Leeds based tech death outfit Pravitas announced their upcoming debut ‘The Parasitic Divine’, set for release in March, and dropped the ferocious single and video ‘Defragment’!

Hellsinki Metal Festival is becoming a permanent fixture in the Finnish summer festival landscape, and after 2 successful editions, the organisation decided they didn’t want to wait for another year. In comes a smaller winter edition of the main event about halfway December 2024, bringing amazing extreme metal bands together like Omnivortex, Batushka, Belphegor and headliners Dark Funeral!

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.

Progressive death metal outfit Obscura announced their new studio album ‘A Sonication’ to be released early 2025 via Nuclear Blast, offered a glimpse into the next chapter through the single ‘Silver Linings’ and are set to tour throughout Europe with Rings Of Saturn and Gorod starting in February!

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.

Italy’s symphonic and technical death metal outfit Fleshgod Apocalypse returns with a bombastic new album ‘Opera’ after a long hiatus, offering one of their best albums. Out on Nuclear Blast Records.

Ulcerate’s seventh studio album ‘Cutting the Throat of God’ showcases a stellar musicianship. The sonic evolution of the New Zealander trio achieves new standards., Out via Debemur Morti Productions.

New Swiss masters of tech death Adelon unveil debut EP ‘Resurgence’ to be released on June 21st and shared the track ‘Crimson Luminescence’!

The Vancouver death metal four-piece Atræ Bilis has returned with a brutal album ‘Aumicide’ which emphasizes dissonance and technical brutality. Released via 20 Buck Spin on 19th April.