Recenzja Sznur „Cwel”

 Sznur

„Cwel”

Godz ov War 2026

Bardzo obawiałem się piątej płyty wałbrzyskiego Sznura. Głównie dlatego, że chłopaki, zwłaszcza na poprzedniej płycie, zaczęli poniekąd popadać w pewnego rodzaju schemat, tudzież powtarzalność. Obawami tymi podzieliłem się zresztą z wydawcą, który powiedział mi jedno. „Posłuchaj, a zobaczysz”. Też mi odkrycie. Jednak w tym przypadku, już po jednorazowej konsumpcji „Cwela”, wiedziałem, co człowiek miał na myśli. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Relic „Crown of Flies”

 Relic

„Crown of Flies”

Self-Release 2026

To nowy Relic z amerykańskiej ziemi, bo trochę już ich tam było, zresztą nie tylko w USA. Ten jest świeżą kapelą, która na początku kwietnia wyda własnym sumptem tą epkę. Są to cztery, krótkie pociski, którym za detonator posłużył gęsty death metal z małym pierwiastkiem „czerni”, lecz nie tylko. (Czytaj dalej...)

Kilka przypominajek koncertowych na weekend

 

Można odsłuchać debiut SECTARIAN DEFACEMENT

 

Kyiv (UA) - Hostile Consuming Rapture, the debut full-length album from Ukrainian brutal death metal trio, Sectarian Defacement, is out now on Grave Island Records!

Hostile Consuming Rapture is available on CD, vinyl, and digital formats.

Click to stream/purchase at:

youtu.be/3rgyrZlVMQ4

graveislandrecords.com/sectariandefacement-hostileconsumingrapture

sectariandefacement.bandcamp.com/album/hostile-consuming-rapture

Following their EP Chaotic Demiurge, the band pushes their sound further with a heavier and more focused approach. The album delivers raw, aggressive brutal death metal with elements of technical riffing, grinding intensity and groove-driven sections that keep the songs tight and memorable. Instead of following the polished “slamcore” trend, Sectarian Defacement deliver something far more extreme and brutal. The sound is raw, heavy and direct, hitting with the force of a blunt weapon.

Lyrically, Sectarian Defacement also touch on darker historical themes, including crimes of the Soviet regime.

If you are into truly heavy and uncompromising brutal death metal, Hostile Consuming Rapture is a release you should not ignore. Sectarian Defacement prove themselves as a band with real intensity and a strong identity.

Arkona / Konigreichssaal / Czort w Opolu

 

Debiut NECROBEAST 25-go maja

 

Blackened thrash metal band NECROBEAST are set to release their debut full-length album ‘IRON BAPHOMET.’ The album takes thrash back to its glory days with songs that have an unearthly energy and a raw, gritty atmosphere. The album’s speed and blasphemous, blackened tone collide with rigorous riffs, violent rhythms, and vocals spat straight out of hell itself.

Twenty years ago, NECROBEAST crawled out of Valdivia, in the deep south of Chile. Inspired by the thrash metal scenes of South America, Germany, and Japan, NECROBEAST have been purveyors of the metal underground for years, releasing several well-received demos and split albums. Stepping out of the shadows, the band has conjured forth the preachings of the endless void of hell and the depths of the human soul in ‘IRON BAPHOMET.’

‘IRON BAPHOMET’ is eight songs of raw blackened thrash metal and a full manifestation of the band’s well-honed brutality and speed, proudly waving the flag of old school metal as it ushers in a flagrant display of extremity.

FOURNIER zapowiadają demo

 

Today, Caligari Records announces May 22nd as the international release date for Fournier's striking debut demo, Fournier, on cassette tape format.

Fournier hail from New Zealand, and began writing and recording their debut demo throughout 2023-2025. Apathetic toward ongoing stylistic and production trends in death metal, the trio seek a more fundamental approach to the form. Inspired by pioneers such as Morbid Angel, Immolation, and Timeghoul but also contemporary artists like Hyperdontia, Phrenelith, and Engulfed, Fournier create tense, violent, and overwhelmingly oppressive DEATH METAL. The four tracks captured on Fournier explore themes of societal and environmental oppression and collapse while positing a non-dualistic understanding of existence. At nearly 20 minutes in length, the dark labyrinths Fournier create here lay an estimable foundation for more mind-melting in the near future.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Supreme Ornaments" HERE at Caligari's Bandcamp, where the demo can also be preordered. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Fournier's Fournier

1. Cast Adrift

2. Constructing the Ark

3. Supreme Ornaments

4. An Angel With a Bullet

Debiut SOMNIA FINEM pod koniec maja

 

Today, Signal Rex announces May 29th as the international release date for Somnia Finem's striking debut album, Desassossego, on CD format.

