» News
Swedish Black Metallers JORDABLOD have just premiered the new track ‘Hin Ondes Mystär’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming second album “The Cabinet Of Numinous Song”, which will be released on January 24, 2020 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘A Grand Unveiling’, ‘The Two Wings Of Becoming’, ‘Hin Ondes Mystär’, ‘The Beauty Of Every Wound’, ‘Blood And Rapture’, ‘The Cabinet Of Numinous Song’ and ‘To Bleed Gold’. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/jordablod
After 15 years of silence Russian Funeral Doom / Deathers INTAGLIO will release their sophomore full-length album via Solitude Productions in 2020. You can already listen to ‘The Memory Of Death’ (a demo single from the forthcoming album, which is currently in production) over here. For more info visit www.solitude-prod.com or www.facebook.com/solitudeprod
Italian old school Death Metallers HORRID are streaming their entire new album “As We Forget Our Past” (a special collection of re-recordings) at this location now. It will be released on December 31, 2019 via Dunkelheit Produktionen (CD version). The vinyl LP version will follow on February 18, 2020. For all additional HORRID information check out www.facebook.com/horrid1989
French blackened Death Metallers NECROWRETCH will be touring Europe with TAAKE and KAMPFAR in March / April 2020. The tour will kick off on March 19, 2020 at the Kwadrat club in Krakow (PL) and ends on April 05, 2020 in Wroclow (PL). The new NECROWRETCH album “The Ones From Hell” will be released on February 14, 2020 via Season Of Mist. More band info and regular updates you will find at www.facebook.com/necrowretch
On March 15, 2020 Brazilian Black / Thrashers NECROGOSTO will release their debut mini album “Ancestral Bestiality” via Nuclear War Now! Productions on 12″ vinyl format. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Ancient Demoniacal Proclamation’ (Intro), ‘Serpent Of 1000 Eyes’, ‘Baphometic Noisy Cult’, ‘Perversions At Necrotemple’, ‘Ceremonial Rites For Missionary Desecration’ (Interlude), ‘Intoxication And Ecstasy’, ‘Marching To Oblivion’ and ‘Transcending To Uku Pacha’ (Outro). You can already stream ‘Serpent Of 1000 Eyes’ over here. More about NECROGOSTO at www.facebook.com/necrogosto
Florida based Black / Doom Metallers WORM have just premiered the new track ‘Putrefying Swamp Mists At Dusk’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s second album “Gloomlord”, which will be released on January 24, 2020 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Putrefying Swamp Mists At Dusk’ (Intro), ‘Rotting Spheres Of Sentient Black’, ‘Apparitions Of Gloom’, ‘Melting In The Necrosphere’ and ‘Abysmal Dimensions’. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
German Black / Death Metallers GOATBLOOD are streaming their upcoming third album “Apparition Of Doomsday” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 27, 2019 via Dunkelheit Produktionen on CD format (the vinyl LP version will follow on January 18, 2020). For all further GOATBLOOD information please visit www.facebook.com/goatblood-492948934177125
Chicago based Death Metallers CIANIDE are currently streaming their new mini album “Unhumanized” over here. It will be released on December 27, 2019 via Hells Headbangers. More CIANIDE at www.cianide.bandcamp.com
Cross-continental (Italy / Switzerland / USA) Grinders THE BASTARD WITHIN are streaming their debut album “Better Dead Than Friends” at this location now. It was originally self-released digitally, but will also be released on CD via Immortal Souls Productions on December 24, 2019. The album was mixed at Ironape Studio in Vigevano (PV), where guitars, bass, and vocals were also recorded. The drums were recorded at Brochacho Studios in San Antonio, Texas. The mastering was done by Dan Swanö at Unisound. The following guests appear on the album: Jason Netherton (MISERY INDEX, ASPHALT GRAVES), Trevor (SADIST), Juri Bianchi (ADDICTION, ANY FACE, HAYMA), Mãra Lisenko (MÃRA) and Stefania Minervino (TOO LATE, CAVE, SPOILED). More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/the.bastard.within
