Metal News for February 28, 2014
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Podcast
Metalunderground.com Official Podcast, Episode 5
Co-hosts Kevin Perez (n0thinghead) and Mike Smith (OverkillExposure) kick off this week’s podcast episode by tackling some of the cultural peculiarities of hardcore crowds versus metal crowds, with a specific focus on the irritating “hardcore dancing” trend.
Next up, a public service warning. Mike shares a disturbing story related by singer Tommy “Vext” Cummings (Snot, ex-Divine Heresy), in which he confesses to have been manipulated and deceived by a conniving “Catfish” at large within the online metal network. Beware a Facebook profile by the name of “Elizabeth George” and the Twitter handle "SWEET_BGIRL" with multiple connections to metal industry types; this individual is a dangerous con artist.
Also, on a related and semi-prophetic note, refer to the opening segment of the recent OpEd “From Dicks To Chicks.”
Finally, the news of the week: Kevin and Mike discuss the fate of As I Lay Dying and Austrian Death Machine bandleader Tim Lambesis, who has just pled guilty to the attempted contract murder of his estranged wife. As they explore the implications, your hosts do not shy away from facing various matters of morality, personal responsibility, standards, and accountability.
Take a listen here, enjoy, and offer us your feedback.
Shear Posts In-Studio Videos
Shear's new album "Katharsis" is set to drop via Lifeforce Records on March 24th in Europe and on April 1st in North America.
The band has also now released two in-studio video clips showcasing the creation of the album, which can be seen below. Pre-orders for "Katharsis" are available at this location.
Protest The Hero Posts New Video
Protest The Hero has released a new live video for "Tilting Against Windmills," featuring footage compiled from two tours supporting Volition.
Check it out in the player below, courtesy of Metalsucks.net. You can also check out the band's previously posted video for "Underbite" at this location.
Katatonia Announces Fill-In Guitarist
After parting ways with Per "Sodomizer" Eriksson, Katatonia has issued the following announcement about recruiting a fill-in guitarist:
"Our friend Tomas Åkvik from Stockholm’s raw power rockers Nale, will make sure we stay heavy on this summer’s festival gigs where he’ll fill in on second guitar:
Aug 07 / Brutal Assault / Jaromer / Czech Republic
Aug 08 / Party.San Open Air / Schlotheim / Germany
Aug 16 / Rockstadt Extreme Fest / Rasnov / Romania
"As previously announced, Bruce Soord from The Pineapple Thief/Wisdom of Crowds will step in as a session live guest on our ‘Dethroned & Uncrowned – Unplugged & Reworked’ tour in May (dates below)."
May 8 / Biebob / Vosselaar / Belgium
May 9 / P60 / Amstelveen / The Netherlands
May 10 / Christuskirche / Bochum / Germany
May 11 / Freiheiz / Munchen / Germany
May 12 / Passionkirche / Berlin / Germany
May 13 / Schuur / Lucerne / Switzerland
May 14 / Les Docks / Lausanne / Switzerland
May 15 / Divan du Monde / Paris / France
May 16 / Union Chapel / London / United Kingdom
May 17 / Brudenell Social Club / Leeds / United Kingdom More...
Cauldron Gearing Up For Tour With Volture
Canadian heavy metal trio Cauldron is due to kick off a headlining European tour this Sunday, March 2nd.
The "Caulture Shock" tour starts off with a performance at Brofest in Newcastle and features support throughout from Virginia metallers Volture.
Cauldron vocalist and bassist Jason Decay comments: "We're here in Newcastle waiting for the festivities to start, getting a warm-up ham going for Fist and Battle Axe at Brofest tonight. Can't wait to rock this church to the ground!" More...
Diamond Plate Kicking Off U.S. Tour
Chicago metal trio Diamond Plate is due to kick off a co-headlining U.S. tour tonight with New Jersey progressive metal act East of the Wall.
Sponsored by MetalSucks and Metal Injection, the "Redacted Pulse" tour starts off in Brooklyn, New York, before tearing its way across the U.S. through March and into April.
Diamond Plate is touring in support of new album, "Pulse," while East of the Wall is touring off latest release, "Redaction Artifacts." More...
Coffinworm Posts New Song
Coffinworm has released a new track online for streaming titled "Black Tears," which comes off forthcoming album "IV.I.VIII." Give it a listen at Pitchfork.com here.
