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STREET TOMBS: Santa Fe Death Metallers to Release Existence Is Corruption Full-Length on August 21st via Carbonized Records

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on July 16, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Lloyd Gray
New Track Streaming + Preorders Available

Stream STREET TOMBS’ “Systematic Suffering” HERE.

Santa Fe death metallers STREET TOMBS will unleash their second full-length studio album, Existence Is Corruption, on August 21st via Carbonized Records!

STREET TOMBS was forged in the flames of the legendary underground venue, The Cave, in 2017, where the band hosted numerous shows for the DIY punk/metal community of Santa Fe and surrounding cities. Combining the death metal grit of early Sepultura and Bolt Thrower, with the rabid d-beat/street punk of Discharge and G.B.H., the collective released three demos before dropping their Reclusive Decay full-length (2023).

The critically lauded offering presented a unified vision for all that is dark, heavy, and fast. Several US tours would follow including the Reborn Dead Tour supporting Left To Die.

Metal Injection championed a record that “feels like a cross between early thrash and punk rock mixed with some serious Bolt Thrower vibes for an experience that’ll put you right into the ground. Reclusive Decay also earned the #38 spot on Decibel Magazine’s Top 40 Albums Of 2023.

2024 saw the release of a compilation LP, RIP The Abyss, which contained recordings the band had previously produced at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The album was released in conjunction with the start of their North American Tour supporting Necrot across the US and Canada that June.

STREET TOMBS spent much of 2025 finalizing the writing portion of Existence Is Corruption. By December, the band entered Santa Fe, New Mexico’s Engine 70 Studios with Grammy Award winning producer and engineer, Greg Wilkinson, at the helm.

Existence Is Corruption delivers an unapologetically vitriolic and sickening take on modern society, complacency, corruption, and destruction. As greedy poisonous minds mutilate today’s world, STREET TOMBS continues to upset the grave with crusty blackened d-beats and deadly driving riffs straight from the gutter.

Existence Is Corruption digs more into STREET TOMBS’ roots and expands on its punk ethos and first wave black metal origins from influences like Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Bathory, and Amebix, while keeping an uncompromising pissed-off attitude.

Comments vocalist/guitarist Damian Jacoby on the record’s first single: “Systematic Suffering, like many of our songs on this release, echoes themes of corruption, abuse, and discrimination. Entrenched in servitude losing all desire to deny the corruption infused in our society.”

Stream STREET TOMBS’ “Systematic Suffering” HERE.

Existence Is Corruption was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Engine 70 Studios in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Earhammer Studio in Oakland, California with additional recording by STREET TOMBS bassist Galen Baudhuin. The record features artwork by Shane Donaldson and logo by Ben Brodsky.

Existence Is Corruption will be released on CD, LP, cassette, and digital formats.

Find North American preorders HERE, European preorders HERE, all other international orders HERE, and digital orders HERE. 

Existence Is Corruption – Track Listing:

  1. Pestilent Storm
  2. Deceptor
  3. Septic Values
  4. Upset The Grave
  5. Systematic Suffering
  6. Mental Mutilation
  7. Braindead
  8. Parasitic Feast

STREET TOMBS Live:
9/01/2026 Tumbleroot – Santa Fe, NM
9/04/2026 Seventh Circle – Denver, CO
9/05/2026 Aces High – Salt Lake City, UT
9/06/2026 TBA – Boise, ID
9/07/2026 The Kraken – Seattle, WA
9/08/2026 High Water Mark – Portland, OR
9/10/2026 TBA – Sacramento, CA
9/11/2026 Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
9/12/2026 Knucklehead – Los Angeles, CA
9/13/2026 TBA – Phoenix, AZ

STREET TOMBS:
Damian Jacoby – vocals, guitar
David McMaster – guitar, backing vocals
Ben Brodsky – drums
Galen Baudhuin – bass

https://instagram.com/streettombs

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https://carbonizedrecords.bandcamp.com

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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STATIC ABYSS – THE DYING HUNT Releases on Peaceville, August 28th

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on July 15, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

THE THIRD STUDIO ALBUM OF UNNERVING DEATH METAL DERANGEMENT CONSISTING OF AUTOPSY’S GREG WILKINSON & CHRIS REIFERT, JOINED BY NECROT’S CHAD GAILEY ON DRUMS

WATCH THE NEW VIDEO FOR ALBUM
TITLE TRACK ‘THE DYING HUNT’

Photo by Fern Alberts

Emerging in the early 2020’s – Static Abyss is a monstrous hybrid of twisted, doom-laden brutal death, comprising of longstanding members of the US metal scene. The band consists primarily of the duo of Deathgrave’s Greg Wilkinson (Guitars/bass) & Chris Reifert (vocals), both also members of legendary American masters of sickness, Autopsy, with Chris also notably starting his career with genre pioneers, Death. The band’s debut, Labyrinth of Veins was released in 2022, and their second album Aborted From Reality followed in quick succession, surfacing in 2023.

Returning now for Static Abyss’ third studio album, and with the addition of Chad Gailey of fellow death merchants Necrot behind the drumkit for this release, The Dying Hunt plummets the listener again into the festering, psychedelic swamps of lunacy, with the spiralling melodies texturing the relentless savage riffs for an effective nightmare-inducing trip through the sonic abyss.

Photo by Fern Alberts

Continuously and relentlessly flitting between brutal passages and hypnotic otherworldly craziness, The Dying Hunt reflects the ailing world & the unravelling of the psyche of its inhabitants in this darkly dystopian landscape, for a masterful descent into sick Death Metal combined with Crust and Doom elements.

The Dying Hunt was recorded at Earhammer Studios in Oakland, CA, with engineering, mixing and mastering overseen by Greg Wilkinson himself. Cover art comes courtesy of Jon Santos.

WATCH THE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘THE DYING HUNT’
CREATED BY MATTHEW VICKERSTAFF

Static Abyss – The Dying Hunt

Skull Blasted – 01:54
Lobotomized at Last – 03:40
The Dying Hunt – 04:04
Wall of Delusion – 01:25
Once a Corpse (Always a Corpse) – 02:54
Bleeding in the Fog – 04:40
Sinew Leech – 04:07
Nowhere Forever – 05:02
Defleshed and Forlorn – 01:20
Volcanic Womb – 03:15
Darkness at the End of the Light – 04:32


‘THE DYING HUNT’ WILL BE AVAILABLE ON LIMITED ‘NEKRO FLESH’ VINYL LP, BLACK VINYL LP, CD AND DIGITALLY. PRE-ORDER HERE.

