Recenzja Baalzagoth „No God No Savior”

 Baalzagoth

„No God No Savior”

Putrid Cult 2026

Cztery lata minęły od chwili, kiedy to na rynku ukazał się debiutancki krążek Baalzagoth. Nie narobił co prawda wielkiego zamieszania, ale jednak wyraźnie zaznaczył obecność nowego tworu na polskiej scenie deathmetalowej. Po zmianie wydawcy, panowie wracają z krążkiem numer dwa, o tytule bardzo wymownym. Nie od dziś bowiem wiadomo, że Pana Boszka to te chłopaki niezbyt kochają, czemu dają wyraz w swoich, dość bezpośrednich lirykach. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Deathstorm „Cascophonies”

 Deathstorm

„Cascophonies”

Dying Victims Productions 2026

W tym przypadku chodzi o austriacki Deathstorm, będący tercetem, który napierdala thrash metal od 2010 roku. Panowie po sześciu latach niebytu wracają z piątym albumem, który zawiera dziewięć numerów bolesnego biczowania. Gdyby Chrystus przyjął takie batożenie, to do ukrzyżowania by nie dożył. (Czytaj dalej...)

Nowy kawałek CHAMBER OF UNLIGHT

 

Today, Finnish black metalers Chamber of Unlight reveal the new tracks "The Dagger" and "Night Chasm." Both are the first to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated second album, Avernus, which will be released imminently by Werewolf Records. Hear Chamber of Unlight's "The Dagger" HERE and "Night Chasm" HERE, both at Werewolf's official YouTube channel.

Formed in 2016, Chamber of Unlight began as the solo work of multi-instrumentalist Necrosis. The man stands as a prolific veteran of Finland's esteemed extreme metal landscape; during the past 25-plus years, his credits include Deathchain, Ajattara, Shade Empire, and Trollheims Grott. In 2021, the band released their momentous debut album, Realm of the Night. Here, Necrosis was joined by drummer LRH - himself an equally prolific Finnish veteran whose credits likewise include Deathchain and Trollheims Grott but also Horna, Bythos, Forgotten Horror, Striges, and Black Death Ritual among others - and erstwhile Deathchain guitarist Leper. Together, the trio conjured the eldritch essence of '90s Finnish black metal in a manner both reverential and refreshing, distilling the essence of the ancients with a palatable air of modernity. Following its release, a live lineup was instituted with the addition of bassist VnoM, guitarist Infection, and keyboardist Spellgoth, which thusly made their membership a veritable goldmine of Finnish underground metal excellence.

Now arrives Chamber of Unlight's first work with that six-headed lineup, Avernus. Thankfully, no great changes have been made in the band's regal attack here, but their power and professionalism have been amplified to a sterling degree. With Spellgoth's mesmerizing synths pushed to the fore, the grime of yore has yielded to a gleam that's equal parts ice palace, cosmic vortex, and magickal realm. That the riffing continually crests, with one haunting riff doled out after another and nightsky leads evoking wonder and wanderlust, further suggests magickal workings within Chamber of Unlight's still-expanding world. The cauldron truly bubbles over and its astral mists swirl with Avernus' utterly majestic production: tangibly physical, most definitely organic, but polished to a grand & diabolical shine that's blinding to those with eyes to see. And if those eyes are indeed open, the thoughts that Realm of the Night evoked - that such an attack (regally) recalls lost classics of the late '90s, particularly those released by Necropolis Records or No Fashion - absolutely spill over across this album's deceptively epic 36 minutes. The past isn't alive because it never died...the secrets to those mysteries reside within Chamber of Unlight.

Release date, cover, tracklisting, and preorder info to be revealed in time.

RUYNED wracają z nowym albumem

 

Today, Osmose Productions announces June 26th as the release date for Ruyned's highly anticipated second album, Profanum Sacrificium, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

Forged in the underground of Romania, Ruyned unleash their most ferocious and unrelenting material, Profanum Sacrificium, a blasphemous speed metal assault infused with elements of black, thrash, and heavy metal.

