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Malte Gericke, bass player and vocalist of Basque / German Death / Thrashers SIJJIN, issued the following comments on winning our BEST OF 2021 READERS POLL: “Unbelievable, this is insane. We never expected such an overwhelming feedback and feel truly honored. But, as we said it on “Sumerian Promises” already, this album is for all of you folks. We are all one scene and every band (on this list or not) takes the same place and the same price, namely being an important part of the worldwide underground of extreme Metal. So keep supporting bands, fanzines and fans and be proud to be members of the cult of Heavy Metal. Thank you all so much for your support, see you on the road hopefully soon!” In case you missed our poll results, you can still check them out here
Florida based Doom / Deathers DRUID LORD have just premiered the title track of their upcoming third full-length “Relics Of The Dead” at this location. The album will be released on January 21, 2022 via Hells Headbangers on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later next year. The previously revealed tracks ‘Festering Tombs’ and ‘Thirteen Days Of Death’ can still be checked out here and here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Relics Of The Dead’, ‘Thirteen Days Of Death’, ‘Mangled As The Hideous Feed’, ‘Nightside Conjuring’, ‘Immolated Into Ashes’, ‘Festering Tombs’, ‘Monarch Macabre’ and ‘Ethereal Decay’. For all further DRUID LORD info please visit www.facebook.com/druiddeathcult
Happy New Year everyone! The results of our BEST OF 2021 READERS POLL are here! Thanks to every single one of you who sent us a list of his / her favorite releases of last year. You can check out the results right here.
On February 04, 2022 Vampyric Black Metallers BAT MAGIC will re-release their debut EP “Feast Of Blood” on limited edition (100 copies) cassette through Belgium’s Babylon Doom Cult Records, featuring a new layout by Obsidian Pantheon. It was originally released by Sore Ear Collective. The following tracks appear on “Feast Of Blood”: ‘Intro’, ‘Blood Pact Of Ordo Vampyr’, ‘Solis Mors’ and ‘Solis Corpis’. More information you may find at www.ordovampyrorientis.com or www.babylondoomcultrecords.com
California based blackened Death / Grinders GORESKINCOFFIN have just released a lyric video for ‘Elegy For Mankind’s Failings’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s forthcoming third full-length “Release My Suffering”, which will be out on January 14, 2022 via Funeral Goat Records. It will feature 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’. “Release My Suffering” was recorded and mixed by Hunter Peterson at Desidarius Recordings and the artwork was supplied by Chadwick St. John. For more band info please visit www.facebook.com/goreskin.coffin
Xtreem Music have just re-released “Aggressive Tyrant”, the 1986 demo from Florida’s MASSACRE, on digipak CD, limited to 300 copies. It also includes 3 tracks from an unreleased rehearsal demo from November 08, 1986 as bonus, liner notes, the original cover, photos, flyers and show posters. More MASSACRE info you will find at www.facebook.com/massacreflorida
Finnish Black Metallers THE MIST FROM THE MOUNTAINS have just premiered the track ‘A Paean To Fire’ over here. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Monumental – The Temple Of Twilight”, which will be released on January 28, 2022 via Primitive Reaction. The previously revealed ‘Master Of Wilderness’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Empyrean Fields’, ‘A Paean To Fire’, ‘Thus Spake The Tongueless Spirit’, ‘With The Sun And The Skies And Birds Above’, ‘Master Of Wilderness’ and ‘After God’. All additional THE MIST FROM THE MOUNTAINS information you will find at www.facebook.com/themistfromthemountains
Chile based technical Thrashers MENTAL DEVASTATION are streaming their second album “The Delusional Mystery Of The Self (Part I)” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 31, 2021 via Blood Harvest Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow next year. A previously revealed video for the album track ‘Labryinths’ can still be watched over here. More about MENTAL DEVASTATION at www.facebook.com/mentaldevastationchile
Stockholm / New Jersey based Death Metallers SENTIENT HORROR will release their third full-length “Rites Of Gore” on April 22, 2022 via Testimony Records on limited vinyl (different colors) and CD. You can already watch a video for the first single ‘Till Death Do Us Rot’ at this location. More about SENTIENT HORROR at www.facebook.com/sentienthorrorofficial
