Metal News for December 16, 2016
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Phil Anselmo Teams Up With Bill Moseley
Horror icon Bill Moseley - most notable as Chop Top in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, and Otis in Rob Zombie's House Of 1000 Corpses and Devil's Rejects - recently joined forces with extreme music legend Philp H. Anselmo for a very special collaborative release entitled "Songs Of Darkness And Despair."
Set for official unveiling on January 20th ,2017 via Anselmo's own Housecore Records, the five-track offering was produced and performed by Anselmo and Stephen "The Big Fella" Berrigan and mastered by Scott Hull of Visceral Sound.
"Songs Of Darkness And Despair" includes guest appearances by Kevin Bond (Superjoint) on guitar, Squizzy Squires (King Parrot) on bass and guitar, and José "Blue" Gonzalez (Superjoint, Warbeast) on percussion. More...
All Pigs Must Die Touring With Gust
All Pigs Must Die just announced a European tour with Southern Lord labelmates Gust. Full venue details can be found below.
The unification of musicians in All Pigs Must Die -- including members of Converge, The Hope Conspiracy, Bloodhorse, and The Red Chord -- also head into Godcity Studio this month to record a third album, which will emerge in the new year through Southern Lord.
3/31/2017 Bla - Oslo, NO
4/01/2017 Kajskjul 46 - Gothenburg, SE
4/02/2017 Hafenklang - Hamburg, DE
4/03/2017 Baroeg - Rotterdam, NL
4/04/2017 Jubez - Karlsruhe
4/05/2017 Kiff - Aarau, CH
4/06/2017 Gibus - Paris, FR
4/07/2017 Ritual Warm Up Show - London, UK [no GUST]
4/08/2017 Ritual Festival - Leeds, UK [no GUST] More...
Anthrax Issues Open Letter To Irving Azoff
Anthrax has issued an open letter to Irving Azoff, who apparently has begun legal proceedings against the Radio Music License Committee over radio rates for song writers. The band comments:
"Dear Mr. Azoff, as artists and songwriters, we certainly appreciate anyone's efforts to see that we are paid a fair wage for the use of our music, 'fair pay for fair play,' as your lawsuit against the Radio Music License Committee states. As a result of your suit, our understanding is that as of January 1, 2017, more than 10,000 U.S.-based radio stations could be fined if they program songs written by a songwriter represented by your company, Global Music Rights, without first obtaining the proper license. We certainly understand and respect that.
"However, you've included Anthrax on your 'What Songs are in the Global Music Rights repertoire' and that mere inclusion presents a skewed and unjust misrepresentation of the complete facts. This could be very damaging to us and to our fellow performers who may find themselves in a similar situation. More...
Skelethal To Release New Album
Hells Headbangers is proud to announce the signing of Skelethal for the band's debut full-length album, whose title will soon be revealed.
Hailing from the now-fertile French death metal scene, Skelethal comprise two diehard death metal addicts, Gui Haunting and Jon Whiplash, who decided in early 2012 to form a band mainly influenced by the genre's classics: Entombed, Carnage, Morbid Angel, Pestilence, Autopsy, and Death among others.
With that foundation firmly in place, Skeletal unleashed the "Morbid Ovation: demo in 2012 and then two critically acclaimed EPs in 2014, "Deathmanicvs Revelation" and "Interstellar Knowledge of the Purple Entity," which were later compiled onto CD in 2015 as "Morbid Revelations."
A statement from the band reads: "It’s with substantial pleasure that Skelethal announces the signing with Hells Headbangers for the release of ourfirst full-length album. A blast of nine morbid songs written and played with devotion to cosmic horrors and inspired by pioneers death metal acts - expect raw and filthy tunes ordered from beyond and hammered without mercy. More info to come in early 2017." More...
Wulkanaz Teases New Album
Helter Skelter Productions and Regain Records are proud to present you a trailer for Swedish group Wulkanaz and impending album "Paralys." Check it out below, and pre-orders are online at this location.
