Metal News for August 25, 2017
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New Metal Albums August 25th
Friday has arrived and that means a slew of new metal and hard rock albums are now available digitally, via label mail order, or in that dwindling number of stores that still carry physical products. Honestly, I'm not even sure if you can still buy CDs where I live since all our record shops shut down.
So, what's out this week that's actually worth hearing though? Below we've rounded up the best of mainstream and indie releases across the entire genre spectrum that you should be checking out. From black metal to stoner rock to prog, here's what's out today (August 25th):
Howling Giant - "Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 2" (fuzz / stoner rock)
Grande Royale - "Breaking News" (heavy hard rock)
The Haunted - "Strength In Numbers" (death / thrash)
Dagoba - "Black Nova" (groove / industrial metal)
Mordatorium - "Obsessed With Death" (death metal)
Crimfall - "Amain" (symphonic power / viking metal)
Ledge - "Cold Hard Concrete" (sludge)
The New Roses -"One More For The Road" (hard rock)
Crafteon - "Cosmic Reawakening" (black metal)
Fornhem - "Ett Fjärran Kall" (black metal)
Alazka - "Phoenix" (post-hardcore)
Der Weg Einer Freiheit - "Finisterre" (black metal)
Brendon Small's Galaktikon - "Galaktikon II: Become The Storm" (melodic death metal)
Chastain - "We Bleed Metal 17" (power metal)
Leprous - "Malina" (prog)
Nervecell - "Past, Present…Torture" (death / thrash)
Phantoms - "Screaming on the Inside" (post-metalcore)
Jack Starr's Burning Starr - "Stand Your Ground" (classic heavy metal)
Inanimate Existence - "Underneath a Melting Sky" (tech death)
What are you picking up this week, and did we miss anything that drops today you think should make the list? Let us know in the comments! More...
You Win Again Gravity Posts "Grace & Focus"
Windsor-based technical post hardcore crew You Win Again Gravity is gearing up to release the "Anonymity" EP this coming October 2nd, 2017. While we wait for that drop date to arrive, an advance track titled "Grace & Focus" has come online and can be heard below.
The band comments: "We think we play a style of music that no one else does. As a band we have a wide array of influences and they all feature. Whether you like Deftones, Northlane or Circa Survive, we're hoping this release is something that you can really get into."
1. Phonetics
2. Grace & Focus
3. Seamless
4. ILearntToStopAsking
5. A Lack of Clarity
6. Swept to the Waves and Lost
7. A Sullen Sketch
8. Anonymity More...
Demon Eye Streaming Album, Announces U.S. Tour
Occult metal collective Demon Eye will embark on a bout of live performances through Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, and the group's home state of North Carolina this fall. The band's latest run of dates come in conjunction with the release of new full-length, "Prophecies And Lies."
"Prophecies And Lies" was captured by Corrosion Of Conformity's Mike Dean and finds Demon Eye's fiery fusion of heavy classic rock, proto metal, and traditional doom at its most intense to date. Out now in Europe, the album will be released in North America on September 8th and can be streamed below.
9/29/2017 Strange Matter - Richmond, VA
9/30/2017 The Taphouse - Norfolk, VA w/ The Norfolk Nightmares
10/04/2017 Neptune's - Raleigh, NC w/ Man Forever
11/15/2017 The Garage - Winston Salem, NC w/ Lords Of Mace
11/16/2017 Howlers - Pittsburgh, PA w/ Horehound
11/17/2017 Small's - Detroit, MI
11/18/2017 Taps Live - Indianapolis, IN w/ Karma To Burn
12/01/2017 Snug Harbor - Charlotte, NC More...
Max Georgiev Covers Yngwie Malmsteen
Session & touring guitarist Max Georgiev (Escape The Fate, Gemini Syndrome) just released a guitar playthrough cover for “Far Beyond the Sun” originally performed by Yngwie Malmsteen.
Max's debut solo album “Exorcism Chapter One (A Spanish Guitar Odyssey)” is also out now and can be picked up digitally at iTunes.
