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Swedish trio XORSIST has today shared a new single, titled Distorted Shapes. Distorted Shapes is the third and final pre-release track to be taken from the group's forthcoming sophomore album, At the Somber Steps to Serenity, and showcases the band adding experimental production techniques to their Stockholm death metal sound. At the Somber Steps to Serenity is due for release via Prosthetic on October 6.

Chicago, IL trio BLIND EQUATION is today premiering their new album, DEATH AWAITS, in full via Metal Injection. DEATH AWAITS is the group's sophomore full-length, with BLIND EQUATION pushing the envelope of cybergrind's foundational sound with influences as far reaching as atmospheric black metal, grind breakbeat and Eurotrance. BLIND EQUATION will be heading out across the US this fall in support of DEATH AWAITS - full live dates detailed below.

Connecticut, US melodic death / doom metal group FIRES IN THE DISTANCE will be releasing an instrumental version of their acclaimed sophomore album, Air Not Meant For Us, via Prosthetic Records on October 6. Alongside the album announcement, the quartet has shared a guitar playthrough of album track Adrift Beneath the Listless Waves, featuring a guest appearance from Burial in the Sky's James Tomedi.

Providence, RI based screamo ensemble, DREAMWELL, have today unveiled the second single to be taken from their upcoming sophomore album, In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You - due for release on October 20. Blighttown Type Beat is streaming everywhere now, and has an accompanying video that can be viewed below. The album is available to pre-order now; it will be available digitally, as well as on vinyl and CD.

Ireland’s GAMA BOMB have today announced details of their upcoming eighth studio album, BATS; they have also unveiled the first single, Speed Funeral, and accompanying video. BATS will be released on November 10, 2023 via Prosthetic Records and will be available in three vinyl variants, on CD and digital. The video for Speed Funeral finds the band in the aftermath of the untimely demise of band mascot, Snowy The Gamabominable Snowman.

Newcastle, UK nu-metal / metalcore band CREAK are today premiering a new music video for Hare in the Woods via Metal Injection. Hare in the Woods is taken from the quartet's recently released debut album, Depth Perception, which is available via Prosthetic Records.

BODY VOID has today shared a new track, titled Cop Show, alongside an accompanying music video. Cop Show is the second single to be taken from the New England via Bay Area based doom trio's upcoming fourth album, Atrocity Machine, which is due for release via Prosthetic Records on October 13. The song sees BODY VOID pulling influence from the dystopian sci-fi film Robocop, and serves as a critique on police violence.

Helsinki, Finland's DISGUISED MALIGNANCE has today shared their new single, “Unearthly Extinction.” The track serves as the third song to be taken from the death metal quintet's forthcoming debut album, Entering The Gateways, which is due to be released on September 29th via Prosthetic Records.

Decibel Magazine is currently streaming From The Wound Spilled Forth Fire, the latest full-length studio offering from Baltimore, Maryland black metal group, NIXIL. The premiere comes in advance of the record’s official release via Prosthetic Records this Friday, August 25th. NIXIL's second full-length treads a spiritual path toward liberation through abyssal exploration, from the microcosmic to the macrocosmic.

Chicago, IL's BLIND EQUATION is today premiering their new single and accompanying music video, killing me, via Brooklyn Vegan. killing me is the third single to be taken from the cybergrind group's forthcoming sophomore album, DEATH AWAITS, which is set to be released via Prosthetic Records on September 15. The track features Oklahoma experimental/HexD artist Rat Jesu, and a Thomas Gabriellini directed music video shot at BLIND EQUATION's recent Daytona Beach, Florida tour date.