EMISSARY RELEASE "THE WRETCHED MASQUERADE"

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The Wretched Masquerade (deluxe)

by Emissary

Tracklist:

1.The Silent Treatment 03:26

2.Chemical Hatred 03:33

3.Hypochondriac 03:54

4.In Solitude 04:15

5.Ruler of Defiance 04:12

6.Out of Reach 03:52

7.Crash & Burn 04:07

8.Pine Box (The Art of War) 04:05

9.The Silent Treatment ('94 Demo) 03:27

10.In Solitude ('94 Demo) 04:02

11.Crash & Burn (Demo) 04:02

12.Chemical Hatred (Demo) 04:03

13.Out of Reach (Demo) 03:40

14.Pine Box ('95 Demo) 04:01

15.Ruler of Defiance (Demo) 03:58

16.In Solitude ('95 Demo) 03:57

17.All in Vain (Instrumental Demo) 04:23

18.Betrayal (Demo) 05:05

19.Don't Call Me (Demo) 03:35

20.The Silent Treatment ('93 Demo) 03:30

21.Pine Box ('93 4 Track Demo) Bandcamp Exclusive Remix 03:16

22.Out of Reach (Live in '95) 03:36

23.Chemical Hatred (Live in '95) 04:02

Credits

released April 27, 2022

Credits:

Jym Harris – lead vocals on tracks 1 – 12, 15, 19 – 20, 23, drums on tracks 12 – 20, 22, 23.

Tim Dahlen – guitar and backing vocals on all tracks, keyboards and sound design on tracks 5, 7, 8, lead vocals on tracks 13, 15, 16, 18, 22.

Peter Shawn Kinney – bass and backing vocals on tracks 1 – 8, 12 – 20, 22, 23.

Charlie Francipane – guitar on tracks 1 – 8.

Eric Hoover – drums on tracks 1 – 11, 21.

Additional Credits

Jeremy Sipple – bass on tracks 9 – 11, 21.

John Northcraft – additional guitar on tracks 9 – 11.

Jon Davis – additional guitar on track 17.

Chuck Rosa – additional lead guitar on tracks 15, 19.

Claudeous Creamer – additional lead guitar on track 5.

Tracks 1 – 8 recorded and mixed by Doug Hill at 60 Psycho Hum Studios, Medford, Oregon, produced by Doug Hill and Emissary, mastered by Jamie King.

Tracks 9 – 11 recorded and mixed by Chuck Rosa at Staunton Studios, Medford Oregon.

Tracks 12 – 19 recorded and mixed by Chuck Rosa at Harmony Studios, Yreka, California.

Track 20 recorded and mixed by John Borland at Sound Vision Studios, Williams, Oregon.

Tracks 9 – 23 restored and remastered by Brandon Seyboth at Headroom Labs.

All songs © 2022 Emissary. All Rights Reserved. Independently published by Emissary.

https://theoriginalemissary.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/EmissaryMetalband/

FUNERAL VOMIT RELEASE "FUNERAL VOMIT" EP

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Funeral Vomit

by Funeral Vomit

Genre: death metal

Country: Colombia

Tracklist:

1.Jaws Of Darkness 06:25

2.Necrophoric Infestation 05:06

3.Emerging Abomination 05:37

4.Clots 03:17

5.Sempiternal Torture 06:02

6.Funeral Incantation 03:56

About

Recorded, Mixed and mastered at Fenix studios, Barranquilla, Colombia – January 2022

Mixed and Mastered by Hermes Martinez

Cover Artwork by Julian Mora

All lyrics by O. Vomit

All Music by Funeral Vomit

released April 27, 2022

https://funeralvomit.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/funeral.vomit

https://www.instagram.com/funeral.vomit/

LIGFAERD RELEASE "SALVATOR MUNDI"

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Salvator Mundi

by Ligfaerd

Genre: Black metal

Country: Denmark

Label: Vendetta Records

Tracklist:

1.Svaerdet og Bettelstaven 03:33

2.Ingen Foer Ham 04:32

3.Hierusalem 04:05

4.Pris Hans Navn 04:40

5.Salvator Mundi 02:28

6.Den Tornede Krone 04:52

7.Jeg er Lyset og Vejen 04:32

8.Min Vilje Ske 03:24

9.I Mit Billede 04:16

10.Det Hellige Tempel 04:51

About

LIGFAERD "salvator mundi" LP/CD/Tape

vendetta records # 238

released April 28, 2022

https://vendetta-records.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Vendetta-Records-113775778703319/?ref=bookmarks

https://www.facebook.com/LigfaerdDenmark/

NEGATIVE HORN RELEASE "NEGATIVE HORN"

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Negative Horn

by Negative Horn

Genre: Black thrash metal

Tracklist:

1.I 02:45

2.II 04:06

3.III 02:34

4.IV 05:39

About

Lo-fi psycho thrash black metal assault. Deceptively well crafted with haunting 80s horror film undertones and hidden sounds and voices that only appear upon multiple listens. Brought to us by a duo of mad zealots that stalk the gloom and drear of Glaswegian closes.

