Metal News for January 21, 2016
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33 news articles posted on this day.
Dream Theater Streaming "Moment Of Betrayal"
Dream Theater just released another new song from the band's impending double disc album "The Astonishing."
Check out the single "Moment Of Betrayal" in the YouTube player provided below.
Previously posted song "The Gift Of Music" is also still available for streaming at this location.
"The Astonishing" is almost here, with a January 29th, 2016 release date set through Roadrunner Records.
Vampires Everywhere Covers "Take Me To Church"
Vampires Everywhere just dropped a cover of Hozier’s breakout hit “Take Me To Church,” featuring Chelsea Grin’s Alex Koehler.
This is the second piece of new music to be revealed off of the band’s forthcoming full-length, "Ritual," which will see a release date of March 18th, 2016. Previously posted track "Black Betty" can also be heard over here.
Vocalist Michael Orlando comments: “The first time I heard Hozier sing ‘Take Me To Church’ I knew I had to cover it! I also knew I needed one of my homies to collab with me. The first person that came to mind was Alex Koehler (Chelsea Grin), he's one of my best friends and his scream is evil as fuck. I've been wanting to collab with him for years and I'm beyond excited with the outcome. The lyrics to this song are amazing and I'm thankful I was able to put my spin on it.”
The "Ritual" album's full track listing is as follows:
1. Perfect Lie
2. Violent World
3. Black Betty
4. Take Me To Church (ft. Alex Koehler of Chelsea Grin)
5. The Ghost Inside My Head
6. Truth In You
7. The Demon Inside Me
8. 9 Lives
9. American Nightmare More...
Cry Excess Posts "Unto Death" Video
Luxor Record's metal band Cry Excess has released a new music video for latest single, "Unto Death." The single comes fro 2015 full-length release, "Ambition Is The Shit," which showcases the outfit's unique sound.
Cry Excess comments: "This is our favorite song of the album. We truly believe it fully represents ourselves an it's the visceral connection between us all. We'd like to inspire people to listen to the inward voice and do whatever makes them feel special or unique. 'Unto Death' is a clarion call to those who insist on bettering themselves and their loved ones and their life." More...
Whorid Streaming "Harbinger Of False Promises"
Philadelphia's "self-harm electronics" act Whorid - the solo project of Daniel Suffering, also a core contributing member of Theologian - presents to the dying world his definitive full-length album, "Bloated Pig Carcass In A Shallow Wake," set for release through Annihilvs Power Electronix in February 14th.
An ever-deepening descent into the cruel mind of the rejected, Whorid's "Bloated Pig Carcass In A Shallow Wake" is unrelenting in its darkness, seething with unbridled contempt, and stands panting at the threshold of your worst imaginings, with nine tracks totaling just under one hour of auditory torment.
In advance of its imminent release, check out sixth track, "Harbinger Of False Promises," in the player below. The album's full track listing is as follows:
1. To The Death Sentence Of Abandonment
2. I Never Loved You; I Suffered You
3. Incessant Decay
4. Ochlophobia
5. Self-Medicating Isolation
6. Harbinger Of False Promises
7. Capture
8. Meek Death
9. Nothing Is Left More...
Misteyes Signs With Maple Metal
Hailing from Turin, Italy the light and dark metal band Misteyes has signed a worldwide deal with Canadian label Maple Metal Records to release debut album “Creeping Time” on April 8th.
The new album consists of 12 songs, with the finalized track listing and album cover art to be revealed shortly. Maple Metal Records comments:
"Misteyes is unique in the sense of having 2 front persons, male and female co-lead vocalists. But, as the day could not exist without the night, in each part of the music, contrast is the fundamental element.
"In 2012, the band started out having a melodic death/black metal sound, but the path changed radically in 2014, with the decision to add a female co-lead vocalist, and a keyboard player to the project. In 2015 this musical evolution came to a fundamental point, and now a 7-member band, Misteyes decided to sum this all up with a debut album. This is how 'Creeping Time' was born." More...
The Bendal Interlude Announces Shows With Conan
The Bendal Interlude is excited to announce the band will embark on a spring tour of the U.K. with the doom legends from Conan.
