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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
Belgian Black Metallers ENTHRONED are streaming their upcoming twelfth full-length “Ashspawn” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 05, 2025 via Season Of Mist. www.facebook.com/frater.silurian
On January 30, 2026 Osmose Productions will release “De L’Abîme Au Plérôme”, the sophomore full-length from Canadian Black Metal one-man band SANCTVS, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Rex Hominum’, ‘Sacrifié Sur L’autel De La Rédemption’, ‘Thrène Pour Un Monde Révolu’, ‘Tabula Rasa’, ‘Tour D’ivoire’ and ‘La Lumière De L’infini’. A first track will premiere on January 07, 2026. www.facebook.com/sanctvsbm
Switzerland’s blackened Death Metallers BURIED SOULS have just released a new EP entitled “Here Comes The Void”. A full EP stream is available at this location. More about BURIED SOULS at www.facebook.com/buriedsoulsband
International blackened Death Metal project ABSCHWÖRZUNGE has signed with Agonia Records. They are currently working on their debut full-length and follow-up to the EP “Whorl”, which was released via The Ajna Offensive in co-operation with I, Voidhanger Records in 2024. www.instagram.com/abschworzunge
On February 27, 2026 Dying Victims Productions will release “The Eternal Hunger”, the debut full-length from Stockholm, Sweden based old school Death Metal duo HARROWED, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It was produced by Robert Pehrsson (DEATH BREATH, ex – RUNEMAGICK) at his Studio Humbucker during the summer of 2025 and features guest appearances from Nicke Andersson (ENTOMBED, DEATH BREATH) and Scott Carlson (REPULSION, DEATH BREATH), among others. You can already check out the track ‘The Cold Of A Thousand Snows’ over here. The complete tracklist of “The Eternal Hunger” reads as follows: ‘Bayonet’, ‘The Cold Of A Thousand Snows’, ‘Ultra-Terrene Phantasmagoria’, ‘The Haunter’, ‘Blood Covenant’, ‘The Reins’, ‘Formaldehyde Dreaming’ and ‘The Eternal Hunger’. For live shows the HARROWED line-up will be completed by Dag Landin (ex – MORBUS CHRON, TØRONTO) on bass and Estefan Carrillo (HAZEMAZE, MORBID BREATH) on guitar. www.facebook.com/harroweddeathmetal
German Black Metallers AZKETEM have just revealed the track ‘End It All’ 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. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Erected To Commemorate’, ‘End It All’, ‘Nights Adrift’, ‘T-O-I-F-T-G’, ‘By Light’ and ‘Riven Astray’. https://azketem.bandcamp.com
Polish Black / Death Metallers SHINE will release their debut full-length “Wrathcult” on January 30, 2026 via Dark Descent Records on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Ancient Chaos’, ‘The Lamb Against The Wolf’, ‘Kneel Before The Serpent’, ‘Oddajcie Co Moje’, ‘The Cult Of Oak’, ‘The Horror Of The Night’, ‘Witch’s Prophecies’, ‘Wrath Of The Hammer’, ‘The Necklace With Runes’ and ‘Ancient Spirit’. You can already check out ‘Wrath Of The Hammer’ over here. The album was recorded at Heinrich House Studio in Legionowo, Poland with producer Filip “Heinrich” Hałucha. www.facebook.com/shine.wrathcult
Nashville, Tennessee based Thrashers BURNING DEATH are streaming their debut full-length “Burning Death” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 05, 2025 via Caligari Records on CD format. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092259014856
French Black Metallers DECLINE OF THE I have just released a pro-shot live video for ‘Diev Vide’ at this location. It was filmed and edited in France in the Fall of 2025 by Laura-Lee Soleman and engineered by Simon Assathiany. The track is featured on the band’s fourth full-length “Johannes”, which was released in 2021. www.facebook.com/declineofthei
“The Vengeful Ghost / Tombstone Hex”, the debut EP from Italian Death Metal project ELSINORE, will be released on December 05, 2025 via Caligari Records on 7″ vinyl format. A full EP stream you will find over here. The material was recorded, mixed and mastered by Giorgio Trombino at Mal De Testa studio and engineered by Daniel Grego. www.facebook.com/caligarirecords
Swedish Death Metallers PAGANIZER have just released a lyric video for ‘Aftermath Bleeder’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s 14th full-length “As Mankind Rots”, which will be released on February 05, 2025 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘As Mankind Rots’, ‘Devoured’, ‘Aftermath Bleeder’, ‘Only Maggots’, ‘Put On Your Gasmask’, ‘Hollow’, ‘A Testament To Madness’, ‘Afterworld’, ‘The Rotting End’, ‘One Way To The Grave’ and ‘Vanans Makt’. www.facebook.com/paganizersweden
On December 19, 2025 “Raíz Del Mal”, the debut full-length from Washington D.C. based Grinders NO/MÁS, will be released via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on vinyl for the very first time. The label will release this seventh Anniversary Edition as a 45 RPM LP pressing for optimal audio quality, available on two limited variants of 100 copies each (picture disc and white vinyl), with double-sided insert featuring full lyrics / credits, packed in thick 3 mil polybags for extra protection. You can check out the album track ‘Victim Of Circumstance’ over here. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/nomasgrind
