Metal News for June 25, 2015
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Internal Bleeding Gets Aroused By Disasters
NYC death metal squadron Internal Bleeding is pleased to unveil the official new video for "Fabricating Bliss."
The crushing hymn comes by way of the band's "Imperium" full-length released last year via Unique Leader Records. To hear more from the album, check out the song "Placate The Ancients" at this location.
Filmed by director Kirk Farrington and adapted from a concept developed by bassist Jay Liff and vocalist Keith DeVito, the video for "Fabricating Bliss" was shot in a chaotic style to match the frenzied mind of the video's protagonist. The theme behind "Fabricating Bliss" revolves itself around the chaotic decent into the mind of someone who suffers from symphorophilia, a mental disorder in which sexual arousal is achieved by watching disasters and catastrophes. In this case, the disaster is a traffic accident.
"'Fabricating Bliss' is a great opening song for our 'Imperium' album," notes DeVito, "and we're really glad that we got the chance to do a video for it. Kirk really helped our vision come to life. We hope our fans dig it."
In related news, Internal Bleeding will be breaking the stage of the Hartford Deathfest next month as fest headliners:
7/18/2015 Webster Underground - Hartford, CT More...
Twitching Tongues Performs New Album Title Track
Twitching Tongues recently flew across the Atlantic to perform a string of dates in Europe with fellow SoCal hardcore act, Disgrace. The tour included a June 19th performance at the tenth anniversary edition of Hellfest in Clisson, France.
The band's set list there included the title track from forthcoming album, "Disharmony," and an official live performance of that song can be seen below.
Over e-mail from London, England, vocalist Colin Young commented: "When your band's existence is pretty much solely based on live videos from Dynamo fest in the 90's, playing something like Hellfest is pretty fucking cool. Especially getting to play 'Disharmony' live for the 3rd or 4th time ever."
Remaining dates on the European trek are listed below. "Disharmony" is scheduled for a fall release via Metal Blade Records worldwide - stay tuned for more info.
w/ Disgrace
06/25 Mol, BE JH Tydeeh
06/26 Münster, DE Cafe Lorenz
06/27 Berlin, DE Cassiopeia
06/28 Dresden, DE Chemiefabrik
06/29 Wien, AT Das Bach
06/30 Salzburg, AT Rockhouse Bar
07/01 Stuttgart, DE Juha West More...
Decon Feels "Isolation"
Decon has a new music video online for the song "Isolation," which is the ninth out of 11 tracks featured on new album "The Infinite Distance."
Check out the clip below, and you can also hear the album in full at this location. The track listing for "The Infinite Distance" is:
1. Tideway 03:18
2. Score of Life 04:48
3. Stigma 04:26
4. Reset. A World Pulled of its Hinges 04:35
5. Days of Anguish and Despair 03:58
6. There's no Distance in Summer 02:08
7. Your Hands are my Anchors 03:30
8. Dual Resurrection 05:44
9. Isolation 04:26
10. Collapse Load 04:20
11. The Aberration 05:50 More...
Enabler Posts Behind The Scenes Footage
Go behind the scenes of the new Enabler recording process in this in-studio video available below. The new album "Fail To Feel Safe" drops August 7th worldwide via Century Media Records.
"Fail To Feel Safe" was recorded at Silver Bullet Studios with engineer Chris Teti (The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die) and producer Greg Thomas (Misery Signals, Shai Hulud), who also produced the band's “All Hail The Void” release (2012). Mastering was handled by Bill Henderson at Azimuth Mastering and the track listing is as follows:
1. Suffer to Survive
2. Fail to Feel Safe
3. By Demons Denied
4. Euphoric Revenge
5. Isolation Sickness
6. Sinister Drifter
7. Sail the Sea of Fire
8. Haunted
9. Drownage
10. Demolition Praise
11. Malady
12. La Furia
13. Sabotage Within More...
Valleys Working On New Album
Valleys - the North Carolina progressive metal outfit and winners of the 2015 Headbang for The Highways Battle for Summer Slaughter Tour - just joined The Monarch Agency.
Valleys is currently working on a new album entitled "Experiment One: Asylum," which has an expected release date of early August. For for those who cant wait, the sextet will release a music video for the first single off the album entitled "Death of Me" in mid-July.
Until then you can listen to a full stream of the previous "Reborn" EP in the YouTube player provided below. More...
