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Bangkok, Thailand based Death Metallers SAVAGE DEITY are streaming their third album “Decade Of Savagery” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on November 28, 2021 via Inhuman Assault Productions. The album was produced by the band themselves, mixed by Saran Rakthong and mastered by Dan Lowndes. The cover art was created by Art of Sickness. Jason Gobel (ex – CYNIC, ex – MONSTROSITY) contributed a guest guitar solo on ‘Perish Mangda’. More SAVAGE DEITY info is available at www.facebook.com/savagedeityofficial
Slovakian Black Metallers KROLOK have just premiered the track ‘Unveiled Subterranean Treasures’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming second album “Funeral Winds & Crimson Sky”, which will be released on December 21, 2021 via Osmose Productions. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Black Lore Of The Fens’, ‘Towards The Duskportals’, ‘The Reptile Abyss Beneath Dowina’, ‘Path To The Haunted Ruins’, ‘Unveiled Subterranean Treasures’ and ‘Funeral Winds & Crimson Sky’. For more KROLOK info check out www.facebook.com/krolokband
Texas based “Mythological Occult Metal” act PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN’S APSÛ is streaming its self-titled debut album over here now. It will be released via Agonia Records today, November 26, 2021. All additional information you will find at www.facebook.com/officialabsu
German Black Metallers SERVANT have just released their debut full-length “Blessed By The Light Of A Thousand Stars” via MDD / Black Sunset. It was recorded and produced by the band’s mastermind Farago himself, while the mastering was made by Dennis Poschwatta at the Katzbach Studio in Göttingen. A full album stream is available at this location. All further SERVANT info you will find at www.facebook.com/servantmagick
A new edition of “To The Glory Of The Ancient Ones”, the second full-length from Chile based Death Metallers DOMINUS XUL, will be released via Xtreem Music on December 14, 2021, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the album. In addition to the CD, there will also be a vinyl edition of 250 copies (100 splatter and 150 black), as well as cassette and t-shirt, both runs of 50 units. For more DOMINUS XUL information please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063708966997
Today Nigredo Records will release a compilation from Swedish Black / Thrashers UNPURE entitled “Northern Sea Madness – 1991-2021 – 30 Unpurified Years”. It includes 2 brand new tracks and 11 previously recorded (some of them never published). ‘Cursebreed’, one of the new tracks, can be checked out over here. More UNPURE information you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063239587640, label contact: www.nigredorecords.com
French Black Metallers MORGUILIATH will release their second album “Occult Sins, New Unholy Dimension” via Osmose Productions tomorrow, November 26, 2021 on CD format. The vinyl LP edition will follow later. A full album stream you will find at this location. More about MORGUILIATH at www.facebook.com/morguiliath
“The Lord Of Flies”, 1983’s debut full-length from Swedish Heavy Metal band AXEWITCH, will be re-released via Hooked On Metal Records on digipak CD today. For more info please visit www.hookedonmetalrecords.com. All additional AXEWITCH information you will find at www.facebook.com/axewitch
“I-IV”, the debut EP from Canadian blackened Heavy Metal project ALONE, can be streamed in its entirety at https://alone14.bandcamp.com/album/i-iv now.
