Metal News for August 22, 2016
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Zakk Wylde Posts "Sleeping Dogs" Video
Guitar icon Zakk Wylde today debuts a new music video for his latest single "Sleeping Dogs" featuring Slipknot / Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor. Check out the bizarre clip below.
Zakk Wylde is currently on the tail end of a a U.S. and Canadian tour in continued support of his new LP, "Book Of Shadows II." Wylde will continue touring through the end of October, this time with Zakk Sabbath serving as support for Clutch. A full list of tour dates can be found here. More...
ARP Streaming New EP
ARP (Augmented Reality Project) is a modern prog/core project from Tel Aviv, Israel. The writing and production are handled by Yoav Efron of Distorted Harmony and the band's debut EP "Gone (Not Here)" is now online for streaming below.
1. Gone (Not Here) 05:12
2. Promised 04:33
3. Reborn 04:15
4. Somewhere 04:28 More...
Ion Dissonance To Release New Album
From Montreal, Canada, Ion Dissonance was one of the creators and refiners of a sound in the mid-'00s that was equally brutal, technical, and rich with pit-friendly grooves.
Along with French Canadian countrymen Despised Icon and U.S. bands like The Red Chord, Ion Dissonance mixed dizzying math and earthquaking heaviness into a vibe that served as a gateway for the deathcore boom that followed. Between 2003 and 2010, the band released four albums and toured the world.
Now in 2016, Ion Dissonance is set to return with its fifth album, "Cast the First Stone," to be released November 18th on Good Fight Music. Check out new song "Treading on Thin Ice" below.
Ion Dissonance frontman Kevin McCaughey offers this statement: "First and foremost, we are excited that we inked a new record deal with Good Fight Music. For those who know us well it is certainly no secret that our band has encountered its fair share of obstacles through this 15-year journey, leading us to remain inactive for the better part of the last six years. With that being said, we look forward to a fresh start, and couldn't ask for a better fit than the relationship established with the Good Fight family. The professionalism, dedication, support and hard work going into this record is so much moe positive than our previous experiences thus far.
"On a side note, we are beyond stoked to finally share with our fans the songs we've been working on for some time now. For the occasion we reserved some of the hardest hitting grooves you've heard from us to date. With Antoine [Lussier, Ion Dissonance guitarist] at the helm of production once again, we made sure to include a little bit of everything on this one. Cast the First Stone is a solid mix of all the essential elements you would expect to hear from us, with some new twists added. This is the next chapter in the Ion Dissonance discography and we are far from finished." More...
Meshuggah Discusses New Album
Tomas Haake of Meshuggah discusses the title and cover artwork for the band's eighth album, "The Violent Sleep Of Reason," in a new video clip available below.
"The Violent Sleep Of Reason" is due out October 7th, 2016 and will feature the following track listing:
1. Clockworks
2. Born in Dissonance
3. MonstroCity
4. By the Ton
5. Violent Sleep of Reason
6. Ivory Tower
7. Stifled
8. Nostrum
9. Our Rage Won’t Die
10. Into Decay
Principality Of Hell Announces "Sulfur & Bane"
Greek band Principality Of Hell will release "Sulfur & Bane" via Osmose Productions this coming October 28th, 2016.
The project was born out of the need to honour the members' collective roots, the bands who gave them the ignition and desire to start playing music, and to remind the people that black metal is not only about blast beats and corpse paint.
Says the band: "Our music is an honest testament, directly from the soul of what black metal is actually about - genuine metal music with Satanic spirit and attitude. In other words, if we were 10-12 years older, this is the music which would have been released in 1983-1984." More...
Seremonia Reveals New Album
Finnish heavy psych outfit Seremonia travels to the outer limits and beyond with fourth full-length album, "Pahuuden äänet." Set for international release on September 30th via Svart Records, "Pahuuden äänet" ("Voices of Evil" in English) boldly goes and explores previously unknown dark corners of the heavy psych universe.
