Recenzja Barbaric Oath „Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance”

 Barbaric Oath

„Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance”

Caligari Rec. 2026

Kolejną pozycją która właśnie ukazała się nakładem Caligari Records jest EP-ka niemieckiego Barbaric Oath.  Zespół to dość świeży, choć ludzie za nim stojący dali już o sobie znać, i to niejednokrotnie w bardzo zasadniczy sposób. Wystarczy chyba, że wymienię takie dwie nazwy jak Nekus czy Putridarium, które każdy maniak podziemia znać powinien. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Funelore „The Dissolution of Consciousness”

 Funelore

„The Dissolution of Consciousness”

Me Saco Un Ojo 2026

Funelore to kanadyjski duet, o którym niezbyt dużo wiadomo, ale właśnie Me Saco Un Ojo wydaje ich debiutancką epkę. Zawiera ona dwa kawałki death-doom metalu, który wykreowany został na ziarnistych gitarach, których gęstą strukturę podbija, bulgoczący bas, surowa perkusja i głębokie growle. Muza w tych dwóch numerach płynie leniwie, co nie oznacza, że brak jej siły wyrazu. (Czytaj dalej...)

Zapowiedź trzeciej płyty XORSIST

 

Hailing from the hallowed city that birthed classic death metal acts such as Entombed, Dismember and Unleashed, Stockholm, Sweden’s Xorsist stand firm as torchbearers of the city’s enduring death metal legacy. Since their formation, the band have forged a sound deeply rooted in the raw, uncompromising tradition of old school Swedish death metal while steadily sharpening their own identity within the genre.

Following their self-released debut album Deadly Possession in 2022 and their second full-length At the Somber Steps of Serenity (Prosthetic Records) in 2023, Xorsist built a formidable track record that earned them a growing reputation within the Swedish underground and beyond. Founded by Gustav Ryderfelt (vocals and guitar) and later solidified with Birk Castenmalm (vocals and bass) and Alphonse Bouquelon (drums), the band’s core sound balances deep reverence for tradition with a focused drive toward progression.

Now signed to Hammerheart Records, Xorsist prepare to unleash their third album called Aberrations, slated for release in April 2026. While their earlier recordings honored the path that defined the classic Stockholm sound, Aberrations marks a decisive step forward, eclipsing everything that came before it and presenting a clearer, more defined expression of the band’s musical vision. With this new chapter, Xorsist continue to carry the Swedish death metal torch into darker territory!

Track-list:

1. Rest Impending

2. Souls to Mourn

3. Draped in Sorrow’s Cloth...

4. An Elegy Unfolds

5. Of Where I Reside

6. Faceless

7. His Shrouded Gaze

8. ...And Aged in Embers

9. Disbelief

10. Memorial Cries

Nowy DOEDSVAGR za miesiąc

 

Forged in the Nordic underground, Doedsvangr have carved a singular path through the black metal landscape since their inception in 2014. Conceived by frontman Doedsadmiral as an outlet for uncompromising brutality and creative vision, the band quickly assembled a formidable lineup, drawing members from the ranks of Nordjevel and other storied acts.

The name Doedsvangr, meaning both "fields of death" and "dead womb", serves as a fitting harbinger of the band’s sonic and thematic intent; to explore the bleakest corners of existence with unflinching honesty and raw power.

Doedsvangr’s journey began with the critically acclaimed debut Satan Ov Suns (2017), a record that seamlessly fused the atmospheres of Finnish and Norwegian black metal. In 2019, a new line-up was established, ushering in a new era of creative exploration. The following year saw the release of Serpents Ov Old, an album that deepened the band’s reputation for delivering eccentric, visceral black metal. The band’s live presence grew with a powerful release show in Oslo, joined by Blood Red Throne, Svarttjern and appearances at various festivals. In October 2022, the EP Koinonia was unleashed, further cementing their legacy.

Now, in 2026, Doedsvangr enter a new chapter with their third full-length album Within The Flesh, set for release this spring via Soulseller Records. Hailed by Doedsadmiral as their "most bizarre and raw album to date", Within The Flesh promises a relentless journey. Unusual, eccentric, and uncompromising.

Track-list:

1. Devil Bites Man

2. Black Sun Dissolution

3. Omnipath

4. Within The Flesh

5. Blodskam

6. The Pentagram Upon My Mouth

7. Rites Of Thorns, Rise Of Flesh

Godz ov War zapowiadają nowy NECROMORBID

 

Nowy DODSWENS w kwietniu

 

Doodswens is a Dutch black metal band, forged in 2017 by I. The name translates to 'Deathwish' but its true meaning is heavier; Not giving up, but returning with power after looking the end in the eye.

