Metal News for March 8, 2022
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16 news articles posted on this day.
Exciter Joins Vio-Lence/Coroner Tour
Canadian thrash/speed metal veterans Exciter has announced that they will be joining fellow thrashers Vio-Lence, Coroner and Lich King on their upcoming tour of the United States, performing in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. A message from the band reads as follows:
"We are pleased to announce that Exciter will be joining Vio-Lence and Coroner for 3 very exclusive dates in Boston, Philly, & NYC in May. Our friends in Lich King will be opening up this stacked bill as well, don't sleep on them! These shows mark Exciter's FIRST TIME EVER playing Boston, first time playing Philadelphia since 1984 w/ Motörhead & Mercyful Fate, & first time playing New York City since 2015. These will be monumental shows...get your tickets before you can't."
5/24 Boston, MA @ The Middle East
5/25 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
5/26 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
Cognitive Signs With Metal Blade
“It is with immense pleasure that we announce our signing to Metal Blade Records!,” says Cognitive guitarist Rob Wharton. Formed in New Jersey in 2011, Cognitive‘s intent on creating bone-shattering death metal, devastating everything in its path with abstract dissonant melodies and time signatures, is the definitive metal statement needed for 2022.
After releasing an EP and full length, Cognitive signed to Unique Leader Records in 2016 and released their album "Deformity," which showed the bands dedication to their craft within a tale about their home states own legend about the Jersey Devil. Ramping up their tour schedule, the band continued to write and push themselves within the genre with technicality, speed, brutality, and songwriting, which came to shine through even more on the 2018 release "Matricide," which displayed more focused effort while increasing speed and technicality even more. The band wasted no time in their touring schedule and hit the road supporting Fit for an Autopsy, Rivers of Nihil, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Vulvodynia, Lorna shore and others, along with an appearance at Maryland Deathfest. Cognitive has become a touring machine with one goal in mind - always move forward.
Now with the release of their new album "Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction," the band has displayed more diversity and song writing more than ever, and proves yet again they are never scared to explore new concepts musically and explore new territory.
Destruction Shares Behind The Scenes Of New Videos
German thrash metal veterans, Destruction, celebrate their 40th anniversary with their hard-hitting new full-length, "Diabolical," out April 8 via Napalm Records. In this new clip, the band take you behind the scenes of their latest music videos. You can check it out below.
On their 15th studio record, Destruction brings out heavy artillery full of honest and uncompromising thrash metal, catapulting you straight into the seventh heaven of metallic bliss and causing a massacre of razor-sharp sound no fan of the genre should miss.
Schmier states about the recording: "This was the most fun we had working on a record in a very long time and you can hear that. Yes. it was theoretically a difficult album but we did not think this way while we recorded it. We just followed our emotions, jammed and rocked out with a strong gut feeling! This recording was like a therapy to me, we all know how difficult times are at the moment. So I’m super happy how everything turned out!"
Guitar shredder Damir adds: "It was a real honor for me to record this album. The studio work for Diabolical was very spontaneous and we had a lot of fun creating these dynamic, multifaceted and brutal but diverse songs. I loved every second of working on this record!" More...
Terror To Release New Album In May
Los Angeles, California based hardcore veterans Terror has announced that they will be releasing a brand new album entitled, "Pain Into Power" on May 6th. In anticipation of the release, the band has shared a new single named "Can't Help But Hate," which features a guest appearance from Cannibal Corpse vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher. You can check out the song below.
Tracklisting:
1. Pain into Power
2. Unashamed
3. Boundless Contempt
4. Outside the Lies
5. One Thousand Lies
6. Can't Let It Go
7. Can't Help but Hate 01:26
8. The Hardest Truth
9. On the Verge of Violence
10. Prepare for the Worst More...
Generation Kill Releases New Lyric Video
Generation Kill, the band led by former Exodus frontman Rob Dukes, has posted a new lyric video online for the song, "Dogs Of War." You can check it out below. The song comes from the band's latest album, "MKUltra," which was released this past January and features a guest appearance from former Cro-Mags vocalist John Josepth.
