Today, in cooperation with Godz Ov War Productions, we are thrilled to premiere the AABODE's debut full-length album Neo-Age, due to be released on December 4th, 2024 on CD and digital formats.

AABODE's Neo-Age is an industrial death metal offering that showcases a blend of crushing riffs, electronic elements, and a dark atmosphere. This French duo, consisting of Aabstracter on instruments and Aabyssal on vocals, delivers a sonic experience that is both intense and experimental. The meticulous production, handled by AABODE, and the distinct artwork by Stefan Thanneur, further enhance the overall impact of this release.

Painting a new world filled with automated artillery, glitched cadavers, analog horror and dissonant riffs, fans of the avant-garde metal scene will find AABODE's debut full-length a worthy addition to their collection.

AABODE is:

Aabstracter - Guitars, Bass, Beats
Aabyssal - Vocals, Electronics

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/aabodedm/
https://aabode.bandcamp.com/
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https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Santa Muerte' from Poland's PANDEMIC highly anticipated second album, Phantoms.

Born from the cold, concrete streets of Krakow, Poland's PANDEMIC are an old-school thrash/speed metal band that have been a rising force in the underground scene since their formation in 2015. Despite facing a rocky start with frequent lineup changes, a founder's death, and periods of inactivity, PANDEMIC found their footing in 2018 with a solid lineup.

Pushing the boundaries of their sound and further establishing their place in the Polish metal underground, PANDEMIC's second album should surely spread their name across the international metal map. Neither too conveniently classified as thrash nor as speed metal, Phantoms marries thrashing riffs to a dynamic style of metal that indeed speeds from time to time but, more often than not, has the gleaming contours and drama of paradigmatic '80s power-thrash.

The deeper one goes into Phantoms, the more he will find PANDEMIC's mastery spread across differing styles of songcraft; while everything coalesces into a unified album experience, each song here maintains its own unique character rather than simply repeating the same formula for eight-plus tracks. Credit for that comes through each member bringing a distinct pedigree to the table, with guitarist Wiktor Lobarzewski also shredding for Gallower, fellow six-stringer Marcin Konieczny laying down the riffs for Roadhog, and drummer Filip Worek beating the skins for Horned Cült. Completed by bassist Gniewko Jelski's rough and rowdy but articulate vocals, PANDEMIC are the proverbial well-oiled machine – with oil of '80s vintage, of course!

PANDEMIC is:

Marcin Konieczny - Guitars
Wiktor Lobarzewski - Guitars
Gniewko Jelski - Vocals, Bass
Filip Worek - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/pandemic.vol2/
https://pandemicbandofficial.bandcamp.com/
http://www.dyingvictims.com/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/

Today we are honored to premiere the third track 'Casus Belli' by the Dutch black metal band WELTSCHMERZ from their upcoming third full-length album III: Non Sequitur.

If have have a look at the cover of the album you will know what you can find in the song. Sick and hateful vocals and crooked riffs offer some dystopian, depressive and hopeless old-school black metal in the vein of Deathspell Omega and other bands that offer the ugly and unpolished side of black metal. 'Casus Belli' isn't representing the Netherlands you might know from the traveling catalog with tulips, windmills and Gouda cheese – this is the rotten face of Holland showing decay, stinking and littered side streets and rotting flowers. This autumn is going to be full of depression and pain and WELTSCHMERZ! Out on October the 30th via the band's Bandcamp site!

Whereas WELTSCHMERZ started off with old school black metal as shown on the 'Cry For War' EP and full-length debut 'Odium Humani Generis', the band moved to more experimental black metal on 'Illustra Nos'. 'III: Non Sequitur' manages to bring these styles together, bringing oldschool aggression together with more atmospheric and dissonant sections. This synthesis is aided by the fact that this is the first album to feature Galgenvot (Wrang, Sarastus, Order of Nosferat (live)) on vocals, bringing a haunting vibe to the music, naturally bringing together the album.

WELTSCHMERZ is:

Hræsvelg - guitar & bass
Valr - drums & percussion
Galgenvot - vocals

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

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Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'The Pale Hunter' from Germany's HIGH WARDEN highly anticipated debut album, Astral Iron.

Hailing from Münster, Germany's HIGH WARDEN was founded by vocalist / guitarist Alastair van Morgue-Gûl and drummer Sadistic Hammer in 2022. The first sign of life from this self-proclaimed "Morgul Doom Commando" was the demo Land of Stone, released in early 2023 by Dying Victims. Initially hired as a live bassist, Lord Perish joined the band as a full-time member that year.

With their lineup thus set, HIGH WARDEN prepare to ride into battle with their full-length debut, Astral Iron. The title serves as an aesthetic springboard for their idiosyncratic sound. Granted, HIGH WARDEN are influenced by legendary bands like Reverend Bizarre, Doomsword, Bathory, Manilla Road, Pagan Altar, Trouble, and Mercyful Fate, but their version of epic heavy / doom metal is as foreign as it is familiar: Slow Heavy Metal, as they accurately refer to it.

Recorded live, Astral Iron pounds and pulses vibrantly, deploying riffs coursing and crushing barbarically before leaving wide-open spaces in anticipation of that next addicting slash of ancient steel. HIGH WARDEN's tones match their execution – earthen and mossy, grit encasing clarity – and each of the album's five primary tracks ("Burgfrieden" is a hauntingly serene synth interlude that gives way to feedback) lumber forward with epic aplomb and high adventure. The vocals of A. v. Morgue-Gûl are plaintive and poignant, illustrating tales mainly based on individual thoughts but suitably packaged as analogies to various fantasy works (like those of J.R.R. Tolkien), historical events, and legends & myths. Unbelievers only need to hear Astral Iron's closing epic "We Shall Burn at Foreign Shores (The Choice of Achilles)" to witness the blanching power of HIGH WARDEN!

HIGH WARDEN is:

A.M. - Vocals, Guitars
S.H. - Drums
L.P. - Bass

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.instagram.com/wardenhighwarden/
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Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Praise The Fire For The Sacrament' from Germany's BLACKEVIL highly anticipated third album, Praise The Communion Fire For The Unhallowed Sacrament.

Hailing from Bavaria, BLACKEVIL have been forging fire since 2013. Now, with third album Praise the Communion Fire for the Unhallowed Sacrament, BLACKEVIL take bolder steps into the epic that they only hinted at prior. If its predecessor began to transcend "blackthrash" categorization, Praise the Communion Fire wholly does so, canvassing a wider range of other stylistic sizes – late '90s melodic black metal, same-era blackened death, early '80s epic metal, and even a bit of NWOBHM that preceded that – that altogether result in something that's more unique than ever. The album's runtime of 46 minutes across seven tracks no doubt suggests that turn toward the epic, and the songwriting indeed goes everywhere but still with remarkable focus. Their chops, while thankfully evincing a human touch, support these daring constructs with finesse and a finely honed clarity. Leads and otherwise-more-melodic riffs lead the charge into the battlefield, buttressed by dynamics that are never boisterous for their own sake; rather, they're reigned in, allowing those riffs and rhythms to breathe, thus making the surges of energy all the more exciting. Put another way, BLACKEVIL aren't just another black(ened) metal band flying off the rails, imparting one extreme expression after another: there's actual class and craft at work here, honoring the ancient lore of heavy metal whilst adding to its lexicon. In that sense, the ceremonial reverence they exude truly supports the title Praise the Communion Fire for the Unhallowed Sacrament.

Forever Baptised in Eternal Fire reaped acclaim, but still left BLACKEVIL as a well-kept secret. Again blessed with (un)godly art by the masterful Paolo Girardi, Praise the Communion Fire for the Unhallowed Sacrament should once and for all establish BLACKEVIL as top-tier heavy metal blacksmiths!

BLACKEVIL is:

Abyss - ghoulish throat of revenge and roaring 4-string hell
Deathinfektor - attack of the iron six-string saw
Bloodhammer - glorifier of the infernal wardrum thunder

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

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Hear ye and behold fellow doomers and stoners, the time has come to kneel down and witness the grey clouds swallow the light with WITCHING ALTAR's new track 'Silence At The Cross', taken from their upcoming split release Graveyard Thunder with BOTTOMLESS from Italy.

This new track displays very occult and sinister doom metal, full of macabre atmosphere and layered with dreary melodies, raising the dead and summoning evil spirits with its heavy riffs, as you feel the descending darkness and the doomsayer's voice bring down the thunder with the wrath of the heavens. This single is a guaranteed joyride for anyone who is heavily into bands such as Reverend Bizarre, Electric Wizard and Candlemass, and it wouldn't take long for the hardcore doom metal fans to absorb the unholy majesty of 'Silence At The Cross'.

If this new track manages to attract your attention, make sure to be on the lookout for the split album Graveyard Thunder, containing three tracks from both WITCHING ALTAR and BOTTOMLESS, which is due to be unleashed upon the world on September 27th, 2024 via Dying Victims Productions. As always, stay heavy, and I highly suggest that you "Doom or Be Doomed".

WITCHING ALTAR is:

Peter Vitus - Guitars
T. Witchlover - Vocals, Bass
Hector Ricardo - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

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https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Between Apeiron & Plague' from Germany's Warlust highly anticipated third album, Sol Invictus In Umbrae Satanae.

Synchronize your doomsday clocks on July 31st, because the German black/death/thrash metal band Warlust will be unleashing pandemonium with their latest single 'Between Apeiron & Plague' from their upcoming third full-length album Sol Invictus in Umbrae Satanae. Before you fully embrace the glory and majesty of this ravenous beast in September, this single nicely showcases some powerful and expressive performance of blackened death metal, with superb musicality that is shrouded in pure melancholy, fueled by hate and ready for war. With its five and a half minutes of length, blasting all the way through with intense headbanging action, you will get a solid glimpse of the forthcoming devastation that awaits beyond the horizon, so make sure to check it out and crank it on max volume when this shadow cloaks the world on July 31st.

Warlust exude both a tightness and clarity of execution that altogether spell "classy," and all without any sacrifice of their original black/death fire. Put another way, with the palatably professional production pushing the album atop the uppermost echelon of nowadays evil metal, the Germans sound like they could command the biggest of stages, wielding their weapons of sonic sin with the composure and charisma befitting of total legends. But that legendry is still being written, and Sol Invictus In Umbrae Satanae is no doubt Warlust's biggest & boldest script yet!

WARLUST is:

Necromancer - Vocals/Guitars
Aeon - Vocals/Guitars
Nuctemeron - Bass
Warmachine - Drums

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https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com

Today, in cooperation with Godz Ov War Productions, we are thrilled to premiere the UPON THE ALTAR's second full-length album Descendants Of Evil, due to be released on July 19th, 2024 on vinyl, CD and digital formats.

From the very get-go, this album already had a solid start by presenting itself as the eldritch abomination that it is, however the further it progresses with each track, it evolves into something much more menacing that will surely conquer the world of the living by the end of its evolution cycle. This is truly one of those examples of "the deeper you go, the creepier it gets", because the vile riffs further elevate the demonic atmosphere that surrounds Descendants Of Evil, showcasing that it definitely has an unsettling and horrifying black aura around it, giving out the vibe of witnessing a literal ritual of summoning unspeakable monstrosities that dwell in the underworld. There is one particular example, that being the fifth track 'Malicious Holiness' which includes some scary throat-singing chanting in the background, blending nicely with the blackened death metal output that in itself is like a moment of the great beast's ascension.

It's a seldom seen or heard nowadays when a black or death metal band puts out something truly terrifying and intense to listen to, yet in the case of Upon The Altar, they basically didn't hold back to give extra edges to this headbanger of an album, with musical suspense and primitive musicianship building such a strong foundation, transforming itself into a forbidden relic that could literally drive insane the longer you stay in that realm, possibly bleeding through your nostrils or from your eye sockets. The nature of this album is so godless with its frequent delivery of relentless serenades in flesh and blood, but the fact that it's stylistically consistent all the way through, yet never uninteresting, is perhaps its strongest quality, because even halfway through it still feels like from the very beginning. By the time you reach the closing track 'Prolegomenon', it pretty much says directly that the great beast has reached its final form and that the end is nigh, giving a great sense of closure to this Lovecraftian and hellish chapter.

Read full review here.

UPON THE ALTAR is:

bTo - Guitars
Void - Bass, Vocals
Thisworld Outof - Drums

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https://uponthealtar.bandcamp.com/
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https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Inverted Crossroads' from Austria's DEATH RACER highly anticipated debut album, From Gravel To Grave.

DEATH RACER's debut demo, released in 2020, was appropriately titled Qualifying. Musically, their most important influence, maybe – rawness, straightforwardness, DRIVE – are the same qualities a racecar driver must possess. Without zero fucks given and a will to make devilish sacrifices at times, you were never able to hit the final laps back in the dangerous days of motorsports; a certain backwardness and nostalgia for those days is the most important ingredient overall for DEATH RACER. In their mind, post-apocalyptic / dystopian movies – with their totalitarian atmosphere and hostile approach against all life – are mirroring in perfect symbolism that of relentless racing.

And so they race forward, more relentless than ever, with their long-awaited debut album, From Gravel To Grave. Also perfectly titled, From Gravel To Grave presents DEATH RACER as an all-pistons-pumping runaway racecar, chassis gleaming but torched black with exhaust underneath, its very construction pushing the outer limits of safety before all the screws fall loose and a fiery wreck ensues. For sure, it's not difficult to spot the Austrians' influences, and they wouldn't have it any other way – they are transparent as they are thorough, to circle back to the earliest point – so therefore, there's the obligatory "High Speed Metal" of classic Razor as well as the comparable grit & grime of equally old, raw metal like earliest Slayer, Exciter, Bathory, Hungary's Tormentor, Bulldozer, true-metal Darkthrone, cult NWOBHM, Violent Force, and of course, erudite Teutonic thrash.

Still, it's how DEATH RACER revs this noble engine that matters most, not how familiar it is (because what isn't familiar now?!), and they sneak some nitrous into that engine in the form of hardcore punk attitude and otherworldly black metal atmosphere as well as some touches of chorused guitar from old deathrock. But again, From Gravel to Grave is thorough as it is (filthy) fun, so its lyrics deal with true incidents / accidents on the world's most demanding and terrifying racetracks ("Nordschleife," "Imola '94") as well as the terrors of "real life" inspired by newspaper articles ("C.F.S.O.D.C") or just plain fantasy ("Motormentor," "S.M. Death Worship") and daily struggles ("Inverted Crossroads," "Traumatized in Traffic Jam Ejection"). All told, filth and fury and FUN. DEATH RACER is at the wheel, and you're going From Gravel to Grave at 666 mph.

DEATH RACER is:

Johnny Brise - engine wail and motor howls, overboarding control light panels on race track 7
Bruce Pirelli - V6-strings and turbo-charged nitro-screams
Jörg Müller - low-end exhaust muffler
Niki Louder - slick wheels of chaos

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

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https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com
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Today, in cooperation with Godz Ov War Productions, we are thrilled to premiere the MORGUE's new full-length album Close To Complete Darkness, due to be released on May 24th, 2024 on vinyl, CD and digital formats.

With the release of the impending Close To Complete Darkness the French duo stands on the cusp of a new chapter, poised to redefine the boundaries of barbarity while continuing to honor their roots. MORGUE's new record is a nine-track onslaught of merciless savagery and a testament to the enduring power of death metal and its potent brutality.

Close To Complete Darkness is a constant barrage of death metal extremity with abrasive and menacing vocals over the constant musical assault. We invite you on nothing short of a relentless and utterly haunting musical journey.

MORGUE is:

M. Lobier - Guitars, Vocals, Drums
J. Blandino - Bass

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/official.morgue
https://morguecult.bandcamp.com/
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Today, in cooperation with Horror Pain Gore Death Productions, we are thrilled to premiere the HUMAN INFECTION's new album Gravesight, due to be released on May 3rd, 2024 on CD and digital formats.

It's been a while since I took some time to check out any death metal stuff out there, especially because you never know what to expect in this subgenre branch. Nevertheless, whenever I do get a chance to come across something that would interest me, I always manage to come out highly pleased with the final result. The subject of this review will be the US death metal band Human Infection from Roanoke, Virginia, with their third full-length album Gravesight, originally released independently on December 31st 2019, and now re-released by Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on May 3rd 2024, with an updated album cover and prolonged tracklist that contains bonus tracks from their 2016 Promo. Without wasting any time, let's grab a shovel and start digging out some graves with death metal blasting in the background, shall we?

