Exhumed Releases New Music Video

The gore metal maniacs Exhumed just shared the official music video for "Night Work," off impending new full-length album "Death Revenge." Check it out below.

Frontman Matt Harvey comments: "We are extremely stoked to present this cinematic clip that brings you deep into the world of the Death Revenge storyline. Director Jeff Sisson really outdid himself capturing the vibe and violence of the record and the concept.

"This is the first video we've done that really fulfills the horror-movie vision we've always wanted to capture with our music. Spoiler Alert: It's a tale of grave-robbery, murder and madness. So sit back, turn off the lights, lock your doors, and get ready to undertake some 'Night Work' with us."

If you missed it, you can also watch the previously released video for "Lifeless" over here. Exhumed's new album "Death Revenge" is set for release on October 13th on CD, LP, deluxe LP with cassette, and digital formats via Relapse Records.

Exhumed also recently announced a short run of live dates in November with The Black Dahlia Murder, Suffocation, Decrepit Birth and more as well as a performance at Ozzfest Meets Knotfest on November 5th in San Bernardino, California.

11/01/2017 Studio Seven - Seattle, WA w/ Exhumed
11/02/2017 HIFI Music Hall - Eugene, OR w/ Exhumed
11/03/2017 Vinyl at Hard Rock - Lake Tahoe, NV w/ Exhumed
11/04/2017 Phoenix Theater - Petaluma, CA w/ Exhumed #
11/05/2017 KnotFest - San Bernardino, CA w/ Exhumed # **
11/06/2017 Club Red - Mesa, AZ w/ Exhumed
# = No Suffocation
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Igorrr Posts Dour Festival Video

Next month, Igorrr - the brainchild of French musician and eclectic composer Gautier Serre - hits the road and bring some chaos to Europe. See below for dates. To get an impression of the live performance of Igorrr, today you check out a full live show that the band performed just recently at the Dour festival.

Gautier Serre comments: "We're very excited to take the road for almost two months and to play this music all over Europe. Performing this music provokes always very interesting reactions - some people get it, others don't. While we are deep into it with the band, it's going to be a strong experience for sure."

Igorrr released latest full-length album, "Savage Sinusoid," this past June via Metal Blade Records. More...

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Pyschostick Announces U.S. Tour

The kings of comedy rock -- Psychostick -- will embark on "The Veloci-Turkey-Saurus Rex Tour" presented by Zildjian with support from Arsonists Get All The Girls (on select dates), Kissing Candice, and Raven Black.

The tour will kick off in St. Louis, MO on November 2nd and wrap up in Pittsburgh, PA on December 9th. The band of jokesters have been busy writing new material to exclusively share with fans on this tour to follow 2014 treasure "Revenge of The Vengeance" (reviewed here).

Guitarist Joshua "The J" Key comments: "Although Zildjian is nearly a 400-year-old company, Alex from Psychostick has not been playing its cymbals exclusively for quite that long (just for the past 10), we are extremely excited that they are sponsoring the tour to celebrate his 10-year anniversary as an endorser. The line up for this tour pretty cool, it's a great mix and each band offers something memorable. I'd love to watch this show as a fan without all those 'got-a-show-to-play' responsibilities. So while I'm backstage doing lame guitar warm up scales, I'll be imagining how much fun I could be having in the audience watching Arsonists Get All the Girls tear everyone a new asshole, and I'll live vicariously through the applause and excitement I hear." More...

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Pit Stories: Meeting Metal Icons

Extreme crowd surfing, moshing in totally unexpected places, throwdowns between beer throwers, shows in outhouses, goat's blood, terrible venue managers, awesome venue managers, and even naked fans trying to drunkenly "salute" their favorite bands... we've seen a whole lot over the years with our expanding collection of Pit Stories!

Today we've got Jay “Beard” Sarrazin from Toronto-based metal group Decatur sharing the latest Pit Story entry. For those wondering, Decatur has a new album titled "Badder Than Brooklyn" coming October 6th, so keep an eye out for it!

This week, Jay looks back at meeting some of his favorite musicians over the years, with some of those encounters more uncomfortable than others:

It’s hard to choose just one story of a backstage encounter for me. I have been so lucky when it comes to meeting some of the greatest musicians in my time in the music industry. I was fortunate enough to be a guitar tech/merch guy/stagehand for Anvil for a couple tours throughout the years. I got to meet Alice Cooper during one of his tours and he was so nice and humble that he even did a video promo shout out to my old band.

I have woken up on the floor of Silver Cord Studios while recording my band Decatur’s debut record to have Mario Duplantier of Gojira practicing drum licks as my alarm clock. I have partied into the night with Bullet For My Valentine while they were touring through Canada. I even got to meet Bill Killiher from Mastodon and deliver one of his personal guitars to a close friend of his and mine.

