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French Black Metallers ENTERRÉ VIVANT are streaming their third full-length “Akuzaï” in its entirety over here now. It will be released via Antiq today. www.facebook.com/enterrevivantblackmetal
Swedish Doom / Deathers ETERNAL DARKNESS will release their self-titled debut full-length on July 18, 2025 via Pulverised Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Peter Bjärgö (TYRANT, KRYPT OF KERBEROS) at the band’s former K-13 rehearsal room. The cover artwork was created by Skiftinge Darkness. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Beyond’, ‘Pungent Awakening’, ‘Funeral’, ‘Grief’, ‘Into Crematory’, ‘When Life Ends’, ‘Death Above All’ and ‘Til Death’. A lyric video for the album opener ‘The Beyond’ can already be watched at this location. All additional ETERNAL DARKNESS info you will find at www.facebook.com/eternaldarknessswe
German Black Metallers CROMLECH have just revealed the track ‘Mordlust’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Of Owls And Eels”, which will be released on June 06, 2025 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. www.facebook.com/cromlechxciv
Buffalo, New York based MORGUE TERROR and ANTHROPIC, plus Canadian CONSUMING MISERY, are all featured on a Deathgrind split release entitled “Sickening Slabs Of Brutality”. It features two songs from each band. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Nothing Sacred’, ‘Purity Test’ (ANTHROPIC), ‘Mutated Physical Form’, ‘Open Wound Insemination’ (CONSUMING MISERY), ‘Gore Harvest’ and ‘Feasting On The Dead’ (MORGUE TERROR). A full stream of it is available at this location. For all additional band information, please visit www.facebook.com/morgueterror716, www.facebook.com/anthropicgrindcore or www.instagram.com/consumingmisery
Dutch melodic Black Metal studio project SARDONIC ALLEGIANCE has released a second EP entitled “Coast I”. It features the songs ‘Coast’, ‘Fire Unto Flesh’ and ‘Delusions Cataclysmic’. The cover artwork was created by digital artist Gustavo Sazes. You can check out the EP at https://sardonicallegiance.bandcamp.com
Iranian Black / Death Metallers TRIVAX are streaming their upcoming third full-length “The Great Satan” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on May 30, 2025 via Osmose Productions. www.facebook.com/trivaxband
“Devouring Darkness”, the new album from Topeka, Kansas based brutal Death Metallers UNMERCIFUL, is out now on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats via Willowtip Records. It was engineered and produced by Clinton Appelhanz at Waveworks Studio and mastered by Alan Douches (CANNIBAL CORPSE, HATE ETERNAL). The artwork was created by Santiago Francisco Jaramillo. A full album stream is available over here. The band will play an album release show on June 20, 2025 at the Warehouse On Broadway in Kansas City, MO, alongside TORN THE FUCK APART, GAROTED and HOSSFERATU. UNMERCIFUL is currently looking for a bass player for live performances and / or a permanent position. Serious inquiries only. You can contact the band for all further details at www.facebook.com/officialunmerciful
Seattle based blackend Thrash’n’Rollers ROTGUT have just released a horror inspired lyric video for ‘Return Of The Dead Without Eyes’ at this location. The track, which is featured on the band’s debut EP “24 Oz Cantrip”, will be streaming on all platforms on May 25, 2025, the EP on June 20, 2025. More about ROTGUT at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576181446297
Belgian Death / Doom Metallers DISCARNATION have just released a new six track album entitled “Mournful Incantations Of Mortality” via Morbid Chapel Records on CD and digitally. You can check out the track ‘The Divine’ at this location https://morbidchapelrecords.bandcamp.com
Also out now on CD and digitally via Morbid Chapel Records is the debut EP from Canadian Death Metallers NECRODEIFIC SLAUGHTER, “Ripping Flesh”. The EP’s title track can be streamed over here https://morbidchapelrecords.bandcamp.com
Polish melodic Death Metallers DEATH REAPERS have just released a fourth song from their upcoming debut full-length “Thirst For Chaos”. You can check out a video for ‘Enemy’ at this location. The album is scheduled to be released on June 13, 2025. www.facebook.com/deathreaperslive
Sweden’s Black / Death Metallers IN AETERNUM are working on their first full-length album since 2005. It will feature 8 – 9 songs and the recordings will start in June. Demo versions are currently being worked on. The band’s line-up has remained the same and features David Larsson on vocals and guitar, Perra Karlsson on drums, Daniel Nilsson-Sahlin on lead guitar and Claes “Clabbe” Ramberg on bass. For regular updates make sure to follow IN AETERNUM at www.facebook.com/inaeternumofficial
Italian Thrash / Speed Metallers HELLCRASH are streaming their upcoming third full-length “Inferno Crematörio” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Dying Victims Productions today. www.facebook.com/hellcrashmetal
US Death Metallers GRUESOME have just released a video for ‘Condemned Identity’, the opening track of the band’s upcoming third full-length “Silent Echoes”, over here. The album will be released on June 06, 2025 via Relapse Records. www.facebook.com/gruesomedeathmetal
