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On October 23, 2023 Memento Mori will release “Metamorphosis”, the sophomore full-length from The Netherlands based old school Death Metallers ECOCIDE. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Prologue’, ‘Metamorphosis’, ‘Terminus’, ‘Corrupted Reality’, ‘On The Shores Of Madness’, ‘Vortex Singularity’, ‘Transcendence Of The Mind’, ‘The Flayed’ and ‘Amongst The Tombs’. A lyric video for ‘On The Shores Of Madness’ is already available at this location. The “Metamorphosis” cover artwork was created by Costin Chioreanu. More about ECOCIDE at www.facebook.com/ecocidemetal
German Thrashers HEADSHOT are currently working on a special album to celebrate their 30th anniversary. It will feature selected songs from their debut full-length “Brain At Risk” (1995) and the follow-up “Emotional Overload” (1998), completely re-recorded and available on CD for the first time with frontwoman Daniela Karrer, who joined the band in 2008. The release is scheduled for the end of the year. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/headshot.metal
Spanish Doom Death Metallers SOLNEGRE will release their debut full-length “The Spiral Labyrinth” on October 06, 2023 via Meuse Music Records in co-operation with Tragedy Productions. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Vessel Part I: The Night Within’, ‘Vessel Part 2: The Day We All Failed’, ‘The End Of All Things Endless’, ‘Yours Is A Legacy Of Broken Glass And Poisoned Wells’, ‘September 6th, 1995’, ‘The Waning Glow’, ‘Song For The Inert Part I’ and ‘Ethereal / A Song For Nel’. A visualizer video for ‘Ethereal / A Song For Nel’ can already be watched over here. A second visualizer for ‘Vessel Part I: The Night Within’ is available at this location. The album was recorded at Diorama Sound in Autumn 2022 and engineered by Toni Salvà. More band information you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088967200894
Romania based atmospheric Black Metal one man band ANTUMBRA will release a compilation entitled “Oblivion” on September 10, 2023 via Loud Rage Music. The album features nine songs from previous releases, remixed and remastered, plus an exclusive bonus track. Here’s what Marius Ignatescu (all instruments / vocals) had to say about it: “This material conveys the idea of the irreversible passage of time, memories, death and life, all wrapped in a dark and atmospheric essence. This compilation implies a journey through the depths of existence, exploring the transient nature of life and the haunting echoes of the past. It captures the essence of Black Metal while evoking a sense of mystery and introspection.” You can check out the official video for ‘Alone’ at this location. More ANTUMBRA you will find at https://antumbra-official.bandcamp.com
New York City based Death / War Metallers RUIN LUST will release their fourth full-length “Dissimulant” on September 29, 2023 via 20 Buck Spin. It was recorded and mixed by Nolan Voss and mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound Studio. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Eden’, ‘Imperium’, ‘Clinamen’, ‘Thrall’, ‘Dissimulant’, ‘Purge’, ‘Infinite Regress’ and ‘Chemical Wind’. The opener ‘Eden’ can already be checked out at this location. More RUIN LUST you will find at https://ruinlust.bandcamp.com
Germany’s Power Thrashers SAVAGE BLOOD have just finished work on the follow-up to their 2020 debut full-length “Downfall”. The album will be released via MDD Records later this year. For regular updates please follow the band at www.facebook.com/savageblood.metal
Finnish Death Metallers DESECRESY have just released a visualizer video for ‘Approaching Sound’ over here. The song will be featured on their upcoming eighth album “Deserted Realms”, which will be released on September 26, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD, limited vinyl LP (100 splatter and 150 black), limited cassette tape (50 copies) and digital formats. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Approaching Sound’, ‘Spirits At The Cursed Ruins’, ‘Dark Chambers’, ‘Green Monolith’, ‘From Beneath The Horizon’, ‘The Cosmic Crypt’, ‘Shroud Of Mist’ and ‘Deserted Worlds’. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063840274770
