Sonus Mortis Issues Album Update

Sonus Mortis is about to begin the recording process for an upcoming release, and the band issued this statement online:

"I can confirm that I have finished the writing process for the 4th album 'Hold This Mortal Coil.' Posting to reveal the new album artwork (Done by Mark Erskine at Erskine Designs), really happy with this one!

"Going to spend the next 2-3 months rehearsing all the guitar/bass/vocal parts before locking in studio time, looking to an October time frame - all going to plan.

"Won't give too much away but expect plenty of variety (acoustic passages, death-doom elements etc) and extreme endeavor this time round."

1. Metamorphosis
2. Hold This Mortal Coil
3. Join The Separated Symbiote
4. Monolith
5. The Descending Dealate
6. Tota Mors Certa Est
7. Still
8. The Threads Of Life More...

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Kabbalah Streaming Full Album

Spanish occult doom metal band Kabbalah is now streaming the entirety of new album "Spectral Ascent" ahead of its July 7th, 2017 release via Twin Earth Records. Pre-orders are online for vinyl here and CD or digital formats at this location.

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Vuur Launches City Guessing Contest

Anneke van Giersbergen's Vuur is pleased to announce the release of debut album "In This Moment We Are Free - Cities" on October 20th, 2017 worldwide through InsideOutMusic.

Each track on the new album is named after a city that made an impression on Anneke while touring the world, and to celebrate the release, a contest was just launched where fans can guess each of the locations featured on the album. Head to this location to take part.

Anneke comments: "Often I have a strong feeling for a city where I perform. It can be anything, sometimes I visualize a city as a man or a character, or sometimes something happened in that city that I want to write about. All 11 songs on the album pay tribute to a certain city and with this contest we'd like to give our fans the opportunity to guess which cities will be featured on the album and win some unique items."

The band will also team up with Scar Symmetry for a short co-headline tour in December alongside opening act My Propane. Anneke had this to say: "We're very excited to present our debut album live and hit the road this December. Scar Symmetry and Vuur will each be playing full sets every night. Vuur's setlist consists of mostly new material, but the audience will get to hear some of my previous outings and collaborations as well."

Dec 07, 2017 Le Trabendo Paris (FRA)
Dec 08, 2017 Biebob Vosselaar (BE)
Dec 09, 2017 The Dome London (UK)
Dec 10, 2017 TivoliVredenburg Utrecht (NL) More...

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Rabid Bitch Of The North Releasing Album

Traditional metal trio Rabid Bitch Of The North will release "Nothing But a Bitter Taste" this August 18th via Hostile Media.

"'Nothing But a Bitter Taste' has essentially been several years in the making. For the first time in over 10 years of performing live we had to find time to take off, go to our studio, and do this album justice," comments band frontman Joe McDonnell. "This is a concrete slab of that classic British sounding metal. It's something straight off a NWOBHM compilation cassette. A varied spectrum of styles and tempos, and each track has its own story. It is heavy metal with rock n roll, but it is definitely progressive sounding from the previous EP and singles we've released."

The album was recorded by guitarist Gerard Mulholland. "Gerrys production has been a learn as you work approach. Using his skills built up from years of making our demos and singles," Joe adds regarding the recording process. "What we wanted to achieve was a record that captured our unique character, as well sounding like a record that we would listen to. We wanted it to sound like the metal we like, which is anything from the golden era of heavy metal. Maybe a few Judas Priest records were points of reference at times, but the album was never based on one particular sound." More...

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Biesy Teases Upcoming Album

Biesy will release debut album, "Noc Lekkich Obyczajów," on September 9th, 2017 via Third Eye Temple. A teaser video featuring an excerpt from the track "Rzucony w przestrzen" is available below.

Tanslating to "fiends" from Polish, Biesy was born out of everyday working and monotonous realities. The project explores how urban concrete life can separate you from reality, but at the same time enables you to cross its borders.

