Premiere: MB Premiere: DEATHSTORM - 'Mount Eerie'
GLUTTONY - Eulogy To Blasphemy
Gluttony is one of the seven cardinal sins and a Swedish death metal band that has been active since 2009. Now they are back with...
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AT THE GATES - The Ghost Of A Future Dead
I always had a very personal relationship with At The Gates. It was one of the bands I saw at my first metal concert in early...
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SECTARIAN DEFACEMENT - Hostile Consuming Rapture
Upon hearing the intro to Sectarian Defacement's forthcoming LP I was impressed, but had no idea what to expect after the doomy,...
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EGREGORE - It Echoes In The Wild
In the theosophical tradition, an egregore is a collective thought-form—an entity arising from the accumulation of ideas,...
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EXODUS - Goliath
It was a very good day when I heard the news that Rob Dukes had left Exodus. The fact that his successor was also his predecessor...
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IMMOLATION - Descent
While I’ve always felt closer to Incantation among the two most important American death metal bands starting with the letter...
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ERBEET AZHAK - Only The Vile Will Remain
Black Metal is the exploration of chaos and hatred, of darkness and of our innermost humanity. And while the masses scramble to...
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HELLRIPPER - Coronach
Was "Withering Grim Withered Hags" (why do I always have Haggis in mind when I read about this album title?) more a fox on the...
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Slaughterday with Bernd Reiners (vocals, drums) and Jens Finger (guitar, bass)
Slaughterday don't need big introductions for everybody who is firm with the German OSDM scene, I guess. With "Dread Emperor"...
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IMMOLATION - Descent
A time for everything under the Sun… The time for total destruction isn't nigh, it is here and the devastation is being rained...
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Digging Through Past
Greetings, MetalBite legion! A brand-new edition of Digging Through Past is live and ready for you to explore. We've unearthed...
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BLOODY VALKYRIA - Requiem: Reveries Of The Dying
To die without regrets is the goal; one seldom met and oft relinquished unto a life of transgression, but alas! In those final...
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MB on Spotify - March summary
Greetings, fellow metalheads! Now this one should be fun. Or funny, not necessarily "haha" funny. So if your eyebrows suddenly...
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MB Premiere: SHEWOLFF - 'We're All Gonna Fukkin' Die'
On May 22nd, 2026, SHEWOLFF, a Belgian metalpunk band formed by K. Von Shewolff, will release their debut mini-album "We're All...
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MB Premiere: DEATHSTORM - 'Mount Eerie'
On May 22nd, 2026, Dying Victims Productions is proud to present the highly anticipated new album of Austria's DEATHSTORM,...
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VOIDSTAR NOCTURNAL - Nexus Teleport Fracture
I really like all three Corpse Garden albums. Especially since each one was one of those albums you don't so much listen to as...
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MEGADETH - Megadeth
This is a fun album that sends the band out on relative style. The songs are heavy enough and have a good deal of potency. “Let...
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ALKHEMIA - Häxen
The paradox of beauty and savagery - oil in water - the two can occupy the same space, just never the same form. And so it is too...
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MB Premiere and Review: HELLFUCK - '9 Nails Hammered Into The Flesh Of God' full album stream
Today, in cooperation with Godz Ov War Productions, we are excited to premiere the HELLFUCK's second full-length album "9 Nails...
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Get tickets for HELLRIPPER, SCHIZOPHRENIA and SARCATOR show
This is for all our European fans (of course not limited), but if you don't have any plans for April 7th and want to experience...
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ZERRE - Rotting On A Golden Throne
Root vegetables like radishes or carrots thrive particularly well in the shade. This is what they have in common with Zerre, a...
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GROND - The Temple
Of all the calamities cooked up by us humans throughout history, it can probably be agreed upon that war is the worst. What good...
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ALDHEORTE - The Wild Divine
When I first listened to "The Wild Divine" by Californian Aldheorte I instantly fell in love with that second album by the band....
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MONSTROSITY - Screams From Beneath The Surface
There was a time when the vision for Death Metal was a morbid one. A time when "Scream Bloody Gore", "Eaten Back to Life" and...
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Words I Can't Stand
A post where two words I can't stand are key. For some of my music-loving friends (oh, that's another word I don't like) who...
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LAMB OF GOD - Into Oblivion
Like it was yesterday… I was 25 years dumb, full of whiskey, Mexican brick weed and lived for what was then known as the NWOAHM....
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NORRSKÖLD - Regentia
This is the first time I've heard of this Swedish melodic death metal band. I haven't heard much new material from Sweden in a...
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SICARIUS - Nex
Thunderbolt, "De Mysteriis" era Mayhem and the earliest days of Behemoth have one thing in common and that is danger. Violence!...
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ASHES - Into The Woodlands
Continuing my journey through the Polish underground scene, I noticed another project that I hadn't heard of before. The newest...
