Metal News for February 2, 2015
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Black Star Riders Posts Track-By-Track Video
Black Star Riders is set to release forthcoming album "The Killer Instinct" on February 20th, 2015 and in anticipation of the release, front man Ricky Warwick sat down to discuss each of the new tracks.
The first part of that track-by-track series is now online and can be viewed in the YouTube clip below. A previously released teaser clip with the band talking about the album can also be found at this location. The track listing is as follows:
1. The Killer Instinct
2. Bullet Blues
3. Finest Hour
4. Soldierstown
5. Charlie I Gotta Go
6. Blindsided
7. Through The Motions
8. Sex, Guns & Gasoline
9. Turn In Your Arms
10. You Little Liar More...
I Promised Once Releases "Spring Breakers" Clip
After releasing a clip for "The Walker Part 1: Realization," German / Japanese electronic metalcore band I Promised Once has a new clip online for "Spring Breakers."
This is the final track off upcoming debut EP "New Blood," which is due out on February 4th as an independent release. The record was produced & mixed by Aljoscha Sieg at Pitchback Studios (Eskimo Callboy, Stick To Your Guns) and mastered by Brian Hood at 456 Recording Studios from Nashville, USA. More...
Midnight Caine Releases New EP
Swedish outfit Midnight Caine is a combintion of rock, metal, horror, and black magic where every hour is always the witching hour. The band's new release "House Of Caine" is out now and can be heard below. The track listing is:
1. House Of Caine 03:56
2. Blood On The Trees 04:53
3. Possessed By Madness 03:53
4. Unholy Light 05:13
5. Lucifer 06:40 More...
Charming Timur Streaming New Album
Hailing from Helsinki, Charming Timur is a one man musical plane crash created by Lauri Santeri Lohi that's not limited to any genres in particular, but mostly focusing on alternative metal, shoegaze, and post black metal.
"For The Duration Of Psychiatric Treatment" is like a summer blockbuster movie: loud, flashy, and full of effects. It just grabs you from the start and propels you along on a wave of metal pyrotechnics. Give it a listen below. The track listing is as follows:
01. Flanger Effects And Venlafaxine
02. You Are Next
03. Armed For A Schoolday
04. Fly With Me
05. You Cant Handle This In A-Major
06. Had Enough
07. Close
08. Illness
09. A Human Cell
10. Our Day Is Beautiful More...
Peculate Protests Taylor Swift
Back in January, it was announced that Taylor Swift had trademarked the phrase "this sick beat" after it appeared on her album "1989."
In protest of the ridiculous ability of the rich to legally own words, avant-garde metal solo project Peculate released a brutal, cacophonous metal song titled "This Sick Beat™," which only uses the words "this sick beat" as lyrics. Join in the protest below.
Culto Releases New Album
Culto is a drone duo based in Vasto, Italy that released an initial self-titled album back in September of 2013 (that album is still available for streaming at this location).
The band's new album called "Culto II" comes with only one track with a 24 minute length full of introspective and ambient sounds. Flick off the light switch, light a few candles, and press play...this is CULTO! More...
Spook The Horses Streaming "Rainmaker"
Fans of hypnotic and multi-faceted atmospheric metal can experience the entire "Rainmaker" album from Wellington, New Zealand's dynamic outfit Spook The Horses as the full-length is independently released today.
Physical and digital copies are available at the Spook The Horses Bandcamp page here. Engulfing over forty-six minutes, Spook The Horses' undulating post-hardcore and atmospheric metal shifts effortlessly between lacerating and sublime elements through eight dynamic movements on "Rainmaker."
The album was tracked live at Studio Wellington by James Goldsmith (So So Modern, Die! Die! Die!), mixed in Melbourne, Australia by Sam Sproull (Shihad, Cairo Knife Fight, Gatherer) and mastered in Stockholm, Sweden by renowned engineer Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna, The Ocean, Kongh). You can see the band supporting the release on these dates:
2/13/2015 San Fran - Wellington, NZ w/ DYSE
2/14/2015 Space Monster - Wanganui, NZ w/ DYSE
3/13/2015 Churchills - Christchurch, NZ w/ No Broadcast
3/14/2015 Re: Fuel - Dunedin, NZ w/ No Broadcast
3/28/2015 Kings Arms (front room) - Auckland, NZ More...