Live, I. performs drums and vocals as one, a single body split into rhythm and invocation. She is joined by R. and P. on bass and guitar. R.I.P. is a line-up that moves like a blade; precise, violent, and locked in. Their shows are as ceremonial as confrontational. Doodswens doesn’t soothe; it exposes. Bring your demons and they will be named. Bring your grief and it will be heard. Whatever you carry into the room is dragged into the light because this band chooses confrontation over comfort, every time. Blood, bones, bullets, flame, skull, sweat: not props, but real artifacts of the rite. A full-body experience with sound, smell, vision and vibration which is meant to pull you under and return you a changed person.

After rising through the Dutch underground, Doodswens gained an international following through tours alongside Marduk and Gorgoroth. In 2021 they entered the chaos of the pandemic era on their first Massive Music run, supporting Marduk and Valkyria between lockdowns when venues were closing behind them and the world was unstable. But their will was unbroken. In 2024, on the Marduk/Origin tour, I. made the impossible possible; taking on lead vocals while remaining the drummer. With only months to prepare, she cut out all doubts and locked herself into rehearsal. The result? She carried Doodswens across 30 shows back-to-back, barely losing her voice.

Doodswens was recorded and produced by Sebastiaan van Bijlevelt at Galloway Studio and mastered by Alex McCullough (who re-mastered Dolly Parton's Backwoods Barbie) at True East Mastering.

If you’ve been close to ending your life, or if you think about it more often than you admit, then you know what it is to live with a death wish. It’s weight. A grey cloud that follows you everywhere, depriving you of your breath and blurring your sight. It’s almost impossible to explain to anyone who hasn’t been inside it. Doodswens isn’t an album about giving up. It’s about what happens when you stop looking away. About meeting death face to face and coming back with strength. Not because the darkness disappears, but because you learn how to carry it without letting it own you.

The heart of Doodswens is not the wish for death, but the death of the wish, the breaking of a curse. A taboo spoken aloud. A darkness worn on the chest, not as pride, but as truth: "This is what I feel, and I will not hide it."

Track-list:

1: Driven by Death

2: Verrot

3: The Black Flame

4: These Wounds Never Healed

5: She Carries the Curse

6: Devils Stone

7: Vlaamse Vloek

Nowy numer od ANTRISCH

 

Today, German black metallers Antrisch reveal the new track "Hidalgo infernal - Der baskische Wolf." The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated second album, Expedition III: Renitenzpfad, set for international release on March 27th via AOP Records. Hear Antrisch's "Hidalgo infernal - Der baskische Wolf" in its entirety HERE at AOP Records' official YouTube channel.

Kolejne zespoły na Summer Dying Loud 2026

 

Gotowi na kolejną porcję ogłoszeń?

Dzisiejszy dzień jest szczególny! Ogłaszamy pierwszego headlinera Summer Dying Loud 2026 i to takiego, który był w naszej ścisłej czołówce kandydatów od początku istnienia festiwalu. Powitajcie Satyricon, filar norweskiej muzyki ekstremalnej, który od zawsze szedł własną drogą wprowadzając w swej twórczości nowatorskie a czasem wręcz rewolucyjne rozwiązania, zmieniając dzięki temu sposób postrzegania black metalu.

Po kilku latach koncertowej nieobecności Satyricon ruszył pełną parą, ponownie zdobył sceny największych festiwali w Europie i wyruszył w trasę w towarzystwie Behemoth i Rotting Christ. Pojawiły się też pierwsze informacje o pracach nad nowym wydawnictwem tandemu Satyr & Frost! Czekamy z niecierpliwością na wrześniowy koncert podczas Summer Dying Loud, który będzie jedyną okazją by zobaczyć Satyricon w Polsce w tym roku!

Ktoś apelował o więcej thrash metalu? Proszę bardzo. Przed Wami Destruction - jeden z najważniejszych zespołów gatunku, który od ponad 40 lat, nieprzerwanie tworzy, koncertuje i nic nie wskazuje na to, by cokolwiek miało się w tej materii zmienić. I bardzo k.… dobrze!

Dowodzony przez Schmiera zespół to prawdziwa thrash metalowa maszyna, od dekad oddająca hołd brutalnemu, surowemu brzmieniu. Bezkompromisowe podejście do tworzenia kolejnych, ostrych jak brzytwa riffów w oldschoolowym stylu powoduje, że Destruction ma jednych z najbardziej oddanych słuchaczy w Polsce! Smarujcie gardła i do zobaczenia we wrześniu!

Jeśli jesteśmy już przy zespołach wyjątkowych, które od lat wierne są swojemu pomysłowi na artystyczny przekaz to w tym miejscu koniecznie musimy wspomnieć o japońskim SIGH (official page). Jeden z najbardziej oryginalnych zespołów w muzyce ekstremalnej z 13 albumami na koncie, z których każdy otwiera zupełnie nowy rozdział w ich artystycznym rozwoju. Balansowanie na granicy stylów muzycznych i dosłowna teatralność występów na żywo powodują, że jest to jeden z najciekawszych zespołów z jakimi będziemy mieli okazję obcować na Summer Dying Loud.

