Tomas Nyqvist of Swedish PUTREFACTION ZINE is currently working on a book edition that is supposed to be released later this year. For all further information and updates follow him on the just recently launched PUTREFACTION Facebook site: www.facebook.com/putrefactionmagazine
After a longer period of silence French Death / Thrashers HATRED DUSK have returned to the scene again. Their latest demos from 1992 and 1993 can currently be downloaded for free at their bandcamp site. A new EP release is planned for 2017. The band is also looking for gigs, so feel free to contact them at www.facebook.com/hatreddusk
Fabio Ramírez (ex – INTERNAL SUFFERING) has joined Spanish brutal Death Metallers CHRIST DENIED as their new drummer. A playthrough video that Fabio recorded himself playing the song ‘Putrid Christian Blood’ can be checked out here. The band is currently working on new songs for their third full-length “Christopsy”. 6 songs are already written, a few more will be finished during the next months. The recordings are planned for this Summer. On April 08, 2017 CHRIST DENIED will play at the 4th edition of the free-entrance (!!) Frankfurt Deathfest together with AVULSED, DEAD INFECTION, MERCYLESS, ABORTED FETUS, MASS INFECTION, SAVAGE ANNIHILATION and many more. For all additional CHRIST DENIED information check out www.facebook.com/christdeniedofficial
"Deinós Nekrómantis", the latest MORTEM album, just made it to number one in our BEST OF 2016 readers poll. Here’s the reaction of guitarist / vocalist Fernán “Nebiros” López about it: "We are really, really honoured by your readers who voted us No.1 album of 2016! Thanks so much to you and the VFTDS staff for this great support and all the best for you and Voices From The Darskide" in 2017!" An in-depth MORTEM interview with Fernán has just been finished and will be online within the next couple of days, so watch out for it!
Florida Death Metallers KILLING ADDICTION have just released a new four-song EP entitled "Shores Of Oblivion" via Xtreem Music. It can be streamed in its entirety at this location. A promo video for the song ‘Engine Of Ruin’ can furthermore be checked out here. For all further band information go to www.facebook.com/killingaddiction
"Execration Diatribes“, the debut album from Portuguese Death Metallers PESTIFER, will be released via Lavadome Productions on February 14, 2017. The song ‘Mars Exult’ is already streaming at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘March Of The Dead Orchestra’, ‘Mars Exult’, ‘Brutal Eruption Of Chaos’, ‘Dark Dimensions’, ‘Enslavement Of God’, ‘Awaken By Death’, ‘Nothing Remains’, ‘Riding The Storms Of Hate MMXVI’ and ‘Confront Death’. More info at www.facebook.com/pestiferofficial
Australia’s old school Death Metallers NOCTURNAL GRAVES have just been signed by Season Of Mist. Their forthcoming third full-length will be released in 2017. More about NOCTURNAL GRAVES at www.facebook.com/nocturnalgraves
Happy New Year everyone! The results of our BEST OF 2016 poll are online now. Feel free to check them out right here and thanks again to each one of you who contributed their list.
German brutal Death Metallers ANASARCA have set-up a Kickstarter campaign for the recordings of their fourth album "Survival Mode". If you’re interested to help them out with some bucks go to this site. For all further information about ANASARCA check out www.facebook.com/anasarcadeathmetal
2016 is almost over, so as every year it’s about time now to look back on the best releases of the year. If you’d like to participate in our BEST OF 2016 poll, please go here and send us a list of your 10 favorite releases of 2016 (no matter if it’s a demo, EP, mini album or full-length) until December 30, 2016. We will publish the results in early 2017.
