Metal News for July 22, 2016
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Bhavachakra Signs With Translation Loss
Translation Loss has announced the signing of the ambitious death/black metal band, Bhavachakra. The Floridian quartet will release an eponymous album via Translation Loss on September 23rd later this year.
The word "Bhavachakra" itself coming from eastern theology; the name is given to the depiction of a large demon holding a wheel, which represents each of the different realms of rebirth one may find themselves in, depending on their karma in the cycle of life. It is these very concepts and lyrical themes the band employs on this crushing debut full-length.
Check out the new track "Kali Yuga" below. Bhavachakra founder Kenneth Redar comments on the premiere:
"Kali Yuga is the name given to the fourth and final epoch in the procession of epochs that must reach their conclusion before the Universe is born again and starts over anew. Kali Yuga is the age of vice. The age of materialism, chaos and pain. The darkest of the four ages and the one we currently find ourselves living in. Kali Yuga, the last song on the album, is about an awareness of existing in this age and coming together as a collective organism to move beyond material and interpersonal strife." More...
Denominate Streaming "Penumbra"
Finnish progressive death metal band Denominate just released new single "Penumbra," taken from upcoming album "Those Who Beheld The End," which is due to be released August 5th, 2016 via Inverse Records.
Check out the new song at Spotify here. "Penumbra" is just one of seven tracks to appear on the album, with the full track listing as follows:
01. In A Chasm Of Stone
02. Degradation (check out the lyric video here)
03. Penumbra
04. The Demented Scholar of Abatos
05. Torments of Silence
06. Apeirophobia
07. Terrestrial Funeral More...
Interview
Tides Of Sulfur Casts An "Extinction Curse"
Utterly misanthropic and aggressively negative blackened death metal cult Tides Of Sulfur just released new album "Extinction Curse" earlier this month via Black Bow Records.
We had the distinct pleasure of premiering a track from the album ahead of release, and now that the disc is out, we're diving into a full interview with vocalist / bassist Chris Bull (or as he calls it, the band's "throat and low end assaulter").
xFiruath: I'm a newcomer to Tides Of Sulfur. Can you give me a rundown of how the band got together and what the group had done prior to the recording of “Extinction Curse?”
Chris: Well Ant and I have played in several bands since we were teenagers. All those bands got to a stage where we had enough material to gig and then things just fell apart due to conflicts in terms of musical direction etc. Depression kind of stopped me from wanting to share my musical side with the public for a while but we carried on jamming in each others living rooms just for the love of it. In 2012 we knew we wanted to get out there and play.
I won't go into the story of our former drummer but if you listen to the 2012 demo you'll hear for yourself how he didn't fit the bill. We met Tom through our local doom/sludge scene; he was playing in a band called H O M O H (who were excellent by the way) and knew he was exceptional, not just behind the kit but as a human being so we immediately knew we'd found the missing piece.
We recorded and self released an EP thematically based on the 1st world war and called it "Ypres." We still have some copies of it on cassette but it's available on our Bandcamp page. Other than that, there's the spilt tape/CD we released with another criminally underrated and unknown band called The Air Turned To Acid and our friend Jeff of Against All Odds Productions released a compilation tape of pretty much everything we had released, including some digital only tracks and 2 previously unreleased tracks that we recorded in our practice room. Got all that?
xFiruath: I've been listening to the album a bit and noticed that huge change in tone between ending of “Eternal Bleeding” and beginning segment in “...Of Suffering and Grief.” It seems like metal is somewhat unique in the regard, having the ability to span completely different sounds right next to each other. Are you guys aiming to hit a specific sub-genre, and if not how do you go about putting together these songs that cross different styles? More...
Sludgehammer Posts "Ectogenesis" Video
With upcoming performances planned in home province of Ontario that includes a show date with Abiotic and Vesperia, Toronto's Sludgehammer today releases a new video for "Ectogenesis."
The track hails from recently released debut album "The Fallen Sun." See the band live on these impending dates:
July 29 - Oshawa, ON - The Atria - info w/ Caym, Backlash, Astaroth
August 27 - Oshawa, ON - The Atria - info w/ Abiotic, Vesperia More...
