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HATE – Unleashes Bellum Regiis Title Track | Full-Length To Drop May 2nd On Metal Blade Records

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on April 23, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Mariusz Kowal 

Slavic black/death metal titans HATE are pleased to unleash the title track of their forthcoming new full-length, Bellum Regiis, set to drop on May 2nd on Metal Blade Records.

With a dozen ferocious and lauded albums since 1996’s Daemon Qui Fecit Terra, HATE’s lucky thirteenth album, Bellum Regiis, finds the unrelenting Polish quartet forging a bolder and more aggressive style than ever. Bellum Regiis’ nine songs see vocalist/guitarist ATF Sinner, guitarist Domin, drummer Nar-Sil, and bassist Tiermes honing a modern sound rife with eerie atmosphere and depth.

Produced by David Castillo (Candlemass, Carcass, Dark Tranquillity, Katatonia) at Stockholm’s Grondahl Studio, Bellum Regiis is lyrically a more “humanity focused and personal” album than 2021’s Rugia while its songs are timely aural and visual exploration of, according to the vocalist, “a struggle for power and everything that comes with it.”

Bellum Regiis roughly translates to “A War of Royalty” or “A War of Kings” and the title track encompasses the LP’s leitmotif. “As a song, ‘Bellum Regiis’ has both a deep melancholy and a sense of grandeur,” notes the frontman. “The vocals laid down by Eliza Sacharczuk [a renowned singer and voice teacher who runs a holistic arts center in Bialystok] give the song a strong sense of time. Whether that’s nostalgia, reminiscence, regret, or preparation for the future is in the eye of the beholder. These wars, these struggles, have been ongoing since the dawn of our existence. Whether they are futile or not, they are scars on our very nature. ‘Bellum Regiis’ represents the whole album in the best way possible.”

Stream HATE’s “Bellum Regiis” HERE.

Watch HATE’s previously released video for “Iphigenia” HERE.

Bellum Regiis will be released on CD and digital formats as well as LP in the following color variants: 

180g Black
Grey Marble
Silver Blackdust (Ltd. 300)
Gold Blackdust (Ltd. 200)
Black/White Splatter (US Excluside Ltd. 350)

Find preorders at: metalblade.com/hate. 

Fans may notice some commonality between Erebos and Bellum Regiis in the character of the compositions and overall sound, with Bellum Regiis being richer in style and with more black-metal elements to it. “Between female vocals, orchestration, samples, acoustic guitars, there are a lot of moving pieces that help set this album apart,” says Sinner. “My vocals have also changed quite a bit over the years. They’re more nuanced and wider-ranging, able to portray emotions and meanings in a more powerful way.”

HATE will join Venom Inc. and Krisiun for a European tour later this week. In October, the band will support Vltimas on a Latin American tour followed by a short run of headlining shows through Poland in November. See all confirmed dates below. 

HATE w/ Venom Inc., Krisiun, Ater:
4/23/2025 Cafe Central – Weinheim, DE
4/24/2025 DVG – Kortrijk, BE
4/25/2025 The Bread Shed – Manchester, UK
4/26/2025 Lost Lane – Dublin, IE
4/27/2025 The Fleece – Bristol, UK
4/28/2025 229 – London, UK
4/29/2025 Effenaar – Eindhoven, NL
4/30/2025 Paard – The Hague, NL
5/01/2025 Iduna – Drachten, NL
5/02/2025 Kulturpalast – Hamburg, DE
5/03/2025 Forum – Trier, DE
5/04/2025 Backstage – München, DE
5/05/2025 Rock Café – Prague, CZ
5/06/25/25 Orwo Haus – Berlin, DE
5/07/2025 Progresja – Warszawa, PL
5/08/2025 Kwadrat – Krakow, PL
5/09/2025 Barba Negra – Budapest, HU
5/10/2025 Boogaloo – Zagreb, HR
5/11/2025 DK ZSR – Zvolen, SK
5/12/2025 Form Space – Cluj, RO
5/13/2025 Quantic – Bucharest, RO
5/14/2025 Joy Station – Sofia, BG
5/15/2025 Principal – Thessaloniki, GR
5/16/2025 Gagarin – Athens, GR
5/17/2025 MKC – Skopje, MK
End Tour

8/22/2025 Kaltenbach Open Air – Spital Am Semmering, AT

9/07/2025 Break Out Open Air @ Ferienland Crispendorf – Schleiz, DE

9/20/2025 River Stone Festival – Rio De Moinhos – Penafiel, PT

w/ Vltimas:
10/02/2025 Fabrique Club – São Paulo, BR
10/03/2025 Mister Rock – Belo Horizonte, BR
10/04/2025 Teatro Cariola – Santiago, CL
10/05/2025 Miami Receptions – Quito, EC
10/08/2025 Peppers Club – San Jose, CR
10/09/2025 The Yard – San Pedro Sula, HN
10/10/2025 Ace Of Spades – Bogota, CO
10/11/2025 Circo Volador – Mexico, MX

w/ Hostia, Goscie:
11/14/2025 Kosmos – Szczecin, PL
11/15/2025 2 Progi – Poznan, PL
11/16/2025 Zaklete Rewiry – Wroclaw, PL
11/21/2025 Podworko Art – Gdynia, PL
11/22/2025 Klub Odessa – Warszawa, PL
11/23/2025 Hype Park – Kraków, PL

https://www.facebook.com/HATEOFFICIAL

https://www.metalblade.com

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UNDECAYED – Swedish Death Metallers Share “The World Shall Know Only Death” Single | In Death’s Image Debut Album Out In May

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, death metal music, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on April 21, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Stream  “The World Shall Know Only Death” HERE.

