Portugalia na deathmetalowej mapie świata jest
raczej bladą plamą. Przed trzydziestu laty uraczyli świat pojedynczymi, mało
kojarzonymi obecnie wydawnictwami od Disaffected i Thormenthor i z grubsza to
by było na tyle. Co innego jeśli chodzi o black metal, gdzie Signal Rex to
obecne chyba jeden z bardziej rozpoznawalnych labeli szerzących skrajnie
podziemne granie ku chwale rogatego.(Czytaj dalej... / Read here)
O moim uwielbieniu dla
muzyki tego kanadyjskiego ansamblu mieliście już okazję dowiedzieć się jakieś
trzy lata temu, przy okazji tekstu na temat debiutanckiego materiału zespołu
zatytułowanego „Into Madness”, który to można było przeczytać na przeklętych
stronicach Apocalyptic Rites. Przy końcu owych wynurzeń wyraziłem opinię, iż
technicy z Kraju Klonowego Liścia mają szansę naprawdę namieszać w tym mocno
eklektycznym gatunku, jakim jest Technical Death Metal. (Czytaj dalej...)
Release for the very first time on physical format of the debut EP from '22 (4 songs/ 29 min.) by this awesome greek band that plays a Sci-Fi Technical Thrash Metal for lovers of bands like KREATOR, VEKTOR, DEATH, CORONER, CRYPTIC SHIFT, ATHEIST...
Formed in 2016, Glasgow’s Midnight Force are a heavy metal band that set out to follow in the footsteps of their heroes of old – US heavy metal, the NWOBHM movement, and ‘70s rock – as well as inject some fresh blood into the genre they love so much.
On August 15th, Australian doom entity MEKIGAH will release their new album, "To Hold Onto A Heartless Heart", through Aesthetic Death.
Following the release of the single "Broken Rhythm Pressure", today the band has given a further insight into their forthcoming album with the track "Away Drifting From". The song is now premiering at Doomed & Stoned. Stream it HERE.
The fifth MEKIGAH full length album is a purposely designed ugly, drawn out, raw, awkward journey.
There's no attempt or desire to either embrace the slow slow doom, to aggressively technically impress or to build upon previous motifs.
Everything is caught between worlds, as MEKIGAH itself is caught between worlds.
Nothing is where it belongs as things are uncomfortably forced together through the sheer necessity of only gaining satisfaction via sonic self sabotage and harm, creating audial-mazes to which then have to delicately navigated through.
You already know that "just Brutal" isn't enough - or you can't make it to Brutal and still want to enjoy at least a part of it? We have the traditional official Brutal Afterparty for you! Extreme, technical, furious and experimental technical death metal/grindcore from Cephalic Carnage, necromantic black doom from WORM, unearthly, evil-sounding death metal from Chthe'ilist and black metal from Srefa will be playing there! No presale. Tickets will only be available at the door and the whole event will be open air. Traditional reduced price for everyone with this year's BRUTAL wristband.
Tickets can only be purchased at the door on the day of the concert.
With wristband from BA the price for visitors will be 450 czk, for people from the street 600 czk
Event: BRUTAL ASSAULT OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY 2024 - Open Air
Najłatwiej swoją trzecią
płytę zatytułować po prostu „III”. I tak też poczynili powracający z nowym
krążkiem Zabrzanie. Logiczne to i konsekwentne, bowiem muzycy odpowiedzialni za
wspomniany twór od zarania na prostocie się opierają, nie bawiąc się
jednocześnie w żadne dziwaczne kalambury. Tutaj wszystko jest wyłożone na stół,
bez intelektualnych zagadek czy drugiego dna. (Czytaj dalej...)
Mages Terror to nowa,
australijska kapela, która została założona przez Illogium znanego z Portal czy
też Vomitor. Do składu zaprosił on Stillborn’a i Rotten’a, czyli wioślarzy z
Pustilence, a za beczkami zasiadł CY Consummator, goszczący niegdyś w takich
brygadach jak Impetious Ritual i Mongrels Cross. Co z tego wyszło? Ano debiut w
postaci „Damnation Sight”, na którym znajduje się dziesięć numerów ostrego jak
brzytwa Sweeney’a Todd’a, thrash-black metalu. (Czytaj dalej...)
