Metal News for June 13, 2016
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29 news articles posted on this day.
Chalice Of Suffering Streams "For You I Die"
U.S. doom metal outfit Chalice Of Suffering will release new album "For You I Die" on July 8th, 2016 via Times End Records. The full release is also now online for streaming below and available for pre-order at Bandcamp here. The track listing is as follows:
1. Darkness
2. Who Will Cry
3. For You I Die
4. Alone
5. Screams of Silence
6. Cumha Do Mag Shamhrain
7. Fallen
8. Void More...
Cortez Announces 10th Anniversary Release
WOOAAARGH and Get A Life Records! are pleased to announce the co-release of a 10th anniversary edition of "Initial" by Swiss hardcore legends Cortez. The album is completely remixed and remastered and will be issued on 12” vinyl on September 9th, 2016.
This release is also the end of an era, as only two of the original trio remain, the composers Grégoire Quartier and Samuel Vaney. Like with second album "Phoebus," this re-edition has been mixed and mastered by Vaney at Autoclave Studio in Singapore. More...
Profaner Wins Wacken Metal Battle Canada
The Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2016 edition saw over 100 bands from across the country compete for the title of "One Band To Rule Them All."
This past Saturday, June 11th in Toronto at The Opera House, the country's top five bands, Vancouver's The Mountain Man (BC Winner), Edmonton's Tales of The Tomb (Prairie Winner), Hamilton's Profaner and Toronto's Pyramid Theorem (Ontario Winners) plus Montreal's DistortHead (Quebec Winner) shredded their blood, sweat and metal for one to be crowned this year's champion.
After strong performances, the judges panel of Noel Peters (Inertia Entertainment), Sarah Lutz (Metal Blade Canada), Darryl Hurs (Indie Week), Chris Gonda (PureGrainAudio.com), Tim Henderson (Bravewords.com), Andrew Epstein (Zombitrol Productions) and Glenn Fricker (Spectre Media Group) proclaimed Profaner the 2016 champion.
Profaner joins the ranks of previous national winners Vesperia (2015), Mutank (2014) and Crimson Shadows (2013).
WMBC organizer JJ Tartaglia comments: "After a close and epic battle our national champion that is Profaner has been yielded. We will be proud to showcase their brand of melodic death/thrash on behalf of Canadian metal to the holy fields of Wacken."
PROFANER will now move on to perform at the international battle at Wacken Open Air taking place from August 4-6 to represent Canada among 30 other participating countries. More...
Eteritus Releasing "Following The Ancient Path"
On June 26th, the Polish death commandos from Eteritus are going to debut their full-length album "Following the Ancient Path" via Godz Ov War Productions.
These nine brand new tracks were recorded at IX Studio, under the wings of Michal Barski, by the line-up comprising Liam Tailor - guitars, vocals, Zima - guitars, Greg - bass, and Nitro - drums. Cover artwork comes courtesy of Bartek Kurzok and the track listing is as follows:
1. Intro
2. Biocentric
3. Hellish Imagery
4. The Unliving Thing
5. Eye of the Storm
6. Incinerator
7. Somber Mind
8. End of Line
9. Mortal Prophecy More...
Valkyrie Hits The Road
Virginia doom/heavy metal quartet Valkyrie is in the midst of a week-long run of headlining U.S. dates that just kicked off in Columbus, OH.
The band will be crushing cities across the Midwest and East Coast over the course of the next week, and will also be appearing at Psycho Las Vegas this August along many other Relapse labelmates.
June 11 Cleveland, OH Now That's Class
June 12 Inwood, WV Shiley Acres
June 14 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery
June 15 Brooklyn, NY St. Vitus
June 17 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
June 18 Virginia Beach, VA Back Bay Brewery
Aug 28 Las Vegas, NV Psycho Las Vegas More...
"Battle Of The Bays" Tour Extended
Tampa death metal veterans Obituary recently announced the "Battle Of the Bays" European tour 2016, which will see the band crushing the U.K. and Europe this October / November alongside Bay Area thrash legends Exodus.
