Finnish Kuopio-based death metal band Funeral Home is set to release their debut album Your Funeral on January 16th, 2026, via Inverse Records. The first single “You Failed My Trust” is out now and it’s available here: https://push.fm/fl/funeral-home-trust
The band comments:
“Funeral Home is ready to shake up listeners with their new single “You Failed My Trust”, which is released on October 23rd 2025. The song tells the story of broken trust and the power that comes from it – a feeling that is at once crushing, real and relatable. The pounding beat and groove are the soul of the entire song.”
BIOGRAPHY: Founded in 2009, Funeral Home is a death metal band from Kuopio, Finland. Their musical influences range from death ‘n’ roll and old-school styles with gloomy melodies of death metal . The band writes its songs with the music first, keeping the song structures simple and the arrangements flowing.
Line-up: Ossi Maalampi – vocals Henri Ojala – lead guitar Henri Thitz – rhythm guitar Juha Korhonen – bass Jouko Poussu – drums
Single cover by Henna Pulkkinen
Funeral Home – You Failed My Trust (Single 2025)
* Composed by Henri Ojala * Lyrics by Janne Partanen
Italian death metallers TENEBRO are set to unleash their new album Una Lama D’Argento on December 12th, 2025 via Time To Kill Records.
Continuing their morbid devotion to the putrid sounds of classic horror and old school death metal, the band promises another slab of grotesque heaviness. The record features a striking cover artwork created by Julian Ibanez, perfectly capturing the nightmarish essence and macabre storytelling that have become TENEBRO’s signature traits.
“The first single, ‘Impiccata’, strikes with relentless intensity: a fast, uncompromising track that mirrors the shocking imagery of Dario Argento’s Suspiria. Inspired by the infamous hanging scene, the song channels the sense of sudden, inescapable terror that erupts without warning. With its direct, no-frills approach, ‘Impiccata’ captures the essence of Tenebro’s sound: sharp, immediate, and merciless, like a blade cutting through silence”.
With their horrific and claustrophobic death metal, TENEBRO reaffirm themselves as one of the most uncompromising and distinctive acts in the Italian extreme underground, ready to push even further with this new work.
With “Una Lama D’Argento”, TENEBRO take their most extreme and visionary step yet: an entire album conceived as a tribute to Dario Argento, the undisputed master of horror, giallo and thriller cinema. Eleven tracks that are not just songs, but episodes of a single nightmare, a journey through the dark and obsessive atmospheres of the films that shaped cinema history: Deep Red (1975), Suspiria (1977), Inferno (1980), Tenebre (1982), Phenomena (1985), and Opera (1987).
TENEBRO translate Argento’s universe into sound: riffs sharp as blades, guttural vocals emerging from the darkness, relentless drumming, and atmospheres shifting between pure violence and suffocating tension. Iconic scenes such as the mirror revealing the killer in Deep Red, the brutal mutilation in Tenebre, or the larva-filled bathtub finale in Phenomena are transformed into brutal, immersive sonic attacks, capturing the full horror and tension of the films.
Track-list:
1. Inferno 2. L’angelo Caduto Tra Le Luci Del Teatro 3. Impiccata 4. Sangue Sui Muri 5. Lo Specchio… Omicida. 6. Il Corpo Come Spartito 7. Piume Rosse 8. Appare ala Bambola, Poi La Lama 9. Larve Affamate 10. Nel Sonno Della Veggente 11. Jennifer
As with every album, TENEBRO continue to evolve, introducing new symphonies, styles, and melodies, while remaining distinctly separate from the wider underground scene. Their music explores new horizons without ever betraying the pulsating heart that has always defined their sound: extreme, theatrical, and viscerally horror-driven.
In Una Lama D’Argento, TENEBRO do not merely evoke Argento’s universe: they embody it, rewriting his obsessions in Giallo Metal. It is an album that cuts, tears, and leaves no room for respite. Una Lama D’Argento is not just an album: it is a sonic nightmare, a visceral tribute to the cinema that taught us to love fear.
Line-up:
Il Becchino – Guitars, Vocals Il Beccamorto – Bass, Drums, Guitars
FREEDOM OR DEATH! Kataklysm heads back to Europe & UK for a massive headlining tour across 32 cities! Accompanied by Vader and Blood Red Throne, you’ll be served some of the most explosive extreme metal nights!
