Montreal, Canada-based FROSTBITE has an album called Relentless Grief through Black Lion Records in September.
Following shows at the Decibel Metal & Beer Fest, Austin Deathfest, Prepare The Ground Fest, etc., TOMB MOLD is on the Enraptured By Fate’s Tangled Thread Tour alongside openers HORRENDOUS.
CENTINEX has signed a deal with Black Lion Records. The band will release an EP later this year as it continues working on a new full-length, which will be out in 2025.
LACERATION’s I, Erode album is out through 20 Buck Spin.
NAILS’ full-length album Every Bridge Burning is available through Nuclear Blast Records on 30.08.2024.
BRED FOR SLAUGHTER has a new EP called Kill For Satan through Horror Pain Gore Death on August 23rd.The release features Mark Smith (ex-EXHUMED) on vocals.
Oklahoma, USA-based PEELING FLESH has a new album, which is called The G CodeIt and will be issued through Unique Leader Records in September.
LOUDBLAST has a new album, entitled Altering Fates And Destinies, through Listenable Records in October. It is described as more mid-paced compared to its predecessors.
USA-based grindcore and hardcore band CRUSHUMAN returns to Horror Pain Gore Death for its debut full-length simply called CrusHuman in August. The band was formed out of the ashes of SNIPERS OF BABEL.
Brazil-based PIAH MATER has an album called Under The Shadow Of A Foreign Sun through Code666 on 6 September 2024.
Hungary-based death metal trio …IN VISCERO has its debut full-length album Italia Violenta scheduled for a September 1st release on Pest Records (Romania) and Metal Ör Die Records (Hungary). The band’s sound is Swedish, the band members are seasoned musicians with experience in Hungarian bands such as CASKETGARDEN, BORU, MUTILATION CASE and RÉM, and the lyrics are in Italian. The cinematic act’s album evokes seven films.
Poland-based Metal 2 The Masses winners SEMPRAH will head to the UK for the first time to play at Bloodstock as a result of the competition. SEMPRAH has been active since 2019 and released a debut EP, Infernal Claws, through Polish label GOP in November of last year.
Spain-based death metal band KRYPTICY is back with an album called The Non-Return through Violence In The Veins as of 22 July 2024.
DEICIDE is embarking on a North American Banished By Sin Tour beginning September 5th. Opening are KRISIUN, INFERI and CLOAK.
Memento Mori has signed Los Angeles, California, USA-based death metal act INSINERATEHYMN. The band’s new full-length is slated for 21.10.2024.
Featuring members of SADISTIC INTENT, death/grind band LURKING TERROR has signed with M-Theory Audio. The band’s debut is a five-song EP entitled A World Of Darkness.
Black metal band SERVANT’s newest album Death Devil Magick is available through AOP Records on September 20th. The lyrics are inspired by poets and philosophers like Charles Baudelaire and Friedrich Nietzsche, as well as paintings by Franz Von Stuck.
Back On Black is reissuing two NATTEFROST albums, Blood & Vomit (2004) and Terrorist (2005), as a double-CD. NATTEFROST is the solo album of CARPATHIAN FOREST singer Nattefrost.
AVMAKT, featuring the duo of Kristian Valbo and Christoffer Bråthen known for their work with AURA NOIR, OBLITERATION and CONDOR, has a debut album called The Satanic Inversion Of…. through Peaceville on 30.08.2024. The band’s monicker translates into ‘powerlessness’ or ‘impotence’ from Norwegian.
VOMIT FORTH has an album called Terrified Of God set for release through Century Media Records on October 11th. The band relates that the concept revolves around humanity being flawed and not knowing everything. The band had previously announced a video for the song Blood Soaked Death Dream.
Described as slam and deathcore, London, England-based HELLWRATH has a demo called Sin Eater. It contains a cover of GODSMACK’s I Stand Alone and an EDM remix of Sin Eater. The lyrics are inspired by time spent working in the prison system, Old Testament and mental illness.
RISE TO FALL, VHÄLDEMAR and BLOODHUNTER are conducting a mini-tour of Japan in October.
Germany-based KNIFE has an EP, called Live Leather Hounds, through Napalm Records. It was recorded during the Evil Obsession Tour with SODOM in 2023.
Piranha Fest II is scheduled for Montreal, Canada on September 20th. Bands like SINISTER SHOVEL HEADED KILL MACHINE, NEIL TURBIN (“40 Years of Fistful Of Metal set” because ‘sets’ are the latest trend), BLOOD FEAST, GLACIAL TOMB, MALIGNANCY, POINT BLANK RAGE, TOMBSTONER and ZERO STATE are playing. This is not a fest and attendees should not expect give-aways, candy, confetti or a carnival.
