In support of the release of their recently released fourth full-length “Master’s Personae”, Indonasia based Death Metallers EXHUMATION will kick off their upcoming European tour on August 29, 2024 in Liestal, Switzerland. The tour will include shows in Switzerland, Germany, France and Belgium and ends on September 07, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. For more information and regular updates make sure to follow EXHUMATION at www.facebook.com/exhumationdevotee
Canadian blackend Thrashers TORREFY will release their new album “Necronomisongs” on September 27, 2024. It was recorded by TORREFY and Cody Baresich at Circle A Studios, mixed by Cody Baresich and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege. The cover artwork was created by Blackstory. The third single from the album, ‘Street Reaper’, can now be checked out over here. The band’s previously released video for the first single ‘Of Wind And Worm’ can still be watched at this location, the second single ‘Enslaved New World’ is still available over here. The complete “Necronomisongs” tracklist reads like this: ‘Of Wind And Worm’, ‘Street Reaper’, ‘Corpseback Rider’, ‘Arachnomancer’, ‘Enslaved New World’, ‘Nature Vs Torture’, ‘Apex Shredatorr’ and ‘Total Perspective Vortex’. www.facebook.com/torrefy
Nashville, Tennessee based melodic Black Metallers LENAX have just released a new single entitled ‘Leeches’ at this location. This is the first song recorded by the band as a whole, as compared to the debut EP, “Purity”, which was largely a solo effort by vocalist / guitarist Venomous and session bass player Hephaestus. A LENAX full-length album is slated for a 2025 release. www.facebook.com/lenaxmetal
Brooklyn, New York based Black Metallers HORNS & HOOVES are streaming their new mini-album “Spectral Voyeurism” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released today. Stygian Black Hand will handle the 12″ vinyl and cassette tape releases, while Invictus Productions will handle the CD release. www.facebook.com/hhworship
Colombian Black Metallers GIGANTOPHIS have released their debut demo “Heretical Reborth” on all popular streaming platforms now. It features the following four tracks: ‘Let Child’s Blood Stream’, ‘Efigie’, ‘Read N’ Re-Read’ and ‘Saint Death Queen’. The cover artwork was created by Giovanny Rodriguez. A full demo stream is also available at https://gigantophis.bandcamp.com
German melodic Death Metallers BATTLESWORD will release their fifth full-length “(XX)V – Of Tales And Tragedies” on September 26, 2024 via MDD Records, just in time for the band’s 25th anniversary. www.facebook.com/battleswordofficial
On September 13, 2024 NoEvDia, in co-operation with Oration Records, will release “Í Vökulli Áþján”, the debut full-length from Iceland based Black Metallers VAFURLOGI. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Reikul Vofa’, ‘Viðjar Holdsins’, ‘Helgrindur’, ‘Dreyrrauði’, ‘Hvíldarsálmur’, ‘Iðrun Og Ótti’, ‘Úr Iðramyrkri’ and ‘Duftið Eitt’. The cover artwork was created by View From The Coffin. VAFURLOGI is fronted by guitarist Þórir Garðarsson of SINMARA and SVARTIDAUÐI, who now also takes on vocal and bass duties here. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561034315803
Finnish one-man Black Metal band VALONTUOJA has just released a first single from their upcoming debut full-length “Luonnon Armoilla”. You can check out ‘Kodistani Karkoitettu’ at this location. The full tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Kodistani Karkoitettu’, ‘Jään Tulen Alle’, ‘Loista Silloin Kun Muu Maailma Tuhoutuu’, ‘Vanhan Valtakunnan Raunioilla’, ‘Läpi Läpinäkyvän’, ‘Sokeus Joka Hallitsi On Pois Pyyhitty’, ‘Kasva Siellä, Missä Kaikki On Tuhkana’ and ‘Hengitä Vihdoin Puhdasta Ilmaa’. The cover art was created by JTR. “Luonnon Armoilla” will be released on November 08, 2024 via Inverse Records. www.facebook.com/valontuojablackmetal
Kansas based Black / Death Metal three-piece THAUMATURGY has inked a deal with Memento Mori. The band’s second full-length will be released in 2025. https://thaumaturgy.bandcamp.com
French Doom / Deathers ATARAXIE have just revealed a teaser for their upcoming fifth full-length “Le Déclin” over here. The album will be released on October 25, 2024 via Ardua Music in co-operation with Weird Truth Productions on CD, double LP, cassette tape and digitally. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Le Déclin’, ‘Vomisseurs De Vide’, ‘Glory Of Ignominy’ and ‘The Collapse’. www.facebook.com/ataraxiedoom
RIPPED TO SHREDS have just released a second single from their upcoming fourth full-length “Sanshi”. You can check ‘Force Fed’ out at this location. The album will be released on September 27, 2024 via Relapse Records on vinyl LP, CD, cassette tape and digital formats. A video for the previously released ‘Perverting The Funeral Rites, Stripping For The Dead’ can still be watched over here. For more RIPPED TO SHREDS info please visit www.facebook.com/rippedtoshredsband
On this day, August 15, 2024, VOICES FROM THE DARKSIDE has reached a total of 10.000 reviews (9714 albums, EPs and demos, 87 compilations, 45 DVDs and 154 zines / books)!! Thanks to each staff writer, past and present, for making it happen!
