Metal News for December 15, 2014
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Album Covers Inspired By Movie Posters
Facebook community And Justice For Art and Metal Underground keep exploring the world of look-alike album covers. This time we're focusing on three artworks that are inspired (or keep a reasonable resemblance) with well-known movie posters. Were the bands and visual artists aware of this at the moment of creating the artworks or is it just a coincidence? Let's find out what they have to say... There will be more of these in future "And Justice For Art" episodes. Stay alert!
MESHUGGAH Vs. "ALIEN"
The first one is the artwork for Meshuggah's "Alive." In 2010, the infamous Swedish genre-bending band, decided to pay homage on the cover of their live CD/DVD to one of the most revered SciFi/Horror movies in history.
Drummer Tomas Haake took inspiration from the now iconic poster for the first "Alien" film and designed a cover that visually and conceptually praises the virtues of the original image, which features the Alien egg opening upside down and the unforgettable tagline "In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream."
In Meshuggah's case, Hakke changed the egg for the head of vocalist, Jens Kidman, and added the phrase "In Space No One Can Hear You Unless You Scream." This gives the whole effort, an humorous punch which is enhanced by the positioning of the lettering—pretty much identical to the original poster.
No doubt, the overall effect is quite satisfactory, especially because it comes from a band whose intricate music sometimes seems to come from outer space! More...
Slice The Cake Announces New Album
Slice The Cake has checked in with the following announcement about releasing a new album:
"So, we’ve long been mostly silent and short on details for our new album until now. We’ve been taking our time and making sure the cake is cooked to absolute perfection, but now we’re ready to begin unveiling what we feel is our Magnum Opus.
"Odyssey to the West is a concept album that combines a more emotionally mature approach to our songwriting with a visceral and poetic lyrical take on biblical allegory and meta-narrative, exploring themes such as archetypes, the nature of narrative itself, universal symbolism, spiritual alchemy and recurrence.
"This record has been a labour of love from its inception, we have poured our hearts, souls and minds into this work and we’re incredibly excited for you to hear what we’ve created. You will be able to listen to Odyssey to the West, in full, on March 1st, 2015."
The album's track listing is as follows:
1. The Exile i. The Razor’s Edge
2. The Exile ii. The City of Destruction
3. Stone and Silver i. The Mountains of Man
4. Stone and Silver ii. The Horned God
5. Stone and Silver iii. The Man of Papyrus Limbs
6. Westward Bound i. The Lantern
7. Westward Bound ii. The Pilgrim’s Progress
8. Castle in the Sky ii. The Tree of Life
9. Unending Waltz
10. From Shell to Shell
11. The Dark Carnival
12. The Man of Ash and Rust i. The Torn Thread
13. The Man of Ash and Rust ii. Nameless, Faceless
14. Destiny’s Fool
15. The Holy Mountain More...
Interview
I.N.C. Talks New Album "Black Hearse Serenade"
Reforming in 2010 after two decades of inactivity and dropping the comeback album "Heaven Sent...Hellbound" the next year, Indestructible Noise Command (I.N.C.) just dropped fourth full-length album "Black Hearse Serenade" at the end of the Fall.
We caught up with lead guitarist Erik Barath (who recently shared a pit story with us about an over-eager fan wearing nothing but a sock) to discuss the album, I.N.C. embarking on a tour with a band of a very different style, and what classic band he'd like to see reform. More...
Wino To Headline Feast Of Krampus
After being deported from Norway for meth possession, Scott "Wino" Weinrich will be returning to the stage later this month.
Brooklyn-based booking/promotions agency Some Pig Presents is proud to announce the first annual music festival Feast of Krampus, with dates in Philadelphia and Brooklyn. Conceived as a dark and twisted holiday celebration, Feast of Krampus will feature the heavy metal legend Wino, along with a supporting bill.
Save your holiday cheer for the department stores and cocktail parties; Feast of Krampus is a dark offering of blood, volume, and mayhem to the merciless lord of Yuletide terror.
Headlining the inaugural Feast of Krampus will be Wino, front man of quintessential heavy bands Saint Vitus, The Obsessed, and Spirit Caravan. For over 30 years he has stood as a pillar of the genre, and his prolific studio output and constant touring reveal an unrivaled longevity.