Static Abyss online: 
https://peaceville.com/bands/staticabyss/
https://www.facebook.com/staticabyss
https://www.instagram.com/static_abyss/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Nic5iPZNEJMND9DErHwTd

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MYSTIC CIRCLE Announce LATAM Tour Dates Supporting MALEVOLENT CREATION This October

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , on July 13, 2026 by Metal Odyssey


Photo credit: Alen Ljubić

Germanic black metal wargods MYSTIC CIRCLE are preparing to tour LATAM this October in support of MALEVOLENT CREATION marking their first live shows in two decades. Both MYSTIC CIRCLE and MALEVOLENT CREATION will be joining SIX FEET UNDER in Zapote, Costa Rica, on October 17. 

Led by Beelzebub and A. Blackwar, MYSTIC CIRCLE craft their own distinctive brand of old-school death and black metal infused with traditional metal elements and influenced by the soundtracks of horror. Dark legends and tales of witchtrials of their native homeland bleed through the tracks on the latest album Hexenbrand 1486 first released on October 31, 2025, via ROAR – A Division of Reigning Phoenix Music. 

A. Blackwar and Beelzebub will be joined by an array of talented guest musicians to bring their inescapable sound to life in an unforgettable live ritual. 

LATAM Tour 2026 Dates:

Oct 16 – Ciudad de México, Mexico – Hendrix Circus Bar
Oct 17 – Zapote, Costa Rica – Pepper’s Club*
Oct 18 – Bogota, Columbia – TBT
Oct 20 – Lima, Peru – Yield Rock
Oct 22 – Santiago, Chile – Teatro Cariola
Oct 23 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – El Teatrito
Oct 24 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Hangar 110

*Supporting SIX FEET UNDER

About MYSTIC CIRCLE:
MYSTIC CIRCLE‘s first ritual began in the early 90s. Following a period of hiatus, 2022 saw the return of the band anew with the self-titled Mystic Circle album that was rewarded with a sensational #78 place in the German album charts. This was continued the following year with Erzdämon and now completed with Hexenbrand 1486 released via ROAR – A Division of Reigning Phoenix Music, in 2025.

MYSTIC CIRCLE sound unmistakable, their trademarks are manifold and their hunger seems almost insatiable. What the duo has created in recent years is unparalleled and continues the legacy that the band created in the nineties with their classics Drachenblut (1998) and Infernal Satanic Verses (1999). MYSTIC CIRCLE themselves describe their style as extreme metal, their very own mix of old-school death and black metal, traditional heavy metal of the eighties and horror soundtracks.

With their latest full length, Hexenbrand 1486, MYSTIC CIRCLE also achieved a notable milestone as the album contains the band’s 100th song. Across 2026 the band are turning their focus to the live stage, preparing to unleash the shadows upon audiences across Latin America. 

MYSTIC CIRCLE Is: 
Beelzebub – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards
A. Blackwar – Vocals, Drums, Guitars, Keyboards

Connect WithMYSTIC CIRCLE:
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/MysticCircleOfficial
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/mystic_circle_official/

Source: C Squared Music

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SNĚŤ to Unleash New Album V bažinách vědomí ~ Video for “Kladivo ve tmě” Now Streaming

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on July 12, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Czechia OSDM beasts Sněť are set to release their newest full-length, V bažinách vědomí.

Having annihilated the underground with their 2021 debut LP and kept things flowing with two splits in the interim, this promises to be an excellent slab of old-school death metal.

Experience the madness to come with the music video for the album’s first single, “Kladivo ve tmě.”

Watch now at this location.

V bažinách vědomí is due out on September 10 via Me Saco Un Ojo (vinyl and cassette) and Dark Descent Records (CD and cassette).

Pre-order the album at: 

mesacounojo.com

mesacounojo.bandcamp.com

darkdescentrecords.com/shop

ddmsuo.eu

darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com

Sněť is:
Krutörr – drums
Hnisatel – guitars
Hrdlořez – bass
Ransolič – guitars
Řád Zdechlin – vocals

V bažinách vědomí kicks right in with ominous and eerie atmospherics coupled with some absolutely revolting grooves; it is clear these fiends mean business. It should be abundantly obvious that Sněť have been refining their craft to something precise and lethal.

Keeping those ’90s hallmarks intact while adding subtle touches that show they’ve found their own identity, the album delivers a gruesomeness and discomfort that reflects the band’s evolution without sacrificing any of its punishing intensity.

Consuming the listener with an eldritch atmosphere while piercing through the fog with pure rancidity, Sněť’s new album boasts a massive production that crushes with total morbidity. Combining the mulch-like tones of death metal’s golden era with an even warmer, more classic sound creates a devastating mix.

Beyond its grotesque exterior lies a savage and gripping record, balancing memorable hooks with violent, chaotic passages. There is no pretence to Sněť, they simply play death metal the way they want to hear it, and that shines throughout V bažinách vědomí. If you love brutality, grooves, death, and riffs, don’t miss this one.

V bažinách vědomí – track list:

1) Tíha světů

2) Kladivo ve tmě

3) Natur

4) Ve stínu slunce

5) Apokalyptický smaragd budoucí doby

6) Moskyt

7) Jako každý

8) Nekončící koloběh snění a probouzení

9) Dřevěný kůl

10) Znetvořená panna

V bažinách vědomí was recorded at Golden Hive Studio by Amák Golden, and mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios. Cover art by Řád Zdechlin (Tomáš Mitura).

Stream more from Sněť on Spotify and Apple Music.

facebook.com/snet6666

www.instagram.com/snet_shitheads

mesacounojo.com

www.darkdescentrecords.com

darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com

Source: ClawHammer PR

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VADER – REIGN FOREVER IN KINGDOM OF BLOOD | Dates, Cities & Venues Listed

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , on July 11, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

VADER – REIGN FOREVER IN KINGDOM OF BLOOD with: JUNGLE ROT, FLESHCRAWL, TRASH PANDA

Sep-5 Milwaukee, WI
@ X-Ray Arcade
Sep-6 Detroit, MI
@ The Sanctuary
Sep-7 Lakewood, OH
@ Mercury Music Lounge
Sep-8 Albany, NY
@ Empire Underground
Sep-9 Lowell, MA
@ Taffeta Music Hall
Sep-10 Montreal, QC
@ Le Studio TD
Sep-11 Quebec City, QC @ Festival Envol & Macadam
Sep-12 Hamden, CT
@ Space Ballroom
Sep-14 Brooklyn,
NY @ The Meadows
Sep-15 Bensalem, PA @ Broken Goblet
Sep-16 Greensboro, NC @ Hangar 1819
Sep-17 Atlanta, GA
@ The Masquerade (Hell)
Sep-18 Orlando, FL
@ Conduit
Sep-19 Ft Lauderdale, FL
@ Cultiure Room
Sep-20 Tampa, FL
The Orpheum
Sep-22 Austin, TX
@ Come and Take it Live
Sep-23 Houston, TX
@ Scout Bar
Sep-24 Haltom City, TX @ Haltom Theater
Sep-25 Tulsa, OK
@ The Shrine
Sep-26 Lincoln, NE
@ 1867 Bar
Sep-27 Chicago, IL
@ Reggies Rock club

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GIGAN Announces Summer Séances Tour 2026

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on July 11, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Chicago (IL) – Progressive Tech-Death stalwarts, GIGAN, have announced the Summer Séances Tour 2026! All dates will be in August, culminating in a headline appearance at Zymurder Fest IV on August 22.

