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TRIBUNAL - Sophomore Album "In Penitence and Ruin" via 20 Buck Spin - Full Stream available
 Shortly before its official release on April 18th 2025, 20 Buck Spin has revealed a full stream of "In Penitence and Ruin, the searing new album of Gothic/Doom Metal act TRIBUNAL.
You can listen to the entire album in advance here: https://youtu.be/wVOTl8olZCc
TRIBUNAL’s sophomore album is an elegy most grievous and forlorn, descending deeper into the solemn abyss of woe. 2023’s debut "The Weight of Remembrance" set a high bar for the Canadians becoming one of the year’s most notable and praised Doom releases, leading Decibel Mag to include the band’s new album in their annual list of most anticipated releases.
Conjured by the band’s new form as a fully fleshed out five-piece, ‘In Penitence and Ruin’ has a wider lens of cohesion and maturity weaving together the widow’s wail of doleful strings, chilling keys and percussion that tolls like the iron bell of fate. These elements ornament the monolithic foundation of crushing dirge and funereal melodies hewn from the marrow of sorrow itself. A conceptual piece, the songs form a cycle that ruminates on justice and punishment, centering on a guilty Penitent who cannot escape what they have done.
Like ivy upon the tombstone, "In Penitence And Ruin" winds slowly but inexorably towards spectral grandeur and eternal oblivion.
Cover artwork by Soren Mourne.
Tracklist:
1. Incarnadine
2. A Wound Unhealing
3. Angel of Mercy
4. The Sword of the Slain
5. Ruin
6. The Penitent
7. Armoured in Shadow
8. …And the Thorn-Choked Flowers Grow
9. Between the Sea and Stars
https://www.20buckspin.com/tribunal +++ https://www.facebook.com/TribunalDoom
LEPER COLONY - New Visualizer Video - Sophomore Album "Those Of The Morbid" out soon via Testimony Records
 German/Swedish deathers LEPER COLONY have unleashed the final advance single from their second album "Those Of The Morbid", coming on May 2nd 2025 (**new date / re-scheduled due to production issues**) through Testimony Records on CD, LP and in digital versions.
Check out the visualizer video for "Those Of The Morbid Inclination" at this location: https://youtu.be/7sKLmU3Y7NY
Axe-master Rogga Johansson comments: "The first line of this song is 'Born in a casket garden'. I mean, come on, does it get more death metal than that? Mid-paced riff-happy heaviness with a massive groove, that's what it's all about here. And it's all topped off with some of the best vocals in the scene and finished with a heavy-ass, simple chorus that drives the point home like a mallet to the skull!"
To introduce the current members of LEPER COLONY to any self-respecting death metal connoisseur would be like carrying coals to Newcastle. Just in case, German vocalist Marc Crewe has long-established his name as the former frontman of MORGOTH, and later with INSIDIOUS DISEASE as well as with the band ASINHELL. Guitarist and bass player Rogga Johansson has left a massive mark on Swedish death metal in a host of bands including PAGANIZER, RIBSPREADER, and REVOLTING. WOMBBATH guitarist Håkan Stuvemark has taken over lead guitar and he was joined as a new member by British drummer Jon Rudin, who is well-known from MONSTROUS and DEAD SUN among several other death metal acts.
With "Those of the Morbid", LEPER COLONY give old school death metal fanatics exactly the brutal and uncompromising album that they have been waiting for.
Pre-orders / Linkfire: http://lnk.spkr.media/leper-colony-morbid
Artwork by Felipe Mora.
Tracklist:
1. Facing The Faceless
2. Master’s Voice
3. The Age Of Insanity
4. Flesh To Rot To Ashes
5. Realm Of Madness
6. Those Of The Morbid Inclination
7. Apocalypse Whore
8. Creature From The Deep
9. A Story In Red
http://lnk.spkr.media/leper-colony-morbid +++ https://www.facebook.com/lepercolonyband
INHUMAN CONDITION - New Album "Mind Trap" - European Release via High Roller Records - Details & Music Video revealed
 High Roller Records proudly announces the European release of the third full-length album of Florida based Deathers INHUMAN CONDITION, entitled "Mind Trap", set for release on June 27th 2025 on CD, LP and MC.
