Metal News for December 14, 2015
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28 news articles posted on this day.
Accept Meets With Survivors Of Colectiv Club Fire
The members of Accept recently met with a group of survivors of the awful Colectiv Club blaze in Romania at the end of October that killed dozens and injured hundreds. Accept had this to say about the poignant moment:
"We had the honor today to meet backstage with 25 survivors of the horrible club fire in Bucharest where over 60 people lost their lives.
"Stories where shared, pictures were taken and we presented a signed Framus guitar to be auctioned off for the victims fund.
"Moments like this put everything in perspective. We dedicate the show tonight to all the ones who lost their lives but also to the ones who have to live on." More...
Lunglust Reveals New Album Art
Today Boston-based group Lunglust reveals the cover art for a new album due out next year, with the band commenting:
"We’re stoked to unveil the artwork for our new record by Chicago artist Scott Shellhamer. The 'Repetition is Hell' LP is coming early 2016 on War Fever Records."
Oranssi Pazuzu Releasing New Album
In 2013, Finland's Oranssi Pazuzu issued the "Valonielu" LP (reviewed here). Now, in the early months of 2016, Oranssi Pazuzu returns with the follow-up album and fourth full-length overall, titled "Värähtelijä."
Issues the band of this newest opus: "'Värähtelijä' is continuing where we left off with 'Valonielu,' but it plunges deeper into the pitch black hypnosis, combines progressive song structures to more free and flowing parts. At the same time, it's the heaviest and the most atmospheric album we`ve done so far. The fusion between different ends of spectrum reveals new realities we`ve never discovered before.
"We really wanted this album to go to new places and to be the crossover album of genres we always wanted to do. To further boost the idea, the album was done with Julius Mauranen who had previously done lots of Finnish shoegaze and indie pop albums. I think it's safe to say that this is by far the heaviest stuff he has done and for us, working with a guy like him stretched our sound to much more dynamic and trippy horizons.
"Lyrics-wise, the songs revolve around tripping in a psyche-space, with each song representing a vision or mirage that will be revealed to the listener. They are individual, but contain common elements with themes of unknown, sacrifice, transcendence, hate, hierarchy of power and, in the end, becoming a part of the cosmos through death."
"Värähtelijä" is being finalized for worldwide release on February 26th, 2016, with 20 Buck Spin handling the album for North America and Svart handling international territories on CD, 2xLP and digital platforms. The track listing is as follows: More...
Cattle Decapitation Announces Tour With Abiotic
Cattle Decapitation and Abiotic are due to come to Europe with Suffocation for “The Tyrants Of Death” tour in 2016.
This will be the first European tour for Cattle Decapitation in support of latest masterpiece “The Anthropocene Extinction.” Comments vocalist Travis Ryan: “We're happy to be doing another European tour with our good buddies Suffocation and our new friends Abiotic! Its been a while since we've been to Europe and we have an arsenal of new songs ready to pummel you with! See you soon Europa!”
Suffocation is just as excited and had this to say: “Suffocation is gearing up to head to Europe in February 2016 and bring forth the devastation one more time and this time we're bringing the unstoppable wrecking ball, Cattle Decapitation with us! This will be a MASSIVE tour of speed, heaviness and straight chaos combined with devastation of a Nuclear Blast! This tour will be one for the die hard metal fanatics bar none. Hope to see you there and witness the pure carnage unfold!” More...
Textures Posts Playthrough Video
The Dutch progressive metal maniacs from Textures just released a playthrough video for "New Horizons," taken from the "Phenotype" album. The video shows guitarists Joe Tal and Bart Hennephof, joined by synth maestro Uri Dijk, performing the whole song from start to finish.
The band will release the first of two upcoming albums, "Phenotype," on February 5th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast. The second record of the diptych, "Genotype," will be released one year later.
Rhine Posts "An Outsider" Trailer
Seattle’s Rhine is proud to announce the band's return in 2016 with new album "An Outsider." This album follows 2011's debut "Duality," which was first a solo effort by band founder Gabriel Tachell (guitar and vocals).
Now joined by Alex Smolin on guitar (ex-Metameric), James Porter on bass (Ideofone), and Carlos Delgado (Inferion, ex-Death Crowned King) to collaborate on this project, the band has posted a trailer to give a glimpse of what's to come from the 10 track full length when it's unleashed on February 5th, 2016.
