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German Black Metallers TRAKTATES are streaming their debut full-length “Koenig In Thule” over here now. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Patrick Vesper at Neiße Rauschen Studio Weißwasser and the cover artwork was created by Lene. “Koenig In Thule” was released on November 28, 2025 independently on CD and all popular digital platforms. www.facebook.com/traktates
Polish Death Metallers EXCAVATED GRAVES have just revealed their debut single ‘Waste Of War’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut MCD “Life Isn’t For Everyone”, which will be released on CD on January 02, 2026 via Selfmadegod Records. EXCAVATED GRAVES features Piotr Sabaranski (PARRICIDE), Bartlomiej “Bruno” Waruszewski (PROTOTYP, ex – AZARATH), Michal “Stoker” Stopa (GOREOSSION), Michal Kaszczyszyn (ex – NEAGHI), Mariusz “Mel” Miernik (ex – DAMNABLE, ex – SQUASH BOWELS) and Adrian Slojewski. www.facebook.com/selfmadegod
On January 30, 2026 Hells Headbangers will release “Eons Of Horror”, a new mini album from Peru based Death Metallers EVIL DAMN, on 12″ vinyl format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Eons Of Horror’, ‘Gods Of Chaos’, ‘Summon Thy Presence’, ‘Evil Dwells Out There’ and ‘Guerreros De Satan’. You can already check out ‘Gods Of Chaos’ over here. More EVIL DAMN info you will find at www.facebook.com/evildamn666
Finnish progressive Thrashers KRATEROS have just released a second single from their upcoming debut EP “Lost In Translation”. You can check out ‘Uticensis’ at this location. The EP will be released on January 30, 2026 via Inverse Records. www.facebook.com/kraterosband
Edmonton, Canada based Doom / Death Metal duo ANTHRODYNIA has just released a video for their new single ‘A Rotten Sun’ over here. The track will be featured on their debut full-length “Unspeakable Horrors Emanating From Within”, which was released via Nameless Grave Records. The album was recorded, mixed and produced by Derek Orthner, mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege and the artwork was created by Karmazid. www.facebook.com/anthrodyniadoom
German Black Metallers AETHER are streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Verfallsschemen” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 18, 2025 via Amor Fati Productions. www.facebook.com/aetherbm
Finnish Black Metallers VULKAN GRIT are streaming their debut full-length “Godslaying Arcane Panoply” in its entirety over here now. It will be released via Werewolf Records on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats early next year. https://vulkangrit.bandcamp.com
Hamburg, Germany based Death / Thrashers MESSTICATOR will release their sophomore full-length “Total Mastery” on March 13, 2026 via Testimony Records. You can already watch a video for the first single ‘The Tyrant’s Scepter’ at this location. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Timo Höcke at Die Wellenschmiede in Hamburg, Germany and the cover artwork was created by Andreas Christanetoff of Armaada Art. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Pit Awaits…’, ‘…The Pitslayer’, ‘High Ground’, ‘One-Shot-Kill’, ‘Ruins Of Reason’, ‘Bloodsport’, ‘Mass Human Extinction’, ‘Skeletal Thorns’, ‘Deathtouch’, ‘The Tyrant’s Scepter’ and ‘Cougar Claws (Return Of The Leathermilf)’. www.facebook.com/messticator
Australian Doom / Death Metallers MALIGNANT AURA have just premiered the track ‘Beneath A Crown Of Anguish’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Where All Of Worth Comes To Wither”. The previously revealed album track ‘The Pathetic Festival’ can still be checked out at this location. Memento Mori will release the CD version of “Where All Of Worth Comes To Wither” on January 26, 2026, the vinyl edition will follow in mid-February via Grindhead Records and Primitive Moth. The cover artwork was created by Paolo Girardi. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Where All Of Worth Comes To Wither (Intro)’, ‘The Pathetic Festival’, ‘Languishing In The Perpetual Mire’, ‘Beneath A Crown Of Anguish’ and ‘An Abhorrent Path To Providence’. www.facebook.com/malignantaura
