Metal News for May 4, 2016
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Netherlands Posts "L.M.M." Video
Having been described as everything from “a new wave of metal pop” (Noisey) to “super fuzzed stoner rock” (CMJ), NYC’s distinctive sludge/soul-inspired outfit Netherlands is thrilled to announce the “Audubon” album will be released through Prosthetic Records worldwide on June 17th.
Pre-order bundles including the album on either CD or white variant vinyl (limited to 300 copies) paired with an exclusively designed t-shirt can be purchased now at this location.
Recorded with Tom Tierney (Tidal Arms), “Audubon” is a three-dimensional moody, noisy, sludgy juggernaut, solidified over nine tracks of murderous riffage and infectious hooks. The trio recently teamed up with Sami Jano and Steve Meierding to direct the arcade-esque music video for new single “L.M.M.” - check it out bleow.
"'L.M.M.' is what we call one of our hybrid bangers," commented Netherlands frontman Timo Ellis, “It’s distinct from many of our other often less melodic, more brutal numbers. Sami and Steve brilliantly conceived and executed this video and and I’m extremely stoked and grateful to have worked with them on this!”
Denouncement Pyre Releasing New Album
Hells Headbangers has set July 22nd as the international release date for Denouncement Pyre's third album, "Black Sun Unbound."
Three years have passed since the release of "Almighty Arcanum," which saw these long-running Aussie tyrants evolving well beyond their blackthrashing beginnings and locating a balance between aggression and atmosphere.
A band statement reads: "'Black Sun Unbound' is the most challenging album we have created so far, and we have certainly ventured further into the inner darkness with the new material, through a long and demanding creative process. The writing and recording of this album involved a lot of experimentation, and we have seen a vast range of ideas included, more so than past releases; it is a different album to the first two. Expect new doors to be unlocked and old gods to be awakened!"
1. Abnegate
2. Deathless Dreaming
3. Wounds of Golgotha
4. World Encircler
5. Scars Adorn the Whore in Red
6. Black Sun Unbound
7. Revere the Pyre
8. Witness
9. Transform the Aether
10. Sophrosune More...
Thrust Posts Keep It True Footage
Thrust performed at the Keep It True Festival at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Koenigshofen (Germany) on April 29th, 2016. Fan-filmed video footage of the song "Scream Girl Scream" has been posted online courtesy of Youtuber EdogawaSchlins and can be viewed below.
Thrust – founded in 1981 – started the metal scene in Chicago opening for such acts as Motorhead, Michael Schenker, Twisted Sister, and many more. The famous Metal Blade Records debut album “Fist Held High” became a cult classic as the band toured with Judas Priest on the “Screaming for Vengeance” tour.
In celebration of Thrust’s 35th anniversary, last year Metal Blade Records released the ultimate edition of the band’s classic 1984 album featuring bonus live and demo tracks. Thrust consists of:
Ron Cooke - Guitar
Andy Beaudry - Vocals
Angel Rodriguez - Guitar
Ray Gervais - Bass
Joe Rezendes - Drums More...
Hells Releasing "Paradise" EP
Hells will launch the "Paradise" EP on May 13th via Seeing Red Records, with the artwork and track listing available below. Seeing Red also comments:
"Relentlessly negative and aggressively earsplitting, Philadelphia's Hells create a sound that forces you to take notice. Together for only two years, Hells has quickly built a solid reputation as a consistently intense live band fusing different styles of modern and classic metallic hardcore while maintaining an original aesthetic often missing from their peers.
"Formed by members of Orchid, Transistor Transistor, Brain Dead, Wolves, Sore Saints, Psychic Teens, Heathen Reign, among others, Hells cultivates a sound from a variety of influences and ideas to create a their own uniquely pissed off brand of hardcore.
"2016 sees the release of debut EP 'Paradise' on Seeing Red Records. Recorded by guitarist Brad Wallace at the bands' practice studio in the Port Richmond neighborhood of North Philadelphia, Hells brought the grime and manic energy of their surroundings into the studio with them. '1-800-SHITFIT,' a frantic slab of start and stop hardcore ala Cursed boasts 'I want to be asphyxiated, that will make it all okay' while closer 'Night Creeps' spends almost 4 minutes pummeling your ears with a monolithic downstroked guitar intro before crescendoing into a catchy mid-tempo verse riff that brings to mind that glory days of DRI amongst other crossover legends."
