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On June 07, 2021 Purity Through Fire will release the self-titled second album from UK Black Metal NEFARIOUS DUSK on CD and A5 digipak formats. The vinyl LP and cassette tape editions will follow later this year. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Cold Shadows Over Transylvania – Part II’, ‘Nefarious Dusk’, ‘In The Shadows’, ‘Master Of The Night’, ‘Fallen Kingdom’, ‘Nefarious Dusk II’, ‘Cold Shadows Over Transylvania – Part III’, ‘Twisted Thorns’, ‘Cold Shadows Over Transylvania – Part VI’ and ‘Shadows Of Dawn’. You can already stream the track ‘Nefarious Dusk’ over here. More NEFARIOUS DUSK info is available at www.facebook.com/nduk666
Norwegian Death Metallers BLOOD RED THRONE have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The band’s founding guitarist Daniel “Død” Olaisen commented the signing as follows: “Becoming a part of the NB family has been a huge goal for me for years. I always meant BRT deserved better after all these years and when I got to meet Gerardo Martinez (U.S.A. General Manager) and Oscar Martinez (Product Manager) when we toured the US 11 years ago, I kept in touch with them and tried to convince signing us even back then. Years went and albums were released and I never gave up. I knew we had a real masterpiece this time with the new album, and Gerardo simply could not let it go this time. When he sent over the contract, both the band and especially myself were super excited and satisfied. Finally, after 10 years of trying! This band has so much potential and what better option than Nuclear Blast to team up with!” The tenth BLOOD RED THRONE album will be released later this year. For regular updates please follow the band at www.facebook.com/bloodredthroneofficial
On June 07, 2021 Purity Through Fire will release the second full-length from German Black Metallers ORDER OF NOSFERAT, “Arrival Of The Plague Bearer”, on CD and A5 digipak formats. The vinyl and cassette tape editions will follow later this year. A video for the album track ‘Fear The Unchained Ghoul’ can already be checked out at this location. The complete “Arrival Of The Plague Bearer” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Arrival Of The Plague Bearer’, ‘Sleepless In Sorrow And Bloodthirst’, ‘Followed Path Of The Carpathian Blood Wolves’, ‘The Castle Of Haunting Silence’, ‘Fear The Unchained Ghoul’, ‘Lost In The Crypts Of My Need For Affection’, ‘Beyond Pitch Black Woodlands’, ‘As She Fades In Lamenting Winds’, ‘A Trail Of Living Coffins’ and ‘Dance Of The Wallachian Winter Spirits’. More ORDER OF NOSFERAT information you will find at www.facebook.com/order-of-nosferat-101630385169968
London, UK based brutal technical Death Metallers UNFATHOMABLE RUINATION have just premiered their forthcoming new EP “Decennium Ruinae” over here. It will be released on May 28, 2021 via Willowtip Records on digipak CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. “Decennium Ruinae” was recorded, mixed and mastered by Samuel Turbitt at Ritual Studios, with Daniel Herrera and Ross Piazza. The cover artwork was created by Cristian Alias. More about UNFATHOMABLE RUINATION at www.facebook.com/unfathomable.ruination.official
Bay Area Thrashers INFEX will self-release their third full-length “Burning In Exile” on August 13, 2021 on CD, digital and limited edition red translucent 12″ vinyl formats. The album was recorded at Trident Studios in Martinez, California (MACHINE HEAD, VIO-LENCE, TESTAMENT, EXODUS) and produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Juan Urteaga. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Blood Of The Wicked’, ‘The Burning’, ‘Exiled’, ‘Acid Reign’, ‘The Abyss’, ‘Legions Of Hate’, ‘Torn Apart’, ‘Beer Run’ and ‘7.62’. An official video for the album track ‘Acid Reign’ is available at this location. More INFEX info you will find at www.facebook.com/infexthrash
German old school Death Metallers TEMPLE OF DREAD will release their third album “Hades Unleashed” on July 23, 2021 via Testimony Records. It was once again recorded and produced by band drummer Jörg Uken at his Soundlodge Studio in Rhauderfehn, Germany. The cover artwork was created by Paolo Girardi. The following tracks will be featured on “Hades Unleashed”: ‘Aithon’s Hunger’, ‘Necromanteion’, ‘Wrath Of The Gods (Furor Divinus)’, ‘Threefold Agony’, ‘Empyrean’, ‘Crypts Of The Gorgon’, ‘Nefarious, I’, ‘Whores Of Pompeii’ and ‘Procession To Tartarus’. You can already stream ‘Wrath Of The Gods (Furor Divinus)’ at this location. More about TEMPLE OF DREAD at www.facebook.com/templeofdread
