Metal News for January 30, 2014
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The Rockstar Ramblings: #RIPMotleyCrue
This week Motley Crue announced their retirement, sort of. Via a press conference the band announced a retirement that would begin after a two-year tour. Apparently they signed a contract that is completely valid unless they all decide to void or write up a new contract. Anyway, there is going to be a U.S. and International tour, maybe a new album, and a country tribute album. I’m sure the country tribute album will bring it all together. More...
Yautja Posts New Track
After previously streaming the song "Faith Resigned" online, Nashville trio Yautja has released another track from "Songs of Descent," due out February 11th. Listen to "Denihilist" below, courtesy of Invisible Oranges.
Demonical Posts New Video
Demonical has released a video clip for "An Endless Celebration," which comes off the "Darkness Unbound" album (reviewed here). Check it out below, and the album's full track listing is as follows:
I. Darkness Unbound
II. The Order
III. An Endless Celebration
IV. Contempt and Conquest
V. King of All
VI. The Healing Control
VII. Hellfire Empire
VIII. Words Are Death
IX. Deathcrown
X. The Great Praise
Woland To Release "Hyperion" Album
Woland's new album "Hyperion" will be released through Indie Recordings on February 24th worldwide and you can pre-order the album right here.
The first single of the album "Conquer All" is out today on all digital services like iTunes and Spotify. Indie Recordings comments:
"Woland's music relies on a foundation without boundaries and a focused vision. When others crawl in the mud and idolize the past, the band gazes to the future with a Nietzschean vision and welcome it with opened arms. The core idea is to rise above one self and become one with divinity, to be everything you can be. While the music and lyrics are not tied to any specific events or follow any single dogma, they are heavily influenced by some of the modern worlds most prominent philosophers and writers as well as inspired by mythology with its gods and heroes."
Catch the band live:
20.02.2014 NOR Bergen, Blastfest
6.-8.6.2014 HRV Underwall in Zadar More...
Nervosa Posts Album Trailer
After the release of the "Time of Death" EP, the Brazilian demolition crew known as Nervosa will unleash debut album "Victim of Yourself" this coming March 11th in North America via Napalm Records. A teaser trailer for the release can be heard below, and the track listing is as follows:
1. Intro
2. Twisted Values
3. Justice Be Done
4. Wake Up and Fight
5. Nasty Injury
6. Envious
7. Morbid Courage
8. Death
9. Into Mosh Pit
10. Deep Misery
11. Victim of Yourself
12. Uranio Em Nos
A Storm Of Light Announces New Shows
The sound manipulators in A Storm of Light are very pleased to announce a run of live excursions beginning with a string of U.S. shows next month.
Slated to commence on February 25th in York, Pennsylvania, A Storm of Light will bring foreboding soundscapes to Columbus, Chicago, Erie, and Brooklyn alongside shoegaze metallers Junius. Come April/May, the band will head overseas to storm Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and the UK in addition to stops at the illustrious Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands and Inferno Festival in Norway. Dates are as follows:
2/25/2014 The Depot - York, PA w/ Junius
2/26/2014 Kobo - Columbus, OH w/ Junius
2/27/2014 Reggie's - Chicago, IL w/ Junius
2/28/2014 The Crooked I - Erie, PA w/ Junius
3/01/2014 Brooklyn Night Bazaar - Brooklyn, NY
4/07/2014 Bingo - Kiev, UA
4/08/2014 Re:public - Minsk, BY
4/09/2014 Plan B - Moscow, RU
4/10/2014 Roadburn Festival @ 013 - Tilburg, NL
4/10/2014 Mod - St. Petersburg, RU
4/16/2014 Inferno Festival - Oslo, NO
5/02/2014 Motion - Bristol, UK More...
Northern Oak Reveals Album Title
Sheffield's folk metal outfit Northern Oak has checked in with the following announcement about releasing an upcoming album:
"And the next Northern Oak album title is... *drumroll* 'Of Roots and Flesh!'
"As we've mentioned before, the songs on this album deal with themes of struggle and the dichotomy between nature and humanity - we think this title is a perfect encapsulation of all that." More...
Kirk To Release New Album
Swiss melodic metallers Kirk will release sophomore studio album "Masquerade," which was produced by Dennis Ward, on March 7th via Mausoleum Records. The track listing is as follows:
01. Devil’s Claw
02. Supersonic Speed
03. Masquerade
04. Eternity
05. Fight Or Die Music
06. Nothing Else But Lies
07. Time
08. Tragedy
09. Face In The Crowd
10. The End Of The Universe
11. Fallen Angel More...
Tyr Releases New Music Video
Tyr has unveiled a music video for "The Lay of Our Love," taken from the band's most recent album, "Valkyrja."
