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On October 31, 2025 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “And In Our Hearts The Devil Sings”, the sophomore full-length from Swedish Black Metallers MALAKHIM, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘And In Our Hearts The Devil Sings’, ‘Solar Crucifixion’, ‘A New Temple’, ‘Into Darkness We Depart’, ‘Angel Of The Bottomless Pit’, ‘Hearts Ablaze’ and ‘The Firmament Submits’. You can already check out ‘Solar Crucifixion’ at this location. More about MALAKHIM at www.facebook.com/malakhimofficial
“Coronation Of The Grotesque”, the sophomore full-length from New York based, all female Death Metallers CASTRATOR, is out now via Dark Descent Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digitally. A full album stream you will find at this location. For more CASTRATOR information please visit www.facebook.com/castratorband
US Death Metallers DETERIOROT will release their fourth full-length “Awakening” on October 21, 2025 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. You can already check out the first advance single ‘Winter Moon’ over here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Awakening’, ‘The Flame’, ‘In Battle To Survive’, ‘Horrors In An Everlasting Nightmare’, ‘A Ghost In The Mirror’, ‘Deliver Us From Fiction’, ‘Haunting Images From A Past Life’, ‘Programmed By Fear’, ‘Winter Moon’, ‘In Silence’, ‘The Spirit’ and ‘To Sleep’. You can follow DETERIOROT at www.facebook.com/deteriorot
York, Pennsylvania based dungeon Doom / Death / Black Metal trio CULTIC will release their third full-length “Lore” on October 03, 2025 via Eleventh Key Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Nomad’, ‘Perilous Turn’, ‘Fool’, ‘Twilight’, ‘Night Grifter’, ‘Spellbound’, ‘Crone’, ‘Vast Horizons’, ‘Tyrant’s Horde’, ‘Unyielding Might’, ‘Warlord’s Quest’, ‘Imperial Procession’, ‘Ancient Kings’, ‘Mirror Punishment’, ‘Executioner’s Tale’, ‘Breaking Wheel’, ‘Warden’ and ‘Dungeon Wench’. You can already watch a video for the album opener ‘Nomad’ at this location. The “Lore” cover artwork was created by drummer Rebecca Magar. It forms a trilogy that began with the band’s debut, “High Command” and its successor, “Of Fire And Sorcery”. Together, the three covers form a triptych, with each piece representing the thematic evolution of CULTIC. www.facebook.com/culticband
On October 17, 2025 Personal Records will release “Mourning Hymns From Beyond”, the debut full-length from Mexican Doom / Deathers SILENT TOMBS, on CD format. You can already check out the album track ‘The Crimson Sun’ over here. The complete tracklist of “Mourning Hymns From Beyond” reads as follows: ‘The Void Reflections Through The Looking Glass’, ‘Fade Away Journey (Echoes From Nowhere)’, ‘Eclipsed By Despair’, ‘Eternal Disillusion’, ‘An Autumn’s Lament’, ‘Frozen Tears’, ‘The Death Beckoning’, ‘The Crimson Sun’, ‘The Abyssic Elegy’, ‘Dissolve’ and ‘Drowned In Oblivion’. www.facebook.com/silenttombs
New Jersey based Thrashers CONDITION CRITICAL have just released a video for ‘Postmoral Simulation’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “Degeneration Chamber”, which will be released on September 05, 2025. The album was mixed and mastered by Mike Low, the guitars and bass were engineered by Tony Barhoum and the drums by James Suprenant at Big Goon Studios. The vocals were engineered by Apollo and the artwork was created by Andrei Bouzikov. Here’s the complete “Degeneration Chamber” tracklist: ‘Wretched Aggression’, ‘Deconstructive Horrors’, ‘Cranial Dissolution’, ‘Hydroponic Mutation’, ‘Postmortal Simulation’, ‘Psychological Epidemic’, ‘Incubation Disposal’, ‘Cryonic Intestinal Preservation’ and ‘Excarnation’. www.facebook.com/conditioncriticalnj
Manchester, UK based Black / Death Metallers WODE will release their fourth full-length “Uncrossing The Keys” on October 03, 2025 via 20 Buck Spin. It was recorded and mixed by James Atkinson at The Stationhouse, mastered by Magnus Lindberg and the artwork was supplied by Set33. The album’s first single ‘Transmutation’ is already available over here. The complete “Uncrossing The Keys” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Two Crossed Keys’, ‘Under Lanternlight’, ‘Saturn Shadow’, ‘Transmutation’, ‘Prisoner Of The Moon’, ‘Fiery End’, ‘Lash Of The Tyrant’, ‘Phantom’ and ‘Dashed On The Rocks’. www.facebook.com/wodecult
French Deathrashers MORTAL SCEPTER have just released a lyric video for ‘Blindsight’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Ethereal Dominance”, which will be released on September 09, 2025 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. The previously revealed title track and album opener ‘Ethereal Dominance’ can still be checked out over here. The complete tracklist of “Ethereal Dominance” reads as follows: ‘Ethereal Dominance’, ‘Redshifting To Death’, ‘Blindsight’, ‘Omegacide Deadrays’, ‘Submit To The Crave’, ‘Reverse Paradigm’, ‘Sense Ablation’ and ‘Into The Wolves Den’. www.facebook.com/mortalscepter
