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On October 31, 2021 Reaping Scythe Records will release “HVHY”, a 2-track split EP from US Black Metallers CYFFROUS INDIGNUS and NECROSOPHIK ABYSS. It will be available on cassette and digitally. CYFFROUS INDIGNUS will be featured with ‘Iniquitous Social Order’, while NECROSOPHIK ABYSS contribute the track ‘Left Handed Reaper’. Both songs have been recorded at Shadow Temple and were mixed and mastered by Jacob St. Amand. The cover artwork was created by Jerianne Fulton and Clay Price. More about both bands at https://cyffrousindignus.bandcamp.com or www.facebook.com/necrosophikabyss
Berlin, Germany based progressive brutal Death Metallers DEFEATED SANITY have just announced a US tour in February / March 2022. The band issued the following statement about the upcoming tour: “For our first post-lockdown tour dates, we present you with “The Sanguinary Impetus Tour USA 2022″! We invite all of you to bring back the brutality with us and our special guests, who we will start announcing mid-November. So scribble those dates into your calendars and stay tuned for further news!” DEFEATED SANITY will be touring in support of their latest album “The Sanguinary Impetus”, which was released in 2020 via Willowtip Records. For more info and regular updates please visit www.facebook.com/defeatedsanity
On November 19, 2021 Horror Pain Gore Death Productions will release “Doctor’s Orders: Do Not Touch!”, the new album from Lithuanian grinding Death / Doom Metallers STRANGULIATORIUS on CD and digital formats. You can already check out the album track ‘Maggots Are Coming’ over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Creator’s Charms’, ‘Hand Of Death’, ‘The Plans Of The Madmen’, ‘What’s In The Bag?’, ‘Maggots Are Coming’, ‘Drunk Behind My Wheel’, ‘Doctor’s Orders: Do Not Touch!’, ‘Fisherman’ and ‘Abyss’. All additional STRANGULIATORIUS information you will find at www.facebook.com/stranguliatoriusband
French Death Metallers AUTOKRATOR have just premiered the song ‘DCLXVI’ at this location. The band’s guitarist / bassist Loïc Fontaine explains: “The song ‘DCLXVI’ is about Roman Emperor Domitian and his persecution of Christians, and the lyrics of this song are from Bible Revelation 8:7 and 13:1. In Roman numerals, DCLXVI represents 666.” The track will appear on the upcoming fourth AUTOKRATOR full-length “Persecution”, which will be released via Krucyator Productions on CD, vinyl and digital formats on November 05, 2021. The previously revealed ‘The Great Persecution’ is still available over here. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Loïc Fontaine at Krucyator Studio, the vocals were recorded by David Bailey and the drums recorded by Kevin Paradis. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘De Gloria Martyrum Et Confessorum’, ‘The Great Persecution’, ‘DCLXVI’, ‘Antechristus’, ‘Caesar Nerva Traianus’ and ‘Apocalypsis’. The artwork was created by Nestor Avalos. “Persecution” features Kevin Paradis (BENIGHTED, MITHRIDATIC) on drums, who already played on AUTOKRATOR’s last album “Hammer Of The Heretics” as a session drummer. More about AUTOKRATOR at www.facebook.com/autokratormetal
Norway’s GAAHLS WYRD have just released a song from their upcoming 5-track EP “The Humming Mountain”. You can stream ‘The Seed’ over here. The EP’s full tracklist reads like this: ‘The Seed’, ‘The Humming Mountain’, ‘The Dwell’, ‘Awakening Remains – Before Leaving’ and ‘The Sleep’. “The Humming Mountain” will be released via Season Of Mist on November 05, 2021. More about GAAHLS WYRD at www.facebook.com/gaahlswyrd
Australia’s blackened Doom Metallers TYRANNIC have just premiered the track ‘Singe Of Orgiastic Waste’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming second full-length “Mortuus Decadence”, which will be released on November 19, 2021 via Iron Bonehead Productions (vinyl LP version) and Seance Records (CD version). The previously revealed title track ‘Mortuus Decadence’ can still be streamed over here. “Mortuus Decadence” will feature the following tracks: ‘Mortuus Decadence’, ‘Singe Of Orgiastic Waste’, ‘Tormented By Deathly Cataract’, ‘Night Plague Manifest’, ‘Osmos Burial’ and ‘Introduction’. For all additional TYRANNIC information please visit www.facebook.com/tyrannic-413672648839389
A full stream of “Intermezzo Dei Quattro Coltelli Nudi”, the upcoming new EP from Austria’s Black / Heavy Metal duo HEXENBRETT, is available at this location now. It will be released on October 22, 2021 via Dying Victims Productions. More HEXENBRETT at https://hexenbrett.bandcamp.com
