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LACERATION - Full Album Stream via 20 Buck Spin - US Death/Thrash
 Shortly before its official release on July 26th 2024 via 20 Buck Spin you can now listen to the new album of LACERATION in its entirety.
Check out the full stream of "I Erode" here: https://youtu.be/RLwCjv32EzE
Over the band’s lifetime, years of work and subtle refinement manifest now in LACERATION’s most assured and viscious material to date. Absolutely loaded with hallmarks of US Death Metal’s peak era, "I Erode" vehemently explodes outta the gate with merciless riffs, savage tempos, tastefully fleshripping solos and the malevolent undercurrents of aggressive Death Thrash perfection. Striking an ideal balance of technical and straightforward, high speed and mid-paced breaks, and a concise, to the point attack packed with variety, "I Erode" offers a purely addictive shot of real Death Metal adrenaline in a lineage that includes Demolition Hammer to Morgoth to Suffocation.
While perhaps invoking a sense of nostalgia, the fact is LACERATION’s evolved confidence and commitment to a song’s unsparing execution erase any focus on era on the neck-breaking "I Erode". The dedication to the Death Metal form’s timelessness and high standards for true acknowledgment mark LACERATION’s output now more than ever.
The band's sophomore full-length was recorded by Matt Harvey of Exhumed / Gruesome and mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios (Undergang, Vastum, Ulthar, High on Fire). The artwork was created by James Bousema (Frozen Soul, Kerry King, Celestial Sanctuary, Morgul Blade).
Tracklist:
1. Degradation (Intro)
2. Excised
3. Sadistic Enthrallment
4. Vile Incarnate
5. Dreams Of The Formless
6. Carcerality
7. Strangled By Hatred
8. Impaling Sorrow
9. I Erode
https://www.20buckspin.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/lacerationofficial
SVARTELDER - New Track Premiere - Norwegian Black Metal Album "Trenches" via Soulseller Records
 Norway’s SVARTELDER have revealed another song from their upcoming new album "Trenches", set for release on August 2nd 2024 via Soulseller Records.
Check out the new single "The Forgiving Isolation" at this location: https://youtu.be/yk41aIvYJ9c
Returning from the realm of breathing eyes, 5 years in the making, SVARTELDER present a new masterpiece with their unique take on old school black metal. Bombastic, atmospheric, yet thrashing and razorsharp!
The band's third full-length was mixed and mastered by Marius Strand at Strand Studio and features an artwork by Khaos Diktator.
Pre-order options: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
1. Psychotic Symphony
2. I Give The Stranger A Sign
3. Touch This Norwegian Finger
4. The Forgiving Isolation
5. As All Ends...
6. ...with Death
7. In The Trenches
https://www.facebook.com/SOULSELLERRECORDS +++ https://www.facebook.com/SvartelderOfficial
APEP - Sophomore Full-Length of Rising German Death Metallers via War Anthem Records - Lyric Video Premiere
 War Anthem Records proudly announces the sophomore full-length album of German Death Metallers APEP, entitled "Before Whom Evil Trembles", set for release on September 13th 2024 on CD, LP, MC and digital formats.
Founded in 2016, APEP deliver technical yet undeniably catchy Death Metal tunes reminiscent of bands like Nile or Morbid Angel. They released their debut album "The Invocation Of The Deathless One" in 2020 and have established their standing in the German scene with many gigs since then.
The new album features a cover artwork by renowned Italian artist Paolo Girardi and was mixed and mastered by Christoph Brandes at Iguana Studios.
A lyric video for the track "Before Whom Evil Trembles (Goddess of Carnage)" has been premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/kM0J4ml2-3k
For pre-order options check: Cudgel + War Anthem Records / Bandcamp + Apep / Bandcamp
Tracklist:
1. Enslaving the Putrefied Remnants of the Deceased
2. The Pillars of Betrayal
3. Tombs of Eternity
4. Wanderers in the Waste
5. Before Whom Evil Trembles (Goddess of Carnage)
6. The Breath of Kheti
7. Swallowed by Silent Sands
Line-up:
C. Fleckeisen - Vocals
O. Pikowski - Guitars
P. Kühn - Guitars
M. Friedrich - Drums
https://www.war-anthem.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/ApepBand
AMETHYST - Hard 'n' Heavy Debut "Throw Down The Gauntlet" via No Remorse Records - Video Clip Premiere
 No Remorse Records proudly announces the debut full-length of up-and-coming Swiss Heavy Metallers AMETHYST, entitled "Throw Down The Gauntlet", set for release on September 27th 2024.
