Tokyo’based death metal band Defiled released new music video and single ‘Obsession’, the second unveiled from their upcoming album ‘Altered State’, out in June with Season of Mist!
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Nunslaughter unleashed their latest new single ‘Rotten Messiah’ from their upcoming album ‘Satanic Chaos Legions’, out in June with BLKIIBLK!
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NY-based death metal corpse grinders Undeath have signed to Relapse Records for the release of their upcoming already recorded 4th album!
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Death metal outfit Vomit Forth released their new EP ‘In The Name Of The Father’ via Pure Noise Records and shared a video for the track ‘Born King’!
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Misery Index returned to Season of Mist for the release of their upcoming new music! Catch them on their “An Epitaph for Endtimes Eu + UK Summer tour 2026” with both headline shows and festival appearances!
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Ukrainian symphonic death metal project Ersedu announced their ‘GORE’ EP to be out on May 19, the first chapter of a planned series dedicated to colors, starting with red on this release!
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US brutal death metal force Embryonic Autopsy strike with full force through their new single and video ‘Feasting Upon The Rotted Uterus’, a first taste of their upcoming album ‘Rise Of The Mutated’, out in June via Massacre Records!
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Death metal legends Deicide are gearing up to unleash their brutality across Europe this summer with festival appearances at events like Brutal Assault, Alcatraz and Summer Breeze!
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Icelandic Sátan Festival has announced the final line-up for their 2026 edition with not only Icelandic rock legends Sólstafir at the top of the bill, but also acts like The Haunted, Hamferð, Múr, Aborted and many more!
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Finnish sludge metallers Earthblood unleashed their latest new single ‘Hatchet in Hand’, out now everywhere!
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Album Reviews
Fire up your FTL drives and prepare to descend into the insane maelstrom of progressive death metal that is Haxprocess’ sophomore album ‘Beyond What Eyes Can See’. Out since today via Transcending Obscurity Records.
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“Lord of Two Horns” is full of crushing grooves, and a furious eruption of superfast drumming. Drawn and Quartered takes a brutal and often death doom flow that will make you bow down to those masters. One of the top death metal releases of this year, out since June 27th via Nuclear Winter Records.
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Swedish death metal four-piece Puteraeon delivers an epic and raw kind of death metal on their fifth studio album “Mountains of Madness”. Out via Emanzipation Productions since last month, May 30th.
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Gruesome returns after seven years with a capturing shift in sound, the third studio album “Silent Echoes” proves that no other band can replicate the musical theory of Chuck Schuldiner than Gruesome. Out via Relapse Records on 6th of June.
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Ossuary’s full-length album “Abhorrent Worship” drags you to hell and prepares you to journey across the subterranean realms of the underworld. Out via Me Saco Uno Ojo Records and Darkness Shall Rise Productions since May 23rd.
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Polish death metal band Toughness delivers one of the best albums in the style of Finnish and technical death metal bands. “Black Respite of Oblivion” is a classic release, out since February 28th via Godz ov War Productions.
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Death metal and grindcore masters Caustic Wound drop an excellent album with “Grinding Mechanism of Torment”. The album is recommended for fans of Repulsion, Terrorizer and early Napalm Death, out with Profound Lore Records.
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Hate’s new album “Bellum Regiis” is another remarkable piece of Slavic aggression that solidifies the style of this Polish institution. Out via Metal Blade Records since last Friday May 2nd.
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Greek titans Nightfall display remarkable musicianship on their eleventh studio album “Children of Eve”, out via Season of Mist since yesterday. The songs embrace and recapture the gothic facet of its music with dark atmosphere.
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Ancient Death’s first album “Ego Dissolution” will thrill you with the contrasting elements of the atmospheric riffs that are cleverly placed with the female vocals. Out via Profound Lore Records since last Friday, April 18th.
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With about a week to go, we put together 10 reasons why we think you should consider to still get yourself a ticket for Alcatraz 2024 and join in with the fun! With a stellar line-up, including some of the best the Belgian scene has to offer and a great organization trying to improve your festival experience year after year, it’s promising to be one hell of a weekend again!
Tomorrow it’s again that time of the year: Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket if any are available still! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, Tuska Expo expanding further and simply an amazing atmosphere! See you there!
After the team sent in their top lists at the end of last year, and calculating the results, we got to an interesting “albums of the year 2023” list featuring releases from Marduk, Kludde, Blink-182, Blackbraid, Orbit Culture, Gloryhammer, Ne Obliviscaris, Hypno5e, Periphery, Dying Fetus, Obituary, Avatar, Svalbard, VV and Sleep Token! Do you agree with any of these? What did you have in your top list?
Samoht was clearly somewhat inspired by dark Americana and country inspired music looking at his albums of the year 2023 list featuring artists like Dorthia Cottrell, Osi and the Jupiter, Wayfarer and The Coffinshakers, but also massive albums by bands like Frozen Soul, Serpent’s Oath, SLOW, OAK, Smoulder and Bell Witch!
Our resident extreme metal reviewer Mazen has a selection of stellar (mostly) black and death metal releases as his favorite of the year with Sulphur Aeon, Varathron, Moonlight Sorcery, Cruciamentum, Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Asphodelus, Marduk, …And Oceans, and Cirith Ungol!
The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland with Helsinki Techfest and Kaamos Metal Cruise already this weekend, HKI SKEPU FEST V, Lost In Music, Steelchaos, Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2023, Fall Fest 2023, Black Box Mikkeli, Melancholy Mass Festival 2023 and Unholy Winter Fest!
For the third and last day of Alcatraz 2023, our team picked out 10 more bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Serpents Oath, Archspire, Psychonaut, Mantah, Gaupa, Stake, Blind Guardian, Brutus, Killswitch Engage, and Holy Moses! Who are you especially looking forward to on the second day of the festival?
For the second day of Alcatraz 2023, our team picked out 13 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Schizophrenia, Crystal Viper, Brand of Sacrifice, Twilight Force, Gaerea, Predatory Void, Midnight, Tribulation, Belphegor, Biohazard, Godflesh, Exciter and Amorphis! Who are you especially looking forward to on the second day of the festival?
Alcatraz 2023 is getting really close now! This Friday is the first day, and our team picked out 10 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Eleine, Wind Rose, Frozen Soul, Gnome, Kludde, Svalbard, Gaahls Wyrd, Possessed, I Am Morbid and Mad Sin! Who are you especially looking forward to on the first day of the festival?
With less than 2 weeks to go, we put together 10 reasons why we think you should consider to still get yourself a ticket for Alcatraz 2023 and join in with the fun!
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