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The second of four Scandinavian Death Metal rippers coming to F.O.A.D. Records this August is Adversary ‘Succumb To Death Metal’ LP+CD.

From the golden age of the Swedish Death Metal underground, emerging from Sandviken in the early ’90s, Adversary released only three demos before disappearing into obscurity. In just a short span of time, they evolved from primitive beginnings into one of the most overlooked acts of the crushing Swedish Death Metal sound. Their final demo, ‘Remains Of An Art Forgotten’, was recorded at the legendary Sunlight Studio and features guest screams by Matti Kärki of Dismember.

Now F.O.A.D. Records resurrects their complete legacy; this LP includes ‘The Blood Of Those Who Failed’ (Demo 1990), ‘Beyond Death’ (Demo 1991), ‘Remains Of An Art Forgotten’ (Demo 1991). There will also be a CD with all 3 demos plus ‘Live in Sandviken, Sweden 1991’ (a previously unreleased raw, brutal sounding live recording)

Comes with a 12-page booklet featuring an introduction by Nicola Costantini, author of ‘Encyclopedia Of Svensk Döds Metall’, plus original fanzine reviews, tape scans and archival material.

Scandinavian Death Metal takes over the next F.O.A.D. release month! Two overlooked Swedish heavyweights versus two crushing Finnish obscurities, and the opening shot is Macrodex ‘Reborn Through Hate – Complete Recordings 1988–1990’ Gatefold 2xLP+CD. Brutal Swedish Death/Thrash from the frozen crypts of Eskilstuna. A meticulously exhaustive collection featuring: all official demos, the ultra-rare ‘Emasculation’ rehearsal/demo (1988), previously unreleased studio recordings and bonus rehearsal material.

31 tracks with a total playing time of 100 minutes fully restored and remastered from the original tapes! Gatefold sleeve with 12 page booklet, includes extensive liner notes by Nicola Costantini (Encyclopedia Of Svensk Döds Metall), original fanzine excerpts, flyers and tape scans. For fans of Nihilist, Carnage, Merciless and Crematory!

Shadow Records (distributed and marketed by Regain Records) proudly presents the re-release of Sorhin’s debut EP, ‘Skogsgriftens rike’ on LP and CD formats.

Originally released in 1996, ‘Skogsgriftens rike’ marks the beginning of Sorhin’s journey into the pantheon of Swedish Black Metal, laying the foundation for the cult full-length albums ‘I det glimrande mörkrets djup’ and ‘Apokalypsens ängel’. Even at this early stage, the band’s identity was fully formed, a cold, evocative and unmistakably Nordic vision that would become their enduring hallmark.

Nearly thirty years on, ‘Skogsgriftens rike’ still stands as a monument to the cold majesty of 1990s Swedish Black Metal, untouched by time, uncompromising in spirit, and as haunting as the northern wilderness that inspired it.

Hells Headbangers is proud to present Atomic Aggressor’s highly anticipated second album, ‘The Occult Forces’, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

At ground zero of Chile’s still-thriving Death Metal scene, Atomic Aggressor had a strong hand in shaping that supreme sound back in the late ’80s with 1989’s influential ‘Bloody Ceremonial’ demo and 1991’s subsequent ‘Resurrection’ demo. Prematurely, the band broke up but re-formed in 2007 to play a number of national festivals, proving that the ancient hellfire still burned brightly.

With two founding members at the helm, vocalist/bassist Alejandro Díaz and guitarist Enrique Zúñiga, Atomic Aggressor released a well-received split 7″ with Death Yell in 2013, further proving that their barbaric Thrash Metal had lost none of its violence and force. But that split was a mere appetizer for the band’s long-awaited debut album, ‘Sights of Suffering’, which Hells Headbangers released to widespread acclaim at the end of 2014. Some 25 years on from their original formation, Atomic Aggressor continued where they started in the late ’80s, but brimmed with a belligerence and bluster that belied their seemingly advanced age. Indeed, old dogs do old tricks! And they did those old tricks again with 2019’s ‘Invoking the Primal Chaos’ EP, continuing that fiery momentum as if five years hadn’t passed.