On September 01, 2021 Nuclear War Now! Productions will release the third album of Canadian blackened Death Metallers ANTEDILUVIAN, “The Divine Punishment”, on vinyl LP format. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Obscene Pornography Manifests In The Divine Universal Consciousness’, ‘All Along The Sigils Deep’, ‘How The Watchers Granted The Humans Sex Magick In The Primordial Aeon’, ‘Guardians Of The Liminal’, ‘Tamasic Masturbation Ritual’, ‘Sadomaniacal Katabasis (Last Fuck Of The Dying)’, ‘Temple Prostitute’, ‘Circumcision Covenant’, ‘White Throne’, ‘The Liar’s Path’ and ‘Winged Ascent Unto The Twelve Runed Solar Anus’. You can already stream ‘All Along The Sigils Deep’ over here. All further ANTEDILUVIAN information you will find at www.facebook.com/antediluvian.official
French Black Metallers ASCÈTE are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Calamites & Les Calamités” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on May 28, 2021 via Antiq. The cover artwork was created by LaurineM (BORIE DE LA COMBE NOIRE) and the complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Les Causses S’en Gaussent’, ‘Danse De La Sénescence’, ‘Courroux Du Lébérou’, ‘Sorlodais Huroux’, ‘Héritiers De L’austérité’, ‘La Lanterne Du Mort’ and ‘Calamites & Les Calamités’. For all additional ASCÈTE information please visit www.facebook.com/asceteperigordnoir
Slovenia based Death Metallers SIDEREAN have just premiered the track ‘Sidereal Evolution’ over here. It will appear on the band’s debut full-length “Lost On Void’s Horizon”, which will be released on June 25, 2021 via Edged Circle Productions. The previously revealed title track can still be streamed at this location. The full tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Eolith’, ‘Traversing’, ‘Lost On Void’s Horizon’, ‘Sidereal Evolution’, ‘Coalescing Into The Expanse’ and ‘Abyssophora’. “Lost On Void’s Horizon” was produced by Anže Čanžek and mastered by HORRENDOUS’ Damian Herring at Subterranean Watchtower Studio. More about SIDEREAN at www.facebook.com/siderean
Czech epic Black Metallers PAČESS are streaming their upcoming third album “Poupě” at this location now. It will be released on May 25, 2021 via Slovak Metal Army. More PAČESS information you will find at www.facebook.com/pacessband
Stockholm, Sweden based melodic Death Metallers THIS ENDING are currently streaming the title track of their fourth album “Needles Of Rust” over here. The album will be released on May 28, 2021 via Black Lion Records on digipak CD, cassette and digital formats. THIS ENDING emerged from the ashes of Swedens melodic Deathers A CANOROUS QUINTET. After that band had split up, its members went on to either join OCTOBER TIDE and AMON AMARTH or form GUIDANCE OF SIN. After a seven years break, the members from the last active A CANOROUS QUINTET line-up decided to restart the band under a new moniker. One demo (“Let The World Burn”, 2006) and two albums via Metal Blade (“Inside The Machine” and “Dead Harvest”) followed. After a couple of line-up changes, a new EP (“Systematic Worship”, 2012) and the third album “Garden Of Death” (2016) were released. For all additional information check out www.facebook.com/thisendingband
On June 25, 2021 Werewolf Records will release the second album from Finnish Black Metallers WARMOON LORD, “Battlespells”, on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. You can already check out the track ‘Of A Moribund Vision’ at this location. The full “Battlespells” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Virtus Tenebris’, ‘Purging Nefarious Vortex’, ‘Of A Moribund Vision’, ‘The Key Of The Moonpiercer’, ‘Empowered With Battlespells’, ‘Oracles Of War’ and ‘In Perennial Twilight’. More about WARMOON LORD at www.facebook.com/warmoon-lord-2041557332639009
On July 30, 2021 Signal Rex will release the self-titled debut demo from Canadian Black Metallers VREXIZA on cassette tape format. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Iron Spectres’, ‘Hürtgenwald’, ‘Corpses Of Fervor’ and ‘Vanitas I’. You can already stream the demo opener right here. For more info and ordering details please visit www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
