Metal News for March 28, 2016
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29 news articles posted on this day.
Interview
Novembre Discusses Returning With "URSA" Album
It's been quite a few years since Novembre dropped previous full-length album "The Blue," and now the Italian gothic metal act is finally set to return with new release "URSA."
A few days out from the official release date through Peaceville Ecords, vocalist / guitarist
Carmelo Orlando got in touch with us to chat about the album and what went on in the intervening years of down time.
Read on to find out what Orlando has to say about the social commentary found on the album, the laundry list of stellar guest musicians that appear on these new tracks, and what he thinks of the band inching in on a 25th anniversary. More...
Power From Hell Announces U.S. Shows
The Brazilian cult institution Power From Hell announce today announces dates and venues for the band's first-ever North American tour.
A statement from founding mainman Sodomic reads: "It is a great honor for Power From Hell to have the opportunity to make our first tour of some American cities. We are greatly looking forward to it, with the support of Hells Headbangers, who have been doing a good job and helping the Power From Hell name - for example, our participation in this year's Hells Headbash in September. See you guys soon!"
April 1st - Glendale, CA @ Complex
April 2nd - Oakland, CA @ Oakland Metro Operahouse
April 3rd - Reno, NV @ Jub Jub's Thirst Parlor
April 4th - San Francisco, CA @ Elbo Room
April 6th - Santa Cruz, CA @ Blue Lagoon
April 7th - Los Osos, CA @ Sweet Springs Saloon
April 8th - Chico, CA @ The Iron Scarab
April 9th - Suisin City, CA @ Rush Ranch
April 10th - Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial
April 12th - San Diego, CA @ Til Two Club More...
Noveria Working On Album
Noveria - which nabbed our coveted "best metal newcomer" award back in 2014 - is currently working on a new release to follow previous album "Risen." The band comments:
"Dear friends, it's been almost two years since our first release! Infinite thank you's to all of you for sticking around all this time! We're pouring blood, sweat and tears into writing our next album and couldn't be more grateful for all of your support!" More...
Headline News
Forcentury Calls It Quits
Copenhagen-based metal outfit Forcentury last released the "Revelant" album all the way back in 2012 and has since been fairly inactive, with the group deciding to now officially call it a day. The band issued this statement online:
"FORCENTURY IS NO MORE........ It is with heavy hearts albeit with some relief, that we have now decided to close the book of Forcentury. Lives change, people change, bands change. The last 1½ years have been particularly tough. Losing our lead vocalist put the band in a vulnerable state, from which we tried very hard and long to recover.
"We had a great number of hopefuls audition for us, and while some rose above the rest, the general impression was still, that finding a suitable vocalist is as hard as finding true love. This, along with some rather major changes in our personal lives, has left us with very few options.
"We have discussed and pondered ways to record the next batch of songs, but we always return to the fact, that even if we managed to make an album, we would still have to hire a mercenary vocalist. In the end, we wouldn't have a complete band to bring the music to you, live, which is the main reason we have kept the engines running for 8 years.
"Maybe some day down the line, we will get fortunate enough to be able to record and perform under the Forcentury moniker once again, but for now — it's goodbye. Thank you all so much for your support over the years, and — as always — stay METAL!" More...
Green Death Streaming "Gates Of Hell"
Green Death is re-releasing the "Manufacturing Evil" album, which will feature a new version of the "Gates Of Hell" track that features David Vincent (ex-Morbid Angel). Today this updated edition of the track comes online and can be heard below. You can also order a copy of "Manufacturing Evil" through the Green Death website here. More...
Nocturnal Graves Adds Date To First U.S. Tour
The Australian black/death cult Nocturnal Graves just added a new date - May 26th in New York City at The Acheron Bar - to the ban's first-ever North American tour, which will be a quick 'n' exclusive jaunt culminating in an appearance at Maryland Deathfest at the end of May.
A statement from the band reads: "Come May 24th, Nocturnal Graves will light a blazing, black fire under the hills of LA before trekking cross-country to violate Philadelphia and New York City with a storm of wild, untamed, vicious black/death metal. Then the band will move on to Baltimore to desecrate the Edison Lot Stage alongside Venom, Destroyer 666, Denouncement Pyre, Desaster, and Satan. We are proud to announce our first-ever Stateside shows and look forward to spreading our Australian Wildfire to those in attendance! Die in Fire!!!"