The song features a vocal duet with Leaves' Eyes vocalist Liv Kristine and the video was produced by Stanimir Lukic, directed by Ivan Colic, and can be seen below courtesy of RevolverMag.com.
The band comments: "We've wanted to make a CGI video for a long time, and this is our first one, so we're obviously excited for the release and reception of the video. On top of that, the presence of Liv in the video makes it even more special. All in all we're very pleased with the result."
TÝR will be joining Children of Bodom on the "Halo of Blood over North America" tour in early 2014. The tour will embark on February 14th in Quebec City. Find a full list of upcoming tour dates after the jump. You can also stream the band's latest album in full at this location. More...
Chasma Signs To Candlelight
Candlelight Records is proud to announce the signing of Chasma, and the label comments:
"The earliest incarnation known as Chasma was born in fall 2008 by founding members Ryan Whyte and Aaron Schomaker. The original lineup immediately released a demo on French label Aural Offerings before a year long hiatus due to the urgency of other musical pursuits involving the members.
"After an almost two year break, a two album deal was struck with American label Moribund Records. In 2011 the band released Declarations of the Grand Artificer and immediately parted ways with the then guitar player due to drug use issues. In late 2011 the group recruited Brandon Gordon to fill the guitar position, which shortly gave birth to the second full length given the name Codex Constellatia.
"After years of toil and countless stage performances with bands like Thou, Abigail Williams, Fell Voices, Wolves in the Throne Room, Vattnet Viskar, Ash Borer, Junius, et cetera, the band now joins the ranks of Candlelight Records on their newest full length creation dubbed Omega Theorian."
The band states: "Having the opportunity to join the Candlelight family is an honor that is beyond description for us as a band and as long time metal fans in general. This new band/label marriage marks a new, long anticipated chapter in Chasma that will give us the opportunity to communicate to our audience on a much wider scale from a very prestigious stage. Our fire burns brighter than ever." More...
Marty Friedman Footage From NAMM Available
GearGods.net has posted live footage of shredder Marty Friedman performing live at the Boss/Roland booth during the 2014 NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA last week.
Marty Friedman, who made history as lead guitarist in the bands Megadeth and Cacophony, has been a rare sight in the USA for over a decade. Watch the footage below for an exclusive peak at Marty's return with this intimate NAMM performance. More...
Coldwar Signs With Candlelight
Candlelight Records is proud to announce the signing of Irish hardcore punks Coldwar, with a new album due from the band later this year titled "Pantheist."
Equally thrilled by the signing, the band had this to say: “Coldwar are proud to announce that we have signed to Candlelight Records. We are very excited about our future with Candlelight and are honoured to be on a label with such a varied and talented collection of artists.”
Listen to "Heart Of Darkness" from the upcoming album in the player provided below. More...
Indian Releases New Video
Today blackened doom bringers Indian have premiere a brand new visual atrocity in the form of "Rhetoric Of No," which can be seen below courtesy of Metal Injection.
The menacing six-plus-minute demonstration of deviance comes courtesy of Indian's newly-released "From All Purity" full-length, which debuted at #24 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and was recorded at Electrical Audio and Soma Studios in Chicago with engineer/co-producer Sanford Parker. More...
Anti-Mortem Posts Lyric Video
Anti-Mortem has released a lyric video for the track "Words of Wisdom," which can be seen below.
The song comes from the group’s upcoming debut release "New Southern," which was produced, recorded, and mixed by producer Bob Marlette.
Look for "New Southern" on both physical and digital formats on April 18th, 2014 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The track listing is as follows:
1. Words Of Wisdom
2. New Southern
3. 100% Pure American Rage
4. Hate Automatic
5. Black Heartbeat
6. I Get Along With The Devil
7. Path To Pain
8. Wake Up
9. Ride Of Your Life
10. Stagnant Water
11 Truckstop Special
12. Jonesboro
13. A Little Too Lose (bonus track – MR. BIG cover) More...
Exclusive
Tyrants Blood Streaming "Deceiver"
Fresh off the vinyl release of "Into the Kingdom of Graves" via Tridoid Records, now Tyrants Blood has another release coming your way.
"Coven" (due out February 18th) is a compilation of earlier material from the band that has never before been available digitally, and today we bring you the album's closing track "Deceiver."
