Steve Di Giorgio/ Paul Thesseling - QUADVIUM
"TETRADOM"
Prog/ Fusion Death Metal
Year:30.05.2025
(Agonia Records)

"Tetradōm" is the debut album of the instrumental progressive metal-fusion quartet Quadvium, half in California - half in the Netherlands, founded in late 2019 by American bass player Steve Di Giorgio (Testament, Death) and Dutch bass player Jeroen Paul Thesseling (Obscura, Pestilence).Steve Di Giorgio and Jeroen Paul Thesseling are both innovators in bringing a different style of fretless bass playing to metal. Launching a band with two predominantly multi-string fretless bass players is no common occurrence, and the bass-duo felt they needed to take very special and deliberate time to get the right alignment with who is participating and what will be the end result - meaning the right sound and composition to represent this rare vision.Over time, together with Dutch master drummer Y...

RIVERS OF NIHIL
"RIVERS OF NIHIL"
Black/ Doom Metal
Year:30.05.2025
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

Sixteen years and five albums into the Pennsylvania band’s career, RIVERS OF NIHIL is upping the ante with Rivers Of Nihil. Traditionally, a self-titled record can signal a return to basics and/or a fresh beginning, and in ten powerful songs, it’s clear that both those factors are in play. Founding bassist Adam Biggs became the band’s new lead vocalist/bassist in 2023; the same year marked the appearance of additional guitarist Andy Thomas (ex-Black Crown Initiate), whose vocals also play prominently on Rivers Of Nihil. Producers Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland at Atrium Audio captured the new dynamics across more than fifty minutes of music.CD/ LP:1. The Sub-Orbital Blues2. Dustman3. Criminals4. Despair Church5. Water & Time6. House Of Light7. Evidence8. A...

HATE
"BELLUM REGIIS"
Blackened Death Metal
Year:02.05.2025
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

With a dozen ferocious and lauded albums since 1996’s Daemon Qui Fecit Terra, HATE’s lucky thirteenth album, Bellum Regiis, sees the unrelenting Polish quartet forging a bolder and more aggressive style than ever. Bellum Regiis’ nine songs see vocalist/guitarist ATF Sinner, guitarist Domin, drummer Nar-Sil, and bassist Tiermes honing a modern sound rife with eerie atmosphere and depth. Produced by David Castillo (Candlemass, Carcass, Dark Tranquillity, Katatonia) at Stockholm's Grondahl Studio, Bellum Regiis is lyrically a more “humanity focused and personal” album than 2021’s Rugia while its songs are timely aural and visual exploration of, according to the vocalist, “a struggle for power and everything that comes with it.”CD/...

KARDASHEV
"ALUNEA"
Deathgaze/ Progressive Dark Metal
Year:25.04.2025
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

The eight sonically and lyrically immersive songs on Alunea have set yet another high-water mark for the dynamic lineup. Known as the progenitors of the “deathgaze” genre, that descriptor is evolving as KARDASHEV continually explores and pushes boundaries. “Words you could use to describe our music are ‘atmospheric, progressive, emotional, dynamic, and contrast,” explains drummer Sean Lang. “Our music attempts to sonically portray the emotions of anger and sorrow which creates a palpable but natural dynamic contrast.” Music has always been a universal language, but KARDASHEV creates their own lyrical language, adding depth and meaning.Alunea is a direct sequel to the events of The Almanac and picks up right where the song "Beyond Sun And Moon" leav...

LIK
"NECRO"
Death Metal/ Thrash
Year:11.04.2025
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

Standing loud and proud over so many imitators, Necro is the musical equivalent of a classic shock-horror movie that’s drenched in blood and gore and packed with over-the-top extremities. Delve beyond the zombified cover art created by Stockholm-based tattooist and artist Jens Olsson (Ink Fanatics), Necro serves as a reminder of just how special and exciting the genre is: packed with blood-curdling fantasy stories about war, death, zombies, world apocalypse, and murder all stacked with disgustingly-good rotten riffs. After recording and releasing their critically acclaimed third full-length, 2020’s Misanthropic Breed, during the pandemic, this time around getting back into the studio properly was paramount. And while Misanthropic Breed was recorded at the quartet’s rehear...

