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Stockholm, Sweden based blackened Death Metallers ENCRYPTMENT are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Dödens Födsel” at this location now. It will be released on November 11, 2022 via Nuclear Winter Records. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Dödens Födsel’, ‘Liens Praktfulla Dans’, ‘Silver Tongue’, ‘Central Disharmoni’, ‘Existens I Ambivalens’, ‘Plågospiral’, ‘Poisonous Salvation’ and ‘Withered Hands’. All additional ENCRYPTMENT info you will find at www.facebook.com/encryptment-714904648621738
On December 21, 2022 Signal Rex will release “Anthems Of Mournful Despondency”, the debut full-length from international Black Metallers GRYMMSTALT, on CD format. The vinyl and tape versions will follow in March 2023. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Seelenangst’, ‘Wehmut’, ‘Nachsinnen’, ‘Nachgiebigkeit’ and ‘Schmerzan’. You can already stream ‘Wehmut’ over here. For more information please visit www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
Austria based dark melodic Death Metallers VERMOCRACY have just released a video for ‘Grace Of Hypnos’ at this location. The song is featured on the band’s second album “Age Of Dysphoria”, which was released via Black Sunset / MDD at the end of September. The performance scenes were filmed at the Escape Metalcorner in Vienna, Austria. More about VERMOCRACY at www.facebook.com/vermocracy
Salt Lake City, Utah based Death Metallers SACRILEGION have just premiere the track ‘Transfixed In Spiral Ambiguity’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s debut full-length “From Which Nightmares Crawl”, which will be released on December 09, 2022 via Chaos Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl edition will follow next year. The previously revealed ‘Tainting The Sky With Red’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist of “From Which Nightmares Crawl” reads as follows: ‘A Terrible Pilgrimage To Seek Ne Nighted Throne’, ‘Puritanical Dementia’, ‘Tainting The Sky With Red’, ‘From Which Nightmares Crawl’, ‘So Envenomed, Enshrined’, ‘Legacy Of The Impaler’, ‘Transfixed In Spiral Ambiguity’, ‘The Hollow Blue Eyes Of Yomi At Twilight’, ‘Creaking Shadows (That Which Dwell In Silence)’ and ‘Ever-Consuming Arc (The Dirgelike Crawl Through Trembling Aeons)’. The album was mixed and mastered by Damian Hearring (HORRENDOUS, CRYPTIC SHIFT, VOID ROT) and the cover artwork was created by John Quevedo Janssens (PAGANIZER, SUMMONING DEATH). For more SACRILEGION information please visit www.facebook.com/sacrilegion
Stockholm, Sweden based Doom / Death Metallers BLOODOFJUPITER have self-released a new EP entitled “Just Let Life Burn!” on cassette tape (limited to 50 copies only) and digitally. Their sophomore full-length is planned for next year. The band members have a long history in Swedish extreme music already. Drummer Robert “Thord” Granath formed MEFISTO in 1984 and vocalist David Isberg started OPETH in 1990. You can check out their releases at https://bloodofjupiter.bandcamp.com. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/bloodofjupiter
On December 21, 2022 Signal Rex will release “The Third Level Of Decay”, the fifth album from Finnish ABSOLUTE KEY, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘A Hidden Angle’, ‘A Wrecked Spine’, ‘Closer, Further’, ‘Flakes Of Ash’, ‘The Cellar Door’ and ‘The Third Level Of Decay’. You can check out the album opener over here. Band founder Antti Klemi commented on the album as follows: “Musically, this album sprung from an idea of totally bleak and monotonous Industrial / Black Metal hybrid, driven by simple, repetitive drumbeats and cold synth / guitar riffs. With time, these songs took many twists and turns, layers were laden one after another, and the labyrinth grew more complex and serpentine. So, “The Third Level Of Decay” is play between two elements – blunt, primitive, and ‘physical’ core and spectral, unconscious, and ‘spiritual’ details. And that third level, death of deaths, humming over this all.” ABSOLUTE KEY will be making its live debut at this year’s Invicta Requiem Mass festival. For all additional info check out www.facebook.com/absolutekey111
