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Swedish Death Metallers FARSOTH have just released their new album “Morbid Symphonies” via Black Lion Records. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Hate’, ‘Nothingness’, ‘Infernal Bondage’, ‘Morbid Symphony’, ‘Bound To Death’, ‘Afterlife’, ‘Provoke Me’, ‘Your Death’, ‘Rotten Flesh Stew’ and ‘World Beyond’. www.facebook.com/farsothofficialsweden
Chile’s old school Death Metallers SADISM have just released their tenth full-length “Obscurans” via Hammerheart Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. It features the following tracks: ‘Exsanguination’, ‘On Your Knees’, ‘Diabolution’, ‘Lower Astral Entities’, ‘Because We Are Rotten To The Core’, ‘Freewill Archangels’, ‘Ars Goetia’, ‘The Void Devourer’, ‘Parousia’, ‘Made Of Sulfur’, ‘Nyctophile’ (CD bonus track) and ‘When The Christians Lie’ (CD bonus track). www.facebook.com/sadismofficial
German Black Metallers GRAU have just released their new single ‘Fraß’ over here. The song will be featured on their upcoming album “Abseits Des Lichts”, which will be released on December 01, 2023 via Tragedy Productions on digipak CD and digitally. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Felix Rößger at Gin’Fused Sounds between 2022 and 2023 and the cover artwork was supplied by Alfi Feijoa. www.facebook.com/grau.blackmetal
“Iconoclast”, the sophomore full-length of Finnish Black Metallers WHITE DEATH, will be released via Werewolf Records on December 29, 2023 on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow next year. Here’s the complete tracklist already: ‘Born From The Unholy Fire (Part II)’, ‘Iconoclast’, ‘Aal Apam Li Aamnuk’, ‘Strife For Blood’, ‘Life In Death’, ‘To Die A Thousand Times’, ‘Summum Bestiae’, ‘Phosphoros’, ‘Concerto Of Sodomy’ and ‘Celestial’. You can still check out the band’s “Promo 2020” at this location. www.facebook.com/unholywhitedeath
Norwegian Death Metallers BLOOD RED THRONE have just premiered a second track from their upcoming eleventh full-length “Nonagon”. You can check out ‘Tempest Sculptor’ at this location. The album will be released on January 26, 2024 via Soulseller Records. It was mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström (at Bjornstromsound) and the cover artwork was created by Giannis Nakos (Remedy Art Design). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Epitaph Inscribed’, ‘Ode To The Obscene’, ‘Seeking To Pierce’, ‘Tempest Sculptor’, ‘Every Silent Plea’, ‘Nonagon’, ‘Split Tongue Sermon’, ‘Blade Eulogy’ and ‘Fleshrend’. You can follow BLOOD RED THRONE at www.facebook.com/bloodredthroneofficial
On December 21, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “Orlegsceaft”, the debut full-length from UK based Black Metallers ÚLFARR, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Orlegsceaft’, ‘…Hie Dygel Lond’, ‘Wælgæst Wæfre’, ‘Reordberend’, ‘Trollblót’, ‘Ic Maþelode Min Anda To Þone Win…’, ‘Volkfire’ and ‘Nocturnal Pantheon’. You can already stream ‘…Hie Dygel Lond’ over here. For all further ÚLFARR information check out www.facebook.com/ulfarr666
Italian Crossover / old school Thrashers URAL have just released a lyric video for ‘Blood Red Sand’ at this location. The song is featured on the band’s third full-length “Psychoverse”, which was released in October 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. A full album stream is available over here. More URAL info you will find at www.facebook.com/uralwolfteam
Finnish melodic blackend Death Metallers I HELVETE have just released a lyric video for the title track of their sophomore full-length “Yksi Yhteinen Yhteiskunt” at this location. The album has just been released vis Inverse Records. The cover artwork was created by Yuri Chuchmay. For all additional information please visit I HELVETE at www.facebook.com/ihelveteband
San Fransisco, Calfornia based Hardcore Thrashers ALMOST DEAD have just released a guitar playthrough video for their new single ‘Warheads In The Sky’ at this location. The song will be featured on their upcoming sixth full-length “Destruction Is All We Know”, which will be released on January 26, 2024 via Innerstrength Records. The official video for it is available over here. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Zac Orhen at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California and the cover artwork was created by Gragoth (Luciferium War Graphics). Its full tracklist reads like this: ‘Warheads In The Sky’, ‘Commandments Of Coercion’, ‘Eight Eyes Black’, ‘Nightmare Coming’, ‘Within The Ashes’, ‘Agent Of Chaos’, ‘Brutal Devotion’, ‘Selfish Suicide’ and ‘Where Sinners Cry’. More about ALMOST DEAD at www.facebook.com/bayareahardcoremetal