A yearning, desolate, and harsh black metal manifesto, where Lusitanian heritage transforms into the abyss. Here, the language is the chisel that carves every chord into pure turmoil...

A brand-new Portuguese entity, Somnia Finem differ from their domestic contemporaries (particularly those under the banner of Signal Rex) in that their black metal isn't stridently raw - underground, yes, but most certainly of an idiosyncratic nature. With prodigious chops and startling dynamics at the fore, the band's aesthetics more closely align with southern European sounds from the latter half of the '90s, particularly Italy, France, and Greece.

Witness Somnia Finem's public debut, Desassossego. Recorded between 2022 and 2025, the band's first full-length is based on Fernando Pessoa's Livro do Desassossego - a "factless autobiography" that was left unedited by the author, and published posthumously. Similarly, there's a haziness or at least obliqueness to Somnia Finem in that this six-song / 36-minute record sounds like black metal and is built like a black metal record, but Desassossego is definitely communicating something somewhat alien for the genre despite many / most of the sonic signposts being (wobbly) in place. Rather, the dark romanticism and "un-layered layers" of their soundfield conspire to contort one's headspace, swirling and smeared and even elegant for those acclimated to black metal's deepest underground: hypnogogic would perhaps be the best summation of this almost-monastic experience.

Somnia Finem poignantly walk the line between staunch traditionalism and singular unorthodoxy. Desassossego is an incredible-if-unfussy first work.

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

Tracklisting for Somnia Finem's Desassego

1. Sinfonia de Mim [5:42]

2. Prisão da Razão [7:10]

3. Desassossego [6:06]

4. Sonho Lúcido [6:46]

5. Marioneta Partida [4:43]

6. Sonhos Mortos [6:15]

Recenzja Vomitory „In Death Throes”

 Vomitory

„In Death Throes”

Metal Blade Rec. 2026

Pamiętam jak dziś… W drugiej połowie lat dziewięćdziesiątych szwędałem się ze znajomym po giełdzie w Lubinie, bo chłop szukał jakiejś części do samochodu czy coś. Było tam malutkie, niepozorne stoisko, na którym można było zanabyć płyty kompaktowe. Głównie disco polo i inne gówna. Nie wiem nawet, z jakiego powodu zacząłem koszyk przeglądać, i nagle wpadła mi w oko okładka z metalowym logo, i leżącymi na glebie upapranymi krwią zwłokami. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Kerzenlicht / Kirous „Split”

 Kerzenlicht / Kirous

„Split”

Signal Rex 2026

Oto Panie i Panowie split dwóch fińskich kapel, które parają się surowym black metalem. Na pierwszy ogień idzie młody duet Kerzenlicht, który w zeszłym roku zaszczycił świat debiutanckim demosem. Zapodają oni tutaj cztery numery o budowie cepa, czyli prostota górą. Niewyszukane tremolo, trochę bicia w tłumione struny, kilka sprzężeń i jest. (Czytaj dalej...)

Klip od SANDSTORM

 

Today, transplanted Swedish metal warriors Sandstorm premiere the new video "Close Combat" at the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal (NWOTHM) YouTube channel. The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated new mini-album, Dungeon of Death, set for international release on May 22nd via Dying Victims Productions. See & hear Sandstorm's "Close Combat" video in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Recenzja Fayenne “The Calling from the Depth”

 Fayenne

“The Calling from the Depth”

Nigredo Prod. 2026

No, teraz to mi następny (po Godz ov War) Pan Wydawca podesłał niezły orzech do zgryzienia. Kolejny band, w którym trzy czwarte składu stanowią jakieś dupy, co to zamiast zająć się czymś bardziej praktycznym i pożytecznym, postanowiły grać black metal. Mało! Na dodatek, jak twierdzi Encyklopedia Metalu, pośpiewać przy tym o supremacji kobiet! O żesz kurwa twoja w dupę zapiedolona mać! Tego jeszcze nie grali. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Drudkh „Thaw”

 Drudkh

„Thaw”

Season of Mist: Underground Activists 2026

Któż nie zna tej kapeli. Grają od 2002 roku i poza mniejszymi wydawnictwami, uzbierali już trzynaście albumów. W ostatniej dekadzie kwietnia ukaże się najnowsza epka Ukraińców, która oferuje fanom Drudkh trzy nowe kawałki. Jak dla mnie, black metal, który znalazł się na „Thaw” to straszny smęt. (Czytaj dalej...)

