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DREAM UNENDING – Third Album "Certain Uncertainties" in October 2026 via 20 Buck Spin – Details revealed & Track Premiere
 20 Buck Spin proudly announces the third full-length album from DREAM UNENDING, comprised of Derrick Vella (Tomb Mold) and Justin DeTore (Innumerable Forms, Magic Circle).
"Certain Uncertainties" is scheduled for October 30th 2026.
The first single "Strained Sincerity" has been premiered here: https://youtu.be/vRoKCt6ZeQw
With their first two albums DREAM UNENDING transformed the familiar architecture of Death Doom into a place of their own making. A language where cavernous heaviness could coexist with progressive rock, ambient music, jazz-informed improvisation and a disarming emotional candor. On new album "Certain Uncertainties" that expression remains intact, but its gaze has shifted. Where previous records often seemed to reach upward and outward, this one comes back down to earth: leaner in construction, rougher around the edges and possessed of a distinctly nocturnal atmosphere. Call it 'Adult Contemporary Doom' perhaps; music of considerable weight that has nevertheless learned how much can be said by leaving certain things unsaid.
Recorded with fewer layers and a deliberately more immediate instrumental approach, "Certain Uncertainties" gives the individual performances room to breathe. Derrick Vella's guitars move through blues, jazz and progressive vocabulary with unusual freedom, at times carrying the open-ended character of American roots music into territory rarely encountered within Doom. Justin DeTore's drums are present throughout, lending the album a more physical momentum and helping its compositions arrive at their destinations with greater economy. Yet concision has not diminished DREAM UNENDING's taste for release: the opening and closing pieces in particular build toward enormous pressure points, while the spaces between allow Vella's playing to wander, react and occasionally remain imperfect. Each song operates as its own vignette; part desert reverie, part after-hours noir; with traces of Western landscape, dim rooms and empty roads running throughout the album.
That earthbound quality suits an album concerned, at its core, with instability and reconstruction. Written during a period in which Vella was rebuilding his own sense of confidence in risk-taking, "Certain Uncertainties" carries doubt within it without surrendering to despair. The bruised balladry of "I Carry Your Burden" (featuring guest vocals by Brendan Radigan), the improvisational openness of the title track and the album's uglier eruptions of Death Doom all belong to the same emotional terrain: beauty and discomfort allowed to occupy the same frame. If DREAM UNENDING's earlier work imagined another world beyond the limits of heavy music, "Certain Uncertainties" finds something equally strange in the one beneath our feet. A record of dry air, long shadows, unresolved questions and the stubborn impulse to keep moving through them.
Mixed and Mastered by Arthur Rizk. Artwork by Benjamin Vierling. Guest appearances by Brendan Radigan (Magic Circle, Pagan Altar) & Leila Abdul-Rauf (Vastum).
Tracklist:
1. Blinding Allure
2. Certain Uncertainties
3. Strained Sincerity
4. Rubato
5. I Carry Your Burden
6. Causal
Line-up:
Justin DeTore - Drums and Vocals
Derrick Vella - Guitars and Bass
https://www.20buckspin.com | https://www.instagram.com/thedreamisunending
LEPER COLONY – Third Album "Back To Primal Sludge" out soon via Testimony Records – New Visualizer Video
 LEPER COLONY have revealed the final advance single from their new full-length album "Back To Primal Sludge, out on October 9th 2026 via Testimony Records.
"Dead Soul Consortium" is premiered here with a visualizer video: https://youtu.be/foE6lqS0eeE
Rogga Johansson comments: "The track 'Dead Soul Consortium' delivers utter heaviness dressed up in an epic cloak. This slow chugging brutality is wrapped in d-beat excursions. All of this leads into a catchy enough chorus that has the power to pound you into dust."
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
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HELL-BORN - New Video Clip - New Album "VII" out soon via Deformeathing Production
 HELL-BORN present a video for "Blood In Stone", the second single from their upcoming album "VII".
