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Czech Black / Death Metallers ALTARS ABLAZE will release their debut album “Life Desecration” on September 16, 2022 via Lavadome Productions. It was recorded at Davos Studio and mixed and mastered by Christian Erkens at Cyphx-Audio. The artwork was created by Nuno Zuki of Belial NecroArts. You can check out the album’s second single ‘Drenched In Wrath And Blood’ at this location. The first single ‘Glorification Of Rats’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Life Desecration” tracklist reads as follows: ‘For The Lifeless Love Of A Crucified Corpse’, ‘Life Desecration’, ‘Shrine Destroyer’, ‘Across The Empires Of Death’, ‘Drenched In Wrath And Blood’, ‘With Bone Crowns And Iron Scepters’, ‘Beneath The Smouldering Ruins’ and ‘Glorification Of Rats’. ALTARS ABLAZE features members from HEAVING EARTH, SUPREME CONCEPTION and ELYSIUM. All additional info you will find at www.facebook.com/altars.ablaze
“Haunted Mausoleum”, the debut EP from Boston, Massachusetts based Death Metallers GROTESQUERIES, is streaming in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on August 11, 2022 via Caligari Records on cassette tape format. The material was recorded at New Alliance Studios with engineer Alec Rodriguez. The cover art was created by Tombtower. More GROTESQUERIES at https://grotesqueries.bandcamp.com
On September 23, 2022 The Sinister Flame will release “Vitriolic Atonement”, the sophomore full-length from Finnish Black Metallers CELESTIAL GRAVE, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. Here’s the full tracklist already: ‘Eucharist’, ‘Cadaverous Solace’, ‘Clemency’, ‘The Abyss Exhales’, ‘Exaltation’ and ‘Radiant Tides Below’. For more band information check out www.facebook.com/celestialgrave
On September 12, 2022 Amor Fati Productions will release the self-titled debut full-length from Australian Black Metallers SKARE on vinyl LP format. The CD version will be released by Dark Adversary Productions. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Lonesome Ibex’, #A Sordid Ceremony’, ‘Beyond The Church Spires’, ‘The Threshold Into Death’ and ‘Into Icy Pewter Sky’. You can already check out ‘Threshold Into Death’ at this location. For all additional information please visit www.amor-fati-productions.de or www.facebook.com/amorfatiprod
On September 15, 2022 Me Saco Un Ojo Records, in co-operation with Dark Descent Records, will release “Volatile Forms”, the debut album from Danish Doom Deathers DEAD VOID, on vinyl LP and CD formats, respectively. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Atrophy’, ‘The Entrails Of Chaos’, ‘Sadistic Mind’, ‘The Reptilian Drive’ and ‘Perpetually Circling The Void’. The album closer ‘Perpetually Circling The Void’ is already available for streaming at this location. More about DEAD VOID at www.facebook.com/thedeadvoid
Spanish Death Metallers UNBOUNDED TERROR have just released a lyric video for ‘Liars’ Punisher’, the new single from their upcoming third album “Echoes Of Despair”. You can watch the video over here. The album will be released on September 06, 2022 via Xtreem Music on CD, 12″ LP, cassette tape and digital formats. It was recorded and mixed by Vicente J. Paya at his own Black Night Studios and mastered by Javi Fernández at Montseny Studios. The artwork was created by Daemorph Art (AVULSED, DECRAPTED, PUTREVORE). The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Organic Waste’, ‘Rotting Myself’, ‘Echoes Of Despair’, ‘Liars’ Punisher’, ‘Hypocrite Ignored’, ‘They Are Not (What They Claim To Be)’, ‘Desolation Inside Of Me’, ‘Falling Into The Void’, ‘Devil’s Church’, ‘Hungry For Your Hate’ and ‘Something’s Rotten In Humanity’. The previously released single ‘Hypocrite Ignored’ can still be checked out at this location and a video for ‘Organic Waste’ right here. All further UNBOUNDED TERROR info you will find at www.unboundedterror.com