On August 20, 2021 SODOM will release a brand new EP entitled “Bombenhagel” via Steamhammer / SPV on digipak CD, 12″ vinyl and as digital download. It will feature the tracks ‘Bombenhagel’, ‘Coup De Grace’ and ‘Pestiferous Posse’. For regular updates please follow SODOM at www.facebook.com/sodomized
On September 10, 2021 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Chalice Of Disease”, the debut full-length from Brazil’s Black / Death Metallers TRANCE OF THE UNDEAD, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The album track ‘Grave Sacrament’ can already be streamed over here. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘The Old Abbey’, ‘Grave Sacrament’, ‘Sic Transit Gloria Mundi’, ‘Angel Of The Bottomless Pit’, ‘Overture To Uncreation’, ‘Archaic Knowledge Unveiled’ and ‘Chalice Of Disease’. For more TRANCE OF THE UNDEAD go to https://tranceoftheundead.bandcamp.com
Italian Death Metallers RIEXHUMATION have just released the track ‘Embrace Nihility’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming album “The Final Revelation Of Abaddon”, which will be released on May 28, 2021 on CD, MC and digitally via Lavadome Productions. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Intro’, ‘Inbreeding A Final Form In The Flesh’, ‘Take The Throne Of Enlil’, ‘Conflagration Mantra’, ‘Manifestation Of The Horned-Head Presence’, ‘Ascension XIV’, ‘The Vectorcvlt’, ‘Embrace Nihility’ and ‘Triumph Of Perfect Darkness’. The cover art was created by Roberto Toderico. More about RIEXHUMATION at www.facebook.com/riexhumation
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have signed Italy’s Death / Thrashers SPASTICUS. The band’s new five-song EP “Fuck Me Before I Die” will be released on June 18, 2021 on CD and digital formats. You can already check out the track ‘Millennial Paradise’ over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Millennial Paradise’, ‘Spasticus’, ‘The Spi’, ‘Sentenced To Sickness’ and ‘Slaughtered Sanity’. For all further SPASTICUS info please visit www.facebook.com/spasticusdeathrash
Dutch Death Metallers PESTILENCE have released another playthrough video for ‘Morbvs Propagationem’. In this final video you can check out Rutger van Noordenbvrg’s guitar part. The video can be watched at this location. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album “Exitivm”, which will be released on June 25, 2021 via Agonia Records. More band info is available at www.facebook.com/pestilenceofficial
Polish melodic Black Metallers DARGOR have released three videos from their debut full-length “Descent Into Chaos”, which was released on April 30, 2021. You can watch them by clicking on the following links: ‘Hellfire‘, ‘Decay‘ and ‘Crown‘ (SAMAEL cover). The album was recorded at Regnat Audio Studio and Kancho Records Studio with Piotr Krygowski and Grzesiek Gnat. It was mixed and mastered by Adrian Jarosz. A full album stream is available at this location. More about DARGOR at www.facebook.com/dargormetaltv
Finnish Doom / Deathers HOODED MENACE have just released a song from their upcoming new album “The Tritonus Bell”. You can check out ‘Blood Ornaments’ over here. The album will be released on August 27, 2021 via Season Of Mist. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Chthonic Exordium’, ‘Chime Diabolicus’, ‘Blood Ornaments’, ‘Those Who Absorb The Night’, ‘Corpus Asunder’, ‘Scattered Into Dark’, ‘Instruments Of Somber Finality’ and ‘The Torture Never Stops’ (W.A.S.P. cover – bonus track). Guitarist Lasse Pyykkö commented on the new album and track as follows: “It is with utter excitement that we premiere the first track off our new album “The Tritonus Bell”! There’re definitely some new flavours added to the mix, and ‘Blood Ornaments’ comes with some of our most intriguing ingredients yet – and a bloody side taste. There’s a contrast between Death / Doom misery and head-bangable Heavy Metal riffs like never heard before in HOODED MENACE’s music, making ‘Blood Ornaments’ my favourite track from the album. Obviously a lot of inspiration for “The Tritonus Bell” comes from the usual suspects