Pre-orders are online at this location and the the EP's track listing is as follows:
1. Paradise
2. 1-800-SHITFIT
3. Weather Report
4. Tribute
5. Bad Apple
6. Night Creeps More...
Blaak Heat Streams "Shifting Mirrors"
Los Angeles avant-garde psych rock band Blaak Heat will release new album, "Shifting Mirrors," on May 13th via Tee Pee Records.
The LP was recorded with Grammy Award winning producer Matt Hyde (Slayer, Deftones), at Megawatt Recording (Santana, Tool). In advance of the release of "Shifting Mirrors," today you can hear new song "Ballad of Zeta Brown."
Blaak Heat just performed as part of the 2016 Levitation Festival and its kickoff event, appearing at the Mohawk in Austin alongside The Well, Pinkish Black and Chelsea Wolfe. As part of its coverage of the show, the Austin Chronicle called the trio's unique sound, "Middle Eastern-flavored power rock – think Cream if its members had grown up with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan instead of Robert Johnson."
See the band live on these upcoming tour dates:
May 4 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
May 6 Portland, OR The Foggy Notion
May 7 Seattle, WA Lo-Fi Performance Gallery
May 9 San Francisco, CA Elbo Room More...
In Mourning Posts "The Call To Orion"
Sweden's melodeath masters from In Mourning are soon to release a new album titled "Afterglow," which the release date set for May 20th via Agonia Records. In anticipation, the band today reveals new song "The Call To Orion."
"Afterglow," the successor to "The Weight Of Oceans" (2012), will be the first album featuring new drummer Daniel Liljekvist (ex-Katatonia). The cover artwork was made by Kristian Wåhlin (Bathory, Tiamat, King Diamond) and the total playing time is around one hour.
In Mourning commented: "The new album is called 'Afterglow' and its story takes off from where 'The Weight Of Oceans' ends. It’s a bit more complex than our previous albums and it has got a bit of a different sound than the older ones, a bit more alive like a band and maybe not always as studio corrected as our earlier material. However, the foundation of the music is still what we’ve always done and the key elements are pretty much the same but with some new additions and a few new twists and turns of course." More...
Death Angel Discusses Drumming On New Album
San Francisco Bay Area thrash legends Death Angel will release their eighth studio album, "The Evil Divide," worldwide on May 27th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Today, the band releases another in-studio video shot during the recording sessions. In the clip below, guitarists Ted Aguilar and Rob Cavestany talk about the drumming on "The Evil Divide."
Metal Church Kicking Off New Tour
The heavy metal titans from Metal Church just released their latest blistering album "XI" on March 25th through Nuclear Blast Records.
In support of this comeback release with returning vocalist Mike Howe, the band will be touring Europe starting this Friday. The package will be completed by Antwerp, Belgium-based metallers Bliksem and Dutch old school thrashers Distillator. Find all dates below.
w/ BLIKSEM, DISTILLATOR
06.05. D Hamburg - Klubsen
07.05. D Hannover - Musikzentrum
08.05. D Saarbrücken - Garage
10.05. UK London - Underworld
12.05. CH Pratteln - Z7
13.05. D Regensburg - Airport Obertraubling
14.05. D Gelsenkirchen - Rock Hard Festival*
15.05. D Berlin - Columbia Theather
*METAL CHURCH only More...
Gridfailure Streaming "Self-Exile"
As torturous new experimental outfit Gridfailure prepares for the "Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here" release on Friday the 13th, today the record's "Self-Exile" track has come online.
A soundtrack to which the listener may feel driven to podcast their own snuff film live, or explore creative surgery tactics on unsuspecting neighbors, "Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here" is a curious mutant; an unforeseen entity which was only conceived three months ago. Listen in below, if you dare. The album's full track listing is:
1. Shedding The Husk
2. Self-Exile
3. Ensuring The Bloodline Ends Here
4. Apparitions Revenge
5. Paranoia Will Not Coagulate
6. Shackled, A Crown Aflame
7. Traumatized By This New Reality
8. Welcoming Pyroclastic Eradication More...
Nails Posts Documentary Clip
Southern California's Nails will release "You Will Never Be One Of Us" on June 17th via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Today, the band releases the first part in a behind-the-scenes documentary for that album. Check it out below.