NY rockers Prong and Australian grindcore up-and-comers King Parrot will provide further support.
More countries on this tour will be announced at the end of August, with a handful of extra dates also being revealed today:
Oct 22 Lille, FR Aeronef
Oct 23 Rennes, FR L’Etage
Oct 24 Paris, FR Elysée Montmartre
Oct 25 London, UK Electric Ballroom
Oct 27 Glasgow, UK Garage
Oct 28 Manchester, UK Academy 2
Oct 29 Birmingham, UK 02 Academy 2
Oct 30 Southampton, UK Engine Rooms
Nov 5 Aarhus, DK Voxhall
Nov 6 Copenhagen, DK Pumpehuset
Nov 11 Warsaw, PL Progresja
Nov 12 Katowice, PL Mega Club
Nov 15 Bucharest, RO Arlene Romane
Nov 16 Budapest, HU Durer Kert
Nov 17 Zagreb, HR Tvornica Club More...
Whores Enters The Studio
Atlanta power trio Whores just entered Parhelion Studios with producer Ryan Boesch (Helmet, Fu Manchu, Melvins) this week to begin work on a new full-length album due out later this year.
"?We've been working on writing an oppressively heavy record for the last few months here in ATL," says frontman Christian Lembach. "I think I've chained together like a thousand fuzz pedals at this point. Our homie who recorded Clean, Ryan Boesch? (Melvins, Helmet, Fu Manchu, Foo Fighters, etc.), will be manning the helm for us again for the new one, and we're SO ready to blast super hard. Tons of crummy Instagram videos to follow!"
The band has also announced its plans to participate in the 2016 Aftershock this October, playing alongside the likes of Tool, Primus, Deafheaven, and Baroness. The band states: "Beyond flattered to be a part of Aftershock Festival this year. Our life partners in Red Fang played last year, and we're super humbled to be a part of this awesome lineup. Surrounding tour dates will be announced soon."
The upcoming (and yet-to-be titled) new effort, will follow 2013's "Clean" LP. Stay tuned for more info. More...
Ketzer Posts Live Footage
German extreme metal outfit Ketzer recently returned from a tour with Primordial and has now released professionally filmed live videos for the songs "When Milk Runs Dry" and "Starless." Both songs taken from latest album, "Starless," which was released earlier this year via Metal Blade Records.
Ketzer comments: "More than a month has passed now since we returned from the tour with Primordial and Svartidaudi, leaving us with some great memories about the time we spent together on the road. But the best moments as a band happen on stage. The clip should give you an impression of how much we enjoy the opportunity to perform our music in front of people coming to the shows. It was filmed by a part of the Metal Blade crew during our performance at the Backstage Club in Munich." More...
Motorowl Signs With Century Media
Motorowl has shared the stage with the likes of Jex Thoth and Path Of Samsara, and toured with Sweden's Bombus before now inking a worldwide deal with Century Media.
New album "Om Generator" will be released through the deal on August 26th, 2016, with more details slated to arrive soon. For now, Century Media comments:
"True talent can be found anywhere: from black metal in China, NWOBHM worship in Peru, to crushing death in Indonesia. However, brilliant psychedelic doom rock that easily competes with today's high international standards from Thuringia, a state in eastern Germany, is still quite a surprising discovery though the region is renowned for its diverse music scene.
"Now, Century Media Records proudly presents the young quintet, Motorowl! Formed in 2014 when most of its band members were not even twenty years old, Motorowl quickly developed a heavy sound blessed with fabulous riffs, great vocal melodies, and a grinding Hammond organ on top. Think Spiritual Beggars or Uriah Heep on a bad acid trip. Think 70's inspired, damn heavy hard rock with a contemporary, gloomy twist.
"Created with pure passion and incredible, mature song-writing skills, the band's debut, 'Om Generator' was co-produced by Fabian Hildebrandt (of label mates Deserted Fear) and the mighty Dan Swanö handling mix and mastering duties." More...
