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Helter Skelter Productions to release Necrony compilation: "Thankfully, time has done nothing to dull the pus-filled power of Necrony's body of work"

June 26, 2023

Helter Skelter Productions (distributed & marketed by Regain Records) is proud to present the entire discography of Necrony in a five-LP vinyl boxset, titled ‘Corrupted Crescendos’.

One of the most cult bands in an already-cult scene, Necrony hail from the mythical Swedish Death Metal scene of the early ’90s. Formed in 1990 in Örebro, during their four years together, Necrony left behind a small-but-scathing body of work that included an album, a mini-album, a 7″ EP, and two demos as well as a handful of unreleased rehearsals. The band also had the unique distinction of releasing three of those recordings on the super-cult Poserslaughter Records label. Necrony posthumously further earned their cult status with their connection to successive grindcore legends Nasum: vocalist/bassist/guitarist Anders Jakobson would play with the latter during the entirety of their career, while drummer Rikard Alriksson would play with them during their first three years of existence. Both men would also have distinct musical careers with the likes of Coldworker and Genocide Superstars, respectively.

Necrony would make their public debut with 1991’s eight-song ‘Severe Malignant Pustule’. As colorfully suggested by its title, the band’s first demo doubtlessly was indebted to Carcass – as were hundreds of bands back then, or arguably more! – but Necrony nevertheless had a clear grasp of twisted songwriting and uniquely relied on slimy downtempo segments instead of the usual ultra-grinding tropes of the time. They’d further perfect this sound later that year on the two-track ‘Mucu-Purulent Miscarriage’ EP, one of the very first records released by the aforementioned Poserslaughter.

Following those two recordings, guitarist Dan Wall would depart the band, and it wouldn’t be until 1993 when Necrony released their next recording. However, when they did, it was quite literally titanic: ‘Pathological Performances’, the band’s debut album. Pared down to a duo of Jakobson and Alriksson did little to hamper the band’s creativity, as ‘Pathological Performances’ saw Necrony hit their peak: the songwriting was supremely twisted yet somehow catchy, the recording was their clearest yet without losing their original crushing sliminess, and like their heroes Carcass, the lyrics were witty in their gore. Nevertheless, they’d release a promo tape the next year that featured two songs of even sharper and more crushing creativity, suggesting that Necrony were only getting started.

And so it seemed, as their next recording, ‘Necronycism: Distorting the Originals’ – recorded prior to the promo tape, but released after it – was a mini-album of covers which included the likes of Carcass (of course!), Napalm Death, Repulsion, Impetigo, Bolt Thrower, and Carnage, all done the Necrony way. Generally, such covers records served as a stopgap between album releases, and such was the hope for Necrony. But another studio recording never came, and the duo’s focus seemingly shifted to the then-young Nasum. Necrony, ultimately, was RIP by 1994.

Thankfully, time has done nothing to dull the pus-filled power of Necrony’s body of work – in fact, it sounds more powerful (and pus-filled!) than ever. While an unauthorized “collection” surfaced in 2005, with the band’s full approval does Helter Skelter hereby collect all those recordings plus bonus tracks from the covers record as well as unreleased rehearsal sessions and one live track. Titled ‘Corrupted Crescendos’, this nearly-three-hour boxset is the definitive word on one of Swedish Death Metal’s great “What Ifs” and a unique-yet-unsung entry into that hallowed canon. This boxset will include an extensive 24-page booklet, three stickers, and a patch, making it the ultimate Necrony statement: long live Necronycism!

More info: Necrony; Helter Skelter Productions;

Funeral Vomit signs with Xtreem Music: "formed in 2020 that since then has been consolidating its name in the dirtiest and most rotten Death Metal underground..."

June 24, 2023

Colombian Death Metal band Funeral Vomit, has just signed a contract with Xtreem Music for the release of their 1st full-length album, which is currently being recorded and which will be released by the end of 2023 or beginning of 2024. in 12’LP, CD, Cassette and Digital formats.

Funeral Vomit is a band that comes from Barranquilla (Colombia), formed in 2020 that since then has been consolidating its name in the dirtiest and most rotten Death Metal underground, having released its demo ‘Necrophoric Infestation’ (2020), a split ‘Chants of Morbid Excruciation’ (2021) and their self-titled EP in 2022. The style of Funeral Vomit is influenced by sounds from bands such as Incantation, Autopsy, Demilich, Deteriorot, Funebre… with touches in the vein Of Bestial Warlust, Archgoat, Blasphemy…

More info: Funeral Vomit; Xtreem Music;

Sewer Rot Records re-releases Victims of Internal Decay's debut full-length on CD and Cassette: "Fans of Old School Death will be thrilled to add this 90s gem to their collection..."

