Soaked in blood and craving more, North Carolina’s melodic death metal masters AETHER REALM have undergone a violent transformation, emerging with their ferocious new album Season of Bloodshed, to be unleashed December 11th, 2026 via Napalm Records. Since the band’s 2020 album Redneck Vikings From Hell, AETHER REALM have held on by the skin of their teeth through international turmoil and personnel changes. These experiences inject a stark existentialism to Season of Bloodshed, thematically exploring their rage induced transformation. From its first heartbeats, the album bares its bloody teeth, leaping out revitalized, determined, and simmering with anger all with their trademark complex melodies, ferocious guitar attack, and cinematic string arrangements.