Metal News for December 9, 2017
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15 news articles posted on this day.
Orange Goblin Posts New Album Update
British heavy metal veterans Orange Goblin has posted a message online updating fans on the progress of their as-yet untitled new studio album, including some working titles for new songs. The message reads as follows:
"We have been very busy in the studio writing new material and now have about 6 songs almost finished and another 2 or 3 skeletons of songs that we are still working on! Can’t wait to unleash these riffs upon the world. Some current working titles for songs include ‘Sons Of Salem’, ‘The Wolf Bites Back’, ‘Swords Of Fire’, ‘Ghosts Of The Primitives’ and ‘An Exercise In Blasphemy’.
"Recording starts in January and the album should be out by the end of May 2018"
Damnation Defaced Premiere “The Key To Your Voice”
Damnation Defaced premiere a new video for "The Key To Your Voice", taken from their new album "Invader From Beyond" out now on Apostasy Records.
Check out now "The Key To Your Voice" below.
Mist of Misery Streaming New Track
Upon their successful sophomore full length "Absence", Mist of Misery is offering a series of two mini albums this year. First EP "Shackles of Life" was released a few months ago, and now the Swedish melancholic symphonic black metal group is on the way to unshackle the 2nd offering from the series — The EP "Fields of Isolation".
The third track from the EP "Hymm To Silence" is streaming below:
Kuoleman Galleria Debuts New Video
Finnish Black'n'Rollers Kuoleman Galleria has today released their second album "Pimeys Saapuu Pohjoiseen" (eng. Darkness arrives to the north). The album presents 14 tracks of grooving dark and rocking metal and it's a follow up to their 2016 debut album "Kärsimys Kunniaan".
Kuoleman Galleria also releases a music video to the track "Ajan Hammas" from the album streaming below.
Kuoleman Galleria singer Kimmo Jankkari comments the new album: More...
Grimtone Premiere Debut Album "Memento Mori"
Swedish black metal band Grimtone's debut album "Memento Mori" is now available via Extreme Metal Music a sub-division of Rockshots Records. Influenced by the Norwegian black metal scene, the album unleashed on December 8th features eight blistering tracks influenced by the topic of death as well as the transition from life. Founded by Michael Lang (Stonegriff) in 2016 and soon after joined by Linus Carlstedt (Nebulous Aura and Extermination), the duo was complete to brutalize all with their pure black metal at its best, it's grim, harsh and frozen shivers within and all around.
"Memento Mori" can be heard in full below:
Scour To Play Two Rare US Shows Next Week
Scour - the extreme metal supergroup featuring Philip H. Anselmo (Pantera, Down, Superjoint), John Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Derek Engemann (Cattle Decapitation), Chase Fraser (Animosity, Decrepit Birth), and Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Misery Index) - will play two rare shows in Texas next week in Fort Worth and Austin respectively. The band is also confirmed to appear at Roskilde Festival in Denmark next year alongside the likes of Mogwai, Clutch, Chelsea Wolfe, Bruno Mars, and many more. See confirmed dates below:
SCOUR:
12/15/2017 The Rail Club - Fort Worth, TX
12/16/2017 Come And Take It Live - Austin, TX
7/07/2018 Roskilde Festival - Roskilde, DK
At the Heart of the World Premiere New Song
Portland duo At the Heart of the World premiere a new song titled "Golden Cross", taken from their upcoming debut EP "Rotting Forms", which arrives January 26 through Glory Kid Records.
Check out now "Golden Cross" below.
Enhailer Premiere Pre-Release Full-Album Stream
Ohio’s doom and stoner metal outfit Enhailer premiere the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new EP "Dumb Enough to Care", which will be out in stores December 11 via Blackseed Productions.
Check out now "Dumb Enough to Care" in its entirety below.
Legend Of The Seagullmen Premiere "Shipswreck"
Legend Of The Seagullmen, the supergroup featuring Tool‘s Danny Carey on drums and Mastodon‘s Brent Hinds on guitar, have inked a deal with Dine Alone Records. A February 09th release date has been slated for the band’s self-titled debut album, with a stream of the first single “Shipswreck” available below:
The group’s lineup runs as follows: More...
Darkest Hour & Whores Announce Tour
Darkest Hour will be touring early in 2018 with the below run featuring support from Whores and Extinction A.D. Check out all dates below:
02/16 Richmond, VA – The Canal Club
02/17 Savanah, GA – AURA FEST
02/18 Nashville, TN – The Basement East
02/20 Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts
02/21 Indianapolis, IN – Emerson Theater
02/22 Chicago, IL – Reggies
02/23 Lansing, MI – The Loft
02/24 Rochester, NY – Photo City
02/25 Pittsburgh, PA – Cattivo
Stone Sour Debut 360° Live Video
Stone Sour debut the below 360° live video of themselves performing “Taipei Person/Allah Tea” at the Troubadour in Hollywood, CA. The clip was shot this past June, 2017.
Winds Of Plague Tease New Music Video
Monday, December 04th, will see the debut of Winds Of Plague‘s “Nameless Walker” official music video. Take in a sneak peek at the video via the below teaser:
'NAMELESS WALKER' OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO DROPS MONDAY. pic.twitter.com/NaFbkOkAmv
— Winds of Plague (@windsofplague) December 8, 2017
Beartooth Recording New Album
Beartooth recently have been in Red Bull Studios in NYC, as well as a Los Angeles, CA area studio, working on their third full-length release. The band’s frontman Caleb Shomo has been documenting the sessions as they occur via his Instagram with some posts regarding that below:
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Desecrator & Baal Ravenlock To Join Behemoth Live
Behemoth announce another special reunion they have planned for their upcoming December 14th and 15th ‘Merry Christless‘ shows at Progresja in Warsaw, Poland. As we previously reported Behemoth announced that ex-drummer Adam “Baal Ravenlock” Muraszko and ex-guitarist/bassist Leszek “Les” Dziegielewski would join them onstage.
Now Nergal reveasl that the band’s original members Adam “Desecrator” Malinowski & Adam “Baal Ravenlock” Muraszko will join him to play the first song the band wrote together, “Cursed Angel Of Doom“. Explains Nergal: More...
Burn European/UK Tour Announced
Burn will be touring Europe and the UK in March with support from Gust. Burn will be touring on their latest album, “Do Or Die“, which is out in stores now.
03/07 Koln, GER – MTC
03/08 London, UK – Underworld
03/09 Arnhem, NET – Willemeen
03/10 Hamburg, GER – Hafenklang
03/11 Oslo, NOR – Revolver
03/12 Copenhagen, DEN – Underwerket
03/13 Leipzig, GER – Naumanns
03/14 Hannover, GER – Faust
03/15 Berlin, GER – Cassiopeia
03/16 Warsaw, POL – Poglos
03/17 Prague, CZE – 007
03/18 Nurnberg, GER – Roter Salon
03/19 Budapest, HUN – Durer Kert
03/20 Vienna, AUT – Arena
03/21 Segrate, ITA – Circolo Magnolia
03/22 Munich, GER – Feierwerk
03/23 Karlsruhe, GER – Stadtmitte
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