Metal News for January 12, 2015
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36 news articles posted on this day.
Interview
Putrid Offal Discusses Returning From The Grave
Thought dead since the mid-90s, Putrid Offal tore its way out of the grave to return to grinding duty with the "Suffering" EP.
Now a double-disc monstrosity is on the way, featuring re-recorded and re-mastered old material as well as new tracks to further add to the goregrind band's legend.
"Mature Necropsy" will drop next month via Katoxin Records, and we also just premiered the first disc online (give it a listen over here).
To go along with the resurrection and new album premiere, Putrid Offal bassist Fred Houriez checked in with Metalunderground.com to discuss the band's return, the changes in sound and recording processes after 20 years, and the guest musicians brought on to further brutalize the sound. Check out the full interview below. More...
Sylosis Posts New Video
U.K. based modern thrash band Sylosis will release new album, "Dormant Heart," on January 16th, 2015 via Nuclear Blast.
Now the band premieres the official studio session video for the album track "To Build A Tomb." Check it out at below, thanks to RockHard.de. You can also stream the full album ahead of its release date at this location.
Aethyr Releasing Sophomore Album
On February 19th, Russian doom metal band Aethyr will release a second full length album titled "Corpus" on the U.S. label Cimmerian Shade Recordings.
The album will be available physically an digitally, with a digipack CD coming up for pre-order on February 5th at this location. An official video for the track "Cvlt" can be seen in the player below, and the album's full track listing is as follows:
1. Nihil Grail
2. Sanctus Satanicus
3. Atu
4. Cvlt
5. The Gnostic Mass
6. Corpus
7. Templum More...
Nails Streaming New Tracks
Southern California based four-man hatecrew Nails just revealed the band's first new music since the release of 2013's "Abandon All Life."
The two brand new tracks "Among The Arches Of Intolerance" and "In Pain" were recorded for Decibel Magazine and have been pressed to an extremely limited Flexi-Disc given away with February's issue. You can also hear the tracks at this location.
Nuclear Blast announced the signing of Nails last year and will be releasing an upcoming as-of-yet-untitled third album in 2015. See the band live with Terror on these dates: More...
Chrome Division Announces New Tour Dates
Norwegian doomsday rock 'n roll outfit Chrome Division released the band's 4th studio album "Infernal Rock Eternal" on January 17th, 2014 via Nuclear Blast.
The Infernal Rock Tour 2015 is set for late February in support of this latest album. Joining the fierce five-piece will be German power thrashers Phallax as well as German rock/metal newcomers Nighttrain.
2015-02-21 Hamburg (HeathenRock Festival) DE
2015-02-22 Arnheim (Luxor) NL
2015-02-23 Weinheim (Café Zentral) DE
2015-02-24 Erfurt (From Hell) DE
2015-02-25 München (Backstage) DE
2015-02-26 Nürnberg (Rockfabrik) DE
2015-02-27 Aalen (Rock It) DE
2015-02-28 Oberhausen (Helvete) DE More...
Ufomammut Announces New Album
"Ecate" is the title worthy of deities and of Ufomammut's seventh studio full-length, which has been confirmed for North American release March 31st via Neurot Recordings. The label comments:
"The Italian power trio, known for incredibly heavy capabilities and psychedelic prowess, has as many discernible similarities as they do differences to their formative roots. Defying classification of simply a 'doom act,' Ufomammut charges their sludgy output with inimitable energy and wayfaring ambition through a tight knit musical understanding which flows telepathically between members, Poia, Urlo, and Vita.
"On their latest album, Ufomammut takes a confident step forward with their craft, orchestrating atmospheric processions that take the six songs on the album to places as-of-yet uncharted, the only guide being that of Ecate (Hecate in English), the three-sided goddess who moves between the realms of the living, the dead, and the gods. Traditionally associated with matters of the liminal, as statues of her can be found at crossroads and city walls, where she would be believed to either bless or curse travelers, she represents the link between the past, the present and the future in a way which resonates true with Ufomammut and with the name of the band, too."
