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ANTROPOMORPHIA - New Single / Music Video revealed - New Album "Devoid of Light" through Testimony Records in May 2025
 Dutch death metal veterans AntropomorphiA have unleashed another song from their new album "Devoid of Light", coming on May 16th 2025 through Testimony Records on CD, LP and in digital formats.
Check out the video clip for "Unending Hunt" at this location: https://youtu.be/KDKWBt0WpyI
"Devoid of Light" was recorded and mixed by Marco Stubbe at Aftermath Studio / Kaatsheuvel (NL), accompanied by Daan Janzing at Pitchfork Studio / Tilburg (NL), and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound, Osterby (DE). The cover artwork was created by Richard Schouten.
When AntropomorphiA created the album over a period of two and a half years, the recording process was spread out through a much longer process due to a variety of reasons. During the whole time, the band never lost sight of their vision: to combine a wide variety of harsh musical textures including fanatical, white-eyed aggression, misanthropic and nihilistic lyrics, and dark emotions such as anger, despair, and pain among many others into dark and oppressive soundscapes.
AntropomorphiA were originally spawned from the foul stench of death in the Dutch city of Tilburg in 1990. At the time, they were pioneers, which soon turned them into a corner stone of the brutal music scene in the Netherlands. After releasing their first official demo "Bowel Mutilation" (1992) the band immediately captured a record deal and recorded the EP "Necromantic Love Songs" (1993) only a few months later, which became a cult classic. Despite the occasional hiatus, AntropomorphiA continuously cemented their status as underground icons with a string of acclaimed releases. The debut full-length "Pure" (1998) was followed by the albums "Evangelivm Nekromantia" (2012), "Rites ov Perversion "(2014), "Sermon ov Wrath" (2017), and "Merciless Savagery" (2019).
Their uncompromising approach and ever expanding vortex of musical textures that included a growing influx of black metal elements into AntropomorphiA's musical and visual DNA, the Dutch have accepted invitations by the most relevant festivals and performed at Brutal Assault, In Flammen Open Air, Summer Breeze, Motocultor, Netherlands Deathfest, Roadburn Festival, and Eindhoven Metal Meeting among many more live events.
Now AntropomorphiA are returning with "Devoid of Light" to show the world that they are still hungry to push the limits of both their own band and the death metal scene to new frontiers. Crank the volume up to 10 and let this album rip!
Pre-order options: http://lnk.spkr.media/antropomorphia-devoidoflight
Tracklist:
1. The Withering Stench of Hope
2. Devoid of Light
3. Funeral Throne
4. In Writhing Rapture
5. Cancerous Bane
6. Unending Hunt
7. Ash Drapes the Earth
8. In the Shade of the Devil's Horns
9. Triumphant Death
https://www.facebook.com/testimonyrecords +++ https://www.facebook.com/AntropomorphiA
JADE - Second Album "Mysteries Of A Flowery Dream" coming in May 2025 via Pulverised Records - Video/Single Premiere
 Pulverised Records proudly announces the sophomore full-length album of JADE, entilted "Mysteries Of A Flowery Dream", set for release on May 9th 2025 on CD, LP and in digital versions.
A video clip for the first single "Shores Of Otherness" has been premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/6BYD5l3GrNw
"Mysteries Of A Flowery Dream" carries an ominous wave of darkness, redefining heaviness with new levels of musical production and arrangements.
Mainman J. compares it to "a journey into the dialogue between conscious and subconscious dreaming states and the mysteries around." He continues: "The music is a tribute to the timeless obscure metal language, from early death/doom manifestations to later atmospheric black acts, in a really heavy, intense and epic form which transcends ages, as the greenstone cult has endured."
"Mysteries Of A Flowery Dream" was recorded and mixed by Javi Felez at Moontower Studios (TEITANBLOOD, DESTRÖYER666, ALTARAGE etc.) and mastered by Jaime G. Arellano at Orgone Studios (GHOST, PARADISE LOST, VLTIMAS, PRIMORDIAL etc.). The cover artwork was created by Adam Burke (SOLSTAFIR, EVOKEN, ALTARS, UNTO OTHERS etc.).
A tape edition of the album will be released by Iron Fortress.
Tracklist:
1. The Stars’ Shelter
2. Light’s Blood
3. Shores Of Otherness
4. The Stars’ Shelter (II)
5. 9th Episode
6. Darkness In Movement
7. A Flowery Dream
https://www.pulverised.net +++ https://www.facebook.com/jadestonemask
BLEED - Debut Full-Length Album via 20 Buck Spin - Video Clip revealed - Alternative Rock Metal from Dallas / Texas
 20 Buck Spin proudly announces the highly anticipated self-titled debut full-length of alternative rock / metal act BLEED, set for release on May 2nd 2025 on all formats.
