Metal News for April 14, 2015
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Ex-Beyond Creation & Necrophagist Members Team Up
Ex-Beyond Creation bassist Dominic "Forest" Lapointe, Necrophagist drummer Romain Goulon, MaYaN guitarist Frank Schiphorst, and Raising The Veil & Monument Of Misanthropy vocalist George "Misanthrope" Wilfinger have teamed up for a new technical / progressive metal project titled X3N0X.
The band is currently working on a debut album scheduled to be released at the end of the year.
Check out some first sick tunes below, with more info available at the band's Facebook profile here. More...
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Pit Stories: Emmure Ruins A Whole Tour
It's time for another bout of Pit Stories, and this week we find out about how Emmure ruined an entire tour for German band Annisokay (but what goes around comes around, as Emmure also just cancelled a tour due to health issues...). Annisokay shared this tale from the pit:
At a time where things really started rolling with the band, we went to an Emmure show in our hometown. While the rest of our band watched the show from a chilling place in the back, our drummer, who was a huge Emmure fan at this time, went to the first row and was more then excited to mosh to their songs. However when the first song started, something really bad happened to his right foot. He doesn’t really know what, but the pain was horrible.
When he made his way back to us out of the pit, the Emmure set was already half way through. He took of his shoe and his foot was double the normal size. A later visit in the hospital confirmed our worries. He fractured his feet and had to wear a plaster for many, many weeks. A whole tour had to be cancelled, but our drummer learned to play our songs with his left foot only, so the damage to the band was kept relatively small.
However, our own shows usually have a lot of pit action going on, including huge wall of deaths or stage dives even by our own front man Dave. It’s really good that we nearly never heard about any bad injuries that happened to our crowds yet.
The new Annisokay album "Enigmatic Smile" dropped today - April 14th - via Long Branch Records/SPV. Check out a music video off the album below. More...
Guitar Hero Live Coming This Fall
It's not just Rock Band that's making a triumphant return - now Guitar Hero also rises again!
Check out a teaser trailer for the impending Guitar Hero Live below, which will release this coming Fall, 2015 on PS4 and Xbox One. The developers comment:
"One Game. Two ways to play. GH Live lets you rock real crowds with real reactions. And the second mode, GHTV, is the world's first playable music video network with a library of hundreds of music videos you can play. Guitar Hero Live. It's about to get real."
For more info, head over to the Guitar Hero website here.
Gaahl No Longer Performing Live With Wardruna
Wardruna's Gaahl (ex-Gorgoroth vocalist Kristian Eivind Espedal) will no longer be performing with the band live. The band posted this brief message to social media today:
Gaahl has by his own choice decided to stop performing live with Wardruna and we have of course willingly and without any hard feelings relieved him from these duties. We respectfully thank him for his unique qualities and powerful contributions on stage for Wardruna!
Containing former members of Gorgoroth, Wardruna has more recently become known for their music's appearance in the History Channel's television series "Vikings." Wardruna's Kvitrafn will also appear in the show in season 3.
Savage Messiah To Headline The Great Escape
London metallers Savage Messiah have been confirmed as headliners for the Hard Rock & Metal Coalition at The Great Escape festival 2015.
Presented by AIM and Team Rock, the Hard Rock & Metal Coalition will showcase some of the U.K. independent sector's finest heavy bands. The gig takes place at Volks Bar in Brighton on Friday, 15th May, and features Elegies, The Colour Line, Press To Meco, Acoda, and headliners Savage Messiah.
Frontman Dave Silver comments: "We're looking forward to putting some much needed metal into The Great Escape festival this May down in Brighton! It was super cool to be invited to headline the Hard Rock & Metal Coalition by the folks over at AIM. Also a big thanks to our friends over at Team Rock for putting their name to it. We've had a few killer shows in Brighton over the last 2 years, so make sure you turn out and raise a glass to UK heavy metal with us!"
For tickets and more information about The Great Escape festival, go to this location. Catch Savage Messiah on these dates:
May 15 - Brighton, UK - The Great Escape, Volks Bar
Jul. 17 - Tachov, Czech Republic - Tarock Open Air
Gutter Instinct Streaming "The Invisible Hand"
The Swedish death metal outfit Gutter Instinct is gearing up to drop the four-track EP "The Insurrection" this coming May 19th (North America), May 18th (UK/EU) and May 22nd (DE).
