Metal News for June 9, 2014
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Municipal Waste Fucks Up Austin For $3
Twenty years ago, I remarked that if you went to a concert and didn't have bruises the next day, you didn't have a good time. I don't experience shows the same way now, but my former words live on in the crowd at the Mohawk in Austin, Texas. From massive circle pits to stage and even PA diving, many on the floor surely awoke on Saturday with lumpy, bluish marks on their bodies. Whether it's grindcore, power violence, crossover, hardcore or just plain ole' punk rock, Austin has an affinity for punk-related bands. So when Transmission Events and Red Bull brought in Municipal Waste and Power Trip for a mesely $3 (with RSVP, without the show was $10), you could expect nothing less than a packed house of rowdy punks a metal heads. More...
Rob Dukes Comments On Leaving Exodus
Exodus recently announced the departure of vocalist Rob Dukes and the return of former member Steve "Zetro" Souza. Dukes has now issued the following statement about parting ways with the band:
"I'm no longer the singer of Exodus. I'm grateful for the last 9 years. I've had the experience of touring the world playing music.
"I was just a regular guy, a fan, and I got the chance to front a legendary band while having no prior experience of being a singer. I had no idea what I was doing and made it up as I was going along.
"It was a great chapter of my life, I'm bummed it ended with them, but I have another band Generation Kill. So I will concentrate on that right now and continue to build hot rods and build a car to race in the Baja 1000. I will be riding my motorcycle all over this beautiful country every chance I get, that's the next chapter of my life." More...
Lewd Preacher Releasing "The Raw Age"
Germany's Lewd Preacher has now released new album "The Raw Age” via Pure Steel Records. You can pick up your own copy at this location, and the track listing is as follows:
1. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2. Wings of Evil
3. Knights of Unknown Destiny
4. A Cry in the Night
5. Hands from Me
6. Borderline
7. Sand of Secrets
8. The Other Side More...
Project Terror Splits With Drummer
Texas outfit Project Terror has checked in with the following announcement about parting ways with the band's drummer:
"Dave Galbert has been fired from Project Terror. He had been giving to the band so many problems and holding back the progress of this band with odd behavior.
"As for Project Terror we are straight up guys who just want to play metal and do what we loved to do, and that's going out to perform and having great time doing it...
"The band is looking for new drummer. Please contacts us at Facebook or via heavensentbooking@yahoo.com." More...
Soilwork Drum Cam Footage Posted Online
Sick Drummer Magazine has released drum cam footage of Soilwork's Dirk Verbeuren performing "Spectrum Of Eternity." Check it out below.
The song is taken from Soilwork's album "The Living Infinite" (reviewed here), out now on Nuclear Blast Records.
Empire Auriga Reveals Album Details
Moribund Records has set August 19th as the release date for Empire Auriga's comeback album, "Ascending the Solar Throne." The label comments:
"Empire Auriga's debut album, Auriga Dying, was critically acclaimed for its ahead-of-the-time fusion of black metal, dark ambient, and industrial, all coalescing into a cosmic black hole that was both devouring and debilitating.
"Eight years later, Empire Auriga return with the highly anticipated Ascending the Solar Throne. Aptly titled once again, Empire Auriga bring us the true sound of interstellar death with Ascending the Solar Throne.
"Here, the mysterious trio exists as the delirious melancholia awakened by union with the void, wisps encircling the kernal of futility at the center of each body, shining with listless abandon, seething as evaporation through obsolete ruins, smoldering with the intuition of having seen through the membrane. This is the sound of Ascending the Solar Throne!" More...
Nowhere Posts "Endless Chapters" Lyric Clip
The French mallcore outfit Nowhere has a new lyric clip out now for the song "Endless Chapters," which can be found below. The band also comments:
"Special thanks to Becko of Hopes Die Last (featuring), Daniele of Hopes Die Last (video), Oly of Breakdown of Sanity (mix) & our mate Alban of Concealing Abstract Art (recording). "
Zombie Frogs Streams New Single
Formed in the Fall of 2012, Zombie Frogs is an instrumental prog metal band based out of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA.
Today the group releases a new single titled "Anura," which can be heard below. You can also find more info on Zombie Frogs at the band's Facebook profile here. The group consists of:
Joey Izzo - Keyboard/Synth
Lucky Cerruti - Lead Guitar
Sam Reti - Rhythm Guitar
Lucas Lalonde - Bass
Erik Huang - Drums
Soul Dealer Posts "Streets Of Redemption" Video
Barcelona-based metal outfit Soul Dealer has a new video clip out now for the track "Streets Of Redemption," which can be seen below.
