Metal News for March 30, 2017
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32 news articles posted on this day.
Master Boot Record Covers Legend Of Zelda
After releasing a new album and following some stellar covers from Castlevania and Doom, Master Boot Record haw now tackled a classic Legend Of Zelda track. Listen in below, and the project's mastermind also comments:
"The floppy disk vinyl preorder of my new album C:\>COPY *.* A: /V is now available on Bandcamp! Grab it as soon as you can cause this is a limited edition and may run out of stock like C:\>CHKDSK /F
"I've been producing streaming live on twitch.tv a new video game cover song of The Legend Of Zelda! If you want to watch me while writing new songs and video games covers follow me on Twitch. You can listen to the new cover below.
"Invite your friends to check my music and spread the code! For you are, my fellow adventurers, the only messengers of my music in this ocean of sponsored reality." More...
The Walking Dead Orchestra Signs Record Deal
French death metal legion The Walking Dead Orchestra is the latest addition to Unique Leader Records' expanding roster of brutality. The group will release a self-produced, as-yet-untitled second full-length album later this year.
Issues the band, "Two years of hard work were necessary for the writing and production process of this record. We decided to propose a more mature, personal, and of course, wilder record than our first album. We went back to our roots with straight, old-school death metal riffs.
"Our choice to develop our own identity pushed us to record, mix, and master the album ourselves. This is a new chapter in the band's story. We promise many surprises. We are proud to join the Unique Leader family for the release of this record. Run! Epidemic is coming." More...
Betraying The Martyrs Discusses Brexit
Aaron Matts from Betraying The Martyrs has released a new video discussing Brexit, which can be seen below. The band comments:
"We're living in divisive times, in a time where we should be celebrating nothing but diversity; the so called 'liberation' of England from the EU has been voted for by the majority and therefore should be celebrated, but without a single ounce of satisfaction to those who voted out with misconceived racial and anti humanitarian agendas. Share love, share music."
New album "The Resilient" dropped back in January via Sumerian Records and is available at this location.
Wednesday 13 Discusses Signing To Nuclear Blast
This year, Halloween takes place in June, when horror kingpin Wednesday 13 releases his new studio album "Condolences" and unveils a heavier side of himself while staying loyal to his unique sense of dark humour and love for horror movies.
Today he shows the first trailer for this release and in this clip, the Murderdolls front man discusses signing to his new record label home Nuclear Blast and being on the same roster as many of his friends.
Wednesday 13 states: "The ultimate thing for me, was finding the right team to get behind the band and so far I couldn't be happier with it." More...
All Else Fails Joins Loud As Hell Lineup
Coming off their a international tour of India as well as performing a local Edmonton CD release show last month supporting new EP "The Forever Lie," All Else Fails now confirms the band will be joining the 2017 Loud As Hell festival line up in Drumheller, AB.
AEF's set will be on the second day of the festival on Saturday, August 5th with a set time at 9pm. Full ticket, line up, and set time info can be found here.
In additional news, All Else Fails' new video for EP title track "The Forever Lie" - that was all shot with clips from the band's India tour including performances at the Unmaad Fest and the Alcheringa Fest - can be viewed at this location. More...
The Afterimage Streaming "Pursue"
The Afterimage just released a new song, which can be heard in the player below, and the band also comments:
"Our brand new song 'Pursue' is available now for streaming and purchase everywhere. Let us know what you think! P.S. Help us spread the word! One lucky person who shares the video will be randomly selected to win a a 'Moth' t-shirt, handwritten lyrics for 'Purse,' and a drum head signed by the band!"
Epi-Demic Releasing "Malformed Conscience"
Epi-Demic makes an explosive return to Horror Pain Gore Death Productions with the new album "Malformed Conscience," due out April 14th.
Following on 2015 split "Passages To Lunacy" with fellow Canadians Solanum, Epi-Demic once again displays a violent and uncompromising crossover madness, louder and more abrasive than ever.