Korn Posts New Music Video
Korn's official video for "Rotting In Vain" has come online (check it out below) and is culled from upcoming album "The Serenity Of Suffering."
The album is due for release on October 21st via Roadrunner Records and will feature the following track listing:
1. Insane
2. Rotting in Vain
3. Black Is the Soul
4. The Hating
5. A Different World (feat. Corey Taylor)
6. Take Me
7. Everything Falls Apart
8. Die Yet Another Night
9. When You're Not There
10. Next in Line
11. Please Come for Me More...
Lesbian Reveals New Album Details
Seattle, WA doom metal band Lesbian will release new album "Hallucinogenesis" on August 26th via Translation Loss Records.
Produced, recorded and mixed by Randall Dunn at Seattle's Avast! Recording Company, the record features four towering tracks of the group's "Pre-Historic Phantasy Thrash" and is the follow-up to 2013 LP, "Forestelevision."|
"'Hallucinogenesis' tells a fantastical story of a spore-filled asteroid that collides with earth and forever alters its history and the course of consciousness," said the band of the album's concept. "The impact of this fungal explosion signals a new dawn of creation called Pyramidal Existinctualism. As meteorites are pulled towards the sun, they collide, levitate, circulate, then populate. One of the few survivors of this catastrophe is the Kosmoceratops. It’s time to bow to the new lord of this world."
In keeping with the record's surreal story line, cover artwork was designed by distinguished heavy metal artist Dan Seagrave (Morbid Angel, Entombed). The album's track listing is:
1.) Pyramidal Existinctualism
2.) Labrea Borealis
3.) Kosmoceratops
4.) Aqualibrium More...
Virvum Streaming "Ad Rigorem"
As Zurich, Switzerland-based progressive death metal unit Virvum moves closer to the September 16th release of new full-length, "Illuminance," the band today releases a debut single from the album. Check out "Ad Rigorem" below. The album's lineup consists of these musicians:
Bryan Berger - Vocals
Nic Gruhn (Former European live guitar tour fill-in for Fallujah) - Guitar
Toby Koelman - Guitar
Arran McSporran (De Profundis) - Session Bass Guitar
Diego Morenzoni - Drums More...
Unmerciful Posts New Album
Today, Kansas-based death metal unit Unmerciful unleashes the sonic brutality of the "Ravenous Impulse" full-length album via Unique Leader Records.
Captured at Appelhanz's own Waveworks Studio and with drums recorded at Chapman Studios (Origin, Tech N9NE) with longtime producer and friend Robert Rebeck, "Ravenous Impulse" can now be heard in full below.
1. Unmerciful
2. Abscission
3. Ravenous Impulse
4. Sociopathic Predation
5. Kill Reflex
6. Habitual Savagery
7. Enduring Torture
8. Kingdom Of Serpents
9. Methodic Absolution More...
Hammers Of Misfortune Streams Album
Today (July 22nd), West Coast progressive heavy metal band Hammers of Misfortune released sixth full-length, "Dead Revolution," worldwide via Metal Blade Records. You hear "Dead Revolution" in its entirety below, courtesy of Metal Sucks.
1. The Velvet Inquisition
2. Dead Revolution
3. Sea of Heroes
4. The Precipice (Waiting for the Crash...)
5. Here Comes the Sky
6. Flying Alone
7. Days of '49 More...
Sonic Wolves Unleashes New Album
Today Taxi Driver Records drops the smoky, psychedelic rock rumblings of "Before The End Comes," the new full-length album from Italy's Sonic Wolves.
Uniting current and past members of Ufomammut, The Hounds Of Hasselvander, Pentagram, and Rogue State, the record was tracked at the end of 2015 at Ampire Studio in Pistoia with Stefano Tocci serving as studio sound engineer
"Before The End Comes" includes the cosmic cover renderings of Michele Carnielli (Seals Of Blackening) and will come available in CD, digital, and limited edition vinyl. Stream the album in its fuzz-laden entirety below. More...
Lord Of War Posts Lyric Video
Last week, atmospheric deathcore brigade Lord Of War unleashed the audio lashings of latest full-length album "Suffer" via Unique Leader Records. A lyric video for the title track is now online and can be seen elow.
