Metal News for January 18, 2016
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27 news articles posted on this day.
Rotting Christ Streaming "Ze Nigmar"
Following previous streams of the tracks "In Nomine Dei Nostri" and "Elthe Kyrie," Rotting Christ has now released a third advance track from upcoming album "Rituals."
Check out third and final early release song "Ze Nigmar" in the YouTube player provided below.
Rotting Christ's new album "Rituals" is set to drop on February 12th, 2016 via Season of Mist Records.
The album's track listing is as follows:
1. In Nomine Dei Nostri
2. Ze Nigmar
3. Elthe Kyrie
4. Apage Satana
5. Les Litanies De Satan (Fleurs du mal)
6. For A Voice Like Thunder
7. Komx Om Pax
8. Devadevam
9. Thou Thanatou
10. The Four Horsemen More...
Soon Releasing "Vol. 1" Album
Soon's "Vol. 1" will see release on CD, LP and digitally via Temple Of Torturous on March 4th, 2016 with pre-orders and track premieres to be announced in the coming weeks. The label comments:
"It's easy to reduce Soon to superficial contradictions. After all, who would've thought singer/guitarist Stuart McLamb and drummer Thomas Simpson of indie stars The Love Language would emerge with this righteously heavy offshoot?
"However Soon's 'Vol. 1; debut, set for release this March, quickly dissolves the easy narrative of acclaimed popsmith taking the left hand path toward heavy metal. What's more obvious is the immediate chemistry between McLamb and Simpson, bassist Rob Walsh (Bitter Resolve) and guitarist Mark Connor (Grohg).
"Though Soon employs the heavy, distorted riffing and contemplative pacing of doom, the band shares none of the genre's antagonistic, abyss-gazing tropes. It's dynamic, melodic and adventurous. The Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based quartet pulled from a deep well of influence and experience in crafting its eight-song LP. Soon spent a concentrated week of revising and tracking, plus two months of tinkering, at the Greensboro studio Legitimate Business with engineer Kris Hilbert (Torch Runner, Between The Buried And Me, The Body) at the helm. More...
Sanktuary Posts Full Album Online
The power thrash champions from Sanktuary are returning in 2016 with new album "Winters Doom," which follows 2013's "Something Fierce."
Set to be unleashed on January 22nd, the Yukon warriors of the Canadian North are now streaming the album in full ahead of time. Check it out below. Bassist Cole Hume also comments:
"'Winter’s Doom' is a big step up for us and a step our homeland of the frigid North directed us in. The vast emptiness and shear mammoth proportions of this landscape lend a very helpful hand in open palm smacking the creative juices right into you. In this album the songs are faster, heavier and all around more to the tune we have always been drawn to. I’m sure all who listen will agree this is our best offering to date!”
1. Space Race (4:30)
2. Wild Is The Wind (4:12)
3. Vermin Lord (6:50)
4. Winter's Doom (3:39)
5. Open Your Eyes (4:40)
6. Corpse Blockade (4:15)
7. Maximum Authority (4:46) More...
Essence Of Sorrow Recruits Germán Pascual
Essence Of Sorrow - the Finnish/Swedish band founded by Jani Stefanovic (Solution .45, Miseration) released debut album "Reflections Of The Obscure" in 2006 featuring both Mats Leven (ex. Yngwie Malmsteen, Gus G, ex.Therion, Candlemass) and Christian Palin (ex. Adagio) on vocals.
Due to Mats and his busy schedule, Christian Palin was set to take care of the live duties. The band got off with a promising start doing shows in Scandinavia and northern parts of Europe. Although the band had a promising future ahead it would not be without bumps, which sadly resulted in putting the band on ice.
The plan was always to put the band up in motion again, and that time has come and after a few years of silence. Essence Of Sorrow has a new line up and is working on new material planned to hit the shops in 2016. More...
Helhorse Signs With Spinefarm
The sludge merchants from Helhorse hail from Denmark and utilize an unholy mixture of dirty metal, punk, and classic rock.
The band's third full-length offering will be released in 2016 via Spinefarm worldwide. Of the signing, the band said, "We are thrilled to announce that Spinefarm will be our new label family. We feel this label has the integrity, muscle and passion that Helhorse needs. The future is looking really exciting for Helhorse and we can't wait to throw our new labor of love in your face, ears and hearts." More...
Brutai Working On Album, Music Video
It's been over a year since Brutai released blazing single "Relapse," and the band has been busy recording a new album and auditioning for a new bassist. Brutai also just filmed a new music video with Dark Fable Media for a track coming off the band's new album, due out this summer. The group had this to say:
"We may have seemed quiet as of late but we've been busy adding the finishing touches to our debut album which will be mixed and mastered by Matt Hyde (Trivium, Fightstar, Bullet for my Valentine, Slipknot). More details coming soon but let us assure you it's sounding pretty huge!!
