Italian independent alternative metal record label Pandemic Records, founded by Davide Capuzzi, officially presents to the world its new proprietary audio format: UAV Cinematic Audio 2.0.
UAV Cinematic Audio 2.0 is an evolved hybrid WAV format, fully compatible with all players and distribution platforms. Inside a single file, it holds both the traditional stereo listening experience and an additional immersive Cinematic Audio content, preserved permanently.
The UAV Cinematic Audio 2.0 format is the exclusive property of Pandemic Records and is registered as an official trademark.
As proof of the technology and in full transparency, the label has published the spectrographic analysis of the format on its official social channels.
UAV Cinematic Audio 2.0 will be adopted starting from the next releases of Pandemic Records.
For the first time in their 30-year career, Brazilian death metal group NervoChaos delivers a song performed entirely in Portuguese, bringing the full weight and identity of the band into their native tongue. Titled “Lorde dos Mortos,” the song serves as the second preview from their fourteenth album, Chaosmongers, set for release on 13 November2026 via Black Lion Records on 13 November 2026 on CD and vinyl as well as digitally; while Tumba Records licenses the CD and vinyl editions for Brazil.
Drawing on chaos as its central creative force, the album contains twelve tracks, eleven of which are new, alongside “Porcos Sanguinários,” a tribute to the legendary Brazilian band Ratos de Porão. Chaosmongers is a work that connects the cosmos, the occult, and human resilience, and is open to various interpretations, rejecting linear narratives and allowing listeners to create their own reading. At its core, an entity traverses death, explores unknown realms, faces suffering, and becomes sovereign of a kingdom beyond our understanding. This narrative reflects a personal journey through downfall, self-discovery, transformation, and empowerment. This duality is present throughout the album. The compositions act as narrative, atmosphere, and reflection, providing diverse experiences within a single work. Chaos appears not only as destruction but as a force capable of breaking boundaries and creating new realities.
The music video for “Lorde dos Mortos” was produced and scripted by Brazilian horror filmmaker Rodrigo Aragão, carrying the spirit of Brazil’s legendary horror tradition into the world of NervoChaos.
NervoChaos says:“‘Lorde dos Mortos’ tells the story of a fantastical sovereign from the realm of the dead — an entity capable of bringing back those who are no longer among the living. Brazilian extreme metal meets Brazilian horror cinema!”
Watch the music video for “Lorde dos Mortos” below, and find the track on digital/streaming platforms HERE.
NervoChaos recently joined Bloodbath for their SICKENING LATIN AMERICAtour in September 2026. They are also confirmed for Perth Deathfest 2027 on 27 February, while they will share the stage with Hellbutcher, Massacre, and Wisdom on 15 October in Montevideo, Uruguay, and on 16 October in Asunción, Paraguay.
Revisit the the first single, “Embrace Chaos”: Watch the lyric video HERE and stream/download the track HERE.
The album Chaosmongers was produced by Edu Lane, recorded in São Paulo, Brazil, by Adriano Daga, and mixed and mastered by Fredrik Nordström. The visual identity for Chaosmongers, created by Niklas Sundin, combines imagery of the vast universe and cosmic explosions with the energy of the audience at the band’s shows. The central idea is that the chaotic force that moves galaxies and changes worlds also manifests in the human experience through creation, overcoming adversity, and collective expression.
Track Listing: 01. I Am Darkness 02. Chaosmongers 03. Embrace Chaos 04. Echoes of the Damned 05. The Devil’s Man 06. In Shadows They Dwell 07. Dark Fables 08. Lorde Dos Mortos 09. Beyond the Cosmic Ocean 10. In the Vast Void 11. Liber 420 12. Porcos Sanguinarios (Ratos De Porão Cover)
Pre-Order Chaosmongers on vinyl, CD, and digital, as well as band merchandise, from your preferred distributors HERE.
Founded in spring 1996, NervoChaos is led by Edu Lane, who, driven by a desire to form an extreme metal band that combined heaviness and technicality without being tied to pre-established musical labels, recruited friends to join him. One month later, the band released its first demo on cassette. Over the past three decades, NervoChaos has amassed 24 releases across various formats and toured extensively throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, sharing stages with important names in the global metal scene. This relentless frequency of releases and tours has helped establish a robust global fan base.
