Metal News for February 17, 2015
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Beyond Creation Parts With Bassist
Simon, Kevin, and Philippe from tech death outfit Beyond Creation just issued the following joint statement online about bassist Dominic Lapointe departing the band:
"Unfortunately, we have to announce that Dominic 'Forest' Lapointe is no longer part of Beyond Creation for personal reasons.
"We would like to thank him for his great work and dedication to the band for the past four years. We had a lot of fun sharing the stage with him and recording two solid records! Dominic stays our friend and we keep a good relationship with him. We wish him the best of luck for all his bands and future projects." More...
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Pit Stories: Doubling The Painter's Salary
At the beginning of each week we catch up with rock and metal bands from around the globe to get their most memorable Pit Stories from live shows.
For this week's edition, the Finnish hellions from Santa Cruz have shared the following tale of a pre-drunk crowd resulting in one banged up girlfriend and one even more banged up venue:
Few years back we had this show in our home town Helsinki at this club called Bar Bäkkäri. They had just re-painted their floors and done some other renovations as well so the night was kind of this celebration of the bar's new facelift. Anyhow the place was packed that night and we went on stage around 1:30 am meaning the crowd was shitfaced (not like they had had a few beers before the show, the consumption should have been measured in gallons).
The pit started straight away and we saw our drummer's girlfriend between those spaced out vikings like a chopstick in a wrecking ball jungle and I was already planing what am I gone wear next Sunday at the funeral service. Well the 8th miracle of the world happened and she survived whit shattered glass sticking out of her arms and without any bigger surgical operations she made it through that night. What suffered more critical damage was the re-painted floors of the venue, it was all fucked. Well at least the painters doubled their salary thanks to us.
Santa Cruz will hit the road in Europe in March, followed by a U.S. tour with Amaranthe in May. Dates are available at this location. Santa Cruz's self-titled album is also due to drop March 10th, 2015 via Spinefarm Records. More...
EyeHateGod Comments On Tour Cancellations
On the heels of the recent cancellation of an Australian tour, EyeHateGod was regrettably forced to postpone a three-day run through Mexico as well. The band comments:
"We regret to have to cancel both our Australian and Mexican dates until further notice. Vocalist Mike IX Williams' mental stability and health are major serious issues at this point, and we are very, very sorry for putting our fans and business partners in this miserable position.
"We feel horrible about these empty spaces in our schedule and will make up these tours as soon as possible. The cancellation of these tours is in no way any fault of the promoters or foreign booking agents. We hope our fans understand."
Since part of the problem included long flights, EyeHateGod recently embarked upon two separate short runs of shows on the West and East coast, fully against doctor's orders. These shows were found to be physically draining and a detriment, performance-wise, to Williams.
Williams - who is currently dealing with exhaustion and chronic fatigue from a near nonstop tour schedule over the last five years -- is resting and will be ready to conquer Europe and the U.K. on tour this April.
Child Bite Working On New Album
The Detroit-based misfits from Child Bite have been holed up in their den of iniquity penning new tunes for an as-yet-untitled new full-length, to be recorded by Philip H. Anselmo at his famed Nodferatu's Lair.
The record serves as the follow-up to last year's "Strange Waste" EP, released via Housecore Records. The band comments:
"Us 'bite boys have been holed up all winter, writing tons of stuff for the next record. We've been talking to Phil about recording with him for quite a while; we really just did Strange Waste last year as a way to keep busy while waiting for his busy schedule to clear up. We write in waves, with most songs requiring either four or five distinct passes before they are complete. Most of the songs are entering the third and fourth passes, with lyrics just getting started on. We sent Phil a bunch of really rough demos last week to share our progress and his response was; 'insanely great ideas!' Juice levels are reaching new heights in the CB camp."
In related CHILD BITE intel, the band will appear on an upcoming, limited edition Celtic Frost tribute record. Set for release via Corpse Flower Records this Spring as a supplement to the "Morbid Tales! An Illustrated Tribute To Celtic Frost" comic, Child Bite opens the collection with a rendition of "The Usurper" featuring Anselmo on lead vocals.
"If you saw us at our release show or on tour last Fall," the band notes, "you may have heard us play it with [vocalist] Shawn [Knight] doing his best Anselmo-meets-Tom G impression." The comp will also include Acid Witch, Municipal Waste, members of Neurosis and Repulsion and more. More...
Ross Sewage Re-Joining Exhumed For Tour Dates
California's gore strategists from Exhumed are currently dispersing their disease throughout North America supporting co-headliners Napalm Death and Voivod. The invasion will have slaughtered nearly three-dozen municipalities upon its conclusion, with its final assault befalling Houston on February 28th.
