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And we are back!

So, let’s see what’s out there…

CYTOTOXIN After the release of their fourth full-length album Nuklearth in 2020, the nuclear quintet Cytotoxin strikes back with their second standalone single Condemnesia, and with this second single the group underlines their instrumental skills, as well as vocal variety, and demonstrates that technical death metal can indeed be melodic and catchy! Head over here right now to check out the single along with its video!

WARBRINGER Southern California thrash metal superpower Warbringer is back to finally end the wait for their brand-new album Wrath and Ruin! Aiming straight for the jugular, they reinvigorate their sound on this record and continue their fearless campaign to appeal for a better future and firmly establish themselves in the metal scene for good! Head over here right now to check out the single A Better World along with its video!

GLACIER EATER California-based melodic death metal outfit Glacier Eater presents a new video for the track Homeward, found on their second album Tempest, out now on Glacier Recordings! Head over here right now to check it out!

ENSIFERUM Finnish folk metal icons Ensiferum have unveiled their new video for The Howl! The track is taken from the group´s full length Winter Storm, out now on Metal Blade Records! Head over here right now to check it out, you won’t be disappointed!

NECROMANIAC A full ten years on from their first demo London, England’s black metal group Necromaniac have released their debut album Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable via Invictus and Ajna. You can listen to the band’s tales of witchcraft and necromancy here, where you can also buy a vinyl or CD copy. You can also buy from Ajna here.

-(16)- San Diago’s sludge-metal titans -(16)- return next month with their latest record of crushingly heavy tales of woe. Guides for the Misguided will be released on the 7th of February via Relapse Records. You can pre-order the album here on vinyl or CD, plus there’s a preview track to check out.D or limited clear vinyl from the label here. Meanwhile you can listen to two preview tracks from the album here.

GHOUL Tankcrimes’ masked,extreme-metal monsters Ghoul have just put up some delightful t-shirts on their merch page. Each design comes with a free download of one of the band’s releases. Their “I have a severe drinking problem” design could be yours. Just click 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)

Deathwish (EU) Deathwish (US)

Direct Merch (Australia)

eOne Heavy (EU) eOne Heavy (UK) eOne Heavy (US)

Ipecac (EU) Ipecac (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)

Only halfway through January and artists and labels out there are taking the year by a storm! Make sure you take advantage of it all while you still can!

By Julia Katrin and Tom Osman

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