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Emerging from the Massachusetts underground in the early 1990s, Scattered Remnants carved out a reputation through sheer brutality, crafting a sound rooted in primitive violence, grotesque atmosphere, and the raw extremity that defined the era’s deepest tape-trading circles.

Originally released in 1994, ‘Procreating Mass Carnage’ stands as an early document of their descent into uncompromising Death Metal savagery. Long circulated among collectors and underground diehards, the demo has developed a cult reputation over the decades for its filthy production, suffocating riffs, and relentlessly bludgeoning approach. There is no polish here: only raw aggression, cavernous heaviness, and the sound of a band pushing deeper into darkness before the modern brutal Death Metal movement had fully taken shape.

Tracks like ‘Profanation of Christ’ showcase the band’s ability to combine oppressive atmosphere with punishing riffs and grotesque pacing, capturing the unhinged spirit of underground American Death Metal during one of its most formative eras. While many bands from the time faded into obscurity, Scattered Remnants remained a name whispered among dedicated collectors and fans searching for the genre’s most authentic and overlooked recordings.

Re-mastered by Peter Rutcho (Revocation, Havok) and vover restored and re-imagined by Nestor Carrera, this long-buried piece of underground Death Metal history is ripe for a new generation of listeners while giving longtime fans an official way to revisit one of Massachusetts’ cult extreme metal artifacts.

Now streaming everywhere. Also available on Bandcamp.

Invictus Productions is proud to announce July 31, 2026, as the official release date for ‘Crucificial Imprecations’, the second full-length album from Miami Death Metal tyrants Hexorcist.

Formed in 2019, Hexorcist immediately established themselves as a ‘total Death Metal’ entity: channeling the spirit of the early 90s Florida scene with surgical precision. ‘Crucificial Imprecations’ continues this descent into the abyss, offering ten tracks of relentless, blasphemous intensity that eschews modern trends for total sonic warfare.

Simultaneously, Invictus is unleashing a definitive reissue of the band’s debut, ‘Evil Reaping Death’, now expanded with essential bonus demo material. Whether revisiting the roots of their carnage or witnessing the new evolution of their profanity, this dual-release marks Hexorcist as one of the most vital and uncompromising forces in the modern underground.

Eternal Death is proud to present Ceremonial Worship’s highly anticipated third album, ‘Between Sleep and Death’, on CD format.

Hailing from Hellas itself, Ceremonial Worship formed in 2016 as the singular creation of High Priest C.W. A couple EPs followed during the band’s first few years of existence, but in 2021, Ceremonial Worship delivered its first recording under the banner of Eternal Death with a split tape with Filipino comrades Omenfilth, jointly titled ‘The Pact of Morbid Conspiracy’.

While the band’s first full-length came at the beginning of 2022, titled ‘Ode to Dionyssus’ but in a very limited edition, the subsequent ‘Seven Gateways to Eternal Misanthropy’ later that year was regarded as Ceremonial Worship’s true debut album. Again released by Eternal Death, that record saw the band moving away from classic-styled Hellenic Black Metal toward something more abstract. Weird & wild riffing colliding with suitably anguished vocals, the pulse both distant and forceful, and the sum effect most definitely disturbing: ‘Seven Gateways to Eternal Misanthropy’ was truly titled.

In 2025, Ceremonial Worship were reborn stronger than ever: dark, unholy, with the sole purpose of delivering chaos! The Whisperer of Night, who performed vocals on 2018’s ‘Esoteron’ EP, returned sharper than ever. Two new members also joined: Petros P. invoking demons on bass, and George K. bombarding on drums. High Priest C.W. remains on guitars, unleashing the darkness in all its glory.

The result: ‘Between Sleep and Death’. Still proudly Hellenic, Ceremonial Worship’s third album likewise harkens to ancient times, but instead of the ‘Big Three’ of Greek Black Metal (Rotting Christ, Varathron, Necromantia), there’s overt tinges of Hellenic Black Metal’s second wave, such as early Kawir, Legion of Doom, Nocternity, or even mid-period Nightfall. However, the quartet’s personality and identity come through with full force here; that they combine so compellingly the respectively unique pulses of the two waves is what invites such references, coupled with an almost martial execution and a regal-yet-rowdy production. Atmosphere and aggression thus devour each other like the Ouroboros, and wanderlust is invoked across eight strident & succinct hymns, altogether making for an honorable new era for Ceremonial Worship. The dragon has awakened!

