"Rising from the oppressive crypts of Central America, MORTUAL is ready to deliver their most unrelenting statement of intent yet. Following a trilogy of celebrated EPs, the Costa Rican death metal cult will release their long-awaited debut full-length, "Altar of Brutality", on LP, CD and MC format on July 4th, 2025 through Nuclear Winter Records.
Spawned in the black rain and pestilent winds of San José, "Altar of Brutality" is a declaration of total spiritual negation: eight impure hymns steeped in decay, fanatic violence and the iconoclastic hunger to desecrate all that is sacred. Carrying forward the cursed legacy of their previous EP "Evil Incarnation", MORTUAL now reach deeper into the void, channeling a darker, more oppressive sound, dripping with heretical intent and sharpened through years of relentless underground devotion.
This is not a reinvention, but a declaration, a brutal affirmation of death metal’s primal force. With "Altar of Brutality", MORTUAL summon a vision of spiritual ruin and corporeal decay, wrapped in chains of riffs, blasts and unwavering intensity.
For fans of: early Deicide, Mortem, Sadistic Intent, early Monstrosity"
"Atvar returns with the 6th Venus Star album to date, laden with heavy Black Doom primacy!
With nods to the great old days of Finnish Black Metal, drawing inspirations from old Beherit, old Amorphis, as well as Swallowed and Ride For Revenge, to mention a few.
Venus Star keeps it minimalistic, groovy, dark, gnarly as is well known by now, and stays away from anything reminiscent of nowadays Black Metal, thankfully!
The album offers a journey through the old ways, back when passion set ablaze the primordial smokeless fires within."
"MALTHUSIAN sign to Relapse Records and unearth their deathly opus, The Summoning Bell.
On their highly anticipated new album, MALTHUSIAN's fetid hallmarks are ever present: truly unforgiving, unrelenting Death Metal.
Swirling chords and ominous cymbal swells give way to the band's opener "Red, Waiting". What follows is a flurry of murk and madness - blast beats pummel against churns of distortion. The sonic atmosphere cultivated by MALTHUSIAN's palpable fury is suffocating; each riff carefully crafted to push and pull on the momentum behind their music. The Summoning Bell is undeniably a pitch-black take on the genre.
The Summoning Bell is a lighting of the pyre - each of the album's tracks explore themes of true nothingness, condemnations of superstition, and a profound descent into darkness and time. The end result is a record that seemingly reconciles with a dimming - internal and external, a true end of everything.
releases August 8, 2025"
The first track taken from प्रलय (PRALAYA) „Beyond the Tattered Curtain of Unspeakable Madness” upcoming debut album, to be released exclusively through Ancient Dead Productions this summer!
"Empalamento - "Ordem da Estaca" the debut EP from Portuguese Black Metal horde, limited to 200 copies.
"Ordem da Estaca" was created as a statement that the old ways of Black Metal are still alive. Empalamento stands as a mark of the furtherance on the practise of the Black arts. This work is dedicated to the dark Voivod, the impaler of traitors and false believers.
The first 20 orders from the label include a numbered signed postcard by NekroTeppes and Lord Drahkul.
Music and lyrics by NekroTeppes and Lord Drahkul.
Lord Drahkul - Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals, Bass, Synthesizers
NekroTeppes - Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Synthesizers
Guest:
Koraxid - Drums, Vocals (track 5)"
