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SPACE CHASER – New Track Premiere – Fourth Album "Razorblade Bay" out in September 2026 via Testimony Records
 German Thrash Metallers SPACE CHASER have premiered another song from their new album "Razorblade Bay", out on September 11th 2026 via Testimony Records.
The track "8 Minutes", featuring guest vocals by Andy Brings, is streaming here with a lyric video: https://youtu.be/OA6Eqzg4czc
Drummer Matthias Scheuerer states: "If we were ever to find out that we had only eight minutes left to live... well, we would just grab a couple of beers and play this thrash-punk hymn four times. Cheers!"
SPACE CHASER's fourth studio album "Razorblade Bay" comes with everything that the discerning thrash metal gentleman might wish to hear these days: classic thrash riffing with a particular German leaning, and distant echoes of KREATOR, SODOM, and DESTRUCTION are always appreciated, yet there is also a dash of punk-ish energy and spirit as well as some speed metal bravado in their bespoke sonic garment. In short: in your face!
At this point, it shall be duly noted that this galactic battleship is co-piloted in the producer's seat by none other than Andy Brings of SODOM-fame.
SPACE CHASER are more than ready to jump into hyperspace with their new thrashing engine made by "Razorblade Bay" Inc. on Planet Berlin! Fasten your belt buckles and hold on tight for a furious ride into headbanging frenzy!
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Jan Oberg at Hidden Planet Studio, Berlin (DE), co-produced by Andy Brings (ex Sodom). Cover artwork by Mario E. López. Layout by Johnny Doe.
Tracklist:
01. Razorblade Bay
02. Mind Melting Machine
03. We Are the Night
04. No Gods, No Dawn
05. 8 Minutes
06. We Bow To None
07. Blade Serpents
08. Even The Score
09. The Coffin
10. Razorblade Bay (Reprise)
Line-up:
Leo Schacht – Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Matthias Scheuerer – Drums
Sebastian Kerlikowski – Bass
Martin Hochsattel – Lead Guitar
https://spkr.store/collections/space-chaser |https://www.facebook.com/SpaceChaserBand
DEATHBARREL - New Album "Life Resignation Notice" in November 2026 through Soulseller Records
 Soulseller Records proudly announces the brand new studio album of the true Norwegian country outlaws DEATHBARREL.
"Life Resignation Notice", the band's first full-length in 14 years, is scheduled for November 6th 2026.
DEATHBARREL deals in dark outlaw country from the cold and ruthless edges of Norway. A soundtrack for empty roads, bad decisions, broken hearts and the ghosts that refuse to stay buried. Driving guitars, whiskey-soaked melodies and stories dragged straight from the shadows - where Southern Gothic meets the bleakness of the North. No pretty lies. No redemption promised. Just True Norwegian Outlaw Country
"Life Resignation Notice" was recorded in Ding Dong Lydstudio and produced, mixed and mastered by Tollak Friestad.
An album so steeped in darkness that it's bound to cross over and thrive with any genre found down below. See DEATHBARREL take the stage and set a new world order.
Watch out for the leadoff single and pre-order options on September 4th.
Line Up:
Ottar B. Strangeland: Vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
Tollak Friestad: Bass & backing vocals
Rolf Gjesdal: Acoustic & electric guitars
(drums and various instruments performed by various artists)
http://www.soulsellerrecords.com | https://www.facebook.com/deathbarrel
SMOULDER – New Album "Witch Wife in an Alien World" out in October 2026 via Cruz Del Sur Music – Track Premiere
 Fearless, confrontational, adventurous epic power doom metal!
Canadian/American metallers SMOULDER return with their long-awaited third studio album, "Witch Wife in an Alien World", a bold, daring collection of eight songs that continue to push boundaries and shatter conventions.
The opening track "Water Wars" has been premiered here with a lyric video: https://youtu.be/ZMJmxvxqfWs
"Witch Wife in an Alien World" is scheduled for October 9th 2026 via Cruz Del Sur Music.
It was recorded between Soundwell Studio in Espoo, Finland with Valtteri Kallio and Swift Road Studios in Chicago, Illinois with Vincent Ippolito, with mixing and mastering duties courtesy of Roland Rodas.
The cover artwork was created by British fantasy/horror illustrator Ian Miller.