Today, Portuguese death metallers Phenocryst premiere the new track "Astonishing Devastation" at heavily trafficked web-portal NoCleanSinging.com. The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated debut album, Cremation Pyre, set for international release on August 30th via Blood Harvest Records. Hear Phenocryst's "Astonishing Devastation" in its entirety exclusively HERE.
Forward-thinking traditionalism? Perhaps, but the real beauty of Cremation Pyre is that it's open to myriad interpretations; one only need step into its lava. Phenocryst prove, once again, that Only Death is Realer!
In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Astonishing Devastation" exclusively HERE, courtesy of NoCleanSinging.com. Also hear the previously revealed "Pyres of the Altar" HERE at Blood Harvest's Bandcamp. Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Today, German black metal institution Agrypnie reveal the new video "Blut." The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated seventh album, Erg, set for international release on September 13th via AOP Records. Featuring PG of labelmates Groza, see & hear Agrypnie's "Blut" video in its entirety HERE at AOP Records' official YouTube channel.
Today, Italian death metallers HUSQWARNAH announce their first new album in 3 years, "Purification Through Sacrifice", set for release September 16th 2024 via Time To Kill Records.
The announcement coincides with the release of the band's new single "Tower of Suicide". Stream the song HERE.
The band commented: “A vision of death and horror in this imaginary ancient ritual for redemption. The only way to purifying the soul is the ultimate sacrifice; a concept which belongs to a tradition of primitive rituals, but this instinct, unfortunately, still lives in the hidden corners of the human mind”.
Rzadko
sięgam po wydawnictwa pokroju Cranial Disorder. Powody są banalne i oczywiste.
Wystarczy mi rzut oka na okładkę, często też nazwę zespołu, i już wiem, że to
będzie rzeźnia z gatunku guturalnego wyrzygu, z dużą dozą prawdopodobieństwa
okraszona technicznymi wygibasami. A ja jakoś za Wormed czy Origin od wielu lat
nieszczególnie szaleję. No ale można czasem sprawdzić, co w owym podgatunku się
dzieje, prawda? (Czytaj dalej...)
Miłośnicy azjatyckiego
Black Metalu łączcie się! „Verbis Diaboli” to bowiem split dwóch hord z tego
największego na naszym łez padole kontynentu. Wielce zasłużone dla krzewienia
diabelskiej muzy zespoły się na nim znajdują. Istidraj z Singapuru rozsiewa swe
bluźnierstwo od 1993 roku, a Santet pluje jadem z Indonezji od roku 1997. (Czytaj dalej...)
Today, Osmose Productions announces September 27th as the international release date Diablation's third and final album, Irrévérence, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
After experiencing a journey into the depths of despair, Diablation imagine the future of a newly elected people saved from the emerging apocalypse. They depict this future in great detail in their new transcendent opus, consisting of seven tracks mixed and mastered by Seb BST.
The tracks evoke violence and epic emotions, inspiring courage, honor, and adoration towards the Architect of this world. The metallic anthems crafted by VOA are supported by incantations chanted tirelessly, backed by a martial, heady rhythm driven at a frantic pace by Rémi Serafino (drums) and Max (bass).
The final work of the group features the last words of their martyr singer Arkames, who is now doomed to silence. The work symbolizes irreverence, counter-revolution against modernism and liberalism, and the desire for a restoration of His Reign. The closing words of the work are "Oh God, I rely on you, that we can one day become King again." May this sentiment guide us until our last breath.
First track premiere to be revealed on September 3rd. Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Długo kazali nam czekać na następcę "Głodu zabijania", ale oto nadchodzi! Las Trumien wraca ze swoim trzecim długogrającym albumem zatytułowanym "Budowniczowie grozy".
Premiera wydawnictwa 13 września, 7 sierpnia wjeżdża pierwszy singiel, a już teraz możecie zamówić płytę w preorderze.