"Now, it's time to get excited because we will be releasing our killer new single 'Deep' with an awesome music video directed by Dark Fable Media in a couple of weeks. We'd also like to formally introduce our amazing new bass player Christian Sturgess (and his epic beard) officially to the Brutai family. Watch out, we're about to shout (quite literally)."
While waiting for that new video to arrive, check out previous track "Never Change" in the player below. More...
Filth In My Garage Reveals New Album Details
Italian band Filth In My Garage today reveals the cover artwork for forthcoming album “Songs From The Lowest Floor.”
The band just finished work on the release in the studio and is now arranging an extensive tour between March and May of 2016, with a first date already announced on May 28th, opening for Celeste in Milano (Italy).
“Songs from the Lowest Floor” will be released by Argonauta Records on CD/DD formats on March 4th. The track listing is as follows:
1. Stampede
2. Black and Blue
3. Devil’s Shape
4. Greenwich
5. Awful Path
6. Red Door
7. The Lowest Floor
8. Owl Feather More...
Threshold Discusses Support Bands For Tour
British metal band Threshold's latest live album "European Journey" was recorded during the November 2014 "For The Journey" tour and consists of 15 live tracks.
The band is continuing on that journey and is currently on the road in Europe with Spheric Universe Experience and Damnation Angels.
Nucleaer Blast caught up with Richard West to ask him how Threshold heard about the support bands and what it's like to share the road with these bands in tow. Find out what he had to say below.
Headline News
Metallica Rescinds Cease And Desist
Last week a Metallica tribute band titled Sandman posted online about receiving a cease and desist letter for using the band's logo during live shows.
The story went viral, with the usual Lars/Napster comments dominating any given story or social media post, but as it turns out, Metallica was unaware of the legal action - and has both rescinded the cease and desist and fired the lawyer responsible!
The band has now checked in with Rollingstone.com to discuss the situation. An excerpt from the story follows.
"We hear that a Canadian Metallica tribute band is a little upset with us and with a little digging, figured out why," the band tells Rolling Stone. "It turns out that a certain letter was delivered to the band Sandman that neither we nor our management were aware of until it surfaced online. Lucky for us, the band was kind enough to post it for us to see, and it turns out that we have a very overzealous attorney who sent this letter without our knowledge."More...
Read the full article at RollingStone.com.
Burning Announces Debut Full-Length
The first full-length album “Nightmares” from Dutch outfit Burning will be released on the 25th of March and the Tygers Of Pan Tang will join the party.
Burning was founded in the year 2013 by Jan Engelkes (Chainz) with Andy Haandrikman (The Wounded) and Johnny Karst. The search for a singer found Hugo Koch (Rise & Burn, Rumbones) and the band was completed with the recruitment of Renee Knegt.
First single “Something Is Lurking In The Dark” was recorded in March of 2014, and was premiered live at the Very 'Eavy Festival that year. Directly after that release, band started writing new songs for a first full album.
“Nightmares” was recorded in November/December 2015 at the Dirty Bird Studio in Hoogeveen and produced/mixed by Fredde Kadeth (Massive Assault, Ear Danger, Burning Hatred) The official release party will take place on the 25th of March in Stadskanaal, Holland at Nightlife The Fox. Black Shuck will support Burning along with Tygers Of Pan Tang headlining the show. More...
Brimstone Coven Offers "Slow Death"
On January 29th, the West Virginian dark occult rockers from Brimstone Coven will release their first full-length album, "Black Magic," via Metal Blade Records. Today new song "Slow Death" comes online and can be heard below.
Brimstone Coven comments: "'Slow Death' is one of the faster/upbeat songs on the record. I've been asking Corey for a while now to write a song about an evil woman, and this is the result. It's very rhythmically driven, and the solo section is downright epic. Enjoy!"
The album's track listing is as follows:
1. Black Magic (watch the video here)
2. Black Unicorn
3. Beyond the Astral (streaming here)
4. As We Fall
5. Upon the Mountain
6. Slow Death
7. The Seers
8. The Plague
9. Forsaken
10. The Eldest Tree More...
Mirrors For Psychic Warfare Project Announced
Scott Kelly (Neurosis) and producer/engineer/sonic warlord Sanford Parker (Buried At Sea) are restless, and this inquietude has culminated into another collaboration: Mirrors For Psychic Warfare.
The band's haunting self-titled debut is the sonic manifestation of insomnia, complete with the tossing, the turning, and the perennial dread that comes with facing another shabby daylight. The five songs lurch and pulsate across a desolate landscape with an almost curious obsessiveness.
