Metal News for August 17, 2016
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27 news articles posted on this day.
Slain Coming To Consoles
After releasing on PC through Steam back in May, the heavy metal themed game "Slain" is now slated to land on consoles.
"Slain: Back from Hell" is coming to PlayStation 4 on September 13th and Xbox One on October 5th.
In the game you control the fate of Bathoryn, a doomed hero in a Gothic world, who seeks to liberate six cursed realms from six deadly overlords. He must battle his way through this blighted land, packed with gruesome pixel art foes before ascending into a stronghold, all the while defeating fiendish traps and vile monsters alike.
At the heart of every domain Bathoryn will confront a mighty foe - defeat it and his quest continues to its ultimate destiny. Fail, and you’ll die gruesomely – mauled by werewolves, disintegrated by floating monstrosities, squashed by great weights or torn apart by hidden blades. And you will fail…
"Slain" is accompanied by heavy metal visuals and features an even heavier metal soundtrack recorded by Curt Victor Bryant (formally of Celtic Frost). More...
Crucified Mortals Posts Album Trailer
Today, the deathrash cult from Crucified Mortals reveal an official trailer for second album, "Psalms of the Dead Choir," which is set for international release on October 28th via Hells Headbangers. The album's full track listing is as follows:
1. {
2. Traitor
3. Behind The Lurid Mask
4. Dusk Of The Advent
5. Ominous Creatures
6. Into Eternity
7. Kill Upon Command
8. Hideous
9. Bringer Of Death
Imperium Dekadenz Posts Full Album Online
Imperium Dekadenz is currently streaming new album "Dis Manibvs" in full. The album, an ambitious sequel to "Meadows of Nostalgia," can be heard in the YouTube playlist below.
"Dis Manibvs" will be officially released on August 26th worldwide through Season Of Mist and bears the following track listing:
1. In Todesbanden
2. Only Fragments Of Light
3. Still I Rise
4. Dis Manibvs
5. Pantheon Spells
6. Vae Victis
7. Volcano
8. Somnia
9. Pure Nocturnal Rome
10. Seikilos More...
Underling Releases New Video
U.S. atmospheric black metal outfit Underling - featuring members of Fallujah, Arkaik, Battlecross, WRVTH and Sidian - just shared a new music video for the track “Downpour.”
This track is taken from the band’s debut album “Bloodworship,” recently reissued along with the “Breathe Deeply” EP by Neuropa Records. Check out the Jesse Lynch-directed video below.
The five-piece group recently completed a North American tour with Ghost Bath and He Whose Ox Gore and is currently working on new material for a second full-length album.
Coma Cluster Void Posts "Drowning Into Sorrow"
As dissonant extreme death metal unit Coma Cluster Void moves closer to the August 26th release of full-length album "Mind Cemeteries," the band today unloads second single "Drowning Into Sorrow."
Pre-orders for Coma Cluster Void's upcoming "Mind Cemeteries" are available through Bandcamp here. The album's track listing is as follows:
1. Prologue: I Am
2. Iron Empress (streaming here)
3. Drowning Into Sorrow
4. Path Of Lies
5. Mind Cemeteries
6. Interlude: I See Through Your Pain
7. The Hollow Gaze
8. Everything Is Meant To Kill Us
9. Petrified Tears
10. All Bitter Endings
11. Epilogue: As I Walk Amongst The Sick More...
Demonical / Grave Tour Cancelled
Dreamtide Music just issued thsi announcement about Demonical's upcoming tour alongside Grave being cancelled:
"We are very sorry to inform you that the 'You’ll Never See Finland tour' featuring Grave (swe), Demonical, (swe) and Author (fin) has been canceled!
"The reason for the cancellation is 'work related matters within the Grave camp,' info that was passed on to us today during the afternoon (August 17). We have not received any further - nor more detailed explanation but the fact remains, the tour will not happen! The canceled shows are:
01.09 FIN - Tampere - Klubi
02.09 FIN - Oulu - Hevimesta
03.09 FIN - Turku - TVO
"We at Dreamtide Music tried our best to find a replacing (headliner) band suitable for the package, audience and local promoters but found it impossible with such a short notice.
"We are very sorry for the whole situation and we would like to apologize to all fans, promoters and touring partners (Demonical and Author) for the inconvenience this might cause. For ticket refunds please contact the place of your purchase. Thank you for your understanding." More...
