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Swedish / US Death Metallers RIBSPREADER have just released an advance track of their upcoming new album "Suicide Gate – A Bridge To Death". You can check out ‘Suicide Gate’ at this location. The artwork for the album was created by Juanjo Castellano and its complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Descent Of The Morbid’, ‘Centuries Of Filth’, ‘Eligi’, ‘The Suffering Earth’, ‘A Worthless Breed’, ‘World Dismemberment’, ‘In Mankind’s Rotting Grip’, ‘The Remains In The Wall’ and ‘Under Ash-Filled Skies’. "Suicide Gate – A Bridge to Death" will be released on June 15, 2016 via Xtreem Music on CD and vinyl 12". For all additional RIBSPREADER information check out the band’s official facebook site at www.facebook.com/ribspreader-148182408532846
FUNERAL PROCESSION will replace PATH OF SAMSARA at the Acherontic Arts II Festival on May 07, 2016 in Oberhausen, Germany. Stagetime is 15:00. Other bands to appear on the bill are THE RUINS OF BEVERAST, URFAUST, MOURNING BELOVETH, WEDERGANGER, DREAD SOVEREIGN, KERMANIA, OUR SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON US and many more. FUNERAL PROCESSION is also looking for a place to play in the area of Cologne / Frankfurt for a possible gig in October. More info and contact: www.funeralprocession.net
Hammerheart Records will re-issue the following LEVIATHAN albums in deluxe digipack editions, as well as a limited box-set with all five albums: "The Tenth Sublevel Of Suicide", "Tentacles Of Whorror", "Howl Mockery At The Cross", "Massive Conspiracy Against All Life" and "A Silhouette In Splinters". The release is planned for Summer 2016. More about LEVIATHAN at http://trvlvthn.bandcamp.com
The forthcoming fifth full-length from German Black Metallers IMPERIUM DEKADENZ will be entitled "Dis Manibvs". It is Latin for "To The Spirits Of The Dead" and basically means "In Remembrance". It originally appeared on antique Roman grave markers. The album, that will be released on August 26, 2016 via Season Of Mist, features the following tracks: ‘Durch Das Tor…’, ‘Brigobannis’, ‘Aue Der Nostalgie’, ‘Ave Danuvi’, ‘Memoria’, ‘Aura Silvae’, ‘Der Unweg’, ‘Striga’ and ‘Tränen Des Bacchus’. All additional band info you will find at www.imperium-dekadenz.de or www.facebook.com/imperiumdekadenz
Southern California’s GHOULGOTHA will release their second album "To Starve The Cross" via Dark Descent Records on June 13, 2016 (on CD and digital formats, with vinyl treatment coming soon after). The band has already posted a video for the album track ‘The Sulfur Age’ at this location. "To Starve The Cross" was mixed and mastered by Damian Herring at Subterranean Watchtower Studios and the artwork was created by Mattias Frisk. For more GHOULGOTHA check out www.facebook.com/ghoulgotha666
Equinox Discos, in co-operation with Unholy Prophecies, will release the new INSULTERS album "Metal Still Means Danger". It will be available on vinyl and as a giant 4 panel digipak CD (in the size of a 7" EP) later this year. César Valladares is responsible for the artwork and the whole material was recorded, mixed and mastered by Javi F. at Moontower Studios in March 2016. The tracklist reads like this: ‘Age Of Terror’, ‘Highway Of Death’, ‘Icons & Symbols’, ‘Bang Your Fucking Skull’, ‘Forged In Hell’s Fire’, ‘Bastard Soldiers’, ‘Burn With The Witch’, ‘Here Falls The Hammer’ and ‘Metal Still Means Danger’. INSULTER’s first album "We Are The Plague" is still streaming in its entirety at the Unholy Prophecies bandcamp site. More about INSULTERS at www.facebook.com/pages/insulters/118124661718106
German Doom / Death Metal trio INTO COFFIN have signed a deal with Terror From Hell Records for the release of their debut album "Into A Pyramid Of Doom", that will be released on CD at the end of May. For more information check out www.facebook.com/intocoffin or www.tfhrecords.com
The forthcoming new album from Finnish Black Metallers BAPTISM will be entitled "The Devil’s Fire". It has been recorded at Fantom Studio and the release date is scheduled for July 22, 2016 via Season Of Mist. For all additional BAPTISM info check out www.facebook.com/baptismofficial
