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After being around for over thirty years now, New York City based Death / Thrashers PRIME EVIL will finally release their first full-length "Blood Curse Resurrection" via Inferno Records later this year. It was recorded at Starr Ridge Studios in Brewster, NY and features ten brandnew tracks. You can already check out the coverartwork and the song ‘Plague Of Humanity’ at this location. The band’s current line-up consists of vocalist Andy Eichhorn, guitarist Mike Usifer, bassist Rob Broderick and drummer Billy Wasweiller. More band information at www.primeevil.net or www.facebook.com/real.prime.evil
"Curse Of The Skinless Bride", the third album from THE GROTESQUERY, will be released on April 10, 2015 via Cyclone Empire Records. The album was mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström at Enhanced Audio Productions and the artwork was created by Turkka Rantanen. Sound samples can already be found here and here. For all additional info on THE GROTESQUERY check out www.facebook.com/thegrotesquery
Agonia Records have signed Polish Black Metallers BLAZE OF PERDITION. The band’s third full-length "Near Death Revelations" will be released in June and the artwork was created by Mentalporn. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Królestwo Niczyje’, ‘Into The Void Again’, ‘When Mirrors Shatter’, ‘Dreams Shall Flesh’, ‘Cold Morning Fears’, ‘The Tunnel’ and ‘Of No Light’. More about BLAZE OF PERDITION at www.facebook.com/blazeofperdition
PYREXIA‘s 1993 debut full-length "Sermon Of Mockery" will be re-released via Century Media Records on April 21, 2015. You can check out the album’s title track at this location. The CD edition additionally features their 1992 "Liturgy Of Impurity" demo and the "Hatredangeranddisgust" EP from 1995 as bonus material while the LP edition (which will be available in black, green, orange and gold) will furthermore have "Live In 1992" (unreleased) on offer. More about PYREXIA at www.facebook.com/pyrexiadeathmetal
French SUPURATION have just released a track from their upcoming new album"Reveries". You can check out ‘Suffocate Through Asphyxia’ at this location. The album, which includes new recordings of old songs that were originally written back in 1990, was mastered by Dan Swanö and the cover art was created by Dan Seagrave. It will be released on May 29, 2015 via Listenable Records. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Avoid The Contamination’, ‘Tales From The Crematory’, ‘Suffocate Through Asphyxia’, ‘Suppurated’, ‘Hypertrophy – Sordid And Outrageous Emanations’, ‘Sultry Obsession’, ‘Reveries Of A Bloated Cadaver’, ‘Ephemeral Paradise’, ‘Shattered’ (PARADISE LOST cover), ‘The Beast’ (TWISTED SISTER cover) and ‘Among The Living’ (ANTHRAX cover). More info at www.facebook.com/sup.supuration
Brutal Death Metallers LECHEROUS NOCTURNE have just released an official video for the song ‘Creation Continuum’ (from their 2013 album "Behold Almighty Doctrine") at this location. The band will return to the studio in June to record their fourth album which will be released via Willowtip Records. More LECHEROUS NOCTURNE info at www.lecherousnocturne.net or www.facebook.com/lecherousnocturne
"The Shadowpath" from Swedish Death Metallers MOONDARK, will be re-issued on CD through Xtreem Music on May 01, 2015 with new cover artwork by Juanjo Castellano, a complete booklet with liner notes, lyrics, original demo cover and live photos. A couple of months later a gatefold vinyl edition will follow. One of the songs can be checked out here. More band info at www.facebook.com/moondark666
Sweden’s PUTRIFIED are working on a new EP which will be released through Unholy Prophecies later this year. It will be entitled "The Flesh. The Scythe. The Tomb." and feature two exclusive new studio songs as well as two shorter instrumental interludes and two cover songs (‘Devils Whorehouse’ from THE MISFITS and ‘Morbid Tales’ from CELTIC FROST). This will be PUTRIFIED’s first EP with a full band line-up. The EP will be limited to 300 copies and the cover art will be done by Brian VDP. More PUTRIFIED info at www.facebook.com/pages/putrified/139314062811752
Québec, Canada based Death / Thrashers RIOTOR have just been signed by Infernö Records. The band’s new album "Rusted Throne" is currently in the making and will include 10 new tracks. The cover artwork will be created by Ismarevil. A new RIOTOR song can already be checked out here. For all further information go to http://riotor.rektangle.ca or www.facebook.com/riotor
Lithuanian old school Thrashers PHRENETIX are currently recording their debut album "Art Of Jail" at Muzlab Studio in Vilnius with producer Rimtautas Piskarskas. It will be released via Infernö Records. A limited cassette re-release of PHRENETIX’s 2013 demo will also be available through the label soon. One of the demo songs (‘Muddy Tale’) can be checked out at this location. All additional PHRENETIX info at www.facebook.com/phrenetix
