Recenzja Røkkr „Sindets Skygger Hvisker”

 Røkkr

„Sindets Skygger Hvisker”

Nomad Snakepit Prod. 2026

Nomad Snakepit nie jest labelem wydającym sporo. Starczy powiedzieć, że w roku bieżącym pojawiają się z na mapie świata po raz pierwszy, trzema nowymi wydawnictwami, planowanymi na sierpień. Jednym z nich jest trzeci album duńskiego Røkkr. Zanim siadłem do tych piosenek, miałem dość powściągliwe oczekiwania. Bo powiedzcie mi szczerze, ile zespołów wydaje dwa krążki w przeciągu roku? (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Nekrodawn „Covenant of Carnage”

 Nekrodawn

„Covenant of Carnage”

War Anthem Records 2026

Nekrodawn jest kapelą złożoną z byłych członków takich grup jak Grave, Hypocrisy, The Crown, Centinex i Interment. Panowie wspólnie komponują od 2022 roku. Na ten czas, wydawniczy debiut mają już za sobą, bo popełnili go dwa lata temu, a teraz powracają z kolejnym krążkiem. (Czytaj dalej...)

WielkiMrok nie próżnuje.

 

Razem z jesienną chandrą nadciąga album "To Mój Black"

WielkiMrok nie zwalnia tempa. Po "Święcie Wiosny", znanym już z koncertów i upublicznionego niedawno teledysku, przychodzi czas na drugi singiel - "Tyrania Dystansu", tym razem w formie lyric video.

“Powiem Ci jak jest, kiwniesz głową, to wszystko!? Na bardzo długim łańcuchu zrywa się głos. To wilk! Czy pies jest zły? Chodź tu szybko, prawdę powiedz, spójrz mi w oczy! Gdzie uciekasz? Tam, tam, tam, za siódmą górą szczęście jest. Nikt nie wie gdzie.”

Tyrania Dystansu - Lyric Video

Zobacz video

Muzykę nagrano na setę w składzie:

Ćwiara - Bas
Czacha - Perkusja
Szrama - Gitara i Wokal

w LWW Studio przy ulicy Kolejowej w Warszawie,
a za sprzęt i konsolę odpowiadali Julek Boguszewski oraz Mike Sikora.

Mix wykonało Bestial Sound Studio
Wideo popełnił Szrama

"Jeżeli ma spłonąć cały Twój Świat
Będę pierwszą iskrą!"

Ostatnio zespół można było zobaczyć na żywo we Wrocławiu, podczas czwartej edycji Ataku Szczurów, gdzie dał specjalny występ ze wszystkimi trzema perkusistami, którzy współtworzyli grupę na przestrzeni lat. Nagrania z gigu będzie można zobaczyć niebawem na Piekłoniebo.

WielkiMrok wykonał tam również "Tyranię Dystansu"; niech lyric video przygotuje Was do kolejnego koncertu, 12 września podczas Thunderfest.

Nowy MORBID STENCH na początku października

 

Central American death-doom practitioners MORBID STENCH will release their third full-length album, "Doom Metástasis", on October 2nd, 2026 through Nuclear Winter Records and Putrid Cult. The album will be available on LP, CD and cassette formats.

Deeply rooted in death-doom metal, the record broadens the group’s sonic palette through a more developed approach to songwriting, without losing the weight and darkness that have always defined their sound. Conceived as a conceptual work, the album follows a process of transformation that moves from inner decay to complete propagation, blending biological imagery with reflections on identity, inevitability and the cyclical nature of existence. This narrative framework gives the album a strong sense of continuity, shaping a journey rather than a simple collection of individual tracks.

Musically, MORBID STENCH combine crushing slow-paced sections, oppressive atmospheres and carefully crafted arrangements, balancing immediacy and depth. With "Doom Metástasis", the band expands its vision while remaining faithful to the raw spirit of Central American death-doom metal.

The first single “Hyperbolic” is now streaming HERE.

Tracklist:

01. Necrotic from Within

02. The Morbid Waltz

03. Hyperbolic

04. Bizarre and Beyond

05. Narcissistic God

06. Crawling out of the Swamps

DECONSEKRATED wracają z nową płytą

 

Nuclear Winter Records proudly announces the release of DECONSEKRATED's sophomore album, "The Inexorable Transcendence of Death", set for release on October 2, 2026 on LP, CD, and MC formats.

