Metal News for October 30, 2015
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32 news articles posted on this day.
Stryper Posts "All Over Again" Video
Following the release of the "Pride" music video (still available here), Stryper just dropped another clip from new album "Fallen." Check out the "All Over Again" ballad below. The full "Fallen" track listing is as follows:
1. Yahweh
2. Fallen
3. Pride
4. Big Screen Lies
5. Heaven
6. Love You Like I Do
7. All Over Again
8. After Forever (Black Sabbath Cover)
9. 'Till I Get What I Need
10. Let There Be Light
11. The Calling
12. King Of Kings More...
Axis Announces New Tour Dates
Following a summer packed with touring alongside labelmates Old Wounds, Of Feather and Bone, and more, Florida crushers Axis will close out the year with a string of dates supported by Mississippi noise-rockers Seraph/The Light.
Axis' debut full-length "Show Your Greed" is out now on Good Fight Music. The album was mixed by Taylor Young of Nails and Twitching Tongues and mastered by Brad Boatright (Nails, Full of Hell). See Axis live on these dates:
Nov 28 - Tampa, FL @ Epic Problem w/ Foundation, Blistered, Society Abuse
Nov 30 - Tallahassee, FL @ Pugs
Dec 1 - New Orleans, LA @ Sisters In Christ
Dec 2 - Memphis, TN @ Murphy's
Dec 3 - Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th St Collective
Dec 4 - Springfield, MO @ The Outland
Dec 5 - Kansas City, MO @ The Loft
Dec 6 - Louisville, KY @ Spinelli's
Dec 7 - Nashville, TN @ Cafe Coco
Dec 8 - Knoxville, TN @ Longbranch Saloon
Dec 9 - Birmingham, AL @ Spring St Firehouse
Dec 10 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Dec 11 - Savannah, GA @ The Furnace More...
Instigator Envisions A "Bad Future"
Parents, teachers and politicians, lock up yourselves! After the 2010 "Future Shock" tape, the barbarians from Instigator have returned with the "Bad Future" 7" vinyl EP. The black vinyl mini-album will be released December 11, 2015 via Gates of Hell Records (a Cruz Del Sur Music sub-label).
Featuring members of Antichrist, Portrait, Devil Lee Rot, Trap, Autopsy Torment, and more, Instigator offers four tracks (15 minutes) of pure speed metal strictly on black vinyl. Pre-orders are set for November 20. The band comments on this release:
"2015, after the fall of Europe: human beings are nothing more than consumers. Everything is a product that must be sold to everyone. A fashion created to be suitable for all. In a globalized world, mankind has grown weak. And controllable.
"Technology, the way to profit, power and mass enslavement. But as the world leaders' confidence increases, a far more aggressive tyrant is about to take over. Out of the ashes of civilization and into the future, Instigator will twist your children's minds with metal, Satan, hate towards society and disrespect for authority.
"Instigator is not about fashion. Instigator is not about selling colored vinyls and limited patches to kids so they can post them on the Internet. Instigator is not on Facebook."
Side A
1. Anabolic
2. Inseminoid
Side B
3. Black Magic
4. Undetectable More...
Author & Punisher Gearing Up For Tour
One-man industrial doom fabricator Tristan Shone (AKA Author & Punisher) will kick off the second leg of his extensive North American tour next week, waging his mechanical deconstruction upon the stages of sixteen venues through twelve states with an included stop at Philip H. Anselmo's annual Housecore Horror gala.
Author & Punisher will again be joined by special guests Muscle And Marrow. Dates are as follows:
11/03/2015 Saint Vitus - Brooklyn, NY
11/04/2015 Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia, PA
11/05/2015 Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD
11/06/2015 Extravaganza Fest @ Strange Matter - Richmond, VA *
11/07/2015 Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC
11/08/2015 The Earl - Atlanta, GA
11/10/2015 Will's Pub - Orlando, FL
11/11/2015 New World Brewery - Tampa, FL
11/12/2015 The Handlebar - Pensacola, FL
11/13/2015 Siberia - New Orleans, LA
11/15/2015 Housecore Horror Fest @ The Aztec Theater - San Antonio, TX
11/17/2015 Sidewinders - Austin, TX
11/18/2015 The Sandbox - El Paso, TX
11/19/2015 Ghost - Santa Fe, NM
11/20/2015 Club Red - Mesa, AZ
11/21/2015 Hideout - San Diego, CA
* no Muscle And Marrow More...
