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On March 25, 2022 Blood Harvest Records will release “Soulgazer”, the debut full-length from Denver, Colorado based Death Metallers ASTRAL TOMB, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP edition will follow on July 29, 2022. “Soulgazer” will feature the following tracks: ‘Transcendental Visions’, ‘Be Here Now…’, ‘Inertia (Crashing Through The Doorways Of Eternity)’, ‘Traversing The Wandering Star’ and ‘Ascending A Pillar Of Light’. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063825054335
Terry Butler (bass, OBITUARY, INHUMAN CONDITION), Rick Rozz (guitar, ex – MASSACRE), Matt Harvey (vocals / guitar, GRUESOME, EXHUMED) and Gus Rios (drums, ex – MALEVOLENT CREATION) have joined forces in a new band that goes by the name LEFT TO DIE. They are currently writing an EP and planning a summer US tour, performing the classic DEATH “Leprosy” album in its entirety, along with cuts from “Scream Bloody Gore”. Terry Butler commented the LEFT TO DIE origin as follows: “After the recent Chuck Tribute shows that Matt, Gus and myself did, Rick posed the question “Would anyone would want to see some “Leprosy” shows?” With a resounding “yes!” the masses had spoken. Matt and Gus threw their hats in immediately and in my opinion they were the only real choice to bring this thing to life!! LEFT TO DIE coming your way soon!!” Rick Rozz added: “It’s going to be an absolute honor and pleasure to play these 34+ year-old songs on stage with Terry after all these years, along with the talents of Matt and Gus – it’s gonna be brutal!” Matt Harvey reflected: “When Gus and I started GRUESOME as a DEATH tribute, we never thought that it would lead to us playing some of our favorite songs alongside the guys that recorded them, but here we are – and I couldn’t be more stoked!” Gus Rios issued the following additional comments: “When Rick contacted me about his idea I was immediately on board, since “Leprosy” is not only my favorite DEATH album, but my favorite Death Metal album of all time! I’m very grateful and stoked that Terry and Matt were also on board – the Metal will flow this summer!” More LEFT TO DIE info you will find at www.facebook.com/lefttodiedeathmetal
Swedish blackened Death Metallers ANGELBLAST are streaming their upcoming EP “Throne Of Ashes” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on January 28, 2022 via Edged Circle Productions on 7″ vinyl format. ANGELBLAST includes members from EXCRUCIATE, as well as fellow labelmates DARKENED. The cover artwork was supplied by Juanjo Castellano Rosado (UNLEASHED, REVEL IN FLESH, GATES OF ISHTAR). For all additional ANGELBLAST information please visit www.facebook.com/angelblast666
Los Angeles, California based Death Metallers INSINERATEHYMN have just premiered the track ‘Intransitive Sanction’ over here. It will appear on the band’s upcoming second album “Disembodied”, which will be released on February 25, 2022 via Blood Harvest Records, in co-operation with Rotted Life, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP edition will follow later this year. The previously revealed ‘Proliferation Of The Deceased’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Perpetual Anguish’, ‘Visceral Ignominy’, ‘Corporeal Inception’, ‘Proliferation Of The Deceased’, ‘Intransitive Sanction’, ‘Immolated Ascension’, ‘Cerebral Malevolence’ and ‘Bitter Loss’ (ENTOMBED cover). The cover artwork was created by Edgar Roldan. INSINERATEHYMN feature three ex – members of now-labelmates TRANSCENDENCE. You can follow them at www.facebook.com/insineratehymnofficial
Portuguese brutal Death Metallers ANALEPSY will release their new album “Quiescence” on May 27, 2022 on vinyl via Agonia Records. The digital, CD and cassette tape editions will be handled by Miasma Records and Vomit Your Shirt on April 15, 2022. The following tracks will appear on it: Locus Of Dawning’, ‘Impending Subversion’, ‘Elapsing Permanence’, ‘Accretion Collision’, ‘Stretched And Devoured’, ‘Converse Condition’, ‘Fractured Continuum’, ‘Spasmodic Dissonance’, ‘Edge Of Chaos’ and ‘Quiescence’ (Instrumental). The album features guest appearances from Ricky Myers (SUFFOCATION, DISGORGE), Angel Ochoa (CEPHALOTRIPSY, DISGORGE, ABOMINABLE PUTRIDITY, CONDEMNED) and Wilson Ng (FACELIFT DEFORMATION, VERMICULAR INCUBATION). It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Miguel Tereso at Demigod Recordings studio in Caxarias, Portugal and the cover artwork was created by Pedro Sena – Lordigan. All further band info you will find at www.facebook.com/analepsyofficial