The trek, which is dubbed "The Majestic Hammer Tour," will be in support of forthcoming album "The Reign of the Unblinking Eye," due to be released on April 1st, 2016 via Black Bow Records. The Bendal Interlude guitarist Stu Taylor comments:
"We’re all very excited to be going out on tour with our mates Conan! We’ve known these men for years and have played on bills together before, back in the early days of both bands. We shared a stage at Conan’s first ever show in 2007, so it’s great to be gigging out with them again and supporting them on such a beast of a tour!
"We’ll be showcasing our new album ‘The Reign Of The Unblinking Eye,’ which will be released April 1st through Black Bow Records, and we can’t wait to unleash the new set out to new crowds across the UK. Playing live is what Bendal’s all about and we very much look forward to cracking plenty of rafters and beers out there. Join us!"
Pre-order "The Reign of the Unblinking Eye" at this location and catch the band live on these dates: More...
Rotten Sound Chides All The "Lazy Asses"
The Finnish grindcore veterans from Rotten Sound have unveiled new details for the release of their upcoming full-length, "Abuse to Suffer."
The album, the band's first new record in five years, will be released by Season of Mist in North America on March 25th. A track titled "Lazy Asses" can also be heard below.
Regarding the new track, Rotten Sound vocalist Keijo Niinimaa comments: "Our first track starts with an intro by our friend Heikki Järvi, who also did the samples for 'Exit' in 2004. We did not ask for anything specific, but somehow the disturbing sounds he created are setting the exactly right mood for this song, which is one of the most aggressive tracks on our new album. Even by our standards, 'Lazy Asses' kicks in pretty explosively: fast guitars, blasting drums and an opening grunt, which was strongly influenced by the beginning of the 'Brain Corrosion' album by Dead Infection. It is Sami's song, who openly admits that the idea for this grunting stems from our Polish friends, and I recall that he used their scream on the original demo."
Niinimaa continues: "Everything about 'Lazy Asses' revolves around grind and that is the reason why we placed it at the start although there are other ingredients on this album. The title is pointing a finger at the ultimate waste of money and time: free-riders in the politics. I am sure everyone can easily name a few of them." More...
Fault Lines Streaming New Single
Metalcore outfit Fault Lines just released a new single off the band’s forthcoming EP "Such Is Life." The single, entitled “Equal Parts,” features Silent Planet vocalist Garrett Russel and will be the fifth song off the January 26th release. Screamer Corey Pettit comments:
"This EP is a collection of songs that open up a dialogue about various feelings or things that we as humans have to deal with in our lives, that aren't exactly positive. We didn't want to sugar-coat the content so a lot of it comes off as cynical or melancholy, but it's honest which is what we were going for.
"The release deals with addiction, anxiety, fighting complacency and a few other subjects that are harsh realities of the world we live in. We hope that you find some solace in knowing that you are not alone in these issues and that you can get through it. That's the main idea of this EP... You will get past it and move on, and it's worth it to.” More...
Fallen Angels Streams "Into The Abyss"
Seattle, WA thrash band Fallen Angel is today streaming new single "Into The Abyss" in support of third studio release "World In Decay," produced by Grammy award winning metal producer/engineer Michael Rosen (Forbidden, Testament, Death Angel, Flotsam and Jetsam, Tesla, Vicious Rumors).
"World In Decay" is out via indie label Cyberdyne Records and follows 2010's |Engines of Oppression." The track listing is as follows:
1. The Hammer's Blow (4:25)
2. Nightmare (4:58)
3. Forsaken Existence (5:05)
4. Leading the Blind (4:36)
5. Fire At Eden's Gate (6:13)
6. Into The Abyss (5:39)
7. The Hour of the Time (5:40)
8. Mortis Ex Machina (4:28) More...
Bury Tomorrow Discusses "Earthbound"
Bury Tomorrow's singer, Dani Winter-Bates, discusses the band's "Top 5 things" in the second "Earthbound" video trailer, which can be seen below.
A previously released teaser trailer can also be seen at this location. "Earthbound" will launch next week on January 29th, 2916 through Nuclear Blast.
