Metal News for September 12, 2016
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27 news articles posted on this day.
Tortorum Posts "Night Of The Witch"
Today the Norwegian black metal legion Tortorum premieres new track "Night of the Witch" hailing from upcoming mini-album "Rotten. Dead. Forgotten," which is set for international release on October 13th via W.T.C. Productions.
1. Iao AI
2. All Suns Black
3. Night of the Witch
4. Life is the Enemy
5. Lucifer Victrix
6. Black Mantra Mysteries More...
Freya Streams "Gnawing From Inside"
"Gnawing From Inside" is the alarming new single from Syracuse-based metal outfit Freya, taken from the band's impending fifth full-length album "Grim." As the album nears release at the end of the month, the band has issued the early single for public consumption below.
Offers Freya vocalist Karl Buechner (also of Earth Crisis, The Path Of Resistance, and more) on the morose concept of this new single:
"Essentially, the song is about a group of people trapped indoors isolated out in the wilderness in the dead of a brutal Winter after they deplete their stocks of firewood and food they start to hallucinate and slowly turn on each other. Cannibalism seems like the only choice to survive.
"When Flynn and I started to look into the background of the original Hansel and Gretel folk tale, one of earliest versions is even more horrifying then the one we're all familiar with. The father leaves the two out in the forest so that the parents won't themselves be tempted to kill and eat their own children over the course of a harsh Winter!" More...
Eternal Halloween Releases New Video
Eternal Halloween is about to raise eyebrows within religious establishments following a depiction of Christ as his evil counterpart in the band's debut, self-titled video.
Band leader Dave Devil comments: “Praying has never solved my problems anyhow… life gets tougher with the weak killing them by getting sick.”
Eternal Halloween consists of:
Dave Devil: Vocals/Guitars
Rudolf Dionkeldei: Keyboards/Backing Vocals
Damien Schweinsteiger: Guitars/Backing Vocals
Katryna Draven: Bass
Markus Mortem: Drums
Diamond Head Releases New Video
The new Diamond Head video "All The Reasons You Live" is taken from the band's current self-titled album, available globally via Dissonance Productions. Check out the clip below.
Set to return to North American for the longest tour in the band's 40-year career, Diamond Head is expected to perform songs that span an extensive recording catalog, including selections from this new self-titled new album. More...
The Flight Of Sleipnir Signs With Eisenwald
Colorado-based The Flight Of Sleipnir has joined the ranks of Eisenwald Records. The label comments:
"To us, they have always stood out as another really expressive and outstanding formation and we are delighted to be able to work with them. The band is currently busy finalizing their next album, with further info to be revealed soon.
"Formed in 2007 by David Csicsely and Clayton Cushman, The Flight of Sleipnir explores ethereal and progressive sounds with lyrics that pursue the rich literature of ancient Scandinavia. Throughout a demo, splits, and five full-length records they have continued to refine their sound; weaving acoustics, blackened metal, doom, and psychedelic all thread into one fine art piece. Freshly equipped with two live and studio members, they are now looking forward to adding the next chapter to the band's development."
Clayton Cushman (vocals, guitars) comments: "We are excited to work with Eisenwald, and look forward to our partnership to help us forge the next TFOS record and beyond. We are honored to join the roster of friends and fine artists as we move towards the next chapter for The Flight of Sleipnir." More...
He Is Me Streaming "Drowning Man / Ocean Man"
Rock / ambient / industrial / metal crossover duo He Is Me today releases a new song entitled "Drowning Man / Ocean Man," which can be heard below. Although He Is Me is a new project, creators Steve Moore and Casey Braunger are both quite seasoned musicians.
Steve Moore has released acclaimed albums with metal project The Unravelling, dow ntempo electronic project Post Death Soundtrack, and hardcore group Inner Surge. Braunger has also been releasing music through his solo imprint Textile Arcade. The duo is currently working on a full-length album - stay tuned for details. More...
Mikkey Dee Joins The Scorpions
German hard rock/heavy metal legends has confirmed that former Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee has joined the group on a permanent basis, following the departure of American James Kottak, who spent twenty years with the band, making him their longest serving drummer. The Swedish veteran, who has also performed for King Diamond, Helloween and Thin Lizzy, had previously been filling in for Kottak for some American concerts. A statement from the bands as follows:
"We would like to thank James for so many years of lasting participation in the band and personal friendship. We understand and respect his need for time as he makes his way through the final stages of his healing process.
"After our incredibly successful shows in the US, Europe and Asia, we are sure to have found a fantastic drummer with Mikkey Dee. He brings a fresh energy to the band and we look forward to the exciting time together that lies ahead." More...
