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DOME RUNNER - Second Album "World Panopticon" out in November 2025 via Svart Records - Track Premiere
 Industrial metal juggernaut DOME RUNNER have been grinding in the underground since 2017, fusing elements of extreme metal, hardcore and alternative with dystopian soundscapes and grinding machinery. Svart Records are proud to unleash their ambitious sophomore album "World Panopticon" in November.
"World Panopticon", the 77-minute double album, represent the strongest and most unafraid songwriting of the group while going dynamically and sonically further than ever before. Thematically spawn from a dystopian world as an escapist tale fused of observations of modern and future functions of society while simultaneously focusing in rebirth of the observing self-shackled within yet driven to break free, the album takes the listener deeper to the world around and beyond, open for those who dare to dive in.
The album’s first single "Split Self Matrix" displays the inner conflict state of self, to rearrange through combat of polarities, and in order to progress; the inevitable end of one, at the verge of a world beyond. Listen to the new single here: https://orcd.co/worldpanopticon / https://domerunner.bandcamp.com/album/world-panopticon
"World Panopticon" will be available on Svart exclusive ultra clear w/ black smoke vinyl, limited turquoise vinyl, classic black vinyl, and digipak CD. Release date November 21st 2025.
Tracklist:
01. enter:panopticon
02. Biased Heart Replica
03. Constant Crisis Diagnosis
04. Android Hybrids Immortal
05. Split Self Matrix
06. Possessed Empty Vessel
07. Christless
08. Reversal Blaze
09. Existential Intermission
10. Solid State Zero
11. Frail Demise
12. Soul Collapse Interface
13. Consensus Glitch: Reconstruction of the Indesign Chaosphere
14. Salvation Access
15. Postpartum
https://www.svartrecords.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/iamdomerunner
THORONDIR - New Lyric Video - Fourth Album "Wächter des Waldes" in October 2025 via Trollzorn Records
 Bavarian pagan metallers THORONDIR have revealed another song from their upcoming new album "Wächter des Waldes", scheduled for October 9th 2025 via Trollzorn Records.
A lyric video for "Der wilde Jäger" is available at this location: https://youtu.be/pCy4Ii29lME
With their fourth full-length, THORONDIR once again prove why they are a cornerstone of the pagan metal scene. The album combines raw energy, musical diversity, and an unwavering connection to the themes that define their sound: nature, myths, and the stories that continue to resonate with us today.
Fans can look forward to a sonic journey that will make every pagan metal enthusiast’s heart beat faster. "Wächter des Waldes" is more than just an album – it’s an epic adventure that merges the magic of the past with the power of the present. Don’t miss your chance to experience THORONDIR bringing the forests to life once more with their music.
Return to myths, legends and epic darkness!
Cover artwork by Jan Yrlund / Darkgrove.net.
Tracklist:
01. In der Tiefe des Waldes
02. Drudenfluch
03. Blut und Ruhm
04. Rübezahl
05. Der wilde Jäger
06. Bruder Hain
07. Morast
08. Zur alten Taverne
09. Geisterheer vom Fichtelwald
10. Perchtas Schatten
11. Baldurs Ruf
[link:https://www.trollzorn.de[ +++ https://www.facebook.com/THORONDIRofficial
WODE – New Track Premiere – New Album "Uncrossing The Keys" in October 2025 via 20 Buck Spin
 Manchester’s WODE have revealed another song from their upcoming fourth album "Uncrossing The Keys", scheduled for October 3rd 2025 via 20 Buck Spin.
You can listen to "Under Lanternlight" here: https://youtu.be/3pKgREXP4pA
With "Uncrossing The Keys", WODE are marking a confident expansion of their already formidable sound built upon a shadowy foundation of feral black metal and ironclad heavy metal heft. Having evolved from the more straightforward methodology of the debut album, WODE has continuously added elements from various dark corners of the underground across its discography, with songwriting that has grown leaner yet more intricate, focused and melodic than ever.