Italy-based PERFIDIOUS has signed to Time To Kill Records for the release of its second album, Savouring His Flesh. It is due in September.
OXYGEN DESTROYER’s third album, Guardian Of The Universe, is available through Redefining Darkness Records in August. The concept pays tribute to the Heisei Gamera trilogy, which is three Japanese films featuring a monster turtle from the 1990s.
Death metal duo INGURGITATING OBLIVION will release an album, entitled Ontology Of Nought, through Willowtip Records on September 27th. There is an 18-minute closing track.
OLD-BLACK, unfortunately described as “black ‘n’ roll,” has signed with Music-Records for the release of an album, which is due in March 2025.
Switzerland-based black metallers group COLDCELL have issued a fifth album. It is called Age Of Unreason and available through AOP Records.
Back On Black has a reissue of DODECAHEDRON’s only two albums from 2012 and 2017. The Netherlands-based group has disbanded and Dodecahedron//Kwintessens is available on CD now.
GHOSTHEART NEBULA will release its album Blackshift through Meuse Music Records on October 17th. The song Sunya features a guest guitar solo by Diego ‘Didi’ Cavallotti (ex-LACUNA COIL).
Vancouver, Canada-based KAYAS has a demo called By The Moon And The Stars. There is a video for the song Reflections In The Water.
Germany-based hooded black metal band GROZA will release a new album, Nadir, through AOP Records, on 20.09.2024. The band is touring Europe in October.
Germany-based ERADICATOR has uploaded a song called The Paradox. It is the title track for the band’s next album, which will be released on Metalville Records on September 20th.
Calling its style horror thrash, UK-based band BLACKLIST has a new demo called With Murderous Intent. It contains several rerecordings.
1349 will be releasing a full-length, entitled The Wolf And The King, through Season Of Mist on October 4th. The band has a video for the song Shadow Point.
GEISTERFAUST has signed with Crawling Chaos Records and will release the band’s self-titled debut in September.
In advance of a new album in September, THORIUM has uploaded a song called Eclipsed. The band is singer MHA, guitarist Rogga Johansson, bassist Jesper Nielsen and drummer Thomas Ohlsson.
Japan-based thrash metal band VOLCANO has a new album called Tenka-Musou. It is released through the act’s Metallic Core imprint.
Sweden-based death/thrash metal band, BLOODCROWN has a video for the song Other I. The track is featured on the Sound Of Flesh And Bone album, which is available through Gruesome Records on July 26th. The band is singer Barry Halldan, guitarists and bassists Johan Wold Ylenstrand and Rickard Gustafsson and drummer Jachin.
EYEHATEGOD and openers EXHORDER are touring the USA this month.
Norway-based CREST OF DARKNESS’ new album, called My Ghost, will be released through My Kingdom Music in October. The band describes it as a concept about the recesses of the mind and being its heaviest.
TRIPTYKON is working on a new album for 2025. The band expects it to be issued by Century Media next year, which is forty years after the debut of singer Tom Warrior in HELLHAMMER and CELTIC FROST.
FIRTAN has a video for Komm Herbei, Schwarze Nacht, which is featured on the band’s full-length Ethos. It will be released through AOP Records in September.
FULCI has a full-length called Duck Face Killings through 20 Buck Spin. The cover artwork was created by Wes Benscoter.
EXCEL‘s Seeking Refuge album of 1995 was reissued by Southern Lord for Record Store Day 2024. It is being made available as a full rerelease with a new cover artwork and the band’s original logo as well. The derided album was issued by Capitol Records originally.
M-Theory Audio has signed CLAUSTROFOBIA. The band was founded in Brazil, but is based in the USA now. The label is reissuing the band’s Unleeched album on September 13th. The band, SEPULTURA, OBITUARY and AGNOSTIC FRONT are touring this autumn.
Norway-based thrash metal band UNDER THE OAK has an album called The Last Of A Dying Breed through Wormholedeath in September. The title reflects the band members’ tenure in metal.The band reports that guest musician Jan-Erik Johansen plays the triangle! The act is booked for True Thrash Fest in Hamburg, Germany in November.
UK-based SOLITARY and its independent release Embrace The Darkness are termed “thrash masters,” but the full-length is described as having “a Black album Metallica vibe about it.” There is a video for the song Filtering Hindsight.
DEMONICAL has a live record, entitled Victorious Death – Live In Latin America, through Agonia Records. The album was taped during a tour in September 2023.
Canada-based thrash metal band INFRARED has a video for the song Demon’s Blood, which is taken from the new demo Manifestation out in September 2024. The band is described as being old-school.
