Odium Humani Generis udostępnia nowy utwór „Idée Fixe”

Black metal purveyors Odium Humani Generis have unveiled the next track off their upcoming second full-length album “Międzyczas” which is scheduled for release on 27th September 2024 via Malignant Voices in CD, vinyl and digital formats.

The new track “Idée Fixe” has been premiered today via NO CLEAN SINGING and can be streamed here: https://www.nocleansinging.com/2024/09/16/an-ncs-premiere-odium-humani-generis-idee-fixe/

This follows the release of the title track “Międzyczas” (listen via YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music and all other major digital platforms)

The physical album is available to pre-order via Malignant Voices’ webshop.

CD: https://bit.ly/OHG_CD_preorder

Black Vinyl: https://bit.ly/OHG_vinylblack_preorder

Violet Vinyl: https://bit.ly/OHG_violet_preorder

T-shirt: https://bit.ly/OHG_tshirt_preorder

Debiut Obsoletion w październiku

Obsoletion’s self-titled debut album is slated for an October 11 2024 release worldwide via Sentient Ruin on vinyl, cassette and digital/streaming formats, along with an exclusive spread of on-demand merch, all of which are now pre-orderable via all Sentient Ruin's channels.

 

Drugi krążek War Dogs w październiku

Spanish Epic Heavy Metallers WAR DOGS have just launched a lyric-video, of the song "Riders of the Storm", as a 2nd advance single from their 2nd album entitled "Only the Stars Are Left", which will be released in October 15th, 2024 through Fighter Records. 

You can watch the video right here:

https://youtu.be/r67dncCOZkY

Valletta rusza w miasto ... znaczy kilka miast ...

Valletta, will launch their Eastern U.S. Tour in October! Tour dates are as follows:

10/17 Atlanta, GA @ Culture Shock

10/18 Athens, GA @ Flicker

10/19 Kingsport, TN VFW Post 4933

10/20 Covington, KY @ Madison Live

10/21 Chicago, IL @ Live Wire Lounge

10/22 Dayton, OH @ Hidden Gem

10/23 Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving Underground

10/24 Philadelphia, PA @ Ortlieb's

10/25 Burlington, VT @ Despacito

10/27 Lowell, MA @ Koto Lowell

10/ 29 Salem, MA @ Koto Salem

11/1 Richmond, VA @ Cobra Cabana

11/2 Wilmington, NC (TBA)

Summer will be released on CD, vinyl, and digital formats on October 4 via Forcefield Records. Click the link below to pre-order!

vallettanc.bandcamp.com/album/summer

Nowy DEIVOS w październiku

Po kilkuletniej ciszy z nowym, siódmym albumem powraca deathmetalowy DEIVOS. 

Apophenia ukaże się nakładem Selfmadegod Records 

18 października 2024 r.

Dwójka Everto Signum w listopadzie

On November 1st 2024, Monumental Rex will internationally present Everto Signum’s long-expected second full-length album, “Beastiary”, on special handcrafted CD Grimoire format.

Trzeci krążek TRYBLITH końcem października

US black metal act TRYBLITH returns from the depths with their macabre third album, "Draconis Maleficium", set to drop on October 31st 2024.

The first single "Chalice Ov Opulence" is now streaming at THIS LOCATION

Kawałek Obnoxious Youth do odsłuchu

The Swedish-Finnish speed and thrash metal quintet Obnoxious Youth’s new album Burning Savage will be out on October 18th.

Behold the divine destruction and witness the brand-new Obnoxious Youth video Ethereal Termination here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr_z3BMzctg

Recenzja Barathrum „Überkill”

 Barathrum

„Überkill”

Hammer of Hate Rec. 2024

Barathrum to kolejny zespół, z którym miałem dość długi rozbrat. Choć nie wiem, czy słowo „dość” jest tu na miejscu, biorąc pod uwagę, że ostatni album zespołu jaki dane mi było odsłuchać wyszedł niemal ćwierć wieku temu. Późniejsze wyrywkowo sprawdzałem, ale jednym uchem mi wlatywały, drugim wylatywały. Do „Überkill” postanowiłem jednak przysiąść na spokojnie. (Czytaj dalej...)

