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Currently in the works with a clear aim of being finished by the end of this year, or at least before both bands hit the road for a couple of shows together:
Countess / Wrok – “Geknecht Door De Dood” – Split 7″

Both bands shouldn’t need any introduction I suppose, especially not for those who are either around long enough or for them who like to dig deep.

As for a lot of Dutch people, Countess has a special place for me too. Not only are they amongst the longest running Black Metal bands from The Netherlands, I admire their stoic approach and dedication to what Black Metal used to stand for. With having never sold their soul and loyalty to the music, labels and people around them, it is nothing short of an honour to work with them on such a great release.

With a demo of a true underground classic status like ‘Ontgravenis’, released back in 1996, it was hard to imagine how the band would sound some two decades later. Yet, with Wrok’s return in 2017 they showed that none of their initial filth and anger was lost. Albeit, sounding different from their split partner, Wrok definitely completes this split 7″ EP in commendable fashion, making ‘Geknecht Door De Dood’ a true celebration of Dutch underground Black Metal.

Remember to buy records, listen to demo tapes, read fanzines and support your local distro!

Amor Fati Productions is proud to present a brand-new mini-album from Funeral Harvest, ‘Malum in Se’, on CD and 12″ vinyl formats.

‘Malum in Se’ stands as Funeral Harvest’s latest offering: a six-track invocation to the Sun of Light, Hēlēl ben Šāḥar. Featuring five original compositions and a reverent cover of Celestial Bloodshed’s ‘Truth Is Truth, Beyond the God’, this release pays homage to one of Black Metal’s most spiritually potent cult acts, whose vision helped shape Funeral Harvest’s own.

Following the blood-soaked wrath of 2022’s ‘Redemptio’, ‘Malum in Se’ emerges as its spiritual antithesis; where ‘Redemptio’ embodied divine judgment, ‘Malum in Se’ exalts the adversary. It is a further descent into the shadows, illuminating the glory of Lucifer in defiance of God, and continuing Funeral Harvest’s journey through revelation, rebellion, and ruin.

None shall be owned.
None shall be praised.
But thee, Hēlēl ben Šāḥar.

‘Malum in Se’ is a profound spiritual and artistic statement, inspired by the hand of the Devil, drawing on deep themes of transformation and devotion. It is a summoning, a call to the Great Fiery Son of Light. An invocation channeled through the descent into darkness.

Currently in production and part of the upcoming batch of WolfKult Religion tapes will be a freshly recorded EP by Peru’s most celebrated Grind/Death Metal band, Dismorfia. The as always short but sweet new EP is titled ‘Sexual Mutilations And Paralytic Sorrows’ and serves you with what is possibly the band’s finest piece to date.

As a long-term admirer of this band I am very happy to team up with them to release this tape, that more or less coincides with Dismorfia’s appearance on several European stages. This includes a performance at the German Sick Feast Festival, where they will be sharing the stage with bands such as Sequestrum, Sovereign (Norway) and Inhume.

If you’re into such bands as (old!) Carcass, Phlegm, Blood, Impetigo, Dead Infection, early Nuclear Death, Pungent Stench, Dead, Eyegouger, Ulcerous Phlegm, General Surgery and whatnot from your early 90’s demos and 7” collection. Old school Grind/Death/Gore for those who like it dirty.

Remember to buy records, listen to demo tapes, read fanzines and support your local distro!

WolfKult Religion signed up for the release of Living Evil’s debut.

Up and coming Canadian Heavy Metal band Living Evil and WolfKult Religion team up for the release of the band’s debut, ‘Curse The Cross’.

This is particularly good news for them who forever stayed loyal to those vibrant 80’s. Living Evil brings you right back to those days at which Heavy Metal started to become a real genre and, in hindsight, formed the basis for Thrash and Black Metal.

In the powerfull songs of these Canadian’s you’ll find more than the occasional Speed- and Thrash Metal riff and there’s even lots of early Venom in there too – if not only for Living Evil’s visual aesthetics, truly living up their name.

If that wasn’t all, Executioner’s strong, balls-to-the-wall vocals truly seal the deal. The real connoisseur will find strong resemblances with Leather Leone (Chastain), Doro in her prime years with Warlock and Kate de Lombaert (Acid).

‘Curse The Cross’ is already in production and will be released on cassette format this fall.

Hailing out of Ecuador, this threesome feeds on the musical legacies of bands like Mystifier, Impurity, Necromantia, early Samael, Mortuary Drape, Varathron, Barathrum, Demoncy…

‘Sabbath Witchcraft’ brings you back to days long gone. With their eerie black necro magick in sonic form, Oath Of Malignancy positions themselves next to bands like Moenen Of Xezbeth, Forbidden Temple, Haan Valar, Ophidian, Funerealm Gloom, Black Edifice, Ceremonial Torture, Cult Of Eibon, Phlegethon’s Majesty, Moonfall and the rest of today’s elite.

