Month: November 2019

NATTVERD reveal first track from new OSMOSE album – also reveal cover art, tracklisting

With their sophomore full-length album, Styggdom, set for release on Osmose Productions on January 31st, 2020, fans of Norwegian black metallers Nattverd get their first taste of what to expect from the album with the debut of the track “Dragsvoll,” which can be heard here:
Formed two years ago and with a lineup of extremely experienced and talented musicians – comprised today of Serpentr on vocals, Ormr on vocals and guitars, Atyr on guitars, Sveinr on bass, and Antichristian (Tsjuder et. al.) on session drums – Nattverd has always sought to keep the actual identity of those musicians private, preferring that the band be judged purely on its music, as opposed to any former, current, or future bands or releases its members may be involved in.

Nattverd‘s extremely successful debut album, Vi Vet gud Er En Løgner, showed a band that played black metal in the traditional way: cold and nasty and filled with fury and hate. But with Styggdom, Nattverd have grown and expanded, here coming up with a much more varied and atmospheric album – an album that shows just how versatile this band can be when it comes to delivering black metal.

Drums, bass, guitars, and vocals for Styggdom were recorded at Velvet Recording, Spydeberg, Norway and engineered by Nattverd and Christer Krogh. Mixing and mastering was handled by Tore Stjerna at the Necromorbus Studios.

With artwork, layout and design by Khaos Diktator Design, Styggdom will be available in CD, vinyl LP, and digital formats. Preorder info can be found HERE.

Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Nattverd’s Styggdom
1. Slakt Dem, Der De Loeper Hoedeloese Rundt Baalet
2. Dragsvoll
3. Skoddeskott
4. Heksebrann
5. Gatelangs I Land Og Rike
6. Gamle Erik
7. Hedninger Av En Svart Verden
8. Guds Djevelske Naervaer
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Beyond Creation announce European tour with Decapitated

BEYOND CREATION are now announcing new European tour dates together with the mighty death metal formation DECAPITATED! The rampage will kick off at the Lido venue in Berlin on the 6th of March and continues throughout 10 more countries in the weeks after. Support is taken care of by LORNA SHORE and VISCERA.
BEYOND CREATION
+Decapitated +Ingested +Lorna Shore +Viscera
06 Mar 20 Berlin (DE) Lido
07 Mar 20 Hamburg (DE) Bahnhof Pauli
08 Mar 20 Aarhus (DK) Voxhall
09 Mar 20 Hannover (DE) Bei Chéz Heinz
10 Mar 20 Oberhausen (DE) Kulttempel
11 Mar 20 Nijmegen (NL) Doornroosje
12 Mar 20 London (UK) ULU
13 Mar 20 Glasgow (UK) Slay
14 Mar 20 Manchester (UK) Club Academy
15 Mar 20 Birmingham (UK) Mama Roux’s
16 Mar 20 Bristol (UK) The Fleece
17 Mar 20 Southampton (UK) The Loft
18 Mar 20 Aarschot (BE) De Klinker Club
19 Mar 20 Paris (FR) La Trabendo
20 Mar 20 Aarau (CH) KiFF
21 Mar 20 Karlsruhe (DE) Weisse Rose
22 Mar 20 Milan (IT) Slaughter Club
23 Mar 20 Munich (De) Backstage
24 Mar 20 Vienna (AT) Viper Room
25 Mar 20 Budapest (HU) Dürer Kert
26 Mar 20 Prague (CZ) Nova Chmelnice
27 Mar 20 Wroclaw (PL) Pralnia
28 Mar 20 Dresden (DE) Puschkina

