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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
https://www.20buckspin.com | https://www.facebook.com/dissimulatorofficial
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
ABYSSIC – Deal with Soulseller Records – New Album "Trollsyn" in early 2027
 Soulseller Records proudly announces the signing of atmospheric folk doom act ABYSSIC.
The Norwegians have finished recordings for their upcoming full-length "Trollsyn", which promises to become an absolute exceptional album.
The band states: "We are thrilled to announce that Abyssic has officially joined the Soulseller Records family! We are convinced that signing with Soulseller is exactly what we need to take our music and the band to the next level. Our upcoming album, 'Trollsyn', features eight strong and evocative tracks, and this time all the lyrics are in Norwegian. The thematic concept might surprise many of our listeners. You can expect elements of Norwegian folklore and heritage, inspired by nature and the majestic mystery of the woods. Leaving you with an eerie and deeply atmospheric album! So it shall be written, so it shall be done."
"Trollsyn" will be released early 2027. Stay tuned for updates!
Line-up:
Memnock – vocals, upright bass
Elvorn – guitar
Borg – synth, orchestration
Makhashanah – bass, vocals
Tjodalv – drums
http://www.soulsellerrecords.com | https://www.abyssic.com
REVEL IN FLESH – Video Clip Premiere – New Album "Flesh For The Kult Of Death" out soon via War Anthem Records
 REVEL IN FLESH have revealed the final single for their new full-length album "Flesh For The Kult Of Death", coming on September 18th 2026 via War Anthem Records.
Check out the video clip for "Bodybag Inferno" here: https://youtu.be/eFoJlsSRssM
With "Flesh For The Kult Of Death", which introduces the band's revamped line-up, REVEL IN FLESH open a new chapter - one that simultaneously marks an uncompromising return to their roots. Moving beyond their recent releases, the band refocuses on the very essence that defined them from the start: dark, riff-driven Death Metal deeply rooted in the classic Swedish sound.
Inspired by the spirit of early albums like "Manifested Darkness" and "Death Kult Legions", "Flesh For The Kult Of Death" unleashes a massive blend of chainsaw guitars, morbid melodies and a sinister atmosphere that captivates the listener from the first note to the last. Yet, the band achieves far more than a mere nostalgic look back - REVEL IN FLESH combine the raw energy of their early days with the experience and songwriting skills of a band that has matured over the years.
Thematically, the album once again delves into the dark realms of death, cults and decay, underscoring the band’s uncompromising commitment to carrying the torch of classic Death Metal with authenticity and passion.
With "Flesh For The Kult Of Death", REVEL IN FLESH deliver their most steadfast declaration of devotion to traditional Death Metal to date - raw, dark, anthemic and brimming with unbridled energy. For fans of the band’s early era and devotees of classic Swedish Death Metal alike, this album represents a triumphant return to the darkness from which REVEL IN FLESH originally emerged.
The Cult Lives. Death Reigns. Flesh Prevails.
Cover artwork by Juanjo Castellano Rosado.
Tracklist:
01. Flesh for the Kult of Death
02. Bodybag Inferno
03. The Graverobber
04. Pool of Blood
05. Hellhole
06. Tombstalker
07. Death Kult Maniacs
08. Priest of Flesh
09. Demon Dawn
10. The Last Farewell
11. All I Had (I Gave)
Line-up:
Ralf Hauber – Vocals
Jonny Pettersson – Guitar / Bass
Simon Abele – Guitar
Erik Barthold – Drums
https://www.war-anthem.de | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100044540135116
CIRITH UNGOL - New Album "All The Shadows" on October 30th via No Remorse Records – Details & Track Premiere
 The legendary Heavy Metal band CIRITH UNGOL will unleash their seventh full-length, "All The Shadows", on October 30th 2026 via No Remorse Records.
You can listen to the first single & lyric video for the title track at this location: https://youtu.be/oQZSgaxHkuk
Robert Garven comments on the first single: “This song is a crushing opening to the album, forged by the Masters of the Pit!”
Pre-orders have started including different, special and limited versions on vinyl and CD: https://www.noremorse.gr
Formed in Ventura, California in the early 1970s, CIRITH UNGOL is a band with a remarkable story, creating a unique and original sound. From the eccentric and mysterious debut album "Frost And Fire", to the heavier and darker "King Of The Dead" and "One Foot In Hell", CIRITH UNGOL's music and lyrical themes offered to the world epic, apocalyptic and doom-filled music. In 1991, CIRITH UNGOL released "Paradise Lost", an album that became a fan-favourite over the years, but led them to oblivion and they disbanded a year later.