May 24th - Los Angeles, CA @ The Five Star Bar (+3 more bands TBA)
May 25th - Philadelphia, PA @ Millcreek Tavern (along with Mitochondrian, Phobocosm, Auroch
May 26th - New York City, NY @ The Acheron Bar (with Oligarch and more bands TBA)
May 29th - Baltimore, MD @ Maryland Deathfest More...
Harley Flanagan Releasing Memoir
Hardcore punk and metal crossover artist and controversial NYC mainstay Harley Flanagan (Cro-Mags) recently released his brand new solo album, appropriately titled "Cro-Mags." It's no secret that the writing of "Cro-Mags" surrounded Harley Flanagan's highly-publicized arrest in 2012. This record is a proverbial window into his world at that time.
"I first started writing the album in 2012. My intention was to write a bunch of short fast songs- old school style- the way I did it in the early days," states Flanagan. "I started tracking all the songs myself. Originally, I tracked them all on acoustic guitar, then I put drums on some of them."
He goes on to say, "Early in the project several things in my life exploded, one being the Webster Hall incident. As most people now know, I was jumped at a show that my old band was playing. I put several people in the hospital and I was stabbed in the leg and needed 40 stitches. I was arrested, my name was dragged through the mud, I went to Riker's, and went to court several times where the charges were eventually dropped for lack of evidence. After that, I went back into the studio to finish the album.
"I have always been the kind of writer who writes from my life experiences. My music and my book are extensions of me, not fantasy or fiction or BS. I don't write fantasy type lyrics, I never have, and unfortunately this is what was going on in my life at the time and this was really heavy on my mind, so that is what came out. It made for a very aggressive album. I haven't had that type of fire in me in a long time.
"I am in a much better place in my life now so I'm sure lyrically my next record will be much different, but you should definitely expect more aggressive riffs and songs."
2016 continues to be a busy year for Harley Flanagan, as he will also release a no-holds-barred memoir about his life, entitled "Hard-Core: Life of My Own," this fall via Feral House Publishing. In the book, Flanagan details his beginnings in the drug and crime ridden New York City of the 1970's to the early days of punk rock, hardcore, and beyond. Pre=orders are up now at this location. More...
Kozeljnik Releases New Album
Kozeljnik's new album "Death Gives Unto Life" is out now and can streamed below or picked up through Possession Productions here. The track listing consists of:
1. 'Tis the Soul on Wayward Path 07:07
2. Scarring the Entities 05:58
3. Bitter Libations to the Unnamed 07:00
4. Absence and Seclusion of Spirit 08:04 More...
Fister Releasing Split With Teeth
Fister will release a new split with Teeth this coming April 29th, 2016. Two immense sonic forces, dripping darkness and seething with potential, have joined their might on this split album du eout through New York label Broken Limbs.
Missouri three piece doom act Fister, racking up win after win with its progressively addicting musical offerings, pairs perfectly with California death/doom group Teeth. Limited to 300 copies on brown 7" vinyl, the track listing is as follows:
Fister - We All Die Tonight
Teeth - Lament of the Spineless
Teeth - To Lay Upon Blistered Thorns More...
Seventh Xul Re-Issuing Only EP
Iron Bonehead Productions is proud to present a long-overdue reissue of Seventh Xul's lone recording, "Qliphothic Rites of Death," on 7" vinyl.
Originally released in 2010 in extremely scarce quantities, "Qliphothic Rites of Death" is a true gem of the black/death underground, and made all the more infamous and mysterious due to Seventh Xul disbanding right after its release.
In the band's own words, "The Ayin of Creation and Destruction Forces crowned this effort, and the necromantical vision took form in 2010 only for this release. The band split up immediately, as we felt that this was our only goal from the beginning. A unique release serving that period of wondering & isolation..." More...
Tombs Streaming Full New EP
NY black metal force Tombs has shared a full stream of new EP, "All Empires Fall." The five-track EP can now be heard below. "All Empires Fall" is the first studio release from Brooklyn black metal quintet Tombs to feature the band's new lineup.
Clocking in at 24 minutes long, the EP was recorded at Applehead Studios in New York and brought to life by renowned producer Sanford Parker (Minsk, Twilight, YOB). Don't forget to catch Tombs live on these dates:
May 13 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
May 14 Pittsburgh, PA Roboto Project
May 15 Detroit, MI El Club
May 16 Chicago, IL Chop Shop
May 18 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery More...
