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Portuguese Black Metallers IRAE are streaming their upcoming sixth full-length “In The Key Of Twilight” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 28, 2025 via Signal Rex. The cover artwork was created by Belial Necroarts. https://irae666.bandcamp.com
Finnish Grinders ROTTEN SOUND will release their new EP “Mass Extinction” on December 12, 2025 via Season Of Mist. You can already check out the track ‘Idealist’ over here. For all further ROTTEN SOUND information, please visit www.facebook.com/rottensoundofficial
Czech MASTER’S HAMMER are streaming their upcoming ninth full-length “Maldorör Disco” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 26, 2025 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. www.facebook.com/mastershammerofficial
Dutch Death Metallers PESTILENCE have announced Dario Rudić as the band’s new bass player, following their split with Roel Käller in September. Rudić just issued the following statement: “Hello, I’m Dario Rudić from Zadar, Croatia. I’m 44 years old and I’ve been playing music since I was 15. I’ve been listening to Metal my whole life and of course one of the first Death Metal bands was PESTILENCE, who were my role models then and now. Not even in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that one day I would get the chance to play with these greats. I’m looking forward to sharing the stage with the masters from PESTILENCE and opening new musical portals with them.” PESTILENCE will embark on a string of tour dates that starts in late November with a one-off show in Italy and continues through December with a three-date run in Spain (together with CANCER) and eight headlining shows in the UK, including stops in Manchester, Glasgow and London. www.facebook.com/pestilenceofficial
Austrian Death Metallers FESSUS are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Subcutaneous Tomb” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on November 26, 2025 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. https://fessus.bandcamp.com
German Black / Death Metallers INFERNAL PRESENCE are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Fiery Paths” at this location now. It will be released on November 26, 2025 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. https://infernalpresence.bandcamp.com
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada based Grinders ARCHAGATHUS have just reissued their sophomore full-length “Coffee Grinder” for the first time ever on CD via Selfmadegod Records. It was originally released in 2011 and recorded back in 2008. A full album stream you will find over here. More about ARCHAGATHUS at https://archagathus.bandcamp.com
Austrian Thrashers WILDHUNT have just revealed another song from their upcoming sophomore full-length “Aletheia”, which will be released on January 02, 2026 via Jawbreaker Records. You can check out a visualizer video for ‘The Holy Pale’ at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Touching The Ground’, ‘The Holy Pale’, ‘Made Man’, ‘Kanashibari’, ‘In Frozen Dreams’, ‘Aletheia’ and ‘Sole Voyage’. The cover artwork was created by Lena Richter. www.facebook.com/wildhuntaustria
French Black Metallers MORTE FRANCE have just premiered the track ‘Le Chevalier, La Mort Et Le Diable’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Hesperia”, which will be released on December 15, 2025 via Antiq. The following tracks will appear on the album: ‘Waldganger’, ‘Europa Aeterna’, ‘Le Chevalier, La Mort Et Le Diable’, ‘Hesperia’, ‘Lux Meae’, ‘Kyrie Eleison’ and ‘Fernweh’. www.facebook.com/mortefrance
American-Canadian Grindcore / Goregrind duo RAW ADDICT has just revealed a first track from their upcoming debut full-length “Swarm Decomposition”. You can check out ‘Lysogenic Code’ at this location. The album will be released on CD via Selfmadegod Records on November 28, 2025. It was mixed by Thrashcan (PIZZA HI-FIVE, COUPLE SKATE) and features artwork by Matt Slime (COFFIN DUST, NAUSEATOR). https://rawaddict.bandcamp.com
Dutch melodic Black Metal duo SARDONIC ALLEGIANCE will release their new EP “Coast II” on January 09, 2026. It is the second part of two separate, yet connected releases and the follow up to “Coast I”, which was released last April. The cover art was created by digital artist Gustavo Sazes. https://sardonicallegiance.bandcamp.com
Montréal, Canada based Death Metallers PHOBOCOSM have just released the track ‘Unbound’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming fourth full-length “Gateway”, which will be released via Dark Descent Records on November 28, 2025 on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. The previously revealed album track ‘Sempiternal Penance’ can still be streamed over here. “Gateway” was recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Berthiaume (GEVURAH, SANCTVS) and the cover artwork was created by Lauri Laaksonen (DESOLATE SHRINE, CONVOCATION, PESTILENT HEX). PHOBOCOSM will support the album release with selected North American performances, followed by European dates in 2026. www.facebook.com/phobocosm