On February 13, 2026 Hells Headbangers will release “Unveiled Nightsky”, the fifth full-length from Scotland’s melodic Black Metallers WINTER ETERNAL, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. You can already check out a video for the album track ‘Nurture By The Night’ at this location. The previously revealed ‘Born From Winter’s Breath’ can still be watched over here. The complete tracklist of “Unveiled Nightsky” reads as follows: ‘Born Of Winter’s Breath’, ‘Omen Of The Cosmic Order’, ‘Nurtured By The Night’, ‘Unveiled Nightsky’, ‘Descent Into Hades Embrace’, ‘The Deceiver’s Tale’, ‘Echoes Of A Fallen Crown’ and ‘Drifting Into The Depths Of Oblivion’. www.facebook.com/wintereternalband
Chilean Death Metallers ORACULUM have just revealed the track ‘Dolos’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Hybris Divina”, which will be released on January 09, 2026 via Invictus Productions on vinyl LP, CD and digital formats. www.facebook.com/oraculum.chile
Munich, Germany based melodic Death Metallers CHAOS REVEALED will digitally self-release their debut EP “Foretold In Ashes” on January 09, 2026. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583155637892
French old school Death Metallers MUERTISSIMA will release their sophomore full-length “Prophecy” on February 13, 2026 via Fetzner Death Records. The guitars and bass were recorded at Nekomata Home Production by Gevaudan, the drums, vocals and acoustic guitar at Lower Tones Place Studio by Edgar Chevallier. The album was mixed and mastered at Vamacara Studio by HK Krauss. You can already watch a video for ‘From Undead To Oblivion’ at this location. The complete “Prophecy” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Kings Of Maleficience’, ‘I Sleep With Demons’, ‘Rich Bitch’, ‘Echoes Of Attenborough’, ‘V.I.L Is For Vile Hate’, ‘Hate Eternal’, ‘The Rain’, ‘Locura’, ‘From Undead To Oblivion’ and ‘Pachacamac’. The cover artwork was created by Macchabée Artworks. www.facebook.com/muertissima.officiel
On December 17, 2025 Italian depressive Post Black Metallers EYELESSIGHT will re-release their 2018 album “Athazagorafobia” via Talheim Records on vinyl in three variations (white with red splatter, standard black and black with white splatter). The re-release will come with two bonus tracks. A visualizer video for one of them, ‘Vuota Solitudine’, is available over here. The material was mixed and mastered at Opus Magnum Studios, Brussels, Belgium by Déhà and the artwork was created by Vincenzo Di Biaggio. www.facebook.com/eyelessight
Italian technical Death Metallers HOUR OF PENANCE are currently working on their tenth full-length, which will again be released via Agonia Records. The band has just renewed their contract with the label. For regular updates make sure to follow HOUR OF PENANCE at www.facebook.com/hourofpenance
Finnish Death Metallers CITRINITAS will release their debut demo “Unending Descent” via Caligari Records on January 30, 2026 on cassette tape format. It will feature the following three tracks: ‘Unending Descent’, ‘Light Permeates Everything’ and ‘Subterranean Egress’. You can already check out ‘Light Permeates Everything’ at this location. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/caligarirecords
Greek Doom / Death Metallers DYSEMBLEM have inked a deal with Memento Mori. The CD version of their third full-length will be released on April 27, 2026. The band was formed in 2012 by A. (VORA, INJEKTING KHAOS) on guitars and vocals and also features V. (CHAINSAW, NECROVOROUS, ex – EMBRACE OF THORNS) on drums and T. (BURIAL HORDES, ex – DEAD CONGREGATION) on guitars / bass. So far DYSEMBLEM have released three demos, one EP and two albums. www.facebook.com/thedysemblem
German Death Metallers ENDLESS CURSE have just released their new EP “Disgusting Existence” today. A full stream of it you will find at this location. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/endlesscurse
Finnish melodic Doom / Deathers THE HARBINGER have just released their new EP “Gates Of Hell” via Inverse Records. A video for the EP track ‘Bleak Salvation’ can be watched over here, a full EP stream you will find at this location. “Gates Of Hell” was recorded and mixed by Arto Kujala, mastered by Saku Moilanen at Deep Noise Studios and the cover artwork was created by Aku Rundberg. www.facebook.com/theharbingermetal
On January 09, 2026 Caligari Records will release “Noxious Emissions”, the debut demo from Los Angeles based Death Metal three-piece VOIDHÄMMER, on cassette tape format. You can already check out the tracks ‘Cadaveric Bloat’ and ‘Coffin Leakage’ at this location. All additional info you will find at www.facebook.com/caligarirecords
