Recenzja Hexorcist „Crucificial Imprecations”

 Hexorcist

„Crucificial Imprecations”

Invictus Rec. / Godz ov War 2026

Troszkę wody w rzece upłynęło od chwili wydania bardzo dobrego debiutu Amerykanów. Z drugiej strony, te pięć lat minęło jak z chuja strzelił, i oto mamy następcę „Evil Reaping Death”. W międzyczasie zespół przepoczwarzył się personalnie, a konkretnie na wokalach pojawił się Gienek Palubicki, choć zastanawiam się dlaczego pod nazwiskiem własnym, a nie jako Hexorcist V. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Arkona „Age of Capricorn”

 Arkona

„Age of Capricorn” (re-issue)

Mara Prod. 2026

To nie pierwsza reedycja Arkony popełniona przez tą wytwórnię. Teraz na tapetę Mara wzięła sobie siódmy album tej kapeli, czyli „Age of Capricorn”. Co by tu nie napisać o tej płycie, to i tak Ameryki się nie odkryje, bo większość ludzi przecież zna ten zespół, a muzykuje on już od 1993 roku. (Czytaj dalej...)

Video od CASTLE

 

US/Canadian heavy doom trio Castle have released a lyric video for “Burn the Messenger”, the closing track from the upcoming album “Carrie Chains” – scheduled for release Sept 4th on Hammerheart Records. “Burn the Messenger” is now the third single from the record and follows the quasi-title track “Carry Chains” and the more recent “Truckgrinder”.

Watch “Burn the Messenger” here:

Nowy SERVANT w październiku

 

Today, AOP Records announces October 2nd as the international release date of the highly anticipated fourth album of Germany's Servant, Lux Ex Inferis.

Servant have been unleashing their melodic-yet-furious black metal since 2021, quickly establishing themselves within the underground and beyond. With the release of their first two albums, Blessed by the Light of a Thousand Stars (2021) and Aetas Ascensus (2023), the band built a strong foundation, performing at numerous festivals and shows across Germany.

In 2024, Servant released their critically acclaimed third album, Death Devil Magick, via AOP Records, followed by extensive touring across Western and Eastern Europe in 2024 and 2026. Known for their authentic-yet-modern approach to melodic black metal, the band combines intensity, atmosphere, and passion into a distinctive sound.

Continuing their evolution, Servant are set to release their fourth studio album, Lux Ex Inferis, in October via AOP Records. Expanding on their established style, the new record merges epic structures and haunting melodies, creating a multi-layered sonic landscape where passion meets grandeur.

Balancing tradition and progression, Servant deliver a sound that feels both familiar and forward-thinking—uncompromising, powerful, and darkly captivating. In support of the new album, the band will embark on tour alongside Firtan and Speere, while also appearing at selected festivals and club shows throughout 2026.

In the meantime, see & hear the brand-new video "Tabula Rasa" - featuring vocals by P.G. of Groza - HERE at AOP Records' official YouTube channel. Full list of upcoming tour dates follows after the jump. Cover artwork, courtesy of Misanthropic-Art, and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Servant (Germany)'s Lux Ex Inferis

1. In Noctem

2. Tabula Rasa

3. Glorification

4. Thanatos, Embrace of the Night

5. De Profundis

6. Lux Fulget

7. Of Stones, Sleep and Death

8. The Accuser

9. Hypnos I See You

TAAKE pojeżdżą po Europie

 

Having balanced tradition and innovation for over three decades, Taake remains fiercely independent while continually pushing its own creative boundaries. That uncompromising vision finds new expression on the ninth full-length album, En Skog av Nidstang, released on Dark Essence Records on the 31st of July.

Past years of increasing isolation, detached from contemporary trends and largely removed from the influence of other music, the creative drive of songwriter Hoest has only intensified, resulting in four expansive compositions that flow naturally from the inspired mindset behind 2023's critically acclaimed Et Hav av Avstand.

With the release of En Skog av Nidstang, we are proud to announce TAAKE - En Skog av Nidstang European tour, in collaboration with Massive Music.