German Death Metallers TEMPLE OF DREAD have just revealed a second song from their upcoming fifth full-length “God Of The Godless”. You can check out a lyric video for ‘Sacrificial Dawn’ at this location. The album will be released on October 04, 2024 via Testimony Records on CD, vinyl LP and in digital formats. www.facebook.com/templeofdread
“Portal”, the third full-length from German Black Metallers HÄXENZIJRKELL, will be released on October 04, 2024 via Amor Fati Productions on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tarcks: ‘Atziluth’, ‘Beriah’, ‘Yetzirah’, ‘Assiah’ and ‘Aeon’. You can already stream the album opener ‘Atziluth’ over here. More about HÄXENZIJRKELL at www.facebook.com/haexenzijrkell
Swedish progressive Death Metallers CARNOSUS will release their third full-length “Wormtales” on October 18, 2024 on digipak CD, gatefold vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats via Willowtip Records. It was recorded and produced by CARNOSUS (except for the drums, which were recorded and produced by Robert Kukla and Dennis Rosic) and re-amped, mixed and mastered by Robert Kukla at Obsidian Recording Studios. The cover artwork was created by Timon Kokott. An official video for the album’s first single ‘Within Throat, Within Heart’ is already available at this location. The complete tracklist of “Wormtales” reads as follows: ‘Birthless’, ‘Within Throat, Within Heart’, ‘Neglectikon’, ‘Yearnings Of A Rotten Spine’, ‘Worm Charmer’, ‘Harbinger Of Woundism’, ‘Paradoxical Impulse’, ‘Wound Of Wisdom’, ‘Cosmoclaustrum’ and ‘Solace In Soil’. www.facebook.com/carnosus
On October 04, 2024 Amor Fati Productions will release “The Blame Dagger”, the third full-length from Black Metal one-man band NUBIVAGANT, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Darkness Upon The Face Of The Deep’, ‘Endless Mourning’, ‘A Perfect Throne’, ‘Who Made The World’, ‘The Voice Of A Black Candle’ and ‘The Judgement’. The album opener ‘Darkness Upon The Face Of The Deep’ can already be checked out here. To commemorate the release of the album, NUBIVAGANT will embark upon a European tour with labelmates HÄXENZIJRKELL at the end of October. www.facebook.com/nubivagant.blackmetal
German / American technical brutal Death Metallers DEFEATED SANITY will release their upcoming seventh full-length “Chronicles Of Lunacy” on November 22, 2024 via Season Of Mist on digipak CD, gatefold vinyl LP (black, transparent with black splatters and yellow, red and black marbled) and digital formats. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Colin Marston at Thousand Cave Studios in New York City in January 2024. The cover artwork was created by Jon Zig. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Amputationsdrang’, ‘The Odour Of Sanctity’, ‘Accelerating The Rot’, ‘Temporal Disintegration’, ‘Extrinsically Enraged’, ‘A Patriarchy Perverse’, ‘Condemned To Vascular Famine’ and ‘Heredity Violated’. You can already watch a video for ‘The Odour Of Sanctity’ at this location. It was created by Obscenery Films. www.facebook.com/defeatedsanity
French Black Metallers HYVER have just revealed a new track entitled ‘Terroir Terreur’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming new EP “Fonds De Terroir”, which will be released on September 17, 2024 via Antiq. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Lanterne Des Morts’, ‘La Vieille Près Du Lavoir’, ‘Frère Jean-Théophane’ and ‘Terroir Terreur’. More HYVER music you will find at this location.
