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Mexican death metal upstarts MORBID MESSIAH premiere new track

Today, Mexican death metal upstarts Morbid Messiah premiere the new track “Graveyard Headhunter”. The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated debut album, Demoniac Paroxysm, set for international release on October 22nd via Memento Mori for the CD release; Unholy Prophecies shall be handling the vinyl version (release date TBA). Hear Morbid Messiah’s “Graveyard Headhunter” in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Hailing from Mexico, Morbid Messiah was formed in 2015 after Anubis Sandoval (drums) moved from Cancun to Guadalajara, and teamed up with Roberto Trejo (guitar) and Jose Rivas (vocals). All three young musicians shared a burning passion for the authentic sound of underground death metal that blossomed during the late ’80s and early ’90s, and felt compelled to give shape to a brand-new, iniquitous entity that would follow in the gods of yore’s footsteps. Morbid Messiahplayed their first live show a few months later and then proceeded to record their debut EP, suitably titled In the Name of True Death Metal, which was self-released in October 2016 on CD format. Guillermo Lopez (bass) had already joined their ranks by then, solidifying the lineup for depraved endeavors yet to come. Fast forward to April 2017 and the Polish label Godz ov War Productions gave the EP the tape treatment, and all 100 copies sold out shortly after.

To depict Morbid Messiah’s approach to the Metal of Death is no laborious chore, for it is nothing more – but certainly nothing less – than a dank, impenetrable, lightless, decimating, and unadorned concoction of the finest, heaviest and vilest elements of bands such as Sadistic Intent, Possessed, Incantation, Grotesque, Mortem, Death and Imprecation, as well as those prevalent in the early works of their countrymates Cenotaph and Shub Niggurath. Thus girded with such proud ‘n’ powerful influences, Demoniac Paroxysm thus invokes its very title, whipping the listener into a fury of rotten, sewer-dwelling possession. Rubbed raw and blasted about like a boombox from the bowels of Hell, this is DEATH METAL in all caps, and forever be it so: Morbid Messiah are not recommended for trendy ears nor those with weak stomachs. But if the flame burns true within you, by all means, take this torch NOW!

Naturally, for a record so foul and filthy, it’s only fitting that Demoniac Paroxysm is gracelessly graced with classic cover artwork courtesy of the esteemed Mark Riddick. Bow down and pray to Morbid Messiah!

Continue praying with the new track “Graveyard Headhunter” exclusively HERE,

Begin praying with the previously revealed “Howling From the Grave” HERE

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Morbid Messiah’s Demoniac Paroxysm
1. Rise of the Rottenness
2. Charred Devastation
3. Graveyard Headhunter
4. Devoured by Darkness
5. Breath of the Ominous
6. Crawling in Guts
7. Fetid Bloodbath
8. Howling from the Grave
9. Morbid Messiah/Morbid Invocation

MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/morbidmessiahofficial

www.memento-mori.es
www.facebook.com/memento.mori.label

NUCLEAR WAR NOW! to reissue first CEMETERY LIGHTS demo – streaming in full now

On September 21st internationally, Nuclear War Now! Productions will reissue Cemetery Lights’ debut demo, Lemuralia, on cassette tape format.

While it is often true that distinct musical styles are unique to a given location and era in history, occasionally, this axiom is broken by a band that somehow manages to fracture the paradigm and insert itself as a welcomed anachronism in the present day. In this vein, Cemetery Lights, though a native of North American soil, convincingly channels and combines the musical spirits of European metal forefathers such as Mortuary Drape, Samael, and Tiamat, and melds them with the literary traditions and culture of Ancient Rome to create something that is both reverent to the past and equally relevant to the present.

The band’s debut demo, Lemuralia, was first disseminated on cassette in very limited numbers on the ninth of May 2018, to commemorate the advent of the Lemuralia festival, an ancient Roman celebration featuring exorcism rites to banish malicious spirits from the home. A few short months later, Nuclear War Now! saw fit to release Cemetery Lights’ second demo, The Church on the Island. Now, in an effort to make the first recording more widely available, NWN! offers a reissue cassette of Lemuralia for the enjoyment of disciples of the aforementioned traditions.