Australian Death Metallers OLDE OUTLIER have just premiered the track ‘Swept’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “From Shallow Lives To Shallow Graves”, which will be released on December 19, 2025 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed ‘The Revellers’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete “From Shallow Lives To Shallow Graves” tracklist reads like this: ‘The Revellers’, ‘The Pounding Of Hooves’, ‘Swept’ and ‘All Is Bright’. www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
Netherlands’ one-man Black / Death Metal project EL MUERTO has just released its debut EP “Lost And Amsterdamned”. A full stream of it is available over here. The material was recorded in studios across the Netherlands, mixed by Tomas Skogsberg of Sunlight Studios in Sweden and mastered by Ricardo Botello. All artwork was created by Francisco Torres Beltrán of Tobelart. The rhythm section on “Lost And Amsterdamned” features guest musicians from international Metal acts, such as downunder’s NORSE and Europe’s ADARRAK. www.instagram.com/elmuerto_
Croatian Doom / Deathers DECREPIT ALTAR are streaming their debut EP “Egregious Defilement” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Me Saco Un Ojo Records on 12″ vinyl format today. www.instagram.com/decrepit_altar
Norwegian Death Metallers BLOOD RED THRONE have just released the track ‘Vermicular Heritage’ over here. It will be featured on their upcoming twelfth full-length “Siltskin”, which will be released on December 05, 2025 via Soulseller Records. The album was mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström at Bjornstromsound and the artwork was created by Giannis Nakos of Remedy Art Design. The complete tracklist of “Siltskin” reads as follows: ‘Scraping Out The Cartilage’, ‘Beneath The Means’, ‘Husk In The Grain’, ‘Necrolysis’, ‘Anodyne Rust’, ‘Vestigial Remnants’, ‘Vermicular Heritage’, ‘On These Bones’ and ‘Marrow Of The Earth’. www.facebook.com/bloodredthroneofficial
After an absence of seven years, Italian blackened Doom Metallers OBSCURA AMENTIA are back in the studio again to record new material. For regular updates on the recording sessions, exclusive previews and release dates make sure to follow the band at www.facebook.com/obscuraamentia
“Ash Eclipses Flesh”, the debut full-length from Texas based Death Metal trio TERROR CORPSE, is now streaming in its entirety at this location. It will be released via Dark Descent Records on CD, cassette tape, vinyl LP (black and splatter editions) and digital formats today. TERROR CORPSE will headline the Metal and Beer Pre-Fest in Denver on December 04, 2025. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572578455775
American Death Metallers MALEFIC THRONE have just released a lyric video for ‘Athirst For Dissonance’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “The Conquering Darkness”, which will be released on November 28, 2025 via Agonia Records. www.facebook.com/maleficthrone
On January 23, 2026 Personal Records will release “After Gods”, the debut full-length from Finnish Death Metallers LIGATION, on CD format. Here’s the complete tracklist already: ‘After Gods’, ‘Turmoil In Everest’, ‘Obscure Flame’, ‘Eruption’, ‘Reflection’, ‘Human Success’ (bonus track), ‘Earthlings’ (bonus track) and ‘Seraphic Gluttony’ (bonus track). https://ligation.bandcamp.com
On December 18, 2025 Amor Fati Productions will release “Verfallsschemen”, the sophomore full-length from German Black Metallers AETHER, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Trümmerwelten’, ‘Die Alte Stunde’, ‘Verfallen’ and ‘Ins Nichts…’. You can already stream ‘Verfallen’ at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/aetherbm
WolfKult Religion has released “Torn Apart”, the split EP from SATHANAS and NUNSLAUGHTER, on vinyl. It was originally released as a limited edition cassette tape, but is now finally available for the first time on a real vinyl record. It features SATHANAS’ vocalist Paul Tucker doing guest vocals for NUNSLAUGHTER and NUNSLAUGHTER’s Don of the Dead providing guest vocals for SATHANAS. The EP is available in black and matching black, white and red vinyl, limited to 50 copies each. www.wolfkultreligion.com
WolfKult Religion also released “The Sinister Flame” from Bolivian Black Metallers NEKROMANTEION as a vinyl 7″ EP in black and matching orange vinyl (limited to 100 and 50 copies respectively). It was previously self-released in a small run on cassette tapes and later reissued on the same format via Iron Bonehead Productions. www.wolfkultreligion.com