"Streets Of Redemption" is taken off the newly release "A Price To Pay" album. The track listing is as follows:
1. Lullaby To The Gods
2. Nuclear Attack
3. Wearing Thin
4. Streets Of Redemption
5. Pray Before Killing
6. The Katy Event
7. The Power Within
8. Please Unnailme
9. 3:33
10. The Way Of The Devil More...
Edenfall Crowd Funding New Music Video
U.K. Gothic metal band Edenfall is currently running a PledgeMusic campaign in order to raise funds to go towards filming a music video for the song "Wolves," taken off new album "Under Sultry Moons and Velvet Skies." For those who pledge there are a host of goodies on offer including:
- The new album in digital or physical formats
- Personalized video tutorials on how to play the songs
- Original artwork by singer Clare Webster, with your choice of subject matter
- Signed limited edition prints of the "Under Sultry Moons and Velvet Skies" album artwork
- Leather wolf mask which will be used in the music video
- Track mastering by Rob George (Guitars/Vocals) as well as other goods on offer to pledgers
Full details are available at PledgeMusic.com here. More...
Void Ritual Announces Cassette Release
Tridoid Records has issued the following announcement about an upcoming release from Void Ritual:
"Tridroid Records is proud to announce that we will be releasing Void Ritual's 'Holodomor' on cassette. While the album has been available as a digital download for some time, the 'Holodomor' physical release will include the previously unreleased track 'Mourning the Dawn.'
"Void Ritual is a one man project of Daniel Jackson (Also of Ancestral Oath). Meant to be uglier and more miserable than his other musical pursuits, Void Ritual deals with death as a visceral, human experience. The EP’s name, 'Holodomor' refers to a man-made famine, which resulted in the deaths of millions of people from the Ukraine."
The track listing is as follows:
1. Cold
2. Void Ritual
3. Holodomor
4. Mourning The Dawn
Wovenwar Posts Fourth Studio Clip
Wovenwar - which includes in its ranks Jordan Mancino (drums), Nick Hipa (guitar), Phil Sgrosso (guitar) and Josh Gilbert (bass) of As I Lay Dying and Shane Blay (vocals) of Oh, Sleeper - is due to release a debut album this Summer.
Today the band has released another studio video documenting the band's time recording the forthcoming release. Check out part 4, covering vocals, in the player below, or see the previously posted part 3 at this location.
Wretched Streaming Full Album
Wretched's new album "Cannibal" is due for release tomorrow - June 10th - and today you can stream the full release online.
Listen in below, courtesy of Decibel Magazine. Wretched vocalist Adam Cody offers:
“We are very honored to be sharing our album with Decibel Magazine and its readers. Cannibal is one of our strongest albums to date so give it a listen and come see the new songs live at Mayhem Fest this summer!”
Currently touring Canada with Havok, Wretched will soon head back to the states to perform on the Victory Records Stage all summer long at the 2014 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival.
Opeth's Full Festival Set Posted Online
Footage has been posted online of Opeth's full set at the Rock Am Ring festival, which can be seen below courtesy of YouTube user Herr von Bödefeld. The set list consists of:
0:00 The Devil's Orchard
7:17 Heir Apparent
17:47 Hope Leaves
24:00 Deliverance
39:05 Blackwater Park
Opeth's mildly anticipated new album "Pale Communion" is due out via Roadrunner Records on August 26th, 2014.
Capture The Crown Releasing New Album
After splitting with Sumerian Records last year, Capture The Crown is now back and will be releasing "Reign of Terror" on August 5th, 2014.
Pre-orders are now available via Artery Recordings at this location, and you can check out the song "To Whom It May Concern" in the player below.
Damnation Angels Splits With Bassist
Damnation Angels - which was nominated as one of our best metal newcomers of 2013 - has checked in with the following announcement about parting ways with the band's bass player:
"I'm afraid we've had to part ways with Bassist Stephen Averill and we feel we should be honest about why so there's no confusion.
"It isn't to do with personal differences or a difference of opinion, Stephen just didn't come through when we needed him to, let us down and left us in a position where we had no choice but to fire him and look for someone else. Because of this we were forced to postpone the bass recording and in the end I had to do it.
"We're really disappointed with how this ended after all we'd done together and the great times. Of course we wish him luck with future endeavors.
"So our search for a new bassist begins, we want someone who is serious and completely dedicated to music with tons of experience, road tested and has great gear. We want someone in it for the long run, someone who's purpose in life is to be a successful
musician.
