Metal News for February 22, 2022
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14 news articles posted on this day.
Absent In Body Posts New Music Video Online
Absent In Body, the new project from Amenra's Mathieu Vandekerckhove and Colin H. Van Eeckhout, along with Scott Kelly of Neurosis and former Sepultura drummer Igor Cavalera, has posted a new music video online for the song, "Sarin." You can check it out below. The song comes from the band's forthcoming debut album, "Plague God," which will be released on March 25th.
"Humanity its demise as a self fulfilling prophecy. The onslaught of information is not manageable for any empathic organism in this Universe. Driven into a corner, overtaken by our own self-destructive ways, Nature sends its beasts to settle things for good. Restore balance by fire, water, earth and wind. Until eventually mankind will eat itself. Facts are no longer facts, and Science appears to have been driven from its throne, by new gods of unintelligible information. The story told by a new breed, all awhile Sarin sleeps in your lungs tonight.
"'Sarin' is also a direct homage to Dwid Hellion, whom has written a song named Sarin, with Integrity ages ago, without him we would never have been introduced to one another, and AIB would never have seen the light of day." CHVE More...
Anvil To Release New Album In May
Canadian heavy metal heroes Anvil has announced that they will release their nineteenth studio album, "Impact Is Imminent" this May. An official release date for the record will be confirmed soon. You can view the cover art for the album below.
Guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow recently commented on the upcoming album, stating, "Songs all kick major ass!! Growth is more than evident!" More...
Aexylium Introduces New Guitarist And Drummer
Italian symphonic folk metallers Aexylium are pleased to announce two new additions to their lineup, drummer Alberto Mezzanotte and guitarist Thalia Bellazecca (both ex-Frozen Crown). The two musicians have significant experience, having toured in Europe and Japan along with sharing the stage with well-known bands such as Elvenking and Dragonforce. Thalia is also officially endorsed by ESP Guitars.
In addition to the lineup news, Aexylium are sharing their latest lyric video "Spirit Of The North" in support of their latest album “The Fifth Season” released this past October via Rockshots Records. Like other songs on the record, "Spirit of The North" is inspired by Norse culture and themes. The vocals are deliberately anthemic as it guides the listener into the last track on the full-length. More...
Gwar Announces World Tour Dates
Following the announcement of their forthcoming aural masterpiece, "The New Dark Ages," which you can pre-order here, your Lords and Masters GWAR are pleased to announce their return to the road. On the first leg of the The Black Death Rager World Tour your favorite Scumdog warriors will touch down in Europe for the first time in almost three years.
The tour kicks off July 29 in Tilburg, Holland and culminates with a show at London's Dome on August 18. In addition to GWAR's own headline shows, the tour also features stops at Bloodstock, Wacken Open Air and Pol’land’Rok Festivals.
The Berserker Blóthar had this to say about the coming trek: "Ah Europe, the Old Country. We shall sweep across the continent like the plague, bringing pestilence and death and our unquenchable thirst for heavy metal glory."
Fans can expect to hear all their GWAR favorites and blistering new tracks from the band’s new album.
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Evil Invaders Releases New Music Video
Belgian unit Evil Invaders attack and take no prisoners! "Sledgehammer Justice," the second single and most extreme song of their upcoming album, "Shattering Reflection," is a furious outburst blending traditional heavy metal with speed and thrash standards, in which the Belgian quartet goes full throttle with hammering rhythms and guitar solo madness! The single comes along with a thrilling music video chock full of authentic 80s vibes and horror elements that will shake you to the core!
"Sledgehammer Justice" delivers another powerful taste of what to expect from their new full-length. The album follows previous record Feed Me Violence (2017), which was highly acclaimed by fans and the international press (Deaf Forever 9,5/10 [DE], Rock Tribune 9/10 [BE], Powerplay 9/10 [UK], Spark 5/6 [CZ]).
