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And we are going strong into the year 2025!
So, let’s see what’s out there…
WARBRINGER New age thrash titans Warbringer have announced their highly anticipated new album Wrath and Ruin! You can right now check out the official music video for the new single A Better World over here, and remember the new album will be released March 14th via Napalm Records which you can pre order right over here!
AFFLICTA The official 2nd video from Afflicta is now available from their upcoming album Origin of Sorrow! Head over here right now to check out the track Godcide and over here to pre-order the upcoming album!
NEUROT RECORDINGS And music will continue to get us through the new year as it did the old one! The weekly Pay What You Can segment rolls on as ever, and this week’s album pick is Sounds of Nature by Christ on Parade! Head over here right now to claim your copy and simply pay what you can!marked 20% off while stock lasts, so make sure you have very quick hands over here to get some well-priced goodies!
INFECTED RAIN In collaboration with Motocultor and Access live, Vain Productions recently announced a brand-new tour with headliner Infected Rain which is scheduled to kick off this coming Friday! This highly anticipated tour will span 6 countries, and includes support acts from Semblant, Elyose, Skin on Flesh and Miruthan! The tickets are available already so make sure you have quick hands to get some tickets to a show near you, as they are expected to sell out fast!
MUTAGENIC HOST Perhaps you’d like to start your year with some gory, dystopian death metal? If so, you’ll be ripe for having your ears scrubbed by Mutagenic Host and their debut full-length The Diseased Machine. You can listen to the album in full here where you’ll also see links to Dry Cough Records, Gurgling Gore and Memento Mori where you can purchase a copy on CD, cassette and coloured vinyl.
HIERARCHIES January is a cold dark time over here in Northern Europe. So why not get stuck right into the mood with some nightmarish, dissonant technical metal? In this respect Transcending Obscurity Records have got you covered with the debut self-titled album from Hierarchies. Prior to the album’s release on the 17th of January you can listen to two tracks from the album here and because it’s TO there’s vinyl and a ton of limited edition merch to be had.
THE HALO EFFECT Gothenburg, Sweden’s melodic death metal group release their latest album March of the Unheard on Nuclear Blast Records this coming Friday and you can pre-order the album on CD or limited clear vinyl from the label here. Meanwhile you can listen to two preview tracks from the album here.
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)
We do hope that all of our readers had a very happy new year and are going strong into 2025! We of course promise to continue to bring you the metal word on the street, and look forward to seeing you in the new year!
By Julia Katrin and Tom Osman
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