On September 09, 2022 Invictus Productions will release the debut album of Belgian Death Metallers BONES, “Sombre Opulence”. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Execration Rites’, ‘Funerary Magic’, ‘Twilight Divination’, ‘Deserts Of Eternity’, ‘Withering’, ‘Primordial Idolatry’, ‘Composite Deities’, ‘Great Altars Of Ascension’ and ‘Formulas Of Condemnation’. The album’s first single ‘Twilight Divination’ can already be streamed at this location. For all further BONES info please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100027587905043
“Tales Of Demolyn”, the upcoming debut album from Gothenburg, Sweden based one man Black Metal band DEMOLYN, will be released digitally everywhere on August 12, 2022. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Shattered Soul’, ‘Withering Away’, ‘Döden Jag Är’, ‘Hear My Battle Cry’, ‘På Toppen Av Berget’, ‘Per Sanguinem Effuderit’, ‘Höj Era Svärd’ and ‘The Seven Riders Of Demolyn’. More DEMOLYN info you will find at www.instagram.com/demolyn.band
Swiss Thrashers ALGEBRA will release their fourth full-length “Chiroptera” on September 19, 2022 via Unspeakable Axe Records on CD and digital formats. The album’s first single ‘Kleptomaniac’ is already streaming at this location. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Fallen’, ‘Resuscitation’, ‘Kleptomaniac’, ‘Constricted’, ‘Accomplice’, ‘Chiroptera’, ‘Suspect’, ‘Eternal Sleep’, ‘Losing Touch’, ‘Burn The Bridge’ and ‘The Great Deception’. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/algebrathrash
On October 21, 2022 Dying Victims Productions will release “Of Night And Lust”, a split mini album between Italy’s blackened Thrashers BUNKER 66 and German Thrashers LUCIFUGE, on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. BUNKER 66 will be featured with the following tracks: ‘Mellhammer’, ‘Sulphurous Lust’ and ‘Doctor Rock’ (MOTÖRHEAD cover). LUCIFUGE’s part consists of ‘The Great Unseen’, ‘In Blood And Dust’ and ‘Warriors Of The Night’. You can already check out the LUCIFUGE track ‘Warriors Of The Night’ over here. More about both bands at www.facebook.com/bunker66 or www.facebook.com/lucifugeblackmetal
Italian Death Thrashers MISCREANCE will release their debut full-length “Convergence” on September 19, 2022 via Unspeakable Axe Records (CD), Danex Records (vinyl) and Desert Wastelands (cassette tape), as well as on Bandcamp and other digital platforms. The following tracks will be on it: ‘Flame Of Consciousness’, ‘Fall Apart’, ‘Incubo’, ‘No Empathy’, ‘The Garden’, ‘Alchemy’, ‘My Internment’ and ‘Requiem For Sanity’. The album’s first single ‘Incubo’ is already streaming over here. For all additional MISCREANCE info check out www.facebook.com/miscreance
Irish Black / Death Metallers COSCRADH are streaming their upcoming debut album “Nahanagan Stadial” at this location now. It will be released on August 05, 2022 via Invictus Productions. All further band information you will find at www.facebook.com/coscradh
