Metal News for June 22, 2014
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26 news articles posted on this day.
Interview
Interview With Carcass' Jeff Walker
It's been almost a year since Carcass released "Surgical Steel" (reviewed here) — the band's first studio album in almost twenty years. The impact of this glorious recording, which mainly mixes within a modern context, classic elements from most of their past recordings, has been undeniable. This feast of relentless riffing/drumming, vicious vocals and provocative lyrics has even become a sort of new standard regarding how 'comeback' Metal albums will be judged in the future.
Given the global fascination "Surgical Steel" still produces, we decided to briefly interview vocalist/bassist, Jeff Walker. He helped us understand more in detail some particularities about the making of this extreme, 11-song metal marvel.
"Surgical Steel" has been labeled as a stylistic concoction of your past recordings. Certainly, it features familiar elements that could easily be part of albums like "Reek Of Putrefaction" or even "Swansong." Do you agree with that assertion? More...
Woodhaven Splits With Two Members
The New York metal band Woodhaven today issued the following announcement about lineup changes:
"Hello everyone! We have some news for you all today! Good and bad. We'll give you the bad first... Unfortunately we have had to recently part ways with our long time drummer and bass player Andy and Matt we had a lot of great times with those dudes and we wish them the best in whatever they choose to persue.
"With that being said, we want to announce our new drummer Brendan Cramer to the group! We have been working on two new songs with him and we are planning some shows for the near future so we will keep you all posted for when we'll be playing and releasing some new material!" More...
Impaled Existence Parts With Bass Player
Bass player Andy Rothwell from U.K. band Impaled Existence has posted the following announcement online about leaving the group:
"Unfortunately I've had to give up my position as bassist for Impaled Existence. The band is at a critical juncture in its career and truthfully I can no longer commit the time and focus that I was once able to due to a number of recent changes in my life.
"It's been a fun ride, not without its bumps but I know that the guys are heading in the right direction, and I wish them the best of luck. I've been lucky enough to be good mates with the band for a number of years, well before I joined in March last year, and we'll remain solid after my time with them.
"My departure will not affect any of the bands upcoming commitments. Anyway, I'd like to say thanks for the memories and to all the awesome people I've met and venues I've visited. And remember, ?#?nohorse."
Sorronia Releases Orchestral Track
The Hungarian symphonic metal band Sorronia has released an orchestral-only version of the track "Broken Inside." Give it a listen via the SoundClip clip available below. You can also see the band's music video for "Enemy Of Yourself" over at this location.
Divine Influence Streaming EP's Title Track
Nepalese groove metal band Divine Influence has released the title track to the "Scarecrow" EP released via Silence Entertainment.
Check out "Scarecrow" in the YouTube clip below, or hear more from the EP at the Divine Influence Facebook profile here.
Abolishment Of Flesh Recruits New Drummer
Texas death metal outfit Abolishment Of Flesh has issued the following announcement about recruiting a new drummer:
"We would like to welcome Jordan Hackett to the Abolishment camp. He also drums for another sick band called Astringency so make sure to check them out as well!
"We will be making some more sick announcements real soon so keep checking back to this page! In the meantime cheers and keep it metal!" More...
Sun & Flesh Posts New Track
Every month Sun & Flesh is releasing a track off the band's upcoming new EP release. Today the band releases the song "Burn It Up," which can be heard below. You can also download the band's music at the Sun & Flesh website here.
Finding Level Ground Streams New Single
Instrumental outfit Finding Level Ground from Gujarat, India has a new single out now available for streaming.
Check out the band's debut track "Weaving Through Machines" in the YouTube player below or get more info on Finding Level Ground at Facebook here.
Subterranean Masquerade Reveals Album Details
After announcing the Kjetil Nordhus will be stepping into the co-vocalist position with Paul Kuhr (November's Doom), Subterranean Masquerade has now revealed the cover artwork for upcoming album "The Great Bazaar."
The art can be seen below, and "The Great Bazaar" will feature 7 new tracks clocking in at 40 minutes. "I think we covered almost every genre we enjoy playing", says the band song writer Tomer Pink, "it has progressive metal themes along with melodic folk, blasting death metal riffage wrapped with rich ensemble orchestration, a wide range of instruments including violins, brass section, flutes and clarinets, Arabic instruments such as Persian Tar, Turkish Saz and Oud, lots of Keys and synths and even a guest appearance by Kobi Farhi of Orphaned Land. This album is so surprising you're gonna have to put on a seat belt before joining the ride."
