Metal News for January 20, 2016
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Hollow Earth Streams "Beyond Celestial Limits"
With new EP "Parting Remains" die out next week on Good Fight Music, today Hollow Earth reveals the EP's centerpiece, "Beyond Celestial Limits." Listen in below.
Recorded by Tad Doyle of '90s grunge figureheads Tad, and mixed and mastered by Greg Thomas of Misery Signals, "Parting Remains" shows the Detroit-area band pushing doom n' gloom hardcore into new realms,
Featuring two former members of Shai Hulud, Hollow Earth tour hits the road this spring with Church Tongue. Dates are as follows:
Mar 18 - Providence, RI @ Firehouse 13
Mar 19 - Florence, MA @ American Legion
Mar 20 - Brooklyn, NY @ Black Bear
Mar 21 - Albany, NY @ Fuzebox
Mar 22 - Philadelphia, PA @ West Kensington Ministry
Mar 23 - Lemoyne, PA @ The Champ
Mar 24 - Toledo, OH @ Realm
Mar 25 - Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary
Mar 26 - Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar
Mar 28 - St Louis, MO @ Fubar
Mar 29 - Wichita, KS @ Rock Island Live
Mar 30 - Tulsa, OK @ Vanguard
Apr 1 - Albuquerque, NM @ Duke City Soundstage More...
Sarke Announces New Album Release
Sarke’s fourth album, featuring the icy and grim screams from Darkthrone’s lead vocalist
Nocturno Culto, is titled "Bogefod" and will drop on March 11th, 2016 via Indie Recordings. The label comments:
"It is a highly conceptual album spinning around the evil walking dead Torolv Bogefod from the Norse classic Eyrbyggja saga. After an ugly death, Torolv breaks out of his tomb. Dead, yet undead, he terrorizes the villagers and causes deaths and devastation. This Viking story is 1,000 years old.
"Several retrospective musical elements enhance the underlying story, as the warm sound of a 100-year-old guitar colors the otherwise icy and grim atmosphere of Nocturno Culto’s screams. In addition to this, the ballad in the track ‘Dawning’ in between all the ripping and chilling moments throughout the album enriches the contrast and contributes to telling the story’s true and folky nature."
The track listing is as follows:
1. Taken
2. Blood of Men
3. Barrow of Torolv
4. Alternation
5. The Wickeds Transient Sleep
6. Burn
7. Dawning
8. Evil Heir
9. Sunken More...
The Zenith Passage Releases New Lyric Video
"Solipsist" is the debut full-length from Los Angeles death metal collective The Zenith Passage, set for release on April 15th via Unique Leader Records.
The forty-minute "Solipsist" examines the idea of solipsism, a philosophical theory that the self is all that can be known to exist, and anything else outside of one's own mind is uncertain.
The Zenith Passage, which features within its ranks current and former members of The Faceless, Fallujah and All Shall Perish, builds upon this foundation, expanding into themes of nonexistence and a computer-generated fictional reality experienced by all of humanity.
In advance of its release, today the album's second track "Holographic Principle II: Convergence" comes online in the form of a lyric video. Check it out below, courtesy of MetalInjection.net Elaborates lead guitarist / backing vocalist Justin McKinney of the tune:
"Recent studies suggest that our universe may only appear to be three dimensional and is, in fact, a two dimensional projection of a parallel universe - like a hologram in the unseen 'real' universe. 'Holographic Principle II: Convergence' mirrors the chaotic state of a destabilized mind awakening to realities much stranger than we could have imagined. The composition has a multifaceted, sporadic essence. While remaining true to our death metal roots, we pushed this piece's edges into other territory, entwining the aggressive technical foundation with spatters of jazz fusion and classical symphony. We hope you'll lose yourself as you take your first look into 'Solipsist.'" More...
Draugnim Reveals New Album
Six years after the band's previous release, Finnish outfit Draugnim is proud to unveil the cover and track listing for new offering "Vulturine," due out March 11th, 2016.
Label Debemur Morti Productions comments: "During the seemingly endless silence, the band lost none of its incomparable ability to compose huge songs possessed of an incredible emphatic feeling, filled with poignant harmonies and evocatively powerful riffs."
Draugnim adds: "Great effort has been given to develop the sound even further to express what is the essence of Draugnim. The futile struggle against all curses of mortality as famine, pestilence and madness bring nations and gods to ruin. Songs range from raw shamanistic pagan rites to more atmospheric pieces of grief unsung. So leads on our crooked path."