Tracklist:
1. Water Wars
2. Shadow of the Vulture
3. Noitien Loitsu
4. Crush the Neophytes
5. Empathy’s Wrath
6. Their Name Lives On
7. Cathedral of the Trees
8. Smouldering Remains
Line-up:
Sarah Ann – Vocals
Shon Vincent – Guitar
Collin Wolf – Guitar
Adam Blake – Bass
Kevin Hester – Drums
https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com | https://www.facebook.com/SmoulderDoom
DISSIMULATOR – Second Album "Artifice Dissolves" in October 2026 via 20 Buck Spin – Track Premiere
 20 Buck Spin proudly announces the sophomore full-length album of Canadian Sci-fi Technical Deaththrashers DISSIMULATOR, entitled "Artifice Dissolves", set for release on October 2nd 2026.
A first track, "Alloyed", is streaming here: https://youtu.be/vziIGhm0Te0
Vocalist / Guitraist Claude Leduc comments: “‘Alloyed’ is a philosophical musing about Günther Anders’ concept of Promethean shame - the idea that deep down human beings feel inferior or diminished against the perfection of their technological creations. The song highlights the band’s syncopated riffing style chugging in lockstep with the lyrics, which describe this self-alienation metaphorically through the motivations and consequences of undergoing a procedure to become fully cybernetic. It is a reminder that the real danger of our relationship to technology is not that machines will surpass humans, but that humans will lower themselves to machines.”
With "Artifice Dissolves", Montreal's DISSIMULATOR accelerate beyond the formidable sonic coordinates established by "Lower Form Resistance" and plunge headlong into a future world where technological hegemony and catastrophic entropy exist in perfect equilibrium. Their jagged sci-fi Death-Thrash has evolved into an ever more labyrinthine construct, fusing serrated riff matrices and volatile rhythmic architecture into an algorithm-obliterating neural hack.
"Artifice Dissolves" propels itself like an untethered artificial consciousness recursively rewriting its own code, with each movement revealing another phantasmagorical dimension within DISSIMULATOR's bionic mythology. Razor-wire guitar lines, alien yet familiar, whiplash and intersect at impossible angles whilst the rhythm section drives songs like "Alloyed" and "Neon Metropolis" through perpetual states of intensifying velocity, collapse, and reassembly, creating a surging sense of momentum undeterred by its relentless intricacy.
An awe-inspiring convergence of futuristic world-building and unrestrained, unapologetic technical aggression, "Artifice Dissolves" is a cyborg hallucination of a civilization wasting away in the sunless gutters of its autonomous megacities, the warped fever dreams of an omniscient God-machine, and the malignant side-effects of its cybernetic enhancements. And beneath the album's dazzling precision and violent thrust DISSIMULATOR maintain a timeless human striving for order and transcendence beyond the technological.
Cover artwork by Noah Cutter Meihoff (Ghost, Imperial Triumphant).
Tracklist:
1. Apophenic Rage
2. Hungry Ghosts
3. Artifice Dissolves
4. Alloyed
5. Proprioceptor
6. Dusk
7. Neon Metropolis
8. Anodyne
9. Robostrobos
Line-up:
Phillipe Boucher – Drums
Claude Leduc - Guitar / Vocals
Antoine Daigneault – Bass
Additional vocals in "Artifice", "Alloyed", "Proprioceptor" by Laurent Bellemare
https://www.20buckspin.com | https://www.facebook.com/dissimulatorofficial
FIRTAN – New Track / Music Video Premiere - Fifth Album "Helios" in October 2026 via AOP Records
 FIRTAN present another song from their new album "Helios", scheduled for October 2nd 2026 via AOP Records.
A music video for the track "Ascension" is premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/f1lJe-7MnZA
Fover a decade, FIRTAN has been a relentless force in the German extreme metal scene, captivating audiences with their dynamic performances across Europe. The band's fifth studio album "Helios" charts the brutal path to enlightenment: Not as escape, but as conquest. Named after the sun itself, the album explores what it means to become the strongest, clearest version of oneself in a world engineered for distraction and decay.
"Helios" fuses the raw, atmospheric ferocity of black metal with the crushing weight of death metal, a mirror to the album's core theme: clarity forged through struggle. The evocative presence of the acoustic and electric violin weaves through their compositions with melancholic and experimental tones, which create tension and complexity, enhancing the band's intricate riffing and unexpected musical shifts. The incorporation of various acoustic instruments, ritualistic chants as well as analogue synthesizers adds layers of depth and atmosphere.