The band released the following statement concerning the tour:

“GIGAN will soon be traveling towards our headlining performance at Zymurder Fest IV Saturday, August 22nd and we are playing some excellent places on the way there! We are ecstatic to return to the road; particularly since our last tour was cut short, and we are definitely ready to rearrange the imaginations of those that join GIGAN at our performances this time around! We look forward to seeing all of you that we can during the Summer Séances Tour 2026!”

Tour Dates:

August 15 – The Wood Shop – Brooklyn, NY

August 16 – Dingbatz-Clifton, NJ

August 19 – Sanctuary – Hamtramck, MI

August 21 – The Annex – Madison, WI

August 22 – Zymurder Fest – Menomonie, WI

Tour poster art and layout by the burgeoning king of swing, Erik Pertl!

Anomalous Abstractigate Infinitessimus, GIGAN‘s first album in seven years, was released October 25, 2024 on CD, Ltd edition CD long box, vinyl, cassette, Ltd edition four-album cassette boxset, and digital formats via Willowtip Records.

Purchase/Stream:

Willowtip: https://bit.ly/anomalous-willowtip

Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/anomalous-bandcamp

Photo Credit: Dopirt Photography

BIO:

Since 2005, GIGAN has been an unsung vanguard of abstract and creatively dissonant extreme metal. Pushing boundaries and never compromising the artistic vision throughout the debut EP and subsequent four full-length albums has led GIGAN to be considered an unwavering force of both innovation and extremity. 

It has been almost seven years since GIGAN has released new music and the time spent away has only honed and sharpened the still-deadly blades of creativity for which GIGAN has always been known; while also infusing fresh elements not yet heard within the GIGAN Universe. The results of GIGAN’s current hard work is their new beast of an album entitled Anomalous Abstractigate Infinitessimus. 

facebook.com/Giganmusic

gigan.bandcamp.com/music

willowtip.com

Source: ClawHammer PR

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HYPOCRISY Add Headline Dates Around Upcoming North American Tour With Dimmu Borgir

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news, noise rock with tags , , , , , , on July 10, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

HYPOCRISY will continue their Mass Hallucination North American Tour this August, with newly added headline dates surrounding their upcoming run as special guest to DIMMU BORGIR.

Presented by Heart of Music Agency, the tour will bring HYPOCRISY across Canada and the United States, with select headline performances added in key markets including New York, Omaha, Salt Lake City, and San Diego.

Known for their crushing live presence and uncompromising extreme metal legacy, HYPOCRISY return to North America for a powerful summer run that will give fans both full headline sets and major support appearances alongside Dimmu Borgir.

HYPOCRISY — Mass Hallucination North America 2026:

08/10 – Toronto, ON – History *
08/11 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS *
08/12 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
08/13 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre *
08/14 – Chicago, IL – The Vic *
08/15 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore *
08/16 – Omaha, NE – Waiting Room
08/18 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom *
08/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall
08/21 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield *
08/22 – San Diego, CA – Voodoo Room at House of Blues
08/23 – Los Angeles, CA – The Novo *

* Special guest to Dimmu Borgir

About HYPOCRISY:

HYPOCRISY has a 30 year history with 12 albums, hundreds of gigs all over the world, and thousands of fans. This influential Swedish death metal band started from the will of one person, and this person’s name was (and is) Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, THE ABYSS, PAIN, ex-LINDEMANN). Having made the first demos all by himself, after getting an offer from Nuclear Blast, he invited musicians to form an actual band.

Since then, HYPOCRISY gained success with its records and rocking live performances, and evolved musically and conceptually. Heavy and rich sound with catchy melodic riffs, crushing drum fills, obscure lyrics and versatile vocal parts became a signature style of the band. Its discography from debut Penetralia to the recent Worship, through such legendary albums as The Fourth Dimension, Abducted, and Virus, it’s indeed a thrilling metal journey. A journey that continues.

Today, apart from Peter, the band consists of Mikael Hedlund (bass), who joined HYPOCRISY back in 1991. Guitarist Thomas Elofsson is a session member since 2013. In 2022, the band was joined by a session drummer Henrik Axelsson.

Don’t let the name ‘Hypocrisy’ trick you: Peter Tägtgren stays true to himself, to the music and the fans, never stops creating and never settles for less than perfect. 

More on RPM:

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REEKMIND – Australian Death-Doom Metal Stalwarts Premiere New EP Glints From The Crematorium

Posted in Death Metal, doom metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on July 9, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Australian death-doom collective REEKMIND unveil the full stream of their new EP Glints From The Crematorium, now available through an exclusive premiere hosted by Death Metal Promotion. Set for release on July 24, 2026, via Night Terrors Records on CD and 12” vinyl formats. The new release expands the band’s bleak and immersive sonic identity, pushing their approach beyond the foundations established with their debut full-length.

Stream Glints From The Crematorium HERE.

Rooted in massive riffs, oppressive atmospheres and an overwhelming sense of emotional collapse, REEKMIND continues to channel a form of catharsis where despair and weight coexist in perfect balance. The new material preserves the raw and organic intensity that defined the band’s earlier work, while broadening its expressive scope through more fluid structures and a deeper focus on tension, contrast and immersive pacing.

The EP also features guest vocals by Daniel Butler (Vastum, Decrepisy, Acephalix) on “Flesh Draped on a Pitiful Frame”, adding an additional layer of hostility and anguish to the release. Furthermore, the track “Rehearsal in a Body of Death”will appear exclusively as a bonus track on the physical edition and will not be made available digitally.

Track-list:

  1. Flesh Draped on a Pitiful Frame
  2. Cyst Megalith
  3. Rehearsal in a Body of Death (Bonus Track)

Line-up:

Dane – Vocals & Lyrics
Nicholas – Guitars
Lem – Bass
Ned – Drums

Recorded and mixed by Lewis Noke Edwards at Black Lodge Studios in August & October 2025.

Mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound Studios.

Rehearsal In a Body of Death performed live at Black Lodge Studios.

Additional vocals on “Flesh Draped on a Pitiful Frame” by Daniel Butler.
Artwork by Lord_Serus.
Photography by Keegan Thomas.

REEKMIND:

https://reekmind.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/reekmind/

Night Terrors Records:

https://night-terrors-records.net/

https://night-terrors-records.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/night_terrors_records/

https://www.facebook.com/p/Night-Terrors-Records-100088326873332/

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MISERY INDEX – Landmark Debut EP Overthrow Gets a Definitive Vinyl Reissue via Time To Kill Records

Posted in Death Metal, grindcore, hardcore, hardcore metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , on July 6, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Time To Kill Records is proud to announce the vinyl reissue of MISERY INDEX‘s landmark 2001 debut EP, Overthrow, arriving on LP for the first time on December 15th, 2026.