Mirrors For Psychic Warfare was realized and recorded by both Kelly and Parker at Actual 13 Studio and Hypercube respectively over the course of 2015. The record was mixed and mastered by Parker and will see release this spring via Neurot Recordings. The track listing is as follows:
1. Oracles Hex
2. A Thorn To See
3. CNN WTZ
4. I'll Try You All
5. 43
Further info on Mirrors For Psychic Warfare - including final street date, preorders and track teasers - are to be unveiled in the weeks to come. Until then, ache. More...
A Thousand Sufferings Streaming "Burden"
Finding inspiration in the desolated fields of black metal, the heaviness to be found in sludge, and the grooves of stoner rock, Belgium's A Thousand Sufferings does not limit itself to any genre but instead to the adjectives "dirty, nasty and heavy."
The "Burden" album is out now and can be heard below or picked up at Bandcamp here. The track listing is as follows:
01. Once In A Blue Moon
02. Red Is Redemption (Bloodletting)
03. Black Is Burden (Lamentation)
04. Blue Is… (Remembering Treasures) More...
Destruction Recording New Album
Iconic thrash metal band Destruction is currently working on a new album entitled “Under Attack.” The band started the recording sessions after the summer festivals last year and has been recording segments in various studios between September 2015 and January 2016.
So far Destruction has completed the drum recordings with Martin Buchwalter at Gernhart Studios in Germany, as well as completing some basic recordings, mixing and mastering with VO Pulver at Little Greek Studios in Switzerland. “Under Attack” will be released on May 13th via Nuclear Blast Records. More...
Caym Gearing Up To Record Album
Toronto, ON Canadian metal band Caym will hit the studio this February and March with Joe Duplantier of Gojira to produce a yet-to-be titled album at his Silver Cord Studio in NYC.
The new album will be the follow 2013 release "From Red To Black," which is available for free at SoundCloud here.
In addition to hitting the studio, the band has launched a crowd funding / pre-order campaign for the new album. The campaign offers various rewards including a private CAYM show in drag, a BBQ, limited special edition hard copies, choice of a pop song cover, disposable cams with pics capturing the studio recording, custom beer mugs, a workout with the band, used and signed gear from the recording and more. Check it out here.
Vocalist / guitarist Jay Sarrazin comments: "First off thank you for your support! Any advance pre-order or crowd funding perk you choose will help us go a VERY long way. We are 4 normal guys who work full time jobs and play in a full time metal band called Caym. We work extremely hard to tour and make great music for our fans. We lose jobs, spend our life savings, miss countless occasions with family and friends all for the sake of living our dream. We can't thank all our fans enough for the support you give us!! More...
White Spot Posts Full New Album Online
One-man experimental outfit White Spot just released new album "I Had The Best For A Little While," which can now be heard online. Listen in below, or grab your own copy through name-your-price download at Bandcamp here. The album's track listing is as follows:
1. Skip The Birth 03:05
2. Waste Not 03:51
3. The Climb 00:46
4. Laden 03:50
5. Assistance 00:26
6. One and the Same 02:52
7. Entirety 02:58 More...
Motus Tenebrae Releases Lyric Video
The Italian gothic doomsters from Motus Tenebrae just release the second video off their 5th album "Deathrising." Check out the lyric clip for "Our Weakness" below. A music video for the title track also recently came online and is available right here.
"Deathrising" and its 11 tracks feature more than 50 minutes of obscure and emotional gothic doom metal due out on January 25th via My Kingdom Music.
Finsterforst Checks In From The Studio
Finsterforst is still deep in the process of recording a new album, with the band now checking in from the studio with this update:
"Hello from the other side! Did you survive the weekend just as fine as we did? Nice. Our aggressive shouter Olli was quite busy bringing in some amazing and sexy vocal tracks during the last two days.
"I think we all are overwhelmed and surprised by the aggression, craziness and coolness all those vocals show now! What to say? Consume enough beer and Lemmy and your studio day goes just pleasant!
"Today was a day off from studio and we will enter the Iguana Halls tomorrow again. I don't want to tell you so far what we are going to do then, but be sure, it is something completely new for Finsterforst. And no....not 'Weltenkraft,' not 'Rastlos,' ah you get my point maybe, right? See ya la'er!" More...
Fleshgore Releasing New Album
Ukraine brutal death metal export Fleshgore just revealed the cover art and details on 5th album "Denial of the Scriptures" as well as an advance song, which can be heard below. This full-length is due out on the 19th of February through Xtreem Music, with the label commenting:
"'Denial of the Scriptures' is an album that grazes perfection in terms of brutal death. The 9 songs here contained plus the Pyaemia cover, are simply the best of the best that you can actually find within this genre. The killer production, skilled musicianship, the perfectly balanced song structures and the inhuman ferocity of the songs, makes of this album one of the highlight for this year and will for sure make the delight of any lover of bands like pretty reminiscent of bands like Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Severere Torture, and Pyrexia."