AMETHYST was conceived in the year of the plague 2020 out of an ardent desire and passion to play Heavy Rock as raw and pure as the elders did in the glorious years of the late '70s and early '80s. They released a first EP ("Rock Knights") in 2023 and played numerous successful gigs and festivals including Muskelrock, Keep It True Rising, Chaos Descends and Steel City Sorcery.
"Throw Down The Gauntlet" was engineered, mixed and mastered by Drummer Eldo at City of Gold Studio, Switzerland and features a cover photography by Tomi Palinkas with additional layout by Annick Giroux.
A video clip for album’s opening track "Embers On The Loose" can be checked out here: https://youtu.be/smsSSye0Myc
Tracklist:
1. Embers On The Loose
2. Stand Up And Fight
3. Won't Do It Again
4. Running Out of Time
5. Rock Knights
6. Queen Of A Thousand Burning Hearts
7. Take Me Away
8. Serenade (Under The Rising Moon)
Line-Up:
Frëddy - Vocals
Ramon - Electric Rhythm and Lead Guitar
Yves - Electric, Rhythm and Lead Guitar
Miguel Sanchez - Electric Bass Guitar
Eldo - Drums
https://www.noremorse.gr +++ https://www.facebook.com/amethystrockknights
FULCI - New Visualizer Video - New Horror Death Metal Album "Duck Face Killings" via 20 Buck Spin
 Italian Horror Deathers FULCI have unleashed a second track from their long awaited new album "Duck Face Killings", set for release on August 9th 2024 via 20 Buck Spin.
Check out the visualizer video for "F*cked with a Broken Bottle" here: https://youtu.be/W8ryFLgN5pQ
For their 4th bloodthirsty full-length, the band presents a homage to one of Lucio Fulci’s most depraved and reviled films, "The New York Ripper".
Musically FULCI unleash a barrage of captivatingly gruesome riffs, gory pummeling, murderous slams, low-pitched guttural vocal patterns, and eerie intros and interludes. The band’s songwriting is consciously fixated on creating the most violent and sharpened music possible to convey the films extreme savagery, imagining a soundtrack for the most grisly and cynical slasher flick ever made.
Described by the British Board of Film Classification’s Carol Tpolski as "simply the most damaging film I have ever seen in my whole life", it was banned in the UK upon its 1982 release for the next 20 years. With "Duck Face Killings", FULCI's brutal delivery and graphic depiction of their mentor’s violent world shines like the glimmer of blood under the NYC street lights, shocking and wild.
The album features cover artwork by Wes Benscoter and guest appearances by Lord Goat of Non Phixion and Wood of Skinless. Synths contributed and performed by TV-CRIMES.
A first track, entitled "Rotten Apple", has been premiered at this location with a visualizer video: https://youtu.be/1XjPU5AXW3M
Tracklist:
01. Vile Butchery
02. A Blade In The Dark
03. Fucked with a Broken Bottle
04. Morbid Lust
05. Maniac Unleashed
06. Knife
07. Slashereality
08. Human Scalp Condition
09. Duck Face Killings
10. Rotten Apple
11. Sadistic Murder
12. Lo Squartatore
13. Stabbed, Gutted and Loved
14. Il Miele Del Diavolo
Line-up:
Dome Diego - Guitar
Fiore Stravino - Vocals
Ando Ferraiulo - Guitar
Klem Diglio - Bass
Edo Nicoloso - Drums
https://www.20buckspin.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/fulciband
TEMPLE OF DREAD - New Album "God Of The Godless" via Testimony Records - Lyric Video Premiere
 German death metallers TEMPLE OF DREAD proudly announce their fifth full-length album "God Of The Godless", set for release on October 4th 2024 via Testimony Records on CD, LP and in digital formats.
Like its highly acclaimed predecessor "Beyond Acheron" (2023), "God Of The Godless" comes with a massive production courtesy of drummer Jörg Uken, who owns and runs the renowned death metal smithy Soundlodge Tonstudio, and features a cover artwork by Italian artist Paolo Girardi. There is even a return of a guest-contribution by former Morgoth, now Insidious Disease and Asinhell vocalist Marc Grewe.
Building on their brutal death metal base, TEMPLE OF DREAD also work with dark and heavy parts as well as a surprising dash of melancholia - and even some knife-tips of black metal spice. Lyrically, they continue to upgrade the genre's traditional splatter-themes by translating them into the realm of classical myth. For the lyrics of "God Of The Godless", the East Frisians continue the fruitful collaboration with their friend and word-smith, the psychologist Frank "Doc" Albers. Furthermore, the trio has decided that it is time to leave their Northern German island and go raiding the rest of the world by performing live with an extended line-up. Watch out for crushing Frisian death metal in your neighbourhood!