Project Silence Releases New Single
Finnish industrial metal band Project Silence has a new single available digitally now titled "Flesh Of The God." Give it a listen in the player below, or you can get your own copy at the Project Silence Bandcamp page here.
Decaying Recording New EP
Decaying just released a brief recording video as the band works on a new mini-album, which can be seen below. The group also previously commented:
"We are working on an EP release currently. The recording started last Saturday at D-studio with the drum tracks. It was a quick and demanding session, but luckily all the songs were recorded and the result turned out great.
"Everything else will be recorded, mixed & mastered during the summer. This release will be a bit different one - it's something we've been thinking of doing for quite a while, actually. The musical focus is more on our death doom side.
"The EP will be out in a limited physical format and as digital download. There also might be some bonus material included ... This is definitely going to be an interesting little release, and fits our discography well. More details coming soon!! Stay tuned." More...
Earth Gearing Up For Summer Touring
Seattle-based Earth has booked a new East Coast U.S. tour through the summer months as the outfit continues to take the slow motion magnificence of tenth album, "Primitive And Deadly," to the masses.
Earth has booked a run of Northwestern performances in Portland, Olympia, and Seattle on July 18th, 19th and 22nd, respectively, which begins with a set at Project Pabst Presents. A month later, Earth will traverse the continent to begin a new East Coast tour, which begins in Providence, Rhode Island on August 22nd with a set at the city-wide tribute to H.P. Lovecraft at the Necronomicon Convention.
From there, the band tours down the entire East Coast and across the Midwest with two-and-a-half weeks of shows with support from Holy Sons between August 23rd and September 9th. See the band live: More...
Coldspell Posts "Legacy" Video
Coldspell just released a video clip for "Legacy," which is the 4th video from the "Frozen Paradise" album released back in September of 2013 with Escape Music UK. The clip was filmed and produced by Daniel Lehmussari and can be seen below.
Non Opus Dei To Exalt The Devil With New Album
Non Opus Dei is gearing up to release some new hypnotizing, misanthropic black metal this autumn via Witching Hour.
The "Diabel" album was recorded at Bat Studio in Olsztyn, Poland and mixed and mastered by Haldor of SatanicAudio. A teaser clip is available below, and the devil will be exalted later this year with the following ten hymns:
1. Milk of Toads
2. In the Angles of Her Sigil
3. Wladca Ropuch
4. Gold-finding Hen, kiss-finding Whore
5. The other side of the Mushroom
6. Pustka Twoja we mnie
7. Trickster - Shapeshifter
8. Plony
9. Oko kruka, glowa aniola
10. The Tenfold Gift More...
Skinless Posts "Barbaric Proclivity" Art Video
In celebration of the official release of "Only The Ruthless Remain," today New York's death metal marauders from Skinless untether the fiery new album art video for closing number, "Barbaric Proclivity."
Bedecked in the sadistic grooves and flawless musicianship for which the band has become notorious and adorned in the harrowing cover illustration of Ken Sarafin, "Only The Ruthless Remain" features Skinless' now-classic, late '90s lineup of founding guitarist Noah Carpenter, vocalist Sherwood Webber, bassist Joe Keyser and drummer Bob Beaulac, with the addition of second guitarist, Dave Matthews. More...
Mutilation Rites Contaminates All Of Metal
The Brooklyn-based black metallists from Mutilation Rites have unveiled an explicitly grim and dismal music video for “Contaminate,” a track from last year’s release “Harbinger.”
Directed and produced by guitarist Michael Dimmitt along with assistance editing from Mitchell Luna (Meruta), the video can be seen below. Dimmitt discussed the video’s creation process, stating:
“Coming up with the concept for the music video for ‘Contaminate’ was quite simple. The subject matter of the song deals with impending doom of the apocalypse, radiation sickness, and the suffering that war brings about in general. We combined disturbing archival footage from atrocities committed in the last century with a live show we played at Saint Vitus, in Brooklyn, to create a visual aesthetic to match the bleak subject matter and overall feeling of despair that we attempted to create when we wrote this song.” More...
Periphery Hosting "Studio Pass" Online Workshop
CreativeLive Music & Audio has announced an upcoming "Studio Pass" recording workshop to be hosted by Periphery bassist/producer Adam "Nolly" Getgood and drummer Matt Halpern.
In this free class, set to stream live on August 26th and 27th from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. PDT / 1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. EDT, viewers will get an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at exactly how Periphery self-produced the band's double album "Juggernaut."
