Metal News for October 4, 2013
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35 news articles posted on this day.
Mind Assassin Recruits New Bassist
New York outfit Mind Assassin has posted the following brief message online about recruiting a new member:
"Mind Assassin wishes to welcome our new bass player Glen Reed. Glen is also a member of Intrinsic Grey which features Steve Zimmerman (Ex-Fates Warning). Glen brings to the band an intense solid, ground level style of bass playing that will certainly enhance the musical direction of the band."
The new single "The Mind Of Caesar" will be released on Friday, November 8th, while debut album "The Payoff" is projected for a 2014 release. Mind Assassin is:
Bob Mitchell - Vocals
DZ - Guitars
Glen Reed - Bass
Joe Hasselvander- Drums
Meridian Shooting Music Video
Heavy metal band Meridian has announced that on October 31st, 2013 the band will release a music video for the band's self-titled track. The video will be directed by Leo Pozo at DFM Producciones in Santiago, Chile and will feature actress/dancer Charlotte Wielmans.
A previously posted lyric video for the song "Meridian" can also be viewed below, and the mini-album's track listing is as follows:
1. Meridian
2. All 4 One
3. Midnight Train
4. Restless More...
Divinity Compromised Posts Live Footage
Divinity Compromised has posted a series of live videos online from the band's time performing in Atlanta earlier this year at the Prog Power festival.
Check it out in the YouTube playlist below, which features the songs "Hall of the Mountain King," "Termination Sequence," and "When Myth Becomes Truth."
Impending Doom Streaming New Album's Title Track
After teasing fans mercilessly for over a week, Impending Doom has finally revealed the first track off the band's upcoming LP.
The new track, entitled "Death Will Reign" is the title track from the new record. "Death Will Reign" will be released via eOne Music on November 5th, 2013.
“We wanted this album to sound very natural and unpolished,” explains longtime bassist David Sittig, a part of the lineup since before the first album’s release. “There’s no crazy digital stuff. There are no fake drums. We wanted it to have the feel of our first album with the songwriting from the last one. We’ve gotten better at song structures and so forth over the years, but we wanted to recapture that old-school vibe, too.” More...
Headline News
Eddie Hermida Joins Suicide Silence
All Shall Perish has posted the following message online about losing Eddie Hermida as he joins Suicide Silence:
"Earlier today, the official announcement came out that Hernan 'Eddie' Hermida has joined Suicide Silence. Eddie has quit All Shall Perish to Join Suicide Silence full time.
"To all our fans who want to know about the future of ASP, keep this in mind: Mike Tiner has been a major writer in the band and will continue to be. We had big shoes to fill when guys like Chris Storey and original vocalist Craig Betit left All Shall Perish, but we were able to rebound with the addition of massive talents like Adam Pierce, Francesco Artusato and Eddie Hermida.
"Eddie has big shoes to fill himself, stepping in for our fallen brother Mitch Lucker. All Shall Perish has continued before and will continue now. We wish Suicide Silence all the best."
Suicide Silence vocalist Mitch Lucker died in a motorcycle crash back in 2012. The band comments on the addition of Eddie: More...
Eminence Releases "Unfold" Video
In addition to the previously posted lyric video for "No Code," Eminence now has a new music video out for the track "Unfold."
Watch the video for "Unfold" in the player below, courtesy of CraveOnline.com. The band's new album "The Stalker" is out now, which was recorded at Minerio de Ferro Studios in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. More...
Conjonctive To Release New LP
Swiss blackened metal act Conjonctive will release new LP "Until The Whole World Dies..." on the 14th of October.
The album feature nine crushing tracks full of blast beats and massive breakdowns produced by Vlad Cochet at Conatus Studio (Mirrothrone, Stortregn, Promethee). Artwork was handled by Dennis Sibeijn. You can check out the first single "Somnambulant Cannibal" in the player below. More...
