OMINOUS SCRIPTURES RELEASE "RITUALS OF MASS SELF-IGNITION"

 

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Belarus brutal death metallers OMINOUS SCRIPTURES have partnered with Toilet ov Hell for the exclusive stream of forthcoming album,

Rituals of Mass Self-Ignition. Stream the album below!

toiletovhell.com/premiere-ominous-scriptures-rituals-of-mass-self-ignition/

Rituals of Mass Self-Ignition features 8 relentless tracks of straightforward and blasphemous brutality rooted in the aural violence of early 2000s extreme death metal. Willowtip Records will release the album on CD, vinyl and digital formats on January 27.

Pre-order: ominousscriptures.bandcamp.com and bit.ly/rituals-willowtip

Tracklist

01 Demonic Totem I Am

02 Rituals of Mass Self-ignition

03 Enraged

04 Fanning the Flames

05 Serpentine Wisdom

06 Mangled Perception

07 Inhabitant of the Lacrimarium

08 Codex Rescriptus

Formed in 2013, OMINOUS SCRIPTURES released their full-length debut, Incarnation of the Unheavenly, in 2015 via Permeated Records. The band later signed with Willowtip Records for the 2020 release of The Fall of the Celestial Throne. With the release of Rituals of Mass Self-Ignition, OMINOUS SCRIPTURES stands at the forefront of the new wave of brutal death metal.

Line-up:

Siarhei Liakh - guitars, vocals

Pavel Lapkouski - guitars

Pawel Nalecki - vocals

Andrey Pilipenko - bass

Alex Navitski- drums

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SQUIDHAMMER RELEASE "DROWNING IN FLAMES"

 

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Squidhammer proudly calls Watertown, Wisconsin home. The band carved out its place in the Midwest metal scene in 2018 with their debut album, “Power Removal Service’”. Since then, they have released a handful of singles and more to come for their “Hail The Squid” project. A little bit unorthodox, they plan to release it single by single to the digital world, with a music video to accompany each release. The end product will be a physical LP containing all of the releases. The upcoming single “Drowning In Flames” featuring Kyle Fawley of Digital Remains is a mental roller coaster. A twisted riddle full of metaphors. Guitarist Jake Schultz explains further:

““Drowning In Flames” is the outside voice we all wish we could hear over our own noise. It’s everything you hope you’re not. It’s the shackles you watched your own possessed hands put around your very ankles. It’s the only way out. It’s a long trip, musically speaking. A labyrinth. Hooks left and grooves right. A push/pull of thrash, chugs, and sway. It’s a bit of an arpeggio of a song structure, with an exit hidden in the middle. Will you burn your way out, or will you wind up right back where you started?”

“Hail The Squid”, the band's second studio project is currently being rolled out to the world via a series of single releases. Squidhammer is extremely excited to announce that the open-ended and ongoing collection is a Wisconsin collaborative effort. So far, under this series title, 12 planned tracks will feature 20+ vocalists from Wisconsin's top metal bands. This project is meant to help show everyone just what Wisconsin has to offer to the U.S. metal scene, as Squidhammer continues to tour the country. Squidhammer aims to attract more national and international acts to the great Wisconsin metal scene, benefiting everyone involved!”

Squidhammer is recommended for fans of Pantera, Lamb Of God, and Arch Enemy.

Listen to “Drowning In Flames” ft. Kyle Fawley of Digital Remains via its music video at https://youtu.be/yyLJ9zcmvaA​

Digital pre-save - https://show.co/CGOLQNa​

Squidhammer is:​

Ericka Schultz - Vocals

Jake Schultz - Guitars

Eric “Skeebo” Kjelland - Drums

Joe Dunn - Bass

For more info: Withkoji.com/@Squidhammer | Squidhedz.com | Facebook.com/squidhammermetal | Twitter.com/getchasquidon | Youtube.com/@squidhammermetal9966 | Instagram.com/squidhammermetal​

About: Squidhammer proudly calls Watertown, Wisconsin home. The band carved out its place in the midwest metal scene in 2018 with their debut album, ‘Power Removal Service’. In early 2018, the band took a road trip to Fort Worth, Texas and recorded the album with producer Russell Hollar in five days and headed straight back home. The album was released independently and has been lovingly accepted into the "favorites" category of many midwest headbangers who have shown so much support. Its tracks have been featured on local radio stations as well as several worldwide internet radio stations. One track has even been played on Sirius XM's Liquid Metal channel several times.