01. Talk to Me About God
02. Inception of Incursion
03. Stop the Possessor
04. Killing Relapse
05. Forgotten Knowledge
06. Bloody Hands of Aggressor
07. New Ordeal Comes Into the World
08. Numinosum
09. Denial of the Scriptures
10. Gorging on Mucus and Bile (Pyaemia cover) More...
Aosoth Announces New Tour Dates
French black metal band Aosoth will be touring Europe in March 2016 together with Polish acts Mglaand Deus Mortem. The tour will kick off on the 17th of March in Berlin, Germany. Detailed dates on all upcoming Aosoth shows are available below.
The band comments: "Aosoth is very proud to be embarking on this new journey with our comrades of Mgla and Deus Mortem, spreading disease and death across Europe. We have full trust in our brethren making this series of tragic events happen, and in the fact that this will be harmful both to the audience and to us. See you on the road. Death conquers all." More...
Heretic's Dream Recruits New Keyboard Player
Heretic's Dream just issued this announcement online about recruiting a new keyboardist and gearing up to drop a music video:
"New year, new line up. Please welcome Alex Alberti, amazingly talented keyboard player. You will feel the power of his creativity on 'Secret Place,' the track we selected for the new video, to be released in February. News on live performances to be announced very soon. Thanks for your support folks."
The band's upcoming third album "Floating State Of Mind" is coming in February of 2016 via Sliptrick Records. More...
Lionheart Streaming Full New Album
Northern California hardcore band Lionheart will release new album "Love Don't Live Here" this Friday, but you can hear it online early below, thanks to MetalHammer.
"Love Don't Live Here" will be released via LHHC Records (a label formed by the band members themselves) on January 22nd. Lionheart has also signed with BDHW Records for the release in Europe and Asia. The album was engineered by Cody Fuentes at Rapture Recording Studios in Hayward, CA and is available for pre-order at All in Merch.
Pre-orders via iTunes will include an instant download of "Keep Talkin" and the record's first single "Pain." The band will be touring Europe in February with Desolated, Kublai Khan and Fallbrawl. More...
Entropia Streaming "Fractal"
Poland’s psyched-out black metal mystics from Entropia will release their second record, "Ufonaut," on February 15th, 2016 via Arachnophobia Records. To prepare the world for its arrival, they have shared album-opener "Fractal", which is available to stream below.
"Fractal" is a psychedelic vision of the "Ufonaut" intent. A seemingly endlessly shifting pattern of rhythm and sound, the track is mesmerizing, and truly embodies the concept for which it is named. Fractals are also known as evolving symmetry, and are both a mathematical and naturally occurring construct that can be found throughout the fabric of the universe. More...
Disbelief Posts Album Trailer
Disbelief is currently working on the follow-up to "Heal" (2010) and now some teaser trailers are finally landing online. This latest teaser available below showcases a glimpse of the Perle Am Rhein Studios in Andernach, Germany.
The new album bears the working title "Full Of Terrors" and is set to be darker and more melodic than past releases from Disbelief. The album will drop in late 2016 via Massacre Records, with full details forthcoming.
Bullet Signs New Record Deal
SPV/Steamhammer is proud to announce the signing of Swedish outfit Bullet. The quintet from Växjö is among the most active groups on the Scandinavian metal scene. At the moment, Bullet is writing songs for an album being aimed for release in early 2017.
Guitarist Hampus Klang comments: "We think we've found a good formula and direction, both in terms of our music and our songwriting. The new material will be even more heavy metal-oriented than before. We've written some fast songs that are very NWOBHM-inspired."
Bullet will record at the Pama studios in Torsås, Sweden with drummer Gustav Hjortsjö doubling as their producer.
Klang and his colleagues are thrilled with their new recording contract and had this to say: "We're proud and happy to be signed to a legendary label like Steamhammer/SPV. It feels great to have a new start with a new record label." More...
Divine Realm Releasing New Full-Length Album
From its humble beginnings as a one-man band of multi-instrumentalist Leo Diensthuber in 2010, Canadian outfit Divine Realm has come a long ways in just a few short years.
The first Divine Realm material, "Mor[t]ality," consisted of only Leo Diensthuber, but shortly after that release in 2013, the project fleshed out into a full band line-up. Quick to expand the sound with the contributions of new members, the band then dropped a well received EP in 2014 called "Abyssal Light."
Now that 2016 has begun, Divine Realm is finally ready to release a first full-length statement, "Tectum Argenti," which will be released on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016.
An advance track is availabel below, while pre-order information for "Tectum Argenti" can be found here. The track listing is: More...
Thy Darkened Shade Posts New Song Excerpt
Greek black metal warriors from Thy Darkened Shade have posted an excerpt from a new song. The name of the song hasn't been disclosed, and the release on which it will appear is equally mysterious.
Check it out now below.
The song sample was accompanied only by this message, which hints at the participation of others in the forthcoming 2016 release: More...
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