Transient Kicking Off Tour
With the release of their self-titled debut LP still fresh via Six Weeks Records, the Portland punks in Transient will embark on their massive American tour in support of the platter this weekend.
"We're all really excited to tour on the new LP and make it to all of the places we couldn't last time after the wreck," states vocalist Krysta Martinez of the voyage." I know it's not much of a quote but that's simply how we all feel."
The "wreck" referred to took place amidst Transient's 2011 tour when another car slammed into the band's van, seriously injuring several members. It was shortly after their recovery that the quartet took to writing and recording a debut album, which the band is now venomously ready to take to the masses on this new, extensive trek of the country.
The skirmish begins this Sunday, October 6th in Seattle and includes thirty-four shows across the USofA, including a set at the second annual three-day Southwest Terror Fest. More...
Apocalyptica Posts "Ludwig Wonderland" Live Clip
Apocalyptica has announced the release of "Wagner Reloaded" for this coming November and today unveils the video for "Ludwig Wonderland." Check out the live video clip below.
In celebration of Richard Wagner’s 200th birthday, the sold-out Arena Leipzig saw standing ovations for Finnish cello act Apocalyptica, which for years has been building bridges between rock and classical music.
13 tracks of the exceptional premiere will be released on November 18th, 2013 as an official live recording with the MDR Symphony Orchestra on CD and vinyl. More...
Winds Of Plague Streaming New Song
Winds of Plauge has been busy with the recent release of avideo for "Open The Gates of Hell" (still available for viewing (right here) and preparing for an upcoming tour with Bleeding Through.
The band's new album "Resistance" will be in stores on October 29th, just in time for the tour. Now you can also check out the new single "Say Hello To The Undertaker" in the player below, courtesy of Lambgoat.com. More...
Pyrexia Gearing Up For Tour
New York death metal act Pyrexia will embark upon a stretch of roadside beatdowns next month supporting Six Feet Under.
Slated to commence November 3rd in Fayetteville, The East Coast Armageddon Tour will lay waste to more than a dozen cities leaving nothing behind but chaos and disease. Additional support will be provided by Jungle Rot, Dark Sermon and labelmates Arkaik.
Pyrexia will be touring in support of forthcoming new slab of audio acrimony, "Feast of Iniquity," which was recorded at New York's Pitch Black Sound mixed and mastered by Chris "Zeuss" Harris (Kataklysm, The Red Chord, Crowbar, Municipal Waste, 3 Inches Of Blood) at Planet Z in Massachusetts. More...
30,000 Monkies Streaming EP Online
CVLT Nation is currently hosting a stream of Belgian act 30,000 Monkies' new EP “Somewhere Over The Painbow,” which is set for release on October 11th, 2013 through ConSouling Agency.
Check out the full EP stream below. The following press release was also issued about the band:
"30,000 Monkies is a stoner noise quartet from Beringen, Belgium, whose sonority is often described as experimental not because the band tries to merge a wide variety of sounds and textures in order to create something awkward, but due to their non-linear approach to song structures and sounds that brings to mind a noisier version of Melvins jamming with Flaming Lips.
"Their first EP Womb Eater Wife Beater released in 2011, showcased the band blending the sludgy heaviness of bands like Melvins and Harvey Milk with elements of psychedelia and noise-rock. For their newest EP, Somewhere Over The Painbow, they have opted to offer a more straightforward version of their aesthetic, but still retain a bit of their experimental edge by launching into some weirdo riffing and sounds throughout these four new tracks." More...
War Of Ages Headlining "More Than Sound" Tour
War Of Ages will headlining the “More Than Sound Tour” this year presented by Facedown Records. A teaser trailer is available below, and full details can be found after the jump.
Supporting War of Ages will be Those Who Fear, Phinehas, and Colossus. This tour will showcase Facedown’s More Than Sound program that raises money and awareness for Know Think Act, which is working to break the cycle of poverty in Uganda and Kenya. Tour will kick off November 1st in Linthicum, Maryland. More...
