Metal News for September 28, 2015
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Unearthing The Fledgling Metal Underground
We have somehow reached a staggering 21,000 bands being covered at Metalunderground.com, so with so much noise polluting the airwaves, how's a metal head to know what's worth listening to and what isn't?
We're aiming to help you out with that decision by unearthing three underground groups you should be paying attention to if you dig your metal on the extreme side. This week we dig up three groups that are still new and just getting their footing – with two of them only releasing their debut full-lengths in the coming weeks.
Apparatus
This Denmark-based outfit is just making an appearance in the metal scene, gearing up to release a first studio album next month, consisting of 11 tracks of lo-fi Miskatonic metal that alternately blasts sanity with discordant melody or lays waste to everything with pummeling riffs not afraid to either move at a crawl or take off at light speed.
With titles like “R'lyeh” and “Akrham,” obviously we're dealing with some serious Lovecraft worship here. Dive into the bleak depths with an advance album stream below, or you can pre-order a physical copy through Lavadome Productions.
One Machine Posts Gear Video
Last week One Machine unleashed second full-length album, "The Final Cull," via Scarlet Records (the full album is also still online for streaming right here).
One Machine members Steve Smyth, Jamie Hunt, and Stefano Selvatico also recently put together an in-depth overview of their gear, giving fans and fellow players insight into equipment they used during the recording of "The Final Cull." Check out the Gear Gods clip below.
Monolithe Posts Album Trailer
After a unique cycle of four albums, Monolithe is about to open a new fascinating chapter with the surprising new opus "Epsilon Aurigae." Pending further details about this forthcoming release, the band has revealed a video trailer that can be seen below.
"Epsilon Aurigae" is scheduled for worldwide release this coming December through Debemur Morti Productions. Monolithe's latest album was "Monolithe IV" in late 2013, finishing off a linked quadrilogy of releases.
The Body Announces Split With Krieg
The continuing discography of apocalyptic rogue faction The Body expands once again with a newest anti-human outcry through a collaborative LP with Krieg. The split is now locked up for official release on November 13, 2015 through At A Loss Recordings.
Formed in mid-1990s and late 1990s, respectively, Krieg and The Body met in the mid 2000s, being different sonically but sharing a bleak world view and inspirations musically far outside of the genre standards of metal. When Neill Jameson, the sole founding and constant member of Krieg, showed up to the recording sessions at Machines With Magnets in Providence, Rhode Island with only an acoustic guitar, a few pedals and a bottle of whiskey, Lee Buford and Chop King of The Body knew that the collaboration would be something vastly different from their other recordings.
Written and recorded during the long sessions of The Boyd's "Christs, Redeemers" and "I Shall Die Here" LPs, the end result is a blackened industrial crush of noise and anguish. Stand by for audio transmissions, pre-order links and more on The Body & Krieg in the coming days. The track listing is:
1. Bottom Of The Bottle, Bottom Of The River
2. Carved Out And Caved In
3. Fracture
4. Celebrate Your Shame
5. Never Worth Your Name
6. Gallows
7. A Failure Worth Killing Yourself
8. The Final Nail More...
Pigs Streaming Full "Wronger" LP
On the week of its release via Solar Flare Records, the entire "Wronger" sophomore LP from NYC noise rock demons Pigs is now online.
"Wronger" officially drops on October 2, but all the tracks can now be heard below. In support of the album, Pigs will embark on a massive, month-long European tour with labelmates Sofy Major.
The melee starts on October 15 with shows in Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Italy in addition to half of the tour taking place throughout France. Additional tour dates including stateside wreckage will be announced shortly. More...
Stellar Master Elite Streams Full New Album
The cosmic black/doom metallers from Stellar Master Elite have revealed their grand masterpiece "III: Eternalism - The Psychospherical Chapter" in full today.
Listen in to the entire album below before it drops on October 1, 2015 via Essential Purification Records. Preorders are also live here. More...
Bleeding Gods Member In Car Accident
Dutch outfit Bleeding Gods just checked in with the following statement about canceling an upcoming live show due to a band member being in a vehicle collision:
"Unfortunately Bleeding Gods has to cancel the show on October the 3rd at Elektra, Sliedrecht. We are sorry to inform you that one of our band members had a car accident and has to recover first from some injuries.
"Braincasket and Xerpentor will do the show, but without Bleeding Gods on October 3. A new date will be available soon for us!!" More...
Angel Vivaldi Will Tour You Apart
Progressive guitar virtuoso Angel Vivaldi will be making his first full North American tour debut alongside co-headliners The Algorithm this fall on the “Touring You Apart” North American tour.