"You Will Never Be One Of Us" was recorded, mixed, and produced by Kurt Ballou. Artwork was created by WHTHD and digital pre-orders are online now at this location.
Galactic Empire Posts New Video
It is a dark time for our generation. The evil Galactic Empire, obsessed with crushing all with their pure sonic annihilation, has dispatched another music video into your social media and audio playlists.
Introducing "The Imperial March." Once again, the dreaded Imperial Band has faithfully recreated the theme music originally written by John Williams.
"We are most grateful for your support and we hope you will assist us in spreading the word about this campaign of darkness. Join us and together, we can rule the Galaxy!" proclaims Dark Vader.
Along with the release of this new music video, the band has launched a Kickstarter campaign to promote the release of a debut full length album, and fund plans for touring. Both are to come later this year. You can join their conquest to rule the galaxy by contributing to the dark side here. More...
Kambodsja Streaming "Name Among Dead"
Norwegian post-hardcore four-piece group Kambodsja announced that fourth album "Stranger" (and first for Mas-Kina Recordings) is due out this fall. The album’s first single “Name Among Dead” can be streamed below.
Produced by Øyvind R. Gundersen (Rumble in Rhodos, Hanne Kolstø, Atlanter), engineered and mixed by Christian G. Engfelt (Big Bang, Jaga Jazzist, Elephant 9) and mastered by Greg Calbi (Sonic Youth, Ramones, The Sword, Father John Misty, Explosions In The Sky), “Stranger” follows the band’s 2012 album “Year One." More...
Deadlock Reveals New Album Details
Following news that Margie Gerlitz has been confirmed as the band's new singer, Deadlock now reveals details on an upcoming studio album.
"Hybris" is set to be released on July 8th via Napalm Records and turns out to be a multi-faceted monster in terms of both shape and content. At the same time it painfully digs through the latest events in the Deadlock camp. Despite the tragic death of founder and drummer Tobias Graf (immortalized with a moment of silence on the album) and the departure of singer Sabine Scherer (now replaced by Margie Gerlitz), the megalomaniac creative urge could not be suppressed.
Sebastian Reichl comments on the album: "'Hybris' is both powerlessness and hope, melancholia and confidence united, accounting for the past in the truest sense. The effort to meet your demons, to forgive and to find salvation with your own history. The release of dammed aggressions and wash away all fears. Put all wrath and anger in music and lyrics to fill with new passion. This is all what 'Hybris' symbolizes and you can feel it every second on the album. It was our longest trip. Giving up was never an option."
1. Epitaph
2. Carbonman
3. Berserk
4. Blood Ghost
5. Hybris
6. Wrath / Salvation
7. Backstory Wound
8. Ein Deutsches Requiem
9. Vergebung
10. Welcome Deathrow
11. Uncivil Hands (Bonus Track)
12. Fight Song (Bonus Track) More...
Meek Is Murder Finishes Work On Album
Meek Is Murder has completed the tracking of fourth full-length album "Was" with producer Kurt Ballou (Converge, Nails) at GodCity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts. "Was" is set for a July 15th release.
Mastering will be handled by Alan Douches (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Tombs) – the team of Ballou and Douches is the same team that has recorded all of Meek Is Murder's albums.
Says drummer Frank Godla: "Kurt Ballou and Alan Douches are masters of their craft, and truly understand the amount of grime appeal we look for in records. Since our debut album, Algorithms, we decided that these two would handle all our full length recordings. We think of them as friends, and companions to our band. So when we started writing Was, naturally the next step was to get in touch with Kurt and Alan, there was never a question or conversation about it."
