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Polish Thrashers TERRORDOME will release their new full-length “Plagued With Violence” this coming summer on CD, limited CD box, vinyl LP and cassette tape via Selfmadegod Records. It was recorded and produced by Tomasz Zalewski at ZED Studio and the artwork was created by Marcin Białkowski. www.instagram.com/terrordomeband
On July 01, 2025 Dominance Of Darkness Records will release “Chapel Of Bones”, the debut full-length from Finnish Black Metal four-piece BELETH’S TRUMPET, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Korpituli Productions will be handling the cassette tape version. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Triumphant Voice Of Beleth’, ‘Mass Grave (Of Angels)’, ‘Chapel Of Bones’, ‘Extermination Of God’s Dominion’, ‘Clandestine Ritual’, ‘Death’s Cold Hand’ and ‘Black Light’. You can already stream ‘Mass Grave (Of Angels)’ at this location. The cover artwork was created by Dhomth Art. https://belethstrumpet.bandcamp.com
Greece / Switzerland based War / Black Metallers TAÄR have just released a second track from their upcoming debut full-length “Catharsis Till Dawn”, which will be out on April 11, 2025 via Soulseller Records on CD, vinyl LP and in digital versions. The album was mixed and mastered at Descent Studio in Athens and features a cover artwork by Belial Necroarts. The following tracks will be on it: ‘Celestial Carnage’, ‘Feathered Echoes Of Wrath’, ‘The Storm Of War’, ‘Perpetual Descent’, ‘At Depths Of Damnation’, ‘Undead’s Turn’, ‘Where Death Stalks Its Prey’, ‘The Impaler’s Triumph’ and ‘Catharsis Till Dawn’. You can check out ‘Where Death Stalks Its Prey’ at this location. For all additional TAÄR information please visit www.facebook.com/taarofficial
On June 06, 2025 Signal Rex will release “Portit Pohjolan”, the debut full-length from Finnish Black Metallers IÄTÖN, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Intro’, ‘Myrskyn Laulu’, ‘Korpin Musta Viisaus’, ‘Yön Hämärässä’, ‘Varjoista Ja Hopeasta’, ‘Vainajalan Vaeltaja’, ‘Korpimaiden Kutsu’ and ‘Portit Pohjolan Näkyvät’. You can already check out ‘Myrskyn Laulu’ over here. More information you will find at www.signalrex.com or www.signalrex.bandcamp.com
American Thrashers EXECUTIONIST will release their debut full-length “Sacrament Of The Sick” on May 16, 2025. An official video for the album’s first single ‘Serrated Shadows’ is already available at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Ultionum’, ‘Edge Of Annihilation’, ‘Wheels Of War’, ‘Serrated Shadows’, ‘Divided We Stand… United We Fall’, ‘Thy Kingdom Come’, ‘Strange Aeons’, ‘Palace Of Kings’, ‘Sacrament Of The Sick’ and ‘Coup De Grâce’. www.facebook.com/executionistmetal
“Total Kommando”, the debut full-length from Italian Speed Metallers AWAKEN THE NIGHT, has been released on limited edition CD (300 copies) via Metal Coffin Records. It features the following tracks: ‘Nuclear Inverno (Intro)’, ‘Emerald Fog’, ‘Attila’, ‘Fast For Freedom’, ‘Little Pier The Mechanix’, ‘Behind The Blade (Interlude)’, ‘Terrorchain’, ‘Total Kommando’, ‘At The Stake’, ‘Speed Metal Attack!’ and ‘Awaken The Night’. A full album stream is available over here. For more AWAKEN THE NIGHT info please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088657976985
Dutch Death Metallers PESTILENCE will kick off a headlining tour of Asia in May. The band will take a break from working on their tenth studio album, “Portals”, to play selected venues in Turkey, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, China, Thailand, Taiwan and Japan. www.facebook.com/pestilenceofficial
India based Death / Black Metallers DISSENTOR have just released a first song from their upcoming debut EP “Flagella”, which will be out on April 24, 2025 in digital format and limited 7″ vinyl as an independent release. The complete tracklist of the EP reads as follows: ‘Serving The Nails’, ‘Condemned To Fumes’, ‘Slaves After Life’ and ‘Defiler’. You can already check out ‘Serving The Nails’ over here. The songs were composed, written, engineered, produced, mixed and mastered by Aquib Rahman and the cover artwork was created by Peapounder. The drum parts were recorded by Polish drummer Krzysztof Klingbein (TOTENMESSE, live drummer of BELPHEGOR, VADER, HATE, BATUSHKA, KRANIUM and more). www.facebook.com/officialdissentor
On May 02, 2025 international Thrashers SANDFINGER will release their new 6-track EP “Minus Illusion” on CD and digitally. A visualizer video for the song ‘It Was Nothing’ is already available at this location. The material was recorded by musicians from Italy, Kazakhstan, Germany, Ukraine and Japan. It was mixed and mastered at The Dog Studios in Chile by Matias Bahamondes and the artwork was created by Navid Siyadat. Here’s the complete “Minus Illusion” tracklist: ‘Intro’, ‘It Was Nothing’, ‘Welcome’, ‘Borrowed’, ‘Electronic Sounds’ and ‘Disposable’. https://konvolted.bandcamp.com
