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Album Review: Sinister – Deformation Of The Holy Realm

If Europe has an equivalent to CANNIBAL CORPSE, it’s got to be SINISTER. These Dutch madmen have been going at it at least as long as the Boys from Buffalo…this is their 14th album! And they are still as brutal as a nightstick shoved down your throat! With hyper-aggressive death metal, there’s a certain amount of monotony that arises and while SINISTER doesn’t totally avoid it, they do a pretty good job of keeping it at bay here. Hard to believe a band with a 30-year history can still smash skulls and tear out guts like this. The tunes are […]

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ASTRIFEROUS set release date for ME SACO UN OJO debut mini-album

Me Saco Un Ojo Records sets August 7th as the international release date for ASTRIFEROUS’ striking debut mini-album, The Lower Levels Of Sentience, on 12″ vinyl format. Pulverised Records shall be handling the CD version, while Desert Wastelands Productions will handle the tape version. Hailing from Costa Rica, ASTRIFEROUS formed in 2018 and quickly set to work on their first recording. With a couple members concurrently doing time in Bloodsoaked Necrovoid, it’s no surprise that that first ASTRIFEROUS’ recording, Raise High The Scepter Of Indulgence, was of such exemplary quality. Indeed, from the very beginning was the band’s aesthetic firm […]

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Album Review: Cauldron Black Ram – Slaver

The piratical goons of CAULDRON BLACK RAM are one weird bunch, and that’s exactly why I love this oddball Aussie band. They certainly aren’t prolific (Slaver is their first record in 6 years), and perhaps that also helps them to stand out. They have brewed up another grimy, greasy and rancid potion of extreme metal carnage that defies classification. Slaver may be even rawer and filthier in sound than their previous record Stalagmire, which is no mean feat. The music is an unpredictable assault of strange riffing that ranges from sludgy doom to mid paced chug to swaggering fast (but […]

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VALKYRIE: Announce 4th Full-Length Album, Fear, Coming July 24th

Virginia heavy rockers VALKYRIE return with their anthemic, riff-driven new album, Fear, coming July 24th! Their first new album in 5 years, Fear finds VALKYRIE sounding more progressive and diverse than ever before. Listen to Fear’s first single ‘Feeling So Low’ on YouTube HERE Fear is due out July 24th on CD/LP/Digital. Physical packages are available for pre-order via Relapse.com HERE. Digital Downloads / Streaming Services are available HERE. Recorded at Earth Analog in Illinois, Fear showcases the tone-rich, organic songwriting process VALKYRIE has honed in on over the course of their career. A warm analog sound permeates each of […]

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Mordhell streams new album, Graveyard Fuck, ahead of June 6 release

Returning after a long hiatus, Polish sadistic black metal act MORDHELL are streaming their third full-length album, Graveyard Fuck, ahead of its release on 6 June. Listen to the album via: MetalBite (US) Chaos Vault (PL) Friedhof (ES) Recorded with a refreshed line-up and a new vocalist, the album remains faithful to MORDHELL’s style. The music on Graveyard Fuck is archaic black metal without add-ons, fireworks, virtuosity and a beautiful sound. What dominates in this material is the stench of a graveyard, punk primitivism, dirt and an old-school atmosphere dating all the way back to the ’80s. With the addition […]

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DEAD CARNAGE set release date for new IMMORTAL SOULS album, reveal first track

Today, Immortal Souls Productions announces June 25th as the international release date for DEAD CARNAGE’s highly anticipated second album, From Hell For Hate. DEAD CARNAGE has been on the underground scene since mid-2013, when Milhaus (Disfigured Corpse) and Čidar (G.O.R.E.) agreed to set up a death metal project. The drummer and singer were replaced by a few excellent musicians, until the microphone remained with Joshua (Inception Of Fall), drums with Ferenc (Antigod, Disfigured Corpse), and the second guitar taken by Yabback (Antigod). In this composition, the band recorded a mini-CD, The Only Thing I Ever Wanted To Kill The God, […]

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-(16)- Shares ‘Sadlands’ Music Video; Dream Squasher Full-Length Nears Release Via Relapse Records

Godfathers of sludge -(16)- share their official video for ‘Sadlands’. The track comes off the band’s forthcoming eighth full-length Dream Squasher, set for release next month via Relapse Records. The unsettling clip was directed by Michael Panduro (Devourment, Dead Cross, Job For A Cowboy). Comments guitarist/vocalist Bobby Ferry, “I wrote this song about witnessing an all too common injustice perpetrated by those who are supposed to care for the vulnerable but end up being the root cause of the suffering, where the victim’s only revenge is to escape the perpetrator’s clutches and leave them to self-destruct.” View ‘Sadlands’ at THIS […]

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AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: All Fell Silent, Everything Went Quiet Full-Length Out Now And Streaming Via Prosthetic Records

All Fell Silent, Everything Went Quiet, the latest full-length from Dutch atmospheric black metal unit AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN, is out now and streaming via their new label home of Prosthetic Records. A ten-track chronology of the human condition that heaves under the weight of both distortion and emotion, All Fell Silent, Everything Went Quiet seamlessly defies all genre constraints as vivid melody provides a counterpoint to dismal soundscapes and harsh vocals. Embracing an insular approach to their output, the stunning offering was recorded, engineered, mixed, and mastered by the band. The cover art was also created by the […]

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Swedish death metal legends WOMBBATH sign to Transcending Obscurity Records

We are proud to announce the signing of Swedish old school death metal veterans WOMBBATH. They were part of the birth of Swedish death metal and this year are celebrating their 30th year with an EP containing a selection of re-recorded songs from their early years, with a full length to follow later. From the official announcement link HERE Label owner Kunal Choksi states, “I know this band since their ‘Internal Caustic Torment’ days and they’ve come a long way. Having already worked with Jonny Pettersson for several of his bands such as Henry Kane, Heads For The Dead, Nattravnen […]

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New HYPERION video online

Italian Heavy Metal band HYPERION, have just launched a lyric-video of the song ‘Bridge Of Death’ as the third single from their recently released 2nd album Into The Maelstrom, that saw the light through Fighter Records last 21st of April. Watch the video right HERE The cover art for Into The Maelstrom has been created by Akirant Illustration, who currently works with IRON MAIDEN as well as with BLAZE BAYLEY and HOLYCIDE. The album contains 9 songs with an impressive production and influences that come from bands of the ’80s in the vein of JUDAS PRIEST, ANNIHILATOR, IRON MAIDEN, METALLICA, […]

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