Metal News for September 29, 2015
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Pit Stories: Band Casualties In The Pit
Time for another Pit Story - this time about a band taking part in pit shenanigans that saw a show cut short and a vocalist get the boot!
Orc Adams of Orcumentary had this tale to share about performing live while another band was busy imploding out in the crowd:
I played a show a few years ago which turned out to be an interesting spin on the whole “I knew the band before they were famous” thing. I was playing my final song ("Orc Rock Anthem") and after a short amount of time, things seemed to get a bit rowdier than usual. People were moshing, but I didn’t pay that close attention to it, obviously focused on the performance. I finished the song, broke my gear down, got off stage, only to find out that one of the bands just left without even playing.
The account I received of what happened was that in the pit during my last song, someone was pushed into the singer of the aforementioned band. The singer punched that guy in the face and started a big fight. That band fired their singer and they just drove back home (probably a 3 hour drive) without even playing. They had a U-Haul and everything.
I’d prefer not to divulge the name of the band, but they recently signed to a very well-known metal label.
Alright metal heads, let's hear your predictions on who is being referred to in the story! Anybody else actually go to this show and see it go down?
Orcumentary's new album "Destroy the Dwarves" will be released on October 2, 2015 on CD (w/ bonus track) and digital formats. Take a plunge into a cavernous hole with the band below: More...
Wolves At The Gate Posts New Video
Solid State Records artist Wolves At The Gate today premieres a new music video for "The Bird And The Snake," which can be seen in the YouTube clip below.
The video was directed and produced by Nathan William and comes off the "VxV" album, out worldwide now. A previously posted music video for the album track "Relief" can also be found over at this location. More...
Red Fang Covers Elvis
Portland's Red Fang has premiered a cover of Elvis's "Can't Help Falling in Love" in preparation for the band's headlining fall U.S. tour. Listen in below, and the band also comments:
"We were asked to cover an Elvis song a while back and none of us are really Elvis fans so we were kind of at a loss. We had this dark and doomy jam we'd been kickin' around for a while and we thought 'what if we just record our own song and see if we can make the lyrics fit somehow?' And to our surprise it turned out pretty rad! Maybe Elvis is spinning in his grave, but I dig it."
The cover of "Can't Help Falling In Love" will appear alongside a cover of Fraggle Rock's "Why" on a limited edition 7" to be released by Volcom in conjunction with the band's upcoming U.S. tour. 500 copies of the 7" on red/black splatter will be available exclusively via Volcom, while 500 copies on red vinyl and 1000 copies on black vinyl will be available with the band on tour. More...
Evertrapped Streams "Arise From The Ashes"
Montreal-based five piece Evertrapped is streaming new song "Arise From The Ashes," the fifth single from the band's third album "Under The Deep" (Hellstorm Recordz), due on October 16 to follow 2012's "Anomaly" and 2010's debut "Tales From The Supermax."
Vocalist James Brookes comments: “‘Arise From The Ashes’ is a depiction of someone who has actually reached the bottom, so their rise from there so to speak. Like the king of their own universe broken by all clawing it’s back, but fueled by an ever-consuming hatred.”
The upcoming album's track listing is as follows:
1. [...] (1:58)
2. Arise From The Ashes (5:40)
3. Underneath The Deep (5:50)
4. Palace Of Injustice (6:06)
5. Hypnotized By Hatred (5:26)
6. Blood Of The Fallen (5:05)
7. Lethal District (6:28) [streaming here]
8. Burning Through Vengeance (5:36)
9. Reaper (5:30)
10. Embrace The End (5:55) [streaming here] More...
Theologian Announces Lineup Changes, New Album
New York dark industrial entity Theologian has confirmed a shift in its recording and live lineup, with pre-production of a new full-length album, "Contrapasso," fully underway.
Founding Theologian orchestrator, Lee Bartow, a.k.a. Theologian Prime, has expanded the cult to induct new member Dave Brenner (ex-Heidnik) for the next phase of the project, including upcoming releases and live executions, while Bartow's Annihilvs Power Electronix label partner Daniel Suffering (Whorid, Slavernij) continues to fuel the mix with his sonic decay as well.
The recording process of next full length "Contrapasso" is currently underway and is slabbed for release in 2016 -- with a label to be confirmed -- while additional collaborations, splits or DIY releases are more than likely to writhe their way into existence stemming from the "Contrapasso" sessions." More details are coming, but for now, be sure to catch the band live on these dates:
10/02/2015 Brighton Music Hall - Allston, MA @ Voidstar 25th Anniversary Fest
10/30/2015 The Acheron - Brooklyn, NY @ w/ Sewer Goddess, Gnaw, Insect Ark, Kintaan More...