Also appearing at both dates will be heavy veterans Sixty Watt Shaman. Filling out each bill are a number of noteworthy acts both local and regional. In Philly we'll be joined by Wizard Eye, Skeleton Hands, and Chimpgrinder, while Brooklyn support includes Godmaker, Birch Hill Dam, Moon Tooth, and Buzzard Canyon. More...
Falling In Reverse Posts New Single
Falling In Reverse today releases a new song titled "God, If You Are Above…," which can be heard below and is the first new song from the band since the 2013 release "Fashionably Late."
Falling In Reverse headlined the main stage at Warped Tour this summer followed by The Black Mass co-headline tour with Black Veil Brides. The tour concludes tonight in Tucson, AZ. Falling In Reverse will also play Rock On The Range in Columbus, OH in May.
The Drip Releases New Music Video
The Drip just released the band's first official video through Metal Injection, the violent visuals crafted for "Siren," which hails from the band's grinding Relapse debut, "A Presentation Of Gruesome Poetics."
Directed by Owen Mansfield, the "Siren" video was filmed during one of the band's regional live attacks earlier this year in support of the vicious EP's release in April, taking the viewer inside a hometown mutiny at Rays Golden Lion in Richland, Washington back in April. You can see the band live on these dates:
1/10/2015 El Corazon - Seattle, WA w/ Pig Destroyer
2/22/2015 333 - Vancouver, BC w/ Enabler, Call Of The Void
2/23/2015 The Highline - Seattle, WA w/ Enabler, Call Of The Void
2/24/2015 The Hop - Spokane, WA w/ Enabler, Call Of The Void More...
Accursed Spawn Posts Performance Footage
Accursed Spawn has released footage of "Date Rape Psychosis" from a recent performance in Montreal, QC at Bar L'Alizé. Drummer Jay Cross comments:
“Date Rape Psychosis is probably the first song most people heard from us. We released it as part of our first demo, Dismember the Informant, back in 2010 and have been playing it live ever since. It's great to have some proper footage of it to show people, since the original recording is pretty lo-fi. Ondes Chocs did a great job of putting the it all together!”
The footage was recorded by Dr. Light for the Quebec-based blog Ondes Chocs. Accursed Spawn recently released second EP "Putrid," which can be purchased at Bandcamp here. More...
Sarpanitum Announces New Album Release
Sarpanitum - which features within its consuming ranks current and former members of Mithras, Lantlos, and Tenebrous Aeon - will release a second full-length and first for Willowtip Records this February.
"Blessed Be My Brothers" will be unleashed via Willowtip Records on February 17th, 2015 with pre-orders and teaser tracks to be posted shortly. Stay vigilant.
The ten-track follow-up to 2011's "Fedelium" EP was composed over a two-year period, tracked at Dreaming Studios U.K. by drummer Leon Macey (Contrarian, Mithras, The Senseless et al) and boasts a diseased fusion of traditional death metal, blackened guitar riff compulsions, and melodic atmospheres.
Comments Tom Innocenti of the release: "Blessed Be My Brothers is true labor of love. The record maintains a blackened death metal sound but also incorporates more personal touches in terms of the music and lyrical themes. The song writing and atmospheric elements have progressed vastly since our first album, Despoilment Of Origin and Fidelium EP while still being recognizable as Sarpanitum. Listeners will notice a huge leap forward with regards to this album. Blessed Be My Brothers is a journey into the hearts and minds of those caught the turmoil of religious warfare. A subject that is as relevant today as it was over a thousand years ago."
1. Komenos
2. By Virtuous Reclamation
3. Truth
4. Glorification Upon The Powdered Bones Of The Sundered Dead
5. Immortalised As Golden Spires
6. Thy Sermon Lies Forever Tarnished
7. I Defy For I Am Free
8. Homeland
9. Malek Al-Inkitar
10. Blessed Be My Brothers More...
Kruger Streaming "Bottoms Up"
Swiss metal/hardcore institution Kruger today premieres the new track "Bottoms Up," which can be heard below thanks to Lambgoat.com.