“Seven Words”, the seventh studio album from UK Thrashers XENTRIX will be released on November 04, 2022 via Listenable Records in a variety of formats and bundles. It was recorded at Backstage studios in Derbyshire and Viscon studios in Lancashire in the UK and mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap (JUDAS PRIEST, EXODUS, MEGADETH). The cover artwork was created by Dan Goldsworthy (ACCEPT, CORPSEGRINDER, ALESTORM). The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Behind The Walls Of Treachery’, ‘Seven Words’, ‘Spit Coin’, ‘The Alter Of Nothing’, ‘Everybody Loves You When You’re Dead’, ‘Reckless With A Smile’, ‘Ghost Tape Number 10’, ‘My War’, ‘Kill And Protect’, ‘Anything But The Truth’ and ‘Billion Dollar Babies’ (CD exclusive bonus track). The band will embark on a European tour with VIO-LENCE, WHIPLASH and ARTILLERY at the end of November. The tour kicks off on November 23, 2022 in Amersfoot, the Netherlands and ends on December 05, 2022 in Gothenburg, Sweden. You can follow XENTRIX at www.facebook.com/xentrixmetal
Danish Black Metallers GRIGORIEN will release their debut full-length “Magtens Evangelium” on August 05, 2022 via Signal Rex on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘De 9 Chor’, ‘Skammens Æt’, ‘Boedsgang Og Blodig Hoste’, ‘Østens Hviide Slange’, ‘Et Taarn Til De Høyeste Himle’, ‘Tiggere I Gyldne Pialter’, ‘Strafferens Psalmer’, ‘Af Kviksølv Og Galdes Chor’, ‘De Blindes Hyrde’, ‘Syndens Slegtsbog’ and ‘Den Kaossymmetriske Liturgie’. A full stream you will find at this location now. For more GRIGORIEN please visit https://grigorien.bandcamp.com
Danish Black Metallers GRIGORIEN will release their debut full-length “Magtens Evangelium” on August 05, 2022 via Signal Rex on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘De 9 Chor’, ‘Skammens Æt’, ‘Boedsgang Og Blodig Hoste’, ‘Østens Hviide Slange’, ‘Et Taarn Til De Høyeste Himle’, ‘Tiggere I Gyldne Pialter’, ‘Strafferens Psalmer’, ‘Af Kviksølv Og Galdes Chor’, ‘De Blindes Hyrde’, ‘Syndens Slegtsbog’ and ‘Den Kaossymmetriske Liturgie’. A full album stream you will find at this location. For more GRIGORIEN please visit https://grigorien.bandcamp.com
“All Virtues Ablaze”, the upcoming sophomore full-length from Canadian Black Metal trio LIMINAL SHROUD, is available for streaming over here now. It was recorded and mixed by Matt Roach at Rain City Recorders in Vancouver, Canada and mastered by Dave Otero at Flatline Audio in Denver, Colorado, USA. The artwork was created by Justyna Koziczak. “All Virtues Ablaze” will be released on August 05, 2022 via Willowtip Records on digipak CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. All additional LIMINAL SHROUD information you will find at www.facebook.com/liminalshroudofficial
Thai Death Metallers REINCARNATED have just premiered the track ‘Quasar God Oration’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s debut album “Of Boötes Void Death Spell”, which will be released on September 03, 2022 via Inhuman Assault Productions. The previously revealed ‘Ophiucus Crypt’ is still streaming over here. The complete “Of Boötes Void Death Spell” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Ophiuchus Crypt’, ‘Quasar God Oration’, ‘Proxima Hibernation’, ‘Triumphant Dead Comet’ and ‘Tomb Of Boötes Void’. For all further REINCARNATED info check out www.facebook.com/reincarnated696
Hamburg, Germany based Death Metallers RISE OF KRONOS have just released a video for ‘Allegory Of The Cave’ at this location. The song is taken from their debut album “Council Of Prediction”, which was released via MDD earlier this year. In September the band will be supporting DEBAUCHERY vs. BLOOD GOD on their German tour. For all additional RISE OF KRONOS info please visit www.facebook.com/riseofkronosofficial
The Sinister Flame, in co-operation with Dark Descent Records, will reissue “Relinquishment”, the 2014 debut full-length from Finnish Black Metallers ORDINANCE, on double vinyl. It will be pressed onto three sides and housed in a gatefold jacket, which features a 20-page booklet with lyrics. A full album stream is available at https://ordinance.bandcamp.com. More info you will find www.thesinisterflame.com.
