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Agonia Records have signed Texas based Mythological Occult Metal act PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN’S APSÛ. The band’s self-titled debut album will be released later in 2020. An “ABSU To APSÛ Permutation” trailer can be watched over here. Drummer / vocalist Proscriptor (Russ R. Givens) issued the following statement : “I want people to know that I disbanded ABSU to form PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN’S APSÛ with underpinning intention, despite the inclusion of my name, as an armorial bearing to pay tribute to the former sanctuary. I do not consider myself the band’s leader, but more of an administrator. I may be an oppressive commissioner, but PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN’S APSÛ is an equal, collective unit.” The album features guest appearances from Vorskaath (ZEMIAL), Ross Friedman (ROSS THE BOSS), Jeff Becerra (POSSESSED), Rune Eriksen (AURA NOIR / VLTIMAS), Alex Colin-Tocquaine (AGRESSOR) and The Dark (AGATUS). The artwork was created by Polish artist Zbigniew Bielak. The final track listing for “Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû” reads like this: ‘Amenta: Accelerando: Azyn Including Hierophantasmal Expounder’, ‘Esoterically Excoriating The Exoteric’, ‘Quasaric Pestilence’, ‘Mirroracles’, ‘In-Betweeness Gateway Commuters’, ‘Jupiter In Capricornus’, ‘Dedicated To Thoth, But Azathoth Wasn’t Listening (A Necroloquy)’, ‘Caliginous Whorl’, ‘The Coagulating Respite’, ‘Prana: Therion: Akasha’, ‘Tantrums Of Azag-Kkû’ and ‘Every Watchtower Within Is The Axis Of A Watchtower Without Including Totemic Thresholds’. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/officialabsu
“À Travers Les Lambeaux”, the debut album from Canadian doomy Black / Death Metallers SHEZMU, will be released on July 29, 2020 via Krucyator Productions. You can check out the track ‘Lex Talionis’ at this location. The previously released single ‘À Travers Les Lambeaux’ and ‘Les Secrets Des Ziggourats’ are still available here and here. More SHEZMU info you will find at www.facebook.com/shezmudeath
French Death / Grinders PUTRID OFFAL have just released ‘Skilled Ritual’, the third single from their upcoming new album “Sicknesses Obsessions”, which will be out on September 11, 2020 on CD and vinyl via Xenokorp. The song features guest vocals by BLACK BOMB A singer Arno. You can listen to it at this location. You can follow PUTRID OFFAL at www.facebook.com/putridoffal
“The World Trapped In Vampyric Sway (Darker And Darker)”, the third album from US Black Metallers UNHOLY VAMPYRIC SLAUGHTER SECT (and follow-up to 2018’s “Power Of Ordained Light”), will be released on August 21, 2020 via Crown And Throne Ltd. on cassette tape and digital formats. The vinyl LP version will be released on September 04, 2020. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘To Love’, ‘Pummeled Flesh In The Mouth Of The Virgin’, ‘Forced Genuflection On Adored Gored Knees’, ‘Lunar Intrusion Of The Crown Shaktra (Castration Of The Inferior Aura)’ and ‘And I Shall Come To Thee As An Iron Wolf’. More about UNHOLY VAMPYRIC SLAUGHTER SECT at www.facebook.com/unholyvampyricslaughtersect
Polish Death Metallers REDEMPTOR have just started recording the successor of their “Arthaneum” album from 2017. It will be released via Selfmadegod Records in late Autumn 2020 on CD and LP. Drummer Daniel Rutkowski (HATE, VIRGIN SNATCH) joined the band as a regular member now. You can follow REDEMPTOR via www.facebook.com/redemptorpl for more details about the new album, which will be unveiled soon.
