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UK Thrashers DIVINE CHAOS will release their debut album "A New Dawn In The Age Of War" on May 29, 2014 via Evil Eye Records. It was produced by Scott Atkins and features James Stewart (VADER) on drums. The album also features guest performances from Josh Middleton (SYLOSIS). For all additional band information check out www.facebook.com/divinechaosband
Hellthrasher Productions have just released the CD edition of the self-titled debut full-length from Greek Black Metallers HERETIC CULT REDEEMER (featuring members of ACRIMONIOUS, RESURGENCY and EMBRACE OF THORNS). The album, that was originally released on vinyl in September 2013 through Iron Bonehead Productions, features the following songs: ‘Crawling Hope’, ‘Bleeding Of The Giant Sun’, ‘The Oldest Of Times’, ‘Concatenation’, ‘Destiny Of Death’, ‘Unknown Salvation’ and ‘7’. The entire album is available for streaming at the band’s bandcamp site: http://hereticcultredeemer.bandcamp.com
After nearly 20 twenty years of silence Brazil’s Black Metallers PROFANE CREATION have returned to the scene with a compilation album entitled "Prelude To The Dark Side". It was released last year through Hammer Of Damnation Records and features various songs from 1993 – 1995. This year Hammer Of Damnation Records will also re-release PROFANE CREATION’s one and only full-length, 1995’s "Nema" together with the "Supremacy" demo from 1994 on one CD. PROFANE CREATION are currently working on material for a brandnew album. More information at www.facebook.com/bandaprofanecreation
MASTER are kicking off this year’s North American tour on April 17, 2014 in Philadelphia. The tour in support of the band’s latest album "The Witchhunt" will run for three weeks. Joining MASTER’s founder / frontman will be guitarists Alex Bouks (ETURNUS, ex – INCANTATION) and VJS (NIGHTBRINGER, INCURSUS), along with drummer Ruston Groose (SURGEON). The song off "The Witchhunt" is now streaming at this location. More about MASTER at www.master-speckmetal.net or www.facebook.com/pages/master/18521536017
Martyrdoom Productions will release the CD edition of the upcoming new album from Greek Death Metallers DEAD CONGREGATION. A video teaser can already be checked out at this location. For all further info check out www.facebook.com/martyrdoomproductions
Australia based Death Metallers BEYOND MORTAL DREAMS are currently streaming both songs of their new 7" EP "Lamia". You can check out the titletrack at this location, while the second song (‘Demonsword Infernal’) is available directly on the band’s official bandcamp page. The EP will be co-released today by Unholy Prophecies and Lavadome Productions, strictly limited to 300 copies and pressed on transparent red vinyl. Each copy comes with an insert / lyrics sheet. More info and ordering details at www.unholyprophecies.com or www.lavadome.org
Finnish Thrashers CURIMUS will be releasing their second full-length "Artificial Revolution" on April 25, 2014 on the band’s own label Freezing Penguin (distributed worldwide by Svart Records). A lyric video for the album’s first single ‘Preachings’ can be viewed here. The full album tracklist reads like this: ‘Reincarnation’, ‘Free-Standing Nation’, ‘No Feast For The Vultures’, ‘Faith & Obsession’, ‘Love Song’ and ‘In The Darkness’. More band information at www.curimus.net or www.facebook.com/curimusband
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have just released "Enraptured By Suffering", the new album from Rock Island, Illinois’ Death / Thrashers HELMSPLITTER. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Scott Creekmore (BROKEN HOPE, NUM SKULL, LUPARA) and features Blakk (ANGELKILL, MORTUARY OATH, MASKIM) on vocals. The following tracks appear on the album: ‘Tyrants For Blood’, ‘Panzram’, ‘Aura Of Suicide’, ‘Burden Of Our Existence’, ‘Dance Of The Heretic’, ‘World So Wicked’, ‘Portrait Of Scars’, ‘The Ground Bleeds Sorrow’, ‘Forged In Fire’, ‘Days Of Loathing’ and ‘Summon The Leeches’. All further HELMSPLITTER info at www.facebook.com/helmsplitter
On April 21, 2014 (May 06, 2014 in North America) Eisenwald Tonschmiede will release AURVANDIL‘s second full-length "Thrones". It features the four lengthy tracks ‘For Whom Burnest Thou’, ‘The Harvest Of Betrayal’, ‘Summon The Storms’ and ‘Ingen Lindring’. More info at http://eisenwald.bandcamp.com/album/thrones
Five years after the band’s debut album "Nailed" Australia’s blackened Death Metallers DESTRUKTOR have completed work on their second album "Opprobrium", which will be released by Hells Headbangers this summer. It was once again recorded at 3 Phase Studios in Melbourne with Sam Johnstone. A split 7" with THRONEUM will be released shortly by Hells Headbangers, which will feature a promo recording of ‘Besieged’, one of the seven songs set for release on "Opprobrium". For all additional DESTRUKTOR information check out www.destruktor.com or www.facebook.com/destruktorofficial