Canadian Black Metallers DÉLÉTÈRE are streaming their third album “Songe D’une Nuit Souillée” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Sepulchral Productions today. For all additional DÉLÉTÈRE info check out www.facebook.com/inopiaetmorbo
French blackened Death Metallers NECROWRETCH have just released a video for ‘Numidian Knowledge’ over here. The song will be featured on their upcoming fifth full-length “Swords Of Dajjal”, with will be released on January 02, 2024 via Season Of Mist. It was recorded at Studio Sainte Marthe in Paris, France and engineered, mixed and mastered by Francis Caste. The cover art was created by Stefan Thanneur / Manifeste. The complete “Swords Of Dajjal” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Ksar Al-Kufar’, ‘The Fifth Door’, ‘Dii Mauri’, ‘Swords Of Dajjal’, ‘Numidian Knowledge’, ‘Vae Victis’, ‘Daeva’ and ‘Total Obliteration’. For regular updates make sure to follow NECROWRETCH at www.facebook.com/necrowretch
Québéc, Canada based Black Metallers SOMBRE HÉRITAGE are streaming their sophomore full-length “Inter Duo Mundi” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 23, 2023 via Sepulchral Productions. All additional SOMBRE HÉRITAGE information you will find at www.facebook.com/sombreheritagebm
On January 22, 2024 Memento Mori will release “Defleshed Exhumation”, the third full-length from Romanian Death Metallers NECROTUM, on CD format. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Warped In Entrails’, ‘Noxious Breeze’, ‘Incomprehensible Forms’, ‘Dissolved In The Flesh Pits’, ‘Mouldered Orb’, ‘Shattered Flow Of Time’, ‘Psychotic Apparitions’, ‘Ghastly Metropolis’ and ‘As I Behold I Despise’ (DEMIGOD cover). The album opener can already be checked out at this location. More about NECROTUM at www.facebook.com/necrotumdm or https://necrotumdeathmetal.bandcamp.com
Danish Black Metallers SORT SIND are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “I Skyggen Af Livet” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on November 24, 2023 via Nuclear Winter Records on CD format. The vinyl LP version will be co-released with Desiccated Productions. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/martyrdoomproductions or https://desiccatedproductions.bandcamp.com
Canadian Black Metallers MÊLÉE DES AURORES are streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Aube Cannibale” at this location now. It will be released on November 23, 2023 via Sepulchral Productions. More information you will find at www.sepulchralproductions.com or www.facebook.com/sepulchral.prods
On January 22, 2024 Memento Mori, in co-operation with Crypt Of The Wizard, will release the self-titled third full-length from California based Death Metallers DIPYGUS. Memento Mori will handle the CD version, while Crypt Of The Wizard will handle the vinyl version. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Perverse Termination (Bulb Of Force)’, ‘Aquagenesis’, ‘Monrovia, LR 1990’, ‘Vipers At The Pony Keg’, ‘Огромный Кальмар (Ross Sea Trawler)’, ‘Bug Sounds II (Megascolides Australis)’, ‘The Dover Demon’, ‘Rat Lung-Worm’, ‘Sacral Brain’ and ‘The Ochopee Skunk Ape’. You can already stream the album opener ‘Perverse Termination’ over here. To follow DIPYGUS please go to www.facebook.com/dipygus
Cincinnati, Ohio based epic Black / Death Metallers VALDRIN are streaming their upcoming fourth full-length “Throne Of The Lunar Soul” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 24, 2023 via Blood Harvest Records. For all further information please visit VALDRIN at www.facebook.com/valdrinausadjur
US Black Metallers DEMONCY have just revealed a new track entitled ‘Cosmic Curse Invocation’ over here now. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming new album “Black Star Gnosis”, which will be released on December 01, 2023 on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats via Dark Descent Records. You can still stream the album’s first single ‘Ipsissimus Of Shadows’ at this location. More DEMONCY information is available at www.facebook.com/demoncy1
Netherland’s based Extreme Metallers GNAW THEIR TONGUES are streaming the entirety of the band’s upcoming tenth full-length “The Cessation Of Suffering” over here now. It will be released on November 24, 2023 via Consouling Sounds. More about GNAW THEIR TONGUES at www.facebook.com/gnawtheirtonguesofficial