Over the past decade, Chile has established itself as one of the world's premier breeding grounds for uncompromising death metal, and DECONSEKRATED are poised to further strengthen that reputation with an album that fully embraces the darkest corners of the genre. "The Inexorable Transcendence of Death" is a relentless collection of dense, hostile compositions built on crushing intensity, oppressive atmosphere and an abundance of memorable riffs. While its roots firmly lie within the classic death metal tradition, the band's songwriting reaches beyond mere homage, weaving intricate arrangements, unexpected tempo changes and subtle twists into every track. Rather than attempting to reinvent the style, DECONSEKRATED explore its vast creative potential, crafting songs that unfold organically and reveal new layers with each listen.

Powerful, immersive and meticulously constructed, "The Inexorable Transcendence of Death" stands as a bold new statement from one of Chile's most promising death metal acts.

The first single "Under the Rotten Shroud" is now streaming HERE.

Tracklist:

01. Purgative Procession

02. Drowned in the Deep Waters of Phlegethon

03. Terrifyng Manifestation of Malevolence

04. Towards the Veil of Heretic Plagues

05. Poisoned Flesh (Mark of the Sinister Path)

06. Under the Rotten Shroud

07. Oracula Sanguinis (Obsidian Mirrors)

08. Through the Graves' Portals

Recenzja Äxe „Autogeddon”

 Äxe

„Autogeddon”

Caligari Rec. 2026

Nie tylko Dying Victims starym thrash / speed metalem stoi, można powiedzieć. Czasem też pod inną banderą pojawiają się młode wilki, które idealnie by do niemieckiej stajni pasowały. Taki Äxe chociażby. Chłopaki wydali chwilę temu drugie demo dla Caligari Records, na dodatek w oldskulowym formacie, czyli na kasecie. (Czytaj dalej...)

Wieści z obozu DEIPHAGO

 

Hells Headbangers continues its blood pact with Deiphago for the release of the band’s long-awaited sixth album. Recording begins next month at Sonic Train Studios in Sweden with Andy LaRocque (King Diamond, Death), who will handle production, recording, mixing, and mastering.

The band's sixth full-length, Hexessence Satan builds upon the foundation laid by 2019's I, The Devil, pushing Deiphago further into uncharted realms of avant-garde sonic obliteration while continuing to challenge the boundaries of black metal and war metal. Their current lineup is thus:

Sidapa — lead and rhythm guitars

E. Mejia — drums

Voltaire — bass and vocals

State the band, “Hexessence Satan is the culmination beyond the quintessence: Satan as the Sixth and Final Essence—the ultimate principle of dissolution. It is the end-state of all existence, where creation collapses into absolute chaos, all light is consumed, and all being is reduced to infernal nullity.”

More news to be announced in due time.

Singiel od LUDGAR

 

Today, Austrian dungeon metallers Ludgar premiere the new track "Violent Visions (In the Claws of Ergot)" at heavily trafficked web-portal Metal.de. The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated debut album, Violent Visions, set for international release on September 25th via Dying Victims Productions. Hear Ludgar’s "Violent Visions (In the Claws of Ergot)" in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Let’s get it out of the way: Ludgar is originally an abbreviated word for Loup de guerre (“war wolf”), describing what was one of the largest trebuchet – or catapult, if you will – used in medieval times. We’re basically talking about one giant destructive force used to crush opponents and villages alike, and it’s quite a fitting analogy for what the band Ludgar stand for.

Formed in 2024 in a dungeon in Linz, Austria by Death Racer guitarist S. Bruckner (here on bass) and Venator drummer J. Steidl alongside L. Höller on vocals and S. Bolda (also in Zepter) on guitar, this new outfit is deeply entrenched in the ‘80s yet refuses to label their music with the cliché “everyone brought to the table their own influences.” One thing was made clear, though: the result had to be rough and brutal. And their first demo, 2024’s Molochian Rites, was indeed rough-as-fuck.

So, what do the Austrians do? Make a debut album that’s rougher-than-fuck! Enter Violent Visions, a record as fittingly titled as their moniker itself. Right from the beginning, you know you’re treading on pure METAL: unfiltered, raw, and explosive (and, of course, deeply entrenched in the ‘80s). Dungeonic in atmosphere and breathless in urgency, these Violent Visions will draw parallels to Hellfire’s Dominion-era Desaster, now-labelmates Witching Hour, or a more blackened version of Hellish Crossfire, but the truth is that Ludgar roar from a deeper and more malevolent pit – nay, DUNGEON – where all light is shun. To liken the album to “blackthrash” would be grossly missing the point, however; the usual tropes are NOT invoked, and the atmosphere and attendant sensations – unclean and unhallowed, lawless and lusting, a delirium that’s devilish and addicting – elevate Ludgar into such esteemed company as much as the songs themselves. More than anything, there’s a true sense of danger that’s been sorely missing for, well, forever. Open your eyes to Violent Visions!