Kayleth Posts Full Album Online
The Italian spaced-out stoner rockers from Kayleth are streaming their new album “Space Muffin” online in full. Give it a listen via the SoundCloud player below. “Space Muffin” was released today - February 2nd - on CD/DD formats by Argonauta Records.
UFO Streaming New Song
UFO is set to release latest studio album "A Conspiracy of Stars" on March 3rd in North America on SPV/Steamhammer.
Today UFO has also partnered up with Guitar World to stream the song "Run Boy Run" online - check it out below. The full album's track listing is:
01. The Killing Kind
02. Run Boy Run
03. Ballad Of The Left Hand Gun
04. Sugar Cane
05. Devils In The Detail
06. Precious Cargo
07. The Real Deal
08. One And Only
09. Messiah Of Love
10. Rolling Rolling
11. King Of The Hill (Bonus Track) More...
Europe Announces New Album
The rock legends from Europe will release their 10th studio album, "War of Kings," on March 10th, 2015 in the United States via Hell & Back Recordings.
Recorded at the brand new PanGaia Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, produced by Dave Cobb (Rival Sons) and engineered by John Netti, "War of Kings" sees the quintet confidently creating 11 monstrously melodic, yet hard-hitting classic rock’n’roll standouts for their fervent global audience.
Joey Tempest states, “'War Of Kings' is the album we always wanted to make, ever since we were kids listening to bands like Zeppelin, Purple and Sabbath. And after hearing Dave Cobb amazing production for Rival Sons we simply had to work with him. Our adventure is still ON!”
1. War Of Kings
2. Hole In My Pocket
3. Second Day
4. Praise You
5. Nothin’ To Ya
6. California 405
7. Days Of Rock n Roll
8. Children Of The Mind
9. Rainbow Bridge
10. Angels (With Broken Hearts)
11. Light Me Up
Bonus: Vasastan (Instrumental) More...
Sutrah Releases New Album
Sutrah just released a self-titled album to follow the band's previous EP from back in 2012. You can hear all the tracks below, or also grab a digital copy of the album via Bandcamp. The "Sutrah" track listing is:
1. Asided Pits 05:41
2. Architects 03:57
3. First Transmission 05:01
4. Hunger Exile 07:28
5. Ignition 04:42
6. Lost 2.0 04:47
7. When Giants Pierce Clouds 12:52 More...
Deez Nuts Releasing Album Through Century Media
"We're not a bunch of fuckin' dudes who come from privilege. You can hear this, you can feel this. And that's because 'Word Is Bond' is a passionate album," says JJ Peters.
You think you know Deez Nuts? Think again. "Word Is Bond" showcases front man JJ Peters at his most real. It's a short, sharp shock of pure honesty delivered in inimitable old-school style, and shouts loud and proud that Peters, guitarist Matt "RealBad" Rogers, bassist Sean Kennedy, and drummer Alex Salinger are here to stay.
"Word Is Bond," the band's fourth album, was produced by Andrew Neufeld (Comeback Kid) and Shane Frisby (The Ghost Inside, Bury Your Dead). "Word Is Bond" will be out on Century Media Records on April 21st in North America and April 27th in Europe. The track listing is:
1. Word
2. Yesterday
3. Pour Up
4. What's Good
5. Behind Bars
6. What I Gotta Do
7. Chess Boxin'
8. Don't Wanna Talk About It
9. Face This On My Own
10. Wrong Things Right
11. Understand
12. Party At The Hill
13. The Message
14. Word Is Bond More...
"(We've Got) Fiends In Low Places" Streaming
Eolian Empire's latest deck-wrecking mess is ready for heckling and streaming in its bruising entirety as the "(We've Got) Fiends In Low Places: Heavy Vibes Internationale" cassette will officially be paroled tomorrow.
Featuring more than fifty minutes of abuse from fifteen acts, "Fiends In Low Places" is the sequel and companion compilation to the "(We've Gotta) Keep Our Heads: Heavy Vibes from Portland, Oregon."