Chaos Records and Triangle Circle Records have just co-released “Adrift In Grief”, the debut full-length from San Diego, California based experimental Doom / Deathers TIDELESS, on CD format. It features the following tracks: ‘The Disease That Is Time’, ‘Cascading Flesh’, ‘Vast And Empty’, ‘Darkness In The Light’ and ‘Twilight Luminescence’. For all further TIDELESS information please visit www.facebook.com/tidelessdoom
German Speed Metal Punks KNIFE are streaming their self-titled debut full-length in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on October 22, 2021 via Dying Victims Productions. More about KNIFE at www.knifeofficial.de
Italian Death Metal quartet SPIRITUAL DECEPTION has just released a guitar playthrough video for ‘Serpent’s Speech’ over here. The track is taken from the band’s new EP “Oxymoron”, which was released on October 08, 2021. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Andrea Oriani at Blue House Studio. A full EP stream is available at this location. All further SPIRITUAL DECEPTION info you will find at www.facebook.com/spiritualdeception
Tucson, Arizona based Death Metallers EXSUL are currently streaming their second EP “Allegoresis” in its entirety at this location. It will be released on October 22, 2021 via Caligari Records on CD and cassette tape formats. You can follow EXSUL at www.facebook.com/exsuldeath
Italian Black / Deathers UNCTORIS have just premiered the track ‘Cercherò Il Passaggio Di Ritorno O Sarò Cancellato’ over here. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Shout Demise”, which will be released on November 19, 2021 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed ‘Come Stabilire Se Ci Sei Ancora’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete “Shout Demise” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Come Stabilire Se Ci Sei Ancora’, ‘Cercherò Il Passaggio Di Ritorno O Sarò Cancellato’, ‘Violet Velvet’, ‘Non Tornare’, ‘Rites Of Grey Isolation’, ‘Sideral Sojourn’ and ‘Is An Anechoic Chamber’. More UNCTORIS info you will find at www.facebook.com/unctoris
Polish Black Metallers DEMONIC TEMPLE have just premiered the title track of their upcoming third full-length “Through The Stars Into The Abyss” at this location. The album will be released on November 11, 2021 via Putrid Cult in co-operation with Dark Horizon. The previously revealed ‘Night Of Everlasting Fire’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Through The Stars Into The Abyss” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Nox / Intro’, ‘Through The Stars Into The Abyss’, ‘Night Of Everlasting Fire’, ‘Secret Temple Of Invisible Light’ and ‘Proclaiming The Truth Of The Other Side’. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100029411273716
Brazilian Black Metal trio LE CHANT NOIR are streaming their second album “La Société Satanique Des Poètes Morts” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on October 22, 2021 via Personal Records on CD format. Digital distribution will be handled by Blood Blast. All additional band info you will find at www.facebook.com/lechantnoirofficial
Swedish Black / Deathers IN APHELION have just premiered a video for ‘Luciferian Age’ over here. The song will appear on the band’s debut EP “Luciferian Age”, which will be released on November 05, 2021 via Edged Circle Productions on CD format. The 12″ vinyl version will follow in February 2022. It was mixed and mastered by UNLEASHED’s Frederik Folkare. A lyric video for the previously revealed EP track ‘Draugr’ can still be checked out at this location. All further IN APHELION information are available at www.facebook.com/inaphelion
Brazilian Death Metallers NERVOCHAOS have just released a new single entitled ‘I Hate Your God’. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming 25th anniversary album “Dug Up (Diabolical Reincarnations)”, which will be released on November 19, 2021 via XenoKorp. You can check out the track (plus two more) here. More about NERVOCHAOS at www.facebook.com/nervochaos
German Black Metallers DAUÞUZ have just premiered the track ‘Der Bergschmied IV: Zauberwerk’ over here. It is taken from the band’s upcoming fourth album “Vom Schwarzen Schmied”, which will be released on November 12, 2021 via Amor Fati Productions. The previously revealed ‘Der Bergschmied II: Der Eid’ can still be checked out at this location. More DAUÞUZ info is available at www.facebook.com/dauthuzbm