Forever Still Posts Album Trailer
The new wildfire named Forever Still started to spread from Denmark and is ready to burn down every shore with first studio release "Tied Down," due out on October 21st via Nuclear Blast.
The band now releases a first album trailer and in this clip singer Maja Shining explains the main idea behind the band's debut album. "Tied Down" is a wild journey of an individual struggling with depression and worthlessness, before a spark of hope appears on the horizon - and recovery slowly starts setting in.
Veilburner Streams New Song
Deranged black metal/death metal group Veilburner today streams "Vaterchen," the second single from forthcoming 3rd full-length album, "The Obscene Rite."
Veilburner's "The Obscene Rite" will be released on Friday, September 30th. Physical copies will be available for purchase once the album is out through CDBaby.
Digital pre-orders are now available here. The upcoming album's track listing is as follows:
1. Postmortem Exordium
2. Necroquantum Plague Asylum
3. Vaterchen
4. Eucharist Of The Breathing Abyss (streaming here)
5. Masquerade Macabre
6. Baphometic Catalyst
7. Dilemma Manifestation
8. In The Revelations Of Bloodstained Void
9. Phainops More...
Chariots Of The Gods Posts New Album
Ottawa, ON's Chariots Of The Gods is now streaming upcoming album "Ages Unsung" online in full ahead of the September 16th release date.
After a small hiatus and lineup change, the quintet return in 2016 full force ready to follow 2013's debut album "Tides of War," which was produced by Glen Robinson (Queensryche, Gwar, Annihilator).
Creating a kickstarter / pre-order campaign Chariots Of The Gods surpassed the initial goal of $3,000 and recorded "Ages Unsung" at The Grid with legendary Montreal producer Chris Donaldson (Cryptopsy, The Agonist, Beyond Creation, Neuraxis). The album's track listing is:
1. Primordial Dawn (1:22)
2. Tusk (4:40)
3. Of Prometheus And The Sacred Flame (3:57)
4. War of The Gods (4:21)
5. As The Sky Falls (4:25)
6. Resurrection (3:46)
7. Through Darkness And Decay (5:50)
8. Into Oblivion (4:40)
9. New World (3:59)
10. Ages Unsung (4:45) More...
Headline News
Former Y&T Drummer Passes Away
Former Y&T drummer Leonard Haze has passed away at the age of 61 after suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The drummer co-wrote such songs as "Hurricane" and "Black Tiger" and was scheduled to support Y&T at two Californian shows with his band Hazexperience. Y&T vocalist Dave Meniketti broke the news with an online post that read:
"It is with shock and sadness that I type this. Leonard Haze, the legendary drummer, and a guy I spent decades with creating great music together, has passed away at 61.
"This, just a few days after his birthday. I just woke up to this news, as I'm in Germany, and immediately called his wife, Kelly. She confirmed that Leonard had passed away in his sleep sometime between noon and 7.30pm on Sunday, September 11. More...
Knocked Loose Streaming Full Album
Kentucky hardcore band Knocked Loose has debuted a stream of new album "Laugh Tracks" today via YouTube. Listen in below.
The band’s hebut full-length record will be released on Friday, September 16th via Pure Noise Records. Fans can pre-order the album now at this location.
The band is currently supporting the album on tour in North America with Stick To Your Guns, Stray From The Path and Expire. Remaining dates are available after the video. More...
Megadeth To Tour With Body Count
Dave Mustaine, frontman of American thrash metal legends Megadeth, has revealed in an interview with Metal Hammer magazine that his band will be teaming up with Body Count, the group fronted by iconic rapper Ice-T for a world tour in 2017. The package will also include three other bands and no dates have been announced as of yet, but they will be taking the tour to Asia, with at least one show in Malaysia expected after the country lifted the band on Megadeth performing there. An excerpt from the interview reads as follows:
"We're talking about a very large tour next summer with five bands on it with us. It's going to be more of a guest appearance than a direct support kind of thing.
"We've been looking at a lot of interesting acts, but for me I don't always try and pick out the flavour of the month – I have loyalty to my friends. I always thoughts that Body Count, while if not for everybody, I thought it was great.
"It's not your normal metal band, it's cool to see somebody crossing over from the hip-hop world into the metal world. I think it's great to be open-minded about different people from different backgrounds."
Opeth Posts "Sorceress" Studio Report
Opeth just released the seventh installment of an ongoing studio report series looking behind the scenes at the making of the band's 12th studio album, "Sorceress."