Guitarist/vocalist Mike Keller says the album deals with time, memory, and the processing of experiences – not so surprising from a band with a Back to the Future fixation: "Typical humans, we think about the past a lot. We romanticize it to reconcile a disappointing present. We re-write history so it reads the way we wish it went. We black it out when it's just too much. And worst of all, we forget. It's a struggle to appreciate the good things or recognize the negative ones at the time they occur." More...
Scythia Posts Entire New Album Online
Canadian progressive/power folklore metal band Scythia is pleased to unleash a fourth independent full-length album, "Lineage," today. Grab your copy at Bandcamp here.
In celebration of today's release, the band is independently streaming entire album as a gift to the loyal fanbase. Listen to "Lineage" below.
Guitarist and vocalist Dave Khan states, "Oh boy, Scythia is incredibly excited to release our fastest, meanest and most well-executed release yet. Lineage is the culmination of two years of blood, sweat and ale and showcases a loose-concept album about the victims of war set in the medieval world. We are excited about sharing this new piece with our fans and look forward to hit the ground with shows in new places!"
Catch these upcoming Scythia live shows:
May 4 - Calgary, AB @ Dicken's Pub - Official Album Release Party w/ Thunderstone and Viathyn
May 6 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater w/ Thunderstone, Titans Eve, Terrifier and Mournir
May 7 - Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room - Shredmonton Festival w/ Dying Fetus, Goatwhore
Aug 19 - Edmonton, AB @ DV8
Aug 25-28 - Valemount, BC - Metalocalypstick Festival More...
Deceased Re-Releasing "Fearless Undead Machines"
Deceased's "Fearless Undead Machines" - originally released in 1997 - is now getting a new edition arriving on June 10th via Transcending Obscurity Classics. The label comments:
"'Fearless Undead Machines' is one of the landmark albums in the thrash/death metal style. While the first two Deceased albums were great, this one just took the band to another level altogether. The surreal zombie concept was phenomenally well done and executed; each of the songs reek of that dread and pensive heart-throbbing atmosphere.
"The solos continue to be incredibly memorable and inspiring, the vocals shudder with that rare horror-themed conviction, the drumming remains brisk and vibrant throughout, while the guitarists paint a thrilling image of the post-apocalyptic zombie-infested world with some of the most sublime riffs any metalhead will ever hear.
"Few albums have come close to the ambitious storytelling skills and majesty of this one. Even fewer sound as fresh and exciting a couple of decades later. This is a veritable classic.
"The original artwork and sound have been retained on this official reissue authorized by King Fowley, and contains special liner notes and pictures that weren't present in the first pressing. Experience an unforgettable classic in its original glory all over again.
This is the second release on the new sub-label, Transcending Obscurity Classics, after Greek death/crust metal band Abyssus' "Once Entombed" earlier this year year. More...
Fractal Cypher Posts "Prison Planet" Clip
Fractal Cypher's debut album set for release later this year, was produced by Chris Donaldson (Cryptopsy, The Agonist, Beyond Creation, Neuraxis), and will be comprised of 9 songs.
Today the band is giving fans a taste of what's to come with the premiere of debut track "Prison Planet." Listen in below. Guitarist Vincent Bruneau comments:
"'Prison Planet' is the first song we wrote when we started the band. Definitely the most straight forward song of the album, with catchy melodies and a conventional structure. I’d say Prison Planet is a good blend of what people can expect from the rest of the album. Catchy choruses, heavy riffs, good solos and great melodies. We tried to reach both the progressive and mainstream audience with this song, which offer just enough of technicity and complexity. you just can’t help to bang your head on this one!"
1. Lost (8:23)
2. Endless Circle (6:26)
3. Shining A While (8:04)
4. Prison Planet (5:27)
5. Imminent Extinction (6:28)
6. Final Abode (8:32)
7. Awakening (6:21)
8. Idle Words (7:52)
9. The Ghost Of Myself (7:24) More...
Slomatics Reveals New Album Details
Black Bow Records is pleased to announce that doom/fuzz/sludge rockers Slomatics will release new album "Future Echo Returns" on September 2nd, 2016. Pre-orders are online now at this location. Black Bow also comments:
"Whilst the tide has come in and gone out and come in again on the shores of heavy music, Slomatics have patrolled the surf, unmoved by the shifting sands, unflinching in their dedication to tone and riff. True pioneers of what we call sludge and doom, blending elements of psychedelic rock, conjuring images of overgrown celestial bodies marshalled by undiscovered extraterrestrial entities. Name any heavy band from the last ten years and you will find Slomatics as a crucial ingredient in their own primordial soup, whether they are listed as an influence or not. Essential, irreplaceable, impeccable and peerless heavy music. Influenced by the past, here in the present, echoing a vision of the future..."