Tracklist:
01. Himsa
02. Kalikas Tongue
03. Ambrosia
04. Solis Currus
05. Ascension
06. Wide Open Eye
07. Helios
08. The Form Revealed
09. Revealing Prana
10. The Hierophant Way
11. Shadows of a Dawn Unborn
12. Man of Iron
Tourdates:
28.08. DE Frankfurt, Ponyhof
29.08. NL Roosendaal Open Air
"Helios" - Album Release Tour 2026
02.10. CH Aarau, Kiff
03.10. DE Karlsruhe, Stadtmitte
04.10. DE Oberhausen, Helvete
09.10. DE Leipzig, Hellraiser
10.10. DE Berlin, Spirale
11.10. DE Hamburg, Logo
15.10. NLHengelo, Metropool
16.10. NL The Hague, Musicon
17.10. DE Kassel, Goldgrube
18.10. BE Kortrik, DVG Club
23.10. DE Erfurt, From Hell
24.10. DE Wolfsburg, Jugendhaus Ost
04.12. Vienna, Viper Room
https://shop.aoprecords.de | https://www.facebook.com/Firtanofficial
LEPER COLONY – New Track Premiere – Third Album "Back To Primal Sludge" out in October 2026 via Testimony Records
 LEPER COLONY have unleashed the next single from their third full-length album "Back To Primal Sludge, scheduled for October 9th 2026 via Testimony Records.
The track "Seelenjäger" is available here with a lyric video: https://youtu.be/fETO2_EbSRM
Shred-master Rogga Johansson states: "The filth lives in the lower tempos. The epic, dirty, and massively catchy 'Seelenjäger' takes you on your final journey, with crushing grooves envenomed by a vocal performance that leaves its mark."
LEPER COLONY hold firm and relentlessly soldier on in their unholy quest to create the perfect equilibrium between the Floridian and Stockholm styles of old school death metal on "Back to Primal Sludge".
This defines "Back to Primal Sludge" in many ways as a direct continuation of their sophomore album "Those of the Morbid" (2025). Yet, there are twists and tweaks in the details. While the previous release offered a handful of references to deadly German influences, these have been further reduced just as the second album had dropped the classic thrash elements from the self-titled LEPER COLONY debut (2023).
LEPER COLONY came into being as a physical expression of the long-year friendship between German vocalist Marc Grewe and Swedish guitarist Rogga Johansson. Both decided in 2020 that their mutual love for old school death metal should come together in the shape of an album.
Marc Grewe firmly established his name as the former frontman of MORGOTH, and later with INSIDIOUS DISEASE as well as ASINHELL. Guitarist and bass player Rogga Johansson has left a massive trace in Swedish death metal as a member of many successful acts including PAGANIZER, RIBSPREADER, and REVOLTING.
The core duo at first enlisted the aid of CONSUMPTION drummer Jon Skäre and lead-guitarist Kjetil Lyngahug (PAGANIZER) to record "Leper Colony". Later, they were permanently joined by British drummer Jon Rudin, who is known best from MONSTROUS and DEAD SUN, among several other death metal bands.
With "Back to Primal Sludge", LEPER COLONY deliver another work of old school death metal love that every fanatic of this brutal genre and follower of this band has been hoping for!
Tracklist:
1. Madness Is a Kingdom
2. These Blades
3. Dead Soul Consortium
4. Thrown to the Pigs
5. Back to Primal Sludge
6. Flesh Grater
7. Seelenjäger
8. Harness the Undead
9. Beneath the Fat and Gristle
Line-up:
Marc Grewe – Vocals
Rogga Johansson – Guitars, Bass
Jon Rudin – Drums
Guest appearance: Håkan Stuvemark - Guitar solos
https://spkr.store/collections/leper-colony | Facebook
CRUCIVORE – Debut Album "Desecration" in November 2026 via Testimony Records – Details & Music Video Premiere
 Testimony Records proudly announces the debut full-length album of Portuguese deathers CRUCIVORE, entitled "Desecration", set for release on November 13th 2026.
The crushing leodoff single "Depths Of Despair" is premiered here with a music video: https://youtu.be/rmZv6gwGDhQ
Vocalist Ricardo Proença comments: "The track 'Depths of Despair' carries a distinctive sense of eerie darkness. This unsettling atmosphere is created by a melodic foundation that is contrasted with powerful grooves and precisely placed slams, which add crushing weight to the track. Lyrically, this song explores the feeling of being trapped within your own despair, with no apparent way out. Heavy, dark, and captivating, 'Depths of Despair' combines a cinematic feeling with brutality to a powerful and immersive experience."
