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Cincinnati based melodic Black Metallers VALDRIN will release a new EP entitled “Apex Violator” via Avantgarde Music on CD, vinyl and digital formats on June 20, 2025. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Poison Soul Vents’, ‘Black Imperial Smoke’, ‘Ignite The Murder Shrine’, ‘The Muttering Derelict’ and ‘Veins Of Akasha’. You can check out a video for ‘Ignite The Murder Shrine’ at this location. More VALDRIN info you will find at www.facebook.com/valdrinausadjur
Singapore based melodic Black Metal one-man band DECEIVER has digitally self-released its debut full-length “It Must Be Done”. It was mixed and mastered by Islam Falmi at Dies Irae Audio and the artwork was created by Jaclyn Tan and Aaraashi Kumaran. A full album stream you will find over here. For all additional DECEIVER information please visit www.facebook.com/deceiver.sg
Canadian Death Metallers CRYPTOPSY have just released a bass playthrough video for ‘Until There’s Nothing Left’ at this location. The track is featured on the band’s upcoming ninth full-length “An Insatiable Violence”, which will be released on June 20, 2025 via Season Of Mist. www.facebook.com/cryptopsyofficial
Brazilian one-man Black Metal band EVOKTHUM has digitally self-released its debut full-length “Unholy Mass Eradication”. You can check it out in its entirety over here. For more information on EVOKTHUM please visit www.instagram.com/evokthum_warmetal
California based one man Black Metal project DEVOURING FAMINE has just released its fifth full-length “Chains Slavery Filth”. A full stream of it you will find at this location. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084352214909
Brazilian Death Metallers VERTEBRA will release their debut full-length “The Same” via Xtreem Music on July 29, 2025 on CD and digital formats. You can already check out the the album track ‘Behavior In The Eyes’ at this location. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Oblivion’, ‘Behavior In The Eyes’, ‘Humanity’, ‘Behind The World’, ‘Overcoming The Void’, ‘10.000 And One Nights’, ‘The Same’, ‘Architecture Of Perspective’, ’95 Eyes’, ‘Fanatic And Picturesque’, ‘Blessed Are The Forgetful’ and ‘Humanity’ (CD bonus track, taken from the band’s 1995 debut demo “Humanity”). www.instagram.com/vertebra_band
Polish extreme Metallers MROME have just revealed a video for ‘Aristocrat’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming fourth full-length “Boneyard Twist”, which will be released on June 23, 2025 digitally and on cassette tape via NRA. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Figures’, ‘Hypercarnivore’, ‘Mind Upon Matter’, ‘Aristocrat’, ‘Pigheart’, ‘Of Man And Lamb’, ‘Bonemass’, ‘Embarrassment Of Whores’ and ‘The Opening Bat’. https://mrome.bandcamp.com
Italian / Finnish Black Metallers MARGANTHA have just revealed the track ‘Wolves At The Door’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s new EP “Blood Moon Sacrifice”, which will be released on June 27, 2025 via Rockshots Records. The EP was mixed and mastered by Andy La Rocque at Sonic Train Studio. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Blood Moon Sacrifice’, ‘Curse Of The Full Moon’, ‘Miriam And The Endless Night’ and ‘Wolves At The Door’. www.instagram.com/margantha_the_band
American Deathgrinders NEFAS will release their debut EP “Oblation Ov Obliteration” on June 27, 2025. It 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 artwork was created by Moonroot Art. You can already check out the EP track ‘Spiral Degradation’ at this location. The band features members of CRYPTIC GALLBLADDER SPLATTER, BEDLAM OF CACOPHONY, TEETH and WAX PEOPLE. www.facebook.com/nefasmusic
Milwaukee, Wisconsin based Death Metallers VIOGRESSION will self release their fourth full-length “Thaumaturgic Veil” on July 11, 2025. It was produced by VIOGRESSION, engineered and mixed by Chris Djuricic and mastered by Dave Otero. The cover artwork was created by Diego Gedoz de Souza. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Enûma Elish Ilū’, ‘Jinx’, ‘Akhara Aakasa’, ‘Renumeration’, ‘Samsara Ananta’, ‘Travesty Ov Darkness’, ‘Heqet Saeculum’, ‘Pummeled’, ‘Amaranthine Kairos’, ‘Superposition’, ‘Buki’s Dream’, ‘Vulnus Sclopetarium’, ‘Ouroboros Noesis’, ‘Eaten By Flies’, ‘Aeternitas Aevum’, ‘As The Light Fades’, ‘Adrothia Akaru’, ‘Summon’ and ‘Light Harvester’. The album’s first single ‘Renumeration’ can already be streamed over here. For more VIOGRESSION please visit https://viogressionr.bandcamp.com