The band had this to say: "We're really excited about the new album. It's the final part of the three album sequence we started with A Hocht, and hopefully brings together all the aspects we've touched on with that record and Estron. This one is more of everything, and feels like our heaviest and most diverse so far. The narrative of the previous two records ends with this one, so there's a sense of finality throughout. We were delighted with the recording process both in Skyhammer and StartTogether, and trust us, if there was an amp or synth in either studio, it's on this record." More...
Dead Register Streaming "Alone"
Gothic-tinged doom rockers Dead Register just revealed a new track titled "Alone." The song, which is taken from new album "Fiber," is an epic nine-minute track reminiscent of bands such as Type O Negative, Soundgarden and Pinkish Black. The track was previously released in a demo version.
Vocalist M. Chvasta commented "The demo version of Alone seemed to resonate with a great number of our listeners. We’ve had some direct requests, rather DEMANDS, that we include this tune on our first album… So, since we have the capacity to exercise kindness, we did."
If you missed it, Dead Register also recently gave us a very interesting pit story about crowd surf fingering... and the avoidance thereof. Check it out here. More...
Blacksheep Reunites With New Lineup
After Black Sheep band leader Liviu Gugui decided to officially disband the group in January, the Romanian death 'n roll group has now reunited a few months later with an updated lineup. The Black Sheep are:
Liviu Gugui L.G. "The Marshal" Shepherd - lead vocals, guitar
Andrei Costan "The Stallion" - guitar
Silviu Ruta "The Kid" - bass
Herman Heidel "The Gunslinger" - drums
Herman Heidel is the newst addition, having played and released albums with such bands as Breathelast (post-hardcore/metalcore), Monarchy (heavy metal), Cadavrul, and Magica.
The first concert after the reunion will be held at Rockstadt Club in Brasov, Romania as an opening act for Sodom. More details regarding the event are available here.
Gorguts Streams Full New EP
The death metal pioneer from Gorgu ts are streaming their new EP, "Pleiades' Dust," in the player below. This single-track EP is a massive 32 minutes long. Gorguts founder Luc Lemay comments:
"Dear fans, it with great joy that we can finally share this new sonic painting with you. I must say that I’ve been looking forward this moment for quite some time now. I couldn’t be more proud of this new amalgam of themes, ambiances and surprises that appeared along the process of carving this new composition. I like to call them happy accidents. That’s what the beauty of writing and composing is all about.
"I’m also very happy that the story of a long forgotten library made his way to my curiosity. With this theme, I was able to pay an ode to those ancient thinkers, to the beauty of books and history. Three things that have been fascinating me for a long, long time. Enjoy!" More...
Divebomb Records Inks Deal With Helion Prime
Fast becoming home base for an elite squadron of U.S. heavy metal troops, Divebomb Records is proud to enlist science-centric Sacramento, CA power metallers Helion Prime to a growing roster that already includes such acts as Wulfhook, Zephaniah, Everthrone, Final Sign and Judicator. Helion Prime's self-titled full length debut album will see release via Divebomb Records on August 12th.
First conceived through a common love of heavy metal and science, Helion Prime was born in 2014 when Dire Peril guitarist Jason Ashcraft joined forces with Graveshadow vocalist Heather Michele to forge a new project—between the two, résumés boasted work alongside such greats as Andy LaRocque (King Diamond, Death, etc.), Mark Briody (Jag Panzer), Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear, ex-Gamma Ray, etc.), Niklas Isfeldt (Dream Evil) and Brittney Slayes (Unleash the Archers). The name Helion Prime was borrowed from an alien planet featured in the 2004 film The Chronicles of Riddick. The concept? Power metal thematically based on actual scientific theories—with the occasional sci-fi tribute thrown in for good measure.
