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German Death Metallers CARNAL TOMB have just revealed the title track from their upcoming third full-length “Embalmed In Decay” over here. The album will be released on November 03, 2023 via Testimony Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. It was recorded and mixed by Tobias Engl at Englsound in Berlin, Germany and mastered by Sverker Widgren at Wing Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. The artwork was created by Skaðvaldur. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘The Putridarium’, ‘Cataclysmic Maze’, ‘Defiled Flesh’, ‘Draped In Disgust’, ‘Cerebral Ingestion’, ‘Morgue Usurper’, ‘Embalmed In Decay’ and ‘Eyes Of The Chasm’. You can follow CARNAL TOMB at www.facebook.com/carnaltombdeathmetal
On December 08, 2023 Signal Rex will release “Ntdd Strl”, the debut full-length from Ecuadorian Black Metal (or Neon Metal, as they label themselves) three-piece AVRÆ LVNÆ, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Ntr – Cnstlcn D Rn’, ‘Ntdd Strl’, ‘N L Mjstvs Nch’, ‘Crpt Strl’, ‘Ls Strlls Sn Ls Js Csmcs’, ‘Scndnd Ls Nfns Cnfn Strl’, ‘Ls Rgns Hnsptas Dl Vnrs’ and ‘Vtr – Cntlcn D Scrpn’. You can already check out ‘N L Mjstvs Nch’ over here. For more AVRÆ LVNÆ, please visit https://auraelunae.bandcamp.com
“In But Not Of”, the upcoming third full-length from Long Island, New York based progressive brutal Death Metallers AFTERBIRTH, is streaming in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on CD, gatefold vinyl and digital formats on October 20, 2023 via Willowtip Records. AFTERBIRTH was formed in 1993, but disbanded for two decades and then reformed in 2013, releasing two full-length albums. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/afterbirthnydeathmetal
Dutch old school Death Metallers ECOCIDE are streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Metamorphosis” in its entirety over here now. The album will be released on October 23, 2023 via Memento Mori. The cover artwork was created by Costin Chioreanu. All further ECOCIDE info you will find at www.facebook.com/ecocidemetal
Singaporean Black Metallers INFERNAL EXECRATOR will release their third full-length “Diabolatry” on December 15, 2023 via Pulverised Records. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Nizam Aziz (IMPIETY) at Sacrificial Altar 47. The cover artwork was created by Jenglot Hitam (PERDITION TEMPLE, STUKAS, IMPIETY). The following tracks will be featured on the album: ‘Aeternalis Diaboli Satanas’, ‘Corporeal Adversaries’, ‘Infernal Storm Of Oblivion’, ‘Marauders Prayers Of Profanation’, ‘Terrorized Consecration’, ‘Asmodei Bestialust Conjuration’, ‘Blazing Acheronic Tyrants’ and ‘Diabolatry’. You can already check out ‘Marauders Prayers Of Profanation’ over here. More band information is available at www.facebook.com/infernal.execrator
On December 15, 2023 Personal Records will release “Horrid Resurrection”, the debut full-length of Oslo, Norway based Death Metallers HORRIFIER, on CD format. Here’s the complete tracklist already: ‘Chainsaw Death’, ‘Injected Corpse’, ‘Hooks In Flesh’, ‘Assimilated Life’, ‘Deranged Sanity’, ‘Sick Twisted Pleasures’, ‘Sadistic Impalement’ and ‘Horrid Resurrection’. The album track ‘Sadistic Impalement’ can already be streamed at this location. All additional information you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083192538092
American extreme Metallers OWDWYR will release their debut full-length “Receptor” on October 20, 2023 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. A full album stream is available at this location now. It was mixed by AJ Viana at AJ Viana Productions and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music. The cover artwork was created by Garek Druss. For all further information please visit www.facebook.com/owdwyr
“Apostasy”, the debut full-length from German melodic Doom / Deathers WELCOME TO PLESHIWAR, will be released via MDD Records on November 09, 2023. You can already watch a video for the album opener ‘Apostasy Pt. 1’ over here. The complete “Apostasy” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Apostasy Pt. 1’, ‘Sisyphean Task (Le Mythe De Sisyphe)’, ‘Sorrow’, ‘Darkness Within Light’, ‘Praying Mantis’ and ‘Apostasy Pt. 2’. More about WELCOME TO PLESHIWAR at www.facebook.com/welcometopleshiwar
