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Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. based atmospheric, melodic black metal warriors STELLAR ROT have posted "MIASMIC DIPSOMANIA", a track from the duo's debut release "WHERE THE FORMLESS ONES DWELL", due to be unleashed 9/25/2026 via HYPNOTIC DIRGE RECORDS..
FROM HYPNOTIC DIRGE RECORDS:
Stellar Rot releases debut track Miasmic Dipsomania from album Where the Formless Ones Dwell
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Stellar Rot released their first ever track "Miasmic Dipsomania" on Friday!
From the upcoming album "Where the Formless Ones Dwell" out on CD/Digital September 25 with vinyl scheduled for January.
You can pre-order both formats now - find the links in the YouTube description!
• Album notes •
Where The Formless Ones Dwell” is Stellar Rot’s debut launch into the atmospheric black metal genre after years of performing together in a traditional black metal band. Stellar Rot began as a concept to explore the deep lore around the Grimdark universe, pulling imagery from a world tormented by countless horrors from beyond the void and humankind being pushed to the brink after unfathomable atrocities they committed to conquer the stars over the course of several millennia.
Before a single note was written, the duo spent countless nights over the course of many years, debating and studying art and media around this endless and vast universe. The concept of the album was fully developed in 2025, with the goal of creating 5 separate unique tracks, each fully distinct and designed around a specific god, with the entire structure of the song - every note, lyric, melody - built around servicing that god from beyond the void. Tracks such as “Behold, The Crimson Path” that service the god of war and bloodshed encompass punishing, brutal riffs and tribal drums to showcase the call to war, while other tracks such as “Miasmic Dipsomania” display a much different feel, embodying a god whom deals in much more sinister affairs and hosts ambient, evil riffs with chaotic drums that slowly gives the listener the feeling of descending into pure madness.
Each track transports the listener into a distinct section of the endless void - from landscapes encapsulating prismatic winds and crystal formations, to the putrid, festering lands of rot and decay. Stellar Rot seeks to bring this haunting and unfathomably cruel world to life in its purest form. Descend into the mouth of ruin, and discover what horrors await.
VIDEO BELOW: STELLAR ROT: NEW TRACK "MIASMIC DIPSOMANIA" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF HYPNOTIC DIRGE RECORDS):
Norwegian black metal warriors THORNS OF RUINS have posted the bands anticipated new release "STELLAR REVERENCE", unleashed 8/13/2026 via SATANATH RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW: THORNS OF RUINS: NEW RELEASE "STELLAR REVERENCE" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF SATANATH RECORDS):
New York City, New York, U.S.A. based industrial metal warriors
PRONG have announced NOVEMBER 2026 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES in JPEG flyer above.
PRONG have posted a video for "THE BANNER", a track from the bands
anticipated new self titled release, due to be unleashed 11/6/2026 via
NAPALM RECORDS.
PRONG, vua SPOTIFY, are streaming the bands
anticipated new release "STATE OF EMERGENCY", unleashed
10/6/2023 via SPV ENTERTAINMENT.
PRONG
have posted "BREAKING POINT", a stand alone single, unleashed 1/11/2023
via NAPALM RECORDS.
PRONG unleashed "ZERO DAYS", 7/28/2017 via STEAMHAMMER.
Denmark based. death metal
warriors ELITIST have
posted "CONFLAGRATION BECKONS!", a track from the bands anticipated new
SPLIT RELEASE WITH REPLICANT, "INDOMITABLE HOSTILITY", due to be
unleashed soon (release date T.B.A.) via TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY RECORDS.
New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A. death metal
warriors REPLICANT have
posted "ANTI COSMIC SPIRAL", a track from the bands anticipated new
SPLIT RELEASE WITH ELITIST, "INDOMITABLE HOSTILITY", due to be
unleashed soon (release date T.B.A.) via TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY RECORDS.
REPLICANT have
posted the bands anticipated new release "INFINITE MORTALITY", unleashed 2/12/2024 TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY RECORDS.
REPLICANT unleashed "CHASM OF AEONS" (SPLIT WITH INOCULATION, CRYPTIC SHIFT, ASTRAL TOMB), 8/4/2020 via BANDCAMP.
REPLICANT unleashed "HYPOCHONDRIA OF THE MACHINE" (EP), 12/20/2019 (DIGITAL, SELF RELEASED).
VIDEO BELOW:ELITIST: NEW TRACK "CONFLAGRATION BECKONS!" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY RECORDS):
Portugal based black metal warriors SARDONIC WITCHERY have announced FALL 2026 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES..
SARDONIC WITCHERY have posted a
lyric video for "CROWN OF BURNING SPIKES" , a track from the bands
anticipated new release "HELLS THORNS ATTACK", due to be unleashed
9/1/2026 via FIRECUM RECORDS.
SARDONIC WITCHERY unleashed "BARBARIC EVIL POWER", 1/15/2024 via WAR MARCH RECORDS.
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