Greek ROTTING CHRIST have just released a lyric video for the title track of their upcoming re-recorded edition of their tenth full-length “Aealo” from 2010. You can watch the video at this location. The album will be released on January 23, 2026 via Season Of Mist. www.facebook.com/rottingchristofficial
Mexican Black / Death Metallers HIEROPHANY have just released a video for ‘Beyond The Sacred’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming new album “Tenebrario”, which will be released via Serpent Sun Records on December 12, 2025. https://hierophanytemple.bandcamp.com
Italian / Norwegian Black Metal duo DARVAZA is streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “We Are Him” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on December 05, 2025 via Terratur Possessions, with worldwide distribution via Amor Fati Productions. www.facebook.com/darvaza.blackmetal
“Zánik Kresťanstva” (“The Extinction Of Christianity”) and “Chorobná Nákaza” (“Morbid Infection”), the first two demos from Slovakian Death Metallers DEMENTOR, have officially been re-released together on CD and cassette tape format via Atomic Visions Productions. The cassette tape edition additionally includes two previously unreleased songs, originally recorded at Czech Propast Studio and intended for the “Necrometal 1 Compilation” tape. All tracks were restored from first-generation copies provided by former member drummer / singer Roman Gazdík. More DEMENTOR info you will find at www.facebook.com/dementordm
Finnish Black Metallers THIUDAREIKS have just released their debut full-length “Tyrant Of The Raven Throne” digitally via various streaming services and physically on CD, cassette tape and vinyl LP via Thundra Records (a sub-label of Fluttering Dragon Records). A full album stream you will find at this location. For all additional THIUDAREIKS info please visit www.facebook.com/thiudareiks
Chilean Death Metallers ORACULUM will release their debut full-length “Hybris Divina” on January 09, 2026 via Invictus Productions on vinyl LP, CD and digital formats. You can already check out the track ‘Mendacious Heroism’ at this location. Invictus Productions will also be releasing a new vinyl edition of the band’s “Sorcery Of The Damned” EP in conjunction with the debut album. www.facebook.com/oraculum.chile
A full album stream of “Gateway”, the fourth full-length from Montréal’s Death Metallers PHOBOCOSM, is available over here now. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Berthiaume (GEVURAH, SANCTVS). It has just been released via Dark Descent Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. PHOBOCOSM will support “Gateway” with selected North American performances and then join Brazilian Doom / Deathers FOSSILIZATION next year on a European, which is scheduled to run from August 14 – September 06, 2026. Official dates and venues will be announced soon. www.facebook.com/phobocosm
Scotland’s melodic Black / Death Metallers WINTER ETERNAL have just premiered a video for ‘Nurture By The Night’ at this location. The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s upcoming fifth full-length “Unveiled Nighsky”, which will be released early next year via Hells Headbangers. The previously revealed video for ‘Born From Winter’s Breath’ can still be checked out over here. More WINTER ETERNAL information you will find at www.facebook.com/wintereternalband
On January 16, 2026 Blood Harvest Records will release “Posthumous Imprecation”, the debut full-length from Saint-Petersburg, Russia based old school Death Metallers VOID MONUMENTS, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Intro’, ‘Epitome Of Fear’, ‘Devilish Prophecies’, ‘Decapitate The Saints’, ‘Ascent To The Crucifixion’, ‘Invocation’, ‘The Sign Of Blasphemy’ and ‘Father Of Sin’. You can already check out ‘Epitome Of Fear’ at this location. More about VOID MONUMENTS at www.instagram.com/voidmonuments
Italian melodic Doom / Death Metallers SYMPHONIES OF DECAY have just released a lyric video for ‘The Portal’ over here. The track is featured on the band’s digital debut EP “Sagittarius A”, which was recorded at The Outer Sound Studios of Giuseppe Orlando (THE FORESHADOWING, NOVEMBRE) in 2025. For more SYMPHONIES OF DECAY information please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551571193337
“Benediction, Part 2”, the third full-length from Polish Black Metallers SODALITY, will be released on December 05, 2025 via NoEvDia. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Precious Blood’, ‘Confession’, ‘Heathen Angel Part II’, ‘Pure Light Shineth Through A Simple Servant’ and ‘Blood On A Mirror’. A full stream will be revealed on the day of the album’s release. https://sodality.bandcamp.com
