Metal News for June 21, 2016
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Pit Stories: The Harry Potter Scar
If you were hoping for the follow-up to last week's Vow Of Thorns pit story about a crazy show in Orlando, sadly I've got to let you down: Panzerfaust hasn't sent me the other half of the tale yet!
We've got something just as good though, as Australian group Be'lakor has got in touch to share a tale from the pit in which an overzealous fan getting injured in the pit led to a very happy ending indeed:
Many years ago, we were playing a lot of local shows in Melbourne and routinely had quite a few regulars show up. One of these guys would really get into it—head banging, shouting and, as is tradition in Australia, heckling the band. On one occasion, he was moshing with such reckless abandon that he struck his forehead on the fold back monitor. He split the skin open pretty deeply, there was a lot of blood and it left a Harry Potter scar on him. This didn’t slow him down one bit though. Fast forward to 2016 and this guy – Elliott – has now joined Be’lakor as our new drummer. He’s a wizard behind the kit!
Be’lakor os a progressive/melodic death metal band from Melbourne that will release fourth album, "Vessels," worldwide through Napalm Records on June 24th. The full album has also come online for advance streaming and can be heard right here. More...
Supremative Releasing "Servitude Of The Impurity"
On July 29th, Blood Harvest Records is proud to present Supremative's "Servitude of the Impurity" on 7" vinyl format.
Originally released as a demo tape in 2013 and now nearly impossible to find, "Servitude of the Impurity: introduced Supremative to the international underground with the force of an atomic bomb.
Across four fierce 'n' filthy tracks, Supremative explodes with a mangled 'n' mangling maw of warring bestiality that drowns the listener in pitch-black sewage. The track listing is as follows:
1. Intro / Embrace the Endless War
2. Altars Of Sodomy
3. Campaign Of Execution
4. Servitude Of The Impure Messiah More...
Hibria Announces 20th Anniversary Tour
Brazilian power metal band Hibria is proud to announce a 20th anniversary North American tour presented by PureGrainAudio.com and Test Your Metal Records that will kick off in Vancouver, BC on August 10th and wrap up in New York City on August 28th. Hibria released a fifth and latest self-titled full-length album last year via Test Your Metal Records.
08/10 Vancouver, BC – The Red Room
08/12 Calgary, AB – Dickens
08/13 Edmonton, AB – Mercury Room
08/16 Winnipeg, MB – Kings Hotel
08/18 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
08/19 Chicago, IL – Reggies
08/20 Toronto, ON – Hardluck Bar
08/23 Ottawa, ON – House of Targ
08/24 Quebec City, QC – Bar La Source
08/26 Montreal, QC - TBD
08/27 Boston, MA – Middle East Up
08/28 Queens, NY - Blackthorn51 More...
Deny The Cross Releasing "Alpha Ghoul"
Powerviolence collaboration Deny The Cross joins current and past members of Spazz, Black Army Jacket, Agents Of Satan, Municipal Waste, and Discordance Axis.
The project will release vicious eighteen-track debut, "Alpha Ghoul," this summer via Tankcrimes Records. Paying its respects to the likes of Assück, Napalm Death, Raw Deal, Crossed Out and Gauze, new album "Alpha Ghoul" is appropriately short, fast and loud.
Guitar, bass, and vocal tracks were captured by Greg Wilkinson (Pallbearer, Vastum) at Earhammer Studios in California with drums recorded by Chris Pierce (Rorschach, Night Birds) at his studio in New Jersey.
"The inspiration behind getting this band going was simple," relays vocalist Carlos Ramirez. "We wanted to write songs that sounded like early to mid-'90s powerviolence and grind, mixed with some NYHC and crossover influence. Since we've all known each other for decades now, we knew we could all get on the same page in terms of the writing of this record. The concept of the 'Alpha Ghoul' is someone who sucks out the energy of everything, and everyone, around them, and never giving anything back in return. We all know a few of these types of human leeches. Scotty Heath has built such an inspiring label with Tankcrimes, and being part of that history is truly an honor."
