Metal News for June 9, 2017
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22 news articles posted on this day.
The Atlas Moth Signs With Prosthetic
Chicago-based experimental metal band The Atlas Moth has officially signed to Prosthetic Records. The five-piece is currently augmenting an ever-evolving sound with producer Sanford Parker (Voivod, Eyehategod).
Vocalist/guitarist Stavros Giannopoulos comments on the signing: "We have nothing but the best things to say about our time with Profound Lore and we are equally excited to start our next chapter with Prosthetic Records!
"We are currently tracking our fourth full-length record, 'Coma Noir,' in Chicago with Sanford Parker at the helm! We've known Sanford for many years and are stoked to have him be the first to produce a moth record outside of the band. Keep your eyes peeled for in studio updates."
New album "Coma Noir" will be released in the fall of this year. More information will be made available soon - stay tuned. More...
Devil In The Belfry Releases "Wandering Alone"
New Jersey-based horror punk outfit Devil In The Belfry recently released the "Wandering Alone" album, which can now be streamed in full. Grab your copy at Bandcamp here or listen in via the player below. The track listing is as follows:
1. Intro 01:06
2. Wandering Alone 02:40
3. Vampyre 02:21
4. The Blob 03:23
5. Crimson Eyes 03:04
6. Anywhere But Here 02:51
7. Into Oblivion 04:15
8. The Shadow Lurks 02:54
9. Tomorrow 02:56
10. Outsider 03:13
11. The One Who flew 03:25
12. My Anodyne 02:40
13. Blood Stains 03:34 More...
Alazka Releases "Phoenix" Video
Germany's post-hardcore quintet Alazka just released an official video for the title track off forthcoming album "Phoenix." The new album will be in stores on August 25th via SharpTone Records and the "Phoenix" video can be seen below.
The band commented: “We chose 'Phoenix' as the title track because it describes the overall message of the album. Life isn’t easy. It leaves its marks and scars upon us but these scars are what makes a life worth living.
"They shape our identity and tell our story when it’s all over. Every one of us is striving for something and in doing so we all make mistakes and fail from time to time. In the end we can rise over the pain like a phoenix rising from his ashes.” More...
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The Summoned Premieres Full Album
Boston's devastating technical metal quartet The Summoned will release sophomore full-length album "Sessions" on June 16th.
You don't have to wait that long to hear it though, as we're exclusively premiering every last destructive second of the album today! Listen in below.
"Sessions" is a concept album about the journey through the mind of a troubled mental patient who is struggling to confront his own personal demons through a series of sessions with a psychiatrist. Each individual song resembles those sessions.
Whether they’re spastic (to give the feeling of panic the patient is feeling), or offering triggering the epiphany that is his own reality, "Sessions" is not just an album… it’s an experience.
The album was produced by The Summoned and Evan Sammons and then engineered, mixed and mastered by Evan Sammons in Belgrade Maine. Pre-orders can be found at this location. The full track listing is as follows:
1. The Pendulum Swing
2. Faradic
3. Fractal Patterns
4. The Grave Mistake
5. Built of Glass
6. Vertiginous
7. Primogenial Birth
8. Recollection
9. Satori More...
Auditory Armory Unveils New Album
On July 21st, Auditory Armory will release sophomore album "Dark Matter," blending metal, alternative, and progressive music for fans of Tool and Soundgarden.
Vocalist, guitarist and songwriter April Montallana commments: "I prefer to be honest with my lyrics. I don't care about what is popular or mainstream. I just hope that our music will move and touch some people. Music saved my life...I want to do that for others."
01. Transcendence
02. Tyrant
03. The Light That Was Lost
04. Cry Little Sister
05. A Path Unknown
06. Love You To Death
07. Dark Matter More...
Blind Guardian Posts "Prophecies" Live Video
Progressive power metallers Blind Guardian recently announced the release of a 22 song package, entitled "Live Beyond The Spheres," which will available in a variety of formats including a 3CD Digipack as well as a 4LP Box.
The new live offering will be in stores on July 7th, 2017 and includes all-time classics such as "The Bard's Song (In The Forest)," "Valhalla," and "Mirror Mirror," as well as some rarely performed tracks like "And Then There Was Silence."
Guitarist André Olbrich commments: "We compiled one 'show' out of the best tracks from more than 40 live performances, recorded during our European tour in 2015. That's how we pinned down the most beautiful and atmospheric moments on this medium."
Today, Blind Guardian unveils a live video for "Prophecies." The video was created by drummer Frederik Ehmke using material shot with one single camera, which he had set up and recording at each show of the tour Check it out below. More...