From the outset of the first track, “Charite’s Revenge,” the most obvious musical influence of Mortuary Drape is palpable in the intro and verse riffs, as the lyrics reference a tale from within the ancient Roman novel Metamorphoses by Apuleius. The ensuing title track is more reminiscent of Samael as it explains an evening ritual for the Lemuralia festival. “Necrophilosoph” continues the story-weaving tendency by recounting a necromancer’s rites at Lake Avernus, an entrance to the underworld as depicted by writers such as Cicero, Virgil, and Hyginus. Lastly, “Accursed Funeral” is a supplication to Dīs Pater, Roman god of the underworld, to take Emperor Nero’s life. These final two tracks, with a slightly unconventional sense of melody, perhaps remind more of early Tiamat than other influences.

Throughout the demo, a malevolent aura is cast, not unlike those that pervade the works of classic Greek black metal. What is perhaps most impressive in this recording is not necessarily its adeptness in reproducing sounds first pioneered by early European ancestors, but more so that it fuses them organically in a way that maintains its cohesiveness as a whole, thus proving that history is indeed capable of mutating and recombining distinct elements from different snapshots in time and place to once again wreak havoc on the present.

In the meantime, Lemuralia is streaming in full HERE

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Cemetery Lights’ Lemuralia
1. Charite’s Revenge
2. Lemuralia
3. Necrophilosoph
4. Accursed Funeral

MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/necrophilosph
www.nwnprod.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Nuclear-War-Now-Productions/114864651994141

ARCHGOAT – New album out now and streaming in full

“Masters of a deeply twisted strain of deathly black metal, their blasphemous cacophony reaches new peaks of vitriol and spite on brand new album, The Luciferian Crown” (Metal Hammer)

Indeed, with grim reliability, ARCHGOAT discharge yet more pustulant diabolic foulness into a world increasing moulded in their image !

“The Luciferian Crown”, featuring illustrations by legendary Chris Moyen and a layout crafted by Kontamination Design, is out now and streaming in its entirety.

The 9+intro hymns are out now on Gatefold 12″ LP, Digipack CD and Digital Download. New merch is also available ! If streaming is your thing, you can head to Spotify, iTunes, Deezer etc.

Be sure to catch them on their upcoming tour with MARDUK !

further info:
https://www.debemur-morti.com/en/13-archgoat

Nightmarer premiere playthrough video for ‘Stahlwald’

NIGHTMARER are premiering a playthrough video of the song “Stahlwald”. The track has been taken from the debut full-length, ‘Cacophony of Terror’, which was released via Season of Mist on March 23rd, 2018

The album cover and the track list details ‘Cacophony of Terror’ can be viewed below.

Track-list
1. The Descent (1:36)
2. Stahlwald (3:31)
3. Skinner (4:38)
4. Bleach (3:59)
5. Cave Digger (3:25)
6. Fetisch (4:46)
7. Tidal Waves of Terror (3:23)
8. Ceremony of Control (4:48)
9. Death (4:52)
10. Swansong (1:27)
Total playing time: 35:23

Chaos comes crashing in waves. Patterns emerge out of swirling energy. Darkness coalesces out of fragments into bizarre forms and strange angled shapes. What reads like a list of entries into H.P. Lovecraft’s dictionary of horrors is the nightmarish musical vision offered by NIGHTMARER on their debut album, ‘Cacophony of Terror’.

Seemingly out of nowhere, NIGHTMARER hit the extreme metal underground with their first EP, ‘Chasm’ in early 2016. This furious whirlwind of low end dissonance, devastating heaviness and majestic walls of sound took the scene by storm and the first 10″ vinyl pressing almost sold out while still on pre-order.

Conceived in 2014 by former members of bands such as GIGAN, THE OCEAN and WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH, this international trio derives only the most extreme elements of their previous musical outlets and takes those into another hellish dimension.

