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Dutch Death Metallers HAIL OF BULLETS are streaming their self-titled debut EP in its entirety over here now. It will be re-released via Agonia Records on November 22, 2024 on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. Guitarist and founder Stephan Gebédi had this to say about the reissue: “The EP that started it all in 2007 for us and turned HAIL OF BULLETS in a Death Metal force to be reckoned with overnight! After hearing this EP for the first time, Silenoz (DIMMU BORGIR) said that: “When you think there’s no more hope for brutal music, where every bands sounds the same, HAIL OF BULLETS come along and just level everything with the ground! Pretenders – move over!” And after producing our full-length album, Dan Swanö stated: “One of the best, if not the best albums I worked on for a very, very, very long time!” Not much we can add to this, I guess!” The EP was originally self-released, and distributed by the band in CD-R format for a number of years but has been unavailable since. The Agonia Records edition comes with revamped artwork and in several different formats, including three vinyl editions. www.facebook.com/hailofbulletsofficial
“In Omnia Paratus”, the fifth full-length from German Black Metallers MAVORIM, will be released via Purity Through Fire on December 25, 2024, on CD, A5 digipak CD, double vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. You can already check out ‘Alles Stirbt’ at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘In Omnia Paratus’, ‘Als Der Menschheit Wille Brach’, ‘Zerfall’, ‘Tu’ Ich Meine Augen Zu’, ‘Stählerne Reihen’, ‘Ein Fahles Ross’, ‘Aller Abart Gloria’, ‘Träume’, ‘Alles Stirbt’ and ‘Der Letzte Sonnenuntergang’. www.facebook.com/mavorim
On December 13, 2024 Polish avantgarde Black Metal duo RUNOPATIA will release a new EP entitled “Archaistia” via T.D.M. on CD and digitally. It will feature the following three tracks: ‘Świat Przejrzy’, ‘Serce Krwawe’ and ‘Za Późno’. You can already watch a lyric video for ‘Serce Krwawe’ over here. The EP was recorded, mixed and mastered at Impressive-Art Studio by Przemysław Nowak. www.facebook.com/runopatia
Australian blackened Doom Metal trio TYRANNIC is streaming their upcoming third full-length “Tyrannic Desolation” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 22, 2024 via Iron Bonehead Productions. https://tyrannic.bandcamp.com
A full stream of “Blood Worship Extremism”, the sophomore full-length from Mexican Black / Deatherss NIGRUM, is available at this location now. It will be released on November 22, 2024 via Iron Bonehead Productions. www.facebook.com/nigrumofficial
“Incineration Day”, the new album from experimental Death Metal duo THUNRAZ, is streaming in its entirety over here now. It will be digitally self-released on November 22, 2024. www.facebook.com/thunrazmetal
“Edifice Of Vicissitudes”, the upcoming sophomore full-length from Glasgow, Scotland based brutal Death Metal quartet INIQUITOUS SAVAGERY, is streaming in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Willowtip Records on November 22, 2024 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. www.facebook.com/iniquitoussavagery
On December 25, 2024 Purity Through Fire will release “Was Des Lebens Nicht Wert”, the debut full-length from German Black Metal one man band AINZAMKAIT, on digipack CD format. It will feature the follwing tracks: ‘Intro’, ‘Was Des Lebens Nicht Wert’, ‘Heidentum’, ‘Ainzamkait – Widergänger’, ‘Feindesleid’, ‘Tal Des Schicksals’ and ‘Schmerz Eines Einst Stolzen Mannes’. You can already stream ‘Feindesleid’ over here. For more AINZAMKAIT information please visit www.facebook.com/people/ainzamkait/61565404964383
Swedish Death Metallers REVOLTING have just released a lyric video for ‘Blades Will Cut’ at this location. The track will appear on the band’s ninth full-length “Night Of The Horrid”, which will be released on December 17, 2024 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Seven Severed Heads’, ‘Blades Will Cut’, ‘Night Of The Horrid’, ‘Hell From The Sky’, ‘A Song For The Morbid’, ‘Shapeshifter’, ‘Swipe Of The Schyte’, ‘The Final Journey’, ‘Mallet And Mask’ and ‘Outro’. www.facebook.com/revoltingdeathmetal
On November 29, 2024 Polish melodic Viking Death Metallers BURNING CREATION will release their debut full-length “Sea Of Dead Bodies” on digital format and CD through Via Nocturna. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Calling (Intro)’, ‘Eaten By Hulder’, ‘Sea Of Dead Bodies’, ‘Ulfhednar’, ‘The Einherjers’ Return’, ‘Snakebite’, ‘Under The Fading Sun’, ‘Tears Of Mourner’, ‘As The Ocean Takes Us Down’ and ‘Burning Creation’ (AMON AMARTH cover). The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Marek Stefaniak and the cover artwork was created by Damian Bydliński. You can already watch a lyric video for ‘The Einherjers’ Return’ over here. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/burning.creation5