To ensure the band's availability, Squidhammer's founding member, Jake Schultz, has since adopted an open-door approach to the band lineup, meaning that members are free to come and go as they please, and contribute to studio recordings and live performances/tours at whichever level they feel comfortable. This has proven to ensure that only the most passionate, humble, and dedicated people are involved.

'Hail The Squid', the band's second studio project is currently being rolled out to the world via a series of single releases. Squidhammer is extremely excited to announce that the open-ended and ongoing collection is a Wisconsin collaborative effort. So far, under this series title, 12 planned tracks will feature 20+ vocalists from Wisconsin's top metal bands. This project is meant to help show everyone just what Wisconsin has to offer to the U.S. metal scene, as Squidhammer continues to tour the country. Squidhammer aims to attract more national and international acts to the great Wisconsin metal scene, benefiting everyone involved!

OVERKILL RELEASE "SCORCHED"

 

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For over 3 and a half decades, OVERKILL have been the trailblazers in producing some of the most signature moments in the world of metal. On April 14th, the New Jersey Thrash legends will bludgeon your ears with their twentieth studio album, entitled Scorched via Nuclear Blast Records.

Today, the band offers fans the first taste of the album with the single, 'The Surgeon'. Listeners will enjoy a crash course in OVERKILL 101 featuring blistering vocals, surgically shreddy riffs, galloping drums, and the dirty low-end bass that fans come out of the gutter for. . Enjoy the classic sound has made you love the NJ thrash outfit for 40+ years via the visualizer for 'The Surgeon' here: https://youtu.be/H1Hn0olArRo

Listen to 'The Surgeon' on all streaming platforms: https://bfan.link/Overkill-TheSurgeon

OVERKILL Bobby Blitz comments,

"Man, it seems like for F-in ever since we chatted!!!! Ha! I tell you what, this is the longest ever between Overkill releases, Feb '19 to April '23.

For me, it became my 'peterpandemic' go-to. I wrote my part, tore it down, then again and again. I found myself still changing parts while Colin was mixing!  It became the normal in a very abnormal time, sanity amongst the insanity. Somewhere in 'Scorched' that is all reflected, a common thread, it is the place I went to get what I needed, maybe what "we" needed. It's different, that's for sure an old-school approach/mix in a modern world....was it worth the wait? You tell me.......see ya on the road! Horns up!"

Scorched offered a new recording environment as all members were able to record on their own. The mixing of the record was handled by Colin Richardson and his assistant engineer Chris Clancy. Johnny Rodd helped with producing vocals, and finally, Maor Appelbaum took over mastering and adding finishing touches. The band returned to artist Travis Smith to create the album cover art.

OVERKILL are expanding their reach but don’t be fooled, the band will remain the filthy, massive gutter thrashers that we all know and love.

Pre-order Scorched in the format of your choice here: https://bfan.link/Overkill-Scorched 

Below is the track listing for Scorched:

1. Scorched

2. Goin' Home

3. The Surgeon

4. Twist OF The Wick

5. Wicked Place

6. Won't Be Comin Back

7. Fever

8. Harder They Fall

9. Know Her Name

10. Bag O' Bones

OVERKILL will be heading overseas this Spring for their "Killfest" European tour supporting the new album. The 14-day trek will kick off on April 13th and feature labelmates and Bay area legends HEATHEN. For the tour, OVERKILL will offer VIP tickets that include the opportunity to hang out with the band and take pictures. Only 20 VIP tickets will be available for each show.

