Death metal outfit Vomit Forth released their new EP ‘In The Name Of The Father’ via Pure Noise Records and shared a video for the track ‘Born King’!
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Misery Index returned to Season of Mist for the release of their upcoming new music! Catch them on their “An Epitaph for Endtimes Eu + UK Summer tour 2026” with both headline shows and festival appearances!
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Ukrainian symphonic death metal project Ersedu announced their ‘GORE’ EP to be out on May 19, the first chapter of a planned series dedicated to colors, starting with red on this release!
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US brutal death metal force Embryonic Autopsy strike with full force through their new single and video ‘Feasting Upon The Rotted Uterus’, a first taste of their upcoming album ‘Rise Of The Mutated’, out in June via Massacre Records!
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Death metal legends Deicide are gearing up to unleash their brutality across Europe this summer with festival appearances at events like Brutal Assault, Alcatraz and Summer Breeze!
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Icelandic Sátan Festival has announced the final line-up for their 2026 edition with not only Icelandic rock legends Sólstafir at the top of the bill, but also acts like The Haunted, Hamferð, Múr, Aborted and many more!
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Finnish sludge metallers Earthblood unleashed their latest new single ‘Hatchet in Hand’, out now everywhere!
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Finnish deathgrind band Cumbeast unveiled the new video for ‘Spermafrost’, the closing track of their upcoming album ‘Fairytales Of Filth’, out next month!
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Belgian death metal band Carnation returns to their roots with crushing new single ‘Kingdom Of Dreams’, a taste of what is to come with their upcoming album ‘Symphony in Flesh’, set for release in October!
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Finnish death-grind provocateurs Sewer Altar are releasing their debut full-length ‘Fever Dreams of Veneance’ this Friday and earlier unveiled another single with ‘Cryonaut Sludge’!
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Lithuanian death metal act Crypts of Despair achieves a staggering sense of modern technical death metal and showcase an energetic and brutal amalgamation on their third album ‘We Belong In the Grave’. Out via Transcending Obscurity Records.
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The Swedish old school death metal powerhouse LIK imbibe from the rotten sound of bands like Entombed and Dismember. The fourth studio album “Necro” features many headbanging riffs, no fillers and high quality throughout, out via Metal Blade Records tomorrow, April 18th.
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British old-school death metal formation Benediction delivers gritty and sinister aggression on their ninth studio album “Ravage of Empires”. Out via Nuclear Blast this Friday April 4th.
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Corpus Offal’s self-titled debut offers a flashback to the late ’80s and early ’90s death grind, enter the sonic morgue of gruesome experimentation and horror. Out via 20 Buck Spin since last week Friday, March 21st.
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Spain’s legendary death metal band Unbounded Terror return to embrace its cult identity, their fourth album “Something Is Rotten in Humanity” offers otherworldly melodies and solid brutality. Out via Xtreem Music next week on April 1st.
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The Hungarian duo Rothadàs deliver a crushing monstrosity of cavernous death-doom metal on the sophomore “Töviskert… a kísértés örök érzete… lidércharang”. Out via Pulverised Records and Me Saco un Ojo Records since yesterday, March 21st!
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Philadelphia’s death metal four-piece Pissgrave offers another sick and brutal record for fans of proper extreme metal. The third studio album “Malignant Worthlessness” completes the trilogy that began in 2015 and is out via Profound Lore Records.
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UK based death metal five-piece Vacuous returns with their sophomore release “In His Blood”, offering a brutal slab of death metal with hints of post-punk and other influences. Undoubtedly one of the strongest releases of 2025, out via Relapse Records!
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Long-running Spanish death metal band Avulsed returns with the eighth studio album “Phoenix Cryptobiosis”. With its absolute decay and cadaverous death metal madness, it’s highly recommended for fans of early Cannibal Corpse and Six Feet Under, out via Xtreem Music.
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Denmark’s death metal band Maceration returns with the third studio album “Serpent Devourment”, a rotten death metal record that will entice fans of Entombed and was released with Emanzipation Productions.
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With less than 2 weeks to go, we put together 10 reasons why we think you should consider to still get yourself a ticket for Alcatraz 2023 and join in with the fun!
The first Tuska 2023 day is here! In a handful of hours the gates will open and 3 days of heavy music will begin! Besides the headliners and some big names, we’ve picked out about 10 bands and artists we believe you should give a shot while you’re at Tuska this weekend with Vended, Kouta, Foreseen and Miseria Ultima today, A.A. Williams, Orbit Culture, Dirt and Nakkeknækker tomorrow, and Vermilia and URNE on Sunday!
If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 10 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you with #Horizon23, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival and Flow Festival!
Steelfest manages to impress with their line-up and organization every single year, and this year is no different, even after some recent setbacks! We’re amazed with the line-up that celebrates everything that is underground and extreme yet again, and that’s only a part of the reasons why you should still try to make it to the fest this weekend!
As the festival summer is quickly approaching, May sees many great releases yet again. Our team of writers put together a nice selection of those they are looking forward to the most this month with Deathstars, Cattle Decapitation, Veil Of Maya, The Dark Side Of The Moon, Ghost, Thulcandra, Frozen Soul, Sleep Token, Henget, Vomitory, Immortal, Kalmah and Legion Of The Damned!
with a killer line-up featuring stellar acts from the underground with Satanic Warmaster, Ævangelist, Archgoat, Trollheims Grott, Heretic, Blood Chalice, Aesthus, Flame, Malicious, Medico Peste, Mörk Gryning and Avslut to celebrate their 10th anniversary!
February has some great releases again, and we’re looking forward to albums from artists like Memoriam, In Flames, Paramore, dEUS, Mordkaul, Ulthar, Avatar, The Abbey, Insomnium, Host, Gorillaz and Heidevolk!
As usual, Mazen’s top albums are a mix of death metal, black metal and a touch of doom metal, heralding everything that is underground and extreme with bands like Phobophilic, Autopsy, Stormruler, Watain, Shape of Despair, Ars Hmu, Sedimentum, Chaotian, Trolldom and Immolation!
2023 starts off with quite the bang with new releases from VV, Anti-Flag, Imperium Dekadenz, Turmion Kätilöt, Katatonia, Kiberspassk, …and Oceans, Obituary, Suasion, Dropout Kings and Vėlių Namai!
Steelchaos is back! If that is not reason enough to get yourself a ticket still, here are 5 reasons why you should still consider to go this weekend, including the exclusive Finland “Black Metal” 40 years anniversary show of Venom Inc.!
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