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Alright! Fresh week means a fresh new instalment of The Underground Updates!

So, let’s see what’s out there…

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GRADIENCE With their critically acclaimed debut EP Ironsight, the Danish metal act Gradience has already turned heads for their fearless genre experimentation and raw, personal storytelling, and now they have independently released their latest single Lucid! Watch it over here right now!

DVNE Scottish progressive most-metal collective Dvne are pleased to unveil Live at the Biscuit Factory, out now digitally on Metal Blade Records! Watch Dvne´s full live session right over here, or stream/purchase it here!

HARM´S WAY Chicago´s Harm’s Way is pleased to unleash their Other World EP; the two-track offering features the title track alongside a reimagined version of Wanderer from the band´s critically lauded Common Suffering full-length! Head over here right now to watch Harm’s Way´s accompanying video!

BEHEMOTH To celebrate the release of their critically acclaimed new studio album, The Shit ov God, which was released just last week, Poland’s kings of extreme metal Behemoth have unleashed a stunning music video for their latest single Sowing Salt! Head over here right now to check it out, and of course over here to place your album order!

BLACK LION RECORDS So we have a strong start to the spring going on over at Black Lion Records! With an awesome spring clearance with 50% off everything, all you need to do is head on over here and help them make room for new arrivals and the summer season with the code BLACKLION50 at checkout!

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CANNIBAL CORPSE Death metal icons Cannibal Corpse are pleased to announce their North American headlining tour this coming fall! The journey will begin on September 15^th in Nashville, Tennessee, and make its way through over two dozen cities, coming to an end on October 22^nd in Charlotte, North Carolina. Support will be provided by Municipal Waste and Fulci, and tickets are available already over here!

CATTLE DECAPITATION Now this is a juicy one! Cattle Decapitation is very pleased to celebrate the two-year anniversary of their monstrous tenth studio album, Terrasite, with a two hour “making of” documentary, From this Flesh: A Cattle Decapitation Story! On top of all of that, next month the band will return to Europe on a three-week run of headlining shows and festival appearances! Tickets are on sale now right over here where you can also find all dates and locations!

RADIAN Akron, Ohio-based sludge metal merchants Radian continue their spring 2025 tour actions this week, launching this Friday in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and runs through the end of the month, hitting a good portion of the mid-Atlantic and Southeast, so make sure you keep your eyes open for tickets!

INGESTED UK death metal outfit Ingested will return to North America this coming fall on a month-long headlining tour; Ecisceratour 2025! Beginning on November 6^th in Fresno, California, the tour will stretch through December 6^th, ending in Pomona, California, with support from Ov Sulfur, Cell, and more still to be announced so make sure you head over here right now to claim tickets to a show near you!

Soon, it will be out…

OSSUARY Following a couple of demos and and EP US death-metal three piece Ossuary will finally drop their debut full-length via Me Saco Un Ojo Records / Darkness Shall Rise Productions on the 23rd of May. In the meantime, you can listen to the album’s ghoulish opening track here where you can pre-order the album on CD, cassette and vinyl.

CADAVER SHRINE Gruesome Dutch death-metal unit Cadaver Shrine follow up their 2023 debut Benighted Desecration with Into the Horrible Depths (out on the 16th of May via Chaos Records). The album is available on limited CD and cassette, both of which you can pre-order here where you can also listen to the album’s opening track doom-infused death metal.

DROUTH Mixing together black and death metal into a savage blend, Portland, Oregon’s Drouth release their latest record The Teeth of Time via Eternal Warfare Records this Friday. Check out the two preview tracks from the album here and pre-order a copy on cassette, CD or vinyl (there’s even a bundle option). The album features especially cool artwork, created by none other than the band’s vocalist/ lead guitarist Matt Stikker.

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)