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NO MALLCORE, NO METAL CORE, NO CORE, NO HIPSTERS.FREEDOM FOR UKRAINE
Frankfurt, Germany based thrash metal warriors
EXUMER have posted a visualized for "ALLOCATED SAVAGERY", a track from the bands
anticipated new release "DEATH MASK MESSIAH", due to be unleashed
8/28/2026 via METAL BLADE RECORDS.
EXUMER have announced new bassist ALEX VOSS
EXUMER unleashed "HOSTILE DEFIANCE", 4/5/2019 via METAL BLADE
RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW: EXUMER:NEW TRACK "ALLOCATED SAVAGERY" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF METAL BLADE RECORDS):
German
heavy metal warriors THE NIGHT ETERNAL have posted a video for "THE VEINS OF TIME" , a track from the bands anticipated new release "COLD
VELVET", due to be unleashed 8/21/2026 via METAL BLADE RECORDS.
THE NIGHT ETERNAL have inked a deal with METAL BLADE RECORDS.
THE NIGHT ETERNAL have announced bassist JONES NULEN has left the band..
THE NIGHT ETERNAL unleashed "FATALE", 7/14/2023 via VAN RECORDS.
THE NIGHT ETERNAL unleashed "MOONLIT CROSS", 11/5/2021 via VAN RECORDS.
VIDEO BELOW: THE NIGHT ETERNAL: NEW TRACK "THE VEINS OF TIME" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF METAL BLADE RECORDS):
OLIVER PINARD, bassist for Canada based
technical death metal warriors CRYPTOPSY was recently interviewed by IBLIS MANIFESTATIONS.
CRYPTOPSY have posted the EXPLICIT, UNCENSORED video for "MALICIOUS NEEDS", a track from the bands anticipated new release "AN INSATIABLE VIOLENCE", due to be unleashed 6/20/2025 via SEASON OF
MIST.
CRYPTOPSY have announced SUMMER 2026 EUROPEAN FESTIVAL TOUR DATES..
CRYPTOPSY have announced SPRING 2026
NORTH AMERICAN "DECIBEL TOUR" WITH NECROT, FULCI and BLOOD MONOLITH ..
CRYPTOPSY have been nominated for their second JUNO AWARD..
CRYPTOPSY have posted a medley of the
bands re-issued classic release "BLASPHEMY MADE FLESH", due to be
unleashed soon via SEASON OF MIST.
MATT MCGACHY, vocalist for Canada based
technical death metal warriors CRYPTOPSY have posted a short film for
the title track from the bands anticipated new release "AN
INSATIABLE VIOLENCE", unleashed 6/20/2025 via SEASON OF
MIST.
CRYPTOPSY have posted the bands anticipated new release "AN
INSATIABLE VIOLENCE", due to be unleashed 6/20/2025 via SEASON OF
MIST.
CRYPTOPSY have posted "BLASPHEMY MADE
FLESH" (REISSUE), due to be unleashed soon (release date T.B.A.) via
SEASON OF
MIST
CRYPTOPSY have posted a video for "MALICIOUS NEEDS", a track from the bands anticipated new release "AN INSATIABLE VIOLENCE", due to be unleashed 6/20/2025 via SEASON OF
MIST.
CRYPTOPSY have posted a video for "UNTIL
THERE'S NOTHING LEFT", a track from the bands anticipated new release
"AN INSATIABLE VIOLENCE", due to be unleashed 6/20/2025 via SEASON OF
MIST.
CRYPTOPSY have reissued their self titled release via SEASON OF MIST.
CRYPTOPSY have signed a record deal with SEASON OF MIST.
VIDEO BELOW: CRYPTOPSY: INTERVIEW (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF IBLIS MANIFESTATIONS ):
Ukrainian progressive, symphonic metal warriors IGNEA have posted a
video for "DARKNESS" , a track from the bands anticipated
new release "MONUMENTAL", due to be unleashed 10/23/2026 via NAPALM
RECORDS.
Photo by Lame Perfect
IGNEA'S studio was effected by a RUSSIAN STRIKE.
IGNEA unleashed "DREAMS OF LANDS UNSEEN", 4/28/2023 via NAPALM RECORDS.
FROM IGNEA and NAPALM RECORDS: :
Cosmonauts,
This is your pre-launch briefing.
Today, we're sending the first transmission from our upcoming album, Monumental — a song called "Dreams of Lands Unseen."
This
song is about the blend of ambition and illusion, where space wasn't an
escape but a conquest shaped by ideology and dreams. Across Ukraine and
many post-Soviet countries, mosaics still depict this promised future:
cosmonauts, rockets, bold visions of worlds yet unseen.
This
song isn't nostalgic for space exploration itself, so much as for an
aesthetic that was itself already nostalgic, looking back at a future
that was already passing.
Still, I guess each of us has dreamt of becoming an astronaut at least once... haven't you?
Premiere today at 2 PM CET. See you there.