Band founder Gabriel Tachell comments on the release: "'An Outsider' is about the struggle that comes with being different, it’s a love/hate situation. You want to shine but you’re afraid of it at the same time. You want to create trends, not follow them, but it’s scary to be the first one. It also has to do with social struggles and always feeling like a stranger. This theme is primarily represented by the title track.
"Many of the songs have different themes that are not all closely related. The album is all over the map emotionally. Not just angry and dark, but sometimes totally ironic or sometimes very deep and inspiring. It mixes in emotions you wouldn’t typically hear on a metal record like joy and nostalgia. The listening experience is a journey that won’t get you worn out on a single emotion, instead it is dynamic like we are as humans. We form strong bonds to the music we love because of all these things that it can convey, and we are attempting to create something people can feel the same way about." More...
Butcher Babies Supporting Cradle Of Filth
Following a huge year in 2015, which saw the band release sophomore album, "Take It Like A Man," Butcher Babies will start 2016 as direct support to the metal titans Cradle Of Filth on the "Inquisitional Torture" tour. Rounding out the lineup is Australian progressive metal outfit Ne Obliviscaris.
Speaking about the upcoming run in North America, Heidi Shepherd (vocals) comments: "Touring with Cradle of Filth is a dream come true for me. Dani’s vocal are a huge inspiration for some of my vocal techniques. As for Butcher Babies, we are re-vamping our show to bring fans a whole new BB experience for 2016. Diving into another year of touring, we are excited to present another evolution of the band."
Carla Harvey (vocals) adds, "There has been overwhelmingly positive fan feedback and anticipation for this upcoming run with Cradle of Filth! We are so excited to be touring with such a legendary black metal band...horns up!"
Latest Butcher Babies album, "Take It Like A Man," was released on August 21st, 2015 via Century Media Records. More...
Dissona Streaming "Another Sky"
Following our premiere of the track "Odium" earlier this month, Dissona now has another song online from the "Paleopneumatic" album.
New album "Paleopneumatic" from this Chicago progressive metal band will be released January 15th, 2016 and you can hear the track "Another Sky" in the player below.
The album's track listing is as follows:
1. Another Sky
2. Fire-Bellied
3. Outside the Skin
4. Breach
5. Totality
6. Odium
7. Anastomosis
8. Lysis
9. The Last Resistance
10. Sunderance More...
Last In Line Streams New Track "Martyr"
Last In Line - featuring former Dio members Vivian Campbell, Vinny Appice and Jimmy Bain - is streaming the new track "Martyr." The song will appear on the debut release "Heavy Crown," which is set to drop via Frontiers Music srl on February 19, 2016.
The track list for the album is:
1. Devil in Me
2. Martyr
3. Starmaker
4. Burn This House Down
5. I Am Revolution
6. Blame It on Me
7. In Flames (Bonus Track) Last In Line
8. Already Dead Last In Line
9. Curse the Day
10. Orange Glow
11. Heavy Crown
12. The Sickness More...
Armahda Posts "The Last Farewell" Single
Brazilian heavy metal band Armahda is known for mixing the history of Brazil into the music, and that's definitely the case with new single "The Last Farewell," which can be heard below. The following press release was also issued about the track:
"December marks the month of the death of Dom Pedro II, last emperor of Brazil and the song pays tribute to his memory. ‘The Last Farewell’, refers to the last days of Dom Pedro II as Emperor of Brazil, since his journey to exile in France when the Republic was proclaimed, until his death. The research for the preparation of the lyrics included references provided to the band by the actual royal family heirs in Brazil." More...
Babymetal Releasing New Album
Following the 2014 album that made waves across the world, the infamous Babymetal returns with a sophomore full-length next year - presumably before any of them are actually old enough to be sophomores.
The second album will drop on April 1st, 2016 and the cover artwork, title, and track listing will be revealed in the coming months, although pre-orders are already online in various bundles right here.
A trailer announcing the album and upcoming world tour dates can be seen below. Stay tuned for more info. More...
Bloodbound To Release New Live DVD/CD
Ten years and six studio albums into it's history now, Swedish power metal band Bloodbound is set to release a Live DVD/CD, titled "One Night Of Blood," on February 12th via AFM Records.
