Metal News for September 19, 2016
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Interview
Noveria Talks Stages Of Grief And New Album
We've been anxiously waiting two years for this - Italian prog / power metal outfit Noveria is now gearing up to drop a sophomore album, following the stellar "Risen" release from back in 2014 (reviewed here).
With recording now wrapped up, "Forsaken" is due out on October 28th via Scarlet Records. Another month of waiting was more than we could bear, so we checked in with guitarist Francesco Mattei to find out as much as possible about this impending metallic opus! More...
Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell Streams New Song
Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell is set to release new album "Keep It Greasy" on October 14th via Rise Above Records. Today the band has released a new single entitled "Tired 'N' Wired" - check it out below. The album's full track listing is:
1. U Got Wot I Need
2. Hairy Brain Part 2
3. Hawkline Monkster
4. Paid In Full
5. I'm Movin'
6. Potato Boy
7. Tired'N'Wired
8. Wrong More...
Ruinous Announces "Graves Of Ceaseless Death"
What can you really expect when you get together former or current members of Goreaphobia, Incantation, Funebrarum, and Disma except for death metal of the utmost quality?
Formed right after Alex Bouks (guitar), Matt Medeiros (guitar & vocals) and Shawn Eldridge (drums) all stepped out of their duties with Funebrarum to form their own band, Ruinous perfectly embodies everything those guys have been up until now while forging a sound on its own.
Powered by a supra-guttural growl and a very ripping approach, "Graves of Ceaseless Death" also draws inspiration from grindcore, thrash and even doom. The album will drop November 11th, 2016 via Dark Descent Records. More...
Mentor Posts Full New Album Online
Polish group Mentor - featuring among its ranks members of Thaw and J.D. Overdrive - just released the "Guts, Graves and Blasphemy" album. In celebration of its release, all the tracks have come online via a YouTube stream. Listen in below!
Out now via Arachnophobia Records, "Guts, Graves and Blasphemy" was recorded, mixed and mastered by the band's own Haldor Grunberg at Satanic Audio. The artwork was done by Branca Studios (Angel Witch, King Dude, Venom, Cirith Ungol) and perfectly highlights the graveyard lust these four bastards have.
01. Guts, Graves and Blasphemy
02. Gimme Yer Blood
03. Drag You to Hell
04. Satan's Whore
05. Gravemaker
06. Murder Beach
07. In The Devil's Name
08. Night of The Satanic Werewolves More...
Ural Releasing "Party With The Wolves"
Ural will release "Party With The Wolves" via Earthquake Terror Noise this coming October 7th, 2016. Artwork is available below, and the "Party With The Wolves" track listing is as follows:
01. Electroshock
02. Party With The Wolves
03. Wrong Execution
04. Cranial Trauma
05. The Day After
06. Circle Pit
07. Amen
08. Black Out
09. The Endless Story Of Outher Spaces Attack More...
Edensong Streaming "The Atman Apocalypse"
As "Years In The Garden Of Years," the second full-length from NYC-based progressive ensemble Edensong, nears release through Laser's Edge at the end of the month, a new single from the record has been issued.
Check out "The Atman Apocalypse" below, which features a brief guest appearance by Adrian Belew (King Crimson, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Talking Heads, etc.)
Considered by the members of Edensong to be "the craziest thing they've ever written," the mammoth track consumes over ten minutes, delivering some of the most bombastic elements of the entire album.
The band offers, "'The Atman Apocalypse' is a cornerstone track on 'Years In The Garden Of Years' and the climax of the song-cycle that makes up most of the album. It takes so many of the musical themes from across the record and fuses them into the most brutal and 'proggy' thing we've probably ever written.
"It's actually based on a string quartet that Tony (our drummer) wrote a few years back, which Edensong then spun out into an epic rock tune. It's even got a cameo from Adrian Belew, by way of a chance encounter. We always jokingly imagined Adrian's voice in this particular moment of the song, so it's pretty awesome (and hilarious) that it's actually there. Listen carefully or you'll miss it." More...
David Phillips Releases New Drum Book
David Phillips is proud to launch his latest book, "From The Riser: A Drummer’s Perspective II," a photographic celebration of drummers and percussionists. The book features two hundred and seventy previously unseen photographs taken exclusively by the author.
