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
MORE INFO:
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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]
MORE INFO:
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www.aevangelist.bandcamp.com

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.  

MORE INFO:
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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!

http://necrowretch.net
https://www.facebook.com/Necrowretch
https://www.instagram.com/necrowretch
https://necrowretch.bandcamp.com

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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Medieval black metal mavericks Grylle stream expanded vinyl edition of ANTIQ debut album

Today, medieval black metal mavericks Grylle stream the expanded vinyl version of their striking debut album, Les Grandes Compagnies.
Set for international release on November 20th via Antiqstream the expanded vinyl edition of Grylle‘s Les Grandes Compagnies in its entirety here:
With their first demo, 2014’s Monstres et Merveilles, Grylle brought to life a new metal genre: simply, let’s call this medieval black metal. Not that the genre did not exist thematically or musically from a technical point of view; surely, plenty recordings past and present could be qualified as “medieval black metal,” but within quotation marks. But so far, by contrast, Grylle is the first and only to play black metal without the use of a single distorted guitar – only medieval instruments, truly making their Medieval Black Metal appellation authentic in every sense of the word.

Unfortunately, that first Grylle demo suffered from quiet sound and a messy production and mix, and while imposing the style, it lacked some rhythmics and variations. Although another demo came a year later, Les Nuits Sur Les Monts in 2015, all that is now in the past with the band’s modern-classic full-length, Les Grandes Compagnies, grandly receiving a new double-LP vinyl version courtesy of the Antiq stronghold.
Led by frontman Hyvermor, here with Les Grandes Compagnies do Grylle present a new kind of epic & raw medieval music mixed with black metal and rock. No more happy instruments, no more Renaissance Faires; only sadness and bitter anger remain, boiled with a passion and vision beyond compare. In a manner most idiosyncratic and devilishly anachronistic, the album’s lyrics are historically based in the present times but turned in a medieval way, mixing personal memories, experiences, and deeds. The imagery is not left aside, with a great gatefold made to remind one of the beginning of mass printing, and now including two vinyl-exclusive (and surprising!) bonus tracks. To say there is a totality here on this 75-minute monument is an understatement to end all understatements.

Hark, for Grylle‘s expanded-vinyl Les Grandes Compagnies is the first and FINAL word on medieval black metal!

Antiq is a label dedicated to the fully coherent concept of making music through sound, image, video, and attitude. They have been putting their entire existence into it since 2009. Over the years, Antiq have been identified as producers of not only perfectly coherent lyrics and themes through music, but also conceptual art and, of course, the manufacturing of beautiful objects. The label tries as much as it can to work with French creators, and if possible, with the smallest and most serious structures.
 
Cover and tracklisting for the new vinyl version are as follows: 
Tracklisting for Grylle’s Les Grandes Compagnies
A1. En la Forest dennuyeuse tristesse
A2. Les Dernières Fées de France
A3. France qui te veult mal
B1. Gothique Anjevin
B2. Hommaje a la Pomme de Pin
B3. Loz en Croissant
C1. Que chacun sonje a se pourvoir!
C2. Les Guerres Picrocholines
C3. Quand je bois du vin clairet
D1. Le Pacte des Villes
D2. Wir Zogen in das Feld
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www.antiqofficial.bandcamp.com 

Orthodox black metal upstarts Serpens Luminis stream the entirety of their debut album

Today, orthodox black metal upstarts Serpens Luminis stream the entirety of their striking debut album, Bright Euphoria.
Set for international release today via Goathorned Productions, hear Serpens Luminis‘ Bright Euphoria in its entirety here:
True to their roots plunged into occultism and mysticism, faithful to their need to explore the profound depths of the human inner-self, the entity called Serpens Luminis appears at dawn of the year 2015. After several months of introspection, the first emanation took place in 2017 through the title Usque Ad Sideras et Usque Ad Inferos, being a split CD with fellow Swiss hordes Nansis and Haruspex. Now, in 2019, a new offering emerges from the mist: Bright Euphoria.