Their debut EP, "The Drake Equation," followed in 2015, and Helion Prime's lineup eventually solidified with the addition of Jeremy Steinhouse on bass and Axiom's Justin Herzer behind the kit. Almost precisely one year later, the group returned with a self-titled 10-track full-length: independently released by the band in mid-February of 2016 and already out of print!
Divebomb Records has now stepped in to help Helion Prime expand upon the growing popularity by granting wider exposure to this epic album, packed with all of the fast-paced, high-energy guitar acrobatics one would expect from a power metal quartet—not to mention Heather's uniquely soaring vocal harmonies—alongside a bounty of raging riffs that should appeal to fans of melodic Swedish death metal and traditional heavy metal fare alike... plus a few other surprise twists and turns to boot! More...
Souls Of Diotima Issues New Album Details
Italian symphonic power metal act Souls of Diotima will issue its brand new album "The Sorceress Reveals - Atlantis" on June 10th 2016.
"The Sorceress Reveals - Atlantis" is a 20 tracks ambitious concept album, recorded at Sweden's Fascination Street Studios mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren (Symphony X, At The Gates, DragonForce).
The album represents the defining moment of the band's career, containining elements of symphonic and progressive metal sound but also including surprises, striving to reach new heights, trying to entertain the listeners creating visual images, memorable mental scenes almost tangible just like watching a movie. Pre-orders can be made at this location.
The track list for the album is:
1. The Sorceress Reveals - Atlantis (Interlude)
2. The Land of the Wind
3. Stories, Songs and Celebrations
4. Divine Love (Interlude)
5. Divine Love
6. Fate and Destiny (Interlude)
7. Fate and Destiny
8. Gold and New Horizons (Interlude)
9. Gold and New Horizons
10. The Battle of Giants (Interlude)
11. The Battle of Giants
12. Tears of Fury (Interlude)
13. Tears of Fury
14. Zeus Unleashed (Interlude)
15. Zeus Unleashed
16. Atlas Condemned (Interlude)
17. Atlas Condemned
18. Our Atlantis (Interlude)
19. Our Atlantis
20. The Sorceress Reveals - Atlantis (Prologue) More...
Ektomorf Releases Lemmy Tribute Song
Hungarian groove metal act Ektomorf released a new track "Brotherhood of Man" in tribute to Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister, who passed away just days after Christmas 2015. The song, which can be heard streaming in the player below, is also available as a free download at this location.
Check it out here:
Within The Ruins Enters Studio
Massachusetts metal veterans Within the Ruins has entered the studio to begin recording a new LP for release later this year. The band will record the new effort from their own studio with producer and guitar player Joe Cocchi at the helm. Vocal production will take place at Zing studios in Westfield, MA with Jim Fogarty (Killswitch Engage, The Devil Wears Prada).
"The writing process was a bit different for this album," says Cocchi. "We took a step back and kind of reviewed some of our older material. Typically we'd rush and blast out a group of songs and then hit the studio. At the time it felt right. And It had a more organic feel. Now because of a combination of maturity and honestly just feeling sick of the same old formula, we really focused on creating something different sounding."
The yet to be named album will be the band's followup to the critically acclaimed Phenomena LP released in 2014. Cocchi concludes, "We went back to a more organic style of writing and production. I personally was finally able to abandon a lot of my writing habits or 'rules,' if you will. No more 'oh, that part doesn't really sound like us, have to change that,' type of bullshit. Doing that created a fresher sound. This is the most raw and extreme sounding material we've ever written. Keep an eye out for studio blogs and more updates."
Stay tuned for further updates.
The Agonist Inks Deal With Napalm Records
Montreal's The Agonist announce that the band has signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records.
Guitarist Danny Marino commented on signing with Napalm Records: "We are thrilled to start the next chapter of The Agonist with Napalm Records! Since recording 'Eye of Providence' we have been exploding with creativity and are set to record our best record to date. We've been working non-stop on the material on and off the road and now after four albums we have really found ourselves. Vicky and I seem to operate on a hive mind where we know exactly what the other is going for in the writing before it happens. It can actually be freaky sometimes. We are also very excited to be recording this album with Mike Plotnikoff. His experience and input will really help take our sound to a new level."