Credits

released April 28, 2022

https://bloodcolouredbeast.bandcamp.com/

NEGATIVE PLANE RELEASE "THE PACT"

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The Pact

by NEGATIVE PLANE

Tracklist:

1.A Work To Stand A Thousand Years 10:04

2.Poison And The Crucifix 08:16

3.Three Turns To The West 08:34

4.The Wailing Of The Immured 01:47

5.Even The Devil Goes Into The Church 08:00

6.The Other Door 06:11

7.And So It Came To Pass 16:26

About

An interview for this album has been posted at

www.bardomethodology.com/articles/2022/03/30/negative-plane-the-pact-interview/

released April 30, 2022

NEGATIVE PLANE IS:

Nameless Void - Lead guitars, vocals

Diabolic Gulgalta - Rhythm guitars

Bestial Devotion - Drums

Thammuz - Bass

Recorded at Moonlight Mile Recordings by Michael Moebius

November 2020 - February 2021. Mixed at Moonlight Mile Recordings in May 2021. Mastered in June 2021.

Words and Music by Nameless Void. Produced by Negative Plane. Organ, choirs and bells by Nameless Void. Additional vocals on "As So It Came To Pass" and timpanis by Bestial Devotion. Session cello for "The Wailing Of The Immured" by Marcel Krasner.

Illustrations by Ben Harff. Layout by Annick Giroux.

Cover Design by Annick Giroux & Negative Plane.

https://negativeplane.bandcamp.com/

CARTILAGE RELEASE "THE DEADER THE BETTER"

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The Deader the Better

by CARTILAGE

Genre: Brutal death metal /Grindcore

Country: USA

Tracklist

1.Intro

2.Slaughter Day at the Chopping Mall

3.The Deader the Better

4.I Skin You 02:45

5.Mallet Wielding Maniac

6.Gurgitor

7.Cellar Full of Stiffs 03:24

8.Axe Scratcher

9.Gashes to Ashes

10.The Casket Crawler Catastrophe

11.Boneyard

releases May 13, 2022

Goresoaked Death Grind from San Francisco, CA.

https://cartilagegore.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/CartilageSF

THE LORD RELEASE "FOREST NOCTURNE"

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Forest Nocturne

by The Lord

Tracklist:

1.THEME 03:52

2.Church of Herrmann 05:19

3.Lefthand Lullaby I 02:53

4.Lefthand Lullaby II 07:06

5.Forest Wake 03:36

6.Deciduous 04:12

7.Old Growth 07:47

8.Triumph of the Oak 05:51

About

On 23rd April, Southern Lord shall release the debut full-length album from The Lord, Forest Nocturne, first as a special LP Record Store Day release!

Forest Nocturne sees Anderson taking cues from legendary film composers: John Carpenter and Bernard Hermann, in order to create cinematic landscapes which are heavy with tension, and offset by the injection of lethal doses of early 90s Scandinavian Death Metal - with Attila Csihar (of notorious Norwegian black metal band Mayhem) lending his putrid vocals to final track ‘Triumph of the Oak’.

For Forest Nocturne, Anderson worked with renowned producer Brad Wood. Dan Seagrave's epic and fantastical style is instantly recognizable on the album's stunning artwork, something which seems to depict an ancient and unknowable force in the woodlands. Forest Nocturne is described by Anderson as “the music of the night”, but inspired by imagery conjured on daytime hikes, and majestic and beautiful trees, which he sees as survivors - and perhaps the last known connection that we have to an ancient world, and acting as a connector between past, present and future of the human race and of our time on this planet.

recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/14645

https://www.instagram.com/southernlordrecords/

https://thelordsl.bandcamp.com/

TZOMPANTLI RELEASE "TLAZCALTILIZTLI"

 

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Tlazcaltiliztli

by Tzompantli

Tracklist:

1.Yaohuehuetl 01:18

2.Tlatzintilli 04:33

3.Tlazcaltiliztli 04:29

4.Eltequi 04:40

5.Ohtlatocopailcahualuztli 04:17

6.Tlamanalli 05:52

7.Yaotiacahuanetzli 07:37

A Tzompantli, in bygone days, was a rack used to display human skulls, often of enemies or sacrifices, in several Mesoamerican civilizations. In 2022, Tzompantli is a beyond crushing Death Doom war march built on a bedrock of Native / Indigenous themes, rituals and history, illuminating the splendor, brutality and despair within.

Nearly three years after the band’s self-released EP, Tzompantli’s debut full length presents the first smoke-conjured specter to manifest materially. ‘Tlazcaltiliztli’, a ritual ceremony that translates to; ‘nourishing the fire and sun with blood’, is imbued with the spirit of Native inspiration that dwells deep within the heart and soul of the project and is skillfully weaved into a traditional bludgeoning framework of spine-severing savagery and melancholic anguish. On the ritualistic ‘Eltequi’ (to cut the chest open and extract the heart as an offering) the band’s unification of native / folk instrumentation and heaviness becomes one in the same, opening vast new horizons for where this sound can go.