Brutality, violence and sickness flow through the primitive and vile rotting death metal, devouring the flesh like the ravenous undead from start to finish. Their brutal and heavy riffs are filled with intensity and wickedness, which alongside the wall-breaking drums and growling vocals, create this ominous and horrific atmosphere that surrounds you and never lets you go. Next to the already brutal riffs that come at you from all angles, you also have some pinch harmonics and maniacal guitar solos to spice things up even more. As the album progresses, the songs get heavier, more extreme and more aggressive, where blast beats take the lead and riffs become stronger, while also throwing in other nice additions such as mid-tempo drumming and slow tempo riffing. It is undeniable that this album is like an abomination which gradually evolves, especially if you take for example tracks such as 'Wounds Devour You', 'Artificial Abyss', 'The Weavers of Lunacy' which take this horrific nightmare even relentlessly further down the line without mercy.

Songwriting-wise, despite being a straightforward death metal album, it still has a lot of dynamic tempo changes and progression going on all the way through, without feeling predictable or thin for a millisecond. The great thing about this album is how it always keeps that even flow of aggression and it's also pretty consistent stylistically, but without repeating the same song formula or just coming up with a different variation of an already made riff idea. A large improvement in comparison to the original release of the album is the updated blue album cover by the Spanish artist Juanjo Castellano, which fits even better than the initial black and white version that was used and it perfectly captures the grave essence of the album. On top of the updated album cover art, we also have the remix and remaster, done by the band's bassist Jeremiah Tuck, giving the album a fuller and more powerful sound.

Overall, Gravesight is one solid work of primitive and brutal death metal done right, leaving no room for bullshit or pretentiousness, just good old fashioned ultra violence. Human Infection takes a lot of queues from influential death metal bands of the 1990's and 2000's, while molding that into a very grotesque output with skull crushing energy and nightmarish performance. This album is definitely worth the go if you are into bands such as Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal, Krisiun, Vader and Deicide.

HUMAN INFECTION is:

Andrew Brown - vocals
Andrew Mathews - guitars
Jeremiah Tuck - bass
Cj Giles - drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/HumanInfectionband
https://hiband.bandcamp.com/
https://www.horrorpaingoredeath.com/
https://www.facebook.com/horrorpaingoredeath/
https://hpgd.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Gates Of The Eternal Night'' from Germany's LUCIFUGE sixth album, Hexensabbat.

Since 2016, Germany's LUCIFUGE have been steadily perfect an addicting style of blackened speed metalpunk, all guided by the iron fist of mainman Equinox. Come 2021's fourth full-length Infernal Power, Equinox expanded LUCIFUGE to a full lineup, and it paid off in spades: the band's first album under the banner of Dying Victims capped this signature sound with power and aplomb, exuding a new professionalism that somehow sounded dirtier than ever.

However, it was 2023's Monoliths of Wrath where LUCIFUGE further spit-shined their sound and took it in a newer but no-less-parallel direction: classic, ripping-fast thrash of '80s gods Sodom, Kreator, Exodus, and of course Slayer. Thankfully, LUCIFUGE keep that sonic shift going with their sixth full-length, Hexensabbat. Ditching more its predecessor's complex song structures, Hexensabbat heaves toward the gates of Hell with a greasy gallop that brings back a bit of the black while honoring the nether-realms of still-stuck-in-the-'80s thrash and speed metal. True, those aforementioned gods still hold a place in LUCIFUGE current sound, but more so can one detect the likes of Exciter, Razor, Iron Angel, and even later '80s Gang Green, the Exploited, and Crumbsuckers. Put another way, if Monoliths Of Wrath was spiritually akin to a Combat Records release, then Hexensabbat would definitely come out on Combat Core, so straightforward and rancorous is its all-pistons-pumping surge. Plus, more than a bit of Lucifuge's old-school grit is back in full force, which makes the album's slightly melodic-yet-malevolent riffing sound majestic – and, most importantly, not render Hexensabbat a total retro retread.

Leaner, meaner, and keeping the 1987 faith alive, LUCIFUGE command you to honor the Hexansabbat!

LUCIFUGE is:

Matorralix - Bass
Dominatrix - Drums
Berenjenix - Guitars
Equinox - Vocals, Guitars

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/lucifugeblackmetal/
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https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com
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Today, in cooperation with Iron Bonehead Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Biers Of Catholic Bones' from highly anticipated third album of America's CRUCIFIER, Led Astray, out April 12th, 2024 on CD and vinyl LP formats.

One of the longest-running entities in the American underground, CRUCIFIER was formed in 1990 by vocalist/drummer Cazz Grant. While myriad lineups would come and go - and the band's eventual debut album, Stronger Than Passing Time, wouldn't be released until 2003 - CRUCIFIER have kept consistent to their blasphemous, blackened death metal style steeped in the truly ancient and most underground ways.

Now, two years after their weird & wild Say Your Prayers mini-album, CRUCIFIER align with Iron Bonehead once again for the release of their third full-length, Led Astray. Taking the wandering yet fully locked-in songwriting of that mini to its ultimate conclusion, Led Astray is a masterclass in memorable, metal riffing and twisted rhythmic thrust. As is their signature, CRUCIFIER sound positively primal here but never primitive; while these nine screeds of blasphemy might confuse or insult normcore listeners, there's an extremely considered & calculated delirium behind their blackened devilry. As such, the "tight looseness" that's characterized CRUCIFIER's work to date gets sharpened to an enviable degree as these nine labyrinths surge and storm with a paradoxical / perverse sense of class. Credit the latter largely to the jaw-dropping dual lead-work across Led Astray: an element that's been bubbling in the CRUCIFIER cauldron for years, but which really reaches a superlative level here. Of course, Grant's vocals are as diabolic as ever, seemingly coming from every direction and hackle-raising in their articulation.

CRUCIFIER is:

Cazz Grant "The Black Lourde of Crucifixion" - Drums, Vocals
Ordog - Bass
Madman - Guitars
Gelal Necrosodomy - Guitars

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

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https://ironbonehead.de/
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Today, in cooperation with Godz Ov War Productions, we are thrilled to premiere the SOULCARRION's second full-length album Enthrone Death, due to be released on January 26th, 2024 on CD and digital formats.

SoulCarrion provides a very dark and wicked death metal performance that was previously showcased on their self-titled EP. This beast is a very putrid pile of wicked tremolo picking riffs, blast beats, deep guttural vocals, which are all very transitional in the death metal sense, however the great aspect of it being the fact that they convey a brooding satanic atmosphere. The seventh track 'Deathoskullum' is perhaps where it's the most atmospheric than the rest of the album, where the instrumental work heavily relies on conveying eeriness, morbidity and an ominous feeling of evil presence. Aside from the atmosphere playing a big role in SoulCarrion's music, the greatest aspect of their songs is predominantly brutality. The brutality of their songs lies heavily within the growls, brutal guitar riffs and incredible drumming, however the credit also goes to the violent guitar solos that truly elevate this death metal extravaganza. During the entire album, you'll get this feeling as if you're being transcended into oblivion, even the fifth track exactly titled 'Oblivion' gives just that kind of vibe. The album even ends on a high note with the closing track 'World Of Putridity' which really gives you the impression like you have just gone through one horrifying Lovecraftian nightmare that has come to an end and then you suddenly wake up. 

The songwriting is very focused and well-thought-out, despite the fact that this is a very traditional death metal approach like any other. The strength and the stylistic consistency of this album lasts from one song to another, and it keeps your attention going at all times. The album has that bestial-like quality to it, especially with the black and white cover art with red logo and title, done by the polish artist Maciej Kamuda, who truly understood the source material and thus managed to convey exactly the kind of vibe that this album radiates. Same as last time, the production is very well balanced with an incredibly heavy and top-notch sound for a death metal album.

I had no doubts that the new SoulCarrion album would truly work out so well in the end, because Enthrone Death is truly a work of art that encapsulates all the essential points of oldschool death metal. The self-titled EP from last year was but a glimpse of what was to come and take shape on this album, and I can say that no effort went to waste, certainly not with all these sick tunes. If you haven't checked out SoulCarrion yet, make sure you give this album a go, because a beast of an album such as this should not be missed at any cost.

SOULCARRION is:

Greg - Guitars
Michał - Guitars, Bass, Drum Programming

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

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Today, in cooperation with Horror Pain Gore Death Productions, we are thrilled to premiere the CORPSEVORE's debut EP Feed The Plague, due to be released on February 2nd, 2024 on CD and digital formats.

While the first track does serve as an introduction to the album, it quickly gives way to frenzied brutality. The guitars are very raw in their sound, being more in line with the HM-2 sound of Swedish death metal, with a bass thick and distorted that just complements the overall heavy sound of the record. The drums are evidently but competently programmed with constant blast beats and drum rolls. The vocals would be the weak point of the performance, as it seems that the man behind them is having a bit of a hard time growling, even more so when he does the high-pitched shrieks. They lack a bit of depth and power but otherwise it serves its purpose. Lyrically, the album focuses on the hatred towards human beings, even more towards those that hurt animals, be it by hunting for fun or experimenting on them.

Production wise, it is a bit raw in its approach. As stated before, the guitars have a sound more reminiscent of old-school Swedish death metal, which is why I enjoyed the album as I am a fan of that sound in particular. The bass has its moments of presence but it's somewhat lost mixed in between the guitars. The vocals are sort of buried in the mix compared to the other instruments, but they are nonetheless audible. Some of the tracks feature samples but they are never too long and, instead, are placed in the middle of the songs for the most part.

Feed The Plague is a short but sweet debut album. 10 tracks of constant heandbanging savagery that may be a bit rough and have some weak spots, but it can definitely improve in a subsequent album. The lyrical themes may not be my cup of tea (not a fan of pro-animal bands) but this is not an issue when it comes to enjoying the album. If you are a fan of Cattle Decapitation, Carcass, Cannibal Corpse and similar bands, check out Feed The Plague to be released February 2nd, 2024 through Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.

CORPSEVORE is:

Armand - everthing

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Corpsevore
https://corpsevore.bandcamp.com/
https://www.horrorpaingoredeath.com/
https://www.facebook.com/horrorpaingoredeath/
https://hpgd.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Godz Ov War Productions, we are thrilled to premiere the SACROFUCK's second full-length album Święta Krew, due to be released on January 26th, 2024 on CD and digital formats.

From the very get-go, it is an annihilating and uncompromising beast of death metal that comes straight in your face with blast beats, double-bass drumming, tremolo picking riffs, guttural growl vocals and harsh shouting backing vocals. The riffs aren't all about expressing pure death metal aggression all the way through, because they also have some wickedness and darkness to them which creates a very intimidating atmosphere in each song. Aside from the highlighted riff ideas, the drums also deserve some credit for being the strong centre of focus with a dynamic range, with examples of d-beat drumming that appear on tracks 'Niech Płynie Krew' and 'Zabij Wszystkich, Których Kochasz', adding a very Swedish death metal flavour to this already established constantly raw banger, and even mid-tempo drumming on the sixth track 'Brama Snów' that give some catchiness to it.

From start to finish, this is quite an ear-pulsing and merciless death metal performance that just doesn't seem to take a break, killing absolutely everything that stands in its way from one track to another without looking back. The strong suite of its songwriting is that it is stylistically consistent and perhaps even progressing to an even more brutal and heavier approach with every following track. The guitar work on here is absolutely superb, aside from the traditional use of death metal riffing there is also some soloing going on that relies on using wah wah pedals. The album cover is very well done with that very eerie distorted greyish artstyle, which gives it some underground death metal quality to it, while also reminding me a bit of some Skitsystem vibe to it. The album has got a very tight and powerful sound production which did a great job with the incredibly loud and raw guitar tone that expressed the wickedness of the riffs even more, and the biggest highlight is that it also managed to convey that pure 90's death metal essence.

This is one beast of an album that slays all the way through, taking no prisoners and it also radiates an incredibly death-defying quality to it that will be hardly outmatched by other death metal bands of this calibre. Even though I put much less faith into death metal bands of the modern era, coming across something so wicked and heavy such as this was a pleasant surprise, especially since it managed to connect with my love for classic 90's death metal. If you are a big fan of oldschool death metal which possesses all these aforementioned musical traits, then make sure that you check out this album, it's a killer alright!

SACROFUCK is:

Critical Madness - Vocals
M.K.Bush - Guitars
The Inexorable - Guitars, Backing Vocals
T - Bass
Casketkrusher - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Sacrofakk/
https://sacrofuck.bandcamp.com/
http://godzovwar.com/
https://www.facebook.com/godzovwar
https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Blood Harvest Records we are proudly present the new single 'Suffer Minutiae' of the Australia's CONTAMINATED upcoming second full-length album Celebratory Beheading, out on February 9th 2024.

Back in 2017, CONTAMINATED announced their arrival - loudly, sickly - onto the international death metal map with their debut album, Final Man, via Blood Harvest. Graced with disturbingly detailed cover art, the Australians approximated the vivid visuals with ichor-dripping death metal of a most diseased & disgusting hue. At every angle and across every moment, Final Man spewed filth; song titles like 'Mired in Shit,' 'Boneless Mass,' and 'Co-Opted Into Worthless Sludge' soundly proved that content met form. A couple years later, a split 7" with comrades Kutabare followed, after which CONTAMINATED were quiet on the recording front. But alas, earlier this spring, a split 7" with long-running sludge-lords Fistula arrived.

Still, two songs in the past six years is criminal, but CONTAMINATED make up for that quietude with their long-awaited second album, Celebratory Beheading. Upping the disgusting stakes yet again with its cover art, Celebratory Beheading literally explodes into being, blasting its filth fast and free before bringing in stomping-yet-angular breakdowns and a whole host of gut-churning intensity. In many ways, Celebratory Beheading's clearly-framed cover mirrors CONTAMINATED's sonic shift; whereas Final Man roamed within a malodorous murk, the Aussies' second full-length sharpens their attack with frightening efficiency. Nevertheless, the latent sensations from that rancid debut remain - rippling disgust, bottomless decay, slipstreaming vomit - only that, now, they're rendered in impossibly powerful tones. Rarely has a deathgrinding record sounded this plausibly professional whilst retaining an authentically underground vibe.

CONTAMINATED is:

Lachlan McPherson - guitars
Matthew Johnson - guitars
Mark Boulton - vocals
Christoph Winkler - drums
Nick Warren - bass

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/pestilentialdecay
https://pestilentialdecay.bandcamp.com/
https://www.bloodharvest.se/
https://www.facebook.com/BloodHarvestRecords
https://bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com/

Portugal's SAEVUS FINIS are dropping one more single before they unveil their debut album, Facilis Descensus Averno out January 12 on Transcending Obscurity Records, and we've got the exclusive premiere here at MetalBite!

Members have some connections with established bands such as tech-death act Concealment and post-metal group Wells Valley - but comparing SAEVUS FINIS to either of them is a futile task because there are little to no musical similarities. This is a new force in dissonant death metal, and based on the strength of this, their first album, they'll be turning heads for years to come.

Right off the bat - this album is THICK. The production is great, rumbling dissonance and rubbery bass tone combine to create a sound with the weight of a cinderblock. It's reminiscent of the weighted tension of Mors Verum with the foreboding oppressiveness of Sepulcros. Angular, incisive riffing drags the song forward, dancing around your nerves until you're forced to pay complete attention. The death metal sections have a turgid viscosity but always remain active, never fully slowing to a crawling pace as the drums continue to carry songs forward, and then surges in energy are created with Deathspell Omega-esque black metal sections, providing additional contrast and cohesion.

'Overrun By Pests', the song we're revealing for you today, is right in the middle of the album. By this point in the listening experience you're already hooked into the SAEVUS FINIS sound, and the band uses careful restraint on this track to make the dissonance more effective. While there's a deliberateness to the pacing, it's no ballad - the double kick rolls on in the background and the songs move forward at a steady pace, but the band uses the extra space in the song to play with confounding chord shapes and abrasive tones while still retaining a certain level of musicality the entire time. This isn't quite at the level of entropy you'd hear from Plague Rider or Akhlys, the hints of experimentation in a meticulously composed framework is much more similar to Italian dissodealers Ad Nauseam. It's borderline anxiety inducing - so why do I just want to listen over and over again?

