Metal News for January 23, 2015
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35 news articles posted on this day.
HOD Recruits New Bassist
San Antonio blackened death horde HOD is pleased to officially induct bassist ZVS Gastelum into its infernal ranks. Gastelum comes by way of Texas black metal legion, Plutonian Shore, as well as Gnostic, and replaced longtime HOD comrade Robert "Trans AM" Coleman.
Comments the band, "Changes suck but sometimes they have to happen. After many years of service and brotherhood our brother Robert 'Trans AM' Coleman is no longer in HOD. TA will be missed for sure. We hope he gets everything he wants with his current projects and future endeavors. Best of luck to you, brother!
"We would also like to welcome ZVS Gastelum. ZVS had been filling in on bass while TA was out with Goatwhore, and did a great job. So the choice to bring ZVS into the fold was an easy one to make. ZVS fronts his own band Plutonian Shore, and brings with him many years of live experience. The guy will crush your skull! We are stoked to get out on the road with this demon and unleash hell!"
In related HOD developments, the band will bring bestial hymns to the stage of the 5th Quarter Lounge in Indianapolis tonight with Carpathian Funeral followed by a performance in Chicago the following evening. HOD will also devour New Orleans and Miami in the coming weeks with additional live invasions in the plotting stages.
1/23/2015 5th Quarter Lounge - Indianapolis, IN w/ Carpathian Funeral, Ptahil, more
1/24/2015 Cobra Lounge- Chicago, IL w/ Carpathian Funeral, Imperial Savagery, more
3/20/2015 Siberia - New Orleans, LA
3/21/2015 Churchill's Pub - Miami, FL w/ Kult Ov Azazel, Solstice, Druid Lord, more More...
De La Muerte Inks Deal With Bakerteam Records
Bakerteam Records just issued the following statement about inking a record deal with De La Muerte:
"De La Muerte is a modern and aggressive hard 'n heavy band charmed by the Mexican 'Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte' cult, which inspired each of the 10 'damned stories' contained in the groundbreaking debut album.
"The band was formed by some of the most experienced and technically proficient musicians in the Italian scene with the desire to mix heavy metal and hard rock with some shades of progressive and a 'Southern' flavour.
"‘De la Muerte’ was recorded by Simone Mularoni (DGM) and Simone Bertozzi (Mnemic) at Domination Studio in San Marino, Italy. It was also produced, mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni."
Slipknot Announces Shows With Hatebreed
Slipknot has announced a handful of Spring shows with special guest Hatebreed. Tickets are on-sale today, and the dates and venues are as follows:
4.29 Pensacola, FL @ Pensacola Civic Center
4.30 New Orleans, LA @ Champions Square-Superdome
5.2 Pelham, AL @ Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
5.5 Knoxville, TN @ Knoxville Coliseum
5.8 Bloomington, IL @ US Cellular Coliseum
5.10 Cedar Rapids, IA @ US Cellular Coliseum
5.12 Erie, PA @ Erie Insurance Arena
5.13 Scranton, PA @ The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
5.16 Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena More...
Cyrax Signs With Bakerteam
Bakerteam Records has checked in with the following announcement about inking a deal with Italian outfit Cryax:
"Following the critically acclaimed debut album 'Reflections' (2013), Cyrax has signed a deal with Bakerteam Records for the release of new effort, 'Pictures.'
"The album was recorded at RecLab Studios with producer Larsen Premoli (Fire Trails, Dragon's Cave) behind the mixing desk and features various guest musicians, each one of them adding a very distinctive flavour to the already vast array of musical influences that belongs to the band, including progressive rock, classic heavy metal and classical music.
"The beautiful cover artwork was made by French artist Pierre Alain (Necrodeath). Follow the band's official website here for the latest news."
Rave The Reqviem Posts "Aeon" Video
Swedish electronic metal act Rave The Reqviem - the auditory equivalent of repeating flashing lights that cause seizures - is breaking into the American scene with the premiere of a graphic new music video for "Aeon."
