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NEW WORLD DEPRESSION - New Lyric Video revealed - Seventh Album "Abysmal Void" coming in September 2025 via Testimony Records
 German death metallers NEW WORLD DEPRESSION have unleashed the second single from their new album "Abysmal Void", coming on September 19th 2025 via Testimony Records.
Check out the lyric video for "Carnage" here: https://youtu.be/xw_K3DSE0pI
Guitarist Julian Schulz comments: "We have picked 'Carnage' for the lyric video, because this song is particularly groovy, relentless, and crushing. This track paints a grim picture of a world consumed by chaos and brutality. With pounding riffs and furious vocals, it soon becomes clear that nothing will survive!"
NEW WORLD DEPRESSION raise the furious spirits of earth and sea on their seventh full-length "Abysmal Void". The album's ten songs each represent a chapter filled with one or more of humanity's failures such as delusion, greed, destruction, and war.
The German death metal veterans deliver an honest reckoning with the current state of the world – brutal, unfiltered, and unforgiving. "Abysmal Void" continues the dark thematic journey that began in 2020 with "Descent" and found its continuation throughout the band's latest album "Interment of Sins" (2023). Having landed in a mire of guilt and ruin of its own making, humanity now stares into the Abysmal Void, where nothing remains but darkness and decay.
Musically, NEW WORLD DEPRESSION stay on track and true to their old school death metal roots, yet "Abysmal Void" received a healthy dose of more groove, more atmosphere, and more depth. Sound-smith Jörg Uken has honed the album to perfection at his famous Soundlodge Studio in East Frisia, which enjoys an excellent reputation in death metal circles and beyond.
NEW WORLD DEPRESSION take humanity to the edge of the abyss with all the musical expertise gained from many years of experience both live and in studio. Just remember, if you listen hard to the brutal death metal inferno of "Abysmal Void", the abyss might also become aware of you!
Cover artwork by Juan Castellano.
Tracklist:
01. The Vault
02. Book of Trophies
03. Spoils of War
04. Blind Eyes
05. Marching on Our Graves
06. Burning Down
07. Grenadier
08. Expect No Mercy
09. Carnage
10. Moonbound Hunger
Live:
19.09.2025 - Saarbrücken (DE) Garage + Benediction
20.09.2025 - Villingen (DE) Klosterhof, Black Forest Fest VIII
http://lnk.spkr.media/newworlddepression-abysmal +++ https://www.facebook.com/newworlddepression
BONGINATOR - Sophomore Album "Retrodeath" in October 2025 via Testimony Records - New Track Premiere
 Testimony Records proudly announces the new album of American death metal fanatics BONGINATOR, "Retrodeath", set for release on October 24th 2025 on all formats.
The second single "Pizza Time (ft. Belushi Speed Ball)" has been premiered now with a lyric video: https://youtu.be/UJxV17crtkw
The band comments: "COWABUNGA BITCH! This is our righteous new banger best enjoyed with Bonginator's favorite meal, pizza! Remember - chicks love dudes who eat out! On this one our metalocity is off the charts! This is a bodacious rager for doing bong rips and stage diving. Just don't tell Master Splinter about the primo kush we got, yeah? Anyway, go stream this one, and if someone doesn't dig it... what the shell?"
A clip for the track "All Cops Are Biomechs" is already available here: https://youtu.be/1-WEUPMfYCw
Bang, boom, BONGINATOR! Madness reigns supreme on the band’s sophomore full-length: "Retrodeath" marks the birth of a new sound, not just for the band but also for the genre. The weed-devouring youngsters have actually put a lot of work into their new songs. Well, if you call immersing yourself for months into '80s action and horror movies as well as playing loads of old video games... 'work'.
Then again, more days were spent researching and emulating the exact synths used in the '80s to create some of their favorite soundtracks. The result is a fresh and somewhat happily unhinged sonic monster that has been carefully bred by BONGINATOR selectively crossing traditional US death metal, synthwave, and 16-bit computer game sounds.
"Retrodeath" takes everything further to far out, gleefully stitches together something new, something old, something borrowed, and a lot of things bold, but somehow manages to make sense of what sounds insane. Full weed ahead!
Cover Artwork by Dan Goldsworthy.
Tracklist:
01. Sequence Initiation (Intro)
02. All We Really Are Is Livestock
03. All Cops Are Biomechs
04. Pizza Time (ft. Belushi Speed Ball)
05. The Fog Interlude
06. The Fog
07. Short Ass Bus (ft. Big Ass Truck and Ignominious)
08. Lunk Alarm
09. Intruder Organism Interlude
10. Intruder Organism (ft. Fulci)
11. Who Let the "Things" (1989) Out
12. Outro (ft. Tim Capello)
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DRAGONSCLAW - New Lyric Video revealed - New Album "Moving Target" coming via High Roller Records
 DRAGONSCLAW have revealed the second single from their new album "Moving Target", coming on August 22nd 2025 via High Roller Records.
