After three killer albums with Tony Martin on vocals, "Eternal Idol" (1987), "Headless Cross" (1989) and "Tyr" (1990), Tony Iommi approached Ronnie James Dio and Geezer Butler to reunite the "Mob Rules" (1981) line-up (including Vinny Appice on drums). The result was this classic album featuring humns like "Time Machine", "TV Crimes", "Master of Insanity" and "Letters from Earth", just to name a few. The album was recorded at Rockfield Sudios, Gales and mastered at Musicland Studios in Germany. The reunion ended when Dio and Appice left the band when the other members arranged to play supporting Ozzy Osbourne. For that show, Rob Halford filled the vocals. And it was the prelude to Tony Martin´s return to the band.
PRESS RELEASE: Montréal menacing black/death/doom trio SHEZMU's debut album, "À Travers Les Lambeaux", will be out on CD & digitally via Krucyator Productions on July 27th. The second single “Les Secrets des Ziggourats,” which serves as the fifth track of the opus, is available for streaming. "‘Les Secrets des Ziggourats’ talks about mental health — more precisely schizophrenia and epilepsy — and their roles during ancient times,” inform SHEZMU. “People with such mental illness were often portrayed as they came from the Gods themselves.”
Hailing from the frozen fields of Montréal, Shezmu was forged in 2016 by Olivier Bérubé Emond (also goes by the pseudonym Comte Bergaby in the underground) and Marc-André Labonne. As a duo, they released a self-titled demo cassette in 2017, followed by two successive MLP releases in 2018: The Scent of War under Les Fleurs du Mal Productions and Breaching The Tomb under the banners of both Les Fleurs du Mal and Iron Bonehead Productions. 2018 also saw the Quebec force expanding their size and sonic palette with the addition of bass player Yanick Tremblay-Simard (Sol Miracula, Aiauasca).
Since their inception, SHEZMU has dove deep into the lore of human history and enlightenment. Just like the definition of SHEZMU (Ancient Eygptian God of wine & oils and also blood & slaughter), the band always took a contradictory and explorative direction to their sound. Their techniques have no boundaries: fast blast beats, mid-tempo occult riffing, or ancient sonic doom, they are all part of the wheel, a dance between Sun and Moon. Just as a whisper into one’s ear, the band recounts the darkest passages of ancient times through distinctive and evil riffs.
On the upcoming debut album, "À Travers Les Lambeaux", the trio took a different approach to the writing of this album, resulting in some of Comte Bergaby’s most personal lyrics to date. While still using visions of ancient history as the lyrical basis, the songs explore the themes of rage, sorrow, and madness. Creating a triangulum among these emotions, SHEZMU heralds symptoms of profound anguish. The magnitude of anger can be well heard throughout the enraged blast beats, fast tremolo pickings, and low-end guttural vocals. The clean, desperate yells on some tracks such as “Lex Talionis” evoke the atmosphere of grief. The fever of madness continues to heat until the album reaches its boiling point: it is portrayed as the triumph of darkness over sanity. For More Info:
MINDSCAR, the black death metal / metalcore brainchild of Richie Brown (EXMORTUS live, THE ABSENCE live, ex TRIVIUM), has just released a stunning video for their song "My Masochist." Richie commented “We are very, very happy to finally give you the first taste of what we’ve been working on for the past couple years with our producer Jason Suecof at Audiohammer Studios! We filmed My Masochist music video and got covered in ticks in the woods in Florida with director Maria Jazel. The video is exclusively available on YouTube right now!”"
MINDSCAR is a metal band from the USA featuring vocalist/guitarist Richie Brown, guitarist Alyssa Day (VISIONER), drummer Tom Beheler and bassist Terran Fernandez (INFINITE EARTHS). The band originally formed as a group of friends in middle school in 1998. In the early days, Mindscar played several live shows, performed on national television, self-released several demos, received international airplay and publicity. In 2002, Matt Heafy of TRIVIUM joined the band on guitar and back up vocals. After internal issues due to the age of band members, MINDSCAR was unable to tour and disbanded for over a decade.
In 2013, MINDSCAR resurrected and began touring with acts such as VADER, VITAL REMAINS, MASSACRE and many others. On January 8, 2015, MINDSCAR independently released their debut full-length album titled “Kill The King” followed by multiple tours. In 2016, they released their second album "What`s Beyond the Light".
