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Swedish Death Metallers RIBSPREADER have just released a lyric video for ‘As Gods Devour’ at this location. It is the title track of the band’s upcoming eleventh full-length, which will be released on September 30, 2025 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘As Gods Devour’, ‘The Pig In You’, ‘Cold Dead World’, ‘Massgrave Madness’, ‘Rotten Soil Serenade’, ‘Punish You’, ‘As Corpses Cry’, ‘Feeder Bleeder’ and ‘Deadhunter’. The cover artwork was created by Spanish artist Lucretia Morti. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100044948155884
German Death Metal three-piece SOUL GRINDER will release their third full-length “Frozen Halls” on October 16, 2025 via MDD Records. The cover artwork was created by Paolo Girardi. In support of the album SOUL GRINDER will be playing several shows in Germany in October. For more information and regular updates please visit www.facebook.com/soulgrindermetal
Irish Death / Thrash Metal one-man band NECROKINESIS has digitally self-released its third full-length “Death Is The Hammer” today. A full album stream you will find over here. For all additional NECROKINESIS information please visit www.facebook.com/necrokinesismetal
On October 17, 2025 Heidens Hart Records will release “Eternal Nightmares”, the sixth full-length of German Black Metallers PEST. It was recorded and mixed by the band themselves at their rehearsal room. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘A Lullaby To…’, ‘Eternal Nightmare’, ‘Dr. Crow’, ‘Light Fades’, ‘Winds Of Death’, ‘Running In Rage’, ‘Nights Embrace’, ‘The Gates’ and ‘Eternal Choir’. You can already check out ‘Running In Rage’ over here. More about PEST at https://truepest.bandcamp.com
German Speed Metallers SADISTIC GOATMESSIAH have just premiered the track ‘Stainless Steel’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Violence”, which will be released on September 19, 2025 via Dying Victims Productions, in co-operation with Fucking Kill Records. The previously revealed album tracks ‘Curse Of Eternal Winter’ and ‘Forces Of Evil’ can still be streamed here and here. The complete “Violence” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Iron Lungs (The Choirs Of Hell)’, ‘The 7th Circle Of Hell’, ‘Forces Of Evil’, ‘Slaughter Of The Gods’, ‘Messiah Of Death And Doom’, ‘Witchfire’, ‘Curse Of Eternal Winter’, ‘Stainless Steel’, ‘Euphoria Of Death’ and ‘Darkness And Evil’. www.facebook.com/goatmessiah666
Italian vampiric Black Metallers BLUTSAUGER are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Nocturnal Blood Tyrants” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on August 29, 2025 via De Tenebrarum Principio, a division of ATMF. www.facebook.com/blutsaugerkult
Finnish blackened Death Metallers PROSCRIPTION have just released the title track off their upcoming sophomore full-length “Desolate Divine” at this location. The album will be released via Dark Descent Records on August 29, 2025 on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. It was recorded with Kalle Laanto (CRYPTBORN, TRAMALIZER) at Sonic Violence studio in Varkaus and mixed and mastered by Dave Otero at Denver’s Flatline Studios. The artwork was created by Artem Grigoriev (vinyl) and Samuel Araya (CD). The following tracks will be featured on “Desolate Divine”: ‘Gleam Of The Morningstar’, ‘Bleed The Whore Again’, ‘Entreaty Of The Very End’, ‘The Midnight God’, ‘Behold A Phosphorescent Dawn’, ‘Heave Ho Ye Igneous Leviathan’, ‘Desolate Divine’, ‘The Great Deceiver’ and ‘Not But Dust’. www.facebook.com/proscriptionhorde
Polish technical Black / Death Metallers IMPERMANENCE have just released a video for ‘Sorrodise’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Anicca”, which will be released on October 16, 2025 via Satanath Records, in co-operation with Sanatorio Records. The material was recorded at their home studio, while the vocals and drum parts were recorded at Studio Poziom. It was mixed and mastered at Dahaka Productions Studio and the cover artwork was created by Alicja Michalec. Here’s the complete “Anicca” tracklist: ‘Intro’, ‘Sorrodise’, ‘From Mirage To Lust’, ‘Apocalypse’, ‘Spiritual War’, ‘Fugitive’, ‘Ascension Through Defiance’ and ‘Crumbling’. www.facebook.com/impermanence.death
Norwegian Thrash Metal duo DEATHHAMMER is streaming its upcoming sixth full-length “Crimson Dawn” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on August 29, 2025 via Hells Headbangers. www.facebook.com/deathhammerofficial