Today you can hear a new song from the release. Check out "The Invisible Hand" in the player below. The EP's track listing is as follows:
1. War Command
2. Under The Scythe
3. The Invisible Hand
4. We Hate You More...
Outre Streams Full New Album
The Polish avant-black metallers from Outre are proud to unveil their full new album "Ghost Chants" today. Listen in below, courtesy of HeavyMetalArtwork.com.
Outre brought on the extremely talented Stawrogin as a session vocalist for the record. His demented vocals slither and shriek throughout, while unsettling riffs and rumbling drums swirl around in the mix, orchestrated by M. of Mgla. It’s a record that demands repeat listening to unfold the many layers within. More...
Lich King Seeking New Vocalist
On April 1st, Massachusetts thrash outfit Lich King published a new track entitled "I Quit." It was naturally received as an April Fools joke, however now Lich King singer Tom Martin has made an announcement that he would in fact be relieving himself of vocal duties.
Lich King is currently scouring the globe for a replacement singer and is pushing forward with plans to release a new full length album in 2015.
Interested applicants can find instrumental tracks and lyric sheets right here. Record your vocals over the tracks and send them to Andy@evileyeindustries.com or Mail@lichkingmetal.com. Tom Martin's full statement reads as follows:
"So yesterday we put up an announcement in the form of a song, in which I declared I was quitting Lich King, and... April Fools! It was the truth. These are my reasons for leaving. My reasons are my own, and don’t at all reflect on the attitudes or opinions of the other guys.
"Reason #1: Live shows were never my thing. I have bad hearing so at a metal show when you hear the music, almost all I hear is deafening jangled noise.
"Reason #2: Bars are the worst. On tour, you’re hanging around in a venue for seven to eight hours every night, and usually it’s a bar. I have no idea how someone sits in a bar for that long and doesn’t want to open their wrist with a blender.
"Reason #3: I’m a homebody. I like sitting at home, surrounded by my comfort zone, making stuff. This isn’t to say I didn’t enjoy touring with Lich King, because largely, I did. I love those guys and discovered I love traveling... but I stopped having a good time when we pulled into the venue every night. I’d dread shows, and during them I’d sit on the bus and fantasize about being home with my stuff. More...
Excerpt Posted From New "Choosing Death" Release
Coinciding with today's release of "Choosing Death," author Albert Mudrian has posted an extensive excerpt from the book. Give it a read at Decibel Magazine's website here.
Originally released on Feral House in 2004, "Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore" comes now in an expanded and revised edition, which flaunts a whopping 100 additional pages of new content.
This fully redesigned hardcover version is the inaugural release of brand-new imprint Decibel Books, and is limited to 3,000 hand-numbered copies. It boasts three new chapters (with new material interspersed among the original 10 chapters), over 50 new interviews (for a total of 200) and a new cover painting by legendary death metal artist Dan Seagrave, recalling elements of his classic Entombed and Morbid Angel album covers. More...
Skinless Posts "Serpenticide" Track Online
"Only The Ruthless Remain" is the imminent new full-length from recently reactivated New York death metal band Skinless.
Boasting the group's classic late '90s lineup of founding guitarist Noah Carpenter, vocalist Sherwood Webber, bassist Joe Keyser and drummer Bob Beaulac, with the recent addition of second guitar gun, Dave Matthews, "Only The Ruthless Remain" is an unrelenting, seven-track symphony of sonic sickness.
Today, Skinless is pleased to officially unleash the gut-wrenching sounds of opening psalm, "Serpenticide" for public inebriation. Relays Webber:
"[Illustrator] Ken Sarafin summed it up best when he said that upon listening to the new SKINLESS, his balls exploded and bigger ones grew in their place. That's how we felt when making it! 'Serpenticide' was the song that got us into the flow of creating this album. This track has the grind, dirge, and vengeful bludgeoning that makes it a slicing cross cut of Only The Ruthless Remain. You've heard the live version; here is the final in all its ruthlessness. The countdown is on. Much more to come. As the old saying goes, it's time to stop the teasin' and start the pleasin', ha!"