Spanish Doom / Deathers SPECTRUM MORTIS have just revealed a track of their upcoming debut full-length “Bit Meseri – The Incantation”. You can check out ‘U Anne Dugga’ at this location. The album will be released via Listenable Records on September 30, 2022. More SPECTRUM MORTIS information you will find at www.facebook.com/spectrummortis
Memphis, Tennessee based melodic blackened Death Metallers EPOCH OF UNLIGHT will release their fourth full-length “At War With The Multiverse” on September 16, 2022 via Dark Horizon Records. The album’s first single ‘An Amarathine Line’ is already streaming over here. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Anthropocene’, ‘The Numbing Stillness’, ‘Wrath Of The Cryomancer’, ‘An Amaranthine Line’, ‘Beneath A Dying Sun’, ‘Elysian Immortals’, ‘The Möbius Path’, ‘Night Hunt’, ‘All Light Dies’ and ‘The Lie Of Tomorrow’s Dawn’. For all further EPOCH OF UNLIGHT info please visit www.facebook.com/epochofunlight
Texas Death Metallers FLESHROT will release their upcoming debut full-length “Unburied Corpse” on August 01, 2022 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (Europe) and Desert Wastelands (USA). It will feature the following tracks: ‘Wrapped In Entrails’, ‘Intricate Dissection’, ‘Draining The Liquified Remains’, ‘Unburied Corpse’, ‘Post Burial Extractions’, ‘In Filth And Pain’ and ‘Haunted Visions Of Sick Depravities’. A full album stream is available at this location now. For more FLESHROT info please visit www.facebook.com/fleshrottx
“Streams Of Ancient Wisdom”, a 400 pages hardcover book about the history of the Dutch Death and extreme Metal scene, written by Steven Willems (Voices From The Darkside and Rock Tribune contributor), will be published in September via Cult Never Dies. It will contain more than 100 interviews with bands, radio shows, record labels, journalists, record shops and recording studios, as well as a lot of (often never before published) artwork and photo material. The book also features a number of foreign Metal bands with their view on the Dutch extreme Metal scene. You can already preorder a copy via https://cultneverdies.myshopify.com or https://store.consouling.be. For all additional info check out www.facebook.com/dutchmetalbook
Singapore’s Punkdeathers DOLDREY will release their debut full-length “Celestial Deconstruction” on CD via Pulverised Records on August 19, 2022. The vinyl and digital versions will be out via Iron Lung Records. The album was recorded and mixed by Izzad Kadzali Shah at Dungeon 416, mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios, Western Massachusetts, USA and the artwork was supplied by Indonesian illustrator MFAXII (MASAKRE, HULDER, BLOODSOAKED NECROVOID). The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Lentum Mortiis’, ‘Blood Of The Serpent’, ‘Endless Torment’, ‘Seed Of Desire’, ‘Celestial Deconstruction’, ‘Age Of Extinction’, ‘War’, ‘Harmonic Divergence’, ‘Marked For Death’, ‘Destructive Security Command’ and ‘Fall Of Doldrey’. You can already check out ‘Blood Of The Serpent’ over here. To find out more about DOLDREY please visit www.pulverised.net or www.facebook.com/pulverisedrecords
Italian Doom / Death trio IN GRIEF has just premiered the track ‘Dig Hopes’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “An Eternity Of Misery”, which will be released on September 02, 2022 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed ‘Close To Insanity’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Beyond The Dark Veil’, ‘Ярна’, ‘Curse My Soul’, ‘Queen Of Babylon’, ‘Demons’, ‘Your Last Suffer’, ‘Dig Hopes’, ‘Close To Insanity’, ‘The Dagger, The Chain, The Scourge’ and ‘Ascension To Eternity’. More IN GRIEF info you will find at www.facebook.com/ingrief
Austrian Black Metallers ELLENDE will release their fourth full-length “Ellenbogengesellschaft” on September 30, 2022 via AOP Records. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Ich Bin’, ‘Unsterblich’, ‘Ruhelos’, ‘Hand Aufs Herz’, ‘Someday’, ‘Freier Fall’, ‘Abschied’ and ‘Verletzlich’. A video for the album’s first single ‘Abschied’ can already be watched at this location. It was produced / directed by Oliver König. For all additional band info please visit www.facebook.com/ellende.official