It takes the lyrical story of Seremonia's previous album, "Kristalliarkki" ("The Crystal Ark" in English), and shoots it across space and time into a feverish dystopian nightmare. This time, the apocalyptic visions have cosmic proportions, and lyrically, it's the band's gloomiest & doomiest album to date.
1. Orjat
2. Sielun kuolema
3. Pahuuden äänet
4. Sähkolintu
5. Ne ovat jo täällä
6. Me kutsumme sitaä
7. Riivatut
8. Kuoleman planeetta
9. Riudut ja kuolet
10. Uusi aamu sarastaa More...
Renascent Announces New Album Release
Renascent - one of the bands interviewed for our expose on the unblackening of metal a few years back - is gearing up to release new album "Praise Of The Lord God Almighty" next month. Cover artwork can be seen below and the track listing is as follows:
1. Cry For The Sins Of Mankind
2. Saboath Arise
3. Apocalyptic Terror (Dies Irae)
4. The Reign Of The Ancient Of Days
5. God Our Fortress And Refuge
6. The End Of The Journey
7. Call To Redemption
8. Diabolical Conquest
9. In The Shadow Of The Almighty
10. The Sovereign One
11. Praise Of The Lord God Almighty
12. Circus Of Flesh More...
Zealot Cult Releasing "Karmenian Crypt"
Zealot Cult's "Karmenian Crypt" 12" MLP via Blood Harvest on October 24th, 2016. This debut EP was originally self-released on CD earlier in the spring and is now coming in vinyl format via Blood Harvest. The label comments:
"Resolutely committed to the core tenets of pure and total death metal, this Irish quartet takes strong, expertly integrated influences from classic Floridian death metal and especially the early Roadrunner/RC catalog which fostered same. And yet, Zealot Cult manages to make epic, multi-dimensional majesty from that firm foundation, their compositions constantly rising and falling and taking dark 'n' doomed directions, all while remaining immediately memorable."
A statement from the band reads: "Zealot Cult are proud to announce that Karmenian Crypt will be made available on vinyl and released exclusively by Swedish label Blood Harvest Records. We are also very pleased to announce that we have signed exclusively with Blood Harvest and are proud to be part of such an illustrious roster of bands that we respect and are fans of. We are hard at work writing and rehearsing material for our debut album, which will be released by Blood Harvest, and aim to hit the studio later in the year. Death metal!!" More...
Unfathomable Ruination Posts New Video
Unfathomable Ruination just released a video for new single "Pestilential Affinity," taken from upcoming second album "Finitude," which is due out on the 31st of August via Sevared Records.
The video, available below, was directed by Guilherme Henriques and the track was recorded by Samuel Turbitt at Ritual Sound Studios. Unfathomable Ruination comments:
"'Pestilential Affinity' - it concerns the process of realizing that something that was desired, once achieved, is actually detrimental – an attractive outer shell that hid negative, harmful elements. As time passes that shell is slowly dropped or stripped away and that inner truth is revealed. And once that happens, needing to find the strength to break free: to overcome the trap most people fall into, of denying the truth you know through clinging to your previous illusions or just pure apathy as a reason keep this negative element in your life." More...
Knife Hits Streams "Forgotten Vessels"
Today "Forgotten Vessels," a new track by Knife Hits, comes online and can be heard in the SoundCloud player below.
With a release date of September 16th, upcoming new album "Eris" was recorded and mixed by Jonathan Nunez of Torche and mastered by Nick Zampiello (Modern Life Is War, Unsane).
The "Eris" release is a joint effort between three labels: Dead Tank Records is handling the digital and has teamed up with Hydrogen Man Records and Give Praise Records for the vinyl. If you like what yo uhear below, Knife Hits can be seen live on these impending tour dates:
Sep 6 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter w/ Full of Hell, The Body
Sep 7 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ Full of Hell, The Body
Sep 8 - Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus
Sep 10 - Baltimore, MD @ Skramden Yards More...
Qip Releasing "Ephemeral Substrates"
With his debut album, sonic one-man army Qip delivers a political-fiction-meets-reality based narrative which resonates well with the troubled times we experience.