Panopticon "...on the Subject of Mortality" w październiku

 

Recenzja Aorlhac „A La Croisée Des Vents”, „La Cité Des Vents” & „L’Esprit Des Vents”

 Aorlhac

„A La Croisée Des Vents”, „La Cité Des Vents” & „L’Esprit Des Vents” (Reissue)

Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions 2024

 

Na dwudziestego września Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions przygotowało pokaźne wznowienie trzech pierwszych produkcji tej francuskiej kapeli. Zostanie ono wydane w okazałym etui w formacie A5, który będzie zawierał trzy płyty w bogatej oprawie ilustracyjnej. Zatem wielbiciele Aorlhac oraz kolekcjonerzy takich rzeczy będą mogli już niebawem się w nie zaopatrzyć. (Czytaj dalej...)

Demo Wrahha "ladadzień"

Hailing from Leipzig, Germany, Wrahha is the spiritual successor to the defunct Leipzig-based bestial Black Death cult Lihhamon, which existed briefly between 2015 and 2017. Wrahha is spearheaded by Lihhamon guitarist M., and new co-conspirators P. and F., continuing the previous band's unholy campaign down the path of omnipotent destruction and absolute sonic bedlam.

The "Harbingers of a Horrid Cleansing" demo tape will be officially released on September 20 2024 by Sentient Ruin in America in collaboration with AbArt Corruption for Europe.

Nowości i zapowiedzi z MURDER RECORDS

 

HORNS i MORRATH zapraszają w grudniu do Leszna

 

W piątek 13 grudnia 2024 Lesznem zawładnie HORNS oraz MORRATH! MORRATH Old school Death Metal - Leszno Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4MYEkDvddYXJEafOBCeEyI FB: https://www.facebook.com/Morrathband YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZzMAVP9nC9QE3Mk6U6QKMQ IG: https://www.instagram.com/morrath_official BC: https://morrath.bandcamp.com HORNS Black Metal - Zielona Góra Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Iu476tccc92zo0TpyBsbg FB: www.fb.com/hornshorde YT: https://www.youtube.com/@hornshorde IG: www.instagram.com/hornshorde BC: www.hornshorde.bandcamp.com +SUPPORT Wstęp płatny 40zł w dniu koncertu na bramce. Widzimy się w grudniu w piątek 13-tego! Godz.: 19:00 Rogi w górę!

Recenzja Las Trumien „Budowniczowie Grozy”

 Las Trumien

„Budowniczowie Grozy”

Piranha Music 2024

Minął zaledwie rok, z mały okładem, od czasu wydania „Głodu Zabijania”, i oto mamy Las Trumien numer trzy. Płytę, która kontynuuje proces edukacyjny w temacie historii morderców, gwałcicieli i innego rodzaju zwyrodnialców, przy akompaniamencie dźwięków sludge/doom metalowych. Muszę przyznać, że pod względem tekstowym wydawnictwa Lasu Trumien stanowią dla mnie nie mniejsza wartość, niż czysto muzycznie. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja HAR „Cursed Creation”

 HAR

„Cursed Creation”

Dark Descent Records 2024

Jakby ktoś nie wiedział, HAR, to trzech Żydów z Berlina (he he), którzy po dziesięciu latach istnienia tej kapeli postanowili w końcu zarejestrować album. W sumie to nie ma śmiania, bo już na wydanych wcześniej dwóch epkach i demosie dali próbkę tego co potrafią, a zaprawdę powiadam Wam…potrafią przypierdolić. (Czytaj dalej...)

