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"The Demon, The Angel, The Disease", the new full-length from Swedish Death Metallers BLOOD MORTIZED, will be released via Chaos Records on November 29, 2013 on CD and digital formats. The album was mixed and mastered by Linus Nirbrant (A CANOROUS QUINTET, AMON AMARTH) at Audiogrind studios and features artwork by Benny Moberg. A strictly limited first edition (300 copies worldwide) comes as a cardboard digiwallet 5" with exclusive artwork. The album’s complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Bastard’, ‘In The Black Flames Of Desolation’, ‘My Soul, Your Flesh’, ‘I Am The Dead’, ‘Master Of Pain’, ‘Dysphoria Dystopia’, ‘Blessed Are The Dead’, ‘Blooddrenched Stones’, ‘Noiseterror 08’, ‘The Barbarian Lust’, ‘The Demon, The Angel, The Disease’ and ‘I Leave With Hate’. More info at www.facebook.com/bloodmortized
Seattle’s SOL NEGRO will release their new album "Dawn Of A New Sun" on November 29, 2013. It was mixed and mastered by Tore Stjerna (WATAIN, INTERMENT, DESULTORY) and the cover concept was created by Matthew "Putrid" Carr. Here’s the tracklist: ”No Fear To Die’, ‘9th Conjuration’, ‘Dead Emotions’, ‘Nuclear Sentinel’, ‘They Came From Darkness’, ‘The Passage Without Light’ and ‘Where Flies The Raven’. All further band information at www.facebook.com/solnegroseattle
Swedish Death Metallers DEMONICAL have released a video for ‘The Healing Control’ at this location. It was filmed in Italy and the UK and presents "the inner essence of DEMONICAL and their sinister form of old school Death Metal". The track is taken from their fourth full-length album "Darkness Unbound" which was released in Europe on September 20, 2013 (through Cyclone Empire) and in North America on November 12, 2013 (through Metal Blade Records). An official lyric video for the song ‘The Order’ can be found here. More DEMONICAL at www.demonical.net or www.facebook.com/demonicalofficial
GRIMLORD have just released a new video ‘Mass Delusions & Hysteria’ at this location. The song is taken off the band’s latest album "V-Column" that was released by Legacy Records in 2012. More GRIMLORD at www.facebook.com/grimlordband or www.grimlord.eu
Danish Death Metallers DEUS OTIOSUS have finished writing all the songs for the upcoming 3rd, as of yet untitled album. The band is currently rehearsing and arranging the songs and studio time is booked for January. Their final show before entering the studio will be in Helsingborg, Sweden on December 06, 2013. All further info at www.deus-otiosus.com or www.facebook.com/deusotiosus.dk
Brazil’s female fronted Death / Thrashers HELLARISE have just released an EP entitled "Functional Disorder". It was recorded at Studio Pedrada and features the following five songs: ‘More Mindless Violence’, ‘I Don’t Believe’, ‘More Than Alive’, ‘Functional Disorder’ and ‘Rest In Pieces (Good Old Feeling)’. You can check out the songs at HELLARISE’s official bandcamp site. The band has also released a music video for the song ‘More Mindless Violence’ at this location. It was directed and edited by Iza Rodrigues and Daniel Aghehost. More info at www.hellarise.com or www.facebook.com/hellarise
Ireland’s Death Metallers MALTHUSIAN will release their debut EP "MMXIII" on November 22, 2013 via Invictus Productions. It features the following tracks: ‘Wraith///Plague Spore’, ‘The Mother’s Blade’ and ‘Hallucinogen’. The EP’s opener ‘Wraith // Plague Spore’ is currently streaming at this location. For more band information check out www.facebook.com/malthusiandm
MASTER have chosen ‘Another Suicide’ as the newest streaming single off their 12th album, "The Witchhunt". You can listen to the track at this location. Footage from MASTER’s Halloween gig at Club New York in Vilnius, Lithuania has been posted here. For all further information and updates on MASTER visit www.master-speckmetal.net, www.reverbnation.com/master or www.facebook.com/pages/master/18521536017
Early next year Hells Headbangers will release a split 7" with Colombia’s WITCHRAP and NUNSLAUGHTER. A preview of WITCHTRAP’s half can already be heard here.