The track hails from Kruger's new album, "Adam and Steve," set for North American release on January 20th, 2015 via Listenable Records. The recently released music video for the title track is also available at this location. The track listing is as follows:
1. Bottoms Up
2. Discotheque
3. Adam And Steve
4. Charger
5. Mountain Man
6. The Wild Brunch
7. Herbivores
8. Farewell More...
Caina Announces New Album
After a decade spent exploring almost every genre imaginable, Caïna's upcoming LP and fifth album, "Setter of Unseen Snares," is a return to the project's inception as a black metal act, as well as founder Andrew Curtis-Brignells personal roots in punk rock and hardcore.
This is the first release in which the Caïna frontman shares production duties with anyone else, giving the project an enormous new sound.
Andrew explains, "Setter of Unseen Snares tells the story of Earth's last family and the way in which each member chooses (or is chosen) to deal with the end of the world. Some are sacrificed, others are less fortunate. The snares tighten regardless."
With this full length, Caïna has produced a massive cacophony of desperation and anxiety. Andrew also adds, "the song "Applicant/Supplicant" effectively encapsulates the album as a whole, combining furious black metal, d-beat driven hardcore, cosmic soundscapes and arcane vocal ululations in its short runtime."
Check out the new song "Vowbound" below, thanks to CVLT Nation. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Introduction
2. I am the Flail of the Lord
3. Setter of Unseen Snares
4. Vowbound
5. Applicant/Supplicant
6. Orphan More...
Indie Recordings Releasing Holiday Sampler
Just in time for the holidays, Scandinavian hard rock/heavy metal powerhouse Indie Recordings looks back on a delightfully debaucherous 2014 with the Christmas Carnage sampler.
The collection includes sonic devastation from the likes of Viking metal behemoths Einherjer, Pagan extreme metallers Kampfar, avant Norse folk duo Solefald, and more. The compilation is due out tomorrow and will be available at iTunes here. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Einherjer - Nidstong
2. Kampfar - Mylder
3. Wardruna - Løyndomsriss
4. Tnt - 10,000 Lovers (in One) Live
5. Oslo Ess - Midnatt
6. Vredehammer - Cthulhu
7. Solefald - Songen: Vargen
8. Iskald - A Fading Horizon
9. Patria - Blood Storm Prophecy
10. Blodhemn - Evig Heder
11. Extol - Sting Of Death
12. Oslo Faenskap - No Skin, No Armor
14. Woland - Conquer All
15. Jack Dalton - 8 Times X Equals This
16. Riwen - Karlsgrundet
17. Posthum - The Black Northern Ritual
18. The Osiris Club - Mystery Sells
19. Deathbed Reunion - Bad Phase More...
Enslaved Reveals New Album Details
"In Times" will be the title of the thirteenth studio album by Norwegian progressive extreme metallers Enslaved.
The hand-painted artwork is by long-time collaborating artist and “sixth Enslaved member” Truls Espedal. The album will be released on March 6th (Europe) and March 10th, 2015 (North America). Guitarist & composer Ivar Bjørnson shares the following about the band’s latest creation:
“I was so deep into the songs and ideas for such a long time (or have my head so far up my own as, if you prefer more direct language) that it is hard to have any ‘opinions’ about them that is anything else than the high-flying mumbo-jumbo of the introvert song-smith. The songs are extensions of my inner and outer life, the thoughts I am aware of having, as well as those that lie too deep to register in everyday consciousness.
"The songs are the resounds of grandiose altered states and mundane tiny micro-events. In addition, they are, of course, also the result of inspiration from other music and art. I do think this new album is the most consistent body of work we have so far: It incorporates our ‘blacker’ past with our influences from prog rock, our present sense of absolute freedom, and the joy of being in this band, if that makes any sense… Ha, ha, ha. It is higher in energy, more aggressive, yet more beautiful and subtle. It simply sounds inspired.”
The track listing is as follows:
1. Thurisaz Dreaming
2. Building With Fire
3. One Thousand Years Of Rain
4. Nauthir Bleeding
5. In Times
6. Daylight More...
Void Paradigm To Release New Album
Two years have passed since Void Paradigm’s unexpected debut album, 2012’s self-titled "Void Paradigm."
The French black metal trio - formed by Jonathan Théry (Ataraxie, Funeralium), Alexis Damien (Pin-Up Went Down, ex-Wormfood) and Julien Payan (Ataraxie, Sordide) - is crafting a sound dubbed "hypnotis dodecatonic black metal," a dissonant experience for chaotic minds.