To officially be released March 18th and featuring artwork by Scott Shellhamer, the album's track listing is as follows:
1. Sympathectomy
2. Instant Death Syndrome
3. Black Tears
4. Lust vs. Vengeance (streaming here)
5. Of Eating Disorders And Restraining Orders
6. A Death Sentence Called Life
Immortal Bird Kicking Off New Tour
Chicagoan blackened death/thrash behemoths Immortal Bird will bring their scathing psalms of sickness to the stage on a ten-city jaunt of live incursions, starting today.
Set to inaugurate this evening in Columbus, the feisty pheasants will spread their auditory disease through Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut before coming to a close on their home turf on March 10th.
Relays vocalist/drummer Rae Amitay: "Three months after releasing our Akrasia EP, we're chomping at the bit to play these shows and perform the album in its entirety! We'll be debuting some new material as well. Come see us fuck shit up -- respectfully, of course -- if we're coming through your town! Hide your kids. Hide your wife. Unless they're into blackened gross crusty deathish metal. Then we'd like to hang out."
2/28/2014 Ace Of Cups - Columbus, OH
3/01/2014 Roger's Bar - Virginia Beach, VA w/ Occultist
3/02/2014 Strange Matter - Richmond, VA w/ Occultist
3/03/2014 The Depot - York, PA w/ Diamond Plate, East Of The Wall
3/05/2014 The Acheron - Brooklyn, NY w/ Mortals
3/06/2014 Ralph's - Worcester, MA w/ Obsidian Tongue
3/07/2014 Cherry St. Station - Wallingford, CT
3/08/2014 The Smiling Moose - Pittsburgh, PA
3/09/2014 Now That's Class - Cleveland, OH
3/10/2014 Cobra Lounge - Chicago, IL
Interview
Metal Church Singer Comments on Tour
From the operatic range of Ronny Munroe's voice to the tight presentation of guitarists Rick Van Zandt and Kurdt Vanderhoof, Metal Church's performance at Backstage Live in San Antonio brought to mine the term professional. Songs like "Ton of Bricks," "Gods of Wrath" and "Metal Church" whipped the crowd into a frenzy. Some of these songs have held their fans in thrall for thirty years.
Besides legends like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Kiss and Metallica, few metal artists have the power to stay relevant like Metal Church. In fact, if it weren't for Metallica guitar tech and then-Metal Church guitarist, John Marshall, stepping in as James Hetfield's guitar hand on tour (Hetfield burned his hand on a stage pyro), Metal Church would have never made its way into my ears.
The group's success isn't linear, though, as the group has stepped away from the big lights a couple of times. Their most recent hiatus came in 2009 after releasing "This Present Wasteland." The group issued "Generation Nothing" last year and followed the release up with a reunion show at 70,000 Tons of Metal. Now that the band has returned to its former glory, they've assailed North American crowds with their no-bullshit-brand of true heavy metal. Before speaking from the book of heavy metal in San Antonio, vocalist Ronny Munroe and I grabbed the green room at Backstage Live to Metal Church's experiences on the road and the events that helped make the tour possible. More...
Agharti Releases New Music Video
After an official release party in Zagreb, Agharti is now ready to release a music video for the song “Rise Again,” taken from debut album “Change." Check it out below. "Change" was filmed by the following people:
Camera, editing and aftereffects: Igor Ferderber
Camera and photography: Silvia
Idea: Goran Gracanin & Igor Ferderber
Roles: Band & Štefan Lukic
Costumography: Mirela Noršic
Exthenia Releases New Single
Melodic death metallers Exthenia today release a brand new digital single titled "Future Is A Dead End" with an additional track titled "Left Undone."
Formed in 2012 in Pori, Finland, Exthenia last year released an EP titled "Dominate The Wind," and began releasing a series of informative documentary clips, the first of which can be viewed below.
Die Choking Releasing EP On Vinyl
Philadelphia trio Die Choking has now dispatched a five song, self-titled EP to the printing presses for its first vinyl incarnation, pending release in conjunction with the extreme music purveyors at Earsplit's label, The Compound.
Featuring Paul J Herzog (ex-Total Fucking Destruction) on bass/vocals, Joshua T. Cohen (Cop Problem) on drums, and Jeffrey V. Daniels (Burden) on guitar, Die Choking digitally released this first studio effort in January.