Thrash metal band FABULOUS DESASTER has joined the self-cover version trend and re-recorded the demo track Hungry For Life at Soundsight Studio with Armin Rave. The band’s original bassist Patrick “Bude” Hausmann is on vocals. The group is working on a new full-length.
CALIBAN has uploaded a song and a video called I Was A Happy Kid Once. The group had also announced Iain Duncan as their new bassist and clean vocalist. The group is working on a new album.
Japan-based BRIDEAR has a new album, called Born Again, through Psychomanteum Records. It was recorded by Fredrik Nordström in Sweden. There is a video for the song Cult, which sees two witches waging war for the soul of a willing victim. It was shot partly using AI. Fredrik Nordström’s DREAM EVIL will tour with the band in Australia this autumn. BRIDEAR will tour Europe and North America next year. Drummer Natsumi was part of her own birthday jam using the Natsumi Hard Beats monicker and played Kill The King in a Rainbow cover jam with keyboardist Yuhki of GALNERYUS among others.
Canada-based duo SKUMSTRIKE will embark on the Skum For The Road European tour this month. The band released the Deadly Intrusion album through Selfmadegod Records in 2022.
Formed in 2022 and including WAANO, XKRUDE and ANIMA ADVERSA members, REDFACE released its first album First Blood through the Violence In The Veins label in July. It is compared to bands like IN FLAMES, AT THE GATES, LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA or DEFTONES.
Hell Is Full Of Fire is a new upload from South Carolina, USA-based DEMISER. It is taken from the Slave To The Scythe full-length, which is released through Blacklight Media/Metal Blade Records in August.
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA-based death thrash trio HERAKLEION will release a demo called Necroverse on September 13. The songs were recorded in analog with producer Pete deBoer.
London, England-based ANOXIDE will release a full-length called Morals & Dogma through Ghastly Music this month.
RIPPED TO SHREDS has an album called Sanshi through Relapse Records in September. There is a video for the song Perverting The Funeral Rites, which was shot in Taiwan. The album delves into the afterlife in the context of Chinese folklore.
Spain-based SANCTUARIUM has a new full-length called Melted And Decomposed, which will be released through Me Saco Un Ojo Records and BlackSeed Productions on September 3rd.
In The Jaws Of Bereavement,is an album by MAUL, which will be released through 20 Buck Spin in October.
This band has a person on synthesizers, but calls itself death metal: USA-based NIGHTWRAITH has a new demo called Divergence on September 13, 2024. There is a video for the song Whispers Of Dragonflies.
Keyboard-damaged band HALIPHRON has a full-length called Anatomy Of Darkness through Listenable Records in October. As is normal with these bands there are growls, clean vocals and whispers.
ABIGORUM (featuring the Satanath Records’ founder), India-based KASCK and BITTER WINE (Iran) are the line-up for the Satanath Records’ mini-tour of Armenia and Georgia this October. BITTER WINE’s Murray has added guitarist Vahid Karimifard, bassist Amir Bonakdar and drummer Hossein “Ermita” Zahedi to the line-up.
Solo noise/synth/extreme metal act MAGNADUR, run by podcaster Tomi Perrakoski, has a demo called Unholy Punisher. There is a video for the song Twisted Obsession.
The Netherlands-based MISANTHROPIA has a deal with WormHoleDeath Records to release an album, called Envy The Dead, on September 6, 2024. The band with synthesisers is influenced by CRADLE OF FILTH. Mike Wead produced again.
Spain-based HELEVORN has an album called Espectres through Meuse Music Records on 13 September 2024. Session drummer for the work is Sebastià Barceló. As usual, there are several guests. The material is based on the book Ghosts Of My Life by philosopher and critic Mark Fisher.
SETH has an album called La France Des Maudits on Season Of Mist. There are videos for the songs Et Que Vive Le Diable ! and Dans Le Coeur Un Poignard. The album was issued on Bastille Day, which falls on July 14th.
Portugal-based GAEREA has an album called Coma through Season Of Mist on 25.10.2024. There is a video for the song Hope Shatters. The group and fusion act ZEAL & ARDOR are touring North America late this year.
TUSENÅRSEKEN will release its next album, entitled Omhuldra, through Grind To Death Records on September 6th 2024.
…And It Will All End Forever is a new demo by Canada-based deathcore act ART OF ATTRITION. The band is on The Cascadian Carnage Tour in July and August, which includes a performance at Loud As Hell Festival in Drumheller, Alberta. The tour includes select support dates with ANGELMAKER and I DECLARE WAR.