Mocnych wrażeń wizualnych nie zabraknie również w przypadku naszej kolejnej propozycji - Cult of Fire! Black metal, który wije się w orientalnych meandrach hinduizmu i eksploduje na scenie feerią barw pozostawiając nieodparte wrażenie, że to nie jest zwykły koncert a bardziej spektakl, który przenosi nas w świat starożytnych rytuałów.

Zarówno muzyka jak i niezwykły koncept wizualny towarzyszący występowi powoduje, że jest to coś naprawdę wartego doświadczenia na żywo.

Jest kilka zespołów na polskiej scenie, którym towarzyszymy na każdym, historycznie ważnym etapie ich kariery. Jednym z nich jest Blindead 23 (wcześniej Blindead), z którym spotkamy się na scenie Summer Dying Loud po raz kolejny. Głównym przyczynkiem ich powrotu na SDL jest wyczekiwany, debiutancki pod szyldem Blindead 23 album “Deuterium”, który ukaże się już w kwietniu nakładem Peaceville Records!

Powrót na scenę SDL po kilku latach zaliczy również holenderski DOOL! Ostatni raz pojawili się u nas w 2018 roku i od tamtego czasu rozwinęli się w jeden najbardziej charakterystycznych zespołów nowej fali dark rocka. Jednakże próba zaszufladkowania muzyki tej wyjątkowej formacji jest nader trudna, są tam elementy gothic-popu, psych-metalu i hard rocka, ale kto by się tym przejmował gdy to dynamika i kult chwytliwego riffu robią swoje.

Ich ostatni album “The Shape Of Fluidity” wybił zespół na wyżyny popularności wśród ludzi świadomie słuchających muzyki. W planach jest już kolejny album, więc miejmy nadzieję na sceniczne premiery podczas Summer Dying Loud!

Wracając na rodzimą scenę prezentujemy Wam Thy Worshiper! Historia zespołu sięga lat 90-tych, gdzie zespół był ważnym debiutantem na polskiej scenie, pozostawiając po sobie album “Popiół”. Thy Worshiper został reaktywowany w 2005 i od tamtej pory specjalizuje się we własnym, niepodrabialnym stylu z mocnymi wpływami folkowymi, ludowymi instrumentami i charakterystycznymi zaśpiewami. Nowe wydawnictwo “Demony Wschodu” ukazał się właśnie nakładem Piranha Music, a krótka, klubowa trasa koncertowa zaostrzyła apetyty muziarzy na więcej! Więcej zobaczycie i usłyszycie na Summer Dying Loud!

Lubicie eksperymenty muzyczne? Lubicie jak ktoś sięga po częściowo zapomniane wzorce i rozwija je do granic możliwości? Lubicie być zaskakiwani oryginalnością w muzyce, w której teoretycznie wszystko już zostało zagrane? To polubicie się z naszą kolejną propozycją, pochodzącym z brytyjskiego Leeds zespołem Cryptic Shift.

Zespół, który z miejsca sprawia wrażenie wyrwanego z przeszłości a ubranego w kosmiczne aranże potwora technicznego thrash/death metalu! Bez dwóch zdań mamy do czynienia z zespołem, który już zapisał się w historii muzyki ekstremalnej.

Koniecznie sprawdźcie najnowszy, wydany raptem tydzień temu album “Overspace & Supertime”!

A może macie ochotę na soczysty debiut? Ogłoszeni już twórcami nowej fali amerykańskiego metalu industrialnego Black Magnet, w skład którego wchodzą muzycy All Your Sister, Destroyer Destroyer czy koncertowego składu Grega Puciato, zagrają swój pierwszy koncert w Polsce właśnie na Summer Dying Loud. Na koncie 3 albumy, z których najnowszy “Megamantra” ukazał się w zeszłym roku nakładem Federal Prisoner.

Wracając na rodzimą scenę zapoznajcie się koniecznie z Drowned In Silver. Założony w grudniu 2023 roku, początkowo jako trio, projekt na pograniczu occult rocka, doom i ambientu powstał aby eksplorować najmroczniejsze przestrzenie muzyki, przy użyciu nietypowych środków ekspresji. W trakcie jak pierwotna idea ewoluowała, skład rozwijał się wraz z nią . Już jako kwintet zespół zarejestrował debiutancki album „Mothers”, wydany 2025 r. przez Pagan Records.

Dzisiejszą stawkę zamyka Königreichssaal! Zespół znany już w muzycznym półświatku zarówno dzięki bardzo dobrze przyjętym albumom i genialnym epkom ale też dzięki nieoczywistemu podejściu do promocji swojej twórczości czy podróży własną drogą, bez oglądania się na szufladkowanie i konwenanse. Bez dwóch zdań jest to zespół awangardowy, z twórczością którego warto zapoznać się w warunkach “live”. Na pewno nie będziecie zawiedzeni!

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Zapowiedź nowego OLDOWAN GASH

 

Today, Amor Fati Productions in conspiracy with Feral Heart Productions announce April 30th as the international release date for Oldowan Gash's highly anticipated second album, 1000 Dreams of War. Amor Fati will handle the CD and vinyl versions while Feral Heart will handle the cassette version.