Finnish Death Metallers ABHORRENCE have just released a video for their new single ‘Old Age, Sickness And Death Metal’ at this location. The song is a tribute to the classics of the Death Metal genre. Each line of the song’s lyrics features one album of the late ’80s and early ’90s era of classic Death Metal. The video features animated versions of covers of some of the albums mentioned in the track. The cover of the digital single is a direct reference and a tribute to POSSESSED’s “Seven Churches”. It was created by Olli Nurminen, the guitarist of XYSMA, one of the bands with whom ABHORRENCE often played shows together back then. “This is our small way of respecting the heroes of our youth, and also many of our contemporaries in Scandinavia”, says Jussi Ahlroth, the band’s bass player who wrote the lyrics for the song. “This is ABHORRENCE saying thank you to all the great pioneers who changed our lives with their music.” www.facebook.com/abhorrencefin
Sardinian blackened Death Metallers SHARDANA have just released a lyric video for ‘Is Cerbus’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “The Monarch”, which will be released on September 05, 2015 on CD and digital formats via Rude Awakening Records. It was produced and mixed at Overcore Studio by Lorenzo Mariani, with additional engineering by Daniele Manca. The material was mastered at Audiosiege Studio by Brad Boatright and the artwork was created by Gimmy Derka. www.facebook.com/shardanametal
Canadian Speed / Heavy Metal band ÜLTRA RAPTÖR has just released a lyric video for ‘Living For The Riff’ over here. The track will appear on their sophomore full-length “Fossilized”, which will be released on October 07, 2025 on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats via Fighter Records. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Fossilized’, ‘Spinosaurus’, ‘Hard ‘N Fast’, ‘Living For The Riff’, ‘Bitter Leaf’, ‘X-Celerator (Feel The Power)’, ‘Pterö-Ranger’, ‘Down The Drain’, ‘Le Voyageur d’Oort’ and ‘Face The Challenge’. www.facebook.com/ultraraptor
Chicago based melodic Death Metallers BURNED IN EFFIGY will release their sophomore full-length “Tyrannus Aeternum” on October 31, 2025. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Befouled Benefaction’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Masquerade’, ‘Procession’, ‘Wage Of Exile’, ‘Sacrificial Seance’, ‘Monstrosity Reborn’, ‘Gallows Hymn’, ‘The Racking’, ‘Crown Crusher’ and ‘Citadel’. You can already watch a lyric video for ‘Befouled Benefaction’ at this location. “Tyrannus Aeternum” was recorded at Beal Audio and Bricktop Recording with Jordan Beal. The orchestration and keyboards on the album were provided by Graham Southern and the artwork was created by Timon Kokott. www.facebook.com/burnedineffigyofficial
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based Death Metallers RITUAL MASS have just revealed another song from their upcoming debut full-length “Cascading Misery”. You can check out the title track at this location now. The album will be released on September 05, 2025 via 20 Buck Spin on all formats. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios (ULTHAR, AUTOPSY, UNDERGANG) and the cover painting was supplied by P. Trona. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Obsidian Mirror’, ‘Immeasurable Hell’, ‘Looming Shapeless Entity’, ‘Cascading Misery’, ‘Frozen Marrow’ and ‘Disquiet’. www.facebook.com/20buckspin
On September 19, 2025 Amor Fati Productions will release the sophomore full-length from Switzerland’s blackened Doom Death Metallers ANTIVERSUM, “De Nemesis Omnes Et Omnia”, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Pulsar Feralis’, ‘Scudo-Nero’, ‘De Nemesis Omnes Et Omnia’, ‘QBism’ and ‘Vuoto’. The album opener can already be streamed over here. For all additional ANTIVERSUM information please visit www.facebook.com/antiversum
Finnish Black Metallers MOURNIATY just released their second single, ‘All Your Lies’, at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Musta Maa”, which will be released on November 07, 2025 via Inverse Records on CD and digital formats. You can still check out the first single, ‘Kyynelten Virta’, over here. The complete tracklist of “Musta Maa” reads as follows: ‘Ajan Saattama’, ‘Musta Maa’, ‘All Your Lies’, ‘Aika Roudan’, ‘Shrines’, ‘Kyynelten Virta’, ‘Seventh Seal’, ‘A Son Of The Plague’, ‘Sodomia’ and ‘Pyhä On Valani’. The album was mixed by Karulainen and Joona Rinne at Deep Noise Studios and mastered by Saku Moilanen (also at Deep Noise Studios). The album cover was created by Karulainen. www.facebook.com/mourniaty
