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Extremely Rotten Productions and Me Saco Un Ojo Records team up to release Stenched's debut album: "If you like slow-dragging Death Metal, D-beating fury, or simple old-school malevolence, then this record will please you..."

October 4, 2024

Me Saco Un Ojo Records and Extremely Rotten Productions are proud to present Stenched’s highly anticipated debut album, ‘Purulence Gushing From the Coffin’. Me Saco Un Ojo will handle the vinyl LP version while Extremely Rotten will handle the CD version.

Following a single demo in 2023, Mexican Death Metal soloist Stenched vomits forth their debut album, ‘Purulence Gushing From the Coffin’! Punching into life with an avalanche of pulsating drums and oozing riffs, lovers of the abominable and disgusting will be ecstatically pulled into the abyssal sounds of Stenched. This ruthless and gargantuan Death Metal not only has twisted instrumentals, but some of the most fetid vocal spewing you will hear, perfect to vomit your guts up with. Those first moments will having you swaying like a corpse in concrete slippers stood in the sea. If you like slow-dragging Death Metal, D-beating fury, or simple old-school malevolence, then this record will please you, as there is plentiful savagery in every form while keeping it true. Barbarically charging onward, expect no mercy, because none will be shown.

As the half-hour of pugnacious torment continues to pummel and putrefy, there is no respite from the hammering decay and delightful gore of this album. Its blend of doomy atmospherics and mangled grooves are tied together by lacerating bouts of grinding extremity to give a diverse range to its methods of inflicting pain. Your bloated corpse will be mutilated and violated if you get close to Stenched, so be careful: this is a hideous deformity you are going to encounter. But you’re still here? Good, so let’s delve into the underground’s filthiest offering: ‘Purulence Gushing From the Coffin’, an album that sounds as its title describes.

More info: Stenched; Extremely Rotten Productions; Me Saco un Ojo Records;

Morbosidad's vocalist Tomas Stench presents Mercenario's debut EP via Hells Headbangers: "...a finely honed warhead of Blackened Death metal bestiality, surging with old-school Grindcore fervor and a griminess steeped in three decades of underground extremity"

October 3, 2024

Hells Headbangers is proud to present Mercenario’s striking debut EP, ‘Tormented Souls’, on cassette tape format.

Mercenario is a cross-country team-up between vocalist Tomas Stench of underground legends Morbosidad and multi-instrumentalist Erikk Stroude (AKA Belial Infernum), a scene veteran currently in The Black Temple and Terror By Night, among others.

Short but most definitely sweet, ‘Tormented Souls’ is the duo’s debut recording, featuring four songs in 16 minutes. Not surprisingly, the EP is a finely honed warhead of Blackened Death Metal bestiality, surging with old-school Grindcore fervor and a griminess steeped in three decades of underground extremity.

Mercenario keep proceedings concise and catchy, above all, with Stench in particular plumbing the ritualistic depths of his throat, bringing a unique aspect to this sepulchral style.

As such, ‘Tormented Souls’ should find favor with maniacs of Finland’s Belial, Brazil’s Impurity, Canada’s Necroholocaust, and of course Morbosidad.

More info: Mercenario; Hells Headbangers Records;

Me Saco Un Ojo Records and Blackseed Productions team up to release Trollcave's new EP: "This Spanish horde craft a duo of spellbinding and dynamic songs which fill the air with a sepulchral stench..."

October 2, 2024

Me Saco Un Ojo Records, in conspiracy with BlackSeed Productions, is proud to present a brand-new mini-album from Trollcave, ‘Adoration of the Abyssal Trespasser’. Me Saco Un Ojo will release the 12″ vinyl version while BlackSeed will handle the CD version.

Trollcave, Spain’s funereal death-doom titans, are back with a new record. Following their 2021 EP, 2022 debut LP, and recent split with Putridarium, here comes another crowing opus of decay.

