Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
ARTIST: Exumer
ALBUM: Death Mask Messiah
RELEASE DATE: 08/28/2026
US Store: metalblade.indiemerch.com/collections/exumer
EU Store: shop.metalblade.de/collections/exumer
01. Death Mask Messiah (00:00)
02. Blinding Skies (03:46)
03. Sin Bleeder (07:48)
04. Eradication (10:58)
05. Ravishing Waste (14:17)
06. Allocated Savagery (18:11)
07. Serpent (21:37)
08. Fratricide (25:58)
09. Scorcher (29:40)
10. Frozen Ground (33:47)
11. Unchained Angel (38:23)
ARTIST: Exumer
ALBUM: Death Mask Messiah
RELEASE DATE: 08/28/2026
US Store: metalblade.indiemerch.com/collections/exumer
EU Store: shop.metalblade.de/collections/exumer
01. Death Mask Messiah (00:00)
02. Blinding Skies (03:46)
03. Sin Bleeder (07:48)
04. Eradication (10:58)
05. Ravishing Waste (14:17)
06. Allocated Savagery (18:11)
07. Serpent (21:37)
08. Fratricide (25:58)
09. Scorcher (29:40)
10. Frozen Ground (33:47)
11. Unchained Angel (38:23)


![Broken By The Scream - 花鏑 -HANAKABURA- (Visualizer)
Metal Blade Recordsより、Broken By The Screamの第一弾シングル『HANAKABURA』がリリース!
最新のワンマンライブ映像を交えた貴重な映像とともに、ぜひお楽しみください!
Exploding out of Japan’s heavy music underground with a sound that seamlessly collides idol-style vocals, blistering metalcore precision and unrelenting extreme metal intensity, Broken By The Scream continue their rapid ascent with the release of their new single, 花鏑[HANAKABURA], streaming everywhere on July 24th, the track marks their first offering for Metal Blade Records. Featuring the dynamic four-vocalist lineup of Tsubaki Nanaougi, Shizuku Mikogami, Yayoi Takayashiki and Io Nozukidaira, the track captures the band’s signature contrast of soaring melodies, vicious screams, and punishing metallic aggression while pushing their sound to even greater heights.
The band found inspiration for the track after their signing to Metal Blade, which they viewed as a new beginning for the group. Everyone in Broken By The Scream is truly excited and honored to release music through Metal Blade Records,” comments the troop. “In ancient Japan, there was a special type of arrow called a Kaburaya, which was traditionally used to signal the beginning of a battle. The title HANAKABURA is our own original word, inspired by the image of a Kaburaya arrow cutting through falling cherry blossom petals. We feel it is the perfect song to mark the beginning of our own battle and a new chapter for the band.
Already renowned for their electrifying live performances and genre-defying approach, Broken By The Scream will bring “花鏑[HANAKABURA]” to audiences across their upcoming European and UK tour this summer, highlighted by a mainstage performance at Wacken Open Air, further cementing their reputation as one of the most unique and explosive acts in modern heavy music.
Catch the band live:
July 28, 2026 Helsinki, Finland – On The Rocks
July 29, 2026 Wacken, Germany – Wacken Open Air
July 31, 2026 Cologne, Germany – Yuca
August 1, 2026 Paris, France – Le Petit Bain
August 2, 2026 London, UK – Downstairs at the Dome
August 4, 2026 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Bitterzoet
August 6, 2026 Prague, Czechia – Rock Café
August 7, 2026 Wroclaw, Poland – Klasztor
August 8, 2026 Warsaw, Poland – Hybrydy
August 10, 2026 Budapest, Hungary – Durer Kert
August 11, 2026 Vienna, Austria – Szene Wien
August 13, 2026 Dinkelsbuhl, Germany – Summer Breeze
August 14, 2026 Sulingen, Germany – Reload Festival
Lyrics:
花鏑[ハナカブラ]
生命線は手のひらを超え 東京から世界まで
押せど引けど 辿りつかない日々
どこまで行けるか また迷い
キミの声 羅針盤だ
ひとつ またひとつずつ 町に灯りがともる
今宵もあなたと夢を見ていたい 幻にならないで
篝火揺れ 心奮い立つ 陣太鼓
痺れるほどの 刺激的な幕開け
命を燃やせ わたしらしく
呆れるほどの 花束を抱きしめて
今 その胸に 飛び込むから
暁に濡れた哀しみを そっと隠したまま
Break out!!
振り払え 痛みを 打ち砕け 孤独を
震える心に
勇気をください
あなたといないわたしも素敵でいたい
だけどさ あなたがいれば わたしは無敵になる
篝火揺れ 心奮い立つ 陣太鼓
舞い踊るように 美しく咲き誇れ
この手伸ばして あなたを待つ
誰より早く わたしを迎えに来て
その瞬間を待ち焦がれる
暁に眠る愛しさは 胸に溢れたまま
Break out!!
お前の刀はニセモノか?
お前の覚悟を見せてみな
お前の戦は今なんだ
お前のすべてを賭けてみな
心奮い立つ 陣太鼓
痺れるほどの 刺激的な幕開け
命を燃やせ わたしらしく
呆れるほどの 花束を抱きしめて
今 その胸に 飛び込むから
暁に濡れた哀しみを そっと隠したまま
Break out!!
Break out!! Break out!!
#brokenbythescream #kawaii #metalcore #extrememetal Broken By The Scream - 花鏑 -HANAKABURA- (Visualizer)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w-SrmazG0Dg/mqdefault.jpg)


