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French Black Metallers DYSYLUMN have just premiered the new track ‘Dispersion II’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s upcoming third album “Cosmogonie”, which will be released on October 09, 2020 via Signal Rex on triple CD, triple vinyl LP and triple tape formats. The previously revealed ‘Extinction I’ is still available for streaming here. More DYSYLUMN info you will find at www.facebook.com/dysylumn
Rochester, New York based progressive Death Metallers CONTRARIAN will release their fourth album “Only Time Will Tell” on November 20, 2020 via Willowtip Records. A video for the opening track ‘In A Blink Of An Eye’ can be watched at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘In A Blink Of An Eye’, ‘The Final Hour’, ‘Beat The Clock’, ‘Case Closed’, ‘The Mega Metropolis’, ‘Scarlet Babylon’, ‘Only Time Will Tell’ and ‘Your Days Are Numbered’. All additional CONTRARIAN info is available at www.facebook.com/contrarianmetal
Swedish Death / Thrashers SARCATOR have just revealed the new track ‘The Hour Of Torment’ right here. It will appear on the band’s self-titled debut album, which will be released on October 30, 2020 via Redefining Darkness Records. A special trailer for the album can be watched at this location. “Sarcator” will feature the following tracks: ‘Abyssal Angel’, ‘Manic Rapture’, ‘Deicidal’, ‘Midnight Witchery’, ‘The Hour Of Torment’, ‘Circle Of Impurity’, ‘Heretic’s Domain’, ‘Desolate Visions’, ‘Demonstrike’, ‘Purgatory Unleashed’ and ‘Cryptic Pain’ (CD bonus track). All additional information you will find at www.facebook.com/sarcatorband
On October 30, 2020 Pulverised Records and Rotted Life will release “Expanse Of Hellish Black Mire”, the debut EP from Cleveland, Ohio based Death Metallers NOXIS. Pulverised will release the CD and 12″ vinyl formats, while Rotted Life will handle the 10″ vinyl and cassette tape versions for North America. The track ‘Dream Infested’ is already available for streaming here. The complete tracklist of the EP reads as follows: ‘Dream Infested’, ‘Contorted Bowels Warm’, ‘Incubated Disgust’ and ‘Guts Liquify’. For all further NOXIS info check out www.facebook.com/noxisdeathmetal
French Death Metallers LIQUID FLESH have just revealed a video for ‘Toxic Blues’ at this location. The song is taken from their new album “Chair Liquide”, which will be released via Metal is Law Productions on September 18, 2020. All further LIQUID FLESH info you will find at www.facebook.com/liquidflesh.deathmetal
IMMOLATION (and ex – GOREAPHOBIA) guitarist Alex Bouks has formed a Dark Avantgarde Metal band together with former GOREAPHOBIA members Henny Piotrowski (guitars) and Jake G (vocals) as well as multi-instrumentalist Lance Walter (drums, bass, lead guitar). The band is called SHADOWS and has already signed a record deal with Agonia Records, with plans to release their debut EP in 2021. The band’s musical influences come from PINK FLOYD, CELTIC FROST, SISTERS OF MERCY, BLACK SABBATH, MERCYFUL FATE and VOIVOD. The EP material has already been recorded at Rhawn Street Studios in the US and was mastered by Tore Stjerna (MAYHEM, WATAIN) at Necromorbus Studio in Sweden. You can follow SHADOWS for regular updates at www.facebook.com/shadows-official-105520794447870
Finnish Black Metallers ORDINANCE are streaming their second album “In Purge There Is No Remission” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on September 11, 2020 via The Sinister Flame. For all further information please visit www.thesinisterflame.com or www.facebook.com/thesinisterflame
Austin, Texas based Hardcore Punk Thrashers BÖNDBREAKR will release their self-titled EP on October 20, 2020. The EP’s first single ‘Kill Your Gods’ is already streaming at this location. The EP was recorded live over the course of a single weekend at AMP Studios in Austin, Texas with engineer Michael Day. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Into The Night’, ‘Cop Rock’, ‘Angry Tooth’, ‘Shaman’, ‘Kill Your Gods’ and ‘The Whole Fekkin Thing’ (Bonus track). More BÖNDBREAKR info you will find at www.facebook.com/bondbreakratx
