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TZOMPANTLI - New Album "Beating The Drums Of Ancestral Force " via 20 Buck Spin - New Track released
 Southern California-based Death/Doom Metal act TZOMPANTLI has released another song from the upcoming sophomore abum "Beating The Drums Of Ancestral Force" , set for release on May 17th 2024 via 20 Buck Spin.
You can listen to "Chichimecatl" here: https://youtu.be/GGltwsyQJC4
With their debut "Tlazcaltiliztli", TZOMPANTLI - the brainchild of Brian "Itztlakamayeh" Ortiz of metallic hardcore outfit Xibalba - called forth a penetrating strike of Death and Doom Metal like a poisoned arrow through the heart. The band’s foundation in Indigenous / Native rituals, history and lore, and merging of traditional instruments into their sound made for one of 2022’s most uniquely voiced metal records.
Now TZOMPANTLI have again been summoned from the smoke of the ancient fires with a new offering at the altar of human sacrifice, "Beating The Drums Of Ancestral Force". Fearsomely brutal marches of war-like, percussive Death Metal are contrasted with melancholy passages of longing spirit and entrancing ceremonial invocations to the ancestors. The TZOMPANTLI tribe has greatly expanded on this second album with 10+ musicians enlisted in the conjuring of wrathful deities and collection of invader skulls.
There has been no shortage of fantastic Death/Doom records in recent years and TZOMPANTLI’s latest entry in the genre’s pantheon demonstrates its continued expansion into wider musical and thematic arenas. The anguished fortitude at the heart of "Beating The Drums Of Ancestral Force" exalts in the blood and ash of empire and would be conquerors, a fiery lamentation to centuries of erasure.
"Beating The Drums Of Ancestral Force" was recorded, produced, mixed & master by Erol Ulug at Bright Light Studios. The cover artwork was crafted by Adam Burke.
Tracklist:
1. Tetzahuitl
2. Tlayohualli
3. Tlaloc Icuic
4. Chichimecatl
5. Tetzaviztli
6. Otlica Mictlan
7. Icnocuicatl
https://www.20buckspin.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/tzompantlidoom
WORMWOOD - New Album "The Star" via Black Lodge Records - Video Clip Premiere
 It's all over, you are cosmic driftwood, finally at peace.
https://youtu.be/NkJEBDCteZo
Watching from afar as everything is being turned to dust.
In typical Wormwood fashion, "Ro" is a strongly emotional, provocative, and beautiful song that blends genres and emotional expressions. This is also very apparent in the accompanying video which is released today two days before the actual release date on the 26th of April. Smart link: https://orcd.co/wormwood-ro
“Ro” is taken from the upcoming album “The Star”, which is set to be released on the 31st of May 2024 via Black Lodge Records:
The release of “The Star”, concludes the magnificent trilogy about death (NATTRAVET, ARKIVET, THE STAR). "NATTARVET" was about the grim famine that plagued the people in the 19th-century Nordic region. "THE ARCHIVE" focused on the inevitable downfall of mankind and "THE STAR" tells the story of the end of the universe. There is no doubt that WORMWOOD musically has taken another big step forward, both in terms of songwriting and performance. Nothing is left to chance, and everything is refined down to the smallest detail, and this without sacrificing the bands unmistakable raw sound.
Pre-order options: https://orcd.co/the-star
Tracklist:
1. Stjärnfall
2. A Distant Glow
3. Liminal
4. Galactic Blood
5. Thousand Doorless Rooms
6. Suffer Existence
7. Ro
https://blacklodge.se +++ https://www.facebook.com/WormwoodSWE
RED ROT - New Album "Borders of Mania" via Hammerheart Records - New Single available
 RED ROT and Hammerheart Records proudly present the new song "False Memory", taken from the upcoming album "Borders of Mania" which is set for release on May 10th 2024 on deluxe cross digipack CD, LP and digital.
A relentless extreme metal opus of technical beauty and bludgeoning grace! The amazing artwork was done by Niklas Sundin (Dark Tranquillity, Sentenced, Arch Enemy, Thyrfing) and the album was mixed and mastered by Jamie King (Between The Buried and Me, The Contortionist)!
