Recenzja Ashes „Into the Woodlands”

 Ashes

„Into the Woodlands”

Malignant Voices 2026

 

Pod koniec lutego, tradycyjnie już nakładem Malignant Voices, ukaże się nowy album Ashes. W tym przypadku słowo „nowy” należy potraktować dosłownie, i to na dwójnasób. Poza skojarzeniem oczywistym nadmienić bowiem należy, że oblicze zespołu zaprezentowane na „Into the Woodlands” różni się znacznie od tego, z czym mieliśmy możliwość obcować przy okazji „Ashes” czy „Gloom, Ash and Emptiness to the Horizon”. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Triumpher „Piercing the Heart of the World”

 Triumpher

„Piercing the Heart of the World”

No Remorse Records 2026

 

Triumpher powstał w 2019 roku w Atenach i w marcu powróci ze swoją trzecią płytą. Grecy grają power metal z trochę ostrzejszymi zrywami, które wskazywać mogą na ukłon w stronę melodyjnego, szwedzkiego black metalu. Fundament aranżacji stanowią heavy metalowe akordy, które doprawione rozpasanymi chwytliwościami robią piorunujące wrażenie, jeśli oczywiście ktoś takie rzeczy lubi. (Czytaj dalej...)

Nowy A.H.P. za miesiąc

 

On March 21st internationally, Purity Through Fire is proud to present A.H.P.'s highly anticipated second album, Alltid Imot Deg, on CD format. The vinyl version will follow this summer.

Formed in 2011 in Bergen, A.H.P. are something of a "dark horse" within Norwegian black metal: their sound isn't Norwegian Black Metal Exclusively, and band founder / songwriter Gulnar originally hails from Poland. However, being something an outlier has made A.H.P. all the more unique. From palatably varied songwriting to a more mechanistic soundwall, from tastefully unexpected cover-song choices to even-more-varied lineups, A.H.P. follow their own path, forged in fire, ice, and iron will.

Now, a full decade since their Against Human Plague debut album, A.H.P. return to reassert those unique virtues with Alltid Imot Deg. Comprising five songs in 41 minutes, A.H.P.'s second album is indeed more epic-minded than the first, each song creating a shapeshifting vortex where four separate vocalists narrate foul deeds and filthy states of the soul; among those guests are Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult's Onielar. Gulnar rises to the occasion with songwriting that's by turns stealthy, hypnotic, schizophrenic, and thuggish - but always, ALWAYS, is there an ever-building fountain of cold & crunching violence. That A.H.P.'s soundwall retains their elder Moonfoggy-mechanistic feel whilst emitting a sort of delirious humanity only makes Alltid Imot Deg all the more compelling - and, always again, all the more unique. Still, the best is saved for last with the 15-minute title track, which is an awe-inspiring maw of impossibly alluring darkness; you will DROWN in this.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Lust for Murder," featuring the aforementioned Onielar, HERE at Purity Through Fire's official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for A.H.P.'s Alltid Imot Deg

1. Souls to Inhale (Armagog - vocals)

2. Lust for Murder (Onielar / DNS - vocals)

3. In Endless Disgust

4. Nocturnal

5. Alltid Imot Deg (JMRM - vocals)

Singiel od TOTAL MANIC

 

Baltimore (MD) - Street Metal gang, Total Maniac, in collaboration with Decibel Magazine, has premiered "Early Grave," the second single from forthcoming sophomore album, Love Overdrive. Stream it below!

decibelmagazine.com/2026/02/24/track-premiere-total-maniac-early-grave/

With Love Overdrive, Total Maniac has upped the ante! The quintet's music can veer from ripping thrash to sleazy hard rock, from d-beat menace to anthemic choruses. Capturing the wild energy and irreverent humor of their live shows and packed with their strongest, most memorable material yet, the album is sure to catch the attention of heshers and open even more doors for the band!

In case you missed it, the album's first single, "Drinkin' Our Way To Hell," is streaming now at youtu.be/Ylq6yZNyOdg. The song is also available on Bandcamp.

Można odsłuchać debiut BURNING PATH

 

Today, Chilean true metallers Burning Path stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, Burning Path, at the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal YouTube channel. Set for international release on February 27th via Dying Victims Productions, hear Burning Path's Burning Path in its entirety exclusively HERE.

