Uburen Releases "Blood Eagle" Clip

"Blood Eagle" is the first official music video release from Norwegian black metal band Uburen. The track comes off the "Withered Roots" album released independently by the band, and the clip was directed, photographed, lit, and color corrected by Jon Helge Hesby. Editing was handled Jimmy Knausgård and the full video can be seen below.

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Devastator Releases "Mine Own Enemy" Video

The Newfoundland outfit Devastator (not to be confused with various other bands of the same name from Italy or California) has a new video out now for "Mine Own Enemy."

The clip, available below, is taken from the album "Fragile Messiah" and was directed by Aaron Elliott. The album's track listing is as follows:

1. One More Altar 04:11
2. Fragile Messiah 03:37
3. Cowboy (2013) 05:49
4. Dirty Laundry 05:18
5. Initiation 04:25
6. Mine Own Enemy 03:53
7. Blood Sky 03:30
8. Delete Me 04:51
9. Black Stump 04:38
10. Killed by Pride 04:04

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Darkenhold Posts New Album Teaser

Darkenhöld's third opus "Castellum" is due out September 15th via Those Opposed Records and today you can hear a short teaser trailer below. The "Castellum" track listing will be as follows:

1. Strongholds Eternal Rivalry
2. Le Castellas du Moine Brigand
3. Majestic Dusk Over the Sentinels
4. Glorious Horns
5. Feodus Obitus
6. Le Souffle des Vieilles Pierres
7. L'Incandescence Souterraine
8. Mountains Wayfaring Call
9. The Bulwarks Warlords
10. Medium Aevum More...

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Fireproven Releases New Video

Finland's Fireproven has a video clip out now for the track "New Born Truth," taken from the "Omnipresence" EP.

The video was created by Miska Karioja and can be seen below. You can also stream the "Omnipresence" EP by heading over to this location.

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Carnage Carnival Posts Album Sampler

South African metal outfit Carnage Carnival has released a teaser trailer for the band's upcoming "Nightmare" album, which can be heard below. Carnage Carnival is:

Chase Drewett - Bass
Matt Brown - Vocals
Yesh Naidoo - Drums
Kris Xenopoulos - Lead Guitar
Gino Guimaraes - Guitar

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Divine Realm Releases Guitar Playthrough Video

Divine Realm has released a guitar playthrough video for the "Neptunian Desert" track, which was filmed by Ben Dundas Cinematography. Check it out below.

"Neptunian Desert" comes by way of the band's "Abyssal Light" EP. You can stream or download the full release over at this location, and the track listing is as follows:

1. Stir of Ancient Tongues 01:22
2. Tempest 05:18
3. Neptunian Desert 04:24
4. Sentiments of Fear and Faith 04:16
5. Lost At Sea (Pelagic Descent) 01:07
6. Abyssal Light 04:07

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Endless Death Streams New Track

The one-man Persian depressive black metal outfit Endless Death has a new track available for streaming. Get your gloom on with the atmospheric "Red Is Ultimate Cure For All Sadness" in the YouTube clip below, or hear more from Endless Death at Facebook here.

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The Palindrome Sequence Posts New Song

Hungarian outfit The Palindrome Sequence has a new song out now titled "Gepetto Protocol," which will appear on forthcoming album "Modern Resistance." Give it a listen in the SoundCloud player below. The Palindrome Sequence consists of:

Máté Kaló - Vocal
Gergo Bene - Vocal
Gábor Fidler - Guitar
Dániel Petneházi - Guitar
István Turán - Drums
Péter Kovács - Bass

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Majesty Of Revival Launches Tour Funding Campaign

Ukrainian symphonic metal band Majesty Of Revival has issued the following announcement about launching a crowd funding campaign for an upcoming tour:

"We are recently released our last album 'Iron Gods' and now prepare the first UK tour for support it. We need your help to make it happen.

"Minimum sum that we need is 3000 $ - for visas, fly tickets (+tax), food, hotels. The support bands + tour dates/updates will be available during the campaign progress!"

Full info on the campaign and info on perks for contributing can be found at IndieGogo.com here. More...

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Sunday Old School: English Dogs

Punk rock is well documented as having changed the face of music forever. It certainly left it's mark on heavy metal, with many punk bands influencing the fledgling thrash movement, to the point where thrash’s first sub-genre, crossover thrash, almost completely blurred the line over what’s thrash and what’s punk. But interestingly, this new style went full circle and began to influence many punk groups of the day, with bands such as Discharge and The Exploited incorporating it into their sound. Another respected punk band that brought this harder edge to their music and appealed strongly to metal fans was Lincolnshire natives, English Dogs. The group were formed in the market town of Grantham in late 1981 and by the next year had recorded two demos entitled, "Show No Mercy" and "Free to Kill," earning them support slots with bands such as Discharge and G.B.H. The exposure was helpful for the band, who soon signed a record deal with Clay Records and released their first EP, "Mad Punx and English Dogs" in 1983.

The next year, the band released their first full length album, the rather bizarrely entitled, "Invasion of the Porky Men," which was perhaps their most punk rock orientated album to date. Following the release of the album, vocalist Pete Wakefield, also known as, "Wakey," parted company with the band and was replaced by Adie Bailey, formerly of Ultraviolent. It was also around this time that the band brought in guitarist, Graham "Gizz" Butt, who was very important in the history of English Dogs as he brought with him a metal style of guitar playing, which changed the course of the band’s music. More...