Choose your preferred gateway and listen to "False Memory" here: https://redrot.lnk.to/falsememory
Tracklist:
01. Compulsive Delusion
02. Agony Untold
03. False Memory
04. Homo Sapiens Imago Dei
05. Messianic Alteration
06. Inner Voice
07. Overlord
08. Not in Control
09. Cranioscopy
10. Endless Ravine
11. Vindication
12. Self Harm Scars
13. Misericordie
14. Sun
15. Affliction and Relief
https://www.hammerheart.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/red.rot.metal
SEAR BLISS - New Album "Heavenly Down" via Hammerheart Records - Lyric Video revealed
 SEAR BLISS and Hammerheart Records proudly present the lyric video for "The Upper World", taken from the upcoming new album "Heavenly Down" which is set for release on June 28th 2024.
Check it out here: https://youtu.be/nVmUJI3JAXI
Welcome to a journey into space itself in which its divinity is formed by progressive components and blackened chaos: SEAR BLISS' “Heavenly Down”. Externally mighty and internally filling, Hungary’s metallic frontrunners once again apply their signature formula of conjoining elegance and evil; two separate worlds that flawlessly connect into one special entity of supreme distinction. A galactic quest in which SEAR BLISS rewrites the rules of experimental metal is found within “Heavenly Down” and the trip is very exciting, believe us.
SEAR BLISS delivers their opus magnum after a 30 year long journey of epic darkness!
Pre-order options: https://searbliss.lnk.to/heavenlydown
Tracklist:
1. Infinite Grey
2. Watershed
3. The Upper World
4. Heavenly Down
5. Forgotten Deities
6. The Winding Path
7. Chasm
8. Feathers in Ashes
https://www.hammerheart.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/searblissband
COLDBORN - New Album "The Unwritten Pages of Death" via Final Sacrifice Records - New Track Premiere
 Belgian Black Metal act COLDBORN has revealed the first track from the upcoming new album, “The Unwritten Pages of Death”, set for release on May 10th 2024 via Final Sacrifice Records.
You can listen to "Silenced is the Choir of Euphoria" here: https://youtu.be/gtzNgwi2bPs
Emerged from the rugged fields of Flanders (Belgium), COLDBORN is the brainchild and solo endeavor of Norgaath (also active in Enthroned, Nightbringer & Grimfaug) and brings black metal in which atmosphere and variation are key factors. After the debut full-length album “Lingering Voidwards”, 8 new hymns are presented on the second album aptly titled “The Unwritten Pages of Death”. During live performances Norgaath focuses exclusively on vocals, assisted by 4 talented live members. These shows, characterized by diversity and passion, immerse audiences in the magic of COLDBORN's atmospheric black metal. Notable performances include sharing the stage with acclaimed acts such as Watain, Satyricon, Taake, Ancient Rites, Djevel, Ondskapt, Kampfar, Tulus and Hell Militia to name but a few.
The new album is titled “The Unwritten Pages of Death” and as the album unfolds, so does the narrative of death's unwritten pages, each track a testament to the inevitability of oblivion. While firmly rooted in black metal, the album is full of variation ranging from fastpaced blasts to doom-like passages and everything in between. The riffs pay homage to the iconic black metal bands of the 90s that shaped the genre, all the while carving out their own distinct trajectory. To create that extra layer of atmosphere, the songs are adorned with evocative acoustic & lead guitars and subtle synths.
Tracklist:
1. Foreboding
2. Silenced is the Choir of Euphoria
3. Cold Void Rife
4. The Antechamber of Eternal Sleep
5. Harps of Death Chiming Reverberant
6. Cornucopia Hungers for More
7. Life’s Aureole No Longer Gleaming
8. A Spectral Dance of Midnight Sorrow
Line-up:
Norgaath: Guitars, Bass, Keys & Vocals
Menthor: Session Drums & Percussion
https://coldborn.bandcamp.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/Coldborn
TERMINAL NATION - New Track Premiere - Sophomore Full-Length Album "Echoes Of The Devil’s Den" via 20 Buck Spin
 US Deathers TERMINAL NATION have revealed a second song from their upcoming sophomore full-length "Echoes Of The Devil’s Den", set for release on May 3rd 2024 via 20 Buck Spin.