A lyric video for the album's opening track, "Carnage Ritual", has been unleashed now at this location: https://youtu.be/9920UxeVS-I
Guitar shredder Markus Bünnemeyer comments: “Our first single ‘Carnage Ritual’ musically goes back to the beginnings of TEMPLE OF DREAD. No compromises, no experiments - just four minutes full steam ahead! The lyrical content is just as accurate: In Greek mythology, the people of Athens were compelled by King Minos to choose seven young men and seven young women to be offered as sacrificial victims to the monster Minotaur, to be killed in retribution for the death of Minos` son… The lyrics were once again visualized by Ecuadorian director Christian Kdrumworm (k-drumworm-media) with great attention to the details of the incredible artwork by Paolo Girardi!"
With "God Of The Godless", TEMPLE OF DREAD are again pushing the benchmark for intelligent death metal brutality to a higher level!
Tracklist:
1. Carnage Ritual
2. Spawn Of Filth
3. Black Scream
4. Sacrificial Dawn
5. God Of The Godless
6. Prophetic Misanthropy
7. Monstrosity Divine
8. Terminal Putrefaction
9. Demise Of Olympus
Line-up:
Jens Finger - Vocals
Markus Bünnemeyer - Guitars, Bass
Jörg Uken - Drums, Keys
http://lnk.spkr.media/temple-of-dread-godless +++ https://www.facebook.com/testimonyrecords +++ https://www.facebook.com/TempleofDread
DEMON BITCH - New Studio Album "Master Of The Games" via Gates Of Hell Records
 Gates Of Hell Records is proud to announce the signing of Detroit power metallers DEMON BITCH. The label will issue the band’s long-awaited sophomore album “Master Of The Games” later this year and reissue their 2014 “Death Is Hanging…” EP and heralded “Hellfriends” first full-length.
DEMON BITCH was formed in 2011, and after the aforementioned “Death Is Hanging…” EP, released “Hellfriends” in 2016, which was hailed by Toilet Ov Hell as “passionate, clever, and often outright bizarre, Demon Bitch accomplish everything that the hordes of modern bands trying to find their niche wish they could.” This was echoed by Ride Into Glory, who relayed, “Demon Bitch are an exemplary band, and we can only hope that their contributions thus far are only the beginnings of a long and prosperous career.”
The DEMON BITCH name should ring familiar to Gates Of Hell devotees: The band features several members of the heralded WHITE MAGICIAN within its ranks, including vocalist Logon, the guitar tandem of Lord Mars and D.B. Cooper and drummer Reverend Ceckowski. (Bassist B. Beastmaster completes the band.) Since then, WHITE MAGICIAN and ISENBLÅST (the band featuring Beastmaster) responsibilities temporarily sidelined DEMON BITCH, but the band is back and ready to ascend to the next level.
It starts with “Master Of The Games”, which was recorded in Lansing, Michigan, between 2022 and 2024 with George Szegedy, who was also at the helm for WHITE MAGICIAN’s “Dealers Of Divinity”. The band pulled in some additional help from their great friend Matt Prestone (DUNGEON BEAST, GHOST TOWER), who was previously responsible for recording “Hellfriends”.
According to Logon, “Master Of The Games” should ring true to those who devoured “Hellfriends”. “I’d say it’s a chaotic offering of obscure and underground U.S. power metal and classic heavy metal with some eclectic moments ranging from 1970s sensibilities to more extreme influences,” he says. “Fans of ‘Hellfriends’ won’t be disappointed—we’ll still offer a raw, unhinged and over-the-top approach. This album is different in that it might have more epic moments and a little more fruit to chew through before you get to the seed.”
The album’s first single is “Into The Archways”, a fast and relentless cut with neo-classical tendencies that tells the tale of a man and his symbiotic relationship with the castle to which he’s confined. “The castle walls sing songs for the souls that they claim, but all you hear is the clashing of chains calling you ‘Into The Archways’,” shares Logon.
With “Master Of The Games” delivered to Gates Of Hell and a new single on the way, DEMON BITCH is preparing to make their inaugural European appearance at Germany’s Chaos Descends festival in July, which will be followed by a few more intimate co-headlining gigs in Austria and Croatia with WHITE MAGICIAN.
“Fans can expect to witness the onslaught of a strange and loud intrigue dealing with the dramatics and dark romantics that make up DEMON BITCH,” says Logon. “You’ll have a chance to hear a couple of new songs, as well as a healthy dose of classics from ‘Hellfriends’ and maybe even earlier works.”
https://www.facebook.com/gatesofhellrecords +++ https://www.facebook.com/demonbitch
ATARAXIE - New Album "Le Déclin" via Ardua Music & Weird Truth Productions in October 2024 - Extreme Doom/Death Metal
 Extreme doom/death veterans ATARAXIE proudly announce their new and fifth overall full-length album entitled "Le Déclin", set for release on October 25th 2024 via Ardua Music & Weird Truth Productions on CD, double LP, tape and digitally.
