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Turku, Finland based black metal warriors MALUM were interviewed by INTO THE NECROSPHERE.
Turku, Finland based black metal warriors MALUM have posted "MESSIAAN KUOLEMA", a track from the bands anticipated new release " DEVIL'S CREATION", unleashed 4/16/2021 via PURITY THROUGH FIRE.
MALUM have posted "MESSIAAN KUOLEMA", a track from the bands anticipated new release " DEVIL'S CREATION", due to be unleashed SPRING OR SUMMER 2021 (release date T.B.A.) via PURITY THROUGH FIRE
FROM INTO THE NECROSPHERE:
This week I’m joined by A.A. from the Norwegian black metal outfit Malum to dig into their excellent new album, “From The Voids”. We get into the band’s origins as a studio project, the evolution of their sound from their debut, “In Nauseam”, to the new record, and the intersection of Polish and Norwegian character that has emerged in their music. We also talk about taking Malum from the studio to the stage, their appearances at Inferno, the challenges of maintaining anonymity in the middle of Oslo’s black metal scene, and what the future might hold for a band that increasingly looks like it’s on the verge of becoming something much bigger.
On the weekly news rant, I’m joined by two surprise guests - long-time Legion General, @kelu666, and my good friend, Katy Irizarry from Suspiria PR. We celebrate the brilliance of the latest singles by Eldfodd and Manniveira, while wailing in despair at the career-worst humiliations offered by the new Pain and Fear Factory tracks. We also talk essential Metallica songs, bad tour booking and on my Swirly of the Week, the world’s worst bedroom techno dork pays a visit to the Porcelain Bowl of Reckoning.
NWOHM legends SAXON have posted a video for "GODS OF THUNDER", the title track from the bands anticipated new release, due to be unleashed 1/22/2027 via SILVER LINING MUSIC.
BIFF BIFORD, vocalist of British NWOHM legends SAXON has clarified he has BOWEL CANCER and NOT cancer of the prostate.
SAXON has announced
the cancellation of some 2025 shows as he just had a cancerous tumor
removed..
SAXON have announced the band has
CANCELLED 10 summer 2025 festival shows due to an emergency medical
condition.
SAXON have
posted a video for "1066", a track from the bands latest release "HELL
FIRE AND DAMNATION", unleashed 1/19/2024 via SILVER LINING MUSIC.
Yorkshire, England based New Wave of Heavy Metal legends SAXON have
announced NOVEMBER 2025 UK TOUR DATES WITH DIRKSCHNEIDER.
Promoters for MARYLAND DEATH FEST, set to take place 5/27th, 28th,
29th and 30th, 2027 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND have confirmed LEFT TO DIE, AZARATH, MORTEM, BLOOD STAR..
MARYLAND DEATH FEST 2027 have also confirmed CANDLEMASS, ENSLAVED, EXHUMED,
SATURNUS, VOIVOD, VREID, ANAAL NATHRAKH,
BENIGHTED, EXUMER, LAMP OF MURMUR, LUCIFER and MORE METAL BANDS.. and MORE METAL BANDS....
More metal bands for MARYLAND DEATH FEST 2027 T.B.A.
FROM MARYLAND DEATH FEST 2027 PROMOTERS:
The following bands have been added to the MDF 2027 lineup:
Overkill - Old School set (songs from first 5 albums)
Repulsion
Left to Die - Scream Bloody Gore 40th Anniversary
Azarath (Poland)
Mortem (Norway)
Secret Chiefs 3 - Holy Vehm
Imperial Crystalline Entombment
P.L.F.
Bogside Sniper Squadron
Pig's Blood
Thætas
Lay Waste
Blood Star
This largely concludes the lineup for MDF 2027. Bands that will perform at Angels Rock Bar will be announced around the end of the year.
The final batch of 4-day passes will be released today at 12 pm ET. Less than 100 will be available.
The daily lineups for each day of the festival will be posted around the middle of September.
All additional ticket options (including single-day and VIP tickets) will also go on sale in the middle of September, so keep your eyes peeled for that exact date and time.