It includes over one hundred and thirty legendary drummers including Lars Ulrich (Metallica), Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Joey Kramer (Aerosmith), Jay Weinberg (Slipknot), Travis Barker (Blink-182), Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe), Dan Flint (You Me at Six), Moose (Bullet For My Valentine), Cyrus Bolooki (New Found Glory), Mike Mangini (Dream Theater), Chris CC Coma (Black Veil Brides), Brad Wilk (Rage Against The Machine), Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy), Brooks Wackerman (Avenged Sevenfold), Chris Slade (ACDC), Jon Theodore (QOSA), Mikkey Dee (Motörhead), Ray Luzier (Korn), Scott Travis (Judas Priest), Brent Fitz (Slash) and more.
Included alongside the many striking images is a record of Phillips’ cherished collection of backstage passes, set lists and other memorabilia. You can grab your own copy at this location.
Rush’s Neil Peart, who penned the foreword for the book, says "not many photographers have captured that performance art as well as David …. One accomplishment is simply collecting photographs .... but the greater gift is delivering such iconic images."
John Fred Young (Black Stone Cherry) sums it up by saying "what Dave does …. he gets in there and he goes where only brave men go … in the fury of techs running crazy on stage, drum sticks flying everywhere……. It’s a dangerous world up there on stage!" More...
Seven Sins Posts Advance Album Stream
Russian symphonic black/death metal quintet Seven Sins is now streaming the entire second full-length album, "Due Diaboli et Apocalypse," ahead of its official release tomorrow via Satanath Records/Murdher Records.
"Due Diaboli et Apocalypse" is a conceptual journey through the dark and obscure side of the Middle Ages in Eastern Europe and Asia and follows the band’s debut album released in 2012.
01. Tempus Mortuorum
02. Kabbalah
03. Alchemist
04. Peregrinus
05. Mors Atra
06. Due Diaboli
07. Seraphim
08. Avicenna
09. Praesuptio Reatum
10. Infinitas Non
11. Teofelspakt [bonus track] More...
Usurpress Posts Full Album Online
Uppsala's death metal quartet Usurpress is now streaming new studio album "The Regal Tribe" in full, prior to its September 23rd release date on Agonia Records.
"The Regal Tribe" was recorded under the supervision of rising star producer Lawrence Mackrory (FKÜ, Darkane) while the album's haunting cover artwork was created by renowned Dutch artist Marald van Haasteren (Bolt Thrower, High on Fire, Baroness, Kylesa).
I: Beneath the Starless Skies
II: The One They Call the Usurpress
III: Across the Dying Plains
IV: The Mortal Tribes
V: The Halls of Extinction
VI: Throwing the Gift Away
VII: Behold the Forsaken
VIII: On a Bed of Straw
IX: The Sin that Is Mine
X: In the Shadow of the New Gods More...
Ortega Releasing "Sacred States"
Since 2007, the doom/sludge noisemakers from Ortega have been exploring the murky depths of humanity's longing for the horizon. Perilous courses which drag carcasses ashore, sojourns that tell of the bells that chime on the sands below, collisions of doom, sludge and noise that tells tales of abyssal mankind.
Now, the group returns with the follow-up to 2010’s debut album “1634.” New album “Sacred States” will drop October 5th, 2016 via Consouling Sounds.
Recorded by John Bart van der Wal (Aborted/Herder) and mastered by James Plotkin, “Sacred States” features guest contributions by Gnaw Their Tongues’ Maurice de Jong and Primitive Man’s Ethan Lee McCarthy.
1. Strong Eye
2. Maelstrom
3. Descending Ladders
4. Crows
5. Void More...
FlaktiiN Releasing Cassette Tape
On November 11th, War Arts Productions is proud to present the debut demo of FlaktiiN, "Souls For The Legions," on cassette tape.
Hailing from the black metal hotbed of Portugal, FlaktiiN is a unique entity among the band's unapologetically raw and more mystically oriented countrymen, instead offering a hideously muscular sound that's warring and rife with conflict.
In many ways, it's a sound that's more blackened death metal rather than black metal proper, but similarly offers a wealth of atmosphere despite its cosmic crush and oft-overwhelming grind.
