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On September 10, 2024 Swedish Death Metallers PAGANIZER will release a new EP entitled “Forest Of Shub Niggurath” via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Outer Gods’, ‘Forest Of Shub Niggurath’, ‘Malediction Burns’, ‘R’Lyeh Ascends’, ‘A Foul Creature’ and ‘Gasmask Obsession Redux’. You can already check out the EP opener at this location. More about PAGANIZER at www.facebook.com/paganizersweden
Berlin, Germany based Avantgarde Death Metal duo INGURGITATING OBLIVION will release their new album “Ontology Of Nought” on September 27, 2024 via Willowtip Records on CD, gatefold double vinyl, cassette tape and digital formats. It was engineered, mastered and produced by Norbert Müller. The cover artwork was created by Dmitriy Egorov. The first single, Part I of the 18 minutes long closing track ‘The Barren Earth Oozes Blood, And Shakes And Moans, To Drink Her Children’s Gore’, can already be streamed over here. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Uncreation’s Whirring Loom You Ply With Crippled Fingers’, ‘To Weave The Tapestry Of Nought’, ‘The Blossoms Of Your Tomorrow Shall Unfold In My Heart’, ‘Lest I Should Perish With Travel, Effete And Weary, As My Knees Refuse To Bear Me Thither’ and ‘The Barren Earth Oozes Blood, And Shakes And Moans, To Drink Her Children’s Gore’. www.facebook.com/ingurgitatingoblivionofficial
In 1998, Swedish blackened Death Metallers FATAL EMBRACE recorded an album entitled “Hail Down Deep”, which will finally be released via Black Lion Records on September 27, 2024. The material was re-recorded with new vocals by the band’s lyricist, Henric Serholt and mixed and mastered by drummer Christian Silver. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Spirit Of The Fiend’, ‘Death Blessing’, ‘Through The Speaking Veil’, ‘Southern Malice’, ‘Drick Av Döden’, ‘Of Unholy Measure’, ‘Svärtan’, ‘Darkness Set And Done’, ‘Digging Up The Hatchet’ and ‘Soul Of The Black Heart’. www.facebook.com/fatalembrace
India’s progressive Death Metallers ECCENTRIC PENDULUM have just released a lyric video for ‘Encaged Visions Of The Unobstructed’ at this location. The song is taken from the band’s album “Perspectiva Infernalis”, which will be released on September 06, 2024 via Subcontinental Records on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. www.facebook.com/eccentricpendulum1
On September 17, 2024 Antiq will release “Fonds De Terroir”, a new EP from French HYVER. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Lanterne Des Morts’, ‘La Vieille Près Du Lavoir’, ‘Frère Jean-Théophane’ and ‘Terroir Terreur’. www.facebook.com/antiq.label
Swiss Black Metallers COLDCELL are streaming their fifth album “Age Of Unreason” in its entirety over here now. It will be released via AOP Records today. www.facebook.com/coldcellofficial
Japanese Death Metallers DEFILED will release their eighth full-length “Horror Beyond Horror” on September 20, 2024 via Season of Mist. The album was recorded at Studio Zot in Tokyo, Japan, produced by Yusuke Sumita and engineered by Shinichiro Hamada and Keisuke Hamada. The mix and mastering was done by Kenji Kikuchi at Studio Nest in Chiba, Japan and the cover artwork was created by Wes Benscoter. “Horror Beyond Horror” will feature the following tracks: ‘Smoke And Mirrors’, ‘Horror Beyond Horror’, ‘Syndicate’, ‘The Alchemy’, ‘Demagogue’, ‘The Terminal Phase’, ‘Trojan Horse’, ‘Spectrum Of Fear’, ‘The Crook And Flail’, ‘Replicator Dynamics’, ‘Equinox’, ‘The Chains’, ‘Psychopomp’ and ‘To See Behind The Wall’. You can already watch a video for the album opener ‘Smoke And Mirrors’ right here. It was filmed at Katakai Pier in Kujukuri, Chiba, Japan in May 2024. The video was directed and edited by Seaside 99 Works. www.facebook.com/defiled
On July 26, 2024 Hells Headbangers will release “Fuck Christ”, a new EP from Peruvian Black / Deathers GOAT SEMEN, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. You can already stream the EP in its entirety at this location. More GOAT SEMEN info you will find at www.facebook.com/goatsemen
