Metal News for May 30, 2017
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Pit Stories: Tanked By A Smile
The ranks of our Tuesday Pit Stories ever grows longer, with another foray into the dank depths of metal shows arriving today.
This week we've got vocalist / bassist Joshua Cayer from doom metal trio Longhouse, sharing his memory of the band's first show, which didn't quite go off as expected.
Our musician readers can probably identify with Cayer's nervousness, which featured one song tanked by nothing less than the smile from a pretty lady in a sea of sweaty, beer drinking dudes:
I don't think we have played enough to have any extravagant tales from the pit, but I can share a story about our very first show. I want to firstly fess up by stating that I get extremely nervous before each and every show. Not puke-nervous, but definitely queasy and tense-nervous.
So, we decided to start our set with one of our more complex songs, "Earth from Water." For us, "more complex" isn't saying a lot, but because I was so tense my fingers didn't want to work the way they're supposed to, so a simple root-fifth-seventh arpeggio felt like I was trying to play an Animals As Leaders tune! Now, let's add in poor stage lighting, and a drummer who was likely equally as nervous and kicked in at an extra 20-30 bpm's higher than we should've been. I'll say that I'm glad not too many people were there to see it. Luckily we managed to settle in to the next song, and had the growing crowd headbanging along with us by the end.
There was also another stand-out moment from that show: during one of our favourites, "Gehenna Gate," my eye caught glimpse of an exceptionally pretty lady in the crowd. She kind of really stood out in a room full of bearded, beer-slogging dudes. Now, don't tell my wife this, but just as I was about to deliver another line of hellish doom screams I saw her smile, and it actually caused me to forget the lyric, and almost stop playing my bass! It's a good thing that you can't typically understand what the heck U'm saying anyways, and I managed to recover. All in all, our first was a pretty fun show and we were pretty happy with getting that under our belt.
Below you can check out the track "No Name, No Marker" from Longhouse's sophomore album, "II: Vanishing," which was released via Bandcamp on April 14th, 2017. You can follow the latest on this Ottawa-based doom outfit via Facebook here. More...
Uncommon Evolution Posts "Junkyard Jesus"
Montana stoner crew Uncommon Evolution today reveals the cover artwork and first single from upcoming EP “Junkyard Jesus." Check out the title track below.
Legendary producer Machine (Clutch, Lamb of God, Crobot) produced, mixed, and mastered this stunning EP featuring four songs and based around fiery vocals, big ballsy riffs, and grooves thick enough to shake mountains.
Uncommon Evolution's “Junkyard Jesus” will be released on CD/DD formats by Argonauta Records and available from June 30th, 2017. Pre-orders are now up here.
1. Junkyard Jesus
2. Highly Modified Son of a Bitch
3. Feather Short of Flight
4. King of the Heep More...
Silent Planet Releases New Video
Christian metalcore group Silent Planet aims to illuminate the truth behind depression and anxiety, and the weight it places on the individual and those who love them, with new video "Understanding Love As Loss."
Lyricist/vocalist Garrett Russell details personal experiences, while touching on the stories of a few of history's greatest creative minds, including Sylvia Plath, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf and David Foster Wallace.
“They all committed suicide in the midst of great work,” Garrett told Billboard.com, “I have come to find that people struggling with depression generally have a unique angle of perceiving others – one that can be quite full of insight.” More...
3rd Annual Ride For Ronnie Raises $40,000
Despite the continuous threat of rain, the third annual Ride For Ronnie Motorcycle Rally and Concert, held on May 7th, attracted motorcycle enthusiasts and rock music fans alike and raised $40,000 for the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund.
Dio Cancer Fund co-founder and president Wendy Dio led the procession of some 200 motorcycle riders for the morning ride from Harley-Davidson of Glendale to Los Encinos Park in Encino.
She was joined by Sons of Anarchy actors Emilio Rivera (and also star of the forthcoming Mayans MC series), Sean McNabb (who also performed with Lynch Mob at the concert) and Star Fields, as well as actors Al Coronel (The Last Ship) and Chris Bruno (The Dead Zone) alongside musicians Lita Ford, former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke, and Xavier Muriel (Buckcherry).
Venom Inc Announces Tour With Goatwhore
Venom Inc just finished up a huge performance at this past weekend's Blackest Of The Black festival in Silverado, CA. Now, you have more chances to witness the band's live onslaught on the upcoming "Blood Stained Earth" tour, featuring support from extreme metal giants Goatwhore and Toxic Holocaust, as well as fast-rising death metal group The Convalescence.
The tour will kick off in Philadelphia, PA on September 1st and visit several major cities in both the U.S. and Canada, coming to a close in Baltimore, MD on October 2nd. Tickets for the tour go on sale this coming Friday, June 2nd at 10:00am local time.
Venom Inc front man Tony Dolan says, "It is with the greatest pleasure that we announce our 2017 North American Blood Stained Earth tour! With a brand new set, we cannot wait to see our North American fans - old, loyal and new. With our brothers Goatwhore, Toxic Holocaust and The Convalescence, we give you a package that will leave you full of the best metal any tour can produce! Don't miss it, I promise you'll regret it. ALL HAIL NORTH AMERICA. AVE!"