METAL KOMMANDO FEST V

 

BRUTAL SOUND FEST II

 

Klip od INVERNOIR

 

Today, gothic-doom metallers Invernoir premiere the new video "Desperate Days" at Legacy magazine's website. The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated second album, Aimin' For Oblivion, set for European release on September 27th (October 4th for North America / rest of the world) via code666. See & hear Invernoir's "Desperate Days" video in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Recenzja / A review of Omegavortex „Paranormal Violence”

 Omegavortex

„Paranormal Violence”

Ancient Spirit Terror 2024

Tym maniakom, którym ciśnienie już skoczyło, od razu oznajmiam, że nie jest to  jeszcze nowy album Omegavortex. Aczkolwiek, przynajmniej dla mnie, rzecz jeszcze bardziej zajebista. Mógłbym tu w tym momencie pisać referaty, jak to kiedyś, w czasach zamierzchłych, słuchało się nagrań z piwnicy, garażu czy innego kanału ściekowego, i człowiek był szczęśliwy niczym świnia w gównie, bo dostawał po ryju totalnym prymitywizmem, a takowy kochał ponad flaszkę wódki. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja / A review of Grava „The Great White Nothing”

 Grava

„The Great White Nothing”

Aesthetic Death 2024

Czekałem na ten album ostro-fest, bo byłem ciekawy co po fantastycznym „Weight Of A God” będą w stanie wysmażyć ci trzej Duńczycy tak, aby mnie zaskoczyć. Ich debiut był porażający swą ciężkością i zwartością, a szereg koronkowo zespolonych ze sobą sposobów na gęste kostkowanie, zaowocowało ultramiażdżącym sludge metalem, obok którego nie możliwym było przejść obojętnie. (Czytaj dalej... / Read here!

Nowy DESERT NEAR THE END w grudniu

 

Theogonia Records Welcomes Greek Extreme Power/Thrash Metal Titans DESERT NEAR THE END; Announces Release of New Album "Tides of Time" on December 6th, 2024!

Theogonia Records is proud to announce the signing of Greek extreme power/thrash metal warriors, DESERT NEAR THE END, to its ever-growing roster of metal elite. With a legacy rooted in the raw power of 90’s Power and Thrash Metal, DESERT NEAR THE END has forged their path over the past decade with a sound that blends the melodic grandeur of Power Metal with the savage intensity of Thrash and Death Metal. Their unique approach has captivated the Hellenic metal scene, and Theogonia Records is proud to release their upcoming sixth studio album, “Tides of Time“, on December 6th, 2024!

DESERT NEAR THE END is a five-piece metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2010. Drawing influence from the great Power/Thrash bands of the 90s, they have evolved their sound into a unique blend of Power/Thrash metal infused with extreme elements from Death and Black Metal. They have released five full-length albums to date, including the critically acclaimed thematic trilogy A Crimson Dawn (2011), Hunt for the Sun (2014), and Theater of War (2016), followed by standalone concept albums Of Fire and Stars (2019) and The Dawning of the Son (2022). Their sixth album, “Tides of Time“, will be released on December 6th, 2024, via Theogonia Records.

Nowy numer od ABRAMELIN

 

Abramelin and Hammerheart Records proudly presents their new song and title track for their upcoming album "Sins of the Father" on all streaming platforms! The upcoming album "Sins of the Father" is set for a release at 4 october on CD, LP and digital! “Sins of the Father” is an all-out brutal Death Metal assault on the senses; while lyrically, it continues to push the boundaries of horror and depravity.

Klip i zapowiedź nowego OTTONE PESANTE

 

Today, heavy brass metallers Ottone Pesante reveal the new video "Battle of Qadesh." The track is the first to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated fourth album, Scrolls of War, set for international release on October 18th via Aural Music. See & hear Ottone Pesante's "Battle of Qadesh" video in its entirety HERE at the band's official YouTube channel.

Ottone Pesante ("Heavy Brass" in Italian) are a unique and incredible band: trumpet, trombone, and drums playing metal, making a huge step beyond the traditional idea of extreme metal, based on the classic sound of bass and guitar. The band formed in Faenza, Italy in 2015 and released two EPs (Ottone Pesante in 2015, …and the Black Bells Rang in 2022), three full-lengths (Brassphemy Set in Stone in 2016, Apocalips in 2018, DoomooD in 2020), a split (Subsound Records Split Series #8 in 2019), and two books of scores. With almost 400 shows all over Europe under their belt, Ottone Pesante are currently destroying a lot of boundaries between metal, jazz, brass, and avant-garde genres.