The "Die Choking" EP was recorded by Brutal Truth guitarist Dan O'Hare at his Mark It Zero Studios in New Jersey, the same studio Die Choking will return to on March 1st to record a new release due out later this Summer. The self-titled EP's track listing is as follows:
I. Low Finality
II. Momentum
III. Greed War
IV. Reason Resist | Reason Reborn
V. Uninstall
You can also see the band live on these dates:
3/14/2014 Paradise House - New Brunswick, NJ
3/15/2014 Saint Vitus Bar - Brooklyn, NY w/ Artificial Brain, The Communion
4/04/2014 Siren Records - Doylestown, PA w/ Carved Up, Bardus
4/12/2014 Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA w/ Carcass, The Black Dahlia Murder, Gorguts, Noisem
4/24/2014 The Mr. Roboto Project - Pittsburgh, PA w/ Enabler, Black Mask, Meth Quarry, Rabid Pigs
Doro Announces Bonus Disc With Cover Songs
In honor of her 30 year stage jubilee, Doro Pesch will celebrate with fans from all over the world with two shows on May 2nd - the "Classic Night" with Orchestra - and May 3rd - the "Rock Night" with many guests - at CCD Stadthalle in her hometown Düsseldorf.
Just in time for the celebration, there will be an anniversary record from the rock queen. The "Raise Your Fist – 30 Years Anniversary-Edition" contains the re-release of the "Raise Your Fist" record, as well as a bonus CD entitled "Powerful Passionate Favorites." There you find new and unreleased tracks, but also Doro cover versions of her favorite artists, such as Led Zeppelin, Tina Turner, Metallica, and Dio.
The bonus CD track listing is as follows:
01. It Still Hurts - The ballad of Doro and Lemmy, with a new mix from Jacob Hansen (Vobleat)
02. Lève Ton Poing Vers Le Ciel - The french version of the single "Raise Your Fist In The Air"
03. Babe I´m Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin cover
04. Nutbush City Limits - Tina Turner cover
05. Only You - New version of the track, which was written by Gene Simmons in 1990
06. Egypt (The Chains Are On) - Dio cover
07. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica cover
08. Warfare - new song
09. NYC Blues- Home recorded demo version of a new track
You can also see Doro live: More...
Carnifex Posts Track-By-Track Breakdown
Earlier this week, San Diego death metal outfit Carnifex made the entire new album "Die Without Hope" (reviewed here) available for streaming.
Now the stream has been updated with video commentaries by each the band's members for all the tracks. Hear the full album and check out the track-by-track commentary in the YouTube playlist below.
"Die Without Hope" is set for official release this coming March 4th, 2014.
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Announces New Album
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter has announced the band's new album will be titled "Tief.Tiefer." ("Deep.Deeper.") and will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Die Apokalyptischen Reiter comments:
"If there ever has been a genre we have been part of, we have definitively overcome its boundaries. Standing still, stagnation and rules bore us. Everything is moving. The world. Life. Thoughts."
To record the successor to 2011's "Moral & Wahnsinn," the band gave itself more than 1000 days and it wouldn’t be long till it came clear that the variety of ideas were not to be put on a usual record.
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter adds: “It was pure magic. Unbelievable and almost unreal. Though we’ve been making music together for so long, we still manage to amaze and surprise ourselves. Our wealth is joy.
"This time we have been composing far from home. We went to Ural and the Florida Keys, hiked through Riesengebirge, found solitude at Uckermark. And our rehearsal room was built out of a houseboat.
"Nothing was safe from us. Not even our own songs. We’ve learnt to seize the magic of a moment, just as well as the persistent transformation of a fleeting thought in a great song." More...
Equilibrium Entering The Studio
The German epic metal heroes in Equilibrium are currently working on the follow-up to 2010 album, “Rekreatur.”
In few days, the guys will enter the Helion Studios Munich to kick off the recordings with guitar player and producer René Berthiaume. The band states:
“The songs are written, 13 tracks are planned for the album. We can hardly wait to finally release another full-length record after four years! In the past we’ve written a lot, so that the record will be very varying. With some songs we return to our roots, others will be a sonic surprise. Next week Robse will hit the studio to record vocals and to give the songs life. Furthermore there are some other things planned for Equi this year, you can really look forward to!”