Alas, seven years after that record comes Atomic Aggressor’s long-awaited second album, ‘The Occult Forces’. Once again, time simply does not pass in these Chileans’ world, for they pick up exactly where they left off with ‘Invoking the Primal Chaos’: pure and total Death Metal that’s evil and a bit blackened, explosive but finessed. It’s almost insane how Atomic Aggressor just don’t seem to age, like some metalized portrait of Dorian Gray, and their execution here is sharper than ever, serving their songwriting with malicious intent and maximum overdrive. That ‘The Occult Forces’ could’ve been released in 1989, 1999, 2009, or 2019 speaks volumes about the timelessness of the quartet’s craft. More than a throwback, however, Atomic Aggressor show that they’re still the real deal; such songs can only come from those who grew up and bled in the 1980s, especially in a landscape as lawless as South America. If there’s one development here, it’s that the characteristically maniacal solos are a bit more reigned in, more diabolical in their classier exposition.

All told, ‘The Occult Forces’ is as swift as a missile at eight songs in 40 minutes; if it takes Atomic Aggressor another five-plus years to put out another record, it’s not for lack of deadly efficiency!

WolfKult Religion welcomes Empty Chalice to its roster!

First result of this new pact between the Dutch label and one the most promising Canadian underground Black Metal bands is the tape version of their debut album, ‘Majesty Of Sin’.

‘Majesty Of Sin’ resurrects the savage spirit of the underground, Black/Death Metal forged in darkness, driven by hatred and devotion. A violent tribute to the immortal spirit of Sarcófago, Bathory, Sodom, Mystifier, Blasphemy and Order From Chaos. Hammered into a sound both merciless and timeless. Released on tape for a maximum old school experience.

The tape is already in production and will be released together with Old Curse’s ‘Decayed Doctrine’.

With a deep-rooted love for South American Extreme Metal, it comes as no surprise that WolfKult Religion has set its sights on Old Curse, currently one of the best up-and-coming bands from Paraguay. Old Curse’s mercilessly wild blend of Death and Black Metal, for which the South American continent is renowned, fits seamlessly with the Dutch label’s identity.

The label says it is delighted and excited about the collaboration: “Old Curse and WolfKult Religion are a perfect match, just like old Sepultura and old Sarcófago. I therefore hope that the release of ‘Decayed Doctrine’ will be the first step in a long and fruitful collaboration.”

Drummer and founder of the band Bel Warrior comments: “Old curses corrupt the silence. We sealed a new pact alongside WolfKult Religion to unleash the raw testimony of our demo on cassette format. An alliance of absolute darkness for those who still worship the underground”.

‘Decayed Doctrine’ will be released on cassette tape during Q3 of 2026. More details will be revealed shortly.

Revel In Flesh proudly announce their new full-length ‘Flesh For The Kult Of Death’, scheduled for September 18th 2026 via War Anthem Records and introducing band’s revamped line-up.

With ‘Flesh For The Kult Of Death’, Revel In Flesh open a new chapter: one that simultaneously marks an uncompromising return to their roots. Moving beyond their recent releases, the band refocuses on the very essence that defined them from the start: dark, riff-driven Death Metal deeply rooted in the classic Swedish sound.

Inspired by the spirit of early albums like ‘Manifested Darkness’ and ‘Death Kult Legions’, ‘Flesh For The Kult Of Death’ unleashes a massive blend of chainsaw guitars, morbid melodies and a sinister atmosphere that captivates the listener from the first note to the last. Yet, the band achieves far more than a mere nostalgic look back: Revel In Flesh combine the raw energy of their early days with the experience and songwriting skills of a band that has matured over the years.

Thematically, the album once again delves into the dark realms of death, cults and decay, underscoring the band’s uncompromising commitment to carrying the torch of classic Death Metal with authenticity and passion.

