BLOODBATH RELEASE NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO "CARVED" (FEAT. LUC LEMAY FROM GORGUTS)

PRESS RELEASE:

It’s time for another deep dive into the horrors of mortality and the foul side of the supernatural – it’s time for "Survival Of The Sickest"! The sixth full-length album from BLOODBATH, Sweden’s undisputed masters of old school death metal, will be unleashed on September 9, 2022 via Napalm Records. This is death metal at its ugly best: vicious, unrelenting and irrevocably sworn to the black.

After smashing the thrashing death metal assault and album opener “Zombie Inferno” out to the masses, BLOODBATH have just released another new burner, entitled “Carved”, featuring none other than Luc Lemay (Gorguts). Without any doubt, the relentlessly heavy track will ensnare the minds of new fans and thrill longtime supporters, aiming to turn intestines outwards in preparation for another irrevocable BLOODBATH!

 

Jonas Renkse on “Carved“:

"If you’re a subject to human experiments performed by the sickest surgeon, you may not have the time to suffer a thousand deaths, but one thing is for certain: YOU’RE CARVED.”

Watch the official music video HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Pi_T_DtlU

The world is in flames, and "Survival Of The Sickest", produced by BLOODBATH and co-produced and mixed by Lawrence Mackrory at Rorysound Studios, offers no respite from the horrors of reality. Instead, with the addition of new guitarist Tomas ‘Plytet’ Åkvik (Lik) onboard, BLOODBATH’s latest and greatest album gleefully confronts the slavering ghoul lurking in the shadows, and treats him to ten songs of ripping death metal frenzy. Alongside BLOODBATH’s official alumni, "Survival Of The Sickest" boasts a smattering of irresistible cameos from the great, good and ghoulish of the metal underground, including Barney Greenway (Napalm Death), Luc Lemay (Gorguts) and Marc Grewe (Morgoth).

From the thuggish brain-smash of opener “Zombie Inferno” to the bleak, obsidian ooze of closer “No God Before Me”, "Survival Of The Sickest" is the sound of a great band in blistering form. In contrast with The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn, which borrowed heavily from the blackened end of the death metal world, the new BLOODBATH goes straight for the jugular in true old school fashion. With strong echoes of everything from Morbid Angel and Death to Deicide and Obituary, songs like the rampaging “Putrefying Corpse”, the disgustingly slow and heavy “Dead Parade”, and the deliciously twisted “Tales Of Melting Flesh” breathe fresh fire into an arcane, perpetually rotting formula.

Formed by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström (both of KATATONIA), Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) and Dan Swanö (Edge Of Sanity) in 1998, BLOODBATH devoted themselves to resurrecting the increasingly forgotten art of pure death metal. In 2014, they unveiled a new frontman – legendary Paradise Lost vocalist Nick Holmes, now redubbed Old Nick – and yet another macabre musical evolution. With this new line-up, the only way to go was grim. On "Survival Of The Sickest", BLOODBATH evoke their most horrifying sonic scenarios to date, from the death-by-munching nightmare of “Malignant Maggot Therapy”, to the murderous nihilism of “Affliction Of Extinction”. A glorious comeback from a legendarily wicked musical force, "Survival Of The Sickest" provides yet more proof that BLOODBATH are the kings of the old school.

 

BLOODBATH add:

"If there was a declaration of goods attached to this album, it would say Florida death metal exported from Sweden."

Pre-order "Survival Of The Sickest" NOW:  https://napalmrecords.com/english/bloodbath

"Survival Of The Sickest" track listing:

1. Zombie Inferno

2. Putrefying Corpse

3. Dead Parade

4. Malignant Maggot Therapy

5. Carved

6. Born Infernal

7. To Die

8. Affliction of Extinction

9. Tales of Melting Flesh

10. Environcide

11. No God Before Me          

 

"Survival Of The Sickest" will be available in the following formats:       

Digisleeve CD Edition

Digital Full Length Album

1 Tape Edition - Brown Transparent with blue print – limited to 200, Napalm Records Shop exclusive

Wooden Box Edition (incl. Digisleeve, Mouse Trap, Album Cover Flag, Cover Patch) – limited to 500, Napalm Records Shop exclusive

1LP SKY BLUE – limited to 300, Napalm Records Shop exclusive – SOLD OUT!

