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GREH Unveil Crushing New Single ‘Frozen Dystopia’ from Upcoming Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 4, 2026
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German blackened death outfit GREH has released “Frozen Dystopia”, the second single from their upcoming sophomore album, “The Tyranny of Expectations”, due for release in early 2027.

Driven by punishing riffs, uncompromising rhythms and an overwhelming sense of urgency, the track further showcases GREH‘s distinctive approach to heaviness. Despite relying on a minimalistic lineup built around just one guitar, drums and vocals, the trio creates an immense wall of sound where groove, sludge, dissonance and raw emotion merge into a devastating statement of rage.

Unleashing a bleak and fast-paced fusion of blistering black and death metal, raw crust aggression and freezing atmospheric drones, “Frozen Dystopia” serves as a grim sonic portrait of a modern society collapsing into chaos.

Listen to “Frozen Dystopia” HERE

GREH was founded by guitarist Gjero Krsteski (ex-HELLGREASER), who launched the project as a one-man venture in 2022 before evolving it into a full band in 2023 alongside drummer Maurice Müller (HARD STRIKE, MILAN) and vocalist Martin Kocula (GRAU). Their debut EP, “Reversion Of The Repressed”, introduced the band’s unique blend of black and death metal infused with doom elements, combining crushing heaviness with melancholy, groove and dissonance.

Since then, GREH have shared the stage with acts including Arkona, Firtan, Morast, Fit For An Autopsy, Ophis, Hexis, Bewitcher, Iron Walrus and Glare Of The Sun, while also headlining shows throughout Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Their debut full-length, “Dysphoric Devotion”, released in January 2025 through GREH Recordings in collaboration with Fetzner Death Records, further established the band’s uncompromising artistic vision and growing reputation within the extreme metal underground.

“Frozen Dystopia” was recorded and produced by GREH Recordings in January 2026 before being mixed and mastered by Hard Drive Sounds in Germany. The artwork was created by Canadian artist Aaron Bonogofsky, with design and editing by Alfi Feijoa (Germany).

Line-up:
Gjero Krsteski – Guitar
Maurice Müller – Drums
Martin Kocula – Vocals

For more info visit:
https://linktr.ee/greh
https://greh.band
https://www.youtube.com/@grehdoom
https://www.facebook.com/BandGreh
https://www.instagram.com/greh.metal
https://grehmetal.bandcamp.com

METHANE Reveal First Single & Video ‘360° of Destruction’ from Upcoming Album “Demolate”

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Photocredit : Hans Karlin

The crowd yelled, “Play faster!” They did! METHANE is ready to unleash their explosive new album, “Demolate”, which will be released on October 2nd through Fireflash Records (HOLY MOSES, MEZZROW, SAVAGE MANIA a.o.). 

Colliding NYHC punk with a blistering Bay Area thrash assault, METHANE delivers a relentless barrage of razor-sharp riffs, thunderous drumming, and commanding vocals that demand your attention. As a fierce contender in the New Wave of Old-School Thrash Metal scene, “Demolate” promises a chaotic journey through apocalyptic themes and raw, beer-fueled madness.

This isn’t just an album; it’s a declaration of war on the mundane. Get ready for a wild ride where intensity reigns and the spirit of thrash explodes in a furious sonic onslaught.

Today, METHANE kick-off the album pre-order for “Demolate“, which will be released on CD and colored vinyl, as well as on various bundles in the Label Bandcamp and Bandshop. 

Pre-Order here: https://save-it.cc/fireflash/demolate
Get it on Bandcamp: https://ff-methane.bandcamp.com/album/demolate

If this wouldn’t be enough, METANE also reveal the first single and a video clip for “360° of Destruction“, which will also be the opening track of the album. 

Get the track here: https://save-it.cc/fireflash/360-of-destruction

„This the first taste of „Demolate“. “360° of Destruction” is the story of survival. Throughout your life, you’re surrounded by predators in the circle pit of existence. You have to learn to fight your way out to live; you have to Thrash and Devour”, says Tim Scott, vocalist and bass player of the band. 