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based technical Death Metal duo SUBLATION will release a new EP entitled “On The Advancement Of Decay” on December 08, 2023. You can already check out its opening track ‘Congenital Putrescence’ at this location. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Congenital Putrescence’, ‘Like A Fire That Consumes All Before It’, ‘Eclipse Awe’, ‘Idiopathic’, ‘Born Out Of A Whim’, ‘This Little Death’ and ‘We Were Never Meant To Live This Long’. For more SUBLATION information check out www.facebook.com/sublationband
New England based Black Metallers ONE MASTER are streaming their upcoming fifth full-length “The Names Of Power” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on November 24, 2023 via Eternal Death. All additional information you will find at www.facebook.com/onemasterusa
French symphonic Black / Deathers DEATHCODE SOCIETY are streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Unlightenment” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 24, 2023 via Osmose Productions. The cover artwork was created by Kjell Age Melland. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/deathcodesociety
Italy based label Dusktone, so far only active in the Black Metal and Funeral Doom Metal scene, has started up a new subdivision for Death Metal releases. In the first months of 2024 vinyl editions of “Abyss Of Existence”, the debut EP of REAPING FLESH and “Visceral Void Entropy”, the debut full-length of SONUM, will be released throughVisceral Introspections. Both releases will be available on black and two limited colored editions. Please follow www.facebook.com/dusktone for more information and regular updates.
Stockholm, Sweden based Crust Punk / D-Beat three-piece HARMAGEDON, featuring members of MARTYRDÖD and FREEDOM, has just released their debut full-length “Dystopian Dreams” via Svart Records. It was recorded live at their own studio with Fred Forsberg of MASS WORSHIP. Magnus Lindberg of CULT OF LUNA took care of the mastering. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/harmagedonofficial
Italian blackened Death Metal trio VOLTUMNA will release their new EP “For Death Is Fate” on January 19, 2024. A video for the first single ‘Black Science’ can already be watched at this location. The band is currently working on their fifth studio album. All further VOLTUMNA info is available at www.facebook.com/voltumna
UK Doom / Deathers BULL ELEPHANT have just released their third full-length “The Long War” via Eat Lead And Die Music. The album was recorded by Jamie Masters at Echo Studios in Buckingham and mastered by Dan “The Man” Swanö at Unisound, Sweden. The cover art was supplied by Kishor Haulenbeek. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Expansion From Perceived Reality’, ‘Blackened Chaos Horizon’, ‘Berlin Falling’, ‘Zentrum Der Neuen Welt’, ‘Severing The Last Strands Of Self’ and ‘The Long War’. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/bullelephant
Dutch Death Metallers BLOODPHEMY have just released a lyric video for their new single ‘Sanity Obfuscation’ over here. The song is featured on the band’s fifth album “Dawn Of Malevolence”, which was just released via Non Serviam Records on digipak CD, cassette tape, limited green vinyl and digitally. Visualizer videos for ‘Convoluted Reality’ and ‘From Suffering To Violence’ can be watched here and here. You can follow BLOODPHEMY at www.facebook.com/bloodphemy
American Power Thrashers DESTRUCTOR are streaming their fifth full-length “Blood, Bone, And Fire” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 24, 2023 via Shadow Kingdom Records. More about DESTRUCTOR at www.facebook.com/destructormetal
Colombian Death Metallers FUNERAL VOMIT have just released a visualizer video for ‘The Mortuary Moon’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Monumental Putrescence”, which will be released on December 19, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP (100 splatter and 150 black), cassette tape (50 copies) and digital formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Intro (The Entombment)’, ‘Immense Morbidity’, ‘The Mortuary Moon’, ‘Spectral Parasite’, ‘Cadaveric Apparition’, ‘Interlude (Towards The Abysmal Doom)’, ‘Monumental Putrescence’, ‘Necromantical Winds’, ‘Swarming Pestilence’ And ‘Outro (The Sinister Mist)’. The album’s previously revealed two advance singles ‘Immense Morbidity’ and ‘Spectral Parasite’ can still be checked out here and here. More FUNERAL VOMIT info you will find at www.facebook.com/funeral.vomit