Danish Death Metallers PHRENELITH have just revealed the track ‘Awakening Titans’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming second album “Chimaera”, which will be released on December 10, 2021 via Nuclear Winter Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow next year. “Chimaera” was recorded in Denmark’s Studio Ballade and mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson. The cover artwork was created by Timo Ketola. For all additional PHRENELITH information please visit www.facebook.com/phrenelith
A full album stream of “Devouring Darkness”, the debut full-length from international sci-fi themed Black / Death Metal trio ZETAR, is available at this location now. The cover artwork was created by Bruce Pennington. The album will be released via Spirit Coffin Publishing today. For all additional ZETAR information please visit www.facebook.com/lightsofzetar
UK’s melodic Death Metal four-piece BEYOND YOUR DESIGN has just released two videos. One is a cover version of the BLACK VEIL BRIDES track ‘Fallen Angels’, while the other is an orchestral version of ‘Need You Now’. You can watch the videos here and here. More about BEYOND YOUR DESIGN at www.facebook.com/bydbanduk
Hells Headbangers have signed US Death Metal three-piece MALEFIC THRONE for the release of the band’s debut EP “Malefic Throne”, which will be released next year on CD, 12″ vinyl and cassette tape formats. A first track, ‘Deciding The Hierarchy’, can already be streamed over here. MALEFIC THRONE consists of guitarist Gene Palubicki (PERDITION TEMPLE, ANGELCORPSE, BLASPHEMIC CRUELTY), vocalist / bassist Steve Tucker (MORBID ANGEL, WARFATHER) and drummer John Longstreth (ORIGIN, HATE ETERNAL, ex – ANGELCORPSE). Palubicki explained the genesis of the band as follows: “MALEFIC THRONE was conceived over conversations and shared ideas among the three of us since around summer of 2020, deep in the early pandemic upheaval, while everyone was – and has been – in limbo for live shows / tours etc. We hit on the idea of just going for it, writing some furious Death Metal material with the three of us, and seeing what would happen. Given who the band members are, it is surely clear the nature of what this is all about. We originally considered just doing an independently released demo, but we approached Hells Headbangers to see if they were interested in handling the debut EP release. They agreed, and onward it goes!” For regular updates make sure to follow MALEFIC THRONE at www.facebook.com/maleficthrone
On November 05, 2021 Austrian Black Metallers ANOMALIE will release their fourth album “Tranceformation” via AOP Records. It was mixed and mastered at Woodshed Studios by V. Santura. The album track ‘Cerulean Sun’ (featuring guest vocals by ROTTING CHRIST’s Sakis Tolis and a violin part from Sara Wolske) can already be checked out at this location. The first single ‘Trance II – Relics’ (featuring ENTHRONED’s vocalist Nornagest) can still be streamed over here. All additional information you will find at www.facebook.com/the.anomalie.experience
Vancouver, Canada based progressive Black Metal trio CRYSTAL COFFIN is streaming their upcoming second album “The Starway Eternal” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on October 15, 2021 via A Beast In The Field. The cover artwork was created by the band’s guitarist and synthesizer player Lenkyn Ostapovich. More about CRYSTAL COFFIN at www.facebook.com/crystal-coffin-2228111600765172
On December 17, 2021 Blood Harvest Records will release “Explosions”, the debut EP from Portuguese Death Metallers PHENOCRYST, on CD and cassette tape formats. The 12″ vinyl version will follow next year. The cover artwork was created by Belial NecroArts and the complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Fumarole Emanations’, ‘Phreatic Explosions’, ‘Pyroclastic Flows’, ‘Craters’ and ‘Igneous Fluids’. You can already listen to ‘Pyroclastic Flows’ over here. More PHENOCRYST info you will find at www.facebook.com/phenocryst
Geoff Coran of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada based one man Black Metal band PRIMORDIAL SERPENT has just released his fourth full-length “Under The Sign Of The Bloodmoon”. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Geoff Coran himself and the atwork was created by Monorthern. A full album stream is available at this location. More about PRIMORDIAL SERPENT at www.facebook.com/primordialserpentblackmetal
Canadian Black Metal duo SORGUINAZIA is streaming their upcoming debut album “Negation Of Delirium” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on October 15, 2021 via Iron Bonehead Productions. For all additional info check out www.facebook.com/sorguinazia-221491211693817