The fourteenth album, Chaosmongers, showcases the band’s evolution, blending a strong old-school traditional vibe without sounding dated or like a retro project. Abundant riffs and thrash metal influences combine with the brutality of death metal, while the riffs remain varied and focused, without unnecessary embellishments, serving the music first and foremost. The album also explores universal themes that transcend cultural, spiritual, and existential boundaries. As the band explains: “It’s more than just an album; it’s an invitation to see chaos as the beginning of transformation.”
Band Lineup: Edu Lane – Vocals & Drums Guiller Cruz – Guitars Daniel Funke – Bass
WOLIERA is a family band founded in 2021 by Krzysztof Sokołowski from legendary HC band 1125 and Mariusz Wróbel (Blow For Blow). Rooted in melodic death and doom metal, the group draws its primary inspiration from the Scandinavian metal scene.
The debut album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Tom Bishop at Nest Studio in Katowice (Ballkick, Czesław Mozil, Tuff Enuff). The band photo session was carried out by Bartłomiej Czajkowski, who also created the album artwork. The release layout was designed by Kuba Szajer. The album will be released on September 30, 2026, in digital format and on CD via the Polish underground label BBR (pre-order).
Today, the Death Metal Promotion channel premiered an exclusive full-album stream of WOLIERA‘s debut effort, “Bagienny Stan“, giving listeners an early opportunity to experience the record before its official release.
TRACKLIST: 01. Intro 02. Błoto obcych ust 03. Ukryte rany 04. Zatrute umysły 05. Bagienny stan 06. Grudy 07. Otępiałych świat 08. Woliera 09. Outro
BAND BIOGRAPHY
However, the story of the band began much earlier. A shared passion for music gradually passed on to the next generation. From an early age, Maciej Wróbel tried to imitate drummers, using stools, chairs, and anything else that could serve as a substitute for a drum kit. As soon as he was able to reach the pedals of a real drum set, he began taking regular drum lessons. Marcin Sokołowski, on the other hand, chose the microphone, with a tennis racket serving as his first “instrument.”
The pandemic became the catalyst for making music together. Marcin Sokołowski (7) took on the role of vocalist, Maciej Wróbel (10) sat behind the drums, while Krzysztof and Mariusz picked up their guitars. Initially, the family lineup performed songs by Paradise Lost, Anathema, and Insomnium, giving intimate concerts in a home basement. Soon, bassist Tymoteusz Wróbel (17) joined the group, followed by Aleksandra (the vocalist’s mother), who enriched the band’s sound with keyboards. The band’s first concert (still without a name at the time) took place in 2022 during a private charity event. Since then, WOLIERA has performed in clubs and at festivals, sharing the stage with acts such as Turbo, Betrayer, Czerń, Hamulec, Schizma, and New York hardcore legends Madball.
One of WOLIERA‘s most distinctive features is its lineup, bringing together two generations of musicians from two close-knit families. Krzysztof Sokołowski and Mariusz Wróbel invited their children to join them, transforming casual family jam sessions into a fully-fledged band. However, WOLIERA is far more than a family project. The band focuses on heavy, melancholic compositions, melodic guitar harmonies, and an atmosphere deeply rooted in death and doom metal.
LINE-UP: Marcin Sokołowski – vocal Maciej Wróbel – drums Aleksandra Sokołowska – keyboard Tymoteusz Wróbel – bass Krzysztof Sokołowski – guitars Mariusz Wróbel – guitars
Poland’s leading underground death/black metal force AZARATH reveals “Herald of the Unseen” – the first single & music video from its forthcoming studio album, “Scorn Eternal”, set for release on November 20th via Agonia Records. Featuring live footage captured at this year’s Summer Dying Loud Festival, the clip can be watched here:
“Scorn Eternal” conjures a cataclysm of sinister blast beats and possessed riffs, shattering dogma in a blistering onslaught of sacrilegious death metal. Unyielding, malicious, and executed with surgical precision, the band continues to fuel the black flame with their line-up intact & fit for sonic carnage: drummer Inferno (from the ranks of Behemoth), guitarist Bart (Armageddon, Damnation), bassist Peter (ex-Lost Soul) and vocalist Skullripper (Embrional, Hellfuck). This time, the album is enriched with an epic feel and new elements that were not present in earlier recordings.