"Suffer" was engineered and mixed by Daniel Castleman and Kelly Cairns (Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, Carnifex, Winds Of Plague, Molotov Solution) and mastered by Miah Lajeunesse (Whitechapel, Aegaeon).
Big Fucking Gun Streams Entire Album
Russian groove metal band Big Fucking Gun recently released new album "Fury," which was recorded at Gigant Record and mastered and mixed by Andrey Teterlev from Binomial Records.
Pick up a copy here or stream all the tracks below. The full "Fury" track listing is as follows:
1. The Hidden 01:02
2. My last war 03:37
3. Half way back 03:10
4. Malignant 03:10
5. Your fear 03:56
6. My way out 03:36
7. Everything you say 04:07
8. Fata Morgana 03:53
9. Shall I give up 03:55
10. Through the blind eyes 04:32 More...
Welcome Back Delta Posts New Music Video
Welcome Back Delta was born into the bosom of the sleepy Cotswolds in 2011. The four like-minded musicians quickly gathered steam, hitting Cheltenham with a wake up call packed with catchy riffs and blues beats.
After recently supporting Clutch on a U.K. tour, Welcome Back Delta has announced second album "Sucker" will be released digitally on August 12th 2016.
Today the band also releases a brand new (and quite odd) video for "Jeremy's Iron." Welcome Back Delta comments:
"'Jeremy's Iron' chronicles the journeys of Perseus & Odysseus the legendary adventurers and beast slayers combating Medusa and The Cyclops! There may also be a message about overcoming adversity in there too. In the video the band members of Welcome Back Delta try out a new virtual reality music game, Band Hero! Things get a bit ... experimental!" More...
Despite Streaming Entire New Album
Sweden's progressive death metal powerhouse Despite today unleashes new album, "Synergi." In conjunction with the release, all the tracks have also come online and can be heard below.
Despite also recently teamed up with UK-based Vapemate to release a brand new "Cog One" eliquid created by vocalist Peter Tuthill. Full details are available here.
Korpse Posts "Unethical" Video
Korpse just released a new video for the "Unethical" track, which can be seen below, and the group also comments:
"We proudly present you our new lyric video! While writing our 2nd album, we decided to write actual lyrics for one of our songs, since we came across one of the most savage events in human history: The Liberian Civil Wars.
"A civil war where rebel generals recruited child soldiers to slaughter and rape anyone on their path, after preparing themselves by ripping out an innocent child's heart alive and eat it.
"Our album artwork was our interpretation of these events, but this video contains REAL footage of this bloodsoaked civil war. Therefore: WARNING! This video contains EXTREMELY GRAPHIC CONTENT!"
The Absence Posts New Song
Its been three years since The Absence released latest single "Oceans," and now the band is back in action with a new track stream.
Check out "Septic Testament" below or over at the group's Bandcamp page here. "Septic Testament" features new guitar players Joey Concepcion and Taylor Nordberg and heralds an upcoming album slated for a 2017 release date.
In The Woods... Posts New Song
In The Woods... just released a video clip containing new song "Blue Oceans Rise (Like A War)," which can be heard below.
The track hails from new record "Pure" that will drop September 16th, 2016 via Debemur Morti Productions and comes 17 years after previous full-length album "Strange In Stereo."
Pre-orders for the physical versions are available now at this location and the album's full track listing consists of:
1. Pure
2. Blue Oceans Rise (Like A War)
3. Devil's At The Door
4. The Recalcitrant Protagonist
5. The Cave Of Dreams
6. Cult Of Shining Stars
7. Towards The Black Surreal
8. Transmission KRS
9. This Dark Dream
10. Mystery Of The Constellations More...
Nag Releases "Ancient Wisdom" Video
Norwegian crust/metal trio Nag just shared a new music video for the track “Ancient Wisdom,” taken from the band’s self-titled debut album due out on September 2nd via Fysisk Format.
Recorded by the band and mixed by Haust’s Ruben Willem, Nag’s first full-length album features thirteen tracks of crust/hardcore/metal savagery that sees the trio evolving the sound of label mates Årabrot and Okkultokrati into a behemoth of extreme fury and frightening weirdness. Pre-orders are now available at this location. More...
