Metal News for March 30, 2022
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11 news articles posted on this day.
The Chapter Reveals New Album Details
The Portuguese death / doom metal band The Chapter has unveiled the first details about their upcoming album. The new effort is called "Delusion Of Consciousness" and it will be released on April 22 as digipak, streaming, and digital download formats. Pre-order on Bandcamp.
Music video for "Halocline" is streaming below. The video was produced and directed by Ricardo Bravo and Pedro Antunes at Crossover Studios.
"Delusion Of Consciousness" will consist of eight tracks for a duration of 46 minutes, where the band will unleash the melancholic beauty of his sound. The powerful sound has been secured by the producer Daniel Cardoso (Anathema, Angelus Apatrida, Ava Inferi) who took care of the recording, mixing, and mastering at Ohme Studios. Enclosed you can see the beautiful artwork by João Gomes. More...
Lord Of The Lost Shares Lady Gaga Cover
German genre-fusing visionaries Lord Of The Lost return in 2022 with a new EP, "The Heartbeat of The Devil!" Out May 6, 2022 via Napalm Records, the EP not only features two versions of its title track, which was first released on the band’s most recent full-length – the conceptual masterpiece "Judas" – but three cover songs encompassing the band’s free-thinking attitude.
Today, the band has released the first cover track from the new EP – a cover of "Judas" by Lady Gaga – an artist that has inspired frontman Chris Harms for years. Lord Of The Lost managed to make this song their own while keeping the main structures of the song alive, adding retro synthesizer sounds, double bass passages and a combination of growling screams and clear vocals.
Chris Harms on “Judas”:
"Lady Gaga has caused me many sleepless nights in the past. That's meant differently than that may sound at first – her songs stay in my head and stick to my heart, as do few other artists. There they remain, for very long. That's why it is very exciting to me to interpret such a song vocally myself, always knowing that in today's world, it's not impossible for the result to be heard by the original artist herself. Sounds a lot like fanboy action – it actually is."
Tracklisting:
1. The Heartbeat Of The Devil (Single Version)
2. Judas (Lady Gaga Cover)
3. Children Of The Damned (Iron Maiden Cover)
4. Wig In A Box (Hedwig And The Angry Inch Cover)
5. The Heartbeat Of The Devil (Piano Version) More...
All That Remains Drummer To Miss Remaining Tour
All That Remains has announced that drummer Jason Costa has decided to sit out the remainder of the US tour dates. Taking his place will be Anthony Barone of Beneath The Massacre and Shadow Of Intent. A message from the group reads as follows:
"All That Remains unfortunately has to announce that our drummer Jason Costa has to head home to deal with some personal matters.
"We love him and respect his decisions, we look forward to having him back when he is ready.
"We would like to thank Anthony Barone for jumping in at the last minute. Make some extra noise for him when you come to a show."
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Voivod Announces North American Tour Dates
Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators, Voivod, have announced North American tour dates for this coming June. Tour dates are in support of the band's new album "Synchro Anarchy," which debuted at #2 on Billboard Canada's Hard Music Albums chart, #6 Current Hard Albums in the US, #7 on the UK's Rock & Metal chart and charted #7 in Germany among other countries including Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Belgium, and The Netherlands.
The tour will kick off in Trois Rivieres, Quebec on June 1 with 14 dates to follow and will wrap up on June 19 in Boston, MA. All ticket info and links can be found here.
Michel "Away" Langevin (drums) comments on the tour: "At last! After more than two years without touring, we are finally hitting the road in June 2022 in North America. We are thrilled to play the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest, It will also be exciting for us to play songs from Synchro Anarchy for the first time live! We can’t wait to see our old Voïvodian friends again and meet some new ones. See you then!"
The tour dates are as follows: More...
Interview
Tygers Of Pan Tang Fueled By A New Heartbeat
The North East of England is truly a special place, being the hotbed of association football and home to some of the friendliest people the country has to offer (as well as some of the toughest!) During the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement, it was also where one could find some of the absolute best in British metal music, with bands such as Venom, Raven and Atomkraft, as well as the massively influental Neat Records. A mere ten miles from Newcastle, lies the seaside town of Whitley Bay and within it, one of the most beloved bands of the NWOBHM, Tygers Of Pan Tang.
Tygers Of Pan Tang began life towards the end of the seventies and initially found themselves signed to Neat before agreeing a deal with major label MCA. The group would release three of the best albums of the NWOBHM era ("Wild Cat," "Spellbound" and "Crazy Nights") before disputes with MCA would force them to close up shop briefly and a different version of the band returned to the scene for two albums before going their separate ways. In 1999, the Tygers officially returned at Wacken Open Air and have remained on the scene ever since, releasing a further six full length studio albums, as well as EPs, live records and compilations
Recently, the group released, "A New Heartbeat," a four track tease of things to come, featuring two new songs (the title track and "Red Mist," as well as re-recordings of "Fireclown" and "Killers." The EP has been getting rave reviews and to find out more about this gem, Metal Underground caught up with guitarist and co-founder Robb Weir. You read a transcript or watch the interview in full below.
Diamond Oz: The new EP, "A New Heartbeat" is out now. Why was the decision made to record an EP rather than a full album?