The track listing is:
1. Somnium
2. Plouton
3. Chaosecret
4. Temple
5. Revelation
6. Daemon
See the band live:
4/23/2015 Desert Fest - Berlin, DE
4/25/2015 Desert Fest - London, UK
5/21/2015 Maryland Deathfest - Baltimore, MD More...
Volahn Streaming Full Album
Today, Volahn is streaming the entire "Aq'ab'al" album online after its official release last week via via Iron Bonehead Productions and The Ajna Offensive.
The Mayan calendar symbol for night entering dawn, "Aq'ab'al" symbolizes the earthly dark spaces & those within our own consciousness. The Maya value these places as both of spiritual and physical wealth. "Aq'ab'al" is the re-generating power of the still & the dark - the place of rebirth & transformation - as in "Be Still & Know that I am God." The track listing is as follows:
1. Najtir Ichik
2. Halhi Khoba
3. Bonampak
4. Quetzalcoatl
5. Koyopa
6. Nawalik More...
Exarsis Announces New Album
Exarsis has issued the following announcement about wrapping up work on a new album:
"We are more than proud to announce that we spent the last days of summer and the whole autumn of 2014 'secretly engineering' our third studio album entitled 'The Human Project!'
"At the moment the mixing process is taking place at Mana Recording Studios (USA) by Jarrett Pritchard, a place where some of the most infamous and legendary death metal acts still produce their works (Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal, Malevolent Creation, Vital Remains, Six Feet Under, Exhumed etc).
"No official release date yet, though you can expect it on the following months. Prepare for some really old school shit..."
Artwork for the release was handled by Andrei Bouzikov (Municipal Waste, Violator, Vektor, Toxic Holocaust, Cannabis Corpse) and the track listing is as follows:
01. Arrivals
02. Medicide
03. Abnormal Generation
04. Police Brutality
05. R.F.I.D.
06. False Flag Attack
07. Know Your Enemy (322)
08. Skull & Bones
09. Change of Plans
10. The Brutal State More...
At The Hollow Reveals New Album Details
Finnish trio At The Hollow will release Spinefarm Records debut "What I Hold Most Dear" on February 17th. The band has shared the 11-song track listing and the album cover art, which can be seen below. A video for "Was It Worth It" can also be seen at this location.
The cover art, featuring 12 separate images laid out in storyboard-like form, may seem disconnected upon a cursory look, but if you keep your eyes fixed on them while listening to the music, you may start to put together your own interpretation.
About the cover, At The Hollow's Kalle Koo said, "To me album and the artwork shows what At The Hollow really is right now. It`s very honest. And as an musician I'm very proud of what kind of feelings and atmosphere we created with only as a trio."
1. Was It Worth It
2. Otherside
3. Paleface
4. Dead Memories
5. Withered Speech
6. Second Time
7. Numbed
8. Last Hour
9. Watch & Learn
10. Echoes
11. Let's Eat Them More...
Site Update
Win A Pair Of Municipal Waste Tickets
Before setting sail on the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise at the end of the month, Municipal Waste has week-long trek across Maryland, North Carolina, and Florida kicking off this coming Thursday, January 15th.
With the tour just about to pummel across seven U.S. cities alongside Torche and Night Birds, we'll be giving several lucky fans a pair of free tickets and a Municipal Waste t-shirt.
To enter for a chance to win the tickets and t-shirts, send an email to mwgiveaway[at]metalunderground.com with your full name, the city and venue where you'd like to see the show, and a brief message explaining why you love Municipal Waste.
Winners will get into the show and be able to bring a friend for free. Keep your eyes peeled and check your email, as we'll be notifying the winners later this week! Dates for the trek are as follows:
01/15/15 Soundstage - Baltimore, MD
01/16/15 Ziggy's - Winston-Salem, NC
01/17/15 Ziggy's By The Sea - Wilmington, NC
01/18/15 Pug's Live - Tallahassee, FL
01/19/15 The Atlantic - Gainesville, FL
01/20/15 Crowbar - Tampa, FL
01/21/15 Grand Central - Miami, FL More...