Belgian black death metal band CARNAL DESECRATION are streaming their "Carnal Desecration" EP on their Bandcamp site. The EP is the band´s debut release and includes three tracks: "Rites of the Necromancer", "Maschalismos" and "Carnal Desecration". More info on:
Thailand speed thrash metal band KILLING FIELDS will release their new album "Death to Dictator" on July 3rd. The album is the band´s third full length release and the first one since "Gigantrix Extinction" released in 2012 (they also released a compilation, "Beyond the Gigantrix Extinction" and a split with Rabies in 2014). "Death to Dictator" was recorded between 2017 and 2019 and will be released on cassette format and digitally. More info on:
Puertorrican death thrash metal band OUT OF HAND will release their new EP "Aging in Putrefaction" on July 3rd. The new EP contains covers of classic tunes by DEATH, DYING FETUS, OBITUARY, BOLT THROWER and SUFFOCATION. The band has also released other two EPs, "Icons of Apathy" in 2019 and "Becoming the Enemy" earlier in 2020. "Aging in Putrefaction" will be released independently. More info on:
“Irrational I” is the new EP by avant-garde depressive black metal project Derhead. The EP will be released on July 24th through Brucia Records.
This last opus expands on the band’s distinctive Depressive Black Metal roots by incorporating the heaviness of Doom and Industrial music, thus defining this new creative cycle as something decidedly avant-garde and experimental.
Skilfully mixing raw and aggressive riffs with the epic grandeur of more sophisticated and slower parts, “Irrational I” deals with our fragmented relationship with the concepts of reality, desire and time.
The two long tracks comprising the EP will slowly unfold to reveal the contrasting nature of our place within the cogwheels of time, leading us to contemplate the contrast between reality and our inner self.
Australian doom death metal band MYRIDIAN will release their new album "Light in the Abyss" on July 3rd. The new album is the third full length in the band´s history and the follow up to their "Live at the Evelyn Hotel" live album released in 2018. Their previous studio album was "We, the Forlorn" released in 2015. "Light in the Abyss" will be released independently in a limited edition of 100 copies on CD. More info on:
French thrash metal band THE DEAD TREE SEEDS will release their new album "Push the Button" on July 3rd. The new album, the second full length release in the band´s history, is the first release since their debut album "Seeds of Thrash" released in 2013. "Push teh Button will be released through Music Records and will feature ten tracks. More info on:
Swedish death metal masters AT THE GATES are streaming their whole show from the Full Force Festival 2019 through Arte Concert. The band was supporting their latest album "To Drink from the Night Itself" released in 2018 and the "The Mirror Black" and the "With the Pantheons Blind" EPs from January 2019. The show is over 45 minutes long.
Russian one man black death groove metal band HATEBOUND is streaming the debut album "Shades of Madness" on its Bandcamp site. The album was released in March 2020 independently and features nine tracks. More info on:
Pennsylvania death metal masters INCANTATION have just released a lyric video for the tune "Propitiation". The track is part of the band´s new album "Sect of Vile Divinities" that will be released on August 21st through Relapse Records. The album will feature 12 brutal tracks. More info on:
Arte Concert are steaming the whole show that NAPALM DEATH played at the Full Force Festival in 2019. More than 40 minutes of pure death and grind. The band was supporting their latest EP "Stunt Your Growth" that was released on November 2018.