"Bleed" was engineered and Mixed by Rubio N. in Fort Worth & Austin, TX and mastered by Jordan Richardson at Electric Barryland. The artwork was created by longtime Deftones / Linkin Park collaborator Frank Maddocks.
A video clip for the first single "Marathon" is available here: https://youtu.be/SEBMx8KnlY8
BLEED’s introductory EP "Somebody’s Closer" was initially self-released by the band through digital platforms in 2021. Despite no physical release at the time, the EP, invoking late 90s / early 00’s era alt rock / metal gained the Dallas, Texas-based band a lotta buzz with its gauzy distortion balancing tension and atmosphere, and via several mutual connections came to the attention of 20 Buck Spin. The label issued vinyl and cassette editions in 2022 bringing BLEED’s music to new audiences and wider attention. Since that time the anticipation for the band’s debut full length has built to fever pitch, and at long last it arrives as Spring heads into Summer.
BLEED’s self-titled LP maintains the melodic heaviness and tight song structures of the EP, while diving headfirst into the oceanic haze, pushing their sound into territory more immersive, relentless and hypnoticlly lush. Guitars surge and sway in stacked waves of gravitational angst, overdriven rhythms eccentrically pulsing beneath, and guitarist / singer Ryan Hughes’s voice floating in and out, sometimes distant and detached, sometimes cracked open with desperation. Lyrics move in fragments, alluding to themes of deep interntal struggle, coping mechanisms and hurting those you love most. It’s music that doesn’t so much demand attention as seeps straight into the bloodstream, the kind of album that endlessly loops in the back of the mind at 3 a.m.
Bold strides are taken right outta the gate to make the authenticity of BLEED’s universe more expansive in its inspirations and ambitions. There’s a confidence to the way BLEED let’s these songs unfold, they make their impact immediate and have no need to persist longer than necessary. The result is an album that feels massive yet intimate, brutal yet beautiful, familar yet singular. It doesn’t simply leave an impression, it lingers, reverberating long after the final notes have faded.
For fans of Deftones, Helmet, Hum, Failure, Narrow Head and Soul Blind!
Tracklist:
01. Climbing Down
02. Fixate
03. Through The Cylinder
04. Killing Time
05. Marathon
06. Cynical
07. Enjoy Your Stay (ft. Static Dress)
08. Slip
09. Shallow
10. Take It Out
https://www.20buckspin.com +++ https://linktr.ee/bleed214
NATTVERD - New Track Premiere - Fifth Album "Tidloes Naadesloes" via Soulseller Records
 Norway's NATTVERD have revealed another track from their upcoming fifth full-length album "Tidloes Naadesloes", scheduled for March 21st 2025 via Soulseller Records on CD, LP and in digital versions.
You can listen to "Doedsfugl" here: https://youtu.be/eSJ5Jk5K2rg
"Tidloes Naadesloes" brings an essential dark stir of eerie, haunting & melancholic total Norwegian Black Metal!
Fronted by Doedsadmiral of Nordjevel, NATTVERD have created an album to top their legacy, and to dwell in sinister realms for ages to come. It was recorded at Caliban Studios and mixed and mastered by Ruben Willem. Featuring guest vocals by Hoest (Taake) and Von Hellreich.
Pre-order options: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
1. Iskalde Horn
2. Doedsfugl
3. For Aa Kunne Bli Doedt
4. Hvisk Deg Vekk
5. Raate Og Raatt
6. De Sviande Ord Vaagar Ikje For Sitt Liv
7. Udyr
8. Med Kniven I Oeyet
9. Naar Vi Har Dolket Guds Hjerte (Dødheimsgard cover)
10. Ens Egen Grav
https://www.facebook.com/SOULSELLERRECORDS +++ https://www.facebook.com/nattverdofficial
ARAN ANGMAR - New Track Premiere - Third Album "Ordo Diabolicum" via Soulseller Records
 International black metallers ARAN ANGMAR have unleashed another song from their new album "Ordo Diabolicum", coming on March 21st 2025 via Soulseller Records on CD, LP and digitally.
You can listen to "Crown Of The Gods" here: https://youtu.be/ZXA0Lw2mVNY
The band’s third full-length brings their music to a new level with an own personal sound which combines meditteranean atmospheres and nordic folk elements. It explores darkness not as a void but as a realm where truth reveals itself, boundaries shatter, and human freedom emerges. A sonic descent where chaos reveals liberation. A Black Metal ritual.