"Get emailing people if you think you're the Bringer Of Bass: damnation__angels@hotmail.com." More...
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Interview With Mark Kloeppel Of Misery Index
A personal confession: When "The Killing Gods," the fifth studio album from Baltimore, Maryland's Misery Index, was presented to me, I hadn't listened to more than a handful of the band's songs since 2003.
Stuck in my memory vault from that time were the brash, abrasive, punk-influenced deathgrind strains of yore - a style that, in my experience, has produced some notable hits and many more forgettable misses. But my reservations proved unfounded.
Over the past eleven years, Misery Index has evolved into a lean, fearsome, consummate death metal machine. Far from a simple, numbing blast beat extravaganza, "The Killing Gods" is a pure riff factory laden with groove, thrash, and teasingly melodic elements that represent the ultimate melting pot of influences and personalities.
At the forefront of this evolution is, and has been, guitarist Mark Kloeppel, who joined Misery Index in 2005 from a decidedly different geographic and musical background. His creative path, in convergence with his bandmates', led directly to what now may be a strong contender for 2014's "best-of" lists.
Mark recently made himself available for some questions over the phone. Here's what happened. More...
Bloodhunter Releases New Video Clip
Spanish outfit Bloodhunter has a new clip out now for the track "Embrace The Dark Light," taken off the band's recently released self-titled album. The track listing is as follows:
1. The First Insurrection
2. The Bloody Throne
3. Ancestors ov All Gods
4. Dying Sun
5. Ezequiel 25, 17
6. Come to Me Sorrow
7. Embrace the Dark Light
8. Ages of Darkness
9. Saints of Sand
10. Bring Me Horror
11. Bloodhunter
Judas Priests Posts "Dragonaut" Teaser
Continuing to release a series of teasers for upcoming album "Redeemer of Souls," today Judas Priest posts a snippet of the track "Dragonaut," which can be heard below thanks to Bravewords.com.
"Redeemer of Souls" will be available July 8th in the U.S. and July 14th in the U.K. The track listing for "Redeemer of Souls" is as follows:
1. Dragonaut
2. Redeemer of Souls (streaming here)
3. Halls of Valhalla
4. Sword of Damocles
5. March of the Damned (streaming here)
6. Down in Flames
7. Hell & Back
8. Cold Blooded
9. Metalizer
10. Crossfire
11. Secrets of the Dead
12. Battle Cry
13. Beginning of the End
Mortally Infected Signs With Show No Mercy
Show No Mercy Records is extremely proud to announce the signing of Slovakian treasure Mortally Infected. The label comments:
"Mortally Infected was formed in 2003 and has continued to work steadily toward sheer brutality. Inhuman vocals, lots of outstanding riffs and uncompromising real drum sounds!
"Their debut full-length will be released through Show No Mercy Records in next year. More info coming soon. Make sure you stop by their page and support!"
Every Time I Die Posts New Music Video
Every Time I Die will release "From Parts Unknown" on July 1st via Epitaph Records, and today the band has released a music video taken off the forthcoming album.
Check out "Decayin' With The Boys" below, thanks to the fine folks at Revolvermag.com. The full album's track listing will be:
01. The Great Secret
02. Pelican Of The Desert
03. Decayin' With The Boys
04. Overstayer
05. If There Is Room To Move, Things Move
06. Moor
07. Exometrium
08. Thirst (streaming here)
09. Old Light
10. All Structures Are Unstable
11. El Dorado
12. Idiot More...
Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare Returns
Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare returns for its second year and will make its debut at WestWorld Of Scottsdale in the Phoenix, Arizona metro region for select nights from September 19th - November 1st.
The September 19th opening night will feature a special one-night-only concert with Rob Zombie himself. "The first year was such a blast. I am thrilled to be able to take the Great American Nightmare to a new city this year," said Zombie. "My only goal is to make it even sicker than last year."
Great American Nightmare is a fully immersive haunted house experience featuring three attractions based on Rob Zombie’s own horror films: The Lords Of Salem In Total Black Out, Captain Spaulding’s Clown School In 3D, and The Devil’s Rejects.
The attractions will offer a three-dimensional experience with animatronics and effects, a claustrophobic maze, sudden chills and startling thrills, and salacious humor that will make patrons scream with fright and laughter. The following press release was issued about the event:
"At Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare, patrons will sequentially enter three different attractions.
