DØDSFALL set release date for new OSMOSE album, reveal first track

DØDSFALL set release date for new OSMOSE album, reveal first track

Today, Osmose Productions sets January 25th, 2019 as the international release date for Dødsfall‘s highly anticipated fifth album, Døden Skal Ikke Vente, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

After four years of silence, black metal force Dødsfall returns with their long-awaited fifth album, entitled Døden Skal Ikke Vente, which contains 10 new tracks of pure hate and anger in its best form. Dødsfall worked this time with producer Tore Stjerna (Mayhem, Watain, Behexen, Funeral Mist) at the renowned Necromorbus Studio in Stockholm, Sweden; the album was also produced in co-operation with the mastermind IS. As for the crushing dark album artwork, the group linked up with the artist Pazuzuh, who previously worked with the band on the artwork of their album Djevelens Evangelie from 2013.

The new album is the result of a huge wave of inspiration that grew up like a snowball after the release of Kaosmakt in early 2015 that ended up in Døden Skal Ikke Vente, which presents a fresh and creative album holding on to their roots and the sound that was established from the very beginning on the band’s career. It can be described as a successful combination of past and present with new elements and different sources of inspiration. The album is epic, majestic, and furious with this medieval touch inspired from the cold lands of the north – black, dark and powerful. This is also the debut of drummer TELAL, who has been playing also with acts like Troll, Isvind, and Endezzma to name a few.  

For the first time in the band’s career, they have recorded a video clip of one of their songs called “Grå Himlar” in co-operation with Dorian Productions. Expect nothing but one of the best Dødsfall releases to date, full of majestic passages that will make the album a classic!

The video for “Grå Himlar” shall be revealed shortly. In the meantime, hear the new track “Ondskapelse”

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Dødsfall’s Døden Skal Ikke Vente
1. Hemlig Vrede
2. Tåkefjell
3. Svarta Drömmar
4. Grå Himlar
5. Kampsalmer
6. I De Dødens Øyne
7. Ødemarkens Mørkedal
8. För Alltid I Min Sjæl
9. Ondskapelse
10. Skogstrollet


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DETH CRUX Los Angeles Deathrock – Debut LP Announcement

DETH CRUX (Los Angeles Deathrock) – Debut LP Announcement + Promo

Sentient Ruin in collaboration with Agipunk/Legion of the Dead and Aural Music is happy to present you with Mutant Flesh – the incredible debut LP  by Los Angeles-based Deathrock shapeshifters DETH CRUX.

After debuting in 2015 with their staggering first EP Pears of Anguish, Los Angeles deathrock night stalkers Deth Crux (who feature in their ranks members of US doom legends Buried at Sea and of L.A. black/death heathens Lighting Swords of Death) return with their long awaited debut album – the haunting and chameleonic Mutant Flesh, forty minutes of shapeshifting and deviant horror punk/gothic rock soaked in neon, blood, sex, and perversion. 

Shrouded in an aura both erotic and extraterrestrial, Mutant Flesh is a modern post-punk juggernaut in which Deth Crux have distilled the most tumultuous, unclean, and eclectic aspects of their home town Los Angeles to create a dark punk opera of unparalleled seductiveness and darkness. Theirs is not the Los Angeles we all know. Instead it is a city they have transformed and reimagined through sound with its most dysfunctional and cinematic traits exaggerated and pushed to the forefront, haunted by neon-hungry ghosts and mutated subhuman creatures hiding behind black sunglasses among the surface population, where strange flesh is sold to fulfill unearthly desires. In Mutant Flesh Deth Crux channel the grandiose majesty and gloom of iconic UK goth bands like Bauhaus, Fields of the Nephilim, and Sister of Mercy, with the spooky and feral irreverence of Christian Death, projecting it all against their own personal audio-visual backdrop of decaying urban madness and sinister body horror to yield something truly both unseen and marvelously unsettling and seductive. 

Recorded and mixed by famed sound designer Sanford Parker (Leviathan, Wovenhand, Nachtmystium, Voivod etc.) in 2017 at Big Band Sound in Los Angeles, Mutant Flesh features contributions also by saxophone legend Bruce Lamont (Yakuza, Corrections House) and is already slated to become a classic dark goth/horror punk opera of our times.


Mutant Flesh has been featured abundantly leading up to its release with tracks premiered by Indy Metal Vault, Last Rites, and No Clean Singing, and with the full album finally premiered in full this week by CVLT Nation.

Mutant Flesh was released on December 7 2018 on tape and vinyl in the US by Sentient Ruin, on vinyl in the EU by legendary Italian crust punk label Agipunk‘s goth subsidiary Legion of the Dead, and on CD by Italian dark metal label Aural Music.