On February 25, 2022 Hells Headbangers will release the fifth album from Norwegian Black / Thrash duo DEATHHAMMER, “Electric Warfare”, on CD format. The vinyl LP and cassette tape formats will be released on April 29, 2022. The cover artwork was created by Eduard Johnson and the full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Savage Aggressor’, ‘Crushing The Pearly Gates’, ‘Enter The Morbid’, ‘Return To Sodom / Soldiers Of Darkness’, ‘Rapid Violence’, ‘Thirst For Ritual’, ‘Thrown To The Abyss’ and ‘Violent Age Of Bloodshed’. Videos for ‘Rapid Violence’ and ‘Thirst For Ritual’ can already be watched here and here. For all additional DEATHHAMMER information please visit www.facebook.com/deathhammerofficial
Italian progressive Death Metallers SADIST (feat. OBSCURA’s Jeroen Paul Thesseling and ex – NECROPHAGIST’s Romain Goulon) will release their new album “Firescorched” via Agonia Records on May 20, 2022. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Tommy Talamanca at Nadir Music Studios in Genoa (Italy). The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Accabadora’, ‘Fleshbound’, ‘Finger Food’, ‘Burial Of A Clown’, ‘Loa’, ‘Aggression / Regression’, ‘Three Mothers And The Old Devil Father’, ‘Trauma (Impaired Mind Functionality)’, ‘Firescorched’, ‘Rerek’ and ‘Accabadora (Atitai)’ (the latter two will be bonus tracks in the box CD edition. The cover art was created by Paolo Puppo. The album’s first digital single ‘Finger Food’ is planned to be revealed on February 18, 2022. For regular updates you can follow SADIST at www.facebook.com/sadstofficial
French atmospheric Black Metallers SILHOUETTE are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Les Retranchement” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on January 28, 2022 via Antiq. The cover artwork was created by Lilas Dupont (Ondine). More about SILHOUETTE at www.facebook.com/silhouettebm
Italian Death Metal quartet SPIRITUAL DECEPTION have just released an official video for ‘Serpent’s Speech’ over here. The track is taken from their new EP “Oxymoron”, which was released last October. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/spiritualdeception
“LV-426”, the latest EP from HIDEOUS DIVINITY, will be released on 10″ vinyl via Everlasting Spew Records on March 04, 2022. It was licensed by Century Media and will be strictly limited to 150 “acid blood” colored copies and 350 regular black copies. The EP, which is conceptually a sub-narrative of the second Alien movie, includes the two brand-new tracks ‘Acheron, Stream Of Woe’ and ‘Chestburst’, as well as a cover version of COHEED AND CAMBRIAS, ‘Delirium Trigger’. A visualizer video for ‘Chestburst’ can be watched at this location. All additional HIDEOUS DIVINITY info you will find at www.facebook.com/hideousdivinity
Cleveland, Ohio based blackened Metal Punks HAMMR have just premiered the new track ‘Seeping Chalice’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming second album “Eternal Possession”, which will be released on February 11, 2022 via Hells Headbangers on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The previously revealed album opener ‘Forces Of Sin’ can still be streamed over here. The full “Eternal Possession” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Forces Of Sin’, ‘Ritual Desecration’, ‘Seeping Chalice’, ‘Cascading Lustful Void’, ‘Suspicion’, ‘Negative Shift’, ‘Eternal Possession’, ‘Ceremonial Spite’ and ‘Torment Prevails Again’. More about HAMMR at www.facebook.com/hammr666
