Metal News for July 25, 2016
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Mac Sabbath Announces "Clown Power" Tour
The kings of "extra cheesy" metal covers from Mac Sabbath are back this September to slay you with their fast food-themed renditions of Black Sabbath anthems.
Dubbed the "Clown Power Tour" 2016, Mac Sabbath will be joined by equally mesmerizing one-man, painted Elvis Presley project Clownvis Presley, originally discovered on Season 5 of America's Got Talent.
Blissfully unaware of his own tour package, Ronald Osbourne unnervingly offered, "The clown Elvis bloke? Yes I know him, we clown folk stick together, he's a magical mate with a show like nothing I've....What the bloody hell? On our tour??? You got to be kidding me! Who does he think he is! But you realize I'm the clown ozzzzzzz--"
"... Sorry, I think what Ronald is trying to say here is that Mac Sabbath will be joining forces with Clownvis Presley for a magical fun-tastic experience this summer on the Clown Power Tour 2016," interjected manager Mike Odd, laughing nervously as he tightened Osbourne's straightjacket.
The "Clown Power Tour" 2016 begins on August 25th in Las Vegas, NV and will run for about a month, ending in Tucson, AZ on September 17th. The band will perform a one-off show in Los Angeles on August 5th. See below for a full listing of Mac Sabbath tour dates. More...
Swamp Witch Posts "Slither Into The Circle"
West Coast death doom collective Swamp Witch is preparing to unleash the decaying sounds of full-length offering "The Slithering Bog" on vinyl via Tribunal Of The Axe.
Captured during July 2014 at Earhammer Studios in Oakland, California by Greg Wilkinson (Brainoil, Annihilation Time, Noothgrush, et al) and mastered at Trakworx in San Francisco by Justin Weiss (Ludicra, Slough Feg, Cormorant, et al), the offering was initially released on cassette last year via Transylvanian Tapes.
In advance of its wax release, today you can stream "Slither Into The Circle" in the SoundCloud player below. More...
Defeated Sanity Recruits New Vocalist
Defeated Sanity has recruited Josh Welshman as the band's new full time vocalist. Welshman, based out of Warwick, Rhode Island, also handles vocals duties, and all instruments for one man death metal project Autonomy.
Bassist Jacob Schmidt comments: "Some of you have already seen him on stage, as he fronted us on our last two US tours, the Obscene Extreme Festival as well as other shows in Europe and Indonesia. On these past tours he has proven himself as the perfect choice and we are really happy to welcome him as a member of Defeated Sanity.”
Josh proudly contributes the following statement regarding his future contributions: "Ich bin eine Cockhammer."
Defeated Sanity is currently making plans to tour extensively in 2017. Stay tuned for more updates. More...
Asphyx Reveals Album Artwork
Dutch death/doom outfit Asphyx is fiendishly pleased to reveal the cover art and track listing for upcoming full-length offering, "Incoming Death," which has been slated for a September 30th, 2016 release date through Century Media Records. Asphyx vocalist Martin van Drunen checked in with the following comment about the album:
"'Incoming Death,' the third Asphyx album after our resurrection in 2007, contains 11 furious songs in the traditional death/doom style which we are known for so well. Only more unmerciful than ever! Lyrical themes include gore humor, death, doom, war, sci-fi, the varying trustworthy Asphyx subjects, each fusing perfectly with the metal of the tracks.
"The album title already existed two or three years ago, being a phrase that doesn't really exist but refers to what entrenched soldiers cry out when under severe artillery fire. Thus 'Incoming Death' implies another relentless bombardment of monstrous Asphyx death/doom metal!"
Once again, the album's artwork was imagined by the always prolific Axel Hermann (Sodom, Grave, Morgoth, etc.), who commented on the artwork approach as follows:
"'Incoming Death' is my tenth collaboration with Asphyx. Instead of visualizing the obvious, which would have been a reaper just collecting the soul of a dying man on his deathbed, I tried a maybe more sinister approach, simply by giving the concept a slightly different twist. A demon-infested living cemetery filled with decaying souls, forever being tortured with their own consciousness...or worse!" More...
Battle Beast Working On New Album
Finnish heavy metal band Battle Beast is currently working on a fourth, yet-untitled studio album To prove there is no rest for the wicked, the band has added some shows in between these recording sessions.
