Metal News for July 20, 2016
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25 news articles posted on this day.
Seven Kingdoms Kickstarting New EP
Florida power metal act Seven Kingdoms is currently wrapping up work on new EP "In The Walls." This release will feature two songs from an upcoming full-length album to be released in January 2017, along with re-recorded tracks "The Bloody Meadow" and "Stormborn."
These two re-recorded songs will be available exclusively on the physical pressing of the EP, which will be limited to 400 copies. Each EP will be hand numbered, signed and feature the Edition 1 labeling on the back. There will be no digital downloads available for this EP.
Seven Kingdoms also just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the production of "In The Walls." More...
Cortez Streams "Notice"
WOOAAARGH and Get A Life Records! have teamed up with Swiss metallic hardcore band Cortez to stream new track "Notice."
This track, which is taken from an upcoming 10th anniversary edition of the "Initial" album, is a perfect introduction to those unfamiliar with the band. You can pre-order the release at this location and check out "Notice" below. More...
Ivory Streaming "Vanitas Vanitatum"
Symphonic epic metal band Ivory today premieres new track "Vanitas Vanitatum" from upcoming album “Southern Cross,” which is due to be released on July 22 via Rockshots Records.
The "Southern Cross" album artwork was created by Stefan Heilemann, who worked with such bands as Nightwish, Kamelot, Rhapsody, Epica, Lindemann, Pain, etc. The track list for the album is:
1. Overture 1910
2. Vanitas Vanitatum
3. Ulysses
4. Creator
5. Passing Days
6. Terra Nova
7. February
8. Southern Cross
9. Warrior's Story More...
Castle Streams Full Album
Castle's entire newly released album "Welcome To The Graveyard" is now online for streaming - check it out below.
Reflects guitarist Mat Davis: "We're extremely proud to finally stream 'Welcome To The Graveyard.' We set out on a left hand path from the beginning with this beast of an album, right up until the final nails were put in its coffin. We looked to make this album work as a whole, with a stripped down rock element that hearkened back to our debut In Witch Order and infusing that with bursts of orchestrated melody.
" It's our favorite record to date because it combines all the different elements of Castle and lets them shine equally; epic heavy metal, doom, '70s rock, and [bassist/vocalist] Liz [Blackwell]'s vocals are more soulfully evil than ever before which adds to the haunted ride." More...
Dead Earth Politics Posts "Runescarred" Video
Dead Earth Politics will release "The Mobius Hammersmith" on July 29th, with pre-orders now online right here. Today a video of the song "Runescarred" also comes online and is available below.
Front man Ven says of the CD: "I don't know how we did it, but I feel we made an album that is both more progressive and heavier than the last two. I can't wait to take this on tour come 7/29!"
In support of "The Mobius Hammersmith," Dead Earth Politics will hit the road this summer. The tour kicks off July 29th in Lake Charles, LA and runs through August 13th winding up at the band's hometown haunt The Dirty Dog Bar in Austin, TX.
7/29: Lake Charles, LA @ Luna Live
7/30: Metairie, LA @ Twist of Lime
7/31: Montgomery, AL @ Head on the Door
8/1: Louisville, KY @ Highlands Taproom
8/3: Richmond, VA @ Wonderland
8/4: Asheville, NC @ The Boiler Room
8/5: Hickory, NC @ The Wizard Saloon
8/6: Cape Coral, FL @ Rackems Spirits
8/7: Tampa, FL @ The Brass Mug
8/10: Albany, GA @ The Oglethorpe Lounge
8/11: Oceans Spring, MS @ Juke Joint
8/12: Houston, TX @ Acadia Bar & Grill
8/13: Austin, TX @ Dirty Dog Bar More...
Slayer Announces Comic Series
Dark Horse Comics and thrash titans Slayer have joined forces to deliver a new comic series this holiday season.
With full participation from the band and taking inspiration from Slayer's "Repentless" music videos, Jon Schnepp (Metalocalypse) will pen the three-issue comic series with interior bloodlines drawn by Guiu Vilanova (Twilight Zone, Conan the Avenger, Weird Detective). Glenn Fabry's covers reign in blood while Antichrist Eric Powell (The Goon, Hillbilly) will illustrate the variant cover for the first issue.
"I think of the songs I write as stories," Slayer's Kerry King told Rolling Stone in an exclusive interview. "And if nothing else, they are certainly visual." Slayer: Repentless #1 (of 3) is due on comic stands in December, 2016.
Slayer will appear within the walls of Comic-Con for two exclusive signings on Friday, July 22. Nuclear Blast America (booth #501) will host the band from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Dark Horse Comics (booth #2615) will host both the band and the comic's creative team for a very limited engagement from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Limited edition posters will be provided. More...