Wydanie tradycyjne na CD w jewelcase, w środku booklet z tekstami i zarysami historii poszczególnych degeneratów.
No i znów
jesteśmy w Chile. Stamtąd bowiem pochodzi, działający nieprzerwanie od niemal
ćwierć wieku Trimegisto. Jeśli miałbym ten zespół jakoś rekomendować ze strony
personalnej, to nadmienić wypada, że w jego skład wchodzi niejaki Claudio
Salinas, człowiek odpowiedzialny także, między innymi, za Meridon, którego to
drugą płytą zachwycałem się na początku tego roku. (Czytaj dalej...)
Niezbyt często sięgam po
słowacki black metal dlatego zapewne jest to moje pierwsze spotkanie z tym
istniejącym od 2007 roku zespołem. W sumie to nieźle trafiłem, bo w związku z
tym przyszło mi zapoznać się z jego debiutanckim materiałem, ponieważ „Aeon” to
odświeżona i rozszerzona wersja dema, którym Aeon Winds zainaugurował swoją
obecność na scenie. (Czytaj dalej...)
Co może wprowadzić Was w
dobry nastrój, mimo że zapierdalacie krótko po czwartej nad ranem do
codziennego kieratu zwanego potocznie pracą, tyrką, bądź robotą? W pierwszym
odruchu powiedzielibyście, że absolutnie nic, jednak po krótkim zastanowieniu
każdy zapewne miałby na to pytanie swą własną odpowiedź. (Czytaj dalej...)
One-man stoner/metal doom band Nebülith has posted the newest single from its upcoming debut, Feel Good Music for the End of the World Vol. 1.
Follow Nebülith on Spotify to stream "God is Your Gun." Listen to the track here.
Written and recorded solely by project mastermind and multi-instrumentalist John Shaughnessy, Feel Good Music for the End of the World Vol. 1 delivers a heavy dose of doom-infused, psychedelic stoner metal.
Stream additional selections from Feel Good Music for the End of the World Vol. 1 on Apple Music.
“Nebülith plays very specific music, which is addressed to a narrow audience, those who love the intoxicating atmosphere of the 1960s and 1970s, or to those for whom the lysergic aura of standard stoner-doom representatives is insufficient. For me, it's the bomb. I would never have expected that this kind of crafting could go further than the recently emerging Italian brigades, who also compose psychedelic music, but not in such an extreme style as Nebülith.” - Apocalyptic Rites
Nebülith will release Feel Good Music for the End of the World Vol. 1 on August 23. Pre-order the album at nebulith.bandcamp.com
Legendary Swedish death metal veterans Centinex has inked a deal with Sweden-based Black Lion Records.
"Little did I know 6-7 years ago, when I was rehearsing and playing Centinex covers with various bands, that I would end up working with what I consider to be some of the finest bands in the Swedish death metal scene," comments Black Lion Records' Oliver Dahlbäck.
"This is an exciting development, as Centinex's impact on the genre is undeniable. Their unique sound and influential discography, which was previously released via the legendary label Agonia Records, have inspired countless musicians over the years. Memorable songs such as "Flesh Passion" and "Dismember Supreme" have cemented Centinex's status as a revered act in the Swedish death metal pantheon. To have the opportunity to work with them is a true honor, and the pressure is high."
The partnership between Centinex and Black Lion Records - a true testament to the power of Swedish death metal - will see the release of a two-track EP later this. Centinex is working on a new full-length album, due out in 2025.
The band comments, "Centinex has always been about not having any boundaries nor limiting ourselves to some pre-made formula, especially not musically but also “businesswise”, and for the coming years this will certainly be more evident than ever.
As everyone knows, metal today is universal and so is Centinex, but we can’t deny it feels great to 'bring it home' and sign with a label based in our home country of Sweden."
Today, Venice death metallers MEMBRANCE drop the video for "Spirar nel Caigo”. The song is taken from their latest album "Undead Island", released in June 2023 via Extreme Metal Music.