Oldowan Gash released their first attacks on the underground in 2018 via two simultaneously released tapes - both of which were compiled on CD and LP last year. This early material showcased the ferocity & vitality that distinguished Oldowan Gash apart from their peers. The band made their live debut in 2019 supporting the likes of Bone Awl, Cirrhus, Profanatica, Sortilegia, Malignant Altar, and Mephitic Corpse. In 2020, the band’s aptly titled debut album, Hubris Unchained, cemented Oldowan Gash in a category of their own making: fiery and infectious riffing, desperate howls, and an arrogantly bitter attitude.

Now, six years later, mainman Forlorn Spirit returns with 1000 Dreams of War. Joined here by session drummer Longinus, Oldowan Gash proceed to build upon the noble spirit of its full-length predecessor, harnessing that characteristic desperation into something statelier and stealthier. Coldest fury runs rampant across 1000 Dreams of War - understandably, given the album's title and attendant themes - but Forlorn Spirit's riffing is ramped up to an enviable degree, remaining black metal at its core but now emitting a wider wealth of sensations and textures. To be sure, the melancholy-cum-triumph that so earmarked Hubris Unchained anchors this sophomore album, but more often than not, that foundation is somewhat reversed: triumphant at the beginning of the march / surge, only to give away to melancholy or at least grim resignation. Simply witness the blanching 14-minute closer, "Fighting Forever"...

Austere and yet deceptively kaleidoscopic, Oldowan Gash's development is linear and betrays a palette far more developed than their strident black metal purity suggests. Further completing the totality of 1000 Dreams of War is the rich 'n' rounded mastering courtesy of Patrick Engel at Temple of Disharmony as well as the vivid and utterly perfect cover artwork courtesy of Rada Niță, who also contributes the back cover art and six additional pieces for the liner. Hear the battle cries for those possessed by the spiritual war...

IN REMEMBRANCE OF A PAST WE CAN’T GET BACK

AND LAMENT FOR A FUTURE WE NEVER HAD

WE LONG FOR THE HILLS TO TURN BLACK

AND WISH FOR THE RIVERS TO RUN RED

A THOUSAND DREAMS OF WAR

ONE DAY IT WON'T JUST BE IN MY HEAD

In the meantime, hear the brand-new title track "1000 Dreams of War" HERE at Amor Fati's official YouTube channel. Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Oldowan Gash's 1000 Dreams of War

1. Catechism Of Shame Pt I [7:36]

2. 1000 Dreams Of War [5:44]

3. Brides Of Orlok [4:31]

4. Catechism Of Shame (Word Of Magic) Pt II [8:04]

5. Fighting Forever [14:02]

SPARAGMOS: pre-order reedycji "Error"

 

Po ponad trzech dekadach od oryginalnej premiery warszawski death/thrashowy SPARAGMOS prezentuje długo wyczekiwane wznowienie drugiego studyjnego albumu Error. Premiera w marcu nakładem Selfmadegod Records.

Płyta, która pierwotnie została wydana w 1994 roku wyłącznie na kasecie magnetofonowej nakładem Metal Mind Productions w końcu zyskuje godne XXI wieku wydanie – po raz pierwszy na CD i LP w zremasterowanej wersji. Mastering materiału przeprowadził w 2026 roku Filip Heinrich Hałucha w Heinrich House Studio, nadając klasycznym nagraniom z 1993/1994 roku nowe, znacznie bardziej klarowne i dynamiczne brzmienie, przy jednoczesnym zachowaniu surowej, organicznej duszy lat 90. Wznowienie Error to nie tylko nostalgiczna podróż, to szansa, by materiał, który w latach 90. był niedoceniony i trudno dostępny w związku ze schyłkiem nośnika jakim była kaseta, w końcu zabrzmiał tak, jak zawsze powinien – głośno, wyraźnie i bezkompromisowo.

Error już w momencie premiery uchodził za jedno z najbardziej odważnych i progresywnych wydawnictw na polskiej (i nie tylko) scenie ekstremalnego metalu. Eklektyczne połączenie death metalu, thrashu, technicznych zagrywek, powerowych refrenów, rozbudowanej melodii i eksperymentalnych struktur wyprzedzało ówczesne standardy gatunku. Recenzenci często porównywali album do kultowego Spheres holenderskiego Pestilence.

SPARAGMOS powstał w 1989 roku w Warszawie z inicjatywy gitarzysty Sebastiana Zusina, wokalisty i gitarzysty Łukasza Myszkowskiego oraz perkusisty Artura Grudzińskiego. Ten ostatni wkrótce opuścił formację. Jego miejsce zajął Tomasz Marecki, a w charakterze basisty dołączył Andrzej Rudnicki. Jako kwartet muzycy zarejestrowali debiutanckę demówkę, zatytułowaną Mortal Organic Remains, która ukazała się w 1990 roku sumptem grupy. W lutym 1992 roku kwartet wszedł do stołecznego studia Power Play, aby zarejestrować materiał na swój pierwszy longplay Invitation From Host Of Wrath. Zespół zaczął też pracę nad drugim longplayem, zatytułowanym Error. Materiał nagrany został z nowym perkusistą Krzysztofem Bentkowskim. Zespół funkcjonował do 2002 roku. Jego ostatni album Conflict pochodzi z 1999 roku.

