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Black Tusk Bassist Passes Away

Black Tusk's Jonathan Athon was involved in a vehicle accident earlier this weekend, and now the band has issued the following statement about Athon passing away:

"It is with deep regret and saddened hearts that we must tell you that Athon passed away this morning from injuries sustained from his motorcycle accident.

"Doctors told us that he suffered irreparable brain damage shortly after the accident. He has been in a coma and sustained by life support until now. As per his wishes, we removed Athon from his life support systems and his organs will be donated.

"His body will be cremated and a memorial is being planned for family and friends in Savannah. He was 32 years old and will be forever missed. Thank you all for your support during this devastating time for us, it would have made him proud."

Black Tusk had entered the studio back in September with producer Joel Grind to work on the follow-up to 2013's "Tend No Wounds" EP.

Our condolences go out to Athon's family and bandmates. You can leave a message for Black Tusk over at the band's Facebook profile here. More...

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Seven Against Streaming Full Album

Seven Against's new album "Beneath The Shell" - released on November 6th - was recorded and produced by the band, while the mixing was done at Studio Kekkonen by Mikko Raita.

Today the full album can be heard online via the SoundCloud stream below. Seven Against also comments:

"We wanted to make the best album possible. We had the option to only introduce new material on the album, but we felt that some of the older songs deserved to be on the album as well. The whole recording process was a pain in the butt and we learned a lot the hard way. E.g. some parts where recorded several times because the equipment and software didn’t always work as planned. We still pulled it off and did a great album. All songs fit in nicely, they sound great both as individual tracks and as a full length album and this is something to be really proud of." More...

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Earth Announces New Tour Dates

Following the September release of tenth full-length studio album, "Primitive And Deadly," Earth has announced a mammoth European tour commencing in January and February 2015.

The touring lineup shall comprise Dylan Carlson, Adrienne Davies, and Don McGreavy, who have been perfecting the live renditions of new songs across three continents heavily since August, as well as revisiting older classics.

Earth will be joined by Black Spirituals and Don McGreevy & Rogier Smal Duo on nearly all of the confirmed dates, and additional performances are being added to the routing. Dates are available below, and you can also hear all of "Primitive And Deadly" at this location. More...

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American Heritage Posts New Song

With the release of "Prolapse," the new LP from Chicago's infamous American Heritage, less than a month away, a mangling new single from the band's sixth full-length has been dispatched online.

The fifth track, "Mask Of Lies," is arguably the most whiplashing, manic track on the record. Powered by neck-snapping beats and breakdowns, and the entire frenzied ordeal doused in the scathing guest lead vocals of Enabler's Jeffrey Lohrber, hear "Mask Of Lies" for yourself below, thanks to Lambgoat.com.

Solar Flare Records will release the new "Prolapse" album on CD, LP, and digitally on November 24th. More...

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Lorenguard Releasing Fantasy Novel Series

Indianapolis symphonic power metal band Lorenguard has successfully funded its first Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the band’s own line of fantasy novels.

The proceeds of the Kickstarter campaign will go toward producing a large mass market paperback print run of the band’s debut novel," Eve of Corruption, Book One of The Days of Astasia," as well as fund the next book and album in the series, "Two Shades of Night."

The Kickstarter successfully funded on November 5th but is still collecting pledges until November 11th when the campaign ends. Join in and make your own contribution at this location.

Lorenguard is a high concept band that bases its music on an elaborate fantasy story written by drummer Brady Sadler. This story is told in a trilogy of books, the first of which is currently available as an eBook and a print-on-demand physical book, but will now soon be available in mass market paperback as well.

The band is currently writing and recording pre-production work for its sophomore album, "Two Shades of Night: The Days of Astasia – Part Two," which will follow the independent debut, "Eve of Corruption: The Days of Astasia – Part One," released in 2011 and again in 2013 by Cleopatra Records. More...

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Ancient VVisdom Enacts "The Devil's Work"

Ancient VVisdom recently unleashed the "Sacrificial" long player via Magic Bullet Records (read our review here).

"Sacrificial" was produced by founding vocalist Nathan Opposition, engineered by Travis Bonner at The Diamond Factory Studios in Austin, and mastered by Paul Logus (Anthrax, Clutch, Hellyeah, Shadows Fall et al) at Taloowa Mastering.

Today Vice's music portal Noisey brings forth the band's official new video for "The Devil's Work," a cryptic and shadowy clip that fittingly centers itself on a Satanic ritual, as well as an in-depth interview with Opposition by Cleveland's foremost practitioner of modern Satanism, Eric Freeman. Check out both videos below. More...

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LifelessOne Streaming New EP

Solo death metal outfit LifelessOne just released a new self-titled EP on Halloween, and all the tracks are now available for streaming below or over at the LifelessOne Bandcamp page here.