Supporting Vivaldi is his powerhouse live band comprised of Mutiny Within drummer Bill Fore, bassist Jake Skylyr, and guitarist Jason Tarantino. The tour kicks off on October 7 in New York City at Black Bear Bar and tours all throughout the states and Canada through November 22, coming to a close in Clifton, NJ.
“It's been a long time coming, but it's finally happening,” states Vivaldi. “I'm really going above and beyond to make the years of waiting worth it for everyone! It's going to be a party of love, positive energy and inspiration.” More...
Hades Almighty Announces New EP
The long wait is now over for Hades Almighty fans as the band releases a new EP next month, which will be the group's first studio release since 2001.
The three-track EP titled “Pyre Era, Black!” will hit the streets through Dark Essence Records on October 23, 2015 and serves as an introduction to a new era for the Norwegian band, as well as a taste of what to expect from an upcoming fifth full-length album due out next year. The EP's track listing is:
1. Pyre Era, Black!
2. Funeral Storm
3. Bound
Last year it was announced that founding member and vocalist/bassist Janto was quitting the band on the best of terms, and that co-founders Jorn and Remi would be searching for a replacement. The replacement chosen turned out to be no stranger to black metal fans when it was revealed that Ask Ty (Kampfar, Krakow) would take on vocal duties. Stay tuned for more info on an upcoming full-length album. More...
Ruach Raah Posts Full Album Online
The black metal primitivists from Ruach Raah today stream the entirety of their debut album, "Hate Fanaticism," which is out now via War Arts Productions.
Hailing from Portugal, this mysterious trio has been brewing in the underground for the last three years, releasing a debut demo and two successive splits. With "Hate Fanaticism," Ruach Raah stakes a claim as an austere new horde worth worshiping. The new album's track listing is as follows:
1. Arsonist
2. Absolute Occült
3. Guided by Death, Driven by Hate
4. Convulsions
5. In Hell Baptized
6. Kiss the Ring of the Baron
7. Hate Fanaticism
8. Womb Overture
9. Emperor of the Black Abyss
10. Black Plague of Satan More...
New Disorder Posts Music Video
Rome, Italy based alternative metal band New Disorder has a music video out now for “A Senseless Tragedy (Bloodstreams)” taken from the freshly released album "Straight To The Pain."
The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Wolf Recording Studios (San Cesareo, Rome, Italy) by Gianmarco Bellumori (as a sound engineer) for Agoge Records.New Disorder's Francesco Lattes also had this to say:
"Finally our new album is next to be released in North America and we are so proud and excited about that. The topics dealt range from the death of a friend, love, hate and other strong emotions, to sex spiked with pain, existential issues, as well as escape from popularity’s oppression under a new identity. We decided to celebrate with a new video out just a few days before the album.
"The song we have choosen for that video has one of the catchiest choruses we’ve ever written and direct, biting lyrics. It takes free inspiration from current events we often read in the newspaper nowadays. We love introducing that song in this way: 'When dreams and nightmares collide, things have no sense anymore, and love can be close to hate and joy turns into pain. Now, sit down and be the beholder of the movie of your life.' The video is directed by the talented Paul Sciò and starring our friends and musicians Andrej Surace, Francesca Di Ventura and Alessio Secondini Morelli." More...
The Night Flight Orchestra Posts Live Footage
The Night Flight Orchestra - featuring Björn Strid (Soilwork) David Andersson (Soilwork) and Sharlee D' Angelo (Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars) - just released live footage of the song "Sail On," taken from the "Skyline Whispers" album released back in June via Coroner Records.
The video was filmed at The Tivoli, Helsingborg (Sweden) by Ron Dahlgren and can be seen below. The full track listing for "Skyline Whispers" is as follows:
1. Sail On
2. Living For The Nighttime
3. Stiletto
4. Owaranai Palisades
5. Lady Jade
6. I Ain’t Old, I Ain’t Young
7. All the Ladies
8. Spanish Ghosts
9. Demon Princess
10. Skyline Whispers
11. Roads Less Traveled
12. The Heather Reports
13. Floridian Eyes (Exclusive Digipak Bonus Track) More...
Dead Hand Streaming "Storm Of Demiurge"
Released on new label Third I Rex, U.S. outfit Dead Hand blends the aesthetics of sludge with doomy tunes and suddenly suspends the listener into a free-falling zone on "Storm Of Demiurge."
