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American Black Metal one man band AZATHOTH’S DREAM is streaming their debut full-length “Nocturnal Vampyric Bewitchment” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on December 08, 2023 via Iron Bonehead Productions on vinyl LP format. www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
Danish Black Metallers GEISTAZ’IKA are streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Midnatsbøn Ved Djævelens Port” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on December 08, 2023 via Signal Rex. www.signalrex.com, www.facebook.com/signalrec
“Foreordained”, the new album from Montréal’s Death Metallers PHOBOCOSM, is now streaming in its entirety over here. It was mixed and mastered (as well as partly recorded) by Xavier Berthiaume from Tehom Productions at Studio Tehom. The artwork was created by Lauri Laaksonen (DESOLATE SHRINE, CONVOCATION, PESTILENT HEX). Dark Descent Records will release the album on December 08, 2023 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. www.facebook.com/phobocosm
Portland, Oregon based Death Metallers PETRIFICATION will release their sophomore full-length “Sever Sacred Light” via Svart Records on February 09, 2024 on CD and vinyl LP. A video for the opening track ‘Twisted Visions Of Creation’ can already be watched at this location. www.facebook.com/petrificationdm
Necroeucharist Productions have re-released ANAAL NATHRAKH‘s “Total Fucking Necro” compilation as a tape box, limited to 200 copies. The hand-numbered box contains a four-sided sleeve and two cassettes with the first demo recordings of “Anaal Nathrakh” and “Total Fucking Necro”. The “Total Fucking Necro” cassette also includes the bonus track ‘Necrogeddon’ (from the unreleased 2001 demo “We Will Fucking Kill You”). A full album stream is available over here. More info at: www.facebook.com/necroeucharistproductions
On December 08, 2023 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Lamentationen”, a Black Metal split album between Germany’s GRABUNHOLD and Austria’s CIRCLE OF SHADOWS, on CD and vinyl LP formats. You will find a full stream of it at this location already. For all band information please visit www.facebook.com/grabunhold or www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063801242534
Finnish blackened Death Metallers SAASTA have just released their new EP “Black | Death | Doom” via Inverse Records. It was recorded in its entirety at the band’s rehearsal space in Kotka, Finland and mixed and mastered by Ben Jones in England. The visual art for the EP was created by Pla.g.u.e. You can listen to the entire EP at this location. A video for the title track is available over here. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/saastaofficial
Finnish melodic Death Metallers BEYOND THE HATE have just released a video for ‘Alone I Die’ at this location. The song will be featured on their upcoming debut full-length “Darkest Times”, which will be released on March 08, 2024 via Inverse Records. The album’s first single ‘The Lighthouse’ can still be checked out here. “Darkest Times” will feature the following tracks: ‘Sign Of Weakness’, ‘Alone I Die’, ‘The Lighthouse’, ‘Black Within’ (feat. Katri Hiovain-Asikainen), ‘The Plague Upon Us’, ‘Left Behind’, ‘Dark Is The Sky’, ‘Dead Ones’, ‘Stranger In Me’, ‘Times Of Misery’, ‘The Last Moments’ and ‘In Memoriam’ (feat. Jaakko Mäntymaa). The artwork was created by Petri Lampela. www.facebook.com/beyondthehate
This Christmas Austria based Death Metallers SLAVESON will self-release their second album “The Fabled Beast” on CD (limited digipak) and digitally. It was recorded and mixed at Hometown Studios in Newtown by Tom Haugeneder and mastered at Deep Deep Pressure Studios by Lukas Haidinger. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘The Fabled Beast’, ‘Inner Scream’, ‘Atrocity’, ‘Harvesting Dead Soil’, ‘Earth’s Grill’, ‘Human’, ‘A War Written Story’, ‘Minds Of The Old’, ‘Karma’, ‘Stille’ and ‘Anger’ (remastered). An album teaser you will find at this location and the first single ‘Earth’s Grill’ can be checked out over here. For more SLAVESON music please visit https://slaveson.bandcamp.com
Italian Death Metal quartet SPIRITUAL DECEPTION has just released a video for ‘Beyond Perception And Matter’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming new album “Semitae Mentis”, which will be out on February 09, 2024 via Amputated Vein Records. A lyric video for the album’s first single ‘Thousand Lives Within’, featuring Karl Sanders of NILE, can still be watched over here. www.facebook.com/spiritualdeception
Portuguese Black Metallers GINNUNGAGAP are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Heliacal Arising” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on December 08, 2023 via Signal Rex. www.signalrex.com, www.facebook.com/signalrec
