Eyes Wide Open Signs With Sony

Eyes Wide Open is thrilled to announce the band just signed a distribution deal with Sony Music for an upcoming release. Guitarist Kristofer Strandberg comments:

"We are super stoked about this cooperation with Sony Music and together we will take EWO to the next level. Further information about the upcoming release is yet to be publicized and we are eagerly anticipating the next announcement!"

Since humble beginnings in Karlstad, Sweden back in 2011, Eyes Wide Open has offered clear melodies and catchy riffs with an immense sound leading the way in melodic death metal. In 2017 E.W.O comes back to life with the third and final part of an album trilogy. More...

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The Great Discord Posts "Darkest Day" Video

The Great Discord just issued a new music video for "Darkest Day," which can be seen below, and the band also comments:

"Friends! We are very excited to give you the first single, entitled 'Darkest Day,' off our coming album, 'The Rabbit Hole.'

"As the titles reveal, this album is our take and out dark twist on a famous story by Lewis Carroll. Don’t worry, the story will unfold further as we go along and more songs and stories will see the light of day. Or not, depending on how you look at it. Stay vigilant!

"For now, we invite you to join us on a journey into the stranger side of things, down in the rabbit hole. Get ready. More music will follow suit and the album will be released just as the summer starts gasping for breath." More...

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Distant Landscape Posts Lyric Video

Distant Landscape just released a lyric video for "The Desire," taken from the "Insights" album due for release on May 23rd via Sliptrick Records. The clip was created by Adhiira Art and can be seen in the player below, with Sliptrick Records commenting:

"It’s a beautiful, melodic, sweeping track full of discordant guitar, layered vocals and simple harmony. The ever-moving images within the video represent distorted memories and the rushing of time. While outside everything changes, inside 'the desire is still the same.'" More...

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Norse Releases "Cyclic" Video

Dissonant black metal band Norse has prepped new album "The Divine Light Of A New Sun" for a May 25th release date via Transcending Obscurity Records. Check out a disorienting music video for album track "Cyclic" below. The full track listing is as follows:

1. Supreme Vertical Ascent
2. Drowned By Hope (streaming here)
3. Telum Vitae
4. The Divine Light Of A New Sun
5. Exitus
6. Synapses Spun As Silk
7. Sandarkan
8. Arriving In Peace, Pregnant With War
9. Cyclic More...

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Iron Maiden Adds Arena To "Legacy Of The Beast"

Iron Maiden embarks on the final leg of "The Book of Souls" world tour this weekend, simultaneously launching a synergistic player-vs-player battle arena for the band's mobile game, "Legacy of the Beast" (reivewed here).

The game offers players a unique way to interact with Iron Maiden's real world activities by introducing not only a replica of one of the tour stage productions, but also the debut of "The Book of Souls" version of Shaman Eddie into the game, in his Mayan themed incarnation as featured on the band’s most recent studio album. Other characters from "The Book of Souls" are set to follow.

"Legacy of the Beast" is a definitive experience in the mobile RPG space – taking players on an unparalleled, epic, ever-expanding, strategic gaming journey via their smartphones & tablets. Iron Maiden Manager Rod Smallwood says:

“With 'Legacy of the Beast' we wanted to create something that appealed both to fans of Maiden music and gamers alike, wherever they are in the world, and I think we are well on our way to accomplishing that. The game has kept true to the band’s history and development not only through their music but with Eddie too. This latest feature focused around our current tour is only the start of many new and exciting innovations we have planned to keep Legacy evolving and becoming even more addictive!” More...

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Connoisseur Releases New Video

California stoner violence collective Connoisseur rolled out the "Over The Edge" full-length album for the masses via Tankcrimes earlier this month and today, April 20th -- aka 420, the most sacred of days among weed enthusiasts -- the band offers up the visual accompaniment for "Weeding Out the Weak."

Shot and edited by Armando "Mondo" Armas, the clip is currently playing below. Connosieur will bring these marijuana missives to stages this spring, with additional live dates to be announced in the weeks to come.

