Metal News for January 13, 2015
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Gristnam Releasing "Even Less"
Forged in Covington, Louisiana in 2012 in the wake of the dissolution of haarp and Omean, Gristnam lives by the grind-groove-repeat ethos churning out billowing odes of revulsion, disease and chronic disenchantment.
The band's debut EP, simply titled "Release 1," was unleashed in 2013. The follow-up comes in the form of "Even Less," a dual bruiser that features the five tracks from the "Release 1" EP and six new violent requiems. "Even Less" is the cumulative sound of a society gone rotten and comes at you swinging by way of Housecore Records. The track listing is as follows:
Side A
1. Etch And Burn
2. Column V
3. Embedded
4. Guilt Runs Red
5. Load/Depress
Side B
6. Wake
7. Copperhead
8. Cells
9. Riding Home
10. Wallow
11. Oak Tunnel
Gristnam is:
Greg Bourgeois - Guitars
Steve Bourgeois - Guitars
Shaun Emmons - Vocals
John Miskimmin - Bass
Keith Sierra, Jr - Drums More...
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Pit Stories: Learning A Painful Lesson
Each week we check in with bands from around the globe to get their most memorable Pit Stories. This week If These Trees Could Talk shared this tale of learning a valuable lesson about removing your earrings before entering the pit:
When I was young, I went to every metal festival known to mankind, regardless of who was playing. In my youth, I felt invincible, therefore every mosh pit was open season. In the summer of 2000, I attended the Tattoo the Earth Festival with Slipknot and Sevendust. In my naivete, I had a row of ear piercings down each side.
In the middle of Slipknot’s set, I decided to test my might and enter the pit. Slipknot pits are always rowdy, and I was fully aware of the danger that lurked within, but I didn’t give a fuck. I was ready to rage! Unbeknownst to me, a dude in the biggest combat boots I’d ever seen was crowd surging right above me. As I looked up, his boot came down and grinded every earring out of my adolescent ear at once. Extreme pain, blood and adrenaline all at once. This experience never turned me off from mosh pits, but it reminded me to take them out before going into one for the rest of my life.More...
Demonical Reveals New Tour Dates
Swedish death metal band Demonical will be taking to the streets together with Norwegian black/death legends Gehenna and Finnish death metal newcomer I Saw Red.
The ten date "Unravel Europe Tour" will take them to Germany, Holland, Belgium, Czech Republic and Poland. Dates are as follows:
30.04 (GER) Greifswald - Klex
01.05 (GER) Bitterfeld - Festung
02.05 ((NL) Leeuwarden - Poppodium Romein
03.05 (NL) Rotterdam - Baroeg *
04.05 (BEL) Waregem - Gasolina
05.05 (GER) Weinheim - Cafe Central
06.05 (GER) Aalen - Rock It
07.05 (CZE) Prague - Modra Vopice
08.05 (POL) Poznan - Club U Bazyla
09.05 (GER) Erfurt - From Hell
* with Schirenc plays Pungent Stench and Bölzer.
Demonical will also be appearing on several summer festivals in 2015, including Summer Breeze (Germany), Metalhead Meeting (Romania) and Barther Metal Open Air (Germany). More news will follow soon.
Merdarahta Posts New Track
Merdarahta (featuring members of Fuck The Facts and The Sun Through A Telescope) has a second track online now from upcoming album "As The Dark Clouds Swept Away We Could See The Sunset."
Listen to "Wounded" in the player below. Merdarahta will be performing an album release show at House Of Targ in Ottawa along side Black Oak Decline & Auto Racing on Thursday, January 22nd.
"As The Dark Clouds Swept Away We Could See The Sunset" was recorded & mixed by Fuck The Facts guitarist Topon Das at his Apartment 2 Studio, and is set for release on January 20th via Noise Salvation Recordings. Pre-orders are available at this location. More...
Orakle Signs With Apathia Records
After two albums released in 2005 ("Uni aux cimes") and 2008 ("Tourments & Perdition"), Orakle had disappeared from the scene, but 2015 will mark the return of the French metallers, with a long-awaited third album and a signing on Apathia Records.