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Violent Visions (In the Claws of Ergot)" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Metal.de. Also hear the previously revealed "Skull Splitting Sodomy" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever magazine. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Ludgar (Austria)'s Violent Visions

1. Incantatio

2. Enchanted by Decay

3. Violent Visions (In the Claws of Ergot)

4. Skull Splitting Sodomy

5. Fire and Wrath

6 Serpents Poison

7. Molochian Rites

8. Forces of Abhorration

9. Black Torture

10. Abyssopelagic Descent

Nowy CEREMONIAL WORSHIP do odsłuchu

 

Today, Greek black metallers Ceremonial Worship stream the entirety of their highly anticipated third album, Between Sleep and Death, at the Black Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Set for international release on July 31st via Eternal Death, hear Ceremonial Worship's Between Sleep and Death in its entirety exclusively HERE.

A review of Deceptor “Reign of Terror”

 Deceptor

“Reign of Terror”

Dying Victims Prod. 2026

 

Bloody hell, what a punch! Just imagine: a bunch of lads from Raleigh, North Carolina, decided to play some old-school thrash metal. They picked up their instruments and, as the old rule dictates, recorded a demo first, then an EP, and now, under the wings of Dying Victims, a label exceptionally adept at unearthing young talent from the underground, they’re presenting to the world their full-length debut. (Continue reading)

Recenzja Cemetery Echo „Civitas Lacrimarum”

 Cemetery Echo

„Civitas Lacrimarum”

Seeing Red Records 2026

Cemetery Echo pochodzi ze Stanów Zjednoczonych, gdzie skład tej kapeli zawiązał się w 2019 roku. Po wydaniu dwóch epek, przyszedł czas na debiutancki album, który zawiera dziewięć kawałków, niosących ze sobą dźwięki o usposobieniu metalu gotyckiego. Jednakże gatunek ten w wykonaniu tego kwintetu, jest bliższy klasycznemu ujęciu rocka gotyckiego, tego z lat osiemdziesiątych w stylu chociażby The Sisters of Mercy czy też wczesnego The Mission i Love Like Blood. (Czytaj dalej...)

CRITICAL DEFIANCE z nowym kawałkiem

 

Today, Chilean thrashers Critical Defiance premiere the new track "Rivers of Blood" at heavily trafficked web-portal NoCleanSinging.com. The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated fourth album, Rivers of Blood, set for international release on September 25th via Dying Victims Productions. Hear Critical Defiance's title track "Rivers of Blood" 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 title track "Rivers of Blood" exclusively HERE, courtesy of NoCleanSinging.com. Also hear the previously revealed "Dead Tongues" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever magazine. 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 numer COWARD KILL COWARD

 

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions are set to release the new album from New Jersey's industrial Sludge band Coward Kill Coward. I Am Not A Fighter, I Will Fail is up now for pre-order and will be released August 28th on CD and Digital formats along with merch.

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions welcome Coward Kill Coward to the roster with the new album I Am Not A Fighter, I Will Fail! New Jersey's industrial sludge trio Coward Kill Coward unleash their densest, most unnerving outing to date, with pummeling layers of anxious noise that are perfect for the raw display of emotion in the lyrics.

I Am Not A Fighter, I Will Fail is a bleak story of mental struggle and inferiority, which, when mixed with its crushing wall of dissonant, industrial, low BPM sound, that is only describable as an hour long auditory panic attack.

A pure monolith of personal anguish! For fans of Primitive Man, Indian, Body Void, Neurosis, Whitehouse, Swans, The Body, Godflesh, Sumac, Corrupted and Sprain.

Listen to the single "Failure" at youtu.be/-qYLjuCA7S0

GODSLUT: premiera pierwszego singla z najnowszej płyty

 

Polski deathmetalowy GODSLUT prezentuje Stifled - pierwszy singiel z długo wyczekiwanego, drugiego albumu zespołu - The Art Of Deconstruction. Premiera płyty na początku września nakładem Selfmadegod Records.

Krzysiek Śniadecki o utworze: Szczerze mówiąc, wszystko zaczęło się jako demo nagrane na gitarze, którą pożyczyłem od Huberta Więcka. Dwa lata później przerobiłem to na pełnoprawny utwór — i oto on.