Transylvanian / Hungarian Black Metallers DEATH NÖIZE will release their third album “Rites, Curses And Spells” on 12″ LP (limited to 250 copies) on October 15, 2020 via Bestial Burst / Metal Ör Die Records / Deathlike Noise Productions. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Haunting Chant’, ‘Incubus’, ‘Rites, Curses And Spells’, ‘Old Devil’s Wine’, ‘In Total Devotion’, ‘Whisper Of Old Bones’ and ‘In The Darkness…’. More DEATH NÖIZE at https://deathnoize.bandcamp.com
French blackened Speed / Thrashers HEXECUTOR have just premiered the track ‘Tiger Of The Seven Seas’ at this location. It is the third to be revealed from the band’s upcoming second album “Beyond Any Human Conception Of Knowledge”, which will be released on September 25, 2020 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album tracks ‘Danse Macabre’ and ‘Ker Ys’ can still be streamed here and here. More about HEXECUTOR at www.facebook.com/hexecutor
On November 06, 2020 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Expelled Into The Unknown Depths Of The Unfathomable”, the debut album from Costa Rica based Doom / Deathers BLOODSOAKED NECROVOID, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Dispossessed In An Asphyxiating Endless Darkness’, ‘Perverted Astral Intoxication For A Death Incarnation’, ‘Viciously Consumed By The Unfolding Unknown’, ‘Inescapable Transferance Of Profane Malignity’, ‘Existential Dismemberment By A Transcendental Nothingness’ and ‘Traversing The Threshold Of A Treacherous Depraved Absolute’. You can already check out ‘Viciously Consumed By The Unfolding Unknown’ right here. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/aslowdeath
Greek Black Metallers KATAVASIA are streaming their second album “Magnus Venator” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on September 04, 2020 via Floga Records. KATAVASIA features members of VARATHRON, HAIL SPIRIT NOIR, AENAON, MELAN SELAS and AGNES VEIN. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/katavasiaofficial
Mexican Death Metallers INFESTICIDE have just premiered the new track ‘The Phosphovore’ over here. It is taken from the band’s upcoming second album “Envenoming Wounds”, which will be released on September 25, 2020 via Blood Harvest Records on CD and cassette tape formats (the vinyl LP edition will follow on October 16, 2020). The previously revealed album tracks ‘Envenoming Wounds’ and ‘Magma Blood’ can still be streamed at Blood Harvest’s Bandcamp site. For all additional INFESTICIDE info check out www.facebook.com/infesticide.death
Polish Black Metallers VERMISST are now streaming the expanded edition of their “Zmierzch Stalowej Ciemności” EP at this location. It will be released on September 04, 2020 via Signal Rex on 12″ vinyl format. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/signalrec
Chile based Black Metallers XALPEN will release their debut full-length “Sawken Xo’On” on September 03, 2020 via Morbid Skull Records on CD and on a limited tape version via Nigredo Records (in co-operation with Chamber Of Horns). You can already listen to the album track ‘Tres Chamanes (Sawken Xo’On)’ at this location. More XALPEN at https://xalpencult.bandcamp.com
Blackened Thrashers RIOTOR from Canada and VAE VICTIS from Germany will join forces on a split release entitled “An Oath Of Steel”, which will be out on September 05, 2020 through Bestial Invasion Records. You can check out one of RIOTOR’s contributions, the SACRIFICE cover ‘Forward To Termination / Terror Strikes’ here. ‘From Moral To Wrath’ from VAE VICTIS is available at this location. More info about both bands you will find at www.facebook.com/riotor or www.facebook.com/vaevictisblackthrash