Swedish death metal juggernaut UNDECAYED have just unleashed their crushing new single, “The World Shall Know Only Death”, taken from their upcoming debut album In Death’s Image, due out May 21st, 2025 via Lethal Scissor Records.

True to the band’s vision, the track displays a raw, punishing style rooted in the brutal legacy of ’90s American death metal. With pummeling intensity that echoes Suffocation and Deicide, and a savage edge reminiscent of early Sinister and Severe Torture, “The World Shall Know Only Death” offers a relentless glimpse into the sonic carnage that awaits.

All music composed by Mikael Bergman.
All lyrics written by Tony Richter.
Cover artwork by renowned artist Jon Zig.

Line-up:

Tony Richter – vocals
Mikael Bergman – guitars
Christoffer Svensson – bass
Jesper Leidbring – drums

UNDECAYED:

https://undecayedband.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/undecayed

Lethal Scissor Records:

https://lethalscissor.bandcamp.com/

https://www.lethalscissor.com/

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RECORRUPTOR – Michigan Death Metal Crew Signs To Time To Kill Records

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on April 21, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Time To Kill Records is proud to announce the signing of Michigan based death metal force RECORRUPTOR for the release of their upcoming third album, Sorrow Will Drown Us All.

The band has poured relentless dedication into crafting this new chapter; a true masterclass in modern, riff-driven death metal. Balancing sharp technical precision with raw, unyielding power, the record delivers songs that are both intricately structured and fiercely direct, avoiding excess in favor of impact.

With Sorrow Will Drown Us All, RECORRUPTOR prove once again that their vision of extreme music is as focused as it is ferocious. More details on the album will be revealed soon. Stay tuned.

Biography:

Born from a relentless need for speed and a commitment to preserving pure, unfiltered riff-driven death metal, RECORRUPTOR has carved out a name for themselves through explosive live performances and unflinching intensity. Since their formation in 2016, the Michigan based band has released two full-length albums, Bloodmoon (2017) and The Funeral Corridor (2020), both of which paved the way for extensive regional touring and support slots alongside genre titans such as: Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, Suffocation, Morbid Angel, and Cattle Decapitation.

Refining their sound with each release, RECORRUPTOR entered the studio in 2023 to record what stands as their most focused and ferocious effort to date: Sorrow Will Drown Us All. A culmination of years spent sharpening their craft, the new album captures the band at their most precise, punishing, and unapologetically extreme.

Line-up:

Clint A. Franklin – Vocals
Seth Earl – Guitar
Isaac Marier – Guitar
Alex Schmidt – Bass
Josh Moore – Drums

For fans of: Aborted, Cattle Decapitation, Suffocation, Carnifex

RECORRUPTOR:

https://recorruptor.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/recorruptorofficial/

https://www.facebook.com/Recorruptor

Time To Kill Records:

https://timetokillrecords.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/timetokillrecords/

https://timetokillrecords.com/

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Canada’s GRAVEMASS (ft. Members of Zimmers Hole, 3 Inches of Blood, Revocation) Unleashes A Feast of Darkness With New Video “Fallen”

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , , on April 19, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Photo Credit – Derek Carr
L-R – Destroyer of Souls – Drums – Bowels of Hell – Bass – Murderer of Colonizers – Guitar – Mayan Hate – Guitar – Lorde Heathen – Vocals

Constantly evolving to explore the darkness and brutality, Canada’s newest black / death metal demons GraveMass (ft. members from Zimmers Hole, The Golers, Punch Drunk, 3 Inches of Blood, Revocation), are unshackling their next single and video “Fallen”. The track is a journey into the darker truth of fallen angels and the embodiment of that sinister truth.

Aggressive, brutal, and driving, the song will be featured on GraveMass‘ forthcoming debut album for release later this year. The full-length is written by Mayan Hate, with lyrics by Lorde Heathen, and promises to be a masterclass in extreme death metal, capturing the true spirit of Canadian black metal.

GraveMass comments on this next preview of their debut full-length:

“The fans are hungry for new material, and this one is a feast. We bring the listener into our world, our experience, our message. A fresh slab of darkness. The soundtrack for the madness that is the current human condition. Enjoy this journey into the unrelenting brutality that is Gravemass.”

Watch and listen to “Fallen” at https://youtu.be/OQ4ws87xOJs

Spotify – https://spoti.fi/4inBmVd

Emerging from the depths of the Canadian West Coast metal scene, GraveMass is set to redefine extreme death metal and black metal with their fierce and unrelenting sound. Embodying the essence of sonic brutality with their sinister riffs, bone-crushing rhythms, and unholy vocals.

Drawing inspiration from legends like Slayer, Venom, Morbid Angel, Watain, and Napalm Death, GraveMass is a relentless onslaught of evil, guaranteed to leave a lasting impact on any listener. With decades of experience between its members, they have united to create a sound that is both devastating and true to the roots of black metal.

Prepare yourself for the extreme sonic assault of GraveMass. This is just the beginning.

Previous Singles:

Music Video – “Spitting Hell” –https://youtu.be/r477FZl1VFo​

Music Video – “Slave to Pain” – https://youtu.be/9cW-Rk9koq0​

Digital singles available at https://gravemass.bandcamp.com/

More info: Gravemass.com | Facebook.com/people/Grave-Mass/61556695854887/ | Instagram.com/gravemass1

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BEAR MACE Unleashes Bone-Chilling New Single “The Iceman Cometh”

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, death metal music, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on April 17, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Watch “The Iceman Cometh” Here: https://youtu.be/rSIiyIwYx5s

Chicago’s death metal juggernaut BEAR MACE has released their latest single, “The Iceman Cometh,” along with an intense new official music video, taken from their crushing new album Slaves of the Wolf. The track and video dive headfirst into the cold-blooded legacy of infamous contract killer Richard Kuklinski, also known as “The Iceman.”

