 |
 |
|
|
|
GHÖRNT - New Track Premiere - Third Album "Bluetgraf" out soon via Soulseller Records
 Swiss black metallers GHÖRNT have premiered another song from their third full-length "Bluetgraf", coming on April 11th 2025 via Soulseller Records on CD, LP and digitally.
You can listen to "För Emmer" here: https://youtu.be/Wwnr2xQWbs8
With "Bluetgraf" the witching duo have brewed an unusual and piece of dark art. The album combines fury blast beats and uptempo with melodic leads that will stick in your head. Thematically it is all about different stories about vampires, including the most famous ones like Vlad Tepes, and local myths.
Travel through the myths woven and told through the band’s native Luzern dialect!
"Bluetgraf" was recorded at Chäuer Studios / Bär (drums, bass and guitars) and Hellvete Studio / Luzern (vocals) and mixed / mastered by Christoph Brandes at Iguana Studios. Artwork by Julian.
Pre-orders: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
1. Bluetgraf
2. För Emmer
3. Jagd
4. Vlad
5. Dominator
6. Wit Wääg vo de Sonne
7. Hass
https://www.facebook.com/SOULSELLERRECORDS +++ https://www.instagram.com/ghoernt_bm_official
NAIL BY NAIL - Debut Album "Embraced by Darkness" coming in May 2025 via War Anthem Records
 War Anthem Records proudly announces the debut album of German act NAIL BY NAIL, entitled "Embraced by Darkness", set for release on May 9th 2025 on CD and all digital platforms.
With members of KRAANIUM and IMPERIUM DEKADENZ the band evokes a bastard of raging and hauting Black/Death Metal to pierce marrow and bone.
Immerse yourself in a tenebrous soundscape encased of melancholy, loathing and despair – enter the void towards the gallows!
For a first impression check out these locations: https://war-anthem-records.bandcamp.com/album/embraced-by-darkness +++ https://youtu.be/ZBBjO-bMD3U
Tracklist:
1. Born in Total War
2. Crooked Nails
3. Cosmic Fire
4. The Frozen Tomb
5. Embraced by Darkness
6. Dagger Nights
Line-up:
Philipp H. - Vocals
Tobias R. - Guitars
Lars. H. - Guitars
Emmanuel B. - Bass
Noel A. - Drums
https://www.war-anthem.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/nailbynailband
THE GREAT SEA - New Single / Visualizer Video - Debut Album "Noble Art Of Desolation" via AOP Records in April 2025
 THE GREAT SEA proudly present another song from their upcoming debut album "Noble Art Of Desolation", set for release on April 25th 2025 via AOP Records.
A visualizer video for the track "Upright In Nothing" is premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/aCdrvG6AM3k
Guitarist SH comments: "The song is about the cold and mystical ecstasy of a dead winter. A’s vocals are as cutting as the guitars, expressing the icy coldness reflected in the lyrics as well. Throwing grapes onto lips of frozen horses…"
As the world turns more modern with every second, THE GREAT SEA tries to hold something dear that seems to fade out: The origin of mankind in its most primordial way, with the burden of aeons on our back.
With the feeling of what once was and a touch of what should never be forgotten they strife through powerful aggression and sentimental bereavement, without repeating what has said so many times before. Through the waters of forgetfulness their debut-record glitters through frost, fallen leaves and the restless waves.
THE GREAT SEA was founded in 2022 by JR (Long Distance Calling) and SH (Ordeal & Plight) with the ambition to create an atmosphere that can keep up with the majesty of the mountains and the horrible depths of the seas, with a glimpse into the never ending darkness that is behind and before us. To give the sound what it deserves, they invited Phil Jonas (Crone, ex-Secrets Of The Moon) and Azathoth (Gràb, ex-Dark Fortress) to leave their mark on this record, creating a connection between this world and spheres that can never be spoken of. Both songs are integrated to the rest of the record with maximum black glue, giving the listener the experience of deep current.
This record is a journey to find yourself rooted back to where mankind belongs: home.
Tracklist:
1. The Water Remains
2. Eden Unfolded
3. The Maze
4. No Peace Among Men
5. Fading (Instrumental)
6. Upright In Nothing
7. Walking At The Edge Of Death
https://shop.aoprecords.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/thegreatseaofficial
ANTROPOMORPHIA - New Single / Music Video revealed - New Album "Devoid of Light" through Testimony Records in May 2025
 Dutch death metal veterans AntropomorphiA have unleashed another song from their new album "Devoid of Light", coming on May 16th 2025 through Testimony Records on CD, LP and in digital formats.