"Malformed Conscience" is an 11-track pulverizing journey through a tortured and agonized consciousness, guaranteed to snap your rotting neck and leave your mind broken. The full track listing consists of:
1. Rotting In Plain Sight
2. Dark Thoughts
3. Stewing In Misery
4. Ruthless Ambition
5. Losing Time
6. Famine
7. Hatred
8. Sons Of Dogs
9. Breaking Your Mind
10. Punishment
11. Mortal Kind More...
Drug Honkey Streams "Sickening Wasteoid"
U.S. band Drug Honkey's new album "Cloak Of Skies" is being prepped for a May 5th, 2017 release and today an advance song finally lands online. Check out "Sickening Wasteoid" below. The full "Cloak Of Skies" track listing is as follows:
1. Pool of Failure (5:44)
2. Sickening Wasteoid (6:12)
3. Outlet of Hatred (6:48)
4. (It’s Not) The Way (6:36)
5. The Oblivion of an Opiate Nod (10:00) (featuring Bruce Lamont)
6. Cloak of Skies (8:11)
7. Pool of Failure (Justin K. Broadrick remix) (6:29) More...
Epic Death Posts New Video
Epic Death has done it again, taking the band's video catalog to the next level with a lyric video featuring a 360 degree twist.
This track for the new video is “Incantation Of Epic Death,” taken from 2015 debut release "Witchcraft."
This new clip was created by Thomas Degato of Grindhouse Media, with green screen footage by Justin Riddler - check it out below. If you haven't heard it yet, the "Witchcraft" album is available online at this location. More...
Terrifier Gearing Up For Tour
Vancouver thrash crew Terrifier just announced a mini tour in April along with headlining this year's 2nd annual CEMR MetalFest in Calgary, AB on April 8th.
The show dates are in support of new album "Weapons of Thrash Destruction," released in January of this year via Test Your Metal Records. Catch these upcoming Terrifier tour dates:
April 5 - The Royal On Baker - Nelson, BC
April 6 - Smokehouse Bar and Grill - Lethbridge, AB
April 7 - The Forge On Whyte - Edmonton, AB
April 8 - Nite Owl - Calgary, AB - CEMR Metalfest (Headliners)
Other Dates:
April 22 - SBC Restaurant - Vancouver, BC
May 5 - Logan's Pub - Victoria, BC
July 15 - Hassen Arena - Armstrong, BC - Armstrong MetalFest
August 11 - Brookside Resort - Prince George, BC - Metallion Festival More...
1476 Posts Full New Album Online
Salem, Massachusetts’ 1476 creates isolationist sound stories, heavy in atmosphere, that draw upon elements of many genres including metal, punk, neofolk and ambient. New album "Our Season Draws Near" will see release on March 31st via Prophecy Productions, but today the album has come online for full advance streaming.
1. Our Silver Age
2. Ettins
3. Winter of Winds
4. Solitude (Exterior)
5. Odessa
6. Sorgen (Sunwheels)
7. Solitude (Interior)
8. By Torchlight
9. Winter of Wolves
10. Our Ice Age More...
World Gone Posts "Feed The Machine"
Florida based metal band World Gone has released an official music video for the single "Feed The Machine." Self-directed and produced, "Feed The Machine" was shot in a Florida bunker and can be viewed below.
The band also comments that "Feed the Machine" is a "story of human enslavement and the struggle to find a way to finally be free. Afraid of death, future loss, injury, and imprisonment, the majority of humans have become easily controlled and dominated by the powerful few.
"The greatest resource in history has not been gold or oil, it has been the extortion of other humans. You can't get a hen to lay more eggs by threatening it but you can get a human to give you his eggs by threatening him. Human fear farming has been the most lucrative trade of all time and even now continues to feed the evil plans for domination of the universe by the bloated, power mad, and greedy Human Coercion Machine." More...
Altar Of Betelgeuze Streams "New Dawn"
Finland's Altar Of Betelgeuze streams another song today from upcoming release "Among The Ruins" - check out "New Dawn" below.