CANDLEMASS, PARADISE LOST and TROUBLE, but also classic 80s Heavy Metal such as MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND, DIO and OZZY OSBOURNE. Even if you can’t always put your finger on it, they all definitely played a big role in why “The Tritonus Bell” turned out the way it did. When it comes to mixing and mastering, we had the pleasure of working with KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy LaRocque / Sonic Train Studios, who made sure everything would sound great, and I can honestly say I’ve never been more satisfied with the results sound- and music-wise.” All further band info you will find at www.facebook.com/hoodedmenaceofficial
Danish one-man Prog / Melodeath project MOTHER OF ALL has teamed up with composer Andreas Hald and visual artist Lichtgedärm to create a twofold audio-visual medley ‘Curators’. The audio-visual piece ‘Replicators’ appears first, and it is followed by the single ‘Curators Of Our World Scope’ from the band’s upcoming album “Age Of The Solipsist”, which will be released on June 11, 2021 via Black Lion Records. The album also features bassist Steve Di Giorgio (TESTAMENT, SADUS, ex – DEATH) and Danish guitarist Frederik Jensen. You can stream ‘Replicators’ at this location and ‘Curators Of Our World Scope’ over here. The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Hannes Grossmann (HATE ETERNAL, ALKALOID, ex – OBSCURA, NECROPHAGIST) at Mordor Sounds and the cover artwork was created by Travis Smith (OPETH, NEVERMORE, A7X, KING DIAMOND). More info you will find at www.facebook.com/motherofallofficial
‘Given To The Colony’, a track from the forthcoming debut album “Untethered Abyss” by Texas Death Metal quintet CATHEXIS, is currently available for streaming at this location. The album will be released on June 25, 2021 on CD, vinyl and digital formats via Willowtip Records. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Horizonless Realm Of Mechanical Retribution’, ‘Given To The Colony’, ‘Harrowing Manifestation’, ‘Red Hook’, ‘Library Of Babel’, ‘Mortuus In Perpetuum’, ‘Isolated Malevolence’ and ‘Reanimated Kin’. The previously released first single ‘Mortuus In Perpetuum’ is still streaming at this location. For all additional CATHEXIS information please visit www.facebook.com/cathexistexas
Dutch Death Metallers PESTILENCE have just released a playthrough video for the band’s latest single ‘Morbvs Propagationem’. You can watch bass player Joost van der Graaf play along to the song at this location. The track will appear on the band’s new album “Exitivm”, which will be released on June 25, 2021 via Agonia Records. For regular updates you can follow PESTILENCE at www.facebook.com/pestilenceofficial
Turkish Black Metallers SABHANKRA are streaming their upcoming fifth album “Death To Traitors” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on May 21, 2021 via Saturnal Records. More SABHANKRA info is available at www.facebook.com/sabhankraband
Miami, Florida based Black / Deathers CAVEMAN CULT will release their second album “Blood And Extinction” on October 01, 2021 via Nuclear War Now! Productions on vinyl LP format. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Blood And Extinction’, ‘Eternal Warfare’, ‘Conquistador De Hierro’, ‘Violencia Arraigada’, ‘Plunder And Bondage’, ‘Putrid Earth’, ‘Instrumento De Ira’, ‘Cannibal Feast’ and ‘Bestial Carnage’. You can already check out ‘Conquistador De Hierro’ here. More CAVEMAN CULT at https://cavemancult.bandcamp.com
“Eternal Fall Into The Abyss”, the debut full-length from French raw Black Metallers NIGRUM PLUVIAM, will be released on July 30, 2021 via Signal Rex on vinyl LP format. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘The Whisper Of The Black Rain’, ‘A Catharsis For The Wretched Carrrying The Divine Cross’, ‘The Reflection Of Your Agony In The Vulture’s Eyes’, ‘Devotion To Absolute Evil’, ‘Passage’, ‘In The Suffocating Mist’, ‘Shadows And Lights’ and ‘From The Earth To The Abyss Through Suffering’. You can already check out ‘A Catharsis For The Wretched Carrying The Divine Cross’ over here. For more NIGRUM PLUVIAM information please visit www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
