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Finland based sludge, death metal warriors BLACK ROYAL, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "ABYSSIAN", unleashed 10/30/2026 via M-THEORY AUDIO..
BLACK ROYAL, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "EARTHBOUND", unleashed 10/21/2022 via M-THEORY AUDIO
BLACK ROYAL: NEW RELEASE "ABYSSIAN" (VIA BANDCAMP, COURTESY OF M-THEORY AUDIO)
Ghanzi, Botswana, death metal warriors OVERTHRUST have announced WINTER METAL MANIA FESTIVAL 5/28th and 29th, 2027 GHANZI COMMUNITY HALL BOTSWANA, AFRICA.
WINTER METAL MANIA FESTIVAL is a benefit against poverty.
OVERTHRUST have announced one of the bands songs will be featured on the horror movie "DEATHGASM" SOUNDTRACK.
OVERTHRUST have announced the bands new rhythm guitarist DEON NTSHABANG (NEVERDIE) .....
OVERTHRUST have announced the band was an honorary METALLICA VIP in special recognition of AFRICAN METAL
OVERTHRUST have announced the band is officially a part of the NEW YORK DEATH METAL MILITIA (NYDM).
OVERTHRUST have announced 2026 WINTER METAL MANIA FEST (MAY) BOTSWANA TOUR..
OVERTHRUST have opened auditions for a new guitarist.
OVERTHRUST have announced the band has parted ways with guitarist "SPENCER THRUST"..
OVERTHRUST, via BANDCAMP, are streaming "PASTOR SKULL", a stand alone single, unleashed 7/29/2025 via .INDIAN RIVER MUSIC COMPANY..
OVERTHRUST are part of a CNN documentary about alternative music in AFRICA.
OVERTHRUST, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "INFECTED BY MYTH", unleashed 6/30/2024 via INDIAN RIVER MUSIC COMPANY.
OVERTHRUST unleashed "DESECRATED DEEDS TO DECEASE", 5/2015 (SELF RELEASED)
FROM OVERTHRUST:
If you looking at making some future plans for vacation in Africa, Come to our home country Botswana next year May 2027. Imagine tourism, the wild animals, big rivers, very welcoming community of Botswana and peaceful atmosphere. We have something special for you next year.
We have an annual charity metal fest that we've been organizing for 17 years now and will be it's 18th Anniversary next year May.
U.S. Industrial, metal legends MINISTRY, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands FINAL album "HATE TO GO (TAKE OUT OR DELIVERY)", unleashed 10/30/2026 via CLEOPATRA RECORDS.
MINISTRY have posted a video for "CRICKETS" , a track from the bands FINAL album "HATE TO GO (TAKE OUT OR DELIVERY)", unleashed 10/30/2026 via CLEOPATRA RECORDS.
MINISTRY have announced SPRING 2027 EUROPEAN FAREWELL TOUR DATES...
MINISTRY have posted "BURNED OUT", a track from the bands FINAL album "HATE TO GO (TAKE OUT OR DELIVERY)", due to be unleashed 10/30/2026 via CLEOPATRA RECORDS.
MINISTRY have reunited with PAUL BARKER and have inked a deal with CLEOPATRA RECORDS.
MINISTRY, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES", unleashed 3/1/2024 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
FROM MINISTRY:
“I’m amazed at the path that it’s taken, from With Sympathy to where we’re at today, and all points in between, It’s been quite a ride, but I’m completely at peace with the fact that it’s done.” - AJ
Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery) Out Now on Cleopatra Records.
Alongside today’s album release, We share a new single, “Crickets” that warns of fascism repeating itself in 2026 and imploring people to start speaking up before it’s too late. It’s accompanied by a music video directed by Dean Karr Dean Karr
Watch the music video for “We Hate,” directed by Joshua Bradford (formerly of Revolting Cocks) now on YT! https://youtu.be/5Q5X-PZDdak
MINISTRY: NEW RELEASE "HATE TO GO (TAKE OUT OR DELIVERY)" (VIA SPOTIFY ,: , COURTESY OFCLEOPATRA RECORDS.):
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-
UK funeral doom warriors PANTHEIST, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "UNCANNY TIMES", unleashed 10/30/2026 via ARGONAUTA RECORDS..
PANTHEIST have announced FALL 2026 UK TOUR DATES WITH MONOLITHE. .
PANTHEIST and Icelandic funeral doom metal warriors DAUDARO, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the two bands collaborative release "AF HOLDI OG MALMI", unleashed 3/13/2026 via MELANCHOLIC REALM PRODUCTIONS.
PANTHEIST, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new EP release "KINGS MUST DIE", unleashed 3/8/2024 via MELANCHOLIC REALM PRODUCTIONS,.
PANTHEIST unleashed "CLOSER TO GOD", 12/3/2021 via MELANCHOLIC REALM PRODUCTIONS.
FROM ARGONAUTA RECORDS:
Pantheist unveil full details of new album ‘Uncanny Times’ and premiere “The Final Journey”
Atmospheric doom masters Pantheïst have revealed the full details of their highly anticipated new album, ‘Uncanny Times’, set for release on October 30, 2026 via Argonauta Records. The album will be available as a deluxe double vinyl, CD and digital release, marking the band’s next major statement in their ongoing exploration of darkness, transcendence and the human condition.
