Metal News for July 14, 2023
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19 news articles posted on this day.
Chamber Debuts "Retribution" Music Video
The wait is over! Nashville metalcore agitators Chamber have just dropped their highly-anticipated second album, "A Love To Kill For," today via Pure Noise Records. Following a wave of momentum with crushing singles like "Hopeless Portrait," "Devoured" and "Tremble," Chamber unleashes an unhinged album of pure metal and hardcore fury.
With the release of "A Love To Kill For" today, Chamber has debuted a new music video for the enraged track "Retribution." Watch it below. More...
Mercenary To Release New Album In September
With album number eight and ten years since their last release, Mercenary return with a masterpiece for every melodic death and progressive metal fan. Formed in Aalborg, Denmark, Mercenary capture the unique blend of Scandinavian melancholy, melody and aggression.
September 22 will see the band release their new offering, "Soundtrack For The End Of Times." You can pre-order the album
The first single off the album is the haunting "Heart Of The Numb", featuring Trivium vocalist Matt Heafy, which proves that death metal does not always need fast-paced riffage and thunderous blast beats
Guitarist Jakob Mølbjerg comments: "It's a great pleasure to finally be able to spill the beans about our new album, 'Soundtrack For The End Times,' which will be out on September 22nd! In all sincerity, we truly feel that this monster of an album is our darkest and heaviest effort yet and a truly fresh take on all the trademark elements of Mercenary's characteristic sound: Huge, soaring choruses that will grip and pierce your soul, bone crushing riffage and punishing drums that will pound you into the ground, and stellar leads that will bring back a renewed belief in beauty to your shattered existence. Everything wrapped in the crisp, powerful production from our very own Master-of-all-trades, Mr. Martin Buus, and a huge, crushing world class mix from Jacob Hansen.
"New and old fans alike will hopefully also be mesmerized by the outstanding cover artwork by the masterful Niklas Sundin, who also did the legendary covers for 11 Dreams and Architect Of Lies. Get a taste of the delicious darkness that is our new single, 'Heart Of The Numb', featuring none other than one of our biggest supporters ever, Mr. Matt Heafy of Trivium! We've been in touch for years and we were so fortunate that he agreed to grace this song and found the time to add some fierce killer vocals in his incredibly busy schedule. We're ever so grateful!"
Says Matt Heafy: "The world has always been familiar with the sounds and styles of metal from Sweden, from Norway, from Finland; but one country who has just as important - but unique - of a style is Denmark. Denmark has had countless amazing bands come forth in the last few years, but one of the most iconic Danish metal bands who sounds quintessentially Danish-metal is Mercenary. Mercenary for years has been ahead of the game crafting its own special blend of metal. When I hear Mercenary - I hear Denmark. I hear metal. The way Mercenary has and does present its own special breed of music is exceptional. You all must listen to this band." More...
Eleine Shares "We Shall Remain" Music Video
Swedish symphonic dark metal powerhouse Eleine definitely have the world at their feet: Not only have they just been confirmed as support act for industrial metal icons Pain's upcoming European tour (all dates can be found below!), the group have also finally unleashed their long-awaited new opus "We Shall Remain" via Atomic Fire Records. In addition, Eleine has prepared another music video -- this time for the album's title track. You can check it out below.
Band founding members, lead singer Madeleine Liljestam and Rikard Ekberg (guitars, vocals), comment, "This song combines all important elements that Eleine are known for: Chuggy riffs, groovy rhythms as well as a smashing chorus while its empowering lyrics breathe the spirit our legions keep following us for." More...
Brujeria Reveals New Album Details
Mexican death grind band Brujeria put the world of cartels and ritualistic murder on wax with a brutal power equivalent to when Compton arrived in pop culture via NWA. On September 15th, the band will unleash their fifth full-length album "Esto Es Brujeria" onto the world via Nuclear Blast Records.
Today, the band releases the first single from the album entitled "Mochado." Check out the video visualizer for the first taste of the album.
Brujeria's Juan Brujo comments,
"Para que sientan y sepan el poder Mexicano con raíces antiguas hasta las redes sociales modernas, que se transmite con canciones brutales y rabiosas! ESTO ES BRUJERIA."
English translation: "Feel and know the Mexican power with ancient roots all the way to the modern world of social media, filled with brutal and rabid songs! ESTO ES BRUJERIA"
"Esto Es Brujeria" was recorded worldwide at the following studios: Dog Run Studio in Riverside, CA; Total Annihilation Studios in East Los Angeles, CA; Robanna’s in Birmingham, UK; and Audiocustom in Santiago, Chile. Production of the record was handled by the band while engineering was a joint effort between Eddie Casillas, Eddie Rivas, and Miguel Seco. The mixing and mastering of the album was completed by Seba Puente who was also a part of the engineering team. The album artwork was created by Gary Ronaldson. "Esto Es Brujeria" saw the return of their metal mascot Coco Loco who is emblazoned on the ferocious cover. More...