Getgood and Halpern will track drums live in the studio, showcasing some of the techniques they used on "Juggernaut" - everything from tuning, mic selection, mic positioning and some of their own tricks for handling mic bleed and other common challenges.
They'll then walk through a complete mix using an actual session from "Juggernaut" and the drum tracks they just recorded. Head over to this location for more information and to enroll for the "Studio Pass: Periphery" livestream for free. More...
Abnormal Thought Patterns Posts New Video
Following the release of a video for "Nocturnal Haven" (still available here), instrumental/technical metal band Abnormal Thought Patterns has a new clip online for the song "Distortions of Perception." Check it out below.
Both tracks hail from the band's latest album "Altered States of Consciousness" (reviewed here).
For more info on the album, you can also read our interview with the band at this location. The track listing is:
1. Distortions of Perception
2. Nocturnal Haven
3. Blindsight
4. Synesthesia
5. Delusions
6. Nocturnal Haven
7. Subliminal Perception More...
Stop Breathing Posts "No Escape" Track
Southern California-based punk/melodic hardcore band Stop Breathing has premiered the first single from impending new LP, "V." Find out there's "No Escape" from Stop Breathing below.
Approaching release in August, "V" is Stop Breathing's first LP since the No Idea Records-released self-titled album in 2012, and is actually the band's fifth overall release. You can also see the band live supporting the album:
7/01/2015 The Tavern - Ventura, CA w/ Blasting Concept
7/10/2015 Borderline - Thousand Oaks, CA w/ Ten Foot Pole
8/28/2015 Ventura Theater - Ventura, CA @ Nardfest w/ Dr. Know, Excel, Nails, more More...
Reverie Wants To Give You "Bliss"
Invictus Productions is proud to present the debut album of a new band that will soon be spoken of far and wide: Denmark's Reverie and the "Bliss" debut. Invictus comments:
"The band's odd choice of the moniker Reverie speaks volumes about their singular, idiosyncratic songcraft, and the title 'Bliss' even more so. Far from 'tech' death metal and yet also realms removed from 'epic metal' cliche, the nine songs across Bliss burst into being and then billow into myriad, mesmerizing shapes.
"The rush in which Reverie plays is exciting, urgent, fiery beyond compare; not yet age 20, each member's abundant energy shines through. But despite their collectively young years, Reverie have already absorbed an ageless wisdom in their songwriting, layering nuance upon nuance, detail upon detail, whilst ever mindful of a sharp, scintillating hook.
"It's a sound that stacks up well alongside other young mavericks like Morbus Chron and especially Tribulation, for whom Invictus released the transitional landmark 'The Formulas of Death,' but Reverie well and truly have nailed down their own sound with 'Bliss.' The bandwagon begins now, and 'Bliss' is the first ride into the unknown..." More...
Shardborne Posts Drum/Bass Video
After previously posting a guitar playthrough, Irish instrumental prog metal band Shardborne now has a drum and bass video online for the track "Not That, Axis."
This song appears on the band's upcoming "Living Bridges" album, set to drop on July 10th via Out On A Limb Records.
"Living Bridges" features artwork by artist Duncan Storr [Scale the Summit, Skyclad] and was recorded by the band’s Ciaran Culhane and Ben Wanders before being mixed and mastered by Jamie King [Between The Buried and Me]. More...
Avulsed Erects The "Altar Of Disembowlment"
Two years after "Ritual Zombi," the Spanish death metal mongers from Avulsed return with a new recording - a five song EP entitled "Altar of Disembowelment" that marks the band's recording debut with new drummer Erik Raya.
Stylistically, "Altar of Disembowelment" continues the unmistakeable sound of Avulsed, forged over almost 25 years, but this time a bit heavier and darker than before. The EP was recorded in three different studios and mixed at Overhead Studios by Raúl Fournier "Furni," the ex-drummer of Avulsed between 1994-2004 for a later mastering at Unisound Studios by Dan Swanö.
Besides four original songs, the EP also includes a cover of Black Sabbath's "Neon Knight" that was initially recorded in late 2010 for a tribute album to Dio, re-recorded for this release. Due out September 9th, the track listing is:
1. To Sacrifice and Devour
2. Red Viscera Serology
3. Ceremony of Impalement
4. Tremble in the Darkness
5. Neon Knights (Black Sabbath) More...
Burnt Books Gears Up For Summer Tour
Columbia, South Carolina's antagonistic Burnt Books wil begin a new tour in just over a week, which sees the band traveling to tour the West Coast for the first time.