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Naoith Recruits Tomas Garcia

Chilean math metal band Naioth announced that drummer Tomas Garcia (ex Daedius/Bluesur) has been added as a permanent member. Members of Naioth commented upon making him a permanent fixture in the band:

"When he did the audition for the spot of the drummer, he came in and performed the track “Seed Of Truth.” Right there we saw his technical precision, and that he was very dynamic and fast. We said to ourselves, this is our guy; he gained the spot deservedly."

Tomas Garcia commented: "I’m very happy because I’m able to participate in Naioth. I like the challenge of playing its drum tracks, as this will allow me to grow and learn my own instrument even more. I learned about Naioth at the Prog Fest in Valparaiso where we shared the stage, and I liked, right there, the energy and the show that they had."

Currently Naioth is finishing the demos for its second album. The band expects to start tracking very soon, so they can be doing shows by the end of 2014. More...

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Regisson Silva Releases E-Book

Brazilian Guitar player Regisson Silva (Masterpiece, All Angels Massacre) has released his first E-Book called "The Ten Master Keys to Creating a killer guitar solo." The work is currently available in the Portuguese language and will soon be in English as well. Download it for free at this location.

This e-book is meant for beginners, and experimental guitar players that would like to improve their knowledge and skills with a simple list of tips and exercises. The content will give them the main tools that are been used by the masters of the guitar world.

Regisson Silva is currently working on his ‘Shred Guitar Show’ as well as playing steady gigs with the Brazilian band Masterpiece and the U.S. project All Angels Massacre. Watch All Angels Massacre’s guitar playthrough below.

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Pale Horseman Streaming Album

One year since the release of its debut album, Chicago sludge quartet Pale Horseman is ready to unleash its second offering. “Mourn The Black Lotus” will be self-released on July 7th and Idioteq is now hosting an exclusive stream of the record.

“Mourn The Black Lotus” was recorded earlier this year and mixed and mastered at Comatose Studio by Dennis Pleckham, also an axe-man for the mighty doom purveyors Bongripper, and contains a remix of the “Fork in the Road” track from the first self-titled Pale Horseman record - done by none other than Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, Jesu). The band commented:

“Two especially interesting facts about that whole deal are that we let Justin choose which one of our songs he wanted to remix; he himself chose the one song he felt he could work with the easiest, and also that we gave him absolutely no ideas or input as to which direction he should take it, other that the fact that I made it clear we are all huge Godflesh fans!

He made our song sound just like classic Godflesh and we couldn't be happier with the end result! The remix, the mix, and the mastering are all immaculate, in our opinion; Pale Horseman touched by the hand of God, as far as we're concerned.”

Stream “Mourn The Black Lotus” and read more commentaries on the album at this location, and also check out sixteen-minute album track "Clairvoyant" below. More...

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Krudo Posts Official Video

Chilean metal band Krudo has released the music video for the track "Biotipo Criminal," which comes from its debut album "Demencial." This is the second official music video from the release, and was directed by Carlos Toro at Abysmo Producciones in Chile.

Watch the music video below. The album "Demencial" was released in 2012 via Digmetalworld Records in North America. Krudo previously put out the music video "Asesino," released back in 2013.

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Johnny Touch Releasing Debut

Australian traditional heavy metal act Johnny Touch will release its debut album "Inner City Wolves" August 19th on Shadow Kingdom Records.

Johnny Touch previously released a demo tape and two split 7-inch records. Check out select tracks from 'Inner City Wolves," the songs "Lady Stutter" and "The Metal Embrace," below in the player.

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Mordbrand Album Released On Vinyl

"Imago," the debut full-length CD from Swedish death cult Mordbrand, is now available on vinyl via Deathgasm Records. Limited to 500 copies, two different versions of the "Imago" vinyl are being offered; the ultra-limited orange and black splatter (100 copies) and standard black vinyl (400 copies).

"Imago" consists of nine tracks of dark, haunting Swedish death metal. The album also features guest leads by Eric Cutler (Autopsy) and CC DeKill (Gravehill), as well as artwork once again by Juanjo Castellano. Stream album track "Hoarding the Grotesque" below.

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Deathwhite Streams Full EP

"Ethereal," the debut EP from dark melodic metal outfit Deathwhite, is now available as a digital download. Experience "Ethereal" yourself by streaming it over at bandcamp and below.

Formed in 2012 from several holdovers of well-established extreme metal bands, Deathwhite was created as means to explore new avenues for its members. In turn, the band's sound is heavily influenced by Katatonia and Alcest, with lyrics exploring the pitfalls of existence and organized religion.

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Ferium Joins Diabolic Tour Of Art 2014

Israeli metal outfit Ferium has been added this fall's Diabolic Tour of Art 2014, headlined by Sonic Syndicate. Ferium will join May The Silence Fall and Inmate on the trek, which runs from October 11th - 25th. Dates are as follows:

11-Oct-2014: Münster - Sputnikhalle (Germany)
12-Oct-2014: Köln - Underground (Germany)
13-Oct-2014: Hamburg - Grünspan (Germany)
14-Oct-2014: Aschaffenburg - Colos-Saal (Germany)
15-Oct-2014: Nürnberg - Hirsch (Germany)
16-Oct-2014: Herisau - Pontem (Switzerland)
17-Oct-2014: München - Backstage (Germany)
18-Oct-2014: Adelsheim - Live Factory (Germany)
20-Oct-2014: Wien - Viper Room (Austria)
21-Oct-2014: Prag - Nova Chmelnice (Czech Republic)
22-Oct-2014: Berlin - SO36 (Germany)
23-Oct-2014: Stuttgart - Universum (Germany)
24-Oct-2014: Bochum - Matrix (Germany)
25-Oct-2014: Kiel - Pumpe (Germany) More...

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