Metal News for October 22, 2015
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23 news articles posted on this day.
Suicide Silence Posts Remixed "Sacred Words"
Following news of front man Eddie Hermida re-joining All Shall Perish (while apparently still remaining full time with Suicide Silence), today a new remixed Suicide Silence track comes online. Check out this new rendition of "Sacred Words" below.
This odd dance floor version of the song was created by Dan Wilson and Doc Knocks and comes from the digital only "Sacred Words" EP, which will be released on October 23 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The EP features the single "Sacred Words" as well as various unreleased tracks, including 3 live tracks taken from the band's RockPart Festival performance on August 9, 2015 in Hungary. The track listing is:
1. Sacred Words
2. Inherit The Crown (live)
3. Cease To Exist (live)
4. Sacred Words (live)
5. Sacred Words (We Are Strong Remix)
6. Sacred Words (instrumental) More...
Irata Pulls Out Of Tour
North Carolina's Irata has officially had to pull out of the entire tour supporting Kylesa. This news follows several delays and complications in the recovery of drummer Jason Ward after his hospitalization due to a severe leg infection early into the trek.
While the band had hoped to re-join the tour package for the remaining dates, it is no longer an option. Jason Ward has issued a statement on behalf of Irata about the situation:
"I wanted to send my deepest apologies for having to cancel our part in the tour. I know that both Kylesa and Stu at United Talent went out on a limb to even put our band on the tour to begin with. I don't know what was worse; having to deal with the infection in my leg or having to miss this opportunity to tour with the best.
"I never thought in a million years that I would be taken out by a random, severe leg infection that seemingly came from nowhere; I don't understand it myself and I am still trying to work through it. Hopefully we will have the opportunity to try this again soon! Until then I am going to continue to rest while starting to work on another tour to support the Sweet Loris release. Thanks again to everyone!"
The tour continues through early next week, headlined by Kylesa with support from Inter Arma and Indian Handcrafts. New Irata tour dates will be confirmed and announced in the near future. More...
Counting Days Posts Track-By-Track Video
London-based modern metal group Counting Days released new album "Liberated Sounds" last Friday via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group. If you haven't heard it yet, the full release is available for streaming right here.
Today an official track-by-track video detailing "Liberated Sounds" comes online, featuring personal descriptions by guitarist Charlie Wilson and singer Thomas Debaere. Check it out below. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Burned By Faith
2. Die Alone
3. Beaten & Scarred
4. Life & Death
5. Liberated Sounds
6. Fire From The Sky
7. Days Go By
8. The Vines
9. Sands Of Time feat. Tomas Lindberg of At The Gates
10. Prison Of Misery
11. Cold Truth
12. Reunion More...
Sunpocrisy Has An "Eyegasm"
Post-progressive metal band Sunpocrisy has released an advance stream of a new song titled "Eyegasm" - listen in below. "Eyegasm" (ew...) is taken from forthcoming album "Eyegasm, Hallelujah!" that is due out November 1, 2015. The band also comments:
"'Eyegasm' is the opener song of the album, and represents the perfect bridge between 'Samaroid Dioramas' and what we’re going to face in the new record. Lyrics and music lead listeners through this new path, which is very different from the past world but with continuous recalls to it.
"From dreamy atmospheres to resounding distortions, 'Eyegasm' contains all the main characteristics of our sound today, to dive the listener into the wide concept described. Through complex guitars weavings and constant percussive patterns, this song gives the first taste of what you will experience during the entire listening of these 9 songs, a last physical and mental trip to reach the end: the hallelujah!"
The new album's track listing is as follows:
I. Eyegasm
II: Mausoleum of the Almost
III. Transmogrification
IV. Eternitarian
V. Of Barbs and Barbules
VI. Kairos Through Aion
VII. Gravis Vociferatur
VIII. Festive Garments
IX. Hallelujah! More...
Sectu Announces Return Of Drummer
Sectu has issued the following announcement about bringing back former drummer Calle and working on new material:
"As many of you know our original drummer Calle left Sectu in 2013, due to immense touring with his other band and changed family situation.
"During that time we had the opportunity to work with the mighty Richard Evensand and recorded the album 'Nefarious' (ViciSolum 2014). Now things have changed yet again and Calle has returned behind the drums and we are set to make our fourth album." More...
Manticore Streaming New Split Track
A new track titled "Black Sheep Amongst the Wolves" from Manticore has come online today. The track is taken from "Depraved Sacrements," the upcoming 7" split that the band is releasing with Ritual Slaughter. Listen in below.