On September 25, 2020 the third (and once again self-titled) album from Providence, Rhode Island based Hardcore Punk Thrashers DROPDEAD will be released on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats via Armageddon Label. Additionally a video for the brand new tracks ‘Prelude’ and ‘Torches’ can be watched over here. The band is also working on reissues of all of their previously recorded material. This includes a remastered version of the first album from 1993, a remixed and mastered second album from 1998, and a remixed and remastered “Discography 1992 – 1993” with new bonus tracks. 2020 will also see the first-time release of a “Discography Vol. 2” with tracks from 1995 – 2013, and an LP of the original 1991 demos. All original multi-track reels were restored and then remixed by Kurt Ballou at God City and the tape speed was also corrected on all the recordings. According to the band, these are the best the recordings have ever sounded. More DROPDEAD info at www.facebook.com/dropdead-253671617997061
Memento Mori will release a CD compilation of all three demos by the Long Island, New York based Death Metal band CROSS FADE. It will be entitled “Return To Planet Hell (1992-1994)” and is scheduled for a 2021 release. Until then all three demos can still be checked out on YouTube: “Cross Fade” (1992), “Ruined” (1992) and “Demo 1994“. The two remaining members of CROSS FADE (Scot Trollan – vocals and John Colucco – bass) are currently creating some new music in memory of their fallen brother Eric Rhodes (drums – RIP). Two songs are currently in the works, with the sound having a heavy futuristic edge. Commitments unfortunately keep John Tinger (guitars) from contributing to the writing, but he will hopefully end up providing solos. For regular updates on the release follow Memento Mori at www.facebook.com/memento.mori.label
Ohio based Black / Death Metal duo PROSANCTUS INFERI has just premiered the title track of their upcoming third full-length “Hypnotic Blood Art” at this location. The album will be released on August 15, 2020 via Nuclear War Now! Productions. The previously revealed ‘Dark Scarp Of Hell’ can still be streamed here. The complete “Hypnotic Blood Art” tracklist reads like this: ‘Dark Scarp Of Hell’, ‘Pulpit Sycophants’, ‘Sheol Below’, ‘Hypnotic Blood Art’, ‘Blood Synod’, ‘Torture Enraped’, ‘Bellicose Spiritual Violence’, ‘Void Called As Black Bonds’, ‘Geist Enthralled’, ‘Washed In The Blood’ and ‘The Fearful Pit’. For more PROSANCTUS INFERI info check out www.facebook.com/prosanctusinferi
“Sæti Sálarinnar”, the debut album from Iceland’s Black Metal one-man band ILLKYNJA, will be released on September 15, 2020 via Goathorned Productions. It was originally a digital only release, but Goathorned will now release it on CD format. A full album stream is available at this location. More about ILLKYNJA at www.facebook.com/illkynja
Finnish Grinders ROTTEN SOUND have announced a live stream, which will happen on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 21:00 CEST. Tickets for the stream can be purchased here. More info can be found on the official Facebook event. ROTTEN SOUND have commented on the stream as follows: “COVID-19 situation in Finland allows us to play a show in front of a 50% capacity of live audience. WsArena also arranged a live stream for the show, which everyone of you can watch from home. It does cost a bit, just like it does to hire professionals to do the stream and for us to travel and play the show.” For all additional ROTTEN SOUND information check out www.facebook.com/rottensoundofficial
On September 04, 2020 Signal Rex will release “Zmierzch Stalowej Ciemnosci”, the debut EP from Poland’s Black Metallers VERMISST, on 12″ vinyl format with three additional exclusive tracks (‘Frozen Flames Of Misanthropy’, ‘Za Ducha Glebiny Zaslona’ and ‘Zimowa Aura Krwawych Cieni’). It was previously only released on CD. You can stream the EP track ‘Czas Chtonicznej Zemsty’ at this location. For ordering details please visit www.facebook.com/signalrec
