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On November 17, 2024 EAL Productions will release “Magna Lua Ordem Mística”, the third full-length of Portuguese Black Metallers ANGRENOST. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Interlúnio: O Arco Escuro E A Seta De Prata’, ‘Côncava: Fornalha Lunar… Os Abismos Da Manifestação’, ‘Crescente: No Fio De Lua, O Enforcado’, ‘Corcunda: Da Prata Gibosa, A Foice Do Mago’, ‘Água Real: Na Ampulheta O Diabo, Enxofre Por Firmamento’, ‘Disseminadora: Caverna Solar… Os Breus Da Contemplação’, ‘Minguante: No Coração De Pedra, A Fortaleza Do Ermita’ And ‘Balsâmica: Nos Fumos Esquecimento, Dédalos De Enxofre’. A full album stream will be revealed on the day of the release. All additional information about ANGRENOST you will find at www.facebook.com/people/angrenost/100027317757291
Necroeucharist Productions have just re-released “Omniabsence Filled By His Greatness”, the sixth full-length of Czech Black Metallers INFERNO, as a 12″ picture vinyl edition with gatefold sleeve, limited to 300 copies. The cover artwork was created by Teitan Arts. A full album stream is available at this location. For more info please visit www.facebook.com/necroeucharistproductions
Québecois Black Metallers DÉLÉTÈRE have just revealed the track ‘Foutredieu’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming third full-length “Songe D’une Nuit Souillée”, which will be released on November 23, 2023 via Sepulchral Productions. The album’s complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Chasse Obscène’, Sacre De La Perversion’, ‘Foutredieu’, ‘Messe Scandaleuse’, ‘Sonata Impudicitiae’, ‘Lex Syphilii’, ‘Le Labour Des Chairs’ and ‘La Nuit Souillée’. For more DÉLÉTÈRE information please visit www.facebook.com/inopiaetmorbo
German Black Metal quintet GRAU has just released a lyric video for ‘Ohnmacht’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming album “Abseits Des Lichts”, which will be released on December 01, 2023 via Tragedy Productions on digipak CD with an 8-pages booklet, as well as digitally. “Abseits Des Lichts” was recorded, mixed and mastered by Felix Rößger at Gin’Fused Sounds in 2022 and 2023 and the cover artwork was created by Alfi Feijoa. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Erinnerung’, ‘Niemy’, ‘Ohnmacht’, ‘Nichts’, ‘Fiebertraum’, ‘Wildnis’, ‘Tilgung’, ‘Fraß’ and ‘Outro’ (bonus track). You can follow GRAU at www.facebook.com/grau.blackmetal
“Oozing Radioactive Vomition”, the sophomore full-length from UK based Death Metallers CRYPTWORM, will be released via Me Saco Un Ojo Records, in co-operation with Pulverised Records and Extremely Rotten Productions, on December 15, 2023. Me Saco Un Ojo will handle the vinyl release, Pulverised the CD version and Extremely Rotten the cassette tape. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Oozing Radioactive Vomition’, ‘Organ Snatcher’, ‘Miasmatic Foetid Odour’, ‘Necrophagous’, ‘Engulfed By Gurgling’ and ‘Submerged Into Vile Repugnance’. You can already check out ‘Organ Snatcher’ at this location. More CRYPTWORM info you will find at www.facebook.com/cryptworm
German Thrashers BATTLECREEK have signed a deal with MDD Records for the release of their third album, the follow-up to 2015’s “Hate Injection”, next spring. You can check out their previous material over here. For all additional BATTLECREEK information please visit www.facebook.com/battlecreekthrash
American Black Metallers AZATHOTH’S DREAM have just premiered the track ‘The Moor’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Nocturnal Vampyric Bewitchment”, which will be released on December 08, 2023 via Iron Bonehead Productions on vinyl LP format. The previously revealed album track ‘A Millennia Perished’ can still be streamed over here. The full tracklist of “Nocturnal Vampyric Bewitchment” reads as follows: ‘Malignant Faith’, ‘Instatiable Sanguine Thirst’, ‘The Grave’, ‘The Moor’, ‘Extinguish The Light’, ‘Ritual Exsanguination’, ‘A Millennia Perished’, ‘Winter Dawn’ and ‘Phantasm’. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/ironboneheadproductions
“Warfield Forever”, the new EP from Puerto Rican Death Metallers NECRONEMESIS, will be released via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on December 01, 2023 on CD and digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Dreaming With Dead Bodies’, ‘Drawn And Quartered’, ‘Share The Load’, ‘Warfield Of The Dead’ and ‘Whatever Comes Out This Fucking Corpse’. You can already listen to the EP opener ‘Dreaming With Dead Bodies’ at this location. All further NECRONEMESIS info you will find at www.facebook.com/necroquebradillas