1. Unleash Hell (intro)
2. To Annihilate to Extinction
3. Inverted
4. Blood Genocide
5. Slaves of a Higher Authority
6. Rotten Humanity More...
Halshug Posts "Vold"
With Copenhagen-based Halshug's new "Sort Sind" full-length album now two weeks from release through Southern Lord, a gritty new track from the album has come online.
The overall theme of "Sort Sind" is inspired by the members' experiences growing up in the 1990s and 2000s in neglected parts of Denmark, hoping to in some way contribute to the scene and invoke some energy in those who hear it. Fitting into this storyline is the track "Vold," which translates to violence, and according to the members of Halshug, "is about psychic terror."
Southern Lord will issue "Sort Sind" on CD, LP, and digital platforms this coming September 30th. Catch the band live on these upcoming dates:
10/07/2016 BumZen - København, DK *record release show
11/25/2016 Stubborn Fest - Barcelona, ES More...
Mirrors Of Obsidian Unveils Album Artwork
Dublin, Ireland's extreme metal act Mirrors Of Obsidian has unveiled the artwork for forthcoming debut full-length album, "From One Form," via a brand new video clip.
The clip also features brief audio samples of the band's debut single, "Neutral Disease," as well as crushing upcoming single, "The Core." Mirrors of Obsidian, which is comprised of instrumentalist, Eoin Ennis, and vocalist, Ciaran Ennis, had the following to say:
"We recently released our debut single, ‘Neutral Disease,’ and the reaction so far has been fantastic. Our second single, ‘The Core,’ is set for release on October 3rd, and while it still retains the intensity of ‘Neutral Disease,’ fans can expect a change of pace, layered vocals and some odd time signatures. We’re also extremely delighted to reveal the artwork for our forthcoming album, From One Form, which is set to see a release early in 2017. The artwork was designed by Eoin and I feel it really compliments the atmosphere of the album’s music and lyrics."
Eoin adds: "Inspired by the lyrical concept pervading From One Form, the artwork symbolises a shift in consciousness. A celestial alignment has occurred, the eclipse has passed and a new dawn is here. Nothing has been created or destroyed, things have only changed from one form to another." More...
Waylon Reavis Announces New Project
Former Mushroomhead vocalist Waylon Reavis announced his new project A Killers Confession has signed with EMP Label Group and is working on debut release "Unbroken," tentatively scheduled for early 2017 release.
Said Reavis, “I am so proud of this project, and being able to come back with an absolutely KILLER record, with KILLER musicians. Anyone who has been a fan of anything I have done previously, is absolutely going to be floored by AKC. Seriously, if you have a dick, this record is going to knock it in the dirt.”
"Unbroken" is being co-Ppoduced by Reavis and EMP’s Thom Hazaert, with engineer/mixer Richard Easterling at Richmond, KY’s Third Sky Studio.
On signing to EMP, Reavis had this to say. “I am so thankful to Thom and David for believing in me and getting behind this project the way they have. I have been watching everything they’ve done the last year, and I am so proud and excited to be part of the EMP family.” More...
Drudkh Streaming Split With Grift
Enigmatic black metal band Drudkh has released "Betrayed By The Sun / Hägringar," a new split album with Sweden's Grift. You can also stream the split below.
As he has done through the band's history to date, Drudkh mastermind Roman Sayenko looks to national poets for inspiration. Lyrical themes this time around are built on the work of Bohdan-Ihor Antonych (1909–1937) in "His Twenty-Fourth Spring," while "Autumn in Sepia" features passages from Mike Johansen (1895–1937).
1. DRUDKH - His Twenty-Fourth Spring
2. DRUDKH - Autumn in Sepia
3. GRIFT - Källan
4. GRIFT- Cirkeln More...
Obituary Posts "Intoxicated" Live
Obituary just shared a live song from forthcoming release "Ten Thousand Ways To Die." "Intoxicated" (off the classic "Slowly We Rot") was recorded live at Revolution Center in Boise, ID and can be seen below.
"Ten Thousand Ways To Die" is a special two-song single containing a pair of brand new studio tracks plus a bonus live set of twelve classics and fan favorites from the band's storied catalog. Additionally, the band has announced a fall European tour, "The Battle of the Bays," with support from Exodus, Prong and King Parrot.
The tour kicks off October 21st in Hannover, Germany and a complete listing of dates is included after the song stream. More...