Entitled "Éclats," this new chapter was produced by the band, mixed at Henosis studios by Frédéric Gervais, and mastered by Bruno Gruel / Elektra Mastering.
Many years of work have been necessary for Orakle to achieve a very personal and audacious album, where the sophisticated black metal of the band's beginning merges with a tortuous and experimental metal, but also with progressive rock and exclusively French lyrics.
"Éclats" will be released on May 11th via Apathia Records, with pre-orders starting on February 16th. Stay tuned for more details.
Dodsfall Reveals New Album Details
"Kaosmakt," the new Dodsfall album was recorded and mixed by producer Tomas Skogsberg at Sunlight Studio in Sweden (Gorgoroth, Darkthrone, Old Man’s Child).
Mastering was handled by producer Devo Andersson at Endarker Studio in Sweden, (Marduk, Ragnarok). After 3rd full-length album “Djevelens Evangelie,” Dodsfall now makes a debut album with Osmose Productions. "Kaosmakt" is due out January 28th, 2015. The label comments:
"Kaosmakt is the most extreme and mature album that the band has made to date, it's a Hellride that you simply don't want to miss!!! The band recruited talented drummer J. Wallgren from Swedish Black Metal act Valkyrja for the drum duties."
1. Merket I Sjel og Blod
2. Forakt for Livet
3. Under Fane av Kosmisk Hat
4. Kaosmakt
5. Heksenes Natt
6. Ain
7. Fitte av Kristus More...
Furyon Pushes Back Album Release
Originally scheduled for release at the end of the month, U.K. outfit Furyon will now drop second album "Lost Salvation" on February 23rd via Dream Records in Europe.
What’s to be expected is more explosive guitar riffs and solos in well-crafted song form and expressive vocal delivery and melodies to scream along to. The North American date is still being nailed down.
“Lost Salvation” was recorded in Atlanta, US and Brighton, UK and mixed and produced by Rick Beato (Shinedown, Fozzy) & Ken ‘GL’ Lanyon. The album artwork was designed by Matthew Vickerstaff of Darkwave Art & Design (Textures, Pentagram, Bloodbath, etc.).
01. All That I Have
02. Lost Salvation
03. These Four Walls (official video)
04. Scapegoat
05. Resurrect Me
06. Left It With The Gods
07. Good Sky
08. Dematerialize
09. What You Need
10. Wiseman More...
Dirty Shirt Unveils New Album Artwork
Dirty Shirt today reveals the cover from upcoming album, "Dirtylicious," crafted by the Romanian artist Costin Chioreanu (Twilight13Media). The following press release was also issued:
"Dirtylicious promises to be one of the most interesting and groundbreaking releases on the Romanian and European metal stage. The band managed to build a completely new musical vocabulary, based on a sonic skeleton made up of Dirty Shirt's unique blend of genres.
"Even if we encounter the first experiments with this brand of fusion metal on the previous releases of the band, which included hits like 'Bad Apples,' 'Freak Show,' or 'Saraca Inima Me,' 'Dirtylicious' will take everything a step further. The album is built on folk elements, and the studio sessions were done with artists who are masters of traditional instruments, like violin, clarinet, accordion, dulcimer and many more. Together, these musicians form the Transylvanian Folkcore Orchestra." More...
Opul Posts Full New EP Online
"Levels," the fourth solo recording from Opul -- a.k.a. Matt Lupo of East Of The Wall -- is now streaming below courtesy of MetalSucks.net, as Nefarious Industries releases the layered three-song EP today.
The fourth chapter under the Opul banner to see release in three years, "Levels" takes the multi-instrumentalists' work to new realms, the EP full of guitar-driven, super-melodious, heavy rock riffage that aims for the stratosphere. More...
Biotoxic Warfare Streaming "Lobotomized"
In order to whet appetites for new music, Biotoxic Warfare has released a single from upcoming album "Lobotomized," which will release this coming Monday January 19th via Slaney Records.