You can listen to "Merchants Of Bloodshed" (feat. Jesse Leach) at this location: https://youtu.be/g6wc0vsBaE0
"Echoes Of The Devil’s Den" was produced, engineered, and mixed by Ryan Bram at Homewrecker Recording Studio in Tuscon, Arizona and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audioseige. The artwork was created by Adam Burke (Eternal Champion, Acephalix, Creeping Death). Guest vocal appearances by Todd Jones (Nails), Jesse Leach (Killswitch Engage), Dwid Hellion (Integrity) and others.
Since releasing the first TERMINAL NATION album "Holocene Extinction" in 2020, the USA’s simmering divisions have only widened, factions hardened, compromise disintegrated. The band’s incendiary new album "Echoes Of The Devil’s Den" epitomizes that boiling rage, once again appearing on the eve of a recurring nightmare election cycle of fossilized 20th century relics.
The TERMINAL NATION battering ram has at its core outrageously heavy mid-paced riffing and bulldozing breakdowns, taken to new levels of extreme brutality, over which Stan Liszewski’s vocal venom radiates the seething anger of a population at wits end.
Yet beyond that punishing substructure TERMINAL NATION’s songwriting chops have evolved considerably as evidenced on songs like "Embers of Humanity" which injects an epic heavy metal flair within its balladry, building to stadium-esque crescend. On single "Merchants of Bloodshed", the band splice in anthemic, bordering on radio-friendly clean singing courtesy of Jesse Leach (Killswitch Engage), just one of many guest vocal appearances on the album.
Lyrically, throughout "Echoes of the Devil’s Den" the band lash out with both the scathing societal critique for which they’re well known and also a more intimately reflective narrative that draws upon some massive personal upheavals endured in the preceding years. Forged in the fires of tribulation, TERMINAL NATION’s "Echoes of the Devil’s Den" demolishes with the force of an erupting volcano, burning to ash the falsity of our age.
Tracklist:
01. Echoes Of The Devil's Den
02. Written By The Victor
03. The Spikes Under The Bridge
04. No Reform (New Age Slave Patrol)
05. Empire In Decay
06. Embers Of Humanity
07. Merchants Of Bloodshed
08. Bullet For A Stone
09. Dying Alive
10. Cemetery Of Imposters
11. Immolation (Of Mother Earth)
12. Release The Serpents
Line-up:
Chase Turner - Bass / Vocals
Stan Liszewski - Vocals
Tommy Robinson - Guitar
Chase Davis - Drums
Dalton Rail - Guitar
https://www.20buckspin.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/terminalnation
HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY - Sophomore Album "The Mortuary Hauntings" via Pulverised Records - Track Premiere
 Horror aficionados HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY are rousing the undead once again with their sophomore album "The Mortuary Hauntings".
With a tried-and-true formula of pummeling riffs and mid-paced Death Metal that throbs to herd a wall of zombies, Rogga Johansson (Paganizer, ex-Bone Gnawer, Massacre, etc) and Mike Hrubovcak (ex-Monstrosity, Azure Emote, ex-Vile, etc) cleverly disintegrate and reconstruct their love for Metal and old horror films; fortifying the two genres into an unwavering subculture hallmark but with a stylistic departure on their debut. “The Mortuary Hauntings” continues with the endearing worship of retro-Death Metal and the timeless devotion to cult horror-flicks.
Check out the new track "Cadavers Emerge" at this location: https://youtu.be/SOJHxsOKNpY
"The Mortuary Hauntings" will be unleashed via Pulverised Records on May 31st 2024 on CD, LP and digitally.
