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And we are sailing into May! What other way to celebrate the coming of a new month tomorrow than with a brand-new installment of The Underground Updates today!
So, let’s see what’s out there…
Check this news…
CELESTIAL SANCTUARY UK death metal goliaths Celestial Sanctuary are pleased to present their full video for the track Choking on the Rotten Seed, taken from the band´s critically adored EP Stagnant Blood, recently reissued by Metal Blade Records! Head over here to check out the video!
SPACE CHASER Nothing can beat the thrill of trash at its best, and no one is keeping the spirit and sound of the genre alive quite like Berlin´s Space Chaser, who have now not only released their new single Ignite the Skies but have also released a brand-new video alongside it! Head over here right now to check it out!
CORPUS OFFAL Austin, Texas-based death metal quartet Corpus Offal started their widespread US incursion on the 26th this month in support of their eponymous debut LP, which was released in March via 20 Buck Spin! Touring across the country alongside Mephitic Corpse through May 29th, the dates and locations have all already been confirmed so keep your eyes open for tickets!
ANCIIENTS After almost a decade of soul searching through the Canadian wilderness, once again, Anciients have reached the summit of progressive metal and now the group is finally returning the States and all you need to do is head over here to check out the dates and locations and secure a ticket to a show near you!
TITAN TO TACHYONS New York City experimental/jazz metal quartet Titan to Tachyons begins their US tour supporting Melvins and Napalm Death just next week, starting in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and will play through the Eastern US into the Midwest through May 20th in Milwaukee, Wisconsin! Make sure you keep your eyes open for those tickets because they are already available!
PESSIMIST The American blackened death metal pioneers Pessimist are returning to European stages in December this year, set to co-headline a European tour with death metal stalwarts Sinister and Graceless! Head over here to secure your tickets!
DEFEATED SANITY Brutal death metal pioneers of Defeated Sanity will be embarking on their 2025 European tour this summer, bringing their critically acclaimed album Chronicles of Lunacy to stages across the continent! Starting on July 5th in Spain, the tour runs through the 6th of August and tickets are available over here!
Soon, it will be out…
HEMELBESTORMER Belgian, experimental-doom band Hemelbestormer have announced the follow up to their 2021 album Collide and Merge. The Radiant Veil will be released via Pelagic Records on the 25th of July. You can listen to the album’s opener ‘Usil’ here where you can also pre-order the album on limited vinyl and CD.
A FLOCK NAMED MURDER Set for release this coming Friday, Incendiary Sanctum is the latest record by Canadian atmospheric black-metal trio A Flock Named Murder. Following the band’s 2018 debut, the album will be released on Hypaethral Records. Various vinyl and CD editions are available here (with several almost sold out) and you can also listen to two preview tracks from the album.
STONE FROM THE SKY French instrumental, psychedelic-post-metal unit Stone From The Sky follow up their previous record (2021’s Songs From The Deepwater) with their 4th full-length album Bakeneko via Argonauta Records on the 30th of May. Check out the preview track here and pre-order a digital copy.rder the album on CD. Meanwhile if you’d like to pre-order the album on vinyl, you can do so here.
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)
Summer is drawing ever closer with each passing day, and while we wait for this one last month to pass before we start to head out to festivals and shows for real, you can keep yourself occupied preparing by claiming all the goodies above!
By Julia Katrin and Tom Osman
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