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Bay Area Power Thrashers HEXX have added new vocalist Eddy Vega and second guitarist Bob Wright (from BROCAS HELM) to their line-up. The band is currently working on new music and preparing re-releases of all albums from their classic back catalog. "Morbid Reality" will be reissued on CD via Dark Symphonies / The Crypt Records in January of 2016, "Quest For Sanity" and "Watery Graves" will be handled by Vic Records and the band’s two early Power Metal classics "Under The Spell" and "No Escape", which earlier this year were reissued as limited edition vinyl albums on Metal Blade Records, will get a 2 CD / DVD Box set treatment as well. More about HEXX at www.facebook.com/officialhexx
In December Chile based Death Metallers SAVIOUR will release a new four track EP entitled "Mystical Perpetual Sleep" via Melipulli Records. One of the songs, ‘The Crypts Of The Impure’, is already streaming right here. More SAVIOUR info you’ll find at www.facebook.com/saviour.chile
Finnish Death / Grinders REFUSAL will release their debut full-length "We Rot Within" on January 22, 2016 via F.D.A. Records. For all additional band information check out www.refusalband.com or www.facebook.com/refusalband
Danish Death Metallers APPARATUS have just released their self-titled debut full-length via Lavadome Productions. It features the following tracks: ‘Sermon I’, ‘The Unreverberate Blackness Of The Abyss’, ‘Spheres’, ‘R’lyeh’, ‘Sermon II’, ‘Dissecting Temporal Dimensions To Afflict The Abyssi Of Chronos’, ‘Miskatonic’, ‘King God’, ‘Sermon III’, ‘Prayer’ and ‘Arkham’. A full album stream is available at this location. More band info at www.facebook.com/apparatusdk
New Jersey based technical Death Metallers DYSTROPHY have just been signed by Selfmadegod Records for the release of their second full-length “Wretched Host”. The album (which was originally self-released by the band in June this year), was recorded and mixed at One Stone Recording Studio and mastered at West West Side Music. Selfmadegod Records will re-release it on November 16, 2015. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Apex’, ‘Singularity’, ‘Within The Mind’, ‘Exoparasite’, ‘Wretched Host’, ‘Demise’, ‘Anhedonia’ and ‘Nadir’. The song ‘Singularity’ can be checked out here. More about DYSTROPHY at www.dystrophyband.com or www.facebook.com/dystrophynj
Chilean Thrashers NUCLEAR will release a 3 CD boxset entitled "Captive In Terror: Three Ways To Kill Yourself" via Candlelight Records on October 23, 2015. It contains the band’s first three albums, 2006’s "Heaven Denied", 2008’s "Ten Broken Codes" and 2010’s "Jehovirus". All additional NUCLEAR info you’ll find at www.nuclear.cl or www.facebook.com/nuclearcl
Sweden’s CORROSIVE CARCASS will release their second album "Forsaken Lands" on November 10, 2015 via Xtreem Music. The cover artwork has been created by Juanjo Castellano and the tracklist reads as follows: ‘Blood Ritual’, ‘The Ghoul’, ‘Prosecuted At Birth’, ‘…And So She Dies (In Sacrifice)’, ‘Of The Flesh’, ‘The Seven Princes’, ‘Residual’, ‘Memories’, ‘The Prophet’ and ‘Forsaken Lands’. An exclusive advance track is already streaming right here. More about CORROSIVE CARCASS at www.facebook.com/corrosivecarcass
‘Rabid Armageddon’, the title track off the forthcoming debut full-length by Swedish / Icelandic old school Death Metallers UNDER THE CHURCH, is already streaming at this location. The album will be released on October 30, 2015 via Pulverised Records and the artwork has been created by Mattias Frisk (GHOST, VANHELGD, ENTRAPMENT, VAMPIRE etc). The following tracks will appear on the record: ‘Sodomy And Blasphemy’, ‘Rabid Armageddon’, ‘Triad Ov Inquisitors’, ‘Magus’, ‘Suspended In Gore’, ‘Walpurgis Night’, ‘Mangled To A Bloody Mess’, ‘Penance’ and ‘The Trail Of Cthulu’. All additional UNDER THE CHURCH information can be found at www.facebook.com/underthechurch
On October 16, 2015, Hellthrasher Productions will re-release "Tenebrous Towers", 2011’s debut full-length from Finland’s Death Metallers DESOLATE SHRINE‘s debut album on CD (a vinyl edition is scheduled for 2016). The entire album is available for streaming here. For more info check out www.facebook.com/desolateshrine
Spanish Thrashers HOLYCIDE have just released a video for the song ‘No Escape’, the the opening track of their debut EP "Toxic Mutilation". It was directed by Mikel Larequi who already worked on a video clip for Dani Fernández (HOLYCIDE bass player) previous band CLOCKWORK. The video can be checked out here. HOLYCIDE will be playing their second live show on October 17, 2015 in Madrid at the We Rock Club as the support for THE HERETIC ORDER. Additional HOLYCIDE live videos can be found here and here. More HOLYCIDE info at www.facebook.com/holycide