Carving their distinctly personal and unique path into the dark matter that DEATHSPELL OMEGA, DODECAHEDRON, and ULSECT have ventured to explore, NIGHTMARER are now set to release one of the darkest and crushing albums of 2018. Enter this ‘Cacophony of Terror’ in search of extreme sonic pleasures at your own peril!

www.facebook.com/nightmarercult
www.instagram.com/nightmarercult
www.nightmarer.com

Current line-up
John Collett: vocals
Simon Hawemann: guitars
Paul Seidel: drums

UADA Announce Blood Sand Ash North American Tour w/ Panzerfaust, Imperial Triumphant and Bane

Portland black metal deviants touring in support of Cult of a Dying Sun

Portland melodic black metal spellcasters UADA return to the road Saturday for a North American trek dubbed “The Blood Sand Ash Tour” in support of their latest LP, Cult of a Dying Sun.

Witness the lyric video for “Snakes & Vultures” here:

Support on the two-month long excursion will come from Canadian black metal warriors Panzerfaust and NYC’s extreme metal trio Imperial Triumphant on all dates, plus Serbian blackened death metal unit Bane in select markets.

Blazing across 28 cities in both the U.S. and Canada, the international tour will see UADA hit several fall festivals, including Shadow Woods, Red River Family Fest and Quebec Deathfest.

Released on May 25, Cult of a Dying Sun is UADA’s second foray into darkness. Balancing sharp riffs with spectral melodies in a manifold of haunting—yet—distinctive blackened dirges, the sophomore Eisenwald effort is a sharp spear in the heart of the brightest star.

UADA is:

Jake Superchi – vocals, guitars
James Sloan – guitars
Edward Halpin – bass
Josiah Babcock – drums

Tour Dates:

9/19 – Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room
9/20 – St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
9/22 – Baltimore, MD @ The Windup Space (Shadow Woods After-Party)
9/23 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
9/24 – Miami, FL @ Gramps
9/25 -Tampa, FL @ Brass Mug
9/26 – Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub
9/27 – Atlanta, GA @ 529
9/28 – Houston, TX @ Concert Pub North
9/29 – Austin, TX @ Barracuda (Red River Family Fest)
9/30 – Dallas, TX @ Double Wide
10/1 – Memphis, TN @ Growlers
10/2 – Nashville, TN @ The End
10/3 – Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlie’s
10/4 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose
10/5 – Brooklyn. NY – The Kingsland
10/6 – Philadelphia. PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
10/9 – Pittsfield, ME @ House of Doom
10/10 – Manchester. NH @ The Jewel
10/11 – Boston. MA @ Middle East Upstairs
10/12 – Silver Spring, MD @ H Restaurant & Nightclub
10/13 – Columbus, OH @ The Shrunken Head
10/14 – Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle Brewing
10/15 – Chicago, IL @ Reggies
10/16 – Detroit, MI @ Lager House
10/17 – Lakewood, OH @ The Foundry
10/18 – Rochester, NY @ Bugjar
10/19 – Montreal, QC @ Quebec Deathfest

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialUADA/
http://uada.bandcamp.com
http://uada.bigcartel.com
http://store.eisenton.de

SACRIFICIUM CARMEN set release date for new SATURNAL album, reveal first track

Today, Saturnal Records sets November 16th as the international release date for Sacrificium Carmen’s highly anticipated second album, Hermetica. If the band’s critically acclaimed Ikuisen Tulen Kammiossa debut displayed the band as a serious contender to be reckoned with in years to come, then the follow-up Hermetica shall prove that Sacrificium Carmen are ready to be spoken of amongst esteemed countrymen like Horna, Baptism, Sargeist, Kadotus, and Behexen.

Hailing from the ever-fertile Finnish black metal scene, Sacrificium Carmen both embody their home country’s prevailing underground idiom and offer a unique, diabolical twist to it. Founded in 2009 by vocalist Hoath Cambion and guitarist Advorsvs, the band draws their inspiration from the areas of occultism and Satanism exclusively. Sacrificium Carmen became active in 2012 with a full lineup, and soon released their debut demo, Sanansaattaja, in 2013 via Finnish underground label Spread Evil Productions. After the demo’s release, the band excelled in the areas of live shows and split releases, which all spread well around the underground scene. In 2014, Sacrificium Carmen started working on a debut full-length album, and the demo recordings led into a signing of a record deal with Saturnal Records for the debut album Ikuisen Tulen Kammiossa.