The album is being mixed by Dan Swano at Unisound Studios, with artwork done by long time partner Travis Smith, and it will be released as limited edition digibook CD with bonus tracks and Vinyl via Tomer's new label Taklit Music. More...
Hatriot Comments On Tour Cancellation
Bad news, Hatriot fans: the band won't go on tour with Onslaught and Artillery in Europe next month. Hatriot issued the following statement about the cancellation:
"Due to circumstances out of our control Hatriot is not going to be able to do the tour with Onslaught and Artillery next month. Thank you and sorry to all the fans out in Europe that were looking forward to seeing us. We will be back in due time."
You can also read Onslaught's statement about the European leg of the Thrash Invasion tour being cancelled here. More...
The Pete Flesh Deathtrip Working On New Album
The Pete Flesh Deathtrip is currently working on a follow-up to the 2013 album "Mortui Vivos Docent."
The "Svartnad" album is due out sometime in 2015, with further details to follow. In the mean time, you can check out songs from previous album "Mortui Vivos Docent" over here. More...
Betraying The Martyrs Posts 25 Questions Video
Impericon has released a new "25 questions" video with the vocalist and guitarist from Betraying the Martyrs, shot on a recent tour. Check out the footage below.
Betraying the Martyrs will release new album "Phantom" on July 15th, 2014 and you can stream the opening track "Jigsaw" over here.
Sickening Issues Album Update
Italian outfit Sickening will soon be recording a concept album based around the film "The Beyond" by infamous horror director Lucio Fulci. The band has now checked in with the following update:
"Songwrting for the new album is complete, big news will follow. Remember we'll enter the studio in October. Can't wait! 'What is now light will be dark!'" More...
Ending Quest Posts Full Album Stream
Old-school Swe-death maniacs Ending Quest have released their debut rager, "The Summoning," on FDA Rekotz. For the limited time of today, June 22nd, the album will be streaming in full. Listen to all eleven tracks below in the widget. "The Summoning" is the debut album of this three-piece slaughter brigade, which also boasts members of Desolator.
Powerlord Album Being Reissued
Shadow Kingdom Records have uncovered another gem from the U.S. 80's metal era. This time it's a remastered reissue of "The Awakening" from U.S. speed/thrash Metal group Powerlord, which will be released on August 19th. Stream "The Awakening" in its entirety below.
Powerlord was one of those bands that popped up out of nowhere and completely fell off into obscurity. The Shadow Kingdom folks re-mastered the tracks directly from the original master tapes, but since a lot of the band's memories were lost when High Vaultage Records (an obscure German label) tried to re-issue the album, there is not much in the way of bonus, band photos, or memorabilia that could be included.
Fiends At Feast/Tragic Death Split Streaming
"Purgatory Rites," the new split release from Santa Cruz band Fiends At Feast and Wisconsin metallers Tragic Death, has just been released on HPGD Productions and is streaming in full below.
The split release contains four tracks by Fiends At Feast and three songs by Tragic Death. The latter band just played the Savage Media Productions Decimation 2014 showcase with twenty other bands in Poynette, WI. Cody Stein from the band also got to fill-in for Chaosophy's set.
Deathwhite Debuts New Track
Dark melodic metallers Deathwhite, who recently introduced themselves to the world with the premiere of "When I (Wasn't) You," have unleashed another track with the GunShyAssassin.com debut of "A Burden to Carry."
Recorded a year prior to the rest of their forthcoming EP "Ethereal," "A Burden to Carry" is now playing at this location. "Ethereal" is due out on July 1st and was recorded with producer/engineer Matt Very at Very Tight Studios.
Servants Of The Mist Streaming EP
Servants Of The Mist and XtreemMusic.com have posted a full album stream of the band's forthoming EP "Gross Knowledge of Genital Mutilation." Listen to the EP in its entirety at this location.
In support of "Gross Knowledge of Genital Mutilation," the sextet will be embarking on its first tour this summer, spreading its bitterness and misery throughout the East coast of the United States. Dates are as follows:
July 25th - Tampa, FL
Aug 15th - Orlando, FL
Aug 16th - Jacksonville, FL
Aug 18th - Raleigh, NC
Aug 19th - Richmond, VA
Aug 20th - Brooklyn, NY
Aug 21st- Bethlehem, PA
Aug 22nd - Pittsburgh, PA
Aug 23rd - Johnson City, TN
Humut Tabal Streaming New Song
Eternal-Terror.com has posted a brand new track from envelope-pushing USBM entity Humut Tabal. The song, "In the Shade ov Lord Satan's Wings," is streaming now at this location, and also below. The entire eight songs on the release may be listened to via bandcamp as well.
