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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
REVENGE have premiered the track ‘Silent Enemy’ (from their upcoming fifth full-length "Behold.Total.Rejection") at this location. The album will be released on November 13, 2015 via Season Of Mist and the complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Scum Defection (Outsider Neutralized)’, ‘Shock Attrition (Control In Decline)’, ‘Wolf Slave Protocol (Choose Your Side)’, ‘Mass Death Mass’, ‘Mobilization Rites’, ‘Silent Enemy’, ‘Desolation Insignia’, ‘Hate Nomad’, ‘ETHR (Failure Erased)’ and ‘Nihilist Militant (Total Rejection)’. For all additional information check out www.facebook.com/revengeofficialsompage
Arizona based Horror Rockers CALABRESE have just released a new video for ‘Wanted Man’, a song that appears on their latest album "Lust For Sacrilege Fall". It was directed by Andy Hartmark and can be checked out here. Guitarist / vocalist Bobby Calabrese issued the following official statement about the video: "A lot of our songs are influenced by loneliness, depravity and just not giving a shit. ‘Wanted Man’ is no exception. We filmed in our most natural habitat, which is a dirty desert in the hot Arizona sun. No one around, no civilization in sight, completely lone wolf. ‘Wanted Man’ is the perfect representation of CALABRESE in style and in sound." The band will be touring the US in October and early November. For tourdates and more information check out www.calabreserock.com
‘Ozymandias’, a track from the upcoming third HORRENDOUS full-length "Anareta", is currently streaming right here. The album will be released on October 30, 2015 on CD and digitally via Dark Descent Records. The vinyl edition is scheduled for January 2016. "Anareta" was recorded, mixed and mastered this summer at Subterranean Watchtower Studios. All further info on HORRENDOUS at www.facebook.com/horrendousdeathmetal
Swedish old school Death Metallers DEMONICAL have just released a video for ‘To Become The Weapon’ at this location. It was shot during the band’s summer festivals and live shows in 2015. The track is taken from their new EP "Black Flesh Redemption", which is out now on Agonia Records. The full EP is currently streaming right here. More about DEMONICAL at www.facebook.com/demonicalofficial
Hungarian Black Metallers FUNEBRE are currently working on new material. You can already listen to a new, unfinished song (as of yet without title and vocals) at this location. For more info and updates check out www.facebook.com/officialkhrul
Cyclone Empire have just signed Avesta, Sweden based D-Beat / Crustpunk act PARASIT. The band consists of three former UNCURBED members, a Swedish five-piece that released several albums, EPs and 7”es since 1990. PARASIT’s second album “A Proud Tradition Of Stupidity” will be out in the Winter of 2015 / 2016 and the coverartwork will be supplied by German painter WÆIK, who already worked for bands like WOUND or DESASTER). More info at www.facebook.com/parasit666
‘War Machines’, the first track of “Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy!” (the upcoming second full-length by Danish / Swedish Death Metallers DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN), is streaming at this location now. The album will be released on November 06, 2015 via Cyclone Empire. For all additional information on DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN check out www.facebook.com/downamongthedeadmen
Sweden’s Sludge Black Metallers THIS GIFT IS A CURSE will release their new album "All Hail The Swinelord" on October 16, 2015 through Season Of Mist. You can already check out the track ‘Hanging Feet’ right here. The album’s full tracklist reads like this: ‘Swinelord’, ‘New Temples’, ‘Rites’, ‘XI: For I Am The Fire’, ‘Hanging Feet’, ‘Old Lies’, ‘We Use Your Dead As Vessels’ and ‘Askrådare’. More about THIS GIFT IS A CURSE at www.facebook.com/thisgiftisacurse
Necroharmonic Productions have just re-released MUCUPURULENT‘s 1997 album "Sicko Baby" on CD with a bunch of extra songs. It is entitled "Sicko Baby And More Babes" and additionally features the "Bizarre Tales Of The Abnormal" demo 1995, the "Remind The Bizarre" split EP with CABAL from 1998, the compilation track ‘Disgorging Foetus’ (recorded for a REGURGITATE tribute album, released in 2001), as well as the three previously unreleased songs ‘Gay’s Erection’ and ‘Splatter Whore’ (both recorded in 1995 during the same session as the demo and the split EP with CABAL) and ‘Raw, Brutal, Rough And Bloody’ (recorded in 1997 for a deleted GG ALLIN tribute album). You can order it here. More band information at www.mucupurulent.com
Redefining Darkness Records have signed Brazil Death Metallers ESCARNIUM for US and Canadian territories. In November 2015 a definitive collection of the band’s previous efforts will be compiled on one disc (together with a new unreleased track). The next ESCARNIUM album is scheduled for 2016. For more information check out www.facebook.com/escarniumdm or www.facebook.com/redefiningdarkness
