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On May 24, 2024 Hells Headbangers will release “Lurking After Midnight”, the fifth full-length from Indiana based Horror Metal five-piece THE LURKING CORSPES, on CD format. The vinyl LP edition will follow later. You can already check out the album track ‘Murder Sweet Murder’ at this location. Here’s the complete tracklist of the album: ‘Lurking After Midnight’, ‘Boglin Lips’, ‘Burned Alive’, ‘When You’re Dead’, ‘Funeral Home’, ‘Black Dahlia’, ‘A Gruesome Find’, ‘Lost In Shadows’, ‘Murder Sweet Murder’, ‘Baby Hold On’, ‘Satan Is Real’, ‘This Night With You’, ‘The Begotten’, ‘Heartbreak’ and ‘My Sweet Lenore’. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100027116481101
Australia based blackened Death Metallers BLACK LAVA will release their sophomore full-length “The Savage Winds To Wisdom” via Season Of Mist on July 12, 2024. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Colour Of Death’, ‘Dark Legacy’, ‘Wrapped In Filth’, ‘Unsheathing Nightmares’, ‘Summoning Shadows’, ‘Ironclad Sarcophagus’, ‘Pagan Dust’, ‘Sanguis Lupus’ and ‘The Savage Winds To Wisdom’. A video for the first single ‘Ironclad Sarcophagus’ can already be watched over here. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/blacklava00
On May 24, 2024 Hells Headbangers will release “Age Of Chaos”, the sophomore full-length from UK Punks ROTTEN, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Annihilation Desecration’, ‘Insurgence’, ‘Moorhounds’, ‘Ten Of Swords’, ‘Condemned By Chaos’, ‘Fear Knot’, ‘Baphomet Rising’, ‘Age Of Chaos’, ‘Decolonizaton’, ‘Rain On My Funeral’, ‘A Witch Is Born’, ‘City Of 1000 Ghosts’, ‘Into The Abyss’, ‘Broken Door’ and ‘No Supremacy’. Videos for ‘Annihilation Desecration’ and ‘Decolonization’ can already be watched here and here. The “Age Of Chaos” cover features a Frank Frazetta paining, officially licensed from his family. www.facebook.com/rotten.uk
Seattle, Washingtom based technical Death / Black Metallers XOTH will be touring the US in April / May 2024 together with ATOLL and ATRAE BILIS. The tour kicks off on April 17, 2024 in Eureka, California and ends on May 05, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon. www.facebook.com/beholdxoth
Finnish Black Metal three-piece KRATTI has just premiered the track ‘Haudanvvartija’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Matka Kohti Kosmista”, which will be released on May 01, 2024 via Signal Rex. The previously revealed album track ‘Ääni Hiljaisuuteen Katoava’ can still be checked out over here. The complete “Matka Kohti Kosmista” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Pyhä Alttari’, ‘Haudanvartija’, ‘Matka Kohti Kosmista’, ‘Sota Viimeinen’, ‘Ääni Hiljaisuuteen Katoava’ and ‘Synkissä Muistoissa’. https://kratti.bandcamp.com
Seattle, Washington based melodic Death Metal quartet VERITERAS is streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “The Dark Horizon” in its entirety over here now. It will be self-released by the band on April 11, 2024. In support of the album VERITERAS will be on the road in the US with EVENT RELENTLESS in April 2024. www.facebook.com/veriterasmetal
“The Mortuary Hauntings”, the sophomore full-length from international Death Metallers HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY, will be released via Pulverised Records on May 31, 2024 on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Cadavers Emerge’, ‘Beware Of The Woods’, ‘The Realm Of The Cursed’, ‘Beyond Oblivion’, ‘Infested’, ‘The Book Of Eibon’, ‘Tortured Severe’, ‘Opening The Gates Of Hell’ and ‘Crypts Of Torment’. You can already check out the opening track ‘Cadavers Emerge’ at this location. HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY consists of Mike Hrubovcak – vocals (ex – MONSTROSITY, AZURE EMOTE, ex – VILE), Rogga Johansson – guitars and bass (PAGANIZER, ex – BONE GNAWER, MASSACRE) and Matthias Fiebig – drums (BLODSRIT, PAGANIZER, ex – RIBSPREADER, ex – ZOMBIFIED). For more information please visit www.facebook.com/pulverisedrecords or https://pulverised.bandcamp.com