Finnish Doom Metal duo SIDEWALK MAFIA has just released a lyric video for their new single ‘Cruel Sacrifices’ at this location. The band’s debut album will be released in late spring 2022 via Blood Rite Records. The previously released single ‘This Frozen Paradise’ (which came out in January 2021) can still be streamed over here. For more info please visit www.facebook.com/sidewalk-mafia-109887307946993
UK based atmospheric Black Metal one man band ETHEREAL SHROUD will release a new album entitled “Trisagion” on December 10, 2021. Musically it is supposed to be “…weaving between the Death / Doom and Funeral Doom passages of MOURNING BELOVETH and BELL WITCH and the grandiose, massive Black Metal of WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM and SUMMONING…” The following lengthy tracks will appear on it: ‘Chasmal Fires’, ‘Discarnate’, ‘Astral Mariner’ and ‘Lanterns’ (bonus track, physical releases only). The album was recorded at main man Joe Hawker’s home studio in Sheffield, England. The drums were recorded at session drummer John Kerr’s home, while Richard Spencer contributed bass and viola. You can order it via https://etherealshroud-northernsilence.bandcamp.com. All additional ETHEREAL SHROUD information you will find at www.facebook.com/etherealshroud
Australian Black Metallers HUNTERS MOON are currently streaming their upcoming debut album “The Great Pandemonium” at this location. It will be released on November 26, 2021 via Hells Headbangers on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow next year. The cover artwork was created by Misanthropic-Art. For all further details check out www.hellsheadbangers.com or www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers
Italian Death Metal quartet SPIRITUAL DECEPTION has just released a bass guitar playthrough video for ‘Captatio Benevolentiae’ over here. The track is taken from the band’s new EP “Oxymoron”, which was released on October 08, 2021. You can follow SPIRITUAL DECEPTION at www.facebook.com/spiritualdeception
Algerian brutal technical Death Metallers SILENT OBSESSION have just released a lyric video for their upcoming single ‘Against The Process’ at this location. The single, which features LELAHELL vocalist Redouane Aouameur, will be released on November 27, 2021. More about SILENT OBSESSION at www.facebook.com/silent-obsession-109984977066268
On January 28, 2022 Antiq will release “Les Retranchement”, the debut full-length from French Black Metal band SILHOUETTE, on CD format. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Ascension’, ‘La Première Neige’, ‘Au Seuil De L’oubli’, ‘Interlude’, ‘Les Retranchements’, ‘L’etreinte De La Chute’ and ‘Outro’. ‘L’Entreinte De La Chute’ can already be streamed over here. More SILHOUETTE info you will find at www.facebook.com/silhouettebm
Australian Black Metallers KRVNA will release their debut album “Sempinfernus” on November 26, 2021 via Seance Records. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘From The Shades Of Hades…’, ‘…To The Targovistean Night’, ‘The Triumph Of The Flesh Over The Spirit’, ‘Timeless… Ageless’ and ‘The Eve Of Eternal Sunset’. A full album stream is available at this location. For all further KRVNA info please visit www.facebook.com/krvnaofficial
“De Fornas Likgaldrar”, the third full-length from Swedish Black Metallers BEKËTH NEXËHMÜ, will be released via Purity Through Fire on double CD and triple vinyl LP formats. The CD version will be released on December 12, 2021, while the vinyl version will follow later next year. The following tracks will appear on it. Disc 1: ‘Sjalslig Urvilja’, ‘Det Isande Kallet’, ‘Nordens Vidder’ and ‘Vinterlandskapets Klangor Del.I’, ‘Urtidens Kall’, Disc 2: ‘Det Forgangna Dunklet’, ‘En Forglomd Ursjal’ and ‘Vinterlandskapets Klangor Del.II’. The album opener ‘Själslig Urvilja’ can already be checked out at this location. For more information please visit www.purity-through-fire.com