Brooding atmospherics begin with some unnerving synths – this record promises a descent into the crypts. After these tense few minutes, monolithic guitars and thunderous drums reanimate a slew of fetid compositions. Gurgling vocals blend into hypnotic rhythmic sludge to convey a drudging sense of dread. This is one of those records that will make you feel entombed from the start to the end with its convulsive swaying gloom, mesmerizing you with its grotesque atmosphere and crushing delivery. Ever wondered what it would feel like to have your head pulverized by a sledgehammer of Death-Doom perfection? Then stick around – your answer lies in this record!

Prepare to be bound to the spot by a spectral apparition of Death Metal much darker and more despairing than most. This Spanish horde craft a duo of spellbinding and dynamic songs which fill the air with a sepulchral stench yet manage to retain an interesting range of ideas. For those seeking the most doomed realm of Death Metal, this is the final destination: no hope, only crawling rot and restless melancholy. Every sound seems to roar from the deepest abyss, and with each passing moment, you will find yourself pulled further into it…

More info: Trollcave; Blackseed Productions; Me Saco un Ojo Records;

Abhorration and Invictus Productions announces new album: "...invoking and rearranging trace elements of classic Sadistic Intent, Morbid Angel, Possessed, and early Vader into something uniquely labyrinthine"

September 28, 2024

Invictus Productions is proud to present the highly anticipated debut album of Norway’s Abhorration, ‘Demonolatry’, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The CD version will be released on October 4th while the vinyl LP version will follow on November 1st.

Formed in early 2020 in Oslo, Norway’s Abhorration feature members hailing from such bands as Condor, Nekromantheon, Hecatomb, Resonaut, Purple Hill Witch, and Obliteration. While one could reasonably expect what sound might result from such a conglomeration, the power-trio’s first public recording, 2021’s ‘After Winter Comes War’ EP, aimed for an olde-world Metal of Death that abounded with a refreshing sense of the “new”. Now, Abhorration are prepared to go deeper into the olde vs. “new” with their first full-length.

Simply and elegantly titled ‘Demonolatry’, Abhorration’s debut album immediately sets forth the same foundation as its short-length predecessor, invoking and rearranging trace elements of classic Sadistic Intent, Morbid Angel, Possessed, and early Vader into something uniquely labyrinthine. But the execution here is impossibly sharper and, frankly, blanching: you literally FEEL each note and drum hit as the quartet bleed for the Devil before their own altars of madness. That the production’s suitably rough ‘n’ raw but clear(ly analog) ably benefits the band’s bursting-at-the-seams attack, which also sees an infusion of Vomitor-esque solo-squall. If one difference is to be made to ‘After Winter Comes War’, save for the slow-burn stomp of “The Grace of Immolation,” it’s that ‘Demonolatry’ excises anything haunting in favor of an equally epic but far-more-coiling style of songwriting that’s always moving, moving, MOVING. The wicked angularity of prime Axis of Advance is still in there, but Abhorration leave no breath for pause; an inexorable descent into oblivion is sought, and achieved – quickly. Will you be able to keep up? AAARRRGGGHHH!

More info: Abhorration; Invictus Productions;

Sepulchral Voice Records to release anticpated new album of Black Curse: "'Burning in Celestial Poison' is not only a statement and lesson in audio-violence, it is a 44 minutes long manifest of radical DEATH Metal causing mental lacerations and chaos!"

September 13, 2024

Behold ye disciples of sepulchral darkness, with utmost pride Sepulchral Voice Records annunciate Black Curse’ sophomore album, entitled ‘Burning in Celestial Poison’, to be released internationally on the 25th of October 2024.

4 years have passed since ‘Endless Wound’ left stigmatas on mankind, but be sure, the quartet will cut even deeper now. ‘Burning in Celestial Poison’ is not only a statement and lesson in audio-violence, it is a 44 minutes long manifest of radical DEATH Metal causing mental lacerations and chaos!