US Power Thrashers HEXX have signed a two album deal with High Roller Records. The band is currently working on twelve new songs with producer Bart Gabriel (CRYSTAL VIPER, BURNING STARR, MYTHRA), who already produced "Tyrants Of Steel", the band’s latest split EP with RUTHLESS. The new album, that will be entitled "Wrath Of The Reaper", will showcase the band’s return to their roots, and the style they are known for from their early classic albums "Under The Spell" and "No Escape". It will be released in the Spring / Summer of 2017. HEXX currently consists of founding member and guitarist Dan Watson, new vocalist Eddy Vega, Bob Wright (from BROCAS HELM) on second guitar, Mike Horn on bass guitar and John Shaffer (who already played with HEXX between 1986 and 1995 and returned in 2014) on drums. More about HEXX at www.hexxmetal.com
Russian Death Metallers HORROR GOD have just released a video for ‘Dust’, a song taken from their upcoming split release with TECHE. You can check out the video right here. Lavadome Productions will release the split CD in 2017. More about HORROR GOD at www.facebook.com/horrorgod
"Death Will Rise", the debut release from Sao Miguel, Azores (Portugal) based old school Death Metallers SYCHOPATHIA, is streaming in its entirety at their bandcamp page www.sychopathia.bandcamp.com now. For all further band related information check out www.facebook.com/sychopathia
Australian Death Metallers IN DEATH have just released an official video for the song ‘Godzilla’ at this location. The track is taken from their forthcoming debut full-length "The Devil Speaks". The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Malignancy Eradicated’, ‘The Pitfalls Of Immortality’, ‘Bow To Your Master’, ‘Every Burial’, ‘Godzilla’, ‘Fuck Your Kind’, ‘The Devil Speaks’ and ‘King Of The Deadpool’. A lyric video for ‘Malignancy Eradicated’ can furthermore be found over here. More about IN DEATH at www.facebook.com/indeath
Gore Death / Grinders NASTY SURGEONS (featuring members from MISTWEAVER and MASS BURIAL) have been signed by Xtreem Music for the release of their debut album "Exhumation Requiem". The cover artwork has been created by Juanjo Castellano and the full tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Resurrectionists’, ‘The Creation Of The Monstrosity’, ‘Human Flesh Is Also Food’, ‘Antemortem Dissection’, ‘Autopsy’s Protocol’, ‘Nasty Surgeons’, ‘Ode To Bad Taste’, ‘Burnt With Sulfuric Acid’, ‘Devoured Alive’ and ‘Exhumation Requiem’. The album will be released on January 15, 2017. An advance song has been posted here. For all additional band info check out www.facebook.com/nastysurgeons
Finnish Death Metallers PURTENANCE have re-signed a deal with Xtreem Music for the release of their upcoming recordings. The band is currently writing material for a new mini CD to be recorded in early 2017. Their 1992 debut album "Member Of Immortal Damnation" will also be re-issued next years on CD / LP / cassette to commemorate its 25th anniversary. For all further PURTENANCE information or updates check out www.facebook.com/purtenance
‘Barbed Wire Land (At War)’, a song from the upcoming re-issue of THE MIST‘s debut full-length "Phantasmagoria", is currently streaming at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Flying Saucers In The Sky’, ‘Smiles, Tears And Chaos’, ‘A Step Into The Dark’, ‘The Enemy’, ‘Hate’, ‘Barbed Wire Land (At War)’, ‘Phantasmagoria’, ‘Lightning In The Dark’, ‘Like A Bad Song’ and ‘Faces Of Glass’. "Phantasmagoria" was originally released via Cogumelo Records back in 1989. It will be made available again on CD, vinyl LP and cassette formats on February 03, 2017 through Greyhaze Records (www.greyhazerecords.com).
Slovenian Thrashers PANIKK have just finished the recordings of their second album "Discarded Existence" which will be released on March 15, 2017 through Xtreem Music. The cover artwork has once again been created by Mario E. Lopez M. (GRAVESITE, SKELETAL REMAINS, EVIL INVADERS, ANCIENT WISDOM). A teaser video can already be checked out here. You can also listen to the band’s entire debut album "Unbearable Existence" from 2013 (re-issued by Xtreem Music in 2014) at this location. More about PANIKK at www.facebook.com/panikkofficial
Spanish Death Metallers APOSENTO will enter the studio in early 2017 to record their second full-length "Bleed To Death" which will be released through Xtreem Music again. The album will feature new vocalist Mark, who’s in the band for a couple of years now, as well as new mambers Gabri (drums) and Sergio (guitar). It will be sung in English (their debut was still in Spanish) and some of the songtitles are ‘Bleeding Flesh’, ‘Partially Deceased Syndrome’, ‘Cannibalistic Communion’, ‘Maleficarvm’ and ‘The Divine Art Of Torture’. APOSENTO’s 2014 debut album can still be checked out in its entirety over here. For more band information and updates go to www.facebook.com/aposento-738317632866483
Houston, Texas based Death Metallers DESECRATE THE FAITH will release their new album "Unholy Infestation" on March 03, 2017 via Comatose Music. A promo video for the song ‘Shrine Of Enmity’ can already be watched at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Daemones Nos Ave Satanas’, ‘Predatory Impalement’, ‘Malignant Divinity’, ‘Shrine Of Enmity’, ‘Unholy Infestation’, ‘Magna Daemonia’, ‘Ceremonial Invocation’, ‘Sacrilege Reborn’, ‘Angel Eater’, ‘Septic Womb’, ‘Ascension Of Belial’ and ‘Let Us Burn (The Father, The Son, And The Holy Spirit)’. More about DESECRATE THE FAITH at www.facebook.com/desecratethefaithofficial