Burnt Book's second full-length "Where There's Smoke There's Fire" was released in March through Kylesa-owned Retro Futurist Records and can be heard in full below.
7/01/2015 Odditorium - Asheville, NC
7/02/2015 Betty's Bar And Grill - Nashville, TN w/ Bathroom/s, Bleed The Pigs, Forest Of Tygers
7/03/2015 The Crown And Harp - Dallas, TX w/ Unconscious Collective, Kallohonka
7/04/2015 The Sandbox - El Paso, TX w/ Street Eaters, The Oxford Coma, Acrylics, Skemata
7/05/2015 Sky Bar Tucson - Tucson, AZ w/ Why Bother?, Brass Hands
7/06/2015 Caffe Pergolesi - Santa Cruz, CA w/ Penelope
7/07/2015 The Knockout - San Francisco, CA w/ No Statik, Nervous Butanna
7/08/2015 1,2,3,4 Go! Records - Oakland, CA w/ Pure Disgust, Barge, Hard Stripes, Response
7/09/2015 JackRabbit Slims - Reno, NV
7/11/2015 The Know - Portland, OR w/ Prizehog, Humours
7/12/2015 Highline - Seattle, WA w/ Sister Act
7/13/2015 606 N. Temple - Salt Lake City, UT
7/14/2015 Mutiny Info Café - Denver, CO w/ Muscle Beach, Echo Beds
7/15/2015 Lost Well - Austin, TX w/ Sur & BB
7/16/2015 Sisters In Christ - New Orleans, LA w/ Ossacrux, The World is a Vampire
7/17/2015 Star Bar - Atlanta, GA w/ Ricer, Bardus, Pretty Please More...
Desolate Pathway Heads "Into The Realms"
The traditional doom merchants from Desolate Pathway have unveiled plans for new material exploring a different direction than their debut album "Valley Of The King."
This upcoming release will be a two-track single, entitled “Into The Realms.” Guitarist Vince Hempstead has called it “a foot into our journey of Greek mythology.”
The A-side, entitled “Into The Realms Of Poseidon,” features Sorrows Path guitarist Kostas Salomidis for a dose of Greek authenticity. On the B-side is a five-minute instrumental entitled "Tales Of Glaucus," a prophetic sea-god who came to the rescue of sailors and fishermen.
Along with the usual digital formats, there will be a limited amount of CDs available at the Fest Of Hades performance in Wakefield, UK. In addition, the group's second album is on the horizon, with a tentative deadline of early 2016.
“Into The Realms” has a release date of October 31st, 2015 to tie in with the Fest Of Hades performance that day. See the band live: More...
Venomous Concept Signs With Season Of Mist
Season of Mist is proud to announce the signing of international grind collective Venomous Concept. The band, featuring members of Brutal Truth and Napalm Death among others, will release a new album via Season of Mist in 2016. Regarding the signing, the band comments:
"It's been a long time coming, distractions happen, chaos happens… life happens… But hey, still here - still killing it… still grinding... couldn’t be more happy to be with Michael and Gordon and the Season of Mist people.
"Couldn’t think of anyone better suited to get our friends and family the attitude adjustment they needed… so I hope you guys check it out, throw a few pints down and smash, we sure did. Be sure to bring your drinking money to the show!"
Paying homage to the legendary Poison Idea amongst other hardcore/punk stalwarts, Venomous Concept was conceived as grind/punk collective featuring two of the genre's leading figures: Brutal Truth vocalist Kevin Sharp, and guitarist Shane Embury of the iconic Napalm Death.
Rounding out the lineup, the band enlisted the talents of Danny Herrera of Napalm Death on drums, Dan Lilker (Brutal Truth, Anthrax, and more) on bass, and Corrupt Moral Altar's John Cooke on guitar. More...
Bison Machine Posts "Viking Hand" Clip
Michigan outfit Bison Machine has a music video online for the track "Viking Hand," which can be seen below.
The hard rocking motorcycle tune "Viking Hand" is culled from the band's debut album "Hoarfrost," set to drop on July 10th, 2015 via Kozmik Artifactz/Bilocation Records. Bison Machine is:
John deVries – Guitar
Breck Crandell – Drums
Tom Stec – Vocals
Anthony Franchina – Bass More...