Dallas, Texas based atmospheric blackened Doom Metallers KRIGSGRAV have just premiered ‘Ghosts’, the second single from their upcoming eighth full-length “Stormcaller”, over here. The album will be released via Willowtip on September 19, 2025 on CD, gatefold vinyl LP and digital formats. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Huntress Of The Fire Moon’ (feat. Jens Rydén), ‘Stormcaller’, ‘Twilight Fell’, ‘None Shall Remember Your Name’, ‘Bay Of The Barghest’, ‘The Tonic Of Wilderness’, ‘Ghosts’ and ‘Womb:Death:Dawn’. All songs were written, produced and arranged by KRIGSGRAV. The drums were recorded by Sam Paquette at S.A.M. Studios. The whole material was mixed and mastered by Owe Inborr at Wolfthrone Studios and the cover artwork was created by Adam Burke of Nightjar Illustration. www.facebook.com/krigsgrav
London, UK based blackened Death Metallers CULT BURIAL have just premiered a third track from their upcoming third full-length “Collapse Of Pattern, Reverence Of Dust”. You can check out ‘Vincula’ at this location now. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Vincula’, ‘Collapse’, ‘Aether’, ‘Mire’, ‘Enthrall’, ‘Beseech’, ‘Vestige’ and ‘Seethe’. Blastbeats Vinyl will be the exclusive U.S. distributor for the vinyl LP variants of the album. The LPs will be available for purchase in the U.S. on September 05, 2025. www.facebook.com/cultburial
Chilean blackened Death Metallers INFERNAL THORNS have just premiered the track ‘Black Flesh’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “Christus Venari”, which will be released on September 12, 2025 via Personal Records. The previously revealed album track ‘Christ Distressed’ can still be streamed at this location. The album was recorded in 2024 at Audiocustom Studio and produced by Seba Puente. Here’s the complete “Christus Venari” tracklist: ‘Death Chants’, ‘Desde El Infierno’, ‘Christ Distressed’, ‘Black Flesh’, ‘Implore Me’, ‘Profane The Mass’, ‘Finis Incipiet’, ‘Officiate Lapidation’ and ‘Illuminated By The Flames’. www.facebook.com/infernalthorns
On October 20, 2025 Memento Mori will release “Pestilential Hymns”, the sophomore full-length from American Death Metallers THAUMATURGY, on CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Neuroticism Triumphant’, ‘The Oncologist’s Hymn’, ‘The Shadow Approaches’, ‘Plague Ritual’, ‘Awaken Ares’, ‘Entropic Hegemony’, ‘An Ignominious End’ and ‘Forced March’. You can already stream the album opener ‘Neuroticism Triumphant’ over here. For more THAUMATURGY info please visit https://thaumaturgy.bandcamp.com
Belgian Black Metallers LVTHN have just premiered the track ‘Mother Of Abominations’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “The Devil’s Bridge”, which will be released on September 06, 2025 via Amor Fati Productions. The previously revealed album track ‘A Malignant Encounter – The Master’ can additionally still be checked out over here. The complete tracklist of “The Devil’s Bridge” reads like this: ‘A Malignant Encounter – The Servant’, ‘A Malignant Encounter – The Master’, ‘Cacodaemon’, ‘Sum Quod Eris’, ‘Grim Vengeance’, ‘Mother Of Abominations’ and ‘The Devil’s Bridge’. www.facebook.com/adversarialism
“Never Ending Night Of Terror”, the fourth full-length from international Horror Death Metallers HEADS FOR THE DEAD, will be released on October 10, 2025 via Pulverised Records. The music was written by multi-instrumentist Jonny Petterson and the lyrics by Ralf Hauber. The cover artwork was created by Solomacello (BAEST, PENTAGRAM, FULCI). A lyric video for the album’s first single ‘To The Very Last’ is already available at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘The Vastness Of Time’, ‘Death Mask’, ‘Phantasmagoria’, ‘In Disgust We Trust’, ‘Never Ending Night Of Terror’, ‘Give Me Life’, ‘The Harvester’, ‘The Shape Of Light Bleeds Black’, ‘To The Very Last’ and ‘Witchkrieg’ (Goblin Tribute). www.facebook.com/headsforthedead
On October 10, 2025 Adirondack Black Mass will release the debut full-length from international blackened Death Metallers PLAGUE CURSE, “Verminous Contempt”, on CD format. PLAGUE CURSE features members of DROWSTORM, VAHRZAW, VINTERTODT, BURDEN OF YMIR, CALLING OF PHASMIC PRESENCE and more. The following tracks will be featured on the album: ‘Most Vile’, ‘In The Shadow Of Hate’, ‘Procession Of Dead’, ‘Umbrage Earned’, ‘Of Fornication And Malice’, ‘Nocturnal Cruelty’, ‘Callous Abomination’, ‘Amidst The Devastation’, ‘Reigning In Ruin’ and ‘Oderint Dum Metuant’. You can already check out the opener ‘Most Vile’ over here https://adirondackblackmass.bandcamp.com.