Scrolls of War is the first album of a concept trilogy about the history of brass music. There was a time long ago when droughts, famines, earthquakes, floods, and epidemics occurred almost simultaneously, within a very short period, forcing peoples to migrate for survival. These mass movements were desperate and caused atrocious and extremely violent wars. The ancients sanctified these wars in the name of a god leading them to victory, delivering the so-called "rules of war." Priests were in charge of announcing the movements of the army to the sound of their trumpets and horns.

Ottone Pesante embark on an imaginary journey through history, mythology, and archaeology in an attempt to analyze and exorcise the historical relationship of brass instruments in wars, starting from a document dating back to the 1st century AD found in Qumran, Palestine at the end of the 1940s: The War Scrolls.

In the meantime, see & hear the brand-new video "Battle of Qadesh" HERE at Ottone Pesante's official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Ottone Pesante's Scrolls of War

1. Late Bronze Age Collapse

2. Sons Of Darkness Against Sons Of Shit

3. Men Kill, Children Die

4. Teruwah

5. Battle Of Qadesh

6. Slaughter Of The Slains

7. Seven

Można odsłuchać EP-kę HAMMERFILOSOFI

 

The new EP from international black metal duo Hammerfilosofi is now streaming a day ahead of its official release via Aeternitas Tenebrarum Musicae Fundamentum (ATMF).

Extreme metal blog No Clean Singing, which has provided the exclusive world premiere of SOLUS (Igne Natura Renovator Integra), comments "You will have a hard time finding anything else this year as frightening to the core as SOLUS…"

Listen to SOLUS (Igne Natura Renovator Integra) at this location.

After their much-acclaimed debut album - The Desolate One - Hammerfilosofi returns with a fiery assault on the senses, in the shape of an EP entitled SOLUS (Igne Natura Renovator Integra); four psalms of relentless, multi-layered, and hellish madness.

“The EP is an inward journey of spiritual violence and cathartic soul-searching”, comments NKTFR, and adds: “Both musically and lyrically, it picks up from where The Desolate One left off and continues in a bold leap into the dark unknown”.

Behind the music is as per usual the Norwegian-Italian duo - NKTFR and FCCM. Lyrics for the EP were penned by a long-time comrade of the band, Rune Vedaa from the legendary Norwegian Black Metal band Forgotten Woods.

“The EP is both a continuation of the debut and an ominous forewarning of what is to come. We continue our relentless march, spreading our sulfurous gospel”, concludes FCCM.

Stream more from Hammerfilosofi on Spotify and Apple Music.

SOLUS (Igne Natura Renovator Integra) tracklist:

1) Hunt or be Hunted

2) Alpha Ego

3) Holy Fire

4) Epigone of Tragedy

Nowy album HUSQWARNAH do odsłuchu

 

Ahead of its release this coming Monday on the twisted Time To Kill Records roster, No Clean Singing today presents an exclusive stream of "Purification Through Sacrifice", the merciless sophomore album from Italian death metal squad HUSQWARNAH.

Stream "Purification Through Sacrifice" at THIS LOCATION.

Tracklist:

​01. Intro

02. To Protect And Severe

03. Wheel Of Torture

04. Lawn Mower Massacre

05. Graboids

06. Mass Grave

07. Reincarnation Of Sin Pt. II

08. Soldier 039

09. Tower Of Suicide

10. The Jackal's Grin

​11. Outro

Recenzja Odium Humani Generis „Międzyczas”

 Odium Humani Generis

„Międzyczas”

