Metal News for August 24, 2015
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27 news articles posted on this day.
Archaea Streaming Full Album, Posts Live Video
Gothenburg thrash/melodic death metal band Archaea is now streaming the full "Catalyst" album online - listen in below.
The group also filmed a live set performing at Emergenza, and the first song “Cryosphere” can be seen after the jump.
For more info on the album and additional live footage, check out our recent interview with Archaea over here.
The full "Catalyst" album's track listing is:
01. Omnicide
02. Silhouette
03. Vacuum
04. Cryosphere
05. Pyrochrysalis
06. Salt
07. Quad Damage
08. His Wanted Position
09. Helios Ascend
10. Sol More...
Blinding Sunrise Announces New Album
After releasing an advance music video off the release, Blinding Sunrise now reveals full details on new album "This World Won't Listen."
The new full-length is being prepped for a September 9, 2015 release date as pre-orders land on iTunes August 28. The track listing will be as follows:
1. Intro
2. If You Don't Live For Something, You'll Die For Nothing
3. Waterfalls
4. Let Me Breathe
5. Oniria
6. Scream Till You Can
7. Sinking With My Pain ft. Daniele Nelli (from Upon This Dawning)
8. Children's Wishes Are Men's Regrets
9. Cold Black Sea
10. Lonely Sailors [watch the music video here]
11. The Longest Night
12. Broken Windows (Bonus Track) More...
Cruciamentum Posts "Piety Carved From Flesh"
Cruciamentum's upcoming debut full-length album "Charnel Passages" is now available for pre-order here as a new track also lands online.
Check out "Piety Carved From Flesh" below, and if you missed it, the bludgeoning "Tongues of Nightshade" can still be heard at this location.
The CD version will drop September 4 via Profound Lore Records, while a vinyl edition will be done in conspiracy with Me Saco Un Ojo and is currently in production for a late October release. The track listing is as follows:
1. The Conquered Sun (The Dying Light Beyond Morpheus Realms)
2. Necrophagous Communion
3. Tongues of Nightshade
4. Rites to the Abduction of Essence
5. Piety Carved from Flesh
6. Dissolution of Mortal Perception
7. Collapse More...
Cemetery Lust Streaming Album Re-Issue
Cemetery Lust - which will play the Hells Headbash festival early next month - today streams the entirety of the "Screams Of The Violated" debut. The album was just re-released by Hells Headbangers and can be heard below.
Hailing from the fertile Portland, Oregon scene, Cemetery Lust perfected a style of '80s-leaning thrash/speed/death metal over the course of four demos, and then dropped the bomb that is "Screams of the Violated" as a debut album in 2012. The full track listing is:
1. Throw the Switch
2. Perverted Aggressor
3. Sexual Maniac
4. Resurected Whore
5. Black Angels of Hell
6. Demonic Dementia
7. Possessed Confessions
8. Night of the Creep More...
Horse Head Streaming "Missionary"
Sludge/doom trio Horse Head is now streaming "Missionary," the title track a new EP set to be released on September 25, 2015. Listen in below. The EP consists of the following 4 tracks and is recommended for fans of Yob, Eyehategod and Unsane:
1. Missionary
2. Red-eyed Angel
3. Whiskey and Blood
4. Destroyer Television More...
Avatarium Posts New Album's Title Track
Swedish doom outfit Avatarium is set to release "The Girl With The Raven Mask" on October 23 via Nuclear Blast, and today a lyric video for the opening title track comes online.
This new album follows the band's debut self-titled album (reviewed here) as well as the "All I Want" EP from last year. The new album's track listing is:
01. Girl With The Raven Mask
02. The January Sea
03. Pearls And Coffins
04. Hypnotized
05. Ghostlight
06. Run Killer Run
07. Iron Mule
08. The Master Thief More...
Gnosis Of The Witch Becomes Veiled
Iron Bonehead Productions is proud to present the debut demo from Veiled, "Omniscient Veil," set for international release on September 25 as a cassette tape.