Evil Invaders on "Sledgehammer Justice":
"‘Sledgehammer Justice’ is the most straight-forward song from our upcoming record Shattering Reflection. It has the coolest videoclip we've released so far! This skull-crushing bomb of adrenaline is gonna drive you wild." More...
Misery Index Reveals New Album Details
Two decades into their venerable careers, Baltimore-based death metal savants, Misery Index, are back with the forthcoming release of their new record, "Complete Control," which will be available worldwide via Century Media Records on May 13.
"Complete Control" was mixed by Will Putney, mastered by Jens Bogren / Fascination Street studios and features artwork by Matt Lombard, which can be seen below.
Misery Index bassist/vocalist Jason Netherton states about "Complete Control": "We are super stoked to present our new album 'Complete Control' - a pandemic-spawned 9-track opus of vitriolic death metal which draws heavily on our enduring brutal hardcore and grindcore influences. We tracked the album in September and October of 2021, and it was subsequently mixed by Will Putney prior to being mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street studios. The cover features the visceral, uncanny work of visual artist Matt Lombard, which to us hammers home the contradictory forces of control and chaos which define our modern age. The album's central lyrical themes focus on these competing forces of control and chaos; they interrogate ‘power’ as something that is not always wielded with brute force in the modern age (through violence), but moreso as a control-society where it manifests on a self-governing, individual level. ALSO, we are looking very much forward to hitting the road again this year! Starting with a run of dates with our old friends Origin and Wolf King in North America, leading into festival appearances, a West Coast US tour and an EU headliner coming later this year. Until then, see you all soon and keep hammering the nails!"
"Complete Control," the seventh studio album and Century Media debut for Misery Index, is a riff-driven assault that captures the tension of the modern condition and channels it into 9 songs of ripping end-times death metal. Spewing with Orwellian invective and razor-sharp songwriting, Complete Control is a much-needed hammer to the face; a wake-up call for the disaffected and dispossessed. More...
Oceans Of Slumber Shares New Music Video
Texas prog-metal outfit Oceans Of Slumber have released a new single, titled 'The Waters Rising'. The haunting track is the first new offering from the band since the release of their 2020 self-titled album. Led by the soulful power of lead vocalist Cammie Gilbert, 'The Waters Rising' welcomes fans back into the world of Oceans Of Slumber with more to come in due time. The song is accompanied by a music video, which can be seen here.
Speaking about the new single, the band comments: "We’re at a point of clarity in a conversation we’ve been having with ourselves for a very long time. 'Where do we go from here? What are we?' And we’ve landed firmly on a conclusion. We’re an amalgamation of many stories and the southern drawl of the gulf coast of the USA. A new southern gothic." More...
Interview
Chris Caffery Discusses New Spirits Of Fire Album
The term "supergroup" can be a bit of a poison chalice at times. They always look like they'll be great on paper but when it comes to the finished product, it can at times be a little lacking. However, that doesn't mean they're always set up to fail. Just take Cream, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Down, Brujeria or Avantasia for some highly successful examples. As you may have guessed, one rising group which certainly belongs in the latter category would be Spirits Of Fire.
Formed by Chris Caffery, guitarist of Trans-Siberian Orchestra & Savatage, bass extraordinaire Steve DiGiorgio (of Testament, Death, Iced Earth among many others) and drummer Mark Zonder (Fates Warning and Warlord,) alongside former Judas Priest and Iced Earth singer Tim "Ripper" Owens, the band unleashed their eponymous debut album in early 2020 and now, two years later and Rhapsody's Fabio Lione behind the mic stand, the quartet have let loose their fearsome sophomore effort, "Embrace The Unknown."
To find out more about this record, its history, circumstances which created it and much more, we caught up with Chris Caffery, who explained everything a fan of this emerging powerhouse could want to know, including why Lione sounds different on this album than he ever has before, the origin of their mascot and even an update on new material from Savatage. You can watch it in full below, while an excerpt reads as follows:
Diamond Oz: The album, "Embrace The Unknown" is out now...