Fleshgod Apocalypse Posts Tour Trailer
Less than one month is left until the symphonic death metal masters from Fleshgod Apocalypse will embark on a European headline tour.
The Italians are working on a brand-new show for this upcoming trek. Support will come from Dutch horror metallers Carach Angren and also Italian-based symphonic death metal group Nightland.
A tour trailer can be seen below, and currently announced dates are as follows:
07.01. D Munich - Backstage
08.01. A Graz - Explosiv
09.01. SLO Ljubljana - Orto Bar
10.01. H Budapest - Dürer Kert
11.01. A Vienna - Arena
12.01. CZ Prague - Futurum
14.01. CH Zurich - Dynamo
15.01. F Dunkerque - 4 Ecluses
16.01. NL Nijmegen - Doornroosje
17.01. NL Eindhoven - Dynamo
18.01. F Paris - Le Petit Bain
19.01. UK London - Underworld
20.01. B Vosselaar - Biebob
21.01. D Lindau - Vaudeville
22.01. F Annecy - Le Brise Glace
24.01. E Barcelona - Razzmatazz 2
25.01. E Madrid - Arena
26.01. E Bilbao - Stage Live
27.01. F Nantes - Le Ferrailleur
28.01. F Metz - Haunting The Chapel More...
Aversions Crown Posts "The Soulless Acolyte"
Brisbane alien metallers Aversions Crown just released brand new song "The Soulless Acolyte" - listen in below.
"'The Soulless Acoloyte' is one of my favourite tracks off the album, and another big piece of the 'Xenocide' puzzle to decipher," comments vocalist Mark Poida. "The dudes ripped it on this song; the drums shred and it totally slams!"
New Aversions Crown album "Xenocide" will be released on the 20th of January via Nuclear Blast and will bear the following track listing:
1. Void
2. Prismatic Abyss
3. The Soulless Acolyte
4. Hybridization
5. Erebus
6. Ophiophagy
7. The Oracles Of Existence
8. Cynical Entity
9. Stillborn Existence
10. Cycles of Haruspex
11. Misery
12. Odium More...
Lo-Pan Streaming "Go West"
"In Tensions" is the forthcoming five-song EP from Columbus, Ohio riff rockers Lo-Pan, and the band's first release via Aqualamb Records.
This album marks the next stage in the band's ever-evolving direction, anchored by the lead single "Go West," an optimistic, sun-kissed, open highway anthem available below.
"It's about setting out to accomplish a goal and then having that goal change along the way and ultimately realizing the new goal was better than what you wanted in the first place," singer Jeff Martin elaborates of the track. "It's also about getting out and doing something.... So keep moving forward. Keeping progressing. Keep evolving." More...
Nine Inch Nails Releasing New EP
A handful of days ago Rolling Stone asked Trent Reznor about his vow to release new Nine Inch Nails material in 2016, with Reznor playing coy and teasing that something might still be coming.
Turns out he wasn't just yanking your chains, as a Nine Inch Nails EP will drop on December 23rd!
Pre-orders for "Not The Actual Events" can be made right here. The EP finds Reznor and now official bandmate Atticus Ross taking an unexpected left turn from 2013’s "Hesitation Marks" and sounding unrecognizable from the duo's current film work.
“It’s an unfriendly, fairly impenetrable record that we needed to make” says Reznor. “It’s an EP because that ended up being the proper length to tell that story.” More...
Steel Panther Sets Out To "Lower The Bar"
Rock 'n roll fans looking to turn up the holiday cheer this season, look no further. Today parody / tribute band Steel Panther debuts a sing-a-long music video for "Anything Goes," the latest single off upcoming album, "Lower The Bar."
With "Anything Goes," fanthers can sing along in a spectacular psychedelic fashion with on screen lyrics about Charlie Sheen, unicorns, and hand grenades. It’s the music video all your friends will be talking about at this year’s holiday party.
Steel Panther will officially "Lower The Bar" this coming March 24th, pushed back a month from the original release date as drummer Stix Zadinia recently checked out of rehab after battling alcohol addiction.