1. That Name Is Hate
2. As In Hunger, So In Demise
3. A Passage In Fire
4. Grief Unsung
5. Drums Of Black Death
6. Serpent Stone More...
Black Mourning Light Fest Seeking 2016 Bands
The Edmonton, AB Black Mourning Light Festival - a celebration of black, doom, and death metal - is proud to announce a 2016 edition coming October 22nd, following a successful debut during Halloween 2015.
The onslaught will be held at the Rendezvous Pub with a lineup of bands from across Western Canada, all in the vein of black and doom metal along with select death styles. Last year's lineup included 11 bands from three provinces such as headliner Idolatry (Edmonton), Altars of Grief (Regina), Noire (Winnipeg), Ossific (Winnipeg), Vile Insignia (Calgary) and more.
Due to the proximity of Samhain, costume prizes will still be awarded to those who wish to dress up early and celebrate the season this year.
Bands interested in playing at Black Mourning Light 2016 can apply beginning February 1st at this location (link will go live on the 1st). More...
Moonsorrow Releasing New Album
On April 1st, 2016, Finnish pagan metal act Moonsorrow will release a brand new, seventh studio album titled "Jumalten Aika" - which means 'The Age Of Gods' in English - via Century Media Records.
"There are a lot more folk music influences present in 'Jumalten Aika' than earlier," comments Henri Sorvali (Guitars, keyboards & vocals). "This time around, they are more deeply integrated to the overall sound. 'Jumalten Aika\ is like a circling wolf biting the hardest when you would never expect it. The music is unchained aggression, deep mysteries of the North and thundering witchcraft combined together in a molten forge of the Gods and reminds us all of something that never left our blood and soil."
The track listing is as follows:
1. Jumalten Aika (12:43)
2. Ruttolehto incl. Päivättömän Päivän Kansa (15:21)
3. Suden Tunti (7:06)
4. Mimisbrunn (15:55)
5. Ihmisen Aika (Kumarrus Pimeyteen) (16:00)
Bonus disc
1. Soulless (Grave cover) (3:18)
2. Non Serviam (Rotting Christ cover) (5:10) More...
Curse The Wicked Posts "Eons Of Existence" Video
Curse The Wicked is announcing a sponsorship with Coldcock Whiskey through the release of new music video "Eons Of Existence," which can be viewed below.
Drummer Mike DiNardo comments: "Curse The Wicked is STOKED to be a part of the Coldcock Family!! We are blown away by the relentless support with helping us in our quest for success!! Coldcock rocks!!"
Hailing from Wheeling, WV, Curse The Wicked is an American thrash/groove metal band that combines both traditional and modern metal influences.
Agoraphobic Nosebleed Posts Full New EP Online
Long-running extreme metal institution Agoraphobic Nosebleed today spreads sonic deviance across the lands via a full stream of forthcoming new EP, "Arc."
Slated to drop this Friday via Relapse Records, the three-track offering is currently monopolizing the airwaves and can be heard in full below.
Led by the distinctive howl of Katz, "Arc" is a crushing, three-song onslaught of misanthropic, musical violence, and the first in a series of four Agoraphobic Nosebeleed EPs designed to decimate your total being. More...
Urgehal Streaming "The Iron Children"
Norwegian black metal institution Urgehal has released a second new track from forthcoming swansong album "Aeons in Sodom."
The track, titled "The Iron Children," features lead vocals from Darkthrone's inimitable Nocturno Culto, and is streaming below. "Aeons in Sodom" will be released worldwide on February 12th.
In honor of deceased band leader Trondr Nefas, Urgehal assembled his final material into one last full-length release. Nefas' masochistic screams are too unique to replace, so the band enlisted the services of venerable Scandinavian metal scene icons to contribute vocals on each track, including Nocturno Culto (Darkthrone), Nattefrost (Carpathian Forest), Nag (Tsjuder), Niklas Kvarforth (Shining), Hoest (Taake), Mannevond (Koldbrann) and more.
1. Dødsrite
2. The Iron Children
3. Blood of the Legion
4. The Sulphur Black Haze
5. Lord of Horns
6. Norwegian Blood and Crystal Lakes
7. Thy Daemon Incarnate
8. Endetid
9. Psychedelic Evil
10. Woe
11. Funeral Rites (Sepultura cover)
12. Twisted Mass of Burnt Decay (Autopsy cover) More...
Pelgrim Posts "Demagogue" Video
Tilburg's Pelgrim is back and heavier than ever with a new album, "Ephemera," set to arrive on February 13th. Today the band has chosen to unveil a first single from the new effort, titled "Demagogue." Check out the video clip below.