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Tchornobog Announces Self-Titled Album

Tchornobog bursts into the metal underground with a crushing and sensory-overloading eponymous album. Seven years in the making, “Tchornobog” can be described as a vessel to elaborate the various metaphors of religion, psychological disorder, and auditory hallucinations of the human animal.

“The purpose of the project is to assume the body as an empathetic creature to understand both the Self and the attempts to find meaning in the world,” project mastermind Soroka explains. “Tchornobog is not a worship of the namesake Slavic 'Black God,' but rather a sarcastic evaluation as well as a testament to those with severe illness and a nod to those of a religious related coping mechanism for the fear of death.”

“The Tchornobog entity is a monument of my personal desire to wrestle with my own demons, my Tchornobog,” he concludes. “I believe that everyone has their own Tchornobog that they are constantly wrestling with and have their own ways of coping with it. This is mine.” More...

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Process Of Guilt Unveils New Album

The Portuguese doom dealers from Process Of Guilt are back with a fourth offering of monolithic and gargantuan metal entitled "Black Earth."

Just like its predecessor “Faemin,” the new album was once again mixed by Andrew Schneider at Acre in NYC and mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room in Chicago. The album is set for release in September via Bleak Recordings and Division Records.

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Norse Posts "Exitus" Video

Dissonant black metal crew Norse has a new lyric video online today for "Exitus," taken off the band's recently released "The Divine Light Of A New Sun" LP. Check out the abrasive insanity below, and if you like what you hear, the rest of the album is up for streaming here.

1. Supreme Vertical Ascent
2. Drowned By Hope
3. Telum Vitae
4. The Divine Light Of A New Sun
5. Exitus
6. Synapses Spun As Silk
7. Sandarkan
8. Arriving In Peace, Pregnant With War
9. Cyclic

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Mythodea Announces New Lineup

Symphonic progressive metal band Mythodea has announced an updated line-up, bringing in a new drummer from Brazil, Pedro Tinello (Almah) and introducing new vocalist from Italy, Francesco Cavalieri (Wind Rose, Fairyland).

Carrying over from last album is American bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Testament, Death) and Greek composer/guitarist Christos Nikolaou. A new single titled "Disconnected" is being recorded and will be released later this year.

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Icaria Gears Up To Release "Transcendent"

Atlanta metal quintet Icaria is due to deliver rookie debut album "Transcendent" this coming July 14th via Cardigan Records. Produced by Jamie King, the album also features Between the Buried & Me’s Dustie Waring on guitars.

Cardigan Records comments that the album "sees explosive riffs and high-octane instrumental work setting the tone across the record. Marc Harris’s pinpoint clean vocals intertwining with Ricky Free’s screams produce a balanced delivery belying the band’s less than 2 years as a unit. The band hits lofty heights both with their heavy, exhilarating riffs but also big, melodic choruses culminating in a dynamic and highly accomplished debut album."

1. I Am Destroyer
2. Callous Warrior
3. Collide
4. Dilate Your Mind
5. Vision Like Fire
6. Recall, Reflect
7. Earth I_ Behold Your Sun
8. Earth II_ Halo
9. A Dialogue of Remembrance
10. Resurrect Serenity More...

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Shining Finishes Work On 10th Album

Controversial Swedish metal band Shining just completed work on a tenth studio album. The album, titled "X - Varg Utan Flock" ("Wolf without a Pack"), will be released worldwide by Season of Mist.

Regarding the new album, Shining mastermind Niklas Kvarforth comments: "It has been an ordeal of gigantic proportions, but I am pleased to announce that the recording of our tenth album have now come to an end, and I am currently working on the final visual details before this aural nightmare can be sent off to our label and fuck up your lives.

"'X - Varg Utan Flock' is the direct follow up to our fifth album, but, as usual it does contain a few unexpected twists and turns that will send cold shivers down your spines. It was an honour to serve for two decades as the grand puppet-master and bringer of chaos. Let there be blood!"