Arkaik Posts Full New Album Online
Technical death metal outfit Arkaik today - October 30 - releases new album "Lucid Dawn" via Unique Leader Records. In celebration of the drop date, all the tracks are now up for streaming in the SoundCloud player below. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Intro
2. From The Void
3. Digital Shroud
4. That Which Lies Hidden
5. Awaken the I
6. Fleshwalkers
7. Fusion Of Epochs
8. Lucid Dawn
9. Conjuring
10 The Temple Aflame More...
Fishing With Guns Streaming "Moshpute"
A few weeks after the release of previous single "It's Poutring," French independent stoner/southern-hardcore/metal outift Fishing With Guns unveils a brand new track online.
Check out the new song "Moshpute" below. This new track will be featured on upcoming album "...But The Dawn Will Come," due out later this fall, 2015.
Rex Shachath Posts Drum Recording Video
With just under one month until the release of the Northern Irish death metal outfit's second record, an EP entitled "Revocation Of The Blood Elect," Rex Shachath will post a series of videos over the coming weeks taking the viewer behind the scenes and into the studio where the recording took place.
With a good dose of tongue in cheek, these clips will show snippets of the band at work in Sonic Forge Studio in Cardiff, Wales, with producer Joe Thompson, tracking the songs of the EP but also the tomfoolery and mischief you often find when five grown men have spent far too long in too small of a place.
This first episode focuses on drum tracking and can be seen below, hile drummer Jay Rogers comments on the process:
"In the beginning it was quite tough. We had planned to travel to the studio the day before recording, get a good nights sleep and start work first thing the next day. We started our journey from our hometown of Belfast and headed two hours south to Dublin to catch a ferry across the Irish Sea to Holyhead, Wales, before driving the length of the country to Cardiff. More...
Darkest Era Releasing "Gods And Origins" Vinyl
Darkest Era is set to release a new vinyl 7" entitled "Gods and Origins" on November 20, 2015 via Cruz Del Sur Music. Recorded between the studio session for "Severance" and spring of 2015, "Gods and Origins" is an insightful representation of the group's decade-long existence.
This new offering will be released in a limited edition (150) Swamp Green and Regular Black vinyl. Pre-orders will be available Oct 31 through Cruz Del Sur Music and the band's website.
The EP features new song "Elohim" and a re-recording of an early gem called "An Dagda Awakens" (renamed "An Dagda" for the 7"). Guitarist Ade Mulgrew had this to say about the re-recording:
"Since it's almost 10 years since myself and Sarah started playing guitar together, we decided to revisit one of the first songs we wrote, 'An Dagda Awakens'. Written with the fiery energy (and perhaps naivety) of teenage metalheads making their first steps on their journey, we have breathed smoke and ashes into this old song and brought it screaming into the darkness." More...
The Hell Posts "Painiac" Lyric Clip
The Hell's new effort “Brutopia," out digitally today, features 14 brutally aggressive and unabashed declarations from the mysterious Watford, UK-based mosh crew.
The album was produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by band members Nails and Black Mist at Titan Studios and to celebrate “Brutopia’s” unveiling, The Hell just premiered a lyric video for the hook-laden single “Painiac." Check it out below, and be sure to catch The Hell live on these dates:
10/30 London, UK – Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes
11/6 Huddersfield, UK – The Parish
11/7 Wigan, UK – The Old Court
11/8 Chester, UK – The Compass
11/13 Guildford, UK – Boiler Room
11/19 Birmingham, UK – Rainbow Cellar
11/21 Lincoln, UK – Liquor
11/22 Glasgow, UK – The Classic Grand
12/10 Bournemouth, UK – The Anvil
12/11 Plymouth, UK – The Junction More...
Rob Dukes On Former Bandmates: "Fuck Those D-Bags"
Last year Exodus parted ways with vocalist Rob Dukes and reunited with former front man Steve Zetro Souza. That collaboration resulted in the band's latest album "Blood In, Blood Out" (reviewed here).
Now nearly a year and a half after the lineup change was made public knowledge, Painful Pleasures conducted an interview with Dukes about tattoos and his departure from the band, where he had some choice words for his former bandmates. An excerpt from the interview follows.
Painful Pleasures: Now that some time has passed, any new thoughts on your dismissal from Exodus?
