Season of Mist is proud to welcome italian progressive outfit Bedsore to its roster!
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Just in time before their “Evisceratour 2025” North American headlining tour starts, UK death metal stalwarts Ingested dropped their new video and single ‘Nefarious Tongues’, out with Metal Blade Records!
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Spanish extreme metal outfit Dire End shared their debut single ‘Burned To Death’, bringing technical death metal with speed and precision!
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Belgian death metallers Abysmal Descent shared the new single ‘Labyrinth of Distress’ from their upcoming album ‘Dismal Thoughts’, set for release next week Friday October 31st via Nuclear Winter Records!
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Austrian doom masters Endonomos celebrate the first anniversary of their latest album ‘Endonomos II – Enlightenment’ with a new video for the track ‘Inversion’, released with Argonauta Records!
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Primitive Law is set to release their most crushing album to date with ‘Observance’ later this month, out via Relapse Records, but today shared another monstrous and trance-like single with ‘Natural Law’!
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Newly confirmed for the Steelfest 2026 line-up: Demonical, Mavorim, Shape of Despair and underground legends Beherit. Last week also brought the exclusive and unique shows of Holocausto and Erzebet to the bill. Deströyer 666 is no longer part of the lineup.
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The 18th edition of Alcatraz is shaping up to be historic with headliners Arch Enemy and Alestorm, legends like Soulfly, Saxon, Body Count, Rose Tattoo, extreme assaults from Immolation, Internal Bleeding, 200 Stab Wounds, Sanguisugabogg, and modern favorites like Kittie, Northlane, Animals As Leaders, The Ghost Inside.
We’re especially thrilled to see the Belgian flag flying high again with Channel Zero, Amenra, Enthroned, Psychonaut and Mantah on the bill. And let’s not forget our longtime Finnish favorites Luna Kills, making a big step onto the Alcatraz stage!
On top of that, the Prison Stage opens already on the Thursday for the first time ever, and day ticket prices are lower than 2025 right now!
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Southern California quintet SPITE shared a video for the title track from their upcoming album ‘New World Killer’, out at the end of October via Rise Records!
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Brutal Assault just unveiled a new wave of bands for its 2026 edition with The Sisters of Mercy and The Ghost Inside announced as headliners, but also a great selection of extreme metal and progressive/experimental representation!
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Album Reviews
Re-united Swedish death metal four-piece Vomitory is back in action. The tenth album “All Heads Are Gonna Roll” is brutally and technically outstanding, out via Metal Blade Records!
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Sophomore release “Evenfall of the Apocalypse” of the U.S. death metal act Ascended Dead is fiercely brutal. The riffing and the top-notch drumming is brought to the maximum, which makes the album full of intensity and evil bestiality. This is an intense and brutal death metal record recommended for fans of Pissgrave, Of Feather and Bone, and Lvcifyre, released via 20 Buck Spin!
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The Aussie death metal supergroup Impetuous Ritual delivers sonic dread on its fourth studio album, “Iniquitous Barbarik Synthesis”. This is fifty minutes of a slow-burn sonic nightmare that perfectly balances its sonic madness, spewing its morbid fury from the abysmal depths of hell. Released via Profound Lore Records.
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The Texan old school death metal five-piece Frozen Soul returns with their second offering “Glacial Domination”, a punishing slab of heavy grooves, and stomping brutality. This is a great momentum for this band that has proved to be a top-tier talent in achieving great success in span of five years. Released via Century Media Records!
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The tenth opus “Terrasite” in Cattle Decapitation’s catalog focuses on the slower melodic trademarks without sacrificing its sonic brutality. This is another high-quality output from these progressive death metal/grindcore maniacs, and I will not be surprised to see it on fans’ top albums of the year. Out via Metal Blade Records!
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Long-standing French death metal act Catacomb offers a firm mixture of Lovecraftian style of death metal and dark archaic atmosphere on their first full-length album “When the Stars Are Right”. The coherence and songwriting shine through the intense sonic displays of the instruments, out via Xtreem Music!
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The international death metal four-piece Hyperdontia returns with a gigantic sound on its latest EP “Deranged”. See the members of Taphos, Sulphurous, and Diabolizer opting for a brutal juggernaut sound where they continue to push their musical boundaries to new heights, released via Dark Descent Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records!
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Astriferous’ full-length album “Pulsations From The Black Orb” offers barbaric rawness for fans of death metal. The quartet managed to curate atmospherics with plenty of old-school riffs that come along with hammering drums and organic performance. Released via Me Saco Un Ojo Records and Pulverised Records!
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British death metal group Memoriam sets itself as one of the best death metal acts today and the fifth album “Rise To Power” delivers brutal war-like anthem riffs and triumphant choruses. This is definitely the band’s best album to date and comes highly recommended for fans of Benediction, Bolt Thrower and Paradise Lost. Released via Reaper Entertainment.
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Sanguisugabogg’s newest album “Homicidal Ecstasy” is everything that the band aimed for in terms of songwriting, the songs may not be too technical or complex, but they are overwhelmingly infectious and brutal. The album is recommended for fans of grindcore and death metal, released on February 3 via Century Media Records.
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