Florida epic doom metal band NORTHERN CROWN will release their new album "In a Pallid Shadow" on July 3rd. The new album is the band´s third full length release and the follow up to their "Northern Crown" album released in 2018. "In a Pallid Shadow" was mastered at Unisound Studios and will be released independently. More info on:
German thrash metal masters VENDETTA will see their classic album "Brain Damage" re-released on July 1st. "Brain Damage" was VENDETTA`s second album, and the first after their classic debut "Go and Live... Stay and Die" and was originally released in 1988. This time "Brain Damage" will be re-released on 12" vinyl in a very limited edition of 100 copies in clear vinyl and 300 in oxblood in transparent yellow vinyl through Hammerheart Records. More info on:
Chilean death black metal band UNBLESSED will release their new album "Murdering Hope" on July 1st. The new album is the band`s fifth album and the follow up to their "Killing Your Last Drop of Innocence" one released in 2017 and the "20 Years and Rawness and Dementia" compilation from 2019. The band has also released a split with Venereal in 2019. The new album will be released through Inframundo Records. More info on:
Canadian thrash metal band TORREFY will release their new album "Life is Bad" on June 30th. The new album is the band`s third full length release. They have also released a single "Plague of Empires" earlier in 2020. The previous album was "The Infiniy Complex" released in 2016. "Life is Bad" was recorded at Electric Flow Studios in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and was mixed at Umbral Studios in Caldas Colombia and Electric Flow Studios. More info on:
French death metallers NECROSCUM are streaming their new EP "Self Collapse" on their Bandcamp and YouTube sites (check below). The EP is the first release by the band and was mixed and mastered at Coronach Studios, Fort William, Scotland. More info on:
Florida death doom metal band SOULMASS will re-release their "Despairing Fates" album on July 1st under the titled "Despairing Fates: Remastered. The album, was the band`s debut album and was released in 2014 (the second one, "The Weakness of Virtue" was released in 2019). The album will be re-released independently through teh band`s Bandcamp site. More info on:
Polish black metal band BLACK ALTAR has joined forces with Norwegian black metal band KIRKEBRANN to release a aplit CD entitled "Deus Inversus". The split will be released on June 30th through Odium Records. BLACK ALTAR will have three tracks: "Deus Inversus", "Ancient Warlust" and "Outro", while KIRKEBRANN will deliver "Begrensa Bevissthet", "Faux Pas", "Et Nederlag" and "Ufødte Klarhet". More info on:
Metal Blade Records is streaming the full "Conspiracy" re-released album by the almighty KING DIAMOND n their YouTube site. The album, originally released in 1989 concludes the story started in the precious album, "Them". Metal Blade has reissued the album on CD and on ten different colors vinyl. The CD comes in a vinyl replica with a poster and mini gatefold replica. Below you can find the full "Conspiracy" stream.
Swedish death black metal band NECROPHOBIC are featured in Wacken TV with their full show in the Wacken Open Air Festival 2019. The band played in the festival to support their latest album "mark of the Necrogram" that was released in 2018. NECROPHOBIC will release their new single, "Mirror Black" on Junly 7th. The single will be released through Century Media Records.
German symphonic melodic death metal band VARUS are streaming their new album "A New Dawn" that was released on June 27th on their Bandcamp and YouTube sites (check below). The new album is the band´s second full length, the first one is "Till the Sun Rises" released in 2014. "A New Dawn" was released independently. More info on:
Gulfport, Mississippi death metal band MYRKRIDIA will release their new album "Termination Entity" on June 30th. The new album is the debut full length by the band and their first released (they have an EP "Myrkridia" from 2012 and a split with OFFENSOR and LORD OF UNDERWORLDS. "Termination Entity" will be released through Vargheist Records. More info on:
Death grind masters BRUJERIA have just released a single entitled "Covid-666". They have also released a video for the tune. The line-up that recorded the single was: Juan Brujo on vocals, Fantasma on bass and backing vocals, Hongo (NAPALM DEATH´s Shane Embury) on drums, El Criminal (Anton Reisenegger from CRIMINAL and LOCK UP) on guitars, El Sangrón on backing vocals and Hongo Jr. (ANCIENT; ex CRADLE OF FILTH and DIMMU BORGIR´s Nicholas Barker) on aditional vocals. The single also includes a cover of Eric Clapton´s "Cocaine" but in spanish, titled "Cocaína".