American-Canadian Grindcore duo RAW ADDICT has just released their debut full-length “Swarm Decomposition” via Selfmadegod Records. It was mixed by Thrashcan (PIZZA HI-FIVE, COUPLE SKATE) and features artwork by Matt Slime (COFFIN DUST, NAUSEATOR). You can stream it in its entirety at this location. For more RAW ADDICT please visit https://rawaddict.bandcamp.com
Italian Thrashers BLOODFIELD have just released their sophomore full-length “Homunculus Sapiens” via Great Dane Records. It was recorded independently and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios. The drums were recorded at Indastria Studio in Vicenza, Italy by Federico Ceretta and Riccardo Bittante and the vocals, guitars and bass were recorded by Domenico Tihanyi. The artwork was created by Diego Menti. A lyric video for the album opener ‘Solitude Part 1’ is already available over here. A full album stream you will find at this location. You can follow the band at www.facebook.com/bloodfieldmetal
Denmark’s melodic Thrashers HELLMAZE have just released a video for ‘Slave’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Dead Flesh Rising”, which will be released on January 30, 2026 via Cornhole Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Angioni Studios in 2024-2025. www.facebook.com/hellmaze
Brazilian Thrashers DEATHRAISER will release their sophomore full-length “Forged In Hatred” on January 22, 2026 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Severe Atrocity’, ‘Primitive Medicine’, ‘Everything Dies’, ‘Corporation Parasite’, ‘Empire Of Ignorance’, ‘Symphony Of Violence’, ‘Toxic Legacy’, ‘One Step To the Grave’ and ‘Dead Generation’. You can already check out the first advance single ‘Primitive Medicine’ at this location. More DEATHRAISER info you will find at www.facebook.com/deathraiserofficial
Portugal’s Black / Death Metallers THE OMINOUS CIRCLE are streaming their sophomore full-length “Cloven Tongues Of Fire” in its entirety over here now. It will be released via Osmose Productions today. www.facebook.com/theominouscircle
“The Conquering Darkness”, the debut full-length from American Death Metal three-piece MALEFIC THRONE, can be streamed in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Agonia Records today. www.facebook.com/maleficthrone
A full album stream of “Aarnihauta”, the sophomore full-length from Finnish Black Metallers VERILEHTO, is available over here now. It will be released via Inverse Records today. A video for the title track can be watched at this location. All additional VERILEHTO info you will find at www.facebook.com/verilehto
“Piesni Konca”, the debut from Polish Black Metal duo HAKLA, is out now on Via Nocturna on CD and digital formats. It was recorded at a private studio in Bialystok, between July and August 2025 and mixed and mastered by Andrzej Poplawski, who also created the cover artwork. A full “Piesni Konca” stream you will find at this location. For more HAKLA information please visit www.facebook.com/haklaband
“Harbinger Of Revenge And War”, the debut full-length from Netherlands based Viking Metal duo GARDE, will be released on CD via Heidens Hart Records on November 28, 2025. The vinyl edition will follow in December. A full album stream you will find over here. All additional info you will find at www.facebook.com/heidenshart
Finnish Thrashers KRUSHOR will release their debut EP “Taste Of Hatred” on January 09, 2026 via Inverse Records. You can stream the second single ‘Taste Of Hatred’ at this location now. A lyric video for the first single ‘Shockwave’ is still available over here. The complete “Taste Of Hatred” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Shockwave’, ‘Vortex’, ‘Rise Above’ and ‘Taste Of Hatred’. The EP cover was created by Joni Kärsämä. www.facebook.com/krushorofficial
German Metalpunks KARLOFF have just premiered the track ‘Crown Kvlt Fate’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Revered By Death”, which will be released on January 23, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions. The album’s full tracklist reads like this: ‘A Pessimistic Soaring’, ‘Die Wiederkehr Der Dunkelei’, ‘When The Flames Devour You All’, ‘On Weathered Altar’, ‘Prince Of Parasites’, ‘Regicide’, ‘Crown Kvlt Fate’ and ‘Elisabetha’s Revenge’. www.facebook.com/karloffpunk
US Death Metallers PERDITION TEMPLE are streaming their upcoming fifth full-length “Malign Apotheosis” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 28, 2025 via Hells Headbangers. www.facebook.com/perditiontemple
Madrid, Spain based Black / Death Metal duo SUMMONING HELLGATES is streaming their debut mini-album “Spear Of Conquest” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on November 28, 2025 via Osmose Productions. www.facebook.com/summoninghellgates
Finnish melodic Death Metallers TORCH US will release their new EP “To Non-Existence” via Inverse Records today. You can stream it in its entirety at this location. More TORCH US info you will find at www.facebook.com/torchus