The intro sets the calm before the storm. From the ripping assault of "Speedchain" to the depraved madness of "Sex'N Speed" and "Sex Commander 666," going through the sinister tale of "Vampire of Düsseldorf inspired by Peter Kürten, Ruyned channel raw violence and decadence in its purest form. From "Daemonium Ritualis" onward, the record descends into a dark conceptual journey through the European witch hunts of the 15th–17th centuries. Through "Profanum Sacrificium," "Malleus Maleficarum," and "Witches Gallöw," the band conjures a world of fire, mysticism, and ritual death. The closing outro retells this tale as a melody sung by a bard at a royal banquet.

Fast. Raw. Rabid. Merciless. Total speed metal violence.

First track to be revealed on May 29th. Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

     

Tracklisting for Ruyned's Profanum Sacrificium

1. Intro [1:02]

2. Speedchain [3:22]

3. Sex'n Speed [3:06]

4. Sex Commander 666 [3:16]

5. Orgasm Through Death [4:41]

6. Daemonis Ritualis [1:12]

7. Profanum Sacrificium [2:55]

8. Malleus Maleficarum [3:53]

9. Witches Gallöw [3:46]

10. Outro [2:35]

Nowy WITCHING HOUR do odsłuchu

 

Today, German ancient metallers Witching Hour stream the entirety of their highly anticipated fourth album, Descending... Where Time Has Ceased to Exist, at Decibel magazine's website. Set for international release on May 22nd via Dying Victims Productions, hear Witching Hour's Descending... Where Time Has Ceased to Exist in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Zbliża się kolejna edycja The Last Words of Death

 

Nowy numer BLACK DEATH

 

Today, Cleveland metal legends Black Death reveal the new track "THC." The track is the first to be revealed from the band's long-awaited second album, Breaking the Chains of Hell, which will see release later this year via Hells Headbangers. Hear Black Death's "THC" in its entirety HERE at Hells Headbangers' official YouTube channel.

Originally formed in 1977, Cleveland's Black Death are largely known as the very first all-African-American heavy metal band. After a trio of demos in the early '80s, the band released their self-titled debut album in 1984. A crucial piece in the rich history of Cleveland heavy metal, Black Death became a cult classic of raw 'n' wild HEAVY fucking METAL with a thirst for the epic and dramatic. Imagine Judas Priest's Sad Wings of Destiny boosted with an OTT meanness or if Cirith Ungol were punks but indulged their Thin Lizzy tendencies more: truly, an awesome and awe-inspiring statement. That they'd break up four years later and never put out another record made Black Death all the more singular. Hells Headbangers, with the help of Auburn Records owner Bill Peters, would make Black Death widely available again in 2017, reissuing not only the vinyl version (plus bonus 7") but also CD and cassette versions for the first time ever.

Renewing their blood pact, Black Death return to Hells Headbangers for the LONG-awaited release of their second album, Breaking the Chains of Hell. Led as always by eccentric genius / wildman Siki Spacek on lead vocals and guitar, Breaking the Chains of Hell sonically hearkens to the band's original era, before their years as Black Death Resurrected in 2014, and thus shows a suitably vintage balance between the barbaric and the virtuostic, stomping headbangers and chugging strutters, smooth-as-silk class and demonic abandon.

As Siki explains, "What was originally going to be the second Black Death record after our first record has now become the fifth record released by Black Death. It would have been the fourth Black Death record, but there was an unreleased Black Death record that I recorded with Corey Bing and Bahb Branca from Fistula, who had become the members of Black Death during the 2020 quarantine era. That is called The Chamber of Three, my brief foray into playing Black Death as a three-piece band, exploring a Jimi Hendrix / Uli Jon Roth type of heavy metal style..."

