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Swedish Death Metallers GRISLY have just released a lyric video for ‘Wickedness That Lurks Within’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s second album “Salting The Earth”, which will be released via Xtreem Music on August 03, 2021 on CD and digitally. The first advance single can still be checked out over here. For more GRISLY information please visit www.facebook.com/xtreemmusic666
Dallas, Texas based Grinders IMPERIAL SLAUGHTER will release their debut full-length “Vile Slobs” on August 13, 2021 via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. It features 17 tracks in 19 minutes, including a DISRUPT cover and a special guest contribution from Danish experimental saxophonist Mette Rasmussen. The album was recorded and mixed by Irving Lopez at Anomalous Mind Audio and mastered by Jack Control (DARKTHRONE, NAILS, POISON IDEA) at Enormous Door Mastering. You can already listen to the title track right here. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/imperialslaughtertx
On October 22, 2021 Dying Victims Productions will release the self-titled debut album of German Metal Punks KNIFE on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Behold The Horse Of War’, ‘Inside The Electric Church’, ‘White Witch Black Death’, ‘Black Leather Hounds’, ‘K.N.I.F.E.’, ‘I Am The Priest’, ‘Furnace’, ‘Sword Loser’, ‘Demon Wind’, ‘The Hallowed Chamber Of Storms’, ‘1989’ and ‘Possessed’. You can already stream ‘The Hallowed Chamber Of Storms’ at this location. All additional band information is available at www.knifeofficial.de
Swedish melodic Doom / Deathers OCTOBER TIDE will embark on a European headliner tour in May 2022 with special guests NOCTEM. The band’s latest full-length “In Splendor Below” was released in May 2019. An official video for the album track ‘Ögonblick Av Nåd’ is available over here, while the track ‘I, The Polluter’ can still be streamed at this location. For all further information and regular updates please follow OCTOBER TIDE at www.facebook.com/octobertideband
Chicago, Illinois based blackened melodic Death Metallers WITHERING SOUL have just released a first song from their upcoming album “Last Contact”. You can stream ‘Carrion Reflection’ at this location. The album will be released on September 24, 2021 via Mortal Music. It was mixed and mastered by Dennis Israel at Clintworks Audio and the cover artwork was created by Pierre-Alain D. of 3mmi Design. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Visitation’, ‘Allegory Of The Void’, ‘Carrion Reflection’, ‘Of Blackened Pillars’, ‘Ascent To Madness’, ‘Into The Harrowing Expanse’, ‘The Transcendence Of Night’ and ‘Uncharted Course’. An album release show, which also features MORTA SKULD and DISMALIMERENCE, will take place on September 24, 2021 in Chicago at The Cobra Lounge. More about WITHERING SOUL at www.facebook.com/witheringsoulband
Ohio’s NUNSLAUGHTER will release their sixth full-length “Red Is The Color Of Ripping Death” on CD and cassette tape formats via Hells Headbangers on August 27, 2021. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The album will feature the following fourteen tracks: ‘Murmur’, ‘Broken And Alone’, ‘To A Whore’, ‘Banished’, ‘Red Is The Color Of Ripping Death’, ‘Eat Your Heart’, ‘Annihilate The Kingdom Of God’, ‘Beware Of God’, ‘Black Cat Hanging’, ‘Dead In Ten’, ‘The Devil Will Not Stray’, ‘The Temptress’, ‘Casket Lid Creaks’ and ‘Below The Cloven Hoof’. “Red Is The Color Of Ripping Death” is the band’s first album in seven years and the first without drummer Jim Sadist, who passed away in October 2015. A video for the album closer ‘Below The Cloven Hoof’ is already available at this location. For more NUNSLAUGHTER info please visit www.facebook.com/nunslaughter
Copenhagen, Denmark based Death Metallers PHRENELITH have just finished mixing their upcoming second album “Chimaera” and are currently working on the final details of the layout for all formats. The CD and tape edition will be released via Martyrdoom Productions / Nuclear Winter Records in November with the LP following a few months later (most probably in late February 2022). For regular updates make sure to follow the band at www.facebook.com/phrenelith
German Black Metallers GROZA will release their second full-length “The Redemptive End” on August 06, 2021 via AOP Records. A first single / video for ‘Elegance Of Irony’ is already available at this location. The previously released title track can still be checked out over here. “The Redemptive End” was recorded and mixed during the summer / autumn of 2020 by P.G. and mastered with the help of Michael Kraxenberger (Sick Of Sound). The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Sunken In Styx – Part 1: Submersion’, ‘Sunken In Styx – Part II: Descent’, ‘Elegance Of Irony’, ‘The Redemptive End’, ‘Nil’ and ‘Homewards’. All additional GROZA information you will find at www.facebook.com/grozaband
