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Stockholm, Sweden based blackened Crust / D-Beat / Hardcore Punk band FRUSEN SORG has just released their debut full-length “Smärtpunkter” via Widsith Records. It features the following tracks: ‘Att Slippa Bli Älskad’, ‘Under Svärtans Skyddande Vinge’, ‘Bort’, ‘Håll Andan’, ‘Hur Jävla Lång Tid Ska Det Ta Att Dö’, ‘Jag Saknar Mig Själv’, ‘Djuret I Mig’, ‘En Kall Famn’, ‘Ondast Jävel Vinner’, ‘Du Stänkte Din Skit På Min Själ’, ‘Det Egentliga Livet’, ‘Fångad Under Isen’, ‘På Flykt’ and ‘En Råtta Som Flyr Från Vårt Sjunkande Skepp’. You can check out a video for ‘Under Svärtans Skyddande Vinge’ at this location. More FRUSEN SORG you will find at https://frusensorg.bandcamp.com
Chile’s old school Death / Thrashers RIPPER will release their third full-length “Towards Rebirth” on July 24, 2026 on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats via Dark Descent Records. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘The Secular Awakening’, ‘World Of Darkness’, ‘Towards Rebirth’, ‘Final Hologram’, ‘Into The Coldness Of Land Of Dead’, ‘The Source Exterminator’, ‘Messages From The Other Side’, ‘The Secret Dawn’, ‘The End Of Universe’ and ‘Procession To The Eternal Rest’. You can already check out ‘The Source Exterminator’ over here. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Pablo Clares at DM6 Studio and the artwork was created by Paolo Girardi. www.facebook.com/ripperchileoficial
Vancouver, Canada based Thrash Metal three-piece W.M.D. (When Minds Develop) has just self-released their sophomore full-length “Against All Warnings” on vinyl LP, CD and digital formats. You can stream it in its entirety at this location. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/wmdofficial
Copenhagen’s Doom / Deathers DEAD VOID have just released their sophomore full-length “Cranial Devastation” on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats via Dark Descent Records, in co-operation with Me Saco Un Ojo Records. It features the following tracks: ‘Regurgitation Of Ancient Manifestations’, ‘Isolation’s Hold’, ‘Phantosmial Stench Of Decay’, ‘Cranial Devastation’ and ‘Jeg Kan Ikke Flygte Fra Mig Selv’. You can stream the album in its entirety over here. “Cranial Devastation” was mastered by James Plotkin at Plotkinworks and the artwork was created by Odilion Redon. www.facebook.com/thedeadvoid
French Black Metallers VÉHÉMENCE are streaming “Assiégé Pour L’Eternité”, the upcoming re-recording of their 2014 debut full-length “Assiégé”, in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on June 10, 2026 via Antiq. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063759931559
On June 06, 2026 Austrian Black Metallers PLAGUEPREACHER will release their debut full-length “Abyssol” via Grazil Records on vinyl LP, cassette tape and in digital formats. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Dawnfall’, ‘Valravn I’, ‘Misanthropic Terror Squad’, ‘De Letzte Sun’, ‘Abyssol’, ‘Black Witcher’ (feat. Krámpn), ‘Plaguepreacher’ and ‘Valravn II’. You can already check out ‘Plaguepreacher’ over here. For more band information please visit www.facebook.com/plaguepreacher
“Elegier Fra Avgrunnen”, the upcoming split album between Norwegian Black Metallers ENEVELDE and GJENDØD, can be streamed in its entirety at this location now. It will be released via Terratur Possessions, with distribution by Amor Fati Productions, on June 06, 2026. www.terraturpossessions.com
Italian atmospheric Folk Black Metallers DUIR have just revealed a lyric video for ‘Del Giorno’ over here. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Catarsi”, which will be released on June 26, 2026 via AOP Records. www.facebook.com/duirofficial
Toronto, Canada based Death Metallers COPROLITH have just premiered the track ‘Sentenced To The Grave’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Putrescence”, which will be released on July 03, 2026 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records on vinyl LP and via Rotted Life on CD. The previously revealed album track ‘Possessed By Incoherent Violent Suggestions’ can still be checked out over here. The complete “Putrescence” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Sentenced To The Grave’, ‘Putrescence’, ‘Defiling Incantation’, ‘Birthed By Remorseless Flames’, ‘Another Skull To Claim’ and ‘Possessed By Incoherent Violent Suggestions’. https://coprolith.bandcamp.com
On July 17, 2026 Season Of Mist will re-issue four releases from the HULDER back catalogue: “De Oproeping Van Middeleeuwse Duisternis” (2019), “Godslastering: Hymns Of A Forlorn Peasantry” (2021), “The Eternal Fanfare” (2022) and “Verses In Oath” (2024). www.facebook.com/hulderus
On June 05, 2026 Signal Rex will release “Miekka Ja Varjo”, the debut mini album from Finnish Black Metal duo RIENA, on CD and cassette tape formats. You’ll find a full stream of it over here now. For more info please visit https://riena.bandcamp.com