The split will be released on November 6, 2015 and can be pre-ordered right here. This 7" EP is limited to 300 hand-numbered copies and comes with a 2-panel-foldout-cover & 14"x14" poster. Depraved cover artwork for the split comes courtesy of Daniel Desecrator. More...
Mirror Streaming "Galleon"
From unlikely origins, dark forces have been summoned, in the form of the self-titled debut album by brand new occult heavy metal alchemists, Mirror. A work of rare passion, drama and intrigue, this collection of mighty conjurings is set for release via Metal Blade Records on November 13.
Mirror is the musical brain-child of prime mover, bassist and diehard metal connoisseur Tas Danazoglou (Satan's Wrath, ex-Electric Wizard). A chance meeting with producer and drummer Jaime Gomez Arellano led to the pair hitting on a shared vision of a classically aligned outfit that drew inspiration from the epic amplified landscapes of lore.
They were soon joined on this quest by Satan's Wrath axeman Stamos K, and their fate further sealed by the arrival of the mightily operatic tenor of vocalist Jimmy Mavromatis, before the ouroborus was completed with the arrival of Los Angeles-based guitarist Matt Olivo.
As a precursor to the album' release, today the galloping sounds of sixth track, "Galleon," can be heard below. More...
Zombie Motors Wrecking Yard Signs With Napalm
Napalm Records had to look literally at the other end of the world to find these crazy lunatics in Australia. Sebastian Muench, A&R for Napalm Records, comments on the brand new signing with Zombie Motors Wrecking Yard:
"Zombie Motors Wrecking Yard is probably not the easiest band name to remember but already the demo tracks like 'Fight, Fight, Fight,' 'Galactic Motherfucker,' or 'Roll N Burn' are straight up sucker punches to the face in a dirty fight! Pure raw anger, tits and gasoline liquored up to wash down the desert sand on a hot day in Victoria! We are proud and pumped to have ZMYY join the Napalm Team!"
Vocalist Ran adds: "Zombie Motors Wrecking Yard are fucking stoked to be in the Napalm Records Army, we are busily working away on our debut album, of Australian dirty rock n roll styled stoner galactic blues and destruction. We are recording in factories, strip clubs and back rooms with booze and weed staining the walls, why do it like everyone else when we can do it the way we want? We are hanging in Europe and fly the Aussie flag and rock with our European brothers and sisters. If you dig choppers, muscle cars, girls n rock done dirty, then we are here to serenade you while you right yourself off... We are the galactic mother fuckers from the wild west of Victoria, fuelled on gasoline and running on empty."
The upcoming album is already scheduled for 2016. More info & news are coming soon, so stay tuned. More...
Dave Mustaine Slams Fired Guitar Tech
It's that time again - having been awhile since Megadave put his foot in his mouth, now he's released a video online discussing why he fired a guitar tech after problems at last night's show in Brisbane (Australia).
The clip, available below, showcases Dave's sterling personality explaining how the tech was a "total waste of skin and life" although in his defense at least this time Dave's rage was focused on giving the fans the best show possible, and not on some political or religious bullshit.
He apologizes to the fans attending the show, stating they "deserve way better than this jerkoff did tonight" and goes on to further the slam the tech stating "But you know what the funny thing is? He has to live with himself. And as of like right now, I'll never see his stupid fucking ass again."
So did anybody catch the show and see what the problem was that got Dave so irate? Let us know what went down in the comments below.
Megadeth's lineup has been shaken up lately with the departure of Drover and Broderick to create new band Act Of Defiance, being replaced by Chris Adler and Kiko Loureiro. Megadeth is also gearing up to release new album "Dystopia" early next year, with an advance track online and available for streaming over here.
Canyon Of The Skull Releasing Debut Album
Austin, Texas' Canyon Of The Skull will release a debut, self-titled album on October 30, 2015 consisting of two epic tracks of instrumental blackened doom guaranteed to permanently damage ears and melt minds. Artwork is available below, and the track listing is as follows:
1. The Path (Of Bear And Wolf)
2. Canyon Of The Skull More...
Moonspell Announces Tour Dates With Epica
Portuguese dark metal outfit Moonspell is supporting eleventh studio album "Extinct" (reviewed here), a monument erected to the realm of gothic music.
The band is pleased to announce its return to North America, sharing the stage with symphonic metal legends Epica. Support will come from Starkill. The tour starts January 21 in New York, NY and wraps up with an appearance on the 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise. A list of all dates can be found below.
