Metal News for May 5, 2017
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Interview
John Frum Talks Cargo Cults, Production, And More
Darkly psychedelic and utterly devastating death metal troupe John Frum has come out of nowhere to offer an incredibly offbeat musical excursion you can't possibly be prepared for.
Press releases for the impending debut album "A Stirring In The Noos" have described it as the "backdrop of a bad trip," and that's perhaps not too far off, but there's a lot more to this group than meets the eye.
For starters, John Frum features no one by that name, instead including the likes of Liam Wilson (Dillinger Escape Plan) and Derek Rydquist (Bereft, ex-The Faceless), who I got in contact with to discover more about this mysterious project.
In the interview below, they discussed the John Frum mentality of the world being a "cargo cult" always waiting for new cargo to arrive that seems magical or personally meaningful but is actually just outside our current understanding. From there we jumped from a preference for not jumping on the lyric video craze, to the very specific kind of production sought for this album ("We didn’t want something that seemed too modern, cold or antiseptic") and finally the duo left me with little nuggets of wisdom like "thrash hard or the terrorists win." More...
Sybernetyks Posts New Video
Alt metal band Sybernetyks just released a new music video for "Virtual Lights," taken from the group's last album "Dream Machine." The clip was directed by Paul Darbot & Emilien Vives and can be seen below. For more info on Sybernetyks, head over to Facebook here.
Armstrong Metal Fest Offers Free Sampler
Situated in the Okanagan Valley with the beautiful backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, Armstrong Metalfest - now in its ninth year - is British Columbia's largest gathering of metalheads from across Western Canada and beyond.
The fest has put together a free digital sampler to give fans a taste of this year's 2017 line up being held on July 14th and 15th at the Hassen Arena in Armstrong, BC. This year's headliners include Boston's tech death / thrash titans Revocation, Vancouver's reggae-metal fusion Ninjaspy, Canadian 80's thrash legends Aggression, and Vancouver Whammy Award Best Local Metal Artist winner Golers.
Pick up your free download of AMF's "Mountain Moshpit Vol. 2" featuring over an hour of headbanging tunes here or listen in below.
1. Aggression - Unleashing the Ghost 04:29
2. Atrous Leviathan - Another One to Bury 05:04
3. Citizen Rage - Corporate Rape 01:59
4. Exit Strategy -The Atrocity Machine 03:33
5. Eye of Horus - Death Flourished In A Withered Grove 04:20
6. Galactic Pegasus - Invertebrate (ReDux) 03:00
7. Gardener - Medical Prison 03:37
8. Gatekeeper - Victims of Sacrifice 04:47
9. Gladius Sky - Alchemy of Spirit 04:12
10. Golers - Charged 02:49
11. Ninjaspy - Become Nothing 03:18
12. OSSIFIC - Witness Tree 04:08
13. Seraphic Nihilist- Our Lady of Bathery 05:48
14. Slagduster - Peeping Ron 03:43
15. Tales Of The Tomb - The Pig Farmer 03:46
16. Terrifier - Sect of the Serpent 06:44
17. The Avulsion - The Overgrowth 04:13
18. The Dragstrip Devils - Motor Mouth 03:50
19. XUL - Venomous Inquisition 03:59 More...
Silence Equals Death Posts "End Times" Video
New Jersey-based hardcore outfit Silence Equals Death just issued a new lyric video for the title track to debut album, "End Times," which was released in April through Eulogy Recordings.
Silence Equals Death continues to play record release shows and more live events across the region in support of "End Times," with another show booked for this Friday, May 5th in Clifton, New Jersey.
The band has booked several other June gigs, with shows in Easton on the 10th, Pittsfield on the 17th, and New York City on June 24th. An official video for "Peacemaker" is being completed for release in the weeks ahead.
5/05/2017 Clash Bar - Clifton, NJ *Album release show w/ Threat 2 Society
6/04/2017 Championship Bar - Trenton, NJ @ Micro Fest
6/10/2017 Mothers- Easton, PA
6/17/2017 Crossroads - Pittsfield, MA
6/24/2017 Tompkins Square Park - New York, NY More...
LLNN Posts "The Guardian" Video
LLNN and Wovka will release the audio punishment of their "Marks/Traces" split this June 16th via Pelagic Records. In celebration of its release, today a video clip for opening track "The Guardian" comes online and can be seen below. The split's full track listing is as follows:
LLNN - Marks
1. The Guardian
2. Swarms
3. Engineer Of Ire
4. Nostromo Falls
5. Eye Of The Covenant
6. Gravitated
WOVOKA - Traces
7. Traces More...
Nighon Releases New Album
Finnish symphonic industrial metal band Nighon today releases second full-length album “The Somme” via Inverse Records. You can stream the full release via the Spotify player available below.