  In celebration of the tour, drummer Philippe “Tyrant” Boucher has shared an elaborate drum play-through for the track “Surface’s Echoes”. The video can be seen here:
BEYOND CREATION will be touring in support of their latest release ‘Algorythm’ which can be heard in full here.
The cover artwork can be viewed together with the album details below.
Track-list1. Disenthrall (1:44)
2. Entre Suffrage Et Mirage (4:20)
3. Surface’s Echoes (6:54)
4. Ethereal Kingdom (5:19)
5. Algorythm (7:40)
6. À Travers Le Temps Et L’Oubli (1:48)
7. In Adversity (3:19)
8. The Inversion (7:26)
9. Binomial Structures (6:32)
10. The Afterlife (5:37)
Bonus tracks
11. Surface’s Echoes (Instr) (6:53)
12. The Afterlife (Instr) (5:37)
Total playing time: 1:03:09
Feel the onrush of sweeping arpeggios, crushing waves of fretless bass, complex rhythmical patterns and erupting scales peppered with jazzy feeling and masterful execution under the mark of ‘Algorythm’, which names the third full-length of BEYOND CREATION.
 
The French part of Canada is home to a vibrant culture of technical Death Metal fostered by outstanding acts such as GORGUTS, CRYPTOPSY, MARTYR, and NEURAXIS. This illustrious family tree has produced many sprouts in the past, yet none of them are as brilliant as Quebec’s amazing scion: BEYOND CREATION!

BEYOND CREATION saw the light of day in 2005 in Montreal, Canada but it wasn’t until 2010 that the band was ready to hit the stage with their original line-up consisting of Simon Girard, Kevin Chatré, Guyot Bégin-Benoît and Dominic ‘Forest’ Lapointe. A year later, the band self-released their debut full-length album ‘The Aura’ (2011), which quickly became a highlight in the genre. Since then, BEYOND CREATION has been known as the progressive, innovative and exciting new metal sound of their homeland, Quebec.
 
In late 2012, the band had Philippe Boucher (Ex-FIRST FRAGMENT, INCADESCENSE, CHTHE’ILIST, DÉCOMBRES) take Guyot’s place on drums and things started moving at a faster pace in 2013, when they joined Season of Mist, re-releasing ‘The Aura’ and touring North America and Japan. In 2014, BEYOND CREATION released their second masterpiece ‘Earthborn Evolution‘.
 
After the addition of Hugo Doyon-Karout (BROUGHT BY PAIN, EQUIPOISE, CONFLUX) on bass, the band focused on touring as much as possible on the ‘Earthborn Evolution’ album cycle compiling 3 North American tours, 3 European tours, countless shows in Canada, appearances in Mexico, Colombia and Dubaï, sharing the stage with heavy weights like ARCH ENEMY, HATE ETERNAL, MISERY INDEX, DYING FETUS, PSYCROPTIC and OBSCURA. They also took part in multiple large-scale music festivals such as Hellfest (FR), 70 000 Tons of Metal (US), UK Tech-Fest, Montebello Rockfest (CA), Heavy MTL (CA) and Damnation Fest (UK).
 
In 2018, BEYOND CREATION recorded their highly-anticipated third album ‘Algorythm’ at The Grid Studio in home land Canada, which is set for release on October 12th, 2018. With the new album, BEYOND CREATION delivers a ferocious blend of technicality, melody, and brutality aided by fang-filled growls, which is interwoven with beautiful progressive interludes. Prepare for the lightning evolution of the progressive technical death metal revolution!

Current line-up
Simon Girard: Vocals & Guitars
Kevin Chartré: Guitars & Back Vocals
Hugo Doyon-Karout: Bass
Philippe Boucher: Drums

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ARKONA premiere “Age Of Capricorn”

[Press Release] ARKONA premiere “Age Of Capricorn”

“Age Of Capricorn“, the seventh album from one of Poland’s leading Black Metal acts, ARKONA, is nearing its release through Debemur Morti Productions. With the album slated to drop in less than three weeks, Decibel Magazine is now hosting a stream of its mighty title track.