French brutal Death Metallers BENIGHTED have just released a video for ‘The Spineless Freak’, featuring the arrival of new drummer Matthias Biechler. You can watch the video over here. The track is a standalone single and, according to an official info, “serves as both an introduction and a declaration, documenting the moment a 22 year old multi-instrumentalist stepped into BENIGHTED’s world and reshaped its velocity from within.” ‘The Spineless Freak’ was recorded at Kohlekeller Studio with engineer Kristian Kohlmannslehner. www.facebook.com/brutalbenighted
Finnish Grinders ROTTEN SOUND have just released their new EP “Drop Atomic” via Season Of Mist today. You can check it out in its entirety at this location. All further ROTTEN SOUND info you will find at www.facebook.com/rottensoundofficial
Romanian atmospheric Black Metallers ARGUS MEGERE have just released their fifth full-length “Cerburea Apusului” via Loud Rage Music. It was recorded at Consonance Studio by Andrei Jumuga and Sol Faur (DORDEDUH), with guitar sessions completed at Ras Alhage Studio by Fulmineos. The material was mixed and mastered at Consonance Studio by Andrei Jumuga and the artwork was created by Alexandru Daș. The album track ‘Soma’ is available for streaming over here. You can follow the band at www.facebook.com/argusmegere
Polish Black Metallers ASTRAL SPEAR are streaming their debut mini album “Ancient Throne Of Sinister Rites” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 12, 2025 via Signal Rex. www.facebook.com/signalrec
Kuopio, Finland based Death Metallers LICUATION have just revealed a double single, with the tracks ‘213’ and ‘Stigmatized’ over here. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/licuation
Ukrainian / Polish Black Metal project MORBONOCT is streaming their upcoming fifth full-length “No One Knows We’re Dying” in its entirety at this location now. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered in Szczecin, Poland by Alexander Medvediev and the cover artwork was also created by him. “No One Knows We’re Dying” will be released digitally on December 12, 2025. https://morbonoct.bandcamp.com
On December 21, 2025 Northernshadow will release “Gravitational Echoes”, the upcoming debut full-length from Canadian Black Metallers KASM. A full album stream you will find over here. More KASM info you will find at https://kasmblackmetal.bandcamp.com
German Death Metallers TEMPLE OF DREAD have just released a new digital 2-track single “Verminous Sodomy” as a tribute to SODOM. It contains the new track ‘Verminous Sodomy’ and the SODOM cover ‘Persecution Mania’, with a guitar solo from Frank Blackfire himself. You can check it out at this location. The songs were produced, mixed and mastered by Jörg Uken at Soundloge Studios in Rhauderfehn, Germany. www.facebook.com/templeofdread
A full album stream of “Despoblador II”, the debut full-length from Spanish Black Metallers PARÁSITO, is available over here now. It will be released on December 12, 2025 via Signal Rex, in co-operation with Vertebrae. https://parasitobm.bandcamp.com
Slovenia’s blackened Death Metallers ENSANGUINATE will release their sophomore full-length “Death Saturnalia” on February 06, 2026 via Soulseller Records. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Lámia’, ‘Angel Of A Thousand Poisons’, ‘On Wings Of Bone’, ‘Rooted In Accursed Ground’, ‘Savage Hunger Far Beyond’, ‘Gloaming’, ‘The Whip And The Pendulum’ and ‘Daughter To Cain’. You can already check out ‘Angel Of A Thousand Poisons’ at this location. The cover artwork was created by Dávid Glomba. www.facebook.com/ensanguinate
Swedish Black / Death Metallers IN AETERNUM will release their new full-length “…Of Death And Fire” on February 06, 2026 via Soulseller Records. You can already check out the album track ‘The Hourglass’ over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Danse Macabre’, ‘Beneath The Darkened Tomb’, ‘The Day Of Wrath’, ‘Spirits Of The Dead’, ‘Mortuary Cult’, ‘The Vile God Of Slime’, ‘Bow To None’, ‘De Profundis’, ‘Goddess Of Abominations’, ‘The Hourglass’ and ‘To Those Who Have Rode On’. The cover artwork was created by Belial Necroarts and WATAIN’s Erik Danielsson contributed guest vocals on ‘To Those Who Have Rode On’. www.facebook.com/inaeternumofficial
On February 13, 2026 Purity Through Fire will release “Der Schwarzen Flamme Vermächtnis”, the fourth full-length from Greek Black Metallers ERNTE, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Warrior Of The Black Flame’, ‘The Rise Of The Older Ones’, ‘To Ashes’, ‘Lucifer’, ‘Lord Of Ascending Flame’, ‘Wo Sie Wandelt’ and ‘Ritval Pyre’. ‘The Rise Of The Older Ones’ can already be streamed at this location. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/ernteblackmetal