A lyric video for the track "Cry Wolf" is available here: https://youtu.be/9iBFwlGL2ZE
Giles Lavery is best known as the vocalist of Warlord, Alcatrazz and Jack Starr. On top of that, he is also a highly prolific band manager, record producer and label co-owner. DRAGONSCLAW is the name one of the first bands he formed in 2010, while still residing in Sydney, Australia. Their debut album "Prophecy" was quickly recorded in 2011, followed by "Judgement Day" (2013). And now, a record breaking twelve years later, it’s time for the follow-up.
Apart from Giles Lavery on vocals, "Moving Target" features Australian citizens Ben Thomas (guitars) and Aaron Thomas (bass) as well Warlord members Mark Zonder (drums) and Jimmy Waldo (keyboards).
"For me the direction on 'Moving Target' was intended to be if Judas Priest had made an album somewhere in 1985 between 'Defenders Of The Faith' and 'Turbo'," describes the vocalist the sound of the new DRAGONSCLAW album, "with some of the second Fifth Angel album in there too."
Keyboards are prominently featured on "Moving Target", which was actually the original plan of the band: "I think for this album the keyboards are very important, they create the needed atmosphere and drama. I would say that we used them in a similar way that Virgin Steele did on 'Age Of Consent', namely to build atmosphere. I really like that haunting effect keyboards can have when used right. Like Tony Banks from Genesis does, or Tony Carey on his Planet P Project albums ... Jimmy Waldo is one of those guys too."
With the band on fire and Giles Lavery coming across as a blend of Michael Kiske, Geoff Tate and Ronnie James Dio, "Moving Target" has every chance to become a modern-day heavy metal classic.
Artwork by All Things Rotten.
Tracklist:
1. The Road Beneath Your Wheels
2. Survival
3. Cry Wolf
4. Don't Break the Silence again
5. Back on the Streets
6. Ghost Soldiers
7. Shadowfire
8. (Tell me) All Your Lies
9. Raise Your Fist
https://www.hrrecords.de/DRAGONSCLAW +++ https://www.facebook.com/DragonsclawOfficial
AZURE EMOTE - New Video Single - New Album "Cryptic Aura" out soon via Testimony Records
 US Avantgarde Death Metallers AZURE EMOTE have revealed the final single from their upcoming new album "Cryptic Aura", set for release on July 25th 2025 via Testimony Records on CD, LP and in digital formats.
Check out the video clip for "Bleed With The Moon" here: https://youtu.be/6xa0MLONYqw
Band mastermind and vocalist Mike Hrubovcak states: "Overall, 'Bleed with the Moon’ is conceptually very simple and straightforward, but also one of the more personal songs on the album. Alcohol is a demon and I've named him Al-Kuhl. This analogy is based on my personal experiences and the lyrics are about getting possessed by this demon around a bonfire in the woods at night. I'm not trying to glorify excessive drinking here. I rather artistically convey the passion, euphoria, and physical and mental dangers of convening with such 'spirits' in the heat of the moment. I have a love/hate relationship with Al-Kuhl and I have learned that eventually it ends up taking much more than it gives. This song was written during such a night however, and even the album cover is a photo of a homemade skeleton that I made and burned in the woods along with a bottle and a bonfire."
AZURE EMOTE was created in 2003 by Mike Hrubovcak, with the help of long-time friend and guitarist Ryan Moll. It was formed as an experimental musical outlet to express personal negativity without the genre limitations often present within Extreme Metal. AZURE EMOTE incorporates a wide variety of instruments and musical styles to give each song its own unique sound, which includes varying elements of Experimental, Industrial, Electronic, Doom, Progressive and Blackened Death Metal.
The new album "Cryptic Aura" is a much darker and heavier offering than the previous albums. It’s misanthropic and disturbing atmospheres can be felt weaving it’s way throughout a skeleton of Progressive Death Metal, all the while engulfed by a firey smoke of dark keyboard effects and foreboding Violins. The cover photo (also created by Hrubovcak) is a returning meditation concept from the previous album, symbolizing the trauma and seismic change that has occurred throughout the last 5 years: Burning the effigy of the past, while embracing the cryptic next chapter.
"Cryptic Aura" was recorded by Ron Vento (Aurora Borealis) at Nightsky Studios, Maryland/USA, mixed by Noah Buchanan (Nunslaughter) at Mercinary Studios, Ohio/USA and mastered by Andy La Rocque (King Diamond) at Sonic Train Studios, Varberg/Sweden.