The myth was getting stronger, the demand was getting bigger, the passion started taking over. In 2015, CIRITH UNGOL reunited, offering to the world the live shows they were waiting for! It was a dream come true for many fans. More than that, the band also recorded two more albums, "Forever Black" in 2015 and "Dark Parade" in 2023, expanding their legacy and getting the recognition they deserved. Not only in the underground metal scene, as the leaders and founders of cult, arcane and obscure metal, but in Heavy Metal in general. In 2024, it was announced that CIRITH UNGOL would perform their last shows, but two years later, the beast could not rest and the fire still burns.
"All The Shadows" is a classic CIRITH UNGOL album in every sense of the word. Furthermore, it is not an exaggeration that this album is one of the band's strongest efforts ever! Few bands can claim that they recorded a record equal to their older, established and classic albums, and even fewer can support a solid statement that a new album after decades can look in the eyes, or even top, their classic albums. CIRITH UNGOL actually did it. This album was the culmination of their desire to keep forging their unique brand of true metal.
"'All The Shadows' is the latest step along the twisted journey that defines CIRITH UNGOL. Tales of blackened hearts and broken dreams. Echoes of madness, corruption, sin, demented visions and unspeakable horror. Man's dystopian future laid bare... The continued saga of our never-ending descent into the dark parade." - Tim Baker
"This is the bands next chapter, describing mankind’s descent into darkness and despair! Tim Baker is the Nostradamus of our time." - Robert Garven
"All The Shadows" was recorded at The Captains Quarters, Ventura, CA. Engineered, mixed and mastered by Armand John Anthony. Produced by CIRITH UNGOL and Armand John Anthony. Executive Producer: Jarvis Leatherby. The incredible cover art was created by the acclaimed fantasy artist Michael Whelan.
Tracklist:
1. All The Shadows
2. This Mortal Stain
3. Turning Blind
4. Shallow Reflection
5. Empty Tomb
6. On Broken Wings
7. Hollow Nimbus
8. Venus In Thirds
Line-up:
Tim Baker – Vocals, Background Vocals
Armand John Anthony – Guitars, Background Vocals
Jarvis Leatherby – Bass, Background Vocals
Robert Garven – Drums and Percussion, Background Vocals
https://www.noremorse.gr | https://www.facebook.com/cirithungolofficial
DEATHBARREL – Track Premiere – New Album "Life Resignation Notice" in November 2026 via Soulseller Records
 DEATHBARREL have premiered the first single from their new studio album "Life Resignation Notice", scheduled for November 6th 2026 through Soulseller Records.
You can listen to " Calm Before the Storm" here https://youtu.be/5WMbY6Id2Cc
"Life Resignation Notice", the band's first full-length in 14 years, was recorded in Ding Dong Lydstudio and produced, mixed and mastered by Tollak Friestad. An album so steeped in darkness that it's bound to cross over and thrive with any genre found down below. See DEATHBARREL take the stage and set a new world order.
DEATHBARREL deals in dark outlaw country from the cold and ruthless edges of Norway. A soundtrack for empty roads, bad decisions, broken hearts and the ghosts that refuse to stay buried. Driving guitars, whiskey-soaked melodies and stories dragged straight from the shadows - where Southern Gothic meets the bleakness of the North.
No pretty lies. No redemption promised. Just True Norwegian Outlaw Country.
Pre-order options: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist
01. Intro
02. Pale Rider
03. Suffer You
04. Calm Before the Storm
05. Going Down
06. Capsized Dance
07. Four Sisters
08. A Classic Christmas Song
09. End of Days
10. O'Death
11. Don't Mind Me
Line Up:
Ottar B. Strangeland: Vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
Tollak Friestad: Bass & backing vocals
Rolf Gjesdal: Acoustic & electric guitars
(drums and various instruments performed by various artists)
http://www.soulsellerrecords.com | https://www.facebook.com/deathbarrel
CLOVEN HOOF – New Track Premiere – Tenth Album "Never A Prophet In Your Own Land" out soon via High Roller Records
 CLOVEN HOOF proudly present another song from their upcoming new album "Never A Prophet In Your Own Land", set for release on September 25th 2026 via High Roller Records.