‘My Kingdom Is Hell’, the new single from Finnish Death Metallers FUNERAL HOME, is dedicated to MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Your Funeral”, which will be released on January 16, 2026 via Inverse Records. You can check out the track at this location. The previously revealed album track ‘You Failed My Trust’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist of “Your Funeral” reads as follows: ‘You Failed My Trust’, ‘Wall’, ‘My Kingdom Is Hell’, ‘Rotten To The Core’, ‘Depths’, ‘Sacrificial Goat’, ‘Your Funeral’, ‘Graveyard Blues’ and ‘Blood & Sacrifice’. The album cover was created by Henna Pulkkinen. www.facebook.com/funeralhomeofficial
Lithuania based Death Metallers STRANGULIATORIUS will release their fourth full-length “Flies Don’t Lie” via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on January 09, 2026 on CD and digital formats. It was mastered by Jack Control (AURA NOIR, DARKTHRONE, CIANIDE, FROZEN SOUL) at Enormous Door Mastering. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Funebraclav’, ‘Doctor Syringe’, ‘Acetone Dream’, ‘They Who Don’t Sleep Will Not Wake Up’, ‘Cremator Operator’, ‘C9H13N’, ‘The Notes Of The Deceased’, ‘When I Lift The Coffin Lid’, ‘Flies Don’t Lie’, ‘AC/Necro/DC’, ‘Stinks’ and ‘Flashback’. You can already check out the track ‘Stinks’ over here. More about STRANGULIATORIUS at www.facebook.com/stranguliatoriusband
Finnish Black Metallers DARK DIVINATION are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Liitto Hengen Ja Veren” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 12, 2025 via Signal Rex. https://darkdivination.bandcamp.com
“Taetra Philosophia”, the upcoming seventh full-length from Italian blackend Doom Metallers ABYSMAL GRIEF, will be released on December 12, 2025 via Avantgarde Music on CD, vinyl LP, K7 and digital formats on December 12, 2025. The material was written and recorded within four years at Chrismon Studio and then mixed by Regen Graves and Emanuele Cioncoloni at El Fish Studio in Genoa. You can stream the album’s title track over here. For all additional ABYSMAL GRIEF information please visit www.instagram.com/abysmalgrief.official
Berlin, Germany based Black Metallers AZKETEM have just revealed the track ‘Riven Astray’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “Amid”, which will be released on December 12, 2025 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. The previously revealed album tracks ‘End It All’ and ‘Erected To Commemorate’ can still be streamed here, respectively here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Erected To Commemorate’, ‘End It All’, ‘Nights Adrift’, ‘T-O-I-F-T-G’, ‘By Light’ and ‘Riven Astray’. https://azketem.bandcamp.com
Greek ROTTING CHRIST have just released a live video for the track ‘Under The Name Of Legion’ over here. It is featured on the band’s upcoming Blu-Ray edition of “35 Years Of Evil Existence – Live In Lycabettus’, which will be released on December 12, 2025 via Season Of Mist. www.facebook.com/rottingchristofficial
Colombia based La Caverna Records has a bunch of new limited CD releases available (all are also available on digital format): “Sultry Obsession”, a re-issue of the 1990 debut EP from French Death Metallers SUPURATION (300 hand-numbered copies), “Aurë Entuluva”, the fifth full-length from Colombia’s melodic Doom / Deathers CÓNDOR (200 hand-numbered copies), “From Deep Depresions To The Borders Of Suicide”, a re-issue of the 1992 demo from Costa Rica based Deathgrinders PSY-WAR (300 hand-numbered copies), “Between Two Worlds”, re-issue of Kenosha, USA based Death / Thrashers DECIMATION’s one and only demo tape (300 hand-numbered copies), “Damned Genesis”, re-issue of the Taranto, Italy based Death / Thrashers HIGH SPEED DEATH’s unknown demo tape from 1991 (300 hand-numbered copies), “Hybrid Cancer”, reissue of the 1992 demo from French Death Metallers CREPUSCULE, which also includes a cover of ‘Deathcrush’ (MAYHEM) from a 1992 rehearsal and “God’s Wrath”, reissue of the 1993 demo from Cuba based Death Metallers SECTARIUM (300 hand-numbered copies). The audio restoration and mastering of the CREPUSCULE and SECTARIUM releases was done by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony. www.facebook.com/lacavernarecs