The untitled album will be released this summer via Nuclear Blast, with further details forthcoming.
Comeback Kid Streaming Full New Album
Absolute Punk is today hosting the stream of Comeback Kid’s new album "Die Knowing," set for release on Monday, March 3rd. Give it a listen below, and find a listing of the band's upcoming tour dates after the jump.
Destrage Posts Full New Album Online
Milan, Italy's Destrage is releasing Metal Blade Records debut album "Are You Kidding Me? No." this coming Tuesday, March 4th. But before the official release date, the entire album is available for streaming. Give it a listen below, courtesy of Metal Sucks.
"Are You Kidding Me? No." will be released worldwide via Metal Blade Records on March 4th in North America and February 28th/March 3rd in Europe/UK. More...
War From A Harlots Mouth Streaming Full Album
European Deathcore exports War From A Harlots Mouth are streaming their latest and final record, "Voyeur," which can be heard in the YouTube clip below.
After 8 years, 4 full length albums, and several splits and EPs in between, War From A Harlots Mouth announced the band's indefinite hiatus and completed a final tour of the band's native Germany. The two week tour saw the band play sold out shows before bidding fans farewell. Final album "Voyeur" was released on November 6th, 2012 via Season of Mist. More...
Megaherz Signs To Napalm Records
Germany's Megaherz has today signed with Napalm Records. Following the breakthrough album "Kopfschuss" and subsequent releases, the band is currently working on a new album, to be released this fall.
Alexander Wohnhaas & Christian Bystron of Megaherz commented on the signing: "This is an important step for us. Napalm Records is a partner with a lot of experience and will present great opportunities for us. For the next album we absolutely want to go the extra mile and we already confident in a very good company like Napalm. It was important for us to sign with Napalm as they fully identify themselves with the band and we share the same goals. We´re looking forward to a successful, long-term cooperation!"
Napalm Records Vice President Thomas Caser is very excited about the upcoming cooperation with Megaherz and states: "We are unbelievable proud to welcome MEGAHERZ at Napalm Records. Napalm Records will be doing everything to get the band to the top, where such a talented and eclectic act simply belongs!"
Lord Mantis Streaming New Song
Lord Mantis today dispatches the first wave of audio violence from impending third full-length, "Death Mask," nearing release via Profound Lore this Spring.
Check out the track "Body Choke" in the player below, courtesy of Noisey.Vice.com. "Death Mask" will see release on April 29th, the band's first release for Profound Lore Records. The track listing is as follows:
1. Body Choke
2. Death Mask
3. Possession Prayer
4. You Will Gag For The Fix
5. Negative Birth
6. Coil
7. Three Crosses More...
Ape Machine Headed Out On Tour
Portland, Oregon's bluesy stoner rock act Ape Machine has announced a spring west coast tour with a stop at SXSW.
Blending equal parts rock 'n’ roll, blues, stoner rock and psychedelia, Ape Machine is out to melt faces and pound the apathy out of otherwise jaded listeners with a wall of heavy rock n’ roll tones unheard since the days of bell bottoms, long hair and blaring tube amplifiers. Catch the show on these dates:
3/6 - Cafe Coda - Chico, CA
3/7 - Luigi's Slice and Fungarden - Sacramento, CA
3/8 - Milk Bar - San Francisco, CA
3/9 - Whisky A Go Go - LA, CA
3/10 - Casbah - San Diego, CA
3/11 - Royal Dive - Oceanside, CA
3/12 - Pub Rock - Phoenix, AZ
3/13 - Marfa or Day Off
3/14 - SXSW D'Addario /Planet Waves /Swinghouse Party
3/15 - Lola's Room - Fuzzed Out Ft Worth
3/16 - Lowbrow - El Paso, TX
3/17 - Cheyenne Saloon - Las Vegas, NV
3/18 - Prospector - Long Beach, CA
3/19 - The Saloon - Encinitas
3/20 - Audie's - Fresno, CA
3/21 - Oak St. Speakeasy - Eugene, OR
3/22 - El Corazon - Seattle WA (With Spirit Caravan, Mos Generator, Pilgrim)
Shadow Host Streaming Recent Album
"Apocalyptic Symphony" from Russian speed/thrash metallers Shadow Host is out now on Metalism Records. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered in Cosmos Studio by Arkady Navaho. Cover art comes courtesy of Alexander "Kwaadnar" Balinets. Stream all ten tracks of "Apocalyptic Symphony" from Shadow Host over at bandcamp.
