Metal News for March 9, 2017
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30 news articles posted on this day.
Apostate Viaticum Streaming Full New Album
Today, Irish death metal cult Apostate Viaticum streams the entirety of debut album, "Before the Gates of Gomorrah." Set for international release on March 13th via Invictus Productions, hear the full album ahead of time below.
1. In Articulo Mortis
2. Anathema Inherent
3. Moloch the Sanguinary
4. In the Shadow of the Monolith
5. Bastards of Cain
6. Before the Gates of Gomorrah
7. Beckoned by the Callous Dead More...
Brain Tentacles Announces U.S. Shows
Multi-state avant-garde/jazz/metal trio Brain Tentacles recently confirmed a short run of live dates next month. Slated to roll from April 12th through April 16th, the trek includes a stop at this year's Berserker Fest alongside the likes of Gwar, Eyehategod, Weedeater, and labelmates The Obsessed.
These new shows will be in support of the band's self-titled album that released via Relapse Records this past fall. Check out our review here and you can also listen in below.
4/12/2017 Hardwood Brewery - Richmond, VA w/ Dumb Water
4/13/2017 Reverb - Reading, PA w/ Gwar
4/14/2017 Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH w/ Gwar
4/15/2017 Berserker IV @ The Crofoot - Pontiac, MI
4/16/2017 The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL w/ Macabre More...
Malkavian Unleashes New Lyric Video
French thrash metal collective Malkavian just shared a lyric video for the track “Encryption Process,” taken off the band’s forthcoming second album “Annihilating the Shades." Watch the video created by KOT Production in the YouTube clip provided below.
The follow-up to 2014’s “The Worshipping Mass” debut album was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Vamacara Studio and is out this March 31st, 2017 via Finisterian Dead End. Physical pre-orders can be found at this location. More...
Warrant Announces "Louder Harder Faster"
Frontiers Music srl is pleased to announce the release of Warrant's new studio album, "Louder Harder Faster," this coming May 12th, 2017.
To date, Warrant has eight million records sold worldwide, two Top Ten Billboard albums, five Top 40 Billboard hits, and five #1 MTV videos. Now, six years after the release of "Rockaholic," the album that relaunched the band as a force to be reckoned with in the 21st century, Warrant returns with another slab of muscular hard rock, aptly titled "Louder Harder Faster."
With a line-up featuring original members, Erik Turner, Jerry Dixon, Joey Allen, and Steven Sweet along with singer Robert Mason (Lynch Mob, Cry of Love), Warrant is now stronger than ever, with production handled by Foreigner and ex-Dokken bass player Jeff Pilson.
Erik Turner says, "You can hear and feel the emotions of the last 25 + years of being in this band poured into 'LHF.' The fun and the frustrations, the pleasure and the pain... a whole lot of blood, sweat, tears and beers went into the making of this album. Love it or hate it, its the real fuckn deal, 100% pure melodic hard rock. Hand crafted by five musicians who dedicated their lives to music when they were just little kids with big dreams."
Jerry Dixon adds, "'Louder Harder Faster' is truly one of our best records to date. It has all the classic Warrant ingredients that people have come to know, plus a lot of extras that keep it in the modern realm of todays music. It's a perfect mix between Balls and Ballads. When we started this project over two years ago, we wanted to bring the listener back to the days of sitting in the living room and cranking up a record from start to finish. Making full records seems to be a lost art, we hope in some small way that this album helps people find that art again." More...
Wear Your Wounds Posts "Fog" Video
Following a stream of the self-titled "Wear Your Wounds," today the band unleashes a new track off the impending "WYW" album, due to hit stores April 7th. Check out the "Fog" lyric video below. The album's full track listing is as follows:
1. Wear Your Wounds
2. Giving Up
3. Iron Rose
4. Hard Road To Heaven
5. Best Cry of Your Life
6. Breaking Point
7. Shine
8. Fog
9. Heavy Blood
10. Goodbye Old Friend More...
Front Beast Streaming New Album
Today, long-running black metal cult Front Beast streams the entirety new album, "Third Scourge From Darkness," just a day ahead of the international release date of March 10th via Iron Bonehead Productions.
1. Journey To Golgotha
2. Swallowed By Night
3. The Hunt
4. Flaming Tombs Of Heresy
5. Imperial Fire
6. Rape The Corpse Of Christ
7. Purity In Ashes
8. Theistic Plague More...
Earth Electric Streams "Mountains & Conquerors"
Earth Electric is now streaming another track taken from upcoming debut album "Vol.1: Solar," which will hit the streets on May 12th.