4/20/2017 The Ritz - San Jose, CA w/ Ghoul
4/22/2017 Spring Meltdown @ Hard Rock Café - South Lake Tahoe, CA w/ Ghoul, more
6/04/2017 1 Fest @ Metro - Oakland, CA w/ Infest, Wormrot, Brainoil, more More...

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Gemini Syndrome Releases New Video

Gemini Syndrome just debuted the “Sorry, Not Sorry” official music video. taken off the "Memento Mori" album. In addition to the video coming online, look for Gemini Syndrome on the of the "Half God, Half Devil" tour with In This Moment, Motionless In White, and Avatar later this month. The band comments:

“Our brand-new music video for 'Sorry Not Sorry' tells the story about a husband and wife who have lost themselves in vanity and greed. The woman injects herself with large painful needles and cuts her face, while the man chops up a briefcase full of cash and snorts it like drugs. As the wife sits down with her husband at the dinner table, she looks cartoonish, while the husband is sweating over a large mirrored plate of money. Things then really start to take a turn for the worse for them both and you gotta watch to find out their fate.

"The song itself shines a light on the collective mental illness that our society seems to be infected with. Now more than ever, it's so easy to lose ourselves in a false virtual reality that glorifies materialism and self-seeking satisfaction. We've become ironic memes of ourselves, social zombies lost in our devices, where tangible human interaction has become unnecessary and burdensome. We're desensitized from only seeing others and ourselves through self-imposed filters. It's time to wake up from the spell and look ourselves, and each other, in the eye. More...

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American Standards Posts New Video

Phoenix hardcore outfit American Standards just released second music video single "Carpe Diem Tomorrow," which comes off upcoming record "Anti-Melody."

In this claustrophobically dark video filmed by Jacob Reynolds (Dead Rabbits, Escape The Fate, The New Low), silhouettes of the band thrash amidst frantic lights, capturing the passion and intensity of the song.

Vocalist Brandon Kellum commented on the video: "We all know the person that's been at their job for 10 years and complains every day about it, someone who's planed on going back to school or wants to travel but always makes excuses on why they don't. 'Carpe Diem, Tomorrow' is about getting out of your comfort zone. Being open to new experiences and ways of thinking. Moving is living. You're not getting any younger and there will never be a 'right time' so do something that scares the hell out of you every day of your life."

New album "Anti-Melody" comes out April 28th and is available for pre-order on iTunes, Amazon and Bandcamp. Check out the new video below. More...

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Akurion Recording New Album

Montreal-based Akurion has begun recording a long-awaited debut album. Vocalist Mike DiSalvo (ex-Cryptopsy) had this to say about the recording process:

"All the base tracks from the four of us are gonna be recorded live with only some overdubs added after the fact. We wanted a real earthy and deep sound from the inception of this project and we feel that jamming the tunes live in our room together, we will be able to capture the best feel and performance of these songs."

The band entered the studio on April 14th with Alex Hebert (Ages, Empire De Mu). The album will be mixed by John Strieder of Magma Studios and will feature the great metal voices of Lord Worm (ex-Cryptopsy), Luc Lemay (Gorguts), and Jean-Marie Leblanc (Vengeful) as guest appearances.

Look for the upcoming new album to be released by the end of the year. Akurion's base lineup consists of:

Mike DiSalvo - Vocals (Coma Cluster Void/Fireside Sessions/ex-Cryptopsy/ex-Infestation)
Rob Milley - Guitars (Neuraxis/Phobocosm(live)/Fireside Sessions/Torn Within)
Oli Pinard - Bass (Cryptopsy/Neuraxis/Vengeful)
Tommy McKinnon - Drums (Conflux/Ages/Empire De Mu/ex-Neuraxis/ex-Augury) More...

