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Australian Gothic metal warriors THE ETERNAL have posted a video for "COLOURS FADE" , a track the
bands anticipated new offering "SKINWALKER", due to be unleashed
6/28/2024 via REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC.
THE ETERNAL have posted a lyric video for "UNDER THE BLACK", a track the
bands anticipated new offering "SKINWALKER", due to be unleashed
6/28/2024 via REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC.
THE ETERNAL unleashed "WAITING FOR THE ENDLESS DAWN", 8/17/2018 via INVERSE RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW: THE ETERNAL: NEW TRACK "COLOURS FADE" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC.):
Spanish death metal legends AVULSED
have posted "EXORDIUM" (CREMATORY COVER) , a track from the
bands anticipated covers album NORDIC EMBRYOGENESIS", due to be
unleashed soon in 2026 (release date T.B.A.) via XTREEM MUSIC.
AVULSED
have announced FALL 2026 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES with FLESHCRAWL... ..
AVULSED
have posted a video for the title track from the bands anticipated new
release "PHOENIX CRYPTOBIOSIS", unleashed 3/4/2025 via XTREEM MUSIC. AVULSED have posted the bands anticipated new release "PHOENIX CRYPTOBIOSIS",unleashed 3/4/2025 via XTREEM MUSIC.
AVULSED have announced three members have left the band. AVULSED have posted "INTERGALACTIC GORE WARS", a stand alone single, unleashed 5/4/2023 via XTREEM MUSIC.
AVULSED unleashed (SPLIT) 7"EP with MERCYLESS, unleashed 5/7/2017 via XENOKORP.
AVULSED unleashed (live offering) "NIGHT
OF THE LIVING DEATHGENERATIONS" (2 CD and DVD), due to be unleashed
4/17/2017 via XTREEM MUSIC.
AVULSED unleashed "DEATHGENERATION" (DOUBLE CD), a re-recorded
compilation of 18 of the best tracks from all their releases
(including DEMOS), unleashed 11/1/2016 via XTREEM MUSIC.
Avulsed
unveils the first advance track from its upcoming covers album "Nordic
Embryogenesis" with a crushing reinterpretation of "Expunging
Mortalities", a dark hidden gem taken from the 1990 second demo of
Finnish Death Metal cult act FUNEBRE.
Dave Rotten himself comments the following about this song:
"One
of the very first choices for this album was, without a doubt, FUNEBRE.
This Finnish band released two demos in 1989 and 1990 before putting
out their only full-length album in 1991, showcasing a darker, denser,
and more oppressive vision of Death Metal than was common at the time.
Their sound exuded a putrid and sickly atmosphere, with an almost
Doom-like aura in places, clearly influenced by the earliest days of
PARADISE LOST, while remaining firmly rooted in the same territory as
bands like PURTENANCE, ABHORRENCE, and AUTOPSY.
The
song we chose, "Expunging Mortalities", comes from their second demo,
released in 1990, and never made it onto the album. In fact, I have
always felt that this demo represents the true essence of FUNEBRE far
better, capturing all the filth, heaviness, and darkness that defined
the band. Unfortunately, much of that magic was lost on the album
itself, most likely due to the production by Timo Tolkki, which
significantly softened the band's sound and moved it away from how it
should have sounded in the first place.
Furthermore,
vocalist Jari Heinonen has always been one of my main influences within
Death Metal. Perhaps, when listening to this version and comparing it
to the original, you'll be able to spot some similarities that I've
never tried to hide".
Under
the title "Nordic Embryogenesis", the band pays tribute to the deepest
roots of Scandinavian Death Metal through a covers album unlike any
other. Don't expect songs by world-famous bands or the usual classics
everyone knows. Instead, this is an archaeological journey into the
primitive depths of Swedish, Finnish, and Norwegian Death Metal,
resurrecting tracks from cult demos and EP's that, in many cases, were
the only recordings those bands ever left behind.
Some
of these acts disappeared before even releasing a full-length album,
yet all of them helped shape the sound and identity of a scene that
would eventually change the history of extreme Metal. For AVULSED, these
songs are part of their musical DNA and represent a unique opportunity
to bring back to life works unfairly forgotten by time.
The
reconstruction process has been monumental. In none of the cases, no
sheet music, transcriptions, or documentation existed. Many guitar
riffs, drum patterns, and vocal lines had to be deciphered note by note
directly from old recordings, and in some cases even the lyrics had to
be recovered from virtually impossible-to-find sources. A true
excavation into Death Metal history.
But the surprises don't end there.
In
another move that is practically unprecedented within the Metal scene,
the eleven songs that make up "Nordic Embryogenesis" will be unveiled
individually, one per week, each accompanied by its own exclusive
artwork. The band will not even reveal the tracklist or the names of the
bands being covered beforehand, keeping speculation and anticipation
alive right up to the album's final release, scheduled for September 9th
on CD, 12"LP, cassette, and digital formats through XTREEM MUSIC.
Some
of the selected bands will be familiar to dedicated old-school Death
Metal followers. Others will be a complete revelation even to the most
obsessive collectors. What they all share is that, in one way or
another, they helped forge the spirit and sound that gave birth to
AVULSED when the band was formed in the summer of 1991.
The
drums were recorded at The Empty Hall Studios (Madrid) during April,
while the guitars were tracked between March and May at Acórdica Studios
(Zaragoza). Vocals were recorded at Sanctuary Studios (Cáceres). Mixing
was handled by Alejandro Lobo at Acórdica Studios during May and June,
while mastering was carried out by Davide Billia at MKII Studios in
Italy. The cover artwork was created by Indonesian artist Rudi Yanto.
