Tankard Posts Track By Track Video

In 1982, when four long-haired metal maniacs from Frankfurt am Main, Germany decided to found a band named Tankard, nobody expected the group to still be going three decades later.

Ahead of the release of 17th studio album, "One Foot In The Grave," the band today reveals the first track-by-track trailer, If you want to know everything about "Pay To Pray," "Arena Of The True Lies," "Don't Bullshit Us," and "One Foot In The Grave," check out the new clip below.

"One Foot In The Grave" will be released on June 2nd via Nuclear Blast and features the following track listing:

1. Pay To Pray
2. Arena Of The True Lies
3. Don’t Bullshit Us!
4. One Foot In The Grave (watch the video here)
5. Syrian Nightmare
6. Northern Crown (Lament Of The Undead King)
7. Lock`Em Up!
8. The Evil That Men Display
9. Secret Order 1516
10. Sole Grinder More...

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Seven Kingdoms Checks In From The Road

Seven Kingdoms is blazing with wild passion through every millisecond of a trek across North America on tour with Evergrey. The band is on the road in support of latest album "Decennium," which was released earlier this month via Napalm Records.

The tour stops tonight in Regina, Saskatchewan and runs through June 3rd in Philadelphia, PA. Guitarist Camden Cruz checked in from the road with this update:

"The tour is going awesome so far! We just had an awesome show in Calgary last night and we are in Regina tonight. We are making our way back down into the USA and to the East coast, where we expect to see all our friends! Get your tickets and see you at the remaining shows!"

If you missed it, check out the new "Kingslayer" video here and be sure to catch the band live on these remaining dates:

5/23: Regina, SK @ Exchange
5/24: Winnipeg, MB @ The Pyramid Cabaret
5/25: Minneapolis, MN @ The Cabooze
5/26: Chicago, IL @ Reggie's
5/27: Detroit, MI @ The Token Lounge
5/28: Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
5/30: Quebec City, QC @ L'Anti
5/31: Montreal QC @ Foufones Electriques
6/1: New York, NY @ Webster Hall (Marlin Room)
6/3: Manchester, NH @ Jewel

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Pit Stories: Three Day Ear Ringing

Happy Tuesday my fellow heavy music lovers!

Today we've got a Pit Story that many of our regulars can relate to: getting older but still wanting to throw down at the front of the pit. What used to involve a couple of shots to rally and then going to work at 6 AM now involves days of recovery.

This week's Pit Story comes courtesy of guitarist and vocalist Tyson Wiebe of Lethbridge noise rock / punk duo Cope, who recalls the tale like this:

As I get older I somehow forget that my body/ears are not built for the pit anymore. The punishment I shrugged off as a teen and drank away in my early twenties now lingers well past what should be normal. I know better, yet I can still be found where the bodies are tightest and the music is loudest.

The most recent one came from a trip to Missoula to see my personal guitar hero Dean Ween. People always seem to write off Ween as a joke band, but they’ve always been dead serious to me. Mickey Melchiondo (aka Dean Ween, aka Deaner, aka Mickey Moist, etc.) is a shredder and I couldn’t wait to watch him and maybe steal some of his essence, so when we pulled into town for the show there was no doubt where we were going to stand: front stage, stage left. Where he has stood for the past 33 years as the other half of Ween.

We held our ground in that spot through the Meat Puppets (who still shred) and waited and waited. When the band came out and the first notes from his guitar rang out we realized we had made a huge, huge mistake. I have heard loud before, but this was deafening. His Fender Super-Sonic stack was cranked and pointing right at us. Plus, we were jammed up right by a monitor that was flipped to face the crowd for some reason. We knew we had to do something, so we started pushing the monitor further right. Security instantly came back and pushed it to its original position.

Then a cat-and-mouse game started.

When they would look away, we’d inch it further right, hoping they wouldn’t notice. They would notice eventually and push it back. We’d wait and move it over by inches again. We left the show with our ears ringing for three days afterward.

Worth it.

You can check out Cope's self-titled 7" release at Bandcamp here or stream the track "Mother Russia" below. For more info on this Alberta group, head over to the Cope Facebook profile. More...

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Watch A Truly Cringe Worthy Festival Set

Get ready to cringe watching a hilarious train wreck of a festival opener as Azazel kicks off the Steelfest Open Air... to less than inspiring results.

In the clip below, filmed by Youtuber kirrneh, the band's guitarist starts in a seated position, the vocalist literally drinks the entire set, and for awhile the group sort of just mills around on stage talking to each other in the middle of a song.

Steelfest took place in Hyvinkää, Finland on May 19th, 2017. The video uploader hilariously notes: "Azazel opened the festival. Apparently the artists had also opened their bottles before that."

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EyeHateGod Kicking Off Spring Tour

New Orleans' favorite amplification dealers from EyeHateGod will return to the stage next week on a near-two week run of live dates.

Slated to commence on May 25th in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and crumble eleven cities through June 4th, the band's latest trek serves as fron tman Mike IX Williams' first official tour since his liver transplant this past December. The band will be performing as a four piece for this run with guitarist Brian Patton sitting these dates out in preparation for the birth of his second child.

Comments Williams: "The realities of life, society, and inhumanity rear their ugly heads once again as do New Orleans' own EyeHateGod. True underground outcast preachers of the End Time message and dealers of back alley filth and feedback, EyeHateGod returns to the road to dig a proverbial grave for the power-hungry enemies of the people." More...

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Dagoba Streaming "Inner Sun"

On August 25th, 2017, French metal force Dagoba will release seventh studio album, "Black Nova," as a cooperation of Jive/Epic for France and Century Media for the rest of the world. Take a listen to the first single "Inner Sun" below.

Shawter – singer, guitarist, composer and leader of Dagoba – helmed the recordings of “Black Nova”, which took place at Eagle Black, his own studio in Marseille, while Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Epica, Heaven Shall Burn) took care of mix and mastering. The artwork was created by Seth Siro Anton (Septicflesh).

1. Tenebra
2. Inner Sun
3. The Legacy Of Ares
4. Stone Ocean
5. The Infinite Chase
6. The Grand Emptiness
7. Lost Gravity
8. Fire Dies
9. Phoenix et Corvus
10. Vantablack More...

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Divinity Streaming Full New Album

Calgary, AB progressive death metal band Divinity will unleash new album "The Immortalist" on May 26th. The album is a culmination of 5 years of hard work and dedication to Divinity's craft and can be heard in full below.

"The Immortalist" features 12 tracks that include previous EP releases "The Immortalist, Pt. 1 – Awestruck" and "The Immortalist, Pt. 2 –Momentum" with 3rd EP "The Immortalist Pt. 3 - Conqueror" now completed to finish off the trilogy series as one huge full-length album.

All the tracks on the album are re-mixed and re-mastered by the talented Chris Donaldson (Cryptopsy, The Grid Productions) to make the songs more cohesive and work as a full-length experience. This album also features Bjorn ‘Speed’ Strid of Soilwork on vocals for the song "D.M.T." More...

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Demonic Resurrection Posts Playthrough Video

After the official video for "Narasimha - The Man-Lion" released last month (available here), Demonic Resurrection has now dropped a new playthrough video / lyric clip for the song "Varaha - The Boar."

Both songs hail from Demonic Resurrection's latest full-length release "Dashavatar," which is available now through Demonstealer Records. The full track listing is as follows:

1. Matsya - The Fish
2. Kurma - The Tortoise
3. Varaha - The Boar
4. Vamana - The Dwarf
5. Narasimha - The Man-Lion
6. Parashurama - The Axe Wielder
7. Rama - The Prince
8. Krishna - The Cowherd
9. Buddha - The Teacher
10. Kalki - The Destroyer Of Filth

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Bruce Corbitt Admitted To Hospital

After undergoing heart surgery back in 2015, there have been more health issues lately for Bruce Corbitt (Warbeast / Rigor Mortis).

Bruce has been posting a series of updates from the emergency room via Facebook since late last night, and has now issued the following update about the apparent cause of his bleeding issue:

"Worst news possible. I have an esophageal tumor. In most cases, esophageal cancer is a treatable disease, but it is rarely curable.