Italian death metal upstarts Thulsa Doom stream INVICTUS debut demo

Today, Italian death metal upstarts Thulsa Doom stream the entirety of their debut demo, Realms of Hatred. Set for international release today via Invictus Productions on cassette tape format, hear Thulsa Doom’s Realms of Hatred in its entirety exclusively HERE.

It may be being released in 2018, but Realms of Hatred is a total full-on assault of turn-of-the-’90s DEATH METAL. No gore, no triggers, no Swedeath worship: rather, the sulfurous diabolism of early Morbid Angel, Sadistic Intent, Chile’s Pentagram, and even a bit of Necrovore. Four tracks of Metal of Death madness (plus two requisite mood-setting interludes), all brimming with the hellfire and mystery that made the late ’80s such a classic period in the underground – enter Thulsa Doom’s Realms of Hatred!

Take the full, fateful step into those Realms HERE.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Thulsa Doom (Italy)’s Realms of Hatred
1. The Final Scourge
2. The Gates of Niniveh (Woe to You…City of Blood)
3. Realms of Hatred (instrumental)
4. Demon Conjurer
5. Intro (Misfortune Glance)
6. Thulsa Doom

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Finnish black metal duo Disciples of the Void stream PRIMITIVE REACTION debut album

Today, second-wave revivalists Disciples of the Void stream the entirety of striking debut album, fittingly titled Disciples of the Void. Set for international release on December 7th via Primitive Reaction, hear Disciples of the Void’s self-titled debut album in its entirety exclusively HERE. While the pioneers of second-wave black metal went expanding musical approaches from pure black metal to different variations of metal music, Finnish black metal duo Disciples of the Void wanted to create black metal the way it was back in the mid ’90s. “The idea behind this project is not to come up with something new and different, but instead perform BM the way it was at first when we discovered it and the way it was at its best,” says the band.In order to enter the black metal scene in the purest way possible, Disciples of the Void’s founding members have chosen to remain nameless, thus leaving the image as a secondary thing and putting the music as their top priority. Anonymity also supports their lyrical themes, which deal with nihilism, death, and emptiness.Despite the anonymity, the session drums on Disciples of the Void were played by Trish Kolsvart – known from Urarv, Elände, and as a live member for Craft and Necrodelirium to name a few. Together, Disciples of the Void whip forth a stargazing fury that literally sounds frozen in the mid ’90s, before the scene started worrying whether a black metal band was too “symphonic” and such things. Indeed does Disciples of the Void exhibit something of a symphonic aspect, but again one that is rooted in the rich traditionalism of second-wave black metal. References to be made include the Norwegian vanguard of Obtained Enslavement, Covenant, and Troll as well as contemporaneous Finnish pillars like Darkwoods My Betrothed, Thy Serpent, and Tunrida.Rounded out by a reverent cover of Bathory’s epic “Home of the Once Brave,” Disciples of the Void’s self-titled proves that the past is alive – and it’s more frozen in time than ever! Thaw out fully exclusively HERE.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Disciples of the Void’s Disciples of the Void1. Ad Gloriam Invictus Satana2. Dominion3. The Apocalypse Reign4. Enter the Void5. Per Aspera Ad Noctum6. The Harvest7. The Heirs of Wormwood8. Choronzon9. Home of the Once Brave (Bathory cover)

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Windswept release new track from upcoming album ‘The Onlooker’

WINDSWEPT, the Ukrainian black metal formation founded by DRUDKH mastermind Roman Sayenko, are premiering a new track. The song “Stargazer” is taken from the upcoming album ‘The Onlooker’, which will be released via Season of Mist Underground Activists on February 8, 2019 The tracklist of ‘The Onlooker’ have also been revealed and can be viewed below. Track-list 1. I’m Oldness and Oblivion (Intro) 2. Stargazer 3. A Gift to Feel Nostalgia 4. Disgusting Breed of Hagglers 5. Gustav Meyrink’s Prague 6. Insomnia of the Old Men 7. Times of No Dreams & No Poets 8. Bookworm, Loser, Pauper Conceived by DRUDKH mastermind Roman Sayenko in cooperation with two fellow band members, black metal force WINDSWEPT have returned with their second full length. ‘The Onlooker’ is to be released via Season of Mist Underground Activists on February 8, 2019. Sayenko’s latest brainchild, WINDSWEPT, came into being in 2017. As this project stays within the classic expression of Ukrainian black metal, the band shares some similarities with legendary DRUDKH. However, the main goal for the three musicians is to express their creative ideas by improvising and capturing these sounds with the raw and authentic feeling of a live performance. WINDSWEPT released their full length debut ‘The Great Cold Steppe’, last year (March 2017). A musical piece that was inspired by the cold and harsh realities of the hostile and fierce Eastern steppes. Reflecting upon notions of traditions and the past, the musicians released the EP ‘Visionaire’ on Van Records, early in 2018. Built on the same foundations, the new record ‘The Onlooker’ once more employs a raw, fierce black metal sound reminiscent of earlier days, harvested from spending only a few of days in the studio. ‘The Onlooker’ is bound to appeal to those who’ve enjoyed other works of these veterans of Ukrainian (black) metal scene. Line-up V. – drums K. – bass R. – guitars, vocals

Finnish black metal institution Goats of Doom stream new PRIMITIVE REACTION album

Today, Finnish black metal institution Goats of Doom stream the entirety of their highly anticipated fourth album, Rukous. Set for international release on December 7th via Primitive Reaction, hear Goats of Doom’s Rukous in its entirety HERE.