The song comes off the band's latest record, "Rave The Reqviem," which was released internationally via Japanese-based label Digital World Audio last April. Rave The Reqviem mastermind Filip Lönnqvist, who fronts the band alongside his mother Carola, said this about the new video:
"Since I'd consider myself being a pretentious and ambitious perfectionist, I'm stunned by the fact that these guys managed to deliver a music video which made me 100% satisfied. It's the perfect visual propaganda for our grotesque little sect."
Just For Fun
Nick Schendzielo Gives You Nightmare Fuel
In recent months we've been subjected to fart metal and Jewish metal, and now it's time for baby metal (nope, not the Japanese school girl one).
An absolutely nightmare-inducing video is now online from Job For A Cowboy bassist Nick Schendzielo's YouTube channel Bassfordays. This time, Revocation's Dave Davidson lends his guitar talent for "Newborns." Experience a jazzy, avant-garde hell below.
Maris Lane Streaming New Single
Philadelphia hardcore outfit Maris Lane will release a new EP titled "The Sound of an Empty Heart" on February 10th, 2015.
A first single taken off the impending EP can now be heard online. Check out "Haven" in the player below, or over at Bandcamp here.
Foreshadow Sees Return Of Original Bassist
Foreshadow's original bassist Maggot has rejoined the band in time for the recording process for a new album. Since leaving Foreshadow when the initial line up disbanded in 2010, Maggot played with two notable Tampa metal bands: Ulcer & Forged With Blood.
Maggot's first official appearance back with the band will be on upcoming album "Ashes of Forgotten Gods," which will be released later this year. The band is currently working with Chris Brickman (Obituary & Lacuna Coil) on the production side of the album & the recording will be completed at Red Room Recorders.
The band comments: "We are really excited to have Maggot back in the line-up. We can't wait for everyone to hear him on our new album."
Flukt Announces Debut EP
Norwegian black metal outfit Flukt (featuring members of thrash band Cyanide) is gearing up to release a debut, WWII themed EP in February title "Holocaust." The track listing is:
01. Frontline Brutality
02. Dødens Rike
03. Tomhet
04. Holocaust
On the track "Tomhet," Stig Reinhardtsen (In Vain) and Ole Kristian Fagerdal (Megiddon) guest on drums/percussion. More...
Uli Jon Roth Streaming "Catch Your Train"
Uli Jon Roth will release "Scorpions Revisited," a brand new double album of 19 re-invented Scorpions tracks, on January 26th (digital) / March 10th (physical) via UDR Music.
Today, LA Weekly is hosting the premiere of Roth's re-working of the Scorpions track “Catch Your Train.” Give it a listen below.
The full "Scorpions Revisited" track listing is as follows:
CD 1
1. The Sails Of Charon
2. Longing For Fire
3. Crying Days
4. Virgin Killer
5. In Trance
6. Sun In My Hand
7. Yellow Raven
8. Polar Nights
9. Dark Lady
CD 2
1. Catch Your Train
2. Evening Wind
3. All Night Long
4. We’ll Burn In The Sky
5. Pictured Life
6. Hell Cat
7. Life’s Like A River
8. Drifting Sun
9. Rainbow Dream Prelude
10. Fly To The Rainbow More...
Seven Year Storm Offering Track For Download
Seven Year Storm, the Vancouver-based instrumental progressive metal band created by freelance drummer / instructor Sean Lang, with added support from guitar-wizard and good friend Dean Lamb (Archspire) - is offering fans a free song download of "Dyatlov" from "Aion I," the first of two EPs set for release in 2015.
Sean Lang comments: "This is the first single off of 'Aion I,' entitled 'Dyatlov.' It features Dean Lamb of Archspire on lead guitar, and I'm proud to finally release it. I'm making it available for free, so please share it around! 'Aion I' drops February 24th."