"The Lords Of Salem In Total Black Out: This harrowing attraction--based on Zombie’s 2012 The Lords Of Salem independent horror film--is designed to twist the mind. It will accentuate some senses while limiting others. Fear of the darkness, claustrophobia, and fear of the unknown will be preyed on as visitors attempt to traverse this sixty-degree maze. More...
Gory Blister Releases "The Fifth Fury" Video
"The Fifth Fury" is the new video clip from Italian death metal outfit Gory Blister. The single is extracted from the latest album of the same name, released on May 22nd via Sliptrick Rds.
The video clip, available below, was directed by Fylo/Atomic Movie Lab and is inspired by the TV series American Horror Story. The full album's track listing is as follows:
1. Psycho Crave
2. Thresholds
3. Toxamine
4. Devouring Me
5. The Fifth Fury
6. Prometheus Scars
7. (meet me) In The Mass Grave
8. The Grey Machinery
9. Heretic Infected Orchestra (Bonus Track) More...
Dawn Of A Dark Age Streaming "Eurynomos Army"
Black metal outfit Dawn Of A Dark Age has a new track out now titled "Eurynomos Army," which can be heard below.
The song is taken from the band's debut album, “The Six Elements, Vol.1 EARTH” that will be released on July, 1st 2014. The track listing is as follows:
01. Cold Winter 7.14
02. The Last Prayer 5.46
03. Raped Heart 5.09
04. Eurynomos Army 4.33
05. Dawn Of A Dark Age 7.58
06. Outro n.1 5.17 More...
Emmure Posts New Music Video
Emmure is proud to present the music video for a single off the band's sixth studio album, "Eternal Enemies," titled “E”.
Emmure is now on tour in support of "Eternal Enemies," heading to Europe before a headlining run on the Victory Records Stage all summer at the 2014 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. The new album's track listing is:
1. Untitled (formerly titled Bring a Gun To School)
2. Nemesis
3. N.I.A.
4. The Hang Up
5. A Gift A Curse
6. E
7. Like LaMotta
8. Free Publicity
9. Most Hated
10. Grave Markings
11. Hitomi’s Shinobi
12. Rat King
13. Girls Don’t Like Boys, Girls like 40’s and Blunts
14. New Age Rambler
15. We Were Just Kids More...
Sacrificio Announces Debut MLP
Iron Bonehead Productions, in conspiracy with Nuclear War Now! Productions, sets July 25th as the international release date for Sacrificio's self-titled debut MLP. The track listing is as follows:
-Side A-
1) Ritos funerarios
2) Vástagos de la abominación
3) Sacrificio
-Side B-
1) Ungido en sangre
2) Esclavos de la Cruz
3) Centinela de Los túmulos More...
Bleed Someone Dry Re-Releasing "Subjects"
Wormholedeath is proud to announce that Italian deathcore outfit Bleed Someone Dry has signed a deal to re-release second album “Subjects” via the label.
The album will feature a killer bonus track mixed by noise-guru Christian Donaldson for this special event. The song is titled “It’s A Secret” and can be streamed via the lyric video below. The track listing is as follows:
1. Bleed
2. As Broken Shards
3. Subjects
4. Corrosive Whisper
5. Wide Open Jaws
6. Jab of Hatred
7. By My Horny Hands
8. The Law Is Not Equal for All
9. ‘Till the End
10. It’s a Secret More...
Immoral Majority Releases New Album
Portland, Oregon's grindcore tyrants in Immoral Majority have unloaded “Exist To Get Pissed,” a 17 track riot-inducing blast-frenzy of pure thrashing psychosis.
This raging 6 piece is comprised of a bunch of dirty guys & gals playing unsellable, repulsing noise for many years. The bludgeoning two-bass attack of Immoral Majority is trumped by one of the most savage female vocalists new to the grind circuit.
Immoral Majority is staying busy through 2014 and plotting both a new record and an unstoppable juggernaut of a West Coast Tour, with further details forthcoming. The “Exist To Get Pissed” track listing is as follows:
1. One Too Many
2. Noah Shirt
3. Pity Party
4. What Reality
5. Aftermath
6. Streets
7. Status Curse
8. Difficult Decision
9. Why Try
10. Headfix
11. Diabolical Fortress
12. War Crimes
13. TRSTCBYOB
14. Miscarriage
15. What To Fuck
16. Mindwires
17. The Sickening More...
Sadgiqacea And Hivelords Announce Tour
Philadelphia blackened-sludge giants Sadgiqacea and Hivelords have announced a new U.S. tour.