Despite a somewhat misleading moniker, Goats of Doom are 100% black metal through and through, and one of the Finnish underground’s best-kept secrets. And yet, compared to the filthy recesses of their native contemporaries, Goats of Doom specialize in a sleek and alluringly melodic sort of black metal – no less aggressive, but with the emphasis on mysticism and melody.

Goats of Doom was founded in 2008 by Scaregod and Inasnum. Three full-lengths eventually followed in 2012, 2015, and 2017 with this lineup; in this iteration, the band was more synth-based black metal, but not strictly “symphonic black metal” by definition. Now expanded to a trio, Goats of Doom show a new face on Rukous, where the mysterious atmosphere of old is shot through with more surging aggression and bewitching melody: in essence, a melodic blizzard, if you will. It’s characteristically Finnish in its melancholy – melody can never be too saccharine, of course – but burns icy hot with a passion that makes its seven-song/42-minute runtime a nightsky treasure to behold. The theme of Rukous is suitably spirituality, and hereby do Goats of Doom offer myriad ways to worship the dark.

Rounded out by production that finds that perfect balance between grit and gleam, mystery and muscle, Goats of Doom’s Rukous presents a unique face to the ever-vibrant Finnish black metal idiom. Hear the whole album exclusively HERE.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Goats of Doom’s Rukous
1. Veressä on Perustani Juuret
2. Tuhkasta Valettu
3. Law ov Liberty
4. Sokeus Johtaa Kansaa
5. World Denied Lucifer’s Light
6. Rukous
7. Riivaaja

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German black metal mavericks Veiled premiere new track “Selfchasm”

Today, German black metal mavericks Veiled premiere the new track “Selfchasm”. The track hails from the band’s striking debut album, In Blinding Presence, set for international release on January 7th, 2019 via Into Endless Chaos Records.
Hear Veiled’s “Selfchasm” in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Otherwise known as (The True) Veiled to avoid confusion with the myriad other bands with the “Veiled” moniker, this brazen quartet from Leipzig appear like a bolt from the blue after a teasingly short split 7″ with Abysmal Wounds earlier this year through Into Endless Chaos. Fully formed, shockingly confident, boundlessly inspired, In Blinding Presence indeed approximates its title with gleamingly obsidian brilliance.

Some steps lead to saintly aisles, others to the deep chasm of your inner self. The psychotic black metal of (The True) Veiled on their full-length debut does both and forms the last part of the triunity to ruin your perception. Clanging with unsettling clarity, heaving hypnotically down corridors strangely alluring yet eternally damning, In Blinding Presence brings black metal into harshly austere focus: simultaneously monochromatic and kaleidoscopic, its angularity throws rude-yet-refined shapes, all with the deft touch of masters. Yearning ‘n’ yawning riffs burrow deeply into the subconscious, warping the listener’s parameters of comprehension but emerging uniquely enlightening all the same; vocals are maniacal in their hysteria, their urgency, yet exude world-weary wisdom. Or, perhaps we could just simply say that (The True) Veiled here display how to push black metal toward adventurousness whilst retaining its core values.

Dispel your mind with the healing atter and get lost in the weave of the three norns. Drink and sup voraciously upon the bounty of the future’s ancients. Here, (The True) Veiled shall reveal to you truths In Blinding Presence.

Continue seeking truth with the new track “Selfchasm” exclusively HERE

Begin seeking truth with the previously revealed “The Healing Atter” HERE.

Preorder info for all formats can be found HERE.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for (The True) Veiled’s In Blinding Presence
1. Glaring Brume
2. Triunity
3. The Healing Atter
4. Steps
5. Saintly Aisles
6. Selfchasm
7. Bringer of Lambency

MORE INFO:
www.thetrueveiled.bandcamp.com
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ONIROPHAGUS reveal first track, cover, tracklisting for new XTREEM MUSIC album

Spanish doom/death sextet Onirophagus have just finished work on their second album, Endarkenment (Illumination Through Putrefaction), which will be released internationally on February 19th, 2019 through Xtreem Music.