Born in 2012, METHANE quickly combusted, reverting to the pure, unadulterated thrash metal roots of its founders, Tim Scott (formerly of Death Metal cult act REVENANT, with John McEntee of INCANTATION) and Jimi Mästerbo. A relentless touring machine, METHANE has left a trail of destruction across countless stages in Europe and the U.S. through headline runs, support slots with bands like WHIPLASH, WARBRINGER, NERVOSA, MASSACRE, and festival appearances such as „Sabaton Open Air“, „Speed Metal Party“, „In Flammen“ and others.

Their sound is a blistering, high-speed assault designed for the pit.

METHANE is:
Tim Scott – Bass and vocals
Jimi Mästerbo – Guitar
Markus Grundström – Guitar
Richard Fredriksson – Drums

METHANE online:
Home: https://methanemetal.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/methaneband
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/methanemetal
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIut2PuGrMi3QP-ywnVw-aA

VENUES Release Empowering New Anthem ‘Becoming’ with Official Video

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Venues return with ‘Becoming’, a modern metalcore anthem that turns pain into power and self-doubt into momentum. After the emotional weight of ‘Solace’ and their acclaimed album Transience, the Stuttgart band deliver one of their boldest, most uplifting tracks yet.

Stream here: https://arisingempire.com/venues

Built on punchy riffs, explosive rhythms, and sleek modern production, ‘Becoming’ hits hard while keeping its hooks front and center. Harsh screams channel the pressure of insecurity and outside expectations, before the clean vocals break through with a clear statement of self-worth. Every breakdown and chorus drives home the message: real strength starts when you stop living for others. Lyrically, the song follows someone cutting loose from toxic influences, refusing to be defined by the past, and finally owning who they are, ending on a reminder that everyone deserves to see their own value.

Since signing with Arising Empire, Venues have become one of Germany’s standout modern metalcore acts. Their 2018 debut Aspire was named Kerrang! Album of the Week, and they’ve kept pushing forward ever since, powered by the contrast between Lela Gruber’s soaring melodies and Robin Baumann’s visceral screams. With ‘Becoming’, they sharpen that balance into a heavy, hooky, and genuinely empowering release.

Catch the band live: 
03.08.2026 Free & Easy Festival, Munich (DE)
28.08.2026 Hot Rock Festival 2026, Hilgertshausen-Tandern (DE)
04.09.2026 Pell-Mell Festival 2026, Obererbach (DE)

Venues online:
https://www.instagram.com/venuesofficial
https://www.facebook.com/VENUESofficial/
https://www.tiktok.com/@venuesofficial

ICE SEALED EYES Reveal “Tape 1: Far Away” EP with Video Single ‘Stay Still To Realise The Weight Of Loss’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 4, 2026
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Belgian atmospheric metalcore newcomers Ice Sealed Eyes open a new chapter with the release of Tape 1: Far Away. The four-track EP plays like one continuous emotional arc, with ‘Stay Still’ flowing into ‘To Realise’ and ‘The Weight Of Loss’ moving through grief, isolation, betrayal and acceptance.

Stream here: https://arisingempire.com/icesealedeyes

Built on shimmering ambience, crushing guitars, thunderous drums and soaring vocals, the EP sits in that fragile space between holding on and letting go. ‘Stay Still’ captures two people drifting further apart as hope fades. ‘To Realise’ sinks into a hypnotic, helpless spiral, while ‘The Weight Of Loss’ brings the story to a breaking point, no easy apologies, just painful clarity. Each track stands on its own, but together they form a cinematic listen, with recurring motifs and evolving dynamics that reward a full start-to-finish play.

Already tipped as one of Belgium’s most promising heavy acts, Ice Sealed Eyes have racked up millions of streams and built an international following. After the success of their debut album ALTAR, they toured across Europe, played Euroblast Festival, and shared stages with Falling In Reverse, Unprocessed, Amenra,  Brutus, Resolve  and  Hypno5e. With Tape 1: Far Away, they sharpen their signature blend of atmosphere, weight and emotion and make a strong first statement in this new era.

