Finnish Deathgrind band Cannibal Accident is set to release their fifth studio album ‘Disgust’ on February 28th 2025 via Inverse Records.
The third double single ‘Viimene Fiitti / Toleraped’ is unleashed today. The music video is also done for the first track and it features Ulti-Make (Tukkanuotta & Skulmagot) on guest vocals.
Vocalist Kurwa Doktor comments singles:
“Ulti-Make (Tukkanuotta, Skulmagot) was one of the guys we considered asking for a guest vocalist on this album. He wrote the lyrics, arranged and recorded them for us with our 100% trust that the result would be all diamonds. And so it is! Lyrically this basically tells about the hardships of writing lyrics, hah hah.
About Toleraped: “The overall theme in this song is the darker side of everlasting tolerance, unquestionable equalization and never being able to stand up: you will just get mentally assfucked by the opportunists and exploiters. By turning the other cheek you will just get it beaten as well.”
Guitarist Kolkka continues: “Night was black, was no use holding back, when I wrote Toleraped. And in the chaotic mental and physical state of the morning after “the pen” wrote Viimeinen Fiitti by itself.”
Formed in 2007, Cannibal Accident have released four full-length albums and a number of smaller releases. Old-school grindcore, death metal, hardcore and mosh part(ie)s are combined in brutally cutting, compact songs where speed, heaviness and catchiness are the main denominators.
Cannibal Accident live on stage is a comprehensive psychophysical experience, no holds barred.
Line-up: Kolkka – guitar Wilkman – drums Raisio – low Kurwa Doktor – high Jondom – bass & backing howls
March 7th, 2025 marks the highly anticipated return of UTHULLUN, the cryptic purveyors of dissonance and despair, with the release of their new EP through Wolves of Hades. Five years after their critically acclaimed opus “Dirges for the Void”, UTHULLUN reemerges with two harrowing tomes of sorrow and madness that promise to captivate and unsettle.
Titled “The Barbed Thread of Madness”, this latest work takes the listener on a profound and solivagant journey through anguished dissonance and psychoactive catharsis, transcending the boundaries of gehennah and oblivion. With an intensity that grips like a feverous nightmare, UTHULLUN forges deeper into the abyss, channeling their signature sound of sinister black metal emanating directly from the Void.
Wolves of Hades is honored to unleash these self-destructive hymns on a limited edition single-sided 12″ vinyl and cassette, providing collectors and devotees an opportunity to experience this haunting release in its purest analog form.
“The Barbed Thread of Madness” is already available for streaming HERE.
Prepare to be consumed by the darkness.
Tracklist:
1. The Barbed Thread of Madness 2. Blessed Be Oblivion
Credits:
Tracked and Mixed by UTHULLUN Mastered by Arthur Rizk Cover art by Misanthropic-Art Logo by Karmazid
A new sonic adventure is ready to shake up the music scene! Music From The Dark returns with their highly anticipated single “Cry For You”, available today, January 29, 2025, on all major digital platforms thanks to Wanikiya Record/Promotion.
Following the international success of “Blood Dress” and “My Secret Suicide”, which gained radio airplay and coverage in music webzines, Music From The Dark is ready to write a new chapter in their musical journey.
“CRY FOR YOU” – A NEW LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
“Cry For You” is more than just a single; it’s an intense and profound experience that blends emotion and reflection into an immersive soundscape. Staying true to their essence, Music From The Dark explores new horizons, enriching their style with a fusion of darkwave, gothic rock, and alternative influences.
Every note and word in “Cry For You” tells stories of pain, desire, and redemption, creating an emotional crescendo that captivates listeners, enveloping them in an atmosphere both dark and familiar. The meticulous production gives the track a powerful and magnetic sound.
MUSIC FROM THE DARK: AN UNSTOPPABLE PROJECT
Creativity never stops for Music From The Dark. After the success of their last single, the project immediately returned to the studio, working tirelessly to bring new musical emotions to life. This relentless artistic dedication is the hallmark of a group that continues to evolve, surprise, and fascinate its audience.
A NAME, A PROMISE
From their debut to today, Music From The Dark has established itself as one of the most intriguing acts in the dark and alternative scene. Each track is a window into the depths of the human soul, a journey through intense lyrics and evocative sounds. Their music is a light in the darkness, an irresistible call for anyone willing to listen with their heart.
The single is now available on: Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer and many other digital platforms.