Gigan Streaming Full New Album
In honor of its impending street date, now less than two weeks away, today the noise merchants at Stereokiller hurl forth a full stream of Gigan's "Multi-Dimensional Fractal Sorcery and Super Science." Check out the full album at this location.
The latest full-length from the Chicago-by-way-of-Florida progressive tech metallers is a mammoth multi-textured audio adventure recorded with Sanford Parker (Minsk, Buried At Sea, Yakuza) at Earth Analog Studios in Chicago.
Relays band founder Eric Hersemann: "Multi-Dimensional Fractal Sorcery and Super Science will materialize here on Earth on October 15th and this newest recording is just one more piece in the ever-evolving Gigan puzzle of audible, extreme psychedelia. As you experience your first listen, sit back and let the sounds wash over you...the music should take you to many places if you allow it to do so. There are many subtleties and colors to explore. Enjoy all of the terrible beauty and focused aggression. More...
Ulver Streaming New Track
Norway's celestial dark rock outfit Ulver has teamed up with Pitchfork.com to stream new track "Shri Schneider" from the band's upcoming album "Messe I.X - VI.X," due out October 8th on Kscope. Stream "Shri Schneider" before it releases next week at Pitchfork.com here.
"Messe I.X - VI.X" can be pre-ordered now as a vinyl, download and CD, which also features a 5.1 surround mix of the album, through the Kscope webstore.
A teaser trailer can be heard below, and the full album's track listing is:
1. As Syrians Pour In, Lebanon Grapples With Ghosts of a Bloody Past
2. Shri Schneider
3. Glamour Box (ostinati)
4. Son Of Man
5. Noche Oscura Del Alma
6. Mother Of Merc More...
Tragodia Posts Studio Diary
This week Brescia, Italy-based progressive metal quintet Tragodia has released the first of two video diaries capturing the inception for the band's third full-length, "Mythmaker." Check it out below.
The album was recorded this Spring at Elfo Studio in Piacenza with producer Daniele Mandelli (Forgotten Tomb) and mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City by UE Nastasi (Lamb Of God, Gojira, Paradise Lost), and is set for release in North America on November 5th via Kolony Records.
You can also watch the band's lyric video for "A Temple In Time" right here. More...
Oranssi Pazuzu Streaming Full Album
In just over a week, 20 Buck Spin will release the innovative "Valonielu," the new LP from Finnish cosmic black metal collective Oranssi Pazuzu to North American earthlings.
Today the full album is also available online for streaming. Take a trip through Oranssi Pazuzu's cosmos of radiant chaos in the player below, courtesy of Noisey.Vice.com.
The CD version of "Valonielu" is now available in North America direct from 20 Buck Spin, while a gatefold LP version will available very soon on both black and limited green vinyl, with all copies to include a poster and digital download card. More...
Astrakhan Posts Preview Of "Retrospective"
Swedish hard rock act Astrakhan posted a preview clip featuring snippets of the upcoming new album "Retrospective." The album is scheduled for release on November 15th via Power Prog Records.
Astrakhan features vocalist Alex Lycke, who worked with Ebony Tears, bassist Per Schelander (Royal Hunt), keyboardist Jörgen Schelander (Misth) and drummer Martin Larsson (Misth), as well as special guest guitarist Marcus Jidell (Evergrey/Avatarium).
The track list for the album is:
1. Under The Sun Part 1
2. Shadow Of The Light (streaming here)
3. Propaganda
4. Higher Ground
5. No Name Lane
6. Extreme Media Makeover
7. Long Gone Generation
8. Modern Original Sin
9. State Of Mind
10. Under The Sun Part 2
Check out the preview here: More...
Just For Fun
The Avett Brothers Play Metal On Jimmy Fallon
American folk rock/bluegrass band The Avett Brothers was recently part of a skit on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show in which the band covers segments of classic heavy metal songs. "If you're looking for a sunnier, gentler sound of heavy metal classics like Black Sabbath's 'Iron Man,' then pick up a copy of about 'The Avett Brothers Sing Heavy Metal.'"