Spy games, combating secret services, totalitarian leanings and a vision of nuclear genocide may now be considered classic movie themes, yet in the age of tensions appear to be still running the world from behind the curtain. On "Ephemeral Substrates," Qip's first full-length record pairs these thrilling motifs with some even more mysterious ones including transhumanism, UFO abductions, and space conquest.
Qip's Maciej Pasinski comments: "'Ephemeral Substrates' is my first solo album in the true sense of the word. The project consumed almost 3 years of my life. I spent more energy on this one than on any other material of any band I have played in and I am very happy about the result. Many people asked if I had a plan to release it in a physical format. Finally, this is happening thanks to Arachnophobia Records!
"'This Place Is a Tomb' marks a grand finale to the album. The song takes a shape-shifting, ever evolving form, evoking an atmosphere of abyssal darkness, desperation and claustrophobia. Its epic yet factual lyrics tell a story of the last hours of Kursk nuclear submarine crew, utilizing a descriptive, documentary language and excerpts from notes found on Lieutenant Kolesnikov's body." More...
Raff Sangiorgio Posts Guitar Playthrough
"Rebirth" is the first solo album from Raff Sangiorgio, the guitarist of long-running death metal band Gory Blister, with whom he wrote and published five full-length albums. Today Raff posts a guitar playthrough video for "Magic River," which can be seen below. The album's full track listing is as follows:
1. Quick Trigger
2. Lil Chuck Blues
3. Back To Glory
4. Glaring Soul
5. Rebirth
6. Cosmic Seed
7. Magic River
8. Fragile Existence
9. Voices From The Sea More...
Terrorazor Streaming Full Album
After releasing dozens of demos and splits, Germany's Terrorazor returns with debut full-length album “Abysmal Hymns Of Disgust,” which brings forth 19 songs of ripping old school grindcore with some death and thrash metal influences.
The band is led by Avenger on guitars/bass, Cryptkeeper on vocals and Skullsplitter on drums. "Abysmal Hymns Of Disgust" was mixed and mastered by Joel Grind with artwork handled by Putrid - listen into the full album below. The track listing is as follows:
01. The Fouling
02. Black Ash
03. Underground Shame
04. Trampling Down The Vermin
05. Altar Of Obscenity
06. Inhale Death
07. No Salvation
08. Dead Body Delight
09. Vomit Upon The Cross
10. Fucking Whore, Ending In Gore
11. Orgy Of Luxuria
12. Primitive Reaction
13. Pain Addiction / Praise The Suffering
14. Maggots In Your Head
15. ... From The Graves
16. In Deaths Cold Grip
17. Defilement Of All Beauty
18. Nuclear Enlightment
19. Loss Of Temper More...
Household Announces Co-Headline Tour
Household has announced a co-headlining tour alongside Indianapolis, Indiana's Church Tongue. Dates can be found below. "Time Spent," Household's debut, full-length album, was released last year on Blood & Ink Records.
09/21 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Upper Room
09/22 Detroit, MI @ The Ritz
09/23 Columbus, OH @ Donato's Basement
09/24 Montpelier, IN @ Like Minded Recordings
09/25 Evansville, IN @ The Wired
09/26 Louisville, KY @ Spinelli's Downtown
09/27 Nashville, TN @ That 70's House
09/28 Ringgold, GA @ Cloud Springs Deli
09/29 Apex, NC @ The Lodge
09/30 Lynchburg, VA @ Speakertree
10/01 Lemoyne, PA @ The Champ
10/02 Albany, NY @ Fuzebox
10/03 Kent, OH @ The Outpost More...
State Of Mine Posts "Curtain Call" Video
Michigan group State Of Mine has released an official video for "Curtain Call," the second single off sophomore EP, "Devil In Disguise."
The EP was produced by BJ Perry at Wall of Sound Studio and the video is by Kyle Hopkins. "Devil In Disguise" drops September 15th but is available to pre-order via iTunes.
State Of Mine comments: "The video is a visual tale of ones feelings of dealing with regret and having to try to internalize the decision. Trying to find yourself lost in the dark."
