Stalker Premieres New Song "Total Annihilation"

Stalker, recently signed to Napalm Records, are now ready to unveil the very first single off of the upcoming album "Shadow Of The Sword," which is due out on November 17th via Napalm Records. Check out "Total Annihilation" courtesy Metal Insider at this location, or simply check it out at the bottom.

Hailing from New Zealand, Stalker will send you back on a trip in time to the wild days of raw speed metal mayhem. The album is chock full of heavy tempo driven full speed songs and the first single "Total Annihilation" is just the tip of the iceberg!

The band screamed about the track, as follows: "IN A WORLD GONE INSANE, SPEED, STEEL AND DEATH IS ALL THAT REMAIN. LEATHER WINGS FAN THE FLAMES, RAZING HUMANITY TO THE GROUND. THERE'S NOTHING LEFT.....TOTAL ANNIHILATION!"

The track listing for the album is:

1. Total Annihilation
2. The Mutilator
3. Path Of Destruction
4. Shadow Of The Sword
5. Satanic Panic
6. Shocked To Death
7. Demon Dawn
8. Master Of Mayhem
9. Evil Dead
10. Steel God More...

Read more...  |  0 Comments - Discuss

Serenity Premieres "Lionheart" Music Video

Austrian symphonic metal act Serenity has teamed up with Metal Insider to premiere the video clip of the new song "Lionheart" over at this location. You can also simply view it in the player at the bottom. The song is the title track of the upcoming new album due to drop on October 27th, 2017 via Napalm Records. Pre-orders can be made at this location.

"Lionheart" is a collection of songs that tells the tale of Richard I, King and Crusader of England. Though the release doesn't necessarily follow a timeline, the songs are carefully constructed from real events with the music creating the perfect soundscape to tell the tale. Whether it be galloping horses, fierce battles, ships on the ocean in stormy seas - Serenity makes you feel history as you learn it.

The track listing for "Lionheart" is as follows:

1. Deus Lo Vult
2. United
3. Lionheart
4. Hero
5. Rising High
6. Heaven
7. King's Landing
8. Eternal Victory
9. Stand and Fight
10. The Fortress (of Blood and Sand)
11. Empire
12. My Fantasy
13. The Final Crusade

Check out the clip here: More...

Read more...  |  0 Comments - Discuss

Voice Returns With "The Storm"

German melodic metal act Voice has returned after a 14 year gap since new material was issued. The band is gearing up to explode with "The Storm," coming October 27th via Massacre Records. The album is the first since 2003's "Soulhunter."

Today, the band released the video clip for the title track of the new album, which you can check out in the player below.

The track list for "The Storm" is:

1. The Storm
3. Go Down in Flames
4. Business Roulette
5. Dance on the Razor Blade
6. The Golden Savior
7. Your Number Is Up
8. Kingdom of Heaven
9. When Night Falls
10. Into Darkness
11. Soldiers of Glory
12. Out in the Cold More...

Read more...  |  0 Comments - Discuss

Silent Screams Releases New Single "Low"

Today Silent Screams presents the new single "Low"! It's the first song from the upcoming, yet untitled, album coming in early 2018! Watch the video in the player below.

Formed in 2007 by Tom Craig, Sam Varney, Ozzi Osman, Adam Mallabone and James Ryan, the band quickly started working on their first EP. In 2008 with the help of Producer Matt Hyde (As I Lay Dying, Gallows, Funeral for a Friend) Silent Screams self released "Ghosts." The band signed with Ghost Music and in 2011 released their first full length, "When It Rains", which was recorded and produced by Joey Sturgis (Asking Alexandria, The Devil Wears Prada, Miss May I). They shot a video for the title track and started gaining attention worldwide.

Silent Screams has since been through a line up change replacing lead vocalist James Ryan with Joel Heywood in 2012. The band has since signed with Artery Recordings and in 2014 released their second full length "Hope For Now". The sophomore album has done very well and had very impressive chart positions.

Following the touring cycle for Hope For Now, Tom decided to leave the band for personal reasons. The Band recruited Mikey Scrivens a long time friend of the band to be the new bass player/singer. Mikey joined the band on tours with The Browning and Asking Alexandria. The band recorded the single "LOVE//LESS" featuring Mikey on vocals. Following the 2017 European tour with Asking Alexandria, Mikey decided touring wasn't for him and he stepped aside.