German two man Black Metal project IRATUS NEBULA has just self-released their debut full-length “Natur Und Seele”. It features the following tracks: ‘Natur Und Seele’, ‘Das Weite Land’, ‘Essenz’, ‘Asche’ and ‘Winternacht’. The album will be distributed by Einheit Produktionen, Schattenpfade and Pesttanz Klangschmiede. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/iratusnebula
Brazil based Black Metal three-piece NECROMANTE will release their second album “XI” via Iron Bonehead Productions on March 25, 2022 on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘The Equinox Of New Aeon’, ‘Lucifer Rising’, ‘Serpentine Fire’, ‘The Phoenix Glory’, ‘XI (The Dark Night Of The Soul)’, ‘Pentacle Of Fire’, ‘Necro Fire Angel’, ‘Sentence Of The Dead’, ‘The Infernal Palace & The Red Death’, ‘The Venom Between Gods’ and ‘Solve Et Coagula-Astral Light To The Chaos’. The album’s title track can already be streamed at this location. More NECROMANTE info you will find at www.facebook.com/templodonecromante
Polish Death Metallers BAALZAGOTH have just premiered a video for the song ‘Aborted’ over here. The track is taken from their upcoming debut full-length “Morbid Persecutions”, which will be released in April 2022 via Mara Production. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Filip “Heinrich” Hałucha at Heinrich House Studio and the cover artwork was created by Jesus Lhysta “Rotted Artist”. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Desolation’, ‘Unholy War’, ‘Aborted’, ‘Suffering’, ‘Revenge’, ‘Reapers Of Minds’, ‘Pagans’ Hell’, ‘Eternal Oblivion’ and ‘In Nomine…’. For all further BAALZAGOTH information check out www.facebook.com/baalzagoth
Brazilian Death Metallers ESCARNIUM will release a new 2 song EP entitled “Through The Depths Of The 12th Gate” via Redefining Darkness on January 21, 2022. It features one brand new track (the EP’s title track) and a cover of AMORPHIS’ ‘Pilgrimage From The Darkness’. A full EP stream is available at this location. ESCARNIUM guitarist / vocalist Victor Elian commented on it as follows: “The riffs for this song were written by me between 2016 and 2017 and Nestor Carrera (ESCARNIUM, ROTBORN) worked his magic on the drums from Brazil. Since we were not able to release any material in 2020 as mentioned above, we figured it would be nice to release a single (or a EP in this case) to ‘break the ice’ and re-introduce ourselves to the world. I actually like this song very much. It shows a slightly different face of ESCARNIUM, with a denser atmosphere and more cadenced tempo. I think it illustrates an evolution and maturity of the band. Its lyrics have a very personal meaning to me and refers to depression and some other personal subjects, as well as the current world state of pandemic chaos. It was the first song I wrote after a deep and long period of depression, so it is very sincere and has a really heavy meaning to me.” For regular updates make sure to follow ESCARNIUM at www.facebook.com/escarnium
Swedish Black / Death Metal trio IN APHELION has just premiered a video for ‘World Serpent (Devourer Of Dreams)’ over here. The track will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Moribund”, which will be released on March 11, 2022 via Edged Circle Productions. It was mixed and mastered by UNLEASHED’s Frederik Folkare. The previously revealed album track ‘Draugr’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete “Moribund” tracklist reads like this: ‘World Serpent (Devourer Of Dreams)’, ‘Draugr’, ‘Let The Beast Run Wild’, ‘Luciferian Age’, ‘This Night Seems Endless’, ‘He Who Saw The Abyss’, ‘Moribund’, ‘The Origin’, ‘Sorrow, Fire & Hate’ and ‘Requiem’. For all further IN APHELION information please visit www.facebook.com/inaphelion
“Fragments At The Edge Of Sorrow”, the second album of Chile based Death Metallers MORTIFY, will be released on March 25, 2022 via Chaos Records on CD format. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Beneath The Emptiness’, ‘In The Amorphous Path’, ‘Ethereal Illusion Of Psyche’, ‘Fragments’, ‘Frayed Lunacy (Dying Sight)’, ‘Mindloss (Instrumental)’, ‘The Accursed And The Throes’, ‘Edge’, ‘Astral Sphere From A Bleeding Soul’, ‘Process In A Secrecies Of Thought’, ‘Contaminated Echoes’ and ‘Sorrow’. You can already check out ‘Ethereal Illusion Of Psyche’ at this location. The cover artwork of the album was created by Colombian artist Julian Mora. More band info is available at www.facebook.com/mortifydeathmetal
