Recenzja Regent Death “Hermetic Vibrations of the Cosmos”

 Regent Death

“Hermetic Vibrations of the Cosmos”

Mara Prod. 2026

Regent Death to nowy twór na scenie hiszpańskiej, choć wchodzący w skład zespołu muzycy zaznaczyli już, i to niejednokrotnie, swoją obecność w innych projektach, których jest na tyle sporo, że nie będę ich tu wymieniał. Zwłaszcza, że pewnie i tak nazwy większości z nich niewiele wam powiedzą. Pod nowym szyldem panowie zarejestrowali uprzednio pięciootworową EP-kę, by teraz uderzyć pełnowymiarowym debiutem. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Ravaged by the Yeti „Snowbound Horror”

 Ravaged by the Yeti

„Snowbound Horror”

Testimony Records 2026

Nie słyszałem jedynki tego, kolejnego projektu, w którym macza paluchy Rogga Johansson, ale dwójeczka Ravaged by the Yeti żre dość miło. Oczywiście, że słychać tutaj wpływy i zwyczaje gitarowe tego znanego Szweda. Rzecz jasna, że to do bólu zgrana muza, która specjalnie niczym nie zaskakuje. (Czytaj dalej...)

CRITICAL DEFIANCE zapowiadają czwarty album

 

On September 25th internationally, Dying Victims Productions will release Critical Defiance's highly anticipated fourth album, Rivers of Blood, on vinyl LP and CD formats. And today, Deaf Forever magazine's website premieres the new track "Dead Tongues." Hear Critical Defiance's "Dead Tongues" in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Formed in 2010, Chile’s Critical Defiance have become a dependably hateful thrash metal force. Built on speed, aggression, and technical precision, the band channel the violent spirit of old-school thrash metal through sharp riffing, restless structures, and a raw South American intensity. To date, their three albums – 2019’s Misconception, 2022’s No Life Forms, and 2024’s The Search Won’t Fall – have cemented the Valparaíso natives’ place in the underground.

Now, Critical Defiance come storming out of the underground and return with their fourth full-length, Rivers of Blood. Compact, direct, and destructive, the eight-song / 32-minute album displays the band at their most focused, combining fast thrash metal violence with darker atmospheres, instrumental tension and a stronger sense of dramatic progression. All of this is heightened by Sebastián Palominos’ clear & cutting production, which thankfully also retains an organic immediacy.

Central to the success of Rivers of Blood is its sequencing. “Red Omen” works as an ominous opening; “Innate to Kill” starts the first attack; “The Feeling Destroyer” showcases Critical Defiance’s technique and compositional work; and “Rivers of Blood” lands with a slower form of thrash metal and liberating lyrics. “Valparaíso” opens Side B as the longest and most distinctive piece on the record, connecting the band’s violence with the blood, memory, and decay of their own city. The second half of the album then moves from the intensity and darkness of “Dead Tongues” into the short instrumental passage “Ceremony of the Final Call,” before closing with “Glorify War,” a direct final attack that reinforces the tone of Rivers of Blood: violent, hateful, and destructive.

Rivers of Blood is not a nostalgic revival record. It is Critical Defiance sharpening their own language: violent, fast, hateful, dark, and restless thrash metal from the Chilean underground.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Dead Tongues" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever, Germany's defenders of the true. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Critical Defiance's Rivers of Blood

1. Red Omen

2. Innate To Kill

3. The Feeling Destroyer

4. Rivers Of Blood

5. Valparaíso

6. Dead Tongues

7. Ceremony Of The Final Call

8. Glorify War

Nowy MIASMES we wrześniu

 

MIASMES

"Violence, Blasphème et Pourriture"

Septembre 18 2026

MIASMES is a black metal band formed in 2021, bringing together three musicians with diverse backgrounds: G. (bass/vocals, ex-Ritualization, Antaeus live, ex-Seth live), K. (guitar, ex-Como Muertos), and C. (drums).

From the very start, the trio established an uncompromising approach, blending old-school black metal with punk energy and rock’n’roll structures, striking a balance between chaos and impact. Singing exclusively in French, Miasmes crafts a dark, visceral universe centered on decay, apostasy, and inner violence.

After their first demo "Vermines" (2021), recorded live to capture its full brutality, and a debut album released in 2023 praised for its authenticity, the band takes things further with "Violence, Blasphème et Pourriture".

More direct, more aggressive, and deeply shaped by punk/crust influences, this second album represents a shift toward sharper songwriting and heightened intensity. Recorded independently to preserve its raw character, then mastered at BST Studio, it makes a clear statement: focus on the essence — no filters, no frills.

