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  Hailing from Greece, progressive/experimental black metallers AENAON share third single and accompanying music video "Psyche", taken from the group's upcoming fourth studio album "Mnemosyne". The album will have its release on October 7th on Agonia Records. The music video is available at: https://youtu.be/oBIYJwcwDQ4 "Six years have passed since our last album and we are thrilled to finally share our darkest effort so far," comments AENAON. "As always, we have been silent but creatively restless, aiming to a timeless creation. Mnemosyne is an album of noir aesthetics and emotional extremity. The title derives from the Greek goddess of remembrance and the river of memory." Foreshadowed as an album of "heavily textured black metal", "Mnemosyne" will offer nine new songs, recorded, mixed and mastered by guitarist/bassist Achilleas C. (Varathron, Katavasia) at Suncord Audiolab in Ioannina, Greece. The painting that adorn...

  Poland's provocative black/thrash outfit WITCHMASTER announces "Kaźń" as the title of its new studio album, set for release on November 25th via Agonia Records. Read on for cover artwork, traclisting and other details. WITCHMASTER ends its seven-year slumber to bring more chaos and clamour through the art of blackaned thrash metal. Since 1996, the band descends deeper and deeper into an absurd theatre of cruelty, pursuing the cold embrace of aural depravity and darkness. "Sipping blood from skulls and gnawing the bones of old gods, we hope to let you down once again," comments the band perversely. WITCHMASTER comprises bassist and vocalist Reyash (Azarath (live), ex-Vader, Supremer Lord), guitarist and vocalist Kali (Five the Hierophant, ex-Profanum), drummer and guitarist Inferno (Azarath, Behemoth) and vocalist Bastis (ex-Profanum). "Kaźń" was recorded at Satanic Audio (Blaze of Perdition, Behemoth) by Harald Grunberg and mixed and mastered at the ...

  Hellenic prog black metal outfit AENAON posts music video & new single titled "Hysteria". The band's upcoming album "Mnemosyne", from which the song is lifted, will see its release on October 7th via Agonia Records. Listen to "Hysteria" and watch the video, at: "Six years have passed since our last album and we are thrilled to finally share our darkest effort so far," comments AENAON. "As always, we have been silent but creatively restless, aiming to a timeless creation. Mnemosyne is an album of noir aesthetics and emotional extremity. The title derives from the Greek goddess of remembrance and the river of memory." Foreshadowed as an album of "heavily textured black metal", "Mnemosyne" will offer nine new songs, recorded, mixed and mastered by guitarist/bassist Achilleas C. (Varathron, Katavasia) at Suncord Audiolab in Ioannina, Greece. The painting that adorns the cover was created by Ben Howe while Ra...

  "Origin" is the title of ANTROPOFAGUS' long-awaited fourth studio album. The Italian brutal death metal quartet will have the album released via Agonia Records on October 28th. A new single and music video is to follow in September. Featuring ten new compositions, "Origin" was recorded, engineered and mixed at MK2 Recording Studio by the band's drummer, Davide Billia (ex-Hour Of Penance, Beheaded), and mastered at Hertz Studio by Wojtek Wieslawski (Vader, Behemoth, Decapitated). The cover artwork and layout was designed by Stefano Mattioni. The album features guest appearances from Mick Montaguti (Electrocution), Matt Sotelo (Decrepit Birth) and Dallas Toler-Wade (Narcotic Wasteland, ex-Nile). ANTROPOFAGUS plays complex, technical and brutal death metal, and made its first steps onto the scene in the late nineties, heavily inspired by band's such as Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse and Deeds Of Flesh. Until the unveiling of "Origin", "No Wa...

  Greek black metallers LUCIFER'S CHILD are back with a new single "Nova Tenebris", taken from their split release with Brazil's MYSTIFIER, "Under Satan's Wrath". While the split is set to be released on March 25th on Agonia Records, the song is available now on all streaming platforms. Listen to "Nova Tenebris" on YouTube, at: https://youtu.be/CHc8eN3rkSk Put together despite an ocean's distance, "Under Satan's Warth" displays the borderlessness of black metal in the strict sense. The collision of Brazilian occultism & Hellenic blasphemy ensues blistering sonic impressions in a hellish dance of cultures, robed in a gold black garment from Mitchell Nolte (Aborted, Baest). George Emmanuel (ex-Rotting Christ), who co-launched LUCIFER'S CHILD in 2013, commented: "After almost a year and half of isolation and profound research, we gave birth to a new seed of evil, 'Under Satan's Wrath'. This deep rooted ...

  Photo credit: Joël Martins Slam death metal artist ANALEPSY is sharing a music video for the new single "Locus of Dawning", which foreshadows the Portuguese band's upcoming album titled "Quiescence". The music video can be watched below: https://youtu.be/7JZO15xXFqQ Album formats & pre-orders are now available at: analepsy-quiescence.com . The vinyl version of "Quiescence" will be issued on May 27th through Agonia Records. The album will be released on CD, MC and digital formats on April 15th via Miasma Records and Vomit Your Shirt. “Quiescence” continues the space motif from ANALEPSY’s previous releases, but from a different perspective. There are no living creatures, only the deserted cosmos awaiting its own demise. The album features guest appearances from Ricky Myers (Suffocation, Disgorge), Angel Ochoa (Cephalotripsy, Disgorge, Abominable Putridity, Condemned) and Wilson Ng (Facelift Deformation, Vermicular Incubation). The band commented:...