1LP DARK GREEN – limited to 500, Napalm Records Shop exclusive

1LP PICTURE VINYL – limited to 500, Napalm Records Shop exclusive

1LP BLACK

[Wooden Box Edition (incl. Digisleeve, Mouse Trap, Album Cover Flag, Cover Patch) – limited to 500, Napalm Records Shop exclusive]

Get your shirt on the new single “Carved” HERE!  https://www.omerch.com/shop/bloodbath

 

Experience BLOODBATH live in 2022:

09.09.22 CH – Hüttikon / Meh Suff!

24.09.22 MX – Monterrey / Mexico Metal Fest

BLOODBATH are:

Nick Holmes – vocals

Anders Nyström – guitar

Tomas Åkvik – guitar

Jonas Renkse – bass

Martin ‘Axe’ Axenrot – drums

 

BLOODBATH online:

Website http://www.bloodbath.biz/

Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/bloodbathband

Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/officialbloodbath/

Twitter  https://twitter.com/BloodbathBand

Napalm Records  https://label.napalmrecords.com/bloodbath

GUTSAW RELEASE "ALL LIVES SPLATTER"

PRESS RELEASE:

Band: Gutsaw

Album: All Lives Splatter

Country: USA

Genre: Death Metal

Release date: September 30th, 2022

Hailing from Corona, California, Gutsaw is a 3-piece death metal band that was formed in 2003 and forged in the era of Showcase Theatre and Chain Reaction. Gutsaw honed its skills and defined their sound by playing with some of the most brutal gore bands of the early and mid 2000s. By the release of their third EP, Gutsaw has been playing some of the heaviest, most brutal, music for nearly two decades.

Follow GUTSAW:

https://gutsaw.com/

https://linktr.ee/gutsaw

http://www.grandsounds.net

https://www.facebook.com/grandsounds

https://twitter.com/GrandSounds

ARALLU RELEASE "DEATH COVENANT"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Arallu

Death Covenant

Hammerheart Records

11 November 2022

Unholy Black Metal from the Holy Land, drenched in Middle-Eastern tones and mystique! An invocation of thousands of years of Darkness!

Hailing from the urban Israeli settlement called Ma’ale Adummim in Israel, Arallu is a five-piece Black/Death Metal act that has been around the metal underground for twenty-five years. The band got the name Arallu from the Mesopotamian mythology, as it is the name of the underworld kingdom ruled by the goddess Ereshkigal and the god Nergal, where the dead are judged. Arallu’s music revolves around the traditional ancient Middle Eastern melodies of fellow countrymen Melechesh, the high speed savagery of bands like Angelcorpse and Absu, and the atmospheric feel of legendary acts like before mentioned Melechesh and Absu.

In 2019 the band had released the record called “En Olam”, and that opus has solidified Arralu’s already known talent to the underground extreme metal community. “Death Covenant” is the band’s seventh full-length studio offering and the album offers the listeners a very stunning infusion of occult Black Metal music with the ancient Sumerian and Middle Eastern sound. The riffs found in here will satisfy the listeners with its frenzy of melodic tremolo picked riffs that is intertwined with some eerie folk instrumentation. The elements in the guitar department, thrown in with a few folk instruments such as a saz and a darbuka, reveals how the band had successfully stripped metal down to its core and added a personal touch of their own special flair. them and it provides that extra punch and low-end heaviness to the overall outcome of Arallu’s music. It basically lies steadily beneath the guitars as it backs them up with some thick lines that give a more deep feel to the strings and dispenses an ominous atmosphere to the tracks. The drum section also catches the audience’s attention with a variety of destructive pummeling double bass blasting to some Middle Eastern tribal drumming that helps a lot in terms of keeping the atmosphere intact. The record is filled with high-pitched piercing shrieks and screams which create a dark and raw soundscape. These vicious shrieks are sometimes jacked up with some uncanny backing vocals that tie together the brutality of extreme death and Black Metal music to the ancient Middle Eastern scales of the material. “Death Covenant” also parades the band’s strongest production to date in their twenty-five years of existence.

Arallu has created a menacing and atmospheric beast in this style of metal with their release of “Death Covenant”. These Israelis have put out a savage album that is hardly comparable to its predecessors.

For fans of: Absu, Melechesh, Moonspell, Rotting Christ, Nile

Order via: b2b.napalmrecords.com 

Wholesale: karl.kern@napalmrecords.com 

https://www.facebook.com/ARALLU666

https://www.instagram.com/arallu666/

WRATH OF THE NEBULA RELEASE "THE RUTHLESS LEVIATHAN"

PRESS RELEASE:

WRATH OF THE NEBULA is a PROGRESSIVE DEATH METAL group formed in 2018 by Hokuto No Dov and Vital Geff, having previously collaborated on several musical and artistic projects.

In 2019, joined by Kevin Paradis, phenomenal drummer, the music developed by the duo takes shape and the recording sessions of the pre-productions begin and reveal from that time on, the artistic direction chosen to set the themes of the songs.

The recurring themes of the group's compositions are linked to the presentation of legitimate questions about humanity on its deep origins and the plausible links between humanity and higher extraterrestrial entities, which could have been present on our planet, long before the development of our first civilizations.