“After months of touring the world, my taste for whiskey and chipotle finally got the better of me and my stomach,” said Stix. “I’d like to apologize to my friends, family, and especially Satchel, whose bottom bunk on the tour bus was on the receiving end of my many blacked out bouts of explosive diarrhea. Now that I’ve had time to clear my mind, and my intestines, I can get back to doing lines with all of you on the upcoming 2017 Girls in a Row Tour."
"Lower The Bar" is Steel Panther’s fourth studio album and is the follow-up to tho 2014 chart topper, "All You Can Eat." The new album's track listing is as follows: More...
Soto Releases Michael Jackson Cover
Soto, featuring hard rock vocalist Jeff Scott Soto, just released a new video/single and cover of the Michael Jackson classic "Give In To Me" as a free holiday giveaway/download.
The video was produced and edited by Brian Zaba for Zaba Productions and can be seen below. You can also download a copy via SoundCloud here.
Jeff Scott Soto comments: "We literally recorded this 10 days ago, vocals and bass were done on days off during the TSO tour. Special nod on backing vocals to my TSO boys, Andrew Ross, Phillip Brandon, Dino Jelusic & John Brink, they knocked them out in seconds in the dressing room! Thanks to everyone who took their holiday hours away so we could get it to you for yours, ENJOY!!!" More...
Psycholies Announces U.K. Shows
Industrial dark glam metallers Psycholies will embark on a first-ever U.K. trek in early 2017. Dates are as follows:
February 09 - Edinburgh @ Bannermans Bar
February 10 - Oxford @ Wheatsheap Oxford
February 11 - Carlisle @ Rockmantic Weekender
Psycholies released debut album “Inner Labyrinth” worldwide on November 25th via Trisol Music Group. A music video for the "F.U.L." track can be seen over here. More...
Primal Attack Announces New Album
Three years after the release of the debut “Humans," Portuguese thrash metal five-piece Primal Attack returns with sophomore album “Heartless Oppressor.”
Produced, mixed, and mastered by guitarist/backing vocalist Miguel Tereso, “Heartless Oppressor” is set for release in February via Rastilho Records and sees the Lisbon-based group expanding its musical palette, incorporating new influences from prog, industrial and even rock without ever compromising the pummeling metallic heaviness of thrash metal roots.
Just recently, Primal Attack shared a lyric video for the album’s first single “The Prodigal One” - check it out below. Thew album's track listing is as follows:
1. Red Silence
2. Halfborn
3. The Prodigal One
4. Truth And Consequence
5. Strike Back
6. Heart and Bones
7. Hypersonic Generation
8. Above The Live
9. XXI Century Curse More...
Darkest Hour Streaming "Knife In The Safe Room"
Darkest Hour today streams first new music from the band’s forthcoming album, "Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora" (due out March 10th via Southern Lord Recordings). Check out “Knife in the Safe Room” below.
"This song sets the tone for the album both lyrically and sonically,” explains Darkest Hour guitar player Mike Schleibaum. “While this may be the most fierce album we have ever released, its depth and sonic richness are sure to be discovered as the listener dives in. Thematically this song has a dual purpose. On the surface it is a classic Darkest Hour song, ripe with the reflection of today’s bleak modern age but as you peel back the lyrics and ideas contained within the album story unfolds, one that is all too common in human history. This is the beginning, it is part bitter reflection of the way things are and part anthem for those who struggle to survive as the world encircles them. To quote Nina Simone: 'An artists duty is to reflect the times,' with that we hold a mirror to the face of all things truly horrific and give you, ‘The Knife in the Safe Room.’"
The album's full track listing is as follows:
1. Knife in the Safe Room
2. This is the Truth
3. Timeless Numbers
4. None of This is the Truth
5. The Flesh & The Flowers of Death
6. Those Who Survived
7. Another Headless Ruler of the Used
8. Widowed
9. Enter Oblivion
10. The Last of the Monuments
11. In the Name of Us All
12. Beneath It Sleeps More...
Aposento To Record New Album
Spanish death metal band Aposento is finalizing details to enter the studio in early 2017 and record a second full-length album for Xtreem Music titled "Bleed To Death."
