STERBHAUS RELEASE "NEXT AKIN TO CHAOS"

 

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Band: Sterbhaus

Album: Next Akin to Chaos

Release Date: November 21, 2025

Country: Sweden

Label: Killhead

Stockholm veterans Sterbhaus have set November 21st as the international release date for their highly anticipated third full-length album, Next Akin to Chaos - the first in ten years.

Track list:

1. Deth Bü Wolfe

2. Wrecking The World

3. The Evildoer Of Pixelville

4. Whippersnapper

5. Nowhere in the Bible does Jesus have a Sword Fight

6. Master Of The Hunt

7. The Man who was a Rat, who was a Snake

8. Bad workers are slaves...And dead

9. The Autopsy of Intergalactic John Doe

10. Abhorrence

In the meantime, three singles have already been released, accompanied by official music videos and a visualizer, offering a first glimpse into the upcoming album:

"Wrecking the World" - https://youtu.be/mLSGthS05fY

"Deth Bü Wolfe" - https://youtu.be/9Orn55Imy2s

"Master of the Hunt" - https://youtu.be/Y52O5tetIs4

Stockholm veterans Sterbhaus play Metal Deluxe which can be described as timeless Death, Thrash, Heavy, Black and Progressive Metal that is neither retro or modern. And Sterbhaus lines this with a heavy dose or dark wit humour.

The band is the home of Marcus Hammarström (previously Elvira Madigan 1998-2008, Shining and currently also in Veile - side project of Ghul from Mayhem), Jimmy Ahovalli and Erik Röjås (previously Ondskapt and Decadence). Started in 2007 as a five-piece and reformed several times since then, Sterbhaus ended up as a trio after having looked back on years releasing absolutely stellar albums, touring Europe (as support for Vader, Melechesh and Shining), South America and after having played several prestigious festivals such as Metal Town, Rock Harz, BlastFest, Extremefest which meant sharing the bill with Slipknot, Amon Amarth, Marilyn Manson, Behemoth, Opeth etc.

In 2025 Sterbhaus made a quite formidable return after a period of being fairly dormant and surprised the scene with the comeback single “Deth Bü Wolfe” which is the knuckle sandwich old/new/awaiting fans never saw coming.

The current status of Sterbhaus is actually quite unknown as the band announced its end in 2019 - while simultaneously making it very clear that there were still several releases to be made. One was the live album “Necrostabbing at Göta Källare” which achieved the unlikely feat of snagging the No1 sales position in Sweden for physical releases and No9 for all Metal and all formats!

While the debut “Angels for Breakfast ...And God for Lunch” (2013) seemed to open most evert door the album “New Level of Malevolence” (2015) - although popular and praised when released, seemed to close those doors instead. Several cancelled tours, being banned for offensive videos (a ridiculous claim ofc), botched promotions, even more cancellations and one or two empty festival seasons together with personal issues put Sterbhaus in such a tight spot the band had a hard time bouncing back. Marcus Hammarström joined Swedish extreme metal titans Shining and toured extensively while Sterbhaus released the Christmas EP “Krampusnacht”. Eventually Marcus quit Shining to focus on the 2025 Sterbhaus album "Next Akin to Chaos".

Either it will be a momentous epitaph or a new beginning.

Line up:

Marcus Hammarström - Vocals/Bass

Jimmy Ahovalli - Guitars

Erik Röjås - Drums

For more info:

https://www.sterbhaus.com

https://www.facebook.com/sterbhaus

https://www.instagram.com/sterbhausofficial/

https://www.youtube.com/SterbhausOfficial

https://sterbhaus.bandcamp.com

HECATONHEIR RELEASE "NIGHTMARE UTOPIA" ON VINYL

 

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Hecatoncheir

Nightmare Utopia

Violence In The Veins

16 December 2025

Members: Matej Takáč (guitars, vocals), Andrej Lencsés (bass, vocals), Alexander Turček (drums) 

Genre: black metal, death metal, sludge metal 

Country: Slovakia 

Discography: Nightmare Utopia (full-length, 2024-2025) 

For fans of: Wake, Hierophant, Nightmarer, Portal 

On December the 16th, the label Violence In The Veins will release Hecatoncheir’s debut album, Nightmare Utopia, on vinyl for the first time. The album, released last year only on CD via Total Dissonance Worship, made a sensation thanks to its intense negativity, forcefully crossing the fine line between madness and sanity through crunchy death metal, black metal, and sludge.

