WORMWOOD perfects the melancholic sound of Swedish black metal on their new album Nattarvet and the grand epos from the upcoming second full-length, 'The Isolationist', is now available below. The song is about a man who refuses to leave his home deep in the forest. His old wife dies, yet there he remains and withers away into obscurity.

The band states about new record: "The upcoming album Nattarvet (Night's Heritage) will be a conceptual album about the hardships of the unforgiving Nordic nature. During the 1800-hundreds famines were commonplace out on the windswept farms and secluded hamlets. Many people left Scandinavia towards America and other countries to build a new life, but many stayed, not wanting to leave their old houses which has been past on for generations. They stayed on frozen soil and sickness. Nattarvet tell the stories of certain families fate and their superstitions towards the coming darkness. It will be a journey through plague-stricken houses, sub-arctic agony, unbridled affection towards your birthplace and much more. We can't wait to show you more..."

Wormwood - Nattarvet
	1. Av Lie O Börda 2. I Bottenlös Ävja 3. Arctic Light 4. The Achromatic Road 5. Sunnas Hädanfärd 6. Tvehunger 7. The Isolationist

On June 16th, Swedish death metallers ENTRAILS will release their new album, World Inferno, worldwide via Metal Blade Records. In the meantime, you can listen to the first single 'The Soul Collector' below.

ENTRAILS guitarist Jimmy Lundqvist comments: "I am damn proud to finally unleash this nasty beast, a new chapter is written for Entrails to satisfy all old school maniacs out there. Having new blood in the band, Martin and Tommy, helped making this fifth album the rawest and heaviest to date. Prepare yourself to stretch out your neck in full headbanging!"

The recordings for World Inferno started in December 2016 in Lundqvist's Bloodshed Studio. Dan Swano once again handled the mixing and mastering for the album. Dan Swano comments: "I don't know if I had said this before, but I say it again. Every time I start thinking about putting together some new SweDeath project, Entrails show up at my doorstep with a new album to mix, and every time I think 'Fuck!! - What's the point in making my own project when this is so fucking good, and exactly what I wanted to do...' And if I felt there were some details to improve upon from our previous work together, they fix that and then some, and return with an album even stronger than the previous one. What the fuck is going on in Linneryd!? Is Jimmy cloning death metal warriors in some barn over there or what!? To sum it up. Yet another amazing slab of SweDeath coming your way from Entrails! Beyond. Blown. Away!"

Entrails (SE) - World Inferno
	1. World Inferno 2. Condemned To The Grave 3. Serial Murder (Death Squad) 4. The Soul Collector 5. Dead And Buried 6. Insane Slaughter 7. Into Eternal Fire 8. Suffer 9. The Hour Of The Casket 10. The Blood Breed

Sweden metallers AKTAION have released a lyric video for their track 'Cancer' which was released as a single on 17 February 2017. The track features Armageddon's Joey Concepcion and the video was produced by Andy Pilkington at Very Metal Art.

The band comments: "With the release of 'Cancer' we are setting a new standard and starting the new, more polished era of Aktaion. We are moving into more focused territory and will continue even further in the footsteps of 'Cancer' with new material in the later parts of 2017."

Aktaion - Cancer
	1. Cancer

Roughly 33 minutes of pounding, intrusive and dominating black/death metal is coming your way on April 24th, 2020, but today we're proud to present the full album stream of "Enthroned by Persecution", from bestial metal horde HEGEMONY, courtesy of Hells Headbangers Records.

Here's something you might want to keep up with if you have an ounce of appreciation for death/war metal; HEGEMONY, Alabama's latest answer to the world of war hymns. The band's debut full-length album, "Enthroned by Persecution" is a rowdy n' remorseless display made to appear of a sound and composed mind. Guitarist Barbaric Progenitor took some time off from crushing bones to answer a few questions about the band and their music.

Coming from Birmingham, Alabama, what are some of the bands you cite as contributors to Hegemony's sound?

Hegemony's musical influences are drawn from bands such as Abhorer, Black Witchery, and early Kreator. But our aim is to create jarring and suffocating metal, not directly derived from any obvious source, unlike many black/death bands content with imitation.

How would you describe Hegemony's style of metal?

We think of our music as Death/War metal.

Hegemony as a band-name seems fitting for war metal, is it related to some philosophy of yours?

It was a suitable banner for our attack. Our songs are inspired by war, conquest, barbarity and hedonism. The name was a natural fit for these themes.

The cover artwork for "Enthroned by Persecution" caught my eye, who painted it? Also, what does the depiction signify?

The cover was commissioned from Caleb Dickenson (Cosmic Void Dark Art). It depicts unending conflict and death; all manner of weapons and armaments form an amalgamation to represent conflict and dominance.

The album's quality has a cloudy edge that works for both the death and black metal elements incorporated. Who handled the mixing, mastering, recording and where was it done?

Our album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by A. Parra of Second Sight Sound. Tracks were recording in late 2017/early 2018. Mixing and mastering were finished later that year.

Was the music on "Enthroned by Persecution" challenging to record? And how so?

Yes, the music is demanding to play. With the amount of repetition that goes into recording, the process can be tedious. Luckily we were well-rehearsed before ever entering the studio.

Full interview can be found here.

HEGEMONY is:

Primordial Dominator - Bass
Barbaric Progenitor - Guitar
Ruination Wielder - Drums
Fanatical Deathtitan - Vocals

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/hegemonicdeath
https://hegemony-us.bandcamp.com
http://www.hellsheadbangers.com
https://www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers
https://hellsheadbangers.bandcamp.com