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On April 30, 2021 Osmose Productions will release “Vandring”, the third album of Norwegian Black Metallers NATTVERD. It is the final chapter of the band’s Black Death Trilogy, which also includes the 2019 EP “Skuggen” and 2020’s full-length “Styggdom”. “Vandring” was recorded during March and April of 2020 at Velvet Recording in Spydeberg, Norway, with producer Christer Krogh, who also mastered the album. The cover artwork was created by Khaos Diktator Design and Ormr. The following tracks will appear on “Vandring”: ‘Det Bloer Paa Alt Som Spirer’, ‘Martyrer Av Kristus’, ‘Naar Taaken Fortaerer Alt’, ‘Med Rive Og Lime’, ‘I Moerket Slumrer Ravnen’, ‘Gudsmenn, Deres Svik Erkjenn’, ‘Det Hvisker I Veggene’ and ‘Langt Langt Der Borte I Det Fjerne’. The track ‘Naar Taaken Fortaerer Alt’, which features Geir Bratland (Gerlioz of DIMMU BORGIR, ex – GOD SEED) on piano, can already be streamed over here. Additionally a video by Grupa 13 can be checked out at this location. More about NATTVERD at www.facebook.com/nattverdofficial
Atlanta, Georgia based Death Metallers MALFORMITY have just premiered ‘Monument To Decay’, a track from their forthcoming album “Monumental Ruin”, at this location. The album will be released on April 19, 2021 on CD, digital and cassette formats via Unspeakable Axe Records. A vinyl release will follow in early summer. The complete “Monumental Ruin” tracklist reads as follows: ‘And I Beheld…’, ‘Perverse Apotheosis’, ‘Facemelt Bloodgrinder’, ‘Into Ruin’, ‘Monument To Decay’, ‘Degenerative Sequences’, ‘Immolated Archetype’, ‘False Dichotomy’, ‘Lost Necropolis’, ‘Lifeless Mindless’, ‘In Corrosion’, ‘Rapturous Damnation’ (bonus track) and ‘Unraveling’ (bonus track). For all further MALFORMITY information please visit www.facebook.com/malformity
“Conflagrate The Celestial Refugium”, the debut full-length from US / German Death Metallers CAMBION, is streaming in its entirety at this location now. The album was released via Lavadome Productions today. CAMBION is comprising of German guitarist Thorben Rathje, US – based vocalist / bassist Rich Osmond and Chason Westmoreland (ex – HATE ETERNAL) on drums. For all additional info please visit www.facebook.com/cambiontx
On May 28, 2021 Antiq will release the debut album from French Black Metallers ASCÈTE, “Calamites & Les Calamités”, on digipak CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘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’. A special teaser / edit for the seven-minute track ‘Courroux Du Lébérou’ can already be checked out here. The cover artwork was created by LaurineM (Borie de la Combe Noire). More ASCÈTE info you will find at www.facebook.com/asceteperigordnoir
Canadian progressive Death / Thrashers CATHARTIC DEMISE have just released a drum playthrough video for ‘Blade In The Dark’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s forthcoming album “In Absence”, which will be released on April 09, 2021. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘With Lust’, ‘For Power’, ‘Blade In The Dark’, ‘Silence Within’, ‘Pale Imitations’, ‘Disparity’, ‘In Absence’, ‘Waves’ and ‘Desire’. More CATHARTIC DEMISE info you will find at www.facebook.com/catharticdemise
PESTILENCE will release their ninth album “Exitivm” on June 25, 2021 via Agonia Records. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘In Omnibvs’ (Intro), ‘Morbvs Propagationem’, ‘Deificvs’, ‘Sempiternvs’, ‘Internicionem’, ‘Mortifervm’, ‘Dominatvi Svbmissa’, ‘Pericvlvm Externvm’, ‘Inficiat’, ‘Exitivm’, ‘Immortvos’ and ‘Personatvs Mortem’ (Outro). An official website for “Exitivm” has been launched here: www.exitivm.com. It is providing access to all revelant information surrounding the new album. PESTILENCE’s current line-up consists of: Patrizio Mameli (vocals, lead guitars), Rutger van Noordenburg (lead guitars), Joost van den Berg (bass) and Michiel van der Plicht (drums). For all additional info please visit www.facebook.com/pestilenceofficial