Spanish Thrashers HOLYCIDE have just released lyric video # 6, in a planned series of 10 lyric videos in support of their latest album “Towards Idiocracy”. You can watch ‘Angry For Nothing’ over here. The complete “Towards Idiocracy” album is available on Spotify. Recently, HOLYCIDE has undergone several line-up changes. The band now consists of Luis Bolivar (bass), Santiago Arroyo “GoG” (drums), Dave Rotten (vocals) and Alejandro Lobo (guitars). www.facebook.com/holycide
New York City based Black / Death Metal three-piece ORDEALS has just premiered the track ‘Suffer Cursed Ordeals’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Third Rail Prayer”, which will be released on September 26, 2025 via Eternal Death. The previously revealed title track ‘Third Rail Prayer’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Third Rail Prayer’, ‘Throes’, ‘Compulsion’, ‘Emerge’, ‘Scorn Ceremony’, ‘Aequanimitas’, ‘Suffer Cursed Ordeals’ and ‘Triumph’. www.facebook.com/ordealsascendant
“Remnants Of Horror: The Final Cut”, the final album from Philadelpia’s defunct old school Death Metallers PERCUSSOR, will be released via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on September 26, 2025 on CD and digital formats. According to a label info, it was originally released in 2017 on a different label, but the initial version didn’t quite capture the true feelings and atmosphere that was originally intended by the band. With the help of Mike Usifer (PRIME EVIL), PERCUSSOR has reopened this recording to bring the true vision and concept the third release truly deserved. You can already check out the single ‘Derided By Defeat’ at this location, the complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Derided By Defeat’, ‘Relinquished Vitality’, ‘Rejoicing Your Death’, ‘Thriving On Misery’, ‘Remnants Of Horror’, ‘Whores Of Deceit’, ‘Execrate’, ‘Vile Aggression’, ‘Fuck Your Opinion’ and ‘Diseased Breeder’ (bonus track). https://percussor.bandcamp.com
Massachusetts based Black / Deathers CRUENTATION have just premiered the track ‘Prayers And Piss’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Damned Fallen Angels”, which will be released on September 26, 2025 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed title track ‘Damned Fallen Angels’ can additionally be streamed at this location. The full “Damned Fallen Angels” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Horrible Manuscript’, ‘Thy Broken Apostle’, ‘Impudent Robberies’, ‘Prayers And Piss’, ‘Snake Of Knowledge’, ‘Presbyter’, ‘Master’s Perversity’, ‘Chaos And Old Night’, ‘Damned Fallen Angels’ and ‘Dagger In My Heart’. https://cruentation1.bandcamp.com
Trondheim, Norway based Black Metallers GJENDØD have just revealed a new track entitled ‘En Elv Av Kjøtt’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sixth full-length “Svekkelse”, which will be released on September 26, 2025 via Osmose Productions. Here’s the complete tracklist already: ‘Lykkens Bortgang’, ‘Maktens Sødme’, ‘Uten Nåde’, ‘En Staur I Hjertet’, ‘En Elv Av Kjøtt’, ‘Likvekkelsen’, ‘Med Fjell Av Åte’ and ‘Den Falske Råte’. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100032359227090
Finnish Doom Deathers HOODED MENACE will release their seventh full-length “Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration” on October 03, 2025 via Season Of Mist. You can already listen to the first advance track ‘Pale Masquerade’ at this location. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Twilight Passages’, ‘Pale Masquerade’, ‘Portrait Without A Face’, ‘Daughters Of Lingering Pain’, ‘Lugubrious Dance’, ‘Save A Prayer’ and ‘Into Haunted Oblivion’. “Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration” was recorded by Heikki Marttila at Guru Studio in Joensuu, Finland, mixed by Heikki Marttila and mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios in Portugal. The cover artwork was created by Wes Benscoter. www.facebook.com/hoodedmenaceofficial
