Worship The Sacrifice return with VEIL OF REVELATIONS, a six-track EP out April 9th, 2026, defining the band’s “melo-chaotic death metal” sound in its clearest form to date.
Leaning more heavily into melody while retaining their signature chaos, the EP balances ferocious speed, dynamic vocals, and strong melodic structure. Alongside original tracks “Evolve,” “Crystal,” “Indigo Eyes,” and “Show Them The Light,” the release features the instrumental “Behind the Veil” and a death metal reinterpretation of Arch Enemy’s “Nemesis.”
Lyrically and conceptually, VEIL OF REVELATIONS confronts illusion, manipulation, and spiritual blindness, pushing themes of perception, awakening, and self-evolution. With close to 100 UK shows since forming in 2022 and a reputation for crushingly tight, high-impact live performances, Worship The Sacrifice continue to establish themselves as a standout force in the UK underground.
VEIL OF REVELATIONS is a clear statement of what melo-chaotic death metal actually means!
A few weeks ago, Frozen Halls, the new album by Northern German death metallers SOUL GRINDER, was released. Following “Malevolent Reality” (featuring Asenblut frontman Tetzel on guest vocals), the trio now unleash another video clip—this time for the album’s title track. Along with the overwhelmingly positive feedback on the new album, the band’s live plans for 2026 have also begun to take shape. In October, the guys will join (with Ayahuasca) the DELIVER THE GALAXY’s “Those Who Came From Heaven” album release tour, and in February the rescheduled dates of the Eternal Death Rituals tour with Fleshcrawl, Slaughterday, and Discreation are on the agenda.
You’ll find the currently confirmed dates, as well as the link to the “Frozen Halls” video, below. Check it out!
Mystification Zine is hosting the exclusive premiere of PUTRIDARIUM’s upcoming EP “Natvm Ad Mortem”, giving listeners an early taste of the German band’s latest descent into filth-ridden death metal. Set for release on January 16th, 2026 via Night Terrors Records, the new 7” delivers two fresh cuts of crude, swamp-soaked brutality, including “Death Metal Warriors”, which features a guest appearance by Mike Perun of CIANIDE.
1. Schmerzfresser 2. Death Metal Warriors (feat. Mike Perun)
Artwork and illustrations by Tomáš Mitura (Sněť)
Excavated from a German cemetery in 2021, PUTRIDARIUM have since been offering disgusting and always-evolving old-school death metal, mixed with doom and crust elements. Sexual perversions and horror gore are the thematic nail in the coffin. A combination to make you bang your head like a troglodyte.
Three demos were exhumed between ’21 and ’22, followed by a recapitulatory compilation.
Two split releases later, their debut album took form under the name “Necrología del Sadismo: Excerpts from a Deranged Mind”, released in late 2024 in alliance with Headsplit Records and Night Terrors Records.
At the end of 2025, a new EP is ready to be released through Night Terrors Records – unearthing what is merely the next step in their relentless digging for the most disgusting riffs.
Hungarian Black Metal one-man band MERCULISTARYA announce its debut full-length album to be released on Pest Records and Metal Ör Die Records this February 20th. Titled “Áradó fájdalom a tűnődés medrében“, this is the deeply personal and emotional work of Árpád Szenti, known from his work in bands like Thy Catafalque, Ahriman, Athame or Damnation.
As a taste of things to come, here’s the first single for the track “Rémálomköd” which features the guest appearance of vocalist Ivett Dudás also of Thy Catafalque fame:
“Áradó fájdalom a tűnődés medrében is a concept album, each song connected, each meaning intertwined, forming a single immersive narrative. It follows a thorn‑ridden path of struggle, fear, disappointment, madness, resignation, and death, contrasted against the vastness of nature, its elemental force, its mysticism, and the unseen dimensions that pulse beneath reality. This album is a fragment of my soul. Through MERCULISTARYA, I unearthed emotions and energies that could not have surfaced through any other form of expression.
MERCULISTARYA is a long‑standing personal vision, a vessel through which my inner world takes musical form. Rooted in the darker currents of old‑school Black Metal, it draws from the place where the genre first spoke to me. The earliest foundations were laid in 2002, when the songs began to take shape, guided by dreams, shadows, and the subconscious landscapes that inspired both the music and the lyrics.