All good things must come to an end, as they say, and sadly, an era for Vomitory is now coming to a close. The founding member, Urban Gustafsson, has decided to hang it up.

Urban states:
“37 years ago, I started this band. Now, the time has come for me to step down. I want to thank all the fans for their support throughout the years. I wish Tobben, Erik and CF all the very best as they move forward with the band. See you in hell!
/ Ubbe”

A new era of Vomitory awaits. Stay tuned for updates.

Terratur Possessions is proud to present ‘Elegier fra avgrunnen’, a special split album between Enevelde and Gjendød, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Amor Fati Productions will be handling worldwide distribution.

Enevelde and Gjendød each contribute four tracks on this split between two Norwegian underground Black Metal bands, deeply rooted in the ’90s spirit the genre was founded upon. Nature, folklore, darkness, and evil intertwine in that distinctly Norwegian way. With both bands long-established, you won’t find any hyper-modern, triggered, or overproduced Black Metal here. What you get is a raw, atmospheric journey across windswept mountains, into shadowed valleys, haunted by an evil rising from the darkest pits.

For fans of either band, this is some of their strongest material yet; you won’t be disappointed.

Iron Bonehead Productions is proud to present Grabunhold’s highly anticipated second album, ‘Frostheim’, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

It’s been five long years since Grabunhold’s momentous debut album, ‘Heldentod’, which presented the ‘new old’ sound of medieval Black Metal: Second Wave journeys through silent citadels, sequestered keeps, and dark dungeons, all done in a manner most Teutonic. While a split EP with Circle of Shadows arrived in 2023, the question still lingered: did the Germans still possess the steel to deliver a full-length as compelling, and compellingly modern, despite its ancient origins, as their debut?

On evidence of ‘Frostheim’, the answer is a resounding Yes. While no great changes have been made to their sturdy aesthetic; songwriting that’s expansive yet stridently classicist, production that’s powerful in its sparkling sheen, and execution that ably balances pagan solemnity with northern bloodlust, on Grabunhold’s sophomore album, there exists an uptick in dynamics that’s both subtle and blanching. Perhaps it’s the stained-glass melodicism that hammers its way to the fore, perhaps it’s that production becoming an iron first lined with velvet, or perhaps it’s some (cascading) combination of the two and magickal more, but ‘Frostheim’ is a veritable sonic cathedral: each tone is a feast for the senses, and each tone supports a more-detailed but never-belabored palette, but all coalesce into burning-cold Black Metal that feels simultaneously decades ahead and behind all else. Of course, this all could be support color across a canvas of simply sterling songwriting, which somehow manages to mix emotion and grandeur in equal measure, and then the skill to perform it as needs to be… only Grabunhold know what fires their forge. Taste their German steel, sharper than ever, with ‘Frostheim’!

As a joint effort between Necromantic Worship, The Nameless Shrine and WolfKult Religion comes this special split 7″ EP.

Necromantic Worship is no stranger for those who delve deep enough or are regular customers of such labels as Nuclear War Now! Productions or New Era Productions. With a respectable discography under their belt, you can expect nothing but more necromantic worshipping Black Metal.

For The Nameless Shrine this is the debut, and what better way to make itself known than with sharing a piece of vinyl with fellow Dutch occultists? Largely building on the same fundamentals, The Nameless Shrine leans slightly more towards classic Varathron and offers a mystical journey through times long lost. Connoisseurs pay attention!

Also: keep an eye out for the demo tape to be released under the banner of New Era Productions.

All wrapped in stunning artwork and an appealing design this is a release not to miss!
It will be released in a run of 150 copies only, so keep your eyes peeled.

Estimated time of arrival: May 15th 2026

Me Saco Un Ojo Records is proud to present Astriferous’ highly anticipated second album, ‘Atavistic Unraveling’, on vinyl LP format. Pulverised will be handling the Cd version.