On November 07, 2025 AOP Records will release a new double album from German Black Metallers WALDGEFLÜSTER entitled “Knochengesänge I” and “Knochengesänge II”, the band’s overall seventh album to date. You can already watch a video for ‘Knochengesang’ over here. “Knochengesänge I” will feature the following tracks: ‘Krähenpsalme’ (feat. Austin Lunn of PANOPTICON), ‘Bamberg, 20. Juni’, ‘Der Kleinste König Und Sein Architekt’, ‘Von Hypnos Und Thanatos’, ‘Lethe – Der Fluch Des Schaffenden’ (feat. Alboin of EÏS), ‘Knochengesang’ and ‘The Parting Glass’. The tracklist of “Knochengesänge II” reads as follows: ‘Das Klagelied Der Krähen’, ‘Frankfurt, 19. März’, ‘The Little King And His Architect’ (feat. Austin Lunn on drums), ‘Crusade In The Dark’, ‘In Lethes Fluten’, ‘Singing Of Bones’ and ‘The Parting Glass’. www.facebook.com/blackmetalwaldgefluester
Austria based Black Metal one-man band RAUHNÅCHT is streaming its upcoming fifth full lenth “Zwischenwelten” in its entirety over here now. It will be released via Antiq today. The cover artwork was created by Joanna Maeyens. www.facebook.com/alpineblackmetal
Polish Death Metallers KINGDOM have just revealed the track ‘Devil’s Warmonger’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming seventh full-length “Primeval Cult Of Strength In The Womb Of Suffer”, which will be released on September 26, 2025 via Osmose Productions. The album was recorded at Garaz Studio with Mateusz Szulborski in 2024 and the cover artwork was created by Maciej Kamuda. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Behold Thy Light Dying’, ‘Przedwieczny Kult Sily’, ‘Exterminatus’, ‘Her Last Stand’, ‘Ruiny Ludzkosci’, ‘Flame Of Death’, ‘Womb Of Suffer’, ‘Sadness In Existence’, ‘Devils’ Warmonger’, ‘Blood God’ and ‘Lunatic Of God’s Creation’ (DEICIDE cover). www.facebook.com/kingdomtempleofdeath
Ohio based Thrashers VINDICATOR have just released their fifth full-length “Whispers Of Death” via Speed Meddle Records on CD and digital formats. A full album stream you will find at this location. It was produced by VINDICATOR and Ben Bennett, and engineered and mastered by Ben Bennett at Chop Daddy Ranch in Seattle, Washington. The cover artwork was supplied by Frank Walls. www.facebook.com/vindicatormetal
Asheville, North Carolina based Black Metal duo HELLIR has just released a new EP entitled “Hollow Moon: Precursor”. It is the first release in a trilogy of EPs that will collectively comprise the band’s first full-length album, “Hollow Moon”. You can stream the EP over here. More HELLIR info you will find at https://instagram.com/_hellir
Norwegian Thrashers DEATHHAMMER have just released a video for ‘Satan’s Sword’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming sixth full-length “Crimson Dawn”, which will be released on August 29, 2025 via Hells Headbangers. The previously revealed album track ‘Legacy Of Pain’ can additionally still be checked out here. “Crimson Dawn” will feature the following tracks: ‘Abyssic Thunder’, ‘Satan’s Sword’, ‘Stygian Lust’, ‘Nocturnal Windz Of Fire’, ‘Crimson Dawn’, ‘Legacy Of Pain’, ‘Die Eternal’ and ‘Into The Blackness Of Hell’. www.facebook.com/deathhammerofficial
On October 11, 2025 Signal Rex will release “Seitsemän Soihdun Valossa”, the debut full-length from Finland’s Black Metallers VICTIMARUM, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Alkusoitto’, ‘Hovissa Yön Ruhtinaan’, ‘Tulenkantaja’, ‘Seitsemän Soihdun Valossa’, ‘Kuolemalle’, ‘Iäti Vuoksesi’, ‘Verimyrsky’, ‘Välisoitto’ and ‘Ilmestysten Kuningas’. You can already check out ‘Tulenkantaja’ over here. More VICTIMARUM info you will find at www.facebook.com/victimarum
German old school Death Metal three-piece ARCHAIC THORN will release their sophomore full-length “Malicious Spears” on October 31, 2025 via High Roller Records. It was mixed and mastered by Christoph Brandes at Iguana Studios (NECROPHAGIST, FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING) and the cover artwork was created by SADISTIK EXEKUTION vocalist Rok. The following tracks will appear on the album: ‘Lord Of Tombs’, ‘A Blessed Ground Remains’, ‘Conquering Spirits’, ‘Advancing Without Mercy’, ‘Massgrave Transformation’, ‘Angel Of Havaz’ and ‘Malicious Spears’. A lyric video for ‘Massgrave Transformation’ is already available at this location. More about ARCHAIC THORN at www.archaicthorn.de
Polish Black Metallers SYLLOGOMANIA will release their self-titled debut full-length via Loudriver on September 24, 2025 in both digital and physical formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Syllogomania’, ‘Drink The Fire, Fan The Flames’, ‘Of Emptiness’, ‘Slumber’ and ‘Modlitwa’. The title track can already be streamed over here. For all additional SYLLOGOMANIA information please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550110088744