Vexillum Releases "Over The Clouds" Music Video
Italy's Vexillum released a music video for the track "Over the Clouds." The song features a guerst appearance by Freedom Call vocalist/guitarist Chris Bay and will appear on the upcoming new album "Unum," which is set for release on January 16th via Limb Music.
"Unum" will feature a number of other guest appearances, which include: Maxi Nil (ex-Visions of Atlantis/Jaded Star), Mark Boals (Ring of Fire/ex-Iron Mask/ex-Yngwie Malmsteen) and Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian).
The track list is as follows:
1. The Departure: Blow Away the Ashes
2. The Jester: Over the Clouds
3. The Sentenced: Fire and Blood
4. Lady Thief: What We Are
5. The Hermit: Through the Mirror
6. The Way Back: The Clash Within
7. The True Beginning: Standing as One
8. Spunta la Luna dal Monte (Tazenda Cover)
9. Run Runaway (Slade Cover)
Check out "Over the Clouds" here: More...
X-Vivo Streaming New Single
German industrial metal band X-Vivo has released a new single titled "Catharsis," which can be heard below.
X-Vivo is currently writing a full-length album as a follow-up to latest EP "Out Of The Smell Of Decay" from 2013. "Catharsis" will not be a part of the new album due to conceptual reasons, but it was recorded in the process of creating these new songs.
Yob Announces New Tour Dates
In addition to a previously announced North American live takeover this March supporting progressive black metal outfit Enslaved, long-running Portland doom monarchs Yob today reveal additional headlining stage rumblings.
With various performances scattered prior to, throughout, and following the Enslaved run, Yob will decimate ears in Sacramento, Boise, Columbus, Raleigh, Johnson City, Atlanta, Memphis, New Orleans, Houston, Austin, Albuquerque and Tucson.
Support will be provided by noise rock group Will Haven, doom wrangling outfit Witch Mountain, and trance-inducing psych rock perpetrators Ecstatic Vision (also on the Enslaved tour) on select dates. See the confirmed itinerary below. More...
Cecilia::Eyes Releases "Live" Album
Eight months after having released the studio album "Disappearance," post-rock/metal outfit Cecilia::Eyes is back with a live recording simply called "Live."
This new effort, exclusively released in digital through the band's own imprint Sonic & Blind, includes tracks from "Disappearance" and old songs from previous records. The album was mastered at Pristine Audio (France) by Andrew Rose. Give it a listen below, or pick up a copy at Bandcamp here. The track listing is as follows:
1. Default Descent 07:40
2. Lord Howe Rise 07:02
3. Loreta 05:31
4. Like Wolves 08:01
5. For The Fallen 04:18
6. One Million Whales 05:18
7. Peter Star - Death For Treason 08:41
8. No Prayers, No Bells, No Homeland 08:00
9. Four Lost Soldiers 08:29 More...
Suma Signs With Argonauta Records
Argonauta Records has inked a deal with Swedish outfit Suma, and the label had this to say about an impending release:
"We’re excited to announce we will re-release huge album 'Ashes' by Swedish beast Suma! Originally out in 2010, 'Ashes' is a monster of granitic riffs, sludge destruction and unrelentless heaviness, engine-eared, mixed and produced by Billy Anderson. The album will be available during Spring 2015 on CD Digisleeve with renewed artwork."
The Sleeping Shaman also previously described the album by saying: “The drums, the guitars, the throbbing, pulsing bass, the howling vocals, ALL sound totally inhuman and mind-bendingly HUGE. THIS is what Lovecraft was describing when he said ‘a mountain walked or stumbled.'" More...
Dire Peril Journeys "Through Time And Space"
In 2012, California sci-fi power metal band Dire Peril announced plans to release 3 special EPs, each consisting of 3 original tracks and one cover song.