But one story that always stuck with me would have to be during the first tour that I was on while working for Anvil. We were touring through the U.S.A on a 4 week tour supporting Anvil’s "Juggernaut of Justice" album. As we were touring we got word that Jason Newstead wanted to open for Anvil when they were to go through San Francisco with his project called Papa Wheelie. As a huge Metallica fan throughout my life I got super excited about it. For days I thought about it and I got more nervous as the gig got closer.

When we finally arrived in San Francisco we got to meet him at the venue and he was such a nice dude. My first encounter with him was as I was setting up the merch table for Anvil’s show that night. One of his buddies was putting out a couple shirts for Jason as well and we got to talking about all things including my love for Metallica and Jason. I even showed him one of my two Metallica tattoos.

Once he found out how big of a Metallica fan I was he immediately called Jason over and made me show him my tattoo at which point Jason put his hand on my forehead to check my temperature and asked if I was alright. I kinda laughed it off because his split with Metallica and I guess I got nervous. I then told Jason that I loved his work in Metallica and he would always be my favorite bass player. Not because I didn’t love Cliff Burton, but because I grew up with Jason as the guy in that spot. He responded by telling me Cliff was his favorite. Again I got nervous.

I went back to working and he came back over to me and gave me some merch of his band Papa Wheelie and asked me to man his merch table for the night which I happily did. About an hour or so before the venue opened for the show all the work was done so everyone piled backstage. We sat and drank some beers together and smoked some joints and Jason sat with us telling us stories of the road while playing with Metallica. From the Justice days, all the way up until his departure. As a huge Metallica fan it was so amazing to sit there listening to these stories straight from the horse’s mouth so to speak. I felt so blessed to be there at that moment. It’s a memory I’ll always keep and love.

For those who have had the pleasure (or in some cases, terror) of meeting their favorite musicians -- be sure to let us know your story in the comments!

You can also check out "Into The Night" Decatur's "Badder Than Brooklyn" record produced by Joe Duplantier below. Pre-orders are online at Bandcamp here. More...

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Ruins Of Eternity Premieres New Song

GrimmDistribution, in conjunction with Murdher Records, will release new album "The Whispers of Forgotten Hills" from melodic death/doom band Ruins Of Eternity this coming October 20th, 2017.

It took 10 years for Ruins Of Eternity to finally fire off this armor-piercing and soul-killing projectile launched straight into the ears of unsuspecting connoisseurs of death/doom metal.

With "The Whispers of Forgotten Hills," the Siberian group tried to find a balance between funeral sobs, violin passages, growling guitars, and corrupt vocals flavored with militarized lyrics.

The result is eight tracks aimed at making the listener's mind fall into bitterness and despair. Check out our premiere of the album's second track "Brest" below. Pre-orders are up here and the full track listing is as follows:

1. Weekdays of War
2. Brest
3. Who Will Be The First?!
4. Tank
5. Victory for the Dead
6. For Those Who are Lost in This War
7. Echo
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Annihilation Posts New Song & Lyric Video

Portuguese band Annihilationpremieres a new song entitled "Universal Dismal Collapse", taken from the upcoming new album "The Undivided Wholeness of Things", which will be released in November via Nice To Eat You Records. It was mixed by Max Tomé (Colosso, Holocausto Canibal, Under Fetid Corpses) and mastered by Stefano Morabito at 16th Cellar Studios in Rome. The video was produced by Black Frame, and the album art was created by Pedro Sena.

Check out now "Universal Dismal Collapse" below.

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Firebreather Debuts New Song "Fire Foretold"

Swedish doom/sludge group Firebreather debuts a new song entitled "Fire Foretold", taken from the band's upcoming self-titled debut album, which will be out in stores October 13 via Suicide Records.

Check out now "Fire Foretold" below.

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Second Arrows Premieres New Songs

Second Arrows - featuring ex-Every Time I Die bassist Chris Byrnes on guitar and Nora drummer Chris Ross among its ranks - premieres some material online via Bandcamp.

Check it out below.

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Amenra Debuts New Song "Children Of The Eye"

Amenra debuts a new song entitled "Children Of The Eye", taken from the upcoming new album "Mass VI", which lands in stores on October 20th.

Check out now "Children Of The Eye" below.

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Monument Of Misanthropy Premieres EP-Trailer

Austrian/French brutal death metal maniacs of Monument Of Misanthropy are set to release their upcoming new EP titled "Capital Punisher" this October. Like on the band's critically acclaimed pre-decessor and full-length debut "Anger Mismanagement", French drum-wizard Romain Goulon (Necrophagist, ex-Benighted) is providing studio-drums. The album's cover artwork was created by Remy Cuveillier of Headsplit Design, Paris, France.

Today Monument Of Misanthropy has dropped a trailer with exactly 666 seconds of brand new tunes of the band's forthcoming EP, which can be streamed via YouTube below.

Explains frontman George "Misanthrope" Wilfinger: More...

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