"Turbulence From The Deep", the fourth studio album from Malaysian Death Metallers HUMILIATION, will be released on July 9, 2013 via Deepsend Records. The full album is currently streaming at this location. The tracklist reads like this: ‘No Return’, ‘Operation Obeo One’, ‘Phosphorous Shell’, ‘Calibrated Chaos’, ‘Bachok’s Invasion’, ‘Sea Denial’, ‘Home Front’, ‘Total War’, ‘Order Of Battle’, ‘The Deadly Double’ and ‘Submerged At The Seabed’. More info at www.humiliation.my
Mexican Death Metallers PUTREFACT will soon enter the studio to record two tracks for a new EP entitled "Of Those Who Were Deceased". Here’s an official statement by the band: "We are very glad to announce that Pulverised Records will spread our pestilence later this year releasing our 7" EP called "Of Those Who Were Deceased"! More info soon, you have been warned." For all further details check out www.facebook.com/putrefactdm, www.reverbnation.com/putrefact
Holland’s LUCIFERICON have been signed by Blood Harvest Records. On July 22, 2013 the label will first of all re-release LUCIFERICON’s demo / MCD on 12" vinyl. The artwork concept remains the same, but it was completely re-done by Daniel "Selfdesecrator" Corcuera from Chile.
Malaysia’s old school Black Metallers NEFTARAKA will self-release a new 5 song EP in early July through the band’s own label Eastern Myth Records. A sample track can be checked out here. More information at http://easternmythrecs.blogspot.com
FACEBREAKER‘s “Dedicated To The Flesh” is exclusively streaming in its entirety at this location until the album’s release on June 28, 2013. A new lyric video for ‘Carving For Brains’ can furthermore be checked out here. “Dedicated To The Flesh” was recorded in early 2013 at Panic Room Studios (drums), Slowly Rotting Studios (guitar, bass) and Crypt Of Death Studios (vocals, lead guitars). The artwork was created by Björn Gooßes (Killustrations). The album will be available as a first-press limited digipak and limited LP (white vinyl). Both releases contain an exclusive alternative version of ‘Legions Of Doom’ (from 2012’s “Zombie God” 7" EP) as bonus. More info at www.facebreaker.com, www.facebook.com/pages/facebreaker/113329752016270
Chile’s PENTAGRAM CHILE have launched a lyric video for the brand new track ‘La Fiura’ (from their upcoming album "The Malefice") at this location. Comments band leader Anton Reisenegger: "We’ve played this song live a few times now, so it made sense to use it as the first advance of the album. I think it represents the vibe of the album with all the characteristic PENTAGRAM riffs. The lyrics deal with a mythological creature from the South of Chile, from the island of Chiloé to be exact. There’s really dark stuff down there and I think I will explore more of it in the future." On July 12, 2013 PENTAGRAM CHILE will also release a strictly limited split 7” with MASTER (500 hand numbered copies on heavy green vinyl). PENTAGRAM CHILE contributes ‘Demented’, an old previously unreleased song from the 80s, while MASTER have recorded a completely new song, ‘Another Suicide’. ‘Demented’ is the last recording the original PENTAGRAM line-up made in 2009, before drummer Eduardo Topelberg left the band to pursue a career in politics. The song is also included on the album, yet in a slightly different version and with new member Juan Pablo Donoso on drums. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/pages/pentagram-chile/78253131363 or www.youtube.com/pentagramchile1985
Swedish Thrashers WARFECT have released another track from their forthcoming album “Exoneration Denied” at this location. The album will be released through Cyclone Empire on June 28, 2013 The tracklist reads like this: ‘Exoneration Denied’, ‘Drone Wars’, ‘Filled With Hate’, ‘Inflammatory’, ‘Retribution Unfold’, ‘The Prince’, ‘Nation Divided’, ‘Slit With Razor’, ‘Roman Disfigure’ and ‘Pried From Earth’. More WARFECT at www.facebook.com/warfect
In Autum / Winter 2013 Cyclone Empire will officially re-release the first three albums by Death Metal legends CANCER on CD and LP. The releases will be re-mastered, feature loads of bonus material and liner notes and come up with revised cover artwork. Here’s the official statement from the band: "Long overdue releases, good to see’em back out there. Featuring John Tardy, Glenn Benton and James Murphy and a lot of gore flick influence in the capable hands of Scott Burns and Simon Efemey. We are very pleased that the first CDs are coming out again, hopefully we will reach new fans that have not heard CANCER."