GODSLUT od 2021 roku tworzy bezkompromisowy, techniczny thrash/death metal. W 2022 zespół podpisał kontrakt płytowy z wytwórnią Selfmadegod Records, a w maju 2023 roku wypuścił na świat debiutancki album Procreation Of God, na który bębny nagrał legendarny wręcz Paweł “Pavulon” Jaroszewicz (Hate, Decapitated, Antigama, Vltimas, Chivas i wiele więcej). Materiał prezentuje techniczny i bezkompromisowy death metal z wpływami thrash i groove metalu. Płyta została nagrana w 2022 roku, a za miks i mastering odpowiadał Paweł „Janos” Grabowski.

Zespół ma za sobą kilka udanych tras oraz występów w wydarzeniach takich jak m.in: Mystic Festival 2026, Metal Mine Festival 2024, Rockowisko Zwierzyniec 2024, czy trasy “Chaosu Nastał Czas” by Knock Out Productions; dzieląc scenę z wieloma szanowanymi grupami: Behemoth, Mastodon, Decapitated, Saxon, Watain, Hate, Krisiun, Blood Red Throne, Vomitory, Frontside, Hostia, Hamulec, Punched Orange The Materia, czy Redemptor.

Po trzech latach studyjnej ciszy, zespół powraca z drugim albumem The Art Of Deconstruction, który ponownie ukaże się nakładem Selfmadegod Records.

Mimo stosunkowo krótkiego stażu GODSLUT zdążył zaznaczyć swoją obecność na polskiej scenie ekstremalnego metalu, prezentując dojrzałe i bezkompromisowe podejście do gatunku.

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Singiel i zapowiedź nowego FLAME

 

Today, Primitive Reaction announces September 25th as the international release date for the long-awaited third album of Finland's Flame, Ignis Draconis Daemonicus, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Formed back in that fateful year of 1998 in Kuopio Rock City by erstwhile members of Barathrum and Urn, Finland's Flame soon took on a (fiery) life of its own. A couple demos burst forth from the void before a split with the cult Devil Lee Rot in 2001; another demo came in 2004, followed the next year by a split with Australia's late / great Ghastly. But it was Flame's debut album, Into the Age of Fire, where the band's iron-fisted glory was fully revealed. Here, the band summoned forth triumphant epics of gnarliness that were equal parts ancient blackthrash and just-as-ancient bestial metal, all at a time when both idioms were far less fashionable than they are now. It would take six long years before another full-length torch was revealed, but Flame's second album, aptly titled March Into Firelands, proved that the Finns' unholy conflagration was as potent as ever: dynamic yet immediately headbanging, rooted in the old ways yet never recreating anyone's past glories...but then, silence once again.

But like their foundational idioms, Flame are immortal, no matter when they choose to appear and raze the scene. And raze they did with 2020's Ignis Spiritus mini-album, released to widespread acclaim by Primitive Reaction - and they'll raze further and fierier with their LONG-awaited third album, Ignis Draconis Daemonicus. It's only logical that this full-length shares a titular similarity with its short-length predecessor, as it's a progression both musically and lyrically. Indeed, Ignis Draconis Daemonicus is immediately recognizably Flame, combining the grime & grandeur of their first couple albums plus the atmospheric elevation that Ignis Spiritus brought. In a word, poised: the Finns convey a never-overstated, almost-quiet confidence that lends a prouder & more powerful aspect to their characteristic incendiary execution. The album's title translated from Latin is "Fire of Demonic (or Daemonic) Dragon," which is further extrapolated into finding one's key to their own "true will," "inner power," and "magickal transformation" - all topics that have led to Flame's new lyrical direction, guided by founding vocalist / guitarist Blackvenom. While the Finns' first two albums spit blasphemy, later-days Flame sees Blackvenom writing poetry based on occult / esoteric traditions and practices - from Thelema to Typhonian / Draconian, Chaos Magick to Luciferian philosophies - conveying the spiritual awakening he underwent ten years ago and fully mirroring his own soul's evolution. An eternal Flame, for sure!

Totaling nine new metallic hymns of thrashing black magick steel (plus mood-setting intro), Ignis Draconis Daemonicus offers a 47-minute gateway to the beyond to explore your own darkest occult realms. Flame take you on a ride on dragon wings - forever Finnish warriors of mighty Satan's horde!

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Kaosphere" HERE at Primitive Reaction's official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Flame (Finland)'s Ignis Draconis Daemonicus

1. Kaosphere

2. Spellfire

3. Black Flames Divination

4. Mystical Voice of My Demon Master

5. Rising Crimson Desert Storm

6. Sethanic Sorcery

7. Deification (The Serpent's Promise)

8. Pure Damnation's Ecstacy

9. The Void

10. Ignis Draconis Daemonicus