Dantalion Releases "Novena" Lyric Video
Spanish black metallers Dantalion will release their ninth studio album "Fatum" on September 8th 2023 via Non Serviam Records.
Today the band from Vigo, Galicia unveils the first single "Novena Wake Begins."
"‘Novena Wake Begins’, the first single from the record, is a direct song which shows the classic feeling delivered by the band. The melodic guitars mix darkness and melancholy with agonizing voices which remind you necromantic rituals and the popular culture of Santa Muerte." More...
Deitus Unveils Title Track From New Album
Black metallers Deitus have released their title track & visualiser, "Irreversible" to celebrate the release of their new album Irreversible, which is out now via Candlelight Records. You can check out the video below.
Comments Deitus on the new single:
"This is 'Irreversible'.
The very death of hope.
The final nail.
Us against all you swine.
In the name of spite.
Straight for your throats."
Formed in 2004 in York (UK), Deitus create sonic terror through the medium of black metal with no limits and no compromises. The band's core line-up has remained a stable 3-piece since their inception, taking inspiration from such artists as Dissection, Slayer, GG Allin, Fields of the Nephilim and Bathory.
Deitus produce raw, dark and melodic soundscapes that have helped to win them high praise for their notorious, blood-drenched, rabid, violent live performances across the UK, Europe, United States and Mexico. They have received attention for bringing an unpredictable and dangerous element back into the live setting and have played alongside such esteemed bands as Mayhem, Shining, Hellhammer, Rotting Christ and also at various festivals across the globe including Bloodstock Festival (UK), Netherlands Deathfest (NL), Odyssey To Blasphemy (DE), Winter Rising (FR) and Sangre Y Fuego para Mictlantecuhtli (MX). More...
Warmen Shares "Hell On Four Wheels" Music Video
Warmen are back!
The new album by the Finnish powerhouse Warmen around Janne Wirman (Children Of Bodom) "Here For None" will be released worldwide by Reaper Entertainment on August 18th 2023 - including some tangible surprises!
Today the band releases the second digital single. The song "Hell On Four Wheels" is now available on all major streaming platforms. The official music video can be seen below.
Bassist Jyri Helko states:
"'Hell on Four Wheels' is a fast and furious combination of the new, heavier Warmen, and the older albums' melodic style, including the Wirman brothers' epic solo battle! We also shot Warmen's first real music video to this song. The camera was operated by Petri Inkinen / Guilty Visuals, and the director was of course nobody else but Ykä Järvinen, who is the man behind for instance Children of Bodom's classic videos Downfall and Sixpounder." More...
The Unity Debuts New New Music Video
German Melodic Power Metal band The Unity released their new single and video today. The song "Always Two Ways To Play" will also be on the upcoming studio album "The Hellish Joyride," which is scheduled to be released on August 25th through SPV/Steamhammer. You can check out the video below.
Get ready for some hellish metal pleasure: Following their four successful albums "The Unity" (2017), "Rise" (2018), "Pride" (2020) and "The Devil You Know – Live" (2021), European tours as headlining act or alongside luminaries such as Sinner, Edguy, Axel Rudi Pell or Rhapsody Of Fire, celebrated shows at Masters Of Rock, the Knockout Festival, Metal-Fest or Bang Your Head, The Unity‘s fifth release, "The Hellish Joyride," presents them from a more playful and varied side than ever before.
"Our music has always featured a wide stylistic range, but ’The Hellish Joyride‘ stretches the boundaries of melodic power metal even further," explains Michael Ehré, referring to the album‘s twelve extremely diverse songs, which range from neck-breakingly fast-paced and groovingly cool to balladesque.
On top of that, the band‘s latest addition, Tobias “Eggi” Exxel (bass, Edguy), has brought fresh energy to the fold and unmistakably supports the sworn circle of Gamma Ray members Henjo Richter (guitar) and Michael Ehré (drums), vocalist Gianba Manenti, guitarist Stef and keyboardist Sascha Onnen. More...
Tailgunner Posts New Music Video Online
Today, UK's Heavy Metal shooting stars Tailgunner finally release their debut studio album "Guns For Hire!"
To celebrate the release, Tailgunner reveal their new single, plus a video clip for the track "New Horizons". It is a song about vengeance! Boasting the bands heaviest riffs and biggest hooks to date, Tailgunner tear into their latest single, combining speed metal riffs and a chorus reminiscent of those classic 80’s Power Metal bands like Helloween, with some lightning fast twin leads to boot! The video, shot in April 2023 in the band's spiritual home of Liverpool is a true throwback to the glory days that inspire the band, and could be taken straight from 1986. More...