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South Of Heaven
South of Heaven has always been a place where we peered into the darkest corners of the Polish extreme metal scene—the real one,...
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Qrixkuor with S (vocals, guitars)
"Womb Of The Word", Qrixkuor's second full-length album appears to be one of the most interesting together with one of the most...
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NAZGHOR - A World Ablaze
Nazghor from Sweden is a quite active band since their founding in 2012 having already released seven full-length albums. Now...
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MB Premiere and Interview: GOD AGAINST HUMANITY - 'The Judgement' full album stream
Today, we are thrilled to premiere the GOD AGAINST HUMANITY's debut full-length album The Judgement, due to be released on March...
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FROTHING - Vile And Debased
Frothing as a band has been quite interesting ever since its conception, given that this album was conceived on a jam session and...
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MetalBite's Top 10 Albums of the Month - January 2026
Welcome back to MetalBite's Top 10 Albums of the Month! This is a momentous occasion for this column because January 2026 marks...
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Digging Through Past
Greetings, MetalBite legion! A brand-new edition of Digging Through Past is live and ready for you to explore. We've unearthed...
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HELL TREPANNER - The Consecration Of Eternal Impurity
Well, what a difference five years makes. Not that 2021's debut EP Unholy Proclamations Of Death And Darkness was bad, but it...
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FROSTSHOCK - Hibernation's End
That's quite an interesting album that ended up on my figurative desk – not that its enigmatic artwork gives you any hints about...
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SOTHORIS - Domus Omnium Mortuorum
One day, there was a concert that was taking place in a relatively close proximity to where I live. Four bands were playing, and...
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Virulence with Chris Defaut (vocals, guitars)
What does virulent mean in medical terms? Virulent (VEER-uh-lent) refers to the ability of a virus or a bacterium to cause damage...
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FAIDRA - Dies Irae
There is a classical Polish poem that is called, no less than, "Dies Irae", which presents a blasphemous view of the Day of...
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ANZV - Kur
Among many other things, thrash and black metal are different in terms of the local orientation. Thrash bands cannot really exist...
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Revengin with Bruna Rocha (vocals)
With "Dark Dogma Embrace", released in April 2025, Revengin opened a new chapter in its trajectory within Brazilian symphonic...
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ULVEHYRDE - Dødsdømt
Norwegian Ulvehyrde more or less was formed out of the remnants of Urgehal and with "Dødsdømt" (which means "sentenced to death")...
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TEUFELSDOM - Teufelsdom
Black metal is not just a musical style; it's an artistic expression that evokes the darkest and deepest feelings and sensations...
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TOWERING - The Oblation Of Man
If ever there was a band that got its name absolutely right in terms of describing what that band should sound like, Towering of...
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NØKK - Heartless
I still have a couple of very cool releases to discuss which remains from 2025. One of these releases is the debut "Heartless" by...
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TAILGUNNER - Midnight Blitz
Tailgunner comes back with their second offering, the first release from Napalm Records after turning some heads in the...
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IMPERIAL DOMAIN - Portentum
A friend of mine recommended this Swedish melodic death metal band to me, which I had never heard before. And when I finished...
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CRUEL FORCE - Haneda
The Force is back. "Haneda", the fourth album of Cruel Force, is in a difficult situation. Two of its big brothers, namely "Under...
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Distraught with André Meyer (vocals) and Ricardo Silveira (guitars)
After defining themselves with almost programmatic precision in their own Facebook bio — "Thrash Metal band formed in 1990, still...
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Digging Through Past
Greetings, MetalBite legion! A brand-new edition of Digging Through Past is live and ready for you to explore. We've unearthed...
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VOIDHÄMMER - Noxious Emissions
If you like filthy, disgusting death metal that comes with a sheen of sleaze, Voidhämmer of Long Beach is for you. Maybe it’s the...
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AURO - Im Schatten Der Bastion
Together with wolves and ravens, the serpent is one of the most loved animals of black metal fans. Therefore, one cannot deny a...
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HIERON - From The Temple To The Grave
Hieron is a relatively new band from Saxony, from where since the 90s there have always come some quite remarkable black metal...
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EXHUMED - Red Asphalt
Overlooked, underrated… Exhumed! Putrid Gorehogs and proprietors of true American Death Metal. Frontman, Matt Harvey, boasts a...
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ANTRISCH - Expedition III: Renitenzpfad
Black metal thrives on black masses, rituals in the middle of the forest, icy landscapes, and monumental castles. Three years...
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VIDE - Aux Enfants Des Ruines
The older I get, the more often it is that I catch myself in the throes of nostalgia. I mourn for the way the world used to be. I...
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VARNHEIM - Void
Polish Varnheim is one of many bands that I have recently discovered. Their newest album, "Void", is a solid piece of black metal...
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Slaughterday don't need big introductions for everybody who is firm with the German OSDM scene, I guess. With "Dread Emperor"...
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