Wznowienie Error ukaże się 27 marca 2026 r. na CD, LTD CD (limit 100 sztuk, wzbogacona o unikalny element – drukowane w technologii 3D bakteriofagi, mające na nowo zarazić klimatem polskiego death metalu lat 90. i podkreślić wyjątkowość tego wydawnictwa) oraz dedykowany merch nakładem Selfmadegod Records. Premiera LP planowana jest na wiosnę/lato 2026.

Pre-order dostępny w sklepie internetowym wydawcy.

Singiel NIGHT SPECTRE

 

On May 22nd internationally, Dying Victims Productions will release Night Spectre's striking debut album, Night Spectre, on CD and vinyl LP formats. And today, Deaf Forever magazine's website premieres the new track "Death Contract." Hear Night Spectre's "Death Contract" in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Night Spectre was forged in 2024, when a group of stubborn metalheads united with one goal: to unleash pure old-school heavy metal, burning with passion and true devotion. From the very beginning, the band’s vision was clear – to compose, rehearse, and record the strongest debut possible before stepping into the world. After relentless dedication and countless hours of hard work, Night Spectre’s self-titled debut album is finally ready to be revealed.

Comprising eight tracks in 45 minutes, Night Spectre roars across the full spectrum of heavy metal, with straightforward songwriting channeling the essential roots of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and the NWOBHM scene through the U.S. steel of bands like Riot and Jag Panzer to the epic grandeur of Manowar, Bathory, and Manilla Road. At times, Night Spectre’s attack – be it march, gallop, stomp, or surge – sounds like all those bands at once and then like nothing else entirely; to be sure, there’s some strange magick brewing in their cauldron. Which underlines how important that songwriting is, that what you bring to a tradition and then build upon is what actually makes such tradition so vital – and in this sense, Night Spectre exude a wisdom far beyond their still-young years as a band. Lyrically, the album delves into themes of occult fantasies, historical heroes dying fighting, horror movies, and defiance of societal norms, all with an overarching atmosphere of classic swords & sorcery.

Completed by powerful production – gleaming and clear but not without blood or grit, highlighting the heroism and bravado so central to their sound – Night Spectre’s self-titled debut is a bold first statement: delivered with reverence, under the band’s vision of raw, rebellious, and untamed HEAVY METAL.

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

Tracklisting for Night Spectre's Night Spectre

1. Death Contract

2. The Maniac

3. Cheating the Fates

4. To Die in the Ancient Fire

5. Blades of Galvarino

6. Crossing the Abyss

7. Damnation of Memory

8. Night Spectre

Można usprawdzić demo ABSENT RITUAL

 

On March 6th internationally, Eternal Death will release Absent Ritual's highly anticipated debut demo, The Cryptic Descent: A Compilation of Madness, on cassette tape format. And today, heavily trafficked web-portal NoCleanSinging.com streams the demo in its entirety. Hear Absent Ritual's The Cryptic Descent: A Compilation of Madness in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Nowy TÅRFÖDD końcem miesiąca

 

Today, Purity Through Fire announces March 28th as the international release date for Tårfödd's highly anticipated sixth album, Mörker täcker livets ljus, on CD format.

Since their formation in 2022, Sweden's Tårfödd have become a prolific force in the DSBM scene. With five full-lengths to date as well as nine singles, two EPs, and a couple collaborative records, mainman Simon Lindgren is a man possessed: supreme melancholy, bittersweet majesty, Technicolor textures, and soul-draining emotion have all become his stock in trade. And while it's not often that Purity Through Fire steps into depressive black metal waters, the label made an exception in 2025 for the release of Lidande.

Now, with the band's whole catalog available under the banner of Purity Through Fire, Lindgren returns with Tårfödd's sixth full-length, Mörker täcker livets ljus. It seems only fitting that the equally prolific Revenant (Sarkrista, Order of Nosferat, Siechknecht, Velmorth et. al.) contributes his characteristically tortured vocals to five of the album's nine tracks, sealing that bloodpact with Purity Through Fire perfectly and sending the 62-minute album deeper into sublime misery. Indeed, Lindgren reaches new heights / depths of catharsis here, utilizing his unfailingly deft layering - cold riffing, transcendent leads, heartbroken piano, and almost-effortless shifting of tempo - to penetrate even the blackest of hearts, but always with an acute understanding that this is BLACK METAL first of all. Perhaps the best way to understand Tårfödd is to immerse oneself in the undulating waves of bittersweet bliss that is Mörker täcker livets ljus' title track; time evaporates as you willfully drown in this obsidian-yet-shimmering sorrow, all before the nine-minute song (cathartically) downshifts to a truly beautiful ethereal segment and then brings that bittersweetness home for its conclusion. Ruin your day over and over again!

