Metal News for September 4, 2020
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23 news articles posted on this day.
Kataklysm Parts Ways With Drummer
Canadian death metal outfit Kataklysm have parted ways with drummer Oli Beaudoin, who was with the band since 2014, and have announced the addition of James Payne to the fold.
The band says in a statement: "Kataklysm have officially parted ways with drummer Oli Beaudoin; we would like to thank him for his work on the past four albums and his professionalism on the live stage over the last few years, we wish him all the best with his future endeavors.
"With that being said, we are excited to welcome acclaimed Los Angeles based drumming monster James Payne (Hour Of Penance, Hiss From The Moat, Vital Remains) to the Kataklysm family, James will be behind the throne for the upcoming Unconquered world campaign and beyond. Please give him a warm welcome."
Payne comments: "I am thrilled and honored to join Kataklysm and participate in a piece of their amazing legacy! I've been a fan of the band since I was in high school, and to think of sharing the stages around the world with them is incredible! I can't wait to start this experience and give the fans all I have behind the drums at every show we'll play and beyond!"
In the video below, Payne playsthrough the single, "The Killshot." More...
Ravage Announces New EP
Ravage, the heavy metal act from Boston which formed in the mid 90's, will release their new EP, "The Worldwide Resistance," on November 2. The new EP will feature four songs.
Physical copies will only be available in one format - an extremely limited edition, engraved 12" color vinyl limited to 300 worldwide copies. The individual songs will also be made available for digital download and a YouTube video of the songs will be released on an exclusive YouTube channel prior to the physical release. The channel and streaming release date has yet to be announced.
Singer Al Ravage commented, "We are pleased to announce the release of our first new original music since 'The Derelict City' EP CD back in 2018. This new EP is a sampling of some songs that we were working on for our upcoming full-length before the pandemic forced us to shut things down. We chose these tracks because the subject matter is in some ways reflective of some of the disturbing things we see going on in our country and in the world today and we decided it was time to have our say and speak out against some of the injustices we are seeing. We're not politicians or experts, we're just underground metal musicians but we feel if we can spread the word about encouraging mask-wearing to stem the spread of Covid, and shed some light on injustice and hate, we can make some small difference in the world. We've decided we've seen enough and it's time to make a stand for civility, for justice, and for an end to the hate and bigotry. We'll be donating all profits from this vinyl release and the t-shirts to charity."
Physical copies will be distributed by the Die With Your Boots On metal and clothing shop. More...
Autopsy To Release First Live Album
Peaceville Records will issue Autopsy’s first official live album, Live In Chicago, on October 30. The album will feature classic tracks form over three decades of depravity and will include a new, unreleased track, "Maggots In The Mirror." "Live In Chicago" will out on double gatefold black vinyl and CD format.
"Live In Chicago" was recorded at Reggie’s Rock Club, March 7, 2020, and contains 66 minutes of classics spanning the whole 30+ year career of the death metal legends. The release also notably includes the brand new track "Maggots in the Mirror," giving fans something to chew on while the impending next studio release takes shape. Due to recent and somewhat unforeseen global events, this stands as Autopsy’s only gig of 2020, out of what was intended to be a string of several appearances. Luckily the show was professionally recorded, unknowing of what was about to follow.
With mixing carried out by Adam Munoz, notable for his work on Autopsy’s studio albums, "Live In Chicago" captures Autopsy in all of their ferocious, gory glory, with artwork once again conjured from the masterfully warped mind of Wes Benscoter (Slayer, Nile, Kreator).
Every vinyl preorder of "Live In Chicago" from Peaceville.com will receive the Born Undead DVD release. The DVD features full A History Of Horror, an Autopsy documentary and extensive live footage with a running time of almost 5 hours. More...
Sevendust Announces Livestream Show
Sevendust just announced their first-ever livestream and their only show of 2020 - Sevendust: Live In Your Living Room. The event will take place on October 23 - the release date for their 13th studio album Blood & Stone via Rise Records.
The show will be live starting at 9 PM, EDT/6 PM, PDT and available globally at the corresponding hour for each territory. This will be a Sevendust show not to be missed as the band will not have any tour dates until 2021. Tickets for the live stream are $17.00 and are available at this location
A message from Sevendust: "Yes, this show is the same day as the release of our new album Blood & Stone. We will performing at livestream concert to celebrate, just for you! Get access now and you could enter a raffle which includes the first prize of a 7D signed acoustic guitar... and more. PLUS, shop for some brand new merch at our digital merch table. As you checkout, make sure you also grab our new 7D Live In Your Living Room event t-shirt (limited to this show) and a copy of Blood & Stone on CD. We hope to “see” you all there!!!"
Death Dealer Reveals New Album Details
Death Dealer, lead by Ross The Boss, has returned for another heavy metal attack with their third record "Conquered Lands" - to be released worldwide November 13, via Steel Cartel. An announcement video and a visualizer for the song "Sorcerer Supreme" can be found below.