Tracklist:
1. Cadavers Emerge
2. Beware Of The Woods
3. The Realm Of The Cursed
4. Beyond Oblivion
5. Infested
6. The Book Of Eibon
7. Tortured Severe
8. Opening The Gates of Hell
9. Crypts Of Torment
Line-up:
Mike Hrubovcak - Vocals
Rogga Johansson - Guitars & Bass
Matthias Fiebig - Drums
https://www.pulverised.net +++ https://pulverised.bandcamp.com/album/the-mortuary-hauntings
ACOD - Samael Cover "Black Trip" revealed - New Abum "Versets Noirs" via Hammerheart Records
 ACOD have revealed their cover version of Samael's "Black Trip", taken from the band's upcoming album "Versets Noirs" which will be out on April 26th via Hammerheart Records on CD, LP and digital!
Check out the lyric video at this location: https://youtu.be/Nmt8S4pl27E
Fred / ACOD comments: "In 1994, Swiss band Samael released one of the most influential albums in the black metal world. The dark, hard-hitting opening track on this masterpiece takes us back to those glory years. We wanted to pay tribute to these architects of the black kingdom."
Jerome adds: "'Ceremony of Opposites' had a significant impact on us, and the title fits perfectly with the theme of the occult journey you'll find in 'Versets Noirs'. It's interesting to do your own version of a track as important as the one you knew as a teenager. Many bands are content to cover most of the famous names, like Slayer etc... Our influences are broader, but mainly based on the period from the 80s to the 2000s."
Tracklist:
1. Habentis Maleficia
2. The Son of a God (The Heir of Divine Blood)
3. A Thousand Lives in a Second
4. May This World Burn
5. Black Trip (Samael cover)
https://www.hammerheart.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/acodband
ASPERNAMENTUM - Debut EP via Soulseller Records - Track Premiere
 Soulseller Records proudly announces the debut release of Swedish Black Metal act ASPERNAMENTUM.
The EP entitled "Primal Judgement Manifesto", clocking in over 25 minutes, will be released on May 17th 2024 on MCD, MLP and digitally. It was recorded at Wing Studios in 2022 and mixed and mastered by Sverker Widgren.
ASPERNAMENTUM is the creation and vision of multi-instrumentalist D. Johansson. In a scene flooded with vague mindsets and a artificial approach to meaningful and pure Black Metal, ASPERNAMENTUM carves it’s own path fuelled by the true essence of Satanism. "Primal Judgement Manifesto" is the culmination of a seed planted years ago. It’s the first step and presentation of Aspernamentum and it signifies the core elements of the true spirit of black metal. Primal, simple and honest.
You can listen to the opening track "Epiphanies Of The Night's Light" at this location: https://youtu.be/urzQamVl0uM
Pre-order options: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
1. Epiphanies Of The Night's Light
2. To Pledge Allegiance To The Void Beyond
3. Vessel Of Enlightenment (Black Flame Manifestation)
4. Of Condemnation, Death And The Holy Ghost
https://www.facebook.com/SOULSELLERRECORDS +++ https://www.facebook.com/aspernamentum.official
NADSVEST - Debut Full-Length Album via Soulseller Records - Track Premiere
 Serbian Black Metal entity NADSVEST have announced their debut full-length album, "Slovo meseca i krvi", set for release on May 17th 2024 via their new label home Soulseller Records on CD, LP and digitally.
NADSVEST, comprised of Serbian native "S" (Gorgoroth) and New Zealander "A" (Barshesketh), is a hellish combination of the first, second-wave and bestial black metal scenes, with unhealthy doses of heavy metal and nods to Serbian folk music. Lyrical themes deal with the black arts through the lens of the darker aspects of Serbian folklore. Conceptually, “Slovo meseca i krvi” is an epic poem exploring the stages in the process of awakening the primal werewolf force in the warrior, the triumph of the spirit and the ultimate sacrifice of the flesh. The sound was forged in Sonorous Studio with the goal of evoking the noise of the tortured soul.
The first single "Vihori boja" is streaming now at this location: https://youtu.be/bL9auqYaYZ0
Pre-order options: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
1. Vihori boja
2. Ponori adski
3. Vaznesenje Zveri
4. Pojanje crno
5. Od meseca i krvi
6. Trijumf Silnika - smrt sveta
https://www.facebook.com/SOULSELLERRECORDS
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