Orchid Announces New Album Release Date

Orchid is one of Bangalore’s (India) better known band from the live music scene and are well known for their unique music that blends the abstractness of Avant-Garde Music with Progressive elements combined with the intensity of Metal and Mathcore that makes them stand ground.

The band is now officially gearing up to release their album, "Miasama" this January 10, 2019. The band states, "The album was mixed by the Mumbai-based Apurv Agrawal (Shepherd, Death by Fungi, False Flag) and mastered by Colin Marston (Gorguts, Atheist, Origin, Krallice, Dysrhythmia) at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves studio in New York. The artwork was done by the band’s drummer and contains elements from every song the song on the album. Unlike their previous EP which touched upon themes of techno-surrealism, this album is more straightforward with sociopolitical themes."

Tracklisting:

1. Obsolescence
2. Solipsist
3. Master Supreme
4. Dead End
5. Identoid
6. Sugar Pill
7. Zero-Sum Game
8. Disassembly Line More...

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Nonpoint Posts New Music Video Online

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida based alternative metal outfit Nonpoint has posted a new music video online for the song, "Wheel Against Will." You can check it out below. The song comes from the band's latest studio album, "X" which was released this past Summer through Spinefarm Records.

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Aempyrean Premiere Full-Album Stream Of New EP

India based old school-rooted extreme metal act AEMPYREAN releases their debut EP, Fireborn, today from Cyclopean Eye Productions. You can now stream it below:

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Interview

Mark Tremonti Explains "A Dying Machine"

With a recording career that stretches back twenty five years, founding two of the most successful rock bands in recent memory and with a blistering and respected solo project under his belt, Mark Tremonti has become one of the most revered guitarists of recent times. Selling over fifty three million albums worldwide with Creed alone, Mark Tremonti has fought through every obstacle in his path to craft some of the most popular rock hits of the 21st century.

This year, Mark's eponymous solo band released the album, "A Dying Machine," a science fiction concept album that's paired with a novel Mark co wrote with John Shirley. It's a fascinating story of love, technology and freedom which comes together as a solid ball of rock and has so far delighted both listeners and readers. Last night, I caught up with Mark to discuss the album, the book, the success of his solo band and when we can expect to hear new material from Alter Bridge. You can watch the interview in full below.

Diamond Oz: The new album, "A Dying Machine" is out now and it's very special because it's not just an album, it's a book as well. Obviously a lot of thought and preparation has gone into this. How long how had you had this idea?

Mark Tremonti: I was on tour with Alter Bridge in Hungary and I was warming up and came across a chord progression a really liked and started singing along to it and the lyrics, "A dying machine" came out. I was reading the Dark Tower series at the time and in the third book, Wastelands, there's a scene where a giant, two thousand year old creature that's part machine is dying and I thought that was kind of cool concept, a machine dying. So I created this conversation between a man and a woman, the machine being the woman that was built and put on this Earth just to a partner of this man and she was getting old and falling apart while all she knows is to please this man, but he's kind of over it. I loved the journey that writing the song took me on and from that point on it just took off.

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Un Announce Mini-Tour w/ Chrch

Seattle, WA death-doom outfit Un announce tour dates with Sacramento, CA psychedelic doom giants, CHRCH (Neurot Recordings). The tour begins in Seattle, WA on February 17th and will lead both bands on a 5 day journey.

Tour dates:
2/17 - Seattle, WA, Substation
2/18 - Portland, OR, High Water Mark
2/19 - Eugene, OR, Old Nick's
2/20 - Eureka, CA, Siren's Song Tavern
2/21 - Sacramento, CA, Blue Lamp

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Frontier of Existence Premiere New Music Video

Frontier of Existence premiere a new music video for 'The Counterfeit', which was recorded in Marcin Pieklo's Heavens Sound studio in Bielsko-Biala, Poland.

Check out now "The Counterfeit" below.

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Ominous Eclipse Premiere New Lyric Video

Ominous Eclipse premiere a new lyric video for their track "Breaking The Chains", taken from their upcoming new album "Sinister", which was released this past September.

Check out now "Breaking The Chains" below.

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Glacial Tomb Winter Tour Dates Announced

Death metal trio Glacial Tomb announce a winter tour beginning on January 4th in Bozeman, MT. The tour will lead them down the Pacific Northwest, into California, and back to their home state of Colorado on January 12th.

Glacial Tomb are touring in support of their self-titled debut which was released on October 26th (LP/CD/digital) via Gilead Media.

Tour dates:
01.04 - Bozeman, MT, The Filling Station
01.05 - Spokane, WA, TBA
01.06 - Seattle, WA, Highline
01.07 - Portland, OR, High Water Mark
01.08 - Eureka, CA, Siren’s Song Tavern
01.09 - Oakland, CA, Elbo Room Jack London
01.10 - Los Angeles, CA, 5 Star Bar
01.11 - Salt Lake City, UT, The Beehive
01.12 - Denver, CO - TBA More...