You can also see the band live on these dates:
5/21/2015 Maryland Deathfest @ Soundstage - Baltimore, MD
6/20/2015 Hellfest Open Air - Clisson, FR More...
Obliterations Gearing Up For Summer Tour
The latest onslaught of unhinged, live annihilation from Los Angeles' Obliterations has been confirmed, as the band plans to shred through Eastern North America in June.
From June 5th through the 20th, Obliterations will storm the Eastern half of the U.S. and lower Canada with thirteen lucky new cities set to be hit by the enraged torrent. For the majority of the shows, Obliterations will support Vancouver-based trio White Lung.
6/05/2015 TBA - Brooklyn, NY w/ White Lung
6/06/2015 The Studio At Webster Hall - New York, NY
6/08/2015 DC9 - Washington DC w/ White Lung
6/09/2015 Rumba Café - Columbus, OH w/ White Lung
6/10/2015 The Demo - St. Louis, MO w/ White Lung
6/11/2015 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN w/ White Lung
6/13/2015 PJ's Lager House - Detroit, MI w/ White Lung
6/14/2015 Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH w/ White Lung
6/15/2015 Mohawk Place - Buffalo, NY w/ White Lung
6/16/2015 Great Scott - Allston, MA w/ White Lung
6/17/2015 Bar Le Ritz PDB - Montreal, QC w/ White Lung
6/18/2015 Ottawa Explosion Weekend - Ottawa, ON
6/20/2015 NXNE - Toronto, ON More...
Now And On Earth Releases New Video
Montreal band Now And On Earth has premiered a video for "Your Number Is Up" - available below, thanks to Bloody Disgusting.
"Your Number Is Up" is a track off the band's debut album, "Blacked Out," release today through Epitaph. The track listing is as follows:
01. Intoxicated
02. Majesty
03. All Direction
04. Overtime
05. No Way Out
06. Blacked Out
07. All On You
08. Catch You When You Fall
09. Vicious Circles
10. Interlude
11. Lust Over Loyalty
12. Your Number Is Up More...
Rusted Posts "Betrayed" Video
Chilean heavy metal band Rusted has released a music video for the track "Betrayed," which comes off latest album "Rise Up."
The video was directed by Carlos Toro of Abymso Productions, who has worked in the past with Arch Enemy, Therion, Halford, Kreator, and Criminal, among others. The "Rise Up" track listing is as follows:
1. Betrayed
2. Plastic Love
3. Fast Lane
4. The Last of Us
5. Desert Storm
6. I Am Spartacus
7. No Regrets
8. Fire & Oblivion
9. Psycho
10. Against the Immortal More...
Wovoka Streams Full New Album
SoCal sludge/post-metal outfit Wovoka's epic debut, "Saros," comes out today on Battleground Records, with the full record now available for streaming below courtesy of Invisible Oranges.
Formed circa January 2013 among the monolithic concrete sprawl of the greater Los Angeles area, the post-metal quartet Wovoka has been developing a sound that speaks to the ear with a wide range of robust dynamics, fragile melodies, and measured surges of psychedelic color. The music is conceptual and delves deep into the many contrasting elements of human thought and belief, but it is not a sermon for or against anything, rather it is a study of what makes us tick and develop the ideas that we do. More...
Nibiru Posts "Padmalotus" Webisode
The first in a series of webisodes leading up to the release of "Padmalotus," the third album from the Italian trio Nibiru, can be seen below. The clip features the song “Trikona," with drummer/guitarist Siatris commenting:
“‘Trikona’ - the sacred triangle - is the perfect representation of a Nibiru track. It embodies the primitive power of the drumming and an incessant bass line. It features also a new sound of the guitars that create melodies never experienced before…”
Due on May 18th via Argonauta Records, "Padmalotus" was recorded by Nibiru at Aadya’s Temple. The album was mixed and mastered by Emiliano “Pilloplex” Pilloni at Soundlab Studio in Settimo Torinese (Italy). The track listing is as follows:
1. Krim
2. Ashmadaeva
3. Trikona
4. Khem More...
Kehlvin Streaming Split With Fleshworld
Kehlvin and Fleshworld's split album "To Deny Everything That's Mundane" is now streaming in the player below, thanks to Decibel Magazine.