Ohm Resistance Records will release "Another Scheme Of The Wicked" from industrialized Black Metallers INVERTIA on April 08, 2014. The follow-up album to the band’s 2013’s self-titled debut combines five tracks with five remixes from Justin K. Broadrick (GODFLESH, JESU), End.user (THE BLOOD OF HEROES) and Submerged (METHOD OF DEFINANCE, THE BLOOD OF HEROES). The album track ‘The Sidewinding’ is now streaming at invertia.bandcamp.com. More about INVERTIA you can find at www.inv3rtia.com or www.facebook.com/invertiamusic
On April 29, 2014 Hells Headbangers will re-release both CENTURIAN releases "Choronzonic Chaos Gods" and "Of Purest Fire" on CD and (for the first time ever) vinyl. More info at www.hellsheadbangers.com
Kaotoxin Records have just released "Enlightening The Unknown", the swansong EP from INSAIN as a digital download and on limited edition (1,000 copies only with no repress) digipak CD. You can stream it in its entirety at listen.kaotoxin.com. More band information can still be found at www.facebook.com/insaindeath
On May 27, 2014 Moribund Records will release "Agios Holokauston", the new album from WAXEN, which is the solo-project of Toby Knapp (ONWARD, TOBY KNAPP BAND, GODLESS RISING) and Agios Holokauston. It is WAXEN’s first album for Moribund and second overall. The tracklist reads like this: ‘Suicidium’, ‘Procession 11’, ‘Destined For Division’, ‘At War With Reason Itself’, ‘With Hatred Be Destroyed’, ‘Hollow Eyes’ and ‘Eight The Adept’. For all additional info check out www.moribundcult.com or www.facebook.com/moribundrecordsofficial
"A Stab In The Heart Of Christ", the follow-up to KILLGASM‘s "Bloodbath In Satanic Vengeance" debut from 2011, will be released through Moribund Records on May 27, 2014. The album features the following tracks: ‘Black Grinding Terror’, ‘Revenge Of The Panzergoat’, ‘Planet Earth Mass Grave’, ‘The Smell Of Stolen Innocence’, ‘Cold, Dead And Spread’, ‘High On Church Fumes’, ‘A Stab In The Heart Of Christ’, ‘Fisting Your Faith’, ‘Miserable Existence’ and ‘Humanity In Ashes’. For more info on KILLGASM check out www.facebook.com/killgasmgrindcore
PHLEBOTOMIZED‘s debut album "Immense Intense Suspense" will be re-released through Hammerheart Records on April 07, 2014 as a double CD package together with the band’s follow-up full-length "Skycontact". Both albums got re-mastered and fully updated artwork and packaging. All additional PHLEBOTOMIZED information at www.phlebotomized.nl or www.facebook.com/pages/phlebotomized/229029653797208
On April 04, 2014 Soulseller Records will release a NECROMANTIA double CD entitled “Nekromanteion – A Collection Of Arcane Hexes”. It comes with an extensive 16 pages booklet and the tracklist reads like this: Disc 1 – ‘Family Of Dog (The Feast Of Ghouls)’, ‘De Magia Veterum (The Dawn of Utter Darkness)’, ‘Faceless Gods’, ‘Evil Prayers’, ‘Lycanthropia’, ‘La Mort’ (all from the "Promo Tape 1990"), ‘Lord Of The Abyss’, ‘The Feast Of Ghouls’, ‘Evil Prayers’ and ‘Lycanthropia’ (all from the "Vampiric Rituals" Demo 1992). Disc 2 – NECROMANCY (Pre – NECROMANTIA): ‘Visons Of Lunacy’, ‘Thrashifixion’, ‘Shattered Bodies’, ‘Outbreak Of Evil’ (SODOM cover), ‘Forbidden Rites’, ‘Nocturnal Cry’, NECROMANTIA: ‘Spiritforms Of The Psychomancer’, ‘My World, Your Hell’, ‘Death Rider’ (OMEN cover), ‘The Number Of The Beast’ (IRON MAIDEN cover), ‘The Demon’s Whip’ (MANOWAR cover) and ‘Mordor’ (RUNNING WILD cover). More band information can be found at www.facebook.com/necromantiaband. For ordering details and all further info, check out www.soulsellerrecords.com or www.facebook.com/soulsellerrecords
Comatose Music will release "A New Code Of Morality" from UK’s brutal Death Metallers TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE on April 29, 2014. The album track ‘Peculiar Perversions Particular To The Piquerist’ is now streaming at this location. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Peculiar Perversions Particular To The Piquerist’, ‘Of Rutting Beasts And Drifting Herds’, ‘Scores Of Sores, Legions Of Lesions’, ‘Made Loose, The Bonds Of Piety’, ‘A Hundred And Twenty Days In Sodom’, ‘The Repercussions Of Fetus Consumption’, ‘A New Code Of Morality’, ‘The Locard Principle’, ‘Eschewing The Advice Against Self-Trepanation’, ‘Well If The Turkey’s In The High-Chair, Where’s The Baby?’ and ‘The Pitezel Family Holiday’. More band information at www.facebook.com/twitchofthedeathnerve
Bologna, Italy based progressive Death Metallers RELIC have just released their first official video of the song ‘Gates Of Utopia’ at this location. The band’s entire first EP is additionally streaming on ReverbNation. More about RELIC at www.facebook.com/relicmetal
UK’s ABYSSAL will release a vinyl version of their 2012 debut full-length "Denouement" on March 10, 2014 via Hellthrasher Productions. The 12" LP will be available in 400 black and 100 black / white haze copies packed in a gatefold sleeve with all songs being remastered and re-edited. You can stream the entire record here.