The band had kept good relations with Tom and spoke to him about potentially working together on future projects. Tom decided to rejoin Silent Screams and they started working on the bands third studio album.

The band began writing and recording their third studio album in 2017. The band will be on a European tour with In Hearts Wake & Gideon, starting on Oct. 3rd!

The new album is due in early 2018! Check out "Low" here: More...

Read more...  |  0 Comments - Discuss

Snowy Shaw To Guest On New Elvenking Album

Italian folk metal act Elvenking announced that ex-King Diamond/ex-Sabaton drummer Snowy Shaw will guest on the upcoming new album "Secrets of the Magick Grimoire," which is set to drop on November 10th via AFM Records.

The band previously announced that Witchery vocalist Angst Norder will provide growls and screams on four of the new tunes.

On Shaw, the band commented: "For sure one of our favorite musicians and twisted souls out there, who has been member and performed in some of our all-time favorite bands and albums: King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Therion, Dimmu Borgir, Sabaton, Dream Evil, Memento Mori, just to name a few! Ledies and Gentlemen. Mr Snowy Shaw. He added his malicious and spooky vocals in the song 'At the Court of the Wild Hunt,' and we cannot wait for you to listen the result!

The track list for the album is:

1. Invoking The Woodland Spirit
2. Draugen’s Maelstrom
3. The One We Shall Follow
4. The Horned Ghost And The Sorcerer
5. A Grain Of Truth
6. The Wolves Will Be Howling Your Name
7. 3 Ways To Magick
8. Straight Inside Your Winter
9. The Voynich Manuscript
10. Summon The Dawn Light
11. At The Court Of The Wild Hunt (Feat. Snowy Shaw)
12. A Cloak Of Dusk

Bonus Tracks for Digi and Vinyl (Gold and Clear Green limited) versions:

13. Petalstorm
14. The Open Breach
15. Jigsaw Puzzle (2010 Version)
16. Skywards (2008 Version) More...

Read more...  |  0 Comments - Discuss

Warlord Signs With Frontiers Music Srl

Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to welcome legendary U.S. metal act Warlord to the family for the release of a new studio album in 2018!

Long admirers of the band and having gotten to know drummer Mark Zonder through his work with Graham Bonnet Band and the upcoming group, Spirits Of Fire, (which also features Tim Ripper Owens (Charred Walls Of The Damned, ex Iced Earth, Judas Priest), Chris Caffery (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), and Steve Di Giorgio (Death (Official), Testament, Sadus)), Frontiers approached Zonder about the prospect of doing a new Warlord album for release in 2018. Luckily for the label, Zonder and co-founder/guitarist William J. Tsamis were very much open to the idea. Says Zonder, "[a]fter all of these years, Warlord is with a 'real label.' It will be great to have Warlord music shared with a worldwide audience., which is something that has been missing for many years. With my prior working experiences with Frontiers, I know Warlord is in the right place and I am very appreciative of this great opportunity. We thank everyone at the label for their belief in Warlord!"

In September 2013, Tsamis and Zonder announced that they had tapped vocalist Nicholas Leptos of Arrayan Path and Astronomikon to be the new Warlord singer. This line-up, along with bassist Bynoe will be the line-up for the upcoming new album. Adds Zonder, "this Warlord release will be like all of the previous ones, 100% Warlord. No changing of direction to keep up with the current fad, just good ol' school Warlord music. Maybe leaning back a touch to the early days and we promise a high energy album that features the classic Bill Tsamis compositions and his classic guitar melody lines. As I always try to do, I'll give it my all in tandem with my favorite bass player Philip Bynoe, working together to create a solid foundation. This will be the first studio recording with Nicholas Leptos on vocals. We have performed live with him several times and are eagerly awaiting to capture his dynamic performances on tape. A classic Warlord album in the making......"

Stay tuned for updates as work on the album progresses....

0 Comments - Discuss

Stillborn Releases "Anathema" Lyric Video

Sweden's Stillborn unleashed the second single "Anathema" from the comeback album "Nocturnals" today! The album drops via Black Lodge Records on October 27th!

With it comes a pitch-black lyric video, completely in line with the track's theme: "Anathema is not about the everlasting burning fire. It is about a compelling dark state with the absence of all human community, trust and faith."

