Metal News for April 14, 2016
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28 news articles posted on this day.
Eths Streams Full New Album Online
French metal band Eths is now streaming relentless forthcoming new album "Ankaa" online in full. Listen in below. Regarding the new album, Eths guitarist Staif Bihl comments:
"Here we are, the entire album! I'm really glad to finally share it with everybody. Each song has its own universe and I have built 'Ankaa' as a walk through these different atmospheres, like a passage from the oppressive darkness to soothing clarity. I tried to keep the essence of the band but, in the same time, to bring it in places where we've never been.
"I injected a big part of myself in this opus and I hope you'll like it as much as we do! We want to warmly thank all those who participated in this album, a part of each of us is in here! Faustine Berardo, Sarah Layssac, Jon Howard & Björn Strid for all the additional vocals, Dirk Verbeuren for the drumming, Guillaume Dupré for the percussion, Nelson Leeroy for the mixing, Mobo (Conkrete Studio) for the mastering & Nicolas Senegas for the artwork. This album is dedicated to our friend Isilion."
The quartet will release "Ankaa" worldwide on April 22nd via Season Of Mist. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Nefas
2. Nihil Sine Causa
3. Amaterasu
4. Seditio
5. Nixi Dii
6. Vae Victis
7. HAR1
8. Sekhet Aaru
9. Kumari Kandam
10. Alnitak
11. Alnilam
12. Mintaka More...
Bloodrain Announces New Album
Possession Productions and Metal Race Records present a new killer album from the Russian black/thrash metal band Bloodrain.
Dedicated to the band's Satanic roots, "Adora Satanae" is coming in May 2016 and can be pre-ordered at this location. An advance track of black thrashing fury is also available below. More...
The Schoenberg Automaton Streams New Track
The Schoenberg Automaton is releasing a new single today titled "The Fragile Ones," the first bit of music we're hearing off the band's forthcoming LP.
"Thematically, 'The Fragile Ones' is the driving force behind the avenues explored on our upcoming release," says guitarist Shayne Johnson. "This song is about exploitation of power and the ongoing struggle between individual free will and societal enslavement for the benefits of the ones on top. A new generation of evil has taken hold."
The Schoenberg Automaton will release "Apus" on June 3rd, 2016 via Entertainment One Music (eOne) / Lifeblood Inc. It was produced by Shane Frisby (The Ghost Inside, Becoming the Archetype, Unearth).
"Apus" picks up right from "Ultimatewhirringendmachine," the last track from the band's debut full-length, "Vela." The full track listing for "Apus" is as follows:
1. Year Zero
2. Swarm
3. Lost City Of Embers
4. Withering
5. ...And Thus Spoke Helepolis
6. Master of Obsolescence Pt. I
7. Of Omnipotence
8. Prince Monopolist
9. Vengeance
10. Praise The Sun
11. Don't Be Disputin' With Rasputin
12. The Fragile Ones
13. Fear More...
Alaric Posts New Track
"End Of Mirrors" is the forthcoming full-length from Oakland-based outfit Alaric. Set for global release on May 6th, 2016 on CD, vinyl, and digitally via Neurot Recordings, and on cassette via Sentient Ruin Laboratories, the record was captured and mixed by Skot Brown at Kempton House Studios.
As a precursor to its release, today third movement "Mirrors" is offered up for communal ingestion. Listen in below, and you can also hear the previously released "Angel" at this location. More...
Conclave Streaming "Black Lines"
Massachusetts-based doom metal squad Conclave will release the "Sins Of The Elders" full-length record this June.
Recorded with Eric Braunschweiger at Raven's Head Studio in Allston, Massachusetts, "Sins Of The Elders" builds off Conclave's 2014 self-released "Breaking Ground" EP with nine grisly tracks of staggeringly heavy and atmospheric oppression -- pure and honest metal in an uncompromised form.
Check out the advance song "Black Lines" below. The full "Sins Of The Elders" track listing is as follows:
1. Descend
2. Funeral Fyre
3. Black Lines
4. Cut It Off
5. Mammut
6. Aethereum
7. Cold Comfort
8. Sins Of The Elders
9. Kaltas More...
Zex Announces New Tour
Ottawa, Ontario's unstoppable punk squad Zex has just booked yet another massive international tour beginning in just two weeks, this time headed to Europe.