Swedish Death Metallers DEMONICAL will release their sixth full-length “World Domination” on October 23, 2020 via Agonia Records. The album marks the debut of vocalist Christofer Sätderdal and the return of original drummer Ronnie Bergerstål. “World Domination” was recorded in June 2020 at Glashuset and Sellnoise studios by Johan Hjelm and Jonas Arnberg, with production by DEMONICAL. The mixing and mastering was done by Karl Daniel Lidén (BLOODBATH, KATATONIA) at Tri-Lamb Studios and the cover artwork was created by Susan Wicher. The following tracks will appear on “World Domination”: ‘My Kingdom Done’, ‘Hellfire Rain’, ‘Aeons Of Death’, ‘The Thin Darkness’, ‘We Stand As One’, ‘Victorious’, ‘Slipping Apart’ and ‘Calescent Punishment’. For all additional DEMONICAL info please visit ww.facebook.com/demonicalofficial
Italian Black Metallers IDOLATRIA are streaming their second album “Tetrabestiarchy” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on September 04, 2020 via Signal Rex. More IDOLATRIA info you will find at www.facebook.com/idolatria666
Bavarian Black / Thrashers BLACKEVIL have premiered the new track ‘Pestkarren’ at this location. It is the third to be revealed from the band’s upcoming second album “Forever Baptised In Eternal Fire”, which will be out on September 25, 2020 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed ‘Lucifer’s Supremacy’ and ‘Black Fire Tornado’ can still be streamed here respectively here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Come Forth’, ‘Satan’s Crown’, ‘The Disciple’, ‘Black Fire Tornado’, ‘Forever Baptised In Eternal Flames’, ‘Lucifer’s Supremacy’, ‘The Final Book’, ‘Pestkarren’ and ‘1943’. For all additional BLACKEVIL information check out www.facebook.com/blackevilmetal
International Death Metallers DARKENED have just released a lyric video for ‘Kingdom Of Decay’ at this location. It is the titletrack of their upcoming debut album, which will be released on September 11, 2020 via Edged Circle Productions. For more DARKENED information and regular updates follow the band at www.facebook.com/darkeneddeathmetal
Italy’s Black Metal one-man project NUBIVAGANT has just premiered the track ‘One Eye Upon The Grave’ at this location. It is the second to be revealed from the upcoming NUBIVAGANT debut full-length “Roaring Eye”, which will be released on September 30, 2020 via Amor Fati Productions. The previously revealed ‘The Plague Of Flesh’ can still be checked out here. The complete “Roaring Eye” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Wonders Of The Invisible World’, ‘The Furnace Of Apollyon’, ‘One Eye Upon The Grave’, ‘Crawling The Earth’, ‘Solemn Peals’ and ‘The Plague Of Flesh’. NUBIVAGANT’s one and only member Omega, who is handling all the instruments as well as the vocals, should already be best known from his work with (among others) DARVAZA, FIDES INVERSA, FROSTMOON ECLIPSE, ENEPSIGOS, BLUT AUS NORD, CHAOS INVOCATION, KULT and Ukraine’s MOLOCH. More NUBIVAGANT information you will find at www.facebook.com/nubivagant.blackmetal
Southern California based Death / Thrashers MADROST have just released a playthrough video for the title track of their forthcoming fourth full-length “Charring The Rotting Earth”. You can watch the video over here. The album will be out on September 25, 2020 via No Life Til Metal Records (the vinyl edition will follow in December). It was produced and recorded by MADROST, mixed and mastered by Hannes Grossman and features artwork by Tony Koehl. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘The Serpent’s Quest’, ‘To Prevail The Wicked’, ‘Dying Thoughts’, ‘Impossible Dreams’, ‘A Violent End To Life’, ‘Pulverized’ and ‘Charring The Rotting Earth’. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/madrost
