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Imperative Music is looking for bands to appear on the upcoming 11th volume of their IMPERATIVE MUSIC COMPILATION. The CD is for free and will be printed in 3.000 copies, 100 copies will be mailed to the most important record labels, distributors and press from the US, Brazil, Japan and Europe. The artwork will be supplied by Obscure Art from Brazil. On the previous compilations bands like KREATOR, EPICA, DEATH, OBITUARY, LOUDNESS and DEVILMENT already got included. For all further details check out www.imperative-music.com or contact label manager Gilson R. de Arruda via email at imperativemusicagency@gmail.com
French Black / Death Metallers TEMPLE OF BAAL have just released a brand new track entitled ‘Hosanna’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s upcoming fifth studio album "Mysterium" which will be released on October 02, 2015 via Agonia Records. "Mysterium" was recorded at Hybreed Studios with long-time sound engineer Andrew Guillotin and the cover artwork and layout has been created by David Fitt (AOSOTH, SECRETS OF THE MOON, SVART CROWN) and Maria Yakhnenko. The following tracks will appear on the album: ‘Lord Of Knowledge And Death’, ‘Magna Gloria Tua’, ‘Divine Scythe’, ‘Hosanna’, ‘Dictum Ignis’, ‘Black Redeeming Flame’, ‘Holy Art Thou’ and ‘All In Your Name’. The vinyl edition will additionally feature a cover of BATHORY’s ‘The Golden Walls Of Heaven’ as a bonus track. More about TEMPLE OF BAAL at www.facebook.com/pages/temple-of-baal/20135072962
2016 will see the next full-length release of Berlin’s INGURGITATING OBLIVION with lead guitarist and mastermind Florian Engelke being the only remaining member of the band’s line-up. For further information visit www.ingurgitating-oblivion.de, www.willowtip.com
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN (featuring former BENEDICTION / BOLT THROWER frontman Dave Ingram as well as Rogga Johansson) will release their second full-length "Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy!" on November 06, 2015 via Cyclone Empire. The following tracks will appear on the album: ‘Pyramids Of Mars’, ‘Warriors Of The Deep’, ‘The Oncoming Storm’, ‘The Ambassadors Of Death’, ‘Forged In Fire’ (ANVIL cover feat. Kam Lee), ‘Arc Of Infinity’, ‘Death Seed’, ‘War Machines’, ‘Unearthly Child’, ‘Tooth And Claw’, ‘Armageddon Factor’, ‘Protest And Survive’ (DISCHARGE cover), ‘Deadly Assassin’ and ‘Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy!’. The cover artwork was once again created by Turkka G. Rantanen (ARCHGOAT, ADRAMELECH, THE GROTESQUERY, DEMILICH, DEMIGOD). More band info at www.facebook.com/downamongthedeadmen
Caverna Abismal Records, in co-operation with War Productions and Sinais Produções, have just released "From The Grave", the debut album from Portugal’s old school Death Metallers FESTERING. The artwork was created by César Valladares (ASPHYX, NOMINON, PRAISE THE FLAME, ANATOMIA, GRAVEYARD etc). More band information at festeringpt.blogspot.pt
On November 27, 2015 US Death Metallers AUTOPSY will release their eighth studio full-length "Skull Grinder". It was recorded in late July at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California with Adam Munoz and the cover artwork was once again created by Wes Benscoter. The tracklist reads like this: ‘Strung Up And Gutted’, ‘Skull Grinder’, ‘Children Of The Filth’, ‘Sanity Bleeds’, ‘The Withering Death’, ‘Waiting For The Screams’ and ‘Return To Dead’. Already before that, on November 13, 2015, a special limited edition 4 CD deluxe release entitled "After The Cutting" will be released, that will feature lots of AUTOPSY classics and previously unheard rarities from the band’s own archive. Also included will be the entire "Skull Grinder" album. The cover art for "After The Cutting" comes courtesy of Kev Walker, who already created the covers for "Severed Survival" and "Mental Funeral". The whole packed gets completed by an extensive 72 pages book about the history of AUTOPSY, written by Dennis Dread, which consists of interviews, unseen photos and exclusive artwork. More info and updates at www.facebook.com/pages/autopsy-official/162194133792668
Unspeakable Axe Records has just released a two song split CD from Russian Death Metallers CIST and US Death / Thrashers SOLSTICE. A promo trailer for it can be checked out at this location. More band information at www.facebook.com/cistband or www.facebook.com/solsticefl
MASTER are currently recording their 13th, as of yet untitled, full-length at Shaark Studios in the Czech Republic. The album will feature about 10 songs and will be released in early 2016 via F.D.A. Records. More info at www.master-speckmetal.net
Bay Area based Death / Thrashers INSANITY will release their new full-length "Visions Of Apocalypse" on November 13, 2015 via Unspeakable Axe Records. A vinyl edition on Dark Descent Records is also in the works, to be released later this year. The following tracks will appear on the album: ‘Sacrefixion’, ‘When’, ‘Sociopath’, ‘Mortification’, ‘Disillusioned’, ‘Dread The Dawn’, ‘Tired’, ‘Blind’ and ‘Visions Of Apocalypse’. More INSANITY at www.facebook.com/pages/insanity/57208433713