A record supposed to shock, because of its ecstatic ruthlessness and massive fanatical malevolence, hovering deep below the compositions. It opens the doors to a world that is so unbelievable vast, that you risk to lose yourself in it, its depths defy exegesis.
4 curses are woven into 4 hymns of utter death-magic, which will lead you into the black abyss of the grand divine. ‘Burning in Celestial Poison’ truly is an agonized infernal within, shattered and re-jointed into the darkness of the physical. Extreme intensity pointed cruelly towards the soul to extinguish the spirit.

The album was again produced by master Arthur Rizk, who cuts through all expectations with extraordinarily dense and destructive fidelity and production. ‘Burning in Celestial Poison’ sounds like created with the magick, formulas, codes and keys of a world beyond.

In order to understand the dark sublimity of this album, maybe other perspectives must be considered, which are not yet defined properly. In our world, it will be considered ugly and oppressive by those, who are not able to succumb to its glorious depths.

Intentionally breaking with modern listening habits (and avoiding all rules of songlength and structure), it achieves the best result when experienced in darkness and at maximum volume. ‘Burning in Celestial Poison’ meanders and finishes with a prophetic roaring sound that surely comes from the world we have to face, which is the world in fire.

More info: Black Curse; Sepulchral Voice Records;

Into It Records will re-release Ceremony's debut demo 'Victims of Morbidity': "...you’ll hear 4 tracks of brutal, slightly technical Death Metal done the America way!"

September 10, 2024

Ceremony formed in 1989 in the Rotterdam area of the Netherlands and recorded their debut demo ‘Victims of Morbidity’ in 1991. On this demo you’ll hear 4 tracks of brutal, slightly technical Death Metal done the America way! 2 of the tracks would later appear on their debut album ‘Tyranny From Above’ (tape release scheduled for next year!).

Although this demo didn’t have the best sound we had it remastered which sure improved things a lot! The original demo came in 2 different covers and we chose the one drawn by Mike Chung, who was the guitarplayer for the band for a short period of time.

Ceremony are still active today although they’re a different sounding band now, playing a cool form of Blackened Death Metal. A new album is on the way!

More info: Ceremony; Into It Records;

Shaarimoth back with new album: "Grounded in esoteric philosophies and dark spiritual doctrines, the music acts as a conduit to an otherworldly domain..."

September 6, 2024

On October 31st internationally, W.T.C. Productions is proud to present Shaarimoth’s highly anticipated third album, ‘Devildom’, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Formed in 2004 but tracing its origins back to 1998, Shaarimoth emerged from the then-barren Norwegian Death Metal underground, and along with it, so did new incantations of darkness, death, and destruction. Both dark and ecstatic, furious and violent, defying genres, but at the same time paying tribute to its predecessors of the black arts, Shaarimoth’s goals were firm from the very beginning.

To date, Shaarimoth have released two albums, a full 12 years apart: 2005’s ‘Current 11’ and 2017’s ‘Temple of the Adversarial Fire’. Indeed not ones to rush things, the Norwegians maximize “delayed gratification” and embrace bold & brazen reinvention. Such was the case for the universally celebrated ‘Temple of the Adversarial Fire’, which saw Shaarimoth evoking the album’s namesake: a wholesale stripping-down their aesthetic to its barest essentials, only to be rebuilt into an incendiary, black-smoke-billowing monolith of blackened Death Metal majesty. Rarely in the nowadays metal underground will one hear a Death Metal record this pure and reverential in its intent whilst being so suffused with the blackest of blood…that is, until the arrival of ‘Devildom’.

Almost elegantly simple in its title, ‘Devildom’ nevertheless reveals the fullest depth(s) of Shaarimoth’s ever-entrancing vision. The template remains unyielding and limitless – technical Morbid Angel-esque Death Metal given unique twists in texture, ambience, and authentically occult lyrical content – but the execution of such is taken, impossibly, up to yet another level. ‘Devildom’ delves into themes of darkness, death, rebellion, and the acosmic forces of the infernal, guiding the listener on a journey through the boundless abyss, beyond the illusions of creation. It reveals a path to transcendence, returning to the true darkness from which all things arise and to which they will eventually return. Grounded in esoteric philosophies and dark spiritual doctrines, the music acts as a conduit to an otherworldly domain where reality’s limitations are cast aside to embrace the forbidden light of the dark gods. More than just a collection of songs, ‘Devildom’ offers a ritualistic experience meant to invoke the Devil’s presence and power, immersing the listener in a realm of liberating madness. This journey celebrates the sinister and the spiritual, inviting exploration of the shadow self and crossing the boundaries between the mundane and the mystical to confront the darker aspects of existence.