SAEVUS FINIS is recommended for fans of Immolation, Burial Hordes, Incantation, Morbid Angel, Viande and Maere

SAEVUS FINIS is:

Mortvorvm - Chants of torment and mortuary clamours
Sangvis Aestvs - Ripper of bones and flesh
MCMXII - Patterns of bodily destruction

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/realsaevusfinis/
https://saevusfinis.bandcamp.com/
https://tometal.com/
https://www.facebook.com/transcendingobscurityrecords
https://transcendingobscurity.aisamerch.com/
https://transcendingobscurity.8merch.com/

Today, in cooperation with Personal Records, we are thrilled to present the new track 'A Ofensa' from LITOSTH's third album, Cesariana.

LITOSTH is the physical manifestation of the visions of Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Maicon Ristow and bassist Wendel Siota. Founded in 2016, LITOSTH channel a torrent of feelings and life principles in the form of music, which definitely does not respect any type of barrier or limitation.

Formed by members of the most prominent black metal bands in Latin America (Patria, Mysteriis, Swords at Hymns, Dark Celebration, I Gather your Grief), LITOSTH bring a new approach and a breath of fresh air with their unique way of creating music. Following two albums - 2019's Crossed Parallels of Self Refraction and 2022's Farther From the Sun - LITOSTH are now set to release their third full-length, Cesariana. Armed with absolutely top-notch production, Cesariana sees the duo go even deeper in their quest, delivering a mix of almost unthinkable influences. The basis is melodic black metal of a most '90s vintage, but threading inside and out this visceral work are everything from dark pop from the '80s, epic classical music, and a wide swath of other metals - doom and dark metal, especially. Cesariana is thus a work that feels boundless and brave, all the while exhibiting a focus that's exceptionally concise given that breadth.

But, lest one think LITOSTH are betraying their black metal roots, think again: Cesariana contains a massive amount of melodic black metal grandeur, cosmic and symphonic in equal measure, sheathed in a soundfield that allows all atmospheric undercurrents to vividly convey the band's vision. That theme sees Cesariana as a resilience manifesto, written in eight songs that celebrate the tragedy and the curse about the fact of being alive, even against one's will. It is a cry not of agony, but of revolt - against the establishment, and against the magic formula for happiness.

Cesariana will be released by Personal Records on February 2nd, 2024 on CD format.

LITOSTH is:

Maicon Ristow - Vocals, Guitars, Drums
Wendel Siota - Bass

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/litosthofficial
https://litosth.bandcamp.com/
https://www.personal-records.com/
https://www.facebook.com/personalrecords666
https://personal-records.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Guillotine' from BOUNDLESS CHAOS' debut album, Sinister Upheaval.

Hailing from Germany, the land ever brimming with ancient thrash metals, BOUNDLESS CHAOS was begotten in the year of 2017 when M.F., P.K, T.B., and M.J. heaved bloody deathrash straight up from the ashes of hellfire. With a brutal barrage of drums, slashing guitars, and throbbing bass-lines, they unapologetically worship the sound of the old. In 2019, E.M. completed the force. Now whole, BOUNDLESS CHAOS have been spitting the hellish gospel of chaos, upheaval, fire, and antifascism across an EP in 2020 and then two splits in 2020 – one with Idle Ruin, the second with fellow Germans Reign in Blood.

Still, the best was yet to come, and it's now arrived in BOUNDLESS CHAOS' debut album, Sinister Upheaval. Aptly titled, Sinister Upheaval is a ravaging onslaught of deathened thrash built upon a blazing foundation of early Dark Angel, Possessed, Texas' Devastation, Sepultura's Schizophrenia, and of course, Sodom's Persecution Mania (and even Agent Orange!). Here, BOUNDLESS CHAOS stick to their tried 'n' true formula, but simply maximize the muscle and tighten the execution; when graced with a well-rounded (yet requisitely dirty) production, the result is nothing short of powerful. And adding to the chaos is Malte Gericke (Sijjin, ex-Necros Christos), who does guest vocals on 'Guillotine.' No gimmicks, no modernity, no non-metal influences – just straightforward & straight-ahead thrash metal from the unholy years of 1986 and '87, torched to a crisp, and set to conflagrate you!

Sinister Upheaval will be released by Dying Victims Productions on January 19th, 2024 on CD and vinyl LP formats.

BOUNDLESS CHAOS is:

P.K. - Bass
M.J. - Guitars
T.B. - Guitars
M.F. - Drums
E.M. - Vocals

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/BoundlessChaos/
https://boundlesschaos.bandcamp.com/
https://www.dying-victims.de/
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Godz Ov War Productions, we are thrilled to premiere the MORBID SACRIFICE's second full-length album Ceremonial Blood Worship, due to be released on November 24th on CD and vinyl LP formats.

From the very get-go, you will hear that good old bestial black/death metal which rips the living flesh with overly aggressive tremolo picking riffs, slow drumming and blast beats, amped up with harsh growling vocals, although this time it seems that the band has managed to up their game a bit since the last time. The songs are much more vile and wicked, giving a stronger edge to the immense riffing and drumming, even during slower sections like on third track 'Bloodsoaked Salvation'. The band certainly gave it all they got to make their best effort with both slow and fast sections in every song, for the purpose of conveying a blasphemous vibe with feelings of utter hate and misanthropy. In comparison to their previous album Communion Of The Unholy, Ceremonial Blood Worship sounds and feels a lot darker and more menacing, especially with the kind of raw energy that the songs create. Aside from their original material, they also included a cover of one my favorite Sodom songs from "Persecution Mania", that being 'Conjuration'. I must say that they did a good job while covering 'Conjuration', and also added a bit of their own by having both WitchFucker and ThroatVomit sing during verses in their own vocal style, although personally I feel that WitchFucker's harsh shouting black metal vocals seem to fit the song better, especially during choruses. Nothing against ThroatVomit's vocals by any means, but they do at times tend to feel a bit silly during certain sections when the growling voice sounds as if he's trying to imitate Goldar from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, especially during tracks such as 'Serpent Of Abomination' and 'Bleed For The Horned King'. If you manage to look aside from this small issue, then you really have nothing to lose here. Another great thing worth mentioning is the fact that the band received an upgrade in form of a new logo by the great Christophe Szpajdel, which fits perfectly with their music and also with the front cover art Pietà from 1575/1576, one of the last paintings by the Italian master Tiziano Vecelli known as Titian. Productionwise, I must say that it's quite a raw and brutal sounding album, which I must compliment for its final output for not having a second of thin guitar sound.

MORBID SACRIFICE certainly went ahead of themselves while working on Ceremonial Blood Worship, which easily surpasses all the efforts of its predecessor Communion Of The Unholy. It is indeed a very traditional bestial black/death metal album in terms of its overall execution, but it certainly ended up being an ambitious output that fought its way through from start to finish. Definitely give this one a go if you're looking for something that would please a fellow war metal fan and make you go ÖUGH!

MORBID SACRIFICE is:

ThroatVomit - Vocals
BloodSpiller - Guitars
WitchFucker - Bass, Vocals
SkinEater - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/MorbidSacrificeOfEvil
http://godzovwar.com/
https://www.facebook.com/godzovwar
https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/

Hailing from Denmark's revitalized (and rising) black metal underground, the shadowy entity known as GEISTAZ'IKA revealed their first public recording, Trolddomsejd I Skovens Dybe Kedel, at the very end of 2018, but only digitally. So impressed by its windswept wonder, Signal Rex eagerly stepped forward to release this debut album unto the worldwide stage less than a year later.

Five years on from that fresh breath of old air, GEISTAZ'IKA return with their second album, Midnatsbøn Ved Djævelens Port. Continuing the windswept wonder of its not-inconsiderable predecessor, Midnatsbøn Ved Djævelens Port lays bare an even-more-poignant landscape of mysticism and melancholy. Here, GEISTAZ'IKA put pronounced emphasis on delicate acoustics, amplifying their already dynamic sound, still recalling the likes of both the Norwegian Perished and Hades but also early Isvind, Helheim, and Ulver. But to reference such immortal names only underlines the authentically ancient ground upon which GEISTAZ'IKA walk, and they duly back up such bravura with their most windingly epic songwriting yet; two tracks on Midnatsbøn Ved Djævelens Port top 10 minutes each, with the closing "Fortabt Moribund" just eking past 20 minutes. Uniquely, the band even incorporate the "singing" saw into their foggy atmospheres, which are already dense with a swirling blanket of choirs. Fittingly, the production across the album carries the aura of classic Nordic black metal circa 1995 - otherworldly to the extreme, but nevertheless the work of actual humans (and actual bass guitar can be heard, too) - with the mastering courtesy of Henri Sorvali and Trollhouse Audio no doubt helping.

Not so much a rejection of the modern "black metal" scene as it simply ignores the last 25 years of such, GEISTAZ'IKA continue creating their own solemn, sensorial world with Midnatsbøn Ved Djævelens Port. To celebrate this new album's release, Trolddomsejd I Skovens Dybe Kedel is concurrently being reissued by Signal Rex.

In the meantime, MetalBite is proud to present new track 'Bestænkt Af Syndes Vievand' from the upcoming GEISTAZ'IKA's second album, Midnatsbøn Ved Djævelens Port coming out this December 8th, 2023 via Signal Rex on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

GEISTAZ'IKA is:

Geistaz - everything

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://signalrex.com/
https://www.facebook.com/signalrex
https://signalrex.bandcamp.com/

The cult is alive! Winter is approaching, and the tyrants of the Clandestine Circle of Aldebaran slowly return... When few expected it, much less considered the shadowy entity RIP, GINNUNGAGAP arrive with their long-awaited first full-length, fittingly titled Heliacal Arising.

No strangers to the ever-fertile Portuguese black metal underground, GINNUNGAGAP preceded the esteemed likes of Trono Além Morte, Ordem Satânica, and Voëmmr. To date, they've delivered two extremely limited tapes, but now are even more embraced by the cold and frosty winds of the Aldebaran Star. Witness Heliacal Arising. What is set to be a new landmark not only for the Circle but for the wider Portuguese underground, GINNUNGAGAP here conjure a bewitching storm of strangely soothing mysticism. Shadows and secrets still remain, but Heliacal Arising moves with etheric might - "raw" on a very basic or simplified level, but embellished with a rare refinement that makes their musings simply otherworldly. Is there synth in there, or some unorthodox twist of strings? Is it recorded live in the rehearsal room, or painstakingly layered with an auteur's touch? Only GINNUNGAGAP know, but thankfully, the faithful reap the rewards Heliacal Arising is transportive black metal par excellence, an effortless throwback to ancient-days atmosphere.

Its grim, gauzy womb sharpened to kaleidoscopic clarity courtesy of Henri Sorvali's mastering at Trollhouse Audio, GINNUNGAGAP's Heliacal Arising stakes its claim for one of the greatest albums ever done in Portugal. Feel the Perpetual Winter Reign fall down!

MetalBite is proud to present new track 'Polar Solitude III' from the upcoming GINNUNGAGAP's full-length album, Heliacal Arising coming out this December 8th, 2023 via Signal Rex on CD and vinyl LP formats.

GINNUNGAGAP is:

Unknown

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://signalrex.com/
https://www.facebook.com/signalrex
https://signalrex.bandcamp.com/

Denmark's SORT SIND were born out of the ashes of sulfuric might in 2020, into a darkness of corrosion of the mind, with the members currently hailing from the likes of Ascendency, Had, Sulphurous, and Taphos (and formerly of Phrenelith). Soon, the duo released a two-song demo, portending grave deeds on the horizon...

At least, that horizon looms with I Skyggen Af Livet, SORT SIND's debut full-length. A new dark chapter, the album consists of eight songs in a swift 32 minutes. SORT SIND's surging & slipstreaming attack is far more epic than those compact runtimes suggest; with shadows swirling through the maze of their twisted minds, the duo construct muscular, deathened black metal that reminds of the late '90s vanguard whilst emitting a freshness of approach.

No matter what genre boundaries one places around it, the duo's debut album unshackles itself and takes the listener on a journey downward through the spiral of madness, revealing new layers of dementia the more that listener submits to their coming of chaos. Classic black/death songcraft, then, but suffused with restless, red-eyed energy - I Skyggen Af Livet is only the beginning of SORT SIND. This is black metal darkness!

MetalBite is proud to present new track 'Dysterhed' from the upcoming SORT SIND's debut album, I Skyggen Af Livet coming out this November 24th, 2023 via Nuclear Winter Productions. on CD format. The vinyl LP version will be co-released with Desiccated Productions.

SORT SIND is:

Unknown

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://nuclearwinterrecords.com/
https://www.facebook.com/martyrdoomproductions/
https://nuclearwinterrecords.bandcamp.com

HERZOG is a new black metal entity hailing from Belgium, formed by Asgeir Amort years ago but never brought to life. A distilled version of their black art, working with shapes that should not go together, but they do so through a craftsmanship worth a thousand working devotees.

Taken under the wing of producer & madman Déhà and accompanied by drummer Hochofen, HERZOG offer a unique form of black metal which cannot be compared to anything or anyone in the scene. "Complex, but transcendent" might be scratching the surface of Asgeir Amort's craft: flawless riffing, possessed drumming, and unworldly screams which will take you on a dark journey through the mind of the creator.

Black metal being the foremost main weapon of the band, HERZOG doesn't shy away from the darkest of death metal sometimes, or even pushes you to a corner to make all your inner emotions implode. A debut album shattering a lot of veterans: this is Furnace.

MetalBite is proud to present new track 'All Rites' from the upcoming HERZOG's new record Furnace coming out this November 24th, 2023 via Amor Fati Productions.

HERZOG is:

Unknown

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://shop.amor-fati-productions.de/
https://www.facebook.com/amorfatiprod
https://amorfatiproductions.bandcamp.com/

TWEEDLEDEAD is a new extreme metal entity from Italy. Intertwining elements from a vast swath of extreme music genres, from death metal, grindcore to black metal, and everything in between, the project masterfully crafts an eclectic sound that breaks down many generic barriers or borders.

TWEEDLEADED expresses himself in a multi-faceted manner, but above all close to his lyrical and conceptual ideas. It is a story, a vision with an analytical eye towards the current social drift and the decline of modern civilisation, which has roots in ancient times. The dynamic sound, a striking as well as glowing amalgam of everything extreme, is explored in very contrasting and distinct ways. The music is both a study of the intricacies of extreme metal as well as an exploration in how far certain typical elements can be stretched and pushed in new directions.

Band comments: "In my opinion this song is the most diverse and obsessive track on the album, both in terms of arrangement and concept.

It starts in a solemn way, with doomy overtones, but then it rapidly develops in a full-blown assault led with intensity and speed, a constant acceleration up to a cathartic blast-beat explosion. The song then redescends into a slower section that resembles the beginning and the initial doom rhythm, which might lead to the end... or a new beginning?! In short, a disturbing infernal loop, with some unexpected changes. During the songwriting process, Morbid Angel and Napalm Death often came to mind.

Lyrics wise, 'Sins' is not based on the concept of religious sin. It's more like a description of what is happening in today's society. Every person may be subjected to harsh criticism due to their personal views on any sort of topic. Our instinct tends to get suffocated and repressed in the name of a so called 'Universal Good' whose parameters are often dictated by the medi".

MetalBite is proud to present new track 'Sins' from the upcoming TWEEDLEDEAD's new record Infernotes coming out this November 22nd, 2023 via Lethal Scissor Records. This bulldozing dose of death metal should appeal to music fans of Misery Index, Lock Up, Cattle Decapitation, Dyscarnate.

TWEEDLEDEAD is:

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/tweedledead
https://www.lethalscissor.com/
https://www.facebook.com/lethalscissor/
https://lethalscissor.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Iron Bonehead Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Bestial Black Metal Hordes' from GOATKRAFT' highly anticipated second album, Prophet Of Eternal Damnation, out November 3rd, 2023 on CD and vinyl LP formats.

It's been four years since GOATKRAFT's celebrated debut album for Iron Bonehead, Sulphurous Northern Bestiality, and nothing has changed for the Norwegian power-trio: their monochromatic muse is as locked-in and lascivious as ever. Just one look at the cover of their second album, Prophet Of Eternal Damnation, and you should know exactly what you're getting into. If you are a false, do not entry.