Following its release during the autumn of 2015, Ikuisen Tulen Kammiossa reaped widespread acclaim, and opinion was nearly unanimous: Sacrificium Carmen was a definite contender. Now, the band has further intensified and refined their sound with LP#2, Hermetica. Here you will find the same approach black metal with a melodic and atmospheric touch where all tendencies have been directed into very aggressive and sinister output, where Finnish black metal sound meets murky death metal sound as witnessed with orthodox black metal acts – but more vibrantly expressed, suggestive of the band’s onstage confidence. Like its full-length predecessor, Hermetica presents eight equally dynamic tracks, dragging the listener to the sulfurous depths, with characteristic vapor trails of hypnotizing melody lingering above the tar-thick sewage. One could even say Sacrificium Carmen are more “rocking” here, and even more melodic simultaneously – but let it be known that the band are still exquisitely filthy and exceptionally well-recorded.

The more things change, the more they stay the same, or so the saying goes. Sacrificium Carmen keep the fires of Finnish black metal burning and hold high the torch with Hermetica! Feel the first burn with the new track “Kaitselmuksen Tähti”

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Sacrificium Carmen’s Hermetica
1. Alttaritaulut
2. Kaitselmuksen tähti
3. Mysteerion nietoksilla
4. Hermetica
5. Valheennäkijä, kuoleva mestari
6. Noidanpolku
7. Valonkantajan adventti
8. Arvet & Henki

MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/sacrificiumcarmen
www.saturnalrecords.com
www.facebook.com/saturnalrecords

SKELETHAL reveal new video from forthcoming split 7″ with CADAVERIC FUMES on HELLS HEADBANGERS

Today, French death metal upstarts Skelethal reveal a video for the new track “Torrents of Putrid Viscosity.” The track hails from the band’s forthcoming split 7″ with comrades Cadaveric Fumes, which will see international release on November 23rd via Hells Headbangers.

See & hear Skelethal’s video for “Torrents of Putrid Viscosity” HERE.

Aptly titled Heirs of Hideous Secrecies, this split 7″ brings together two of France’s most uprising death metal hordes. Cadaveric Fumes are up first, and offer two utterly twisted tracks of death metal dread. Soundly grounded in archetypal late ’80s / early ’90s death, these feverish mavericks take the form down routes both cosmic and swampy, adventurous and classicist. And with a debut album still on the horizon, Cadaveric Fumes continue to tease with these short-length attacks – and all are uniformly godly. Skelethal are not to be outdone, of course, and offer their first new recordings since Of the Depths…, their massively critically acclaimed debut album for Hells Headbangers last year. Both tracks are 100% Skelethal, and prove that no matter how familiar the early ’90s Swedeath sound is, it takes a certain, extremely elusive X-factor to elevate oneself beyond the thousands of pretenders – and once again, they accomplish that here, and quickly. Curious to who the Heirs of Hideous Secrecies are? Look no further than Skelethal and Cadaveric Fumes!

A video for Skelethal’s “Torrents of Putrid Viscosity” can be seen & heard HERE

Preorder info to be announced shortly.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Heirs of Hideous Secrecies
1. Cadaveric Fumes – The Spectral Parade
2. Cadaveric Fumes – Necromancy Sublime
3. Skelethal – Emerging From the Ethereal Threshold
4. Skelethal – Torrents Of Putrefying Viscosity

MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/skelethal
www.hellsheadbangers.com
www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers

SEKTARISM set release date for new EAL album, to tour Europe with Hetroertzen and LvxCaelis

The Revelation appears through the wound…

The son of God is hammered and raised on the cross. The lash has spoken. The spear has pierced the veil of hope. The foundations of being are about to crumble, for Retribution has come.