Serpens Luminis is a meditation whose purpose is to move towards an enlightened understanding regarding the ways to channel the Black Flame and let it run with the ecstatic fury of the Kundalini rising to Sahasrāra – a spiritual and obsessive quest in order to be finally able to bear the solemn and powerful devotion dedicated to the glorification of Daath; a reverence towards the 11-headed Dragon, the silhouette with 32 pairs of wings and innumerable eyes. Or, put more concretely, rich ‘n’ robust black metal imbued with both muscle and atmosphere, spectral shapes guided by an iron fist: orthodox, spiritual, but utterly unbound. Dynamic vibration, ceremonial in every aspect but never overly labored: Bright Euphoria is an infinitely illuminating 28 minutes of mastery, that Black Flame indeed burning brightly across the mini-album’s three component tracks.

A few live rituals are led in order to bring an aural and carnal painting of a primordial link, a numinous bridge between the spiritual chaos of Masak Mavdil and the luminous arabesques of the 288 divine sparks melted with blasphemous fragments of the sephirot vessels. Be ready to endure Thy light who will initiate to quiver and whirl around the primordial vibrations of Ain Soph: a kind of tombstone for our carnal shape, a tombstone which begins to radiate with an unearthly glare. An odd glow, growing brighter at each pulse…

Verily, behold Serpens Luminis‘ Bright Euphoria and submit to its life-giving/ending glow.

Cover artwork, courtesy of Business For Satan, and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Serpens Luminis’ Bright Euphoria
1. The Dawn Fragrances [9:03]
2. Bright Euphoria [6:41]
3. A Wreathed Skull [11:25]
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BLACK METAL ASSASSIN DAGGER CULT SICARIUS UNVEIL VIDEO FOR NEW SONG “A PRACTICED HAND”

September 15, 2019 – Los Angeles, CA – The California-based SICARIUS – whose sonic nihilism has been praised by Metal Hammer as “USBM with serious forward thrust” – have unveiled a lyric video for “A Practiced Hand,” the first taste of the group’s forthcoming second album “God Of Dead Roots.” The clip – which was designed by Rafael Ortega of Ecliptic Visions, can be seen here:

“A Practiced Hand” is also now available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp and other digital platforms. The song is an ominous sign of things to come on “God Of Dead Roots,” which – like the group’s 2017 acclaimed full-length debut “Serenade of Slitting Throats” – was produced by Mick Kenney (Anaal Nathrakh, Benediction, Empyrean Throne).

Due out via M-Theory Audio in early 2020, the album marks the recording debut of new guitarist Travis “Grimnir” Whiting (Carnifex, Ruines Ov Abaddon), who was hand-picked by SICARIUS’ founding guitarist Argyris to be his successor last year.

Additional information on the release will be revealed in the coming weeks.   “In preparation of the upcoming album ‘God Of Dead Roots’, the dagger cult presents to you our chosen spearhead for this release. ‘A Practiced Hand’ is the first staunch and discordant representation of what’s to come,” explains Grimnir. “While staying familiar with the band’s philosophy and crushing sound, new extremes within this adrenaline pumping formula have been reached. This track extends its meaning to those dedicated within their craft. Strictly adherent to the refinement of their chosen pursuit and fervently loyal to its principles. To the unsung and faceless assassins; once devoted in purpose, and unflinching to the temptations of glory.”  

Founded five years ago, SICARIUS – whose moniker means contract killer or assassin in Latin – draw influence from and pay homage to classic black metal bands, yet also inject a modern, high-velocity sense of immediacy into their bludgeoning and bloodthirsty extreme metal assault. The group has performed extensively in the Western U.S. alongside such genre heavyweights as Carach Angren, Uada, 1349, Goatwhore, Vader, Helheim, Sadistic Intent, Skeletal Remains, Wolvhammer, Sixes, Witch Casket and Tombs.