“The Battle Of VOSAD”, the debut album of US Ambient Black Metallers BOREAL, will be re-released on October 31, 2020 via Nebulae Artifacta and King Of The Monsters Records as a special vinyl version on 180g red vinyl, limited to 300 copies. It was previously only available on cassette and digitally. The material was re-recorded in 2018 and features guest guitars and programming by Déhà (CULT OF ERINYES, ACETHEXIS, SILVER KNIFE). A full stream is available here. More BOREAL info you will find at www.facebook.com/asombreboreal
Two years after the release of their debut full-length “Black Death Euphoria” Greek old school Death Metal duo MISANTHROPY APOTHEOSIS has returned with a new EP entitled “Against Your Filthy Kind” via Repulsive Echo Records. It features the following three tracks: ‘Against Your Filthy Kind’, ‘All Hail The Slaughter Of The Whore’ and ‘The Devil In Your Personal Hell’. MISANTHROPY APOTHEOSIS consists of Dimon’s Night, who’s responsible for all instruments (HUMANITY ZERO, INHIBITIONS) and vocalist Kydoimos (HUMANITY ZERO). A full EP stream is available here. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/misanthropy-apotheosis-hellenic-death-metal-175943159651919
American Death Metallers HUMANITY IS CANCER have just revealed the new track ‘Cancer Is Humanity (A Future Of Violence And Death)’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s self-titled debut EP, which will be released on November 06, 2020 via Redefining Darkness Records. All further HUMANITY IS CANCER information you will find at www.redefiningdarkness.com or www.facebook.com/redefiningdarkness
“Requiem”, the new album from Swedish Black Metallers SVARTSYN, will be released via Carnal Records on October 30, 2020. The track ‘Inner Demonic Rise’ is already streaming over here. The album was recorded at Mortsella Studio, the mixing and mastering was done at Clintwork Studio and the artwork created by Chadwick St John. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Pale Horse’, ‘Inner Demonic Rise’, ‘Mystery Babylon’, ‘The Desolate’, ‘Spiritual Subjection’ and ‘Little Horn’. More about SVARTSYN at www.facebook.com/svartsyn666
“From The Valleys Of Hades”, the debut album from German blackend Thrashers EURYNOMOS, will be released via Iron Pegasus Records on August 31, 2020 on gatefold LP and CD. An album teaser can be checked out at this location. More EURYNOMOS info you will find at www.facebook.com/eurynomosofficial
Turkish Death Metallers CIDESPHERE have signed a deal with Testimony Records. The band’s sophomore album “Dawn Of A New Epoch” will be released on November 13, 2020 on vinyl, CD and digitally. The drums and vocals were recorded at Midasın Kulaklığı Studio by Erkan Tatoglu in December 2019 and the mixing and mastering was finished at Sound Damage Studio by Unsal Ozata in May 2020. “Dawn Of A New Epoch” will feature artwork by Delic Saike. A teaser video is already available here. More about CIDESPHERE at www.facebook.com/cidesphere
Italian Speed Metal Punks CHILDREN OF TECHNOLOGY have just revealed a new track entitled ‘The New Barbarians’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s third album “Written Destiny”, which will be released this November via Hells Headbangers on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The vinyl version will come with a bonus 7″ featuring an ONSLAUGHT cover and a re-recorded old demo song. The “Written Destiny” cover art was created by Velio Josto (RIOT, ENFORCER, CRUEL FORCE, VULTURE, OSTROGOTH) and the complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Soundtrack Of No Future’, ‘Creation Through Destruction’, ‘The New Barbarians’, ‘Written Destiny’, ‘Desert City’, ‘Warpainted Nightcreatures’, ‘The Days Of Future Past’ and ‘Wasteland Cratediggers’. For all further band info please visit www.facebook.com/cotofficial
Reformed US Thrashers EVILDEAD will release a new album entitled “United $tate$ Of Anarchy” on October 30, 2020 via SPV / Steamhammer on digipak CD, vinyl LP and digitally. The album will feature nine new tracks plus a cover of the B-52’s song ‘Planet Claire’. The artwork was again created by Edward J. Repka. The band’s new line-up features Albert Gonzales (guitars), Juan Garcia (guitars), Rob Alaniz (drums), Phil Flores (vocals) and Karlos Medina (bass). For more EVILDEAD information and regular updates follow them at www.facebook.com/evildead.official