Netherlands based crusty Death Metallers DEFY THE CURSE have released a video for ‘Leading Into The Realm Of Torment’ at this location. The song is taken from the band’s upcoming album “Horrors Of Human Sacrifice”, which will be released on 13 January 2023 on 2 CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digitally via Hammerheart Records. The material was produced by Erwin Hermsen at Toneshed Studio. DEFY THE CURSE consists of former members of COLLISION, CAUTERIZE, INHUME, THE GUILT PARADE, MANGLED and LEGION OF THE DAMNED. All further info you will find at www.facebook.com/defythecurse
On January 27, 2023 “The Fires Of Heaven”, the debut full-length from Boston, Massachusetts based blackened Speed Metallers MALLEUS, will be released via Armageddon Label, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Tempest’, ‘A Dark Sun Rises’, ‘Beyond The Pale’, ‘Prophetess’, ‘The Fires Of Heaven’, ‘Into The Flesh’, ‘Awakening’ and ‘Mourning War’. You can already stream ‘Beyond The Pale’ over here. More MALLEUS you will find at https://malleusheavymetal.bandcamp.com
Swedish Black / Thrashers SARCATOR have released a video for ‘Perdition’s Hand’ at this location. The track appears on the band’s second full-length, which was just released via Black Lion Records on CD, cassette tape, vinyl and digitally. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Marko Tervonen at Studio-MT in Trollhattan, Sweden and the artwork was supplied by Dávid Glomba. The following tracks will be on it: ‘Ascend’, ‘Perdition’s Hand’, ‘Grave Maggot Future’, ‘Dreameater’, ‘The Long Lost’, ‘He Who Comes From The Dark’, ‘Devil Sun’, ‘Sorrow’s Verse’ and ‘Alkahest’. For regular updates make sure to follow SARCATOR at www.facebook.com/sarcatorband
Belarus based brutal Death Metallers OMINOUS SCRIPTURES will release their third full-length “Rituals Of Mass Self-Ignition” on January 27, 2023 via Willowtip Records on CD, vinyl and digital formats. The album’s first single, ‘Demonic Totem I Am’ can already be streamed over here. The complete “Rituals Of Mass Self-Ignition” tracklist reads like this: ‘Demonic Totem I Am’, ‘Rituals Of Mass Self-Ignition’, ‘Enraged’, ‘Fanning The Flames’, ‘Serpentine Wisdom’, ‘Mangled Perception’, ‘Inhabitant Of The Lacrimarium’ and ‘Codex Rescriptus’. More about OMINOUS SCRIPTURES at www.facebook.com/ominousscriptures
On January 13, 2023 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Arcane Diabolism”, the debut full-length from Brazil’s Black / Deathers CURSED EXCRUCIATION, on vinyl LP format. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Call…’, ‘Initiation (The Oath Of Darkness)’, ‘Goetic Glorification’, ‘The Sorcerer Of Antioch’, ‘Daughters Of Nyx’, ‘Beast Of Fire’, ‘Black Altar Sacrifice’ and ‘The Rapture’. You can already stream ‘The Sorcerer Of Antioch’ at this location. More CURSED EXCRUCIATION you will find at https://tranceoftheundead.bandcamp.com
Madison, Wisconsin based Death Metallers CASKET ROBBERY have just released a video for the track ‘Post-Mortem’ over here. It was filmed in the “Autopsy Room” at Brodhead Manor, a well-known abandoned schoolhouse and haunted attraction in Southern Wisconsin. Vocalist Megan Orvold-Scheider commented on the concept behind the horror-inspired video as follows: “It tells the incredibly dark story of a body being autopsied and things being found that are very far from normal. A being trapped in a body still very much alive-but dormant, as the autopsy awakens the curses placed upon her to keep her dormant.” The band’s new album “Rituals Of Death” will be out on November 11, 2022 via Blood Blast Distribution. All additional CASKET ROBBERY information you will find at www.facebook.com/casketrobbery