June 24, 2023

The Sewer Vault opens once again to bring you Victims of Internal Decay’s 1993 full-length debut on CD and tape!

Fans of Old School Death will be thrilled to add this 90s gem to their collection, and those grabbing the CD pressing will receive the ‘Democrazy Shred ’89’ demo as bonus tracks. This demo has never been on CD before!

The massive booklet includes lyrics, classic photos, classic flyers, and history from VOID’s storied career. Prepare to experience “death on nine legs” on Friday, July 7th!

More info: Victims of Internal Decay; Sewer Rot Records;

Hail of Bullet's 'Warsaw Rising' will get a Cassette-treatment by Into It Records: "...one of the best Old School Death Metal bands ever from the Netherlands"

June 23, 2023

Does this band need any introduction? Formed by members from amongst others Thanatos, Gorefest and Asphyx this is one of the best Old School Death Metal bands ever from the Netherlands.

Available soon for the first time on tape, this was the follow-up to their hugely successful debut album ‘…of Frost and War’, which featured 2 brand new tracks, a killer Twisted Sister cover and 3 live-tracks recorded at Party San Open Air.

Tape comes with an awesome looking full body print! Release is set for July.

More info: Hail of Bullets; Into It Records;

Memento Mori added Putred to the rooster: "Putred's Death Metal is rancid and foul-smelling, mostly mid-paced and heavy as fuck..."

June 23, 2023

In our endless quest to push and support current underground acts that perpetuate the odor of vintage Death Metal, we’re extremely thrilled to announce a new signing: Putred, from Romania.

Putred was formed by Uriel on guitars (Morbicus, Vorus, Reveler) and Filip on vocals / bass (Necrotum, Vorus, Demoted) in Transylvania, back in June 2020. Dante (Slaughter Ceremony, ex-In Obscurity Revealed, ex- Infested) joined the band behind the drumkit right after writing the first two songs, titled ‘Necroza’ and ‘Devorat de Viermi’. These tracks were self-released as a promo/demo tape in July 2020. In late 2021, Corina (ex-Deimos, Vorus, Reveler) joined the band as a bass player and Filip stuck to vocals only. In October 2022, Doru (ex-Necrovile, Vorus, Malpraxis) replaced Dante on drums, and the band immediately started playing live all over Romania.

Putred’s Death Metal is rancid and foul-smelling, mostly mid-paced and heavy as fuck, topped off with sick, guttural vocals and eerie solos, taking their cues from the likes of Death, Necrophagia, Slaughter, Deceased, Asphyx, Grave, Paradise Lost, Cianide, Derketa, Dr Shrinker/Phantasm, Rottrevore, Mortician, Carnage, Bolt Thrower, Apparition/Sorrow, Benediction and Broken Hope, among others, whereas the lyrics, written and sang in Romanian, are short horror-drenched stories about death, horror, the occult, the afterlife…

Memento Mori will unleash the CD version of their sophomore full-length by late 2024.

More info: Putred; Memento Mori;

Deteriorot to release new album via Xtreem Music: "...shows the band's at its best, as dark, heavy and haunting as ever."

June 22, 2023

Mythical US Deathmetallers Deteriorot, have just revealed details of what will be their 3rd album that will be titled “The Rebirth”, which will be released on July 18th, 2023 through Xtreem Music on CD, Cassette & Digital formats (12 “LP vinyl version will follow later on).

Formed back in 1990, Deteriorot are one of the legendary early Death Metal pioneers of the New Jersey scene (currently based in North Carolina). The band released some demos and EP’s between ’91-’93 until their first full length album “In Ancient Beliefs” in 2001 and a 2nd album “The Faithless” (2010) through Xtreem Music. Deteriorot is back with a new album titled “The Rebirth” which shows the band’s at its best, as dark, heavy and haunting as ever.

Summer 2023 has Deteriorot headlining the first night of the Killtown Deathfest in Copenhagen Denmark. Headlining at Dragonfest in Prague is one of a handful of headlining shows scheduled in 2023. The future looks bright from the dark sleep!