The group’s next live performance will take place tomorrow (Nov. 16) at the annual Ruinfest in Santa Ana, California sharing the stage with label mates Helsott and Novareign, amongst others.    “Combining black metal with a violent immediacy and pairing it with their bloody, corpse-painted aesthetic, SICARUS have found a style that sets them apart.” — Decibel  

For more information:

www.facebook.com/SicariusBlackMetal

www.m-theoryaudio.com

SWEDISH MELANCHOLIC BLACK METAL TRIO OFDRYKKJA DEBUT NEW SONG, “SWALLOWED BY THE NIGHT”

Revered Swedish experimental black-metal band OFDRYKKJA will release their third full-length album, Gryningsvisor, on November 29th with AOP Records. The band has debuted the record’s latest offering, “Swallowed By The Night,”

Commenting on the song, Pessimisten (vocals, horns) says, “The lyrics of ‘Swallowed by the Night’ is written in short sequences, like nightmares a sub conscience would create, based on the current state of mind. Stories made out of unprocessed emotions. It is truly a dark song, as dark as the night – but even the longest of nights will have its dawn, and while this song tells the stories of a long struggle, it is in fact about those first, warm sun rays piercing through the trees, after a very long and cold night.”

PRE-ORDER GRYNINGSVISOR: AOP Records (EU-Shop) https://shop.aoprecords.de AOP Records (US-Shop) https://www.indiemerchstore.com/b/aop-records  

In case it was missed, stream band’s previously released song “The Swan”: https://youtu.be/35MYohCMuxo   

Formed eight years ago out of necessity to cope with agonizing depression, debilitating addiction and endless pain, OFDRYKKJA has seen the light amongst the darkness for their latest record, which translates to “Ballads At Dawn.” After years of self-inflicted turmoil and suffering, the trio has found solace in healing and self-reflection which is heard on their latest evolution, Gryningsvisor.   

Eight years ago, three darkness consumed men seeked to ventilate their seemingly endless struggle through addiction and mental illness conjured their first album “A life worth losing“.

Drabbad was gunned down by police and spent a three year prison sentence, with most of the songs on their second album written from within the prison walls. Having hit rock bottom, the band sought a way out of that dark wilderness, releasing “Irrfärd” (which translates to ‘Aimless journey’). Following the release the band went their separate ways to pursue personal journeys that eventually led them to find peace in sobriety and awakening purpose, and ultimately to their forthcoming record, Gryningsvisor.   

Drabbad adds, “Ofdrykkja has always been an instrument of therapy for us, and therapy exists to help one evolve. It would serve us no purpose to walk in old footsteps, and neither would it be authentic to force it. We hope you appreciate our evolution, both personal and musical.”

Lineup: Drabbad –  Vocals, Guitars, Acoustic guitars, Electronics, Bass, Drums

Ahlström – Backing vocals, Guitars, Bass, Acoustic guitars, Electronics, Celtic lyre, Violin

Pessimisten – Vocals, Horn on Herr Mannelig  

Guest musicians:

Miranda Samuelsson – Vocals

Nylonwings –  Acoustic guitars and digital cello arrangements  

Credits: This album was recorded in Studio Cave by Pontus Ekwall and in home studio between January 2018 and August 2019.

Mixed & Mastered by Ahlström.

All artworks included were painted by Alessia Brusco and digitally edited by Drabbad.

Gryningsvisor Track Listing:

  1. Skymningsvisa
  2. The swan
  3. Swallowed by the night
  4. Ensam
  5. Wither
  6. In i natten
  7. As the northern wind cries
  8. Herr mannelig
  9. Våra Minnenas klagosång
  10. Köldvisa
  11. Grey
  12. Gryningsvisa

For More Information:

https://www.facebook.com/Ofdrykkja/

http://www.aoprecords.de/

https://www.facebook.com/aoprecs/

https://www.instagram.com/aop.records/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYHIlIot9cfWeN2GFt2U36Q/featured

https://artofpropaganda.bandcamp.com/

https://www.indiemerch.com/aoprecords