Thankfully, a dozen years were not necessary for Shaarimoth to continue the glorious new epoch they ushered in with ‘Temple of the Adversarial Fire’. Patiently and painstakingly crafted all the same, ‘Devildom’ soundly cements Shaarimoth’s status as the Devil’s Death Metal ELITE.

More info: Shaarimoth; World Terror Committee;

Bütcher announces long-awaited follow-up for '666 Goats Carry My Chariot': "On side A of the new album, they continue their very own legacy. On side B, they double down on that premise."

September 4, 2024

Belgian Speed Metallers Bütcher have exploded onto the scene and have been making a name for themselves internationally. Their music caters to the blackened souls who love old-school Speed, Thrash, Heavy, and Black metals. Cuts such as ‘Iron Bitch,’ ’45 RPM Metal,’ and ‘666 Goats Carry My Chariot’ are now part of the canon of the old-school Metal community.

After an avalanche of successful shows and festivals throughout Europe, Bütcher are proud to present their third album, ‘On Fowl of Tyrant Wing’. After the rabid debut ‘Bestial Fükkin’ Warmachine’ (Babylon Doom Cult Records, 2017) and the heralded sophomore album ‘666 Goats Carry My Chariot’ (Osmose Productions, 2020), they delve deep into their specific mixture of the golden ’80s and extreme ’90s.

Bütcher have always mixed ancient Speed and Thrash metal with NWOBHM, classic Hard Rock and Black Metal. On side A of the new album, they continue their very own legacy. On side B, they double down on that premise. It’s a concept side with an overarching unique story (written by R Hellshrieker) and a fully composed tour de force (by KK Ripper) where tempo changes, interwoven melodies, sitars, organs, and various percussion instruments create an unexpected musical journey.

Heavy, Death, and Black Metals counter the Speed Metal, and nobody will see it coming. Both progressive and very traditional, this album is sure to opiate fans and critics alike.

More info: Bütcher; Osmose Productions;

Paganizer re-signs with Xtreem Music and announces new EP: "...that continue the band’s legacy of relentless Death Metal"

September 2, 2024

Veteran Swedish Death Metal band Paganizer has officially signed with Xtreem Music for the release of their new EP, ‘Forest of Shub Niggurath’, which will serve as a prelude to their forthcoming album in 2025. ‘Forest of Shub Niggurath’ is set to be released on September 10th, 2024, in both CD and digital formats.

Paganizer was formed in the late 1990s from the ashes of Terminal Grip, Rogga Johansson’s first band, where he recorded two demos in 1994 and 1995. In 1998, Paganizer recorded their first demo ‘Stormfire’, followed by their debut album a year later.

With an extensive discography that includes 12 full-length albums, 9 EPs, 13 split EPs, 14 compilations, and 2 live albums, Paganizer has firmly established themselves as one of Sweden’s most prolific and respected Death Metal bands. Their unwavering commitment to their crushing sound has earned them a loyal following over the past 26 years.

In 2024, Paganizer returns to Xtreem Music, the label that released their 3rd album ‘Murder Death Kill’ (2003) and ‘No Divine Rapture’ (2004). The new EP, ‘Forest of Shub Niggurath’, features six tracks, with titles like ‘The Outer Gods’, ‘R’Lyeh Ascends’ and the title track, that continue the band’s legacy of relentless Death Metal, setting the stage for their next full-length album in 2025.