This impending album will feature vocalist Mark Berserk, who joined the back in 2014, as well as new members Gabri (drums) and Sergio (guitar).
Aposento released a self-titled debut album a few years back, which can still be heard in full below. Stay tuned for more details on "Bleed To Death" to arrive in early 2017. More...
Darren Cowan Photgraphy Releasing 2017 Calendars
Death metal and black metal calendars for 2017 have been made by photo journalist Darren Cowan. Each calendar is the culmination of a decade of shows Cowan attended in Michigan and Texas.
The calendars are the first glimpse of an impending series of concert books dubbed the "New Millennium Metal Concert Guide." Several books are in the works including the namesake debut, featuring 100 live reports and galleries of photos. Look for it on shelves before the end of 2017. Future editions will include a historical perspective on the metal that shaped the live music capital of the world: Austin, Texas.
To order a black or death metal calendar, email darrenmcowan[at]gmail.com or visit his concert photography page here. More...
Queensryche Posts "Bulletproof" Video
Having just completed the year-long "Condition Human" world tour, heavy metal icon Queensryche is proud to release a new music video for the song "Bulletproof." Speaking about the story behind the track as well as the new video, vocalist Todd La Torre comments:
"'Bulletproof' is a journey through a relationship gone bad, however painful the relationship is you still find a way to persevere. We elected to present the song in a live setting as a sharp contrast to the videos we've done for the 'Condition Human' album to help bring this chapter to a close and start the next journey." More...
Senior Fellows Streaming Full Album
Our mission is to bring new metal to all of you, but sometimes you bring new metal to us! That was the case with this year's reader poll for best album of 2016, where a band we hadn't even been covering managed to beat out Metallica.
We're of course paying attention to Senior Fellows now for obviously having such a dedicated fan base to come vote. The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based sludge band released latest album "The Christened Remains of an Evolutionary Catastrophe" last month, and you can now stream all the tracks below. More...
Acranius Releasing New Album
Based in Germany, brutal slamming death metal unit Acranius is gearing up for the January 27th, 2017 release of 3rd full-length album "Reign Of Terror" through Rising Nemesis Records. The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Lasse Lammert at LSD Studio in Lübeck, Germany.
The first single/music video from "Reign Of Terror," called "Kingmaker," launched today and can be seen below. Pre-orders for "Reign Of Terror" are available now at this location.
1. Born A King
2. Kingmaker
3. Return To Violence
4. Outlaw
5. Built On Tradition
6. The True Reign
7. Warpath
8. Battle Scars
9. The Executioner
10. Died A Liar More...
2nd "Return To Roots" Tour Announced
Following the success of this fall's 20th anniversary "Return To Roots" tour, Max & Iggor Cavalera are pleased to announce an upcoming second leg of the tour, hitting additional markets from February 9th, 2017 through early March.
Several new cities will witness the legendary Sepultura classic album Roots performed in its entirety each night by Max, Iggor, Marc Rizzo (Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, Ill Niño) and Tony Campos (Soulfly, Static-X, Ministry, Fear Factory). Kicking off in Las Vegas, the tour will feature support from Immolation and Full Of Hell.
Very special meet & greet passes can be purchased at the merch booth each night. Fans will be given the opportunity to take a photo with Max and Iggor, and they will each sign a "Roots" CD, cassette or vinyl. More...
Kreator Admits "Satan Is Real"
German legends Kreator have dropped another slab of thrash - with the release of the music video for the new song "Satan Is Real." The song appears on the upcoming new album "Gods of Violence," which was just voted in the MetalUnderground.com's 2016 Staff Awards as the Most Anticipated Album of 2017.
"Gods Of Violence" drops on January 27th via Nuclear Blast Records. The album was recorded under the watchful eyes of producer Jens Bogren (Opeth, Amon Amarth, Katatonia) who also mixed the record at renowned Fascination Street Studios. Mastering was done by Tony Lindgren, also at Fascination Street Studios.