On May 24, 2024 Purity Through Fire will release the sophomore full-length of Finnish Black Metallers NIGHTSIDE, “Death From The North”, on digipak CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Death From The North’, ‘The Crumbling Tower’, ‘Disciples’, ‘There Won’t Be Another Dawn’, ‘Dying Sun’, ‘Gates Of Hell’, ‘Lions’ and ‘Solitude’. The album’s title track can already be streamed over here. For all further NIGHTSIDE information check out www.facebook.com/nightsideblackmetal
Greek Black Metal duo WAVES IDLE SYMMETRY will self-release their debut full-length “Ametron” on May 03, 2024 on digipak CD and digitally via https://wavesidlesymmetry.bandcamp.com. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/wavesidlesymmetry
On May 24, 2024 Los Angeles based Death Metallers MORTAL WOUND will release their debut full-length “Anus Of The World” via Dark Descent Records (CD, cassette tape and digital formats), in co-operation with with Me Saco Un Ojo Records (vinyl LP and additional cassette orders). The album opener ‘Found Dead In A Bush’ can already be streamed over here. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Found Dead In A Bush’, ‘Tunnel Rat’, ‘The Surf Is Gonna Be Bitchin”, ‘Drug Filled Cadaver’, ‘One Who Kills & One Who Loves’, ‘Born Again Hard’, ‘Engulfed In Liquid Hellfire’, ‘The Worm Has Turned For You’, ‘Spirit Of The Bayonet’, ‘Even The Jungle Wanted Him Dead’ and ‘Royally Fucked Forever’. More about MORTAL WOUND at www.instagram.com/mortalwound_death or https://mortalwound.bandcamp.com
Italy’s depressive Black / Doom Metallers FORGOTTEN TOMB will be touring Europe this Autumn with NOCTURNAL DEPRESSION, followed by a short string of dates in eastern Europe and Asia. For more information and regular updates please follow the band at www.facebook.com/official.forgotten.tomb
On May 24, 2024 Kythibong will release “Self Devourment”, the debut full-length from French Death Metallers MANDIBULA, on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. The band features musicians from LA COLONIE DE VACANCES, LES AGAMEMNONZ, PYJAMARAMA, JOHN MAKAY, SPELTERINI and others. The self-titled MANDIBULA EP can still be streamed at this location. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/mandibula.necro
Dutch Black Metallers SLECHTVALK will release their sixth full-length this fall via MDD Records. Their previous album “Where Wandering Shadows And Mists Collide” was released eight years ago. www.facebook.com/slechtvalk.metal
Serbian Black Metallers NADSVEST will release their debut full-length “Slovo Meseca I Krvi” on May 17, 2024 via Soulseller Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. The first single ‘Vihori Boja’ can already be streamed at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Vihori Boja’, ‘Ponori Adski’, ‘Vaznesenje Zveri’, ‘Pojanje Crno’, ‘Od Meseca I Krvi’ and ‘Trijumf Silnika – Smrt Sveta’. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/soulsellerrecords
Finnish Black Metallers NIGHT SHALL DRAPE US will release their debut full-length “Lunatic Choir” on April 26, 2024 via Season Of Mist. You can already stream the album track ‘Ashes Of Men’ at this location, watch a video for ‘The Queen Of The Red Streams’ over here and a lyric video for ‘Under The Dead Sky’ here. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Hymn Of Rebellion’, ‘Dead Eden’, ‘Ethereal Constrictor’, ‘Ashes Of Men’, ‘Unification’, ‘Lunacy And Horror’, ‘Under The Dead Sky’ and ‘The Queen Of The Red Streams’. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088106610327