“Trident”, the 1996 demo from defunct Russian Black Metallers WIND HEARSE, has just been re-released as a remastered 10″ vinyl edition via Klaxon Records. For all further details and ordering information check out www.klaxon-records.com
US Doom / Death Metal duo SEVERED BOY is streaming their debut EP “Tragic Encounters” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on July 15, 2021 via Caligari Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The material was written, performed, mixed and mastered by the band at Wolf House and features artwork by Form Terror Growth and a logo by Heavy Hand. For all further details check out www.caligarirecords.com or www.facebook.com/caligarirecords
Florida based Death Metallers HEXORCIST have just premiered the track ‘Unrighteous Ceremony’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Evil Reaping Death”, which will be released on July 26, 2021 via Memento Mori (CD) and Godz Ov War Productions (cassette). A vinyl edition via Unholy Prophecies will follow a bit later. The previously revealed album tracks ‘Denouncing The Immaculate’ and ‘Exulting The Adversary’ can still be streamed here and here. More HEXORCIST info you will find at www.facebook.com/hexorcistband
On August 20, 2021 Hells Headbangers will release “Shower Me In Death”, the debut EP from German Death / Thrashers SACRIFIXION, on 7″ vinyl format. The band’s line-up features vocalist Carnivore (ex – CRUEL FORCE) and guitarist Avenger (NOCTURNAL, FRONT BEAST, SZARLEM etc.). The following tracks will appear on “Shower Me In Death”: ‘The Bloodied Pits Of Savagery’, ‘Unmarked Shallow Graves’, ‘Drowning In A Nightmare’ and ‘Shower Me In Death’. You can already check out ‘Unmarked Shallow Graves’ over here. For all further information please visit www.hellsheadbangers.com or www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers
Spanish blackened Death / Thrashers KROSSFYRE have just premiered the track ‘Law Of The Jackals’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s debut album “Rites Of Extermination”, which will be released on July 23, 2021 via Hells Headbangers on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow a little bit later this year. The previously revealed album track ‘Infernal War’ can still be checked out over here. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/krossfyre666
Swedish Death Metallers ENVIG have just premiered a second single from their upcoming sophomore album “Gutwound”, which will be released on CD and cassette via Cryptorium Records this summer. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. You can stream ‘Zealot’ and the previously released ‘A Swamp Of Human Waste’ at this location. For all further ENVIG information and regular updates visit www.facebook.com/envigsweden
North American Black Metal duo WALD KRYPTA has just premiered the track ‘Possessed By Nothingness’ at this location. It is the title track of their upcoming third album, which will be released on August 06, 2021 via Eternal Death on vinyl LP format. The previously revealed ‘Drowned Into The Last Realm’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Possessed By Nothingness” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Wind’s Anger’, ‘Possessed By Nothingness’, ‘Drowned Into The Last Realm’, ‘Aglare Of Burning Winds’, ‘Beneath A Dying Sun’, ‘Ruined Sanctuary’ and ‘Corrupted In Eternal’. For more WALD KRYPTA information please visit www.eternal-death.com or www.facebook.com/eternaldeathusa
“Rotting Ceremony”, the third album from Spanish Doom / Deathers FAMISHGOD, will be released on September 02, 2021 via Xtreem Music on CD, 12″ LP, cassette and digital formats. It is again a concept album that closes the story trilogy created on their 2014 debut full-length. The album was mixed by Javi Félez at Moontower Studios in Barcelona and features the following tracks: ‘The Sun, The Death’, ‘Ascension’, ‘Fear Your Own Shadow’, ‘Deep Fall’, ‘Rotting Paradise’, ‘Crystal Palace’ and ‘Earthly Slavery’. A first advance single is already available over here. For all additional FAMISHGOD information check out www.facebook.com/famishgod
German Metalpunks KARLOFF have just premiered the track ‘The Sound Of Discipline’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s debut album “The Appearing”, which will be released on July 30, 2021 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album track ‘A Violent Winter’ is still streaming over here. A previously revealed video for ‘Hate Consumer’ can also be watched at this location. More about KARLOFF at www.facebook.com/karloffpunk
