Metal News for October 5, 2015
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24 news articles posted on this day.
The Dwarves Playthrough Video Posted Online
Last week we revealed that Blind Guardian would be appearing (both musically and as in-game characters) in the upcoming PC / console RPG "The Dwarves."
Now developer King Art has released a 10 minute first impression video of pre-alpha gameplay. Check out what the game will look and play like in the YouTube clip below. The game still has three days left in its Kickstarter campaign - join in on the action before release at this location. More...
Leaves' Eyes Posts Tour Trailer
Leaves' Eyes is about to set off on a European trek in support of latest album "King of Kings" (reviewed here), and now a teaser trailer for the festivities can e seen below. Catch Leaves' Eyes live on these dates with Diabulus In Musica and Melted Space:
15.10.2015 DE - Mannheim, Alte Seilerei
16.10.2015 AUT - Graz, Explosiv
17.10.2015 IT - Erba (Como), Centrale Rock Club
18.10.2015 IT - Rome, Traffic Live Club
20.10.2015 DE - Geiselwind, Music Hall
21.10.2015 DE - Hamburg, Markthalle
22.10.2015 NL - Zoetermeer, Boerderij
23.10.2015 BE - Vosselaar, Biebob
24.10.2015 FR - Paris, Glazart
26.10.2015 CH - Lyss, KuFa
27.10.2015 DE - Augsburg, Spectrum
28.10.2015 DE - Berlin, K17
29.10.2015 CZ - Prague, Nova Chmelnice
30.10.2015 DE - Dresden, Puschkin
31.10.2015 DE - Hameln, Autumn Moon
03.11.2015 UK - Southampton, Talking Heads*
04.11.2015 UK - Bristol, Marble Factory*
05.11.2015 UK - Wolverhampton, Slade Rooms*
06.11.2015 UK - Sheffield, Corporation*
07.11.2015 UK - Manchester, Academy 3*
08.11.2015 UK - Glasgow, The Audio*
10.11.2015 UK - London, 02 Islington Academy*
*without Melted Space More...
Noctem Working On New Album
The Spanish blackened death extremists from Noctem will soon enter the studio to record their fourth album, expected to be released in the spring. This upcoming album will follow 2014's "Exilium," released via Prosthetic Records.
Noctem members Beleth (vocals) and Exo (guitars) announced, “This new album marks the next step in our career with a compeletely different sound and more personality. We’re facing the creative process in a more dynamic way this time around, leaving our usual patterns and finding a more peculiar sound. It’s going to be a conceptual album, based closely on Spanish history. We’re trying our best to give our followers the album of our career.“
See Noctem live with Swedish band Shining on these dates:
12/3 Valencia, ES – Rock City
12/4 Murcia, ES – Garage Beat Club
12/5 Madrid, ES – Sala Arena
12/6 Barcelona, ES – Sala Boveda
12/7 Bilbao, ES – Sala Stage
Kowloon Walled City Streaming Album's Title Track
The title track from "Grievances" - the new album from Kowloon Walled City - is now online and can be heard below. "Grievances" will be released worldwide October 9, 2015 on Neurot Recordings, with vinyl handled by Gilead Media.
Following the release of "Grievances," Kowloon Walled City will join Fight Amp for a short West Coast tour. The tour begins at the Day Of Shred Fest in Santa Ana and wraps up with a hometown record release show in Oakland.
11/1/2015 The Observatory - Day Of The Shred Fest - Santa Ana, CA
11/2/2015 Starlight Lounge - Sacramento, CA
11/3/2015 Obsidian - Olympia, WA
11/4/2015 The Shakedown - Bellingham, WA
11/5/2015 Highline - Seattle, WA
11/6/2015 Black Water - Portland, OR
11/7/2015 Golden Bull - Oakland, CA * Grievances Record Release Show More...
Master Of Cruelty Recording New Album
Paraguayan black/death cult Master of Cruelty just entered 340 Studios to begin recording second album, "Archaic Visions of the Underworld," which Blood Harvest Records will release on vinyl next year (Deathrash Armageddon will handle the CD version while Warfukk Records will handle the tape version).
In 2012, Blood Harvest released the vinyl edition of Master of Cruelty's debut album, "Spit on the Holy Grail," a rabid 'n' ripping assault of bestial, deathly black/thrash. Master of Cruelty aims to surpass that debut with "Archaic Visions of the Underworld." The band comments:
"Archaic Visions of the Underworld is deeply submerged in the unholy spine of Mantos, which represents what Master of Cruelty bleeds and kills for. Our sonic evil universe has been expanded into a much more profound, obscure atmosphere where restless violence and doomish paraphernalia shall always prevail. We invite only the sick demons of the underground to enter the realm of savage Paraguayan madness with the eight unedited tracks craving from the entity MAESTRO DE LA CRUELDAD." More...
