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APEP - Sophomore Full-Length of Rising German Death Metallers via War Anthem Records - Lyric Video Premiere
 War Anthem Records proudly announces the sophomore full-length album of German Death Metallers APEP, entitled "Before Whom Evil Trembles", set for release on September 13th 2024 on CD, LP, MC and digital formats.
Founded in 2016, APEP deliver technical yet undeniably catchy Death Metal tunes reminiscent of bands like Nile or Morbid Angel. They released their debut album "The Invocation Of The Deathless One" in 2020 and have established their standing in the German scene with many gigs since then.
The new album features a cover artwork by renowned Italian artist Paolo Girardi and was mixed and mastered by Christoph Brandes at Iguana Studios.
A lyric video for the track "Before Whom Evil Trembles (Goddess of Carnage)" has been premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/kM0J4ml2-3k
For pre-order options check: Cudgel + War Anthem Records / Bandcamp + Apep / Bandcamp
Tracklist:
1. Enslaving the Putrefied Remnants of the Deceased
2. The Pillars of Betrayal
3. Tombs of Eternity
4. Wanderers in the Waste
5. Before Whom Evil Trembles (Goddess of Carnage)
6. The Breath of Kheti
7. Swallowed by Silent Sands
Line-up:
C. Fleckeisen - Vocals
O. Pikowski - Guitars
P. Kühn - Guitars
M. Friedrich - Drums
https://www.war-anthem.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/ApepBand
AMETHYST - Hard 'n' Heavy Debut "Throw Down The Gauntlet" via No Remorse Records - Video Clip Premiere
 No Remorse Records proudly announces the debut full-length of up-and-coming Swiss Heavy Metallers AMETHYST, entitled "Throw Down The Gauntlet", set for release on September 27th 2024.
AMETHYST was conceived in the year of the plague 2020 out of an ardent desire and passion to play Heavy Rock as raw and pure as the elders did in the glorious years of the late '70s and early '80s. They released a first EP ("Rock Knights") in 2023 and played numerous successful gigs and festivals including Muskelrock, Keep It True Rising, Chaos Descends and Steel City Sorcery.
"Throw Down The Gauntlet" was engineered, mixed and mastered by Drummer Eldo at City of Gold Studio, Switzerland and features a cover photography by Tomi Palinkas with additional layout by Annick Giroux.
A video clip for album’s opening track "Embers On The Loose" can be checked out here: https://youtu.be/smsSSye0Myc
Tracklist:
1. Embers On The Loose
2. Stand Up And Fight
3. Won't Do It Again
4. Running Out of Time
5. Rock Knights
6. Queen Of A Thousand Burning Hearts
7. Take Me Away
8. Serenade (Under The Rising Moon)
Line-Up:
Frëddy - Vocals
Ramon - Electric Rhythm and Lead Guitar
Yves - Electric, Rhythm and Lead Guitar
Miguel Sanchez - Electric Bass Guitar
Eldo - Drums
https://www.noremorse.gr +++ https://www.facebook.com/amethystrockknights
FULCI - New Visualizer Video - New Horror Death Metal Album "Duck Face Killings" via 20 Buck Spin
 Italian Horror Deathers FULCI have unleashed a second track from their long awaited new album "Duck Face Killings", set for release on August 9th 2024 via 20 Buck Spin.
Check out the visualizer video for "F*cked with a Broken Bottle" here: https://youtu.be/W8ryFLgN5pQ
For their 4th bloodthirsty full-length, the band presents a homage to one of Lucio Fulci’s most depraved and reviled films, "The New York Ripper".
Musically FULCI unleash a barrage of captivatingly gruesome riffs, gory pummeling, murderous slams, low-pitched guttural vocal patterns, and eerie intros and interludes. The band’s songwriting is consciously fixated on creating the most violent and sharpened music possible to convey the films extreme savagery, imagining a soundtrack for the most grisly and cynical slasher flick ever made.
Described by the British Board of Film Classification’s Carol Tpolski as "simply the most damaging film I have ever seen in my whole life", it was banned in the UK upon its 1982 release for the next 20 years. With "Duck Face Killings", FULCI's brutal delivery and graphic depiction of their mentor’s violent world shines like the glimmer of blood under the NYC street lights, shocking and wild.
The album features cover artwork by Wes Benscoter and guest appearances by Lord Goat of Non Phixion and Wood of Skinless. Synths contributed and performed by TV-CRIMES.