All instruments and sounds for "LifelessOne" were recorded and mixed by Chris Denman at The Dungeon, with mastering handled by Alan Douches at West West Side Music. Artwork was done by Hal Rotter and the track listing is as follows:

1. Grasp 02:38
2. Live By The Sword 03:17
3. SufferDrip 04:23
4. Cold Dead Hands 02:53
5. BottomFed 02:33
6. Erased 04:36 More...

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Misanthrope Monarch Posts New Video

Misanthrope Monarch just released the band's first official music video for "Crushing The Unbeliever," directed and produced by Julian from Meat Mystery.

The track "Crushing The Unbeliever" comes by way of the band's self-titled MCD. The full track listing is:

1. Ash
2. Crushing The Unbeliever
3. Father Sin And The Hollow Spirit
4. Disintegrate

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Vomit Fist Posts Drum Video

"Forgive But Avenge," the new EP from father/son grindcore outfit Vomit Fist, is out now. In celebration, OnlineDrummer.com is hosting a new drum lesson video featuring 17-year-old Vomit Fist drummer Leo “Lurkrot” Didkovsky performing "A Public Execution" (watch the video below).

In the new clip, Didkovsky showcases how he combines both straight time and melodic drummer techniques while playing in odd meters. Leo Didkovsky uses Pearl Export drums for gigs, and practices with Roland V-Drums at home. He states:

“Currently in Vomit Fist, we’re moving toward more vicious and noise-oriented riffs that act more as textures, like in our tune ‘Under the Rind.’ We’re looking forward to writing and recording more material and hitting the road to support our new record Forgive but Avenge.”

Featuring raw, in-your-face sonics, "Forgive But Avenge" was recorded and engineered at Nik Chinboukas at Spin Studios (studio credits include Lamb of God, Testament and Gojira). The tracks rip through themes of rebirth, apocalyptic chaos, ecstatic dermal auto-excoriation, and transgressive ancient tantric poetry. Pick up your copy at this location. More...

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Hombre Malo Streams Full New Album

“Persistent Murmur of Words of Wrath”, the second full-length album from Norwegian metal/noise/sludge four-piece Hombre Malo, is set for release next week on November 14th, via Disiplin Media.

If you can't wait that long to hear the album, then CVLT Nation has you covered, as the site is hosting a full stream (also available below).

Formed by ex-members of bands like Sons of Saturn and Ictus and featuring current members of MOE and Okkultokrati, Hombre Malo recorded the seven song album at Malabar Studio in the band's hometown with engineer Ruben Willem. The mastering was handled by Brad Boatright (High On Fire, Ringworm, Nails) at Audiosiege in Portland, Oregon. The track listing is:

01. L’Etranger
02. Crosses And Marching Feet
03. Golden Calf
04. Vladislav
05. Reaching The Shore
06. Elena
07. Deathbed Conversion More...

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Kayleth Signs With Argonauta

Argonauta Records has checked in with the following announcement about inking a deal with stoner space rock outfit Kayleth:

"Kayleth was born in the Winter of 2005 in the east side of Verona (Italy) aimed at founding a stoner band inspired to groups such as Kyuss, Orange Goblin, and 7zuma7.

"A continuous sound evolution generated self-produced demos and CDs: Not Yet (2006), In the Womb of Time (2008), Rusty Gold (2010) and The Survivor (2012). In 2013, a new member with his synths made Kayleth to explore new opportunities, getting them close to space/psych rock sonorities with a new forthcoming CD, that will be released by early 2015."

Kayleth currently consists of:

Massimo Dalla Valle (guitar)
Daniele Pedrollo (drums)
Michele Montanari (synth)
Alessandro Zanetti (bass)
Enrico Gastaldo (voice)

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Sunday Old School: Exhumed

Death metal is notorious for its lyrics which focus on the brutal and at times sickening aspects of life. While many bands are wrongly accused of writing material which relies solely on this area, one band who revelled in such a subject was America’s own, Exhumed. Exhumed were formed in the state of California in 1990 by then fifteen year old, Matt Harvey. They were influenced by some of the more interesting death metal bands of the time such as Carcass and Terrorizer and set out to put their own unique stamp on the branch of extreme music which they loved so much, deciding ultimately that it would be gore they focused on.

They recorded a significant number of demos, split releases and EPs in the early career before eventually signing a record deal with Relapse, a label which had become known as the home of the American branch of grindcore, much like Earache was known as in the United Kingdom. They released their first full length album, "Gore Metal" in 1998, which featured an incredibly gruesome front cover and contained a cover of the Sodom song, "Sodomy and Lust" in addition to the twelve original compositions on offer. Although somewhat sloppy by Harvey’s admission, the record was received quite well by the death metal audience and they were soon hitting the road to promote the album. More...

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