The Italian one-man Black Metal band HIEMS has just revealed a video for ‘A Night On The Bare Mountain’ at this location. The song will be featured on the upcoming third album “Stranger In A Wasteland”, which will be released on September 08, 2023 via Agonia Records. It was recorded at Elfo Studio (FORGOTTEN TOMB), engineered by Daniele Mandelli and mixed and produced by Daniele Mandelli and Alessandro “Algol” Comerio. The album was mastered at La Maestà Studio by Giovanni Versari and comes with artwork by Adam Burke (SOLSTAFIR, ENFORCER). Guest contributions come from Gabriel Minuta (guitars), Paolo Apollo Negri (hammond organs) and Elisabetta Marchetti (vocals). “Stranger In A Wasteland” features the following tracks: ‘A Night On The Bare Mountain’, ‘Death Unites Us’, ‘Master Of Lies’, ‘March!’, ‘The Rites Of Terror’, ‘Bereavement’, ‘Better Off Dead’, ‘Stranger In A Wasteland’ and ‘Quietus’. All additional HIEMS information is available at www.facebook.com/hiemsofficial
On September 22, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “Orathania”, an instrumental / ambient full-length from Ukrainian Black Metallers BERGRIZEN, on digipak CD format. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘To The Coasts Of Bessarabia’, ‘River Ros Rocks’, ‘Bukovina Landscapes’, ‘Carpathian Shield Of Galicia’, ‘On The Way To Khust’, ‘Tavria Grace’, ‘Siveria Magic’, ‘The Winds Of The Mines’, ‘Khortytsia The Heart Of Power’, ‘Spring In Podil’, ‘Sloboda Ukraine In Winter’ and ‘Polissya Forests And Volhynia Swamps’. You can already check out ‘Tavria Grace + River Ros’ Rocks’ at this location. For more BERGRIZEN information please visit www.facebook.com/true.bergrizen
Finnish Black Metallers HEXVESSEL have just released a video for ‘A Cabin In Montana’, the third single from their upcoming sixth full-length “Polar Veil”. The video was created from vintage footage taken from Canadian adventurer Tommy Tompkins’ wildlife films of the ’70s. It can be watched over here. The album will be released via Svart Records on September 22, 2023 on vinyl LP and CD. For all further HEXVESSEL info check out www.facebook.com/hexvessel
On October 13, 2023 German Death Metallers CORROSIVE will release a concept album entitled “Wrath Of The Witch” via MDD Records. Gerre (TANKARD), Sabina Classen (HOLY MOSES), Dirk Weiss (WARPATH), Eva Schmidt (NIHIL), Andreas Jäger (HYEMS) and Kai Wilhelm (FINAL CRY) will all guest on the album and perform the different characters of the story. For regular updates make sure to follow CORROSIVE at www.facebook.com/corrosiveband
Spanish Thrashers HOLYCIDE will release a new EP entitled “Bazookiller” on September 12, 2023 via Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. It features the following tracks: ‘War Broadcast Live’, ‘Bazookiller’, ‘Modern Day Dictator’ and ‘Five Year Plan’ (D.R.I. cover). A first advance song (‘War Broadcast Live’) can already be checked out at this location. The EP was recorded from March to June, mixed at Monstery Studios by Javi Fernández and mastered at MK2 Recording Studio in Italy by Davide Billia. For all further HOLYCIDE info please visit www.facebook.com/holycide
“Cursed To The Night”, the debut full-length from German old school Black Metallers HAGATIZ, will be released on October 11, 2023 via Amor Fati Productions on CD and vinyl LP formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘The Gathering’, ‘Demimonde’, ‘Echoes From The Afterlife’, ‘Everlast In Darkest Night’, ‘Scourge Beneath The Skin’, ‘Drown In Darkness’ and ‘Necrovoid’. You can already check out ‘Demimonde’ at this location. HAGATIZ consists of three experienced musicians from the German Black Metal scene: Semgoroth (DAUÞUZ), MK (HÄXENZIJRKELL) and Odium Aeternum (ABYTHIC, HAMAD, LUNAR CHALICE, MYSTERIA MYSTICA AETERNA). For all additional info please visit www.amor-fati-productions.de or www.facebook.com/amorfatiprod