Beginning with tomorrow's performance in Seattle through a Los Angeles date on February 22nd, bassist/vocalist Ross Sewage (Ghoul, Impaled), who played on the original "Gore Metal" release and redid his vocals for the recently-released re-recorded version "(Gore Metal: A Necrospective 1998 - 2015"), will join Exhumed onstage for an "old school" portion of the band's set.
Comments guitarist/vocalist Matt Harvey, "I'm beyond psyched that our old friend Ross Sewage will be doing us the honor of joining us on the West Coast for a some really special sets where the pure old school vibe will be 100% raging. It's been a long time since we've shared the stage properly and I've been hoping something like this would happen for years. We look forward to grinding your faces off and literally partying like it's 1999!" More...
Yesterday's Saints Announces U.S. Tour
In support of new album "Generation Of Vipers" (reviewed here), Yesterday's Saints has announced a North American tour supporting Iron Man.
The tour begins March 12th in Washington, DC and runs through March 22nd in Dayton, OH. Vocalist Matt Rice commented on the upcoming tour:
"We are really excited to be heading out on the road with our friends in Iron Man and being able to bring our new music from our album to new ears. This is the first set of dates we have this year and we are currently working with our agent on future shows for this year. See you on the road."
3/12: Washington, DC @ The Pinch
3/13: Allentown, PA @ Jabber Jaws
3/14: Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
3/15: Brooklyn, NY @ The Paper Box
3/16: Providence, RI @ Dusk
3/17: Salem, MA @ Koto
3/18: Buffalo, NY @ Broadway Joe's
3/19: Ft. Wayne, IN @ Skeletunes - formerly Berlin Music Pub
3/20: Detroit, MI @ The Sanctuary
3/21: Columbus, OH @ Ruby Tuesday Bar CLUB IS ON OSU CAMPUS
3/22: Dayton, OH @ Courtyard Lounge - Englewood More...
Fit For An Autopsy Working On Album
The New Jersey metal heavyweights from Fit For An Autopsy have wrapped up production on a yet-to-be titled LP due out later this year via eOne Music / Good Fight Music.
"The new album is a bit of a step in a new direction for the band," says guitarist Pat Sheridan. "You'll hear a lot of new influences in our sound and a real creative move towards other genres we have never experimented with until now. It's dark, sad and aggressive all at once and we're really happy with the vibe. It's also a very literal and real record and in more of a first person view of the world than we've ever done, and it feels really intense."
The band set up camp at The Machine Shop in New Jersey with guitar player and renowned producer Will Putney at the helm. The new effort will be the follow-up to "Hellbound," released in 2013.
The biggest change since then has been the band's vocalist. After the departure of Nate Johnson earlier last year, Greg Wilburn (Oblige) briefly filled in so the band could carry out touring plans. Just before the band entered The Machine Shop, Joe Badolato (Diamond Cutter) was brought in as the brand new full-time vocalist.
"We found Joe at a perfect time," says guitarist Will Putney. "We had just come off months of touring with a vocalist we knew wasn't built to handle the lifestyle and stresses that come with being in a full-time band."
Badolato's first show with the band was at The Brooklyn Asylum in Brooklyn, NY before gearing up to head out west to start a tour supporting Suicide Silence alongside label-mates Within The Ruins.
Putney concludes, "Joe is an extremely humble and down to earth dude and is a killer singer. Bringing him into Fit For An Autopsy has elevated the band to a really cool creative spot, and we're excited about the future with him as our frontman."
Oppression Releasing "Scars 1988-1990"
Xtreem Music will soon release a compilation of early demos and EPs from Oppression, with the label commenting:
"Not many people actually knows about the existence of this extraordinary Finnish band called Oppression that lived between 1987-1992 and recorded 4 demos and a 7" EP, but the fact that they never reached a big audience doesn't mean they're not an outstanding band! Never is it too late to discover a great band!
"Xtreem Music is rescuing these recordings and will release them on a CD entitled 'Scars 1988-1990' containing 10 songs (clocking 65 min.) with songs taken from their demos and 7" EP. The music Oppression played was a killer thrash metal pretty much inspired by Infernal Majesty, Dark Angel, & Hobbs Angel Of Death that later developed into a more technical and progressive style, that still retaning the mentioned influences, also adopted inspiration from acts like Mekong Delta, Coroner, and Death Row.
"The release date for 'Scars 1988-1990' is set for March 20th and in the meantime, you can listen to an advance track below." More...
Primitive Man Streaming Full New EP
Denver's favorite blackened doom nihilists from Primitive Man today drop the decaying sounds of their "Home Is Where The Hatred Is" EP upon innocent masses.
Flaunting four malicious slabs of anarchic, feedback-doused audio atrocities, "Home Is Where The Hatred Is" was tracked at Flatline Audio by Dave Otero (Cephalic Carnage, Catheter, Cobalt, etc.) and is currently available as a special 12" via Relapse Records.