On December 29, 2023 Osmose Productions will release “Bukkake Of Souls”, the sophomore full-length from SUICIDE CIRCLE, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Star Spawn’, ‘The Highest Spheres’, ‘The Advent’, ‘Bukkake Of Souls’, ‘For Nothing’, ‘The Prince Of Darkness’ and ‘Any Of You’. A first track will be revealed on November 27, 2023. SUICIDE CIRCLE is the suicide side project of Meyhna’ch from MÜTIILATION. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/meyhnachrats
Norwegian Dark Metallers AETERNUS have just released a video from their upcoming ninth full-length “Philosopher”. You can check out ‘Existentialist Hunter’ at this location. The album will be released on November 17, 2023 via Agonia Records. More AETERNUS info you will find at www.facebook.com/aeternusofficial
Italian atmospheric technical brutal Death Metallers SPIRITUAL DECEPTION will release their debut full-length “Semitae Mentis” on February 09, 2024. Amputated Vein Records will release the album on physical formats, while Earache Records will be handling the digital distribution. The album features guest contributions by Karl Sanders (NILE) and Luc Lemay (GORGUTS). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘The I Swells… (Decadence Pt. I)’, ‘Atavic Future (Decadence Pt. II)’, ‘The Days Of Sleep (Decadence Pt. III)’, ‘Beyond Perception And Matter’, ‘Dirac Sea’, ‘The Night Opens’, ‘On The Edge Of The Abyss’, ‘Thousand Lives Within’, ‘Individuality Dissolves’ and ‘…To The Coldest Decline (Decadence Pt. IV)’. All further SPIRITUAL DECEPTION information you will find at www.facebook.com/spiritualdeception
Spanish melodic Death Metallers AEOLIAN have just released ‘Into The Flames’, the third single off the band’s upcoming new album “Echoes Of The Future”, over here. The previously released singles ‘The Miracle’ and ‘Hominis Obscura’ can still be streamed at this location. “Echoes Of The Future” was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studio and will be released via Black Lion Records on November 24, 2023. The full tracklist reads as follows: ‘Hominis Obscura’, ‘Dreams Or Reality’, ‘The Miracle’, ‘Her Grief’, ‘Like A Blackened Sun’, ‘Into The Flames’, ‘Lords Of Greed’, ‘Echoes Of The Future’ and ‘Chronicles Of The Fall’. All additional AEOLIAN info you will find at www.facebook.com/aeolianmetalband
Helsinki, Finland based Death Metal four piece MALFORMED has just released their debut EP “The Gathering Of Souls” via Extremely Rotten Productions on vinyl LP, CD, cassette tape and digital formats. A full EP stream is now available right here. The five featured songs were recorded in the winter of 2022 – 2023 with producer Juuso Hämäläinen (AZATOTH, DISGUISED MALIGNANCE). For more MALFORMED information please visit www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088862900983
Swedish Death Metallers FARSOTH have just released a visualizer video for ‘Bound For Death’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Morbid Symphonies”, which will be released via Black Lion Records on November 24, 2023. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Hate’, ‘Nothingness’, ‘Infernal Bondage’, ‘Morbid Symphony’, ‘Bound To Death’, ‘Afterlife’, ‘Provoke Me’, ‘Your Death’, ‘Rotten Flesh Stew’ and ‘World Beyond’. You can follow FARSOTH at www.facebook.com/farsothofficialsweden
Canadian Death Metallers CRUEL FATE have just premiered the track ‘Descente Aux Enfers’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Destin Cruel”, which will be released on November 17, 2023 via Personal Records. The previously revealed title track can still be streamed at this location. Here’s the full “Destin Cruel” tracklist: ‘Triomphe De La Mort’, ‘Vampire Boréal’, ‘Destin Cruel’, ‘Transit Sidéral’, ‘Descente Aux Enfers’, ‘Feu Christique’ and ‘L’usurpateur’. For more CRUEL FATE information check out www.facebook.com/cruelfateottawa
Finnish melodic Death Metallers AMONGST THE ASHES have just released their new EP “Breaking Decency” via Inverse Records. A full EP stream is available at this location now. More AMONGST THE ASHES info you will find at www.facebook.com/amongsttheashes
On December 01, 2023 Dominance Of Darkness Records will release the sophomore full-length of German Black Metallers DETHRONED, “A Bridge To Eternal Darkness”, on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘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). The artwork was created by guitarist John Never. You can already listen to the album opener over here. The band’s debut full-length from 2017, “Bluotrunst”, will also be re-released via Dominance Of Darkness Records as a six-panel digipak CD with alternate cover art. More DETHRONED info you will find at www.facebook.com/dethroned1993