German old school Death Metallers SLAUGHTERDAY will release their sixth full-length “Dread Emperor” on February 13, 2026 via Testimony Records on all formats. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jörg Uken at Soundlodge, Rhauderfehn (Germany) and the cover artwork was created by Pär Olofsson. The following tracks will be featured on “Dread Emperor”: ‘Enthroned’, ‘Obliteration Crusade’, ‘Rapture Of Rot’, ‘Astral Carnage’, ‘Subconscious Pandemonium’, ‘Dread Emperor’, ‘The Forsaken Ones’, ‘Necrocide’, ‘Dethroned’ and ‘Golem’ (PROTECTOR cover). A video for the title track can already be watched at this location. More about SLAUGHTERDAY at www.facebook.com/slaughterdayofficial
Spanish Deathgrinders MACHETAZO have just reissued their “Ultratumba” compilation via Selfmadegod Records. It was originally released on CD in 2006 via Living Dead Society and has been unavailable for years. It features 28 tracks, taken from all the band’s EPs from 1998 – 2004, including splits with CIANIDE, GENERAL SURGERY, BODIES LAY BROKEN, CORRUPTED, RISE ABOVE and ABSCESS, material from the “The Maggot Sessions” and “Horror Grind” EPs, as well as tracks from the CARCASS tribute “Requiems Of Revulsion” and the IMPETIGO tribute “Wizards Of Gore”. Prior to the album release, the band relased ‘Potro De Tortura’, from split with CORRUPTED, as a single track. You can check it out here. A full album stream is available at this location. For more MACHETAZO information please visit www.facebook.com/machetazo.official
Chile’s Death / Black Metallers DEATH YELL are streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Demons Of Lust” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 28, 2025 via Hells Headbangers. www.deathyell.com
Spanish Thrashers HOLYCIDE have just released a lyric video for their ATROPHY cover ‘Chemical Dependency’ over here. It is the seventh lyric video in a series of ten that the band plans to release to promote their latest album “Towards Idiocracy”, which was released last year via Xtreem Music. A full album stream is available at this location. More about HOLYCIDE at www.facebook.com/holycide
French Black Metallers HYVER are streaming their third full-length “Shaâtaunoâr” in its entirety at this location now. It was just released via Antiq yesterday. www.facebook.com/antiq.label
Portuguese Black Metallers IRAE are streaming their upcoming sixth full-length “In The Key Of Twilight” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 28, 2025 via Signal Rex. The cover artwork was created by Belial Necroarts. https://irae666.bandcamp.com
Finnish Grinders ROTTEN SOUND will release their new EP “Mass Extinction” on December 12, 2025 via Season Of Mist. You can already check out the track ‘Idealist’ over here. For all further ROTTEN SOUND information, please visit www.facebook.com/rottensoundofficial
Czech MASTER’S HAMMER are streaming their upcoming ninth full-length “Maldorör Disco” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 26, 2025 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. www.facebook.com/mastershammerofficial
Dutch Death Metallers PESTILENCE have announced Dario Rudić as the band’s new bass player, following their split with Roel Käller in September. Rudić just issued the following statement: “Hello, I’m Dario Rudić from Zadar, Croatia. I’m 44 years old and I’ve been playing music since I was 15. I’ve been listening to Metal my whole life and of course one of the first Death Metal bands was PESTILENCE, who were my role models then and now. Not even in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that one day I would get the chance to play with these greats. I’m looking forward to sharing the stage with the masters from PESTILENCE and opening new musical portals with them.” PESTILENCE will embark on a string of tour dates that starts in late November with a one-off show in Italy and continues through December with a three-date run in Spain (together with CANCER) and eight headlining shows in the UK, including stops in Manchester, Glasgow and London. www.facebook.com/pestilenceofficial
Austrian Death Metallers FESSUS are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Subcutaneous Tomb” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on November 26, 2025 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. https://fessus.bandcamp.com
German Black / Death Metallers INFERNAL PRESENCE are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Fiery Paths” at this location now. It will be released on November 26, 2025 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. https://infernalpresence.bandcamp.com
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada based Grinders ARCHAGATHUS have just reissued their sophomore full-length “Coffee Grinder” for the first time ever on CD via Selfmadegod Records. It was originally released in 2011 and recorded back in 2008. A full album stream you will find over here. More about ARCHAGATHUS at https://archagathus.bandcamp.com