PAGANIZER had to cancel their upcoming summer shows (incl. Protzen Open Air and Obscene Extreme Fest), as their second guitarist Andreas left the band. Here’s a little statement by Rogga himself: "As a few times before in the past 15 and more years, Andreas has decided to leave the rotten ship that is PAGANIZER. Nothing spectacular about that…the man isn’t hardcore Death Metal like the rest of us idiots, he often needs a few years breal to listen to Sophie Zelmani. So now Dennis moved over to lead guitar and it’ll be killer as he’s a better guitarplayer than me or Andreas (wich isn’t hard though). And on the bass we have now long time friend Willy Darkness, the man the myth the mystery (to women anyways…). We have had to cancel the shows for this summer wich we are fucken pissed about of corpse, but with some effort we will do them next year instead! Cheers!" All additional PAGANIZER info can be found at www.facebook.com/pages/paganizer/201782296500909
Nuclear Winter Records have just released a limited vinyl edition (350 copies, with new artwork) of LIE IN RUINS‘ "Swallowed By The Void" album. The CD version was originally released in 2009 via Spinefarm Records. More information at www.nuclearwinterrecords.com, www.facebook.com/nuclearwinterrecords
UNDERGROUND NEVER DIES! will be the first retrospective book to feature a massive collection of old gig flyers, rare pics and insights from many artists and old zine editors of the mid 80s and early 90s from all over the world. The book will furthermore include features on bands (MORBID ANGEL, NOCTURNUS, WATAIN, INCANTATION, DARKTHRONE, AT THE GATES, NAPALM DEATH, ASPHYX, MASTER, DEAD CONGREGATION, NECROS CHRISTOS, ROTTING CHRIST, MORBUS CHRON, SINISTER etc.), zine editors from old and new fanzines (Ripping Headaches, Blowing Thrash, Metalized Mag, Voices From the Darkside, Snakepit, Morbid Tales, Thrash Attack, Compilation Of Death or Crypts Of Eternity) and record labels representatives (Peaceville, Iron Bonehead, Hell Headbangers, Proselytism or Nuclear War Now!). Introductions to the book have been contributed by Erik Danielsson (WATAIN), Alan Moses (Glorious Times Book) and Ian Christe (Bazillion Points). The layout and design will be done in the old copy & paste style and the front cover was created by Mark Riddick. The book will be released through Doomentia Records later this year. A limited edition will include a 12" compilation LP featuring only defunct demo era bands such as INCUBUS (Tampa), MORTA SKULD, AFTERMATH, LECROCY (Can), FATAL (US), SINDROME (Chicago) or SLAUGHTER LORD (Aus). For more info contact Andrés at corvusdiscos@gmail.com
German extreme Metallers SEPTEMBER MURDER have launched a stream of their new album "He Who Invokes Decadence" at this location. The album was released on June 17, 2013 (in Europe) and June 18, 2013 (worldwide). It has been produced by Jens Martinek at his Schmiedeberg 7 Studios in Rübeland, Germany and was mastered in early 2013 by Peter Neuber at Mega Wimp Sound Studios, Berlin, who previously worked with NASUM, VOMITORY, PRIMORDIAL and WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH. The artwork was done by Christian Herzer from GUULarts. The tracklist reads like this: ‘Under Severed Skies’, ‘Two Culprits, One Oath’, ‘Among Vultures’, ‘From Adoration…’, ‘…To Deterrence’, ‘May Conviction Force Reckoning’, ‘In Celebration Of Mankind’s Wretchedness’ and ‘He Who Invokes Decadence’. More on SEPTEMBER MURDER at www.facebook.com/smofficial
Inverse Records have signed Spanish melodic Death Metallers DAWN OF TEARS. The band’s second album "Act III: The Dying Eve" will be released worldwide on September 20, 2013. A video for the song ‘Present Of Guilt’ can already be checked out here. All further information at www.dawnoftears.org or www.facebook.com/dawnoftears
Five tracks from the forthcoming IMPIETY "Vengeance Hell Immemorial" anniversary compilation are currently streaming at this location. The vinyl-only compilation will be released on June 28, 2013 through Hells Headbangers. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Cuntblasphemy’, ‘Magick-Consecration Goatsodomy’ (from the "Salve The Goat… Iblis Exelsi" EP 1993), ‘Intromancy’, ‘Ceremonial Necrochrist Redesecration’, ‘Pentagramathron’, ‘Fallen Blasphemathory’, ‘The Seventh Goatspawn’, ‘Outroblation’ (from the "Ceremonial Necrochrist Redesecration" demo 1992), ‘DragonOath Diabolus’, ‘The Seventh Goatspawn’, ‘Imperative Coronation’, ‘Invicible Force’ (DESTRUCTION cover), ‘Blessed Are The Borachos’ (from split with SURRENDER OF DIVINITY 2004), ‘Storm Of Abhorrence’ and ‘Outronomicon’ (from split with ABHORRENCE 2008). More IMPIETY at www.facebook.com/impietyofficial
Canadian blackened Death Metallers PAROXSIHZEM will release the vinyl version of their self-titled 2012 debut full-length on June 25, 2013 via Hellthrasher Productions. The 12" LP will be available in 400 black and 100 blue splattered copies, packed in a gatefold sleeve and will feature re-mastered versions of all tracks courtesy of VK (VASSAFOR, ex – ULCERATE, ex – BLASPHEMY live). PAROXSIHZEM’s debut album was released on CD in October 2012 by Dark Descent Records. The entire material is available for streaming at this location.