French Black Metallers HELL MILITIA will release their new album “Hollow Void” via Season Of Mist Underground Activists on March 18, 2022. A first song, ‘Dust Of Time’, is already available for streaming at this location. The band issued the following comments: “10 years have passed since the release of “Jacob’s Ladder” and the more things change, the more things stay the same. ‘Dust Of Time’ is the first song to be presented and it is a diary of all events that took place in the years that have passed since. It is a summary of bitter days, unshakable religious faith, urban filth, decay, death worship and an extremely bitter aftertaste.” All further HELL MILITIA info you will find at www.facebook.com/hellmilitiaofficial
On January 28, 2022 Mystískaos will release the third full-length of Spanish Black Metallers NEGATIVA, “04”, on vinyl LP format. Distribution is handled by Dissociative Visions, while the CD version will be released by Nebular Carcoma. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘XXIII’, ‘XXIV’, ‘XXV’, ‘XXVI’, ‘XXVII’, ‘XXVIII’ and ‘XXIX’. You can already stream ‘XXV’ over here. For more NEGATIVA info check out www.facebook.com/negativa0
Orlando, Florida based Doom / Deathers DRUID LORD are streaming their upcoming third album “Relics Of The Dead” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on January 21, 2022 via Hells Headbangers on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. For more DRUID LORD info please visit www.facebook.com/druiddeathcult
Spanish Death Metal trio SEPULCHRAL has just released a first song from their upcoming debut album “From Beyond The Burial Mound”. You can check out ‘Harbor Of Drifting Souls’ over here. “From Beyond The Burial Mound” will be released via Soulseller Records on February 25, 2022 on CD, LP and digitally. It was recorded by the band members themselves, mixed and mastered by Gorka Pérez and features a cover art by Jaime P.S. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘The Funerary Dirge’, ‘Harbor Of Drifting Souls’, ‘Ceremony Of Putrefaction’, ‘Sepulchral Fumes’, ‘Cursed Epitaph’, ‘Coffin Miasma’, ‘Tombstone Thrower’, ‘Caravan Of Putrid Flesh’, ‘Bastards From The Grave’, ‘Blood Freak’ (NECROPHAGIA cover) and ‘Eyes Like Burning Catacombs’. You can follow SEPULCHRAL at www.facebook.com/sepulchraldeathmetal
“Vulcanocide”, the debut full-length from the Netherlands based blackened Speed / Thrash Metallers VULCAN TYRANT, will be released via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on February 18, 2022 on CD and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Introcide’, ‘A Dirty War Is Waged’, ‘Demonize The Spirit’, ‘Eating Your Mind’, ‘Medal Of Honor’, ‘Pagan Ways’, ‘Remember What The Evil One Said’, ‘Work Of The Devil’, ‘Your Eyes And Ears Will Bleed’ and ‘Outrocide’. You can already stream ‘A Dirty War Is Waged’ at this location. The cover artwork was created by Daniel Shaw (TOXIC HOLOCAUST, DISMA, P.L.F., INSECT WARFARE). For all further band information check out www.facebook.com/vulcantyrant
Spanish Black Metallers BLAZEMTH have just released a lyric video of the song ‘The Return Of Lucifer’ over here. It is the title track of their upcoming debut full-length, which will be released via Xtreem Music on CD, 12″ LP, cassette and digital formats on March 15, 2022. The album’s first single ‘Visions Of My Dark Soul’ can still be checked out at this location. The full “The Return Of Lucifer” tracklist reads like this: ‘Magik Invocation’, ‘The Return Of Lucifer’, ‘Inferno’, ‘War’, ‘Hecate’, ‘Visions Of My Dark Soul’, ‘In Fight I Die’, ‘A Passage Of Unlight’, ‘The Grummer’ and ‘Outro’. More about BLAZEMTH at www.facebook.com/blazemthband
“Of Kings And Gods,” the second album from the Netherlands based Power / Death Metallers SPARTAN, has just been released on limited edition jewel case CD and digipak CD via Pest Records. It was produced and engineered by Jakob Herrmann at Top Floor Studios and Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios. You can check out lyric videos for the songs ‘Birth Of A God’ and ‘Prometheus’ here and here. An album teaser is furthermore available at this location. All additional SPARTAN information you will find at www.spartan-metal.com