1. Curtain Call
2. Rise
3. Waste My Time
4. Stones
5. Killing Me
6. Undertow
7. Broke By Monday More...
Freya Streaming "Eyes Of Malevolence"
"Eyes Of Malevolence" is the latest single from Freya, and the band's impending fifth studio album, "Grim." The track sees premiere today, preceding the LP's September release through Fast Break! Records.
Expanding upon the thematic scope of previous release, "Paragon Of The Crucible," the band's latest installment derives inspiration from the historical origins of Grimm folktales. Grizzled veteran founding frontman, Karl Buechner (Earth Crisis, The Path Of Resistance) breathes life into these cautionary tales, delving deep into their macabre realities and the harsh circumstances of their genesis.
Newly-recruited drummer Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth, Soilwork), the one-man stampede of savagery, lends his machine gun percussive virtuosity to the album, his complex timing and imagination a perfect complement to the diverse riff-work of guitarists Brendon Flynn and Thom Turner.
"Grim" was mixed and mastered by Jason "Jocko" Randall at More Sound Recording Studio in Syracuse, and features the intense graphic cover artwork by Freya's Brendon Flynn. The album will be released through Pennsylvania's Fastbreak! Records on September 30th. More...
Player Vs. Environment Posts "Guilty" Video
Experimental metal / rock / electronic duo Player Vs. Environment is fresh off a 2 month run with Blood On The Dance Floor and has released an official video for debut single, "Guilty."
This track is taken off upcoming EP, "Escapism." Engineered and co-produced by Kacey Dodson (Blacklite District, James Durbin), "Escapism" has a yet-undeclared release date expected for the fall, but you can check out the sound today with "Guilty" below.
Vocalist Poltergeist comments that "Guilty" is "about not feeling sorry because everyone is fucked up anyways."
Opeth Posts New Studio Report
Now on Nuclear Blast Records, Opeth too is subjected to the label's constant slicing and dicing of full studio report videos into dozens of smaller segments.
Today the fifth installment of this behind-the-scenes series on the making of 12th studio album "Sorceress" comes online.
In this new trailer, frontman Mikael Akerfeldt talks about the vocal recordings at Rockfield Studios and the writing process for his lyrics. The record is due out on September 30th via the band’s imprint label Moderbolaget Records alongside Nuclear Blast Entertainment.
Watch the fifth episode of the studio trailer below, and if you missed it, part 4 covering the bass recording is still online here.
The track list for "Sorceress" is:
1. Persephone
2. Sorceress (song streaming here)
3. The Wilde Flowers
4. Will O The Wisp
5. Chrysalis
6. Sorceress 2
7. The Seventh Sojourn
8. Strange Brew
9. A Fleeting Glance
10. Era
11. Persephone (Slight Return) More...
Moanaa Reveals New Album Details
Based in Southern Poland, the five-piece Moanaa released debut “Descent” in 2014 and recently embarked on the Days of No Light Tour with Blaze of Perdition and Mord'A'Stigmata, as well as this year's Castle Party in Bolków, where Moannaa shared the altar of the post-evangelical church with Furia Inter Alia.
Having partnered with Arachnophobia Records, the band now announces new album “Passage” is coming September 15th. Tracked at Heaven's Sound Studio by Marcin Pieklo, with the vocal recording done by Nihil at the infamous Czysciec Studio and mixing by Haldor Grunberg at Satanic Audio, the record captures a wide and rich sonic universe. The track listing is as follows:
1. [...]
2. The Process Part I
3. The Process Part II
4. Crystal
5. Terra Mater
6. The Shift
7. Grim Encounter More...
Slomatics Posts New Song Online
Irish doom/fuzz rock outfit Slomatics has released a stream of "Rat Chariot," a brand new track from upcoming album "Future Echo Returns."
The band commented: "This was one of the first songs we wrote for Future Echo Returns and in many ways it sets the tone for how we wanted the record to sound. When we talked about light and shade this one is definitely shade - the darker the better! We were delighted to have Phil Coumbe from Drought guest on this song. Lord and Master indeed!"