Sektarism is proud to reveal its third opus magnus, Fils de Dieu, to be released on September 10th through End All Life Productions, with distribution by NoEvDia. Recorded in the tradition of live rituals the congregation is known for and graced by vivid visuals signed Den Sorah, Fils de Dieu is a work crafted in anger and tension.

Not an accomplishment of joy or pride, but a bitter testimony of our own weakness: the Apostles of Ignominy set here a new statement of intolerance in a world of meekness and materialism. None are worthy, except the ones who will harm themselves in humiliation.

Fils de Dieu is a slow and inexorable march to death, a dissonant lamentation over the failure of humanity. The weight of shame and decay in your heart. The taste of tears and vinegar in your mouth. A chant of despise, disillusion, and scorn. 



The call of the Seventh Trumpet approaches. Who shall be able to bear it? 
Who will be deafened? Will you endure the same pain as he did, or thrive back in your pitiful comfort?

A.M.S.G.

In subsequent support of Fils de Dieu, Sektarism will embark upon the Lux in Tenebris tour across Europe and the UK later this month, alongside comrades Hetroertzen and LvxCaelis; dates after the jump. Full album stream to be launched the day of release.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Sektarism’s Fils de Dieu
1. Oderint Dum Metuant [10:27]
2. Sacrifice [33:54]

Lux in Tenebris European Tour 2018
September 27 – Paris, France @ Le Gibus Live
September 28 – London, UK @ The Black Heart
September 29 – Leiden, Netherlands @ Gebr. de Nobel
September 30 – Lille, France @ Midland
October 2 – Lyon, France @ Le Blogg
October 3 – Aarburg, Switzerland @ Musigburg
October 4 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Underdog’s
October 5 – Zwickau, Germany @ Club Seilerstrasse
October 6 – Innsbruck, Austria @ Livestage

MORE INFO:
www.sektarism.org
www.facebook.com/sektarism
www.noevdia.com
www.facebook.com/noevdia

Hate Eternal release second track of new album ‘Upon Desolate Sands’

HATE ETERNAL are now premiering the second crushing track of their forthcoming new album ‘Upon Desolate Sands’, which is slated for release on October 26th, 2018.

Mastermind Erik Rutan comments: “For years I have wanted to add a heavier and darker element into Hate Eternal, and for years that vibe just never came to me. For this album the inspiration came and the heaviness followed. Using a lower tuning then our norm for a few songs on “Upon Desolate Sands” and going through some personal life experiences, helped create a depth of darkness and sense of despair to inspire me to write “Nothingness of Being”. I never have forced anything when it comes to the writing process, we just let the songs flow naturally and write and play what we feel. Crafting a couple of songs with a completely different tuning really helped direct a different path and direction for the writing process. This song amongst some of the more traditional chaotic tunes on the album helps really create a sense of dynamics in a dramatic way. Every song on this album has its own unique texture creating a vast landscape of musical expression and a multitude of emotions, pushing the envelope in every way we can!”

The spectacular artwork for ‘Upon Desolate Sands’ has been created by renowned artist Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, ATHEIST, ARCHSPIRE). Artwork and track-list can be viewed below.

Track-list
1. The Violent Fury (3:55)
2. What Lies Beyond (3:09)
3. Vengeance Striketh (4:39)
4. Nothingness of Being (5:02)
5. All Hope Destroyed (5:45)
6. Portal of Myriad (4:13)
7. Dark Age of Ruin (3:58)
8. Upon Desolate Sands (5:02)
9. For Whom We Have Lost (3:18)
Total playing time: 39:01

HATE ETERNAL faithfully keeps the death metal spirit alive as their long-awaited seventh studio album ‘Upon Desolate Sands’ now uncompromisingly demonstrates!

Founded in St. Petersburg, Florida in the year 1997, HATE ETERNAL is the brainchild of extreme metal luminary Erik Rutan, who created a charging death metal juggernaut. In the United States this style has been virtually synonymous with Florida and especially the Tampa Bay Area for a long time.