Kvltist Releasing "Catechesis"
With timeless devotion to the Satanic arts, W.T.C. Productions raises a new chalice from which many will soon find sustenance: Kvltist's debut album, "Catechesis," is set for international release on December 3, 2015.
Hailing from Germany, which has a deep-seated history of black metal, Kvltist create coruscating hymns of obsidian strength and boundless occult energy. The 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...
Cold Northern Vengeance Streaming New Song
Today the pagan Viking metal berserkers from Cold Northern Vengeance premiere a new track titled "Pierced by the Tree" - check it out below.
The track hails from the band's second album, "Maelstrom," set for international release on October 30 via Moribund Records. The track listing is as follows:
1. Pierced by the Tree
2. Seeker of Secrets
3. Eye of the Storm
4. Waxing and Waning
5. The Darkness of Once Was
6. Paradox More...
Chthonic Cult Announces LP Release
From formless mist emerges the Chthonic Cult and their debut album, "I Am the Scourge of Eternity," set for international release on January 22, 2016 via Iron Bonehead Productions for the vinyl LP format.
As vocalist/guitarist Hyperborean explains, the album "is a collection of visions, visions not necessarily of my own. The character’s visions arise from meditation and from madness, from ritual and from suffering the mundane, from contemplation of the sacred light and the sacred darkness and of the decay of the world which the Gods have abandoned, from the witnessing of the face of the One who builds and destroys, who tortures and heals. The visions transgress time in the witnessing of the beginning, the end, and the countless rebirths of this despicable world, yet, since visions only they are, lead ultimately to the realisation that we are, in fact, slaves to time and its cycles, slaves that can only be redeemed by the Creator and the Destroyer and the ritual and the sacred madness that dwells in us all.”
Tape and CD versions will be out earlier on Iron Bonehead and NecroShrine, respectively. The track listing is as follows:
1. As the Void Beckons
2. The Abyss Triumphant
3. Asunder!
4. I Am the Scourge of Eternity More...
Sober Truth Working On New Album
Sober Truth is out to break all the rules of metal with a modern blend of thrashy groove. In addition to putting together a new website, the German band has now announced a third album is currently in the works.
Sober Truth's last release was the "New Slavery World" EP from last year (check out a track from that EP below). Stay tuned for more details on the upcoming album, which is schedule for an April, 2016 release date. More...
Final Sign Reveals "Hold High The Flame" Details
The musical partnership between vocalist Shawn Pelata and guitarist Brian "Hellstorm" Williams dates back to 1999, when Brian contacted Shawn with the hope of recruiting him to sing for a new project he was putting together. That short-lived endeavor became K-Octavem yielding a single album titled "Outer Limits," issued via Germany's Hellion Records in 2001.
Williams then continued with his main band October 31 while Pelata released two albums with melodic rock outfit Line Of Fire, as well as working with metalcore cultists KillWhitneyDead. The two kept in touch, vowing to one day work together again when the time was right.
That time, it seems, is now. An unstoppable riff machine (he's not called "Hellstorm" for nothing), Brian soon found himself with new players, and eight new songs in need of the right voice. He knew just who to call: Shawn was brought on board and—alongside Kevin Haverlah (drums) and Howard Baker (bass)— Final Sign was born.
Divebomb Records is proud to present the debut album from Final Sign, titled "Hold High The Flame." It's a ravenous blend of U.S. power metal, thrash and old school heavy metal. Pelata adds, "Brian and I are really excited that our new band Final Sign is part of the Divebomb Records family! These guys know their audience, they know their Metal, and their track record speaks for itself. It's an honor for me, personally, to have their continued support." More...
Vesperia Releases "The Western Tempests"
Crowned the 2015 international champions at the 11th annual Wacken Metal Battle, Canada's epic metal quartet Vesperia is proud to premiere a new music video for "The Western Tempests'" - check it out below, hosted by none other than the Wacken festival itself.
Vocalist / bassist Morgan Rider also comments: "Finally we have a new music video! We are excited to release The Western Tempests music video, which we filmed with our ex-keyboard player's new company Ax Woods Visual! We ventured into the haunted and dilapidated ruins of Camp 30 in Bowmanville, Canada - which was a prisoner of war camp during WW2. Enjoy!" More...
