NUNSLAUGHTER – Satanic Chaos Legions

RELEASE YEAR: 2026
BAND URL: https://nunslaughter.bandcamp.com/

For more insights into the upcoming release, checkout our interview with Don of the Dead here: https://eternal-terror.com/2026/06/19/nunslaughter-interview/

Primitive, punishing, and proudly stuck in its ways—Satanic Chaos Legions is less a progression and more a ritual reaffirmation of everything Nunslaughter stand for. Nearly four decades into their blasphemous existence, the Cleveland veterans return with Satanic Chaos Legions, a title that tells you everything and nothing at once and it represents their reaffirmation through fire.

Released June 26, 2026 via BLKIIBLK, the album is the band’s first full-length since 2021 and continues their long-standing devotion to what they themselves dub “Devil Metal”. Fourteen tracks, most of them short, sharp and violently to the point, form a relentless barrage that rarely exceeds the three-minute mark and relates to their punk/death/thrash infused roots.

From the opening title track, Satanic Chaos Legions wastes no time. It’s a crude, ripping statement of intent—razorsharpriffs, caveman drumming, and Don of the Dead barking out anti-Christian vitpoison riol with limited levels of subtlety. This is not music designed for nuance; it’s music designed for impact and it’s obvious on tracks like “Unsacrament” and “Peukharist”.

One can find that the album can be placed somewhere between first-wave black metal attitude and death metal brutality, with a touch of punk. Perhaps an early Slayer worship colliding with the raw nihilism of the Earth A.D. era Misfits—and then stripped of any remaining polish. The production is intentionally rough, giving the record a live, almost rehearsal-room violence that suits the material perfectly. There are moments where the formula risks overstaying its welcome. Fourteen tracks of this intensity, with minimal variation, can blur together, but that’s also part of the charm. Nunslaughter have never been about diversity—they’re about devotion. Which is absolute here.

Lyrically, there are no surprises. Titles like “Jesus Fucking Dies,” “Rotten Messiah,” and “The Spear of Satan” make it abundantly clear that subtlety remains absent. The band’s known mission statement—to “spit venom and blistering hatred” at organized religion—rhas remained unchanged. In the context of modern extreme metal—where technicality and atmospheric ambition often dominate—Satanic Chaos Legions feels almost defiant in its simplicity. It’s ugly, direct, and unapologetically old-school. No gimmicks, no reinvention, no compromise.