MESSA
"THE SPIN"
Doom Heavy Metal
Year:11.04.2025
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

Sailing past their tenth anniversary in 2024, MESSA takes another step towards legendary status with their majestic fourth album The Spin, which takes its listeners on a breathtaking journey across the wide-open skies of their creative imagination and over a compelling landscape of moods, twists, and styles. Based in the band's eclectic, self-defined “scarlet doom” sound, The Spin rises, falls, broods, bites, comforts, and destroys, all the while resounding with both instinctive magic and obsessive, concerted hard work. After lighting up the underground with a triptych of increasingly distinctive and wondrous records – 2016's Belfry, 2018's Feast For Water, and 2022's Close – MESSA is audibly equipped for the proverbial big leagues.CD/ LP:1. Void...

ALLEGAEON
"THE OSSUARY LENS"
Death Metal
Year:04.04.2025
(METAL BLADE RECORDS)

For ALLEGAEON, sitting still is not an option. The Fort Collins, Colorado-based group has never allowed itself to stagnate, prefering to thrive on chaos, change and evolution. Their latest offering, The Ossuary Lens, is their seventh full-length overall but it’s the first with original vocalist Ezra Haynes since his 2015 departure following the Elements Of The Infinite album. Replacing a singer is no easy task, so the fact that Haynes was in a place to rejoin is something to celebrate. The cleaner vocal approach on the last three albums was a fascinating artistic maneuver, one that refreshed ALLEGAEON, but it’s undeniably thrilling to hear Haynes’ graveled larynx back in the fold on this inarguably brutal and technically dazzling slab of work. The science-based...

ENTRAILS
"GRIP OF ETERNAL EVIL"
Death Metal
Year:18.07.2025
(HAMMERHEART RECORDS)

Entrails are back with their 8th album and the 90´s soul is brought back for the massive HM-2 sound and their passion for classic old school Death Metal!Swedish Death Metal attack Entrails are back with their new album “Grip of Ancient Evil”! No trends. No polish. Just the purest form of old school DeathMetal: HM-2 buzzsaw guitars, bludgeoning rhythms and horror drenched lyrics! Following the critically acclaimed “An Eternal Time of Decay”, Entrails digs deeper into the grave, delivering some of their darkest and most savage material to date.Tracks like “Wings of Death”, “Untreatable Decay” and “Skin ‘em All” hit with relentless force! It’s the sound of tombs cracking open, of ancient evil rising once a...

MALEVOLENCE
"WHERE ONLY THE TRUTH IS SPOKEN"
Thrash/ Death Metal
Year:20.06.2025
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Steel City Kings MALEVOLENCE have announced the details of their hugely anticipated new album, Where Only The Truth Is Spoken, set to be released on the 20th June via MLVLTD in partnership with Nuclear Blast Records.Alongside the news of their new album, MALEVOLENCE have also released the video for their monumental new single 'If It's All The Same To You'. Featuring acting legend Alan Ford, who most famously appeared as Brick Top in Guy Ritchie's classic British gangster film Snatch, the band's new video is their biggest visual production to date. It sees the five-piece take on an elaborate art heist, before engaging in a white knuckle car chase with the Police. There may even be some easter eggs to be found throughout that hint at what MALEVOLENCE have in store fo...

...AND OCEANS
"THE REGENERATION ITINERARY"
Black Metal
Year:23.05.2025
(SEASON OF MIST)

In the frozen depths of Finland's iciest lakes, …and Oceans emerged, fusing symphonic black metal with avant-garde twists and splashes of industrial chaos. For decades, they've been the torchbearers of a genre that defies boundaries - constantly reinventing their sound with each new album.Their latest full-length, "The Regeneration Itinerary," is a transcendent expedition into the duality of light and dark. Recorded in the halls of SoundSpiral Audio and mixed to perfection at Necromorbus Studio, this album weaves a tale as old as time yet refreshingly modern. With tracks like the ethereal, techno-laden "Inertiae" and the haunting "Förnyelse i Tre Akter," Mathias Lillmåns' lyrical prowess unfurls across Timo Kontio's and Antti Simonen's ...