The album's track listing is:
1. Apocalypticon
2. World War Now
3. Satan Is Real
4. Totalitarian Terror
5. Gods Of Violence (see music video here)
6. Army Of Storms
7. Hail To The Hordes
8. Lion With Eagle Wings
9. Fallen Brother
10. Side By Side
11. Death Becomes My Light
Check out "Satan Is Real" here: More...
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The Best And Worst Of Heavy Metal In 2016
We're at the end of the year already somehow? It was a big one for me personally as my head banging, bouncer moshing son arrived in May ready to throw the horns straight out of the womb!
There was a whole lot going on in the metal world as well to mark the year of his birth, with about equal parts good, bad, and utterly bizarre.
With the notable exception of one long-dormant mega band whose name is on everyone's lips, it seems like the reunion / reboot craze has finally come to a rest, for now anyway, and we can once again forget about all those broken up '80s and '90s groups seeking another day in the spotlight.
That paved the way for both a crop of new bands (and there were some awesome newcomers this year!) and long-running groups who never called it quits to show us what they could do throughout 2016.
The Good: Metal Highlights of 2016
It was back in 2015 that we started asking why there wasn't more heavy metal invading the world of PC and console gaming, and this year we actually saw some new additions. The top-down bullet hell wonder of "Metal Tales: Fury Of The Guitar Gods" just arrived last month, while the rhythm game / RPG "Metronomicon" landed at the end of September. 
The beginning of the year was also marked by the very metaltastic "Slain," drawing heavily from early Castlevania, and while it had an incredibly rocky launch, reviews are steadily getting more positive as patches are released.
On the music front, this was unquestionably the year of thrash!
New albums arrived from Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, and even the long-awaited return of the band everyone loves to hate, Metallica (although as our reader poll and CROMCarl's review show, there's clearly still some fans out there in the metal underground). More...
Ex Deo Recounts "The Rise Of Hannibal"
Symphonic death giants Ex Deo have unleashed the first song from the upcoming new album "The Immortal Wars." Check out "The Rise Of Hannibal" in the player below.
"The Immortal Wars" drops on February 24th via Napalm Records. The album offers epic war scenarios, highly melodic death metal and orchestral anthems that demand those fists in the air!
EX DEO spread the word of Rome and state: "People of Rome, there is a threat looming from Carthage, a force has awaken and we most stop The Rise of Hannibal, the soundtrack to ancient Rome is here, you have waited so long... Raise your Gladius in pride!"
The album's track listing is:
1. The Rise of Hannibal
2. Hispania (The Siege of Saguntum)
3. Crossing of the Alps
4. Suavetaurilia (Intermezzo)
5. Cato Major: Carthago delenda est!
6. Ad Victoriam (The Battle of Zama)
7. The Spoils of War
8. The Roman
Check out "The Rise Of Hannibal" here: More...
Lancer Streams New Song For "Future Millennia"
Swedish power metal act Lancer is streaming the new song "Future Millennia." The song is the third track released from the upcoming new album "Mastery," which drops on January 13th via Nuclear Blast Records. Pre-orders can be made at this location.
The track listing for the album is:
1. Dead Raising Towers
2. Future Millennia
3. Mastery (see music video here)
4. Victims of the Nile
5. Iscariot (see lyric video here)
6. Follow Azrael
7. Freedom Eaters
8. World Unknown
9. Widowmaker
10. Envy of the Gods
11. The Wolf and the Kraken
Check out "Future Millennia" here: More...
Mors Principium Est Set To "Reclaim The Sun"
Finnish based melodic death metal act Mors Principium Est issued the first full length taste from the upcoming new album "Embers of a Dying World." Check out the video for the first single "Reclaim the Sun" in the player below.
"Embers of a Dying World" drops in Europe and the U.S. on February 10th via AFM Records. The track listing is as follows:
1. Genesis
2. Reclaim the Sun
3. Masquerade
4. Into the Dark
5. The Drowning
6. Death Is the Beginning
7. The Ghost
8. In Torment
9. Agnus Dei
10. The Colours of the Cosmos
11. Apprentice of Death
Check out the video here: More...