The band commented: “‘Spirar nel caigo’ means dying in the fog. Back in the day, the poorest and least fortunate lagoon fishermen, rowing in search of a good place to fish in the colder months, often found themselves overwhelmed by the arrival of the fog. Looking for food for themselves and their families without getting lost became the real challenge, but many people who were disoriented and exhausted from fatigue never found their way home".
MEMBRANCE were created in 2012 as a death metal project by Davide Lazzarini, but they began their proper activity in 2015, with the completion of the band’s line-up. After some personnel changes, the group released the first album "Abyss" in 2017 (Envenomed Music) and the sophomore "Morality’s Collapse" in 2019 (Envenomed Music/Narcoleptica Productions), developing a sound strongly influenced by the groove of the Scandinavian HM2 driven death’n’roll.
In 2023, with the "Undead Island" full-length (Extreme Metal Music / Rockshot Records), the band finally introduced more prominent Venetian themes, references to the ancient local folklore and the current social situation in their lyrics, developing a more personal concept. The new songs are more compact and tighter, showcasing an old school death sound with black and thrash metal influences.
In the last few years, the band also got more active on the live front: MEMBRANCE have become a well-known name in the local scene, sharing the stage with acts such as Entombed A.D., Benediction, Marduk, Brujeria and Gutalax, to name a few.
Further news on MEMBRANCE's activities will be revealed in the coming weeks.
CAMOS elevates the old hard’n’heavy obscure flame of glory in the Vera Cruz lands (Brazil), Curitiba, since 2000, so these guys aren’t new at the scene especially if you count with Sucoth Benoth in their ranks, Amen Corner’s bestial frontman. The truth is that, musically, you don’t get this kind of knowledge and experience nowadays so easily.
With “Hide from the Light”, their semaphore album, CAMOS powerful reign continues untouchable. 10 new songs ready to melt your ears with their horned chorus, their somberlain melodies to hypnotize our senses into deep slumber and the guitar solos to strip us from our souls. Overall, a fantastic production gives this work an in depth texture in which all heavy metal fans will relate in a blink of an eye.
A lot happens in CAMOS music and for all that matters it’s worth to be listened. For starters, there’s a psychedelic aura within the songs that bring together the pounding strength of the compositions. Also, the mystic and dark vocals, and lyrics make through the regular genre songs, almost if we could mix Mercyful Fate, with Master’s Hammer, Celtic Frost (Into the Pandemonium era) and Alice Cooper. So, we’re talking about a wide musical specter from black, to horror and heavy metal here which is very exquisite for all those who’re into these musical landscapes.
A real metallic treat awaits all your raising fists, the spirit of metal lives on and “Hide from the Light” from CAMOS will stand tall in the wind as your victory flag. Don’t miss it!
Cosmic and existential blackened death metal from Dublin, Ireland.
SHUM - PULZÁLÓ DOBOK TISZTÍTJÁK MEG AZ EGET
[industrial / black metal / crust punk / sludge metal / doom metal]
Explores themes of longing and being trapped in the ever-rotting capitalist system of Hungary, and the utter grief that follows a realization of unfulfilled hopes.
KAATAYRA - INPARIQUIPÊ
A completely uncategorisable album from Brazilian one-man project, Kaatayra. If you’re after boundary-pushing ambient black metal with tribal, folk & electronic influence then look no further.
BYZANTIUM - A SEAMLESS ROBE
Avant-Garde Black Metal inspired by the Saints of the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Orthodox Church.
On September 17th internationally, Antiq is proud to present a brand-new EP from Hyver, Fonds de Terroir.
Hyver comes back this autumn with a new EP called Fonds de Terroir. After Sorcier Hibou (dungeon synth - 2023) and Noirceur Mystique d'Autrefois (sympho / dungeoned black metal - early 2024), Fonds de Terroir brings us to the deep countryside of France. Melodious synth meets energic riffs, heavily supported by a creative bass-guitar played by KK (Passéisme) and groovy drums by Summun Algor (Agnus Dei). Hyver's rough voice is joined by strong choirs and two guests: Sans Visage (Prieuré) and M (Krasseville). With cover artwork by Joanna Maeyens (Paysage d'Hiver, Ruynn), Fond de Terroir tells us about journeys through France between muddy fields, old stone villages, ancient abbeys, and haunted swamps, in a musical spirit close to Horn, Satanic Warmaster, early Finntroll, and Hanternoz. The focus here is the link between black metal spirit and road-trip adventures - being "en route" to the unknown.