Swedish Death Metallers REVOLTING will release their new album on May 22, 2015 via F.D.A. Records. You can already check out the track ‘Fathoms Unto Forever’ here. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Shunned To The Shadows’, ‘The Whispers Of The Hanged’, ‘Fathoms Unto Forever’, ‘Dagger-Clawed Chaos’, ‘Bloodkurdle’, ‘Severed And Blessed’, ‘Riddled With Worms’ and ‘Caverns Of Ancient Horror’. More REVOLTING info at www.facebook.com/pages/revolting/144322252254789
On June 26, 2015 Hammerheart Records will re-release a deluxe digipak 2 CD package of "Wicca", the debut album from Brazil Black Metallers MYSTIFIER. Disc 1 features a fully re-mastered version of "Wicca", while disc 2 will have the original master from 1992 with their "T.E.A.R. (The Evil Ascension Returns)" 7” EP as bonus tracks. The vinyl edition (featuring the re-mastered album) will be available on transparent green vinyl, limited to 100 copies (exclusively in the Hammerheart Records webstore) and a regular black vinyl, with fully restored artwork, 180 gram audiophile high quality vinyl and a little surprise added. In August "Goëtia" will follow and in September "The World Is Good That Who Made It Doesn’t Live Here" with a similar treatment. A MYSTIFIER live album (with DVD) and a completely new record are in the works at the moment, a tour is planned for February 2016. www.facebook.com/pages/mystifier/222621304428768
Swedish Death Metallers STENCH have just posted the following via their facebook site www.facebook.com/pages/stench-official/213520935347849: "STENCH is no more. "Venture" was our last breath in this world, and now the time has come to bury the body that is our common work and collaboration. In remembrance of our 8 year long journey there is a photo attached in this post, taken 2007 at Mikaelikyrkan, Arvika. That is where it started, and with that it shall end. As for this page, it will remain but will not longer be updated. Good bye and thank you all for this time! Regards, Jonathan, Johannes & Mikael."
Polish Black Metallers OUTRE are currently streaming the track ‘Arrival’ (from their upcoming debut full-length "Ghost Chants") at this location. The album will be released on April 14, 2015 via Godz Ov War Productions / Third Eye Temple / Essential Purification Records. More about OUTRE at www.facebook.com/outremetal
Chicago based melodic blackened Metallers WITHERING SOUL will release their second album "Adverse Portrait" on June 09, 2015 via Mortal Music. It was engineered and mixed by Chris Wisco at Belle City Sound and mastered by Dennis Israel at Clintworks Audio. Pierre-Alain D of 3mmi Design was responsible for the cover artwork. The following tracks will appear on the album: ‘Vestige’, ‘No Longer Within’, ‘The Dreadful Echo’, ‘Awakening’, ‘Hour Of Obstinacy’, ‘Hex Illusion’, ‘Shadow Path’ and ‘In Absence’. More info at www.facebook.com/witheringsoulband
German Death Metallers DISCREATION have signed a deal with F.D.A. Records. Their upcoming fourth album "Procreation Of The Wretched“ was recorded at Desert Inn Studio with Tilo Krieger and the cover art was supplied by Juanjo Castellano. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Planetary Punishment’, ‘Descending To Abysmal Darkness’, ‘Megacorpse’, ‘Procreation Of The Wretched’, ‘The Hunter’, ‘To Cosmic Shores’, ‘Corporate Hatred’, ‘Decapitation Marathon’, ‘Your Good Shelter’ and ‘Dead Certainties’. You can already check out the opening track ‘Planetary Punishment’ at this location. "Procreation Of The Wretched" will be released on May 22, 2015 as CD, LP and digitally. More about DISCREATION at www.discreation.de or www.facebook.com/discreation
Poland’s Black / Death Metallers INFERNAL WAR will release their new album "Axiom" on April 17, 2015 in Europe and April 21, 2015 in North America via Agonia Records. "Axiom" was recorded, mixed and mastered at No Solace Studio with M. (MGLA / KRIEGSMASCHINE), who also contributed guest vocals and the cover art was created by Mentalporn. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Coronation’, ‘Militant Hate Church’, ‘Into Dead Soil’, ‘Paradygmat’, ‘Nihil Prayer’, ‘The Parallel Darkness’, ‘Transfigure’, ‘Eater Of Hope’, ‘Camp 22’, ‘No Forgiveness’ and ‘Axiom’. For all additional information check out www.facebook.com/infernalwarofficial
Italian Death Metallers AD NAUSEAM have just released the song ‘The Black Veil Of Original Flaw’ at this location. It is taken from their upcoming debut full-length "Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est" which will be released via Lavadome Productions on March 31, 2015. The album features the following tracks: ‘My Buried Dream’, ‘Key To Timeless Laws’, ‘La Maison Diev’, ‘Into The Void Eye’, ‘Terror Haze’, ‘Lost In The Antiverse’, ‘The Black Veil Of Original Flaw’ and ‘Superimposing Mere Will And Sheer Need’. More about AD NAUSEAM at www.facebook.com/adnauseamofficial
Finnish Death Metallers TORTURE PULSE will release their upcoming second album "God Leash" through Xtreem Music. A release date is not confirmed yet, but it’s supposed to come out during the Summer. Until then you can still check out sound samples from their latest EP here. More info at www.facebook.com/torturepulse