Tracklist:
01. Into Abysmal Oblivion
02. Insomnia Nervosa
03. Aeons Adrift
04. Bleed With The Moon
05. Defiance Infernus
06. Provoking The Obscene
07. Disease Of The Soul
08. Feast Of Leeches
09. Return To The Unknown
10. Writhing Lunacy
Line-up:
Mike Hrubovcak - Vocals & Keyboards (ex Monstrosity)
Ryan Moll - Guitars (Total Fucking Destruction)
Mike Heller - Drums (Malignancy, Raven, ex Fear Factory)
Kelly Conlon - Bass (ex Death, ex Monstrosity)
Pete Johansen - Violins (ex Sirenia)
Anna Murphy - Clean Vocals (ex Eluveitie)
Featuring guest solos by James Murphy, Andy La Rocque and Bob Davodian.
http://lnk.spkr.media/azureemote-crypticaura +++https://www.facebook.com/azureemote
LORD VIGO - New Album "Walk The Shadows" out now via High Roller Records - Full Album Stream
 The new and sixth overall full-length of German epic masters LORD VIGO, "Walk The Shadows", is out now via High Roller Records.
You can listen to the entire album here: https://youtu.be/ksD6oGK4yck
Following the highly acclaimed "Danse De Noir" (2020) and "We Shall Overcome" (2022), which formed part one and part two of a trilogy, the new album is not connected to this concept. Drummer, vocalist and keyboard player Vinz Clortho explains: "'Walk The Shadows' stands on its own and is not part of the trilogy. There is no coherent concept this time around, not a specific plot. These are all individual songs. It was quite a change for us after two very elaborate concept albums, and it was fun."
Songs like "Through A Glass Darkly", "Servant Of The Dark" or "The Triumph Of The Killing Heart" evoke some sort of Gothic Horror feel. If you delve into "Walk The Shadows", you will find a pretty eclectic mix of epic metal, gothic rock and post-punk, with traces of Sisters Of Mercy, Fields Of The Nephilim and even The Cure.
"Walk The Shadows" was recorded at Atomic Age Studio, produced / mixed by Vinz Clortho & Lord Vigo and mastered by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony. The front cover artwork was created by Markus Vesper, the back cover by Mirkow Gastow.
Get ready for the most varied LORD VIGO album so far!
Order options: https://www.hrrecords.de/LORD-VIGO +++ https://lordvigo.bandcamp.com/album/walk-the-shadows
Tracklist:
1. A Morbid Realm
2. Walk The Shadows
3. Through A Glass Darkly
4. We Shall Not
5. Killing Hearts And Endless Nights
6. Servant Of The Dark
7. The Triumph Of The Killing Heart
8. El Hakim
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ETERNAL DARKNESS - Debut & Final Album in July 2025 via Pulverised Records - Lyric Video Premiere
 A debut album 35 years in the making…
ETERNAL DARKNESS, one of Sweden’s oldest Death/Doom acts, will finally release their debut full-length on July 18th 2025 through Pulverised Records on CD, LP and digitally. Simply titled as "Eternal Darkness" it will also close the band’s chapter at the same time.
"Eternal Darkness" features eight tracks of unwavering Death Metal with the hefty strike of Doom maceration. It was recorded, mixed & mastered by Peter Bjärgö (Tyrant, Krypt Of Kerberos, etc) at the band’s former K-13 rehearsal room. The cover artwork was created by Skiftinge Darkness.
A lyric video for the album's opening track "The Beyond" has been premiered here: https://youtu.be/vo1avPdiC_M
In Death! Eternal Darkness (1990-2025)
Tracklist:
1. The Beyond
2. Pungent Awakening
3. Funeral
4. Grief
5. Into Crematory
6. When Life Ends
7. Death Above All
8. Til Death
https://www.pulverised.net +++ https://www.facebook.com/EternalDarknessSwe
FER DE LANCE - Second Album "Fires On The Mountainside" via Cruz Del Sur Music - Track Premiere
 Cruz Del Sur Music proudly announces the sophomore full-length of Chicago's Epic Heavy Metallers FER DE LANCE, entitled "Fires On The Mountainside", set for release on June 27th 2025 on CD, LP and in digital formats.
The band's name translates to spearhead, thus expect to be pierced by the archaic prowess of these musicians who have proven before to be a most wonderful example of the genre’s most mystical corner. Combining the melodic, folky, and ancient music of a far-gone time with the heavy metal magic of bands like Atlantean Kodex, Rainbow/Dio, Rotting Christ, and others.
Weaving landscapes from notes with such natural ability, fans of epic heavy/power metal with a pronounced doomy flare here and there will be enamored by "Fires on the Mountainside", a heartily warm yet battle-torn record. What you will find really sets this out from other bands in their niche is the ability to seamlessly incorporate elements of black metal, which enhances the atmosphere and greatly broadens the palette of sounds and feelings on display. Adding the most exciting progressions and combining the immersive and fantastical to masterfully fuse music with storytelling, there is still plenty of heavy metal at the core of this record to keep heads banging while they take you on a colossal adventure of tyrannical palaces, cruel temples, grim altars, black-winged ravens, and fiery revolution.