Choosing the title of Massacre’s 1992 EP "Inhuman Condition" as the name of their new band after having left the death metal flagship in 2020, it is fair to say that Taylor Nordberg and Jeramie Kling have stuck to that well-established old-school sound for the last five years. However, INHUMAN CONDITION’s third full-length "Mind Trap" turns out to be more than Massacre 2.0, upping the ante on all fronts.
The fact that the original trio, which is completed by bass veteran Terry Butler (also a member of Massacre at various points in time), never sets any goals for themselves when working on new material has become a blessing: "We feel we have found our identity and finally moved past the link with Massacre," says Nordberg. "We didn’t rush any part of the writing, recording, mixing and so on. There’s an element of comfortability on this album, while still retaining that super hard edge."
The songs on "Mind Trap" are a "social commentary on the world we live in" according to the guitarist. "Some of my lyrics deal with the crushing grip of technology on our species. The album has it all – blood, guts, serial killers, sci-fi horror, shitty humans." Having produced the album entirely by themselves in their own studio, the result is nothing but outstanding. "Mind Trap" is graced with another striking cover art by Dan Goldsworthy (Accept, Alestorm) and attests to the special chemistry of the prolific duo behind INHUMAN CONDITION.
A video clip for the album’s opening track and first single "Severely Lifeless" is available here: https://youtu.be/Gd8xPardcVg
Pre-Order Link ( EU / UK ): https://www.hrrecords.de/INHUMAN-CONDITION
Tracklist:
1. Severely Lifeless
2. Face For Later
3. GodShip
4. The Betterment Plan
5. Mind - Tool - Weapon
6. Chaos Engine
7. Recollections Of The Future
8. Obscurer
9. Science Of Discontent
Line-up:
Jeramie Kling - Vocals, Drums
Taylor Nordberg - Guitars
Terry Butler - Bass
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TEASER SWEET - New Music Video - New Album "Night Stalker" via High Roller Records
 Sweden's hardrockin' heavy metallers TEASER SWEET have revealed a new video clip for their fourth full-length album "Night Stalker", coming on April 25th 2025 via High Roller Records.
Check out "Turn Me on" here: https://youtu.be/S1DQqclnaQw
Consisting of vocalist Therese Damberg, her brother Marcus Damberg on guitar, Hampus Steenberg on bass and Kent Svensson behind the drums, TEASER SWEET have already made some waves in the Swedish metal scene. They originally started out in 2013 and after recording a demo, they took to the stage and eventually released three albums and an EP: "Hit And Run" (2015), "In The Night" (EP, 2017), "Hypnotized" (2018) and "Monster" (2020). For the new album "Night Stalker" the band has inked a deal with High Roller Records.
Apart from being influenced by the music of Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Dio and even latter-day Europe, a song like “Deep in the Woods”, with its galloping bass work, owes a lot to Iron Maiden. Elsewhere, numbers such as "Cold is the Fire" and "Turn Me on" are also full of great hooks, making "Night Stalker" the band’s best album so far.
Pre-order options: https://www.hrrecords.de/TEASER-SWEET
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Night Stalker
3. Deep in the Woods
4. Living in Sin
5. Blue Sky
6. Eat You Alive
7. Turn Me on
8. Killer Machine
9. Cold is the Fire
https://www.hrrecords.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/teasersweetband
MALPHAS - New Track Premiere - Fourth Album "Extinct" out soon via Soulseller Records
 Switzerland's MALPHAS have revealed another track from their upcoming new album "Extinct", set for release on April 11th 2025 via Soulseller Records.
"Majestic Moon" is streaming here: https://youtu.be/9-dmQ9wKK54
MALPHAS have been working their way through the underground for several years now and with "Extinct" they are raising the stakes even further. The album enters a new journey into more chaotic and wild fields and unleashes the band's full hate against the world. With more thrashy influences and riffs, the album neither looses the band's classic style, nor does the melancholic and softer parts get lost. It is a fury hammer of Swedish inspired Black Metal, of ups and downs, of melancholy and chaos, ready to smash every listeners ears. This is the most versatile album of the band so far and expresses a general death-wish to all.
