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And we are back to the never-ending story of The Underground Updates with our writers Julia Katrin and Tom Osman!
So, let’s see what’s out there…
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HATE Slavic black/death metal institution Hate will be releasing their full length album Bellum Regiis on May 2nd on Metal Blade Records, but instead of having to wait until then we can already indulge in a new single, Iphigenia, and a video which you can check out right over here, after which you can head over here to place your album pre-order!
TRIBUNAL Vancouver, British Columbia´s orchestral doom quintet Tribunal has released a harrowing new single and corresponding video, Incarnadine, preceding their second album In Penitence and Ruin, releasing on April 18th! Head over here to check out the video, and of course over here to place your album pre-order!
We need it…
VASTUM Oakland, California´s ominous death metal faction Vastum has now begun their most intense tours to date, Violations on the Cross US tour 2025, which will include 13 shows and end on April 11th in Atlanta! Most of the shows include a support from Goetia, and in addition will include a show at Decibel Magazine´s Metal & Beer Fest 2025 alongside Exodus, Dismembered, and other fabulous acts! Tickets are selling fast so make sure you have quick hands and don’t miss out!
Soon, will be out…
OSSUARY Now perk your ears up with some putrid death metal of the most rotten kind (in the best way!) with Abhorrent Worship, the forthcoming record from Ossuary (released on the 23rd of May via Me Saco Un Ojo Records). You can listen to the album’s first bludgeoning track here and the album is available to pre-order on cassette, CD and limited vinyl.
Grab them…
CARTILAGE You can always rely on Italy’s Everlasting Spew Records to deliver disgustingly heavy extreme metal and so it is with San-Francisco’s Cartilage and their first record with the label Tales From The Entrails: A Necrology. Check out the EP in full here where you can grab a copy on cassette or CD, or get yourself a t-shirt should your corrupted soul desire it.
INSADE Looks like today is death metal day as we draw your attention to Montreal’s Insade whose second album Human Obsession has just been given a cassette release on Crucial Blast—with remastered CD and vinyl releases in the pipeline. Check out this auditory monstrosity in full here. Also check out the rest of the label’s releases with big discounts currently running on their digital catalogue.
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)
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)
Now we have officially sailed into the month of April and summer is drawing ever close! There is, of course, no better way to make time go faster than spend money on merch and albums, right?
By Julia Katrin and Tom Osman
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