The "Alpha Ghoul" album, which includes cover art by Mark McCoy of Charles Bronson, will be unleashed via Tankcrimes on July 29th, 2016 digitally and on vinyl with the first pressing limited to just 100 copies. More...
Nonpoint Posts "Generation Idiot" Video
Nonpoint just premiered a video for "Generation Idiot," which can be seen below. The band will also release new album "The Poison Red" on July 8th.
"Generation Idiot" rails against Internet tough guys and text-message fair-weather friends, emphasizing the power of deeper means of communication and connection, which includes music. More...
Pequod Releasing "False Divinity"
Pequod's "False Divinity" draws inspiration from an era when equal influence could be drawn from Morbid Angel and Slayer, when thrash wasn't a dirty word to a death metal freak, and when memorable songs meant more than the endless race to be faster or more ludicrously guttural.
"False Divinity" is a churning, double-kick-heavy midtempo crusher of a release, with its blast beats and divebombing whammy bar solos, quick picking and stop-on-a-dime changes, and a nonstop assault that gives the release its heart-attack intensity.
The album was mixed by Fredrik Folkare (Unleashed, Necrophobic) at Chrome Studios and mastered by Peter In de Betou (Meshuggah, Opeth, Amon Amarth) at Tailor Maid Music Production. The track listing is as follows:
1. False Divinity
2. Flaying Demon
3. Malicious Joy
4. Pride of Creation More...
Steve'n'Seagulls Announces New Album
Viral Internet sensation Steve'n'Seagulls is back: second album "Brothers In Farms" is due out September 9th via Spinefarm.
For the uninitiated, Finland's S'N'S shot to fame thanks to bluegrass covers of metal classics, which spread across the w-w-w and garnered fans all over the world and racked up millions of views.
September 21st, 2015 was eventually christened Steve'n'Seagulls Day in the entire state of Colorado, while the band also covered The Beastie Boys' hit "Sabotage" for The AV Club and toured the U.S.
The upcoming single for a hillbillified cover of Iron Maiden's "Aces High" is slated for release on July 21st, with the video following on August 3rd. Catch the band live: More...
Acolyte Announces "Shades Of Black"
Prog metal fans rejoice, for an album this way cometh that shall slake thine thirst for all things prog. Melbourne's Acolyte is today announcing the release date for debut album "Shades of Black."
The album will be released on the 5th of August 2016 and will be available for pre-order on iTunes from this Friday, the 24th of June. Fans will receive the brand new single "Space and Time" immediately upon pre-order - listen to the song here. More...
Judas The Dancer Releases New Video
Italy's post-metal metallurgists from Judas The Dancer are proud to present their new new video single titled "Post Pop Violence." The single is taken from an EP of the same name, which will be released in September. The new video was again directed by Visceravisions and can be seen below.
Asked about what the term "post pop violence" represents, the band commented: "Post pop violence is, before anything else, the only expression we could describe our sound and approach to composition: easy and listenable music, raw at times, depravated for the most part, groovy and enjoyable, irrespective of the genre. This song condenses this spirit somehow, so it deserved the title."
The inspiration for the song came from the band wondering "how much wine could have been consumed during the Last Supper? How raving the words of Christ could have sounded to the Apostles, despite all (it's claimed) they had seen him performing. It became a joke and the rest came by itself. The video is an extension of this story, with a brutal, gorish hint from Visceravisions. Sam Raimi mixed with the Gospels. Nonetheless it remains a joke and shouldn't be taken too seriously. It's just post pop violence after all."
Judas The Dancer plan to release a song every two / three weeks prior the official release of the EP in September. The group adds: “Next one will probably be 'Judas Saves,' which is one of the first song we wrote together and a sort of 'proclama' of our thoughts about what the world is becoming… More...
The Night Watch Releasing "Boundaries"
Two years in the making, The Night Watch will unleash second album, "Boundaries," which consists of a single thirty-six-minute piece of dynamic sound.
Shifting seamlessly from intricate technicality to soaring atmospheres, crushing heaviness to delicate melancholy, this fluid composition never loses itself within the landscapes it explores.