Soen Streams New Song "Sectarian"
Swedish progressive metal act Soen, featuring the otherworldly-driven drumming of Martin Lopez (formerly of Amon Amarth and Opeth) and the dynamic voice of Joel Ekelöf (Willowtree), is streaming the new song "Sectarian," which you can check out below. The song is the opening track from the third studio album "Lykaia," which is set to drop on February 3rd via UDR Music.
Pre-orders for "Lykaia" can be made at this location.
The track listing for the album is:
1. Sectarian
2. Orison
3. Lucidity
4. Opal
5. Jinn
6. Sister
7. Stray
8. Paragon
Check out "Sectarian" here: More...
"Hope" Spreads Forth From Mord'A'Stigmata
The fourth full-length work in the discography of Mord’A’Stigmata is planned for a February 17th release via Pagan Records. "Hope" is a follow-up to 2013's critically acclaimed "Ansia," which exposed the band to the global spotlight. The record's enigmatic cover artwork (shown below) was created by Bartek Rogalewicz (Rogi, Non Opus Dei). "Hope" will be available on CD, LP and digital.
Mord’A’Stigmata mainman, Static (guitars), explains: “I once said 'Ansia' was so personal that I needed time to take some rest from the whole experience. I needed distance and the clearing of thoughts before I hit the new ideas. Back then, I couldn't even imagine the circumstances under which the music and words for the fourth major Mord'A'Stigmata release will be written. I was given a choice: either to go for an extreme emotional exposure or wait another two or three years for the works to commence. The creative hunger prevailed and so did the weird need of reopening the wounds, hoping that things would someday be as they used to.
"This is what this record is about. It is hard for me to call the music on 'Hope' black metal. Anyway, I get the impression that the term is frequently abused and given a wrong meaning nowadays. As usual, we came up with a mixture of styles to be named by people wiser than us. We play more with hearts than with heads and do not intend to play someone we are not. And that's actually what 'Hope' is, the music of pure emotions.”
The track listing for the album is:
1. Hope
2. The Tomb from Fear and Doubt
3. To Keep the Blood
4. In Less Than No Time More...
Deathless Legacy Streams New Song
Italy's Deathless Legacy - featuring Vision Divine keyboardist Alessio Lucatti (as Pater Blaurot) - is streaming the new song "Headless Horseman." The song will appear on the upcoming third studio release "Dance With Devils," expected to drop on January 27th via Scarlet Records.
More information on the album is expected very soon. Check out the new song here:
Edenbridge Releases "Shiantara" Lyric Video
Symphonic metal act Edenbridge issued a lyric video for the new song "Shiantara." Check it out in the player below. The song appears on the new album "The Great Momentum," which will be released as a 2CD digipak, 180g gatefold double vinyl LP, digital download, limited edition boxset (limited to 500 featuring 2CD digipak, vinyl, signed autograph card, mousepad, poster, button, sticker and patch) and audio stream on February 17th via Steamhammer/SPV Records.
The track listing for the album is:
1. Shiantara
2. The Die Is Not Cast
3. The Moment Is Now
4. Until The End Of Time
5. The Visitor
6. Return To Grace
7. Only A Whiff Of Life
8. A Turnaround In Art
9. The Greatest Gift Of All
Check out "Shiantara" here: More...
Apocalypse Orchestra Posts Third Studio Report
Swedish medieval metal outfit Apocalypse Orchestra released the third video studio in a series of reports for the upcoming debut record which is expected via Despotz Records in 2017. Details of the album have yet to be disclosed.
Apocalypse Orchestra was formed by mult-instrumentalists Mikael (Vocals, guitars, mandola, lute and cittern) and Erik (Hurdy gurdy, mandola, bagpipes, backing vocals) who developed a bond over their mutual love of the unlikely combination of folk music and doom metal. With a foundation of original music and lyrics the duo also decided to incorporate melodies stemming from as far back as the 11th century, the goal was to create a musical homage to a long gone era.