Despite years of obstacles, the album was first recorded in 2009 but remained unreleased as my focus shifted toward the bands in which I served as drummer (Athame, Ahriman, Sentio Ergo Sum, Damnation, Fagyhamu, Voidshrine, and Thy Catafalque). MERCULISTARYA was set aside, waiting for its moment. In 2024, with renewed experience and a stronger technical foundation, I chose to resurrect the material and re‑record the entire work. This final version is the true realization of what the project was always meant to be.” Árpád Szenti
Hungary’s Old-School Technical Death Metal force ANGERSEED returns with their long-awaited second full-length album, “Rapture is Mine… Glory is Ours“, marking nine years since the band’s debut, “The Proclamation“. The new record sees the band reconnecting with its early roots while boldly reshaping its sound into a more modern, dynamic, and expressive form. The lyrical themes delve deeper than before, enhancing the band’s characteristic social-critical perspective with profound inner and spiritual reflections.
The album spans 45 minutes across eight new compositions, followed by a special Hungarian-language bonus track, “Epilógus / Számvetés 33“, a poetic, introspective summation of frontman Peter D. Maniak‘s 33-year musical journey.
The album title reflects the culmination of a long and demanding creative era. This time, Peter D. Maniak assumed full artistic control over the songwriting, defining both the sonic identity and the future direction of ANGERSEED.
“Rapture is Mine… Glory is Ours” is out now on jewel-case CD edition, a collaboration between Pest Records and Metal Ör Die Records, and is available to play / order HERE.
Tracklist:
1. Nothingness is Calling Me 2. Conquering the Nemesis 3. When Life Turns to Grey 4. Barathrum of Consciousness 5. The Emptiness Within 6. Self-Expulsion from Paradise 7. Redefine My Universe 8. With Rapture for the Glory 9. Epilogue / Accounting 33 (Bonus Track)
Line-up:
Peter D. Maniak – vocals, vocals Zoltán Bilcsik – bass guitar Péter Losonczi – guitars (studio session) Jozsef Gáva – Drums (live & studio session)
Recorded by: Losonczi Péter (Saron Records, Debrecen, 2024–2025) Mix/master: István Simon (No Silence Studios) Producers: Angerseed and István Simon Cover and booklet: Bertalan Pór (Krowze)
Formed in 2008 by vocalist Peter D. Maniak, ANGERSEED has performed more than 200 shows in Hungary and abroad, appearing at festivals such as Gothoom, Rockmaraton, Death By Metal, MetalGate Czech Death Fest, and Rockstadt Extreme Fest. The band is also closely connected to the Full Of Anger Underground Metal Festival, currently preparing for its 28th edition.
International metal group Venus 5 – comprised of Karmen Klinc, Jelena Milovanovic, Tezzi Persson (Hell in the Club), Herma (Sick N’ Beautiful), and Erina Seitllari – share today their new single and accompanying visualizer video, “Far Away”, taken from the upcoming new album, “March Of The Venus 5” set for release on March 20, 2026, via Frontiers Music Srl.
Venus 5, the all-female European pop-metal sensation – return with a stronger, heavier, and more focused second album.
Uniting five distinctive voices from across the continent – Karmen Klinc (Slovenia), Jelena Milovanovic (Serbia), Tezzi Persson (Sweden, singer of Hell in the Club), Herma (Italy, singer of Sick N’ Beautiful), and Erina Seitllari (Albania) – the band pushes its sound to new heights, embracing a more traditional metal direction while retaining the massive hooks and glossy production that defined their debut.
Once again produced by Aldo Lonobile (Secret Sphere), with songwriting contributions from Jake E. (ex-Amaranthe, Cyhra), the album showcases a more mature, riff-driven approach, rich with symphonic and electronic elements, layered vocal harmonies, and explosive choruses tailor-made for fans of Within Temptation, Amaranthe, and modern European metal.
Erina Seitllari stated: “This album feels like a storm made of fire and velvet! Wild, electric, and impossible to hold. Every track carries that spellbinding feminine force, the kind that rises, glows, and refuses to be tamed”.
“The new Venus 5 album is crafted with all the qualities needed for every listener to discover something that resonates. Within it lie unexpected sonic delights, powerful and surprising, that we cannot wait to unveil and let reach the ears of our audience”, continued Karmen Klinc.
With performances at several major festivals already under their belt, Venus 5 are now gearing up to return to the stage in support of the new album – ready to prove that their power is just as undeniable live as it is in the studio.
“March Of The Venus 5” Tracklist:
1. March Of The Venus 5 2. Like A Witch 3. Far Away 4. Set Me Free 5. Stereotypes 6. Surrender 7. Satelite 8. Invincible 9. Winter On My Skin 10. Take It From The Start 11. The Other Shore
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