Epica Posts Summer Festival After Movie
This summer Epica performed at numerous European festivals inluding Wacken, Graspop, Hellfest, and Fortarock. During this run, Jens de Vos and his Panda Production team filmed Epica both on and off stage for an after movie. Check it out below.
Epica recently dropped off a North American tour with Eluveitie and The Agonist due to a family emergency, which forced Simone Simons to fly back home. The band will return to the stage at Maximum Rock Festival in Romania next month, followed by a European Tour with Eluveitie and Scar Symmetry.
This will be the last European club tour in support of "The Quantum Enigma" (reviewed here) before the band enters the studio to record a new album. More...
Wild Zombie Blast Guide Announces New Album
Würzburg, Germany's Wild Zombie Blast Guide is now a part of the MDD family - MDD Records will release the band's third album in the spring of next year.
Be aware of the zombie apocalypse and expect some undead thrash metal madness! If you aren't familiar with Wild Zombie Blast Guide, check out the "Salute The Commander: Redux" release below.
Eight Bells Recording New Album
Experimental doom trio Eight Bells will release a sophomore full-length this Winter via Battleground Records.
Titled "Landless" and featuring new recruit, Rae Amitay (Immortal Bird, Thrawsunblat) at the drum helm, the record is currently in its tracking stages under the watchful ear of producer/engineer, Billy Anderson.
In conjunction with the release of "Landless," Eight Bells will serve as direct support to Voivod and Vektor on a Northeastern U.S. winter tour, with dates to be announced in the coming weeks. "Landless" will be released on vinyl/digital formats via Battleground Records in February 2016 and on tape via Tartarus Records. More...
Next To None Posts New Video
Today, in celebration of the band's upcoming tour (kicking off this Saturday in Philadelphia, PA), Next To None reveals a brand new lyric video for "You Are Not Me," created by drummer Max Portnoy himself. Check it out below.
Next To None released debut album "A Light In The Dark" via InsideOut this past summer (check out our review here) and you can also see the all-teen band on these dates:
10/3 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Legendary Dobbs
10/6 - Asbury Park, NJ @ The Saint
10/9 - Hartford, CT @ The Webster w/ Fates Warning
10/10 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium w/ Fates Warning
10/13 - Brooklyn, NY @ St. Vitus w/ Fates Warning
10/16 - Westland, MI @ The Token Lounge w/ Fates Warning
10/23 - Philadelphia, PA @ Bull Shooters Saloon
10/30 - Amityville, NY @ Revolution Bar
11/1 - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
11/8 - Allentown, PA @ Chicago Restaurant & Nightlife More...
Beaten To Death Streaming Full New Album
There's just a little less than two weeks before sarcastic grindcore outfit Beaten To Death releases crushing new album “Unplugged” - but today the full release is available for streaming.
Set for release on October 9 via Mas-Kina Recordings, “Unplugged” is B2D's follow-up to second full-length album “Dødsfest!” released in 2013, and just like previous efforts it was 100% recorded live with no overdubs or any other studio trickery. The full track listing is:
1. Papyrus Containing The Spell To Summon The Breath Of Life Enshrined In The Collected Scrolls Of Sheryl Crow
2. I Keep Stalling
3. Home Of Phobia
4. Til Himmels (For a° Gjete Gud)
5. Menstrubation
6. Don't You Dare To Call Us Heavy Metal
7. Promise Catharsis
8. Greenway Harris
9. End Of An Error
10. Death To False Grindcore
11. Robert Sylvester Kelly
12. Knulleviser for Barn
13. Trol More...
Carnivorous Voracity Posts Full Album Online
Insanely brutal Spanish death metal band Carnivorous Voracity just released new album "The Impious Doctrine" via Amputated Vein Records. You can be utterly decimated by the tracks below, or pick up a copy of your own at this location. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Raised Toward Heaven 01:00
2. Epiphanies Of Perverse Egocentrism 03:49
3. Steeped In Magnanimity 03:27
4. Grotesque Expiation Of Dissolute Lambs 03:06
5. Secularize 03:25
6. Anatomic Human Degradation 03:58
7. Serpent's Nest 03:40
8. The Threshold Of Obliteration 04:44
9. Anthropophagous Infanticide 03:41
10. Transferable Malignity 05:11 More...
Vastum Streaming "Sodomitic Malevolence"
The depraved San Francisco death metal quintet Vastum today releases first single "Sodomitic Malevolence," which opens the "Hole Below" LP.
