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Russian Death Metallers PYRE have just premiered the new track ‘Ornaments Of Bones’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut album “Chained To Ossuaries”, which will be released on April 27, 2020 via Memento Mori (CD version) and Dawnbreed Records (vinyl version, to be released at a later date). The previously revealed tracks ‘Across The Shores Of Emerald Fractals’ and ‘Impaler The Redeemer’ can still be streamed here and here. All further PYRE info you will find at www.facebook.com/pyredeathmetal
Colombian old school Death Metallers THE SCUM have released a lyric video for ‘No Forgiveness’, the second single from the band’s forthcoming “Dead Eyes” EP. You can check it out at this location. The video was edited by Francisco Henao at Attia Studios in Manizales. An official video for the title track (featuring Dave Ingram of BENEDICTION) can furthermore be watched right here. The “Dead Eyes” EP was mixed by Tomas Skogsberg at Sunlight Studios in Sweden and the mastering was done by Andy Classen at Stage One Studio in Germany. It will be released on May 01, 2020 via Wild Noise Productions. For all additional THE SCUM information check out www.thescum.co or www.facebook.com/thescummusic
Switzerland’s Death / Doom / Crust four-piece FUNERALOPOLIS have just premiered the track ‘Witchcraft Horror’ at this location. The track will appear on the band’s debut full-length “…Of Deceit And Utter Madness”, which will be released on April 27, 2020 via Memento Mori. The cover art of the album was created by Mark Cooper and Ted Tringo took care of the mastering. The previously revealed tracks ‘Crawling Caskets’ and ‘House Of West’ are still available for streaming here and here. The complete “…Of Deceit And Utter Madness” tracklist reads like this: ‘Intro’, ‘Crawling Caskets’, ‘House Of West’, ‘Witchcraft Horror’, ‘Devouring Crypts Of Darkness’, ‘Downfall’, ‘…Of Deceit And Utter Madness’, ‘The Envenomed King’, ‘Into Unknown Kadath’ and ‘Endzeit Burial’. For more FUNERALOPOLIS information please visit www.facebook.com/funeralopolisofdeath
Austin, Texas based Black Metallers SARPA have just premiered the track ‘Anguishing Reveries’ at this location. It is taken from their upcoming self released, self-titled debut full-length, which will be out on June 05, 2020. The material was written and performed (all instruments, vocals) by David Baxter in various studios throughout Central Texas in 2019. The album was mixed and mastered by Tony Petrocelly at Trepan Studios. The album’s first single ‘Triad Of Might’ is still streaming over here. More about SARPA at www.facebook.com/sarpahorde
US blackened Death Metal project MVRDVRKVLTVR have self released their debut EP “Mauled By Savagery” last month. The following tracks appear on it: ‘Invocation’, ‘Worthless Sacrifice’, ‘Death In Her Mercy’, ‘The Wall’, ‘Lord Deceiver’, ‘Strength Is The Only Trve Law’ and ‘Doxology’. For sound samples, ordering details or all further info check out https://mvrdvrkvltvr.bandcamp.com or www.facebook.com/mvrdvrkvltvr-101503031502089
On June 30, 2020 Odium Records will release “Deus Inversus”, a Black Metal split album between Poland’s BLACK ALTAR and Norway’s KIRKEBRANN, on digipak CD and vinyl LP formats (black: limited to 250 copies, die hard marble: with patch and sticker, limited to 50 copies). DEUS INVERSUS will contribute seven new and exclusive songs to this release. For BLACK ALTAR’s part, Lars Broddesson (FUNERAL MIST, ex – MARDUK), Mauser (ex – VADER) and Alexandros (MACABRE OMEN) took part in the recording session, led by BLACK ALTAR founder Shadow. Mauser was also responsible for BLACK ALTAR’s production, while KIRKEBRANN’s production was handled by Morfeus (ex – LIMBONIC ART). You can already check out a prelude to the BLACK ALTAR track ‘Deus Inversus’ (with drums by Lars Broddesson) here. More information about both bands you will find at www.facebook.com/blackaltar or www.facebook.com/kirkebrann
