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BONEHUNTER set release date for new HELLS HEADBANGERS album

Today, Hells Headbangers sets September 28th as the international release date for Bonehunter’s highly anticipated third album, Children of the Atom, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

If Bonehunter’s debut album, Evil Triumphs Again, became the first and last word on how to do Bathory worship – and becoming something of a mini-classic in the process, especially after their much-talked-about performance at Hells Headbangers’ Hells Headbash 2 in 2015 – and last year’s Sexual Panic Human Machine became the shocking sound of the band asserting their own identity with equally compelling results, then Children of the Atom is Bonehunter hitting a fucking fever pitch. It would not be untruthful to say that Children of the Atom is the perfect synthesis of Bonehunter’s first two albums: the dungeon-bred grit of the debut meeting the streamlined cruise of LP#2, without the faintest hint of self-consciousness nor repetitiousness. But – and this is absolutely crucial – the devilish charisma and unfuckwithable confidence with which the band roll out each anthem after another here bespeaks something else together. Simply, Children of the Atom is the new (and very now) sound of Bonehunter breaking into the bigtime.

After the stage-setting “Initiate the Sequence” intro, Children of the Atom literally EXPLODES from the speakers. Charging hard like the veritable post-apocalyptic Road Warriors that they are, Bonehunter truly make their self-proclaimed “Devil Metal Punk” a subgenre unto itself here. It’s one of those sounds that’s immediately familiar – again, earliest Bathory will always loom large – but with a wealth of era- and globe-spanning influences all freely fed into their engine, from ’80s Japanese metalpunk to the deepest South American blackthrash, what emerges on Children of the Atom is indeed a mutation like no other. And it’s absolutely ADDICTING: hooks upon hooks are doled out effortlessly, inciting possessed headbanging and air-guitaring, and all with a breathless abandon that’s a wild wonder to behold. Additionally, Bonehunter’s rhythmic arsenal has kicked it up a notch or five, as well, hitting speeds previously unapproachable for the band but here delivered with authority and elan. Not to mention that the production’s been roughened up again, bloody raw but belying a clarity of intent.

Featuring unforgettable cover art courtesy of the master Joe Petagno, Children of the Atom is the ultimate nuclear assault from Bonehunter! A statement from the band reads: “We envisioned an album that sounded like songs written by the synthetically-revived cadavers of Chris Witchhunter, HIDE, and Petrus Steele after blasting Sacrilege, Atomkraft, and Immortal in a military bunker through the heart of a nuclear winter. Läjä Äijälä, frontman of the infamous hardcore act Terveet Kädet, gave birth to the intro track ‘Initiate the Sequence.’ The only man who could be trusted to handle the album cover for Children of the Atom was the legendary artist behind Motörhead’s Snaggletooth, Joe Petagno. Hails to Hells Headbangers for helping to spread our noise, filth, and fury and to Läjä and Joe for their contributions! This is the ultimate Bonehunter album – turn up the evil!”

In the meantime, hear the new track “The Reek of Reaper’s Scythe” HERE

Additionally, Bonehunter will be joining labelmates Midnight on a North American tour later this year, in support of Children of the Atom; dates will be revealed in due time.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Bonehunter’s Children of the Atom
1. Initiate the Sequence
2. Demonic Nuclear Armament
3. Sex Messiah Android
4. Children of the Atom
5. The Reek of Reaper’s Scythe
6. Black Star Carcass
7. Spider’s Grave
8. Cybernetic Vampirism
9. Man of Steel
10. Devil Signal Burst

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WITCH KING set release date for BLOOD HARVEST debut, reveal first track

Today, Blood Harvest Records and Helter Skelter Productions set September 14th as the international release date for Witch King’s highly anticipated debut album, Voice of the Ossuary, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Hailing from Rhode Island, Witch King have been a prolific force in the American black/death underground. Since 2008, this power-trio have been patiently perfect their craft over a slew of demos, an EP, and a split album with the considerable likes of Bestial Mockery, Obeisance, and Manticore. The Witch King aesthetic has been firm from the beginning, but with Voice of the Ossuary, they take it to the darkest and most disgusting depths.