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Farväl till allt" HERE at Purity Through Fire's official YouTube channel. Cover artwork, courtesy of Vindur (Drömskogen Art), and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Tårfödd's Mörker täcker livets ljus

1. Skies Collapse in Ashen Grey,

2. Illvilja A Storm of Poisonous Will

3. The Weight of Continuing

5. Bones Beneath the Blame

6. Nothing Announces Change

7. Ära i Död

8. Mörker täcker livets ljus

9. Farväl till allt

Podwójna recenzja Via Doloris „Guerre et Paix”

 Via Doloris

„Guerre et Paix”

Season of Mist 2026

Za nazwą Via Doloris stoi Gildas Le Pape, który swego czasu udzielał się jako muzyk sesyjny i koncertowy w Satyricon. Niebawem, bo dwudziestego marca, ukaże się jego debiutancka płyta. „Guerre et Paix” to siedem kawałków black metalu, pod który bębny podłożył sam Frost, ale nie wydaje mi się, żeby to jakoś znacząco wpłynęło na efekt końcowy. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Dionysiaque „La Tourbe Des Reves”

 Dionysiaque

„La Tourbe Des Reves”

I, Voidhanger Records (2026)

 

Jakoś debiutancki album Francuzów, choć wydany w barwach lubianej przeze mnie I, Voidhanger Records mnie ominął. Podchodząc do odsłuchu nadchodzącego wydawnictwa zatytułowanego „La Tourbe Des Reves” spodziewałem się okołoblackowej awangardy do której włoski label nas przyzwyczaił. (Czytaj dalej...)

Mini THE LEAVING do odsłuchu

 

On March 6th internationally, Personal Records will release The Leaving's highly anticipated debut mini-album, The Leaving, on CD format. And today, the 666MrDoom YouTube channel streams the mini-album in its entirety. Hear The Leaving's The Leaving in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Kawałek z nowej EP-ki CRIMSON LEAVES

 

Formed in early 2024, Crimson Leaves is a blend of Gothic Darkness, Darkwave and heaviness of Doom and Death Metal. The quartet released a single and an EP at the dawn of 2024’s autumn with the name: Together in Death. From there the heavily autumn themed Band took on a broader variety of songs and genres and hence released on 14th February 2026 their Second EP titled: Tears on the Altar to feature wave songs along with the heavier side of music to combine a unique blend of styles.

Obsada jedenastej edycji Black Waves Fest

 

Video od GRAVEBORN

 

Boston-based progressive death metal band GRAVEBORN have posted a playthrough video of the title track off their upcoming fifth full-length album Metempsychosis.

The video features guitarist Chris Ramusiewicz shredding through his parts on "Metempsychosis." Watch now at this location.

"Metempsychosis," along with previous singles from the album are streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.

Tracklist:

1) Embers of Existence

2) The Archaea Paradox

3) Temporal Sands

4) Idols of Bone

5) Paralogs

6) Metempsychosis

7) River of the Eternal Mind

8) Epistatic Drift

9) Legacy of Light

10) The Maw of Recursion

11) Orthologs

Nowy WITCHING HOUR w maju

 

On May 22nd internationally, Dying Victims Productions will release the highly anticipated fourth album of Germany's Witching Hour, Descending... Where Time Has Ceased to Exist, on CD and vinyl LP formats. And today, Deaf Forever magazine's website premieres the new track "The Graves Yearn for the Dead." Hear Witching Hour's "The Graves Yearn for the Dead" in its entirety exclusively HERE.

It’s been a long, strange trip for Witching Hour. Formed in 2006 in the southwest of Germany, the band’s earliest work tended toward paradigmatic blackthrash, particularly the Teutonic iteration of it. And while releases have been patiently sparse during that time, they’ve been of uniformly high quality, all leading up to 2018’s pivotal third album, …And Silent Grief Shadows the Passing Moon. Here, Witching Hour staked their claim as some of thrash metal’s strongest songwriters with a narrative flow that was almost dream-like and a sound quite elevated from their humble beginnings. A career highpoint, to be sure, but silence then ensued…

So it goes with Witching Hour, patience is rewarded with their long-awaited fourth album, Descending… Where Time Has Ceased to Exist. Much like its towering predecessor, Descending… comprises five epic tracks (plus instrumental intro) and, this time, exceeds the length by two minutes for a total of 44: a journey indeed awaits. In fact, the band recorded, mixed, and mastered the album at Journey into Eternity Studios, which is owned by drummer Sascha Bastian.