On September 27, 2024 Hells Headbangers Records will release the sixth full-length of Colombia’s Speed / Thrash Metal three-piece WITCHTRAP, “Hungry As The Beast”, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Built For The Kill’, ‘Hungry As The Beast’, ‘Ruthless Aggression’, ‘Heirs To The Power Of Evil’, ‘Satanism’, ‘Invocation’, ‘Cauldron Of Abominations’ and ‘Lightning Attack’. A full album stream you will already find right here. For more WITCHTRAP information please visit www.facebook.com/witchtrap
“Überkill”, the tenth full-length from Finnish Black Metallers BARATHRUM, will be released via Hammer Of Hate on October 11, 2024, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Death By Steel’, ‘Mountain Of Bones’, ‘Spark Plugs Of Purgatory’, ‘Black Magick Rites’, ‘Ritual Murder’, ‘White Red Black And Pale’, ‘Denial Of God’, ‘Dark Sorceress’ and ‘Überkill’. The album’s title track ‘Überkill’ can already be streamed at this location. More BARATHRUM info you will find at www.facebook.com/barathrumofficial
On October 11, 2024 Primitive Reaction will release “Portal – The Gathering Of Storms”, the sophomore full-length from Finnish melodic Black Metallers THE MIST FROM THE MOUNTAINS, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. You can already check out a lyric video for the album track ‘The Seer Of Ages’ over here. The complete “Portal – The Gathering Of Storms” tracklist reads as follows: ‘And So Flew The Death Crow’, ‘The Seer Of Ages’, ‘At The Roots Of The Vile’, ‘Among The Black Waves’, ‘In Longing Times’ and ‘Saiva’. www.facebook.com/themistfromthemountains
International all female brutal Death Metallers EMASCULATOR (a collaboration of women from Czechia and the United States) have just released the first single off their debut EP “The Disfigured And The Divine”. You can check out ‘In Resplendent Terror’ at this location. New Standard Elite will release the EP on physical formats on September 25, 2024. It will be available on streaming platforms on October 25, 2024. The guitars and bass were recorded by L.B. at Divine Retribution Studios, the vocals recorded by Tonda Smrcka at Seabeast Production and the drums were recorded by Taylor Hahn at Hahn Audio. The whole material was mixed and mastered by Josh Welshman. The cover artwork, which was created by vocalist Mallika Sundaramurthy, is a portrait of the Hindu goddess Chhinnamasta. The following tracks will be featured on “The Disfigured And The Divine”: ‘Ecstasy In Disseverment (Of Self)’, ‘In Resplendent Terror’, ‘Thesmophoric Rites’, ‘The Unassailable’, ‘Eradication Of The Asuras’, ‘Age Of The Goddess’ and ‘Supreme Void Of Acephalous Being’. EMASCULATOR will make their live debut at this year’s Texas Domination Fest, which is scheduled for September 26 – 28, 2024 in Ft. Worth, Dallas, Texas. The band will be touring Europe in May of 2025 around the Nice To Eat You Deathfest (Czechia). www.facebook.com/emasculator
Greek Black Metallers ISOLERT will release their third full-length on September 13, 2024 via Non Serviam Records. The first single ‘Where Dreams Die’ can already be streamed at this location. You can follow the band at www.facebook.com/isolert
German Pagan Black Metallers SURTALOG have just released a lyric video for ‘IV. Akt – Weltenbrand’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Ragnarök – Schicksal Der Götter, Tod Der Menschen Und Ende Der Welten”, which will be out on August 28, 2024. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered from 2022 to 2023 at Nightside Audio (TROLL, EIS, MINAS MORGUL) by Florian Dammasch. The cover artwork was created by Timon Kokott (PANTOKRATOR, HORN, ILLDISPOSED). Here’s the album’s full tracklist: ‘Prolog – Weissagung’, ‘Praeludium Ad Fortunam Deorum’, ‘I. Akt – Hass Und Missgunst’, ‘II. Akt – Fimbulwinter’, ‘Heimdalls Horn Ruft Uns Nun’, ‘III. Akt – Die Letzte Schlacht’, ‘IV. Akt – Weltenbrand’, ‘Die Leere Der Welten’, ‘V. Akt – Untergang’ and ‘Epilog – Neubeginn’. www.facebook.com/surtalog
South Carolina, USA based blackened Death Metal one-man band VØLUS has just released three songs of their upcoming fourth full-length “Merciful The Dying Light” at this location. The album was written and recorded by the band’s only member Justin Vølus. It will be released via Vargheist Records on streaming platforms and as a limited edition CD on September 07, 2024. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Crowns Of Ulthar’, ‘Sanity Forsaken’, ‘Blasphemies Infernal Strife’, ‘Merciful The Dying Light’, ‘Hissing Dissent’, ‘Revengeance Of Blood’ and ‘Between Two Fires’. You can stream previous VØLUS releases on Spotify. More VØLUS info you will find at www.facebook.com/volusdeath
Swedish Death Metal trio VOMITROT has just premiered a video for ‘Envomitted’ over here. The track is the first to be revealed from the band’s upcoming new mini album “Emetic Imprecations”, which will be released on August 24, 2024 via Personal Records on digipak CD format. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Envomited’, ‘Emtophilic Cro-Magnon’, ‘Odious Fetid Aberrations’, ‘Heinous Sulphuric Phlegm’, ‘Gomorrahian Excrement’ and ‘Vomitous Execrations’. www.facebook.com/vomitrot
Finnish melodic Death Metallers HAGALAS have just released ‘Reprisal Scars’, the fourth and final single from their debut full-length “Mentes Reae” over here. The album was released in May 2024 via Inverse Records. A full stream of it will be released on streaming services in September 2024. www.facebook.com/hagalasofficial
Finnish alternative Death Metal one-man band UNJOYFUL PLAY will release its self-titled debut EP on September 19, 2024 via Inverse Records. The EP will feature the following tracks: ‘Stand For The Empire’, ‘Fight Till The Last Man’, ‘Annihilation’ and ‘Barrel Organ’. A video for the first and only single ‘Fight Till The Last Man’ can already be watched at this location. UNJOYFUL PLAY is the solo project from Sami Lustig of HAUTAJAISYÖ and UHRIRISTI. www.facebook.com/unjoyfulplay
German Black Metallers SERVANT have just revealed a video for ‘Temple’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “Death Devil Magick”, which will be released on September 20, 2024 via AOP Records. The previously revealed album track ‘Litany’ can still be checked out at this location. All additional SERVANT info you will find at www.facebook.com/servantmagick