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A. MORBID of U.S.A. and Canada based depressive black metal warriors HAPPY DAYS has started his own record label PALE VEIN PRODUCTIONS.
HAPPY DAYS
have posted "MORS VINCIT OMNIA", a track from the bands anticipated new
release "EN ENFER J'AI REGNE", due to be unleashed 1/31/2023 via TALHEIM RECORDS...
HAPPY DAYS have announced a lineup expansion and musical progression.
HAPPY DAYS posted "HOLLOW", a stand alone single in 2021.
HAPPY DAYS unleashed "REACHING FOR SILENCE" (SPLIT with DEADSPACE), 9/30/2017 via TALHEIM RECORDS.
FROM A. MORBID (HAPPY DAYS):
Update! NOT HAPPY DAYS RELATED.
So I have decided to officially open my own label.it is called Pale Vein Productions and I have decided to go on this endeavor to help lesser known but amazing bands get some sort of spotlight and recognition they deserve. I will be producing merch as well for whichever bands I decide to sign. For now I will mostly stick with CD and tshirt pressing but should this become more and more successful then maybe in the future vinyls could be an option as well. This is a huge risk as i am fully aware how expensive it is to run a label but life's too short to not at least try and give it a shot. I will be signing black metal,Death Metal,Shoegaze and post rock bands. Yes I am now accepting band submissions too. If anyone is interested please submit your demos or albums or songs to and please give the page a follow and share it around. Im very proud to finally being able to make this happen. Really looking forward to hearing new music. More news coming soon! Submissions can be sent also to the email at pale.vein.productions@gmail.com
Polish thrash metal warriors ABUSER have posted "PAINBRINGER", a track from the bands anticipated debut release "BLOOD MARKS", due to be unleashed 5/7/2026 via XTREEM MUSIC.
FROM XTREEM MUSIC:
ABUSER 3rd single: new video & pre-order for new album!!
Polish thrashers ABUSER return in full force with “Painbringer”, the third and final advance single, delivered as a visualizer video. A direct hit of fast, aggressive, no-holds-barred Thrash Metal.
The track serves as a preview of their highly anticipated debut album “Blood Marks”, set for release on May 7th through Xtreem Music on CD and digital formats. A record built to tear everything apart with razor-sharp riffs, relentless speed, and an uncompromising old-school attitude.
ABUSER was formed in Wroclaw (Poland) in 2018, the band has built a reputation in the underground for their violent, no-mercy approach to Thrash Metal, first revealed with their 2019 demo released on cassette by Destruktion Records.
After a forced hiatus, ABUSER returned in late 2023 with a complete lineup and a renewed hunger for destruction. Throughout 2025, the band focused on forging their debut full-length album, sharpening their sound into a relentless weapon of speed, aggression, and raw intensity.
In December 2025, ABUSER officially signed with Xtreem Music, sealing the deal for the release of their debut album “Blood Marks”. Featuring 10 tracks of fast, furious, and savage Thrash Metal inspired by Morbid Saint, Demolition Hammer, Sadus, Dark Angel, and Kreator, “Blood Marks” will be unleashed on May 7th, 2026, on CD and digital formats.
A new threat has entered the Thrash Metal underground. Expect no mercy.
Tracklist for "Blood Marks" is as follows:
01. Cry of the Innocent
02. Suspended in Torture
03. Blood Marks
04. Painbringer
05. Fin de Siécle
06. Monument of Atrocity
07. Struggling for Reality
08. Lethal Obsession
09. Abuser
10. Witnessing Madness
Release date for "Blood Marks" will be May 7th, 2026 through Xtreem Music on CD & Digital formats.
Bavaria, Germany based death metal warriors FLESHCRAWL have posted "BLOOD DOMINION", a track from the bands anticipated new release "EPITOME OF CARNAGE", due to be unleashed 6/12/2026 via DMG AND REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC.
FLESHCRAWL announce new vocalist BORISZ SARAFUTGYINOV.
SVEN GROSS, vocalist of FLESHCRAWL died of cancer 6/12/2021 at 44.
FLESHCRAWL unleashed INTO THE CATACOMBS OF FLESH", 11/29/2019 via APOSTASY RECORDS.
FROM FLESHCRAWL:
Here we go!
The 1st single and video of our new album EPITOME OF CARNAGE is OUT NOW!
Swedish Gothic, death, doom metal warriors DRACONIAN have posted a
video for "MISANTHROPE RIVER" , a track from the bands anticipated new
offering "IN SOMNOLENT RUIN", due to
be unleashed 5/8/2026 via NAPALM RECORDS.
DRACONIAN unleashed
"UNDER A GODLESS VEIL", 10/30/2020 via NAPALM
RECORDS
FROM DRACONIAN:
Misanthrope River was the first song written for this album. The initial idea goes back to the early days of Under a Godless Veil, but it remained dormant until work on this record began.