In this sense, the arrival in the group of Déhà, to keyboards and orchestrations, will add an epic and classic color, to the brutal and progressive compositions of the group.

Thus the death metal power of the group regularly rubs shoulders with the search for melodies, which are dear to them, in order to favor the listener's immersion within a completely "stellar" concept album.

In any case, this is the ambition presented by WRATH OF THE NEBULA which in 2021, enters the VAMACARA STUDIOS to produce its 12-track album, under the leadership of the excellent HK KRAUSS, which will breathe power and clarity into the compositions of this first album soberly named: "The Ruthless Leviathan".

The artwork produced by Mythriad Art like the 3-dimensional videos designed by Mederick Havard, notably feature the mythical Annunaki and Ancient Gods, who according to certain historical accounts, would be the genitors by genetic manipulation of the creation of the human being sapiens.

"Whoever forgets the past cannot understand the future" is the maxim chosen by WRATH OF THE NEBULA to invite you to a Universe where Ancient and Mythical Advanced Civilizations could explain our deep origins as well as our destiny.

Follow:

https://www.facebook.com/WrathOfTheNebula/

https://wrathofthenebula.bandcamp.com/releases

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0mMcEHl1Has0Gpcm7tJfG1

https://www.instagram.com/wrathofnebula/

VAKAREN RELEASE "INFERNUM"

PRESS RELEASE:

Release Date: 10/28/22

FFO: Leviathan, Gaerea, Sanguine Relic

Location: Sweden/USA

Vakaren began as a raw/depressive Black Metal project from a town not far from Stockholm, Sweden. The project's influences range from Black Metal projects such as Beketh Nexehmu to Post-Punk projects like She Past Away. The band released its first demo in early 2017 which was later followed by the release of the band's first full-length Aeternum, released by Les Fleurs Du Mal Productions. Aeternum paved the way for the band's current sound. Aggressive, violent, and atmospheric are words that have been commonly used to describe Vakaren's sound and visuals. 

Ethereal was released on July 28th, 2021 by Witch Cult Records after a slew of EPs and demos released by the band. The band's second full-length drove Vakaren's iconic sound into new soundscapes and incorporated a wide variety of genres into their sound, ranging from Electronic to Death Metal. The underground success of Ethereal gave credence to Vakaren's unique and sometimes progressive approach to a genre saturated with trend followers and copycats.

Infernum marks the end of a trilogy of albums that Vakaren has been working on for nearly 6 years now. The album promises to be the most cohesive representation of Vakaren's sound. From the energetic and violent "Oh What Horrors Await Us All" to the horror driven dirge "The Antediluvian Reign" Vakaren proudly presents itself as an enigmatic and malevolent force in the Black Metal scene.

Check out this video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRS2JW4nTLw

Check them out on Spotify and add them to your playlists!

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1322p77TX4DgjBhOdypfWC

Support them on Bandcamp!

https://vakaren.bandcamp.com/album/abandoned-seed-of-light-single

Follow the band at these links:

https://linktr.ee/vakaren

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1322p77TX4DgjBhOdypfWC

https://vakaren.bandcamp.com/album/abandoned-seed-of-light-single

https://www.instagram.com/vakaren_bm/

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/vakaren/1287635550

RITUAL DICTATES RELEASE "NO GREAT LOSS"

PRESS RELEASE:

Ritual Dictates

No Great Loss

Artoffact Records

7 October 2022

When RITUAL DICTATES members Justin Hagberg and Ash Pearson decided to join forces on this project, they brought with them all of the aggressive death/thrash that defined their previous work in 3 INCHES OF BLOOD and REVOCATION, while throwing any and all convention out of the window. They bring together black metal hallmarks like speedy tremolos and icy interludes, plus punk moments and good time rock ‘n’ roll with catchy and fun keyboard accents. 

A more gothic endeavor than their previous album, this supergroup of seasoned musicians brings together past and future in a seamless fashion. No Great Loss kicks off with the funky bass line and anthemic vocals of “Burn the Widow.” “My Solitude” shifts into a soulful swaying rhythm while “Goth And Exhausted” carries us to the depths of velvet curtains and smoky nightclubs. The album wraps with “Succumbing to the Ravages of Age” with mournful and dulcet chords and lyrics that anyone growing in life can identify with. 

RITUAL DICTATES is a surprising act that offers no limit to their sound exploration. Not content to rest on their laurels, the work of Hagberg and Pearson shows remarkable risk and adventure. Due out October 7th, No Great Loss isn’t merely a musical endeavor, but an artistic expression that shows artists truly cannot be defined and even the heaviest artist can cultivate a poetic aesthetic. 