The band has chosen to celebrate the new album's arrival by announcing a hometown show alongside heavy brethren Textures set to take place on the release date, February 13th. You can buy tickets to the record release show here.
Lethal Injektion Releases New Video
Tucson, Arizona rap metal band Lethal Injektion has released a music video for the track "Voices," taken off upcoming album "Sex Money Power," which is set for release this March.
The video was filmed, directed, and edited by Irin Daniels of Marmera Films. Lethal Injektion's Jacob Ryan (The Raskal) comments:
"'Voices' was written for the purpose of letting loved ones know it's not just what's on the outside, or the inside. It is remembering the sound, tone, beauty & what people say that is often overlooked by so many. Words from the mouth can be equally important as looks, physical attraction, & mental attraction." More...
Ketzer Posts Studio Video
Set to release new full-length, "Starless," on January 29th via Metal Blade Records, Germany's Ketzer has just launched the 2nd behind-the-scenes video from the recording sessions.
This new studio video is available below, and you can also hear the recently released "When Milk Runs Dry" single at this location.
Ketzer (German for "heretic") spent two months in the studio during the summer of 2015, recording third album, "Starless." From sounds of raging fury, to the echoes of calm and cleansing waves, "Starless" is a record that will take you on a journey that is unexpected, yet familiar at the same time. More...
Schizo Re-Issuing "Main Frame Collapse"
Schizo's "Main Frame Collapse" is getting a reissue via Punishment 18 Records on January 25th, 2016. The label had this to say:
"Schizo have been pioneers of the Italian extreme metal scene together with Bulldozer and Necrodeath. Schizo was founded in 1984 and symbolizes one of the most important brand in Italian extreme metal scene.
"Originally released in 1989 in 12" vinyl format by Crime Records, their 'Main Frame Collapse' debut album is still cult among underground circles, so hard to find! Chuck Schuldiner, mastermind of legendary Death band was asked to join the band for the recording sessions of 'Main Frame Collapse' in 1989; however, due to the intense activity with his band, Schuldiner was forced to deny the request.
"The band was on hold between 1999 and 2005. Their 2007 waited come back release, 'Cicatriz Black,' has been extremely well received by critics and fans. In September of 2007, founding member Alberto Penzin decided to leave the band due to musical differences and personal problems with the rest of the band. He founded a new project called Camera Obscura Two. Then, Dario Casabona was named as new four strings player. By Scarlet Records, the band released the third and last full-length album in 2010, 'Hallucination Cramps.'" More...
Tengger Cavalry Announces More U.S. Shows
Following a sold out, two hour unplugged Christmas Eve performance at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, the Mongolian folk metal group Tengger Cavalry is pleased to announce three new headlining performances coming soon to the New York tri-state area.
For these shows, the golden horde is joined by a new member, Mongolian fiddle player Uljmuren. In addition, the Mongolian dancing group featured at the band's last Saint Vitus performance, Altan Seseg, will dance at all of the upcoming shows.
1/27 - Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus Bar
2/06 - Clifton, NJ @ Clash Bar
3/09 - New York, NY @ Joe's Pub
This winter marks another celebration for Tengger Cavalary. As our country battles the topic of immigration, frontman Nature Ganganbaigal has been officially approved for his green card, allowing the group to continue performing in the United States.
"I am excited to announce that my green card application for Extraordinary Ability just got approved by USCIS. This is amazing, because my application title is literally 'Mongolian Folk Heavy Metal Musician.' This will be very beneficial to the band, and perhaps the genre, as I could continue developing our career stateside and do more US and EU tours in the future," states Ganganbaigal. More...
Vesperia Crowd Funding New Album
Canada's epic metal outfit (and 2015 Wacken Metal Battle Champion) Vesperia will enter Blue Sound & Music Studios in Toronto, Canada this March to record the followup to 2015's "The Iron Tempests" EP.
Helming the project will be engineer / producer Russ Mackay (Mastodon, Iron Maiden, Styx). The new album will feature an array of famous Canadian guest musicians and the art will be created by Juno award-winning artist Hugh Syme (Rush, Nevermore, Dream Theatre).