The Norwegian-Portuguese rockers lead by mastermind guitarist Rune "Blasphemer" Eriksen (ex-Mayhem, ex-Ava Inferi, Aura Noir) have revealed "Mountains & Conquerors" via the YouTube clip below.
Rune Eriksen comments on behalf of Earth Electric: "The opening track of the album...short, sweet, and straight to the point. Together with the title song, this is one of the oldest ideas for the album. A strong mix of wild energy and positive thinking. For every mountain climbed, there is a reward..."
1. Mountains & Conquerors
2. The Endless Road
3. Meditate. Mediate
4. The Great Vast
5. Set Sail (Towards the Sun)
6. Solar
7. Sabbatical Moons
8. Earthrise
9. Sweet Soul Gathering More...
Insanity Reigns Supreme Posts New Video
Belgian black / death metal band Insanity Reigns Supreme today reveals a new live video for the track "By The Blood of the Beast," which is taken from latest studio album "Unorthodox" (out now on Shiver Records).
The video can be streamed through Youtube below. It was recorded by Marleo Video at the prestigious Eindhoven Metal Meeting festival 2016 and editing came courtesy of Cloud Music Typography.
Vocalist Tes Re Oth had the following to say: “'By the Blood of the Beast' details the ritual of Communion with the Undead Gods. Communion in this sense stands for actually trying to establish communication with Those who have risen to reach the ultimate goal of joining them. In a live setting this is even more powerful, as we invite Them to join us and feast upon the energy that is freely given by us and the audience. In the end this was an experience that none who attended will forget.” More...
VI Posts 3 Way Split Trailer
French black/death metal artists VI, Temple Of Baal, and The Order Of Apollyon have revealed an audio trailer for their upcoming 3 way split release on Agonia Records.
On March 31st, three of the finest French black/death metal acts will find their way together for this release, divided into three chapters with a playing time nearing 25 minutes.
- Chapter One: "Trident Of Flesh" (The Order Of Apollyon),
- Caput Secundum: "Non Sum Dignus" (Temple Of Baal),
- Troisème Chapitre: "Aucun d'entre vous ne sera sauvé. Car c'est impossible aux hommes et tout est possible à dieu. Il ne va rien rester de vous, rien de votre nombre, de votre grandeur" (VI). More...
Merrimack Wields "Apophatic Weaponry"
Merrimack is today revealing the first sinister song taken from forthcoming fifth full-length album "Omegaphilia," which will be released on June 9th, 2017 via Season Of Mist. The pitch-black track "Apophatic Weaponry" can be heard below.
Merrimack comments: "For this song, as on the whole album, we wanted to come back to something more rooted in the 90's. With a less complex structure, and a sound not as modern and claustrophobic as on our latest albums, 'Apophatic Weaponry' still has our characteristic moody atmosphere with some crawling mid-tempos riffs. This is especially noticeable on the second half of the track.
"Our lyrics are dealing with the special connection between beings and their faith, even though it is constructed on a void trying to fill in another vacant space of nothingness. The divine cannot be observed, demonstrated, except by its consequences. In the end, this is the definition of faith as opposed to reason. This concept of negative theology is a mystical approach towards the divine that attempts to describe it through the impossibility of describing it. Eckhart. Jacob Böhme and most of the German mystics tried to increase their faith with such notions."
1. Cauterizing Cosmos
2. The Falsified Son
3. Apophatic Weaponry
4. Gutters of Pain
5. Sights in the Abysmal Lure
6. Cesspool Coronation
7. At the Vanguard of Deception More...
Descartes a Kant Releasing New Album
Descartes a Kant, one of Guadalajara, MX’s most imaginative and avant-garde bands, is set to release American debut album, "Victims of Love Propaganda," via Cleopatra Records on May 12th.
Today, Descartes a Kant has debuted a video for a brand new song called “Motion Picture Dream Boy,” which was directed by gore extraordinaire film director, makeup effects artist ,and longtime friend of the band Gamaliel de Santiago Ruvalcaba. Check out the schizoid insanity below.
The band’s third studio album, "Victims of Love Propaganda," was recorded/produced in Chicago by Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies, Breeders). It’s a concept album that questions all aspects of modern love through a series of dark tales of woe, limerence, break-up and grief. The band calls it an, "emotional porn album."