Swedish Thrashers WARFECT have just released a song from their upcoming third full-length "Scavengers". You can check out ‘Anatomy Of Evil’ at this location. The album was self-recorded and produced, mixed and mastered by the band’s vocalist / guitar-player Fredrik Wester at AudioDome studios. The cover artwork was again created by Andrei Bouzikov (MUNICIPAL WASTE, AUTOPSY, SKELETONWITCH, CANNABIS CORPSE, FUELED BY FIRE). "Scavengers" will be released on May 13, 2016 via Cyclone Empire. An album teaser is available over here. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Purveyors Of Cadavers’, ‘Reptile’, ‘Anatomy Of Evil’, ‘Watchtowers’, ‘Suffocate The Chosen’, ‘Predators’, ‘The Resurrectionists’, ‘Skin Bound’, ‘Evil Inn’, ‘Savaged By Wolves’ and ‘Into The Crypt’. More info at www.warfect.net or www.facebook.com/warfect
Canadian Post Black Metallers NUMENOREAN will release their debut full-length "Home" on July 22, 2016 via Season Of Mist. It was recorded by NUMENOREAN vocalist / guitarist Byron Lemley and Alex Kurth in Calgary, and mixed as well as mastered by Josh Schroeder (GHOST BATH, BATTLECROSS, KING 810) at Random Awesome Studios in Michigan. More about NUMENOREAN at www.facebook.com/numenoreanofficial
“Scent Of The Buried”, the new album of Swedish Death Metallers INTERMENT (which was released on CD via Pulverised in early April), will be released on vinyl via Cyclone Empire on May 13, 2016. The first press is limited to 500 copies on 180g red vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve with inside out print. For all additional band information check out www.interment.se
Brazilian Death Metallers REBAELLIUN have just released a new lyric video for the opening track of their upcoming new album “The Hell’s Decrees”. You can check out ‘Affronting The Gods’ here. “The Hell’s Decrees" will be released in May 2016 via Hammerheart Records. More info at www.facebook.com/rebaelliun
Austrian Thrashers DEATHSTORM have just released the first track from their upcoming new album "Blood Beneath The Crypts". You can check out ‘Verdunkeln’ at this location. The album will be released on May 27, 2016 via High Roller Records. For all additional DEATHSTORM information and updates check out their official facebook site: www.facebook.com/pages/deathstorm/1500527186865344
Hellthrasher Productions have just released the CD version of "Abyss Of Excruciating Vexes", the latest mini album from Canadian Black / Death Metallers PAROXSIHZEM. It was recorded / mixed in August 2015 and mastered by Damian Herring (HORRENDOUS). The EP, that was previously released on March 11, 2016 as a limited vinyl edition, consists of 5 new tracks (including the ARKHON INFAUSTUS cover ‘Dead Cunt Maniac’). It is the band’s first release to feature current drummer Abyss (most well known as ADVERSARIAL’s bass player). The artwork and layout for both versions was created by PAROXSIHZEM’s vocalist Krag. A full stream of "Abyss Of Excruciating Vexes" is available here. More about PAROXSIHZEM at www.facebook.com/pages/paroxsihzem/293704858374
South Carolina based progressive Black Metallers ENTHEAN are streaming the new song ‘Before You, I Am’ over here. It is taken from their upcoming debut full-length "Priests Of Annihilation", which will be released on May 20, 2016. More new songs can be checked out here (‘Dysthanasia’), here (‘Tones Of Desecration’) and here (‘Ekpyrosis’). The complete "Priests Of Annihilation" tracklist reads like this: ‘1054’, ‘Tones Of Desecration’, ‘Before You, I Am’, ‘Dysthanasia’, ‘Ekpyrosis’, ‘Behold The Primordial’, ‘Bring Forth The Raven’ and ‘Invalesc De Profundis’. For all additional ENTHEAN information check out www.facebook.com/enthean