The featured concert was recorded at the Masters Of Rock Festival 2015 and it includes songs from all Bloodbound studio albums, with exception to "Tabula Rasa." "One Night Of Blood" comes as DVD/CD package in Digipak format.
The track list for the release is:
DVD+CD:
1. Bloodtale
2. Iron Throne
3. When Demons Collide
4. In The Name Of Metal
5. When The Kingdom Will Fall
6. Moria
7. Nightmares From The Grave
8. Metalheads Unite
9. When All Lights Fail
10. Book Of The Dead
11. Metal Monster
12. Stormborn
13. Nosferatu
14. Nosferatu Symphony
DVD Bonus Content:
15. Stormborn (video clip)
16. In The Name Of Metal (video clip)
17. In The Name Of Metal (performance Version)
18. Moria (Live at Masters Of Rock 2012)
19. Stormborn (Live at Out & Loud Festival 2015)
20. In The Name Of Metal (Live in Oberhausen 2015)
21. The Bloody Documentary More...
Razoreater Announces New Vinyl Release
Peterborough's masters of grind from Razoreater have teamed up with WOOAAAGH and Skin And Bones Records to release "Vacuum of Nihil." The album is a 5 track burst of intensity that is highly recommended for fans of Nasum, Rotten Sound, and Human Cull.
The album will be released January 13th, 2016 vinyl with a limited edition of 500 yellow/black marbled copies. All copies come with a Bandcamp download code, and the track listing is as follows:
1. Nailbombed
2. I, Dreadnought
3. Bloodeagled
4. Wrath
5. Filth Scheming, Shrill Screaming More...
Bleeding Through Not Reforming
After briefly getting fan hopes up by posting the image below, Bleeding Through has now issued this statement clarifying that although a show has been scheduled, the band is not actually getting back together:
"JUST SO YOU KNOW!!!! BT is playing a show to help raise money for our friends in The Ghost Inside pay for medical bills. Friends have each other's backs.
"BT is not getting back together anytime in the foreseeable future. This is about our friends needing help. We hope that people support this show and help raises funds for TGI. This is not an attempt at a comeback. I feel BT gave enough." More...
Cult Of Erinyes Reveals New EP
Following the 2013 album "Blessed Extinction," Cult Of Erinyes is now working on new material, with the band briefly commenting:
"A new EP is coming. We'll share more info very soon, but you can already admire the astonishing artwork made by Business For Satan." More...
Korpiklaani Comments On Upcoming Tour Dates
The Finnish folk metal mafia has brought together Korpiklaani and Moonsorrow to embark on a co-headline tour this coming April, 2016.
These two powerhouses of the Finnish folk metal scene have once again joined forces for what promises to be an immensely entertaining evening.
Korpiklaani's Jonne states: “I am so looking forward to our fellow FFMM brothers, who for us are the most respected band in this genre of ours. This is a perfect combination of Finnish music and culture.”
Tuomas adds, “Exactly, Moonsorrow brings the serious side of our culture and we bring in the balance by adding the festivity of midsummer nights."
Catch Korpiklaani live on these upcoming dates in support of the "Noita" album (reviewed here): More...
Allegaeon Recruits New Vocalist
Allegaeon just completed over a month's worth of touring with label mates Act of Defiance, which featured Riley McShane on the microphone for his first full tour with the band. He was filling in following the departure of Ezra Haynes back in October.
Upon returning home, Allegaeon is prepared to announce McShane as the band's new permanent vocalist. Riley has become a permanent member just in time for the band to begin work on their new album.
Guitarist Greg Burgess comments: "We are extremely excited to officially announce Riley McShane as the permanent vocalist of Allegaeon. For those who have come to see us on the last two tours, I'm sure this will come as no surprise; his past work with Son Of Aurelius, Inanimate Existence, and Continuum speaks loudly as to who the man is as a musician and what kind of weapons he brings to the band. As a long time friend, and being a huge fan of his vocal abilities, this is very exciting for us. New blood is always a great catalyst for creativity, and to bring in a musician of his caliber has been nothing short of awesome. Not only has he been a perfect fit for the group personality-wise, but has also provided us with an array of new vocal techniques to use at our disposal. So, Riley, welcome! All Hail Science!"
Updates on new material from Allegaeon will be available later this winter. "Elements of the Infinite," the band's most recent effort, cracked the Billboard Charts and debuted at #25 on the Hard Music Chart. More...