On September 25, 2020 Dying Victims Productions will release “Forever Baptised In Eternal Fire”, the second album from German Black / Thrash trio BLACKEVIL, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Come Forth’, ‘Satan’s Crown’, ‘The Disciple’, ‘Black Fire Tornado’, ‘Forever Baptised In Eternal Flames’, ‘Lucifer’s Supremacy’, ‘The Final Book’, ‘Pestkarren’ and ‘1943’. The cover art was created by Paolo Girardi. You can already stream ‘Black Fire Tornado’ over here. More band info you will find at www.blackevil.net
German Death Metallers NEKUS are streaming their debut mini album “Death Nova Upon The Barren Harvest” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on July 17, 2020 via Blood Harvest Records on CD and cassette tape formats (the 12″ vinyl version will be released on August 28, 2020). For all additional NEKUS information check out www.facebook.com/nekusband
“Þar Sem Skepnur Reika”, the debut full-length from Icelandic Black Metallers HRÆ, will be released via Goathorned Productions on September 15, 2020. It was originally only released digitally. A full album stream is available at this location. More about HRÆ at www.facebook.com/hrae-194066124606577
On July 31, 2020 Crown And Throne Ltd. will release “The Black Banners Of Cosmic War”, the debut album from KHAR SULDE, on cassette tape format. All instruments on the album have been performed by Zach Fogle, while the vocal duties are shared by Emelia McKay and Rusty Kelley. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘C-123s Spraying Agent Orange Using The Call Sign Hades’, ‘A Shattered Statue Of The Archangel Raphael Found In The Ruins Of Monte Cassino’, ‘Ritualized Violence And Murder In Kandahar Province (A Shrine To The Goddess Mara)’, ‘Harrying Of The North (God Will Punish Him)’, ‘4th Armored Division Encounters A Steppe Daemon While Liberating Ohrdruf’, ‘Military Ritual To Lord Abaddon With Radiation And Fire (Fat Man/Little Boy)’, ‘Battle Of Towton (To Call The Goddess Nemain)’ and ‘Siege Of Przemsl (A Crumbling Fortress Slowly Disappears Into A Black Hole)’. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/crownandthroneltd
Greek symphonic Death Metallers SEPTICFLESH have just released a live video (taken from the band’s upcoming DVD release “Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX”) for ‘The Vampire From Nazareth’ right here. The full concert was taped in February 2019, during a sold out show at the Metropolitan Theater in Mexico City. It was the largest production of its kind at the venue, which included the band and over 100 musicians from the Symphonic Experience Orchestra, the Enharmonía Vocalis Choir and the National University Of Mexico Children’s And Youth Choir. The Blu-ray DVD will be released on July 31, 2020 via Season Of Mist. An official teaser can be checked out here. You can follow SEPTICFLESH at www.facebook.com/septicfleshband
Italian Death Metallers VALGRIND have just premiered the new track ‘Divination – Marked By The Unknown’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s upcoming fourth album “Condemnation”, which will be released on July 27, 2020 via Memento Mori. The cover artwork was created by vocalist Daniele Lupidi himself. “Condemnation” will feature the following tracks: ‘Intro’, ‘The Curse Of Pegasus Spawn’, ‘Entangled In A World Below’, ‘Condemnation’, ‘Eater Of Hearts’, ‘The Day’, ‘Furies’, ‘Storm Birds Descent’, ‘Divination – Marked By The Unknown’ and ‘Goddess Of The Salt Sea’. More VALGRIND info you will find at www.facebook.com/valgrindband
On September 04, 2020 Signal Rex will release the second album from Italian Black Metal quartet IDOLATRIA, “Tetrabestiarchy”, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The cover artwork was created by Cold Poison and the tracklist reads like this: ‘Intro: Glorious Praise To The Tetrarchs’, ‘Serpent: The Father Of Darkness’, ‘Noctule: The Emperor Of Scourge’, ‘Goat: The Servant Of Underworld’, ‘Vulture: The God Of Last Rites’ and ‘Outro: Vibrant Flare Of Their Coming’. You can already stream ‘Vulture: The God Of Last Rites’ over here. For more band information check out www.facebook.com/idolatria666