With ‘Flesh For The Kult Of Death’, Revel In Flesh deliver their most steadfast declaration of devotion to traditional Death Metal to date: raw, dark, anthemic and brimming with unbridled energy. For fans of the band’s early era and devotees of classic Swedish Death Metal alike, this album represents a triumphant return to the darkness from which Revel In Flesh originally emerged.

The Cult Lives. Death Reigns. Flesh Prevails.

WolfKult Religion and Blótskål join forces, debut EP about to be unleashed.

Blótskål is a new band formed by M. Walraven (Salacious Gods, Uuntar, Volc Vermaledide, ex-Kjeld, ex-Lugubre, ex-Standvast) and The Specter (Old Tower, Bad Omen, ex-Blood Tyrant, ex-Ravenzang, ex-Vaal). With this latest project of both, the duo takes a deep dive into Black Metal’s folk-inspired traditions. It takes no expert to hear both individual’s vast experience, ‘Afloat The Nocturnal Current’ is a journey that takes you into traditional Black Metal, showing the beauty and harshness of nature.

WolfKult Religion will release ‘Afloat The Nocturnal Current’ on cassette tape in a run of 50 copies only.

New in the WolfKult Religion family: Onheilsprofeet.

Onheilsprofeet’s first offering, ‘Slotakkoord Van De Dood’, is an EP that brings together Black Metal of different styles, but essentially echoes the strength and relentless, dark energy of the Finnish Black Metal scene from about 25 years ago. Raw and harsh, but undeniably catchy.

WolfKult Religion is proud to present ‘Slotakkoord Van De Dood’ on cassette tape in a limited run of 50 copies only.
– Guitar – Wiederschim (Elfsgedroch)
– Bass – Maculist (ex-Gheestenland, ex-Winter of Sin)
– Drums – Swerc (Salacious Gods, ex-Kjeld, ex-Lugubre)
– Vocals – Lafawijn (Salacious Gods, Orewoet, ex-Iku-Turso)

“De profetie is onheil. Waar wij spreken, sterft het licht”

Me Saco Un Ojo Records and Rotted Life are proud to present the highly anticipated second album of Sweden’s Filth, ‘Death Exhibition’. Me Saco Un Ojo will release the album in Europe on CD and vinyl LP formats, while Rotted Life will release it in the United States on CD and cassette tape formats.

Sweden’s Filth have a knack for fitting album covers. The one to last year’s celebrated ‘Time to Rot’ debut album captured its psychedelically putrid contents perfectly, and so does the cover to their sophomore full-length, ‘Death Exhibition’. Whereas that no-less-weighty debut LP proved Filth were true contenders to old-school Death Metal barbarity thawed in the present, ‘Death Exhibition’ sees the power-trio sounding both more finessed and more barbaric. The formula has hardly changed, thankfully, but the foundations of their sound are expanded further here: whether it’s the crude, tank-rolling crush of Grave’s first two albums (including the dips into doomier territory on ‘You’ll Never See…’) or the sooty angularity of Immolation’s first two (the birth of the ‘backwards riff’ sequence in Death Metal), Filth go the distance in punishing the body and tormenting the mind on ‘Death Exhibition’.

Most poignant case in point: the dank crypt of instrumental ‘…Inhumed…’, where flanged-out bass begins the plummet to unfathomable depths, establishing both atmosphere and physical presence of a most intimidating nature, and then carried to its conclusion in companion instrumental ‘…Exhumed…’, where the chasm to (and from) that crypt becomes a hypnotically haunting trudge. Who else is doing such exemplary work with Death Metal instrumentals?

Naturally, other similarly old-school influences can be spotted – Demilich, Autopsy, Incantation, Finland’s Abhorrence – but rest assured that Filth inject their own personality (and just a slight bit of weirdness) into the bubbling cauldron to remain authentic rather than ripping off someone else’s past. Add in humid, wholly analog production and you truly have a Death Exhibition worth reckoning.