To get your free download, head over to Bandcamp here. You can also stream the track below. The "Aion I" track listing is:
1. Morphogenesis 4:58
2. Dyatlov 4:28
3. Virtue 4:30
4. Nazca Lines 5:23
5. Blue Car Syndrome 6:47 More...
Adrenaline Mob Posts Cover Track
Adrenaline Mob recorded a guitar driven version of the classic fiddle duel, "The Devil Went Down To Georgia," for upcoming rarities EP "Dearly Departed." Our friends at Revolver Magazine are hosting the premiere, which can also be heard below.
Following the 2013 covers release, "Coverta," Adrenaline Mob will release Dearly Departed through Century Media on February 10th. The disc will feature 4 cover tunes, an unreleased track from the "Men of Honor" sessions, 3 acoustic renditions of songs from both "Omerta" and "Men of Honor," and a radio edit version of the "Men of Honor" track "Dearly Departed." The track listing is:
1. Snortin' Whiskey (Pat Travers)
2. Dearly Departed (Edited version of Men of Honor track)
3. The Devil Went Down to Georgia (Charlie Daniels Band)
4. Crystal Clear (Acoustic version of Men of Honor track)
5. Sabbath Medley (Black Sabbath)
6. Whatever Gets You Through The Night (Unreleased from Men of Honor sessions)
7. Angel Sky (Acoustic version of Omerta track)
8. All on the Line (Acoustic version of Omerta track)
9. Tie Your Mother Down (Queen
Magi Streaming Entire Album Online
U.S. doom / drone / sludge metal band Magi is streaming all of new album “Forget Me Not” online via the Argonauta Records SoundCloud page. Listen in below. “Forget Me Not” will be released on January 26th on CD/DD by Argonauta. The track listing is:
1. The Silence We Display
2. Mystic
3. Stories
4. A Million Questions
5. In Amity
6. Footsteps
7. Sleep More...
Furyon Announces Headlining Shows
U.K. outfit Furyon today confirms dates for a headlining tour this coming March in support of second album release "Lost Salvation," which is due out on February 23rd, 2015 via Dream Records. The dates are as follows:
March 20 – The Square, Harlow, UK
March 22 – The Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
March 24 – The Audio, Glasgow, UK
March 29 – The Barfly, London, UK
March 30 – Bannerman’s Live, Edinburgh, UK More...
Voices Streaming Full New Album
Just days away from its North American release, today Cvlt Nation streams "London," the brand new studio offering from U.K. avant sound contortionists Voices, in its entirety. Listen in below, and you can also read our review over here.
Delivering fourteen bastardized tracks of progressive blackened psychedelic melancholia centered on the forgotten and diseased underbelly of England's capital city, Voices - which features within its twisted ranks former members of Akercocke and My Dying Bride - compose perfectly imperfect sounds to welcome the end of creation, the extinction of the human, the collapse of music as we once knew...
The "London" album will be released in North America via Candlelight Records on January 27th, 2015. More...
Tear Out The Heart Posts Full Album Online
Altpress.com is hosting a stream of the sophomore album from Tear Out The Heart, entitled "Dead, Everywhere," the follow-up to studio debut album "Violence." Check it out below.
"With this new record we really tried to push ourselves, both artistically and emotionally, almost to the point of snapping,” explains vocalist Tyler Konersman. “Only through the darkest of times can you truly appreciate the light. The outcome was Dead, Everywhere."
The album officially drops January 27th, 2015 and you can also see the band live on these dates:
1/23 Clarksburg, WV @ The Main Street Cafe
1/24 Dayton, OH @ Rockstar Pro Arena
1/26 Lansing, MI @ The Loft
1/27 Columbus, OH @ Double Happiness
1/28 Lakewood, OH @ The Foundry
1/29 Chicago, IL @ Reggies
1/30 La Crosse, WI @ The Warehouse
1/31 St Louis, MO @ The Ready Room More...
Forgotten Light Working On Album
Italian outfit Forgotten Light is working on a new album and has checked in with the following brief update:
"New songs pre-production are done, we'll soon begin to record our second full-length album at the SpaceCraft Studio, where we had already recorded Where Light Ends, again with Crisian Scarponi, Cadaveria's guitarist. Stay tuned for more news."