‘Tlazcaltiliztli’ is dedicated, and an offering, to the indigenous peoples, nations & tribes of the North, South, East & West of the American continents. It marks a fearsome and spirited new vision for the Death Metal underground.

releases May 6, 2022

All music and words by Huey Itztekwanotl o)))

Huey Itztekwanotl o))) - Vocals / Guitars

G-Bone - Bass

Erol Ulug - Session Drums

Drums on “Eltequi” performed by Huey Itztekwanotl o)))

Huehuetl drum circle, teponaztli drum, death whistles, shells and shakers were performed by Mateotl Gonzalez, G-bone & Huey Itztekwanotl o)))

Tlazcaltiliztli was produced by Erol Ulug and Huey Itztekwanotl o))) & recorded, mixed & mastered by Erol Ulug at Bright Light Studios

Cover art by Andi from AVS Ravenheart

Layout by Dan Fried

https://tzompantlidoom.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/tzompantlidoom/

https://www.instagram.com/tzompantlidoom/

CHAOTIAN RELEASE "EFFIGIES OF OBSOLESCENCE"

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Effigies of Obsolescence

by Chaotian

Tracklist:

1.Gangrene Dream

2.Into Megatopheth 05:37

3.Effigies of Obsolescence

4.Adipocere Feast

5.Etched Shadows

6.Fustuarium

7.Festering Carcinolith

About

Following up their hugely respected 2 demos (also available as a compilation) and fairly recent 7”, CHAOTIAN are back to release ultimate Death Metal barbarity into the underground in the form of their debut full length. Storming into life with a rotten amalgamation of putrescent riffing and blastbeats, the instrumental unity of this Danish titan is a juggernaut of pure filth. It is telling when a band can have those super groovy pinch harmonic laden riffs and not making them sound like all the others. This may seem a weirdly specific observation (perhaps a guitarist just being a guitarist) but it makes all the difference with heaviness, intensity and also the catchiness on the records. When met with the sewer-spewing vocals and weird dissonant spasms in the music, it doesn’t take long to recognise this will be a truly warped and maniacally brutal experience of Death Metal might.

Interlinking primitive hooks that grasp you by the throat then transcend into these weird effects or spacious riffs, there’s nothing predictable about the album yet it has that familiar feeling that all good Death Metal has where it feels a bit daunting, unnerving and yet you cannot escape it. Obviously Denmark and this trio does not let the scene down. Amazingly this small country seems to have so much diversity in their rotten underground movement and CHAOTIAN are a shining example who embody the grotesqueries, masterful songwriting and tight musicianship that has become associated with this otherwise pretty and peaceful nation. It explains that mysterious gurgling from the sewers at least!

Bludgeoning, cavernous and ultimately otherworldly, CHAOTIAN masterfully combine the cerebral and cosmic with brutish, old school music that is damned heavy and doesn’t feel pretentious nor directionless. Their debut LP is not just as strong as their previous works, but a more refined and complete vision, showcasing the bands full potential (so far)… 

releases June 24, 2022

Guitars/Vocals: Søren Willatzen

Bass: Jonas Grønborg

Drums/Vocals: Andreas Nordgreen

-All music written by Chaotian. All lyrics written by Søren Willatzen.

-Recorded at Ballade Studios from October 4th to October 12th in 2021.

-Recorded by Lasse Ballade.

-Mixed/Mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios.

-Cover art by Alexander Gjerdevik Skjøtt.

-Logo and layout by David Mikkelsen/Ink Lesions.

-Photos by Christina Carlsen.

https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/effigies-of-obsolescence

https://www.facebook.com/Chaotian-2067034590234328/

https://instagram.com/chaotian_official

SHROUDED INFINITY RELEASE "THROUGH CAVERNS UNKNOWN"

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THROUGH CAVERNS UNKNOWN

by SHROUDED INFINITY

Tracklist:

1.Depths of Kur 04:38

2.Equivocal Life Forms 03:40

3.Through Caverns Unknown 04:38

4.Cloud of Souls 04:20

5.Innermost of Being 06:07

About

Crushing Death Metal from the mastermind behind Torture Tomb

Influenced by Ancient Sumerian Lore

Highly recommended for fans of bands like Vastum, Incantation & Hooded Menace

Credits

released April 1, 2022

Written/Recorded by Cole Crutchfield

Mixed by Brandan Lopez and Hunter Young at The Swamp Sound

Mastered by Brandan Lopez

Vocals/All Instruments by Cole Crutchfield

Additional Vocals by Zack Hay

Logo/artwork by John Reimer

Photos by Seth Crutchfield

https://transylvaniantapes.bandcamp.com/album/shrouded-infinity-through-caverns-unknown