CONCRETE AGE RELEASE "BARDO THODOL"

 

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CONCRETE AGE – BARDO THODOL

LABEL: INDEPENDENT RELEASE

RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 6th 2023

Between the last breath and the next breath there are worlds to traverse. There are dreams and devils, pathways to choose and lessons to learn. Entities spawned from past sins and casual cruelties enfold you in visions and reveal the complex map of consequences. Those who seek to avert their gaze from the truth of what they have been, the wilfully blind, the bitter, the arrogant, they will stumble and fall into the maw of dark and endless futures. Screaming their deluded denials they plunge into the flames of Naraka and the waiting talons of the Eight Legions, who embrace and dissect them, tearing away their tattered hopes of heaven.

Bardo Thodol, the Tibetan Book Of The Dead is a funerary text whose lessons form a pathway to guide souls through death to rebirth. It teaches of a state between life and death, an intermediary realm of essential wisdom, terrors, traps; the potential to ascend to bliss or fall into torment. Bardo Thodol is also the name of the new album from Concrete Age, a band that exist between the sub genres of metal, who walk in hidden places exploring musical territories that few can even dream of. With Bardo Thodol Concrete Age invite listeners to journey with them through the unseen realms, to confront truth, to weigh the questions of life and death in their hands, to peer into the darkness and gaze upon the light. Musically the ten songs that form Bardo Thodol match these lofty ambitions with ease. Drawing upon the musical influences of their Balkan and North Caucasus origins and placing no limitations upon their hungry creativity Concrete Age have created an album of daring brilliance and unique character; a thrilling, challenging listening experience. By entwining the power and intensity of extreme metal with the wild, vibrant essence of ethnic music Concrete Age have forged a sound which has seen them perform alongside the likes of Korpiklaani one day and Hate Eternal the next. Bardo Thodol, the band’s eighth album is a new peak in their incredible journey, a dazzling explosion of sound that will take your breath away.

The last Concrete Age album, Spirituality, arrived during the dark days of pandemics and isolation and Ave Noctum described it as “a vaccine to life’s miseries”. Now, as the human race staggers on into another array of self inflicted horrors, Concrete Age have returned to offer a new, fabulously enthralling alternative to the oppressive greys of existence. Bardo Thodol is a sonic vision painted in every hue imaginable – inventive, innovative and inspiring. Concrete Age bring sustenance for the soul, the spirit, the heart and the mind. When Bardo Thodol is released on January 6th drink deep of its wonders and walk with Concrete Age between the worlds

Line-up:

Ilia Morozov - Vocals/Guitars/Ethnic Instruments

Boris Zahariev - Guitars

Giovanni Ruiu - Bass

Davide Marini - Drums

Genre: Ethnic Metal

For fans of: Tengger Cavalry | Sepultura | Moonsorrow | Eluveitie

Further Information: 

www.concreteage.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/concreteage/

WHORE OF BETHLEHEM RELEASE "RITUAL OF HOMICIDE"

 

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Six years on from their soul-searing second album, Extinguish The Light, the infernal horde of Whore Of Bethlehem have returned – shattering the silence once more with a new collection of hymns to the horned one, new celebratory psalms of sickness and destruction! Harder, faster, heavier than ever before - utterly immersed in the darkness and aflame with visions of destruction – Ritual Of Homicide is a careering ride into the maw of night, a screaming descent through blood, fire and death into the deepest caverns of profane damnation.

Since they first emerged onto the infamous Texas extreme music scene back in 2009, with their unholy marriage of black metal and brutal death metal, Whore Of Bethlehem have been shocking and stunning fans with their twisted riffs, furious drum battery and bestial roars of sacrilegious hatred. Each release has seen them staring more deeply into the abyss, harvesting the darkness and horror, transforming their violent visions into staggering onslaughts of sonic extremity. With new album Ritual Of Homicide they have reached some warped nirvana of sickening savagery where classic death metal, black metal and brutal death metal collide and explode. Through masterfully constructed and delivered songs like ‘Vermin’, ‘Nails In Your Coffin’ and single ‘Pseudochrist’, Whore Of Bethlehem have raised a black cathedral of sound, a place of decadent worship and degenerate sacrifice. No-one invokes the sound of violence and wickedness like Whore Of Bethlehem.