You can also pre-order "Future Echo Returns" on CD or vinyl via Black Bow Records here. The album's track listing is as follows:
1. Estronomicon
2. Electric Breath
3. In The Grip of Fausto
4. Ritual Beginnings
5. Rat Chariot
6. Supernothing
7. Into The Eternal More...
Caspian Releases "Arcs Of Command" Video
Instrumental outfit Caspian just released a new music video for the song "Arcs Of Command," taken off the "Dust & Disquiet" album.
In addition to being the ban d's first music video from the album, it’s also the first of Capsian's 10-plus year career. The nine-minute clip, shot in rural Indiana, captures the magic of childhood.
Thought Vomit Announces Album Release
Thought Vomit's "Punks Brutal Retaliation/Sync The Skies" is set to drop as a self release on October 28th, 2016. The following press release was issued about the upcoming album:
"You walk in the door, and immediately the smell of sweat, blood, and angst corrodes your senses. Pushing closer to the stage you feel the tension building, coming over you like a wave of apathetic resistance. Wolves as children thrash before the aural onslaught, in bloodthirsty conquest, breaking their bodies in violent tribute to the sensory revolution unfolding before their very eyes. In the midst of the chaos, Sonoma County thrashers Thought Vomit stand in the forefront, flying the black flag of resistance in step with the malcontents of the world.
"After completion of Thought Vomit's self-financed 'Makes No Cents' tour in April 2016, the band has been hard at work on a 4th self-produced studio album, 'Punks Brutal Retaliation/Sync The Skies.' As per their genre-bending reputation, Thought Vomit again defies genre norms, contorting the spectrum of sound to their will in a nihilistic cyberpunk narrative on privilege, classism, police brutality, and the future dystopia of a technological singularity." More...
Veilburner Releasing New Album
Since its inception in 2014, black metal/death metal duo Veilburner has released an album a year, starting with opening salvo "The Three Lightbearers." Last year the band dropped follow-up "Noumenon."
Upon releasing "Noumenon," Veilburner set a plan in motion to have a third album out this year that would complete the conceptual trilogy of themes and ideas. Right on schedule, Veilburner recently completed work on third full-length album "The Obscene Rite," and has now set a release date of Friday, September 30th.
The debut single from "The Obscene Rite" will be released on Monday, August 29th, so stay tuned for more Veilburner news coming soon. The album's track listing is as follows:
1. Postmortem Exordium
2. Necroquantum Plague Asylum
3. Vaterchen
4. Eucharist Of The Breathing Abyss
5. Masquerade Macabre
6. Baphometic Catalyst
7. Dilemma Manifestation
8. In The Revelations Of Bloodstained Void
9. Phainops More...
Moonspell Announces "Irreligious" Re-Release
On October 7th, 2016 an immortal Century Media Records classic, the Gothic metal album "Irreligious" by Moonspell, returns on vinyl for the first time since its original release back in 1996.
In cooperation with the band, Century Media Records decided to re-visit the album as original vinyl editions have been hard to find and are very expensive nowadays. This 20th anniversary edition includes various additional treats.
"Irreligious" comes housed in a wide spine LP sleeve including the 180 gram vinyl with the album mastered by Patrick W. Engel (Iced Earth, Tiamat, Grave), the entire album on CD, a 4-page LP-sized booklet with an introduction by Fernando Ribeiro, plus lyrics and photos. Apart from that, a replica of an original 1996 promotional poster was added resulting in the ultimate edition the album.
Moonspell comments: "None of us really thought it through. The possibility of being years, twenty years after, celebrating an album and, why the hell not, a decade of great music, fusion, experiment, freedom. 'Irreligious' will always be our highlight, our piece-de-resistance. Not that the other albums were mistakes in any form. Just that we are still sure that with 'Irreligious' we helped shaping a style, a new thing in underground metal, something European, classic and mystical, a beautiful beast, laid to birth after an eternal night of passion and doom between metal and goth.