In commemoration of its release, today MetalSucks.net is streaming "Home Is Where The Hatred Is" in its wretched entirety. Listen in below. More...
Puig Destroyer Releasing Album On Vinyl
With opening day just around the corner, grindcore’s baseball fanatics from Puig Destroyer will release their debut full-length, self-titled record on vinyl LP for the first time on Record Store Day, April 18th, via No Sleep Records.
The upcoming vinyl release will be extremely limited to only 700 copies, pressed on white with heavy red splatter and will include new artwork.
Inspired by Los Angeles Dodgers’ All-Star outfielder Yasiel Puig, Puig Destroyer is made up of members Riley Breckenridge (Thrice), Ian Miller (Kowloon Walled City), Mike Minnick (Curl Up and Die) and Jon Howell (Kowloon Walled City).
The band arrived on field with a handful of EPs that captured the attention of fans and critics with a unique concoction of aggressive hardcore and America’s favorite past time. With this first full-length, featuring songs like “Mike Trout,” “No One Cares About Your Fantasy Team,” “Batflip” and “No Hitter,” Puig Destroyer proudly proclaims its love for the game. More...
Putrid Offal Recruits New Drummer
Kaotoxin is proud to announce that recently reformed Putrid Offal has been confirmed for this year’s cult grindcore Summer festival Obscene Extreme in Trutnov, Czech Republic.
Putrid Offal will take to the stage the ferocity of just-released album"“Mature Necropsy."
The band also announces the addition of Laye Louhenapessy to the line up as Putrid Offal's new official skin brutalizer behind the drum kit. Laye is no stranger to Kaotoxin fans as he’s none other than the drummer for Dehuman.
See Putrid Offal live on these dates:
May 23 – BE – Roulers – Unideath Fest II
July 8-12 – CZ – Trutnov – Obscene Extreme
September 10-12 – DE – Andernach – Death Feast
Dynfari Releasing New Album
"Vegferð Tímans," directly translated as "Journey of Time," is Dynfari's third full-length album and glimpses into untold history: the inevitable demise of man as matter once living and breathing, dissolving into nothingness, uniting with the infinite heavens and becoming one with the stars.
The album will drop March 16th via Code666 Records. Artwork for the Icelandic black metal band's new album was handled by Metaztasis (Watain, Behemoth) and the track listing is as follows:
1. Ljósid
2. areida
3. Sandkorn (í stundaglasi tímans)
4. Hafsjór
5. Fall hinna XCII og 2,57885161 - 1 sálna
6. Vegferd I - Ab Terra
7. Vegferd II - Ad Astra
8. Vegferd III - Myrkrid More...
John Wesley Recording New Album
Last year John Wesley (Porcupine Tree) released his "Disconnect" album, and he is pleased to announce he is now working on its follow-up. Wesley had this to say:
"I have begun sorting through ideas and direction for the next album and have started the process of writing pieces that will come together to form the basis for the album. I will be using much of the same team that recorded the last album and hope to begin actual tracking in the late spring early summer. Until then I will be doing shows in and around Florida and hopefully start working some of the new ideas out in the live set."
John has been receiving a lot of love in the end of year polls, being voted into Prog Magazine's Critics Choice Albums of the Year, as well as one of their top guitarists in the reader's poll.
You can check out an interview with John about Disconnect and his career over at Innerviews here, and you can see a video for the "Disconnect" title track below. Stay tuned for further details on the upcoming album, which will be released via Inside Out Music. More...
Native Construct Signs With Metal Blade
Native Construct is the product of collaboration between several students that began in 2011 at the storied Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Guitarist and composer Myles Yang's passion for innovation, coupled with his extensive academic study of arranging and compositional techniques, makes Native Construct a truly distinctive up-and-coming metal act.
Yang, along with bassist Max Harchik and vocalist Robert Edens, completed work on debut album "Quiet World" in between 2011 and 2013. By 2014, the band's music caught the ear of Brian Slagel at Metal Blade Records, and led to a recording contract and a worldwide release of the band's debut album - due out April 21st.
Listen to the first single, "Mute," and pre-order the album now at this location. All tracking and programming was done at the band's home studios in Boston, MA, with the exception of vocals, which were recorded with Jamie King at The Basement Studios in Winston-Salem, NC. The album was mixed by Rich Mouser at The Mouse House Studio in Los Angeles, CA, and mastered by Jamie King (Between the Buried and Me, The Contortionist). The band comments:
"'Quiet World' is about a guy who loves a girl. The guy is a bit of an odd and eccentric person - an outcast. He's also a mute, and a little unstable, as it turns out. The girl doesn't return his feelings, but he can't bring himself to let go. As his unrequited passion for her devolves into obsession and eventual resentment, his mind begins to slip further and further away. He convinces himself that he can't be loved because of his condition and abnormalities. So he decides to create for himself a new, fantastic world of which he has complete control - a world where there are no oddballs or outcasts. A world where everyone is surrounded by people who are just like themselves: a much quieter world. More...
Hypothermia Reveals New Album Details
Swedish occult rock / black metal outfit Hypothermia - featuring ex-members of Lifelover and members of Kall - today reveal details on upcoming studio album "Svartkonst." The album will be released on May 15th in Europe and May 19th in North America via Agonia Records.
The offering has been divided over five compositions and features a guest appearance of the violinist, E.B. The track listing is:
01. Invokation
02. Svartkonst
03. Efterglo¨d
04. Regnvals
05. Vy
Hypotehrmia was founded in 2001 as a means to channel negativity and manifest it in audial form. The band comments: "Following ancient traditions carried in spirit and blood, through wanderings and introspective journeys a communion with a deity of the void is formed."
The mysticism of Hypothermia is characterized by its highly ritualistic compositions, which are conducted in shamanistic trances of minimalism, and binding their followers in its meditative spell. Always recorded live, sharing with the world something honest and unique. More...
Before The Mourning Has "Another Sleepless Night"
Before The Mourning has teamed up with Revolver Magazine to debut a new music video for “Another Sleepless Night,” which was directed by Kevin Custer (Overkill, Shadows Fall). Check it out below.
The track is the first glimpse into the group’s debut offering "Ethereal End," set to be released through Street Smart Recordings this Summer.
Vocalist Adam Ryan describes the music by saying: “It’s melodic metal with haunting tones and good hooks. We’ve got a clear vision.” More...
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Lay Down Rotten Laid To Rot
Bad news for Lay Down Rotten fans - the band is officially calling it a day, with Apostasy Records issuing the following statement:
"For nearly 16 years now, Lay Down Rotten has stood tall for energetic top-notch death metal. Their haunting live-shows at festivals like With Full Force, Rock Harz, Extremefest, Death Feast or Summer Breeze and their concerts alongside Cannibal Corpse, Bolt Thrower, Aborted a.o. always grabbed the audience by the balls."
Lay Down Rotten also had this to say: “After a very honest discussion, we all realized that the individual future plans from all band members differ too much from each other. Due to this, it doesn’t make sense to continue with the band. With a heavy heart, we decided to close the chapter LDR after nearly 16 years to move on to address ourselves to our new tasks. Needless to say, we will all stay active musicians and you’ll definitely hear from one or another again.
"We want to thank each and every one who backed us on our long road in the past. First and foremost we thank all the fans that pushed us to the maximum during our almost countless concerts.
"We are going to play all the shows that are already confirmed up until June to celebrate with you for the last time!! Thanks for your support! Lay Down Rotten laid to rot!!"
20.02. - Marburg – Knubbel, Germany
21.02. - Osnabrück - Bastard Club, Germany
06.03. - Frankfurt am Main - Frankfurt Deathfest, Germany
05.04. - Siegen – Vortex, Germany
23.05. - Landau - Südpfalz Metalfest, Germany
06.06. - Bangalore Open Air, India” More...
Kult Of Taurus Announces New Album
Forever Plagued Records is proud to present the second album from Kult of Taurus, titled "Adversarial Paths: The Sinister Essence." The label comments:
"Following on from 2013's critically acclaimed 'Divination Labyrinths', Kult of Taurus' latest 'Adversarial Paths' is likewise aptly titled: the Greek quintet continue to refine and reinvent their singular, Satanic path, with their journey taking them down myriad diabolical routes.
"The album zigzags across a wide swath of terrain, but always firmly within the lexicon of black metal; it's constantly churning, twisting itself into new shapes, knowing full well where it wants to go but never revealing its secrets too easily. In many ways, with a vanguard approach to black metal that never strays into trite self-consciousness or knowing irony, but rather focuses on an individualistic and idiosyncratic approach to sonic Satanism, 'Adversarial Paths: The Sinister Essence' harks back to a lost era of '90s Norwegian avant-garde BM like Fleurety, Ved Buens Ende, and Dodheimsgard, whose Vicotnik mixed and mastered this new album.
"Rounding out this total sensory experience is a molten 'n' muscular production - the band recorded the album at Behind The Sun Studios, Red House Studios, and Studio Unglamorous over the course of 2014 - and regal, portentous artwork sketched by Bile, with additional digital art design from S.I. for Incense Art." More...
Fuzz Evil Recording Album, Announces Tour Dates
Southern Arizona stoner rock outfit Fuzz Evil will record a debut full-length album in the coming weeks for release via Battleground Records, and has already begun booking a tour schedule for the coming year with a headlining run of dates through the Southwest in April. Currently announced dates are as follows:
4/21/2015 JR's Bar - Sierra Vista, AZ
4/22/2015 Low Brow Palace - El Paso, TX w/ Oryx, Skulldron
4/23/2015 The Mix - San Antonio, TX w/ Mothership, Switchblade Jesus
4/24/2015 Lost Well - Austin, TX w/ Mothership, Switchblade Jesus
4/25/2015 Club Dada - Dallas, TX w/ Wofat, Mothership, Switchblade Jesus
Prior to the tour, Fuzz Evil will begin to record a debut full-length album, the follow-up the band's previous split 7" with Chiefs, which was released through Battleground Records in late 2014. The album will see release on multiple formats sometime mid-year, with additional details to be released as they're confirmed. More...
Shotgunner Releases Debut Single
"Welcome To The Wasteland" is the debut single from brand new Edmonton-based metal band, Shotgunner.
267 cans of Lucky Lager were shotgunned during the production of this single, and the fruits of those labors can be heard below, or downloaded for free at Bandcamp here.
Nocturna Streaming New EP
U.K. sympho-prog metallers Nocturna just released today the debut EP "Lucidity." The following press release was also issued:
"The 30-minute release sees a culmination of the band’s Euro-American influences, blending together Symphony X and Firewind, along with touches of Dream Theater and Periphery. The 'Lucidity' EP is released digitally today on Bandcamp. Plans for physical copies are in place, and will be announced on their social media channels near the time. You can catch Nocturna at the Mammothfest Warm Up show in Norwich at the B2, June 13th."
Pick up your own copy at this location or listen in below. The track listing is as follows:
1. Introduction 01:47
2. Lucidity 05:37
3. Revelations 05:05
4. Interlude 01:20
5. Gaining Solace 05:20
6. Cast Assured 10:13 More...
Traitors Engages In "The Hate Campaign"
Traitors has a new official music video online for "The Hate Campaign," which is the title track off the band's upcoming release of the same title.
The clip was recorded by Taylor Bryant of Outcast Productions and can be seen below. You can pre-order the album at this location, and the full track listing is as follows:
1. Civil Dissonance (Intro)
2. Disappoint
3. Drown
4. A Common Demon
5. Overthrown
6. The Perfect Enemy
7. Curfew
8. Leech
9. Buried Alive
10. Onslaught
11. Dissociated
12. The Hate Campaign More...
Northland Shows You "When Nature Awakes"
Spanish folk / death metal band Northland proudly presents today a lyric video for the opening track off latest album "Downfall And Rebirth."
The clip for "When Nature Awakes" was created by graphic & video artist Frederic da Veins and can be seen below. The "Dowfall And Rebirth" track listing is as follows:
1. When Nature Awakes 05:06
2. Bloodred Sunrise 05:35
3. Together We Die 03:52
4. The Rite 02:38 instrumental
5. Fury's Unleashed 04:03
6. Duskriders 06:32
7. Spirit in Darkness 05:17
8. Whispers In The Wind 04:20
9. Downfall And Rebirth 07:44
10. Moonlight Spell 04:01
11. Newborn Star 05:39 More...
Piss Vortex Releases First Music Video
With the subtlety of a chainsaw to the base of your spine, Denmark-based Piss Vortex unloads its first official video, hailing from the band's self-titled debut LP.
Released through Indisciplinarian in November, "Piss Vortex" delivered the contorted and demented, noise-laden crust/grind/hardcore Piss Vortex has been quickly known for throughout the band's hometown of Copenhagen and beyond live, captured through fourteen searing tracks in twenty-three minutes.
Directed by Christopher Leo Andersen and Kasper Rebien, the newly created video for the album's "Devouring Intent," though brief, does an accurate job of documenting the mayhem of the band's live shows cut into a collage of impressions from a cold, wintery Copenhagen. Check it out below, courtesy of CVLT Nation. You can also see the band live on these dates:
2/28/2015 Obscene - Roskilde DK w/ Justin Hate
3/26/2015 Stengade - Copenhagen DK - Indisciplinarian Label Night w/ Fossils, Anti Ritual
3/27/2015 Radar - Aarhus DK - Indisciplinarian Label Night w/ Fossils, Anti Ritual
3/28/2015 1000fryd - Aalborg DK - Indisciplinarian Label Night w/ Fossils, Anti Ritual
4/16/2015 Jazzhouse - Copenhagen DK w/Retox
6/12/2015 TBA - DK)- Indisciplinarian Label Night w/ Fossils, Anti Ritual
6/13/2015 Von Hatten - Randers DK)- Indisciplinarian Label Night w/ Fossils, Anti Ritual More...
Barren Earth Posts Lyric Video For New Track
Finnish metal act Barren Earth released a lyric video for the new track "A Shapeless Derelict." The song will appear on the upcoming new release "On Lonely Towers," which is available via Century Media Records on March 30th, 2015 (EU) and March 24th, 2015 (North America).
"On Lonely Towers" was mixed by Petri Majuri and mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios. The artwork - shown below - was created by Travis Smith.
The title track is available as a stream over at this location.
Ensiferum Announces North American Tour
Finland's Ensiferum announced a North American headlining tour with country mates Korpiklaani and Norway's Trollfest for this May. The tour kicks off on May 6th 2015 at the infamous House of Blues in Los Angeles and the band will be promoting the new album "One Man Army," which will be issued on Tuesday, February 24th by Metal Blade Records. Korpiklaani's new album "Noita" will be issued on May 1st via Nuclear Blast Records.
Confirmed dates are:
06-May-15 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
07-May-15 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
08-May-15 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
09-May-15 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
10-May-15 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
12-May-15 - Calgary, AB - Republik
13-May-15 - Edmonton, AB - Union Hall
15-May-15 - Denver, CO - Summit Music Hall
16-May-15 - Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theatre
17-May-15 - Minneapolis, MN - Mill City Nights
18-May-15 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
19-May-15 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre
20-May-15 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
21-May-15 - Ottawa, ON - Mavericks
22-May-15 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda
23-May-15 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial de Quebec
24-May-15 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
26-May-15 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Small’s Theatre
27-May-15 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage
28-May-15 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
29-May-15 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza More...
The Resistance Posts "Dead" Lyric Video
The Resistance, featuring ex-In Flames guitarists Jesper Strömblad and Glenn Ljungström along with The Haunted vocalist Marco Aro, posted a lyric video for the new track "Dead." The song appears on the upcoming new mini-LP "Torture Tactics," which is set for release via earMusic on February 27th (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Italy and Spain), March 2nd (France, Belgium, Holland, Poland, Czech Republic, Norway, and Denmark) and March 8th (UK).
"Torture Tactics" is 30 minutes of a good old slap in the face. It jumps at you with its pure aggression, speedy and heavy guitars, the obvious heavy distortion and the extreme beats. Topped with the distinctive angry growling vocals of Marco Aro - who is literally screaming his lungs out - the brand new six songs are a boisterous statement. Additionally, the mini-album features four bonus tracks: two songs each taken from the band’s last EP "Rise From Treason" and the last album "Scars."
The track list for the release is:
1. For War (New Track)
2. Dead (New Track)
3. Cowards (New Track)
4. Deception (New Track)
5. The Burning (New Track)
6. Dying Words (New Track)
7. Slugger (From the EP "Rise from Treason")
8. Expand to Expire (From the debut LP "Scars")
9. Face to Face (From the EP "Rise from Treason")
10. I Bend - You Break (From the debut LP "Scars")
Check out "Dead" here: More...
American Head Charge Signs With Napalm Records
Hot on the heels of announcing that they will be taking part in the upcoming North American Coal Chamber, Minneapolis, Minnesota's American Head Charge has inked a new deal with Austrian metal label Napalm Records.
The band commented about signing with Napalm Records: "American Head Charge [is] extremely excited to announce our signing with Napalm Records for the 2015 release of our new album, 'Tango Umbrella.' We'd like to thank all the fans, friends and family who contributed to make the recording process possible; we're very proud to be delivering a DIY record to you all!
"Working with Napalm will allow us a much broader reach for promoting and distributing the record and let us focus on what we love and do best: making music and playing shows.
"We look forward to 2015 being a very busy and productive year, and we thank you all again for your continued and fanatic support!"
Napalm A&R representative Sebastian Muench added: "Having lived in Upstate New York for a couple years I was right there when epic albums like 'The War of Art' and 'The Feeding' were released and the incredible effect they had on the music world back then! Napalm is determined and pumped to release a new American Head Charge album after almost a decade of hibernation... and I can tell you the new songs will blow your mind!"
More information on "Tango Umbrella" is expected soon. For tour dates, head on over to this location for dates and venues. More...
Testament Announces "Dark Roots Of Thrash II" Tour
If you think you've seen it all when it comes to thrash metal tour packages, think again.
Digging deep into the early discography that launched a worldwide career spanning two-and-a-half decades, battle-scarred ambassadors of Bay Area thrash Testament will be performing an exclusive headlining set comprised of select tracks from their first three albums: 1987's debut "The Legacy," 1988's "The New Order," and 1989's "Practice What You Preach."
Adding gasoline & road flares to the live pandemonium with direct support will be none other than mastery gunnery sergeants of thrash metal Exodus. Opening every show will be Texan metal cowboys Shattered Sun.
Launching their seventeen-date trek on April 1st with a hometown show in San Francisco that's sure to register on the Richter scale, the "Dark Roots of Thrash II" tour will hit fifteen additional U.S. cities plus Toronto, Canada, wrapping up in Georgia's capital city of Atlanta on April 23rd.
VIP Packages are available via this location and include:
· One Premium Reserved ticket or One General Admission ticket
· A Meet & Greet with select members of TESTAMENT and EXODUS
· Individual & Group Photo opportunities with select members of TESTAMENT and EXODUS
· Exclusive TESTAMENT/EXODUS poster
· Collectible TESTAMENT/EXODUS commemorative laminate
· On-site check-in staff
Confirmed "Dark Roots of Thrash II" dates are: More...
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Evil Invaders Premieres New Music Video
Belgian speed metal act Evil Invaders (named after the classic 1985 release from Canada's Razor) will release the debut full length album "Pulses of Pleasure" 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
These Belgian old school lovers deliver a classy toxic waltz that merges speed metal with aggressive Exodus-style vocals and fiery guitar solos! "Pulses Of Pleasure" stands for the unbound energy of the 80s and the sophistication of our present decade. Whip out those Hi-tops and patch-studded denim vests when Evil Invaders ride the tank because today Metal Underground.com is proud to present the exclusive world premiere of the new music video for the title track of the album, which can be seen below.
The track listing 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
Check out "Pulses of Pleasure" here: More...
Absolva Releases New Music Video
U.K. metal act Absolva, made of of Blaze Bayley's live band Chris Appleton (vocals/guitar), Martin McNee (drums) and Karl Schramm (bass), released a new music video for the track "In Some Wild Universe." The song appears on the band's latest and sophomore effort "Anthems to the Dead," which was issued in May 2014 via Rocksector Records.
Check out "In Some Wild Universe" here:
Trauma Releases New Music Video "When I Die"
San Francisco traditional/speed metal act Trauma have released a music video for the new track "When I Die." The song appears on the upcoming new release "Rapture and Wrath," the band's first album in thirty one years, which is set for release on February 27th via Pure Steel Records.
The track listing is as follows:
1. Heart Of Stone
2. When I Die
3. The Long Way Home
4. Pain
5. The Walking Dead
6. Kingdome Come
7. Egypt
8. Under The Lights
9. Don't Tread On Me
10. Too Late
Check out "When I Die" here: More...
Snakeyes Releases New Music Video
Spanish power metal act Snakeyes released a new music video for the track "Ultimate Sin." The song is the title track of the debut full length release, which is set for release on March 19th as a CD digipak and digital download from iTunes, spotify, Google Play, Amazon and Deezer.
"Ultimate Sin" was produced and mixed by Jose Pineda at Area 51 Studios and mastered by Jose Rubio at Galilea Studios. Check out the video here:
A preview clip for the album can be found here: More...
Rublood Releases New Live Video "Rainfall"
Italian industrial metal act Rublood released an official live video for the track "Rainfall." The song appears on the band's latest album "Star Vampire," which is available from Bakerteam Records. A review for the album can be found at this location.
Check out "Rainfall" here:
Black Star Riders Releases New Music Video
Black Star Riders released a music video for the new track "Finest Hour." The song will appear on the upcoming album "The Killer Instinct," which drops on February 20th, 2015 via Nuclear Blast Records.
The track listing is as follows:
1. The Killer Instinct (streaming here)
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
Check out "Finest Hour" here: More...
Curse Of The Forgotten Streaming New Track
Dutch melodic death metal act Curse of the Forgotten is streaming the new track "Blood for Blood." The song will appear on the upcoming, yet untitled, sophomore full length album. The album will be issued via Wormholddeath Records. More information is expected soon.
Check out "Blood for Blood" here:
Conceived By Hate Streaming New Track
El Savador's Conceived By Hate is streaming the new track "Devotees of Death" (available in the player below). The song will appear on the upcoming new split release (with Colombia's Akheron) "Coalition of Death." The release is set to drop on March 10th via Morbid Skull Recordings.
The track listing is as follows:
1. Devotees of Death [Conceived by Hate]
2. Hypocritical Sense of Ego [Conceived by Hate] (streaming here)
3. Embrace the Absurd [Conceived by Hate]
4. Thorns of Crimson Death (Dissection Cover) [Conceived by Hate]
5. Estigma [Akheron]
6. Chemtrail [Akheron]
7. In-conformista [Akheron]
8. Where Eagles Dare (Misfits Cover) [Akheron]
Check out "Devotees of Death" here: More...
Sixth Album Trailer Posted By The Gentle Storm
The Gentle Storm (the new project of Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine) and Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend Project)) released the sixth in a series of behind the scenes preview clips for the upcoming debut album "The Diary." In the clip seen below, Ed Warby is shown laying down some of the drum parts.
"The Diary" is set for release on March 23rd (EU) and March 24th (USA/World) via InsideOut Music. The track list is as follows:
CD1 : Gentle
1. Endless Sea (gentle version) 05:59
2. Heart of Amsterdam (gentle version) 06:36
3. The Greatest Love (gentle version) 04:08
4. Shores of India (gentle version) 06:40
5. Cape of Storms (gentle version) 05:28
6. The Moment (gentle version) 06:08
7. The Storm (gentle version) 05:56
8. Eyes of Michiel (gentle version) 03:56
9. Brightest Light (gentle version) 04:46
10. New Horizons (gentle version) 05:24
11. Epilogue: The Final Entry (gentle version) 02:02
CD2: Storm
1. Endless Sea (storm version) 05:53
2. Heart of Amsterdam (storm version) 06:37
3. The Greatest Love (storm version) 03:57
4. Shores of India (storm version) 06:24
5. Cape of Storms (storm version) 05:32
6. The Moment (storm version) 06:10
7. The Storm (storm version) 05:58
8. Eyes of Michiel (storm version) 04:00
9. Brightest Light (storm version) 04:54
10. New Horizons (storm version) 05:25
11. Epilogue: The Final Entry (storm version) 02:03
Check it out the latest preview clip here: More...
Below the Sun Posts Entire New Album
Below the Sun - an enigmatic atmospheric blackened doom metal outfit from the city of Krasnoyarsk in Siberian Russia - have taken the solitary journey of Voyager 1 as their inspiration, crafting a concept album entitled "Envoy" that stands as their musical introduction to this world. The band is bringing you a full stream of its unusual and unusually accomplished debut work.
"Envoy" is a deeply atmospheric, irresistibly immersive work, a cosmic version of funeral doom that’s icy and vast and immensely powerful in its hypnotic appeal. It requires about an hour of your time, and your total attention, and it will take you far outside yourself like Voyager 1.
You can now stream the full album "Envoy" below which will be released on February 24, 2015, by the Swedish label Temple of Torturous Records.
Neolith Posts New Song "Enlil"
Polish blackened death metal outfit Neolith brings you one more taste of the oncoming new record "Izi.Im.Kurnu-Ki", and is streaming an official lyric video for the track titled "Enlil" below.
"Izi.Im.Kurnu-Ki" will be released via Non Serviam Records on March 2, 2015.
Aethyr Posts Full New Album Stream
On February 19th, Russian doom metal band Aethyr will release a second full length album titled "Corpus" on the U.S. label Cimmerian Shade Recordings.
In advance of its release the band is streaming the entire new album below.
Imperial Triumphant Posts New Song "Krokodil"
New York City black metal band Imperial Triumphant is back with a brand new full-length album "Abyssal Gods". The album was recorded at Solitude Studios and Amy Mills Studios, mixed and mastered by Colin Marston, and will be released by code 666/Aural Music March 10, 2015.
Imperial Triumphant will be touring with Thantifaxath for two weeks beginning in May - ending at Maryland Deathfest. All dates can be seen after the stream of the new song titled "Krokodil" below.
Imperial Triumphant / Thantifaxath Tour Dates: More...
Mephorash Premieres New Song
Mephorash - an occult black metal band from Uppsala, Sweden - is back with a new EP celebrating the band's 5 years of existence. The new effort is entitled "Sfaíra Ti_s Fo_tiás" and is scheduled for release in May 2015 by Hell Attacks Productions.
You can now stream the premiere of the lyric video for its title track below.
Hacavitz Posts Full New Album Stream
On February 24th, Dark Descent Records will release the new Hacavitz full-length "Darkness Beyond," the next audio installment of the storied Mexican band’s reign of terror. One week before the official release the band is streaming the entire new album below.
Dødheimsgard Posts New Song "Aphelion Void"
After seven years of silence, Norwegian black metal outfit Dødheimsgard is back with a new album titled "A Umbra Omega". Today they offer us a first taste of the new effort and premiere the track "Aphelion Void" below.
States Yusaf "Vicotnik" Parvez about what we can expect from "A Umbra Omega": More...
Behemoth Posts New Live Drum-Cam Video
Behemoth is streaming a new live drum-cam video showing Inferno blasting through the song "Messe Noire" (courtesy of sickdrummermagazine )
Check out the new live drum-cam clip below.
Born of Osiris' Lee McKinney Posts Debut Single
Born of Osiris' guitarist Lee McKinney is streaming his debut single titled "Skylasher". The track is released via Sumerian Records and available now on iTunes and all digital platforms.
You can now check out "Skylasher" below.
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