The track "Conquistador" will be premiered soon with a lyric video: https://youtu.be/_QxHi-BDz4g
"Never A Prophet In Your Own Land" has become a highly varied album, containing mid-tempo songs, faster tunes, epic compositions and straight heavy metal rockers. It was recorded by Chris Dando and Ben Fitzharris at Vault Studios, Kidderminster / UK and mixed and mastered by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony. The cover artwork was created by Dimitar Nikolov.
It was a coup when main man and bassist Lee Payne announced that Harry “The Tyrant” Conklin, who had moved to Greece, would be joining his band CLOVEN HOOF. The former Jag Panzer frontman was the perfect replacement for Russ North, who was considered to be the ultimate CLOVEN HOOF singer by fans – sadly he is no longer with us. As a result, reactions to the band’s first album with Harry Conklin at the mike were outstanding. "Heathen Cross" was released on High Roller Records in 2024.
It’s now followed by CLOVEN HOOF’s tenth full-length studio album entitled "Never A Prophet In Your Own Land". Once again, the vocal performance of "The Tyrant" is world-class. Lee Payne states: "The praise is all Harry’s. We are indeed fortunate to have such a brilliant vocalist and frontman in the band."
"'Never A Prophet In Your Own Land' is not in fact a direct continuation of 'Heathen Cross'," continues Payne. "'Heathen Cross' had its own darkly heavy and brooding atmosphere. 'Never A Prophet In Your Own Land' resembles 'A Sultan’s Ransom' more closely, yet this resemblance was not contrived or planned. It just turned out that way.”
Tracklist:
01. Terror From The Skies
02. Conquistador
03. Never A Prophet
04. Gypsy Roller
05. The Bigger They Are
06. Iron Mask
07. Phantom Chaser
08. Flying Dutchman
09. Prodigal Son
10. Seven Sacred Wonders
Line-up:
Lee Payne: Bass Guitar
Harry (the Tyrant) Conklin: Lead Vocals
Luke Hatton: Lead Guitar
Chris Coss: Lead Guitar
Ash Baker: Drums / Backing Vocals
Chris Dando: Keyboards / Backing Vocals
https://www.hrrecords.de/CLOVEN-HOOF | https://www.facebook.com/clovenhoof1979
CH’AHOM – New Track Premiere – Second Album "Anthropic Rites Of Sublimation" out in September 2026 via 20 Buck Spin
 German Black-Deathers CH’AHOM have revealed another song from their sophomore album "Anthropic Rites of Sublimation", set for release on September 18th 2026 via 20 Buck Spin.
You can listen to "Priests Of Lik’in" at this location: https://youtu.be/XYWvu_O5_7I
CH’AHOM offer upon the altar of sacrifice their 2nd album "Anthropic Rites of Sublimation", a concept album set in a fictional world inspired by the rituals, art and architecture of pre-Hispanic cultures. Continuing where their "Ts’ono’ot" EP ended, its story unfolds around a cenote of impossible dimensions whose cosmic call draws the lost and uncertain toward self-sacrifice. Four civilizations rise along its edge, each developing its own rites, hierarchies and monuments to transform the abyss’s fatal summons into a foundation for collective existence.
CH’AHOM gives this imagined world form through cavernous death metal, bestial eruptions and feverishly progressive structures. Savage riffing coils through suffocating chambers of rhythmic conjuration while ancient instrumentation emerges from the tumult like echoes inside a buried temple. "Anthropic Rites of Sublimation" moves like the cenote itself, drawing the listener inward through an ecstatic and ever-deepening sense of the unknown.
Inspired by a deliberately literal interpretation of the death drive and its sublimation, CH’AHOM explores culture as a response to an irresistible desire for self-erasure. Mutilation, vicarious sacrifice, enslavement and willing surrender become the foundations of competing societies awaiting the cenote’s periodic opening. CH’AHOM transforms this dark fiction into an immense ritual of sound, portraying humanity through its terrifying ingenuity: creating faith, beauty and entire civilizations upon the edge of annihilation.
Recorded and mixed by Ch’ahom. Mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound Studio. Cover art by Alexander Kavtea.
Tracklist:
1. https://youtu.be/5r5RQaFeHww
2. Reign Of Nohol
3. Priests Of Lik’in
4. Chosen Of Chik’in
5. Insemination
https://www.20buckspin.com | https://www.instagram.com/devouringopaion
LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT – Debut Album "In The Wide Vale Of Uncreated Night" in October 2026 via 20 Buck Spin – Details & Track Premiere
 20 Buck Spin proudly announces the debut album of Italy's LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT, entitled "In The Wide Vale Of Uncreated Night", scheduled for October 16th 2026.
