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"Celestial Decadence", the debut full-length from Finnish Death / Black Metallers ILLUSIONS DEAD, will be released on February 08, 2016. The following tracks will appear on the album: ‘Incursion’, ‘Devoured By Hatred’, ‘Shadow And Flame’, ‘Hour Of The Raven’, ‘Revolution (Celestial Spheres)’, ‘Tormentor Of The Weak’, ‘The Way Of The Deceiver’ and ‘Illusions Dead’. The album’s opening track ‘Incursion’ is already streaming at this location. "Celestial Decadence" will be available digitally and as a limited edition CD (200 copies) through the group’s Bandcamp page. The cover art was created by Moonrot Photography. For all further information on the band check out www.facebook.com/illusionsdeadofficial
Danish Death Metallers DEUS OTIOSUS have just finished writing all music for their upcoming (as of yet still untitled) fourth album. The band will enter the studio in Spring 2016 for the recordings, with a release scheduled sometime in 2016. The track ‘Greater Horror’ (which was already released on this year’s "Sis Mortuus Mondo" EP) will be re-recorded for the album. You can check out a video for it at this location. More about DEUS OTIOSUS at www.facebook.com/deusotiosus.dk
Austrian Black Metallers NOCTURNE will release their self-titled debut album on January 15, 2016 via Unlight Productions (a division of Drakkar Productions). It will feature the following tracks: ‘Return To Chaos’, ‘Eleven’, ‘Into The Great Below’, ‘Udinbak’, ‘Nocturne’, ‘Ama Lilith’, ‘He Before Whom The Sky Shakes’, ‘Son Of Darkness’ and ‘Sign Of The Dark’ (a cover of DE INFERNALI, composed by Jon Nödtveidt, feat. Dan Swanö on vocals). A pomotional teaser of the album can be found here, a video for the song ‘Into The Great Below’ here. More band info at www.nocturne.at or www.facebook.com/shrineovnocturne
Spanish Death Metallers AVULSED have just announced 35 years old Dutchman Arjan Van Der Wijst as their new drummer. He already relocated to Madrid (Spain) in 2005 and also plays in the Black / Death Metal band FROZEN DAWN who released their second album through Xtreem Music in March 2014. More about AVULSED at www.facebook.com/1991avulsed
American Death Metallers SURGIKILL (featuring Stevo from IMPETIGO) have been signed by F.D.A. Records for the release of their debut full-length "Sanguinary Revelations“. The album will also include ‘Planet Of The Vampires’, the final song that IMPETIGO ever worked on, but never recorded. "Sanguinary Revelations“ will be released on March 18, 2016 as CD, limited digipak and digitally. More SURGIKILL info at www.facebook.com/surgikill
Italian Thrash Metallers EVERSIN will release a strictly limited edition single (‘Flagellum Dei’) from their third album "Trinity: The Annihilation" on January 29, 2016. It additionally includes a cover version of SEPULTURA’s ‘Refuse / Resist’, which features Mick Montaguti from ELECTROCUTION. For all addtional info check out www.facebook.com/eversinmetal
Swedish Black Metallers RIMFROST have been signed by Non Serviam Records. The band’s new album "Rimfrost" was recorded at MRG Production and Freezing World Studios in Sweden and will be released in Spring 2016. The artwork was created by Istvan Konya. More info at www.facebook.com/pages/rimfrost/117263444197
"In Dwarven Halls", the debut EP from Milwaukee based Death Metallers KHAZADDUM, is streaming in its entirety at this location now. An official video for the track ‘Thorin Oakenshield’ is additionally playing here. The EP was recorded at Bell City Sound by Chris Wisco (ex – JUNGLE ROT) in late 2014 and the band’s line-up consists of guitarist Alex Rausa (ex – DEVOLVING MESSIAH), drummer Pete Kissane (BURIAL RITUAL), vocalist Luka Djordjevic (ex – PROMETHEAN PARALLAX / ex – CARNAL BEFOULMENT) and bassist Tony Cannizzaro (ex – SPLATTERED CADAVRE / ex – DEMENTED TOURMENT). More info at www.facebook.com/khazaddumband