An IndieGogo campaign is now live, offering fans many special and unique perks for their contributions, including mead made by the band's frontman Morgan Rider, Vesperia drinking horns, album pre-releases, stage banners and much more.
The band comments: "With the new year comes much and more from the Vesperia camp! We have been labouring away diligently behind the scenes to breath life into what will be our largest and most ambitious project to date! But to realize our ambitions, we are turning to you: our dear fans, family and friends for help in this new endeavour. More...
Mantar Announces New Album Release
Northern Germany's infernal extreme metal duo Mantar has announced the worldwide release date for the band's forthcoming album. "Ode To The Flame" will be out on April 15th via Nuclear Blast.
The band commented: "The title ‘Ode To The Flame’ is chosen in tradition of the debut record, ‘Death By Burning’ to maintain the cleansing power of fire as the key theme.
"Fire is able to reset anything and will erase this planet one day from any plague that's been around. Furthermore it's obviously an ode to passion and iron will. ‘Ode To The Flame’ isn't dramatic, it's drastic. By all means." More...
Blood Ceremony Announces New Album
In a tradition that dates back to Late Antiquity, the "Lord Of Misrule" or "Abbot Of Unreason" was the doomed figure elected to preside over the Feast Of Fools, an annual Saturnalian bacchanalia in which masters became servants and servants masters, while drunken revelry and strange entertainments pervaded Britain and parts of mainland Europe for 30 days. At the end of the month's festivities, the Lord of Misrule's throat was cut in sacrifice to Saturn.
Taking its title from this fascinating slice of religious history, Blood Ceremony's fourth album evokes pagan rites and the bizarre mystical underbelly of rural Britain. Embracing the psychedelic and progressive in their indelible songcraft, guitarist Sean Kennedy, bassist Lucas Gadke, drummer Michael Carrillo and triple threat vocalist/flautist/organist Alia O'Brien have created what Kennedy calls "a very English album," despite the band's very Canadian heritage. Recorded to analogue tape with producer Liam Watson at Toe Rag Studios in London, Lord Of Misrule possesses a timeless quality within the rock epoch: It could stand alongside a Shocking Blue or Deep Purple record as easily as it will take its place among 2016's finest albums.
"Lord of Misrule" conjures a lush atmosphere in which the pastoral horror of "The Wicker Man" and the Scottish ballad of "Tam Lin"-as viewed through the lens flare of Ava Gardner's witchy turn in 1970's The Devil's Widow-are alchemized into songs of seduction and mortality. "There's no defining concept running through the album, unless one can imagine a lord of misrule offering each song as a different entertainment," Kennedy says. "The lyrics tend to deal, in different measure, with obsession, love and death."
"Lord of Misrule" will be released March 25th via Rise Above Records.
The album's track listing is as follows:
1. The Devil's Widow
2. Loreley
3. The Rogue's Lot
4. Lord of Misrule
5. Half Moon Street
6. The Weird of Finistere
7. Flower Phantoms
8. Old Fires
9. Things Present, Things Past More...
Exumer Streaming "Catatonic"
Ready to unleash fourth album, "The Raging Tides," on January 29th worldwide via Metal Blade Records, the German thrash metallers from Exumer have launched a new track online titled "Catatonic."
Vocalist Mem von Stein comments: "We wanted to display the entire scope of our thrash and traditional heavy metal roots on the new album. 'Catatonic' is a prime example when we used a mid-tempo track, on an otherwise fast-paced record, to sonically create some variety without losing any momentum."
For another preview of "The Raging Tides," the previously posted single "Sinister Souls" is also online at this location.
Recorded with producer/engineer Waldemar Soychta at Waldstreet Sound in Dortmund, Germany, "The Raging Tides" is a deliberate and violent thrash attack that stays true to the band's 30 year legacy. The track listing is as follows: More...
Resurrection Kings Posts New Video
In a little over a week, Frontiers Music Srl will release the self-titled debut album from Resurrection Kings on January 29th. To satiate everyone for this last week, the band releases a video for the song "Livin Out Loud" - check it out below.