Dukes: Fuck those douchebags. I never have to talk to them again...or their managers, and that's such a good thing. It's like I cut a cancer out of my life.
Which era of Exodus do you prefer, and are you glad Zetro is back or wish Dukes was still commanding the stage?
Read the full article at PainfulPleasures.
Grey Heaven Fall Releases "Black Wisdom"
Today the second full-length album “Black Wisdom” by Grey Heaven Fall is released and can be heard below or picked up at Bandcamp here. Russian label Aesthetics of Devastation comments:
"We realize that not everyone will be capable of comprehending this record in full, because the words, that God said, aren’t food for those whose hearts are fading away.
"Aesthetics insists on being responsible for careful listening to the album as the Art demands. Savour these sounds as if you sip an old wine. Don’t be in a hurry while detecting inflections. Think over and seek. Seek after something that is covered with great and eternal Being mourning. Before trying to find God in Beauty, look for Him in the deepest abomination."
1. The Lord is Blissful in Grief 06:51
2. Spirit of Oppression 11:28
3. To the Doomed Sons of Earth 09:02
4. Sanctuary of Cut Tongues 03:07
5. Tranquillity of the Possessed 08:53
6. That Nail in a Heart 11:50 More...
Take Over And Destroy Signs With Prosthetic
Prosthetic Records is proud to announce the singing of Tempe, AZ’s diverse black & roll band Take Over And Destroy. The band is set to enter the studio in early 2016 with a summer release scheduled.
Prior to recording that next LP, Take Over And Destroy will hit the road to test out new material with fans. The band comments: “We’re excited to announce that the take over continues to grow as we join forces with Prosthetic Records. We’ve finished putting the final touches on the new album and will enter the studio first thing next year. Be ready to spin a new Take Over And Destroy record in 2016! Come see us play this material live for the first time ever as we execute our tour with Lament Cityscape across the southern United States.” More...
Kvltist Streams "The Devil's Catechumen"
The black metal cult known as Kvltist today premieres new track "The Devil's Catechumen," taken from upcoming debut album "Catechesis" that is set for international release on December 3, 2015 via W.T.C. Productions. The new album's track listing is as follows:
1. The Devil's Catechumen
2. Devotion
3. Darkest Light From Glaring Shadows
4. Eucharisty Of Death Divine
5. Oblation
6. Doxologia Eosphoros
7. Ite Ad Ignis More...
Def Leppard Posts "Let's Go" Video
With over 100 million records sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards to its credits, the one and only Def Leppard just released a new video for thunderous arena rock track "Let's Go."
This track comes off the band's self-titled eleventh studio album released today. Featuring 14 tracks in total, this self-titled album release will mark Def Leppard's first new collection of material in seven years.
Driftoff Streaming Debut EP
"Modern Fear," the debut EP by Driftoff, is out today through Science Of Silence Records in the U.S. and Golden Antenna Records in Europe. You can now stream the entire release below, or buy "Modern Fear" direct from the band (on "name your price" digital pre-order and exclusive, limited-edition, 180-gram, "coke bottle" clear vinyl), right here.
Based in Brooklyn, Driftoff consists of members of Junius, Rosetta, and City of Ships. On "Modern Fear," these vets drive hard with a burly post-hardcore sound. Catch the band live on these dates:
Nov 4 - Brooklyn, NY @ Black Bear w/ + special guest headliner, So Hideous, Edhochuli
Nov 7 - Amityville, NY @ Amityville Music Hall More...
Adrenechrome Streams "The Lead Elephant"
Offering a blend of groovy progressive thrashy metal that's ready to smash your headbanging into overdrive, Adrenechrome is now streaming new track "The Lead Elephant," taken off upcoming album "Tales From Adrenechrome."
The album will drop November 27, while the new track is available below. With its epic album artwork by graphic artist Clöwnbäbÿ, this new release features seven hot pocket tracks exposing you to the horrors of the metal crypt.
"'The Lead Elephant' is my personal favorite on the album, thrash/sludge tuned down to A and the riff at the end is one of our best," comments vocalist / guitarist Chris Friesen. The album's track listing is:
1. A Familiar Face (2:59)
2. Lockstep (5:17)
3. Black Brubeck (4:05)
4. God Sized Shadow (4:01)
5. The Heart and The Feather (5:21)
6. Hideous Appetites (3:36)
7. The Lead Elephant (5:36) More...
Devil You Know Kicking Off New Tour
Devil You Know will kick off the band's European tour on Hallow's Eve (Saturday, October 31) in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The band will be touring in support of upcoming second full-length album, "They Bleed Red," and will be accompanied by Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, and Eskimo Callboy. Check out a new music video below, and find full dates after the jump.