Diabolizer Posts "Process The Void"
Extreme metal label Third Eye Temple just revealed a brand new lyric video from Turkish death metal horde Diabolizer. The track, which is titled "Process the Void," is a pure blast of death metal and is currently streaming below.
"Process the Void" is from Diabolizer's forthcoming album "Apokalypse," due to be be released on July 8th, 2016 on MCD format. You can pre-order "Apokalypse" at this location.
1. Process the Void
2. Condemned to Burn in Hell
3. Temple of Demonic Torments
4. Blood Aesthetics Dictated
5. Hammer of Diabolization
6. Beneath the Skullthrone
7. Descend into Desolation More...
Interview
Wino Comments On The Resurgence of The Obsessed
Before Scott “Wino” Weinrich joined doom legends, Saint Vitus, he played with The Obsessed out of his home base in Maryland. The group released three full-length albums of premo doom—“The Obsessed” (1990), “Lunar Womb” (1991) and “The Church Within” (1994). The latter album was released via major label, Columbia Records. Just a year later the group broke up.
The Obsessed was by no means the end of Wino’s story. Including appearing on more Saint Vitus records, he fronted numerous bands such as Place of Skulls, The Hidden Hand, his own solo project, an appearance with Dave Grohl and Lemmy on the Probot album and as part of the super group, Shrinebuilder. After The Obsessed dissolved, Wino formed Spirit Caravan, which contained several songs slated for a The Obsessed album that never surfaced.
Now, over twenty years since the last The Obsessed record, the group is back and contains Dave Sherman (bass) and Brian Costantino of Spirit Caravan. The group signed a deal with Relapse Records, released a demo (“Be The Night”) and has embarked on a major U.S. tour. The group plans to record it’s new album, “Sacred” very soon. Wino was on hand in Austin, Texas to talk about this new album/lineup and also shed some light on major events in the band’s past. More...
Blastfest 2017 Announces 14 More Bands
It's just over eight months until one of the highlights of the metal festival calendar is upon us once again... Blastfest!
The festival is held in Norway's Bergen, a city steeped in metal culture and famed for its natural beauty with its location between seven mountains and seven fjords. Blastfest takes place right in the heart of winter on 22nd - 25th February, 2017.
Now on the lead up to its fourth incarnation, acts such as Devin Townsend Project, Dying Fetus and Hell have already been announced. Today 14 more groups are confirmed, with the current linup as follows:
Devin Townsend Project / Dying Fetus / Between The Buried & Me / Hell / Peste Noire / Memoriam / Batushka / Akercocke / Ajattara / Horna / Benighted / Hour Of Penance / Angelcorpse / The Monolith Deathcult / Hatesphere / Misþyrming / Zhrine / Trident / Emptiness / IXXI / Regarde Les Hommes Tomber / Lucifers Child / Deluge / Auðn / Nordjevel / Darkend / Beneath / Avslut / Doomas / Aspherium / Ade / Plus More TBA More...
Pestifere Releasing "Hope Misery Death"
Eihwaz Recordings is proud to release "Hope Misery Death" by Pestifere on CD and cassette this coming July 15th, 2017. The label comments:
"As lives are led with no thought given to the decay surrounding us, many share in the fault of oligarchs for the ravaging of the Earth. But not everyone is silent - and for those, the raging sounds of Minneapolis, MN’s Pestifere are a fitting rallying cry.
"Astride black/death/thrash riffs riddled with force-fed melody, the angered screams of guitarist/vocalist Lucas Scott confront mankind and its self-serving drive, which destroys the life-giving world we inhabit: 'Vulgar apes, flailing through time and space … Trampling, consuming … Robbing history from those who have no voice.'
"With a somewhat Dissection-style approach tempered by ferocious thrashing reminiscent of Aura Noir, Pestifere levies accusation toward all human structures, like the skyscrapers peppering the band’s own home."
Lucas Scott decries them all as being “monuments to our death… forged on the lifeblood of the earth." More...