Apathia Records will release "Earth’s Disease" in April/May 2015, with audio samples coming in the next few weeks. In the meantime, the band's debut album can be streamed below. More...
Tank86 Releases Music Video
Dutch instrumental heavyweights Tank86 just released a music video for the track "Vault" from new album "Obey." The album will drop via Lighttown Fidelity / Rising Magma records in January of 2015.
"Obey" is being released after the band's successful Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the follow-up to 2011’s "Rise."
The video depicts an atmospheric battle between two grim figures shot in full stop-motion. Check it out below. More...
MaterDea Releases New Music Video
Italian symphonic folk metal act MaterDea released a new music video for the track "A Rose for Egeria." The song is the title track of the band's latest album, which was issued via Midsummer's Eve back in March of this year.
Check out the video here:
Anciients To Play Psycho California Festival
Vancouver's Anciients just announced a West Coast appearance as part of next year's Psycho California Festival.
Now in its third year, the Psycho California Festival (formerly Psycho de Mayo) encompasses 54 bands across two stages, live art collaborations and more. The 2015 edition runs March 15th - 17th, and sees Anciients perform alongside Russian Circles, Pallbearer, label-mates Kylesa, Om, Orange Goblin, Cave In, and many more.
Anciients recently finished the tour cycle for debut album, "Heart of Oak," and are deep in the process of writing material for a new album. The as-yet untitled album will be released in late 2015 by Season of Mist. More...
Wind Rose Releases Preview Clip For New Album
Italian metal act Wind Rose released a preview clip, which features clips and interview segments from the upcoming new album "Wardens of the West Wind." The sophomore release is expected to drop via Scarlet Records on February 3, 2015.
The track listing for the album is:
1. Where Dawn and Shadows Begin
2. Age of Conquest
3. Heavenly Minds
4. The Breed of Durin
5. Ode to the West Wind
6. Skull and Crossbones
7. The Slave and the Empire
8. Spartacus
9. Born in the Cradle of Storms
10. Rebel and Free
Check out the preview clip here: More...
Level 10 Streaming "Blasphemy" From Debut LP
Level 10, the new band featuring Symphony X frontman Russell Allen and Primal Fear/Sinner bassist Mat Sinner, posted a lyric video for the new track "Blasphemy." The song appears on the debut album "Chapter One," which drops via Frontiers Records srl on January 23rd (EU) and January 27th (North America).
Born from the collaboration of Allen and Sinner, the band's sound is described as "a true Metal style, with a distinctly contemporary edge." The track listing for "Chapter One" is:
1. Cry No More
2. Soul Of A Warrior
3. When The Nighttime Comes
4. One Way Street
5. Blasphemy
6. Last Man On Earth
7. In For The Kill
8. Voice Of The Wilderness
9. All Hope Is Gone
10. Demonized
11. The Soul Is Eternal
12. Forevermore
Check out "Blasphemy" here: More...
Grim Comet Posts "Virgins Of Madness" Video
Stoner rock / metal outfit Grim Comet has a video clip out now for the "Virgins of Madness" single, which is available below.
"Virgins Of Madness" comes by way of the band's debut album "Pray For The Victims." The track listing is as follows:
1. Introduction to Chaos
2. Perpetual Apathy
3. Hollow Place
4. Warhead
5. Warming the Sun
6. Virgins of Madness More...
Hrizg Unveils New Lineup
Hrizg returns with fresh news - after 10 years alone, Erun Dagoth (AKA Hrizg until now) has summoned three wandering souls: Enserune (Enserune, Neverendinghate, ex-Lucifuego) on bass, Kaornekan (ex-Bittencross, ex-Fatal Portrait) on guitar, and Varkhen (ex-Bittencross, ex-Forestdome, ex-Fatal Portrait) on drums.
"Individualism," the band's third album released this summer by Moribund Records, has set an end to an era. As Erun Dagoth stated, "This album marks an epoch, an unholy trinity with Oaken Path of Grief [2007] and Anthems to Decrepitude [2011]. Now begins another age. I think the music and essence will go to the next level."
Hrizg is working on new material for a next Moribund release, in addition to preparing some old songs for upcoming live shows. Booking is encouraged by writing to the address management@morbidshrineproductions.com. More...