ARKONA is where the lightless spirits of second and third wave black metal assume modern form in an all too relatable maelstrom of degradation and disquiet, alienation and anger, hypnosis and horror. Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Impressive Art Studio, “Age Of Capricorn” is blessed with a crisp production that foregrounds a jackhammer relentlessness of near-industrial proportions, leaving the listener gasping for air as they are bludgeoned into inverted cathedrals of sound.

The album is completed with cover art and layout by Church Of Chaos Multimedia.Decibel writes in part with their premiere, “Aided by a flurry of icy riffs and an intense-but-clean production job, ‘Age Of Capricorn’ feels like the sonic equivalent to being trapped in the eye of a storm: despite the chaotic and turbulent nature of the song, ARKONA keep things neat and controlled. The end result is a song and album that black metal devotees would be mistaken to miss out on as the year and decade draw to a close.“

Stream ARKONA’s “Age Of Capricorn” early only through Decibel right here.“

Age Of Capricorn” will see release through Debemur Morti Productions on digipack CD, gatefold 12″ LP, a special edition gatefold 12″ LP limited to 100 copies, and all digital platforms on December 13th. Find preorders at the European webshop, North American webshop and Bandcamp.

ARKONA is currently plotting new tour dates to support “Age Of Capricorn“. The band is confirmed to play Metalowa Wigilia 2019 alongside SÓLSTAFIR, PRIMORDIAL, CARPATHIAN FOREST, and more on December 21st, and has already started confirming tour dates for the new year including Under The Black Sun Festival 2020 with NAGLFAR, MYSTIFIER and others on July 2nd.

Watch for updates to post in the months ahead.

ANGELBLAST set release date for EDGED CIRCLE debut EP – features members of Sweden’s EXCRUCIATE and DARKENED

Today, Edged Circle Productions announces December 20th as the international release date for AngelBlast‘s striking debut EP, Rotting Paradise, on 7″ vinyl and digital formats.

Although a brand-new entity, AngelBlast hold a wealth of experience within their ranks, featuring members from old-school Swedeath cult Excruciate as well as fellow labelmates Darkened. And one listen to the swift ‘n’ slaying Rotting Paradise is proof enough of those deeply entrenched Metal of Death values: throttling and propulsive, winding and dynamic, clear yet crushing, malevolently melodic, and with mind-melted solos to literally die for, AngelBlast rip through two tracks (plus eerie outro) with a passion and possession that simply cannot be denied. References to be made include ’90s Morbid Angel, Dissection, Necrophobic, Malevolent Creation, and Unanimated, but on evidence of Rotting Paradise, AngelBlast are well on their way to etching an infernal circle all their own. Suitably, this opening salvo features amazing artwork by Juanjo Castellano Rosado (Unleashed, Revel in Flesh, Gates of Ishtar).

Be on the lookout for a debut album through Edged Circle next year, and step into AngelBlast‘s Rotting Paradise in the meantime! Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for AngelBlast’s Rotting Paradise
1. Rotting Paradise
2. Descending of the Immortals
3. Incarnation of the Fallen
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Finnish death metal magickians Blooming Carrions stream new Iron Bonehead EP

Today, Finnish death metal magickians Blooming Carrions stream the entirety of their highly anticipated new EP, Sisters in Blooming Flesh. Set for international release on November 28th via Iron Bonehead Productions, hear Blooming Carrions‘ Sisters in Blooming Flesh in its entirety here:
Blooming Carrions was founded during the deadly summer of 2014 by EvM, who possessed a desire to create dark and primitive death metal, and to channel visions about decomposing hallucinations, cryptic dreams, and love for beauty of death and decay. The first offering, Sparkling Rotten Dreams, was released in summer 2017 by Iron Bonehead, and it introduced the band in it rawest form, with all essential Blooming Carrions weapons: twisted, cavernous riffs, eerie guitar melodies, pounding drums, and brutal and cryptic vocals. New material headed into darker and more distant territories, and the second demo came out soon after, titled Necrosis Twilight – again released by Iron Bonehead – offering two songs that were more atmospheric, crushing, and majestic.