‘Orgy Of Flies’, a track from the forthcoming remastered Greyhaze Records reissue of SARCÓFAGO‘s “Hate”, is now available for streaming here. The album will be out on May 15, 2020 on deluxe vinyl and cassette formats. All additional info you will find at www.greyhazerecords.com or www.facebook.com/greyhazerecords
Canadian Death Metallers EXPUNGED have just revealed a video for ‘Dark Age Crusade’. The track will appear on the band’s upcoming self-titled debut mini album, which will be released on April 24, 2020 via Hells Headbangers. You can watch the video at this location. The previously released ‘Disposed In Chaos And War’ can still be streamed over here. For more EXPUNGED info please visit www.facebook.com/expungeddeathmetal
Pasadena, California based Heavy Metal legends TYRANT have just released a brand new track from their comeback album “Hereafter”. You can check out ‘Beacon The Light’ at this location. The album will be released on May 15, 2020 via Shadow Kingdom Records. Its complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Tyrant’s Revelation’, ‘Dancing On Graves’, ‘The Darkness Comes’, ‘Fire Burns’, ‘Hereafter’, ‘Pieces Of Mine’, ‘Until The Day’, ‘When The Sky Falls’, ‘Bucolic’, ‘Beacon The Light’ and ‘From The Tower’. The band’s current line-up features founding member Greg May (bass), Rocky Rockwell (guitars), Ronnie Wallace (drums) and newest member Rob Lowe (SOLITUDE AETERNUS, ex – CANDLEMASS) on vocals. More about TYRANT at www.facebook.com/tyrant-172515856798
Vancouver, Canada based progressive Death Metallers THE HALLOWED CATHARSIS will release a new EP entitled “Killowner” on June 02, 2020 via Lacerated Enemy Records. The following six tracks will appear on it: ‘Abduction Sequence’, ‘Forced Mutation’, ‘Breeding Pits’, ‘Swap Meat’, ‘Strays’ and ‘Killowner’. An official video for the album track ‘Breeding Pits’ can already be watched at this location. More THE HALLOWED CATHARSIS info you will find at www.facebook.com/thcdeath
On May 29, 2020 Amor Fati Productions will release the self-titled debut from Belgian Black Metallers AKOLYTH on CD and vinyl LP formats. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘A Work Of Ages’, ‘The Night, The Fog’, ‘What Dwells Between Fractured Worlds’ and ‘To Become His Doorway’. “Akolyth” was recorded, mixed and mastered at Opus Magnum Studios in Brussels and the opening track ‘A Work Of Ages’ can already be streamed here. For more info and ordering details please visit www.amor-fati-productions.de
“No Chords Barred” is the title of an upcoming Grindcore split release on Horror Pain Gore Death Productions between Kyoto, Japan / Minneapolis, Minnesota based FORMLESS MASTER and New Jersey’s BAYHT LAHM. FORMLESS MASTER are featured with the following four tracks: ‘The Clones Of Bruce Lee’, ‘Impossibly Mismatched’, ‘Knocked Down Repeatedly’ and ‘Ballad Of Bolo Yeung’. BAYHT LAHM complete the split with ‘Gente De Sal (Mitos Falsos)’, ‘…Of Ruination’, ‘Xenophobic Nationalists’ and ‘Decadence Of A Capitalist Society’. You can already stream ‘The Clones Of Bruce Lee’ by FORMLESS MASTER at this location. ‘Gente De Sal (Mitos Falsos)’ by BAYHT LAHM is available here. “No Chords Barred” will be released on May 15, 2020 on CD and digital formats. More information on both bands you will find at www.facebook.com/formlessmaster or www.facebook.com/bayhtlahm
Swedish old school Death Metallers CENTINEX have just premiered the first single from their upcoming new album “Death In Pieces”. You can check out a lyric video for ‘Only Death Remains’ over here. The album will be released on May 29, 2020 via Agonia Records. For all additional CENTINEX info please visit www.facebook.com/centinexofficial
