As Paradise Falls Streaming Full Album

Following the release of the "Dead Message" music video, As Paradise Falls is now streaming full new album "Digital Ritual." The album was produced by Shane Edwards (Northlane, Thy Art is Murder) and is due to officially come out worldwide this Friday, July 21st, 2017.

The album's concept revolves around the idea that technology is ruining our lives by inhibiting “real life” engagement with friends & family. At the same time, tracking cookies and advertising corporations are chipping away at internet privacy and aggregating data to sell to the highest bidders.

The band has also announced a run of Australian tour dates. Catch these upcoming As Paradise Falls live shows:

July 29 - Brisbane, QLD @ Jubilee Hotel w/ Dead of Winter Fest
August 19 - Brisbane @ Crowbar
September 1 - Adelaide @ Enigma Bar
September 2 - Melbourne @ BANG
September 9 - Sydney @ The Bald Faced Stag More...

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Cities Of Mars Posts "Envoy Of Murder"

Swedish doom outfit Cities Of Mars is now streaming new single “Envoy of Murder” in the YouTube player below. About this single, the band says:

“As always, the song contains a piece of the unfolding saga of the ancient Martian civilization, rediscovered by the KGB agent Nadia in 1971. The song is set in 3251 BC, where a devastating civil war rages on Mars.

"A mad scientist has just released his latest invention onto the battlefield – an army of biomechanical spiders. Hidden in the shadows, the scientist controls his spider minions roaming the battle plains, infecting and reanimating dying soldiers into walking terrors.”

This is the first single from Cities Of Mars' upcoming album “Temporal Rifts,” due to be released by Argonauta Records as vinyl, CD, and digital formats September 29th, 2017. More...

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Portrait Streaming "Martyrs"

On August 25th, Swedish heavy metal band Portrait will release new full-length album "Burn The World" worldwide via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the album, second single "Martyrs" can now be heard below.

Portrait comments: "'Burn the World' is our fiercest one to-date, holding all aspects of Portrait within it, yet in an even more dynamic, empowered and elevated form than its predecessors. Expect nothing else than sheer heavy metal rage dedicated to all forces that seek to end this world through their fires of adversity."

New album "Burn The World" contains guest appearances by Set Teitan (Dissection) and Kevin Bower (Hell) and bears the following track listing:

1. Saturn Return (intro)
2. Burn The World [streaming here]
3. Likfassna
4. Flaming Blood
5. Mine To Reap
6. Martyrs
7. Further She Rode
8. The Sower's Cross (CD bonus track)
9. To Die For
10. Pure Of Heart More...

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Asphyx Announces 30th Anniversary Shows

Amidst an ongoing campaign for latest album release “Incoming death," Dutch death / doom division Asphyx is proud to announce a very special anniversary celebration of the band’s 30 years of existence in 2017.

In addition to the previously announced and sold out anniversary show at the Turock venue in Essen, Germany on Saturday, November 18th, Asphyx has now announced a second (matinee) show in the same location for the day after, Sunday, November 19th.

These two 30 year anniversary concerts will not only be supported by metal comrades Pentacle and Soulburn, but also feature longer Asphyx sets, special merchandise, and meet & greet opportunities with former band members like Eric Daniels, Bob Bagchus, Wannes Gubbels, Ronnie van der Wey, Roel Sanders or Sander van Hoof.

Asphyx comments: "Salutations Asphyxians! Due to the unexpected, rapid sell out of our 30 years anniversary show in Turock, Essen, Germany on November 18th, for which our massive gratitude, we decided for those who could not obtain a ticket, to do an extra show the very next day. So, Sunday the 19th of November 2017. Same bill, same set, same goodies, same price. Just a little earlier, doors open at 15.00 hours, so everybody can get back to work on time the next day. Cheerz and see you all in November!" More...

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Atriarch Posts "Repent" Video

The apocalyptic noisemakers from Atriarch are pleased to unveil their visual accompaniment to the track "Repent" taken off the impending new full-length album, "Dead As Truth." Watch the chaotic and disquieting Daniel Menche-directed video for "Repent" below.

