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Canadian Black Metallers RAGE NUCLÉAIRE have finished the recordings of their new full-length album "Black Storm Of Violence". The follow-up to their "Unrelenting Fucking Hatred" debut will be released on July 18, 2014 via Season of Mist. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Violence Is Golden’, ‘Hunt With Murderworms, Sculpt With Flies’, ‘The Gift Of The Furnace’, ‘Fields Of The Crucified’, ‘Endziel’, ‘The Sorrow Children At Mourningside’, ’30 Seconds In The Killhouse’, ‘Unrelenting Fucking Hatred’, ‘The Gallows And The Black Coffin’ and ‘The Feeding Habits Of Homo Horriblis’. For more information check out www.facebook.com/ragenucleaire
ABORYM have released a new video for the track ‘Bleedthrough’ off their latest album "Dirty". The video, which was directed and filmed by Andrea Mazzucca and the Victorlab crew, can be viewed here. More ABORYM at www.facebook.com/aborymofficial
German Thrashers ASSASSIN have announced ex – LORD OF GIANT, SUPERSOMA, NEW DAMAGE vocalist Ingo "Crowzak" Bajonczak as the band’s new frontman. ASSASSIN are currently working on the follow-up to their "Breaking The Silence" album from 2011. More information at www.assassin-online.de
Denmark’s THE ARCANE ORDER recently entered the studio with producer Jacob Hansen to record 2 new promo tracks entitled ‘Aphelion’ and ‘The Constant Throne’. The songs are available for streaming and download at SoundCloud, Bandcamp and YouTube and within the next few days will be available via iTunes, Spotify and about 400 other streaming services around the world. More band information at www.thearcaneorder.net or www.facebook.com/thearcaneorder
"Resurrection Denied", the debut full-length from Rome’s Death Metallers DEVANGELIC, will be released on June 24, 2014 via Comatose Music. The band features members from PUTRIDITY, VULVECTOMY and COPROPHILIAC, the album was recorded at 16th Cellar Studio and the artwork created by Toshihiro Egawa. A promo video for ‘Desecrate The Crucifix’ can be seen at this location. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Eucharistic Savagery’, ‘Crown Of Entrails’, ‘Disfigured Embodiment’, ‘Unfathomed Evisceration’, ‘Entombment Of Mutilated Angels’, ‘Perished Through Atonement’, ‘Desecrate The Crucifix’, ‘Apostolic Dismembering’ and ‘Devouring The Consecrated’. More about DEVANGELIC at www.facebook.com/devangelic.official
Sweden’s ENDING QUEST have finished the recordings of their debut album "The Summoning". It will be released on June 20, 2014 through F.D.A. Records. A trailer for "The Summoning" can be found here. For all further band information check out www.facebook.com/pages/ending-quest/146404308776819
Hammerheart Records will release the vinyl edition of VILLAINY‘s "Villainy I" album. It is limited to 300 copies: 100 copies on splatter vinyl (exclusive available from the band and the label) and 200 copies on black vinyl. For more info check out www.facebook.com/villainyofficial or http://villainyofficial.bandcamp.com
"Morbid Black Oath", the new mini CD of GRAVECRUSHER, will be released on May 15, 2014 through Xtreem Music. You can already listen to it here. More about the Hungarian five-piece at www.facebook.com/gravecrusherofficial
Norwegian Black Metallers DEN SAAKALDTE have posted a new track (‘Djevelens Verk’) from the band’s upcoming full-length "Kapittel II: Faen I Helvete" at this location. The successor to "All Hail Pessimism" (2009) was recorded at Strand Studio in February 2014 and will be released on May 27, 2014 in Europe and June 10, 2014 in North America via Agonia Records. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Din Siste Dag’, ‘Forbanna Idioter’, ‘Du Selvproklamerte Misjonær’, ‘Endeløst Øde’, ‘Djevelens Verk’, ‘Som Ett Arr På Sjelen’ and ‘Ondskapens Nødvendighet’. More band info at www.facebook.com/densaakaldte
New Zealand’s Black / Death Metallers VASSAFOR premiere their cover of VARATHRON’s ‘Son Of The Moon’ at this location. The track hails from the band’s forthcoming vinyl split LP with New Zealand’s Doom / Deathers SINISTROUS DIABOLUS, which will be released on June 16, 2014 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The tracklist reads like this: VASSAFOR: ‘Ossuary In Darkness’ and ‘Son Of The Moon’ and SINISTROUS DIABOLUS: ‘Aeon Tenebris – Aeo Lacrimis’. More band information: www.facebook.com/pages/vassafor/122700671091826 or www.facebook.com/pages/sinistrous-diabolus/160094777389123
Boris Records will release a 7" EP from Peru’s MORBID SLAUGHTER on May 31, 2014. It is entitled "Wicca" and includes the two tracks ‘Wicca’ and ‘The Nightly Breath Of God’. More about MORBID SLAUGHTER at www.facebook.com/morbidslaughterofficial
ILLDISPOSED‘s 2004 album “1-800 Vindication” will be released on June 27, 2014 for the first time on vinyl through Heartburn Music, limited to 500 copies. More info and pre-order details at www.heartburn.dk