The track, also named "Lobotomized," is a meaty introduction to Biotoxic Warfare's debut full-length release. The band also comments:
“The sound of ‘Lobotomized’ is mostly influenced by the European thrash metal scene (Kreator, Sodom) with a mix of old school American death metal (Obituary, Death, Morbid Angel). It also combines dark melodies, shredding guitar solos, technical riffing and many well-combined fragments of the whole extreme metal spectrum.
“Lyrically the album opposes strictly to any religious fanatics and cults who use their lies to control every human being with ambitions to reign upon arrogance and false reality created by religions worldwide since the dawn of time. The lyrics call the people to rise against their oppressors, stand out for what they believe and break the chains that bond both mind and soul.” More...
Griever To Release Debut Album
Vitriol Records kicks off 2015 with the February 24th release of Griever's debut full-length, "Our Love Is Different."
From San Diego, Griever features vocalist/guitarist Alex Jacobelli and drummer Cory Groenenberg, both members of former Deathwish Inc. hardcore punkers Lewd Acts.
In Griever, Jacobelli belts out world-weary gruffness and lights up the skies with radiant guitars, while Groenenberg drives forward, steady and straight as a tunnel-borer. Along with guitarist guitarist Orlando Ramirez and bassist Wes Sisk, they pound out an impassioned racket – a heavy, rock-solid version of post-hardcore that pummels and uplifts, equally – inspired by the melodic sludge of the Melvins-Karp-Floor-Torche circle as well as the garage punk scene epitomized by hometown San Diego label Swami Records.
"Our Love Is Different" was recorded by Tommy Garcia and Alex Jacobelli at SDRL and Thrill Me Studios, and mixed by Jacobelli at Thrill Me. The album was mastered by Nick Zampiello (Converge, Coliseum) at New Alliance. The track listing is:
1. A Somber Psalm
2. Malice
3. The Tie That Grinds
4. Hell in Heel
5. Our Love Is Different
6. Decline of the West
7. The Endless Wall
8. King of Ash
9. A Hymn of Horror
Syren Posts New Song
Rio de Janeiro heavy metal act Syren just released the first song taken from upcoming second album, "Motordevil," which is scheduled for release mid-February.
The song chosen was "My Shadow, My Dear Friend" and is being presented through a lyric video developed by the group’s drummer, Julio Martins. Check it out below.
Falling In Reverse Announces New Album
Falling In Reverse has announced the group's third full-length record, "Just Like You," is due out February 24th on Epitaph.
Listen to a new song "Guillotine IV (the Final Chapter)" below and pre-order "Just Like You" at the band's website here. "Just Like You" is the follow up to Falling In Reverse's 2013 release "Fashionably Late." The new album's track listing is:
1. Chemical Prisoner
2. God, If You Are Above…
3. Sexy Drug
4. Just Like You
5. Guillotine IV (the Final Chapter)
6. Stay Away
7. Wait and See
8. The Bitter End
9. My Heart’s To Blame
10. Get Me Out
11. Die For You
12. Brother More...
Mukagee Releases New Single
Mukagee, the powerful groove-based heavy rock band out of San Jose, kicks off 2015 with new single “Twisted” available through Dead Inside Records. Give it a listen below.
Front man Mzao Waters states: “Twisted, is a song about someone ready to give up all hope because they feel caught up in an internal struggle between wrong and right. What choice does one have left when the only way to feel alive is to do something so twisted?"
The single is available in a digital format via all media outlets (iTunes, Amazon, Spotify etc.) and offers a glimpse of what is to come from the band. Mukagee plans to release a new EP titled “Twisted Control” on February 24th, 2015 through Dead Inside Records. More...