"Among the Ruins" will be issued via Transcending Obscurity Records on April 15th, 2017. The track listing is as follows:
1. The Offering
2. Sledge Of Stones
3. No Return (listen here)
4. New Dawn
5. Absence Of Light
6. Advocates Of Deception
7. Among The Ruins (song streaming here)
Check out "No Return" here: More...
Adamantine Releases "Heroes & Villains" Video
Portuguese thrash metal quartet Adamantine has shared a new music video for “Heroes & Villains,” the title track off the band’s recently released second full-length album.
Released on March 24th via Allegiance Recordings, the new album was produced and mixed by guitarist/vocalist André Bettencourt and follows the band’s debut full-length relesae “Chaos Genesis” issued in 2012.
01. Lux in Tenebris
02. Heroes & Villains
03. Fire that Cleanses
04. Reborn in Darkness
05. Remember Who You Are
06. Spellbound
07. Elegies Of War
08. Grudge
09. Hydra
10. Blood On My Hands
11. Everything Ends More...
Sincarnate Posts Lyric Video
Romanian doom / death metal band Sincarnate just released a new lyric video for "Curriculum Mortis," which can be seen below and comes off the "In Nomine Homini" album due out April 1st. The album was recorded during June – September 2016 at the Consonance Studio in Timisoara and features the following track listing:
01. Attende Domine
02. Agrat bat Mahlat
03. Curriculum Mortis
04. She-Of-The-Left-Hand (Sophia Pistis)
05. In Nomine Homini
06. The Grand Inquisitor
07. Lamentatio Christi
08. Dies Illa
09. Liviatan
10. De Luctum Perpetuum (bonus)
11. Atonement (bonus) More...
Steve Austin Documentary To Screen In France
"The Man Who Loves To Hurt Himself," an intense documentary film on Today Is The Day's iconic founding frontman Steve Austin, is slated to premiere at the International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema in Nice, France in May.
Directed and filmed by Anthony Short, "The Man Who Loves To Hurt Himself" takes a look at Steve Austin's nearly three decade-long career as a musician and his reflection of life. Short spent two years following Austin around the U.S. on tour, listening to his inner thoughts and questions about life like a fly on the wall.
In his own words, he guides the watcher through this world by stream of consciousness. This reflects the conversations he has with himself in his head -- a first-person account. If you were to have your life flash before your eyes right before you die, this film is what Steve Austin might see about himself.
"The Man Who Loves To Hurt Himself" was selected to screen at the International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema in Nice, France, an offshoot of the world-famous Cannes Film Festival, taking place from May 13th through 20th. Anthony Short has been nominated for Best Director for the film. More...
The Thirteenth Sun Releasing "Stardust"
"Stardust," the debut album from Transylvanian progressive metal Argonauts The Thirteenth Sun, was produced by Edmond Karban (Negura Bunget, Dordeduh) and features artwork by Costin Chioreanu (Ulver, Arcturus, Enslaved, Arch Enemy). The album will be released on May 12th, 2017. Check out the cover artwork and track listing below.
01. Universus
02. Pathways
03. Planes of Creation
04. Universe is Burning
05. Melting Skies
06. The Fabric of Time
07. Glowing Sun More...
Tengger Cavalry Inks Record Deal
Tengger Cavalry has signed a record deal with M-Theory Audio. The band's new album is expected to be released in June and will be supported by a five-week North American tour and performances at several European summer festivals. Further details will be revealed in the coming weeks.
M-Theory Audio is the new label recently launched by Marco Barbieri, former president of Century Media Records and Nuclear Blast America. Barbieri comments:
"Tengger Cavalry is one of the most unique new bands, and I've been impressed how Nature Ganganbaigal and the group developed themselves to this point independently. By teaming up with an old friend, Dawn Robinson, as management and now working with us at M-Theory Audio, I'm excited by the upward possibilities the future holds and the fun and breakthroughs possible with their themes and great music."
Frontman Nature Ganganbaigal adds, "To work with Marco, who was an integral part of Century Media, and M-Theory Audio is Tengger Cavalry's greatest honor. We are excited to bring on our next 'raid' together with the mighty M-Theory!" More...