Battle Beast To Support Powerwolf
Battle Beast will support the mighty Powerwolf on tour in early 2016 alongside Serenity, with the band commenting on these upcoming coming dates:
"Unholy Savior Tour is barely finished and we already have a new tour on the way! Ladies and gentlemen, we’re happy to announce that Battle Beast will be joining our old touring buddies Powerwolf as the main support for the 'Blessed & Possessed Tour 2016.' To finish the package, we welcome Austria's finest Serenity! Prepare yourselves for absolute metal!"
See Powerwolf, Battle Beast, and select dates with Serenity live at these venues: More...
Decapitated Adds More Tour Dates
Polish technical death metal group Decapitated has added yet more European dates to round out the coming year.
These new shows are also in support of latest album "Blood Mantra," out now via Nuclear Blast and will feature support from Heart Of A Coward from March 29th to April 8th.
Prior to that run, Decapitated has shows with Black Breath and Theories from January 27th through February 8th, as well as dates alongside At The Gates from February 9th to the 23rd. Full tour dates are available below. More...
Prolefeed Releasing Split With War All The Time
It's Newcastle vs. Leeds grindcore violence! Prolefeed is releasing a split with War All The Time that will see vinyl release on December 24th and can be heard now via the Bandcamp player below. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Prolefeed - Chaos 00:59
2. Prolefeed - First World Problems 00:54
3. Prolefeed - All In It Together 00:53
4. Prolefeed - Canny Bag Of Tudor 01:18
5. Prolefeed - Bunker 01:07
6. Prolefeed - Robocock 01:13
7. Prolefeed - Bogchains 01:21
8. Prolefeed - There's No Cure For Being A Cunt 00:51
9. Prolefeed - X Marks The Spot 01:28
10. Prolefeed - 2000% 01:04
11. Prolefeed - Footnotes 00:48
12. Prolefeed - Constant Scrutiny 00:42
13. Prolefeed - Libor 00:54
14. Prolefeed - Verbal Bore 00:50
15. Prolefeed - Dan Is The Bastard 00:58
16. WATT - Round Table 01:05
17. WATT - Scorpion 01:09
18. WATT - Tonge Dynasty 00:51
19. WATT - Public Execution 01:20
20. WATT - Revolution 01:12
21. WATT - Rocks Of Caesar 01:17
22. WATT - Death Of A Friend 00:58
23. WATT - Gods Will Listen 00:56
24. WATT - Mother's Day 02:01
25. WATT - System 01:15
26. WATT - Before The Start Of Time 01:45 More...
Enthrallment Streaming Full New Album
The Bulgarian death metal horde Enthrallment returns with a fifth full-length album titled "Eugenic Wombs," which is now available online for full streaming below. The "Eugenic Wombs" track listing is as follows:
1. Deserved Fears 04:16
2. Few Are Those Who Find It 05:19
3. Last Judgment Waltz 04:06
4. Totally Dismembered 04:18
5. Defame the Incarnation 03:07
6. Inspired Lunatic 04:18
7. Path to Silence 04:21
8. Nature Dose Not Allow Doubling 01:31
9. Enslaved by Your Own Seed 05:31 More...
Fall Hits The "Soul Ignition"
Texas melodic death metal act Fall issued another lyric video, this time for the new track "Soul Ignition." The song will appear on the upcoming full length debut record "The Insatiable Weakness," which drops as a digital release on December 15th and on January 29th as a CD.
The track list for the album is:
1. From Ashes
2. Not of the Sky
3. Ever Hollow
4. Harvester (see lyric video here)
5. Cinis
6. Desolation
7. Soul Ignition
8. ..to Dust
9. Empty
10. Gods of Ruin
11. You Were But a Shade
Check out "Soul Ignition" here More...
Conan Releases Lyric Video For "Revengeance"
U.K.'s Conan issued a lyric video for the new track "Revengeance." The song is the title track to the upcoming new release, which will be available in vinyl, CD, and digital formats via Napalm Records on January 29th.
The track listing is as follows:
1. Throne of Fire
2. Thunderhoof
3. Wrath Gauntlet
4. Revengeance
5. Every Man Is An Enemy
6. Earthenguard
Check out the track here: More...