Although indeed the band's very first recording under the Veiled banner, "Omniscient Veil" is more of a rebirth than a brand-new birth itself: Veiled was born from the demise of Gnosis of the Witch as a necessity to break away from the monotony of mundane expectation.
With heavy emphasis on astral atmospheric vibrations and ethereal soundscapes, Veiled is the matured growth of what Gnosis of the Witch could not have been in its existence. Across the four expansive tracks of Omniscient Veil, the American duo patiently build yawning 'n' yearning chasms of ever-swirling black metal mysticism, neither tied to the first wave nor the new wave nor any wave. The track listing is:
1. Omniscient Veil I
2. Omniscient Veil II
3. Omniscient Veil III
4. Omniscient Veil IV More...
Aevangelist Announces New Album Details
20 Buck Spin welcomes the writhing black/death torment of American act Aevangelist to the label's register, and announces plans of issuing the band's incoming fourth full-length, "Enthrall To The Void Of Bliss." 20 Buck Spin comments:
"The fourth gate of the Aevangelist has opened within the physical dimension; witness cataclysmic black/death metal force in which slithering arcane horrors conjoined with bizarre mysticism spawn a suffocating cacophonous sprawl. Having unleashed previous (and future) documentation via the French Debemur Morti label, 'Enthrall To The Void Of Bliss' represents the initial Aevangelist transmutation for 20 Buck Spin, the American based band's first scripture to be fully released domestically in the United States.
"Cycling through recent years, Aevangelist has mercilessly assaulted listeners via auditory deformation and twisting sepulchral composition, its members having also performed within the ranks of legendary dark metal weirdos Bethlehem and others. 2013's 'Omen Ex Simulacra' brutalized with punishingly dense yet accessible riffs in the Murk -- the album earning critical acclaim including a place in Decibel's Magazine's Top 40 of 2013 -- and this specter looms large on 'Enthrall To The Void Of Bliss,' whilst layer upon layer of ghoulish keys and madness-stricken vocals act as flesh bricks to shape a hellish tower of the damned. Smeared with a warm, wet production, the inherent chaos of Enthrall... becomes omnipresent. More...
Ill Nino Releases New Music Video
Ill Nino has released “Blood Is Thicker Than Water,” the third music video from latest album "Till Death, La Familia," available in stores and digitally everywhere right now.
“’Blood is Thicker Than Water’ is more than just a piece of music to me,” confesses frontman Christian Machado. “Writing the lyrics seemed to me, at that point in my life, to be a healing process than anything else. Two years to that exact date, I held the hand of a beautiful human being and I watched her take her last breath. After her death, I held her for an hour, I cried, I thanked her for all her beauty, her innocence, and her love. I felt an incredible amount of regret, it was possibly the most painful moment I will ever go through in my life."
He goes on to say, "I cannot put into words the feeling. I can say I attempted to put that emotion into the lyrics of ‘Blood is Thicker Than Water,’ but I know the depth of the words cannot bring to light the pain and suffering that she went through and also the mourning that followed. When we perform the song live, I sometimes have to put all my power into not being succumbed by that emotion once again. I hope the song can reach into the hearts of everyone who hears it. I hope it allows her beauty to live forever.”
The band is slated for back to back performances in the Philippines on September 25th and 26th, with more Ill Nino U.S. and international dates to be announced soon. More...
Psychostick Meets Bruce Campbell
You already know that Psychostick is obsessed with Bruce Campbell to a dangerous, stalker-ish degree.
After releasing a music video declaring the band's love for the god-king of B horror movies, Psychostick headed on over to the Wizard World Comic Con in Chicago this past weekend and filmed some adventures there - including meeting the man, the legend, the almighty Bruce Campbell.
Footage from the true fan boy moment (with obviously the best narration ever) can be seen below.
In additional news, Psychostick wrapped up "The Evil Dumb" tour presented by Bluebeards Original and will now be heading to the U.K. with Dog Fashion Disco for the band's first ever overseas shows on "The Ugly Americans Tour." More...
