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After having already re-issued "Hail Infernal Darkness" (on vinyl) and "Feeding Hell’s Furnace" (on cassette) French Krucyator Productions recently also re-issued the DRAWN AND QUARTERED debut album "To Kill Is Human" and the demo "Proliferation Of Disease" on CD. For ordering details check out www.krucyatorproductions.com. More about DRAWN AND QUARTERED at www.facebook.com/drawnandquartered
German Occult Death Metallers GRIMOIRE DE OCCULTE will release their debut full-length "Wisdom Of The Dead" on December 31, 2018 via Dunkelheit Produktionen (CD, tape and digitally). The vinyl edition will follow on January 25, 2019. Two of the songs are already available for streaming right here. The album was recorded from October to November 2017 by R.S. and GRIMOIRE DE OCCULTE. It was mixed and mastered by M. Dahmen at Liquid Aether Audio from November 2017 to January 2018. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/grimoiredeocculte
German blackened Death Metallers ICHOR will release their fourth full-length "Hadal Ascending" on December 07, 2018 via Unholy Conspiracy Deathwork (CD, digital) and Wooaaargh Records (vinyl). The album was recorded, mixed and mastered at Hertz Studio in Poland (BEHEMOTH, HATE, DECAPITATED, VADER) and the cover artwork was painted by Par Olofsson (ABORTED, THE FACELESS, IMMORTAL). A first track (‘In Ecstasy’) is already playing at this location. The complete "Hadal Ascending" tracklist reads like this: ‘Paradise Or Perdition’, ‘Tales From The Depths’, ‘Black Incantation’, ‘In Ecstasy’, ‘A Glowing In The Dark’, ‘Black Dragons’, ‘Architect Of The Portal’, ‘The March’, ‘Children Of The Sea’ and ‘Conquering The Stars’. For all additional ICHOR information visit www.facebook.com/ichorofficial
Norwegian Black Metallers MAYHEM will re-release a remastered edition of their "Grand Declaration Of War" album on December 07, 2018 via Season Of Mist. To get a taste of the new edition check out a special made video right here. Jaime Gomez Arellano, who remastered the album at Orgone Studios in the UK, issued the following statement about the intention behind it: "It was a challenging remix to do, starting with the now obsolete format it was recorded in (ADAT). When we got the tapes, they were sent to a tape transfer specialist here in the UK and they were in a tape incubator for a couple of days to ensure the the tapes weren’t destroyed when played back on the ADAT deck (tape doesn’t age well if not stored correctly). Although the overall recording of "Grand Declaration Of War" was done to a very high standard, the main two things that bugged me was the drum sound and the overall crispiness / digital thin-sound of it (ADAT’s don’t sound very good IMO). The biggest challenge (you guessed it) was the drums. Hellhammer recorded on an early Roland Vdrum kit with real cymbals. Back then those clicky, super compressed drum sounds were cool, but I think most of us agree these days that it’s an unnatural sound and the samples themselves weren’t that good. I had to split each tom hit into a separate track, which was very time consuming. I literally had to go pretty much though every drum hit to make sure the new samples were triggering correctly and believe me, there are A LOT of drum hits on this album. My goal was to make it sound more like a real kit. After much work and refining, Hellhammer came to visit me at my studio for a few days where we went through every drum track to ensure it was accurate to his performance. The bass guitar pretty much didn’t exist on this album! After bringing it it forward and beefed it up, I was surprised to hear some very cool bass lines that I’ve never noticed before. The recorded guitar sounds were killer actually, they were just a little thin and crispy so I gave them more “body” and a bit more “warmth” without hindering Rune’s quantum precision. I was told by Rune that Maniac didn’t want any changes to his voice and I totally respect that. I painstakingly compared the original album vocal effects and levels to preserve it as close as I could. I ended up mastering the album to analogue tape to get a bit more warmth, depth and bottom end. I hope you all enjoy this new mix of this legendary album!" MAYHEM will also release a very special leather boxset, containing both LP versions of "Grand Declaration Of War", the 12" LPs of "Chimera" (2004) and "Ordo Ad Chao" (2007)’, the 10" EP of "Wolf’s Liar Abyss" (1997) and two 10" EPs containing never released bonus tracks. More MAYHEM at www.facebook.com/mayhemofficial
On December 14, 2018 German old school Death Metallers DEMONBREED will release a new mini album via Testimony Records. The follow-up to their 2016 debut full-length "Where Gods Come To Die" will be entitled "Hunting Heretics" and features the following five new tracks: ‘Fear The Verdict’, ‘Deadly Superstition’, ‘Confessions In Fire’, ‘Suprema’ and ‘Hunting Heretics’. The material was recorded and produced by guitarist Fernando Thielmann who also plays drums on this release. The lyrical concept deals with the era of the inquisition and the persecution of heretics. The title track ‘Hunting Heretics’ is already streaming right here. More DEMONBREED info at www.facebook.com/demonbreedofficial