“Abstraction”, the fourth full-length from French Black Metal duo DYSYLUMN, will be released via Signal Rex on October 17, 2025 on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Abstraction I’, ‘Abstraction II’, ‘Abstraction III’, ‘Abstraction IV’ and ‘Abstraction V’. You can already stream ‘Abstraction III’ over here. More DYSYLUMN info you will find at www.facebook.com/dysylumn
Finnish Speed / Death Metal three-piece DET has just premiered the track ‘Nosferatu’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Destructive Elite Terror”, which will be released on October 17, 2025 via Dying Victims Productions. The album’s full tracklist reads like this: ‘Intro’, ‘Annihilation’, ‘Catacomb’, ‘Strike’, ‘Nosferatu’, ‘Impaler’, ‘Sinister’, ‘Vengeance’, ‘Bloodshed’, ‘Cruel’, ‘Possessor’, ‘Serpentine’ and ‘Destructive Elite Terror’. https://detmusic666.bandcamp.com
Netherlands based symphonic Black Metallers CARACH ANGREN have just released a video for ‘Ik Kom Uit Het Graf’ over here. The track will appear on the band’s upcoming new EP “The Cult Of Kariba”, which will be released on October 17, 2025 via Season Of Mist. The following tracks will be featured on the EP: ‘A Malevolent Force Stirs’, ‘Draw Blood’, ‘The Resurrection Of Kariba’, ‘Ik Kom Uit Het Graf’ and ‘Venomous 1666’. www.facebook.com/carachangren
International Death Metallers KHNVM have just released a lyric video for ‘Purgatorial Pyre’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming fourth full-length “Cosmocrator”, which will be released on August 29, 2025 via Testimony Records. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Purgatorial Pyre’, ‘Fetid Eden’, ‘Mercurial Remnants’, ‘Fathomless Enigma’, ‘Cosmocrator’, ‘Venom Spawn’ and ‘Haunting Blight’. The artwork was created by Khaos Diktator Design. www.facebook.com/khnvm666
Mammoth Lakes, California based Black / Death Metallers VALDUR will release their seventh full-length “Guilded Abyss” on October 03, 2025 via Bloody Mountain Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digitally. You can already check out a bonus track entitled ‘Waves Of Boiling Water/Molten Meteors Pt. II’ at https://valdur.bandcamp.com. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Hailing Molten Meteors’, ‘Mangled And Rotting (Spiritus Mortuus)’, ‘Guilded Abyss’, ‘Doomed Pt.II’, ‘Drinking From The Chalice Of Banishment’, ‘Stars Of Belial’ and ‘Waves Of Boiling Water/Molten Meteors Part II’ (bonus track).
Greek Black Metallers MEDIEVAL DEMON are streaming their upcoming fifth full-length “All Powers Of Darkness” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on August 22, 2025 via Hells Headbangers. The cover artwork was created by Mark Riddick. www.facebook.com/medievaldemonofficial
Polish Black Metallers MYSTHICON have just released a video for ‘Unbearable Silence’ over here. The track will appear on their upcoming sophomore full-length “Bieśń”, which will be released on September 23, 2025 on CD, digitally and at a later date on vinyl. The material was mixed and mastered by Adrian Mięsowicz at Tribe Five Studio and the cover artwork was created by Michał “Xaay” Loranc (GOD DETHRONED, KAMELOT, KARL SANDERS, NILE, TURBO). www.facebook.com/mysthicon
On September 26, 2025 Signal Rex will release “The Fall Of The Seven Sisters”, the debut full-length from Black Metallers DUNES OF ASH, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Eye Of The Seraphic Void’, ‘Womb Of The Abyssal Dawn’, ‘Sorrow’s Eternal Flame’, ‘Antlers Of The Celestial Stag’, ‘Tempest Of The Forbidden’, ‘War Hymn Of The Wounded Star’ and ‘The Mortal’s Shame’. You can already check out the album opener ‘The Eye Of The Seraphic Void’ at this location. For all additional information please visit www.signalrex.com or https://signalrex.bandcamp.com
“Visceral Infection”, the debut full-length from New Jersey based Grinders ORGAN DEALER, will be released on vinyl for the very first time via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on September 05, 2025. You can check out the album track ‘KPC-OXA48’ over here. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/horrorpaingoredeath