Tracklist for “The Rebirth” contains tracks like ‘Return to Rot’, ‘A Nameless Grave’, ‘Unholy Rebirth’ and ‘Hauntings’.

More info: Deteriorot; Xtreem Music;

Feral and Crawl join forces to release 'Made As Those Who Are No Longer Alive' split: "It's the perfect precursor to full length albums that are nearing completion..."

June 19, 2023

After releasing landmark full length albums in the same year in 2018, Swedish Death Metal titans and label mates Feral and Crawl join forces for this exciting split release containing all new songs to mark their return. Feral are masters of their craft and having honed their hefty sound to perfection, they showcase their knack for writing excellent song structures and deliver them with even more force than before. Crawl meld Death Metal and crust effortlessly to create a violent and compelling form of music that invariably induces a whiplashing effect on your body. Even with music that is stylistically similar, the bands have their own individuality which makes this split special. It’s the perfect precursor to full length albums that are nearing completion from both the bands in the foreseeable future.

More info: Crawl; Feral; Transcending Obscurity Records;

Iron Bonehead Productions and The Rite ready to unleash second album: "The black bells toll more ominously than ever, the veil between worlds begins to open...step forth into The Astral Gloom!"

June 12, 2023

Iron Bonehead Productions is proud to present The Rite’s highly anticipated second album, ‘The Astral Gloom’, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

The Rite was formed in autumn 2017 when A.th (Black Oath) and Ustumallagam (Denial of God) joined forces to create a band that exclusively plays morbid Black Metal, praising complete and utmost darkness. Their influences range from iconic bands such as Mercyful Fate, Death SS, Celtic Frost, Samael, Goatlord, Ripper, and others, as well as occult literature. The music walks a fine line between slow and dreary parts and fast and merciless attacks, but by and large, it falls into the Black/Doom category.

The recording of The Rite’s five-track mini-album, ‘The Brocken Fires’, was finished in August 2018 and originally released on tape by Unholy Domain Records in October 2018. In August 2019, the mini-album was then released on CD and 12″ vinyl formats by Iron Bonehead and successively received a great response from the underground scene.

In July 2019, The Rite performed their debut show at Denmark’s Metal Magic Festival. In the autumn of that year, the band performed their second show, this time in Italy. Around the same time, The Rite entered the studio again to record their debut album, ‘Liturgy of the Black’, which contained 10 tracks of morbid Black Metal, including a cover of Ripper. The album was released in June 2020 by Iron Bonehead, showing The Rite creating an atmosphere of darkness and the occult rather than focusing on speed or technicality. The music, written by A.th, this time incorporated both guitar solos and keyboards while staying true to The Rite’s original path of mainly slow and heavy Black Metal. The lyrics, penned by Ustumallagam, covered various intriguing subjects such as pure devil worship, devotion to the dark, strange rituals, and the afterlife, and the man’s characteristically creepy annunciation brought those subjects to undead life with drama and intensity.

Around the turn of 2020 to 2021, The Rite returned to the studio to record new tracks for two upcoming releases. Some of the tracks were included on a split CD with Coven of Impurity, released by Cursed Recordings (A.th’s label), and one track was featured on a split 7″ EP with Bezwering, released on Headkick Music (Ustumallagam’s label) in May 2022, after facing cursed delays. The split CD with Coven of Impurity sold out quickly, and most of the copies of the split 7″ with Bezwering were sold within a few days.

In 2022, The Rite’s lineup underwent some changes. The original drummer, P. Guts, was replaced by someone else who the band parted ways with just days before their third show at Winter Metal Magic in Denmark. War D. (Morbus Grave) stepped in at the last moment and saved the day, and has been with the band ever since. A second guitar player was found in M. Desecrator (VomitVulva, Funest), making The Rite a five-piece band, even stronger in their live performances.

Despite being busy with both Denial of God and Black Oath, The Rite began working intensely on the follow-up to Liturgy of the Black. After some initial rehearsals, their second album was recorded in December 2022. Titled ‘The Astral Gloom’, The Rite’s new album contains another 10 tracks, proving as dark and dynamic as ever, with creepier excursions into quieter territory and an even more heightened atmospheric element without losing any heaviness – thus, the title ‘The Astral Gloom’ is more than fitting. That heaviness is provocatively played to the hilt with this two-guitar lineup, and the lead parts evoke a macabre majesty only hinted at before. Once again, The Rite choose a unique cover – this time, the Lollipops’ “Naked When You Come,” an eerie psychedelic pop song from 1966 – and they truly make it their own.

