Technical death metal outfit Cognitive to release ‘Abhorrence’ full-length in May via Metal Blade Records and unleashed the title track as a first taste!
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Colorado melodic tech outfit Allegaeon unleashed a stand-alone single ‘Iridescent’ via Metal Blade Records, accompanied by an unhinged music video!
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New Zealand death metal trio Ulcerate are back with another highly-anticipated new album ‘Cutting the Throat of God’ set for release in June via Debemur Morti Productions and unleashed a first song with ‘The Dawn is Hollow’!
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Italian brutal tech-death ensemble Hour Of Penance shared the first single and opening track ‘Devotion for Tyranny’ from their upcoming album ‘Devotion’, set for release in April via Agonia Records!
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Toronto blackened technical death metal collective Apogean shares their new video single ‘Bluelight Sonata’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Cyberstrictive’, set for release next month via The Artisan Era!
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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!
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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”!
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Death metal outfit Hideous Divinity announced their new full-length album ‘Unextinct’ to be released via Century Media Records in March and shared the single ‘The Numinous One’ with a captivating video!
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French tech-death outfit Exocrine sharpen their sights on ‘Eidolon’, the 3rd single/video from their upcoming ‘Legend’ album, set for rel
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Finnish technical blackened death metal Ulterror released the first single ‘The Greater Sublimations of Cosmic Panic’, from their upcoming debut album ‘Transcendent Origins’, set for release in March via Inverse Records!
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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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Suffocation’s brutal and technical legacy remains the main attribute of these U.S. veterans, with the 9th album ‘Hymns From The Apocrypha’ guaranteeing a lesson in slamming brutality of the NY death metal style, out now via Nuclear Blast Records.
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Fourth chapter, “The Enduring Spirit” of Toronto-based death metal outfit Tomb Mold offers a spectacular mix of technical/progressive elements in such a visceral and unforgotten performance. Out now digitally via 20 Buck Spin and physically next month!
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Canadian brutal/technical death metal collective Cryptopsy showcase a great deal of aggression and brutality on their newest endeavor “As Gomorrah Burns” out now via Nuclear Blast.
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Lunar Chamber is one of the most unique bands in the subgenre of progressive technical death metal. Their debut EP “Shambhallic Vibrations” is such a mind-boggling record full of sophisticated riffing and a bizarre ethereal atmosphere, released via 20 Buck Spin.
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Abysmal Dawn on the latest EP “Nightmare Frontier” has added some spicy ingredients to the composition which effortlessly explores the melodic direction.
“Apexapien” holds like a block of concrete by the cohesive force of the members who excelled in their ability to craft an energetic slab of technique and brutality.
‘Mokvání V Okovech’ incorporates an inspiring fusion of American and European death metal style.
“Saint Desecration” is dynamically fueled by the fires of hell this yet another great album by the Polish quartet Azarath!
‘Nucleus’ is densely packed with a stratum of complex riffs and deep guttural growls. Within its time length of forty-one minutes the band swagger in applying overwhelming brutality.
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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!
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?
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!
A list of the top albums of 2018, dominated by tech death releases!
