środa, 4 czerwca 2025

Recenzja Devs Mortvorvm „The Oldest Crypt”

 Devs Mortvorvm

„The Oldest Crypt”

Apocalyptic Prod. 2025

 


Devs Mortvorvm pochodzą z Chile. Podobno zespół istnieje już dekadę, ale najwyraźniej do najbardziej pracowitych nie należy. Bo nie dość, że wydawnictwo, które mam dziś na rozkładówce jest dopiero ich drugim, to jeszcze zawiera niemal ten sam materiał, co wydane w zeszłym roku demo o tym samym tytule. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Darkenhöld „Le Fléau Du Rocher”

 Darkenhöld

„Le Fléau Du Rocher”

Les Acteurs De L’Ombre 2025

To już niemłoda kapela, bo istnieje od 2008 roku, kiedy to tych trzech, francuskich muzyków postanowiło grać black metal. Obecnie wydają szósty album, na którym kontynuują swoje melodyjne podejście do rogacizny. Jest to jej szczególna odmiana, która powinna zadowolić fanów literatury fantasy, ponieważ zawiera w sobie spory pierwiastek bajkowości umiejscowionej historycznie w wiekach średnich. (Czytaj dalej...)

Nowy kawałek IRON SPELL

 

Today, Chilean heavy metallers Iron Spell premiere the new track "Sorceress" 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 second album, From the Grave, set for international release on July 25th via Dying Victims Productions. Hear Iron Spell's "Sorceress" in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Hailing from Santiago, Chile’s Iron Spell was founded in mid-2013 by drummer and composer Felipe Carvajal (Steelhammer), initially with the idea of ​​making a classic heavy metal album with friends, mixing the mysticism and darkness of King Diamond and Black Sabbath with hard & heavy rock from the ‘70s and ‘80s like KISS, Alice Cooper, Twisted Sister, and WA.S.P. The lack of commitment and involvement of some musicians considerably delayed the process, and what was going to be a full-length ended up being a four-song EP, Heavy Metal Witchcraft. Shortly after, the band uploaded Heavy Metal Witchcraft to social media, and the word spread fast: in a few weeks, it was released in Europe on 7" vinyl, cassette, and CD by three different labels, with Dying Victims being the first ones to believe in Iron Spell and release this recording on cassette.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Sorceress" exclusively HERE, courtesy of the NWOTHM YouTube channel. Also hear the previously revealed "Black, Hot & Heavy" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever magazine. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:


Tracklisting for Iron Spell's From the Grave
1. Curse Of The Ushers
2. Sorceress
3. Release From Darkness
4. While Witches Dance
5. Whispers Of Sorrow
6. Devil King
7. Deep In The Night
8. Black, Hot & Heavy
9. From The Grave
10. Children Of The Night

Wznowienie EXMORTIS - "Beyond the Realms of Madness" na winylu

 


“Beyond the Realms of Madness” marks the first ever vinyl release of Exmortis’ classic demos “Descent Into Chaos” (1988), “Immortality’s End” (1989), and “Butchers of the Urban Frontier” (1994)! Face ripping Death Metal classic demo’s! Available for the first time on transparent red/black splatter and old school black vinyl!

Pre-order now:

Real old school American Death Metal! No frills. No studio gloss. Just a blistering document of a band that should’ve been on every ‘90s Death Metal label roster and wasn’t. Instead, these demos carved their place in underground lore the hard way.

Singiel zapowiadający debiut HEXELLA

 


Today, Texan black metallers Hexella reveal the new track "Where the Scythe Falls." The track is the third to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated debut album, The Ancient Gaping Mouth, set for international release on June 27th via Hells Headbangers. Hear Hexella's "Where the Scythe Falls" in its entirety HERE at Hells Headbangers' official YouTube channel.

Hexella was originally conceived in Deep South Texas by Noelia Garza (vocals, lyrics, and songwriter) in 2019 as a studio project. JD De La Rosa would help bring the sounds of Hexella to life on the drums during the writing process and add solos to the already written material. JD records, mixes, and masters all the music at Negative Audio Studio thus far.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Where the Scythe Falls" HERE at Hells Headbangers' official YouTube channel. Also hear the previously revealed "Ophitic Revelation" HERE as well as the previously revealed "Black Earth" HERE, both also at Hells Headbangers' official YouTube channel. Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:


Cover and tracklisting for Hexella's The Ancient Gaping Mouth
1. Malefic Warpath
2. Leviathan Calls
3. Ophitic Revelation
4. Into 218
5. No Return
6. Black Earth
7. Obsidian Night
8. Storms of Uncreation
9. Voices of Vorsa
10. Nocturnal Fury
11. Where The Scythe Falls

Debiut ANCIENT TORMENT w sierpniu

 


Today, Eternal Death announces August 1st as the international release date for Ancient Torment's highly anticipated debut album, Follow the Echo of Curses, on CD format, with a vinyl version to come later via Goatowarex.