Napalm Records A&R Demetri Benoist said about the signing of The Agonist: "We are very excited to be working with The Agonist, this is a new chapter. The Agonist are poised to take it to the next level. Getting them in the studio to work with Mike Plotnikoff was a no brainer. Mike is going to push the envelope and help bring out their best. Napalm Records is committed to making the new album their most successful."
The band is currently in the studio with producer Mike Plotnikoff to record their new album shortly. Plotnikoff produced, engineered, and mixed Buckcherry's very successful "15" record, Otep, Like A Storm, Escape the Fate, Halestorm, Drowning Pool, Theory of a Deadman, 3 Doors Down, Black Stone Cherry, Fear Factory, Flyleaf, Skillet. P.O.D. and Like A Storm. More...
Soilid Declares "Eternal War" In New Music Video
German neo-thrash metallers Soilid issued a music video for the new track "Eternal War." The song appears on the upcoming new album "Into the Ruins," which drops on May 13th via MDD Records.
"Into the Ruins" was recorded at Kohlekeller Studios (Powerwolf, Cripper, Crematory). Check out the clip here:
Above Aurora To Release Debut "Onwards Desolation"
With menacing blackened doom, Poland’s Above Aurora will announce themselves to the world with the debut record "Onwards Desolation." Out 27th May from Pagan Records, the band has revealed the track list and artwork of the release.
Six tracks drift from atmospheric doom to propulsive black metal, building tension and releasing it in barrages. The ebb and flow of their darkness is hypnotic, lulling the listener into a state where the band can cast their ominous images into the mind; guitars create a loose, eery mistiness as the rhythm section controls driving counter-melodies and percussion. These songs have a formidable heft to them. Vocals do not take center-stage, but blend with the darkness around, giving them an unsettling character. The presence of this human voice does not comfort; its rough-edged tones instead form an uncanny face for the tracks, familiar enough for us to let the darkness in.
More details including pre-orders and glimpses of the record will be announced soon. The track list for "Onward Desolation" is:
1. Vortex
2. Open the Wounds
3. Descending
4. Eradication of Light
5. Sweet Poison
6. Non Salva Me More...
InnerWish Will "Tame The Seven Seas"
Greek melodic metal act InnerWish is streaming the new track "Tame the Seven Seas." The song appears on the latest album "InnerWish" released back in March via Ulterium Records.
"InnerWish" was mixed by Fredrik Nordström and Henrik Udd at Studio Fredman (In Flames, Dimmu Borgir, Hammerfall) and mastered by Peter In De Betou (Arch Enemy, Opeth, Amon Amarth).
Check out "Tame the Seven Seas" here:
Berserker Signs With Sliptrick Records
Lithuanian melodic folk metal act Berserker signed on with Sliptrick Records. The label will release the band's 2015 independently released debut "Dark World Collide." The release date will be announced soon.
Berserker's vision for music, which combines epic melodies, apocalyptic lyrics, strong and expressive vocals, is to bring every listener to his own unearthly, magical, fantastic reality.
"Dark Worlds Collide" was recorded, mastered and mixed in 2015 by Rimtautas Piskarskas from Muzikos Laboratorija, a Vilnius based recording studio.
The track list is:
1. Intro
2. Dark Worlds Collide (check out the music video here)
3. Warhell
4. Madness Machine
5. The Day Human Died
6. Wolf
7. Prelude
8. Viking Ship
9. Mušis už Žeme More...
Kamelot Releases "My Therapy" Video
Kamelot released a new music video for the track "My Therapy," the latest clip from the band's 2015 album "Haven" (see review here).
"My Therapy" serves to put a spotlight on social anxiety that effects up to 20% of adults worldwide. Kamelot vocalist Tommy Karevik adds: "The original idea of the song was based on experiments done years ago on children where they would be clinically taken care of, but never held, loved or nurtured. The outcome was disastrous and proves that in this sometimes complicated world spinning faster and faster, the very foundation of our health and well being really rests upon something very simple and uncomplicated... The human touch...."