Autopsy Streaming New Track
U.S. death metal maestro Autopsy just launched a brand new track titled "Waiting for the Screams," taken from the band's upcoming "Skull Grinder" LP due out on vinyl on November 27, 2015 via Peaceville. Just in time for Halloween, stream the first "Skull Grinder" track below.
Autopsy is set to return with a double-bill of unbridled horror this year on Peaceville Records. Commencing with "After the Cutting" on November 13, this is a special limited release containing an expansive book penned by Dennis Dread recounting the career of the gore legend, featuring unseen photos and exclusive artwork, accompanied by four discs brimmed full of classics, new tracks and previously unheard rarities from deep within the band's own archive.
This will be followed by the aptly-titled "Skull Grinder," containing seven new tracks (also featured on "After the Cutting") and releasing on vinyl to coincide with this year's Black Friday on November 27 (CD to follow in 2016).
The band commented: "We at Autopsy HQ are pleased to have the opportunity to once again torture your minds and ear holes through the medium of recorded brutality. The band went back to Fantasy Studios in Berkeley in late July to record a brand new release called 'Skull Grinder.' Musically, it's just what you'd expect from us; no style changes, wimp outs, sell outs, settling down or caving in. Add to that acknowledgement of the obvious, some of Wes Benscoter's sickest art yet to (dis)grace the cover, and you have a new sledgehammer to the bowels with no apologies offered whatsoever.
"In case that isn't enough to bring the taste of bile into the back of your throat, let it be known that there is also a four-disc set on the way titled 'After the Cutting,' packed with hours of horrifying music, cover art from none other than Kev Walker as well as an extensive book written by Dennis Dread, riddled with interviews, photos and other assorted uncleanliness. The release date for both of these monstrosities is slated for this coming November. More details are forthcoming..." More...
Thy Art Is Murder Posts Violent Lyric Video
Australia’s incendiary extreme musical export Thy Art Is Murder commences part two of a worldwide conquest alongside Parkway Drive today by kicking off the first show of the North American leg.
To celebrate, the band just released a hard hitting lyric video for the track "Violent Reckoning" taken from latest record "Holy War." Check it out below. A music video for the album's title track is also available at this location.
Prong Announces North American Headline Tour
Just a few weeks ago, Prong announced a new studio album "Prong - X (No Absolutes)" to be released world wide January 29, 2016 through Steamhammer/SPV. Today, the band is announcing a full string of North American headline dates for 2016.
Tommy Victor had this to say: "Prong is doing a nice run of shows covering North America starting April 21, 2016 in support of our upcoming release 'Prong X - No Absolutes.' If you missed us on the Danzig/Superjoint tour or if we bypassed your locale, you can then experience a full set packed with all the faves new and old!" More...
Noctum Checks In With Album, Tour Update
Noctum has checked in with the following announcement about working on a new album and gearing up for new tour dates next year:
"After our successful tour with Steelwing which brought us to so many new places and the release of our new 7” 'Until then...Until the end' at summer end we have signed on the dotted line with Tjerk of Loud Noise booking agency based in the Netherlands.
"With a new album looming on the horizon for 2016 we are looking forward to collaboration, conspiracy and conquering together. Stay tuned and beware we might be hitting the stage near you very soon!
"Dates to follow….. The Mind's Eye watches you all." More...
Avantasia Recruits Marco Hietala For New Album
What do Geoff Tate, Dee Snider, Michael Kiske, Robert Mason, Jorn Lande, Bob Catley, Ronnie Atkins, Olli Hartmann and me have in common with Marco Hietala of Nightwish?
They'll all be on the new Avantasia album "Ghostlights" due out on January 29, 2016! Tobias Sammet had this to say about the latest addition to the album's lineup:
"About Marco: It was August 1997 and we were in Helsinki to mix the 'Vain Glory Opera' album of Edguy when someone played the band Tarot to me. That great band seemed to be some sort of a legend in Finland (in Germany Tarot were not really known at the time). A few years later a band called Nightwish had appeared on the map and were about to take the European metal world upside down. Edguy played a festival in England with Saxon and amongst others: Nightwish!