From the coastal reaches of New England, Rhode Island-based Ancient Torment have emerged as a leading torchbearer in the region's black metal underground. The band formed around the core dominion established by guitarist Tormentum and drummer Zealot (both erstwhile members of Witch King) during the winter of 2016, with a handful of short-length releases in the years that followed. Taking influence from the gloomy darkness of the Finnish scene and triumphant misery of their Québécois neighbors to the north, Ancient Torment have forged their own black metal.

Of especial note is the album's recording, a symbiosis of form and content. Follow the Echo of Curseswas recorded at Distorted Forest Studio, a space of reclusive solitude in the woods of northern Rhode Island, over the early months of 2024. It was mixed by Josh Welshman (Flux Studios NYC), mastered by Dan Lowndes (Resonance Sound Studio), and artwork from David Thiérrée, with an overall production that traverses the caustic and sublime. A testament to the mysteries of true death worship, driven by nuanced aggression and drenched in cold melodies, it covers themes that span the swirling depths of depravity, suffering, and infernal release. Ancient Torment have at last arrived to reclaim bloodied ground.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Sorrow Verses" HERE at Eternal Death's Bandcamp, where the album can also be preordered. Aforementioned cover artwork and tracklisting are as follows:


Tracklisting for Ancient Torment's Follow the Echo of Curses
1. Hanging from a Dead Star [6:44]
2. Spectre at the Crossroads [5:47]
3. Sorrow Verses [7:04]
4. Dejected Dreams Molested in Purgatory [5:08]
5. Under the Guise of Virtue [7:31]
6. Rotting Temperament [9:00]

wtorek, 3 czerwca 2025

Recenzja Matraque „Nature Morte”

 Matraque

„Nature Morte”

Ashen Tree Rec. 2025

Matraque to młody zespół z Mińska. Chłopaki chyba dopiero zaczynają swoją muzyczną przygodę, choć dwóch z nich grało już uprzednio w projekcie o nazwie Rowan (ciekawe czy Atkinson).  „Nature Morte” to debiutancki krążek zawierający niecałe czterdzieści minut muzyki z gatunku sludge / death / doom. I o ile często w takim przypadku gatunki te wymieniane są trochę na wyrost, bo chętnie idą w parze jako hasło reklamowe, tak w przypadku Białorusinów faktycznie mamy tutaj wszystkiego po trochu. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja EverdeaD „Re-Aninated”

 EverdeaD

„Re-Aninated”

Damned Pages Distro & Promotion 2025

Pewnie znacie już trochę tą kapelę, gdyż istnieje od 2020 roku i parę koncertów ma na swoim koncie. Jak dotychczas nagrywała swoje kawałki tylko w wersji digital, ale w końcu postanowiła zebrać je wszystkie do kupy i wydać jako debiutancki album. W skład EverdeaD wchodzi dwóch panów, pochodzących z Pomorza Zachodniego plus automat perkusyjny, który sprawnie zaprogramowany sprawił, że perkusja tylko nieznacznie wykazuje cechy maszyny cyfrowej. (Czytaj dalej...)

Singiel OPTICAL SUN

 

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Singiel zapowiada wydanie nowej płyty “Diabeł”
Premiera: 11 września 2025

Optical Sun grają stoner / post-sludge / doom metal. Znakiem rozpoznawczym zespołu stały się sample i wizualizacje pochodzące ze starych polskich filmów - m.in. "Przyjaciela Wesołego Diabła" w reż. Jerzego Łukaszewicza czy "Pan Twardowski" z 1936 r. przeplatane z silnym gardłowym wokalem i podwójnymi partiami basu.

Utwór ‘Strach’ jest o podstawowym, pierwotnym ludzkim instynkcie, który towarzyszy nam od narodzin do śmierci. Strach jest o tyle wyjątkowy na tle innych autonomicznych zachowań, że jest niezależny nas. Wraz z doświadczeniem pozwala się kształtować, ale nigdy nie można go w pełni ujarzmić.