“Tales Of Woe”, the sophomore full-length from Dutch Black Metallers CODEX MORTIS, will be released via Black Lion Records on June 21, 2024. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Forsaken’, ‘Capricious Disembodied Villain’, ‘Chosen’, ‘Trenched In Blood’, ‘Fire Screams And Death’ and ‘It Dies With Me’. The album was mixed and mastered by Björnström Ljud & Produktion. The artwork was created by Vladimir ‘Smerdulak’ Chebakov. A lyric video for the first single ‘Capricious Disembodied Villain’ can already be checked out at this location. More about CODEX MORTIS at www.facebook.com/codexmortis
Italy’s brutal technical Death Metallers HOUR OF PENANCE are streaming their ninth full-length “Devotion” in its entirety over here now. It will be released via Agonia Records today. www.facebook.com/hourofpenance
On May 31, 2024 Chaos Records will release the debut EP from Chile based Thrashers ABREAKTION, “Bornhatred”, on CD format. It features the following tracks: ‘Empty Promises’, ‘Pyromaniac’, ‘Amnesia Chronicle’, ‘Mental Torture’ and ‘Welcome To The Slaughterhouse’ (DARK ANGEL cover). You can already check out the EP opener ‘Empty Promises’ at this location. The cover artwork was supplied by Alex Aguayo. www.facebook.com/abreaktion
Swedish Black Metallers ASPERNAMENTUM will release their debut EP “Primal Judgement Manifesto” via Soulseller Records on May 17, 2024 on MCD, MLP and digitally. It was recorded at Wing Studios in 2022 and mixed and mastered by Sverker Widgren. You can already listen to the opening track ‘Epiphanies Of The Night’s Light’ right here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Epiphanies Of The Night’s Light’, ‘To Pledge Allegiance To The Void Beyond’, ‘Vessel Of Enlightenment (Black Flame Manifestation)’ and ‘Of Condemnation, Death And The Holy Ghost’. www.facebook.com/aspernamentum.official
On May 24, 2024 Eternal Death will release “Plummeting Into The Hour Of The Wolf”, a new EP from Rhode Island based Black Metal four-piece BLACK SORCERY, on cassette tape format. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘World Demands Cruelty’, ‘The Hour Of The Wolf’ and ‘Without Reflection’. The cover artwork was created by Derek Setzer and Maegan Lemay. https://blacksorcery93.bandcamp.com
Greek Black Metallers KAWIR have just revealed a second song from their upcoming ninth full-length “Kydoimos”. You can check out a lyric video for ‘Hecatonchires’ at this location. The album will be released on April 19, 2024 via Soulseller Records. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Teiresias’, ‘Fields Of Flegra’, ‘Centauromachy’, ‘Hecatonchires’, ‘Myrmidons’, ‘Achilles & Hector’, ‘Achilles Funeral’, ‘Echetlaeus’, ‘Kydoimos’ and ‘War Is The Father Of All’. www.facebook.com/kawirofficial
A full stream of “Whispered Morbidity & Exhumed Remnants”, a compilation from Seattle, Washington based Death Metallers DEGRAVED, is available over here now. It will be released on CD format via Chaos Records today. The release features the band’s “Exhumed Remnants” demo from 2020 and the “Whispered Morbidity” EP from 2023. https://degraved.bandcamp.com
Baltimore, Maryland based Doom / Deathers WREKTOMB are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Bovine Mockeries Of Human Posturing” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on April 05, 2024 via Personal Records. The cover artwork was created by Misanthropic Art. www.facebook.com/wrektomb
Indiana’s old school Death / Thrashers ASSIMILATOR will release their new EP “Expelled Into Suffering” on June 21, 2024 via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Expelled Into Suffering’, ‘Nocturnal Forge’, ‘Changeling’ and ‘I Am’. The cover artwork was supplied by Karl Dahmer (Dahmer Art). The band will be on the road in June with blackened Death Metallers THRONE for an eight dates US tour. For more info please visit www.facebook.com/assimilatormetal