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Zakk Sabbath Releasing "Live In Detroit"

Zakk Sabbath - the Black Sabbath cover band featuring guitarist/vocalist Zakk Wylde, bassist Blasko, and drummer Joey Castillo - will release the limited edition "Live In Detroit" LP via Southern Lord Recordings on June 16th. Pre-orders are online at this location.

The three tracks comprising "Live In Detroit" were captured at the band's thundering performance at The Fillmore in Detroit, Michigan on October 28th, 2016. Southern Lord will release the album as a one time, vinyl-only pressing in multiple color variants. Additionally, the band will have the "Live In Detroit" LP available for purchase throughout upcoming tour dates.

Side A
1. War Pigs (13:25)
Side B
2. Supernaut (4:57)
3. Fairies Wear Boots (7:33) More...

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Snares Of Sixes Posts "The Mother's Throat"

Crucial Blast is preparing to release "Yeast Mother: An Electroacoustic Mass," the debut EP by Snares Of Sixes - the newest investigative musical outlet of founding Agalloch member Jason Walton. A segment of its untamed exploration is divulged today through the track "The Mother's Throat."

Snares Of Sixes' maiden recording sees co-members of Lawnmower Deth, Winds, Sculptured, Blekspetl, Hollow Branches, Self Spiller, Barrowlands, Age Of Silence, Dolven, Musk Ox, The Night Watch, Maestus, and more joining the project's creator in his delivery of this intriguing mutation.

Crucial Blast will issue "Yeast Mother: An Electroacoustic Mass" on digital and six-panel digipak CD this coming May 5th; find pre-orders right here. More...

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Tengger Cavalry Unveils New Album

Bands that take on a "theme" often end up pigeonholing themselves, releasing album after album with the same overarching concept and sound.

When it came time to write and record upcoming full-length album, "Die On My Ride," Global Music Award-winning nomadic folk metal group Tengger Cavalry recognized the opportunity to expand on the band's exotic sound and lyrical explorations by delving into more personal, topical themes of racial discrimination, identity, equal rights, and freedom.

"Die On My Ride," which is scheduled to hit stores on June 2nd, 2017 via M-Theory Audio, delivers the potent, inimitable metal-meets-Mongolian/Central Asian world music sound that diehard Tengger Cavalry fans have come to know and love, while incorporating fresh styles and concepts that a whole new fanbase will enjoy. Listen to the brand new title track, "Die On My Ride," via the lyric video below.

"'Die On My Ride' is a rather different album than all of our previous releases," states Tengger Cavalry mastermind and frontman Nature G."This album reaches a more personal place for us. We discuss personal struggle surrounding identity conflicts, racial discrimination and individual freedoms. I think an important part of existing in modern society is learning to accept one another for who we are and embrace our differences, and to look beyond that to find a deeper connection between each race or ethnic group." More...

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Coffeinne To Release "Circle Of Time"

Spain's melodic metal sensation Coffeinne has eached an agreement with Fighter Records for the international release of debut album "Circle of Time," which was released nationally during the last days of 2016.

This new version of "Circle of Time" contains a new and revamped cover artwork as well one bonus track and will arrive internationally on June 15th. Coffeinne hails from Madrid, although vocalist Iñaki Lazcano comes from Bilbao's hard rock band Airless.

01. Fragile
02. Fallen Angel
03. Take This Life
04. Isolated
05. Life in a Showcase
06. Save Me
07. Broken
08. No Escape
09. The Hate Within
10. Circle of Time
11. Life in a Showcase (Orchestral) [Bonus] More...

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Infinite Spectrum Joining Fates Warning On Tour

NYC progressive metal troupe Infinite Spectrum has been confirmed as direct support for Fates Warning on a three-week tour this s ummer.

Infinite Spectrum's latest album "Haunter Of The Dark" (streaming here) was released in June of 2016 and is a full-length concept recording based on the short story by master of horror, H. P. Lovecraft.

Two weeks after the tour with Fates Warning, the band is set to take part in Progpocalypse Now!, a special progressive rock concert event where Infinite Spectrum will join The Tea Club and Crazy Swedes at Brooklyn's Knitting Factory. More...