  Hailing from Philadelphia, US, the newly launched avant-garde/doom metal quartet led by Alex Bouks (Immolation, Goreaphobia) and comprising former Goreaphobia musicians, has announced the details surrounding its self-titled EP, set for release on the 26th of February via Agonia Records. The band has unveiled a brand new single "Ghost Of Old" in anticipation of the material: https://youtu.be/JJIOitT-OrA SHADOWS is a new dark avant-garde metal band from Immolation and ex-Goreaphobia guitarist Alex Bouks, who brought other former Goreaphobia members to the table. As founding member of the Philadelphia death metal band Goreaphobia, Alex has been involved in the extreme underground music scene since the late 80’s. His technical style of aggressive, melodic guitar work has resulted in worldwide recognition, being a member of such acclaimed acts as Immolation, Incantation, Master, Ruinous and Funebrarum. Now Alex has returned to his musical roots in SHADOWS, with classic infl...

  Photo credit: Verrecchio Photography The newly-launched, US-based, avant-garde metal quartet SHADOWS, formed by veteran musicians from reputable death metal bands, have began recording on their yet-untitled debut album at Rhawn Street Studios in Philadelphia, PA. The album is scheduled for a tentative release in 2021 on Agonia Records. The album is being produced by the band and recorded and engineered by Lance Walter (drums, bass & lead guitar). Guitarist Henny Piotrowski (ex-Goreaphobia) had this to say about the ongoing recordings: "Myself and the rest of the band are always thinking outside the box of heavy dark music. And I believe the collection of songs for our full length represents taking things to another level. The recording has been coming along fantastic and we can’t wait to release this music that we are all so proud of". SHADOWS is a new band from Immolation's guitarist and Goreaphobia's founding member Alex Bouks, who brought other former Goreaph...

Norwegian metallers SUSPERIA release new single "Heretic" taken from their upcoming album "The Lyricist", due out in two weeks (March 16th) via Agonia Records. Listen to the song below: SUSPERIA is comprised of former Dimmu Borgir, Satyricon and Old Man's Child members. Their new album "The Lyricist" will arrive nearly nine years to the day its predecessor ("Attitude", 2009) came out. "The Lyricist" is available for pre-ordering HERE . The origins of SUSPERIA can be traced back to 1998 when Tjodalv, then occupying the drum seat with Dimmu Borgir, and long-time friend Cyrus (ex-Satyricon, Old Man's Child) got together to share ideas and write songs. Clearly rooted and seasoned in the Norwegian black metal scene, SUSPERIA elevated its sound into more melodic areas of extreme metal, embracing and exploring a variety of musical avenues with ease. On "The Lyricist", SUSPERIA has gone back to its black origin ...

Canadian metal powerhouse THREAT SIGNAL reveal North American tour plans in support of their new album "Disconnect", released in November on Agonia Records. The band will hit the road as main support to Norway's symphonic/gothic metal heroes SIRENIA in spring of 2018. The initial 15 dates will run through April 29th in Brooklyn (NY), while more dates are expected to be announced soon. Additional support will come from Valinor Excelsior (Colombia), with Graveshadow, Niviane and Dire Peril sharing the bill on selected dates. Initial dates: 04/06/18 - Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero 04/08/18 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Hell) 04/10/18 - Austin, TX @ Come and Take it Live! 04/11/18 - Fort Worth @ TX Rail Club 04/13/18 - Mesa, AZ @ Club Red 04/17/18 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven 04/18/18 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre 04/20/18 - Calgary, AB @ Dickens Pub 04/22/18 - Winnipeg, MB @ Handsome Daughter 04/24/18 - Chicago, IL @ Reggie's 04/25/18 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo...

Swedish brutal, melodic, old-school death metal tyrants DEMONICAL, will emerge with a brand new, fifth studio album titled "Chaos Manifesto", on March 23rd in Europe and April 27th in North America via Agonia Records. Listen to the first single "Towards Greater Gods" on YouTube, at this link: https://youtu.be/K6sNSADX_Fo DEMONICAL arose from the ashes of formerly disbanded Centinex in 2006, and in comparison to its older sibling, executes death metal in a far more impetuous and melodic manner. "Chaos Manifesto" is a testament to that statement. After nearly five years since the release of the last full-length album "Darkness Unbound" (2013), the Swede's - now led by a new prominent death growler Alexander Högbom (October Tide, Centinex) - continue the traditional DEMONICAL path with fierce HM-2 driven death metal of utter brutality, yet return in a partially new, yet fully fit five-piece line-up. From the violent album open...