While waiting for full details on the coming opus, you can hear the previously released album "Where Light Ends" below. More...
Blind Guardian Posts 6th Album Trailer
Blind Guardian just released the sixth new album trailer for upcoming tenth studio release, "Beyond The Red Mirror" (reviewed here), due out in Europe on January 30th, February 2nd in the UK, and February 3rd in North America.
In this new episode Blind Guardian discuss the difference between working in the rehearsal room, the studio. and performing live on stage:
Commented guitarist Marcus Siepen: “After being in the studio we need to relearn, or rearrange everything for a live performance. We have to consider exactly which parts to play and how to share them. Is André also playing rhythm guitars or am I supposed to accompany him on lead guitars, stuff like that.”
Adds drummer Frederik Ehmke: “Live is always different from the studio. In the studio we can capture a perfect drum sound and it is all about tiny details. Live everything needs to fit together perfectly so that the overall sound of the band is good.” More...
Falloch Streaming Full Album Online
"This Island, Our Funeral" is the latest long player from Scottish melancholic post-metal band Falloch. Already out in Europe, the album is set for release in North America via Candlelight next week on January 27th, 2015.
The follow-up to 2011's "Where Distant Spirits Remain" was tracked at London's Orgone Studios by Jaime Gomez Arellanu (Ghost, Cathedral, Ulver), and delivers nearly an hour's worth of dark, chilling odes of atmospheric beauty.
Fans can now stream all off "This Island, Our Funeral" in the player below ahead of its North American release, courtesy of SkullNBones.com. More...
Fuck Off Unleashing Hell On Earth
Spanish thrash metal band Fuck Off is about to unleash a new album to commemorate the 25th anniversary of second full-length "Hell On Earth," originally released in 1990.
This album will be entitled "Hell On Earth II (Revisited & Faster)" and contains 7 re-recorded songs from the original album (one being the song "Inquisición" but perormed in English under the title of "Embraced by Religion") as well as 4 original single versions from 1989, 2 long versions of the album tracks recorded in 2013, and 2 songs from the "Invasion" demo recorded in 2000.
Artwork has been again painted by Greek artist Gerasimos Kolokas, who previously handled the cover for the 2013 album "Smile As You Kill."
The release date for "Hell On Earth II (Revisited & Faster)" is set for March 1st and in the meantime, you can listen to an advance track below. The full track listing is:
01. Hell On Earth (2014)
02. Blasphemy (2014)
03. Whom You Have Never to Say His Name (2014)
04. Rider From Hell (2014)
05. Embraced by Religion (2014)
06. Witch, Hell Below the Belly (2014)
07. Midnight Confession (2014)
08. Torquemada (2000 Invasion - Demo) [Bonus]
09. Cyclone Pt. IV (2000 Invasion - Demo) [Bonus]
10. Hell On Earth (2013 Long Version) [Bonus]
11. Midnight Confession (2013 Long Version) [Bonus]
12. Embrion, Witch Below the Belly (1989 Single Version 1989) [Bonus]
13. Inquisición (1989 Single Version) [Bonus]
14. Hell On Earth (1989 Single Version) [Bonus]
15. Midnight Confession (1989 Single Version) [Bonus] More...
Melechesh Posts Album Trailer
Melechesh today releases the first album trailer for the band's upcoming album "Enki," which can be seen below. The release of "Enki" is scheduled for February 27th (EU), March 2nd (U.K.) and March 10th (U.S.).
"Enki" can be pre-ordered in various formats (digipack, various vinyl colors), including a special t-shirt bundle, right here.
The follow-up to 2010's "The Epigenesis" marks the band's sixth full-length album and will feature iconic guests Max Cavalera, Sakis Tolis (Rotting Christ) and Rob Caggiano (Volbeat, ex-Anthrax). Commented singer, songwriter and mainman Ashmedi:
"I am flattered and honored to have esteemed guests appear on this multifaceted album. 'Enki' solicited different approaches and new experiences. Max is a lion - I love his voice and the tribal and historic parallels of our lives are uncanny, he did an amazing job on 'Lost Tribes'. Sakis is an old friend and we toured together in the past. His voice added another dimension of mysticism on our 'Enki - Divine Nature Awoken.'
