Metal News for October 31, 2013
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31 news articles posted on this day.
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The Rockstar Ramblings: Vegas Acid Trip
Chicago rock band, The Last Vegas, have released a music video for "Come With Me", the latest song off their upcoming full-length album 'Sweet Salvation', available Spring 2014. More...
Deicide Posts New Lyric Video
It's Halloween, and metal legends Deicide are embracing the spirit by dropping their "Thou Begone" lyric video.
"Look up... Look down... Look all around.... Right his wrong! Thou begone!" cackles Deicide frontman Glen Benton about the diabolical "Thou Begone" lyric video. Check it out below.
"Thou Begone" is the second track to be released from the band's upcoming new studio album "In The Minds of Evil," which will hit stores November 25th in North America via Century Media Records. The album's track listing is as follows:
1. In The Minds Of Evil (streaming here)
2. Thou Begone
3. Godkill
4. Beyond Salvation
5. Misery Of One
6. Between The Flesh And The Void
7. Even The Gods Can Bleed
8. Trample The Cross
9. Fallen To Silence
10. Kill The Light Of Christ
11. End The Wrath Of God More...
Pestilence Streaming New Song
With the official North American release of new full-length, "Obsideo," nearly two weeks away, today the miscreants at MetalSucks offer up a premiere of "Aura Negative" from Dutch progressive metal extremists, Pestilence. Give the song a listen in the player below.
Produced by vocalist/guitarist Patrick Mameli, "Obsideo," which means "to besiege," is the band's inaugural recording for Candlelight Records and first new material from the four-piece since 2011.
You can also check out the previously posted track "Necro Morph" over at this location. More...
East Of The Wall Streaming New Album
East of the Wall's new record, "Redaction Artifacts," is currently streaming in its entirety in the player below, courtesy of No Clean Singing as the album hits stores this week through Translation Loss Records, with a vinyl edition licensed to Science Of Silence.
"Redaction Artifacts" was engineered by Eric Rachel (Municipal Waste, God Forbid, Burnt By The Sun, Skid Row) at Trax East, and Todd Hutchinsen (Zud, The Baltic Sea) at Acadia Recording, and mixed by Eric Rachel.
Following a run of tri-state record release shows last weekend, East of the Wall has several other area performances confirmed for November, with more widespread touring in the planning stages.
11/22/2013 Court Tavern - New Brunswick, NJ w/ Black Wine, Brick Mower
11/23/2013 The Saint - Asbury Park, NJ w/ Hammer Fight, Sydbarret, El Drugstore More...
Forty Winters Releases Digital EP
South Florida heavy metal outfit Forty Winters has uploaded the new digital EP "Isolation" to Bandcamp here. "Isolation" can be streamed for free below, while the three songs can be downloaded with a "name your price" option at Bandcamp.
"Isolation" was recorded in August/September with Charles J. Wall and Phil Pluskota at Sonic Assault Studios in Cape Coral, Fla. (Betraying The Martyrs, Abiotic, King Conquer). The track listing is as follows:
1. The Darkening
2. Return to the Earth
3. Isolate More...
Gyze Posts Full Show Online
The entire show of Japanese melodic death metallers Gyze, played at Live House Crescendo in Tokyo on October 6th, 2013, has now been posted online. Check out the show footage in the player provided below.
Tarja Posts "500 Letters" Video
Today Metal Injection unveils the latest video from Finnish songstress/former Nightwish soprano, Tarja.
Shot in Tigre near Buenos Aires, Argentina by Florian Kaltenbach, "500 Letters" can be viewed in the player below.
The tune comes by way of Tarja's latest full-length, "Colours In The Dark." Released earlier this year, the record charted in twelve countries with four top ten entries. For the first time in Tarja's history, the singer herself is the main character in the video's storyline, which is fitting as "500 Letters" is, in many ways, Tarja's most private song to date, offering great emotional insight into the artist herself. More...
The Ocean Pushes Back DVD Release
The Ocean's triple-DVD release, "Collective Oblivion," will be released one month later than originally planned.
Fans will be able to buy their copies in stores and on-line on December 10th. Until then, the DVD/t-shirt bundle is still available via Indiemerch here. Additionally, The Ocean's European tour with Shining, Tides From Nebula, and Hacride began yesterday and will be the final tour featuring drummer Luc Hess and Jona Nido. The Ocean comments:
"As most of you will already know by now, Luc and Jona are leaving the band at the end of this tour. They have given us fair notice of their departure in June this year, so that we would have enough time to find replacements."
