna Nádasdy’. The album opener ‘Chains Of Misdeed’ can already be checked out over here. For all further BLOOD COUNTESS info please visit www.facebook.com/bloodcountessofficial
Danish Death / Thrash Metallers SHADOWSPAWN have just released a video for the title track of their upcoming fourth full-length “Cadaver Dogs” at this location. The material for the album was recorded at Corpsekennel Spawncamp and mixed and mastered by Kelvin Dam. The cover artwork was created Henry Pyykkö. “Cadaver Dogs” will be released on February 20, 2026 in digital format and CD through Via Nocturna. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Spiral Of Torment’, ‘The Apostate’, ‘Devil’s Breath Retribution’, ‘Dark Waters’, ‘Eir To The Profane’, ‘Cadaver Dogs’, ‘Requiem Of The Dispossessed’, ‘He Who Slept In Fire’, ‘Hollow Gods’ and ‘Demonized And Blasphemous’. In April the band will embark on a tour across Denmark together with symphonic Black / Gothic Metallers DEFACING GOD and Death Metallers MACERATION. www.facebook.com/shadowspawn
On April 07, 2026 Antiq will release “Sitra Ahra”, the sophomore full-length from French Black Metallers TARASK. You can already check out the track ‘Evocation III’ over here. The cover artwork was created by Sözö Tözö. https://tarask666.bandcamp.com
Los Angeles, California based blackened symphonic Death Metallers EPIGRAM will digitally self-release their debut full-length “Obsolescent” on March 06, 2026. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Myrmidon’, ‘Wrath Of Betrayed’, ‘Hour Of Gods’, ‘No Sin’, ‘Empires’, ‘The Usurper’s Throne’, ‘Necro Sun’ and ‘Maelstrom’. The artwork was created by Pär Olofsson. You can already check out the track ‘Wrath Of Betrayed’ at this location. More about EPIGRAM at www.facebook.com/epigrammetalband
Polish Death Metallers MASS INSANITY have recorded a cover of the CANNIBAL CORPSE track ‘An Experiment In Homicide’. You can check it out over here. It was recorded at Antihuman Studio and mixed and mastered by Michal Grabowski from BlackTeamMedia (CHRIST AGONY, FETO IN FETUS, VADER). The track will be part of a CANNIBAL CORPSE tribute CD entitled “Butchered By Death”, which will be released in early summer 2026, in a limited edition of 500 copies, the first 50 copies will include a bonus poster. The compilation will feature the following bands / songs: AVULSED – ‘Staring Through The Eyes Of The Dead’, VEPHAR – ‘Hammer Smashed Face’, MASTECTOMY – ‘Pulverised’, MASS INSANITY – ‘An Experiment In Homicide’, UBORN SUFFER – ‘Put Them To Death’, CHAINSWORD – ‘Death Walking Terror’, KONTAGION – ‘Sentenced To Burn’ / ‘Evisceration Plague’, CEMETERY ROTTENESS – ‘Necropedophile’, TORTURED CORPSE – ‘Butchered By Death’, CORPSE THRONE – ‘I Cum Blood’, MORTIS DEI – ‘A Skull Full Of Maggots’, TRAUMA – ‘Stripped, Raped And Strangled’, BESTIAL DISGOGERMENT – ‘Innards Decay’, 10 PLAGUES – ‘Devoured By Vermin’, MORLORD – ‘Gutted’, Lukasz “Shadock” Radecki – ‘Scalding Hails’, FUNUS – ‘Bloodlands’ and PUTRID EVIL – ‘Fucked With A Knife’. More about MASS INSANITY at www.facebook.com/massinsanity
Canadian Black Metal duo COGADH has just released a lyric video for ‘The Misery Scryer’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming debut full-length “Kingmaker”, which will be digitally self-released on March 06, 2026. www.facebook.com/cogadhofficial
On April 17, 2026 Caligari Records will release “Manor Of Primitive Anticreation”, the debut full-length from Italy’s Black / Death Metal three-piece IGNOBLETH, on CD and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Cults Of The Undead And Profane Necrolatry’, ‘Obelisk Of Deformity’, ‘Warped Abyssal Architectures’, ‘Spores’, ‘Forked Tongues’, ‘And The Lunar Mass Shatters’, ‘Interlude: Lecherous Sex Magick’, ‘Proselyte Pig I’, ‘Proselyte Pig II’, ‘Manor Of Primitive Anticreation’ and ‘Among The Seventy-Two Embalmed Ekpyrotic Gods’. You can already check out ‘Warped Abyssal Architectures’ at this location. All further IGNOBLETH info you will find at https://instagram.com/ignoblethband
German blackened Doom / Death Metallers FUNERAL PILE have just released a lyric video for ‘In Eternal Fire’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Summoning”, which will be released on March 06, 2026. It was recorded by Martin Schirmann and mixed and mastered by Konst Fischer at Konst Fischer Mixing. The artwork was created by Artem Demura. www.facebook.com/funeralpile