Malignant Voices 2024

Nie wiem jak to się stało, że Odium Humani Generis nie gościł jeszcze na łamach Apocalyptic Rites. A nie, dobra, wiem. Dotychczasowe nagrania zespołu wydawane były w wytwórniach, które naszych chłopaków traktowały najwyraźniej po macoszemu i promocji szczędziły. Nic zatem dziwnego, że Łodzianie ostatecznie trafili pod skrzydła Malignant Voices, labelu nie dużego, ale poważnie podchodzącego do sprawy. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Torrefy „Necronomisongs”

 Torrefy

„Necronomisongs”

Self-Release 2024

Ten będący kwintetem band, pochodzi z Kanady, gdzie powstał w 2011 roku i właśnie wydaje swój czwarty album. Nigdy ich nie słyszałem, ale zawsze musi być ten pierwszy raz tylko dlaczego zaraz musi boleć? Chłopaki grają techniczny thrash metal, który leciutko poczernili naleciałościami melodyjnego bleka z ostatnich lat. Czy zatem może coś z tego wyjść dobrego? (Czytaj dalej...)

Zapowiedź nowego THYRATHEN

 

On November 1st internationally, Floga Records is proud to present Thyrathen's highly anticipated second album, Lakonic, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. In lieu of this announcement, the first track "Η Πόλις (the Philosophical Poem)" is premiered HERE at the Black Metal Promotion YouTube channel.

Formed in 2011 but not making their public debut until ten years later, Thyrathen nevertheless are a vanguard for ancient Hellenic black METAL. That debut, the full-length ThanatOpsis, featured a godly lineup - drummer Corax S. (ex-Nocternity and Jackal's Truth), guitarist A.Z. (ex-Kawir and Obsecration), and vocalists Stefan Necroabyssious (Varathron, Funeral Storm, Katavasia) and Alexandros (Macabre Omen, The One) - and the results were, unsurprisingly, godly. Here was that classic Greek sound, given deeper and darker drama through a framework of both fantasy and philosophy, but looking within for inspiration rather than without. Put another way, Thyrathen slotted well into the lineage its principal members helped shape, but ThanatOpsis was entirely its own creation. A Mount Olympus to eclipse, as it were...

Somehow, Thyrathen have scaled that mount once again, and indeed have eclipsed the feat with their second album. Titled Lakonic, the band's sophomore full-length stays true to their noble foundation, but goes bigger and bigger and BIGGER. Thyrathen here create a vast and epic landscape that's poetic and philosophical in equal measure, illuminated by the torch of That Classic Greek Sound but skillfully maximizing the METAL aspect of black metal. Once again, neither keys nor synths have been used. Instead, as on the debut, ancient lyre and choirs & voices constitute the lyrical part of Thyrathen's music, giving an impossibly rich texture to their heavy metal hymns that's solemn, ceremonial, and simply stunning. The lineup sees the return of Corax S., Stefan Necroabyssious, and Alexandros, and also the arrival of Noch from Greece's Black Winter on guitar, bass, and choirs and Thanasis Kleopas on ancient lyre and voices. Together, these men weave a tapestry of sound that engages upon first listen and then works an ever-more-entrancing spell as successive spins seduce the listener.

Both counterpart to and continuation of ThanatOpsis, Lakonic goes one step further and consolidates the unique character & music style of Thyrathen as "diachronic, lyrical black metal," in their own words. With seven songs in 47 minutes, this second album is a coherent, poetic-epic, and theatrical journey: it creates images, it flows joyfully in its entirety, and it adds further to the brilliant canon Thyrathen are building.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Η Πόλις (the Philosophical Poem)" exclusively HERE at the Black Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Thyrathen's Lakonic

1. The Throne of Micro-Cosmos (Foolishness) [5:45]

2. Religious Agonies [5:13]

3. Matter, Void, Sperm [6:29]

4. De Rerum Natura [5:51]

5. Η Πόλις (the Philosophical Poem) [7:49]

6. Void, Matter, Sperm [6:51]

7. Scales & Sword (the Fall of Justice) [7:16]

W listopadzie piąty album CHAOS INVOCATION

 

Today, AOP Records announces November 8th as the international release date for Chaos Invocation's highly anticipated fifth album, Wherever We Roam....