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Dark Angel Has Finally Arrived In Athens
Before I even arrived at Gagarin 205, the Athens, Greece venue that would host both Xentrix and Dark Angel tonight, I was feeling anxious about how the turnout was going to be. Does Greece still remember this remember this fringe Big Four band from the late 80’s/early 90’s???
In my opinion, Dark Angel has never received the respect they deserved. Was it because they were based in Los Angeles and not the Bay Area? Was it because they were labeled a Slayer knock-off? Or was it because of their label not pushing them as hard as their peers? Whatever the answer was, it really doesn’t matter anymore. Almost 40 years after the release of “We Have Arrived,” they were playing in Athens, Greece for the very first time tonight.
Xentrix was already playing when I nudged my way through the entrance. The crowd was already awake and thrashing and the beer lines were long. I’m not sure how many metalheads Gagarin 205 can hold, but already the only area you could move around without bumping shoulders was near the entrance. Dark Angel wouldn’t even hit the stage for another hour! After a tight and energetic set by Xentrix, it was time to heal those broken hearts caused by Dark Angel by never playing in Greece until now. After a few moments into their intro music, “The Atomic Clock,” Gene Hoglan, took to his throne and the already sweat drenched Athenian crowd went full Spartan.
Not surprisingly, the first song of Dark Angel’s set was “We Have Arrived.” After playing a handful of songs from “Time Does Not Heal” and “Leave Scars,” it was time for what we’ve been waiting on for decades. Tonight, was to be a special setlist in tribute to the late founding member, Jim Durkin. They were going to play their sophomore effort, the thrash metal classic that has been mentioned in numerous top ten thrash metal albums of all time lists, “Darkness Descends” in full.
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Countess Erzsebet
One Rachel Ann Roomian, (aka Rachel Bloodspell Moongoddess; aka Rachel Rotten), formerly of Cardinal Wyrm, Depressor and Xasthur, previously forwarded her solo project under the moniker Erzsebet and digitally released the impressive “Black Spell”. She returns now as a solo artist with the slightly renamed Countess Erzsebet. The multi-talented musician boasts a considerably diverse background, having been a porno actress as well as a psychiatric nurse. Rachel’s new release, straightforwardly entitled “Countess Erzsebet,” set for self-release on July 28, proves to be as intriguing as her eclectic backstory. More...
Surgeon Premiere New Single "Monopoly"
Minneapolis, Minnesota-based progressive deathcore outfit Surgeon premiere a new single named “Monopoly”, streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.
Flammable Regurgitosis Premiere New Single
Queensland, Australia-based slamming brutal death metal duo Flammable Regurgitosis premiere a new single titled “Deranged Backpacker Executions”, taken from their upcoming new album "Unhinged Irreversible Mutilations", which will be out in stores August 5, 2023 via Vile Tapes Records.
Check out "Deranged Backpacker Executions" streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.
Without Human Trait Premiere New Single & Video
Erfurt, Germany-based deathcore/beatdown outfit Without Human Trait premiere a new single and music video by the name of “D.K.”, streaming via YouTube for you now below.
Freya (Earth Crisis) Premiere New Single
Freya - the hardcore outfit led by Karl Buechner of hardcore legends Earth Crisis - are set to unleash their new album, "Fight As One," on August 22nd. Today the band premiere a new single and music video called "Nothingness Or God," streaming via YouTube for you now below. The album features special guest appearances from Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed, Scott Vogel of Terror, and Freddy Cricien of Madball.
Regarding the single, Freya had this to say: More...
Imperial Crystalline Entombment Premiere Single
U.S. black metal band Imperial Crystalline Entombment premiere a new single titled “Of Blizzards and Banshees”, taken from their upcoming new album "Ancient Glacial Resurgence". The record will be released by Debemur Morti Productions on September 1st.
Check out "Of Blizzards and Banshees" streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.
Countess Erzsebet Premiere New Single & Video
Countess Erzsebet premiere a new single and music video by the name of “In the Blood of Virgins”, taken from their upcoming new self-titled mini-album. The record will be released on July 28th on CD and vinyl LP formats.
Check out "In the Blood of Virgins" streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.
Heartsick Premiere New Official Music Video
Heartsick has recently premiered a new official music video for their latest single, both streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. The band once again collaborated with Wombat Fire (known for their work with Asking Alexandria and Bad Wolves) for the direction of this visually striking creation.
In addition to the video release, Heartsick has an abundance of upcoming tour dates scheduled for the coming months. Here are some of their anticipated shows: More...
Inhuman Condition (Obituary, Etc.) Premiere Video
Old-school death metal band Inhuman Condition, consisting of members from Obituary, Deicide, and others, has unleashed their rendition of the classic Blue Öyster Cult song, "Godzilla." The track is accompanied by a video directed by Daniel Wahlström. Fans can anticipate the release of Inhuman Condition's upcoming EP, titled "Panic Prayer," scheduled to drop on July 21st.
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