On January 19, 2024 Dying Victims Productions will release “Sinister Upheaval”, the debut full-length from German Death / Thrashers BOUNDLESS CHAOS, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Down’, ‘High Tension’, ‘Arson From Beyond’, ‘Kromer’s Whistle’, ‘Guillotine’, ‘Tyrant’s Call’, ‘Blasphemous Rupture’, ‘Rip Out The Roots’ and ‘Demons Unchained’. You can already check out ‘Down’ over here. More about BOUNDLESS CHAOS at www.facebook.com/boundlesschaos
Italian Horror Death Metallers TENEBRO have just released a video for ‘Feto Strappato E Gettato Nel Fango’ at this location. The track will be featured on their upcoming sophomore full-length “Ultime Grida Dalla Giungla”, which will be released on November 21, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD, limited vinyl LP (100 splatter and 150 black), limited cassette tape (50 copies) and digital formats. You can still check out to the two first advance singles ‘Lo Squartamento Della Tartaruga’ and ‘Ultime Grida Dalla Giungla’ here and here. The complete “Ultime Grida Dalla Giungla” tracklist reads like this: ‘Ferox’, ‘Lo Squartamento Della Tartaruga’, ‘Feto Strappato E Gettato Nel Fango’, ‘Khakhua’, ‘Ultime Grida Dalla Giungla’, ‘Pellicola Maledetta’, ‘Il Ritrovamento Della Donna Impalata’, ‘A Caccia… Di Umani’, ‘Il Paese Del Sesso Selvaggio’, ‘Massacro Della Trouppe’ and ‘Oscuro Rito Sessuale’. All additional TENEBRO info you will find at https://instagram.com/tenebro.official
Polish atmospheric, progressive Black Metallers KALT VINDUR will release their third full-length “Magna Mater” on January 26, 2024 via The Circle Music on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape. It was recorded at Regnat Studio (DARGOR, KRUSHER) in Cieklin, Poland and mixed and mastered by Krzysztof Kokosiński. The cover artwork was created by Maciej Kamuda (BLUT AUS NORD, SPACESLUG, SUNNATA). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Magna Mater’, ‘Żywioły’, ‘Agonizing Luminosity’, ‘Bless Us’, ‘Possessed By Lunacy’, ‘Visions Of Purification’ and ‘Mist Over Cergova’. A video for the song ‘Agonizing Luminosity’ can already be watched at this location. Lyric videos for ‘Żywioły’ and ‘Blessed Us’ you will additionally find here and here. You can follow KALT VINDUR at www.facebook.com/kaltvindurband
On December 09, 2023 Signal Rex will release “Negras Sessões No Abismo Sul”, a compilation from Portuguese Black Metallers VOËMMR, on CD and vinyl LP formats. It features the band’s two demos “Sombr Moebrd” (2018) and “Tordaebr Odr Daebr” (2020). The “Sombr Moebrd” demo can be streamed at this location. For all additional information please visit www.signalrex.com or www.facebook.com/signalrec
German Pagan Black Metallers HEIMDALLS WACHT will release their eighth full-length “Mystagogie” via Trollzorn Records on December 01, 2023. It was recorded at Tom Meier Studio (ASPHYX) und mixed and mastered at Stage One Studio by Andy Classen (KRISIUN, ASPHYX, BELPHEGOR). The following tracks will be featured on “Mystagogie”: ‘Rabenstadium’, ‘On The Path Of The Ancient’, ‘Klarheit Der Nacht’, ‘Das Trunkene Lied Von Ewigkeit’, ‘Shadowlord’, ‘Europa Brennt’, ‘Verlorene Spuren’, ‘Hexeninsel – Des Teufels Buhlin’, ‘Jeder Abschied Atmet Den Tod (Ursprung Teil III)’ and ‘Ich Durchschritt Das Runentor’. More about HEIMDALLS WACHT at www.heimdallswacht.de
Athens, Greece based technical Thrashers VENUS have just released a guitar playthrough video of ‘The Observatory’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Obscured Until Observed”, which will be released on November 14, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Sons Of Grus’, ‘The Observatory’, ‘City Of Nektron’, ‘Circus Strange’, ‘Alive’, ‘Artificially Prolonged Existance’, ‘Venus Legacy’, ‘The Arrythmic Pulse of Universe’ and ‘Subatomic Search For Human Consciousness’. You can stream the first advance singles ‘Circus Strange’ and ‘Artificially Prolonged Existance’ here and here. The band’s 2022 EP “Project Lamda” is still available in its entirety at this location. For more VENUS info please visit www.facebook.com/venusscifi