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Nexul Streams "Dark God Of Paradox And Eternal"

Today the Texan black/death cult Nexul reveals new track "Dark God of Paradox and Eternal" via the Hells Headbangers' official YouTube channel. This track - available below - hails from the band's debut album, "Paradigm of Chaos," which will see release later this summer. The full track listing is:

1. Accursed Abyss
2. Hexecration
3. Wrathful Chaos
4. Dark God of Paradox and Eternal
5. Leviathan Unbound
6. Chaosipher Tower
7. Serpent of Acosmic Darkness
8. Paradigm of Chaos
9. Bringer of Pandimentional Disrupt
10. Lord of the Bottomless Seas
11. Drowning Sephiroth
12. Leviathan outro More...

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Monte Pittman Posts "Obliterated" Playthrough

Having released his new album, "Inverted Grasp of Balance," last year via Metal Blade Records, Monte Pittman is now launching a performance video for the album track "Obliterated," featuring drummer Richard Christy and bassist Billy Sheehan (both of whom played on the album). To preview and purchase "Inverted Grasp of Balance," head over to the Metal Blade site here.

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Prayers Of Sanity Posts New Song

Portuguese thrash metal trio Prayers Of Sanity just shared a new song from impending third album “Face Of The Unknown,” due out next week on April 28th via Rastilho Records. Titled “Dead Alive,” this new track is now playing in the SoundCloud player below.

Prayers of Sanity is best known for a fast and old school thrash attack from two previous albums “Religion Blindness” in 2009 and “Confrontations” in 2012.

Recorded and mixed by vocalist/guitarist Tião Costa, “Face of the Unknown” showcases the Portuguese trio in top shape, delivering ten tracks that merge the relentless and undiluted fury of classic thrash with the raw intensity of punk. More...

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The Projectionist Premieres Full New Album

The Projectionist is a black metal band from Canada, formed and fronted by Lord Matzikeitus (ex-Idolatry).

The music is centered on themes of hatred and isolation, to evoke new unexplored domains of intellectual fury and bleakness in black metal with a complete despotic will.

Following a previous EP and full-length album, The Projectionist returns with "Exalted Solitude," which is seeing official release today via Appalachian Noise Records & The True Plague Records.

You can stream the entire album below, or pick up your own copy via Bandcamp or through Appalachian Noise here. The album features lavish artwork by Sang Ho Moon and Jan Pysander Whitney, and a guest guitar track by Christopher Hernandez of Xasthur. More...

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Dying Fetus Releases New Video

The death metal overlords from Dying Fetus just premiered a music video for the first track off their impending 8th studio album "Wrong One To Fuck With." The video for "Fixated On Devastation" was filmed by Mitch Massie live at the Voltage Lounge in Philadelphia, PA.

June 23rd, 2017 will see the worldwide release of "Wrong One To Fuck With" via Relapse Records on CD/2xLP/digital formats. Physical pre-orders and bundles are available at this location. The new album's track listing is as follows:

1. Fixated on Devastation
2. Panic Amongst the Herd
3. Die With Integrity
4. Reveling in the Abyss
5. Seething With Disdain
6. Ideological Subjugation
7. Weaken the Structure
8. Fallacy
9. Unmitigated Detestation
10. Wrong One To Fuck With More...

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Enslaved Enters The Studio

It’s been more than two years since the release of "In Times" (reviewed here) and now Norwegian progressive metal band Enslaved has entered the studio again to record a 14th, yet-untitled release.

Aiming for both wilder and yet more progressive and melodic horizons, the band celebrated its 25th anniversary last year and never ceases to surprise and challenge the fans. The recordings are taking place at Duper & Solslottet Studios in Bergen throughout April, and will be mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios.