Check it out here: https://youtu.be/dG7Y-tkBWXk
The new album will be the band's most comprehensive, ominous, and apocalyptic effort to date. It will feature seven tracks of old-school death/black metal, infused with the band's signature melodies.
Out on October 9th 2026 via Deformeathing Production.
Tracklist:
1. Therion Calls
2. Chaotic Entities
3. In Scarlet And Death
4. Blood In Stone
5. The One With Horns
6. Funeral Of All
7. Exodus (Cross The Styx)
Line-up:
Baal Ravenlock – Vocals, Bass
Les – Guitars, Vocals (backing)
Diabolizer – Drums
Rambo – Guitars
https://www.deformeathing.com | https://www.facebook.com/officialHellborn
BONJOUR TRISTESSE - New Album "Disaster Triumphant" in November 2026 via AOP Records - Track Premiere & Details revevealed
 BONJOUR TRISTESSE present the first single from the upcoming new album "Disaster Triumphant", to be released on November 20th 2026 via AOP Records.
You can listen to "Tomb of Hope" here: https://youtu.be/CRIE_QV55e8
BONJOUR TRISTESSE plays atmospheric black metal, that is rooted in contempt for industrial civilization, grief for this dying planet we call our home and reverence for the natural world. The band weaves a symphony of sadness, wrath, alienation and inner emptiness with a sense of strength that arises from unabashed resilience and standing alone in the face of adversity.
“The Enlightenment has always aimed at liberating men from fear and establishing their sovereignty. Yet the fully enlightened earth radiates disaster triumphant.” – Max Horkheimer & Theodor W. Adorno
The title of BONJOUR TRISTESSE’s latest album “Disaster Triumphant” is taken from this quote. Nathanael was heavily inspired by the “Dialectic of Enlightenment” by philosophers Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno. They highlighted the double-edged nature of the Enlightenment, which, on the one hand, reined in superstition and religion, but on the other hand, subjected humanity and the natural world to entirely new constraints through technological progress, industrial civilization, the myth of human supremacy and the consequences of mass society.
The album cover by Abismo Black Arts also references this ambivalence that shapes our reality and aptly illustrates the core ideas of the “Dialectic of Enlightenment” and “Disaster Triumphant” alike. A critique of this “enlightened” yet thoroughly life-denying and nature-destroying “civilized” world underlies most songs on “Disaster Triumphant”. Other topics covered in the lyrics include meditations on loss, grief, melancholy, interpersonal feelings and the wish to retreat from a world, that is sinking deeper into chaos day by day.
Tracklist:
1. The Heights of Despair
2. At the Mountains of Silence
3. Tomb of Hope
4. Lingering in the Twilight of Shadows
5. Disaster Triumphant
https://shop.aoprecords.de | https://www.facebook.com/BonjourTristesseofficial
DEATHCULT – New Song Premiere – Third Album "Cult of the Dog" in October 2026 via Soulseller Records
 Norway's DEATHCULT have premiered another song from their new album "Cult Of The Dog", coming on October 2nd 2026 via Soulseller Records.
The track "Eat Broken Glass" is streaming here: https://youtu.be/K9a6wYU9T4o
Years in the making, DEATHCULT are returning with their cruel Norwegian black metal, firing the third album of their trilogy on to the world which began with "Cult of the Dragon" (2007) and "Cult of the Goat" (2017).
Recorded with legendary "Pytten" in Grieghallen, "Cult Of The Dog" promises top tier black metal - no compromises!
Cover artwork by Jannicke Wiese-Hansen.
Pre-order options: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
1. Dogs of War
2. Cynocephalus
3. Author of Caedes
4. Eat Broken Glass
5. Pseudocommando
6. Hyperviolence
7. Imperium Satana
Line up:
Skagg – Vocals / Guitars
Hoest – Bass
Thurzur – Drums
Lava – Guitars
http://www.soulsellerrecords.com | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100048542901382
SPIDERS – Video Clip Premiere - New Album "Crystal Eyes" out soon via Wild Kingdom
 The new single "Crystal Eyes" is the title track from SPIDERS' upcoming album and is undoubtedly one of the band's strongest moments to date.