Edmonton, Alberta based progressive tech Death Metallers PROTOSEQUENCE will release a new EP entitled “A Blunt Description Of Something Obscene” on May 19, 2020 via Lacerated Enemy Records. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Savagery In Fundamental Behaviours’, ‘A Blunt Description Of Something Obscene’, ‘Bleeding The Alienist Ft. Joe Mckee’, ‘The Pale’, ‘Savagery In Fundamental Behaviours’ (Instrumental), ‘A Blunt Description Of Something Obscene’ (Instrumental), ‘Bleeding The Alienist’ (Instrumental) and ‘The Pale’ (Instrumental). A lyric video for the EP track ‘Savagery In Fundamental Behaviours’ is already available at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/protosequence
German Pagan Black Metallers HORN have just premiered the new track ‘Wär Nicht Traubhagel’ over here. It is taken from the band’s upcoming eighth album “Mohngang”, which will be released on May 15, 2020 via Iron Bonehead Productions. A video for the previously revealed ‘Satt Scheint Der Sud Der Tat’ is still available at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Einleitung – Der Wettlauf Zum Meer’, ‘Satt Scheint Der Sud Der Tat’, ‘De Står Her Somsletta’, ‘Wär Nicht Traubhagel’, ‘Handkreis Und Chor’, ‘Upstream Canals, A Ship’s Bell Sounds’, ‘Dulcimerstück’, ‘Vom Tribock Hohl Geschossen’, ‘Ødegård Und Pendelschlag’ and ‘Die Mit Dem Bogen Auf Dem Kreuz’ (Cello Version). For all additional HORN information please visit www.facebook.com/hornofficial
Black Metallers TITAAN are streaming the one and only, 46 minutes long, track of their upcoming second album “ITIMA” in its entirety over here. The album will be released on April 16, 2020 via Aeternitas Tenebrarum Music Foundation (ATMF). More TITAAN info can be found at www.facebook.com/titaan.official
Sarpsborg, Norway based trio BLACK SUN BROTHERHOOD have just released their first digital single “Ecstasy Of Blasphemy”. It features three songs from the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Between God & Beast”. You can check out the songs here. Their band members have previously been involved in THE HELHEIM SOCIETY, DEATHSEEKER, TYR and THYABHORRENT and also in Rock / Progressive / experimental bands like SCHÆFER, KVAZAR and VENDETTA BLITZ. Musically they describe themselves as “a coldblooded cocktail of old school Black Punk and diabolical Death Metal”. More BLACK SUN BROTHERHOOD info you will find at www.facebook.com/blacksunbrotherhoodnorway
Bangladeshi Black / Thrashers ETERNAL ARMAGEDDON have self-released a re-mastered version of their debut album “In Light In Dark In Hate”. It was originally only distributed to the local fans on CD-R format. A full album stream is available at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/eternalarmageddon
Cleveland, Ohio based Death Metallers KURNUGIA have just premiered the new track ‘Pervert The Pious’ over here. It is taken from the band’s upcoming debut album “Forlorn And Forsaken”, which will be released on April 27, 2020 via Memento Mori. The cover artwork was created by Mark Cooper. KURNUGIA was founded by ex – members of DECREPIT, NUNSLAUGHTER, EMBALMER, DECEMBER WOLVES and DELUSION. The previously revealed album tracks ‘Eroded Faith’ and ‘To The Cursed Depths’ can still be streamed here and here. All additional KURNUGIA information you will find at www.facebook.com/kurnugia
Atlanta, Georgia based Death Metallers CEMETERY FILTH have premiered “Dominion”, their forthcoming new album, at this location. It will be released via Unspeakable Axe Records on April 13, 2020 on CD, cassette and digitally. A vinyl LP edition will be released in co-operation with Boris Records. For all further CEMETERY FILTH information please visit www.facebook.com/cemeteryfilth