Brazilian Death Metallers REBAELLIUN have just released a guitar playthrough video for ‘In Heresy We Trust’ over here. The song is taken from their upcoming new album “Under The Sign Of Rebellion”, which will be released on September 22, 2023 via Agonia Records. It was recorded in the summer of 2021 at RR44 Studio by Rafael Siqueira and mastered by Jander Antunes. The cover artwork was created by Sebastian Suarez. You can follow REBAELLIUN at www.facebook.com/rebaelliun
“Ontological Mysterium”, the fifth album from Philadelphia based Death Metallers HORRENDOUS, is now streaming in its entirety at this location. It will be released on August 18, 2023 via Season Of Mist. The cover artwork was created by Brian Smith. More about HORRENDOUS at www.facebook.com/horrendousdeathmetal
US Death Metallers INCANTATION have just released a video for ‘Invocation (Chthonic Merge) X’ over here. The song is featured on their upcoming new album “Unholy Deification”, which will be released via Relapse Records on August 25, 2023. All further INCANTATION info you will find at www.facebook.com/incantationofficial
“Diabolus (The Unholy Rot): Demo #1 1990”, the one and only demo from defunct Atlanta, Georgia based Death Metallers ROT, will be re-released via Boris Records on October 06, 2023 on 12″ vinyl. It will include the original four-song demo EP remastered, along with the two previously unreleased tracks ‘Baphomet’ and ‘Violent Beast’ (rehearsal), as well as a recently unearthed live show from 1991. Also included will be in-depth biography from John Mincemoyer (printed on an 11×11 insert) and dozens of never before seen photos. The remastered title track is available for streaming at this location. For more information check out www.facebook.com/borisrecordsatl
On September 22, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “Mystikk & Mørke”, the debut mini album from Norwegian Black Metallers HJEMSØKT, on CD format. The 12″ vinyl LP will follow on October 27, 2023. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Steinens Mørke Søvn’, ‘Dans I Den Visnende Skogen’, ‘Sorgens Hymne’, ‘Kongen Begravd I Fjellet’, ‘Jord Røtter Blod’ and ‘Nattestormer’. You can already stream ‘Dans I Den Visnende Skogen’ over here. For more info please visit www.purity-through-fire.com
Chilean technical Death Metallers BLOOD OATH have just premiered the track ‘The Journey Into The Depths’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Lost In Eternal Silence”, which will be released on September 15, 2023 via Caligari Records (CD and cassette tape versions) in co-operation with Raise The Dead Records (vinyl version). The following tracks will be on it: ‘Beyond The Dimensional Gates’, ‘Sanctuary Of Souls’, ‘Fateful Existence’, ‘The Sacrifice’, ‘Singularity’, ‘Reflections Of Darkness’, ‘The Journey Into The Depths’ and ‘Lost In An Eternal Silence’. The previoulsy revealed ‘Sanctuary Of Souls’ is still available over here. You can follow BLOOD OATH at www.facebook.com/bloodoathchile
Finnish symphonic Black Metal trio MOONLIGHT SORCERY will release its debut full-length “Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle” via Avantgarde Music on September 29, 2023 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats. It was mixed and mastered at Unisound by Dan Swanö. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘To Withhold The Day’, ‘In Coldest Embrace’, ‘The Secret Of Streaming Blood’, ‘Yönsilmä’, ‘Vihan Verhon Takaa’, ‘The Moonlit Dance Of The Twisted Jester’s Blood-Soaked Rituals’, ‘Fire Burns The Horizon’, ‘Into The Silvery Shadows Of Night’ and ‘Suden Tie (Wolven Hour Part II)’. More about MOONLIGHT SORCERY at www.facebook.com/moonlight.sorcery
Norwegian Black Metallers TSJUDER have just released a video for the title track of their new album “Helvegr” at this location. The recording took place in Hallingdal, Norway during the full moon and it gives a fitting representation of the darkest nights of hellish Norway. The meaning of Helvegr is often depicted as a journey or a road that the souls of the deceased would take after death. All additional TSJUDER information you will find at www.facebook.com/tsjuderofficial
