Hailing from one of the most fertile scenes in recent years, Costa Rica’s CANDARIAN were spawned in 2020 when Christopher (guitar) and Jose Pablo (bass / vocals) decided to start a new project inspired by old-school death metal from the early ’90s, like Autopsy and Incantation, with lyrics revolving around themes of gore and horror. After some rehearsals, Pablo (drums) and Felipe (guitar) were recruited, and the lineup was then completed. During the following months, the band focused on finishing their debut demo and presenting it live throughout the local scene. That demo, Stagnant Livor Mortis, was released in late 2022 by ME SACO UN OJO on cassette and quickly established the name CANDARIAN as a considerable newcomer.

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Witness the Japanese band’s second album, Nocturnal Visions. While 2020’s The Catacombs of Fear debut album was no slouch, here do INVICTUS exude a unique feel to their music that is enshrouded in the mystique of the past. Guttural guitars throw forth bolts of arcane malignancy while the drumming pulverizes the corporeal body with percussive blows. Vocally, the band sit in their macabre low-register and ensure everything is tied together gloriously for your listening displeasure with a truly crushing production that’s as organically lethal as it can get.

Notwithstanding their prodigious execution – leaden yet quick, moving anywhere and everywhere with preternatural ease but never sacrificing an ounce of heaviness – INVICTUS display masterful songwriting across these Nocturnal Visions; trace elements of the aforementioned influences might crop up, but they’re minced and mangled to such a degree that the album proudly slots itself among those legends rather than picking at their collective carcass. Authentic as it comes, then, and completed by compelling, era-authentic artwork courtesy of Juanjo Castellano: if you love death metal, true and morbid, then don’t miss out on these Japanese masters of putridity!

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The artwork is painted by mighty TG Rantanen, a finnish institution famous for his works with Demilich, Demigod, Adramelech, Depravity and many more.

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Following a couple of demos, an EP and a split, Degraved are ready to present their savage death metal in full length form so prepare for total devastation. Bludgeoning blast beats and crazed guitar riffs conjure a cavernous and intense backdrop of malevolent morbidity while the snarled vocal torment seeps through the mix to give lyrical lacerations to the hideous deformities. Slower passages add an eldritch atmosphere to the ruthless barbarity and further accentuate the grander picture of excellent material that the band has to offer on their debut album.

Degraved harnesses the 90s death metal sound gloriously while mixing these classic elements in a furious manner that will have you hooked for the long haul. The further you descend into the graves with this record the more it sucks you in with its old school charms and captivating displays of menacing hostility. Between the blasting armageddon you will find atmosphere, well-placed solos and interesting hooks that all showcase a maturing of the band’s material while keeping the main element exactly what you want it to be; pure death metal.

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Me Saco Un Ojo Records proudly presents the second album from Denmark’s Dead Void.

Spectral death metal conjurations will grasp you with their doom-tinged tendrils from the onset of this record. The gritty, booming riffs open a chasm of darkness for the punishing drums to cast skulls into. Met by otherworldly vocals, this is certain to grip any fan of sepulchral music with its enchanting and intense abyssal atmosphere. Do not be fooled by the slower lumbering moments into thinking this will be an easy listen. Stampeding ferocity and wild madness soon erupt from the charnel openings to give a burst of frantic psychopathy to the experience. Churning doomed violence and convulsive bestial onslaughts entwine around each other to project forth arcane death metal violence with huge dynamics and an utterly savage feeling to every second. With a natural, organic production to convey the filthy nature of the music perfectly; this is not a record that will hold your hand rather drop you into a void of souls with malicious intentions.

From the devastating drum work and monstrous riffing to the wickedly contorting bass lines; each instrument complements the others in this storm of triumphant vitriol while the commanding vocals spew malice to superb effect. The low end murmurings and rusted blades of the leads are an idyllic balance of inhospitable sounds that will surely satisfy any real underground lunatic seeking dark music. These five pieces clock in at 35 minutes and the sheer intensity is upheld for every second. Crypt-lurking doomed despair and utter ferocity become companions while the groove of the more mid tempo sections tie everything together. There is certainly nothing missing for an impactful and memorable experience. Allowing itself to decay and reform throughout; you will see, hear, feel, smell and maybe even taste the stages of cranial decay and the anguish of the brain matter breaking down into nothingness. This is a record which doesn’t follow predictable patterns nor rules but wildly possesses you with the malignant spirits from death metal’s darkest corners…

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2026 repress – new layout

The debut long player from epic traditional doom five-piece, Crypt Sermon. Hailing from Philadelphia, U.S.A., Crypt Sermon deliver seven RIFF filled tracks with soaring clean vocals. For discerning fans of top quality heavy metal.

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2026 Repress – new layout

CRYPT SERMON return with their highly anticipated new album, “The Ruins of Fading Light”! A follow up to 2015’s critically acclaimed debut “Out of the Garden”, “The Ruins of Fading Light” is a collection of existential meditations set to the backdrop of looming, apocryphal vestiges from a lost dark age. The lyrics explore the limits of faith and family, life and loss, strength and pride. Between thundering riffs and plaintive moments of acoustics, the music explores new territories on the landscape of epic doom and heavy metal. Still, one message echos as Crypt Sermon march onward, “We’re doomed.”

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LVCIFYRE’S debut album, The Calling Depths, was released in 2011 to an unsuspecting audience.

Now, 15 years later, The Calling Depths returns!  Recently remastered by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studios and adorned with new artwork by Mara.

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