Five years have passed since the release of their first album, Prehuman, in September 2013, a time frame where Onirophagus have suffered some lineup changes but still managed to retain the essence of their sound, turning it even heavier and darker, creating a monumental opus divided into four acts with a total running time of almost one hour! The style of Onirophagus is a deep doom/ death with noticeable influences from bands like Ophis, Evoken, Necros Christos, Morgion, and My Dying Bride.

Release date for Endarkenment (Illumination Through Putrefaction) will be February 19th, 2019 through Xtreem Music on CD format. Hear the new track “Dark River” HERE

Cover artwork, courtesy of Ars Moriendee (Neurosis, Harakiri For The Sky, Converge), and tracklisting are as follows:

1. Book of the Half Men
2. Dark River
3. Dystanasia
4. Endarkenment
part I: Putrefaction
part II: Nibbida
part III: Illumination

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www.twitter.com/xtreemmusic666
www.soundcloud.com/xtreemmusic

Death metal barbarians Order of the Nameless Ones stream IRON BONEHEAD debut

Today, death metal barbarians Order of the Nameless Ones stream the entirety of their striking debut album, Utter to Me the Word of Wrat. Set for international release on December 7th via Iron Bonehead Productions, hear Order of the Nameless Ones’ Utter to Me the Word of Wrath in its entirety HERE.

Truly a mysterious and enigmatic entity, Order of the Nameless Ones released their debut demo in 2014 and have been patiently lying in wait, ready to unleash a full-length of devastating proportions. At last, it has arrived, with the ever-fitting title Utter to Me the Word of Wrath. True to its word, Order of the Nameless Ones here create eight churning ‘n’ coruscating tracks of cavernous, utterly barbaric DEATH METAL. Their barbarity is familiar in a sense, rooted as it is in the ancient days of the Metal of Death, but the overwhelming onslaught that ensues is suffused with Lovecraftian mythos and modern occultism, altogether creating an obscurity perfectly in line with their moniker. But let it be known that obfuscation, whether for its own sake or otherwise, is nowhere to be found here: Order of the Nameless Ones prize order and stridently exude a militancy that puts Utter to Me the Word of Wrath above the unwashed hordes of no-riff “caverncore,” their savage-yet-finessed storm of double-bass blasting and downtuned composition creating a clarity of form. And it works its serpentine, slipstreaming spell the deeper you go into the 29-minute album.

Born in abyssal chaos…sent from the void…to usher in the unknown… Open thy ears to Order of the Nameless Ones and Utter to Me the Word of Wrath. The full word can be found HERE:

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Order of the Nameless Ones’ Utter to Me the Word of Wrath
1. Aura of Malignancy
2. Runes of Cosmic Blasphemy
3. Look into the Abyss of Dread
4. The Stone that Begs for Blood
5. Depraved Covenant
6. Praise Your Sinister Form
7. Swarming Death Unleashed
8. Utter to Me the Word of Wrath

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Swedish black metal force WAN to release new album

Swedish black metal force WAN came on the scene as a triad of aggression in 2009 to glorify Satan, chaos and the mighty northern darkness. Their debut, Wolves of the North, promptly saw its release in 2010. In 2013, the stalwart offered their second attack, Enjoy the Filth, fetching a more no holds barred and uglier song-writing approach. Two years later, Wan appeared in a split release called “Necroholic” alongside their countrymen Styggelse and Icelandic mystics Curse.

WAN encountered lineup changes in the next two years, but that could not disintegrate the tenebrous mightiness of the Swede horde. WAN unleashed the third album, Wan Way to Hell, via Carnal Records at the dawn of 2017. This album marks a new era for WAN and it confirmed the sustainability of their raw-energy, which is ever flowing and ever dark.

WAN are currently stronger than ever as a four-headed beast and they are ready to channel violence through the forthcoming mini CD “Gammal är äldst” (English: Old is the Oldest). Anyone au fait with the ‘80s and early ‘90s Scandinavian black metal knows what the five tracks of this EP convey. Indeed, they conjure nothing but relentless slabs of caustic riffs, maliciously intended raucous snarls and holocaustic drum-assaults. “Gammal är äldst” comes on CD format this December 21 via CARNAL RECORDS.

To celebrate their glorious 10 years as a band, WAN will be embarking upon a European tour in May 2019 together with Nekrokraft and The Generations Army.

Treat your ears with the intensity of filthy ancient black metal.

Lineup:

Tsjud – Vocals
Isengrim – Guitars
Drægg – Drums
Skoll – Bass

Track-list:
1. Gammal är äldst
2. Out of Your league
3. Fistful of Metal
4. Strong as a Bear
5. Till maskarna slängd

For More Info:
https://wansweden.bandcamp.com/album/gammal-r-ldst
https://www.facebook.com/pg/TheUnholyWAN
http://www.carnalrecords.com
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