"Uncrossing The Keys" hasn’t softened WODE’s music, the sound remains steeped in flame and fury, but they’ve embraced a wider spectrum of moods, painting with blacker, richer hues than ever before. Jagged post-punk / goth leanings bleakly shine on new tracks like "Saturn Shadow" and the dreamy trance of atmospheric instrumental "Phantom". The doomier pace and majestically pensive mood of single "Transmutation" recalls both Paradise Lost and Amorphis with its somber undercurrent, while the morosely anthemic "Under Lanternlight" is suffused with dynamic melodies in its Sentenced-like composition style. Guitars carry a mournful shimmer at times, their hooks laced with both melancholy and menace, drifting above the carnage with moments of elegiac beauty and dark lamentation. The hellish rasp of the vocals rise like ritual chants from another age.
Conjuring visions of a world perpetually on the edge of twilight WODE casts a long, cold silhouette over the course of "Uncrossing The Keys" nine tracks. There’s a sense of both grandeur and decay, as though the band opened a gateway to a realm where cursed cities smolder under blood-red skies, their walls echoing forsaken hymns eternally. The result of a constant evolutionary process WODE has crafted a truly haunted and commanding blackened heavy metal that raises a dark banner high over a vast and desolate kingdom.
Recorded & mixed by James Atkinson at The Stationhouse. Mastered by Magnus Lindberg. Artwork by Set33.
Live:
9/27/2025 The Bread Shed – Manchester, UK *album release show
10/03/2025 The Attic – Glasgow, UK
10/04/2025 The Lubber Fiend – Newcastle, UK
10/12/2025 The Gryphon – Bristol, UK
10/24/2025 Boom – Leeds, UK
10/26/2025 Siege Of Limerick - Limerick City, IE
12/05-06/2025 De Mortem et Diabolum - Berlin, DE
Tracklist:
1. Two Crossed Keys
2. Under Lanternlight
3. Saturn Shadow
4. Transmutation
5. Prisoner of the Moon
6. Fiery End
7. Lash of the Tyrant
8. Phantom
9. Dashed on the Rocks
https://www.20buckspin.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/Wodecult
SINTAGE – Second Album "Unbound Triumph" in October 2025 via High Roller Records – New Track Premiere
 German heavy metallers SINTAGE have revealed another song from their upcoming second album "Unbound Triumph", set for release on October 17th 2025 through High Roller Records.
Check out "Beyond the Thunderdome" here: https://youtu.be/q0W5veNbYCs
Following a self-financed EP named "The Sign" (2021) and the promising debut full-length "Paralyzing Chains" in 2023, SINTAGE are ready to unleash their eagerly awaited new record, featuring second guitarist Chili as a new, additional member of the band.
Guitarist Julez states: “First of all, I must stress that it’s our third studio recording in a row featuring a new line-up. Our new guitarist, Chili, who has been with us for the last two years, has had a big impact on how our second album turned out. We didn’t set out to record another album as brutal as 'Paralyzing Chains'. We rather wanted to combine the drive and emotion of 'The Sign' with the aggression of 'Paralyzing Chains'. We have two guitars now, so using more twin guitars and harmonies was definitely something we had on our list.”
Tracklist:
1. Ramming Speed
2. Cutting the Stars
3. Electric Walls
4. Silent Tears
5. Blood upon the Stage
6. Beyond the Thunderdome
7. Prisoned by the Dark
8. One with the Wind
https://www.hrrecords.de/SINTAGE +++ https://linktr.ee/sintage
INDIAN NIGHTMARE – New Video Clip "Lucifer" revealed
 Berlin based speed metal punks INDIAN NIGHTMARE have revealed a video clip for the song "Lucifer", taken from their current EP "Banished Into Endless Chaos" which was released earlier this year through High Roller Records.