"This is absolutely our most ambitious work thus far and a giant leap forward," says guitarist and composer Björn Johansson of the album.
"The Somme" is a concept record with stories from World War I and II, and the similarities between those times and the crises we see today in our modern world. The album was recorded at Soundspiral Audio by Juho Räihä and Nighon's studio Regiment XIII.
Mixing and mastering were handled by Fredrik Nordström and Henrik Udd at the legendary Studio Fredman in Gothenburg. More...
Harbinger Signs With Basick Records
Basick Records just issued this announcement about inking a deal with Harbinger and releasing a new video:
"We recently joined forces with London metal riff machines Harbinger and will be releasing blistering new EP 'Human Dust' on June 16th! Watch the video for single 'The End Of Time' below.
"Physical pre-orders of 'Human Dust' have officially been launched via Basick Supplies - head over there now for limited edition CD and t-shirt bundles and more! Because Harbinger are soft buggers, they're also giving away a limited edition Harbinger pin badge to the first 50 people that pre-order the new EP!" More...
Lvx Haeresis Streaming New Album
Swiss black metal band Lvx Haeresis has released new album "Descensu?s Spi¯ri?tu?s," which can be heard below or picked up at Bandcamp here. The track listing is as follows:
1. I 08:36
2. II - III 07:31
3. IV 07:26
4. V 07:04
5. VI 06:05
6. VII 10:06 More...
Kynesis Posts New Music Video
Italian post metal crew Kynesis today premieres a new video clip for the song “Risveglio,” which can be seen below. The new Kynesis album “Pandora” is out today via Argonauta Records, which can be ordered here.
Argonauta Records comments: "Mastered by Magnus Lindberg, the new album 'Pandora' is a stunning mix of sonorities in the vein of Cult Of Luna and Isis with digressions into My Dying Bride and Pink Floyd territories."
Slipknot Exceeds 1 Billion Views
Slipknot just achieved another milestone as the Grammy winning band recently saw its YouTube channel exceed 1 billion total views.
The occasion has been marked with a new 360 degree video shot live at Knotfest and directed by the band’s own Shawn “Clown” Crahan.
The clip is for “The Shape” – first found on 2001’s RIAA platinum certified classic album "Iowa," but performed live for the very first time here.
".5: The Gray Chapter," Slipknot’s fifth studio album for Roadrunner Records, made a stunning chart debut upon its arrival in October of 2014 entering the SoundScan/Billboard 200 chart at #1 with sales in excess of 131,000 albums. More...
Vitne Announces "Jupiter" Album
American / Norwegian artist Vitne will release a new full-length album, titled "Jupiter," on June 20th, 2017.
This intense and soul-searching album is a large departure from his glam metal beginnings in Norway, featuring more flute, heavier writing and far more in-depth lyrical content. Check out a brand new music video for the song "Masquerade" below.
"'Jupiter' is heavier than my previous albums, both literally and figuratively," says Vitne. "It's a very personal album, touching on subjects that many experience throughout life such as feelings of detachment."
The artwork was made by François Matus and the full track listing is as follows:
1. Mirror
2. Masquerade
3. Lion
4. Make Believe
5. Are You Real?
6. Under the Moonlight
7. Jupiter
8. Edge
9. Far Away
10. Say Goodbye More...
Gridfailure Announces "Scathed" Release
New York solo outfit Gridfailure purges forth some of its most tortured output yet with "Scathed," which will see release in early June with DIY/experimental label Darker Days Ahead. The record's "Gaze Of Aversion" is now streaming below.
While many recent Gridfaulre titles infuse collaborations and contributions from a wide range of henchpersons, "Scathed" is void of any participants, as creator David Brenner solely unloads ten unpredictable and defeating new anthems for hallucinogenic seppuku.
Layered with seismic and eroded guitars and bass, percussive lunacy, homicidal keys/synth, theremin, didgeridoo, xylophone, harmonica, and more, these songs writhe forth from surreal atmospheres, and deliver the most scorned vocal evisceration from the outfit to date.