Colombia’s blackened Death Metallers NEPENTE are currently streaming the title track from their upcoming EP "I Will Get Your Soul" at this location. The EP was recorded at Manizales Studio in Colombia and mixed / mastered at Hertz Recording Studio in Poland by Slawomir Wieslawski and Wojciech Wieslawski. The release is scheduled for March 31, 2015 via Cimmerian Shade Recordings and the following tracks will appear on it: ‘I Will Get Your Soul’, ‘Show Me That You Are Suffering’, ‘Gray Land’ and ‘Last Rites’. For all additional info about NEPENTE check out www.facebook.com/nepente.metal
Spanish Death Metallers SACROPHOBIA will have a compilation of all their recordings re-issued on CD via Xtreem Music on April 20, 2015. It will be entitled "Dark Requiems" and features 10 studio tracks from the band’s two demos ("Only Death Is Irreversible" and "Demo # 2"), two songs from the 5-way split CD "Dead Flesh" (1993) plus 3 unreleased tunes (recorded live in ’93) as well as 2 live cover songs. The CD comes with remastered sound and the booklet will feature liner notes, demo covers, band photos, flyers, gig posters and so on. A track from the "Dead Flesh" split album can be checked out here. More SACROPHOBIA at www.facebook.com/sacrophobia
The re-issue series of INQUISITION‘s back catalogue (all of them with new cover artwork from Paolo Girardi) continues on May 18, 2015 when Season Of Mist will re-release the band’s 2007 album "Nefarious Dismal Orations". On March 23, 2015 "Magnificent Glorification Of Lucifer", INQUISITION’s third full-length from 2004, will already be made available again. "Ominous Doctrines Of The Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm" from 2011 is scheduled for release in June 2015. More INQUISITION at www.facebook.com/inquisition.official
Thrashing Black Metallers FROSTHELM have released a lyric video for ‘A Storm Of Teeth’ at this location. The song appears on their upcoming album "The Endless Winter" which will be released on March 22, 2015. For all additional info check out www.facebook.com/frosthelm
Salt Lake City Thrashers DEATHBLOW will release their new EP "The Other Side Of Darkness" on April 21, 2015. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Andy Peterson and the cover art was created by Andreas Marschall. The tracklist reads like this: ‘Beyond Obsession’, ‘Means To An End’, ‘The Other Side Of Darkness’, ‘Headless Throne’ and ‘Death Wish’. The title track is currently streaming at this location. More info at www.facebook.com/dethblo
Swedish Black Metallers HYPOTHERMIA have released the titletrack of their new album "Svartkonst" at this location. The album will be released on May 15, 2015 in Europe and May 19, 2015 in North America via Agonia Records. The following five tracks will appear on "Svartkonst": ‘Invokation’, ‘Svartkonst’, ‘Efterglod’, ‘Regnvals’ and ‘Vy’. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/vemodsorkestern
In April 2015 Minnesota based Death Metallers INCINERATE will be touring Europe together with INTERNAL SUFFERING and NEUROMA in support of their upcoming new album "Eradicating Terrestrial Species". It will be released via Comatose Music on April 21, 2015. A promo video for the album track ‘Unable To Ascend’ can be found at this location. All additional info at www.facebook.com/incineratedm
Kentucky Thrashers BRODY’S MILITIA (featuring ex – HELLNATION members) are going to release a cover album via Colombia’s Trauma Records. It will feature tracks from NAPALM DEATH, LED ZEPPELIN, RUPTURE, MOTÖRHEAD, CRASS, NUNSLAUGHTER, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, DEATH SIDE, THE RAMONES and ANTISEEN. The cover artwork was created by Nor Prego and the CD version includes the split 7” EPs with RUPTURE and NUNSLAUGHTER plus the entire “Tribute Through Butcher” EP (SARCOFAGO, CELTIC FROST, HELLNATION, CIRCLE JERKS, ATTITUDE AJUSTMENT, BLACK SABBATH) from 2003 as a bonus. It will be available as a special slip case CD with patch and post card. More info at: traumarkhan@hotmail.com
Author Ramon ‘Oscuro’ Martos (MetalUnderground.com, This Is Metal, PureGrainAudio.com etc.) spent more than three years researching and interviewing more than 100 bands and artists for his upcoming first book …AND JUSTICE FOR ART: STORIES ABOUT HEAVY METAL ALBUM COVERS, which features stories behind the making of artworks for SLAYER’s "Reign In Blood", MORBID ANGEL’s "Blessed Are The Sick", METALLICA’s "…And Justice For All", DEATH’s "Symbolic", CARCASS’ "Heartwork", TESTAMENT’s "Dark Roots Of Earth", OPETH’s "Heritage" and many others. The book will have 264 glossy color pages, features more than 400 graphics (some of them never seen before) and the foreword was written by MORBID ANGEL’s David Vincent. So far the book’s first edition will be limited to 300 copies and can be pre-ordered here. A preview video can be found at this location. For more details check out www.andjusticeforart.com or contact andjusticeforart@gmail.com