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How time flies! We are already pretty much halfway through December! Our writers Julia Katrin and Tom Osman are of course still alive and well, and here to bring you the latest issue of The Underground Updates!
So, let’s see what’s out there…
CRYPTOPSY Prepare for the relentless carnage on Cryptopsy´s Infernal Bloodshed Over Europe 2025 tour! Joining Decapitated, Warbringer and Carnation, fans across Europe will once again have the chance to witness the unparalleled aggression that Cryptopsy has consistently delivered for the past three decades! Make sure you secure your tickets now over here!
DARKEST HOUR Another band joining Decapitated next year for an extensive winter tour is Darkest Hour! The Nihility Across North America trek begins February 4th in Florida, and runs through March 2nd in California, with additional support from Incantation and Exmortus! Head over here to secure your tickets right now!
FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS FESTIVAL North America´s highly coveted and premier open-air heavy music Fire in the Mountains Festival has just announced some more names to their lineup, including Chelsea Wolfe and Blood Incantation, which will join the already announced names such as Wardruna, Converge and Steve Von Till! All ticket options and packages for the festival are already available, so all you must do is head over here to check which package suits you best and then simply wait and look forward to July 25th-27th!
HERIOT UK metal quartet Heriot has announced their upcoming debut album headline tour! Running from April 9th-13th the tickets are already available right over here!
DOWNFALL OF GAIA For over 16 years, German/US based Downfall of Gaia has carved a unique space in the metal scene, and now their latest album Silhouettes of Disgust delivers a dynamic and textured blend of crust punk and post-black metal! In support of said album, the band has now announced a run of Europe tour dates for April next year, and tickets are already available right over here!
PONTE DEL DIAVOLO Following their recent signing to Season of Mist and the release of their debut full-length Fire Blades From The Tomb, Italian Black/Doom act Ponte Del Diavolo have put together their first three EPs into one tidy release. Pick it up here on vinyl, CD or cassette, for some demonic darkness in your living room.
HORSE BUTCHER When a band is described as “gore-fucked bestial deathgrind” you can be sure your senses are about to take a pummelling. So it is with the forthcoming self-titled album from Horse Butcher on Sentient Ruin Laboratories. Coming at you on the 20th of December, you can listen to two bludgeoning preview tracks here now and pre-order the album on cassette or CD.
CRYPTOPSY And if you’re a Cryptopsy fan (and if you like death metal of course you should be!) the band’s also added some items to their bandcamp store) check out the new t-shirt design, forthcoming vinyl reissues and other merch they’ve got going on there.
Having to pay gigantic sums for international postage is a real gear grinder. While it’s our default setting to link Bandcamp pages in the case of new and pre-releases, we thought it would be helpful to add some online stores that might provide a useful alternative.
So if you see a release you fancy, but it’s being sold in a far off land and you don’t want to fork out on exorbitant shipping, see if any of the links below can remedy the situation.
Dark Essence (Norway) Dark Essence (US)
Direct Merch (Australia)
eOne Heavy (EU) eOne Heavy (UK) eOne Heavy (US)
Metal Odyssey (EU) Metal Odyssey (US)
Napalm Records (Germany)
Prophecy Productions (Germany) Prophecy Productions (US)
Rough Trade (UK) Rough Trade (US)
Season of Mist (EU) Season of Mist (US)
Southern Lord (EU) Southern Lord (US)
Throne Records (World)
Transcending Obscurity (EU) Transcending Obscurity (US)
As the end of the year approaches, artists and labels are busier than ever preparing for the celebration as well as preparing for the year to come, and we hope you take advantage of it all while you still can!
By Julia Katrin and Tom Osman
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