"Ordo Diabolicum" was mixed and mastered by Psychon (Septicflesh) at Sound Abuse Production and features a cover artwork by Stefan Todorovic (Khaos Diktator Designs).
Pre-order options: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
1. Dungeons of the Damned
2. Aeon Ablaze
3. Ordo Diabolicum
4. Hêlēl ben-Šaḥar
5. Crown of the Gods
6. Chariots of Death
7. Primordial Fire
8. Vae Victis
Line-up:
Lord Abagor - Vocals
Maahes - Guitars / Bass
Alessandro Cupici - Drums
Guest vocals on track 2 by Androniki Skoula and on track 3 by Thyragon. Traditional instruments on track 7 by Jarosław Niemiec.
https://www.facebook.com/SOULSELLERRECORDS +++ https://www.facebook.com/AranAngmar
MALTUKA - Debut EP "Black Rite" via High Roller Records - Full Stream available
 Up-and-coming Norwegian thrashers MALTUKA have premiered their entire debut EP "Black Rite", officially out on High Roller Records on March 7th 2025.
You can listen to all tracks already now at this location: https://youtu.be/jI5sTuWrZ4I
Guitarist/singer Viljar Brunvoll and drummer Mats first collaborated in 2016/17, recording two EPs and playing several shows as members of Psykopath. When that band dissolved, the two continued working together on demos, which eventually gave birth to MALTUKA. With influences ranging from Metallica and Slayer across Nuclear Assault to Teutonic legends Sodom as well as MALTUKA’s corpse-painted countrymen Immortal, the members give the tried and tested thrash formula an individual twist. Lyrically, "Black Rite" explores spiritual and occult themes, adding depth and atmosphere to the music.
The EP’s cover art, which is based on a painting by Kim Diaz Holm (Sólstafir, Vreid), visually represents the dark themes of the songs. And while they serve as an introduction to MALTUKA’s sound, the group has ambitious plans for their future. “This EP showcases our heavier, more to-the-point style of songwriting,” Viljar comments. “Our eventual first album will be more dynamic, featuring a broader range of influences and sounds.”
With "Black Rite", MALTUKA make a bold statement, offering an original take on thrash metal while also celebrating its roots. The band is ready to make its mark on the global metal scene, and this is just the beginning.
Ordering options: https://www.hrrecords.de/MALTUKA
Tracklist:
1. Judgement (Intro)
2. Blood Sacrifice
3. Condemnation
4. Xolotl
5. Black Rite
https://www.hrrecords.de+++ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61563413770301
VIGILHUNTER - New Single / Lyric Video Release - Debut Album via High Rolller in March 2025
 Italy's VIGILHUNTER have revealed another song from their self-titled debut album, coming on March 28th 2025 via High Roller Records on all formats.
A lyric video for "Titan Glory" is premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/CB_E5J8FmvQ
VIGILHUNTER was founded by vocalist / guitarist Alexx Panza, aiming to create late 80s US Heavy Metal with a prog-ish touch. With the help of bassist Mirko Negrino, who played a key role in bringing the songs and vision to life, the line-up was completed by Marcello “Cell” Leocani on drums and Mattia Itala on lead and rhythm guitar.
Their self-titled debut album is packed with screaming guitar riffs, high-pitched vocals, and a powerful yet dynamic approach to songwriting. It consists of 8 tracks, aiming to revive the lost art of US Heavy Metal, which many old-school metal fans still regard as the pinnacle of the genre for its untamable power and class.
Artwork by Nothingface Illustration. Mixed by Javier Félez Moontower Studios. Mastered by Arthur Rizk.
Pre-orders: https://www.hrrecords.de/VIGILHUNTER / Digital single: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/vigilhunter/disconnected
Tracklist:
1. Loading...Error 403
2. Disconnected
3. Titan Glory
4. Shadow Rider (Vigilante)
5. Curse of the Street
6. Sacrifice For Love
7. So Cold...It Burns
8. Outburst of Rage
9. The Downfall
Line-up:
Alexx Panza - Vocals & Rhythm/Lead Guitars
Mattia Itala - Rhythm/Lead Guitars
Mirko Negrino - Bass
Marcello "Cell" Leocani - Drums
https://www.hrrecords.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/vigilhunterband +++ https://www.instagram.com/vigilhunter_band
TOWER - New Album "Let There Be Dark" via Cruz Del Sur Music - Video Clip Premiere - Tourdates 2025
 Cruz Del Sur Music proudly announces "Let There Be Dark": The long-awaited new studio album from New York City’s TOWER finds the band digging into dark metallic territory for a powerful journey across ten songs!
