Metal News for February 8, 2018
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18 news articles posted on this day.
The Watchers Debut Title Track From Upcoming Album
The Watchers (SpiralArms, Orchid, BlackGates) debut the title track from their upcoming new album "Black Abyss", which will be out in stores 9th March 2018 via Ripple Music.
Check out now "Black Abyss" below.
Besvärjelsen Premiere New Music Video
Swedish psychedelic stoner doom collective Besvärjelsen (Swedish for "conjuring"), featuring within its ranks past members of Dozer, Greenleaf, Afgrund, Lastkaj, and V, will release their debut "Vallmo " this March via Suicide Records. "Vallmo" will see release on vinyl and digital formats via by Suicide Records in cooperation with DalaPop on March 27th.
In the meantime, view a video for "Return To No Return" from it below:
Pissed Regardless Pre-Release Full-Album Streaming
San Diego's Pissed Regardless will issue their latest release, Feed The Birds, through Creator-Destructor this Friday, and is now streaming the volatile thrash/crossover EP in its entirety for the masses ahead of street date below.
Following more than two years since their last LP, Force Fed Gods, Pissed Regardless return with their debut for Creator-Destructor Records in the form of Feed The Birds, their first new output since the revamping of their lineup. Capturing the live energy of band's West Coast thrash metal fueled with volatile hardcore/crossover energy, Feed The Birds unloads five tracks in barely more than ten minutes. The album was recorded by Jeff Forrest at Double Time Studios in San Diego and completed with cover artwork by Richard Sampson.
Stream the Feed The Birds EP now below:
Synapse Misfire (Waco Jesus, Etc.) Debut New Song
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions welcome Synapse Misfire to the roster with the debut album Losing The War Against The Sands Of Time. Hailing from Illinois, Synapse Misfire consists of members from Waco Jesus, Helmsplitter, Akasha and Angelust. Losing The War Against The Sands Of Time is unpredictable and tormented black metal.
Check out Synapse Misfire's album track "Mental Microcosm" below:
Venom Inc. Premiere Lyric Video For 'War'
The official lyric video for the song "War" from Venom Inc., the group featuring original Venom members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar) and Anthony "Abaddon" Bray (drums) alongside ex-Venom bassist/vocalist Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan, can be streamed below. The track is taken from Venom Inc.'s debut effort, "Avé", which was released past August via Nuclear Blast.
Just For Fun
Watch Death-Metal-Loving Red Panda Rage In Trailer
Two years after its initial release in Japan, Aggretsuko - Sanrio's (the company behind "Hello Kitty") eponymous cartoon - is headed to Netflix on April 20th. Judging from the trailer, we're in for a lot of office intrigue, white-hot rage, cheap booze, and best of all…. metal. Will Aggretsuko's be able to keep up her double life, screaming along to death metal at the karaoke bar, done up in corpse paint, throwing back beers, or will she get the pink slip? We'll see...
Wvrm Debut New Music Video
Greenville, South Carolina-based outfit Wvrm debut a new music video for the title-track of their latest album "Can You Hear The Wind Howl?", out in stores now via Bandcamp.
Check out now "Can You Hear The Wind Howl?" below.
Kaoteon Premiere New Song "Barren Lands"
Black metal outfit Kaoteon premiere a new song entitled "Barren Lands", taken from their upcoming new album "Damnatio Memoriae", which will be out in stores on February 23. The track features Fredrik Widigs (Marduk) on drums and Linus Klausenitzer (Obscura, Alkaloid) on bass.
Check out now "Barren Lands" below.
Yashira Premiere New Video “Redact (Flood)”
Yashira have signed with Good Fight Music which plan to release their new effort “Shrine” on April 13th. Ahead of that album comes the below Cameron Nunez directed music video for Yashira's new single “Redact (Flood)”.
The band are out now with labelmates Axis on the below tour: More...
Ramallah Premiere New Song
Ramallah debut a new song entitled “For All My Dead Girls“. Comments vocalist White Trash Rob:
“This is the most personally meaningful tune I’ve ever written/ recorded/ released. It’s also by far the ugliest, though not by design. The stories within are all true, the just happen to be horrific & ugly… like life…”
Emmure Spring Tour Announced
Emmure announce a spring headlining run with openers still tba. The tour will run as follows:
04/26 Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
04/27 Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone Berkeley
04/28 Pomona, CA – The Glasshouse
04/29 Mesa, AZ – The Nile
05/01 Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live
05/02 Dallas, TX – Trees
05/03 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
05/05 Charlotte, NC – Carolina Rebellion
05/06 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
05/07 Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
05/09 Richmond, VA – Canal Club
05/10 Amityville, NY – Revolution
05/11 Philadelphia, PA – TLA
05/12 Worcester, MA – The Palladium
05/13 New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
05/15 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
05/16 Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theater
05/17 Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
05/18 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
05/19 Columbus, OH – Rock On The Range
05/20 Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
05/22 Montreal, QC – Fairmount Theatre
05/23 Toronto, ON – Mod Club
05/24 London, ON – London Music Hall
05/25 Detroit, MI – Saint Andrew’s Hall
05/26 St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
TesseracT Debut New Single “Luminary”
TesseracT‘s new full-length has been revealed to be entitled “Sonder” and will be released on April 20th via Kscope. The first single “Luminary” is now available for streaming below.
Further details for “Sonder” run as follows: More...
Ozzy Osbourne On Final World Tour: "Not Retiring"
Ozzy Osbourne says he will still continue to play one-off dates in the years to come. Comments Ozzy of that:
“I’m not retiring. It’s ‘No More Tours,’ so I’m just not doing world tours anymore. I’m still going to be doing gigs, but I’m not going on tour for six months at a time anymore. I’d like to spend some time at home.”
He continues:
“I’ve experienced fantastic things; it’s been an incredible journey. I just need to slow it down a little. I enjoy being a grandfather, I don’t want to go through another generation of Osbournes without seeing them grow up.”
Monster Magnet Debut New Music Video
A new music video for the title track of Monster Magnet‘s new effort “Mindfucker” has debuted online. The new album will hit stores on March 23rd.
Arch Enemy Swedish Tour Announced
Arch Enemy announce five dates in their native Sweden for this summer, those shows include:
07/02 Sundsvall, SWE – Club Destroyer
07/03 Gavle, SWE – Gasklockorna
07/05 Eskilstuna, SWE – Lokomotivet
07/06 Norrkoping, SWE – Arbis
07/07 Knislinge, SWE – Helgeåfestivalen
Vulture Sign w/ Metal Blade Records
German speed metal band Vulture have signed with Metal Blade Records. Comments the outfit of their new label home:
“We feel proud and honored to officially announce our contract conclusion with Metal Blade Records! Signing up with the legendary label that released many of those albums that sparked our passion for extreme metal in our youths feels like completing the circle. Now, more motivated and bloodthirsty than ever, we are already eagerly working on new tracks for our second full-length. Attention posers! Prepare to die!”
Studio time has been booked in the summer for Vulture's new effort with more details to come.
Harm’s Way Debut Video “Become A Machine”
Harm’s Way premiere a new video for their new single “Become A Machine“. Director Max Moore (Code Orange, Of Mice & Men) directed the video. The band’s new album “Posthuman” will see a release this Friday, February 09th, via Metal Blade.
Says drummer Chris Mills of it: More...
"Cliff Burton Day" Declared In Castro Valley, CA
Castro Valley, CA hometown of late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton‘s has officially declared February 10th, 2018 ‘Cliff Burton Day’. The date would have been his 56th birthday. The proclamation follows a Change.org petition which generated 5,748 signatures at the time of this posting. More...
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