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.
First track to be revealed on August 13th. Aforementioned cover artwork and tracklisting are as follows:
Pewnie
zastanawiacie się, co to za krzaczki? No i słusznie, bo ja też miałem zagwozdkę
jak to odczytać. Wyobraźcie sobie, spotykacie kolegę na koncercie, i chcecie mu
polecić nagrania zespołu na zasadzie „Czekaj, zaraz ci narysuję nazwę” haha!
Zatem dla ułatwienia, bardziej po naszemu jest to Pralaya. Pralaya to dzieło
dwóch muzyków z naszej rodzimej sceny. Jeden jestTego Świata Spoza, i znać go możecie choćby z
takich aktów jak Kult Mogił czy Upon the Altar, drugi zaś… No cóż, nie będę
odsłaniał całej tajemnicy.(Czytaj dalej...)
Z takimi materiałami,
jak „The Final Level…” amerykańskiego Compressod zawsze miałem pewną zagwozdkę.
Z jednej strony bowiem fachowe i rzetelne to granie, które absolutnie nie
zasługuje na to, aby się po nim przejechać, lecz z drugiej nie ma się czym
specjalnie zachwycać. (Czytaj dalej...)
Veteran swedish Detah Metal band PAGANIZER, has just signed a deal with Xtreem Music for release of a new EP that will be the prelude to a new album for 2025. "Forest of Shub Niggurath" is the title of this new work, of which they have also revealed a first advance single as well as cover artwork and track list. "Forest of Shub Niggurath" will see the light next September 10th through Xtreem Music on CD & Digital formats.
PAGANIZER is a Death Metal band from Sweden formed from the ashes of Terminal Grip, first band of Rogga Johansson where he recorded two demos in '94 & '95, but it wasn't until 1998 when PAGANIZER recorded its first demo "Stormfire" and a year later their debut album.
The discography of PAGANIZER is so long that we're not going to list it all here, but we can mention it contains 12 full length albums, 9 EP's, 13 split EP's, 14 compilations and 2 live albums. You can check them out here:
Trough the last 26 years, PAGANIZER has been forging a reputation as one of the most solid, prolific and representative Death Metal bands in Sweden, never compromising their sound and always loyal to their bonecrushing style. 2024 sees the band returning to Xtreem Music where they already released their 3rd album "Murder Death Kill" (2003) and "No Divine Rapture" (2004), releasing a brand new 6-song EP entitled "Forest of Shub Niggurath" as a previous step to their next album in 2025 also through Xtreem Music.
Tracklist for "Forest of Shub Niggurath" is as follows:
1. The Outer Gods
2. Forest of Shub Niggurath
3. Malediction Burns
4. R'Lyeh Ascends
5. A Foul Creature
6. Gasmask Obsession Redux
Release date for "Forest of Shub Niggurath" will be September 10th, 2024 through Xtreem Music on CD & Digital formats.
Berlin (GER) - Avant-Garde Death Metal duo, Ingurgitating Oblivion, will release long-awaited new album, Ontology of Nought, September 27 on CD, gatefold 2x12" vinyl, cassette, and digital formats via Willowtip Records.
No Clean Singing has premiered the first single, Part I of 18-minute closing track, "The barren earth oozes blood, and shakes and moans, to drink her children's gore." No Clean Singing will premiere Part II on August 23 and Part III on September 11. Click the link that follows to stream Part I now!
Part I will be available on all platforms tomorrow, July 26. Album pre-orders will be available on the same day.