"We will be playing some twenty years shows on selected dates in Europe and Portugal. Come vista the wolves! And ...finally thanks to the good chaps of CM we will be releasing the 'Opium\ maxi for the first time ever on vinyl (out November 25th)! So plenty of reasons to be celebrating with us, because when you celebrate music you celebrate life, a value which was never so fragile but also so precious as today in a world that has never learnt how to get rid of religion. So, consequently embrace better values, avoid terror and choose beauty over it." More...
Combichrist Announces New Tour Dates
Norwegian-American electronic hard rock/heavy metal group Combichrist has announced a handful of headlining U.S. shows and several "Return to Roots" off-dates with All Hail The Yeti this September/October. A full list of all shows can be seen below.
The North American "Return to Roots" tour, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the legendary Sepultura album "Roots" to be played in its entirety each night, will kick off on September 12th in Las Vegas. The Black Dahlia Murder, Allegaeon, All Hail The Yeti and Oni join Combichrist and headliners Max and Iggor Cavalera to round out the line-up on select dates. Tickets are on sale now at this location.
"Being able to do this Roots tour is a huge deal for me," said Combichrist founder and frontman Andy LaPlegua. "That album changed everything for me when it came to music, both in the freedom to mix genres and how I wrote metal riffs. I can't express how stoked I am about this tour."
Combichrist is touring in support of eighth studio album "This is Where Death Begins," which released in June on Out of Line Music. "I finally feel like we came full circle with this album, considering we're all from the punk rock, hardcore and metal backgrounds," commented LaPlegua. "Call it whatever you want, but, for me, it's industrial metalcore. Every style of music that I have done through the last 25 years has some kind of presence on this album." More...
Finsterforst Releases "#YØLØ" EP Preview
German folk metal act Finsterforst issued an interactive preview clip for the upcoming new EP "#YØLØ." The EP drops on September 16th via Napalm Records.
The full track list for the EP is:
1. Bottle Gods
2. Auf die Zwölf
3. #YØLØ
4. Hangover
5. Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus cover)
6. Beat It (Michael Jackson cover)
7. Der durch die Scheibeboxxxer (K.I.Z. cover)
8. Flasche Leer
9. Das schlimmste ist wenn das Bier alle ist (Die Kassierer cover)
10. Wild Rover
Check out the preview here: More...
Ctulu Finishes Recording For New Album
German extreme metal act Ctulu has finished the recordings of the brand new longplayer "Ctulu." The album is slotted for a late fall release via MDD Records.
The self titled album was recorded and produced in Soundlodge Studio by Jörg Uken (Dew Scented, God Dethroned, Krisiun). After the re-release of "Sarkomand" earlier this year, the fourth studio release will will contain 8 new, sea storming extreme metal tracks. Be prepared!
Stay tuned for more information expected soon.
In Flames Issues "Take This Life" DVD Clip
In Flames issued another live clip from the upcoming new DVD "Sounds From The Heart Of Gothenburg." Check out "Take This Life" in the player below. The live package is set to drop on September 23rd through Nuclear Blast Records.
The track list for the DVD is:
1. In Plain View
2. Everything’s Gone (see clip here)
3. Fear Is The Weakness
4. Trigger
5. Resin
6. Where The Dead Ships Dwell
7. With Eyes Wide Open
8. Paralyzed
9. Through Oblivion
10. Ropes
11. Delight And Angers
12. Cloud Connected
13. Only For The Weak
14. The Chosen Pessimist
15. The Quiet Place
16. When The World Explodes
17. Rusted Nail
18. The Mirror’s Truth
19. Deliver Us
20. Take This Life
Check out "Take This Life" here: More...
Hardline Releases Music Video For New Song
Hardline issued a music video for the new song "Where Will We Go From Here." The song is the opening track appears on the upcoming release "Human Nature," set to drop via Frontiers Music srl on October 14th.
