Sight of Emptiness
Formed: 2005
From:
Costa Rica
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Sight of Emptiness News
Below is our complete Sight of Emptiness news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
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Sight of Emptiness Streaming Official Video
Costa Rican melodic death metal band Sight of Emptiness released their nine track album "Above the Noise" a couple of months ago and is now streaming the track "Mandates of Hate" as its official video. This sonic assault explores themes of societal control and the relentless fight for freedom. It's a journey of self-discovery that will leave you questioning everything.
The band has unveiled the first taste of its fifth studio album, “Above the Noise,” produced and mixed by the legendary Thomas Plec Johansson (Opeth, Soilwork, Mayhem), which was released worldwide by King2Music Records earlier 2025. More...
Hypocrisy Confirmed For 70000 Tons Of Metal 2023
Swedish death metal veterans Hypocrisy has been announced as the final name for this year's edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise. The festival will take place aboard the Freedom Of The Seas ship and will sail from Port Miami in Florida on January 30th, heading to Bimini, Bahamas before returning on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows: More...
Another Four Bands Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023
The lineup for this year's 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise is almost complete with the announcement that slam pioneers Internal Bleeding, Chile thrash metal veterans Nuclear, Costa Rican melodic death metal band Sight Of Emptiness and Skiltron from Argentina have all been added to the lineup, leaving only more announcement. The cruise is set to sail on January 30th from Miami, Florida and head to Bimini, Bahamas, before returning on February 3rd.
The lineup is now as follows: More...
Sight of Emptiness Premiere New Single
Costa Rican death metal band Sight of Emptiness premiere a new single entitled “Broken Mirror”, which was mastered by Thomas Plec Johansson (Soilwork, Mayhem, Watain) at The Panic Room in Sweden.
Check out now "Broken Mirror," below.
Comment the band: More...
Sight of Emptiness Premiere New Song
Costa Rican death metal band Sight of Emptiness premiere a new song entitled "Utter Control", taken from their upcoming new EP "Redemption", which will be out in stores later this year via Bandcamp.
Check out now "Utter Control" below.
Sight Of Emptiness Releases New Video
Costa Rican metal band Sight of Emptiness has a new music video out now for the track “Deception” featuring Christian Älvestam (Scar Symmetry).
Check out the new video below, courtesy of MetalSucks.net.
The "Decpetion" track comes off the "Instincts" full-length album, which has the following track listing:
1. Essence (feat. Whit Crane of Ugly Kid Joe) 04:33
2. Instincts (feat. Ole Halvard Sveen) 04:11
3. Obsession (feat. Ralph Santolla) 04:37
4. Fearless (feat. Glen Drover & Christian Älvestam) 05:34
5. Paradox (feat. Manuel Obregón - Costa Rican Minister of Culture) 05:32
6. Deception (feat. Christian Älvestam) 05:31
7. Hostility (feat. Christian Älvestam) 04:05
8. Passion 04:33
9. Genetics 05:13
10. Sanctuary 05:57
11. Departure 09:35
12. Transition (bonus track) 03:49
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Sight Of Emptiness Announces Japanese Shows
Japan, rejoice: a global death metal attack is headed east as Costa Rica's finest metal exports in Sight Of Emptiness join forces with Canadian technical death masters Gorguts, Brazilian kings of violence Krisiun, and U.K. outfit Bloodshot Dawn this November!
Sight Of Emptiness will be touring in support of latest album, "Instincts," which is out now and supported by lead single "Essence" (featuring Whitfield Crane of Ugly Kid Joe). A video for the track can be viewed below.
Nov 6 - Osaka @ Nanba Rockets
Nov 7 - Nagoya @ Imaike Club3star
Nov 8 - Tokyo @ Shibuya Cyclone More...
Sight Of Emptiness Announces Album Release
Costa Rica's Sight Of Emptiness has been hard at work towards making an impact on the global metal scene since the release of "Trust Is A Disease" in 2007 - the same year the band won the Bloodstock Unsigned Contest and played the mainstage of Bloodstock Open Air.
The band's hard work culminates now, as Sight Of Emptiness prepares to unleash third full-length album "Instincts" on January 21st, 2014. The following press release was issued about the album:
"'Instincts' is a heavy-hitting dose of melodic death metal that will hit home with fans of Amon Amarth, At The Gates, In Flames and the like. It is also a very targeted effort to reach the worldwide metal masses.