Småland, Sweden based Black Metallers BLOOD OF SERPENTS have released their sophomore album "Sulphur Sovereign" a week ago via Non Serviam Records. A video for the opening track ‘Mater Tenebris’ is now streaming right here. A full album stream is furthermore available at this location. More about BLOOD OF SERPENTS at www.facebook.com/bloodofserpents
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have signed Washington D.C.’s Grindcore act NO/MÁS. The band’s new album "Raíz Del Mal" will be released on November 02, 2018 on CD, cassette and digitally. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Case Study’, ‘Victim Of Circumstance’, ‘Vanity’, ‘Bloodwork’, ‘Fuck You’, ‘Raíz Del Mal’, ‘La Muerte No Tiene Edad’, ‘Vulnerable’, ‘Dwell’ and ‘VI’. A stream of ‘Victim Of Circumstance’ is available here. Blake Harrison of PIG DESTROYER guests on the album. For all additional information visit www.facebook.com/nomasgrind
HATE ETERNAL are now streaming ‘All Hope Destroyed’, the third track from their forthcoming new full-length "Upon Desolate Sands", at this location. The album will be released on October 26, 2018 via Season Of Mist. Mastermind Erik Rutan comments: "’All Hope Destroyed’ is an anomaly on the new record. Controlled chaos yet unbridled insanity with a dramatic melodic ending. As the song builds into a frenzy it ends with a epic finale. It encapsulates so much of who HATE ETERNAL are musically, but also explores a bit of new territory never fully realized before. This song is a unique entity on the new HATE ETERNAL album and one I believe truly shines on "Upon Desolate Sands"." More about HATE ETERNAL at www.facebook.com/hate.eternal
Polands Black / Death Metallers BEHEMOTH have released another video from their upcoming new album "I Loved You At Your Darkest". You can check out ‘Bartzabel’ at this location.The album will be released next Friday, October 05, 2018. More about BEHEMOTH at www.facebook.com/behemoth
Swedish Death Metallers VANHELGD are streaming a new song, entitled ‘Profaned Is The Blood Of The Covenant’ right here. It is taken off the band’s upcoming fifth full-length album "Deimos Sanktuarium", which will be out on October 12, 2018 on LP, CD and digitally through Dark Descent Records (North America) and Pulverised Records (Europe). More about VANHELGD at www.vanhelgd.com or www.facebook.com/vanhelgd
Eastern Sierra based blackened Death Metallers VALDUR have released a song from their forthcoming album "Goat Of Iniquity". ‘Divine Halls Of Obscurity: Part II’ is playing at this location now. "Goat Of Iniquity" will be released on October 19, 2018 via Bloody Mountain Records. For more VALDUR information visit www.facebook.com/valdur-54163319709
The new CHAPEL OF DISEASE album "…And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye" will be released on November 23, 2018 via Ván Records. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Void Of Words’, ‘Oblivious – Obnoxious – Defiant’, ‘Song Of The Gods’, ‘Null’, ‘1.000 Different Paths’ and ‘The Sound Of Shallow Grey’. The song ‘Null’ can already be streamed right here. More band information at www.facebook.com/chapelofdisease
Season of Mist have signed Finnish Black Metallers URN. The band is currently in the studio for the recordings of their next full-length album, which will be released sometime in 2019. Their 2017 album "The Burning" is still available for streaming at the band’s official Bandcamp page. More URN information you will find at www.facebook.com/urnofficial
Besides the upcoming fourth ARES KINGDOM full-length "By The Light Of Their Destruction", which will be released in Spring 2019, the band will also release four online only retrospective EPs the next couple of months. These EPs will feature specially selected tracks from the ARES KINGDOM discography (including albums, singles and compilations), along with previously unreleased live soundboard tracks, recorded at the Metal Threat Fest in Chicago in July 2016. All EPs will be available through their Bandcamp page for free unlimited streaming. The first one, entitled "The Dust Of Ages", is now available. More about ARES KINGDOM at www.areskingdom.com or www.facebook.com/ares-kingdom-97935152280
Swedish blackened Death Metallers NIGHT CROWNED will release their debut 3-track mini CD "Humanity Will Echo Out" on November 30, 2018 via Black Lion Records. The band features current and past members of THE CROWN, DARK FUNERAL, NIGHTRAGE and CIPHER SYSTEM. You can already listen to the track ‘Nocturnal Pulse’ at this location. More band information at www.facebook.com/nightcrowned
