technical extreme metal

Bern, Switzerland-based dissonant/progressive death metal unit Sulphur Sun is proud to announce their upcoming EP, “Placodermic Heraldry”. Set for release on Friday, October 30th 2020. It is the follow up to the group’s 2017 standalone single “Vitreous” and 2013 debut EP, “Bioluminescence”. 

Progressive Death Metal Titans Contrarian are set to release their fourth album, “Only Time Will Tell”, on November 20th, 2020, via Willowtip Records!

Kicking things off in grand fashion, watch the official video for opening track “In a Blink of an Eye” below!

Extreme Metal Music is proud to announce their latest signing of California’s Thanatopsis for the release of their debut album “Initiation” due out on October 23rd, 2020, to follow their four independently released demos between 1993-1997.

Seasoned technical melodic death metal favorites Inferi are proud to announce their upcoming EP, “Of Sunless Realms”. The 5-song effort will be released on October 9th, 2020, via The Artisan Era.

It is the follow up to the group's 2019 re-worked prior album, “The End of an Era | Rebirth”, and the next step in the group's continual evolution following their beloved 2018 full-length, “Revenant”. 

Black Crown Initiate, in partnership with WSOU, are offering 100 fans an early listen to their forthcoming album, “Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape” (Aug. 7, Century Media), on Thursday, Aug. 6 at 12 pm pacific/3 pm eastern. The listening session will be followed by a live Q&A with members of the band.

Fans can RSVP here.

German-based progressive metal aliens Intercepting Pattern are proud to announce their upcoming debut album, “The Encounter”, which will be released on Friday, September 4th, 2020, via Rising Nemesis Records.

Forlorn World was formed in July 2019 by frontman and founding member of Bloodshot Dawn, Josh McMorran, with the intention of weaving an epic narrative plot together. With music using soaring guitar melody whilst mixing clean and harsh vocals Josh set out to create something fresh and unique within his spectrum of creativity.

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.

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. 

After Ontario, Canada natives Æpoch made a significant splash in the death metal scene with the 2018 release of their debut album, “Awakening Inception”, the group has worked at a frenzied pace to unleash their next sonic salvo upon the world.

Today the group is proud to announce the release of their upcoming EP, “The Scryer”, which is set for release on Friday, July 31st, 2020.