Boris And Merzbow Releasing Collaborative Album
Renowned Japanese innovators Boris and Merzbow have teamed up with Relapse for their new collaborative 2xCD/4xLP "Gensho."
Named after the Japanese word for phenomenon, "Gensho" is a unique release featuring over one-hundred-and-fifty minutes of new music spread across two CDs and four LPs (available as two separate double LP sets or a deluxe 4xLP edition).
The Boris songs are percussion-less reinventions of classic tracks from the band's storied catalog, while Merzbow's tracks are entirely new compositions. The two sets are intended to be played at the same time at varying volumes so that the listener can experience their own "gensho/phenomenon" every time. The artists also commented, "of course you can enjoy both albums as a separate work."
The droning experimentation of "Gensho" is due out worldwide this coming March 18th via Relapse Records. More...
Immortal Bird Announces U.S. Shows
Chicago's Immortal Bird will bring a sonic plague back to the stage on a first run of 2016 live takeovers now confirmed.
Slated to commence on April 8th in Columbus, Ohio, this latest tour will find the band trampling through thirteen cities, with the trek to conclude on April 20th in Lafayette, Indiana.
Immortal Bird will be joined by comrades from the New York City experimental death metal band Pyrrhon. Further Immortal Bird onstage invasions are to be announced in the coming weeks. More...
Gygax Scores A "Critical Hit"
"Critical Hits," the debut LP from Ventura, California's ex-Gypsyhawk ragers Gygax is out this week through Creator-Destructor Records, and in celebration, the entire album has been unleashed upon the masses early.
With the band moniker residing as a tribute to the creator of Dungeons & Dragons, Gygax delivers a straightforward but triumphant hybrid of classic rock and heavy metal, heavily steeped in the imagery of fantasy literature and role playing games. Picking up where Gypsyhawk left off, the band's sound is rooted in the musical stylings of metallic '70s rockers Thin Lizzy and Deep Purple, with equal parts metal and boogie-inducing groove.
The following "Critical Hits" release shows are also now confirmed:
1/22/2016 DOGT Gallery - Oakland, CA w/ Wilderness Dream
1/23/2016 Shae's Tavern - Reno, NV w/ Wilderness Dream
1/29/2016 Bombays Bar - Ventura, CA w/ Wilderness Dream, Rubberneck Lions More...
Lost Society Posts Track-By-Track Video
Finland's Lost Society just released a new track-by-track video covering several tracks off upcoming album "Braindead," which will drop on February 12th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast.
In the first episode - available below - Samy Elbanna provides you with background information on the album’s first three tracks:
01. I Am The Antidote
02. Riot
03. Mad Torture
Akhenaten Posts Time Lapse Art Video
Manitou Springs, CO based project Akhenaten is now sharing with fans a time-lapse art video for debut album "Incantations Through the Gates of Irkalla," featuring artwork crafted by Diamond Starr Austin.
In addition, Akhenaten is offering fans a free download of the track "Ninurta: The Fall Of Anzu" at this location.
"Incantations Through the Gates of Irkalla" is out now via Satanath Records (Russia), Murdher Records (Italy) along with Darzamadicus Records (Macedonia) and can be downloaded on all major online retailers. The track listing is:
1. Incantations Through The Gates of Irkalla (4:07)
2. The Watchers (2:29)
3. Enlil: Lugal Kurk Ur Ra (3:06)
4. Ninurta: The Fall of Anzu (6:53)
5. The Passage Through Flames (6:23)
6. Brahma Astra (5:49)
7. Anunnaki (5:16)
8. Apkallu: Seven of the Abzu (4:15)
9. Mis Pi (3:44)
10. Golden Palace of the Lamassu (8:02)
11. Abu Simbel (2:28)
12. Anubis (Septicflesh Cover) (4:05) More...
The Glorious Rebellion Announces U.S. Shows
Sludge metal band The Glorious Rebellion is happy to announce an impending tour of the U.S. East Coast this spring.
The tour will be in support of new album "Euphoric," which is also due to be released in April via Magnetic Eye Records. You can hear the first single "Benaqyl" over here.