Fast Food Goregrind Band Signs With Xtreem Music
Well... this is almost certainly the most bizarre thing you'll see or hear all day. Spanish fat fast food obsessed goregrind trio Tibosity has inked a deal with Xtreem Music to regurgitate "Bimbocracia." The menace to our health will be excreted on October 20, 2015.
Tibosity was formed back in 2005 by Roger P. and Roger S., both from Pesta Porcina. Their first opus "Sweet Home Carbonara" was released in 2011 through Czech label Bizarre Leprous Productions. If you are into pig squeals and pornogrind you might like what happens below... maybe. The new album's track listing is:
01. Associació de Tibosos Antivegans
02. En Karl Va al Gimnàs
03. Arre So Boche
04. Accidents Tibosos al Parc d'Atraccions
05. Bimbocracia
06. Addictes al Pàdel i a l'Isostar
07. Cercle Viciós de Bulímia i Coprofàgia
08. Runner
09. Ofegat amb Donetes Nevats
10. Infortunis Tibosos al Parc Aquàtic
11. Keep on Dancing in a Fat World
12. Lapidat al Buffet Lliure de l'Àrea de Guissona
13. Mc Donald's Apocalypse
14. Surfin' Llobregat
15. Menú de Tres Plats, Postre i Cafè amb Sacarina
16. La Maratón del Gordo More...
Wastage Signs With Sliptrick Records
Slovakia's own Wastage features a brutal blend of thrash, hardcore and metalcore with no-nonsense lyrics about the dystopian society we live in. As a relentless workhorse, the band has already shared the stage with the likes of Sepultura, Decapitated, E-Force, Obscure Sphinx and many more.
Featuring former members of Xibalba, Stone Cold Bitch, Eternity and The Weed, Wastage will release a debut album worldwide on October 19, 2015 via Sliptrick Records. The "Slave To The System" track listing is as follows:
1. Away from darkness
2. Slave to the system
3. Game
4. No way out
5. Ham-let
6. You can't stop
7. Right now
8. I walk alone
9. Nobody
10. Let me go
11. Confidence More...
Lowburn Streaming Full New Album
Finnish stoner rock outfit Lowburn (formed by Battlelore members Tomi Mykkänen and Henkka Vahvanen) is streaming the upcoming debut full-length titled “Doomsayer.”
Listen in to all the tracks below, courtesy of Metallus.it. “Doomsayer” will be released through Argonauta Records on CD / DD formats this coming October 12, 2015.
Warsenal Streaming "Hit 'N' Run"
Need a thrash boost to your Monday morning? The Canadian thrashing speed metal outfit Warsenal just released a new track titled "Hit 'N' Run."
You can hear the new song below or over at the Warsenal Reverbnation page here. "Hit 'N' Run" is taken from the full-length album titled “Barn Burner“ just released through Punishment 18 Records. The track listing is as follows:
1. Dying On Stage
2. Let Me Out
3. Hit 'n' Run
4. Conquer
5. Stab You One By One
6. Unstoppable
7. Wars
8. NightStalker
9. Minefield Game More...
Upon Shadows Walks The "Streets Of Despair"
Female dark metal band Upon Shadows presents a new video today called “Streets Of Despair," taken off upcoming album "Between The Southern Cross & The Northern Star" (due out October 18).
"Streets Of Despair" is the second track of the new album and was mixed and mastered by Mika Pohjola at Soundmix studios in Oulu, Finland. The video was filmed partly in Montevideo (Uruguay) and partly in Oulu (Finland) and was produced by the band itself.
Band leader Tamara Picardo comments that the clip "speaks of emotional loneliness and isolation of those who choose to support their own ideas in a world in which the so-called common sense of the majority, censorship free thought with contempt."
The new album's full track listing is:
1. Lethargic Loss Of Ambition
2. Streets Of Despair
3. Unjust Punishment Of Fate
4. The Despair & The Fatidic Arrow
5. Poetic Tragedy Of The Instant
6. The Music Of All Things
7. Mirage
8. Andromeda
9. Upon Shadows Vision From The Child. More...
Belphegor Posts "Black Winged Torment" Video
The European kings of diabolical death metal from Belphegor have uploaded a video clip for the track "Black Winged Torment," taken off latest album, "Conjuring The Dead" (reviewed here).
The video was filmed and edited in Aveiro, Portugal by director Guilherme Henriques - check it out below. To hear more from the album, a bloody music video for the title track is also still online at this location.