20 Buck Spin will open the gateway to the "Hole Below" initially on CD and digital formats on November 6, 2015 with the LP to follow in December.
Directly in conjunction with the release of the album, Vastum will traverse the country to embark on a very first run of East Coast U.S/ tour dates, with four cities on the slab:
11/05/2015 The Acheron - Brooklyn, NY
11/06/2015 The Sidebar - Baltimore, MD w/ Ilsa
11/07/2015 Strange Matter - Richmond, VA
11/08/2015 Second Empire - Philadelphia, PA More...
Carcass Announces Album's "Complete Edition"
The British extreme metal icons from Carcass just announced the release of a special edition version of latest album "Surgical Steel" (reviewed here).
The "Complete Edition" includes the album packaged with the "Surgical Remission / Surplus Steel" EP.
This edition will be available on CD and digitally on October 30 & on vinyl November 20, 2015 via Nuclear Blast.
Pre-orders are up now at this location, while the track listing is as follows:
01. 1985
02. Thrasher’s Abbatoir
03. Cadaver Pouch Conveyor System
04. A Congealed Clot Of Blood
05. The Master Butcher's Apron
06. Noncompliance to ASTM F899-12 Standard
07. The Granulating Dark Satanic Mills
08. Unfit For Human Consumption
09. 316L Grade Surgical Steel
10. Captive Bolt Pistol
11. Mount Of Execution
Bonus:
12. A Wraith In The Apparatus
13. Intensive Battery Brooding
14. Zochrot
15. Livestock Marketplace
16. 1985 (Reprise) More...
Sacrificium Carmen Streaming "Verialkemia"
Today, rising Finnish black metal cult Sacrificium Carmen premieres the new track "Verialkemia" online - listen in below.
The track hails from forthcoming debut album, "Ikuisen Tulen Kammiossa," set for international release on October 30, 2015 via Saturnal Records, and the full track listing is as follows:
1. Lucifer
2. Öisen Haahkan Liekeissä
3. Pimeän Silmän Goetia
4. Kaaoksen Käärme
5. Nemesis
6. Verialkemia
7. Julman Sanasta
8. Yön Kasvot More...
Bleed Releases New Album
Bleed's new album "The Hatred Inside" is now officially released today and available for streaming below (if you like what you hear, be sure to pick up a copy at this location). Vocalist Robert Kreed also comments:
"'The Hatred Inside' has now been unleashed in all of its rampant, blood lusting glory! Serving as a catalyst, we have set forth bringing our own variety of the macabre that can only be defined as BLËED. Well you would be to get your own copy and indulge in the vile depravity held within! And well you would be to witness the horrific mayhem unfold live by staying tapped into the main vein at our website for our future upcoming shows!"
1. The Hatred Inside (1:32)
2. Deceiver (4:58)
3. Committed (4:27)
4. Blood Ashes (4:43)
5. Suffocate (4:18)
6. Murder Baby (3:02)
7. Xombimind (2:35)
8. Beginnings (3:42)
9. Obelisk (5:01)
10. Conquer (2:48)
11. Hate March Kill (3:47) More...
The Ocean Posts Split EP Trailer
The Ocean and Mono have released a new teaser trailer for their upcoming split release "Transcendental," due out on October 23, 2015 via pelagic Records. The four minute video is available below, while pre-orders are now online here.
The Ocean's contribution, a 13 minute song entitled "The Quiet Observer," was inspired by Gaspard Noe's controversial movie "Enter The Void."
Mono address similar topics with an 11-minute song entitled "Death in Reverse." The song serves as a trailer for the upcoming 9th Mono album, which is scheduled for an early 2016 release through Pelagic Records. More...
Skuggsjá Announces Debut Album, Signs Record Deal
Season of Mist is proud to announce the signing of Norway's Skuggsjá. The band, led by Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved) and Einar Selvik (Warduna), will release a debut album worldwide in early 2016.
Skuggsjá was originally conceived as a commissioned musical work written by Bjørnson and Selvik. The arrangement was performed by Enslaved and Wardruna in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Norwegian constitution at the 2014 edition of Norway's Eidsivablot festival.
The growing desire to present Skuggsjá to a broader audience led Bjørnson and Selvik to headline Roadburn Festival 2015 and record a full album. Details regarding this debut release will be available soon. Regarding the signing, Skuggsjá comments:
"When we were asked to write a joined convert piece by the Eidsivablot festival for the 200th anniversary of the Norwegian constitution, we both immediately saw the outline of something massive and important.
"Our performance confirmed that this project should live on, develop and thrive. During 2015 we have performed the piece once more at the Roadburn festival, and have also discreetly slipped in and out of studios around Norway to record what is to become our debut album. More...
Sahg Announces Lineup Changes, New Album
Sahg today announces a change in line-up, welcoming guitarist Ole Walaunet and drummer Mads Lilletvedt to the band. Furthermore the band has revealed a new album is set to drop in the spring of 2016.
Ole Walaunet is an experienced performer from the Bergen metal scene, with past and ongoing involvement in bands like Grimfist, Deride, The Batallion, and God Seed. Ole joined Sahg as a session guitarist on previous European tours with Clutch and Sólstafir in 2014/2015, and is now a permanent member of the band.
Sahg's Olav Iversen comments: “The last two years Ole shared more time on stage with us than our original guitarist, so this was a natural step to take when Thomas Tofthagen decided to leave Sahg, with no hard feelings from either side. We are thrilled to finally include Ole as a permanent member.” More...
Audiotopsy Films New Video
Audiotopsy - featuring guitarist Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne, Hell Yeah), drummer Matt McDonough (Mudvayne), vocalist Billy Keeton (Skrape) and bassist Perry Stern - will release debut album "Natural Causes" on October 2, 2015 through Napalm Records.
The band just completed filming a first video from "Natural Causes" for the song "The Calling," which was shot in Orlando, FL and directed by David Brodsky of My Good Eye NYC. Stay tuned for that release, and in the mean time check out a sampling of all the tracks off the album below.
Self-produced at The Porch Studio in Orlando, Florida with engineer Tim Laud, the guys maintained their singular perspective with "Natural Causes." Merging intricate instrumentation with a seamless knack for melody, they conjured up a style as heavy as it is hypnotic. The track listing is as follows:
1. Headshot
2. All We Know
3. LYLAB
4. The Calling
5. H2O (Interlude)
6. Swim
7. Disguise Your Devils
8. Burn the Sky
9. Distorted
10. Darken the Rainbow
11. Frozen Scars
12. Natural Causes (Outro) More...
After The Burial Comments On Upcoming Tour Dates
Back in July, After The Burial cancelled upcoming live appearances due to the death of guitarist Justin Lowe and now the band is finally gearing up to return to live stages on a run with The Faceless. Today the band issued this statement about impending live shows:
"As you know, we canceled our appearance on the Summer Slaughter tour to spend time with friends and family in an effort to rebuild after the loss of our brother.
"Everybody deals with tragedy in their own way, and at their own pace. Each way is unique to that person, but the common goal that all people share is to get back to living a normal life. A normal life to us is being on the road, meeting our fans, and sharing our music with the world.
"We're excited to announce this upcoming tour with The Faceless. It represents a huge step forward emotionally for us in the band. We still have the drive and motivation to deliver music to you guys, and we want you all to be able to look to us for strength.
"We wouldn't be here without your support, and we want to give it back to you. We love you all, and we'll see you on the road." More...
Sacrilegium Recording New Album
Pagan Records is honored to announce that legendary pagan black metal act Sacrilegium has finished recording material for an upcoming new album.
This will be the band’s second full-length and follow-up to the cult release "Wicher" from 1996 (and re-released earlier this year).
Pagan Records comments: "The first mix already sounds impressive and the band members are greatly excited. It is official, Sacrilegium are back!" More...
Tetragrammacide Posts New Song
Tetragrammacide's "Typhonian Wormholes: Indecipherable Anti-Structural Formulæ" is coming on 12" vinyl, now set for international release on November 9, 2015 via Iron Bonehead Productions.
Today the band is premiering new track "Extra-Terroristical Chaosophic Intelligence," which can be heard below, while the album's full track listing is as follows:
1. Intro
2. Paramilitant Entropic Initiation
3. Intricate Acosmic Engineering
4. Interlude
5. Extra-Terroristical Chaosophic Intelligence
6. Eructation of Anti-Existential Consciousness
7. Outro More...
Valient Thorr Signs With Naplam Records
Valient Thorr is the baddest band on the planet (from another planet). The band has been rocking the adopted home of Earth since arriving here from Venus over fifteen years ago. With six albums under it's belt the band just joined forces with Napalm Records for the release of the seventh! This MC5/James Brown inspired quintuplet has stood the test of time morphing in and out of what Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister calls simply - Rock N' Roll.
"After wandering around space last year contemplating all the wild things that are going on in the universe... we are proud and super excited to announce that we have signed a new deal with Napalm Records. So get ready for a new album (our seventh) in TWO THORRSAND SIXTEEN," says frontman Valient Himself.