Deny The Cross Posts "Bacteria Tribute"
"Alpha Ghoul" is the debut full-length from powerviolence alliance Deny The Cross, captured by Greg Wilkinson (Pallbearer, Vastum) at Earhammer Studios with drums recorded by Chris Pierce (Rorschach, Night Birds). Cover artwork was handled by Mark McCoy of Charles Bronson.
In celebration of its release, today Deny The Cross thrusts forth an official lyric video for "Bacteria Tribute." The fifty-eight-second bruiser is an ode to iconic graphic artist Pushead (Metallica, Misfits, The Exploited, Prong, Septic Death, Integrity et al).
Issues vocalist Carlos Ramirez: "Growing up in the '80s, obsessed with metal and hardcore, and also skateboarding, Pushead's artwork was unavoidable. There was something about his style that moved me from the moment I first came across it. I had the chance to meet Pushead in 1989 at an exhibit of his work at a place called Psychedelic Solution in New York City and he was really humble. You can see Pushead's influence today in the work of artists like John Dyer Baizley and Florian Bertmer." More...
Otep Releases New Music Video
Earlier this year, Otep unleashed latest album "Generation Doom" via Napalm Records and during a break inbetween tours, the band got together and filmed a video for the track "Zero."
Regarding the video, Otep says: "We wanted to capture not only what it looks like during our live shows, but what it FEELS like. That raw, undulating emotional chaos that permeates every atom of every person who attends. If you haven't been to one of our rituals, this is what it feels like to have your soul explode and your heart catch fire."
OTEP is currently on the road with the "Equal Rights, Equal Lefts" tour, which stops tonight in Macon, GA and runs through August 29th in Santa Ana, CA.
8/17: Macon, GA @ Cox Capital Theater
8/18: West Palm Beach, FL @ Kelsey Theater
8/19: Tampa, FL @ Orpheum Theatre (Tampa)
8/20: Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
8/23: Dallas, TX @ Trees
8/24: Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
8/26: Farmington, NM @ Top Deck
8/27: Tucson, AZ @ Club XS
8/28: Fresno, CA @ Bullfrogs
8/29: Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory More...
Brujeria Announces Upcoming Tour Dates
Extreme metal outfit Brujeria will release fourth full-length album, entitled "Pocho Aztlan," on Mexican Independence Day (September 16th) via Nuclear Blast Entertainment.
In support of this upcoming record, the band will embark on a 12-date touring trek through Spain and Portugal. Find all dates below:
06.12. E Valencia - Sala Rockcity
07.12. E Valladolid - Sala Porta Caeli
08.12. E La Coruna - Playa Club
09.12. E Oviedo - Sir Laurens
10.12. E Vitoria - Sala Jimmy Jazz
11.12. P Lisboa - RCA Club
12.12. P Porto - Hard Club
14.12. E Zaragoza - Sala Lopez
15.12. E Murcia - Garage Beat Club
16.12. E Madrid - Sala Penélope
17.12. E Barcelona - Sala Razzmatazz 2
18.12. E Mallorca - Es Gremi More...
Auroch Streaming New Song
With the third LP from Vancouver death metal outfit Auroch nearing release through Profound Lore this October, today a new song from "Mute Books" comes online - check out "He Wreaths The Cross" below.
Offers Auroch's Sebastian Montesi on the new track: "'He Wreaths The Cross' is the second part of the initial movement of 'Mute Books,' titled 'Trefoil Is The Grail Of Perdition.' The first three songs comprise this movement, and borrow from each other thematically and musically. It has quickly become Zack's (drums) favorite song to play live. One listen should indicate why."
Profound Lore Records will release "Mute Books" on CD, LP, cassette, and download this coming October 21st. The full track listing is:
1. Billowing Vervain
2. He Wreaths The Cross
3. Say Nothing
4. Tipharethagirion
5. The Keeping
6. Her Bidding
7. Cup Of Hemlock More...
Little V Covers Stranger Things Theme
For the first time in forever we're posting a heavy metal cover of a T.V. show theme song... and it's somehow not by Eric Calderone! Today's epic heavy rendition of the "Stranger Things" theme comes courtesy of Little V - check it out below. If you want to support Little V's continued musical endeavors, you can also head over to Patreon here.
