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On May 8th internationally, Personal Records is proud to present Goholor’s highly anticipated debut album, ‘Locus Damnatorum’, on CD format.

Goholor arose from the depths of suffering in Slovakia in 2010 at the instigation of two maniacs Demo (guitars / scream) and Anton (growl). Gradually, Pio (drums) and Erik (bass) joined. In 2016, the quartet released their debut EP, ‘In Saeculis Obscuris’. Thematically, Goholor focus on the dark and demonic side of society, such as hypocrisy, perversion, insensitivity, and obsession with religion.

Now, at long last, Goholor are set to release their first full-length, ‘Locus Damnatorum’. Not for nothing does the band’s moniker mean ‘ascend’ in the Enochian dictionary: Goholor’s Blackened Death Metal retains an acute balance of timelessness and freshness sure to garner the band widespread attention across genre lines. The quartet possess superlative chops, and promptly put them in the service of stridently linear songwriting; while nothing across ‘Locus Damnatorum’ could quite qualify as ‘catchy’ verse / chorus fare, these song constructions also safely elude riff-salad aimlessness, instead diving headlong into coiling labyrinths of Metal memorability. Indeed, Goholor here are something of a throwback to Black / Death’s late ’90s heyday, variously recalling the likes of Unanimated, Necrophobic, Sacramentum, Gates of Ishtar, and Sweden’s Sacrilege, but there’s just as equally their own personality injected into their atmospheric muscle. And all of this luxurious crunch is heightened by the esteemed Tore Stjerna’s mixing & mastering at Necromorbus Studios.

‘Filthy minds and darkened acts bring insane tomorrow’! Sorrow!

With the concept album ‘Heerscht de Dood nu als Onderkoning?’, Galghe presents a dark, restrained, and respectful tribute to the millions of lives lost during the First World War. At a time when humanity believed civilisation to be invincible, trench warfare, mustard gas, and industrialised mass destruction formed an icy counterproof. The war meant to end all wars proved to be nothing more than the prelude to a blood-soaked century.

The album consists of two long compositions, each divided into four chapters. Together they form eight scenes that guide the listener from the geopolitical spark in Sarajevo, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, to the signing of the armistice in 1918. Each chapter focuses on a key moment or location of the conflict, including Liège, Verdun, the Somme, Diksmuide, and Ypres.

The lyrics are carefully constructed in three languages; Dutch, French, and English, reflecting both the multinational nature of the war and the individual tragedies that unfolded on every front. This is not dry historiography, but raw, poetic evocations of suffering, madness, and the dehumanisation that war inevitably brings. Musically, Galghe blends atmospheric and brutal Black Metal with dissonant melodies and militant rhythms that underscore the pitch-black subject matter. Field recordings, orchestral layers, and audio fragments from original letters, speeches, and artillery bombardments intensify the oppressive atmosphere, drawing the listener ever deeper into the trenches.

With this work, Galghe seeks not only to commemorate the past, but also to make the eternal echo of war tangible: an echo in which Death no longer creeps silently, but reigns as sub-king.

About Galghe

Galghe is a collaboration between J. (Nether, Vergankelijk) and P. (Wurgilnō, Corpusculum, Vergankelijk), two seasoned Black Metal veterans active within the underground scene since the early 1990s. Both carry a long history of musical and ideological involvement, approaching Black Metal not as a fixed genre, but as a living, breathing, and ever-transforming medium.

While firmly rooted in the Black Metal tradition; raw, uncompromising, and atmospheric, Galghe refuses to be bound by subgenre labels. Ambient passages, neoclassical structures, field recordings, and ritual sound collages are integrated without hesitation. Nothing is sacred, except intention.

J. and P. do not regard Galghe as a band, but as a channel: a spiritual collective in which loss, transience, historical reflection, and human tragedy take centre stage. Their work is uncompromising and free of commercial agenda, born from the necessity to create, to remember, and to bear witness.

Chaos Records expands the roster with a new wave of Chilean brutality: Blood Grave.

Emerging from Buin, Santiago de Chile this young but determined unit wasted no time refining their identity. Rooted in the filth and fury of the early ’90s, which will appeal fans of Death, Morgoth, Asphyx, Supression, Purtid Yell and Dismember, Blood Grave reject modern gloss in favor of dense riffing, cavernous aggression, and lyrical themes that explore mental decay, cosmic horror, and anti-religious extremity.

