AN NCS PREMIERE: ANTIVERSUM — “DE NEMESIS OMNES ET OMNIA”

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Aug 292025
 

(written by Islander)

Ten years ago we premiered Total Vacuum, the debut demo by the Swiss band Antiversum shortly before its release. Almost eight years ago we then premiered the title song from the band’s debut album, Cosmos Comedenti. Finally, Antiversum are coming back with a second album, this one named De Nemesis Omnes et Omnia, set for release on September 19th by Amor Fati Productions, and once again we have a premiere.

Upon learning about the album I couldn’t resist investigating the meaning of its title. It’s not a classical Latin phrase, but seems to be Antiversum‘s own construction. Most likely, it literally translates to “Of nemesis, everyone and everything”. An AI comment I didn’t ask for when google-searching suggested that it means “all people and all things are either subject to or derived from nemesis,” and possibly as “a declaration that divine retribution and vengeance apply to everyone and everything in existence.” I suppose the reference to divinity derives from the fact that Nemesis was, after all, a Greek god.

These interpretations of the album title, though unconfirmed, would be in line with the fundamental nihilism inherent in Antiversum‘s profoundly disturbing musical representations of horrifying menace, cosmic collapse, and the vast maw of the void that awaits. Continue reading »

AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: LECHEROUS NOCTURNE — “SERPENTENCE”

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Aug 282025
 

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Lecherous Nocturne aren’t in a race to amass a mountainous discography. Although this South Carolina band first came together in the late ’90s they’ve released only four albums, after some early demos and an EP. The last three were spaced five years apart. With five years having elapsed since the last of those (2018’s Occultaclysmic, enthusiastically reviewed at length here), it might be time for something new — and something new is indeed on the way.

We’ve learned that Lecherous Nocturne are at work on a new full-length assault of ferocity entitled Violust, and what we’ve got for you today is a playthrough video by the band’s bassist James O’Neal of one of the new songs, a blazing breath-taker named “Serpentence“. Continue reading »

AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: UAAR — “GALGEÅS”

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Aug 282025
 

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“Fans of Tragedy, Skitsystem, From Ashes Rise, and Sibiir will find themselves right at home in the storm: crushing riffs, pulverizing d-beats, and an atmosphere so suffocatingly dark it feels like the world collapsing in real time. This is the soundtrack to disorder, decay, and the slow grind toward oblivion.”

That’s the daunting (and enticing) shorthand pitch offered on behalf of Fysisk Format Records for the debut album of the Norwegian band Uaar. In line with the description above, the album’s name is Galger og brann — Norwegian for Gallows and Fire. What we have for you today is the video premiere of the album’s first single, “Galgeås“. Here’s how Uaar introduce it: Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: BLIZARO — “SENTENCED PATHWAYS”

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Aug 272025
 

(written by Islander)

We’re about to ignore the tongue-in-cheek name of our site and jump off our usual beaten paths in other ways too, jumping off and landing in a head-spinning musical never-never land.

The occasion for this big leap is our premiere of a song from Light And Desolation, the third album from the upstate New York band Blizaro, which will be released next month by Nameless Grave Records. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: SADISTIC GOATMESSIAH — “STAINLESS STEEL”

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Aug 272025
 

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If you’re not smiling already, your day must really be going wrong. How can you not smile at a name like Sadistic Goatmessiah? Oh, for sure, I can imagine some of you shaking your heads even if you’re grinning, dubious about the music that a band with a name like that might devote themselves to. More dubiety might result from the bandmembers’ nom de plumes: Morbid Goatpriest of Lust, Filth and Mayhem (vocals, guitars), Goat Primator (drums), and Goatess of Fire (bass).

But unclench your sphincters, expel your doubts, maybe take your clothes off. As you’ll discover when listening to the song we’re about to premiere, these three demons clearly had a hell of a lot of wicked fun making their debut album Violence, and you should share in their filthy revels without restraint. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: ORDEALS — “SUFFER CURSED ORDEALS”

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Aug 262025
 

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Six years after their last EP (Choose Death, enthusiastically reviewed here by our Andy Synn), the New York black/death trio Ordeals are returning with their debut album, which has the hard-to-forget name Third Rail Prayer. It will be released on September 26th by Eternal Death.