Still, GOATKRAFT are superlative for the bestial metal style, and prove it across the 30 thundering minutes of Prophet Of Eternal Damnation. While the Ross Bay Cult doubtlessly provided the foundation for the bestial arts, it was the likes of progeny Black Witchery and Proclamation who made those arts more murderous and uncompromising. Likewise uncompromising, GOATKRAFT carry that sulfurous torch with their second full-length, delivering detonating screeds of grinding, expulsive black filth. If anything, their attack is even more unhinged than ever - bringing out the grindcore roots of the form, as it were - and solos and FX explode from nearly every direction, whipping forth a fury both punishing and possessing. The full-figure production only makes the experience that much more overwhelming.

No progression, no compromise, no hope: GOATKRAFT herald the Prophet Of Eternal Damnation.

GOATKRAFT is:

A. - Bass
O. - Guitars
G.- Vocals, Guitars

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.instagram.com/goatkraft_official/
https://goatkraft.bandcamp.com/
https://ironbonehead.de/
https://www.facebook.com/IronBoneheadProductions
https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/

In cooperation with Edged Circle Productions we today proudly present the first single 'Death Reigns' of the upcoming third full-length album Morbid Origin by the legendary Norwegian black-thrashers Inculter, out on December 8th. In this first song you can clearly hear the old Inculter but the guys have become a little bit mature though. Where 'Death Reigns', Slayers' 'Hell Awaits' meets modern Scandinavian black-thrash and some more atmospheric tunes to send some shivers down your spine on top of all that.

'Death Reigns' is an insanely tight blistering ride that rips from front to back with relentless riffs, ominous leads, solos, classic power chords and a chugging breakdown. And that's just the first track from the new record! Check out the single and fear the deadly December yet – this is going be lethal!

INCULTER is:

Lasse Udjus - Guitars
Remi André Nygård - Guitars, Vocals
Daniel Tveit - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Inculter
https://edgedcircleproductions.com/
https://www.facebook.com/edgedcircleproductions
https://edgedcircleproductions.bandcamp.com

After simmering behind the scenes for quite some time, ARBORESCENCE OF WRATH have finally unleashed their vicious debut album that promises to be one of the most extreme displays of aggression in the style in recent times. The founding members have done well to put together a formidable lineup featuring members of notable bands such as Origin, Marduk and Benighted and have created some of the most violent death metal music in existence. And it's not all noise and mayhem for extremity's sake either; this is some superbly composed music with thought out structures and variations, only delivered out of pure anger with blistering speed and oppressive intensity. While their forceful execution of raw emotions may not be for everyone, it can't be denied that such an unadulterated form of expression gives a rare kind of thrill that is nigh impossible to replicate sincerely and the kind of elevated catharsis that it provides is potentially life-collapsing. At the very least, it serves as a reminder of why we started listening to death metal music in the first place and reignites the overwhelming sensation of fear coupled with ecstasy that we all experienced at that point of time.

MetalBite is proud to present new track 'Holier Than You' from the upcoming ARBORESCENCE OF WRATH's new record Inferno coming out this October 13th, 2023 via Transcending Obscurity Records. This bulldozing dose of death metal should appeal to music fans of Hate Eternal, Krisiun, Hour of Penance, Origin, Depravity, Deathfuckingcunt.

ARBORESCENCE OF WRATH is:

Jason Keyser (Origin) - Vocals
Michel Beneventi - Guitars
JP Battesti - Guitars
Simon Schilling (Marduk) - Drums
Charles Collette (ex-Benighted) - Bass

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/ArborescenceOfWrathOfficial
https://arborescenceofwrath.bandcamp.com
https://tometal.com/
https://www.facebook.com/transcendingobscurityrecords
https://transcendingobscurity.aisamerch.com/
https://transcendingobscurity.8merch.com/

With the arrival of September, the forthcoming coldness and sorrow are inevitable, just as black metal in this somber season when the branches dry, leaves crumble and fall like ashes. And today, we premiere a frigid new track by Hellevaerder called 'In Mijn Hand Werd Zij As'. Dutch black metal as you would expect! This track will be found on their upcoming split album Verloren Vertellingen that's due to be released on October 13th in limited edition 12" vinyl, which will feature songs from three other Dutch black metal bands: Duindwaler, Schavot and Asgrauw. All four bands will surely conquer the Netherlands black metal underground, so beware as their banners march quickly towards you. Be on the lookout when this is released, for it is an ideal serenade of occult black metal that speaks of the impending doom that awaits us.

Deep screams from the depths of the underworld, blast beats from hell and melody lines that tear your soul apart. The abyss gets deeper and deeper with Hellevaerder's 6th release. After the well-received In De Nevel Van Afgunst in 2022, it is time for the next chapter in the book of eternity.

Verloren Vertellingen will be released by Zwaertgevegt on October 13th, 2023 on limited 12" black (97 copies) and grey (100 copies) vinyl so, get your copy right now here.

HELLEVAERDER is:

Miranda Visser – vocals
Arjen Kleiss – guitar
Bas Cuperus – guitar
Luuk Steemers – bass
Daan Bleumink - drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://hellevaerder.com/
https://www.facebook.com/hellevaerder
https://hellevaerder.bandcamp.com/
https://www.zwaertgevegt.nl
https://www.facebook.com/Zwaertgevegt

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the title track 'Sharp Magick Steel' from RECKLESS' debut album.

Hailing from Bogota, RECKLESS are a Colombian speed metal band formed in 2019 by vocalist/guitarist W. Metalbringer. He was soon joined by bassist Jawbreaker, who brings a solid & heavy foundation to their compositions; drummer Rites666, who drives the band's frantic pace; and guitarist Spitfire, who complements the main riffing with blistering, passionate solos. With a solid foundation of Judas Priest, Accept, Running Wild, Slayer, Exodus, and Mercyful Fate, RECKLESS soon made their public debut with the two-song Relentless Assault / Prisoner single. Through those influences, the quartet displayed a distinct synthesis of thrash metal propulsion and classic heavy metal melodicism, arriving at a style of speed metal that's timeless and fresh.

Now, RECKLESS burst forth with a full display of their powers and potential, the debut album Sharp Magick Steel. Almost too perfectly titled, Sharp Magick Steel is a cruising and chrome-encased blast of judiciously tight aggression and invigorating, streamlined songwriting. RECKLESS here invoke their namesake by pushing the pedal to the literal metal, pumping pistons and pushing each of these eight songs forward with a locomotive thrust, but it's equally the deceptively patient execution which makes Sharp Magick Steel cut so thoroughly: these four metal warriors are totally in control, and they make it look – and sound – almost too easy. And, from cover art (courtesy of Velio Josto) on to the authentically vintage production, RECKLESS rage like it's 1988!

Sharp Magick Steel will be released by Dying Victims Productions on October 20th, 2023 on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

RECKLESS is:

Jawbreaker - Bass
Spitfire - Guitar
Rites666 - Drums
W. Metalbringer - Guitar / Lead Vocals

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/RecklessSpeedMetal/
https://recklessband.bandcamp.com/
https://www.dying-victims.de/
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are proud to present the new track 'Dregs Of Society' from highly anticipated debut album of Poland's FUKKIN' VENGEANCE, Sewer Surge.

Hailing from Warsaw, Poland's VENGEANCE - AKA FUKKIN' VENGEANCE - were formed in 2018 by guitarist Galin Soulripper and drummer Bomber. Later on, bassist Madman from Torpor and vocalist Alberth Dust of Bestiality joined the band, and the Fukkin' Vengeance demo was recorded and released in early 2020. After their debut live show, the band parted ways with Alberth Dust. Vikk Vandal became the new vocalist; with his contribution, FUKKIN' VENGEANCE started to rehearse the material for their first album. In the middle of the album's recording session, Madman left the band, and shortly after his departure, Lucifera took on the bass and laid her tracks on the album, therefore establishing the lineup.

And, at long last, that first FUKKIN' VEGEANCE album is here: Sewer Surge, no more perfectly titled. Like a storm-blast back to 1984, FUKKIN' VEGEANCE's first album is a rough, raw, but also refined travelogue across ancient metals and dark, dingy landscapes: a true True Metal maniac's album that shows shades of classic Tokyo Blade, Living Death, OZ, Iron Angel, and Abattoir as well as the deepest dungeons of the NWOBHM. And yet, what really puts these Poles over is the absolutely electric personality – dirty as fuck and definitely slumming it up in those sewers, but strangely, invigoratingly desperate and utterly going for the glory. Of course, all this aplomb would be for naught if they didn't have the songs to back it up, and Sewer Surge positively bristles with one street-level anthem after another: the energy is always there, whether it's a sewer-strutting mid-tempo or (more often) a long-live-the-loud speed metalled charge. But, lest one think that FUKKIN' VENGEANCE are simply rivetheaded and only rivetheaded, there's a tasteful incorporation of moody melody into their surprisingly spacious riffing, elevating them above their more strictly retro-minded contemporaries and more so driving home the point that the sewer is indeed one of the darkest (and dankest) places around. Feel their Sewer Surge post-haste!

Sewer Surge will be released by Dying Victims Productions on September 22nd, 2023 on CD, 12" vinyl, and cassette tape formats.

FUKKIN' VENGEANCE is:

Bomber - drums
Lücifera - bass
Soulripper - guitars
Vandall - vocals

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.dying-victims.de/
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are proud to present the new track 'Put Them In Their Graves' from DUNGEON' second mini-album, Into The Ruins.

Originally formed in London, DUNGEON began their speed-thrash D-beat conquest with an aptly titled demo, Unholy Speed Attack, in 2015. A year later came the English Hell demo, and first mini-album Purifying Fire in 2018, released by the respected Me Saco Un Ojo Records.

Now, a long five years after that last record, the hellions of DUNGEON return with another mini-album, and their most defining statement of metalpunk aggression: Into The Ruins. This MLP was recorded live over a sordid weekend in a damp Berlin bunker by engineer Max Hillebrand (Vasseur, Children) in September 2022. Featuring five filthy tracks across 22 minutes, Into the Ruins sees DUNGEON dig deeper into destruction, with evermore extreme influences bleeding into their sound. Their berserker energies summon Sodom and violent '80s thrash as well as Morbid Angel, Mercyful Fate, and Raped Ass-era Anti Cimex among other aural terrors, all merging into DUNGEON's signature explosive sound. The Venom/Discharge/Priest foundation is still present, but warped and perverted to an even greater degree.

Into the Ruins s no doubt the work of one, all-pistons-pumping unit, but individual performances are worth noting for their contribution to the black (w)hole. DUNGEON master Luke Drew (ex-Ekrixi) has become an unstoppable force of demented musical wizardy, his songwriting reaching new heights over 2020's lockdown. Six-string sadist Daragh Markham (Inhuman Nature, Who Cares?) brings his most spiteful guitar attacks to date. Olivia Airey (Maggot Heart, Raze) proves why she is one of the most sought-after players in the underground, with a filthy and undeniable presence throughout the MLP. And skin-smasher Chris Parker (Venomwolf) holds these shreds of sanity together with his uncanny instinct for barbaric flair. With Hillebrand at the helm, the full spectrum assault of DUNGEON's chaotic, destructive, and notorious live shows has been fully harnessed and unleashed across this recording, resulting in five raw blasts of heavy D-beat metal savagery. A fitting score for the imminent collapse of civilization, DUNGEON give you a glimpse Into The Ruins.

Into The Ruins will be released by Dying Victims Productions on September 22nd, 2023 on CD, 12" vinyl, and cassette tape formats.

DUNGEON is:

Luke Drew - Guitar/Vocals
Daragh Markham - Guitar/Additional Vocals
Olivia Airey - Bass
Chris Parker - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/DungeonLondon
https://dungeon2.bandcamp.com/
https://www.dying-victims.de/
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/

Signal Rex is set to release the debut album of Spain's MORTA, La España Negra, and today we are thrilled to present the stream of the second track, La Caída De Los Infieles.

MORTA's debut album bubbles up from the primordial muck with no small amount of rudeness: La España Negra. Pure and proud black metal from southern climes, MORTA's first full-length carries forward many/most of its predecessors' foremost strengths – deft shifts from spiralingly violent hypnosis to scabrously headbanging segments, a remorselessly raw-yet-refined soundfield, ugly and emotional in equal measure – but a relatively wider (and wilder) swath of ideas and textures are given ample room to roam across this 39-minute recording.

Just like their debut EP, Fúnebre, La España Negra resides firmly within the realm of black metal, be it elder expressions from the '90s and underground-entrenched ones post-Y2K; the now-quartet honor the sanctity of the artform by exploring their own vibrations rather than those of others. But within a longer format and maximizing that expanded lineup, MORTA often allow bass guitar to guide their eerily hummable melodicism – again, one could liken that to a romanticism unique to their Spanish heritage – and even when pushing busier, denser tonalities, there's a perversely ethereal quality that creates a cool disconnect. Their dungeons are deeper than ever, and the reverberations go straight to the soul…

La España Negra will be released by Signal Rex on September 8th, 2023 on on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

MORTA is:

Cardhen - Bass, Vocals
Louen - Drums
Necroceron - Guitars, Vocals
Emilio - Vocals

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/morta
https://mortablackmetal.bandcamp.com/
https://signalrex.com/
https://www.facebook.com/signalrec

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are delighted to present the new track 'By The Sword Of The Archangel' from BOTTOMLESS' second album, The Banishing.

Hailing from Italy, BOTTOMLESS was formed in 2016 by the hands of vocalist/guitarist Giorgio Trombino and drummer David Lucido; bassist Sara Bianchin joined shortly after. Collectively, the band possesses a wealth of experience across other prior and present bands, including Messa, Assumption, Becerus, Shrieking Demons, Morbo, and many more. Five years later, in 2021 and preceded by a trio of three of digital singles, BOTTOMLESS released their self-titled debut album: a clear affirmation of the power-trio's commitment to traditional doom metal yet with a slightly '70s edge, bluesy and hard rocking.

Now, two years later, BOTTOMLESS return with their second full-length. Appropriately titled The Banishing, the band take bold steps into new territories here, retaining their rootsy doom sound but moving it toward the epic and sometimes evil and most definitely dark. The relatively-dramatic shift reflects a focus on themes of magic, death, remembrance, and sorrow, most poignantly displayed across such tracks as 'Guardians Of Silence,' 'By The Sword Of The Archangel,' and the acoustic ballad 'Drawn Into Yesterdays.' Even more so than the first album, The Banishing is a doom metal record for doom maniacs, reflecting emotional atmospheres reminiscent of classic Candlemass, Solitude Aeternus, the UK's Solstice, and Manilla Road's slower moments whilst firmly residing on a foundation of '80s doom ala Pentagram, Trouble, and especially Black Sabbath; one could say that BOTTOMLESS are even approaching the latter's cult years with Tony Martin on the mic. And like the best vintage doom, whether it's entrenched in the '70s or '80s, The Banishing is richly wrapped in an authentically analog production, all recorded, mixed, and mastered on tape in a few sessions.

The Banishing will be released by Dying Victims Productions on August 25th, 2023 on CD and vinyl LP formats.

BOTTOMLESS is:

Sara Bianchin - Bass
Giorgio Trombino - Guitars, Vocals
David Lucido - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Bottomlessdoom/
https://bottomlessdoom.bandcamp.com/
https://www.dying-victims.de/
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the full stream of SPECTRE's brand-new EP, Lonesome Gambler.

SPECTRE is the sterling heavy metal vison of Will Spectre. Formed in 2017, the band made its recorded debut that summer with the two-song Silver Invaders / Stand Alone single on the cult Heavy Chains label, which Dying Victims released on 7" vinyl later that year. SPECTRE's primary influences are heavy metal and hard rock of the late '70s and early '80s, and they continued that streak with the Hard Attacks digital single in 2018. Four years would pass before the next SPECTRE recording, the two-song Drifter. On that record, Will Spectre was joined by his heavy friends Jake Glas (Outcast/Teuton) on vocals and David Harrington-George (The Wizar'd/Tarot) on bass. Expanding their purist palette, here did SPECTRE sprinkle spices from Will Spectre's other musical conjurings – namely, The Wizar'd, Tarot, Dracula, and Crypt Vapor.

Despite its brief length, Drifter was undoubtedly a pivotal recording for SPECTRE, and now the duo of Will Spectre and David Harrington-George return with arguably their best and bravest record yet, Lonesome Gambler. With the average length around five minutes per track, the four songs comprising Lonesome Gambler display an "epic compactness" which wholly suits the moodier material here. Taking the bathos and pathos of its predecessor further, SPECTRE conjure a mystical realm where private-press NWOBHM, dark AOR, and even early deathrock reside: the rocking is measured but not too hard, the melodies are melancholic but not totally depressing, and back on the mic, Spectre's vocals are somehow anthemic and sagely simultaneously. The vintage synths color these road/life/space-weary ruminations with tastefully dramatic effect, putting SPECTRE squarely on that precipice between 1979 and 1980, equally excited about and fearful of the future. It's a subtle refinement altogether, but one that proves there's plenty of magick still to be mined.