Paragon Releasing "Dead Planet"
Portland, Oregon's purveyors of progressive deathcore from Paragon are set to release their debut full-length album, "Dead Planet," on July 22nd, 2016.
"Dead Planet," which combines a foundation of deathcore with a mix of ambience, melodic guitar breaks, and heavy groove oriented riffing, was produced and engineered by the band's own guitarist, Eric Gemme at GemLabs Audio (Extortionist, Navigator, Burdens) in Portland, OR.
While both the band and the album started out as a one man project several years ago, Paragon has since evolved into a full fledged band that is fully prepared to bring the aural assault that is "Dead Planet" to the masses.
Speaking on the band's behalf, Eric comments: "After 4 years of writing, reflecting, and refining, I'm happy to say that 'Dead Planet' will finally be released to the public. This CD was written through the absolute worst and best times of my life, and I think the epic, heavy hitting, and groovy riffs translate well throughout. For the lyrics, We wanted to take a more focused approach - from explaining Earth's position in space and providing different scenes and scenarios on the planet, to our exploration of other places within the universe. We have recently solidified the line-up as a 4-piece, and couldn't be happier to bring these riffs to life on the stage." More...
Omicida Posts "State Of Terror"
Titanic thrash metal band Omicida's new single, “State of Terror,” is due out June 15th and marks Giovanni Barbieri’s debut on vocals.
The music and lyrics were written last year just a few weeks before the attacks that took place in Paris last November. “State of Terror” is a direct attack on any form of religious extremism that leads to such violence and human cruelty. Give it an advance listen below.
Hollow Leg Streams "Coils"
Jacksonville, Florida-based doom/sludge band Hollow Leg is streaming the track "Coils," which is taken from the "Crown" album being re-released for North American audiences on the 24th of June.
Hollow Leg commented on the track: "'Coils' began as a continuation of a drunken jam during a very private Hollow Leg holiday party back in December 2014. It remained part of the writing process for the album that would become Crown due to its infectious groove and opening riff. With its main lyrical inspiration stemming from the writings of Carl Sagan, the song went through many stages in 2015 but was finally completed and found its place as the second song on the album 'Crown.'"
In addition to releasing "Crown,: the band will also be embarking on a short tour from the 21st to the 26th of June, including a stop at the prestigious Maryland Doom Fest.
06/21-Burro bar, Jacksonville FL
06/22- Basement, Atlanta GA
06/23 Maywood, Raleigh NC
06/25 Fredrick, MD (Doom Fest)
06/26 Reggies, Wilmington NC More...
Headline News
Metal Bands React To Florida Shooting
Much like after the terrorist attack in Paris at Bataclan, metal bands from around the globe have issued statements in support of the victims of the recent mass shooting in Florida, as well as releasing rainbow-themed merch with profits going towards charities to help the survivors.
The Demoliton Man Tony Dolan, frontman for Venom Inc., has issued the following statement regarding the tragic attack in Orlando at the Pulse night club this weekend:
"Currently we are touring North America again. The diversity of people makes me feel proud to be a citizen of the world in the most amazing countries that have a real pride in who they are and what they stand for! Yet still this terror over religious affiliations exist. We get stopped from playing a shown 'cause we are satanic, but now a murderous spree happens in Florida where innocent people are killed for doing nothing more than being in a land that holds true value on freedom.
"It could be despairing and my heart goes to those dead and their families. Humans create such atrocities but we cannot and must not give in to terror...fear is hiding away....let them feel the wrath of our strength! An eye for an eye...but innocents must not be the target. That would serve to make us like them and WE are more than that." More...
Valleys Posts "10,000 Pieces" Playthrough
Valleys just released a new play-through video for "10,000 Pieces" taken from debut album, "Experiment One: Asylum." Guitarists Brandon Scurlark and R.J. Riggle take you on a whirl wind adventure through one of Valleys most technical songs.