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Deathchant Premiere New Song "Hex"

Los Angeles-based psychedelic heavy proto-metal collective DEATHCHANT will release their self-titled debut this January via King Volume Records. Captured live over a two-day period at a secluded cabin in Big Bear, California, the seven-track recording manifests an immersive wall of noise-induced heavy metal mania that is equal parts paranoia and transcendental harmony.

In advance of its release the band is streaming first single, "Hex," for you below:

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Goats of Doom Debut Pre-Release Full-Album Stream

Finland-based black metal trio Goats of Doom premiere the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new album "Rukous", which will be out in stores this Friday on Finland’s Primitive Reaction.

Check out now "Rukous" in its entirety below.

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Depravity Premiere New Music Video "Despondency"

Australian death dealers Depravity premiere a new music video for "Despondency", taken from their latest album "Evil Upheaval", which saw release earlier this year on Transcending Obscurity.

Check out now "Despondency" below.

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Acheronte Premiere New Song "Trascedental Will"

Italian black metal band Acherontepremiere a new song entitled "Trascedental Will" (sic; no typo), taken from their upcoming new album "Son of No God", which will be jointly released on December 11th by GrimmDistribution (Ukraine) and The Triad Rec (Italy).

Check out now "Trascedental Will" below.

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Dave Mustaine Speaks On New Album's Direction Etc.

Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine lately spoke with The Metal Voice about the group’s forthcoming ‘Megacruise‘, their ‘A Toute Le Monde‘ beer and more. Megadeth‘s upcoming sixteenth studio effort was also discussed naturally. When asked what direction that release is headed in, Mustaine explained:

“I don’t how to answer that, because if you want me to say what record it sounds like, it sounds like a combination of everything. When I write a riff if I don’t like it I don’t record it, if I do record it, I save it and if I don’t use it now I’ll use it at some point.

There is a complete finished song left over from ‘Dystopia‘ that I forgot we did. When were in the studio and you’re doing 16 songs and you’re working your ass off every day sometimes, some things just slip through the cracks like this song.

We’ve already got a huge head start on this new record. Kiko just came out to see me, Dirk was here before him and David Ellefson will be visiting me shortly to start playing some bass stuff.

We’re doing things a little bit differently this time, we’re kind of approaching the songs one riff at a time and just kind of focusing on the riff and if the riff doesn’t sound good on its own and then why put it in a song?

A lot of people when they write songs, they’ll put a part in section in the song just because they need something in there. For me I don’t like doing that. I don’t want that one part of the song where there’s a weak spot.

I’ve tried just about every way to write a song over my career and I found this way’s probably the best way, because if you have a riff and it’s not it’s not carrying its own weight and it doesn’t sound cool, how can it possibly sound cool with good lyrics over it?”

He was also asked whether or not the current political climate would be influencing the album, to which he offered: More...

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Russian Circles February U.S. Tour Announced

Russian Circles announce a February run of U.S. dates with Gouge Away as support. Below's where that trek will hit:

02/15 Indianapolis, IN – The Hi-Fi
02/16 Louisville, KY – Odeon
02/17 Birmingham, AL – The Saturn
02/19 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
02/20 Tampa, FL – The Crowbar
02/21 Miami, FL – Churchill’s
02/22 Orlando, FL – The Abbey
02/23 Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
02/24 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle Tavern
02/26 Nashville, TN – Basement East

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Taking Back Sunday European/UK Tour Announced

Taking Back Sunday announce their UK/European leg of dates to their 20th anniversary run. The band will be performing their 2002 debut full-length “Tell All Your Friends” in its entirety each night along with fan favorites.

06/13 Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute
06/14 Glasgow, UK – Barrowlands
06/16 Belfast, IRE – Limelight
06/18 London, UK – Troxy
06/19 Manchester, UK – Academy
06/20 Bristol, UK – O2 Academy
06/23 Amsterdam, NET – Melkweg
06/24 Cologne, GER – Gloria
06/25 Berlin, GER – SO36
06/26 Hamburg, GER – Gruenspan

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Sevendust Australian/New Zealand Tour Announced

Sevendust will head down under in April for the below Australian/New Zealand dates:

04/23 Auckland, NZ – Powerstation
04/25 Brisbane, AUS – Tivoli
04/26 Sydney, AUS – Metro
04/27 Melbourne, AUS – Forum
04/29 Adelaide, AUS – The Gov
04/30 Perth, AUS – Capitol

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Nothing More Premiere New Video “Let ‘Em Burn”

Nothing More premiere a new music video for their song “Let ‘Em Burn” taken from their latest effort, “The Stories We Tell Ourselves“. The video takes on the disturbing trend of mass shootings in the U.S..

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