Wasting no time whatsoever – no ceremony, no hope, no fun – Witch King blast into Voice of the Ossuary with primeval abandon. Theirs is an ancient sound, bucking nowadays trends, and returning to the foul recesses of classic blackgrind, informed by early Blood, Archgoat, Naked Whipper, and of course, the almighty Blasphemy. But whereas so much parallel “bestial metal” crams in non-sequitur riffs and transitions – or simply forgets them altogether, just plowing through one riff monochromatically – Witch King actually possess songwriting, and unfurl one flowing fountain of filth after another. These songs gnaw at your very being, but they remain in the subconscious long after play has commenced. And that’s not to mention the pure physicality of Voice of the Ossuary: all muscle, no fat, total 3D crush.

Hark! Hear the Voice of the Ossuary, for it is Witch King’s, and there’s nothing but absolute dread and doom on the horizon… Hear for yourself with the new track “Savage Conquest Upon Holy Lands” HERE

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Witch King’s Voice of the Ossuary
1. Rejection Of The Light
2. Void Emissary
3. Apocalypse Tribe
4. Voice Of The Ossuary
5. Savage Conquest Upon Holy Lands
6. Jehovah Grinder
7. Howling Beyond The Veil
8. Mocking the Seraphim
9. Final Annihilation
10. Astral Desecration

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BLACK FUNERAL set release date for new IRON BONEHEAD mini-album, reveal first track

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets September 28th as the international release date for a new mini-album from the legendary Black Funeral, The Dust and Darkness, on CD and 12″ vinyl formats.

Formed in 1993, Black Funeral are one of the founders of American black metal. The band’s first two albums, 1995’s Vampyr – Throne of the Beast and 1997’s Empire of Blood, are widely considered black metal classics, and are among the earliest releases on the cult Full Moon Productions label. Since the beginning, the band has been guided by the boundless vision of one Michael Ford (AKA Akhtya Nachttoter), who has concurrently garnered international respect as a leading author on Luciferianism and occultism. And although many lineups have come and gone since those pioneering first two lineups, Black Funeral found its strongest formation yet with 2016’s Ankou and the Death Fire. Released to widespread acclaim by Iron Bonehead, the album saw the inclusion of Drowning the Light mastermind Azgorh Drakenhof handling guitar, bass, and keyboards. As such, musically, Akkou and the Death Fire was a purely black metal record brimming with medieval majesty and malnourished misery, a blackflame both bright and bleary, all laced with Ford’s characteristically chilling ambient soundscapes. In many ways, it was a reinvigoration of the classic Black Funeral sound, and that forward momentum continues unabated with The Dust and Darkness.

Recorded 2017 in Australia and the United States, The Dust and Darkness is a recalling and vampyric sonic ritual of Hittite, Hurrian, Canaanite, and ancient Syrian Underworld offerings and necromancy. The title “Dankuis Daganzipas” is the Hittite Underworld, “The Dark Earth,” and is the dwelling place of spirits and chthonic deities who desired blood as their primary offering besides incense and libations. The Lady of the Underworld, Allani, is the ancient Hurrian goddess who is a type of psychopomp as a solar deity who guides the dead into the Underworld. Allani is identical to the Mesopotamian Ereskigal. The god “Chemosh of the Dust and Darkness” is an epithet for an Ugaritic deity of the Underworld who is similar to both Baal of Peor (Belphegor) and Nergal. His name was associated with elements of the underworld and “Bird of Prey.” As such, the four songs comprising The Dust and Darkness sonically surge with grim abandon and majestic melancholy, unflinching in their familiarity but only because this is the Black Funeral whose name is legendry within the darkest depths of the black metal underground. It is altogether 17 minutes of invocation and seduction, exacted by deft hands well versed in the blackest of magick. Here, there is only The Dust and Darkness…

Step forward into that dust & darkness with the new track “Dankuis Daganzipas (Dark Earth)” HERE