Improvisational and Aleatory-inspired black metal from the Hills of Central Texas, "The Dark Emperor ov the Shadow Realm" was just released June 21st. The new opus is an eight-track concept album that tells the tale of a misanthrope in a post-apocalyptic wasteland who experiments with established occult practices before looking solely inward and transcending the physical and spiritual bonds of the world and of human preconception.
Cardinals Folly Posts Two Tracks
Shadow Kingdom Records will release Our Cult Continues!, the sophomore album from Finnish doom merchants Cardinals Folly, on August 19th. Stream two selections from the eight-song opus, the title track and the 10+ minute song "Fallout Ritualist," below in the player.
Darkest Era Releases New Video
Celtic metal band Darkest Era has released a new video for the track "Beyond the Grey Veil" on the same day that the band's new album, "Severance," receives its European release via Cruz Del Sur. The video can be seen below. Speaking about the new video, Guitarist Ade Mulgrew said:
"'Beyond the Grey Veil' is the thematic centerpiece of the album. All roads lead to that song in some ways and it's pretty representative of the kind of atmosphere we wanted to conjure up on 'Severance.' Even Costin Chioreanu based the album artwork on it. The video was directed by Angus Mitchell, an extremely talented guy who was instantly on the same page as us in terms of the aesthetic we wanted to achieve."
Deus Otiosus Streaming Entire Album
"Rise," the third full-length from Danish outlaw death metal unit Deus Otiosus, is out now on CD and digital formats via Deepsend Records.
Deepsend has marked the occasion by streaming the album in its entirety, which you make take heed of below. "Rise" was recorded Fast Beat Studio, mixed at Earplug Studio and mastered at Necromorbus Studio. More...
Devangelic Streaming New Song
Rome's Devangelic, Comatose Music and Decibel Magazine have united in an unholy trinity to give exclusive premiere to a brand new track off the band's forthcoming debut full-length, Resurrection Denied.
The song, "Crown of Entrails," is now streaming at this location, or below in the player.
Recorded at 16th Cellar Studio and with artwork by Toshihiro Egawa, "Resurrection Denied" is set for release on June 24th via Comatose Music. More...
Keitzer Posts New Track
German blast-beat lunatics Keitzer are back with their brand new fifth studio album, "The Last Defence."
The follow up to 2011's "Descend Into Heresy" delivers 14 tracks that were recorded mixed and mastered at Soundlodge Studio by Jörg Uken. Cover artwork is courtesy of Florian Furtkamp.
Album track "Forever War" is now streaming below. FDA Rekotz will release "The Last Defence" on July 18th on CD and digital formats. Vinyl treatment will come on August 15th via 7Degrees Records. More...
On Top Streaming Lyric Video
Philly-based hard rock power trio On Top has released the lyric video for "Don't Go," off the band's newest EP "Top to Bottom." Check out the lyric video for "Don't Go" below.
"Top to Bottom" is now available on CD and digital formats via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. Stream the EP in its entirety at bandcamp.
Column
Sunday Old School: Tankard
Looking back through the Sunday Old School archives, we certainly seem to love our thrash metal. We’ve covered most of the big names in British thrash, a large number of American bands and a good portion of the German scene. However there is one band we have yet to cover in this column that hails from the last country mentioned, a band who will be releasing their sixteenth studio album this week. A band which goes by the name of Tankard. Tankard were formed in 1982 in the city of Frankfurt, located in the state of Hessen, by classmates, Andreas "Gerre" Geremia and Frank Thorwarth on vocals and bass respectively, as well as fellow pupil, Axel Katzmann, who played guitar. They became notorious for their heavy drinking even at an early age, when they would pour milk out of the cartons at school and fill them with beer, fuelling their good time thrash metal and helping them become party favourites. After two demos, "Heavy Metal Vanguard" and "Alcoholic Metal," the band eventually signed with Noise Records, though not before being passed on by SPV, who were shocked by the drunkenness exhibited by the group at a live show.
Their debut album was released in 1986 under the title, "Zombie Attack," which was quite well received by metal fans, especially in their native Germany. This was followed only a year later with their sophomore record, "Chemical Invasion," which was something of a concept album based around the arguments over the planned Beer Purity Law in Europe. Once again, they received positive feedback for their effort and continued performing live and earning themselves a reputation as one of the best thrash metal bands in Germany. More...
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