With this new lineup bolstered and better than ever, The Rite seek to take their morbid metal to the stage more often and promote ‘The Astral Gloom’ as fully as possible. The black bells toll more ominously than ever, the veil between worlds begins to open…step forth into The Astral Gloom!

More info: The Rite; Iron Bonehead Productions;

Runespell to release 'Shores of Nastrond' via Iron Bonehead Productions: "Simply put, this is Pagan Black Metal perfection, from an entity that seemingly already perfected it."

June 10, 2023

Iron Bonehead Productions is proud to present Runespell’s highly anticipated fifth album, ‘Shores of Nastrond’, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

By now, Runespell should require little introduction. Since this Australian entity’s public unveiling in 2017 with the ‘Aeons of Ancient Blood’ demo – released by Iron Bonehead, as well as all successive recordings – Runespell has sharpened its sword and quickly, with three albums arriving like clockwork every year: ‘Unhallowed Blood Oath’ (2017), ‘Order of Vengeance’ (2018), and ‘Voice of Opprobrium’ (2019). Although 2020 didn’t see the release of a full-length, a split album with the reanimated Forest Mysticism tided over the bloodthirsty until the arrival of fourth LP ‘Verses in Regicide’ in 2021, arguably Runespell’s best-produced and -executed album to date.

That is, until the arrival of ‘Shores of Nastrond’: Runespell’s fifth full-length, and first as a full lineup. While last year’s ‘Sentinels of Time’ mini-album spiritually concluded the first era of Runespell, it’s readily apparent that that ‘Shores of Nastrond’ marks a distinct second era, although one thankfully not too far removed from the iron and blood that came before. Joining founder Nightwolf here are drum titan Basilysk – whose vast resume includes the likes of Nazxul, Temple Nightside, and Pestilential Shadows among many others – and keyboardist Irrwycht, who concurrently numbers such bands as Grabunhold and Baxaxaxa.

Together, the trio conjure that same mystical & mesmerizing soundworld that’s made the Runespell name such a force in the underground, but there’s a concerted clarity here – be it songwriting or sound, texture figuring more prominently in both – that makes the album’s six component epics hit HARD, even with the solemnity of Sentinels of Time continuing here. Indeed, that supremely epic mini-album served as a bridge between the band’s two eras: not just with said solemnity explored further on ‘Shores of Nastrond’, but also the stirring acoustic segments, which are more generously integrated into the whole of Runespell’s sound.

Simply put, this is pagan Black Metal perfection, from an entity that seemingly already perfected it. These ‘Shores of Nastrond’ crest and crash with blood-fire-death!

More info: Runespell; Iron Bonehead Productions;

Vindsval of Mara back with new project Hädangången: "...this work is the true embodiment of atmospheric and raw Black Metal."

June 8, 2023

Hädangången, translating to “passing away” in English, is a deeper aspect of the Scandinavian forest/old-school Black Metal. Vindsval, founder of the renowned Swedish Black Metal band Mara, takes us on a unique musical exploration through his connections to the primitive Scandinavian landscape.

The EP, “Likfärd,” meaning “death traveling,” is a compilation of raw emotions encapsulated in Black Metal. Drawing upon themes of frustration, death, nature, rebirth, pride, honor, desolation, and emptiness, this work is the true embodiment of atmospheric and raw Black Metal.

This self-released EP, with its immersive and melancholic tones, will be available in digital format across all major streaming platforms. Additionally, an exclusive run of 100 CDs, hand-numbered for authenticity, will be released for collectors and enthusiasts.

Vindsval’s stirring performance was captured in the winter of 2023. The vocals, ethereal yet powerful, were recorded in the woods of Gothenburg, creating a genuine connection with nature. Vindsval’s impeccable craftsmanship is further highlighted through his handling of all instruments and recording aspects. The EP was mixed and mastered at Oblivion Studio, ensuring a high-quality auditory experience.

For those who find solace in the sounds of Nargaroth, Drudkh, Bathory, Angantyr, Isengard, and Darkthrone, “Likfärd” promises to be a captivating experience.

More info: Hädangången;