Gothic metal was stillborn in the late 80’s. But some 28 years ago a band left unforgettable trails in the Swedish underground scene with a unique take on the doom genre. Stillborn combined a gloomy and darkened sound with the aesthetics of gothic rock, almost as straight out of an old horror movie.

Now the members got back together and recorded a new album in the same spirit as their legendary debut "Necrospirituals." Ten songs were written for the album, aptly titled "Nocturnals" and it was recorded and mixed at Studio Juicy Halftone in Copenhagen by Henrik Stendahl.

With a refined sound, Stillborn will please their old fans that have been yearning for a new album as well as get new ones. In essence, this is Stillborn as we know them; sinister, eerie and with a subtle morbid twist.

The track listing is:

1. 1917
2. Dresden
3. Oblivion Reloaded
4. The Animal Within
5. They Forgive Nothing
6. Lorelei
7. Maaemo
8. Fata Morgana
9. Anathema
10. The Walking Dead

Check out "Anathema" here: More...

Read more...  |  0 Comments - Discuss

Sinsaenum Turns New Music Video To "Ashes"

Sinsaenum - the extreme death metal project of Frédéric Leclercq (DragonForce) and Joey Jordison's (ex-Slipknot) - released a video clip for the new song "Ashes," the title track of brand new EP coming via earMUSIC on November 10th.

The EP contains over 30 minutes of mind-blowing music, featuring three brand new and EP-exclusive songs, which all display Sinsaenum's love for the roots of death metal and extreme music.

The track listing for the EP is:

1. Ashes
2. Monarch of Death
3. 2099 (Heretics)
4. Degeneration
5. King of the Desperate Lands
6. Dead Souls

Check out "Ashes" here: More...

Read more...  |  0 Comments - Discuss

Void King Announces European Tour Dates

Indiana's Void King and Louisiana's Boudain will embark on a European Tour in late October. The stoner rock double threat will perform in The Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium, including Kampen's (NL) Off The Record Festival. Tour dates are below:

Oct. 26 - The Hague, Netherlands @ Vereniging de vinger
Oct. 27 - Wommelgem, Belgium @ JH Wommel
Oct. 28 - Antwerp, Belgium @ Kid's Rhythm 'n Blues Kaffee
Oct. 29 - Osnabrük, Germany @ Dirty Dancing
Nov. 2 - Gouda, Netherlands @ StudioGonz
Nov. 3 - Arnhem, Netherlands @ Brigant
Nov. 4 - Kampen, Netherlands @ Off The Record Festival More...

Read more...  |  0 Comments - Discuss

Exclusive

Sound Storm Premieres New Video "Forsaken"

Unleashing the third studio album "Vertigo" in Europe last December via Rockshots Records, Italian symphonic metal act Sound Storm announced the album will be officially released in North America on October 13th. Digital and CD album pre-orders for North America available on Amazon at this location.

Check out our review of the album over at this location.

In celebration of the release on North American shores, the Italian opus masters have teamed up with MetalUnderground.com for the exclusive world premiere for the new video clip "Forsaken," which was filmed during the band's performance at the 2016 Lucca Comics and Games, one of Europe's largest comic cons.

Check out the clip in the player below.

"Vertigo" was produced in the Netherlands at Sandlane Recording Facilities by Joost Van Den Broek (Epica, Ayreon, Xandria) and is something more than a metal album, the music has a cinematic purpose. The overall concept of “Vertigo” is a Victorian - steam punk story, firstly based on Dante’s Inferno idea and then developed to a more psychological/introspective tale. Gabriel is the main character of the story, an unsuccessful composer who becomes a scientist, starting a war against his troubled mind and forcing himself to destroy everything beloved. The only handhold seems to be a mystic dragonfly, leading Gabriel among the floors of a huge spiral staircase.

MetalUnderground.com is proud to present "Forsaken": More...

Read more...  |  1 Comment - Discuss

Vassafor Debuts "Illumination of the Sinister"

New Zealand’s Vassafor debuts a new song entitled "Illumination of the Sinister", taken from the upcoming new album "Malediction", which will be released by Debemur Morti Productions on October 13 (October 20 in North America).

Check out now "Illumination of the Sinister" below.

0 Comments - Discuss

Woe Unto Me: Pre-Release Full-Album Streaming

Belarusian doom band Woe Unto Me premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new album "Among The Lightened Skies The Voidness Flashed", which will be out in stores later today via Solitude Productions.