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Black Funeral’s The Dust and Darkness
1. Dankuis Daganzipas (Dark Earth)
2. Alanni Goddess of the Underworld
3. Chemosh of the Dust and Darkness
4. Mistress of the Pit

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Abbath announces new European tour dates in September

Following their European festivals performances this summer, ABBATH have announced extra tour dates in September with Danish metallers BAEST. The tour sees the Norwegian band play a selected number of club shows in the Netherlands, Germany, Slovenia and Hungary. The tour also includes an appearance at the MEH SUFF! Festival in Zürich, Switzerland.

A list of all currently confirmed dates including festivals can be viewed below.

ABBATH festival dates
22 Jul 18 Colony (IT) Colony Open Air
10 Aug 18 Villena (ES) Leyendas Del Rock
19 Aug 18 Saint-Nolff (FR) Motocultor Festival
25 Aug 18 Crispendorf (DE) Wolfzeit Festival
08 Sep 18 Zürich (CH) Meh Suff Fest

ABBATH club shows
with BAEST
05 Sep 18 Leiden (NL) Gebr. Nobel – tickets
06 Sep 18 Essen (DE) Turock – tickets
07 Sep 18 Mannheim (DE) MC Connexion – tickets
09 Sep 18 Ljubljana (SL) Kino Siska – tickets
10 Sep 18 Budapest (HU) A38 – tickets

ABBATH will be touring in support of their chart-storming eponymous debut album. Artwork and track-list of ‘Abbath’ can be viewed below.

01. To War!
02. Winterbane
03. Ashes of the Damned
04. Ocean of Wounds
05. Count the Dead
06. Fenrir Hunts
07. Root of the Mountain
08. Endless
09. Nebular Ravens Winter [bonus]

When Abbath announced that he had left IMMORTAL, it sent massive shockwaves through the metal scene. The iconic frontman had long become the “face” of the Norwegian black scene, his image synonymous with this style.

Now the Norwegian giant has returned with his new band ABBATH and a crushing debut album of the same name. The opening triplet “To War”, “Winter Bane”, and “Ashes of the Damned” unleashes all the fury of a Nordic blizzard at full force. Yet the following “Ocean of Wounds” proves that his new band is equally at home in writing anthemic mid-tempo hymns. Abbath’s characteristic riffing shines clearly through it all: heavy, harsh, and yet catchy and melodic with a touch of epic BATHORY, MOTÖRHEAD, and even KISS.

‘Abbath’ impresses from start to finish. This is exactly the album that all fans of this particular Bergen brand of black metal have been hoping for. Hold on tight or get blown away. ABBATH are here now and ready to conquer the world!

Line-up
Abbath: guitar & vocals
Creature: drums

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TEMPLE DESECRATION stream IRON BONEHEAD debut

Today, black/death mavericks Temple Desecration stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, Whirlwinds of Fathomless Chaos. Set for international release on July 13th via Iron Bonehead Productions, hear Temple Desecration’s Whirlwinds of Fathomless Chaos in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Since Temple Desecration’s beginnings in 2011, this mysterious Polish cult have been a study in refined ugliness. Prizing quality over quantity, each release has been exacting, yet executed with animalistic abandon. It began in 2012 with the very-aptly-titled Abhorrent Rites demo – which Iron Bonehead later released on 12″ vinyl, in 2015 – and carried forward to the dread expanses of the Communion Perished EP in 2014. There, at just two songs in a swift 13 minutes, Temple Desecration indeed desecrated by-now-passe “bestial metal” conventions into something angular and truly overwhelming, incensed by the form’s latent power but focusing it into an ever-roiling maelstrom that was worlds away – and suggested, even, other worlds.