The trek, which starts on June 20th in New Jersey, sees both bands travel throughout the months of June and July before ending on July 30th in Philadelphia. Support on the tour comes from Ajax of Ardent Vein. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
Sadgiqacea and Hivelords will be touring in support of the "False Prism" and "Cavern Apothecary" releases. Both albums are streaming now at the Anthropic Records website and their respective Bandcamp pages. More...
Warmblood Finishes Work On New Album
Italian death metal outfit Warmblood has announced new full-length album, "God of Zombies," for a tentative Winter release via Punishment 18 Records.
The band mixed and mastered all the ten tracks at 16th Cellar Studio in Rome, Italy (Eyeconoclast, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hour of Penance and many more). You can check out photos and videos from the band's time in the recording studio at Facebook here. More...
Ethereal Signs To Candlelight
Candlelight is proud to announce the signing of U.K. black metal band Ethereal. The label comments:
"For the past decade, the 'Beasts of UK Darkness' Ethereal has bombarded audiences with their own unique brand of extreme symphonic black metal. With roots dating back to the early 2000's, Ethereal have established themselves as one of the most exciting acts in British black metal today.
"Throughout their history Ethereal have undergone a steady process of evolution and refinement, returning to the stage in 2013 with their most accomplished line-up to date. This new incarnation of Ethereal has stormed stages across the UK, winning over fans both old and new with their energetic live performances and gargantuan black metal sound. More...
Zombiefication Posts Album Trailer
Zombiefication has posted a teaser trailer online for "Procession Through Infestation," which can be heard below, and the band also comments:
"Once again recorded by Jesús Bravo at Bravesound Studios in Irapuato, Mexico and mixed/mastered by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio, Sweden, the new album 'Procession Through Infestation' is almost among us 'Ghedes.' Dive and have a little taste of the stench to come!"
Raunchy Checks In From The Studio
Raunchy drummer Morten Toft Hansen has checked in with the following update about recording a new album:
"Day 3: 11 am - Arrived at the studio. Saved some of the more fast and technical drumming for the last day of recording. Lots of double bass drum parts.
"12 pm - Started tracking drums. During the day Jeppe Christensen came by and so did our super fan Jonas.
"7 pm - After nailing 5 tracks I was done with all recordings for this album - all together 11 songs with everything from grind to disco drums. Expect another album with alternative Raunchy metal drumming!!"
You can also check out photos from the recording process by heading over to the band's Facebook profile here.
Azooma Streaming Full New EP
Officially due out June 15th via Xtreem Music, today you can hear full the mini-CD "A Hymn of the Vicious Monster" by Iranian death metal band Azooma. Check it out below, and Xtreem Music also comments on the release:
"An intense, technical and crushing death metal in its purest state that doesn't understand about labels or trends which blends brutality and melody achieving a result that won't leave imperturbed any self-respected death metal lover..." More...
Nunslaughter Streaming New Song
Nunslaughter today premieres the new track "Three Nails, One Liar," which can be heard below courtesy of Metal Hammer magazine's website.
The track hails from the band's forthcoming "Angelic Dread," set for international release on June 24th via Hells Headbangers. Set to be released on double-CD and double-vinyl LP formats, Nunslaughter's "Angelic Dread" is the American band's first studio full-length in seven years, since 2007's "Hex," also released by Hells Headbangers. The track listing is as follows:
1. Angelic Dread
2. Looking into the Abyss
3. Twisted Spirit
4. Crush the Guff
5. Inner Beast
6. The Lycanthrope
7. Blood Drinker
8. God
9. Doomtown
10. Don't Mourn for Me
11. Infested
12. Coffins and Crosses
13. Three Nails, One Liar
14. One Bad Bitch
15. Death Beyond the Gallows
DISC #2
1. Emperor in Hell
2. God has Lied
3. The Bog People
4. Midnight Mass
5. Shadow World
6. Healing the Possessed
7. In the Graveyard
8. Ouija
9. It is I
10. Atheist Ways
11. Phantom
12. Sickened by the Sight of Christ
13. Black Horn of the Ram
14. Driving out the Demons
15. Deathlehem
16. Cerebus More...
Steel Prophet Releases "Tree Of Knowledge" Video
California's Steel Prophet released another music video in support of the upcoming new studio release "Omniscient." Check out "Tree of Knowledge" in the player below. Just last week, the band issued a music video for the new track "666 Is Everywhere (The Heavy Metal Blues)," which can be viewed at this location. "Omniscient" is set to drop on July 8th via Cruz Del Sur Music.
The video was also shot by Agent Steel's Bernie Versailles (Redemption). Check out "Tree of Knowledge" here:
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