EP-ka INTERNAL DECAY do odsłuchu

 

Stream Internal Decay's new EP "Fires of the Forgotten" now on Death Metal Promotion! The fires burn again, this is the comeback of Swedish Cult Death Metal band Internal Decay!

Listen here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zQnLSXlzzk

Buy a phyicial copy here:

https://internaldecay.lnk.to/firesoftheforgotten

Tracklist:

1. Fires of the Forgotten (Dance Upon Your Grief)

2. A Demon’s Bow

3. Dying Wish

Singiel i zapowiedź nowego GROND

 

Russian Death metallers GROND break through with the release of their first advance single and unveil the first details of their highly anticipated 3rd studio album, entitled “The Temple”. The new record will be released on April 30th through Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats, and promises to cement the band as one of the most crushing forces in today’s Death Metal scene.

Listen to the first advance single as a video-clip:

Youtube: https://youtu.be/H2t8lQ-sudE

All Digital platforms:

https://music.imusician.pro/a/KiRjTFG3

Pre-save album on Spotify & Deezer:

https://music.imusician.pro/a/h0rycXL4

Formed in 2002 in Moscow by Kist (drums/vocals) and Dust (guitars), GROND officially began their journey in 2005 with the release of their first demo. After intense live activity and several lineup changes, the band consolidated their sound with the EP “Steel Coffins” and later with their debut full-length “Howling From the Deep”, marking the beginning of their oceanic and maritime-themed identity.

In 2016, they released their second album, “Worship the Kraken”, through Xtreem Music, further expanding their dark, sea-bound mythology and strengthening their position within the underground Death Metal scene. Following European festival appearances, continued live assaults, and additional lineup changes, the band eventually solidified its current formation: Kist (vocals), Void (guitars), Sarghas (bass), and Kadath (drums).

With this lineup, GROND have recorded their new conceptual album, “The Temple,” inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s story of the same name and intertwined with the historical figure of German World War I U-boat commander Otto Eduard Weddigen. The album will be unleashed on April 30th, 2026 through Xtreem Music.

Tracklist for "The Temple":

01. Rotter Himmel

02. Weddigen

03. Pour le Merite

04. U-29

05. Dreadnought

06. Submergence

07. Radiant Fury

08. The Temple

09. Dark Solitude of the Sea

Release date for "The Temple" will be April 30th through Xtreem Music on CD & Digital formats.

Nowy kawałek od CENOTAFIO

 

Today, Chilean black / death metallers Cenotafio premiere the new track "Acausal Escisión" at heavily trafficked web-portal NoCleanSinging.com. The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated third album, La Escisión Acausal: Por La Vía Inversa Hacia La Descarnación, set for international release on April 1st via Demoniac Productions. Hear Cenotafio's "Acausal Escisión" in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Cenotafio hail from the frontiers of southern Chile, in a bloody transfixion that decomposes and darkens the veins of everything created under the stormy & wrathful black / death metal that's been inoculated all along the last decade. To date, the band's two full-lengths have cemented Cenotafio's position as one of Chile's best new-breed black / death bands - no mean feat, given the rich history of Chilean underground metal and its ever-thriving scene that's arguably even stronger today. Then again, the duo of Daniel Hermosilla and Patricio Kusnir are no mere newcomers, as both men have been playing in a number of hordes for well over a decade, including the cult Invehertex.

Now, after six years since their last full-length, Cenotafio reveal themselves as a banner as well as an alliance with their long-awaited third album. Titled La Escisión Acausal: Por La Vía Inversa Hacia La Descarnación (English: "The Acausal Cleavage, through the inverted way to the fleshing out"), the record's weighty title is accordingly illustrated by its foul, feral contents. Across the 43-minute album's six tracks, Cenotafio lay bare a supremely sepulchral landscape where genre delineations become irrelevant. Black metal devours death metal, then vice versa, all while a roiling undercurrent of doom provides the rhythmic sturm under drang that's seemingly scattershot but eventually reveals its restless genius. Sprawling and demanding, to be sure, but those of a hardier constitution are rewarded by La Escisión Acausal's depraved sonic and spiritual depths. One could even liken the album to the Ouroboros, buried under miles of ash: blackened death metal, deathened black metal, blackdeathdoom...all spiraling in hypnotic lockstep, all consuming and all-consuming, in salacious delight. It's an understatement, then, to say that this wait for Cenotafio's return has been worth it.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Acausal Escisión" exclusively HERE, courtesy of NoCleanSinging.com. Also hear the previously revealed "Osario" both HERE at Demoniac Productions' Bandcamp as well as HERE at the label's official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Cenotafio's La Escisión Acausal: Por La Vía Inversa Hacia La Descarnación