Much like the kind of mental imagery conjured by the album title, Ordeal‘s new music is convulsive, but its electrified (and electrifying) spasms shake and twist in often unpredictable directions, providing a collage of dread, damnation, delirium, and doom that’s disturbingly distinctive. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: CRUENTATION — “PRAYERS IN PISS”

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Aug 262025
 

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Damned Fallen Angels is the debut album of the New England black/death band Cruentation, whose lineup includes current or former members of Witch Tomb, Impenitent Thief, Hirudenia, Cemetery Lights, Martyrvore, Ninnixu, and Embryonic Cryptopathia (among others). The album is set for release by Iron Bonehead Productions on September 26th.

Upon hearing the album’s title track when it debuted in early July, we advised people to “prepare for a vicious assault of furiously battering percussion, heavily undulating bass lines, caustically churning riffage, and grotesque vocal abominations, piercingly accented by a lead guitar’s berserk screams.” But we also advised that the song was a two-headed monster:

“The song also slows, becoming a big stalking menace that’s dismally oppressive in its mood, but the riffing also heats up again, like inflamed carnivorous insects rapidly surging into flesh. These fashionings of frenzy and morbid gloom trade places until the end, a ghastly tandem for sure.”

And now we have another debut from the album, a song called “Prayers In Piss“. Continue reading »

AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: NYRAK — “LEVIATHAN”

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Aug 252025
 

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One of the reasons we enjoy hosting premieres is that they sometimes introduce us to bands we quickly realize we should have paid attention to before. The Belgian progressive black metal group Nyrak is now one of those bands, making their first (and long overdue) appearance among our shredded pages.

If we had been paying closer attention, we would have witnessed their evolution from a solo studio project created in 2021 by Belgian musician Guy Van Nieuwenhove (aka Nevel of Gotmoor) into a fully-fledged group capable of live performances. We also would have discovered the still-ongoing evolution of the music beginning with the debut album Malvs (2022) and continuing through a second album named Devourer of All (2024) and their Faceless Tyrant EP released this past spring.

But now we know who they are, thanks to this lyric-video premiere of a song from Nyrak‘s third album Phoenix Mortis, which is set for release on October 20th by Void Wanderer Productions. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: IMPERMANENCE — “SPIRITUAL WAR”

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Aug 252025
 

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In rapid succession two songs have recently surfaced from a new album by the Polish blackened tech-death band Impermanence, one of which we’re premiering today and the other of which is a “near premiere”. The name of the album is Anicca. It’s derived from Buddhist terminology and signifies impermanence – which is why, in a sense, the album can be considered self-titled. The band further explain:

The lyrical layer explores themes of transience and the search for purpose in the world around us. The album’s composition begins and ends with the ticking of a clock, clearly marking both the start and the conclusion of the story being told. Each track presents a different narrative, offering a unique perspective on the somber aspects of human nature. This concept extends beyond the lyrics, shaping the band’s overall artistic identity.

The song we’re premiering today is “Spiritual War“, and it’s a real jaw-dropper. Continue reading »

AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: BLOOD TITHE — “THE MARTYR’S LAST PRAYER”

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Aug 222025
 

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Straight outta Boston come the death-metal/hardcore band Blood Tithe, the newest signing to Unbeaten Records, the long-running New York-based label started by Buddy Armstrong from Stigmata and Bulldog Courage.

They join a roster that includes Pure Bliss, All Out War, Edict, Cell, Bruiserweight, and Purgatory, among others, and have proved their mettle (and metal) on stage with such bands as Dying Fetus, Carnifex, Vomit Forth, Vital Remains, Kruelty, and Gulch. Their discography to date includes a demo, a pair of EPs, and a split last year with Misery Whip.

What’s on the horizon now via the Unbeaten label is a debut Blood Tithe album entitled Blood For The Starving God, and what we’ve got for you today is the video premiere of the record’s furious lead single, “The Martyr’s Last Prayer“. Continue reading »

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