Check it out here: https://youtu.be/spgOtDPCyQo
The band comments: "Breaking rules is our destiny - we don’t follow commands. That is the essence of INDIAN NIGHTMARE. In 'Lucifer', our latest video, we call upon the ancient symbol of the fallen one - the eternal rebel of the universe. Cast down into the depths, he refuses to submit. Instead, he creates his own space in the shadows and rises again as unstoppable fire. As fire we fall, as fire we are reborn. To be a rebel means standing against those who claim the right to tell you what is right or wrong. Even if you fall, like Lucifer, it is not defeat - it is the chance to rise from the ashes and begin again. In that downfall, you discover your true self, and find others who share your spirit, you carve out your own space and become ture rebels. That is the heart of rebellion: to rise against the standards others force upon you and to claim your own way of life."
Directed by Larissa Kathan. Lighting by Fabiana Ehrhardt. Camera and Colorgrading by Oliver Speiser. Second Camera and Editing by Enrico Stocco. Production and Set Design by Butch Fury. Music by Indian Nightmare.
EP - Tracklist:
1. Looking into the Fire
2. Secret Path
3. Lucifer
https://www.hrrecords.de/INDIAN-NIGHTMARE +++ https://www.facebook.com/IndianNightmareBand
STARLIGHT RITUAL – Second Album "Rogue Angels" in October 2025 via High Roller Records – Track Premiere
 Canada's hard rocking metallers STARLIGHT RITUAL have revealed a first song from their upcoming second album "Rogue Angels", scheduled for October 31st 2025 via High Roller Records.
A video clip for the track "On The Run" is available here: https://youtu.be/-ga3IN642Kg
STARLIGHT RITUAL was born in Montréal, Québec, sometime in 2013, founded by guitarists J.F. Bertrand and Dan Toupin. It was originally Bertrand’s idea to start a doom/psychedelic project, and they soon recruited bassist Mat Forge and drummer Louis Lecomte. Dan and J.F. wrote a full-length album of doomy, heavy/prog instrumental music. Some of those tracks ended up on the band’s first self-titled album in 2015 (technically a self-produced four-song EP, albeit with a running time of nearly 40 minutes). Damian Ritual joined STARLIGHT RITUAL as a singer in early 2014. Since then, the band issued another EP, called "Age Of The Universe" (2016), followed by their first official full-length album "Sealed In Starlight" on Temple Of Mystery (2021).
Damian comments: "Our early work featured longer, more psychedelic tracks meant for zoning out, but I never felt that truly represented what the band could be. On the 'Age Of The Universe' EP, we started leaning into a more classic heavy metal sound. By the time we released 'Sealed In Starlight', we had really found our identity: traditional heavy metal with epic flair, channeling the likes of Manowar and Running Wild, as well as older influences like Thin Lizzy and Rainbow. We blend the styles we love and make them our own. If I had to put a label on it, I’d call it 'Epic Hard Rocking Traditional Metal' – if that’s even a real genre!"
Cover art by Marie-Pier Lapointe.
Tracklist:
01. Lost Among The Fold
02. Rogue Angels
03. Crusaders
04. Far Beyond The Storm
05. Of Words
06. Omenkillers
07. The Law
08. On The Run
09. Exodus
10. Aftermath
https://www.hrrecords.de/STARLIGHT-RITUAL +++ https://www.facebook.com/starlightritual
CHRIST AGONY - Second Single released / New Album "Anthems" Pre-Order via Deformeathing Production
 Poland's CHRIST AGONY presents the second single from the upcoming new album "Anthems", scheduled for release on September 26th 2025 through Deformeathing Production.
The clip features the song "Nocturnal Dominion": https://youtu.be/aKJeGBAlc20
"Anthems" will be released in several formats: cassette tape (limited, collector's edition), CD (classic jewel case + slipcase), vinyl (in several color versions), and a limited, collector's box set containing the cassette (in the color available only in the box set), the regular CD, vinyl (in the color available only in the box set), a certificate signed by Cezar, and a stylish vinyl bag with the Christ Agony logo (available only in the box set).