Powerwolf Releases New Video
The wolves are back with new album "Blessed And Possessed" (reviewed here), due out via Napalm Records on July 14th, 2015. Today Powerwolf also drops a new music video for the track "Army of the Night," which can be seen below. The full album's track listing is:
1. Blessed & Possessed
2. Dead Until Dark
3. Army of the Night
4. Armata Strigoi
5. We are the Wild
6. Higher than Heaven
7. Christ & Combat
8. Sanctus Dominus
9. Sacramental Sister
10. All You Can Bleed
11. Let There Be Night More...
My Dying Bride Wants You To "Feel The Misery"
Legendary U.K. gothic doom act My Dying Bride announced that the forthcoming 13th full length studio album will be entitled "Feel the Misery." The album drops on September 18th via Peaceville Records.
With crushing epic doom spanning eight tracks, and featuring the return of original guitarist Calvin Robertshaw to the fold, this is undoubtedly amongst the band's heaviest, darkest and most majestic works to date, marking My Dying Bride's 25th anniversary in punishing style, with the title track also set to feature as the album's debut video.
"Feel the Misery" sees a notable return to the band's old haunt, Academy Studios in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, for recording where all of My Dying Bride's classic early albums were produced. Mixing once more takes place at Futureworks in Manchester, U.K. with the band's long-time studio engineer/producer, Mags.
The band commented on the themes of Feel the Misery: "Contained within are all the grandeur and mastery of the melancholic one would expect to find on a recording from this group of musicians.
"The crushing of hearts and the solemn farewells to friends and lovers twinned with the destruction of flesh and the passions of cruelty are laid neatly for the listener to devour and savour.
"Eight new compositions detailing the path of life through dark doors and the burdens we all must endure simply to make it to the end, My Dying Bride have returned with a foreboding new album which may enlighten, delight and consume the soul in one epic sitting."
Feel the Misery will be released on CD, vinyl, plus a special edition 2CD/2x10 vinyl set in deluxe earbook format with exclusive music and expanded booklet.
The track list is:
1. And My Father Left Forever
2. To Shiver in Empty Halls
3. A Cold New Curse
4. Feel the Misery
5. A Thorn of Wisdom
6. I Celebrate Your Skin
7. I Almost Loved You
8. Within a Sleeping Forest More...
Year Of The Goat Unleashes "The Emma"
Swedish sextet Year of the Goat unleashed a lyric video for the new track "The Emma." The song will appear on the new album "The Unspeakable," which is set to drop on July 31st via Napalm Records.
The track listing is as follows:
1. All He Has Read
2. Pillars of the South
3. The Emma
4. Vermin
5. World Of Wonders
6. The Wind
7. Black Sunlight
8. The Sermon
9. The Key And The Gate (Alternative Version - Bonus Track)
10. Riders Of Vultures
Check out "The Emma" here: More...
Unsafe Shows A Ton Of "Negativity"
French death/thrash act Unsafe released a music video for the new track "Negativity." The song will appear on the new album "Enter Dark Places," which is set for release on July 3rd via Mighty Music/Target Group.
The album was recorded by Stéphanie & Lionel in July & August 2014. All tracks were mixed and mastered by David Potvin at Dôme Studio.
The track list is:
1. Enter Dark Places
2. Watch Out
3. The Final Stage
4. Negativity
5. Intentional Homicide
6. A Better World
7. Virtual Jail
8. Shores of Infinity
9. On the Edge of a Precipice
10. Stimulate My Mind
11. Dark Side
12. Wasted Years
13. Half-Wit More...
Trixter Releases New Music Video For "Human Era"
New Jersey rockers Trixter released a new music video for the track "Human Era." The song is the title track of the first album in three years, which was issued via Fronters Music srl earlier this month.
Singer P.J. Farley states "The song Human Era encapsulates not only the record but in essence our career. This video shows a glimpse of every step we took from Trixter's very first show up until our most recent performance in May 2015. It's the kind of video we'd always imagined making. There's great early day hanging around footage as well as tour/backstage footage."
Check out the video here:
Thunder Shows You "The Thing I Want"
U.K. rock act Thunder released a new lyric video for the track "The Thing I Want." The song appears on the latest album "Wonder Days," the band's first release in seven years, which is available now via earMusic.