03.09.2026 – GER – Berlin – Musikbrauerei

04.09.2026 – CZ – Ostrawa – Barrak Music Hrad

05.09.2026 – SK – Bratislava – Randal

06.09.2026 – AUT – Graz – Explosiv

08.09.2026 – SLO – Kranj – Trainstation Subart

09..09.2026 – ITA – Bologna – Alchemica

10.09.2026 – AUT – Innsbruck – Livestage

11.09.2026 – HOL – Deurne – CCD

12.09.2026 – HOL – Amstelveen – P60

13.09.2026 – BEL – Kotrijk – DVG

Further Taake shows

31.07.2026 – DE – Roitzschjora – Full Rewind Festival

06.08.2026 – SE – Göteborg – Monument 031

07.08.2026 – SE – Stockholm – Kollektivet Livet

08.08.2026 – SE – Sundvall – Club Deströyer

12.08.2026 – NO – Borre – Midgardsblot

21.08.2026 – DE – Eisfeld – Wolfszeit Festival

Klip od BOUND TO PREVAIL

 

Following the release of their debut album "Enthroned in Torment" through Lethal Scissor Records this past January, Maltese death metal outfit BOUND TO PREVAIL have unveiled a new lyric video for the album's title track.

Watch the lyric video HERE.

Można słuchać demo ÄXE

 

On July 17th internationally, Caligari Records will release the highly anticipated second demo of the UK's ÄXE, Autogeddon, on cassette tape format. And today, the New Wave of Old School Thrash Metal YouTube channel streams the demo in its entirety. Hear ÄXE's Autogeddon in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Singiel z debiutu DECEPTOR

 

Today, North Carolina deathrashers Deceptor premiere the new track "Street General" at heavily trafficked web-portal NoCleanSinging.com. The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated debut album, Reign of Terror, set for international release on August 21st via Dying Victims Productions. Hear Deceptor’s "Street General" in its entirety HERE.

Hailing from Raleigh, Deceptor are death / thrash trio driven by the underground movement of 1988-1992. The band’s led by vocalist / bassist Gabriel Earley, who is responsible for writing music and lyrics, graphic design, and production / mixing / mastering. A self-taught musician, Earley started Deceptor in his bedroom, largely crediting the band’s creation to hearing the stories of bands like Anthrax and Metallica getting their start from Jon Zazula’s influence and belief in their potential/success. Jon died shortly before Earley began taking the idea of starting a band more seriously, and eventually, he found some musicians to make that idea come to life. The lineup coalesced when guitarist Preston Lanier joined in June 2022 after Earley approached him at an Exodus show with a copy of Deceptor’s first demo, Bound by Ritual; then, in October of that year, drummer Andrew Harper joined the band after witnessing their performance at a DIY house show. Together, the power-trio released the Bathed in Blood EP in 2023 and, the following year, the “Street General” digital single – both recordings setting the stage for their inevitable debut album.

Titled Reign of Terror, Deceptor’s debut album is tour de force of classic deathrash, firmly (and authentically) situated between those years of 1988 and 1992. With influences ranging from old Sepultura, Whiplash, and Protector on the thrashier end of things to Viogression, Ripping Corpse, and early Gorguts on the deathlier – and then Coroner, squarely in between – Deceptor construct mind-melting labyrinths across the ten-song / 33-minute record. Speed is always front and center here, but effectively shifts gears from gallop to one-two blast to overdrive and plenty more in between. Likewise, the riffing of Lanier spans the blunt & barbarian to technical terror, boosted by a litany of whirlwind solos poised to double your heart rate, effectively instilling both aggression and tension in their surprisingly dynamic songwriting. Earley’s bass work adds especial heft to their skulking breakdowns, which could almost be a record in themselves, so ever-present and compelling as they are. And Harper delivers a performance that his hero Gene Hoglan would’ve loved; one could say his violent acrobatics Leave Scars. Perhaps what’s most salient – beyond the era-authentic songwriting, that is – is the production on Reign of Terror, which sounds both throwback and refreshing, humidly raw and yet exceptionally finessed. Completed by Earley’s ‘91-vintage death-growls – again, just the right amount of reverb here – Deceptor’s first full-length stands as a reverential reinvigoration of archaic powers.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Street General" exclusively HERE, courtesy of NoCleanSinging.com. Also hear the previously revealed "Whammer" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever magazine. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Deceptor (North Carolina)'s Reign of Terror

1. Red Dawn

2. Human Cavity

3. GI Joe Headstomp

4. Join or Die

5. Combat Patrol

6. Firing Squad

7. Whammer

8. Fog of War

8. Street General

9. Corpse Corps

Recenzja Scordatura „Led Into Oblivion”

 Scordatura

„Led Into Oblivion”

Everlasting Spew Rec. 2026

Z nazwą Scordatura spotykam się po raz pierwszy, a panowie rzeźbią swoje już niemal dwadzieścia lat. W międzyczasie dorobili się trzech dużych płyt i kilku demówek. Sześciu, żeby być dokładnym. Nowy, czwarty, krążek wypuściła chwile temu włoska Everlasting Spew Records, więc postanowiłem sprawdzić, czy dotychczas zespół nie miał najzwyczajniej szczęścia do wydawców, czy po prostu prezentuje lipę. (Czytaj dalej...)