With the stage thus set, a whole four years later, Temple Desecration return to maximize that enviable potential with their first full-length, Whirlwinds of Fathomless Chaos. Massive in every measure, Whirlwinds of Fathomless Chaos is indeed a whirlwind, but any chaos extant in the band’s sound has been excised for locked-in, monged-out hypnosis. It’s a tradeoff that works in spades, as Temple Desecration’s vile, virulent pulse becomes more patient and yet more mesmerizing, eventually devouring the listener whole – or at least sucking said listener into a black hole, many worlds away. The more expanded song structures first explored on Communion Perished are here finessed even further, building new pillars of pustulent terror and crushingly physical tension: at five songs in 38 minutes, the sheer density and solar weight of Whirlwinds of Fathomless Chaos feels far more expansive than its compact runtime suggests.

These advancements aside, Temple Desecration have also managed to make their mangling of the bestial idiom more ritualistic, more ceremonial. That pulse may still be tethered to black/death traditionalism – it is METAL, after all – but the way this cult warps their riffs into slithering sensations of sound elevates Whirlwinds of Fathomless Chaos above the mongrel hordes listlessly flying that “bestial metal” banner. In short, there is transcendentalism coursing through every minute of the album, and Temple Desecration have hereby unlocked its boundless enormity.

Gaze into its cover art – faintly, deeply, whichever – and begin to contemplate the enormity of Temple Desecration. For these Whirlwinds of Fathomless Chaos stretch beyond The Beyond…

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Temple Desecration’s Whirlwinds of Fathomless Chaos
1. Nameless Hordes
2. Entering the Void
3. Dominion of Darkness
4. Covenant
5. Blood Offering

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PALE DIVINE set release date for long-awaited new SHADOW KINGDOM album, reveal first track

Today, Shadow Kingdom Records sets November 23rd as the international release date for Pale Divine’s highly anticipated fifth album, Pale Divine, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

For nearly 25 years now, Pale Divine have been perfecting the proto-doom sound – rooted in the ’70s, particularly Pentagram and Ozzy-era Black Sabbath but also Sir Lord Baltimore, Leafhound, and even very early Judas Priest – but predating so many cloying pretenders ever since. Not for them is this just another trendy bandwagon to jump on; Pale Divine truly LIVE this music. The public’s tastes may be fickle, but diehards know and love the name Pale Divine. And for very good reason: albums like 2001’s Thunder Perfect Mind and 2004’s Eternity Revealed are considered classics of the genre, carrying the torch of ’80s forebears like Saint Vitus and Trouble, and keeping that flame burning whatever the cost.

And though it’s been six long years since Pale Divine’s last album, 2012’s Shadow Kingdom-released Painted Windows Black, the power-trio sound more energized than ever on Pale Divine. A veritable tour de force of everything that’s been brewing in the band’s cauldron lo these many years, Pale Divine explodes with thunder and swagger at every turn: from epic metal excursions to bluesy rockers, groove behemoths to graveyard laments, psychedelic swirl to straight-up crush, this album literally has it ALL! Naturally, actual honest-to-goodness songwriting takes center stage here, and Pale Divine possess the panache to pull it all of with style and grace, effortlessly and unselfconsciously so. At the forefront, as ever, are the always soulful vocals of guitarist Greg Diener, who brings pathos and poignancy to such heartrending topics as “Chemical Decline,” “Bleeding Soul,” “So Low,” and “Curse the Shadows.” Which is to say nothing of the production on Pale Divine, which has that rich warmth and as-true-as-it-gets analog sound that further underline the timelessness Pale Divine have made their stock-in-trade since the beginning.

The more things change, the more they stay the same sometimes, and there stands Pale Divine, tall and proud. In 2018, you’re not gonna find a better, more rockin’ and more pure DOOM album than Pale Divine! Hear for yourself with the new track “Spinning Wheel” HERE

. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Pale Divine’s Pale Divine
1. Spinning Wheel
2. Bleeding Soul
3. Chemical Decline
4. So Low
5. Curse the Shadows
6. Shades of Blue
7. Silver Tongues
8. Ship of Fools

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Turkey’s BURIAL INVOCATION now streaming “Abiogenesis” in its entirety