The Canadian progressive instrumental quartet features guitarist Nathanael Larochette and violinist Evan Runge of Musk Ox. "Boundaries" will be self-released on July 15th via Bandcamp here. You can also ccatch the band live with Ouroboros on these dates:
7/05/2016 Orchard Bar - Toronto, ON w/ Ouroboros
7/06/2016 Silence - Guelph, ON w/ Ouroboros
7/07/2016 The Spill - Peterborough, ON w/ Ouroboros
7/08/2016 Pressed - Ottawa, ON w/ Ouroboros
8/05/2016 The Black Sheep Inn - Wakefield, QC w/ Places Erupt, The Visit
9/29/2016 House Of Targ - Ottawa, ON w/ Unbeing, Gone In April More...
Skindred Announces U.S. Tour
Welsh quintet Skindred released latest album "Volume" this past October via Napalm Records. The band has toured extensively throughout Europe since the release, and now is ready to bring the show to the States.
This new tour kicks off September 14th in New York, NY and runs through October 8th in Los Angeles, CA. Support on select dates will come from HED PE and Soil.
Skindred comments: "We come in peace but we intend to leave you in pieces! Let the mayhem commence USA USA USA. Come watch the Dred play!" More...
Colosso Releasing "Obnoxious" Album
Portugal-based metal band Colosso has announced the "Obnoxious" album is coming September 9th, 2016 and a teaser trailer can now be heard below. The following press release was also issued about this upcoming album:
"Playing death metal with a new vision, their sound is breaking the shackles of the style, as Colosso innovate and involve elements dissonant and industrial. While most bands use the black metal template, Colosso merge the abstract sounds into a coherent death metal template, one that seethes and squirms with shades of darkness.
"A mesmerizing epic, 'Obnoxious' is an immersive album from start to finish, remaining unpredictable yet consistently superior. It will go down as one of the most daring and ambitious albums in the style this year - a vision so profound and brilliantly executed is bound to change the perception death metal has. Colosso remain proudly indulgent, self-sufficient and confident of their new sound."
1. In Memoriam
2. The Unrepentant
3. Of Hollow Judgements
4. As Resonance
5. Soaring Waters
6. Seven Space Collisions
7. To Purify
8. Sentience
9. A Noxious Reflection More...
Ghost Toast Releases New Video
Instrumental outfit Ghost Toast's new video for the song "Gordius" has come online and can be seen below. Ghost Toast has released two albums so far: "Toast in the Shell" from 2011 and "There is no En..." in 2013. The band comments:
"We are currently working on our third album, which is so far untitled, but two songs are already completed, and for one of them a video was shot recently. The song called 'Gordius.' We have used two projectors in a concert room to project the video material we usually use at our live shows right at ourselves, thus giving some insight into what our live acts look like.
"Interesting fact about the projected video material is that it was compiled from many (30+, in fact) clips from videos available on the internet, created by various artists and amateurs, distributed under the Creative Commons licence - which enables us to use them, of course with proper credits in place.
"The song itself got its title from its musical diversity, but during the creation of the video material we realized that the idea of human complexity is very appropriate for it as a general theme, thus it became the concept of the projected videos used during the shooting." More...
Mangog Signs With Argonauta Records
Argonauta Records is beyond proud to announce that Baltimore, Maryland doom outfit Mangog is now part of the label's family.
The group was formed by bassist Bert Hall Jr. (Revelation and Against Nature), drummer Stephen Branagan (Revelation, Against Nature and Yet So Far), Major Company's bassist Darby Cox and Final Answer's vocalist Myke Wells. In February of 2015, drummer Mike Rix (formally of doom legends Iron Man) replaced Steve Branagan.
Mangog entered the studio in March 2015 and recorded a debut EP titled "Daydreams Within Nightmares." One year later in 2016 the band completed recording first full length CD "Mangog Awakens," and was signed to Argonauta Records.