They're no Slaughter of the Bluegrass, but it's fairly entertaining nonetheless. More...
Eden's Curse Streaming New Track "Unbreakable"
Multinational Melodic Metallers Eden’s Curse are streaming the new track "Unbreakable." The song appears on the new album "Symphony Of Sin," the band's fourth The release is out today in Europe and October 22nd (North America) via AFM Records.
The album was produced by Paul Logue and mixed and mastered by the group's long term engineer, Pink Cream 69/Unisonic bassist, Dennis Ward. It featues the band's new vocalist Nikola Mijic (Alogia/Dreyelands) and new keyboardist and former Powerquest mainman Steve Williams.
The track list is:
1. Symphony Of Sin
2. Break The Silence
3. Evil & Divine (see music video)
4. Unbreakable
5. Fallen From Grace
6. Losing My Faith
7. Rock Bottom
8. Great Unknown
9. Turn The Page
10. Sign Of The Cross
11. Wings To Fly
12. Devil In Disguise
Check out "Unbreakable": More...
Glorior Belli Releases New Lyric Video
French black metallers with a heavy southern rock influence, Glorior Belli, today premiere a lyric video for "Blackpowder Roars."
It is the second song to be unleashed from "Gators Rumble, Chaos Unfurls" album, due for release on October 29th in Europe and November 12th in North America via Agonia Records. The video is available for viewing below, courtesy of Invisible Oranges.
The successor to "The Great Southern Darkness" (Metal Blade, 2011) will be available as digipack CD, 12" Vinyl and digitally. The track listing is as follows:
I. Blackpowder Roars
II. Wolves At My Door
III. Ain't No Pit Deep Enough
IV. A Hoax, A Croc!
V. From One Rebel To Another
VI. I Asked For Wine, He Gave Me Blood
VII. The South Will Always Know My Name
VIII. Le Blackout Blues
IX. Backwoods Bayou
X. Built For Discomfort
XI. Gators Rumble, Chaos Unfurls More...
Dark Angel Appears At The Gene Hoglan Experience
After releasing a series of statements about the possibility of a reunion, members of legendary thrash metal pioneers Dark Angels united at The Gene Hoglan Experience on October 1st at The Whisky in Hollywood, CA.
Photographer Alex Solca happened to be on the scene to capture the rare meeting between newly confirmed member Eric Meyer (guitar), Gene Hoglan (drums), and Jim Durkin (guitar).
Dark Angel will reform for a limited number of appearances in 2014 in the US and select festivals in Europe. These dates are still pending and have not yet been booked at this time.
The confirmed line-up for these rare and unique, select 2014 shows feature Gene Hoglan (drums), Eric Meyer (guitar), Jim Durkin (guitar), Ron Rinehart (vocals), and Michael Gonzalez (bass). More...
Heretics In The Lab Announces Album Release
Born from social loathing, an evolved conscious, and experimentation in sonic terrorism, Virginia-natives hERETICS iN tHE lAB take elements of industrial music, post-apocalyptic rock and roll, and avant-garde sound-scapes to form an incredibly intense hard-line industrial music experience drenched in ego and libido.
hERETICS iN tHE lAB is currently set to release new album, "Suture," via Sacrifice Records on November 12th, 2013. The track listing is as follows:
1. skin
2. Vampire
3. [963]
4. some people
5. wrong
6. slipped
7. [369]
8. car crash
The primary backbone of hERETICS iN tHE lAB is the main instrumentalist and producer on Suture, h3. Although the band performs live with additional members M1 (keys), tB (drums), kV (guitars), h3 creates all that is hERETICS iN tHE lAB. The band will perform at a few local tour dates in the come months. See below for all dates, including the CD release party for "Suture."