In the old harbour city of Lisbon, an undercurrent of darkness and morbidity hides beneath the sun-drenched gardens, beautifully tiled walls, and bustling streets of Portugal's proud capital. When the last revellers are gone in the early hours of morning just before dawn, something ancient rises from below.
It is this gnawing feeling that scratches at the edge of awareness of a sinister presence that haunts the tracks on CRUCIVORE's debut album "Desecration". Although these veterans of the Portuguese death metal scene are firmly building the foundations of their sound on the brutal and powerful principles of their genre, they take the style decisively into the present with their emphasis on cinematic elements and a fine sense of the dramatic and the epic.
Take a couple of die-hard death metal musicians from Portugal's capital, Lisbon, boasting massive talent and many years of experience under their belts. Combine that maturity with a burning desire and a clear vision to create uncompromising death metal songs that are infused with elements of brutal death and slam, and you get: CRUCIVORE.
CRUCIVORE were conceived on December 14th 2024. Precisely on that day, former ANALEPSY vocalist Ricardo Proença and guitarist Sérgio Páscoa (DOWNFALL OF MANKIND et al.) decided to join forces and form a new band. After recruiting more experienced musicians from Portugal, this new musical entity drew from decades of honing their craft to amalgamate crushing riffs, relentless drum pounding, devastating breakdowns, cavernous vocals, and carefully crafted dynamics into a contemporary sound that merges death metal intensity with the crushing weight of brutal death and slam.
CRUCIVORE opted for the classic lyrical themes of their genre, and their songs generally revolve around corruption, decay, blasphemy, mortality, and apocalyptic scenes, while also exploring the grotesque nature of existence through a lens of darkness and desecration.
Rather than relying on nostalgia or trends, CRUCIVORE seek to contribute to the ongoing evolution of death metal through conviction, experience, and an unwavering dedication to the underground. Instead of just delivering more of the same, the Portuguese seek for ways forward and they have found it in musical storytelling.
With "Desecration", CRUCIVORE deliver an outstanding debut full-length album and a musical vision that is bound to respectfully and diligently broaden the horizon of death metal.
Recording, mix & mastering by Caesar Craveiro at Fingerprint Studio Lx, Lisbon (PT). Cover artwork by Rudi Gorging Suicide.
Tracklist:
01. The Crucivore's Feast
02. Memento Mori
03. The Banished Torment
04. Condemned
05. Whispers From Eternal Sickness
06. The Oracle
07. Triumph of the Grotesque Disorder
08. Reminisce Devotion
09. The Matriarch
10. Devourer of Existence
11. Depths of Despair
12. Terminus
Line-up:
Ricardo Proença – Vocals
Ricardo Jorge – Guitar
Sérgio Páscoa – Guitar
Caesar Craveiro – Bass
Tomás Carvalho – Drums
https://spkr.store/collections/crucivore | https://www.facebook.com/crucivore
SPIDERS – New Album "Crystal Eyes" coming in September 2026 via Wild Kingdom – Track Premiere
 "Creature Of The Night" is the first single from SPIDERS' upcoming album "Crystal Eyes", set for release on September 25th 2026 via Wild Kingdom.
https://youtu.be/aK9xlN6av_E
Recorded at Svenska Grammofonstudion with producers Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm and György Barocsai, the track perfectly showcases the band's ability to combine memorable melodies, attitude, and raw power while maintaining a strong and cohesive sound.
A few words from the band about the song: "'Creature Of The Night' is about a person or being so irresistible that they take pleasure in ruining relationships and destroying people's lives, watching them burn to the ground..."
Since forming in 2012, the Gothenburg-based band has built a strong reputation on rock stages across Europe and the United States. Last year saw the release of "Sharp Objects", their first album on Wild Kingdom, a record that injected new energy into the band and opened the door to a fresh creative chapter.
Following the release of "Sharp Objects", SPIDERS toured with The Hellacopters. The collaboration proved so successful that the bands later released a split single paying tribute to the late David Johansen. This spring, SPIDERS toured Spain with The Soundtrack of Our Lives.
The fact that producer Kalle is also a member of The Soundtrack Of Our Lives certainly doesn't hurt and may well attract a few extra ears to the album. If "Creature Of The Night" is any indication of what's to come, "Crystal Eyes" promises to be SPIDERS' most focused, powerful, and compelling album to date.