Ill Omen Releasing Split With Slaughtbbath
Iron Bonehead Productions is proud to present a special split 7" between two prolific and power black metal outfits: Australia's Ill Omen and Chile's Slaughtbbath. Aptly titled "Pestilential Hierophanies," the record features an exclusive song from both bands and foldout artwork courtesy of Nekronikon.
Ill Omen tackles Side A with "Whited, Pestilent Sepulchre..." which deliver a slow-burn monolith of magisterial might, exploding into dizzying, delirium-inducing frenzy by song's end. On Side B, Slaughtbbath delivers one of the band's most epic and dynamic tracks yet with "Inverted Hierophany," rolling forward with a tense 'n' dense stomp before likewise exploding into bestial savagery. More...
Nomads Streaming "Too Little, Too Late"
LA hardcore punk extremists Nomads today deliver the second new song off their upcoming full-length debut, "Love It or Leave It." Stream "Too Little, Too Late" below.
Produced by Taylor Young (Nails, Xibalba) and mastered by Brad Boatright (Magudergrind, Full of Hell), "Love It or Leave It comes" out April 22nd on Melotov Records. You can also see the band live on these dates:
Apr 15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex w/ American Nightmare
Jun 5 - Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse w/ Discharge, Eyehategod
Jun 6 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy w/ Discharge, Eyehategod More...
Circles Posts New Music Video
The genre-bending djent maestros from Circles today release a video clip for the "Sand and Wind" single. Circles' April 1st comeback show at The Worker’s Club in Fitzroy is on track to sell out before doors open and announcements about release dates for an upcoming album are due soon. Stay tuned!
Wolverine Signs With Laser's Edge
Laser's Edge division Sensory Records is proud to announce the signing of Swedish progressive metal kingpins Wolverine for the summer release of the band's fifth studio full-length release, "Machina Viva."
From the fourteen-minute epic and powerful "The Bedlam Overture" and the dark electronic landscapes of "Machina," to the naked and organic nature of "Pile of Ash" and "Sheds," new album "Machina Viva" is the next step in Wolverine's explorations in the progressive field.
Recorded and produced by Wolverine in various locations throughout Sweden during the autumn and winter months of late 2015 and early 2016, "Machina Viva" was mixed at Spacelab Studio in Germany by Christian "Moschus" Moos (Everon, Haken, Delain, Cloverseeds), and mastered by Grammy Award winning audio engineer Bob Katz.
Laser's Edge/Sensory owner Ken Golden states of the signing: "Wolverine has been on my radar since their first release, 'The Window Purpose,' back in 2001. I've followed their progression through the years and I'm honored to have them on the Sensory roster."
Issues Wolverine on signing with Sensory Records, "We are very happy to work with someone like Ken and Sensory that has a genuine passion for and interest in the kind of music that we play." More...
Black Tusk Posts "God's On Vacation" Video
Black Tusk just released a new music video for the track "God's On Vacation," taken off latest album "Pillars Of Ash" and taking some cues from cannibal flick "The Green Inferno." Check out the (NSFW) video below.
New album "Pillars Of Ash" dropped January 29th via Relapse Records, and if you haven't heard it yet, the full disc is up for streaming after the jump.
Drescher Posts Metal Mountain Hymn
Winter is coming! The Full Metal Mountain Festival will take place this week in Austria at the beautiful mountainside of Carinthia.
Folk thrash band Drescher will play each day on the mountain stage and in the Cube. Find the full line-up and schedule here. To get in the right festival mood, these Austrians have created their very own hymn for the festival. Check it out below. More...
Dust Bolt Releasing "Mass Confusion"
It's been five years since southern Germany's Dust Bolt won the W:O:A Metal Battle 2011 - five years the band used to transform from hot newcomers into national thrash heroes with the debut "Violent Demolition."
These Bay Area aficionados are now ready to drop their third full-length album "Mass Confusion," due to hit stores on July 8th, 2016 via Napalm Records. Dust Bolt comments:
"We are more than thrilled and excited to unveil 'Mass Confusion!' We have never put so much blood, sweat and tears in anything else than this album before. Since the release of 'Awake The Riot' we've incredibly learned, as musicians, as people and together as a band. With 'Mass Confusion' we have managed to accurately represent the band, exactly the way we wanted it to convey and we are incredibly happy about that.