Russian Black Metal trio THANATOMASS is streaming their upcoming second album “Black Vitriol & Iron Fire” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on May 21, 2021 via Living Temple Records in co-operation with LVX MorgenStern. All additional information you will find at https://lvxmorgenstern.bandcamp.com or www.soundcloud.com/lvxmorgenstern
On June 18, 2021 Selfmadegod Records will reissue the early recordings from Polish Death Metallers DEIVOS on a double CD compilation entitled “Emanation From Below”. Disc one features the band’s first album of the same name, which was recorded at Hertz Studios in Bialystok, Poland back in 2006 and originally released via Empire Records. The second disc features the sold out “Hostile Blood” EP (Butchery Music, 2003), as well as the “Praised By Generations” demo (1999), which was never released on CD before. The compilation will also include a 20 pages booklet with tons of never before seen band pictures from the early period. More about DEIVOS at www.facebook.com/deivos
Mexican Doom / Deathers MAJESTIC DOWNFALL are streaming their upcoming sixth album “Aorta” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on May 21, 2021 via Personal Records. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/majestic.downfall
On July 30, 2021 Signal Rex will release “Dragged To A Lunar Grave”, the debut full-length from Barcelona based Black Metal duo ARNA, on CD format. The vinyl LP version will follow later on. “Dragged To A Lunar Grave” features the following tracks: ‘Gallows Tree’, ‘Moonknife’, ‘Dolmen’ and ‘Aunra’. A full album stream is available over here https://arnabm.bandcamp.com
On August 27, 2021 Signal Rex, in co-operation with Bestial Burst, will release “Muse Of The Nightside”, the debut full-length from Finnish Black / Doom Metallers MOON ORACLE, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Huntress And The Hunted’, ‘A Rape On The Plain Of Nysa’, ‘Rite Of Chthonic Mother’, ‘Sinister Decresence’, ‘Crossroads (Mysterium Triformis)’ and ‘The 10th Hour’. You can already stream ‘Rite Of Chthonic Mother’ over here. For all further MOON ORACLE info please visit www.facebook.com/moonoraclefinland
Dutch Death Metallers PESTILENCE have just released a guitar playthrough video for their new single ‘Morbvs Propagationem’. You can watch the video at this location. The song is taken from the band’s upcoming new album “Exitivm”, which will be released on June 25, 2021 via Agonia Records. More PESTILENCE information you will find at www.facebook.com/pestilenceofficial
Singapore based Death Metallers ADARRAK have just premiered a lyric video for ‘Withering’ over here. The track is taken from their forthcoming debut full-length “Ex Oriente Lux”, which will be released on May 27, 2021 via Satanath Records (physical) and Blood Blast Distribution (digital). The album, that was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studios, features the following tracks: ‘Final Ethos Demise’, ‘Into The Abyss’, ‘Mettle’, ‘Bereft’, ‘Withering’, ‘Through The Fabric Of Time’, ‘Beneath The Vault Of The World’ and ‘Fire Will Cleanse’ (instrumental). For all additional ADARRAK info please visit www.facebook.com/adarrakband
Lycanthropic Chants have just released “Mokvání V Okovech”, the debut album from Prague based Death Metallers SNĚŤ, on cassette. 33 hand numbered copies are available on orange shell tape, in a 300gsm folding box with 170gsm inlay. 111 hand numbered copies come on yellow shell tapes. Both editions include a digital download code. A video for the album track ‘Folivor’ can be watched at this location. More about SNĚŤ at www.facebook.com/snet6666
Peruvian Death / Grinders DISMORFIA have just released their debut demo “Repulsive Mutation” on cassette via Lycanthropic Chants (limited to 100 hand numbered copies on transparent shell tapes, with inlay plus poster). All copies include a download-code. A full demo stream is available here. For ordering details please check out www.lycanthropic.de
On September 10, 2021 Iron Bonehead Productions will release the fourth album from Australian Black Metallers RUNESPELL, “Verses In Regicide”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Structures Of Collapse’, ‘Vengeance Reign’, ‘Realm Of Fire’, ‘Into Dust’, ‘Tides Of Slidhr’, ‘Shadow’s Dominion’ and ‘Windswept Burial’. The album opener can already be checked out at this location. More RUNESPELL at https://runespell.bandcamp.com