Live dates:
04.09.2026 Tramfest, Troye (FR)
04.02.2027 Club Transbo, Lyon (FR)
05.02.2027 La Laiterie, Strassbourg (FR)
06.02.2027 The Black Lab, Lille (FR)
07.02.2027 Botanique, Brussels (BE)
10.02.2027 Hydrophone, Lorient (FR)
11.02.2027 Le Ferrailleur, Nantes (FR)
12.02.2027 Rock School Barbey, Bordeaux (FR)
13.02.2027 Le Rex, Toulouse (FR)
18.02.2027 La Caronnerie, Reims (FR)
19.02.2027 Le 106, Rouen (FR)

Ice Sealed Ice online:
https://www.instagram.com/icesealedeyes
https://www.facebook.com/icesealedeyes
https://www.tiktok.com/@icesealedeyesband

MOTHER OF MILLIONS Announce New Album “Τ”, Out September 11th

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Greek progressive metal titans MOTHER OF MILLIONS have announced the release of their new studio album, “Τ”, the powerful follow-up to 2024’s critically acclaimed “Magna Mater”, due for release on September 11 via ViciSolum Productions. With this record, the band delivers its most ambitious and emotionally charged work yet: a sweeping, cinematic metal odyssey created in the shadow of global unrest.

“Τ” is an album born from the tension between devastation and defiance, lyrically connecting 19th-century American poets with 20th-century Greek poets through themes of war, death, and eternity. Fueled by the relentless cycle of wars waged from above and endured from below, the record channels the roar of collapsing worlds and the pulse of those who refuse to be crushed by them.

From the opening moments, the album strikes with force, crushing riffs, thunderous rhythms, and vast atmospheric layers. Each track carries the weight of conflict yet burns with a fierce, unyielding hope, the kind that survives in the hearts of people who stand together when everything else falls apart.

The band describes the album’s core vision in their own words: 

“‘Τ’ is the endless cycle of wars declared by the powerful and died in by the poor. We shaped these songs from the echoes of screams and laments, but also from hope. A stubborn hope that the sun will rise over the ruins of the world, over the war drums, over the thunderous heartbeats of people standing together. Where metal meets cinematic atmosphere, ‘Τ’ is heavy music for heavy times.”

Tracklist:

  1. The Wound
  2. The War
  3. The Aftermath
  4. The Innocent
  5. The Ascent
  6. As One
  7. The One
  8. The Circle
  9. The Sun
  10. Death

With “Τ”, MOTHER OF MILLIONS push their sound to its outer limits, creating a record that is as bold and expansive as it is emotionally resonant. It stands as the band’s strongest statement to date, a testament to resilience, unity, and the power of art to confront the world as it is.

“Τ” is not just an album – it is a monument to endurance in heavy times, and it demands to be heard. Its first chapter unfolds on July 17 with the release of the single and music video for “The Wound”.
Pre-orders are available at THIS LOCATION

Furthermore, MOTHER OF MILLIONS will embark on a European tour this September, joined by Oddland as co-headliners, with Ring of Gyges in support. The dates kick off with festival appearances in August before continuing across Europe: 

27.08 DK Næstved Metalfest
28.08 GR Metal Union Festival
17.09. DE München – Feierwerk
18.09. DE Stuttgart – Klub Zentral
19.09. NL Zoetermeer – Boerderij
20.09. BE Diest – Hell
22.09. Tba
23.09. HU Budapest – A38
24.09. SK Bratislava – Randal Club
25.09. RO Cluj – Machines Venue
26.09. RO Bucharest – Quantic
17.10. FR Toulouse – Ready For Prog Festival

Tickets are available HERE

MOTHER OF MILLIONS are:
George Prokopiou – Vocals
Kostas Konstantinidis – Guitars
Panos Priftis – Bass
hector.d – Drums