Luc Hess states: "I'm getting to this point where I feel like everything I could bring to this band, I already have. And everything I learned music-wise from it can't go any further. This is a tough decision, but I've been thinking this through since a while already. I have no regrets at all, it was most certainly one of the best experiences I've ever lived, and I am more than happy we've been through this together. I feel very thankful and grateful that you guys trusted me and shared these moments over the last 5 years."
Jona Nido comments: "There are obviously a ton of reasons for that to happen now. These include artistic divergence, full-time commitment to a project that isn't 100% fulfilling anymore and other stuff like not wanting to deal with certain aspects/restrictions of what an established/touring act requires for its production and also the way things are generally working, especially on a personal level."
Robin Staps continues: "These guys have dedicated the time of their lives to playing live with this band, and I am grateful for sharing what has always been essentially my own vision of this band with me for almost 6 years. Jona has written great songs for 'Anthropocentric,' and Luc has coined and personalized the sound of this band with his hard-hitting, creative approach to drumming. But over the past 2 years of intense touring, we have grown apart as musicians and as people, and it has gotten to a point where it was unfulfilling for everyone involved. More...
I Am King Releases New Music Video
I Am King has released a new music video for "Julia," which can be viewed in the YouTube player below.
The track is taken off the band's debut album, "Onehundred," available for purchase on iTunes now via Velocity/Rise Records. I Am King is currently on the road with Story Of The Year and Like Moths To Flames, for all dates, visit the band's official Facebook profile here.
EyeHateGod Announces New Drummer
Following a moving Joey LaCaze tribute performance at the first annual Housecore Horror Film Fest this past weekend, a set which featured Dale Crover from the mighty Melvins holding down the drum kit, EyeHateGod now continues moving forward with new drummer Aaron Hill.
Hill comes by way of New Orleans' local acts Missing Monuments and Mountain of Wizard. Hill will play his first official show with EyeHateGod tonight at the House of Shock with horror surf band The Unnaturals.
From there, the band will ride on to take Columbus' Al Rosa Villa on November 1st and bring things to a chaotic close with two back-to-back nights of mischief at Chicago's Cobra Lounge November 2nd and 3rd. More...
Venomous Maximus Posts Photo Video
The Texan dark heavy metal outfit Venomous Maximus released debut album "Beg Upon The Light" earlier this year via Napalm Records. Today the band has released a "photo-video." Check out the clip of "Dream Again (Hellenbach)" in the player below, courtesy of The Obelisk.
What exactly is a "photo-video?" Photographer and artist Ray Traboulay who is responsible for the project explains: "Venomous Maximus is an 'experience' or 'state of mind' as opposed to a band. Photographing them proved to be an extremely fluid process as our collective energies aligned with ease.
"Capturing their Spiritual energy and inserting it aesthetically into the photograph was achieved through multiple exposure and shutter drag photographic techniques as well as sensing their Kinetic energy seep into my pores. My initial thoughts and emotions after viewing them for the first time were hard to categorize.
"After recently photographing Carnival in Trinidad and having an appreciation and respect for the pagan past, I was naturally drawn to them where their lyrical subject matter touch on these occult topics in their own manner. More...
Dagoba Posts "The Great Wonder" Video
French metal act Dagoba has debuted a brand new music video for the single, "The Great Wonder."
The track comes from new LP "Post Mortem Nihil Est," which will be available in the states on November 5th, 2013. Check it out below, and the album's full track listing is as follows:
1. When Winter
2. The Realm Black
3. I, Reptile
4. Yes We Die
5. Kiss Me Kraken
6. Nevada
7. The Great Wonder
8. The Day After The Apocalypse
9. Son Of A Ghost
10. Oblivion Is For The Living
11. By The Sword More...
Kreator Checks In From The Road
Returning to North America for the second run in support of 13th studio album "Phantom Antichrist," German thrash act Kreator kicked off its "Legends of Thrash" tour last night in Baltimore, MD.
With co-headliner Overkill and Warbringer in tow, the run will continue tonight in Philadelphia, PA and throughout most of November, wrapping up with back-to-back New York City shows on November 23rd and 24th.
Checking in before the first performance last night in, frontman/guitarist Mille Petrozza commented:
"This upcoming North American tour will be a total massacre! Who would have thought 20 years ago that it would be possible to see Kreator, Overkill and Warbringer live on stage on the same bill? Growing up with 'Feel the Fire' and 'Taking Over' up to the newer releases like 'Iron Bound,' we feel absolutely privileged and honored to share the stage with the boys from Overkill on this run. This is a dream come true for us and for the fans. See you all at the shows!" More...