Netherlands based Black Metallers NAHASHEOL have just premiered the track ‘Bringer Of Divine Ecstasy’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Serpens Abyssi”, which will be released on November 03, 2023 via Wolves Of Hades in co-operation with Argento Records. The previously revealed ‘Arcanum Mortuus’ can still be checked out over here. The complete “Serpens Abyssi” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Arcanum Mortuus’, ‘The Aetheric Void’, ‘The Awakening’, ‘Bring Of Divine Ecstasy’, ‘Mambah Maa’ and ‘Devan Thanatha’. For more NAHASHEOL info please visit www.facebook.com/nahasheol-107778595139006
Colombian Death Metallers FUNERAL VOMIT have just released a lyric video for ‘Spectral Parasite’ over here. The song is taken from their upcoming debut full-length “Monumental Putrescence”, which will be released on December 19, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats. You can still listen to the previously released album track ‘Immense Morbidity’ at this location. Here’s the full “Monumental Putrescence” 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)’. All additional FUNERAL VOMIT information you will find at www.facebook.com/funeral.vomit
Italian blackened Death Metal trio VOLTUMNA is currently working on their fifth album. Prior to that they will release a new EP early next year. For regular updates make sure to follow VOLTUMNA at www.facebook.com/voltumna
Spanish blackened Death Metallers AKOUPHENOM will release their debut full-length “Death·Chaos·Void” on October 13, 2023 via Avantgarde Music’s Death Metal division Unorthodox Emanations on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. It was mixed and mastered by Simon Da Silva at The Empty Hall Studio in Madrid. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Tritone Descent’, ‘Devour’, ‘Upper Cycle Of Infinite Tails’, ‘Flesh Sublimation’, ‘Death·Chaos·Void’ and ‘Incorporeal’. More about AKOUPHENOM at www.facebook.com/akouphenom
On December 01, 2023 Dominance Of Darkness Records will release “Dark Interstellar Mysteries”, the debut full-length from German symphonic Black Metallers APHELIUM AETERNUM, on vinyl LP format (it was originally released on CD in September). A full album stream is available at this location. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/dominanceofdarkness
“Brægn Hæft”, the debut full-length of German melodic Doom / Post Black / Death Metallers SARLIC BLISS, will be released on November 02, 2023 via MDD Records. The album’s first single, ‘Departed Grace’ (featuring guest singer Gogo Melone) can already be streamed at this location now. The complete “Brægn Hæft” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Darkest Desire’, ‘Lust’, ‘Flotian Swefn’, ‘The Truth Within’, ‘Invidia’ and ‘Departed Grace’. More SARLIC BLISS information you will find at www.facebook.com/sarlicblissband
German Black Metallers HAGATIZ are streaming their debut full-length “Cursed To The Night” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on October 11, 2023 via Amor Fati Productions. For all additional information please visit www.amor-fati-productions.de or www.facebook.com/amorfatiprod
The official Boris Records vinyl reissue of ROT‘s “Diabolus (The Unholy Rot): Demo 1990” is streaming in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on October 28, 2023. For all further info check out www.facebook.com/borisrecordsatl
Spanish Black Metallers VOIDESCENT will release their debut full-length “Dust And Embers” via Avantgarde Music on October 13, 2023 on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. It was mixed and mastered by Simon Da Silva at The Empty Hall Studio in Madrid and features the following tracks: ‘Black Crowned Triangle’, ‘Crosstunnel Descent’, ‘The Necrotic Veil’, ‘Cauldrons Of Sabbath’, ‘Venom Scythe Liturgy’, ‘Arcane Enlightenment – The Bone Offering’. More about VOIDESCENT at www.facebook.com/voidescent