The songs tell stories of plagues, of hell and the senseless acts of war and suffering, all while weaving a romantic era thread combined with the crushing modern metal mentality that only Apocalypse Orchestra can deliver.
In the latest clip - which you can check out here - acoustics and percussion are recorded: More...
Replacire Streams New Song "Do Not Deviate"
Boston tech death act Replacire is streaming the new song "Do Not Deviate." Enjoy the track in the player below. The song is the title track of the band's upcoming sophomore album, the first new material in five years. The album drops on March 17th via Season of Mist Records.
Pre-orders for the album can be made at this location. The track list is as follows:
1. Horsestance
2. Act, Reenact
3. Built upon the Grave of He Who Bends
4. Any Promise
5. Cold Repeater
6. Reprise
7. Moonbred Chains
8. Do Not Deviate
9. Spider Song
10. Traveling Through Abyss
11. Enough for One More...
Firewind Posts "Ode To Leonidas" Video Clip
Firewind released a new video clip for the song "Ode To Leonidas." The song appears on the upcoming new album "Immortals," which drops on January 20, 2017 via AFM Records in North America and Century Media in Europe.
The track listing for the album is as follows:
1. Hands Of Time (song streaming here)
2. We Defy
3. Ode To Leonidas
4. Back On The Throne
5. Live And Die By The Sword
6. Wars Of Ages
7. Lady Of 1000 Sorrows
8. Immortals
9. Warriors And Saints
10. Rise From The Ashes
11. Vision Of Tomorrow (Bonus Track on Digipak)
Check out the clip here: More...
Trollfest Unleashes "Steel Sarah"
Norwegian folk metal act Trollfest released a new single and video clip for the song "Steel Sarah." The song will appear on the band's upcoming new album "Helluva," which drops on February 24th. More information on the album is expected soon.
The band commented: "We are proud to introduce to you STEEL SARAH!! She is strong and feminine, brave and tender, stern but fair!! Follow her on her adventures as she slays the terrible evil snakes!"
The clip was directed and edited by Dr. Leif and Trollfest. Check it out here:
Cowardice Debuts New Song "No Sovereignty"
New Jersey’s Cowardice debuts a new song titled "No Sovereignty", taken from the upcoming debut album "Without Condolence", which will be self-released on December 29, 2016 via Bandcamp.
Check out now "No Sovereignty" below.
Kreator Premieres New Song "Earth Under The Sword"
Kreator premieres a new song entitled "Earth Under The Sword". Though new, the track will not appear on the band’s next album,”Gods Of Violence“, which hits stores on January 27th.
Check out now "Earth Under The Sword" below.
Just For Fun
Sock Puppet Parody Streaming New Immortal Parody
The people of Sock Puppet Parody premiere a new Immortal-themed parody video, "Immortal Christmas III – Inquisition". The clip was directed and edited by Brady Tulk produced by
Johnny Zero-Forever.
Check out now "Immortal Christmas III – Inquisition" below.
Galactic Empire Premieres New Playthrough Video
Galactic Empire - the "Star Wars" themed metal band featuring members of Century, etc. - premieres a new song entitled "A Galactic Empire Story", taken from the upcoming self-titled debut album, which will arrive in stores on February 03rd via Rise Records.
Check out now "A Galactic Empire Story" below.
Polyphia Debuts New Music Video "Lit"
Polyphia debuts a new music video for "Lit" and is currently working on a new EP.
Polyphia has previously announced the dates for its early 2017 tour , "The Lit AF Tour", with Jason Richardson (ex-Chelsea Grin/Born Of Osiris) and Covet. Dates for that trek can be found below: More...
Hour Of Penance Premieres "The Chains Of Misdeed"
Italian death metal band Hour Of Penance premieres a new song entitled "The Chains Of Misdeed", taken from the upcoming new album "Cast The First Stone", which Prosthetic Records will release on January 27th.
Check out now "The Chains Of Misdeed" below.
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