German Black Metallers BELIALED have just revealed a lyric video for ‘Dornenwald’ at this location. The track is featured on the band’s sophomore full-length “The Echoless Chasm”, which was just self-released by the band, with distribution via Trollzorn Records. www.facebook.com/belialed
Italian Death Metallers INTO DARKNESS have just premiered the track ‘Uranus’ over here. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Route To The Other Side”, which will be released on July 24, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album track ‘Jupiter’ can still be streamed at this location. For all additional INTO DARKNESS information please visit www.facebook.com/intodarkness
German Black Metallers GRABUNHOLD are streaming their upcoming sophomore full-length “Frostheim” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on June 05, 2026 via Iron Bonehead Productions. www.facebook.com/grabunhold
“Beneath The Veil Of Silent Woods”, the upcoming debut full-length from Swedish / German Black Metallers GRIMVEIL, can be streamed in its entirety over here now. It will be released on June 05, 2026 via Purity Through Fire. www.instagram.com/grimveil.official
“Blasphemy”, the debut full-length from Hungarian one-man Black Metal project MORTGRIM, can be streamed in its entirety at this location now. It was digitally self-released earlier this year. www.facebook.com/mortgrim.music
On July 20, 2026 Swedish Black Metallers ARCKANUM will release a strictly limited vinyl 7″ EP (218 hand-numbered copies) entitled “Motestandarin” via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. It will feature two songs from the band’s upcoming tenth full-length “Beswærilsin”, their first full-length in nine years, which will be released in October 2026. www.facebook.com/arckanum.official
On July 17, 2026 Caligari Records will release “Autogeddon”, the sophomore demo from UK’s old school blackened Speed Metal Punks ÄXE, on cassette tape format. It was engineered, mixed and mastered by Am of GRAVE MIASMA. The following tracks will be featured: ‘Warriors Of The Death Raid’, ‘Violent Hedonism’, ‘Gunned Down Dead’, ‘Weapon Creed’, ‘Dark Justice’, ‘Distortion To Hell’, ‘Proclamator Violator’ and ‘Rise From Your Tombs’. You can already check out the demo opener ‘Warriors Of The Death Raid’ at this location. More about ÄXE at https://unholyaxekution.bandcamp.com
Finnish melodic Death Metallers MONARCH OF HATE have just released their debut single ‘There Goes The Sun’ over here. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/monarchofhate
Italian technical Death Metallers AYDRA have just inked a deal with Rude Awakening Records for the re-release of the band’s 1999 debut full-length “Icon Of Sin”, which was remastered and expanded with four bonus live tracks. You can check out a AYDRA live video at this location. All further band info you will find at www.facebook.com/aydra
Marikina, Philippines based Thrashers CULT SIEGE have just released their debut demo “Suburban Swamp Thrash”. It features the following tracks: ‘Power Of The Witching Hour’, ‘Void’ and ‘Electric Ritual’. A full demo stream is available at https://cultsiege.bandcamp.com.
On June 06, 2026 Terratur Possessions will release “Waan Van De Leegte”, the debut full-length from Netherlands based Black Metallers NACHTHEEM. The worldwide distribution is handled by Amor Fati Productions. You can stream the album in its entirety over here now. https://nachtheem.bandcamp.com
Seattle, Washington based Groove / Death / Thrash Metallers TORMENTA will release their debut single ‘Jungle Dead’ on June 12, 2026. A teaser video for it already is available at this location. The song is taken from the band’s upcoming debut full-length, which will be released later this year. www.instagram.com/tormentawa
“From The Bloodlines Of Bram”, the debut full-length from New Jersey’s blackened Death Metallers DRAGSHOLM, will be released on July 03, 2026 on CD and digital formats. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Irina’s Heart’, ‘The Wandering Relic’, ‘I Am The Impaler’, ‘A Coffin Unscathed’, ‘A Kingdom In The Land Of Shadows’, ‘Battling Through The Stormlands’, ‘Crosses Drowned In Blood’ and ‘Thorns For Mina’. You can already check out ‘The Wandering Relic’ over here. All additional band information you will find at www.facebook.com/dragsholmband
Costa Rica based Death Metallers ASTRIFEROUS have just premiered the track ‘Dissolution Of Eternity’ at this location. It will be featured on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length “Atavistic Unraveling”, which will be released on June 26, 2026 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records on vinyl LP format. The CD edition will be released via Pulverised Records. The previously revealed album track ‘Arcane Demonomania’ can still be checked out over here. The full “Atavistic Unraveling” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Carriers Of The Curse’, ‘The Floating Catacombs’, ‘Dissolution Of Eternity’, ‘Proto Embryo (The Third Tribulation)’, ‘Arcane Demonomania’, ‘Mnemonic Phenomena’ and ‘Resonance Cascade’. https://astriferous.bandcamp.com