As expected, Breaking the Chains of Hell is heavy and swaggering in equal measure, at times exuding a greasy muscularity like prime Motörhead while, at others, heightening the drama in a darker manner. That Black Death somehow sound simultaneously old and new - or, rather, classic and contemporary - is some strange magick known only to Siki and crew. Any way you approach Breaking the Chains of Hell, it's 46 minutes of heavy metal mayhem bound to break barriers and unite the hordes under the banner of pure American steel.

"It's time to play this long-awaited morsel of heavy metal madness and prophecy," Siki concludes. "So kick back and lock your doors, and not only kick your parents out, but your kids and grandkids, as well!"

Release date, tracklisting, cover artwork, and preorder info to be announced shortly.

Debiut NIRRITI za miesiąc

 

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets June 19th as the international release date for the highly anticipated debut album of the pan-international Nirriti, Dhrupad Anutpada (ধ্রুপদ অনুৎপাদ): Apophatic Ragas Of Non-Origination, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

After six years of silence following their inaugural EP, Asuryasparsha (অসূর্যস্পর্শা), Kalikshetra black-noise esoterorists Nirriti reemerge as the embodiment of total negation, wielding the blade of Neti-Neti to sever the Monotheistic Godhead, dissolve the assertion of a supreme Creator, and obliterate the doctrine of creation itself, leaving no ground upon which a Creator may stand! With Axaazaroth of Canada's esteemed Nuclearhammer again on drums, the power-trio proceed to whip forth a delirium that's martial and mesmerizing in equal measure. Nirriti mulch the shattered remnants of primitivist black metal, earliest grindcore, and outsider noise into something that sounds - and looks - quite unlike anything else, only a horrific reflection of the inner and outer world. Reverse voices of the dead reverberate around the sonic / psychic wreckage, and both strings and skins similarly swirl with amorphous-yet-inexorable intent. Thus, the act of "listening" both becomes one of survival or transcendence, depending on that listener's proclivities; there is no middle ground here. Nirriti merely show you the path...and from there, there is no return. For those into the crimes of labelmates Tetragrammacide as well as Nyogthaeblisz, Intolitarian, Impurity's cult-classic Necro Infamists of Tumulus Return, and of course Nuclearhammer, Dhrupad Anutpada (ধ্রুপদ অনুৎপাদ): Apophatic Ragas Of Non-Origination is a new crucial key to the Beyond.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Mandukya, The Primordial Toad Croaks At The Outer Edge Of Sushupti" HERE at Iron Bonehead's official YouTube channel. Cover artwork, courtesy of Orryelle Bascule Defenestrate, and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Nirriti (India/Canada)'s Dhrupad Anutpada (ধ্রুপদ অনুৎপাদ):

Apophatic Ragas Of Non-Origination

1. Mandukya, The Primordial Toad Croaks At The Outer Edge Of Sushupti

2. In The Hallways Of Pure Existence, Freewill And Determinism Play Their Futile Game Of Chess

3. One Foot On Samsara And The Other On Nirvana

4. Glissando Of Ever-Fleeting Moments As The Ephemeral Wheels That Carrieth The Chariot Of Perpetuity

5. Golden Yolk Of A Black Egg Of A Multicolored Peacock

6. Vilambit Laya Of Vitanda Mridangam Forewarns A Pan-Philosophical Defeat (Symphony No. 0 In Doom Minor)

Recenzja SAĦĦAR „Migja ta Mohh Mignun”

 SAĦĦAR

„Migja ta Mohh Mignun”

Time To Kill Rec. 2026

Kurka wodna, już myślałem, że oto wyłowiłem jakiś nieoszlifowany, w dodatku egzotyczny diament. Choć bardziej, precyzując, miałem na to nadzieję. Zespół pochodzi z Malty, i już sama pisownia jego nazwy wydała mi się intrygująca. Dodatkowo tytuł, bynajmniej nie po angielsku, ani w żadnym innym znanym mi języku. Pewnikiem maltańskim. No i jeszcze info, że jest to black metal. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Goholor „Locus Damnatorum”

 Goholor

„Locus Damnatorum”