Beginning April 30th in Berlin, Germany, the tour will run through Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, Sweden, and Norway, the final show taking place at Muskelrock in Alvesta, Sweden the weekend of June 3rd through 5th.
4/30/2016 Kopi - Berlin, DE
5/01/2016 Dortheavej 61 - Kobenhavn, DK
5/03/2016 Gaussplatz - Hamburg, DE
5/04/2016 Stumpf - Hannover, DE
5/05/2016 Bambara - Groningen, DE
5/06/2016 OCCII - Amsterdam, NL
5/07/2016 Den Bristol - Ghent, BE
5/08/2016 AZ - Mulheim, DE
5/10/2016 La Comedia - Paris, FR
5/12/2016 Trokxon - Lyon, FR
5/13/2016 La Jungla - Barcelona, ES
5/14/2016 Sabotage - Mallorca, ES
5/15/2016 La Machine A Coudre - Marseille, FR
5/19/2016 XM24 - Bologna, IT
5/20/2016 Tetris - Trieste, IT
5/21/2016 Eleven Club - Brno, CZ
5/22/2016 Arena Beisl - Wien, AU
5/23/2016 Boss Bar - Podebrady, CZ
5/24/2016 TBA - Praha, CZ
5/25/2016 Heartbreak - Dresden, DE
5/26/2016 TBA - Jena, DE
5/27/2016 Z - Leipzig, DE
5/28/2016 Cassioppeira - Berlin, DE
5/29/2016 Harem - Malmo, SE
5/31/2016 Truckstop Alaska - Gothenburg, SE
6/01/2016 Cyclopen - Stockholm, SE
6/02/2016 TBA - Oslo, NO
6/03-05/2016 Tryolen - Alvesta, SE @ Muskelrock More...
Yodok III Streaming Excerpt From New Album
“Legion of Radiance,” the new album from international ambient/jazz/drone project Yodok III, is set for release tomorrow via Consouling Sounds to coincide with the trio’s performance at this year’s Roadburn Festival, happening this Saturday at the Green Room.
A first preview from this single 68-minute track album has now come online. Check out a 14 minute foretaste of the release below!
Yodok III is the moniker of the collaboration between Norwegians Tomas Järmyr (Zu, Barchan), Kristoffer Lo, and Belgian minimal ambient artist Dirk Serries (Microphonics, Fear Falls Burning, VidnaObmana).
To coincide with the appearance on the Roadburn Festival this year, Consouling Sounds is proud to release "Legion of Radiance," which was entirely recorded live and consists of one monolithic track. More...
Light Of The Morning Star Announces Debut EP
Iron Bonehead Productions has set June 24th as the international release date for the debut mini-album of London outfit Light of the Morning Star, titled "Cemetery Glow."
The work of one mysterious O-A, Light of the Morning Star is one of the most unique entities to be released on Iron Bonehead. Across the three songs here, elements of hypnotic deathrock, molten doom, and atmospheric black metal are intertwined to such an extent that easy categorization is nigh impossible.
The label comments: "Light of the Morning Star is an unending prayer to the darkness of the world. It is the glow of graves at midnight. It is the voidshadows that shiver and move between crumbling tombs. It is the fangs in the tree of life.
"Light of the Morning Star is a ritualistic summoning of gloom, unholy radiance, and the ghosts of darker times. Light of the Morning Star is vampirism, necromancy, and Devil worship." More...
Gridfailure Posts "Apparitions Revenge"
Gridfailure is the unforeseen, disharmonic outcome of an experiment that rapidly spiraled out of control in very recent weeks. Barely two months old, the solo outfit has completed a full-length album set for release in May via The Compound Recs, and today sheds the track "Apparitions Revenge" from the demoralizing effort.
The genesis of Gridfailure unexpectedly took place in February of 2016 when solitary member David Brenner (Theologian, ex-Heidnik, Vise Massacre, etc.) began to conduct disturbing Frankensteinian experimentation on material collected from various solo recording sessions over several months prior.
With no forethought as to what these sessions were to become, while layering these disturbing and off-kilter recordings, the mutated pieces began cannibalizing each other in an uncontrollable downfall; instead of ending the experiment under acres of hard earth immediately, the confused creator dove headlong into the abyss. More...