Here's the video clip: https://youtu.be/oQsMQYkrYlw
With a confidence that shines through every second and a stellar production by Kalle and György (Svenska Grammofonstudion), Spiders deliver a song where everything falls perfectly into place. Drive, attitude, intensity, and an instinctive sense for melody come together in perfect balance.
At the center is Ann-Sofie Hoyles' charismatic voice, guiding the listener through a chorus that refuses to let go.
Accompanying the single is a brand-new music video created by production company Smack in close collaboration with the band. The result is a visually striking piece that challenges, engages, and connects seamlessly with the album's artwork and overall aesthetic.
Calling "Crystal Eyes" a potential hit may sound like a bold statement, but the question is whether Spiders have ever come closer. This is a song with all the ingredients to become an instant favorite among longtime fans and new listeners alike.
SPIDERS continue to cement their status as one of Sweden's most exciting rock bands. "Crystal Eyes" is big, contagious, and nearly impossible to resist. Out on September 25th 2026 via Wild Kingdom
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
MØRKGRIM – New Music Video – Debut Album in October 2026 via Soulseller Records
 Norwegian/Swedish entity MØRKGRIM present another song from their upcoming debut album "Sǫgur frá Norðfirði", scheduled for October 2nd 2026 via Soulseller Records.
A video clip for the track "BLÓÐSVǪRR" is available at this location: https://youtu.be/fiFwFLM4KlQ
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
URARV - New Album "Nychta Psychis" in October 2026 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions - Track Premiere
 URARV have premiered a ssong from their upcoming album "Nychta Psychis", set for release on October 16th 2026 through Darkness Shall Rise Productions.
"Dødheimsgard": https://youtu.be/ogwy12-gw9w
"Dødheimsgard" aims to point towards a specific goal whilst, at the same time, giving us the opportunity to realise that the pointer is not the goal.
Launched in 2003 by Aldrahn – one of Norwegian Black Metal’s foremost legends especially infamous for his inimitable vocals on landmark albums by THORNS, DØDHEIMSGARD or ZYKLON-B – URARV have so far managed to unleash a rather small but exquisite body of work.
Now boldly returning with the finest 32 minutes of idiosyncratic Black Metal insanity you will come across in a long time, the Norwegian weirdos fortunately didn`t stray one inch from their highly original path. The collective makes it unmistakably clear from the album’s very first second that they couldn’t care less what anyone might expect or think.
Although, their compositions doubtlessly display a stern Black Metal core, the Norwegian madmen instead of playing it safe, embrace an experimental approach to songwriting and don’t shy away from unusual elements not necessarily associated with Black Metal. This resulted in a beautifully unconventional album that is both adventurous and sophisticated without sounding pretentious or artificially original. Especially the sheer versatility displayed by Aldrahn’s vocal delivery throughout the album’s duration is breathtaking.
This is simply honest music written by seasoned musicians who have nothing to prove and none to please. If you like the early works of DØDHEIMSGARD mixed with a handful of different spices, do yourself a favour and make sure to purchase a copy of "Nychta Psychis".
Tracklist:
1. Dødheimsgard
2. Nychta Psychis
3. When Consciousness Identifies With Matter It Is Lost
4. Operation Genocide
5. Youniverse
https://darknessshallrise.de | https://www.facebook.com/urarv
DISSIMULATOR – New Track Premiere – Second Album "Artifice Dissolves" in October 2026 via 20 Buck Spin
 Canadian Sci-fi Technical Death-Thrashers DISSIMULATOR have unleashed another song their from upcoming sophomore album "Artifice Dissolves", set for release on October 2nd 2026 via 20 Buck Spin.
You can listen to "Neon Metropolis" at this location: https://youtu.be/T-aAFo_6xpI
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
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FIRTAN – New Music Video - Fifth Album "Helios" in October 2026 via AOP Records
 FIRTAN present the third single from their new album "Helios", scheduled for October 2nd 2026 via AOP Records.
A music video for the track "Kalika's Tongue" is premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/22_EMrNlVco
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
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