“The Stench Of Eternity”, the eighth full-length of Chicago’s Death Metallers CARDIAC ARREST, will be released via Hells Headbangers on May 17, 2024, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow on June 14, 2024. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Maggot This One’, ‘Victims To The Blasphemy’, ‘Beg, Plead, Crawl’, ‘Means To An End’, ‘Bullets Are The Only Cure’, ‘In The Name Of Suffering’, ‘Born To Be Buried’, ‘No Human Will’, ‘This Is How You Die’ and ‘From Civilized To Sadistic’. You can already check out ‘Victims To The Blasphemy’ over here. For all additional CARDIAC ARREST information please visit www.facebook.com/cardiacarrestdeathmetal
On May 31, 2024 Chaos Records will release “Warping Structure”, the debut full-length from Swedish Death Metal three-piece BLACK WOUND, on CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Dread’, ‘Warping Structure’, ‘Rag’, ‘Sworn’, ‘Trench Blast’ and ‘Vermin Firstborn’. A full album stream is already available at this location. More about BLACK WOUND at www.facebook.com/blackwound
German symphonic Black Metallers SUFFERING SOULS will release their fifth album “An Iconic Taste Of Demise” on May 31, 2024 via Satanath Records, in co-operation with Fetzner Death Records. It was recorded at Hertz Studio in Poland and the drums were played by Michiel van der Plicht (PESTILENCE). You can already watch a lyric video for the first single ‘From Hubris To Demise’ over here. The artwork of “An Iconic Taste Of Demise” was created by Thorsten Burger. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063490099366
Chicago’s blackened Death Metallers OSSILEGIUM have just premiered ‘The Gods Below’ at this location. It is the title track of the band’s upcoming debut full-length “The Gods Below”, which will be released on May 03, 2024 via Personal Records. The previously revealed ‘Nightborn’ is additionally still available for streaming over here. The following tracks will be featured on “The Gods Below”: ‘Nightborn’, ‘Serpentine Shadows’, ‘The Winds Of Astaroth’, ‘Beyond The Clandestine’, ‘The Heart Of Darkness’, ‘To Reach The Eternal Ends’, ‘Constellationrise’, ‘The Gods Below’ and ‘Planar Nexus’. www.facebook.com/ossilegium.666
“…Discontinued”, the first full-length in five years from Yonkers, New York based brutal technical Death Metallers MALIGNANCY, will be released on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats via Willowtip Records on June 14, 2024. It was mixed and mastered by Lasse Lammert (ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, RAVEN, ALESTORM, ACRANIUS). The album’s first single, ‘Purity Of Purpose’, can already be checked out over here. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Existential Dread’, ‘Binary Paradigm’, ‘Irradiated Miscreation’, ‘Purity Of Purpose’, ‘Ancillary Biorhythms’, ‘Haunted Symmetry’, ‘Decomposing Divinity’, ‘Oppositional Defiance’ and ‘Biological Absurdity’. www.facebook.com/malignancyofficial
On May 02, 2024, “Relics Of Time”, the debut full-length of German Thrashers AORYST, will be released via MDD Records. It was produced by Jörg Uken at Soundlodge Studio. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Deterministic Chaos’, ‘Call Of The Void’, ‘ETNO’, ‘Hybrid Forms’, ‘Extractor Of Death’, ‘Exogenesis (Instrumental)’, ‘Oceans Below’ and ‘Anoxia’. You can already watch a lyric video for ‘Call Of The Void’ at this location. More AORYST you will find at https://aoryst.bandcamp.com
Netherlands based Black Metal duo MAGISTRAAL has just premiered the track ‘Waar Leed Zich Eeuwig Voedt’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut EP, “Fantoom Van De Deemsterburcht”, which will be digitally self-released on April 16, 2024. It will also be available via Zwaertgevegt on vinyl format as one half of a split release. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Waar Leed Zich Eeuwig Voedt’, ‘Mijn Brandend Licht’ and ‘Fantoom Van De Deemsterburcht’. https://magistraal.bandcamp.com
“Beating The Drums Of Ancestral Force”, the sophomore full-length from Southern California based Death / Doom Metallers TZOMPANTLI, will be released via 20 Buck Spin on May 17, 2024. It was recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Erol Ulug at Bright Light Studios. The cover artwork was created by Adam Burke. A first track entitled ‘Tlayohualli’ has already been premiered at this location. Here’s the complete tracklist of the album: ‘Tetzahuitl’, ‘Tlayohualli’, ‘Tlaloc Icuic’, ‘Chichimecatl’, ‘Tetzaviztli’, ‘Otlica Mictlan’ and ‘Icnocuicatl’. www.facebook.com/tzompantlidoom