Finnish old school Death Metallers MORTAR have just released their new album entitled “Trapped In A Rotten World” on digipak CD via Necrolytic Effluence and Negative Worldview. A full album stream is available over here https://mortardeathmetal.bandcamp.com. All additional MORTAR information you will find at www.facebook.com/mortar2017
Spanish Black Metallers BLAZEMTH have inked a deal with Xtreem Music. The band’s first full-length “The Return Of Lucifer” will be released on CD, 12″ LP, cassette and digitally on March 15, 2022. The album was recorded at Moonsower Studios and mastered at Unisound Studios by Dan Swanö. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘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’. You can already check out ‘Visions Of My Dark Soul’ at this location. More BLAZEMTH information you will find at www.facebook.com/blazemthband
Everlasting Spew Records have signed New Jersey based Grinders ORGAN DEALER for the release of their sophomore album in 2022. It will be available in multiple formats. For regular updates make sure to follow the band at www.facebook.com/organdealer
Spanish melodic Death Metallers DORMANTH have just released a lyric video for ‘So Dies’ at this location. The song is taken from their recently re-issued 1994 debut demo “Sadness” that came out on November 30, 2021 via Xtreem Music on CD format with the following 4 bonus tracks: ‘Torn Apart’ (CARNAGE cover), ‘Serpent Speech’ (ENTOMBED cover, Live March 02, 1996), ‘Destiny’ (Live April 29, 1995) and ‘The Eye-Desolation’ (Live April 29, 1995). More DORMANTH info you will find at www.facebook.com/dormanthoficial
“Cut The Rivers Vein”, the upcoming album from Minnesota based MUR, will be released on January 28, 2022 on CD and digitally. A cassette tape edition might follow as well a little bit later. “Cut The Rivers Vein” will feature the following tracks: ‘A Billet Of Regret’, ‘O’Palesce’, ‘Lowered Cloud’, ‘Cut The Rivers Vein’, ‘A Powerful, Uneasy Feeling’ and ‘Breach & Bitter’. A full stream is already available at this location. For all further MUR information please visit www.facebook.com/murminnesota
Japanese Goregrinders FESTERDECAY have just released a new digital single entitled ‘Aborticide’ over here. It comes along with a live version of ‘Maggoth Bath’. All additional FESTERDECAY info you will find at www.facebook.com/festerdecay
Finnish Death Metal trio TORMENTOR TYRANT (featuring members from CORPSESSED, SOLOTHUS, TYRANNY, PROFETUS and CATALEPTIC) have just released another track from their upcoming self-titled EP. You can check out ‘Tormentor Tyrant’ at this location. The EP will be released on January 28, 2022 on MCD, tape and digitally via Everlasting Spew Records. More about TORMENTOR TYRANT at www.facebook.com/tormentortyrant
Slovakian Black Metallers KROLOK are streaming their second full-length “Funeral Winds & Crimson Sky” in its entirety at this location now. It was just released via Osmose Productions yesterday. Vocalist / guitarist HV issued the following comments about “Funeral Winds & Crimson Sky”: “This album is a retrospective look into the past, where old forlorn ruins and obscurity reign over desolate landscapes. Gazing back also into my own past, I have re-recorded a song originally included on the demo tape of my old band HELCARAXE, composed back in 2003. Delve deep in and listen… listen to the atmospheres of an arcane night and return within your thoughts into bygone times…” All additional KROLOK info you will find at www.facebook.com/krolokband
French atmospheric Black Metallers SILHOUETTE have just premiered the track ‘Au Seuil De L’Oubli’ over here. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Les Retranchement”, which will be released on January 28, 2022 via Antiq. The previously revealed ‘L’Éntreinte De La Chute’ can still be streamed at this location. The cover artwork was created by the band’s vocalist Lilas “Ondine” Dupont and the complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Ascension’, ‘La Première Neige’, ‘Au Seuil De L’Oubli’, ‘Interlude’, ‘Les Retranchements’, ‘L’Étreinte De La Chute’ and ‘Outro’. More about SILHOUETTE at www.facebook.com/silhouettebm
German melodic Death Metallers DRAGONBREED will release their debut album via MDD Records in Spring of next year. DRAGONBREED consists of Stefano Fiori – vocals (GRAVEWORM), Sebastian Jensen – guitars, Arkadius Antonik – guitars, Kenjamin Jentzen – drums (all from SUIDAKRA) and Zachi – bass (ex – SUIDAKRA, ex – BRUTAL UNREST). For all additional band information and regular updates please visit www.facebook.com/dragonbreedofficial