The journey of Chaos Invocation started in the fourth year of this millennium. Ever since the beginning, it has been the intention to manifest the members' beliefs and experiences in Satanic music. As a trident lineup, Chaos Invocation released three full-length records: In Bloodline With The Snake (2009), Black Mirror Hours (2013), and Reaping Season, Bloodshed Beyond (2018). Shortly before the release of the latter, Omega (drums) and Tumulash (bass guitar) joined the founding members A. (guitars) and M. (vocals) and enriched the band with another spearhead. As a four-piece, Chaos Invocation recorded Devil, Stone & Man (2022): a wild, fierce, and challenging ride into the more sepulchral and dangerous realms of the black metal genre and a sonic monument of Satanic worship and sheer metallic fury. Devil, Stone & Man also marked the first collaboration with V. Santura at Woodshed Studio, with whom they also recorded their latest output.

Titled Wherever We Roam..., Chaos Invocation's fifth full-length looks to the past to see the trails to blaze ahead. Where Devil, Stone & Man maintained an incredibly direct aspect - arguably, the German's most straightforwardly aggressive material to date, all grime and gnarl suiting the dark times in which it was birthed - Wherever We Roam... sees Chaos Invocation bringing back their burning-black melodicism, which heightens the authentically second-wave vibes intrinsic to their enduring aesthetic. Still serpentine and sinuous, their songwriting has continued to focus on expressions of a direct nature rather than busy themselves with overbearing complexity. Put another way, the quintet have focused on the more dynamic currents of Reaping Season, Bloodshed Beyond and simply sharpened them to a judicious degree, all given nightsky flight through the crisp & clean production - wholly organic, wholly powerful - as well as the oft-soaring leads.

As such, Wherever We Roam... feels anthemic, boundless, and wholly tailor-made for the stage, where Chaos Invocation have considerable experience; since their first live appearance in 2009, they've embarked upon several European tours as well as playing several smaller tours and festivals all over the European continent. "Our journey is far from being over," state the band, and "we cannot wait to raise our banners at places we have yet not visited." If there's a record to slay that way forward, then surely it's Wherever We Roam...

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Ideal Sodom" HERE at AOP Records' official YouTube channel. Cover artwork, courtesy of Khaos Diktator, and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Chaos Invocation's Wherever We Roam...

1. Wherever We Roam

2. Ideal Sodom

3. Golden Gates And Terrene Light

4. Bridges Aflame

5. No Throne Withstands

6. This World Wants Us Dead

7. Only In Darkness

8. Engravings Of The Quivering Pedestal

KONKHRA zapowiadają nowy album

 

Original Scandinavian Death Metal masters Konkhra reveal “Sad Plight of Lucifer” album artwork and tracklist! The killer artwork is created by Alvaro Valverde (www.instagram.com/av_art_ilustracion), the album is produced and recorded by Konkhra at Starstruck Studio and was mixed by none other than Tue Madsen!

“Sad Plight of Lucifer” is set for a release at 29 november on CD, LP and digital! The pre-orders will drop next week and the first single is set for this october. Be prepared!

Tracklist:

1. Sad Plight of Lucifer

2. Revolution

3. Seven Plagues

4. Nothing Can Save You

5. The Lesser Key of Solomon

6. August.6 1945

7. Artificial Sun

8. Magick

9. Resurrection Machine

10. Gates of Paradise

11. Tentacles of Madness

https://www.konkhra.com

Piąty album SEID za miesiąc

 

On October 18th internationally, De Tenebrarum Principio - a division of ATMF - is proud to present the highly anticipated fifth album of Sweden's Seid, Hymns to the Norse.