Finnish Black Metallers MORMÂNT DE SNAGOV will release their fourth album “Exquisite Aspects Of Wrath” this Spring via Pest Records. A lyric video for the album’s first single ‘Words Corrupted’ is already available over here. More MORMÂNT DE SNAGOV information is available at www.facebook.com/mormantdesnagov
New Jersey’s blackened Death Metallers HATH have just premiered a video for their new single ‘Lithopaedic’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “All That Was Promised”, which will be released on March 04, 2022 via Willowtip Records. The previously released video for the album’s first single ‘Kenosis’ can still be viewed over here. The following tracks will appear on “All That Was Promised”: ‘The Million Violations’, ‘Kenosis’, ‘Lithopaedic’, ‘Iosis’, ‘Decollation’, ‘Death Complex’, ‘Casting Of The Self’, ‘All That Was Promised’, ‘Name Them Yet Build No Monument’. For all further HATH information please visit www.facebook.com/hathband
“Reflections Of Distant Dreams”, the debut full-length from Chile based Death Metallers HALLUX VALGUS, will be released via Edged Circle Productions on March 25, 2022 on double LP vinyl format. It was originally released in Chile during the first half of 2021, but only in extremely limited quantities. A full album stream you will find at this location. More about HALLUX VALGUS at www.facebook.com/halluxvalgus666
On January 28, 2022 Amor Fati Productions will release both demos of German Black Metallers TREST on one vinyl LP. It will be entitled “Ordalium / Chambre Ardente” and compiles the band’s 2019 demo “Ordalium” and its unreleased successor “Chambre Ardente”. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘1st Witch: Horne’, ‘2nd Witch: Debaraz’, ‘3rd Witch: Zdunk’, ‘4th Witch: Palles’, ‘5th Witch: Gesche’, ‘Chambre Ardente – Brinvilliers’ and ‘Chambre Ardente – Cour Des Pois’. For a full album stream please visit https://trest-parish.bandcamp.com
Madrid, Spain based Death / Doom / Industrial / Sludge Metallers INERTH have just premiered the track ‘Resilience In’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut album “Void”, which will be released on February 22, 2022 via Abstract Emotions. A lyric video for the previously revealed ‘Dismantle The Illusion’ can furthermore be watched over here. The full tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Precognition’, ‘Resilience In’, ‘Paranoiac Critical Solitude’, ‘Isolate’, ‘Dismatle The Ilusion’, ‘Deadline To Mankind’, ‘Visions Of Truth’, ‘Nadir’, ‘Brave New Cold War’ and ‘Reality Tunnels’. More about INERTH at www.facebook.com/inerthband
On January 28, 2022 Amor Fati Productions will release “Reverence”, the sophomore album from Swedish / American Black Metallers DET EVIGA LEENDET, on CD format. Digital and vinyl LP formats will be released by Mystískaos and Extraconscious Records, with distribution by Dissociative Visions. You can already stream the album track ‘Retch’ over here. The complete “Reverence” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Bloom’, ‘Visage’, ‘Retch’, ‘Estrange’, ‘Regret’ and ‘Yield’. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/detevigaleendet
The self-titled debut full-length from Irish Black Metallers VALAIS will be released via Signal Rex on CD and cassette tape formats on March 04, 2022. The vinyl version will follow later this year. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘I’, ‘II’, ‘III’, ‘IV’ and ‘V’. A full album stream you will find at https://valaisband.bandcamp.com
“Release My Suffering”, the third full-length from California based blackened Death / Grinders GORESKINCOFFIN, is out now on all streaming platforms. It was recorded and mixed by Hunter Peterson at Desidarius Recordings. The album artwork was created by Chadwick St. John. “Release My Suffering” features the following tracks: ‘The Plague Father’, ‘Wrath And Ruin’, ‘Release My Suffering’, ‘It Will Not Die’, ‘Elegy For Mankind’s Failings’, ‘Defiant Misanthropy’ and ‘Lamentations For A Broken Angel’. A lyric video for ‘Elegy For Mankind’s Failings’ you will find at this location. The album is also available as a digital download via Funeral Goat Records. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/goreskin.coffin
