LIK
"NECRO"
Death Metal/ Thrash
Release date: 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&rs...

MESSA
"THE SPIN"
Doom Heavy Metal
Release date: 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.

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ALLEGAEON
"THE OSSUARY LENS"
Death Metal
Release date: 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
Release date: 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 Death
Metal: 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,...

...AND OCEANS
"THE REGENERATION ITINERARY"
Black Metal
Release date: 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 Simo...

GAAHLS WYRD
"BRAIDING THE STORIES"
Black Metal
Release date: 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, Braidin...

BEHEMOTH
"THE SHIT OV GOD"
Blackened Death Metal
Release date: 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 ...

NIGHTFALL
"CHILDREN OF EVE"
Blackened Death Metal
Release date: 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 ...