French Black Metallers DIABLATION have just premiered the track ‘Ego Daemonium’ at this location. It will appear on the bands debut full-length “Allégeance”, which will be released on December 06, 2021 via Antiq. The album was recorded in April 2021, mixed by V. Orias A. and mastered by Stefan Traunmüller at SoundTemple Studio. The cover artwork was created by Tancrede Szekely. The previously revealed album track ‘Aigle Du Mal, Aigle De Sang’ can still be streamed over here. All additional DIABLATION information you will find at www.facebook.com/diablation
Swedish old school Death Metallers UNDER THE CHURCH will release a new EP entitled “Total Burial” on December 03, 2021 via Pulverised Records on CD, tape and digitally. The vinyl edition will be released at a later date in 2022. The EP will feature the following tracks: ‘Day Of Reckoning’, ‘Spit On Your Grave’, ‘Total Burial’, ‘Depraved Vocation’ and ‘Just Another Death’. The cover artwork was once again created by Swedish illustrator Mattias Frisk (GHOST, VANHELGD, TRAP THEM, NIGHT) and the mixing and mastering was handled by Robert Pehrsson at Studio Humbucker. You can already check out the EP opener ‘Day Of Reckoning’ at this location. More UNDER THE CHURCH info you will find at www.facebook.com/underthechurch
San Diego, California based Death Metallers CONJURETH have just premiered the track ‘An Occult Mosaic’ over here. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Majestic Dissolve”, which will be released on October 25, 2021 via Memento Mori (CD version) and Rotted Life (vinyl and cassette versions). The previously revealed ‘The Silent Hangings’ can still be streamed at this location, while ‘Wet Flesh Vortex’ is still available over here. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Wet Flesh Vortex’, ‘Possession Psychosis’, ‘Resintegrate’, ‘A Terror Sacrifice’, ‘Mutilated Spirits’, ‘Black Fire Confessions’, ‘The Silent Hangings’, ‘Sorcery Arts’, ‘An Occult Mosaic’ and ‘The Unworshipped’. “Majestic Dissolve” was mixed and mastered by Javier Felez at Moontower Studios and the cover art was created by Erskine Designs. For all further CONJURETH information please visit www.facebook.com/conjureth
Italian Black Metal trio ORGREL is streaming their upcoming debut album “Red Dragon’s Invocation” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on October 15, 2021 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The cover artwork was created by Luciana Nedelea. More information at www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
“A Slow Apocalypse”, the 2004 demo from Italian Black Metallers LAETITIA IN HOLOCAUST, will be re-released as a digipak CD, strictly limited to 50 copies, via The Fog Foundation on October 15, 2021. You can pre order your copy here. All additional LAETITIA IN HOLOCAUST information you will find at www.facebook.com/laetitia-in-holocaust-105378014231474
New York / Dallas, Texas based progressive melodic Death Metal trio DIATHEKE has just released a self-titled compilation EP on CD and digital via The Charon Collective. It features the following tracks: ‘Splendour’, ‘Bereavement’, ‘Magnify’ and ‘Day And Night’. For all further DIATHEKE information please visit www.facebook.com/diathekemusic
Hungarian Death Metallers ROTHADÁS are streaming their upcoming debut album “Kopár Hant… Az Alvilág Felé” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on October 12, 2021 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records on vinyl LP format. More ROTHADÁS at https://rothadasdeathdoom.bandcamp.com
German Black Metallers SERVANT have signed with Black Sunset / MDD for the release of their debut full-length “Blessed By The Light Of A Thousand Stars”, which will be released on November 26, 2021. More about SERVANT at www.facebook.com/servantmagick
Kraków, Poland based DISHELL have been signed by Selfmadegod Records. The band’s second full-length “Teutonic Beat” will be released in late November 2021. For additional information and regular updates follow DISHELL at www.facebook.com/dishell666
On December 17, 2021 Blood Harvest Records will release “Abatement Of The Sun”, the debut full-length from Adelaide, Australia based blackened Doom / Deathers CHARNEL ALTAR, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP edition will follow next year. The album track ‘Vexation Of Sorrow’ can already be streamed at this location. The complete “Abatement Of The Sun” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Grave Totem’, ‘Vexation Of Sorrow’, ‘Slaughter’, ‘Wormworld’, ‘Malefic Blessings’ and ‘Metempsychosis’. All further CHARNEL ALTAR info you will find at www.facebook.com/charnelaltar