French Death Metallers AD PATRES will be touring the UK for the very first time as support of ABHORRENT DECIMATION. The tour will start with a one-off gig featuring AD PATRES only (and supports) in Lille, France, on June 15, 2016, followed by three shows in the UK (Croydon, Liverpool and Hitchin). This tour will be the touring debut of Pierre-Yves Marani, who recently replaced Sébastien “Canard” Brouchican on guitars. AD PATRES are currently in the writing process for the follow-up to their 2012 debut full-length, “Scorn Aesthetics“. The new album is planned for 2017. Official music videos from AD PATRES can be checked out at the following links: ‘Scorn Aesthetics‘, ‘Scars Of Compromise‘. More about AD PATRES at www.facebook.com/pages/ad-patres/188860069960
A teaser for the upcoming THE DEAD GOATS / DEMONBREED vinyl split 7" single has just been posted at this location. The EP will be released on June 01, 2016 (black vinyl incl. lyric sheet, limited to 250 hand-numbered copies) via Testimony Records. New studio albums of both bands will released this summer as well. For more band information check out www.facebook.com/thedeadgoats or www.facebook.com/demonbreedofficial
One week before its official release date via Xtreem Music you can already listen to "Children Of The Chainsaw", the new album by Swedish Death Metallers ASHCLOUD, in its entirety right here. More about ASHCLOUD at www.facebook.com/ashcloud666
Japanese Death Metallers DEFILED have just released the first song from their forthcoming new album "Towards Inevitable Ruin", which is scheduled for release on July 08, 2016 via Season Of Mist. You can check out ‘Force And Obedience’ right here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Subversion’, ‘Cauterized’, ‘Doomsday’, ‘Conspiracy’, ‘Force And Obedience’, ‘Shadows Hands’, ‘Fear From Above’, ‘Scapegoat’, ‘Debunked’, ‘One World’, ‘Silent But Ongoing’ and ‘Towards Inevitable Ruin’. For all additional DEFILED information check out www.defiled.info or www.facebook.com/defiled
On May 20, 2016 German Thrashers ASSASSIN will release their new album "Combat Cathedral" via Steamhammer Records / SPV. It will be available as digipak CD and strictly limited vinyl edition (500 copies only). You can already check out the new song ‘Back From The Dead’ here. "Combat Cathedral" is the first album in the history of the band to feature new vocalist Ingo Bajonczak, who replaced Robert Gonnella in 2014. More ASSASSIN info at www.assassin-online.de or www.facebook.com/assassinofficial
GRAVE DESECRATOR have just released the first track from their forthcoming new full-length "Dust To Lust", which will be released on June 17, 2016 via Season Of Mist. You can check out ‘Temple Of Abominations’ at this location. The artwork of "Dust To Lust" has been created by Polish artist Zbigniew M. Bielak (MAYHEM, WATAIN, GHOST, ZHRINE) and its full tracklist reads like this: ‘Intro (Dust To Lust)’, ‘Temple Of Abominations’, ‘Funeral Mist’, ‘Gods Of Death’, ‘A Witching Whore’, ‘Host Desecration’, ‘Anathema Bloodlust’, ‘Bleed For Worship’, ‘Memento Mori’, ‘One More Soul’, ‘Mephistophallus In Occultopussy’ and ‘Perpetual Oath’. For all further information check out www.gravedesecrator.com or www.facebook.com/gravedesecrator666
German Death Metallers ROGASH have just released an official video for ‘Rogan Deathtrip’ over here. The song is taken from their latest album "Malevolence", that was released via War Anthem Records earlier this year. More about ROGASH at www.facebook.com/rogashmetal
Spanish Death Metallers GRAVEYARD have just released another song from their upcoming third album "…For Thine Is the Darkness". You can check out ‘Defy & Conquer’ at this location. "…For Thine Is the Darkness" was recorded at Moontower Studios with Gitarrist Javi Félez and the mastering was done by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony. The cover artwork was created by Daniel Corcuera. The album will be released via War Anthem Records on April 29, 2016. More about GRAVEYARD at www.facebook.com/deathmetalgraveyard
This autumn Hammerheart Records will re-issue MYSTIFIER‘s "The World Is So Good…" as a 2 CD digipak and LP as well as a live album. A full MYSTIFIER demo compilation is also in the works, followed by a completely new album in 2017. More MYSTIFIER info at www.facebook.com/pages/mystifier/222621304428768