“Beyond Any Human Conception Of Knowledge”, the second album from French Thrash quartet HEXECUTOR, will be released on September 25, 2020 via Dying Victims Productions on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Buried Alive With Her White Silk Dress’, ‘Ker Ys’, ‘Eternal Impenitence’, ‘Tiger Of The Seven Seas’, ‘Belzebuth’s Apocryphal Mark’, ‘Brecheliant’, ‘Danse Macabre’ and ‘Kroez Er Vossen’. The artwork was supplied by SKELETHAL’s Jon Whiplash. The track ‘Ker Ys’ is already available for streaming at this location. For all additional HEXECUTOR info please visit www.facebook.com/hexecutor
Danish Black / Death Metallers ASCENDENCY are streaming their debut mini album “Birth Of An Eternal Empire” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on July 17, 2020 via Iron Bonehead Productions. More ASCENDENCY at https://prophesiedascendency.bandcamp.com
On September 01, 2020 Me Saco Un Ojo Ojo Records will release the debut mini album from Copenhagen, Denmark based Death Metallers HAD on 12″ vinyl format. Dark Descent Records will be handling the CD version, while Extremely Rotten Productions will handle the tape version. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Et Dyrisk Ondt Ønske Mod Alt Og Alle’, ‘Ler I Dødelig Smerte’, ‘Slidt Livet Ud Gennem Legemlige Smerte’ and ‘Skingrer De Døendes Pinefulde Skrig’. For more information please visit Me Saco Un Ojo Records at www.mesacounojo.com or www.facebook.com/mesacounojo
On August 28, 2020 Signal Rex will release “Fúnebre”, the debut album from Spanish Black Metal trio MORTA, on digipak CD and cassette tape formats. It was originally only released on vinyl in a limited edition of 100 copies. The following tracks appear on it: ‘Cadáver Perenne’, ‘Introit Sabbat’, ‘Sacrificio’, ‘Sin Voz Ni Rostro’, ‘Infierno Fúnebre’, ‘Oraculum Ab Necromantiæ’, ‘Fuego Y Hueso’ and ‘Gloria Profunda’. You can check out the album track ‘Sin Voz Ni Rostro’ at this location. More info you will find at www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
New Jersey based Death Metallers SIEGE COLUMN have just premiered the title track of their second full-length “Darkside Legions” right here. The album will be out on August 15, 2020 via Nuclear War Now! Productions. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Devil’s Knights Of Hell’, ‘Echoes From The Underworld’, ‘Snakeskin Mask’, ‘In The Stolen Tomb’, ‘Funeral Fiend’, ‘Darkside Legions’, ‘Gloves Of Fire’, ‘Speed Of Omen Winds’ and ‘Buried In Lava’. The previously revealed ‘Funeral Fiend’ can still be streamed at this location. More SIEGE COLUMN at https://siegecolumn.bandcamp.com
American Death Metallers CARDIAC ARREST have just premiered the new track ‘Sodomite’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s seventh album “The Day That Death Prevailed”, which will be released on July 17, 2020 via Memento Mori on CD format (Boris Records will release the vinyl version on September 11, 2020). The previously revealed tracks ‘Eradicate The Masses’ and ‘Naegleric Outbreak’ can still be streamed here and here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Thrive On The Fear’, ‘Naegleric Outbreak’, ‘Birth Of Hideki’, ‘Plague Ridden Destiny’, ‘A Call For Violence’, ‘Eradicate The Masses’, ‘Endless Dread’, ‘Sodomite’ and ‘Up From Oblivion’. The cover art of the album for was created by Eric Rot and the mastering was done by Javier Felez at Moontower Studios. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/cardiacarrestdeathmetal
Germany’s Black / Death Metallers KHTHONIIK CERVIIKS are streaming their upcoming second album “Æequiizoiikum” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on July 17, 2020 via Iron Bonehead Productions. All further info you will find at www.facebook.com/khthoniik-cerviiks-1667196730203180