"Produced by Thomas 'Plec' Johansson (Watain, Scar Symmetry, etc), 'Instincts' features a who's who of incredible musicians guesting on the album. Tracks featuring Glen Drover (Megadeth, King Diamond), Ralph Santolla (Deicide, Iced Earth), Christian Alvestam (Scar Symmetry) and Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe) make the album standout on looks alone, but the songs themselves will have fans coming back for more!
"Not only has Sight Of Emptiness caught the attention of their peers, but also the Costa Rican government as 'Instincts' also features a guest appearance of Manuel Obregon, the Minister of Culture & Youth for Costa Rica's government." More...
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Sight Of Emptiness Premieres New Song "Obsession"
Update: the stream is no longer available, but you can hear music from the band at the Sight of Emptiness Facebook page.
Costa Rica's Sight of Emptiness has been hard at work towards making an impact on the global metal scene since the release of "Trust Is A Disease" in 2007 and now the band is releasing a new album titled "Instincts."
Metalunderground.com is proud to today bring you an exclusive listen to a track off the album, featuring a guest appearance by Ralph Santolla (Obituary). Check out "Obsession" in the player below, and let us know what you think of the tune in the comments section.
Explaining the changes taking place on this album, guitarist Rafael Castro comments: "We are searching for our own musical identity; our own sound, so we decided to incorporate a lot of new elements. There´s a lot of electronic atmospheres and sequences all over, and a lot of melodic sections combined with complex patterns. We´re very glad we could get to experiment a lot. Our goal is to keep evolving."
Tracking for the new "Instics" album took place at Hits Recording Studios in Costa Rica, while mixing and mastering was handled by Thomas "Plec" Johansson from Sweden's The Panic Room Studios.
The band's recently released music video for "Essence" can be viewed at this location.
Sight Of Emptiness Gearing Up For Album Release
Costa Rica's Sight of Emptiness has been hard at work towards making an impact on the global metal scene since the release of "Trust Is A Disease" in 2007 - the same year the band won the Bloodstock Unsigned Contest and played the mainstage of Bloodstock Open Air.
Since then the band released another album independently in 2009 and supported heavyweights such as Megadeth, At The Gates, Obituary and more -- even playing national concerts for the Costa Rican government to over 15,000 people and being invited back to play Bloodstock Open Air in 2012.
The group's hard work culminates now, as Sight of Emptiness prepares to unleash third full length album "Instincts." The following press release was issued about the coming album: More...
Sight Of Emptiness Posts Official Video
Costa Rican melodeath band Sight Of Emptiness has just released an official video for the track "Essence," which was filmed and produced by Andres Montero Conde. In the video, vocalist 'Filthy' Eduardo trades vocals with the clean vocal cameo done by Whitfield Crane of Ugly Kid Joe.
Sight of Emptiness is appearing tomorrow, September 11th, along with Amarillo Cian Y Magenta at Mundoloco El Chante bar and restaurant in the San Pedro Montes de Oca suburb of San Jose. Watch the "Essence" video below. The song will be part of Sight Of Emptiness' upcoming album "Instincts."
Sight Of Emptiness Streaming "Paradox"
Sight of Emptiness has teamed up with Decibel Magazine to stream new track "Paradox" online. Check out the song here or in the player below. The band also comments:
"This is Paradox, a new song from our upcoming album Instincts, featuring Costa Rica's minister of culture Manuel Obregón. Exclusive streaming available at the one and only Decibel Magazine's website. What ya think? Let us know."
Sight Of Emptiness Streaming New Track
Costa Rican melodic death metal powerhouse Sight Of Emptiness is streaming a new track, "Passion," from its upcoming album "Instincts" over on Brave Words. Visit that location to hear it, or stream it below. The track tells the story of wildlife sharing the planet with man and its deep fear and unease when looking to the future of coexistence. The track was mixed and mastered by Thomas 'Plec' Johansson at The Panic Room Studios, Sweden. The album features the following tracklisting:
'Essence' (featuring Whit Crane - Ugly Kid Joe, Another Animal)
'Instincts' (featuring Ole Halvard Sveen - Extol, Mantric)
'Obsession' (featuring Ralph Santolla - Deicide, Death, Iced Earth, Obituary)
'Fearless' (featuring Glen Drover - Megadeth, King Diamond, and Christian Älvestam - Scar Symmetry, Solution .45, Miseration)
'Paradox' (featuring Manuel Obregon - Costa Rica's Minister of Culture)
'Deception' (featuring Christian Älvestam - Scar Symmetry, Solution .45, Miseration)
'Hostility' (featuring Christian Älvestam - Scar Symmetry, Solution .45, Miseration)
'Passion'
'Genetics'
'Sanctuary' (Instrumental)
'Departure'
'Obsession 2.0' (Remix Version)
Sight Of Emptiness Posts More Studio Footage
Costa Rica's Sight of Emptiness has released a second studio video report for the band's new album, which is being produced by Thomas "Plec" Johansson. Check out the new studio video below, or find the previously posted first clip in the series at this location.