Check it out in the player below, and the full "Coven" track listing is as follow:
1. Slaine the Berzerker
2. Slithering Into Exile
3. Prophecy
4. Cast Into Hell
5. Torn From the Sky
6. Destroyer
7. Riddle of Flesh
8. Merciless
9. Destruction Consuming
10. Wolfheart
11. Shadows
12. Deceiver
Origin Finishes Recording Album
Origin has checked in with the following announcement about finishing the recording process for a new album:
"Its official: the Origin 'Omnipresent' sessions are a wrap!!! It was a grueling month, but you can be assured we have produced some of the most intense and diverse Origin material to date (Rest assured 'diverse' does NOT mean clean singing or any soft metal BS)!
"We go from light speed to absolute zero and back on this one. We are everywhere and nowhere. We are Omnipresent.
"Cant wait for you to hear it. And you will. soon."
This new full-length will follow the 2011 album "Entity" (reviewed here), with further details forthcoming.
Atriarch Signs With Relapse Records
Relapse Records is extremely proud to announce the signing of Portland, OR blackened death/doom quartet Atriarch.
Formed in 2009, Atriarch has released two full lengths including "Forever the End" in 2011 via Seventh Rule and "Ritual of Passing" in 2012 via Profound Lore, plus a split with Alaric on 20 Buck Spin.
The band will enter the studio this June with producer Billy Anderson (Sleep, Eyehategod, Agalloch) to record a third full-length and Relapse debut. The group commented on the upcoming material:
"We are constantly evolving as artists and we want to do something new with each release. Having said that it will always be dark and heavy and honestly reflect how we feel. Atriarch is a manifestation of our catharsis."
The band also states: "It is an honor to be joining the ranks of Relapse Records. We are truly privileged to be able to stand along side so many great acts as peers."
Primal Fear Posts "King For A Day" Video
Primal Fear has released a video clip for the track "King For A Day," which comes off the "Delivering The Black" album released earlier this month. Check it out below, and the album's full track listing is as follows:
1. King for a Day
2. Rebel Faction
3. When Death Comes Knocking (see music video)
4. Alive and On Fire
5. Delivering the Black
6. Road to Asylum
7. One Night in December
8. Never Pray for Justice
9. Born with a Broken Heart
10. Inseminoid
Inferi Streaming Full New Album
Nashville metal outfit Inferi has released new album "The Path of Apotheosis," and you can now hear all the tracks online. Check it out below, or pick up your copy at Bandcamp here. The track listing is as follows:
1. Those Who From The Heavens Came 05:59
2. The Promethean Kings 06:09
3. A Betrayal Unforetold 05:20
4. Wrath of The Fallen One 04:15
5. The Ophidian Form 05:37
6. Prelude to A Perilous Fate 05:57
7. Destroyer 06:24
8. Onslaught of The Covenant 06:21
9. Marching Through The Flames of Tyranny 05:59
10. The Ancients of Shattered Thrones 05:54
11. The Path of Apotheosis 06:34 More...
Hideous Divinity Announces Guest Musician
Hideous Divinity has issued the following announcement about bringing on a guest guitarist for an upcoming album:
"First guest announcement for our new album! We're stoked to have Vital Remains' guitar shredder Aaron Ahh Run Homma as guest soloist on one of the songs of our new album, to be recorded in March and released later this year... more updates coming soon!"
Further details are forthcoming, and in the mean time you can check out the previous track "A New Hope of Worms" in the player below. More...
Holy Moses To Release New Album
Holy Moses will release new album "Redefined Mayhem" later this year, and the band comments:
"As we know, some of you are waiting for a new album….
"Two years ago, we released the 30th Anniversary Album. With that we closed a chapter of our band history and now we are setting the course for the future. On 28 April 2014 (Germany: 25 April 2014; US: 29 April 2014) we release our new album Redefined Mayhem.
"The name says it all. We had to redefine ourselves as a band and gel as a team. There were people who voiced their doubts that it would work. But the new songs prove beyond all doubt that Holy Moses continue to be a force to be reckoned with.
"You´ll get 13 first-rate thrash metal songs, that are fast-paced and powerful, chaotic at times and with a modern touch, mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Dark Tranquility, Extol).
"Stay tuned for Moses 2014!" More...
Stoneburner Reveals Album Details
Portland sludge slingers and recent Neurot family additions, Stoneburner, are readying to unleash their forthcoming new full-length, "Life Drawing."
The follow-up to the 2012 debut, "Sickness Will Pass," features nine rumbling odes of bottom-heavy hostility and emotional decay. Recorded, mixed, and produced by Fester at Haywire Studios, mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering -- both in Portland -- and swathed in the visually abrasive cover art of J.J. Shirey, "Life Drawing" promises to hurl Stoneburner's habitually chest-caving sludge mantras to entirely new realms of earth-deteriorating heaviness.