Pre-orders on the DP website begin September 1st: https://deformeathing.com
Like a hellish steamroller, each track on "Anthems" crushes and crushes. The album features all the darkest elements that CHRIST AGONY is known for: sharp, distinctive vocals, the weight of the guitars, moments of ecstasy and beauty captured in hellish soundscapes. And yet there are also subtle details that the musically experienced Cezar has always cleverly hidden in his sonic assault, such as acoustic guitars, uplifting vocal choruses, and a touch of melancholy.
"Anthems" connects CHRIST AGONY to their glory days - not as a nostalgic reminiscence, but as a forward-looking continuation and next evolutionary step. If there is one thing that distinguishes this album, it is the maturity that comes from experience and learning. Cezar's diabolically catchy songs are heavier than ever and have not lost their edge. This may be due to the fact that this is the first CHRIST AGONY album that Cezar has composed and produced for many years. "Anthems" makes CHRIST AGONYenter the musical arena again. This album clearly has great musical strength and lyrical courage.
CHRIST AGONY has set another ambitious milestone with "Anthems"!
Tracklist:
1. Empire Of Twilight
2. Throne Of Eternal Silence
3. Sanctuary Of Death
4. Rites Of The Black Sun
5. Dark Waters
6. Nocturnal Dominion
https://www.facebook.com/deformeathing +++ https://www.facebook.com/ChristAgony
AQUILLA – Sophomore Album "Sentinels Of New Dawn" in October 2025 via High Roller Records – Music Video Premiere
 High Roller Records proudly announces the second full-length album of AQUILLA, entitled "Sentinels Of New Dawn", set for release on October 31st 2025.
The first single "Creed of Fire" has been premiered here with a video clip: https://youtu.be/QWjTjPp6XD8
AQUILLA are a promising new band from Poland, mixing elements of the NWOBHM with traditional speed metal to forge their own brand of lethal outer space metal.
The first incarnation of the band was formed in Warsaw in 2015. The current line-up consists of Captain Paradox on vocals, Jaspar De Phaser on rhythm guitars, Kris Invader on lead guitars, Hippie Banzai on bass and Pete Slammer on drums. AQUILLA are very much inspired by movies such as "2001: Space Odyssey", "Dune", "Alien", "Blade Runner" and "Interstellar". After a few singles and EPs, they issued their long-awaited debut album "Mankind’s Odyssey" in 2022, which is now followed by the new effort "Sentinels Of New Dawn".
Drummer Peter Slammer explains: "It’s a huge step for AQUILLA in every way. Looking back, the production process of 'Mankind’s Odyssey' was not well thought-out. We didn’t have a clear vision of the sound of the album, and we had no experience of such long and demanding recording sessions. In the end, we produced a good-sounding album, but we didn’t feel it was entirely the right direction for the band. The real change began once we started composing songs for »Sentinels Of New Dawn«. The new compositions were meant to lean a bit more towards old-school classics while being both forceful and epic."
Regarding the lyrical concept, AQUILLA have invented their own universe: "We are all enthusiasts of both classic and modern sci-fi creations, and thus our music tells a story of mankind's last remaining survivors who decide to settle on a distant planet called Yvad’déra. The previous album was where that concept was fully developed, and it is continued on this record. This time we have mad space pirates ('Plunder And Steel'), crazy berserk-like mercenaries ('Battalion 31') and technological overlords ('Technocrats’ Tyranny'). And everyone fights each other, just like in real life. 'Sentinels Of New Dawn' and 'Mankind’s Odyssey' are both pretty much concept albums. The lore itself isn’t that strict really, apart from the general concept of mankind on a distant planet, so it leaves a lot of room for imagination, creativity and open interpretations for the audience as well."