The Slovakian trio demonstrated their claustrophobic mastery of dissonance in this debut album, interspersing ominous atmospheres with moments of tense calm. Needless to say, it is the perfect breeding ground for dream cults, ancient deities and the cosmic horror into which Nightmare Utopia plunges us.

The worldwide underground scene never ceases to amaze us with extraordinary pieces, so Hecatoncheir’s first opus undoubtedly deserved to capture its dreads on vinyl.

https://hecatoncheir-sk.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Hecatoncheir.sk/

https://www.instagram.com/hecatoncheir_band/

TWISTED SISTER CONFIRMADOS PARA ENCABEZAR EL BANGERS OPEN AIR 2026

 

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TWISTED SISTER REGRESA A BRASIL!

¡En 2026, celebramos 50 años de rebelión y heavy rock con el Twisted Forever, Forever Twisted World Tour!

La banda que prendió fuego en todo el mundo y tocó su último show el 12 de noviembre de 2016 en México, ahora regresa a escribir un nuevo capítulo en la historia. Brasil fue elegido como el punto de partida de este viaje épico: el Bangers Open Air será el escenario del estreno mundial de esta celebración de medio siglo de carrera.

En asociación con Top Link Music y Paulo Baron (@toplinkmusic) — aliados de la banda desde su primera visita al país — Twisted Sister será los titulares y es cuestión de empezar aquí mismo, en gratitud a la audiencia brasileña que nunca dejó que el rock se apague.

Prepárate para una noche histórica: celebremos juntos los himnos que dieron forma a generaciones, como We're Not Gonna Take It, I Wanna Rock, The Price y muchos otros clásicos. ¡Cinco décadas después, Twisted Sister demuestra que todavía es más fuerte, más fuerte y lista para mostrar que el espíritu rebelde nunca muere!

MORE BANDS ANNOUNCED FOR BRUTAL ASSAULT 2026

 

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Drop the tune, put the bandana on and... boom! Big portion of core bands, exactly as we promised! We've already announced Body Count with Ice-T, but let's remind them! The Swedish Clawfinger, Ratos de Porao from Brazil, and American legends Terror and H20 (go!) must not escape your attention either. But you definitely shouldn’t overlook the other bands in our update pack: rising stars of Manchester crossover Guilt Trip, plus Paleface Swiss, who deserve their own category for the sheer brutality of their breakdowns, and the veterans of progressive metal, Protest the Hero.

So if you don't have a ticket yet... Let´s go directly to https://brutalassault.cz/en/tickets and tell us in the comments who you're most looking forward to!

BANGERS OPEN AIR CONFIRMA LINE-UP PARA EDICIÓN 2026

El Bangers Open Air ha confirmado nuevas bandas con lo cual el line-up de la edición de 2026 ha quedado completo. Las nuevas bandas confirmadas son:

IN FLAMES

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE

FEAR FACTORY

JINJER

EVERGREY

AMH

WINGER 

VIOLATOR

LUCIFER

SEVEN SPIRES

OVERDOSE

SMITH / KOTZEN

NEVERMORE

AMARANTHE

DIRKSCHNEIDER

COBRA SPELL

PARADISE IN FLAMES

and more...

More info in: https://bangersopenair.com/

BODY COUNT CONFIRMED FOR BRUTAL ASSAULT 2026

 

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Get your body bags ready — the legendary American outfit BODY COUNT is coming to Josefov !!!!!! The band founded in 1990 by rapper Ice-T and guitarist Ernie C will perform in the Josefov fortress for the very first time, and it will be their only summer show in Central and Eastern Europe.

And that’s not all! If that’s still not enough for you, don’t worry — on Tuesday you can look forward to another batch of bands, this time from the HC / CORE ranks. So be ready at 10:00.

More info on: https://brutalassault.cz/

WITCHER RELEASE "ÖRÖKLÉT"

 

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WITCHER – ӦRӦKLÉT

LABEL: FILOSOFEM RECORDS

RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER 2025

All that we were may have faded from the concrete streets, choked in smoke, our identity fractured and fragmented by the onslaught of modernity…but far from the boxes that enclose us and the algorithms that dictate our desires and direct our thoughts, beneath the trees, on the mountain tops, in the arms of the undying winds that traversed the world when the old gods walked, in the light of the moon and the dark of the shadows…we are eternal.