Unsurprisingly, considering the band's acclaimed body of work to date, this is no run-of-the-mill Tech-Death album. The talented duo of guitarist and engineer Norbert Müller and vocalist, guitarist, and composer Florian Engelke have outdone themselves again on Ontology of Nought! Epic-length tracks ranging from 10 to 18 minutes fuse into a cohesive whole that awes with the band's characteristic technical flare and progressive, compositional brilliance. The impressive cast of session and guest musicians adds even more vibrancy. Hearing is believing.
Track Listing:
1. Uncreation's whirring loom you ply with crippled fingers
2. To weave the tapestry of nought
3. The blossoms of your tomorrow shall unfold in my heart
4. Lest I should perish with travel, effete and weary, as my knees refuse to bear me thither
5. The barren earth oozes blood, and shakes and moans, to drink her children's gore
Today, Helldprod Records marks September 20th as the release date for Black Mold’s new album, In the Dirt of Oblivion, in cassette format.
PUNKS FROM HELL AND DARKNESS DEALERS
Black Mold’s legions are back. That means only one thing, get ready to embrace chaos and filth!
Expanding their reign of horror since 2018, the band has been quite proliferous on their fuck off and die attitude concerning composition so it’s not staggering to see them returning with their second full length intitule “In the Dirt of Oblivion”.
All those who follow Black Mold’s musical terrorism since the beginning be sure to face their ultimate bestial attack folded with relentless intensity and spewing ferocity, along all the 10 new songs that incinerate “In the Dirt of Oblivion”. It’s clear but it’s menacing, they do deliver you aggression after aggression while the overall sound smashes your head with an adrenaline overdose like never before.
Could we say that this is their best release to date? Yes, we could, but, for a fact, that’s not the issue here. Truly, these guys do their thing without caring about recognition or fame, these true spirits of the underground only have one thing in their minds. To drain the soul out of your body and fill it with darkness, hate and despair.
Listen for yourself with the track "Faint In Obscurity" HERE on Helldprod's YouTube channel. The tracklist and cover are as follows:
Założę
się, że nie słyszeliście wcześniej nazwy Horror y Muerte. Nic w tym dziwnego,
bowiem „Horror y Muerte” to debiutancki materiał tego pochodzącego z Chile
zespołu. W jego skład wchodzi trzech muzyków, którzy, mimo iż z wyglądu do
najmłodszych już nie należą, nie byli wcześniej jakoś wybitnie aktywni na
scenie. Jakieś epizody im się trafiały, ale w zespołach, których nazwy mówią mi
tyle, ile dotychczas Horror y Muerte. (Czytaj dalej...)
Aivvass to enigmatyczna
kapela z Niemiec, której dwie epki wygrzebała skądś Darkness Shall Rise.
Osiemnastego lipca wyda je połączone na CD i kasecie, zaś na winylu ukażą się
oddzielnie piętnastego sierpnia. Cóż grają nasi tajemniczy Teutoni? Ano
okultystyczną formę funeralnego doom metalu, którą z niewiadomych przyczyn
łączą z czymś w rodzaju neofolku. (Czytaj dalej...)
Today, Italian dark heavy metallers Demon Spell stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut mini-album, Evil Nights, at Decibel magazine's website. Set for international release on July 26th via Dying Victims Productions, hear Demon Spell’s Evil Nights in its entirety exclusively HERE.
In the leadup to its international release this Friday, hear Evil Nights in its entirety exclusively HERE, courtesy of Decibel, North America's only monthly metal magazine. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
On July 26th, Hells Headbangers will release Goat Semen's highly anticipated new EP, Fuck Christ, on CD, 12" vinyl, and cassette tape formats. And today, the Death Metal Promotion YouTube channel streams the EP in its entirety. Hear Goat Semen's Fuck Christ in its entirety exclusively HERE.
For those who still hail the old gods of equally early Sarcofago, Krisiun, Hadez, Sextrash, and Mystifier, no matter when their records arrive, you can always count on Goat Semen to Fuck Christ!
In the leadup to its international release this Friday, hear Fuck Christ in its entirety exclusively HERE, courtesy of the Death Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