On December 06, 2024 Consouling Sounds will release “Het Pact”, a split album between Belgian Black / Doom Metallers A THOUSAND SUFFERINGS and Belgian Sludge Black Metallers KLUDDE, on misty bog vinyl, black vinyl, CD and digital formats. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/a.thousand.sufferings or www.facebook.com/kluddeband
UK based Black Metallers ÚLFARR will release their sophomore full-length “Fornetes Folm” on CD and vinyl LP formats via Purity Through Fire. The CD version will be released on December 25, 2024, the vinyl version will follow in early 2025. Both editions will feature the EP “His Crown Grows From His Skull” as bonus. “Fornetes Folm” will feature the following tracks: ‘Alarūna’, ‘Hildeleoma’, ‘Algol (As Malice Shone Upon Northward Doors)’, ‘November’, ‘Moonskin’, ‘Glæterung’, ‘The Cold Council Of Old Shadow’ and ‘Forn-Jotr’. The tracklist of the “His Crown Grows From His Skull” bonus EP reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Ānforlætan’ and ‘In Veneration Of The Corpse Eaters Star’. You can already stream ‘Moonskin’ at this location. The cover artwork was created by Játvaðr. www.facebook.com/ulfarr666
On December 25, 2024 Purity Through Fire will release “Death Beneath A Starless Sky”, the third full-length from UK Black Metallers NEFARIOUS DUSK on vinyl LP format. The CD version is already out now. The album’s title track can be checked out at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Black Heart’, ‘Secrets Within The Dead Forest’, ‘The Raven’s Curse’, ‘Death Beneath A Starless Sky’, ‘Mountains Of Transylvania’ and ‘Hymns Of Winter Depression’. www.facebook.com/nduk666
Hungarian Black Metal one man project VRAG has just released a new full-length entitled “Rendületlenül” on CD via Filosofem Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Vrag at his own Forest Studio between 2022 and 2024. The cover artwork was created by Grafit of Hamu Artworks. A full album stream is available over here. More about VRAG at www.facebook.com/vraghun
On January 20, 2025 Memento Mori will release “Megalit Al Putrefacției”, the sophomore full-length from Transylvania, Romania based Death Metallers PUTRED, on CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Obidă (intro)’, ‘Dominare Malefică’, ‘Aură Macabră’, ‘Spectre Torturate’, ‘Necromanție’, ‘Megalit Al Putrefacției’, ‘Părăsit În Purgatoriu’, ‘Inscripții Antice’, ‘Era Morbidității’ and ‘Critical Madness’ (AUTOPSY cover). You can already check out ‘Necromanție’ at this location. The cover artwork was created by Jan Pysander Whitney. More PUTRED info you will find at www.facebook.com/metalputredalmortii
“Revelations From The Void”, the third full-length from Catalonia based Doom / Deathers ONIROPHAGUS, will be released on January 17, 2025 via Personal Records on CD format. It was once again recorded at Moontower Studios and the cover artwork was created by Paolo Girardi. You can already stream a first track entitled ‘Landsickness’ over here. The complete “Revelations From The Void” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Hollow Valley’, ‘Landsickness’, ‘The Tome’, ‘Black Brew’ and ‘Stargazing Into The Void’. www.facebook.com/onirophagus
Brazil’s blackend Doom Metallers A DEAD POEM have just premiered the track ‘In Forgotten Dimensions’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Abstract Existence”, which will be released on December 13, 2024 via Personal Records. The previously revealed ‘Before The Rising Sun’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Abstract Existence” tracklist reads like this: ‘In Forgotten Dimensions’, ‘Abstract Existence’, ‘Before The Rising Sun’, ‘Dressed In Black’, ‘Obedience’, ‘Prayers To The Void’ and ‘Silent Tears Fall’. www.facebook.com/adeadpoem.doom
Portuguese Death / Thrashers CULT OF ALCAEUS have just digitally released the track ‘The Odyssey Of The Soul’. It is the third and last track from the band’s “Doomed Cycles trilogy”. You can check out all three tracks at this location. More about CULT OF ALCAEUS at www.facebook.com/cultofalcaeus
Quebec, Canada based melodic Death Metallers OUTLYING have just released a new track entitled ‘Pitch-Black Serum’ right here. For all additional OUTLYING information please visit www.facebook.com/outlyingband