Their debut offering “The Execution of Humanity” captures that vision across eight merciless tracks. It is both a declaration of intent and a monument to perseverance, honoring the memory and creative force of founding bassist Gustavo Sánchez.

Purity Through Fire is proud to present Nachtgnawer’s highly anticipated debut mini-album, ‘Medieval Devourer’, on Cd format.

Formed in 2022, Finland’s Nachtgnawer have recorded a demo, a collaborative split with Wulfseer, and even a live album; but so far, a more extended record has not arrived. Nevertheless, their pedigree is substantial, numbering concurrent members of labelmates Licht Des Urteils, Sacrificium Carmen, Riivaus, Coraxul, and Nôidva among others.

As expected, Nachtgnawer unfurl Finnish filth of a most millennial variety: but on evidence of the new mini-album ‘Medieval Devourer’, there’s more to their charred cauldron than expected. For one, the “medieval” extension / appellation certainly applies here; for however restless and rabid their execution may be, there’s an alternately melancholic / triumphant aspect to their riffing that suggests an acute understanding of France’s notorious Concilium crew.

For another, the haunting tubular-bells interlude ‘Process of Procession’ splits the record into two equally satisfying halves, with the first bearing the bite of the vampiric; the aforementioned collaboration was titled ‘Unholy Vampyric Supremacy’, after all; and the latter melting into the heavy metal of the epic ‘Stench of the Ancient Towers’ and the quick-hitting ‘Desecrator.’

What’s more, Nachtgnawer apply the subtlest of synth in spots, further underlining those ancient links. This is the ‘Medieval Devourer’!

Following last year’s successful collaboration, Vider and WolfKult Religion are renewing their blood pact and joining forces for the release of ‘Sounding The Horn Of Obliteration’. This second Vider album will be released in the course of 2026 via the Dutch label that previously released ‘Strike With Putrefaction’ and the split LP with Bluthammer. Those who enjoyed the first two releases can look forward to even more death and destruction: let’s sound the horn of obliteration!

‘Sounding The Horn Of Obliteration’ will be released on both vinyl and cassette tapes.

Mexican Death Metal veterans Necroccultus are set to make their triumphant return with their new full-length album ‘The Afterdeath Blackness’, scheduled for release on April 24th, 2026 via Terror From Hell Records.

Proud standard-bearers of the purest and most solemn Death Metal tradition, Necroccultus return with a record that both honors and revitalizes the genre’s roots. Forged through years of underground militancy and unwavering dedication to the Death Metal cause, the band channels its accumulated experience into an album that feels timeless yet fiercely alive. ‘The Afterdeath Blackness’ stands as a statement of intent: Death Metal in its most essential, uncompromising form.

Across eight tracks, the album showcases everything that has defined Necroccultus since their inception: massive riffs, carefully crafted songwriting and a dark atmosphere rooted in ritualistic heaviness. The compositions are elaborate without ever becoming self-indulgent, balancing complexity with raw impact and maintaining a natural flow that keeps the listener immersed from beginning to end. A constant sense of menace runs through the record, while a subtle veil of epic grandeur elevates the material beyond mere brutality.

Rather than chasing trends or modern gimmicks, Necroccultus embrace the spirit of classic Death Metal, filtering it through decades of underground commitment and artistic growth. The result is an album that sounds both reverent and commanding; a work that speaks directly to devoted followers of the old ways while reaffirming the band’s place among today’s torchbearers of authentic Death Metal.

Werewolf Records is proud to present the highly anticipated fourth album of Finland’s Vargrav, ‘Dimension: Daemonium’, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

From the dawn of the classic debut album, ‘Netherstorm’, in 2018, Finland’s Vargrav have almost single-handedly reinvigorated the oft-maligned symphonic Black Metal subgenre. Forged in fires from the ancients; founder V-khaoz’s credentials are vast and stretch back decades, and stoking the embers last left by Obtained Enslavement and Norway’s Covenant and Odium, Vargrav’s first two albums stand as proud pillars of shimmering, classics-based obsidian.

However, it was 2023’s literally Massive ‘The Nighthold’ where Vargrav eclipsed all prior achievements. With a lineup that included the notorious Graf Werwolf von Armageddon on vocals and Moonsorrow members Trollhorn of the Black Harvest on guitars/bass and Baron M. Tarwonen on drums, Vargrav’s swirling, cosmic surge hit a fever pitch of potency; and the filmic elements latent to their sound became a movie unto themselves. It was not unjust to liken this third album to Covenant’s classic ‘Nexus Polaris’.