A defining release in the early evolution of modern deathgrind, Overthrow captured the raw energy and uncompromising vision of a newly formed band destined to become one of the genre’s most influential names. Across five relentless tracks including a blistering cover of Terrorizer‘s “Dead Shall Rise,” MISERY INDEX forged a sound that fused death metal, grindcore and hardcore with sharp social commentary and unrelenting intensity.

Originally self-released on CD through the band’s own Anarchos Records, the EP has remained a cornerstone of extreme music history for more than two decades. Now, Time To Kill Records proudly brings this essential release back to vinyl, faithfully preserving the ferocity and impact of these historic recordings. The vinyl edition also features 3 bonus tracks recorded by the band a year after the Overthrow release (which appeared on the 2002 split with Commit Suicide).

For the first time the recording is also mastered for vinyl by Virtalähde Mastering.

Track-list:

Side A
1. Manufacturing Greed
2. Your Pain Is Nothing
3. Blood On Their Hands
4. Pulling Out The Nails
5. Dead Shall Rise (Terrorizer cover)

Side B (Bonus Tracks)
1. My Untold Apocalypse
2. Alive?
3. Reality Distortion

Frontman Jason Netherton comments:

“Its been a long time since we released this back in 2001 yet its awesome to see how much of an impact its had, and its staying power has been inspiring. We often get requests for these songs to this day and we are stoked that its finally getting the proper treatment with a fresh vinyl master from Time to Kill”.

Preorders:

https://timetokillrecords.com/collections/misery-index

https://miseryindex.bandcamp.com/album/overthrow

Look for the band to release their new single “Feral Future” on 7″ vinyl as well via Time To Kill Records later this month and be sure to check out MISERY INDEX on tour in Europe and the UK this summer.

Misery Index – An Epitaph for Endtimes EU + UK Summer Tour 2026:

July 28 – Helsinki, Finland @ Kult [TICKETS]
July 30 – Wacken, Germany @ Wacken Open Air [TICKETS]
August 1 – Dortmund, Germany @ Dortmund Death Fest [TICKETS]
August 2 – Saint Maurice de Gourdans, France @ Sylak Open Air [TICKETS]
August 4 – Deinze, Belgium @ Elpee [TICKETS]
August 5 – The Hague, Netherlands @ Musicon [TICKETS]
August 6 – Schloteheim, Germany @ Party San Open Air [TICKETS]
August 8 – Swansea, United Kingdom @ Sin City [TICKETS]
August 9 – Manchester, United Kingdom @ Rebellion [TICKETS]
August 11 – Bridgwater, United Kingdom @ The Cobblestones
August 13 – Munich, Germany @ Backstage [TICKETS]
August 14 – Dinkelsbühl, Germany @ Summer Breeze [TICKETS]
August 15 – Sulingen, Germany @ Reload Festival [TICKETS]

MISERY INDEX:

https://www.miseryindex.com/

https://miseryindex.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/miseryindex.official/

https://www.facebook.com/MiseryIndex

Time To Kill Records:

https://timetokillrecords.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/timetokillrecords/

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

https://www.youtube.com/c/TIMETOKILLRECORDS

https://timetokillrecords.com/

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THE ABSOLUTION SEQUENCE – Launch New Single “The Nightlight Sigil”

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on July 5, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Debut Album Dread Cycle Out August 14th

The new video from Tasmanian death metal devils THE ABSOLUTION SEQUENCE is now streaming. “The Nightlight Sigil” is the third single off the band’s highly-anticipated full-length album, Dread Cycle.

Vocalist Shawn Wells calls the song the most personal track on Dread Cycle. “The Nightlight Sigil is a tale of family trauma, toxic home environments and the way in which one is treated in the aftermath. Often those who have suffered the most where they are meant to feel protected are shamed and forgotten. The aim of this is to keep the conversation alive, and begin to heal these deep wounds.”

Watch the video for “The Nightlight Sigil” at: https://youtu.be/e21gFJfEAKM?si=3vAcFOVdY0zBpepb

Following a string of EPs and singles, the album promises to be the band’s most incendiary work yet. Slated for release via Bleeding Art Collective, with distribution by Blood Blast Distribution, Dread Cycle is set to solidify the band’s position as a premier name in contemporary technical death metal.

Dread Cycle is due out on August 14.

Stream the videos for the album’s first two singles at the links below:

“Idols of Confraternity” – youtu.be/nFbmnakuaPM

“Ghost Mantra” – youtube.com/watch?v=a3MW6H0Socwm

Follow THE ABSOLUTION SEQUENCE on Spotify.

Track listing: 
1) Despotic Ruin (Diet of Worms)      

2) Idols of Confraternity   

3) Ghost Mantra   

4) The Sordid Miasma      

5) The Nightlight Sigil      

6) Promethean Pilferage     

7) A Mire Caked in Nativity      

8) Grinding the Sphere      

9) The Diary of the Emaciated

Dread Cycle was produced by Chris Themelco and mastered by the world-renowned Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios. The album was written by THE ABSOLUTION SEQUENCE with lyrics by Shawn Wells.

Line-up:

Stephen Cusato – Rhythm Guitar/Backing Vocals
Steven Mason – Rhythm Guitar
Alastair Boon – Bass/Backing Vocals
Luke Tucker – Lead Guitar
Nick Machin – Drums
Luke Sanderson – Drums
Shawn Wells – Lead Vocals

theabsolutionsequence.bandcamp.com

instagram.com/theabsolutionsequence

facebook.com/theabsolutionsequence

Source: ClawHammer PR

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The Black Dahlia Murder Announce European Headline Tour Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Nocturnal

Posted in Death Metal, melodic death metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on July 1, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Michigan Melodic Death Metal Icons Return to Europe with a Career-Spanning Headline Tour

The Black Dahlia Murder today announce “Two Decades Of Nocturnal,” a European headline tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their landmark 2007 album Nocturnal. The tour will see the Michigan melodic death metal veterans perform a special set drawing heavily from the landmark album alongside fan favorites spanning their entire catalog, bringing one of extreme metal’s most beloved records back to European stages this winter for a series of headline shows.

Tickets are on sale today at: tbdmofficial.com

Photo credit: Marshall Wieczorek

Current Lineup:
Brian Eschbach – vocals
Ryan Knight – guitar
Wes Hauch – guitar
Max Lavelle – bass
Alan Cassidy – drums

Comments vocalist Brian Eschbach: “Super excited to announce this celebration of Nocturnal’s 20th anniversary which we will present across Europe this winter. The set will feature a great deal of material off the band’s third release. Can’t wait to see y’all again“

Released on September 18, 2007 via Metal Blade Records, Nocturnal marked a defining moment in The Black Dahlia Murder‘s career and in American extreme metal at large. Recorded with Eric Rachel at Trax East and mixed by Jason Seucof at Audiohammer, the album debuted at No. 72 on the Billboard 200 and earned the band Metal Hammer’s Golden Gods Award for Best Underground Band.