Lonesome Gambler will be released by Dying Victims Productions on July 28th, 2023 on CD, 12" vinyl and cassette tape formats.

SPECTRE is:

Will Spectre - all Instruments / vocals
David Harrington-George - bass

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://hcrspectre.bandcamp.com/
https://www.dying-victims.de/
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/

Dead And Dripping create their own kaleidoscopic world of dizzying and pummelling brutal/technical death metal where they relentlessly whip up a maelstrom of mind-boggling riffs and drum patterns. It's too easy to drown yourself in their undulating waves of intense blasting and slower breakdowns and one can't be blamed to lie corpse-like amid it all.

Wasting no time in introductions, a chaotic assortment of strings and drums open the gates for this record and never backs down for a single moment. Even if the first segment seems simple enough, as the album progresses it becomes more maniacal and heavy. The guitars are heavy in their own right with a wide variety of riffs and great solos to add some variety. The bass sounds glorious and crystal clear and also provides moments of technical prowess on its own. The drums are well executed and I commend the man behind the instruments for being able to consistently keep up the recurrent changes in tempo, never faltering for a single moment. The vocal performance is excellent as well, with a monstrous guttural growl that evocates similarities between Frank Mullen and Antti Boman. Considering that the band as a whole seems to take pages from the book of Suffocation and Demilich, this should be of no surprise. Read full review here.

MetalBite is proud to present new track 'Hysterical Mirages of Otherworldly Calamity' from the upcoming DEAD AND DRIPPING's new record Blackened Cerebral Rifts coming out this August 11th, 2023 via Transcending Obscurity Records. This bludgeoning dose of death metal should appeal to music fans of Wormed, Demilich, Defeated Sanity, Suffocation, Mortal Decay, Wicked Innocence.

DEAD AND DRIPPING is:

Evan Daniele - Everything

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.deadanddripping.com/
https://deadanddripping.bandcamp.com/
https://tometal.com/
https://www.facebook.com/transcendingobscurityrecords
https://transcendingobscurity.aisamerch.com/
https://transcendingobscurity.8merch.com/

Underground death metal heroes THORN conjure up their third full length which is easily their most mature and immersive one yet. They've elevated their unique style of barbaric old school death metal blended with emotionally-charged atmospheric parts which very few bands are able to pull off convincingly.

Thorn's songs on this album are quite dissonant and diabolic in terms of their riffing, frequent melodies and solos, deep guttural vocals with harsh backing vocals, and dynamic drum work that often does double-bass drumming, blast beats and very slow-paced mid-tempo. The riffing in particular has a very dirty and savage style with the tight guitar playing of either tremolo picking or down-picking, blending with the drums to create some eerie and morbid atmosphere which feels like your impending doom awaits. On top of that, the guitar melodies and solos add another dose of creepiness to that omnipresent dread and horror which has been with us from the very beginning. The guttural vocals are very thick and strong in terms of their execution, fitting wonderfully with all that instrumental work, but they also provide a very unusual feeling to that already impending doom as if you're being stalked by a hideous eldritch beast that will devour your body to the bone. Read full review here.

MetalBite is proud to present new track 'Xenolith Of Slime' from the upcoming THORN's new record Evergloom coming out this September 15th, 2023 via Transcending Obscurity Records. This bludgeoning dose of death metal should appeal to music fans of Desecresy, Intestine Baalism, Edge of Sanity, Desultory, Fumes.

THORN is:

Brennen Westermeyer - Everything

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.instagram.com/thornxaz/
https://thornx.bandcamp.com/
https://tometal.com/
https://www.facebook.com/transcendingobscurityrecords
https://transcendingobscurity.aisamerch.com/
https://transcendingobscurity.8merch.com/

Today, in cooperation with Lethal Scissor Records, we are thrilled to unveil the new track 'Reality Lens' from MUTUAL HOSTILITY's highly anticipated debut album, Inhuman Anguish.

Following the good feedback received for the Sacred Propaganda" EP, MUTUAL HOSTILITY waste no time continuing their attack and return with their first full-length. The band have thankfully made no great changes to their juggernaut sound. Dynamic, utterly crushing, immediately memorable, the band's death metal stick to its guns without de-escalating the branded frenetic motion and interminable aggression.

Drawing inspiration from bands such as Suffocation, Deicide and Gorguts, MUTUAL HOSTILITY create a sound distinctly modern but with an appreciation for the old school death metal legends, all executed with near surgical meticulousness.

Vocalist Adam Rogers comments: "'Reality Lens' is a death metal take on a George Orwell view of society. A war cry for the weak and diminished, performed with an aggressive music style straight off the battlefield."

Inhuman Anguish will be released by Lethal Scissor Records on July 28th, 2023 on CD and Digital formats.

MUTUAL HOSTILITY is:

Dan Gates - Guitars, Bass
Adam Rogers - Vocals
Eric Frabotta - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/MutualHostility
https://mutualhostility.bandcamp.com/
https://www.lethalscissor.com
https://www.facebook.com/lethalscissor/
https://lethalscissor.bandcamp.com

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions is set to release the first record from New Jersey's extreme metal beasts WORLD EATER, and today, we are thrilled to host the full album stream of the highly anticipated debut album, An Insidious Remedy.

Hailing from New Jersey, this quintet brings together elements of death, doom, and thrash to create a bludgeoning, percussive, yet atmospheric take on extreme metal. An Insidious Remedy unleashes ten distinctive tracks showcasing raw performances of muscular riffs, air-tight drumming and weighty vocals, enveloping the listener in controlled chaos and devastation.

The band comments: "With An Insidious Remedy, we set out to make a record that we would be fans of even if we weren't in the band, and we really achieved that. All the elements that we love about Metal are in there, and we couldn't be happier to work with HPGD to get this record to as many people as possible."

For fans of Aeon, Bloodbath, Bolt Thrower, Deicide, Druid Lord, Entombed, Gatecreeper, Novembers Doom and Paradise Lost.

An Insidious Remedy will be released by Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on June 16th, 2023 on CD and digital formats.

WORLD EATER is:

Evan Conway - Guitars, Bass, Programming
Ed Pacella - Vocals, Programming
Wes Ostrander - Drums
Dan Birch - Guitars
Tommy Vasta - Guitars

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/worldeaternj
https://worldeaternj.bandcamp.com/
https://www.horrorpaingoredeath.com/
https://www.facebook.com/horrorpaingoredeath/
https://hpgd.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Await The Command' from ATONEMENT 's highly anticipated debut album, Sadistic Invaders.

One of the most literally explosive young bands in the nowadays metal underground, ATONEMENT are a trio of Swedes whose average age was 16 years old when they released their debut demo, Merciless Blasphemy, in 2021. Despite such youth, ATONEMENT proved that they are steeped in the ancient essence of thrashing death metal circa 1987. Bubbling forth from their cauldron of nastiness were the likes of early Destruction, Sepultura, Possessed, Death, Sweden's Morbid, Germany's Poison, and Chile's Pentagram, and thus was Merciless Blasphemy aptly titled, for each of the demo's five songs whipped forth a filth & fury quite unlike anything else around.

With expectations understandably high, ATONEMENT took their time crafting the penultimate debut album, and two years later it arrives in the form of Sadistic Invaders. Yet another aptly titled recording, Sadistic Invaders carries forward that filth & fury of its short-length predecessor and amazingly ups the nastiness to hellish levels. Again, even with the band not yet in their 20s, ATONEMENT are dead-ringers for juiced-up and jackhammering deathrash of a most mid-'80s vintage, and the ten songs they devilishly dole out across the 37-minute album are somehow more crazed and compact than on said demo. And whereas that demo's ultra-rawness emitted an air of the otherworldly, here on Sadistic Invaders do the trio impart a thicker and fuller-bodied aspect, retaining a respectable rawness but not at the expense of their superlative chops; while it's always full speed ahead for ATONEMENT, they manage to twist the ceremonial knife in different and sometimes-impossible ways, elevating the album above the masses still searching for Endless Pain. Dizzying yet addicting, Sadistic Invaders hits with the power and precision of a nuclear strike.

Sadistic Invaders will be released by Dying Victims Productions on July 28th, 2023 on CD and vinyl LP formats.

ATONEMENT is:

Niklas Saari - Bass
Mille Lundström - Drums
Ludvig Rösth - Guitars, Vocals

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/atonementband
https://atonementsweden.bandcamp.com/
https://www.dying-victims.de/
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/

If you're into some atmospheric black metal stuff in the vein of Scandinavian bands back in the 90s, this is a very good appetizer for you. EKROM from Norway, consisting of (ex-) members of Covenant and Nocturnal Breed, is going to release their first full-length album Uten Nådigst Formildelse on June 6th via Edged Circle Productions and this is the second song 'The Black Flame Of Seth'. The band itself says about the track:

"This was actually the first song that was written when we started up in 2020, so it is the main vision of what we set out to achieve with Ekrom in its purest form. In addition, the lyrics were written by our good friend and author David Lie for this one. We are very excited about the coming future and our joint collaboration with Edged Circle Productions, and we are actually well into the writing of our second album already."

While there's currently no shortage of bands/records offering classic/"classic" '90s-style black metal, it's invigorating - and, above all, authentic - to find it coming from those who were there from the beginning. EKROM have both arrived and awoken with Uten Nådigst Formildelse.

Now enjoy and listen to the song!

EKROM is:

Thomas Ødegaard - Drums
Kharon - Guitars, Vocals, Synth

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/ekromofficial
https://edgedcircleproductions.com/
https://www.facebook.com/edgedcircleproductions
https://edgedcircleproductions.bandcamp.com

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'The Original Sin' from VIOLENT SIN's highly anticipated debut album, Serpent's Call.

Hailing from Belgium, VIOLENT SIN formed in 2016 to honor and build upon the legacy of heavy metal and its varied & diverse forms. Although the band certainly draws inspiration from the days of yore, they're certainly not limited to what people would call '80s metal – in their words, "We believe that real metal is timeless" - and humbly and reverentially do they offer a continuation and innovation of what all their predecessors set in motion.

The first full-length is indeed a summons to all headbangers who love denim and leather, cauldron and sword. Like a veritable jukebox, Serpent's Call synthesizes all sorts of righteous metal styles - classic speed, proto-blackthrash, speed-cum-thrash, juiced-up traditional - into one 37-minute thrillride. The recording's suitably rough but not overly raw, maintaining a "murky clarity" not unlike a classic Combat or Metal Blade record from 1985, and just the right amount of echo to emit sulfurous atmosphere. And at 11 swift 'n' stout songs, VIOLENT SIN race from one to the next, but always with memorability and malice.

Serpent's Call will be released by Dying Victims Productions on May 26th, 2023 on CD, cassette and vinyl LP formats.

VIOLENT SIN is:

Machiel Kesteloot - Bass
Frederic Gryffin - Guitars
Robin Decock - Guitars
Y.V. Skullsmasher - Drums
Marquis F. Morbidus - Vocals

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/ViolentSinBelgium/
https://www.dying-victims.de/
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/

Curtain up for MUSKEG CHARNEL, who release with Decomposition Part 3: Rigor Mortis their third work via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions on May 5th. While the label is known for rotten, decaying death metal albums, "Decomposition Part 3" is more of an interesting mix of various black metal styles, such as traditional black metal or DSBM. The album tends to go more in the Scandinavian direction, so here and there influences such as Marduk, Shining or Burzum or even some war metal tunes similar to the maniacs of Archgoat like in 'Infinite Void' shine through, but are mixed with some gloomy ambient tones and bring some relaxation into the often very fast and partly pretty raw album.

Here and there are also some vile death metal or spoken words vocals used, which then also vocally suit the title and properly crack the rotting bones and let the maggots turn an extra round through the decaying body. Yummy!

If you like varied and very catchy black metal, you should definitely listen to Decomposition Part 3, it's definitely worth it. A morbid journey into darkness, death and disease for fans of Carpathian Forest, Clandestine Blaze, Dark Funeral, Darkthrone, Gorgoroth, Grave, Hate Forest, Horna, Inquisition, Judas Iscariot, Leviathan, Sargeist and Unleashed.

MUSKEG CHARNEL is:

Wretch - everything

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/muskegcharnel
https://www.horrorpaingoredeath.com/
https://www.facebook.com/horrorpaingoredeath
https://hpgd.bandcamp.com/

Bestial and raw one-man black metal band SEVER from the US is set to release its first full-length album At Midnight, by Torch Light, with the official release date being April 14th 2023. The savage wild boars of SEVER will be roaming the gloomy woods once again, when the new song 'Lunar Sacrifice' comes out on March 13th. Be ready to experience the wicked bestiality that awaits!

One of the most promising developments in American black metal in recent years, SEVER combine bestial ferocity with spectral atmosphere and surprisingly deft dynamics. The work of one Ma-Kaxul, SEVER made their public debut with the Sadistic Sorcery demo in 2022, courtesy of Iron Bonehead. That demo indeed pointed the way for SEVER's sound: at once primal and magickal. And now Ma-Kaxul reveals the wider breadth of his vision...

At Midnight, By Torch Light will be released by Iron Bonehead Productions on April 14th, 2023 on CD and vinyl LP formats.

SEVER is:

Ma-Kaxul - everything

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://ironbonehead.de/
https://www.facebook.com/IronBoneheadProductions
https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/

Satan's winged hellspawns and mighty warriors will swing their sharpened axes with the return of Germany's black/thrash metal band LUCIFUGE. Their fifth full-length album Monoliths of Wrath is set to be released on April 28th 2023 via Dying Victims Productions. Be sure to experience the hellish aggression of blood and steel with today's premiere of LUCIFUGE's new song 'Before The Altar Of Famine And Desire'!

Monoliths Of Wrath will be released by Dying Victims Productions on April 28th, 2023 on CD and vinyl LP formats.

LUCIFUGE is:

Matorralix - Bass
Dominatrix - Drums
Berenjenix - Guitars
Equinox - Vocals, Guitars

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/lucifugeblackmetal/
https://lucifuge666.bandcamp.com/
http://www.dyingvictims.com/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Serpent Skullfuck' from HELLCRASH's highly anticipated second album, Demonic Assassination.

From the fiery depths of Acheron, Italy's black/speed metal trio HELLCRASH is returning two years after the release of the debut full-length album Krvcifix Invertör, bloodier and angrier than ever. Their second full-length Demonic Assassinatiön is on its way, set to be released on March 24th 2023 via Dying Victims Productions. They've already released a first single 'Okkvlthammer' on January 4th, and today we present yet another dose of evil riffing in the style of Venom and Desaster with a new track called 'Serpent Skullfuck'.

Still sick, still sleazy, and definitely still crude & rude, HELLCRASH are firing on all cylinders here, and not just the old ones. Demonic Assassination is equally recommended for maniacs of later GBH, Carnivore, Warfare, Crumbsuckers, and contemporaries Children of Technology.

Demonic Assassination will be released by Dying Victims Productions on March 24th, 2023 on CD, cassette and vinyl LP formats.

HELLCRASH is:

Hellraiser - Vocals, Guitars
Skullcrusher - Bass
Nightkiller - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Hellcrashmetal
https://www.dying-victims.de/
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/

Cum one, cum all, it's time for a jerk-off challenge between two of Ontario's grossest death metal bands, right here exclusively on MetalBite!

As a region of Canada that's known more for beatdown HC and deathcore more than old school deathgrind about bad sex, strange bodily fluids and the mysterious phenomenon known as Areola Borealis, this is a welcome surprise that you should be shoving into every orifice as soon as you get the chance.

Vesication is the old fart among the two, having formed in 2008 with two full-lengths and a slew of EPs to their name ("EP For My Bunghole" made me audibly chuckle). Their lyrical themes, as you can probably tell, are hilarious and ridiculous, but it's supplemented by surprisingly competent musicianship. Geoff Hodsman's palette includes a mix of beefy skank beats and grindcore blasting that's straightforward but well rounded in its approach, and the riffs follow suit with a surprising amount of groove and meat. It's got the boisterous fun of something like Holy Cost but with a tad more thrashy OSDM vibes. You'll be giggling like a schoolgirl at their song titles and lyrical themes, and then seriously getting down with the riffs.