Graves At Sea Announces U.S. Tour
Portland sludge/doom quartet Graves At Sea will take to the streets for "The Cold Dead Hands" tour 2017 set to take place from May 30th through June 16th. The band will be touring in support of latest debut full-length, "The Curse That Is."
Engineered by Greg Wilkinson (Noothgrush, Brainoil) and mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, YOB), "The Curse That Is" effortlessly fuses colossal walls of feedback-laden sound with gargantuan riffs that crush and crawl with the weight of mountains.
5/30/2017 Shredder - Boise, ID
5/31/2017 Club X - Salt Lake City, UT
6/01/2017 Hi Dive - Denver, CO
6/02/2017 71 Grind Fest @ Black Sheep - Colorado Springs, CO
6/03/2017 Sister Bar - Albuquerque, NM
6/05/2017 Club Red - Mesa, AZ
6/06/2017 Brick by Brick - San Diego, CA
6/07/2017 Complex - Glendale, CA
6/08/2017 Alex's Bar - Long Beach, CA
6/09/2017 Starlite Lounge - Sacramento, CA
6/10/2017 Oakland Metro - Oakland, CA
6/15/2017 Northwest Terror Fest @ Neumos - Seattle, WA
6/16/2017 Tonic Lounge - Portland, OR More...
Trial Posts New Song "Juxtaposed"
On April 7th, Swedish heavy metallers Trial (swe) will release new album, "Motherless," worldwide via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the record, the third and final single, "Juxtaposed," can be heard below.
Formed in 2007, Trial wrote and recorded "The Primordial Temple" (album, 2011), which became a stepping stone from where the band was to where it wanted to be. After earning acclaimed reviews for "Malicious Arts" (EP, 2013) and "Vessel" (album, 2015), Trial's popularity continued to grow, and it wasn't long before Metal Blade Records signed the group.
1. Motherless
2. In Empyrean Labour
3. Cold Comes The Night
4. Juxtaposed
5. Aligerous Architect
6. Birth
7. Embodiment
8. Rebirth More...
Rozamov Posts "Serpent Cult" Video
As Boston's Rozamov winds down a U.S. tour in support of debut LP, "This Mortal Road," the band just released a new video for the track "Serpent Cult" - check it out below.
For the past three weeks, directly in the wake of releasing "This Mortal Road through" Battleground Records and Dullest Records at the beginning of March, Rozamov has been delivering the LP's psychedelia-strewn monolithic doom to audiences across the country, with the last show taking place tonight in Canton, Ohio.
The band checks in from the road about the new video: "We knew that we wanted to do a video for a song off This Mortal Road. We were also all pretty busy with life so we asked our bud Steve from Sea if he had any cool ideas he wanted to shoot. And the rest is history. We are really grateful to be surrounded by a collective of stellar artists in our scene. We work with friends whenever given the opportunity and this video for 'Serpent Cult' is no different. Hope you enjoy." More...
Sinlust Releasing "Sea Black"
Next month, epic black metal band Sinlust will release the "Sea Black" album via M & O Music. Brief snippets from each song can be heard in the preview below, and M & O Music also comments:
"The Bretons pushed the notion of concept album beyond its limits by relating a dark fantasy story, written down by the singer, Firefrost, under the name Nicolas Skinner. The latter gave birth to a novel, 'Noire Mer,' which will be published - in addition to the album - in June at Nats Editions."
1. Red Priestess
2. Sea Conquerors
3. Dawning of the Volcano God
4. Cannibal Beast
5. Streams Attraction
6. Sea of Trees
7. Trilateral Conflict
8. Forgotten's Master More...
Life Of Agony Streams "World Gone Mad"
Brooklyn's Life Of Agony has completed work on new album and Napalm Records debut "A Place Where There's No More Pain," which will be released April 28th via Napalm Records.
