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
"Experiment Of Existence", the second album from Chilean Death Thrashers RIPPER, will be released on March 04, 2016 via Unspeakable Axe Records (CD) and Dark Descent Records (vinyl). The artwork was created by Paolo Girardi (CRAVEN IDOL, POWER TRIP, BLASPHEMOPHAGHER) and the complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Magnetic Solar Storms’, ‘Anthropophagic Life’, ‘Experiment Of Existence’, ‘Anatomy Of The Galaxies’, ‘Stellar Evolution’, ‘The Alpha Orionis’, ‘Rotten Dreams’, ‘Chromatic Fantasy’, ‘Neuronal Unity’, ‘Spherical Energy’ and ‘Humanity Was Wrong’. The song ‘Neuronal Unity’ is already streaming at this location. More about RIPPER at www.facebook.com/ripperchileoficial
Almost all shows for the upcoming NECROWRETCH European tour with Singapore’s INFERNAL EXECRATOR in February / March 2016 are booked now. The bands are still looking for a show on March 11, 2016, in the west area of Germany though. Any interested booking agent who can help out should contact the band at necrowretch@gmail.com for all further details.
MASTER have just released a video for ‘Face Your Fear’ at this location. The song will appear on the band’s upcoming new album "An Epiphany Of Hate" which will be released on January 29, 2016 via F.D.A. Records. "An Epiphany Of Hate" was recorded at Shaark Studios in the Czech Republic and the coverartwork comes courtesy of Mark Cooper. More information about MASTER at www.master-speckmetal.net or www.facebook.com/pages/master/18521536017
Belgian Death Metallers FRACTURED INSANITY will release their third album "Man Made Hell" in early 2016 via Xtreem Music. It was mixed and mastered at Polish Hertz Studios. The two songs from the band’s 2015 promo demo can still be checked out here and here. More about FRACTURED INSANITY at www.facebook.com/fractured-insanity-323059162201
Dutch old school Death Metallers FUNERAL WHORE have signed a deal with F.D.A. Records for the release of their upcoming new album "Phantasm", which will be out on March 18, 2016. The following tracks will appear on the album: ‘Phantasm’, ‘Evil Manifestation’, ‘Reanimated’, ‘The Tall Man’, ‘Population None’, ‘The Graveyard Silence’, ‘When Life Turns To Ashes’, ‘Down The Abyss’, ‘Morningside Cemetery’, ‘Only The Coffins Remain’ and ‘The Mortuary At Night’. More FUNERAL WHORE at www.facebook.com/fw.oldschooldeathmetal
ABBATH are streaming another new song from their upcoming self-titled debut full-length at this location now. The album will be released on January 22, 2016 via Season Of Mist. More about ABBATH at www.abbath.net or www.facebook.com/abbathband
Norwegian Black Metallers RAGNAROK have completed work on their eighth full-length album "Psychopathology", which will be released in early 2016 via Agonia Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Endarker Studio in Sweden by MARDUK’s Devo. "Psychopathology" will be the first RAGNAROK album that doesn’t feature founder Jontho on drums. Since he became the band’s frontman, his place behind the drum kit is taken by DAUDEN drummer Malignant, who joined RAGNAROK in 2014. For all additional information check out www.facebook.com/ragnarokofficial
"Eat ‘Em Raw", the one and only full-length album from New York City’s Speed / Thrash Metallers SAVAGE THRUST, has just been re-issued on CD for the very first time. It was originally released in 1990 on vinyl and tape via Avanzada Metálica. The re-issue has been remastered and includes all the lyrics, new pictures and a new design. For ordering details contact rebornrcds@gmail.com. More about SAVAGE THRUST at www.savagethrust.com
Ukranian Death / Thrashers HELL:ON have released another track of their fifth full-length "Once Upon A Chaos…" at this location. Guitarist Alex Pasko issued the following statement: "In this track we have combined the speed and aggression of Thrash Metal and gloomy, oppressive atmosphere of Death Metal. This song is imbued with the spirit of madness. In the context of: what if sometimes madness is the path to true, hidden from the eyes, reality?" More info at www.hell-on.net or www.facebook.com/hellonofficial
German Death Metallers ARCHAIC THORN will release their debut EP "In Desolate Magnificence" on December 25, 2015 via Unholy Prophecies. The band itself sums up their intentions as follows: "We spread the words of Messorem, as life is a beautiful lie and death the painful truth". For all additional ARCHAIC THORN information check out www.archaicthorn.de
The cover artwork for the upcoming fifth DESTRÖYER 666 full-length, "Wildfire", has been created by Polish artist Zbigniew M. Bielak (GHOST, MAYHEM, WATAIN). The album will be released on February 26, 2016 via Season Of Mist. DESTRÖYER 666 are currently working on a South American tour in early 2016 with some Australian dates to follow soon after. The band has already announced a show at Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore, Maryland (US) at the end of May 2016. More about DESTRÖYER 666 at www.destroyer666.uk or www.facebook.com/destroyer666page
Sweden’s TEMISTO have been signed by Pulverised Records. The band was previously known as CHAPEL and features Robert Andersson (of the now defunct MORBUS CHRON) on vocals. The band’s self-titled debut album was produced by Elias Scharmer (ex – ABDUCTION, ex – MUTILATE) and mastered by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio (WATAIN, DESULTORY, REPUGNANT etc). The artwork / layout of "Temisto" comes courtesy of Obssessed By Cruelty (WOLFBRIGADE, ENFORCER, AGENT STEEL, SABBAT etc) and the tracklist reads as follows: ‘Above Sacred Ground’, ‘Descent Into Madness’, ‘Abyssal Depths’, ‘Medusa’, ‘The Ritual’, ‘Succubus’, ‘Demiurge’, ‘Bestial Visions’, ‘Temple Of The Damned’ and ‘Seance’. One of the tracks (‘Above Sacred Ground’) is already available for streaming at this location. The album will be released on February 26, 2016. For more information and updates check out www.facebook.com/pulverisedrecords
French blackened Death Metallers MITHRIDATIC will release their debut full-length during the first quarter of 2016 via Kaotoxin Records. The band’s 2014 demo, "The Hunt Is On", is still available at this location. More about MITHRIDATIC at www.facebook.com/mithridatic
The new INGURGITATING OBLIVION album will be released via Willowtip Records in 2016. The band went through massive line-up changes and the new material will include tons of unexpected elements such as piano, vibraphones, jazz guitars etc. Florian Engelke is the only remaining original band member nowadays and responsible for all the rhythm and lead guitar work, as well as vocals on the upcoming 2016 release. Other featured musicians are Lille Gruber (DEFEATED SANITY) and Paul Wielan (TRIOPUS), both on session drums, arrrdXUL (NEITHAN) on bass / vocals / synths, Jan Ferdinand (GASTON) on session solo guitars and Maren Poelman on vibraphones. A teaser trailer can already be checked out here. For more band info check out www.ingurgitating-oblivion.com