18.02. 🇫🇷 FR Paris @ La Machine Du Moulin Rouge 20.02. 🇬🇧 UK Wolverhampton @ KK’s Steel Mill 21.02. 🇬🇧 UK Glasgow @ Slay 22.02. 🇬🇧 UK Manchester @ Academy 2 23.02. 🇬🇧 UK London @ O2 Academy Islington 25.02. 🇫🇷 FR Rennes @ L’Etage 26.02. 🇫🇷 FR Toulouse @ Le Bikini 27.02. 🇪🇸 ES Madrid @ Sala Mon 28.02. 🇪🇸 ES Pamplona @ Sala Totem 01.03. 🇪🇸 ES Barcelona @ Razzmatazz 2 03.03.🇨🇭CH Geneve @ L’Usine 04.03. 🇮🇹 IT Milan @ Legend Club 05.03. 🇸🇮 SI Ljubljana @ Kino Siska 06.03. 🇨🇿 CZ Brno @ Fleda 07.03. 🇸🇰 SK Kosice @ Colloseum 08.03. 🇭🇺 HU Budapest @ Barba Negra Blue Stage 10.03. 🇦🇹 AT Vienna @ Simmcity 11.03. 🇩🇪 DE Munich @ Backstage Werk 12.03. 🇩🇪 DE Heidelberg @ Halle 02 13.03. 🇩🇪 DE Memmingen @ Kaminwerk 14.03. 🇨🇭 CH Pratteln @ Z7 15.03. 🇩🇪 DE Trier @ Forum 17.03. 🇧🇪 BE Antwerp @ Trix 18.03. 🇩🇪 DE Hamburg @ Markthalle 19.03. 🇩🇰 DK Copenhagen @ Pumpehuset 20.03. 🇩🇪 DE Berlin @ Festsaal Kreuzberg 21.03. 🇩🇪 DE Leipzig @ Hellraiser 22.03. 🇩🇪 DE Bochum @ Zeche 24.03. 🇩🇪 DE Frankfurt @ Batschkapp 25.03. 🇩🇪 DE Braunschweig @ Westand 26.03. 🇳🇱 NL Leiden @ Gebr. De Nobel 27.03. 🇩🇪 DE Bamberg @ Brose Arena
Featuring members of Denial, Necroccultus, Foeticide, Black Torment, and For Centuries
Nameless Grave Records is proud to announce the upcoming worldwide release of Contemplation Scriptures & The Swallowing Void, the crushing new EP from Mexican Death Metal purveyors, PRIMORDIAL RITES. The EP is set for release on November 14th, 2025.
Born from the vision of Iván “Bloodhunter” (ex-Denial) in 2019, PRIMORDIAL RITES channels the cosmic dread of H.P. Lovecraft into a punishing sonic weapon. Their sound is rooted in the foundational grit of 90’s death metal while incorporating the abyssal intensity of contemporary acts like Grave Miasma and Dead Congregation, forging a unique sound that is brutally effective.
To give listeners a first taste of the encroaching void, the band arrives with an assault: the first single and music video, “The Calamitous Void (After the Gates of Yoth),” today exclusively on the Nameless Grave Records YouTube channel.
The release follows a successful period of cultivating a strong live presence in Mexico, with PRIMORDIAL RITES having shared stages with international forces like General Surgery, Perdition Temple, and Sadistic Intent.
Bethlehem, PA metal act DISSENTIENCE has released “Obsidian Tomb,” the crushing first single from their forthcoming concept EP Kaiju, due out February 20, 2026, accompanied by a brand-new lyric video available below:
A blistering blend of thrash aggression, death metal precision, and cinematic atmosphere, “Obsidian Tomb” serves as the opening chapter in Kaiju’s apocalyptic narrative. The song begins with a somber acoustic passage before erupting into a relentless assault of blast beats, crushing riffs, and haunting melodies. Lyrically, the track captures the first moments of devastation as a colossal, nameless monster emerges from the depths to annihilate an unsuspecting city.
Rather than grounding the story in a specific place or era, DISSENTIENCE leaves the monster and setting deliberately vague, allowing listeners to project their own fears into the music. The result is a track that feels as timeless as it is terrifying.
Kaiju – Track-list:
Obsidian Tomb
Chaos Absolute
Kaiju
Death Shroud
Kaiju is a four-track concept EP inspired by Japanese monster cinema and Lovecraftian horror. Produced by the band alongside Corey Pierce, the record was engineered by Matt Menafro at Peach Pie Sound, mixed by Zeuss, and mastered by Alan Douches. The full EP will be released independently on digital and CD formats.
About DISSENTIENCE:
Formed in 2013 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, DISSENTIENCE is a progressive death-thrash metal band that combines the technical precision of death metal with the relentless energy of thrash. Rejecting retro imitation and genre stagnation, the band creates forward-thinking metal that is both aggressive and dynamic.
Drawing influence from bands like TRIVIUM, REVOCATION, SYLOSIS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, DEATH, and LAMB OF GOD, DISSENTIENCE forges a sound built on sharp riffs, crushing rhythms, and inventive songwriting.
The lineup features Connor Valentin on guitar and vocals, James Vitale on guitar, Sean Langer on bass, and Nick Scherden on drums. Known for their intense live performances and refusal to be confined to a single subgenre, the band continuously pushes their sound in new directions. Their music balances chaos and melody while exploring dark themes through a modern lens.
REDIVIDER, the Louisville-based death metal band known for their blend of old school brutality and modern aggression, has released their debut single “Sounds of Malice” on all streaming platforms. The track is the first offering from their forthcoming full-length album Sounds of Malice, which will be released on January 9, 2026 through Third House Communications.