Austrian Black Metal one-man project RAUHNÅCHT has just premiered the track ‘Der Spalt Zwischen Den Welten’ at this location. It will be featured on the upcoming fifth RAUHNÅCHT full-length “Zwischenwelten”, which will be released on August 25, 2025 via Antiq. The previously revealed album track ‘Das Mark Des Lebens’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist of “Zwischenwelten” reads as follows: ‘Der Spalt Zwischen Den Welten’, ‘Letzter Pfad’, ‘Das Mark Des Lebens’, ‘Eines Tages Seid Ihr Frei’, ‘Naturgewalten’ and ‘Alleinsamkeit’. For more RAUHNÅCHT information please visit www.facebook.com/alpineblackmetal
Copenhagen based Deathgrinders PUSTULANT FLESH have just released their debut EP “Gurgling Pustulence” via Extremely Rotten Productions on three different vinyl editons (glow-in-the-dark mouldy skin, gangrene blood and standard black), cassette tape and CD. A full stream of it is available at this location now. The EP was recorded, mixed and mastered by Benjamin “Polle” Radtleff at Radtleff Recordings. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084478534385
California based Deathgrinders NEFAS (featuring members of CRYPTIC GALLBLADDER SPLATTER, BEDLAM OF CACOPHONY, TEETH and WAX PEOPLE), have just released a lyric video for ‘Mindstream Transference’ over here. The track is featured on the band’s recently released debut EP “Oblation Ov Obliteration”. A full stream of it you will find at this location. “Oblation Ov Obliteration” was produced, engineered and edited by Samur Khouja at Seahorse Sound Studios in Los Angeles, California, mixed and mastered by Erol Ulug at Bright Lights Studio and the cover artwork was created by Moonroot Art. www.facebook.com/nefasmusic
Turkish Black Metallers MORIBUND OBLIVION have just revealed a visualizer video for ‘In The Middle Of The Dark Chaos’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming eighth full-length “Intertemporal”, which will be released on September 12, 2025 via Theogonia Records. It was recorded at Gepetto Studio in Istanbul with Feyzi Ocak and mastered by Erman Aydoner at Lavega Sound. The cover artwork was created by frontman and founding member Bahadır Uludağlar. www.facebook.com/moribundobliviontr
Memento Mori have signed Finnish Death Metallers PLAGUE VESSEL. Their debut EP “Human Waste Conglomerate” was digitally self-released in May 2025. A limited cassette tape edition (100 copies) of it was released via Iron Corpse. The band is currently working on their debut full-length, which will be released via Memento Mori on CD in 2026. Further details will follow in the coming months. For more info check out https://plaguevesseldeath.bandcamp.com
“Erevos”, the sophomore full-length from Greek Black Metallers PENTHOS, will be released via Darkness Shall Rise Productions on October 15, 2015. It will be available on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Nekyia’, ‘Dancing Dead’, ‘Bloodstained Path’, ‘Όλεθρος (Olethros)’, ‘Thanatos’, ‘Charon’, ‘Lady In Black (Witch II)’, ‘Echoes Of The Sanatorium’ and ‘Forlorn Voyage’. You can already check out ‘Dancing Dead’ over here. For all additional PENTHOS information please visit www.facebook.com/penthosband
On October 15, 2025 Darkness Shall Rise Productions will release “Menetekel”, the sophomore full-length from Germany’s Death / Doom / Black Metal five-piece GORLEBEN on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. You can already check out the title track at this location. The complete “Menetekel” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Countdown’, ‘Sarkophag’, ‘Erg’ and ‘Menetekel’. www.facebook.com/gorlebenuran236
German Speed Metallers SADISTIC GOATMESSIAH have just premiered the track ‘Curse Of Eternal Winter’ over here. 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 track ‘Forces Of Evil’ can still be checked out at this location. The complete tracklist of “Violence” 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
Finnish Deathgrinders I, CURSED will release a new EP entitled “Heretical Onslaught” on September 11, 2025 via Inverse Records, in co-operation with Meara Music. The third single ‘Nothing From The Ruins’ can be streamed at this location now. A video for ‘Disfigurement’ and a lyric video for ‘Death Pays It All’ are additionally available here, respectively here. More about I, CURSED at www.facebook.com/i.cursed.grind