Canadian Black Metallers SOMBRE HÉRITAGE have just revealed the track ‘Alces Alces’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Inter Duo Mundi”, which will be released on November 23, 2023 via Sepulchral Productions. The album will include the following tracks: ‘Inter Duo Mundi – Initium’, ‘Alces Alces’, ‘Chasse Éperdue’, ‘Délire Onirique’, ‘Enchevêtré’, ‘Tiraillé’, ‘Insolence’ and ‘Inter Duo Mundi – Exitus’. For all further SOMBRE HÉRITAGE information please visit www.facebook.com/sombreheritagebm
Old school Death Metallers MASTER will release their new album “Saints Dispelled”, the band’s first release in almost eight years, on January 19, 2024 via Hammerheart Records on digipak CD (including two bonus tracks), CD boxset (including the CD, poster and a patch), gatefold LP and limited cassette tape. The artwork was created by Richard Schouten (PENTAGRAM, ACROSTICHON, NAPALM DEATH, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Destruction In June’, ‘Walk In The Footsteps Of Doom’, ‘Saints Dispelled’, ‘Minds Under Pressure’, ‘Find Your Life’, ‘Marred And Diseased’, ‘The Wiseman’, ‘The Wizard Of Evil’, ‘Nomads’ (bonus track) and ‘Alienation Of Insanity’ (bonus track). You can already check out ‘Walk In The Footsteps Of Doom’ over here. More information and regular updates you will get at www.facebook.com/therealmasterofficial
A full stream of “Philosopher”, the new full-length from Norwegian Dark Metallers AETERNUS, is available at this location now. The album will be released via Agonia Records today. You can follow AETERNUS at www.facebook.com/aeternusofficial
On December 21, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “Erwachen”, the sophomore full-length from German Black Metallers ATRONOS, on CD, A5 digipak and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Was Uns So Schrecklich Hasst’, ‘Alles Geht Dahin’, ‘Tobsucht’, ‘Erwache’ and ‘Transformation’. You can already stream the album opener ‘Was Uns So Schrecklich Hasst’ over here. More ATRONOS you will find https://atronos.bandcamp.com
Canadian Death Metal four-piece CRUEL FATE is streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Destin Cruel” in its entirety at this location now. The album will be released on November 17, 2023 via Personal Records. You can follow CRUEL FATE at www.facebook.com/cruelfateottawa
On December 15, 2023 Maryland based melodic atmospheric Death Metallers EMPIRES OF EUPHRATES will release their debut EP “Echoes Of Ancient Past” via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on CD and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Spiritual Submission’, ‘A Kingdom With No King’, ‘Never Meant To Be’, ‘Screaming In The Night’ (KROKUS cover), ‘Wars And Rumors Of Wars’ and ‘Portals’. You can already listen to the single ‘A Kingdom With No Kings’ at this location. The material was recorded mixed and mastered with Joe Cincotta (OBITUARY, SUFFOCATION, CASTRATOR, MORTAL DECAY) at Full Force Studios. EMPIRES OF EUPHRATES features Vincent Matthews (DYING FETUS, CRIMINAL ELEMENT, SADISTIC TORMENT), Kevin Talley (DECREPIT BIRTH, MISERY INDEX, SUFFOCATION, SIX FEET UNDER) and Jim Ross (BANDWHORE). For more information please visit www.horrorpaingoredeath.com or www.facebook.com/horrorpaingoredeath
Norwegian Death Metallers HORRIFIER have just premiered the track ‘Deranged Sanity’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Horrid Resurrection”, which will be released on December 15, 2023 via Personal Records. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Chainsaw Death’, ‘Injected Corpse’, ‘Hooks In Flesh’, ‘Assimilated Life’, ‘Deranged Sanity’, ‘Sick Twisted Pleasures’, ‘Sadistic Impalement’ and ‘Horrid Resurrection’. For more HORRIFIER music please visit https://horrifiermetal.bandcamp.com
New England based Black Metallers RITUAL CLEARING are streaming their debut full-length “Penitence” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 17, 2023 via Eternal Death. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/ritualclearing
