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And here we are yet again with a brand-new instalment of The Underground Updates!
So, let’s see what’s out there…
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HAMMER Scheduled for a release on August 1st, Scottish heavy hitters Hammer have delivered the news of the sophomore album Trapped! To tie in with the album announcement, the band have also dropped the new single Basilisk and its accompanying video! Head over here right now to check it out!
GRAVE WITH A VIEW In the long hours of the night, Grave with a View returns to deliver another cut to the soul! The Finnish purveyors of anti-life black metal misery have unveiled a new video for the track The Lash, now streaming exclusively via No Clean Singing, and you can head over to this location right now to check it out!
CAREGAH Swedish Sludge metal slingers Caregah are celebrating the reissue of their highly anticipated debut album Osmium which was self-released by the band in 2023, and is now available on CD, vinyl as well as in digital formats over here, and in order to really celebrate the re-release in style, there is a brand-new music video for the crushing track Terrorized which you can check out right over here!
DEATHLESS LEGACY Taken from the new concept album Damnatio Aeterna, Deathless Legacy has released a video for Get on Your Knees! Head over here right now to check it out, and of course over here to get your hands on the album!
THURIFER Just last Friday was the official release of River Red, the much-awaited five-track EP from Finnish alternative metal act Thurifer, and you can of course head over here to stream the album, but in addition, to celebrate the release the band has also premiered a lyric video for the powerful track Judgement, which you can check out over here!
WARMEN Following their acclaimed comeback Here For None in 2023, Warmen turns the page with Band of Brothers, set for release on August 15th via Reaper Entertainment. Last Friday, the band unleashed the first single and accompanying video for the record´s title track, and you can head over here right now to check it out!
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PSYCROPTIC Australia’s finest, Psycroptic have recently signed with Metal Blade Records, and not only can you watch their video to the track Architects of Extinction over here, but you should also keep your eyes open for tickets to their tour throughout Australia and Europe which kicks of this Friday!
CASTLE US/Canadian heavy doom outfit Castle have kicked off their recently announced European tour dates in support of their album Evil Remains, which was released in September last year via Hammerheart Records, so make sure you have quick hands and get your hands on tickets to a show near you before the tour ends this coming Saturday!
OBSIDIAN TONGUE Progressive black metal duo Obsidian Tongue have recently released their latest full-length Eclipse Worlds of Scorn which you can listen to right over here, and in addition, they have also announced Frailty & Scorn, eight performances of black metal intensity now in June alongside WOE! Kicking off this coming Friday, June 6th, they will continue throughout the East Coast until the final stop on June 13th so make sure you get tickets to a show near you!
LEVITATION Beloved independent festival Levitation returns on September 25th – 28th with an expansive four-day lineup and new venue home – Palmer Events Center – with downtown venue programming each night in the heart of Austin! Featuring bands such as Mastodon, Jonestown Massacre and Built to Spill, you can head over here right now for a 3 day pass as well as a single day ticket!
MALEVOLENCE Steel City Kings Malevolence have announced a run of intimate UK shows to celebrate the release of their massively anticipated new album Where Only the Truth is Spoken, set to be released on June 20th via MLVLTD in partnership with Nuclear Blast Records, with the first show of the run happening on the same day in Newcastle! Tickets have already been released to make sure you get some to a show near you in the UK!
CROWBAR Joining Eyehategod for a US co-headlining tour this summer, Crowbar is getting ready to head out on August 8th in Tampa, Florida, and closing on August 30th in their home city of New Orleans, Louisiana! Tickets are available already so make sure you have quick hands!
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RIVERS OF NIHIL Multi-faceted, progressive-metal act Rivers of Nihil just released their latest, self-titled album on Metal Blade Records. The band’s follow up to 2021’s The Work is available on limited ammonia vinyl right here where you can check out their past releases and music video for single “American Death”.
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BYONOISEGENERATOR Self-defined Russian “jazzgrind” act Byonoisegenerator last graced the world with an album of new material back in 2018 with Neuromechanica. The 13th of June will see the release of follow-up album Subnormal Dives, on the ever-great Transcending Obscurity Records. Expect cascading waves of madness. You can listen to the album here and pre-order with various format, bundle and related-merch options.
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 it is absolutely not a lie that this week is completely and utterly jam packed with activities and goodies made available to us, so it’s easier than ever now to get your hands on something nice!
By Julia Katrin and Tom Osman
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