The seventh studio album “Chronicles of Lunacy” from the international brutal slam death metal act Defeated Sanity crowning achievement from one of the revered institutions of brutal slam death metal. Out via Season of Mist since last Friday November 22nd.

We checked out the first day of the second edition of Hell’s Balls Belgium festival… With banging names like Triptykon, Primordial, Vltimas, the unofficial inclusion of the “Night Eternal tour” with Dark Tranquillity, Wolfheart and Moonspell, Carpathian Forest, Hellripper, Dead Head and The Monolith Deathcult, it was a true fest for any extreme metal fan!

Black and white back-of-venue shot of the band Nile with 1 guest vocalist from their 2024 gig at Entrepot, Bruges, BE

The legendary Nile dropped by at the Entrepot venue in Bruges, Belgium as part of their “Underworld Europe Tour 2024”, bringing the music of their new album to fans across the continent, and brought along some other excellent death metal bands with Hideous Divinity and Intrepid. Local support came from Pestifer.

The tenth studio album ‘The Underworld Awaits Us All’ of the U.S. brutal death metal elite Nile is an epic work that shows the band at the top of its game. Out on Napalm Records.

The fifth studio album ‘Duck Face Killings’ by the Italian brutal death metal act Fulci is a barbaric statement that conveys an extreme homage to Lucio Fulci. Out on 20 Buck Spin.

Severe Torture’s new studio album ‘Torn From the Jaws of Death’ continues in the extreme and brutal direction of death metal, out via Season of Mist.

American death metal icons Nile return with 10th album ‘The Underworld Awaits Us All’, set for release in August via Napalm Records and unleash the single ‘Chapter for Not Being Hung Upside Down on a Stake’!

The brutal embodiment of Deicide’s thirteenth album ‘Banished By Sin’ proves that Glenn Benton has honed some of his best works in the band’s discography. Out on Reigning Phoenix Music.

Turkey’s Engulfed offers a cavernous death metal brutality on its second full length album ‘Unearthly Litanies of Despair’. Out since April 19th via Me Saco Un Ojo Records and Dark Descent Records.

The fifth installment “Unextinct” from the Italian technical brutal death metal outfit Hideous Divinity delivers plenty of powerful brutality and atmosphere. Hideous Divinity managed to imbue the songs with themes extracted from cinematic art, out via Century Media Records, and comes highly recommended for fans of Vader, Fleshgod Apocalypse, and Hour of Penance.