Okkultokrati Streaming "World Peace"
Okkultokrati's new album "Raspberry Dawn" is weird, wired, and quite possibly the holy grail for those seeking radical rock reinvention and new sensations in the current era. Hear the opening track "World Peace" below.
Southern Lord owner Greg Anderson said of the album, "Fucked up in all the right places! Super original and I can say that I've definitely never heard anything like this! Visions of Bauhaus and Dark Throne listening to Joy Division albums by torchlight in the dark forests of Oslo."
New album "Raspberry Dawn" will be released on all formats via Southern Lord on September 23rd and features the following track listing:
1. World Peace
2. Raspberry Dawn
3. We Love You
4. Suspension
5. Hard To Please, Easy To Kill
6. Hidden Future
7. Ocular Violence
8. Magic People More...
Seeker To Support Malevolent Creation, Incantation
Texas tech-metal band Seeker has announced U.S. tour dates supporting Malevolent Creation and Incantation this October.
"We're unbelievably excited to head out with these two legendary bands,” states Seeker vocalist Bryce Lucien. “We're hitting a lot of our favorite cities and can't wait to play music from our new album on this tour."
The band is currently in the studio with Zach Ohren (Chelsea Grin, Fallujah) recording the follow up to 2013’s "Unloved."
Lucien comments: "We've been in the studio for about a week and everything is turning out great. The drums sound huge and the guitars are coming in flawless and absolutely crushing. We've spent nearly three years working on this album and can't wait for everyone to hear it. Expect the darkest, fastest, and most chaotic music that we've ever written." More...
MoRkObOt Streaming New Song
The Italian drum and dual-bassist trio known as MoRkObOt today reveals another brand new track from fifth full-length, "GoRgo," which is to be released this September through Supernatural Cat, the label founded by members of Ufomammut and Malleus Rock Art Lab.
Check out "Gorokta" in the player below. The band comments: "This song starts with a simple heavy riff and goes on through all of its different sections following the key of mutation. Time compressions and metric modulations alter the rhythmical structure while melodies interchange roles and continuously shift the listener's perception. Sometimes changes happen in subtle ways but most of the time mutations fall abruptly into one another interlocking different alien sceneries. Crashing, fizzling, devastating. More...
Keychain Announces North American Tour
Keychain is pushing the boundaries of its genres to bring metal, alternative rock, and hip hop back together again.
The band will be hitting the the road from the end of August to mid-October for a first North American tour promoting debut EP "Breaking Out," which is being released on August 5th.
The EP was produced by award winning producer/engineer/mixer Glen Robinson who has worked with names such as The Ramones, AC/DC, GWAR, Annihilator and Voivod plus mastered by none other than Howie Weinberg (Pantera, Limp Bizkit, The Deftones, etc).
Check out our recent audio Pit Story with the band, and you can also see Keychain live The Maension on these dates: More...
Agnostic Front Announces New Tour
New York hardcore group Agnostic Front has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Persistence Tour, which is set to kick off on January 18th in Berlin, Germany.
Agnostic Front is touring in support of most recent output, "The American Dream Died," which was released in April 2015 via Nuclear Blast. See the band live:
2017-01-18 Berlin (Astra Kulturhaus) DE
2017-01-19 Warsaw (Progresja) PL
2017-01-20 Brno (Sono) CZ
2017-01-21 Dresden (Eventwerk) DE
2017-01-22 Torhout (De Mast) BE
2017-01-23 Hamburg (Grosse Freiheit) DE
2017-01-24 Wiesbaden (Schlachthof) DE
2017-01-25 München (Backstage) DE
2017-01-26 Milano (Live Club) IT
2017-01-27 Lausanne (Les Docks) CH
2017-01-28 Oberhausen (Turbinenhalle) DE
2017-01-29 London (O2 Forum) GB More...
Spellcaster Checks In From The Road
Spellcaster just checked in with this update about experiencing vehicle problems while out on the road touring:
"Our van was having major issues all weekend. Steering was really bad and no one could diagnose the repair. So we did the logical thing and threw a bunch of money at the problem. Sometimes that doesn't work.
"Unfortunately our tour van is toast! BUT we have acquired another van and will be making it to all the shows on the rest of the tour including Salt Lake City tonight. We will be rolling in late but playing none the less.
"We would like to thank Holy Grail for offering up their equipment. Awesome dudes. If you would like to help out please go to our merch page and grab some sick swag. We can ship on the road! See you soon." More...