Hexvessel Signs With Century Media
Hexvessel and Century Media Records are proud to announce a worldwide deal for upcoming releases from the Finnish psychedelic folk rock band. Vocalist and guitarist Mat McNerney (also singer in Grave Pleasures) comments:
"In many ways the new Hexvessel songs are a new beginning for the band. The time we have invested in this next album has been very carefully spent. So we have become very focused in what we want to do and want to deliver something really special for our fans when it comes to releasing the next record. It's very important music for us, close to the bone and nestled right up next to our hearts. We were looking for a relationship with our record label to be the same as our bond with each other in the band. It has to be real and it has to be a shared experience!
"The way we met Jens and the wonderful people at Century Media was at a very special time for us and them, and we felt a unique connection that has grown ever since. That they totally understand and truly feel for what we're doing is really important. After all this is magic art we are creating and is from a personal place. We believe that with Century Media we will have the support and encouragement to take our music further than ever before. Deepest thanks to all our fans and friends without whom we are nothing, our publisher and friend Andy Farrow at AMF for his good faith, the guys at Svart Records for bringing us up and holding our hands from our inception, and hails to the good folks at Century Media for believing in Hexvessel and heralding a new dawn for us. It'll be a bright a blessed future. Shine on!" More...
Suntorn Posts "A Godless Oasis" Video
Suntorn has a brutal new lyric clip out for "A Godless Oasis," a single taken off sophomore album "Symbiotic Polarity," which is set to drop on November 13, 2015 through Ghastly Music. The band also comments:
"Here it is! After nearly three years of working on this album we are beyond excited to finally reveal this to you all! We went through dark times as a band and are glad to say we made it out. In addition, we have something even bigger and better to offer than ever before. Enjoy the first taste of the new album in combination with an amazing lyric video done by Consume!" More...
Heart Of A Coward Posts Lyric Video
Heart Of A Coward just launched a brand new lyric video for the single "Turmoil I: Wolves." This track comes from upcoming third album "Deliverance," which will be released October 2 via Century Media Records.
Vocalist Jamie comments: "This is the first of the 'Turmoil' two parter on the album - we were originally going to do the two songs as an EP in its own right, along with another two parter ('Skeletal') which closes the album off...but we wanted to unleash a pit anthem to crank up nice and loud before the Summer disappears!"
In addition to the new lyric video, Heart Of A Coward also announced new tour dates, which are listed below. More...
Humality Streaming Full New EP
Humality's second EP, "Now Here," was just released yesterday and is now available for full streaming online.
"Now Here" was recorded at Brisbane Indigenous Media Association and produced/masterd by Clint Curtis. Artwork comes courtesy of KTB Design, and the full track listing is as follows:
1. Trajectory 04:55 [music video available here]
2. Nowhere 04:55
3. Believe 05:29
4. Nullity 05:30
5. Simplicity 06:03 More...
Lowburn Announces "Doomsayer" Album
Finnish stoner rock outfit Lowburn (formed by Battlelore members Tomi Mykkänen and Henkka Vahvanen) today reveals details on debut full-length "Doomsayer."
The cover artwork for upcoming debut full length was designed by artist David Paul Seymour (Vintage Caravan, Wo Fat, Goya, among others). Mastered by producer Billy Anderson, “Doomsayer” is a blast of immense stoner riffage, with stunning fuzz-psych doom vibes and badass vocals.
The song “The Last One” is the first single from the album and the official video can be seen below. “Doomsayer” will be released by Argonauta Records on CD / DD this coming October 12, 2015. More...
Horrendous Releasing New Album
East Coast death metal trio Horrendous is set to unleash third full-length album, "Anareta," this coming October 30 via Dark Descent Records. "Anareta" follows the 2014 sophomore album "Ecdysis." The band also comments on this coming release:
“We are all very proud of the album and feel it is our best work to date. While our composition process has always been spread out over several separated writing-specific sessions, one thing that separates 'Anareta' from our past work is our recording process.