Continuing the primordial descent that kicked off in earnest with their 2023 debut album, ‘Pulsations From the Black Orb’, Astriferous return with their second full-length, ‘Atavistic Unraveling’. Much like that celebrated debut, the Costa Ricans’ sophomore album is perfectly titled: truly, the sensations one finds spread across this dread landscape are an Atavistic Unraveling. Thankfully, Astriferous’ foundation has changed little; the swarming morbidity of early ’90s Finnish Death Metal fused with classic South American madness, but there are (dread) developments that prove the band are just now hitting their stride.

Despite its title, ‘Atavistic Unraveling’ shows Astriferous at their tightest and sharpest, with chops and execution meeting at a nexus of impossibly horrific proportions. Duly armed, the quartet take their songwriting to strange, skronking lengths, rendering their angularity both an unsettling and utterly attacking thing. Likewise, the slight cleaning-up of production has paid dividends, allowing these malformed ruminations to fully seep into the listener’s psyche, mangling the mind and wracking the body, whilst emerging with just enough linear propulsion to land the record on the right side of art rather than riff salad.

Collectively, these changes have made Astriferous even more world-eating than before, further cementing their homeland’s Death Metal scene as one of the most potent around. ‘Atavistic Unraveling’ awaits those who dare…

Me Saco Un Ojo Records is proud to present the highly anticipated debut album of Canada’s Coprolith, ‘Putrescence’, on vinyl LP format. Rotted Life will be handling the CD version.

Hailing from Toronto, Coprolith formed in 2023 and promptly released their debut demo, which Me Saco Un Ojo released on vinyl early the next year. While that demo was undeniably a promising start, the quintet dive deeply into an abyss that’s heavier, more doomed, and most definitely darker with their debut album, ‘Putrescence’.

Truly titled, ‘Putrescence’ is a vast landscape of rot and dread. Coprolith illustrate this landscape with a bounty of the very best sounds of the very early ’90s: Death Metal, tried and true, but stirring within their cauldron is the tank-like bludgeon of Grave, the monolith pulse of Demigod, and the sepulchral tendrils of Incantation. That the Canadians splice & sluice those ingredients to their diabolical design shows both a lifer’s understanding of these foundational sounds and, more so, a will to honor this tradition with fiercely focused personality; keenly knowing what’s between the slimy exoskeleton and its rotten underbelly, so to speak. And the fact that all but one of the album’s six tracks stretch well beyond the five-minute mark shows that there’s charred, challenging vistas being explored along the way…

Lurk within the sewers long enough and, with Coprolith as your guide, you’ll find exactly where the ‘Putrescence’ is.

Originally released back in October 1989, ‘Procreation Of Unaltered Evil’ is widely regarded as one of the ultimate milestones of Greek Black Metal. Not only was it one of the very first recordings from that highly praised scene, it also served as a blueprint of countless of other bands all around the globe who were left in awe after hearing these primordial tracks. Varathron entered the scene with a demo tape under their collective belts that became a classic almost immediately.

The two tracks that were released on this first Varathron demo tape are still among the favourites of many Varathron fans, but musicians all over the world were influenced by these early recordings. Dead, of Mayhem and Morbid fame, for example, more than once cited this demo to be one of the most influential recordings for his, sadly short, musical career.

At that time Varathron’s line-up consisted of vocalist and visionary Stefan Necroabyssious, who still leads this legendary band today, as well as Jim Mutilator who was also in Rotting Christ at the time and is currently helming Yoth Iria. And while members would come and go, including Themis Tolis (Rotting Christ) and Vorskaath (Zemial and Agatus), which is also typical of a small but close-knit scene, the Varathron sound would remain largely unchanged for the band’s long career. What this means is that ‘Procreation Of The Unaltered Evil’ wasn’t just any Black Metal landmark or foundation; it turned out, as brief as it is, to be a genre-defining recording.

Because of the undeniable significance of these two tracks, they have been reissued a couple of times over the past 37 years (think about it, this is almost 40 years old!). But never were they presented in a stand-alone release since its original appearance so many years ago despite Stefan Necroabyssious’s fervent desire to make it happen. That changes on May 15th when Wolfkult Religion releases the two tracks on a 7″ EP, it also comes with a 12-page booklet with old drawings, photos, flyers etc.