Fargo, North Dakota based Death Metallers GORGATRON are streaming their new EP “Agony Reborn” in its entirety at this location now. The EP will be released via Blood Blast Distribution today on digital and cassette tape formats. The cassette edition is limited to 100 copies and also includes four exclusive live tracks on side B. For more GORGATRON info check out www.facebook.com/gorgatronband
German melodic Death Metallers BATTLESWORD have just released a lyric video for ‘Hound Of Hades’ over here. The track appears on the band’s fourth full-length album “Towards The Unknown”, which was released via MDD Records earlier this year. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/battleswordofficial
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions will release “Tournament Of Death”, the sophomore EP from Florida based Grinders SHINING WIZARD on December 02, 2022 on CD and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Gutwrench’, ‘Exalted’, ‘Deadly Flower’, ‘Devil In The Mirror’, ‘Bossman Killer’ and ‘Dying On A Razor’s Edge’. You can already check out the opener ‘Gutwrench” over here. All further SHINING WIZARD info is available at www.facebook.com/shiningwizardband
Hungarian Death Metallers OS are streaming their second full-length “Tehom” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 04, 2022 via Iron Bonehead Productions. More OS you fill find at https://osdeathworship.bandcamp.com
Hammerheart Records have released the “Deathspawn” EP from Swedish Death Metallers IMPERISHABLE on cassette tape format, with the DEATH cover ‘Scream Bloody Gore’ as a special bonus track, limited to 100 copies. The band is currently working on their debut full-length, which will be released in 2023. A full EP stream you will find over here. For all additional IMPERISHABLE information please visit www.facebook.com/imperishableband
Chile’s blackened Thrashers HELLISH have just premiered the track ‘Goddess Death’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third album “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 version). The previously revealed ‘Fever Dreams’ can still be checked out over here. The full tracklist 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’. You can follow HELLISH at www.facebook.com/hellishchile
Swedish Death Metallers REVOLTING have been signed by Xtreem Music for the release of their eighth album “Born To Be Dead”, which will be released on November 29, 2022 on CD and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Souls Of Sorrow’, ‘Born For Butchery’, ‘Master Of The End’, ‘The Suffering’, ‘Flesh On The Razor Wire’, ‘Tentacles Come Crawling’, ‘A Trail Of Human Blood’, ‘Rotting In The Depths’, ‘The Knowing’ and ‘Born To Be Dead’. The album opener ‘Souls Of Sorrow’ can be streamed right here. More about REVOLTING at www.facebook.com/revoltingdeathmetal
San Antonio, Texas based melodic blackened Death Metallers SCARS OF THE FLESH have just released a lyric video for ‘Only I’, the latest single from their forthcoming third album “In Darkness Alone”. You can watch the video at this location. The album will be self-released by SCARS OF THE FLESH on November 18, 2022. All further band information you will find at www.facebook.com/scarsofthefleshofficial
Austria based Black Metallers KARG have just revealed the new track ‘Generation Ohne Abschied’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s eighth album “Resignation”, which will be released on November 25, 2022 via AOP Records. The previously revealed ‘Grab Der Wellen’ can still be checked out at this location. For regular updates please follow KARG at www.facebook.com/kargband
Austrian Black Metallers ASPHAGOR have just finished work on their follow-up to 2018’s “The Cleansing” album, which was released via Black Sunset. The new album will be released in spring 2023 via MDD Records. For regular updates make sure to follow ASPHAGOR at www.facebook.com/asphagor