Spanish Black Metallers KREYL will release their debut full-length “Obscure Rise Of Ancient Eulogy” on October 18, 2024 via Inverse Records. A lyric video for the album’s first single ‘Medusa’s Death’ can already be watched over here. The complete “Obscure Rise Of Ancient Eulogy” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Giants Of Arto Island’, ‘Nekromateion Of Ephyra’, ‘Medusa’s Death’, ‘The Oracle Of Delphi’, ‘Esoteric Mother Of The Waning Moon’, ‘The Dark Kingdom Of Tartarus’, ‘Sparagmos’, ‘Hydra Of Lerna’ and ‘The Battle Of Typhoon’. The cover artwork was created by Lordigan Pedro Sena. www.facebook.com/kreylofficial
US Goregrinders TROCAR have just released a lyric video for ‘Perverse Incentives’ at this location. The song is featured on their latest album “Extremities”, which was released on April 05, 2024 via Selfmadegod Records. A full album stream is available at https://thetrocar.bandcamp.com
A full stream of “I Erode”, the upcoming sophomore full-length of California based Death / Thrashers LACERATION, can be checked out over here now. The album will be released on July 26, 2024 via 20 Buck Spin. It was recorded by Matt Harvey of EXHUMED / GRUESOME and mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios (UNDERGANG, VASTUM, ULTHAR, HIGH ON FIRE). The artwork was created by James Bousema (FROZEN SOUL, KERRY KING, CELESTIAL SANCTUARY, MORGUL BLADE). www.facebook.com/lacerationofficial
“Ravenous Abyss”, the debut EP from Maldives based Black Metallers ABYSMAL OCEANS, can be streamed in its entirety at this location. It was mixed and mastered by George Nerantzis (ABBATH / DARK FUNERAL) and the cover artwork was created by Discover Color. https://hyperfollow.com/abysmaloceans
Polish Death Metallers PARRICIDE will release their new album “After The Funeral” on July 26, 2024 via Selfmadegod Records. It contains re-recorded old songs. You can check out the track ‘Indignation’ over here. The first single ‘Hidden Truth’ is still available at this location. “After The Funeral” will be available as a 2 CD and double cassette tape set. A 2 vinyl LP edition will follow later this year. www.facebook.com/parricidepl
On August 23, 2024 Horror Pain Gore Death Productions will release “Kill For Satan”, the sophomore EP from South Bay California based extreme blackened old school Death / Grinders BRED FOR SLAUGHTER, on CD and digital formats. “Kill For Satan” will feature the following tracks: ‘Rape Kill Conquer’, ‘Kill For Satan’, ‘Vacant Grave’, ‘Possessed By The Beast’ and ‘Kill Kill Kill’. You can already listen to the EP opener ‘Rape Kill Conquer’ at this location. The band’s current line-up includes former EXHUMED vocalist Mark Smith, from the original demo era of the band. More about BRED FOR SLAUGHTER at www.facebook.com/bredforslaughter
Montreal, Canada based blackened Death Metallers FROSTBITE have just released the title track from their upcoming new album “Relentless Grief” over here. A lyric video for the album’s first single ‘Flagellants’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete “Relentless Grief” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Unearthing Dread’, ‘Death Omen’, ‘Flagellants’, ‘Void And Emptiness’, ‘Echoes Of Eldritch Past’, ‘Ravenous Possessions’, ‘Relentless Grief’, ‘Omnia Perit’ and ‘Existence Forlorn’. The guitars, bass and vocals were recorded by David Gagné, the drums recorded by Rémi LeGresley at The Grid Studios. The album was mixed and mastered by Honza Kapák and the artwork was provided by Mark Erskine. “Relentless Grief” will be released via Black Lion Records on September 20, 2024 on CD and digital formats. https://linktr.ee/frostbitemetal
Finnish old school Death / Thrashers JEWEL THRONE will release their debut full-length “Blood Vultures” on October 18, 2024 via Inverse Records. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Blood Vultures’, ‘Cosmic Titan Engines’, ‘Psychotoxic Assault’, ‘The Graveyard Of Dreams’, ‘Megaton Headshot’, ‘Instant Apocalypse’, ‘The Extinction Level Express’, ‘Hate Overdrive’, ‘Mental Self-Mutilation’, ‘Hammer Down The Last Nail’, ‘Suffer The Fools’ and ‘The Overlord’. A lyric video for the title track is already available over here. The album cover was created by Observingdeath. www.facebook.com/jewelthronefinland