“Beneath The Crimson Prophecy”, the sophomore full-length from German blackened Speed Metallers DIABOLIC NIGHT, will be released via High Roller Records on October 20, 2023 on CD and vinyl LP. The cassette tape edition will be out via Mortal Rite Records. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Revelation’, ‘Tales Of Past & Mystery’, ‘The Sacred Scriptures’, ‘Pandemonium’, ‘Starlit Skies’, ‘Vicious Assault’, ‘Voyage To Fortune’ and ‘Arktares Has Fallen’. A lyric video for the album’s first single ‘The Sacred Scriptures’ is already available over here. The cover artwork was created by Adam Burke (ANGEL WITCH, PORTRAIT). For more information please visit DIABOLIC NIGHT at www.facebook.com/diabolicnight
Helsinki, Finland based Death / Thrashers KHIRAL have just released a new single entitled ‘Versions Of Reality’ over here. It’s the band’s first musical sign of life since the release of their second full-length “Shards” back in August of 2021. For more KHIRAL information please visit www.facebook.com/khiralband
Spanish Black Metallers DANTALION have just revealed their new single ‘Sound Of Bells And Open Scissors’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming new album “Fatum”, which will be released on September 08, 2023 via Non Serviam Records. A lyric video for ‘Novena Wake Begins’ can additionally be watched over here. The complete “Fatum” tracklist reads like this: ‘Great Funeral Of Dawn’, ‘Abyss Eating Serpent’, ‘Qayin Dominor Tumulus’, ‘Novena Wake Begins’, ‘Hades Visions’, ‘Exu King Of Souls Omulu’, ‘Mortuary Song’ and ‘Sounds Of Bells And Open Scissors’. More about DANTALION at www.facebook.com/dantalion.metalband
Cleveland’s Power Thrashers DESTRUCTOR will release their fifth full-length “Blood, Bone, And Fire” this fall via Shadow Kingdom Records on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. Here’s the full tracklist already: ‘Blood, Bone, And Fire’, ‘Iron Clad’, ‘Storm Upon The World’, ‘Never Surrender’, ‘Depths Of Insanity’, ‘The Calling’, ‘Heroic Age’, ‘Hammering The Steel’ and ‘Dominate’. For regular updates make sure to follow DESTRUCTOR at www.facebook.com/destructormetal
Dutch Black Metallers SALACIOUS GODS have just released a video for ‘Morbid Revelations In Blood And Semen’ at this location. The song will be featured on the band’s upcoming album “Oalevluuk”, which will be released on October 06, 2023 via Hammerheart Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. All further SALACIOUS GODS info you will find at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063615000945
On September 22, 2023 Purity Through Fire will release “What If This Was Everything”, the sophomore full-length from Norwegian Black Metallers SOLUS GRIEF, on CD format (it was originally released digitally in February of this year). The vinyl LP edition will follow on October 27, 2023. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Upon the Winds, My Breath Left’, ‘Within The Fires’, ‘What If This Was Everything’ and ‘Of the Earth Cold’. You can already stream the opener ‘Upon the Winds, My Breath Left’ over here. More SOLUS GRIEF you will find at https://solusgrief.bandcamp.com
Danish / Italian Black / Doom Metallers THE RITE are streaming their sophomore full-length “The Astral Gloom” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Iron Bonehead Productions today. For more THE RITE information please visit www.facebook.com/the-rite-band-page-219647875291113
Swedish melodic, doomy Death Metallers OCTOBER TIDE will release their seventh full-length “The Cancer Pledge” on October 06, 2023 via Agonia Records. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Peaceful, Quiet, Safe’, ‘Tapestry Of Our End’, ‘Unprecedented Aggression’, ‘Blodfattig’, ‘The Cancer Pledge’, ‘I know Why I’m Cold’, ‘Season Of Arson’ and ‘Breathe The Water’. The album was recorded and produced in 2023 by OCTOBER TIDE and Karl Daniel Lidén (BLOODBATH, KATATONIA), the latter also mixed and mastered it. The cover artwork was created by Albin Högbom. “It’s a direct continuation of the previous album”, states guitarist Fredrik Norrman. “Less Doom and more Death Metal, yet melodic and with more layers. I’ve searched for inspiration in records I listened to in the ’80s and ’90s when I grew up. But it still sounds like OCTOBER TIDE.” Next to Fredrik Norrman, the band’s current line-up also features second guitarist Mattias Norrman (ex – KATATONIA), vocalist Alexander Högbom (ex – DEMONICAL), bassist Johan Jönsegård (LETTERS FROM THE COLONY) and drummer Jonas Sköld (LETTERS FROM THE COLONY / THENIGHTTIMEPROJECT). On the day of the album release OCTOBER TIDE will start their European tour, which runs through Germany, Belgium, France, Czech Republic and Poland. For regular updates please follow them at www.facebook.com/octobertideband