The two bands met together during a Kehlvin tour back in 2013. Two years later and the result is the release of a split album including more noise rock influences and incorporating elements from post-metal, hardcore, black metal, screamo, and various other genres. Nihilistic and raw, but energetic and eclectic.
The concept of the album revolves around science, various philosophical problems one encounters, and dissatisfaction with certain beliefs. It tells the story of a struggling mathematician through five, interwoven tracks (three by Kehlvin and two by Fleshworld), each regarding a different stage of the subject’s life. More...
The Kennedy Veil Has Gear Stolen In Sacremento
The Kennedy Veil guitarist, KC Childers, had his guitar and pedal board stolen late Sunday night (4/12/15 - 4/13/15) after The Kennedy Veil's show at the Blue Lamp music venue in Sacramento, CA.
This guitar is the only one of it's kind in California, so if anybody in the greater Northern California area sees someone selling a Blakhart Guitars 7-string V, please contact The Kennedy Veil via blackseebs@gmail.com or RebelPyro Management through rebelpyro@gmail.com.
For those who would like to lend the band a financial hand, two new shirts have been added to the TKV merch store. More...
Fall Of Carthage Posts Video Teaser
Fall Of Carthage is gearing up for the official release of "Behold," which will be available in stores starting May 29th.
The work on first Fall of Carthage video clip for the track "Dawn Of The Enemy" is also almost done. The premiere of the video clip will take place on May 13th, while today the band published a behind the scenes teaser filmed during the video shoot on March 21st in Dusseldorf. Check it out below. The upcoming album's track listing is:
1. Upon the small things
2. Degeneration
3. Dawn of the enemy
4. Imperfection
5. Home in a wasteland
6. Menace to myself
7. Necessitarianism
8. Means to be alive
9. Leave them behind
10. More than nothing
11. Behold More...
Inferis Parts With Guitar Player
Chilean heavy metal group Inferis has announced that after 10 years of working with the band, guitarist Gonzalo Medinelli has left the band due to personal reasons. The band wishes him the best on his future endeavors.
Inferis also comments: "We are sad to announced that Gonzalo will be no longer with us, the spot will be filled by our singer Nasson, so we will be from now on a four piece band."
The last work of Gonzalo Medinelli can be found on the music video for "The Wind," released in 2013 and available below. Despite this setback, Inferis is currently finishing the recordings for a third studio album at Riff Studios in Santiago, Chile. More...
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Texas Independence Fest Day 2: Whitechapel
Deathcore was the chosen style of music for day two of Texas Independence Fest in Austin, Texas. Whitechapel headlined and Oceano and Boris The Blade were two of the bands providing support. All those bands played the main stage, the Garage Stage. Before getting into this this stage, I would like to look at some of the small stage, Control Room Stage. Metalcore seems to be alive and well in Temple, Texas, a town located an hour north of Austin. Insonomist out of Temple played yesterday’s show and In The Trench played today. Vocalist Steven Harding’s refrain was infectious and the band got the small crowd in motion. More...
Wisdom In Chains Posts Album Trailer
Late this June, Fast Break! Records will release the fifth full-length album from Eastern Pennsylvania's Wisdom In Chains and today, an extensive video on the creation of "The God Rhythm" has been released through New Noise Magazine. Check it out below.
The nearly eleven-minute trailer includes bits of several new songs and the insight into the group's conception, interviews with all five members of the band, a breakdown of the cover art's meaning, samples of several tracks from the new album, live footage, and a look into what the future holds for WIC.
"The God Rhythm" will see release on CD, LP and digital formats on June 30th through Southeastern Pennsylvania-based Fast Break! Records. The track listing is as follows:
1. People Die
2. When We Were Young
3. Resonate
4. How Far Will You Go
5. Songs to My Killer
6. Thorn In Your Side
7. Mathematics
8. Fatherless
9. Best of Me
10. The God Rhythm
11. Violent Americans
12. Joey Ramone
13. Skinhead Gang
14. Outro More...
My Grimace Offering Up Some "Grim Serenades"
Finnish outfit My Grimace is ready to present it's most powerful weapon yet to be released in the furious battlefield of metal.
For the first time in the history of the group, the recorded material has been turned into a full-length album, to be titled “Grim Serenades.”