Now marching under the blood-soaked banner of Comatose Music, Whore Of Bethlehem are ready to embark on an infernal, plague bearing crusade, spreading their gospel, their Ritual Of Homicide around this failing earth. On March 24th the funeral bell will toll and the pale riders of Whore Of Bethlehem will set forth…and death will follow with them.

Cower before the sadistic carnage of Whore Of Bethlehem now at Slam Worldwide - where first single 'Vermin' is streaming now!

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

For more information on Whore Of Bethlehem click here https://imperativepr.co.uk/artist-whore-of-bethlehem.html

Enter the dark hell of Whore Of Bethlehem here https://www.whoreofbethlehem.com/

Visit Whore Of Bethlehem on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/wobethlehem

Head to the Comatose Music Bandcamp page  https://comatosemusic.bandcamp.com/

Visit Comatose Music here  https://www.comatosemusic.com/

WINDS OF TRAGEDY RELEASE "HATING LIFE"

 

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WINDS OF TRAGEDY – HATING LIFE

LABEL: MEUSE MUSIC RECORDS/TRAGEDY PRODUCTIONS

RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 17th 2023

Time heals all wounds they say – and yet mine just keep bleeding. My heart sits silent in my chest, a black and rotten thing, worm infested and dead. I watch the sun pass across the sky, the cold eyes of the stars open in the night…time marches ever on in a sombre, joyless parade and the pain remains in the marrow of my bones; an endless, wearying ache. I exist in a state of inertia, unable to even lift the knife and end this farce. So I wait, a pitiful, broken thing, an affront to the vigour of life, for the night that never gives way to another bitter dawn…

On February 17th the second album from Winds Of Tragedy will be unleashed, a howling black metal storm of despair and isolation. Combining incredible force and power with a chilling sense of hopelessness, Hating Life will flay your flesh and tear your soul to shreds. From the tattered majesty of ‘I Choose To Die’ to the bitter rage unleashed of ‘Living A Lie’, the rain of grief that is ‘No Reason To Go On’ to the looming spectre of ‘Death Love’, Hating Life is a scarring, momentous, emotional experience. Building on the raw intensity of debut album As Life Drifts Away, Sergio González Catalán, the man behind the Winds Of Tragedy name, has taken his dark art to another level. With each note steeped in the grief of personal experience, each word an honest expression of pain, Hating Life will connect to all shattered spirits, lost in the grey lands of mourning. This album is the definitive expression of atmospheric, depressive black metal.

Produced, mixed and mastered by Filippos Koliopanos, noted for his work with Ocean Of Grief and Sergio’s own towering doom metal project Rise To The Sky, Hating Life balances a fierce vibrancy with a soul crushing weight and harrowing emptiness. The unquestionable honesty of Sergio’s music has been embraced by all those who have worked with him on this remarkable album, each bringing a vital element to its final incarnation; be it the perfect sound captured by Filippos Koliopanos, the incredibly expressive and primal drumming laid down by long term collaborator Emidio Alexandre or the haunting photography of Tatiana Lebedeva that adorns the album cover. Hating Life is possessed of a unique spirit, a character formed from shadows and it stands as a flickering beacon in the black, calling to the lost and alone.

Line-up:

Sergio González Catalán – Vocals/Guitars/Bass/Keyboards

*drums on this recording performed by Emidio Alexandre

Genre: Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal

For fans of: Nordicwinter | Ahnenkult | Algaion | Minenwerfer

Further Information: 

www.facebook.com/WindsofTragedy

www.meusemusicrecords.eu

https://tragedyproductions.bandcamp.com/

ENSLAVED RELEASE NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO: "FOREST DWELLER"

 

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Enslaved have released a new single and video from Heimdal, their 16th studio album due out on March 3rd 2023. 'Forest Dweller' launches with progressive splendor, guiding the listener into a churning, psychedelic journey through archaic Norse folklore. One might ask what lessons we can divine from our celestial ancestors? We might never understand their true intentions, but their echo will live on regardless.

