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SINTAGE – New Track Stream - Second Album "Unbound Triumph" out soon via High Roller Records
 German heavy metallers SINTAGE have unleashed the final advance single for their second album "Unbound Triumph", coming on October 17th 2025 through High Roller Records.
"One with the Wind" is streaming here with a promo clip: https://youtu.be/YYdGt2lhOp0
Following a self-financed EP named "The Sign" (2021) and the promising debut full-length "Paralyzing Chains" in 2023, SINTAGE are ready to unleash their eagerly awaited new record, featuring second guitarist Chili as a new, additional member of the band.
Guitarist Julez states: “First of all, I must stress that it’s our third studio recording in a row featuring a new line-up. Our new guitarist, Chili, who has been with us for the last two years, has had a big impact on how our second album turned out. We didn’t set out to record another album as brutal as 'Paralyzing Chains'. We rather wanted to combine the drive and emotion of 'The Sign' with the aggression of 'Paralyzing Chains'. We have two guitars now, so using more twin guitars and harmonies was definitely something we had on our list.”
Cover Artwork by Didier Normand.
Tracklist:
1. Ramming Speed
2. Cutting the Stars
3. Electric Walls
4. Silent Tears
5. Blood upon the Stage
6. Beyond the Thunderdome
7. Prisoned by the Dark
8. One with the Wind
https://www.hrrecords.de/SINTAGE +++ https://linktr.ee/sintage
BONGINATOR – New Video Single – Second Full-Length "Retrodeath" out soon via Testimony Records
 BONGINATOR have revealed another song from their upcoming new album "Retrodeath", scheduled for October 24th 2025 via Testimony Records on all formats.
With the new video single "Short Ass Bus", BONGINATOR celebrate their big bad yellow tour-vehicle. The New England death metal posse has invited Abel Abarca, vocalist of American hardcore maniacs BIG ASS TRUCK from Inland Empire, CA, and vocalist Colin Richardson from their brothers-in-grooves IGNOMINIOUS to the party and you should totally feel free to join the fun, too!
Check out the clip here: https://youtu.be/lESDKVTiNik
Vocalist and shredder Erik Thorstenn comments: "When you were a kid, did you have to ride the short bus to school? Wait... that was just us? Anyway, this song is a banger and features our homies Abel Abarca from Big Ass Truck and Colin Richardson from Ignominious. It's a song about going to school, being covered in drool, and having a big ass. Also the guitar solo is sick. Just saying. No clue, how we will pull that off live. Listen and tell us what you think! But uh... Are you serious that none of you rode the short bus to school?"
Bang, boom, BONGINATOR! Madness reigns supreme on the band’s sophomore full-length: "Retrodeath" marks the birth of a new sound, not just for the band but also for the genre. The weed-devouring youngsters have actually put a lot of work into their new songs. Well, if you call immersing yourself for months into '80s action and horror movies as well as playing loads of old video games... 'work'.
Then again, more days were spent researching and emulating the exact synths used in the '80s to create some of their favorite soundtracks. The result is a fresh and somewhat happily unhinged sonic monster that has been carefully bred by BONGINATOR selectively crossing traditional US death metal, synthwave, and 16-bit computer game sounds.
"Retrodeath" takes everything further to far out, gleefully stitches together something new, something old, something borrowed, and a lot of things bold, but somehow manages to make sense of what sounds insane. Full weed ahead!
Cover Artwork by Dan Goldsworthy.
Tracklist:
01. Sequence Initiation (Intro)
02. All We Really Are Is Livestock
03. All Cops Are Biomechs
04. Pizza Time (ft. Belushi Speed Ball)
05. The Fog Interlude
06. The Fog
07. Short Ass Bus (ft. Big Ass Truck and Ignominious)
08. Lunk Alarm
09. Intruder Organism Interlude
10. Intruder Organism (ft. Fulci)
11. Who Let the "Things" (1989) Out
12. Outro (ft. Tim Capello)
http://lnk.spkr.media/bonginator-retrodeath +++ https://www.facebook.com/bonginatorMA
VOIDCEREMONY – New Album "Abditum" in November 2025 via 20 Buck Spin – Details & Track Premiere
 20 Buck Spin proudly announces the new album of VOIDCEREMONY, entitled "Abditum", scheduled for November 14th 2025 on all formats.
Emerging with a labyrinthine work of creativity constructed with an intensity both unrelenting and precise, VOIDCEREMONY returns with their signature sound, an abstract and scathing zone of musical obscurity rife with cynicism toward humanity. "Abditum", the third full-length, unfurls with a sense of arcane design where twisting riffs clash and converge in unforeseen sequences.