Austrian Speed Metallers DEATH RACER are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “From Gravel To Grave” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on July 26, 2024 via Dying Victims Productions. www.facebook.com/deathracerspeedmetal
German progressive melodic Pagan Black Metallers SURTALOG have just released a video for ‘I. Akt – Hass Und Missgunst’ at this location. The song is the first single from their upcoming debut full-length “Ragnarök – Schicksal Der Götter, Tod Der Menschen Und Ende Der Welten”, which will released on August 28, 2024. It was recorded, mixed and mastered from 2022 to 2023 at Nightside Audio (TROLL, EIS, MINAS MORGUL) by Florian Dammasch. The band logo and cover artwork was created by Timon Kokott (PANTOKRATOR, HORN, ILLDISPOSED). www.facebook.com/surtalog
Norwegian Black Metallers SVARTELDER have just revealed another song from their upcoming third full-length “Trenches”, which will be released on August 02, 2024 via Soulseller Records. You can check out ‘The Forgiving Isolation’ over here. The album was mixed and mastered by Marius Strand at Strand Studio and features artwork by Khaos Diktator. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Psychotic Symphony’, ‘I Give The Stranger A Sign’, ‘Touch This Norwegian Finger’, ‘The Forgiving Isolation’, ‘As All Ends…’, ‘…With Death’ and ‘In The Trenches’. www.facebook.com/svartelderofficial
Norwegian Death Metallers BLOOD RED THRONE have just premiered a video for ‘Every Silent Plea’ at this location. The song is taken from their latest album “Nonagon”, which was released earlier this year via Soulseller Records. It was mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström (at Bjornstromsound) and features a cover artwork by Giannis Nakos / Remedy Art Design. A full album stream is aavilable over here. For more BLOOD RED THRONE information please visit www.facebook.com/bloodredthroneofficial
On August 24, 2024 Personal Records will release a new mini album from Swedish Death Metal trio VOMITROT, “Emetic Imprecations”, on digipak CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Envomited’, ‘Emtophilic Cro-Magnon’, ‘Odious Fetid Aberrations’, ‘Heinous Sulphuric Phlegm’, ‘Gomorrahian Excrement’ and ‘Vomitous Execrations’. www.facebook.com/vomitrot
German Thrashers DEIMOS’ DAWN have just released a lyric video for their brand-new track ‘Lambs To The Slaughter’ at this location. For all further band information check out www.facebook.com/deimosdawn
“Before Whom Evil Trembles”, the sophomore full-length of German Death Metallers APEP, will be released on September 13, 2024 via War Anthem Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. It was mixed and mastered by Christoph Brandes at Iguana Studios and the cover artwork was created by Paolo Girardi. Here’s the full tracklist already: ‘Enslaving The Putrefied Remnants Of The Deceased’, ‘The Pillars Of Betrayal’, ‘Tombs Of Eternity’, ‘Wanderers In The Waste’, ‘Before Whom Evil Trembles (Goddess Of Carnage)’, ‘The Breath Of Kheti’ and ‘Swallowed By Silent Sands’. A lyric video for ‘Before Whom Evil Trembles (Goddess Of Carnage)’ is already available over here . More about APEP at www.facebook.com/apepband
Swedish melodic Death / Thrashers BLOODCROWN have just released a lyric video for ‘When Wolves’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming album “Sound Of Flesh And Bone”, which will be released on July 26, 2024 via Gruesome Records. It was recorded and mixed by Rickard Gustafsson at Scorched Noise Productions and mastered by Ulf Blomberg at Hoborec. The cover artwork was supplied by Marcio Blasphemator (Blasphemator Art). www.facebook.com/bloodcrownofficial