Enslaved's Grutle Kjellson commented,

“To me 'Forest Dweller' was the most immediate song on the album, at least in its earliest form as an instrumental demo. I spent quite some time to get into some of the other songs of the album, but this one seemed somehow logical, well logical by Enslaved standards that is. I had an idea for a lyric, and Ivar’s amazing and diverse riffs on this one made it easy to pan out the scripture. I made a rough plan on what to sing over it, and we actually ended up using some parts of those recordings on the album!

The song sort of showcases our representative samples of inspiration: Led Zep, Genesis, Destruction, Iron Maiden and David Bowie, to mention a schizophrenic tapestry of influences. It mirrors in the lyrics as well, which deals about both darkness and light in connection to the nature of Heimdal.”

You can pre-order Heimdal here: https://enslaved.bfan.link/heimdal

Listen to 'Forest Dweller' here: https://enslaved.bfan.link/forest-dweller

Watch the 'Forest Dweller' video here: https://youtu.be/VwfHfQX6WSw

Heimdal, is both a departure and a communion with roots forged over three decades ago in the turbulent birth throes of Norway’s black metal scene. The record is named after Heimdal, arguably the most mysterious entity in Nordic mythology.

The record features psychedelic track 'Caravans To The Outer Worlds' from last year's EP of the same name. Album bonus versions contain an extra track, 'Gangandi', alongside a Blu-Ray copy of 2021's stunning Otherworldly Big Band Experience streamed event - the band's boldest project to date, featuring fellow Norwegian prog band Shaman Elephant. The kaleidoscopic stage show features a stellar setlist, covering Enslaved's career, both past and present. 

Enslaved in 2022 are a band in stellar form - a band at its most existentialist and self-conscious, proud Bergeners bearing the torch of their hometown’s extraordinary musical history. Their most recent material shows Enslaved at their most unleashed and thought-through - a lethal combination unfurling a potential that’s easily rekindling the furor of their early works while dancing gracefully through their most ambitious, most haunting and most musical tunes yet. A contradiction? Life itself is a contradiction. And yet we all live to prove it wrong.

SINS OF MAGNUS RELEASE "SECRETS OF THE COSMOS"

 

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Secrets of the Cosmos

by Sins Of Magnus

Tracklist:

1.Snakes

2.Secrets of the Cosmos

3.Shambles 03:55

4.Stoking the Flames

5.Silhouette

6.Dying Breath

7.Not As Advertised

8.Workhorse

9.Let's Play a Game

10.No Sanctuary

11.Mother Knows Best

12.Is Anybody There?

releases April 7, 2023

Black Sabbath hung out with Motorhead and had a viking baby named Sins of Magnus.

Eric Early

Rich Sutcliffe

Sean Young

https://sinsofmagnus.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/sinsofmagnus/

https://twitter.com/sinsofmagnus

PIG FARM RELEASE "WE FALL TO THE GROUND"

 

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We Fall To The Ground

by Pig Farm

Tracklist:

1.We Put Our Heads Down 03:48

2.Used Napkin 02:59

3.Crushing Lows 02:30

4.Crust Element 05:31

5.Gul 04:48

6.Shelter Of The Coven 07:32

Pig Farms debut sludgepunk EP

released January 21, 2022

Vocals - Nick Terranova

Drums - Jeff Bartunek

Bass - Zach Jeffcoat

Recorded / mixed / mastered - Jason Lerner of Ruby Studios

CD Production and design - Skronkulus Barp and Meiudies Aesthetique

Album photography - Mike Peragine

Album art - Nick Terranova

https://pigfarm669.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pigfarmsludge/

VAMPIRBLUT RELEASE "THIRTY YEARS´ WAR"

 

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Thirty Years' War

by Vampirblut

Tracklist:

1.Command and Conquer 04:52

2.Thirty Years' War 11:46

Thirty Years' War (EP)

released January 23, 2023

Vinlandic Black Metal & Ambience founded by Ray Xul in October of 2019 now featuring Zwingherr Greif on Black Metal release vocals since December of 2022.

https://vampirblut.bandcamp.com/