The story’s narrative is represented by two characters that personify the face of a modern love relationship. It charts the couple’s mutable love as it transitions from enchantment, fascination and intensity to a state of indifference, disconnection, and dissolution throughout the ten-song cycle. Unlike other so called “break up” albums, any sense of resolution is left to the minds of the listeners. More...
Necromancing The Stone Posts Bass Playthrough
Necromancing the Stone - featuring current/former members of Arsis (James Malone, guitars), The Absence (Jeramie Kling, drums), The Black Dahlia Murder (Ryan "Bart" Williams, bass) and Brimstone Coven (guitarist Justin Wood and vocalist "Big" John Williams) - is currently on tour with label mates Whitechapel, Cattle Decapitation, Goatwhore, and Allegaeon for a special USA trek that celebrates Metal Blade Records' 35th anniversary.
Unable to join his band on the road for this run, bassist Bart Williams has filmed a bass playthrough for "Ritualistic Demise," taken from latest album, "Jewel Of The Vile."
Necromancing the Stone's Bart comments: "This is an easy one for bass players to follow along with, so enjoy!" More...
Church Tongue Posts "Acid Jesus" Video
Church Tongue today premiers a new music video for the song "Acid Jesus," which can be seen in the YouTube player below. Additionally, Church Tongue now reveals a spring tour kicking off in mid-April. Dates are as follows:
4/14: Springfield, MO @ Outland Ballroom w/ Like Pacific
4/15: Tulsa, OK @ Savage Space
4/17: Denton, TX @ Killer Tacos
4/18: Baton Rouge, LA @ 524 Studios
4/19: Atlanta, GA @ Under the Couch
4/20: Brandon [Tampa], FL @ The Noise Box
4/21: Jacksonville, FL @ Nighthawks
4/22: Florence, SC @ Livewire
4/23: Fayetteville, NC @ Drunk Horse Pub
4/25: Ringgold, GA @ Cloud Springs Deli
4/26: Nashville, TN @ Rocketown w/ ForeverAtLast
4/27: Louisville, KY @ Spinelli's Downtown More...
Scars Divide Releases "Sons Of Terminator" EP
A few weeks following a first audio excerpt coming online, Swiss group Scars Divide has now released the new two track concept EP called "Sons Of Terminator" on vinyl and digital formats.
In addition to the official release news, the EP is now available for full streaming below. Stay tuned for further news as work progresses on a full-length studio record coming later this year.
1. Sons Of Terminator (Part. I & II)
2. The Venom Of Leviathan 04:38 More...
Lorna Shore Releases Drum Playthrough Vid
New Jersey metal band Lorna Shore has been making waves on tour with Carnifex and Despised Icon following the release of pulverizing sophomore album, "Flesh Coffin," which dropped on February 17th with Outerloop Records.
Today the band unleashes a new drum playthrough featuring Austin Archey performing "Fvneral Moon." Check it out below, and stay tuned for more videos ahead. You can also catch these upcoming Lorna Shore tour dates:
3/09 : Columbus, OH - Park Street Saloon
3/10 : Indianapolis, IN - Emerson Theater
3/11 : Valparaiso, IN - Big Shots
3/12 : Clarksville, TN - The Warehouse
3/14 : Knoxville, TN - The Concourse
3/15 : Louisville, KY - Diamond Bar & Grill
3/16 : Grand Rapids, MI - The Stache
3/17 : Toronto, ON - Lee's Place
3/18 : Ottawa, ON - Barrymore's Music Hall
3/19 : Quebec City, QC- Imperial Bell
3/21 : Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot
3/22 : Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
3/23 : Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
3/24 : Minneapolis, MN - Cabooze
3/26 : Saskatoon, SK - O'Brien's Event Center
3/27 : Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room
3/28 : Calgary, AB - Dickens Pub
3/29 : Spokane, WA - The Pin
3/30 : Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
3/31 : Bend, OR - Domino Room
4/01 : Reno, NV - Jub Jub's
4/02 : Pomona, CA - The Glasshouse More...
Battle Beast Breaks Down In France
Currently embarked on a European tour, bad luck has struck the Battle Beast crew as the band is now broken down on the road. Battle Beast issued this update via Facebook:
"Bad news, everybody. Our tour bus is has broken down somewhere in southern France. The bus has lost all transmission making it impossible to drive another meter safely. When it came down to endangering our own and other road-users' lives, we were left with no choice but to stop.