More info: Paganizer; Xtreem Music;

Sentient Horror's new album 'In Service of the Dead' to be released by Redefining Darkness Records: "Going into the writing process for this record, I wanted to try to apply our brand of OSDM to more traditional Metal song structures"

August 25, 2024

Since 2014, Sentient Horror have been churning out high quality Death Metal so authentic to the original “Swedish sound” of the 90’s that it led Swedish mastermind Dan Swanö (ex-Edge of Sanity, ex-Bloodbath, Witherscape) to remark:

“..One of the best SweDeath bands I have come across in 20 years! The perfect blend of all the highlights from the Swedish scene from 89 to 91. Truly awesome!”

How surprising then, that Sentient Horror hail not from Scandinavia, but from northern New Jersey, USA.

The band was formed in 2014 by lead guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Matt Moliti. With the goal in mind to record death metal in the vein of the early 90s Stockholm scene, Matt self-released the three-song demo Beyond the Curse of Death under the original name, Sentience. The demo made waves in the underground and the band were quickly signed by Redefining Darkness Records (N.America) and Testimony Records (EU).

The band have stayed busy the last 10 years, releasing 3 stunningly great albums – ‘Ungodly Forms’ (2016), ‘Morbid Realms’ (2019) and ‘Rites of Gore’ (2022) – and 1 EP, ‘The Crypts Below’ (2018).

Never ones to rest on their laurels, Sentient Horror have continued to work non-stop and are now ready to release their 4th full length album, ‘In Service of the Dead’! When speaking to Matt about the direction of the new album, he shared,

“Going into the writing process for this record, I wanted to try to apply our brand of OSDM to more traditional metal song structures. I grew up with bands like Maiden, Priest, Dio, etc, and because of that, I’ve always been a fan of songs with strong, catchy choruses, guitar harmonies, and hooky, memorable riffs. So with ‘In Service of the Dead’, the result is an album of very 80s NWOBHM/Thrash inspired song forms, but made with proper death metal riffing. As for the lead work on the album, I was heavily inspired by the Megadeth record, ‘Rust in Peace’. I love Marty Friedman and Dave Mustaine’s solos on that album and tried to capture that vibe throughout ‘In Service of the Dead’.””

Matt also mentioned a slight shift in the lyrical content, explaining,

“Lyrically, while the general theme of the album is a pretty standard topic for death metal, the undead, I actually took a lot of inspiration from horror video games on this one. I’ve been a huge horror gaming fan for a very long time. I would argue many of those games impacted me just as much or more than any horror movie. So you’ve got songs like our first single, ‘Undead Mutation’, that are about the G Virus from Resident Evil 2, for example.”

Matt, typically the band’s sole songwriter, continued,

“While I did write most of the material on this record, it also features the first co-write from our drummer, Evan (Dead and Dripping), who contributed riffs to the title track, which wound up becoming one of my favorite tracks and a killer closer to the record.”

As for the artwork, Juanjo Castellano once again conjured another masterpiece and has become a part of the band’s identity, having created every cover for the band since their 2018 EP, The Crypts Below! And making a bold step, moving away from the only mastering engineer they have ever worked with, Dan Swanö, the band opted for a change and entrusted engineer, Noah Buchanan, known for his work with Midnight, Obscene, Oxygen Destroyer and more, to both mix and master the album which has resulted in the most ​savage and vicious the band have ever sounded on record!

To support the album, the band just wrapped up a number of dates with labelmates, Oxygen Destroyer, and they will be embarking on a 2 week tour in late October/ early November! Tour poster included below. The first single, Undead Mutation, is now streaming everywhere accompanied by a live shot video shot and edited by Nameless Cvlt Productions.

‘In Service of the Dead’ is truly Sentient Horror’s magnum opus. Everything they have worked for in the past 10 years has culminated to this moment and is reflected on this album. While it may not shock anyone in it’s overall direction, it’s a mature work from a band that knows exactly who they are, and do what they do better than anyone else!

More info: Sentient Horror; Redefining Darkness Records;