Check out the clip here:
Caligula's Horse Signs With InsideOut Music
Brisbane based progressive alternative tour-de-force Caligula's Horse are on course for a stellar finish to 2015, with the huge announcement that they have signed with record label InsideOut Music (of the Century Media family). The band's latest release is "The Tide, the Thief, and River's End," released in October 2013 via Welkin Records.
Founder and CEO of InsideOut Music, Thomas Waber had this to say about the signing: "Australia is home to many great bands and we are thrilled and excited to start working with Caligula's Horse, one of the most exciting Australian bands we have heard in quite a while!"
Vocalist Jim Grey echoed Waber's comments, "Over the moon, man! Over the moon. This is a huge step for us - we're thrilled to be working with Inside Out, not to mention the honour of sharing a roster with some of our musical heroes...we're all absolutely stoked!".
This news follows a hugely successful year for the group so far, with highlights including signing with Wild Thing Presents (Management), The Agency Group (North American bookings), AMF Publishing, as well as supporting musical heavyweights such as Opeth, Mastodon, The Ocean and Twelve Foot Ninja.
Caligula's Horse will make their way to Europe for the first time in October, including a performance at the ProgPower Europe Festival in the Netherlands (2nd October 2015) alongside acts such as Leprous, Myrath and Pagan's Mind. The band also has plans in place to tour Australia in the not too distant future. More...
Witchsorrow Announces "No Light, Only Fire"
U.K. doom metal act Witchsorrow, returns after three years removed from the lead-weight doom of 2012's apocalyptic "God Curse Us" with the new album "No Light, Only Fire." The album is expected to drop on September 18th via Candlelight Records.
The album was recorded once again with Skyhammer Studios producer Chris Fielding (Electric Wizard, Primordial, Winterfylleth, Serpent Venom) and features the eight tracks of bone-shaking doom that picks up right where its predecessor left off. But where that album called for Armageddon, "No Light…" is the grisly horror of survival.
"On our last album, I was hoping for a catastrophe, for something enormous to come and end everything. But there was no final ending, we're left just picking through the ashes," explains frontman Necroskull. "The people from 'God Curse Us' have got worse, everything's become more weakening, but I've stopped hoping for everything to end. I can't even hope for that anymore!"
As ever, Witchsorrow's trademark mix of Sabbath-worshipping true doom, heavy metal thunder and misanthropy rings throughout the whole album like a funeral bell. Comparison's to Saint Vitus, Electric Wizard, Reverend Bizarre and Trouble are all valid, and indeed welcomed by these doom fanatics.
The track list for the album is:
1. There Is No Light, There Is Only Fire
2. The Martyr
3. Made of the Void
4. Negative Utopia
5. To the Gallows
6. Disaster Reality
7. Four Candles
8. De Mysteriis Doom Sabbathas More...
Russkaja Posts "Peace, Love & Russian Roll" Teaser
Austrian turbo polk metal Russkaja released a preview clip for the upcoming new release "Peace, Love and Russian Roll." The album drops via Napalm Records on July 31st.
The track list for the album is:
1. Rock 'n' Roll Today (see music video here)
2. Slap Your Face
3. Hometown Polka
4. There Was A Time
5. El Pueblo Unido
6. Lovegorod
7. Parachute
8. Let's Die Together
9. Salty Rain
10. You Are The Revolution
11. Radio Song
12. Peace, Love And Russian Roll
Check out the clip here: More...
At The Hollow Launches Its "Last Hour"
Helsinki's At the Hollow launched a new lyric video for the track "Last Hour." The song is taken from the band's debut album "What I Hold Most Dear," which was issued back in February via Spinefarm Records.
Check it out here:
Opening Salvo Of Announcements Made For 70K 2016
UMC - promoters for the Original and World's Largest Cruise Festival, 70,000 Tons of Metal - broke its five month silence, announcing a slew of acts for the upcoming 2016 edition of the cruise. Bands announced thus far: Iced Earth, Lacuna Coil, Fleshgod Apocalypse, DragonForce, Delain, At the Gates and Firewind. Three more acts are expected to be announced today (completing the first 10 in 24 hours).
In 2016, 70,000 Tons of Metal will set sail on February 4th-8th from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. No destination has yet been announced. The festival boards a new vessel, The Independence of the Seas (via Royal Caribbean), which will accommodate four stages. The All-Star Jam band, which returned this past January will also be back, led by Annihilator's Jeff Waters and members from the various acts aboard performing cover tunes live.
All the information on the festival can be found at 70000tons.com.