Abiogenesis, the newest release from Turkey’s BURIAL INVOCATION, is now available via Dark Descent Records. To mark the long-awaited return of BURIAL INVOCATION, Dark Descent Records is streaming Abiogenesis in full. Listen to one of 2018’s most critically-acclaimed releases

Abiogensis is available on vinyl, CD and digital formats. Order the album at the following locations:
darkdescentrecords.com/store
darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/burialinvocation
www.facebook.com/DarkDescentRecords

“Whatever your thoughts are on death metal as a genre, there’s no questioning the brutality, weight and rhythmic technicality of this massive sounding record.”
– Metal Forces Magazine [9/10]

“There are moments on Abiogenesis that are bar-raising career-defining brilliance. There are others that fall into the category of exemplary death metal. Does Abiogenesis reinvent death metal? No. Of course not. What it does do is pour all the elements that make the genre great into a giant crucible, smelt that shit down and tip that liquid fire straight into your gaping gullet.” – Toilet Ov Hell [4.77/5]

1.Revival 09:54
2.Abiogenesis 12:10
3.Visions of the Hereafter 08:11
4.Phantasmagoric Transcendence 08:27
5.Tenebrous Horizons 02:37

BURIAL INVOCATION exploded onto the underground scene when their debut EP Rituals of the Grotesque, released in early 2010. Coincidentally, this was the first release under the newly-formed Dark Descent Records banner. The initial pressing of this CD sold out quickly as the band’s brand of doomy, crypt-dwelling death metal was infectious as it was blistering.

Mixing elements of Finnish death metal among other influences, BURIAL INVOCATION followed up the debut EP the next year on the well-received split 7″ with Japan’s Anatomia. This split, also released on Dark Descent Records, quickly sold out. The band eventually followed these releases with some memorable live appearances including the initial version of Copenhagen’s legendary Kill Town Death Fest.

In the years since, the band was inactive as members pursued other projects and interests. There were rumblings from the band including small European tour runs and we were largely left to wonder what happened to BURIAL INVOCATION?

In 2017, the fires were lit once more as the band were said to be working on a new album. Once again under the Dark Descent Records banner (vinyl via long-time ally Me Saco Un Ojo), Abiogenesis sees this Turkish crew reign once more. No longer will we be left wondering…Burial Invocation has returned and the wait has been well worth it.

DAKHMA set release date for IRON BONEHEAD debut album, reveal first track

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets September 28th as the international release date for the highly anticipated debut album of Switzerland’s Dakhma, Hamkar Atonement, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

A work of towering immensity, of unorthodox ritualism and subverted bestiality, Hamkar Atonement furthers the sonic defiance Dakhma last suggested on the preceding Astiwihad-Zohr mini-album, released to critical acclaim in early 2016 by Iron Bonehead. There, the duo detailed a spiritual descent/ascent across four staggering songs spanning 27 minutes. Here, on Hamkar Atonement, Dakhma descend/ascend even deeper/higher, with seven hymns within a staggering 61 minutes: total sensory overload, immersion that begets annihilation that begets rebirth. Within a somewhat-familiar template of bestial black metal, the duo proceed to mangle and malform every malodorous nook and cranny within the idiom, stretching it past its capacity and into high art – no less hysteric and feral, that is. In fact, the results are far more frightening, and demand far more of the listener; those of intrepid constitution shall be rewarded with sub-vibrational hypnosis and possession, the very essence (and near-subversion) of ritualism. Hamkar Atonement is truly a journey, the very definition of Album Experience, and once again, the very music of death.