Band founder Billy Myers said about the tour: "We're really excited to get on the road with our friends Bardus to play our new record in front of new faces, drink ColdCock whiskey, and raise some hell. It's gonna be a killer time."
04.01 - Midtown Speakeasy - Tallahassee, FL
04.02 - 529 - Atlanta, GA
04.03 - TBA - Charlotte, NC
04.04 - The Golden Pony - Harrisonburg, VA
04.05 - Sidebar - Baltimore, MD
04.06 - The Waiting Room - Philadelphia, PA
04.07 - The Hook Up - Virginia Beach, VA
04.08 - Wonderland - Richmond, VA
04.09 - Scrap Iron Gallery - Wilmington, NC
04.10 - TBA - Savannah, GA More...
Atmospheres Releases "Satellite" Video
Belgian progressive/post metal group Atmospheres just released a music video for “Satellite,” one of the ten tracks that make up the band’s second full-length album “The Departure.” Check it out below. The album's full track listing is as follows:
1. Sun
2. The Farthest Star
3. Void
4. Into Orbit
5. Laniakea
6. Satellite
7. The Departure
8. Direction
9. The Arrival
10. Vapor Trail More...
Centipede Releasing "Sarnath" Album
Centipede just released a music video for "Drown," taken off the upcoming "Sarnath" album and available for viewing below. Inverse Records comments:
"Centipede is a heavy hitting stoner metal trio from Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 2011, they have released two well received EP’s and a 7” split. 'Sarnath' is the Centipede's debut full-length album that resumes from where the band left off with their previous 'Brazen Bull' EP.
"8 songs of heavy stoner metal brings together the different sides of Centipede: slow stomping and fast pummeling. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, part of the record forms a story of a doomed city that also gives its name to the album.
"In addition to a digital release there will be a small batch of CDs and with the record release a two-song 12" vinyl single that comes with a download code for the whole album. The album is released March 4th 2016 by Inverse Records." More...
Metal Allegiance Playing Bloodstock Festival
Bloodstock's 2016 festival will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on August 11th - 14th and now three more bands have been added to the lineup. The festival's organizers comment:
"The Metal Allegiance project joins the bill! You never know who’ll show up on stage at a Metal Allegiance show, but the line-up confirmed so far includes Testament’s Alex Skolnick, Death Angel’s Mark Osegueda, Anthrax’s Scott Ian & Charlie Benante, Russell Allen from Symphony X, Gary Holt from Slayer & Exodus, Mike Portnoy of Twisted Sister/numerous other projects, plus Metal Allegiance leader, Mark Menghi. Who else might step into their ranks for the day? You’ll have to be at Bloodstock to find out!!"
Mike Portnoy adds, “I'm so excited for Metal Allegiance to make their UK debut at one of the most metal festivals on Earth! The perfect audience to share this brotherhood of metal with."
Also joining the 2016 line-up are Atlanta’s Stuck Mojo and New Orleans metal outfit Goatwhore. This trio of bands joins the previously announced Mastodon, Twisted Sister, Slayer, Behemoth, Anthrax, Gojira, Dragonforce, and Satyricon. More...
Boys Night Out Signs With Good Fight
Good Fight Music today welcomes Boys Night Out to the label's family. The alliance between Boys Night Out and the Good Fight team extends back to the early '00s.
Founded in 2000 in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, the post-hardcore band put out six releases between 2000 and 2007, including four on Ferret Music, the scene-reigning label owned and operated by the guys who would go on to form Good Fight.
The band burned bright through those years, touring the world with My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Saves the Day, and other titans of that era. On hiatus for almost a decade now, Boys Night Out returns in 2016 with a new EP, "Black Dogs," coming soon on Good Fight. View the trailer below.
Good Fight owner Carl Severson gives this statement: "Boys Night Out were some of the most creative, passionate, and honest musicians I ever worked with. They just wanted to write and play and have fun, and they stopped when it didn't feel right anymore. I always respected that. They wrote this new EP, 'Black Dogs,' because years later it felt right again, and I'm honored we're able to be a part of their music again." More...
