technical 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.

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. 

Progressive death metal masterminds Black Crown Initiate have released a new single, “Sun of War”, from their forthcoming album “Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape”. Check out the lyric video for the track below.

Legendary dutch death metallers Pestilence have parted ways with drummer Septimiu Harsan due to personal and professional matters, partly related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The band already found a replacement in Michiel van der Plicht (live drummer for countrymen Carach Angren), with whom Pestilence will record their upcoming album “Exitivm”, tentatively slated for release later this year on Agonia Records.

The Americans Atheist are the pioneers of technical death metal. This September, the band returns to Europe for the first time since 2011 bringing with them a power-packed set of fan favorites as well as songs that have never been performed in a live setting before.

20 Buck Spin proudly welcomes Ramona, California-based death metal outfit VoidCeremony to the label.
 

Progressive/Brutal Death Metal luminaries Defeated Sanity return on July 24th, 2020, with “The Sanguinary Impetus” on Willowtip Records.

Listen to the new track “Propelled into Sacrilege” below.

Currents have shared the video for the new song “A Flag to Wave”. The song appears on the Connecticut band’s upcoming second album “The Way It Ends” out on June 5th, 2020, via Sharptone Records

Canada’s The Hallowed Catharsis (THC) will release new EP “Killowner” on June 2nd, 2020, via Lacerated Enemy Records.

You can check out the official video for album track “Breeding Pits” below.

THC plays a unique style of unhinged progressive death metal. Tired of generic tech-death flooding the scene, THC works to be unpredictable, brutal, and technical, while staying catchy. This attitude carries through to the live show where you can expect to see unparalleled energy.