Yet instead of focusing on Portland-based acts as with the label's twenty-nine previous releases, this releases's contributions were culled from friends playing off-the-wall heavy music in overlapping scenes internationally.
You can pick up your own copy at this location or stream the release below. The full track listing is: More...
Lordi Kicking Off European Tour
Lordi will be taking over Europe starting tonight - if you wanna check out how the songs from latest album “Scare Force One” (reviewed here) turn out live, here’s your chance
02.02.2015 DE Berlin - K17
03.02.2015 DE Hamburg - Markthalle
05.02.2015 DE Frankfurt - Batschkapp
06.02.2015 DE Leipzig - Hellraiser
07.02.2015 DE Nürnberg - Hirsch
08.02.2015 DE Stuttgart - LKA
11.02.2015 DE München - Backstage
13.02.2015 DE Burgengenfeld - VAZ
14.02.2015 DE Memmingen - Kaminwerk
15.02.2015 CH Pratteln - Z7
18.02.2015 DE Köln - Essigfabrik
19.02.2015 DE Bochum - Matrix
21.02.2015 AT Dornbirn - Conrad Sohm
24.02.2015 HU Budapest - Barba Negra Club
25.02.2015 SK Bratislave - MMC
27.02.2015 CZ Zlin - Masters Of Rock Café
28.02.2015 CZ Prague - Meet Factory
01.03.2015 DE Bremen - Aladin
04.03.2015 IT Milan - Alcatraz
05.03.2015 IT Rome - Orion
06.03.2015 IT Pordenone - Deposito Giordani
10.03.2015 NL Eindhoven - Dynamo
11.03.2015 BE Kortrijk - De Kreun
15.03.2015 FR Lyon - Ninkasi
17.03.2015 FR Paris - Trabendo
19.03.2015 ES Madrid - Sala Penelope
20.03.2015 ES Bilbao - Sala Santana 27
21.03.2015 ES Aviles - Sala Quattro
22.03.2015 ES Zaragoza - C.C.Delicias
24.03.2015 GB Exeter - Lemon Grove
25.03.2015 GB Wakefield - Warehouse 23
26.03.2015 GB Manchester - O2 Academy Club
27.03.2015 GB Glasgow - Classic Grand
29.03.2015 GB Southampton - Mo Club
01.04.2015 GB Reading - Sub 89 Club
03.04.2015 GB Chester - The Live Room
04.04.2015 GB Bristol - Marn le Factory
05.04.2015 GB LondonO2 - Academy
06.04.2015 GB Brighton - Concorde 2 More...
Zoax Posts "Zero Point Seven" Video
Zoax has a blistering video for the first single, "Zero Point Seven," taken off upcoming EP, "Is Everybody Listening?," which will be released via Century Media Records on February 9th in Europe and February 10th in North America (digital only). Check out the clip below, courtesy of Rocksound.
Adam Carroll (vocals) comments: "'Zero Point Seven' is easily the most fun song for us to play live, we wanted to capture that in the video. Since we started playing it, the audience has been going crazy for it. Always a good sign for a song just about to be released, don't you think?"
"Is Everybody Listening?" was produced and engineered by Derya Oisin Nagle, Ciaran O' Shea and Adam "Nolly" Getgood, plus mixed and mastered by Adam "Nolly" Getgood. The track listing is as follows:
1. ?
2. Lonely Souls (watch the video here)
3. Click
4. Zero Point Seven
5. Right Words
6. Innocent Eyes More...
Primitive Man Streaming "Bag Man"
"Home Is Where The Hatred Is" will be the title of the imminent new EP from Denver blackened doom unit, Primitive Man.
Spewing forth four vicious slabs of nihilistic, feedback-doused audio atrocities, "Home Is Where The Hatred Is" will was tracked at Flatline Audio by Dave Otero (Cephalic Carnage, Catheter, Cobalt, etc.) and will be unleashed as a special 12" EP later this month via Relapse Records.
In celebration of its release, today Cvlt Nation offers up a premiere of third demoralizer, "Bag Man." Give it a listen below. The EP's track listing is:
1. Loathe
2. Downfall
3. Bag Man
4. A Marriage With Nothingness More...
Gabe Seeber Posts Drum Play Through Video
There are many many artists in music today, from pop to metal, that would not be who they are or where they are without YouTube. The possibilities are endless when the right song or video begins to make the rounds and ends up achieving viral status that was typically never expected or intended.