American Black Metallers WULDORGAST have just premiered the track ‘Cold Light Of Reason’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Cold Light”, which will be released on December 13, 2024 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed album closer ‘Dawn Of The Black Sun’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Cold Light” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Obscured In Shadows’, ‘Natural Life Is Eternal Battle’, ‘Cold Light Of Reason’, ‘Labyrinth Of Control’, ‘Cipher To Eternity’ and ‘Dawn Of The Black Sun’. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
Belgian brutal Death Metallers FACTURED INSANITY will release their fifth full-length “Age Of Manipulation” on February 18, 2025 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Exaltation Of A Fallen Glory’, ‘Divide And Conquer’, ‘The Hangman’s Lair’, ‘Age Of Manipulation’, ‘Bezoar’, ‘Fear; The Ultimate Weapon’, ‘Divine Honour’, ‘Slumber In The Deep’, ‘Psy-K.O.’ and ‘We All Die In The End’. You can already listen to the first advance single ‘Exaltation Of A Fallen Glory’ here. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/fracturedinsanityofficial
“Dodekatemoria”, the ninth full-length from Romania based Occult Black Metallers ORDINUL NEGRU, has just been released via Loud Rage Music on slipcase CD and limited cassette tape formats. The cover artwork was created by Alexandru Das. The album features the following tracks: ‘Aleph’, ‘Dodekatemoria’, ‘Judas Goat’, ‘The Decrepitude Of Centuries’, ‘Zahir’ and ‘Palladian Rituals’. www.facebook.com/ordinulnegru
German blackened Death Metallers REBEL SOULS have just digitally self-released a new EP entitled “Leviathan”. It features the following four tracks: ‘Leviathan’, ‘The Philanthropist’, ‘Warmonger’ and ‘Cognitive Warfare’. A full EP stream is available at this location. For all additional REBEL SOULS information please visit www.facebook.com/rebelsouls.deathmetal
“Archangelic Ludica”, the new EP from raw Black Metallers VASSSAV, has just been released via Obscure Disharmony Records on CD (limited to 300 copies). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘ARM (A Thousand Prayers)’, ‘LEG (All The Roads Given)’, ‘LEG (All The Gates Open)’, ‘ARM (A Thousand Storms)’ and ‘HEAD (A Stressful Venture)’. It was recorded, mixed and mastered in 2024 by I.C. and the cover artwork was created by BMS Illustration. www.facebook.com/obscure.disharmony.records
Italian melodic Pagan Death Metallers ALZHAGOTH have just released a new track entitled ‘Grievous Diorama’ over here. It is taken from the band’s upcoming album, which will be released via Inertial Music. www.facebook.com/alzhagoth
Polish grinders ASS TO MOUTH have just released a video for ‘The Underdog’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming album “Enemy Of The Human Race”, which will be released on CD via Selfmadegod Records on November 29, 2024 (the vinyl LP edition will follow at the beginning of 2025). It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Soundscope Recording Studio in Wroclaw, Poland by Jarek Wysocki. www.facebook.com/assgrindsystem
Dutch Death Metallers THANATOS are streaming their upcoming anniversary album “Four Decades Of Death” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 15, 2024 via Agonia Records. www.facebook.com/thanatos333
On December 27, 2024 Hells Headbangers will release the sophomore full-length from Australian raw Black Metallers LAMENT IN WINTER’S NIGHT, “Whereunto The Twilight Leads”, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Atrocity Altar will handle the cassette tape release. A full album stream you will find at https://lament-in-winters-night.bandcamp.com
Wroclaw, Poland based Death Metallers ICON OF EVIL will release their sophomore full-length “Locust Cathedral” via Selfmadegod Records on December 06, 2024. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Soundscope Studio by Jarek Wysocki. You can already listen to the album track ‘Verge Of Collapse’ at this location. The complete “Locust Cathedral” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Locust Cathedral’, ‘Verge Of Collapse’, ‘Cursed With Oblivion’, ‘Colossus’, ‘Creeping Corruption’, ‘Depths Of Scorn’, ‘We’re The Plague’ and ‘Chain Reaction’. More about ICON OF EVIL at www.facebook.com/icon.of.evil.stenchmetal