Selfmadegod Records will release a USURPRESS / BENT SEA split CD in early December 2013. The tracklist reads like this: USURPRESS – ‘Eternity Denies History’, ‘A Tidal Wave Of Fire (I. Empty Triumphalism, II. Carved In Filth, III. The Styx Runs Dry)’ and ‘City Of The Nomads’. BENT SEA – ‘Double Standards’, ‘I Am Become Lust’, ‘Fashion Victims’, ‘At Any Cost’, ‘Animalist’, ‘Nature Of The Blast’, ‘Relentless’ and ‘See-Through’. The USURPRESS side includes three brand new songs that have been recorded in March 2013 with producer Erik Sundström, while the BENT SEA material was recorded sometime in December 2013. On the Selfmadegod Records Soundcloud site you can already check out the songs ‘Fashion Victims‘ and ‘City Of The Nomads‘ More information at www.facebook.com/usurpress, www.bentsea.com
Guitarists Tobias Alter and Mark Walther of German Death Metallers SPHERON have posted a guitar-only, instrumental video version of the song ‘Saturnian Satellites’ off the band’s most recently release, "Ecstasy Of God" at this location. "Ecstasy Of God" was released this summer on Apostasy Records. The album was produced together with Christoph Brandes at the Iguana Studios (e.g. NECROPHAGIST, DEADBORN, IMPERIUM DEKADENZ etc.). The cover artwork was painted by Eliran Kantor who has already worked with bands like TESTAMENT, HATEBREED, SODOM and ATHEIST. All further information at www.facebook.com/spheronmusic
Chicago’s BONES will be releasing their second album "Sons Of Sleaze" via Planet Metal on November 18, 2013. It is the band’s follow-up to their 2011 self-titled release and was produced by Sanford Parker (LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR, NACHTMYSTIUM). You can check out the album track ‘Maggots’ at this location. More information about BONES at www.facebook.com/pages/bones-chicago/113666132032091
Dutch old school Death Metallers WARMASTER have just released a video for the track ‘Deadly Artillery’ at this location. The song is taken off their second full-length album "The End Of Humanity". More about WARMASTER at www.facebook.com/warmasterofficial
Some inhouse news: we have just fixed a couple of technical problems on the site: the news archive is completely working again now and the feature on the Black Metal comic book by Timo Wuerz and Niki Kopp in the Specials section is also online again. If you should locate any other errors somewhere on the site, don’t hesitate to contact us.
German melodic Death Metallers SAPIENCY are now streaming their newest release "Tomorrow" in its entirety at www.sapiency.stereokiller.com. The album was released on CD in March via Saol Music, while Eclipse Records will release it in North America as a digital download on November 26, 2013. More on SAPIENCY at www.sapiency.org or www.facebook.com/sapiency
CONVULSE are streaming their complete new album "Evil Prevails" at this location. "Evil Prevails" is available through Svart Records on CD, LP and digital formats. For all additional CONVULSE information check out www.facebook.com/convulse
Grundar Production have just released "Dismemberment (XVIII)", the debut MCD by Malaysian brutal Death Metallers CHELATION INTOXICATION. The tracklist reads like this: ‘Intro’, ‘Erotophonophilia Disorder’, ‘Dismemberment (XVIII)’, ‘Kemustahilan Dalam Kekejaman’, ‘Kisah Si Kanibal Penjual Sate’ and ‘The Sad Story About A Rotten Head In My Fridge’ (ECP cover). A MCD teaser can be found here. More information at www.facebook.com/chelationband or www.grundar.com
Brazil Death / Thrashers CHAOS SYNOPSIS have released a video for ‘Son Of Light’ at this location. The song is taken from the band’s latest album "Art Of Killing" and lyrically deals with Febrônio Índio do Brasil, one of the most distinguished Brazilian serial killers. More band information can be found at www.facebook.com/chaossynopsisbr
On December 06, 2013 F.D.A. Records will release "Above All Else", the debut album from Los Angeles based Death Metallers DEROGATORY on CD, LP and digital formats. The album track ‘Into The Depth Of Time’ is currently streaming at this location. The album’s complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Intro’, ‘Into The Depth Of Time’, ‘Cryopreservation’, ‘Above All Else’, ‘Immortal Divine’, ‘Foretold In My House Of Seance’, ‘Cenotaph’, ‘Twisted Aeons Of Burning Galaxy’ and ‘To Escape What Is Now’. More info at www.facebook.com/pages/derogatory-deathmetal/206246546127752