The song they're dropping today is another gut-buster titled 'Areola Borealis' complete with the Superintendent Chalmers sample (except "aurora" is replaced with "areola"...this is peak comedy right here, people). It's the midpaced groover of their side, with Matt Hilden's vocals smearing a wet, pronounced pus over bouncy, punky riffs, with a tasty blast section in the middle. It's only a couple minutes long (including the Simpsons sample) and only has a couple of distinct sections, but Vesication can get a lot of mileage out of simple ideas. The production on this is also hefty as fuck - the vocals are super loud, but somehow it doesn't overtake the riffs, and you can easily hear every little detail.

The other side of this split belongs to Ottawa's greasiest smegma snackers, Gland. They're the younger, tighter butthole of the two, having formed in 2017, and their sound is similarly more spirited and zippy with the same amount of disgusting degeneracy. Instead of bouncier, Impetigo-styled filth, Gland goes for a sharper, aggressive approach along the lines of old Carcass and Impaled. The riffs aren't going to blow the doors of originality off their hinges, but they always get your blood pumping and head nodding and go exactly where you want them to - predictable in the best way possible.

Vocalist Zac Murray narrates the whole experience like some sort of deranged serial killer storyteller, with a certain narrative flow to his vocal pacing, and drummer Hunter Breen has all the tasty blast goodness you need in proper deathgrind - the best part about the Gland live experience (which I've been lucky enough to witness) is watching Breen pummel those skins like a madman with a shit-eating grin on his face the entire time. It's hard to go wrong with lyrical themes like making a tower out of your own dick cheese, torturing people with enemas, or catching STIs like they're Pokemon (the theme behind the track we're premiering today). Nothing like having wholesome lyrical content to grunt along to while you choke your chicken with glee.

Pissing Contest starts cumming everywhere January 27, 2023.

Tracklisting:

1. Gland - Bugcatcher
2. Gland - Pisstula
3. Gland - Sculpture of Smegma
4. Gland - Liquid Shit Torture Kit
5. Gland - Urine Trouble
6. Vesication - The Ace of AIDS
7. Vesication - Clapping Cheeks with Genetic Freaks
8. Vesication - Areola Borealis
9. Vesication - Squirtin' USA

VESICATION is:

Eddie Pharoah - Guitars
Geoff Hodsman - Drums
Kimio Hatashita - Bass
Matt Hilden - Vocals

GLAND is:

Matt "Sugar" Galant - Bass
Hunter Breen - Drums
Morgan Walsh - Guitars
Zac S. Murray - Vocals

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/vesication
https://vesication.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/glandofficial
https://glandofficial.bandcamp.com/

LEPER COLONY is the new death metal band involving Marc Grewe (ex-Morgoth, Insidious Disease) and Rogga Johansson (Paganizer, Revolting) and they've done their best to ensure that the music has all the undiluted appeal of the classic albums of Death, Massacre, Morgoth and the like. This is an absolute riff-fest, with every song adding a different dimension of that classic sound which is imbued with that irresistible thrash fervour. Rogga Johansson may have written his most diverse album and on his part, Marc Grewe has given a spirited performance with a lot of variation in this delivery. Both of them have made sure that despite being rooted in the old school sound, the music here is entertaining enough to not only satiate the nostalgic audience but also find appeal among the newer death metal listeners. This is an interesting take on the style that's more than just imitation and it doesn't hurt that it's incredibly catchy while being structured at the same time. Fans of thrashy, pulsating, old school death metal shouldn't pass up on this under any circumstances.

MetalBite is proud to present new track 'Flesh Crawl Demise' from upcoming self-titled album coming out this January 13th, 2023 via Transcending Obscurity Records. This massive dose of metal should appeal to music fans of Death, Morgoth, Asphyx, Pestilence, Slayer, Massacre, Cancer.

LEPER COLONY is:

Marc Grewe (ex-Morgoth, Insidious Disease) - Vocals
Rogga Johansson (Paganizer, Revolting) - Guitars, Bass
Jon Skäre (Consumption, Reek) - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/lepercolonyband
https://lepercolonydm.bandcamp.com/
https://tometal.com/
https://www.facebook.com/transcendingobscurityrecords
https://transcendingobscurity.aisamerch.com/
https://transcendingobscurity.8merch.com/

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Insanity' from TRASTORNED's highly anticipated debut album, Into The Void.

Hailing from Santiago, Chile, TRASTORNED formed in 2008 with the simple goal of being a local thrash band. Led by guitarist Fabian Piña and vocalist Felipe Lonza, the band became more serious the next year and recorded their debut demo, Decapitacion. More lineup shuffles ensued, but second demo Killer Thrash arrived in 2010. Four years would pass before TRASTORNED recorded another demo, but this time, with Witching Demo!, they revamped their sound and sharpened their attack, going from more blackened thrash to a cleaner and more complex style of thrash not unlike Vio-lence, Forbidden, and Exodus around the turn of the '90s.

TRASTORNED began working on the initial recording of their debut album as early as 2019, but eventually moved proceedings to a different studio. And while Covid no doubt stalled those proceedings, at last is TRASTORNED's debut album here: Into The Void. Bearing luridly Lovecraftian artwork by Marcelo Miranda aka Made In Darkness, Into The Void suitably disorients and demolishes the senses with dizzying ease. Truly, TRASTORNED here sound transported from 1990, from songwriting to production, slicing and surging with stop-start precision and an acidic execution as aggravated as prime Demolition Hammer and Morbid Saint. However era-authentic their sound may be, the quintet nevertheless possess the songs to put this handily within that hallowed pantheon, each track taking mind-mangling routes but ones not without hooks; the catalog of riffs here on Into The Void is staggering, and they're all threaded together masterfully. More than that, TRASTORNED's chops are superlative and always put in service of the song, and the razor-sharp production only amplifies this electrifying fact.

Into The Void will be released by Dying Victims Productions on January 27th, 2023 on CD and vinyl LP formats.

TRASTORNED is:

Fist Banger / Felipe Lonza - Vocals
Fabián Piña - Guitars
Felipe González - Guitars
Adrian Gsc - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Trastorned
https://trastorned.bandcamp.com/
http://www.dyingvictims.com/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/

Today, in cooperation with Chaos Records we are proud to present a new mini-album from Italy's EXTIRPATION, The Endless Storm. The CD version will be released on November 25th while the vinyl version will follow next year.

Hailing from Milan, Italy's EXTIRPATION formed in 2009 and promptly set about nailing down their blackthrashing sound. Their first EP, Extirpation, arrived the next year, and a steady stream of releases have followed. To date, EXTIRPATION have released three albums, a couple singles, and a split 7” with Brazil's esteemed Whipstriker. Vocalist/bassist Darak has been there from the very beginning, but guitarist Magikk has been with the band since 2013 and drummer Okrim since 2020. New guitarist Eros has recently joined.

Although it's been three years since the acclaimed album A Damnation's Stairway to the Altar of Failure, EXTIRPATION make a short-but-sweet comeback with this new lineup with the mini-album The Endless Storm. Totaling five new tracks across a swift 'n' slaying 20 minutes, EXTIRPATION's new mini stays true to the band's steadfast sound whilst subtly pushing it in different directions. As ever, the foundation of thrashing black metal laid forth by the likes of Aura Noir and Desaster during the '90s is present and accounted for, but the quartet finesse their songwriting in manners both epic and wild, grandiose and grimy. Similarly, The Endless Storm stays on the right side of raw, but every ripped throat and slashed string and beaten skin feels fucking alive. It's dungeon metal madness writ large: EXTIRPATION are back for the attack!

EXTIRPATION is:

Darak - Bass, Vocals
Magikk - Guitar, Vocals
Eros - Guitar
Okrim - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/extirpationband
https://extirpation.bandcamp.com/
https://www.chaos-records.com/
https://www.facebook.com/chaosrecords
https://chaos-records.bandcamp.com/

I had the privilege to listen to this album in the last few days, and let me tell you, it's been a fun ride. The first thing I said to myself when I finished listening for the first time is how have I never heard of this band? Being a fan of progressive metal and melodic death metal, one would think I would be all over this band. Better late than ever as they say.

To begin this review, let's talk about the band. Chaos Over Cosmos is essentially the work of one man from Poland, multi-instrumentalist Rafał Bowman. And adding to the lineup is a rotation of a few vocalists from around the world. This time on vocals, he is joined by KC Lyon from the US. On A Dream If Ever There Was One, Rafał continues to blow our minds with his virtuosity, especially his insane guitar playing abilities. If they ever release a new rock band game and somehow it was featuring a song from them, it would easily dethrone through the Fire and Flames as the most difficult song to play!

Now for the album, it starts with the instrumental track 'Continuum'. It is often the case, especially with power and melodic death metal, that the intro track feels a bit disconnected from the rest of the album. What I mean by that is that you usually get some kind of symphonic or electronic instrumental for the first track and then we get in the actual music for the rest of the album. Well, 'Continuum' is not that kind of intro. The song starts with a few seconds of vocal sampling of a woman reciting numbers and then immediately hits you with an insanely fast, one-minute, shredding solo. This means that in the first seconds of the album you get a pretty good idea of what's to come. And what's to come is 40 minutes of sci-fi inspired, progressive power/melodeath with face melting solos that could be described as a real "Shredaradise" if you will. 'Fire-eater' is the first real, complete track and was also chosen as the single for the album. The song starts with superfast drums accompanied by a fairly traditional melodic death metal riff. It continues for like one minute and builds up until the vocals start. KC Lyon has a nice screamed, relatively high-pitched growl; think about Jari Mäenpää or Alexi Laiho from Wintersun and Children Of Bodom respectively. It's pretty simple, Bowman shines on every song. His guitar playing is phenomenal, dare I say, John Petrucci level of virtuosity. His solos are so fast and technical, they can give you vertigo and yet are still super musical. It's almost as if they are telling a story alongside the vocals. On track three, 'Navigating By Moonlight', vocals are provided by KC's brother, Keaton Lyon. His screams make me think more of the 2000's American metalcore sound. But, at about midway of the song, he uses more of a type of shouted clean vocals that gives a big emotional impact and gives me chills every time. If you liked those kinds of vocals, don't worry, later in the album, KC offers the same kind of emotional vocals, so I'd say that vocally, the two brothers are pretty on par with each other. As for the rest of the song, it's a mix of prog and power metal-ish melodic death metal. When the solos begin, it always hits me right in the feels. That says a lot about the masterful songwriting, that it can be so technical but still is musical enough that it is also emotionally touching. On 'Ebb And Flow[ers]', which is the last real/complete track, Rafał goes complete prog. This song features a heavier use of synths and is the longest on the album. The only complaint I have is that towards the middle part, it transitions to soft vocals and low-fy, atmospheric synths. It's not that these parts are bad per se, it's just that it happens more than once and it's handled a bit awkwardly. So basically, for the rest of the song, you get lightning-fast solos, then it cuts immediately to the soft part. The same pattern repeats until the end. It's a shame because the heavier parts are really freaking good! Closing the album is 'Melatonin', synth instrumental with serious 80s vibes. I could truly see it playing in a Stranger Things episode, it would fit perfectly.

So, I'll end on this note: this album is relatively short (40 something minutes), but is jam packed with some of the best guitar solo works I have heard in quite some time. The runtime is perfect because I'm not sure I would have been able to digest many minutes more of this wonderful music. It's the perfect sized portion. I cannot find anything truly bad, the album as a whole feels fluid (with some minor exceptions). The guitars sound beautiful, very high up in the mix and crystal clear. It's evident that it's the instrument they wanted to show off and, oh boy, did they succeed! So, if you're searching for a proggy, spacey and super melodic metal record, really give this album and all of the band's discography, as a matter of fact, a listen.

"A Dream If Ever There Was One" will be self-released released on November 9th, 2022.

CHAOS OVER COSMOS is:

Rafal Bowman - guitars, synths, drum programming
KC Lyon - vocals

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/chaosovercosmos
https://chaosovercosmos.bandcamp.com/

If you have read my writing to any extent, you'll realize I'm not a big thrash guy. In case you needed an example, there was a sold-out Testament/Exodus/Death Angel show in my city over the weekend, and I instead opted to drive two hours away for a Rivers of Nihil show happening on the same night. (Side note: I wasn't into Rivers before but holy fuck you need to see them live, I think I "get" The Work now. Mushrooms are optional, but definitely recommended.)

As such, if I'm going to give the time of day to a thrash album, it's gonna have to do something a little different to draw my attention. Voivod-esque weirdness is usually a safe bet to keep me listening. Sometimes a little extra tech and speed will satisfy the part of my brain that subsists solely on Suffocation riffs. In very rare cases, the band is so focused and dedicated that every essence of their music oozes pure thrash in a way that is impossible to ignore.

DIABOLOGY does…none of those things. But you know what? Somehow, I can still fuck with this.

There's a couple of reasons why. Despite dabbling in the oft-maligned strains of groove-thrash that is the speciality of Machine Head and Trivium, this has more to it than most albums I've heard with that type of sound. My big beef with thrash is that most of the time, it's too restrictive - if you add enough melodic riffs and wailing cleans, it turns into power/speed metal. If you add too many heavy riffs and growls, it's death metal now. If you add a clean chorus that isn't infused with gang shouts, you've got metalcore, baby! Thrash gets caught in the middle, and you have fewer blocks to work with than any other metal genre. Yes, even funeral doom.

DIABOLOGY blows past this limitation by splicing in some other influences where they see fit. 80s thrash bands only had other early thrash, punk rock and NWOBHM to help shape their sound, but since DIABOLOGY is a newer band, they have the advantage of being able to take pieces from other modern metal genres to help widen their range of motion. 'Chimera' and 'March to Sea' have chunky, mid-era Mastodon riffs that add a heavier element, and it adds an extra dynamic to the more classic "I wore a Metallica shirt every day when I was 14" type riffs that you hear in songs like "Spoil".

The group is tagged as "black/thrash" on Metal Archives but I don't hear a ton of black metal in here - maybe it comes from the harsh vocal tone? Lead vocalist Jesse Bergen has a breathy inflection on his mid-range rasp, with a bit of a shouty tone giving it some attitude and edge - similar to a more subdued version of Midnight. It's not my favorite tone (and the clean singing is a little rough around the edges), but nothing ever grates against your ears because the production job on this is excellent. Mixed by Dave Kaminsky (whose band Stone Healer put out my favorite album of 2021), you hear a clean, crisp sound that highlights the best of each instrument, while still having the appropriate level of crunch that is a requirement for heavy metal. There are the occasional ideas that feel a bit off, but to sound job masks the errors as much as it possibly can.

There's a lot of little bells and whistles in this that I've touched on, but often that can result in a haphazard, uninteresting mess of an album. It's a common pitfall of younger bands - in their eagerness to get their music out to the public, they cobble together any good idea they've had, regardless of how poorly they might flow together. DIABOLOGY still have that spunk and enthusiasm you always want to hear out of a younger band (if you're already bored with your own riffs by the time you're 25 that's never a good sign), like you get the sense they legitimately think their riffs are some of the best in the world - but since they already got all the knee-jerk impulses out on their first full-length, the writing on Father of Serpents is much more deliberately paced, with some transitions being a bit less balls-to-the-wall in order to serve the song better in the long run.

Father of Serpents comes out this Friday, October 7th, on Dissonant Hymns Records. If your interest is piqued, you can hear a full stream of the album below, with accompanying links to purchase the album and follow the band on all their socials as well.

DIABOLOGY is:

Jesse Bergen - guitar and vocals
Jack Kleinman - guitar
Matthew Morales - drums and backing vocals

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/diabologyband/
https://diabology.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/diabologyband/
https://www.dissonanthymnsrecords.com

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Mellhammer' from BUNKER 66 special 7” split with LUCIFUGE, Of Night And Lust.

Both BUNKER 66 and LUCIFUGE should be familiar names to those versed in the dark deeds of Dying Victims: Just earlier this year, BUNKER 66 released through the label a split 7” with fellow Italian filth-bangers HELLCRASH, as well as their long-awaited (and rightly celebrated) fourth album, Beyond the Help of Prayers, earlier in 2021; for their part, LUCIFUGE released their equally celebrated fourth album, Infernal Power, through Dying Victims during the spring of 2021. Here on Of Night and Lust, both bands each deliver three exclusive songs, making for 24 minutes of ancient speed metal sleaze and metalpunk ghoulishness.