"Formula For Anarchy", the fifth album from Chilean Thrashers NUCLEAR, has just been released via Candlelight Records. Sound samples can be found at this location and the official video for ‘Self-Righteous Hypocrites’ is currently playing here. More info on NUCLEAR you will find at www.nuclear.cl or www.facebook.com/nuclearcl
Greek Black Metallers VARATHRON have premiered a live version of the song ‘Unholy Funeral’ over here. It was recorded live in Larisa, Greece on May 16, 2015 and appears on the band’s upcoming EP, "The Confessional Of The Black Penitents", which will be released on October 23, 2015 via Agonia Records. For all additional VARATHRON info check out www.varathron.com or www.facebook.com/varathronofficial
Spain / UK based Death Metallers UNDEAD have made their 2 track vinyl 7" EP "Blood Enemy" available for streaming at this location. More band information you’ll find at www.curseoftheundead.com
Swedish Death Metallers MORBID SPAWN are currently recording their debut full-length. It will be released sometime later this year as a free digital download. A song can already be checked out here. For all further MORBID SPAWN info check out www.morbidspawn.com
On December 19, 2015 ten Dutch bands will share the stage at the Lucky club in Rijssen (NL) for the first edition of the LUCKY ROCKS / MEGA VIC FEST 1. The festival is being organized by Vic Records in co-opertion with Lucky Rijssen and Doc Holiday (run by Alwin Roes from DEAD END) and will feature the following bands: CARACH ANGAR, DEAD END, DESOLATE FIELDS, ENDYMAERA, ETERNAL SOLSTICE, GOD DETHRONED, PENTACLE, PHLEBOTOMIZED, SINISTER and SOULBURN. For more info and tickets pre-sale check out www.vicrecords.com
Testimony Records have inked a deal with Brazil Death Metallers ESCARNIUM for the release of the band’s second full-length in Europe in the first quarter of 2016. The album will be available on LP, MC and CD. An official video for ‘Salvation Through Zyklon B’ (from the last ESCARNIUM album “Excruciating Existence”) can still be checked out here. More band info at www.facebook.com/escarniumdm
Bay Area Death / Thrashers INSANITY have just released the song ‘Dread The Dawn’ (from their new full-length "Visions Of Apocalypse") over here. The album will be released on CD on November 13, 2015 via Unspeakable Axe Records. A vinyl edition via Dark Descent Records is also in the works, tentatively set for a late year release. For all further INSANITY information check out www.facebook.com/insanity-57208433713
French Black Metallers OTARGOS have just released the fifth and final trailer for their upcoming sixth studio full-length "Xeno Kaos" at this location. The album, which will be released on November 13, 2015 via Kaotoxin Records, features the following tracks: ‘Dominatrix’, ‘The Ruinous Powers’, ‘Chariots Ov The Godz’, ‘Dark Mechanicus’, ‘Phase Shifters’, ‘Xeno Kaos’, ‘Realm Of The Dead’ and ‘Human Terminate’. The first pressing of the digi CD will also feature the additional bonus track ‘Infernal Legions Strike A.E.’. OTARGOS will be touring Europe from October 26 to 31, 2015. The first leg of the tour will take part in the UK (with THE NEGATION and SIDIOUS), while the second will take the band across Europe (with THE NEGATION). OTARGOS will also co-headline the second Kaotoxin Fest alongside CINC (ex – CARNIVAL IN COAL) on December 5 – 6, 2015 in Lille, France. All further info at www.otargos-terror.com or www.facebook.com/otargosband
North Carolina based Death Metallers NECROCOSM have just released their debut full-length "Damnation Doctrine". It features the following tracks: ‘Damnation’, ‘Sworn Hatred’, ‘Architects Of Death’, ‘Disavow’, ‘Octopian Eclipse’, ‘Necrocosm’, ‘Hypnagogic Gait’, ‘Force Fed Progeny’, ‘W.B.S.’ and ‘Plains Of Inexistence’. The entire album is currently streaming at NECROCOSM’s Bandcamp site http://necrocosm666.bandcamp.com. For all additional info on NECROCOSM check out www.facebook.com/necrocosm
Dutch old school Death Metallers BODYFARM have released a video for ‘Storming Revolution’ at this location. The song is taken from their new album “Battle Breed” which will be released on November 06, 2015 via Cyclone Empire Records. It was produced and mixed by Ronnie Björnström from Enhanced Audio Productions (AEON, CENTINEX, SORCERER) and the cover artwork was created by Juanjo Castellano (VOMITORY, AVULSED, UNLEASHED). More BODYFARM at www.bodyfarmdeathmetal.com or www.facebook.com/bodyfarmdeathmetal
DESECRESY‘s fourth album "Stoic Death" will be released on November 01, 2015 via Xtreem Music. The tracklist reads like this: ‘Remedies Of Wolf’s Bane’, ‘The Work Of Anakites’, ‘Passage To Terminus’, ‘Abolition Of Mind’, ‘Sanguine Visions’, ‘Funeral Odyssey’, ‘Cantillate In Ages Agone’ and ‘Unantropomorph’. An exclusive advance track can already be checked out here. More DESECRESY info at: www.facebook.com/desecresy-244902242257521