Check out the video clip for "Unending Hunt" at this location: https://youtu.be/KDKWBt0WpyI
"Devoid of Light" was recorded and mixed by Marco Stubbe at Aftermath Studio / Kaatsheuvel (NL), accompanied by Daan Janzing at Pitchfork Studio / Tilburg (NL), and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound, Osterby (DE). The cover artwork was created by Richard Schouten.
When AntropomorphiA created the album over a period of two and a half years, the recording process was spread out through a much longer process due to a variety of reasons. During the whole time, the band never lost sight of their vision: to combine a wide variety of harsh musical textures including fanatical, white-eyed aggression, misanthropic and nihilistic lyrics, and dark emotions such as anger, despair, and pain among many others into dark and oppressive soundscapes.
AntropomorphiA were originally spawned from the foul stench of death in the Dutch city of Tilburg in 1990. At the time, they were pioneers, which soon turned them into a corner stone of the brutal music scene in the Netherlands. After releasing their first official demo "Bowel Mutilation" (1992) the band immediately captured a record deal and recorded the EP "Necromantic Love Songs" (1993) only a few months later, which became a cult classic. Despite the occasional hiatus, AntropomorphiA continuously cemented their status as underground icons with a string of acclaimed releases. The debut full-length "Pure" (1998) was followed by the albums "Evangelivm Nekromantia" (2012), "Rites ov Perversion "(2014), "Sermon ov Wrath" (2017), and "Merciless Savagery" (2019).
Their uncompromising approach and ever expanding vortex of musical textures that included a growing influx of black metal elements into AntropomorphiA's musical and visual DNA, the Dutch have accepted invitations by the most relevant festivals and performed at Brutal Assault, In Flammen Open Air, Summer Breeze, Motocultor, Netherlands Deathfest, Roadburn Festival, and Eindhoven Metal Meeting among many more live events.
Now AntropomorphiA are returning with "Devoid of Light" to show the world that they are still hungry to push the limits of both their own band and the death metal scene to new frontiers. Crank the volume up to 10 and let this album rip!
Pre-order options: http://lnk.spkr.media/antropomorphia-devoidoflight
Tracklist:
1. The Withering Stench of Hope
2. Devoid of Light
3. Funeral Throne
4. In Writhing Rapture
5. Cancerous Bane
6. Unending Hunt
7. Ash Drapes the Earth
8. In the Shade of the Devil's Horns
9. Triumphant Death
https://www.facebook.com/testimonyrecords +++ https://www.facebook.com/AntropomorphiA
JADE - Second Album "Mysteries Of A Flowery Dream" coming in May 2025 via Pulverised Records - Video/Single Premiere
 Pulverised Records proudly announces the sophomore full-length album of JADE, entilted "Mysteries Of A Flowery Dream", set for release on May 9th 2025 on CD, LP and in digital versions.
A video clip for the first single "Shores Of Otherness" has been premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/6BYD5l3GrNw
"Mysteries Of A Flowery Dream" carries an ominous wave of darkness, redefining heaviness with new levels of musical production and arrangements.
Mainman J. compares it to "a journey into the dialogue between conscious and subconscious dreaming states and the mysteries around." He continues: "The music is a tribute to the timeless obscure metal language, from early death/doom manifestations to later atmospheric black acts, in a really heavy, intense and epic form which transcends ages, as the greenstone cult has endured."
"Mysteries Of A Flowery Dream" was recorded and mixed by Javi Felez at Moontower Studios (TEITANBLOOD, DESTRÖYER666, ALTARAGE etc.) and mastered by Jaime G. Arellano at Orgone Studios (GHOST, PARADISE LOST, VLTIMAS, PRIMORDIAL etc.). The cover artwork was created by Adam Burke (SOLSTAFIR, EVOKEN, ALTARS, UNTO OTHERS etc.).
A tape edition of the album will be released by Iron Fortress.
Tracklist:
1. The Stars’ Shelter
2. Light’s Blood
3. Shores Of Otherness
4. The Stars’ Shelter (II)
5. 9th Episode
6. Darkness In Movement
7. A Flowery Dream
https://www.pulverised.net +++ https://www.facebook.com/jadestonemask
BLEED - Debut Full-Length Album via 20 Buck Spin - Video Clip revealed - Alternative Rock Metal from Dallas / Texas
 20 Buck Spin proudly announces the highly anticipated self-titled debut full-length of alternative rock / metal act BLEED, set for release on May 2nd 2025 on all formats.