Topeka, Kansas based brutal Death Metallers UNMERCIFUL have posted a drum play-through video for the title track off of their upcoming third full-length “Wrath Encompassed” over here. The band also released an official video for the track (filmed and produced by Kansas City-based Axel Harvey Productions) at this location. Willowtip Records will release the album on April 24, 2020 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. UNMERCIFUL furthermore have been announced as the headliners for Black Bomb Metal Fest 7 at the Game Room in Sonora, California in June. The fest also features EMBRYONIC DEVOURMENT, PURIFICATION BY FIRE and more. More band information and regular updates you will find at www.facebook.com/officialunmerciful
Portuguese Black Metallers ARMNATT have just premiered the title track of their upcoming second full-length “Dense Fog” at this location. The previously revealed ‘Circumscribing The Circle’ can still be streamed over here. The album will be released on May 01, 2020 via Signal Rex. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘The Flame Of Purification’, ‘Dense Fog’, ‘Black Devotion’, ‘Circumscribing The Circle’, ‘Eternal Night’, ‘As The Dark Moon Rises’, ‘Vultfigures’, ‘Obscure’, ‘In The Catacombs’ and ‘Echoes From A Distant Past’. Signal Rex will also release ARMNATT’s debut full-length from 2014, “Darkness Times”, on vinyl for the first time. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/armnatt
Defying Danger Records will release vinyl and cassette tape editions of “Shells Will Fall”, the latest album from Finland’s old school Death Metallers DECAYING. The vinyl editions will be out on May 29, 2020 on black and white vinyl, limited to 300 and 100 copies respectively. Both editions come with a lyric sheet, free download code and an album sticker. The tape edition will be limited to 300 hand numbered copies (release date: June 06, 2020). For all addition DECAYING info please visit www.facebook.com/decayingofficial
Great Dane Records has postponed the release of the self-titled debut full-length from French Death / Thrashers ANAXAGOR to May 31, 2020. The pre-order for the digipak CD has already started. 4 songs of the album are available for streaming on the label’s Bandcamp site. More about ANAXAGOR at www.facebook.com/anaxagorbx
“On Ghastly Shores Lays The Wreckage of Our Lore”, the third full-length from UK’s Black Metal five-piece OLD CORPSE ROAD, will be released on May 15, 2020 via Trollzorn Records. The artwork was painted by local artist Kate Van Suddese. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Ghastly Shores Lays The Wreckage Of Our Lore’, ‘Harbingers Of Death (Voices In The Tempest)’, ‘Black Ship’, ‘Sea Fire’, ‘As Waves Devour Their Carcasses’, ‘Demons Of The Farne’, ‘The Ghosts Of The Ruinous Dunstanburgh Castle’ and ‘Waterlore’. More band information can be found at www.facebook.com/oldcorpseroad
Greek occult Black Metallers ACHERONTAS have just premiered the title track from their upcoming eighth album “Psychic Death – The Shattering Of Perceptions” over here. The previously released ‘The Offering Of Hemlock’ is still available for streaming at this location. Agonia Records has postponed the release of the album to June 26, 2020. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/drakonbreath
Finnish Black Metallers BYTHOS will release their debut full-length “The Womb Of Zero” on April 24, 2020 through Terratur Possessions. You can already check out the track ‘Omega Dragon’ over here. The previously revealed ‘When Gold Turns Into Lead’ can still be checked out at this location. The cover art was created by Kristiina Lehto and the full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Black Labyrinth’, ‘When Gold Turns Into Lead’, ‘Sorath The Opposer’, ‘Omega Dragon’, ‘Call Of The Burning Blood’, ‘Hymn To Lucifer’, ‘Legacy Of Naahmah’, ‘Destroyer Of Illusions’ and ‘Luciferian Dawn’. More BYTHOS info you will find at www.facebook.com/bythosofficial