Polish Death / Grinders FAM will self-release their third full-length album “Fascinated About Mortality” on digipak CD today. It was mixed and mastered in PanzerStudio in Myszków (Poland) and the coverart was created by Arterialini. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Fierce Agonal Malediction’, ‘Full Asynchronous Metamorphosis’, ‘Fascinated About Mortality’, ‘Fleeting Animose Malady’, ‘Formidable Abandoned Morgue’, ‘Fallen Among Masses’, ‘Fractal Asymetric Motion’, ‘Ferocity Affliction Maltreatment’, ‘Frigid Aimed Manslaughter’ and ‘Feast After Mutilation’. A full album stream is available over here. For all additional FAM information check out www.facebook.com/famdeathgrind
“Nordarikets Strid”, the debut album from Swedish Black Metallers GREVE, will be released via Purity Through Fire on January 31, 2020 on CD format. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Intro’, ‘Vid Dödens Tröskel’, ‘Nordarikets Strid’, ‘I Svarta Solens Magi’, ‘Det Gamla Rikets Ruin’, ‘Ur Nordiskt Vrede’, ‘Offerbål Till Gudarna’ and ‘Outro’. You can already listen to the brand-new track ‘Offerbål Till Gudarna’ at this location. For more info or pre-order details visit www.purity-through-fire.com
Memento Mori have signed Chile based Death Metallers INANNA. The band, that consists of Diego Ilabaca (guitars), Max Neira (bass / vocals), Carlos Fuentes (drums / guitars) and Cristobal Gonzalez (guitars), will start working on their third full-length now, which will be released by Memento Mori in 2021. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/inannametal
“Tie On Hänen Omilleen”, the fifth album from Finnish Black Metallers GOATS OF DOOM, will be released on January 31, 2020 via Purity Through Fire on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Mustan Unen Äiti’, ‘Kuolonkorjaaja’, ‘Sinne Mihin Valheet Ei Yllä’, ‘Vakaumus Ja Kuolema’, ‘Veren Veljeskunta’, ‘Tie On Hänen Omilleen’ and ‘Aamen’. The opener of the album, ‘Mustan Unen Äiti’, is already available for streaming here. For all additional GOATS OF DOOM info please visit www.facebook.com/scaregod
The new CARCARIASS album “Planet Chaos” is now available via Great Dane Records. It was recorded and mixed at Downtone Studio (Switzerland) by Drop (SAMAEL guitarist) and mastered at Fascination Street Studio (Sweden) by Jens Bogren (ARCH ENEMY, AMON AMARTH, SEPULTURA). 4 lyric videos from the album are available here. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/carcariass
Spanish Death Metallers APOSENTO have finished recording their third full-length at Trackstereo Studios in Logroño (Spain) with producer Dan Díez again. It will be entitled “Conjuring The New Apocalypse” and contains 10 new tracks. The cover art is currently being made by Naroa Etxebarría and the release is scheduled for April 2020 through Xtreem Music. For all additional information check out www.facebook.com/aposento-738317632866483
French Death Metallers BENIGHTED will release their new full-length “Obscene Repressed” on April 10, 2020 via Season Of Mist. The band has just released a Christmas poem, which might reveal some extra concept details. You can check it out here. The cover artwork of “Obscene Repressed” was created by Grindesign and the full tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Obscene Repressed’, ‘Nails’, ‘Brutus’, ‘The Starving Beast’, ‘Smoke Through The Skull’, ‘Implore The Negative’, ‘Muzzle’, ‘Casual Piece Of Meat’, ‘Scarecrow’, ‘Mom, I Love You The Wrong Way’, ‘Undivided Dismemberment’ and ‘Bound To Facial Plague’. Bonus tracks: ‘The Rope’ and ‘Get This’ (SLIPKNOT cover). More about BENIGHTED at www.facebook.com/brutalbenighted