SHEWOLFF prezentują nowy numer

 

Today, Belgian metalpunks Shewolff premiere the new track "We're All Gonna Fukking Die" at heavily trafficked web-portal MetalBite.com. The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated debut mini-album, We're All Gonna Fukking Die, set for international releaase on May 22nd via Dying Victims Productions. Hear Shewolff's title track "We're All Gonna Fukking Die" in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Hailing from Belgium, Shewolff emerged from the underground as a solo-project of K. Von Shewolff, which eventually formed into the solid three-piece band it is today. They find their origins in raw, punk-driven blackness galore, faithfully returning to the old-school spirit of making music by modest and primitive means. A five-song digital-only demo was released in 2023 - songs which contain absolute fury towards the known and long-overdue established order, existential live-or-die sentiment, and a small tribute paid to the old-school believers who came before them.

Now, Shewolff blend all that together on the debut mini-album We’re All Gonna Fukking Die. With six new tracks pushing towards a final and inevitable end, this bleakly titled record is actually invigorating and inspiring: railing against the dying of the light with a paradoxically dark metalpunk sound, familiar in its stomping swagger but exuding cantankerous charisma that’s all their own. The aesthetic signposts are planted firmly in the ground – think Hellhammer, pre-Viking Bathory, Darkthrone’s record-nerd era, early Midnight, the almighty Venom, or even labelmates like Karloff, Hellcrash, and Germany’s Lucifuge – but Shewolff manage to stir some diabolical little twists into the bubbling brew, with K. Von Shewolff’s vocals in particular imparting a femininity that’s fierce, frightening, and fucking going for the throat. In fact, “going for the throat” is the best way to describe We’re All Gonna Gie, so embrace it, ye fukks!

In the meantime, hear the brand-new title track "We're All Gonna Fukking Die" exclusively HERE, courtesy of MetalBite.com. Also hear the previously revealed "Eternal Night" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever magazine. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Shewolff's We're All Gonna Fukking Die

1. Eternal Night [3:49]

2. Guillotines [3:00]

3. We're All Gonna Fukking Die [3:48]

4. Nail + Burn [5:02]

5. Fantastik Fukk [2:06]

6. Konfusion [6:49]

Singiel od DEATHSTORM

 

Today, Austrian deathrashers Deathstorm premiere the new track "Mount Eerie" at heavily trafficked web-portal MetalBite.com. The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated fifth album, Cascophonies, set for international release on May 22nd via Dying Victims Productions. Hear Deathstorm's "Mount Eerie" in its entirety exclusively HERE.

A veritable institution by now, Austria's Deathstorm have been flying the flag of hate since 2010, releasing albums on such well-regarded labels as I Hate and High Roller as well delivering The Gallows EP to Dying Victims in 2015 and, later on, 2020s’ For Dread Shall Reign. With but the Swarming demo quietly released in 2022, the question still remains: does the Deathstorm still rage? You better fucking believe it!

Witness Cascophonies, Deathstorm’s long-awaited fifth album. Wasting no time whatsoever, the Austrians kick in and lay waste to all that lay before them. As always, the spectre of classic Kreator looms large over Deathstorm still – and why should it not, when you’re STILL doing deathtrash this devastating? – but with Cascophonies, the band bring forth a whole host of new ideas as twisted as the album’s title suggests. While there’s (many) moments that are Deathstorm at their fiercest and fastest yet, Cascophonies contorts through myriad corridors, all of them dizzying, but always with a clear trajectory. Hooks and heavy metal leads crop up amongst the hammering riffs, riffs, RIFFS! Tempos speed up and slow down, or slow down and speed up – or, quite often, speed up to hyperspeed! Moshes and marches are also among Deathstorm’s arsenal here, along with a deadly production that’s organically clear yet cutting like the sharpest razor. And at 29 lean ‘n’ mean minutes, the record makes you beg for more!

Ever wanna hear late ‘80s Slayer and Dark Angel filtered through a Teutonic thrash lens? Deathstorm bring it to you with Cascophonies!

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Mount Eerie" exclusively HERE, courtesy of MetalBite.com. Also hear the previously revealed "Mask of Sanity" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever magazine. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Deathstorm (Austria)'s Cascophonies

1. Partially Devoured

2. Let This One Be a Demon

3. Cease to Exist

4. Body in a Barrel

5. Horripilation

6. Mask of Sanity

7. Black Knife Night

8. Mount Eerie

9. Mortuorum Flies