On March 25, 2022 Messor Grandis Productions will release the debut full-length from Malmö, Sweden based GRAND HARVEST, “Consummatum Est”. The band’s style has been described as “dark and misanthropic Death / Doom Metal with hints of Black Metal and with epic / atmospheric elements” and was once called “Sweden’s most underrated Metal band” by the editor of Sweden Rock magazine. The album, that was mixed by Tore Stjerna at NBS / Necromorbus, features the following tracks: ‘Sol Maledictor’, ‘The Harrow’, ‘No Paler A Horse’, ‘As The Vultures Descend’, ‘Crowns To Ashes – Thrones To Dust’, ‘My Desolate Sea’, ‘Fatehammer’, ‘In Memoriam – Magnus Invictus’ and ‘Consummatum Est’. You can check out ‘Fatehammer’ at this location already. The cover artwork was created by Misanthropic-Art. For all additional GRAND HARVEST information please visit www.facebook.com/grandharvest.band
German Black Metal duo MORTUUS INFRADAEMONI will release their third album “Inmortuos Sum” via Iron Bonehead Productions on March 25, 2022 on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Insepultus’, ‘Madness Rides With The Star-Winds’, ‘Omne Vitae In Tenebras Mergit’, ‘Abhominog’, ‘Ossuarium Of The Black Earth’, ‘Der Todten Tantz’, ‘Burning Time And Space’ and ‘Inmortuos Sum’. You can already check out ‘Ossuarium Of The Black Earth’ over here. MORTUUS INFRADAEMONI consist of ex – LUNAR AURORA members Profanatitas (drums, bass, vocals) and Nathaniel (guitar, vocals). More MORTUUS INFRADAEMONI at https://mortuusinfradaemoni.bandcamp.com
Soulseller Records have signed Norwegian Black Metallers DJEVELKULT. Their third album will be entitled “Drep Alle Guder” and will be released in May 2022. The band commented on it as follows: “We are proud to have signed with Soulseller Records to unleash our godslaying third album in 2022. This partnership is one that will bring new blood and strength to the cult’s might, and we promise you our strongest album thus far.” For regular updates make sure to follow DJEVELKULT at www.facebook.com/djevelkult
“Worship Death More Than Life”, the debut mini album from Brazilian Black Metallers ILLUMINATION, will be released on March 04, 2022 via Personal Records on CD format. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Ngh W Srr’, ‘Lux Ferre Gnosis’, ‘Occult Science’, ‘UY Scuti’, ‘Thy Darkness’, ‘Venus Shukra’ and ‘Dead Photons’. Devilish (DARKSTORM, ex – CULT OF FIRE) and Renato Gimenez (VAZIO) contributed guest vocals to the album and the cover artwork was painted by Francisco Shcönmann. You can already check out a video for ‘Lux Ferre Gnosis’ over here. ILLUMINATION features current and former members of NERVOCHAOS, GRAVE DESECRATOR, COLDBLOOD, POEM’S DEATH and AGHORY among others. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/illuminationofficial
San Francisco, California based brutal Death / Industrial Metallers MÆNTRA have released a drum / guitar playthrough video for ‘Svadhisthana’ over here. The song is the first single from their upcoming debut album “Kundalini Rising”, which will be released on February18, 2022. A lyric video for the song is also available at this location. The full “Kundalini Rising” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Muladhara’, ‘Svadhisthana’, ‘Manipura’, ‘Anahata’, ‘Vishuddha’, ‘Ajna’ and ‘Sahasrara’. More about MÆNTRA at www.facebook.com/maentr3
On February 04, 2022 Signal Rex will release a split album from blackened Doom Metallers NATHR and ORDO CULTUM SERPENTIS, “Shadows Crawl”, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl version will follow later this year. It features two epic-length tracks with a total playing time of 37 minutes. You can listen to an excerpt of NATHR’s ‘The Burial’ here and an excerpt of ORDO CULTUM SERPENTIS’ ‘Filii Serpentis Nigri’ here. For more information check out www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