Finnish Death Metallers DEATHGOAT have just released a visualizer video for ‘Clinically Undead’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming fourth full-length “Dragged Into Realms Below”, which will be released on June 10, 2025 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. www.facebook.com/deathgoatdeathmetal
Malta based Death Metallers BEHEADED have just released a video for ‘Il-Kittieb’ over here. The track is featured on the band’s upcoming seventh full-length “Għadam”, which will be released on July 25, 2025 via Agonia Records. It was recorded and mixed at MK2 Recording Studios (Italy) by Davide Billia (ANTROPOFAGUS, COFFIN BIRTH) with analog synth engineering done by Nicolò Brambilla at Echoes Studio (Italy). The song ‘Irmied’ was recorded at Railway Studios (Malta) by Peter Borg and performed by Simone Brigo on a traditional hand made harp guitar courtesy of Josef Camilleri (Cross Guitar Work). “Għadam” was mastered by Wojtek Wiesławski at Hertz Studio (Poland). www.facebook.com/beheadedmt
Budapest, Hungary based melodic Black / Death Metallers ORV have just released a new digital two track single entitled “Harbinger”. The title track will be featured on the band’s upcoming first full-length, while the second track, ‘Európa Kiadó’, is a cover of the Hungarian Alternative band EUROPA KIADÓ, originally from 1982. The material was mixed and mastering by Erik Vándor at RX studio. You can check out ‘Harbinger’ here and ‘Európa Kiadó’ here. For more ORV music please visit https://weareorv.bandcamp.com
Rome, Italy based blackened Death Metallers PATRISTIC have just premiered the track ‘A Vinculis Soluta I’, the second single from their upcoming debut full-length “Catechesis”, at this location. The album will be released on June 20, 2025 on vinyl LP, CD and digital formats via Willowtip Records. The artwork was created by Manuel Scapinello. www.facebook.com/patristicblackmetal
Cleveland based Death Metallers INOCULATION have just released a video for ‘Void Corpse Collection’ over here. The track is taken from the band’s latest full-length “Actuality”, which was released digitally on April 18, 2025 via Maggot Stomp. A full stream of it is available at this location. “Actuality” was mixed and mastered by Noah Buchanan and the artwork was created by Lucas Korte. www.facebook.com/inoculation
Spanish old school Speed / Thrash Metallers FUNEBRE DEVASTATION have just released a new EP entitled “Allegiance In Torment” on limited CD and digitally via Morbid Shrine Productions. It features the following tracks: ‘Allegiance In Torment’, ‘Metal Ungods’, ‘Mortal Prophetic Silence’ and ‘Battle Of Awakening’. Two first two tracks are from the recording session of their upcoming third full-length (one of them will be exclusive for this release) and the other two are re-recorded versions of tracks from their first album. www.facebook.com/funebredevastation
Finnish Thrashers INDEMON have just released the track ‘Necessary Evil’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Reclaiming Chaos”, which will be released on June 27, 2025 via Inverse Records. The previously revealed title track can still be streamed over here. The complete “Reclaiming Chaos” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Bring Down The Light’, ‘Internal Defeat’, ‘Passenger’, ‘Abuse’, ‘Necessary Evil’, ‘Shoot & Forget’, ‘Ruoja’ and ‘Reclaim Chaos’. The cover artwork was created by Sakari Vinko. www.facebook.com/indemonband
Greek melodic / technical Death Metallers BLACK PATH will release their new album “Of Paint And Ash” on June 20, 2025. A visualizer video for the track ‘Evermore’ is already available at this location. For more BLACK PATH information please visit www.facebook.com/blackpathofficial
Polish Death / Thrashers SEXMAG are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Sexorcyzm” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on May 23, 2025 via Dying Victims Productions. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions
On July 04, 2025 Prehistoric Sounds, in co-operation with Unholy Dungeon Tapes, will release the debut demo from Finland based project SUNKEN MONOLITH, simply entitled “Demo”, on limited cassette tape, digital download and through the usual streaming platforms. The band mixes elements of Black / Death and Death / Doom Metal, inspired by bands like PORTAL, GRAVE UPHEAVAL, ANTEDILUVIAN, BEHERIT, INCANTATION, WITCHRIST and DISEMBOWELMENT. The following tracks are featured on the demo: ‘Black Obsidian’, ‘Fertile Crescent’ and ‘Pillars Of Eternity’. You can already check out the opener here: https://unholydungeontapes.bandcamp.com
Gallagher, West Virginia based Thrashers EXECUTIONIST have just self-released their debut full-length “Sacrament Of The Sick” on CD and digital formats. A full stream of it is available over here. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/executionistmetal
Fort Wayne, Indiana based Death Metallers DESEKRYPTOR have just released a new four song EP entitled “Sarcophagal Corridors” via Nuclear Winter Records on slimcase CD (limited to 300 copies) and digitally. Vinyl and cassette tape editions will follow soon as well. You can stream the EP in its entirety at this location. More about DESEKRYPTOR at www.facebook.com/desekryptor