But that was just a small glimpse of what was on the horizon for Blooming Carrions. During melancholic nights of autumn 2017 and winter 2018, new material was crafted, and during summer and autumn 2018, Sisters in Blooming Flesh was recorded by EvM and new member PkE, who joined Blooming Carrions to handle bass obscurities. What we have here is three songs of eerie, majestic, and brutal blackened death metal, blooming in rotting bliss and vulturous hallucinations. Truly titled, Sisters in Blooming Flesh is indeed the rotten, blossoming bouquet of Blooming Carrions.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Blooming Carrions’ Sisters in Blooming Flesh
1. Sisters in Blooming Flesh
2. Enchantment of Slaughtering
3. Lehto
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Swedish black metal standard-bearers Avslut stream new Osmose album

AVSLUT stream new OSMOSE album at NoCleanSinging.com

Today, Swedish black metal standard-bearers Avslut stream the entirety of their highly anticipated second album, Tyranni.
Set for international release on November 29th via Osmose Productions, hear Avslut‘s Tyranni in its entirety here:
The highly anticipated second album from the Swedish black metal legion Avslut is finally ready to be unleashed upon the world. With nine vicious new songs, the band takes it to a whole new level with Tyranni.
 
Avslut depicts a deformed, decayed, and lost mankind. The group has its roots in the suburbs of Stockholm. With full force, following their well-received Deceptis debut album for Osmose last year, Avslut waste no time in continuing their reign of ice-cold, idiomatic Swedish black metal supremacy.

Now more than ever, Avslut is a weapon, an uncompromising passage to meet your fate. Prepare yourself for infernal war and even more intense and authentic material than ever before with Tyranni. LEGION, ARISE!

Preorder info can be found HERE.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Avslut’s Tyranni
1. Tyranni
2. Stigens ände
3. Likvidering
4. Allt förgås
5. Den eviga flamman
6. Underjordens apostlar
7. Pestens lärjungar
8. Dråp
9. Ändlöst slaveri
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Reborn ÆVANGELIST reveal first track from new HELLS HEADBANGERS album – also cover and tracklisting

Reborn ÆVANGELIST reveal first track from new HELLS HEADBANGERS album – also cover and tracklisting

Today, the reborn Ævangelist reveal the nearly-18-minute new track “The Origin and End of All: Pain of the Fallen.” The track hails from the band’s forthcoming rebirth album, Nightmarecatcher, which will be released by Hells Headbangers during the first quarter of 2020 on CD format. Hear Ævangelist‘s “The Origin and End of All: Pain of the Fallen” in its massive entirety HERE:
Now residing in Finland, Ævangelist has been in existence since 2010 and was created/authored by Matron Thorn. Joining Thorn on Nightmarecatcher is ex-Anorexia Nervosa vocalist Stéphane Gerbaud. As such, this is to be considered the official lineup of the true Ævangelist.

Ever restless, Nightmarecatcher sees Matron Thorn exploring an exquisitely lurking dread, patiently simmering his psychedelic death metal delirium to a hallucinogenic boil, bringing forth a miasmic meltdown. Daunting and daring to say the very least, Nightmarecatcher is one epic 53-minute composition comprising three equally epic chapters, all threaded together with unsettling ease. Also uniquely, the album is Ævangelist‘s first proper live studio recording, created entirely in the recording space of Oranssi Pazuzu and drums recorded in the recording space of Barathrum & Sielunvihollinen. Not for nothing is the album graced with malevolent & mesmerizing artwork courtesy of the masterful Jef Whitehead.