"Grim Serenades" is due to be released on May 8th by Inverse Records. An advance track from the release can be heard below. More...
Deathhammer Reveals "Evil Power"
Hells Headbangers today announces June 30th as the international release date for Deathhammer's upcoming "Evil Power" release, to be released on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. The album's track listing is as follows:
1. Warriors of Evil
2. Total Metal
3. Satan is Back
4. Powertrip
5. Sinner's Possession
6. Belial's Curse
7. Rot in Shreds
8. Omen of the Beast More...
Shining Streams Full Album Online
Controversial Swedish metal band Shining is now streaming new album, "IX - Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends" in full. Listen in below, courtesy of Decibel Magazine.
"IX - Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends" will be released on April 21st via Season of Mist. The album will be available across CD, digital, and several limited edition LP formats.
Regarding the album, vocalist and Shining main-man Niklas Kvarforth comments: "Six days from now, the world will behold the beauty and the horror that is our ninth album! Thanks to a few of our allied partners you are now able to stream the album in full! Remember… Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, ENDS!"
For more info on the album, be sure to check out our interview with Kvarforth at this location. More...
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Classic Paintings Become Metal Album Covers
Master painters Hieronymus Bosch, John Martin and Jean Delville all have something in common with Metal music: some of their works have become iconic album covers for bands like Morbid Angel, Candlemass and While Heaven Wept, among many others.
Metal Underground and the online art community And Justice For Art present this peculiar collection of albums that mix classic visual imagery with heavy sounds. Check it out and let us know what you think. More...
Azavatar Releasing Self-Titled Album
Art Of Propaganda is proud to present Azavatar's debut, self-titled album, set for international release on June 29th. The label had this to say:
"Formed in 2013 by former Saeculum Obscurum guitarist Azavatar as a solo-project, the selfsame band Azavatar features C.A. (Odem Arcarum) on drums, Khothron (Saeculum Obscurum) on vocals, and umbrA (Atrorum, Nebelkrähe) on keys.
"Together, the German quartet create a spiraling whirlwind of unease and unrest across Azavatar. At once overwhelmingly hypnotic and restlessly manic, the five-track album explodes with harrowing fury, often to simmer while tension mounts and the listener is kept on the edge of a knife, only for yet further explosions of grimy, teeth-gnashing, and yet strangely melodic black metal and that knife sinks deeper.
"Fittingly, Azavatar conceptually deals with the sick and perverted nature of worship and the cycle of rebirth into a numb and meaningless existence. It was likewise only fitting that the album was recorded and mixed by M. Zech at The Source Studio - well known for the latest recordings of Ascension, Secrets of the Moon, and Odem Arcarum - and mastered by V. Santura (Triptykon, Dark Fortress) at Woodshed Studio. Completed by stark 'n' haunting cover artwork by Comaworx (Deathspell Omega, Bölzer, The Devil's Blood), 'Azavatar' will seep its way into one's subconscious like a poison, and the only way to escape is to draw blood..."
The track listing is:
1. KVLT
2. KAOS
3. KVRSE
4. KREST
5. KRYPT More...
Demon Eye Releasing New Album
Raleigh, NC proto-metal quartet Demon Eye will release new album "Tempora Infernalia" on May 8th via Soulseller Records.
The album was recorded at Seriously Adequate Studios in Carrboro, NC and is the follow-up to the band's debut, "Leave the Light," a record that Premier Guitar praised for its "hard-panned Lizzy-laden guitarmonies" and "doomy muscle of harder bands like Pentagram and Lonesome Crow-era Scorpions."
"'Tempora Infernalia' is the sound for the end of days. For this record we looked beyond the old world horrors of our debut and set our sights on the darkness of the here and now," comments vocalist / guitarist Erik Sugg. "We offer our raging riffs and soothing melodies as anthems for all during these infernal times."
1. End of Days
2. Listen to the Darkness
3. I'll Be Creeping
4. See the Signs
5. Poison Garden
6. In the World, Not of It
7. Black Winds
8. Give Up the Ghost
9. Please, Father
10. Sons of Man More...
Infernal War Streaming Full Album
Polish black / death metal band Infernal War is streaming full new album "Axiom" ahead of its official release on April 17th in Europe and April 21st in North America via Agonia Records. Check it out below.