Wretch Posts New Song
Indianapolis based doom metal trio Wretch will release self-titled debut album, "Wretch," on August 26th via Bad Omen Records.
Featuring vocalist / guitarist Karl Simon, formerly of The Gates of Slumber, alongside drummer Chris Gordon and bassist Bryce Clarke, Wretch rises from the ashes of the musician's past project that ended tragically with the passing of Gates' bassist Jason McCash in 2014.
Today new song "Icebound" comes online and can be heard below. The album's full track listing is as follows:
1. Running Out of Days [streaming here]
2. Rest In Peace [streaming here]
3. Bloodfinger
4. Winter (Judas Priest)
5. Icebound
6. Grey Cast Mourning
7. Drown More...
Truckfighters Posts New Video
Sweden's Truckfighters just launched a brand new video for the track "Calm Before The Storm," which can be found on upcoming album, "V."
"Calm Before The Storm" is also available as an instant grat single when pre-ordering the digital album at one of the following right here.
The new album "V" will be released worldwide through Fuzzorama in cooperation with Century Media Records on September 30th, 2016. More...
Anthrax Announces Saint Vitus Benefit Show
With October designated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the New York born-and-bred thrash metal icons from Anthrax announce a very special concert to be held at Brooklyn's Saint Vitus Bar on Friday, September 16th.
"This has to be the most intimate show we've played since the early 80s which makes it so special," said vocalist Joey Belladonna about the Saint Vitus Bar. Jose Mangin from SiriusXM/Affliction Clothing will be on hand to host. Tickets are priced at $50 and go on-sale at noon this Friday, August 19th right here.
All proceeds will go to benefit Gilda's Club NYC, and everyone who purchases a show ticket will get a special, limited-edition t-shirt created just for cancer awareness, courtesy of Jakprints.
In addition, Anthrax has joined up with artists including The Black Keys, the Pixies, Ed Sheeran and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to take part in this year's Ten Bands One Cause promotion aimed at bringing awareness to October's Cancer Awareness Month that also benefits Gilda's Club NYC.
A limited number of Anthrax's new album, "For All Kings," will be pressed onto pink vinyl and released on September 27th. Identified by a special sticker, the album will be available at all retail stores where vinyl is sold, through Amazon.com and all F.Y.E. stores. More...
Die Young Posts "Providence"
Houston, Texas' Die Young unleashes newest single "Providence" on the world today - listen in below.
Die Young front man Daniel Albaugh says "Providence" is about rejecting the notion of God and finding solace instead in the fact that the forces of the universe exist under no one's control: "I find it more comforting to think no one or no thing is in control, than a vindictive psychopath or an impotent coward."
"Providence" appears on Die Young's new upcoming full-length album, "No Illusions," due out August 26th on Good Fight Music. Catch the band live on these upcoming tour dates:
Sep 10 - Fort Worth, TX @ 1919 Hemphill
Sep 16 - Houston, TX @ Satellite Bar
Sep 17 - Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street Collective w/ Sentenced to Burn
Sep 18 - Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone w/ Sentenced to Burn
Oct 22- Oakland, CA @ Crate w/ Wake of Humanity
Oct 24 - Las Vegas, NV @ Womb Room w/ Wake of Humanity
Oct 25 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Beehive Social Club w/ Wake of Humanity
Oct 26 - Portland, OR @ Black Water Bar w/ Wake of Humanity
Oct 27 - Olympia, WA @ Obsidian w/ Wake of Humanity
Oct 28 - Vancouver, BC @ 333 w/ Wake of Humanity
Oct 29 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon w/ Himsa, Wake of Humanity
Nov 6 - Austin, TX @ Sound on Sound Festival w/ Carcass, Baroness, Young Thug More...
Korpiklaani Adds More Tour Dates
Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani will kick off the second leg of a European co-headline run alongside fellow countrymen Moonsorrow in about two months' time.
Support on this trek will come from Icelandic group Skalmold. Today, new dates have been added to the itinerary. Find the entire schedule below.