Chains Over Razors Unveils New Album Information
Crossing paths in a recording studio talking about music, twin brothers Mikey V & Andy V along with vocalist, William Mullen, set to re-write the rules of heavy metal as a 3-piece by twisting arrangements, melodies, and grooves in ways thought to be impossible, creating and defining the sound of Chains Over Razors. This caught the attention of legendary rocker, Carmine Appice (Ozzy Osbourne, Vanilla Fudge, etc.), to executive produce the group’s latest self-titled album and guide their career to new heights. Edgy, twisted, and ruthless is how many describe the outfit. The album was mastered by Alan Douches (Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan, etc…) at West West Side Music.
The band has just released the first single, "Behind These Eyes," and drummer Andy V had this to say about the meaning of the song, "Pure Rage and Self reflection. The song represents the best and worst of yourself." Deko Entertainment was excited to work with the band after Carmine Appice sent the label some of the bands material, President Bruce Pucciarello comments, "Chains Over Razors well represents a new generation of talented musicians, all devoted to expanding Metal boundaries. And if the Metal doesn’t bend, these guys just blow torch it. Explosive and exciting new music. COR is Deko rated AAA+ for chaos.," Mikey V continues, "We are excited to be part of the Deko Family, a company that will break and rewrite the rules of the music industry. Together, we have formed a lethal combination."
View the video below.
The full album drops on March 25 and features other stand out tracks like "Broken Home" and "The Narc." The band has already cultivated a loyal following and has made the press take notice of their no holds barred full throttle approach to their music. More...
Cavalera Brothers Announces U.S. Tour Dates
The original founding members of influential RIAA Gold-Certified Brazilian heavy metal legend Sepultura, Max and Iggor Cavalera will celebrate the legendary albums "Beneath The Remains" and "Arise" by performing a hybrid setlist exclusively with songs from both albums, throughout the United States, in May and June of 2022.
Since the early days of formation over 30 years ago, the Cavalera brothers have each seen unparalleled success in the music industry. Max’s more recent work with Soulfly, Go Ahead And Die, Cavalera Conspiracy (also featuring Iggor) and Killer Be Killed, in addition to Iggor’s projects Mixhell, Petbrick and Soulwax proves the lasting power of the Cavalera legacy.
It’s safe to say that the release of "Beneath The Remains" (1989) and "Arise" (1991) completely changed the landscape of metal music throughout the world. Confirmed dates are listed below. See you in the pit!
The tour dates are as follows: More...
Zero Hour Reveals New Album Details
Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the upcoming release of "Agenda 21," the new studio album by the recently reformed progressive metal band Zero Hour. Original members Jasun Tipton (guitars) and Erik Rosvold (vocals) have recruited bassist Andreas Blomqvist (Seventh Wonder) and drummer Roel van Helden to join them on this exciting new chapter for the group. The album is out on 13th May, with a first single from it entitled "Technocracy" available from today.
Originally formed in the Bay Area of San Francisco in 1993 by Tipton and his brother Troy (bass), their goal from the outset had been to create heavy, melodic, dark and intricate music stemming from a diverse set of influences that included the DIO-led years of Rainbow, Pat Metheny Group and Dream Theater. They released six studio albums, commencing with a self-titled 1998 debut, followed by "The Towers of Avarice" (2001), "Metamorphosis" (2003), "A Fragile Mind" (2005), "Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond" (2006) and "Dark Deceiver" (2008).
The group dissolved following the release of "Dark Deceiver" when Troy Tipton suffered an arm injury that prevented him from playing bass. Jasun Tipton and Rosvold eventually reunited and recruited drummer Roel van Helden, who in turn was instrumental in bringing Blomqvist into the fold.
With travel restrictions in place, Tipton structured the music for ‘Agenda 21’ by tracking the guitars and keyboards, following which van Helden recorded drums and Blomqvist his bass parts. Rosvold wrote the song lyrics and he and Tipton then arranged his vocals as they were recorded. More...
Praying Mantis Releases New Lyric Video
Frontiers Music Srl released the new studio album, Katharsis, from long-running UK hard rockers Praying Mantis, back in January. Their 12th studio album sees the band steadily progressing from the sonic signatures of their previous release, Gravity.
