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Seattle based Death Metallers DRAWN AND QUARTERED will release their seventh album "The One Who Lurks" on July 27, 2018 via Krucyator Productions. One of the tracks, ‘Deliverance To The Worms’, is already available for streaming at this location. In an official statement, the band commented on the song as follows: "A merciless onslaught upon the faithful. ‘Deliverance To The Worms’ reflects more familiar aspects of DRAWN AND QUARTERED: full-throttled aggression, relentless riffage that wastes no time in delivering a crippling bludgeon. The texts, as is the case for much of the new record, are channeled from an almost-forgotten age; a traditional tale of bloodlust and butchery." Gabriel T Byrne once again created the cover artwork for "The One Who Lurks", while Krucyator Productions label owner Loic F. took care of the layout, mixing, mastering and production of the album. A promo video can be watched right here. All additional DRAWN AND QUARTERED information you will find at www.facebook.com/drawnandquartered
Dutch Death Metallers BLOODGOD will split up after their final show on June 30, 2018 at Big Ass Metal Fest # 21 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The band’s latest music video for ‘t Schrickelik Tempeest’ can still be watched at this location. For all further information check out www.bloodgod.nl or www.facebook.com/bloodgod.metal
Tennessee based Death Metallers ACT OF IMPALEMENT will release their debut album via Unspeakable Axe Records (CD) and Caligari Records (cassette and LP) on August 17, 2018. A first preview track (‘Pax Romana’) is already streaming here. More about ACT OF IMPALEMENT at www.facebook.com/actofimpalement
American Death / Black Metallers CAST THE STONE have just released a first track from their upcoming six-track EP "Empyrean Atrophy". You can check out a lyric video for ‘As The Dead Lie’ right here. The EP will be released through Agonia Records on August 31, 2018. It was produced by Dan Swanö and features cover artwork by Gary Ronaldson. The tracklist reads like this: ‘As The Dead Lie’, ‘The Burning Horizon’, ‘Standing In The Shadows’, ‘A Plague Of Light’, ‘Empyrean Atrophy’ and ‘Jesusatan’ (INFESTDEAD cover). For all further CAST THE STONE information go to www.facebook.com/castthestoneofficial
On July 06, 2018 Dark Descent Records will release "Abiogenesis", the debut full-length from Turkeys’ BURIAL INVOCATION on limited edition vinyl. The CD and digital versions will follow on August 17, 2018. One of the tracks (‘Phantasmogoric Transcendence’) is already streaming at this location. More about BURIAL INVOCATION at www.facebook.com/burialinvocation
British Death Metallers RAVENS CREED will release their fourth album "Get Dead Or Try Dying" on August 02, 2018 through Xtreem Music. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Intro – Unrelenting Supremacy’, ‘Dead Bird On Winchester Street’, ‘Death On A Rival’, ‘Get Killed Or Try Dying’, ‘Hymn & Hearse’, ‘Off With Their Legs’, ‘Treacherous Rector’, ‘Rats Beneath Our Feet’, ‘Remember The Hammer’, ‘Sound Of Sirens’, ‘When A Deaf Man Goes Blind’, ‘The Trauma Of Being Hunted’ and ‘Outro’. The first single, ‘Hymn & Hearse’, has already been posted here. All additional band info you will find at www.facebook.com/ravens-creed-official-264464176902353
Illinois based Death Metallers MOLDER will release their debut EP "An Act Of Revenge" via Unspeakable Axe Records on August 17, 2018. It was originally released only on tape and has now been remastered for the CD and digital release. You can already check out the title track right here. More MOLDER information at www.facebook.com/molderil
In September 2018 Triumph Ov Death Records (under exclusive licence from Season of Mist) will release a vinyl only live album from French blackened Death Metallers NECROWRETCH. It will be entitled "Welcome To Your Funeral" and was recorded during the band’s Satanic Slavery Tour. More info and updates via www.necrowretch.net or www.facebook.com/necrowretch
Repulsive Echo have signed Miami, Florida based extreme Thrashers CREATE A KILL. The band was formed by two ex – MALEVOLENT CREATION drummers Gus Rios (now on guitar) and Alex Marquez (now on vocals) with Daniel Gonzalez (POSSESSED) on second guitar. The band’s debut full-length "Summoned To Rise" was recorded and mixed by Rios and features guest vocals from Matt Harvey (EXHUMED / GRUESOME) on three of the songs and guest drummers Dirk Verbueren (SOILWORK) and Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITORY). The rest of the drums on the album were handled by Gus Rios and Alex Marquez. The album cover has already been revealed through the band’s Facebook site and a lyric video will be available soon. For more info and updates check out www.facebook.com/createakill
U.S. Doom / Death Metallers NOVEMBERS DOOM are seeking a new label. Vocalist Paul Kuhr has issued the following statement: "After spending over a decade working with The End Records, NOVEMBERS DOOM have fulfilled our contractual obligations, and are now exploring options for the future of the band. We are already hard at work, creating the follow up to the 2017 release of Hamartia, and we are seeking a partnership with a label who understands the importance of the European territory. We are open to talk to anyone and everyone who has a serious offer, as we said, we are exploring all of our options, and need to make the right choice, for both us, and our future home."Interested labels can contact Paul at the following email address: paul@novembersdoom.com. More about NOVEMBERS DOOM at www.novembersdoom.com or www.facebook.com/novembersdoom1989
Spanish Death / Grinders NASTY SURGEONS have released a video for their upcoming sophomore release "Infectious Stench" at this location. Another song from the album is still available here. "Infectious Stench"will be out on July 05, 2018 via Xtreem Music. For all additional info check out www.facebook.com/nastysurgeons