‘Strach’ zapowiada nowy album zespołu. Premiera płyty ‘Diabeł’ zaplanowana jest na 11 września 2025 roku.

Mini LEPRA do odsłuchu

 

On July 14th internationally, BlackSeed Productions is proud to present the striking debut mini-album of Stockholm, Sweden's Lepra, Mortuus Morgana, on CD and 12" vinyl formats.

BlackSeed Productions feels excited to announce that we have reached an agreement with the young Swedish band Lepra for the release and distribution of their first recording, Mortuus Morgana, on both vinyl and CD formats. With this recording, they bring forth all the finest memories of the glorious Swedish death / black metal scene from the golden '90s era but with a very personal approach. Released online by the band themselves in December 2024, they rapidly got the attention of various labels, and whilst Stygian Black Hand from the US is taking care of the cassette version, BlackSeed will release Lepra's first recording on both 12" vinyl and digipack CD.

Mortuus Morgana shows an extremely tight band for the time they have been playing, and even if Lepra do not hide their influences, taken from such bands as old Dissection, earliest Watain, Regugnant, or even Dismember, they inject their sound with a very personal "dark" approach and a masterful use of acoustic guitar parts. Lepra themselves refer to their sound as "Cadaver Rock from Stockholm," but unlike what you can read in some places online, their sound is really dark, gloomy, melodic, and furious death / black metal.

In the meantime, stream Mortuus Morgana in its entirety HERE at BlackSeed's Bandcamp. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:


Tracklisting for Lepra (Stockholm)'s Mortuus Morgana
1. Where Despair Has Made Its Home [6:38]
2. In Silence She Lay Still [7:48]
3. Morning Mist Horizon [3:32]
4. Endless Crimson Dawn [7:24]

The Abyss Awakens II

 


EP-ka DEVS MORTVORVM do odsłuchu

 


Chilean death-doom ensemble DEVS MORTVORVM have officially made their forthcoming EP, "The Oldest Crypt", available for early streaming prior to its scheduled release date. This preview offers listeners an opportunity to experience the band’s distinctive fusion of cavernous doom and classic death metal, which permeates the entire release.

"The Oldest Crypt" is out June 6, 2025 via Apocalyptic Productions.

Stream it AT THIS LOCATION.

Singiel z debiutu BELETH'S TRUMPET

 


Today, Finnish black metallers Beleth's Trumpet reveal the new track "Triumphant Voice of Beleth." The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated debut album, Chapel of Bones, set for international release on July 1st via Dominance of Darkness Records on CD and vinyl LP formats; Korpituli Productions will be handling the cassette tape version. Hear Beleth's Trumpet's "Triumphant Voice of Beleth" in its entirety HERE at Dominance of Darkness' official YouTube channel.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Triumphant Voice of Beleth" HERE at Dominance of Darkness' official YouTube channel. Also hear the previously revealed "Mass Grave (of the Angels)" HERE a, also at Dominance of Darkness' official YouTube channel. Cover artwork, courtesy of Dhomth Art, and tracklisting are as follows:


Tracklisting for Beleth's Trumpet's Chapel of Bones
1. Triumphant Voice of Beleth
2. Mass Grave (Of Angels)
3. Chapel of Bones
4. Extermination of God’s Dominion
5. Clandestine Ritual
6. Death’s Cold Hand
7. Black Light

Nowy album ILLUSION

 


Illusion, the metal band from Barcelona (Spain), released their second album ‘Stages Of Self-Destruction’.
The new LP becomes a leap forward exploring new territories in terms of song-writing and lyrical composition establishing Illusion as a modern Prog Thrash band mixing technical passages with the punch and power of the thrash and punk worlds.

‘SOS’ has been recorded in AXtudio (Barcelona) and mastered by Tony Lindgren in the renowned Fascination Street Studios (Sweden) where bands like Amon Amarth, Testament, Arch Enemy and Kreator recorded some of their best albums.

The artwork comes from the hand of Berlin legendary artist Andreas Marschall who also did the artwork for metal classic albums like Sodom’s ‘Agent Orange’, Kreator’s ‘Coma Of Souls’ and Blind Guardian’s ‘Nightfall In Middle-Earth’ to name a very few. Marschall stated the making of the artwork for this album as “a very creative process. Haven’t seen something like this since the punk era”.