With its visceral combination of flesh-searing riffage, mind-bending guitar solos, and disgustingly poetic lyricism, Nocturnalpushed the boundaries of melodic death metal with an intensity and craft that resonated far beyond American shores. It remains, nearly two decades on, widely regarded as the gold standard of modern US melodic death metal and one of the most important extreme metal records of the 21st century.

European metal press recognized Nocturnal‘s significance from the moment of its release. Metal Hammer UK honored the album’s release era by naming the band Best Underground Bandat their Golden Gods Awards– a prize The Black Dahlia Murder were too busy touring to collect in person. 

Kerrang! has consistently cited the record as a cornerstone of modern melodic death metal, while Distorted Sound has described the band as “one of melodeath’s greatest, most consistent bands” – praise rooted firmly in the standard Nocturnal set.

The Black Dahlia Murderhave faced extraordinary challenges since Nocturnal‘s release and emerged from each one stronger. The passing of beloved co-founder and vocalist Trevor Strnad in 2022 threatened to end the band entirely, but the remaining members, led by co-founder Brian Eschbach, who stepped into the vocalist role, chose to honor Trevor’s legacy by carrying the band forward. Their tenth studio album, Servitude (Metal Blade Records, September 2024), marked Eschbach’s recorded debut as lead vocalist and lyricist, and was met with near-universal critical acclaim across Europe and beyond.

Kerrang! declared that Eschbach’s vocal performance “fits perfectly,” and that Servitude “faces down existential concerns with determination and defiance. Forged from tragedy and loss, it honours their fallen friend while celebrating the survival of The Black Dahlia Murder as an ongoing entity.” 

Metal Hammer UK praised the record, writing that the band “skillfully picked up where they left off… deciding to channel and celebrate him instead and the results are glorious.” Distorted Sound noted that “Eschbach is a commanding, venomous presence and never feels like a hollow recreation of Strnad,” reaffirming The Black Dahlia Murder‘s place as “one of melodeath’s greatest, most consistent bands.“

The band’s return to European stages in 2024, their first since 2019, saw them perform at some of the continent’s most prestigious festivals, including Download Festival (UK), Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium), Hellfest (France), Wacken Open Air (Germany), Brutal Assault (Czech Republic), Party San Open Air (Germany), Alcatraz Metal Festival (Belgium), and Bloodstock Open Air (England).

Fresh from a triumphant Spring Fling 2026 US headline run and an ongoing co-headline North American tour with Arch Enemy, The Black Dahlia Murder arrive in Europe at the peak of their powers – bolstered by the addition of acclaimed guitarist Wes Hauch (Alluvial, ex-The Faceless) as a full member of the lineup.

TOUR DATES:
01/14/2027 Frankfurt, DE – Batschkapp
01/15/2027 Köln, DE – Essigfabrik
01/16/2027 Bochum, DE – Matrix
01/17/2027 Berlin, DE – Columbia Theater
01/18/2027 Hamburg, DE – Grünspan
01/20/2027 Copenhagen, DK – Pumpehuset
01/21/2027 Stockholm, SE – Debaser
01/22/2027 Oslo, NO – John Dee
01/23/2027 Gothenburg, SE – Filmstudion
01/24/2027 Hannover, DE – Faust
01/25/2027 Prague, CZ – Futurum
01/26/2027 Krakow, PL – Kwadrat
01/27/2027 Budapest, HU – Dürer Kert
01/28/2027 Ljubljana, SLO – Kino Siska
01/29/2027 Vienna, AT – Flex Club
01/30/2027 Salzburg, AT – Rock House
01/31/2027 München, DE – Backstage
02/02/2027 Paris, FR – Petit Bain
02/03/2027 Lille/Wasquehal, FR – The Black Lab
02/04/2027 London, UK – The Dome
02/05/2027 Tilburg, NL – O13 Next Stage
02/06/2027 Drachten, NL – Drachten Deathfest
02/08/2027 Nantes, FR – Le Ferrailleur
02/09/2027 Toulouse, FR – Le Rex
02/10/2027 Fribourg, CH – Fri-Son
02/11/2027 Winterthur, CH – Gaswerk
02/12/2027 Audincourt, FR – Le Moloco
02/13/2027 Metz, FR – Haunting The Chapel
02/14/2027 Karlsruhe, DE – Substage

Tickets available at: tbdmofficial.com

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Chilean Death Squad RIPPER Returns With Towards Rebirth ~ Album Out July 24th on Dark Descent Records

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on June 26, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Your patience will be rewarded. Chile’s RIPPER returns with their first full-length since 2016’s Experiment of Existence.

The last decade has seen RIPPER refine their attack into a lethal blend of old-school death metal and thrash-or-be-thrashed aggression. The band has undeniably earned a reputation as one of South America’s premiere extreme metal exports.

Witness the band’s triumphant return with the first single off Towards Rebirth, “The Source Exterminator.” Stream the track at: youtu.be/J_QqGRoVQ2Q?si=BafNTXKHy5hO3jOz

Towards Rebirth contains the band’s most violent work to date. Razor sharp guitar work, intense drumming and well-crafted songs are still there…only more concise, more vicious.

Dark Descent Records will release Towards Rebirth on July 24th on CD, vinyl and digital formats.

Pre-order Towards Rebirth at:

www.darkdescentrecords.com/shop

www.ddmsuo.eu

www.darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com

Towards Rebirth – track list:

1. The Secular Awakening

2. World of Darkness

3. Towards Rebirth

4. Final Hologram

5. Into The Coldness of Land of Dead

6. The Source Exterminator

7. Messages From The Other Side

8. The Secret Dawn

9. The End of Universe

10. Procession to the Eternal Rest

RIPPER:
Patricio Spalinger – Vocals/Lead and Rhythm Guitars
Javier Buzeta – Drums
Tomas Barriga – Bass
Nicolas Young – Lead and Rhythm Guitars

This album is highly recommended for devotees of early Sepultura, Kreator, Pestilence and Sadus.

Towards Rebirth was recorded, mixed and mastered by Pablo Clares at DM6 Studio. Artwork by Paolo Girardi.

Stream more from RIPPER on Spotify.

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PSYCROPTIC Presents “No Blade Of Grass” Single ~ The Pulse Of Annihilation Full-Length Nears Release

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on June 25, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

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Technical death metal juggernauts PSYCROPTIC present their new single, “No Blade Of Grass.” The track comes off the band’s impending new full-length, and first for Metal Blade Records, The Pulse Of Annihilation, set for release on July 17th.