Form meeting content, then, Nightmarecatcher is the sound Ævangelist at is most naked. No less dense and multi-layered than Matron Thorn’s vast body of work under this moniker, the shimmering Nightmarecatcher stretches Ævangelist to a skeletal breaking point, a gross ‘n’ garish carcass on which Thorn dangles flickering  afterimages of disconnection. Exposed and rotten yet no less resilient, this sonic iteration of Ævangelist retains Thorn’s characteristically nightmarish alchemy, but disposes of obfuscation and obtuseness; after recent muddling events, only a clearly aimed fist of hazy horror accomplishes the directive. Rising to the challenge, Gerbaud’s truly disturbing vocals ritualistically recite a litany of horrors both tangible and otherworldly, leading the listener into the craggiest catacombs of the self.

Atmosphere reigns supreme, as it always has in Ævangelist, and comprehension of its infinitely writhing tendrils begins in the title itself. Nightmarecatcher is the grand rebirth of the true Ævangelist – past, present, future, all ripped asunder and reinvigorated in search of The Truth.

Further truth can be found HERE in this extensive interview with the Rauta YouTube channel, where Matron Thorn explains the background behind Ævangelist‘s rebirth.

Release date and preorder info to be announce shortly.
Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Ævangelist (Finland)’s Nightmarecatcher
1. The Origin and End of All: Pain of the Fallen [17:34]
2. Ceremony of Decomposition of Bodies [12:39]
3. In the Womb of Chaos, Source of Life Energy [22:24]
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Russia’s PYRE sign with MEMENTO MORI – to release second album next year

In their endless quest to push and support current underground acts that perpetuate the odor of vintage death metal, Memento Mori are extremely thrilled to announce a new signing: Pyre, from Russia.   Rising from the sewers of Saint Petersburg in 2011, and consisting of some hyperactive musicians who are/were members of other underground Russian acts such as Teitanfyre, Drama, Ulvdalir, Internal Damage, Blazing Rust, Chamber Of Torture, and others, Pyre‘s unholy sledgehammer of rotting and caustic music is DEATH fuckin’ METAL  right down to its genes, as genuine and convincing as it can possibly get, focusing on the traditional and raw sound reminiscent of greats such as Asphyx, Grave, Morgoth, Nihilist/early Entombed, Death, Unleashed, Autopsy, Repugnant, Obituary, Dismember, and Pestilence, and rivalling most of its recent peers trying to do the same thing. After a number of previous releases and lots of gigs under their belt, in and out of their motherland, Pyre are now ready to bust through their second opus, which will offer something new and unique, darker, more hypnotic and cryptic, creating an atmosphere way more sinister than ever before, and evincing that the second strike is deadlier indeed!   Memento Mori will unleash the CD version of their sophomore full-length album in 2020.

Further details to follow in the coming months. For more info, consult the links below.  

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Necrowretch reveal first track and details of forthcoming album

French Blackened Death metal outfit NECROWRETCH are now unveiling the first brand new track taken from their forthcoming masterpiece ‘The Ones From Hell’. The new album is scheduled for release on February 14th, 2020 via Season of Mist.
NECROWRETCH are now streaming their first offering “Luciferian Sovranty” here:
NECROWRETCH comment: “Today, it’s with pleasure that we spew our new creature onto the face of the earth. ‘The Ones From Hell’ is a brand new chapter in the history of Necrowretch. Beyond rules and boundaries, we have reached a new level of musical expression dedicated to the Devil and His many names. This unholy spawn will consist 8 new songs which perfectly serve our impious fascination for Hell. Yet again this monster will be unleashed by the mighty Season of Mist. Down below the gates are opening for the “Luciferian Sovranty”… Hail Satan!“
NECROWRETCH are furthermore releasing the artwork of ‘The Ones From Hell’, which has been created by Stefan Thanneur, and can be viewed together with the album details below.
Track-list
1. Pure Hellfire (6:54)
2. Luciferian Sovranty (4:01)
3. The Ones From Hell (4:12)
4. Absolute Evil (2:39)
5. Codex Obscuritas (5:49)
6. Darkness Supreme (5:27)
7. Through The Black Abyss (3:25)
8. Necrowretch (4:37)
Total: 37:04
With the previous album ‘Satanic Slavery ‘, French blackened death metal masters NECROWRETCH delivered a culmination of the first ten years of the band’s existence and it was with that album all previous tendencies were met in perfect sync. Yet this new offering is the opening of a brand-new chapter. Still furious and satanic yet those who will dare to listen to it in its entirety will discover new musical paths while remaining faithful to their roots.
 
