Mumbai, India based Death Metal outfit REPTILIAN DEATH has signed with Old School Metal Records for the release of the band’s second full-length "The Dawn Of Consummation And Emergence". The album will be out on October 10, 2013. Video footage of REPTILIAN DEATH performing at "Domination: The Deathfest 2013" has been posted at this location. For more info check out www.facebook.com/reptiliandeath
Iron Bonehead Productions have released a limited edition (666 copies) UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN / GODLESS split 7" EP that features an exclusive song from each band. It comes with a 300g foldout cardboard jacket and a 4 page insert, printed on 150g art paper. More info and ordering details at www.ironbonehead.de
Here’s an official statement from Swedish Death Metallers DEMONICAL: "It is with great enthusiasm we can now reveal that guitarist Johan Haglund (SPASMODIC) and drummer Ämir Batar (TORMENTION) have officially joined DEMONICAL as full-time members making the line-up solid, determinate and ready to unleash death and decay over several continents during 2013 and 2014. Choose your side!" The two new members have issued the the following comments: "It will be a true pleasure to team up with the guys in DEMONICAL and spread their Swedish Death Metal Darkness." – Johan Haglund. "I’m very excited to be the new drummer in DEMONICAL and it will be an honor to bash some Swedish old school Death Metal drums." – Ämir Batar. More DEMONICAL information at www.demonical.net
MASADA, consisting of current / former members of IMMOLATION, GOREAPHOBIA, CRUCIFIER and RELLIK, have just released their debut MCD "Hideous Rot" on Deathgasm Records (www.deathgasm.net). It features 5 tracks, including a bizarre contribution from Clive Jones of the legendary 70s Occult Rock band BLACK WIDOW. "Hideous Rot" was also released on cassette through Serpent Eve Records (serpenteve.rec@gmail.com) and will soon be available on MLP via Blood Harvest Records. More band information at www.facebook.com/masadadasam
On August 08, 2013 Xtreem Music will release a new ROTTREVORE 3-song EP entitled "Hung By The Eyesockets" (originally entitled "Blind Sided Attack"). It was recorded and produced by Erik Rutan at Mana Recording Studio in Florida and the coverart was created by Juanjo Castellano. The EP will be released on CD, with a very special vinyl edition to follow a couple of months later. An advance track can already be heard here. ROTTREVORE’s very first and only European appearance will take place at this year’s edition of the KillTown Deathfest in Denmark on August 30, 2013.
Germany’s CELEBRATE HATE have just released a new demo, entitled "Nordhessisch Noise Terror". The follow-up to 2009’s "From The Deaf, For The Deaf" is available for free at this location. CELEBRATE HATE play fast, yet groovy Death Metal with big Grindcore and Thrash Metal influences. For more information check out https://de-de.facebook.com/pages/celebrate-hate/216742128361426
PANTHEON OF BLOOD‘s "Tetrasomia" EP was released as a mini CD by Eldritch Lunar Miasma yesterday. A limited cassette tape version will also be out on August 05, 2013. The tracklist reads like this: ‘Thunder Alchemy’, ‘Monta Maailmaa Nähnyt’, ‘Stigma Ja Kolmikärki’ and ‘I.N.R.I. (Igne Natura Renovatur Integra)’. Stream selections can be found at pantheonofblood.bandcamp.com/album/tetrasomia. Eldritch Lunar Miasma is currently looking for a label to release the 12" vinyl version. Interested parties should get in touch at eldritchlunarmiasma@gmail.com.
On September 06, 2013 Nuclear Winter Records will release TEMPLE NIGHTSIDE‘s "Condemnation" CD / LP (the North American release will be handled by Dark Descent Records), ALTAR (Australia)’s "Paramnesia" CD and ENSNARED (Sweden)’s "Ensnared" MCD / MLP (with CD bonus tracks from their 2011 demo). More info at www.nuclearwinterrecords.com or www.facebook.com/nuclearwinterrecords
On July 30, 2013 Hellthrasher Productions will re-release "Doomscapes", the debut full-length from Norwegian progressive Death Metallers DISKORD, as a limited edition (1000 copies) double-CD including the previously self-released "Aural Abjection" EP. "Doomscapes" was originally released in 2007 by Edgerunner Records. Here’s the tracklist: CD1 – ‘An Architectonic Manifestation Of Death’, ‘Public Static Void’, ‘Harbinger’, ‘Absurreality’, ‘Cosmic Collapse’, ‘The Ubiquitous Transience’, ‘Inane Existence’, ‘Pervasive Discreteness’, ‘Overstrain’, ‘Heritage’, ‘Reptilian Ancestry’ and ‘Instauration’. CD2 – ‘Havoc Intermezzo’, ‘Instauration’, ‘Cosmic Collapse’, ‘Existential Absurdity’, ‘Public Static Void’, ‘Cease Of Existence’, ‘Neurotic’, ‘Complicity’ and ‘Dysthymic Lifetime’. All further information at www.diskord.net or www.facebook.com/pages/diskord/6342268411
On October 21, 2013 NECROWRETCH will release a compilation of the band’s sold out demos and EPs entitled "Bestial Rites 2009 – 2012" through Century Media Records. It includes all tracks of the "Putrefactive Infestation" MLP, the "Now You’re In Hell" 7", the "Necrollections" demo and the "Rising From Purulence" demo as well as a previously unreleased cover of the MERCILESS classic ‘Pure Hate’. NECROWRETCH’s video for the song ‘Putrid Death Sorcery’ can be watched at this location For all further NECROWRETCH information check out www.necrowretch.net or www.facebook.com/necrowretch