Torche Announces Headlining Tour
Torche has announced a headlining tour in support of forthcoming album, "Restarter" (due out February 24th via Relapse), which will bring label mates Nothing out as support and kicks off on March 6th at The Masquerade in Atlanta. Dates for the trek are as follows:
March 6 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
March 7 Birmingham, AL The Bottletree
March 8 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
March 9 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s Downstairs
March 10 Austin, TX Red 7
March 11 Dallas, TX Club Dada #
March 12 Memphis, TN The Hi-Tone
March 13 St. Louis, MO The Firebird
March 14 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
March 15 Milwaukee, WI The Cactus Club
March 17 Cleveland, OH The Grog Shop
March 18 Grand Rapids, MI The Pyramid Scheme
March 20 Detroit, MI The Pike Room
March 21 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
March 22 Montreal, QC Bar Le Ritz
March 23 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
March 25 Boston, MA Great Scott
March 26 Brooklyn, NY St. Vitus
March 27 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts
March 28 Richmond, VA Strange Matters #
March 29 Washington, DC DC 9#
Nothing opens except where noted by a # More...
Necrowretch Streaming New Track
"With Serpents Scourge," the second diabolic opus from Necrowretch, will be released through Century Media Records on February 16th in Europe and February 24th in North America (digital only).
The album will be available on CD, LP, and digitally. For a preview of "With Serpents Scourge," fans can check out the new track "Feast Off Their Doom" below.
Possessed by Satan and with an urge to deliver one of the most blasphemous albums ever recorded on French soil, the Necrowretch members channeled all of their sinister powers and spewed out nine tracks dripping with utter blasphemy, depravity, and vileness that have no equal. The album was mastered by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony Be prepared for the storm of the Antichrist!
1. Black Death Communion
2. Feast Off Their Doom
3. With Serpents Scourge
4. By Evil And Beyond
5. The Bells Of Evil Schism
6. He Thrones On Thy Sins
7. Even Death May Die
8. Infernal Imprecation
9. Mortem Ritu More...
Overcast Posts 3CD Set Trailer
The 3x CD discography "Only Death Is Smiling" from Massachusetts' metal legends Overcast is coming February 3rd.
Check out a teaser video showcasing the remastered music and a preview of the packaging below. Fans can pre-order the triple CD with exclusive tee shirts, posters, and even a limited edition skate deck at the Bullet Tooth webstore.
The band has lined up record release shows at the end of the month (see below) and they are almost all sold out. Overcast will also be a featured headliner at this year’s New England Metal & Hardcore Festival with Between The Buried And Me, The Red Chord, and many more.
The band started in the early 90s long before the explosion of metal from the New England area, and released a few albums on indie labels until the late 90s when the group broke up to focus on new bands like Shadows Fall and Killswitch Engage. As a lot of the titles are currently out of print, the band decided to release "Only Death Is Smiling" on Bullet Tooth featuring 45 tracks on 3 separate CDs, including unreleased material.
Jan 29 – Boston, MA @ The Middle East w/ PanzerBastard (SOLD OUT!)
Jan 30 – Providence, RI @ The Ruins w/ Empire Shall Fall
Jan 31 – Worcester, MA @ Ralph’s Dinner w/ Empire Shall Fall (SOLD OUT!)
Feb 01 - Worcester, MA @ The Middle East w/ Dissolve (SOLD OUT!)
April 17 - Worcester, MA @ New England Metal Fest!
Xibalba Releases "Enemigo" Video
Xibalba just released an official video for "Enemigo," the opening anthem to the band's Southern Lord-bound third LP, "Tierra Y Libertad," which is now just two weeks from release.
Check out the new video below, thanks to Revolvermag.com. You can also see the band live on these dates:
1/30/2015 Los Globos - Los Angeles, CA w/ All Out War, Skinfather
1/31/2015 Gilman - Berkeley, CA w/ All Out War, Skinfather
2/07/2015 Soda Bar - San Diego, CA w/ Excel, Rotting Out
2/18/2015 Bogies - Albany, NY w/ The Banner
2/19/2015 Haverhill - Haverhill, MA w/ The Banner
2/20/2015 Amityville Music Hall - Amityville, NY w/ All Out War, The Banner, Rude Awakening
2/21/2015 Charm City Art Space - Baltimore, MD w/ All Out War, The Banner, Rude Awakening
2/22/2015 Firehouse 13 - Providence, RI w/ The Banner, Rude Awakening More...