Spanish Death Metallers SEPULCHRAL will release their sophomore full-length “Beneath The Shroud” on December 05, 2025 via Soulseller Records. It was mixed and mastered by Gorka Pérez and the cover artwork was created by Luciana Nedelea. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘A Pact Written In Bone Dust’, ‘Beneath The Shroud’, ‘Abandoned Feretrum’, ‘Conflagration Of Sacred Bones’, ‘Torchless Crossroads’, ‘Cloaked Spectres’, ‘From The Crypt, The Putrid Mist’, ‘Blood, Phlegm, Black Bile’, ‘Gravestone Covenant’, ‘Poison Wind’ and ‘Lost In The Ruins’. You can already check out the album track ‘Abandoned Feretrum’ at this location. More about SEPULCHRAL at www.facebook.com/sepulchraldeathmetal
German melodic Death / Viking Metallers OBSCURITY will release their tenth full-length”Ascheregen” on January 29, 2026 via Trollzorn Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. It was produced by Tim Schuldt and OBSCURITY at 4CN Studios and the cover artwork was created by Jan Yrlund of Darkgrove Design. A video for the first single ‘Ketzerjagd’ can already be watched over here. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/obscuritybergischland
UK’s progressive Black Metallers DECONSTRUCTING SEQUENCE have just released their sophomore full-length “Tenebris Cosmicis Tempora” via Black Lion Records on CD and digitally. It was recorded at Monroe Sound Studio between 2022 and 2025 with producer Arkadiusz “Aro” Jabłoński. A full album stream is available at this location. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/deconstructingsequence
Italian technical Death Metallers HUMAN will digitally self-release their fourth full-length “Concetto Transeunte” today. You can stream the album in its entirety over here. For all additional HUMAN information please visit www.facebook.com/humandeathmetal
“Nocturnal Visions”, the upcoming sophomore full-length from Japanese Death Metallers INVICTUS, will be released on January 26, 2026 via Memento Mori (CD edition), in co-operation with Me Saco Un Ojo Records (vinyl edition). The cover artwork was created by Juanjo Castellano. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Intro’, ‘Abyssal Earth Eradicates’, ‘Altar Of Devoted Slaughter Visions’, ‘Lucid Dream Trauma’, ‘Persecution Madness’, ‘Dragged Beneath The Grave’, ‘Wandering Ashdream’, ‘Frozen Tomb’ and ‘Nocturnal Visions’. You can already check out ‘Abyssal Earth Eradicates’ at this location. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/invictusdeathmetal
Finnish Dark Metallers MONOLICHT have just released a lyric video for their new single ‘Alyssa’ over here. According to a label info “…the band’s music draws inspiration from northern mysticism, channeling the melancholy and cold austerity of shadowed forests and frozen streams.” www.facebook.com/monolichtfi
Chicago, Illinois based blackened Death Metallers BLOOD OF THE WOLF will release their fourth full-length “V: Indomitable” via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on December 19, 2025 on CD and digital formats. You can already stream the single ‘Assembled To Annihilate’ at this location. The full tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Tempest Of Purifying Fire’, ‘Extinction Eclipse’, ‘Glory To The Gods Of War’, ‘Oath Of Supremacy’, ‘Assembled To Annihilate’, ‘Baptized In Fire And Combat’, ‘Flesh For The Warfather’ and ‘Indomitable’. www.facebook.com/bloodofthewolfmusic
Colombian Death Metallers FUNERAL VOMIT have just released a visualizer video for ‘Cryptic Miasma Stench’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Upheaval Of Necromancy”, which will be released on December 19, 2025 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Intro (The Disentombment)’, ‘Upheaval Of Necromancy’, ‘Sulphuric Regurgitation’, ‘Hematophagia’, ‘Interlude (Mortuary Ecstasy)’, ‘Winds Of Exhumation’, ‘Altars Of Doom’, ‘Cryptic Miasma Stench’, ‘Rancid Insorcism’ and ‘Outro (Effluvia Of The Mass Grave)’. www.facebook.com/funeral.vomit
On December 06, 2025 Purity Through Fire will release “Bleknat Bortom Evig Tid”, the third full-length from Swedish Black Metallers GREVE, on CD format. The vinyl edition will follow next year. “Bleknat Bortom Evig Tid” will feature the following tracks: ‘Till Striden…’, ‘Livets Fjätter Brista’, ‘Nektar Av Dödens Gift’, ‘I Dunkel Poesi’, ‘En Sista Färd’, ’16 Vingar…’, ‘Bleknat Bortom Evig Tid’ and ‘Efter Stormen…’. You can already check out ‘Nektar Av Dödens Gift’ at this location. For more information please visit www.purity-through-fire.com
Polish Black Metallers ASTRAL SPEAR have just revealed the track ‘My Master’s Call’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut mini album “Ancient Throne Of Sinister Rites”, which will be released on December 12, 2025 via Signal Rex. The previously revealed ‘Herald Of Torment’ can additionally still be streamed at this location. The full “Ancient Throne Of Sinister Rites” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘On Your Command’, ‘Intro II’, ‘My Master’s Call’, ‘Wings Of Madness’, ‘Intro III’ and ‘Herald Of Torment’. www.facebook.com/signalrec