Retrace The Lines Posts Album Teaser
Post-hardcore five piece Retrace The Lines today presents an official video teaser for upcoming debut album "Handmade Crown." The album is due out April 16th, 2015 and the track listing is as follows:
01. Fearless
02. Survivors
03. Aimless
04. Ignorance & Prejudice
05. Portraits
06. Part of me
07. The difference
08. Handmade Crown
09. Footsteps
10. Horizons
11. Part of me (Acoustic)
Killus Releases New Music Video
Spanish outfit Killus, signed to Art Gates Records, just released a music video for "Feel the Monster" via Blank TV. Check out the clip below, and you can hear more from Killus by heading over to the band's Facebook profile.
Akral Necrosis Issues Year-End Update
Akral Necrosis has issued the following year-end update and announcement about lineup changes:
"Before the year ends, we’d like to let you know what’s been going on lately in the Akral Necrosis camp, especially since many of you have been asking about any forthcoming concerts of ours, or sometimes have invited us to play at various events (which we had to decline). We want to thank you for your patience and to say it won’t be long until we meet again.
"First and foremost, we present to you the new Akral Necrosis line-up: in addition to our veterans, Octav (lead vocals), Victor (guitar), and Mishu (bass), we’re enjoying a fresh blood infusion: Andrei will be joining us with his guitar, while Traian will be in charge with the drums.
"Although Andrei is for the first time part of a band, that doesn’t mean he lacks experience. We had the opportunity to get familiar with many of his solo compositions, besides a black metal project he was working on for some time – Hunter’s Moon. We are looking forward to show you a song made with his contribution under the Akral Necrosis banner.
"Traian is not unknown in the local scene from Romania, being part of many underground bands over the years. A destroyer behind his drum kit, we believe this musical nomad has found a home and a fitting challenge with us. More...
Les Discrets Working On New Album
Les Discrets is currently working on a forthcoming album, and a teaser clip can be heard below. The band also comments:
"Nowadays, I'm preparing the recordings of the third Les Discrets album. I decided to record it by myself for once, considering there is a lot of electronic in it. I'll move to the countryside for 2 months in January to make the follow up to Ariettes Oubliées.
"My music has considerably evolved since two years, and I'm very excited that I found what I thought had disappeared: the will to make beautiful music. I'm using new instruments, many synthesizers, more reverb than ever and no drums anymore.
"I worked each song so much that I can't count the different versions, which I've never done in the past, and I guess the final output will be very cinematographic, atmospheric and terribly melancholic. It'll be very Les Discrets-ish but in quite a different approach.
"Also, the mixing of Live at Roadburn will soon start, for an expected release this year. So there is stuff to come from us! And because you're such cool people, here is a short preview of a demo." More...
Callisto Streaming "Pale Pretender"
The post-metal mavericks from Callisto today premiere the new track "Pale Pretender," which can be heard below, thanks to Decibel Magazine.
The track hails from the band's new album, "Secret Youth," set for international release on January 30th, 2015 via Svart Records. The track listing is as follows:
1. Pale Pretender
2. Backbone (streaming here)
3. Acts
4. The Dead Layer
5. Lost Prayer
6. Breasts of Mothers
7. Grey Light
8. Ghostwritten
9. Old Souls
10. Dam's Lair Road More...
Septicflesh Recruits New Drummer
Following the departure of long-time percussionist Fotis Benardo, Septicflesh now welcomes drummer Kerim “Krimh” Lechner (Decapitated, Behemoth ) to its ranks and the band is excited to start this new chapter with Kerim and look forward to get back on the road.
Krimh comments: "I feel very honored to join such a great band which has been one of my favorites since years. Septicflesh’s music is outstanding and unique. It is melodic and heavy but with groove. Exactly how I like it! I can't wait to start a new chapter with SF and see you on the road."
The Austrian drummer has already gained a strong reputation for his work with Decapitated (2009 - 2012). Before playing with the Polish death metal act he was part of the symphonic black metal band Thorns Of Ivy (2006 - 2009). Furthermore Lechner released a solo album entitled "Explore" in 2013 and helped Behemoth out on tour, while regular drummer Zbigniew Robert Prominski underwent surgery. More...