In Flames Introduces New Drummer
After the departure of longtime friend and drummer Daniel Svensson, the Swedish heavy music institution In Flames was looking for a new rhythm master and now the search is finally over. The new fifth member of the band is... Joe Rickard!
Meet Joe in this newest webisode available below, where he speaks about his first meeting with In Flames and gives a little guided tour through the studio where upcoming album "Battles" was recorded. The band also comments:
"As you know — our longtime drummer, friend, and brother that is the almighty Daniel Svensson has left In Flamesto pursue other dreams. He is still with us in spirit when we write our music, in our lives, and someone whom we will cherish forever. We are truly grateful for the nearly 20 years that Daniel devoted to In Flames.
"Because of each other, we’ve grown exponentially as musicians and brothers. Our 12th studio album is the first we will release without Daniel since 1998, so entering the studio this time around was a bittersweet moment. At the time, we didn’t know who could even replace him, and making new music without him felt strange. We were missing a piece of In Flames." More...
Frostagrath Teases "Spectral Existence"
Frostagrath will release the three-track release "Spectral Existence" on October 10th, 2016. A two minute sample is available below from this demo that was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Frost Lair Studio in Egypt. The track listing will consists of:
1. Spectral Existence.
2. Spectral Existence (Instrumental Version).
3. Spectral Existence (Orchestral Version) More...
Opeth Releases New Studio Video
The unending parade of studio clips continues as Swedish group Opeth today releases the ninth installment of an ongoing behind the scenes series.
This series chronicles the recording of 12th studio album "Sorceress," due to drop at the end of the month on September 30th via Nuclear Blast / Moderbolaget Records.
In this new trailer, producer Tom Dalgety speaks about the recording process and his work with the band in his Rockfield Studios.
Stay tuned for our own review of "Sorceress" to land soon! The full track listing is as follows: More...
Dust Bolt Posts New Music Video
German thrash outfit Dust Bolt just revealed a new video for "SickxBrain" to celebrate the beginning of the band's new European fall tour.
"SickxBrain" is the lead track off impending album release "Mass Confusion," which is set to drop on July 8th via Napalm Records. The full track listing is as follows:
1. SickxBrain
2. Mass Confusion (see music video here)
3. Allergy (see lyric video here)
4. Turned to Grey
5. Blind to Art
6. Mind the Gap
7. Exit
8. Empty Faces
9. Taking Your Last Breath
10. Portraits of Decay
11. Masters of War More...
Overkill Announces New Single, Tour Dates
Overkill is putting the finishing touches on upcoming studio record "The Grinding Wheel." To give fans a taster of what to expect from this forthcoming record, a brand-new single titled "Our Finest Hour" will be released in the first week of Overkill's European tour, on November 4th.
The 7" single will be available on black, clear, green, and splatter vinyl, with pre-orders online here Listen to a first snippet below. The band comments:
"Looks like the 'machine' is up and rolling, but for all good things we wait. The delay for 'The Grinding Wheel' will take us to 2/17, at the start of the US tour... but fear not, the Euro tour will happen and happen with some new music!
"Friday Nov. 4th, we will let go of the first cut; 'Our Finest Hour,' available on various colors of vinyl along with some ear shattering madness. We will also have it with us on the road to quench your thirst and fill the hunger. So you heard it here first and you can hear more live the first time on tour! To the road, onward and upward into '17!" More...
Face Of Oblivion Reveals "Cataclysmic Desolation"
Minnesota's tech-death brutes from Face Of Oblivion will release sophomore album "Cataclysmic Desolation" this coming November 11th via Comatose Music.
Now fronted by veteran vocalist Jesse Watson (Incinerate), Face Of Oblivion is primed and ready to unleash a cacophonous soundtrack for the inevitable extinction that awaits mankind. The album's track listing is as follows:
1. Embracing Damnation
2. Seismic Anomaly
3. Cataclysmic Desolation
4. Aokigahara
5. Futility
6. Walls of Flesh
7. Irreconcilable Differences
8. Scaphism
9. Paradoxical Undressing
10. Debridement
11. Honorable Descent
12. Shroud of Hypocrisy More...
Burial In The Sky Reveails New Album Details
The Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania natives from Burial In The Sky will release "Persistence Of Thought" on Friday, November 4th. The first single from the album will be released on September 28th so stay tuned. In the mean time, check out the cover artwork and track listing below.