“Sounds of Malice” introduces listeners to REDIVIDER’s punishing sound and fantasy-driven lyrical style. The song tells the story of a deranged wizard addicted to Liquid Pain, a dark substance harvested from human suffering. Vocalist Jacob Spencer’s delivery is both guttural and deliberate, carried by twisting guitar riffs, time signature shifts, and melodic dissonance.
The full-length album Sounds of Malice will feature seven tracks written with live performance in mind, each exploring themes of death, ritual, and myth. Recorded between Round Table Recording Company and Michael Kent O’Bryan Studio, the album was engineered by Michael Kent O’Bryan and Brian “Bone” Thorburn, mixed by Paul Nunavath, and mastered by Dan Swano at Unisound. The result is a record that captures REDIVIDER’s intense live presence while delivering clarity and depth.
Sounds of Malice Track-list:
Quartered & Devoured
Sounds of Malice
Shackled to Existence
Apocalyptic Waste
Fratricide
Bask in the Rot
Left To Rot
REDIVIDER:
Jacob Spencer – Vocals
Paul Nunavath – Guitar
Jake Atha – Guitar
Alexander Farrington – Bass
Mike Hargrave – Drums (live)
About REDIVIDER:
REDIVIDER is a death metal band from Louisville, Kentucky, formed in 2021 by vocalist Jacob Spencer and guitarist Paul Nunavath. Joined by guitarist Jake Atha and bassist Alexander Farrington, the band draws influence from the early Florida death metal scene and bands like CANNIBAL CORPSE, MORBID ANGEL, DEATH, and GORGUTS.
With a sound rooted in old school brutality and layered with modern aggression, REDIVIDER combines guttural vocals, dissonant riffs, and relentless groove to create music that is both violent and immersive.
The band made their live debut in 2022 and quickly gained recognition in the underground scene, sharing stages with acts such as CREEPING DEATH, CRYPTA, MASSACRE, COGNITIVE, and SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY.
Their debut album Sounds of Malice is a conceptually rich, sonically punishing record that blends fantasy-driven storytelling with crushing heaviness. Written with live performance in mind, REDIVIDER’s music thrives on tension, rhythm, and unapologetic intensity, death metal built to be felt as much as heard.
Iron Fortress Records presents the inaugural IRON FORTRESS DEATH FEST 2025, a full day of death metal depravity featuring a sample of the Iron Fortress label roster that is taking place in just over one week.
The IRON FORTRESS DEATH FEST is a label showcase that highlights the supreme debauchery of what Iron Fortress Records has to offer and includes sets by Gored Embrace, Chorus Of Demons, Hamarr, Swampgrave, Dysmorphia, 1 Body 6 Graves, Scab Hag, Ripped Open, Coagulating, Cell Intruder, Ectospire, and Cryptual.
IRON FORTRESS DEATH FEST will take place Saturday, October 18th at The Black Circle in Indianapolis, Indiana, beginning at 2:00pm. Tickets will be $30 day-of the event, but can be acquired for $20 in advance.
Ben DePaoli, sole owner and operator of Iron Fortress Records and this event, states, “It’s time to gather into the inner sanctum of the Iron Fortress and explore its stench ridden corridors! IRON FORTRESS DEATH FEST was put together to showcase the Iron Fortress Records label roster which is chock full of young and underground death metal bands eager for bloodshed. I can’t wait to gather all these incredible bands into one cavernous day of death metal. Come hang out, watch some brutality, mingle with the bands and I, throw back some demon juice, and headbang until you need a pain pill for your newly formed spinal injury!”
View the full IRON FORTRESS DEATH FEST lineup and set times below. Tickets are available now at THIS LOCATION.
IRON FORTRESS DEATH FEST Lineup – October 18th, 2025: Doors 2:00 Ripped Open 3:00-3:25 Ectospire 3:40-4:05 Cell Intruder 4:20-4:45 1 Body 6 Graves 5:00-5:25 Cryptual 5:40-6:05 Scab Hag 6:20-6:45 Coagulating 7:00-7:25 Dysmorphia 7:40-8:05 Swampgrave 8:20-8:45 Hamarr 9:00-9:25 Chorus of Demons 9:40-10:05 Decedent 10:20-10:45
New Jersey/Washington DC-based KONTUSION will deploy their dismal death metal to humans along the U.S. East Coast this December in support of their cruel debut album, Insatiable Lust For Death, released at the end of July through Profound Lore Records. The new dates follow KONTUSION’s West Coast U.S. run including Northwest Terror Fest and EU/UK tour with Molder which culminated in a performance at Obscene Extreme Fest in Czech Republic earlier this year.
KONTUSION’s self-booked Insatiable Lust For Death – East Coast 2025 trek will launch December 3rd in Richmond and will run through the 14th, ending in Washington, DC. For these shows, the core band duo of drummer Chris Moore (Repulsion) and vocalist/guitarist Mark Bronzino (ex-Iron Reagan, Mammoth Grinder) will flesh out their lineup with two road-tested live members, bassist Paul Wright (Oxygen Destroyer) and Shar Clay (Death File Red) on second guitar.
See the confirmed dates below and watch for further updates from the band to be issued in the months ahead.