"Extinct" was recorded at Chäuer Studios Bärn and mixed and mastered by Markus Stock at Klangschmiede Studio E. The artwork was created by Misanthropic Arts.
Get ready for 9 tracks of astral Black Metal dissonance fired upon humanity as a cosmic storm!
Pre-orders: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
1. Psychomachia
2. Eradicate.Manifest.Define
3. Trenches
4. Majestic Moon
5. Consumed
6. Gamygyn
7. Butcher's Broom
8. Armada Christi
9. Astral Dissonance
https://www.facebook.com/SOULSELLERRECORDS +++ https://www.facebook.com/Malphasoccult
KARG - New Single "Annapurna" revealed - New Album "Marodeur" out soon via AOP Records
 Austrian post/atmospheric black metallers KARG present another track from their upcoming new album "Marodeur", set for release on April 18th 2025 via AOP Records.
"Annapurna" feat. Klara // Firtan: https://youtu.be/1FV2SWtbv6k
KARG was founded back in the summer of 2006 as a one-man project. Between 2010 & 2014 KARG was fully formed as a band to play gigs, formally in Germany, Austria and Central Europe. In the years till 2018 KARG was, like in its beginning, held as a one-man project and released to more albums. With the release of the sixth studio album “Dornenvögel”, KARG did celebrate its rebirth as a live band for a few special dates in 2018 & 2019. They did their first real tour supporting their 7th album “Traktat” in February 2020. Since then, and during the years of the pandemic, KARG recorded the EP “Resilienz”, and the albums “Resignation” and “Marodeur”, the second to be released April 18th via AOP Records, the first album by KARG written as a collective. The band will play a short album release tour through Europe in the release week of “Marodeur” together with Harakiri For The Sky and Swiss Trio E-L-R. More dates will follow.
The musical style of KARG is a furious, hysteric mixture of Atmospheric Black Metal and a huge load of Post Rock, with influences also from Grunge, Shoegaze and Post Punk. The influences from other genres than Black Metal evolved more and more within the last few years but were there in abridged form since day one. Textual KARG always was about the more melancholic side of life, such as broken relationships, lost love, estrangement, drug abuse, loss or suicide thoughts and depression. In contrast to many other bands KARG’s lyrics are as equal important than there music and are written in the dialect written near the Tennen Mountains, where frontman Michael J.J. Kogler grew up.
Tracklist:
1. Schnee ist das Blut der Geister
2. Findling
3. Yūgen
4. Verbrannte Brücken
5. Annapurna
6. Reminiszenzen einer Jugend
7. Kimm
8. Anemoia
https://shop.aoprecords.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/kargband
TAÄR - New Song Premiere - Debut Album "Catharsis Till Dawn" out soon via Soulseller Records
 Greece/Switzerland based TAÄR have unleashed a second track from their upcoming debut album "Catharsis Till Dawn", due on April 11th 2025 through Soulseller Records on CD, LP and in digital versions.
You can check out "Where Death Stalks Its Prey" here: https://youtu.be/q9u9L70EaWE
TAÄR is a nostalgic, warlike black metal band which is heavily influenced heavily by the 90s underground scene. It's a combination of aggressive vocals, sharp guitar riffs and fast blast beats, evoking the atmosphere of ancient battles. Members of TAÄR also contribute to the intense creativity of Anticreation, Burial Hordes, and Katafalk.
Expect nothing more than a raw and carnal fire storm of true black metal heresy!
"Catharsis Till Dawn" was mixed and mastered at Descent Studio in Athens and features a cover artwork by Belial Necroarts.
Pre-order options: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
1. Celestial Carnage
2. Feathered Echoes Of Wrath
3. The Storm Of War
4. Perpetual Descent
5. At Depths Of Damnation
6. Undead's Turn
7. Where Death Stalks Its Prey
8. The Impaler's Triumph
9. Catharsis Till Dawn
https://www.facebook.com/SOULSELLERRECORDS +++ https://www.facebook.com/TaarOfficial
GHÖRNT - New Track Premiere - Third Album "Bluetgraf" out soon via Soulseller Records
 Swiss black metallers GHÖRNT have premiered another song from their third full-length "Bluetgraf", coming on April 11th 2025 via Soulseller Records on CD, LP and digitally.