Swedish Death Metallers DEMONICAL have announced an extensive European tour together with NUNSLAUGHTER and Thrashers WARFECT in July 2014. In connection with the tour a strictly limited 7" vinyl release, featuring exclusive DEMONICAL and NUNSLAUGHTER material, will be released via Hells Headbangers Records and Cyclone Empire is giving away a massive DEMONICAL and WARFECT fan package. To enter the competition check out the Cyclone Empire Facebook page: www.facebook.com/cycloneempire
Dutch Death / Black Metallers WINTER OF SIN have released the first track from their upcoming third full-length “Violence Reigns Supreme” at this location. The album, which will be released on March 28, 2014 via Cyclone Empire, marks the debut of Henri Sattler and Michiel van der Plicht (both formerly GOD DETHRONED). More band information at www.facebook.com/pages/winter-of-sin/163619410366144
Sweden’s FACEBREAKER will tour Europe again in April together with DIABOLICAL, BUTWETRYIT and NEMOST. The tour will run through Germany, France, Belgium and the Czech Republic. More details at www.facebook.com/facebreaker.official
BODYFARM have just released a video for ‘The Well Of Decay’ (from their second album "The Coming Scourge") at this location. More on BODYFARM at www.facebook.com/bodyfarmdeathmetal
A new lyric video for the song ‘The Last Stand’ from ZOMBIFIED‘s 2012 album "Carnage Slaughter & Death" can be found over here. For additional ZOMBIFIED information check out www.facebook.com/zombifiedswe
On April 07, 2014 Forever Plagued Records will release "Negative Void Trinity", the debut MCD from Greek Black Metallers SEPTUAGINT. A teaser video can already be found here. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Devotion To The Plague Redeemer’, ‘Psalm I’, ‘Psalm IV’, ‘Psalm II’ and ‘Psalm III’. For all further information check out the label website: www.foreverplaguedrecords.com
"Deathmanicvs Revelation", the debut MLP from French SKELETHAL, will be released through Iron Bonehead Productions on April 21, 2014. It features the following tracks: ‘Intro’, ‘Macabre Oblivion’, ‘Putrefaction’, ‘Deathmanicus Revelations’, ‘Curse Of The Neverending’, ‘Death Returns’ and ‘A Violation Of Something Sacred’. More about SKELETHAL at www.skelethal.bandcamp.com
BLEEDING FIST are currently streaming the track ‘Brotherhood Of Chaos And Death’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s new compilation on Moribund Records, "Death’s Old Stench – The Deathcult Sessions", which features unreleased songs from 2011 – 2013. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Angel Negro’ (Intro), ‘Holy Saint Of Death’, ‘Brotherhood Of Chaos And Death’, ‘Revelation Of Degenesis’, ‘The Veiled Crowned Queen’, ‘De La Muerte’ (Intermezzo), ‘Azazel’, ‘Death Almighty Death’, ‘Blackened Illumination’, ‘Tweens Of Darkness And Evil’, ‘Cursed Blood’ and ‘Prelude To The Total Death 266’ (Outro). Vocalist Hellscream had the following to say about the album: "Death’s Old Stench" is BLEEDING FIST’s strangest, most obscure, and most esoteric effort. It’s really different from what we’ve done up till now, but in a way, it describes perfectly one of darkest times in our life as a band and as individuals. After the departure of (guitarists) Angelus and Occultus, we thought whether to release this album, because it was incomplete and in a partial demo form, so we decided in 2013 to finish this work and release it as raw and fucked-up as it was when we last left the studio. So, this is not really a new BLEEDING FIST album, but a strange and alchemic occult statement to honor our master Satan." BLEEDING FIST have recruited new guitarist Jex in the meantime, who replaces the aforementioned Angelus and Occultus, and who has already contributed to seven songs slated for the band’s next Moribund full-length. More BLEEDING FIST at www.bleeding-fist.com or www.facebook.com/chaosblackmetal
Northern California’s Death Metallers EMBRYONIC DEVOURMENT will hit the road next month together with ABOLISHMENT OF FLESH and THE OPAQUE for two weeks in the West, Southwest and Midwestern United States. More information at www.embryonicdevourment.com or www.facebook.com/embryonicdevourment
Cyclone Empire have signed Austria’s blackened Thrashers TRIUMPHANT. The CD edition of the band’s debut album ”Herald The Unsung“ will be released on March 28, 2014 (vinyl and tape editions are available from Heavy Forces and Deathstrike Records respectively). It was mixed and mastered by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony studio. You can check out the song ‘Triumphant’ here. More band information at www.facebook.com/pages/triumphant/416160448500983