Metal News for July 7, 2016
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Carnage Inc. Streaming "Defiled"
Carnage Inc. is streaming the track "Defiled" (listen in below) taken from the "Fury Incarnate" EP that will drop August 1st.
The band comments: "our sound is 50% Bay Area thrash, 25% Mumbai attitude, 20% rage and 5% alcohol.” The full track listing for "Defiled" is as follows:
1. Dawn
2. Defiled
3. Fury Incarnate
4. Day of Delirium
5. Ungod More...
Obscure Announces "Back To Skull" Release
One of the very first death metal bands emerging from the Spanish scene in late 80's was Obscure, whose second demo "Curse the Course" created waves in the underground. Now the band sees its only three demos re-issued on a CD entitled "Back to Skull."
The release includes "Non Existendi Cultus" ('92), "Curse the Course" ('90) and "Disgusting Reality" ('89). "Back To Skull" will arrive August 1st via Xtreem Music. Check out an advance track in the YouTube player below. More...
While Sun Ends Posts "Measure" Video
Italian progressive death metal band While Sun Ends has revealed a video for "Measure," which is taken from forthcoming album "Terminus."
The band commented: "'Terminus' talks about knowledge and the track 'Measure' is about what happens when humans find a way to name and control things, finding boundaries between objects and feelings."
Infecting The Swarm Streaming New Song
Infecting The Swarm just released a new song off upcoming album "Abyss," which can be pre-ordered at this location. Check out seventh track "Obscuring the Seventh Sun" in the player below. The album's full track listing is as follows:
1. Entropy
2. Perennial Ruins
3. Hypogean Awakening
4. Innate Divinity
5. The Bleak Abyss
6. Hollow Sphere
7. Obscuring the Seventh Sun
8. Spiral Fragmentation
9. Descension
Unburnt Posts First Single
Guitarist Bo Louther and drummer Joe Mullen from the powerhouse melodic death metal outfit Odium have joined forces with vocalist Eric Burnet, known for his work with Derelict. The trio's combined efforts have yielded a band named Unburnt.
Citing influences that include Children of Bodom, Dimmu Borgir, The Black Dahlia Murder, and The Faceless, Unburnt's music is a death metal assault reinforced with black metal melodies and atmosphere.
The debut single “Harnessing Black Flame” is the band's first collaborative composition and can be heard below.
“I was in the midst of writing new music for a heavier and darker project, and I got the idea to ask Eric if he'd be interested in putting vocals on it,” comments guitarist Bo Louther.
“This first song really spoke to me,” responds Burnet. “The lyrics are about turning the negative energies of depression and rage into positive personal power.”
Unburnt's lineup is rounded out by Joe Mullen, who also handled the production for the debut single at his own Joe Down Studios. “I initially got involved to help Bo track his guitars,” notes Mullen. “But after hearing the demo, I was pretty excited and got to work on my blasting chops.” More...
Useless Releases New Lyric Video
Third Eye Temple has released a lyric video for "Anaesthesia Dolorosa" by Useless. The track is taken from forthcoming debut album "Absence of Grace," which is due to be released on September 2nd, 2016.
"Absence of Grace" consists of five tracks of absolute black metal madness with only one message: You are of no meaning. You are useless. All you can do is tighten the noose.
Paranoid Posts Full Album Online
Paranoid's 2015 album "Satyagraha" is out now on CD and LP format via Southern Lord. Comprised of ten biting and unremitting sonic assaults, "Satyagraha" offers up a diverse yet essential dose of d-beat.
You can listen at maximum volume to the whole album below, ensuring "Satyagraha" burns into your psychosis. The album was recorded in Empire Studio, Frösön, Sweden, between December 2014 and February 2015. Engineering and production duties came from Jocke D-takt, with the album mixed and mastered at Noise Room, Tokyo by Shigenori Kobayashi.