Composed by Wandering Mind (aka Garrett Johnson) the otherworldly riffing spirals into altered shapes, conjuring tones that veer between luminous clarity and abyssal murk. Joined in the darkness by guitarist The Archonoclast (Jayson McGehee), Dylan Marks on drums and bass co-conspirators The Great Righteous Destroyer (Damon Good) and The Absent Deity (Ben Ricci), in tandem they create a cacophony of hellish jazz-inflected discord and unpredictable texture; every composition a descent into shifting caverns, where sudden openings reveal hidden pathways only to close again with finality.
Existing within an unawakened mind, contemplate a journey through the landscapes of "Abditum", a region replete with the harmonies of the spheres and ever evolving chaos. These elements create a world that is alien yet meticulously considered. VOIDCEREMONY once again resists easy grasp, demands immersion and rewards repeated exploration, materializing new contours perpetually.
A first track, "Seventh Ephemeral Aura", has been premiered here: https://youtu.be/qslm7aQcNG4
Cover artwork by Khuzuzu.
Tracklist:
1. Intro - Inevitable Entropy
2. Veracious Duality
3. Seventh Ephemeral Aura
4. Dissolution
5. Despair of Temporal Existence
6. Failure of Ancient Wisdoms
7. Silence Which Ceases All Minds
8. Gnosis of Ambivalence
9. Outro - Elegy of Finality
https://www.20buckspin.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/VoidCeremony
FESSUS - Debut Full-Length "Subcutaneous Tomb" in November 2025 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions - Video Premiere
 ROTTEN, FOUL, DERANGED!
Austria once spawned classics like "Been Caught Buttering" and "Expositionsprophylaxe", yet for decades no Death Metal album matched those heights. That changed when Brenton, an Australian in Vienna, formed FESSUS in 2023. After their demo "Pilgrims of Morbidity", the band now delivers their full-length "Subcutaneous Tomb". Across six songs, FESSUS favor mid-paced morbidity with bursts of aggression, focusing on memorable riffs and macabre atmosphere over speed or technical excess. Brenton’s deranged vocals, recalling NECROPHAGIA’s Killjoy, spew venom with unique character. Echoes of AUTOPSY and
PURTENANCE appear, yet the band’s sound feels distinct.
"Subcutaneous Tomb" is a professional, rotten slab of Death Metal not to be missed. Coming on November 26th 2025 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions on all formats.
A video clip for the track "The Depths of Lividity" can be checked out here: https://youtu.be/2TcxQq9p5mE
Tracklist:
1. Pointless Anguish
2. Asphyxiate in Exile
3. Cries from the Ether
4. The Depths of Lividity
5. Yizkor
6. Living Funeral
https://darknessshallrise.de +++ https://www.instagram.com/festeringfessus
STARLIGHT RITUAL – New Video Clip - Second Album "Rogue Angels" in October 2025 via High Roller Records
 Hard rocking metallers STARLIGHT RITUAL have premiered another song from their second album "Rogue Angels", coming on October 31st 2025 via High Roller Records.
A video clip for the track "Omenkillers" is available here: https://youtu.be/ChNREZMXUOc
STARLIGHT RITUAL was born in Montréal, Québec, sometime in 2013, founded by guitarists J.F. Bertrand and Dan Toupin. It was originally Bertrand’s idea to start a doom/psychedelic project, and they soon recruited bassist Mat Forge and drummer Louis Lecomte. Dan and J.F. wrote a full-length album of doomy, heavy/prog instrumental music. Some of those tracks ended up on the band’s first self-titled album in 2015 (technically a self-produced four-song EP, albeit with a running time of nearly 40 minutes). Damian Ritual joined STARLIGHT RITUAL as a singer in early 2014. Since then, the band issued another EP, called "Age Of The Universe" (2016), followed by their first official full-length album "Sealed In Starlight" on Temple Of Mystery (2021).
Damian comments: "Our early work featured longer, more psychedelic tracks meant for zoning out, but I never felt that truly represented what the band could be. On the 'Age Of The Universe' EP, we started leaning into a more classic heavy metal sound. By the time we released 'Sealed In Starlight', we had really found our identity: traditional heavy metal with epic flair, channeling the likes of Manowar and Running Wild, as well as older influences like Thin Lizzy and Rainbow. We blend the styles we love and make them our own. If I had to put a label on it, I’d call it 'Epic Hard Rocking Traditional Metal' – if that’s even a real genre!"
Cover art by Marie-Pier Lapointe.
Tracklist:
01. Lost Among The Fold
02. Rogue Angels
03. Crusaders
04. Far Beyond The Storm
05. Of Words
06. Omenkillers
07. The Law
08. On The Run
09. Exodus
10. Aftermath
https://www.hrrecords.de/STARLIGHT-RITUAL +++ https://www.facebook.com/starlightritual
ARCHAIC THORN – New Track Premiere – Second Full-Length "Malicious Spears" via High Roller Records
 ARCHAIC THORN have premiered a new song from their upcoming sophomore full-length "Malicious Spears", scheduled for October 31st 2025 via High Roller Records.