Black Mare Announces Album, Tour Dates
Amidst a backdrop of political strife wherein such fundamental principles as the health, safety, and common decency toward women continue to erode more with each executive order and Twitter tantrum, the spirit of Black MMare stands unbridled under the singular vision and limitless purview of its driving force, one Sera Timms.
"Death Magick Mother" is the second proper full-length album from Los Angeles, California’s Black Mare, offering up seven new songs mixed by Andrew Clinco of Drab Majesty and mastered by Dan Randall at Mammoth Sound Mastering.
The album will see release digitally via Magic Bullet on September 15th with LPs to follow.
Following a recent midnight ceremony in celebration of a total eclipse with France’s Celeste and a mass replete with a bloodletting ritual, Black Mare will take on a traditional tour of the western United States in direct support of Junius. See confirmed dates below. More...
Serious Black Reveals "The Witch Of Caldwell Town"
In celebration of casting "Magic" around the globe today via AFM Records, Serious Black - featuring ex-Tad Morose vocalist Urban Breed, ex-Rhapsody of Fire drummer Alex Holzwarth, Emergency Gate bassist Mario Lochert and Edenbridge guitarist Dominik Sebastian among its ranks - released a video clip for the new song "The Witch of Caldwell Town." Check it out in the player below.
The track listing for "Magic" is:
1. With a Tip of the Hat
2. Binary Magic
3. Burn! Witches Burn! (song streaming here)
4. Lone Gunman Rule
5. Now You’ll Never Know
6. I Can Do Magic
7. Serious Black Magic (see video clip here)
8. Skeletons on Parade
9. Mr. Nightmist
10. The Witch of Caldwell Town
11. True Love is Blind
12. Just Kill Me
13. Newfound Freedom
14. One Final Song
Check out "The Witch of Caldwell Town" here: More...
Jag Panzer Streams "Foggy Dew" Cover
Colorado metal legends Jag Panzer released a lyric video for the new single "Foggy Dew." The cover of the Irish classic appears on the forthcoming album "The Deviant Chord," which drops on September 29th via Steamhammer/SPV Records.
"The Deviant Chord" will be available as a digipak, vinyl LP and digital download. Pre-orders are available at this location.
The track listing is as follows:
1. Born Of The Flame
2. Far Beyond All Fear (see lyric video here)
3. The Deviant Chord
4. Blacklist
5. Foggy Dew
6. Divine Intervention
7. Long Awaited Kiss
8. Salacious Behavior
9. Fire Of Our Spirit
10. Dare
Check out "Foggy Dew" here: More...
Sweet & Lynch Explore The "Afterlife" In New Video
Sweet & Lynch - the union of Stryper frontman Michael Sweet and ex-Dokken/Lynch Mob guitarist George Lynch - issued a video clip for the new single "Afterlife." The song appears on the upcoming sophomore album "Unified," which will be available on November 10th via Frontiers Music Srl.
"Unified" is an absolute must hear for fans of all of Michael Sweet and George Lynch's previous work and of course for those who enjoyed the band's excellent debut album!
The track listing is as follows:
1. Promised Land (song streaming here)
2. Walk
3. Afterlife
4. Make Your Mark
5. Tried & True
6. Unified
7. Find Your Way
8. Heart Of Fire
9. Bridge Of Broken Lies
10. Better Man
11. Live To Die
Check out "Afterlife" here: More...
Belphegor Releases New Single "Apophis"
Austrian death/black metal giants Belphegor issued another new song from the highly anticipated new release "Totenritual." Check out the lyric video for "Apophis" in the player below. "Totenritual" will be released worldwide via Nuclear Blast on September 15th.
The track listing for the album is:
I. Baphomet (see lyric video here)
II. The Devil's Son
III. Swinefever - Regent Of Pigs
IV. Apophis - Black Dragon
V. Totenkult - Exegesis Of Deterioration
VI. Totenbeschwörer [Instrumental]
VII. Spell Of Reflection
VIII. Embracing A Star
IX. Totenritual
Check out "Apophis" here: More...