Richmond, Virginia based blackened Death Metallers APPALLING have just premiered the track ‘Pavilion’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “Sacrilege”, which will be released on December 02, 2022 via Personal Records. The previously revealed ‘Father Inferior’ and ‘These People Need To Die’ can still be streamed at the label’s Bandcamp site. The complete “Sacrilege” tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Morningstar After’, ‘Life In Prism’, ‘Gilded Restraints’, ‘Unwavering Feeling Of Dread And Despair’, ‘Father Inferior’, ‘Collection Plate’, ‘Pavilion’, ‘Nunsploitation’ and ‘These People Need To Die’. More about APPALLING at www.facebook.com/appallingmusic
“Kaźń”, the sixth album from Poland’s Black / Thrashers WITCHMASTER will be released on November 25, 2022 via Agonia Records. It was recorded at Studio Wieloślad by Haldor Grunberg and mixed and mastered by Haldor Grunberg and Inferno. The cover artwork was created by Durda. The album’s second single ‘All-Consuming Hate’ can be streamed over here now. All further info you will find at www.facebook.com/witchmasterband
On November 24, 2022 Sepulchral Productions will release “Consécration Cadavérique”, the debut full-length from Québec, Canada based Black Metallers ORPHIQUE. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Onirique’, ‘Vampirique’, ‘Chromatique’, ‘Chimérique’ and ‘Sporadique’. For all additional information please visit www.sepulchralproductions.com or www.facebook.com/sepulchral.prods
A full album stream of “Corporal Humiliation”, the debut full-length from Tampa, Florida Death Metallers VACUOUS DEPTHS, is available over here now. The album will be released on November 04, 2022 as a joint release among Blood Harvest Records, Chaos Records and Goat Throne Records. More VACUOUS DEPTHS info is available at www.facebook.com/vacuousdepths
Canadian Thrashers AGGRESSION have just released a lyric video for the song ‘Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming fifth full-length “From Hell With Hate”, which will be released on 12″ LP (100 splatter and 150 black copies), CD, cassette tape (limited to 50 copies) and digital formats on November 17, 2022 via Xtreem Music. The previously released ‘Return Of The Frozen Aggressor’ can still be streamed over here. The full “From Hell With Hate” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum’, ‘Antichrist Devil Cunt’, ‘Return Of The Frozen Aggressor’, ‘The Inner Circle’, ‘Let’s Burn This Church To The Ground’, ‘The Nightstalker’, ‘Precise Execution’, ‘Worthy Of Death’, ‘One For The Woods’, ‘Crows Of Still Creek’, ‘Left Hand Larceny’ and ‘Ouija (Zozo’s Board)’ (CD bonus track). For more AGGRESSION information check out www.facebook.com/aggression85
Serbian blackend Thrashers TERRÖRHAMMER have just premiered the track ‘At Dawn We Attack’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s second album “Gateways To Hades”, which will be released on November 25, 2022 via Osmose Productions on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow next year. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘March Of The Damned’, ‘At Dawn We Attack’, ‘Gateways To Hades’, ‘Transylvanian Whore’, ‘Blizzard Of Blood’, ‘The Interceptor’, ‘Midnight Patrol’, ‘Inside The Nuclear Tomb’ and ‘Tronized Goat Master’. All additional TERRÖRHAMMER info you will find at www.facebook.com/terrorhammer
Dutch Death Metallers LUCIFERICON have just premiered the track ‘The Veils Of Negative Existence’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s upcoming second full-length “The Warlock Of Da’ath”, which will be released on November 25, 2022 via Invictus Productions. The previously revealed ‘Qliphotic Trance’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist of “The Warlock Of Da’ath” reads as follows: ‘Obscure And Forbidden’, ‘Qliphotic Trance’, ‘The Veils Of Negative Existence’, ‘Khidir’s Urn’, ‘Sigillum Azoetia: The Map Of Possibility’, ‘The Iconostatis Of Blasphemy’, ‘Ancient Lineage’ and ‘The Warlock Of Da’ath’. More about LUCIFERICON at www.facebook.com/lucifericon