Battle Beast will tour Europe in support of latest record, "Unholy Savior." Catch the band live on these dates:
2016-07-30 Kuopio (Kuopio Rockcock) FI
2016-08-05 Maasmechelen (Metal Babes II) BE
2016-08-06 Geiselwind (Bike And Music Weekend) DE
2016-08-19 Tel Aviv Yafo (Havana Club ) IL
2016-08-27 Dormettingen (Summer Night Dream) DE
2016-08-28 Bruchsal (Rockfabrik) DE
2016-10-21 Lahti (Möysän Esso) FI
2016-10-22 Helsinki (Virgin Oil) FI
GWAR Releasing Vodka
That's right Bohabs, the date is drawing closer and closer... The 7th Annual GWAR B-Q is set for Saturday August 20th in Richmond, VA at Hadad's Lake. The band line-ups are set for both the B4BQ and the GWAR B-Q, but in case you need a refresher here's who you can expect to see this year.
Priming you beasts for the feast at the B4BQ on Friday, August 19th: Cannibal Corpse, Nile, After The Burial, Suffocation, Carnifex, Revocation, Krisiun, Slaughter To Prevail, Ingested, and Enterprise Earth.
And annihilating stages at the GWAR B-Q on Saturday, August 20th: Gwar, Lamb Of God, Against Me!, Dillinger Escape Plan, August Burns Red, American Nightmare, Eyehategod, Lagwagon, Murphy's Law, Brain Tentacles, Mobile Deathcamp, Occultist, Ramming Speed, Sawyer Family, and The Death Of Rock And Roll.
Ahead of the festivities, your Lords and Masters are thrilled to announce their very own GWAR Vodka: Arctic Snow. Collaborating together with JRD master distiller and GWAR's master drunks, the band and the distillery have produced a potato vodka that is sure to please Bohabs and civilians alike. More...
Epica Releases New Trailer For Upcoming Album
The Dutch symphonic metal stars from Epica are ready to release the second studio trailer for their upcoming masterpiece "The Holographic Principle."
In this new clip, the band shows work and experimentation with many new instruments and how it affected the depth and diversity of the album's new sound.
"Recording this album felt like being a kid in a candy store", states Keyboardist Coen Janssen. "Never before have we used more live-instruments. Recording them ourselves and hearing the music come 'alive' like that is an indescribable feeling! I'm sure these efforts make this album our best yet!"
New album "The Holographic Principle" will be released via Nuclear Blast on September 30th, 2016.
Ringworm Streaming Full Album
Cleveland metal/hardcore veterans Ringworm just shared a full stream of forthcoming full-length album "Snake Church" ahead of its release date this coming Friday via Relapse. Listen in below.
Additionally, Ringworm just announced a run of European dates this coming December. The band has also been confirmed for two festival appearances in the U.S. this fall and summer - This Is Hardcore Fest in Philly (alongside labelmates Iron Reagan and Integrity) and Texas Revolution Fest in Austin (alongside labelmates Incantation). See the band live:
Aug 5 Philadelphia, PA This is Hardcore Fest
Oct 22 Austin, TX Texas Revolution Fest
Nov 19 Roeselare, BE De verlichte Geest
Nov 21 Nantes, FR Scene Michelet
Nov 22 Montpelier, FR Secret Place
Nov 24 Zurich, CH Werk21
Nov 25 Liege, BE Reflektor Club
Nov 26 Rotterdam, NL Baroeg
Nov 27 Drachten, NL Iduna
Nov 30 Bydgoszcz, PL Estrada
Dec 2 Hamburg, DE Indra
Dec 3 Duisburg, DE JUZ St. Peter More...
Dead Announces "Untitle" Release
Australian power duo Dead punch above their weight to bring you "Untitle," album number two in The Trilogy (A Series of Four). The oddly named "Untitle" is due for release as summer ends via We Empty Rooms. Stream new song "Don’t Pray For Us" below.
For "Untitle," Dead shifted into three-piece mode with the addition of cult one-man weirdo band BJ Morriszonkle***. No one knows exactly what he played on the record and maybe it’s safest not to know. Armed with a DIY recording setup, he entered a garden shed filled with broken instruments and emerged days later covered in sweat, clutching a USB, his parts contained therein.
