Tuska completed their 2024 line-up with the addition of Kerry King and 6 domestic acts with Kaunis Kuolematon, The Abbey, NightStop, Suotana, Malformed and Shereign. The Tuska KVLT bands still need to be announced, though! Get your tickets now!
New Orleans deathgrind/hardcore outfit Brat announced their debut album ‘Social Grace’ to be released in March via Prosthetic Records and shared another single with ‘Hesitation Wound’!
Death metal icons Cannibal Corpse dropped the new video ‘Vengeful Invasion’, a track from their latest album ‘Chaos Horrific’. Catch them on the “Metal Crushes All tour” in North America with Amon Amarth, Obituary and Frozen Soul in April and May!
Dutch avant-garde death metal act The Monolith Deathcult are presenting their upcoming album ‘The Demon Who Makes Trophies Of Men’, set for release in April via Human Detonator Records, by unleashing the title track!
Faroese death/doom outfit Hamferð to release ‘Men Guðs hond er sterk’ album in March via Metal Blade Records and share a first single with ‘Ábær’!
Experimental death metallers Job For A Cowboy unleashes ‘Beyond the Chemical Doorway’, another single from their long-awaited new full-length ‘Moon Healer’ set for release later this month via Metal Blade Records!
Tech death outfit Allegaeon is set to enter the studio to record their seventh full-length with original vocalist Ezra Haynes! Catch them on the road with Decapitated, SepticFlesh and Kataklysm on the “Cancer Culture Over North America Tour 2024”!
Tuska has confirmed 16 more names for the 2024 edition with Stratovarius, HEALTH, Lord Of The Lost, Eivør, Elvenking, Devourment, St. Aurora, Assemble the Chariots, I AM YOUR GOD, Swansong, Krypta, Sadistic Drive, Prestige, Putro In Black, SICK URGE and Dome Runner! Get your tickets now before the price increase in a couple of weeks!
What bands are you happy with this time? And what bands are you still hoping for?
Danish death metal force Baest get crushed under the weight of ‘Colossus’, their brand-new single released via Century Media Records just before they go on their headline tour throughout UK and Ireland!
Finnish death metal powerhouse Slaughterror announce their debut EP ‘Endless Lust For Gore’ to be released on February 23 via Noble Demon and share a first single with ‘Incarnation’!
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!
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!
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.
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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.
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.