“The Problem Of Evil”, the debut solo album from IN THE WOODS… guitar player Kåre André Sletteberg, will be released under the KAS moniker on December 03, 2021. The album cover was created by Enyeto Kotori Designs and the full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Frost Rite Descends’, ‘Yours To Keep (Always And Forever)’, ‘This Is Goodbye’, ‘Ascending Forth Into Autumn Night’, ‘The Problem Of Evil’ and ‘Lost Love’. The album closer, ‘Lost Love’, is already available for free listening on Bandcamp. The full line-up, that supported the project, consists of Kåre André Sletteberg (IN THE WOODS… – all guitars, bass – except track 1 and 3, vocals on track 4, synthesizer, keyboards), Hector Montero (NOCTURNAL CALL – all drums, synthesizer, keyboards), Willie Rene “V-Rex” Skåtun (ARVAS – vocals on track 2 and 6), Kjetil Nordhus (GREEN CARNATION – vocals on track 3), Stein Roger Sordal (GREEN CARNATION – bass on track 3), Jan Åge Lindeland (BLOT, MENTAL DISASTER – vocals on track 1 and 4), Alex Weisbeek (DESOLATE FIELDS – bass on track 1), Caroline Salmona (violin on track 3), Giuseppe Taormina (ambience on track 1) and James Fox (vocal acoustic parts on track 5). For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/kasbandofficial
Texas based mythological Occult Metal act PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN’S APSÛ has just released another new track, ‘Prana: Therion: Akasha’, at this location. It is taken from their self-titled album, which will be released on November 26, 2021 via Agonia Records. For more info please visit www.facebook.com/officialabsu
A full stream of Brazilian Death Metallers NERVOCHAOS‘ 25th anniversary album “Dug Up (Diabolical Reincarnations)” is available over here now. For all additional NERVOCHAOS information check out www.facebook.com/nervochaos
On December 03, 2021 Signal Rex will release the debut album of Ecuador’s Black Metallers WINTERSTORM, “Vinterstormener”, on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow in 2022. It has been mastered by Diogo Santana at Noise Portrait – Lisbon. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Intro’, ‘Into The Deep Darkness’, ‘Through The Astral Mist’, ‘The Storm & The Night’, ‘The Frozen Winds Of Winter’, ‘A Distant Wind Horizon’ and ‘Outro’. ‘Through The Astral Mist’ can already be streamed at https://winterstorm3.bandcamp.com
On December 21, 2021 Osmose Productions will release “Funeral Winds & Crimson Sky”, the second full-length from Slovakian Black Metallers KROLOK, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Black Lore Of The Fens’, ‘Towards The Duskportals’, ‘The Reptile Abyss Beneath Dowina’, ‘Path To The Haunted Ruins’, ‘Unveiled Subterranean Treasures’ and ‘Funeral Winds & Crimson Sky’. Vocalist / guitarist HV had this to say about the album: “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…” More about KROLOK at www.facebook.com/krolokband
US Death Metallers CASKET ROBBERY have just released an official video for their new single ‘Bone Mother’ at this location. It was directed and created by Shayne Minott of Budget Blood Productions. Vocalist Megan Orvold commented on the song as follows: “Everything about this song was so much fun for us. From the twisted spooky folklore of Baba Yaga and our lyrical interpretation to the way she was brought to life in the amazing claymation video. ‘All knowing, all seeing, all revealing, all being.’ We hope you enjoy ‘Bone Mother’!” For more CASKET ROBBERY information check out www.facebook.com/casketrobbery
Amsterdam, The Netherlands based Black Speed Metal Punks DESTRUCTO will release their debut full-length “Demonic Possession” on November 19, 2021 via Dying Victims Productions. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Succubus’, ‘Black Mark’, ‘In Service Of No One’, ‘Necromancy’, ‘Satans Hammer’, ‘Lycanthro Kommando’, ‘Total Death’, ‘I, Witchfukker’, ‘Bloodthirst’ and ‘Demonic Possession’. A full album stream is available over here. More about DESTRUCTO at www.facebook.com/destructoblackthrash
Italian Black / Deathers UNCTORIS are streaming their debut album “Shout Demise” at this location now. It will be released on November 19, 2021 via Iron Bonehead Productions. For more UNCTORIS information check out www.facebook.com/unctoris
On December 17, 2021 Caligari Records will release the debut mini album from Molde, Norway based Death Metallers HAALBUAER, “Mortal Ones Scream In Horror”, on CD format. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Cemetery Possession’, ‘Acts Of Morbid Perversion’, ‘Haemophiliak’, ‘Inhale The Nauseating Fumes’, ‘Gorespawn’, ‘Caverns Of The Deceased’, ‘Bliss In Torment’ and ‘Pungent Ecstasy’. A full album stream you will find at this location. More about HAALBUAER at www.facebook.com/haalbuaer
