Recenzja Vexing „Grand Raproach”

 Vexing

„Grand Raproach”

Ordovician Records 2023

Tercet ten powstał niedawno, bo w 2017 roku na amerykańskiej ziemi. Po zawiązaniu składu nagrali demo, a trzy lata temu pojawiła się ich epka „Cradle”, która ciepło została przyjęta przez zwolenników sludge metalu. Teraz powracają wraz ze swą debiutancką płytą „Grand Raproach”, a umieścili na niej osiem utworów konkretnego „szlamu”. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja FAITHXTRACTOR „Contempt for a Failed Dimension”

 FAITHXTRACTOR

„Contempt  for a Failed Dimension”

Redefining Darkness Records 2023

Choć Faithxtracor osiągnął w tym roku pełnoletniość (powstali bowiem w roku 2005, czyli jak łatwo policzyć, stuknęło im już 18 lat na scenie), odnoszę wrażenie, że jest on znany, zwłaszcza w naszym kurwidołku, jedynie garstce najbardziej oddanych Metalowi Śmierci koneserów. Najwyższa więc już kurwa pora zmienić ten stan rzeczy, tym bardziej że na początku tego roku, dzięki Redefining Darkness ukazał się czwarty, duży album zespołu „Contempt for a Failed Demension”. (Czytaj dalej...)

Singiel od RANĂ

 

German black metal punks RANĂ unveil the next single taken from their new album, "Richtfeuer", out on June 16th 2023 via Breath Sun Bone Blood. Stream the title track at THIS LOCATION.

No Clean Singing premiered the album's first single, "Läutern", at THIS LOCATION.

With "Richtfeuer“ RANĂ returns at full force in collaboration with Breath Sun Bone Blood with their second full length album. The album’s title "Richtfeuer" translates to “Leading Fire” or “Beacon”, and that is exactly what this album does…. Leads us into the burning down of this world with the hope of building a better one.

Four tracks of raging black metal punctuated with elements of d-beat driven neo-crust, chanted atmospheres, and mournfully oppressive doom, laced with melancholic guitar themes and vocal desperation.

Tracklist:

01. Läutern

02. Flamura

03. Richtfeuer

04. Our Smouldering Grief / Im Brand

Można odsłuchać debiut HYL

 

HYL to nowy włosko – polski projekt założony przez Ricka Costantinoudzielającego się min w Schizo i Krigere Wolf, który zaprosił do współpracy wokalistę Shadowa (Black Altar, Ofermod live) perkusistę Krzysztofa Klingbeina (min. Belphegor live, ex Vader live).

Muzykę zespołu można określić jako atmosferyczny black metal, który powinien przypaść do gustu fanomRuins of Beverast, Vemod, czy Mgła.

Do produkcji płyty zaangażowani zostali Dionysis Dimitrakosz Descent studio i Devo Andersson (ex Marduk) z Endarker studio.

Kolejny numer z nowej płyty AODON

 

French Atmospheric Black Metal trio AODON, in collaboration with Toilet ov Hell, have premiered "Egon," a track from forthcoming album Portraits. Stream it at the link below!

toiletovhell.com/track-premiere-aodon-egon

"I’m not sure what it is about France that has the ability to spawn an absurd number of top-tier melodic, atmospheric black metal bands, but with Portraits, Aodon has joined the ranks of bands that should be mentioned early in any conversation about the regional export."

- Toilet ov Hell

AODON will release its third album, Portraits, June 9 on CD, vinyl, and digital formats via Willowtip Records.

The new opus is a harrowing journey into the depths of human nature. On Portraits, AODON introduces us to nine individuals, one for each track on the album; fictitious or real, guided towards their fall by a different element: misery, ego, addiction, belief, violence, obedience, abuse, destruction or love.

The artwork of Alex Eckman Law perfectly represents this reflection on the unsuspected elements present in each one of us beyond appearances, leading us to nothingness.

Track Listing:

1. Swen

2. Egon

3. Mayerson

4. Adam

5. Miquella

6. Andreas

7. Liza

8. Inaki

9. Sheelagh

Album NATTVERD do odsłuchu

 

Today, Norwegian black metallers Nattverd stream the entirety of their highly anticipated fourth album, I Helvetes Forakt, at the Black Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Set for international release on May 26th via Soulseller Records, hear Nattverd's I Helvetes Forakt in its entirety exclusively HERE.

