Recenzja Soulburn „Quantifying Cosmic Doom”

 Soulburn

„Quantifying Cosmic Doom”

Testimony Rec. 2026

Kiedy w latach dziewięćdziesiątych rozpadł się Asphyx, Century Media dumnie ogłosiła, że oto pojawił się (oczywiście pod ich skrzydłami) godny następca. Debiut Soulburn został faktycznie nagrany przez trzech byłych Asphyxowiczów, i tak po prawdzie zły nie był. Jednak nie na tyle dobry, bym późniejszą karierę Holendrów śledził z zapartym tchem. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Lorn „Searing Blood”

 Lorn

„Searing Blood”

I, Voidhanger Records 2026

Ten włoski, solowy projekt, za którym stoi niejaki Radok, muzykuje już parę lat, bo od 1999 roku. Przez te prawie trzy dekady nie uzbierał jednak zbyt dużo nagrań, ponieważ pomijając kilka splitów, demosa i epkę, to „Searing Blood” jest dopiero czwartym, dużym krążkiem Lorn. No nic. Najnowsze jego dzieło to sześć numerów wyrzeźbionych w black metalowej materii, które po części brzmią dość znajomo. (Czytaj dalej...)

CASTLE zapowiadają nowy album

 

US/Canadian heavy doom outfit Castle have just announced their new album Carrie Chains, which will be released on 4th September via Hammerheart Records. In celebration, the lead single of the album 'Carry Chains' is now streaming on all digital platforms.

Watch the official music video for 'Carry Chains' here: https://youtu.be/O5w7HYQ4V_o

Carrie Chains shows Castle at new heights of constructing their trademark serpentine riffs into powerful anthemic hooks while the whiskey throated vocals of powerhouse singer Liz Blackwell fill every spooky nook and cranny to intoxicating effect. Taking influence from the 70’s/80’s riff-heavy maestros like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Mercyful Fate and keeping a stripped down attack sound, Castle channel that classic heavy-metal DNA into something leaner, meaner, and unmistakably their own.

Nowy DAUÞUZ do odsłuchu

 

Today, mining black metallers Dauþuz stream the entirety of their highly anticipated sixth album, Todeswerk: Uranium II, at the Black Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Set for international release on May 29th via Amor Fati Productions on CD and vinyl LP formats - the tape version of the album is being released via the band themselves on their respective labels, Archaic-Oath Productions and Moonstruck - hear Dauþuz's Todeswerk: Uranium II in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Kawałek od APOGEAN do sprawdzenia

 

Toronto death metallers Apogean’s newest single “Daughter of the Oak” is now available on all streaming/digital platforms. Featuring Laura C. Bates (Völur) — who also contributed violin and choir arrangements to several other tracks — this blackened death number comes as the second preview from the band’s upcoming full-length, Waste Where Life Begins, set for release physically (CD, vinyl) and digitally on July 10th via The Artisan Era.

“‘Daughter of the Oak’ was the first song that Apogean composed for this album,” says Apogean. “We wanted to dive straight into this musical collection with an intensity that we’ve been seeking to deliver in our previous records but haven’t quite achieved.

“This track represents everything that we seek to maintain and evolve in our sound, so we thought it would be appropriate to step right into it as the premier track. While introducing some fresh elements, it also maintains a technical style that we’ve developed in our previous releases.”

Recenzja Dead Void „Cranial Devastation”

 Dead Void

„Cranial Devastation”

Me Saco Un Ojo / Dark Descend 2026

Moje spotkanie z debiutanckim krążkiem Dead Void, z dwa tysiące dwudziestego drugiego, wyglądało niczym pojedynek Ivana Drago z Apollo Creedem. Wystarczyło kilka strzałów, i nie byłem w stanie się pozbierać. Cztery lata później zespół powraca z albumem numer dwa. Wiadomo, że w tym przypadku nie było już ze strony przeciwnika mowy o żadnym zaskoczeniu, bo spodziewałem się wyprowadzania ciosów o najwyższej sile rażenia. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Harms „Rebirth of the Cold”

 Harms

„Rebirth of the Cold”

Time To Kill Records 2026

Harms jest pięcioosobową kapelą z Finlandii, która powstała w 2017 roku. Mają już na koncie debiutancki album, demosa i epkę, a ósmego maja wrócili z kolejnym krążkiem. Finowie grają dość nowoczesną muzykę metalową, opartą o metalcore, ale kilka innych składników w ich muzyce można znaleźć. (Czytaj dalej...)

Nowy CONSECRATION do odsłuchu

 

British death-doom outfit CONSECRATION are now streaming their entire new album “Exanimis” in an exclusive premiere hosted by Death Metal Promotion, ahead of its official release on May 29th, 2026 via Nuclear Winter Records.

Listen to the full album at THIS LOCATION.

Można odsłuchać nowy PHARMACIST

 

Today, Japanese goregrinders Pharmacist stream the entirety of their highly anticipated third album, Vertebrae After Vertebrae, at the Death Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Set for international release on May 29th via Hells Headbangers, hear Pharmacist's Vertebrae After Vertebrae in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Nowy numer HOC EST BELLUM

 

Blackened death metal assault unit HOC EST BELLUM have released “Vomit Black Ecstasy”, the new single taken from the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Filth Majesty”, due out on June 26, 2026 via Time To Kill Records.

