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NO MALLCORE, NO METAL CORE, NO CORE, NO HIPSTERS.FREEDOM FOR UKRAINE
Norwegian blackened extreme metal
warriors DIMMU BORGIR, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "GRAND
SERPENT RISING", unleashed 5/22/2026 via NUCLEAR BLAST
RECORDS.
DIMMU BORGIR have announced FALL 2026 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES WITH BEHEMOTH and DARK FUNERAL..
DIMMU BORGIR have announced the band is in the studio recording a new album. .
DIMMU BORGIR have announced a 8/6/2025 HEADLINE SHOW @ 013 TILBURG WITH ABBATH, DOOM OCCULTA and GAEREA.
GALDER, guitarist for Norwegian blackened extreme metal
warriors DIMMU BORGIR has left the band.
DIMMU BORGIR, via SPOTIFY,
are streaming the
bands anticipated new release "INSPIRATIO PROFANUS" (COVERS ALBUM) , unleashed
12/8/2023 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
DIMMU BORGIR unleashed "PURITANICAL EUPHORIC MISANTHROPIA"
(REMIXED AND REMASTERED),. 10/28/2022 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
DIMMU BORGIR unleashed "NORTHERN FORCES
OVER
WACKEN", 7/29/2022 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
DIMMU BORGIR unleashed "EONIAN", 5/4/2018 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
French black metal warriors HAEMOTH, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "BLACK
DUST", unleashed 5/22/2026 via AGONIA RECORDS.
HAEMOTH unleashed "IN NOMINE ODIUM", 11/11/2011 via DEBEMUR MORTI PRODUCTIONS.
FROM AGONIA RECORDS:
--- HAEMOTH: NEW TRACK ---
French
black metallers Haemoth re-emerge after years of silence. The secretive
duo will release a new album titled “Black Dust” on May 22nd via Agonia
Records. Listen to the new single, “When The Dust Finally Settles”,
now.
Canadian atmospheric black metal duo BARREN CANYON: have posted the bands anticipated new release "A
VIRULENT STREAM", unleashed 5/22/2026 via AVANTGARDE MUSIC.
BARREN CANYON unleashed "WORLD OF WOUNDS", 9/17/2018 via AVANTGARDE MUSIC..
VIDEO BELOW:BARREN CANYON:NEW RELEASE "A VIRULENT STREAM" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF AVANTGARDE MUSIC):
Argentina based folk black metal warriors DOWNFALL OF NUR have
posted the bands anticipated new release "AND THE
FIRMAMENT WILL BURN TO QUENCH THE PAIN OF THIS EARTH", eunleashed 5/22/2026 via AVANTGARDE MUSIC.
DOWNFALL OF NUR unleashed "UMBRAS DE BARBAGIA", 3/21/2015 via AVANTGARDE MUSIC.
FROM DOWNFALL OF NUR:
After a whole decade of silence, I’m proud to finally announce that Downfall Of Nur is back with a new album.
Today, the preorder for And the Firmament Will Burn to Quench the Pain of This Earth is officially open.
This
album means a lot to me. It is the result of years of work, reflection,
and dedication, and it also marks an important moment for Downfall Of
Nur after such a long time. I’m truly grateful to finally be able to
share this news with all of you.
The
album will be released on May 22, 2026 via @avantgarde_music, and it
will be available worldwide on CD, 2LP in three different colors, and
digital formats.
Thank
you to everyone who has supported Downfall Of Nur over the years and
kept this project alive through time and silence. Your support means
more than words can say.
Downfall
Of Nur new studio album was recorded, engineered and mixed by Antonio
Sanna at Atlantic Aurora Studios and mastered by Gabriele Gramaglia at
Crepuscular Sound Studio.
It will be available worldwide on CD, 2LP on three different colors and digital via Avantgarde Music on May 22nd, 2026.
Pre order available via @avantgarde_music Bandcamp and @sound_cave ! Link in bio!
VIDEO BELOW: DOWNFALL OF NUR: NEW RELEASE "AND THE FIRMAMENT WILL BURN TO QUENCH THE PAIN OF THIS EARTH" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF AVANTGARDE MUSIC)
Norwegian black metal legends MAYHEM have announced SUMMER 2026 EUROPEAN METAL FESTIVALS..