"Rob and I always wanted to collaborate and he is an agile and excellent guitar player so the lead he did on 'The Palm, the Eye and Lapis Lazuli' was perfect , it rocks and serves the track well. They all did an outstanding job and went above and beyond to make it happen despite their busy schedules. Melechesh is more than a band - it is a society!" More...
Youth Funeral Streams New Track
Noisey has premiered today Youth Funeral's "Weak But Warm," a track off the band's second EP, "See You When I See You," due out next Tuesday, January 27th, on Twelve Gauge Records.
Stream the song below, and you can also hear the previously released track "Confidante" over at this location. "See You When I See You" was produced by Will Killingsworth (Magrudergrind, Ampere) and guitarist/vocalist Casey Nealon has stated that the lyrics deal with confronting mortality.
The "See You When I See You" release follows a 2013 EP, "Symptom of Time," and a recent split with Scowler. More...
Psychostick Announces New U.S. Shows
Psychostick is hitting the road for a second U.S. tour in support of latest album "Revenge of The Vengeance" (reviewed here), released on Rock Ridge Music last November to follow up 2011's "Space Vampires VS Zombie Dinosaurs In 3-D."
Guitarist The J comments: "Finally getting to play these new songs live for our fans is better than taking a bite out of a juicy double bacon cheeseburger after having sex on a jet ski on a lake of beer."
Bassist Matty J "Moose" also comments: "Downtown Brown and Uurizen are bands we personally hand-picked specifically for this tour. These bands bring a pizza-ton of energy, have kickass live shows, and are both perfect fits for the Psychostick crowd. I'm super stoked to be headed West to play some of my favorite cities with such an amazing group of dudes! ...OH, and I've never been to San Francisco before so that's cool too." More...
Bloodscribe Streaming "Shadows"
Bloodscribe today releases latest single "Shadows," taken from the band's upcoming debut album. Give it a listen below.
"Prologue to the Apocalypse is our long awaited first full length album. It embodies Bloodscribe as a whole and showcases the sound we have long been evolving into," states vocalist Jasan Perez. "Prologue to the Apocalypse is not just another death metal album, but rather a statement of self-reliance that goes against social standards that have weakened our society. We hope the listeners can appreciate the unique sound we have constructed as well as the message behind our album."
The band's previously posted music video for "Enslaved By Deceptions" can also be seen over at this location.
Featuring album art by Indonesian illustrator Mondo Borneo, "Prologue to the Apocalypse" was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Chris Garcia at the Morgue Music Studio (Stages of Decomposition) in Los Angeles, CA.
The album is set for release February 9th in the U.K. and February 10th in the U.S. via Gore House Productions. More...
Helfir Releasing Album Via My Kingdom
My Kingdom Music has checked in with the following announcement about inking a deal with Helfir:
"The decadence and the melancholia will have soon a new great interpreter: Helfir! Luca Mazzotta is the mind behind this project who, exploring his innermost essence, finds his personal sound in a contamination of acoustic dark rock melodies and gloomy and dark atmospheres.
"It will stand at the deep heart of each listener with the alienating atmospheres and decadent sounds in the best Antimatter, Katatonia, Anathema and Porcupine Tree tradition. Just push your mind beyond every limit to discover new territories and emotions with 'Still Bleeding,' Helfir's debut album, out on My Kingdom Music on April 13th, 2015." More...
Nervecell Posts "Amok Doctrine" Video
Among Dubai's most extreme bands to emerge from the territory, death/thrash legion Nervecell is readying for the re-release of the "Psychogenocide" full-length, set to drop via Unique Leader Records next week.