Nothing Lies Beyond Streaming Full Album
Melodic death metal outfit Nothing Lies Beyond today releases debut full-length album "Fragile Reality." You can stream the entire release below, and drummer Ariel Lior comments:
"We are very excited to finally release our debut album! We've been working on this for a long time, writing and poring over every detail to make an album that we can all be proud of and going by the feedback it seems we've done ourselves justice.
"We want to send our thanks to all of the people who supported us during the writing and production process, we couldn't make it without you. With a special thanks to our amazing producers Alex and Vitally Zvulun for all their help and advice, and also to our former guitar players and close friends - Guy Elberg and Elad Pakado. So, we hope everyone will enjoy hearing the album as much as we enjoyed making it." More...
Swine Overlord Reveals New Album Details
Swine Overlord today reveals full details on the "Entheogenesis" album. Featuring album art by renowned Chinese artist Guang Yang (Equilibrium, Putridity, Inanimate Existence), “Entheogenesis” was recorded at SO HQ and was mixed and mastered by Andrew Matzenger.
The album also includes special guest appearance by Tim Bee (Paroxysmal Butchering) and Jord James (Disentomb). A release date is set for September 23rd, 2016 via Gore House Productions.
"'Entheogenesis' is the result of over two years of experimentation and expansion of the sound we established," states guitarist and founding member Will Peplinski. "We think it is by far our most mature and dynamic effort yet. It has what you have come to expect, and much, much more."
Will adds: "The music drew from many new and old influences, including Cynic, Tool, Opeth and Meshuggah. The lyrical content comes in the form of a first person story, interweaving Judeo-Christian mythology and symbolism with a story of personal growth and triumph, to create a unique look at the human condition, and an even more unique death metal experience."
In regards the cover art, Peplinski comments: "The album art by Guang is the perfect piece to represent this tale of darkness and light. He combined deities from various religions into a massive horror, with one lone adventurer heading into the darkness within, as we all must do." More...
This Ending Posts New Music Video
This Ending shot a new video for the track “Dark Samaritan,” taken from latest album “Garden of Death.” Written, directed and filmed by Jimmy Johansson for Super Lino Puro film studio, the new clip is available below.
Th band also comments: “Jimmy captured the essence of the song very well and managed to create an atmosphere inspired by a mix of Ingmar Bergman and Miller/Rodriguez/Tarantino and we are thrilled with the result of this morbid creation!”
Broken Hope Posts Guitar Video
Broken Hope guitarist Jeremy Wagner just premiered a playthrough video featuring the Nosferatu limited edition ESP/LTD he received from the one and only Kirk Von Hammett of Metallica. Watch Jeremy’s metal-and-horror-tinged clip below. Wagner also comments:
"I have a deep passion for ESP guitars. I've been playing ESP for 29 years--on every Broken Hope album and on every worldwide stage I've ever played in my career. I also have a deep passion for horror movies and horror memorabilia. And like me, my pal, Kirk Hammett, is an ESP player and ‘horror kid’ of the highest order!
"And to that end, Kirk’s combined both horror and guitars into a 'Nosferatu' limited edition ESP/LTD that he whipped up in his laboratory. Between the vintage Nosferatu ‘Count Orlock’ movie artwork down to the stellar features that make up the specs of this instrument, this a VERY special guitar that is badass through and through—and I should know, because I own one—and it plays amazing and also gives me the CREEPS—and that's a good thing!"
Broken Hope is currently in the studio recording a 7th album and follow-up to "Omen of Disease." Stay tuned for more info. More...
Souldrinker Issues Bassist Update
Souldrinker just checked in with this update about the group's bassist situation for upcoming live shows:
"As some of you know, our bass player Chris still deals with inflammations of his fingers and knuckles and after all the hard work in the studio and with all the songwriting, this became a big issue over the last days.
"So with a heavy heart we decided to give him the rest he needs to recover... and the shows on this weekend will be played by our incredible Joey. We're lookin' forward to meet you on the road."
Photos from Souldrinker's recent time in the studio working on new material can be found at Facebook here. More...
