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Drummer RG (Rob v. Gompel / ex – EXCISION) has parted ways with Dutch Death Metallers LUCIFERICON. The band has just announced Roel Sanders (INHUME, KILL DIVISION, ex – MALIGNANT, ex – GOD DETHRONED, ex – ASPHYX) as his replacement. He will play his first shows with LUCIFERICON on March 07, 2015 in Bladel (with SOULBURN) and on March 14, 2015 at the Unholy Metal Mayhem fest in Oberhausen, Germany. More band info at www.facebook.com/lucifericon
"Dominion", the third and final studio album of Swedish Black Metallers OPHTHALAMIA, will be released on vinyl for the very first time via Soulseller Records on December 14, 2014. It will be available as a double LP on 2 x 180 grams black vinyl with gatefold sleeve and double sided printed inner sleeves, limited to 500 copies. Label contact: www.soulsellerrecords.com
All classic 90s Hörnix recordings from ABIGOR will be released as a limited edition black vinyl 6 LP boxset with an extensive booklet and detailed liner notes in January / February 2015 via Soulseller Records. The boxset will include the following LPs: "Verwüstung/Invoke The Dark Age", "Orkblut (The Retaliation)" including ‘Shadowlord’, recorded in the same period, "Nachthymnen – From The Twilight Kingdom", "Opus IV", "Apokalypse" and "Supreme Immortal Art". More about ABIGOR at www.facebook.com/abigorblackmetal
Norway’s DISKORD have posted a video for ‘A Downard Spire’, the closing track from their latest mini album "Oscillations", at this location. The clip was directed, shot and edited by Jon André Fosstvedt. "Oscillations" was released on CD (August 15, 2014) and vinyl (September 02, 2014) via Hellthrasher Productions (Europe) and Australopithecus Records (USA). It is streaming in its entirety here. More about DISKORD at www.facebook.com/pages/diskord/6342268411
Czech Doom Metallers ET MORIEMUR have released a video for the song ‘Liebeslied’ from their second full-length "Ex Nihilo In Nihilum" over here. The CD will be released on November 17, 2014 via Solitude Productions. More band info at www.facebook.com/pages/et-moriemur/382342939251
CENTINEX have premiered a track from their upcoming new album "Redeeming Filth". You can check out ‘Rotting Below’ here. "Redeeming Filth" will be released on November 21, 2014 in Europe and December 09, 2014 in North America via Agonia Records. More CENTINEX at www.facebook.com/centinexofficial
Canadian Black / Death Metallers DIRE OMEN have premiered another new song from their upcoming release "Wresting The Revelation Of Futility" at this location. The album will be released on November 13, 2014 via Dark Descent Records and features the following tracks: ‘Here And Hereafter (Overture)’, ‘Onward With Wounds Of Disillusion’, ‘Ossuary’, ‘Hemotically Possessed, Servus Sevorum Dei’, ‘Foretold Untethering From Existence’, ‘Beyond Stillness’, ‘Vacuous Altar’, ‘Inversion Of Samadhi Dire Omen’ and ‘Closing The Portal’. For all further DIRE OMEN information check out www.facebook.com/direomen
On December 15, 2014 Xtreem Music will officially re-release "Recognize No Authority", the debut album from Los Angeles’ DÉTENTE as a 2 CD edition. Disc 1 will contain two bonus tracks (re-recorded versions of two album tracks), while disc 2 features the band’s 4 demos, two unreleased songs (live & rehearsal from ’85) and the 2 CATALEPSY demos from ’87 and ’88. All songs will be remastered and the booklet will have band photos, flyers, lyrics and extensive liner notes from Steve Hochheiser on offer. There will also be a limited run of T-Shirts that will be available exclusively through the Xtreem Music webstore. More DÉTENTE info at www.facebook.com/detenterna
German old school Death Metallers REVEL IN FLESH have just released a video for ‘In The Name Of The Flesh’. The song will appear on their new album "Death Kult Legions" which will be released on December 05, 2014 via Cyclone Empire. You can check out the video here. The first preview track from the album is streaming at this location. A release show for the album will take place on December 06, 2014 at the Rock It club in Aalen, Germany. More about REVEL IN FLESH at www.facebook.com/pages/revel-in-flesh/304228902958414
"Revealed In Profane Splendour", the full-length from UK’s blackened Death Metallers SIDIOUS, is out on Kaotoxin Records now. It is streaming in its entirety at this location. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered at Parlour Studios by Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR) and features artwork from Giannis Nakos of Remedy Arts. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Sacrilegious Majesty’, ‘Inexorable Revelation’, ‘Revealed In Profane Splendour’, ‘Annihilation Ov Abhorrent Credence’, ‘Obscenity Ov Old’, ‘Infernal Reign’ and ‘O Paragon, Bringer Ov Light’. More SIDIOUS info at www.facebook.com/sidiousofficial
Greek Black Metallers VARATHRON have premiered a new track entitled ‘Kabalistic Invocation Of Salomon’ at this location. It is taken off their forthcoming new album "Untrodden Corridors Of Hades" which will be released on November 21, 2014 in Europe and December 09, 2014 in the rest of the world via Agonia Records in various formats including digipak CD, box CD (including a bonus CD with rare tracks, a patch and a poster; limited to 350 copies), black vinyl, coloured vinyl (hand-numbered) and digital. "Untrodden Corridors of Hades" was recorded, mixed and engineered by Kostas Kalampokas at Infinite Loop Music Studio in Greece and mastered by Tom Kvålsvoll at Strype Audio in Norway. The artwork has been created by Mark Riddick. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Kabalistic Invocation Of Solomon’, ‘Realm Of Obscure’, ‘Arcane Conjuring’, ‘Leprocious Lord’, ‘The Bright Trapezium’, ‘Death Chant’ and ‘Delve Into The Past’. All further information at www.varathron.com or www.facebook.com/varathronofficial