Abnormality Releases New Video
Abnormality will release "Mechanisms of Omniscience" on April 29th worldwide via Metal Blade Records.
For a preview of "Mechanisms of Omniscience," a new video for the title track (directed and produced by Jim Foster of Red 13 Media) can be viewed below. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Swarm
2. Synthetic Pathogenesis
3. Mechanisms of Omniscience
4. Catalyst of Metamorphosis
5. Vigilant Ignorance
6. Irreversible
7. Hopeless Masses
8. Assimilation
9. Cymatic Hallucinations (streaming here)
10. Consuming Infinity More...
Defeated Sanity Releasing New Album
Germany’s Defeated Sanity returns to the fold with new full-length experimental release “Disposal Of The Dead/Dharmata.” Defying convention, the album is comprised of two separate EPs, and is essentially a split release with itself.
"Disposal Of The Dead" is Defeated Sanity in the band's most primal form. A caveman-esque display of audio barbarity, that is stripped down, raw, and unrelenting. "Dharmata" is an homage to old school progressive death metal, recruiting vocalist Max Phelps (Exist, Cynic, Death To All), and venturing into more avant-garde territory.
Bass player Jacob Schmidt comments: "With this new release, we present Defeated Sanity in an unusual, unexpected way. See it as a concept... an irregularity in our discography. Enjoy listening to us playing outside of our known style!” More...
Evil Masquerade Reveals Album Lineup
Evil Masquerade has just announced the full lineup and posted music samples from upcoming album "The Outcast Hall Of Fame." Check out a video teaser trailer below. The album was produced by Henrik Flyman and mixed and mastered by Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Pretty Maids, Jorn).
Featuring on vocals:
- Mats Leven (Candlemass)
- Rick Altzi (Masterplan, At Vance)
- Apollo Papathanasio (Spiritual Beggars)
- Nicklas Sonn e (Defecto)
On backing vocals:
- Yenz Leonhardt (Stormwarrior, Lacrimosa)
Performed by the usual suspects:
- Henrik Flyman (guitar & vocals)
- Dennis Buhl (drums)
- Thor Jeppesen (bass)
- Artur Meinild (keyboard) More...
Wormreich Announces New Split
Underground U.S. black metal Wormreich has announced upcoming split album "Infirmos Vocat Deus Fidei" with Vesterian, Gravespwan, and Diabolus Amator is set to drop June 2nd via Black Plague Records.
Wormreich frontman Vulk comments: "On our end, you can also expect split vinyl's with Kult ov Azazel and Hod in the coming months, all while work continues on the next full-length!"
Currently Wormreich is also working on a next full-length album named “Vril: Elixir of Death and the Void.” Vulk reveals:
“As of now, we are currently in the process of writing and recording our next full-length album, to be titled 'Vril: Elixir of Death and the Void.' We will also be putting out three split releases through various labels this year: a split 12" LP with Florida’s legendary Kult ov Azazel, a split 7" with Texas black/death titans Hod, and a split CD with North Carolina’s Vesterian. More details will be released in due time. We also wish to announce that our first full-length album, 2011’s 'Edictvm DCLXVI,' will be reissued sometime this year through Black Plague Records.” More...
Black Absinthe Streams "Winter" Track
Toronto's Black Absinthe just released another track from "Early Signs Of Denial," produced by Dave Baksh (Cross Dog, The Mahones) plus mixed and mastered by Frank Gryne.
Set for release on May 13th, 2016, the album is the band's first professional recording to follow three self-recorded EPs "Live At Coalition" (2014), "Noise Complaint" (2014), and "Augusta" (2012).
Check out the new track "Winter" below. Vocalist / guitarist Jack Cerre comments: “‘Winter’ is one of our favourite tracks to play live, and the experimentation during production surprised us! The song is about a family crossing the frozen St. Lawrence River during the settlement of Canada.
"There are French and English lyrics about a struggle against time and nature. While recording, the song exploded with harmony. (Producer) Dave Baksh and I worked out a lot of interesting guitar work, really just ear candy for true metal fans. It’s an epic, so let the wind wash over you and take you to a cold dark place.” More...