“Scorn Eternal” was recorded at Sound of Records Studio between December 2025 & May 2026, and mixed at Studio Wieloślad in June 2026. The album was engineered, mixed and mastered by Haldor Grunberg (Satanic Audio). The cover artwork was painted by Marta Promińska (Hypnagogic Art).
AZARATH crept from the shadows over two decades ago and stands as a pillar of uncompromising Polish death metal, often touted as a demonic mutation of Krisiun and Immolation. The band has spent seven acclaimed albums – most recently 2020’s “Saint Desecration” – decimating stages across Europe and building a ferocious reputation for relentless, blasphemous brutality.
Portuguese black metal act SIGILO has unleashed “As Cosmic Forces Rise”, the relentless second single taken from the highly anticipated debut full-length, “Gloria ad Inferi”, which will see the light of day on October 23 via Alma Mater Records. Offering a descent into a raw, uncompromising darkness, the single is out now on all major streaming platforms.
“A ritualistic journey into cosmic destruction and rebirth,” SIGILO says about the song, adding: “‘As Cosmic Forces Rise’ captures the moment when devotion, chaos and sacrifice converge, unleashing forces capable of eclipsing the stars and reshaping existence itself.”
Tracklist:
Black Spell of Death Chaos and Destruction
Preliminary Invocation
Somber Prayer For the Ostracized
Universal Gathering Chantic
The Lurking Evil
Everything Satan
As Cosmic Forces Rise
Gloria Ad Inferi
Engodo
Cavernous Black Spell of Death Chaos and Destruction
Cavernous Universal Gathering Chantic
SIGILO’s roots date back to 2014, when its sole creator first began exploring the bleak and uncompromising world of Black Metal. What began as an individual search for expression gradually developed through a number of early projects, each serving as a different stage in an ongoing process of experimentation, discovery, and personal transformation.
Among these projects, Mournkind became the most significant – a vessel through which raw emotion, darkness, and sonic exploration could collide without restraint. Over the following years, Mournkind became increasingly important in shaping this artistic vision. Yet beneath the surface, something new was beginning to take form.
In 2019, Mournkind was brought to an end, marking not a departure from its origins, but the beginning of a new chapter. From its ashes emerged SIGILO: a more focused and deliberate embodiment of the ideas, experiences, and emotions that had developed over the preceding years.
Where the earlier projects served as experiments and trials by fire, SIGILO became a process of refinement. The music turned increasingly inward – more introspective, solitary, and uncompromising – while remaining deeply rooted in the essence of Black Metal.
A major milestone came with SIGILO’s signing to Alma Mater Records, followed by the release of the split “Sermão” alongside Brazil’s Luxúria de Lillith. The release marked SIGILO’s emergence onto the wider Black Metal landscape, establishing a distinct identity while firmly acknowledging the genre’s foundations.
Now, after more than a decade of relentless creation, SIGILO presents its debut album, “Gloria ad Inferi”. Forged in solitude, shadow, and unwavering dedication, the album stands as both a culmination and a new beginning – a fierce, solitary declaration shaped by years of searching, transformation, and devotion to the black flame.
“Gloria ad Inferi” will be coming out on October 23 via Alma Mater Records. Physical formats can be pre-orderedHERE, while the digital release is available for pre-save atTHIS LOCATION.
GWAR and World Needs Cannabis unleash their limited-edition THCa collection featuring Scumdog Punch, Mutant Fuel and Death by Beefcake.
Humanity has endured GWAR for more than 40 years. You’ve been covered in spew, bloodied and besmirched, suffered violent mass destruction, witnessed executions, mutilations, and countless other atrocities. GWAR came for your lives, and now GWAR is coming for your Cannabis.