Chile’s Death Metal trio HALLUX VALGUS has just released their debut full-length “Reflections Of Distant Dreams” on CD via Ex Nihilo Music and tape through Burning Coffin Records. The CD edition is limited to 500 copies. The first run of 100 copies of the tape edition was already released in late April this year and sold out in a few days. A second press of 100 additional copies is now available through Burning Coffin Records. The material was recorded between November and December 2019 at Sound Pro studios, while the vocals were recorded during 2020. It was mixed and mastered at Anti Play Rec. studios. The artwork was created by the two Chilean artists José Triviño (exterior art) and Daniel Hermosilla (interior art). The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Ghastly Fascination’, ‘Murderous Instinct’, ‘Senseless Vanity’, ‘Hot Puke’, ‘Morbid Ways’, ‘From The Echoes Of A Deadly Chest’, ‘Crawling Are The Dead’, ‘Disturbed Corpse’, ‘Atlas, The Hunt’ and ‘Internal Cryptical Gathering’. More HALLUX VALGUS info you will find at www.facebook.com/halluxvalgus666
On September 10, 2021 Chaos Records will release a split album between Netherlands based Doom / Deathers GRIM FATE and THE SOMBRE, “From Ancient Slumber / The Horrid Silence Thus Began”, on CD format. It features three exclusive tracks from both bands. You can already check out two tracks from the split at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/grimfatedeathmetal or https://gnawtheirtongues.bandcamp.com
Portland, Oregon based Death Metallers DECREPISY have just premiered the track ‘Dissipating Form’ over here. It will appear on the band’s debut album “Emetic Communion”, which will be released on August 06, 2021. Chaos Records will handle the CD version, while Life After Death and Seed Of Doom will handle the vinyl LP and cassette tape versions. The previously revealed ‘Embodied Decomposition’ can still be streamed at this location. For all additional DECREPISY information check out www.facebook.com/decrepisy-101533198428178
German Thrashers NOCTURNAL have just premiered a video for ‘Bleeding Heaven’ at this location. The track will appear on the band’s upcoming fourth album “Serpent Death”, which will be released on August 27, 2021 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed ‘Damnator’s Hand’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Black Ritual Tower’, ‘…From Terminal Death’, ‘Beneath A Steel Sky’, ‘Faceless Mercenaries’, ‘Bleeding Heaven’, ‘Damnator’s Hand’, ‘Circle Of Thirteen’, ‘Void Dweller’, ‘Suppressive Fire’ and ‘The Iron Throne’. More about NOCTURNAL at www.facebook.com/nocturnalunholythrash
Los Angeles, California based melodic Death Metal trio VAELMYST has just released a lyric video for ‘Dawnless’, the first single from their forthcoming debut album “Secrypts Of The Egochasm”. The video, that was created by Dronicon Films, can be watched right here. VAELMYST will self-release “Secrypts Of The Egochasm” on August 13, 2021. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Espirit De Corps’, ‘Dawnless’, ‘Spineless Throne’, ‘The Ghost Of Ire’, ‘Ghoulish Delight’, ‘Envenom The Sea’, ‘Into The Egochasm’ and ‘The Coin Of This Realm’. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/vaelmyst
Death / Thrashers EMISSARY OF SUFFERING will release their debut full-length “Mournful Sights” on September 24, 2021 via Cold Knife Records on vinyl and in digital formats. It was mixed and mastered by Jens Ballaschke at 3rd Alliance Studio and features cover artwork by Evelyn Steinweg. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Total Void’, ‘Rope’, ‘Mournful Sight’, ‘Samaritan’, ‘Privilege’, ‘Abattoir’, ‘Enemies Of Reality’ and ‘Cura Animarum Suprema Lex’. A video for the first single ‘Rope’ can be watched at this location. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/emissary-of-suffering-105725718427077
On September 03, 2021 Personal Records in co-operation with Gurgling Gore will release the debut full-length from Florida based Doom / Deathers WHARFLURCH, “Psychedelic Realms Ov Hell”, on CD and cassette tape respectively. The vinyl LP version will be released a little bit later via Personal Records as well. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Celestial Mycelium’, ‘Stoned Ape Apocalypse’, ‘Abandoning Reality’, ‘Phantasmagorical Fumes’, ‘Bog Body Boletus’ and ‘Psychedelic Realms Of Hell’. You can already check out the album opener ‘Celestial Mycelium’ over here. More info is available at www.facebook.com/wharflurch
German Black Metallers BAXAXAXA have just premiered the track ‘Kingdom Ablaze’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut album “Catacomb Cult”, which will be released on August 06, 2021 via The Sinister Flame. The previously revealed title track ‘Catacomb Cult’ is still available over here. All additional BAXAXAXA information you will find at www.facebook.com/ungod-baxaxaxa-1037290856315377