Zapowiedź nowego FIRTAN

 

Today, AOP Records announces October 2nd as the international release date for Firtan's highly anticipated fifth album, Helios.

For over a decade, Firtan have been a relentless force in the German extreme metal scene, captivating audiences with their dynamic performances across Europe. In fall 2026, they will unleash their fifth studio album, which they will premiere live on their Helios tour.

Firtan's new album, Helios, charts the brutal path to enlightenment: not as escape, but as conquest. Named after the sun itself, the album explores what it means to become the strongest, clearest version of oneself in a world engineered for distraction and decay.

Helios fuses the raw, atmospheric ferocity of black metal with the crushing weight of death metal, a mirror to the album's core theme: clarity forged through struggle.

The evocative presence of the acoustic and electric violin weaves through their compositions with melancholic and experimental tones, which create tension and complexity, enhancing the band's intricate riffing and unexpected musical shifts. The incorporation of various acoustic instruments, ritualistic chants as well as analogue synthesizers adds layers of depth and atmosphere.

In the meantime, see & hear the brand-new video "The Hierophant Way" - featuring guest vocals from Ne Obliviscaris' James Dorton - HERE at AOP Records' official YouTube channel. Current list of tour dates as well as poster art follow after the jump. Cover artwork, featuring photography by Luis González Palma, and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Firtan's Helios

1. Himsa

2. Kalikas Tongue

3. Ambrosia

4. Solis Currus

5. Ascension

6. Wide Open Eye

7. Helios

8. The Form Revealed

9. Revealing Prana

10. The Hierophant

11. Shadows of a Dawn Unborn

12. Man of Iron [Bathory cover]

Debiut SEV LEZU za miesiąc

 

U.S. Black Metal outfit SEV LEZU will release their self-titled debut album, Blood Conscript, August 28 on vinyl, cassette, and digital formats via Ordovician Records.

“Blood Conscript,” the eponymous single, is out now and streaming on Ampwall and Bandcamp.

Blood Conscript, recorded at Artifact Audio by drummer, vocalist, lyricist, and producer Sasha Stroud (Belexum, Onw), spins a cursed and bloody tale of dark, ancient mythology, a hateful pantheon, and ensanguined revenge. Guitarist Melissa Moore (Crossspitter, Sonja) and bassist FW (Manat)--along with guest guitarist/songwriter Mia Priest (ex-Impiety) on the track “Corpse Step”--join Stroud to realize SEV LEZU’s strict creative vision: GRINDING, MELODIC BLACK DEATH. An unrelenting force of misanthropic darkness, SEV LEZU rises to kill!

“Me and the dolls made real black metal. The rest can fuck off and burn in hellfire.” - Melissa Moore

Born in 2022, NYC/Philly/PNW black metal outfit SEV LEZU delivers sonic malignancy rooted in the sounds of old, with musicality drawing from the frigid majesty of the Swedish tradition (à la Dissection, Bathory) and Finnish institutions Sargeist, Horna, and Satanic Warmaster, all channeled through the grinding rhythmic violence of Terrorizer and Nasum, the warhorse charge of Iron Maiden, and the sharpness and percussive dynamism of Death’s final records.

Pre-order Blood Conscript:

ampwall.com/a/sevlezu/album/blood-conscript

sevlezu.bandcamp.com/album/blood-conscript

Track Listing:

1. …Into Darkness

2. The Stillborn

3. Corpse Step

4. Blood Conscript

5. Revenge

6. The Ritual of Bone and Blade

7. Man's Evil Gift

Drugi album ATOMIC AGGRESSOR pod koniec sierpnia

 

Today, Hells Headbangers announces August 28th as the international release date for Atomic Aggressor's highly anticipated second album, The Occult Forces, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. In lieu of this announcement, the new track "The Chalice of Despair" is revealed. Hear Atomic Aggressor's "The Chalice of Despair" in its entirety HERE at Hells Headbangers' official YouTube channel.

At ground zero of Chile's still-thriving death metal scene, Atomic Aggressor had a strong hand in shaping that supreme sound back in the late '80s with 1989's influential Bloody Ceremonial demo and 1991's subsequent Resurrection demo. Prematurely, the band broke up but re-formed in 2007 to play a number of national festivals, proving that the ancient hellfire still burned brightly.

