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Swedish thrash metal upstarts SARCATOR have posted a video for "IN SEARCH OF OBLIVION" , a track from the bands anticipated new release "THE ONES WE FOLLOW", due to be unleashed 10/30/2026 via REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC.
SARCATOR have posted a visualizer
video for "THE DEEP ENDS", a track from the bands anticipated
new
release
"SWARMING ANGELS & FLIES", unleashed 1/17/2025 via CENTURY MEDIA
RECORDS.
SARCATOR have inked a deal with CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.
SARCATOR unleashed "ALKAHEST", 11/4/2022 via BLACK LION RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW:SARCATOR: NEW TRACK "IN SEARCH OF OBLIVION" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC):
German black metal warriors SERVANT have posted "GLORIFICATION", a track from the bands anticipated new
release "LUX EX INFERIS", due to be unleashed 10/2/2026 via AOP
RECORDS.
SERVANT have posted a video for "TABULA
RASA (FEATURING PJ OF GROZA)", a track from the bands anticipated new
release "LUX EX INFERIS", due to be unleashed 10/2/2026 via AOP
RECORDS.
SERVANT, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "DEATH, DEVIL MAGICK",
unleashed 9/20/2024 via AOP RECORDS.
SERVANT unleashed "AETAS ASCENSUS", 7/7/2023 via MDD RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW: SERVANT: NEW TRACK "GLORIFICATION" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF SERVANT):
New Orleans, Louisiana sludge, metal warriors DOWN have posted a video for "BLOOD OATH", a track from the bands anticipated new release "VOLUME V", due to be unleashed 11/20/2026 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
DOWN have announced SUMMER/FALL U.S.A. TOUR DATES with HELMET..
DOWN unleashed "IV PART 2" (EP), 5/13/2024 via DOWN RECORDS.
DOWN have inked a deal
with NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS and are due for a new release in 2026.
VIDEO BELOW: DOWN:NEW TRACK "BLOOD OATH" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF DOWN)
Athens, Greece symphonic death metal warriors SEPTIC FLESH have announced the band is set to perform at GOLDEN R FESTIVAL, GREECE WITH STRING ORCHESTRA IN 7/2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2027...
SEPTIC FLESH have posted
a lyric video for "THE EXPERIMENT" , a track from the bands anticipated new EP
release "AMPHIBIANS", unleashed 3/14/2025 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
SEPTIC FLESH have posted
a video for "PSYCHOHISTORY", a track from the bands anticipated new
release "MODERN PRIMITIVE", unleashed 5/20/2022 via NUCLEAR
BLAST RECORDS.
SEPTIC FLESH unleashed "INFERNUS SINFONICA MMXIX" (LIVE DVD),7/31/2020 via SEASON OF MIST..
SEPTIC FLESH unleashed "CODEX OMEGA", 9/1/2017 via SEASON OF MIST.
FROM SEPTIC FLESH:
Golden R. Festival 2027 with String Orchestra.
On July 2–4, we return to Greece for a special festival performance, bringing the full force of SEPTICFLESH together with a string orchestra.
Golden R. Festival • Nea Anchialos, Greece
Exact performance date to be announced.
Super Early Bird 3-Day Tickets (Wave 3) — €70 for all three days — are available until midnight on Sunday, August 23.
Swedish black metal warriors SKUGGOR have posted "THE STORM", a track from the bands anticipated new release "THE EXPANSE", due to be unleashed 9/4/2026 via NORDVIS.
SKUGGOR have posted the bands
anticipated new release "WHERE SUN RESIGNS", unleashed 5/16/2025 via
NATURMACHT PRODUCTIONS..
SKUGGOR, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the
bands anticipated new release "WHISPERS OF ANCIENT SPELLS", unleashed
2/23/2024 via NATURMACHT PRODUCTIONS.
FROM NORDVIS.
“The Storm” is the third and final single from “The Expanse”, the upcoming album by atmospheric black metal project SKUGGOR, set for release on September 4, 2026.
Where much of the album drifts through trance-like introspection and expansive stillness, “The Storm” descends into something harsher and more immediate. The track represents the album’s darkest point – a confrontation with exposure, collapse, and the unforgiving force of the natural world.
Yet beneath its aggression lies the same underlying duality that shapes the album. Violence gives way to calm, and devastation gradually opens into renewal. As the song unfolds, harsh momentum recedes into spacious acoustic passages, revealing a quieter landscape on the other side.
M. commented:
“The Storm” is probably the darkest and most aggressive track on “The Expanse”. The first half of this song was written to evoke the feeling of being trapped in a torrential storm somewhere in northern Sweden – cold, isolated, and completely exposed. The second half represents the feeling after the storm has passed: the mist rising from the ground and a sense of rebirth emerging from the devastation
VIDEO BELOW: SKUGGOR:NEW TRACK "THE STORM" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF NORDVIS.):
Remote Funeral doom warriors UMUS have posted "OBLIVION", a track from the bands anticipated debut release "VOIDLIT", due to be unleashed 10/13/2026 via AESTHETIC DEATH.
FROM ANUBI PRESS:
Remote funeral doom project UMUS will release their debut album, "Voidlit", on October 13th, 2026, through Ksenza Records / Aesthetic Death on CD and Aesthetic Death on double LP.
Formed in 2024 through a remote collaboration between three musicians based in different cities, UMUS was born from a shared vision of funeral doom stripped down to its most immersive and atmospheric essence. Drawing inspiration from Ahab, Evoken, Esoteric and the shadowy world of dark ambient music, the project favors atmosphere, emotional weight and gradual development over technical display or unnecessary complexity.
Spanning more than an hour across five compositions, "Voidlit" is a monolithic and smoke-shrouded work, built from glacial tempos, layered guitars and cavernous vocals. Yet beneath its imposing surface, the album reveals occasional flashes of light: subtle melodic details and unexpected passages emerge from the haze, giving its long-form compositions a sense of depth and movement.
Rather than treating funeral doom as an exercise in sheer heaviness, UMUS use slowness as a means of immersion. Each composition unfolds patiently, allowing textures to accumulate and emotions to deepen, while small changes in melody and atmosphere assume greater significance within the album's extended structures.
Conceived as a continuous narrative, "Voidlit" traces a descent through grief, isolation and spiritual decay toward the gradual disintegration of the self. Personal loss and social alienation give way to an increasingly inward journey, ultimately confronting the emptiness left behind when everything else has fallen away.
The physical editions of "Voidlit" will also include the exclusive bonus track "Voidlit II", available only on CD and double LP.
Tracklist:
1. Ghost Of Grief
2. Harbinger Of The End
3. Oblivion
4. Voidlit
5. Voidlit II (bonus track - only available on the physical formats)
VIDEO BELOW:UMUS: NEW TRACK "OBLIVION" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF AESTHETIC DEATH):
Swedish atmospheric, post metal warriors CULT OF LUNA have posted "A WAY BACK", a track from the bands anticipated new release "IN THE SHADOW OF
YOUR SHADOW", due to be unleashed 11/6/2026 (more info T.B.A.).
CULT OF LUNA unleashed "THE RAGING RIVER" (EP), 2/5/2021 via RED CREEK.
CULT OF LUNA unleashed "A DAWN TO FEAR", 9/20/2019 via METAL BLADE RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW: CULT OF LUNA: NEW TRACK "A WAY BACK" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF CULT OF LUNA):
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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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