Tracklist:
01. The Chronicles
02. Creed of Fire
03. Plunder & Steel
04. Mountains of Black Sleep
05. Battalion 31
06. The Curse of Mercurion
07. Technocrats' Tyranny
08. Bound to Be King
09. The Prophet
10. Sentinel's Fate
https://www.hrrecords.de/AQUILLA +++ https://www.facebook.com/AquillaOfficial
ARCHAIC THORN – Sophomore Full-Length "Malicious Spears" in October 2025 via High Roller Records – Lyric Video revealed
 High Roller Records proudly announces the new album of German deathers ARCHAIC THORN, "Malicious Spears", set for release on October 31st 2025.
ARCHAIC THORN have been active in the German death metal underground since 2010, evolving steadily from their early demo "Hydra Throats" (2013) through the EP "In Desolate Magnificence" (2015) to their acclaimed debut album "Eradication" (2020) — all without losing their original ferocity. Anyone who appreciates the old-school sound of bands like Degial, Necrovore, or Repugnant will also love "Malicious Spears".
On their second studio album, the Saxon trio logically continues this path. "From our point of view, it’s more catchy and features more distinctive riffs", says guitarist CL. "The sound hits exactly what we were aiming for — we wanted an organic production that honestly reflects our band’s character and still delivers modern punch."
"Malicious Spears" is likely to win ARCHAIC THORN a host of new fans. Anyone who can combine uncompromising brutality with refined songwriting on this level is capable of standing alongside the heavyweights of the genre.
The album was mixed and mastered by Christoph Brandes at Iguana Studios (Necrophagist, Fragments of Unbecoming, among others). The cover artwork was crafted by Sadistik Exekution vocalist Rok.
A lyric video for the track "Massgrave Transformation" is available here: https://youtu.be/QLqsFRSQaWY
Tracklist:
1. Lord of Tombs
2. A Blessed Ground Remains
3. Conquering Spirits
4. Advancing without Mercy
5. Massgrave Transformation
6. Angel of Havaz
7. Malicious Spears
https://www.hrrecords.de/ARCHAIC-THORN +++ https://www.archaicthorn.de
SPEED QUEEN - New Video Clip - Debut Full-Length Album "...With a Bang!" out soon via High Roller Records
 Belgium's up-and-rising heavy metallers SPEED QUEEN have revealed the final single for their debut full-length album "...With a Bang!", coming on September 5th 2025 via High Roller Records on all formats.
Check out the video clip for "I Walk Alone" at this location: https://youtu.be/IDZ1N2T0g0A
SPEED QUEEN have been together for more than ten years now and have played numerous festivals (from Wacken Open Air to the Alcatraz Festival) and did some tours with, amongst others, Night Demon. “We like to think that rock‘n'roll has to be fun and invigorating in the first place,” states bassist Lander Savelkoul, “and that’s what we try to bring to the stage - a fast, energetic show with no pauses. We’re bringing a whole new live show along with this new release.”
He adds: “This album has been cooking for quite some time. We started working on these songs after »King Of The Road« (EP, 20217) was released and in between live shows, after a pandemic and line-up change, we are finally ready to release them to the world. Also, it’s a cliché but we’ve grown as a band and you can hear that we’re more comfortable playing these songs.”
Get ready for a powerful "in your face" record, with more variation and extra layers than SPEED QUEEN's previous material!
Additional solo on "I Want It" by Jonny Nesta (Thunderor, Skull Fist). Recorded and mixed by Koen Keijers (Tube Driven). Mastered by Thibault Chaumont (Deviant Lab). Front and back cover photography by Sarina Mannaert.
Tracklist:
01. 5678
02. Showdown
03. I Want It
04. Eye to Eye
05. Chasing Ghosts
06. I Walk Alone
07. Skygazers
08. The World Ends Tonight
09. Time to Go
10. Fire
https://www.hrrecords.de/SPEED-QUEEN +++ https://www.facebook.com/speedqueenofficial
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