Sight Of Emptiness Gives Studio Report
Costa Rican melodic death metal band Sight of Emptiness has finally published its first studio report for the recording of its third album. We have already streamed the "Transition" single for you, and now you can see more of the recording process that the band has been on with Swedish producer Thomas "Plec" Johansson (who won the Swedish grammy in 2010). The full article about that (in Spanish) can be read by going here.
Sight of Emptiness has several guest musicians on the new one ranging from Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe), Ralph Santolla (Deicide, Iced Earth, Obituary), Glen Dover (Megadeth, King Diamond), Ole Harvard Sveen (Extol, Mantric, Lengsel) and pianist/Costa Rican Administrator of Culture Manuel Obregón. Several other guests will be on this album too, and for now the band is keeping that under wraps.
Sight Of Emptiness Returning To Bloodstock
Costa Rican powerhouse Sight of Emptiness has announced that it will be making its return to Bloodstock this summer, sharing the stage with such artists as Alice Cooper and Behemoth. The band played there for the first time in 2007, winning in the "best new unsigned artist" category. Now as invited guests, they got to choose the date they play on - which will be Saturday, August 11th.
Bloodstock Open Air will take place on August 9 at 12:00 pm until August 12 at 12:00 am at Catton Park, Walton on Trent, Derbyshire. The headliner will for Bloodstock will be announced on 06/06 at 6:00 p.m. For more information on the event and the band roster, go to Bloodstock's Facebook event page. Below is an upload of Sight of Emptiness' most recent offical video, the lyric one for "Transition," after the jump.
Iced Earth And Sepultura Confirmed For Bloodstock
The organisers of Britain's Bloodstock Open Air festival has announced the addition of two legendary bands for this year's event, namely American power metal outfit Iced Earth and Brazilian thrash metal veterans Sepultura. The festival will take place at Catton Hall in Walton On-Trent, Derbyshire from August 10th-12th and features the following lineup, with more acts to be confirmed:
Ronnie James Dio Stage:
Alice Cooper (Headliner)
Behemoth (Headliner)
Anvil
The Black Dahlia Murder
Dimmu Borgir
Grand Magus
Hatebreed
Iced Earth
Mayhem
Nile
Paradise Lost
Sanctuary
Sepultura
Watain
Sophie Lancaster Stage:
Anaal Nathrakh
Orange Goblin
Sight Of Emptiness
Nile And Mayhem Confirmed For Bloodstock 2012
The organisers of Britain's Bloodstock Open Air festival has announced that death metal outfit Nile and Norwegian black metal legends Mayhem are the latest bands to be confirmed for the event, which will take place at Catton Hall in Walton On Trent, Derbyshire from August 10th-12th.
The lineup is now as follows:
Ronnie James Dio Stage:
Alice Cooper (Headliner)
Behemoth (Headliner)
Anvil
The Black Dahlia Murder
Dimmu Borgir
Grand Magus
Hatebreed
Mayhem
Nile
Paradise Lost
Sanctuary
Watain
Sophie Lancaster Stage:
Anaal Nathrakh
Orange Goblin
Sight Of Emptiness
Sight Of Emptiness Debuts New Single
Sight Of Emptiness has just debuted it's new single "Transition" over on the No Clean Singing site. Costa Rica's premier melodic thrash metal band plans to include this song on it's third album in progress. Sight Of Emptiness has been busy touring Central America, and you can check out the video for their gig in Tegucigalpa, Honduras by going here. Check out Sight of Emptiness' recent official video for "Predictable Tragedy," filmed in Parque Morazan in downtown San Jose.
Sight Of Emptiness Uploads New Music Video
Costa Rica based act Sight of Emptiness has uploaded a new music video for the song "Predictable Tragedy," taken from the "Absolution of Humanity" album. You can view the music video in the player below.
Sight of Emptiness was also covered in the Costa Rican edition of Metalunderground.com's "Unearthing the Metal Underground" column, which can be found here.