The first of the 3, “Astronomical Minds” was released independently in 2012. The popularity of the album gained the band global media exposure and in 2014 the group signed with Dead Inside Records. Dire Peril released 2nd EP “Queen of the Galaxy” through the label on September 26th. 2014 and is now ready to unleash the 3rd EP titled “Through Time and Space.”
“Through Time and Space” will be released on March 24th, 2015 again via Dead Inside Records. Vocals for the album were tracked by Norman Skinner (Imagika, Skinner, Hellscream) at Savage Screams Studios in Fremont, CA. The remainder of the album was recorded at Alien Productions in Carmichael, CA and mixed\mastered by JK Northrup (XYZ, Liberty n’ Justice).
Special guest musicians include guitarist Andy LaRocque (King Diamond) making an appearance on the track “Evolution’s Failed Design” and vocalist John Yelland (Disforia, Judicator) sharing vocal duties with Norman Skinner on the Epic 20 minute title track “Through Time and Space.” Cover artwork for the album was created by horror\fantasy artist Sean “Zombie” Walusko.
1. Evolution’s Failed Design
2. What Mysteries Await
3. Through Time And Space
4. Transformers (Lion Cover) More...
Visigoth Streaming Album's Title Track
Salt Lake City's Visigoth will release debut album "The Revenant King" on January 27th via Metal Blade Records.
Until today the only song from "The Revenant King" available to stream was "Dungeon Master," but that now changes as NPR.org is hosting the world premiere of the title track. Give it a listen below.
Visigoth plays heavy metal that hearkens back to the golden age of ironclad riffwork and powerful vocals, paying tribute to the titans of steel that left their mark on the history of the genre.
The band's brand of heavy metal fit perfectly within the ranks of Metal Blade Records, which brought the band on board to release a debut full-length album. After signing with the label, Visigoth recorded "The Revenant King" and the collection of heavy metal tracks was engineered, mixed, and produced by Andy Patterson at Boar's Next Studio in Salt Lake City. Alan Douches at West Westside handled mastering to offer a final product that truly represents the finest in true metal. More...
Dissident Clone Releasing "State Of Dysphoria"
Tridroid Records is pleased to announce that on March 17th the label will be releasing Dissident Clone's "State of Dysphoria" as a digital only release.
Containing 4 tracks that combine thrash, punk and metal, Dissident Clone will appeal to old-school metalheads in particular. Tridoid Records also comments:
"To defy your maker and know your past is the concept behind Dissident Clone. Forged in 2008 from a mutually recognized appreciation of extreme metal and punk music, the band has always been Patrick Morris on guitar and vocals and Chad Brunsell on drums.
"The raw vision of Dissident Clone is to push away conceived limitations that more is always better. In a time of overproduced and sterilized music, the raw, stripped down sound of Dissident Clone may remind listeners that bands do not have to rely on technology to write their songs, play their instruments, or both.
"Constantly honing their craft and using music as a vehicle for dissent, Dissident Clone continues to write, record, and play live, hoping to give back to the metal and punk scenes that have inspired them." More...
Rhandy Rhoads Tribute On The Way
The late, great Randy Rhoads (heralded as the lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot) will be celebrated with the release of "Immortal Randy Rhoads – The Ultimate Tribute" on March 3rd, 2015 via UDR Music.
A collection of 11 classic Rhoads co-written songs, "Immortal Randy Rhoads – The Ultimate Tribute" is performed by twenty contemporary artists, including old friends and performing partners Rudy Sarzo and Frankie Banali, his brother Kelle Rhoads and musicians like Serj Tankian, Tom Morello, Vinny Appice, Tim “Ripper” Owens, Chuck Billy, Alexi Laiho, George Lynch, Gus G., Bruce Kulick, Doug Aldrich, Dweezil Zappa and others.