This new record shows a more mature band with an improved sound mixing thrash influences with classical music and prog references like King Crimson and Frank Zappa.

‘Stages Of Self-Destruction’ includes nine tracks full of energy, lyrics about pacifism and anti-war thoughts, inner torments and social injustice, the abuse of humans against nature and a few surprises here and there that will make you come back for more once you hear it!!!

INCINERATED zapowiadają drugi album

 

On July 14th internationally, BlackSeed Productions is proud to present the highly anticipated second album of Indonesia's Incinerated, The Epitome of Transgression, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Four years of establishment - two years of consummation between two soil and forged in three different studios - finally rises a flickering work of art in feverish glow. Incinerated finally discharge their second album: The Epitome of Transgression.

An exploitation of our fundamental exalted flames contains five tracks and 35 minutes long. Interwoven with their comrade Algo Yus Pratama for an exclusive track in his third stages with Incinerated, which is passing through the gradations in the sphere of madness, sui generis rises to the new level of experience and trace its course.

The Epitome of Transgression is a man's desire, a consequence of survival against nature and divine laws, Id quod substat; promise to nothing - hold everything. The path of ramifications towards infernal and self-annihilation since man proclaims progression in this world with the death of all gods and the birth of a new man, foreshadowing the nadir of naught - snare of the fowler, an epoch for the tragic ages. Yet there's a hope, a hope that breeds desolation from the withered eyes of man which leads to the only end, a future ascension and narrow path to doom and destruction. And transgression is shaped, breathed and lives in every heart of man; symbolically, it becomes a revolutionary act between freedom, passion, and will, which maybe it's expressed as virility & arrogance to its awe-inspiring in the profoundest sense. Allude to reality, scrupulously imitating a chaotic desire to dare venture in θεϊκός: lucid yet opaque of man's relations. Yes, there's tranquility in every desire and jouissance in every reason, which must be distinguished to increase in stability and complexity to fill the primordial abyss in their consecrated grounds. Man...despite his connection to the divine, even embodied with the divine rights, the destiny of man is doomed and condemned. Tu solus sanctus becomes firmly established in the hands of man, showing both their gradual elimination and advance. As man is always searching and wandering, thus becomes obsessed with this great abundances of lives, pro fanum to this world! And slowly forgetting the essences behind. The fruit that once sweet and beautiful is now rotten…

What words can arise from such an absence? A language that moves towards a passion of violence? Do you feel the terror from the depths of hiqdish? Have you scaled the excess of madness which inspired you? Lost in the night, where man can only sense, is the glimpse of ghâsiqin coming from their blurred presence in aesthetic rapture. The light of transgression is always lurking in the shadow of every man, and there’s no other way to oppose; man must claim it and affirm it! Urge to the beyond to open the gates of inner-self and make its ecstatic avowal to the soul. Consume – Corrupt – Manifest!!!

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Deciphering the Signs of Salvation" HERE at BlackSeed's Bandcamp. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:


Tracklisting for Incinerated (Indonesia)'s
The Epitome of Transgression
1. Preludium: The Saint's Humanity [1:01]
2. Deciphering the Signs of Salvation [12:11]
3. The Cyclic Perdition [9:12]
4. Confronting & Unfolding Fana [3:24]
5. Traces to Eternity [9:54]

Debiut MOUTH OF MADNESS w lipcu

 

Today, Darkness Shall Rise Productions announces July 16th as the international release date for Mouth of Madness' highly anticipated debut album, Event Horizon, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

Germany's Mouth of Madness are not among the most prolific bands, to put it mildly. Despite having been incepted in 2013, so far, there's only one self-titled EP to their name, which was released as far back as 2016. Be that as it may, in the shadows and thus undisturbed and wholly unaffected by pressure or expectations, the band have steadily worked on new music.

Finally, almost 10 years after the release of the EP, it's with great delight that the long in-the-making first full-length of Mouth of Madness is finally about to be released by Darkness Shall Rise on various formats.

Anyone who has had a chance to listen to the exceptionally good EP will probably agree that Event Horizon basically picks up where the duo left off after the EP. The album comprises nine songs, of which three are great ambient pieces respectively titled "Transhimalaya I, II, III" and created by no less than one of the founders of ambient, pioneers Popol Vuh. The remaining six tracks showcase an inspired band's curious take on metal that, due to its originality, defies being easily tagged. It's likely no stretch to claim the bulk of Mouth of Madness' compositions rely on death metal. At least, some of the riffing undeniably reeks of Morbid Angel and early Swedish Death Metal with some aggressive black metal thrown in for good measure, but instead of being a straight death metal album, Event Horizon also incorporates plenty of doomy and epic parts. The most ambitious song of the album, the labyrinthine "Fireborn," best embodies this blend.