Slipknot To Screen "Day of The Gusano" Documentary
To the millions of fans across the world, affectionately known as maggots, Slipknkot isn't just a group, but also a counterculture and a way of life. Those fans play an important role in a new documentary brought to you by MusicScreen, entitled "Day of The Gusano."
The 90 minute documentary is to be premiered in more than a thousand screens across the world as a one night only cinematic spectacle on September 6th, 2017.
Directed by Slipknot's own M.Shawn Crahan, aka Clown, "Day of The Gusano" documents the Iowa band's first visit to Mexico in December 2015 and features exclusive interviews with band members.
Confirmed cities and ticketing for the screenings will be announced in July. Sign up to receive dates and details at this location. More...
Dope Announces Tour With (HED)Pe
The industrial metal veterans from Dope are teaming with G-punk innovators (HED)Pe to announce "The Monster High" tour 2017 with metal rockers Ill Niño on select dates.
"I'm really excited about this tour" says Edsel Dope. "We have never done a proper USA Tour with (HED)Pe, or Ill Niño, so this should be a really cool experience for the fans and for all of us…Me and Jared from Hed Pe are already talking about doing some collaborations before and during the tour…
"We've continued to add to our production to each and every tour. The show is almost out of hand at this point. I am anticipating that this will be the last Dope tour for a little while. Once it is over, I want to focus on finishing up the next Dope album before we hit the road again…I am looking forward to seeing of our fans and friends out there this fall…"
Jared Gomes adds: "Hell yea brother! Me and Edsel are gonna bring one hell of a party to your city, so y'all can bring the weed." More...
Nuclear Oath Posts Full Album Online
Nuclear Oath is a five-member groovy, heavy, sludgy, intense, and interactive metal wrecking crew from Medicine Hat, Alberta. Today new album "Toxic Playground" is officially available, following debut EP "Ashes of the Unborn."
"We feel it is an aggressive album from start-to-finish, which generates different emotions as the album progresses.” says the band. A full stream of "Toxic Playground" can be heard below.
1. Into The Depths Of Hatred (4:10)
2. Confessions (3:18)
3. Forsaken Wasteland (3:25)
4. Ambushed (5:11)
5. Faith Let Go (3:30)
6. Razor Blade Regrets (3:35)
7. Sacrifice The Fallen (5:05)
8. Toxic Playground (4:15)
9. Blind (4:18) More...
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Gloomy Grim Premieres "Asylum"
Following last year's release "The Age of Aquarius" (still streaming here if you hadn't heard it), Gloomy Grim is gearing up to drop a compilation release later this month.
This Finnish black metal group will unleash the fantastically titled "Fuck The World, War Is War!" via a cooperation between Symbol Of Domination (Belarus) with Murdher Records (Italy).
The comp includes songs from old demo recordings: tracks 1-5 are culled from "Fuck The World, Kill The Jehova!" recorded in 1996, while tracks 6-8 come from '97 demo "Friendship Is Friendship, War Is War!"
The album drops June 24th, but today we've got a premiere of fourth track "Asylum," which can be heard below. Pre-orders are online here and you can follow Gloomy Grin at Facebook. The "Fuck The World, War Is War!" track listing will be as follows:
1. Temple Of Agathon
2. Written In Blood
3. Pope Of The Black Arts
4. Asylum
5. Outro
6. War / Ashes
7. Blood
8. Reign More...
Venom Inc. Announces New Album "Avé"
Regardless of your take on black metal forefathers Venom, the band is the undisputed originators of extreme metal as we know it. Almost 40 years after the inception, the revitalized 1989-1992 line-up of guitarist Jeff "Mantas" Dunn, vocalist/bassist Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan and drummer Anthony "Abaddon" Bray have returned with a monster of an album.
After months of anticipation, Venom Inc. will release the upcoming full-length opus, entitled "Avé," on August 11th via Nuclear Blast. Pre-orders for the new album are available now at this location. The first video/single "Dein Fleisch" can be streamed in the player below.
Venom Inc. was born during an impromptu live set at 2015's Keep it True Festival in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. The on-stage reunion was a rousing success amongst Venom fans and music industry personnel alike, and although it was originally only set up for fun, Dolan began receiving numerous show offers for Venom Inc. from booking agents around the world. What started as a live set to celebrate Venom's legacy immediately turned into a serious reunion discussion. The rest is history.
While unexpected at the outset, the end result of this reunion is an album that true Venom fans will gladly add to the top of their playlists. Vocalist/bassist Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan says, "We tried to shape 'Avé' so that it comes at you dark, then it gets bright and heavy and just keeps growing into some kind of monster."