10/25 Washington, DC @ Phase 1 Dupont
10/31 Virginia Beach, VA @ The Jewish Mother Hilltop w/ Deist Requiem
11/12 Norfolk, VA @ The Wave ***CD Release Party*** More...
Planetary Disobedience Streaming New Song
After posting a lyric video online for "The Beginning," Planetary Disobedience is now streaming the song "Peripatetic" online.
Check it out in the player below. The track comes off the "Consumption" album, which has the following track listing:
1. Antilectual
2. Face of Deluge
3. Born in Blood
4. Conceit
5. Peripatetic
6. Somnium
7. The Beginning
Queensrÿche Films Mini Movie
Queensrÿche recently filmed a "mini movie" with the tracks, "Spore," "Midnight Lullaby," "A World Without" and "X2" providing the score to a 10-plus minute story, dubbed "Queensrÿche: Ad Lucem." The film was created by Veva Entertainment Co. with director Daniel Andres Gomez Bagby and producer Marco De Molina and was filmed last month on location at Central City Stages in Los Angeles. The release date of the mini movie was not yet revealed.
Vocalist Todd La Torre, issued the following statement: "We decided to take a different approach with this video, which is comprised of four pieces of music from our latest self-titled release, Queensrÿche. It's a conceptual mini-movie music video that invites the audience to scratch beneath the surface a bit, rather than the usual "chewed food" that so many are used to being fed. We really wanted to deviate from a performance type of video so the music and story-line could be the main focus."
La Torre also adds, "The overall theme of the song Spore is one that deals with personal demons, relationship struggles, career pressures, personal/professional morals and ethical dilemmas. These are issues we all face on some level and the video touches upon them all. Midnight Lullaby/A World Without deals with the loss of a mother during childbirth, leaving a father as a single parent and struggling to move forward through the turmoil. X2, though it opens up our album, provides for a nice outro to it all. The end result is a roller coaster of emotion in an effort to find a healthy resolve. Given our history, we feel that this multifaceted conceptual video, along with a great cast of actors to suit, will really resonate with our fans." More...
Cruel Hand To Release New 7"
Closed Casket Activities confirms the pending release of a furious new 7" from Portland, Maine-based hardcore henchmen, Cruel Hand.
Cruel Hand shot an official video for one of the brutal tracks from the EP, titled "3s," featuring both high-def performance footage of the band cut-up with film from an unsettling nocturnal carrion-collecting trip in the vast Maine wilderness. Check out the video below, courtesy of Metal Injection.
The "Born Into Debt, We All Owe A Death" 7" is available for preorder at this location. The following press release was also issued about the band:
"Influenced by the likes of the Melvins, Entombed, Smashing Pumpkins and Biohazard, Cruel Hand is about Cruel Hand and there are no boundaries. The band's style puts them in a league of their own. Following an LP on 6131 Records and two subsequent LPs on Bridge 9, the upcoming Born Into Debt, We All Owe A Death 7" bears two high octane anthems and a cover to hold fans over until their next full-length is released." More...
Author & Punisher Posts Live Videos
Today the crypt keepers at Cvlt Nation unearth the second installment of twisted live visuals from Author & Punisher.
Captured during a recent excursion supporting "Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals," The Technicians Of Distortion Tour marked the first time Author & Punisher draftsman Tristan Shone combined abstract film footage with his soul-swallowing slabs of mechanical doom.
The videos merge actual projections from A&P's performance at The Fillmore in Silver Springs, Maryland with additional found footage, effects, and a live feed from three separate cameras mounted in and around the setup for provocative audio/visual experience.
Gouge out your eyeballs with the cinematic trauma in the player below, courtesy of Cvlt Nation.
Tristan Shone is now returning to the stage with another live run of industrialized ear lashings. Dates are available after the jump. More...
Mindcage Offering Single For Free Download
Mindcage is giving away a free download of new single "The Human Race," which comes off "Our Own Devices." The release was roduced by Dietrick Hardwick and mixed by Michael Wagener (Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Skid Row, Dokken, Raven, Megadeth).