Season of Mist have signed Sweden’s suicidal Black Metallers SHINING. The band’s forthcoming ninth full-length is scheduled for early 2015. Frontman Kvarforth issued the following statement: “After a long period of negotiations and discussions that lasted almost eight years, I have now chosen to grant Season of Mist the privilege of releasing the next SHINING album. We have also once again decided to work with Andy La Roque and record at his Sonic Train facilities. The ceremony is set to begin in September, and thus my ninth child can be expected in early 2015.” More SHINING at www.facebook.com/shiningofficial
‘Demonic Worship Of The Horned Beast’, a track off "End Of Man", the upcoming vinyl 7" from Atlanta based Black Metallers HELLGOAT, can be checked out at this location. The EP will be released via Boris Records on May 31, 2014. More about HELLGOAT at www.facebook.com/pages/hellgoat/359498710801448
"Chronicles Of Oblivion", the forthcoming new album from DEEP IN HATE, is now streaming in its entirety at this location. It will be released as a limited edition digipak CD and digital through Kaotoxin Records on June 03, 2014. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Introduction’, ‘Genesis Of Void’, ‘The Cattle Procession’, ‘Altars Of Lies’, ‘New Republic’, ‘The Unheard Prayers’, ‘The Divide’, ‘Wingless Gods’ (feat. guest vocals from ABORTED’s Sven de Caluwé) and ‘Beyond’. A video for ‘New Republic’ (recorded live at Sonisphere 2013) can be seen at this location. More band info at www.deepinhate.com or www.facebook.com/deepinhate
ORIGIN will release their sixth album "Omnipresent" on July 04, 2014 in Europe via Agonia Records (in North America it will be out through Nuclear Blast Records on July 08, 2014). "Omnipresent" was recorded with long-time producer Robert Rebeck, mixed and mastered by Colin Marston and the cover artwork was created by Colin Marks (NEVERMORE, KATAKLYSM, EXODUS). The following tracks will appear on the album: ‘All Things Dead’, ‘Thrall:Fulcrum:Apex’, ‘Permanence’, ‘Manifest Desolate’, ‘Absurdity Of What I Am’, ‘Source Of Icon O’, ‘Continuum’, ‘Unattainable Zero’, ‘Redistribution Of Filth’, ‘Obsolescence’, ‘Malthusian Collapse’, ‘The Indiscriminate’ and ‘Kill Yourself’ (S.O.D. cover). "Omnipresent" features the recording debut of new vocalist Jason Keyser (ex – SKINLESS), together with drummer John Longstreth (ex – ANGELCORPSE), guitarist Paul Ryan and bassist Mike Flores. The album will be available in a variety of formats exclusively for the European territory (digipak CD, boxset, vinyl, limited edition coloured vinyl and digital). For more ORIGIN information check out www.facebook.com/origin
Swedish Death Metallers UNDER THE CHURCH have unleashed the track ‘Denial Of Death’ at this location. It is taken off the band’s upcoming self-titled EP, which will be released on June 16, 2014 via Pulverised Records on CD and digital format. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Denial Of Death’, ‘Macabre Cadaver’, ‘Digging In The Dirt’, ‘Under The Church’, ‘Burning’, ‘Haunted By Demons’ and ‘Back To The Grave’. More information at www.facebook.com/underthechurch or http://underthechurch.bandcamp.com
The new DEAD CONGREGATION album "Promulgation Of The Fall" was released through www.martyrdoomproductions.com today. It is available as a regular jewel case and an exclusive digipak CD. The LP version will be out via www.noevdia.com in about two weeks. More information at www.deadcongregation.com
Ukranian Symphonic Black Metallers QUINTESSENCE MYSTICA will release their second album "Duality" on June 20, 2014 through Schwarzdorn Production. The new song ‘The Infinite Dance Of Numbers’ can already be checked out at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Prelude’, ‘The Secrets Of Victorious Decisions’, ‘The Infinite Dance Of Numbers’, ‘Sparks Of The Glorious Fire’, ‘Impulse Of Courage’, ‘Inversion Of Reality’, ‘Destruction Of Galaxies’, ‘Creep & Damage’, ‘Equations Of Daemonic Revelations’ and ‘Breathing Of Saturn Rings’. For all additional information check out www.schwarzdorn.de
Poland’s blackend Thrashers WITCHMASTER have signed a deal with Osmose Productions for the release of their new album "Antichristus Ex Utero". It was recorded during the Summer of 2013 and mixed by Malta (BEHEMOTH, DECAPITATED). For more information check out www.facebook.com/witchmasterband
Norwegian Black Metallers DØDSFALL have finished 7 songs for their new album and will enter Sunlight Studio in Stockholm, Sweden with producer Tomas Skogsberg at the end of Autumn. Meanwhile they are working with a session drummer for a couple of live shows in July in Sweden and the UK. More about DØDSFALL at www.facebook.com/dodsfall
In about a month Black Vomit Records will re-release "Wicca" and "Goetia", the first two albums of MYSTIFIER, on vinyl. Both editions will be available with thick cardboard sleeves and printed innersleeves, including lyrics and band pics. The regular black vinyl editions are both limited to 400 copies, the die hard versions are limited to 100 copies each ("Wicca" on transparent blue vinyl and "Goetia" on clear vinyl). More info and pre-order details at www.blackvomitrecords.com or www.facebook.com/blackvomit.recs