“This one is about Richard Kuklinski, the infamous ‘Iceman’ who was purported to have killed over 200 people,” says vocalist Chris Scearce. “Every method of killing described in the lyrics are ways that he actually disposed of his victims.”

Visually dark and visceral, the video amplifies the song’s chilling subject matter with disturbing imagery and a relentless performance from BEAR MACE.

“A lot of SLAYER influence here, especially the guitar solo tradeoff,” adds guitarist MARK SUGAR. “The secret ingredient in writing ‘old school death metal’ is listening to the bands that inspired death metal originally.”

With unrelenting riffs, guttural ferocity, and a raw narrative edge, “The Iceman Cometh” is a standout track and the video captures the band’s signature blend of historical horror and musical extremity in full force.

This release is a formidable precursor to Slaves Of The Wolf, scheduled for full release on June 6, 2025, and available for pre-order HERE.

Slaves Of The Wolf  – Track-list:

  1. “Slaves of the Wolf” – 4:21
  2. “Worthless Lives” – 4:06
  3. “Drown Them In Their Blood” – 4:31
  4. “The Iceman Cometh” – 2:59
  5. “Captured And Consumed” – 4:36
  6. “Heretics Burn” – 4:45
  7. “Prophecy” – 4:03
  8. “Cancerous Winds” – 4:37 

BEAR MACE:

  • Chris Scearce – Vocals
  • Mark Sugar – Guitar
  • Garry Naples – Drums
  • John Porada – Bass
  • Tommy Bellino – Guitar

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DIABOLIZER – Unleashes New Album: Murderous Revelations

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, death metal music, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on April 17, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Formed in 2012, Turkey’s DIABOLIZER has remained a consistent force in the underground. Now back with their second full-length album, Dark Descent Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records proudly present Murderous Revelations.

Get the album now at:

darkdescentrecords.com/shop

darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com

mesacounojo.com/shop

Stream Murderous Revelationson Spotify and Apple Music.

Savage riffing and blasting drums with gargantuan vocals drop us into the fiery abysses of the album without warning. DIABOLIZER does not intend to ease you in, preferring to throw everything they have at you, which is a forceful and crushing maelstrom of true Death Metal magnificence.

Contorting riffs and malignant rhythmic battery ensue with a vengeful blend of ideas conveyed superbly by a titanic production, ensuring every element of brutality can be felt through the entire body. From the frantic aggression of the instruments to the savagery displayed in the vocals, everything about DIABOLIZER feels like a strong continuation from their supreme debut album in 2021, which already saw them establish a loyal following.

DIABOLIZER:
Malik – Bass
Aberrant – Drums
Mustafa – Guitars
Abomination – Vocals
Can – Guitars

The demonic atmosphere of the record is impressive enough, but there is just the right amount of technicality to show how skilled these musicians are without straying far from pulverizing us with utter malice. The solos, for example, are played gloriously while remaining short in most cases so as not to interrupt the grave-splitting onslaught of pure old school morbidity.

Enormous variety in the riffing, drums and vocals alike ensures all forty minutes of this record are impactful, intense and insanely well executed. The return of DIABOLIZER is an essential moment in 2025’s Death Metal calendar, do not miss it!

facebook.com/diabolizer

instagram.com/diabolizer

www.darkdescentrecords.com

darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com

Source: ClawHammer PR

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ANCIENT DEATH – Ego Dissolution Debut LP From Massachusetts Cosmic Death Metal Quartet Now Streaming | Album Out Friday On Profound Lore Records

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, death metal music, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on April 16, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

photos by Patrick Pucillo

Stream ANCIENT DEATH’s Ego Dissolution HERE.

Ego Dissolution, the acclaimed debut album from Massachusetts-based cosmic death metal quartet ANCIENT DEATH, is now streaming in its consuming entirety, ahead of its release this Friday on Profound Lore Records.

Blending progressive and technical death metal with cosmic and lush atmospheres, ANCIENT DEATH creates a unique soundscape of introspection and growth. The band was formed in the summer of 2019 by bassist/vocalist Jasmine Alexander, guitarist Ray Brouwer (Matriphagy), and guitarist/vocalist Jerry Witunsky (Atheist), soon followed by drummer Derek Malone Moniz (Cruciamentum, Churchburn). Through their Sacred Vessel EP in 2022, the single “Glowing Auras” in 2023 (a split with Putridarium), and their Demo 2024 releases, the band has continued to expand and push the envelope of honesty and vulnerability.

Experience the death metal supernova of ANCIENT DEATH’s Ego Dissolution early only on YouTube RIGHT HERE.

Now, ANCIENT DEATH’s debut full-length album Ego Dissolution arrives, showcasing the band at their most fierce and creative thus far, further expanding on the atmospheres and mindfulness of their inner and outer worlds. 

Ego Dissolution was recorded and mixed by Seth Manchester at Machines With Magnets (The Body, Lightning Bolt, Full Of Hell), mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound (Leviathan, Krieg, Cruciamentum), and features cover art by Maegan LeMay (Morbosidad, Cirith Ungol, Iron Hand Tattoo).

The band states, “Ego Dissolution deals with the loss of oneself from positive and negative experiences. Our hope is to spread awareness of the connectivity between one another, embracing your individuality, and to let others know they aren’t alone.”

Ego Dissolution will arrive on LP, CD, and digital services this Friday, April 18th. Preorders for all formats and merch are live through Profound Lore HERE.