Excellion Releases New Music Video
Mexican traditional metal band Excellion just debuted a video single from an upcoming EP titled "Unsean," which is due on August 6th, 2016. This 5-track EP was mixed and mastered by Luke Martin (Plini, Nick Johnston) in Peterborough, United Kingdom.
The video for “Unlucky Charms” was directed by Sofia Ptacnik and can be viewed below. Bassist Adrian Vilbel comments:
“The story of the song may be a little different from the video of a metal band and that’s the whole point. The song talks about your self, a reunion with your inner child asking you if what you’re doing right now is what you’ve always dreamed of and the video it’s like an alternate reality where there’s this magical instrument that is capable of make you a virtuoso in any musical endeavor you may take and that’s why it’s so valuable and anyone wants it, even people with a lot of money and what we see at the start of the video. You know, we wanted to make something different to an always dark ambient metal video so that’s why we made it that way, it was actually fun.
“We could relate the song and the video in a way that is kind of a dream of that inner child of yours telling you that sometimes there’re more important things out there, so you should enjoy the ride and stop trying to take shortcuts, that’s what make experiences so valuable." More...
Mine Collapse Streaming New EP
The debut from Chicago-based Mine Collapse will see release in the form of the trio's self-titled EP via Nefarious Industries this week.
Recorded with Andy Nelson (Weekend Nachos, Lord Mantis, Harm's Way) at Bricktop Recording, and mastered by Carl Saff (Coliseum, Sofy Major, Young Widows), the explosive first title from Mine Collapse picks up where arbogast, the former act of two members, left off.
You can hear the new EP early in the SoundCloud player below ahead of the official July 22nd, 2016 release date. Be sure to also catch the "Mine Collapse" release show:
7/30/2016 Burlington - Chicago, IL w/ Child Bite, SNAFU, Den More...
Necromancing The Stone Posts Guitar Playthrough
Necromancing The Stone's debut full-length album, "Jewel Of The Vile," is due out August 5th and today the band has launched a guitar playthrough with Justin Wood for one of the album's tracks. Check out "Crusher" below.
Featuring artwork by Ariel Zucker-Brull and guest appearances by Taylor Nordberg (The Absence, Infernaeon) and Jeff Loomis (Arch Enemy, Nevermore, etc., etc.), the "Jewel Of The Vile" track listing is as follows:
1. Crusher
2. Bleed for the Night
3. The Descent
4. The Siren's Call
5. Ritualistic Demise
6. The Old One
7. Rotted Reunion
8. Unfinished Business
9. Honor Thy Prophet
10. From Graves to Infamy
11. The Battle of Morningstar More...
Nova Cycle Releases "Shine" Video
Polish label Via Nocturna just revealed a brand new video for "Shine" by U.S. stoner/doom band Nova Cycle. The track is taken from the band's self-titled album.
Nova Cycle describes its sound as “a supernova explodes and it’s hot, fiery and intense and burns itself out with no apologies. Like these songs,and like the music we’ve been playing live for years, it doesn’t exactly quietly slink into the room.”
The Agonist Posts New Lyric Video
The Agonist is set to release new album and Napalm Records debut "Five" on September 30th. Today new single "The Chain" also comes online - check out a lyric video below.
Pre-orders for "Five" are now online here. Guitarist Danny Marino also comments on the impending album release:
"We are so anxious to release this record to our fans and the rest of the world! This album represents another shift in the evolution of The Agonist! Vicky and I went even deeper into what makes a song really connect. I'm very proud of everyone's hard work making this the most diverse and interesting record for us to date! It was a great learning experience working with Mike Plotnikoff and fully immersing ourselves in the recording process 24/7. Just as much as we are excited to release this album we are psyched to get back out on the road and connect directly with our fans! Europe gets the first taste before we unleash on North America this November with Epica."
Vocalist Vicky Psarkis adds, "Being in The Agonist for over 2 years now and after releasing my debut album with the band and numerous tours, I can say that Five is the record where I believe that we finally found our sound! There's a certain confidence that comes with experience and there's something about being fully comfortable that can take your approach towards songwriting to a whole other level. Working on the lyrics and vocals on this album was an incredibly natural process. Halfway into the pre-production, we realized that a lot of our songs seemed to be telling a story and hearing the album in its entirety is like escaping into our world."
The new album's track listing is as follows:
1. The Moment
2. The Chain
3. The Anchor and The Sail
4. The Game
5. The Ocean
6. The Hunt
7. The Raven Eyes
8. The Wake
9. The Resurrection
10. The Villain
11. The Pursuit of Emptiness
12. The Man Who Fell to Earth
13. The Trial
14. Take Me to Church (Hozier cover) (Bonus Edition Only) More...
Black Shape Of Nexus Calls It Quits
Following the stream of a truly mammoth 24 HOUR song earlier this year, Black Shape Of Nexus has apparently achieved all it set out to, as the band is officially calling it quits. The group's Facebook page was updated with this statement:
"BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS ARE FUCKING DEAD! Villingen-Schwenningen will be our final show. We had plans. But reality does not care about plans. It may sound cheesy but the saying is true. You can't ride a dead horse.