WitcheR emerged, as if from the pages of Hungarian folklore, back in 2010 and have since crafted an array of bewitching music, steeped in the history and mythology of their homeland. 2022s Lélekharang was a pivotal moment in the band’s career, lifting WitcheR to a new level creatively and it was followed by the remarkable 2024 EP of classical music adaptations entitled Boszorkányszimfóniák. Now it is time to unveil the next chapter in the tale of WitcheR – Ӧröklét…

“This record is not merely music — it is a gateway. Whoever crosses it will never be the same again. It is a moment of realization, when one understands that everything fades… and yet, everything remains eternal.” – WitcheR

Ӧröklét begins with the rich, haunting keys and powerful, mid-paced riffs of ‘Ӧrökség’ (Heritage) and with its air of majesty, melancholy and reflection, entwined in mystery and moonlight, it seems steeped in the very essence of all that word implies. Listening to WitcheR is like slipping into a dream and that has never been more true than with Ӧröklét. ‘Szélhozó’ (Windbringer) overflows with a spellbinding romanticism and the dual vocals of Gere Karola and Neubauer Roland – rather than dominating the music – slip between its textured layers like dryad spirits between the trees. This is WitcheR at their most beautiful and evocative. ‘Röghöz kötött’ (Soil-bound) and stately title track ‘Ӧröklét’ (Eternity) both move with the measured steps of medieval dances, courtly and chivalric. They draw out vast depths of emotion, in such contrast to the shallowness of modern society. With its weight, value and artistic worth WitcheR create music that stands outside of time. The album concludes with a reworking of Franz Schubert’s ‘Piano Trio No. 2 - Andante con moto’, which shows the gift that WitcheR have for interpreting classical pieces with respect for and understanding of the original music, whilst still transforming these masterful compositions into something entirely WitcheR in character. Something that could be crass in the hands of another band becomes breathtaking through the application of WitcheR’s subtle sorcery. With Ӧröklét, WitcheR have continued down their characterful path of atmospheric dark metal, becoming ever more unique and moving further beyond imitation; a precious and irreplaceable jewel in the world of imaginative, passionate music.

Adorned in the enthralling sepia toned imagery of Balázs Pénzes of Grafit & Hamu Artworks (Korp, Vrag, Siculicidium etc), who also provided the visual elements for Lélekharang and Boszorkányszimfóniák, the digital, cassette and CD versions of Ӧröklét were released by Filosofem Records on November 4th and the vinyl edition will follow, from Beverina Productions, coming late November. Let your eyes close and feel the world slip away as WitcheR lead you down forest paths, past lakes of crystal waters to a place where magic is in the air and reality is all that it is meant to be.

Line-up:

Gere Karola – Synths/Vocals

Neubauer Roland – Guitars/Drums/Vocals

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal

For fans of: Summoning | Avrigus | Empyrium | Eldamar

Further Information:

https://www.facebook.com/witcherband

https://www.facebook.com/filosofemrecords

https://witcherband.bandcamp.com/

NEMOROUS RELEASE NEW TRACK "QUIESCENCE"

 

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New album - What Remains When Hope Has Failed - out November 21 on Bindrune Recordings

England-based atmospheric black metal band NEMOROUS has shared the first single off their upcoming full-length, What Remains When Hope Has Failed.

Stream "Quiescence" now at https://youtu.be/ct8FHWs6By4?si=pkp_teYku5k3lD_O

The wait for the full-length follow-up to the promising debut EP from England's NEMOROUS is nearly over! Four years after the self-titled, the band has finally returned with a six-track atmospheric black metal experience titled What Remains When Hope Has Failed. Bindrune Records will release the album on CD, vinyl and digital formats on December 19.

Pre-order What Remains When Hope Has Failed at shop.bindrunerecordings.com and bindrunerecordings.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:

1) The Wyrm at World's End

2) This Rotten Bough

3) Sky Avalanche

4) Quiescence

5) Bereft Part 2

6) What Remains When Hope Has Failed

Formed from the ashes of Wodensthrone, NEMOROUS carry the torch of atmospheric English black influenced metal proudly, but it’s not the main driving force behind them. The vision is far more expansive and eclectic. With their debut self-titled EP, they have proven that the twisting melodies and fog-like aura they create with their sound indeed harkens back to their past musical conquests, yet progression is a core tenet as it walks hand in hand with rich melodies and a fierce sense of aggressive tradition. 

What Remains When Hope Has Failed is four years in the making and finds the band emerging victorious from a line-up change, where Chris Walsh (Vocals/Guitars) was replaced by Nick Craggs (Vocals - Vacivus/Neolithic) and Rob Hindmarsh on second guitar. Now as sextet, the band dove into the music for their first full-length reinvigorated, and it shows in the album’s composition.

