Abbath Announces European Tour Dates With Watain

Norwegian metal icons, Abbath, are joining forces with Swedish black metal outfit, Watain, for a co-headlining European tour, launching in September.

The "Chariots Of Fire" tour will kick off at the Elysee Montmartre in Paris, France, and will wreak havoc in 13 more countries before a final curtain at the Vanha venue in Helsinki, Finland. A full list of confirmed shows can be found below.

Special guests will be Tribulation and Bølzer for all shows. Tickets will be on sale starting Wednesday February 16 at 10 AM, CET.

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Interview

The Ossuary Enters "Oltretomba"

There's no school like the old school, as I'm sure you've heard before. It's true though. No matter how brutal and technical metal music becomes, there will always be a fondness for the old guard that launched the genre, even the bands not considered metal by today's standards. The seventies was a time of huge change. Music and movies were becoming a lot more brave and challenged the established notions of what was acceptable. It's not surprising then that so many groups are still influenced by this era and quite frankly, its kickass music.

One such band keeping this sound and spirit alive is The Ossuary, a quartet from the Italian city of Bari, who until recently, were more known for playing death metal in Natron (with the exception of vocalist Stiv Fiore.) Only a few months ago, this Mediterranean four piece unleashed their third album, "Oltretomba" and with it came more attention to their occult rock/proto metal leanings. To find out more about the album, I caught up with drummer and founding member Max Marzocca, where we discussed the meaning behind the album's title, music videos, live plans and more.

Diamond Oz: Congratulations on the release of "Oltretomba." It's been a few months now. How do you feel the reception has been so far?

Max Marzocca: So far the album has been very well received and we obviously can't help but being happy with it. We look forward to get more promotion in order to make it known to as many people as possible out there. We played a couple of gigs by the end of 2021 and people liked it live.

Oz: What's the meaning behind the album title?

Max: It simply means the “Underworld”. This time around we were looking for one word to sum up the album concept so we ended to pick up an Italian world for it because it sounded more intense and impactful. "Oltretomba" is also the name of a horror-porn comic series well famous in Italy between the 70’s and the 80’s. The use of an Italian word was a kind of a statement to remind the world that we are Italian and we’re paying homage to our cultural tradition of cinema, music and art.

Oz What would you say makes "Oltretomba" a different album from "Southern Funeral"?

Max: I don't think the new album is much different than what we did with the previous two records. I just think it's another step in the evolution of our sound, it's a well done and well produced album where we can express ourselves better as a band. We have introduced in a more decisive way some new solutions such as acoustic guitars and there is a greater presence of synthesizers in the background, ultimately I think there was more desire to dare stylistically on our part. It's been some years since we formed and the band couldn't help but improve.

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Amon Amarth Teases New Single

Sweden’s celebrated Viking overlords and undisputed modern masters of epic heavy metal, Amon Amarth, will release their new single and video, "Put Your Back Into The Oar", this Thursday, February 17. Watch a teaser for the video below.

Amon Amarth and Machine Head are teaming up for the colossal co-headline Vikings And Lionhearts arena tour set to rampage across Europe in September & October. Joining the metallic pairing to open the show are The Halo Effect.

The tour dates are as follows:

September 8 - Nottingham, England - Motorpoint Arena
September 9 - Cardiff - Motorpoint Arena
September 10 - London, England - The SSE Arena, Wembley
September 12 - Manchester, England - Ao Arena
September 13 - Dublin, Ireland - 3Arena
September 16 - Zurich, Switzerland - Hallenstadion
September 17 - Vienna, Austria - Stadthalle
September 18 - Krakow, Poland - Tauron Arena
September 20 - Tallinn, Slovenia - Saku Arena
September 21 - Helsinki, Finland - Ice Hall
September 23 - Oslo, Norway - Spektrum
September 24 - Stockholm, Sweden - Hovet
September 26 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Forum Black Box
September 27 - Hamburg, Germany - Barclays Arena
September 28 - Frankfurt, Germany - Festhalle
September 30 - Oberhausen, Germany - König Pilsener Arena
October 1 - Berlin, Germany - Velodrome
October 2 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Afas Live
October 4 - Milan, Italy - Lorenzini District
October 6 - Barcelona, Spain - Sant Jordi
October 7 - Madrid, Spain - Vistalegre
October 8 - La Coruna, Spain - Coliseum
October 9 - Lisbon, Portugal - Campo Pequeno
October 12 - Paris, France - Zenith
October 14 - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle
October 15 - Leipzig, Germany - Arena
October 16 - Prague, Czech Republic - Tipsport Arena
October 18 - Budapest, Hungary - Barba Negra
October 20 - Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg - Rockhal
October 21 - Brussels, Belgium - Forest National
October 22 - Stuttgart, Germany - Schleyerhalle More...