Vesperia To Support Luca Turilli's Rhapsody
Currently on a cross Canada tour with Finnish outfit Kalmah, the Toronto, ON based Vesperia will also be local support for the June 1st tour stop on Luca Turilli's Rhapsody and Primal Fear at the Virgin Mobile Mod Club.
Vesperia vocalist / bassist Morgan Rider comments: "We would like to announce our addition to the Toronto stop for Rhapsody and Primal Fear! Though our sound may be routed with a more death metal element, we feel these power metal fans will appreciate our orchestral elements and high speed dexterity!"
In addition to that support slot, Vesperia will be headlining this year's Kitchener Metalfest on May 28th in Kitchener, ON, which is a charity event to raise funds for the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre.
After tour, Vesperia will also complete the recording of a new album to follow 2015's "The Iron Tempests" EP. The album is being recorded at Blue Sound & Music Studios in Toronto, Canada with engineer/ producer Russ Mackay (Mastodon, Iron Maiden, Styx) and will feature an array of famous Canadian guest musicians with the art created by Juno award-winning artist Hugh Syme (Rush, Nevermore, Dream Theater). More...
Discharge Posts Track-By-Track Clip
The U.K. hardcore punk legends from Discharge are set to release new album "End Of Days" in two weeks on April 29th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast.
Today, the band has released the final track-by-track trailer on YouTube. Check it out below. You can also see a lyric video for the recently posted "Hatebomb" here.
Rhin Posts "Uncle Tuck" Video
A brand new video by West Virginia-based noise/stoner metal trio Rhin has just been completed and immediately dispatched online. Culled from third album, "Passenger," the video was filmed for the track "Uncle Tuck" by the band at the House Of Tuck residence where the LP was recorded as well.
Baltimore-based Grimoire Records is preparing the diverse and damaging "Passenger" for release on splatter vinyl, cassette, and digital formats on May 6th, with a CD pressing following. Pre-orders are available here.
Directly preceding the release of "Passenger," Rhin will hook up with the brethren of dirge in Grizzlor for a three-day romp through the Northeast at the very end of April. Also just in, Rhin will inundate the Southeastern and Midwestern states on a more extensive tour with Ratship. More...
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Visigoth And Night Demon Enthrall Austin
Visigoth made their furthest trip east as they played only their second show, ever, in Texas. The Salt Lake City group came into Austin on tour supporting NHOBHM revivalists Night Demon. Although having a show on a Tuesday night didn’t produce a full house, the overall concert, including local tribute Thin Lizzy tribute band, Think Lizzy, was one of the best shows to ever embrace Beerland’s dark confines.
Never have I seen a local opener produce as much anticipation as Think Lizzy. Before taking the stage, members of Visigoth told the band before the show started how much they wanted to see them, and their members plus the Night Demon guys were up front supporting the tribute act. Led by a real Irish man, Steve O’Brien, who donned an afro wig to look just like fallen singer/bassist, Phil Lynott, the group played a full set of Lizzy tunes.
The crowd sang along to a full set of Lizzy classics while playing air guitar to some of the best guitar harmonies ever produced (air guitar was ever-present from the crowd). The group even brought up special guests like Night Demon’s newest guitarist Armand John Anthony and former Eternal Champion bassist Sean Weingartner. Weingartner took over the bass and mic to perform a non-Lizzy song, “The Ace of Spades.” Armand joined the group in a Maiden-esque three-way of melodious guitars for arguably the band’s most metal song “Emerald.” More...
Broken Teeth Talks Life On The Road
Manchester, UK-based hardcore outfit Broken Teeth HC has released a new video trailer in which singer Dale Graham talks life on the road and hardcore scene in 2016. Check it out below.
New album "At Peace Amongst Chaos" will be released on May 6th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast and is available for pre-order here. If you missed it, the "Nothing Like You" single is also online at this location.
Grand Magus Posts Track Breakdown Video
The Swedish riff lords from Grand Magus are set to release their new studio album "Sword Songs" on May 13th through Nuclear Blast.
In celebration of the new album, the band just released the the first track-by-track video via YouTube today. Check it out below.
Grand Magus also recently released a lyric video of the new single "Varangian," which can be viewed here. The song is available as an instant grat track when you pre-order "Sword Songs" via iTunes. More...