French BENIGHTED will be streaming their upcoming new full-length “Obscene Repressed” in its entirety via the official Season Of Mist YouTube channel at 16:00 CEST / 10:00 EDT. The album will be released through the label tomorrow. Drummer Kevin Paradis commented on the stream as follows: “It’s with a lot of pride and excitment that we share this album with you! We can’t wait to have some feedback on our work, and I hope our music will bring you some brutal hours during these difficult times! As drummer of the band since their last EP, I have tried to bring some lightening fast blast beat and double bass drum, some groovy beats, intricate fills and polyrhythms, but all of this with a Punk spirit mandatory to BENIGHTED Brutal Death Metal / Grindcore spirit! Anyway, I’ve found in these new songs some of the best guitar riffs I ever had to drum on, and I hope you will like them as much as I do, not to mention the unique vocals of our dear Julien. Let’s wish him a good recovery!” You can follow the band for regular updates at www.facebook.com/brutalbenighted
Alan from PRIMORDIAL has a podcast now. You can check it out here or here. He also started a side project called APRILMEN together with film composer Gareth Anton Averill. A video for the track ‘Dead Of The Night’ can already be watched at this location. The song will appear on the forthcoming EP “Heavy Hearts”, which will be out on November 09, 2020 on limited edition cassette. More APRILMEN at www.facebook.com/aprilmen-324650961664058 or https://aprilmen.bandcamp.com
Canadian blackened Death / Thrashers TORREFY will self-release their second album “Life Is Bad” on July 01, 2020. It was recorded by Gustavo Valderama at Electric Flow Studios in Canada, produced by the band and Gustavo Valderama and mixed by Felipe Gonzales and Gustavo Valderama at Umbral Studios in Caldas, Colombia and Electric Flow Studios in Canada. Joel Grind of TOXIC HOLOCAUST took care of the mastering. An official video for the album’s first single ‘Plague Of Empires’ is available at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Sarcophony’, ‘Eye Of The Swarm’, ‘Outrun By Wolves’, ‘GFYD’, ‘Arborequiem’, ‘The Thin Line’, ‘Cells’, ‘Torrn Apart By Machinery’ and ‘Plague Of Empires’. More about TORREFY at www.facebook.com/torrefy
Memphis based Death Metallers SHARDS OF HUMANITY have just released a full album stream of the band’s sophomore full-length “Cold Logic” over here. It will be released on April 13, 2020 via Unspeakable Axe Records. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/shardsofhumanity
UK’s technical Thrashers CRYPTIC SHIFT are streaming the track ‘(Petrified In The) Hypogean Gaol’ at this location now. It is taken from the band’s upcoming debut album “Visitations From Enceladus”, which will be released on May 04, 2020 via Blood Harvest Records. The previously revealed ‘The Arctic Chasm’ can still be checked out here. The complete tracklist of “Visitations From Enceladus” reads like this: ‘Moonbelt Immolator’, ‘(Petrified In The) Hypogean Gaol’, ‘The Arctic Chasm’ and ‘Planetary Hypnosis’. For all additional CRYPTIC SHIFT info please visit www.facebook.com/crypticshift
Canada’s WITCHES HAMMER have just premiered the new track ‘Across Azeroth’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s comeback album “Damnation Is My Throne”, which will be released on April 25, 2020 via Nuclear War Now! Productions. More info at www.facebook.com/witcheshammerndhc
On July 03, 2020 American Black Metallers BLACK FUNERAL will release their tenth album “Scourge Of Lamashtu” on CD and vinyl LP formats via Iron Bonehead Productions. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Kassaptu Lemuttu’, ‘The Vampyric Rabisu At The Threshold’, ‘Nergal (Lord Who Prowls By Night)’, ‘Seven Udug-Hul’, ‘Scourge Of Lamashtu (She Who Strangles The Lamb)’, ‘Gidim Hul (Bloodthirst Of The Demonic Dead)’ and ‘Pazuzu King Of The Lilu-Demons’. For more information please check out www.facebook.com/akhtya
Finnish anti Islamic Black Metallers CURSE UPON A PRAYER are streaming their third album “Infidel” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on April 10, 2020 via Saturnal Records. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/curseuponaprayer