Swiss Black / Death Metallers IMPALEMENT have just released a first song from their upcoming sophomore full-length “The Dawn Of Blackened Death”. You can check out a lyric video for ‘Legio Nihil’ at this location. The follow-up to 2020’s debut “The Impalement” will be self-released on October 27, 2023 on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. It was recorded by Jens “Pestilence“ Förster at AMP Studios in Duisburg, Germany and mixed and mastered by Andy Classen (Stage One Studios). The cover artwork was created by Carlos “Black Shadows“ Aguilar. The full tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘The Herd Marches On’, ‘Dawn Of Blackened Death’, ‘Legio Nihil’, ‘The Old Ones’, ‘Will To Power’, ‘Death To The Gods’ and ‘Chosen By Tragedy’. The band will promote “The Dawn Of Blackened Death” on the “Fear The Eternal Return” Tour in November / December 2023 with GORGOROTH. More IMPALEMENT information you will find at www.facebook.com/impalementoffical
A full album stream of “Disintegration”, the fifth full-length from Polish Black Metallers HEGEROTH, is available over here now. It was recorded at the band’s own HH Soundlab Studios and the cover artwork was created by Maciej Kamuda (BLUT AUS NORD, NUNSLAUGHTER, MASTER, KINGDOM, ZMARŁYM). It will be released on the most popular streaming platforms and as a jewelcase CD today. For all further HEGEROTH info please visit www.facebook.com/hegeroth
On November 16, 2023 Me Saco Un Ojo Records, in co-operation with Headsplit Records, will release “Encomium To Extinction”, the sophomore full-length from Australian Doom / Death Metallers CARCINOID. Me Saco Un Ojo will release the vinyl LP version while Headsplit will handle the CD and cassette tape versions. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Led To The Worms’, ‘Encomium To Extinction’, ‘Mired In Decay’, ‘Morbid Curse’ and ‘Strangulation’. You can already check out the opener at this location. For all further CARCINOID information please visit www.facebook.com/carcinoiddeathdoom
Dutch Death Metallers BLOODPHEMY will release their fifth full-length “Dawn Of Malevolence” on November 17, 2023 via Non Serviam Records on cassette tape, digipak CD, limited green vinyl and digitally. A visualizer video for the first single ‘From Suffering To Violence’ is already available over here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Convoluted Reality’, ‘Therapeutic Torturing’, ‘Metamorphic Disposition’, ‘Sanity Obfuscation’, ‘Incarcerated Recollections’, ‘Demented Masquerade’, ‘Dawn Of Malevolence’, ‘Crimson Redemption’ and ‘From Suffering To Violence’. You can follow BLOODPHEMY at www.facebook.com/bloodphemy
“Silo”, the third full-length of Finnish Death Metallers SHRAPNEL STORM, is out now via Great Dane Records. A full album stream is available at this location. “Silo” was recorded, mixed and mastered by Daniel Rantanen at Danko Tones / JR Audio Studios and produced by Aadolf Virtanen. The cover artwork was created by Ville Yrjola. For more information please visit SHRAPNEL STORM at www.facebook.com/shrapnelstormband
Ukraine based atmospheric Black Metallers THREE EYES OF THE VOID will release their debut full-length “The Atheist” digitally and on digipak CD on October 27, 2023 via Folter Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Behind The Stars’, ‘Against The One’, ‘Descent’, ‘No More Light’, ‘Delirium’ and ‘The Atheist’. You can already watch a video for ‘Descent’ over here. A video for the title track is available at this location. All additional THREE EYES OF THE VOID info you will find at www.facebook.com/teovband
Spanish melodic Death Metallers EMPIRE OF DISEASE have just released a lyric video for ‘The Valley’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Shadows In The Abyss”, which will be released on November 07, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. The two previously revealed advance singles can still be checked out here and here. The full “Shadows In The Abyss” tracklist reads like this: ‘The Valley’, ‘Time For A New Era’, ‘Ghost Of The Past’, ‘Digging Our Graves’, ‘The Game’, ‘Dark Side Of The Soul’, ‘From The Depths’, ‘Scum’ and ‘Shadows In The Abyss’. More about EMPIRE OF DISEASE at www.facebook.com/empireofdisease
Swiss Death Metallers ALL LIFE ENDS have just released a video for ‘The Silent End Of A Bastard Breed’ at this location. The song is featured on their sophomore full-length “Miscreation”, which was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö and released via Black Sunset / MDD earlier this year. All further ALL LIFE ENDS info you will find at www.facebook.com/alllifeendsofficial