The previously posted "Path Of Love" can also be heard here, and the album's opening track "Distant Prayer" is also online for streaming. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Distant Prayer
2. Livin' Out Loud
3. Wash Away
4. Who Did You Run To
5. Fallin' For You
6. Never Say Goodbye
7. Path Of Love
8. Had Enough
9. Don't Have To Fight No More
10. Silent Wonder
11. What You Take More...
Belphegor Comments On Upcoming Album
Belphegor began new rehearsal sessions for an upcoming album yesterday in Abtenau, Salzburg (Austria). Front man Helmuth Lehner commented:
"Magnificent nature covered in snow that has arrived in the mountains with -11 degrees [12 ºF] here and we're freezing our asses off. Just perfect for creating brutal sound collages. With this currently untitled album we will try to develop and bring everything to a new level, since I have the feeling this is the strongest recording line-up we've ever had. Regards to blood brother Barth Resch for the photo shoot."
The upcoming album is currently scheduled for a late 2016 / early 2017 release. Belphegor's new project will commence two-and-a-half years after the "Conjuring The Dead" album, which was released via Nuclear Blast records in August 2014. More...
Accuser Releasing New Album
On March 11th, German thrashers Accuser will release their new album, "The Forlorn Divide," via Metal Blade Records worldwide.
First single "Tribulation" is now available below, and you can pre-order the band's 11th full-length (and Metal Blade debut) in various formats at this location.
Accuser celebrated the band's 25th anniversary in 2013 by starting work on a new album and inviting guitarist Dennis Rybakowski to join the ranks; however, the reinvigorated group took a good deal of time to craft this 11th full-length.
Slowly but steadily, that new effort, "The Forlorn Divide," took shape once again at Gernhart Studio, featuring the band's trademark blend of powerful thrash metal, virtuoso guitar-work, intricate drum patterns - and of course, gripping, harsh vocals, highlighting the dark recesses of human psyche that are described in the lyrics. More...
Rhine Streams "An Outsider"
Seattle’s Rhine just premiered the title track and third single "An Outsider" off the band's upcoming album due out on February 5th, 2016. Listen in below.
Commented vocalist/guitarist Gabe Tachell about the song: "This is my favorite song on the album, and my favorite type of song to write, because its serious, pretty, and epic."
"An Outsider" is the follow-up to Rhine's 2011 debut "Duality" and features the following track listing:
1. Dreaming of Death (11:46)
2. The Spell of Dark Water (6:20) [streaming here]
3. An Outsider (10:05)
4. Somewhere (3:59)
5. Paralyzed (10:50) [streaming here]
6. Dissolved in Fire (7:53)
7. P.R.E.Y. (5:31)
8. Into the Unknown (6:34)
9. Shipwrecked In Stasis (3:02)
10. Fragments (8:21) More...
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Otargos Premieres Drum Footage From Kaotoxin Fest
Otargos signed with Kaotoxin Records in early 2015 and subsequently played at the annual Kaotoxin Fest last month that went down in Lille, France.
If you couldn't make it to see the devastating lineup, we've got an exclusive piece of one of those performances for you today as we premiere a drum cam video of Otargos' John A. blasting to the track "Human Terminate."
"Human Terminate" is taken off the band's sixth studio album "Xeno Kaos," which dropped back in November of 2015. The album's track listing is as follows:
1. Dominatrix
2. The Ruinous Powers
3. Chariots ov the Godz
4. Dark Mechanicus
5. Phase Shifters
6. Xeno Kaos
7. Realm of the Dead
8. Human Terminate
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Delain Premieres New Track "Suckerpunch"
The members of Dutch act Delain seem to be restless spirits: The latest album "The Human Contradiction" was released in 2014 on Napalm Records and gained high praise from both fans and the press alike. The band followed up the release by touring the world with acts such as Sabaton, Within Temptation, and Nightwish, followed by a European headline tour that saw them conquering stages in sold out venues all over! Yet instead of resting on the success, the band hit the studio again to present a brand new epic endeavor: "Lunar Prelude" – set to be released February 19th via Napalm Records!
"Lunar Prelude" was mastered by Grammy Award winning producer Ted Jensen. It offers two brand new songs in the shape of the beyond catchy "Suckerpunch" and the melancholic "Turn The Lights Out." Today, the band teams up with Metal Underground.com to give you that "Suckerpunch," which can be heard in the player below.
In addition to the new tracks, "Lunar Prelude" includes a brand new version of "Don't Let Go" (originally appeared on 2014's "The Human Contradiction") and four incredible live cuts, as well as an orchestral reprise of "Suckerpunch," all of which proves once again how Delain is blatantly known for catchy hooks, bewitching melodies, symphonic bombast, and of course a good solid dose of metal! Delain has concocted a mesmerizing kaleidoscope of emotions and with the EP title featuring the tell-tale word "Prelude," our hunger is left to grow for a next full-length album…(coming later in 2016!)
