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Born out of a cross-continental collision between Austria and Québec, the Détresse trio delivered their debut full-length Pessimismes on May 17th via Vendetta Records, and it’s every bit as crushing, bleak and honest as the title suggests. This isn’t black metal with flowery post- prefixes or ambient escapism, it’s...

Brutal Records proudly welcomes Eternal Returns, the unstoppable force of India death/thrash metal, to their roster! Prepare for darkness. Brace yourself as Let There Be Sin, unleashes nine relentless tracks of crushing brutality, technical precision, and pure death metal devastation! The band set September 5th as international release date...

Melodic black metal band Nemus Anima, hailing from mighty Finland, dropped their new full-length on June 6th. Thus, titled Rivers Flow Red, the eight track new album comes only one year after its predecessor, The God of Forest, and two years after the band’s debut album, Hatred Embodiment. Nemus...

Massachusetts avantgarde death/black/thrash metal band Hexrot will release their debut full-length album on August 29th. Titled Formless Ruin of Oblivion, the seven track album will come out via Transcending Obscurity Records. Indeed, three years after unleashing their debut EP, Gloomwrought, the Americans strike again! Formless Ruin of Oblivion is...

Brutal death metal project Cytolysis has set August 8th as the international release date for their second full-length album. Titled Surge of Cruelty, the eleven track album will come out via Comatose Music. Darren Cesca, drummer with Goratory, Eschaton and previously Deeds Of Flesh, has returned with the second...

German black metal band Empeiria released their debut album on June 6th. Titled The Ascent: Szenen der Katharsis, the impressive seven track full-length came out via Vendetta Records. To give a taste of what’s o come, the band dropped the single IV on May 16th. Empeiria (meaning “the un-tangible, the...

American death metal giants Incantation are locked in for a face-melting set at Quantic Pub, Bucharest, Romania, on 15 June 2025. Brought in by Rockstadt Extreme Fest and Quantic Pub, the show comes with a brutal bonus: special guests Concrete, the hard-hitting death metal group from Bulgaria. Incantation – More...

Greek psychedelic hard rock band Naxatras are set to return to Quantic Club in Bucharest, Romania on 17 October 2025. The show, provided by Cavalleria Events, marks their first appearance in Romania since the release of their ambitious new album, “V”, on 28 February 2025, via Evening Star Records....

Finnish melodic doom death duo The Bleak Picture is ready to unveil new album, Shades Of Life. Thus, the seven track album will come out on June 27th via Ardua Music. About the band Vocalist Tero Ruohonen (Autumnfall, Temple Of Kliffoth) and multi-instrumentalist Jussi Hänninen  (Autumnfall, ex-Fall Of The Leafe) have been working...