Australian Death Metallers THE PLAGUE have just premiered the track ‘Festering In Sickness’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s upcoming debut album “Within Death”, which will be released on April 30, 2021 via Bitter Loss Records. The previously released video for ‘Spawn Of Monstrosity’ can still be watched over here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Mind Eraser’, ‘Torment The Living’, ‘Spawn Of Monstrosity’, ‘Effigy Of The Rotten’, ‘Hand Of Greed’, ‘Drones’, ‘Slave To Addiction’, ‘Dismal Solitude’, ‘Within Death’ and ‘Festering In Sickness’. More about THE PLAGUE at www.facebook.com/theplaguesydney
Singapore based Death Metallers ADARRAK will release their debut full-length “Ex Oriente Lux” on May 27, 2021 via Satanath Records (physical) and Blood Blast Distribution (digital). The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘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). The album’s first single ‘Bereft’ will be released on April 01, 2021. A teaser video for the song is already available at this location. The album was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studios. For more ADARRAK information please check out www.facebook.com/adarrakband
‘The Atrophy Of Will’, a song from the forthcoming album “Animate // Isolate” by American Death / Thrashers OBSOLETE, can now be streamed over here. The album will be released via Unspeakable Axe Records on April 19, 2021 on CD and cassette. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Still’, ‘The Atrophy Of Will’, ‘The Slough’, ‘Old Horizon’, ‘Silent Freeway’, ‘Stumbling And Listless’, ‘The Fog’, ‘Callousness Of Soul’ and ‘Intercostal’. More OBSOLETE at https://obsoleteband.bandcamp.com
On May 15, 2021 Sepulchral Productions will release the debut album of Canadian Black Metallers ORIFLAMME, “L’égide Ardente”. A full album stream is already available at this location. More ORIFLAMME at https://oriflammeqc.bandcamp.com
Czech bestial Death Metallers MU°RA are streaming their debut EP “Doom Invocations And Narcotic Rituals” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on March 30, 2021 via Caligari Records on cassette tape format. More info you will find at www.caligarirecords.com or www.facebook.com/caligarirecords
Berlin, Germany based old school Death Metallers CARNAL TOMB have just released a new 7″ EP entitled “Festering Presence” via Lycanthropic Chants. A full EP stream is available over here. More info about CARNAL TOMB can be found at www.facebook.com/carnaltombdeathmetal
On May 28, 2021 War Anthem Records will release “Eve”, the fourth full-length from Spanish Black / Death Metallers BALMOG. The album was produced by Javi Félez (who is now also an official member of the band) at his Moontower Studio, mastered by Jaime Gómez Arellano (Orgone Studio) and features cover artwork by Branca Studio. BALMOG have just released a first single from the album entitled ‘Desacougo’, which you can check out over here. The full “Eve” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Horror In Circuitu’, ‘Birth Of Feral’, ‘Senreira’, ‘Slander’, ‘Agnus Dei’, ‘Desacougo’, ‘Zohar’, ‘Carrion Heart’ and ‘Lume’. The band commented on the album as follows: “This isn’t an avant-garde or experimental album, there is no intention to innovate, we just haven’t set limits and we have put into practice everything we have in our heads. In some ways we wanted to recreate the horror that rock music has built from SISTERS OF MERCY to MAYHEM, from PINK FLOYD or KING CRIMSON to DANZIG or MORBID ANGEL.” More BALMOG information can be found at www.facebook.com/balmog-365630056846060
Greek blackened Death / Thrashers KARMA VIOLENS have just premiered the title track of their new album “Mount Of The Congregation” at this location. The song features guest vocals by Natasa Tsirou, from Greek progressive Rockers THE MIGHTY N. The album was recorded at Symbolic Π Studios and produced and mixed by Costas Papadopoulos. The mastering was done at Hertz Studios and the artwork created by Remedy Art Design (EVERGREY, SUFFOCATION, OCEANS OF SLUMBER). Two additional tracks from the album can be streamed here (‘Embrace’) and here (‘The Observer’). The complete” Mount Of The Congregation” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Necropolis’, ‘Embrace’, ‘One Way Journey’, ‘The Observer’, ‘Great Old Ithaqua’, ‘My Storm Upon You’, ‘Kingdom Of The Deserters’, ‘Exodus’, ‘Mount Of The Congregation’, ‘Fly Into Starlight’, ‘The Gathering’, ‘Mark On My Forehead’ and ‘Light Beyond The Event Horizon’. The album will be self-released on April 02, 2021. More KARMA VIOLENS info you will find at www.facebook.com/karmaviolens