1. Atrabilis Taenia Solivm [8:47]

2. Osario [5:11]

3. Nigredo Transfixión [7:30]

4. Acausal Escisión [5:58]

5. Viperidarium [5:13]

6. Orbis Coagula [10:17]

W marcu nowy HIGHGATE

 

Kentucky's Doom laden Sludge lords HIGHGATE have joined the Horror Pain Gore Death Productions roster for the release of their new full-length album, Prophecies Of Eternal Horror.

Emanating from the hills of Northern Kentucky, HIGHGATE unleash a Sludge filled, Doom laden yowl that speaks of years of struggle and despair. Prophecies Of Eternal Horror finds the dead bodies stacking to the sky as HIGHGATE grapple with global war atrocities, religious fanaticism and class warfare.

HIGHGATE has shared the album's first single, "At Paranoia’s Poison Door." The song is described as a blackened-doom battle cry against an overreaching government that wants us too scared to think or act for ourselves. The lyrical refrain of “crawl to your masters” speaks to the song's theme of government capability to brainwash citizens into cowering boot-lickers.

Stream the song now at youtu.be/_CQJ2x6vwHc.

Prophecies Of Eternal Horror track listing:

1. Terraforming Hell

2. Death Comes

3. At Paranoia's Poison Door

4. Deceiver

5. The Writhing Dawn

Prophecies Of Eternal Horror is set to be released on March 27.

EP-ka DRUDKH w kwietniu

 

Born from the whispering winds and the brooding landscapes of Ukraine, a realm steeped in history and draped in the enigma of folklore, emerges DRUDKH - a beacon of profound expression in the vast expanse of black metal. In their essence, DRUDKH are the custodians of a narrative, combining atmospheric and pagan influences into a mesmerizing portrayal of their homeland’s soul. Their journey is one of introspection, seeking to create music that evoke a profound emotional resonance that stirs the depths of the human experience.

With the unfolding of Shadow Play, their latest album, DRUDKH invites the listener into a realm where the boundaries between the corporeal and the ethereal blur. This album emerges as an ode to the contrasting forces that shape existence: light against shadow, silence against storm, ephemeral beauty against the decay of oblivion. A story untold, exploring themes of exile, the cycle of life and death, and the perpetual yearning for a return to origins—both personal and collective.

Through Shadow Play, DRUDKH transcends the conventional expectations of music, engaging in a dialogue that is both personal and universal. They challenge us to confront our own shadows, to find beauty in desolation, and to appreciate the intricate dance of light and darkness that defines our existence. This album is another chapter in DRUDKH’s storied discography - it represents an invigorated exploration into the myriad facets of human emotion, the relentless pursuit of truth, and the undying passion for unearthing the hidden threads that connect us to the past.

In the wake of Shadow Play, DRUDKH extend this same creative breath with Thaw, a three-track EP recorded during the album’s sessions and conceived within the same emotional horizon. Rather than opening a new chapter, it lingers within the existing one, offering a quieter, more concentrated meditation on transition and inner exile. If the album traced the tension between shadow and illumination, Thaw inhabits the fragile interval between stillness and movement, where change begins almost imperceptibly beneath a frozen surface. In doing so, it reinforces the coherence of this period in DRUDKH’s work, deepening its atmosphere and affirming continuity over rupture.

DRUDKH continues to illuminate the path for those who dare to wander, to question, and to dream.

Tracklist:

1. Memory (07:07)

2. Somewhere, Sometime (05:51)

3. A Moment in Eternity (07:02)

Full runtime: 20:10

Zapowiedź nowego NECROCCULTUS

 

Mexican death metal veterans NECROCCULTUS are set to make their triumphant return with their new full-length album “The Afterdeath Blackness”, scheduled for release on April 24th, 2026 via Terror From Hell Records.

Proud standard-bearers of the purest and most solemn death metal tradition, NECROCCULTUS return with a record that both honors and revitalizes the genre’s roots. Forged through years of underground militancy and unwavering dedication to the death metal cause, the band channels its accumulated experience into an album that feels timeless yet fiercely alive. “The Afterdeath Blackness” stands as a statement of intent: death metal in its most essential, uncompromising form.