Guest musicians include Nils Landin (backup vocals on "Kaihou"), Johan Landin (guitar solos on "Nangijala"), and Christian Augustin (digital noise). Artwork comes courtesy of Andrew Morgan (Viral Age Records) and Jocke D-takt, with Japanese translations provided by Motokazu Tsukuda. More...
Audiotopsy Announces Shows, Posts Video Teaser
Audiotopsy - the powerhouse foursome featuring guitarist Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne, Hell Yeah), drummer Matt McDonough (Mudvayne), vocalist Billy Keeton (Skrape) and bassist Perry Stern - will return the road this summer in support of debut album "Natural Causes," which was released last year via Napalm Records.
The first dates announced begin August 5th in Sanford, FL and run through August 13th in San Leon, TX. Additional tour dates will be announced shortly.
The band also recently completed shooting a video for the song "L.Y.L.A.B.". The video will see its premiere in the coming weeks. For now though, you can check out a short teaser below.
8/5: Sanford, FL @ West End Trading Comp
8/7: St. Pete, FL @ State Theater
8/9: Jefferson, LA @ Southport Music Hall
8/10: Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey
8/11: Austin, TX @ Dirty Dog
8/13: San Leon, TX @ 13th Street Pier More...
Die Choking Gearing Up For U.S. Tour
The Philly hypergrinders from Die Choking will tour their way down the East Coast on the way to Blood Rust Fest II this weekend, with several shows surrounding the gathering.
The Die Choking trio raids Pittsburgh tomorrow, Friday, July 8th, before their trek takes them to Asheville, North Carolina for Blood Rust Fest II, where they'll shred alongside the likes of Torch Runner, Prisoner, Meatwound, and many others during the two-day melee.
A show on the way home pits Die Choking in Winston-Salem, North Carolina this Sunday, July 10th with Meatwound and others.
The band has also booked other new shows for the Summer and Fall months, with new one-off gigs with Organ Dealer, Noisear, Gadget and others added. Further tour updates will be made in the coming weeks. A new music video for the track "Dead Figurehead" is imminent. More...
Night Verses Streaming Full Album
Night Verses is now streaming sophomore full-length, "Into The Vanishing Light," in the player below. The album will be released on July 8th via Graphic Nature Records, an Equal Vision Records imprint.
"Into The Vanishing Light" was recorded in Venice Beach, CA with producer Ross Robinson (Glassjaw, At The Drive In, The Cure).
The band - comprised of Douglas Robinson (vocals), Nick DePirro (guitar), Reilly Herrera (bass), and Aric Improta (drums) - is currently on a full U.S. tour with letlive., Seahaven, and Silver Snakes:
Jul 08 Virginia Beach, VA @ Shaka’s
Jul 09 Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
Jul 10 Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
Jul 12 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre and Ballroom
Jul 13 Toronto, CAN @ The Opera House
Jul 15 Columbus, OH @ Park Street Salon
Jul 16 Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot
Jul 17 Bridgeview, IL @ Toyota Park
Jul 18 Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theater
Jul 20 St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
Jul 21 Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater
Jul 22 Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall
Jul 23 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
Jul 25 Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom - Social Club (Upstairs)
Jul 26 Vancouver, CAN @ Rickshaw Theater
Jul 27 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Jul 29 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
Jul 30 San Francisco, CA @ Social Hall SF
Jul 31 Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory More...
Firespawn Posts "All Hail" Video
Swedish death metal band Firespawn stirred up the international extreme metal scene in 2015 with the release debut album "Shadow Realms." Today you can check out the band's brand new video for the song "All Hail," a dark, twisted, evil and surprisingly epic death metal tune.
Asschapel Posts Songs From Retrospective
Southern Lord is now streaming several tracks culled from "Total Destruction (1999-2006)," the collected works discography of defunct bible-shredders, Asschapel.
Behold the only remaining relic of Asschapel's existence: the band's thirty-one wretched tracks of total destruction captured during between 1999 and 2006. The gathering of tracks will hold the scriptures found on the band's "Fire And Destruction" full-length and the "Live Through Destruction" video, with the works to be bound in a double-LP gatefold-jacketed package with a poster insert and DVD.