On September 24, 2021 Antiq will release the seventh album from DAWN OF A DARK AGE, “Le Forche Caudine”, on digipak CD. DAWN OF A DARK AGE is the main project of multi-instrumentalist Vittorio Sabelli, a classical and Jazz musician who gave to the clarinet a leading role for the first time in Black Metal. A special album trailer can be found at this location. The cover artwork was created by Joanna Maeyens. For all further info check out www.facebook.com/dawnofadarkage
Krakow, Poland based Doom / Deathers WINGLESS have just been signed by Selfmadegod Records. The band’s upcoming fourth full-length “Nonconform” will be released in September 2021. For regular updates please follow the band at www.facebook.com/winglessofficial
Australian Death Metallers ASHEN have just premiered the track ‘Mass Cremation’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut EP “Godless Oath”, which will be released on August 06, 2021 via Bitter Loss Records on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. The EP was recorded at Overkill Studios in Perth and mixed and mastered by Marko Tervonen of THE CROWN at Studio MT in Sweden. The previously revealed title track can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist of the EP reads as follows: ‘Godless Oath’, ‘Mass Cremation’, ‘Ruins’, ‘Asphyxiant’ and ‘Inferno’. More ASHEN info you will find at www.facebook.com/ashendeath
Finnish Black Metallers MARRAS are streaming their upcoming second album “Endtime Sermon” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on July 09, 2021 via Spread Evil Productions. For all additional MARRAS information please visit www.facebook.com/marrasblackmetal
On August 13, 2021 Werewolf Records will release “Realm Of The Night”, the debut full-length from Finnish Black Metallers CHAMBER OF UNLIGHT, on CD format. The vinyl edition will follow later this year. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Prooemium’, ‘Crowns Of Divinity’, ‘Revelations Of Dark Crafts’, ‘On The Path Of Thy Shadow’, ‘From Grey Tombs’, ‘Summoning The Spirit Of The Dead’, ‘Slumber’ and ‘Uncelestial Light (The Chamber)’. You can already check out ‘Revelations Of Dark Crafts’ at this location. For all further CHAMBER OF UNLIGHT info, please visit www.facebook.com/chamberofunlight
On August 20, 2021 Hells Headbangers will release the fourth album from Finland’s blackened Thrash Metal Punks BONEHUNTER, “Dark Blood Reincarnation System”, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The track ‘Black Magic M16’ can already be streamed right here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘World Of Darkness’, ‘Black Magic M16’, ‘Parasite Eve’, ‘Altered Beast’, ‘Devil Power Soldier’, ‘Chromium Death Mechanoid’, ‘Gashadokuro’, ‘Virgin Devil Princess’, ‘Nightmare Angel 2099’ and ‘Dark Blood Reincarnation System’. For all further band info please visit www.facebook.com/bonehuntermetal
Swedish Death Metallers CENTINEX have just completed recording a new EP at Sellnoise Studios in Sweden. The material will be mixed and mastered in the next couple of days, and will be released later this year via Agonia Records. Until then you can still stream the band’s last full-length album “Death In Pieces” from 2020 at this location. For regular updates please follow CENTINEX at www.facebook.com/centinexofficial
“Behind The Scenes”, the debut full-length from Canadian brutal old school Death Metallers DEAD SOUL ALLIANCE, will be released on CD via Bitter Loss Records on September 03, 2021. The cassette tape version will be released via Dawning Septic Productions. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Behind The Scenes’, ‘Screams For The Asylum’, ‘Mental Comatose’, ‘Behold Forever Darkness’, ‘Catastrophic Chaos’, ‘Equilibrium Dead’, ‘Ancient Rulers Of Greed’, ‘Upon Their Return’ and ‘Perpetual Recycled Existence’. The artwork was created by Mörtuus-Art. You can already check out two of the album tracks (‘Mental Comatose’ and ‘Behold Forever Darkness’) over here. All additional information DEAD SOUL ALLIANCE you will find at www.facebook.com/deadsoulalliance
Indianapolis based technical Death Metallers FLESHBORE have just released a new single entitled ‘Careless Preacher’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Embers Gathering”, which will be released on August 13, 2021 via Innerstrength Records. An official video for the title track is additionally available over here. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Momentum’, ‘Careless Preacher’, ‘Cynicism’, ‘The Scourge’, ‘Embers Gathering’, ‘Revivified’ and ‘One Thousand Hands’. The entire material was recorded with Jackson Ward at Strata Recording and the artwork was created by Luciferium War Graphics. More about FLESHBORE at www.facebook.com/fleshbore