New Jersey Grinders ORGAN DEALER have just released a promo video for ‘The Pear Of Anguish’. You can check it out right here. The song is taken off the band’s recently released debut full-length "Visceral Infection", which was released on July 14, 2015 via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. More about ORGAN DEALER at www.facebook.com/organdealer
"Love’s Burial Ground", the third album from Italy’s Black / Doom Metallers FORGOTTEN TOMB, will be re-released on November 27, 2015 via Agonia Records, remastered and remixed, including re-vamped layout (and original cover, which was censored back in 2004). It will be available as digipak CD (with booklet), limited black double LP (with a digital download code) and black double LP with gold and grey splatter (incl. A4 poster and download code, limited to 111 copies) as well as digitally. FORGOTTEN TOMB will embark on a headlining European tour in late October / early November 2015 in support of their last album "Hurt Yourself And The Ones You Love". Support will come from French Black Metallers NOCTURNAL DEPRESSION. More about FORGOTTEN TOMB at www.facebook.com/official.forgotten.tomb
On October 02, 2015 Hellthrasher Productions will release the CD version of the self-titled debut full-length from Belgium’s one man Doom / Deathers GATEWAY. It will feature the exclusive bonus track ‘Portaclus’ which wasn’t included on the digital version. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Prolegomenon’, ‘Vox Occultus’, ‘Kha’laam’, ‘Impaled’, ‘Corrumpert Interludium’, ‘Vile Temptress’, ‘Hollow’, ‘The Shores Of Daruk’ and ‘Portaclus’. A full stream is available at this location. More information about GATEWAY at www.facebook.com/gatewaydeathdoom
North Carolina based blackened Thrashers ALL HELL have just premiered the song ‘Graveyard Dust’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s upcoming debut full-length "The Red Sect" which will be released via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on October 16, 2015. More band info at www.facebook.com/allhellband
"Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt", GORGOROTH‘s full-length from 2009, will be re-released on November 06, 2015 via Soulseller Records with refreshed artwork, including additional pictures from the original album release era. It will be available as a limited edition digipak, jewel case CD, deluxe limited gatefold LP and picture LP including heavy insert and A2 poster (the vinyl editions will be released on January 29, 2016). More info and pre-order details at www.soulsellerrecords.com or www.facebook.com/soulsellerrecords
On October 20, 2015 GS PRODUCTIONS will release a 2 CD compilation (limited to 1000 copies) against cancer entitled "If A Person Is Ill That Doesn’t Mean Beyond Help". The following bands will appear on it: BANNED AID (project of Dave Ingram), DEPRESSIVE MODE, DREAMS AFTER DEATH, ENDIMION, IMBARU, INADRAN DEHANRAST, MINIMORUM, MP (METAL PRIESTS), NAGAARUM, NEST, NIGHTMARE COUNCIL (new band of Don Gates, former guitarist of BRUTALITY), RED RIVER HOG, SEPULTUS EST, UNTIL MY FUNERAL BEGAN and GODS TOWER. Each band will be featured with an exclusive track (only the GODS TOWER song ‘Liudzi Na Balocie’ was previously already released in the limited 8 vinyl boxset "Raven Tales". For more information check out www.gsp-music.com
ABBATH will release a vinyl 7" EP, taken from their forthcoming debut album, which is scheduled for early 2016. Side A features the track ‘Count The Dead’ while side B is a cover of the JUDAS PRIEST classic ‘Riding On The Wind’. It will be released on December 11, 2015 in two versions (both limited to 500 copies worldwide and exclusively available for pre-order through the Season Of Mist shop). For all additional ABBATH info check out www.facebook.com/abbathband or www.abbath.net
"Subversions Of The Psyche", the debut full-length from Scottish brutal Death Metallers INIQUITOUS SAVAGERY, is out now on Grindethic Records. The album track ‘Prey To The Agonies Of Morbid Apprehension’ can be checked out at this location and ‘Transient States Of Metaphysical Revelation’ is still streaming here. More about INIQUITOUS SAVAGERY at www.facebook.com/iniquitoussavagery
Morbid Metal Records have re-released UNGOD‘s 1993 debut full-length "Circle Of The Seven Infernal Pacts", limited to 500 copies on 140g ultra clear vinyl with black splatter. The jacket is printed on 300g, cardboard and inside flooded in black and it additionally includes a 12” x 18” poster, printed on 150g glossy art paper. More info at www.facebook.com/morbidmetalrecords or http://morbidmetal.bigcartel.com
"Mysterium", the upcoming new full-length from French Black / Death Metallers TEMPLE OF BAAL, is streaming in its entirety at this location now. The album was recorded at Hybreed Studios with Andrew Guillotin and the cover artwork was created by David Fitt (AOSOTH, SECRETS OF THE MOON, SVART CROWN) and Maria Yakhnenko. It will be released on October 02, 2015 via Agonia Records. More about TEMPLE OF BAAL at www.facebook.com/pages/temple-of-baal/20135072962