 

No Great Loss Tracklist:

Burn the Widow 

My Solitude 

Goth and Exhausted 

Aqua Tofana 

Autumn Song 

Succumbing to the Ravages of Age  

RITUAL DICTATES is: 

Justin Hagberg - Vocals & Guitar

Ash Pearson - Drums

 

Social Media:

Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/ritualdictates/

Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/ritualdictatesofficial

Spotify  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7vy7gvLyJitQMfPqa0FJNQ

Bandcamp  https://ritualdictates.bandcamp.com/

Artoffact Records  https://artoffact.com/artists/ritual-dictates/

TRUNK RELEASE "ETERNAL VACATION"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Release Date: 7/30/22

FFO: Acid Bath, Entombed, Morbid Angel

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Short Bio: Pennsylvania heavy metal power trio formed in 2016 that mixes doom, stoner, death & hardcore to form loud miserable, nihilistic party tunes. Life takes forever.

Check them out now on Bandcamp!

https://trunkdoom.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-vacation-ep

Follow the band at this link:

https://www.instagram.com/trunkdoom/

https://www.facebook.com/trunkdoom

https://trunkdoom.bandcamp.com/

COATHANGER ABORTION RELEASE "PLAN C"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

COATHANGER ABORTION – PLAN C

LABEL: COMATOSE MUSIC

RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 21st 2022

Below the fractured, blackened crust of our reality seethes a burning morass of sickness and suffering. Nightmares wait beneath our feet with open maws and bared teeth, willing the foundations of our world to give way, for a misplaced step to send us tumbling into madness. The fall from mundanity into unmitigated horror is always just a moment away...blood and pain, torture and torment, senseless chaos and merciless sadism. The agents of insanity shift hungrily, anticipating your sudden descent into their darkness, your screaming slide into the meat grinder...

Waiting to ensnare the unwary passerby are notorious Tennessee sensibility-shockers Coathanger Abortion, with their gore-gargling third album, Plan C. However, Coathanger Abortion are about more than simply a gloriously confrontational band name and album artwork that forces you face first into a bucket of warm blood. Behind the initial eye-gouging impact lies some shockingly good death metal and songs that have been crafted with skill and a supreme mastery of this brutal art. There’s not a moment on Plan C that isn’t bone-breaking in its heaviness, but it’s also disconcerting, disarming and unnerving, embedded with devilish hooks and utterly addictive. Take the deftness of touch which sculpts the texture and constructs the atmosphere of ‘Dead Walking’, the melodic progressions that lead the listener through the terrors of ‘What Lies Underneath’ or the collision of groove and supreme intensity that fuels ‘Dissecting Society’ – this is accomplished, muscular extremity of the highest echelons. Inventive, creative and absorbing, featuring seven original tracks and a crushing cover of Broken Hope’s classic ‘Cannibal Crave’, Plan C sees Coathanger Abortion hitting new levels and painting this vision of terror with painstaking attention to every blood flecked detail.

United once more with Comatose Music, the label that served up their first two banquets of battery – 2009s Dying Breed and 2015s Observations of Humanity – Coathanger Abortion are ready to take on the world once more; and this time they’re not playing around. On October 21st you’ll feel those claws encircle your ankles before you’re dragged down into a magnificently realised massacre of the senses. It’s time to activate Plan C...the spiral down to your destruction starts here!

Line-up:

Robby Wooten - Vocals

Ryan Coulter - Guitar / Studio Bass

Ethan Frazier - Guitar

Scott McMasters - Drums

Genre: Death Metal

For fans of: Cannibal Corpse | Severe Torture | Broken Hope | Aborted

Further Information: 

www.facebook.com/CoathangerAbortionOfficial

www.comatosemusic.com

WITCHER RELEASE "LÉLEKHARANG"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Release Date: 2022.08.08

FFO: Summoning, early Dimmu Borgir, Wolves in the Throne Room

Location: Hungary

The Hungarian WitcheR just dropped a witching music video! The Hungarian atmospheric black metal band WitcheR introduced their upcoming new album with an astonishing music video. The new album ‘Lélekharang’ is expected to be released on CD and tape on 8th October via Filosofem Records , followed by the release of the LP version on 15th October via Beverina Productions. The album contains 4 brand new songs and a Beethoven cover song with a playing time of nearly 40 minutes, dedicated to the fans of Summoning, Wolves in the Throne Room and early Dimmu Borgir .

Check out the video!

https://youtu.be/bNlHc60JElU

Witcher - Lélekharang (Official Music Video)

Follow the band at these links:

https://witcherband.hu/

https://www.facebook.com/witcherband/

https://www.instagram.com/witcherbandofficial/

https://twitter.com/witcherband

https://vk.com/witcherband

https://witcherband.bandcamp.com

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1C9ErpFV88XztoqUPESRRb

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEsJ0gvIp7gKv5SljsgJX4g