As Dakhma explains of the title, the Avestan word “Hamkar,” which literally translates to “co-worker” or “helper,” is used in reference to the daeva of Angra Mainyu (in middle Persian: Ahriman), himself the omnimalevolent and most destructive spirit. In the collection of texts describing Zoroastrian cosmogony and creation, traditionally called Bundahishn, Angra Mainyu creates a horde of daeva to counter the creation of cosmos by Ahura Mazda (in middle Persian: Ohrmazd or Ormuzd), with each daeva mirroring an opposite Amesha Spenta (lit. “immortal (which is) holy”; a class of divine and immortal holy entities who serve Ohrmazd). In mirroring the tasks of the Amesha Spentas as servants of Ohrmazd, daeva are the instrument through which Ahriman creates all the horrors in the world. Following the interpretation laid out in texts such as the “Shayest ne shayest,” where the daeva are seen as being utterly real and not mere philosophical representations, the music contained on Hamkar Atonement describes creation through the ultimate destruction of Ohrmazd’s good deeds, good thoughts, and good work by the daeva. Hamkar Atonement begins with the demise of Ohrmazd and therefore the destruction of all that is holy on the earth, allowing the daeva to roam free and corrupt human existence, described in greater detail throughout the album. Each song serves a specific narrative purpose, be it the dedication to a specific daeva or describing the results of their exploits on earth. What follows is a musical journey through the horror and corruption brought forth by the daeva, until a black sea of dread washes over the earth and extinguishes the last holy flame, leaving only death triumphant, the great prophet.

Dare to submerge thyself within the daeva’s very depths? Then let Dakhma offer you Hamkar Atonement. Take the first submersive step with the new track “Nanghait (Born Of Fire)” HERE

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Dakhma’s Hamkar Atonement
1. The Glorious Fall of Ohrmazd (Hail Death, Triumphant)
2. Akhoman (Spill The Blood)
3. Varun (Of Unnatural Lust)
4. Nanghait (Born Of Fire)
5. Spendarmad (Holy Devotion)
6. Gannag Menog (Foul Death, Triumphant)
7. …Of Great Prophets

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ALL MY SINS set release date for SATURNAL debut, reveal first track

Today, Saturnal Records sets September 23rd as the international release date for All My Sins’ highly anticipated debut album, Pra Sila – Vukov Totem. A work of windswept mysticism and pure pagan fury, Pra Sila – Vukov Totem is one which has been brewing since the ancient days, and is now being released into the modern era with a timelessness that’s exciting to behold.

Originating from the southern regions of Europe, Serbia’s All My Sins was officially formed by Nav Cosmos and V in the year of 2000. The duo gathered a lineup around the idea of claiming its own place among the already-established second-wave black metal scene. Inspired by the spiritual heritage of the land they come from, the band started making records, each of them conceptually placed around the certain mythological symbols.

The first demo, Night Scupltures, was recorded in 2002. It was dedicated to the nocturnal creatures and the driving force behind The Night as a mythological being. The next demo, From the Land of the Shining Past in 2004, focused on the primordial origins of Slavic spirituality and thus was dedicated to The Forest as a mythological entity.

After the several lineup changes that followed, All My Sins was, with few exceptions, barely active for the next 12 years. During this time, V continued his activities among the ranks of such international acts as Kawir, Terrörhammer, Ulvdalir, and Triumfall.

It was finally in 2016 that Nav Cosmos and V were ready to re-form the band and begin work on a new studio record. The result was the Lunar / Solar EP, which was dedicated to The Sky as a mythic being, centering its basis around the ideas of vanishing, going beyond, and dying as seen through the perspective of southern Slavic mysticism. Black Death Production from Poland released Lunar / Solar on CD in 2017, and the EP quickly got appropriate feedback both from the press and the public.

Already in the second half of 2017, All My Sins were once again in the studio, this time working on a full-length conceptually dedicated to The Wolf as a mythological being. Titled Pra Sila – Vukov Totem (rough English translation: “The Primordial Force of the Wolf’s Totem”), the album is thematically focused upon the most important and powerful totem in the culture of southern Slavs.

Reflecting the world of impenetrable places, the symbol of The Wolf carries different, often opposed meanings. In mythology regarded as the ancient ancestor of Serbian people, a creature with unusual attributes is believed to possess obscure divine powers. The meeting of man and wolf is mystically dangerous, yet magnificent at the same time. It is the encounter with demonic being and concurrently the moment when a man meets his native forefather. In the world of wilderness abandoned by man, contradictory and strong, The Wolf represents everything we are not, unknown and terrifying – it is the perfection of a stranger.

