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Last updated on December 12, 2013 at 8:03 AM ET

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Cavalera Conspiracy Signs To Napalm Records

Dec 12, 2013 at 8:13 AM by CROMCarl.

Napalm Records has announced the signing of Cavalera Conspiracy! The Thrash Metal outfit, which features ex-Sepultura members/brothers Max & Igor Cavalera, have signed a worldwide record deal with the Austrian based label. The band is currently working on the still untitled third studio effort. According to the press release: "Metal fans can expect another ground breaking and innovative record that will shake the foundations of the music scene!"

Max commented: "I am so excited that Cavalera Conspiracy has signed with Napalm Records. This is gonna be our third album and it's going to be a brutal grind-core style. I am already working on the riffs, and it is going to come out next year. Get ready to be brutalized by Cavalera Conspiracy and Napalm Records!"

Igor added: "I am very excited to record the new CC record...Me and Max have been planning this for a while, and all I can say is that it will be a "Brutal" record. Also I'm super proud to join Napalm Records, home of lots of amazing artists."

Stay tuned for more updates with regard to the highly anticipated follow-up to "Blunt Force Trauma!" More...

Savage Messiah Streaming New Track

Dec 12, 2013 at 8:03 AM by CROMCarl.

Mere hours after unveiling the artwork for the upcoming new album "The Fateful Dark," U.K.'s Savage Messiah is streaming the new track "Cross of Babylon." The new release drops on March 18th in North America via Earache Records.

The track listing for the album is:

1. Iconocaust
2. Minority of One
3. Cross of Babylon
4. Hellblazer
5. Live As One Already Dead
6. The Fateful Dark
7. Zero Hour
8. Hammered Down
9. Scavengers of Mercy
10. The Cursed Earth
11. Be Quick or Be Dead *
12. Lightning to the Nations *
13. Killers *

(* - Earache Webstore/iTunes exclusive bonus tracks)

Check out "Cross of Babylon" here: More...

Crypticus Posts Album Teaser

Dec 12, 2013 at 12:56 AM by xFiruath.

Crypticus is gearing up to release a physical version of new album "The Barrens" via Razorback Recordings at the end of the month (the digital version is out now). A teaser trailer is available below, and the label also comments:

"The long awaited 3rd album: you have been warned! One of the finest full-on horror metal albums is coming this winter from Razorback Recordings. No retro, no fake 'KVLT,' just real Death Metal MUSIC with cover art by Derek Waugh!"