A first track, entitled "Rotten Apple", has been premiered at this location with a visualizer video: https://youtu.be/1XjPU5AXW3M
Tracklist:
01. Vile Butchery
02. A Blade In The Dark
03. Fucked with a Broken Bottle
04. Morbid Lust
05. Maniac Unleashed
06. Knife
07. Slashereality
08. Human Scalp Condition
09. Duck Face Killings
10. Rotten Apple
11. Sadistic Murder
12. Lo Squartatore
13. Stabbed, Gutted and Loved
14. Il Miele Del Diavolo
Line-up:
Dome Diego - Guitar
Fiore Stravino - Vocals
Ando Ferraiulo - Guitar
Klem Diglio - Bass
Edo Nicoloso - Drums
https://www.20buckspin.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/fulciband
DEMON BITCH - New Studio Album "Master Of The Games" via Gates Of Hell Records
 Gates Of Hell Records is proud to announce the signing of Detroit power metallers DEMON BITCH. The label will issue the band’s long-awaited sophomore album “Master Of The Games” later this year and reissue their 2014 “Death Is Hanging…” EP and heralded “Hellfriends” first full-length.
DEMON BITCH was formed in 2011, and after the aforementioned “Death Is Hanging…” EP, released “Hellfriends” in 2016, which was hailed by Toilet Ov Hell as “passionate, clever, and often outright bizarre, Demon Bitch accomplish everything that the hordes of modern bands trying to find their niche wish they could.” This was echoed by Ride Into Glory, who relayed, “Demon Bitch are an exemplary band, and we can only hope that their contributions thus far are only the beginnings of a long and prosperous career.”
The DEMON BITCH name should ring familiar to Gates Of Hell devotees: The band features several members of the heralded WHITE MAGICIAN within its ranks, including vocalist Logon, the guitar tandem of Lord Mars and D.B. Cooper and drummer Reverend Ceckowski. (Bassist B. Beastmaster completes the band.) Since then, WHITE MAGICIAN and ISENBLÅST (the band featuring Beastmaster) responsibilities temporarily sidelined DEMON BITCH, but the band is back and ready to ascend to the next level.
It starts with “Master Of The Games”, which was recorded in Lansing, Michigan, between 2022 and 2024 with George Szegedy, who was also at the helm for WHITE MAGICIAN’s “Dealers Of Divinity”. The band pulled in some additional help from their great friend Matt Prestone (DUNGEON BEAST, GHOST TOWER), who was previously responsible for recording “Hellfriends”.
According to Logon, “Master Of The Games” should ring true to those who devoured “Hellfriends”. “I’d say it’s a chaotic offering of obscure and underground U.S. power metal and classic heavy metal with some eclectic moments ranging from 1970s sensibilities to more extreme influences,” he says. “Fans of ‘Hellfriends’ won’t be disappointed—we’ll still offer a raw, unhinged and over-the-top approach. This album is different in that it might have more epic moments and a little more fruit to chew through before you get to the seed.”
The album’s first single is “Into The Archways”, a fast and relentless cut with neo-classical tendencies that tells the tale of a man and his symbiotic relationship with the castle to which he’s confined. “The castle walls sing songs for the souls that they claim, but all you hear is the clashing of chains calling you ‘Into The Archways’,” shares Logon.
With “Master Of The Games” delivered to Gates Of Hell and a new single on the way, DEMON BITCH is preparing to make their inaugural European appearance at Germany’s Chaos Descends festival in July, which will be followed by a few more intimate co-headlining gigs in Austria and Croatia with WHITE MAGICIAN.
“Fans can expect to witness the onslaught of a strange and loud intrigue dealing with the dramatics and dark romantics that make up DEMON BITCH,” says Logon. “You’ll have a chance to hear a couple of new songs, as well as a healthy dose of classics from ‘Hellfriends’ and maybe even earlier works.”
https://www.facebook.com/gatesofhellrecords +++ https://www.facebook.com/demonbitch
ABRAMELIN - New Album "Sins of the Father" via Hammerheart Records - Artwork & Tracklost revealed
 Australian Death Metal pioneers ABRAMELIN present the artwork and tracklist for their new album "Sins of the Father"!
Arguably the pioneers of Death Metal in Australia, ABRAMELIN have just completed their 4th full length studio album titled: "Sins of the Father". Following on from their very well-received 2020 album, "Never Enough Snuff", "Sins of the Father" is an all-out brutal Death Metal assault on the senses; while lyrically, it continues to push the boundaries of horror and depravity.
Cover photography is done by Pauline Emmanuelle Langmead, costume design by Sally Watson, special effects by Larry Van Duynhoven. Make-up, hair and prosthetics appplication by Lee Norris and the models are Kiannah Dower and Martin Midlec!
The pre-orders will go live later this month, keep an eye on the Hammerheart Records website!