Check out the tracks "Unholy Destruction," "Carcass Bloody Carcass," "Fire And Destruction," and "Total Worship" in the player below. "Total Destruction (1999-2006)" is coming on Friday, July 15th. More...
Necronomicon Updates North American Tour
Canadian death metal group Necronomicon just updated the dates for an impending headlining tour across Canada with support from technical death metallers Abiotic and epic death metal quartet Vesperia.
The "Okkultis In Canada" tour presented by PureGrainAudio.com will kick off in Ottawa, ON on August 4th and head as far west as Vancouver to wrap up back east in Timmins, ON on August 26th (Note: Aug 27th in Oshawa Abiotic and Vesperia only).
Following the cross Canadian tour, Necronomicon will meet up with Swedish black metallers Marduk plus Greece's extreme metal titans Rotting CHrist and Dutch symphonic black metal trio Carach Angren from a USA September tour. More...
Truckfighters Releasing New Album
The mighty Truckfighters' own label, Fuzzorama Records, and Century Media Records have teamed up to floor the gas and fuzz pedal.
The Örebro, Sweden-based band was formed in 2001 by Oskar "Ozo" Cedermalm (vocals & bass) and Niklas "Dango" Källgren (guitar). Since that time, they have released four studio albums through Fuzzorama Records, as well as the 2011 DVD documentary "Fuzzomentary."
"Signing to Century Media Records is like kicking in the fuzz pedal with all knobs turned to 11 - maximum energy, maximum output and totally out of control!" comments the band.
The new album "V" will be released worldwide through Fuzzorama in cooperation with Century Media Records on September 30th, 2016. To celebrate the band's 15th anniversary and nearly 700 shows around the world, the band created a new website which allows fans to mark a Truckfighters show they have attended in the past. All gig dates and the names of the fans who sign in and mark their show will be printed in the special edition of the album. To join in and find more info head over to this location. More...
Revocation Posts "Profanum Vulgus"
As Revocation nears closer to the release of "Great is Our Sin," the band is pleased to debut another new track, this one entitled "Profanum Vulgus."
"Great is Our Sin" is slated for a July 22nd release date via Metal Blade Records. Pre-orders are up here and the full track listing is as follows:
1. Arbiters of The Apocalypse
2. Theatre of Horror
3. Monolithic Ignorance [streaming here]
4. Crumbling Imperium [watch the lyric video]
5. Communion
6. The Exaltation
7. Profanum Vulgus
8. Copernican Heresy
9. Only the Spineless Survive
10. Cleaving Giants of Ice More...
Inquisition Posts New Song Online
Inquisition just premiered another crushing new track off upcoming album, "Bloodshed Across The Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith." The new song, titled "Power From the Center of the Cosmic Black Spiral," is available below.
Regarding the new track, guitarist/vocalist Dagon comments: "'Power From The Center Of The Cosmic Black Spiral' - this is Inquisition in its mid paced, heavy and hypnotic form; classic Inquisition. Here we have tight neck breaking riffs and percussive rhythms while mixed with an open and wide atmospheric segment that comes later in the song opening an entire new dimension; this contrasting works with the song's theme of: death and destruction from chaos, perfection and creation from order all from within the center of the galactic battlefield where the gods of creation and the mechanics of the universe are one, working as destroyer and creator enabling cosmic evolution. In short, this is tribute to the center of galaxies and their law as an all consuming force, a great Satan."
The new album will be released by Season of Mist worldwide on August 26th, and the full track listing is as follows:
1. Intro: The Force Before Darkness
2. From Chaos They Came
3. Wings of Anu
4. Vortex From the Celestial Flying Throne of Storms
5. A Black Aeon Shall Cleanse
6. The Flames of Infinite Blackness Before Creation
7. Mystical Blood
8. Through the Divine Spirit of Satan a Glorious Universe is Known
9. Bloodshed Across The Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith
10. Power From the Center of the Cosmic Black Spiral
11. A Magnificent Crypt of Stars
12 Outro: The invocation of the absolute, the all, the Satan
13. Coda: Hymn to the Cosmic Zenith More...
Without Mercy Playing Loud As Hell
Wrapping up a cross Canada tour last week in support of latest EP "Mouichido," British Colombia band Without Mercy is now gearing up for a next big performance at this year's Loud As Hell Fest.
