Metal News for September 4, 2018
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14 news articles posted on this day.
Three More Confirmed For 70000 Tons Of Metal
The organisers of the 70000 Tons Of Metal has announced a further three bands for next year's edition of the cruise, including Swedish legends Tiamat, who will be performing their album, "Wildhoney" in full, as well as Russian folk metal band Arkona and Anglo-Swiss power metal group, Gloryhammer. The ship will set sail from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on January 31 and dock in Labadee, Haiti, before returning on February 4.
The lineup is now as follows:
Accept
Arkona
Coroner
Delain
Eluveitie
Ensiferum
Gloryhammer
Persefone
Subway To Sally
The Black Dahlia Murder
Tiamat
Vomitory
Warbringer
Flotsam And Jetsam Announces North American Tour
American thrash metal veterans Flotsam And Jetsam has announced a string of headlining shows across North America for next year, dubbed the "Tour Of Chaos." Speaking about the trek, the band stated:
"We’re excited to hit North America for a headlining tour next spring in support of our upcoming album release 'The End Of Chaos.' We’ll be following up our March 2019 European tour with Overkill and Destruction, with this 34-show run throughout May/June 2019. Look for us to be playing music from the new album, as well as digging into our catalog to play Flotsam songs that haven’t been in the set for a while, if ever, in our headline set. We’re looking forward to bringing F&J’s metal to the masses, once again!"
The tour dates are as follows: More...
Chthonic Posts New Video Online
Chthonic, the Taiwanese metal band recognized with its unique signature of performance, is to release an all new album, "Battlefields Of Asura," on October 10th, the first new music since 2013's full-length album, "Butik." A video for the song "Millennia's Faith Undone" can be found below.
According to Chthonic, the new album depicts the adventure of deities in Taiwan through eleven songs carrying messages about resistance, freedom and fraternity. The journey is full of hostility, adversary, impregnable fortresses and desires but also inspires infinite courage to search for eternal wisdom. Anyone deeply touched by this album will eventually realize that it is the origin of all thrilling epic stories portrayed in the past albums. This album sounds like gods versus devils and fights among evil spirits on the surface; however, everyone can feel the empathy of fury, grief and even strength of resurgence from the lyrics. More...
Master Premiere New Song "Vindictive Miscreant"
One of the fathers of death metal, Master, are here with their brand new full length album. Listen to their new track "Vindictive Miscreant" from the upcoming full length on Transcending Obscurity Records below:
Track listing: More...
Massive Scar Era Premiere Title Track From New CD
Egyptian Canadian band Massive Scar Era premiere title track from their upcoming new EP "Color Blind", which will be out in stores September 5, 2018 via Bandcamp.
Check out now "Color Blind" below.
Gnosis Premiere New Song "Golden Wings"
Hailing from southern Florida blackened death metal outfit Gnosis premiere a new song entitled "Golden Wings", taken from their upcoming new album "The Offering of Seven", which Terror From Hell will release The Offering of Seven on September 21.
Check out now "Golden Wings" below.
Vanhelgd Premiere New Song
Swedish death/doom quartet Vanhelgd premiere a new song entitled "A Plea for Divine Necromancy", taken from their upcoming new album "Deimos Sanktuarium", which will be out in stores 12th October 2018 through Dark Descent (US) or Pulverised Records.
Check out now "A Plea for Divine Necromancy" below.
S.E.K.H. Premiere Title Track From Upcoming New CD
S.E.K.H. premiere the title track from their upcoming new album "Acéphale", which will be released on September 5th through a new Spanish label called The Hierophant.
Check out now "Acéphale" below.
Huldrekall & Spektral Hatchery: Full-Album Stream
Olympia, Washington based bands Huldrekall and Spektral Hatchery premiere the full-album stream of the band's brand new split, which came out on August 18th (digitally and on cassette via Einsamkeit Tapes), featuring one track by each group.
Check out now the split in its entirety below.
Eternal Sacrifice Premiere New Song
Brazilian black metal group Eternal Sacrifice premiere a new song titled "The emptiness, the guard of the sortileges and the time in which the dust takes the rites", taken from their upcoming new album "Ad Tertivm Librvm NIgrvm", which will be out in stores September 14th via Hammer of Damnation and Sangue Frio Productions.
Check out now "The emptiness, the guard of the sortileges and the time in which the dust takes the rites" below.
CrystalMoors Premiere New Song "Hijos del Sol"
Spanish pagan metal band CrystalMoors premiere a new song titled "Hijos del Sol", taken from their upcoming new split with Hordak "Árguma/Ophiusa", which will be out in stores October 15 via Casus Belli Musica and Beverina.
Check out now "Hijos del Sol" below.
Thrice Australian Tour Announced
Thrice announce that they will be touring Australia in February in support of their forthcoming new full-length, “Palms“, out September 14th.
02/14 Adelaide, AUS – The Gov
02/14 Melbourne, AUS – 170 Russell
02/16 Sydney, AUS – Metro Theatre
02/17 Brisbane, AUS – The Triffid
02/19 Perth, AUS – Amplifier Bar
Headline News
Former Skinlab Guitarist Glen Telford Dead
Skinlab reveal that their ex-guitarist Glen Telford passed away late past month. His cause of death was not disclosed, but the group posted the below statement on the matter via Facebook:
Krisiun Prermiere New Song & Lyric Video
Krisiun debut another track from their upcoming new effort “Scourge Of The Enthroned“, which will be released this Friday, September 07th. Below you can stream a lyric video for their new song “A Thousand Graves“.
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