Canada-based black metal act DÉLÉTÈRE has an album called Songe D’une Nuit Souillée through Sepulchral Productions.
LAANG’s Riluo (日落) album is inspired by the trauma and recovery of the band’s frontman Haitao Yang when shot and briefly declared medically dead. The band’s new record includes extreme instruments and folk rock pieces. Zak King is on session drums.
Awakening Records has several new releases: ABJECT MENTOR’s Abominaciones, ONE DAY IN PAIN’s In Pain We Trust, DEIMLER’s Immortalized and OSSUARY’s Stellar Annihilation.
ENGULF’s The Dying Planet Weeps album is out through Everlasting Spew Records on 12.01.2024. New Jersey, USA-based ENGULF is Hal Microutsicos who is also in BLASPHEMOUS. The band’s music is compared to early GORGUTS.
Solo act SAĦĦAR has a demo single called L-Imlejka on December 8th. This track delves into the lore of Malta and a mythological character known as the Little/Young Queen of the new year.
EXOCRINE’s Legend album is out through Season Of Mist in January.
WRATH OF LOGARIUS, which until last month was called MARTYR LOGARIUS, will still issue its demos as its first EP through Season Of Mist on December 8th.
New act EN FINIR’s Résigné album is out through Malpermesita Records since the 17th of November. Described as depressive black metal, vocals were provided by Romain Habrzyk.
Horror Pain Gore Death is releasing NECRONEMESIS’ album Warfield Forever this month. The band is compared to BELPHEGOR and VADER. The act is based in Puerto Rico.
France-based NECROWRETCH has a new full-length album called Swords Of Dajjal in January.
On its mission to re-release as many demos as possible and eradicate the underground, Dawnbreed Records will release a compilation of Russia-based UTYR’s first two demos.
The River Rot demo by MOGILA DEATHCULT is being reissued by Vargheist Records.
WHERE THE DEAD GATHER’s demo is called The. The band is described as a deathcore/groove act from Singapore that is comparable to LORNA SHORE.
Sludge band LONER has a demo called Warning Signs. LONER was included in the line-up for Feels Good Festival recently.
Rockshots Records is releasing Finland-based DECROWNED’s Persona Non Grata album in February.
Dawnbreed Records pressed a tape edition of MØREMYRK’s debut demo, MMXXII Demos, on December 1st. The band is based in Indonesia.
Nikolay Velev’s new project of the month is called SNØSTORM. The serial project founder was watching YouTube where he came across YouTuber Atle Attila Nygård. SNØSTORM’s Into The Longest Of Nights album is available through Talheim Records.
Another serial project: Horror Pain Gore Death is issuing EMPIRES OF EUPHRATES’ Echoes Of Ancient Past EP. The members include Vincent Matthews (DYING FETUS, CRIMINAL ELEMENT and SADISTIC TORMENT), Kevin Talley (DECREPIT BIRTH, MISERY INDEX, SUFFOCATION and SIX FEET UNDER) and Jim Ross (BANDWHORE). The musicians will announce upcoming new projects in due course.
Another serial project: REAP has released a debut album, entitled Born From Plague, on December 1st through Selfmadegod Records. The members are Jimmy Javins (NECROTIC DISGORGEMENT), Kyle Christman (GORGASM and BETWEEN THE KILLINGS) and Von Young (BETWEEN THE KILLINGS and LIVIDITY). The musicians will announce upcoming new projects in due course.
Italy-based FERAL FORMS featuring members of GRIME, FIERCE and THE SECRET will release a debut EP called Premalignant in December. The band is Federico – vocals, Ciro – guitar, Paolo – bass and Christian – drums.
Avantgarde is releasing Russia-based OLHAVA’s Sacrifice album. Also on the label is MALIST’s Of Scorched Earth, SGÀILE’s Traverse The Bealach and RINGARË Of Momentous Endless Night.
Australia-based MIRUTHAN has uploaded a song called Land Of The Damned. Like many newer bands it does not disclose its membership. The act is working on a full-length.
STRIGOI has an EP called Bathed In A Black Sun. The band calls it a companion to its Viscera album of 2022. It contains unreleased songs from that album’s recording sessions.
2024 marks the 40th anniversary of MAYHEM. To commemorate the occasion, a show will take place at Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway on May 11th.
Italy-based black metal group STORMCROW has signed to Time To Kill Records for the release of its Path To Ascension album in 2024.
UK-based VOID BELOW has a new demo called World Undone. The band is influenced by the literature of H.P. Lovecraft.
UK-based avantgarde band VOID has an album called Jadjow through Brucia Records. Jadjow was born out of the DHG Void Dancers tour in 2019 where VOID’s founding members, guitarist Matt Jarman and Camille Giraudeau both played guitar for DØDHEIMSGARD. DHG’s bass player Lars Emil Måløy and sound engineer George Geegor Anagnostopoulos decided to collaborate. The drums on the album were eventually performed by Tariq Zulficar.