Download the track at the band's official website here, using the password savethehumanrace. The band also comments:
"'Our Own Devices' is a storybook fantasy set to music. Combining cultural and literary elements of steampunk, dystopian society and futuristic technologies with highly articulate progressive metal music, the album transports the listener to a world broken and needing a hero.
"The free download includes song, cover art, lyrics, and band photo... We really want to hear what you think and give us some feedback! If you like what you hear... 'Our Own Devices' is available on iTunes, Amazon, and direct from our website." More...
Persekutor Releasing New Single
The "Power Frost" single is Persekutor's first new material in seven years. The title of B-side track, "The Twitching Hour," was stolen from Repulsion main man Scott Carlson, who had planned to use it for something but was too slow on the draw, eventually used with his permission, which was given after the fact.
The day the test presses for Persekutor's "Power Frost" single arrived at Magic Bullet HQ, a goat was born on the farm just yards away. If you don't think this is a sign from the Black Metal Gods and/or Satan himself, you are fucking kidding yourself.
Decibel Magazine has posted an exclusive interrogation with the Persekutor legion and a stream of the "Power Frost" track here (also check out the song below). The following press release was also issued about the new single:
"Persekutor, from Târgu Mures, Transylvania, doesn't merely play Romanian black metal, they ARE Romanian black metal.
"Persekutor's debut, Angels Of Meth, was recently hailed as 'the best album nobody heard in 2006' by Decibel magazine. Upon release, the album received a perfect 10 out of 10 score in the same publication-the first black metal album (possibly the first album of any subgenre) to ever rate that highly in Decibel. Due to a 'legal dispute' with Thousand Year Reich, the label that released Angels Of Meth, the album is nearly impossible to find.
"The label was allegedly run as a money-laundering front for the Russian mafia's Bucharest contingency, but Persekutor would rather not discuss this for obvious reasons. The official pressing was limited to 100 and almost every copy is believed to be either lost or destroyed. The only extant copy is rumored to be in the possession of Darkthrone drummer/vocalist and renowned metal enthusiast Fenriz. Guitarist/vocalist Vlad The Inhaler and lead bassist Ion 'Iron Slasher' Slasescu are goat herders by day and black metal masters of the universe by night. They have been through several drummers over the years, including one who claimed to be a descendant of famed Romanian pan flute virtuoso Zamfir. Their current drummer is the enigmatic Doktor Impossible." More...
Solstafir Streaming Re-Issue Track
The Icelandic heathens in Solstafir have premiered the first track from the reissue of debut album, "Í Blóði og Anda" ("In Blood and Spirit").
The track, titled “The Underworld Song,” can be streamed in the Bandcamp player below. "In Blood and Spirit" is slated for release on November 8th (November 11th in North America). The full track listing is a sfollows:
CD1
1. Undir Jökli
2. Í Blóði Og Anda
3. The Underworld Song
4. Tormentor
5. 2000 Ár
6. Ei Við Munum Iðrast
7. Bitch In Black
8. Í Víking
9. Árstíðir Dauðans
CD2
1. Undir Jökli (Demo 98)
2. Í Blóði Og Anda (Demo 98)
3. The Underworld Song (Demo 98)
4. Tormentor (Demo 98)
5. 2000 Ár (Demo 98)
6. Piano Song (Demo 98)
7. Ei Við Munum Iðrast (Demo 97)
8. Bitch In Black (Demo 97)
9. Í Víking (Demo 97)
10. Undirheimalagid (Rehearsal) More...
Peculate Releases "Fiscal Cliffs" LP
Progressive/experimental metal solo project Peculate has just released its first LP, titled "Fiscal Cliffs." You can download the new material at Bandcamp here and the following press release was also issued about the album:
"Fiscal Cliffs is 8 tracks, clocking in at almost 30 minutes, of insane, frenetic, genre-hopping, mathy progressive/experimental metal. It is an attempt to synthesize jazz, and disco, and funk, and a cappella, and electronic, and ambient, and contemporary classical, and woodwind quintet, and solo piano, and 12-tone music together, situated in the context of a very heavy, very technical modern metal medium, with an anarcho-punk philosophy."