Shadow Host was created at the end of 1993 by guitarist Alexey Arzamazov in Moscow. They became one of the first Russian bands to play melodic power/speed metal. Their debut release "Twilight Legend" came to light in 1997. Soon after their next release, "Neverland," an important event occurred which skyrocketed the band to a considerable new level - Shadow Host performed on Luzhniki arena as the opening act for their idols, Blind Guardian.
Performances with bands such as Grave Digger, Stratovarius and Nightwish followed. Shadow Host continued their concerts on large stages before foreign musicians: Edguy and Gamma Ray became the next milestones after the release of their third studio album, Curse Of The Angeleye in 2005. This album had already a much heavier feel.
The band's "Bringer Of Revenge" release from 2011 became the logical continuation from the predecessor. The music became even faster and more aggressive, and, in essence, turned to melodic thrash metal. Soon after the release of this album, the position behind the microphone was taken up by Alexey Markov (also Starsoup), the band started out on a tour and played several significant concerts, including being the opening act for the legendary thrashers Annihilator and Overkill.
At the start of 2013, Shadow Host released the EP "Demon Hunter" and, at the end of the year, a whole two releases: the EP "Lunacy Divine" and the follow-up full-length album "Apocalyptic Symphony."
Stream Of Passion Announces New Album
Dutch symphonic progressive metal act Stream of Passion, originally created by Arjen Anthony Lucassen, announced that the new album "A War of Our Own" will be self-released on April 18th. The album will be issued as a standard CD and digipak edition with a bonus track. More details will be revealed soon.
The track list for the album is:
1. Monster
2. A War of Our Own
3. The Curse
4. Autophobia
5. Burning Star
6. For You
7. Exile
8. Delirio
9. Earthquake
10. Secrets
11. Don't Let Go
12. Out of the Darkness
13. The Distance Between Us (Digipack Bonus Track) More...
Cursed 13 Streaming Official Video
Swedish black metal deviants Cursed 13 have released the official music video for "Death 'N' Roll," taken from their recent Carnal Records release, "Triumf." The D. Kareketo directed video is now playing below.
"Triumf" contains 11 tracks spanning the period 1998 up to 2013, and features members of Domgard, Wan, and Spazmosity. While there are no re-recorded songs from the "Tearing the World Asunder" split with Domgard, several of the tracks on "Triumf" were originally intended for the never released "And Hell..." album.
Epica Posts First In Studio Video On TQE
Dutch symphonic metal act Epica released the first in a series of in studio videos on the recording of the new album "The Quantum Enigma." The album is set for release on May 2nd (Europe), May 5th (UK), and May 13th (USA) through Nuclear Blast.
The track list for the album is:
1. Originem
2. The Second Stone
3. The Essence of Silence
4. Victims of Contingency
5. Sense Without Sanity [The Impervious Code]
6. Unchain Utopia
7. The Fifth Guardian [Interlude]
8. Chemical Insomnia
9. Reverence [Living in the Heart]
10. Omen [The Ghoulish Malady]
11. Canvas of Life
12. Natural Corruption
13. The Quantum Enigma [Kingdom of Heaven part II ]
Check out the video here: More...
Diabolical To Play Bloodstock 2014
Swedish death metal horde Diabolical has been confirmed for Bloodstock Festival 2014. The band also recently confirmed a string of tours which sees Diabolical campaign across Europe over the coming months in support of latest album "Neogenesis." Catch the band live:
UK Tour w/ Svart Crown & Ascaris
28/02/14 London, UK - Black Heart
01/03/14 Plymouth, UK - White Rabbit
02/03/14 Brighton, UK - Sticky Mike's Frog Bar
03/03/14 Birmingham, UK - The Flapper
04/03/14 Glasgow, UK - Ivory Blacks
05/03/14 Leeds, UK - Fox & Newt More...
Below Streaming New Single
Epic doom metal band Below spent the end of 2013 at Sonic Train Studios in Sweden with none other than Andy La Rocque (King Diamond) to record a debut full-length album.