In the leadup to its international release this Friday, hear I Helvetes Forakt in its entirety exclusively HERE, courtesy of the Black Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Preorder info for world can be found HERE while preorder for the Americas can be found HERE. Cover artwork, courtesy of Misanthropic-Art, and tracklisting are as follows:

 

Tracklisting for Nattverd's I Helvetes Forakt

1. Det Stormer I Norge

2. Vandring I Elver Av Blod

3. En Poesende Eim I Vinden

4. Oeyne I Natten

5. Forbannet Vaere

6. Helvete Kjenner Alt, Selv Naar Taaken Har Lagt Seg

7. En gammel Kriger Trosser Vind Og Vaer

8. Gudsforlatt

9. Elvedjuvet

10. I Moerke Skip Innover

Podwójna recenzja Coffin Mulch „Spectral Intercesession”

 

Coffin Mulch

„Spectral Intercesession”

Memento Mori 2023

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Debiut ARMAGH do odsłuchu

 

On May 26th internationally, Dying Victims Productions will release Armagh's highly anticipated second album, Serpent Storm, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. And today, the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal (NWOTHM) YouTube channel streams the album in its entirety. Hear Armagh's Serpent Storm in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Prepare for the sleeper hit of the year in Armagh’s Serpent Storm: FUCK MODERN METAL, FIRST WAVE ONLY!

In the leadup to its international release this Friday, hear Serpent Storm in its entirety exclusively HERE, courtesy of the NWOTHM YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Armagh's Serpent Storm

1. Woman from the Hills

2. Howling of the Black Wind

3. Into the Fumes of Deutero-Steel

4. Shadow Walkers

5. Mhacha’s Height

6. Storm over Satanic City

7. Industrial District Fever

8. Beyond the Night

9. Flattened Rats

10. Death Is Near

SARVEKAS udostępniają debiut do odsłuchu

 

Today, Finnish black metallers Sarvekas stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, Woven Dark Paths, at the Black Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Set for international release on May 26th via Soulseller Records, hear Sarvekas' Woven Dark Paths in its entirety exclusively HERE.

In the leadup to its internatioanal release this Friday, hear Woven Dark Paths in its entirety exclusively HERE, courtesy of the Black Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Preorder info for world can be found HERE while preorder info for the Americas can found HERE. Cover artwork, courtesy of Roni Ärling, and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Sarvekas' Woven Dark Paths

1. Rite Of Transcendence

2. The Scryer Of Bones

3. Of Bloodlust & Nightside Sorceries

4. Embers Of Pagan Fire

5. Woven Dark Paths

6. The Austerity Of The Northern Lands

7. Soaring Over The Battlefields

8. The Great Winter

Za miesiąc debiut SACRENOIR

 

On June 24th internationally, Sepulchral Productions is proud to present Sacrenoir's highly anticipated debut album, Comme des Revenants Parmi les Ruines.

Two pioneers of the Québec black metal scene, Athros (Brume d’Automne, Forteresse) and Monarque (Monarque, Forteresse) revisit the very early days of black metal on Sacrenoir’s raging debut album. Falling in somewhere their respective bands and old Darkthrone and Gorgoroth or even Bathory, Comme des Revenants Parmi les Ruines is cold, raw, classic black metal, the likes of which has seldom been heard within the Québécois scene. For fans who will never get enough of that early '90s sound, this is an album you cannot afford to miss!

First track premiere to be revealed shortly. Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Sacrenoir's Comme des Revenants Parmi les Ruines

1. Mille nuits ont passé

2. Portail vampirique

3. Étouffés par les flammes

4. The blade of Satan

5. Épuration

6. Le puits du diable

7. Aux portes de l'enfer

8. Vers d'autres mondes

9. Parmi les ruines

THE MAGUS zapowiada specjalny box

 

The Greek veterans of THE MAGUS have previously announced their debut album ‘Βυσσοδομώντας’, which will be released via The Circle Music records on October 31st, 2023. In celebration, THE MAGUS are now kicking off the pre-order for the album’s very limited edition boxset (strictly limited to 130 copies).

Pre-orders are now available here: https://thecirclemusic.gr/product-category/the-circle-releases/?filter_artist-name=the-magus

The Magus comments on boxset: "As you can see we have decided to already open the pre-order for the Limited Box FIRST before any other format. This was my personal decision, because the release is special to me for a couple of reasons. Not only is the exclusive artwork an esoteric reinterpretation of the ‘Serptagram’ done by none other than Zbigniew M. Bielak, the painting on the canvas, depicting the Arch Angel Lucifer in Byzantine hagiography style, is done by the renowned comic artist Malk Giamalakis Nikos! Both of these great artists are fans of NECROMANTIA 's music and it was a huge honor to work with the both of them. Last, but certainly not least; this box is also strictly limited to 130 copies! I want to give the option to our true disciples to be able to get this first before anything else!"