So far only one song from the album has been released to the public, the title track "A Place Where There's No More Pain." Today the second single comes online - get a first listen to "World Gone Mad" below. Bassist Alan Robert comments:
"The message behind 'World Gone Mad' could not be more relevant to what's going on all over this planet right now. People are more divided than ever, and if we continue to ignore the fact that this world is busting at its seams and just continue to 'stick our heads underground,' like the lyrics suggest, we will see a madness in our lifetime like we've never experienced before." More...
Ascentia Releases "Pathways" EP
Progressive metal band Ascentia is pleased to announce the release of the "Pathways" EP, which can be heard below or picked up at Bandcamp here.
Founded in 2008, Ascentia is a five piece group based out of Greensboro, NC. Each member's varied musical background lends a distinctive flavor to the group which results in sonic diversity. The combination of each member's eclectic musical tastes and desire to create give Ascentia its unique sound.
1. Catharsis (3:21)
2. Revenge (3:38)
3. Aphelion (8:16)
4. Perseverate (6:44) More...
Dragonforce Streaming "Judgement Day"
On May 19th, international metal superstars DragonForce will release new studio album, "Reaching Into Infinity," via Metal Blade Records in the USA.
Today, the band has launched the record's first single, "Judgement Day," in addition to a live video for the classic track, "Operation Ground and Pound" - which is taken from the special CD/DVD edition of "Reaching Into Infinity."
The new album's track listing is as follows:
Disc 1 - CD
1. Reaching into Infinity
2. Ashes of the Dawn
3. Judgement Day
4. Astral Empire
5. Curse of Darkness
6. Silence
7. Midnight Madness
8. WAR!
9. Land of Shattered Dreams
10. The Edge of the World
11. Our Final Stand
Bonus Tracks
12. Hatred and Revenge
13. Evil Dead More...
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The Riven Premieres "Killer On The Loose"
Do you got the blues real bad because you went and sawed your brother in half, but at the same time you need to stay kinda metal? Fans of Graveyard and other souful heavy rock acts rejoice - today we're introducing you to killer new outfit The Riven!
This London-based group will drop debut EP "Blackbird" on April 14th, with five tracks bringing to mind the glory of the '70s. We're giving you a taste of what's to come with an early stream today of fourth track "Killer On The Loose." Check it out below and tell us what you think!
If you dig the hot sauce and cheap beer-fueled track, be sure to give a listen to previously released song "One Last Time," also available after the jump.
Formed in West London after an alcohol-fueled songwriting session between guitarist Arnau Diaz and bass player Max Ternebring, The Riven was soon to be accompanied by Charlotta Ekebergh on vocals and Olof Axegard on drums.
With a love for bands like Rush, Grand Funk Railroad, and Deep Purple in common they started writing and recording songs together. Recording and mixing was done by JB Pilon at his studio Buffalo Studios in East London in November 2016. More...
UnHuman Is Now UnHuman Insurrection
Italian metal act UnHuman has announced that the band will now be known as UnHuman Insurrection! Furthermore, the band launched a new official band photo and logo (shown below).
The band proclaimed: "BREAKING NEWS! We're hereby announcing a crucial change, in order to express and give value to our sound and music ideal even more. We feel that our new album, the pre-productions we're already working for new songs and style we're breeding and blending would be represented best by a name change: therefore from now on, we're hyped to get in front of you as UnHuman Insurrection!!! Keep it up, cause we definitely will!! \m/"
As previously announced, UnHuman Insurrection will join Lacuna Coil, as main support, at the show in Saint Petersburg, set to take place on May 26th at Aurora Concert Hall!
UnHuman Insurrection was formed in 2015, risen from the ashes of “Burn of Black,” – and is an impact of a powerful mix characterized by an aggressive and harsh sound, blended with melodic vocals which emphasize the sonorities. The band’s debut full-length album "Equilibrium?" is set to be released still. The album is a personal result of the individual maturation process of each band member came across, breeding their new identity, born by the heavy rhythmic patterns of industrial metal, the violence of Thrash, topping them with clean melodic voicals, like it was rarely done, so far.
