Mortuary Drape Reveals New Album Details

Returning following 2022’s mini album "Wisdom - Vibration - Repent," which gave us a firm dose of what to expect after signing with Peaceville Records, the Italians unveil "Black Mirror." An album that is not only a new dose of ritualistic blasphemy but also the quest to explore the abstract link that tethers the past and the present to find who we were in our previous lives.

"Black Mirror" is Mortuary Drape’s sixth full-length studio album set for a November 3rd release, and presents a spellbinding, occult-draped journey featuring haunting passages and dark yet melodic vintage metal mastery, bringing to mind acts such as Mercyful Fate with their eerie, classic metal-rooted compositions and atmospherics, expertly crafted and delivered with the band’s own distinguishable injection of wicked intent.

Lyrically the album centers on themes of magical rites, real events and spells that are in a parallel world that bind us to our past lives. We enter into this world of the parallel through the medium of Deja Vu. The phenomenon where images and actions that we seem to have already experienced resurface in our mind. The real mystery is to find out if they really belong to past lives or are, in fact, premonitions of what will happen next…

Wildness Perversion states:
"Reflected in the black mirror lies down the countenance of thy restless death, lost into the oblivion, waiting for the unction, thy rattle breath, thou art shattered by the secret lost; the mistress of sorcerer only herself will be able to take thy spirit drowned in silence back to life, once she joined the nocturnal coven, conjuring for you the fading flowers spell, so that thou shan’t wander among the unburied…"

He continues:
"We consider "Black Mirror" an easier album to assimilate for the listener, while for us one of the most difficult in terms of composition and arrangements. It is another step of our personal path, we face different nuances in the Occult world, I can tell you that while writing the songs we had to put aside enough material that will soon be reworked for the next album."

Tracklisting:

1. Restless Death
2. The Secret Lost
3. Ritual Unction
4. Drowned In Silence
5. Into The Oblivion
6. Rattle Breath
7. Nocturnal Coven
8. Mistress of Sorcerer
9. The Unburied
10. Fading Flowers Spell
11. Black Mirror More...

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Daath Shares New Song "The Silent Foray"

Dååth has released a brand new single by the name "The Silent Foray," which features a guest appearance from Per Nilsson of Scar Symmetry. You can check it out below. The new digital single was mixed by Jens Bogren and mastered by Tony Lindgren with cover art being handled once more by Adrian Baxter.

Dååth is currently in the mastering phase of their upcoming Metal Blade Records debut full length album, which is due out in 2024. More details coming soon! The band is also pleased to announce that they have completed their lineup by adding Rafael Trujillo as lead guitarist. More...

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Suffocation To Release New Album In November

New York death metal legends Suffocation will unleash their ninth full-length album "Hymns From The Apocrypha" on November 3rd via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to "...of the Dark Light" (2017) and the first release featuring the new vocalist Ricky Meyers, pushes the band to the very edges of extremity and is arguably the group's strongest-sounding, most sonically punishing album yet. Suffocation has achieved death metal perfection.

Today, the band offers fans the first taste of the album with the ferocious track "Seraphim Enslavement." The menacing music video was directed and edited by Tom Flynn with character design by Kyle Monroe and is the perfect visual pairing to Ricky Myers's monstrous vocals.

Derek Boyer comments:
"This is my fifth full-length studio album with Suffocation and this album came out SICK! It features all of the brutal, technical, chaotic twists and turns everyone would expect from Suffocation, plus new elements that are out of the normal realm one might expect. This is the sophomore effort of working with Christian Donaldson (who mixed and mastered Live In North America) and he absolutely KILLED IT on this one!!! We can’t wait to bring these songs to the stage and crush everything in our path!"

Ricky Myers states:
"We are thrilled to unveil our 11th full-length album, Hymns From The Apocrypha, a creatively composed piece that blends our style of music with lyrical depth and intricate artwork. This album is a testament to our devotion to brutal music, which we display in the video of our single, 'Seraphim Enslavement', a visual journey that complements the album's concept." More...

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Sabertooth 2023 Part 3

Sabertooth Portland 2023 – Part 3 (of 3)

Before moving on to the final three bands of the evening, I need to clarify a few things from Part 1 and Part 2 of this report.

Some of my questions in those parts were answered via email. Will was booked for 2020 Sabertooth (which obviously didn’t happen) so they were given a good slot for their patience. Rhododendron draw large crowds at all-ages events. The audience probably seemed less familiar because Sabertooth was 21+. Again, both bands were great; I was just wondering why they were given better time slots and stages than Cloak and Ghost Bath.

Speaking of which, both Cloak and Ghost Bath were “along for the ride” due to their tour with UADA, who was up next as one of the last three bands on the Crystal Ballroom stage.

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Krocophile Premiere Full-Album Stream Of New Album

Lansing, Michigan-based slamming brutal death metal outfit Krocophile premiere the full-album stream of the band's brand new album "Slamzilla: The Returnening", which was released earlier this summer.

Check out now "Slamzilla: The Returnening" streaming in its entirety via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.

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NecroticGoreBeast Premiere New Single & Video

Canada brutal death metal outfit NecroticGoreBeast premiere a new single and lyric video by the name of "Repugnant", taken from their upcoming new album of the same name, due out in stores November 3rd, 2023 via Comatose Music.

Check out "Repugnant" streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.

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Aether Realm Premiere New Single "Should I?"

Aether Realm premiere their new single titled "Should I?" which features the renowned melodic death metal vocalist, Björn "Speed" Strid (Soilwork). The single is a powerful one and directly confronts the critics and naysayers who were particularly vocal during Aether Realm's early years.

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Corey Taylor (Slipknot) Premieres New Solo Single

The studio version of Corey Taylor's latest solo track, "We Are The Rest," has just been officially released. This song comes a few days before the September 15th release date of the second solo album from the Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman, "CMF2." Corey Taylor has already performed this song in several live sets throughout this year.

Taylor explained that the cumulative physical toll from years of touring and giving his all during numerous performances has finally caught up with him. Consequently, he has come to the realization that he only has a limited number of years left to continue at this pace: More...

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