Outrun The Sunlight Streams "Achievement"
Outrun The Sunlight today streams "Achievement," which is the last of nine tracks to appear on upcoming album "Terrapin." Listen in below, and the band also comments:
"At last, we have reached the end, the final day before Terrapin is released. When I think back to when I first began demoing the ideas for this album, OTS consisted of mainly myself and my computer. Yes, Cody was there over Skype, but he lived in Michigan, working at a septic company while I was in film school, realizing that I did not feel as passionately about directing as I did about music.
"In my mind, Cody moved to Chicago for two reasons: he felt he needed a change, and he wanted to take OTS to a different level. I felt the same, but school consumed my time and energy, and a lot of the writing we planned to do was done very inefficiently, and with little direction.
"Cody started working at a boutique grocery store, quickly attaining a manger's position, and I graduated, taking a full-time position at a music production company. We've both grown as people, and as adults, all the while, working to grow this band. More...
Embrional Announces New Album
Two years after "Absolutely Anti-Human Behaviors," Polish death metal act Embrional returns with a refreshed line-up presenting a new full-length titled "The Devil Inside."
The album is due out on the 28th of February, 2015 through the unholy triumvirate of Hellthrasher Productions (LP), Old Temple (CD), and Third Eye Temple/Godz ov War (MC).
According to a press release, the album "comprises of 12 monstrous death metal tracks, crafted with technical sohpistication, where devastating blastbeats mix with hypnotizing slowdowns and nonroutine rhythms, roaring screams with whispering and moaning of the damned souls and sick harmonies with steady pillar of Death Metal tradition."
The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered between August 2013 and June 2014 at Warsaw's Sound Division Studio, once again with the help of the sound engineer Arek "Malta" Malczewski.
The full track listing and cover artwork are to be unveiled shortly after the New Year. For now, the band has unleashed a first single off the new album, which can be heard below. More...
The Midnight Ghost Train Posts New Video
Flowing beards and sweat dripping off the walls: two things that surely define Kansas-based trio The Midnight Ghost Train.
So how else could "Cold was the Ground" sound, if not like roaring amps, swamp-friendly sludge riffs, and feisty rawk`n`roll attitude nestled somewhere in between Weedeater and Red Fang?
"Cold was the Ground" - the third album by these Roadburn veterans - offers dark delta blues, Southern swagger and pure heaviness/ Today the band has released a video for the song "Gladstone," which can be seen below courtesy of The Obelisk. More...
Anthrax Enters The Studio
Anthrax, along with producer Jay Ruston, is currently in a Los Angeles studio recording the follow-up to the 2011 Grammy-nominated album "Worship Music."
The band - Charlie Benante/drums, Frank Bello/bass, Joey Belladonna/vocals, Scott Ian/guitars and Jon Donais/guitars - has been writing and demoing new songs over the past few months and plans to record well into January.
The as-yet-untitled album, the band's eleventh full studio collection, is set for a 2015 release (Megaforce Records). This video clip below was filmed the first day of recording. Stay tuned for more details. More...
Lamentations Of The Ashen Reveals Album Details
Lamentations of the Ashen - the blackened doom metal project of Bon Vincent Fry - will release the "Libertine Cyst" album on January 20th, 2015.
Consisting of four epic tracks, "Libertine Cyst" is the follow up to 2011's "EKIMMV." In regards to the album, Bon released the following statement:
"Finally, after 3 years, I am pleased to present my 3rd full-length album, 'Libertine Cyst' to the world. This album was the most challenging thing I've ever had to do musically. I was dealt an endless amount of obstacles (some self-created) which constantly resulted in delaying my progress.
"I feel that this record stands as a testament that the path of maximum resistance produces a more thoroughly honed work of art. I think the material contained here marks a new height in my song writing and atmosphere for this project. It's hard to express how pleased and relieved I am to finally have this behind me and shift my gaze even further into the blackness beyond the stars. This is where it ends for me, and starts for everyone else." More...
Belial Posts New Music Video Online
British extreme metal band Belial has posted a music video online for the song "Parasite," which is available to watch below.
The song comes from the group's self-titled debut EP, which will be made available as a free download this Thursday on the Belial official Facebook page.
Belial is currently in the process of booking live performances for next year, the first of which the group hopes to confirm shortly. More...