New Era Productions in co-operation with Hammerheart Records will release the OCCULT “Studio Demo 1993” as a very limited edition LP / CD with additional live-recordings. The release is scheduled for February / March 2016. For all further info or updates check out www.new-era-productions.nl or www.hammerheart.com
Louisiana based Thrashers CRETUS have just released an official music video for ‘Price Of Immortality’. The song is taken from their forthcoming debut EP "Dux Mea Lux" which will be released via Pavement Music on September 04, 2015. The uncut version of the video is now playing at the band’s website www.followcretus.com (the censored version has been posted here). More band info at www.facebook.com/deathtocretus
Canadian Death Thrashers BESIEGED have released a new self-titled vinyl 7" EP via Unspeakable Axe Records. It is currently streaming here. For all additional information check out www.facebook.com/besiegedthrash
US Black Metallers RITUAL KILLER have released a track from their forthcoming album "Exterminance" at this location. The album will be released on September 18, 2015 via Season Of Mist. The tracklist for "Exterminance" reads like this: ‘Bury The Earth, Bury The Sky’, ‘As The Vulture Feeds’, ‘Feral Eyes’, ‘Dogs, Wolves And Carrion Fowl’, ‘Cuuntius’, ‘Pale Corpse Incantations’, ‘Crippling Beast’ and ‘Passing Of Creation’. More about RITUAL KILLER at www.facebook.com/ritualkillerofficial
Avesta / Sweden based Doom / Deathers MOONDARK have been signed by Cyclone Empire. The band’s first ever official album is scheduled for a 2016 release. MOONDARK’s current line-up consists of Alexander Högbom (vocals, VOLTURYON, SPASMODIC, OCTOBER TIDE, CENTINEX), Mattias Norrman (guitars, OCTOBER TIDE, ex – KATATONIA, INTERMENT, DELLAMORTE), Johan Jansson (guitars, INTERMENT, PARASIT, ex – DEMONICAL, REGURGITATE, DELLAMORTE), Allan Lundholm (bass, INTERMENT, ex – CONVULSION, CIRCLE OF CHAOS) and Kennet Englund (drums, INTERMENT, DEMONICAL, CENTINEX, ex – UNCANNY, DELLAMORTE). At the end of August 1993 MOONDARK entered Soundline Studios in Avesta and recorded 7 songs with engineer Per Samuelsson for a demo that was simply entitled “Demo # 1”. 14 years later Swedish Dreamtide Music resurrected these old recordings and released them as a limited edition CD entitled “The Shadowpath”. The demo also got released as a digipak CD by No Colours Records and on LP via Temple Of Darkness in 2007. In May 2015 Xtreem Music re-issued “The Shadowpath” on CD with new artwork made by Juanjo Castellano. This release was completed with a bio, photos and all the lyrics. A vinyl edition will follow in 2016. For more information check out www.facebook.com/moondark666
Portland, Oregon Grinders IMMORAL MAJORITY have just posted live footage from their show at Deadfest 2015 in Oakland, California, featuring guest vocalist / guitarist Ryan Bartek (of Portland grinders VULTURE LOCUST) at this location. All further info at: www.facebook.com/immoralmajorityisnotpc
French blackened Death Metallers AZZIARD have inked a deal with Kaotoxin Records. The band’s line-up features former and current members of THE NEGATION, MOONREICH, WHISPERING TEARS and BRAN BARR. AZZIARD are currently working at Vamacara Studio on their third, as of yet untitled, full-length which is scheduled for an early 2016 release. A pre-production version of the album track ‘Unus Mundus’ is already available for streaming and free download right here. This version will also be included on the free Kaotoxin Records Sampler "Weapons Of Self-Destruction: Volume 2", which will be released on September 14, 2015. For more band info check out www.facebook.com/azziard
‘Djevelens Mesterverk’, a track from the upcoming new TSJUDER full-length "Antiliv", is currently streaming here. The album will be released on September 18, 2015 via Season Of Mist. The band released the following comments regarding ‘Djevelens Mesterverk’: "This song delivers aggressive Black Metal with some Thrash influences. The title means in Norwegian ‘The Devil’s Masterpiece’. The lyrics describes a first person "me" (or the reader) as a reflection of the Devil – or some devil. Infecting the world with chaos, destruction, negativity, etc., which has been the foundation and purpose of ‘my’ life. ‘Djevelens Mesterverk’ was the first track that we composed for the "Antiliv" album (excluding ‘Ved Ferdens Ende’ that appeared on demo back in 1995)…" The following tracks will appear on "Antiliv": ‘Kaos’, ‘Krater’, ‘Norge’, ‘Djevelens Mesterverk’, ‘Demonic Supremacy’, ‘Slumber With The Worm’, ‘Ved Ferdens Ende’ and ‘Antiliv’. The digibox release will furthermore feature the following bonus tracks: ‘Kaos’ (rehearsal version), ‘Slumber With The Worm’ (rehearsal version), ‘Antiliv’ (rehearsal version), ‘Deathcrush’ (MAYHEM cover) and ‘Unholy Pagan Fire’ (BEHERIT cover). More info at www.tsjuder.com or www.facebook.com/tsjuderofficial
"Strijd", the long sold out debut album from Dutch Black Metallers SAMMATH, will be re-released via Hammerheart in the first quarter of 2016 on gold vinyl, limited to 300 copies. For all additional information about SAMMATH check out www.facebook.com/sammath666