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Swedish death metal warriors UNLEASHED have announced the bands APRIL 2026 MONTERREY, MEXICO has been CANCELLED.
UNLEASHED released "FIRE UPON YOUR LANDS", 8/15/2025 via NAPALM RECORDS.
FROM UNLEASHED:
Warriors!!!
Our show in Mexico in April was cancelled some time ago. We are sorry for the late notice.
FROM METALOPOLIS PODCAST:
By a simple publication Unleashed confirms that their April performance in Monterrey is cancelled, and in fact they say it was cancelled some time ago, and that they regret the delay in the news.
Polish death metal warriors DECAPITATED have added MORE SUMMER 2026 30th ANNIVERSARY EUROPEAN TOUR DATES...
DECAPITATED has stated the new DECAPITATED album is half done.
DECAPITATED have announced SPRING 2025 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES WITH CRYPTOPSY, WARBRINGER and CARNATION.
DECAPITATED have announced
.
DECAPITATED unleashed "CANCER CULTURE", 5/27/2022 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS..
FROM DECAPITATED:
NEW SHOWS ADDED
June 30, 2026, Ceske Budejovice at MC Fabrika.
July 1, 2026, LA Eventhall in Cham.
July 2, 2026, @rockharz_official.
Decapitated is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with performances at various festivals, as well as some special headline shows featuring support from @gatecreeper, @evergreyofficial, @cytotoxin.official, and dates supporting @megadeth and @anthrax.
Tickets for all these exciting shows are available now!
Swedish thrash metal warriors AT THE GATES have posted a video for "THE DISSONANT VOID", a track from the bands FINAL release "THE GHOST OF A
FUTURE
DEAD", due to be unleashed 4/24/2026 via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
AT THE GATES have posted "THE FEVER
MASK", a track from the bands FINAL release "THE GHOST OF A FUTURE
DEAD", due to be unleashed 4/24/2026 via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
TOMAS LINDBERG, vocalist of Swedish thrash metal warriors AT THE GATES has died (9/16/2025) at 52 of mouth cancer. TOMAS LINDBERG, vocalist of Swedish thrash metal warriors AT THE GATES
reveals he was diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (a cancer in the
mouth and pallet) in 2023.
AT THE GATES have announced founding guitarist ANDERS BJORLER is back in the band...
.
AT THE GATES have announced guitarist JONAS STALHAMMAR has left the band.
AT THE GATES unleashed "THE NIGHTMARE OF BEING", 7/2/2021 via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS. .
ITP V.021 REVIEW: AT THE GATES:"THE NIGHTMARE OF BEING":
Today, our second single, "The Dissonant Void", is out alongside a video that also serves as the first glimpse into a massive conceptual project.
Featuring painting, filming, editing, and production by Costin Chioreanu, the visual storyline expands and enhances the entire The Ghost of a Future Dead album. The full project will be unveiled soon, further extending the album’s release.
Watch here:
VIDEO BELOW: AT THE GATES: NEW TRACK "THE DISSONANT VOID" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS):
RALPH SCHMIDT of German atmospheric black metal warriors ULTHA was recently interviewed by INTO THE NECROSPHERE..
ULTHA have released "A LIGHT SO DIM", 4/3/2026 via VENDETTA RECORDS.
ULTHA, via BANDCAMP, are
streaming the bands anticipated new release "ALL THAT HAS NEVER BEEN
TRUE", unleashed 4/1/2022 via VENDETTA RECORDS.
FROM INTO THE NECROSPHERE:
On April 2nd, 2026, ULTHA dropped the surprise follow-up to their critically acclaimed album All That Has Never Been True with no warning, press or prior buildup.
Ahead of its release, I sat down with my good friend Ralph Schmidt, guitarist for Ultha, to dissect the new record, A Light So Dim. Ralph takes us track-by-track through the album, unpacking the personal experiences that inspired it, the evolution within the band, and how those shifts shaped its final sound.
On the Weekly News Rant: I’m answering your questions on hi-fi, grilling the perfect steak, and TV shows, while rounding up the latest tracks by Trelldom, Defiled, Aversio Humanitatis, MORK, Shane Embury and others for judgement.
PLUS: Horsemen of the Podcast Apocalypse capos Michael Hill and Karl Haikara join forces with the mighty DRUGOTH for Hollow Lands in this week’s Unsanctioned Filth spotlight, and a feeble attempt at trolling backfires spectacularly, earning its author a well-deserved Swirly of the Week.
German atmospheric black metal warriors ULTHA, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "A LIGHT SO DIM", unleashed 4/3/2026 via VENDETTA RECORDS
ULTHA, via BANDCAMP, are
streaming the bands anticipated new release "ALL THAT HAS NEVER BEEN
TRUE", unleashed 4/1/2022 via VENDETTA RECORDS.
ULTHA: NEW RELEASE "A LIGHT SO DIM" (VIA BANDCAMP, COURTESY OF ULTHA):
International technical, brutal death metal warriors DELIRIOUS COMPULSION, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated debut release "ERRATUM OF DYSPHORIA", unleashed 3/20/2026 via PATHOLOGICALLY EXPLICIT RECORDINGS.
Texas, U.S.A. based melodic, death metal warriors CLAD IN SHADOWS, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "MONUMENTS IN RUIN", unleashed 2/25/2026 (DIGITAL, SELF RELEASED).
CLAD IN SHADOWS: NEW RELEASE "MONUMENTS IN RUIN" (VIA BANDCAMP, COURTESY OF CLAD IN SHADOWS)
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ITP RATING SYSTEM FOR EXTREME METAL CD REVIEWS:
A feature entitled ITP BLAST BACK REVIEWS: A RE RATE of reviews (that year) to see if I over or under rated certain releases. Just the rating, and there's no guarantee that all ratings will change. All ITP REVIEWS are on a BELL CURVE in comparison to previous (band/artist) releases and whatever else is released that year in said genre.
ITP EXTREME METAL RELEASE REVIEW RATING SYSTEM:
***** (5 stars)=Awesome, a classic, timeless, unholy
**** 1/2 (4 and half stars)=amazing, perhaps this bands best
**** (4 stars)=very good, well worth the purchase
*** 1/2 (3 1/2 stars)=Good, standard fare, for fans and not new converts
*** (3 stars)=Good, but flawed, no progression here
** 1/2 (2 1/2 stars)=Bordering on mediocrity, band is overrated
** (two stars)=somewhere between mediocre and SUKETH
* 1/2 (1 1/2 stars)= SUKETH (this release SUCKS)
* (one star)=Awful, this CD can only be used as a beer coaster or a Frisbee.
? (No stars)=this band and release blow goats.
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