‘CRY FOR YOU’ – SPECIAL GUEST: 🎸 Mattia Facchini (Lead & Solo Guitar) 🎹 DanicannaDani (Bass & Keyboards)
🎬 Cover created by: Mirko Pradelli (@oltrelautostrada) 🎛 Mixed and recorded at Music_Inside_Studio by Stefano Fiorentino
Reactions to our latest signing have been enthusiastic as M-Theory Audio brings you the second single/video from Progressive Death Metal entity, FRACTAL UNIVERSE. Recognized for their boundary-pushing sound, technical mastery, and captivating live performances, FRACTAL UNIVERSE have carved a unique path in the modern metal scene and present you with their latest creation, “Causality’s Grip” now on all streaming/download platforms, as well as its corresponding music video (directed by guitar player Yohan Dully and TinyGigie).
“’Causality’s Grip’ offers a simple yet very likely solution to the Fermi Paradox: before the immensity of the universe, it is the laws of physics themselves that hinder us from ever getting in contact with another civilization,” explains drummer Clément Denys. “Indeed, no matter how far technology could expand, there are boundaries that cannot be transcended. The speed of light, in other words, the speed of causality, forever confines us to a minuscule part of the universe. This humbling truth should make us realize how fragile our existences are, and how our world is both futile in the grand scheme of things yet priceless to us.”
“Causality’s Grip” follows “The Seed of Singularity” https://youtu.be/xcAr-miYxmQ?si=s7QEG9QS5l5mGwXy both coming from FRACTAL UNIVERSE’s next opus, ‘The Great Filters,’ out April 4, 2025. It’s the group’s most ambitious, diverse and intricate album to date pushing the boundaries of the band’s unique saxophone-drenched take on progressive metal. FRACTAL UNIVERSE is celebrated for their ability to push the boundaries of metal, combining heavy riffs, melodic elements, and jazz influences.
‘The Great Filters’ will be released on limited-edition (500) red with black splatter vinyl, Digipak CD, digital and an exclusive to band/label red and cream marble vinyl limited to 200 copies and bundle options with album t-shirt. Pre-Order now at http://lnk.to/fractaluniverse
FRACTAL UNIVERSE are rounded out by singer/guitar/sax Vince Wilquin and bassist Valentin Pelletier. The new album was recorded at Boundless Production Studios and Fractal Headquarters and mixed/mastered by Flavien Morel (Benighted Soul, Catalyst).
Get ready to embark on a sonic journey like no other. Stay tuned for more updates, tour dates, and the highly anticipated new album.
FRACTAL UNIVERSE started life in 2015 in Nancy, France self-releasing an independent EP ‘Boundaries of Reality’ the same year. Signing to Italy’s Kolony Records, ‘Engram of Decline’ followed two years later with a concept record inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy. The group attracted the attention of Metal Blade Records, who released their second full-length ‘Rhizomes of Insanity’ in 2019, solidifying their reputation as a force in the progressive metal world. ‘Rhizomes…’ explores the fragmented nature of human consciousness, combining philosophical lyricism with technical precision merging heaviness with melody seamlessly. ‘The Impassable Horizon’ (2021) marked a leap forward in songwriting and production and delved into the themes of determinism and free will, drawing inspiration from existentialist thought. The album also features saxophone sections, further blending their progressive tendencies with jazz elements. Critics lauded the albums a masterpiece of progressive metal. which garnered critical acclaim for its innovative songwriting and high production quality. Their dynamic live performances, which has seen them tour with Obscura, Evergrey, Black Dahlia Murder, God Dethroned, Thulcandra, and more, further highlights their technical expertise and passion for their craft.
Rome death metal act ADE will release their fifth full-length album, “Supplicium”, on March 14th 2025 via Time To Kill Records.
The band shares the album’s second single. Stream “Ad Bestias!” HERE.
ADE commented:
“The Roman people must quench their thirst for blood and justice. A man must pay for what he has done. What will be the instrument of death, the path to redemption from guilt? Amidst the hatred and the cries, a cruel sentence rises: ‘AD BESTIAS!’ Devoured alive by wild dogs”.
True to their musical identity, the band continues to explore the allure of ancient Rome, weaving tales of battles, sacrifices, and glory into a powerful and immersive narrative.
“Supplicium” represents a perfect balance between tradition and modernity. On one hand, the lyrical concept and epic atmospheres transport the listener to the age of the Roman Empire, evoking visions of triumphant marches and blood-soaked arenas. On the other hand, the sound becomes increasingly technical and refined, with tight riffs, relentless rhythmic sections, and flawless production that enhances every detail.
The album, crafted with meticulous care, succeeds in combining the brutality of death metal with highly complex instrumental passages, showcasing a band in constant evolution.