While the "Experiment One: Asylum" cycle is still alive and kicking, Valleys has already made plans for a follow-up album and is currently writing music for a short EP to be released in late 2016/early 2017. More...
Trick Or Treat Posts "The Great Escape" Video
Frontiers Music Srl is is pleased to announce the release of Trick Or Treat's new album "Rabbits' Hill Pt. 2" on July 8th (check out our review here).
Digital pre-orders come with an instant grat track downloads of "United," "Cloudrider," and "The Great Escape. Today Trick Or Treat also releases the first official music video from "Rabbits' Hill Pt. 2" for the song "The Great Escape."
This video was inspired by Richard Adams classic adventure novel "Watership Down" and can be seen below. More...
Aborym Announces New Album, Lineup
Industrial black metal group Aborym has revealed the first details surrounding upcoming new album "Shifting.negative."
The opus, which is currently being recorded in three different studios, is helmed by band founder & mastermind Fabban with additional production by New York's multi-grammy winner Marc Urselli (John Zorn, Lou Reed, Mike Patton, Tomahawk) at EastSide Sounds Studios.
Amongst those invloved in the production of the album are also the band’s sound engineer Emiliano Natali (Fear No One Studios, already having worked on "Psychogrotesque" and "Dirty"), Luciano Lamanna (Subsound Studios) and Teo Pizzolante (Braingasm Lab).
Excluding Fabban, "Shifting.negative" will introduce an entirely new line-up of the Italian based combo. Multi-instrumentalist Dan V has became a new permanent member and has already recorded guitars and bass on the upcoming album. The line-up is further shaped by longtime ABORYM associate & bassist RG Narchost, guitarist Davide Tiso (Gospel of the Witches, ex-Ephel Duath, Nio) and synth-player/keyboardist Stefano Angiulli.
"Shifting.negative" is set to be released on Agonia Records at a date yet to be determined. More news will follow soon. The album follows previous release "Dirty," which was included on the recommended reading list for my sci-fi horror novella "Empty." More...
Baroness Announces U.S. Tour
Baroness, which just wrapped up an extensive North American tour in support of the "Purple" album, return to the road this summer, kicking off a new round of U.S. dates on August 12th at The Howard Theater in Washington, D.C.
The six-week outing includes stops at a number of festivals including Hopscotch, Houston Open Air, Psycho Las Vegas and Monster Energy Rock Allegiance.
“The cathartic experience of playing live music has not changed over the 13 years of performing,” John Baizley said in a recent interview with the SF Weekly. “But the sense of relief and release I feel as an adult is as intense, if not more than, when I was younger. The response to this record has been really, really overwhelming. There have been some pretty dramatic changes in the way that our audiences react to our songs, and I couldn’t be happier about that.” More...
Whitechapel Streaming Full New Album
In anticipation of the release of sixth full-length album, "Mark of the Blade," Whitechapel is now streaming the release in full before it hits stores on June 24th via Metal Blade Records. Listen in below.
To pre-order "Mark of the Blade" in various formats head over here. The album's track listing is as follows:
1. The Void
2. Mark of the Blade
3. Elitist Ones
4. Bring Me Home
5. Tremors
6. A Killing Industry
7. Tormented
8. Brotherhood
9. Dwell in the Shadows
10. Venomous
11. Decennium More...
Exclusive
Beldam Premieres "From Grave To Cradle"
U.S. sludge / black metal outfit Beldam is gearing up to release "Still the Wretched Linger," which drops June 17th, 2016 via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.
Now just a few days before that release date, we're stoked to be bringing you some slow motion battering from the album!
Check out our exclusive premiere of the disc's fourth track "From Grave To Cradle" below. Beldam also comments:
"'From Grave to Cradle' was one of the first completed songs that the band wrote. When we were writing it, it always had this undertone to it that felt like grieving. We ran with the idea. The lyrics focus on the struggles and mindset of loss for a loved one. It goes on to describe the breakdown and ultimately bargaining for what was lost even at the cost of having the loved one returned to you as this now rotted, bloated being. We had the song focus on a child because there is nothing more relatable to this than bringing a new life into the world then having it swiftly taken away. We felt it matched the tone of the song as a whole."