Israelian thrash death metal band CHUGUN are releasing their new album "Rogue Planet" on June 30th. The new album is the band´s second full length release, their debut album is "Virus" released in 2015. "Rogue Planet" will be releaased independently and will feature nine tracks. More info on:
Southafrican heavy metal band DEADLINE is streaming their new album "Cathedral Point" on their Bandcamp site (Check below these lines)."Cathedral Point" was released independently on June 26th. The album was recorded at Gloryvale Studios and mixed and mastered at Burning Tone Studios. "Cathedral Point" is the band´s second album. The debut one is "Black Wolf City" released in 2017. More info on:
Russian technical brutal death metal band GRACE DISGRACED will release their new album "Immortech" on June 30th. The new album is the band´s fourth full length release and the follow up to their "Lasting Afterdeaths" released in 2016. The album includes a re-recording of the track "Natural Death" from their 2005 demo. "Immortech" was engineered, mixed and mastered by Arkady Navaho. More info on:
Greek black death metal band WALPURGIA will release their debut demo "Altar of the Goatbaphomet" on June 30th. The demo is the debut release by the band and will be released on a limited edition of 500 copies on CD and 199 copies on red 12" vinyl through Helter Skelter Productions. More info on:
Danish heavy metal masters MERCYFUL FATE have released an official visualizer for their classic track "Evil". The tune is part of the band´s classic album "Melissa" released in 1983. "Melissa" was re-released on June 5th through Metal Blade Records on CD and in ten different colours vinyl. You can check the visualizer below:
Portland, Oregon one man black metal band OPPRESSIVE DESCENT, featuring Grond Nefarious from MALUS VOTUM and DEATH FETISHIST is streaming their new album "Alchemy and War" through the band´s Bandcamp site (check below). The new album is OPPRESSIVE DESCENT´S second full length album and the follow up to their "Tihuta Pass" and "Within the Horrific Vault" EPs released earlier this year. "Alchemy and War" was released in a limited edition of 100 copies in 12" vinyl through Red Door Records. More info on:
Polish death metal band BHOIDH, the band festuring former members of BEYOND GOD and BURN THE IRIS, are streaming their debut EP "Misguided by Existence" in their Bancamp and YouTube sites (check below). The EP was released independently on June 24th and features these tracks: 1. Hamartia; 2. Misguided by Existence; 3. Blind Zealot; 4.Viral Breed; 5. Revelation; 6.Binary Chaos. More info on:
Mexican death metal band QUESTION will release their new album "Reflections of the Void" on June 29th. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered at Testa Studio, León, México in January 2020 and will be released through Chaos Records. "Reflections of the Void" is QUESTION´s second album. Their debut album "Doomed Passages" was released in 2014. In 2018 the band released a compilation, entitled "Question". More info on:
Chilean black metal band SLAUGHTBBATH will rerelease their album "Alchemical Warfare" on June 30th. The album, originally released through Hells Headbangers Records in 2019 will rereleased through Old Temple. "Alchemical Warfare" is SLAUGHTBBATH´s second full length release, the debut album was "Hail to Fire" released in 2013. Since then the band has released many splits and two compilations. More info on:
Swedish funeral doom metal band THE FUNERAL ORCHESTRA will release their new album "Negative Evocation Rites" on July 1st. The new album is the band´s third full length release and the follow up to "Apocalyptic Plague Ritual MMXX", an album of new versions of previously released tracks. "Negative Evocation Rites" was recorded in January and February 2020 in Studio Trauma and Abysmal Noise Studio in Sweden. The Chthonic Incantation Choir was recorded in a hidden studio somewhere in Colorado, USA. The album was mixed and mastered at Raven Noise Studio in February 2020 by Johan Bäckman and The Funeral Orchestra. More info on:
Greek black metal band ENSHADOWED, that features members of BURIAL HORDES, ANORIMOI and ex members of VIA SERPENTIS will release their new album "Stare Into the Abyss" on June30th. Drums were recorded by George Trakas at Ignite studio and guitars, bass & vocals at Descent studio. The album was mixed & mastered by Dionysis Dimitrakos & Enshadowed at Descent studio. "Stare into the Abyss" is the band´s fourth full length release and the first after the "In the Beginning" compilation released in 2016. More info on:
Portuguese one man black metal band IRAE, featuring Vulturius from DECAYED and KOMMANDO BAPHOMET is streaming tracks from the new album "Lurking in the Depths" in the band´s Bandcamp site (check below these lines). The new album, released on June 26th is the band´s fifth full length studio release and the follow up to the EP "The Old Ways" released in 2019. "Lurking in the Depths" was released in CD, cassette and 12" vinyl through Signal Rex. More info on:
Former SEPULTURA guitarist Jairo “Tormentor” Guedz has launched a new band called THE TROOPS OF DOOM . The band includes Marcelo Vasco on guitars, Alex Kafer (ex NECROMANCER, EXPLICIT HATE, ENTERRO) on bass and vocals and Alexandre Oliveira (SOUTHERN BLACKLIST) on drums. The band has signed with Nuclear Blast´s extreme sublabel Blood Blast to release their debut EP “The Rise Of Heresy”. The EP will feature four new tracks and new versions of SEPULTURA´s "Troops of Doom" and "Bestial Devastation". Jairo Guedz played on the first two SEPULTURA releases: the "Bestial Devastation" EP from 1985 and the debut album "Morbid Visions" from 1986. You can see a teaser below:
Wacken TV has uploadex in their YouTube site the show that Faroe Islands doom death metal band HAMFERð played at the Festival in 2019. The band was supporting their latest album "Ódn" that was released that year. The setlist was as follows:
Hungarian death metal band GORE THROWER has release their new EP, "Vatican Deathfest" on June 24th. The new EP is the band´s second release. They released another EP, entitled "Gore Temple" in 2015. "Vatican Deathfest" was released independently and features the following tracks: 1.Once upon a Time in Vatican; 2. Gears of Gore; 3.Fermented Love; 4.Diabolical Piper; 5.The Seed of Self; 6. Godless War-chant. More info on:
Swedish death thrash metal band VAMPIRE have made a live video performing three tracks from their new album "Rex" that was released on June 19th through Century Media Records. “The Haunting Of Hyssna” (the live video) was recorded live under pandemonic skies on May 30, 2020. The sound was mixed and mastered by Oskar Lindberg and the video was filmed by Daniel Falk and Peter Falk. Editing and post production was done by Daniel Falk. The three tracks are: "Rex", "Inspiritus" and "Melek-Taus".
Greek technical death metal band SICKENING HORROR will release their new album "Chaos Revamped" on June 29th. The new album is the band´s fourth full length release and the follow up to their "Overflow" released in 2015. "Chaos Revamped" will be released through Pathologically Explicit Recordings and will feature ten tracks. More info on:
Mexico / USA death metal masters THE CHASM are streaming their new EP "Covers 1999-2000" on the Lux Inframundis Bandcamp site (check below these lines). The EP was released on June 22nd through Lux Inframundis Productions and features the following covers that have appeared in different compilations from the 1999-2000 era: 1- Abominations (MORBID ANGEL); 2- Metalstorm / Face the Slayer (SLAYER); 3- Take Their Live (KREATOR); 4- Deathtrap (DESTRUCTION). THE CHASM´s most recent album is "A Conscious Creation from the Isolated Domain - Phase I" released in 2017. More info on:
Portland, Oregon one man black death metal project OMNIKINETIC is releasing the demo "Omnikinetic" on June 27th. OMNIKINETIC has released three demos on 2020 and also some singles, the "Omnikinetic" demo was originally released in digital format last February. "Omnikinetic" features three tracks and will be released in a limited edition of 50 cassette copies through Umpure Records. More info on:
Brazilian black metal band SOMBERLAND is streaming tracks from their new album "Just Flesh for the Worms" in their Soundcloud site (check below). The new album was released last January and features nine black metal tracks. "Just Flesh for the Worms" is SOMBERLAND´s second album and the follow up to their debut "Pest´Ology" released in 2017.
Brazilian death doom metal band FROZEN PAIN will re-release their classic album "Remembrances" on June27th. The album, originally released in 2006, was the last recording done by the band up to now. They also released a demo, "Frozen Songs" in 1997. "Remembrances" will be relased through Vale do Caos Records. More info on:
SEPULTURA has made a live quarantine version of their classic track "Desperate Cry" (from the almighty "Arise" album) featuring Jason Bittner (OVERKILL, SHADOWS FALL) on drums and Felipe Roa (ANGOR, ACARO) on guitars. Check it below:
Japanese power metal band ANATOMY will release their new album "Perform the Operation" on June 26th. The new album is the debut full length release by the band and the follow up to their EP "Organize the Organs" released in 2019. "Perform the Operation" will be released through Black-listed Productions and will feature 12 tracks. More info on:
Murrieta, California death metal band FETAL SEWAGE are streaming their new EP "Butchering the Dead" on their Bandcamp site. The new EP is the band´s second release and the follow up to their EP "Dahmer´s Kitchen" released earlier in 2020. "Butchering the Dead" was released independently on June 23rd. More info on:
German melodic death metal band NEAERA have just released a video for the tune "Deathless". The tracks is part of the band´s latest album "Neaera" released last February. The live footage featured in the video was filmed on February 29th during the band's album release show in Münster, Germany. "Neaera" is the band´s comeback album since they disbanded in 2015 and then did some reunion shows in 2018.