"Bleed" was engineered and Mixed by Rubio N. in Fort Worth & Austin, TX and mastered by Jordan Richardson at Electric Barryland. The artwork was created by longtime Deftones / Linkin Park collaborator Frank Maddocks.
A video clip for the first single "Marathon" is available here: https://youtu.be/SEBMx8KnlY8
BLEED’s introductory EP "Somebody’s Closer" was initially self-released by the band through digital platforms in 2021. Despite no physical release at the time, the EP, invoking late 90s / early 00’s era alt rock / metal gained the Dallas, Texas-based band a lotta buzz with its gauzy distortion balancing tension and atmosphere, and via several mutual connections came to the attention of 20 Buck Spin. The label issued vinyl and cassette editions in 2022 bringing BLEED’s music to new audiences and wider attention. Since that time the anticipation for the band’s debut full length has built to fever pitch, and at long last it arrives as Spring heads into Summer.
BLEED’s self-titled LP maintains the melodic heaviness and tight song structures of the EP, while diving headfirst into the oceanic haze, pushing their sound into territory more immersive, relentless and hypnoticlly lush. Guitars surge and sway in stacked waves of gravitational angst, overdriven rhythms eccentrically pulsing beneath, and guitarist / singer Ryan Hughes’s voice floating in and out, sometimes distant and detached, sometimes cracked open with desperation. Lyrics move in fragments, alluding to themes of deep interntal struggle, coping mechanisms and hurting those you love most. It’s music that doesn’t so much demand attention as seeps straight into the bloodstream, the kind of album that endlessly loops in the back of the mind at 3 a.m.
Bold strides are taken right outta the gate to make the authenticity of BLEED’s universe more expansive in its inspirations and ambitions. There’s a confidence to the way BLEED let’s these songs unfold, they make their impact immediate and have no need to persist longer than necessary. The result is an album that feels massive yet intimate, brutal yet beautiful, familar yet singular. It doesn’t simply leave an impression, it lingers, reverberating long after the final notes have faded.
For fans of Deftones, Helmet, Hum, Failure, Narrow Head and Soul Blind!
Tracklist:
01. Climbing Down
02. Fixate
03. Through The Cylinder
04. Killing Time
05. Marathon
06. Cynical
07. Enjoy Your Stay (ft. Static Dress)
08. Slip
09. Shallow
10. Take It Out
https://www.20buckspin.com +++ https://linktr.ee/bleed214
NATTVERD - New Track Premiere - Fifth Album "Tidloes Naadesloes" via Soulseller Records
 Norway's NATTVERD have revealed another track from their upcoming fifth full-length album "Tidloes Naadesloes", scheduled for March 21st 2025 via Soulseller Records on CD, LP and in digital versions.
You can listen to "Doedsfugl" here: https://youtu.be/eSJ5Jk5K2rg
"Tidloes Naadesloes" brings an essential dark stir of eerie, haunting & melancholic total Norwegian Black Metal!
Fronted by Doedsadmiral of Nordjevel, NATTVERD have created an album to top their legacy, and to dwell in sinister realms for ages to come. It was recorded at Caliban Studios and mixed and mastered by Ruben Willem. Featuring guest vocals by Hoest (Taake) and Von Hellreich.
Pre-order options: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
1. Iskalde Horn
2. Doedsfugl
3. For Aa Kunne Bli Doedt
4. Hvisk Deg Vekk
5. Raate Og Raatt
6. De Sviande Ord Vaagar Ikje For Sitt Liv
7. Udyr
8. Med Kniven I Oeyet
9. Naar Vi Har Dolket Guds Hjerte (Dødheimsgard cover)
10. Ens Egen Grav
https://www.facebook.com/SOULSELLERRECORDS +++ https://www.facebook.com/nattverdofficial
ARAN ANGMAR - New Track Premiere - Third Album "Ordo Diabolicum" via Soulseller Records
 International black metallers ARAN ANGMAR have unleashed another song from their new album "Ordo Diabolicum", coming on March 21st 2025 via Soulseller Records on CD, LP and digitally.
You can listen to "Crown Of The Gods" here: https://youtu.be/ZXA0Lw2mVNY
The band’s third full-length brings their music to a new level with an own personal sound which combines meditteranean atmospheres and nordic folk elements. It explores darkness not as a void but as a realm where truth reveals itself, boundaries shatter, and human freedom emerges. A sonic descent where chaos reveals liberation. A Black Metal ritual.