US-based death/black metal act CAST THE STONE re-emerge with a new record deal with Agonia Records. CAST THE STONE first began in 2002 as the original project between guitarist Mark Kloeppel of Misery Index, bassist Derek Engemannof Scour and Cattle Decapitation and drummer Jesse Schobel of Legend/ex-Scour, prior to their departure into their current metal-scene mainstays. Rounded out by vocalist Andrew Huskey, the band will release new music in their original line-up in 2018. Through years of successful touring and record creation within the membership's other very well known projects, an attitude was fostered of "how would we do this now"? CAST THE STONE returns not as some metal supergroup, but as a project of the original and purest intent of its membership. To be blunt, without CAST THE STONE, the vast majority of the Misery Index discography, Cattle Decapitation's seminal "Monolith of Inhumanity" and "The Anthropocene Extinction" albu...

Legendary, epic Greek black metallers, VARATHRON, will return with their sixth studio album titled "Patriarchs Of Evil" on April 27th via Agonia Records. Watch a teaser video for this release at: https://youtu.be/JQal6cck2qg Co-founded in 1988 by Stefan Necroabyssious, the band's vocalist and sole original member, VARATHRON has been on a steady release schedule since 2004's "Crowreign". The latter album introduced Haris (drums) and Achilleas C. (guitars) to the band, who were later joined by Sotiris (guitars) and Stratos (bass), and who together established a new, well-bonded line-up of an already established Hellenic black metal act, considered as one of the forefathers of the genre, next to Rotting Christ and Necromantia. Having previously described "Patriarchs Of Evil" as "heavy, dark and full of melodies that will revive past memories", VARATHRON elaborates on the successor to "Untrodden Corridors Of Hades"...

Norwegian blackened thrash/heavy metallers SUSPERIA, comprising former members of Dimmu Borgir, Satyricon and Old Man's Child, release the first single from their recently announced new studio album, "The Lyricist". Titled "I Entered", the single is available in a form of a lyric video designed by Costin Chioreanu (At The Gates, Paradise Lost, Arch Enemy). Check out the video below: https://youtu.be/WGQr4cLF63Q "The Lyricist" will arrive nearly nine years to the day its predecessor ("Attitude", 2009) came out. Its release has been scheduled for the 16th of March, 2018, onAgonia Records. The album is available for pre-ordering HERE . The origins of SUSPERIA can be traced back to 1998 when Tjodalv, then occupying the drum seat with Dimmu Borgir, and long-time friend Cyrus (ex-Satyricon, Old Man's Child) got together to share ideas and write songs. Clearly rooted and seasoned in the Norwegian black metal scene, SUSPERIA ele...

THREAT SIGNAL enter Billboard Heatseekers chart in the United States with new album "Disconnect" Canadian thrash metal powerhouse THREAT SIGNAL entered the Billboard Heatseekers chart at #79 with their new album "Disconnect", released in November on Agonia Records. The album sold more copies than its 2011's self-titled predecessor in its first week of release in the United States, making it the band's best sales week to date. Click to order, download or stream "Disconnect": http://threatsignalmusic.com "Disconnect" was recorded and produced by vocalist Jon Howard and lead guitarist Travis Montgomery. Mixing and mastering were done by Mark Lewis(DevilDriver, Whitechapel, Battlecross, Coal Chamber). Artwork for the album was created by Ludovic Cordelieres of Rusalkadesign (Kamelot). Founder & vocalist Jon Howard commented on the new album: "Well, we made it to album number 4! To say its been a tough ride would be an under...

VARATHRON Release Studio Session Video From Upcoming Album Legendary Greek black metallers VARATHRON are working on their sixth studio album "Patriarchs Of Evil" and today they have released the first video from the recording sessions. Watch drummer Haris record drums at Infinite Loop Music Studio in Ioannina (Greece) and hear fragments of new pre-production songs at: https://youtu.be/p0F8zKDKhf0 VARATHRON commented: "We are very excited to announce that the recordings of our upcoming album "Patriarchs of Evil" have come to an end and we are already in the mixing process! Drums were recorded once again at "Infinite Loop Music Studio" in Ioannina, Greece. In the video you can see some great moments capturing Haris' performance. Rest of the recordings took place at "Crown Audio Conspiracies" along with the mixing and mastering of the album which is scheduled to be delivered to Agonia Records this December. The cover artwo...

THREAT SIGNAL CD Release Date Pushed Back To November 24th In North America Due to a manufacturing delay in North America, THREAT SIGNAL's new album“Disconnect” will be released in CD format (physical format) on November 24th. Currently it’s still available for pre-ordering via all key retailers includng Amazon, FYE and BestBuy. For more information check the band's Facebook page, here . Listen to "Disconnect" on YouTube: https://t.co/lmSrN1DoJp Since their critically acclaimed debut offering "Under Reprisal" (2006), which won the "Canadian Recording Of The Year Award" at the Hamilton Music Awards, THREAT SIGNAL became internationally recognised as one of the most interesting modern acts in thrash metal. Their latest two installments, the intense "Vigilance" (2009) and reinvented "Threat Signal" (2011), have both met with unrelenting hype, with each generating growing interest within the metal community. Combining th...