With “Supplicium”, ADE reaffirm their role as champions of a death metal where historical tradition and modern sound coexist, creating an experience that is both ferocious and captivating.
Tracklist:
01. Ave Dis Pater 02. Burnt Before Gods 03. Ad Bestias! 04. Let There Be Oblivion 05. Vinum 06. Patibula 07. Quartered By Chariots 08. Oderint Dum Metuant 09. From Fault To Disfigurement 10. Taedium Vivere
ADE is an Italian death metal band forged in 2008. Right from the start, the band chose Ancient Rome as the focus of its themes and main source of inspiration: visually, musically and lyrically. The inclusion of traditional melodies and folk instruments gives the band’s technical death metal a strong epic character.
ADE have released four full-length albums so far: “Prooemium Sanguine” (2010), “Spartacus” (2013, featuring George Kollias as guest drummer), “Carthago delenda est” (2016) and “Rise of the Empire” (2019).
Known for their intense, dynamic, and interactive live performances, the Italian act has already made their mark on concert halls and festivals across Europe, sharing the stage with renowned acts such as Behemoth, Morbid Angel, Asphyx, Possessed, Hypocrisy and many more and performing at legends festivals such as Wacken Open Air (2009), Mass Deathruction Festival (2014), Inferno Metal Festival, Fosch Fest (2015) and more recently Stonehenge Festival (2023).
While a fresh mutation, Retromorphosis are a proven batch of tech-death freaks. The band contains former members of Spawn of Possession, Obscura, Necrophagist and Decrepit Birth.
Each of their singular talents is a legend in their own right, but the raw spirit of Retromorphosis’ upcoming debut album Psalmus Mortis springs from the ghoulish grooves of bassist Erlend Caspersen. Along with SoP’s revered Incurso, Caspersen has played with IGORRR, Blood Red Throne and Deeds of Flesh.
Today, Retromorphosis are releasing a new bass playthrough of the band’s latest single. Caspersen’s fast and filthy bass runs are the gnarled roots from which the twisted tale of “The Tree” takes its almighty hold.
Can’t wait to hear the gloriously grotesque new album from Retromorphosis? Hear all of Psalmus Mortis two weeks before it comes out by joining their Bandcamp Listening Party.
Retromorphosis Psalmus Mortis Bandcamp Listening Party
Thursday, February 6 @ 1 pm Eastern Time / 7 pm Central European Time. RSVP
Tracklist: 1. Obscure Exordium (1:50) 2. Vanished (4:48) [WATCH] 3. Aunt Christie’s Will (5:46) 4. Never to Awake (4:34) 5. The Tree (5:24) [WATCH] 6. Retromorphosis (5:12) 7. Machine (9:05) 8. Exalted Splendour (5:30) Full runtime: 42:11
Lineup Jonas Bryssling (Spawn of Possession) – Guitars Dennis Röndum (Spawn of Possession) – Vocals Christian Muenzner (Spawn of Possession, ex-Obscura and Necrophagist) – Guitars Erlend Caspersen (Spawn of Possession, The Allseeing I, Abhorrent) – Bass KC Howard (Odius Mortem, ex-Decrepit Birth)- Drums
Even a lawless field like death metal has exceptions that prove the rule. Retromorphosis spawned from a unique leader of the genre, but their unholy union on Psalmus Mortis is a living testament that you can’t bury what was already undead.
Spawn of Possession remains one of modern metal’s most accursed influencers. During the early to mid-2000s, the noctambulant Swedes toured both sides of the Atlantic alongside Cannibal Corpse and Hypocrisy. Having scaled the accursed summit to reach death metal nirvana on what was only their third album, after three decades, the band was put to rest. But like an especially pungent spore, the seeds of SoP have been festering in its hallowed crypt, waiting to come alive and haunt the earth once more.
Such is the sordid backstory of Retromorphosis and their debut Psalmus Mortis. In 2020, amidst the pandemic’s endless lull, one of Spawn of Possession’s founding members was again bitten by death metal’s radioactive songwriting bug. “I wanted to make an album that wasn’t tied to anything we’d done before”, says Jonas Bryssling. While this new batch of malevolent creations still stemmed from his punishingly technical fretwork, the riffs were splitting off into even more twisted headbanging directions. But to bring these relentless mutations to life, first, he needed a familiar spark.