UK Thrashers XENTRIX have just premiered a lyric video for ‘Reckless With A Smile’, the second single from their upcoming seventh full-length “Seven Words”, at this location. The album was recorded at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire and Viscon Studios in Lancashire and mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap (JUDAS PRIEST, EXODUS, MEGADETH). The cover artwork was created Dan Goldsworthy (ACCEPT, CORPSEGRINDER, ALESTORM). It will be released on November 11, 2022 via Listenable Records in a variety of formats and bundles. You can follow XENTRIX at www.facebook.com/xentrixmetal
Greek Black Metallers DEVISER have just released a lyric video for the track ‘Absence Of Heaven’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming new full-length “Evil Summons Evil”, which will be released via Hammerheart Records in February 2023 on CD, LP and digitally. The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Psychon of SEPTICFLESH at Sound Abuse Productions in Athens. More about DEVISER at www.facebook.com/deviserbandofficial
Singapore based progressive Death Metal quartet LAMENTATIONS has just released ‘Obeisance’, the third single from their forthcoming sophomore full-length “Passion Of Depression”. You can listen to the track over here. The album will be released on CD, double vinyl LP and digital formats on November 11, 2022 via Willowtip Records. It was produced by LAMENTATIONS and Jason Athanasiadis and mixed and mastered by Jamie King. The cover art was created by Anastasiya Kliantsevich. The full “Passion Of Depression” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Prodigal’, ‘Anew’, ‘Shiver’, ‘Sombre’, ‘Ire’, ‘Obeisance’ and ‘Nurture’. All additional LAMENTATIONS information you will find at www.facebook.com/lamentationsmusic
American Horror Black Metallers VAULTWRAITH have just revealed the new track ‘Of Skeletons And Metal’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s upcoming third album “Decomposing Spells”, which will be released at the end of the year via Hells Headbangers. For more information and regular updates make sure to follow the band at www.facebook.com/vaultwraith
Ukrainian Thrashers REABILITATOR have just released a lyric video for ‘Holy Lies’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s third full-length “Mentally Defected”, which will be released on November 10, 2022 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The album’s first single ‘Deadly Infection’ can still be checked out over here. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘R.I.P. (Die In Agony)’, ‘Mentally Defected’, ‘Incineration’, ‘Holy Lies’, ‘Deadly Infection’, ‘Annihilation By Vaccination’, ‘Absolute Cruelty’, ‘Thrash Way Of Life’ and ‘Revolution’. More about REABILITATOR at www.facebook.com/reabilitator
Italy’s brutal Death Metallers ANTROPOFAGUS will release their new album “Origin” via Agonia Records today. You can listen to the entire album here. For all additional ANTROPOFAGUS information please visit www.facebook.com/antropofagus.official
German Thrashers DEIMOS’ DAWN, featuring Marc Grewe (ex – MORGOTH, INSIDIOUS DISEASE) on vocals, have signed a deal with MDD. The band’s debut full-length is scheduled for a spring 2023 release. You can already check out a lyric video for the track ‘Deathstar Spangled Banner’ at this location. For regular updates make sure to follow the band at www.facebook.com/deimosdawn
Memento Mori have signed the Philippines based Death Metallers FORMLESS OEDON. The CD version of their debut full-length “Streams Of Rot” will be released on April 24, 2023. All further details will follow in the coming months. For more FORMLESS OEDON information please visit www.facebook.com/formlessoedon. A full stream of the band’s 2020 EP “Deathless Luminosity” you will find at https://formlessoedon.bandcamp.com
Norway’s IN THE WOODS… have just premiered a second track from their upcoming new full-length, “Diversum”. You can check out ‘The Malevolent God’ at this location. The album will be released on November 25, 2022 via Soulseller Records on CD, various limited vinyls and in digital versions. It was recorded in Kristiansand, Norway and mixed and mastered by Frédéric Gervais (Studio Henosis). The artwork was created by Dr. Winter (Teratogen). More IN THE WOODS… info you will find at www.facebook.com/inthewoodsomnio