"It shows the typical Dust Bolt sound, as well as new sides from us, which makes the album so unique. Our goal was to show that a new generation of musicians and metal bands have grown up, which is now ready to face the world with Mass Confusion on July 8th - The day everyone lives in confusion!" More...
Be'lakor Reveals New Album Details
If your eyes considerably lighten up when somebody casually mentions the name Be'lakor, you're either a part of the Warhammer fantasy cult or an absolute connoisseur of Australian melodic death metal!
Something for the nerds in both cases, one might be quick to assume, but the sophisticated tunes of this Melbourne five-piece definitely have the potential to enthrall masses with upcoming masterpiece "Vessels." The album will drop on June 24th, 2016.
Be'lakor also had this to say: "'Vessels' is the product of well over a year's hard work - without doubt, it's the album that has challenged us the most. It's much richer and more textured than any of our other albums. There are parts, which sound like the Be'lakor that fans know, while other sections might surprise some people. Our goal was to keep the music exciting and varied, for us as much as for anyone else. Vessels is also our first concept album, which has meant that lyrically we've really pushed ourselves this time around. We hope our fans will enjoy it as much as we do!" More...
Dawn Of Disease Releasing New Album
Dawn Of Disease just inked a record deal with Napalm Records and will release "Worship The Grave" on June 24th, 2016 via Napalm Records.
The band comments: "We are very happy and proud to become part of the Napalm family. It feels good to sign to one of the worldwide well-established Metal labels. Four years have passed since we released 'Crypts Of The Unrotten.\ With Napalm Records we have the perfect partner to take the next step into the right direction and we are looking very forward to the collaboration, the release of our new album and the upcoming shows during the festival season."
Napalm Records A&R Sebastian Muench adds: "We are absolutely excited and honored to welcome Dawn Of Disease to the Napalm family! Dawn of Disease had released with 'Legends of Brutality' & 'Crypts of the Unrotten,' two brilliant & timeless death metal albums and I can ensure you the new album is a true death metal masterpiece!" More...
Family Signs With Prosthetic Records
Prosthetic Records just inked a new record deal with NY outfit Family. The label had this to say about the new deal:
"Brooklyn’s Family has been wowing audiences since 2011 with its unique and earnest blend of classic rock meets modern heaviness, alongside a healthy dose of behind-the-beat New Orleans groove and progressive rhythmic patterns. The band has embraced an amorphous collective approach, enduring lineup shifts that have continuously evolved its sound. Throughout the process, previous members have maintained involvement, contributing to live performances and forming offshoot bands together.
"Prosthetic will release Family's sophomore album 'Future History' this summer. A teaser video can be seen below, with more details coming soon. The band will play at Webster Hall in NYC on March 29th with new labelmates Scale the Summit and North, along with headliner Intronaut, and is also confirmed for the 2016 Psycho Vegas festival in late August.
"Family's electrifying debut 'Portrait,' a concept album about a dysfunctional family that develops supernatural powers, was released in 2012 on Robin Staps’ (The Ocean) label Pelagic Records (Cult of Luna, Mono, The Ocean). 'Portrait' was produced by bandleader Steven Gordon, engineered and mixed by Justin Mantooth at Translator Audio (Unsane, Cave In), and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music (Mastodon, Baroness, Torche). The same production team has reunited to create 'Future History' as well." More...
Grand Magus Releases "Varangian" Single
The Swedish riff lords from Grand Magus are set to release their new studio album "Sword Songs" on May 13th through Nuclear Blast.
In celebration of the new album, the band released the track "Varangian" as a digital single today. Listen in below, and you can order the single right here.
Band mastermind JB commented: "Metalheads! Grang Magus are back. We are proud to unleash this iron-clad anthem, we give you... VARANGIAN!" More...
Cage 9 Releases New Video
LA’s Cage 9 just released a new video for “Everything You Love Will Someday Die” - the first single from upcoming album "Illuminator," due out June 10th via EMP Label Group, the label founded by Megadeth bassist David Ellefson (distributed by eOne in North America, and SPV in Europe).