Expect the band to take you on enthralling adventures that harken back to the epic metal greats, especially of the 90s period, while stamping their own personality and vision clearly onto everything they do. In a world where so much music sounds the same, a band like FER DE LANCE takes you to untraversed lands and on conquests bolder than many dare to go. So, the brave amongst you, this is your clarion call!
"Fires On The Mountainside" was recorded, engineered and mixed by Matt Russell and mastered by Arthur Rizk.
The title track has been premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/DkeZw1RwXz8
Tracklist:
1. Fires on the Mountainside
2. Ravens Fly (Dreams of Daidalos)
3. Death Thrives (Where Walls Divide)
4. Fire & Gold
5. The Feast of Echoes
6. Children of Sky and Sea
7. Tempest Stele
https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/FerdeLanceMetal
POWER SURGE - Debut Album "Shadows Warning" out now on FHM Records - New Video Clip
 To celebrate today's official release of their highly acclaimed debut album "Shadows Warning", POWER SURGE have revealed a music video for the title track.
Check out the clip here: https://youtu.be/Vi4CmiScAb8
POWER SURGE is a new hard melodic metal band formed by Croatian singer Roko Nikolic and London based guitarist Srdjan Bilic, their music primarily evoking the late 1980s when bands were taking classic metal origins to the next step - whether ramping up the pace with faster technical riffing, introducing progressive twists, or adding a touch of AOR mystique.
"Shadows Warning" is available now via FHM Records: https://fhmrecords.bigcartel.com
Album cover by Badic Art.
Tracklist:
1. Shadows Warning
2. A Dream Into a Nightmare
3. Breathe New Life
4. With the Dawning
5. No Turning Back
6. Calm Before the Storm
7. Carry On (feat. Dejana and Vlad Claymorean)
8. Last Man Standing
9. Burnout
https://fhmrecords.bigcartel.com +++ https://linktr.ee/powersurgeheavymetal
BALMOG - New Track Premiere - New Album "Laio" via War Anthem Records
 Galician Black Metallers BALMOG have revealed another song from their new album "Laio", coming on May 23rd 2025 through War Anthem Records on CD, LP and in digital versions.
Check out the new single "Mashalam" here: https://youtu.be/Tm-WMhWhkmk
BALMOG's fifth full-length is by far their most ambitious and elaborate record to date. In "Laio" you can feel the beating of a heart spitting blood and a scream from the depths of BALMOG''s soul, the virginity and violence of the first albums with the personality and eclecticism of their later creative period. Join this muscial path that wanders between Pink Floyd, Ved Buens Ende, Bathory and Mayhem!
"Laio" was recorded and mixed at Moontower Studios (Destroyer 666, Teitanblood, Graveyard) by Javier Félez and mastered at Orgone Studios (Hexvessel, Ulver, Paradise Lost) by Jaime Gómez Arellano. The artwork, cover and layout was created by frontman Balc.
Pre-order options: https://war-anthem-records.bandcamp.com/album/laio +++ https://www.cudgel.de
Tracklist:
1. Falling
2. Mud to Gold
3. Tongue in Pieces
4. Like God Who Knows
5. Ortus Umbra
6. Mashalam
7. The Silence of the Trumpets
8. Getsemaní
https://www.war-anthem.de +++ https://www.instagram.com/balmogrevelation
UNDER RUINS - Debut Album "Age Of The Void" out now via FHM Records - New Lyric Video
 "Age Of The Void", the debut album of German Epic Metallers UNDER RUINS, is out now via FHM Records!
To celebrate their release, the band has revealed another lyric video for the track "Crimson Seas of Courage": https://youtu.be/eWyv51D7CSU
UNDER RUINS were founded in 2023 by members of established bands like THEM or LANFEAR to create songs with powerful rhythms, interwoven riffs and soaring melodies with epic choruses. The band shows that it's possible to go back in time without completely ignoring the future.
"Age Of The Void“ was mixed by Alexander Schucker at Recording of Arts Studios and mastered for CD and vinyl by Andy Horn at Final Audio Mastering.
Shop: https://fhmrecords.bigcartel.com
Tracklist:
1. MDCCCXVI
2. Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death
3. Lost Amidst the Unfathomable Abyss
4. Moonlit Requiem
5. Whispered Curses, Woe Unleashed
6. Crimson Seas of Courage
7. Great Drowning of Men
8. Fanfares
Line-up:
Nuno Miguel de Barros Fernandes - Vocals
Markus Ullrich - Guitars
Achim Rauscher - Guitars
Alexander Palma - Bass
Sascha de Lima Beul - Drums
https://fhmrecords.bigcartel.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/underruins
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