Italy based melodic Black Metal solo project HORN PROJECT will release its debut album “Illusions Of Maya” tomorrow, October 09, 2021 via Planet K Records. The album was recorded in early 2021 and mastered by Hannes Grossmann (Mordor Sound Studios). The artwork was created by Elmar Schölzhorn. The following tracks will appear on “Illusions Of Maya”: ‘Child’, ‘Illusions Of Maya’, ‘Kali’, ‘Painbody’, ‘Multidimensional Experience’, ‘Mother Nature’ and ‘Silence’. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/horn-project-105957541587494
On November 26, 2021 Hells Headbangers will release “The Great Pandemonium”, the debut album from Australian Black Metallers HUNTERS MOON, on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow next year. The cover artwork was supplied by Misanthropic-Art. The album closer ‘Hearse For A Barren Earth’ can already be streamed over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Torn By Talons’, ‘Storm Of Hail And Fire’, ‘Pilgrims Exile’, ‘Rebellion’, ‘Bridge Over Chaos’, ‘Drag Them To The Coffins’, ‘Red Death’ and ‘Hearse For A Barren Earth’. For more information and preorder details please visit www.hellsheadbangers.com or www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers
Finnish progressive Death Metallers BENOTHING will release their debut EP “Temporal Bliss Surrealms” via Everlasting Spew Records on November 26, 2021 on CD, tape and digitally. The vinyl edition will follow in 2022. You can already check out the opening track ‘State Of Surreal Bliss’ at this location. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/benothingdeath
Italian Doom / Deathers BURIAL are streaming the titletrack of their debut album “Inner Gateways To The Slumbering Equilibrium At The Center Of Cosmo!” at this location now. The album will be released on October 29, 2021 via Everlasting Spew Records on CD and digitally. The vinyl edition will follow in 2022. You can follow BURIAL at www.facebook.com/burialdeath
Australian Death Metallers ALTARS have inked a deal with Everlasting Spew Records for the release of the band’s sophomore album. Brendan Sloan (CONVULSING) is taking over bass and vocals and joins Alan Cadman on drums and Lewis Fischer on guitar, who in recent years have contributed to releases by bands such as STARGAZER and IGNIVOMOUS. The band is expecting to enter the studio later this year to record the follow-up to “Paramnesia” from 2013. More about ALTARS at www.facebook.com/altarsdeath
On December 10, 2021 Nuclear Winter Records will release “Chimaera”, the second full-length from Copenhagen, Denmark based Death Metallers PHRENELITH, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP edition will follow next year. The album was recorded in Denmark’s Studio Ballade and the mixing and mastering was handled by Greg Wilkinson. The cover artwork was created by Timo Ketola. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Awakening Titans’, ‘Chimaerian Offspring – Part I’, ‘Phlegethon’, ‘Gorgonhead’, ‘Kykytos’, ‘Χίμαιρα ‘ and ‘Chimaerian Offspring – Part II’. More PHRENELITH information you will find at www.facebook.com/phrenelith
Reunited US Thrashers MANTIC RITUAL have just released a new single entitled ‘Crusader’. You can check it out over here. The band’s current line-up features original members Dan Wetmore (vocals / guitars), Jeff Potts (guitars) and Ben Mottsman (bass) alongside new drummer Carlos Cruz (WARBRINGER, EXMORTUS, POWER TRIP). A limited edition (300 copies) vinyl 7″ EP with ‘Crusader’ as the A-side and a cover of the MERCYFUL FATE classic ‘Black Funeral’ on the flipside will be released in early 2022. More about MANTIC RITUAL at www.facebook.com/manticritual
On November 12, 2021 German Death Metallers MINENFELD will release their new EP “Night Raid” on tape and 12″ vinyl. You can already check out the title track at this location. The material was recorded at the Eastern Bunker, engineered by Henner Rekorder and mastered by Role at Tonmeisterei. The cover art was contributed by Jan Buragay. It will be available on limited black and white vinyl editions (150 copies each) and 100 tapes. For more details please visit www.lycanthropic.de. All additional MINENFELD information you will find at www.minenfeld.com or https://minenfeld.bandcamp.com