Swiss Black Metal duo GHÖRNT has just premiered another song from their upcoming third full-length “Bluetgraf”. You can check out ‘För Emmer’ over here. The album was recorded at Chäuer Studios / Bär (drums, bass and guitars) and Hellvete Studio / Luzern (vocals) and mixed / mastered by Christoph Brandes at Iguana Studios. The artwork was created by Julian. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Bluetgraf’, ‘För Emmer’, ‘Jagd’, ‘Vlad’, ‘Dominator’, ‘Wit Wääg Vo De Sonne’ and ‘Hass’. “Bluetgraf” will be released on April 11, 2025 via Soulseller Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063745171004
Finnish melodic Black / Death Metallers UNDERWATER FATHER will release their debut EP “Without Waves” on April 29, 2025 via Inverse Music. You can already watch a video for the EP track ‘Drowned’ at this location. It features guest vocals by Jere Harju (OF SPITE / THE DECLAWED). www.facebook.com/underwaterfather
French melodic Doom / Deathers WURMIAN are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Immemorial Shrine” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on CD via Pest Records on April 06, 2025. www.facebook.com/wurmian.band
“Прадавни” (“Pradavni”), the debut full-length from Serbian Black Metallers OSKRNAVITELJ, will be available as a digipak CD on May 16, 2025 via Fetzner Death Records. It was originally self-released on CD and in digital versions between 2023 and 2024. You can stream the album tracks ‘Prognanik’ and ‘Oskrnavitelj’ here and here. More about OSKRNAVITELJ at www.facebook.com/oskrnavitelj
On July 01, 2025 Dominance Of Darkness Records will release “Cutting Through”, the sophomore full-length from Finnish one-man band MUTANT SEX DEMON, on CD and vinyl LP formats. MUTANT SEX DEMON’s music has been described as “filthy Black’n’Roll, with (un)healthy doses of Speed Metal, Hardcore Punk and Horror Rock”. A full album stream is available at this location https://mutantsexdemon.bandcamp.com.
“The Beginning Of The End”, the debut full-length from New York based blackened Death / Doom Metal trio FLESHPOIL, can be streamed in its entirety over here https://fleshspoilofficial.bandcamp.com now. It was released digitally at the end of March via Belgian label Death Farm Records. The band’s vocalist / guitarist, Jeff Andrews, recently passed away at the age of 51.
Australian Doom / Deathers REEKMIND have inked a deal with Memento Mori. The CD version of the band’s debut full-length “Mired In The Reek Of Grief” will be released on July 21, 2025. It was recorded in late 2024, mixed by Greg Chandler at Priory Recording Studios (ESOTERIC, CRUCIAMENTUM, GRAVE MIASMA), mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound Studios (CEREBRAL ROT, MORTIFERUM, EXCARNATED ENTITY) and released via Night Terror Records in March 2025 on vinyl LP and cassette tape. https://reekmind.bandcamp.com
On May 30, 2025 Osmose Productions will release the third full-length from UK based Black / Death Metallers TRIVAX, “The Great Satan”, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It was produced by Samuel Turbit at Ritual Sound. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Atash’, ‘To Liberation And Beyond’, ‘Lawless Eternal…’, ‘Here Comes The Flood’, ‘The Great Satan’, ‘Daemon’s Melancholia’, ‘Ya Saheb Az Zaman’, ‘Operation Ramadan’ and ‘Tamam Shod’. www.facebook.com/trivaxband
Baltimore based melodic Death Metallers CHIAROSCURO have just released their self-titled debut EP digitally and on limited edition CD via Unholy Anarchy Records. You can stream it in its entirety at this location. More about CHIAROSCURO at www.facebook.com/chiaroscurometal
“Embraced By Darkness”, the debut full-length from German Black / Death Metallers NAIL BY NAIL, will be released via War Anthem Records on May 09, 2025 on CD and all digital platforms. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Born In Total War’, ‘Crooked Nails’, ‘Cosmic Fire’, ‘The Frozen Tomb’, ‘Embraced By Darkness’ and ‘Dagger Nights’. You can already check out ‘Crooked Nails’ at this location and the album’s title track over here. NAIL BY NAIL features members of KRAANIUM and IMPERIUM DEKADENZ. www.facebook.com/nailbynailband
On May 30, 2025 Eternal Death will release the fourth full-length from Canadian / American Black Metal duo WALD KRYPTA, “Disenchantment”, on vinyl LP format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Into Solace’, ‘Opulent Impudence’, ‘Depraved Insolence’, ‘Altar Of Desecration’, ‘Of Disenchantment’, ‘Rotten Vessel’ and ‘Beneath Broken Heavens’. You can already stream ‘Opulent Insolence’ over here. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/eternaldeathusa
Greek Black Metallers LUCIFER’S CHILD are streaming their third full-length “The Illuminant” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Agonia Records today. www.facebook.com/luciferschildmusic