For more info visit:
https://www.instagram.com/motherofmillionsband
https://www.facebook.com/motherofmillionsband/
https://www.motherofmillionsband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/vicisolumproductions

DISFIGURING THE GODDESS Release New Single ‘Kiss The Dice’ with Official Music Video

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 4, 2026
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Disfiguring the Goddess unveil their powerful new single ‘Kiss The Dice’, the third track to be released from the forthcoming album Bloom, due out 31st July via Seek & Strike. Written as the final piece of the album, the track brings together the many sonic threads that define Bloom, fusing gut-punching, pit-ready riffs with bouncy, hard-hitting rhythms, an infectious, expansive chorus and subtle dance-infused textures. Lyrically, ‘Kiss The Dice’ captures the intoxicating highs and quiet despair of an all-night gamble through Reno, Nevada, balancing swagger and self-assurance with an undercurrent of loss and longing. It’s a song where sin, chance and self-awareness collide, offering one of the album’s most dynamic and emotionally layered moments while remaining unmistakably Disfiguring the Goddess.

Pre-save Bloom here: https://orcd.co/dtgbloom

Commenting on the single, vocalist Argon states: “’Kiss the Dice’ was actually the last song I wrote for the album, and it became a way to pull together a lot of the different directions and influences that shaped this record. Lyrically, it is about an all-nighter in Reno, Nevada, with a bit of Lady Luck woven into it. On the surface, the song can feel confident and fun, but underneath that there is something sadder and more lost. It carries the feeling of knowing your truth while still being intoxicated by the sin-driven atmosphere of a city like Reno. Musically, it moves back and forth between gut-punching, pit-driven guitar sections and a simpler, more open chorus. The drums stay bouncy and punchy throughout, and there is a subtle dance-oriented thread running through the song until the very end, where some of the buried melodic emotion finally comes to life through the synth arrangements.”

Disfiguring the Goddess has never chased trends or waited for permission. For nearly two decades, Cameron Argon (aka Big Chocolate) has built the project entirely on his own terms, writing, producing, programming and shaping every aspect of its evolution. What began as an uncompromising creative outlet has grown into one of extreme music’s most distinctive independent success stories, cultivating a fiercely loyal global following through innovation, consistency and a refusal to conform.

Partnering with Seek & Strike doesn’t redefine Disfiguring the Goddess, it amplifies it. For the first time, the project has the infrastructure to match the scale of Argon‘s vision, extending its reach while preserving the complete creative freedom that has always defined it.

That philosophy is woven through every second of Bloom. The album captures years of artistic growth distilled into its most focused and fully realised form yet: crushingly heavy, emotionally expansive and fearless in its willingness to blur the boundaries between slam, deathcore, industrial textures and unexpected melody.

As Argon explains: “Bloom is an album about accumulation, cultivation, and execution. There are a lot of themes running through it, both personal and sonic, but when I step back and look at the bigger picture, it symbolizes nurturing the seed of DTG until it finally blossoms. It is the beginning of a new chapter and the closing of an old one.”

With Bloom, Disfiguring the Goddess isn’t reinventing itself, it is becoming exactly what it was always meant to be. Bigger in scope, sharper in execution and more uncompromising than ever, it marks the arrival of a project that has spent years evolving in the shadows and is now impossible to ignore.

Check out previous singles ‘Low Slam Low’ here and ‘AWOL’ here. 

Track-list:

  1. Samba of the Faceless
  2. Echoes Fade, I Remain
  3. Deathcore Song
  4. AWOL
  5. Mask Off (feat J Figure)
  6. Sweet Dreams (feat Four Stroke Baron)
  7. Low Slam Low
  8. Goddess Box (feat  Bodybox)
  9. Deep Sway
  10. Permission to be Claimed
  11. Kiss the Dice
  12. Black Widow Spider
  13. Dapper (feat Four Stroke Baron)
  14. Pleasure Island
  15. Old Man’s Bones
  16. Lose the Head
  17. Penance

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