Albuquerque, New Mexico based Death / Black / Thrash Metallers FEED THE CORPSES TO THE PIGS have just released a new single entitled ‘I Drink Myself To Death’ over here. The track will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “This Insidious Horror”, which will be released on October 15, 2021 via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. The official video for ‘Ghost Of Winter’ (featuring Rick Rozz from DEATH / MASSACRE) is still available at this location. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/feedthecorpsestothepigs
German Death Metal duo REAWACAN has just revealed a track from their upcoming EP “Pandemic Coverage & Old Schooling”. You can check out ‘Into Proliferation’ at this location now. The EP will be released on October 23, 2021. It features two new tracks and two cover songs of MOTÖRHEAD and CELTIC FROST. More about REAWACAN at www.facebook.com/reawacandeath
Spanish Death Metallers DEIMLER have just released a video for ‘A Thousand Suns’ over here. It is the title track of their first album, which will be released on October 19, 2021 via Xtreem Music on CD, 12″ LP, cassette and digitally. All further DEIMLER information you will find at www.facebook.com/deimlerdeathmetal
Italian progressive Death Metallers SADIST have signed a record deal with Agonia Records. The band’s nineth studio album “Firescorched” is currently a work in progress and expected to be released in 2022. For regular updates make sure to follow SADIST at www.facebook.com/sadstofficial
Los Angeles, California based progressive Death Metal duo DELPHIAN has just released a lyric video for ‘A Suicide Speech To Persuade’ at this location. The track will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Somnambulant Foregoer”, which will be released on November 12, 2021. A lyric video for the album’s first single, ‘Drip Me Toward The Ground’, is still available over here. The following tracks will appear on “Somnambulant Foregoer”: ‘A Suicide Speech To Persuade’, ‘Devout Magisterial Form’, ‘Drip Me Toward The Ground’, ‘Speaking With the Shadows’, ‘How I Long For The Oort Cloud’, ‘Somnambulant Foregoer’, ‘Meanwhile, More Polemics With Kurt Gurkillis And Scud Moothers’, ‘Idolatry’ and ‘Dimensions Disassociated’. The cover art was created by Travis Smith. All additional DELPHIAN info you will find at www.facebook.com/delphianmetal
Swedish Black / Death Metallers IN APHELION have just premiered the track ‘Draugr’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut EP “Luciferian Age”, which will be released on November 05, 2021 via Edged Circle Productions on CD format. The 12″ vinyl version will follow in February 2022. The previously revealed teaser video for “Luciferian Age” can still be checked out over here. More IN APHELION info you will find at www.facebook.com/inaphelion
Seattle, Washington based progressive Death Metal quartet RHINE will release their third full-length “Ausland” on November 12, 2021 via Within The Mind Records. A video for ‘Prisoner Of Fate’ is already available at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Prelude’, ‘Virtual Plague’, ‘Prisoner Of Fate’, ‘Running Away’, ‘Ausland’, ‘The Path To Power’, ‘Trivial’ and ‘Shadow Future’. The cover artwork was created by Jill Colbert. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/rhinemetal
On October 08, 2021 Selfmadegod Records will release “Into The Rotpit”, the debut demo from Swedish / German Death Metallers ROTPIT, on cassette. It features the three tracks ‘Darkened’, ‘Into The Rotpit’ and ‘Aeon Black’. The material was mixed and mastered at Unbound Studious (WOMBBATH, FLESHCRAWL, SENTIENT HORROR) and the artwork was created by Finnish artist T. Kannibalet Hietomma Art (Rotting Ways Of Misery bookcover, CADAVERIC INCUBATOR, ABHORRENCE, FUNEBRE). The demo opener ‘Darkened’ is available for streaming at this location. ROTPIT was founded in late 2020 by Jonny (WOMBBATH / MASSACRE / BERZERKER LEGION) on guitars / bass and Ralf (HEADS FOR THE DEAD / REVEL IN FLESH) on vocals. After a demo pre – production Henrik (REVEL IN FLESH) joined ROTPIT on drums. The band’s major inspiration comes from early 90s Finnish Death Metal acts like DEMIGOD, ABHORRENCE (early AMORPHIS), DEPRAVITY, early SENTENCED mixed with British and American elements. For more ROTPIT information check out www.facebook.com/rotpit666
“Tomb Emanations”, a new 7″ EP from Portuguese Black Metallers BLACK CILICE, will be released via Iron Bonehead Productions on December 10, 2021. It will feature the two brand new tracks ‘Returning From Dimensions Below’ and ‘Vigil Of Ruins’. You can already stream ‘Returning From Dimensions Below’ over here. For more information and pre-order details please visit www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions