Metal News for February 11, 2015
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Rocksmith 2014 Gets Seether DLC
Rocksmith 2014 Gets Seether DLC
Rocksmith 2014 Gets Three Seether Songs as DLC
You can now learn to play three hits by the South African hard rock group Seether. “Fake It,” “Remedy,” and “Broken” by Seether featuring Amy Lee are now available today on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and Steam. The songs will be available tomorrow for players in territories served by the EU PlayStation Store due to differences in publishing times.
“Fake It” – D Drop C - Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Remedy” – Eb Drop Db – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Broken” by Seether featuring Amy Lee – Eb Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
Abscession Releases New Video
Swedish death metal outfit Abscession recently released debut album, "Grave Offerings," and today a new music video has been revealed. Check out the gruesome slasher of a track "Cabin 13" below.
"Grave Offerings" is available as both CD and vinyl through this location or digitally at Bandcamp. The track listing is:
1. Where Sleeping Gods Dwell
2. Gargoyle
3. In My Coffin
4. Cabin 13
5. Blowtorch Blues
6. Freshly Dug Graves
7. Plague Bearer
8. The Ruiner
9. Engorged with Gore
10. Downfall
Allegaeon Plans To "Get Rekt"
Colorado's Allegaeon will be back on the road in March with appearances at SXSW, Texas Independence Fest, and the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival.
The "Get Rekt" tour begins on March 18th, and all of the currently confirmed dates can be found in the list below.
The dates are part of Allegaeon's continuing campaign in support of "Elements of the Infinite" (reviewed here).
03/18 Austin, TX Dirty Dog Bar - SXSW
Tour w/ Product of Hate
03/21 Tucson, AZ The Rock
03/22 Scottsdale, AZ Pub Rock
03/23 Las Vegas, NV Adrenaline Sports Lounge
03/24 Van Nuys, CA White Oak Music Hall
03/25 Bakersfield, CA Jerry's Pizza
03/26 Orangevale, CA The Boardwalk
03/27 Reno, NV Jub Jub's Thirst Parlor
03/28 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
03/29 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
04/04 Ottawa, ON Maverick's
04/06 Cleveland, OH The Agora Theatre w/ The Agonist
04/07 Joliet, IL Mojoe's w/ The Agonist
04/08 Merriam, KS Aftershock
04/10 Dallas, TX Curtain Club
04/11 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
04/12 Austin, TX Empire Control Room and Garage - Texas Independence Festival
04/14 St. Louis, MO Fubar w/ The Agonist
04/15 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theater w/ The Agonist
04/16 Westland, MI The Token Lounge w/ The Agonist
04/17 Clifton Park, NY Trickshots w/ The Agonist
04/18 Worcester, MA The Palladium - New England Metal and Hardcore Festival More...
Fayne Announces "Make Your Way Home" Tour
Montreal, QC metalcore quintet Fayne is proud to announce dates in Ontario and Quebec for the "Make Your Way Home" tour supporting latest EP "The Queen of Kings."
In additional news, Fayne's ferocious sound will be hitting the stage on February 22nd in Montreal to be local support for The Contortionist, Revocation, Fallujah and Toothgrinder. Catch the band on these dates:
Feb 22 - Montreal, QC @ Petit Cafe Campus w/ The Contortionist, Revocation, Fallujah
March 14 - Ottawa @ Pressed
March 17 - London @ APK
March 18 - Belleville @ The Belle Pub
March 19 - Toronto @ Smiling Buddha
March 20 - Oshawa @ Atria
March 21 - TBA
March 27 - Montreal, QC @ Katacombes More...
Interview
Morgoth Guitarist Discusses New Album "Ungod"
Morgoth’s first two recordings “Cursed” (1991) and “Odium” (1993) put Germany on the map for death metal. Both albums showed the band master mid-tempos in a similar fashion to early Death and Obituary. “Odium” was still mired in groove, but the band took a step into progressive territories, even playing some industrial parts. In 1996 the band released “Feel Sorry For the Fanatic, “ which showed them assume full-on industrial sounds. Just two years later, the group disbanded.
12 years later, Morgoth reformed and started playing shows. Last year the band released its “God Is Evil” EP. This was an appetizer for the band’s return to their death metal roots. Now, they are ready to release “Ungod”, their first full length in 19 years. Karsten "Jagger" Jäger of the band Disbelief assumes vocals over long-time growler Marc Grewe. I spoke to guitarist Sebastian Swart on the phone regarding this new material and the band's reformation. More...
Impellitteri Details New Album "Venom"
Frontiers Music Srl is excited to announce the release of the brand new Impellitteri studio album entitled "Venom" on April 17th in Europe and April 21st in North America. The album marks the first release since 2009's "Wicked Maiden."
Impellitteri delivers a record filled with addictive and memorable riffs, guitar solos featuring mainman Chris Impellitteri’s blistering shredding technique coupled with strong melody and taste. Rob Rock's vocals are mesmerizing, melodic, and will make the listener sing along with each song long after the record is over. Lastly, the band boggles the mind with brutal drumming featuring John Dette (ex=Testament/Slayer) filled with speed and groove and beastly bass playing (courtesy of James Pulli) that supports Impellitteri's sonic madness! The result is a record that is said to excite and musically satisfy every metal and rock fan, and every musician around the world. To add to their quest, the band also wanted to create music that would take the listener on a musical journey thru different time periods of metal and rock.
Chris Impellitteri is heralded as one of the world’s greatest guitar shredders. He has won Best Rock Guitarist Awards on several magazines during the years for his guitar soloing. He is the first guitarist to be branded as the fastest guitarist in the world by the international media. Recently and without any promotion, Impellitteri was officially voted 2nd fastest guitarist in the world by Guitar One Magazine. "Guitar World" magazine recently listed Chris Impellitteri within their top 50 fastest guitarists of all time! More...
Amnesia Rockfest Announces 2015 Lineup
The Outaouais Rock team is proud to unveil the complete lineup for the 10th edition of Amnesia Rockfest, which will be held from June 18th to 21st at the Montebello marina in Quebec.
This year's edition will feature over 100 bands, including headliners System Of A Down (assuming you can wash the taste of that godawful "Crazy Train" cover out of your mouth by then...) and Linkin Park.
Other confirmed bands for the highly varied lineup include Bolt Thrower, The Offspring, Slayer, Snoop Dogg, Rob Zombie, Tenacious D, Deftones, Rancid, Flogging Molly, Ministry, and a whole lot more. More...
Kamikabe Posts Bass Playthrough
Bassist Dave Kirsch of Pittsburgh, PA tech death metal machine Kamikabe has released a playthrough video for the song "The Process Within," which comes off debut full length "Aberration of Man," released via Unique Leader Records.
Kamikabe recruited Dave Kirsch as the band's full time bassist back in the Spring of 2014, replacing former member Matt Rucinski.
Brand new material is still a work in progress at this point, but the band has plans to release a sophomore album on Unique Leader Records later this year and hopes to hit the road shortly thereafter. More...
Pregierz Releasing "Blood Sanctions"
Blood Harvest Records is proud to present the double 7" "Blood Sanctions" from Pregierz, due out March 30th. The label comments:
"Originally released last year as a demo cassette, 'Blood Sanctions' is the debut recording of this Polish duo, formed from a long-time friendship between two maniacs from Lower Silesia.
"The idea of creating a band was present in their minds for many years, and at last materialized in the summer of 2013. Firmly committed to the death metal and black metal scenes of the late '80s and early '90s, Pregierz thrust forth with a crusty 'n' cavernous attack that melds death metalled muscle to black metalled atmosphere - but always the most horrifying and repulsive of old-school sounds, far away from trends. Blood Sanctions is just the beginning, and payment must be shed!"
The track listing is as follows:
1. Intro - Dawn of Horror
2. Shallow Grave
3. Cierpietnica
4. Crawling Abomination
5. Purification in Fire More...
Days Of The Phoenix Posts Music Video
Days Of The Phoenix from Uruguay just released a music video for the new single "Crusades," which is available below.
"Crusades" is taken off the band's upcoming debut album "Our Fire," due out in April of 2015. For more info on the group, head over to the Days Of The Phoenix Facebook profile here. The band consists of:
Martin Nuñez - Vocals
Inti Berro - Bass
Sebastián Rebollo - Drums
Fabián Machado - Guitar
Yamil Sahid - Guitar More...
Blackberry Smoke Releases New Album
Earache Records-signed southern rock outfit Blackberry Smoke has now released new album "Holding All The Roses," which can be streamed in full below.
The follow-up to "The Whippoorwill" was recorded with producer Brendan O'Brien (AC/DC, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Black Crowes) and features 12 smoking new songs. You can order your copy on CD or a range of vinyl colors at this location. More...
Monolord Reveals New Album Details
Monolord was initially formed as a side project in 2013 out of the ashes of Swedish bands Marulk and Rotten Sound, featuring guitar player and vocalist Thomas Jäger, drummer Esben Willems, and bassist Mika Häkki.
Following the "Empress Rising" release, Monolord will drop new album "Vænir" via RidingEasy Records on April 28th, 2015. The label comments:
"Named after the biggest lake in Sweden, the overall effect of this eagerly awaited album can only be described as vast. Colossal in fact, with the only true metric of certainty being at forty-eight minutes long, across six epic tracks (including the recently released single ‘Cursing The One’) Vænir has the power to level everything it its path."
The track listing is: More...
Chugger Announces New Album
Gothenburg, Sweden's groove / death metal band Chugger will release new album "Human Plague" later this year, which follows the 2013 album "Scars."
To be released under record label Rambo Music, a division of Gain Music Entertainment/Sony Music, "Human Plague" contains eleven songs set in a dystopian near future. The cover and booklet design was produced by Sam Hayles and DOSEprod, with recording / production handled by Daniel Antonsson (formerly of Soilwork, Dark Tranquillity) at Gothenburg Rock Studios.
Preceding and following the album release will come two official music videos. Stay tuned for further details. To promote the album, Chugger will hit the road in Europe from March to May for the "Spreading The Disease" tour. More...
Apostate Releasing "Time Of Terror"
Ukraine's protagonists of old school doom Apostate will unleash the horror-inspire sophomore album "Time of Terror" on March 2nd, 2015 through Ferrum Records. The label comments:
"The sound on Apostate's 'Time Of Terror' is massive. Great walls of dark, opaque guitars crashing down, chugging along at a tempo that conveys an urgency and brooding sense of menace.
"There's something almost regal about Apostate; their sound maintains that sedate, classy Continental vibe but holds onto a tension and aggression, even in the slowest songs. Fans of Anathema, Hooded Menace and Eye of Solitude will be salivating at the prospect of this unholy feast of doomed death metal fury! An epic statement and a watershed in doom metal, location be damned."
1. Solar Misconception
2. Pale Reflection
3. Pain Served Slow
4. Memory Eclipse
5. World Undying More...
Von Streaming "Architects Of Death"
Metallomusikum.com is pleased to host a premiere of the 11th installment in Von's musical diary from the album "Dark Gods."
This new track, titled “Architects of Death,” can be heard in the player below. To hear more Von, check out the "Invasion" lyric video over here.
Misanthrope Monarch Streams New Single
Misanthrope Monarch has a new single online for streaming titled "The Omega Embrace," which features Kevin Talley on drums and can be heard below. The band also comments:
"A special thank you to our brother Chris for this majestic and unique artwork, which he has made exclusively for this new Misanthrope Monarch track. The other hailing goes out to our soundmaster and friend Dominic Paraskevopoulos for this great result.
"The track is available on Bandcamp, Soundcloud, etc. There's going to be a video release for this one soon, so be prepared! Long lives Death..." More...
Codex Ponders "The Peace Paradox"
Holland's Codex will release "The Peace Paradox" this coming February 23rd, 2015 and now all the tracks are available for pre-listening below or over at the group's Bandcamp page here.
The album will be independently released and was produced by Tymon Kruidenier (Exivious, ex-Cynic). The writing process is also underway for a second album, with recording to begin at the end of the year.
The track listing for "The Peace Paradox" is as follows:
1. Heat Of War 04:36
2. The Peace Paradox 03:54
3. Social Pressure 06:05
4. Hollow Meat 03:56
5. Legacy 06:48
6. Beginning (Made For It) 04:52
7. Perfect Dancer 04:45
8. The Arithmetic Mean 05:30
9. Alienated 06:55 More...
Black Label Society Announces "Unblackened" Tour
Black Label Society today announces the "Unblackened" tour. Originally performed as a one night only concert at Club Nokia in Los Angeles for a live CD/DVD release two years ago, the show will now make its way across the U.S.
The show will feature intimate versions of some of the band’s most popular songs, as well as track from Zakk Wylde’s solo album "Book of Shadows" & his Southern rock band Pride & Glory.
“I always wanted to take Unblackened on the road, we just didn’t have the time until now,” said Wylde. “You can take a song that you’ve played thousands of times and rearrange it, and all of a sudden it’s something totally fresh. The attitude of the songs doesn’t change when we play them acoustically–the tunes are gritty regardless.” More...
Mors Subita Posts New Album Studio Footage
Mors Subita is prepping new album "Degeneration" for release on March 20th, 2015. The band today also released a new behind-the-scenes look at the recording of the album, which can be seen below.
Prior to the official "Degeneration" release, Mors Subita will also unleash a new music video and further studio clips. Stay tuned! Pre-orders for the album are available at this location. The track listing is:
01. Degenerate
02. Resistance
03. End Complete
04. World Separated
05. Release (instrumental)
06. Reform
07. Cult Of Mischief
08. Turmoil
09. Divine Is A Fraud
10. Last Journey
Bonus Tracks
11. Intro – Ruin
12. Erase
Nasty Announces U.S. Tour
Belgian outfit Nasty has announced dates for a short U.S. tour in April alongside headliners Lionheart. Good Fight Music releases new Nasty album "Shokka" in the U.S. on February 24th.
The tour concludes with Nasty's appearance at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, also featuring Between the Buried and Me, Testament, The Red Chord, Code Orange, Nails, and more.
4/9 - Darien, IL @ Q Bar
4/10 - Portage, IN @ Camelot Hall
4/11 - Lakewood, OH @ The Foundry
4/12 - Hamtramck, MI @ Paychecks Lounge
4/13 - Pittsburgh, PA @ The Mr. Roboto Project
4/14 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Brooklyn Asylum
4/15 - Amityville, NY @ Amityville Music Hall
4/16 - Albany, NY @ Bogies
4/17 - Trenton, NJ @ Championship Bar
4/18 - Nanticoke, PA @ West Side Park
4/19 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium More...
Black .44 Gearing Up To Hit The Studio
Black .44 from Helsinki, Finland will hit the studio at the end of February to record a debut full-length album.
The album is due for release in the Autumn of 2015 by Finnish record label Inverse Records, with the title and release date still forthcoming. Inverse also comments:
"The band, founded in 2011, plays melodic stoner metal and released a first demo EP in 2012 receiving some great feedback in the Finnish metal media. Black .44 songs tell dark stories about your regular hometown murderers and those poor souls that just happen to be born crooked or just always seem to make the wrong choices in life.
"The band is influenced by such artists as Pantera, Black Sabbath, Down and Alice in Chains. Heavy riffs and catchy melodies spiced up with a twist of that southern groove are the trademarks of Black .44." More...
Stone Sour Releases New Video
In honor of the release of "Fear Clinic," Stone Sour today unveils a specially created music video for "The Dark."
"Fear Clinic" stars horror icon Robert “Freddy Krueger” Englund, Fiona Dourif, Angelina Armani, Thomas Dekker, soap opera star Brandon Beemer (“General Hospital,” “Days of Our Lives,” “The Bold and the Beautiful”) as well as Stone Sour and Slipknot lead vocalist Corey Taylor in his acting debut. "Fear Clinic" is available on DVD, Blu-ray and On Demand today from Anchor Bay Entertainment.
Directed by Robert G. Hall (Lightning Bug, Laid to Rest, ChromeSkull: Laid To Rest II), with effects by award-winning FX creators Robert Kurtzman and Steve Johnson, "Fear Clinic" will take viewers on an unforgettable journey into the very soul of terror itself. Co-written by Hall and Aaron Drane, the film is based on the fan favorite 2009 FEARnet.com series. More...
The Midnight Ghost Train Posts New Lyric Video
The Midnight Ghost Train released a lyric video for the new track "Twin Souls." The song appears on the upcoming new release "Cold Was The Ground," which is scheduled to drop on February 28th (EU) and March 10th (North America) via Napalm Records.
The track listing is as follows:
1. Along The Chasm
2. Gladstone (see music video here)
3. BC Trucker
4. Arvonia
5. One Last Shelter
6. The Canfield
7. Straight To The North
8. No. 227
9. The Little Sparrow
10. Twin Souls
11. Mantis
Check out "Twin Souls" here: More...
Full Of Hell Announces New Tour Dates
The Full Of Hell touring machine forges on, this time the band announcing a massive U.S. run with The Body in April, to follow previously revealed dates in March. The full listing of upcoming Full Of Hell shows is as follows:
03/10 – Claymont, DE @ VFW
03/11 – Morgantown, WV @ 123 Pleasant St
03/12 – Dayton, OH @ Rockstar Arena
03/13 – Detroit, MI @ Berserker Fest
03/14 – Evansville, IN @ PG
03/15 – Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone
03/16 – Tulsa, OK @ The Vanguard
03/17 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/18 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/19 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/20 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/21 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/22 – Baton Rouge, LA @ TBA
03/23 – Florence, AL @ The End
03/24 – Charlotte, NC @ Milestone More...
Ancst Releasing Split LP With Ast
Ancst has checked in with the following announcement about releasing a new split album with Ast:
"We are proud to finally bring you our split LP with the mighty Ast. As of today, you can pre-order our new record through our bandcamp site and listen to the full release over there as well.
"The split will be officially released/shipped March 2nd and again was put out by Vendetta Records in an edition of 500 copies of which 400 are black and 100 are silver. We are super stoked to finally see these songs released and would like to thank Stefan at Vendetta for putting his time, money and energy into this. Thx Klose!
"We will only have a limited amount of colored vinyl available but if we are running out of copies you can still try your luck with Vendetta and Ast as they will be handling the limited silver vinyl as well."
1. Ancst - blame chord 03:21
2. Ancst - spark 03:24
3. Ancst -seizures 05:34
4. Ancst - elegy of self-deceit 04:20
5. AST - Unbenannt 167 03:22
6. AST - Hybris & Hamartie 03:01
7. AST - von einem Ende 05:01
8. AST - F.S. 03:30 More...
Fashion Week Posts New Video
While Brooklyn-based Fashion Week is currently plowing through the Southeastern U.S. in pre-release support of debut album, "Prêt-à-Porter," the track "Chorusace" has been revealed through a wild video. Check it out below, courtesy of AmericanAftermath.net.
You can also hear album opener "Fendi Bender" over at this location. France's Solar Flare Records will release "Prêt-à-Porter" on 12" vinyl and all digital formats on February 23rd. See the band live on these dates:
2/11/2015 Eisenhouser - Murfeesboro, TN w/ Skyacre
2/12/2015 Springwater - Nashville, TN w/ Skyacre
2/13/2015 M.F. Metal Music - Little Rock, AR w/ Skyacre
2/15/2015 The Yeti - Tulsa, OK w/ Skyacre
2/21/2015 Saint Vitus Bar - Brooklyn, NY *record release show w/ Retox, Whores, Primitive Weapons More...
Nidingr's Teloch Composes Music For Play
Teloch from Nidingr has composed music for the play “Mother Courage” by Bertolt Brecht, which will be performed at Det Norske Teater (The Norwegian Theatre) in Oslo from February 13th until March 26th. Indie Recordings comments:
"Teloch has solid roots in the Norwegian black metal scene and is known from bands like Nidingr, Mayhem and God Seed, he is also the composer of the latest Mayhem album. Teloch on his behalf has teamed up with Stian 'Sir' Kårstad on guitar (God Seed, Djerv), Øyvind Myrvoll on drums (Nidingr) and Peter Michael Kolstad Vegem on bass and vocals (Blood Tsunami, Mongo Ninja).
"Bertolt Brecht wrote 'Mother Courage' during WW2 and his exile in Sweden. The play is set in the Thirty Years War (1618-48) where we find Mother Courage who is making a profit on the war, but ends up paying the cost of losing her children.
"This tells us both how meaningless war is, and of the cold mechanisms of capitalism. Mother Courage resembles the capitalistic machine. Brecht illustrates the cold, disengaged, emotionless, immoral aspects of the machine in the worst possible light. Mother Courage needs continuance of war to feed herself and finds herself unemployed without it, and yet it takes the very thing she strive to keep alive from her; her family. More...
Rockstadt Extreme Fest Lineup Announced
If you are planning your Summer vacation and are looking for a place where your favourite bands might have a show, where the beer is outrageously cheap, and the landscape is awesome, you might want to try the lands of Transylvania.
We’re talking about a particular place from this region: Rasnov city, placed in the heart of Romania, near the legendary Castle of Dracula.
Here, an international extreme metal festival is to be held August 12th – 15th 2015: the Rockstadt Extreme Fest. The full ineup includes 45 bands with names such as Moonspell, At The Gates, Marduk, Combichrist, Ensiferum, Kataklysm, Carnifex, Taake, Cattle Decapitation, White Walls, Krisiun, Be'lakor, Suicidal Angels, and many more confirmed.
Besides good music, you’ll be able to enjoy urban sports in a special area inside the festival site, see movies in the dedicated outdoor cinema (set-up in collaboration with the Dracula Film Fest), and more. For further details, head over to this location. More...
Nitrovolt Dusts Off "Dirty Wings"
German speed rockers Nitrovolt will release new album, “Dirty Wings,” on March 20th via Mausoleum Records. The label comments:
"With this third album, Nitrovolt is yet again about to take you on a bone-shaking high-speed mega-horse-powered turbo-charged rollercoaster ride.
"Often favourably compared to such bands as the Texan outfit Speedealer, and even with the subtlety-free hard rocking Airbourne from Australia, Nitrovolt has oured all over Europe, often playing with the stylistically comparable Peter Pan Speed Rock from the Netherlands."
The new album's track listing is as follows:
01. NV
02. Takes Too Long
03. Dirty Wings
04. Hold On The Trace
05. Killer in Your Back
06. Zeke Saturday
07. Stuck
08. Target
09. Backfire
10. Lick It Up
11. Runnin’ The Race
12. The Wolf
13. Drugs More...
Big Teutonic 4 Releasing Covers Vinyl
German thrash titans Kreator, Sodom, Destruction, and Tankard - collectively known as The Big Teutonic 4 - have announced the release of yet another prestigious 10" vinyl record.
After the huge success of the first release in early 2013, the second output will contain rare cover versions of iconic NWOBHM classics.
The 10" vinyl will be available in various colors (black, clear, red, yellow) and is exclusively available from the Nuclear Blast mail order. The CD version will only be available in issue #334 of German Rock Hard Magazine (out February 25).
Side A:
KREATOR - Lambs To The Slaughter (RAVEN cover)
SODOM - Don't Walk Away (TANK cover)
Side B:
DESTRUCTION - Princess Of The Night (SAXON cover)
TANKARD - Iron Maiden (IRON MAIDEN cover) More...
Blackwülf Signs With Ripple Music
Ripple Music is thrilled to announce the signing of Oakland, California’s Blackwülf to the label's growing roster of artists in 2015. Ripple comments:
"The band – made up of vocalist Alex Cunningham, guitarist Pete Holmes, drummer Dave Pankenier and bassist Scott Peterson – prowl the musical feeding grounds of stoner rock, doom-cloaked soundscapes and vintage heavy metal. Dark sonic forests that provide coverage for their unholy mix of parapsychological anger and aggression, and bluesy head-banging riffs.
"With a résumé that includes member stints with bands like San Francisco’s Acid King, The Nads, Tucson’s Naked Prey and Mountain Pig, Blackwülf is already a seasoned predator. Formed in 2012, it wasn’t until January of last year that the band unleashed their debut album Mind Traveller on Wicker Man Recordings, pressed on clear red vinyl and featuring jacket illustrations from acclaimed San Franciscan artist Alan Forbes (Queens Of The Stone Age, The Misfits).
"The record, much like Blackwülf itself, was unabashed in its typical, 'What you see is what you get' aesthetic. Melding heavy stoner riffs to sincere, pure rock indulgence that has since paved the way for the self-released 7” split single ‘Acid Reign’ with Portland’s Black Snake last September.
"Offering up another dose of melody and raw power and a nod to the golden old schools of heavy 70s and 80s pre-thrash metal Blackwülf will release their new album this June via Ripple Music."
In the meantime, check out the track "Wings Of Steel," courtesy of a stream by Decibel Magazine. More...
Persona Posts New Album Preview
Tunisian female-fronted metal band Persona just released a preview of upcoming debut album "Elusive Reflections," which is due out in the Spring of 2015. Persona consists of:
Jelena Dobric - Vocals
Melik Melek Khelifa - Guitar
Yosri Ouada - Guitar
Youssef Aouadi - Drums
Walid Bessadok - Keyboard
Nesrine Mahbouli - Bass
Otargos Signs With Kaotoxin
Kaotoxin Records is very proud to announce the inking of a multi-album deal with France’s Otargos. The label comments:
"Continuing the new chapter started with 'Apex Terror' (2013’s fifth full-length) that saw the band evolve from its original black metal roots towards a colder and darker mix of industrial coldness and blackened death metal brutality, the new album, that’ll mark the band’s 15th anniversary, the new and sixth full-length will be released this fall through Kaotoxin.
"Otargos is a well-known road machine having toured Europe and South America with the likes of Watain, Dark Funeral, Anaal Nathrakh, Deströyer 666 and many more and, as such, already has quite a few gigs and festival appearances confirmed, among which UK’s Incineration Fest with label-mates Sidious and France’s Chaulnes Metal Fest with label-mates Ad Patres."
Feb. 13 – BE – Fontaine l’Évêque
Feb. 14 – FR – Douai
Mar. 20 – FR – Chambéry
Mar. 21 – CH – Thonex
Apr. 3/4 – FR – Chaulnes – Chaulnes Metal Fest
May. 9 – UK – London – Incineration Fest
Jun. 27 – ES – Molins de Rei – Move Your Fucking Brain Fest
Evil Invaders Releases Track-By-Track Preview
Belgian speed metal act Evil Invaders (named after the classic 1985 release from Canada's Razor) posted a track-by-track preview clip for the upcoming new release "Pulses of Pleasure," the band's debut full length. The album is set for release via Napalm Records on the following release schedule:
G/A/S/Europe/AUS: February 27th
UK/NO/FR/DK/IT: March 3rd
SE/ESP: March 4th
USA/CAN: March 10th
The track listing for the album is:
1. Fast, Loud 'n' Rude (see music video here)
2. Pulses Of Pleasure
3. Eclipse Of The Mind
4. Siren
5. Stairway To Insanity
6. Shot To Paradise
7. Venom
8. Blinded (intro)
9. Master Of Illusion More...
Interview
Kaltenbach Open Air Celebrating 10th Anniversary
The Austrian underground metal festival "Kaltenbach Open Air" (K:O:A) is celebrating it's 10th anniversary. Reason enough for Wolfgang Bartl (Rottinghill-webzine) to have a chat with K:O:A organiser Thomas Spiwak below.