Polish Black Metallers THROAT have just revealed the track ‘Cain’s Mark’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Beyond The Devil’s Shroud”, which will be released on March 13, 2026 via Primitive Reaction. The previously revealed ‘The Pact’ is still available over here. The full “Beyond The Devil’s Shroud” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Beyond The Devil’s Shroud’, ‘Cain’s Mark’, ‘Summerland’, ‘Corrupted Flesh’ and ‘The Pact’. https://devilsthroat.bandcamp.com
Finland’s Death / Thrash Metallers SKULL ALTAR will release their debut full-length “Diabolical” on March 20, 2026 on CD and digital formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘March For Destruction’, ‘Scorn’, ‘Broken By Religion’, ‘Exhumed By Darkness’, ‘Diabolical’, ‘Infodemia’, ‘Storm Behind Demise’, ‘The Circle Of Cryptic Pain’, ‘Fear Of War’ and ‘War Crimes (Disclosure Act)’. A lyric video for ‘Broken By Religion’ is already available at this location. The album was mixed and mastered by Mikael Sehlin Productions and the artwork was created by Jussi Hevander. www.facebook.com/skullaltar
On April 24, 2026 AOP Records will release “Determined To Death And Beyond”, the debut full-length from blackened Death Metallers ARCHAIC OATH. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Above The Ice’, ‘Wrath Of The Witches’, ‘Forest Of Horrors’, ‘Requiem For A Doomed Soul’, ‘Abysmal Ascent’, ‘Path Of Penitence’, ‘Into The Temple Of Light’ and ‘Ye Entrancemperium’. A video for ‘Forest Of Horrors’ can already be watched over here. More about ARCHAIC OATH at www.facebook.com/aoprecs
Italian Crossover Thrashers URAL will release their fourth full-length “Anthropic Genetic Involution” on April 23, 2026 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. You can already check out the opener ‘Extreme Paranoia’ at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Extreme Paranoia’, ‘Break The Fall’, ‘God Of Lies’, ‘Wrong Children’, ‘Wasteland’, ‘Rat In A Cage’, ‘Flat Black (J.J. Johnson)’, ‘Terror Eyes’ and ‘…To Change Your Vision’. www.facebook.com/uralwolfteam
Austrian Black / Deathers TRANSILVANIA will release their third full-length “Magia Posthuma” on March 13, 2026 via Invictus Productions on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape. A video for the album track ‘Set The Tombs On Fire’ can already be watched at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/transilvaniaaustria
Xtreem Music have just re-released “…We Hail The Possessed”, the 1994 compilation from Swedish Death Metallers HETSHEADS. It was originally released by Repulse Records (pre – Xtreem Music) and compiles the band’s 1991 demo and an unreleased double EP from the same year. The band’s vocalist went on to record the first album by NECROPHOBIC. “…We Hail The Possessed” is available on vinyl LP (on silver wax with black splatter, limited to 100 copies) and classic black wax (limited to 150 copies). The CD, limited to 500 copies, includes an 8-page booklet with lyrics and photos (both CD and LP feature silver-printed covers, just like the original) and the cassette tape comes in silver with an 8-panel fold-out cover, limited to 50 copies. A strictly limited run of 50 t-shirts has also been produced. A full stream of the compilation you will find over here. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/xtreemmusic666
US Deathgrinders EXHUMED will release their eleventh full-length “Red Asphalt” on February 20, 2026 via Relapse Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Unsafe At Any Speed’, ‘Red Asphalt’, ‘Shock Trauma’, ‘Shovelhead’, ‘The Iron Graveyard’, ‘Crawling From The Wreckage’, ‘Signal Thirty’, ‘Death On Four Wheels’, ‘Symphorophilia’ and ‘The Fumes’. You can check out a video for ‘The Iron Graveyard’ at this location now. The band will be touring the US in support of the album from February 19 to March 21, 2026 with OXYGEN DESTROYER and NO/MÁS and Europe with labelmates GRUESOME in April and May 2026. www.facebook.com/exhumedofficial
Scotland’s melodic Black / Death Metallers WINTER ETERNAL are streaming their upcoming fifth full-length “Unveiled Nightsky” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on February 13, 2026 via Hells Headbangers. www.facebook.com/wintereternalband