The album was produced and compiled by the Grammy-award winning guitarist and producer Bob Kulick at his own studio.
Along with the album, "Immortal Randy Rhoads – The Ultimate Tribute" will also contain a bonus DVD available in the digipack version, including interesting interviews with some of the involved artists and a feature on the Musonia School of Music, a teaching school on North Hollywood, California, set up by Randy’s mother and run by his brother Kelle Rhoads. The full track listing is: More...
Deathbreed Streams New Album's Title Track
Each day this week Rogue Records America will be dropping a new song from the upcoming Deathbreed album "New World Order."
The album will drop at the end of the month, and today you can hear the title track below. The full track listing is as follows:
1. New World Order
2. Surveillance
3. In the Name of Democracy
4. Navi
5. Deconstruction
6. Drowning the Behemoth
7. Stygian Dystopia
8. Solaris
9. Veil of Lies
10. Aeons of Corruption More...
Deivos Streaming New Song Online
Polish death metal band Deivos just made available a first song from upcoming album “Theodicy.” The “Ochlocracy” track can be streamed below.
“Theodicy” was recorded between July and November, and mastered December 2014 in Zed Studio with producer Tomek Zalewski. The follow-up to 2011’s “Demiurge Of The Void” is set for a February 15th, 2015 release date on CD/digital formats via SelfMadeGod Records.
Pre-orders are available at this location. The album's track listing is as follows:
1. Theodicy
2. El Shaddai
3. Ochlocracy
4. Mandatory Mayhem
5. Amor Sui
6. Parasite More...
The Wolf Council Reveals Self-Titled Album
On February 24th, 2015 Static Tension Recordings will release the self-titled debut album from The Wolf Council.
Best described as a mixture of doom, stoner, and metal, "The Wolf Council" contains songs that are both heavy and catchy simultaneously. Fans of bands such as the Melvins and Kyuss in particular should take note. "The Wolf Council" will be released on CD in February and on vinyl in April.
A power-trio from Minneapolis/St. Paul, The Wolf Council consists of Steve Williams (vocals, guitar), Jeff Paske (drums), and Steve Post (bass/vocals). The band formed exactly at 1:30 AM on August 7th, 2013 and officially signed to Static Tension Recordings at noon on New Years Eve 2014. The new album's track listing is: More...
In Oath Streaming New Single
Kenyan death metal band In Oath, who promised its 'defining memento' in 2015, has uploaded the lyric video for the new track "Tri-Infestation," which will be on the new album "The Bread Of Disposition." Guitarist Christopher Lilako Yagami made the following post about the music:
"I hope ya'll are 'Digin' the new sound, We've been putting all our effort into making this album memorable and something distinguished. A form of tales and tribulations compressed into a package of raw power, released in emotive spasms to detail the nature of mankind and his/her affiliations with the 'Earth realm' and its mystique secrets.
Larry Kimani, Douglas Kihoro and I, Christopher Lilako 'Yagami' are very pleased with our fanbase and appreciate the love and support you have shown us through your patience and appreciation. We cant wait to bring forth this epic tablature and descriptive tales of mankind's connection with mother earth."
Helrunar Announces "Niederkunfft"
Lupus Lounge (a division of Prophecy Productions) announces today that March 3rd will be the North American release date for Helrunar's "Niederkunfft."
With five studio albums to date, Helrunar has established itself as a figurehead of serious black metal from Germany inspired by Northern mythology. "Niederkunfft" now marks the beginning of a new era for the band, both musically and conceptually.