A full album stream of “Thirst For Chaos”, the debut full-length from Polish melodic Death / Thrashers DEATH REAPERS, is available at this location now. It was recorded entirely by the band and mixed and mastered by Hubert Potomski, the band’s lead guitarist. The album will be released on CD and digitally today. www.facebook.com/deathreaperslive
London, UK based blackened Death Metallers CULT BURIAL will release their third full-length “Collapse Of Pattern, Reverence Of Dust” on September 05, 2025. It was mixed by Greg Dawson at BWC Studios and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege. The artwork was contributed by Legerdemain. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Vincula’, ‘Collapse’, ‘Aether’, ‘Mire’, ‘Enthrall’, ‘Beseech’, ‘Vestige’ and ‘Seethe’. The first single ‘Collapse’ will be released on June 27, 2025 on all digital platforms. www.facebook.com/cultburial
Italian Death Metallers SPIRITUAL DECEPTION have just released a video for ‘The Gate Unseen’ at this location. The song is the first new material from the band since last year’s debut full-length “Semitae Mentis”. It was produced by SPIRITUAL DECEPTION, recorded by Mirko Frontini and mixed / mastered by Simone Pietroforte. The orchestration was done by Mirko Frontini. The video was directed by Maurizio del Piccolo of Moviedel Productions. www.facebook.com/spiritualdeception
German / Swedish blackened Death Metal four-piece SHADOWS will release their debut full-length “Miseria” on August 29, 2025. It was recorded by Dejan Milenkovits and Filip Gäddnäs, mixed, mastered and produced by Dejan Milenkovits and Mathias Lodmalm and the artwork was created by Fernando Rojas B. of Abismo Black Arts. Here’s the complete “Miseria” tracklist already: ‘As Above So Below’, ‘Lamia’, ‘Delivered From Sin’, ‘Nadir (No Consent)’, ‘Spring Sleepwalker’, ‘A Seance’, ‘Mässa XCIV’, ‘Cycles’ and ‘Unnamed Sorrow’. Lyric videos for the album’s first two singles, ‘Lamia’ and ‘As Above So Below’ are available here and here. The band consists of former members of VISCERAL BLEEDING, THE BERZERKER, ENSHRINED and OMINOUS. www.facebook.com/shadows.official.cult
On April 01, 2025 Gdynia, Poland based Black Metallers XIFICURK have released their debut full-length “1096” via Mara Productions on CD (digipak, jewel case) and vinyl LP (transparent red with black smoke). Two tracks on the album were written by Svartalv Halvorsen (ex – SATYRICON, ex – GEHENNA, NOCTURNAL BREED and lyricist for 1349). A full album stream is available at this location now. All additional information about XIFICURK you will find at www.facebook.com/xificurk.official
Tokyo, Japan based VERDALACK will release their debut full-length “Force From The Grave” via Hells Headbangers Records on July 25, 2025, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. Guitarists Vortex and Vandal and vocalist Villain used to be members of the Japanese Thrash Metal band ASSAULT ATTACK, which disbanded in 2018. They restarted in 2022, changed their moniker to VERDALACK and stylistically converted to Speed Metal with huge influences from mid ’80s Speed Metal, ancient US Power Metal and classic Japanese Hardcore Punk. Their debut full-length “Force From The Grave” will feature the following tracks: ‘Axehead’, ‘Heretic Flights’, ‘Desecrater’, ‘Blood Eagle’, ‘Final Assault’, ‘Force From The Grave’, ‘Into The Flames’ and ‘Rites Of Hell’. You can already check out ‘Final Assault’ over here. More about VERDALACK at https://verdalack.bandcamp.com
American Black Metallers SIGORSPÉD have just premiered the track ‘Ecstatic Trance Of The Warrior’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Everlasting Wisdom Of The Ancients”, which will be released on July 11, 2025 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed album track ‘Malefic Light Cast Upon The Coiled Serpent’ can still be checked out over here. The complete “Everlasting Wisdom Of The Ancients” tracklist reads like this: ‘Ecstatic Trance Of The Warrior’, ‘Legacy’, ‘First Assault’, ‘Psychedelic Communion Under An Endless Sky’, ‘Venomous Betrayal Of The Sacred Dominion’, ‘Twin Blades Of The Order’, ‘Malefic Light Cast Upon The Coiled Serpent’, ‘Requiem For The Fallen’, ‘Trinity Of Ruin’ and ‘The Ties Which Bind An Eternal Brotherhood’. https://sigorsped.bandcamp.com