"Understandably, losing the bus adds difficulties to all the rest of the dates as we currently have no other means of transportation. Stay tuned, we hope to have good news to share with you sometime soon!" More...
Juha Raivio Comments On Live Absence
Fans catching Swallow The Sun live recently have noticed that long time guitarist Juha Raivio has been curiously absent, with Juho Räihä standing in his place. Today Raivio issued the following statement about the situation:
"As people are asking all the time from me if I have quit Swallow the Sun, or why am I not playing live with the band anymore, here is some answers for you. Answer is of course not. I formed the band 17 years ago and have written 8 STS albums and one EP altogether since then. I would love nothing more than play live for you as that is where my heart is, but life didn’t go that way.
"This music and the lyrics are just too personal to go in front of the people at the moment and rip your heart open again and again. I hope you understand. Maybe one day. But please go and support the boys on tour and show your love to Juho Räihä who has been doing great job filling in for me. Take care now."
Swallow The Sun is currently embarked on a North American tour alongside Amorphis. Full upcoming date and venue info is available below. More...
Loathe To Play Hellfest U.K. Party
Liverpool based experimental rock/metal collective of 5, Loathe, is delighted to announce the band will be playing at the Hellfest Official U.K. Party. The event will take place on the 11th of May in London at the New Cross Inn.
Full event details can be found here. The event will be a night of 100% metal, rock and fun; with bands, DJs, special guests, meet & greets, ticket give-aways and free merch.
Loathe also recently announced the release of debut record "The Cold Sun," due to drop via SharpTone Records on April 14th. More...
Terror Announces New EP, Spring Tour Dates
Influential hardcore band Terror has announced plans to release a new EP titled "The Walls Will Fall" via Pure Noise Records on April 28th. In support of the new record, the band has announced tour plans this spring for a U.S. headline tour with God’s Hate and Abuse of Power.
Terror recently joined Pure Noise Records for the next chapter of the group's storied career, with "The Walls Will Fall" coming after 2015’s "The 25th Hour" and featuring some of the most vicious tracks the band has ever recorded.
Additional details about the record will be revealed in the coming weeks. For now, catch these upcoming Terror 2017 tour dates: More...
Exarsis Releasing New Album
The Greek thrashers from Exarsis are wrapping up work on a fourth album. The successor to "The Human Project" (2015) will be titled "New War Order" and is set for release via MDD Records during the year.
The album was produced once again at D Studio in Athens. The artwork, which stirred up some controversy on Facebook, was created (as with the predecessors) by Andrei Bouzikov / Tankcrimes.
In response to the discussion and corresponding allegations, however, the band makes clear in a statement that the motive should be a representative example against all kinds of religion and religious manipulation. More...
Henry Kane Releases New Video
Swedish crusty death metal band Henry Kane just posted an official music video for the "Det var inte ditt fel" track, which can be seen below and comes of freshly released album "Den Förstörda Människans Rike." You can pick up the album and hear more songs off the release over at Bandcamp here.
Vangough Sounds The Death "Knell"
Vangough issued a lyric video for the new song "Knell." The song will appear on the band's upcoming new album "Warpaint," which is set to drop on March 17th. Check out our review for the album at this location.
The full "Warpaint" track listing is as follows:
1. Morphine (have some here)
2. Dust
3. The Suffering
4. Gravity
5. Till Nothing's Left
6. Knell
7. Black Rabbit
Check out "Knell" here: More...
Madness Of Sorrow Goes "Inside The Church"
Italian horror metal act Madness Of Sorrow issued a new music video for the song "Inside The Church." Check it out in the player below.
The track is lifted the band's recently issued fourth studio album "N.W.O. - The Beginning," which dropped on March 1st as a digital download via W13 Digital Distribution. Check out the clip here:
No Good Advice Reveals Album Details, Streams Song
Italian stoner rockers No Good Advice revealed the cover artwork and first single from the highly anticipated new album.
The album “From the Outer Space” will be released as a CD and digital download via Argonauta Records on April 28th. The CD edition features an extensive 24 page booklet with high quality sci-fi illustrations and themes. Preorders can be made at this location.