On December 01, 2023 Invictus Productions will release “Cassini – Huygens”, the new EP from Italy’s Doom / Deathers INTO DARKNESS, on 12″ vinyl format. It was previouly released on CD, cassette tape and digitally in March via Unholy Domain Records. A full EP stream is available at this location. For more INTO DARKNESS information please visit www.facebook.com/intodarkness
Soulseller Records have signed Greek Black Metallers KAWIR. The band’s new album “Κυδοιμοσ” (latinized “Kydoimos”, a deity representing the clang and chaos of war) will be released in the spring of 2024. For regular updates make sure to follow KAWIR at www.facebook.com/kawirofficial
On December 15, 2023 Werewolf Records will release “The Nighthold”, the third full-length of Finnish symphonic Black Metallers VARGRAV, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow next year. You can already check out the recently revealed album track ‘Chalice Of Silver And Blood’ at this location. The complete tracklist of “The Nighthold” reads as follows: ‘Moonless Abyss Of The Nighthold’, ‘Through The Woods Of Breathing Shadows’, ‘Chalice Of Silver And Blood’, ‘Thy Imperial Malice’, ‘Curse Of The Plaguewood Lake’, ‘Encircle The Spectral Dimension’, ‘Triumph Of The Nightbringer’, ‘Into The Shadow Crypts’, ‘The One Who Lurks Beyond The Starscape’, ‘A Dark Consecration’, ‘Creator Of The True Real’ and ‘Ghostlands’. More about VARGRAV at www.facebook.com/vargravofficial
Norwegian Dark Metallers AETERNUS have just premiered the song ‘Wresting Worm’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming album “Philosopher”, which will be out on November 17, 2023 via Agonia Records. It was recorded, produced and mixed by the band with Herbrand Larsen at Conclave & Earshot Studios (IMMORTAL, ENSLAVED) and mastered by Lawrence Mackrory at Rorysound Studio (BLOODBATH, VOMITORY). The cover artwork was created by Mar.A. (CULTES DES GHOULES, DEUS MORTEM). The following tracks will be featured on “Philosopher”: ‘Existentialist Hunter’, ‘World Bleak Nepotism’, ‘The Intentionality Of Unmitigated Evil’, ‘Void Of Venom’, ‘Wresting Worm’, ‘The Luciferian Architect’ and ‘Carving The Pristine Anomie’. A video for the album’s opening track ‘Existentialist Hunter’ can be watched at this location. You can follow AETERNUS at www.facebook.com/aeternusofficial
“Aube Cannibale”, the sophomore full-length from Canadian Black Metallers MÊLÉE DES AURORES, will be released on November 23, 2023 via Sepulchral Productions. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Incubation’, ‘Soleil Des Méduses’, ‘Aube Cannibale’, ‘Ignitus’ and ‘L’éternel Retour’. All additional information you will find at www.facebook.com/sepulchral.prods
On November 23, 2023 “…Makes Us Survive!”, the 30th anniversary album of German Thrashers HEADSHOT, will be released. For this, a selection of 12 songs from the first two albums “Brain At Risk” (1995) and “Emotional Overload” (1998) were re-recorded with new vocalist Daniela Karrer, produced by Jost Schlüter at PureSonic Studio. A lyric video for the track ‘Emotional Overload’ is available over here now. HEADSHOT can be reached at www.facebook.com/headshot.metal
Norwegian Extreme Metallers THE LAST EON have just released the title track of their upcoming debut full-length “Infernal Fractality” at this location. The album will be released on November 17, 2023 via Soulseller Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. To find out more about THE LAST AEON go to www.facebook.com/thelasteon.official
Brazilian Death / Thrashers THE TROOPS OF DOOM have just released a video for their cover of CELTIC FROST’s ‘The Usurper’ at this location. The song is featured as a bonus track on the band’s debut full-length “Antichrist Reborn”, which was released via Alma Mater Records in 2022 on digipak CD, cassette tape and vinyl formats. In Brazil it was released via Voice Music and Rock Brigade Records. “Antichrist Reborn” was mixed by Peter Tägtgren at The Abyss Studio and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren at Blacklounge Studio in Sweden. For more THE TROOPS OF DOOM information please visit www.facebook.com/thetroopsofdoom
Norwegian bestial Black / War Metallers GOATKRAFT are streaming their sophomore full-length “Prophet Of Eternal Damnation” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Iron Bonehead Productions today. More GOATKRAFT music you will find at https:/goatkraft.bandcamp.com