“This one has a good blend of old-school PSYCROPTIC-style riffage and slightly sludge filled, loosey-goosey sections straight outta the classic death metal era,” remarks guitarist Joe Haley. “The whole thing is brought together with the choral/orchestral chorus. Something for everyone! Going to be a fun one to rip live!”

Bassist Todd Stern agrees, “It’s an unbelievably catchy tune! The main verse is one of my favorite bits on the whole record. Classic riffage, steam rolling the whole song forward with solid momentum all along. Badass.”

Adds vocalist Jason Peppiatt, “I had so much fun with this song as it was the first song that [vocalist Jason] Keyser had written for the band and it was awesome to have someone bring different ideas to the table than what I normally would. Vocally it’s nice and fast and has a real sick flow and groove to vocal parts.”

Watch PSYCROPTIC’s “No Blade Of Grass” video HERE.

Watch PSYCROPTIC’s previously released video for first single, “Gathering A Venomous Herd,” HERE.

Across The Pulse of Annihilation, PSYCROPTIC sounds focused, disciplined, and fully aware of their trajectory. Complexity remains foundational, but it is now guided by compositional restraint and veteran confidence. With this release, the band reaffirm their status not merely as technical death metal stalwarts, but as architects actively shaping its future, proving that mastery, sharpened by time, only grows more lethal.

The Pulse Of Annihilation features cover art by Belial Necroarts (Gaerea, In Aeternum) and will be available on digipak CD and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants:

World Ablaze (Tiger’s Eye) – (US)
Sleepy Hollow (Radioactive Dust) – (US)
180g Black – (EU – Ltd. 500)
Barren Waste (Swamp Green Gold Melt) – (EU – Ltd. 250)
Fires Of Time (Gold Black Splatter) – (EU – Ltd. 250)

Find all preorders at: metalblade.com/psycroptic.

The Pulse Of Annihilation – Track Listing:

1. Ashes Of A New Dawn

2. Gathering A Venomous Herd

3. A Sword Of Me

4. No Time For The Weak

5. Our Pillars Fall

6. Annihilation Pulse

7. No Blade Of Grass

8. To Embrace This Curse

9. Forging The Crown

PSYCROPTIC will join labelmates Rivers Of Nihil for a short run of Australian dates this August with support provided by Growth and Slaughtercult. From there, PSYCROPTIC and Rivers Of Nihil will unite with The Zenith Passage (also on Metal Blade) for four shows in Japan. See all confirmed dates below and stay tuned for additional live dates to be announced in the weeks to come.

PSYCROPTIC w/ Rivers Of Nihil, Growth, Slaughtercult:
8/13/2026 Magnet House – Perth, AU
8/14/2026 Lion Arts – Adelaide, AU
8/15/2026 Max Watts – Melbourne, AU
8/21/2026 Manning Bar – Sydney, AU
8/22/2026 Necrosonic Festival – Brisbane, AU

w/ Rivers Of Nihil, The Zenith Passage:
8/24/2026 Socore Factory – Osaka, JP
8/25/2026 3Star Imaike – Nagoya, JP
8/26/2026 Space Odd – Tokyo, JP
8/27/2026 Space Odd – Tokyo, JP

For over two decades, PSYCROPTIC has operated at the vanguard of technical death metal, defined by instrumental precision, structural intelligence and an uncompromising creative ethic. From their Tasmanian origins to commanding stages worldwide, the band have built a reputation on rhythmic complexity, exacting musicianship, and a refusal to plateau.

At the core of this next phase is guitarist and principal songwriter Joe Haley. Over time, Haley’s compositional voice has evolved from pure technical density into something more architecturally deliberate. On The Pulse Of Annihilation, riff construction feels sharper, transitions more fluid, and thematic motifs more intentional. Haley’s writing demonstrates a seasoned understanding of pacing—knowing when to constrict, when to expand, and how to weaponize silence and space within otherwise relentless arrangements. Experience has not diminished intensity; it has refined its delivery.

The record features the dual-vocal assault of Jason Peppiatt and Jason Keyser (Origin), a partnership that debuted on PSYCROPTIC’s previous full-length, Divine Council. Peppiatt’s commanding growl intertwines with Keyser’s razor-edged articulation, creating a dynamic vocal interplay that adds dimension and contrast to the band’s dense instrumentation. This twofold approach heightens the record’s impact, featuring layered, confrontational elements that remain tightly synced with the band’s intricate foundation.

PSYCROPTIC:
David Haley – drums
Joe Haley – guitars
Todd Stern – bass
Jason Peppiatt – vocals
Jason Keyser – vocals

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GORGE: Italian Death Metallers to Release Deeds of Horror Debut LP via Time To Kill Records

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on June 24, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Italian death metal act GORGE announce the release of their debut full-length album Deeds of Horror, set to arrive on August 27, 2026 via Time To Kill Records. The band also unveils the first single taken from the record, “Visions Before Dying”, now available on all digital platforms.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/xgAgZJPxMFU

Streaming: https://ffm.to/gorge-visions-before-dying

“Visions Before Dying” is a relentless death metal assault, driven by blistering speed and suffocating intensity reminiscent of the classic brutality associated with bands like Suffocation and Dying Fetus. The song moves between ferocious blastdriven passages and crushing, cavernous grooves, creating a violent dynamic that feels both chaotic and oppressive.

Lyrically, the track explores the mysterious threshold between life and death. Inspired by psychological and metaphysical films such as Altered States and Jacob’s Ladder, the song dives into the unsettling visions and dreamlike experiences that might occur in the final moments before the body gives out. 

“Visions Before Dying” imagines the mind drifting through fragments of memories, distorted realities, and unknown dimensions, where dreams, hallucinations, and subconscious fears merge into a final sequence of surreal revelations, a descent into the last visions the brain may conjure as consciousness slowly fades into darkness.

Track-list:

1. Sacred Misconception
2. Visions Before Dying
3. Mortal Decimation (Deeds Of Horror)
4. Interlude
5. Unhinged Punishment (ft. Angel Ochoa)
6. Without Inheritance
7. Fear Of Losing Another Vital Limb
8. Repetition Of The Kill

Preorders:

https://timetokillrecords.com/collections/gorge

https://gorgepv.bandcamp.com/album/deeds-of-horror

Formed in 2025 by Edoardo Nicoloso (Fulci, Jorelia, TV-Crimes) and Roberto Sava (Jorelia), GORGE were created with the intent of exploring death metal in its most direct and uncompromising form, drawing inspiration from the raw energy of the genre’s foundational years while developing a personal and dynamic approach.

The band’s approach is rooted in a direct, riff-driven philosophy that draws heavily from the foundational era of Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Gorguts and Malevolent Creation, updated with just the right amount of modern weight without compromising its original identity. 

