Diablo Swing Orchestra Parts With Vocalist

Diablo Swing Orchestra has issued the following announcement about parting ways with vocalist Annlouice Loegdlund:

"Aside from our wondrous experiences while writing, recording, rehearsing and touring during the last few years, one of our main concerns has been that AnnLouice's own opera career exceedingly has taken up more and more of her time. Hence, our long gaps between shows, and problems planning our operation as a band in general.

"Unfortunately, this fact has eventually led to AnnLouice leaving Diablo Swing Orchestra to pursue her own career to the fullest. As dear friends first, and a band second, we also separate as such.

"That being said, we're indeed glad for her success and wish her a thrilling venture like none other! Also — Our mutual thankfulness for the last decade of unison musical creativity as the orchestra we've grown into, sure shines through our creations; and always did, through thick and thin.

"As you sense by now, here comes the conjunction 'but.' Of course the matter at hand has meant that we somehow had to find a proper solution to continue doing what we simply love so much — creating and performing music as a group. 'Solution' is a poor word of choice really, as no words actually capture what we're trying to convey here, ten years in (!), but yes — conclusively we have now found a main vocalist replacement.

"A 'solution' that provides the band with an all new gusto, and which is taking Diablo Swing in prestine directions. Diablo Swing Orchestra finally materializes a new phase, featuring new mojo, delight and energy! Enter Kristin Evegård. And you won't have to wait long to hear her, as we're recording a new single as we speak, with a planned release in late October.

"Yes, we hear you say, 'less talk, more mojo,' so without any further ado: Presenting the new Diablo Swing Orchestra with Kristin Evegård." More...

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Alienized Streaming EP Online

Argentina's Alienized has released a full self-titled EP online for streaming. Listen in through the YouTube clip below. The "Alienized" track listing is as follows:

1. 6955 KHz
2. March Of The Species
3.The Humanaut
4. They Are Here
5. Messiah
6. Karmatron

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Darkest Hour Streaming "Lunar Divide"

Darkest Hour is currently streaming the digital bonus track "Lunar Divide" online, which can be heard below and comes off the band's new self-titled album. The track listing is as followS:

1. Wasteland (streaming here)
2. Rapture In Exile
3. The Misery We Make (watch the music video)
4. Infinite Eyes
5. Futurist
6. The Great Oppressor
7. Anti-Axis
8. By The Starlight
9. Lost For Life
10. The Goddess Figure
11. Lunar Divide
12. Beneath The Blackening Sky
13. Surrealist
14. Hypatia Rising
15. Departure More...

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Contradiction Posts Regicide Cover Footage

Contradiction - featuring two original members of 80's speed metal band Regicide - has released footage online of the band performing a live show on June 28th, 2014.

During the performance the band covered two classic Regicide tracks, and video from the set can now be seen in the YouTube player below.

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Miseo Releases New Music Video

Miseo has released a new official video clip for the song "Skin Dress," which comes by way of the upcoming album "Lunatic Confessions," due out September 2nd. The clip for "Skin Dress" was filmed at the Ragnarock Open Air 2014 festival and can be seen below.

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Winterborn Posts "Rolling Thunder" Video

Winterborn is a two piece metal duo from Martinborough, New Zealand (not to be confused with the Finnish band of the same name) and the group has a music video out now for "Rolling Thunder." Check it out below.

"Rolling Thunder" comes off the newly released demo "Into The Veil," and the full track listing is as follows:

1. Fracture 01:33
2. Unholy Propaganda 04:21
3. Into the Veil 05:41
4. Rolling Thunder 04:02
5. My Own Purgatory 04:04
6. A World Apart 06:37

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Castle Freak Announces Cassette Release

Tridoid Records has issued the following announcement about an upcoming release from Castle Freak:

"We are happy to announce that we will be releasing the cassette version of Still Rotting by Castle Freak on October 7th, 2014.

"Self-described as 'grinding death punks,' Castle Freak plays sick music influenced by bands such as Repulsion, Autopsy, Carnivore and old-school Megadeth.

"Despite the fact that the band has only been around a short while, they have managed to share the stage with Full of Hell and Noisem. In addition they also recently had a song featured on A389's 2014 Digital Mixtape."

The track listing is as follows:

1. Beneath These Streets
2. Sickening Corpses
3. Sherm
4. Caught In A Casket
5. Rotting More...

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Sunday Old School: Pentagram Chile

The power of the metal underground can be a truly astounding thing. At times, it can give a band worldwide exposure and a large following even if they haven’t actually released a full length album. One of the best known examples of this would be Switzerland’s, Hellhammer, which of course evolved into Celtic Frost, but another band which would influence countless metal listeners was a group from Chile, who shared their name with an American group that also didn’t release an album until well into their career, a band named, Pentagram. Pentagram, or Pentagram Chile as they now go by, were formed in the Chilean capital city of Santiago in 1985 by singing guitarist, Anton Reisenegger and another guitar player named, Juan Pablo "Azazel" Uribe. They were strongly inspired by the more extreme end of the thrash spectrum and early death metal bands such Possessed, Kreator and Venom.

After recruiting drummer Eduardo Topelberg from a group named Chronos, the trio began working on their musicianship a little more seriously and eventually recorded their first demo, entitled appropriately enough, "Demo 1." Reisenegger handled bass duties for the record and the band began sending out copies all over the world. Two of the people who got a hold of the demo was the Cavalera brothers, Max and Igor, known of course as the founding members of Brazil’s most famous metal band, Sepultura, who at the time had just released their debut album, "Morbid Visions." They struck up a friendship with the two and there was reportedly intention for Max Cavalera and Anton Reisenegger to record an album together, though to date, this has not happened. More...

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