Following their release show for Ego Dissolution supporting Vastum and Goetia, ANCIENT DEATH is booking additional live dates in support of the album, including a mid-Summer tour and more to be announced shortly.

ANCIENT DEATH Live:

7/18/2025 Alchemy – Providence, RI w/ Witch King, Infernal Occult, Cemetery Moon

https://ancientdeath.bandcamp.com

https://www.instagram.com/ancientdeathofficial

https://profoundlorerecords.com

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GRUESOME – New Studio Album Silent Echoes Releasing On June 6th, via Relapse Records

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , on April 15, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

From GRUESOME bandsintown:

SILENT ECHOES – Out June 6, 2025 on LP/CD/CS/Digital
https://www.relapse.com/pages/gruesome-silent-echoes

Celebrating over a decade as the finest purveyors of old-school Death Metal inspired by the legendary Chuck Schuldiner and the many iterations of Death, the new album sees GRUESOME transition away from the no-frills riff-fests heard on their Savage Land and Twisted Prayers LPs, and shift towards a more musically advanced, nuanced form of extremity.

Silent Echoes is the quartet’s true “put up or shut-up” moment for one simple reason: It was written and recorded in the spirit of DEATH’s 1991 progressive death metal masterpiece, Human.

Dedicated to the memory of Sean Reinert and Chuck Schuldiner

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CRYPTOPSY – Announces New Studio Album & Music Video | Release Date, Track List & Album Artwork

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on April 15, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

From Cryptopsy Facebook:

NEW MUSIC VIDEO / ALBUM RELEASE DATE

We are excited to announce that our new album “An Insatiable Violence” will be released on June 20th via Season of Mist. Today, we release the 1st single from the album, “Until There’s Nothing Left”.

An Insatiable Violence track list:
1 – The Nimis Adoriation
2 – Until There’s Nothing Left
3 – Dead Eyes Replete
4 – Fools Last Aclaim
5 – The Art of Emptiness
6 – Our Great Deception
7 – Embrace the Nihility
8 – Malicious Needs

Artwork by: Martin Lacroix

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BENEDICTION “The Grotesque” / “Ashen Epitaph” [Picture Disc 7″ Single] – My New Purchase! Check It Out!

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on April 11, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

I bought this BENEDICTION The Grotesque / Ashen Epitaph [Picture Disc 7″ Single] this past week for $8.58 (including tax). Not a shabby price at all! I love the artwork on both sides.

I’ll admit, I did find this wonderful slab of vinyl goodness on Amazon at 2 in the morning. However, nine out of ten of my physical music purchases are from 2 of my local indie record stores: Omega Music and Catacomb Records.

Gotta dig that “Beer For All” tee the dude is wearing in the above artwork! I want that tee.

This 7” picture disc was released on February 21, 2025, via Metal Bastard Enterprises, under license from Nuclear Blast GMBH. It’s a limited edition and I have no info on the print run. These 2 songs were originally released on the five song The Grotesque / Ashen Epitaph EP from 1994 on Nuclear Blast Records.

BENEDICTION:

Peter Rew – Guitars
Darren Brookes – Guitars
Dave Ingram – Vocals
Nik Sampson – Bass
Giovanni Durst – Drums

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ATOLL’s Southern Sacrifice Tour Kicks Off This Friday

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , on April 10, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Extreme metal titans ATOLL are set to obliterate the South starting this Friday with their Southern Sacrifice Tour 2025, bringing their signature blend of slamming death metal, groove, and grindcore to a city near you. Touring in support of their latest album, Inhuman Implants, via Unique Leader Records,

ATOLL is primed to unleash chaos with their most brutal and unrelenting performances to date. Supported by DEMON KING (Artisan Era) of Nashville and RAT KING (Satanik Royalty Records) of Seatlle, this tour marks the first run with new drummer Mike Thomas, adding even more ferocity to an already devastating lineup.

The carnage kicks off in Fayetteville, AR, at Waystone Pizza this Friday, before ripping through Shreveport, Pensacola, New Orleans, Houston, Corpus Christi, Austin, San Antonio, and culminating in a Texas-sized finale at Reno’s Chop Shop in Dallas on April 20. Fans can expect a setlist stacked with pit-inducing slams, relentless brutality, and raw energy, drawing from their decade-long discography, including Prepuce (2022), Human Extract (2023), and Inhuman Implants (2024).

Tour Dates:

  • 4/11/25 – Fayetteville, AR – Waystone Pizza
  • 4/12/25 – Shreveport, LA – Bears
  • 4/13/25 – Pensacola, FL – The Handle Bar
  • 4/14/25 – New Orleans, LA – The Goat
  • 4/15/25 – Houston, TX – The Pub 529
  • 4/16/25 – Corpus Christi, TX – Boozers Rock Bar
  • 4/18/25 – Austin, TX – The 13th Floor
  • 4/19/25 – San Antonio, TX – Studio 210 Bar
  • 4/20/25 – Dallas, TX – Reno’s Chop Shop

Since forming in 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona, ATOLL has built a reputation as one of the most uncompromising forces in extreme metal, sharing the stage with giants like SKINLESS, GORGASM, and ABORTED, while decimating festivals like Full Terror Assault Open Air, Denver Death Fest, and Sonoran Slam Fest. Known for their conceptually driven themes of nuclear fallout, mutations, animal aggression, aliens, and crime, ATOLL continues to push boundaries with their unapologetic approach to sonic destruction.

Tickets and event details are available at Bandsintown, with direct links to each show on Facebook Events. Prepare for slam-infested devastation as ATOLL is bringing the heaviest tour of 2025 straight to your city. See you in the pit.