1. Entry I
2. Entry II
3. Entry III
4. Anchors
5. Galaxy of Ghosts
6. Dimensions Divide More...
Skewered Streaming "Curbstomp Marathon"
Irish death metal group Skewered just premiered latest single "Curbstomp Marathon" today via the Stillbirth Records Soundcloud page. Listen in below.
Along with this new track, pre-orders for this sophomore studio album are now available via the Gore House Productions webshop. Due out October 21st, the album's track listing consists of:
1. Curbstomp Marathon
2. Nausea
3. Ground and Pound
4. Viscous Mucus
5. Organ Donor Kebab
6. Pawns of War
7. Animalism
8. Colombian Necktie
9. Red Knob Warts
10. The Lovesong
11. Trimethylaminuria
12. Fucked with A Stump More...
VooDoo Sex Cult Posts "Black Jesus" Video
VooDoo Sex Cult consists of five guys that share one common goal and one common passion: to create their own distinct sound of rock and roll and share it with the world.
The Prescott Valley rockers are pleased to announce the release of their latest video "Black Jesus" today (check it out below), taken off the "A Year and a Day" album.
Devast Unveils New Album
Devast just revealed full details on 3rd studio album "Apocalyptic Human Extinction," which guitarist Idir Yachir say is "Devast’s evolution into the chaotic and ultra-brutal realms of technical death metal. Highly influenced by the likes of Internal Suffering, Origin, Wormed etc., ‘Apocalyptic Human Extinction’ speaks of a chaos at the end of humanity."
In regards the album cover, Idir adds: “The cover expresses the theme of the album precisely. We hope fans can visualize this design as they listen to the album and ready the lyrics”
Featuring album art Russian illustrator, Daemorph (The Black Dahlia Murder, Avulsed Official, Epicardiectomy) “Apocalyptic Human Extinction” was recorded at Rockoleta Studio and mixed / mastered by Anthropocide Studios (Abominable Putridity, Mortal Torment, Aborted Fetus). The album also includes special guest appearance by Jon Burr (Omnipotent Hysteria).
The album is due out November 18th via Gore House Productions and features the following track listing:
1. Intro
2. Chaotic Proliferation
3. Mass Pandemia of Corpses
4. Apocalyptic Human Extinction
5. Chapter of Neverending Torment
6. Triumphal Colossal Devastation
7. Apocalyptic Human Extinction II
8. Catastrophic BeastSpawn
9. Cataclysmic Cycle
10. Apocalyptic Human Extinction III More...
Twisted Wrath Breaks Up
Following the release of the "Jackals" EP (available for streaming below), Twisted Wrath is calling it quits. The band comments:
"After nearly 9 years since its original incarnation, Twisted Wrath is coming to an end. Each of us will move on to different things and we all part on good terms as great friends.
"Colin, David and I are happy to have put out some great songs and play with some phenomenal local bands, as well as getting the chance to share the stage with legends like Anthrax, UFO, Exodus and Michael Schenker.
"Thanks to all who, over the years, have supported us, bought t-shirts and CDs or spent their hard-earned and precious cash to come to see us play. Our final three gigs will be Diamond Head this coming week in Dublin (Fibbers Sept. 22nd), Limerick (Dolans Sept. 24th) and Dublin again (Fibbers Oct. 22nd). Thanks to you all." More...
Dahaca Premieres New Song "Void"
Warsaw, Poland's melodic deathmetal outfit Dahaca premieres a new song and lyric video entitled "Void". The single was recorded at Hz Studio/Zielonka, Poland and mixed and mastered by F. Halucha at Heinrich House Studio.
Check out now "Void" below.
Insision Premieres New Music Video "Shapeshifting"
Insision premieres a new music video for "Shapeshifting", taken from the band's latest album "Terminal Reckoning", out in stores via Bandcamp.
Check out now "Shapeshifting" below.
Man Must Die Premieres New Song "Silent Authority"
U.K. brutal and technical death metal act Man Must Die premieres a new song entitled "Silent Authority", taken from the upcoming new EP "Gagging Order", which will be out in stores later this year.
Check out now "Silent Authority" below.
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