The Kennedy Veil's own Gabe Seeber has decided to get more involved in creating content for fans to watch and share around via YouTube. The first of several upcoming drum play throughs has now been released for "Mental Crucifixion," a track by melodic tech death band Vale of Pnath, from the 2011 album, "Prodigal Empire."
Check it out below, and stay tuned as many more drum play through clips from Seeber will drop throughout the year.
2014 was a banner year for Gabe, with The Kennedy Veil releasing debut album, "Trinity of Falsehood" on January 21st, 2014 via Unique Leader Records, and immediately hitting the road in support of the album alongside labelmates Lord of War and Arkaik. Gabe was also a member of Sacramento tech death outfit and Unique Leader labelmates, Alterbeast. Gabe re-recorded the drums for what would become that band's UL debut album, "Immortal," which saw a release in March of 2014.
In late Spring of 2014, Gabe confirmed that he would once again be the touring drummer for Decrepit Birth for the Summer Slaughter Tour run, alongside death metal legends Morbid Angel, Dying Fetus and more. About a month after returning home from Summer Slaughter, Gabe hit the road with Alterbeast, alongside Chelsea Grin and headliners Suicide Silence and The Black Dahlia Murder for a month long tour across North America, which included being a part of the VIP Kick Off Party for Knotfest in San Bernardino, CA. In late 2014, Gabe officially parted ways with Alterbeast in order to focus more on The Kennedy Veil. More...
Orakle Reveals Album Artwork
French extreme metal band Orakle just unveiled the artwork for forthcoming album "Éclats," with all the cover and interior art of the album based around the sculptures of Robert Le Lagadec (1927-2002). A French documentary about Robert Le Lagadec’s works is available at DailyMotion.
Earlier in January, Orakle uploaded a two-part making of "Éclats" that can still be seen over at this location. Seven years has passed since the band's last opus, 2008's "Tourments & Perdition." Seven years that has allowed the band to build a very personal and audacious album, where black metal merges with a more experimental and dissonant sound with some prog rock influences.
"Éclats" will be released on May 11th via Apathia Records. Pre-orders will start on February 16th, 2014. More...
Inertia Posts "Forbidden Door" Lyric Clip
Five piece metalcore band Inertia has a debut lyric video out now for the track "Forbidden Door," which features David Moore of As We Walk. "Forbidden Door" is taken from the upcoming debut Inertia album "Tribulations." The band comments:
"For a more theatrical experience, the story takes place with a main character in the 18th century who is an artist, more of a painter than anything. One day he finds himself waking from a dream he can’t remember only to discover his flesh devoured with scorch marks. Having no memory of this or of anything else about himself, his life, he only knows that his art is all that remains. One thing he can’t escape from however, is the haunting image in his head. An image that will not go away, an image of what appears to be an angel or a demon, he thinks.
"As the images continue to haunt, he decides to apply his visions to a large canvas. Thinking to himself, once he’s done, all the answers will come to him. Little does he know what lies in store for him. Inertia’s first single is chapter three of the story, 'Forbidden Door.' Where the artist finds himself waking up in the middle of the night to find out hell has entered his home, from the demonic sketches that he put away in a room. A nightmare is about to begin..." More...
Rotting Christ Gearing Up For Festival Tour
Greek metal outfit Rotting Christ has announced a string of festival dates across several European countries in February.