NECROWRETCH spawned in 2008 by front man Vlad. After several demos and EPs, the band immediately hit the scene hard when in 2013 their debut full-length ‘Putrid Death Sorcery’ arrived with a massive impact. Their strong roots in the underground were emphasized with a following compilation of earlier material under the name ‘Bestial Rites’ the same year. With their next albums ‘With Serpents Scourge’ (2015) and ‘Satanic Slavery’ (2017), NECROWRETCH added some musical twists and turn that showed some influences by Swedish black death pioneers such as DARK FUNERAL, DISSECTION or MARDUK.
 
During 2018, Vlad went to Istanbul in order to write the next album in a completely new environment. As Vlad always writes the Necrowretch albums in the order they’ll be sequenced, his new surroundings and past experiences pushed him towards new musical horizons. Never had the music this much variety in one album.
 
Like its predecessor ‘Satanic Slavery’ (2017), ‘The Ones From Hell’ was recorded as a three-piece in February 2019. The session lasted over ten days at the Blackout Studio in Brussels with ‘Phorgath’ from EMPTINESS as producer. Alan Douches, who worked with everybody from BARONESS to CANNIBAL CORPSE or DEICIDE, then carefully took care of the mastering job.
 
NECROWRETCH spent almost a year on writing the new opus and it’s their most personal work to date. It still sounds very much like NECROWRETCH, yet it’s almost a whole new band. Forget what other people say.
 
You can judge a book by its cover. What you see is what you get with NECROWRETCH: Pure Satanic Death Metal!

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Line-up
Vlad – Guitars, Vocals
Ilmar – Drums, Percussions
Wence – Guitars, Bass

Sweden’s REAPER set release date for IRON BONEHEAD debut album, reveal first track

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions announces January 31st, 2020 as the international release date for the striking debut album of Sweden’s Reaper, Unholy Nordic Noise, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Like a blast from Bathorian dungeons, Reaper burst forth from muck of time eternal with their debut demo, Ravenous Storm of Piss, in early 2019 via Iron Bonehead. Ever aptly titled, this three-song firestorm whipped forth a fury of ancient witching metal, attacking with spell. Now, the return of darkness and evil comes with their fucking-PERFECTLY-titled debut album, Unholy Nordic Noise.

Reprising those same three demo tracks but in re-recorded form, Unholy Nordic Noise is ten-song assault of sulfurous, punkish First-Wave Black Metal Exclusively bookended by seamless intro and outro. In just a mere 29 minutes, the unholy duo of Reaper rip asunder the present and recast the past in crude ‘n’ rude form. Thick and viscous is their thrust, the latent D-beat discharging possibilities of life’s destruction, while the orkish vokills spill gism all over one’s sanity and safety. It’s a simple attack, but far from simplistic: this kind of delirious devilry requires the nuance and nous of a true aesthete. Thus, Unholy Nordic Noise is everything it promises…and far more!

But find out for yourself as you peer into those dungeons, pondering whether to cross the threshold into Reaper‘s domain. Unholy Nordic Noise will drive you mad!

Take the first step over that threshold with the brand-new track “Horn of Hades” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Reaper (Sweden)’s Unholy Nordic Noise
1. Intro
2. Hero of the Graveyard Flies
3. Severing Tentacles of Faith
4. Arctic Wrath – Blood and Bone
5. Order of the Beelzebub
6. Horn of Hades
7. The Birth of War
8. Surrender to the Void
9. This Crystal Hell
10. Ravenous Storm of Piss
11. De Krälande Maskarnas Kör
12. Outro
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