Napalm Records A&R Demetri Benoist said about the signing of Valient Thorr: "Who doesn't like good time Rock N' Roll, getting a chance to work with Valient Thorr means one thing, we are all in for one hell of a ride." More...
Serenity/Delain Members Announce Phantasma
Allow yourself to be transported to another world by Phantasma - a project sprung from the collective energy of Georg Neuhauser (Serenity), Oliver Philipps (Everon) and Charlotte Wessels (Delain). The release features memorable songs and intense arrangements centered around included novella ‘The Deviant Hearts’. It releases on October 20th via Napalm Records.
Phantasma was born from the longstanding ambition to create a story driven concept record of Georg Neuhauser, vocal force behind Tyrolean symphonic metal outfit Serenity. He found his partner in crime with multi-instrumentalist composer, producer and vocalist Oliver Philipps (Everon) who gladly embarked on this new mission that allowed him to reconnect with being a musician in the first place, as a welcome change from working for other bands, which he has done extensively over the years, providing the rich sound connoisseurs of the genre have come to expect from him. As Oliver worked with Delain since their debut record, a request at Charlotte Wessels’ address was made to complete the dynamic trio of Phantasma.
To introduce Charlotte Wessels to any connoisseur of symphonic metal would be like carrying coals to Newcastle - she is, after all, since 2005 the vocal figurehead of Dutch grandees Delain. It is therefore not only surprising, but also gratifying that Charlotte now even found some leisure time, to lend not only her voice to Phantasma, but also her debut novella ‘The Deviant Hearts - which was written especially for the project. More...
Absolva Releases Music Video For Title Track
U.K. metal act Absolva released a music video for the new track "Never A Good Day to Die." The song is the title track of the upcoming new release, the band's third full length studio release.
"Never A Good Day to Die" is set for release on October 12th. Check out the clip here:
Dethrone Releases Lyric Video For New "Failure"
Swedish death/thrash act Dethrone released a lyric video for the new track "Failure." The song will appear on the upcoming release "Incinerate All," which will be issued in early 2016 via Massacre Records (date TBA).
The track list for the album is:
1. Reborn in Fire
2. The Plague Carrier
3. Rat King
4. Morbid Existence
5. Spiritual Deception
6. Where Darkness Dwells
7. I Am God
8. Failure
9. Dawn Of Demise
10. The Inevitable End
Check out "Failure" here: More...
Teodasia Releases "Ghosts" Music Video
Italian gothic/symphonic metal act Teodasia released a music video for the new single "Ghosts." The song is the first to feature new vocalist Giacomo Voli and guitarist Alberto Melinato.
The video was directed by Francesco Collinelli. Check it out here:
Joel Hoekstra's 13 Is Ready To "Long For The Days"
Whitesnake guitarist Joel Hoekstra released another track from the debut release from the new solo project Joel Hoekstra's 13. The song appears on the new release "Dying to Live," which is set to drop on October 16th via Frontiers Records srl.
"Long for the Days" features a guest vocal appearance by Symphony X frontman Russell Allen. Check it out here:
Reverence Releases "Gods Of War" Track Listing
U.S. power metal band Reverence announced the track list for the new album "Gods Of War." The release is expected to drop on October 21 in Japan via Marquee/Avalon and November 4, 2015 for the rest of the world via Razar Ice Records.
Says the band: "A bunch of you metal maniacs have been asking to see the track listing for 'Gods of War'. We can't keep it from you any longer!"
The track list is:
1. Gods Of War
2. Heart Of Gold
3. Until My Dying Breath
4. Angel In Black
5. Tear Down The Mountain
6. Blood Of Heroes
7. Battle Cry
8. Choices Made
9. Splinter
10. Cleansed By Fire
11. Race To Obscene
Iron Reagan Premieres New Music Video
Iron Reagan (Municipal Waste etc.) premieres a new music video for "Rat Shit" below. The band is going to support The Black Dahlia Murder this fall and winter, on this year's edition of the "Indiemerch Tour". Check out all dates after the jump:
"Indiemerch 2015 Tour": More...
The Faceless Premieres Brand New Song
Technical death metal masters of The Faceless premiere a brand new song entitled "The Spiraling Void" taken from the band's rumored upcoming new album. The current lineup still remains a mystery though.
Check out now "The Spiraling Void" below.
The Faceless have also revealed the dates for a North America tour with After The Burial, Rings Of Saturn and Toothgrinder this fall. Check out all dates below: More...
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