With The Dead Experiences "Isolation"
Lee Dorian fronted doom act With The Dead issued a video clip for the new song "Isolation." You can check it out over here or simply click play in the player at the bottom.
The song is lifted from the band's second album, "Love From With The Dead," which will be released September 22nd via Rise Above Records.
The track list for "Love From With The Dead" can be found here:
1. Isolation
2. Egyptian Tomb
3. Reincarnation of Yesterday
4. Cocaine Phantoms
5. Watching the Ward Go By
6. Anemia
7. CV1
Check out the clip here: More...
Arch Enemy Issues "The Eagle Flies Alone" Video
Arch Enemy has revealed the second single - "The Eagle Flies Alone" - taken from the forthcoming album "Will To Power," due out on September 8th via Century Media Records worldwide.
Band leader Michael Amott comments: "Strangely enough, this is a song I wrote in sunny Mexico last year, but fear not - Arch Enemy hasn't gone Mariachi on you! On the contrary, this song is steeped in classic Metal and melancholic Scandinavian atmosphere. Lyrically, this is an anthemic warcry to all fellow individualists around the Heavy Metal world. We shot the video with our director Patric Ullaeus in Sweden on the coldest outdoor shoot I can recall ever doing! The end result was totally worth it, it turned out beautifully. I guess sometimes you really have to suffer for the art!"
Once "Will To Power" hits the streets, Arch Enemy will do what the band does best, hitting the road and taking the latest batch of heroic metal anthems to the people! The band will kickstart the international "Will To Power Tour" with a headlining jaunt across Eastern Europe with special guests Jinjer in September before making way overseas for a co-headlining North American tour with Trivium featuring support from While She Sleeps and Fit For An Autopsy from October through December. Arch Enemy will continue touring into the new year with a January trek across Europe with support from Wintersun, Tribulation, and Jinjer. Full dates can be found both here and over here.
Check out the video here: More...
Gatecreeper Conjourns Jonestown In New Video
Arizona death metal unit Gatecreeper has shared a new video for "Stronghold" off the 2016 released full-length "Sonoran Depravation." The video features footage from the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known as "Jonestown," on November 18th, 1978. Check it out in the player at the bottom.
Additionally, the band will begin a European headlining tour in two weeks. The trek commences on September 8th in Finland and runs until September 22nd in Netherlands. Support will be provided by Ratlord on select dates. The band also is set to perform at HOCO Fest 2017 on August 31st and provide direct support for Cannibal Corpse and Power Trip in the US throughout November and December. Dates and venues can be had at this location.
Check out the video here: More...
Hell Is Other People Announce New EP, Release Song
Drone. The word itself conjures the image of a bleak, desolate - dare I say - grim landscape, one covered in lakes of tears and forests of trajedy. In the middle of this forsaken purgatory exists the crushing bleakness that is Canadian post-black metal, shoegaze band HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE. Like their namesake, this pentagonal conglomerate of musicians vomit forth a soundtrack befitting the insanity that is mankind.
Building on a foundation of a bleak, droning atmosphere, Hell is Other People juxtapose elements of post black metal and shoe gaze to create an atmosphere that teeters between serene endearment, and crushing bleakness.
Immerse yourself in their brand new EP, "Embrace," and pray to your false gods that you come out the otherside mentally and physically unscathed. The title track is available below.
The EP is set for release on September 15th via Black Element and features the following track list.
1. Visions
2. Embrace
3. Blossom
4. The Colour Returns More...
Meat Train To Unleash "Random Acts Of Carnage"
On the 29th of September a new level of horror, fear and ferocity will be pulling into a station near you. The whispered warnings have spread through the metal underground like wildfire and now the dreaded event is upon us...Meat Train have returned. Led by a deranged anti-priest, these sinister, soulless beasts of brutality are on a crusade of carnage. They not only want to watch the world burn, they want to kill as many people as possible as the flames engulf us all.