New Zealand’s Death Metallers FOURNIER are streaming their upcoming self-titled debut EP in its entirety over here now. It will be released on June 03, 2026 via Caligari Records on CD and cassette tape formats. www.instagram.com/fournierdeathmetal
On August 13, 2026 Darkness Shall Rise Productions will release a boxset of DISSECTION‘s third and final album, “Reinkaos”, on 6 CDs and 7 vinyl LPs. To celebrate the 20th anniversary since its original release, the album will also be available on three standalone formats: vinyl LP including a 24-page booklet (1000 copies on black and 1000 on white vinyl), jewel case CD with additional slipcase and cassette tape, available for the first time on this format since its release. The boxset will include the following recordings: “Reinkaos” (album), “Reinkaos” (instrumental rehearsal), “Midsummer Massacre Rehearsal” (2 LP, last DISSECTION rehearsal ever), “The Hall Recordings”, “Maha Kali” and “Roughmix 2005” / “Starless Aeon”. Each title will have an own booklet / insert and an own double-sided A2 poster. Next to the seven LPs, there will be four art-prints with album-related drawings from Timo Ketola. The box will be in leather optic with silver hot-foil print on the cover, limited to 333 black and 333 white vinyl boxes. The 6 CD slipcase-box will also come in leather optic with silver hot-foil print on the cover and six individual digipak CDs inside. www.facebook.com/darknessshallriseproductions
Swiss old school Death Metallers VORAX have just premiered a video for ‘Devouring Raw Flesh’ at this location. The track will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Volcano Shock”, which will be self-released on June 27, 2026 on CD, vinyl LP and in digital formats. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Magma Ocean’, ‘Devouring Raw Flesh’, ‘Volcano Shock’, ‘Burning Lava’, ‘Hunter Killer’, ‘Flight Of The Pteranodon’, ‘Reign Supreme’ and ‘The Great Dying’. VORAX features members from MESSIAH, OMOPHAGIA and DEATH KOMMANDER. www.facebook.com/voraxdeathmetal
On July 31, 2026 Eternal Death will release “Between Sleep And Death”, the third full-length from Greek Black Metallers CEREMONIAL WORSHIP, on CD format. Here’s the complete tracklist already: ‘Intro’, ‘Hate Spells’, ‘Towards Nothingness’, ‘Cursed Abominations’, ‘Where The Shadow Awakes’, ‘Esoteric Struggle’, ‘Shadows From Hell’, ‘Pantheon Of Suffering’ and ‘Tower Of Endless Nights’. https://ceremonialworship.bandcamp.com
Spanish Black / Thrash / Death Metallers FUNEBRE DEVASTATION have just released their third full-length “The Verminous Spawn” via Black Legion Records on CD, vinyl LP and digitally. The vinyl edition will also be released via Morbid Shrine Productions, Vertebrae and Morbid Kvlt Records. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered at Khazad-Dûm Studios, produced by Erun-Dagoth and the artwork was created by Vhan Spell ov Hatred. A full stream of it you will find at this location. For all additional band information please visit www.facebook.com/funebredevastation
American Death Metal three-piece MALEFIC THRONE, featuring guitarist Gene Palubicki (ANGELCORPSE, PERDITION TEMPLE), vocalist / bassist Steve Tucker (MORBID ANGEL) and drummer John Longstreth (ORIGIN, HATE ETERNAL, ex – ANGELCORPSE), has just premiered a video for ‘When Our Shadows Align’ over here. The track is featured on the band’s debut full-length “The Conquering Darkness”, which was released via Agonia Records in November 2025. www.facebook.com/maleficthrone
Polish technical Death Metallers ASPERATUS have just released their debut full-length “Shrines Of Human Waste” on CD and digitally via Mad Lion Records. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Intro’, ‘Decades Of Deceithful Faith’, ‘Age Of Lunacy’, ‘Blood Will Define Their Fate’, ‘Absence Of God’, ‘Throne Of Emptiness’, ‘Hell To Follow’, ‘Fall’ and ‘Extinction’. You can check out ‘Hell To Follow’ at this location. More about ASPERATUS at www.facebook.com/asperatuspoland
“The Ornaments Of Disturbing Perspectives”, the sophomore full-length from Polish Black / Death Metallers SARMAT, has just been released on CD via Mad Lion Records. It was previously only available digitally. You can stream the album tracks ‘Syndrome Of Dangerous Perspective’ and ‘Architect’ here and here. The complete “The Ornaments Of Disturbing Perspectives” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Architect’, ‘Syndrome Of Dangerous Perspective’, ‘Scarspike’, ‘Spectre Of Coercive’, ‘World Screeches / Triptych: The Left’, ‘The Fall / Triptych: Center’ and ‘Okrutnik / Triptych: The Right’. www.facebook.com/sarmat7v7