On December 23, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “Black Metal Craft”, the eighth album of Greek Black Metallers SAD, on CD, A5 digipak and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Black Metal Craft’, ‘Crimson Haze’, ‘Believe In Evil’, ‘Catacombs Of Thoughts’, ‘Sickening Euphoria’, ‘The Fortune Teller’, ‘Blissful Horizon’ and ‘Winds Of Grief’. You can already stream the title track right here. More information you will find at www.purity-through-fire.com
Septenary Arts, a sub-label of The Sinister Flame, has just released “Latomie”, the sophomore full-length from Rome / Italy based Black Industrial act BATHORY LEGION on CD. A full stream is available at this location. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/bathory.legion.official
Icelandic blackened Death Metallers HELFRÓ will release their sophomore full-length “Tálgröf” on December 01, 2023 via Season Of Mist. You can already watch a visualizer video for ‘Traðkandi Blómin Í Eigin Hjartagarði’ over here. The album’s full tracklist reads like this: ‘Jarteikn’, ‘Fláráð Fræði’, ‘Fangelsaður Í Tilvist Að Eilífu’, ‘Þögnin Ytra, Kyrrðin Innra’, ‘Guðlegt Réttlæti’, ‘Sindur’, ‘Ildi Óhreins Anda’, ‘Traðkandi Blómin Í Eigin Hjartagarði’ and ‘Minning Um Morðingja’. For all further information please visit HELFRÓ at www.facebook.com/helfroice
Greek Black Metallers VARATHRON have just released a video for ‘Crypts In The Mist’ at this location. The song is featured on their upcoming new album “The Crimson Temple”, which will be released on December 01, 2023 via Agonia Records. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Ascension’, ‘Hegemony Of Chaos’, ‘Crypts In The Mist’, ‘Cimmerian Priesthood’, ‘Sinners Of The Crimson Temple’, ‘Immortalis Regnum Diaboli’, ‘To The Gods Of Yore’, ‘Shrouds Of The Miasmic Winds’, ‘Swamp King’ and ‘Constellation Of The Archons’. For all additional VARATHRON information check out www.facebook.com/varathron
Australian Doom / Death Metallers CARCINOID are streaming their upcoming new EP “Encomium To Extinction” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on November 16, 2023 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records (vinyl LP), in co-operation with Headsplit Records (CD and cassette tape versions). More about CARCINOID at www.facebook.com/carcinoiddeathdoom
New York City based technical Death Metal three piece NEURECTOMY is now streaming their debut full-length “Overwrought” in its entirety at this location. It will be self-released on November 17, 2023. The band previously already posted visualizer videos for the songs ‘Crimson Tsunami’ and ‘Dolphin’ here and here. You can follow NEURECTOMY at www.facebook.com/neurectomy
Danish Black Metallers GEISTAZ’IKA have just premiered the track ‘Bestænkt Af Syndes Vievand’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s sophomore full-length “Midnatsbøn Ved Djævelens Port”, which will be released on December 08, 2023 via Signal Rex. The previously revealed ‘Med Korstegn Og Grådkvalt Fadervor’ can still be checked out over here. The album’s full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Mareredet Hyrdetime’, ‘Bestænkt Af Syndens Vievand’, ‘Med Korstegn Og Grådkvalt Fadervor’, ‘Asken Fra Hendes Brænden’ and ‘Fortabt Moribund’. More info you will find at www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
Northern California based Black Metal trio WRATH OF LOGARIUS has just released a second single off their upcoming EP “Necrotic Assimilation”. You can listen to ‘Soul Ascension’ at this location. The EP will be available as a digital download via Season Of Mist, starting December 08, 2023. More about WRATH OF LOGARIUS at www.instagram.com/wrath_of_logarius
Portuguese Black Metallers GINNUNGAGAP have just premiered the track ‘Polar Solitude III’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Heliacal Arising”, which will be released on December 08, 2023 via Signal Rex. The previously revealed title track ‘Heliacal Rising’ can still be streamed at this location. For more information please visit www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
Technical Death Metallers OWDWYR have just released two playthrough videos for tracks from their recently released debut album “Receptor”. You can watch a drum playthrough video for ‘Ripped From The Bog’ here and a bass playthrough video for ‘Lagos’ here. All additional OWDWYR info you will find at www.facebook.com/owdwyr
Gothenburg, Sweden based Thrashers HOSTILIA have just released a video for the remix of their track ‘Let Off Some Steam’ (featuring new frontman Tim Angelini) at this location. More HOSTILIA you can check out at https://hostiliathrash.bandcamp.com