"We are beyond thrilled to have gotten the chance to work with the legendary Daniel Menche on this project," issues the band. "He is not only a fantastic artist but an incredible person as well. We are long time admirers of his work, both sonic and visual. So this was truly a great experience for us."

8/11/2017 The Cobalt - Vancouver, BC
8/12/2017 Barboza - Seattle, WA
8/13/2017 Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
8/17/2017 Thee Parkside - San Francisco, CA More...

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The Agonist Posts New Video

As The Agonist gets ready to hit the road, the band just released a video for "The Raven Eyes," taken from Napalm Records debut album "Five," which was released late last year.

Guitarist Danny Marino comments: "Writing this was a departure for Vicky and I but it may have been one of the most rewarding as songwriters. It allowed us to explore sounds and emotions we've always wanted to but could never quite get to in a metal setting.

"Also, working with Igor Khoroshev (Yes) really helped bring out the full depth of Vicky's piano and string arrangements. The lyrics were originally inspired by stories of the renaissance plague doctors. FTB Visuals was able to take these themes and create a modern world storyline with an equally dark overtone that captured the painful emotions in the song."

The band is currently preparing for a headline Canadian tour starting August 4th in Montreal, QC and running through August 29th in Regina, SK. A complete list of dates can be found after the video. More...

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Black Mourning Light Updates 2017 Lineup

Black Mourning Light - the Edmonton, AB black and doom metal festival being presented by Crown of Viserys and GigFly.ca on October 13th and 14th at the Starlite Room - has updated the event's 2017 lineup.

The fest will now include locals The Lucifer Project featuring drummer Bryan James Newbury (Into Eternity/ Untimely Demise) and guitarist Adam Sweeney (Untimely Demise), along with Alberta / Ohio based The Projectionist featuring Lord Matzigketius (ex-Idolatry) on vocals, Ghast (ex-Operation Winter Mist) on guitar, Destroyer (Unrest) on bass, Parageist (ex-Vile Insignia) on guitar and Malphas on drums.

This year's infernal ritual further includes Blasphemy (Vancouver, BC) and Revenge (Edmonton, AB) headlining, plus some of the most insane black metal and death metal acts to ever grace a stage with Evilheart, Fortress, Gravehill, Funeral of God, Xul, Goathammer, and more. More...

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Dreadnought Streams "Within Chanting Waters"

Dreadnought, the Denver co-ed foursome whose sophomore album "Bridging Realms" was released in 2015 (reviewed here), now returns with "A Wake In Sacred Waves" on October 6th via Sailor Records.

Check out the first new music from the four-song, 51-minute "A Wake In Sacred Waves" album with a stream of the advance track “Within Chanting Waters” below.

“Each album is loosely based on an element,” explains singer/guitar player/flautist Kelly Schilling. “'Lifewoven' was earth, 'Bridging Realms' was ether, and this is our water album. You could think of them like Zelda temples. We wanted to make this a little bit darker and heavier because we were going through heavier parts of our lives. This record tells a story about the process of life and death. A sea creature evolves into an apex predator, takes over everything, and then falls from grace. It mirrors humanity’s own existential struggle.”

The band, which features drummer/saxophone player Jordan Clancy, bass player Kevin Handlon and singer/keyboard player Lauren Vieira, recorded the new album at The Boar’s Nest (Salt Lake City) with SubRosa’s Andy Patterson recording and mixing the collection. Catch the band live on these dates:

July 19 - Covington, KY @ Madison Live w/ Winterhymn, Automaton
July 20 - St Louis, MO @ The Sinkhole w/ Path of Might, Dracla, Dibiase
July 29 - Denver, CO @ Moe's BBQ w/ Free Slamander Exhibit (members of Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum) More...

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EyeHateGod Gearing Up For Massive U.S. Tour

EyeHateGod will kick off a 39 date U.S. mega tour next month. The "Left To Starve" summer takeover will commence on August 1st, run through September 13th, and includes performances with Capitalist Casualties, Phobia, Primitive Man, Negative Approach, Antiseen, Cro-Mags, Pig Destroyer, The Obsessed, and Mountain Of Wizard on select dates.