Murashita Releases Debut Single
Murashita, the new band led by former Hemoptysis front man/guitarist Masaki Murashita, just released debut single "Retribution."
"Retribution" is exclusively available online now at Murashita's Bandcamp page and will be available worldwide on iTunes, Amazon.com, and most major online retailers on Tuesday, January 20th.
The single features bassist Kelly Conlon (Death, Monstrosity, Vital Remains), drummer Kevin Talley (Suffocation, Six Feet Under) and was mixed by Ryan Greene (Megadeth, NOFX).
Murashita will be entering the studio this spring to record a full debut EP. Stay tuned for more details coming shortly. More...
Sarpanitum Streaming New Track
"Blessed Be My Brothers" is the imminent new full-length from atmospheric blackened death metal strategists Sarpanitum, who feature within their rants current and former affiliates of Mithras, Lantlos, and Tenebrous Aeon.
The ten-track follow-up to 2011's "Fedelium" EP, Sarpanitum's "Blessed Be My Brothers" was composed over a two-year period, tracked at Dreaming Studios U.K. by drummer Leon Macey (Contrarian, Mithras, The Senseless et al) and delivers a delightfully diseased fusion of traditional death metal, blackened riff onslaughts, and twisted melodic atmospheres all centered on the abysmal consequence of religious warfare.
In celebration of its approaching release via Willowtip Records next month, today the brutality dealers at Decibel Magazine offer up fourth cut, "Glorification Upon The Powdered Bones Of The Sundered Dead," for public consumption and cerebral intoxication. Listen in below.
Guitarist/bassist Tom Hyde elaborates of the consuming ode, "'Glorification...' is an epitome of Sarpanitum which is fast, ancient, atmospheric, brutal death metal with a blackened edge. Expect to be bombarded by blastbeats, pulverized by kick drums, ripped apart by relentless guitars, ascending to divinity by glorious choirs, tremble in the presence of enormous immortal vocals and provoked by imperial, majestic leads and harmonies."
Adds vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Tom Innocenti of the tune's concept, "The song is about an unspecified individual who awakes in the aftermath of battle. Musically and lyrically it reflects the emotional impact of surviving and the crippling guilt that resides in most of those who would escape death." More...
Obliterations Announces North American Tour
L.A. outfit Obliterations has announced the band's next bout of live actions with an eleven-city stomp through the eastern portions of the continent next month supporting the "Poison Everything" LP. Catch the band live with Sick Feeling on these dates:
2/11/2015 Great Scott - Boston, MA w/ Sick Feeling
2/12/2015 L'Agitee - Quebec City, QC w/ Sick Feeling
2/13/2015 Turbo Haus - Montreal, QC w/ Sick Feeling
2/14/2015 Hard Luck - Toronto, ON w/ Sick Feeling
2/15/2015 Call The Office - London, ON w/ Sick Feeling
2/16/2015 Magic Stick Lounge - Detroit, MI w/ Sick Feeling
2/17/2015 Beat Kitchen - Chicago, IL w/ Sick Feeling
2/18/2015 Beachland Tavern - Cleveland, OH w/ Sick Feeling
2/19/2015 Smiling Moose - Pittsburgh, PA w/ Sick Feeling
2/20/2015 Saint Vitus Bar - Brooklyn, NY w/ Sick Feeling
2/21/2015 Boot & Saddle - Philadelphia, PA w/ Sick Feeling
5/29-31/2015 Temples Festival - Bristol, UK w/ Converge, Sunn O))), Nails More...
Dødheimsgard Releasing New Album
Dødheimsgard has completed work on a fifth album, titled "A Umbra Omega" and set for release on March 17th via Peaceville Records.
The first fruits of DHG's re-animated labor manifest in the shape of this new studio album with original co-founding member Aldrahn (Thorns/The Deathtrip) making a return to the asylum on vocal duties alongside Vicotnik's exquisite and unconventional compositions and structures.