MAYHEM have announced SPRING 2026 CHINESE TOUR DATES..
MAYHEM, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands anticipated new offering "LITURGY OF
DEATH", unleashed 2/6/2026 via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
MAYHEM have announced the reissue of
the bands classic release "GRAND DECLARATION OF WAR" vinyl release, due
to be unleashed 12/5/2025 via SEASON OF MIST.
Helsinki, Finland death metal warriors DESECRESY have posted the bands anticipated new release "THE
SECRET OF DEATH", unleashed 5/21/2026 via XTREEM MUSIC.
DESECRESY have posted the bands anticipated new release
"DESERTED REALM", unleashed 9/26/2023 via XTREEM MUSIC.
DESECRESY unleashed "TOWARDS NEBULAE",
7/23/2019 via XTREEM MUSIC.
FROM XTREEM MUSIC:
DESECRESY reveal 1st song, cover art and tracklist for new album!!
The
most dense, dark and disturbing Death Metal force from Finland,
DESECRESY, rises once again from the depths to seal a new chapter in
their alliance with Xtreem Music. Their 9th album, "The Secret of
Death", will be unleashed on May 21st through Xtreem Music on CD, 12"LP,
cassette and digital formats.
A
new descent into oppressive and mortuary realms where the band
reaffirms their monolithic, cavernous and utterly suffocating sound.
DESECRESY
is the singular vision of Tommi Grönqvist, who has consistently handled
all songwriting and instrumentation since the band’s inception. From
the fifth album onwards, he also took over vocal duties, pushing the
sound into even deeper, more guttural territory. The band’s style
remains unmistakable: dark, putrid, mysterious and hypnotic Death Metal
infused with Doom-laden atmospheres, evoking the spirit of acts such as
BOLT THROWER, INCANTATION, RIPPIKOULU, MYTHIC, ABHORRENCE (Fin) and
ROTTREVORE.
With
a clear artistic direction and a wealth of material from the very
beginning, DESECRESY swiftly entered the studio to record its debut
full-length, “Arches of Entropy”, completed in the summer of 2010. The
album was immediately sent to Xtreem Music, marking the start of a
long-standing collaboration through which DESECRESY has firmly
established itself within the lineage of Finnish Death Metal.
A
steady stream of albums followed under the same label: “The Doom
Skeptron” (2012), “Chasmic Transcendence” (2014), “Stoic Death” (2015),
“The Mortal Horizon” (2017), “Towards Nebulae” (2019), “Unveil in the
Abyss” (2022) and “Deserted Realms” (2023).
“The
Secret of Death” stands as DESECRESY’s ninth full-length release and
the fifth crafted entirely by Tommi alone. The album continues the
band’s relentless descent into oppressive sonic realms, blending early
90s-inspired brutality with an atmosphere drawn from the darkest layers
of the psyche.
DESECRESY
represents a fully self-contained entity: music, production and artwork
all originate from a single mind. The result is a monolithic and
immersive sound rooted in Finnish Death Metal, enriched with Doom
influences, deep subterranean vocals, churning riffs and haunting lead
guitars, often shifting through unconventional structures and tempos.
Tracklist for "The Secret of Death":
01. Gorge of the Dead
02. It Appears in a Dream
03. By the Slowing Vortex of Time
04. Crypthymn
05. Ancient Timbre of Demise
06. Rotting Ghouls
07. Summoned With Necrolunar Telepathy
08. Vanishing Existence
Release date for "The Secret of Death" will be May 21st through Xtreem Music on CD, 12"LP, Cassette & Digital formats.
Finnish black metal warriors AZAGHAL have posted a video for "ELYSIUM" , a track from the bands anticipated new release
"NEKROHELIOS", due to be unleashed 5/29/2026 via IMMORTAL FROST
PRODUCTIONS.
AZAGHAL have complained MORIBUND RECORDS
are reissuing older band releases without their consent and not paying
the band royalties.
AZAGHAL unleashed "ALTTARIMME ON LUISTA TEHTY", 2/24/2023 via IMMORTAL
FROST PRODUCTIONS.
VIDEO BELOW:AZAGHAL: NEW TRACK "ELYSIUM" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF IMMORTAL FROST PRODUCTIONS):
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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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