Recorded and mixed by Mike Deslandes (Cosmic Psychos, The Nation Blue) "Untitle" by Dead will be released on the 30th of September, 2016 via We Empty Rooms. More...
Sabaton Parts Ways With Guitarist
Sabaton has parted ways with guitarist Thobbe Englund. The band issued this statement online about the situation:
"Our colleague and brother Thobbe Englund has decided to part ways with Sabaton. We wish him nothing but success and good luck in the future, and we salute him for all the good years and the fantastic moments we shared both on and off the stage!
"Thobbe will do some more shows during the summer and play his final gig with Sabaton in our hometown Falun, on our own festival Sabaton Open Air, for the release party of our new album 'The Last Stand.' After that a new guitar player will carry on. Do not fear friends, the show will go on!"
Thobbe himself had this to say: Dear friends! Today I have decided to announce my leave from Sabaton. Why? …many may ask.
"There is this thing that I truly believe in, and that is that one should always follow the heart.
I have in recent years become more aware of what would make me feel real happiness and content, and that is to expand my own creativeness in combination with a somewhat stiller life, where I will not tour all year round at the speed of light. More...
Problem Of Pain Streaming Full Album
Problem Of Pain's forthcoming album, "Burn What My Hands Wrought," is streaming in its entirety below. The album will be available worldwide on July 29th via Blood & Ink Records.
“We want to break down formats and thought processes to challenge others to think critically, and even counter culturally,” shares Garrett Finch, who plays guitar and serves as co-vocalist.
He goes on to say, “[Our goal is] to use art as an expression and outlet of the inner dissension that I process daily. Embodying these thoughts through the sounds that we create with our ‘experimental’ sound; and the lyrics we write gives way to be honest with not only others, but also ourselves.” More...
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Miserable Failure Vocalist Passes Away
Mika Bleu of Miserable Failure passed away this previous weekend, with label Kaotoxin Records issuing the following statement:
"We’re speechless. We’re absolutely speechless.
"No word can start to describe the feeling of utter pain and absolute sadness that’s flooding our hearts while writing these lines in what’s a miserable attempt to pen a tribute to one of our artists who passed away yesterday night.
"He was joy. He was positivity, optimism. He was love. He was party. He was honesty. He was respect. He was absolute friendship. And he’s no more and no one will ever replace him in that special place he had in our hearts.
"Mika Bleu, ex-Season of Mist and current Hiraw Clothing staff member, singer for Miserable Failure and Blobfish Killer aged 34 only, died yesterday in the streets of Maureillas, France, ran over by a car whose drunk driver cowardly fled away. Mika’s girlfriend is still hospitalized as we speak and a friend of them got lightly injured too.
"We have no word, really… Our thoughts are with his countless friends, his relatives and his family. He’s most surely partying hard with Satan as we speak. All hail Bleu. We love you, wherever you are, whatever you do. We wish all the best to his girlfriend, Fanny, in the hope she’ll get well in no time." More...
Thirteenth Tambourine Releasing "Marsh Madness"
Ukrainian pagan folk metal band Thirteenth Tambourine's new album "Marsh Madness" is coming via SoundAge Productions (with pre-orders up here).
If you love the fun of Korpiklaani or the heaviness of Finntroll, you'll want to check out "Marsh Madness." A teaser is available below and the full track listing is as follows:
1. Drapa
2. Marsh Madness
3. Alive
4. Two Suns
5. Spell
6. Speech of the Dead
7. In Scraps of the Rite
8. Werewolf
9. Through the Mist More...
Cryptic Hymn Announces Summer U.S. Tour
Cryptic Hymn just issued the following brief announcement about upcoming August / September tour dates: "Next month we embark once again into the summer heat to shred uncharted territory in the lower regions of the US. See you at a show! More dates to be announced."
8/25 - Paducah, KY @ Paducah Beer Werks
8/26 - Atlanta, GA @ 529
8/27 - Huntsville, AL @ The Coppertop
8/28 - Memphis, TN @ Murphy's
8/30 - Tulsa, OK @ Downtown Lounge
8/31 - Dallas, TX @ Reno's
9/1 - Austin, TX @ The Lost Well
9/3 - San Antonio, TX @ The Korova
9/4 - El Paso, TX @ The Sandbox
9/5 - Tucson, AZ @ The Rat Trap
9/8 - Wichita, KS @ The Lizard's Lounge More...