Today, an official lyric video for the song "Non Omnis Moriar" is released. You can check it out below, along with a recent interview conducted by Metal Underground with guitarist Tino Troy. More...
Space Of Variations Delays New Album Release Date
Due to the ongoing war in their homeland of Ukraine, metalcore unit Space Of Variations have made the difficult decision to delay the release of their upcoming album, "Imago," to May 20, 2022. The album, which was originally due out March 18, features the already-released singles “vein.mp3” and "Someone Else."
Space Of Variations on the decision to postpone their album:
"As we sit here waiting for things to ‘get better’ here at home, we have come to the sad decision that we must move our new album release date to May 2022. We just cannot focus on our music while war is being waged on the streets of Ukraine… we are praying that this terrible and horrifying situation will be over very soon so we can get back to our normal lives. Just know that we have read your messages and that alone gives us the strength to carry on! Until then – keep on listening and supporting us and other Ukrainian bands, it's never been more important than it is now!"
Find a video statement from the band on their Instagram here, where you can also find a direct link to support the band and their communities via donations.
Wind Rose To Release New Album In June
After releasing their epic, highly-acclaimed 2019 album of powerful tales and even more powerful riffs, "Wintersaga," power metal’s mightiest dwarves, Wind Rose, return from the forge – hammering more anthems against the anvil on their new album "Warfront," out June 10, 2022 via Napalm Records!
The dwarven power metal army sharpens their axes on the victorious "Gates of Ekrund," the official first single from "Warfront," delivering a first taste of what fans can expect from the new album. With well over 30 million streams on Spotify alone and another 30 million on YouTube for their last album "Wintersaga," "Warfront" is one of the most anticipated power metal albums of the year!
Wind Rose on "Gates of Ekrund":
"Dwarves of Ekrund! Finally the time has come, we are back on the battlefield! With pride and honor, we are glad to reveal to the world the first single of our upcoming album Warfront, inspired by the imaginary of Warhammer: Gates of Ekrund. The enemy has arrived, pick up your axe and fight with us... There's no turning back anymore!" More...
Oddland Posts New Music Video Online
Today, Finnish progressive metallers Oddland release a new official video, for the song "Pathway". "Pathway" is one of the eight tracks featured in "Vermilion", Oddland's new studio album, that will be released on UPRISING! Records this Friday.
Oddland has performed at a number of festivals including FME, Tuska, Headway, and Progpower Europe, been touring Europe twice, both as a support act for Persefone and as split headliner, in addition to many shows alongside the likes of established acts including Soen, Leprous, Swallow the Sun and Omnium Gatherum. It's a great live band that leaves nothing to be desired.
And here we are in 2021 – with the brand-new third, album, named "Vermilion" ready from these Finnish masters of prog. With an insanely amazing production that takes the listener into the universe of Tool and mixes that super production with a perfect blend of musical twists that would startle any Leprous, Pain Of Salvation or even Faith No More fan, you just can't go wrong.
"Vermilion" will be released on digital, LP (marbled red/black vinyl, limited to 300 units) and CD formats on March 11th, 2022 via Uprising Records. More...
Some Say Kosm Premiere New Single “Oedipism”
German blackened deathcore outfit Some Say Kosm premiere a new single titled “Oedipism”, streaming via YouTube for you below.
Enemy Crucifixion Premiere New Music Video
Deathcore/death metal band Enemy Crucifixion premiere a new music video for “Authotopia”, taken from their latest new album "No Future", which was released in 2021 by Coyote Records and Rivers Of Gore Productions.
Check out now "Authotopia" streaming via YouTube for you below.
Black Fucking Cancer Premiere New Song
Black metal band Black Fucking Cancer premiere a new song entitled “Obscene Lusting Dagger”, taken from their upcoming new album "Procreate Inverse". The record is slated for a March 18 release date by Sentient Ruin.
Check out now "Obscene Lusting Dagger" streaming via YouTube for you below.
Whores. Premiere New Single "Imposter Syndrome"
Whores. premiere a new song titled “Imposter Syndrome” online. The group digitally released that single via Bandcamp.
The band will be out touring this spring/summer with Bummer and Capra, playing the below shows: More...
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