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Swedish Black Metallers GRAFVITNIR will release their fifth album "Keys To The Mysteries Beyond" on December 15, 2017 via Carnal Records. A promo video for the opening track ‘Nidhögg’ is already available here. The album was recorded in the winter of 2017 and the cover artwork was created by Daniele Valeriani. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Nidhögg’, ‘Key To The Mysteries Beyond’, ‘Vargavinter’, ‘Crossing The Abyss’, ‘Eternity’s Glistening Black’, ‘Journey Into Storms’, ‘Unleash The Storm Of Nothingness’, ‘Eye Of Lucifer’, ‘Whispers Of The Primordial Sea’ and ‘Glimpses Of The Unseeable’. For all further band information check out www.facebook.com/grafvitnir.official
Boston / Massachusetts based Death Metallers SCAPHISM will release their second full-length "Unutterable Horrors" on January 12, 2018 through Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Gruesome Unmentionables And Unutterable Horrors’, ‘Malapropos Cardiectomy’, ‘Mitte Eos Ad Infernos’, ‘Vaults Of Pestilence’, ‘Trepanate The Undesired’, ‘The Feaster From The Stars’, ‘Excoriated And Excarnated’ and ‘Hypovolemic Purification’. ‘Vaults Of Pestilence’ is already streaming at this location. More about SCAPHISM at www.facebook.com/scaphism
Flensburg / Germany based Black Metallers VERHEERER will release their debut full-length "Maltrér" on January 19, 2018 via Vendetta Records. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Oratio’, ‘Kultyst’, ‘Vertigo’, ‘Maltrér’, ‘Anima Sola’, ‘Nachtfall’ and ‘Heimgang’. More about VERHEERER at www.facebook.com/verheerer
"Ödelagt", the forthcoming third album from Swedish Black Metallers DOMGÅRD, is now streaming in its entirety here. It will be released on December 01, 2017 via Carnal Records. For all additional band information check out www.facebook.com/domgard
"11:11", the debut full-length from Dutch Death Metallers NEOCAESAR, is streaming in its entirety at this location now. The album, that was originally self-released by the band, will be re-released through Xtreem Music on December 05, 2017. More about NEOCAESAR at www.facebook.com/neocaesar.official
Eastern Sierra Black / Death Metallers VALDUR are streaming their newest release "Divine Cessation" in its entirety over here. The album will be released on December 01, 2017 via Bloody Mountain Records. An official video for "Divine Cessation" can furthermore be checked out at this location. More VALDUR info at www.facebook.com/valdur-54163319709
"The Stench Of The Earth", the debut full-length from Lithuanian Death Metallers CRYPTS OF DESPAIR, is streaming in its entirety at this location now. The album, that has just been released via Testimony Records on CD and LP (limited to 300 copies), features the following tracks: ‘The Stench Of The Earth’, ‘Path To Vengeance’, ‘Pits Of Endless Torment’, ’77’, ‘Fleshless Eternity’, ‘Enslaved In Blasphemy’, ‘Possessed By Astral Parasites’, ‘Ravage The Earth’, ‘Monuments Of Fear’ and ‘Dead Light’. More CRYPTS OF DESPAIR information you will find at www.facebook.com/cryptsofdespair
Polish Black Metallers CIEŃ are streaming their new album "Fate" over here. It was recorded at Studio Czysciec with Nihil (FURIA). Bart Kurzok Illustrations and NathanArt Fotografia are responsible for the design, additional electronics were done by Ashgan (EXURGE). The album will be released on December 01, 2017 and is distributed via Old Temple. All additional CIEŃ information at www.facebook.com/cienofficial
On November 27, 2017 Terror From Hell Records will release the European version of the “Threads Of Subconscious Torment” MCD from Colombia’s Death / Black Metallers THE SATAN’S SCOURGE. It was originally released in 2016 and features 10 tracks with a playing time of approximately 20 minutes. Also included is an IMPALED NAZARENE cover and a BATHORY cover (the latter not included in the South American version). More at www.tfhrecords.com
Swedish Black Metallers DOMGÅRD have just premiered the song ‘Kynjagaldr’ at this location. It is taken from their forthcoming third album "Ödelagt", which will be released via Carnal Records. The album’s title track is furthermore streaming here. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Niþanvarþa’, ‘Svartdjupets Lockelse’, ‘Töckenhöljt’, ‘I Geirröds Hall’, ‘Aldar Røkkr’, ‘Kynjagaldr’, ‘Ödelagt’, ‘Lögr Óðreris – Urblodets Trollmakt’, ‘Grottkvinnans Hemlighet’, ‘Sejdmannens Förbannelse’, ‘Förgånget’ and ‘Ødhe Vi’. More DOMGÅRD information at www.facebook.com/domgard