"A Umbra Omega" is DHG's first album since 2007's "Supervillain Outcast" opus, and undoubtedly marks the band's most challenging work to date; twisted, technical, sprawling epics and an inverted outlook on existence from the depths of band mastermind/writer/producer, Vicotnik, with similarities drawn to previous classic DHG works such as "666 International" and "Satanic Art." More...
Sullen Streaming "Redondo Vocábulo"
Portuguese progressive / ambient metal band Sullen today announces February 10th as the release date for the "Post Human" album, which will be available in physical and digital formats.
The album was produced by Sullen and was mixed and mastered by guitarist Pedro Mendes (Ultrasound Studios, Braga). Meanwhile, the band has premiered the track "Redondo Vocábulo" today, which is a tribute to the Portuguese interventionist singer and composer Zeca Afonso. Check it out below. The full album's track listing is:
1. Devata
2. Broken Path
3. Redondo Vocábulo
4. Ascend
5. Become
6. Exult
7. The Mounder
8. Placid
9. The Purge
10. Place of Time
11. Tidal
12. Engulf More...
Subversion Releases Lyric Video
Melodic tech metal outfit Subversion has teamed up with Metal Hammer (UK) to launch a lyric video for the new track, "Imperfect," taken from the band's upcoming sophomore release, "Animi," due out March 3rd on Rogue Records America. Check out the clip below.
"Animi" was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by guitarist/vocalist, Kai Giritli. Artwork comes courtesy of Snovonne Drake. The track listing is as follows:
1. Born of the Sun
2. Catalyst
3. Imperfect
4. Revelation
5. Illusion of Eternity
6. Entropy
7. In Order to Live (Pt. 2)
8. Pariah
9. Novation
10. Animi More...
Lord Dying Posts New Song
Lord Dying will release new album "Poisoned Altars" on January 27th, 2015 (1/26 for UK/World and 1/24 for Germany/Benelux/Finland) via Relapse Records.
The album was recorded with Toxic Holocaust's Joel Grind (Black Tusk) at Audiosiege Studios in Portland, OR. "Poisoned Altars" is a direct result of the relentless work the band put in the past 18 months grinding it out on the road touring non-stop with the likes of Red Fang, Black Tusk, Corrosion of Conformity, Valient Thorr and more.
Today Lord Dying releases the third single from "Poisoned Altars." Listen to "Offering Pain (and An Open Minded Center)" below, thanks to WonderingSound.com. The full track listing is:
1. Poisoned Altars
2. The Clearing at the End of the Path
3. A Wound Outside of Time
4. An Open Sore
5. Offering Pain (and An Open Minded Center)
6. Suckling at the Teat of a Shebeast
7. (All Hopes of a New Day)...Extinguished
8. Darkness Remains More...
Motor Sister Announces "Ride" Album
Motor Sister is comprised of a veritable super group - a team of musicians whose collective musical pedigrees speak for themselves.
Mother Superior founder, guitarist, and vocalist Jim Wilson fronts the band, with Anthrax's Scott Ian on guitar, Pearl Aday on backing vocals, Joey Vera on bass, and John Tempesta on drums.
The group was originally assembled to jam for Scott Ian's fiftieth birthday party. Thanks to Scott's wife Pearl Aday, who has been working on her solo career with Mother Superior front man Jim Wilson for years, all it took was a quick phone call and the stage was literally set for Scott's dream gig. "I wanted to cherry-pick a set list of my favorite Mother Superior songs and get these guys together and have the concert at my house," Ian says of the event that eventually led to an album.
Enthralled at the idea of making a record of his favorite Mother Superior songs, Ian emailed producer Jay Ruston (Anthrax, Steel Panther) and asked if he thought it was possible to recapture the same spontaneous energy Motor Sister generated at their makeshift gig, and if an album could be recorded quickly. "He said, 'Yeah, we can make the record in two days and we can make it sound really good.' So that's what we did," Ian comments. "A week and a half later, we made the record in LA over a two day period. We recorded the whole thing live in the studio and the set-up was at my house.