Comments the band in a collective statement: "Lyrically we've always focused on personal matters, and one theme that particularly seems to keep coming up on this record is the struggle to be a decent person in a world that keeps doing its best to cause you not to be. J.J. Shirey, who paints our album covers, is part of the Stoneburner brotherhood and we have absolute faith in him.
"We have him sit in on rehearsals, read our lyrics, and then we send him off to come up with whatever he thinks best suits the material. We feel that this piece absolutely captures the mood of trying to grow and heal, but constantly finding yourself falling back into the darkness caused by emotional and physical addictions. The world isn't always a happy, beautiful place, and neither is our music. Thanks to J.J. you're going to sense that before you even hear the album."
The track listing is as follows:
1. Some Can
2. Caged Bird
3. Drift
4. An Apology To A Friend In Need
5. Pale New Eyes
6. Giver Of Birth
7. Done
8. You Are The Worst
9. The Phoenix More...
Destroying Divinity Signs With Lavadome
A pact between Czech death metal mongers Destroying Divinity and Lavadome has been sealed. The band will release new album "Hollow Dominion" in the first half of 2014 via its new label home. A contemporary stab of classic, ancient death metal is to be expected.
As a pre-taste, the opening track of the album "Eternity Guardians" has been unveiled and can be heard below. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Eternity Guardians
2. Burning Divine Domination
3. Scent of Death
4. Empire of Emptiness
5. Suffering Redemption
6. Defleshed Skeleton
7. Sinful Omens
8. Inner Slavery More...
Satan's Host Posts Video, Writing New Album
Satan's Host today premieres the new video for "Dichotomy," hails from the band's newest album, "Virgin Sails," released late last year by Moribund Records. Check out "Dichotomy" below.
In other Satan's Host news, drummer Anthony "Evil Hobbit" Lopez reveals the following: "We are in the process of finishing writing the follow-up to Virgin Sails and plan to release at some point this year, and we are just working on getting some live dates for later this year. We will be performing at the Doom in June fest in Las Vegas on June 6-7, and will be headlining the Up the Hammers Festival in Athens, Greece in November." More...
Interview
Van Canto Brings Forth The "Dawn Of The Brave"
Nobody can accuse Van Canto of being cookie-cutter imitators. Being the only power metal a cappella band in the world, they are truly one of a kind. However, there is a valid argument about whether the band is metal or not. I mean, the group doesn't use a guitar player. Distorted guitar is a defining characteristic of metal music. Crunchy guitar riffs are nowhere to be found, but the group utilizes other elements that draw head bangers to this type of music such as thunderous war drums and rafters-reaching vocals.
Just like any power metal group of worth, Van Canto features a strong voice in the front of the mix. In this case, there are five strong vocalists. Also the group has the majesty and might of power metal's fantasy-based lyrics, often paying homage to the great J.R.R. Tolkien. On "Dawn of the Brave," the group's fifth full-length recording, Van Canto once again offers its choirs of voices on original and cover tunes. They get the guitar outta here on "Badaboom" and give their listeners an empowering anthem with "Fight for Your Life." Covers wise, Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" gets their special vocal treatment while the lovely Inga Scharf revisions Annie Lennox's "Into the West" from the final "Lord of the Rings" film.
I spoke to Stefan Schmidt on the phone concerning "Dawn of the Brave." He is the band's "rakkatakka" singer--the group's bassist, if you will, as he provides the bottom end sounds. Although this was his last interview of the day, Schmidt spoke with much excitement on the forthcoming recording. Due to the response garnered by sneak-peak tracks, he feels fanfare is reaching critical mass. This topic and much more on the career of Van Canto is revealed below.
Homewrecker Posts New Music Video
Northeastern Ohio's Homewrecker has just released a video for "Skin The Pig," a brand new demo track the band recently recorded with its newly revamped lineup. Check it out below.
Having scaled the squad from a quintet with a vocalist down to a quartet with the drummer and guitarist dividing vocal duties, Homewrecker recorded the track as an introduction to the new lineup, and to help fill the gap between the 2012-released "Worms & Dirt" LP and a next official release later this year.
The music for the video was recorded by band cohort Thomas Tadsen in Cleveland in December, and the video was shot by Todd Thompson.
Warfather Streaming Debut Album
The debut release from ex-Morbid Angel bassist/vocalist Steve Tucker's end time death metal outfit, Warfather, is now upon the masses, as Greyhaze Records released the mighty "Orchestrating The Apocalypse" on January 21st in North America, and its February 24th European release is closing in.
Today you can also hear the entire album online. Give all the tracks a listen in the player below, courtesy of Revolvermag.com. You can also read our recent interview with Steve Tucker about the album at this location. More...
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