Faith No More Re-Releasing Two Albums
Last summer, Faith No More treated fans to "Sol Invictus," the group's first new studio release in almost 20 years. This year, the band will revisit two classic albums with deluxe editions of "King For A Day" and "Album Of The Year."
Each album will be available as a two-disc set that includes the original release accompanied by a second disc filled with rarities related to the album. In addition to the CD set, there will also be a double LP, 180 gram heavyweight black vinyl format of each album, featuring the remastered original, along with rare bonus tracks.
Following the Grammy nominated album "Angel Dust," Faith No More returned in 1995 with "King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime." Recorded at Bearsville Studios near Woodstock, New York, it was the first album without longtime guitarist Jim Martin, whose departure had an influence on the direction of the album.
In the new liner notes, keyboardist Roddy Bottum writes: "As a result, we wrote and recorded some of our most radical, out there songs, like 'Cuckoo For Caca' and 'Ugly In The Morning,' some of our mellowest like 'Take This Bottle,' 'Caralho Voador' and then some or our most high-drama, like 'Just A Man.'"
Among the eight bonus tracks are the b-sides "Spanish Eyes" and "Absolute Zero," as well as the band's cover of the Bee Gee's "I Started A Joke," which was originally released as a b-side in 1995, and then as a single in 1998. More...
Black Crown Initiate Posts New Music Video
Black Crown Initiate just debuted a new music video for the self-titled track "Selves We Cannot Forgive." Directed by Justin Reich, this is the first video installment off the band's new album of the same name.
Black Crown Initiate released "Selves We Cannot Forgive" on July 22nd, 2016 via Entertainment One Music (eOne).
"We've been through a great deal as a band since our last release," says guitarist Andy Thomas. "We've grown a great deal as writers, players, and people and put everything we had into this one." More...
Omrade Posts "Luxurious Agony" Video
French outfit Omrade just released a second video off debut album "Edari" - this one for the track "Luxurious Agony," which sees Guillaume Bideau as special guest vocalist.
Following this video release, work continues on an upcoming new album at Ltpstudio Lower Tones Place under the supervision of Edgard Chevallier. Cover artwork will be created by Jeff Grimal, with full details forthcoming.
Gorguts Announces North American Tour
The death metal pioneers from Gorguts have announced the "Pleiades Dust" North American tour, which begins on October 3rd in Brighton, MA. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
Gorguts is touring in support of the "Pleiades' Dust" EP (reviewed here) that runs as a single, continuous track spanning over 30 minutes of total run-time. You can stream the half hour song at this location. More...
Revocation Releases New Video
Following a full stream of sixth full-length album "Great Is Our Sin" (still available here), Revocation is now launching a music video for album track "Arbiters of The Apocalypse."
Directed by David Brodsky and produced by Allison Woest, the clip can be viewed below. The album's full track listing is as follows:
1. Arbiters of The Apocalypse
2. Theatre of Horror
3. Monolithic Ignorance
4. Crumbling Imperium
5. Communion
6. The Exaltation
7. Profanum Vulgus
8. Copernican Heresy
9. Only the Spineless Survive
10. Cleaving Giants of Ice More...
The Devil Wears Prada Announces New Album
The Devil Wears Prada today unveils the details for sixth full-length album, "Transit Blues," which will arrive October 7th via Rise Records.
This release follows last year's "Space" EP that bowed at #18 on the Billboard Top 200. The band retreated to both Watertown, WI and Sawyer, MI last winter to write "Transit Blues," for the first time living and creating in a shared, full time space.
The Devil Wears Prada re-teamed with "Space" producer Dan Korneff (Pierce The Veil, Motionless in White) in the spring of 2016 to record the 11-track "Transit Blues." Overall, the album reflects themes of transition, separation, and mourning.
"It's like zooming out on a commute," explains vocalist Mike Hranica. "It's the notion of getting from one place to another. Most people go from their homes to work while we go from date to date on tour. Either way, it's the inevitable process of growth and change. There are moments of anger, but the pervading theme is separation. Drawing the full circle, it is separation that is inherent in moving from one place to another."
A video for first single "Daughter" can be seen below, and the track nods to a passion Hranica has yet to properly write about: literature. Specifically, it takes a page from Simone de Beauvoir's novel "The Mandarins."