Hymns to the Norse - the new album from Seid, active since 2009 and purveyors of proud pagan black metal in the ancient tradition - takes great inspiration from the old folk music of the Scandinavian region. In many ways, this album is more of a concept album than 2022's preceding Svart Sól was. The sejd drum intro "Hymn To Ivar" opens it up in an even-more-traditional fashion, but then you get brass sections and the sound develops more and more throughout the album towards something more recognizably black metal. "Hymn to the North" closes the album, referring to the fact that all the songs you just heard were hymns: previously untold but, in our common ancestry, deeply buried.

With Seid's raw, lo-fi sound, eerie vocals, sejd drum, Hammond organs, and haunting atmospheres, this album pushes the boundaries of black metal while exploring the Norse roots. Hymns to the Norse takes you to the past…and brings the past into you.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "My Kingdom Rise" HERE at ATMF's Bandcamp. North American preorder info can be found HERE; European preorder info can be found HERE. Cover artwork, courtesy of Frank Dicksee (1873), and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Seid (Sweden)'s Hymns to the Norse

1. Hymn To Ivar

2. The End Of Days

3. My Kingdom Rise

4. White Beast From Hel

5. Nordmænnens Raseri

6. Light Up The Sky

7. Allfadir

8. Hymns To The North

Nowy TYRANNIC końcem listopada

 

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions announces November 22nd as the international release date for Tyrannic's highly anticipated third album, Tyrannic Desolation, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Since their formation in 2010, Australia's Tyrannic have been a steady study in sonic defiance. The band's earliest demo and split recordings were largely the work of one Tyrannic Deluge, but by the time of their debut album, 2018's Ethereal Sepulchre, Tyrannic expanded their lineup and also expounded upon the primitivist origins of their sound. Aptly titled, Ethereal Sepulchre was a foggy 'n' frightening statement of eerie blackened doom - or perhaps DOOMED BLACK? Either way, the trio tread upon the slimy foundation laid out by their forebears but also evinced a red-eyed personality all their own. That identity has fully come to fruition with Tyrannic's second album, Mortuus Decadence, released in 2021 by Iron Bonehead. Somehow more immediate and distant simultaneously, the Aussies' second full-length flayed sanity with its ever-tumultuous and -twisting songwriting, instilling utter unease in even the hardiest listener.

Now back to a power-trio, Tyrannic continue the chaos-harnessed trajectory of its predecessor with their third album, Tyrannic Desolation. Aptly titled, there are indeed many moments of desolation across the eight-song / 48-minute record; while one could liken them to "doom" in its most skeletal sense, those moments stomp down and ring out with seemingly random rancor, as if the players had pushed their primitive pulse to its limit and then tumble to a rumbling plod. But, such usage simply underlines the very madness running rampant across Tyrannic Desolation. Taking treacherous turns as often as they left a bestial burst run uncomfortably long, Tyrannic take demonic pleasure in the seemingly scattershot songwriting they employ. And just like Mortuus Decadence, A LOT happens across Tyrannic Desolation - and those endlessly rolling / roiling screeds of physicality continue to mutate in a manner most bizarre. If anything, Tyrannic Desolation by comparison imparts a greater sense of space and then hammers away any last vestige of "hook" or riff or whatever...and somehow, it eerily beckons further investigation, especially when faced with the vampiric-castle soloing found on "Dance On Graves Chained to the Labyrinth." Again, MADNESS.

With their third full-length, Tyrannic prove that these idiosyncrasies are no mere fluke, and the wild & weird terrain trod by the likes of old Samael, early Celtic Frost / Hellhammer, Hungary's Tormentor, Beherit, Brazilian iconoclasts like Impurity and Sextrash, or even very earliest Mayhem is very much also theirs. More cracked, more broken, more thirsty & miserable: this is Tyrannic Desolation!

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Prophetic Eyes of Glass" HERE at Iron Bonehead's Soundcloud. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Tyrannic's Tyrannic Desolation

1. Prophetic Eyes of Glass

2. Tyrannic Desolation

3. Only Death Can Speak My Name

4. Impaled Before Your Mirror of Fate

5. Stillbirth In Still Life

6. Dance On Graves Chained To the Labyrinth

7. Incubus Incarnate

8. Morbid Sanctum