Spanish Black Metallers MORTA have just premiered the track ‘La Caída De Los Infieles’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “La España Negra”, which will be released on September 08, 2023 via Signal Rex. The previously revealed ‘La Fé Impura De Un Futuro Envuelto En llamas’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete “La España Negra” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Requiem Por Una España Fragmentad’, ‘La Caída De Los Infieles’, ‘La Fé Impura De Un Futuro Envuelto En Llamas’, ‘La Muerte Santa’, ‘Leyenda Negra Del Tiempo’, ‘Mi Invierno Eterno’, ‘Estigia’ and ‘Transustanciación Diabólica’. All further MORTA information you will find at www.facebook.com/morta-black-metal-110470397260377
Italy’s melodic Black / Death Metallers HURONIAN will release a new EP entitled “Beyond Frozen Heights” on September 15, 2023 via Gruesome Records. You can already check out two of the tracks here and here. The band’s vocalist Daniele Lupidi, who also plays in HATEFUL and VALGRIND, also created the cover art of the EP. More about HURONIAN at www.facebook.com/huronianofficial
Japan’s ABIGAIL and America’s NEKROFILTH have joined forces on a split album entitled “Fuck In Hell’s Evil Bitches”, which will be released on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats later this year via Hells Headbangers. You can already check out ABIGAIL’s ‘Black Funeral War’ at this location and NEKROFILTH’s ‘Fuck In Hell’ over here. The exact release date and tracklist of the album will be announced shortly. For regular updates make sure to follow Hells Headbangers at www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers
“Still The Future Is Bleak”, the new EP from New Jersey’s Punk Metallers ROAD PIG, will be released via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on September 01, 2023 on CD and digital formats. It was recorded in 2019, mixed this year by Will Mellor at Red Water Recording and mastered at Dead Air Studios by Will Killingsworth. The artwork was created by Fred Grabosky of Form Terror Growth. You can already check out the EP’s single ‘Ancient Noise’ at this location. The complete tracklist reads as follows: ‘Total War’, ‘Blood On The Streets’, ‘Ancient Noise’ and ‘Leather And Dust’. All additional ROAD PIG information you will find at www.facebook.com/roadpignj
Seattle, Washington based Death Metallers CYSTIC are streaming their upcoming debut full-length “Palace Of Shadows” in its entirety over here now. It will be released on August 11, 2023 via Chaos Records. In September the band will perform at this year’s Killtown Deathfest in Copenhagen, Denmark. More CYSTIC you will find at https://cystic666.bandcamp.com
Australian Black Metallers RUNESPELL are streaming their fifth album “Shores Of Nastrond” at this location now. It will be released on August 11, 2023 via Iron Bonehead Productions. For more RUNESPELL please visit https://instagram.com/runespellofficial
Finnish melodic Black / Death Metallers I HELVETE have just released a lyric video for ‘Uuden Ajan ABC’, the first single from their upcoming sophomore full-length “Yksi Yhteinen Yhteiskunta”, over here. The album will be released on November 24, 2023 via Inverse Records. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Yksi Yhteinen Yhteiskunta’, ‘KKK’, ‘Uuden Ajan ABC’, ‘Yhdestoista Hetki’, ‘Paratiisi’, ‘Suuri Puhdistus’, ‘Valittu Kansa’ and ‘V Niin Kuin Vallankumous’. The cover artwork was created by Yuri Chuchmay. You can follow the band at www.facebook.com/ihelveteband