On "Niederkunfft," Skald Draugir attends to a historical topic for the first time - namely European people on the threshold between the Middle Ages and modern times, surrounded by superstition and fear, torn between religion and the enlightenment. The music follows this conceptual realignment: it is less furious than on the band's early works, yet more oppressive and bleak than ever. The album's track listing is as follows:
1. Niederkunfft
2. Der Endchrist
3. Totentanz
4. Devils Devils Everywhere!
5. Magdeburg brennt
6. Grimmig Tod
7. Die Kirch ist umbgekehret
8. The Hiebner Prophecy More...
Monolord Releasing New Album
The new full length from Monolord is called "Vænir" (named after the biggest lake in Sweden) and is due out April 28th, 2015. Riding Easy Records comments:
"The record comes in with 6 songs over 48 mins of bone crushing mother fuckin DOOM! The song 'Cursing The One' was teased on Xmas Day, now that the record is off to press we figured y’all deserved to have 1 song from the follow up to Empress Rising.
"Vænir won’t be on the shelves until the end of April, but do not fret… you will be able to purchase a 12? single with Cursing The One on the A side and the Black Sabbath cover 'Fairies Wear Boots' that you can hear on the Cvlt Nation Paranoid comp that came out this summer." More...
Prong Reveals Covers Album Details
Prong will release an all-covers LP titled "Songs From The Black Hole" in the U.S. on March 31st via eOne Music.
The release will be in tandem with SPV/Steamhammer special CD and LP edition available in Scandinavia on March 25th, in Germany on March 27, and the rest of Europe on March 30th.
"Prong is very excited about the upcoming release of our new record, 'Songs From The Black Hole,'" says frontman Tommy Victor. "We are equally excited about the artwork and packaging."
Victor continues, "With the help of our art director Mike Lopez, the theme of urban decay, desolation, insecurity and ultimate change that prevails in the music has been brought to the surface in images. Since much of Prong's origins come from a place of abandonment, we feel our new album artwork fully reflects this sentiment."
The track listing is as follows:
1. Doomsday (DISCHARGE)
2. Vision Thing (SISTERS OF MERCY)
3. Goofy`s Concern (BUTTHOLE SURFERS)
4. Kids Of The Black Hole (ADOLESCENTS)
5. Bars (BLACK FLAG)
6. Seeing Red (KILLING JOKE)
7. Don`t Want To Know If You Are Lonely (HÜSKER DÜ)
8. Give Me The Cure (FUGAZI)
9. Banned in DC (BAD BRAINS)
10. Cortez The Killer (NEIL YOUNG) More...
Michael Schenker Releasing New Album
Award-winning rock guitarist Michael Schenker will release a new studio album entitled "Spirit On A Mission" in the U.K. on Monday, the 23rd of March.
Released by in-akustik, the album of all-new material features Schenker's Temple of Rock band including ex-Scorpions Herman Rarebell (drums) and Francis Buchholz (bass), ex-Rainbows Doogie White (vocals) and Wayne Findlay (guitar, keyboards).
The album will be released on CD, deluxe edition (CD+DVD), deluxe 180 gram vinyl (special DMM-Cut), and digital download, consisting of 12 classic rock guitar-driven songs that highlight Schenker's distinctive and dynamic guitar playing.
Michael remembers how he came up with the name of the new album: "A while ago I was asked how I wanted to be remembered, and I said as a spirit on a mission, spreading the joy of music from a place of pure self expression."
The first single, "Vigilante Man," will drop January 19th. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Live And Let Live
2. Communion
3. Vigilante Man
4. Rock City
5. Saviour Machine
6. Something Of The Night
7. All Our Yesterdays
8. Bulletproof
9. Let The Devil Scream
10. Good Times
11. Restless Heart
12. Wicked More...
Dark Funeral Releasing New Single
On February 23rd, the Swedish masters of furious, intense and merciless black metal from Dark Funeral will return with the release of new single "Nail Them To The Cross."
Besides the title track, which released as a video some weeks ago to present new vocalist Heljarmadr, the single includes another brand new track called "Temple Of Ahriman."
Both songs were recorded at Dugout Studios in Uppsala/Sweden and were mixed and mastered by Daniel Bergstrand. The cover artwork was created by Marcelo Vasco.
Nail Them To The Cross will be available as a digital download and a hand-numbered 7" limited to 1000 copies worldwide, of which 500 copies are on black vinyl and 500 on blue vinyl.