The Lords and Masters of the universe have joined forces with World Needs Cannabis (WNC) for a new limited-edition collection of THCa products inspired by the characters, creatures, and general depravity of the GWAR universe.
Speaking about the new venture between GWAR and WNC, Blothar says:
“I don’t know what’s happening but I gotta get paid.”
The collection will be available exclusively to adults 21 and older where permitted by applicable law.
The Scumdogs have finally found something they can destroy without using a battle axe. Scumdog Punch is a Fruit Punch cultivar with genetics tracing back to Skunk, Haze and Northern Lights, bringing tropical fruit and citrus together with the skunky, peppery character one might expect from something bearing the GWAR name.
Cannabinoid Information THCA: 30.519% Delta-9 THC: 0.169% Total Cannabinoids: 32.812%
Terpenes Total Terpenes: 2.000% Top Terpenes: Myrcene, Caryophyllene, Limonene
Flavor & Aroma Tropical fruit punch and citrus zest with undertones of skunk, pepper and spicy wood. The aroma combines mixed berries and tropical fruit with notes of skunk, gas and herbs.
Cultivar: Fruit Punch Genetics: Skunk x Haze x Northern Lights
MUTANT FUEL [HYBRID]
What does GWAR use to power their infamous bat shaped helicopter? Why Mutant Fuel of course! This Petro Chem cultivar combines Original Glue and MoonBow genetics for a profile loaded with diesel, chemical funk, sour citrus, pepper and spice.
Cannabinoid Information THCA: 28.995% Delta-9 THC: 0.257% Total Cannabinoids: 30.228%
Terpenes Total Terpenes: 2.240% Top Terpenes: Caryophyllene, Limonene, Linalool
Flavor & Aroma Gassy diesel and chemical notes give way to sour citrus, peppery spice and acrid sweetness. The aroma brings gasoline, chemical funk and rubber together with pungent skunk, earthy spice and citrus rind.
Cultivar: Petro Chem Genetics: Original Glue x MoonBow
DEATH BY BEEFCAKE [INDICA]
Death by Beefcake is named for one of GWAR’s most beloved and infamously debauched figures. A Rainbow Cotton Candy cultivar combining Rainbow Sherbert #11 (RS11) and Cotton Candy Kush create a sweet, fruity and just a little sinister experience. Don’t you want to feel like Beefcake?
Cannabinoid Information THCA: 29.744% Delta-9 THC: 0.251% Total Cannabinoids: 31.007%
Terpenes Total Terpenes: 3.110% Top Terpenes: Myrcene, Limonene, Caryophyllene
Flavor & Aroma Sugary berries and tropical punch with citrus and diesel, followed by a creamy vanilla and tart fruit finish. The aroma features sweet candy, fresh berries and citrus alongside earthy, herbal and light gas notes.
The initial flower release is merely the first stage of the invasion.
Two additional drops are coming in the weeks ahead, with the GWAR x WNC D9 THC Gummies entering the battlefield first, followed by the THCa Pre-Rolls.
Humanity has been warned!!!!
THCa Flower Information:
THCa flower is cannabis flower containing tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA). The legal status and availability of THCa products varies by jurisdiction.
Legal Notice:
Products are intended for adults 21 and older where permitted by applicable law. Not evaluated by the FDA. Not for use during pregnancy or while breastfeeding. May result in a failed drug test. Consume responsibly and follow all applicable product and local laws.
📸: Dave Jackson
About GWAR:
For 40 years, GWAR has stood at the intersection of heavy metal, performance art, science fiction, horror and pure human depravity. Born in Richmond, Virginia, the band has spent four decades bringing its intergalactic mythology to life through music, comics, film, television, art and some of the most outrageous live performances ever inflicted upon the human race.
GWAR has conquered stages, television sets, movie screens and unsuspecting audiences around the world. Now they have conquered cannabis.
About World Needs Cannabis (WNC):
As a Western North Carolina family-owned small business, we have proudly cultivated our passion for cannabis with a commitment to providing an unparalleled experience to our customers by delivering the highest quality hemp products. We believe in the power of hemp to enhance overall well-being and aim to share its remarkable benefits with individuals seeking natural alternatives for a more balanced lifestyle.
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