On September 17, 2020 Irish melodic Black / Death Metal band FOR RUIN will release a digital only EP entitled “Elapse” on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp and all other common streaming platforms. The first single from the EP, ‘Fuel To The Fire’, has already been released. Lyric videos for all four EP tracks (‘Elapse’, ‘Fuel To The Fire’, ‘The Worm Turned’ and ‘The Measure Of A Man’) can be found at the band’s YouTube channel. The artwork for “Elapse” and ‘Fuel To The Fire’ was created by Ken Coleman (MORBID ANGEL, THE CRANBERRIES etc.). More about FOR RUIN at www.facebook.com/forruin
Florida based Thrashers INTOXICATED are streaming their new EP “Walled” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Seeing Red Records today. A recently revealed video for the titletrack is furthermore available here. All additional info you will find at www.facebook.com/intoxicatedfl
Spanish Black Metallers MORTA are now streaming their entire debut album “Fúnebre” right here. It will be released via Signal Rex on digipak CD and cassette tape formats today. For all further MORTA information check out www.facebook.com/morta-black-metal-110470397260377
Finnish Black Metallers SAMMAS’ EQUINOX have just premiered the new track ‘Fire’ at this location. It is the second to be revealed from the band’s upcoming debut album”Tulikehrät”, which will be released on September 28, 2020 via Signal Rex on vinyl LP format. The previously revealed ‘The Staunching’ can still be found here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Fire’, ‘The Staunching’, ‘Northern Gate Of The Sun’, ‘Carved In Stone’, ‘Mustat Vedet’ and ‘High Seat Of The Pain Mountain’. More SAMMAS’ EQUINOX music you will find at https://sammasequinox.bandcamp.com
Los Angeles based Death Metallers TRANSCENDENCE have just premiered the new track ‘Drowned Screams Of The Departed Souls’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut album “Towards Obscurities Beyond”, which will be released on September 25, 2020 via Blood Harvest Records on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow on October 16, 2020. The previously revealed album track ‘Infernal Resurrection’ is still available for streaming here. The complete “Towards Obscurities Beyond” tracklist reads like this: ‘Infernal Resurrection’, ‘Majesty Of Chaos’, ‘Towards Obscurities Beyond’, ‘As The Maggots Feast’, ‘Drowned Screams Of The Departed Souls’, ‘And Darkness Shall Be’, ‘Ravens Of The Burial’ and ‘In Silent Procession’. More TRANSCENDENCE at https://transcendence666.bandcamp.com
On September 11, 2020 Netherlands technical Death Metallers SPECTRUM OF DELUSION will release their sophomore album “Neoconception” via The Artisan Era. It is the follow up to the band’s 2017 debut full-length “Esoteric Entity”. The band issued the following comments about “Neoconception”: “”Neoconception” quite literally and figuratively stands for the start of something new. Story-wise, we don’t want to reveal too much. People should have fun reading the lyrics, listening to the voice acting, and piecing all the information together themselves. To shed a little light on the story though, it is about the experience of a person whose reality suddenly turns defunct, the world events that follow, and the person in question’s journey of dealing with it.” All further SPECTRUM OF DELUSION info you will find at www.facebook.com/spectrumofdelusion
Copenhagen, Denmark based Death Metallers HAD are streaming their self-titled debut mini album in its entirety over here now. It will be released on September 01, 2020 via Me Saco Un Ojo Ojo Records on 12″ vinyl format, Dark Descent Records will be handling the CD version and Extremely Rotten Productions the tape version. For pre-order details please visit www.mesacounojo.com