Cannabis Corpse To Release Split With Ghoul
This January, unearthly splatterthrash and weedian death metal will unite in an unholy matrimony of sonic decay as Ghoul and Cannabis Corpse unleash a split 12" fittingly dubbed "Splatterhash."
Featuring four tracks of rabid, brutal insanity, the "Splatterhash" split will be unleashed via Tankcrimes on January 7th, 2014 on 12", CD and digital download. The track listing is as follows:
1. The Inhalation Plague (CANNABIS CORPSE)
2. Shatter Their Bongs (CANNABIS CORPSE)
3. Inner Sanctum (GHOUL)
4. Spill Your Guts (GHOUL) More...
We Came As Romans Gearing Up For Tour
Detroit, Michigan-based act We Came As Romans will kick off a European tour as direct support to Australian heavyweights Parkway Drive next Thursday, November 7th in Würzburg, Germany.
The band is touring in support of the "Tracing Back Roots" album, which was released earlier this year. A greeting video from the band can be viewed below. Dates for the upcoming track are available after the jump. More...
Snovonne Posts Making-Of Video
Snovonne has published a making-of from her latest "Snowhite (Freezing Skin)" video, which was done with the cooperation of the Electrotherapy museum. Check it out below, and Snovonne comments:
"All the sparks are real - I took 250,000 volts to the body with my feet in water. Scary for first 15 mins - fun for the rest of the night! Never thought I could say I've had THAT experience, haha."
Aetherium Mors Streaming New Song
UK-based blackened death metal band Aetherium Mors is proud to unveil a new track entitled "Entrails Of The Soul," taken from the upcoming 4 track EP of the same name.
The new EP, the second release by the band, represents the rebirth of Aetherium Mors. After being formed in 2004, lineup issues forced the band into an indefinite hiatus. However, the silence was broken at the end of 2012 with the release of "Drenched In Victorious Blood," a collection of demos which were re-recorded and arranged as an album.
According to a press release, the material on the new EP takes a darker and more twisted approach to songwriting, with a greater focus on atmosphere and more progressive structuring, while retaining the melodic riffs, ripping guitar solos, and blazing pace of the earlier album.
The artwork was created by Maxime Taccardi, and the EP was recorded and mixed by Aetherium Mors in order to retain complete creative control over the new material. The EP is due for release on the 11th of November 2013 on digital format, with a CD following in early 2014. More...
Alerion Parts Ways With Bassist
Dutch outfit Alerion has issued the following announcement about parting ways with the band's bassist:
"We are sad to report that our bass player Ronald van Schaik has left Alerion. In August, Ronald left The Netherlands for Tromsø, Norway, where he will spend the next two years studying for a Master's degree in Landscape Architecture. Aside from that, it will allow him to put more effort into his Cross Country Skiing. You might remember he became double Dutch Champion in that discipline early this year.
"Ronald has been a constant asset to Alerion since the early days almost 7 years ago and appears on all releases, including the upcoming full-length album. He will be missed. We wish Ronald all the best in Norway." More...
Necrophagia Offering Song For Download
Necrophagia is releasing a song titled "The Wicked" for free download on Bandcamp today in honor of Halloween. Snag the track right here or stream "The Wicked" in the player available below.
Veil Of Maya Re-Signs With Sumerian
Chicago-based Veil of Maya is extremely proud to announce the band's re-signing to Sumerian Records, the label which the band has been a part of since its inception.
This comes on the heels of the group releasing the brand new "Subject Zero" track, which can be heard below. Don't miss Veil of Maya on a North American Fall tour starting November 8th with Structures, Northlane, Vildhjarta and Here Comes The Kraken. All dates can be found after the jump.
Veil of Maya states: "We are very happy to re-sign with Sumerian Records. We have built a long-lasting relationship with the people there, and believe that they are stronger then ever. We couldn't see our band going anywhere else after our history, so therefore Sumerian has been and will continue to be the label the band calls home.
"As a band, we feel like we have grown tremendously. We are all ready, focused and want to put out the hardest material possible. The new stuff that has been written is some of the best Veil yet. We are really excited to see everyone out on our next headlining tour. We feel this tour is a great mix of bands, most of which haven't been to America before, so let's make sure they feel welcomed here. We are stoked for everyone to hear the new track we just released and see what we have been preparing. Expect a new VOM full length album in 2014 via Sumerian Records. See you all soon."
