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Progressive Death Metal Duo IAPETUS Signs to Willowtip

Long Island (NY) – Progressive Death Metal duo IAPETUS have signed to Willowtip Records! The band is hard at work writing what will be their third full-length album for the label. Stay tuned! Band members Jordan Navarro and Matthew Cerami released the following statement concerning the signing: “We are honored, humbled, and thrilled to announce our partnership with Willowtip Records – to join their incomparable roster, both past and present, and to stand alongside so many incredible bands that we have long admired both as fans and peers.Willowtip is and has always been dedicated to pushing the boundaries of metal […]

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HATH Premieres Official Video for New Single, ‘Name Them Yet Build No Monument’

Brooklyn Vegan has premiered ‘Name Them Yet Build No Monument’ the colossal new single from New Jersey’s Blackened Death Metal juggernaut HATH. The song is taken from forthcoming album All That Was Promised. Stream the track at THIS LOCATION “A nearly-seven-minute song that makes enough twists and turns to earn its lengthy running time. It opens up as blackened death metal rager, but ends up in more psychedelic, atmospheric territory, and there’s a lot of other stuff in between.” – Brooklyn Vegan HATH will release sophomore full-length album All That Was Promised on March 4 via Willowtip Records. Pre-Orders:Bandcamp Willowtip […]

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Texas Death Metal Squad CATHEXIS Signs to Willowtip, Debut Album Out June 25

Austin (TX) – Rising Death Metal force CATHEXIS has signed with Willowtip Records! The band will release debut album Untethered Abyss June 25 on CD, vinyl, and digital formats. The album’s first single, ‘Mortuus In Perpetuum’, has been released and is streaming now on YouTube and Bandcamp. Untethered Abyss is the culmination of six years of painstaking songwriting and a carefully selected cast of international talent amassed to bring forward a finely tuned and unrelenting piece of modern death metal. Untethered Abyss is eight tracks of tightly focused death metal with a production that captures the humanity and unfiltered energy […]

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Album Review: Eximperitus – Sahrartu

This is my first experience with BUNDLE OF STICKS from the troubled land of Belarus. Oh, wait, their name is Eximperituserqethhzebibšiptugakkathšulweliarzaxułum. BUNDLE OF STICKS is better. OK, let’s shorten it to EXIMPERITUS. Better yet!With the ridiculous name and logo, I was prepared for crappy goregrind, but instead my eyes and ears are opened to some amazing Egyptian-sounding death metal that is as heavy and imposing as the pyramids themselves. In a year full of great death metal, here is another winner. The comparisons to NILE are unavoidable, but EXIMPERITUS is so good at what they do, they actually surpass their […]

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German Death Metal Giants DEFEATED SANITY Releasing The Sanguinary Impetus July 24 on Willowtip

Berlin (Germany) – Progressive/Brutal Death Metal luminaries DEFEATED SANITY return July 24 with The Sanguinary Impetus on Willowtip Records. Album cut ‘Propelled Into Sacrilege’ is streaming HERE The Sanguinary Impetus is perhaps the ultimate expression of DEFEATED SANITY’s signature blend of the brutal with the technical, performed in a manner largely unparalleled in the world of extreme metal. At once comfortably recognizable and awe-inspiring, the forthcoming album is sure to be a lock for many year-end lists. Sickening riff crunch, hammering beats, and technical wizardry combine to create a level of sonic violence that won’t soon be forgotten. The band […]

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GOMORRAH Signs With Willowtip Records

Willowtip Record welcomes Canadian tech-death band GOMORRAH to its roster. The deal will see Willowtip re-issue the band’s highly-acclaimed self-titled album on vinyl, CD and digital formats. Released March 22, 2019, Gomorrah is the band’s second full-length album and was produced by Hannes Grossmann (Hate Eternal, Blotted Science). Check out the video for album track ‘Frailty’ HERE. GOMORRAH is a death metal project founded in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The project’s two official members are vocalist Jeff Bryan and guitarist Bowen Matheson. GOMORRAH have released two full-length releases and are in the writing process of their third […]

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LECHEROUS NOCTURNE EMBARKING ON NORTH AMERICAN CONQUEST TOUR IN MARCH

South Carolina’s USDM stalwarts LECHEROUS NOCTURNE Will hit the road next month for the North American Conquest Tour. Joining them for the U.S. and Canadian dates will be Blackened Death Metallers and South Carolina brethren OLKOTH. Tour dates are below. More info can found at THIS LOCATION. March 8 – Spartanburg, SC – Ground ZeroMarch 9 – Willmington, DE – Bar XIIIMarch 10 – Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus BarMarch 12 – Quebec, QC – L’Anti Bar & SpectaclesMarch 13 – Ottawa, ON – Cafe DeheufMarch 14 – Toronto, CA – Coalition TorontoMarch 16 – Montreal, QC – Piranha BarMarch […]