Tracklist:
01. Conflagration of the Dreamers
02. The Gory Hole
03. Sins of the Father
04. Man’s Best Friend
05. Last Rite
06. Shell of a Man
07. Deceased Estate
08. Meet the Meat
09. Street Art
10. You Bleed, I Feed
https://www.hammerheart.com
PHAËTHON - Debut Album "Wielder Of The Steel" via Gates Of Hell Records - UK Epic Heavy Metal Track Premiere
 Gates Of Hell Records proudly announces the debut full-length of London based Epic Heavy Metallers PHAËTHON, set for release on August 30th 2024.
"Wielder Of The Steel" is an eight-song herald of metal reverence and majesty that will no doubt appeal to fans of Manowar, Mercyful Fate, Bathory and Cirith Ungol. A masterclass in metal glory!
The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Dring at The Arch Recording Studio in Southport, England. Of immense consequence to the album’s sound is the construct of The Arch, which is a repurposed Methodist church. The Arch’s hallowed halls were ideal for drum tracking — a crucial element in capturing epic, old-school heavy metal. The setup also enabled PHAËTHON to track the rhythm section (drums, two guitars and bass) together, allowing PHAËTHON to sound like a band and not a collection of individual instruments.
The numbers on "Wielder Of The Steel" share a common thematic thread, with the cautionary tale of PHAËTHON at its core. The songs delve into the profound impact of narratives on humankind – be it of gods, superstitions, or outright lies - extending beyond the confines of Greek mythology. It is fitting lyrical matter for an album that brilliantly weaves a sonic and narrative journey through eras of valour and conflict, empires lost to time, and epic tales of defiance and ambition, all laying bare the eternal juxtaposition between mankind’s hubris and his indomitable spirit.
The first single, "Eternal Hammerer", has been premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/2-34cUhETh4
Tracklist:
1. Eternal Hammerer
2. Vanguard of the Emperor
3. For the Greater Good of Evil
4. Tolls of Perdition
5. Blasphemers
6. Forgotten Gods
7. Phaëthon Must Fall
8. Wielder of the Steel
Line-up:
Vrath - Vocals, Guitar
Decado - Guitar
Aees - Bass
Oskarath - Drums
https://www.facebook.com/gatesofhellrecords +++ https://www.facebook.com/phaethonband
CONCRETE WINDS - New Album "Concrete Winds" via Sepulchral Voice Records - Track Premiere
 On August 30th internationally, Sepulchral Voice Records will release CONCRETE WINDS' highly anticipated third album, self-titled "Concrete Winds", on CD, LP and MC formats.
To all death metal lunatics and black metal psychopaths left out there in this toothless and tamed scene, let us proclaim the word! CONCRETE WINDS are back to push spikes, needles, and barbed wire into your flesh and ears.
Once again, the noise aggressors slit the veil from beyond and step into our world to pillage and hound to death all what was known, predictable, and comfortable in metal music. Their third album is self-titled for mandatory reasons and shows the band furthermore exploring the EXTREME in extreme metal. This truly is rabies set to music!
No less than Lawrence Mackrory - with the help of Matti Mäkelä - recorded, mixed, and mastered this cacophonic eruption mostly at Rorysounds Studios in Uppsala, Sweden. All of it is bound together in nine signature two-word-titled songs that altogether does not exceed the 27-minute mark. Calculators may wrongly estimate it as "short", but measured in CW units, it has the perfect length to die a thousand deaths.
Check out the track "Infernal Repeater" at this location: https://youtu.be/B8FQbey4Oqg
Tracklist:
1. Permanent Dissonance
2. Virulent Glow
3. Daylight Amputations
4. Infernal Repeater
5. Subterranean Persuasion
6. Hell Trance
7. Systematic Distortion
8. Demented Gospels
9. Pounding Devotion
http://www.sepulchralvoice.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/aggressivenoisetorment
GRENDEL'S SŸSTER - Debut Full-Length "Katabasis Into The Abaton" via Cruz Del Sur Music - Track Premiere
 Cruz Del Sur Music proudly announces "Katabasis Into The Abaton", the debut full-length album of GRENDEL'S SŸSTER, set for release on August 30th 2024.
A glorious intermingling of epic metal, epic doom, acid folk, folk, folk rock, krautrock, renaissance fair-styled music and ’70s rock, Germany’s GRENDEL'S SŸSTER may have no identifiable and convenient genre tag, yet on their first studio album the band weaves a dynamic, potent spell untethered to anything but their own creative whims.
A first track entitled "Boar's Tusk Helmet" has been premiered at this location: https://youtu.be/tHofBKHwhic
The CD will include the English and a German version of the album for a total of 16 songs!