"We recorded all the songs over one continuous period (the recording sessions for 'The Chills' and 'Ecdysis' were more spread out)--Matt and Jamie stayed at Damian’s house/studio for weeks on end and the three of us lived, breathed and dreamed of nothing but the album during that time. It was our entire lives for over a month (two months if you include the mixing and mastering stage), and we think this complete dedication to the record is one of the factors that really made it turn out so well.
"There was a lot of magic in the air once we finished the foundation of the record, and each day we built off of the prior day’s creative energies and inspirations until it bloomed into something immense.” More...
EyeHateGod Announces Festival Appearances
New Orleans' favorite road hounds from EyeHateGod will return to the stage next month for a short bought of U.S. fest invasions.
The revelries commence with a headlining show at Underground Arts in Philadelphia on September 9. From there the band will level Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, Full Terror Assault Fest in Cave-In-Rock, and Don't Call It A Fest in Detroit.
This latest stretch of live debauchery serves as a precursor to EyeHateGod's scheduled performance at this year's edition of the Housecore Horror Fest in San Antonio and follows the band's punishing Staggering Backward European Tour earlier this Summer. Upcoming EyeHateGod tour dates include:
9/09/2015 Underground Arts - Philadelphia, PA
9/10/2015 Hopscotch Fest @ Pour House - Raleigh, NC
9/11/2015 Full Terror Assault Fest - Cave-In-Rock, IL
9/12/2015 Don't Call It A Fest @ Tangent Gallery - Detroit, MI
11/15/2015 Housecore Horror Fest - San Anton, TX More...
Great American Nightmare Announces Band Lineup
More details have now landed online about the upcoming edition of Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare taking place at Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, IL.
Detroit-based horrorcore/hip hop band Insane Clown Posse (good news for people who can't figure out magnets), rock band P.O.D., along with artists Stitches, Young Wicked, and Dope D.O.D., will perform at Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare on Saturday, October 3.
Tickets for the October 3 show at Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare go on sale Friday, August 28 at 10:00 AM CT and start at only $35. Tickets include the concert and haunted attractions. Tickets purchased at the door (if available) will start at $45. On October 3, doors open at 5:00 PM and the concert starts at 7:00 PM.
A limited number of VIP packages will also be available for purchase at here. All VIP packages include a commemorative t-shirt and quicker access to the haunted attractions than general admission.
As previously announced, October 2 & 4 at Great American Nightmare will also feature two special concerts with Rob Zombie.
The event's 2015 edition will feature three attractions based on Zombie’s own horror films: Captain Spaulding’s Clown School In 3D, The Devil’s Rejects, and 31. More...
Savage Reveals New Album
NWoBHM act Savage will release brand new studio album "7" on October 9, 2015 via Minus 2 Zebra Records (distributed by Plastic Head). The double disc release will include a complete live album titled "Live N Lethal" as a second disc.
The band's debut album "Loose 'n Lethal" (from 1983) became a classic and was the biggest selling independent import into USA in it’s day. The band has had a stop/start career but came back with a vengeance in 2012 with the epic album titled "Sons Of Malice" and has recently been touring in Europe. More...
Revenge Announces "Behold.Total.Rejection"
The Canadian black metal chaos extremists who make up Revenge have completed work on their 5th full length album. The new album has been titled "Behold.Total.Rejection" and will be released by Season of Mist on November 13.
Among the album's tracks include "Desolation Insignia," "Hate Nomad," "Wolf Slave Protocol (Choose Your Side)," "Scum Defection (Outsider Neutralized)," and more. The album artwork and official track list will be released in the weeks to come. The band comments:
"With 'Behold.Total.Rejection,' Revenge maintains a lone-wolf approach despite joining Season of Mist’s venerable roster of bands. Although history has repeatedly proven that a transition to a higher profile label tends to yield a watering down of the content and intensity of most bands’ music, in the case of Revenge 'Behold.Total.Rejection' reflects the exact opposite effect.