Shining was also featured as the focal point of a new documentary produced by Art House Films. Titled "Cold Void," the documentary is a personal portrait of Kvarforth, the man behind headlines that have included suicide and self-destruction, addiction, bipolar disorder, passion and schizophrenia. "Cold Void" is set for release in the fall and DVD and VOD. More...

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Nervochaos Posts Asian Tour Video

Nervochaos’ most recent Asian tour - co-headlined with Krisiun - was documented visually and now a mini-documentary video clip has come online.

Check out the band’s passage through Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Indonesia below. A previously posted clip covering Nervochaos trekking through Latin America can also be seen at this location.

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Inanimate Existence Unveils New Album

The Bay Area, California-based progressive/technical death metal titans from Inanimate Existence are proud to enter a new chapter in their career with the announcement of fourth full-length album, "Underneath a Melting Sky."

Set for release on August 25th through The Artisan Era, the band had this to say about the upcoming album: “We at Inanimate Existence are proud to announce the coming of our 4th studio album titled 'Underneath a Melting Sky'. We have been working non-stop to bring this album to fruition and now the time has come to share it with all of you! Join us as we revisit our roots and reimagine a fresh take on our signature sound.

"Expect dark compositions riddled with brutal riffing that flow seamlessly into beautiful clean sections. Intricate bass lines that weave their way between unrelenting blast beats and grooving rhythms. Catchy melodies with layers of lead guitar with ethereal synthesizers, and an onslaught of duel vocals. The album drops on August 25th so be on the lookout and come see us this fall on tour!”

1. Forever To Burn
2. Underneath a Melting Sky
3. In Moonlight I Am Reborn
4. Blood of the Beggar
5. The Old Man in the Meadow
6. The Djinn
7. The Unseen Self
8. Formula of Spores More...

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Wraith Announces New Album

British group Wraith is due to release new album "Revelation" on August 4th, 2017 via Ice Rain Records / Cargo Records. "Revelation" is produced and mixed by Neil Kernon and mastered by Andy Sneap (Accept, Kreator, Machine Head, Megadeth).

Peter Way (UFO) is co-writer of "Under The Hammer" and that song was mixed by Mike Fraser (Whitesnake, David Coverdale, Blue Murder). The album artwork comes courtesy of Tristan Greatrex.

Guests on the album include the previously mentioned bassist Pete Way, Kim Nielsen – Bass (Phantom Blue, Asia), Steevi Jaimz - Backing Vocals (Tigertailz), and Tony Mills - Backing Vocals (SHY, T.N.T).

1. Lifeline
2. Dream Steeler
3. Into The Fire
4. Under The Hammer
5. Leaving Me Again
6. No Respect
7. Invasion
8. Revelation
9. Human Eater
10. Hunted (Bonus Track) More...

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Uncommon Evolution Streaming New EP

Montana stoner crew Uncommon Evolution is now streaming full new EP "Junkyard Jesus," which can be heard below and is out now via Argonauta Records.

Produced, mixed, and mastered by Machine, this EP is a must for all fans into Clutch and Corrosion Of Conformity sonorities. If you missed it, our interview with the band all about "Junkyard Jesus" can be read here>

1. Junkyard Jesus
2. Highly Modified Son of a Bitch
3. Feather Short of Flight
4. King of the Heep More...

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Shy, Low Debuts New Song "Dialectics"

Richmond, VA sludge metal outfit Shy, Low debuts a new song entitled "Dialectics", taken from the upcoming new EP "Burning Day", which will be out in stores July 7th through Spartan Records.

Check out now "Dialectics" below.

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Picturesque Premieres New Song "Honestly"

Metalcore outfit Picturesque premieres a new song entitled "Honestly", taken from the upcoming debut full-length, "Back to Beautiful", which will arrive in stores on July 14 through Equal Vision Records. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, CA with producer Erik Ron (Saosin, Panic! At The Disco).

Check out now "Honestly" below.

Picturesque will next head out on a short US tour run with The Color Morale, The Plot In You and Dayseeker. The tour will kick off this week on July 5 in St. Louis, MO. All upcoming tour dates can be found below: More...

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