The show takes place in Drumheller, AB on July 31st (set time 7:30pm). This year's line up includes Unleash The Archers, Striker, Into Eternity, Ninjaspy, Divinity, West of Hell, Disciples of Power and more.
Unleash The Archers – 11pm
Ninjaspy – 9:30pm
Disciples Of Power – 8:30pm
Without Mercy – 7:30pm
Planet Eater – 6:30pm
Third Ion – 5:30pm
Expain – 4:30pm
Display Of Decay – 3:30pm
The Avulsion – 2:30pm
W.M.D. – 1:30pm
Slaughterhauser – 12:30pm
Junkies Rush – 11:30am
Maimed Wolf – 10:30am More...
Fire From The Gods Posts New Video
Straight from Austin, TX, the five piece Fire From The Gods will release Rise Records debut, "Narrative," on August 26th. The first single comes with music video "Excuse Me," which can be seen below.
Vocalist AJ Channer says: “This album is the personal narrative of a minority man living in major cities and being American. There’s a socio-economic theme throughout the whole record that carries from each song to song. It’s all about the underdog. We’ve all had to fight for everything we have in this band. The political climate in our country is quite racially and socially charged. There are a lot of issues and energy people are expressing along with misguided hate and anger. I want to channel this in music that can resonate. This is where we come from and who we are as a band.”
01. Public Enemy
02. End Transmission
03. Excuse Me
04. Composition
05. Evolve
06. Pretenders
07. Diversion
08. In Spite Of Doubt
09. Lifeline
10. Into The Blue More...
Eden's Curse Posts "Sell Your Soul" Video
Melodic rock/metal outfit Eden's Curse just released "Sell Your Soul," the lead video single from forthcoming fifth studio album "Cardinal."
"Sell Your Soul" is an upbeat, uplifting, and catchy tune featuring guitar and synth interplay between German guitarist Thorsten Koehne and the band's new keyboard player Chrism, the Scottish rhythm section of bassist Paul Logue, as well as melodic vocals of Serbian vocalist Nikola Mijic.
Written by Logue, Koehne and former drummer Pete Newdeck (Tainted Nation), "It's about how we as humans can sometimes enviously look at the other side of life. Sometimes it's better the devil you know than the devil you don't," says Logue.
New album "Cardinal" will be released via German Metal label AFM Records on October 14th. You can also catch the band live on these dates:
21 NOV - The Cathouse, Glasgow
22 NOV - Academy 3, Manchester
23 NOV - Corporation, Sheffield
24 NOV - The Asylum, Birmingham
25 NOV - The Scene, Swansea
26 NOV - Waterfront Studio, Norwich
27 NOV - Underworld, London More...
The Infamous Gehenna Announces Split Release
"Heavy Metal Suicide" pairs together The Infamous Gehenna and Bleach Everything, two intensely physical bands comprised completely of dyed-in-the-wool DIY punk lifers.
The Infamous Gehenna's contributions to "Heavy Metal Suicide: continue to thematically blur the lines between DIY and DUI with song titles on brand new scorchers "Looking To Score" and "Get Fucked Up!" Both tracks capture a point in the band's ongoing lyrical narrative of life and death where there is hardly any separation between the two and both are acceptable (so long as there is an escape therein).
Now scattered between Virginia and California, Bleach Everything turns in a third release (and second split) to date, this one fully embracing the tried and true philosophy of "short, fast, and loud," with each song hovering around the minute flat mark. Thematically, the band tackles topics like inauthenticity ("Witch, Please"), the environmental militancy of particular Godzilla rivals ("Silk And Scales"), and the strange phenomenon of many American adults attempting to address their inner voids with incessant breeding ("Human Mulligan").