Blood Harvest Records will release a four-way split with the US Death Metal acts OXALATE, PERPETUATED, BLOOD SPORE and VIVISECT on CD and cassette tape formats. The physical formats will be released on September 04, 2020, while the digital version will already be released on July 24, 2020. The tracklist reads as follows: OXALATE – ‘Necrotic Descent’, PERPETUATED – ‘God’s Assassins’, BLOOD SPORE – ‘Dreading The Mycelial Mask’ and VIVISECT – ‘Extraterrestrial Proliferations’. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/oxalateband, www.facebook.com/vivisectnj, www.facebook.com/perpetuated.death and www.facebook.com/bloodsporefungaldeath
Italian progressive Death Metallers RELEASE THE BLACKNESS have signed a deal with Cult Of Parthenope for the release of their upcoming debut full-length album, which will be out in late 2020. The band recently entered the studio for the recordings of the follow-up to their EP “Antares”, which was released in 2017. More RELEASE THE BLACKNESS info and regular updates you will get from www.facebook.com/releasetheblacknessofficial
“Envenoming Wounds”, the second album from Mexican Death Metal trio INFESTICIDE, will be released via Blood Harvest Records on September 25, 2020 on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will be out on October 16, 2020. The following tracks will be featured on “Envenoming Wounds”: ‘Envenoming Wounds’, ‘The Phosphovore’, ‘Magma Blood’, ‘Perpetuating Madness’, ‘Acid Lava (Instrumetal)’, ‘Stalwart, Poisonous And Burned’, ‘Fathomless Steel’, ‘Utter Darkness’ and ‘Ageless Storms (Instrumental)’. You can already listen to the titletrack and ‘Magma Blood’ here. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/infesticide.death
“Fragment: Erhabenheit”, the third album from Vienna, Austria based Black Metal quintet THEOTOXIN, will be released via AOP Records on September 11, 2020 on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Golden Tomb’, ‘Obscure Divinations’, ‘Prayer’, ‘Through Hundreds Of Years’, ‘Philosopher’, ‘Two Ancient Spirits’ and ‘Sanatory Silence’. A video for ‘Golden Tomb’ has already been revealed here. All additional THEOTOXIN information you will find at www.facebook.com/theotoxinofficial
Swedish Black Metallers SVEDERNA have just released ‘Folkets Blod’, a track from the band’s upcoming third full-length “Härd”, at this location. The first single ‘Tempelhärd’ had its premiere a month ago and is still available for streaming here. The album will be released on CD and digital format through Carnal Records on August 28, 2020. A vinyl release is planned for later this year. The cover art was created by Björn Underek Lidberg. More about SVEDERNA at www.facebook.com/svederna.garde
Spanish Speed / Black / Thrash band KÖRGULL THE EXTERMINATOR will release their fifth album “Sharpen Your Spikes” on September 09, 2020 through Xtreem Music on CD and 12″LP formats. The tracklist for “Sharpen Your Spikes” is as follows: ‘Campanades A Morts (Intro)’, ‘Prophecy Of Black Blood’, ‘Inquisitor Generalis’, ‘Sharpen Your Spikes’, ‘Battle Ram’, ‘The Black Goat Of The Woods’, ‘Dawn Of The Extermination’, ‘Firing Squad’, ‘Follow The Flame’, ‘Sword And Sorcery’ and ‘A Black Bird Is Always A Warning’. The album has been recorded at their own rehearsal room (drums and vocals) and Moontower Studios, which is owned to their bassist Javi Bastard. The cover has been provided by Alastor Nihilosatan. The first advance single can be checked out at this location. For more band info please visit www.facebook.com/korgulltheexterminatoraxethrash
‘At The Crossroads Of Infinity’, the title track from the forthcoming album from California based Death Metallers DRAGHKAR, has just been revealed over here. The album will be released on July 27, 2020 on CD and digital formats via Unspeakable Axe Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The First Death’, ‘Beyond Despair, The Dawn Of Rebirth’, ‘An Erosion Of The Eternal Soul’, ‘Seeking Oblivion’, ‘Pursued By Black Forms’ and ‘At The Crossroads Of Infinity’. More DRAGHKAR at www.facebook.com/draghkarband