In this new trailer, frontman Mikael Akerfeldt talks about the lyrical concept behind the release, how the topics have changed over the years, and explains what aspect paranoia played on "Sorceress."
The record is due out on September 30th via the band’s imprint label Moderbolaget Records with Nuclear Blast Entertainment.
"Sorceress" features the following track listing:
1. Persephone
2. Sorceress (song streaming here)
3. The Wilde Flowers
4. Will O The Wisp (listen in here)
5. Chrysalis
6. Sorceress 2
7. The Seventh Sojourn
8. Strange Brew
9. A Fleeting Glance
10. Era
11. Persephone (Slight Return) More...
MoRkObOt Streams Full Album
As Supernatural Cat Records readies the pummeling new "GoRgo" LP by the prolific Italian instrumental trio MoRkObOt for release this week, the entire album comes writing forth for an early stream.
MoRkObOt's fifth full-length release, "GoRgO" ushers in a new era in writing for the band; one that revolves around constructing more ambitious structures driven by simpler forms and tighter structures.
"GoRgO" sees release on CD, LP, and digital formats this Friday, September 16th via Supernatural Cat, the label owned and operated by members of Ufomammut and Malleus Rock Art Lab. More...
A Province Of Thay Streams "Atonement"
Doom/goth metal band A Province Of Thay has revealed the title track from forthcoming EP "Atonement."
The track's somber and dreary sound is similar in style to a cross between "Disintegration" era Cure and Type O Negative. Check out "Atonement" below.
1. Atonement
2. Animus
3. Thaymount
4. Dirgesinger More...
High On Fire Posts New Animated Video
High On Fire just released a new music video online for the song "The Black Plot," Created by Skinner and Hey Beautiful Jerk, which made its broadcast debut on Adult Swim. Check out the animated tour de force and wild psychedelic fantasy epic below.
"The Black Plot" is taken from High On Fire's latest album, "Luminiferous," a record hailed as "masterful" by Pitchfork and "badass" by Consequence of Sound.
“I wanted to make an animated short film with Hey Beautiful Jerk, I just didn't know how completely crazy it would get," says Skinner. "At first I thought we should do a real simple story with action fights to wear down the timing a little bit. But then I thought, fuck it, here's a super complicated story with a million characters and it's off the wall crazy and shit. Wanna do it?”
“This has definitely been the most challenging and the most rewarding project in the history of Hey Beautiful Jerk," adds the team of Mark Szumski and Gina Niespodziani. "Creatively, we did not make many concessions and we really pushed ourselves to see how far we could take this thing. It worked.” More...
Tesseract Releases "Hexes" Video
U.K. progressive act TesseracT just released a new music video today for "Hexes." Directed by George Laycock (Blacktide Phonic/Visual) and conceptualized by vocalist Daniel Tompkins and bassist Amos Williams, this is the second music video the band has released from most recent LP, "Polaris" (reviewed here).
"'Hexes' represents a vivid dream and distant memory," says Tompkins. "One of holding onto the secrets between two people; a history shrouded in secrecy. To maintain the intimate and personal nature of the concept, we knew that we needed a video director that didn't simply understand the lyrics but someone who could connect to the intensity of the music, and was willing to work closely together in creating the right visuals.
"On first contact with Blacktide we knew that we had found the right team. The video was shot over four different locations scattered across the UK including Leicester’s National Space Centre, where we filmed some striking footage from inside a replica of the Columbus module from the International Space Station; shot in the early hours while the centre was closed to the public. Without a doubt 'Hexes' is the most cohesive and impactful video we have made to date and we're extremely proud of the end result." More...
Butcher Babies Hitting The Road With Megadeth
Butcher Babies will be hitting the road with Megadeth this fall as part of the "Dystopia" tour in North America. Also joining will be Amon Amarth, Suicidal Tendencies, and Metal Church.
The month long tour starts in Casper, WY on September 20 and concludes on October 16 in Camden, NJ. In addition to the tour, both Butcher Babies and Megadeth will be performing at this year's "Ozzfest Meets Knotfest" event, which takes place on September 24 & 25 in San Bernardino, CA
Speak about her enthusiasm for the upcoming tour, Butcher Babies vocalist Heidi Shepherd states, "We're incredibly honored to join forces with some of our idols, legendary musicians and bands! Megadeth is a staple in metal music and we can't think of a better way to round out our 2016 touring schedule than with these metal gods. Who didn't grow up with a Megadeth poster glued to your wall with dreams of dreams of sharing the stage with them. Bucket list... Check!" More...