You can listen to "För Emmer" here: https://youtu.be/Wwnr2xQWbs8
With "Bluetgraf" the witching duo have brewed an unusual and piece of dark art. The album combines fury blast beats and uptempo with melodic leads that will stick in your head. Thematically it is all about different stories about vampires, including the most famous ones like Vlad Tepes, and local myths.
Travel through the myths woven and told through the band’s native Luzern dialect!
"Bluetgraf" was recorded at Chäuer Studios / Bär (drums, bass and guitars) and Hellvete Studio / Luzern (vocals) and mixed / mastered by Christoph Brandes at Iguana Studios. Artwork by Julian.
Pre-orders: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
1. Bluetgraf
2. För Emmer
3. Jagd
4. Vlad
5. Dominator
6. Wit Wääg vo de Sonne
7. Hass
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NAIL BY NAIL - Debut Album "Embraced by Darkness" coming in May 2025 via War Anthem Records
 War Anthem Records proudly announces the debut album of German act NAIL BY NAIL, entitled "Embraced by Darkness", set for release on May 9th 2025 on CD and all digital platforms.
With members of KRAANIUM and IMPERIUM DEKADENZ the band evokes a bastard of raging and hauting Black/Death Metal to pierce marrow and bone.
Immerse yourself in a tenebrous soundscape encased of melancholy, loathing and despair – enter the void towards the gallows!
For a first impression check out these locations: https://war-anthem-records.bandcamp.com/album/embraced-by-darkness +++ https://youtu.be/ZBBjO-bMD3U
Tracklist:
1. Born in Total War
2. Crooked Nails
3. Cosmic Fire
4. The Frozen Tomb
5. Embraced by Darkness
6. Dagger Nights
Line-up:
Philipp H. - Vocals
Tobias R. - Guitars
Lars. H. - Guitars
Emmanuel B. - Bass
Noel A. - Drums
https://www.war-anthem.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/nailbynailband
THE GREAT SEA - New Single / Visualizer Video - Debut Album "Noble Art Of Desolation" via AOP Records in April 2025
 THE GREAT SEA proudly present another song from their upcoming debut album "Noble Art Of Desolation", set for release on April 25th 2025 via AOP Records.
A visualizer video for the track "Upright In Nothing" is premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/aCdrvG6AM3k
Guitarist SH comments: "The song is about the cold and mystical ecstasy of a dead winter. A’s vocals are as cutting as the guitars, expressing the icy coldness reflected in the lyrics as well. Throwing grapes onto lips of frozen horses…"
As the world turns more modern with every second, THE GREAT SEA tries to hold something dear that seems to fade out: The origin of mankind in its most primordial way, with the burden of aeons on our back.
With the feeling of what once was and a touch of what should never be forgotten they strife through powerful aggression and sentimental bereavement, without repeating what has said so many times before. Through the waters of forgetfulness their debut-record glitters through frost, fallen leaves and the restless waves.
THE GREAT SEA was founded in 2022 by JR (Long Distance Calling) and SH (Ordeal & Plight) with the ambition to create an atmosphere that can keep up with the majesty of the mountains and the horrible depths of the seas, with a glimpse into the never ending darkness that is behind and before us. To give the sound what it deserves, they invited Phil Jonas (Crone, ex-Secrets Of The Moon) and Azathoth (Gràb, ex-Dark Fortress) to leave their mark on this record, creating a connection between this world and spheres that can never be spoken of. Both songs are integrated to the rest of the record with maximum black glue, giving the listener the experience of deep current.
This record is a journey to find yourself rooted back to where mankind belongs: home.
Tracklist:
1. The Water Remains
2. Eden Unfolded
3. The Maze
4. No Peace Among Men
5. Fading (Instrumental)
6. Upright In Nothing
7. Walking At The Edge Of Death
https://shop.aoprecords.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/thegreatseaofficial
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