Cage9 main man Evan Rodaniche had this to say about the track: “This song is dedicated to my father, who passed away about a month ago after a two year battle with cancer. But even when I first wrote these lyrics at the onset of his terminal diagnosis as a sort of comforting mantra, in the back of my mind I believed my dad was indestructible. I never thought I’d be adding an 'in loving memory' dedication at the end of this video. But then he was gone. And that’s what this is all about. We spend our modern lives wrapped up in our first world problems, completely disconnected with the natural cycles of the planet around us."
He continues, "We shot the video DIY with a couple Canon DSLR cameras, a black sheet in
our rehearsal room and about forty non-actor friends, fans and family who showed up one sunny Los Angeles afternoon in 2015 to mouth the lyrics to a song they’d never heard. We aimed to bring home the message that no matter who you are, we’re all in this together. 'Everything You Love' is also the track that caught David Ellefson’s attention and ultimately inspired him to sign us to EMP. After a few conversations with our A&R guy Thom Hazaert, he brought it to David, and he got it. The rest is history." More...
Beef Conspiracy Releasing New Album
Beef Conspiracy, purveyors of the finest U.K. death/grindcore stupidity, just awoken from collective bewilderment long enough to record a new full-length album.
The long feared follow-up to 2004 MCD “Hung, Drawn and Quarter-Poundered” is titled “A Jigsaw of a Flock of Geese” and will be released at the end of April through Pathologically Explicit Recordings. The album was recorded by Dan Biggin at HVR studios and mixed by guitarist Tom Bradfield. The track listing is:
01. hot sausage coma
02. dismemberment of a haemophiliac
03. reach for the sword
04. foreplay of the dead
05. jam or butter, not both
06. beneath my skin
07. a jigsaw of a flock of geese
08. spunky beefcake
09. it fell to the pavement from that with doth befoul
10. nothing says i love you like a chainsaw injury to the head
11. entrails for decor
12. beef denied
13. badgers ate my dog
14. nobody knew that the wig was made of spiders
15. steak shaped cake tin
16. you don't start with a fist
17. brown lips
18. my meat, your baps More...
Spheron Posts Studio Video
The new Spheron album "A Clockwork Universe" was released a month ago and today the band presents a studio video for the song "Plains of Hungary." The album's full track listing is as follows:
01. Keeper of Time and Space
02. The Blind Watchmaker
03. Plains of Hungary
04. Pendulum
05. Gargantua
06. Building a Storm
07. My Master’s Work
08. Bound in Empty Jars
Refused Announces New Tour Dates
Swedish hardcore titans Refused have announced more U.S. tour dates for this summer. In addition to a spring headlining tour, the band will be hitting the road supporting Sacramento, CA band Deftones in August.
Tickets for the band’s headlining tour are on sale now with VIP upgrades available via this location. All proceeds for VIP upgrades will be donated to MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Station). Tickets for the upcoming tour with Deftones go on sale Friday, April 1st at 10am local time. More...
Shadowquest Posts More Studio Footage Of New Album
Swedish power metal act Shadowquest - featuring Bloodbound vocalist Patrik Johansson, ex-Sinergy/Dionysus drummer Ronny Milianowicz, MasterPlan bassist Jari Kainulainen and Witherscape guitarist Ragnar Widerberg - posted more studio video footage as the band records the follow up to the debut "Armoured IV Pain" (">see review here). The album is scheduled for a late 2016 release.
In this clip, Kainulainen records some bass parts. Check it out here:
Monument Of Misanthropy Posts Live Drumcam Clip
Austrian-French brutal death metal outfit Monument Of Misanthropy premieres a new live drumcam playthrough video, showcasing Julien Helwin blasting through the songs "Foreboding Of Evil" and "Entering A New State", taken from the latest album "Anger Mismanagement". The playthrough was recorded on March 11, 2016 in Erba, Italy during Monument Of Misanthropy's "The Tyrants Of Death European Tour 2016", supporting NYC death metal veterans of Suffocation, San Diego deathgrind juggernauts of Cattle Decapitation and Florida tech-death wizards of Abiotic.
Check out now the drum playthrough video for "Entering A New State" below.
The official music video for "Entering A New State" can be seen below: More...
Thunderstone Posts "Veterans of the Apocalypse"
Finnish melodic power metal act Thunderstone premieres a new song and music video titled "Veterans of the Apocalypse", taken from the upcoming new album "Apocalypse Again", which will be out in stores on April 01, 2016 via Sakara Records.
Check out now "Veterans of the Apocalypse" below.
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