“In The Land Called Night”, the debut full-length from Polish one-man Black Metal project SVAR, has been released on vinyl through Via Nocturna today. The album was previously released digitally, on cassette tape and CD on November 29, 2024. The vinyl mastering was done by Arkadiusz “Aro” Jabłoński at Monroe Sound Studio (ILLNESS, MASACHIST, WOE UNTO ME). You can check out a lyric video for the song ‘Through Lakes, Forests And Swamps’ over here. A full album stream you will find at this location. More about SVAR at www.facebook.com/svarkvlt
Tychy, Poland based Witching Metal three-piece GALLOWER is streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Vengeance & Wrath” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on March 28, 2025 via Dying Victims Productions. www.facebook.com/gallowerofficial
Finnish progressive Death Metallers SARGASSUS will release their debut full-length “Vitruvian Rays” in June 2025 via Inverse Records. You can already watch a video for the album’s first single ‘Spirit Of Gravity’ at this location. More about SARGASSUS at www.facebook.com/sargassusband
Hyvinkää, Finland based Death Metallers DEATHGOAT will release their sophomore full-length “Dragged Into Realms Below” on June 10, 2025 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. You can already check out the first advance single ‘Pestilent Retribution’ over here. The full “Dragged Into Realms Below” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Alkulima’, ‘Pestilent Retribution’, ‘Congregation Of Disease’, ‘Dying To Be Dead’, ‘Compulsive Cannibalism’, ‘Monoxcide’, ‘Flashback Psychosis’, ‘Clinically Undead’ and ‘Dragged Into Realms Below’. www.facebook.com/deathgoatdeathmetal
Swedish Black Metallers HERSIR are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Hateful Draugar From The Underground” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on March 28, 2025 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. https://hersir.bandcamp.com
Finnish melodic Death Metallers ECHOES OF THE EXTINCT have just released the third and final single from their debut full-length “Era Of Darkness”, which will be out on April 25, 2025 via Inverse Records. You can check out the track ‘Virus’ over here. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/eoteband
“Sea Of Death”, the sophomore full-length from Finland’s WRETCHED PATH, can be streamed in its entirety at this location now. It was digitally self-released by the band yesterday. www.facebook.com/wretchedpath
Finnish Black / Thrash Metallers URN are streaming their upcoming seventh full-length “Demon Steel” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on March 28, 2025 via Osmose Productions. www.facebook.com/urnofficial
Instrumental progressive Metal-Fusion quartet QUADVIUM, founded by American bass player Steve Di Giorgio (TESTAMENT, DEATH) and Dutch bass player Jeroen Paul Thesseling (OBSCURA, PESTILENCE), has just premiered a video for the first single off the band’s debut full-length “Tetradōm”. You can watch ‘Náströnd’ at this location. The album will be released on May 30, 2025 via Agonia Records. www.facebook.com/quadviumofficial
French old school Speed / Thrash Metal four-piece HEXECUTOR is streaming their upcoming third full-length “…Where Spirit Withers in Its Flesh Constraint” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on March 28, 2025 via Dying Victims Productions. www.facebook.com/hexecutor
Polish depressive dark Black Metal quintet VICTIM PATH will release their sophomore full-length “Lost In Stellar Dust” on May 06, 2025 via Fetzner Death Records on digipak CD and digital. The album’s first single ‘Polar Lights’ can already be streamed at this location. The complete “Lost In Stellar Dust” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Divided Into Zero’, ‘Faceless Nameless’, ‘Built Of Lies’, ‘Polar Lights’, ‘Lost In Stellar Dust’ and ‘Edges Of Insanity’. www.facebook.com/victimpath
Polish Death Metallers TRAUMA will release a compilation album that features material that was recorded between 1988 and 1992 when the band was still named THANATOS. “TRAUMAtic Beginning” will be released as a 2 CD set and strictly limited wooden box with a live DVD via Selfmadegod Records on March 28, 2025. It features the two THANATOS demo tapes “Deo Optimo Maximo” and “Out Of Sanity”, as well as 18 previously unreleased tracks from the band’s archives. www.facebook.com/traumaofficialpage
Berlin, Germany based old school Death Metallers MASSAFACTION will self-release their debut full-length “Downfall Of Trinity” on April 18, 2025. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Worldbetrayer’, ‘10.000 Volt’, ‘Fortress Of Decadence’, ‘Downfall Of Trinity’, ‘Predator’, ‘Catharsis’, ‘Maggots Remain’ and ‘Necrophilharmonica’. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/massafaction