Personal Records 2026

Ta słowacka kapela według internetowych źródeł, istnieje już od 2010 roku. Ciężko im chyba szło muzykowanie, bo od tamtego momentu wydali tylko w 2016 epkę i teraz, po kolejnych dziesięciu latach, debiutancki album. Goholor gra poczerniony metal śmierci, który swą brzmieniową i kompozycyjną precyzją ma szansę trafić na duże sceny i co za tym idzie, do całkiem szerokiego grona odbiorców. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja The Ruins of Megiddo „Siedem Dni Gniewu”

 The Ruins of Megiddo

„Siedem Dni Gniewu”

Black Flame Rebellion 2026

The Ruins of Megiddo to projekt poboczny kogoś z Hekatomb. Wstępnie miała to być chyba informacja niejawna, ale i tak szybko stała się tajemnicą poliszynela. Zresztą co to za różnica, skoro i tak nie ma oficjalnego info co do składu twórców „Korosty”. Dlaczego zatem o tym wspominam? Bo jednak, mimo wszystko, pewne podobieństwa między oboma tworami bystre ucho skauta jest w stanie wyłapać. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Dauþuz „Todeswerk: Uranium II”

 Dauþuz

„Todeswerk: Uranium II”

Amor Fati 2026

Na nowym albumie Dauþuz kontynuuje swoje górnicze opowieści, wykorzystując do tego black metalowe dźwięki. Tym razem jest to osiem utworów, które nie oferują niczego nowego, bo są płynną, kolejną odsłoną historii przedstawionej na poprzednim krążku. To tradycyjne dla tego zespołu ujęcie diabelszczyzny w dalszym ciągu oferuje muzę opartą na wzorcach z lat dziewięćdziesiątych. (Czytaj dalej...)

Nowy numer od NUCLEAR TOMB

 

Baltimore, MD's weirdo thrash stalwarts, in collaboration with Invisible Oranges, have premiered "Unbowed and Averse," the second single from forthcoming album, Epoch Inhumane. Click to stream below!

invisibleoranges.com/nuclear-tomb-are-adroit-in-disaster-on-unbowed-and-averse-track-premiere

Nuclear Tomb, are back and as twisted and vicious as ever with their new full-length album Epoch Inhumane, out June 12th on Rotted Life Records! The album will be available on vinyl, cassette, CD, and digital formats.

W.M.D. zapowiadają drugi album

 

Vancouver (BC) - Canadian Thrashers W.M.D. (When Minds Develop) will release Against All Warnings, the band's second full-length album, June 5 on vinyl, CD, and digital formats.

A music video for the album's first single, "Eyes of a Killer," is available at:

youtu.be/bRSqPPfyCBs

The song is also available on Bandcamp, Apple Music, and Spotify

Thematically, Against All Warnings concerns the constant human need for more, where nothing ever feels good enough, and people ignore every warning sign until everything starts to collapse. The album is also a reflection of W.M.D.'s experience during the last few years: refusing to quit, getting angry at what the world really is, and trying to find their place in the middle of all of it. Every song comes from a different perspective on the chaos and pressure people are living through every day.

Track Listing:

1. Eyes Of A Killer

2. Against All Warnings

3. Kleptomania

4. The Black Expanse

5. March Of Death

6. The Thin Red Line

7. Post Human Predator

8. Already Dead

9. Painful Vengeance

Recenzja Eradikated „Wiring of Violence”

 Eradikated

„Wiring of Violence”

Indie Rec. 2026

Debiutancki krążek Szwedów, z których jeden wygląda jak kalka młodego Schuldinera, przedstawiał wam circa trzy lata temu shub niggurath. Chwilę temu Eradikated wrócili z krążkiem numer dwa. Postanowiłem zatem sprawdzić, czy mój kolega słusznie zabałtycką młodzież chwalił. Jak by tu zatem zacząć… Gówniarze to czasem jednak w starocie potrafią lepiej niż niejedne dinozaury. (Czytaj dalej...)