ATOLL:

Wade Taylor – Vocals
Cameron Broomfield – Bass
Spencer Ferguson – Guitar
Matt Markle – Guitar
Mike Thomas – Drums

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ALLEGAEON Unveils “Wake Circling Above” Video | The Ossuary Lens Full-Length Out Now On Metal Blade Records

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on April 7, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Stephanie Cabral

Technical death metal architects ALLEGAEON today unveil their new video for “Wake Circling Above.” The track comes off the band’s latest full-length, The Ossuary Lens, out now on Metal Blade Records.

Comments guitarist Michael Stancel on the track, “So, one day in our group chat, [vocalist] Ezra [Haynes] was like, ‘Michael, I want something slow and heavy,’ and I was like, ‘DONE.’ I used a lot of inspiration from bands like Dimmu Borgir and Septicflesh to try and build these massive orchestral sections that set the tone as well as some noisy ‘ear candy’ sounds to add more dimension. This is probably the most different song on the record but still has all the ALLEGAEON-isms you’d want.”

Watch ALLEGAEON’s “Wake Circling Above” video HERE.

Watch ALLEGAEON’s previously released video for “Driftwood” HEREand “The Swarm” HERE.

The Ossuary Lens is available now on CD (jewel case w/ 16-page booklet) and digital formats as well as LP in the following color variants: 

Ossuary Marbled (US)
Wine And Lust (US)
180g Black (EU)
Red Obsidian Marbled (EU)
Ossuary Crystal (EU – Ltd. 200)

Preview and purchase the record at: metalblade.com/allegaeon.

ALLEGAEON is wrapping up the final week of their North American coheadlining tour with Warbringer. The Vortex Of Violence Tour began on March 18th in San Diego, California and will conclude on April 12th in Los Angeles, California. Support is being provided by Skeletal Remains and Summoning The Lich. See all remaining dates below

ALLEGAEON w/ Warbringer, Skeletal Remains, Summoning The Lich [remaining dates]:

4/08/2025 El Corazon – Seattle, WA

4/09/2025 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC

4/10/2025 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR

4/11/2025 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA

4/12/2025 Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA

ALLEGAEON:
Greg Burgess – lead guitar
Michael Stancel – lead guitar
Jeff Saltzman – drums
Ezra Haynes – vocals
Brandon Michael – bass

https://www.metalblade.com

https://www.facebook.com/Allegaeon

https://www.instagram.com/allegaeonofficial

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U.S. Death Metallers OSSUARY To Release: Abhorrent Worship

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on April 4, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Album out May 23 on Me Saco Un Ojo Records / Darkness Shall Rise

The band is now streaming album opener “Volitional Entropy.” Listen now at: mesacounojo.bandcamp.com

You find yourself two thousand meters below the Earth’s surface surrounded by overwhelming darkness. Cold and wet, the path has collapsed behind you. You have nowhere to go, but still you scream. You scream, and scream, echoing into the darkness, dissolving your throat like acid. It’s no use. There’s no way out. You die here.

OSSUARY has made this cave for you.

Abhorrent Worship is a relentless, pummeling assault. Six tracks in 37 minutes of cacophonous, suffocating evil punctuated with distorted, droning atmospheres. Hissing and dripping wet with bile, vocals incant beneath monstrous searing, chugging guitars and thunderous, pounding drums & bass at a primordial pace executed with precision and finesse.

OSSUARY takes their time between releases, which shows, and once again, Abhorrent Worship is worth the wait. Once you press play, there’s no going back, accept your fate happily or not. You die here.

OSSUARY;
M – bass
N – drums
I – guitars/vocals

Me Saco Un Ojo Records will release the vinyl edition of Abhorrent Worship with Darkness Shall Rise handling CD and cassette treatment. 

Pre-order the album at: 

mesacounojo.com

mesacounojo.bandcamp.com/album/abhorrent-worship

darknessshallrise.de

Abhorrent Worship – tracklist:
1) Volitional Entropy
2) Inborn Scourge Unbound
3) Forsaken Offerings (To The Doomed Spirit)
4) Instinctual Prostration
5) The Undrownable Howl Of Evil
6) Barren Lamentation

Abhorrent Worship was mixed by Marcus at No Master’s Voice and mastered by Jack Control. Artwork by Morgan Sorensen (@see_machine). Stream more from OSSUARY on Spotify.

instagram.com/ossuary.death

facebook.com/mesacounojo

Source: ClawHammer PR

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KATAKLYSM – GOLIATH II Summer Europe 2025 | Dates, Cities & Venues Listed

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, melodic metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on March 31, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

From KATAKLYSM Facebook:

Mark your calendars! We’re thrilled to share a massive update with more festivals and exclusive shows across Europe. It’s going to be an incredible summer and we can’t wait to see as many of you as possible!

25.07.25 SI Tolmin -Tolminator Festival
26.07.25 AT Vienna – Metal Fields
29.07.25 DE Nürnberg – Hirsch
30.07.25 DE Stuttgart – Wizemann
31.07.25 DE Dortmund – Dortmund Deathfest *warm up
01.08.25 DE Rojtzschjora – Full Rewind Festival
02.08.25 RO Rasnov – Rockstad Extremefest
07.08.25 DE Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal
08.08.25 UK Derbyshire – Bloodstock Festival
09.08.25 CZ Jaromer – Brutal Assault Festival
10.08.25 DE Munich – Backstage
12.08.25 DE Karlsruhe – Substage
14.08.25 FR Carhaix – Motocultor Festival
15.08.25 CH Cudrefin – Rock the Lakes Festival
16.08.25 DE Sulingen – Reload Festival
17.08.25 NL Eindhoven – Dynamo Festival

Band & ticket info:

https://www.kataklysm.ca/

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CHIAROSCURO Release Self-Titled Debut EP

Posted in Death Metal, melodic death metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on March 31, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Chiaroscuro Out now on Unholy Anarchy Records

Melodic death band CHIAROSCURO has given release to their self-titled debut EP.  Chiaroscuro showcases this young, Baltimore-based band’s ability to weave complexity, melody, and extremity into a cohesive, immersive experience.