Russian Black Metallers HYMNR have just premiered the track ‘Part III’ at this location. It is the second to be revealed from the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Far Beyond Insanity”, which will be released on April 23, 2021 via Saturnal Records. The previously revealed album track ‘Part I’ can still be streamed over here. More HYMNR information you will find at www.facebook.com/hymnrofficial
Arizona based Goregrinders FLUIDS have just released the track ‘Life Spent’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s third album “Not Dark Yet”, which will be out in late Spring / early Summer via Hells Headbangers on CD and vinyl LP formats. All additional FLUIDS info you will find at www.facebook.com/fluids666
Belgian / Japanese Grindcore act MONNIER has been signed by Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. A self-titled compilation album of the bands two EPs, “Monnier” and “EP 2” (sixteen tracks in total), will be released on April 23, 2021 on CD and digital formats. MONNIER features Makiko Suda of FLAGITIOUS IDIOSYNCRASY IN THE DILAPIDATION and Jasper Swerts of DAYS OF DESOLATION. You can check out the track ‘The Abyss’ right here. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/monniergrindcore
Medford, Oregon based Bay Area inspired Thrashers EMISSARY have reformed after a 25-year hiatus to record a new album for Germany’s Underground Power Records. It will be released on CD and vinyl later this year and features newly recorded tracks from EMISSARY’s 90s back catalog plus brand new material. The reformed line-up consists Jym Harris (SYLENT STORM) – vocals, Eric Hoover (who played on the band’s “Nowhere Left To Run” demo in 1994) – drums, Pete Kinney (SONIC OCTANE, who originally joined after the departure of Hoover in 1995) – bass and Tim Dahlen – guitar. An official lyric video for the demo version of the song ‘The Silent Treatment’ can be checked out at this location. For more info and regular updates you can follow EMISSARY at www.facebook.com/emissarymetalband
On April 19, 2021 Immortal Souls Productions, in cooperation with Satanath Records, will release “Autumnal Rites”, the second full-length from Italy’s Doom / Deathers MORTICULA REX. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Scars’, ‘The Great Devourer’, ‘Autumnal Rites’, ‘They Come Out At Dusk’, ‘The Silence Within’, ‘Days Of Darkness’ and ‘Sleeping Among The Dead’. The album’s title track can already be checked out at this location, ‘The Silence Within’ is additionally streaming over here. The cover artwork was created by Aleksander “Noctember” Prokophiev (Paint-it-Black Design). For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/morticularex
“Black Vitriol & Iron Fire”, the second album from Russian Black / Thrash Metal three-piece THANATOMASS, will be released on May 21, 2021 via Living Temple Records, in co-operation with LVX MorgenStern. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Funereal Ejaculation’, ‘Deathmass Extasis’, ‘Sulphureous Darkness’, ‘Altars Of Nigromancy’ and ‘Phallvs Lvciferi’. The track ‘Deathmass Extasis’ is already streaming at this location. More info at www.facebook.com/livingtemplerecords or https://lvxmorgenstern.bandcamp.com
Indianapolis based technical Death Metallers FLESHBORE will release their debut full-length “Embers Gathering” via Innerstrength Records in late Summer. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Momentum’, ‘Careless Preacher’, ‘Cynicism’, ‘The Scourge’, ‘Embers Gathering’, ‘Revivified’ and ‘One Thousand Hands’. An official video for the title track is already available over here. More about FLESHBORE at www.facebook.com/fleshbore
International Death Metal project CAMBION has just revealed a second single from their upcoming debut full-length “Conflagrate The Celestial Refugium”. You can check out ‘Eiton Ecularion’ at this location now. The album will be released on March 26, 2021 via Lavadome Productions. It was mixed and mastered by Chris Erkens at (((CYPHX-AUDIO))) in 2020 and features coverart by Shaari Moth. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Conflagrate The Celestial Refugium’, ‘Vae Victis’, ‘Cambion’, ‘Cities Of Brass’, ‘Eiton Euclarion’, ‘Impact Steel’, ‘Fatalitism’ and ‘Obscuratio’. CAMBION consists of German guitarist Thorben Rathje, US – based vocalist / bassist Rich Osmond and Chason Westmoreland (ex – HATE ETERNAL) on drums. For more CAMBION information please visit www.facebook.com/cambiontx
