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WIELDED STEEL Drop Sins Of Your Domain LP Today
Birmingham, Alabama’s WIELDED STEEL has officially released their new full-length, “Sins Of Your Domain,” today via 1126 Records. Expect a brutal blend of death metal and hardcore.
Obey The Kraken Drops Netherworld Video, New EP Apocrypha
German deathcore force Obey The Kraken just released a new video for ‘Netherworld’, the second single off their upcoming EP, Apocrypha, set for an April 10th release.
Sectarian Defacement Announce Debut Album: Hostile Consuming Rapture
Ukrainian brutal death metal trio Sectarian Defacement’s debut full-length ‘Hostile Consuming Rapture’ is coming April 6 from Grave Island Records.
Nixil and Drouth Unite for Toward Dead Temples
Black metal bands Nixil and Drouth are teaming up for a new split release, ‘Toward Dead Temples,’ hitting shelves on April 24. Find out what each band has to say about their contributions and details on their upcoming West Coast tour.
INTERCOURSE Covers Hole’s Violet Ahead of UK Tour with Eyehategod
Connecticut noise rock act INTERCOURSE just released their cover of Hole’s classic ‘Violet’ and revealed upcoming UK tour dates with Eyehategod and Rwake.
Voidthrone Returns with Dreaming Rat, Stream First Blood Now
Seattle’s dissonant blackened death metal quartet, Voidthrone, is back with a new record. Their upcoming album, Dreaming Rat, drops on May 8, and they’ve just premiered the first single, ‘First Blood’.
TELOCH VOVIN Drop New Track, Announce Towards The Inevitable Album
New York occult black/death metal act TELOCH VOVIN announced their new album “Towards The Inevitable” for a May 8th release, alongside a new video for “The Rite Ov The Harvest Pt 1” premiered at Metal Injection.
CRANIAL RAT INFESTATION Drops Deathcore EP: Scorned. Torn. Mourn. Reborn. with Evan Torn Comic
Jesse Lemons’ one-man project CRANIAL RAT INFESTATION is releasing a new deathcore EP, “Scorned. Torn. Mourn. Reborn.,” as a soundtrack to his upcoming revenge horror comic, “Evan Torn.”
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