Mouth of Madness should appeal to fans of Tribulation, Venenum, Chapel of Disease, and anyone into death metal in general that appreciates originality.

First track and preorder info to be announced shortly. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:


Tracklisting for Mouth of Madness' Event Horizon
1. Transhimalaja+ Part I
2. Sex and Thanatos
3. Year of the Dog
4. At the Heart of the Unknown
5. Worms
6. Transhimalaja+ Part II
7. Fireborn
8. Masaan
9. Transhimalaja+ Part III

niedziela, 1 czerwca 2025

Recenzja Ohyda „Zbezczeszczone Świętości”

 Ohyda

„Zbezczeszczone Świętości”

Wolfspell Rec. 2025

Po trzech krótkich materiałach w postaci EP-ek nadszedł wreszcie czas na pełnowymiarowy debiut zespołu o bardzo adekwatnej w stosunku do tworzonej muzyki nazwie. Ohyda. Słowo banalne. Na tyle banalne, że dziś większość z nas nie dostrzega nawet jego rdzennego znaczenia, bowiem wszelkie wartości na przestrzeni ostatnich lat uległy całkowitemu przewartościowaniu, żeby nie powiedzieć rozkładowi. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Ondfødt „Dimsvall”

 Ondfødt

„Dimsvall”

Eisenwald 2025

 


Piąta już płyta tej czwórki Finów zawiera muzykę, którą dokładnie opisuje obrazek umieszczony na jej okładce. Jest to black metal o bajkowym charakterze, w którym nie tylko pełno jest rusałek, elfów i księżniczek, ponieważ gdzieś tam między drzewami czają się również czarnoksiężnicy i złe istoty. (Czytaj dalej...)

Klip od UNMERCIFUL

 


Death metal horde UNMERCIFUL has shared a lyric video for "Unnatural Ferocity." The song comes off the Topeka-KS based band's newest album, Devouring Darkness.


Devouring Darkness marks a new era of relentless violence and sonic brutality! With ten tracks of scorching intensity and distorted vengeance, the album is filled with blistering blast beats, intricate kick drum patterns, and destructive riffing.

Devouring Darkness is out now on CD, digital, and vinyl formats on Willowtip Records.

Wznowienie TRISTANIA - "Beyond the Veil"

 


The Quintessence of Gothic Metal! Classic Tristania album finally available again on 6 panel digipack CD and gatefold LP!

Order now:

Tristania’s second album “Beyond the Veil” is the pinnacle of Gothic Metal; a grand, haunting masterpiece of orchestral darkness and unrelenting melancholy. Towering choirs, razor-sharp riffs, and chilling dual vocals collide in an atmosphere of pure sorrow and cinematic intensity. This is Gothic Metal at its most ambitious and emotionally devastating.

Zapowiedź nowego WHEN NOTHING REMAINS

 


Swedish death-doom band WHEN NOTHING REMAINS unveils “The Grim Reaper’s Tears”

Features members and ex-members of Nox Aurea, The Cold Existence, Rimfrost, Draconian, Doom: VS

New album “Echoes of Eternal Night” to be released via The Circle Music

Swedish death-doom band When Nothing Remains have revealed the first song and music video off their upcoming album “Echoes of Eternal Night”. The track "The Grim Reaper's Tears" offers a first glimpse into the band's forthcoming album, which marks a new, darker chapter in their musical journey.


The band explained that "The Grim Reaper's Tears" delves into the intricate emotions and internal conflict of Death personified as the Grim Reaper. The lyrics explore a character often feared and misunderstood, portraying him as empathetic despite being the harbinger of death. The song depicts him feeling the sorrow and anguish of those whose lives he claims, silently observing the devastation of war with deep sadness as he guides fallen souls to the afterlife.

The new album from When Nothing Remains is set to explore the complexities of contemporary life through a series of interconnected stories, with each song offering a unique narrative.

When Nothing Remains is a Swedish doom/death metal band with members from bands such as Nox Aurea, The Cold Existence, Rimfrost, Draconian, Doom: VS.