It’s an emotional gothic doom track- fairly minimalist, yet expansive in feel, with subtle touches that hint at post-metal and give the atmosphere a broader sense of depth. There’s a suggestion of something ancient and mysterious running through it.
Although interactive, at its core, the song deals with separation and isolation in a world where the larger truth has been kept from you, and how those feelings slowly turn into resentment. You’re pushing against the current- wading upstream while doubting the way forward. In that struggle you’ll be grasping at straws for any sense of peace, while unintentionally shutting out the one closest to you.
Overall, the song is quite straightforward, yet it is deep dive.
Shot in the Faroe Islands, the video places its actors within vast, striking landscapes. As with Cold Heavens, this video is directed stunningly by Gaui H.
The poetic inaugural piece is evocatively narrated by Simon Bibby (Thy Listless Heart, Seventh Angel), whose voice guides the atmosphere with a quiet intensity. Simon also lends his presence to one of the tracks featured on the bonus album.
All music and arrangements were crafted by Johan, while lyrics and additional arrangements were shaped by Anders- together weaving the sonic and emotional fabric of the song.
We invite you to step into this world, to listen closely, and to feel it in your own way. Your thoughts and impressions mean a great deal to us, so please share them with us.
With reverence,
DRACONIAN
VIDEO BELOW: DRACONIAN: NEW TRACK "MISANTHROPE RIVER" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF NAPALM RECORDS):
Florida,
U.S.A. death metal warriors SIX FEET UNDER have posted a video
for "MUTILATED CORPSE IN THE WOODS" , a track from the bands anticipated
new release "NEXT TO DIE", due to be 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
Denmark based thrash metal warriors ARTILLERY have posted a video for the title
track from the bands anticipated new EP "MADE IN HELL", due to be
unleashed 5/15/2026 via MIGHTY MUSIC.
ARTILLERY have announced the
band has inked a deal with MIGHTY MUSIC and are due to unleash a new EP
in the SPRING of 2026.
ARTILLERY have announced WINTER 2026 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES.. ARTILLERY have announced guitarist KRAEN MEIR has left the band and new vocalist MARTIN STEENE joins the group.
ARTILLERY have announced new drummer KJELSTRUP HANSEN.
ARTILLERY unleashed "X", 5/7/2021 via METAL BLADE RECORDS.
FROM ARTILLERY:
Hi all.
'Made in Hell' from the EP which will be released soon.
This is the title track, next Wednesday on the 8'th april the video to the track will be released.
We hope you will enjoy the energy, and power of the track, as we really enjoyed making it.
We present MADE IN HELL. (PLAY IT LOUDER THAN HELL)
Norwegian blackened extreme metal
warriors DIMMU BORGIR have announced a 10/31/2026 SHOW IN OSLO, NORWAY @ SPEKTRUM WITH SATYRICON and ENSLAVED..
DIMMU BORGIR have posted a video for "ULVGJELD &
BLODSODEL", a track from the bands anticipated new release "GRAND
SERPENT RISING", due to be unleashed 5/22/2026 via NUCLEAR BLAST
RECORDS.
DIMMU BORGIR have announced FALL 2026 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES WITH BEHEMOTH and DARK FUNERAL..
DIMMU BORGIR have announced the band is in the studio recording a new album. .
DIMMU BORGIR have announced a 8/6/2025 HEADLINE SHOW @ 013 TILBURG WITH ABBATH, DOOM OCCULTA and GAEREA.
GALDER, guitarist for Norwegian blackened extreme metal
warriors DIMMU BORGIR has left the band.
DIMMU BORGIR, via SPOTIFY,
are streaming the
bands anticipated new release "INSPIRATIO PROFANUS" (COVERS ALBUM) , unleashed
12/8/2023 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
DIMMU BORGIR unleashed "PURITANICAL EUPHORIC MISANTHROPIA"
(REMIXED AND REMASTERED),. 10/28/2022 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
DIMMU BORGIR unleashed "NORTHERN FORCES
OVER
WACKEN", 7/29/2022 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
DIMMU BORGIR unleashed "EONIAN", 5/4/2018 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
SATYRICON unleashed "DEEP
CALLAETH UPON
DEEP", 9/22/2017 via NAPALM RECORDS.
ENSLAVED have posted a lyric video for "FIRE MARENGO", a
collaborative single with STORM WEATHER SHANTY CHOIR, unleashed
3/27/2026 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS. .
ENSLAVED, via SPOTIFY, are streaming the
bands digital re-issue of "HEIMDAL" (DELUXE VERSION) , due to be unleashed 3/1/2024 via .NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
ENSLAVED unleashed "HEIMDAL'", 3/3/2023 via
NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
ENSLAVED unleashed "CARAVANS TO THE OUTER
WORLD"(EP),, 10/1/2021 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
FROM DIMMU BORGIR:
We’re joining forces with Satyricon and Enslaved for our biggest show in Norway ever!
Unholy Halloween will take place at Oslo Spektrum on Saturday, October 31. Tickets go on general sale Friday at 10:00.
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