The group says: “Mangog would like to thank Gero for singing us to Argonauta Records, he has fastly become our fifth band member in a sense and we look forward to his expertise and guidance in our future collaboration with this great label.” More...
Ade Streaming "Across The Wolf's Blood"
The Roman death metal centurions from Ade have revealed the first advance track for their upcoming 3rd album "Carthago Delenda Est." Check out "Across The Wolf's Blood" below.
A release date for "Carthago Delenda Est" is set for July 15th through Xtreem Music on CD format with limited T-shirts available at the same time. The track listing is:
I. Carthago Delenda Est
II. Across the Wolf's Blood
III. Annibalem
IV. With Tooth and Nail
V. Dark Days of Rome
VI. Scipio Indomitus Victor
VII. Mare Nostrum
VIII. Zama: Where Tusks are Buried
IX. Excidium
X. Sowing Salt
Arise In Chaos Posts "Hell Bent" Video
U.S. metal band Arise In Chaos just released a lyric video for "Hell Bent," taken from new album "Terminal Cognition." Check it out below.
"Terminal Cognition" was produced, mixed, and mastered by Joshua Wickman (Within The Ruins, Legion, King 810, Last Of A Dying Breed) at Dreadcore Productions, White Lake, MI and co-produced by David Ellefson (Megadeth) and Ahrue Luster (ex-Machine Head, Ill Nino). The track listing is:
1. Nero
2. By Your Own Hand
3. The Divine
4. Hell Bent
5. Siren
6. Violent Colors
7. All We Know
8. Reflections
9. Driven
10. Arise In Chaos More...
Be'lakor Streams Full New Album
The upcoming Be'lakor album "Vessels" will be released this coming June 24th via Napalm Records. With only three days to go until detonation, today an advance stream of the full album has come online and can be heard below.
Be'lakor comments: "Without doubt, this album is the one we've poured ourselves into the most. It's a special feeling to let it loose after so long!"
1. Luma
2. An Ember's Arc
3. Withering Strands
4. Roots to Sever
5. Whelm
6. A Thread Dissolves
7. Grasping Light
8. The Smoke Of Many Fires More...
Nothing Lies Beyond Releases New Video
Tel-Aviv based melodic death metal outfit Nothing Lies Beyond recently released details on debut album "Fragile Reality," which is set for release on the 22nd of July, 2016. Today the band releases a new lyric video for "Lost."
Drummer Ariel Lior comments, 'With the fast riffs, melodic choruses, quieter parts, and tasty soloing, this song really defines who Nothing Lies Beyond are."
The new album's track listing is as follows:
1. Redemption
2. Closed In Chains
3. Lost
4. Another Place
5. Never Back Down
6. Fading Behind False Eyes
7. Final Fight
8. Visions
9. We Are The Revolution More...
Ne Obliviscaris Bassist Releasing Solo Album
Ne Obliviscaris bassist Brendan "Cygnus" Brown is gearing up to release a solo tech death album under the band name Infinite Density. Vocals are provided by Ben Boyle (AMDBL, Hadal Maw, Vipassi).
"Recollapse of the Universe" will officially drop at the end of July, but today you can hear opening track "Infinite Rebirth" below. Pre-orders are also online at bandcamp here and the full track listing is as follows:
1. Infinite Rebirth
2. Awakening Shantak
3. Multidimensional Unity
4. Pulses of Grandiosity
5. Recollapse of the Universe
6. System Disconnection
7. Aftermath of the Starless Abyss
8. The Culminate Zone
9. Spring on Mars More...
Anthrax Posts "Zero Tolerance" Video
Celebrating 35 years as a band, 2016 is proving to be a very good time for thrash metal icons Anthrax, and the festivities are intensifying. Today Anthrax is releasing the third lyric video from latest album "For All Kings," this time for the track "Zero Tolerance."
This song closes out the album and its message is very personal and particularly timely in today's society, with the horrific rise in mass shootings and other forms of terrorism. In the words of Anthrax lyricist Scott Ian, "'Zero Tolerance' sums it all up. It's about doing anything to protect your small circle of family and friends from the insanity of the world."