The track listing for the album is:
1. Ave Satanas
2. Forged In Hell
3. Metal We Bleed
4. Dein Fleisch
5. Blood Stained
6. Time To Die
7. The Evil Dead
8. Preacher Man
9. War
10. I Kneel To No God
11. Black N Roll More...
Orden Ogan Releases "Fields Of Sorrow" Lyric Video
German power metal act Orden Ogan issued a lyric video for the new single "Fields of Sorrow." The song is the second released from the upcoming new wild west themed album “Gunmen,” which drops on July 7th via AFM Records.
Band leader Sebastian Seeb Levermann commented: "'Fields of Sorrow' is a special song for us in many ways: besides the (virtual) title track 'Gunman,' it is the only song in Orden Ogan’s history which I wrote together with our guitarist Tobi. Also, 'Fields Of Sorrow' is quite likely the most melancholic song we’ve ever recorded. Lyrically, we enter a kind of 'Dark Fantasy/Wild West/Civil War' world, telling the story of a man who loses the love of his life on the battlefield and has to bury her right there – while the Civil War is still raging on. The lyrics show his dark, heartbreaking thoughts in these minutes, a sad but realistic picture of human existence. With its epic-melancholic chorus, modern grooves, heavy riffs and orchestral arrangements, 'Fields Of Sorrow' features all of Orden Ogan’s trademarks."
The track listing for "Gunmen" is:
1. Gunman (see video clip here)
2. Fields Of Sorrow
3. Forlorn And Forsaken
4. Vampire In Ghost Town
5. Come With Me To The Other Side (feat. Liv Kristine)
6. The Face Of Silence
7. Ashen Rain
8. Down Here (Wanted: Dead Or Alive)
9. One Last Chance
10. Finis Coronat Opus More...
Lionsoul Ushers In The "Next Genesis"
Italian power metal act Lionsoul released a video clip for the new single "Next Genesis." The song is lifted from the upcoming sophomore full length album entitled "Welcome Storm," which will be issued on June 23rd (EU) and August 4th (USA) via Limb Music.
The track listing and cover artwork can be found here:
1. Beyond Dusk
2. The Principal Warrior
3. Next Genesis
4. Gatling Sight
5. Bright as Light
6. Iron Whispers
7. The Thunder Master
8. A Common Forever
9. Welcome Storm (Eternal Quest)
10. Lion's Throne
Check out "Next Genesis" here: More...
Alpha Tiger Announces New Self-Titled Album
An old rule says that musicians usually write their best material when they leave all commercial considerations; market analyses and the public's supposed expectations aside and simply follow their innermost artistic instinct. Which is precisely how Alpha Tiger from Freiberg in Saxony went about writing and recording the most recent oeuvre, and the result is an offering that's as impressive as it is surprising: the latest, self-titled release sounds rock-oriented and melodic, anthemic and diverse, and - thanks to its completely analogue production - wonderfully organic. "This is the album that I've always wanted to make," explains Peter Langforth, the band's guitarist and songwriter. "It's definitely our most mature and grown-up release to date."
Mind you, the omens didn't seem to bide all that well, seeing that Alpha Tiger had to come to terms with the departure of their previous vocalist immediately after the completion of the 2015 album "iDentity." Luckily the short, intense search via social media produced the solution to the problem, a kind of singing savior named Benjamin Jaino. More...
Nightwish Announces "Decades: World Tour"
In March 2018, symphonic metal legends Nightwish will begin a 9 month long "Decades: World Tour" starting with 34 shows in North America.
The band will have a very special setlist for the tour, featuring rarely heard material from the earlier era, and excitingly for both band and fans, the band will revisit the old songs with some new twists. This setlist will be a 'one-off' and only performed on this "Decades: World Tour."
To accompany the tour, Nuclear Blast will release the 2CD compilation "Decades" on March 9, 2018. Confirmed dates are as follows:
09.03. USA Atlanta, GA - Tabernable
10.03. USA Charlotte, NC - The Filmore
12.03. USA Norfolk, VA - The Norva
13.03. USA Baltimore, MD - Lyric Theater
14.03. USA New York, NY - Playstation Theater
16.03. USA Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
17.03. USA Worcester, MA - The Palladium
18.03. USA Albany, NY - The Egg
20.03. CDN Montreal, QC - Metropolis
21.03. CDN Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
23.03. USA Niagara Falls, NY - Rapids Theatre
24.03. USA Cleveland, OH - Agora Theater
25.03. USA Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
26.03. USA Covington, KY - Madison Theater
28.03. USA Kalamazoo, MI - State Theatre
29.03. USA St. Louis, MO - Touhill Performing Arts Center
30.03. USA Minneapolis, MN - The Myth
31.03. USA Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
02.04. USA Omaha, NB - Sokol Auditorium
03.04. USA Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre
05.04. CDN Edmonton, AB - Northern Alberta Jubilee Aud
06.04. USA Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
07.04. CDN Vancouver, BC - Queen Elizabeth Theater More...
Verthebral To Issue Debut Album
Paraguay's death metal act Verthebral will release the debut full length release "Regeneration" on June 29th via Satanath Records.
