TOMBSTALKER

TOMBSTALKER Announce New Album “Chaos Monolith”: Out September 25 via Awakening Records
US death metal outfit TOMBSTALKER will release their sophomore full-length album, Chaos Monolith, on September 25, 2026, via Awakening Records in CD and digital formats. Adirondack Black Mass Records will handle the vinyl release, and Bat Magick Records will handle the cassette release.

Formed in 2008 in Lexington, Kentucky, TOMBSTALKER emerged from the collaboration between Chuck McIntyre and Anton Escobar with a vision rooted in raw, aggressive extreme metal. Over the years, the band developed a distinctive sound combining d-beat driven blackened death metal with influences drawn from Swedish death metal, UK crust, and South American thrash traditions.
Following early demos and splits on various underground labels, TOMBSTALKER released their debut full-length Black Crusades in 2015 via Shadow Kingdom Records and Hells Headbangers. The band maintained an active live presence across the United States, including multiple East Coast tours, a full US tour in 2016, and numerous festival appearances.
Subsequent releases, including the Chaotic Devotion EP (2017), were followed by a hiatus due to lineup changes. During this period, members remained active in other projects such as ROTTING KINGDOM and PYROMANCER, while continuing to develop new material for the band’s eventual return.

In 2022, TOMBSTALKER re-emerged with new members Clay Rice and Matt Morris, releasing the Age of Darkness EP in 2023 via Boris Records. Drummer Dustin Boltjes later joined the lineup, contributing to the recording of the band’s upcoming full-length.
On Chaos Monolith, TOMBSTALKER delivers a concentrated evolution of their established sound - combining d-beat intensity, blackened death metal aggression, and crushing old-school death metal weight. The album’s themes explore dystopian warfare, demonic imagery, technological decay, and the psychological collapse of civilization, continuing the band’s long-standing narrative direction.
Rather than reinventing their foundation, TOMBSTALKER refine and intensify it, presenting eight tracks of relentless, groove-driven extremity that highlight both their experience and sharpened songwriting focus.

Tracklist:
1. Chaos Monolith
2. Inexorable Slaughter
3. Fully Armed and Filthy
4. Unto the Anvil of War
5. Warp Storm Imminent
6. Penitent Engine
7. Iron Within Iron Without
8. Eternal Enslavement

Album Credits:
Conqueror Horus: Vocals, Guitars
Gruftspüre: Guitars
Defiler: Bass
Storm Bolter: Drums, Synths, Cinematics

All music written and performed by TOMBSTALKER
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jason Groves at Sneak Attack Studios
Cover art by Ola Larsson
Interior illustration by Anton Escobar
Photography by Estill Robinson
Design and layout by Arioch

Band bio:
Formed in 2008 in Lexington, Kentucky, TOMBSTALKER have spent nearly two decades forging a unique path in extreme metal, blending d-beat aggression with blackened death metal foundations. Their sound combines the grit of Swedish death metal, the heaviness of UK crust and death metal, and the ferocity of South American thrash.
After a series of early releases and extensive touring across the United States, the band returned in the 2020s with renewed energy and a strengthened lineup, culminating in their upcoming second full-length Chaos Monolith - a record that continues their exploration of dystopian warfare, corruption, and technological decay.
FFO: ENTOMBED, BOLT THROWER, NECROPHOBIC, INTESTINE BAALISM, SEPULTURA, AT THE GATES, DISCHARGE, WOLFBRIGADE, etc.

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