On December 15, 2023 Hells Headbangers will release “Diabolica Blasphemiae”, a new mini album from US Black Metallers DEMONCY, on CD and cassette tape formats. The 12″ vinyl version will follow next year. You can already check out the title track over here. The complete “Diabolica Blasphemiae” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Satanas Vult’, ‘Diabolica Blasphemiae’, ‘Sepulcrum Spectra’, ‘Malum Incarnatus Est’ and ‘Consummatum Est’. The cover artwork was created by Nestor Avalos. For all further DEMONCY information please visit www.facebook.com/demoncy1
Brazilian Death Metallers REBAELLIUN will embark on a European tour in support of their new album “Under The Sign Of Rebellion” in France today with Italy’s EXITIUM as support. The band has just premiered a guitar playthrough video for ‘The God’s Menace’ over here. A full stream of “Under The Sign Of Rebellion” you will find at this location. A lyric video for ‘In Heresy We Trust’ is additionally available here and a video for ‘All Hail The Regicide’ you can watch here. For more information and regular updates make sure to follow REBAELLIUN at www.facebook.com/rebaelliun
German Black Metallers DETHRONED have just premiered the track ‘Vinum Creaturae’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s sophomore full-length “A Bridge To Eternal Darkness”, which will be released on December 01, 2023 via Dominance of Darkness Records. The previously revealed ‘Come To Me’ can still be streamed over here. The complete tracklist of “A Bridge To Eternal Darkness” reads like this: ‘Come To Me’, ‘Vinum Creaturae’, ‘Disciple Of The Elders’, ‘Colour Out Of Space’, ‘Void’, ‘Ewig Fäulnis’, ‘Ruf Der Tiefe’, ‘Descent’, ‘A Bridge To Eternal Darkness’ and ‘Im Zeichen Des Bösen’ (GRAUSAMKEIT cover). All additional DETHRONED info you will find at www.facebook.com/dethroned1993
“Outcome Of Obnoxious Science”, the sophomore full-length from German Death Metallers CRYPTIC BROOD, has just been re-released on CD (500 copies, jewel case, via War-Anthem Records), cassette tape (100 copies on lime green shell tapes, with on-body print, hand-numbered, 5 panel J-card, separate lyric sheet and a Bandcamp download) and vinyl LP (gatefold cover, plus insert and Bandcamp download, 150 copies on transparent toxic sludge vinyl, 150 copies on obnoxious green with black and yellow splatter vinyl) via Lycanthropic Chants. For more CRYPTIC BROOD info check out www.facebook.com/crypticbrood
Australian Death Metallers CARCINOID have just premiered the track ‘Morbid Curse’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming new mini album “Encomium To Extinction”, which will be released on November 16, 2023. Me Saco Un Ojo Records will release the vinyl LP version, while Headsplit Records will handle the CD and cassette tape versions. The previously revealed ‘Led To The Worms’ can still be streamed at this location. Here’s the complete “Encomium To Extinction” tracklist: ‘Led To The Worms’, ‘Encomium To Extinction’, ‘Mired In Decay’, ‘Morbid Curse’ and ‘Strangulation’. More CARCINOID info you will find at www.facebook.com/carcinoiddeathdoom
UK Doom / Deathers BULL ELEPHANT have just released a visualizer video for ‘Expansion From Perceived Reality’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming album “The Long War”, which will be released on November 17, 2023 via Eat Lead And Die Music. The album was recorded with Jamie Masters at Echo Studios in Buckingham and mastered by Dan “The Man” Swanö at Unisound, Sweden. The cover artwork was created 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 View’. More about BULL ELEPHANT at www.facebook.com/bullelephant
On November 23, 2023 Sepulchral Productions will release “Songe D’une Nuit Souillée”, the third full-length from Québécois Black Metallers DÉLÉTÈRE. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Chasse Obscène’, ‘Sacre De La Perversion’, ‘Foutredieu’, ‘Messe Scandaleuse’, ‘Sonata Impudicitiae’, ‘Lex Syphilii’, ‘Le Labour Des Chairs’ and ‘La Nuit Souillée’. More band info you will find at www.facebook.com/inopiaetmorbo
Indian Death Metallers TETRAGRAMMACIDE are streaming their sophomore full-length “Typho-Tantric Aphorisms From The Arachneophidian Qur’an” in its entirety at this location. The album will be released on November 03, 2023 via Iron Bonehead Productions. For all additional TETRAGRAMMACIDE information please visit www.facebook.com/tetragrammacide