Destruction Is All We Know is the title for ALMOST DEAD’s new album. It is out through Innerstrength in January.
DESTRUCTOR’s Blood, Bone, And Fire full-length is available through Shadow Kingdom Records.
MUNICIPAL WASTE will kick off the Brainsqueeze Tour of North America with GHOUL, NECROT and DEAD HEAT in February.
Isle Of Man-based SWARF DAMAGE will release a self-titled demo of crossover music on December 8th. The band cites D.R.I. and DISCHARGE as influences.
Golden Core is re-issuing New Built Ghetto Status by the ‘psycho metal’ band ECONOMIST. It was originally released by Massacre Records in 1993. This vinyl release features material from the unreleased Mind Movies album, which was aptly heard on the 2021 compilation Iceflowered – The Complete Works.
MASTER will release a new album, entitled Saints Dispelled, through Hammerheart Records on 19.01.2024.
USA-based NEVER REBORN has a lyric video for Existence Denied, which is taken from the Ashes of Our Past demo.
Guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari, who had replaced Kiko Loureiro in MEGADETH, while the latter man stayed with his children and at home has officially replaced the man who introduced him to the band. Kiko needed an extended leave of absence. Kiko has since cited the need for “freedom” as another reason for his departure.
MACHINE HEAD singer and guitarist Robb Flynn performed solo at La Bestia Music Inc. in Mexico City, Mexico on October 10th.
ARTILLERY and guitarist Kræn Meier have parted ways due to personal differences.
Morning Star Heresy will release Dark Evils Desecrate, the new album of black/death metal act by Australia-based TANIN’IVER in January.
PESSIMIST has a full-length called Keys To The Underworld this winter.. The band will be touring Europe with REAPING FLESH in May.
Italy-based crossover quartet METHEDRINE has signed to Time To Kill Records for the release of its debut album, No Solution, No Salvation.
Having released a new album called Last Of A Kind, PANZERCHRIST is issuing a new four-track EP called All Witches Shall Burn through Emanzipation in January. It was recorded at the same session as the Last Of A Kind album at Antfarm Studio with Tue Madsen.
Mallcore, metal and the session guy: IN FLAMES, ARCH ENEMY and SOILWORK will embark on a European tour called Rising From The North next autumn.
Australia-based instrumental band VIPASSI has an album called Lightless in early 2024.
France-based black-doom metal act MOURNING DAWN has The Foam Of Despair album on January 12th. There is a video available for Blue Pain. Aesthetic Death will release The Foam Of Despair on CD and LP, with the latter co-released with Tragedy Productions.
Captive In The Breath Of Life, the new album from Finland-based NOCTURNAL SORCERY, will be released through Kvlt on February 9th.
Twisting The Knife is a new upload by Denmark-based VANIR, which is taken from the upcoming album Epitome due in February (delayed from January). The lyrics refer to the historical events of 1520 in Denmark and Sweden and the accompanied executions that transpired.
STILLEKLANG’s Tränen Der Vergangenheit Pt. II was released on 29 November. This release is a collaboration between Crawling Chaos and Schattenpfade.
Drummer Jeramie Kling has left VENOM INC. after being in the band for five years. He lives in the USA while Mantas is in Portugal. He had already been replaced by drummer Nick Barker a couple of times in 2022.
DARKEST HOUR will release a full-length, called Perpetual | Terminal, through MNRK Heavy in February. A video for the title track is available.
SACRED REICH released cassette reissues of the Surf Nicaragua (1988) and The American Way (1990) albums through Time To Kill Records in November.
Thrash metal band BREED has an album called History Of Tomorrow, which will be released through Doc Gator Records on December 15th. The band cites influences from American thrash metal groups.
REBAELLIUN supported its new album Under The Sign Of Rebellion through a European tour with Italy-based EXITIUM as support.
Sweden-based CHUGGER has parted ways with bassist Larza.
LAMB OF GOD‘s Headbangers Boat cruise returned to Miami, Florida, USA one day earlier than scheduled in early November after a man went missing after going overboard. The Norwegian Cruise ship instituted an unsuccessful search that yielded no results.
DEMONCY has an album, entitled Black Star Gnosis, through Dark Descent Records. The band’s Diabolica Blasphemiae EP is also available too. This one comes through Hells Headbangers Records.
VARATHRON has a new album called The Crimson Temple through Agonia Records.
Germany-based black metal act GRAU has an album, entitled Abseits Des Lichts, through Tragedy Productions. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Felix Rößger at Gin’Fused Sounds in 2022 and 2023.
Canada-based black metal group SOMBRE HÉRITAGE has an album called Inter Duo Mundi through Sepulchral Productions. The label also has MÊLÉE DES AURORES’ Aube Cannibale available since November.