Toronto, Canada based technical / progressive Death Metal five-piece APOGEAN will release their debut full-length “Cyberstrictive” on March 08, 2024 via The Artisan Era physically (vinyl, CD) and digitally. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Bluelight Sonata’, ‘Thousand-Yard Glare’, ‘Distance (Of Walls And Wails)’, ‘With Which Ear You’ll Listen’, ‘Imposter Reborn’, ‘Within The Bounds Of A Simile’, ‘Hueman (The Pleasure Of Burn)’, ‘Polybius’, ‘Spinthariscope’ and ‘An(t)imus’. You can already watch a video for ‘Thousand-Yard Glare’ at this location. The album will feature new vocalist Mac Smith (who recently helped out DECREPIT BIRTH as their live vocalist). www.facebook.com/apogeanofficial
Ecuadorian Black Metal trio AVRÆ LVNÆ is streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Ntdd Strl” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on December 08, 2023 via Signal Rex. https://auraelunae.bandcamp.com
Australian Black Metallers KRVNA have just premiered the track ‘What Great Lengths’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s new mini album “The Rythmus Of Death Eternal”, which will be released on January 10, 2024. Zazen Sounds will release the digipak CD, Third Eye Temple the cassette tape version and Brilliant Emperor the vinyl edition. The previously revealed ‘A God’s Work’ can still be streamed over here. Here’s the complete “The Rythmus Of Death Eternal” tracklist: ‘Endless Monument’, ‘A God’s Work’, ‘What Great Lengths’, ‘As Astral Images Darken Reality’ (ABIGOR cover) and ‘Man Of Iron’ (BATHORY cover). More KRVNA music you will find at https://krvna.bandcamp.com
“Black Star Gnosis”, the new album from US Black Metallers DEMONCY, is out now via Dark Descent Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digitally. It was recorded and mixed by VJS at Dirge Forge and mastered by Jeremie Bezier at Blackout Bruxhell. The artwork was created by Ixithra. A full album stream is available at this location. www.facebook.com/demoncy1
Spanish melodic Death Metallers AEOLIAN have just released a video for the title track off their third album “Echoes Of The Future” at this location. The album is out now via Black Lion Records. It was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound studio. www.facebook.com/aeolianmetalband
Bay Area Hardcore / Thrashers ALMOST DEAD have just released a lyric video for their new single ‘Selfish Suicide’ over here. The song is featured on their upcoming sixth album “Destruction Is All We Know”, which will be released on January 26, 2024 via Innerstrength Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Zac Orhen at Sharkbite Studios Oakland, California. The cover art was created by Gragoth (Luciferium War Graphics). www.facebook.com/bayareahardcoremetal
“Captive In The Breath Of Life”, the second album from Finnish Black Metallers NOCTURNAL SORCERY, will be released on February 09, 2024 via Kvlt. You can already stream the album track ‘Redemption At Daybreak’ at this location. The complate tracklist “Captive In The Breath Of Life” reads as follows: ‘The Dark Secret’, ‘Oath At Mt. Hermon’, ‘Cry Of The Wounded Heaven’, ‘Captive In The Breath Of Life’, ‘Spectral Force’, ‘Beyon Salvation’, ‘Joyless Dance In The Shadow’, ‘Redemption At Daybreak’, ‘Damned By The Law Of The Stars’, ‘Lucifer’s Shade’ and ‘Along The Path Of Fire’. www.kvlt.fi
On February 02, 2024 Invictus Productions will release “Unveiling The Brac’thal”, the debut full-length from Irish Black Metal two-piece HASTURIAN VIGIL, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Ikaath The Seven Horned’, ‘Apparitions Of Torment’, ‘Nine Bellowing Hounds’ and ‘Velvet Paintings Gaze’. You can already listen to ‘Nine Bellowing Hounds’ over here. The cover artwork was supplied by Canopic Ire. www.facebook.com/hasturianvigil
Montreal based technical Death / Thrash Metal trio DISSIMULATOR will release their debut full-length “Lower Form Resistance” on January 26, 2024 via 20 Buck Spin. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Neural Hack’, ‘Warped’, ‘Outer Phase’, ‘Automoil & Robotoil’, ‘Cybermorphism / Mainframe’, ‘Hyperline Underflow’ and ‘Lower Form Resistance’. You can already check out ‘Hyperline Underflow’ at this location. The “Lower Form Resistance” cover artwork was created by Jesse Draxler. www.facebook.com/dissimulatorofficial
German Black Metallers DETHRONED are streaming their sophomore full-length “A Bridge To Eternal Darkness” in its entirety over here now. The album will be released via Dominance Of Darkness Records today. The label will also reissue DETHONED’s debut full-length “Bluotrunst” as a six-panel digipak CD with alternate cover art. www.facebook.com/dethroned1993