“Chiaroscuro is a converging point of careful study and artistic impulse, conducted through an interpretation of melodic extreme metal forms” -Cassiopeia, vocalist/lyricist

Chiaroscuro is now available on digital and limited-edition CD via Unholy Anarchy Records.

Order and stream the EP at:

unholyanarchyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chiaroscuro

Tracklisting:

  1. Sunbeat
  2. Hekatomb of Malevolence
  3. Unbridled Darkness
  4. A Song for Ghosts

The band is set to hit the road in support of the EP. Tour dates are as follows:

4/03 @ Bonk’s Bar – Philadelphia, PA (w/ Bastard Cross & Frog Myst)
4/04 @ Ralph’s Rock Diner – Worcester, MA (w/ Caregiver & The Outlourdes)
4/05 @ El Bunker Del Diablo – Queens, NY (Del Diablo Fest)
4/06 @ Quinnz Pinz – Middletown, NY (w/ Grave Heist & Ape Metro)
4/07 @ Wax Atlas – Baltimore, MD (w/ Fear Agent & Julia Set)

Vocalist/lyricist Cassiopeia and guitarist/songwriter Nick Temoshok met during their brief stint in a local Baltimore band. The two soon pulled away from that project in a vie for a firm establishment of their collective creative endeavors.

Thus came CHIAROSCURO, by way of a self-produced demo quietly released in 2024. A full live ensemble was arranged shortly thereafter, playing multiple shows in and around the Baltimore area.

CHIAROSCURO:
Cassiopeia: Vocals
Nick Temoshok: Guitars/songwriting
Adam Smith: Percussion
Ben Baris: Bass
Clay Baucom: live rhythm guitarist

Drums for Chiaroscuro were recorded at The Sludge Factory in Baltimore, MD, with vocal tracking done at Eternal Rapture Studio. The EP was produced by Wes Walker at Eternal Rapture Studio in Aberdeen, MD.

Art by George Cruikshank, of “The Drunkard’s Children” series, Plate VIII (1848) “The Maniac Father and the Convict Brother are Gone — The Poor Girl, Homeless, Friendless, Deserted, Destitute, and Gin Mad, Commits Self Murder.”

instagram.com/chiaroscurometal

facebook.com/chiaroscurometal

chiaroscurometal.bandcamp.com

Unholy Anarchy Records on Facebook

Source: ClawHammer PR

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Streaming Now! Canadian Progressive Death SYMBIOTIC GROWTH’s New Album: Beyond The Sleepless Aether

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on March 31, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Mixed and Mastered by Tom Maclean (Haken, Athemon, Brutta)

Canadian progressive blackened death unit Symbiotic Growth unleashes their sophomore album Beyond The Sleepless Aether, now available as of March 28th, 2025. Similar to the band’s predecessor, their 2020 self-titled full-length, Beyond The Sleepless Aether, is once again based in fiction and is lyrically conceptual, but dives more into thoughts and emotions of everyday life, and sometimes those thoughts are hard to deal with.

“I feel like this time around, the sound is a bit darker and experimental, with more synth-heavy sounds and a melancholy atmosphere. The lyrics were very loosely inspired by a dream I (Aaron) had about the multiverse theory intertwined with some of my challenges of dealing with a sense of being and why we are all here,” says Aaron Barriault (Vocals, Guitar, Bass)

Progressive, experimental, foreboding, and emotional, every song has its own identity and its place within the album’s story, taking its protagonist through the multiverse, placing him in places like dark wooded forests, wide open desert landscapes and the unending cosmos.

The full-length listening experience tackles strong topics of loneliness, a sense of being, self-hatred, and suicide. Some of these are blatant and easy to see, and others subtly, throughout the course of the album, lyrically and musically.

“I think the fans who have heard our previous album may be a bit surprised; the sound of this album is a bit different; it’s a little bit more experimental in its own way. Either way, we hope that fans enjoy what we’ve created. I feel like the listener may have feelings of uneasiness and wonder. An odd combination, but I feel like it’s fitting.”

Mixed and mastered by Tom Maclean (Twelve Tone Studio, Haken, Athemon, Brutta), “Beyond The Sleepless Aether”, features seven paryalzing sounds of technical metal created by the Sudbury, ON recording line up of Aaron Barriault (Vocals, Guitar, Bass), Devin Mcqueen (Vocals, Guitar), and Dan Favot (Drums)(ex-Wolven Ancestry, ex-Fractal Generator). The artwork was created by Erskine Designs and shows an entity standing at the foot of what the band likes to think of as Azathoth.

“The album doesn’t touch on any Lovecraftian mythos (maybe a bit in The Sleepless Void), but the lore behind Azathoth, that we are all in his dream and once he wakes everything will cease to be, is very fitting to the album lyrically,” adds Barriault.