Portuguese Black Metallers ANCIENT BURIAL have just premiered the new track ‘Into The Land Of Death’ over here. It will appear on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Beyond The Watchtowers”, which is set for release on May 01, 2020 via Signal Rex on vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The previously revealed opening track ‘Intro + Nighthunt’ is still available here. ANCIENT BURIAL will be performing at this year’s Invicta Reqviem Mass VI, which will take place on December 04 and 05, 2020 in Porto, Portugal. For more information visit www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
“A Fall Of An Epoch”, the fifth album from Finnish epic, Folk inflected Black Metal trio OCTOBER FALLS, will be released via Purity Through Fire on May 30, 2020 on digipak CD and vinyl LP formats. A special die hard LP version with an engraved wooden slipcase will be available only through pre-order. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘A Fall Of An Epoch’, ‘The Endtimes Rising’, ‘The Ruins Of What Once Was’, ‘Hammering The Tide’ and ‘The Flood Of Drought’. The album track ‘Hammering The Tide’ is already available for streaming here. All additional OCTOBER FALLS info can be found at www.facebook.com/octoberfalls
Canadian Black Metallers THE PROJECTIONIST will release their fifth full-length “The Stench Of Amalthia” via Moribund Records on April 17, 2020. The album unfolds a horrifying story about an aging, dying former Film Noire starlet, Amalthia Grahame, isolated in her palatial home. The track ‘A Startling Housecall’ can already be streamed at this location. More about THE PROJECTIONIST at www.facebook.com/the-projectionist-1021842331170650
“Enthroned By Persecution”, the debut album of Alabama based blackened Death Metallers HEGEMONY, will be released on April 24, 2020 via Hells Headbangers on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Exalted March To Decimation’, ‘Rise In Turmoil’, ‘Halter Of Bloodlines’, ‘Driven By Hedonistic Vice’, ‘Strength And Impurity’, ‘Fist Of Heretical Triumph’, ‘Desecration Paradigm’ and ‘Ruination Sacrifice’. The track ‘Rise In Turmoil’ can already be checked out here. More about HEGEMONY at www.facebook.com/hegemonicdeath
Icelandic Black Metallers HELFRÓ have just premiered a third track of their upcoming self-titled debut album, which will be released via Season Of Mist Underground Activists on April 24, 2020. The song ‘Ávöxtur Af Rotnu Tré’ is now streaming over here. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/helfroice
EXHUMED and GRUESOME will join forces for a split release entitled “Twisted Horror”, which will be out on June 05, 2020 via Relapse Records on 10″, CD and digitally. EXHUMED will be featured with ‘Rot Your Brain’, ‘Buried To Die’ and ‘Dead, Deader, Deadest’ and GRUESOME contribute ‘A Mind Decayed’ and ‘Led Into The Dark’. EXHUMED / GRUESOME mastermind Matt Harvey comments: “As everyone knows, it’s a weird, surreal time for us all. So many plans have been disrupted at this point, it’s academic to even get into, but one thing that we didn’t want to postpone was this new EXHUMED / GRUESOME split record. With so many of us stuck at home, we’re all depending on Death Metal to keep us sane more than ever, so we figured why wait? We’ve also been working on a US tour featuring both EXHUMED and GRUESOME (and some awesome special guests), and as soon as it’s realistic to announce something, we will. In the meantime, here’s new music to warp your impressionable minds, so tune in, turn on, and rot your brain!” You can already listen to GRUESOME’s new song ‘A Mind Decayed’ at this location. More EXHUMED information you will find at www.facebook.com/exhumedofficial, to find out more about GRUESOME please visit www.facebook.com/gruesomedeathmetal