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based Thrashers HEMOTOXIN will release their fourth full-length “When Time Becomes Loss” on May 17, 2024 via Pulverised Records on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. It was recorded and mixed by Andrew Lee and mastered by Justin Weis at Trackworx Studio (AGALLOCH, HIGH ON FIRE, PALLBEARER). The cover artwork was supplied by Mark Cooper (SLAUGHTERDAY, MASTER, THANATOS). The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Morbid Reflection’, ‘Call From The Abyss’, ‘Malediction’, ‘Abstract Commands’, ‘Conscious Descent’, ‘Reborn In Tragedy’ and ‘When Time Becomes Loss’. You can already stream ‘Call From The Abyss’ over here. More about HEMOTOXIN at www.facebook.com/hemotoxin
Australian Black Metallers LAMENT IN WINTER’S NIGHT have just reveald the track ‘The Night Beckons In Yellow And Blue’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Whereunto The Twilight Leads”, which will be released later this year via Hells Headbangers on CD and vinyl LP formats. Atrocity Altar will handle the cassette tape release. https://lamentinwintersnight.bandcamp.com
On April 05, 2024 Personal Records will release “Seeds Of Death”, the debut EP from Swedish Death Metallers THE ROTTENING, on CD format. A full stream of it is available at this location now. More THE ROTTENING at https://therottening.bandcamp.com
Germany’s blackened Speed Metal Punks LUCIFUGE have just premiered the track ‘Gates Of The Eternal Night’ over here now. It will be featured on the band’s sixth full-length “Hexensabbat”, which will be released on May 24, 2024 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album track ‘Into Eternal Sleep’ can still be checked out at this location. The full “Hexensabbat” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Gates Of The Eternal Night’, ‘Hexensabbat’, ‘The Court Of The Profane’, ‘No Sun Shall Rise’, ‘Into Eternal Sleep’, ‘The Sign Of Cain’, ‘An Oath Of Blood And Fire’, ‘Enter The Realms Of Death’, ‘They Come In Legions’, ‘Cursed To Eternity’ and ‘The Destruction Of The Sword’. www.facebook.com/lucifugeblackmetal
On May 24, 2024 Invictus Productions will release the debut full-length of Vancouver, Canada based Death Metallers REVERSED, “Wildly Possessed”. It was recorded at Fiasco Bros. Studios (BLASPHEMY) and mixed and mastered by Marco S. Vermiglio at The Forge Music Productions. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Wildly Possessed’, ‘Maelstrom Juggernaut’, ‘Hungry Graves’, ‘Beneath Evil Eyes’, ‘Final Death’, ‘Rusted Breath’ and ‘Black Seed’. A video for ‘Final Death’ can already be watched at this location. More REVERSED info you will find at www.facebook.com/reversedmetalofdeath
Canadian Black / Death Metal three-piece ADVERSARIAL will release their third full-length “Solitude With The Eternal” on May 31, 2024 on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats via Dark Descent Records. The album was recorded and mixed by Vadim Balanyuk and mastered by Damian Herring at Subterranean Watchtower Studios. The artwork was created by Nekronikon. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Beware The Howling Darkness On Thine Left Shoulder’, ‘Hatred Kiln Of Vengeance’, ‘Witness To The Eternal Light’, ‘Death Is An Advisor In The Woods Of The Devil’, ‘Crushed Into The Kingdom Of Darkness’, ‘Merging Within The Destroyer’, ‘Fanes At The Engur’ and ‘Endless Maze Of Blackest Dominion’. A stream of the album track ‘Merging Within The Destroyer’ is already available at this location. Previous ADVERSARIAL releases can be checked out over here. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/adversarialofficial