Born in the fall of 2000 in Rouen (France), ATARAXIE take their main inspiration from the early 90s doom/death metal scene and slowest 80s/90s death metal bands. Thus, their genre mainly includes old school death metal parts and classic doom metal ones slowed down in the most extreme way but also various influences from the bleakest metal genres. Their music plays a lot with contrasts in general: ultra slow crushing parts alternate with furious blast beats, mournful parts with more epic ones, and vocals also varies from really deep grunts to tormented screams. Topped by a triple (!) guitar attack, ATARAXIE is a must for fans of diSEMBOWELMENT, Evoken, early My Dying Bride, Morgion, Cathedral, Esoteric, Asunder, Mournful Congregation, Spectral Voice or Incantation.
Lyrically, "Le Déclin" pushes the themes that were already present on its predecessor "Résignés" with a focus on subjects like manipulation and obfuscation of the masses, the cult of selfishness, dehumanization towards a parasiting virtual life, global warming insolubility, and reflects the unique musical style of ATARAXIE.
More info, cover artwork and pre-order options will be revealed soon - stay tuned!
Line-up:
Frédéric Patte-Brasseur - Guitar
Hugo Gaspar - Guitar
Jonathan Théry - Bass / Vocals
Julien Payan - Guitar
Pierre Sénécal - Drums
Photo credit: Ben Redcatcity
https://www.arduamusic.com +++ https://weirdtruth.jp +++ https://www.facebook.com/ataraxiedoom
ABRAMELIN - New Album "Sins of the Father" via Hammerheart Records - Artwork & Tracklost revealed
 Australian Death Metal pioneers ABRAMELIN present the artwork and tracklist for their new album "Sins of the Father"!
Arguably the pioneers of Death Metal in Australia, ABRAMELIN have just completed their 4th full length studio album titled: "Sins of the Father". Following on from their very well-received 2020 album, "Never Enough Snuff", "Sins of the Father" is an all-out brutal Death Metal assault on the senses; while lyrically, it continues to push the boundaries of horror and depravity.
Cover photography is done by Pauline Emmanuelle Langmead, costume design by Sally Watson, special effects by Larry Van Duynhoven. Make-up, hair and prosthetics appplication by Lee Norris and the models are Kiannah Dower and Martin Midlec!
The pre-orders will go live later this month, keep an eye on the Hammerheart Records website!
Tracklist:
01. Conflagration of the Dreamers
02. The Gory Hole
03. Sins of the Father
04. Man’s Best Friend
05. Last Rite
06. Shell of a Man
07. Deceased Estate
08. Meet the Meat
09. Street Art
10. You Bleed, I Feed
https://www.hammerheart.com
PHAËTHON - Debut Album "Wielder Of The Steel" via Gates Of Hell Records - UK Epic Heavy Metal Track Premiere
 Gates Of Hell Records proudly announces the debut full-length of London based Epic Heavy Metallers PHAËTHON, set for release on August 30th 2024.
"Wielder Of The Steel" is an eight-song herald of metal reverence and majesty that will no doubt appeal to fans of Manowar, Mercyful Fate, Bathory and Cirith Ungol. A masterclass in metal glory!
The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Dring at The Arch Recording Studio in Southport, England. Of immense consequence to the album’s sound is the construct of The Arch, which is a repurposed Methodist church. The Arch’s hallowed halls were ideal for drum tracking — a crucial element in capturing epic, old-school heavy metal. The setup also enabled PHAËTHON to track the rhythm section (drums, two guitars and bass) together, allowing PHAËTHON to sound like a band and not a collection of individual instruments.
The numbers on "Wielder Of The Steel" share a common thematic thread, with the cautionary tale of PHAËTHON at its core. The songs delve into the profound impact of narratives on humankind – be it of gods, superstitions, or outright lies - extending beyond the confines of Greek mythology. It is fitting lyrical matter for an album that brilliantly weaves a sonic and narrative journey through eras of valour and conflict, empires lost to time, and epic tales of defiance and ambition, all laying bare the eternal juxtaposition between mankind’s hubris and his indomitable spirit.
The first single, "Eternal Hammerer", has been premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/2-34cUhETh4
Tracklist:
1. Eternal Hammerer
2. Vanguard of the Emperor
3. For the Greater Good of Evil
4. Tolls of Perdition
5. Blasphemers
6. Forgotten Gods
7. Phaëthon Must Fall
8. Wielder of the Steel
Line-up:
Vrath - Vocals, Guitar
Decado - Guitar
Aees - Bass
Oskarath - Drums
https://www.facebook.com/gatesofhellrecords +++ https://www.facebook.com/phaethonband
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