Divinity Embarks On A "Manhunt"
Taking flashlights and a simple HD cam, Calgary, AB death metal band Divinity has created one of the cheapest but very much fulfilling music videos of the group's career.
Check out the "Manhunt" clip below in support of upcoming EP "The Immortalist Part 2. Momentum," which is set to be unleashed on February 5th. Vocalist Sean Jenkins comments on the video:
"We're very excited to release a new music video for our upcoming EP release! This video is raw, in your face, and will leave no doubt in your mind that we are back, stronger than ever. We're also very proud of the fact that we self produced and directed this video all in our band room using flashlights and an HD Cam. Who says you need a 10K budget to make a music video? We surely don't think so. Crank this new video up and rock on!"
"The Immortalist Part 2. Momentum" was produced by Divinity and mixed and mastered by Chris Donaldson (Cryptopsy) at The Grid studio in Montreal along with artwork created by Justin Totemical. The EP is also part of a trilogy series that will lead up to a full length release later in 2016. The track listing is:
1. Manhunt (4:24)
2. PsyWar (6:34)
3. DMT (7:33)
4. Momentum (5:26) More...
Ragnarok Unveils "Psychopathology"
Iconic Norwegian black metallers Ragnarok have announced album details of their eagerly anticipated eighth studio installment, "Psychopathology." The record is set for release on March 25th via Agonia Records and is now available to pre-order via the label's webshop. The band that has been active for over twenty years on the metal scene, have completed work on their new album in Endarker Studio (Sweden) with Marduk's bassist Devo behind the console. Cover artwork made by Marcelo Vasco (Slayer, Machine Head, Dimmu Borgir) and track listing are available below.
Ragnarok took everyone by surprise announcing a bold role-swap in their line-up. "Psychopathology" will be the first album in Ragnarok's history that doesn't feature founder Jontho on drums. Having taken over the role of frontman, his place behind the drum kit is taken by Dauden drummer Malignant, who joined the band in 2014. Bolverk, is on guitars, and DezeptiCunt makes his swansong appearance with the band on bass as he leaves to concentrate on new projects.
Founder and frontman Jontho had this to say about what fans can expect from the album: "Your wait will finally come to an end in 2016 when we release 'Psychopathology,' our eighth full-length album. I can say with absolute certainty that this album will be the best in Ragnarok's career to date. It is the result of dedication, hard work, and the musical skills of our lineup, and is the next stage in the band's development, both musically and lyrically. 'Psychopathology' is about to unleash total chaos upon you as it invites you to dive deeper into the dark recesses of the human mind".
The track list and cover art can be found below:
1. Dominance and Submission
2. I Hate
3. Psychopathology
4. My Creator
5. Infernal Majesty
6. Heretic
7. Into The Abyss
8. The Eighth Of The Seven Plagues
9. Lies
10. Blood
11. Where Dreams Come To Die More...
Hammer Fight Reveal Details Of New Album
Hard rock/metal act Hammer Fight will release the second full length release and Napalm Records debut "Profound and Profane" on March 25th. The band issued details on the release, including the artwork and track list featured below. Pre-orders for the new album are available at this location.
If you have been living under a rock, Hammer Fight is a bunch whiskey-drinkin', beer guzzlin' bros who spawned from New Jersey. The band brings a sound that many kids these days may have missed; hard rockin' metal. Versatile enough to share the stage with the most extreme death metal acts to classic hard rock bands and everything in between, Hammer Fight is ready to make an impression on the today's heavy music scene.
The artwork for "Profound and Profane" was created by Raf the Might. Vocalist/Bassist Drew Murphy on the album artwork: "We're very happy to unveil the cover art for 'Profound and Profane.' Raf The Might did an incredible job. He really captured the theme of the record. And for the more savvy music consumers who purchase a physical copy, not only will you get a more expanded view of the cover art, you'll also get more amazing artwork from Mark Richards (heavyhandillustration.com) and The Living Corpse Crew (corpse-crew.com). The music is mad sweet too."