Greek Black Metallers VARATHRON are streaming their new album “The Crimson Temple” in its entirety over here now. It will be released via Agonia Records today. www.facebook.com/varathron
Topeka, Kansas based brutal Death Metallers UNMERCIFUL have just released live video footage of two yet-to-be-released new songs (‘The Reaping’ and ‘Malice Unbound’) here, respectively here. The footage was shot during the band’s recent performance at the Lawrence, Kansas show of the “Ancient Unholy Uprising Tour”, headlined by SUFFOCATION and INCANTATION. UNMERCIFUL is currently working on material for the follow-up to 2020’s “Wrath Encompassed”. The band is expected to enter the studio soon and is targeting a 2024 release for the new album. A video for the title track of their 2020 album “Wrath Encompassed” can be watched at this location. www.facebook.com/officialunmerciful
UK based Death Metallers CRYPTWORM have just premiered the track ‘Necrophagous’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Oozing Radioactive Vomition”, which will be released on December 15, 2023. Me Saco Un Ojo Records will handle the vinyl release, Pulverised Records the CD version and Extremely Rotten the cassette tape version. The previously revealed album track ‘Organ Snatcher’ can still be streamed at this location. The full “Oozing Radioactive Vomition” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Oozing Radioactive Vomition’, ‘Organ Snatcher’, ‘Miasmatic Foetid Odour’, ‘Necrophagous’, ‘Engulfed By Gurgling’ and ‘Submerged Into Vile Repugnance’. www.facebook.com/cryptworm
German technical brutal Death Metallers DEFEATED SANITY have been signed by Season Of Mist. The band is currently working with new guitarist Vaughn Stoffey on their seventh album, which will be released sometime in 2024. DEFEATED SANITY will also be playing next year’s Maryland Deathfest with new labelmates SEVERE TORTURE and BRODEQUIN. www.facebook.com/defeatedsanity
“Orations”, the new mini album from Minneapolis, Minnesota based Death Metallers HOUSE OF ATREUS, will be released via Iron Bonehead Productions on February 02, 2024 on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Orations / Reascension Of Mastery’, ‘Thy Wounded Sovereignty’, ‘Under An Accursed Dynasty’, ‘Morphos Of Degeneration’, ‘Cathedral Of Ancestry’ and ‘Riding The Storm’ (RUNNING WILD cover). You can already check out the album track ‘Thy Wounded Sovereignty’ at this location. www.facebook.com/acclimatedbyforce
Chilean Funeral Death / Doom Metallers MORNING DEAD have just released a video for ‘Grito Del Alma’ at this location. The song will be featured on their upcoming debut full-length “Desde El Otro Lado”, which will be released on December 08, 2023 via Tragedy Productions as a digipak CD with an 8-pages booklet, plus streaming and download from the digital platforms. “Desde El Otro Lado” was recorded at Sound Pro studio with Cristian Brintrup, between August 2021 and January 2022 and mixed and mastered by B. Barrantes at Necrotic Estudio, between October 2022 and May 2023. www.facebook.com/morningdead
California based Black Metal three-piece WRATH OF LOGARIUS has just released a drum playthrough video for ‘Soul Ascension’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming EP “Necrotic Assimilation”, which will be available as a digital download on December 08, 2023. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Rapture Recordings with sound engineer Cody Fuentes and the cover artwork was created by Sant V. Schreiber. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘At The Nighted Throne’, ‘Swarm’, ‘The Burning One’, ‘I, The Void Dweller’, ‘Soul Ascension’ and ‘Beyond The Last Gate’. www.instagram.com/wrath_of_logarius
Germany’s doomy Death Metallers BEYONDITION are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Abysmal Night” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on December 01, 2023 via Chaos Records on limited CD and digitally. www.facebook.com/beyondition
On January 26, 2024 US Doom / Deathers TEMPLE OF VOID will release a compilation entitled “The First Ten Years” via Hammerheart Records on digipak CD (limited to 500) and double vinyl LP (limited to 300 copies, in two colors). It features all of their non album tracks from 2013 to 2023. The cover artwork was supplied by Toderico Art (SEVERE TORTURE, DEFLESHED, ASPHYX, ARTILLERY). www.facebook.com/templeofvoid
San Diego, California based brutal Death Metallers PATHOLOGY have been signed by Agonia Records. The band has just finished work on their new album, the follow-up to 2021’s “The Everlasting Plague”. For regular updates follow PATHOLOGY at www.facebook.com/pathologymusic