Spanish melodic Death Metallers EMPIRE OF DISEASE have just released a visualizer video for ‘The Art Of Manipulation’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “While Everything Collapses”, which will be released on March 19, 2026 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. Here’s the complete tracklist already: ‘The Beast Inside Me’, ‘Depravity’, ‘No Risk, No Glory’, ‘The Art Of Manipulation’, ‘Torture Chamber’, ‘Hamunaptra’, ‘While Everything Collapses’ and ‘More Than A Hundred’. www.facebook.com/empireofdisease
Portland, Oregon based progressive Black / Death / Avantgarde Metal band LIVIDUS will release their debut full-length “Scarabaeus” via Nameless Grave Records on April 17, 2026. It was produced, mixed and mastered by Keith Merrow at Merrowsound Studios. You can already check out the track ‘Amphisbaena’ at this location. The band features Uta Plotkin (ex – WITCH MOUNTAIN) on vocals, Christy Cather (LUDICRA) on guitars, Rob Shaffer (UADA, DARK CASTLE) on guitars, Connie Wang on bass and Michael Thompson (ex – SILVER TALON) on drums. www.facebook.com/lividusmetal
On March 13, 2026 Horror Pain Gore Death Productions will release “Congealed And Foaming”, the sophomore full-length from Pennsylvania’s brutal Deathgrinders GORE MACHINE, on CD and digital formats. You can already listen to the single ‘Shish Kabobs’ at this location. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Shish Kabobs’, ‘Road Safety Certification’, ‘Stunt Double’, ‘Brain Drain’, ‘Unplugged’, ‘Crusher’, ‘Dirt Devil’, ‘Lawn Care’, ‘Camping’ and ‘Undercover’. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556223996624
“Turbulence”, the fourth full-length from Portugal’s Heavy / Speed Metallers TOXIKULL, will be released via Dying Victims Productions on April 24, 2026 on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Midnight Fire’, ‘Turbulence’, ‘Dragon Magic’, ‘Blessed By The Night’, ‘Dying Star’, ‘Strike Again’, ‘Hard To Break’, ‘Burning Spark’, ‘King Of The Hammer’ and ‘Flames Of Glory’. You can already check out the album opener Midnight Fire’ over here. For all additional TOXIKULL information please visit www.facebook.com/toxikull
“Individual”, the sophomore full-length from Bratislava, Slovakia based HOLOTROPIC, will be released on February 20, 2026. The band combines technical Death Metal with progressive, alternative and ambient elements. The album was recorded, produced and mixed by Jakub Hríbik at Pulp Studios, mastered by Alexandr Vatagin and the artwork was created by Inese Voyager. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘D’Filer’, ‘Al(l)one’, ‘fRiction’, ‘out-with-in’, ‘in_dividual: Part I: Animal’, ‘in_dividual: Part II: Lamina’ and ‘in_dividual: Part III: Anima’. You can already check out ‘D’Filer’ and ‘in_dividual: Part I: Animal’ at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/holotropic
On March 26, 2026 Caverna Abismal Records will re-release “Compendium Of The Horrific”, the sophomore full-length from Portuguese Death Metallers FESTERING, in an improved and expanded CD edition. It will feature a fully reworked cover artwork and layout, which is finally doing justice to the original artwork and conceptual vision, and also includes two previously unreleased tracks. A brand-new studio recording and a live track, which was recorded at the band’s very first performance at Masmorra Fest 2016. The booklet includes previously unseen photographs from that historic live show. www.facebook.com/festering.band
Finnish melodic Death / Black Metallers SE, JOSTA EI PUHUTA will release their fourth full-length “Syvyyden Portit On Saatava Auki” on May 29, 2026 via Inverse Records. It was mixed and mastered by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio and the album cover artwork was created by Nicolas O. A video for the first single ‘Kuolemaa Ei Ole’ can already be watched at this location. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Tulkoon Valkeus’, ‘Myrsky’, ‘Varis’, ‘Kuolemaa Ei Ole’, ‘Pahuuden Palavat Nuolet’, ‘Syvyyden Portit On Saatava Auki’, ‘Muinaiset Jumalat Kuuntelevat’, ‘Rituaali’ and ‘Pimeys Ja Ikuinen Yö’. www.facebook.com/sejostaeipuhuta666
“Dark Matter Manifesto”, the debut full-length from Tunisian blackened Metal band PRIMORDIAL BLACK, can be streamed in its entirety over here. It was released via Darkside Records last year. Sakis Tolis of ROTTING CHRIST contributed guest vocals to the track ‘Sowing Discord’ and Maxime Taccardi (K.F.R., SATURNIAN TEMPLE, OSCULUM SERPENTIS a.o.) guests on ‘Din Of Thy Celestial Birds’. According to a band info, the material “blends atmospheric Black Metal, Ritual Ambient and Industrial elements into a dense and cinematic whole.” www.facebook.com/primordial.black.band