Athens, Greece based technical Thrashers VENUS will release their 2022 debut EP “Project Lamda” in physical format (CD), limited to 500 copies, via Xtreem Music on July 30, 2024. It was previously only available in digital format. VENUS recently became a quartet, with the possibility to play live shows. A live in the studio video with the new line-up is available over here. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/venusscifi
On September 13, 2024 Norwegian-Italian Black Metal duo HAMMERFILOSOFI will release a new EP entitled “Solus (Igne Natura Renovator Integra)” via Aeternitas Tenebrarum Musicae Fundamentum (ATMF). It will feature the following four tracks: ‘Hunt Or Be Hunted’, ‘Alpha Ego’, ‘Holy Fire’ and ‘Epigone Of Tragedy’. The lyrics were written by Rune Vedaa from Norwegian Black Metallers FORGOTTEN WOODS. A stream of the EP’s first single, ‘Hunt Or Be Hunted’ can already be checked out at this location. The entire material was recorded at WS Studios during the Autumn of 2023 and Winter 2024 and mastered by Magnus “Devo” Andersson at Endarker Studios during the Spring of 2024. www.facebook.com/hammerfilosofi
On August 16, 2024 Stygian Black Hand, in co-operation with Invictus Productions, will release “Spectral Voyeurism”, a new mini album from Brooklyn, New York based Black Metal trio HORNS & HOOVES. Stygian Black Hand will handle the vinyl LP and cassette tape releases, while Invictus will handle the CD release. “Spectral Voyeurism” will feature the following tracks: ‘Pleromic Birth (Intro)’, ‘Spectral Voyeurism’, ‘Shallow Blue (Hesitation)’, ‘Waiting For Creation’ and ‘Dust’. You can already check out ‘Waiting For Creation’ over here. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/hhworship
Canadian Death / Thrashers SARKASM are currently recording their sophomore full-length “Carnival Of Atrocities” at the House Of Gain Studios with producer Maxime Lacroix. The album will be released in November 2024 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. A full stream of the band’s debut full-length “As Empires Decay” is still available at this location. More about SARKASM at www.facebook.com/sarkasmqc
Finnish Folk Death Metallers WOLFHORDE will release their third full-length “Bloodmoon Symphonies” on August 30, 2024 via Inverse Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Killer Rabbit Of Caerbannog’, ‘Forsaken Shrine’, ‘Tormented (Beyond Apprehension)’, ‘Kuoleman Mustat Siivet’, ‘Anubis’, ‘Phantom Queen’, ‘Last Good Fight’ and ‘Bloodmoon Symphony’. The cover artwork was created by Juha-Matti Koppelomäki. A lyric video for the album’s second single ‘Killer Rabbit Of Caerbannog’ can already be watched over here. A video for the previously released album track ‘Tormented (Beyond Apprehension)’ you will still find at this location. For all further WOLFHORDE information please visit www.facebook.com/wolfhordebandofficial
Italy’s melodic Death Metallers WALL OF PALEMHOR have just released a lyric video for ‘Sing And Bleed’ at this location. It is the title-track of the band’s upcoming EP, which will be released on July 26, 2024 as jewel case CD and on the main digital streaming platforms. www.facebook.com/wallofpalemhor
Finnish Death / Grinders K.Y.M.I. will release their debut full-length this autumn via Inverse Records. The album’s first single, ‘Raatelija’, can already be checked out over here. More K.Y.M.I. info you will find at www.facebook.com/kymipaja
Greek Black Metallers ISOLERT have been signed by Non Serviam Records. The band was founded in 2015 as a duo by Panagiotis T. (vocals) and Nick S. (drums, vocals). Their third full-length “Wounds Of Desolation” will be released on September 13, 2024. www.facebook.com/isolert
Spanish Death Metallers KRYPTICY are streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “The Non-Return” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on July 22, 2024 via Memento Mori. www.facebook.com/krypticy
Slovakian blackened Death Metallers CEREMONY OF SILENCE are currently streaming their new album “Hálios” over here. It will be released via Willowtip Records on July 19, 2024 on CD, cassette tape, vinyl LP and digital formats. www.facebook.com/ceremonyofsilence