Sumerian Founder Ash Avildsen states: "For years, Veil of Maya has been a flagship heavy band for Sumerian and continues to play a crucial role in our progressive metal movement. I am very grateful and excited to have such a talented, hardworking and sagacious group of dudes in the family for many more years to come."
The new single "Subject Zero" will be available on iTunes, Googleplay and Amazon MP3 November 11th. More...
Armory Announces New Album Release
Power metal band Armory's second album, “Empyrean Realms” is due for release on November 12th, 2013.
The album will be released and promoted worldwide by Metavania Music. “Empyrean Realms” contains nine original songs and was engineered, mixed, mastered, and produced by the band at Mystic Star Studios and Damage Studios, both based in Massachusetts, USA. The 12-page album booklet contains celestial artwork produced by England’s Gary Tonge.
Armory comments on the new album: “We believe 'Empyrean Realms' is a huge step forward for the band and an album which displays a style and sound which is more uniquely our own. Compared to our debut album, 'The Dawn of Enlightenment,' 'Empyrean Realms' has more dynamic composing and arranging, with more colorful melodies, head-banging riffs, key changes, and progressive elements. The lyrics are also more articulate, centering on the themes of metaphysics, cosmology, and the power of human will. If you like your metal with soaring vocals, crunchy guitar riffs, blazing solos, technical drums, finger-picked bass, flavorful key changes, and an epic atmosphere, then 'Empyrean Realms' was made for YOU!”
The band has also issued a statement on the extended length of time between albums: “Armory would like to personally thank all our fans near and far and throughout the years who have enjoyed our debut album and waited so patiently for the release of our second album. We are thrilled to finally unveil 'Empyrean Realms' and hope fans agree it was worth the wait. At this point we now intend to be much more interactive with our fans so like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, play us on YouTube, visit our new Website, sign up to our Newsletter, and send us your comments and critiques!”
Physical and digital pre-orders for “Empyrean Realms” and related merch are available now at the new Armory store here. More...
Anubis Gate Releases "Sheep" EP As Free Download
Danish progressive metal band Anubis Gate released its new EP today, entitled "Sheep." The EP is available as a free download via www.NightmareRecords.com. The EP features three tracks at 22 minutes long. Each download comes with the tracks and printable artwork.
The band commented: "Hi everybody. As most of you know we have been working on our next effort called 'Horizons' for the last two years. But, as some of you also know, we are insane perfectionists, so we didn’t quite meet the deadline for a 2013 release, which was our plan otherwise. When we recorded 'Horizons' we had these three tracks that we didn’t quite know what to do with. A slightly different version of 'Destined to Remember' (the other version will be on the 'Horizons' album), A cover of the epic Pink Floyd track 'Sheep' (from their magnificent Animals album) and a cover of 'Broken Wings' originally by Mr. Mister. 'Broken Wings' was actually a fan request, which we thought 'oh, that’s a great idea'. So while you are all waiting patiently until early 2014 for the 'Horizons' album to be released, this is a little present from us to you. We hope you enjoy it."
The track list for the EP is:
1. Destined to Remember
2. Sheep (Pink Floyd Cover)
3. Broken Wings (Mr. Mister Cover) More...
Human Fortress Streaming "Gladiator Of Rome Pt II"
German power metal band Human Fortress premiered the new track "Gladiator of Rome, Pt. II" over at Rock Hard Germany's website at this location (also in the player below). The song appears on the upcoming new album "Raided Land," which is out on November 29th (EU) and December 3rd (USA) via AFM Records. A review for the album can be found over here. The album marks the debut for new vocalist Gus Monsanto (Code of Silence/Symbolica)
The track list for "Raided Land" is:
1. Raided Land
2. Child Of War
3. Wasted Years
4. The Chosen One
5. Shelter
6. Gladiator Of Rome, Pt. II
7. Dark Knight
8. Prelude
9. Pray For Salvation
10. Evil Curse
11. Restless Souls
12. Under Siege
13. Guard The Blind
Check out "Gladiator of Rome, Pt. II" here: More...
Otargos Recruits New Drummer
Otargos has now recruited a new drummer and posted video of the newcomer performing "Apex Terror," which can be viewed below. The band also comments:
"After a few years of cooperation we (both Otargos and Thyr) have decided to go our separate ways. The band wishes Thyr the very best in his future projects! Otargos now welcomes John A. as new drummer... enjoy the introducing video!"