GORGE blends death metal with a gritty hardcore sensibility, resulting in a groovy yet ferocious sound that avoids overused slam dynamics in favour of tighter songwriting and internal rhythmic variation. At the centre of everything lies the riff, treated as the primary narrative force across all compositions, supported by a constant attention to structural tension and release.

Line-up:

Edoardo Nicoloso – Guitar, Vocals, Drum Programming
Roberto Sava – Guitar, Vocals

GORGE:

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Time To Kill Records:

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TORMENTA Releases Debut Single, “Jungle Dead”

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on June 23, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Seattle (WA) – Combining Groove, Thrash, and Death Metal, Tormenta has released their debut single, “Jungle Dead”! The song is taken from the band’s forthcoming debut album (details coming soon).

Tormenta brings a cyclonic storm from the mountains of Seattle, Washington! The trio blends chaotic, intense energy with catchy choruses and groovy riffs.

FFO: Sepultura, Pantera Metallica 

Stream “Jungle Dead” at:

tormentawa.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-dead

youtu.be/CqMiqyrEy0w

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Credits:

Deklan Curry: Vocals, Guitar.

Ben Apple: Guitar.

Braedon “The Don Greenwald”: Drums.

Colin Parker (ex-member): Bass on “Jungle Dead.”

Mixed by Jeffery McNutley.

Single artwork by Martyr of Decay.

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Montreal Tech-Death VOLUBILIS Unleashes Its Next Sci‑Fi Epic With New Single “Le Flamboiement Stellaire”

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on June 19, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

L-R – Shawn Hillman (Fretless bass) | Miguel Marcheterre-Pina (Guitar) | André Dubien (Vocals) | Photo Credit – Jade Weeles & Miguel Marcheterre-Pina

Debut Album Theasterion Out July 2026

Montréal’s rising technical death‑metal force Volubilis announces the release of their second single, “Le Flamboiement Stellaire,” the follow‑up to their first single “Ashes & Embers” and the latest preview of their upcoming debut conceptual full‑length Theasterion, arriving July 10th, 2026.

Founded in 2020 by Afro‑Canadian multi‑instrumentalist and world‑builder Miguel Marcheterre‑Pina, Volubilis has evolved from a pandemic‑era bedroom project into one of Canada’s most promising new progressive and technical metal acts. Joined by André Dubien (vocals), Jacob Collins(drums), Alexis Rioux (guitar), and Shawn Hillman (fretless bass), the band has quickly gained recognition for its intricate musicianship, ambitious storytelling, and immersive sci‑fi universe.

“Le Flamboiement Stellaire” serves as the album’s opening chapter, both musically and narratively. Written with the intention of becoming a tech‑death anthem, the track explodes with prestissimo riffing, melodious solos, and relentless blast beats. It is also the only song on the album written in French, grounding the band’s conceptual universe in Québec’s metal identity.

“Le Flamboiement Stellaire was written to purposefully become a metal hit. With prestissimo, intricate riffs, melodious solos and blasting drums, the song is an homage to tech‑death’s best acts. We insisted on writing lyrics in French to make it a veritable testimony of Québec’s vernacular metal,” says Miguel Marcheterre‑Pina

Lyrically, the single introduces the prophecy at the heart of Theasterion, the foretelling of a catastrophic supernova, the political fracture it creates within a human colony, and the mercenaries who flee to the hostile planet Theasterion in search of survival.

Listen to “Le Flamboiement Stellaire” at the following links:

Lyric Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_DXs3fYcgw

Add to your Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/track/4KEBCN1yM2mLJwp9ME6GF4

Track Listing:
1. Le Flamboiement Stellaire (5:16)
2. Theasterion (6:30)
3. Homo Cumulus (5:48)
4. Ashes & Embers (4:50)
5. The Prism (4:01)
6. Unukhalai Supernova (6:24)
Total Album Length: 33min

A sweeping sci‑fi epic told through six tracks, Theasterion blends technical death metal, progressive structures, neoclassical flourishes, and cinematic world‑building. The album explores humanity’s collapse, interplanetary survival, and the enigmatic Homo Cumulus, an anthropoid species native to Theasterion.

Musically, the record pushes Volubilis’ songwriting into more complex, immersive territory, with influences ranging from Beyond Creation, Vale of Pnath, and Obscura to Ne Obliviscaris and neoclassical composition.

Album pre-order/pre-save available at the following links:

Digital pre-save: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/volubilis1/theasterion

Bandcamp: https://volubilisband.bandcamp.com/album/theasterion

Album Band Line-up:
Miguel Marcheterre-Pina – Rhythm, lead and acoustic guitars, composition, concept art, lyrics.
Shawn Hilman – Fretless Bass, Contrabass
André Dubien – Vocals, lyrics on songs 03 & 06.
Jacob Collins – Drums
Alexis Rioux – Guest solos on songs 01, 02, and 03.
Michelle Gao: Violin, viola on song 06

Live Band Line-up:
Miguel Marcheterre-Pina – Guitar, backing vocals
Shawn Hilman – Fretless Bass
André Dubien – Vocals
Jacob Collins – Drums
Alexis Rioux – Guitar

More info: 

​https://bio.site/volubilis​

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COMPLEXANT Announce Debut Full-Length Apex ~ New Song Now Streaming

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on June 16, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Blackened death machine COMPLEXANT has arrived. These Australian extremists are poised to unleash their first-ever full-length album, Apex.

The album boasts 10 tracks of brilliantly violent riffing fueled by percussive intensity and unearthly vocals. Following a collection of critically-acclaimed singles and 2023’s A Rite of Passage EP, COMPLEXANT is set to cement their status in the global metal community with Apex.

The band has launched the video for the album’s first single, “No Angels Weep.”

“A tale of vengeance, revenge and killing the false friends who scheme against you, when paranoia turns into reality,” says vocalist Dan Greigsy about the song. “Murdered one by one with an old gardening tool, then buried in the backyard. You have freed yourself from your living burden, but you are now haunted by a rotting garden sprouting from your sins”

Watch the video for “No Angels Weep” at: youtu.be/GcuHJj4bgoQ

Apex is due out on July 31 via Bleeding Art Collective in partnership with Blood Blast Distribution.

Stream more from COMPEXANT on Spotify and Apple Music.

Track-listing: 
1) Apex

2) No Angels Weep

3) Afterlife

4) Swing Myself To Sleep

5) Critical Mass

6) Heretical Supremacy

7) Cyclops

8) Eye For An Eye

9) No Hope For Humanity

10) No Hope For Sanctuary

Vocals on Apex were tracked by Joey Marsh at Beyond the Marsh Studios, with guitars and bass tracked by Shannon Zivkovic. The album was mixed and mastered by Christian Donaldson (Cryptopsy, Suffocation, Shadow of Intent, Ingested). Cover art created by Matt Priso.