More aggressive and technically complex than its Swedish counterpart, Floridian death metal grew out of thrash during the mid-1980’s and was founded by such as the legendary DEATH, OBITUARY, and MORBID ANGEL. While many of its early protagonists went on experimental paths, HATE ETERNAL remains true to the original formula, while continuously pushing the boundaries of this extreme style.

HATE ETERNAL’s new full-length doubles down on their patented, high-velocity assault of dizzying ferocity combined with wide-range dynamics, outstanding songwriting and skull-crushing brutality. HATE ETERNAL delivers extreme music at the highest level. There can be no doubt that ‘Upon Desolate Sands’ will be regarded by many as the best death metal record of 2018!

Line-up
Erik Rutan – vocals, guitar
J.J. Hrubovcak – bass, vocals
Hannes Grossmann – drums

www.facebook.com/Hate.Eternal

AUSTRIAN ATMOSPHERIC BLACK METAL PROJECT, KARG, TO RELEASE ‘DORNENVÖGEL’ ON NOV 16TH

September 6, 2018 – Los Angeles, CA – Austrian atmospheric black metal project Karg will release a long awaited, new album, Dornenvögel, on November 16th with AOP Records.
Today, Karg is ready to unveil the record’s searing new single “Petrichor.”

The record is now available for pre-order at the links below.

“This song is about going to a place I always thought I’d go if there’d be nothing left at home for me worth staying. I always thought I’d go there, to leave it all behind. And so I did. But at least it was not about a farewell or leaving, but about a new chapter of life, or to say it in a quite pathetic way, a rebirth. This led to kinda mixed feelings. On the one hand you have this euphoric and exalted feelings, experiencing life in the back of beyond, thousands of kilometers away from all that trouble. And on the other hand, you must realize after a few days of euphory, that you can’t stay forever and have to leave for home a more soon than faraway day. The past, death and all these negative feelings will get you everywhere, in this case even at the end of this fucking world.” – J.J.

PRE-ORDER DORNENVÖGEL:
AOP Records (US Shop) https://www.indiemerch.com/aoprecords
AOP Records (EU Shop) https://shop.aoprecords.de

For the new record, Karg mastermind J.J. (vocalist of Harakiri For The Sky) recruited a flood of notable musicians as guests on the record, including members from Lunar Aurora, Downfall of Gaia, Ellende, Ancst, Amer, fut and Instant Karma to participate with guest vocals on the album.

Dornenvögel is the project’s most diverse album written to date. It’s a steady up and down of negative and melancholic feelings and short glimpses of hope, recited in a quite hysteric way. Every song is a separate, private “Dornenvogel” (which is a metaphor in this connection) to Karg, in which every song is a different chapter and collection of dramas, one followed by the other.

Karg was founded back in the summer of 2006 as a one-man project. Between 2010 and 2014 Karg was fully formed as a band to play gigs, formally in Germany, Austria and Central Europe. In the years leading to 2018, Karg was a one-man project and released two previous albums. Karg’s 6th studio album Dornenvögel marks the project’s rebirth as a live band for a few special dates in 2018 and 2019.

The musical style of Karg is a furious, hysteric mixture of atmospheric black metal and post-rock, with influences also from grunge, shoegaze and post-punk. Lyrically, Karg was always about the more melancholic side of life, such as broken relationships, lost love, estrangement, drug abuse, loss or suicidal thoughts and depression. In contrast to many other bands Karg’s lyrics are as equally important as its music.

Dornenvögel Tracklisting:
1. Drangsal
2. La tristesse durera toujours
3. Petrichor
4. L’apelle du vide
5. Meine Freiheit war ihr Tod
6. F 19.5
7. Heimat bist du tiefster Winter
8. Advent

Karg Tour Dates:
Nov 24, 2018 – Salzburg, Austria – Dome of Rock 2018 (w/Mantar, Skeletonwitch & more)
Apr 20-21, 2019 – Munich, Germany – Dark Easter Metal Meeting 2019

For More Information:
https://www.facebook.com/kargband/
www.aoprecords.de