A lyric video for the track "Conquering Spirits" is available here: https://youtu.be/AnOLI5qbk4M
ARCHAIC THORN have been active in the German death metal underground since 2010, evolving steadily from their early demo "Hydra Throats" (2013) through the EP "In Desolate Magnificence" (2015) to their acclaimed debut album "Eradication" (2020) — all without losing their original ferocity. Anyone who appreciates the old-school sound of bands like Degial, Necrovore, or Repugnant will also love "Malicious Spears".
On their second studio album, the Saxon trio logically continues this path. "From our point of view, it’s more catchy and features more distinctive riffs", says guitarist CL. "The sound hits exactly what we were aiming for — we wanted an organic production that honestly reflects our band’s character and still delivers modern punch."
"Malicious Spears" is likely to win ARCHAIC THORN a host of new fans. Anyone who can combine uncompromising brutality with refined songwriting on this level is capable of standing alongside the heavyweights of the genre.
The album was mixed and mastered by Christoph Brandes at Iguana Studios (Necrophagist, Fragments of Unbecoming, among others). The cover artwork was crafted by Sadistik Exekution vocalist Rok.
Tracklist:
1. Lord of Tombs
2. A Blessed Ground Remains
3. Conquering Spirits
4. Advancing without Mercy
5. Massgrave Transformation
6. Angel of Havaz
7. Malicious Spears
https://www.hrrecords.de/ARCHAIC-THORN +++ https://www.archaicthorn.de
PARADOX – New Lyric Video – Ninth Album "Mysterium" out soon via High Roller Records
 German Thrash Metal institution PARADOX has revealed the third and final single for the new album "Mysterium", scheduled for September 26th 2025 via High Roller Records.
A lyric video for the track "One Way Ticket To Die" is available at this location: https://youtu.be/u5NuThAVVGw
"Mysterium" is the ninth studio album by PARADOX and marks a special milestone in the band’s 44-year history, as founder and mastermind Charly Steinhauer not only played all stringed instruments, programmed the drums and sang, but also handled the production entirely on his own. Only the mastering was left to Patrick W. Engels competent hands.
The songs are thematically linked, without it being a classic concept work. The lyrics – which, as on "Tales of the Weird" (2012) and "Pangea" (2016), were written by Achim "Dax" Hömerlein (ex-Vendetta) – revolve around mystical stories and world events that have personally moved Steinhauer. Songs like "Abyss of Pain and Fear" (inspired by the movie "Midnight Express"), the instrumental "Grief" (a tribute to co-founder Axel Blaha, who died in 2023) or the title track (about dream interpretation) thus form a common thread.
In Steinhauer’s own estimation, "Mysterium" is alongside their 1989 classic “Heresy” the strongest PARADOX album to date! "The songs all have their own identity, are catchy, and when the album is over, I want to listen to it again straight away.”
Charly`s focus remains on studio productions. In fact, he is already thinking about a follow-up album. For now, "Mysterium" is available on CD (with bonus track) and vinyl.
Cover artwork & graphics by Travis Smith.
Tracklist:
01. Kholat
02. Abyss Of Pain And Fear
03. Grief
04. Those Who Resist
05. One Way Ticket To Die
06. Pile Of Shame
07. Tunguska
08. Fragrance Of Violence
09. Mysterium
10. The Demon God
11. Within The Realms Of Gray (CD Bonus)
https://www.hrrecords.de/PARADOX +++ https://www.facebook.com/paradoxthrash
ÆTERNIA – Debut Album "Into The Golden Halls" in October 2025 via Cruz Del Sur Music – Lyric Video Premiere
 Cruz Del Sur Music proudly announces the debut full-length album of German metallers ÆTERNIA, entitled "Into The Golden Halls", set for release on October 17th 2025 on CD, LP and digitally.
"Into The Golden Halls" is a masterpiece of powerful, dark, and classic power metal brimming with melody, adventure, and excitement. Keeping the old flame of German power metal progenitors burning bright!
A lyric video for the album's first single "Dragon's Gaze" is available here: https://youtu.be/r5WgsusJONs
Cover artwork by Adam Burke.
Tracklist:
1. Ascending
2. Dragon’s Gaze
3. Five Rode Forth
4. Trial by Fire and Water
5. Forged in Fire
6. The Descendant
7. Lightbringer (Fall of the Church)
8. Lay of Hildebrand
https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/aeterniaofficial
AQUILLA – New Music Video – Second Album "Sentinels Of New Dawn" in October 2025 via High Roller Records
 Polish heavy metallers AQUILLA have premiered a second song from their sophomore full-length album "Sentinels Of New Dawn", coming on October 31st 2025 through High Roller Records.