Pre-orders for "Still The Wretched Linger" can be found right here and the album's track listing is as follows:
1. Needles
2. Blackened Violet
3. The Foundling
4. From Grave To Cradle
5. Salamander
6. Her Unbearing Abyss
7. Beauty's Martyr More...
Warfather Issues Details On "The Grey Eminence"
Warfather - featuring Morbid Angel guitarist/vocalist Steve Tucker - has released the artwork and track listing for forthcoming sophomore album "The Grey Eminence." The album will be released September 16th through Greyhaze Records. Pre-order it at this location.
The highly anticipated follow-up to debut album "Orchestrating the Apocalypse" was produced by Death Metal icon and studio wizard Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, ex-Morbid Angel). The collaboration marks the first time Tucker and Rutan have worked together since Morbid Angel's "Gateways to Annihilation."
Tucker had this to say about the results: "I am extremely excited for the release of The Grey Eminence. I feel that this album is one of the best things that I have ever been a part of! Erik Rutan did an amazing job on the production and the songs speak for themselves!"
Producer Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL, ex-MORBID ANGEL) added: "Recording with Steve and the guys on the new Warfather album has been fantastic! It has been a blast to be working on this monster album in the studio once again with my great friend and former band mate. The songs are heavy as hell and just outright awesome. We have some great tones and performances."
The track list for "The Grey Eminence" is:
1. Orders of the Horde
2. Headless Mean Can No Longer Speak
3. Judgement, The Hammer
4. For Glory or Infamy
5. The Dawning Inquisition
6. Heedless Servant
7. Carnage of the Pious
8. Grey Eminence
9. Fair and Final Warning More...
Banned From Hell Issues New Lyric Video
Italian melodic death metal act Banned From Hell issued a new lyric video clip for the song "You Are My Blood." The song appears on the band's latest effort "Fall Of Humanity," which is available now through Sliptrick Records.
Check out the clip here:
Art Of Deception Issues "Killing" Music Video
Norwegian melodic death metal band Art of Deception issued a video clip for the new track "Killing." The song appears on the new album "Shattered Delusions," which is set for release on June 17th via Crime Records.
With an old school/modern blend and analog gear as support, this album will walk you through a spectre of badass, wonderful riffs and distorted sounds.
The full track listing for "Shattered Delusion" is as follows:
1. Lunar Eclipse
2. Killing
3. Kraken's Awakening
4. Washing Water
5. Øyekast
6. Molested by the Beast
7. Illusion of Trust
8. Evil (Bitch)
9. Organized Chaos
Check out "Killing" here: More...
Caligula's Horse Releases "Rust" Video Clip
Australian progressive act Caligula's Horse released a new music video for the track "Rust." The song is taken from the band's third and latest release "Bloom," which is available via InsideOutMusic.
Check out the clip here:
DGM Releases Music Video For New Song "Animal"
Italian progressive metal act DGM issued a lyric video for the new song "Animal." The song will be featured on the new album "The Passage," which is set to drop via Frontiers Music Srl on August 26th.
Guest stars set to appear on "The Passage" include Evergrey singer Tom Englund and Symphony X guitarist Michael Romeo. The track list for "The Passage" is:
1. The Secret (Part 1)
2. The Secret (Part 2)
3. Animal
4. Ghosts Of Insanity (Feat. Tom Englund)
5. Fallen
6. The Passage
7. Disguise
8. Portrait
9. Daydreamer
10. Dogma (Feat. Michael Romeo)
11. In Sorrow
Check out "Animal" here: More...
Paganizer Premieres New Song "Angry All the Time"
Swedish oldschool death metal warmachine Paganizer premieres a new song entitled "Angry All the Time", taken from the upcoming new EP "On the Outskirts of Hades", which will be released on August 1, 2016, via Transcending Obscurity Records.
Check out now "Angry All the Time" below.
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