"Axiom" was recorded, mixed and mastered in No Solace Studio with M. (Mgla/Kriegsmaschine), who also guest appears on the album on vocals. The 11 new songs on "Axiom" clock in at around 42 minutes. The album cover was created by Mentalporn and the track listing is:
I. Coronation
II. Militant Hate Church
III. Into Dead Soil
IV. Paradygmat
V. Nihil Prayer
VI. The Parallel Darkness
VII. Transfigure
VIII. Eater Of Hope
IX. Camp 22
X. No Forgiveness
XI. Axiom More...
Atropas Signs With Wormholedeath Records
Swiss melodic death metal act Atropas has signed a worldwide deal with Wormholedeath for the release of their massive debut album "Azrael" (originally self-released in 2013). The album was produced by Jonathan Mazzeo at MathLab Recording Studio. More information is expected soon.
Worm commented: "Atropas came in as a gift from God. They have proven to be one of the most hard working and focused bands that I have ever met during my life. The result of this cooperation with them and MathLab is absolutely unbelivable. This album sounds huge, tuneful, brutal and catchy at the same time but the main point is their rage. The rage that will explode with violence, the drive caused by urgency, the suffering through the melody, the brutality of of reality. This is Atropas and will blow you all away."
To celebrate the event, the band has unleashed the first official music video for the track "Crimson Zero" which can be viewed here:
Innvein Releases "Innocence Lost" Music Video
Argentinian progressive metal act Innvein released a music video for the track "Innocence Lost." The song appears on the band's debut album "Timeless," which was self-released back in 2013.
Check out the video clip here:
Drown In Blood Announce Debut Full Length Album
Italian old school death metal act Drown in Blood, featuring Torment bassist Luigi Corinto and Necroshine guitarist Marco, will issue the debut full length album "Addicted to Murder" on April 27, 2015 via Earthquake Terror Noise, with distribution via Punishment 18 Records.
Drown In Blood is from Milan, Italy and the band taps into the American old school death metal style with thrash influences. The band was founded in 2009 by Marco and Giò (vocals) - followed by Dani (guitar) some time later. In 2010, the band entered the studio to record the six-track EP "Blood Feast" which, due to line-up changes, has been released only two years later when Gigi (bass) and Dave (drums) joined them.
The track list for "Addicted to Murder" is:
1. Reign of Hypocrisy
2. Impersonal Living
3. Purification of Flesh
4. Walking Dead
5. Vengance Is Mine
6. Razor in My Hand
7. Evil Parasites
8. Beast in the Cage More...
I Am The Trireme Streams "Tamerlane (Chapter 1)"
Philadelphia black/melodic death metal act I Am the Trireme is streaming the new track "Tamerlane (Chapter 1)" (heard in the player below). The song appears on the upcoming new release "Gnosis: Never Follow the Light," which is scheduled for release on June 30th via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.
The track list for the album is:
1. Metre Fin a Cette
2. Trusty Noose
3. Basking In The Essence of My Sorrow
4. Grey Fields of Ash
5. Sombering Light
6. Ascending Into Oblivion
7. A Sullen Reflection of Purity
8. Tamerlane (Chapter 1)
9. Tamerlane (Chapter 2)
The lyrical content for "Tamerlane (Chapter 1)" is from Edgar Allan Poe's "Tamerlane." Check it out here: More...
Adramelch Releases More Details On "Opus"
"Opus" is a Latin word. It defines "an artistic work, especially on a large scale." This fits perfectly for the fourth release of Adramelch, which will be released on May 22, 2015 via Pure Prog Records, a division of Pure Steel Records. The CD will be available for advanced purchase at the Pure Steel Records stand for the upcoming "Keep It True Festival" on April 24-25, 2015.
"Opus" is the first release in which the band has used a professional artistic producer: Guido Block, native German singer and bass player. The album was recorded at his "Lo Studio" in Milan, Italy and mastered at NewSin Studios by Luigi Stefanini. "Opus" also features two guest singers: Block and Simona Aileen Pala, who join the band on four tracks.