Draconian Posts New Song "Stellar Tombs"
Draconian has a new song online for streaming today titled "Stellar Tombs," which can be heard below and comes off impending album "Sovran," due out October 30, 2015. Anders Jacobsson comments:
"This track is like a storm, a storm of a life trying to re-connect to its' soul, to its' place in the Cosmos. To me it's like a cognition through this constricted, three-dimensional world and the expanded reality beyond. At the time I wrote this it was like an almost grotesque cocktail of fear and identity leading to inner depletion, but would mutate into the realization of its illusion, to a sense of peace and acceptance. Stellar Tombs is a 'spicy' song, somewhat intense and brooding, and like many other Draconian-songs the main empathy rests on a transitional phase; becoming who You are. I'd say it’s one of the more monolithic songs of the new album." More...
Devil You Know Teams Up With Porn Stars For Video
Devil You Know just dropped a new music video for the track "The Way We Die,” which comes off upcoming full-length "They Bleed Red," due out everywhere on November 6 (Nuclear Blast Records).
The clip features a slew of Burning Angel porn stars and was shot by director Corey Soria (Danzig, Hollywood Undead). Look for Devil You KNow on tour alongside Five Finger Death Punch and Papa Roach across all of Europe from November 2 through 28.
John Sankey (drums) states: "There’s nothing more rock n' roll then spending the night at a Hollywood strip club partying and getting wild with a bunch of sexy porn stars, so when it came time for us to decide on a concept for our latest video shoot that’s exactly what we did. What metalhead doesn’t want to see hot tattooed girls dancing and stripping while listening to heavy guitar riffs, thunderous bass, pummeling drums and HOJO singing about ‘The Way We Die’? It's the perfect heavy metal storm!
"The infamous Burning Angel girls were a blast to hang out with and we had a whole lot of fun letting them entertain us for the evening. Howard got to do some 'pole fishing', Francesco was making it rain, Ryan was getting plenty of attention at the pool table and I got a bit too busy with some of the ladies in the corner and eventually got us all kicked out. No regrets! We had no interest in doing another performance video with us jamming out, since we did that last album and wanted to shake things up. This was all about us having fun, getting crazy, living the dream and sharing it with the world to enjoy.” More...
Vantablack Warship Streams Full New EP
Montreal’s Vantablack Warship is a devastating maelstrom of dark, slow-churning metal, ready to devastate all in its path. A debut self-titled EP is due to set sail on October 9, 2015 through Bandcamp and iTunes.
But before its release, the five-piece juggernaut is now streaming all the tracks in advance - listen in below. The band comments: "Vantablack Warship are pleased to offer this collection of intense metal riff collages, which we hope you will enjoy! This ain't no Loveboat!"
1. You'll Burn For This (2:30)
2. The Pit (3:02)
3. The 99% (1:18)
4. Irreversible Kill (3:47)
5. From Silents To Haunting Possessions (3:38)
6. Fucked Machine (5:10) More...
Mortiis Releases "Doppleganger" Video
Mortiis has unveiled the video for "Doppelganger," the first single from the long-awaited upcoming album "The Great Deceiver." The "Doppelganger" single is available as a free download at the Mortiis website today.
"As a song, 'Doppelganger' not so much investigates or peeks into a conflicted psyche, as it just rips it open and exposes someone for being a two faced piece of shit," Mortiis said. "I absolutely see myself as that. Sometimes. Other times I try to be a good person. I often fail. Perhaps I treat myself harshly. But it´s there now, in my face, and I don´t disagree with what the song is saying."
The video, directed by Robyn Van Swank with Nick Plotquin, brings the track to life with horrific images of bloodletting, mutilation and torture.
"I thought there was a rough sort of irony in it all with the physical and psychological mutilation," Mortiis said. "The knife imitates the words...the truth bleeds out..."
The video for "Doppelganger" is also Mortiis' reaction to years of being artistically held back by record companies that shied away from the graphic content that visually sums up Mortiis' music. "I always thought that was ridiculous," he said. "We wanted to make videos that people would notice, that would cause a reaction, something they wouldn´t forget as soon as the next video came on. I always thought that if our music or imagery pissed someone off, or made them want to puke in their mouths that would be a way better reaction than indifference."
Mortiis had previously discussed making a video that would be one straight scene of self-mutilation but always knew the powers that be would put the kibosh on it. When he connected with Von Swank to discuss filming "Doppelganger," self-mutilation was naturally the first topic. More...