Line-up:

Shannon Zivkovic – Guitar
Gavin Bradley – Guitar
Dan Greigsy – Vocals
Chris Tuckley – Bass
Seb Su – Drums

BIO: COMPLEXANT bring together members from across Australia to deliver a vicious blend of Death Metal and Black Metal.

Drawing influence from bands such as Behemoth, Suffocation, Emperor and Nile, they have been touring nationally since 2022 while steadily building their catalogue with a string of singles and an EP. Since the bands inception they have shared the stage with international titans Cryptopsy, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Signs Of The Swarm, Within Destruction, and Disentomb.

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GRIM LEGION (Members of EVOKEN & CONDITION CRITICAL) to Release Harbingers Of Death on July 10th via Horror Pain Gore Death

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on June 15, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

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Horror Pain Gore Death Productions are set to release the new album from New Jersey’s old school Death Metal veterans GrimLegion. Harbingers Of Death is up now for pre-order and will be released July 10th on CD and Digital formats along with merch. Grim Legion features members of Evoken and Condition Critical. 

Following up on the acclaimed 2014 album Unholy Resurrection, New Jersey’s GrimLegion (formed back in 1988) return from the grave once again to unleash more vicious old school Death Metal insanity. Harbingers Of Death showcases 10 punishing tracks of sheer brutality and crushing torment for real ones only! The current Grim Legion lineup consists of John Paradiso (Evoken), Randy Cavanaugh (Evoken), Ryan Donato (Condition Critical), Markus Misery (Fatal Array) and Devlin Bane (Godzero, Nucleus, Fatal Array).

FFO: Asphyx, Autopsy, Cianide, Coffins, Disma, Fleshcrawl, Funebrarum, Grave, Incantation and Undergang.

TRACK-LISTING:

1. Mutilation Scream

2. Found Dead

3. Planet Of The Dead

4. Seraphic Decay

5. Sentenced To Oblivion

6. Descend Into Hell

7. Harbingers Of Death

8. Undead And Buried

9. Slaughter Of Kings

10. Suicide Salvation

Listen to the single “Found Dead” at: youtu.be/XBMRbMDKk8A

Pre-order the CD for only $10 at: https://shop.horrorpaingoredeath.com/products/grim-legion-harbingers-of-death-cd

Pre-order the Digital Download for only $6.66 at: https://hpgd.bandcamp.com/album/harbingers-of-death

Pre-save this release on Spotify at: https://ffm.to/grimlegion

Pre-order the T-Shirt for only $20 at: https://shop.horrorpaingoredeath.com/products/grim-legion-harbingers-of-death-t-shirt

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SCATTER – Incinerating Debut EP From Texas/Alaska-Based Thrash Metal Trio, Tech Hell Cyber Thrash, Out Now

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on June 14, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

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Stream SCATTER’s Tech Hell Cyber Thrash HERE.

Tech Hell Cyber Thrash, the incinerating debut from Texas and Alaska-based thrash metal trio SCATTER, is out now and can be streamed in its shredding entirety.

Born out of pandemic hacker movie marathons and late nights soldering together guitar pedal clones, SCATTER is the brainchild of Spenser Hodge and a love letter to 90s cyberpunk and hacker culture. Spenser enlisted Texas guitar wizard Ruben Cantu and longtime Alaskan collaborator Justin Rodda to help realize this vision.

The first material born of this collaboration now arrives with SCATTER’s debut EP, Tech Hell Cyber Thrash, a ripping and diverse collection of songs that run the gamut from classic death metal brutality to throwback speed metal harmonized leads, wrapped up in a paranoid, bloodsoaked thrash metal treatise on the interconnected hell world we call Earth. Deploying five incinerating tracks in under nineteen minutes, Tech Hell Cyber Thrash was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios in Oakland, California (Autopsy, Vastum, Necrot) and completed with artwork by Matt Stikker (Metallica, Power Trip, Billy Strings).

Tech Hell Cyber Thrash is out now digitally through SCATTER and on cassette via Immortal Jaw Recordings limited to 50 copies. Unleash hell HERE.

https://cyberthrash.org

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BELPHEGOR Announces “Praise The Beast” European Tour 2026

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on June 11, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Black Death Metal force BELPHEGOR will unleash their magickal processions across Europe in autumn 2026 with the “Praise The Beast” European Tour 2026.

The trek kicks off on September 29th at Turock in Essen, Germany, and will storm through Belgium, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Central Europe, Poland, and the UK before reaching its final ritual on October 18th at The Underworld in London.

Joining BELPHEGOR as special guests are Death Metal legends KRISIUN and Black Metal coven ASAGRAUM. A fourth band will be announced soon. Stay tuned.

BELPHEGOR “Praise The Beast” European Tour 2026:

29.09. – GER – Essen, Turock
30.09. – BEL – Kortrijk, DVG
01.10. – NLD – Dordrecht, Bibelot
02.10. – NLD – Hengelo, Metropool
03.10. – TBA
04.10. – SWE – Gothenburg, Monument
06.10. – FIN – Helsinki, On The Rocks
07.10. – SWE – Stockholm, Kollektivet Livet
08.10. – SWE – Malmö, Plan B
09.10. – GER – Berlin, Musikbrauerei
10.10. – CZE – Uherske Hradiste, Klub Mir
11.10. – CZE – Plzen, Serikovka
13.10. – POL – Krakow, Hype Park
14.10. – POL – Gdańsk, Drizzly Grizzly
15.10. – GER – Osnabrück, Bastard Club
16.10. – UK – Sheffield, Corporation
17.10. – UK – Torquay, Arena
18.10. – UK – London, The Underworld

Tickets and additional information will be available through local venues and promoters.

BELPHEGOR – “Scarlet Beast – Leviathan” (Official Music Video) – https://youtu.be/R84svP3mTJo

About BELPHEGOR:

Since their formation in 1993 in Austria, BELPHEGOR have stood as one of the most brutal and transgressive forces in black death metal. Founded by vocalist and guitarist Helmuth Lehner, the band has spent over three decades refining a sound forged in fire and sacrilege, merging the violent precision of death metal with the ritualistic darkness of black metal.

Their musick is an invocation of infernal power, a soundwall of relentless blasphemy.

From the raw intensity of early releases like The Last Supper (1995), Blutsabbath (1997), and Necrodaemon Terrorsathan (2000), to the increasingly sophisticated compositions found on albums such as Lucifer Incestus, Bondage Goat Zombie, Pestapokalypse VI, and Totenritual, BELPHEGOR have continually pushed the boundaries of extreme musick. Each release marks a further descent into forbidden territory.

The band’s thematic focus with ritual magick, religious inversion, and arcane symbolism is matched by their technical mastery, multilingual lyrics, and sonic experimentation.

With their twelfth studio album The Devils (2022), BELPHEGOR delivered one of their most punishing and ambitious records to date.

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