With this record, Miasmes solidifies its identity: instinctive, abrasive black metal deeply rooted in the underground, where spontaneity and violence prevail over any form of compromise.

Recenzja Tombal „Grave of the Damned”

 Tombal

„Grave of the Damned”

Blood Harvest 2026

Jak kapela nazywa się Tombal, a ich EP-ka nosi tytuł “Grave of the Damned”, to co może grać? No przecież, że to pytanie retoryczne. Choć pewnie Baldrick odpowiedziałby „Nie, to death metal”. I też miałby rację. Panowie pochodzą z Włoch, a rzeczony materiał jest ich debiutanckim, bo nie wiem, czy wypuszczony jedynie cyfrowo singiel tytułowy, nawet jeśli opatrzony wirtualną okładką na wzór kasety, się liczy. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Thy Killing Hand „Infernal Commands”

 Thy Killing Hand

„Infernal Commands”

EOL Productions 2026

Miłośnicy podziemnego, obskurnego black metalu, którzy mieli okazję obcować z dwoma demówkami Thy Killing Hand i z utęsknieniem czekają na debiut tej enigmatycznej kapeli, będą mogli odetchnąć z ulgą, ponieważ już on jest. To oczywiście kontynuacja poprzednich wydawnictw, która odznacza się piwnicznym i rytualnym charakterem, bo duet ten kreuje dźwięki w ten właśnie sposób. (Czytaj dalej...)

Szybki stream nowego kawałka FLUISTERAARS

 

Dutch masters of mystery FLUISTERAARS have unveiled the Bandcamp page for their forthcoming album Jacht der Mysteriën, along with an exclusive 24-hour stream of the track "Condities der Afstraffing."

Immerse yourself in the band's latest journey into atmospheric black metal and experience the new track while it's available.

Listen here: https://fluisteraars.bandcamp.com/album/jacht-der-mysteri-n

FLUISTERAARS return with their sixth full-length, Jacht der Mysteriën: three towering epics centered around the pursuit of the unknown.

Drawing from local legends, mysterious lights in the woods, and close observation of their immediate surroundings, the album was conceived as a live and complete band album and captured in a single take with longtime producer T. Cochrane.

Reamped through the hollow cylinder of an abandoned water tower, the record drifts between presence and disappearance — immersive, urgent, and elusive.

Tracklisting:

1. Grondeloos Donkere Bossen

2. Condities der Afstraffing

3. Zwarte Zomermaan

Singiel z nowego MIDNIGHT PREY

 

On September 25th internationally, Dying Victims Productions will release Midnight Prey's highly anticipated fourth album, Jenseitsritt, on vinyl LP and CD formats. And today, Deaf Forever magazine's website premieres the new track "Torn Into Pieces." Hear Midnight Prey's "Torn Into Pieces" in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Debiut BLOODMOTHER pod koniec września

 

Finnish black metallers BLOODMOTHER will release their debut album “Militant Black Magic” on September 25th, 2026, via Time To Kill Records.

A sharp and uncompromising record, it refuses shortcuts and avoids hiding behind pretentious structures or overly foggy atmospheric detours. Instead, it focuses on pure impact and precision, built entirely on riffs that cut deep and leave no room for distraction. The album stands as a severe statement of intent, stripping everything back to its essential violence and clarity, delivering a sound that is direct, punishing and relentlessly focused on damage rather than ornament.

The first single "Liturgical Decay" is available now:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/n9QIEP7zGhM

Streaming: https://ffm.to/bloodmother-liturgical-decay

Tracklist:

1. Bloodmother

2. Liturgical Decay

3. Stella Invictus

4. Traitor’s Tongue

5. Inhumanitarian

6. Iron Hound

7. You Are Nothing

8. Lusting For Demonic Filth

9. Angelic Scourge

Kolejne trzy zespoły na Metal Kommando

 

Recenzja Witching Hour “Past Midnight”

 Witching Hour

“Past Midnight”

Dying Victims Prod. 2026

 

This is already the fourth album by this German trio, which traces its origins back to the year two thousand and six. At least physically, because mentally, these guys are still stuck in the ’80s. I don’t know, maybe they travelled to our times in some kind of time machine, or, like Godfryd Amaury de Malfête and his squire, they drank a magic potion, because neither their appearance nor the music they create fits in with the present day at all. (Continue reading)

Recenzja Inferno „The Anthropic Sophisms (On the Heights of Despair)”

 Inferno

„The Anthropic Sophisms (On the Heights of Despair)”