The band is finally prepared to release the first single from the record. "Portal" is streaming now in the player below, and you can also pre-order copies of "Across the Dark River" through Metal Blade here. The album will be released on April 15th in North America and April 14th/11th in UK/Europe.
Below offers a brief quote about the first single: "It's a song about being in the presence of spirits, entering another dimension, a portal to the dead."
Below hails from Sweden and the music has influences from late Black Sabbath, Candlemass, and King Diamond, so going with Andy La Rocque as the producer was a clear choice for the group. La Rocque added: "This is one of the heaviest bands I have worked with in the studio in a very long time. And always great to work with great musicians!" More...
Grinder Streaming "Dead End" Re-Issue
Tribunal Records is re-issuing the "Dead End" album from German outfit Grinder, and today you can stream the full new version. Check it out below, and the re-issue's track listing is as follows:
1. Agent Orange 05:48
2. Dead End 06:47
3. The Blade Is Back 02:59
4. Inside 02:42
5. Just Another Scar 04:11
6. Total Control 05:22
7. Why 05:18
8. Train Raid 03:23
9. Unlock The Morgue 06:26
10. Reeling On The Edge (Bonus Track) 03:46
11. Incarnation Off (Bonus Track) 04:42
12. Truth In The Hands Of Judas (Bonus Track) 03:45
13. Hymn For The Isolated (Bonus Track) 03:26
14. The Spirit Of Violence (Bonus Track) 03:52
15. Nothing Is Sacred (Bonus Track) 03:49
16. None Of The Brighter Days (Bonus Track) 03:59
17. Dear Mr. Sinister (Bonus Track) 03:46
18. NME (Bonus Track) 03:28 More...
Apey And The Pea Posts New Music Video
Hungarian outfit Apey and the Pea has been focused on breaking out this year, already turning heads in the band's native country, now it continues to plow forward and gain recognition from the heavy metal scene at large.
Apey and the Pea has teamed up with BlankTV to premiere a new video for the track "Nazareth," taken from debut album "The Devil's Nectar." Check it out below, and you can also stream the entire album at this location.
Desecresy To Release New Album
Finnish death metal outfit Desecresy has finished work on new album "Chasmic Transcendence," due out April 15th. You can now hear the song "Voracious Mass" below. The full album's track listing is as follows:
01. The Ethereal Bane
02. Shattered Monuments
03. The Denied Legacy
04. The Eye of Death
05. Cyclonic Mass Consumptor
06. Sons of the Burning God II
07. Celestial Intoxication
08. Climber of the Sky
09. Hibernant Orbs
10. Travellers of Forbidden Planes
11. Voracious Mass
12. Waters of Neptune
13. Infinite Halls
14. Autumn of Souls More...
Mekong Delta Unveils Details On New Album
German progressive thrash act Mekong Delta unveiled the album artwork and track list for the new album "In A Mirror Darkly." The album drops in Scandinavia on April 23rd, in Germany on April 25th, in Europe on April 28th and in the USA on April 29th through SPV/Steamhammer. The album will be made available as a CD, double gatefold LP with colored vinyl plus CD in cardboard sleeve and download.
According to the press release: "It's the hoped-for complex and ambitious album, and of course we wouldn't have accepted anything less from Mekong Delta. Like few other contemporary groups, the German progressive thrash metal band surrounding mastermind and bassist Ralf Hubert continues to stand for innovation and independence in 2014. All those looking for pure mainstream or mediocre muzak have to look elsewhere - Mekong Delta score again with their intelligence, unwillingness to compromise and courage."
The album picks up thematically where its 2010 predecessor "Wanderer On The Edge Of Time" left off. "For me, music doesn't start with A and end with Z, it's an ongoing process," Ralf Hubert explains. "In this respect, you could call In A Mirror Darkly the continuation of the Wanderer theme, but it's no copy, it's an independent recording. Each Mekong album sounds unique and forward-looking in the original sense of the term. As a composer, I consciously allow myself to drift to be able to consistently explore new horizons." More...
Winter Of Sin Unveils Album Details
Dutch melodic black/death metal outfit Winter of Sin has released the cover and track list for upcoming third album, "Violence Reigns Supreme."
Hailing from Groningen, Winter of Sin is the new home of Ex-God Dethroned members Michiel van der Plicht (drums) and Henri Sattler (vocals).