1. Cut! Cut! Cut! 04:40 (watch the lyric video below)
2. Capital Credo 04:45
3. A (Privatized) Fugue 01:34
4. Arbeit Macht Frei 05:01
5. There's Money in Blood 04:20
6. An Ode to Sisyphus 01:02
7. Tighten Your Belt 04:50
8. Structural Adjustment 02:08 More...
Alghazanth Announces EP, Full Album
Alghazanth will release the new "AdraMelekTaus" mini album this coming October 11th, 2013 via Woodcut Records. The track listing is as follows:
1. AdraMelekTaus
2. Lilium Letiferum
3. Words Envenomed
Woodcut Records will also release Alghazanth's 7th full-length offering, entitled "The Three-faced Pilgrim," on vinyl and as a digipak CD on the 13th of December. More...
Kauan Inks Deal With Blood Music
Kauan has inked a record deal with Blood Music to release the "Pirut" album. The following press release was issued about the signing:
"Blending shimmering post-rock -- reminiscent of Godspeed! You Black Emperor -- with the funeral dirges of Evoken, Russia's Kauan has received a huge amount of praise in the European underground 'for a long time', which also happens to be the translation of their Finnish name.
"Now the band has inked a pact with Finland's Blood Music, which sees the band beginning their first journey into the worldwide metal scene as they plot to release 'Pirut', their 5th overall full-length, on December 15th.
"Often compared to Agalloch and Alcest, Kauan has spent several years creating a take on the genre all their own. Often atmospheric, 'Pirut' finds the band based in viola, choirs, slow piano melodies but with a doom metal base. An almost classical approach to metal that is sure to bring the band an instant following -- be on the lookout for music from 'Pirut' debuting in the coming weeks.
"Blood Music, to this point, has been known as one of the top vinyl labels for the metal underground in Finland, releasing incredibly detailed LP sets from Strapping Young Lad, Ihsahn, Sigh, Moonsorrow and more. The label has recently partnered with Code666 for distribution and now has it's sights set on also releasing new music from some of the best underground bands in the metal world."
Sight Of Emptiness Gearing Up For Album Release
Costa Rica's Sight of Emptiness has been hard at work towards making an impact on the global metal scene since the release of "Trust Is A Disease" in 2007 - the same year the band won the Bloodstock Unsigned Contest and played the mainstage of Bloodstock Open Air.
Since then the band released another album independently in 2009 and supported heavyweights such as Megadeth, At The Gates, Obituary and more -- even playing national concerts for the Costa Rican government to over 15,000 people and being invited back to play Bloodstock Open Air in 2012.
The group's hard work culminates now, as Sight of Emptiness prepares to unleash third full length album "Instincts." The following press release was issued about the coming album: More...
Trainwreck Architect Streaming New Song
Inspired by life and charged with fast and heavy grooves, screaming solos and powerful vocals, Montreal, QC's Trainwreck Architect will bring you back to the roots of metal with a few surprises along the way.
The band is now gearing up to unleash debut album "Traits of The Sick" officially on November 12th, 2013. Guitarist Renaud Baril comments:
'Our first album has all the traits of a sick album!!! We are really proud to release it! We had a good time in studio recording gang vocals with friends. From a guitarist's point of view, hearing how Jeff Waters would perform a solo over one of our track was a really inspiring experience! We are confident that old-school metal fans as well as extreme metal fans will have a blast when listening to it!'
The band is now streaming the first track off the album "As Killers Breathe," which features a guitar solo from Annihilator's Jeff Waters, whom also mastered the album. More...
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