The 7" will only be available through CM Distro and at the band's live shows, starting with one of the first appearances featuring new members Heljarmadr and Natt at Blastfest (Bergen, NO) on February 20th. The CM Distro pre-order starts on January 26th. You can also catch the band live:
23.01.2015 - Meh Suff! Winterfestival - Zürich, CH
20.02.2015 - Blastfest - Bergen, NO
15.05.2015 - Steelfest - Hyvinkaa, FIN (Special TSOTBA set)
19.06.2015 - Nummirock - Nummijarvi, FIN
04.07.2015 - In Flammen Open Air - Torgau, DE
22.08.2015 - Kaltenbach Open Air - Spital am Semmering, Austria More...
Shining Announces North American Appearance
Controversial Swedish metal band Shining has announced a rare North American festival appearance at Montreal's Messe Des Morts Festival.
Messe Des Morts runs from April 2nd - 4th and sees the band playing alongside other underground stalwarts Samael, Cult Of Cure, and Mitochondrion.
Shining (Niklas Kvarforth [Vocals, Concept, Guitars], Rainer Tuomikanto [Drums], Christian Larsson [Bass], Euge Valovirta [Guitar], Peter Huss [Guitar]) has also released photos taken during a recent video shoot for a track from the band's upcoming new record, which is set to be released by Season of Mist in the spring. The photos, by Assi Viljanen, can be seen at Shining's official Facebook page.
Founded in 1996, Shining has since earned notoriety within the black metal underground as a result of the band's innovative and ever-evolving sound, in addition to main-man Niklas Kvarforth's frightening and abrasive stage persona. Characterized by Kvarforth's philosophy on suicide, Shining was originally conceived as a "suicidal black metal" band, inciting violence within a rabid fan-base through the band's provocative lyrics and self-destructive imagery.
Refusing to be bound by the confines of the genre, Shining later expanded its unique approach to songwriting and themes, incorporating melodic death metal passages and dynamic vocals ranges. More...
Acherontas Reveals New Album Release
W.T.C. Productions has now set February 27th as the international release date for Acherontas' fifth album, "Ma IoN (Formulas of Reptilian Unification)."
Since their metamorphosis into a new entity in 2007, these Greeks have staunchly upheld the magick 'n' mysticism of classic, second-wave black metal. Over the course of four, increasingly ambitious albums Acherontas explored vast vistas of the imagination with a potently kaleidoscopic style of black metal that ably bridges traditionalism and the avant-garde. The new album's track listing is as follows:
1. Fires Of Prometheus
2. Nereid Tide Of Neptune´s Rudra
3. Convolut-ion, Manifestat-ion, Secret-ion, Karma-lravatl The Thunders Emerged
4. Ma-Ion ´Formulas Of Reptilian Unification´
5. Permutation In The Aetheric Void (Ma-Ion Sacred Seal)
6. Shaman And The Waning Moon
7. Lunar Transcendence & The Secret Kiss Of Nut
8. The Awakening Of Astral Orphic Mysteries - Behind The Eyes Of Irida
9. Copper Arcana
10. Therionic Transformation
11. Orgiastic Feast Of Flesh, Beheld Thine Vicissitude More...
Ensiferum Releases "One Man Army" Music Video
Finnish pagan folk metal masters Ensiferum released a new music video for the track "One Man Army." The song is the title track of the band's sixth full length studio effort, which is due for release on February 24th via Metal Blade Records.
Ensiferum will appear at the upcoming 2015 edition of 70,000 Tons of Metal next week. For information, head over to this location.
The track list for the album is:
1. March of War
2. Axe of Judgment
3. Heathen Horde
4. One Man Army
5. Burden of the Fallen
6. Warrior without a War
7. Cry for the Earth Bounds
8. Two of Spades
9. My Ancestor's Blood
10. Descendants, Defiance, Domination
11. Neito Pohjolan
Check out the video here: More...