On September 30, 2022 AOP Records will release “Marter”, the third album from German Black Metallers FIRTAN, on CD and vinyl LP formats. A video for the first single ‘Amor Fati’ can already be watched over here. The album was recorded at studio Klangschmiede E with Markus Stock of THE VISION BLEAK / EMPYRIUM and the cover art was created by Władysław Podkowiński. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Faðir’, ‘Amor Fati’, ‘Labsal’, ‘Lethe’, ‘Parhelia’, ‘Odem’, ‘Menetekel’, ‘Peraht’ and ‘Medomai’ (bonus track only available on vinyl and CD boxset). All further FIRTAN information is available at www.facebook.com/firtanofficial
“Confines De La Cordura”, the second album from Barcelona based Death Metallers CRUZ, will be released via Nuclear Winter Records on September 26, 2022 on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It was recorded at Moontower Studios. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Ai Margini Della Follia’, ‘Als Peus De La Creu’, ‘Infamia Insular’, ‘Els Murs Errants’, ‘Confines De La Cordura’, ‘Eones De Sangre’ and ‘L’Alè De La Cripta’. You can already stream ‘Als Peus De La Creu’ over here. You can follow CRUZ at www.facebook.com/cruzmetalpunk
Portuguese Black Metallers ARMNATT have just premiered the track ‘Wilderness Domain’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s fourth album “Immortal Nature”, which will be released on August 26, 2022 via Signal Rex on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The previously revealed ‘Black Flame’ can still be checked out over here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘All Is Silent’, ‘Immortal Nature’, ‘Imponent Ruins’, ‘Eternal Entity’, ‘Black Flame’, ‘Images Of The Past’, ‘Wilderness Domain’, ‘Shadow Dust’, ‘Infinite Darkness’ and ‘Nature Take Its Course’. For more information please visit www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
“Onslaught To Seraphim”, the third album from Portland, Oregon based Death Metallers TRIUMVIR FOUL, is streaming in its entirety over here now. It will be released on July 29, 2022 via Vrasubatlat and Invictus Productions on cassette tape and CD respectively. A co-released vinyl version will be released later this year. More TRIUMVIR FOUL at https://vrasubatlat.bandcamp.com
Spanish Thrashers RETADOR will release their debut full-length “Retador” via Xtreem Music on September 13, 2022 on CD and digital formats. The album was recorded at Moontower Studios and mastered at Unisound Studios, Germany by Dan Swanö. The cover art has been created by John Quevedo Janssens. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Retador’, ‘La Venda’, ‘Furia’, ‘Títeres’, ‘Violencia’, ‘Ton 618’, ‘Deseo De Matar’, ‘Corrupción’, ‘Juicio Final’ and ‘B52’. The band has just released the first single ‘Furia’ at this location. For all further RETADOR information check out www.facebook.com/retador.thrashmetal
Australian Death Metallers SARCOPHAGUM have just revealed ‘Pits Of Hate’, a track from their debut EP “Conduits To The Underworld”, at this location. The EP will be released on September 12, 2022 via Nuclear Winter Records on CD and cassette tape formats. All additional info you will find at www.nuclearwinterrecords.com
Dutch Grinders HEADLESS DAWN will release their debut album “Crap On Demand” on September 15, 2022 via Meat 5000 Records (CD) and Into It Records (cassette tape). The band consists of (ex-) members of BURIAL REMAINS, GRIM FATE, MASSIVE ASSAULT and SLEDGEHAMMER NOSEJOB. For more HEADLESS DAWN info please visit www.facebook.com/headlessdawn
On September 12, 2022 Nuclear Winter Records will release “Conduits To The Underworld”, the debut EP from Australian Death Metallers SARCOPHAGUM, on CD and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following three tracks: ‘Pits Of Hate’, ‘Netherengines’ and ‘Between Two Worlds’. SARCOPHAGUM is a side project of GOLGOTHAN REMAINS members past and present. For more info please visit www.nuclearwinterrecords.com or https://nuclearwinterrecords.bandcamp.com
Polish Black / Thrash Metal trio GALLOWER is streaming their upcoming new EP “Eastern Witchcraft” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on July 29, 2022 via Dying Victims Productions. More about GALLOWER at www.facebook.com/gallowerofficial