Belgian Black Metallers ENTHRONED have just released a video for ‘Aghoria’ at this location. The song is taken from the band’s latest album “Cold Black Suns”, which was released in June 2019. ENTHRONED will embark on a European tour in support of their new album with SCHAMMASCH and CARONTE on January 02, 2020 in Vienna. For more info and regular updates follow ENTHRONED at www.facebook.com/frater.silurian
On March 06, 2020 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “The Ancient Ritual Of Death”, the debut full-length from Doom / Deathers BEAST OF REVELATION, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The three piece features drummer Bob Bagchus (HELLEHOND, INFIDEL REICH, ex – ASPHYX, GRAND SUPREME BLOOD COURT, SOULBURN), guitarist / bassist A.J. van Drenth (TEMPLE, THRONE, ex – BEYOND BELIEF) and INCANTATION’s John McEntee on vocals. The cover artwork was created by Manuel Tinnemans. The title track is already streaming over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Legions’, ‘The Great Tribulation’, ‘The Cryptic Void’, ‘The Fallen Ones’, ‘Beast VI’, ‘The Days Of Vengeance’, ‘The Ancient Ritual Of Death’, ‘The Unholy Roman Empire’ and ‘We, The Lords Of Chaos’. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/beast-of-revelation-342593363059895
“Damnation”, the third album from Stockholm, Sweden based blackend Death Metallers VANANIDR, will be released through Purity Through Fire on January 24, 2020 on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Distilled’, ‘Damnation’, ‘Hunter’, ‘Tides Of Blood’, ‘Wounds Of Old’, ‘Reflection’ and ‘Void’. The track ‘Hunter’ is already available for streaming at this location. More about VANANIDR at www.facebook.com/vananidr
In February 2020 Hammerheart Records will re-issue the demos from Finnish Death Metallers FUNEBRE on 140 grams black vinyl (a Hammerheart Records mailorder exclusive edition of 100 copies will be available on ultra clear vinyl) and cassette (limited to 100 copies) under the name of “Cranial Torment”. For pre-order info please visit www.hammerheart.com
Japanese Death Metallers DEFILED are now premiering a third new track from their forthcoming album “Infinite Regress”. You can check out ‘Masses In Chaos’ here. The album will be out on January 24, 2020 via Season Of Mist. The band commented on the new track as follows: “This video was taken at our previous rehearsal / recording room in Okinawa, Japan. This is where we recorded our new album. Sadly, the building was demolished and we kinda miss our ‘home’, knowing too well we’ll never see it again. By premiering this video we’re also sharing a small, yet meaningful, souvenir with all of you. As some of you may guess, the song is about George Orwell’s 1984 … Enjoy!!” More DEFILED info you will find at www.facebook.com/defiled
Italian Death Metallers HOUR OF PENANCE have just released another playthrough video. This time you can watch bassplayer Marco Mastrobuono perform the song ‘Blight And Conquer’ here. It was recorded at Kick Recording Studio in Italy and filmed by Luca Fantini. The song is taken from the band’s new album “Misotheism”, which is out now on Agonia Records. Earlier the band already released a drum playthrough video for the track ‘Flames Of Merciless Gods’. You can still check it out at this location. More about HOUR OF PENANCE at www.facebook.com/hourofpenance
Belgian Black Metallers CULT OF ERINYES are streaming their upcoming fourth album “Æstivation” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on December 21, 2019 via Amor Fati Productions. For all additional information check out www.facebook.com/cult.erinyes
Finnish Death Metallers NECROPSY have just released a lyric video for ‘206 Motives’ at this location. The song will appear on their new EP “Exitus”, which will be released on January 21, 2020 via Xtreem Music. It features the following four tracks: ‘Meat Ceremony’, ‘Fucking Dead’, ‘206 Motives’ and ‘Butcherado’. All further NECROPSY info you will find at www.facebook.com/necropsy-204404386244264