On "Suckerpunch" the band commented: "Dear Delainers, our latest album 'The Human Contradiction' has taken us on a great ride, performing hundreds of stages around the globe for all of you. We barely managed to catch our breaths from our most recent tours, yet we've already got some new music that we simply can't wait to share. In preparation of our next full length studio album, we'd like to present to you 'Lunar Prelude,' a collection of several brand new tracks, a new version of a familiar one, and live versions of some our favorite The Human Contradiction tracks. Today, we release the first track off 'Lunar Prelude': an upbeat fight song about facing your demons and taking them on. Don't let them weigh you down! We hope you will enjoy 'Suckerpuch'!"
The track listing for "Lunar Prelude" is:
1. Suckerpunch
2. Turn the Lights Out
3. Don't Let Go
4. Lullaby (Live 2015)
5. Stardust (Live 2015)
6. Here Come the Vultures (Live 2015)
7. Army of Dolls (Live 2015)
8. Suckerpunch Orchestra
Metal Underground.com is proud to present "Suckerpunch" here: More...
Vredehammer Details Sophomore LP "Violator"
7 years have passed since the birth of Vredehammer, and this is celebrated by the release of the second full-length album “Violator” - definitely the heaviest and most powerful release from the band yet. The album is set to drop on March 18th via Indie Recordings.
With the highly acclaimed debut album “Vinteroffer," Vredehammer instantly made an impact in the Norwegian metal scene. One album in and the band was already nominated for “metal album of the year” through the Norwegian Grammys. They also toured Europe as direct support for Satyricon, as well as together with Keep of Kalessin and Vreid.
The lyrics for "Violator" were inspired by the writings of Stephen King and other classic Horror writers. The track listing is as follows:
1. Light The Fucking Sky
2. Spawn Tyrant
3. Violator
4. Deadfall
5. Ursus
6. Cyclone
7. Blodhevn More...
Nordic Union Exposes "Hypocrisy"
Nordic Union - the new collaborative project between singer Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids) and Erik Martensson (Eclipse/W.E.T) - released a music video for the track "Hypocristy." The song is taken from the upcoming debut self-titled release, set to drop on January 29th via Frontiers Music srl.
The track listing is:
1. The War Has Begun (song streaming here)
2. Hypocrisy
3. Wide Awake
4. Every Heartbeart
5. When Death Is Calling (song streaming here)
6. 21 Guns
7. Falling
8. The Other Side
9. Point Of No Return
10. True Love Awaits You
11. Go
Check out "Hypocrisy" here: More...
Ereb Altor Announces Bathory Tribute LP
Swedish viking metal act Ereb Altor - featuring Isole members Daniel Bryntse (known as Ragnar) and Crister Olsson (known as Mats) - will release a Bathory tribute album entitled "Blot-Ilt-Taut" on February 26th via Cyclone Empire Records. The band is streaming the track "A Fine Day to Die" below.
The album follows "Nattramn," the original release that dropped a mere 10 months ago. The track list for "Blot-Ilt-Taut" is as follows:
1. The Return of the Darkness and Evil
2. Woman of Dark Desires
3. A Fine Day to Die
4. Blood Fire Death
5. Song to Hall Up High
6. Home of Once Brave
7. Twilight of the Gods
Check out "A Fine Day to Die" here: More...
Atreyu Announces U.S. Headline Tour
Resurgent So Cal metalcore specialists Atreyu has announced a U.S. headline tour. These are the first in a slew of tour dates that will keep them on the road for much of 2016.
They will embark on a headline trek this winter and spring, with Devil You Know in tow.
Confirmed dates and venues are as follows:
3/4: Bakersfield @ The Gate
3/5: San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North
3/6: Costa Mesa, CA @ Orange County Fairgrounds
3/7: Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater
3/8: Farmington, NM @ Top Deck
3/10: Ft. Worth, TX @ The Rail Club
3/11: Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
3/12: Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
3/13: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
3/14: Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theatre
3/16: San Antonio, TX @ Alamo City Music Hall
3/17: Lubbock, TX @ Depot Patio
3/18: El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls
3/19: Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Amphitheater - 98KUPD Presents UFEST 2016*
*Festival Date
Killing Joke Premieres New Music Video "Euphoria"
Killing Joke premiered the killer video for "Euphoria" from the critically lauded "Pylon" album. The clip can be viewed via Noisey at this location (also in the player below).