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Graspop Metal Meeting: Day Two
Following an excellent start to the festival the day before, it was exciting to wake up to another day of metal music in Dessel. There was once again plenty on display for head bangers of all tastes, from legendary bands to current favourites. There were also plent of cult heroes performing on this day, one of which was the first band on the agenda.
Formed in 1991 under the name Resurrection in Israel, Orphaned Land have gone on to become one of, if not the premier metal band from the Middle East. Part of what makes them such an endearing group is their constant devotion of their music to peace, particularly between the Abrahamic religions that clash more than anywhere around their homeland. They were a great way to start the day, possessing a fantastic energy that got plenty of the crowd moving, which is quite an accomplishment for midday at a festival. Opening with the title track to their latest album, "All Is One," they oozed a positive atmosphere and most heads that were banging were also smiling. Having only a forty minute set, it was impressive that the band were able to fit seven songs into their schedule, with the excellent "Separi" being a particular highlight, in part due to the guest appearance of a Dutch Muslim belly dancer, who also joined the group for their finale, which was a medley of "Norra el Norra" and "Ornaments of Gold." Like several bands the day before, Orphaned Land were highly impressive and one that needs adding to the metal fans list of bands to see live. More...
Thy Art Is Murder Premieres Entire New Album
Thy Art Is Murder premieres its entire new release "Holy War", which will be made available tomorrow in Europe and Australia and next week on June 29th (UK), and June 30th (North America).
Check out now the official pre-release stream of "Holy War" below.
Raising The Veil Posts First New Track
In the wake of a successful crowd-funding campaign this spring, the multinational technical death metal outfit Raising The Veil has teamed up with NCS to premiere its first new full song since 2012. The track titled "Qubit Computed Multiverse" is taken from the upcoming new album "Bosonic Quantum Phenomena" and can be streamed using the player below.
The new album marks the band’s second release overall, following their 2012 EP "Yucatanimvs". In its current configuration, the band includes Austrian vocalist George Wilfinger (Monument of Misanthropy, Disfigured Divinity, ex-Miasma), Canadian guitarist Daniel McLellan and bass-player Denis Landry, and Necrophagist drummer Romain Goulon.
Urizen Parts With Drummer
Texas band Urizen just issued the following statement online about parting ways with the group's drummer:
"Friends, it is with sadness that we announce that we are parting ways with our long-time brother, drummer, and co-founding Urizen member Julio Escamilla. We have reached a point where our lives are leading us in different directions, and it is no longer possible for Julio to continue on with the band.
"We are parting on good terms, and there are no words to express the value that Julio has brought to this project with his skills as a drummer, his friendship, and his commitment to furthering the UriCause throughout the years. Be on the lookout for his insanely fast feet to show up in new and exciting musical projects very soon!
"We would also like to announce that we will be joined on all upcoming endeavors by our good buddy Nolan McCormick, who filled in behind the kit for Julio during our 25-date tour with Psychostick and Downtown Brown this past spring. Nolan brings his own set of killer skills to the table, and we're looking forward to continuing to rock with him as we barrel down this crazy robo-filled path we're on!
"We've got lots of fun stuff to share with you all soon, but for now, please join us in thanking Julio for everything he's done for this band since we first jammed on Dimmu Borgir covers with him all those years ago! Never stop a-rockin', dudes and dudettes!"
Act Of Defiance Posts Music Video
Act Of Defiance (Chris Broderick, Shawn Drover, Matt Bachand, and Henry Derek) is gearing up to release debut album "Birth and The Burial" on August 21st via Metal Blade Records.
After streaming the first track "Throwback" yesterday, a music video for the track is now online and can be seen below.
Shawn Drover comments: "Making the video in LA for 'Throwback' with Corey was the easiest and most focused video shoot I have ever been a part of. The concept was very 'old school metal' In nature with just smoke, lights, the band and METAL! What a concept. We all shared the common vision of just being a Metal band captured on film and Corey got it right away. Corey and his entire crew were a sheer joy to work with."
Chris Broderick adds: "It was awesome working with Corey Soria on the music video. He had the same vision as us and understood immediately what the song was trying to say and how it should look. Along with the insight he had, there was a tireless work ethic, doing different angles, pans and trying new ideas as he conceives them is an art in itself. When we looked at the first edit, my jaw dropped and then he came back with more that included post editing FX that added to the mood. From the camera angles, to the lighting and editing this video far surpassed what I hoped for." More...
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