An advanced track can be heard on Wolfkult Religion’s Youtube channel. Expect nothing but mesmerizing ancient Black Metal!

Last but not least, also to be included in WolfKult Religion’s next batch of tape releases is ‘Unholy Ancient Black Steel’. The much anticipated tape by Mexican Necrohammer.

From all the recent tapes I have done, this one really seems to have piqued some interest. In case you haven’t heard it yet: expect a stunningly authentic mix of everything from the primeval days of Extreme Metal: Hellhammer, Sarcófago, Venom, Motörhead, Mutilator, Sodom, Bathory and Sadistik Exekution.

‘Unholy Ancient Black Steel’ compiles both of the band’s demos, ‘Unholy Black Steel’ and the even rougher ‘Ancient Metal Holocaust’, plus some extra tracks to make sure you get your fix of raw and evil Metal.

It is with great, sadistic pleasure that we at Sacrifire Productions announce the release of the original version of Azaghal’s third album ‘Of Beasts and Vultures’ – now titled ‘Pedoista ja Raadonsyöjistä’ – recorded in late 2000 and early 2001. The album will be available on select digital platforms (Bandcamp, Ampwall and YouTube) as well as in a very limited cassette run (limited to 50 hand-numbered copies).

Featuring a rawer sound and mix, ‘Pedoista ja Raadonsyöjistä’ carries a darker atmosphere compared to the version released by Evil Horde in 2001. Most of these tracks have been scattered across splits and compilations over the years, but the album in this original form has never been released before. It contains nine tracks of cold Finnish Black Metal from the old days.

Founding member Narqath had this to say:
‘Finally available the original recording of what later became ‘Of Beasts and Vultures’, in all its raw and unforgiving glory. Rejected by the label, I am happy to finally have this piece of Satanic, anti-human filth unleashed in tape and digital format for you all’.

Formed in 1995, Azaghal is one of Finland’s longest-running Black Metal bands, with 12 full-length albums and numerous splits, EPs, and compilation releases to their name.

Huangquan Records and Sewer Rot Records are proud to announce that we’re releasing Intestine Baalism’s 1997 masterpiece ‘An Anatomy of the Beast’ on vinyl! This is only the second vinyl pressing of the album ever and it’s the first pressing with the original green and silver color scheme and the original paintings included in the layout.

For those unaware, this is one of the greatest melodic Death Metal albums ever and one of the best Death Metal albums to come from Japan. It is available in a gorgeous dark green marble vinyl. Don’t sleep on this! These will go fast! Death metal vinyl collector! Follow us, don’t sleep!

‘Guts And Glory’ is a raw, high-energy album that ditches the excess and focuses on what matters: unrelenting riffs, d-beats, and Thrash-infused aggression. Stripping away atmospheric frills and polished production, Centinex returns to their roots with a sound that combines the ferocity of early Death Metal with the urgency of punk. Whether it’s the punishing gallop of the riffs or the blazing d-beat drum patterns, this album is an all-out sonic assault, as fast as it is brutal, with no time to spare.

“Centinex continues to deliver what only they can: fast, brutal Death Metal with punk energy that hits like a freight train. If you loved the aggression of old-school Death and Thrash, this is for you.”

The band pushes themselves to the edge, delivering eight tracks of relentless, stripped-back Death Metal that kicks you in the teeth from the first note to the last. It’s not pretty – it’s not supposed to be. It’s pure, raw aggression, and it’s exactly what the underground has been craving for!

Amor Fati Productions is proud to present Antiversum’s highly anticipated second album, ‘De Nemesis Omnes et Omnia’, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

Antiversum is a nihilistic entity that creates a disturbing and stormy amalgamation of Black, Doom, and Death Metal, manifesting the end of the universe and the dawn of nothingness in audial waves. Its journey into the void began in the spring of 2015, releasing the band’s debut demo, ‘Total Vacuum’, to international acclaim, followed in 2017 by their first full-length, ‘Cosmos Comedenti’.

Antiversum now stretches the spaces between the void even further, lurking within with a menace that is truly unsettling. Destination: ‘De Nemesis Omnes et Omnia’, the band’s long-awaited second full-length. Antiversum are nothing if not perfectly monikered, and this latest venture into that void proves as much with greater power and poignancy. At times suffocatingly dense and vaporous as ether at others, ‘De Nemesis Omnes et Omnia’ creates an all-consuming headspace of cosmic collapse, its five-song / 56-minute duration the optimal length for obliterating immersion. Antiversum once again exhibit mastery of nuance, texture, and detail; whereas so many bands otherwise branded “cosmic” or “cavernous” forsake songwriting for hazy / lazy texture, their compositions bend and break and billow forth reborn with a startling focus, a clarity that doesn’t seek to obscure but rather to highlight (or blacklight?) the many miles of fathomless horror both above and below. “Articulating the inarticulable,” then, and thus horror compounded hundredfold: merge and emerge with ‘De Nemesis Omnes et Omnia’.