French Black Metallers HELL MILITIA will be playing a couple of European shows in the second half of November together with Swedish KILL and Slovenia’s ATER ERA. The tour will kick off in Germany in Erfurt on November 21, 2014 and continue in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy and Switzerland. The final show will take place in Saint Etienne, France on November 29, 2014. More details at www.facebook.com/hellmilitiaofficial
"Suffering", the new EP from French Goregrinders PUTRID OFFAL, has just been released via Kaotoxin Records. It is currently streaming in its entirety at this location. Kaotoxin Records will also release a special double CD, which will feature the band’s new album "Mature Necropsy" along with a compilation entitled "Premature Necropsy". It will be limited to 1.000 copies, and features all of the band’s (remastered) material from the 90s, including their 1991 "Unformed" demo, their 1991 "At The Stench Of The Foul Offal" split with AGATHOCLES, the songs from 1991’s "Premature Necropsy" split LP with EXULCERATION and their part of the 1992 "Obscurum Per Obscurius" compilation CD. More about PUTRID OFFAL at www.facebook.com/putridoffal
Philadelphia based Speed Metallers INFILTRATOR have just released their self-titled EP on cassette through Unspeakable Axe Records (black with gold metallic print, and limited to 200 copies). The complete EP can be streamed at this location. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/infiltratormetal
American Black Metallers INQUISITION will reissue their 1998 debut album "Into The Infernal Regions Of The Ancient Cult" on January 26, 2015 via Season Of Mist. Artist Paolo Girardi, who already created the cover for the band’s "Obscure Verses For The Multiverse" album, has designed a brand new artwork for the reissue edition. The release will be available in several formats, including deluxe vinyl editions. More INQUISITION info at www.facebook.com/inquisition.official
HATE ETERNAL have announced Chason Westmoreland as their new drummer. He has already laid down drum tracks for the band’s forthcoming new album, which title and release date are yet to be announced. Westmoreland will also be joining the band on their upcoming tour, which is scheduled to begin in spring 2015. More HATE ETERNAL at www.hateeternal.com and www.facebook.com/hate.eternal
VIRULENCY have inked a deal with the American label New Standard Elite (GORGASM, DISENTOMB, CEREBRAL EFFUSION, etc) for the release of their debut album "The Anthropodermic Manuscript Of Retribution", which will be recorded by Asier Badiola, the band’s new guitarist, in his very own Tempus Studios in Toledo, Spain. The album will be released in early 2015 and the artwork (done by Russian artist Andrew Tkalenko) will be revealed in the following weeks. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/virulencybrutal
Canadian Black / Death Metallers DIRE OMEN are currently streaming a new song entitled ‘Onward With Wounds Of Disillusion’ at this location. The track comes from the album "Wresting The Revelation Of Futility", which will be released via Dark Descent Records on November 12, 2014. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Here And Hereafter (Overture)’, ‘Onward With Wounds Of Disillusion’, ‘Ossuary’, ‘Hemotically Possessed’, ‘Servus Sevorum Dei’, ‘Foretold Untethering From Existence’, ‘Beyond Stillness’, ‘Vacuous Altar’, ‘Inversion Of Samadhi Dire Omen’ and ‘Closing The Portal’. For more band information check out www.facebook.com/direomen
On December 05, 2014 Swedish Metallers METHANE will be headlining the Metal Inferno Festival in Kramfors, Sweden at Bollsta Folkets Hus. The festival is a yearly fund raising benifit for "The Hero’s House", a foundation that supports the families of children who have been hospitalized with longterm illness and The Childrens Cancer fund. METHANE recently released a video for the song ‘Hang Me High’, which can be seen here. More about METHANE at www.facebook.com/methaneband
Spanish KATHAARSYS just posted an official lyric video of the new song ‘Describing The Paradox’ here. This song will appear on the band’s sixth album "Describing The Paradox Vol.1", which will be released soon. All additional KATHAARSYS info at www.facebook.com/pages/kathaarsys/70840290415
On December 09, 2014 Turkish brutal Death Metallers DECIMATION will release their third album "Reign Of Ungodly Creation" through Comatose Music. The CD includes a 16 pages booklet featuring artwork of Dan Seagrave. It was mixed and mastered by Sasha Borovykh at TsunTsun. A stream of the track ‘Devilish Domain Vortex In The Gloom Of Wicked Ziggurat’ can be found here, another track from the album can be found at this location. The full tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Noncelestical Orisons Cataclised In The Passage Of Ninib’, ‘Supreme Wisdom Of Blasphemy In The Reign Of Ungodly Creation’, ‘Mystic Transformation In Encrypted Scrolls Of A Grievous Sermon’, ‘Aberrant Ablution By Filthy Excrements Of A Grotesque Crassamentum’, ‘Psalm Carnage In The Ghoulish Chapel Of Gehenna’, ‘Ghoulish Requiem For A Macabre Daemonarch’, ‘Prophetic Despise Under The Pendulum Of A Sacrilegious Throne’, ‘Devilish Domain Vortex In The Gloom Of Wicked Ziggurat’ and ‘Veracity In Relics’. More info at www.facebook.com/decimationtr
Lavadome Productions have signed Italy’s Death Metallers AD NAUSEAM and will release the band’s as of yet untitled debut album this winter on CD and digital formats. The album track ‘Terror Haze’ can already be checked out here. For all additional information on AD NAUSEAM go here: www.facebook.com/adnauseamofficial