Produced / engineered by guitarist Rami H. Mustafa at Spellbind Studio in Dubai with drums engineered by Joe Haley at Red Planet Studios in Australia, then mixed and mastered by Wojtek and Slawek Wieslawscy at Hertz Studios in Poland, "Psychogenocide" boasts Psycroptic's David Haley on session drums as well a guest vocal appearance from Nile's Karl Sanders on "Shunq (To The Despaired...King Of Darkness)."
As a precursor to its release, now just days away, today Decibel Magazine hurls forth the visual depiction of fourth cut, "Amok Doctrine." Check it out below. "Psychogenocide" will be re-issued worldwide on January 27th, 2015 via Unique Leader Records. More...
I, Valiance Streaming "The Reject Of Humanity"
Australian outfit I, Valiance is now streaming "The Reject of Humanity" online in full, which was mixed and mastered by Buster Odeholm of Humanity's Last Breath. You can hear all the album below, and the track listing is as follows:
1. Prologue 01:24
2. Part 1: The Pillars Of Ruin 04:40
3. Part 2: The Loneliest Soul 04:12
4. Part 3: Thrown To Belial 06:36
5. Part 4: Gods Mouth 05:21
6. Pure Misanthrope 01:18 More...
Magic Kingdom Reveals Album Track Listing
Magic Kingdom recently unveiled the Stan Decker-created cover artwork for new album "Savage Requiem" (available below), and today the band announces the full track listing. An official release date via AFM Records is still forthcoming.
1. In Umbra Mea
2. Guardian Angels
3. Rivals Forever
4. Full Moon Sacrifice
5. Ship of Ghosts
6. Savage Requiem
7. Four Demon Kings of Shadowlands
8. With Fire and Sword
9. Dragon Princess
10. Battlefield Magic
11. Dragon Princess (acoustic) More...
Where Evil Follows Releasing "Portable Darkness"
March 31st will be the release date for Where Evil Follows' debut album, "Portable Darkness," due out through Moribund Records.
Where Evil Follows is the latest diabolical creation of Toby Knapp (Onward, Waxen). In contrast to Knapp’s latest Waxen album, which indulges his blackest metal tendencies, Where Evil Follows returns the six-string sorcerer to his '80s speed metal roots. The new album's track listing is as follows:
1. Reborn (4:09)
2. They Came For Us (4:36)
3. Symbiotic (3:24)
4. Lifting The Veil (4:44)
5. A World Away (3:45)
6. Oppressive Grey (5:08)
7. Disturbing The Priest (4:59)
8. Portable Darkness (4:03) More...
Perdition Temple Announces Album Release
Hells Headbangers just confirmed March 24th as the international release date for Perdition Temple's second album, "The Tempter's Victorious."
The American black/death barbarians' first album for new label home Hells Headbangers, "The Tempter's Victorious" follows Perdition Temple's celebrated debut album, "Edict of the Antichrist Elect," from 2010.
Though many years have passed, the (hell)fire stills burns brightly in the Perdition Temple, and "The Tempter's Victorious" sees the band perfecting a militant, malevolent brand of blackened death metal. The track listing is as follows:
1. The Tempter's Victorious
2. Extinction Synagogue
3. Scythes of Antichrist
4. Goddess in Death
5. The Doomsday Chosen
6. Chambers of Predation
7. Diluvium Ignus
8. Devil's Blessed More...
Running Death Announces New Album Track List
Running Death recently finished the recordings of a new full-length at Ghost City Recordings (Stillborn, Hyrax, An Act of Grace and many more).
The album, titled "Overdrive," will be released in the Spring by Italian label Punishment 18 Records. The band has already released two EPs, "Raging Nightmare" (2010) and "The Call of Extinction" (2012). The "Overdrive" track listing is as follows:
01. It Begins
02. Hell On Earth
03. Psycho
04. Remote Controlled
05. Close Minded
06. Raging Nightmare
07. Deludium
08. Mercenary
09. Pray For Death
10. Reduced
11. Overdrive
12. I See A Fire
Napalm Death Posts New Video
The 15th studio album, "Apex Predator - Easy Meat" by U.K. grind pioneers Napalm Death is released as of today in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Finland via Century Media Records. North American fans can pick up a copy starting Tuesday, January 27th.