Across eight tracks, the album showcases everything that has defined NECROCCULTUS since their inception: massive riffs, carefully crafted songwriting and a dark atmosphere rooted in ritualistic heaviness. The compositions are elaborate without ever becoming self-indulgent, balancing complexity with raw impact and maintaining a natural flow that keeps the listener immersed from beginning to end. A constant sense of menace runs through the record, while a subtle veil of epic grandeur elevates the material beyond mere brutality.

Rather than chasing trends or modern gimmicks, NECROCCULTUS embrace the spirit of classic death metal, filtering it through decades of underground commitment and artistic growth. The result is an album that sounds both reverent and commanding, a work that speaks directly to devoted followers of the old ways while reaffirming the band’s place among today’s torchbearers of authentic death metal.

The first single “Dread Midnight Entities” is now streaming HERE.

Tracklist:

I. Intro (The Highest Sphere Of The Dead)

II. Slaughter Of Bestiality

III. Transition To The Tortuous Reign

IV. Unburied Hellish Presences

V. Dread Midnight Entities

VI. Multiform Devourer Of Souls

VII. Old Coffin Miasma

VIII. The Afterdeath Blackness

Recenzja Hellfuck “9 Nails Hammered into the Flesh of God”

 Hellfuck

“9 Nails Hammered into the Flesh of God”

Godz ov War 2026

Kiedy to trzy i pół roku temu ukazał się debiutancki krążek Hellfuck, pomyślałem, że to taki jednorazowy wybryk kilku znanych na krajowej scenie muzyków, oddających w ten sposób hołd dla starego, teutońskiego thrashu, przy którym zapewne dorastali. Jednocześnie miałem nadzieję, że się mylę, zwłaszcza że „Diabolic Slaughter” mocno mną pozamiatał, i wracałem do tej płyty z wielką przyjemnością. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Egregore „It Echoes in the Wild”

 Egregore

„It Echoes in the Wild”

20 Buck Spin 2026

To ten kanadyjski Egregore, który w ostatniej dekadzie marca zaprezentuje drugą odsłonę swojego spojrzenia na black-death metal. Podobnie jak na debiucie, będzie to spora dawka ametodycznego grania, które momentami zalatuje wczesnym Morbid Angel. Poza typowymi akordami dla ekipy Trey’a, które objawiają się na „It Echoes in the Wild” jako dobrze znane „ścinki” gitarowe czy charakterystyczne solówki, to znajdziecie tu również mnóstwo mocno pokręconych rytmów (Czytaj dalej...)

Singiel NOCTURNAL DEPARTURE

 

Today, Canadian black metal cult Nocturnal Departure reveal the new track "Spiritual Cessation." The track is the first to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated third album, Spiritual Cessation, which will see release later this spring via Hells Headbangers. Hear Nocturnal Departure's title track "Spiritual Cessation" in its entirety HERE at Hells Headbangers' official YouTube channel.

BEZKRES zapowiadają debiut

 

Today, Signal Rex announces April 10th as the international release date for Bezkres' highly anticipated debut album, Naturalna nietolerancja, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Following a demo in 2024 and the Signal Rex-released Odwieczny zew agresji EP last year, Poland's Bezkres now make their full-length debut. Naturalna nietolerancja is a raw and uncompromising black metal statement forged in the spirit of the '90s underground. Cold, austere, and openly hostile, the album rejects human weakness, religious corruption, and false transcendence. Across nine tracks, spanning into 40 minutes, Bezkres channel nature as an ancient, merciless presence, older than belief, untouched by morality.

Built on repetitive, frostbitten riffs, stripped-down structures, and an unpolished sound true to the genre’s origins, Naturalna nietolerancja unfolds as a solitary passage through contempt, willpower, annihilation, and disappearance. There is no spectacle, no modern gloss - only severity, distance, and the cold clarity of stone. This is black metal rooted in isolation and negation, faithful to the underground ethos of the '90s and indifferent to anything beyond it.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new title track "Naturalna nietolerancja" HERE at Signal Rex's official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Bezkres' Naturalna nietolerancja

1. Majestat kamiennych monumentów

2. Ludzkie ścierwo

3. Marność wiary plugawego krzyża

4. Przełęcz zatracenia

5. Siła woli

6. Naturalna nietolerancja

7. Nieskończony szlak

8. Anihilacja

9. W poszukiwaniu samotności w skalnym labiryncie