“There was no hesitation”, Bryssling says when asked about resurrecting the creative energies with his former Spawn of Possession bandmates. Pairing back up with rock-solid vocalist Dennis Röndum and elastic bassist Erlend Casperson once again yielded promising results during the early phases of Psalmus Mortis. To further test the equation, they added another familiar but no less fearsome shredder. Before joining them for Incurso, Christian Muenzner lent his flaming left hand to two other stone-cold classics: Necrophagist’s Epitath and Cosmogenesis by Obscura. “I don’t have to tell them much”, Bryssling continues. “They know how it’s done”.
Indeed, time has only fermented this group’s mutant chemistry. After spending the summer of 2023 recording Psalmus Mortis in their underground laboratory, Retromorphosis emerged with the missing link in technical death metal’s evolutionary chain. “Vanished” officially cracks open its beaker with the satisfying crunch of the old school, steamrolling out a rugged red carpet for Röndum’s imposing growl. It was the first song Bryssling wrote during the album’s initial trial period, but the band continued to tinker with the album’s eventual lead single after the other eight tracks were hammered into gruesome shape. Muenzner’s solos scream like a poor unsuspecting soul who’s being dragged into the shadows. All the while, Casperson flogs his bass as if hiding a mischievous grin, its ghoulish bounce bringing the lyrics’ cosmic body horror into frightening focus.
“We had rules in Spawn of Possession”, Bryssling explains, as a matter of fact. “Everything always had to be so intense. Psalmus Mortis is intense, too, but it can also be eerie or even quite simple”.
Simplicity might not be Retromorphosis’ dominant chromosome. Even though it’s fueled by straight-forward, down-picked chugging, the album’s nine-minute monolith “Machine” churns through multiple tempo changes, cranking up the tension with every accelerated blast beat. But the band did opt for a leaner chemical base. Psalmus Mortis was produced by Magnus Sedenberg, who’s been the band’s Swedish engineer du jour dating back to Spawn of Possession’s first two demos. “Reuniting with Magnus felt like the natural thing to do”, says Bryssling, “but for this album, we scraped away some of the studio polish”. With its sludgy distortion and hallucinating speed, “Never to Awake” certainly summons the ’90s untamed spirit. “I prefer my death metal to sound ugly and mean”.
While roughly a decade in the making, Retromorphosis still grip it and rip it on Psalmus Mortis. Heck, chunks of the band’s first album were hung up to dry like butchered livestock after just one crack in the studio, much to their own amusement. “I don’t think there’s a single first take on the SoP albums”, Bryssling laughs. Röndum doesn’t mince words, either. He chews through syllables with all the careful consideration of a meat grinder. And while each tale descends into its own sweaty night terror, they all escalate from bad to worse. Despite its seemingly pedestrian title, “Aunt Christie’s Will” unpacks a maze-like mystery that ends with an especially morbid twist.
Of course, given this crew’s technical chops, Retromorphosis were bound to birth more head-spinning experiments. Psalmus Mortis injects fresh blood into their chilling cosmic horrors by fleshing out their technical arsenal with some unusual instruments of torture. The album opens with doomed power chords, pounding drum fills, then…spooky organ glows, tense strings and a ghostly gothic choir. “That was a new experience”, Bryssling says about adding more synthetic textures to the mix, though his inspiration came from a life-long obsession. “That sense of atmosphere was something old-school bands used to have”. The special effects aren’t just saved for its ominous opening instrumental oeuvre, either. “The Tree” puts a dystopian twist on the age-old tale of human greed with synths that glow like alien guts.
Freakier ambience isn’t the only new life form on Psalmus Mortis. “Everyone knows KC Howard is an insane talent”, Bryssling says. Howard left his brutally precise mark on the scene when he was behind the kit for Decrepit Birth, though Retromorphosis were formally introduced to their new drummer through Röndum, as the two had crossed paths during an episode of the Cali Death Podcast. Howard’s nuclear barrage of double bass kicks feeds the band’s cellular engine like jet fuel, driving high-flying album closer “Exalted Splendour” toward its blinding conclusion.
Ask Bryssling to identify what separates this new baby from their first born and the answer is, in fact, quite simple.”Retromorphosis is more free”. Put the song that bears their name under the microscope and feast your eyes on everything this band are capable of: non-stop blasting, brain-bursting bass fills, solos that would fry a supercomputer and pure unholiness. “I’m the one / chosen son / gifted and reborn”.
With Psalmus Mortis, technical death metal’s chosen ones rise from the grave.
Recording Studio: Pama Records AB, Kristianopel, Sweden Sharkbite Studios, Oakland, CA, United States
Production Credits: Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Magnus Sedenberg at Pama Records AB, Kristianopel, Sweden
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