The trek, which begins at Norway's Blastfest on February 19th, runs through nine more countries, and sees the band performing at festivals such as Party.San Open Air in Germany, Metal Days in Slovenia, Einstaflug in Iceland, and more before concluding on October 1st. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
2/19 Bergen (NO) Blastfest
2/28 Praha (CZ) Hellenic Darkness Fest
3/14 Esslingen (DE) Hell Over Esslingen Festival
4/5 Rotterdam (NL) Veneration of the Dead Festival
5/16 Pfaffing in Oberbayern (DE) Bavarian Battle Open Air
5/29 Warszawa (PL) Progresja
5/30 Gdynia (PL) Atlantic
6/5 Milano (IT) Circolo Coloni
6/6 Roma (IT) Traffic
7/5 Roitzschjora (DE) With Full Force
7/9 Neskaupsstaðir (IS) Eistnaflug
7/23 Tolmin (SI) Metal Days
7/24 Hamburg (DE) Schlattfest
7/25 Lörrach (DE) Baden in Blut Open Air
8/6 Schlotheim (DE) Party.San Open Air
8/22 Spital am Semmering (AT) Kaltenbach Festival
8/30 Istanbul (TR) Headbangers Weekend Festival
10/1 Trondheim (NO) Trondheim Metal Fest More...
Dagoba Announces New Album
French metal band Dagoba today reveals the follow-up to 2013's "Post Mortem Nihil Est" will be titled "Tales Of The Black Dawn." The cover artwork can be seen below, with full details to be discharged shortly, so stay tuned!
All That Remains Frets That Things Won't End Well
All That Remains will release "The Order of Things" at the end of the month, and today a new music video has come online for opening track "This Probably Won't End Well" (hopefully not a foreshadowing of how the album turns out....)
Check out the video clip in the Vevo player below. The full track listing for "The Order Of Things" is as follows:
1. This Probably Won't End Well
2. No Knock
3. Divide
4. The Greatest Generation
5. For You
6. A Reason for Me to Fight
7. Victory Lap
8. Pernicious
9. Bite My Tongue
10. Flat Empire
11. Tru-Kvlt-Metal
12. Criticism and Self Realization More...
The Sword Gearing Up To Record Album
The Sword will commence recording a fifth album on March 16th, which will follow the 2012 release "Apocryphon" (reviewed here).
The album will be produced by Adrian Quesada and is scheduled for a late Summer release, with worldwide touring to follow. In preparation for recording, the band is announcing a short run of four shows. The shows currently on sale are as follows:
Wed, March 11 - New Orleans, LA / One Eyed Jacks
Thu, March 12 - Monroe, LA / Live Oaks Bar and Ballroom
Fri, March 13 - Memphis, TN / 1884 Lounge
Sat, March 14 - Oklahoma City, OK / ACM Performance Lab
Kamelot Checks In From The Studio
Symphonic metal band Kamelot entered the studio mid-2014 to begin recording the follow-up to "Silverthorn." Today the band has released additional insight into the recordings, with a clip filmed in Lala Mansion Recording Studios. Check it out at the Kamelot Facebook profile here.
The new album will make Kamelot history as it will be released worldwide (excluding Asia) on Napalm Records / Universal and Napalm Records / ADA-Warner as an exclusive licensing deal through the band's Kamelot Music LLC this April / May 2015.
In support of this release, Kamelot will hit the road starting in March for select U.K. shows, followed by a massive North America tour this Spring,with special guests Dragonforce. Select Summer festivals will follow and the band returns to Europe in September / October. More...
Nasty Posts "Phönix" Lyric Clip
German-speaking Belgian crew Nasty has posted a lyric video for new song "Phönix," which can be seen below.
The song "Phönix" appears on Nasty's upcoming new album, "Shokka," which Stereogum recently called "a clinic in piledriving, mean-spirited metallic hardcore, unabashed in its reliance on breakdown after thundering breakdown."
"Shokka" is the band's fifth full-length since its formation a decade ago in La Calamine, Belgium. Good Fight Music will handle the U.S. release of "Shokka" on February 24th. A music video for the title track can also be seen over at this location. More...
Hacavitz Releasing New Album
On February 24th, Dark Descent Records will release new Hacavitz full-length "Darkness Beyond," the next audio installment of the storied Mexican band’s reign of terror. The following press release was also issued:
"The new album is a musical departure for Hacavitz. While albums like 2005’s 'Venganza,' 2007’s 'Katun,' and 2010’s 'Metzli Obscura' were grounded in bestial death/black metal, on 'Darkness Beyond' the group has shed it death metal influences in favor of superbly crafted black metal hymns. Ferocity and grimness permeate what turns out to contain the most memorable material of Hacavitz’s outstanding body of work."