The leadoff single "Profaned Fountain Of Leaden Waters" has been premiered here: https://youtu.be/8eUGHaDSVHk
Following the ferocious declaration of intent laid down by 2025's "Demo MMXXV", Milan-based musician Gabriele Gramaglia offers the first full-length manifestation of LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT, "In The Wide Vale Of Uncreated Night". Known for his work with Cosmic Putrefaction, Vertebra Atlantis and numerous other entities operating within the more adventurous reaches of extreme metal, Gramaglia established LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT as an outlet for a more ravenous and instinctive strain of Death Metal; one driven by brute momentum, frenzied aggression and an uncompromising rawness. On "In The Wide Vale Of Uncreated Night" that initial impulse erupts into a considerably more formidable and fully developed beast.
While retaining the layered, multifaceted songwriting characteristic of Gramaglia's broader body of work, LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT directs that complexity toward outright pandemonium. Gritty, abrasive guitars churn through pummeling and intricate rhythmic contortions as tortured vocals howl from within the tumult and cascades of shrieking lead guitar slash across the album's fractured landscape. Yet beneath its seemingly unrestrained violence lies a meticulously engineered attack: riffs twist and collide at excessive velocity, tempos lurch between hammering force and sudden acceleration, and flashes of classic Heavy and Speed Metal emerge through the wreckage before being swallowed by the surrounding maelstrom.
"In The Wide Vale Of Uncreated Night" thrives upon this collision of precision and savagery, harnessing technical ability as another weapon in an arsenal built for maximum destructive force. LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT channels the restless imagination behind Gramaglia's other work into something noticeably more feral and antagonistic; a sustained barrage of serrated riffing, relentless battery and deranged metallic energy. "In The Wide Vale Of Uncreated Night" tears open the gates on LUGUBRIOUS GARMENT's first full-length campaign with a frenzied Death Metal assault built to leave nothing standing in its wake.
Written, recorded, mixed and mastered between fall 2025 and spring 2026 by Gabriele Gramaglia in Crepuscular Sound Studio. Artwork crafted by the refined mastery of Mariya Popyk.
Tracklist:
1. …And Therein Plant, Unto Their Souls Asunder
2. Eulogy Of Deliberate Malevolence
3. Profaned Fountain Of Leaden Waters
4. Innocence As A Burden, Guilt As A Weapon
5. Transient Wounds, Spiritual Wilt
6. Eternal Scars And Imperative Backfires
7. Eden Fades Like Blurred Nightmares
[link:https://www.20buckspin.com | https://www.facebook.com/p/Lugubrious-Garment-61581118918912
HENRIK PALM - Fourth Album "Idiot Plot" coming in December 2026 via Svart Records
 Henrik Palm is one of Swedish underground music's most restless and genre-defying figures. A veteran of In Solitude and early band member of Ghost, he has spent the better part of two decades moving freely between heavy metal, post-punk, krautrock, and whatever else catches his ear. Alternating between the world of being a solo artist and an in-demand collaborator has always come naturally to him, over the years Henrik has worked with Gösta Berlings Saga, Pig Eyes, Södra Sverige, Horndal, and stepped in as a live musician for Viagra Boys and Hurula. Across the Swedish underground, when someone needs the right person for the job, Henrik Palm’s name tends to come up.
Along the way he has earned devoted fans and built a cult following that led him to being hand-picked for Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg's curated Roadburn Festival program in 2019, as well as supporting Voivod multiple times.
His solo catalogue, "Many Days" (2017), "Poverty Metal" (2020), and "Nerd Icon" (2024), maps the trajectory of an artist incapable of repeating himself. Poverty Metal earned a P3 Guld nomination for Rock/metal of the Year, further cementing his place in the Swedish underground. Each record pulls from a different corner of his infamously insatiable vinyl collection, landing somewhere between Melvins, Wipers, Black Sabbath and Voivod with an extra layer of raw, Scandinavian darkness.
"Idiot Plot", his fourth album, was born from burnout, Sunday studio sessions, and the stubborn return of joy. It is his most psychedelic and unhinged record yet, and somehow also his most direct.
"Familiar Stranger" - Single: https://found.ee/W0at8L
https://www.svartrecords.com | https://www.facebook.com/GustafHenrikPalm
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