"It's strange," smiles Hranica. "I will write EPs based on subjects that aren't super close to my heart like 'Zombie' or 'Space' because it opens the door for me to make my own stories based off the topics. When we did 'Transit Blues,' it was only natural to incorporate fiction. 'Daughter' is the most forthright example." More...
Tool Frontman Adds Toronto Book Tour Date
Another date has just been added to the brief Maynard James Keenan book tour as the previously announced appearances have been selling out.
The front man of A Perfect Circle, Puscifer and Tool has added a Toronto date to his upcoming "A Perfect Union of Contrary Things" tour: November 14th at 8 p.m. at the Convocation Hall (University of Toronto, 31 King’s College Circle, Toronto, Ont.).
Keenan will participate in a moderated discussion about the book and his decision to share such intimate details about his life. The special evening also includes Keenan reading passages from "A Perfect Union of Contrary Things" (due Nov. 8, Backbeat Books). Dates are as follows:
November 9 Nashville, TN City Winery SOLD OUT
November 11 New York, NY The New York Society for Ethical Culture
November 12 Washington, DC Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
November 14 Toronto, ON Convocation Hall (University of Toronto)
November 16 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall SOLD OUT More...
Magma Lake Announces New Release
Inferis drummer Cristian González has announced that Magma Lake (his side project) will release a new EP called “Remains” in North America via Digmetalworld Records in September.
The EP was recorded at Raices studio, Riff Studios and IFM Studios, and mixed at Imperial Lion Studios. It will include three brand new tracks and four guest singers from Chile, Spain, and Sweden. Cover art was designed by Manuel Alarcón (Inferis) while the track listing will be as follows:
1. Fakeness
2. Against the Crown
3. Remains More...
The Foreshadowing Streams Full Album
This Friday (July 29th), Italian gothic doom metallers The Foreshadowing will release fourth full-length, "Seven Heads Ten Horns," via Metal Blade Records in North America. Check out a full stream below.
Formed in 2005, The Foreshadowing gained popularity in the international gothic doom scene with their three acclaimed albums released between 2007 and 2012: "Days of Nothing" (2007), "Oionos" (2010) and "Second World" (2012).
In 2013, The Foreshadowing toured North America for the first time with Moonspell, Marduk, Inquisition and Death Wolf. Upon concluding that tour, the six-piece started writing a next opus - entitled "Seven Heads Ten Horns." Produced and recorded by The Foreshadowing at Outer Sound Studios, the album was mixed and mastered at Hertz Studio (Poland) by Slawek and Wojtek Wieslawski and features artwork by Siro Anton (Septicflesh).
1. Ishtar
2. Fall Of Heroes
3. Two Horizons
4. New Babylon
5. Lost Soldiers
6. 17
7. Until We Fail
8. Martyrdom
9. Nimrod (I - The Eerie Tower, II - Omelia, III - Collapse, V - Inno al Dolore) More...
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Beansidhe Premieres Full New Album
Switzerland is about to offer up another stunning extreme metal release to the world, this time from Beansidhe.
The band's new album "Mont" is due to arrive July 28th - this coming Friday - but ahead of that drop date from Via Nocturna Records, today we are streaming all six album tracks in advance.
While the band's sound is firmly rooted in death metal, it also contains elements of thrash and even black metal at times. "Mont" is the group's third album since forming in 1999 and deals with the wonders of nature and man’s spiritual elevation to deity.
"Mont" was produced by Beansidhe and Ste Scenini and recorded and mixed at Stairway Studio by Ste Scenini. The track listing is:
1. Mónt - 00:48
2. Spazi - 07:22
3. Mòrt - 06:21
4. Féras - 08:01
5. Febraar - 06:58
6. Diàvól - 10:40 More...
Opeth Posts "Sorceress" Studio Video
Swedish retro rock group Opeth has released a new studio video ahead of the upcoming release of "Sorceress," which will debut on September 30th via the band’s imprint label Moderbolaget Records with Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Check out this first full studio report below.
In the new video, Opeth vocalist and guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt gives an in-depth tour of Rockfield Studios in Wales during the recording/production process of the band's 12th studio album.
Opeth will return to North America this fall for a headline tour, which will kick off with a performance at Ozzfest/Knotfest on September 24th in San Bernardino, CA. The excursion will continue with special guest The Sword through the following month before wrapping up on October 26th in Vancouver, BC.
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