Germany’s blackened Death Metal duo THE SPIRIT will release their third full-length “Of Clarity And Galactic Structures” on April 01, 2022 via AOP Records. The album was once again recorded and mixed at the Woodshed Studio, Germany by V. Santura (with the drums being tracked at Iguana Studios by Christoph Brandes) and the cover artwork was created by Eliran Kantor. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Of Clarity And Galactic Structures’, ‘The Climax Of Dejection’, ‘Repression’, ‘Celestial Fire’, ‘Transition’, ‘Timbre Of Infinity’, ‘Arcane Wanderer’ and ‘Laniakea’. All further THE SPIRIT info you will find at www.facebook.com/thespiritband
DECRAPTED is a new Spanish Death Metal band formed in spring 2021 by Vicente Payá (UNBOUNDED TERROR, GOLGOTHA, BIS·NTE) on guitar / bass and Dave Rotten (AVULSED, HOLYCIDE, CHRIST DENIED) on vocals. Their debut album “Bloody Rivers Of Death” will be released on April 05, 2022 via Xtreem Music on CD, 12″ LP and cassette formats. It was recorded during the summer 2021 with the help of Camilo Pirata on guest guitar solos and Miquel Angel Riutort “Mega” on drums, who also took care of the recordings, mixing and mastering at his own Psychosomatic Recording studios. The lyrics on the album were written by Rogga Johansson (PAGANIZER, PUTREVORE, MASSACRE) and the cover artwork was created by Ukrainian artist Daemorph Art, who already worked for AVULSED and PUTREVORE. A first advance song can already be checked out at this location. The complete tracklist for “Bloody Rivers Of Death” reads as follows: ‘Bleeding Devourment’, ‘Forcefed Human Flesh’, ‘Cook On The Stake’, ‘Headless Haunting’, ‘As The Horror Comes’, ‘Bloody Cave’, ‘The Ravenous’ and ‘Meat Truck’. You can visit DECRAPTED’s official site here: www.decrapted.com
Mexican Death Metallers RAVENOUS DEATH have just premiered the track ‘The Ascending Chasm’ over here. The previously revealed ‘Portals To Non-Existence’ can still be streamed at this location and ‘Gore Vault Dismemberment’ over here. All three tracks will appear on the band’s second album “Visions From The Netherworld”, which will be released on January 24, 2022 via Memento Mori. It was mastered by Loïc Fontaine at Krucyator Studio in France. Its full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro – Trail Of Horrors’, ‘Caverns Of Freezing Torture’, ‘Plethora Of Blood’, ‘Kingdom Of Æternal Flames’, ‘Gore Vault Dismemberment’, ‘Hydra Dungeon’, ‘Path Of The Spawn Dogs’, ‘Burnt Children Of Moloch’, ‘Serpents Of Wretchedness’, ‘Portals To Non-Existence’ and ‘The Ascending Chasm’. More about RAVENOUS DEATH at www.facebook.com/ravenousdeathofficial
Lafayette, Louisiana based brutal Death Metal quartet GOLGOTHAN will release their debut full-length “Leech” on February 04, 2022 via Lacerated Enemy Records. A video for ‘Bottomless Pit’ is already available at this location. An official visualizer video for the album’s first single ‘Parent Organism’ can be watched over here. The artwork was created by Jai Benoit and the tracklist reads like this: ‘The Rack’, ‘Leech’, ‘Teeth To Eat You’, ‘Parent Organism’, ‘Gravy Train’, ‘Bottomless Pit’, ‘Lard Is My Shepherd’, ‘Winged Death’, ‘Christian Mingle Killer’ and ‘The Overlord’. All further GOLGOTHAN info you will find at www.facebook.com/golgothanla
Netherlands based Death Metallers ROTTEN CASKET, featuring Martin van Drunen (vocals) and Stefan Hüskens (drums) from ASPHYX, Yorck Segatz (guitars) from SODOM, Patrick van der Beek (bass) and original member Frank Bergesson (guitars), have just released their first EP “First Nail In The Casket” on mini LP and cassette tape via Lycanthropic Chants. The limited 12″ will be available on black (100 copies), golden (99 copies) and silver (100 copies) vinyl, all versions have black poly-lined bags, a 300gsm cover and 170gsm insert plus a download code. The tape version is limited to 100 hand numbered clear shell tapes, that come with a 170gsm cover and a free digital download. You can listen to one of the tracks at this location. For more ROTTEN CASKET information check out www.facebook.com/rottencasketdeathmetal