The track list for the album is:
1. Picking Up Change
2. Target Acquired
3. Into the Dark
4. Good Times in Dark Ages
5. Gods of Rock n' Roll
6. Low & Broken
7. Private Stock
8. The Ultimate Sacrifice
9. Cell Mates
10. West Side Story
11. The Crate
12. Cult of Conceit More...
Messenger Signs With InsideOutMusic
London-based progressive, psychedelic rockers Messenger have signed to InsideOutMusic for the release of the forthcoming second album "Threnodies," which is due out on April 22nd, 2016. Details of the album are expected shortly.
The band had this to say about the signing and new album: "We're very excited about our new journey with InsideOut and we hope that this new venture will take the band to the next level. Our new album 'Threnodies' was written and recorded over three months at Orgone Studios in London with our drummer Jaime Gomez Arellano handling the production and engineering duties. We like to think of it as an evolution of our first release 'Illusory Blues'. We went to places we haven't been before, while still keeping our identity. It's a modern day mix of progressive rock, hard rock and psychedelia."
The 5-piece band released the debut album "Illusory Blues" in 2014 to much acclaim, with the band winning the "Limelight" award at the Progressive Music Awards that year, and being nominated for Best New Band at the Classic Rock Awards in 2015. Q Magazine called their debut "an intriguing and impressive first album", while The Guardian said "they straddle the supermassive black hole between prog and folk." More...
Signum Regis Issues "Quitters Never Win" Video
Slovakian melodic power metal act Signum Regis released a new music video for the track "Quitters Never Win." The song appears on the band's latest release "Chapter IV: The Reckoning," which was issued back in November 2015 via Ulterium Records.
The video made by Filip Kolus and filmed by Tommy Konig and Signum Regis. The track's special audio remix and remastering was performed by Ronnie Konig. Check out the clip here:
Raubtier To Release Fifth Studio LP "Barsarkagang"
Swedish industrial metal war machine Raubtier (German for "predator") will issue the fifth full length album "Barsarkagang" on February 19th via Despotz Records.
The trio's (Hulkoff - Vocals, guitar, Kjellgren - Bass and drummer, Buffeln) first physical North American release, "Barsarkagang" was produced by the band and recorded at Terrorfabriken in Hasparanda and Black Lounge Studios in Parlby. Jonas Kjellgren mixed the album at Black Lounge. It is the third Raubtier release to feature Scar Symmetry guitarist Jonas Kjellgren on bass. "Joining Raubtier was not like joining any other band I've been in, it's more like a brotherhood of men made out of steel!," says Kjellgren.
From the aggressive, industrialized coldness of current single "Bothniablod" ("Bothnia Blood," which refers to the Swedish-Finnish borderlands and the Gulf of Bothnia) to the military march of "Den Sista Kulan" ("The Last Bullet") and the epic traditional metal attack of "Tropaion" straight through to the proto thrash metal maelstrom that is "Praetoria," Barsarkagang hits it's mark, no matter the language.
Barsarkagang follows "Bestia Borealis," a "best of" compilation of sorts released in late 2014, helping the band find an audience outside of Sweden for the first time. The album was met with overwhelmingly favorable reviews and resulted in an upshot of thousands of new sales and more than a million Spotify streams. All of this despite the band's insistence upon Hulkoff's insistence upon singing in his native Swedish. Hulkoff explains, "I find it both challenging and rewarding to write and sing in my native tongue. The primeval force, the "urkraft" of the old north, is still dwelling inside the Scandinavian languages. I am constantly seeking that power."
More information on the album is expected soon. More...
Beastmaker Reveals Debut Full Length LP Details
"In a world of pop music we are freaks. We do everything completely opposite of what the current formula of doing things is. We recorded and produced everything ourselves with no outside influences. We play a style of music that is underground. We are all freaks of nature." So proclaims Beastmaker singer, guitarist and mastermind Trevor William Church. Hence the title of Beastmaker's debut full length release: "Lusus Naturae," or "Freak Of Nature." "When you think differently and do things unconventionally, you are an outsider," he ventures. "We wanted to bring a natural essence back into music the best way we could in a digital world." "Lusus Naturae" is set for a March 26th release via Rise Above Records.
