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Swedish melodic Death / Doom Metallers OCTOBER TIDE are already streaming their entire new album "Winged Waltz" (prior to its official release) at this location. "Winged Waltz" was recorded, mixed and mastered at Wing Studios (DEMONICAL, CENTINEX, DIABOLICAL) in Sweden and produced by Sverker Widgren. The album will be released on April 22, 2016 via Agonia Records in various different formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Swarm’, ‘Sleepless Sun’, ‘Reckless Abandon’, ‘A questioin Ignite’, ‘Nursed By The Cold’, ‘Lost In Rapture’, ‘Perilous’ and ‘Coffins Of November’. In support of the album the band will be touring Europe together with label mates DEMONICAL this fall. More info at www.octobertide.net or www.facebook.com/octobertideband
Greek brutal Death Metallers MURDER MADE GOD have just released their new album "Enslaved" via Comatose Music. You can check out a full album stream here. MURDER MADE GOD also released two guitar recording videos for the tracks ‘The Titan, The Fighter And The Thief’ and ‘Enslaved’ here, respectively here. The following tracks appear on the album: ‘Victims’, ‘Enslaved’, ‘The Titan, The Fighter And The Thief’, ‘A Morbid Institution’, ‘Depression’, ‘Assassinés!’, ‘The Irony Of Faith’, ‘Subject 666’, ‘Urban Warfare’ and ‘Involuntary Servitude’. For all additional MURDER MADE GOD information check out www.facebook.com/mmgofficial
On June 10, 2016 the second volume of the HEADHUNTER D.C. tribute album "Born To Punish The Skies…" will be released via Mutilation Records. The following 17 bands / songs will be featured this time: ESCARNIUM (BRA) – ‘And The Sky Turns To Black’, DIVINE PAIN (BRA) – ‘Bloodbath’, DISGRACE AND TERROR (BRA) – ‘Beneath The Hate’, VULTURE (BRA) – ‘God Is Dead’, EMBALMED SOULS (BRA) – ‘Falling In Perdition’, APOKALYPTIC RAIDS (BRA) – ‘Hymn To Babylon’, PATHOLOGIC NOISE (BRA) – ‘Searching For Rottenness’, INCINERADOR (BRA) – ‘Hell Is Here’, S.O.H. (BRA) – ‘God’s Spreading Cancer’, INSIDE HATRED (BRA) – ‘Eternal Hatred’, OBSKURE (BRA) – ‘Deadly Sins Of The Soul’, SECONDS OF NOISE (BRA) – ‘Open Your Eyes’, ETERNAL SACRIFICE (BRA) – ‘Contemplation (To The Fire)’, DEFORMITY BR (BRA) – ‘From Dream To Nightmare’, NECROCCULTUS (MEX) – ‘Abortion Of Souls’, FACADA (BRA) – ‘Disunited’ and KETER (BRA) – ‘Long Live The Death Cult’. All further details and ordering details at www.mutilationrecords.com.br. For more info on HEADHUNTER D.C. check out www.facebook.com/headhunterdc.
Swedish Thrashers WARFECT have just released a teaser video for their upcoming third full-length "Scavengers" at this location. The album features the following tracks: ‘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’. The cover artwork was created by Andrei Bouzikov (MUNICIPAL WASTE, AUTOPSY, SKELETONWITCH, CANNABIS CORPSE, FUELED BY FIRE). "Scavengers" will be released on May 13, 2016 via Cyclone Empire. More info at www.warfect.net or www.facebook.com/warfect
"Black Heart", the new full-length from Brazil’s DOOMSDAY CEREMONY, is now streaming in its entirety right here. The album will be released via Greyhaze Records on April 22, 2016. You can furthermore check out three official videos for album tracks by clicking on the following links: ‘Black Heart‘, ‘Slaves Of Sin‘ and ‘I Am‘. More about DOOMSDAY CEREMONY at www.facebook.com/doomsdayceremony
Pittsburg based progressive Death / Thrashers HEMOTOXIN are streaming their new full-length "Biological Enslavement" in its entirety at this location now. The album will be released on April 15, 2016 via Unspeakable Axe Records. For more information on HEMOTOXIN check out www.facebook.com/hemotoxin
