2022

Massachusetts genre colliders Vein.fm have announced details of their hugely anticipated second album “This World is Going to Ruin You”, to be released on March 4th, 2022, through Nuclear Blast Records in all territories except North America, where it will be released via Closed Casket Activities.

To mark the news, the band have released a horrifying new video for the record’s first single “The Killing Womb”, which you can watch below.

Profound Lore Records is proud to announce the March 18th, 2022, release of New York-based experimental death metal quartet Aeviterne’s debut album “The Ailing Facade”.
 

Danish alternative metal quintet NORÐ is set to release their debut album “Machine Blood” on March 4th, 2022, via Inverse Records. The album is mixed and mastered by the magnificent Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios, Denmark (Volbeat, Amaranthe, Primal Fear, etc.).

The first single “Fear Reigns” is released today along with a video. Watch the lyric video for “Fear Reigns” below.
 
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Hungarian experimental progressive rock band Ghost Toast is set to release their fifth studio album “Shade Without Color” on March 3rd, 2022, via Inverse Records. The first single “Get Rid of” is released today and it can be listened below.

The band comments:
“"Get Rid Of" is some kind of a battle cry - who the enemy is, is up to you! We wanted this song to be a fast and heavy opener with a sad vibe that turns into a desire for freedom.
 

Following their latest magnum opus, “Oscillation” (2019), Swedish post-rock masters Oh Hiroshima have returned with their fourth studio album, “Myriad”, slated for release on March 4th, 2022, via Napalm Records. Due to pandemic lockdowns, the band channeled all of their time and creativity into delivering an epic successor, unquestionably raising the bar and excelling with grandeur!

Creator-Destructor Records presents Oakland, California-based melodic death metal band Darkness Everywhere. The new act has completed production on their debut EP, “The Seventh Circle”, set for release in late February, today unleashing the lead single, “Reign of Chaos”, alongside the cover art and more.
 

On February 25th, 2022, Cannibal Corpse vocalist George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher will release his debut solo album, titled “Corpsegrinder”. For a first preview of the record, a lyric video for the new single “Acid Vat” (feat. Erik Rutan) can be viewed below, which was created by Randall Hammer.

German heavy metal icon Udo Dirkschneider will turn 70 years old on April 6th, 2022. Born in Wuppertal during the post-war period, when heavy metal hadn’t even been envisioned, he is the constant among the German metal scene and one of the decisive characters who helped shape the genre so significantly over the course of about five decades.

Hailing from Poland, Transgressive Dark Rock / Metal band Asgaard are glad to announce the signing with Wormholedeath for their new album “What if…” due for release on March 4th, 2022.

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Brutal Death/Industrial Metal healers Mæntra are proud to announce the February 18th, 2022, release of debut album “Kundalini Rising”.

A lyric video for the album’s first single, “Svadhisthana”, is available below. The single is also streaming on Bandcamp.