Recommended for fans of Ne Oblivisacaris, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Cor Scorpii, and Gojira, Beyond The Sleepless Aether is available at the following links:

YouTube (Album Stream) – https://youtu.be/CSOzIaRlo6E

Bandcamp – https://symbioticgrowth.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-sleepless-aether-3

Spotify – https://spoti.fi/42m1Mlp

Track Listing:

  1. Of Painted Skies and Dancing Lights – 7:03
  2. Spires Of The Boundless Sunset – 7:28
  3. The Architect Of Annihilation – 10:57
  4. The Sleepless Void – 9:52
  5. Arid Trials and Barren Sands – 7:35
  6. Lost in Fractured Reveries – 8:44
  7. Trading Thoughts For Sleep – 10:02
    Album Length: 1:01:43

Album Band Line Up:
Aaron Barriault – Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Devin Mcqueen – Vocals, Guitar
Dan Favot – Drums

Live Band Line Up:
Aaron Barriault – Vocals, Guitar
Dan Favot – Drums

Album Credits:
Mixed and Mastered By Tom Maclean of Twelve Tone Studio
Album Art by Erskine Designs

For more info: 

Facebook.com/SymbioticGrowth 

Instagram.com/symbioticgrowth

Source: ASHER MEDIA RELATIONS

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DECAPITATED – Infernal Bloodshed Over Europe 2025 | With CRYPTOPSY, WARBRINGER & CARNATION | Dates, Cities & Venues Listed

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , on March 30, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

DECAPITATED – Infernal Bloodshed Over Europe 2025

Tickets: https://lnk.to/INFERNALBLOODSHED2025

  • 03.05.25 🇬🇧 London @ Incineration Festival
  • 04.05.25 🇬🇧 Exeter @ Phoenix
  • 05.05.25 🇬🇧 Birmingham @ Asylum
  • 06.05.25 🇬🇧 Newcastle @ Anarchy Brewery
  • 07.05.25 🇬🇧 Glasgow @ Slay
  • 08.05.25 🇬🇧 Manchester @ Academy 2
  • 09.05.25 🇬🇧 Swansea @ Sin City
  • 10.05.25 🇬🇧 Nottingham @ Rescue Rooms
  • 11.05.25 🇬🇧 Norwich @ The Waterfront
  • 13.05.25 🇫🇷 Lille @ The Black Lab
  • 14.05.25 🇳🇱 Enschede @ Metropool
  • 15.05.25 🇩🇪 Munich @ Backstage
  • 16.05.25 🇨🇭 Aarau @ KiFF
  • 17.05.25 🇩🇪 Lindau @ Vaudeville
  • 18.05.25 🇦🇹 Vienna @ Szene
  • 19.05.25 🇭🇺 Budapest @ Dürer Kert
  • 20.05.25 🇨🇿 Prague @ Fuchs2
  • 21.05.25 🇩🇪 Schweinfurt @ Stattbahnhof
  • 22.05.25 🇩🇪 Dresden @ Blauer Salon
  • 23.05.25 🇵🇱 Kraków @ Hype Park
  • 24.05.25 🇵🇱 Warsaw @ Proxima
  • 26.05.25 🇩🇪 Berlin @ Hole44
  • 27.05.25 🇩🇰 Aarhus @ Voxhall
  • 28.05.25 🇩🇪 Hamburg @ Logo
  • 29.05.25 🇩🇪 Vechta @ Gulfhaus
  • 30.05.25 🇩🇪 Dortmund @ Junkyard
  • 31.05.25 🇧🇪 Sint-Niklaas @ Casino
  • 01.06.25 🇫🇷 Paris @ La Machine
  • 02.06.25 🇱🇺 Esch sur Alzette @ Kulturfabrik
  • 03.06.25 🇩🇪 Frankfurt @ Das Bett
  • 04.06.25 🇩🇪 Karlsruhe @ Substage
  • 05.06.25 🇮🇹 Milan @ Legend Club
  • 06.06.25 🇮🇹 Bologna @ Locomotiv
  • 07.06.25 🇫🇷 Lyon @ Lions Metal Fest

https://www.decapitatedband.net/

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Canada’s Vortex Unveils “Haunting The Abyss” Music Video Ahead Of Canadian Tour With XAON | New EP Alien Realms Out April 2025

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on March 30, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

L-R – Simon Desjardins (Bass), Mathieu Duguay (Guitars, Orchestrations), Alexandre Labrie (Vocals), Dany Lévesque (Guitars), Olivier Harrisson (Drums)
Photo Credit – Giuseppe Calvinisti

Vortex has released a haunting new music video for their latest single “Haunting the Abyss” directed by Chris Kells (The Agonist). The track is the second single from their upcoming EP “Alien Realms” scheduled for release on April 11th, 2025. This is the second single off this record and fans can hear both live when the band tours Eastern Canada in April and Europe in the fall, supporting France’s XAON. Vortex comments on the single:

“This song begins with a melancholic black metal section before transitioning into a verse that I’d describe as a modern death metal take on the main riff of Metal Church by the band of the same name. For this EP, we focused on writing memorable, epic choruses, and this one is a perfect example of that. This song showcases Vortex at its best. We put a lot of hard work into it, and we truly believe it’s the standout track on Alien Realms.”

The video, crafted by Kells’ visionary direction, perfectly captures the band’s blend of technical proficiency and atmospheric intensity. Through striking visuals and masterful cinematography, the video enhances the track’s exploration of cosmic horror and discovery.

“Haunting the Abyss” demonstrates Vortex‘s evolution, featuring their trademark combination of guttural and black metal vocals alongside fry screams. The song showcases the band’s sophisticated approach to extreme metal, with intricate guitar work and massive orchestral arrangements working in perfect harmony. They are recommended listening for fans of Shadow of Intent, Fleshgod Apocalypse, and Dimmu Borgir.

Watch and listen to “Haunting the Abyss” via its video premiere on NoCleanSinging HERE.