![Psycroptic - No Blade of Grass (Drum Playthrough)
Buy here: http://www.metalblade.com/psycroptic
@Psycroptics Dave Haley performs No Blade of Grass from The Pulse of Annihilation.
Dave Haley plays:
Pearl Drums
Using a Decade Maple Series
Zidljian Cymbals
Using A, A Custom, Z3 & Oriental series
Chaos Drum Sticks
Dave Haley 2B Custom sticks
Precision Kicks
V2 Series Trigger
Czarcie Kopyto Pedals
Standard series
Remo Drum Skins
Pin Stripe and CS series
Produced by NJV Media @NJVMEDIA
“This one has a good blend of old-school PSYCROPTIC-style riffage and slightly sludge filled, loosey-goosey sections straight outta the classic death metal era,” remarks guitarist Joe Haley. “The whole thing is brought together with the choral/orchestral chorus. Something for everyone! Going to be a fun one to rip live!”
Bassist Todd Stern agrees, “It’s an unbelievably catchy tune! The main verse is one of my favorite bits on the whole record. Classic riffage, steam rolling the whole song forward with solid momentum all along. Badass.”
Adds vocalist Jason Peppiatt, “I had so much fun with this song as it was the first song that [vocalist Jason] Keyser had written for the band and it was awesome to have someone bring different ideas to the table than what I normally would. Vocally it’s nice and fast and has a real sick flow and groove to vocal parts.”
Across The Pulse of Annihilation, PSYCROPTIC sounds focused, disciplined, and fully aware of their trajectory. Complexity remains foundational, but it is now guided by compositional restraint and veteran confidence. With this release, the band reaffirm their status not merely as technical death metal stalwarts, but as architects actively shaping its future, proving that mastery, sharpened by time, only grows more lethal.
LYRICS:
Unseat the throne of hypocrisy
Who mourns when chaos dies
Relentless strife and delusion
Feeding fevered dreams of poisoned tribes
Who rise together a rancorous afterthought
Orate the funeral call
Every tool and motivation collected
Knowledge of generations
Capacity to become more than we are
A gift bestowed in blood
That we prefer to spill
Drown the land in our lost wisdom
Ripe for the taking
Yet left to rot on the vine
One beast and one alone
Watching ourselves from a distance
Shackled to amity
We gnaw our own limbs off
The diametric confidence
Of weaponizing ignorance
Complete control
An alignment came so close
But that is never who we are
Or where we stop and stand
No blade of grass
These ornate gods are all abundant
And for that we cannot forgive
Blindly we are bestowed as gods ourselves
A pantheon of the undead
Glorious return to form
That much closer to the end
Glorious return to form
That much closer to the end
Every tool and motivation
Collected knowledge of generations
Capacity to become more than we are
A gift bestowed in blood
That we prefer to spill
Drown the land in our lost wisdom
An alignment came so close
But that is never who we are
Where we choose to make a stand
No blade of grass remains Psycroptic - No Blade of Grass (Drum Playthrough)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wHtNRWptZhY/mqdefault.jpg)


![Lifesick - Love and Other Lies (FULL EP)
ARTIST: Lifesick
ALBUM: Love and Other Lies
RELEASE DATE: 01/12/2024
Listen / Buy: https://www.metalblade.com/lifesick
01. Every Unpleasant Emotion (00:00)
02. Rude Awakening [feat. Mark Whelan of Fuming Mouth] (04:19)
03. Reverse Birth [feat. Todd Jones of Nails] (07:22) Lifesick - Love and Other Lies (FULL EP)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wrCpsN_crFo/mqdefault.jpg)