"I remember even though they had a great female vocalist how much I loved the rendition of Ozzy Osbourne's 'Crazy Train' that they did - if I remember correctly - which was sung by their bass player. You know, a lot of bass players are bass players because they wanna be in a band too; and there's only so much damage you can do to the sound of a band with just a bass. Sometimes they're only in the band because they talk enough to organize things or they have a day job to finance the first demo recordings, nice stage clothes, or sun glasses, but at the end of the day, most of them aren't taken seriously because… well, because they're bass players. :) And they're always suspicious... ;) More...
Port Noir Releases EP, Posts New Lyric Video
Port Noir's new EP release is out today and to celebrate a new lyric video has come online. The band also comments:
"The day has arrived! The 'Neon' EP is finally online and streaming on all digital music platforms.
And as a surprise we've also put together a lyric video for the track 'Heathens' which can be found below!"
Dimmu Borgir Posts Preproduction Clip
Following a tiny 14 second video of guitar playing indicating Dimmu Borgir was finally working on a new album, today we get another trickle from the symphonic black metal outfit.
Shagrath just released a very short video titled "Work In Progress" posted with the hashtags "Dimmu Borgir" and "Preprod," indicating this will be on the band's long-awaited new album sometime in the nebulous future. Check it out below or at Facebook here.
Whatever Dimmu Borgir is currently working on will follow the release of previous full-lenght album "Abrahadabra" (reviewed here) - which came out five years ago! More...
Shock Posts "Sonic Assault" Lyric Clip
Shock is set to drop a new album titled "Forewarned" this coming November 13, 2015. A new video for the track "Sonic Assault" is also available below, with the band commenting:
"Alright - so now that we've finally got that release date for 'Forewarned' out, we're super stoked for everyone to hear what we've been up to since 'Once Denied.' Here is a new lyric video for the first song we've released from 'Forewarned' called 'Sonic Assault.' Hope you enjoy it, and if you do please share it so we can get it out to as many people as possible."
Extortionist Releases "Guilt" Video
Extortionist has a video out now for the "Guilt" single, which can be seen below or downloaded for free at Bandcamp here. Extortionist also comments:
"This track is about relapsing over past mistakes I have made during a very dark period in my life and the heavy weight of regret that I feel on a daily basis about these said mistakes."
Twitching Tongues Posts New Video
Southern California's rising underground metal/hardcore outfit Twitching Tongues is celebrating the release of third studio album, "Disharmony," today with the premiere of a new video for the song "Insincerely Yours."
Check it out below, and you can also stream the entire album at this location. If you can't get enough Twitching Tongues, see the band live on tour with Harms Way next month (dates available after the jump).
Teramaze Releases "Her Halo" Video
Teramaze's new album "Her Halo" is now available today - October 30 - via Music Theories Recordings (Mascot Label Group). A music video for the title track is online and can be seen below, while the full track listing is:
1. An Ordinary Dream (Enla Momento)
2. To Love, a Tyrant
3. Her Halo
4. Out of Subconscious
5. For the Innocent
6. Trapeze
7. Broken
8. Delusions of Grandeur
Saviours Premieres Pre-Release Full-Album Stream
Saviours premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the upcoming new album "Palace Of Vision", which will be out in stores today, October 30th.
Check out now the entire new album "Palace Of Vision" below.
Demon Hunter Premieres New Music Video
Demon Hunter premieres a new music for the song "YXXX", taken from the upcoming re-release of a deluxe digital edition of the bands 2014 release "Extremist", which will be out in stores today via Solid State Records.
Check out now "The Last One Alive" below.
Twelve Foot Ninja Premieres New Song
Twelve Foot Ninja premieres a new song entitled "One Hand Killing", taken from the upcoming new album, which is scheduled for an early 2016 release.
Check out now "One Hand Killing" at the band's Soundcloud account HERE.
Invent, Animate Premieres New Song "Darkbloom"
Metalcore outfit Invent, Animate premieres a new song entitled "Darkbloom", taken from the upcoming new album, which is scheduled for an early 2016 release via Tragic Hero.
Check out now "Darkbloom" below.
You can catch the band live on the following dates, with Texas In July, Reflections and To The Wind (Texas In July's farewell tour): More...
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