BUNKER 66 are up first and show no signs of slowing down, especially so after 15 years as a band now. 'Mellhammer' and 'Sulphurous Lust' are exemplary displays of their greasy speed-metal surge, and yet subtly exude an eerie aspect that perhaps point the way forward for future recordings. Capping their entry is a faithful cover of Motörhead's 'Doctor Rock,' which both underlines BUNKER 66's roots as well as reverently paying respect to the fallen gods of Lemmy and Würzel.

Of Night And Lust, a special split mini-album between BUNKER 66 and Germany's LUCIFUGE, will be released by Dying Victims Productions on October 21st, 2022 on CD and 12” vinyl formats.

BUNKER 66 is:

Damien Thorne - Bass, Vocals
Dee Dee Altar - Drums
J.J. Priestkiller - Guitars

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://facebook.com/Bunker66
https://bunker66.bandcamp.com/
http://www.dyingvictims.com/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/

Two years after the release of their highly acclaimed full length Unending Futility, UK’s strongest purveyors of classic death metal LIVE BURIAL return with a new full length which is a staggering improvement over it in all conceivable ways. As if new techniques have been unlocked, the songwriting on this record is far more intricate and multi-faceted, with the band not only relying on their trademark lurching doomy death metal crawl but also expanding upon the scope by adding new textures and influences, including those sounding Finnish in origin.

Despite these enhancements in sound, the music has only become faster, more aggressive and scathing, with vocals being acerbic enough to melt flesh but also somehow carry emotion, which in turn are magnified by excellent lead-playing. This is the culmination of the purest form of death metal worked upon to make it relevant, nay, cutting-edge in terms of extremity, technical proficiency and even emotive capability where this old school style of music goes.

MetalBite is proud to present new track 'The Ordeal Of Purification' from upcoming album "Curse Of The Forlorn" coming out September 23rd, 2022 via Transcending Obscurity Records. This massive dose of death metal should appeal to music fans of Asphyx, Bolt Thrower, Benediction, Obituary, Morgoth, and Autopsy.

LIVE BURIAL is:

Jamie Brown - Vocals
Rob Hindmarsh - Guitars
Jake Bielby - Guitars
Lee Anderson - Bass
Matthew Henderson - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/LiveBurial
https://liveburialdeath.bandcamp.com/
https://tometal.com/
https://www.facebook.com/transcendingobscurityrecords
https://transcendingobscurity.aisamerch.com/
https://transcendingobscurity.8merch.com/

Dutch black metal project ASGRAUW is back with their fifth album Façade out on the 7th October via Death Prayer Records. MetalBite is proud to host the premiere of the first single 'Versplinterd Hout' ('Splintered Wood') which rises the spirit of some Scandinavian black metal from the 90s. Icy riffing, hateful and desperate vocals meets some melodic keyboard atmosphere and invites the listener to a nostalgic and somewhat well-known trip back to the glorious days when bands like Emperor, Gehenna or Dimmu Borgir had relesed their premieres. 'Versplinterd Hout' is an amazing song which makes you long for the autumn and the release of Façade.

Façade explores the area between life and death. The unknown and inexplicable, sometimes things are not what they seem. From suspended animation caused by disease to the despair of being buried alive. The struggle between wishing and fearing death. From losing your individuality to sacrificing your soul. All themes that balance on the thin line between the two worlds. Is there any difference at all? Or do we attach too much value to our corpus?

ASGRAUW is:

Vaal - guitars & vocals
Batr - drums, synths & additional bass
Kaos - bass, vocals & spoken words

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Asgrauw
https://asgrauw.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/deathprayerrecords/
https://deathprayerrecords.bandcamp.com/

Andy Wit (ex-Once Begotten, ex-Dictated (tour-bassist), the driving force behind ANCHILLYS, took ten years to make his debut album. He first locked himself in the bedroom of his childhood home, then fought sleepless nights in a 19th century rehearsal bunker writing and recording what would become Elan Vital. Through determination and a demanding work ethic, Wit developed as a musician and producer, honing his craft of the most brutal and technical aspects of the death metal genre.

Musically, ANCHILLYS takes no prisoners on Elan Vital to set a blasting, pounding and slamming tone according to old-school metal tradition - with a nod to the contemporary variant. With the aim of providing the listener with a heavy portion of maniacal aggression, stubbornness and melancholy. Lyrically, Wit explores his own love - hate relationship with human existence. Inspired by an inner meditative odyssey, he says he dragged his lyrics 'from the spiritual Gate of Hades'.

The first track 'Elan Vital' from the same titled upcoming and very promising debut album by Dutch one-man project ANCHILLYS starts quite creeping but after a while the handbrake is released slowly and the brutal trip starts. A mixture of some dissonant sounds and brutal death metal with some groovy parts in the vein of Suffocation, Cryptosy, Necophagist or Deeds of Flesh and co is waiting for the listener. The song is a very cool appetizer for the full-length which will be released independent on August 26th, 2022. Check it out and don't forget to apply the brake afterwards again.

ANCHILLYS is:

Andy Wit - all instruments

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Anchillys/
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Hailing from Romania, this putrid ensemble was formed in Bucharest back in 2014 and after burst from the bowels of the ugliest underground with their debut album, Sewer Fiends, ROTHEADS strike with their second full-length, Slither In Slime!

Another aptly-fucking-titled album, Slither In Slime immediately sounds like ROTHEADS, but something strange - something altogether unwholesome and even otherworldly - is at work here. While no doubt as crushing as ever, there's a cool/calm/collected execution to the album that creates tension and unease, allowing those same foul 'n' fetid riffs to wash over you with filthier effect, and something approaching "atmosphere" results. Patient? Yes, but the payoff is even grander, as a swirling creepiness seduces even the most closeminded death metaller. We could also say that Slither In Slime is catchy as fuck, too, but that should be apparent to anyone who dares to step into ROTHEADS' newest sewer. Simply massive? You fucking bet!

Graced with appropriately stark cover art courtesy of Mörtuus and suitably tendrilous mastering courtesy of Ted Tringo, ROTHEADS have eclipsed the lofty standards set by their debut: you are hereby commanded to Slither in Slime!

Today, in cooperation with Memento Mori, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Spectral Visitation' from ROTHEADS' second full-length, Slither In Slime, out July 25th, 2022.

ROTHEADS is:

Spurcăciune - guitars/vocals
Bîrsatan - bass guitar
Omu' Rău - guitars
Potaie - drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/rotheads
https://rotheads.bandcamp.com/
http://www.memento-mori.es/
https://www.facebook.com/memento.mori.label

ANIMALIZE debut EP, Tapes From The Crypt, in 2020 was a swift and solid 20 minutes, that displayed massive promise from the band, which they've handily surpassed with their full-length debut, Meat We Are Made Of. Graced again with an unforgettable cover, Meat We Are Made Of is a breathless and breathtaking statement. Its sound races all over the place, from cruising speed to tricky detours to headbanging mid-tempos, with an organized sort of mayhem, as explosive solos and dramatic vocal layering turn these nine beguiling songs into impossible anthems.

That sound is undeniably heavy metal, but ANIMALIZE manage to synthesize speed metal with power-thrash and traditional metal into a dizzying-yet-addicting blend that jumps across countries and even continents with insane ease. It's both futuristic and firmly rooted in the past, and the album's sterling production sharpens it to a katana.

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Back From The Sematary' from ANIMALIZE' debut full-length, Meat We Are Made Of, out June 30th, 2022 on CD and vinyl LP formats.

ANIMALIZE is:

Damien "Reyvah Tend" Denetre - Drums
Jessy "Dante Milk" Bosc - Guitars
Niels "Coyote" Bang - Vocals, Bass
Gabriel Rattlehead - Guitars
Adam Ritchie - Guitars

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/animalizeband/
https://animalizeband.bandcamp.com/
https://www.dying-victims.de/
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/

All that is war is brought to you via the relentless hand of punishment that is BARBARIC HORDE. Risen with spectacular might and breathtaking awe, the Portuguese war metal maniacs bring forth their latest installment of disaster in the form of Barbaric Hammer Fist. This album is even better in my opinion when compared to their debut full length Axe of Superior Savagery. The production is seemingly thicker and cloudy in comparison to the sharp grazing noise that was on the previous assault. Vocals are under the bassy kick and the riffs are shelled out under the cloud of clanging.

This kind of production was well thought out you could say as it gives the listener a perspective or representation of a hammering, thudding, groove; and while we could all sit here and share comparisons and debate originality, it's metal, war metal at that, it would be extremely difficult to mask the influences before you and even harder to make a record this sort (black metal) without being a copycat to some degree, so let's not thread down that path. It's the way of the subgenre, you pick your influences and throw on a camouflage, bend in and hope that you still stand out somehow. It's the tale of this subgenre and BARBARIC HORDE while blending in with the likes of a far less chaotic/technical Revenge or Damar, still manage to carve out a sound that they can be identified by. Impressive if you ask me.

Looking into the march that is opener 'Havoc Kommand', leading to a nasty offset in the furious workings of 'Iron Calvary Assassins', the mission seems pretty obvious, demolish to a battered pulp and leave behind a path of desolation. As implied the (instrumental) fury is brought into then spotlight on compositions such as 'Savage Rituals Return' and 'Caller Of Deformed Spirits' give testament to this. All in, no messing around, prepare to be obliterated when you get to the slaughter fest that is 'Sanguinary Triumphators' that display both a pulsating yet semi technical string onslaught in the soloing department. Vocals are a gasping shout and the lofi drumming cloak the instrumental atrocities.

It's a good one that came rather earlier than expected; such is the way of the predator, you always have to be on the lookout when your flesh is weak. Pickup the copy of Barbaric Hammer Fist on LP / CD / MC and digital through Godz ov War Productions on June 10th, 2022.

BARBARIC HORDE is:

Zepar - bestial chainsaw of profanation, venom evoking death and choral spasms, keys of doom
Coffincrusher - flutter of luciferian wings, collapsing burning churches, devilish chanting

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

http://godzovwar.com/
https://www.facebook.com/godzovwar
https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/

Hailing from France, SCUMSLAUGHT formed during the cursed year of 2020. A power-trio in the grandest tradition, the band features in its ranks underground veterans: Leo Brard (ex-Cadaveric Fumes), Kev Desecrator (Destroyer 666, Venefixion, Sépulcre), and Jon Whiplash (ex-Skelethal, Sépulcre). Not surprisingly, SCUMSLAUGHT's sound surges with a comparable nastiness most/all those aforementioned bands are renown for, but with influences firmly in the vein of Canada's Slaughter, the almighty Discharge, and modern torchbearers Nekrofilth - and, for good measure, a bit of Hellhammer and early Celtic Frost - this is a rabidly different beast.

Somewhere at that ungodly nexus of proto-blackthrash, ancient metalpunk, and general '80s underground chaos lies SCUMSLAUGHT's debut mini-album, Knives And Amphetamines. Not for nothing is the nine-song/23-minute assault on good taste titled as such: no one is spared SCUMSLAUGHT's caustic view of the world, where lawlessness and disorder and degeneracy run rampant. The filth flies fast and free, hard-charging and headbanging with a get-in/get-out efficiency of songcraft that simply heightens the inherent catchiness of their anti-anthems. But rest assured (six feet under) that Knives and Amphetamines is no feel-good record; in fact, SCUMSLAUGHT want you to feel bad.

Today, in cooperation with Caligari Records, we are thrilled to present a brand new single 'Emesis Bile' from SCUMSLAUGHT debut mini-album, Knives And Amphetamines, out June 23rd, 2022 on CD and cassette tape formats.

SCUMSLAUGHT is:

Kev Desecrator - Guitars, Vocals
Jon Whiplash - Bass
Léo Brard - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://scumslaught.bandcamp.com/
http://www.caligarirecords.com/
https://www.facebook.com/CaligariRecords/
https://caligarirecords.bandcamp.com/

After hosting the video premiere for 'Bad Trip', today we are teaming up yet again with Edged Circle Productions / Suicide Records Chile to present the highly anticipated debut album of Chile's SIGN OF EVIL, Psychodelic Death, out May 20th, 2022 on CD and vinyl LP formats.

It was but early 2020 when SIGN OF EVIL burst forth from some Lovecraftian fever dream to release their debut EP, Psychodelic Horror. Hailing from the cult-metal hotbed of Chile, it was no surprise that this then-one-man project of Witchfucker (also of the well-regarded Invocation Spells and Dekapited) bore some semblance of classic South American madness, but there was just as equally as sorts of other madness bubbling in SIGN OF EVIL's cauldron.

And now, Witchfucker's joined by new drummer Thoth, and the duo's chemistry is immediate and mesmerizing. Everything about its short-length predecessor is not only taken up a notch, it's nearly maximized to overkill-type levels, but that's the only kind of madness for SIGN OF EVIL! More chorus pedal on everything, more guitar solos everywhere, more anthems and more hypnosis and more evil and more ARGH!!! In fact, that chorus-pedal abuse puts Psychodelic Death in a realm almost removed from metal and into old deathrock - so sinister yet also so sexy. But rest assured that the duo have their noses planted deeply in an ancient ugliness redolent of early Bathory, Venom, Warfare, and even the Plasmatics: Witchfucker's now got two vocal styles warring with each other - one a thirsty 'n' miserable blackrasp, the other a sewer vomit warped by a harmonizer ala very early Carcass, Impetigo, or Carnage - and Thoth's snare sound is straight outta Sarcofago's INRI. The cultest metal album of the year? YOU FUCKING BET!

SIGN OF EVIL is:

Witchfucker - vocals, guitar, bass
Thoth - drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/signofevilchile/
https://edgedcircleproductions.com/
https://www.facebook.com/edgedcircleproductions
https://edgedcircleproductions.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Doomsday Rider' from IRONHAWK' debut album, Ritual Of The Warpath, out June 30th, 2022 on CD and vinyl LP formats.

From the remote backwaters of Tasmania, IRONHAWK emerged in 2013 at a ramshackle basement gig where a hijack of the stage to butcher a handful of Motörhead covers lit the fuse, which in turn exploded as the unholy trinity of Simon (ex-Bastard Squad, Distroy), Mitch (ex-Vulgar, Bulletproof), and Ange (The Wizar'd, Tarot) cast blackened metalpunk forged in the flames of Bathory, Amebix, Sacrilege, Venom, and English Dogs.

Like a time-warp to 1985, Ritual of the Warpath is a grandiose-yet-grimy statement of ancient metalpunk powers known only to the most devout. To say that IRONHAWK are indeed "devout" – and direly so – to their etched-into-steel influences would be an understatement; to say that the power-trio actually do something with those influences is also an understatement. Thus, we hear the cavernous crunge of early Bathory, the sooty surge of early Sacrilege, the burning spirits of prime English Dogs, and definitely (and uniquely for this style) the epic landscapes of mid '80s Amebix across the album's surprisingly dynamic 37 minutes. It's that lattermost element, in particular, which puts Ritual of the Warpath into rarefied territory, for instead of merely aping Amebix's most characteristic moments (or whole riffs themselves), IRONHAWK thread those textures into most of the album's songs, giving Motörcharge a new look – but one still rooted in a road warrior past.

IRONHAWK is:

Simön Slaughter - Guitars, Vocals
Ängie Climax - Bass
Vyvyan Bästerd - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/boozehoundsfromhell
https://ironhawkironhawk.bandcamp.com/
https://www.dying-victims.de/
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Edged Circle Productions, we are thrilled to present a brand new single 'Fearful Quandary' from DARKENED upcoming album, The Black Winter, out May 27th, 2022 on CD and vinyl LP formats.

The new single 'Fearful Quandary' is a very dark and gloomy track. Starting with a very desperate intro, the track turns into a very catchy mid-tempo death metal stomper. In 'Fearful Quandary' sheer aggression meets absolute desperation. Vocalist Gord Olson says about the track that: "A lot of Darkened's lyrics are inspired by the horrors of reality; Fearful Quandary was written from the perspective of someone close to me, who was damaged very severely by medical drugs. Sort of a "the cure was the poison" scenario. It basically is about floating in the space between life and death, between wanting to kill, and wanting to die."

Was the band more similar to Bolt Thrower on their first releases, they stepped out of this huge shadow to take their own path. It's more melodic, more epic but still brutal as fuck. The second single from their upcoming album The Black Winter is a stunning appetizer and makes you want the time goes by fast until the released date. The album was produced and mastered by Dan Swanö, and the cover was created by Juanjo Castellano.