Istanbul, Turkey based Black Metal three-piece ZIFIR have just premiered the new track ‘Empire Of Worms’ here. It will appear on the band’s fourth album “Demoniac Ethics”, which is set for international release on January 24, 2020 via Duplicate Records. Here’s the tracklist already: ‘Sûr’, ‘Chants For Execution’, ‘Still Reigning’, ‘Empire Of Worms’, ‘Gökyüzü Karanlik’, ‘An Eerie Moment’, ‘Chaos Clouds’, ‘Spirit Of Goats’, ‘A Bleak Portrait’, ‘Ephemeral Idols’ and ‘Insects As Messengers’. More ZIFIR info at www.zifirofficial.com or https://zifir.bandcamp.com
On January 31, 2020 Purity Through Fire will release “Axis Mundi”, the second full-length from German Black Metallers MAVORIM, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will appear on the album: ‘Weltenberg’, ‘Aus Asche Auferstanden’, ‘Wo Kriegergleiche Kräfte Walten’, ‘Wie Ein Sturm’, ‘Die Letzte Festung’, ‘Die Ufer Von Thule’, ‘Der Himmel Bricht Entzwei Künstler’, ‘Verbannt In Dunkelheit’, ‘Königsjäger’, ‘Axis Mundi’, ‘Hyperborea’, ‘Wie Ein Sturm’ and ‘Kaiserjägerlied’. The track ‘Wie Ein Sturm’ features SARKRISTA’s Revenant on vocals, while the album closer ‘Kaiserjägerlied’ is a cover of a MINENWERFER track (available for streaming here). The cover art was created by Maxime Taccardi (K.F.R, GRIIIM). More about MAVORIM at www.facebook.com/mavorim
Welsh Black Metallers REVENANT MARQUIS have just premiered a new song entitled ‘Ephebiphobia’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming fourth album “Youth In Ribbons”, which will be released on January 20, 2020 via Inferna Profundus Records on CD format. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Menstruation’, ‘Ephebiphobia’, ‘Ephebophilic Wraith’, ‘Grave Lit Transmogrification’, ‘Ysgol’, ‘The Blood Of Lady Tasker’, ‘The Bones Of Lady Tasker’, ‘Taskermilward’, ‘The Incorporeal Hallways’ and ‘Propagator Of An Unspeakable Incestuous Coven’.
On December 21, 2019 Goatowarex will release a split album between Greek NEFARIOUS SPIRIT and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s VOID PRAYER on vinyl LP format. You can already stream it in its entirety here. For all additional information visit www.facebook.com/plogtwrx
Jim Mutilator (ex – ROTTING CHRIST / ex – VARATHRON), the Magus (NECROMANTIA, THOU ART LORD, ex – ROTTING CHRIST) and George Emmanuel (LUCIFER’S CHILD, ex – ROTTING CHRIST) have joined forces in a new band called YOTH IRIA. Their first EP “Under His Sway” will be released via Repulsive Echo soon. An EP teaser can already be checked out here. For all further info and regular updates follow the band at www.facebook.com/yoth_iria_official-294541961469236
Swedish melodic Pagan Black Metallers KVAEN are streaming the title track off their debut full-length “The Funeral Pyre” at this location now. The song features a guest guitar solo by Sebastian Ramstedt (NECROPHOBIC, NOMINON) and drums by Freddy Ortscheid (BLACK LILY, OMNICIDE). The album will be released on February 28, 2020 through Black Lion Records. KVAEN is a solo project by Jakob Björnfot (THE DUSKFALL and AUTUMN DEATH). All further KVAEN info you will find at www.facebook.com/officialkvaen
Belgium’s blackend Speed Metallers BÜTCHER have just released a video for ’45 RPM Metal’ over here. The track will appear on the band’s upcoming second full-length album “666 Goats Carry My Chariot”, which will be released on January 31, 2020 via Osmose Productions. The complete tracklist of it reads as follows: ‘Inauguration Of Steele’, ‘Iron Bitch’, ’45 RPM Metal’, ‘Metallström / Face The Bütcher’, ‘Sentinels Of Dethe’, ‘666 Goats Carry My Chariot’, ‘Viking Funeral’, ‘Brazen Serpent’ and ‘Exaltation Of Sulphur’. More BÜTCHER at www.butcherspeedmetal.bandcamp.com or www.facebook.com/butcherspeedmetal
Canadian War Metallers TRAJETO DE CABRA are streaming their debut album “Supreme Command Of Satanic Will” in its entirety at this location now. It was released via Iron Bonehead Productions yesterday. For more TRAJETO DE CABRA information please visit www.facebook.com/trajetodecabra