KONTUSION – Insatiable Lust For Death – East Coast 2025:
12/03/2025 Fuzzy Cactus – Richmond, VA
12/04/2025 TV Eye – New York, NY w/ Satanick Magick, Infernal Spawn
12/05/2025 Snake Pit – Philadelphia, PA w/ Cesarean, Spesimen
12/06/2025 Ralph’s Rock Diner – Worcester, MA w/ Primitive Warfare, Ancient Torment, Weird Angel, Bay Of Pigs
12/07/2025 Polish Hill Oubliette – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Death Gasp, Gutgash, Moisty
12/08/2025 Static Age Records – Asheville, NC w/ All Hell
12/09/2025 The Earl – Atlanta, GA w/ Cemetery Filth
12/10/2025 Will’s Pub – Orlando, FL
12/11/2025 Las Rosas – Miami, FL w/ Nuclear II, Antiseptic, Criminally Insane
12/11/2025 The Ox – Gainesville, FL w/ Nuclear II, Velocity Splatter, Found Dead
12/13/2025 New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC w/ Primitive Warfare, One Of Nine, Curse Of Flesh
12/14/2025 Pie Show – Washington, DC w/ Unholy Altar, Gorgar, Archael
KONTUSION’s Insatiable Lust For Death is out now on LP, CD, and digitally, streaming and available to purchase where the “Subjugation” video is also streaming at Profound Lore Records HERE.
KONTUSION’s riffs, blasts, and walls of feedback reflect the darkness of a world marred by chaos, where large scale atrocities run amok. Over the Summer, the band delivered the scathing, decimating, rapid-fire attack of their vile debut LP, Insatiable Lust For Death, its ten tracks immersing the listener in a cavernous, hellish tone, while the relentless riffs and percussion remain impeccably tight.
Recorded by Chris Pierce at Volume IV Studios with additional tracking done at Damaged City Studios, Insatiable Lust For Death was mixed by Kevin Bernsten at Developing Nations, mastered by Nick Townsend at Townsend Mastering, and finished with artwork by Rotting Reign and layout by Aaren Molder.
New Orleans death thrash trio HERAKLEION will unleash Live Through Eternity independently on October 16th.
The nine-track live recording was captured on April 17th of this year at Chelsea’s Live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana while supporting Obituary. The album is the entire, unedited, and un-doctored HERAKLEION performance from the evening. It was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Paul Emden. No tracks were added or altered during or after the performance. This is the band, live off the soundboard, and nothing more.
The band comments, “Live Through Eternity captures everything about our live show that we felt the studio albums lack. Every song is faster, angrier, and tighter when we’re onstage. The recording took place at one show and was one continuous take. It wasn’t staged, overdubbed, or compiled over the course of an entire tour, and it wasn’t aligned to a grid. No dead air was cut. No extra crowd noise was added. Nothing was altered. What is on tape is what went on at the show. We’d just come off a tour with Exhorder and were supporting Obituary on this night. We were primed and ready for anything and anyone.”
Live Through Eternity will be released on CD and cassette formats with digital to follow at a later date. Find preorders HERE.
Live Through Eternity – Track Listing:
Herakleion
New Song
The Tomb
Curse Of Eternity
Cryogenic Death
Blood Of Nessus
Obsidian King
Where Crows Dare Not Go
Into… Necroverse
HERAKLEION’s Live Through Eternity will be released in conjunction with a trio of live dates supporting Cavalera. The band will also support Obituary in December and Acid Bath in March with more shows to be confirmed in the weeks to come. See all confirmed dates below.
HERAKLEION Live: 10/16/2025 White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX w/ Cavalera 10/17/2025 Come And Take It Live – Austin, TX w/ Cavalera 10/18/2025 Ferris Wheeler’s Backyard BBQ – Dallas, TX w/ Cavalera 12/11/2025 The Handlebar – Pensacola, FL 12/12/2025 The Bark – Tallahassee, FL 12/14/2025 The Brass Mug – Tampa, FL w/ Obituary 3/21/2026 The Caverns – Pelham, TN w/ Acid Bath, Obituary SOLD OUT
Fast rising HERAKLEION released their critically adored Necroverse EP independently last Fall. The offering boasts five tracks of living, seething death thrash that serves as the listener’s vessel from the world of mortality into the realm of the dead. Songs focus on the morbid curiosity that humanity has with the afterlife.
HERAKLEION – named after an ancient Egyptian city that was thought to be a myth but was actually discovered underwater in 2000 – was forged in 2020 when drummer Speed Wilson, met guitarist/vocalist Apollo Xydias. Bassist Christian Woerner rounded out the lineup in April of the following year. Influenced by the likes of Morbid Angel, Pestilence, and Voïvod, the band spent the Summer writing and tracked what was intended to be their first demo.
Duane Simoneaux (Crowbar, Down, Exhorder) of OCD Recording And Production was brought in to mix and master those tracks, which saw release as the band’s debut EP, Curse Of Eternity, in February 2022. Since that time, HERAKLEION has been booking itself across the Southeast US to promote their debut, including a handful of small tours with Goatwhore, Skeletal Remains, Exhorder, and more.