On December 25, 2024 Purity Through Fire will release “Towards The Nightrealm Of Orlok”, the sixth full-length of Germany / Finland based Black Metallers ORDER OF NOSFERAT, on CD, A5 digipak CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘…Far Away To The Land Of Ghosts’, ‘Crossing The Shadowland’, ‘Towards The Nightrealm Of Orlok’, ‘At The Sea She Longs For His Return’, ‘Blood Is Life!’, ‘Into Pale Shadows And Ghostly Dreams’, ‘Where The Werewolf Haunts The Woods’, ‘Beyond The Eternity Gates I Wait’ and ‘Don’t Leave’ (GUMMY BOY cover). You can already check out the title track ‘Towards The Nightrealm Of Orlok’ over here. The cover artwork was created by Vhan Artworks. www.facebook.com/orderofnosferat
Spanish Doom / Deathers TROLLCAVE are streaming their new mini album “Adoration Of The Abyssal Trespasser” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 15, 2024. Me Saco Un Ojo Records will release the 12″ vinyl version, while BlackSeed Productions will handle the CD version. https://trollcave666.bandcamp.com
Polish Speed / Thrash Metallers PANDEMIC have just premiered the track ‘Santa Muerte’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Phantoms”, which will be released on December 20, 2024 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed title track ‘Phantoms’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Phantoms’, ‘Greatest Of Sinners’, ‘Under Gypsy’s Spell’, ‘Bane Of Brook Hall’, ‘Santa Muerte’, ‘The Last Road’, ‘Thralls Of The Crescent’ and ‘…The Horde’. www.facebook.com/pandemic.vol2
Athens, Greece based Thrash / Death Metal trio ALL SINS UNDONE has just digitally self-released their debut full-length “Narcissistic Compulsion” (CD and vinyl editions will follow soon as well). It was recorded, mixed and mastered by George Bokos at Grindhouse Studios, Athens. A full album stream is available at this location. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090920923682
Danish Black Metallers PERDITION’S MIRE will release their second EP, “Into A Dark Heartland”, on December 13, 2024 via Headkick Music on vinyl LP and CD format. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Pale Light And Settling Dust’, ‘Embers’, ‘Light Torn Asunder’, ‘Abomination’s Boundless Rage’, ‘Nothing Is, Nothing Becomes’ and ‘Into A Dark Heartland’. The band is currently working on their debut full-length album. www.facebook.com/perditionsmire
Blackened Metal band HEXENBRETT has just premiered the track ‘Wozu Die Angst’ over here. It will be featured on their sophomore full-length “Dritte Beschwörung: Dem Teufel Eine Tochter”, which will be released on December 20, 2024 via Dying Victims Productions. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Um Mitternacht’, ‘Dem Teufel Eine Tochter’, ‘Marisa’, ‘Imhotep’, ‘Wozu Die Angst’, ‘La Plese De La Nuit’, ‘Leder Im Nachtverkehr’, ‘Denn Der Tod Lächelt Nicht’ and ‘Sette Gocce Rosse Su Velluto Verde’. The previously revealed album track ‘Um Mitternacht’ can still be streamed at this location. More HEXENBRETT at https://hexenbrett.bandcamp.com
“Hemasanctum”, the upcoming album from Los Angeles, California based one-man melodic Death / Black Metal project THE MOSAIC WINDOW, is available for streaming over here now. It will be released on November 15, 2024 via Willowtip Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. www.facebook.com/p/the-mosaic-window-100094717845304
Finnish Death Metallers AUGUST MOON have just premiered the track ‘Exitus’ at this location. It will be featured on their debut full-length “Something Eldritch And Macabre”, which will be released on December 13, 2024 via Personal Records. The previously revealed ‘As Cataclysms Swept Across The Cities’ is still available over here. For more AUGUST MOON please visit www.youtube.com/@augustmoonbase
On December 13, 2024 Munich, Germany based Death / Thrashers CAUTERIZE will digitally self-release a new EP entitled “Vengeance”. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Vengeance’, ‘Left’, ‘Erased’, ‘Right’ and ‘Black Dawn’. www.facebook.com/cauterizeband
“Archangelic Ludica”, the upcoming EP from Black Metallers VASSSAV, will be released on CD via Obscure Disharmony Records on November 15, 2024. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/obscure.disharmony.records
Japanese melodic Death Metallers ALPHOENIX have just released an old / new song entitled ‘Future Begins’ at this location. Here’s the official comments from the band: “The rare track ‘Future Begins’, which was only distributed as a demo to a select few, has been reborn through the engineering of Ettore Rigotti (Disarmonia Mundi). The track gains new power thanks to a sound remake by the master metal producer who also worked on ALPHOENIX’s debut album, “Final Crusades”.” www.facebook.com/alphoenix