GAAHLS WYRD
"BRAIDING THE STORIES"
Black Metal
Year:06.06.2025
(SEASON OF MIST)

•    Norwegian Grammy-winning metal maestros Gaahls Wyrd present their mesmerizing sophomore album, Braiding the Stories. This introspective and ethereal venture bridges the realms of consciousness and dreams through a potent blend of philosophical introspection and audacious musical composition.•    Led by the commanding presence of legendary vocalist Gaahl (Kristian Espedal) and supported by guitarist Lust Kilman (Ole Walaunet), bassist Nekroman (Andreas Salbu), and drummer Spektre (Kevin Kvåle), the band artfully merges chaos and beauty, resonating deeply within the esoteric extreme/black metal genre.•    Produced at Solslottet Studio and featuring the sophisticated cover art of Øivind Myksvoll, Braiding the Storie...

WITCHCRAFT
"IDAG"
Doom Heavy Metal/ Stoner
Year:23.05.2025
(PLASTIC HEAD DISTRIBUTION)

More than 20 years after their debut, Witchcraft's seventh album, 'IDAG', is a long-awaited full accounting of who they are as a band. Those who have been clamouring for a return to an earlier sound rooted in classic 70s progressive and heavy rock will be delighted by the strut of 'Irreligious Flamboyant Flame', while the eight-minute opening title track is the heaviest the band have ever sounded, and a series of interspersed acoustic-based pieces help to create a vision of a new, soulful, folkish doom taking shape as they move inexorably forward. CD/ LP:1. Idag2. Drömmar av is3. Drömmen om död och förruttnelse4. Om du vill5. Gläntan6. Burning Cross7. Irreligious Flamboyant Flame8. Christmas9. Spirit10. Om du vill (Slight Return...

LORD BELIAL
"UNHOLY TRINITY"
Black Metal
Year:27.06.2025
(HAMMERHEART RECORDS)

Lord Belial’s “Unholy Trinity” is a savage and intense blast of Black Metal brilliance!Lord Belial returns with their new studio album “Unholy Trinity”! Formed in 1992, Lord Belial has been a driving force in the Scandinavian Black Metal scene for over three decades... Crafting classics like “Enter the Moonlight Gate” and “Unholy Crusade” while balancing melody, aggression, and atmosphere with effortless precision.Following their acclaimed 2022 comeback album “Rapture”, the band now sharpens their blade even further. Where “Rapture” re- established Lord Belial’s dominance, “Unholy Trinity” pushes beyond: more extreme, more focused, yet steeped in the dark melodic sensibilities!Recorded ...

BEHEMOTH
"THE SHIT OV GOD"
Blackened Death Metal
Year:09.05.2025
(NUCLEAR BLAST)

Extreme Metal giants BEHEMOTH have revealed the title, cover artwork, and release date (09.05) of their 13th studio album The Shit Ov God. This new album promises to be the most provocative and extreme work of their 34-year-long career. Featuring eight tracks, it dives deep into the abyss of humanity, divinity, and rebellion - in a time when individuality is celebrated, yet many still cling to their saviors, whether musical, political, or otherwise.BEHEMOTH frontman Nergal says about the album:"The number thirteen - so magical and significant. If this were to be our final album, I could say I die a proud man. Without a shadow of a doubt, this is the most refined, purest representation of Behemoth. No filler, no excess - just the very best we have to offer, handed to you."CD/ LP:1...

NIGHTFALL
"CHILDREN OF EVE"
Blackened Death Metal
Year:02.05.2025
(SEASON OF MIST)

Since their formation in 1991, Nightfall have stood alongside Rotting Christ and Septicflesh as the pioneering trinity of Greek metal. The legendary Athenian death metal band sound as vengeful as ever. But backed by monumental production and a powerful message, their eleventh studio album stands as their darkest and most epic creation yet.   Like their contemporaries, Nightfall weave gothic melodies into blackened death metal. Children of Eve features the most infections collection of hooks that the band has ever created thanks to the mixing and mastering of Jacob Hansen. Armed with cloak and dagger, masked frontman Efthimis Karadimas commands lead single “I Hate” behind blast beats that fly like a swarm of arrows.But Children of Eve wouldn’t bear the ...