Due out as a free digital download and handmade CDR through Minneapolis-based Darker Days Ahead on June 2nd, the album's track listing is as follows:
1. Collecting The Blood We Spilled On Your Lands To Feed The Crops On Ours
2. Gaze Of Aversion
3. Infection In The Treatment Area
4. Just Relax
5. Cut The Hard Line
6. Scathed
7. Disappointing Warrior
8. Condescender
9. The King's Highway Ripper
10. Raze More...
Nuclear Oath Unveils New Album
Following the "Ashes of The Unborn" EP, Alberta-based five piece Nuclear Oath will release "Toxic Playground" on June 9th, 2017. Check out the cover artwork and track listing below, and if you missed it, previous single "Razor Blade Regrets" can be heard here.
1. Into The Depths Of Hatred (4:10)
2. Confessions (3:18)
3. Forsaken Wasteland (3:25)
4. Ambushed (5:11)
5. Faith Let Go (3:30)
6. Razor Blade Regrets (3:35)
7. Sacrifice The Fallen (5:05)
8. Toxic Playground (4:15)
9. Blind (4:18) More...
Wells Valley Streaming New EP
Two years following the release of debut album “Matter As Regent," Portuguese post-metal trio Wells Valley is back with a new EP titled “The Orphic.” Available now, you can stream the EP below or pick up your copy at Bandcamp.
Produced by drummer Pedro Mau, “The Orphic” features two new tracks and a cover version of Pink Floyd’s “Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun." The track listing is as follows:
1. Annunciation 08:05
2. Ophanim 07:14
3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun - Pink Floyd Version 08:32 More...
Serenius Posts New Song
Serenius is a French metal band formed seven years ago, and now on May 12th the band will unleash third album "Cocoon."
The cocoon symbol is used to represent confinement, but also protection of the precious parts of our being we have to preserve. Check out new song "Animal" below, and you if you missed it, previous track "Identity" is available here.
Dirty Machine Signs With Zombie Shark Records
Nu metal outfit Dirty Machine from Los Angeles, California has inked a worldwide deal with Zombie Shark Records, the new record label from Noah “Shark” Robertson.
The band’s latest album "Discord" was produced by Ben Jovi and Dirty Machine at Left Coast Label Studios. Mixing was handled by Arnold "Hedge" Quezada and Darren Davis at Blunoize Studios, with mastering done by Josh Wickman from Dreadcore Productions.
"Discord" will be available worldwide on May 26th, 2017 and can be pre-ordered at this location. Check out a music video for the title track below.
Dirty Machine frontman David Leach states, “We are excited to be joining forces with Zombie Shark Records, a record label whose mission is to bring back the genre that Dirty Machine themselves and so many millions of other fans around the world live for - nu metal. With our debut album recorded, Dirty Machine and Zombie Shark Records teaming up guarantees the resurgence that the world has been waiting for!” More...
Divinity Releasing "The Immortalist" Album
Calgary, AB progressive death metal band Divinity has a next offering for the metal gods with new album "The Immortalist," a culmination of 5 years of hard work and dedication to the heavy craft due out May 26th.
This album features 12 tracks that includes the two previous EPs "The Immortalist, Pt. 1 – Awestruck" and "The Immortalist, Pt. 2 –Momentum," along with the third part "Conqueror" now finished completing the trilogy series for one huge full-length release.
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 album experience. Bjorn "Speed" Strid of Soilwork further offers guest vocals for the song "D.M.T."
The bands comments: "Closure is such great thing! We’ve finished our 3rd EP for ‘The Immortalist’ trilogy concept and have decided to take all 3 EP’s and turn it into a full-length album." More...
Perturbator Announces Fall Tour
Perturbator, the French ‘80s-infused electro / darkwave outfit, returns for a month of dates this fall launching the on September 5th in Denver.
“Synthwave, darksynth, neon metal – no matter what you call it, this retroactive branch of electronic music kicks serious ass, and nobody synthesizes like James Kent,” said Noisey in a 2016 feature that arrived upon the release of Kent’s (aka Perturbator) most recent full-length, "The Uncanny Valley" (read our 5/5 star review here).
September 5 Denver, CO Moon Room
September 6 Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music Hall
September 7 Boise, ID Neurolux
September 8 Seattle, WA El Corazon
September 9 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw
September 10 Portland, OR Bossanova
September 13 San Francisco, CA DNA
September 14 Los Angeles, CA TBA
September 15 San Diego, CA Brick by Brick
September 16 Mesa, AZ Club Red
September 19 Dallas, TX Trees
September 20 Austin, TX Come and Take It Live
September 21 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
September 22 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
September 23 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
September 24 Tampa, FL The Orpheum
September 26 Nashville, TN Exit/In
September 28 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge
September 29 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
September 30 Montreal, QC S.A.T More...