Ade Reveals New Album Details
Epic roman death metal band Ade is currently immersed in the last stages of the recording, mixing and mastering process for 3rd opus "Carthago Delenda Est."
New album "Carthago Delenda Est" is being recorded, mixed, and mastered at Overload Studios by Riccardo Studer and below you can see a few video reports from the studio sessions. The album is due to drop July 15th via Xtreem Music and will feature the following track lsiting:
I. Carthago Delenda Est
II. Across the Wolf's Blood
III. Annibalem
IV. With Tooth and Nail
V. Dark Days of Rome
VI. Scipio Indomitus Victor
VII. Mare Nostrum
VIII. Zama: Where Tusks are Buried
IX. Excidium
X. Sowing Salt More...
Dead Register Streams New Track
After we premiered a music video for the "Fiber" track, Gothic-tinged doom band Dead Register has revealed new track "Drawing Down."
The track, which is taken from upcoming album "Fiber." is a somber 8-minute song for fans of Pinkish Black, Woods of Ypres and The Cure. You can also pre-order "Fiber" on digital/CD or cassette formats here.
Vocalist M. Chvasta commented: "The lyrics for this song are fairly face-value. They explore the sentiment of being literally close to someone but hopelessly distant. The chorus is the denouement of the mutual realization … the moment when you gaze into someone’s eyes and ‘all’ becomes undeniably clear." More...
Opeth Releasing Communion Pale Ale
Following the release of an imperial stout last year, Opeth returns to the world of beer again with the "Communion Pale Ale" coming via Northern Monk Brew Co.
The C.P.A. will be launched next week - April 22nd - at the Northern Monk refectory starting 6pm until late and will be hosted by Opeth's very own Fredrik Akesson who will be DJ-ing some metal tunes to accompany the drinking. Entrance is free of charge and a 6-pack of C.P.A. together with an exclusive t-shirt will be available for 25 GBP.
The C.P.A. will initially only be available in the UK but Northern Monk Brew Co. will be distributing it in 12 other countries over the next couple of months and it will be rolled out globally in time. If you’re based in the UK you can order online direct here. More...
We Came As Romans Shares The "Memories"
Detroit, MI's We Came As Romans is bringing fans a look back at the 2015 Vans Warped Tour via a new music video for "Memories."
"Over the course of Warped Tour this past summer, we had the time of our lives and it was well documented," shares co-vocalist Dave Stephens. "We decided to take some of the previously unreleased footage to create something to show you what the song 'Memories' means to us!"
We Came As Romans also recently announced the Bands Vs. Food Tour, a co-headliner with Memphis May Fire, featuring additional support from Miss May I and For Today. A full listing of tour dates is available below. More...
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MGT Premieres Music Video For New Single
Along with the release of the single for the ABBA cover ”Knowing Me Knowing You” today, British guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite (MGT) has partnered with Metal Underground.com for the premiere of the music video for the track (shown below), which features HIM vocalist Ville Valo. The song appears on the new album "Volumes," which is set to drop on June 24th via SPV/Oblivion.
The video was shot in the LA mountains and Helsinki during February and March 2016 with well-known Finnish director and photographer Ville Juurikkala (The 69 Eyes, Apocalyptica, HIM). Juurikkala is known for his very unique way of catching pictures, blending in colors, and with the layered shots in the video, he creates a James Bond feel with it.
Check it out here:
DevilDriver Posts New Studio Webisode
DevilDriver premieres the second in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Trust No One", the seventh studio album from California's groove metal veterans. Due on May 13 via Napalm Records, the follow-up to 2013's "Winter Kills" was once again produced by Mark Lewis (Arsis, TBDM, Whitechapel, Deicide) and Jason Suecof (August Burns Red, Death Angel).
Check out now "Trust No One" Studio-Webisode II below.
Soulfly Streaming New Pro-Shot Footage
Soulfly is streaming a new professionally filmed video clip performing the Sepultura classic "Roots Bloody Roots" on July 16, 2015 at the Resurrection Fest in Viveiro, Spain.
Check out now "Roots Bloody Roots" below.
Wrong Premieres New Song "Mucilage"
Wrong premieres a new song entitled "Mucilage", taken from the upcoming new self-titled album, which will be out in stores April 29th on Relapse.
Check out now "Mucilage" below.
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