With two founding members at the helm, vocalist/bassist Alejandro Díaz and guitarist Enrique Zúñiga, Atomic Aggressor released a well-received split 7" with Death Yell in 2013, further proving that their barbaric deathrash had lost none of its violence & force. But that split was a mere appetizer for the band's long-awaited debut album, Sights of Suffering, which Hells Headbangers released to widespread acclaim at the end of 2014. Some 25 years on from their original formation, Atomic Aggressor continued where they started in the late '80s, but brimmed with a belligerence and bluster that belied their seemingly advanced age. Indeed, old dogs do old tricks! And they did those old tricks again with 2019's Invoking the Primal Chaos EP, continuing that fiery momentum as if five years hadn't passed.

Alas, seven years after that record comes Atomic Aggressor's LONG-awaited second album, The Occult Forces. Once again, time simply does not pass in these Chileans' world, for they pick up exactly where they left off with Invoking the Primal Chaos: pure and total DEATH METAL that's evil and a bit blackened, explosive but finessed. It's almost insane how Atomic Aggressor just don't seem to age, like some metalized portrait of Dorian Gray, and their execution here is sharper than ever, serving their songwriting with malicious intent and maximum overdrive. That The Occult Forces could've been released in 1989, 1999, 2009, or 2019 speaks volumes about the timelessness of the quintet's craft. More than a "throwback," however, Atomic Aggressor show that they're STILL the Real Deal; such songs can only come from those who grew up - and bled - in the 1980s, especially a landscape as lawless as South America. If there's one development here, it's that the characteristically maniacal solos are a bit more reigned in, more diabolical in their classier exposition.

All told, The Occult Forces is as swift as a missile at eight songs in 40 minutes...if it takes Atomic Aggressor another five-plus years to put out another record, it's not for lack of deadly efficiency!

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "The Chalice of Despair" HERE at Hells Headbangers' official YouTube channel. Also hear the previously revealed "Dwellers of the Unknown" HERE, also at Hells Headbangers' official YouTube channel. Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Atomic Aggressor's The Occult Forces

1. Souls Degradation

2. Forms From The Occult

3. The Chalice Of Despair

4. Evil From Beneath

5. Dwellers Of The Unknown

6. Divided To Conceived

7. As I Descend

8. Tormenting Voices

EP-ka KYRIOS do odsłuchu

 

Today, Caligari Records announces August 7th as the international release date for Kyrios' long-awaited second EP, Blood Constellation, on cassette tape format.

From far beyond the sun comes Blood Constellation, the long lost follow-up to Kyrios' Saturnal Chambers. These missing tapes were uncovered, an echo of a last transmission from a great event horizon, and were re-assembled for release on Caligari. Blood Constellation features two dungeon synth tracks that encase two atmospheric yet blisteringly aggressive slabs of black metal.

This release was given its title by the peerless vocalist Trevor Strand, to whom Kyrios devotes this record. Vocal duties have been entrusted to GK Defenestrator, with drums / synths / mastering by Satan’s Sword, guitars / bass / synths / mix / lyrics by Hypatian, and cover artwork by Ronnie Pirog. Blood Constellation is, at long last, re-discovered and currently available for streaming.

Hear Blood Constellation in its entirety HERE at Caligari's Bandcamp, where the tape can be preordered. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Kyrios' Blood Constellation

1. Devour Thine Own Son

2. A Highborn Sacrifice

3. Astrophage

4. Gifts Of Khaos Gods

Recenzja Ceremonial Worship „Between Sleep and Death”

 Ceremonial Worship

„Between Sleep and Death”

Eternal Death 2026

Ceremonial Worship po czterech latach wracają ze swoim trzecim krążkiem. Zespół pochodzi z Grecji i gra black metal. Myli się jednak, kto z góry założy, że to kolejni uczniowie Rotting Christ czy Varathron. Wydźwięk kompozycji zawartych na „Between Sleep and Death” jest zdecydowanie bardziej skandynawski. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Besatt „Hellstorm”

 Besatt

„Hellstorm”

Mara Productions 2026

Polski Besatt każdy zna i jego dyskografie pewnie też. Jeśli nie, to będzie mógł się zapoznać z ich trzecią płytą, która pierwotnie wydana była w 2002 roku. Teraz przybliża i przypomina ją Mara Productions. To tak jak ówcześnie, osiem kawałków black metalu, który kąsa dotkliwie. Surowe brzmienie, bezkompromisowe podejście do tworzenia riffów i totalna wściekłość. (Czytaj dalej...)