Maryland Deathfest XXII
May 27-30, 2027
@ Market Place, Power Plant Live, Nevermore Hall, Baltimore Soundstage, Angels Rock Bar
Akercocke (UK) - 'Choronzon' set
Anaal Nathrakh (UK)
Ancient Death
Autopsy - Celebrating 40 Years of Gut Churning Death Metal
Azarath (Poland)
Barren Path
Benighted (France)
Black Breath
Blood Star
Blood Vial
Bogside Sniper Squadron
Brodequin
Candlemass (Sweden)
Cerebral Effusion (Spain)
Ceremonium
Coscradh (Ireland)
Crawl (Sweden)
Cruciamentum (UK/US)
Crud
Demolition Hammer
Desolus
Devangelic (Italy)
Disharmonic Orchestra (Austria)
Enslaved (Norway) - 'Vikingligr Veldi' set
Exhumed - 'Gore Metal' set
Exumer (Germany)
Fake Dust
Fermented Mess
Fire Magic
Fleshless (Czech Republic)
Funebrarum
Goratory
Gorerotted (UK)
Grave Infestation (Canada)
Guineapig (Italy)
Hong Kong Fuck You
Human Effluence
Immortal Suffering
Ingrowing (Czech Republic)
Imperial Crystalline Entombment
Insect Warfare - World Extermination 20th Anniversary
U.S.A. death metal bands EXHUMED, NUNSLAUGHTER, MOLDER, TRAFFIC DEATH are set to release a 4 way split , due to be unleashed 10/30/2026 via REDEFINING DARKNESS RECORDS..
FROM REDEFINING DARKNESS RECORDS:
EXHUMED • NUNSLAUGHTER • MOLDER • TRAFFIC DEATH
Four forces of the extreme metal underground converge for a special 4-WAY SPLIT LP featuring brand new, previously unreleased material from each band!
More than just four bands sharing wax, this release was born from longstanding friendships, mutual respect, and a shared connection to the underground metal and punk scene. A celebration of the scene, the friendships forged within it, and an absolute devotion to extreme music.
Exhumed’s Matt Harvey comments on one of their contributions, “Roadside Attraction”:
“When Nate from Traffic Death approached me with this wild concept for a four-way split LP, I knew it would be a perfect place to showcase some of the non-album tracks [from the Red Asphalt sessions]. Roadside Attraction is one of my favorite tunes from the whole session, as it evokes the spirit of what we were trying to do back in the mid-90s. I even lifted a riff from those days for the bridge of the song to get a properly grimy vibe going.”
From Exhumed ’s gore-saturated deathgrinding savagery and NunSlaughter ’s unmistakable “Devil Metal,” to Molder ’s diseased old-school death metal and TRAFFIC DEATH ’s violent collision of crossover, grindcore, punk, doom and thrash — four distinct corners of the underground collide on one slab of wax.
Filthy, violent, and unapologetically underground — this is extreme music exactly as it should be.
: Polish death metal warriors HATE have announced drummer NAR SIL is leaving the band and JAKUB TRIGLAY is replacing him.
HATE, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "BELLUM
REGIIS", unleashed 5/2/2025 via METAL BLADE RECORDS
HATE have posted a video for
"IPHIGENIA" , a track from the bands anticipated new release "BELLUM
REGIIS", due to be unleashed 5/2/2025 via METAL BLADE RECORDS.
FROM HATE:
ANNOUNCEMENT: Drummer Replacement — HATE (European Tour w/ Fear Factory)
Dear fans, friends and everyone following HATE on the road - due to unforeseen circumstances, we have a lineup change for the last 14 shows of our European tour supporting American metal legends, Fear Factory. Our current drummer Nar-Sil will be replaced by Jakub „Triglav” Muranowicz (Infernal Flame), who will take over the reins for the remainder of the tour (from Budapest date 23/9 onwards). Triglav also recently filled in for Nar-Sil at the Hell in the Shell Festival (PL), and needless to say, he delivered. He is a skillful and thunderous drummer and we look forward to having him onstage with us once more! See you out on the road!
Norwegian blackened death metal warriors VREDEHAMMER have posted a video for "VREDEHAMMER", a stand alone single, unleashed 9/1/2026 via INDIE RECORDINGS.
VREDEHAMMER unleashed "GOD SLAYER", 5/24/2024 via INDIE RECORDINGS.
VREDEHAMMER, via BANDCAMP, are
streaming the bands anticipated new release "VIPEROUS", unleashed
3/6/2020 via INDIE RECORDINGS
FROM VREDEHAMMER:
OUT NOW!
Our brand new single “VREDEHAMMER” is out now!
Stream the song on all major platforms and check out the official lyric video on YouTube.
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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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