Leeds, UK based Death Metal quintet COGNIZANCE will release a concept album entitled “Phantazein” on January 26, 2024 via Willowtip Records on CD, vinyl and digital formats. Its full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Ceremonial Vigour’, ‘A Brain Dead Memoir’, ‘Chiselled In Stone’, ‘Introspection’, ‘Futureless Horizon’, ‘The Towering Monument’, ‘Alferov’, ‘Shock Heuristics’, ‘Broadcast Of The Gods’, ‘In Verses Unspoken’ and ‘Shadowgraph’. A video for the album’s first single ‘The Towering Monument’ can already be watched right here. “Phantazein” was produced by Alex Baillie and Apostolis Karydis, mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström (AEON, BLOOD RED THRONE) and the artwork was supplied by Dan P Carter (BEHEMOTH, EMPIRE STATE BASTARD). More about COGNIZANCE at www.facebook.com/cognizanceband
Netherlands based Black Metallers NAHASHEOL are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Serpens Abyssi” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on November 03, 2023 via Wolves Of Hades and Argento Records. You can follow the band at www.facebook.com/nahasheol-107778595139006
Finnish blackened Death Metallers SAASTA will release their new EP “Black | Death | Doom” on December 05, 2023 via Inverse Records. A video for the first single ‘Sickness’ can already be watched over here. The EP will feature the following tracks: ‘Stygian Grey’, ‘Black | Death | Doom’, ‘Sickness’ and ‘Murhattu’. For all further SAASTA information please visit www.saastaofficial.com
“Inter Duo Mundi”, the sophomore full-length from Canadian Epic Black Metallers SOMBRE HÉRITAGE, will be released on November 23, 2023 via Sepulchral Productions. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Inter Duo Mundi – Initium’, ‘Alces Alces’, ‘Chasse Éperdue’, ‘Délire Onirique’, ‘Enchevêtré’, ‘Tiraillé’, ‘Insolence’ and ‘Inter Duo Mundi – Exitus’. Regular updates and more band info you will find at www.facebook.com/sombreheritagebm
Germany’s Doom / Deathers BEYONDITION have just premiered the track ‘Beyondition’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s debut full-length “Abysmal Night”, which will be released on December 01, 2023 via Chaos Records. The previously revealed ‘The Red In The Sky’ can still be streamed over here. The full “Abysmal Night” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Uluthar’, ‘The Red In The Sky’, ‘Blood On The Altar’, ‘Chaos Descends’, ‘Executioner’, ‘Skull Harvest’, ‘Abysmal Night’, ‘Urban Grief’ and ‘Beyondition’. More about BEYONDITION at www.facebook.com/beyondition
International Death Metallers HEADS FOR THE DEAD have just released a lyric video for ‘Possession’ over here. The song is taken from the project’s latest EP “In The Absence Of Faith”, which was released in September 2023 via Pulverised Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonny Pettersson (WOMBBATH, MASSACRE) at Studio Unbound. The artwork direction and illustrations were conceptualized by Jonny Pettersson in collaboration with Indonesian artist Dedy aka The Art Of Badic. SENTIENT HORROR frontman Matt Moliti contributed lead guitars. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/headsforthedead
On December 21, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “Undergång”, the sophomore full-length from Swedish Black Metallers AVSKRÄDE, on CD, vinyl LP and A5 digipak formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Må Du Brinna’, ‘När Bönerna Tystnat’, ‘Mänsklighetens Avskräde’, ‘Av Lågornas Hunger Förtäras’, ‘Natten Nalkas’, ‘Naturens Borg’, ‘Forskarlen’, ‘Ty Du Skall Ner I Jorden Skrämmas’, ‘Mörker Du Majestätiska’, ‘Ångest’ and ‘Fri’. The album opener ‘Må Du Brinna’ can already be checked out at this location. More AVSKRÄDE music you will find at https://avskraede.bandcamp.com
Finnish blackened Death Metallers PROGENY OF SUN have just released a lyric video for ‘Courier’ over here. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Throne Of Desolation”, which will be released on December 08, 2023 via Inverse Records. A video for ‘Damsel’ is additionally available at this location and another lyric video for ‘False Radiance’ you will find here. “Throne Of Desolation” will feature the following tracks: ‘Forged By The Devil’, ‘Damsel’, ‘Heartless Dome’, ‘Caldera’, ‘False Radiance’, ‘Dweller’, ‘Coward’, ‘Invasion’, ‘Courier’, ‘Restoration’, ‘Human Disposal Site’ and ‘War Of The Ages’. The cover artwork was created by Niko Aromaa. All additional PROGENY OF SUN info you will find at www.facebook.com/progenyofsun