On September 25, 2020 Blood Harvest Records will release the debut full-length of Los Angeles based melodic Death Metallers TRANSCENDENCE, “Towards Obscurities Beyond”, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP edition will follow on October 16, 2020. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘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’. The album opener is already available for streaming here. More about TRANSCENDENCE at www.facebook.com/transcendencedeathmetalofficial
On August 01, 2020 Switzerland’s Black / Deathers IMPALEMENT will release a vinyl version of their debut album “The Impalement”, which was originally released on Walpurgis night 2020 on CD and digitally. There will be a standard edition on black vinyl (unlimited) and a “First Impaler Edition” on pink vinyl (limited to 100 handnumbered copies). “The Impalement” features the following tracks: ‘The Impalement’, ‘The Tombs Of The Saints’, ‘Within The Court Of Rats’, ‘Alma Pater’, ‘I Am All’, ‘Satan’s Fire In My Eyes’ and ‘Thus Spoke I – Götzendämmerung’. IMPALEMENT have also just released a video for the track ‘Satan’s Fire In My Eyes’ over here. It was directed by Guilherme Henriques (MAYHEM, MALEVOLENT CREATION, ARCHGOAT, BELPHEGOR). For all further IMPALEMENT info check out www.facebook.com/impalementoffical
“Sons Of Satan”, a collection of VENOM‘s early demo material from 1979 to 1983, will be released on August 28, 2020 via BMG, on double album splatter vinyl, digipak CD and digitally. It was originally only issued within the “In Nomine Satanas” deluxe vinyl boxset from last year and will include new liner notes and interviews with Cronos, Mantas and Abaddon, plus rare and unseen photos from the band’s early years. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Angel Dust’, ‘Buried Alive’, ‘Raise The Dead’, ‘Red Light Fever’ and ‘Venom’ (all from the Church Hall Rehearsals 1979), ‘Sons Of Satan’, ‘In League With Satan’, ‘Angel Dust’, ‘Live Like An Angel’, ‘Schizo’ and ‘Venom’ (all from the 1980 Impulse £50 demo) and ‘Angel Dust’, ‘Raise The Dead’, ‘Red Light Fever’ and ‘At War With Satan’ (all from the 1983 Impulse Studio demo). More about VENOM at www.venomslegions.com or www.facebook.com/officialvenomband
‘Cursed In Sin, Op. 25’, the opening track from the upcoming second CULTUS PROFANO full-length “Accursed Possession”, is available for streaming at this location now. The album will be released at the end of August via Debemur Morti. More about CULTUS PROFANO at www.facebook.com/cultus.profano.
On August 28, 2020 Osmose Productions will release “Hallelujah Messiah”, a special mini album from TSATTHOGGUA, on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. The recordings are from the 1995 demo tape “Siegeswille”. All songs have been remastered at Norwegian Paranoic Abyss studios by Gulnar and the artwork was created during the COVID-19 lockdown and quarantine in April 2020 by the Corona-infected vocalist North Wind and designer Silere Omnia. You can check out the track ‘Niemals Geboren’ here. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Belief – The Lie’, ‘Heirs Of Fire’, ‘Niemals Geboren’, ‘Intrude Into Immortality’, ‘Worm Of Sin’, ‘Status Stürmer’ and ‘Courtesan Mary Slut’. For pre-order details please visit www.osmoseproductions.com
New Zealand based Black / Death / Doom Metallers VASSAFOR have just premiered the new track ‘Egregore Rising’ over here. It will appear on the band’s third album “To The Death”, which will be released on August 07, 2020 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed ‘Eyrie’ is still available here. The following tracks will appear on “To The Death”: ‘To The Death’, ‘Egregore Rising’, ‘Eyrie’, ‘Black Talon’, ‘The Burning Íthyr’, ‘Emanations From The Abyss’ and ‘Singularity’. All additional VASSAFOR info you will find at www.facebook.com/vassafor
On July 10, 2020 Edged Circle Productions will release “Jaertegn”, a special split 10″ EP between Norwegian Black Metallers TAAKE and DEATHCULT. A full EP stream is available at this location. More information and ordering details can be found at www.edgedcircleproductions.com or www.facebook.com/edgedcircleproductions