Check out now "Among The Lightened Skies The Voidness Flashed" in its entirety below.

Read more...  |  0 Comments - Discuss

Headline News

Decapitated Case: Attorney Shares Legal Insight

Though he’s not connected with the Decapitated case, MetalSucks recently interviewed NYC criminal defense lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman to get a better understanding of the ongoing legal situation. According to the latest reports, the band remains held in an LA county jail awaiting extradition to Spokane, WA, where it is facing a charge of first degree kidnapping. That charge stems from allegedly holding two female fans on the band's tour bus against their will back on August 30th. The band members have also since been accused of gang raping one of the women.

Criminal defense lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman does provide an overview of what the band members are potentially facing, which could be over a lifetime prison sentence if they are convicted. The maximum sentence for the kidnapping charge is 20 years to life and with a potential rape charge included, those numbers could quickly rise. However, it is noted that if convicted the average sentencing guidelines would have then facing under 8 years in prison.

Says Lichtman: More...

Read more...  |  2 Comments - Discuss

Kublai Khan Debuts New Song & Music Video "B.C."

Kublai Khan debutsa new song and music video titled "B.C.", taken from the upcoming new album "Nomad", which is out later today via Rise Records.

Check out now "B.C." below.

Says vocalist Matt Honeycutt of the song and video for it: More...

Read more...  |  0 Comments - Discuss

Black Veil Brides Premieres Two New Songs

Black Veil Brides premieres two new songs, "The Outsider" and "My Vow", taken from the band's upcoming new album "Vale", which will be out in stores January 12th via Republic Records a division of UMG Recordings Inc & Lava Music LLC.

Check out now "The Outsider" and "My Vow" below.

Read more...  |  0 Comments - Discuss

OpEd

This is xFiruath Signing Off

My long journey with Metalunderground began nearly a decade ago. Obama wasn't President yet, and I still had a day job. I was tired of people screaming at me on the phone over problems with their cell service that I hadn't caused and had no ability to fix. It was time for a change, so the wife and I decided to give a big old middle finger to the daily grind and dive headfirst into freelancing online.

It wasn't long after getting in touch with Deathbringer that I found myself in Seattle on a tour bus shaking hands with Mikael Akerfeldt and blathering like an idiot about what a big fan I was. Its an experience I'll never forget, seeing a legend in the flesh and learning what his daily life was like while performing across the country. I was so star struck I accidentally left my audio recorder on the bus after the interview and didn't get it back until after the show. I've got a good half an hour of Mikael on the phone talking to family in Sweden that I'm never going to delete.

Never in my life did I figure I'd be talking to Kyle Gass about the death of Dio and whether there might ever be a Pick Of Destiny 2, but there I was on the phone with one half of Tenacious D chatting about legalizing drugs and how mortality sucks. Phone calls with lifelong idols like Emperor's Ihsahn and Vorph from Samael became semi-regular occurrences. I actually ended up discussing the infamous “Jesus is a cunt” t-shirt directly with Dani Filth.

The Metalunderground of those golden days feels like a completely different era now. I remember back when every Avenged Sevenfold or Slipknot thread had 150+ comments and became any given reader's personal chat room. That time Deathbringer made a forum link on the main page as an April Fool's joke (royally pissing off everyone who wanted a message board long before we actually had one) had me in stitches while fending off angry emails.

Looking back at those days, I think of shirtless Wilco and his creative grammar. Regulars like americanpatriot1 and Gorecunt keeping conversations going. InfernoNecrosis oversharing about bodily functions. KMADD and Korndogg trolling. The constant cry of “That's not Rob Zombie!!” All those times I accidentally wrote “Mike Porntoy” or “Windows Of Plague” in a headline. Branded or Kali getting into massive fights with anyone about anything. Blindgreed1 coming up with ever more inventive insults to anyone who would dare besmirch the Metalunderground name or anybody who called MU home.

If you got past the hazing phase, you were a regular – you were on of us, and that meant something. Those were the days of R10 and Wolf, Natsquatch and Cozen, BrunoHockalugie and Jackrum, Terminator and BrianSD, IrishMetal and Trendkill91, PorcupineTreeFan and IrishMetal, Fuck_A_Name and Drum_Junkie (who blessedly has stayed active). Whoever thought a grown man could look back at a forum thread titled “I'd put my tongue in her butt” and feel nostalgic?