Massachusetts Black / Death Metallers SOUL REMNANTS have just released their new album "Black And Blood" via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. It is streaming in its entirety over here. For more information on SOUL REMNANTS check out www.facebook.com/chopwork
"Nightmare Vortex", the debut album from German Death Metallers SLAUGHTERDAY, will be released via F.D.A. Records on December 06, 2013 on CD, LP and digital formats. The cover artwork was created by Mark Cooper and the tracklist reads like this: ‘Unearthly Evocation’, ‘Nightmare Vortex’, ‘Addicted To The Grave’, ‘Cosmic Horror’, ‘Morbid Shroud Of Sickness’, ‘Cult Of The Dreaming Dead’, ‘Obsessed With The Undead’ and ‘Cryptic Desolation’. The vinyl edition will also feature a cover of PENTAGRAM’s ‘The Ghoul’ as a bonus track. A teaser video for the album can be found at this location. More info at www.facebook.com/slaughterdayofficial
"The End Of Humanity", the second full-length album from the Netherlands’ old school Death Metallers WARMASTER, is now available worldwide through Dead Beat Media and Slaughterhouse Records. A stream and and interview can be found at this location. More about WARMASTER at www.facebook.com/warmasterofficial
Swedish Death Metallers UNDER THE CHURCH have been signed by Pulverised Records. Here’s the official statement from the band: “We are very happy to announce that we have signed a deal with the label Pulverised Records and we are already working on the debut CD that we aim to release in 2014. Pulverised Records has a great roster of diverse bands, so for us it’s a good feeling to be able to work together with Pulverised. We have already started writing the new material and we will start pre-production / demos for the recording in early 2014. Those tunes are the next step and extension of what we have written so far… so you can expect more raw Death Metal from UNDER THE CHURCH!" All additional info at www.facebook.com/underthechurch
Dave Ingram’s (ex – BENEDICTION / ex – BOLT THROWER) new band DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN has revealed another new song from their upcoming self-titled debut album, that will be released on November 22, 2013 via Cyclone Empire. The song is entitled ‘Adolescence Of Time’ and can be found at this location. http://downamongthedeadmen.businesscatalyst.com More about DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN you can find at www.facebook.com/downamongthedeadmen
Swedish Death Metallers PAGANIZER have recorded 5 new songs together with Ronnie Björnström at Garageland. The tracks will be exclusively released on CD via Swedish Close-Up Magazine in their November issue (subscribers only). The artwork was created by Daniel Devilish and the tracklist for “Cadaver Casket (On A Gurney To Hell)” reads like this: ‘On A Gurney To Hell’, ‘Rot’, ‘Souls For Sale’, ‘Afterlife Burner’ and ‘It Came From The Graveyard’. Beginning of 2014 the songs plus one bonus track will be released as a limited edition 12” MLP via Cyclone Empire. More information at www.facebook.com/paganizersweden
In celebration of their Hells Headbangers debut album "Devil’s Breath" NEKROFILTH will play a whole bunch of dates on the "Devil’s Breath Reeks The West" North American tour this month. The band has furthermore just released a video for the album tracks ‘I’m A Degenerate’ and ‘Junkie Cunt’ here. The tracklist of "Devil’s Breath" reads like this: ‘Crave The Grave’, ‘Scum Freak’, ‘Wormskull’, ‘Death Rush’, ‘Deep Inside Disease’, ‘I’m A Degenerate’, ‘Crocodile’, ‘Junkie Cunt’, ‘Devil’s Breath’, ‘Lead Us To The Dead’, ‘Smear The Sleaze’, ‘Volcanic Zit’ and ‘Blood Bug’. More NEKROFILTH info at www.facebook.com/nekrofilth
Oslo based technical Death Metallers DEFECT DESIGNER have just started recording their as of yet untitled second album. The recording line-up features CRYPTOPSY drummer Flo Mounier and SEPTIC FLESH live guitarist Stelios Mavromitis. The album will be produced by Christos Antoniou at SEPTIC FLESH’s studio DevaSoundz in Athens and is being engineered by Fotis Benardo. For all additional band information check out www.defect-designer.com or www.facebook.com/defectdesigner1