What Remains When Hope Has Failed is a dynamic and emotional journey where quiet musical passages draw the listener in with vulnerability and beautiful, clean guitar arrangements that feel like Fields of the Nephilim at their most post-apocalyptic, only to build with reflective, melancholic mids, before exploding with blasting ferocity. From subtle, yet expansive synth textures, complex drum work that never loses grasp on a powerful feel/swing, it all strengthens the overall impact of this album with colorful dynamics and a songwriting characteristic which can certainly be traced back to the early days of Wodensthrone. 

NEMOROUS is:

Phil Heckles - Bass   

Ian Finley - Drums 

Michael Blenkarn - Guitars 

Alexandra Durning - Keyboards 

Rob Hindmarsh - Guitars 

Nick Craggs - Vocals

www.facebook.com/NemorousUK

www.instagram.com/nemorousuk

bindrunerecordings.bandcamp.com

www.instagram.com/bindrune_recordings

www.youtube.com/c/BindruneRecordings/videos

www.facebook.com/bindrunerecordings

MORBONOCT RELEASE NEW SINGLE: "COLD WIND"

 

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Morbonoct, as a studio project, started in 2021. The line-up includes Alexander Medvedev, who is responsible for all the instruments. In mid-2023, new vocalist&lyricist David Welnicki joined the project. The main idea of the project was the space theme, which is also reflected in the sound and accompaniment of dense atmospheric canvases in the background. So far, project released four full length albums: "Anmet" (2021), "Chorna bezodnya" (2022), "Galactic Gloom" (2023) and "The Highest Purpose" (2024). Now, it's time for fifth album!

"We would like to introduce you to our new style of cosmic black metal, let the ambience take you over".

Music for new album was recorded, mixed and mastered in Szczecin (Poland) by Alexander Medvediev. Cover artwork was done also by the leader of the project, Alexander. New album titled "No One Knows We’re Dying" will be released digitally on December 12, 2025.

Alexander comments upcoming album: "No One Knows We’re Dying traces the inevitable cycles of life — from the beauty of creation to the weight of existence, and finally, to a cold, inevitable silence. The project embraces raw authenticity, with the mix and master intentionally restrained to preserve the natural texture of the vocals. Minimal post-processing allows every imperfection to speak truthfully, amplifying the emotional resonance of the performance. The instrumental foundation forms a cohesive narrative that evokes deep melancholy and a quiet sense of hopelessness, guiding the listener through a hauntingly introspective experience".

SINGLE PREMIERE!

Listen to the "Cold Wind" song at Black Metal Promotion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8A8oz3aYJg

MORBONOCT cold wind official track black metal promotion

TRACKLIST:

01. The Creation

02. Lost

03. Cold Wind

04. Drifting Away

05. No One Knows, We're Dying

LINEUP:

Aleksandr Medvediev - music, production, cover artwork

Dawid Wełnicki - vocal, lyrics

BAND SOCIAL MEDIA

Bandcamp | https://morbonoct.bandcamp.com/music

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/morbonoct/

TikTok   https://www.tiktok.com/@morbonoct3

PRIMAL SCOURGE RELEASE "END OF EDEN"

 

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OUT NOW - Knoxville Death Metal Duo Primal Scourge Unleash Apocalyptic Debut Full-Length ‘End of Eden’ via Iron Fortress Records

As the seventh seal is opened, Knoxville’s death metal force, Primal Scourge, summon ‘End of Eden’, the apocalyptic soundtrack to a world in collapse, set out now via Iron Fortress Records on digital, CD, and cassette. 

Invoking a tempest of extremes, ‘End of Eden’ opens a portal to a damned land, where frenzied tremolo-picked riffs and savage blast beats collide with colossal mid-tempo passages that heave forward like a doomsday engine driven by thundering double-kick.

Formed by lifelong collaborators Austin Asmus (guitar, bass, vocals) and Rio Mariucci (drums, vocals), Primal Scourge rose from years of shared musical history, reuniting in Knoxville to create death metal that feels as massive and inescapable as a collapsing star.

‘End of Eden’ was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Dalton Skinner at Anchor Sound, with artwork by Adam Burke (@nightjarillustration), logo by @casketnap, and photography by Jenna Detiveaux.

Tracklist:

Abyssal Imprisonment

Morbid Gestation

Necromantic Plague

Visceral Crown

Isolated Descension

Breath and Bone

Altars of Eclipse

Cavalry of the Damned

Graveborn

Stream ‘End of Eden’ HERE.

Order ‘End of Eden’ via Iron Fortress Records HERE.

https://www.instagram.com/primal_scourge

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5FVJKLc7Xn1lRZBIqgxPhN