Mexico’s Death Metal squad DENIAL have inked a deal with Pulverised Records. The band is currently recording two new tracks for a 7" EP release. After that the band will fully focus on writing brand new material for the upcoming second full-length album. Here’s an official statement from DENIAL: "We are proud to have always worked with professional labels and real supporters of this rites of the obscure. With Pulverised Records, we now step into a cavernous deep, bestowing us with more flesh and blood to perform ghastly and unaltered invocations to those who have been lost for centuries…" www.facebook.com/darkened.denial
Sweden’s DEMONICAL have just published the tracklist of their upcoming fourth full-length album “Darkness Unbound”. It reads like this: ‘Darkness Unbound’, ‘The Order’, ‘An Endless Celebration’, ‘Contempt And Conquest’, ‘King Of All’, ‘The Healing Control’, ‘Hellfire Empire’, ‘Words Are Death’, ‘Death Crown’, ‘The Great Praise’, ‘World Beyond’ (KREATOR cover – bonus track on the limited digi-CD and LP) and ‘Burned Alive’ (re-recording – bonus track on the limited digi CD). The album was recorded at Necromorbus Studios in Stockholm and will be released on September 20, 2013, as a limited slip case digi CD, standard jewelcase CD and limited gatefold LP. More DEMONICAL at www.demonical.net or www.facebook.com/demonicalofficial
German Progressive Death Metallers NAILED TO OBSCURITY have completed work on their second album "Opaque", which will be released next fall via Apostasy Records. It was produced together with Lasse Lammert at LSD-Studio in Lübeck, Germany and the artwork comes courtesy of Ben Borucki (Irrleuchten). Here’s the tracklist: ‘iNnerME’, ‘Torn To Shreds’, ‘Mythomania’, ‘Murder Of Crows’, ‘In Vain’, ‘On The Verge Of Collapse’, ‘Sealed’, ‘Drift’ and ‘Opaque’. More info at www.facebook.com/nailedtoobscurity
EXUMER have parted ways with guitarist H.K., who played his last show at the Bang Your Festival in Germany on July 13, 2013. Vocalist Mem V. Stein comments: "We were sad to let H.K. go after touring with him for the past three years and recording our comeback album in 2011. However, the thrashing must go on and we already have found a session guitarist who will accompany us to South and North America for our upcoming tour dates there. We will try our best to fulfill all our touring obligations and find a permanent 2nd guitarist as soon as possible to ensure a band chemistry that will take EXUMER to the next level."
Mexico’s technical Death Metallers SEROCS will release their new full-length "The Next" on October 01, 2013 through Comatose Music. The album was recorded in eight cities across the globe and guest appearances include Antti Boman (DEMILICH), Chris Lollis (LECHEROUS NOCTURNE) and more. The album track ‘Alienus Gignesthai’ is currently streaming at www.comatosemusic.com and the full tracklist reads like this: ‘The Next’, ‘The Variable’, ‘Urban Terror’, ‘Weakness Fed The Fear’, ‘The Hellgramite Method’, ‘The Shining One’, ‘ChernoVile’ and ‘Alienus Gignesthai’. For more information on SEROCS check out www.facebook.com/serocsband
F.D.A. Records have signed Chile’s THORNAFIRE. The band has issued a video statement discussing their new deal and the addition of drummer Nikko Pagani to the line-up. You can check it out at this location. More information at www.thornafire.cl or www.facebook.com/thornafire
On September 11, 2013 Primitive Reaction Records will release SCYTHE‘s second album "Subterranean Steel". The tracklist reads like this: ‘Leather Aggressor’, ‘Monarch’, ‘Subterranean Steel’, ‘October Dies’, ‘The Grunting Dead’, ‘The Bray Beast’, ‘Beyond The Northwoods’, ‘Nights Of Terror’ and ‘Thunder Hammer’. Following the release of the album SCYTHE will be playing shows across North America, including direct support for Japan’s SABBAT, as well as tour plans for South America in 2014. More SCYTHE info at www.scythe.us or www.facebook.com/scythe.chicago
A demo version of the track ‘Hellbringer’, taken off "Colossal Hole", the upcoming vinyl 10" release from COFFINS, is currently streaming at this location. The record will be released on August 20, 2013 via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. It is limited to 500 hand-numbered copies on black night vinyl and comes with a set of two barf bags and a pair of numbered event style tickets. More at www.horrorpaingoredeath.com
The reissue of "Victims Beyond All Help" from Winnipeg, Manitoba Thrashers BESIEGED is now available via Unspeakable Axe Records. You can preview and download "Victims Beyond All Help" at this location. For more information about BESIEGED check out www.facebook.com/besiegedthrash
Two tracks from the CARDIAC ARREST / MUTANT SUPREMACY split 7" are currently streaming at this location. It will be released by Horror Pain Gore Death Productions as a limited edition on July 23, 2013. For more info and ordering details check out the label’s website at www.horrorpaingoredeath.com