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Phantasma Dares You To "Enter Dreamscape"
Phantasma - the new symphonic rock musical featuring Delain's Charlotte Wessels, Serenity's Georg Neuhauser and Everon's Oliver Phillipps - has premiered the lyric video for new track "Enter Dreamscape" right here on Metal Underground.com (check it out below). The song is taken from the upcoming debut "The Deviant Hearts," which will drop on November 20th via Napalm Records.
Phantasma was born from the longstanding ambition to create a story-driven concept record of Georg Neuhauser, vocal force behind symphonic metal outfit Serenity. He found his partner in crime with multi-instrumentalist composer, producer and vocalist Oliver Philipps (Everon) who gladly embarked on this new mission that allowed him to reconnect with being a musician in the first place, as a welcome change from working for other bands, which he has done extensively over the years, providing the rich sound connoisseurs of the genre have come to expect from him.
As Oliver worked with Delain since their debuting record, a request at Charlotte Wessels's address was made to complete the dynamic trio of Phantasma. It is therefore not only surprising, but also gratifying that Charlotte lends not only her voice to Phantasma, but also her debut novella "The Deviant Hearts," which she specifically wrote for the project.
Charlotte commented on "Enter Dreamscape": “We are so happy to share this first track from "The Deviant Hearts" with you! There is much more to come. We hope you like what you hear! You can find pre-order links to the album below!”
Pre-orders can be made at this location.
Giving a face to several characters in the story are noted guest vocalists Tom Englund (Evergrey), who performs on tracks such as "Enter Dreamscape" and "The Deviant Hearts," Cloe Lowery (T.S.O.), who shines on the heart-wrenching ballad "Try" alongside Dennis Schunke (Van Canto), and who can also be heard pn "Carry Me Home." Georg, Oliver, and Charlotte themselves finish the vocal palette while the sound is completed by Jason Gianni (Daredevil Squadron, Neal Morse Band, T.S.O.) on drums, Randy George (Neal Morse Band, Ajalon) on bass and Tom Buchberger (ex-Serenity) guesting two songs on guitar. Milan-based artist Marco Mazzoni provides the haunting cover art (shown below) and illustrations to the story, creating an eerie visual world with his elaborate style. More...
Swallow The Sun Releases "Heartstrings Shattering"
Melancholy death/doom act Swallow The Sun released a lyric video for the new track "Heartstrings Shattering." The song is the first glimpse into the upcoming triple full-length album "Songs from the North I, II & III," which is due out November 13, 2015 via Century Media Records.
The full track list for the release is:
"I"
1. With You Came the Whole of the World's Tears
2. 10 Silver Bullets
3. Rooms and Shadows
4. Heartstrings Shattering
5. Silhouettes
6. The Memory of Light
7. Lost & Catatonic
8. From Happiness to Dust
Total playing time: 59:20
"II"
1. The Womb of Winter
2. The Heart of a Cold White Land
3. Away
4. Pray for the Winds to Come
5. Songs from the North
6. 66°50´N,28°40´E
7. Autumn Fire
8. Before the Summer Dies
Total playing time: 42:33
"III"
1. The Gathering of Black Moths
2. 7 Hours Late
3. Empires of Loneliness
4. Abandoned by the Light
5. The Clouds Prepare for Battle
Check out "Heartstrings Shattering" here: More...
Former HammerFall Bassist Joins Shadowside
Brazilian metal act Shadowside has announced the addition of Swedish bassist Magnus Rosén (ex-HammerFall) to the group's ranks.
Shadowside was formed by singer Dani Nolden, guitarist Raphael Mattos and drummer Fabio Buitvidas. Magnus was part of Hammerfall from 1997 to 2007 and did several world tours and recorded several albums with the band. He also recorded albums with Jorn Lande, Tony Martin (ex-Black Sabbath) and has just released his 10th solo album entitled "The World Changes" with musicians who played with Hammerfall, Black Sabbath, ABBA, Yngwie Malmsteen and others.
Magnus Rosén commented: "I've been away from the metal stage for more than 8 years! Metal has a very nice energy that I miss and love, and I think Shadowside has just that kind of nice metal that fits my style! And at the same time I always liked Brazil/South America. After 9 times with mixed Hammerfall tours and solo bass tours in this part of world, I know for sure of my feelings and I am looking forward to join the band Shadowside. So when I was asked to join and play with Shadowside, so was the desire great to once again set a high volume, smoke, light, and good metal music. The band have nice feelings in the metal music that I like. I got few new song ideas from the band and I think these songs and music are powerful and will be loved by the people out there. So I can't wait to get the wheels moving forward with the band." More...
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