On December 19, 2025 Hannover, Germany based Death Metallers ZOMBIE RIOT and GRAND DEVOURER will release a split album via Neckbreaker Records entitled “Nighthaunter”. Each band is featured with eight tracks. The material was recorded at Silence Sucks Productions in Bremen, Germany and the artwork was created by tattoo artist Maya Goldfinch. You can check out a video at this location. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/zombieriotband and www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093741783727
“Rites Of Ra”, the debut mini album from Swedish old school Speed / Thrash Metallers VENTHIAX, will be released on February 27, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions on CD and 12” vinyl formats. You can already check out the track ‘Infernal Demise’ at this location. The complete “Rites Of Ra” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Warfare’, ‘Rites Of Ra’, ‘Infernal Demise’, ‘Speed Metal Mayhem’, ‘Dawn Of Terror’ and ‘The Omen’s Arrival’. www.facebook.com/people/venthiax/100090480222392
On December 19, 2025 Polish Black / Deathers VOMITVSANCTVS will release a new EP entitled “Eaten By Maggots” in digital format on all streaming platforms. It was mixed and mastered by guitarist Preacher and the artwork was created by Jesus Lhysta of Rotted Artist. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Morbid Desire‘, ‘Hide And Seek’, ‘Scraps For Pigs‘ and ‘Eaten By Maggots‘. For all additional VOMITVSANCTVS information please visit www.facebook.com/vomitvsanctvspl666
Belorussian Death Metallers EXIMPERITUS will release “Meritoriousness Of Equanimity”, the follow-up to 2021’s sophomore album “Šahrartu”, via Willowtip Records on January 30, 2026 on vinyl LP, cassette tape, CD and digital formats. The album’s first single ‘The Untimely Fruit Of The Unsaid’ can already be checked out at this location. The complete tracklist of “Meritoriousness Of Equanimity” reads as follows: ‘One Step Long Infinity’, ‘Contemplation Of The Plastic Fibers Of Perfection At The Second Level Of Reality’, ‘Twelve Centuries Of Triumph Of the Third Kingdom…’, ‘Finding Consistency In The Fourth Quadrant Of Eternity’, ‘The Untimely Fruit Of The Unsaid’, ‘Golden Chains For The Construction Of Individual Greatness’, ‘Molecular Disintegration Of An Unattainable Solitary Will In A Vessel Of Wisdom…’, ‘Chalkionic Wandering Among The Wreckage Of The Future’ and ‘Standing At The Skirt Of The Ruins Of Human Nature (…On The Other Side Of Man And Time)’. www.facebook.com/eximperitus.official
German Death Metallers CASKET have just released another song from their upcoming fifth full-length “In The Long Run We Are All Dead”. You can watch a video for the album opener ‘The Will To Comply’ over here now. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘The Will To Comply’, ‘Highest Thrones’, ‘Mirrors’, ‘Seeds Of Desolation’, ‘Hammer, Knife, Spade’, ‘Skull Bunker’, ‘Necrowaves’, ‘Mainstream Mutilation’, ‘Fundamental Rot’, ‘Strangulation Culture’ and ‘Graveyard Stomper’. The album will be released on January 23, 2026 via Neckbreaker Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. A cassette tape version will be available from Slime Inhaler Records. The cover artwork was created by Roberto Toderico. www.facebook.com/casketdeath
Finnish raw old school Death Metallers WOUNDED IN FOREST have just released their debut EP “Antihuman Artist” via Inverse Records today. A full EP stream you will find at this location. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/woundedinforest
Helsinki, Finland based female fronted, progressive melodic Death Metallers NUMENTO have just released a video for ‘Wrath’ over here. The track was produced by Christian Herrle and Atte Asikainen and will be featured on the band’s upcoming EP. www.facebook.com/numentofin
French Black Metallers NOIRSUAIRE have just revealed a video for ‘Fogged By The Leaves Of Pestilence’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “The Dragging Poison”, which will be released on December 26, 2025 via Osmose Productions. A video for the previously revealed title track ‘The Dragging Poison’ can still be watched over here. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Intro – Thousand Throats Thousand Spears’, ‘The Trance Of Bedless Bones’, ‘Fogged By The Leaves Of Pestilence’, ‘The Dragging Poison’, ‘Possessed By A Malignant Lust’, ‘Interlude – Withering Veins’, ‘Enshrouded In Rabid Repugnance’, ‘Sworn By Sinister Wisdom’ and ‘Noirsuaire’. www.facebook.com/noirsuaire