It wasn't just the readers that made us into that powerhouse of metal though, it was also the contributors. It was Vicky bringing absurdly underground pornogrind bands to the world's attention. It was CROMCarl's pun-tastic reviews. It was James (Cynic), Zack (zMETALlica), Peggy (darkstar), Cody (The_Avant_Garde), Dan (heavytothebone2), Kevin (n0thinghead), Joel (bloodofheroes), Andrew (remembermetal?), Matt (Dasher10), psythe, and more turning this thing into a community. All the while there was Deathbringer keeping us together and introducing me to bands like Acid Bath. More...

Read more...  |  22 Comments - Discuss

Cannabis Corpse Kicks Off Tour

Cannabis Corpse just kicked off a North American tour in Raleigh, with the band traveling across the U.S. and Canada before the tour concludes on October 26th.

A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below as Cannabis Corpse tours in support of new album "Left Hand Pass."

If you haven't heard it yet, the full album is online for streaming over at this location. Catch these upcoming Cannabis Corpse 2017 tour dates:

Sept. 28 Raleigh, NC @ The Maywood
Sept. 29 Cincinnati, OH @ Junker's Tavern
Sept. 30 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
Oct. 1 Omaha, NE @ Lookout Lounge
Oct. 3 Oklahoma City, OK @ Thunder Alley
Oct, 4 Albuquerque, NM @ The Jam Spot
Oct. 5 Scottsdale, AZ @ Pub Rock Live More...

Read more...  |  0 Comments - Discuss

Sorcerer Posts "Ship Of Doom" Video

Swedish epic heavy doom metal warlords Sorcerer will release new album, "The Crowning Of The Fire King," on October 20th via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the record, Sorcerer has now released a lyric video for the new single, "Ship Of Doom."

The band comments: "'Ship of Doom' captures the essence of Sorcerer. Slow, doomy and full of surprises for the listener. The music for this one was written by our very talented guitar player Peter Hallgren."

1. Sirens
2. Ship Of Doom
3. Abandoned By The Gods
4. The Devils Incubus
5. Nattvaka
6. Crimson Cross
7. The Crowning Of The Fire King
8. Unbearable Sorrow

0 Comments - Discuss

Deliverance Signs With Roxx Records

Deliverance is pleased to announce the band's signing with Roxx Records and 3 Frogz Records to officially release brand new album "The Subversive Kind."

Earlier this year the band launched a very successful campaign to help with funding the new album. All contributors to that campaign will be receiving their perks this December. Vinyl contributors will be happy to know they will be receiving an exclusive green vinyl version of the album that will not be available to anyone else outside the campaign.

Roxx Records comments: "'The Subversive Kind' is a true return to form for these Christian thrash pioneers, boosting 8 brand new tracks that truly bring the thrash back. We are very excited to once again be partnering with 3 Frogz, Jimmy Brown and Deliverance to bring you this awesome new thrash release. The fans that have been requesting a 'Weapons part 2’ will be ecstatic with this new release and I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this new album is the bands 'Reign in Blood.' Stay tuned as we prepare to bring you 'The Subversive Kind' in early 2018." More...

Read more...  |  2 Comments - Discuss

Foscor Releases Drum Playthrough Video

In advance of a forthcoming tour due to kick off in early October, Foscor just launched a drum playthrough for the track "De Marges I Matinades," which is taken from the band's fifth full-length album, "Les Irreals Visions."

Foscor vocalist Fiar comments: "The song title refers to life's opportunities when we are taken to our limits. The image of a new dawn at the edge of the world speaks of a personal struggle, and how after suffering we should be able to see a door to open at the corner. There is also a sort of challenge for the drums... well, the result speaks for itself about our privilege of having Jordi F. taking care of them."

Drummer Jordi F. adds: "A song, which from a personal and technical standpoint, required an extra effort in order to create a rhythmic base that could fit the in-crescendo dynamics of the song. On an almost constant syncopated leitmotiv, placing the right amount of strength and cymbal hits to make them commune with the music was almost fully improvised - and hence an interesting exercise. Every time, I listen to or play this song, I feel like adding something new." More...

Read more...  |  2 Comments - Discuss