Municipal Waste Discusses Recording New Album
Equipped with a crushing sound that will implode both your soul and skull, Richmond Virginia's Municipal Waste barrels back onto the scene with latest piece of toxic detritus, "Slime And Punishment."
Tony Foresta and Phil "Landphil" Hall recently discussed what it was like recording at Phil's studio, Blaze of Torment. Check the video out below.
"Tracking at home makes it a lot less stressful," comments Landphil. "We don't have to worry about looking at the clock or answering to anybody else's schedule. We just set our own schedule and make the album happen in a way that is convenient for us.."
New album "Slime And Punishment" will be released on June 23rd via Nuclear Blast Records, with pre-orders available here. The cover artwork for this sixth album was created by the band's good friend, Andrei Bouzikov, and the track listing is as follows:
1. Breathe Grease
2. Enjoy The Night
3. Dingy Situations
4. Shrednecks
5. Poison The Preacher
6. Bourbon Discipline
7. Parole Violators
8. Slime And Punishment
9. Amateur Sketch
10. Excessive Celebration
11. Low Tolerance
12. Under The Waste Command
13. Death Proof
14. Think Fast More...
Denied Welcomes Back Chris Vowden
Swedish metal group Denied just issued the following announcement about the return of a former band member:
"We are very happy to announce that lead guitarist Chris Vowden has returned to the band! A missing brother has returned back home again! Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Chris Vowden!
"What a great feeling! Chris has always been a big part of the sound of the band with his type of playing. He is also a mastermind when it comes to lyrics and a great songwriter. Once again, welcome home Chris and let the mayhem begin again!" More...
Oversense Retells "Mr. Mackie’s Chase For Love"
German melodic power metal act Oversense released a video clip for the new song "Mr. Mackie's Chase For Love," which you can view in the player below. The song comes from the debut album “The Storyteller,” which drops on May 12th.
Like the whole album, the song was produced by Olaf Reitmeier (Avantasia, Kamelot, Epica) and Miro Rodenberg (Edguy, Brainstorm, Rhapsody Of Fire) at the legendary Gate Studios and thrills you with its crazy story about the feelings of a fictitious mass murderer called Mr. Mackie following Brecht’s three penny opera. The song was predestined for the use as a music video because of its rocking attitude and a concise chorus combined with the circus-like three-quarter part.
“The Storyteller” is twelve individual stories assembled to one musical concept with the following track listing:
1. Forgotten Tales
2. Wild Hunt
3. Mr. Mackie’s Chase For Love
4. Purgatory
5. Sally
6. We’re Gonna Bring You Thunder
7. Phobia
8. Last Goodbye
9. The Heart Begins To Shiver
10. When The Undead Rise
11. Through The Panther’s Eyes
12. Big Bang (Bonus Track)
Check out the clip here: More...
Trauma Working On New Material, Confirm New Show
U.S. cult metal act Trauma is confirmed for 2018 installment of the NYDM Milwaukee Spring Bash, taking place on April 19-21, 2018. Furthermore, the band revealed that new songs are in the works and a new single will be issued soon:
"Here is a show we are confirmed on in 2018. We're also working on new killer songs!!!! A new single will be available soon.. horns up and stay tuned!"
Trauma was formed in 1980, having in the original line-up the iconic Cliff Burton on bass guitar, before he joined Metallica in 1982. The band quickly became well known throughout California, playing at all the legendary venues, and their first ever recorded track "Such a Shame" was included on Metal Blade Records, Metal Massacre II album in 1982. The "Scratch and Scream" (1984) album has long been considered a classic Heavy Metal collector’s item. Shrapnel Records re-mastered and re-released the album in October 2013, and Trauma reformed with a new line-up for the album re-release. In July 2014, Trauma played at the Headbangers Open Air Festival, furthermore the same year the band signed a world-wide contract with Pure Steel Records. The latest effort “Rapture and Wrath” was released on February 27, 2015. More...
Mayfair Posts "Schrei Es Raus" Video Clip
Austrian progressive metal act Mayfair issued a new video clip for the song "Schrei es raus." The song appears on the band's latest effort "My Ghosts Inside," which is available now through Pure Prog Records, a division of Pure Steel Records.
Check out the clip here:
Malamorte Sticks A "Thorn In The Flesh"
Italy's Malamorte is streaming the new song "Thorn in the Flesh," which you can enjoy in the player below. The song is the first taste of the upcoming new album "Satan Goes To Heaven To Destroy The Kingdom Of God," which drops via Pure Steel Records on June 9th.