This is primal yet superbly channeled death metal music hearkens back to the days of Sarcofago, Malevolent Creation, Massacra, Krisiun, Rebaelliun, Angelcorpse and Vader. There is a South American charm to the approach, but still meticulously planned and executed. The production is suitably raw but at the same time clear.
The track listing for the release is:
1. Apocalyptic Seasons (Intro)
2. Place Of Death
3. Spirit In Solitude
4. Regeneration
5. Beyond The Garden Of Creation
6. Without Any God
7. Old Man's Memories
8. The Plague Of Insomnia
9. Immaterial Essence Of Things
10. Inside Of Me More...
Alice Cooper Streams New Single
Legendary shock-rocker Alice Cooper reveals “Paranoiac Personality” today, the first single from his forthcoming album "Paranormal." Produced by long-time collaborator Bob Ezrin, the song is an unforgettable slice of classic Alice Cooper.
"Paranoiac Personality" is now available as digital download and stream. The digital single bundle includes a very special live version of "I’m Eighteen" – recorded live in Dallas 2015 and performed together with the Original Alice Cooper Band. This July also sees the release of a strictly limited 7” white vinyl collector’s single of "Paranoiac Personality."
"Paranormal" is Alice Cooper’s first album in 6 years. The album, which drops on July 28th via earMUSIC worldwide, is available as digital pre-order with immediate effect. Physically, it will be released as 2CD Digipak, 2LP+Bonus CD (live versions) and Limited Box Set (2CD Digipak+T-Shirt in size XL).
The album features guests like ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons, U2 drummer Larry Mullen, Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover and also sees the highly anticipated mini-reunion of the original Alice Cooper band members on a very special bonus CD. Consisting of two brand new studio songs written and recorded together with Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith and Michael Bruce, the bonus disc also includes 6 killer live versions of some of The Coop’s greatest hits, such as “No More Mr. Nice Guy,” “Billion Dollar Babies” and “School’s Out," recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 2016 and performed together with Cooper’s current band.
The track listing for "Paranormal" is:
1. Paranormal
2. Dead Flies
3. Fireball
4. Paranoiac Personality
5. Fallen In Love
6. Dynamite Road
7. Private Public Breakdown
8. Holy Water
9. Rats
10. The Sound Of A More...
The Summoned Premieres New Music Video "Faradic"
Boston tech-metal quartet The Summoned has just released the official video for "Faradic" a song from the forthcoming album "Sessions". The video was directed, edited, and filmed by Stephen Thompson. The band will release the sophomore full-length "Sessions" on June 16, 2017.
Check out now "Faradic" below.
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Madrost Debuts New Song "From Sand To Dust"
Orange County’s progressive technical thrash metal outfit Madrost debuts a new song entitled "From Sand To Dust", taken from the upcoming full-length album "The Essence Of Time Matches No Flesh", which is scheduled to be released on June 27th. The album was mastered by Alan Douches of West West Side Studios, and mixed and recorded by Mark Rivas of Rivas Studios.
Check out now "From Sand To Dust" below.
Human Barbecue: Pre-Release Full-Album Streaming
Belgium's death slam unit Human Barbecue premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the its upcoming new EP "Basement Butchery", which will arrive in stores later today via Ghastly Music.
Check out now "Basement Butchery" in its entirety below.
Loyal Until Death Debuts New Song & Lyric Video
Pompano Beach, Florida-based brutal metallic hardcore outfit Loyal Until Death premieres a new song and lyric video entitled "What Never Dies", taken from the upcoming new album "Remain Defiant", which will be released through 1732 Records on July 7, 2017.
Check out now "What Never Dies" below.
Sierpes Premieres Pre-Release Full-Album Stream
Old-school blackened death/thrash outfit Sierpes premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming debut album "Visiones Caóticas", which will be out in stores later today via Morbid Skull. The duo from Columbia and Ecuador consists of vocalist/drummer Melissa and guitarist/bassist Muerto.
Check out now "Visiones Caóticas" in its entirety below.
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