The journey also marks frontman Mike IX Williams' lengthiest tour since undergoing liver transplant surgery this past December. Comments IX Williams:

"This band, for better or worse, has endured a mind-numbing and brain-expanding thirty years of making some of the most criminally riff filled and abhorrent sounds ever heard on the planet earth. No middle ground; EyeHateGod is either wonderfully loved or instinctively hated. Predicting the future accidentally and preaching the end time message, see the band LIVE now before something else bad happens..." More...

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Terror Universal Signs With Minus Head

Masked horror metal band Terror Universal - featuring current and former members of Machine Head, Soulfly, Upon A Burning Body and Ill Nino - is thrilled to announce signing with Minus Head Records.

Furthermore, the band will release upcoming debut full-length album "Make Them Bleed" on Friday, October 13th via Minus Head. More album details are set to be announced soon, but you can pre-order the album right now via Bandcamp.

"It is both an honor and a pleasure to sign with Minus Head Records," says drummer Massacre. "Label owner and CEO Brad Hardie has a strong passion for heavy metal and understands the elements needed to break a band like Terror Universal in the marketplace. It is very seldom in this industry that a label cares that much about their bands. We are ready, and we are here to dominate."

Minus Head Records owner and CEO Brad Hardie adds, "Very excited to add Terror Universal to the roster. Their combination of metal with horror lyrics and imagery is exactly the kind of thing we look for! Can't wait to unleash this beast of a record!" More...

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Forgotten Tomb Finishes New Album

Italian black/doom metal crew Forgotten Tomb has finished recording new album, "We Owe You Nothing." It will include 6 songs for approximately 40 minutes of music.

The album recording sessions started in December 2016 with drums being tracked at Big Pine Creek studio in Italy, but were abruptly interrupted when singer/guitarist Ferdinando "HM" M. was involved in a life-threatening car accident that left him unable to play for months.

Recording-sessions were resumed and completed in May 2017 at SPVN Studio in Italy, while mixing and mastering were done in June 2017 at Planet-Z studio (Hadley, Massachussets) by Chris "Zeuss" Harris The album is due in fall 2017 on Agonia Records.

In the words of the band, "The new album is another step into our constant evolution. Our trademark sound is still there but this record is heavier than anything we've done before. It's a varied one and it includes some new solutions that might catch some people off guard. It's a pissed-off record but also extremely gloomy". More...

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Ensiferum Announces New Album

On September 15th, Ensiferum will release seventh full-length album "Two Paths" worldwide via Metal Blade Records.

Produced by Anssi Kippo, the master was recorded on tape for a true analog experience. Check out first single "For Those About to Fight for Metal" below. The full track listing is as follows:

1. Ajattomasta Unesta
2. For Those About to Fight for Metal
3. Way of the Warrior
4. Two Paths
5. King of Storms
6. Feast with Valkyries
7. Don't You Say
8. I Will Never Kneel
9. God Is Dead
10. Hail to the Victor
11. Unettomaan Aikaan
12. God Is Dead (Alternative Version)
13. Don't You Say (Alternative Version) More...

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Integral Premieres Full-Album Stream Of New Album

Italian technical/melodic death metal band Integral premieres the full-album stream of the band's new album "Resilience", out in stores now via Ghastly Music.

Check out now "Resilience" in its entirety below.

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Dream Void Debuts Pre-Release Full-Album Stream

Indiana based technical death metal project Dream Void debuts the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new second EP "Sanctimonious", which will arrive in stores this Friday, July 21st via Bandcamp.

Check out now "Sanctimonious" in its entirety below.

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Nattverd Premieres New Song

Norwegian black metal unit Nattverd premieres a new song titled "Der Tronen Blender, Vender Vi Oss Mot Mørket", taken from the band's upcoming debut album "Vi Vet gud Er En Løgner" (We Know God Is A Liar!), which will be out in stores in September by Darker Than Black Records. The release features cover art by Misanthropic-Art.

Check out now "Der Tronen Blender, Vender Vi Oss Mot Mørket" below.

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Body Count Shares Video For Two Slayer Covers

Body Count shares a new video for the band's covers of Slayer‘s "Raining Blood" and "Postmortem", taken from its latest release "Bloodlust", out in stores now via Century Media Records.

Check out now "Raining Blood" and "Postmortem" below.

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