Exclusive
Putrid Offal Premieres "Mature Necropsy"
Some bands release an album a year and go nowhere. Some never release one and manage to become cult acts. That’s what happened during the 25 years that saw Putrid Offal arise, die and become legendary while dead… until now!
Finally awakened from an unholy slumber since the '90s, Putrid Offal now returns with the double CD "Mature Necropsy," due out February 10th but available for pre-order now here.
To whet your appetite for more gore, we're also streaming the first disc (minus the two bonus cover songs to appear on the CD edition). Check it out below!
Mastered by El Mobo at the Conkrete Studio (We All Die (laughing), Otargos…) and featuring special guest vocals by Stéphane Buriez (Loudblast) and Frédéric Blauwblomme (Noise Emission Control, ex-Khroma Death), “Mature Necropsy” (the first disc) features new death metal art in its full g(l)ory while “Premature Necropsy” (the second disc) is a complete discography compilation of early 90’s cult goregrind, remastered from the original analog master tapes. More...
Orden Ogan Releases "Ravenhead" Lyric Video
German power metal act Orden Ogan released a lyric video for the new track "Ravenhead." The song is the title track from the band's new album expected for release via AFM Records on Janauatry 16th (EU) and February 3rd (USA). A review for the album can be found at this location.
The track listing for the album is:
1. Orden Ogan
2. Ravenhead
3. F.E.V.E.R (see music video here)
4. The Lake
5. Evil Lies in Every Man
6. Here at the End of the World (Feat. Chris Boltendahl)
7. A Reason to Give
8. Deaf Among the Blind
9. Sorrow Is Your Tale (Feat. Joacim Cans)
10. In Grief and Chains
11. Too Soon
Check out "Ravenhead" here: More...
Tanzwut Release New Music Video "Freitag Der 13"
German modern folk/industrial act Tanzwut released a music video for the new track "Freitag Der 13." The song is the title track of the upcoming new release scheduled for February 13, 2015 via AFM Records.
The band will hit the road in Europe in support of the album, with confirmed dates as follows:
04.04. BE-Mons, Trolls et Legendes
09.04. Aschaffenburg, Colos-Saal
10.04. München, Backstage
11.04. Wien, Szene
16.04. Bochum, Matrix
17.04. Siegburg, Kubana
18.04. Berlin, C-Club
23.04. Nürnberg, Hirsch
24.04. Dresden, Puschkin
25.04. Magdeburg, Factory
26.04. Rostock, M.A.U. Club
30.04. Querfurt, Burg
01.05. Losheim, Hexentanz Festival
Check out "Freitag Der 13" here: More...
Jorn Lande & Trond Holter Post New Music Video
Jorn Lande & Trond Holter Present Dracula released a music video for the new track "Walking on Water." The song appears on the debut release "Swing of Death," which is expected for release on January 23rd (EU) and January 27th (North America) via Frontiers Music Srl. A review for the album can be found over at this location.
The track listing for the album is:
1. Hands of Your God
2. Walking On Water
3. Swing of Death
4. Masquerade Ball
5. Save Me
6. River Of Tears
7. Queen of the Dead
8. Into the Dark
9. True Love Through Blood (Instrumental)
10. Under The Gun
Check out the clip here: More...
Dream Theater World Tour Scheduled For Early 2016
Vocalist James LaBrie of progressive metal veterans Dream Theater will be interviewed at the Midland Cultural Centre in Midland, Ontario, Canada on January 14, as part of the ongoing "A Day In The Life" conversation series.
Asked about Dream Theater's plans for the rest of 2015, LaBrie states in a pre-show interview: "Dream Theater will go back into the studio in New York in February and start writing and recording. Usually, that's about a five-month period of doing that. Monday to Friday; we take our weekends off. And then, hopefully, there will be a late fall release. And we don't wanna start touring until 2016 to support that. So we'll engage and start on another world tour probably right around this time next year."
Check out the entire chat below.
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