Amorphis Releases 360 Degree Performance Footage
The Finnish masters of melancholic progressive metal from Amorphis recently played special "An Evening With Friend" shows in Helsinki.
The band performed new album :Under The Red Cloud" (reviewed here) in its entirety, among other tracks. These shows were filmed with a 360 degree camera - check out the footage below.
Brujeria Posts "Plato O Plomo" Video
Extreme metal outfit Brujeria will release fourth full-length album, entitled "Pocho Aztlan" (reviewed here), on Mexican Independence Day (September 16th) via Nuclear Blast Entertainment.
Today, the band has debuted a very NSFW video for the track "Plata O Plomo." The term "Plata O Plomo" was popularized by Mexican and South American drug cartel leaders such as Pablo Escobar and translates into "silver or lead," meaning "take the money (bribe) or take a bullet." More...
Lord Agheros Posts "Nothing At All" Trailer
Lord Agheros today presents snippets of all the songs from upcoming album "Nothing At All." The album is now set to drop October 7th via My Kingdom Music. Band mastermind Gerassimos Evangelou comments about the feel of creating this new release:
"I have imagined my future, on the shore of a lake smoking a cigarette and nothing more. A pencil and a sheet of paper in the hands drawing a diary of my life with received and donated things. I have imagined it like in a film at tail titles. I have lived every single emotion that has made of me a man, I have imagined as it could be if it had been different, I have imagined and remained alone with my imagination. I have imagined the nothing, I have seen the nothing, I have perceived the nothing, I have looked inside myself and what I've seen is the absolute nothing."
1. The Last Memories
2. Lake Water (feat. Federica "Lenore" Catalano)
3. Mankind Arise
4. No More Rules
5. Life And Death
6. The Day To Die
7. On The Shore
8. Idiocracy
9. What We Deserve
10. Final Thoughts
11. Nothing At All More...
Rudra Unveils "Enemy Of Duality" Details
Rudra - the veritable pioneers of Vedic metal that blends ancient spirituality with extreme metal music - has now revealed new album "Enemy Of Duality" is coming on December 17th via Transcending Obscurity Asia. The cover artwork is available below, and the "Enemy Of Duality" track listing will as follows:
1. Abating the Firebrand
2. Slay the Demons of Duality (streaming here)
3. Perception Apparent
4. Acosmic Self
5. Root of Misapprehension
6. Seer of All
7. Hermit in Nididhyasana
8. Ancient Fourth More...
Lectern Announces "Precept Of Delator"
Following last year's "Fratricidal Concelebration" release, the Via Nocturna label is pleased to announce the release of "Precept of Delator" by Italian death metal band Lectern on September 30th, 2016.
The band's approach to death metal is strictly old-school, with a sound straight out of the 90s Florida death metal scene. The new album's track listing is as follows:
01. Gergal Profaner
02. Palpation of Sacramentarian
03. Fluent Bilocation
04. Distil Shambles
05. Pellucid
06. Diptych of Perked Oblationk
07. Garn For Debitors
08. Precept of Delator
09. Discorporation With Feral More...
Azooma Reveals Debut Album
Iranian jewel Azooma released first EP "A Hymn of the Vicious Monster" back in 2014 and is now gearing up for debut album "The Act of Eye," a conceptual work that push the boundaries in death metal.
"The Act of Eye" comes with a brutal yet abstract cover art made by artist Shahriyar Shervin who also did all the booket artwork to illustrate this complex conceptual work. Mixed and mastered by Mathieu Pascal from french masters Gorod, "The Act of Eye" is due out October 10th and will feature the following track listing:
Act 1 - Plague of Predator
Act 2 - Umbra of Mirth
Act 3 - The Ocular Dominance
Act 4 - Erosion of Shadows
Act 5 - Non-Entity of Visions
Act 6 - Flare of Flames
Act 7 - Objectivity of Oblivion
Act 8 - The Eyes: A Tale of Sight and Shadows More...
Dream Theater Posts Alt "Our New World" Version
Prog legends Dream Theater premiere a new song version for "Our New World", which features a guest vocal appearance from Halestorm singer Lzzy Hale. The track is an updated version of the song of the same name that appears on the band’s latest album, "The Astonishing".
Check out now "Our New World" below.
Motograter Premieres New Song & Video "Parasite"
Motograter premieres a new song and music video entitled "Parasite", taken from the upcoming new album "Desolation", which was produced by Ahrue Luster of Ill Nino and mixed by Joshua Wickman (Within The Ruins, King 810).
Check out now "Parasite" below.
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