Santa Cruz, California-based death metal squad TORTURE HAMMER will attack the population with their cruel, eponymous second EP through Creator-Destructor Records on October 24th.
After writing and releasing 2024’s Dormant Horror debut EP as a two-piece, TORTURE HAMMER vocalist Peter Pawlak and guitarist Sean Collins added drummer Max Mahmood (Iron Front, Manos De Fierro) and bassist Amir Sahabi (Caveman). With this fully fleshed-out lineup in place, the band stepped-up their game in every way on Torture Hammer.
The six tracks on Torture Hammer see the band’s attack fueled with even more aggression and antagonism, delivering their most deadly material to date. Torture Hammer was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Charles Toshio at Panda Studios in Fremont, California (Spy, Sunami, and Scowl) and completed with cover art by Martyrdoom Illustrations (200 Stab Wounds, Kruelty, Morbid Visionz).
The title track acts as the lead single to the eponymous EP; an endless onslaught of headbanging riffs leads the listener through a hellish scene before culminating in a traumatic, mosh-inducing breakdown finale.
Feel the pain of TORTURE HAMMER’s “Torture Hammer” now on YouTube HERE and Bandcamp HERE.
Torture Hammer will be released on 12” vinyl, CD, and digitally on October 24th. Preorders are live at the Creator-Destructor webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE.
Torture Hammer – Track Listing:
Bodily Harm
Torture Hammer
Object Of Desire
Catastrophic Collapse
Hammered
Coward’s Surrender
Directly in support of the EP’s release, TORTURE HAMMER is poised to hit the Western US on their first ever tour, supporting All Shall Perish and more from October 3rd through 11th. The tour will be followed by a show in San Francisco with Mammoth Grinder, Iron Front, and Leer on October 17th. See all dates below and expect further tour developments to be announced shortly.
TORTURE HAMMER Live: 10/03/2025 Nova PDX – Portland, OR w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass 10/05/2025 The Big Dipper – Spokane, WA w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass 10/07/2025 Soundwell – Salt Lake City, UT w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass 10/08/2025 The Oriental Theater – Denver, CO w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass 10/09/2025 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass 10/10/2025 Nile – Mesa, AZ w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass 10/11/2025 24 Oxford – Las Vegas, NV w/ All Shall Perish, Girl Of Glass 10/17/2025 Thee Parkside – San Francisco, CA w/ Mammoth Grinder, Iron Front, Leer
Montreal (QC) – Canadian bruisers, Deadwood, have signed to Innerstrength Records! The band is set to release their new EP, Rituals of a Dying Light, on January 6, 2026.
A music video for the EP’s first single,”Heretic,” is available at: youtu.be/qd3b7p4zTug
“Heretic” can also be found on the usual streaming platforms, including Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple Music.
Deadwood uniquely blends death metal and hardcore to create a modern deathcore sound. Known for their heavy music and dark lyrics, their motto is “Make Deathcore Angry Again.” The band aims to evoke terror and fear through their music, ensuring their performances are unforgettable. Most importantly, the music of Deadwood caters to enthusiastic metalheads who crave pure brutality and violence.
The EP’s second single, “Tales of Masscacre,” is set to be unleashed with lethal intent on October 17.
Track Listing:
Tales of Massacre
Heretic
Thirst for Blood
Whispers of Death
Echoes of the Fallen
Line-up:
Fred Element – Guitars
Stephane Filion – Lead Guitars
Charles Etienne Lafrance – Drums
Derek Heynekemp – Vocals*
*Note: Vocals on the EP by Martin Demontigny.
Music and lyrics by Deadwood. Recorded at EMNT studio January 2025. Produced by Fred Element. Mix and mastering by Fred Element.
Formed in the shadow of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Deadwood quickly carved out a place in the heavy scene with their dark, unrelenting sound. The lineup unites seasoned veterans: guitarist Fred (ex-The Plasmarifle, ex-Ion Dissonance), guitarist Stéphane (ex-Nova Spei, Iron Maiden tribute), drummer Charles (ex-Dismayd, Discovrey Through Tourment), and vocalist Derek, reuniting with Fred after a decade since their days in Malaga.
Drawing from the ferocity of Meshuggah, the brutality of Whitechapel and the groove-driven power of Pantera, Deadwood deliver crushing riffs and haunting atmospheres steeped in true dark histories, from the Salem witch trials to the reign of Jack the Ripper.
Their catalog includes the EP Nemesis (2022), EP Inhuman (2023), and standout singles “Straightblade” (June 2023), “Djinn Pitts” (March 2024), and “Heretic” (April 2025). Known for their commanding live presence, Deadwood has toured Japan with Humanity’s Last Breath and DVRK, stormed U.S. stages in 2025, opened twice for Born of Osiris in Montréal, and shook the grounds of Inkcarceration Festival 2025.
Currently on tour across Québec, Ontario, and New Brunswick, Deadwood is gearing up for their first European run in 2026, bringing their brand of dark, murky heaviness to stages worldwide.