"[Mother Superior] frontman Jim [Wilson] was totally into the idea. Pearl was a huge Mother Superior fan from way back and was in. I asked my good friends Joey Vera (Fates Warning/Armored Saint) and John Tempesta (White Zombie, The Cult) to be a part of it because I knew they were both big fans as well and with no hesitation they said, 'We're in.'"
Wilson, too, was stoked by the opportunity to dust off some songs he hadn't played since his LA rock trio broke up in the early 2000's after releasing eight albums and playing as Henry Rollins' backing band. "I definitely didn't need any arm-twisting," he says. "I was totally flattered and thought it was a great idea. I figured it would be fun and it was a great opportunity for a new chapter to be established in order to move forward." More...
Samael Playing "Ceremony Of Opposites" At Festival
After announcing that the "Ceremony Of Opposites" album would be played in full at Wacken 2015, Swiss metal band Samael has now revealed the album will also be performed in its entirety at the Messe Des Morts Festival in Montreal.
Messe Des Morts runs from April 2nd - 4th and sees the band playing alongside Shining, Mitochondrion, Cult Of Fire, and more. Samael's latest full-length album "Lux Mundi" (reviewed here) was released back in 2011. More...
Broken Hope Recruits Bassist And Guitarist
Broken Hope recently overhauled the band lineup by adding new bassist, Diego Soria of Disgorge, and new lead-guitarist, Matt Szlachta (ex-Chimaira). Broken Hope founding-father Jeremy Wagner says:
"I'm far beyond delighted with our new members--Diego and Matt. Both of these guys are old friends of mine, and both are amazing musicians of the highest order. Diego's history with extreme death-metaller's, Disgorge, and Matt's contributions to Chimaira bring a new level of professionalism and brutality to Broken Hope.
"Moreover, Diego and Matt possess a true love for death metal and grind. Their passion for extreme metal was something their predecessors lacked--and it's a most-welcome adrenaline-shot that Broken Hope needed badly. SEE YOU ALL IN 2015--STRONGER & SICKER THAN EVER!"
Broken Hope has also announced the following 2015 Spring & Summer European festival appearances:
04/11/2015 - Royal Metal Fest - Aarhus, Denmark w/ Destruction & more
04/17/2015 - Doom Rotten Death Festival - Berlin, Germany
04/19/2015 - Neurotic Death Fest - Tilburg, Holland w/ Bloodbath, Hate Eternal, and more
04/25/2015 - Insane Insanity Fest - Erlenbach Am Main, Germany w/ Internal Bleeding
07/09/2015 - Obscene Extreme - Trutnov, Czech Republic w/ Pig Destroyer, Terrorizer
07/11/2015 - Rock Maraton Fest - Budapest, Hungary w/ The Black Dahlia Murder
07/25/2015 - Stonehenge Festival - Steenwijk, Holland w/ Devin Townsend Project
07/30/2015 - Gothoom Festival - Nova Bana, Slovakia w/ Insomnium, Agalloch
09/12/2015 - Full Terror Assault-Open Air Festival - Cave-In-Rock, Illinois The first "open air" death fest in the USA More...
Fans Re-Record "St. Anger"
Re-recorded in it's entirety, #STANGER2015 is a project from Daryl G. and Chris D. (from Grace The Skies) and Dave C. (of Adust), and is a brand new version of Metallica's 2003 album "St. Anger."
You can stream the full re-recorded version below. Give it a listen and let us know if you think this one is better. The following press release was also issued:
"Recorded during a turbulent time in the bands career, St. Anger has always divided opinion. Some longtime fans were turned off by the drop tuned riffs and raw production, whilst some listeners embraced it, myself included. #STANGER2015 is for the listeners who weren't so fond on the record back when it was released in 2003.
"Recorded from the ground up, the album has been shortened by 15 minutes, yet every riff and lyric is intact, resulting in a more concise and focused record.
