Metal News for December 24, 2015
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24 news articles posted on this day.
Nihilism Streaming First Track
Greek black metal outfit Nihilism was formed earlier this year by Chris Bonos as a solo project and was subsequently joined by George Spaias, Nick Bonos, and Dimitris Stournaras.
Check out the band's first-ever track "Cosmic Silence" below, which was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Infected Studios.
Flesh War Turns Sunday School Hymns Into Metal
This might be the most awesome thing sent to us in some time... a Canadian band called Flesh War started off with the idea of taking Sunday School hymns and making them metal as fuck.
In addition to a new EP of original tracks titled "The Victory Of Jesus Christ" (available below), the band decided to take the Veggie Tales theme song and give it a death metal twist. Enjoy and merry Christmas! The new EP's track listing is:
1. Hardcore Is His Grace 02:54
2. To God Alone 03:35
3. Rotting In Riches 04:13
4. The Victory of Jesus Christ 03:24
5. The One With Many Names 03:01 More...
Blynd Releases New Music Video
"Phobos" is the latest music video to come online from the Blynd album "Liber Sum," released on November 6th, 2015. Check it out below.
You can also see the previously released video clip for "Al-Kimiya" over at this location and read our interview with Blynd right here.
The new album's full track listing is as follows:
1. Bread and Circuses
2. Phobos
3. Barbarians
4. Aes Cyprium
5. In the Epicenter
6. Under High Seas (A Prelude to the King)
7. Liber Sum
8. Al-Kimiya
9. Invictus
10. The Kingdom Within More...
Nocturne Releasing New Album
Austrian black metal band Nocturne will release a self-titled debut album on January 15th, 2016 via Unlight Productions (a division of Drakkar Productions).
The album will feature nine abyssic hymns, including a cover of De Inferanli's "Sign Of The Dark." The full track listing is as follows:
1. Return To Chaos [7:53]
2. Eleven [5:01]
3. Into The Great Below [4:28]
4. Udinbak [6:09]
5. Nocturne [4:59]
6. Ama Lilith [7:12]
7. He Before Whom The Sky Shakes [7:34]
8. Son Of Darkness [5:32]
9. Sign Of The Dark [5:23] More...
Hopelezz Posts New Lyric Video
Hopelezz just released a new lyric video for the track "Bury Them All," taken off the "Sent To Destroy" album due out on February 26th. The album's full track listing is as follows:
1. Black Clouds to Come
2. Borderline
3. From Deep Inside
4. Insomnia
5. Dividing the Sea
6. Bury Them All
7. Sent to Destroy
8. In This Moment
9. Everything Beneath
10. We Are the Fire
11. Struggle for Life
12. A Poem's Death
13. Abschiedsbrief More...
:::Killcode::: Streaming "The Answer"
:::Killcode::: just finished tracking a new album produced by Joey Z (Life of Agony) that is currently in the mixing stages. The band just shared a track off the album - check "The Answer" below. You can also hear more music from the band at Reverbnation here. More...
Serpent Gaze Streaming New Track
Nepalese brutal death metal band Serpent Gaze has a new song online titled "Occurrence Of Madness," which can be heard below. You can also find more info on Serpent Gaze by heading over the band's Facebook profile here.
Mandragora Malevola Streaming New EP
Portuguese extreme metal band Mandragora Malevola consists of only two members: Kaos (ex-Triba) and Igniferum (Everto Signum, Carma).
You can hear the band's latest three-track release "Black Flame ov Illumination" in full below, or download it for free at Bandcamp here. The track listing is as follows:
1. Mandragora Malevola 01:44
2. Arkangelvs Satanis (The Red Moon Wolves) 06:01
3. Apotheosis (Hvmana Manifestvs) 07:13 More...
Soulspell Covers "My Heart Will Go On"
As a Christmas gift to fans, Brazilian melodic heavy metal band Soulspell has released a new music video covering "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic and originally performed by Celine Dion. Check out this new rendition of the track below.
One Day Waiting Posts "Worse Than Death" Video
One Day Waiting just released a music video for the track “Worse Than Death” in support of latest album “The Key,” released earlier this year. The music video was recorded on December 11th at The Studio - Webster Hall in NYC and directed by Ignacio Orellana (Pirosaint’s drummer).
Formed in 2013 in Hudson Valley, One Day Waiting's latest album “The Key” was recorded and mixed by Roy Thompson at at New Paltz Recording Studios and mastered by Mike Kalajian. More...
Like Animals Releasing New EP
Like Animals will release the "Feral" EP on January 22nd, 2016 and today the opening track has come online for streaming. Check out the title song below, while the full track listing is as follows:
1. Feral (4:30)
2. The Lions Share (4:00)
3. Lounge Lizard (4:26)
4. Caterwaul (3:15)
5. The Jungle Book of Love (3:31) More...
Testing Tomorrow Working On New Songs
L.A. band Testing Tomorrow just checked in with the following announcement about working on new material to see release next year:
"Hello friends and fans, we're currently writing some great new songs for you that will be released in 2016.
"As of late we've been working with Australian guitarist and song writer Jimmy Thompson. Jimmy has a long list of credits including: Helmet, Sleeping Giant, and Full Scale.
"Things are going great and we look forward to seeing you soon! Happy holidays." More...
Evertrapped Posts "Lethal District" Playthrough
After delivering relentless brutal melodic death metal on recently released third studio album "Under The Deep," Montreal's Evertrapped has now released a multi-cam playthrough video for the song "Lethal District."
Vocalist James Brookes comments on the video: “Instead of just doing a performance video, we actually wanted to show people the actual technical side of our music but in a fun way. We set up a few elements of our stage gear and just played it a bunch of times. It's like doing a workshop for people so they can almost get a real feel of how the song is constructed." More...