Finnish Black Metallers DARK DIVINATION have just revealed the track ‘Pride Of Victory’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Liitto Hengen Ja Veren”, which will be released on December 12, 2025 via Signal Rex. The previously revealed title track can still be checked out at this location. The full “Liitto Hengen Ja Veren” tracklist reads like this: ‘Selvännäkijä’, ‘Pride Of Victory’, ‘Burn’, ‘Dark Divination’, ‘Hymn Of Hate’, ‘Kohti Ikuista Tuhoa’, ‘Katse Menneisyyteen’, ‘Liitto Hengen Ja Veren’ and ‘Fall From Power’. https://darkdivination.bandcamp.com
On January 26, 2026 Memento Mori, in co-operation with Grindhead Records and Primitive Moth, will release “Where All Of Worth Comes To Wither”, the sophomore full-length from Australian Doom / Death Metallers MALIGNANT AURA. Memento Mori will release the CD version, the vinyl edition will follow in mid February via Grindhead and Primitive Moth. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Where All Of Worth Comes To Wither (Intro)’, ‘The Pathetic Festival’, ‘Languishing In The Perpetual Mire’, ‘Beneath A Crown Of Anguish’ and ‘An Abhorrent Path To Providence’. The cover artwork was created by Paolo Girardi. You can already stream ‘The Pathetic Festival’ at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/malignantaura
Italian Black / Death Metallers ANTIQUUS INFESTUS have released their self-titled sophomore full-length at the end of October via Darkside Records. The artwork was created by Maxime Taccardi, aka The Priest of Terror, with his blood as red paint. A full album stream is available over here. For all additional ANTIQUUS INFESTUS info please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61579608633832
Ukrainian / Polish Black Metal project MORBONOCT will release their fifth full-length “No One Knows We’re Dying” digitally on December 12, 2025. It was recorded, mixed and mastered in Szczecin, Poland by Alexander Medvediev, who’s also responsible for the cover artwork. You can already check out the album’s first single ‘Cold Wind’ at this location. The complete “No One Knows We’re Dying” tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Creation’, ‘Lost’, ‘Cold Wind’, ‘Drifting Away’ and ‘No One Knows, We’re Dying’. https://morbonoct.bandcamp.com
On December 06, 2025 Purity Through Fire will release “Feral Dominion”, the debut full-length from German Black Metallers VELMORTH, on CD format. The vinyl LP edition will follow next year. Velmorth is the new project of Revenant, who’s known for his work with SARKRISTA, ORDER OF NOSFERAT and SIECHKNECHT. You can already stream the title track over here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘To Become God’, ‘Feral Dominion’, ‘Throne Of Howling Ruinfall’, ‘Ascend in Chaos Fury’, ‘Hail Eternal Warspirit’, ‘Imperial Wraithwoods’, ‘Savage Fire Ascension’ and ‘Approaching Wrathstorm’. For all additional information please visit www.purity-through-fire.com
“At Peace”, the 2013 EP from Peru based Black Metallers KATARI, has been re-released on CD and digitally via From Deepest Records now. The new edition was remastered and includes two unreleased tracks, one of them features Jim Mutilator (YOTH IRIA, ex – ROTTING CHRIST). A full stream of “At Peace” is available at this location. More about KATARI at www.facebook.com/katariblackmetal
England based atmospheric Black Metallers NEMOROUS will release their debut full-length “What Remains When Hope Has Failed” on December 19, 2025 via Bindrune Records on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Wyrm At World’s End’, ‘This Rotten Bough’, ‘Sky Avalanche’, ‘Quiescence’, ‘Bereft Part 2’ and ‘What Remains When Hope Has Failed’. You can already stream the album track ‘Quiescence’ over here now. www.facebook.com/nemorousuk
French Black Metallers NOIRSUAIRE have just revealed a video for the title track of their upcoming debut full-length “The Dragging Poison” over here. The album will be released on December 26, 2025 via Osmose Productions. It was mixed and mastered by Sébastien Tuvi at BST Studios (HELL MILITIA, SOTHERION) and features the following tracks: ‘Intro – Thousand Throats Thousand Spears’, ‘The Trance Of Bedless Bones’, ‘Fogged By The Leaves Of Pestilence’, ‘The Dragging Poison’, ‘Possessed By A Malignant Lust’, ‘Interlude – Withering Veins’, ‘Enshrouded In Rabid Repugnance’, ‘Sworn By Sinister Wisdom’ and ‘Noirsuaire’. www.facebook.com/noirsuaire
Finnish one man melodic Black Metal band VALONTUOJA will release their sophomore full-length “Tulesta Syntynyt” via Inverse Records today. A full album stream is available at this location now. www.facebook.com/valontuojablackmetal
Berlin, Germany based epic Death Metallers MYTHERINE will release their new album “Lord Of Mountains” today. You can stream it in its entirety over here. For more band information please visit www.instagram.com/mytherine_official