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SPIRIT ADRIFT ANNOUNCE TRIUMPHANT NEW ALBUM, ENLIGHTENED IN ETERNITY

SPIRIT ADRIFT are a band who refuse to slow down. On their new album, Enlightened In Eternity, guitarist/vocalist Nathan Garrett alongside drummer Marcus Bryant have created yet another monument to the timelessness of heavy metal. While Enlightened In Eternity builds on the sizable foundation established by the band’s previous albums, it also sets itself apart in formidable new ways, widening the scope of what SPIRIT ADRIFT can be. Listen to the album’s powerful first single ‘Harmony Of The Spheres’ HERE SPIRIT ADRIFT have mastered the ability to invoke the power of metal’s past, whether it be the ’70s, ’80s or […]

Russia’s DUNWICH reveal new video from CALIGARI debut

Today, Russian sonic alchemists DUNWICH reveal the new video ‘Solitude’. The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated debut album, Tail-Tied Hearts, now set for international release on September 4th via Caligari Records on CD format. DUNWICH are a power-trio hailing from Russia, and are one of the most unique and exciting bands Caligari has come across in recent years. The label is absolutely thrilled to be unveiling the band’s very first recording, a fully realized full-length bearing the enigmatic title Tail-Tied Hearts. As a trio, DUNWICH are undoubtedly a sum of their three parts. […]

GENGHIS TRON RETURN FROM HIATUS & ENTER STUDIO

Genre-bending innovators GENGHIS TRON have announced their return. The band has begun recording their long-awaited third full-length with producer Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts. The new album is a follow up to the release of Board Up The House (2008). Following the amicable departure of former vocalist Mookie Singerman, founding members Hamilton Jordan and Michael Sochynsky will be joined by two new collaborators: vocalist Tony Wolski and Sumac/Baptists drummer Nick Yacyshyn. “We said it was just a hiatus and we meant it! It’s been incredible writing music again and hearing everything come together in the studio,” says […]

INCANTATION Share ‘Entrails of the Hag Queen’ Music Video

Death metal pioneers INCANTATION share the third single and official ‘Entrails Of The Hag Queen’ music video from their highly anticipated new album, Sect Of Vile Divinities, coming August 21st. Watch the Nader Sadek- (Morbid Angel) directed video HERE Sect Of Vile Divinities is out August 21st on CD/LP/Digital via Relapse Records. Physical Pre-Orders are available HERE and Digital Downloads/Streaming HERE Watch INCANTATION’s previous videos for ‘Fury’s Manifesto’ HERE & ‘Propitiation’ HERE For over 30 years INCANTATION has consistently remained one of the underground’s most influential and respected artists in the genre. True to form, Sect Of Vile Divinities sees […]

NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE FEATURES THE GREAT KAT SHREDDING ‘FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE’ from BEETHOVEN ON SPEED Album

“‘Flight Of The Bumblebee’ – It’s long been a favorite for heavy metal musicians just to show off their shredding abilities. In 1990, Katherine Thomas (who performs under the stage name THE GREAT KAT) performed her own version for her album Beethoven On Speed.” James Crowley, Newsweek Magazine, Aug. 4, 2020. Read Article HERE WARNER MUSIC Is Now Distributing THE GREAT KAT’s Legendary Beethoven On Speed Album!Listen on iTunes THE GREAT KAT Online:Official Site

HAD announces debut Mini-Album release

Me Saco Un Ojo Ojo Records sets September 1st as the international release date for HAD’s striking debut mini-album on 12″ vinyl format. Dark Descent Records will be handling the CD version, while Extremely Rotten Productions will handle the tape version. HAD are a mysterious new entity hailing from Copenhagen, with members coming from such bands as Sulphurous and Deiquisitor. Their moniker translates to “Hate” in English, and like much of Denmark’s thriving death metal scene nowadays, HAD possess a potency that’s startling to behold. Fitting for their mysterious means, HAD’s debut recording bears no title. Nevertheless, across four songs […]

MY SILENT WAKE announces new album, Damnum Per Saeculorum

MY SILENT WAKE have always been different from the rest and stood apart from their peers. Their music is unconstrained by expectations, blissfully unaware of the rules that govern the genres they wander through; the only limits upon their sombre sound being their own far reaching imaginations. Nestling amongst their canon of heart wrenching doom lie albums of unexpected experimentation and exploration, albums that embrace acoustic and ambient textures, that paint in different hues and dream in different colours. Damnum Per Saeculorum is MY SILENT WAKE’s eleventh full length album and the fourth which walks a different path. All the […]

Ramallah Release Video For ‘Dead Boys and Dead Girls Anthem’ Ahead of CD/LP Release

RAMALLAH will officially release Last Gasp Of Street Rock N’ Roll on CD/LP via State Line Records this Friday, but you can check out the brand new video for single ‘Dead Boys And Dead Girls Anthem’ now! Watch/Post ‘Dead Boys And Dead Girls Anthem’ Video HERE The video for ‘Dead Boys And Dead Girls Anthem’ was made by the band while under quarantine using live footage provided by hate5six, stop time photography by Jeremy Saffer, and You Are Not Alone photos to show solidarity. RAMALLAH – from nowhere – was founded in 2003 as a solo project departure by “White […]

German sludge/doom band EREMIT’s album streaming in full

EREMIT’s Desert Of Ghouls EP is now streaming online in its entirety, and can be checked out HERE. We especially recommend this EP for metal fans who like their doom to be laced with terrific riffage, and an eternal atmosphere of its own. German sludge/doom metal band EREMIT released a groundbreaking debut in Carrier Of Weight, which was widely regarded as some of the heaviest sludge/doom music recorded and despite the length of the songs, riveted listeners from all over. Retaining the same mind-numbingly heavy sound, EREMIT trudge forward with brand new material that’s even tighter and catchier than before. […]

VISCERAL VIOLATION sign to Horror Pain Gore Death Productions; Carnival Cannibal set for release on August 14

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have signed Maryland’s hate-filled Death Metal destroyers VISCERAL VIOLATION. The new album Carnival Cannibal is up now for pre-order and will be released August 14th on CD and Digital formats. Hailing from Maryland, VISCERAL VIOLATION unleash old school, hate-filled Death Metal packed with heaps of brutality, endless debauchery and loads of gore. Carnival Cannibal showcases eight blistering tracks of destruction that is the perfect soundtrack to accompany an apocalyptic, cannibalistic killing spree. For fans of Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, Genocide Pact, Hate, Hate Eternal, Incantation, Pessimist, Vader and Vital Remains. Stream album track ‘Taste Of Flesh’ […]