Last week, Mesopotamian metal masters Melechesh shared the new single ‘Raptors of Anzu’ from their upcoming EP ‘Sentinels of Shamash’, set for release with Reigning Phoenix Music in April!
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News Posts
Death metal force Temple Of Void return with their new album ‘The Crawl’ in March via Relapse Records and just unveiled another track with ‘Soulburn’!
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Australian death doom outfit Mammon’s Throne released ‘Departed’, the second new track of upcoming album ‘My Body to the Worms’, set to be out in March via Hammerheart Records!
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Norwegian death metal outfit Contorted has signed with Dark Essence Records for the next step in their career!
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Agabas welcome you to their “Deathjazz” with latest video and single ‘KILL’, a bonus track from the soon to be released deluxe edition of their latest album ‘Hard Anger’, out next month via Mascot Records! Catch them live in support of Avatar starting tomorrow!
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Egyptian death metal titans Scarab sign with Brutal Records! An alliance which will bring their new EP ‘Transmutation of Fate’ into the world in May and a reimagining of their debut album ‘Blind the Masses’ in July!
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Austrian blackened death metal outfit Graufar exclusively shares their new single and music video ‘Buried In Flames’ with us ahead of tomorrow’s official release! A track from their upcoming album ‘Via Necropolis’, out in March.
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Exhumed share ‘Shovelhead’ music video from upcoming album ‘Red Asphalt’, set for release in February via Relapse Records! Catch them on their EU/UK headline tour with Gruesome in spring!
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UK progressive death metal outfit Cryptic Shift are to unleash ‘Overspace & Supertime’ album in February with Metal Blade Records and shared the single ‘Hexagonal Eyes (Diverity Trepaphyphasyzm)’!
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New York death metal titans Immolation announced their upcoming new album ‘Descent’ to be out in April via Nuclear Blast Records and shared first single ‘Adversary’! Catch them on tour in Europe with Mayhem next month, in North America with Behemoth in April and May or this summer at Brutal Assault!
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Photo Reports
Pictures of Bloodred Hourglass, I Am Morbid, Leprous and Emperor performing on one of the outdoor stages at Hellsinki Metal Festival!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz with Predatory Void, Shadow Of Intent, Decapitated, and Sodom on the Swamp Stage ripping it up!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz with H.E.A.T., Sepultura and Biohazard on the main stage!
Pictures of the performances of Pentagram, Burst, Priest, Déluge, Fit For An Autopsy and Watain on the indoor stage of Hellsinki Metal Festival!
On the first day of Alcatraz 2023, we got some serious death metal trip with Serial Butcher, Vomitory, Unleashed, Immolation, Possessed, and I Am Morbid at the Swamp Stage!
Pictures of the madness that was the show of Danish death metal revelation Nakkeknækker on the 2023 Tuska KVLT stage on day 2!
Polish metal icons BEHEMOTH! are roaming through Europe with their ‘Deathless Summer Tour 2023’ and struck down at Substage in Karlsruhe, Germany with the support of Hypocrisy and SpiritWorld. A gorgeous night of some of the best metal the world has to offer right now, and extreme temperatures despite no pyro being used.
The French band Aephanemer dropped by On The Rocks in Helsinki to turn the heat up and make a pretty much crammed venue go wild to their symphonic/melodic death metal tunes! Support came from locals Numento.
The outdoor stage on the 2nd day of Steelfest XI was the place for explosive and often high velocity performances by Tsatthoggua, Sex Messiah, Grenadier, Witchtrap, Kalmankantaja and Behexen!
Album Reviews
‘Vault Of Horrors’ is coming in heavy with killer songs and a long, impressive list of guest appearances! Don’t miss out on the 12th full-length release of Aborted, out via Nuclear Blast!
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The fifth installment “Unextinct” from the Italian technical brutal death metal outfit Hideous Divinity delivers plenty of powerful brutality and atmosphere. Hideous Divinity managed to imbue the songs with themes extracted from cinematic art, out via Century Media Records, and comes highly recommended for fans of Vader, Fleshgod Apocalypse, and Hour of Penance.
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Civerous packs the sophomore “Maze Envy” with modulation of black/death metal, there are some nuances of blackened death metal that serve a dreary atmosphere. Out via 20 Buck Spin since last week, March 22nd.
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Knoxville, Tennessee-brutal death metal act Brodequin return with their newest album “Harbinger of Woe”, very reminiscent of the old-school Spanish grind gore bands of the 90s. Out since March 22nd, via Season of Mist Underground Activists.
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Sweden’s Necrophobic returns with a staggering new album, “In Twilight Grey”. The songs here sound heavier, rawer, and more sinister, making them deliver one of their best studio albums of their career. Out via Century Media Records since last Friday!
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Vltimas’ second full length album “Epic” deliver plenty of head-banging moments for fans of Morbid Angel, Mayhem, and Cryptopsy. This is a coherent record that showcases the chemistry between these veterans and takes what they already did expertly on their debut to a whole new level. Out since today via Season of Mist!
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20 Buck Spin brings forth the full-length album “Chytridiomycosis Relinquished” of the Est Yorkshire death doom quintet Slimelord. The seven epic songs reach the peaks of innovative composition defining the mysteriousness of the music, out since last Friday!
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Skeletal Remains fifth album “Fragments of The Ageless” proves the Californian quartet has turned itself into a proverbial institution for old school death metal. Out via Century Media Records tomorrow, March 8th.
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Dipygus self-titled third album brings treats fans of old school death metal with something fresh, raw and disgusting, out now via Memento Mori.
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U.S. death metal band Petrification returns with a brand-new album “Sever Sacred Light” out since February 9th via Svart Records. The album is recommended for fans who like their death metal obscure and old school.
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