Despised Icon Releases "Inner Demons"
Following the '90s VHS style video for "Bad Vibes," Despised Icon now releases another clip from new album "Beast." Check out "Inner Demons" below.
The Montreal-based deathcore pioneers also officially drop the "Beast" album today - July 22nd - via Nuclear Blast Records. The album's track listing is as follows:
01. The Aftermath
02. Inner Demons
03. Drapeau Noir
04. Bad Vibes
05. Dedicated To Extinction
06. Grind Forever
07. Time Bomb
08. One Last Martini
09. Doomed
10. Beast More...
Bent Sea/To Dust Full Album Streaming
Bent Sea - the triumvirate consisting of drummer/guitarist Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth, ex-Soilwork), vocalist Sven De Caluwe (Aborted), and bassist Shane Embury (Napalm Death) - premiere the pre-release full-album stream of the their upcoming split release "Ascend / Descend" with To Dust, which will be out in stores today via Give Praise Records.
Check out now " Ascend / Descend" in its entirety below.
Eyexist Premieres "Chronicles of Survival"
Canadian death metal unit Eyexist premieres a new song and lyric video for "Chronicles of Survival", taken from the upcoming debut album "The Digital Holocaust", which will be out in stores later this year via PRC Music. The track features Oli Beaudoin of Kataklysm on drums and a guest guitar solo by Mendel Bij de Leij of Aborted.
Check out now "Chronicles of Survival" below.
Départe Posts New Song "Vessel"
Australian progressive blackened metal outfit Départe premieres a new song entitled "Vessel", taken from the band's upcoming new album "Failure, Subside", which will be out in stores October 14 via Season of Mist.
Comments frontman Sam Dishington: "Our new track ‘Vessel’ is a reaction to deeply entrenched feelings of isolation and futility. It deals with the despair of being stranded in that place, that void, and even still finding peace, stillness, and victory, drawing you out into the light. From a musical standpoint, ‘Vessel’ is quite broad, touching on many of the elements you can expect to hear throughout the rest of the album. Dark, crushing and dissonant, yet in the same breath powerful and emotive." More...
Hatebreed Premieres New Music Video
Hardcore heavyweights from Hatebreed premiere a new music video for "Something’s Off", taken from the their new album "The Concrete Confessional", out in stores now via Nuclear Blast Records.
Check out now "Something’s Off" below.
Periphery Releases New Song "Absolomb"
Periphery premieres a new song entitled "Absolomb", taken from the upcoming new album "Periphery III: Select Difficulty", which will be out in stores today, July 22nd, through Sumerian Records.
Check out now "Absolomb" below.
Auras Streams New Song "Waterstone"
Djent/progressive metal outfit Auras premieres a new song entitled "Waterstone", taken from the upcoming new album "Heliospectrum", which will be out in stores September 30 via eOne Music/Good Fight Music.
Anthony Calabretta (Stereos, Abandon All Ships) produced the album with engineering and editing done by Cameron McLellan (Protest The Hero, Intervals).
Comments frontman Josh Ligaya: "Waterstone is the first track off of Heliospectrum which opens the door to a new era of Auras. The LP is a seamless mix of our two previous releases combined with new elements that we brought to the table.
"We couldn’t be anymore excited to show the fans a new melodic approach which we heavily experimented with throughout the entire album. The album design (D-DUB Designs) is an immaculate representation of this newly developed sound, which we hope all the fans will thoroughly enjoy." More...
Lacuna Coil Premieres Music Video For "Delirium"
Lacuna Coil today premieres an official music video for the title track to the band's new album "Delirium".
Says vocalist Cristina Scabbia of the clip: “We filmed our parts for this video in one evening while we were on the US tour this past May. We used a Go-Pro against a black backdrop and we wanted something that would be purposely rough, something that could remind some weird lost videos found after years and years.
"The whole video edited together with the parts filmed by the director with an actress turned out as a very strange sort of a trip, where a girl tries to tight up memories and details together to try to find her sanity back, somehow. I really like some of the scenes as they reminded me some kind of Korean horror movies vibe and it is totally fitting the ‘Delirium‘ vibe and concept. It also leaves a lot to the imagination, so thanks for checking it out and enjoy."
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