Alongside the album announcement, Pantheist have unveiled the first track from ‘Uncanny Times’, “The Final Journey”, accompanied by an evocative new lyric video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPtUlZBxOnQ
According to Pantheist:
“The Final Journey is the track which set the tone of the whole album in motion. I wrote the music 15 years ago and then shelved it straight away in the hope I would find a vocalist who is worthy of singing it at some point in the future. My prayers were heard with Linda joining the band about a decade and a half later (you need to be very patient when you play doom metal). Once the lyric was written after a deep philosophical conversation with my friend Ricardo in Panama, the first and most decisive step towards ‘Uncanny Times’ was made with this huge, epic album opener.”
Built around a composition that had been waiting for its moment for fifteen years, “The Final Journey” became the catalyst for the album that followed. Epic, solemn and deeply atmospheric, the track opens ‘Uncanny Times’ with a sense of scale that perfectly introduces the journey through the record’s six compositions.
‘Uncanny Times’ tracklist:
The Final Journey
Laughing Falcon
Kuebiko
Entropy
Ithaca Out of Sight
Requiem for your World
With ‘Uncanny Times’, Pantheist continue to push the boundaries of atmospheric and funeral doom, embracing a vast, immersive sound where monumental heaviness meets reflection, melancholy and existential themes.
‘Uncanny Times’ will be released on October 30, 2026 via Argonauta Records on deluxe double vinyl, CD, digital formats and a label exclusive FAN EDITION ltd 100, preorders are up:
Driven by Thursian Power, Shamaatae has just finished the recording of the upcoming album “Beswærilsin”, which will be released this October through DSR.
To shorten the wait, a special pre-release EP entitled “Motestandarin” will be released in June, featuring two tracks taken from the upcoming album.
The EP will be available as:
• limited 7” EP (218 copies exclusively through the DSR webshop)
• digital release
• on all major streaming platforms
So stay tuned for more news to come.
Hel Þursamæghin!
VIDEO BELOW: ;ARCKANUM:NEW RELEASE "BESWAERLSIN" ; (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF DARKNESS SHALL RISE PRODUCTIONS):
Polish black metal warriors 𝗔𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗛 have posted "PYRE DOMINION" , a track from the bands anticipated new offering "𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗡 𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗟", due to be unleashed 11/20/2026 via AGONIA RECORDS.
𝗔𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗛 have posted a video for "HERALD OF THE UNSEEN", a track from the bands anticipated new offering "𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗡 𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗟", due to be unleashed 11/20/2026 via AGONIA RECORDS.
𝗔𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗛 unleashed "SAINT DESECRATION", 11/27/2020 via AGONIA RECORDS.
FROM AGONIA RECORDS:
--- AZARATH PREMIERES NEW TRACK ---
Polish blackened death metallers Azarath unveil “Pyre Dominion” - the second single lifted from their highly anticipated new studio album, “Scorn Eternal” (out November 20 via Agonia Records).
San Francisco, California thrash metal veterans METAL CHURCH have posted a video for the title track from the bands anticipated new release "DEAD TO RIGHTS", unleashed 4/10/2026 via REAPER ENTERTAINMENT....
METAL CHURCH have announced FALL 2026 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES WITH ARMORED SAINT.
METAL CHURCH, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "DEAD TO RIGHTS", unleashed 4/10/2026 via REAPER ENTERTAINMENT....
METAL CHURCH have announced MORE 2026 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES with HEATHEN.
METAL CHURCH have posted a video for "BRAINWASH GAME", a track from the bands anticipated new release "DEAD TO RIGHTS", due to be unleashed soon in 2026 (release date T.B.A.). via REAPER ENTERTAINMENT.
METAL CHURCH have posted a video for "F.A.F.O.", a stand alone single, unleashed 11/21/2025 via RAT PAK RECORDS and REAPER ENTERTAINMENT...
METAL CHURCH have posted "FAKE HEALER (LIVE IN JAPAN)", a track from the bands anticipated new live release "THE FINAL SERMON LIVE IN JAPAN 2019)", unleashed 7/26/2024 via REAPER ENTERTAINMENT.
METAL CHURCH, unleashed "CONGREGATION OF ANNIHILATION", 5/26/2023 via RAT PAK RECORDS.
METAL CHURCH have announced MARC LOPES as the bands new vocalist.
ARMORED SAINT, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "EMOTION FACTORY RESET", unleashed 5/22/2026 via METAL BLADE RECORDS.
ARMORED SAINT have posted a video for "ONE CHAIN (DON'T MAKE NO PRISON)" (PEOPLE COVER).
JOHN BUSH, vocalist for Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. based heavy metal warriors ARMORED SAINT has recovered from illness and has returned to the band.
ARMORED SAINT have announced SUMMER 2024 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES.
ARMORED SAINT unleashed "SYMBOL OF SALVATION" (LIVE RELEASE), 10/22/2021 via METAL BLADE RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW:METAL CHURCH:NEW TRACK "DEAD TO RIGHTS" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF RAT PAK RECORDS and REAPER ENTERTAINMENT.):
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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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