From the depths of Brussels’ death metal underground rises ABYSMAL DESCENT, a new entity forged from the ashes of Dehuman and strengthened by the twisted visions of R.S., L.L. (Putrid Offal, Echo Solar Void, Terrifiant) and M.D. (Echo Solar Void). Soon joined by R.M.(Neptunian Maximalism) and A.L. (Saqra’s Cult), the band completed a sinister line-up dedicated to conjuring a harrowing requiem of death metal.
Their debut full-length, Dismal Thoughts, will be released via Nuclear Winter Records on October 31st, 2025, a suitably unholy date for this descent into sonic darkness. Drawing inspiration from legendary forces such as Immolation, Morbid Angel, and Incantation, the album weaves a tapestry of gloom and malevolence, crushing riffs and abyssal atmospheres.
The first single, the title track “Dismal Thoughts” is now streaming HERE.
Dismal Thoughts is a testament to death metal’s most oppressive traditions: a record that drips with menace, channeling both the cavernous weight of old-school brutality and the suffocating dread of modern extremity. It is a soundtrack to decay, despair, and the shadows that loom ever closer. Prepare to be engulfed.
Track-list:
Discordant Calls
Labyrinth of Distress
Death Rope
Dismal Thoughts
Obscured Visions
Fragmented Soul
Abyss of Despair
Imaginal Horror
Line-up:
Laye Louhenapessy – Drums Martin Dozot – Guitar Rafaël Sellekaerts – Guitar Romain Martini – Bass Adrien Luxen – Vocals
“VADERMANIAX!!! We ended the summer concert season with three concerts in the last weekend of August. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH for wonderful moments and total craziness and Massive Music for organization and great atmosphere on all trips in the summer season 2025.
All the stage photos by Adam Sieklicki
These were also the last concerts in 2025 in Poland and Europe. Upcoming plans are the Carnival of Death Tour in the USA and Canada in October. Because we and Massive Music are still receiving inquiries about more concerts in Poland, we will try to organize one more weekend in December this year. I hope that in 2026, we will see each other more often at the common craziness in our country. It will be the 20th anniversary of the album Impressions In Blood.
All the stage photos by Adam Sieklicki
We will also like to remind you of the wider Kingdom (expect a new edition of this title soon). There are also plans for something special that we haven’t done before… but let’s wait for the specifics. The new Vader album will definitely be made next year – but let’s rather expect the release at the beginning of 2027. Below is a memento KAT cover from the concert in Zamo Pć in August shared from the Janusz Bb collection. Thanks.”
In case you missed, also watch the music video for the latest single “Unbending‘ (which was the official anthem of Poland’s renowned Mystic Festival this year), created by Robert Gasperowicz: https://youtu.be/WoIZS0jx3hY
Featuring members of Baring Teeth, Pyrrhon, and more
Death metal outfit UMULAMAHRI will unleash its debut album, Learning the Secrets of Acid, this fall on Ordovician Records.
Pushing the limits of extreme music into stranger and more corrosive territories, UMULAMAHRI is comprised of a formidable lineup of underground innovators. The band features Andrew Hawkins of Baring Teeth and Doug Moore of Pyrrhon, Seputus, Glorious Depravity, and Weeping Sores. Session drummer Kevin Paradis adds his trademark percussive firepower to the band’s sound.
Learning the Secrets of Acid is a densely cerebral excursion into warped riffs, fractured rhythms, and unyielding intensity. The album redefines the framework of death metal, crafting something volatile, unpredictable, and deeply unsettling.
This becomes evident after listening to the EP’s lead single, “Orifice Invocation.” Listen now on Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple Music.
Photo Credit: Eeli Helin
Ordovician Records will release Learning the Secrets of Acid on digital and vinyl formats on October 1.
Texas-based hateful Death Metal outfit, CALCRAFT, recently signed to Lifeforce Records, are set to release their debut album, Reborn Through Torture, on November 21st (physical release January 30th).
With the uncompromising credo “Unrelenting death metal. No trends. No mercy.” CALCRAFT define their sound and with their debut album “Reborn Through Torture” they deliver a merciless statement against anything watered-down or trend-driven.
The Texas-based outfit stands for raw, hate-fueled death metal, deeply rooted in the legacy of Immolation, Suffocation, and Incantation. But CALCRAFT go further: their songs are steeped in dark atmosphere, thrashy aggression, and a cinematic violence that feels ripped straight from the bloodiest scenes of Giallo and slasher films.
Their name is no coincidence. William Calcraft, England’s infamous executioner, serves as a grim source of inspiration. Like their namesake, CALCRAFT show no mercy: their music is an auditory noose, each track an execution. Reborn Through Torture is a blood-soaked manifesto of riffs, madness, and horror, dragging the listener into a world of pain and cinematic carnage.
Each song tells a story of insanity, torture, and final breaths. CALCRAFT don’t aim to entertain, they aim to disturb. Their goal is to create a threatening sonic landscape that sounds like “a blood-soaked soundtrack to the final scene you never survive.”