INQUISITION will tour Europe together with ROTTING CHRIST, MYSTIFIER and SCHAMMASCH this autumn. INQUISITION frontman Dagon issued the following statement about the upcoming tour: "Our 2016 European co-headlining tour marks another journey for INQUISITION that comes with a new album. We take great pride at selecting artists who are willing and have the time and dedication to share the stage with us while considering what should be a ritualistic experience that goes beyond a music event from uprising bands, to the classic ancients all under one shadow. We invite you to witness SCHAMMASCH, MYSTIFIER, ROTTING CHRIST, and INQUISITION on the Bloodshed Rituals 2016 European tour with the intentions of evoking the essence of occult music, while breaking necks in the process of invoking your spirit." Sakis of ROTTING CHRIST comments the tour as follows: "Dear friends, we present you our first European tour for our last album "Rituals". On this journey we will perform 27 shows all over the continent. We will be accompanied by the great Metal warriors of INQUISITION, MYSTIFIER, and SCHAMMASCH. See you all on the battlefield and let’s raise serious hell!" For all additional information check out the following sites: www.facebook.com/inquisition.official, www.facebook.com/pages/rotting-christ/290468585669, www.facebook.com/pages/mystifier/222621304428768, www.facebook.com/schammasch
South Carolina based progressive Black Metallers ENTHEAN have released one of their new songs, ‘Tones Of Desecration’, over here. The band will release its debut full-length "Priests Of Annihilation" on May 20, 2016. You can pre-order the album and stream another new song entitled ‘Dysthanasia’ via their bandcamp site. The complete tracklist of "Priests Of Annihilation" 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 more ENTHEAN information check out www.facebook.com/enthean
‘Cybernetic Eucharist’, a second track off "The Last Witness", the sophomore album from Boston based Death Metallers ZEALOTRY, can be checked out at this location now. The album will be released via Lavadome Productions on April 22, 2016 and the tracklist reads like this: ‘Arc Of Eradication’, ‘Heralding The Black Apostle’, ‘Cybernetic Eucharist’, ‘Progeny Omega’, ‘Mutagenesis’, ‘Yliaster’, ‘The Last Witness’ and ‘Silence’. More band information at www.facebook.com/zealotrymetal or zealotry.bandcamp.com
Swedish Death Metallers CENTINEX are currently recording their next full-length album at Wing Studios with CENTINEX’s guitarist (and DEMONICAL’s vocalist in one), Sverker Widgren. The follow-up to 2014’s "Redeeming Filth" will be entitled "Doomsday Rituals" and the cover artwork was created by Bahrull Marta of Abomination Imagery. For all further CENTINEX info check out www.facebook.com/centinexofficial
German Death Metallers REVEL IN FLESH and Swedish WOMBBATH have joined forces on a 7" split EP entitled "Dragged Into The Obscure" which features two new songs. REVEL IN FLESH contribute ‘Casket Ride’, which was again recorded at Maggesson’s Vault M. Studios and mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studio. WOMBBATH complete the picture with ‘To Suffer Eternally’ which has been recorded at Unbound Studios (UK) and Nostalgic Studios (Sweden). The vinyl EP is limited to 500 copies: 100 splatter (sold out), 200 transparent red and 200 black. The cover artwork was created by Juanjo Castellano. For all further band information check out www.facebook.com/pages/revel-in-flesh/304228902958414 or www.facebook.com/wombbath. Ordering info at www.unholyprophecies.com
Canada’s GORGUTS are now streaming the final part of their new 33 minutes long song ‘Pleiades’ Dust’. It is entitled ‘Besieged’ and can be checked out here. The entire "Pleiades’ Dust" EP has been scheduled for release on May 13, 2016 via Season Of Mist. It features artwork of the Polish artist Zbigniew M. Bielak (MAYHEM, ZHRINE, GHOST, WATAIN). More about GORGUTS at www.gorguts.com or www.facebook.com/gorgutsofficial
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On May 27, 2016 High Roller Records will release "Blood Beneath The Crypts", the second full-length from Austrian Thrashers DEATHSTORM, on CD as well as on black and clear vinyl. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Deathblow’, ‘Splendid Mutilation’, ‘Murder Of A Faceless Victim’, ‘Immortalized Sinner’, ‘I Conquer’, ‘Enter The Void / Dunwich’, ‘Verdunkeln’ and ‘I Saw The Devil’. More about DEATHSTORM at http://deathstorm.bandcamp.com or www.facebook.com/deathstorm-1500527186865344
Salt Lake City Thrashers DEATHBLOW have just released a video for ‘Prognosis Negative’, the title track from their 2014 debut full-length over here. The band previously already released an EP entitled "The Other Side Of Darkness" in 2015. You can order or stream both releases at this location. For all further DEATHBLOW information check out www.facebook.com/dethblo