"This album is a manifesto of rejection – rejection of the groundswell of mediocrity within the scene, rejection of compromise as a means of embracing of a wider audience, rejection of the dogma and strictures of religion and the trappings of the feeble social slave. Since the band’s inception, each album has explored and refined the philosophical and ideological core that drives the band’s music and imagery. Revenge extols the virtues of the uncompromising self at war with the banality of complacent existence and the common man: debased and docile, living on his knees feeding at the trough of inferiority. More...
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Urn Premieres Full New Album
U.S.-based dark/folk metal band Urn will drop the "Epiphany" album worldwide tomorrow - August 25, 2015 - via Dark Moon Productions.
You don't have to wait another 24 hours to listen in though, as we're premiering the full release online a day early! Experience your own "Epiphany" below, and be sure to let us know what you think.
The Urn line-up consists of seasoned veterans formerly of national acts such as The Electric Hellfire Club and Diabolic Intent. This will be Urn's fifth release overall, following the “Consecrated Ashes” EP (2002), “Desecrated Ashes” EP (2003), “Dancing with the Demigods” LP (2006), and “Scribings of a Forgotten Soul” LP (2009).
The "Epiphany" track listing is as follows:
1. Autumnal Sunrise
2. Cast in Amber
3. Black Widow
4. Thyself Be True
5. When the Rain Has Fallen
6. My Chosen Path
7. Brisk Snowfall
8. The Road to St Patrick's
9. Silently I'm Still Sceaming
10. Epiphany
11. Empty Promises More...
Moon Streams "Oration As Vessel Of The Void"
Moon - Australia's one man atmospheric black metal act - is streaming the new track "Oration As Vessel of the Void," which can be heard in the player below. The song will appear on the upcoming new release "Render of the Veils," which will be issued by Moribund Records on September 18th.
The track listing for the album is:
1. Immolation Euphoria
2. Modraniht
3. Oration as Vessel of the Void
4. Casting the Shadow
5. As Stars Merge with Ice
6. Souls Secreted in Transparent Cells
7. Tunnels of Lost Thoughts
8. Hanged at the Gates
9. Mirror of Black Souls
10. Corrosion Delirium
11. Cold Delusions
Check out the track here: More...
Arkentype Signs With Crime Records
Norwegian progressive metal act Arkentype signed on with Crime Records (the label owned by Iron Fire frontman Martin Steene). The band will release the new album "Disoriented," which is scheduled for release later this year. A music video for the new track "Ashes & Dirt" can be viewed in the player below.
"Disoriented" was mixed and mastered by Daniel Bergstrand & George Nerantzis at Dug Out Productions, Uppsala, Sweden.
"Disorientated" will also be released as a CD and limited colored vinyl/LP. Crime Records describes the band as "one of the most promising upcoming acts out of Norway at the moment."
More information is expected soon. Check out the video here:
Counting Days Premieres New Lyric Video
Counting Days premieres its new lyric video for the title track of the upcoming debut album "Liberated Sounds", due out October 16, 2015 via Macot Label Group.
Check out now "Liberated Sounds" below.
Fit For An Autopsy Premieres New Music Video
Death metal/deathcore outfit Fit For An Autopsy premieres its brand new music video for the title track of the upcoming album "Absolute Hope Absolute Hell". Says guitarist/producer Will Putney about the new effort: "It's our new and fresh approach to aggressive music, not a half-hour of blast beats and breakdowns". The new album is set to drop October 2nd via eOne/Good Fight.
Check out now "Absolute Hope Absolute Hell" below.
Silverstein Premieres New Music Video
Silverstein premieres a new video for the track "Heaven, Hell, And Purgatory", showing footage shot during the band's run on this year’s "Vans Warped Tour".
Check out now the clip below.
Silverstein have booked a co-headlining tour with Senses Fail for this fall, with support from Hundredth and Capsize. Check out all dates below: More...
Hiraeth Premieres New Video "Words to Echo"
London metalcore band Hiraeth premieres the brand new lyric video for the track "Words to Echo" taken from the upcoming debut EP "The World Ends With You", which is set to be released on 29th September.
Check out now "Words to Echo" below.
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