Robb Weir: It was always intended as a taster, to introduce our new guitar player Francesco Marras. In 2020, our old guitar player decided he wanted to go his own way so advertised internationally and we got offers from all over the world: A guy from Australia, a guy from San Francisco who messaged me constantly saying that distance wasn't a problem, but really it was because America was in quite a heavy lockdown and it was just a little bit too far, though his credentials were fantastic.More...But rising like a phoenix above everybody else was Francesco. He was recommended to us by a mutual friend and it's just proved to be a tremendous association, although I've never met him or sat in the same room and jammed with him. We've tried on numerous occasions to fly him over from Germany, where he lives, he's Italian, comes from Sardinia, so we have two Italians in the band now. We've managed to write the new album together but I had a track, "Red Mist," and Francesco obviously talks to Jack (Meille, vocalist) in their native Italian tongue and they wrote a song together, which was "A New Heartbeat" and it was perfect for the whole project. It's a great title and perfect for the new blood in the band, new hearts beating, all that kind of association.
We recorded it all in our own studios. I've probably got the most old fashioned studio because I'm old fashioned! Gav Gray, our last bassist who left last year, he's got a great studio so I went to his studio and recorded my tracks with him. He also played bass on the EP and he was very gracious about it, he asked, "Do you want me to play on the EP?" Then Huw (Holding) joined and he asked if I wanted Huw to replace the tracks and I said, "No, it's done now and it can be your legacy." We're still great friends. There was no, "I'm leaving because you get more lollipops than me." I recruited him all those years ago. In fact he played in the Tygers in 1999 when we headlined Wacken, which was a one off show to celebrate twenty years of the Tygers and at the time it was only Jess and I who was available to do it from the original band, so we recruited three local, Tyneside musicians and he was one of them, so, I've known him since then.
So yeah, we recorded our parts there and it was sent across to Marco Angioni, who mixed it for us. He has a studio in Copenhagen which is where our record company headquarters are. It was then sent off to Harry Hess in Germany, who mastered the last two albums and he mastered the tracks and his input was tremendous as well. We came out with a great sounding EP. It was originally going to be a three track, but I had another brainstorm and rang the management asking if it could be four tracks. I've always had a burning desire to re-record "Fireclown" because we've never played it live, or we probably did in the early eighties, but not in the last twenty years, since the band has come back, as it were. So we recorded that as a four track, because "Killers" was Francesco's choice. I said to him, "What's your favourite track out of the old stuff?" and he said, "Oh, 'Killers.'" so that was always the number three track and "Fireclown" came in at number four.
The benefit of recording older songs today is that you have forty years worth of advanced technology. I know purists will say, "But it sounded great back then" and yeah, it probably did, but from an artist's point of view, I think it's always nice just to refresh and get a bit of today into an old track without changing it too much.
Evil Invaders Posts New Music Video Online
Belgian extreme heavy metal frontrunners Evil Invaders drop another bomb by delivering epic anthem and third single "Die For Me" - the last harbinger of cutthroat energy released before the band unleashes their newest album, "Shattering Reflection," this Friday! The album follows previous record "Feed Me Violence" (2017), which was highly acclaimed by fans and international press (Deaf Forever 9,5/10 [DE], Rock Tribune 9/10 [BE], Powerplay 9/10 [UK], Spark 5/6 [CZ]).
Evil Invaders on "Die For Me":
"’Die For Me’ was the first video script I actually wrote out before we recorded the video. Working with a crew that executed the visual aspect of it exactly as I had it in mind was just killer! The song itself has a strong rock'n'roll vibe with a lot of anger and insanity mixed into it. I opened some dark and wicked doors in my mind while writing this song...
Now tell me what you're gonna do..." More...
Graviton Premiere New Single
Australia/USA-based deathcore/djent quartet Graviton premiere their new single named “Archon II: Abolition”, streaming via YouTube for you below.
Dawohl Premiere New Song
French extreme metal band Dawohl premiere a new song entitled “Institutionalized Hatred”, taken from their upcoming debut album "Leviathan", which will will see release on April 22nd via Dolorem Records.
Check out now "Institutionalized Hatred" streaming via YouTube for you below.
These Arms Are Snakes Premiere New Track
Post-hardcore metal band These Arms Are Snakes announce their reunion tour this summer to celebrate the forthcoming April 15th release of their rarities compilation titled “Duct Tape & Shivering Crows“. Below streaming is a demo track named “Riding The Grape Dragon“ taken from the aforementioned compilation.
Tells the band’s bassist Brian Cook: More...
Devil Master Premiere New Track & Music Video
Devil Master premiere their latest track, “The Vigour Of Evil“, taken from the outfit’s impending new album “Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night“, due out April 29th via Relapse Records. A music video for the single directed by Hayden Hall can be streamed below.
Devil Master’s current touring plans run as follows: More...
The Callous Daoboys Premiere New Music Video
Atlanta-based mathcore metal band The Callous Daoboys premiere their new track and music video named “A Brief Article Regarding Time Loops” streaming via YouTube for you below.
The group have inked a record deal with MNRK Heavy (fka eOne Heavy), which will be releasing the outfit’s upcoming album in partnership with Modern Static Records.
Says frontman Carson Pace: More...
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