In addition to the tour, Venom Inc is set to perform dates in Europe throughout 2017, including stops at MetalDays Festival, Heavy Metal Cauldron and others. See below for all current performance dates: More...
Misery Signals Releasing Documentary
Over the last decade, influential hardcore band Misery Signals has undergone overwhelming changes involving the departure of the group's founding singer and infighting that nearly left the band in complete shambles.
In a new documentary, directed by Matthew Mixon and titled “Yesterday Was Everything,” the band members takes viewers on an intimate journey of reconciliation as they find healing in the present by confronting the demons of the past. The documentary will be available on June 30th at iTunes, Google Play and Amazon.
Misery Signals will be hosting an in-theater screening of the documentary in Edmonton, AB on June 20th (7:00pm at Metro Cinema at the Garneau, 8712 109th Street, Edmonton AB) with partial proceeds being donated to Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Filmed during a 2014 tour in celebration of the 10th anniversary of coveted album, "Of Malice and the Magnum Heart," this documentary follows the band reuniting with its former vocalist for the first time since his unceremonious ousting a decade prior. The film explores the fatal tragedy that brought the band together and follows a journey from Vancouver to Toronto facing old ghosts and attempting to reconcile the past. More...
Tribulation Announces Lineup Change, New Album
With the release of “The Children Of The Night” in April 2015 (reviewed here), Sweden’s Tribulation has made a massive impact on the worldwide metal scene. After excessive touring in North America and Europe, the group took a well-deserved break not only to recover from the intense album campaign, but also to focus on what lies ahead: a change of drummer and a new album.
Tribulation published the following statement about the departure of drummer Jakob Ljungberg, who had been with the group since the album “The Formulas Of Death:"
“As the summer in the year of their lord 2017 draws near and the world in the north is again fully starting to wake from its slumber we, on the other hand, are forced to face an inevitable end in the departure of our drummer Jakob Ljungberg who has decided to leave the band. We have spent the last five years together through pain to heaven, in chaos to bliss!
"It’s been such a strange, wonderful, tiring and inspiring time and we would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making this time the most important in the history of the band. We surely couldn’t have done it without you. We were like brothers even before the time of Tribulation and we certainly will be in the time after! Make sure to check out Jakob’s unique and most excellent band Second Sun where he sings and plays guitar!”
Jakob Ljungberg also commented as follows: “It is with a heavy heart that I leave Tribulation. These last years have been among the best in my life, but they wore me out and now I have to continue life on different paths. Thanks to everyone involved - you made this journey spectacular, thanks to everyone that came up and said hi - it meant the world to me, thanks to everyone who believed in me - you made me believe in myself. Jonathan, Adam and Johannes: I love you. 'The end of nights we tried to die - this is the end.'” More...
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Apothesary Premieres New Lyric Video
Apothesary is gearing up to drop sophomore effort "Accept Loss Forever" via rising metal force M-Theory Audio on July 7th.
Ahead of that impending summer release date, today the band has teamed up with us to exclusively premiere a new lyric video for "Tempest (Even Tide)." The clip was created by Tsunami Films and features a guest guitar solo by Bill Hudson (U.D.O., I Am Morbid, Trans-Siberian Orchestra) - check it out below!
Guitarist Clayton Cagle comments on the new video:
"Musically, parts of 'Tempest' date as far back as 2010. Some of those riffs (albeit modified) are actually some of the earliest material I had ever written - which is special to me to reflect on. It was also a chance for Greg and I to write and arrange together; bouncing ideas off of each other in a music composing program. He and I always seem to sync up when we talk about our goals and opinions. And I have always, ALWAYS wanted a giant triplet breakdown with an ominous, tremolo-picked lead.
"Lyrically, this was the last song written for the record. At the time... I was experiencing some things that I didn't know how to handle. There were a lot of emotions that I couldn't make sense of. And because of the way the previous year of my life had unraveled, I was already in a dangerous place.
"I remember sitting in my bed one night, alone, with the substance that I was convinced was the only thing helping me (the same substance later convinced me that I was about to die, but that's another story). I was miserable to the point that I hadn't written anything in weeks but I knew I needed to do something to release that pressure. So I forced myself to pick up my notebook and just started writing down thoughts. The arranged version of that desperate night became 'Tempest.'" More...
Walpyrgus Sees "Dead Girls"
North Carolina metal act Walpyrgus issued a lyric video for the new song "Dead Girls." The song is taken from the full length debut "Walpyrgus Nights," which drops on June 9th via Cruz Del Sur Records. The vinyl version of the release will feature a 56-page comic book with lyrics).
The track listing for the album is:
1. The Dead of Night
2. Somewhere Under Summerwind
3. Dead Girls
4. Lauralone
5. Palmystry
6. She Lives
7. Light of a Torch (Witch Cross Cover)
8. Walpyrgus Nights
Check out "Dead Girls" here: More...