With “Vomit Black Ecstasy”, HOC EST BELLUM further unveil the violent and war-driven vision at the core of “Filth Majesty”, delivering a track that strikes with savage intensity and oppressive force. Blending corrosive black metal hostility with the crushing weight of death metal, the band advances like a relentless bombardment, fueled by militant rhythms, feral aggression and a suffocating atmosphere of destruction.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/Y1caUzGj9Kc

Debiut SOMNIA FINEM do odsłuchu

 

On May 29th internationally, Signal Rex will release Somnia Finem's highly anticipated debut album, Desassossego, on CD format. And today, the No Gleaming Light YouTube channel streams the album in its entirety. Hear Somnia Finem's Desassossego in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Nowy DEFILED za dwa tygodnie

 

DEFILED will release their ninth album, Altered State, on June 12th via Season of Mist. The album's title track is out today, accompanied by a music video, and it's a reasonable entry point into what the record is doing: tempo shifts that owe more to progressive and fusion logic than death metal convention, with a structure that resists easy mapping on first listen.

The album draws lyrically from George Orwell's 1984, using its dystopian framework as a lens for surveillance, doublespeak, and mass control; territory that feels less like concept record and more like a band processing the present in the only language available to them. Musically, Defiled remain where they've always been: outside the lineage. Neither old-school revivalists nor technical death metal practitioners, they've evolved in isolation since the early '90s, and Altered State is the sharpest distillation of that yet.

Recenzja Liminal Sky „All Tomorrow's Darkness”

 Liminal Sky

„All Tomorrow's Darkness”

Karisma Rec. 2026

Po Liminal Sky sięgnąłem trochę przypadkowo. Bo ani nie jestem specjalnym fanem Ulver, ani niewiele znam z twórczości Hexvessel, a to właśnie muzycy tych zespołów, między innymi, wchodzą w skład rzeczonego projektu. Stwierdziłem jednak, że czasem trzeba się odchamić i posłuchać czego innego niż tylko hałasu. „All Tomorrow’s Darkness” to niemal godzina grania z gatunku post-rock. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Junon „The Golden Citadel of the Astral Sphere”

 Junon

„The Golden Citadel of the Astral Sphere”

I, Voidhanger Records 2026

Junon jest Niemką i swoją ksywką nazwała ten projekt w 2022 roku. Po czterech latach tworzenia, czego przedsmak w postaci demosa otrzymaliśmy rok wcześniej, teraz dostajemy debiutancką płytę. Składają się na nią dwa kawałki ze wspomnianego „Promo MMXXV” i dwie nowe kompozycje. Muzyka w wykonaniu Junon jest upiorna, podobnie jak zdjęcie artystki dołączone do materiału promocyjnego. (Czytaj dalej...)

Debiut GRIMVEIL za dwa tygodnie

 

Today, Purity Through Fire announces June 5th as the international release date Grimveil's striking debut album, Beneath the Veil of Silent Woods, on digipack CD format.

Grimveil is a brand-new formation between two current pillars of Purity Through Fire, Revenant (Order of Nosferat, Sarkrista, Siechknecht, Velmorth) and Tårfödd's Simon Lindgren. Revenant explains the genesis of the project: "After working together with Simon on the latest Tårfödd album, we decided to start a new project, as well, one that goes deeper into themes of nature, forests, and the atmosphere of the woods. Living right at the edge of the woods, nature has been a huge source of inspiration for me. A lot of the ideas and moods behind this project came from my daily walks with my dog through the forest, especially during quiet foggy mornings and late evenings out there. We wanted to capture exactly that feeling within this project."

Indeed they do on Grimveil's first full-length, Beneath the Veil of Silent Woods. Too perfectly titled, this eight-song / 62-minute record lays forth a landscape of misty melancholia & mysticism, nostalgia for rustic pre-Industrial Revolution times, and the awe-inspiring grandiosity of nature untouched by human hands. With Lindgren handling all music and Revenant on vocals, the form may seem somewhat familiar, but the content - as channeled through these two creative, ultra-prolific men - most definitely elevates itself above what the two may accomplish separately. Mostly mid-to-downtempo but not without bursts of lashing speed, Beneath the Veil of Silent Woods works a majestic, mesmerizing spell through somberly melodic riffing and the heartfelt ripped throat of Revenant. Coupled with extended all-acoustic sections and a faint fog of ethereal synth, Grimveil truly invoke the sensations of solitary forest contemplation. The journey begins Beneath the Veil of Silent Woods!

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Into the Depths of Shrouded Pines" HERE at Purity Through Fire's official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Grimveil's Beneath the Veil of Silent Woods

1. Where the Path Fades to Nothing

2. Into the Depths of Shrouded Pines

3. Only Trees Bear Witness

4. Beneath the Veil of Silent Woods

5. The Distant Murmur of Trees

6. Where Beauty Breathes in Silence

7. As Fog Devours the Trail

8. The Light that Lives in Leaves