Crushing, stomach-churning, disorienting, thick sludge for fans of Corrupted, Isis, Eyehategod and Pyramido is what's on tap with "Storm Of Demiurge." You can stream the full album below, and the track listing is as follows:
1. Resign To Complacency 03:35
2. Ground To Ash 06:53
3. Trailed By Wolves 14:12
4. Storm Of Demiurge 09:54
5. 1-13-12 02:42
6. The Last King 09:53 More...
Abyssic Finishes Work On New Album
Osmose Productions is very proud to announce that today Abyssic delivered the final master recordings for upcoming monumental symphonic death/doom album “A Winter's Tale.” A release date is forthcoming, but for now the cover artwork created by Mitchell Nolte Art And Illustration has been revealed and can be seen below. More...
Abbath Releasing New 7"
Abbath will release a new 7" single on Season of Mist this coming December 11, 2015. The 7" features a new track, titled "Count the Dead," as well as a cover of the Judas Priest track "Riding on the Wind."
The "Count the Dead' 7" single can be pre-ordered at the Season of Mist E-Shop here and the artwork is available below.
Abbath also recently released a video for the track "Fenrir Hunts," which can still be seen at this location. A debut full-length album is also on the horizon and the band has scheduled a launch show in London on January 23, 2016.
The newly formed group comments: "With every great release, there is a party to go with it - and this album is no exception. As such, the London show that was scheduled for September is now moving to Saturday 23rd of January 2016. All tickets remain valid. Primordial and cONAN will still be coming along for the ride, alongside Metal Hammer UK DJ's, and more." More...
Twilight Fauna Streaming "Shadows Of Ancestors"
Underground black metal label Acephale Winter Productions is proud to announce the release of "Shadows of Ancestors" by Twilight Fauna.
The eight track album is available for full streaming below, or you can pick up your own copy if various formats right here. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Helical Rising 05:55
2. Boring the Auger 07:10
3. Meadows Afire 06:26
4. Purging of Spring 08:47
5. Cave of Kelpius (Women of the Wild) 09:22
6. Coffin Nails and Apple Trees 10:01 More...
Amorphis Releases New Music Video
Amorphis released new studio album "Under The Red Cloud" (reviewed here) worldwide via Nuclear Blast back in the beginning of September. The record reached great chart results all around the world (Finland #2, Germany #10), entering the world charts on position #39.
In support of this record, Amorphis just released another music video - this time for the track "Death Of A King." Check it out below. If you missed it, the previously posted clip for the "Sacrifice" track is still online at this location. More...
Leave The Living Posts "Manifesto" Clip
Breaking necks with punishing riffs and a heavy brutal groove assault, Alberta's Leave The Living just released a new lyric video for "Manifesto," which features clips from the 1965 Italian horror film "Nightmare Castle."
The video - available below - is in support of Leave The Living's debut album "Pacifist" released this past May and available both digitally and on CD.
Leave The Living will also be performing at the 2nd annual Celebration Of Brutality on October 31, which features a night of 16 bands, Burlesque/Belly/Blood performances and more in Red Deer, AB at the International Beer Haus. For event info, please visit this location. More...
Certo Porcos Releasing "Odio 666"
Greyhaze Records has announced the upcoming release of "Odio 666," the new album from Brazilian hardcore deviants Certo Procos. Featuring 16 tracks of angst-ridden socio-political venom, "Odio 666" will be released on October 30 (North America) and November 2 (Europe). Greyhaze comments:
"Certo Porcos is one of the most promising new bands of the mythical Brazilian underground scene. Led by Rodrigo M. (Ex-Holocausto), the band’s musical approach is rooted in a mix of war metal, punk, and crust. The band’s politically-charged lyrics offer a discourse on the end of modern society at the hands of a hypocritical, money-grubbing government. This is Brazilian hardcore at its best. The album was produced by Andre Cabelo at the famed Engenho Studios in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Certo Porcos is for fans of early DRI, Exploited, Holocausto, Colera, and Olho Seco."
1. Not a Drop of Blood
2. O Lavrador
3. Hate Never Ends
4. F.O.D.A.
5. All Right Pigs
6. Pedophiliac Priest Nymphomaniac Nun
7. Secret Society
8. Marcha para Certo Porcos
9. Failure
10. Albergue 35
11. F.F.F.F.F.
12. You Gotta Fucked Till Die
13. Usina da Bosta
14. Surfin' in Gaza
15. Auschwitz
16. Goat Legs Red Eyes More...
Counting Days Posts "Die Alone" Video
London metalcore quintet Counting Days will release debut album "Liberated Sounds" on October 16, 2015 via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group (Volbeat, Shaman’s Harvest, Black Label Society, Gojira, Joe Bonamassa).