Swedish Black Metallers CRAFT have released a third track from their forthcoming new album "White Noise And Black Metal" over here. The album will be released on June 22, 2018 through Season Of Mist. Guitarist Joakim commented on the track as follows: "’Again’ will serve as the third and final preview before "White Noise And Black Metal" lands in a few weeks. With some distance put between us and the creative process, I experience in this track some kind of musical continuation of the "Fuck The Universe" spirit. The groove is strong in this one. Here’s one of my personal favorite tracks of the album!" More CRAFT information at www.facebook.com/craftblackmetal
San Antonio, Texas based blackened Death Metallers PIOUS LEVUS have just released their debut album "Beast Of The Foulest Depths" through Warfare Noise Productions. The album is available for streaming, download and CD purchase at www.piouslevus.bandcamp.com. PIOUS LEVUS features former members of THORNSPAWN, HOD and BURIAL SHROUD. More info at www.facebook.com/pious-levus-1892079377689296
"A Judgement Divine", the forthcoming new album from Rogers, Arkansas based Black / Death Metal duo TORII, is now streaming in its entirety at the band’s Bandcamp site. The album will be released digitally on June 08, 2018. The cover artwork was created by Cornelius van Haarlem. https://torii.bandcamp.com
Seattle based Death Metallers DRAWN AND QUARTERED will release their highly anticipated seventh full-length “The One Who Lurks” on July 27, 2018 via Krucyator Productions. The artwork was once again created by Gabriel T Byrne and the full tracklist reads like this: ‘Nefarious Rites’, ‘Ravage The Cadaver’, ‘Horned Shadows Rise’, ‘Deliverance To The Worms’, ‘Temples Of Arcane Devotion’, ‘Carnal Transmigration’, ‘The One Who Lurks’ and ‘Portals Of Communion’. DRAWN AND QUARTERED is confirmed for this year’s Asakusa Deathfest in Japan. They will also perform other local and international gigs in support of the new album. More info and regular updates at www.facebook.com/drawnandquartered
Dante’s Inferno themed Black Metallers KYTERION have released a lyric video for the song ‘Onde La Rena s’Accendea’ right here. The song is taken from their new album "Inferno II" which was released on May 04, 2018 via Subsound Records. More about KYTERION at www.facebook.com/kyterion
Puerto Montt, Chile based Death Metallers HALLUX VALGUS will release a CD-EP entitled "Death Will Prevail", limited to 500 copies, through Ex Nihilo Music. The tracklist reads like this: ‘Twilight Of The Dead’, ‘Crawling Are The Dead’, ‘Hot Puke’, ‘Under The Ritual Of Necromancy’, ‘Slaughter Lambs’ and ‘Only Death Will Prevail’. More info at www.facebook.com/exnihilodistro
VENOM INC.‘s Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn has issued the following statement through his Facebook site yesterday: "April 30th 2018. A day like any other, sun is shining and myself and Anita leave the house to drive to our next village. Anita needs a new inhaler so we call into the pharmacy to collect one… that is when everything changes. I start to experience what I can only describe as indigestion, but then the pain gets worse. I decide to go back to the car and wait but by this time the pain is unbearable. The staff of the pharmacy help me out of the car and take me back inside. An ambulance is called. On its arrival I am taken into the ambulance to be monitored and assessed. The pain is not subsiding in any way and so the the paramedics call for a doctor. When the doctor arrives with a nurse I am immediately hooked up to an ECG and given the news that it appears that 2 valves in my heart are blocked. What happened next ranks easily as the most terrifying experience of my life. I can remember calling Anita’s name and then hearing my own voice saying ‘fucking fight!’… ‘don’t you dare give up!’… ‘FIGHT IT!’… and then, nothing. I have been told that the paramedics and doctor fought for just over 5 minutes to bring me back… essentially I had died in the ambulance. When I was stabalised enough to be moved I was transfered to Leiria Coronary care Unit where they attempted to introduce a stent to un block the arteries however this was unsuccessful and so the next step was to be a double bypass. After a couple of days under observation and all kinds of medication to keep everything on an even keel I was moved to Abrantes Cardio Thorasic Unit to await transfer to Lisbon for a double heart bypass. I am now home resting and recuperating, taking walks and slowly building my strength up. From this day on, going through airport security will be interesting as my breast bone is clamped together with surgical steel. There have been things which have happened during these last few weeks which I have found very hard to come to terms with, but its getting better. I simply do not know where or how to begin to thank every single doctor, nurse or health care worker who has played some part, no matter how small, in helping me recover from this . . there is still a way to go but I remain positive. My thanks and enduring love goes to Anita who has been with me every step of the way. My brother Tony Dolan who upon hearing the news took the first available flight to be by my side. My neighbours and friends in our wonderful village who, despite language barriers, have shown so much concern and compassion. I will hopefully see you on a stage somewhere in the world soon my friends. MAXIMUM RESPECT JEFF." If you want to send Jeff some encouraging words, go here: www.facebook.com/jeff.dunn.9404
On July 27, 2018 California based Death Metallers DRAGHKAR will release a new EP entitled "The Endless Howling Abyss". It will be out on CD (Craneo Negro Records, 500 copies), cassette (Nameless Grave Records, 75 copies) and digitally. One of the EP songs (‘Swallowed By The Dark’) is already streaming at the band’s bandcamp site. More about DRAGHKAR at www.facebook.com/draghkarband
Sweden’s Progressive Death Metallers USURPRESS have released a video for ‘Interregnum’, the title track of their new album, at this location. It was directed and edited by Jimmy Johansson of Super Lino Puro productions. For all additional USURPRESS information check out www.facebook.com/usurpress