Dream Theater Releasing PC / Android Game

Turbo Tape Games and Dream Theater are proud to announce the production of "The Astonishing" game, based on the concept album by the same name. The game will be released on PC, Mac, iOS and Android in Q2 2016.

The game is based on the album’s story, setting, and characters, giving players an opportunity to further experience the world of Ravenskill and the G.N.E.A. while battling Empirical forces and securing man-made artistry’s place in a futuristic world.

"The Astonishing" will share core gameplay mechanics with TTG’s "UHR: Warlords," with several enhancements for this new project. The game will be available as a free download and is expected in late April, 2016 (with a one-time fee to continue playing past the first two missions). More...

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Plebeian Grandstand Posts Album Teaser

French black metal/noise outfit Plebeian Grandstand has unveiled a short teaser for upcoming third album "False Highs, True Lows," which is due out April 29th via Throatruiner Records (LP, CD) and Basement Apes Industries (CD).

This follow-up to 2013's "Lowgazers" album was recorded and mixed earlier this year by Amaury Sauvé at The Apiary Studio and then mastered at New Alliance East. The track listing is as follows:

1. Mal Du Siècle
2. Low Empire
3. Tributes And Oblivions
4. Volition
5. Mineral Tears
6. Oculi Lac
7. Tame The Shapes
8. Eros Culture

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Blood Of The Marytrs Streaming "Endgame"

Blood Of The Martyrs is pleased to see the release of brand new album "Endgame," which will serve as the band’s follow-up to the 2013 release "Completionist."

Now that the album is out, Blood Of The Marytrs will be hosting an AMA on the /r/metalcore subreddit this ocming Tuesday, March 1st, at 7 PM ET.

Bassist Bobby Huotair comments: “With this CD we really strived to step out of our comfort zone and progress as musicians. We are very happy with how everything turned out and wrote this album with the hopes that we can reflect back on it years down the road and still be proud of it.”

The "Endgame" release can be heard in full below, and the track listing is as follows:

1. The Devil’s Grip
2. Home Insecurity
3. The Better Man
4. Dr Killinger
5. Retrun To Malice
6. The Revenge Society
7. Council of Thirteen More...

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Ectovoid Releasing "Dark Abstraction" Vinyl

Blood Harvest Records is proud to present a special vinyl pressing of Ectovoid's debut album, "Dark Abstraction," set for international release on March 28th.

Originally released last year on CD by Hellthrasher Productions, "Dark Abstraction" introduced a sound both strangely fresh yet impossibly ancient.

With a moniker that gives more than a few clues into the sound, Ectovoid recombine a whole host of eldritch influences - namely, very early Immolation and Incantation as well as Scandinavian death metal from the early '90s.

1. Obscure Altars
2. Visions of Reflective Decay
3. Mental Netherworlds
4. Precipice of Absolute Chaos
5. Rituals of Hallucination
6. The Expanse Between Slumber and Death
7. A Prisoner of Paradox
8. Spawned from Unending Mystery More...

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Mutiny Within Working On New Music

Mutiny Within just checked in with the following band update and announcement about working on new material:

"Things are moving along a lot, lot quicker than we anticipated. We've already got songs coming together and being demoed. The chemistry that made this band so special when we started out has never been stronger and we're literally tripping over new ideas and we're so excited to be doing this again.

"Things have been really quiet for us for so many years but that break seems like it's breathed new life into the band. We've got that fire back that made Mutiny Within what it was.

"Most of you know that we had a lot of dark days after we departed from the roster of Roadrunner Records and it's hard to believe we've never actually been in the same room since December of 2010. We started our first tour being great friends and as time went on, more things went wrong, and our friendships became strained.

"But, here we are in 2016 working together as a whole band, all be it over an ocean but that isn't holding us back. So thanks for sticking with us. This next release is going to be strong. We've incorporated those classic MW progressive elements, and most importantly we're having the time of our lives making new music.

"Check out this video of Bill Fore rehearsing one of the heavier songs before he starts tracking in the near future." More...

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Sunday Old School: BMHM Part 4 - Enthroned

And so we come to the end of Black Metal History Month for the fifth time. This year we’ve seen how Dimmu Borgir attained commercial success, how Melechesh overcame religious policing and fled their home country and examined the blood drenched story of Dissection. We close another fascinating month with a trip to Belgium, to take a look at another band with a history of extreme music and personal tragedy, Enthroned.

Enthroned began life in 1993 in the city of Charleroi, the brain child of drummer Cernunnos. He sought out like minded musicians and soon found them in Tsebaoth and vocalist/bassist Sabathan, who joined after the group briefly worked with a singer from the blackened grindcore band Hecate. The trio recorded a five track demo which circulated around the metal underground, eventually leading them to release a split EP with countrymen Ancient Rites through Afterdark Records. The label soon folded but the band was picked up by Evil Omen Records, a sub-label of Osmose Productions, who released the band’s debut album, "Prophecies of Pagan Fire" in 1995. It didn’t impress every listener, but received a generally good response, with "At the Sound of Millennium Black Bells" being singled out as an Enthroned classic. More...

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It Lives, It Breathes Premieres New Song "Devils"

Metalcore outfit It Lives, It Breathes premieres a new song entitled "Devils", taken from the upcoming new album "Silver Knights", which will be out in stores April 01st via Attila frontman Chris Fronzak's Stay Sick Recordings.

Check out now "Devils" below.

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