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Skeleton to release self-titled full-length debut album on July 10th 2020

Ripping forth like a dagger from the flesh of Austin, Texas comes the self-titled debut LP from the Lone Star State’s new wreckers of civilization, Skeleton. Having plied their black-market trade for several years in grime infested underground dungeons and sub-basements, 20 Buck Spin was called forth to issue Skeleton’s first LP, a cataclysmic expansion of the band’s unhallowed vision venturing well beyond its earlier borders.
 

Orphan Donor to release new studio album “Old Patterns” on March 13th 2020

Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Orphan Donor - the brainchild of Jared Stimpfl, the explosive drummer of infamous sludge/hardcore trio Secret Cutter - has completed a new album, “Old Patterns”. Finalizing the new record for release in mid-March, the cover art, track listing, a brief trailer, and more have been issued.
 

Tovarish to release new studio album “If the War Comes Tomorrow” on July 5th 2019

Providence, Rhode Island-based experimental/doom metal outfit Tovarish presents their harrowing new album, “If the War Comes Tomorrow”, as the band marks its tenth year in existence. Now confirmed for release through Argonauta Records in early July, the track listing, cover art, a brief trailer, and additional details on the album have been posted.
 

Lingua Ignota to release new studio album “Caligula” on July 19th 2019

Caligula”, the new album from Lingua Ignota set for release on July 19th, 2019,  on CD/2xLP/Digital through Profound Lore Records, takes the vision of Kristin Hayter’s vessel to a new level of grandeur, her purging and vengeful audial vision going beyond anything preceding it and reaching a new unparalleled sonic plane within her oeuvre.
 

Martyrdöd releases music video for new single “Helveteslarm”

Swedish crust punk/metal outfit Martyrdöd has issued an official video for “Helveteslarm”, the new single from the band’s impending seventh album, “Hexhammaren”, set for release in North America through Southern Lord on May 10th, 2019.
 
As with prior Martyrdöd works, the recording of “Hexhammaren” was handled by Fredrik Nordström at Studio Fredman (Wolfpack, At The Gates, In Flames) in Gothenburg, Sweden.
 

Martyrdöd to release new studio album “Hexhammaren” on May 10th 2019

Swedish crust metal punks Martyrdöd have released “Cashless Society”, the first single from their impending seventh studio album, “Hexhammaren”, which is set for release on May 10th, 2019, via Century Media Records and on May 25h, 2019, through Southern Lord, in North America.
 
Martyrdöd reveals about the “Cashless Society” single: “This track came about from riffs that spoke "käng". The result is way more metal than expected which made us really excited. Play it loud!”..

Bellrope to release debut album “You Must Relax” on February 22nd 2019

Exile On Mainstream confirms the February release of “You Must Relax”, the debut album by Germany’s high-volume doom dealers, Bellrope, the band which has ascended from the ashes of Black Shape Of Nexus.

Raised on a diet of doom, noise, and crust punk, thriving in the international DIY/squat communities, Bellrope is a band who dubs their sound as, “the total absence of tonal sanity”.