A video clip for the track "Battalion 31" is available here: https://youtu.be/ZjqpxXcH4KI
AQUILLA are a promising new band, mixing elements of the NWOBHM with traditional speed metal to forge their own brand of lethal outer space metal.
The first incarnation of the band was formed in Warsaw in 2015. The current line-up consists of Captain Paradox on vocals, Jaspar De Phaser on rhythm guitars, Kris Invader on lead guitars, Hippie Banzai on bass and Pete Slammer on drums. AQUILLA are very much inspired by movies such as "2001: Space Odyssey", "Dune", "Alien", "Blade Runner" and "Interstellar". After a few singles and EPs, they issued their long-awaited debut album "Mankind’s Odyssey" in 2022, which is now followed by the new effort "Sentinels Of New Dawn".
Drummer Peter Slammer explains: "It’s a huge step for AQUILLA in every way. Looking back, the production process of 'Mankind’s Odyssey' was not well thought-out. We didn’t have a clear vision of the sound of the album, and we had no experience of such long and demanding recording sessions. In the end, we produced a good-sounding album, but we didn’t feel it was entirely the right direction for the band. The real change began once we started composing songs for »Sentinels Of New Dawn«. The new compositions were meant to lean a bit more towards old-school classics while being both forceful and epic."
Regarding the lyrical concept, AQUILLA have invented their own universe: "We are all enthusiasts of both classic and modern sci-fi creations, and thus our music tells a story of mankind's last remaining survivors who decide to settle on a distant planet called Yvad’déra. The previous album was where that concept was fully developed, and it is continued on this record. This time we have mad space pirates ('Plunder And Steel'), crazy berserk-like mercenaries ('Battalion 31') and technological overlords ('Technocrats’ Tyranny'). And everyone fights each other, just like in real life. 'Sentinels Of New Dawn' and 'Mankind’s Odyssey' are both pretty much concept albums. The lore itself isn’t that strict really, apart from the general concept of mankind on a distant planet, so it leaves a lot of room for imagination, creativity and open interpretations for the audience as well."
Tracklist:
01. The Chronicles
02. Creed of Fire
03. Plunder & Steel
04. Mountains of Black Sleep
05. Battalion 31
06. The Curse of Mercurion
07. Technocrats' Tyranny
08. Bound to Be King
09. The Prophet
10. Sentinel's Fate
https://www.hrrecords.de/AQUILLA +++ https://www.facebook.com/AquillaOfficial
HEADS FOR THE DEAD - New Track Premiere - Fourth Album "Never Ending Night Of Terror" in October 2025 via Pulversied Records
 International death metallers HEADS FOR THE DEAD have revealed another song from their upcoming fourth full-length album "Never Ending Night Of Terror", scheduled for October 10th 2025 via Pulverised Records.
You can listen to "In Disgust We Trust" here: https://youtu.be/vDVw3QDuWPU
Formed in 2017, HEADS FOR THE DEAD is masterminded by Jonny Pettersson (Wombbath & more) and Ralf Hauber (Revel In Flesh & Rotpit). Completing the line-up since 2022 are Matt Moliti from Sentient Horror on lead guitars and, for the first time, Evan Daniele (also from from Sentient Horror but also Dead and Dripping) on drums.
"Never Ending Night Of Terror" is presented by vocalist Ralf Hauber as an "overall more extreme album, in all aspects". There’s an even stronger emphasis on one intense cinematic vibe, focused on "our favorite slasher movies driven by revenge, violence and, of course, fear", citing such classics as David Cronenberg’s ‘Videodrome’, Roman Polanski’s ‘Repulsion’, the original ‘Friday the 13th’, Stuart Gordon’s ‘The Beyond’ and ‘Re-Animator’, ‘Motel Hell’, ‘City Of The Dead’ and so on.
The whole music was written by multi-instrumentist Jonny Petterson, who took a lot of inspiration from many "cult" original soundtracks but also NECROPHAGIA. The lyrics were entirely penned by Hauber based on the aforementioned movies but also adding a fictional aspect to them too. "Never Ending Night Of Terror" also pays homage to Italian Progrock band Goblin, on the ending track "Witchkrieg", whom were infamous for writing film scores.
The cover artwork was created by Solomacello (Baest, Pentagram, Fulci, etc).
Tracklist:
01. The Vastness Of Time
02. Death Mask
03. Phantasmagoria
04. In Disgust We Trust
05. Never Ending Night Of Terror
06. Give Me Life
07. The Harvester
08. The Shape Of Light Bleeds Black
09. To The Very Last
10. Witchkrieg (Goblin Tribute)
https://www.pulverised.net +++ https://www.facebook.com/headsforthedead
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