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Swedish thrash metal warriors AT THE GATES, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands FINAL release "THE
GHOST OF A
FUTURE
DEAD", 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:
AT THE GATES:NEW RELEASE "THE GHOST OF A FUTURE DEAD" (VIA SPOTIFY, COURTESY OF CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS):
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-
Florida,
U.S.A. death metal warriors SIX FEET UNDER have posted the bands anticipated
new release "NEXT TO DIE", unleashed 4/24/2026 via METAL
BLADE RECORDS.
SIX FEET UNDER, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new
release "KILLING FOR
REVENGE", unleashed 5/10/2024 via METAL BLADE RECORDS.
EXHORDER, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands
anticipated new release "DEFECTUM OMNIUM", unleashed 3/8/2024
via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
FROM SIX FEET UNDER:
SIX FEET UNDER Presents “Mutilated Corpse In The Woods” Video/Single From Forthcoming Next To Die Full-Length
Watch/stream SIX FEET UNDER’s “Mutilated Corpse In The Woods” HERE.
“Mutilated
Corpse In The Woods” is the newest single from American death metal
legends SIX FEET UNDER. The track appears on their forthcoming new
full-length, Next To Die, set for release on April 24th via Metal Blade
Records.
Comments
guitarist Jack Owen, “This song started when my wife and I were in an
antique store and she found an amber quartz pendant that had lines
through the whole thing. I asked her what it was and she said it's a
Rutilated Quartz. Well, that's all I needed for a title and some lyrical
ideas. The chorus came easy. The verses were from a true crime show
where a woman described being attacked by an assailant who tied her to a
tree and slit her throat. She couldn't speak or scream. In real life
she survived the attack, telling her story with a giant scar across her
throat. In this song, unfortunately she did not survive... My killer
buried her where she will never be found. I wrote the music from scratch
around the lyrical ideas.”
Watch a visualizer for “Unmistakable Smell Of Death” HERE.
Next
To Die marks a new creative high for SIX FEET UNDER, its dozen songs
marking the band’s fifteenth album since 1995’s Haunted. The record is
essentially broken down into two different sides – Death and Groove –
resulting in an aural masterwork that satisfies SIX FEET UNDER as
artists, while also offering something for every fan. To bring the songs
to brutal life, vocalist Chris Barnes recorded his vocals at the
legendary Criteria Recording Studios in Miami. “I’ve recorded 90% of my
vocals for SIX FEET UNDER there with my longtime friend and engineer
Chris Carroll,” says Barnes. “Criteria has a long and rich history of
recording some of the most famous and important albums in the history of
music. I feel very comfortable working there.”
Produced
by Owens and Barnes and mixed and mastered by Mark Lewis of MRL Studios
in Nashville, Tennessee, Next To Die follows 2024’s Killing For Revenge
and is the third record that Barnes and Owen have created together
since reuniting in 2017.
Barnes
titled the record after the song “Next to Die,” as it “best represents
what is contained within the ideas/storylines of the lyrics of each
song. We don’t discuss lyrical themes, we each write what we’re feeling
and find interesting.” The frontman urges close listening, saying,
“that’s the great thing about music and art and reading. It takes you on
an exploration into your own imagination, and that personal experience
lets you discover what you think the meaning is. Having someone tell you
what it means takes away that magic.”
SIX
FEET UNDER was initially formed as a side project for Barnes during his
final years with the band that he co-founded, Cannibal Corpse. It
became the frontman’s sole focus in 1995, coinciding with the release of
their debut, Haunted. The current lineup of Barnes, Owen, lead
guitarist Ray Suhy, bassist Jeff Hughell, and drummer Marco Pitruzzella
make for a devastating unit.
Next
To Die features the cover art of Sandy Rezalmi and will be released on
CD and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants:
SIX
FEET UNDER will return to European stages this June with support from
Embryonic Autopsy. In July, the band will kick off a North American
headlining tour with support from Kataklysm and Wormhole.
Tickets are on sale now. See all confirmed dates below.
Europe and North American Tour Tickets and VIP here
Switzerland based black metal warrior CONJURING have posted the title track from the bands anticipated new release "MEMENTO
MORI", due to be unleashed 5/8/2026 via HYPNOTIC DIRGE RECORDS.
CONJURING unleashed "ODIUM", 7/19/2024 via KERNKRAFTTRITTER RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW:CONJURING: NEW TRACK "MEMENTO MORI" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF HYPNOTIC DIRGE RECORDS):
Denmark based death metal warriors CARBON TOMB have posted "A HIDDEN CREATURE" , a track from the bands anticipated debut release
"PASSAGE OF A NEUTRON STAR", due to be unleashed soon in 2026 (release
date T.B.A.) via TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW: CARBON TOMB: NEW TRACK "A HIDDEN CREATURE" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY RECORDS):
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. based heavy metal warriors ARMORED
SAINT have posted a video for "HIT A MOONSHOT" , a track from the
bands anticipated new release "EMOTION FACTORY RESET", due to be
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.
ARMORED SAINT unleashed "PUNCHING THE SKY",
10/23/2020 via METAL BLADE RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW:ARMORED SAINT:NEW TRACK "HIT A MOONSHOT" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF METAL BLADE RECORDS):
Italian thrash metal warriors URAL have posted the bands anticipated new release
"ANTHROPIC
GENETIC INVOLUTION", due to be unleashed 4/23/2026 via XTREEM MUSIC...
URAL have posted a video for "HERITAGE", a track
from the bands anticipated new release "PSYCHOVERSE", due to be
unleashed 10/10/2023 via XTREEM MUSIC.
URAL unleashed "JUST FOR FUN", 9/27/2019 via VIOLENT CREEK RECORDS.
FROM URAL:
Today is the day!
“Anthropic Genetic Involution” OUT NOW!
Available in CD and digitally on Spotify and every platform wordwilde.
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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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