French Black Metallers SUICIDE CIRCLE have just revealed the track ‘The Highest Spheres’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Bukkake Of Souls”, which will be released on December 29, 2023 via Osmose Productions. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘The Star Spawn’, ‘The Highest Spheres’, ‘The Advent’, ‘Bukkake Of Souls’, ‘For Nothing’, ‘The Prince Of Darkness’ and ‘Any Of You’. www.facebook.com/meyhnachrats
California based Death Metallers PESSIMIST are currently mixing their fourth full-length “Keys To The Underworld”. In support of the album the band will be touring in Europe with REAPING FLESH in May 2024. The tour will kick off on May 10, 2024 in Rome, Italy and ends on May 18, 2024 at the Nice To Eat You Deathfest in the Czech Republic. www.facebook.com/pessimist.cult
Norwegian Death / Thrashers SOVEREIGN will release their debut full-length “Altered Realities” on January 19, 2024 via Dark Descent Records on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. You can already check out the album opener ‘Altered Reality’ at this location. The complete “Altered Realities” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Altered Reality’, ‘Futile Dreams’, ‘Nebular Waves’, ‘Counter Tech’, ‘The Enigma Of Intelligence’, ‘Synthetic Life’ and ‘Absence Of Unity’. www.facebook.com/sovereignnorway
Finnish blackened Death Metallers MALICIOUS are streaming their upcoming new EP “Merciless Storm” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on December 01, 2023 via Invictus Productions. All additional info you will find at www.facebook.com/maliciousfin
“Among Potential States”, the first and only full-length from Romanian Death Metallers ULTIMATUM, will be reissued via Loud Rage Music on January 07, 2024. You can check out a remastered version of the album’s title track at this location. www.facebook.com/vltimatvm
California based technical Death Metallers OWDWYR have just released a video for ‘Cower’ at this location. The track is featured on their debut full-length “Receptor”, which was released last month on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. A full album stream is available over here. For all additional band information check out www.facebook.com/owdwyr
Montréal’s Death Metallers PHOBOCOSM have just released a second song off their upcoming third full-length “Foreordained”. You can check out ‘Revival’ at this location now. The first single, ‘Infomorph’, can still be streamed over here. The complete “Foreordained” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Premonition’, ‘Primal Dread’, ‘Everlasting Void’, ‘Infomorph’, ‘Revival’ and ‘For An Aeon’. The artwork was created by Lauri Laaksonen of DESOLATE SHRINE, CONVOCATION and PESTILENT HEX. The album was mixed and mastered (as well as partly recorded) by Xavier Berthiaume from Tehom Productions at Studio Tehom. It will be released via Dark Descent Records on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats on December 08, 2023. www.facebook.com/phobocosm
“Cesariana”, the third full-length from Brazilian Black Metallers LITOSTH, will be released via Personal Records on February 02, 2024 on CD format. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘In Waves’, ‘Whipping Bottles’, ‘Time Doesn’t Heal’, ‘The Clay Messiah’, ‘A Ofensa’, ‘The Argonaut’, ‘Caesarean’ and ‘The Vaccum Extractor Paradigm’. You can already stream ‘Whipping Bottles’ over here. For more LITOSTH information please visit www.facebook.com/litosthofficial
On February 02, 2024 Signal Rex will release “Like Twisted Bones Of Fallen Giants”, the sophomore full-length from Finnish Black Metallers HOLLOW WOODS, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Ancient Graves’, ‘Beneath The Dying Tower’, ‘Night Burns Through’, ‘Halls Of Idle Breath’, ‘Interlude / Among Ruins’, ‘Burial Fires’ and ‘Like Twisted Bones Of Fallen Giants’. You can check out ‘Burial Fires’ at https://hollowwoods.bandcamp.com
On February 02, 2024 Iron Bonehead Productions will release “Häxan Sabaoth”, the sixth full-length from Chile based Death Metallers UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Lamia Sucuba’, ‘Cuatro Velas De Cebo Infantil’, ‘Our Almighty Chthonic Lords’, ‘Hexennippel’, ‘Dho Hna Formula’, ‘Back To The Mother Hydra And Father Dagon’ and ‘Die Teufelsbucher’. You can already listen to the album opener ‘Lamia Sucuba’ at this location. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063628153991
Romanian one-man Black Metal band INSEPULTUS will release their debut full-length “Deadly Gleams Of Blood, Steel And Fire” on December 15, 2023 via Loud Rage Music in co-operation with Axa Valaha Productions. It will be available as a jewel case CD with 12 pages booklet, including all the lyrics and exclusive graphics by Costin Chioreanu, plus a strictly limited edition of 100 copies slipcase CD version. The album’s first single ‘The Wreckage Of The Earth’ can already be streamed over here. More about INSEPULTUS at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550529628463