Tracklist:
01. Creature Of The Night
02. Flying Too High
03. Quit You
04. Do You Think About Me?
05. (Doomed To A) Life Of Misery
06. Heart Of Stone
07. Crystal Eyes
08. Playing With Fire
09. Loser
10. A Little Too Late
Line-up:
Ann-Sofie Hoyles – Vocals
Oskar Brindmark – Drums
John Hoyles – Guitar
Rickard Hellgren – Guitar
Alex Mayr – Bass
https://wildkingdom.se/artists/spiders | https://www.facebook.com/wearespiders
NEOLITH – New Track Premiere – Sixth Album "Inbir" out in September 2026 via Deformeathing Production
 Polish Death/Black Metallers NEOLITH have unleashed another song from their new album "Inbir", coming on September 12th 2026 via Deformeathing Production on LP, CD and digital formats.
The track "Modlitwa na Marny Czas" has been premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/QGWJVFHb1-4
Vocalist Levi comments: "'Modlitwa na Marny Czas' (eng. 'A Prayer for a Miserable Time') is a special track for me for a number of reasons. Above all, it is the first song in the Neolith’s more than thirty-five-year history to be written and performed entirely in Polish. I had long intended to tackle my native language, but it wasn't until I saw the lyrics prepared by Jacko S. that I realized the right moment had come. Although at first glance it might seem to depart from the Sumerian themes of Inbir, the song actually carries a universal message. It speaks of the first man - his pride and his age-old tendency to justify his own sins. Adam thus stands as a representative of all humanity, yet also as the cursed "bearer" of all human vileness. Hence, the wretched fate that befell both him and his work over and over again. For me, this track represents another fulfilled dream and proof that, even after so many years, Neolith is still capable of pushing its own boundaries. Whether 'Modlitwa na Marny Czas' will prove to be one of the most significant tracks in our catalogue, I leave for you to judge."
Nearly seven years after the release of "I Am the Way", NEOLITH return with their sixth full-length. It is the band's most ambitious, complex, and polished work to date, representing a clear step forward in both compositional and sonic terms.
The title "Inbir" meaning "war" in the ancient Sumerian language, defines the album's thematic direction. The material explores universal themes related to power, mystery, spirituality, and the fate of man. Musically, NEOLITH remain true to their roots, which aptly reflects the nature of this album - intense, dark, and consciously rooted in the aesthetics of old-school death/black metal.
Produced by NEOLITH and Haldor Grunberg / Satanic Audio Studio. The graphic design was created by the renowned Polish artist Artur Szolc.
Tracklist:
1. Inbir
2. Ashur Has Given Me a Brother
3. The Dawn is Waking
4. Modlitwa na Marny Czas
5. Of All the Gods
6. Ouroboros
7. The Four ETEMMŪ of KURNUGI
8. Morte
Line-up:
Levi - Vocals
Conrad - Rhythm & Lead Guitars, Samples
ZiaR - Rhythm Guitars, Vocals
Kriss - Bass, Vocals
Semuss - Drums
https://deformeathing.com |https://www.facebook.com/neolith
MØRKGRIM – Debut Album in October 2026 via Soulseller Records – Track Premiere
 Norwegian/Swedish entity MØRKGRIM have revealed a first track from their upcoming debut album, entitled "Sǫgur frá Norðfirði", set for release on October 2nd 2026 via Soulseller Records.
You can listen to "Garm" at this location: https://youtu.be/UgioAkOcZ9Q
Forged in isolation and rooted in the spirit of the early 90s, MØRKGRIM is Black Metal returned to its source with a blend of raw oldschool aggression and immersive acoustic folk/norse elements.
MØRKGRIM was founded in 1994 by Hrafngrímnir as a one-man Black Metal project during the golden years of the genre. Several songs were written in the early days, but never recorded, as Hrafngrímnir was active in other Black Metal bands at the time.
Decades later, Hrafngrímnir decided to awaken MØRKGRIM, but only if it could be done with the right spirit. He moved to a remote farm, far from modern comfort, where he still lives without ordinary modern utilities such as a flushing toilet or municipal water. There, surrounded by raw nature, silence and isolation, the first MØRKGRIM album was written and recorded. It is a tribute to raw nature, the old gods, ancient Norse magick, and the Old Ways, not as image, but as a way of life.
In 2023, Nils “Dominator” Fjellström joined MØRKGRIM on drums.
Pre-order options: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
1. RAMNEN KVÆD
2. BLÓÐSVǪRR
3. MØRKT
4. NORDLJÓS
5. FREYJA KVAÐ
6. GARM
7. VARÐLOKKUR
8. OUTRO
9. I MØRKRETS DJUPA SKOG (Bonustrack)
http://www.soulsellerrecords.com | https://www.morkgrim.com
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