On January 13, Dark Descent Records will release The Deathmass Cloak, the debut full-length from San Diego-based death metal band GHOULGOTHA.  

Shadow Kingdom Records has released More Victims: Demo 2014 on limited edition cassette (100 copies) from Finland’s VIOLENT HAMMER.  

As part of a massive upcoming 2015 label release schedule coming together, Magic Bullet Records is stoked to announce the upcoming worldwide re-release and distribution of Fight For Yourself, the infectious debut album by Ottawa, Ontario-based punk rock quartet, ZEX.  

As well as announcing “Xiadz/Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel” EP, Polish blackened death merchants Behemoth have premiered a new live video for their song “Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer” from their heralded latest album, “The Satanist,” via their official youtube channel.  

Following several months in incubation, LORD MANTIS delivers the video for their newly completed “Possession Prayer” video, and caution, its going to sicken you!  

Chicago’s esteemed instrumental quartet, PELICAN, is set to release a new EP on Southern Lord in the new year based around fresh reimaginings of “The Cliff,” a highlight from their most recent album, 2013’s Forever Becoming, and one recently completed new song.  

Boston Death Groove Perverts SEXCREMENT have a bad habit of delivering a devastating blend of sleaze and brutality. They have spared no expense with their latest platter of perversion XXX Bargain Bin Vol 2, which is now available for free download/streaming on their Bandcamp page.  

Dallas, Texas-based avant/tech death metal trio, BARING TEETH, is preparing for the long-awaited follow-up to their 2011 debut album, Atrophy, with the mangling Ghost Chorus Among Old Ruins to drop via Willowtip Records NOW!  

“Under Command” split album out in two weeks! Swedish heavy metal titans RAM and PORTRAIT join forces for a split album entitled “Under Command” to be released the 8th of December via Metal Blade Records!  

Wresting the Revelation of Futility from Canadian Black/Death Metallers DIRE OMEN is out now on Dark Descent Records.  

Tod & Teufel, the newest album from German death metal act ARROGANZ, is out now on FDA Rekotz. Called a “a heavy, emotional, and raw album that is sure to keep dropping jaws for decades to come,” Tod & Teufel bears the unholy markings of a future death metal classic.  

After combing through the desert of releases out now, especially just released on Bandcamp, the slav- Staff! here at Metal Machine were asked, not forced!, to find even more $5 and under deals on that treasure trove of musical talent! Same rules will apply, it has to be $5/less or NYOP/FREE, or less than 4 in foreign currency. Simple, easy to remember, and CHEAP. Welcome to my Part 2…