Beastmaker hails from the unlikely locale of Fresno, California. Sweating profusely in a parched no man's land about three and a half hours northeast of Los Angeles, the city isn't exactly a cultural mecca-and yet it's the birthplace of Hollywood outsiders and weirdos like Sid Haig, Slim Pickens and director Sam Peckinpah. Still, it suffers from an unsurprising dearth of musicians interested in heavy rock. Though Church had the concept for Beastmaker as far back as 2006, it wasn't until he and drummer Andres Alejandro Saldate, a.k.a. Juan Bonham, hooked up with bassist John Tucker in 2014 that the band was fully realized. "I was really inspired by old bands and metal," Church explains. "From the Zombies to Slayer, from Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons to Black Sabbath. I was really into NWOBHM and what bands like Witchcraft are doing now. After many failed attempts and at least five bands in between, we found John and finally had a solid lineup." More...
Chronos Zero Posts "Hollowlands" Preview Clip
Italy's Chronos Zero posted a preview clip for the new release "Hollowlands - The Tears Path: Chapter One," which is set to drop tomorrow, January 22nd via Scarlet Records. Our review for the album can be read at this location.
The album is the first to feature the new vocal team of Manuel Guerrieri (Crawling Chaos, Hortus Animae) and Margherita Leardini, both having joined the band in 2014.
"Hollowlands - The Tears Path: Chapter One" was mixed and mastered by producer Simone Mularoni (DGM) at Domination Studios in San Marino and features guests appearances by Mularoni himself, Matt Marinelli (Borealis) and Jan Manenti (Love.Might.Kill.).
The track listing is as follows:
1. The Compression of Time (see lyric video here)
2. Fracture
3. Shattered
4. On the Tears of Path
5. Who Are You? (A Shape of Nothingness)
6. Who Am I? (Overcame by Blackwater Rain)
7. Ruins of the Memories of Fear
8. Phalanx of Madness
9. Oblivion, Pt. 1 - The Underworld
10. Oblivion, Pt. 2 - The Trial of Maat
11. Oblivion, Pt. 3 - The Harp
12. The Fall of the Balance
13. Near the Nightmare
14. From Chaos to Chaos
Check out the preview clip here: More...
Circus Maximus Bears "The Weight"
Norweigian progressive metal act Circus Maximus is streaming the new single "The Weight." The song is the opening track from the upcoming new release via Frontiers Music Srl "Havoc," the eagerly anticipated new album from Circus Maximus due out March 18th.
The track list for the album is:
1. The Weight
2. Highest Bitter
3. Havoc
4. Pages
5. Flames
6. Loved Ones
7. After The Fire
8. Remember
9. Chivalry
Check out "The Weight" here: More...
Almyrkvi Premieres New Song "Shrouded In Blinding
Icelandic black metal project Almyrkvi premieres a new song and music video for "Shrouded In Blinding Light", taken from the upcoming new EP "Pupil Of The Searing Maelstrom", which will be out in February on CD and 12? vinyl by Ván Records.
Check out now "Shrouded In Blinding Light" below.
Cirith Gorgor Premieres New Music Video (NSFW)
Dutch black metal act Cirith Gorgor premieres a new NSFW music video for "Wille Zur Macht", taken from the upcoming new album "Visions Of Exalted Lucifer", which will be out in stores February 19 via Hammerheart Records.
Check out now "Wille Zur Macht" below.
Atrament Premieres New Song "No Beyond"
Bay Area blackened d-beat outfit Atrament - featuring former and current members of bands like Abstracter, Vastum, Necrot, and Moral Void - premieres a new song entitled "No Beyond", taken from the upcoming debut LP "Eternal Downfall", which will be out in stores March 4 via Sentient Ruin Laboratories (digital), Broken Limbs (USA vinyl), and Argento Records (EU vinyl).
Check out now "No Beyond" below.
The track list for Eternal Downfall is as follows: More...
Convulse Premieres Lyric Video "Cycle of Revenge"
Finnish death metal outfit Convulse premieres a lyric video for the title track of the band's upcoming new album "Cycle of Revenge", which will be out in stores March 18 via Svart Records.
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