"The overall 5-year survival rate in patients amenable to definitive treatment ranges from 5% to 30%. The occasional patient with very early disease has a better chance of survival.

"They're about to test if already cancerous. I'm going to be here for a long time. Devastated! I'm doomed and my time is short. Love y'all!" More...

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Corpse Hoarder Crowned Wacken USA Winner

It was a battle of the best from the Philadelphia and Boston areas for the first ever Wacken Metal Battle USA!

The competition was held to send one American band to play at this year’s Wacken Open Air in Germany as part of the festival’s international Metal Battle competition. The final four came down to Corpse Hoarder (Philadelphia), Goblet (Boston), Power Theory (Philadelphia) and Upheaval (Boston).

Bringing blasts of metal ranging from power, black, death, thrash and more, the first ever Wacken Metal Battle USA champion was crowned Corpse Hoarder, which brought an exciting, energetic set blending groove, death, and grind metal that the judges could not deny being presented to the Wacken stage.

The Wacken Metal Battle USA final was held in Philadelphia on May 20th at the Whiskey Tango. For those wanting to get in on the action next year, Wacken Metal Battle USA will be returning for 2018 - stay tuned for an announcement of participating cities and submissions info. More...

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Graveshadow Kicking Off Tour

Having just completed a U.S. tour opening for Anvil and Nightdemon, now symphonic metal band Graveshadow will begin a west coast tour today in Seattle opening for Russia’s Arkona and Norway’s Sirenia.

“It’s great to be back on the road, especially with bands that have had a profound impact on the genre and us as musicians,” states guitarist Will Walker. “We look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones, it promises to be one helluva week!”

In between tours, Graveshadow has continued working on new material for the follow-up to 2015’s :Nocturnal Resurrection," which will be the band's M-Theory Audio debut.

“The new album is shaping up very nicely and all that’s really left is to fine-tune arrangements and continue rehearsing,” continues Will. “We will record in July with Night Demon's Armand [John Anthony - guitarist] and we’re very excited about the project. It’s interesting to see how the new material has developed and we can’t wait to share with everyone. Keep an eye out!” More...

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Execration Returns With New Album

On July 14th, Norwegian death metal crew Execration will release new album, "Return To The Void," via Metal Blade Records. Today, the band has launched the title track as the first single/video - check it out below.

"Coming off of two double 12" vinyl albums, the first clear goal for writing 'Return To The Void' was to deliver the same kind of dynamic and shifting song-writing in a more condensed to-the-point package," comments Execration.

The band goes on to say, "As with the previous two albums, we wanted to capture the feel of a live performance, so all the basic tracks (drums, guitars, bass) were recorded live in our rehearsal studio in Oslo over the course of a weekend. Vocals, synths, and various effects where recorded the following weeks with assistance from Andreas Tylden (One Tail, One Head / Altaar). The album was then mixed and mastered by Tom Kvalsvoll of Kvalsonic Labs."

Thematically, the album takes off into outer space, the world of dreams, and philosophic musings on time and space. The album's seven songs and two instrumental tracks are permeated with the mysteries of the universe, both in lyrical content and concept, and in the music itself. This theme is further brought to life by the magnificent art of Zbigniew M. Bielak that adorns the front cover. More...

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Oceano Premieres Full-Album Stream Of Brand New CD

Oceano premieres the full-album stream of the band's brand new album "Revelations", which just dropped last week via Sumerian Records.

Check out now "Revelations" in its entirety below.

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Helslave Debuts New Song "Lord of Lies"

Italian oldschool death dealers Helslave debut a new song entitled "Lord of Lies", taken from the upcoming new EP "Divination", which will see release on June 24 via Black Market Metal.

Check out now "Lord of Lies" below.

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Scuorn Premieres New Music Video For "Sepeithos"

Neapolitan symphonic black metal band Scuorn premieres a new music video for "Sepeithos", taken from the band's latest album "Parthenope", which was released in February through the Dusktone label. The release was recorded, mixed, and mastered at the 16th Cellar Studio in Rome by Stefano “Saul” Morabito (Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hour of Penance, etc.).

Check out now "Sepeithos" below.

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