"Let There Be Dark" was recorded from October to December 2024 with acclaimed producer and engineer Arthur Rizk (Blood Incantation, Cavalera Conspiracy, King Diamond) and features an amazing cover artwork created by Jared Fleming. It is set for release on March 21st 2025.
Get ready for TOWER’s darkest, heaviest offering to date!
A video clip for the first single and album opener "Under The Chapel" can be checked out here: https://youtu.be/9XhpKTlA6So
First pressing of the vinyl version will come in a gold embossed "leather" textured jacket! Pre-order options: https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com/store
"Let There Be Dark" - Tracklist:
01. Under The Chapel
02. Let There Be Dark
03. Holy Water
04. And I Cry
05. The Well Of Souls
06. Book Of The Hidden
07. Legio X Fretensis
08. Iron Clad
09. Don’t You Say
10. The Hammer
TOWER - European Tour 2025:
27.02.25 - Berlin (DE) - Reset Club
28.02.25 - Hamburg (DE) - Hell Over Hammaburg
04.03.25 - Nova Gorica (SI) - Mostovna
06.03.25 - Bologna (IT) - Freakout Club
07.03.25 - Bergamo (IT) - Dedolor Music HQ
08.03.25 - Athens (GR) - Up the Hammers Festival
10.03.25 - Goppingen (DE) - Zille
11.03.25 - Osnabruck (DE) - Bastard Club
12.03.25 - Kassel (DE) - Goldgrubbe
13.03.25 - Weimar (DE) - Kasseturm
15.03.25 - Pisek (CZ) - Heavy Metal Thunder Festival
https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/TOWERnyc
ISTAPP - New Lyric Video - New Album "Sól Tér Sortna" coming in March 2025 through Trollzorn Records
 Swedish Melodic Black Metallers ISTAPP have premiered another song from their upcoming new album "Sól Tér Sortna", set for release on March 6th 2025 through Trollzorn Records on CD, LP and in digital formats.
A lyric video for the track "Grýla" is available here: https://youtu.be/nWz2b8QuyGo
"Sól Tér Sortna" marks the epic landmark of 20 years of battle against the sun and its foul worshippers. Expect the band’s strongest battle hymns so far with spellbinding melodies, atmospheric soundscapes and haunting chantings.
This is the soundtrack of freezing victory and life as we know it will end!
Pre-order options: https://www.trollzorn.de
Cover artwork by Ivan Bragin Design.
Tracklist:
01. Under Jökelisen
02. Nifelheim
03. Grýla
04. Storm Av Is
05. Frostdraken
06. Sól Tér Sortna
07. Ragnarök
08. Istronens Furste
09. Kallbrand
10. Vinterkrig
https://www.facebook.com/trollzorn +++ https://www.facebook.com/IstappOfficial
WOMBBATH - New Album "Beyond The Abyss" via Pulverised Records - Track Premiere
 Swedish death metallers WOMBBATH have announced their new and seventh overall studio album "Beyond The Abyss", set for release on March 14th 2025 via Pulverised Records on CD, LP and in digital formats.
It was recorded, mixed & mastered at Studio Unbound by Jonny Pettersson and features a cover artwork by Julian Felipe Mora Ibañez (Consumption, Molder, Witchtrap, etc).
Get ready for the band’s most aggressive material to date. It pushes the progressive elements first displayed on the predecessor "Agma" (2021), but at the same time results in the most old school sounding album since the early days of WOMBBATH. Where "Agma" was fairly clean, "Beyond The Abyss" is dark, filthy and, in a way, more organic. With one foot in the early days of death metal and one foot in the future.
The album’s title track has been premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/Exl-oTJRlsk
Tracklist:
01. Intro
02. Words Unspoken
03. A Symphony Of Dread
04. Discord Of Doom
05. Beyond The Abyss
06. Malevolent
07. Faces Of Tragedy
08. Deep Hunger
09. The Damned And The Slain
10. Consumed By Fire
Line-up:
Håkan Stuvemark - Guitars
Jonny Pettersson - Vocals, Guitars
Thomas von Wachenfeldt - Guitars
Matt Davidson - Bass
Antti Silventoinen - Drums
https://www.pulverised.net +++ https://www.facebook.com/wombbathofficial
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