The release is set for the 28th of March and will be released by Cyclone Empire, with cover artwork created by Juanjo Castellano. The track listing is as follows:
1. Astral Death Reign Algorithm
2. Maelstrom
3. Eternal Winter
4. Violence Reigns Supreme
5. Black Ashes
6. Virus
7. Infection Of Infinity
8. Inheritors Of Pain
9. Unleash Mayhem
10. Biomechanoid More...
Earth Crisis Releases Lyric Video For New Track
Earth Crisis released a lyric video for the new track "Out of the Cages" and premiered it over at Revolver's website at this location (also in the player below). The song appears on the new album "Salvation of Innocents," which releases in North America on March 18th via Candlelight Records.
The focal point of Salvation Of Innocents is aimed at ending human injustices towards animals and the environment in the ever-antagonistic Earth Crisis style, and as boldly exemplified in the brand new lyric video for the album's second of twelve massive tracks, "Out Of The Cages." Through underground activist footage the band's lyrical intent with the song is unquestionable, and their vibrant, modern tone is ultra apparent in the musical backdrop for of the video.
Stated guitarist Scott Crouse of the track, "'Out Of The Cages' is one of my favorite songs on Salvation... Everyone watch the lyric video, and do your homework, because it'll be a live set staple for sure."
Check out "Out of the Cages" here: More...
Miracle Master Releases New Music Video
Miracle Master, the new Danish/German hard rock act formed from the ashes of Pump and featuring vocalist Oliver Weers and Downspirit guitarist Aki Reissmann, released a new music video for the track "Highway to Heaven." The song appears on the band's debut release "Tattooed Woman," which drops on March 7th via GoldenCore Records/ZYX Music in Europe/North America and April 23rd via Bickee Music in Japan. The Japanese version includes two bonus tracks.
Check out "Highway to Heaven" here:
Metalsteel Posts "New Way Of Thinking" Lyric Video
Slovenian metal act Metalsteel released a lyric video for the new track "New Way of Thinking." The song appears on the upcoming new album "This Is Your Revelation," the band's fifth studio release, which drops on March 7th via On Parole Productions.
The track list for the album is:
1. New Way of Thinking
2. Taboo
3. Narcissus
4. New Messiah
5. This Is Your Revelation
6. Call off the War
7. Godfather of Nothingness
8. Man of 1000 Faces
9. Long Time Ago More...
Sinbreed Premieres New Music Video "Bleed"
Germany's Sinbreed premiered the new music video for "Bleed," the band's new single which appears on the upcoming sophomore LP "Shadows." The video premiered on Metal Hammer Germany's website at this location (also in the player below). The album drops via AFM Records on March 28th (EU) and April 14th (USA).
The track list for "Shadows" is:
1. Bleed
2. Shadows
3. Call to Arms
4. Reborn
5. Leaving the Road
6. Far Too Long
7. Black Death
8. Standing Tall
9. London Moon
10. Broken Wings
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Kill Ritual Streams New Track "The Eyes Of Medusa"
Kill Ritual, featuring former members of Imagika and Dark Angel, is streaming the title track of the new album "The Eyes Of Medusa." The physical CD will be released worldwide on April 4th.
The album was recorded at Fossil Sound in San Jose, CA and Fang Studio in San Mateo, CA. Production and engineering were handled by guitarist Steven Rice. Mix and mastering was completed by Steven Rice and Andy LaRocque.
The track list for the album is:
1. The Eyes Of Medusa
2. Hair Trigger
3. Never Get Me
4. Ride Into The Night
5. Weight Of The World
6. Writing On The Wall
7. Just Another Sin
8. My Little Sister
9. Unleashed
10. Agenda 21
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Sonata Arctica Posts "Cloud Factory" Lyric Video
Sonata Arctica released the second single from the upcoming new release "Pariah's Child." The band released a lyric video for the track "Cloud Factory," which is available as a CD single as well as a digital download today. "Pariah's Child" is set for release on March 28th, 2014 via Nuclear Blast.
The track list for the album is:
1. The Wolves Die Young (see music video)
2. Running Lights
3. Take One Breath
4. Cloud Factory
5. Blood
6. What Did You Do in the War, Dad?
7. Half a Marathon Man
8. X Marks the Spot
9. Love
10. Larger Than Life
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