“Torture Banished”, the new full-length from Indonesian Death Metal trio IMMENSE, has just been released via Brutal Mind. It features the following tracks: ‘The Bloody Victims’, ‘Torn Of Veins’, ‘Brutally Massacre Part II’, ‘Vortex Of Misery’, ‘Into The Grave’, ‘Hellwinds Disaster’, ‘Enemy Of Sickness’, ‘Scum Injection’ and ‘Apparent Death’. A full album stream is available at this location. All additional IMMENSE information can be found at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100056765798552
On May 07, 2021 Chaos Records will release “Flesh Reborn”, the comeback EP of Belgium’s Doom / Deathers GATEWAY, on CD format. It will feature the following four tracks: ‘Hel’, ‘Slumbering Crevasses’, ‘Rack Crawler’ and ‘Flesh Reborn’. You can already check out ‘Slumbering Crevasses’ over here. More GATEWAY info is available at www.facebook.com/gatewaydeathdoom
Hells Headbangers have signed Canadian Black Metallers NOCTURNAL DEPARTURE. The band’s third album “Clandestine Theurgy” will be released later this year. More NOCTURNAL DEPARTURE at https://nocturnaldeparture.bandcamp.com
Austrian Black Metallers AUSSICHTSLOS have just reveald the track ‘Lebenslaub’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s debut album “Völlig Aussichtslos”, which will be released on March 21, 2021 via Purity Through Fire. The previously released album track ‘…Vom Dämon’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist of “Völlig Aussichtslos” reads as follows: ‘…Vom Dämon’, ‘Lebenslaub’, ‘Grausick’, ‘Des Sommers Tod’, ‘Nächstenhass’ and ‘Gefallen’. For more info and ordering details, please visit www.purity-through-fire.com
“Scattered Remnants”, the debut full-length from Indonasian Death Metallers DETRITIVOR, was released via Brutal Mind last month. Chris Barnes (SIX FEET UNDER, ex – CANNIBAL CORPSE) talks about DETRITIVOR in this video. The band shares their own thoughts about “Scattered Remains”, the Indonesian scene and Death Metal in a video that can be viewed at this location. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/detritivordeath
“Gouging The Eyes Of Angelic Purity”, the debut demo of War Metal duo CRUCIFIXION RITUAL, will be released on May 16, 2021 via Invictus Productions. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Gouging The Eyes Of Angelic Purity’, ‘Sacrament Of Defilement’ and ‘Ritual Bludgeoning’. The demo opener can already be streamed at this location. For more info please visit www.facebook.com/invictusproductions
On April 21, 2021 Amor Fati Productions will release “Thrall Of Winter’s Majesty”, a special full-length from ambient Black Metallers RINGARË, on CD format. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Witness To Winter’s Lament’, ‘O’er Winters Shroud’, ‘Thrall Of Winter’s Majesty’ and ‘A Paean For Endless Snow’. The material was originally written in early 2004, but unearthed and finalized in 2019 with a completed line-up. More RINGARË at https://ringare.bandcamp.com
Swedish Witching Metallers REAPER will release their second album “The Atonality Of Flesh” on March 19, 2021 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Dogs Of The Crumbled Firmament’, ‘The Sweetness Of The Wound’, ‘Come Nature, Come Cruelty, Come Death’, ‘Nightgaunts’, ‘Raid The Heavens’, ‘Saturn Devours’, ‘Architecture Of The Flame’, ‘Me, You And The Juices Of Death’, ‘Thru With You’, ‘Rise Epimetheus’, ‘Piss, Bile And Violence’ and ‘Outro’. A full album stream is available at this location now. For all further details please visit www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
On May 03, 2021 Antiq will release “Au Fleuve De Loire”, the third album from French epic Pagan Black Metallers HANTERNOZ, on digibook CD and double LP vinyl formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Déjà La Nuit’, ‘A Cul De Grève’, ‘Ce Que Le Fleuve A Pris’, ‘L’hanterdro De Languidic’, ‘Vieille Nasse Crevée’, ‘Bateliers De Loire’, ‘Le Roi René A Fait Mander’, ‘Hérons Dans Ma Mémoire’ and ‘Bientôt La Nuit’. ‘A Cul De Grève’ is already available for streaming over here. More HANTERNOZ info you will find at www.facebook.com/hanternoz-pagan-de-bretagne-144124245602843