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Vio-Lence Posts New Music Video Online

Bay-area ragers Vio-Lence kick your teeth in with "Let The World Burn," the first official music video from their eponymous 5-song EP, due on Metal Blade Records on March 4, 2022. "Let The World Burn" marks the third video in the bands catalog, following "World In A World" (off 1990's "Oppressing The Masses") and the 2020 single "California Uber Alles." The video was directed by Robert Graves/Defiant Digital Productions. You can check it out below.

Frontman Sean Killian states, "The memory of you will be forever forgotten when the extinction event arrives and fire becomes God. When the world burns and all is destroyed, all you know, all you believe will be forgotten forever. Let the world burn!"

Phil Demmel, founding guitarist, adds "I hadn‘t written a lot of thrash in the past 17 years or so but being the main songwriter for the band over the years I wanted that sound, I wanted that mid-80s raw thing, but I also wanted to capture our signature notes and structures and stuff like that."

Vio-Lence will bring their head-stomping brutal live show to select cities with fellow thrashers CORONER before both legends impede upon the Maryland Deathfest on May 27th. Tickets on sale now.

Vio-Lence Tour Dates 2022
5/21 Chicago, IL @ Reggies
5/24 Boston, MA @ The Middle East
5/25 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
5/26 New York, NY @ Le poisson Rouge
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Breathe Atlantis Releases New Music Video

Metalcore quartet Breathe Atlantis have released a video for their new single "Break The Silence." The track is the fifth glimpse into the band's upcoming album "Overdrive," due for release on 18th March via Arising Empire. You can check it out below.

Guitarist Jan Euler comments:

"In 'Break The Silence' we mercilessly reckon with our past. For us, the song is a catharsis of all the things inside of us that have held us back too many times, and it's a turning point from stagnation and passivity. In the past we often got in our own way trying to express ourselves and we also let too many people tell us what to do. This has come to an end and the brutality and rawness of the song shows the inner struggle to finally break away from all the bad habits and speak for ourselves." More...

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Cruachan Shares More Infomation On New Album

Irish folk metal legends Cruachan has revealed more information about their forthcoming new album, "Forest Songs," which will be released later this year through Despotz Records. A statement from frontman Keith Fay reads as follows:

"As we finished with the trilogy of Blood, and the last album 'Nine Years of Blood' which is a concept album, it was great to get back to having the freedom to write about anything I wanted. A concept album is brilliant to write for, it's like writing a story or a history book but also very limiting as you have to stay on topic. With the new album, I was free to write about anything I want once again.
My original idea was to again write a lot about recent Irish history, the first song I wrote 'The Queen' is exactly that. It tells the story of Grace O'Malley travelling to London to meet Queen Elizabeth.
'Ma’am I write to you under duress, Two women of power are we, Our conflict of nations I wish to address, And my countries right to be'

"I then wrote a very personal song about my father called 'The Reaper,' my dad had health issues but, in my mind, he wasn't taking care of himself properly. I can't go into any more detail than that as it's all very personal. I wrote this song out of frustration. Since I wrote the song he passed away on May 5th 2020. I had not read the lyrics since he died. We started rehearsing this recently I had the lyrics in front of me. It was very tough to read these now that he's actually not here. Rest in peace dad, I love you always.

"On bended knee he weeps with arms raised high, An angel in turmoil, The promise of eternity" More...

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Scumtomy Premiere New Song & Lyric Video

German brutal death metal outfit Scumtomy premiere a new song entitled “Blood Legion Of Khorne”, taken from their upcoming new album "Planet Terror", due out in stores February 11, 2022 via Endwar Records.

Check out now "Blood Legion Of Khorne" streaming via YouTube for you below.

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The Human Tragedy Premiere New Music Video

Kentucky-based symphonic death metal band The Human Tragedy premiere a new music video titled “Legacy of Extermination”. taken from their upcoming new album of the same name, which will be out in stores March 1, 2022.

Check out now "Legacy of Extermination" streaming via YouTube for you below.

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Dvst Premiere New Single & Music Video "Drift"

Karlsruhe, Germany-based hardcore metal outfit Dvst premiere a new single and music video named “Drift”, taken from their upcoming self-titled EP.

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IATT Premiere New Music Video

IATT premiere a new music video called “Seven Wandering Stars”, taken from their upcoming new album "Magnum Opus", which comes out on May 27 via Black Lion Records.

Check out now "Seven Wandering Stars" streaming via YouTube for you below.

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Hell Militia Premiere New Song "Genesis Undone"

French black metal outfit Hell Militia premiere a new song entitled “Genesis Undone”, taken from their upcoming new full-length. Titled "Hollow Void", it will be released on March 18th through Season of Mist Underground Activists.

Check out now "Genesis Undone" streaming via YouTube for you below.

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