Ancient metal mysticism is the atmosphere that cloaks Witching Hour’s fourth album like ethereal chainmail. The grit of its predecessor has been slightly shined to a rustic gleam, of sorts, as the songwriting suitably grows more diversified and complex – and, even more uniquely, possessing a paradox of density and spaciousness. As each composition winds and wends on paths that are alternately mysterious, gloomy, and triumphant, the power-trio gallop with a confidence that’s compelling to the extreme; the narrative flow is more fluid than ever, drawing the listener deeper into the all-encompassing experience. That their riffing has grown even more (gloomily) melodic and the leads burn brighter than before simply underlines the band’s traditional metal foundations, particularly that of the NWOBHM.

To summarize and say that Descending… Where Time Has Ceased to Exist marries prog-rock structures to ancient heavy metal riffing & melody and draped in the atmosphere of pioneering German thrash and earliest black metal only explains half the brilliance of Witching Hour at this juncture – but it’ll perhaps encourage you to begin that journey!

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

Tracklisting for Witching Hour (Germany)'s Descending... Where Time Has Ceased to Exist

1. Descending... [2:31]

2. Where Time Has Ceased To Exist [7:16]

3. Profane Resurrection Of A Presumed Dead [6:14]

4. The Graves Yearn For The Dead [7:05]

5. A Night Under A Crimson Moons Lament [8:35]

6. ...And Then Came The Flames [11:25]

Debiut PROTRUSION na dniach

 

A new contagion is set to be unleashed upon the underground: The Last Suppuration, the debut full-length from Indiana death metal band PROTRUSION. Forged in filth and steeped in the fetid atmosphere of early ’90s extremity, the album is a festering monument to the genre’s most savage traditions.

Stream the title track and lead single, "Boiled at Birth" at protrusion.bandcamp.com

Extremely Rotten Productions and Unholy Domain will release the vinyl edition of The Last Suppuration this spring. The album will be out March 13 on cassette via Unholy Domain (Europe) and Iron Fortress Records (North America) and CD through Sevared Records. US fans can order the cassette from Iron Fortress Records.

The band will release the album digitally at protrusion.bandcamp.com

European cassette pre-orders available at unholydomainrecords.bandcamp.com

North American cassette pre-orders available at www.ironfortressrecords.com

Pre-order the CD at store.sevared.com

Tracklist:

1) Confined to Anguish

2) Accursed Skin

3) Exhumer’s Romance

4) Morbid Mortality

5) Boiled at Birth

6) Slugs of Decadence

7) Scorned Vengeance

8) Sacrament

9) The Last Suppuration

10) Anthropophilic Anomaly

Recenzja Belith „Hounds of Hell”

 Belith

„Hounds of Hell”

Godz ov War 2026

Oho! Chyba Pan Grzegorz wziął się na serio za panienki. Bo chwilę temu była Visteria, ale widać jedna dziewoja to za mało, bo teraz mamy Belith. A tu muzykantek jest aż trzy! No cóż, jak to się mówi, głowa siwieje, dupa szaleje. Ale żarty na bok, bo znów ktoś o mnie napiszę, że jestem knurem i wszystko kojarzy mi się z jednym. Belith, jak już wspomniałem, tworzą trzy dziewczyny. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja Antrisch „Expedition III: Renitenzpfad”

 Antrisch

„Expedition III: Renitenzpfad”

AOP Records 2026

Nigdy z muzyką tego kwintetu się nie spotkałem, choć o dziwo pochodzą z miasta, które dość dobrze znam. Cóż, nigdy nie jest za późno. Ci Niemcy grają razem już sześć lat, a „Expedition III: Renitenzpfad” jest ich drugim pełniakiem. Antrisch szyje black metal, który mocno kojarzy mi się z poczynaniami ich rodaków z Kanonenfieber, z tym, że jest u nich mniej wojennie, a bardziej malowniczo, bo każda z produkcji tej kapeli opowiada jakąś dramatyczną historię. (Czytaj dalej...)

Debiutancka EP-ka RELIC za miesiąc

 

Milwaukee (WI) - A new Blackened Death Metal entity has formed. Featuring veterans of the Milwaukee metal scene, RELIC is set to release debut EP, Crown of Flies, April 3 on CD and digital formats.

The EP's first single, "Scavengers Daughter," is streaming now at youtu.be/JHYByItCdFE, as well as on Bandcamp and Ampwall.

Delivering Death Metal's dissonant punishing riffage with Black Metal's relentless chaotic speed. RELIC builds a new monument on the foundation of those that came before. Comprised of seasoned Milwaukee metal scene veterans with a history of making tight and focused music. Their debut EP, Crown Of Flies, is a blistering slab of Midwest 90s Blackend Death Metal worship. Delivered with malintent for its listeners. No frills, no scene drama, or gimmicks used by so many bands today. Pure underground Death Metal that is in your face and out for blood.

Track Listing:

1. The Void Between Gods

2. Filth Of Rebirth

3. Scavengers Daughter

4. Iron Sactament

Wznowienie jedynki GOREROTTED

 

Gorerotted's debut "Mutilated in Minutes" pre-orders are online now! Available on Purple Marble vinyl (limited to 250 copies) and Clear with Red Splatter vinyl (limited to 100 copies)! This record that was never before released on regular vinyl until now!