With eight individual tracks exploring the metaphysical link between the ancestral prehistoric Wolf and the context of the contemporary age, in order to fully comply with the album’s symbolic content, Saturnal Records officially releases All My Sins’ Pra Sila – Vukov Totem on the 23rd of September, exactly on the day of the last equinox of 2018.

In the meantime, hear the new track “Vetrovo Kolo” HERE .

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for All My Sins’ Pra Sila – Vukov Totem
1. Vukov Totem
2. Zov iz Magle
3. Vetrovo Kolo
4. U Mlazevima Krvi
5. Opsena
6. Mesecu u Oko
7. Konačna Ravnodnevica (Čin Prvi)
8. Konačna Ravnodnevica (Čin Drugi)

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French death metallers ATAVISMA premiere new track

Today, French death metal upstarts Atavisma premiere the new track “Ashen Ascetic” The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated debut album, The Chthonic Rituals, set for international release on July 23rd via Memento Mori. Hear Atavisma’s “Ashen Ascetic” in its entirety HERE.

Hailing from the new breed of exquisite French death metal darkness, Atavisma formed in late 2013 and promptly set to work perfecting their assiduously doomed-out craft. Founders G. (guitar) and L. (vocals) wanted to create a band devoted to old-school death metal, and with the addition of C. (drums) and W. (bass) shortly thereafter, the quartet’s compositions progressively shifted towards a death-doom approach with a penchant for lyrics that mainly deal with the relationship between man and nature, ancient cultures and spirituality. Wisely prizing quality over quantity, Atavisma’s sparse discography comprises a debut single in 2014 and a four-song demo that same year, a split 7″ with Maur in 2015, and a two-song 7″ last year on the esteemed Blood Harvest. During all this, the band took their craft to the stage alongside such bands as Archgoat, Merrimack, Inferno, Ritualization, Ataraxie, Mercyless, and Mourning Dawn, and as recently as February/March 2017, they embarked on their first French tour and supported Blood Incantation and Cruciamentum during their European tour.

With their chops finely honed in the studio and on the live front, at last comes the time for Atavisma’s momentous debut album: The Chthonic Rituals. The album’s title not-so-subtly serves as a clarion call for the quartet’s aesthetic to date, and where that aesthetic can fully go when given a long-form format. Ridiculously filthy and yet exuding a startling sense of clarity, Atavisma here conjure a forever-roiling, fatally-swirling whirlpool of murk and total ‘n’ utter DARKNESS. Riffs are doled out like sick ‘n’ slithering creatures that soon overtake their master, devouring both body and soul with salacious delight. Thus armed, compositions take on obscene forms, utilizing both über-heavy hooks and labyrinthine detours, hackle-raising tension and hypnotic quasi-melodicism, winding the listener down caverns most foul, warping any sense of sanity. And although the band’s attack has gotten progressively doomier, there’s never a moment of inertia; all is forward momentum, and it all leads toward an abyss with literally no end. The 11-minute closer says everything in its title: “A Subterranean Life.”

As with all Memento Mori releases, totality is reached in both cover art (courtesy of E. Muskie), mixing by Johan Bijaoui at Mannaz Records, and mastering, by the elite Javier Felez at Moontower Studios. Maniacs of Incantation, Cianide, Grave, Disma, Winter, Funebre, Encoffination, and classic Convulse, hereby meet your new masters: Atavisma! Let The Chthonic Rituals begin…

Another ritual, the previously revealed “Invocation of Archaic Deities,” can be found HERE

And the first ritual can be found HERE at Memento Mori’s official YouTube channel, with the previously revealed “Sacrifice Unto Babalon.”

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Atavisma’s The Chthonic Rituals
1. Chthonic
2. Extraneous Abysmal Knowledge
3. Sacrifice unto Babalon
4. Invocation of Archaic Deities
5. Monoliths
6. Ashen Ascetic
7. Amid the Ruins
8. A Subterranean Life

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