Rocka Rollas Announces New Vocalist
Swedish speed metal act Rocka Rollas released a video clip announcing Marcus Olkerud as the band's new vocalist. The band released the new album "The Road to Destruction" back in September via Stormspell Records, which had guitarist Cederick Forsberg (known as "Ced") manning the vocal duties since the departure of Joe Liszt.
The band commented: "We've been searching so fucking long for a worthy singer and finally we can take a breath and move forward!"
Check out the announcement clip here:
Angra Releases "Storm Of Emotions" Music Video
Brazilian progressive metal act Angra released a new music video for the new track "Storm Of Emotions." The song appears on the upcoming new album "Secret Garden," which is set for release by JVC in Asia on December 17th, via Universal Music in Brazil and Edel Music in Europe both on January 16, 2015 and then later in USA, Canada and Russia (date TBA).
The track list for the album is:
1. Newborn Me (see lyric video here)
2. Black Hearted Soul
3. Final Light
4. Storm of Emotions
5. Violet Sky
6. Secret Garden
7. Upper Levels
8. Crushing Room
9. Perfect Simmetry
10. Silent Call
Check out "Storm of Emotions" here: More...
Nifelheim, Ares Kingdom Named To Defenders Fest
The third annual Defenders of the Old Fest, which will be held from March 13-14, 2015 at the Bell House in Brooklyn, has added a third day for Sunday, March 15th featuring Sweden's Nifelheim and Kansas City's Ares Kingdom, plus two more acts to be announced.
The main festival will see headline performances from Riot (n/k/a Riot V) (on Friday, March 13th) and Canadian legends Exciter (back with the original lineup featuring drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler) (on Saturday, March 14th).
Two day tickets for the festival can be purchased at this location. Single day passes for Friday can be purchased over here and Saturday over here.
The lineups for the now three day festival are as follows:
Friday, March 13th:
Riot V
Liege Lord
Destructor
Machine of War (Featuring NME's Brian Llapitan to perform "Unholy Death" in its entirety)
Aggression (Canada) (Legendary Speed Metallers from Quebec. First show in the U.S.)
Magic Circle
Saturday, March 14th:
Exciter (The First U.S. show with the original Beehler, Johnson, Ricci, line-up in 30 years.They will be performing classics from the first 3 albums)
The Rods
Brocas Helm (First East Coast show)
High Spirits
October 31
Cauchemar
Natur More...
Marmor Posts "The Temple Of Light" Lyric Video
Brazilian based project Marmor, the symphonic rock opera which features a union of guest musicians from around the world, including Human Fortress/Symbolica/Astra vocalist Gus Monsanto, released a lyric video for the track "The Temple of Light." The song appears on the debut release "Alma Celta" (or "Celtic Soul"), which is available now digitally via iTunes.
The track listing for the release is:
1. 17th Day of the Moon
2. From My Heart
3. In the Forest
4. Sunshine
5. The Hanging Stones (Stonehenge)
6. The Secret Sea
7. Crushing Victory
8. The Temple of Light
9. Morning Light
10. Celtic Soul
Check out "The Temple Of Light" here: More...
Black Star Riders Streaming Title Track Of New LP
Black Star Riders have premiered the lyric video for the new track "The Killer Instinct" over at Classic Rock Magazine's website at this location (also in the player below). The song is the title track for the upcoming new release, which is set to drop on February 23, 2015 via Nuclear Blast Records.
The album is expected to come in various formats, including CD, 2CD Digibook and vinyl LP. The track listings for the CD and Digibook editions are:
CD:
1. The Killer Instinct
2. Bullet Blues
3. Finest Hour
4. Soldierstown
5. Charlie I Gotta Go
6. Blindsided
7. Through The Motions
8. Sex, Guns & Gasoline
9. Turn In Your Arms
10. You Little Liar
LIMITED 2CD DIGIBOOK:
1. The Killer Instinct
2. Bullet Blues
3. Finest Hour
4. Soldierstown
5. Charlie I Gotta Go
6. Blindsided
7. Through The Motions
8. Sex, Guns & Gasoline
9. Turn In Your Arms
10. You Little Liar More...
Marilyn Manson Posts New Track "Deep Six"
Marilyn Manson has released a new track entitled "Deep Six," taken from his upcoming album "The Pale Emperor" (out January 20th).
The track is available as an immediate download when you pre-order the album via iTunes.
You can listen to the new track now in the player below.
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