"Any famous last words? OK. We always wanted to take ourselves not too serious. We never wanted to be more evil or heavy than we were. We just wanted to be the persons that we still are. Beside the will to express ourselves in the way we did the second important thing was ATTITUDE. It is good to believe that we're going with the certainty that we've always done the right things.
"We feel endless love for all the ones who walked a part of the road with us. The list would be incredibly long. THANK YOU! THANK YOU ALL! OFF TO NEW SHORES!" More...
DevilDriver Posts New Video
Southern California's revered groove metal band DevilDriver released 7th studio album, "Trust No One," this past May via Napalm Records.
It's no secret that front man Dez Fafara is a huge cannabis fan and proponent of legalizing marijuana. In fact he has an interview coming out in a future edition of High Times Magazine discussing his signature blend of weed, wax, edibles and a strain called DevilDriver OG.
Continuing his partnership with High Times, Dez and DevilDriver have released a new music video for "My Night Sky" (available below). More...
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Dejected Mass Premieres Full New Album
Incomprehensible and impenetrable guitar darkness is the order of the day with the slow motion chug-pocalypse that is Dejected Mass.
The band's new "Dirge" album is set to drop tomorrow - July 21st, 2016 - and will be available via Bandcamp here.
Darkness has managed to slip through the cracks of light a day early though, as we're exclusively streaming all of "Dirge" a day ahead of time!
Listen in to this obsidian hulk of crushing guitars and primal sorrow below. The full track listing is:
1. Bonds Of Sadness
2. Crave
3. Branch Of Freedom
4. Methanol Death
5. Desensitized
6. Worthless Life More...
Thy Catafalque Streams New Song "Mezolit"
Hungarian progressive/avant-garde metal project Thy Catafalque premieres a new song entitled "Mezolit", taken from the upcoming new album "Meta", which will be out in stores September 16 via Season of Mist.
Check out now "Mezolit" below. Comments mastermind Tamás Kátai:
"The track ‘Mezolit’ (‘Mesolithic’) features two vocalists taking my place – my old friend, Lambert Lédeczy from AHRIMAN, MÖRBID CARNAGE, and TYRANT GOATGALDRAKONA and Gyula Vasvári from PERIHELION delivering the clean vocals. The song itself is set in prehistoric times, we cannot fully comprehend and at least for me it breathes a feeling of timelessness, like existing through aeons.
"The Greek term ‘Meta’ originally meant ‘beyond, over, through’, which corresponded to my vision of a journey through different times and life forms. I am fascinated by the idea of a circle of life, of existence in another form after the disintegration of our bodies, how we dissolve into earth, and how something very different is built from our cells that is still derived from the most basic elements of life. Musically speaking, a great number of guest musicians have contributed to ‘Meta’. Apart from Gyula and Lambert, Attila Bakos and Ágnes Tóth are each back for one song, and also Zoltán Kónya (GIRE). Balázs Tóth from CASKETGARDEN appears on lead guitar in one track and there are some oboe and cello as well. I assume all in all, ‘Meta’ comes across a tad friendlier than ‘Sgùrr’ was." More...
Enigma Premieres Pre-Release Full-Album Stream
San Jose, CA based technical death metal unit Enigma premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new EP "Stars Misaligned", which will be out in stores this Friday, July 22 via Bandcamp.
Check out now "Stars Misaligned" in its entirety below.
Megadeth Premieres New Music Video
Megadeth today premieres a new music video for "Post American World", taken from the band's latest album "Dystopia".
This video will very likely be Chris Adler’s (Lamb Of God) final appearance in a Megadeth video, with ex-Soilwork’s Dirk Verbeuren having taken over drumming duties.
Check out "Post American World" below.
Periphery Releases New Song "Remain Indoors"
Periphery premieres a new song entitled "Remain Indoors", taken from the upcoming new album "Periphery III: Select Difficulty", which will be out in stores this Friday, July 22nd, through Sumerian Records.
Check out now "Remain Indoors" below.
Goes Cube Premieres New Song "Ignore The Stranger"
Brooklyn's metal outfit Goes Cube premieres a new song entitled "Ignore The Stranger", taken from the upcoming new album "Shadows Swallowed The Flood", which will be out in stores October 21 via Old Flame Records.
Check out now "Ignore The Stranger" below.
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