Pre-order options (LP & CD): https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com/store
Tracklist:
1. Boar’s Tusk Helmet
2. The Plight of a Sorcerer
3. Rose Arbor
4. Night Owl’s Beak
5. Golden Key (Won’t Fit)
6. The Fire That Lights Itself
7. In Praise of Mugwort
8. Cosmogony
German Version
1. Eberzahnhelm
2. Die Bürde des Schwarzkünstlers
3. Rosenhag
4. Nachteulenschnabel
5. Güldenes Schlüsselein (klemmt)
6. Unentfacht Flammend
7. Beifußweise
8. Kosmogonie
https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/systerofgrendel
DOLDREY - New Deathpunk EP "Only Death Is Eternal" via Pulverised Records - Details and Track Premiere
 The lethal Singaporean Deathpunk ordnance DOLDREY have announced a new EP entitled "Only Death Is Eternal", set for release on 2nd August 2024 via Pulverised Records on MCD, MLP and in digital formats.
"Only Death Is Eternal" is a true manifestation of nefarious, show-no-mercy Death/Thrash Metal with the sensibilities of streetpunk, intricate but brilliantly arranged song structures further elevate the wicked and twisted DNA of DOLDREY.
It was recorded and mixed by Izzad Radzali Shah at Dungeon 416, mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios, Western Massachusetts, USA (Full Of Hell, Iron Lung, The Body, Glue, etc), and perfected with a macabre cover artwork and illustrations conceptualized by Alexander L. Brown (Bølzer, Cruciamentum, Horrendous, etc).
Get a kick in the teeth with the EP’s opening track "Moral Decay": https://youtu.be/1JiAQAvt87k
A limited tape edition will be released via Iron Lung Records.
Tracklist:
1. Moral Decay
2. Only Death Is Eternal
3. All Is Hell
4. Societal Machine
5. Keres
https://www.pulverised.net +++ https://www.instagram.com/siegeofdoldrey
TOTENGOTT - New Video Clip - New Album "Beyond the Veil" via Hammerheart Records
 Dive into TOTENGOTT’s dark and genre-defying sound in "Beyond the Veil", coming on July 12th 2024 via Hammerheart Records. A heavy, melodic journey that shatters expectations and redefines extreme metal!
A video clip for the track "The Architect" can be checked out here: https://youtu.be/guWbtQVqx58
Appearing in the middle of the currently predictable and monochrome metal scene, TOTENGOTT is formed by three experienced musicians proceeding from Metal, Rock and Hardcore bands from Asturias (Spain) with the aim to release the darkest songs that they are able to write and to claim the importance of evil and morbidity of compositions above technique and rawness above demonstration. Being a difficult band to be “tagged”, TOTENGOTT can be introduced as an Occult Metal trio with Doom/Death Metal influences but without leaving other genres aside such as Thrash, Gothic or Ambient. From a musical and philosophical perspective, the band drinks from sources like the heaviest side of Celtic Frost, the raw and epic side of Bathory, the atonality of Kryzstof Penderecki, the sonic gravity of Conan and the texture experimentation of early Pink Floyd. TOTENGOTT avoids limitations in the way they understand music.
“Beyond the Veil” takes the best elements and lessons learnt from their first two albums and push them to the limit. “Beyond the Veil” is ambitious, dark and heavy. More extreme but also more melodic than its predecessors. Seven songs in about 45 minutes of music in which the band embraces the unknown and blends low end guitars with epic orchestrations, Death/Thrash whiplash songs that would dazzle old school metal listeners with multi layered choir vocals, takes risks and explores Dark Wave, Ambient, ethnic and even classical genres. With “Beyond the Veil”, the band is ready to proof the world metal scene that all the expectations created with their first two albums were ready to be fulfilled.
Mixed by Javier Felez at Moontower Studios (Balmog, Altarage, Crisix, Foscor, Avulsed, Hitten) and mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano (Sólstafir, Paradise Lost, Cathedral, Ghost, Ulver, Opeth, Mayhem). Guest appearances by Eric Forrest (Voivod, E-Force), JF Fiar (Graveyard, Foscor, Jade) and Marija Krstevska (Drioma). Epic artwork by Khaos Diktator Design (Gaerea, Spectrum Mortis, Saor, Lychgate, Innumerable Forms)
Pre-order: https://totengott.lnk.to/beyondtheveil
Tracklist:
1. Inner Flame
2. Sons of the Serpent
3. Marrow of the Soul
4. The Architect
5. Beyond the Veil Part I: Mirrors of Doom
6. Beyond the Veil Part II: Necromancer
7. The Golden Crest (The Ritual, The Curse, The Path, The Light)
https://www.hammerheart.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/totengottmetal
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