Today, check out a brand new music video for the track “Die Alone,” directed by Jordan Green and featuring the Parallax Orchestra on strings. The track “Die Alone” originally premiered yesterday via BBC’s Radio 1 Rock Show.
Guitarist Charlie Wilson states, “This is the song I feel sums our band up the most, it fuses together all of our influences perfectly and it is my favorite Counting Days track so far. Massive shout out to Ian Cooper in Sydney, Australia for helping me with the string arrangement and the Parallax Orchestra for their performance in the music video, Hopefully we'll get to do it live someday soon.” More...
Mortiis Returning To U.S. For New Tour Dates
Mortiis will make a long-awaited return to the United States this fall as the band joins Mushroomhead for a month-long warm up tour in preparation for the release of "The Great Deceiver."
"The idea of going back on the road fills me with a weird sense of excitement and dread," said frontman and namesake Mortiis. "'The Great Deceiver' is not far away - at long last - and we´re getting back out there, brushing off the dust and rust, to get ready for that, and whatever lies beyond."
The group, which hasn't toured the American shores since a 2006 trek with the Genitorturers and the 2005 Blackest of the Black tour, will preview material from the upcoming ninth album, as well as reaching back to favorites from the ensemble's ever-evolving catalog of music.
"The Great Deceiver," which has remained in a torturous state of constant evolution until just recently, led the band through the darkest of places and back. The anger, frustration and disgust that permeate the record will be loud and clear in Mortiis' hostile live performance. More...
Temple Of Baal Posts Full New Album Online
French black/death metal outfit Temple of Baal is now streaming the band's upcoming fifth studio album, "Mysterium," before it releases this Friday on Agonia Records. Listen in below.
When it releases this week, "Mysterium" will be available in six panel digipack CD with 16-page booklet, regular gatefold double black vinyl, and limited to 150 hand-numbered copies double gatefold vinyl (including one picture disc and one black vinyl). Pre-orders are up now at this location.
As the album's title suggests, "Mysterium" dwells on the topics of spirituality and religiosity. "From the opener, 'Lord of Knowledge and Death,' to the closing number, 'All in Your Name,' every inch of this record drips with it," the band commented. "Mysterium can be seen as a collection of meditations and prayers over the mysteries of faith, directed towards the gods of the left hand path." More...
Votum Signs With Inner Wound Recordings
Inner Wound Recordings announced the signing of the Polish progressive metal band Votum to the label. The fourth studio release - entitled ":KTONIK:" - will be released in early 2016. Release dates, track listing and album samples will be announced during the coming months.
":KTONIK:" was recorded and mixed by David Castillo at Ghost Ward (Katatonia, Opeth, Bloodbath).
Votum combines dark and vibrant atmosphere with metal traditions, bringing both force and ambience to play. The band is no stranger to musical diversity with subtle cinematic frailty and modern electronica. Dealing in powerful guitars and acoustic ballads Votum creates a very specific blend of fresh and unusual approach to progressive rock and metal.
Votum is:
Bartosz Sobieraj - vocals, acoustic guitar
Piotr Lniany - guitar
Adam Kaczmarek - guitar
Zbigniew Szatkowski - keyboards
Bartek Turkowski - bass
Adam Lukaszek - drums More...
Eldritch Announces New Album "Underlying Issues"
Italian progressive metal act Eldritch will release the tenth full length studio effort entitled "Underlying Issues." The album drops on November 6th via Scarlet Records. "Underlying Issues" consists of 11 brand new tracks that are a bit more technical and progressive, but still keep the same dark mood as the previous release "Tasting The Tears."
The album was once again been recorded in two different studios: Bigwave Recording studios in Livorno, Italy, which handled the drum recordings under the watch of engineer by Niko Santaniello, and Eldritch’s very own Bunker Studios in Livorno, Italy, with producer and guitarist Eugene Simone. Mixing and mastering was handled by Simone Mularoni (DGM) at Domination Studios in San Marino, Italy. The artwork (shown below) was created by Simone Bertozzi (Mnemic).
The track listing is:
1. Changing Blood
2. Danger Zone
3. Broken
4. All And More
5. The Face I Wear
6. To The Moon And Back
7. Bringers Of Hate
8. The Light
9. Piece Of Clarity
10. Before I Die
11. Slowmotion K Us More...
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