Moonspell frontman Fernando Ribeiro commented on the upcoming tour: "We are thrilled to return the US, alongside our friends in Epica. This will be our first tour of the year so we will for sure celebrate with our American and Canadian fans. It is a real honor to share the stage with Epica. We will be sure to haunt this tour with our absolute Portuguese darkness. Under the spell!" More...
Cranial Engorgement Signs With Gore House
Gore House Productions is proud to announce the signing of extreme metal trio Cranial Engorgement. The label comments:
"Hailing from Southern California (USA), Cranial Engorgement formed in 2007. While on hold for various years, Cranial Engorgement exploded into the Southern California metal scene in 2012. The three piece who features Jonathen Rivera (Drums) Noah Lopez (Guitar/Vocals) and Tyler Contreras (Bass/Vocals), is currently working on their highly inticipated debut album."
"I've been following Gore House since 2010," stated vocalist Noah Lopez. "I've always loved the support and hard work they put into their bands. Now, I'm more than happy to announce that Cranial Engorgement has signed with this great label and will be releasing our debut album with in 2016. Our upcoming full length album is entitled 'Horrific Existence.' With this album, we're trying to bring a different flavor to Brutal Death Metal by combining elements of brutal and tradition death metal. We are currently in recording process and can't wait to release it!"
See the band live on these dates:
11/25 - Hollywood CA - The Whiskey (With POSSESSED)
02/02 - Hollywood CA - The Whiskey (With NILE) More...
Varathron Streaming Full New EP
The new seven-track EP from Greek black metal group Varathron, "The Confessional Of The Black Penitents," precedes the release of the band's sixth full-length album and features three new exclusive songs along with four classic tracks recorded live in 2015. The nearly 45 minute release is now online for streaming inf ull below.
Alongside Necromantia and Rotting Christ, with whom the group shared members, Varathron's fascination towards early style remains unique and forthright. Since its inception back in 1988, the band's trademark has been mid-paced riffs that have a classic, old-school feel strengthened by a progressive view as well as epic atmospheres that few can match. The new EP's track listing is:
1. The Confessional of the Black Penitents
2. Sinister Recollections
3. Utter Blackness
4. Unholy Funeral (live)
5. Cassiopeia's Ode (live)
6. Descent of a Prophetic Vision (live)
7. Kabalistic Invocation of Solomon (live) More...
Headline News
Conducting From The Grave Calls It Quits
California outfit Conducting From The Grave will now be putting the band's name to the test, having just issued this announcement about deciding to call it quits:
"Hey we have been putting off announcing this now for a long time, because goodbyes are never easy, but we are no longer an active band. It may not come as a surprise seeing as how we went from playing 200 shows a year 5 years ago to 3-5 shows a year recently. The long story short of it is much the same as most underground metal and hardcore acts - we all grew up before our band was able to achieve any realistic financial stability for 5 people to pay rent and raise families on.
"That being said however, we want to send off with as much of a proper bang as our adult lives will allow. During the month of January 2016 we are open to booking weekend farewell shows in the West Coast region. Promoters can email graveconduct@yahoo.com if interested in booking us in their city. More...
Headline News
Eddie Hermida Re-Joins All Shall Perish
In an odd twist of events, Eddie Hermida is now back in All Shall Perish (he left the band back in 2013 to front Suicide Silence) but is apparently also still full-time with Suicide Silence - the very issue that drove the wedge causing him to leave his original band in the first place.
Hopefully it works out this time. It would appear there was also further conflict in the band behind the scenes involving a lawsuit, as All Shall Perish issued this press release:
"How perfect that today is Back to the Future Day! All Shall Perish co-founders Matt Kuykendall, Ben Orum, and Caysen Russo are back together with Hernan 'Eddie' Hermida and Chris Storey. (Start the DeLorean!). The deathcore titans hailed by fellow Bay Area dwellers like Kirk Hammett (Metallica) and Robb Flynn (Machine Head) are making new music.
"Hermida fronted All Shall Perish on all three of their most recent albums: 'The Price of Existence' (2006), 'Awaken the Dreamers' (2008), and 'This is Where it Ends (2011).' Hermida will continue in his role as full-time vocalist for Suicide Silence.
"Orum plays guitar on all four All Shall Perish albums. Kuykendall, who created the name All Shall Perish, drums on all but the most recent. Storey was a fan-favorite guitarist from 2003 to 2009. Hate, Malice, Revenge (2003) era guitarist Russo returns to the fold. Original vocalist Craig Betit also plans to contribute.