Polish Thrashers LUCILLE have just revealed the track ‘Dawn Of Destruction’ over here. It is the title track of the band’s upcoming debut full-length, which will be released on June 20, 2025 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album track ‘Genetic Curse’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete “Dawn Of Destruction” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Desolate Winds’, ‘Brand New World’, ‘Genetic Curse’, ‘Prophets Of Disease’, ‘Nightstalker’, ‘Dawn Of Destruction’, ‘On Your Knees’, ‘Thrash Resurrection’ and ‘Machine Of Death’. www.facebook.com/lvcille.thrash
American Black Metallers ABIGAIL WILLIAMS have just premiered a first track off their upcoming sixth full-length “A Void Within Existence”, which will be released on July 18, 2025 via Agonia Records. You can check out ‘Nonexistence’ at this location. The album was produced by frontman Ken Sorceron and mixed by Dave Otero (ABORTED, AKHLYS). The cover artwork was created by Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, BLOODBATH). Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Life, Disconnected’, ‘Void Within’, ‘Nonexistence’, ‘Still Nights’, ‘Talk To Your Sleep’, ‘Embrace The Chasm’ and ‘No Less Than Death’. www.facebook.com/abigailwilliamsband
Greek melodic / technical Death Metallers BLACK PATH have just released a visualizer video for the track ‘Evermore’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Of Paint And Ash”, which will be released in June. More about BLACK PATH at www.facebook.com/blackpathofficial
Milwaukee based Death Metallers VIOGRESSION have completed the recordings of their upcoming fourth full-length “Thaumaturgic Veil”. The album is currently being mastered by Dave Otero at Flatline Audio in Denver, Colorado. It will be released on July 11, 2025. The cover artwork was created by Deigo Gedoz de Souza. www.instagram.com/viogressionofficial
Italy’s technical Thrash / Death Metallers RAWFOIL have released their new full-length “Where Malice Converges” on April 14, 2025 via Ad Noctem Records. A video for ‘Come What May’ can be watched at this location. It was recorded by Carlo Altobelli at Toxic Basement Studio, mixed and mastered by Carlo Altobelli and the artwork was created by Sheila Franco Art. www.facebook.com/rawfoil
Cleveland, Ohio based Death Metallers SHED THE SKIN are streaming their upcoming fifth full-length “The Carnage Cast Shadows” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on May 16, 2025 via Hells Headbangers. www.facebook.com/shedtheskin
Spanish old school Death / Doom Metallers BOCC will release a compilation entitled “Obrint El Taüt” via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on June 13, 2025 on CD and digital formats. It features the band’s three EPs “Al La Forca”, “Santa Eulàlia” and “La Forja Dels Cranis…”. You can check out the track ‘Santa Eulalia’ over here. For more BOCC info please visit www.facebook.com/boccofdoom
Germany’s blackened Speed Metallers MORBYDA have just premiered the track ‘Open The Gates Of Fire’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Under The Spell”, which will be released on June 20, 2025 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed ‘Turning The Wheel Of Steel’ can still be checked out over here. The full tracklisting of “Under The Spell” reads as follows: ‘Evil’, ‘Mother Of Decay’, ‘Open The Gates Of Fire’, ‘Turning The Wheel Of Steel’, ‘The Curse’, ‘Sacrifice’, ‘Under Her Spell’ and ‘Morbid Ways Of Dying’. https://morbyda.bandcamp.com
Canadian Death Metallers CRYPTOPSY have just released a video for ‘Malicious Needs’ over here. The track is featured on the band’s new album “An Insatiable Violence”, which will be released via Season Of Mist on June 20, 2025. CRYPTOPSY are currently touring Europe with DECAPITATED, WARBRINGER and CARNATION. www.facebook.com/cryptopsyofficial
Italian / Finnish Black Metallers MARGANTHA have just released the track ‘Curse Of The Full Moon’ at this location. It will be featured on the upcoming MARGANTHA EP “Blood Moon Sacrifice”, which will be released on June 27, 2025 via Rockshots Records. It was mixed and mastered by Andy La Rocque at Sonic Train Studio. www.instagram.com/margantha_the_band
Finnish Black Metallers WARMOON LORD are streaming their upcoming third full-length “Sacrosanct Demonopathy” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on May 25, 2025 via Werewolf Records. www.facebook.com/warmoonlord
“Lord Of Nightmare”, the 2006 debut full-length from defunct Japanese Black Metallers ENDLESS DISMAL MOAN, will be re-released via Hessian Firm on July 25, 2025 as a limited edition CD with 4-page booklet. A full stream of it is available at this location. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/hessianfirm
Romanian Black Metallers FUNERAL BAPTISM will release their sophomore full-length “In Solitudine” on May 30, 2025 via Loud Rage Music. You can already check out the album track ‘Lex Talionis’ over here. More about FUNERAL BAPTISM at www.facebook.com/funeralbaptismbm