"The production is also more conventional, and we hope that Metallica fans appreciate this new version of an album that is always looked at as an anomaly in the incredible career of the world's biggest metal band, Metallica.
"Absolutely no money has been made from this project, and it has been created out of love for one of our favourite bands of all time. There will be no download links or alternative streaming options aside from this singular youtube video." More...
Vivus Humare Streaming New Song
Today the black metal mavericks from Vivus Humare premiere new track "Der Schmerz Weckt," which can be heard below thanks to No Clean Singing.
The track hails from the band's forthcoming debut album, "Einkehr," set for North American release on January 27th via Eisenwald. Natives of Germany's rich black metal scene, Vivus Humare comprise members of Mosaic as well as recently an ex-member of the late Alchemyst. The "Einkehr" track listing is:
1. Der Schmerz weckt
2. In Eos' Antlitz
3. Auf morgendlichen Pfaden
4. Abstieg in die Tiefe
5. Traum More...
Abhor Releasing New Album
At long last, Italian black metal institution Abhor will unleash sixth album, "Ritualia Stramonium," set to drop on March 31st via Moribund Records.
Four years since the band's last Moribund album, "Ab Luna Lucenti, Ab Noctua Protecti," Abhor here drives deeper into the ancient mysticism of classic black metal. A statement from the band reads:
"Ritualia Stramonium is an esoteric opera, studied and conceived for the love of the horned one, summoning and epitomizing the uttermost priciples of aristocratic witchcraft, according to the highest law of the temple of the Vinum Sabbati, the archpriest of the old serpent, the cardinal of the great fiery red dragon and the congregation of the fullmoon... Praise our Lord and see you in Hell."
The album is dedicated to the memory of Errans Infernorum, who passed away March 20th, 2014. The track listing is:
1. Between Flames and Moon
2. Diabolus est qui id invocat
3. De exorcismis et supplicantionibus quibusdam
4. I...the Witch
5. Soul's Poison
6. Circle of Stones
7. The Chant of the Owl
8. Wine of Sabbath
9. Requiem for Errans Infernorum More...
Dust Bolt Releases "Agent Thrash" Music Video
German thrashers Dust Bolt released the a new music video for the track "Agent Thrash." The song appears on the latest album "Awake the Riot," which was issued in May of 2014 via Napalm Records.
According to the band: "The video is a DIY project that was written, recorded and cut only by Dust Bolt and the 'DustxBoltxThrashxCrewx.' The idea behind is was to create a funny story based on the figure of Mr. Agent Thrash that captures the spirit of the song and what it's about - having a good time, music and friendship. Mr. Thrash collects people from everywhere to share the one moment with them, where superficialities and prejudices mean nothing and everybody shares the joy of heavy music. Agent Thrash is an anthem for anybody who wants to join the riot and kick some ass!
"For that DUST BOLT would want to thank everyone who was involved in the production a thousand times, it was a pleasure and a great day with all of you! And special thanks go out to the filming crew Fini, (S)Niklas and Bic and to the Agents Domme and Marius!"
Check out "Agent Thrash" here: More...
Eyes In The Void Posts Debut EP
European Metal Channel is streaming a new clip featuring Austrian melodic death metal outfit's Eyes in the Void 2014 debut EP.
Track listing:
1. Run
2. No Savior
3. Death Awaits
4. Words of Violence
Defilementory Posts Entire Album
Defilementory, a brutal death metal band hailing from Denmark, is now streaming it's entire album "The Dismal Ascension" on bandcamp. The album was released in July 2014 viaTorture Music Records.
Check out the album below.
Evan Brewer (ex-The Faceless) Launches Entheos
Entheos, the new supergroup featuring bassist Evan Brewer (ex-The Faceless, ex-Animosity), Navene Koperweis (ex-Animals as Leaders, ex-Animosity), Frank Costa (ex-Animosity), and Chaney Crabb (Systems) has released the below video of drummer Navene Koperweis practicing in his drum closet allowing us a first taste of Entheos music. The official drum trackings will take place next week.
Check out the video below.
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