DARKENED is:

Andrew Whale (Memoriam, ex-Bolt Thrower) - drums
Gord Olson (Ye Goat-Herd Gods / Demisery) - vocals
Linus Nirbrant (A Canorous Quintet / This Ending) - guitars
Hempa Brynolfsson (Excruciate / Ordo Infernus) - guitars
Tobias Cristiansson (Grave / ex-Dismember) - bass

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/darkeneddeathmetal
https://edgedcircleproductions.com/darkened/
https://edgedcircleproductions.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-winter
https://www.facebook.com/edgedcircleproductions/

Today, in cooperation with Iron Bonehead Productions, we are thrilled to present the opening track 'Wings As Blades' from CADAVER COILS' striking debut album, Offerings Of Rapture And Decay, out May 27th, 2022 on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Hailing from Greece, CADAVER COILS took shape on Athenian soil during the winter of 2021. The work of one mysterious man, Offerings Of Rapture And Decay is the band's first recording, right after its formation. Sublimely simple and straightforward, CADAVER COILS don't pretend to be anything they're not nor try to "progress" anything that doesn't need progressing in the first place. Rather, this pure 'n' proud old-school death metal, suffused with the stench of doom and blackened with an atmosphere most sinister. Across the six-song/37-minute album, the intention of violence is obvious; so is the black aura surrounding it, slowly inhaled to the lungs. It's gnarly and physical in all the best ways, and emboldened by big 'n' thick production which highlights that grimy physicality. Not to mention the tasteful inclusion of wailing-into-the-abyss leads, which further makes Offerings Of Rapture And Decay a sulfurous spin...

Those who pray at the black altar of Finland's Mythos or especially contemporaneous Belial or even equally early Obsecration are wholeheartedly encouraged to partake of these Offerings Of Rapture And Decay and begin ensnaring themselves in CADAVER COILS.

CADAVER COILS is:

Unknown

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Cadaver-Coils
https://ironbonehead.de/
https://www.facebook.com/IronBoneheadProductions
https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/

Since forming in 2010, CHURCH OF DISGUST have been spreading sickness throughout the underground. Now aligned with Hells Headbangers, 2022 will bring total death, as CHURCH OF DISGUST will be releasing their third album, and first for the label: Weakest Is The Flesh. Continuing the momentum of their preceding EP, these Gulf Coast death metal fiends deliver their catchiest and most crushing record yet. The formula is almost deceptively simple: immediately memorable songwriting that doesn't insult the listener's intelligence with over-simplicity nor try to impress with needless technicality, and delivered with impassioned execution and clear-yet-powerful production.

With eight tracks of ungodly heaviness and the most efficient songwriting around, Weakest Is The Flesh is undoubtedly CHURCH OF DIGUST's strongest statement to date, and today we premiere the second track, 'Horrific Anathema', a slab of decomposed flesh that features a guest solo by Wyatt Burton of Steel Bearing Hand.

CHURCH OF DISGUST's highly anticipated third album, Weakest Is The Flesh, will be released by Hells Headbangers Records May 27th, 2022 on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

CHURCH OF DISGUST is:

Joshua Bokemeyer - guitars
Dustin James - guitars, vocals
Travis Andrews - bass
Dwane Allen - drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/churchofdisgust
https://churchofdisgust.bandcamp.com/
http://www.hellsheadbangers.com/
https://www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers
https://hellsheadbangers.bandcamp.com/

Today, in cooperation with Osmose Productions and Hells Headbangers Records, we are proud to present the third and final provocation by ABHOMINE, Demonize Destroy Delete, to be released April 29th on CD, 12" vinyl formats. Hells Headbangers will be releasing the record on both formats in North America.

Five tracks of blasphemous and hateful anthems dedicated to the darkest corridors of the human condition, that's all what you will find in this short in length but relentless release. ABHOMINE unleash hell in the most direct way possible, no melody, no fillers; only attack, attack and attack. Demonize Destroy Delete is a declaration of hate that consists of dissident lyrical narratives of irrational realism and metaphors.

Pete Helmkamp unleashes prophetic vocalizations, a sewage of filthy guitars and ferocious bass. The Black Lourde of Crucifixion (Cazz Grant) discharges an outbreak of cacophonous drums and roars of decrepitude and horror.

Demonize Destroy Delete is a declaration of dissonant antithetic neurological errorism. As humanity squats with a mouth full of flies... Command Control Comply!

ABHOMINE is:

Pete Helmkamp - vocals, guitars, bass
The Black Lourde of Crucifixion - drums, vocals

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Abhomine
https://abhomine.bandcamp.com/
https://www.osmoseproductions.com/
https://www.facebook.com/osmoseproductions/
https://osmoseproductions.bandcamp.com/
http://www.hellsheadbangers.com/
https://www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers

WAMPYRINACHT arrive when the time is right with their second album, Night Of The Desecration. Immediately, an uptick in energy and clarity is felt; the oft-otherworldly rawness of its predecessor is replaced by a stout 'n' surging sound brimming with a newfound professionalism that pays off in spades. For Night Of The Desecration burns with a fire that flickers in myriad directions - rising, falling, cresting, flowing, all-consuming at every turn across the album's deceptively epic 43-minute runtime - but always focused, always finessed.

Leading the charge is Necrolord's guitar work here, ably balancing stout 'n' strident riffing with emotive 'n' bone-chilling leads; the heavy metal spirit at the core of classic Greek black metal pulses proudly, but WAMPYRINACHT doubtlessly put their own shadowy twist on it. Night Of The Desecration is thus a work steeped in the ancients whilst retaining a freshness of approach that should span generations of black metallers: actual songwriting is king, now more than ever.

Maudlin yet malevolent, old and new, WAMPYRINACHT's timely return with Night Of The Desecration is just cause for celebration. Let the cries of ecstasy resound in the medieval deep!

Night Of The Desecration, is set for international release on May 20th, 2022 via Iron Bonehead Productions on CD and vinyl LP formats.

WAMPYRINACHT is:

Necrolord - Guitars, Bass, Vocals
V.P.Adept - Vocals

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Wampyrinacht/
https://wampyrinacht.bandcamp.com/
https://ironbonehead.de/
https://www.facebook.com/IronBoneheadProductions

Today, in cooperation with Godz Ov War Productions, we are proud to present the WÖMIT ANGEL's fifth album Sadopunk Finland that will be released April 22nd, 2022 on CD and cassette tape formats.

Nine songs of pure blasphemy and turmoil blend the punk energy with blistering black metal music to concoct a consistent and powerful sound that lays waste to most others. WÖMIT ANGEL's latest doctrine of blasphemous putridity promises to ravage all things chaste and benevolent, and carves a path sure to be followed by many purveyors of the goat arts.

On Sadopunk Finland, they've further refined the sound and took the best elements from everything that they've been known for and conjured a brilliant themed album filled with familiar emotions of anguish, hopelessness, and contempt for humanity and its capability for committing despicable acts time and again.

This is a bare bones, pummeling assault that promises only the most succulent pain and delivers in excess. A destructive slab set to charge your adrenaline and destroy with blackened, punk fury.

WÖMIT ANGEL is:

J-Violatör - Guitars, Backing Vocals
W. Horepreacher - Vocals, Bass
Atomic Torment - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/womitangel/
https://womitangel-fi.bandcamp.com/
http://godzovwar.com/
https://www.facebook.com/godzovwar
https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/

SACRILEGA are set to eclipse those not-inconsiderable expectations with their full-length debut, The Arcana Spear. Recorded at Ramona Studio with Charlie Koryn, SACRILEGA's debut album is a veritable firestorm of finessed fury - malice, malevolence, and mesmerizing visions writ large across throttling death metal songwriting both classic and contemporary. Driving that propulsion is underground drum-god Paulus Kressman, whose veritable eight octopus arms create a dizzying, dread-inducing landscape for his bandmates to slay with their razor-wire strings.

Their songwriting always pushes forward with a near-bestial pulse that cannot be denied; still, attention is duly paid to detail within riffing and atmosphere alike, elevating The Arcana Spear beyond a mere exercise in ultraviolence. SACRILEGA thus locate that elusive balance between the cunningly precise and rabidly maximal, placing due emphasis on the songwriting itself and allowing the execution to tell the grandiose-yet-doomed tales it so requires.

Featuring suitably stark-yet-grandiose artwork courtesy of Artem Grigoryev, SACRILEGA deliver one of death metal's most stunning debuts. Embrace the grand tyranny!

Today, we are proud to present SACRILEGA's new track 'Sacrament Of The Void' from, The Arcana Spear, out via Blood Harvest Records on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. The CD and tape versions will be released on April 29th, while the vinyl version will follow on July 29th.

SACRILEGA is:

A. - Vocals, Guitars
P. - Drums
A. - Bass

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/SacrilegaDeathMetal/
https://sacrilega.bandcamp.com/
http://www.bloodharvest.se/
https://www.facebook.com/BloodHarvestRecords/
https://bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com

Today, in cooperation with Dying Victims Productions, we are thrilled to present the new track 'Hell Breaks Loose' from HELLCRASH's special 7” split with Bunker 66, Hell & Sulphur, out on March 25th.

A power-trio hailing from Italy, HELLCRASH have been brewing their sick & sleazy delights in the underground for nearly a decade now with couple demos, split and last year's first full-length Krvcifix Invertör.

HELLCRASH continues the crushing throb with more venomous 'Hell Breaks Loose,' indeed breaking loose with an apocalyptic speed metal pulse. Road warriors to the bitter end, their Krvcifix Invertör was lawless in every right way, and 'Hell Breaks Loose' displays that all further laws will be broken - with a superlative 'fuck off and die in Hell!' as it does at record's end. This is fucking Hell & Sulphur!

HELLCRASH is:

Hellraiser - Vocals, Guitars
Skullcrusher - Bass
Nightkiller - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Hellcrashmetal
https://www.dying-victims.de/
https://www.facebook.com/dyingvictimsproductions/
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/

Beware what you are consuming; otherwise you will end up like the guys from SIGN OF EVIL! 'Bad Trip' is a very entertaining, but also slight disturbing trip into the deepest abyss of someone's mind who should not go into public in such a shape but maybe stay at home and call an Exorcist. Directed by Sergio Mella of Ritos Blasfemos and camera by Sebastian Carozzi they did a great job with this black and white video creating a mad atmosphere.

Musically originated somewhere between old South American black metal stuff like Sarcofago or Norwegian legends Mysticum (check the vocals and distorted guitar riffs!!) and some punk stuff this is a very cool and hypnotizing track that raises the expectations for the first full-length.

Mastermind Witchfucker's joined by new drummer Thoth, and the duo's chemistry is immediate and mesmerizing. Everything about its short-length predecessor is not only taken up a notch, it's nearly maximized to overkill-type levels, but that's not the only kind of madness for SIGN OF EVIL! More chorus pedal on everything, more guitar solos everywhere, more anthems and more hypnosis and more EVIL and more ARGH!!! In fact, that chorus-pedal abuse puts Psychodelic Death in a realm almost removed from metal and into old deathrock - so sinister yet also so sexy.

This is the premiere of the first song 'Bad Trip' from the upcoming album Psychodelic Death by Chilean sickos SIGN OF EVIL coming out 20th May via Edged Circle Productions / Suicide Records Chile on tape/CD and as digital version and later this year on vinyl, pre-orders start today, on the 18th of March. Be sure to mark the release date in your calendar, there is more great to come with this album, I promise!!!

SIGN OF EVIL is:

Witchfucker - vocals, guitar, bass
Thoth - drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/signofevilchile/
https://edgedcircleproductions.com/
https://www.facebook.com/edgedcircleproductions
https://edgedcircleproductions.bandcamp.com/

After ten years since their last record, INANNA are now ready to unleash the third full-length opus, Void Of Unending Depths and immediately upon pressing "play," it is crystal clear, INANNA have delivered a masterwork in Void Of Unending Depths.

While not betraying their core sound they've patiently perfected all these years - a swirling maelstrom of bent riff logic, angular speed, world-eating vocal dementia, and otherworldly atmosphere - on this third album do the Chileans convey a confidence of vision and execution that puts them in the upper echelons of death metal's elite.

INANNA imaginatively weave wonderous, horrifying sensations into the nearly hour-long work that verily transport the listener to dread landscapes on the very thresholds of the imagination...or, at its very depths, a certain "lunar ocean" if you will. For these waves are wayward and turbulent, twisting with a madness only known to their creators; we are simply helpless to fight against that terrible tide. Respite comes, albeit briefly (and beautifully), in spiraling clean-toned fusion breaks, painting yet more rich hues onto that death metal titan... Hearing is believing, but Void Of Unending Depths is guaranteed to be one of death metal's mightiest records this year.

Today, in collaboration with Memento Mori we are proud to present the new single 'The Key To Alpha Centauri' from the highly anticipated third album, Void Of Unending Depths out on April 25th. Join INANNA in malice, death, and insanity!

INANNA is:

Diego Ilabaca - guitars
Max Neira - bass, vocals
Cristobal Gonzalez - guitars
Carlos Fuentes - drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/inannametal
https://inannametal.bandcamp.com/
http://www.memento-mori.es/
https://www.facebook.com/memento.mori.label

The death metal mongrels collectively known as INTOLERANCE hail from Zaragoza, the same city that Ataraxy are natives of. Spawned back in 2015, this quartet's intent is to pay homage to timeless death metal and the fetid stench that exuded from the malicious tones of the bands that populated the scene and helped define the genre back in the late '80s and the early '90s. Nothing fancy or wimpy here: only demise and putrefaction to be found when you creep in INTOLERANCE's mortuary.

Just as they did on their preceding records, with Dark Paths Of Humanity do INTOLERANCE honor the old ways of death metal, and proceed to add their own gutted & grimy personality to it. No more but definitely no less, Dark Paths Of Humanity is a death metal record for death metal maniacs, by death metal maniacs.

But INTOLERANCE's subtly nuanced and surprisingly dynamic blend of such synthesizes the best elements of classic Bolt Thrower, Grave, Asphyx, Morgoth, Entombed, Convulse, Obituary, and Unleashed. Think 1991 and you're in their wheelhouse - but then you'll be utterly crushed by their tank-tread of a sound, world-eating and wondrously so. Again, nothing fancy or wimpy here!

Today, in conspiracy with Memento Mori, Fucking Kill Records and Godz ov War Productions we are proud to present a new single 'Echoes From The Past' from the highly anticipated debut album of Spain's INTOLERANCE, Dark Paths Of Humanity. Memento Mori will release the CD version on April 25th, Godz ov War will release the tape version on May 13th, and the vinyl version will follow later from Fucking Kill.

INTOLERANCE is:

C. - vocals
W. - guitars
J. - bass
D. - drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Intolerancedeathmetal/
https://intolerancedeathmetal.bandcamp.com/
http://www.memento-mori.es/
https://www.facebook.com/memento.mori.label
https://www.facebook.com/godzovwar
https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/F.K.R.Records
https://fuckingkillrecords.bandcamp.com/

CONCILIVM was born in 2017, founded by its only two members, A and Ω, in the cold south of Chile. Inspired by the darkness of death and black metal of the '90s, wanting to capture all the violence and mysticism in a work, they decide to release their first recording, an EP titled The Veiled Enigma, which emanated from the abyss in late 2017.

Tireless and thirsty to continue spreading their darkness, in 2021, CONCILIVM entered the studio to record what will be their first full-length work, A Monument In Darkness. Encompassing eight tracks across a soul-devouring 39 minutes, A Monument In Darkness is aptly titled: here, a work of pure, dark alchemical devotion to death and the mysteries that surround it.

Concilivm's chosen medium may still be blackened death, but there's a supernatural aura to their feral bestiality and muscular surge; sounds come from myriad, nameless abysses, always from every direction but always taking on a life of their own. Thus, within A Monument In Darkness we find reverse whispers of the dead, angular drums of war, utterly ignorant beatdowns, entrancing speed, and even malevolent melodies within their classically early '90s leads.

A Monument In Darkness, is set for international release on April 8th, 2022 via Iron Bonehead Productions on CD and vinyl LP formats but today begin distilling with the brand-new track 'Oneiric Abyss'.

CONCILIVM is:

A - guitar, bass
Ω - drums, vocals

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/concilivm
https://concilivm.bandcamp.com/
https://ironbonehead.de/
https://www.facebook.com/IronBoneheadProductions