For maximum impact across the audio-visual spectrum, "Heavy Metal Suicide" was mastered by Dan Randall at Mammoth Sound, and is packaged within the bleak and non-subtle artwork of Chris Norris (aka Steak Mtn), with two cover color variations being pressed: white/black/red and blue/black/red. Three vinyl colors (red, blue, white) round out the first pressing of this violent pairing. More...
Trauma Streams "Escape Into The Shadows"
Polish death metal group Trauma is streaming "Escape Into the Shadows" online today - listen in below, courtesy of the awesome folks at MetalRecusants.com.
The track is taken from the album "Invisible Reality + Promo 1991." which is being released via Deformeathing Productions tomorrow. If you like what you hear, you can pick up your copy at this location.
"Invisible Reality + Promo 1991" is a special deluxe CD and includes a 16 page booklet with liner notes written by guitarist Jaroslaw "Mister" Misterkiewicz. More...
Ne Obliviscaris Prepares For North American Tour
Ne Obliviscaris will be supporting latest (and devastatingly awesome) album "Citadel" [reviewed here] on tour in North America this month and into August.
The band's first-ever North American headlining tour begins on July 12 in San Diego at Brick by Brick, and runs until August 12 in Arizona. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below. Rounding out the bill are Black Crown Initiate and Starkill.
July 12 San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
July 13 Los Angeles, CA @ Whisky A Go Go
July 14 San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
July 16 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
July 17 Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown
July 18 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
July 19 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater
July 21 Edmonton, AB @ Starlight Room
July 22 Calgary, AB @ Dickens
July 24 Minneapolis, MN @ Cabooze
July 25 Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s
July 26 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom
July 27 Toronto, ON @ Moo Club
July 28 Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus
July 29 New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater
July 31 Boston, PA @ Once Ballroom More...
Pseudo/Sentai Premieres Full Album
Long ago, bolts of great power were transmitted to the earth and upon reaching the atmosphere, heat molded the beams of various colored light into weapons. The first two weapons wound up in the hands of humans, now known as [RED] and [BLUE].
[RED] was given the FIREarm, a gun blade with the power to unload a blazing inferno upon his adversaries. [BLUE] acquired the power of Shadow when given the Battleaxe of Bewilderment. Years later, the next human was given a complex connection to machine thought. [PINK] has a small floating droid that follows her around, controlled by her thoughts.
These super humans have now come together to form a metal band (and occasionally battle giant monsters). With their alien weaponry at hand Pseudo/Sentai's new album "Enter the Sentai" will be unleashed tomorrow - June 8th, 2016.
Using advanced laser technology, we are also now able to beam all the tracks through the digital aether to your human earlobes a day early! Check out the full album below, and there's still time to pre-order here. The "Enter The Sentai" track listing consists of:
1. Intro The Sentai
2. Enter the Sentai
3. Desert_Desser
4. Code Ocean
5. Adaptive Manipulator
6. Belle of the Cabal
7. Crown of the Crow King
8. The Man-The Mill-The Machine
9. Rome 2.0
10. Baron Wasteland
11. Werewolf Casey More...
Anicon Premieres Pre-Release Full-Album Stream
New York’s metal act Anicon premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new album "Exegeses", which will be out in stores via Gilead Media on July 8 in a gatefold LP format that comes with a digital download code. A CD edition will be released simultaneously in Europe through Avantgarde Music. "Exegeses" was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Colin Marston at Menegroth in November 2015.
Check out now "Exegeses" in its entirety below.
Intervals Premieres New Music Video "I’m Awake"
Canadian progressive metal act Intervals premieres a new music video for "I’m Awake", taken from the band's latest album "The Shape Of Colour".
Check out now "I’m Awake" below.
Beginning tomorrow Intervals will hit the road alongside Animals As Leaders and Plini on this European tour: More...
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