1. Terra Nihil
2. Deadream
3. Livskit
4. Darkness Beyond
5. Herejia
6. De Humo Negro y Ceniza
7. Time is Now More...
36 Crazyfists Swings The Noose
It's a cold, slushy, and wintry Monday.... depending on which part of the country you're residing in. Let's quit bemoaning the crappy weather and enjoy a little metallic heat, courtesy of 36 Crazyfists, which is premiering the brand new song "Swing the Noose" online.
Check out the track below, courtesy of Revolvermag.com. The song lives on "Time and Trauma," due out February 17th via Spinefarm Records.
36 Crazyfists will return to the road in the U.S. this Spring. Stay tuned for more updates on the itinerary. More...
Solstafir Drummer To Miss Tour Dates
Iceland's Solstafir has announced that regular drummer, Guðmundur "Gummi" Óli Pálmason, will not be performing during upcoming shows. He will be replaced by Karl Petur Smith during this period. The group comments:
"Today we're in Milton Keynes ready to kick off the second leg of our European tour. It is with great sadness that we need to report to you that Gummi will not be joining us on this tour due to personal reasons.
"We'd prefer to leave it at that and ask that you please respect our privacy in this matter and refrain from all questions, speculations and internet rumors. We will follow up when the time is right, but for now, we're very excited to have a brilliant drummer by the name of Karl Petur Smith joining us for these shows.
"His extensive musical background includes playing with such acts as Rusty Anderson, Jason Falkner and Bubbi Morthens. Can't wait to see all of your faces out there!"
Solstafir will not comment further on the topic during this ongoing tour. All remaining dates can be viewed below: More...
Shining Comments On Upcoming Album
Swedish outfit Shining (not to be confused with the Norwegian band of the same name) recently announced the band's upcoming full-length will be titled "IX - Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends" and will hit the streets on the 20th of April via Season of Mist. A pre-sale is scheduled to begin on February 4th.
Mastermind Niklas Kvarforth comments: "Shining, the ninth, has been given the name of 'IX - Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends'. For once I am extremely pleased with how this album turned out. I believe that the fevered presence of filth and uncompromising darkness is more prominent than ever before.
"Not only will our more recent fan-base 'enjoy' the oppression contained therein, but I am also certain that those who stopped listening to Shining after our fifth album will find the new one plague-ridden with what some might have felt was lacking on the more recent efforts… that atmosphere of old."
Shining also unveiled a new official website today, which can be found over at this location. Stay tuned for more info on the band's upcoming album.
Tsjuder Recording New Album
Cult Norwegian trio Tsjuder has announced today the recording of a new album.
A follow-up to "Legion Helvete," the as-yet-untitled album will be released by Season of Mist later this year. Regarding the new album, the band comments:
"We are currently in the studio recording our new album, and we're about half done. We have spent some 3-4 years creating the album, and as always we haven't been rushing it. The music is in the same vein as always; raw and brutal black metal without any compromises. The album will be all done in March, but released in the fall, so on our upcoming concerts we'll probably play a few of the new songs. We'll make it worth the wait!"
Currently, the band is scheduled to make a rare North American appearance at this year's Maryland Deathfest alongside international metal stalwarts Sodom, Suffocation, Arcturus, and more.
Tsjuder also recently released pro-shot, live footage of an entire set at Hellfest. The performance is currently streaming at this location and includes a new track from the band, titled "Demonic Supremacy." More...
Loudrage Recruits New Guitarist
Transylvania / Romania based groovy death metal combo Loudrage today announces new guitarist Luci Pop, previously in Cluj-Napoca based melodic metal band She-Wolf, who will be known as Visceral in the new band.
Bestial, the band's previous guitarist, decided to focus on his professional career and the band would like to thank him for almost 10 years spent together, and also wish him all the best luck ahead. The current Loudrage lineup is as follows:
Molester - vocalist
Visceral - guitars
Vomital - bass
Canibal - drums
The band is currently rehearsing and working on new tracks, new live gigs, and a new release to celebrate a decade of Loudrage, with full details coming soon. On a different note, Loudrage recently released a DIY video for the track "Living Dead" (taken from the "Undead Crawlers" 2014 demo) as tribute to the titan of Horror, George A. Romero. Check it out below. More...