Desecresy Streams New Single "Amidst"
Finnish death metal act Desecresy released the new single "Amidst." The song heralds the coming of the band's fifth studio release "The Mortal Horizon," which will be issued on August 14th through Xtreem Music.
More information on the album is expected soon. The clip, seen below, features the artwork for the album. Check it out here:
Hate Issues "Sea Of Rubble" Lyric Video
Polish extreme black/death metal act Hate issued a new lyric video for the song "Sea of Rubble." The song is taken from the latest opus "Tremendum," which is available now via Napalm Records.
Check out the clip here:
Vallenfyre Streams New Song "Nihilist"
U.K. crust/doom act Vallenfyre is streaming the new song "Nihilist," which you can enjoy in the player below. The song is another lifted from the new album "Fear Those Who Fear Him," which drops via Century Media Records on June 2nd.
"Fear Those Who Fear Him" was once again produced by Kurt Ballou (Converge, Nails, etc.) at GodCity Studio in Salem, MA and mastered by Brad Boatright (Obituary, Beastmilk, YOB) at Audiosiege Mastering in Portland, OR. The track listing is as follows:
1. Born To Decay
2. Messiah
3. Degeneration
4. An Apathetic Grave (check out the lyric video here)
5. Nihilist
6. Amongst The Filth
7. Kill All Your Masters (see video clip here)
8. The Merciless Tide
9. Dead World Breathes
10. Soldier Of Christ
11. Cursed From The Womb
12. Temple Of Rats
Check out "Nihilist" here: More...
Light & Shade Issues "Welcome To The Cold" Clip
International act Light & Shade - featuring Seven Spires vocalist Adrienne Cowan (USA), Temperance/Secret Sphere guitarist Marco Pastorino (IT), Temperance bassist Luca Negro (IT) and guest drummer Alex Landenburg (GER) of Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody/21 Octayne - released a new video clip for "Welcome to the Cold."
The song is taken from the band's debut record "The Essence of Everything," which is available now through Scarlet Records. Check out the clip here:
Skinflint Announces New LP "Chief Of The Ghosts"
Botswana metal act Skinflint has returned with the new album "Chief Of The Ghosts." The album, originally issued via Metal Records locally in early December 2016, will be issued worldwide via Pure Steel Records on July 7th.
The album's track listing is as follows:
1. Borankana Metal
2. Ram Of Fire
3. Igungo
4. Anyoto Aniota
5. Ndondoncha
6. Rainbow Snakes
7. Milk Fever
8. Anger Of The Spirits
9. Chief Of The Ghosts More...
Sarea Issues New Video Clip "Lights"
Swedish melodic metal act Sarea released a new video clip for the song "Lights." The song is lifted from the band's new album "Black at Heart," which dropped this past Friday via Wormholedeath.
"Black at Heart" was recorded, mixed and mastered at Crehate Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden by Oscar Nilsson.
Check out the clip here:
Elegy Of Madness Issues Video For New Single
Opera core metal act Elegy Of Madness is proud to announce that the video for the new single “Apokalypsis” is out via VEVO. Check it out in the player below.
The video, directed by Cesare Bignotti (Eves Vision) for Opera Core/Wormholedeath, will launch the band’s third album "New Era" with the following release dates:
Digital: June 16th (Wormholedeath/The Orchard)
USA: July 14th (Wormholedeath U.S.A.)
Aural: September 9th (Aural Music Group)
Japan: TBA (Wormholedeath Japan/DiskUnion) More...
Second Track-By-Track Video Available From Tankard
This Friday, June 2nd, German beer soaked thrash act Tankard will issue the new album "One foot in the Grave" via Nuclear Blast Records. The band released the second track-by-track listing featuring information on the songs "Syrian Nightmare," "Northern Crown" and "Lock 'Em Up." Check it out at the bottom of this article.
"One Foot In The Grave" 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
Check out the clip here: More...
Monstrath Issues "Child Of God" Video Clip
Brazilian technical death metal act Monstrath has published a new video for the title-track of the band's debut full-length "Child of God."
Monstrath's sound features powerful riffs influenced by death metal from the 80s. Check out the clip here:
Adagio Premieres New Song "Darkness Machine"
French symphonic progressive metal act Adagio premieres a new song and music video entitled "Darkness Machine", taken from the upcoming new album "Life", which will arrive in stores July 26.
Check out now "Darkness Machine" below.
Ministry Debuts New Song "Antifa" Live
Ministry debuted a new song called "Antifa" live during the band's appearance this past weekend at the Blackest Of The Black Fest, which took place May 26-27 at Oak Canyon Park in Silverado, California.
The track is taken from the band's upcoming new album "AmeriKKKant," which will tentatively arrive this fall.
Check out new live clip "Antifa" below.
Destroyer Of Light Premieres New Song & Video
Austin doom quartet Destroyer Of Light premieres a new song and music video titled "Into the Smoke", taken from the upcoming new album "Chamber of Horrors", which will be out in stores via Heavy Friends Records on July 14th, 2017.
Check out now "Into the Smoke" below.
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