On July 26, 2013 F.D.A. Records will release DEHUMAN REIGN‘s "Destructive Intent" MCD. It was mastered by Matias Ahonen at Finnish Audiamond Studio (SOLSTAFIR, HOUR OF 13) and the album’s cover art was drawn by Dedy of Badic Art (DEMONICAL, GOREGAST, SKELETAL REMAINS). The tracklist reads like this: ‘Prelude To Perdition’, ‘Extinction Machine’, ‘Invocation I Black Seed’, ‘Irreversible Soul Consumption’, ‘Staring Beyond The Edge Of Time’, ‘Invocation II Scorched Earth’, ‘Veil Of Ignorance’ and ‘Masks Of Sorrow’. Each CD comes with a DEHUMAN REIGN logo sticker and the first 100 orders will get a free poster of the cover art. The album track ‘Masks Of Sorrow’ is currently streaming at this location. For more information check out www.facebook.com/dehumanreign
Wiesbaden’s WOUND will release their debut full-length "Inhale The Void" on July 26, 2013 through F.D.A. Records as well. The album was recorded at Haunted Studio and mastered at Soundsight Studio. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Odium’, ‘Codex Arcanum’, ‘Echoes’, ‘The Unsolved Obscurity’, ‘Forever Denial’, ‘Confess To Filth’, ‘Corroded From Within’, ‘Among You’, ‘The Price Of Tyranny’ and ‘Inhale The Void’. The first 100 CDs purchased through F.D.A.’s mailorder will come with a free 420g Stonepaper postcard. A vinyl edition of "Inhale The Void" will be released through Weed Hunter Records. The band has posted the song ‘Codex Arcanum’ at this location. More at www.facebook.com/wound.deathmetal
German Death Metallers SPHERON have posted a video teaser for their forthcoming debut full-length, "Ecstasy Of God" at this location. The album was produced together with Christoph Brandes at Iguana Studios and the cover artwork was painted by Eliran Kantor who has already worked with bands like TESTAMENT, HATEBREED, SODOM and ATHEIST. "Ecstasy Of God" will be released on July 05, 2013 through Apostasy Records. More info at www.facebook.com/spheronmusic
"Unearthly Monument", the debut full-length from Swedish old school Death Metallers DESOLATOR, will be released on June 30, 2013 via Hellthrasher Productions. The album consists of 12 tracks (including re-recorded versions of some of the band’s earlier songs), was mixed and mastered by Nikos G. at Hellish Music Productions and features the following tracklist: ‘Thy Flesh Consumed’, ‘Desolated’, ‘Gravefeast’, ‘Mass Human Pyre’, ‘Infernal Gathering’, ‘Feeding Frenzy’, ‘The Triumph Of Death’, ‘Bludgeoned, Beaten And Berated’, ‘Second Killing Of Christ’, ‘Impaled’, ‘Age Of Annihilation’ and ‘Antimortem Autopsy’. The track ‘Infernal Gathering’ is available for streaming at this location. More band information at www.facebook.com/desolatorswe
UK based avantgarde Black Metallers CODE have been signed by Agonia Records. The band’s as of yet untitled third studio album will be released later this year. CODE have nearly finished the recordings of the new material, which is scheduled to be mixed at Orgone Studios (ULVER, GHOST, CATHEDRAL) in London this July. More information at www.facebook.com/codeblackmetal
On September 06, 2013 PENTAGRAM CHILE will release their first-ever studio full-length "The Malefice" through Germany’s Cyclone Empire Records. The album was recorded at Sade Studio, Santiago, Chile by Juan Pablo Donoso and HVR Studio, Suffolk, UK by Dan Biggin, where it was also mixed. The cover artwork is an illustration by renowned Argentinian artist Santiago Caruso. "The Malefice" will be available in three different formats: double gatefold vinyl, double digipak CD and regular jewelcase CD. The main part of the album consists of all-new material that was written over the last two years by founding members Anton Reisenegger (vocals, lead guitar) and Juan Pablo Uribe (lead guitar), but the band