The track list for "Human Nature" is:
1. Where Will We Go From Here
2. Nobody's Fool
3. Human Nature
4. Trapped In Muddy Waters
5. Running On Empty
6. The World Is Falling Down
7. Take You Home
8. Where The North Wind Blows
9. In The Dead Of The Night
10. United We Stand
11. Fighting The Battle
Check out "Where Will We Go From Here:" More...
Deranged Posts Rough Mix Of New Song
Swedish brutal death metal act Deranged released a clip featuring a rough mix of the new song "Hello From the Gutters." The song will be featured on the upcoming new album "Struck By a Murderous Siege," which is due out on October 28th via Agonia Records.
While full album details will be revealed over the next weeks, drummer & founder Rikard Wermen issued the following update on Deranged's current proceedings:
"We´re right now caught in good ol' Berno Studio located in our hometown Malmö, working on the new full length (titled "Struck by a murderous siege") and things are going rather smooth. Mean, we record the way we've done the last 20+ years. We go in and just fucking play. That's it! Not trying to overproduce anything. We want our shit to sound alive and (in)human. Eight songs of adrenalin and filth soaked death metal straight from the sewers of a cruel and malicious world.
To sum the whole thing up...
Rikard Wermén (drums): Who are you?
Berno Paulsson (producer): I am Berno.
Rikard Wermén: Have you come for me?
Berno Paulsson: I have long walked by your side.
Rikard Wermén: So I have noticed.
Berno Paulsson: Are you ready?
Rikard Wermén: My body is ready, but I am not."
Check out the clip here:
Sabaton Welcomes Tommy Johansson On Guitar
Swedish power metal act Sabaton said farewell to Thobbie Englund, who
Joining Englund and the band on stage was ReinXeed's Tommy Johansson, who was simultaneously announced as replacement. The band posted the following:
"Thank you Thobbe, Welcome Tommy!
"Our guitarplayer Thobbe did his final concert with us on the last nights very emotional show at the Sabaton Open Air festival. Celebrating the release of our new album while saying goodbye to a great friend is lot of mixed feelings.
"But the future is bright since this was not nearly our last stand, from now on you will see Tommy Johansson playing guitars with Sabaton and we all look forward to see you on the road!
Tommy commented: "For me to be a part of the Sabaton family is a huge honour and I couldn't be happier! The guys are awesome and among the nicest people you can meet. I've been following Sabaton since 2005 when I saw them live for the first time and I have loved the band ever since, so when they asked me to join there were no hesitation.
"Although, they did ask me already back in 2012 but for many personal reasons it was not a good time for me to hit the road and give everything that was needed to the band. So I declined, but we have stayed in touch since then. I also wanna say that Thobbe is a great guitarist and such a wonderful guy!! My job is not to replace him, it's to contribute to the band with my own style of guitarplaying but of course also to keep his fans happy by playing his wonderful solos with pride. I look foward to meet you all on tour and to do what I love the most in life - to play heavy metal!"
Sabaton just released the brand new album "The Last Stand" and will tour the U.S. with Devin Townsend Project, Between the Buried and Me and Fallujah next month. More...
Power Quest Is Ready To "Face The Raven"
U.K. power metal act Power Quest is pushing forward with the comeback to the metal scene and just released a lyric video for the brand new song "Face The Raven," the title track of the new EP. The EP will be available for the first time at their Derby and London shows in September 2016.
The song is the first new track to feature the revamped lineup featuring new vocalist Ashley Edison (Dendera) and new guitarist Dan Owen (ex-Hunted).
The track list for "Face The Raven" is:
1. Face the Raven
2. Coming Home (Sacred Land II)
3. Blood Alliance (2016 mix)
Check out "Face the Raven" here: More...
Burn Down Eden To Release Debut Album
Forst, a city lost deep in the German Hinterland bordering Poland, lays heavily infested with Heroin, Crystal Meth and the living dead. No wonder former members Tom, Jules & William wanted to leave the dark prospects of a perishing local music scene behind... Burn Down Eden was born!