"Ordo Diabolicum" was mixed and mastered by Psychon (Septicflesh) at Sound Abuse Production and features a cover artwork by Stefan Todorovic (Khaos Diktator Designs).
Pre-order options: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
1. Dungeons of the Damned
2. Aeon Ablaze
3. Ordo Diabolicum
4. Hêlēl ben-Šaḥar
5. Crown of the Gods
6. Chariots of Death
7. Primordial Fire
8. Vae Victis
Line-up:
Lord Abagor - Vocals
Maahes - Guitars / Bass
Alessandro Cupici - Drums
Guest vocals on track 2 by Androniki Skoula and on track 3 by Thyragon. Traditional instruments on track 7 by Jarosław Niemiec.
https://www.facebook.com/SOULSELLERRECORDS +++ https://www.facebook.com/AranAngmar
MALTUKA - Debut EP "Black Rite" via High Roller Records - Full Stream available
 Up-and-coming Norwegian thrashers MALTUKA have premiered their entire debut EP "Black Rite", officially out on High Roller Records on March 7th 2025.
You can listen to all tracks already now at this location: https://youtu.be/jI5sTuWrZ4I
Guitarist/singer Viljar Brunvoll and drummer Mats first collaborated in 2016/17, recording two EPs and playing several shows as members of Psykopath. When that band dissolved, the two continued working together on demos, which eventually gave birth to MALTUKA. With influences ranging from Metallica and Slayer across Nuclear Assault to Teutonic legends Sodom as well as MALTUKA’s corpse-painted countrymen Immortal, the members give the tried and tested thrash formula an individual twist. Lyrically, "Black Rite" explores spiritual and occult themes, adding depth and atmosphere to the music.
The EP’s cover art, which is based on a painting by Kim Diaz Holm (Sólstafir, Vreid), visually represents the dark themes of the songs. And while they serve as an introduction to MALTUKA’s sound, the group has ambitious plans for their future. “This EP showcases our heavier, more to-the-point style of songwriting,” Viljar comments. “Our eventual first album will be more dynamic, featuring a broader range of influences and sounds.”
With "Black Rite", MALTUKA make a bold statement, offering an original take on thrash metal while also celebrating its roots. The band is ready to make its mark on the global metal scene, and this is just the beginning.
Ordering options: https://www.hrrecords.de/MALTUKA
Tracklist:
1. Judgement (Intro)
2. Blood Sacrifice
3. Condemnation
4. Xolotl
5. Black Rite
https://www.hrrecords.de+++ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61563413770301
VIGILHUNTER - New Single / Lyric Video Release - Debut Album via High Rolller in March 2025
 Italy's VIGILHUNTER have revealed another song from their self-titled debut album, coming on March 28th 2025 via High Roller Records on all formats.
A lyric video for "Titan Glory" is premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/CB_E5J8FmvQ
VIGILHUNTER was founded by vocalist / guitarist Alexx Panza, aiming to create late 80s US Heavy Metal with a prog-ish touch. With the help of bassist Mirko Negrino, who played a key role in bringing the songs and vision to life, the line-up was completed by Marcello “Cell” Leocani on drums and Mattia Itala on lead and rhythm guitar.
Their self-titled debut album is packed with screaming guitar riffs, high-pitched vocals, and a powerful yet dynamic approach to songwriting. It consists of 8 tracks, aiming to revive the lost art of US Heavy Metal, which many old-school metal fans still regard as the pinnacle of the genre for its untamable power and class.
Artwork by Nothingface Illustration. Mixed by Javier Félez Moontower Studios. Mastered by Arthur Rizk.
Pre-orders: https://www.hrrecords.de/VIGILHUNTER / Digital single: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/vigilhunter/disconnected
Tracklist:
1. Loading...Error 403
2. Disconnected
3. Titan Glory
4. Shadow Rider (Vigilante)
5. Curse of the Street
6. Sacrifice For Love
7. So Cold...It Burns
8. Outburst of Rage
9. The Downfall
Line-up:
Alexx Panza - Vocals & Rhythm/Lead Guitars
Mattia Itala - Rhythm/Lead Guitars
Mirko Negrino - Bass
Marcello "Cell" Leocani - Drums
https://www.hrrecords.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/vigilhunterband +++ https://www.instagram.com/vigilhunter_band
|
|
|
|