Check out the first single/lyric video for “Chasing Hope” in the player below: More...
From Oceans To Autumn Details New Album
North Carolina post-rockers From Oceans To Autumn revealed the cover artwork and new single from the highly anticipated new album "Enter/Return to Earth," the first in four years. The song "Quintessence/Core" can be heard below.
The album is a colossal "two disks" work, where ethereal and dreamlike atmospheres collide at best with psychedelic and dramatic interludes made of vast landscapes and sidereal distances.
"Ether/Return to Earth" will be released as a double CD and Digital Download via Argonauta Records on May 5th, 2017. Preorders run over here.
The track listing is:
CD 1 - "Ether":
1. Quintessence/Core
2. Medium
3. Air/Elysium
4. Stratus/Vapor
CD 2 - "Return to Earth"
1. Arrival
2. Live Again
3. Visible Light II
4. Keep A Watchful Eye
5. Isle
6. 211 South
7. Reconnect
8. Through the Ages More...
JP Leppäluoto Joins Dark Sarah
Dark Sarah - the musical project by former Amberian Dawn’s vocalist Heidi Parviainen - announced the addition of Charon/Northern Kings member JP Leppäluoto.
JP Leppäluoto has already been a guest on Dark Sarah’s previous album "The Puzzle," which was released in November last year, playing the character of "The Dragon." Check him out on the song "Dance With the Dragon" in the player below.
Dark Sarah recently opened an Indiegogo campaign for a new music video, which sees the story of Dark Sarah and The Dragon continuing. Check out details of the campaign at this location. More...
From The Dust Returned Releases Debut EP
"Homecoming" - the debut EP by the Italian progressive rock/metal band From The Dust Returned - was issued today (March 30th) via Sliptrick Records.
Trying to blend the musical personality of each member of the band, the EP showcases the combination of elements such as heavy metal, hard rock, progressive and psychedelic music through the six songs that recall 70’ sounds from dark atmospheres to acoustic melodies.
The album’s themes focus on several inner problems like schizophrenia, clinophobia, depression, selfishness and fear to love. Each theme becomes the song’s main subject. However, the real focus of Homecoming is in the opposite duality represented by the contrasting elements in the band: two opposing voices, Alex’s clean voice and Marco’s growl, acoustic against distorted guitars. All providing constant changes of atmospheres within the music.
The EP’s title was chosen by Marco Del Bufalo and was inspired by a chapter of the fix-up fantasy novel, "From The Dust Returned" written by Ray Bradbury. The title refers to the meeting of the band members, who came from different and varied musical backgrounds. This variety gives the band it’s very particular identity.
The EP track listing is:
1. Harlequeen
2. Homecoming
3. Echoes Of Faces
4. Glare
5. Wipe Away The Rain
6. Sleepless More...
Sator Signs To Argonauta Records
Italian sludge masters Sator signed on to Argonauta Records.
The label proclaimed: "We're excited to announce Italian sludge masters Sator [is] now part of our family."
Formed in 2013 and hailing from hardcore punk background, Sator loves to mix heavy and psyched out sounds.
Following the highly acclaimed debut (released by Taxi Driver Records and available here), the new album is scheduled by early Autumn 2017 on Argonauta Records. The album will see the band at its very best, with sonorities influenced by both classic and modern bands: from the pioneers of doom & kraut muzik to the modern sludge & post metal.
Stay tuned for more information. More...
New Logic Of Denial Album Coming June 2017
Comatose Music has set a June 9 release date for Aftermath, the new album from Logic of Denial.
It's the third album by these Italian miscreants, further expanding the sonic exploration crafted in their previous 2013 effort Atonement with a more diverse, brutal and complex approach. The band's evolution can be heard on the premiere of album track "Devouring Seeds of the Apocalypse" below.
Conceived as a three chapter concept album about the various stages during the grieving process, Aftermath contains twelve vicious tracks which conceptually probe the resentment consistent with the incessant and infamous vilification of human vulnerability.
Album artwork by the mighty Jon Zig. More...
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