Chilean Speed Metallers ARMOURED KNIGHT have just premiered the track ‘Guardians Of The Stargates’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “The Quest For The Sacred Melody”, which will be released on October 17, 2025 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed ‘Forgotten Grace’ can additionally be checked out here. The full tracklist of “The Quest For The Sacred Melody” reads as follows: ‘Wielders Of Dark Wisdom’, ‘Age Of Speeches’, ‘Endless Light’, ‘Forgotten Grace’, ‘Run From Here’, ‘Oath Of The Sacred Melody’, ‘Behind The Mask’ and ‘Guardians Of The Stargates’. www.instagram.com/armoured.knight
Finnish one-man Black Metal band VALONTUOJA has just released the first single, ‘Ympyrä Joka Syö Itseään’, from their upcoming sophomore full-length “Tulesta Syntynyt”. You can check it out at this location. The album will be released on November 14, 2025 via Inverse Records. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Palaneiden Kasvojen Maa’, ‘Ympyrä Joka Syö Itseään’, ‘Kameleontti’, ‘Aurinkoroihun Kirous’, ‘Välikappale’, ‘Asiat Jotka On Tähtiin Kirjoitettu’, ‘Sinä Vastaat Teoistasi’, ‘Korvessa On Kotini’ and ‘Kun Kaikki Muu Vaikenee’. The cover artwork was created by Vhan Artwork. www.facebook.com/valontuojablackmetal
Münster, Germany based Black Metallers NARRAT will release their debut EP “Levana” on October 10, 2025 via Cultkill Music on limited black and bronze 12” vinyl. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Fabian Schulz at Sunsetter Recording Studio in Bremen, Germany. The artwork was created by Belial Necroarts. The following tracks will be featured on “Levana”: ‘Children Of Disgrace’, ‘Behold What Is Greater Than Yourselves’, ‘A Darkness Less Profound’ and ‘Wicked Sister’. www.instagram.com/narrat_official
German Thrashers PARADOX have just revealed another song from their upcoming ninth full-length “Mysterium”, which will be released on September 26, 2025 via High Roller Records. You can check out a lyric video for ‘Fragrance Of Violence’ over here. The complete “Mysterium” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Kholat’, ‘Abyss Of Pain And Fear’, ‘Grief’, ‘Those Who Resist’, ‘One Way Ticket To Die’, ‘Pile Of Shame’, ‘Tunguska’, ‘Fragrance Of Violence’, ‘Mysterium’, ‘The Demon God’ and ‘Within The Realms Of Gray’ (CD bonus). The cover artwork was created by Travis Smith. www.facebook.com/paradoxthrash
On September 19, 2025 Amor Fati Productions will release “Haematophoryktos”, the sophomore full-length from Germany’s Black / Death Metallers HADOPELAGYAL, on CD and vinyl LP formats. You can already watch a video for ‘Litany Of Saltridden Exudate Under Theosectrian Tides’ over here. The album’s full tracklist reads like this: ‘Swarthseleniasmos’, ‘Promulgating Haematekchysia’, ‘Litany Of Saltridden Exudate Under Theosectrian Tides’, ‘Amidst Unending Twilights Unheeded, Bearing Neither Lustre Nor Name’, ‘Invocation Of Abomination’s Excrements’, ‘Stampede Of Exsanguinated Stygian Hordes’, ‘Crimson Gleamed The Augural Maw’ and ‘Halios Enthroned In Hyperdiluvian Kataklysmos’. https://hadopelagyal.bandcamp.com
Black Metallers OUTLAW will release their fourth full-length “Opus Mortis” on October 31, 2025 via AOP Records. The band was formed in São Paulo, Brazil, but the members live in Germany these days. The following tracks will be featured on the album: ‘Blaze Of Dissolution’, ‘Through The Infinite Darkness’, ‘The Crimson Rose’, ‘A Million Midnights’, ‘Those Who Breathe Fire’, ‘A Subtle Intimation’ and ‘Ruins Of Existence’. ‘Through The Infinite Darkness’ can already be streamed over here. All additional info you will find at www.facebook.com/outlawblackmetal
“Extinction Level Event”, the upcoming fifth full-length from US Thrashers DARK ANGEL, will be released on September 05, 2025 via Reversed Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Extinction Level Event’, ‘Circular Firing Squad’, ‘Woke Up To Blood’, ‘Apex Predator’, ‘Sea Of Heads’, ‘Atavistic’, ‘Scaler Weaponry’, ‘Scarface The Room’, ‘E Pluribus Nemo’, ‘Terror Construct’ (CD / digital only) and ‘Extraction Tactics’ (CD / digital only). The album was recorded and mixed at The Armoury Studios in Vancouver BC, Canada, produced and engineered by Rob Shallcross, mixed by Mike Fraser (AC/DC, METALLICA, RUSH) and mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. DARK ANGEL’s current line-up features Gene Hoglan (drums), Eric Meyer (guitars), Mike Gonzalez (bass), Ron Rinehart (vocals) and Laura Christine (guitars). The band will be on an extensive tour in the US in September and October with varied support acts, SACRED REICH, HIRAX, VOID, INTERCEPTOR, VIO-LENCE and MIDNIGHT. www.facebook.com/darkangelthrashofficial