Dutch old school Death Metallers DEATHMARCH will be releasing their debut EP "Dismember" on December 15, 2017 via Black Lion Records. ‘Gastorture’, the opening track, can be streamed at this location. The band consists of Quint Meerbeek on guitars (better known as the drummer for BODYFARM), Dirk Willems on vocals, Olle Oele on drums (ex – FUNERAL WHORE) and Walter Van Kalsbeek on bass (CAVITATION, ex – BAATEZU, ex – PLEURISY). For all additional info check out www.facebook.com/deathmarchdeathmetal
Finnish Death / Doom Metallers HOODED MENACE have just released a second track from their forthcoming new album "’Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed", which is scheduled for release on January 26, 2018 via Season Of Mist. You can check out ‘In Eerie Deliverance’ right here. The album’s full tracklist reads like this: ‘Sempiternal Grotesqueries’, ‘In Eerie Deliverance’, ‘Cathedral Of Labyrinthine Darkness’, ‘Cascade Of Ashes’, ‘Charnel Reflections’ and ‘Black Moss’. More HOODED MENACE information at www.facebook.com/hoodedmenace
Chaos Records have signed Dutch doomy Death Metal duo GRIM FATE. Their upcoming debut EP "Emerging From The Crypt" will be released on CD in early 2018 (Dawnbreed Records will handle the cassette version). A demo version of the track ‘Decomposition’ is available for streaming at this location. For all additional band info check out www.facebook.com/grimfatedeathmetal
Eastern Sierra based Black / Death Metallers VALDUR have just released a track from their upcoming album "Divine Cessation". You can check out ‘Breath Of The Beast’ right here. "Divine Cessation" will be released on December 01, 2017 via Bloody Mountain Records. The title track ‘Divine Cessation’ can still be streamed at this location. More about VALDUR at www.facebook.com/valdur-54163319709
Spanish Black / Death Metallers FROZEN DAWN (featuring AVULSED drummer Arjan) are running a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo with interesting offers including digipaks, patches, stickers and limited-edition t-shirts for their upcoming release "Unearthing The Black Arts". Go here for further details. The campaign will end in ten days. The album will be a tribute to the bands that have influenced them most and will include covers of EMPEROR, IMMORTAL, CARPATHIAN FOREST, BATHORY, HELLHAMMER, MAYHEM, ENSLAVED, GORGOROTH, IMPALED NAZARENE, DARKTHRONE and BARATHRUM. For all further FROZEN DAWN information check out www.facebook.com/truefrozendawn
Kentucky based Hardcore Thrashers BRODY’S MILITIA have been signed by Horror Pain Gore Death Productions for the release of a compilation album entitled "Early Days", which will be released on December 15, 2017 on CD and digitally. It includes their debut EP "Violence Solves Some Things", the "Brody’s Militia Hates You" EP, the split LP with WIDESPREAD BLOODSHED and various other split EPs and obscure compilation tracks. 60 (!!) tracks in total. The entire material has been remastered by Dan Randall at Mammoth Sound Studios and the CD comes with a twelve page booklet, including lyrics, info and artwork. You can check out the album track ‘Conflict Religion’ here. More info and pre-order details at www.horrorpaingoredeath.com or www.facebook.com/horrorpaingoredeath
Finnish Black Metallers PERDITION WINDS (featuring members of SARGEIST, DESOLATE SHRINE, LIE IN RUINS and CORPSESSED) will release their second full-length "Transcendent Emptiness" on December 08, 2017 via Hellthrasher Productions on CD and digitally. A limited vinyl edition will follow in January 2018. The album was mixed and mastered by Henri Sorvali (MOONSORROW) at Trollhouse Audio. It is the band’s first record to feature new vocalist J.I. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Of Smoke And Mirrors’, ‘Malicious Seed’, ‘Saints Of The Deathfields’, ‘Saturnial Void’, ‘Venus Rising’, ‘Asphyxiation’, ‘Impious Frontier’ and ‘Outro’. Two of the tracks are already streaming at this location. More about PERDITION WINDS at www.facebook.com/perditionwinds
THE GROTESQUERY have signed a deal with Xtreem Music for the release of their fourth album "The Lupine Anathema". After completing a trilogy, the band is now starting a side chapter, still in the clutches of the Lovecraftian horrors of old. The release is scheduled for Spring 2018. For all additional information check out www.facebook.com/thegrotesquery
French Doom / Death Metallers EPITAPHE have inked a deal with Chaos Records for the release of their first demo on CD at the end of 2017. More about EPITAPHE at www.facebook.com/epitaphemetal