After Korpiklaani's next show at Summer Breeze this Saturday, the band will be doing a signing session at the metal.de booth (7pm - 8pm CEST). Catch the band live:
w/ SKÁLMÖLD
22.10. EST Tallinn - Tapper NEW!
23.10. LV Riga - Melna Piektdiena NEW!
24.10. PL Gdynia - Ucho
25.10. PL Warsaw - Proxima
26.10. PL Wroclaw - Alibi
27.10. PL Katowice - Mega Club
28.10. SK Bratislava - Majestic More...
Broken Hope Recording New Album
Broken Hope has revealed that work is now underway on a new album to be titled "Mutilated & Assimilated."
The band currently in the studio recording this 7th album and follow-up to "Omen Of Disease." The forthcoming release possesses an extra-special touch as all of Jeremy Wagner’s and Damian Leski's rhythm guitar tracks feature the boys using the original Jeff Hanneman guitars Wagner acquired last year.
“These famous axes have already inspired and channeled many of the riffs I wrote for the next full-length.” explains Jeremy. Stay tuned for more info on "Mutilated & Assimilated."
Hibria Cancels U.S. Shows
Brazilian power metal band Hibria just announced the band will have to postpone 20th anniversary U.S. tour dates due to visa issues. Hibria issued this statement:
"We regret to say the American leg of our 20th anniversary tour had to be postponed once again due to visa delays. A brand new and extended tour is already being booked for the upcoming Winter 16/17. Stay tuned for more info."
The tour presented by PureGrainAudio will continue its Canadian dates in support of new album "XX" that was released in North America via Test Your Metal Records.
08/18 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry *postponed
08/19 Chicago, IL – Reggies *postponed
08/20 Toronto, ON – Hardluck Bar
08/22 Subury, ON - The Asylum
08/23 Ottawa, ON – House of Targ
08/24 Quebec City, QC – Bar La Source
08/25 Montreal, QC - Piranha Bar
08/27 Boston, MA – Middle East Up *postponed
08/28 Queens, NY - Blackthorn51 *postponed More...
Oathbreaker Posts New Music Video
Oathbreaker's new album "Rheia" is due to hit stores on September 30th, with pre-orders now available at this location. "Rheia" was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Loma Prieta).
Today a new music video also comes online from the album. The clip for "10:56" / "Second Son of R" was created by Jeroen Mylle and Fabrice Parent - Maanlander. Check it out below.
Lotus Thief Streaming "The Book Of The Dead"
Lotus Thief is a San Francisco band that merges post-black metal, space rock, and ambient music. The group will release new album, "Gramarye," on September 16th via Prophecy Productions.
In advance of the release of "Gramarye," today Lotus Thief unveils new song "The Book of the Dead," which takes inspiration from the ancient Egyptian funerary passage of the same name.
“The Book of the Dead is a beautiful text of its time, a sort of instruction manual for the afterlife compiled over about a thousand years and often inscribed on sarcophagi or tomb walls, hence the title “coffin spells,” comments multi-instrumentalist / composer Bezaelith. "For us, the song needed to be as vast and colorful as possible to approach the text, jumping from wild passages of harsh vocals to building solos, to calm ideological eyes of the storm from one moment to the next.”
1.) The Book of the Dead
2.) Circe
3.) The Book of Lies
4.) Salem
5.) Idisi More...
Fair Warning Releasing "Pimp Your Past"
"Pimp Your Past" features 2016 versions of the most important tracks from Fair Warning's first three studio albums "Fair Warning," "Rainmaker" and "Go!," originally released between 1992 and 1997.
Every single note sees Fair Warning underline the motto the band has chosen: a good song will always remain a good song. At the same time, it's an integral part of the "Pimp Your Past" concept that the arrangements of some of the new versions differ significantly from the originals.
As bassist Ule Ritgen puts it: "When our Japanese record company approached us with the request for this kind of album, we were skeptical to start with. But once we had made up our minds to not simply rerecord the material but furnish it with a few fresh arrangements, the project gained momentum and we were gripped by a kind of eagerness to explore the possibilities. Especially since the new recording are very energetic and sound excitingly different in parts while their essence has remained the same. You can tell that the originals have a lot of substance and that their quality is extremely robust."
The "Pimp Your Past" album will be release worldwide (ex-Japan) on October 28th, 2016 as CD through Steamhammer/SPV.
01. Longing For Love 3:50
02. One Step Closer 3:58
03. Out On The Run 3:59
04. When Love Fails 4:37
05. Long Gone 4:39
06. Burning Heart 4:13
07. Picture Of Love 4:44
08. Angels Of Heaven 5:34
09. Rain Song 4:46
10. Save Me 5:34
11. Don´t Give Up 6:43 More...
Anaal Nathrakh Reveals New Album
Anaal Nathrakh was created for one purpose - to be the soundtrack for Armageddon, the audial essence of evil, hatred and violence, the true spirit of necro taken to its musical extremes.
Due out October 28th via Metal Blade Records, new album "The Whole of the Law" showcases the two-piece's trademark ferocity with a reinvigorated sense of focus and insane hatred. Check out first single "Depravity Favours the Bold" below. The full track listing is as follows:
1. The Nameless Dread
2. Depravity Favours the Bold
3. Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion
4. We Will Fucking Kill You
5. ...So We Can Die Happy
6. In Flagrante Delicto
7. And You Will Beg for Our Secrets
8. Extravaganza!
9. On Being a Slave
10. The Great Spectator
11. Of Horror, and the Black Shawls
12. Powerslave (Bonus Track)
13. Man at C&A (Bonus Track) More...
Devin Townsend Releases Part 2 Of In Studio Clips
The Devin Townsend Project released part two in a seven part documentary series about the making of "Transcendence." The clip was shot by videographer and good friend of the band Mike "ZimZim' Zimmer between March and April, 2016 during the album recordings.
The new release drops on September 2nd worldwide via Devin's own HevyDevy Records.
The track list for "Transcendence" is:
1. Truth
2. Stormbending
3. Failure (song streaming here)
4. Secret Sciences
5. Higher
6. Stars
7. Transcendence
8. Offer Your Light
9. From the Heart
10. Transdermal Celebration
Check out the clip here: More...
Exclusive
Mindscar Premieres Full New Album
Floridian three piece Mindscar is on the verge of officially dropping new album "What's Beyond The Light" this coming Friday, August 19th.
Formerly including none other than Trivium's Matt Heafy and currently including Richie Brown, the band independently released “Kill The King” last year and now returns with follow-up "What's Beyond The Light."
Ahead of the Friday release, we're stoked to be bringing you all nine tracks in advance - listen in below!
The band's sophomore full-length album was recorded with with Rob Caldwell (Six Feet Under/Cannabis Corpse/Iron Reagan) and features a guest speech from U.S. Senate candidate Augustus Invictus. Word on the street is that the cover artwork is a painting made entirely of vocalist/guitarist Richie Brown’s blood and semen.
Pre-orders are available through Bandcamp here and the full "What's Beyond The Light" track listing is as follows:
1. I Am The Bad Man
2. Headless
3. Buried Beneath The Snow
4. A Faceless Force That Must Die
5. Megalodon
6. Cerberus
7. When The Soul Dies
8. Entering The Void
9. What's Beyond The Light More...
"Winter's Gate" Trailer #3 Posted By Insomnium
Finnish melodic death metal act Insomnium issued the third trailer for the new album "Winter's Gate." The release - consisting of one 40 minute epic journey will be issued on September 23rd via Century Media.
"Winter's Gate" was mixed by Dan Swanö at Unisound AB studio in Sweden. It is a concept based on the short story of the same name ("Talven portti" in Finnish) written by vocalist & bassist Niilo Sevänen. The full story will be released together with the album as a book with translations in English, Finnish and German, and illustrated by the artist Teemu Tähkänen. Pre-order your copy at this location.
Check out the clip here:
Scarleth Parts Way With Singer
Ukrainian modern metal band Scarleth announced that lead singer Oksana Element has parted ways with the band for an undisclosed reason. The band announced that the new vocalist will be Ekaterina Kapshuk.
Scarleth was formed in 2005 at Donetsk, Ukraine by Viktor Morozov. The band released two albums: "Break the Silence" (2011) and "The Silver Lining" (2015).
Pretty Maids Reveals "Kingmaker" Details
Danish metal veterans Pretty Maids unveiled the cover artwork and track list for the upcoming 15th full length studio release "Kingmaker." The album drops via Frontiers Music srl on November 4th.
The track listing is as follows:
1. When God Took A Day Off
2. Kingmaker
3. Face The World
4. Humanize Me
5. Last Beauty On Earth
6. Bull's Eye
7. King Of The Right Here And Now
8. Heavens Little Devil
9. Civilized Monsters
10. Sickening
11. Was That What You Wanted More...
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