Chris Caffery: Yeah, I'm really excited for people to hear this whole record. Not that I have a particular favourite song, I think the record as a whole is just something that I'm really happy about. Sometimes when you release the first couples of singles, that could be a lot of the highlights and people might not get more, but I think when people hear the rest of this album, they're going to be even more excited, which is what I'm really happy about. Especially the metal fans around the world, I think they're going to be happy when they hear this as a piece.
Oz: Absolutely. The first album was magnificent. Where does the title, "Embrace The Unknown" come from?
Chris: Actually that came from the song title. Fabio had written the lyrics for this record, which is something I wanted to happen because the first four songs on the first album, I'd written them pretty much myself. When we were coming to this and we found out that Ripper was not going to be doing this record, I'd asked that whoever was going to be doing the vocals, I wanted them to write the lyrics and the melodies because if I'm writing this kind of music and then I have to finish everything, to me it starts to feel too much like I'm making a solo record.More...So I was happy to have them do this and as far as the meaning behind this record or the lyrics, it's funny because I'll read the title or the lyrics and be able to get my own idea, the same way that you will, but the only person who's really able to answer exactly what these are is Fabio. Which is kind of cool because when I look at these titles I find meanings in them, like "A Second Chance" is kind of like our second chance and "Embrace The Unknown," people who had no idea who was singing on this record were embracing an unknown when it came out.
When I got Fabio's first finalised versions of this record and had some finished mixes, I sent it to friends, some of whom have listened to thousands of singers, nobody could guess it was him when they heard this and that's the thing that I think was really awesome because you know, as far as I'm concerned, this style and what he's doing on this record is really not something that people have heard him do before and he did it so well. He got into the character of being the singer for Spirits Of Fire and the voice of this band in such a cool way. I'm so happy with his performance and overall this record, to me, is just a really fun listen, front to back. I'll listen to this a lot more than I'll listen to other records that I've been on. A lot of times I'll finish an album and I might listen to it once or twice, or there might be a song I like but this one I listen to start to finish and it's always a really fun listen for me, especially when I'm driving. It's a good driving album!
Eyes Of Perdition Premiere New Music Video
Las Vegas, Nevada-based slamming death metal outfit Eyes Of Perdition premiere a new music video for "Dealing Death", which was directed by Matti Way (Abominable Putridity, Disgorge, Pathology). The song is off the band's 2021 EP "Incendiary Truths".
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Helsott Premiere New Music Video
California’s Helsott premiere a new single and music video called “I’ll Make Ya Famous”, taken from their orthcoming concept album "Will and the Witch", which will be out in stores May 20 via M-Theory. The album is mixed and mastered by J-F Dagenais (Kataklysm, Ex Deo) and will feature many special guests (to be revealed at later date).
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Viande Premiere New Track "Le Souffle Des Os"
French blackened death metal band Viande premiere a new track titled “Le Souffle Des Os”, taken from their upcoming debut full-length "L’abime dévore les âmes", which will be out in stores later this year via Transcending Obscurity.
Godless Truth Premiere New Song "The Eyechain"
Czech tech-death outfit band Godless Truth premiere a new song entitled “The Eyechain”, taken from their upcoming new self-titled album, which will be out in stores on March 4 through Transcending Obscurity Records.
Check out now "The Eyechain" streaming via YouTube for you below.
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Crown of Madness Premiere New Song & Lyric Video
British Columbia-based husband-and-wife duo Crown of Madness premiere a new song and lyric video named “The Manipulated”, taken from their upcoming debut EP "The Void", which will be released on March 25th. The lyric video was made by Jade Weekes.
Check out now "The Manipulated" streaming via YouTube for you below.
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Void Of Vision Premiere New Official Music Video
A new official music video has premiered online for the latest single “Dominatrix” from experimental Australian metalcore outfit Void Of Vision. The AV Club directed the video, which you can stream via YouTube below:
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