also re-recorded their classic demo material from the 1980s. The tracklist reads like this: ‘The Death Of Satan’, ‘La Fiura’, ‘The Apparition’, ‘Horror Vacui’, ‘Spontaneous Combustion’, ‘Grand Design’, ‘Sacrophobia’, ‘Arachnoids’ and ‘Prophetic Tremors’. The double digipak CD will also include the bonus track ‘King Pest’ as well as the following re-recorded old demo tracks on disc 2: ‘Fatal Predictions’, ‘The Malefice’, ‘Demoniac Possession’, ‘Demented’, ‘Profaner’, ‘Temple Of Perdition’ and ‘Spell Of The Pentagram’. For all further info check out www.facebook.com/pages/pentagram-chile/78253131363
Italy’s Black / Doom band DEADLY CARNAGE has entered the studio to record their third album "Manthe". It will be released in the coming months via the Italian label ATMF (www.atmf.net). An official video for one of the tracks (‘Dome Of The Warders’) is currently in the making process with director Danilo Montagna. Here’s the complete tracklist for "Manthe": ‘Drowned Hope’, ‘Dome Of The Warders’, ‘Carved In Dust’, ‘Beneath Forsaken Skies’, ‘Il Ciclo Della Forgia’, ‘Electric Flood’ and ‘Manthe’. More info at www.facebook.com/deadlycarnage
On July 23, 2013 Hells Headbangers will release NUNSLAUGHTER‘s "The Devils Congeries Vol. 1". This 2 CD set is the first of many collections that will compile every single short-length NUNSLAUGHTER vinyl release, collecting EPs and splits from the late ’90s and early 2000s, capped off by their classic "Killed By The Cross" 7" debut. 29 studio tracks in total on disc 1 and the majority of the "Hell On…" live series on disc 2. The booklet will feature each EPs cover artwork and record pressing information. Here’s the complete tracklist: Disc 1 (studio): ‘I.N.R.I’, ‘Power Of Darkness’, ‘Sacrifice’, ‘Emperor In Hell’, ‘Demons Gate’, ‘Bring Me The Head Of God’, ‘If The Dead Could Speak’, ‘Devil Metal’, ‘Black Beast’, ‘Church Bizarre’, ‘Midnight Mass’, ‘Resurrection’, ‘It Is I’, ‘Poisoned Priest’, ‘Fire’, ‘Obsessed With The Visions Of A Satanic Priest’, ‘Atheist Ways’, ‘The Fucking Witch’, ‘She Lives By Night’, ‘Nunslaughter’, ‘I Am Death’, ‘Nunslaughter’, ‘Hells Unholy Fire’, ‘Killed By The Cross’, ‘Burn In Hell’, ‘Hells Unholy Fire’, ‘Death By The Dead’, ‘Killed By The Cross’ and ‘I Am Death’. Disc 2 (live): ‘Face Of Evil’, ‘Emperor In Hell’, ‘Dead Plague’, ‘Midnight Mass’, ‘Killed By The Cross’, ‘I.N.R.I’, ‘Fire’, ‘Power Of Darkness’, ‘Blood For Blood’, ‘The Fucking Witch’, ‘I Am Death’, ‘Death By The Dead’, ‘It Is I’, ‘Altar Of The Dead’, ‘Atheist Ways’, ‘Reign In Blood’, ‘In The Graveyard’, ‘Obsessed With The Visions Of A Satanic Priest’, ‘Burn In Hell’, ‘Burning Away’, ‘Nunslaughter’, ‘Satanic’, ‘Black Horn Of The Ram’, ‘Piranha’, ‘Hellchild’, ‘Ritual Of Darkness’, ‘Devil Metal’, ‘Church Bizarre’ and ‘Poisoned Priest’. More at www.facebook.com/nunslaughter or www.nunslaughter.com
After 16 years of silence Holland’s melodic Doom Deathers PHLEBOTOMIZED have reformed. After the recently released CD re-issue on Vic Records a special triple vinyl edition of "Devoted To God / Preach Eternal Gospels" will also be released later this year, with additional plans for special editions of "Immense, Intense Suspense" and "Skycontact" (also on triple vinyl and CD). In July the band will play their first live show again at the Stonehenge Festival in Holland. PHLEBOTOMIZED will also be entering the studio one more time to write and record new material soon. For more information check out www.facebook.com/pages/phlebotomized/229029653797208
Sweden’s PEST have just released a third track (entitled ‘Devil’s Mark’) from their upcoming new full-length album "The Crowning Horror" at this location. The album will be out on June 18, 2013 in Europe and July 09, 2013 in North America on Agonia Records.