Contagion Records have taken it upon themselves to release Meat Train’s unholy book, the bestial bible, the manual to the end of all things..."Random Acts Of Carnage." The eleven hymns of horror that nestle like vipers beneath the bloody insanity of the cover art explore the darkest depths of human behavior. From unflinching examinations of the chapters of history that shame our entire species to flesh eating fantasies and tales of the undead, Random Acts Of Carnage leaves no ghastly stone unturned, no shadowed corner unexplored.
The tales of terror are accompanied by musical muscle of the most intimidating power. The band that Terrorizer magazine once said would make you ‘"ick to your stomach" have never been more fiercely focussed. This is real death metal – filthy, grinding, decimating death metal that will drown you in blood and have you choking and gasping for more. Featuring a gruesome, guttural, guest backing vocal performance from Svenson Groß of Fleshcrawl, a guitar sound heavy enough to reduce bodies to pulp, a vocal presence to freeze the blood and a merciless bottom end that propels the listener into the meat grinder of the relentless drum assault – this album is unstoppable.
The track listing is:
1. Random Acts Of Carnage
2. Handle With Caer
3. Eat Or Be Eaten
4. Redneck Zombies
5. Orchards of Death
6. Fear The Machine
7. Stop Killing All The Whores
8. Wolf
9. Saviour
10. Insubordinate
11. Block 11 More...
Biesy Issues Video For New Song "Czern Nas Prosi"
New project, Biesy, revealed new music via a video clip for the track "Czern Nas Prosi" (roughly translates to "blackness begs us"), ahead of the release of the debut album "Noc Lekkich Obyczajów." The album will be released exclusively via Third Eye Temple on September 9th.
Biesy is project started by PR, who wrote all of the music and lyrics. The project is strengthened by Stawrogin (Odraza) on vocal duties and MP (Outre) on drums.
Biesy - translates to “fiends” from Polish - were born out of everyday working, urban and monotonous realities. The project explores how urban concrete life can separate you from reality, but at the same time enables you to cross its borders. This is not the place for faith - there is no time nor will. During the night people go astray and willingly drown among the masses on the streets. In the morning they fall down to create a passage for everything that is wonderfully common and hideously sincere. However, it is not certain if they even left the room. More...
The Kennedy Veil To Release "Imperium"
California death metal legion The Kennedy Veil will release the newest full-length "Imperium" on October 20th via Unique Leader Records. The eight-track offering was produced, mixed, and mastered by Zack Ohren (Animosity, Suffocation, All Shall Perish et al) at Castle Ultimate Productions and features guest appearances by Trevor Strnad of The Black Dahlia Murder, Sven de Caluwé of Aborted, and Dickie Allen of Infant Annihilator. It comes swathed in the cover art of Robert Cook (see it below).
The occult has been a construct within civilizations all over the world, varying in degree and modernity, but always present. Each individual culture derives its occultism from the dark myths that permeate within its subconscious hive mind. America as a culture -- as an experiment -- has been volatile since day one. Plagued by a history of genocide, slavery, and corruption, its burgeoning occult is in its fragile yet violent infancy. Imperium highlights themes of this encapsulation: That is, fear, myth, despair, and humanity's inclination toward utter corruption.
Taking influence from a purer, more ancient evil of European descent, The Kennedy Veil has incorporated symphonic, blackened themes that parallel the lyrical aesthetic. Moving one step away from the more technical side and two steps into a deeper, darker, more blackened aggression.
Issues the band: "We are beyond excited to bring you our newest and greatest interpretation of darkness and intensity: 'Imperium.' This album shows our maturation not only as musicians but as individuals seeking truth amongst a never before seen landscape of obfuscation and evil. These eight songs came from our hands to warn of the oncoming desolation our culture is awaiting. We give you Imperium. A new chapter in The Kennedy Veil tome. Nowhere is safe."
