extreme metal

On September 4th, 2020, Iceland’s Cult Of Lilith will release their debut full-length, “Mara”, via Metal Blade Records.

A frantic collision of death metal, prog, complex classical structures and more, “Mara” is a restless, constantly shifting collection that is as imaginative as it is compulsive.

Listen to the new single, “Cosmic Maelstrom”, below.

U.K. grindcore pioneers Napalm Death are delighted to announce their upcoming studio album, “Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism”, is slated for a September 18th, 2020, release via Century Media Records.

“Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism”, the band’s highly-anticipated follow-up to Napalm Death’s critically-acclaimed 2015 album, “Apex Predator – Easy Meat”, was again recorded with long time producer Russ Russell and features artwork by Frode Sylthe.

A Thrash-Avalanche is coming your way and its name is Warfect. Straight from the Swedish underground, it’s time for this trio to unfold their full potential and start the metal machine they hid behind the curtain of being an insider tip in the scene.
 
Four years have passed since the trio based near Gothenburg released their last record Scavengers, and they won’t hold back fire any longer. Warfect is ready to sweep the thrash-scene with a brand new album in 2020 that will hit you like an artillery strike.
 

Italy’s post-metal collective, Milan-based La Fin, have announced the release of their first full-length album, titled “The Endless Inertia”, coming out on October 9th, 2020, via Argonauta Records.

Extreme metal icons Venom announce “Sons of Satan” – a collection of early demo material recorded between 1979-1984 to be released on August 28th, 2020, via BMG.

“To me, Venom represent the start of a very important movement that has split into many more important movements. It was a revolution. After that moment, death metal, thrash metal, black metal and all these genres exploded and they all owe something to Venom” - Michel “Away” Langevin (Voivod)
 

Having recently signed with rising extreme metal label The Artisan Era, Spectrum Of Delusion is excited to announce their upcoming sophomore album, “Neoconception”, which will be released on Friday, September 11th, 2020.

It is the follow up to the group’s promising 2017 debut album, “Esoteric Entity”, which was widely praised by death metal fans and sites alike across the world. 

Another round of heavy metal elite guests are set to join Sepultura for their weekly Sepulquarta sessions - this Wednesday Tony Bellotto (Titãs) and Shavo Odadjian (System Of A Down) will join Andreas Kisser and Paulo Xisto in their weekly fan Q&A. On top of that, the metal heavyweights will all perform live quarantine versions of “Biotech is Godzilla” and “Polícia”.

On this week’s Sepulquarta session Sepultura welcomes Phil Rind (Sacred Reich), who will take part in the Q&A session and perform “Inner Self” together with the band.
 

Death metal trailblazers Venom Prison have today announced a new release, titled “Primeval”.

Set for release by Prosthetic Records on October 9th, 2020, pre-orders are available here.

Death metal pioneers Incantation return with their highly anticipated new full-length, “Sect of Vile Divinities”, coming on August 21st, 2020, via Relapse Records.
 
For over thirty years, Incantation has consistently remained one of the underground’s most influential and respected artists in the genre. True to form, “Sect of Vile Divinities” sees the legendary band adhering to the ways of the old school, unleashing twisted, mangled, and utterly disgusting death metal once again.