Those who face this album won’t be spared. CALCRAFT hold themselves to their own brutal standard and deliver death metal in its most relentless, uncompromising form.
The album’s first single, “Satisfying Strangulation” is available now on all digital platforms:
Psycosmic Death Grinders, NEFAS (featuring members of Cryptic Gallbladder Splatter, Bedlam of Cacophony, Teeth, and Wax People), have released a lyric video for “Spiral Degradation,” a track from recently released debut EP, Oblation ov Obliteration.
With seasoned experience across the technical, dissonant, and mathematical landscapes of metal, the band’s sonic statement of malicious intent, Oblation ov Obliteration, is a unique offering composed of churning death metal inspired riffs; ever shifting grooves; monstrous howls, shrieks, and yells; and the sonic representations of the undoing of reality.
VINTERSEA return with another fantastic new song and video for their latest composition “Become The Wave.” The Portland-based outfit, fronted by new vocalist Kayla Dixon, are currently one of the most inspiring and adventurous groups bubbling under.
“If ‘Celestial Abscission’ was our big bang out of the gate to show the world what VINTERSEA can do with our new vocalist (Kayla Dixon), ‘Become the Wave’ is a statement about where VINTERSEA is headed and what we want our music to represent,” states guitarist Riley Nix. “In some ways it is a return to form – melodic, brutal, groovy, and inspiring – but it is also different from anything you have heard from us before. Kayla brought huge energy, heartfelt performances, and some really unique tones that drove the song in a fresh direction from the outset.“
Listen to “Become the Wave” and “Celestial Abscission” now on all streaming/download platforms or watch the stunning music video crafted by bassist Karl Whinnery.
“I am super excited for people to scope out the video for ‘Become the Wave.’ We built a unique set in my garage, explored epic locations at the Oregon Coast, and tried a few things we have never done before,” explains Karl. “This is classic VINTERSEA, but with some new moves. Kayla crushed the vocal performance, and used techniques I’ve never heard before. We’ve played this song live on our last couple of tours, and it kills every show. I can’t wait for you all to hear what we can do.“
Become The Wave” was engineered and mixed by Gabe Johnston (Unto Others, Silver Talon) at Falcon Recording Studio and mastered by Troy Glessner (Devin Townsend, Underoath, Moonsorrow) at SPECTRE Mastering. The two singles are the beginnings of a new VINTERSEA album.
In the meantime, the band’s catalog – The Gravity of Fall (2017), Illuminated (2019) and Woven Into Ashes (2023) are all available at our webstore or Bandcamp here: https://vintersea.bandcamp.com/
VINTERSEA: Kayla Dixon – Vocals Riley Nix – Guitar Jorma Spaziano – Guitar Karl Whinnery – Bass Jeremy Spencer – Drums
VINTERSEA create a unique fusion of majestic progressive metal with harsh blackened death and post-metal beauty which draws inspiration from the darkened skies of their Pacific Northwest home. VINTERSEA delivers heavy, emotionally powerful and technically intriguing music that is undeniably inspired by the majesty of their surroundings.
The group built an organic and devoted following through impeccable and illustrious music videos (with combined views of over 5 million), social media outreach and tours with Moonspell, Eleine, Oceans of Slumber, Dawn of Ouroboros, Graveshadow, Voices of Ruin, as well as playing regionally opening for Bloodywood, Lord Dying, Anciients, Cyborg Octopus, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Obscura, Thulcandra, Wolfheart, Ne Obliviscaris, Jinger, The Ocean, Arkona and Sirenia.
Legendary death metal band DEICIDE has recruited Jadran “Conan” Gonzalez (EXMORTUS) to replace long-time guitarist Kevin Quirion. Conan will be making his first appearance on the band’s upcoming tour with BEHEMOTH in Latin America.
Conan comments: “I’m thrilled and honored to jam amongst such legends as Glen and Steve and to hang with the rest of the team. I thank them for having me on board. I’m looking forward to unleashing hell in Latin America on this tour.”
The death metal masters’ most recent album, Banished By Sin, was released to rave reviews in April 2024 via rising record label Reigning Phoenix Music.
THE UNHOLY TRINITY LATIN AMERICA 2025 TOUR (With BEHEMOTH and NIDHOGG)
09/19 Curitiba, Brazil @ Tork N’ Roll 09/21 Brasilia, Brazil @ Toinha 09/23 Belo Horizonte, Brazil @ Mister Rock 09/26 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil @ Sacadura 154 09/30 Buenos Aires, Argentina @ El Teatro Flores 10/02 Santiago, Chile @ Teatro Caupolican 10/05 Bogota, Colombia @ Movistar Arena 10/07 San Jose, Costa Rica @ Pepper Club 10/09 Monterrey, Mexico @ Showcenter Complex 10/11 Mexico City, Mexico @ Pabellon Oeste
About Deicide:
The legendary death metal band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1987 by current and surviving members, drummer/composer Steve Asheim, and bassist/vocalist/lyricist Glen Benton. The band rose to mainstream success in 1992 with their second album Legion, and is credited as the second-best-selling death metal band of the Soundscan Era.