A new piece of this dark puzzle will be revealed every week until September 4th.
And
don't forget to follow the official channels to be the first to hear
each of these eleven relics resurrected from the depths of Scandinavian
Death Metal:
Tokyo, Japan based extreme metal warriors SIGH have posted a video for "UNPUTENPU", a track from the bands anticipated new release "GOH-KA", due to be unleashed
9/4/2026 via PEACEVILLE RECORDS.
SIGH have announced SUMMER 2026 WEST COAST USA TOUR DATES...
SIGH have posted a lyric
video for "THE ZOMBIE TERROR" , a track from the bands anticipated re
issue of "INFIDEL ART", due to be re unleashed soon (release date
T.B.A.) via PEACEVILLE RECORDS. .
SIGH'S "INFIDEL ART", was originally unleashed 10/1995 via CACOPHONOUS RECORDS.
SIGH, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands anticipated new
reissue of their classic release "HANGMAN'S HYMN" , re titled "I
SAW THE WORLD'S END-HANGMAN'S HYMN MMXXV", re-unleashed 6/13/2025 via PEACEVILLE RECORDS. .
SIGH unleashed "LIVE EASTERN FORCES OF EVIL", 6/16/2023 via
PEACEVILLE RECORDS.
SIGH unleashed "SHIKI", 8/26/2022 via PEACEVILLE RECORDS.
plus: pre-orders of the album from the Peaceville store or band store will come with a free 10-track sigh sampler.
Main-man
Mirai Kawashima notes this as being as equally personal an album as
‘Shiki’, both musically and lyrically. From a musical perspective, if
you were to place the main ingredients of Celtic Frost, Voivod, Black
Sabbath, horror movies and Japan into a cauldron and stir it, you will
get ‘Goh-ka’. Numerous additional spices such as psychedelic rock, prog
rock and classical music are also evident over the album’s close to
one-hour duration.
Joining
Mirai Kawashima and Dr Mikannibal along with guitarist Nozomu Wakai,
are Frédéric Leclercq (Kreator) on bass, plus renowned US drummer Mike
Heller.
Among
the additional contributors to the album, Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth
notably delivers a special guest guitar solo on the track, ‘Unputenpu’.
‘Goh-ka’ was recorded across multiple studios, and once again mixed and mastered by Lasse Lammert at LSD studios in Germany.
Sigh is on tour in 2026 in Europe and North America
VIDEO BELOW: SIGH: NEW TRACK "UNPUTENPU" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF PEACEVILLE RECORDS. ):
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. death metal warriors NOTHINGNESS have
posted the bands anticipated new release
"GODSLAUGHTER", unleashed 7/31/2026 via EVERLASTING SPEW
RECORDS.
NOTHINGNESS have
posted "CATAPULTED INTO HYPERSPACE", a track from the bands anticipated
debut release "SUPRALIMINAL", unleashed 1/20/2023 via
EVERLASTING SPEW RECORDS.
FROM NOTHINGNESS:
GOOD MORNING FRIENDS
Today is the day. Godslaughter is finally out in the world for your listening displeasure. The full record is ready to rip in all the places music normally lives.
We have CDs (chubby won’t give me mine back) available now on our Bandcamp, as well as two new shirts up for preorder. You’ll find the link for all that in our bio. Vinyl will be available this fall.
Besides all that, what we really want to say is thank you all for everything. None of this would be happening if it wasn’t for you guys, gals, and gremlins giving a shit about what we do.
We appreciate all the kind words and support we’ve received so far, but we remain open to small, tolerable, ego confirming amounts of criticism if absolutely necessary.
We’ve got some cool shit in the works surrounding this release so we will be back soon with more crap but until then, thank you again, and have yourselves a nice little Fridee.
-Nothingness
VIDEO BELOW:NOTHINGNESS:NEW RELEASE "GODSLAUGHTER" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF EVERLASTING SPEW RECORDS):
Spanish blackened-death metal warriors ALTARAGE, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "COGWHEEL", unleashed 7/31/2026 via SENTIENT RUIN LABORATORIES.
ALTARAGE have posted the bands anticipated new release
"SUCCUMB", due to be unleashed 4/23/2021 via SEASON OF MIST.
ALTARAGE unleashed "THE APPROACHING ROAR", 1/25/2019 via SEASON OF MIST UNDERGROUND ACTIVISTS.
FROM SENTIENT RUIN:
FULL ALBUM STREAM
“What has left to be said about this band that has not already been said? Recursiveness and repetitiveness appear to be the only path forward, as once again we grapple with the same awe-inducing magnitude and scope of yet another work which consecrates the Basque experimental death metal titans, as simply both genre-defying and genre-defining.”
CVLT Nation unveil ALTARAGE’s new album “Cogwheel” in full. Get crushed by a full hour and fourteen minutes of death metal’s most defiant and mutated frontier!
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. based death metal warriors MORGUED have posted "TERROR TROOPS" , a track from the bands anticipated debut release "ORDNANCE OBSCENUM", due to be unleashed 8/28/2026 via IRON FORTRESS RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW: MORGUED: NEW TRACK "TERROR TROOPS" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF IRON FORTRESS RECORDS):
Promoters for FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS have confirmed SUBROSA, YOB, STORMKEEP, FIEF and MORE bands for WINTER RETREAT, set to take place 1/15th, 16th and 17th, 2027 @ THE STANLEY HOTEL ESTES PARK, COLORADO..
FROM FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS:
The next era of Fire in the Mountains includes an event like no other. We are proud to announce an exclusive event at the legendary The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO!
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