Malamorte was formed in 2009 and is the a side project of Alex Nunziati (Lord Vampyr, ex founder/singer of Theatres des Vampires, Cain, Nailed God, Shadowsreign, Sepolcrum, ex-VII Arcano).
The track listing is:
1. Intro
2. Thorn in the flesh
3. Waiting for the end of Christianity
4. Unholy Cult
5. Satan goes to heaven to destroy the kingdom of god
6. Intramezzo
7. Blasphemies for the Horned God
8. Ode to Damnation
9. Aut Satan aut Nihil
10. Outro
Check out "Thorn in the Flesh" here: More...
Overkill Announces New Drummer Jason Bittner
Legendary thrash act Overkill has kept the machine running strong in 2017 with the release of the highly-acclaimed eighteenth album "The Grinding Wheel," as well as adding another U.S. tour under the belt. Today, the band welcomes another addition to the band's history with new drummer, Jason "Sticks" Bittner (Shadows Fall, Flotsam And Jetsam).
"Overkill would like to announce its newest member, behind the kit and steering the ship, Jason ‘Sticks’ Bittner," comments Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth. "We wholeheartedly would like to thank Eddy ‘The Mexicutioner’ Garcia for holding down the ship and keeping the momentum up for the band over this past year plus. Eddy has and always will be part of the Overkill machine. Jason is a long-time friend of the band and his abilities have always spoken for themselves. Let the touring continue... onward-upwards!"
Bittner commented: "When my phone rang about 2 months ago and Blitz said 'Hey, me and DD are wondering if you would be interested in joining?' It really didn't take much for me to write back a one word answer… ABSOLUTELY! I am extremely excited to be a part, once again, of thrash metal history, and I cannot wait to get out on the road and wreck stages across the world with the 'Mean Green Killing Machine!'" More...
Voyager Walks A "Ghost Mile" In New Music Video
Australian progressive act Voyager has dropped the colorful video clip for the new album title track "Ghost Mile." The album drops on May 12th.
"Ghost Mile" was funded via a highly successful Pledge Music campaign, the target of which was smashed in just over a week.
1. Ascension (see music video here)
2. Misery Is Only Company
3. Lifeline
4. Fragile Serene
5. To The Riverside
6. Ghost Mile
7. What A Wonderful Day
8. Disconnected
9. This Gentle Earth
10. As The City Takes The Night
Check out "Ghost Mile" here: More...
Alestorm Heads To The South Where The Cactus Grow
Scottish pirate metal act Alestorm issued a new video clip for the song "Mexico."
The song is the latest single form "No Grave But The Sea," which is set to lift anchor and head around the world on May 26th via Napalm Records.
If you missed our review for the album, check it out at this location.
The track listing for "No Grave But the Sea" is as follows:
1. No Grave But The Sea
2. Mexico
3. To the End of the World
4. Alestorm (see music video here)
5. Bar und Imbiss
6. Fucked with an Anchor
7. Pegleg Potion
8. Man the Pumps
9. Rage of the Pentahook
10. Treasure Island
Check out "Mexico" here: More...
Dråp Premieres New Song "Hat för en Livstid"
Swedish death metal outfit Dråp premieres a new song entitled "Hat för en Livstid", taken from the upcoming new second album "Rotten Till Allt Ont", which will arrive in stores through Xtreem Music on June 1.
Check out now "Hat för en Livstid" below.
Deity Premieres New Song "Sacrificium"
Canadian death metal band Deity premieres a new song entitled "Sacrificium", taken from the upcoming new self-titled album, which will be out in stores June 2nd.
Check out now "Sacrificium" below.
Comments vocalist/guitarist John Massey about the song: More...
Dead Cross Debuts New Track "Grave Slave"
Dead Cross - featuring Mike Patton (Faith No More), Dave Lombardo (Suicidal Tendencies, ex-Slayer) and members of The Locust/Retox - debuts a new song entitled "Grave Slave", taken from the upcoming self-titled debut album, which has now been slated for an August 04th release through Ipecac Recordings.
Check out now "Grave Slave" below.
Bill & Phil Premieres New Video For "Dirty Eye"
Bill & Phil, the duo that unites Phil Anselmo of Down, ex-Pantera fame with actor/musician Bill Moseley premieres a new video for the track "Dirty Eye", taken from the debut effort "Songs Of Darkness And Despair", out in stores now via Housecore Records.
Check out now "Dirty Eye" below.
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