This amazing visual should take the sting off the fact that the band had to regretfully postpone a planned Winter 2016 headline tour of North America. Stay tuned for more Killing Joke news. But first, immerse yourself fully in "Euphoria."
Spheron Streams New Track "Gargantua"
While some bands out of the technical death metal sector seem to focus too much on the first aspect of the genre’s name and forget about the songs, there are true exceptions. Spheron combine ambitious death metal with a technical appeal but also with versatile moods within their varied songs. The second full-length “A Clockwork Universe” is an even more expressive proof.
Aside from the composition and technical progression, the band sticks to the team Christoph Brandes (producer: Necrophagist, Deadborn o.a.) and Eliran Kantor (artwork: Testament, Hate Eternal o.a.). Both parts seem really inspired by the quintet as they went all out. The sound creates an omnipresent atmosphere while it remains crystal-clear and the album cover (shown here) carries this vibe to the outside.
Now...you can hear the result with the first track revealed from the band's first release in three years by streaming "Gargantua" below. The album will be issued by Apostasy Records on February 26th. Pre-orders can be made at this location.
The track list for "A Clockwork Universe" is as follows:
1. Keeper of Time and Space
2. The Blind Watchmaker
3. Plains of Hungary
4. Pendulum
5. Gargantua
6. Building a Storm
7. My Master's Work
8. Bound in Empty Jars
Check out "Gargantua" here: More...
Twins Crew Reveals The "Ghost Of The Seven Seas"
Swedish heavy/power metal band Twins Crew released a lyric video for the new song "Ghost of the Seven Seas." The track appears on the upcoming new album "Veni Vidi Vici," which will be released on February 26th in Europe and North America through Beyond The Storm Productions.
The artwork for "Veni Vidi Vici" (shown here) was designed in a Roman Empire theme by artist Mattias Norén (Kamelot, Sabaton, Lost Horizon, Evergrey) at Progart. The mastering for the album was by Mike Lind at Masterplant (Body Count, DIO, The Poodles). Twins Crew will appeal to fans of bands like Sabaton, Hammerfall, Helloween and Gloryhammer as "Ghost of the Seven Seas" will attest.
The track list for the album is:
1. Divide Et Impera
2. Veni Vidi Vici
3. Show No Mercy
4. Stand Your Ground
5. Praise Hell
6. Sky Is Falling
7. Burn The Witch
8. Out Of Time
9. Forever Free
10. Under My Command
11. Ghost Of The Seven Seas
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Primeval Mass Premieres Full-New-Album Stream
Greek black metal band Primeval Mass premieres the full-album stream of the band's upcoming third full length record "To Empyrean Thrones", which drops today, January 20th via Bandcamp.
Check out now "To Empyrean Thrones" in its entirety below.
Fall Premieres Pre-Release Full-Album Stream
Texas based melodic death metal act Fall premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming full length debut record "The Insatiable Weakness", which drops on January 29th as a CD via Bandcamp.
Check out now "The Insatiable Weakness" in its entirety below.
Cirith Gorgor Premieres New Song "Salvator"
Dutch black metal act Cirith Gorgor premieres a new song entitled "Salvator", taken from the upcoming new album "Visions Of Exalted Lucifer", which will be out in stores February 19 via Hammerheart Records.
Check out now "Salvator" below.
Manipulate Premieres New Song "Slip Away"
NYC’s hardcore outfit Manipulate premieres a new song entitled "Slip Away" from the upcoming new EP "Becoming Madness", which will be out in stores February 12, 2016 via Flatspot Records.
Check out now "Slip Away" below.
Amon Amarth Satirizes Internet Trolls In New Clip
Amon Amarth satirizes keyboard warriors in grand fashion in the newly-released video below. The clip also showcases MMA fighter and noted Amon Amarth fan Josh Barnett and teases an upcoming release titled "First Kill".
Check it out now below.
Filter Premieres New Song "Take Me To Heaven"
Alternative hard rock act Filter premieres a new song titled "Take Me To Heaven", taken from the upcoming new album "Crazy Eyes", which will be out in stores April 8 via Wind-Up Records.
Check out now "Take Me To Heaven" below.
Frontman/guitarist Richard Patrick explains that the song was penned about the loss of his father and also refers to the album as being "new industrial" stating: More...
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