Due out on April 11, 2025, “Alien Realms” is available for pre-order at https://vortexband.bandcamp.com

Track Listing:
1. When Humans Defy the Void – 5:03
2. Haunting the Abyss – 5:26
3. Ripping the threads of Reality – 4:10
4. Where Wonders Dwell – 3:00
EP Length: 17:40

First single “When Humans Defy the Void” at the following links:

YouTube – https://youtu.be/LRrpmT4Jaek

Spotify – https://spoti.fi/4inCj0i

Symphony For The Dead Tour – Vortex + XAON (QC, ON, NB)
April 15 – Montreal, QC – Le Petit Campus ***
April 16 – Edmundston, NB – Ateepic *
April 17 – Saint John, NB – Haven Music Hall and Cafe *
April 18 – Moncton, MB – Xeroz *
April 19 – Rimouski, QC – Coop Le Paradis *
April 22 – Ottawa, ON – The Rainbow
April 23 – Drummondville, QC – La Ste-Paix ****
April 24 – Quebec City, QC – L’Anti ****
April 25 – Saguenay, QC – Microbrasserie Port-Alfred
April 26 – Trois-Rivieres, QC – L’Entite **

* Omnivide
** Strigampire
*** Ulfhednar
**** Burning Attic

For more info (Official Website, Socials, Videos, Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music): https://linktr.ee/vortexband

Source: ASHER MEDIA RELATIONS

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WRETCHED PATH From Finland Makes A Triumphant Return With Their Highly Anticipated Second Album: Sea Of Death

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on March 29, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Photographer: Jetro Stavèn

Get ready to be blown away as Wretched Path from Finland makes a triumphant return with their highly anticipated second album, Sea Of Death! After the success of their debut album, Heavy Lies The Crown, the band took some time off to craft a masterpiece that’s faster, darker, and more intense than ever before. Now, just over two years later, they’re back and ready to unleash this beast upon the world!

Listen to the album on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer etc): https://push.fm/fl/wretchedpath-seaofdeath

Formed in 2020 by seasoned musicians from renowned bands like Pestigore, Born of Thorns, Tukkanuotta, and Warmen, Wretched Path was born out of a desire to return to their Death Metal roots. Their debut album received rave reviews from various magazines and websites, and they played several gigs around Finland including the legendary Nummirock festival 2023. 

Wretched Path – Sea of Death – Track List:
01. Release Of Violence
02. Death Machine
03. Apophis
04. False God
05. Rot Alone
06. Violence Within
07. Wretched Path
08. Sea Of Death

Record Label: Meara Music

Release date: March 26th 2025

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UNDECAYED – Swedish Death Metallers To Release In Death’s Image Debut Album In May

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on March 28, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Cover artwork by renowned artist Jon Zig

Swedish death metal force UNDECAYED will unleash their long-awaited debut album, In Death’s Image, on May 21st, 2025, via Lethal Scissor Records.

Despite their origins, the band eschews the traditional HM-2-driven Swedish sound in favor of a raw and relentless approach deeply rooted in the ferocity of ’90s American death metal, recalling the percussive onslaught of Suffocation and the unholy aggression of Deicide. However, the album does not shy away from the merciless intensity of certain European acts, channeling the sheer force of early Sinister, Aeon and Severe Torture into a blistering assault of unfiltered death worship.

Likely the first album ever released with the word ‘death’ in the title of every song, “In Death’s Image” takes its thematic obsession to another level: in one track, the word for ‘death’ is even sung in 19 different languages. The album’s lyrics paint a grim and absolute vision of annihilation. “Death” arrives on Earth in a physical form, surpassing any concept of a god, to extinguish all existence. No one and nothing is spared: humans, animals, vegetation, water and air, everything dies. There is NO hope for life.

The first single “Death’s Only Demand” is now streaming HERE.

Track-list:

1 – The World Shall Know Only Death
2 – Death’s Only Demand
3 – The Descendants Of Death
4 – In Death’s Image
5 – Death Shall Come (Death Shall Prevail)
6 – Death’s Pallid Coat
7 – World At Death’s Door
8 – Entreating Death In Vain
9 – The Greatest Death

All music composed by Mikael Bergman.
All lyrics written by Tony Richter.
Cover artwork by renowned artist Jon Zig.

Biography:

UNDECAYED was formed in August 2008 by Tony Richter (vocals) and Mikael Bergman (guitars) as a result of lineup issues in their respective bands, 9th Plague and Disromance. The two had played together in several bands throughout the ’90s and early 2000s, most notably Gardens of Obscurity and The Darksend.

Initially, Richter and Bergman were joined by Disromance drummer Johnny Augustsson. Bassist Christoffer Svensson joined in 2009, and in 2014, drummer Jesper Leidbring replaced Augustsson.

Line-up:

Tony Richter – vocals
Mikael Bergman – guitars
Christoffer Svensson – bass
Jesper Leidbring – drums

The idea that every song should include the word “death” in its title emerged in 2010, both to emphasize that this was true DEATH metal and because such a concept had never been done before. The demo The Triumph of Death was recorded in late 2010 and released in January 2011. It was then decided that no further demos would be released before the debut album.

Over the years, family matters, work commitments, health issues, the loss of two rehearsal spaces, and lineup changes all contributed to periods of forced inactivity and delays. It wasn’t until the Covid-19 pandemic that the band was finally able to complete their album “In Death’s Image”.

UNDECAYED:

https://undecayedband.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/undecayed

https://www.instagram.com/undecayedofficial/

Lethal Scissor Records:

https://www.lethalscissor.com/

https://www.facebook.com/lethalscissor/

https://lethalscissor.bandcamp.com/

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