On August 29, 2025 Testimony Records will release “Cosmocrator”, the fourth full-length of Death Metallers KHNVM, on all formats. The band is fronted by Bangladeshi born guitarist and vocalist Obliterator, but was founded and is firmly based in Germany. A video for the first single ‘Fetid Eden’ is already available over here. The artwork was created by Khaos Diktator Design. Here’s the complete “Cosmocrator” tracklist: ‘Purgatorial Pyre’, ‘Fetid Eden’, ‘Mercurial Remnants’, ‘Fathomless Misery’, ‘Cosmocrator’, ‘Venom Spawn’ and ‘Haunting Blight’. More KHNVM information you will find at www.facebook.com/khnvm666
Chile based blackened Death Metallers FALLEN FORTRESS have just released a video for ‘Dehumanized’ at this location. The track is featured on the band’s sophomore full-length “At The Heart Of Emptiness”, which was digitally self-released at the beginning of this year. www.facebook.com/fallenfortresschile
Greek melodic / technical Death Metallers BLACK PATH have just released a lyric video for ‘Attic’ over here. The track is featured on their upcoming sophomore full-length “Of Paint And Ash”, which will be released on June 20, 2025. www.facebook.com/blackpathofficial
American Black Metallers AZATHOTH’S DREAM have just premiered the track ‘Coven Of The Ancient Black Flame’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Solitary Forest Necromancy”, which will be released on July 11, 2025 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed album track ‘Malevolence Enshrined’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Solitary Forest Necromancy” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Malefic Spellcraft’, ‘Death Denied’, ‘Ancient Black Blood’, ‘Solitary Forest Necromancy’, ‘Malevolence Enshrined’, ‘Coven Of The Ancient Black Flame’, ‘Exsanguinated And Impaled’, ‘Heed The Call’, ‘Under Cover Of Night’ and ‘Beyond The Veil Of This Reality’. https://azathothsdream.bandcamp.com
Salt Lake City based Thrashers DEATHBLOW have just released a second track from their upcoming EP “Open Season”. You can stream ‘Deny, Defend, Dispose’ at this location now. The EP will be released on June 16, 2025 via Sewer Mouth Records on CD, vinyl, cassette tape and digital formats. It was recorded at Archive Recordings with Wes Johnson and the artwork was created by Emil Rousse. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Open Season’, ‘Deny, Defend, Dispose’, ‘Tormentor’ and ‘Never Again’. www.facebook.com/deathblowofficial
German Death / Thrashers UNSPOILT have just self-released their self-titled debut full-length on CD. A full album stream you will find over here. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/unspoiltband
On July 28, 2025 Spanish blackened Death Metallers FERMENTO will self-release their fourth full-length “Acts Of Blood”. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Taste Emptiness’, ‘My Wish Is To End Their Breath’, ‘Under Fire’, ‘In Eternal Hunger’, ‘All Shall Kneel To Chaos’, ‘The Stench Spreading To Your Progeny’ and ‘Isolation Nation’. You can already check out the album opener at this location. “Acts Of Blood” features two French guest musicians: BST (ORDER OF APOLLYON, SOTHERION, VI) on drums and production and MkM (ANTAEUS, AOSOTH, DESTRUCTION RITUAL) on guest vocals. www.facebook.com/fermentoband
On June 20, 2025 Selfmadegod Records will release a double vinyl LP pressing of “After The Funeral”, the latest compilation from Polish Deathgrinders PARRICIDE (limited to 100 copies on splatter vinyl and 200 copies on black vinyl). It features re-recorded old songs from their “Rehearsal Tape ’92”, “Unnailed” demo 1993, “Fascination Of Indifference” 1994 full-length, “Accustomed To Illusion” 1996 full-length and their entire 1999 full-length “Crude”. You can check out ‘Indignation’ (from “Crude”) and ‘Hidden Truth’ (from “Rehearsal Tape ’92”) here and here. More about PARRICIDE at www.facebook.com/parricidepl
German Thrashers ENTERA have just released a live video for ‘War Of The Zombies’ over here. The track is featured on the band’s latest full-length “Hate Factory”, which was released in 2020. ENTERA are currently in the studio to record two new songs to celebrate the band’s 35th anniversary. www.facebook.com/enterathrashmetal