Finnish Doom / Deathers HOODED MENACE have just released the following official statement regarding their recent line-up change: "Since we quit performing live, at least for now, we have decided to move our head-quarters (read: rehearsal place) from Helsinki back to Joensuu. This means, quite naturally, the return of our old drummer Pekka Koskelo to HOODED MENACE! Now that the band is more studio-focused, it is tentatively agreed that guitarist Lasse Pyykkö will be handling all bass duties from now on, just like he did on the latest album “Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed” and on most HOODED MENACE albums in general. Teemu Hannonen continues on rhythm guitar and Harri Kuokkanen as vocalist of the band. We would like to thank drummer Otso Ukkonen and bass player Antti Poutanen for the talent and enthusiasm they’ve put in the live shows and we wish them nothing but the best in the future. Both guys will focus on their other bands, Otso with KRYPTS and Antti with DEVENIAL VERDICT. Keep your eyes peeled for their future endeavors! Of course, we’ll consider anyone talented and suitable enough as a full-time or live-bassist, if the right person comes our way in Joensuu area. Since we’re not planning on performing live in the near future, we are not actively searching for anyone at the moment. When it comes to HOODED MENACE live shows… never say never. With the right timing and offer, there’s always a chance, but currently we’re more than happy to focus on other things. Thank you for reading!" All further HOODED MENACE info at www.facebook.com/hoodedmenace
"Väsen", the third album from Swedish Black Metallers GRÁ, has been released on vinyl format (red edition, limited to 200 copies and black edition, limited to 300 copies) through Carnal Records yesterday. A full album stream is available here. More about GRÁ at www.facebook.com/graofficial
Norwegian old school Death Metallers OBLITERATION will release their fourth album “Cenotaph Obscure” on November 23, 2018 via Indie Recordings. It was recorded at Studio Cobra in Stockholm, Sweden with Martin "Konie" Ehrencrona. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Cenotaph Obscure’, ‘Tumulus Of Ancient Bones’, ‘Orb’, ‘Eldritch Summoning’, ‘Detestation Rite’, ‘Onto Damnation’ and ‘Charnel Plains’. One of the songs (‘Detestation Rite’) is already available for streaming right here. In December OBLITERATION will be touring Europe, together with AURA NOIR and Norwegian Thrashers VORBID. More info and updates at www.facebook.com/obliterationofficial
Finland’s CORPSESSED will release their second album "Impetus Of Death" on November 23, 2018 via Dark Descent Records. It was recorded from November 2017 to February 2018 at the band’s rehearsal place, with extra help from their label mates LIE IN RUINS and DESOLATE SHRINE. Dan Lowndes from Resonance Sound Studio took care of the mastering last April. The album will feature the following eight tracks: ‘Impetus Of The Dead’, ‘Sortilege’, ‘Endless Plains Of Dust’, ‘Graveborne’, ‘Paroxysmal’, ‘Forlorn Burial’, ‘Begetter Of Doom’ and ‘Starless Event Horizon’. The artwork was created by Mattias Frisk from VANHELGD. More about CORPSESSED at www.facebook.com/corpsessed
‘Diminished Unto Lunacy’, a song from THE HERETICS FORK‘s forthcoming album "Tormentore" is available for streaming at this location now. You can stream another track ( ‘Sacrosanct Disembowelment’) right here. The album will be released on October 31, 2018 via P2 Records. More info about these brutal Death Metallers you will find at www.facebook.com/p2loggia
BLOOD OF SERPENTS‘s new album "Sulphur Sovereign" has just been released via Non Serviam Records. The second full-length from these Småland, Sweden based Black Metallers is currently streaming in its entirety at this location. “Sulphur Sovereign” is the first release of the band to feature new drummer Christoffer Andersson and vocalist Thomas Clifford (THRONE OF HERESY, ABSCESSION). It was produced by Lars Broddesson (ex – MARDUK) and mixed and mastered by Magnus Devo Andersson (MARDUK). The Gustave Doré inspired artwork was created by Khaos Diktator. For all additional band information visit www.facebook.com/bloodofserpents
"Idol", the new album from US Death Metallers HORRENDOUS, is now streaming in its entirety at this location. The band issued the following comments about it: "We are incredibly proud to unveil the monstrosity, "Idol" in full for the first time. More than ever before, we feel that this work is a seamless, unified entity that demands to be heard in its entirety. Each piece is a unique variation on a larger thematic whole – a scattered limb ultimately assembled into a towering beast – and we are beyond excited for fans to be able to take a step back and absorb it in full, as it was meant to be experienced." "Idol" will be released on September 28, 2018 via Season Of Mist. More HORRENDOUS information at www.facebook.com/horrendousdeathmetal