The song “Super Looper Groover” is available in the player below. The album's track listing and artwork can be found here:
1 The Great Dawn
2 Space Surfers
3 Black Monolith
4 Napalm
5 Suicide Inside
6 Stoned Jesus
7 Super Looper Groover
8 Astronaut Superstar
9 Mother of the Void
10 Tears of the Universe
11 Into Your Grave
12 Between the Earth and Space More...
Assault Announces Debut Full Length
Singapore's melodic death metal tyrants Assault will release the debut full length album "The Fallen Reich" on May 10th via Transcending Obscurity Asia. Check out the new song "Ghettos" in the player below.
Assault is Singapore's best kept secret. The band plays a scintillating death/thrash metal with rare ferocity coupled with melodic sensibilities in a way that the intensity remains unabated throughout. With guest appearances from notable band members of Chthonic (Taiwan) and Nothnegal (Maldives), Assault is touted as one of the best emerging bands from Asia.
"The Fallen Reich" features artwork (shown below) from world renowned artist, Mark Riddick. It's certainly one of the most exciting and promising albums in recent times and will set new standards for bands in the region.
The track listing for "The Fallen Reich" is:
1. Enslavement To Torture (ft. Freddy Lim of Chthonic)
2. Genocidal Conspiracy
3. Spawn of Rage
4. Ghettos (ft. Fufu of Nothnegal)
5. The Fallen Reich
6. The Final Solution More...
Pokerface Announces New Album "Game On"
Russian thrash act Pokerface announced the release of the sophomore full length release to be entitled "Game On." The album is set to drop on March 31st. A video clip for the new song "The Fatal Scythe" can be viewed in the player below.
Originating from Moscow Russia, Pokerface was formed in 2013. Following line-up changes, the band overcame obstacles of establishing themselves and are now ready to unleash "Game On." With a unique style reminiscent of bands like Arch Enemy and Kreator, the band has shared the stage with the likes of Slayer, Testament and Sodom and many others. The music is characterized by heavy riffs and a combination of clean and brutal vocals.
"Game On" is not your ordinary album. It consists of 10 tracks in line with the core theme of 'chance.' The album provides an insight into how we deal with opportunities and how we face our inner fears. It is inspired by the concept of self development and that the easiest choice is not always the right choice.
The hero of the album does not ‘break’ in light of social pressure and chooses the high road...the path less taken. Now trapped in a whirlpool of greed, fear and betrayal his problems surface as monsters which pursue him into the depths of his subconscious. He plays with fire and the demons inside him lead him to the loss of everything he has earned throughout his life. Trapped in a labyrinth with no beginning and no exit the realization that our very own person is the route to salvation does not come as a surprise. The album communicates to the listener that until we remember who we really are our demons will haunt us until we take control of our own destiny and live as autonomous.
The track listing for "Game On" is:
1. The Bone Reaper
2. The Fatal Scythe
3. Play Or Die
4. Blackjack
5. Straight Flush
6. Cry. Pray. Die.
7. Creepy Guests
8. Bow! Run! Scream!
9. Jackpot
10. Game On More...
Dope Premieres New NSFW Music Video For "Thieves"
Dope premieres a new music video for its cover of Ministry‘s "Thieves", taken from the band's upcoming new album "Blood Money Part 2", which is expected later in the year. The clip also has a guest appearance from Combichrist vocalist Andy LaPlegua.
Says Dope frontman Edsel Dope of the video: "Like many people, I wasn’t pro Hillary, nor was I pro Trump. I’m pro America and all of the politicians appear to be crooked in one way or another… As a result., we had a good time throwing all of them under the bus in this video."
Check out now "Thieves" below.
Adds Combichrist's LaPlegua : More...
Death Of Kings Premieres "Hell Comes To Life"
Atlanta’s thrash metal band Death Of Kings premieres a new song entitled "Hell Comes To Life". A debut full-length debut album titled "Kneel Before None" will be released later in the year via Boris Records.
Check out now "Hell Comes To Life" below.
Galare Debuts New Song "Thy Dying Light"
Elizabeth, New Jersey's black metal outfit Galare debuts a new song entitled "Thy Dying Light", taken from the band's upcoming debut EP, which will be out later this year.
Check out now "Thy Dying Light" below.
Condemned Premieres Pre-Release Full-Album Stream
San Diego’s death metal outfit Condemned premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new album "His Divine Shadow", which will arrive in stores March 10th through Unique Leader Records.
Check out now "His Divine Shadow" in its entirety below.
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