"Nearing the conclusion of a legal arbitration over control of the band’s name, unpaid royalties, and other assets, bassist Mike Tiner declined a personal invitation from Kuykendall to rejoin his ex-bandmates. The legal system ultimately ruled in favor of the four out of five original members, their longtime vocalist, and guitarist. Russo will handle bass duties for All Shall Perish. More...
Cyrax Releases "These Greenvalleys" Video
Cyrax just released a second video clip taken off latest album "Pictures" (reviewed here). Check out the video for "These Greenvalleys" below, or you can still see the previous clip for "Cockroach" at this location.
The Italian prog metal band signed a deal with Bakerteam Records for the release of "Pictures." The album was recorded at RecLab Studios with producer Larsen Premoli (Destrage, Fire Trails) behind the mixing desk and features various guest musicians, each one of them adding a very distinctive flavor to the already vast array of musical influences that belongs to the band. The beautiful cover artwork was made by French artist Pierre Alain (Necrodeath).
Vader Joining Overkill On Tour
Polland's Vader is very pleased to announce the death metal band will be performing as special guest to Overkill on the "Killfest" tour 2016. Playing in support will be the British metallers from One Machine.
April 5th – Birmingham, Rainbow Warehouse
April 6th – Manchester, Sound Control
April 7th – Leeds, Stylus
April 8th – Glasgow, Classic Grand
April 9th – Belfast, Limelight 1
April 10th – Dublin, Academy
April 12th – Bristol, The Fleece
April 13th – London, O2 Islington Academy
Vader released the heaviest studio album of the group's career last year, according to frontman Peter W. The album in question is "Tibi Et Igni," which was released globally via Nuclear Blast Records. More...
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Exquisite Ending Premieres New Psalms Of Hatred
We're about to ruin your whole Thursday, mankind! After our enlightening interview yesterday (in which the band politely asked me to kill myself) today we're streaming the entire new EP from U.K. black metal group Exquisite Ending.
This barrage of hatred and self-destructive loathing will be officially released tomorrow (October 23) through Hibernacula Records, but today you can experience the full assault early through our exclusive stream.
Each track a psalm of the band's misanthropic religion, you can intrude in one the sacred rites of Psalm V ("Accursed Be Thy Kingsmen") through Psalm IX ("Before The Chasmn Of Nullity") below, and if you aren't obliterated by unholy power, you can pick up your own copy of the EP at this location. The track listing is:
1. Psalm V: Accursed Be Thy Kingsmen
2. Psalm VI: Banishment Of Noble Coercion
3. Psalm VII: The Bestowing Of Abhorrence, Universum
4. Psalm VIII: Unbound Bloodletting Of The Orthadox Order
5. Psalm IX: Before The Chasmn Of Nullity More...
Imperia Details New Album, Streams New Track
Dutch based symphonic gothic metal act Imperia - featuring original Sahara Dust (now Epica) vocalist Helena Iren Michaelsen - released details on the upcoming fourth full length studio release "Tears Of Silence." The album is set to drop via Massacre Records on November 20th.
Check out the first new material via the stream of the new track "Crossroads" below. "Tears of Silence" was recorded and mixed by Christian Moos (Ancient Rites/Haken) and mastered by Jacob Hansen (Pyramaze).
The track list is as follows:
1. Silence is my Friend
2. Crossroads
3. Broken (When the Silence Cries)
4. Away
5. Friheten Vil Seire
6. My Screaming Heart
7. Motherlove
8. The Vikingsong
9. Spirit Chase (Keep Fighting)
10. Innocent Child
11. Wings of Hope More...
Dendera Belts Out Rally Cry "Claim Our Throne"
U.K. metal act Dendera released a new music video for the track "Claim Our Throne." The song appears on the band's second album "Pillars Of Creation," which is available via Metalbox Recordings. A review for the album can be viewed at this location.
The clip - filmed and directed by Doug Anderson and Visceral Video - can be viewed here:
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Obituary European Tour Starting Tomorrow In UK
Obituary is gearing up for it's European Death Crusher Tour with Carcass, Napalm Death and Voivod starting this Friday in Wolverhampton, UK.
Asks Obituary on the band's Facebook page: "Are you ready for the RedNeck Stomp?"
Check out all dates below: More...
Born Of Osiris Posts Full New Album-Stream
Born Of Osiris premieres its full new album-stream "Soul Sphere", ahead of its official release this Friday, October 23rd via Sumerian Records.
Check out now the entire new album "Soul Sphere" below.
The White Noise Premieres New Track "Red Eye Lids"
Metalcore outfit The White Noise premieres its new track "Red Eye Lids", taken from the upcoming new album, which will be released via Fearless Records.
Check it out now below.
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