“La Saignée”, the debut full-length from French Black Metallers ZÉRO ABSOLU, will be released via AOP Records on January 31, 2025. It will feature the two very lengthy tracks ‘La Saignée’ (20:26min) and ‘Le Temps Détruit Tout’ (13:23min). An edited shortened version of title track is already available for streaming at this location. More about ZÉRO ABSOLU at www.facebook.com/aoprecs
On January 10, 2025 Nine To Zero Productions will release “Dauþalaikaz”, the third full-length from German Black Metallers URFEIND, on CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Thorns Of Madness’, ‘The Fallen’, ‘Serpent’s Flight’, ‘Weaving The Abyss’, ‘Hymn Of Corruption’, ‘Nine To Zero’, ‘Void’, ‘Anthem Of Decay’ and ‘Inner Rampage’. You can already check out the album operer ‘Thorns Of Madness’ over here. For all additional URFEIND information please visit www.facebook.com/urfeind
Swedish Black Metallers MÖRK GRYNING have just released a new track entitled ‘Black Angel’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming new album “Fasornas Tid”, which will be released on December 13, 2024 via Season Of Mist. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Wing Studios by Sverker Widgren and the artwork was created by the C-G. www.facebook.com/morkgryningband
On January 03, 2025 London, UK based Death Metal five-piece MUTAGENIC HOST will release their debut full-length “The Diseased Machine”. It will be co-released by Gurgling Gore (vinyl LP, cassette tape), Dry Cough Records (vinyl LP, cassette tape) and Memento Mori (CD). The CD version will be released on January 20, 2025. The following tracks will be featured on “The Diseased Machine”: ‘Neurological Necrosis’, ‘Genestealer’, ‘The Twisted Helix’, ‘Artificial Harvest Of The Obscene’, ‘Organometallic Assimilation’, ‘DIRECTIVE:: [kill_on_sight]’, ‘Incomprehensible Methods Of Slaughter’, ‘S.W.A.R.M. (Systematic War Against Restless Machines)’, ‘Promethean Dusk’ and ‘Rivers Of Grief’. You can already check out ‘Incomprehensible Methods Of Slaughter’ over here. More MUTAGENIC HOST at https://mutagenichost.bandcamp.com
American Black Metal trio LURING has just premiered the track ‘Born With The Devil’s Marking’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “Malevolent Lycanthropic Heresy”, which will be released on December 13, 2024 via Iron Bonehead Productions. The previously revealed ‘Dying Wolf Beneath The Stars’ can still be streamed over here. The complete “Malevolent Lycanthropic Heresy” tracklist reads like this: ‘Ravaged By The Teeth Of A Feral God’, ‘Chalice Of Splintered Dreams’, ‘Born With The Devil’s Marking’, ‘Black Death Elixir’, ‘The Odious Gaze Of Chronos’, ‘We Come From The Shadows At His Command’, ‘Dying Wolf Beneath The Stars’ and ‘Burial Opus’. https://luring.bandcamp.com
Cleveland, Ohio based melodic Death Metallers DRUPARIA will self-release their debut full-length “The River Above” on December 27, 2024 on CD and digitally. It was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Dan Paddy at Blackroom Studios in Copley, Ohio and the cover artwork was supplied by Mark Erskine (Erskine Designs). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Voiceless Regret’, ‘Under The Shade Of Sand’, ‘Bereavement’, ‘Kintsugi’, ‘In Repose, Descend’, ‘Sever The Roots’, ‘The River Above’, ‘Of Firmament… And The Renewal’, ‘Bled For Comfort’, ‘When Cranes Return’ and ‘The Violet Hour (The Civil Wars)’. The title track is already available for streaming at this location. All additional band info you will find at www.facebook.com/druparia
French medieval Black Metallers GRYLLE are streaming their sophomore full-length “Egrotants, Souffreteux, Cacochymes, Covidards” in its entirety over here now. The album has just been released via Antiq. www.facebook.com/antiq.label
Turkish technical old school Death Metallers SUICIDE have just digitally released their third full-length “Devour The Fallen”. It features the following tracks: ‘Sanctuaries Sold’, ‘Blind Obedience’, ‘Might Of The Universe’, ‘Millennial Slaves’, ‘Devour The Fallen’, ‘Honor’s Mask’, ‘Hollow Ground’, ‘Victims Of A Cult’, ‘At The Ruin They Embrace’, ‘The Capitalist Revolution’ and ‘Guilt Entombed’. A full album stream is available at this location. More about SUICIDE at www.facebook.com/suicide.ankara
After Dark Horizon Records have just re-released “Instinct Prevelance” from Ukrainian symphonic Black Metallers LUCIFUGUM on digipak CD with a 12 pages booklet. It was originally released back in 1999 via Dark Horizon Records and features the band’s “Path Of The Wolf” demo from 1996 and “Сквозь равнодушное небо (Through The Indifferent Sky)” demo from 1997. More info you will find at www.propaganda666.com