"Portal Do Inferno", the debut full-length from Brazilian Black Metallers PROFANE CREATION, will be released later this year via Hammer Of Damnation Records. A promotional trailer for the album can be found at this location, a sound sample over here. More band information at www.facebook.com/bandaprofanecreation
East German Death Metallers ROGASH will release their second album "Malevolence" on Februar 26, 2016 via War Anthem Records. It was recorded at Eisensound Studio with Fabian Hildebrandt (DESERTED FEAR) and mixed / mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studio. The artwork was created by Roberto Toderico. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Intro’, ‘To The End’, ‘Daily Hate’, ‘None Shall Prevail’, ‘Fortunes Fangs’, ‘Dreams And The Flesh’, ‘Feed’, ‘Buried In Oblivion’, ‘Nightmares’, ‘Rogan Deathtrip’ and ‘Refuse / Resist’. More ROGASH information at www.facebook.com/rogashmetal
TRENCHROT‘s ‘Hell Pilot’s Call’, a song from the upcoming "4 Doors To Death" split with ECTOVOID, CEMETERY FILTH and SABBATORY, is streaming at this location now. "4 Doors To Death" will be released on February 19, 2016 via Unspeakable Axe Records. More about TRENCHROT at www.facebook.com/trenchrotdeathmetal. For pre-order or all further information go to www.unspeakableaxerecords.com
American Death Metallers ATROCIOUS ABNORMALITY will release their second full-length "Formed In Disgust" via Comatose Music on March 04, 2016. You can already check out a lyric video for the album track ‘Exterminate The Apostles’ over here. Jay Barnes from LUST OF DECAY and Rob Emery from COFFIN SYRUP have contributed some guest vocals to the album and the cover artwork was created by Marco Hasmann. More band information you’ll find at www.facebook.com/atrociousabnormality
Spanish brutal Death Metallers REINCARNATION have just released their very first official video for the track ‘The Streets Never Sleep’ at this location. The song is taken from their new full-length "The Beginning Of The End" which has been released via Xtreem Music earlier this month. The album is currently streaming in its entirety at www.xtreemmusic.bandcamp.com. More about REINCARNATION at www.facebook.com/reincarnation.deathmetal
The new URGEHAL album "Aeons In Sodom" will be released via Season Of Mist on February 12, 2016. You can already check out the song ‘The Sulphur Black Haze’ (featuring TAAKE vocalist Hoest) at this location. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Dødsrite’, ‘The Iron Children’, ‘Blood Of The Legion’, ‘The Sulphur Black Haze’, ‘Lord Of Horns’, ‘Norwegian Blood And Crystal Lakes’, ‘Thy Daemon Incarnate’, ‘Endetid’, ‘Psychedelic Evil’, ‘Woe’, ‘Funeral Rites’ (SEPULTURA cover) and ‘Twisted Mass Of Burnt Decay’ (AUTOPSY cover). Next to TAAKE’s Hoest "Aeons In Sodom" also features guest contributions from the following musicians: Nocturno Culto (DARKTHRONE), M. Shax (ENDEZZMA), Byron Braidwood (MONUMENTOMB), Mannevond (KOLDBRANN), Malphas (ENDEZZMA / HAGL), Niklas Kvarforth (SHINING), Sorath Northgrove (BEASTCRAFT / VULTURE LORD), Nattefrost (CARPATHIAN FOREST), Skyggen (TORTORUM), Nag (TSJUDER), Diabolus (VULTURE LORD), L.F.F (ANGST SKVADRON / TUSMØRKE), Rick and Bay Cortez (SADISTIC INTENT), and R.M (ANGST SKVADRON). More information at www.facebook.com/nefas.official