To celebrate the album's first release, a special promotional video clip for the short and intense track "Smash A Single Digit" is being debuted today. Check it out below, thanks to Decibel Magazine.
The video for "Smash A Single Digit" was directed and produced by Michael Panduro, who has previously worked for bands like Cephalic Carnage, Saint Vitus, and Job For A Cowboy. The video is made up of 1,093 unique drawings, each one hand-drawn in ink on paper by artist Lisbet Fredslund and 225 of the drawings are of the face of Napalm Death vocalist "Mark "Barney" Greenway, who checked in to comment the clip as follows:
"Couldn't be happier with the 'Smash A Single Digit' video clip. It shows nothing of dignity or life's fundamental pleasures - only a snapshot of those unfortunate enough to only be deemed as numbers for production quotas in this world. When a 'digit' has therefore been expended, it is rubbed out (or consumed leaving no trace, as in the case of this video). In my opinion, Michael Panduro and the team produced a real work of art and I think the general style holds some really nice future artistic possibilities for Napalm Death." More...
Vocalist Danny Worsnop Quits Asking Alexandria
Vocalist Danny Worsnop has left Asking Alexandria. The singer just broke the news via Twitter just two days after Worsnop’s other band, We Are Harlot, announced the release of a self-titled debut album.
Worsnop helped form Asking Alexandria in 2008, rising to prominence very quickly with the release of "Stand Up and Scream" the next year. Asking Alexandria has since recorded two more albums, two EPs, one remix album and one live album.
Explaining his departure, Worsnop states: More...
Interview
Interview With Monument Of Misanthropy
Christy Lee of "All Things Metal" has written an article on the metal scene and the society within the genre that we all know and love. She also had the opportunity to chat with George Misanthrope of the band, Monument of Misanthropy. Check out some excerpts below (read the entire interview HERE):
CL: How did you guys end up with Romain Goulon drummer of the band Necrophagist in your band?
GM: Romain is a very good and old friend of Jean Pierre Battesti. They were jamming together before Romain got famous for being the drummer of the technical death metal innovators Necrophagist. Unlike Necrophagist the stuff JP and Romain played at that time was pretty much brutal death metal with old-school death metal and grindcore elements- Brutal and fast but with some Napalm Death & Terrorizer groove in it. JP who already knew me from “Raising The Veil” one day asked me if I want to try out some vocals on some songs he had pre-produced with Romain. And I of course said yes, because I liked the brutality and straight in you face-punch of the songs. So for all of us in “Monument Of Misanthropy” the album is also kind of a tribute to the early days of pure, upright and unpretentious death metal, which defined the 3 of us as young musicians.
CL: How do you feel about how today’s society likes to categorize metal sub-genres?
GM: I think its human, which doesn’t mean it is ok or that I like it. People especially growing up kids long to be part of something they can or want to be identified with. It also has to do with insecurities during adolescence. Anyways what really matters is that someone really likes the music genre and it’s a message and ideals which he or she’s listening to. I never thought it was cool to be a thrash metal fan when I listened to thrash or later a death metal fan listening to death metal. I just liked the music and the people I met in metal record-stores (yes we had to buy our music at that time), clubs and at shows. But it has always been and probably always will be that people of one genre try to tell you that his genre is the best ever and that what you’re listening to is total crap. I never tried to persuade someone to any kind of metal genre. If a friend didn’t like what I listened to it was ok I kept listening to it. Best practice for dealing with metal elitist preachers: Ignore them, end of story.
CL: If you were to evolve heavy metal, how would you do so? More...
Beyond Grace Posts New Song
Nottingham, UK's death metallers Beyond Grace offer a first single from the upcoming album "Seekers" titled "Omega Point".
The track is also available as a "name your price" download on Bandcamp here.
You can now stream "Omega Point" below.
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