Order here:

https://gorerotted.lnk.to/mutilatedinminutes

KÕDU wracają z nowym krążkiem

 

On April 25th internationally, Antiq is proud to present Kõdu's highly anticipated second album, Kirjad Sõgedate Külast.

Kõdu’s second full-length, Kirjad Sõgedate Külast is a concept album that unfolds as a collection of letters from a forgotten village on the brink of collapse. Through tales of drought, famine, a decaying royal bloodline sustained by inbreeding, and a murder mystery set at the turn of a century, the record paints a bleak portrait of isolation, superstition, and moral rot. Each song functions as a written testimony, revealing fragments of the village's fate from different perspectives.

Remaining true to Kõdu's ethos, all lyrics are performed in Estonian and are drawn from the works of Estonian poets active between 1850 and 1950, grounding the album deeply in local language and literary tradition. The visual identity is drawn from a 1913 artwork by Estonian artist Nikolai Triik. Kirjad Sõgedate Külast stands as a unified narrative work—rooted in black metal tradition, yet driven by storytelling and cultural memory.

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

In the meantime, hear the brand-new title track "Kirjad Sõgedate Külast" HERE at the Black Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Kõdu’s Kirjad Sõgedate Külast

1. I [2:02]

2. II [5:24]

3. III [6:30]

4. IV [2:24]

5. V [5:03]

6. VI [6:39]

7. VII [3:43]

Trzeci SICARIUS w kwietniu

 

On April 10th internationally, Adirondack Black Mass is proud to present Sicarius' highly anticipated third album, Nex, on CD and cassette tape formats.

SI_CA_RI_US

Latin. “Assassin, Murderer Dagger-Man, Slayer. Killer”

Formed in early 2014 by Argyris and Carnage, the idea behind Sicarius was to embody the fury and violent spirit of black metal. Drawing heavy inspiration from the artists of first- and second-wave acts from Scandinavia, Greece, and the US, Sicarius inject their potent cocktail of black metal with elements of American aggression like thrash, death metal, goth, and rock.

The five-piece lineup would be rounded out with original drummer Brandon Zackey (Whitechapel) and would release a demo in 2015 titled Scorch the Earth and, following that, would perform locally throughout all of 2016 until entering the studio with Mick Kenney (Kordhel, Anaal Nathrakh, Motionless in White, Bleeding Through), where the band would record their debut album, Serenade of Slitting Throats. Released through M-Theory Audio, Serenade of Slitting Throats was met with positive critical acclaim from fans and publications alike. Metal Hammer, Outburn, Invisible Oranges, and several others showered the record with praise, with New Noise magazine stating, "the band doesn’t simply re-tread over the very worn path; they blaze forward with the flags of their forefathers held high. That is what makes this fantastic album so special."

Sicarius would continue traversing this upward trajectory, performing with acts like 1349, Goatwhore, Vader, Marduk, Disgorge, and Incantation and traveling across the country and regions in Mexico.

In 2018, co-founder Argyris would step away to focus on his education and personal life, while the band would carry on with a replacement on guitar and enter the studio once again with producer Mick Kenney to record God of Dead Roots. This sophomore album would be released on M-Theory Audio during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the album was received positively by fans and critics, it would essentially signal the end of the band.

Over the course of the next few years, the band would lose their original lineup, with Brandon leaving to pursue his career with deathcore legends Whitechapel and the rest either leaving or being removed. Sicarius was dead.

It would be at this point, after six years, Argyris and Carnage would reconnect and rebuild the dead organism known as Sicarius.

In 2024, the two would write and begin recording their long-awaited third album, Nex: a gritty and ultraviolent crime drama of an album, pulling influences from bands like Bathory, Rotting Christ, Dissection, Mayhem, Urghehal, Marduk, Absu, and fusing in elements from groups like Type O Negative. It would be here that Sicarius would welcome new vocalist Akefalos to the lineup, where his soaring vocal style would make its debut, replacing longtime vocalist K. Karcass.

Sicarius also contributed to a split released at the end of 2024 called We’ll Meet You Where the Ravens Circle with SoCal black metal band Withermoon, where the former would rewrite and rerecord two songs from their demo days.

Nex is the culminating flatline of the death and rebirth of a band too pissed off to stay deceased: a 10-track story about loss, death, retribution, and fury that honors tradition while being unafraid to venture on its own.

Sicarius is hungry, Sicarius is ready.

Sicarius wants to hunt again.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "An Aptitude for Elimination" HERE at Adirondack Black Mass' official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Sicarius' Nex

1. Cold Death

2. Opened Obsidian Gateways

3. No Witnesses

4. Crashing Into The Abyss

5. Banshee

6. Daggers Down

7. The Hunger We Cannot Sate

8. An Aptitude For Elimination

9. Ambuscade

10. Nex (feat. Charles Hedger)