Since their debut album in 1990, Deicide has released twelve studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums and two live DVDs. In November 2003, their first two albums, Deicide and Legion, were ranked second and third place respectively in best-selling death metal albums of the SoundScan era.
Deicide is known for being uncompromising and crafting some of the best, most punishing Death Metal music in their three decade-plus of existence. The band is currently putting the finishing touches on their thirteenth album. Expect the most intense, brutal and savagely catchy slab of Florida Death Metal!
Time To Kill Records is set to unleash Zombie Chronicles Vol. 1, the highly anticipated debut album from horror-obsessed death metal collective SEASON OF THE DEAD, on November 14th, 2025.
The first single “Then We’ll Rise” is now available:
“This track is inspired by Romero’s masterpiece ‘Day of the Dead’, featuring related audio contributions. Continuing the tradition started by Killjoy, whom we take inspiration from, the lyrics are entirely dedicated to the film’s imagery extreme violence and near-realism. The invitation ‘EAT…’ recalls one of the final scenes that made the movie so iconic. Of course, this also embraces the great director’s vision of awakening consciences, a hallmark of his cinematic legacy”.
SEASON OF THE DEAD is a visceral, cinematic extreme metal project born from the twisted minds of Titta Tani (former drummer of Necrophagia and Goblin), Giacomo Anselmi (former Goblin guitarist and current member of Goblin Legacy), and Enrico Giannone, founder and owner of Time To Kill Records, acting as producer and visionary behind the entire concept.
The idea is as brutal as it is clear: to resurrect the blood-soaked legacy of horror-infused death metal, channeling the rotten spirit of bands like Necrophagia, Mortician, and Fulci, while paying tribute to the grotesque imagery and raw energy of cult underground horror films. Influences range from Killjoy to City of the Living Dead, The Beyond, and Cannibal Holocaust, creating a soundscape that feels like a soundtrack to a lost VHS splatter nightmare.
The project boasts an all-star lineup from the international extreme music scene:
2. Then We’ll Rise | J. McEntee: vocals / C. Sherwood: bass / Titta Tani: drums / Giacomo Anselmi: guitar
3. Voodoo Ritual | J. McEntee: vocals / C. Sherwood: bass / Titta Tani: drums / Giacomo Anselmi: guitar
4. Events Of Flesh | F. Stravino: vocals / D. Neabore: bass / Titta Tani: drums / Giacomo Anselmi: guitar
5. Open The Gates | F. Stravino: vocals / D. Neabore: bass / Titta Tani: drums / Giacomo Anselmi: guitar
6. The Other Side | J. McEntee: vocals / C. Sherwood: bass / Titta Tani: drums / Giacomo Anselmi: guitar
7. Burning Moon Sickness | J. McEntee: vocals / C. Sherwood: bass / Titta Tani: drums / Giacomo Anselmi: guitar
8. Bloodfreak | J. McEntee: vocals / C. Sherwood: bass / Titta Tani: drums / Giacomo Anselmi: guitar
Across its running time, the album delivers a relentless assault of death metal brutality, layered with cinematic tension and ritualistic atmospheres. Dual vocal performances, crushing basslines, and necro-sounding guitar work create a soundscape where zombies, decay and gore come to life in audio form.
Birmingham (AL) – Ten years after its initial release and in honored celebration of the band’s fifteenth anniversary of existence, Boris Records is proud to announce today’s exclusive vinyl reissue of Ectovoid’s long out of print sophomore full-length album, Dark Abstraction. The limited reissue comes in two versions – plain black and marbled purple.
The band’s most recent full length recording and tragically the last to feature the band’s late founding guitarist Michael Stewart, Dark Abstraction, was originally released in 2015 on CD by Polish label Hellthrasher Productions and LP by Swedish label Blood Harvest Records. A massive step forward in every way from the outfit’s well regarded if unpolished debut album, Dark Abstraction represented an energetic, riff-focused, and creative spin on the cavernous blackened death metal sound that was flooding the scene in copious amounts in the mid-2010’s.
Band photo by Amber Slanders
With eight varied and memorable tracks, a greatly improved production, and an ever-advancing sense of expression and craftsmanship from all instruments, this was the sound of a young band stepping out of their formative beginnings and emerging confidently as the established and respected outfit they are known as today.
Boris Records is excited to bring this under-appreciated work of death metal darkness back to the public consciousness. Ectovoid’s exhumation from the forgotten graves is long overdue.
Track Listing:
1. Obscure Altars
2. Visions of Reflective Decay
3. Mental Netherworlds
4. Precipice of Absolute Chaos
5. Rituals of Hallucination
6. The Expanse Between Slumber and Death
7. A Prisoner of Paradox
8. Spawned from Unending Mystery
Ectovoid:
C.B. – Bass/Vocals M.S. – Guitar C.M. – Drums
Recorded in Autumn 2014 by Joshua Freemon at Dead Sound Studios. Mixed by Joshua Freemon. Mastered by Damian Herring at Subturranean Watchtower Studios. Cover art by Bartlomiej Kurzok.
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