Check out Kamelot in concert at the following upcoming events:
23.05.16 JP - Tokyo / Liquidroom
25.05.16 JP - Nagoya / Club Quattro
26.05.16 JP - Osaka / Umeda Club Quattro
06.08.16 SE - Reimyre / Skogsröjet Festival
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Destruction Unleashes "Under Attack" Video Clip
German thrash legends Destruction released a music video for the new track "Under Attack." The song is the title track to the new album, which drops on May 13th via Nuclear Blast Records.
The track list for the album is:
1. Under Attack
2. Generation Nevermore
3. Dethroned
4. Getting Used To The Evil
5. Pathogenic
6. Elegant Pigs
7. Second To None (see lyric video here)
8. Stand Up For What You Deliver
9. Conductor Of The Void
10. Stigmatized
11. Black Metal (feat. Alex of Krisiun) (Bonus Track)
12. Thrash Attack (Bonus Track)
Check out "Under Attack" here: More...
Suns Of Thyme Issues "Intuition Unbound" Video
Psychedelic act Suns Of Thyme issued a music video for the new track "Intuition Unbound." The song appears on the upcoming release "Cascades," which drops on May 27th via Napalm Records.
The band's sound melds together space rock, shoegaze, psych and Velvet Underground on the sophomore album. This ode to freethought is brimming with melancholy and a nonchalant greatness that will comfortably settle into your psyche - Suns of Thyme casts off genre clichés with a grin and an artful nostalgic twist
The track listing is as follows:
1. Do Or Die
2. Intuition Unbound
3. Ich Traeum' von Dir
4. To Vanish
5. Rush
6. Schweben
7. Deep Purple Rain
8. Val Verde
9. The Field
10. Aphelion
11. Prelude
12. In Dreams Awake
13. Kirwani
14. Kirwani II
Check out "Intuition Unbound" here: More...
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Riotous Indignation Premieres New Single
June 3rd, 2016 will herald the debut EP release from Chicago's thrash / hardcore crossover outfit Riotous Indignation.
This EP, titled "Violentus Musicae," is up for pre-order right here and was recorded, edited and produced by Mike Repel, with mixing handled by Nick Bellmore (Toxic Holocaust, Jasta, Kingdom of Sorrow) at Dexters Labs Milford, Connecticut. "Violentus Misicae" was mastered by none other than Chris "Zeuss" Harris.
With the mini-album set to drop later this summer, today we're bringing you an advance listen with the exclusive stream of new single "This World." Listen to the pulse-pounding dystopian anthem below and let us know what you think!
Riotous Indignation was formed in 2015 by Mike Repel and Bob Clayton, who were previous band mates in a metal project called Instant Decay circa 2006-2008. This new project spent a majority of its first year writing and refining several songs, four of which have been made available on the "Violentus Musicae" EP. Expect big things from this band in the future! More...
Hideous Divinity Releases New Music Video
Hideous Divinity premieres a new music video for "Cobra Verde" today. States the band:
"The surrealistic, soaring visions populating Herzog's 'Cobra Verde' haunted our songwriting like a nightmare, and inspired the concept of our second album. When it was time to think about a videoclip, we found ourselves in front of a fascinating challenge: how to visually render the atmosphere of an entire epic movie in the space of a song. After watching the work of the young and talented Guilherme Henriques Silva, we knew he was the right person for the job.
"Filmed between Roma (in the evocative location of Tor Caldara, where the mighty Ben Hur was shot) and Porto, the videoclip captures the magic and the occult of our African curse made flesh.
The title track, with its dramatic mid tempos and pauses, made the rest. Join us, one more time, in the land where there the dead are more alive than the living. Fear no end, fear no spirit!" More...
Formless Streams Full Pre-Release Album
U.S. technical death metal outfit Formless premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new album "Eon", which will be out in stores May 10 via Bandcamp.
Check out now "Eon" in its entirety below.
Spite Posts NSFW Video For "Night Terrors"
Spite premieres a NSFW music video for "Night Terrors", taken from the band's self-titled new album, out in stores now via Attila frontman Chris Fronzak's label Stay Sick Recordings.
Check out now "Night Terrors" below.
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