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Another Wednesday! You all of course know what that means…our writers Julia Katrin and Tom Osman are back at it once more with a brand-new Underground Updates!

So, let’s see what’s out there…

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ENSIFERUM While the Folkfest of the North tour is well underway, the Finnish Ensiferum are not leaving us waiting for anything and have now presented their video for Victorious! The track is taken from the group´s Winter Storm full length album, out now on Metal Blade Records! Head over here right now to check it out!

CRADLE OF FILTH Extreme metal icons Cradle of Filth have just unleashed satanic new music video for To Live Deliciously! While the new album The Screaming of the Valkyries won’t be out until March 21^st, you can head over here right now to check out the video and of course here to place your album pre-order!

IMPERISHABLE Swedish death metal stalwarts Imperishable have released their second offering from their upcoming second album Swallowing the World, scheduled for a release on April 11^th via Hammerheart Records! The second single, Riding Demons, comes with a fantastic video which you can check out right now over here, after which you can of course head over here to place your album pre order!

KING PARROT The long-awaited new album from Australia´s raucous marauding, grindcore ensemble King Parrot is giving already, and the latest track, Target Pig Elite, comes with a music video which you can check out over here! Oh, and don’t forget to head over here to place your pre-order for the album A Young Person’s Guide to King Parrot!

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HERAKLEION Fast rising Louisiana-based death thrash trio Herakleion will be joining legendary state mates Exhorder for a three-week March tour! Commencing on March 11^th in Indianapolis, the tour will run through March 30^th in Nashville, and additional support will be provided by Void, Freya, Restless Spirit and Flesh Parade on select dates! The tickets are already available so you might want to have quick hands!

PUPIL SLICES Huge news from the Pupil Slicer camp! While in the middle of recording their new album, Pupil Slicer also announces a co-headlining run of the U.K. in November this year with Copenhagen´s heaviest, LLNN! With these two bands together, they sure as hell will be the perfect blend of chaos and heaviness so make sure you keep your eyes open for those dates and tickets once they become available!

AMON AMARTH Swedish Viking metal heroes Amon Amarth will be joining heavy metal legends Pantera for The Heaviest Tour of the Summer this year! Produced by Live Nation, the US amphitheater tour begins on July 15^th in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania and will wind its way through over two dozen cities, before ending on September 13^th in West Palm Beach, Florida! You can find all confirmed dates and tickets right over here, so what are you waiting for??

DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT Extreme metal enigma Dragged into Sunlight will be embarking on a North American tour with support from Mizmor and Meth, kicking off the trek at Maryland DeathFest on May 24^th, and will conclude on June 14^th in Providence, RI! Make sure you have quick hands for tickets right over here, as this is the band’s first tour in North America since 2016!

Soon, will be out…

SHRINE OF DENIAL The latest release to be announced on the great Transcending Obscurity Records is a slab of dissonant, blackened death metal in the shape of I, Moloch, the forthcoming LP by Türkiye’s Shrine of Denial. Released this Friday, you can order the album on vinyl or CD here, with a bunch of merch and bundle options to go with it. There are also currently three preview tracks for your listening pleasure on the link above.

GUILTLESS Featuring Josh Graham (of Neurosis, A Storm of Light and Battle of Mice) Teeth to Sky, the debut record by Guiltless,is unsurprisingly a thunderous barrage of atmospheric sludge metal. You can listen to two preview tracks here, where you can follow links to Neurot Recordings for physical copies of the album.

WHITECHAPEL Knoxville, Tennessee’s Whitechapel are heavy as a very heavy thing. This Friday sees the release of the deathcore band’s latest record Hymns in Dissonance. You can get your ears smashed up with two preview tracks from the album here. Meanwhile, you can pre-order a copy of the album on vinyl from Metal Blade Records right here, alongside various merch and other releases from the band.

Check the following links…

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)