“It is absolutely fantastic to be in the studio with these new songs," states mastermind Ivar Bjørnson. "So many doors were opened with ‘In Times’ and the times (sic) that followed; for us as a band, for me as a composer and I guess for us all on a personal level. I have never worked this hard to put together music for an album before, and that intensity continues into the studio where everybody is giving their everything, every hour of every day. We are a tighter unit than ever before, which is obvious sonically. The concept conjured by myself and old war-brother Grutle is the strongest we have worked with. Finally, I am proud that we have taken more risks than ever before, and one in particular - and it is yielding awesome results. What does that mean? Stay tuned to find out!” More...

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Meadows End Recording New Album

Following the year-long "Sojourn" experience (which can be heard below), Swedish metal act Meadows End will enter Crehate Studio in Gothenburg to start the recording of the band's fourth studio album.

Drums and bass will be recorded between April 26th - 31st and Oscar Nilsson at Crehate will record and produce the album together with Meadows End.

No specific details have yet arrived on the new album's title, track listing, or release date, but keep your eyes peeled for more info to arrive in the coming months. More...

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Merrimack Premieres "The Falsified Son"

The French black metal heretics forming Merrimack return with "Omegaphilia," their latest salvo of blasphemous brutality. Ahead of the impending June 9th release date, we're stoked to today premiere new advance song “The Falsified Son.”

Five years in the making, and honed over 20 years of devilish devotion to the dark arts, “Omegaphilia” sees these Parisian black metal traditionalists further refine an already formidable attack.

While other black metal bands fall off or grow soft with age, this blistering album sees Merrimack continuing to sharpen the blades. Check out the new song below, and you can pre-order your own copy of the album through Season Of Mist here. The full track listing is as follows:

1. Cauterizing Cosmos
2. The Falsified Son
3. Apophatic Weaponry (streaming here)
4. Gutters of Pain
5. Sights in the Abysmal Lure
6. Cesspool Coronation
7. At the Vanguard of Deception

Merrimack was founded by guitarist Perversifier in 1994 with a clear vision to keep the black metal flame burning as an act of aesthetic terrorism – adamantly based in the underground as opposed to any attempts to co-opt or commercialize. Follow the latest news on the band over here. More...

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DGM Releases New DVD Video Clip

Italian progressive metal act DGM issued a new live performance video of the song "Ghosts of Insanity." The song is taken from the latest album "The Passage" (see review here), The live clip is taken from the band;s upcoming live release entitled “Passing Stages," which drops on June 2nd via Frontiers Music srl.

"Passing Stages" features two separate performances for fans to enjoy via audio on CD and MP3 and visually via DVD or Blu-Ray. The first show is the entire performance held in front of the inaugural Frontiers Metal Festival, in Trezzo Sull’Adda (Milano) on October 30, 2016 and has a set-list centered around the latest album, “The Passage.” The second show captured sees the band in action at the ProgPower Festival in Atlanta, GA on September 11, 2014. The setlist shows an emphasis on the albums "Frame" and "Momentum." More...

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Nagaarum Premieres New Song

Despite only having formed less than 10 years ago, Hungarian solo experimental project Nagaarum has been incredibly prolific, coming up on a 14th (!) release already this coming May 3rd.

Today we're bringing you an exclusive advance track from the impending “Homo Maleficus” LP. Check out “Cipelok” in the player provided below. “Homo Maleficus” will see the light of day as a co-release between GrimmDistribution and NGC Prod on May 3rd, 2017.

Nagaarum represents a one-man formation, the predecessor of which started its activity in 2008 under the Pigbaloon moniker. He considers the project as a playground for his musical experiments, spanning from doom and ambient to post-rock with black metal being the notable other extreme. Besides his solo musical excursions, Nagaarum is one of the editors of Fémforgács, a cultic, Hungarian metal webzine with significant history, and he also plays in GuilThee and In Vacuo. You can keep up with him via Facebook.

01. A befalazott
02. Az elvhu
03. Vassal nevelt
04. Cipelok
05. Mens dominium
06. Dolgunk végeztével
07. Kolontár

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