Video: Lame Perfect
Mixing & Mastering: Jacob Hansen
__________________________
New
album "Monumental" to be out on October 23, 2026, through Napalm
Records. Digital & physical pre-orders are up and running.
VIDEO BELOW: IGNEA: NEW TRACK "DARKNESS" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF IGNEA):
Austria based blackened death metal warriors BELPHEGOR have announced the band has completed recording the bands 13th album, due to be unleashed in 2027.
BELPHEGOR have posted a
video for "SCARLET BEAST-LEVIATHAN", a stand alone single, unleashed
2/19/2026 via REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC.
BELPHEGOR have announced WINTER 2026 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES WITH HATE, INCANTATION, NARCOTIC WASTELAND.
BELPHEGOR have posted a
video for "SANCTUS DIABOLI CONFIDIMUS", a stand alone single,
unleashed 8/6/2025 via . REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC...
. BELPHEGOR unleashed
"THE DEVILS", 6/24/2022 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
FROM BELPHEGOR:
BELPHEGOR - NEW ALBUM SET FOR RELEASE 2027!
Extreme Metal force BELPHEGOR has completed its 13th studio album, scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2027 via Reigning Phoenix Music.
„Finally, the musick-al process is complete. Rooted in our unmistakable vision, the glorification of the Devil. The nine tracks are a ceremonial invocation of pure Black Death Metal!“ In Musick, Helmuth
As preparations for the album release continue, BELPHEGOR invites its supporters to revisit the first two singles from the upcoming offering:
German blackened/doom metal warrior EXITIUM SUI, via BANDCAMP, are
streaming "SEPTKINESIS (FEATURING DREW GRIFFITHS)" , a track from the bands
anticipated new release "UNRAVELLING", due to be
unleashed 9/4/2026 via MEUSE MUSIC RECORDS.
EXITIUM SUI unleashed "ENDLESS, REGRESSION", 12/22/2023.
EXITIUM SUI, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated debut release "AD
PERSONAM", unleashed 11/27/2020 via NATURMACHT PRODUCTIONS and
RAIN WITHOUT END RECORDS.
FROM EXITIUM SUI:
Dear friends and followers, we're pleased to present 'Septikinesis (feat. Drew Griffiths)', the second new single from Exitium Sui!
'Septikinesis (feat. Drew Griffiths)' is taken from the coming album 'Unravelling' to be released on September 4!
NOKT, singer of Minsk, Belarus, Poland depressive black metal warriors DYNA LOTVA has been charged with five crimes for supporting the Ukrainian army in the war against Russia,
DYNA LOTVA are set to release "VYRAJ", 8/7/2026 via PROPHECY PRODUCTIONS.
DYNA LOTVA, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "WORMWOOD" (EP), unleashed 8/15/2017 via DER NEUE WEG PROMOTIONS.
DYNA LOTVA unleashed "THE LAND UNDER THE BLACK WINGS: SWAMP", 11/5/2016 via DER NEUE WEG PROMOTIONS.
FROM DYMNA LOTVA:
Our singer Nokt is charged under five criminal articles (our comments added in brackets):
Part 1 of Article 289-1 Propaganda of terrorism (for public supporting Ukrainian army and Belarusian volunteers who defend Ukraine) - up to 3 years in prison;
Part 1 of Article 290-1 Financing terrorist activity (for donations and collecting money for Ukrainian army and Belarusian volunteers who defend Ukraine) - up to 12 years in prison;
Parts 1 and 2 of Article 361-4 - Assistance to extremist activity (for participation in protests against dictatorship) - up to 7 years in prison;
Article 366-1 Prohibition of violence or threat of violence, destruction, or damage to property against Lukashenka (for dictator's voodoo doll ) - up to 9 years in prison;
Part 1 of Article 368 - Insulting Lukashenka (for telling the truth) - up to 4 years in prison.
She has been asked to appear before the Investigative Committee of the Sovietsky District of Minsk. Hahah, really
The court hearing is scheduled for August 14.
MESSAGE FROM NOKT:
People say that nowadays metal, including black metal, has become too safe and too tame. Okay, hold my beer - I’m being charged under five articles of the Belarusian Criminal Code, including charges of "extremist activity" and "financing terrorism." I could be sentenced to up to 12 years in prison! Maybe the lukashenka's regime wants to make extreme metal extreme again?
Okay, seriously though, this criminal case is 100% politically motivated and is connected to my participation in the protests and my support for Ukraine. It's even flattering that, six years after the protests and five years after I left Belarus, the regime is still keeping an eye on what we're doing. It confirms that we're on the right path and motivates us to keep going.
I want to ask our fans not to worry about me. In Poland, I have legal international protection status because of political persecution. In Belarus, as a result of this trial, my property could have been confiscated - if I'd had any. Spending all my money on music turned out to be a great idea!
And to the Investigative Committee of the Sovietsky District of Minsk, I'd like to say:
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? (No stars)=this band and release blow goats.
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