After a few line-up changes, the band found its stability with Kai (Vocals), William (Guitar), Tom (Guitar), Robert (Drums) and Max (Bass)
While making no mystery of the punk rock influences, the band members started to hone their skills and draw inspiration from the likes of Iron Maiden, Slayer, Wintersun, Children of Bodom and At the Gates. The result: a supercharged, pissed-off, technical yet ruthless Death Metal, delivered in pure Swedish style.
After their first EP, "Memoirs of Human Error," the band further sharpened the sound and is ready to unleash the debut full-length "Ruins of Oblivion" – to be released on September 30th on CD and Vinyl via Sliptrick Records.
The track listing for the album is:
1. Serpent Deception
2. Omnivorous
3. Whirlwind Purification
4. Kronossphere
5. Artificial Exitus
6. Sons of Isengrim
7. Pandemonic Overture
8. I, Dooms Visage
9. Nebula
10. Cosmogyral Miscarriage More...
Fury N Grace Announces New Album
Its been five years since Italian progressive metal act Fury N Grace released the 2011 sophomore album "Diabolism of Conversation." The band is back and has a new album entitled "A Dream-Letter To The Witches Of Western Europe," which is set to drop in September via Underground Symphony Records.
The album was produced and arranged by Fury N Grace and engineered by Davide Colombo at Diana Studios. The bass was engineered by Marco Coti Zelati and the album was mixed and mastered by Federico Pennazzato at Music Ink.
“A Dream-Letter To The Witches Of Western Europe” is a horror tour de force celebrating everything monstrous: the third and finest effort finds the band reaching a creative peak of weirdness and intensity, taking their vision a step farther toward dementia and venom. Filled to the brim with the bizarre imagery of the lyrics, instrumental intricacies, menacing atmospheres and doomy vibes, the album features a stunning new singer with bluesy depth and potency, Franco Campanella (Spanking Hour). It is a strong and uncompromising musical statement, an enigmatic and ominous gem.
The album features guest performances by Fango DUmatt Gigerz, John Llewellyn Probert, Maurizio Savini, Davide Colombo, Federico Binelli, Gabriele Ferrario, D.F.Lewis, Matt Giuliani, Ian James Parker, Silvia Gadina, Marco Di Lucca and Marco Candela. More...
Fallen Arise Announces New Vocalist
Greek symphonic/gothic metal act Fallen Arise has announced the return of Vlasis Katsaounis as the band's new male vocalist.
The announcement reads: "Dear friends, we are proud to announce that Vlassis K. is our new singer for all male voices, he was also with us back in 2012! Welcome back Vlasis Katsaounis!"
Fallen Arise was formed in 2009 and released the second full length album “Adeline” in October 2015 via Rock Of Angels Records (aka ROAR). It combines theatrical atmosphere with a progressive approach and a heavy-metal-like heaviness. The album takes us back in time of the Victorian era of the 19th century (1837-1901), presenting us the decay of the human body and mind through fiction. More...
Metallica Premieres Live Video Of "Hardwired"
Metallica premieres official live footage of themselves debuting the band's new single "Hardwired" past Saturday, August 20th, in Minneapolis, MN. The song is the first the band has released from the upcoming new album, "Hardwired…To Self-Destruct", out November 18th.
Check out now "Hardwired" below.
Escarnium Premieres "100 Days of Bloodbath"
Brazilian death metal band Escarnium premieres a new song entitled "100 Days of Bloodbath", taken from the upcoming new album "Interitus", which will be out in stores October 14 through Redefining Darkness in North America and Testimony Records in Europe.
Interitus was mixed and mastered by John Bart Van Der Wal (Aborted) at Hewwetover Studios in the Netherlands. It features cover art and booklet illustrations by Hugo Silva.
Check out now "100 Days of Bloodbath" below.
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Korn Premieres New Song "Insane"
Korn premieres a new song entitled "Insane", the opening track from the upcoming new album "The Serenity Of Suffering," which will be out in stores October 21st via Roadrunner Records.
Korn's 12th studio album, "The Serenity of Suffering," was produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Deftones, Mastodon) and features a special guest appearance from Corey Taylor of Slipknot.
Check out "Insane" below.
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