Palm Reader Joining Cancer Bats On Tour
Palm Reader will be joining Cancer Bats on an upcoming U.K. string of tour dates, with vocalist Josh McKeown commenting:
"Unbelievably excited to be heading out on this tour with the mighty Cancer Bats. Once again, our band is able to join a group of people on the road that have truly inspired our own music. You all know this is gonna rip, so no excuse for a no show!"
1/11 - Southend - Chinnerys
1/12 - Portsmouth - Wedgewood Rooms
1/13 - Brighton - Concorde 2
1/14 - Norwich - Waterfront
1/15 - Exeter - Phoenix
1/16 - Plymouth - The Hub
1/17 - Bristol - Marble Factory
1/18 - Bridgend - Hobos
1/19 - Reading - Sub 89
1/20 - Stoke - Sugarmill
1/21 - Nottingham - Rescue Rooms
1/22 - Birmingham - O2 Academy 2
1/23 - Manchester - Academy 3
1/24 - Leeds - Key Club
1/25 - Glasgow - Garage
1/26 - Newcastle - O2 Academy 2
1/27 - Liverpool - O2 Academy 2
1/28 - London - Tufnell Park Dome More...
Primal Fear Sheds "Bullets & Tears"
Frontiers Music Srl will release the new Primal Fear studio album, "Rulebreaker" in North America on January 29, 2016! "Rulebreaker" will be available as a CD, deluxe CD/DVD (featuring two bonus tracks), and digital download. So far, three songs from "Rulebreaker" have been made available to the public, the first "The End is Near," the music video which can be viewed over here and "In Metal We Trust," which can be heard streaming at this location. Today that changes with the release of the third song, "Bullets & Tears". The song is available for streaming in the player below.
Vocalist Ralf Scheepers commented about "Bullets & Tears": "'Bullets & Tears' is a powerful melodic track with a catchy guitar riff and an extraordinary melodic guitar intro, which is backed up by a choir chant later in the song. The story of the track is about a guy and how he went through all ups and downs in his life. He is growing stronger through every task and each disappointment he went through. The time for him has come to take his personal little revenge upon those people who gave him hell...you'll always meet twice in life!"
Pre-orders for Rulebreaker are available now on Amazon and Apple Music/iTunes. Pre-order the album on Amazon.com here and iTunes over here. All digital pre-orders of the album come with an instant download of "The End is Near," "In Metal We Trust" and "Bullets & Tears." More...
InnerWish Announces New Self-Titled Album
Greek melodic metal act InnerWish will release the new album entitled "InnerWish" on March 18, 2016 in Europe and North America via Ulterium Records. The artwork for the album was created by Felipe Machado Franco (Blind Guardian, Rhapsody Of Fire, Xandria) and the design was done by Jan Yrlund (Korpiklaani, Apocalyptica, Manowar). Check it out below.
The band commented on the new album: "This is the first album with our new lineup, and we hope this lineup will be unchanged for many years since we now feel stronger, more confident and sure about ourselves than ever before. For those reasons we chosed 'InnerWish' as the title of our new album, because it represents us in the most exact way. We are very proud of this album. It might sound very common, but it's the truth for us: this is the best InnerWish album so far! Heavy, aggressive, modern, melodic and diverse at the same time, with all the classical InnerWish elements, combined with some new ones. It might have been 6 years since the release of 'No turning back' but all the difficult times we've been through made us stronger and the result is this new, fifth album of InnerWish. We are back for good!"
More details about the album will be announced early next year. Check out the artwork here: More...
Behemoth Eindhoven Metal Meeting Live Video Posted
Fan-filmed live footage of Polish blackened death metallers Behemoth performing at the annual Eindhoven Metal Meeting at the Effenaar in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, past friday December 11, 2015 can be seen below.
Check it out.
Monstrance Premieres New Song & Music Video
Monstrance - featuring former Carcass guitarist Carlo Regadas alongside drummer Nicholas Barker (Benediction, Cradle Of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Testament) and vocalist Tony Glover (ex-Devoid) - premieres a new song entitled "Karma After The Storm".
Monstrance is:
Tony Glover - Vocals
Nicholas Barker - Drums
Aleksandar Kokai - Bass
Carlo Regadas- Lead, Rhythm Guitar
Steven Hargraves - Rhythm Guitar
Check out now "Karma After The Storm" below.
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