About the album, THE MAGUS continues:

"I can only say that is the most organic album I ever made guiding all my black metal influences to a truly horrific, nightmarish path. Dark melodies unite with feverish worlds to give birth to majestic, aristocratic horrors. We had the pleasure to work with artists like KING DUDE, IDVex (1/2 SOUTHERN NORTH) and Hel Pyre (W.E.B.) as guest vocalists in order to enhance the atmosphere and the ritualistic parts of the music. It is also the first time in my musical journey where I used live choir arranged by Christos Antoniou (SEPTIC FLESH). And to finalize, the recordings took place at PENTAGRAM studio with the infamous George Emmanuel (LUCIFER'S CHILD) behind the mixing table and the production.

Like Serpents from the Depths we rise!"

The cover artwork and further album details of ‘Βυσσοδομώντας’ can be viewed below. A first teaser is now streaming the the official The Circle YouTube channel HERE.

Track-list:

1. This is My Church

2. The Fall of Man

3. ux Tenebrarum

4. ΒΥΣΣΟΔΟΜΩΝΤΑΣ

5. Idolatrous Discord

6. Ama Lilith

7. Negative Renaissance

8. The Peacock King

 9. Give the Devil his due: The story

Recenzja Infernal Curse „Revelations Beyond Insanity”

 Infernal Curse

„Revelations Beyond Insanity”

Iron Bonehead 2023

No, nareszcie chłopaki trafili tam gdzie ich miejsce. Dwa poprzednie pełniaki zespołu wydane zostały nakładem wytwórni z raczej ograniczonymi możliwościami. Z kolei już sama naklejka Iron Bonehead powoduje u niektórych niekontrolowany ślinotok, więc jest szansa, że „Revelations Beyond Insanity” usłyszy więcej osób, albo przynajmniej album trafi w ściśle określony target. No ale do brzegu… (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja TRIBUNAL „The Weight Of Remembrance”

 TRIBUNAL

„The Weight Of Remembrance”

20 Buck Spin 2023

 

Zespołów o nazwie Tribunal, pisanej na różne sposoby mamy na scenie kilka. Ja wiem przynajmniej o siedmiu, z czego trzy z nich tworzą w Kraju Klonowego Liścia. Tribunal, o którym rzeknę tu teraz słów parę, to duet z Vancouver, który pod koniec stycznia 2023, korzystając z protekcji 20 Buck Spin, wydał swój debiutancki, pełny album zatytułowany „The Weight Of Remembrance”. (Czytaj dalej...)

KOSTNATĚNÍ prezentuje nowy album

 

Death-obsessed black metal band KOSTNATĚNÍ is pleased to announcec the exclusive, pre-release premiere ot its second full-length album, Úpal, courtesy of Metal Injection! Stream it at the link below!

metalinjection.net/av/full-album-stream/kostnateni-gets-strange-and-blackened-on-new-album-upal

Úpal will be out on CD, gatefold vinyl and digital formats on May 26 via Willowtip Records. Pre-order the album at kostnateni.bandcamp.com.

Úpal ("heatstroke") is a story of the human condition as a function of heat. The rise of consciousness in warm-blooded creatures has given rise to impossibly dense, illogical webs of thought that can completely divorce our lived experience from the physical world around us.

Anxiety, fixations, and hallucinations can appear without material basis, setting our overactive neurons on fire. To bring this vivid scene to life, KOSTNATĚNÍ has become both more meditative and more chaotic, introducing influences from sources as varied as African folk and noise rock into its technical black metal basis. Evoking both the searing rays of the desert sun and the melting of one's sanity, Úpal walks the fine line between burning up and burning out.

Tracklist (titles in Czech and English)

1. Řemen (The Belt)
2. Hořím navždy (I Burn Forever)
3. Rukojmí empatie (Hostage of Empathy)
4. Opál (Opal)
5. Skrýt se před Bohem (Hide from God)
6. Nevolnost je vše, čím jsem (Nausea Is All I Am)
7. Slunce svázáno s krvácející Zemí (Sun Bound to the Bleeding Earth)

Debiut VIOLENT SIN do odsłuchu

 

Today, ancient metallers Violent Sin stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, Serpent’s Call, at heavily trafficked web-portal InvisibleOranges.com. Set for international release on May 26th via Dying Victims Productions, hear Violent Sin's Serpent's Call in its entirety exclusively HERE.

For those who hail earliest Slayer, Exciter, Abattoir, Hallow’s Eve, and Germany’s Warlock, heed the Serpent’s Call of Violent Sin!

Fully heed that call exclusively HERE, courtesy of InvisibleOranges.com. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Violent Sin's Serpent's Call

1. Serpent's Call

2. Malicious Stirring

3. Awaiting The Gallows

4. Deacon Of Death

5. Nuns Are No Fun

6. Pyromaniac

7. Burn

8. The Original Sin

9. Ritual

10. Violent Sin

11. Strike From The Underground