Belgian Death Metallers CARNATION are now premiering the first track of their second full-length “Where Death Lies”. You can check out a video for ‘Sepulcher Of Alteration’ over here. The album will be released on September 18, 2020. Frontman Simon Duson commented on it as follows: “Finally, the gateway to the ‘Sepulcher Of Alteration’ has been opened. With great exhilaration, we encourage you all to venture forth and witness our newest creation of aural devastation. Like most tracks on the “Where Death Lies” album; ‘Sepulcher Of Alteration’ deals with the pursuit of physical reincarnation, the challenges laid forth in obtaining set goal, and the impending punishment for desiring it… With ‘Sepulcher Of Alteration’, we offer a first glimpse at a few new elements that are featured on “Where Death Lies”. The CARNATION sound has truly witnessed a natural evolution during the songwriting process of this album; and we can’t wait to show you more. Dreaming of what’s to come… Freedom to rise beyond.” To find out more about CARNATION please visit www.facebook.com/carnationbe
Canadian blackened Death Metallers NECRONOMICON have just released a guitar playthrough video for ‘Vox Draconis’. You can watch the video here. The track is taken from the band’s latest album “UNUS”, which was released in October 2019 via Season Of Mist. You can follow NECRONOMICON at www.facebook.com/necronomiconmetal
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have signed Maryland based old school Death Metallers VISCERAL VIOLATION. The band’s new album “Carnival Cannibal” will be released on August 14, 2020 on CD and digital formats. You can already stream the album track ‘Taste Of Flesh’ here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Carnival Cannibal’, ‘Taste Of Flesh’, ‘Despellejando Vivos’, ‘En Un Costal’, ‘Visceral Violation’, ‘Culo Descarnado’, ‘Violation’ and ‘Tortura Cerebral’. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/visceralviolation
Chilean Death Metallers SOULROT have just premiered the track ‘Deceiving Tyranny Manifesto’ at this location. It will appear on SOULROT’s second album “Victims Of Spiritual Warfare”, which will be released on July 27, 2020 via Memento Mori. The cover artwork was created by Cesar Valladares and the mastering was done by Javier Felez at Moontower Studios. The previously revealed album tracks ‘All That Remains’ and ‘God Forsaken’ are still available here and here. More about SOULROT at www.facebook.com/soulrotchile
Finland’s Death Metallers LANTERN are streaming their upcoming third full-length “Dimensions” in its entirety at this location now. The album was mixed and mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound Studios and the artwork was created by Timo Kokko. “Dimensions” will be released on July 10, 2020 via Dark Descent Records. For all further LANTERN info check out www.facebook.com/lantern666
Old Temple have released European editions of “Alchemical Warfare”, the second album from Chile based Black / Death Metallers SLAUGHTBBATH, as well as “The Tight Deathrope Act Over Rubicon”, the ninth album from Polish THRONEUM, on gold CDs. Full streams of both albums can be checked out at https://oldtemple.bandcamp.com. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/slaughtbbath and www.facebook.com/throneumofficial
Australian Black / Death Metallers TEMPLE NIGHTSIDE have just premiered the new track ‘Wreathed In Agony’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s upcoming fourth album “Pillars Of Damnation”, which will be released on August 07, 2020 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed ‘Death Eucharist’ can still be streamed here. The complete “Pillars Of Damnation” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Contagion Of Heresy’, ‘Death Eucharist’, ‘Morose Triumphalis’, ‘The Carrion Veil’, ‘Wreathed In Agony’, ‘Blood Cathedral’, ‘In Absentia’ and ‘Damnation’. More TEMPLE NIGHTSIDE info you will find at www.facebook.com/templenightsidenecromancy