Acherontas Posts Album Trailer
Greek black metal vanguard Acherontas today reveals a special teaser video for fifth album, "Ma IoN (Formulas of Reptilian Unification)," set for international release on February 27th via W.T.C. Productions. The album's track listing is:
1. Fires Of Prometheus
2. Nereid Tide Of Neptune's Rudra
3. Convolut-ion, Manifestat-ion, Secret-ion, Karma-lravatl The Thunders Emerged
4. Ma-Ion 'Formulas Of Reptilian Unification'
5. Permutation In The Aetheric Void (Ma-Ion Sacred Seal)
6. Shaman And The Waning Moon
7. Lunar Transcendence & The Secret Kiss Of Nut
8. The Awakening Of Astral Orphic Mysteries - Behind The Eyes Of Irida
9. Copper Arcana
10. Therionic Transformation
11. Orgiastic Feast Of Flesh, Beheld Thine Vicissitude More...
Moonspell Streaming Album's Title Track
Portuguese Gothic metal pioneers Moonspell first brought dark metal flames to their native country and then set the rest of the world aflame with milestone albums including "Irreligious" and "Night Eternal."
Now with eleventh studio album "Extinct," the band has erected yet another monument in the realm of Gothic music. Today you can hear a new song off the album. Check out the title track below, courtesy of Decibel Magazine.
Be prepared to be "Extinct" March 9th in the UK and March 17th in North America. The album's full track listing is as follows: More...
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War Curse Premieres "Blue Line of Injustice"
The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it." - George Orwell
"The song “Blue Line of Injustice” is a direct reflection on the unfortunate society we’re living in," explains Cincinnati thrash act War Curse.
The band continues, "The value of human life varies greatly depending on socioeconomic status and the neighborhood (or country) in which you were born. Look no further than the streets of New York City and the death of Eric Garner for proof that justice isn’t always served. When a man is choked to death over suspicion of selling a cigarette, and his killer not only walks free, but maintains his job as a member of law enforcement, there is a problem.
"People are fed up, and our hearts are with them. Until everyone, regardless of profession, is held to the same human standard, and accountability for one’s actions is equal and acceptable across the board, there will be no peace in the streets. We’re heading down a very ugly path in America right now and it’s the duty of every citizen to voice their opinion in a civil, intelligent, but ferociously non compromising manor when it comes to the systematic abuse of power.
"This song, this album, and this band is devoted to speaking the inconvenient truths that need to be heard. If we offend a few people along the way, that’s fine. At least we’re standing up for our beliefs and being heard, and to us, that’s what being a musician is all about." More...
Live Footage Of Amon Amarth's Leeds Concert Posted
Fan-filmed live footage of Amon Amarth's January 28 performance in Leeds, England can be seen below.
Asked if the band has commenced the songwriting process for the follow-up to 2013's "Deceiver Of The Gods", the band's bassist, Ted Lundström, stated earlier this month: "Yeah, we just started very recently. We have some ideas for songs and lyrics, but we haven't really sat down to put it together yet. But after this European tour, that will be our main focus, just to work on the album 24/7. So hopefully we can record it after the summer. That's the plan. But we don't have any finished songs yet."
You can now stream the two-camera fan-filmed mix below.
Gary Holt Demonstrates New ESP Signature Axe
During an appearance at last month's NAMM show in Anaheim, California, Gary Holt of Exodus and Slayer unveiled his new signature model based on the ESP Eclipse. The Gary Holt signature models come in a high-end ESP version (ESP Gary Holt) and 2 LTD versions, the GH-600 and GH-200. All come with Floyd Rose tremolo system and dual humbucker pickups.
Explains Gary: "We have 3 price-point models. You have the top-of-the-line, most badass guitar I've ever seen and ever been associated with. And then you have, over there, you have the black-and-red one, which I think is as stunning as anything. It's affordable and it plays amazing - an incredible guitar. And here you have your starter guitar, which is still better than anything I started out with as a kid. It's, like, awesome."
Check out Gary Holt demonstrating his new ESP signature-model guitar below. And yes he has a great shirt too.
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