Wolfgang: Hello Thomas, and thank you for taking the time for this interview! How are you?
Thomas: Hello Wolfgang, thanks for asking. So far so good and after the somewhat strenuous booking phase, it has become a little quieter again in the meantime . Preparations are rolling according to plan and we are confident that we will be able to deliver a great festival once again this year.
Wolfgang: What is currently going on in Kaltenbach?
Thomas: Currently, we mainly focus on promoting the festival but also the first hot phase of selling pre-sale tickets is gearing up already. Interviews are to be given, accreditation requests to be worked through, and also the first merchandise booths are getting booked. Concerning our infrastructure the first contracts are signed and our festival site is taking shape already virtually.
Wolfgang: Last year you appeared to be somewhat uncertain concerning the revival of the festival, whether and how well it will be received by the fans. In retrospect, how did it all work out in the end? More...
Sewercide Posts New Song
Australia’s death thrash outfit Sewercide premieres the song "Hypothermia" taken from the band's upcoming EP "Severing the Mortal Cord."
"Severing the Mortal Cord" will be released on February 24th, 2015, via Australia’s Infernal Devastation Records and can be acquired via the Bandcamp link HERE. And speaking of Bandcamp, two more tracks from the EP are up there for streaming too.
Check out "Hypothermia" below. More...
Psycroptic Posts New Music Video "Cold"
"Cold", the new video from acclaimed Tasmanian metallists Psycroptic, can be seen below. The track is taken from Psycroptic's self-titled album, which will be released on March 10 via Prosthetic Records.
You can now stream Psycroptic’s new video "Cold" below.
"Psycroptic" track listing: More...
Rob Zombie Announces U.S. Shows
After running a successful crowd funding campaign to fund his upcoming killer clown movie "31" (filming due to begin in March) and wrapping up work on a new album, Rob Zombie will also be heading out on a U.S. tour in June.
Dates are available below, and Zombie also comments on the upcoming album:
"The last mixes were put to bed and the studio is back in storage. Can't give you much info yet... but I can easily say this is my favorite album yet... no joke.
"Yeah I know every fucking asshole says that. But it is seriously our heaviest most fuck up musical monster to date. One song entitled 'Well, Everybody's Fucking In a UFO' is sure to be an instant Zombie classic! Not since Hellbilly Deluxe have I spent this long putting an album together. It was worth it."
June 2 in New Orleans, LA at Civic Theatre
June 4 in Simpsonville, SC at Charter Amphitheatre
June 5 in Portsmouth, BA at nTelos Wireless Pavilion
June 6 in Sayreville, NJ at Starland Ballroom
June 8 in Warren, OH at Packard Music Hall
June 9 in Cincinnati, OH at Riverbend Music Hall
June 10 in Milwaukee, WI at Eagles Ballroom
June 12 in Sylvania, OH at Centennial Terrace
June 14 in Indianapolis, IN at Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn
June 16 in Pittsburgh, PA at Stage AE
June 18 in Uncasville, CT at Mohegan Sun Arena
June 19 in Big Flats, NY at Tags Summerstage
June 28 in Grand Junction, CO at Loudwire Music Festival
Quemasantos Recruits Vocalist
New York outfit Quemasantos has confirmed Chilean singer Rob Diaz as its official new vocalist and also unleashes the track "‘Seda y Acero" ("Silk & Steel"), which can be heard below.
The track was recorded by Ignacio Orellana at Oily Sound Studio in New Windsor, NY and mixed / mastered by Ignacio Figueroa in Valparaiso, Chile.
Quemasantos (spanish for Burning Saints) is project performing exclusively in Spanish that includes the members of the New York band Pirosaint. The group comments:
"Since we still don’t have the proper and steady singer for our main band Pirosaint, we’ve been looking for new ways to showcase our music, so Quemasantos it is just great for us, because we can create music for a different kind of audience. We have a lot of material and we will be showing it little by little as time allows us to do it."
The band consists of:
Rob Diaz - Vocals
Bill Smith - Guitars
Ron Buckner - Bass
Ignacio Orellana - Drums More...
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