Overunit Machine Posts "Unholy Messiah" Video
Overunit Machine recently signed with Sliptrick Records for the release of new album "Aldaraja," which was mixed and mastered by Logan Mader and produced by Eddy Cavazza and Giuseppe “Dualized” Bassi at Dysfunction Production.
In support of the release, Overunit Machine just released a video for "Unholy Messiah." The clip is available below and was directed and produced by Andrea Guarascio and the 4Frame crew.
Renaissance Kids Releases New Video
Metalcore outfit Renaissance Kids has released a new music video for second single "I Can See Everything." The single comes from the band's recent debut EP, "Another Life," which released in late November.
Drummer Chris Schuler comments: “Elegance meets deception, beauty engulfed by destruction; “I Can See Everything” is visually endearing. Amazing scenery and stunning CGI will take you on a journey to another world in Another Life.”
If you like what you hear below, be sure to also check out the track "Time Froze And You Set The Fire" at this location. More...
Vampires Everywhere Posts New Single
Los Angeles group Vampires Everywhere just launched brand new single "Black Betty." This is the first peice of new music the band has put out since 2012, and it will be featured on forthcoming full-length album "Ritual," due out in early 2016.
Vocalist Michael Vampire explains, "This song is special to me because it represents a part of my life where someone I cared about betrayed my trust. I learned a lot from that situation in particular and thought it to be song worthy. The human desire for fame and recognition spark some of our most primitive actions." More...
Jim Breuer Hosting New Metal Podcast
Comedian Jim Breuer (ex-Saturday Night Live cast member, Half Baked) makes it very well known that he is a huge fan of heavy metal, so it comes as no surprise that Breuer has launched a new podcast series called "The Metal in Me.”
The show’s inaugural episode can be downloaded now at this location and a new episode will be posted each week featuring interviews with some of today's elite metal and hard rock artists. The following press release was also issued about the new show:
"The show is hosted by Jim Breuer and if you love Van Halen, Judas Priest, Metallica, Ozzy and old & new Hard Rock or Metal then you will LOVE this. It's the lighter side of it all with big name guests, impressions, bits and an ensemble cast of Jim's musical friends. This Podcast is unlike any other out there and let the hilarity commence."
Khazaddum Streaming "In Dwarven Halls"
Khazaddum is a J.R.R. Tolkien based death metal band from Milwaukee, established in 2014. The goal was to create music that captured the epic feel and scope of storytelling comprising the immense Tolkien mythology. Check out the new three track "In Dwarven Halls" release below. The track listing is as follows:
1. The Grey Thus Commands 05:06
2. Durin's Bane 04:38
3. Thorin Oakenshield 05:58 More...
Machinergy Posts "Sounds Evolution" Video
Portugal trio Machinergy just released a new video for the song "Sounds Evolution" from the 2014 album with the same name.
The band spent the last few months working on this ambitious video clip. Vocalist Rui Vieira comments: "We record it all in chroma key. This technique allow us to create the background we wish during the editing."
"Sounds Evolution" is dominated by green tones and there is a reason for that. The song deals with the unstable and fragile Mother Nature but it goes further than that, with Rui adding: "We wanted to denounce the big business that nature is nowadays. Big worlwide corporations could care less about pollution. In fact, they advocate it and make us pay tons of taxes in the name of recycling and other stuff but at the same time they produce in Pakistan, India and China anyhow, at any price. That's why the chorus is 'beware the green lie.'" More...
Rob Zombie's New Movie Gets NC-17 Rating
Seems like we've been posting news about Rob Zombie's new killer clown movie "31" forever, but its finally wrapped up.
Unfortunately, it won't be coming to theaters anytime soon, at least not in its current version, as the film received an NC-17 rating. Zombie comments:
"Well, after two tries through the MPAA our rating on '31' remains NC-17. Maybe three is the charm to get an R rating. Why R you ask? Well, because your local theater will not show an NC-17. Even though you are a fucking adult... things much be censored for your enjoyment."
Personally I think he's missing the silver lining here. He could make a big campaign about how his movie is "too brutal for theaters" and get all his fans to download it VOD and probably make more money, but I doubt that will happen, as everybody is stuck in the past on theatrical releases still. More...
Borealis Premieres New Cover "No Easy Way Out"
Canadian power/progressive metal act Borealis premieres a new song entitled "No Easy Way Out" (Robert Tepper Cover). Says the band: "Hey folks! "Purgatory" was released earlier this year and to keep things rolling we went back to the studio to record some new music. Today we present to you a cover of "No Easy Way Out", originally performed by Robert Tepper - and well known from being the soundtrack of the movie Rocky IV!"
Check out now "No Easy Way Out" below.
Adelitas Way Premieres New Song "Bad Reputation"
Las Vegas outfit Adelitas Way premieres a new song entitled "Bad Reputation", taken from the upcoming new album "Getaway", which will be out in stores in February 2016 via The Fuel Music Records.
Check out now "Bad Reputation" below.
Full Of Hell Premieres Full-Album Stream Of New EP
Full Of Hell premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new 7? "Amber Mote In The Black Vault", which will be out in stores January 08th via Bad Teeth Recordings.
Check out now the EP "Amber Mote In The Black Vault" in its entirety below.
Power Trip Premieres New Song & Live Clip
Texas-based crossover outfit Power Trip premieres a new song and multi-camera live clip entitled "Waiting Around to Die. Power Trip hit the studio last month to record a new album with producer Arthur Rizk.
Check out now "Waiting Around to Die" below.
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