German black metal masters BELTEZ will release their new album "A Grey Chill and a Whisper" on November 6th. The new album is the successor to the "Exiled, Punished... Rejected" album from 2017 and is BELTEZ´s fourth full length release. "A Grey Chill and a Whisper" will be released on CD and double 12" cinyl through Avantgarde Music. More info on:
German thrash metal band WAR AGENDA will release their new album "Propaganda" on November 6th. The new album is WAR AGENDA´s second full length recording and the successor to their debut album "Night of Disaster" fom 2015 and the "Human Race" single released earlier in 2020. "Propaganda" will be released through Great Dane Records on CD and digital formats. More info on:
On November 1st 1982, british metal masters VENOM released their second album, "Black Metal", a masterpiece of pure metal that has heavily influenced most of extreme metal bands and musicians. After their crushing debut with "Welcome to Hell" the band went one step beyond in their mix of aggressive and dark kind of metal with satanic lyrics. Tracks like "Black Metal", "Buried Alive" and the classic of classics "Countess Bathory" are now essential in any metal fan discography. This album finds the lineup featuring Cronos on bass and vocals, Mantas on guitars and Abaddon on drums at the top of their strength as performers. A metal masterpiece.
Italian raw black metal band GELKHAMMAR will release their new album "The Sword of Gelfiser" on November 6th. The album is GELKHAMMAR`s debut full length release and the successor to their "Cossyra" EP from 2018 and the "Obsidian" demo from 2019. "The Sword of Gelfiser" will be released through Xenoglossy Productions on digital format and through Cossyra Tapes on cassette. More info on:
Swedish black metal band MEPHORASH will re-release their "Death Awakens" album on November 2nd. "Death Awakens" is MEPHORASH`s debut album and was originally released on 2011. This time the album will be re-released through Regain Records. The album will be re-released in cassette and different colours vinyl. More info on:
Iceland`s doom stoner metal band MORPHOLITH will release their new EP "Bullets Reign" on November 4th. The new EP is MORPHOLITH`s second release and the successor to their "Void Emissions" EP from 2018. "Null Dimensions" will be released through Ozium Records and will feature the tracks "Orb" and "Monocarp", totalizing over 34 minutes of pure doom. More info on:
Swedish death metal masters PAGANIZER will release their new EP "Bullets Reign" on November 6th. The EP is the successor to their "Compiled Ammunition" compilation and the live album "Death through the Copperfields" both released in 2020. The EP will be released through Metal Bastard Enterprises and will feature five tracks. More info on:
Chilean death metal band ANCIENT CRYPTS will release their new EP "Inhaling the Fumes of a Burning Carcass" on CD on November 1st. The EP is ANCIENT CRYPTS third release and the succesor to their "Promo 2012 A.B." and "Devoured by Serpents" demos released in 2013. "Inhaling the Fumes..." will be released on CD through Grotesque Sound Productions in a very limited edition of 50 copies. More info on:
Australian technical death metal masters PSYCROPTIC have just released a video for the track "A Fragile Existence". The tune is part of the band`s new recording, the "The Watcher of All" EP that will be released on November 27th through Agonia Records. The EP will be released on 12" vinyl in a limited edition of 300 copies. More info on:
Death metal supergroup HEADS FOR THE DEAD has just released a lyric video for the title track of their new album "Into the Red".
The band dropped a stunner of an album in 'Serpent's Curse' which sent shockwaves through the underground. The band's masterful blending of classic death metal with horror-inspired elements set them apart from the standard revivalist bands. The combination of Jonny Pettersson (Wombbath, Gods Forsaken, Henry Kane) behind the music and Ralf Hauber (Revel In Flesh) on vocals proved to be extremely effective and both of them put in their experience of decades to create something marvellous. 'Into the Red' sees them take things to a different level and also recruiting the services of the legendary drummer Ed Warbie, known for his work in bands like Gorefest and Hail of Bullets, renders their sound flawless. They've honed it to make it more cohesive, the horror influence now being an intrinsic part of the music, and there's undeniable growth in the songwriting that makes them step out of the shadow of the old school death metal peers to carve an identity of their own. The artwork has once again been created by Branca Studio retaining the classic horror aesthetic and as expected there are guest appearances such as from members of Sentient Horror and Gods Forsaken. 'Into the Red' raises the bar for old school death metal circa 2020 and it's ironic how their horror theme fits eerily well into the real life horrors this era is witnessing. It's time to embrace it all the same.
Line up -
Ed Warbie (ex-Gorefest, ex-Hail of Bullets) - Drums
Ralf Hauber (Revel In Flesh) - Vocals, concept
Jonny Pettersson (Wombbath, Gods Forsaken, Henry Kane) - Guitars, Bass, Keys, FX