Preorders for Imperium will be available in the coming weeks. The track list is:
1. Godslaughter
2. Legacy Left
3. Hunted To Extinction
4. Draconian
5. Last Born
6. Flesh Of The Sun
7. Dawning Of Wrathful Deities
8. Seething Rot More...
I Klatus Announces New Album "Nagual Sun"
Chicago doom/sludge eclectics I Klatus will release the new album "Nagual Sun" October 13th via digital download and analog (cassette) formats. The highly anticipated follow-up to 2012's "Kether" is the band's third full-length album (and fifth release overall). An official video for album track "Sorcerer's Gaze" is available in the player below.
The overall sound of "Nagual Sun" maintains the gritty roots for which I Klatus is known, while at the same time launches the group into new and more fully fleshed-out dimensions of weirdness. Tom Denney is the primary soothsayer behind I Klatus. Denney, whose background is steeped in the visual arts, has provided artwork and monsters for a laundry list of signed metal acts in the community (Kylesa, Black Cobra, Samothrace, Cannibal Corpse, Cephalic Carnage and Rwake just to name a few). His guitar squalls hard against the shores of this stoner metal effort, but also manages to rise above the storm in melodic hymns. Denney trades growling vocals with bass player, John E. Bomher, Jr. (Bury The Machines, Yakuza), who keeps things grinding nicely, while also providing some sweeter tones when they let songs open up and sweep across more ethereal planes. More...
Fallen Arise Announces New Guitarist
Athens based symphonic metal act Fallen Arise has announced the band's new guitarist, Giacomo Paradiso (Essential Genre Obsession)!
Stated the band: "We are so excited to present our new guitarist! Giacomo Paradiso from beautiful Siena, Italy. Belongs now to Fallen Arise family! Welcome to the band Giacomo!"
Fallen Arise was formed in 2009 and released the second full length album “Adeline” in October 2015 via Rock Of Angels Records (aka ROAR), which combined a theatrical atmosphere with a progressive approach and a heavy-metal-alike 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. The album was realized in the collaboration with an ensemble of 40 renowned musicians from the National Opera, the Athens State Orchestra, the NERIT Orchestra and the Piraeus Concert Band. More...
Soul Enema Casts Out Into "Aral Sea II"
Israeli progressive metal act Soul Enema issued a new music video for the song "Ara Sea II," which features a guest appearance by ex-Orphaned Land guitarist Yossi Sassi, who plays rhythm and solo parts on Bouzoukitara - a unique custom-made instrument combining Bouzouki and electric guitar.
The song is taken from the recent album "Of Clans and Clones and Clowns," which is available now through Bandcamp.
On the song and clip the band states: “‘Aral Sea II’ is the second part of the ‘Aral Sea’ trilogy, dedicated to the environmental disaster of the former sea — one of the biggest ecological problems of our time,” comments keyboard player and songwriter Constantin Glantz.
“This video features magnificent time-lapse footage taken by photographer Denis Frantsouzov on his journey through the Aral Sea/Ustyurt Plateau region. We tried to capture the reflection of an irreversible loss, and bid a final farewell to the Aral Sea — once a blooming oasis in the desert, now literally turned to dust as a result of reckless human activity.”
Check it out here: More...
CyHra Announces Debut Album Details, New Single
CyHra, the new band featuring former Amaranthe singer Jake E., ex-In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad and Luca Turilli's Rhapsody drummer Alex Landenburg, has revealed details of the forthcoming debut album "Letters to Myself." The album is available for pre-order at this location.
Due for release on October 20th, "Letters to Myself" features plenty of the magic that each member of the band has become known for over the years. CyHra have shared the first single, "Karma." Listen to it over here.
The video will follow on September 8th.
From the blissfully melodic thrust of Strömblad's riffs and hooks, and the soaring, soulful splendor of Jake E.'s unmistakable voice, to the pummeling, groove-driven precision of Peter Ewers, and Alex Landenburg's rhythmic bedrock, every last moment crackles with the excitement of fresh territory, new challenges, and a brand new identity for all involved to embrace.
Formed in 2016 by long-time friends Jake E. and Jesper Strömblad, CyHra are about to light a fire under the contemporary metal scene that promises to blaze for decades to come. More...
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