As a welcome exception, the band quickened the pace for "Opus," and with good reason. On the one hand, "Opus" marks the official end of Adramelch's discographic career. For a number of reasons, the band has decided to call it quits, drawing the final curtain on the career of Italy’s most influential and charismatic combo. But, before leaving forever, the band has decided to produce yet another milestone, set to leave a mark on the scene. On the other hand, "Opus" is touted as the most atmospheric and mature album of the band's career. Once again, the band has not limited itself to repeat it's past, but has looked forward, managing to create a new masterpiece, adding new colors and atmospheres, yet totally in line with its past heritage.
"Opus" has all the trademarks of the Adramelch sound. From arcane progressions to epic atmospheres, from the overwhelming arrangements to the unique vocals of Vittorio Ballerio, this record shows once again all the facets of the very peculiar sound that has made Adramelch an absolute cult-band, not only in their homeland but around the world.
The track list is as follows: More...
Eden's Curse Releases "Unbreakable" Live Clip
On the day of the U.S. release via AFM Records, U.K. hard rock act Eden's Curse released another live clip from the new release "Live With the Curse." Check out "Unbreakable" (from the 2013 album "Symphony of Sin").
The clip and album were recorded live at The Classic Grand in Glasgow, Scotland on Friday 28th November. It was mixed and mastered by the bands long term engineer Dennis Ward (Krokus/Angra/Unisonic).
The track list for the double live CD is:
Disc 1:
1. Symphony of Sin
2. Break the Silence
3. Masquerade Ball
4. Black Widow
5. Trinity
6. Fly Away
7. Just Like Judas
8. Fallen From Grace
9. Jerusalem Sleeps
10. Guitar Solo
11. Time to Breathe More...
Nightmare World Details Debut Full Length Album
U.K. progressive/power metal act Nightmare World - featuring Threshold guitarist Pete Morten on vocals - posted details of the upcoming debut full length album "In the Fullness of Time." The album will be issued on May 15th via Pure Legend Records, a division of Pure Steel Records.
"In The Fullness Of Time" boasts unbridled power and memorable hooks combined with great progressive elements, resulting in a winning mixture. The album was produced by Threshold guitarist Karl Groom (Threshold, Edenbridge, Dragon Force) and mastered by Peter Van't Riet (Symphony X, Transatlantic, Epica).
The track listing is:
1. The Mara
2. In Memoria Di Me
3. The New Crusade
4. No Regrets
5. Defiance
6. Burden of Proof
7. The Ever Becoming
8. Damage Report
9. Euphoria More...
Upon A Burning Body Asking To "Bring The Rain"
Upon A Burning Body premieres the new music video for the track "Bring The Rain" taken from the album "The World Is My Enemy Now" which can be purchased on iTunes and Google Play.
Check out now "Bring The Rain" below.
August Burns Red Premieres Lyric Video "The Wake"
August Burns Red premieres the track and lyric video "The Wake" taken from the band's upcoming new album "Found In Far Away Places" set to drop on June 30th via Fearless Records. Explains guitarist JB Brubaker: "We wanted to start the record with a bang and this song is a real kick in the mouth. It’s fast and heavy while discussing how our planet is being destroyed by the gross misuse of our resources, and the general apathy of the human race when it comes to caring for the Earth."
Check out now "The Wake" below.
Veil Of Maya Premieres New Song "Teleute"
Veil Of Maya premieres a new song titled "Teleute" featuring Chelsea Grin's Jason Richardson as guest guitarist. Veil Of Maya's new album "Matriarch" is set to drop on May 12th via Sumerian Records.
Check out now "Teleute" below.
Aborted Guitarist's Solo Project Posts "Discover"
Mendel the solo project of Aborted lead guitarist Mendel Bij de Leij is streaming the first track titled "Discover" taken from the album "Oblivion".
Check it out below.
Gruesome Streaming Entire Album "Savage Land"
Gruesome - the death metal supergroup (featuring members of Exhumed, Malevolent Creation, Possessed and Derketa) that exists exclusively to worship at the altar of Chuck Schuldiner and his work with Death circa 1987-1991 (Scream Bloody Gore, Leprosy, Spiritual Healing and Human) - is streaming the entire album "Savage Land" below.
And while you check out the entire album below you will agree almost everything is spot-on, from the Death-look-alike logo and Ed Repka cover art to the brilliant Schuldiner inspired riffs.
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