A full stream of “Death Holograms”, the new EP from Finnish Death Grinders I, CURSED, is available at this location now. It will be released today via Finnish record labels Inverse Records in cooperation with Meara Music. “Death Holograms” was produced by I, CURSED and Jerkka Perälä of Soft Neon Audiovisual, who also mixed and mastered the material. He was also responsible for the cover art. www.facebook.com/i.cursed.grind
Bonn, Germany based Thrashers FABULOUS DESASTER have re-recorded one of their oldest songs, ‘Hungry For Life’, at Soundsight Studio with Armin Rave. As a special bonus, the song also features the band’s original bassist Patrick “Bude” Hausmann on vocals. You can stream the track over here. ‘Hungry For Life’ originally appeared on the band’s 2005 demo “Stay Hungry”. The band is currently also working on a new album, which is probably going to be released in spring 2025. www.facebook.com/fabulousdesaster
German Speed / Thrash Metallers INTÖXICATED have been back at Soundlodge Studio for the recordings of a new EP, which will be released exclusively on vinyl at the end of the year. Until then, you can already check out a video for ‘Red Light Ripper’ at this location. More INTÖXICATED info you will find at www.facebook.com/intoexicated
Italian Horror Deathers FULCI have just released a second track from their upcoming fourth full-length “Duck Face Killings”, which will be released on August 09, 2024 via 20 Buck Spin. You can check out a visualizer video for ‘F*cked With A Broken Bottle’ over here. The “Duck Face Killings” cover artwork was created by Wes Benscoter and the complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Vile Butchery’, ‘A Blade In The Dark’, ‘F*cked With A Broken Bottle’, ‘Morbid Lust’, ‘Maniac Unleashed’, ‘Knife’, ‘Slashereality’, ‘Human Scalp Condition’, ‘Duck Face Killings’, ‘Rotten Apple’, ‘Sadistic Murder’, ‘Lo Squartatore’, ‘Stabbed, Gutted And Loved’ and ‘Il Miele Del Diavolo’. www.facebook.com/fulciband
Spanish Death Metallers INTOLERANCE are streaming their sophomore full-length “Waking Nightmares Of An Endless Void” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on July 22, 2024 via Memento Mori (CD), in co-operation with Godz Ov War Productions (vinyl LP and cassette tape). The cover art was created by Juan Alberto Hernandez. www.facebook.com/intolerancedeathmetal
Finnish one-man Black Metal band MALASORTE will release their debut full-length “Apex Sovereignty” on October 11, 2024 via Inverse Records. The album’s first single ‘Slaying The Messengers’ can already be checked out over here. The complete “Apex Sovereignty” tracklist reads as follows: ‘The Rift Is Now Open’, ‘Cerebral Pandemonium’, ‘Across The Frozen Tundra’, ‘Into The Killing Fields’, ‘Behind Closed Doors’, ‘Constellation Of The Wolf’, ‘Inscribed In Blood, Bound By Will’, ‘Slaying The Messengers’, ‘The Devil’s Pact At Roanoke’, ‘Apex Sovereignty’ and ‘Crowned In Astral Majesty’. www.facebook.com/malasorteblackmetal
“After The Funeral”, a compilation from Polish Death Metallers PARRICIDE, will be released on July 26, 2024 via Selfmadegod Records as a double CD and two cassette tape set. A double vinyl LP will follow later this year. It will contain two re-recorded songs from each of the following cassette tapes: “Rehearsal Tape ’92” (1992), “Unnailed” (1993), “Fascination Of Indifference” (1994) and “Accustomed To Illusion” (1996), as well as the entire “Crude” CD from 1997. A quality studio was a distant dream then, so these songs never had a chance to sound decent. The first single ‘Hidden Truth’, which originally appeared on the “Rehearsal Tape ’92”, is already available at this location. For more PARRICIDE information please visit www.facebook.com/parricidepl
Quebec, Canada based Black / Thrash Metal duo SKUMSTRIKE will embark on the “Skum For The Road” European tour in August 2024. The band released its last studio album “Deadly Intrusion” in 2022 via Selfmadegod Records. It was recorded and mixed from July to August 2021 in Montreal by Pat McDowall and mastered by Enormous Door. The cover artwork was created by Indonesian artist Ibay Arifin. www.facebook.com/skumstrike