Author: KMN

After a decade and a half of carving a bloody path through the underground extreme metal scene, German slam juggernauts Gutrectomy are flaying away the dead flesh to deliver their heaviest auditory beatdown to date. Arriving on May 29th, 2026, their highly anticipated new EP, Slamdown is not a phase, Mom, is not just a release—it […]

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POWERRAGE, the new band featuring former Exciter guitarist John Ricci, unleash another song from their upcomig debut album “Beast“. The track “Dragon Man” is premiered here with a lyric video: https://youtu.be/0G47FtFPhD0 “Beast” is scheduled for April 24th 2026 via High Roller Records. It was mixed and mastered by Dan Swano at Unisound and features an album artwork […]

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Blasting old school death metal quartet ANASARCA unleashed the second glimpse into their new album with the release of the new single Basket of Burdens from upcoming, long awaited full-length album, ACHLYS. The album will descend upon the world in April through Selfmadegod Records.  Regarding the track, Mike Dormann said: “Basket of Burdens” is basen on “This Basket of Burdens” poem by Debbie, which is clearly intended […]

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On May 25th internationally, Antiq is proud to present Malebeste‘s striking debut album, Monestherou. Formed in 2024 in a small town of western France, Malebeste are a five-piece black metal band. Deeply rooted in its land and history, the band mainly explore themes inspired by the legends of Charente, Vendée, and surrounding regions. The quintet offer a melodic and powerful music, […]

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SELIAS return with a new official version of their video for “Abducted”, now available worldwide without platform restrictions. Originally taken down due to content limitations, the band has reworked the video to ensure full accessibility while keeping its original intensity and visual impact intact. The updated version stays true to the track’s atmosphere—dark, cinematic, and unsettling—while making it available […]

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Barcelona’s Syberia had already long been one of those quietly but consistently evolving names on the instrumental post-rock/post-metal scene, yet Quan tot s’apagui is the point where they finally break out of the “pleasantly contemplative” post-rock box and dive headfirst into the darker, far more merciless depths of post-metal. Their fifth full-length album was released […]

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Swiss band Defaced may well never have sounded this powerful before, even though on paper they could easily have been written off as a vanished promise. The group, which originated in the Emmental region, began in 2006 under the name Trigger Tones, then continued as Defaced from 2012 onward, releasing two solid but somewhat under-the-radar […]

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Meteora from Budapest is one of the most prominent acts in the Hungarian symphonic metal scene. The EP was released on January 23, 2026, via H-Music, and also serves as the conclusion to the trilogy launched in 2025, preceded by In This Silence and Broken Mind; on the same day, the Darkest Light album, collecting […]

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KATAKLYSM – FREEDOM OR DEATH TOUR 2026 March 8, 2026 – Budapest, Barba Negra On the second Sunday of March, Barba Negra’s Blue Stage once again hosted what promised to be an excellent death metal night, with Norway’s Blood Red Throne, Polish veterans Vader, and Canada’s Kataklysm delivering the soundtrack for our headbanging. The prestigious […]

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Tasmanian devils THE ABSOLUTION SEQUENCE have set an August 2026 release date for their highly-anticipated full-length album, Dread Cycle. Following a string of EPs and singles, the album promises to be the band’s most incendiary work yet. Slated for release via Bleeding Art Collective, with distribution by Blood Blast Distribution, Dread Cycle is set to solidify the band’s […]

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