Belphegor Releases New Music Video
Right on time for the annual celebration of All Hallow’s Eve, European kings of supreme death/black metal Belphegor have uploaded the video clip for "In Blood – Devour This Sanctity." Check it out below.
This is the opening track from the previous Belphegor album "Blood Magick Necromance" (reviewed here) and the clip was recorded live at Moscow's Moskva Hall on October 6th, 2013. The video was recorded and edited by Andrey Kovalev.
Commented frontman Helmuth: “What a brutal concert, extreme, obscene and memorable. For the new video I decided to take ‘In Blood – Devour This Sanctit’ with visual live sequences from the Moscow ritual. Authentic and insane. One of my fave tracks in a live situation. Musickwise inspired by ‘The Hungarian Dances’ by the classical composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). You also find there all Belphegor trademarks. Shredding guitars, fast drums and heretical grunts. Enjoy!“
Belphegor's yet-untitled new album is scheduled for a worldwide release May 2014 via Nuclear Blast Records. More...
Grand Magus Posts Second Studio Report On New LP
Swedish doom act Grand Magus posted the second in a series of video studio reports on the recordings of the upcoming, yet untitled, new album. The album is targeted for release in 2014 via Nuclear Blast. The second installment features bassist fox Skinner.
Check out the video here:
Crystal Viper Offers Free Single For Halloween
Crystal Viper - featuring guitarist/frontwomen Marta Gabriel - is offering the band's new single "Fight Evil With Evil" as a Halloween treat for metalheads. It features a guest vocal appearance from Harry "The Tyrant" Conklin (Jag Panzer). The song can be downloaded for free at this location.
The song appears on the band's upcoming new album "Possession," which is out on December 13th via AFM Records.
Devil You Know Streams Demo Version Of New Track
New act Devil You Know, which features Francesco Artusato (All Shall Perish), John Sankey (ex-Fear Factory/ex-Divine Heresy) and former Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones, is streaming a demo version of the new track "Shut it Down." The song will appear on the debut, yet untitled, debut album which is targeted for release in early 2014 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Check out the track here:
Winter Nights Streaming Two New Tracks
New York melodic death metal act Winter Nights is streaming two newly recorded tracks: "Dark Awakening" and "The Doomsday Machine." The songs were recorded at Front Row Recording Studio in Seaford, Long Island under the direction of John Iadevaio. The songs represent the band's first new material since the release of the 2010 EP "From Darkness 'Till Dawn." They also mark the studio debut of bassist Martin Tune (Last Legion), who joined the band in 2011.
The current lineup is:
Jeremy Farfan - Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Efrain Farfan - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
Martin Tune - Bass
Mike Malleo - Drum
Check out "Dark Awakening" here: More...
Interview
Mike Portnoy on The Winery Dogs & Transatlantic
Drummer par excellence Mike Portnoy has touched enough musical projects as there are constellations in the night sky at this point in his career. Right now, with the Winery Dogs, he’s making music that “you can just play and feel. You don’t have to sit there and think and count. It’s music you can enjoy without a calculator,” he tells me. In the middle of the first tour with the band, Mike found time to speak with me about the Winery Dogs and some of his other recent endeavors.
Moreover, a rumor about Daniel Gildenlow of Pain of Salvation being a part of the next Transatlantic record was addressed, as well as a rumor that the Progressive Nation at Sea cruise that he is heading up will be filmed for an upcoming release. One of the flag-carriers for the prog genre, Portnoy didn’t need to prove anything to anyone except for himself, as I was about to find out, which is the mindset of a true artist. More...
Timo Tolkki's Avalon Taps Stratovarius Founder
Tuomo Lassila, the founder of the legendary Finnish Power Metal band Stratovarius, will join his old bandmate Timo Tolkki for the recording of the drums and percussion parts on the second album of Tolkki's Avalon Metal Opera, due for release on Frontiers Records in 2014.
Lassila founded Stratovarius and came up with the name of the band in 1984, so next year marks the band's 30th Anniversary. Tuomo Lassila's drumming style is world famous from the first Stratovarius albums like "Dreamspace" and "Fourth Dimension" and his versatility as a drummer will bring to the record a great flavor of world class drumming. Lassila currently plays percussion in the Symphony Orchestra of the city of Lohja in Finland.
Timo Tolkki said: "I am extremely happy to have Tuomo on board for this album and look forward to the contributions he will give to the music".
Lassila joins Simone Simons (Epica), who was previously announced as the first guest vocalist for the untitled album. More...
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