Polish Death Metallers FORBIDDEN OMEN will release their debut album “Ancestral Rituals” via Szataniec on November 25, 2021 on digipak CD and digitally. The material was recorded at IP studio and Graveyard studio and mixed and mastered by Dominik Wawak (DMB Studio, Bielsko-Biała). The cover artwork was created by DK13 Design. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘The Call (Intro)’, ‘Slavic Blood’, ‘Ashen Kong’, ‘Svarog’, ‘Veles’, ‘Hail The God Of War’, ‘Fractured Sky Ritual’ and a bonus track. A teaser, which contains excerpts from the entire album, can be checked out over here. For more FORBIDDEN OMEN information please visit www.facebook.com/forbiddenomen
Jo Steel (ICE WAR / APHRODITE / EXPUNGED) and Dave Rotten (AVULSED / HOLYCIDE / CHRIST DENIED / FAMISHGOD) have joined forces in a new Death / Crust band called WEAPONRY. The WEAPONRY debut full-length “Everwinding Slaughter” will be released on January 11, 2022 on CD, 12″ LP and cassette via Xtreem Music. A first advance song can already be streamed at this location. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Speedkill’, ‘The Oozer’, ‘Road Rat Rage’, ‘Future Wasteland’, ‘The Burned Land’, ‘Crossbow Warrior’, ‘Into The Dome’, ‘Zone Traveler’, ‘Fields Of Mutation’ and ‘Toxic Waste Overture’. Lyrics were provided by Rogga Johansson (PAGANIZER / MASSACRE / PUTREVORE) and the mastering was done by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studios. The cover artwork was created by Spanish artist José Vives. All further info you will find at www.facebook.com/weaponrydeathcrust
French Black Metallers DIABLATION have just premiered the track ‘Des Ruines De La Solitude Eternelle’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut album “Allégeance”, which will be released on December 06, 2021 via Antiq. The previously revealed album tracks ‘Ego Daemonium’ and ‘Aigle Du Mal, Aigle De Sang’ can still be streamed here and here. The cover artwork was created by Tancrede Szekely. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Invictus’, ‘Aigle Du Mal, Aigle De Sang’, ‘Des Ruines De La Solitude Éternelle’, ‘Ego Daemonium’, ‘La Noirceur Des Limbes’, ‘L’ordre Hermétique Des Âmes Noires’, ‘Éloge Du Mysticisme Impérieux’, ‘La Nuit Obscure De L’âme Partie 1’ and ‘La Nuit Obscure De L’âme Partie 2’. All additional DIABLATION information you will find at www.facebook.com/diablation
Australia’s Black Doom Metallers TYRANNIC are streaming their upcoming second full-length “Mortuus Decadence” at this location now. The vinyl LP version will be released on November 19, 2021 via Iron Bonehead Productions, the CD edition via Seance Records. The following tracks appear on it: ‘Mortuus Decadence’, ‘Singe Of Orgiastic Waste’, ‘Tormented By Deathly Cataract’, ‘Night Plague Manifest’, ‘Osmos Burial’ and ‘Introduction’. More about TYRANNIC at www.facebook.com/tyrannic-413672648839389
“Haphazard Ethos”, the debut mini album from Spanish Black Metal duo BEYOND DEATH’S THRONE, will be released via Signal Rex on December 17, 2021 on CD format. The vinyl edition will follow later via Norway’s Duplicate Records. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘A Threshold Of Harrowed Chants’, ‘Diaphanous Lethargy’, ‘The Endless Will’ and ‘Perpetual Glow Of The Risen Wise’. You can already stream the opener ‘A Threshold Of Harrowed Chants” over here. For all additional information please visit www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
Australian Death Metallers CHARNEL ALTAR have just premiered the track ‘Malefic Blessings’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s debut album “Abatement Of The Sun”, which will be released on December 17, 2021 via Blood Harvest Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow next year. The previously revealed ‘Vexation Of Sorrow’ can still be streamed here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Grave Totem’, ‘Vexation Of Sorrow’, ‘Slaughter’, ‘Wormworld’, ‘Malefic Blessings’ and ‘Metempsychosis’. All additional CHARNEL ALTAR info you will find at www.facebook.com/charnelaltar
Polish technical Death Metal trio DORMANT ORDEAL will release their third full-length “The Grand Scheme Of Things” on December 03, 2021 via Selfmadegod Records. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered with producer Paweł “Janos” Grabowski at JNS Studio (ANTIGAMA, HATE, RIVERSIDE, LOST SOUL) and the cover artwork was created by Piotr Czerwiński. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘At The Garden’s Gates’, ‘Poetry Doesn’t Work On Whores’, ‘Bright Constellations’, ‘Here Be Dragons’, ‘Letters To Mr. Smith’, ‘Let The Light In’, ‘Sides Of Defence’ and ‘The Borders Of Our Language Are Not The Borders Of Our World’. You can already check out ‘Poetry Doesn’t Work On Whores’ at this location. More about DORMANT ORDEAL at www.facebook.com/dormant.ordeal