Debemur Morti Productions 2026

Ci Czesi tworzą już od 1995 roku, ale jak dotąd i dziwnym trafem nigdy się z nimi nie spotkałem. Podobno mają ugruntowaną pozycję na czeskiej (i nie tylko) scenie więc postanowiłem sprawdzić ich najnowszy, dziewiąty już album, skoro zjawił się w mojej skrzynce pocztowej. To długie, cztery kompozycje, które łącznie trwają czterdzieści minut i zalewają słuchacza szumem kosmosu. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Sallow Moth „Hydrophilous Brood”

 Sallow Moth

„Hydrophilous Brood”

Willowtip (2026)

 

Jeszcze nie minął rok od wydanego w ubiegłym roku „Mossbane Lantern”, a teksański duet Sallow Moth atakuje z nowym, czwartym już pełniakiem. Do tej pory trochę traktowałem ten band z przymrużeniem oka, bo choć prezentował wysoki poziom instrumentalny, to kompozytorsko było tam więcej kunktatorstwa i chaosu niż wartościowej muzyki. (Czytaj dalej...)

Debiut TRENCHWAR we wrześniu

 

TRENCHWAR will release their debut album “Overlords of Cold” on September 18th, 2026 via Time To Kill Records.

Emerging as a unholy convergence of seasoned figures from the Dutch metal and hardcore underground, the band distills decades of experience into a sound that is both ferocious and deeply atmospheric. Their music merges crushing, slow-burning heaviness with raw hardcore urgency, shaped by a collective vision that pushes beyond individual backgrounds into something colder, darker, and more unified.

The album captures this evolution in full force, delivering a punishing listening experience where brutality and bleak introspection collide without compromise or restraint.

The first single "Black Heart" is streaming now:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/4t9-NHmDgRY

Streaming:https://ffm.to/trenchwar-black-heart

Blending the ferocious urgency of Nails and Integrity with the oppressive weight of Crowbar and Eyehategod, the song shifts between explosive aggression, groove-laden riffs and suffocating heaviness. Built around themes of inner darkness, destruction and devotion to death, "Black Heart" channels raw hostility through downtuned guitars, relentless rhythms and a bleak atmosphere that lingers long after the final note.

Tracklist:

​1. Somp Stomp

2. Black Heart

3. Overlords of Cold

4. Dust is Dust Again

5. Solace in Sulfur

6. Dread of Death

7. Funeral Hymn

8. Het Stof Daalt

9. The Center of Infinity

10. Martelaar

Numer z nowego HANTERNOZ

 

On August 7th internationally, Antiq is proud to present Hanternoz's highly anticipated third album, A Hed an Noz, a Noz, a Noz.

This album presents you six songs in the form of six devils of the common Breton folklore: a fairy, a lavad (a night fairy very dangerous), a devil, a corpse, a sort of fiery elf, and the spirit of the woods. Each of the six monsters takes the shape of BOTH a historical fact and a childhood memory to haunt back the storyteller. Of course, all this takes shape at night; that's why songs bear the name of a night moment. Through this crazy night of non-sleep, the demons take many shapes: sadness, amusement, hope, dispair, depression, joy, anger, and so on.

The album cover represents the one character that is never quoted but omnipresent here: an Ankou. Ankou is a scythe-living dead, representing Death itself. Ankou is interesting because the root of the word is Anken (fear) and rooted in German languag : Angst, Anguish, Angoisse. In fact, Ankou is the fear of Death itself and Death at the same time. On the cover art, you may want to watch the man guiding Ankou: a man whose regrets are especially live. This is why he is doomed into a non-life / non-death experience: leading the cart of Ankou. The weather represents a sunset, as they are scarce in Bretagne, but as can sometimes with luck be seen. As the sun is going down, the light of the carriage of the dead goes lit and the poor doomed man leads the ross and the Ankou onto the path to dying men. But as every battle should carry a tiny light of hope, there is in the background a warm house, with an oak and a swing.

Antiq is a label dedicated to the fully coherent concept of making music through sound, image, video, and attitude. They have been putting their entire existence into it since 2009. Over the years, Antiq have been identified as producers of not only perfectly coherent lyrics and themes through music, but also conceptual art and, of course, the manufacturing of beautiful objects. The label tries as much as it can to work with French creators, and if possible, with the smallest and most serious structures.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Jean-du-Feu" HERE at Antiq's official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Hanternoz's A Hed an Noz, a Noz, a Noz

1. Sur le Chemin des fees [11:40]

2. La Lessive des Trépassés [5:47]

3. Le Diable de Quimper-Corentin [7:50]

4. La Peste à Limoges [10:54]

5. Pe trouz War an Douar [3:34]

6. Jean-du-Feu [8:39]

7. Quand j'ai tué le Roi de la Forêt [8:10]