Now, as their second era continues unchained, Vargrav return with their fourth full-length, ‘Dimension: Daemonium’. Tellingly titled, ‘Dimension: Daemonium’ sees an extension of the cosmic surge that so marked its towering predecessor. Pared down to a duo of V-khaoz and Werwolf, ‘Dimension: Daemonium’ is likewise “only” 43 minutes, but it feels no less huge. Songs strike immediately and then stretch out, the clarity even more sparkling, imparting a unique juxtaposition between nasty execution and glimmering atmosphere. Indeed, those atmospheres arguably journey to dreamier locales, but ones blanketed in the dead chill of space. Because in space, or perhaps, the sad realm of the stars, no one can hear you scream…

Furious yet finessed, breathtaking stained-glass visions stained with stardust shot from a black hole, and darkly dramatic as ever: Vargrav cement their position as the vanguard of symphonic Black Metal with ‘Dimension: Daemonium’!

On April 10th internationally, Signal Rex is proud to present Bezkres’ highly anticipated debut album, ‘Naturalna nietolerancja’, on Cd and vinyl LP formats.

Following a demo in 2024 and the Signal Rex-released ‘Odwieczny zew agresji’ EP last year, Poland’s Bezkres now make their full-length debut. ‘Naturalna nietolerancja’ is a raw and uncompromising Black Metal statement forged in the spirit of the ’90s underground. Cold, austere, and openly hostile, the album rejects human weakness, religious corruption, and false transcendence. Across nine tracks, spanning into 40 minutes, Bezkres channel nature as an ancient, merciless presence, older than belief, untouched by morality.

Built on repetitive, frostbitten riffs, stripped-down structures, and an unpolished sound true to the genre’s origins, ‘Naturalna nietolerancja’ unfolds as a solitary passage through contempt, willpower, annihilation, and disappearance. There is no spectacle, no modern gloss; only severity, distance, and the cold clarity of stone. This is Black Metal rooted in isolation and negation, faithful to the underground ethos of the ’90s and indifferent to anything beyond it.

On March 21st internationally, Purity Through Fire is proud to present A.H.P.’s highly anticipated second album, ‘Alltid Imot Deg’, on CD format. The vinyl version will follow this summer.

Formed in 2011 in Bergen, A.H.P. are something of a “dark horse” within Norwegian Black Metal: their sound isn’t Norwegian Black Metal Exclusively, and band founder / songwriter Gulnar originally hails from Poland. However, being something an outlier has made A.H.P. all the more unique. From palatably varied songwriting to a more mechanistic soundwall, from tastefully unexpected cover-song choices to even-more-varied lineups, A.H.P. follow their own path, forged in fire, ice, and iron will.

Now, a full decade since their Against Human Plague debut album, A.H.P. return to reassert those unique virtues with ‘Alltid Imot Deg’. Comprising five songs in 41 minutes, A.H.P.’s second album is indeed more epic-minded than the first, each song creating a shapeshifting vortex where four separate vocalists narrate foul deeds and filthy states of the soul; among those guests are Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult’s Onielar. Gulnar rises to the occasion with songwriting that’s by turns stealthy, hypnotic, schizophrenic, and thuggish, but always, Always, is there an ever-building fountain of cold & crunching violence. That A.H.P.’s soundwall retains their elder Moonfoggy-mechanistic feel whilst emitting a sort of delirious humanity only makes ‘Alltid Imot Deg’ all the more compelling, and, always again, all the more unique. Still, the best is saved for last with the 15-minute title track, which is an awe-inspiring maw of impossibly alluring darkness; you will drown in this.

Once again, opened are the Gates… we summon Anneliese’s Spirit, once more for her to inspire the Possession entity to tell the ‘Tale of The Mother of Darkness’…

Hidden in the Bulges Forest, among its dark hills
Stands a castle where a demonic power lives
Swallowing the blood and the souls of sacrificed innocent angels…

Enter the Black Chapel, hear the graveside prayer as They let them run during nocturnal wild hunts. The hunters exhulted hearts scream in the night…
The more they’ll cry, the brighter they’ll shine and all shall die.

‘The Mother of Darkness’ shaped as the latrodectus Tela awaits the Young Blood Ritual…
Come and See.

A.M.S.G.