Anthrax's 35th anniversary year will also see the band spending the bulk of June, July and August playing major music festivals throughout Europe. These will include France's Hellfest and Download, SwedenRock, Graspop in Belgium, and the UK's Bloodstock, as well as playing select dates with Slayer, Iron Maiden, and a handful of headline shows.
Then, the 35th anniversary will culminate beginning September 9th in Cleveland when Anthrax will join forces with Big Four comrades Slayer for a seven-week North American tour of major and secondary markets. This trek will also include appearances at several major North American music festivals including Ozzfest Meets Knotfest on September 25 in San Bernardino, CA. More...
Neurosis Announces New Album
As the key events of the band's thirty-year milestone unfold, Neurosis now officially announces the name and release date of eleventh full length, "Fires Within Fires." This new release follows 2012's "Honor Found In Decay."
The upcoming album will be released worldwide on September 23rd via Neurot Recordings. The announcement of more specific details of "Fires Within Fires" is imminent, but in the meantime Neurosis now reveals a dozen new live performances across Europe in August, joined on select dates by Latvia's fascinating experimental trio, Tesa.
8/10/2016 Brutal Assault Festival - Jaromer, CZ
8/11/2016 Festa Radio Onda D'Urto - Brescia, IT
8/12/2016 Rock Altitude Festival - Le Locle, CH w/ Tesa
8/13/2016 Oya Festival - Oslo, NO
8/14/2016 Arena - Vienna, AT w/ Ufomammut, Tesa
8/15/2016 UT Connewitz - Leipzig, DE w/ Tesa
8/16/2016 Gruenspan - Hamburg, DE w/ Tesa
8/17/2016 Patronaat - Haarlem, NL w/ Tesa
8/18/2016 Pukkelpop Festival - Hasselt, BE
8/19/2016 Substage - Karlsruhe, DE w/ Tesa
8/20/2016 Motocultor Festival - St. Nolff, FR
8/21/2016 Amplifest - Porto, PT w/ Tes
Opeth Announces North American Tour
Opeth just announced a North American headline tour, which will kick off with a performance at Ozzfest/Knotfest on September 24th in San Bernardino, CA. The tour will continue through the following month before wrapping up on October 26th in Vancouver, BC.
The tour announcement comes on the heels of Nuclear Blast Entertainment’s recent signing of the band and news of forthcoming 12th studio album, "Sorceress," that’s due out later this year on Opeth's imprint label Moderbolget Records.
Catch the Swedish band live supporting "Sorceress" on these dates: More...
Netherbird Announces New Single Release
After almost three years of silence, the Swedes from Netherbird return with the “Windwards” single, due to be released July 6th and preceding the band’s upcoming October 2016 album "The Grander Voyage" on Black Lodge Records.
Combining the trademark Netherbird ferocity with almost cinematic epic grandeur, the up-tempo title track has also been chosen for the first video in support of the new album. The single's track list is completed by bonus track "Sculptors and Spectres" that does not appear on the actual upcoming album and is fully exclusive to this release.
This record features Fredrik Widigs (Marduk, Nordjevel, ex-Demonical) on drums, while the songs were mastered by Sverker Widgren. You can pre-order the single right here.
01. Windwards
02. Sculptors And Spectres More...
Akani Premieres New Song "Temple Of Lies"
Metallic hardcore four piece Akani - featuring current and former members of Merauder, Soilwork and Dark Tranquillity - premieres a new song entitled "Temple Of Lies", taken from the upcoming debut full-length "Through My Darkest Infernal", which will be out in stores through Demons Run Amok Entertainment on July 15th, 2016.
Check out now "Temple Of Lies" below.
Intronaut Premieres New Playthrough Clip
The guitar & bass wizards of Los Angeles progressive metal outfit Intronaut - (R-L) Sacha Dunable, Dave Timnick & Joe Lester - took some time out of a busy tour date to play through their tune "Sul Ponticello" from their latest album "The Direction of Last Things".
Check out now "Sul Ponticello" below.
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