Death Dealer has an all-star heavy metal roster featuring the aforementioned Ross The Boss (ex-Manowar) Sean Peck (vocals - Cage, The Three Tremors, Denner/Shermann), Stu Marshall (guitar - Dungeon, Night Legion), Steve Bolognese (drums - Ross The Boss Band, Into Eternity), and newly added bass player extraordinaire Mike Lepond (Symphony X, Ross The Boss Band).
Ross: "We have been working on this record for quite a while now and it feels like the perfect time to get this out and give the people a kick ass heavy metal record. It almost seems like it was meant to be that the album comes out during this time period because people could use this uplifting rock and roll to put some positive energy back into their lives." More...
Stryper Releases New Music Video
Christian heavy metal pioneers Stryper has posted a new music video online for the song, "Do Unto Others." You can check it out below.
Once again proving their lasting durability, Stryper returns with their 13th studio album, "Even The Devil Believes." Filled with the band’s signature riffs, harmony-laden melodies and positive themes, the 11-track project is Stryper’s first studio album with Perry Richardson (Firehouse) on bass and background vocals.
Stryper is renowned for its distinctive brand of "heavenly metal," extraordinary crossover success and venerable endurance. The group ascended to prominence in the 1980s with Billboard Top 40 hits like "Calling on You," "Honestly," and "Always There for You," and has maintained a global fanbase ever since. Stryper is the first band to ever have two songs in MTV’s Top 10 simultaneously with their hits "Free" and "Honestly." To date, the Dove Award-winning and Grammy-nominated band has sold over 10 million albums worldwide. More...
Kataklysm Uploads New Album Trailer
Canadian melodic death metal heavyweights Kataklysm will unleash their 14th full-length studio album, "Unconquered," on September 25th via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, Steph discusses the impact of Covid-19 on touring. Watch the "Unconquered" album trailer #3 below.
"Unconquered" was recorded and engineered by the band's long-time producer and guitarist JF Dagenais at JFD Studio in Dallas, TX. Kataklysm enlisted legendary Colin Richardson, post retirement, to aid in the mixing of "Unconquered’s" weightier and modernized sound with additional help from Chris Clancy’s technicality and precision. "Unconquered" stands among the best produced albums in the band's career. More...
Macabre Announces First Album In Nine Years
Come one! Come all, to the demented, heinous bloodbath of a murder metal circus that declares Macabre's return; "Carnival Of Killers." As the band's first full-length album in almost 10 years and just in time for their 35th anniversary as a band, "Carnival Of Killers" will be released on November 13th via Nuclear Blast Records.
Today, the band released the first single entitled "The Lake Of Fire," which can be seen below.
Macabre's Corporate Death comments, "'The Lake Of Fire' is about the hidden bunker that Leonard Lake and Charles Ng had where they tortured and killed young women with tools and filmed it all. Those were two very evil men so I thought the title was fitting! I started writing the chorus back in our Grim Scary Tales era and finally finished the song all these years later for the new album Carnival Of Killers. I hope you like it, I wanted a lot of variety on the new album, this is just a taste." More...
Scarlet Releases New Music Video
Vicious Swedish metal queen Scarlet recently launched pre-orders for her forthcoming debut album "Obey The Queen." Today, the queen presents to the world her third single "Ugly Fucker," taken from this debut!
"This song goes out to all men on social media taking the liberty to harass women by sending sexual unwanted stuff. This song is a big fuck you to all these people! It's a fast paced & heavy guitar riff followed by the anthem for every proud woman out there - with a punch to the face for all bad souls."
Available from the 13th of November 2020 via Arising Empire, you can pre-order Scarlet's debut album "Obey The Queen" at this location. More...
Trident Posts New Lyric Video Online
In four weeks, Trident's sophomore album "North" will be unleashed via Non Serviam Records. Reason enough for the Swedish blackened death metallers to release another appetizer in the form of the second single and lyric video for "Death" today. You can check it out below.
The band states: "'Death.' The soul’s journey from within into the realms beyond, based upon stories and first-hand experience with near death encounters."
"North" will be available as CD, Trans Blue 2LP, and digital on October 2nd 2020. More...
Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons Reveals New Album
Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons are back in town! The Hard Rock powerhouse from Wales announce their new album "We're The Bastards" today, to be released on November, 13th via Nuclear Blast! The pre order starts today, make sure to order your copy at this location.
Singer Neil Starr on the new album:
"It’s definitely great to know that we have an audience now. We know there are people that want to hear it, but the truth is that we just had fun with it. Once again, we made the record we wanted to make and it’s been really exciting. It was awesome to take our minds off everything and just concentrate on recording a kick ass album for the fans to enjoy."
In celebration of the announcement, Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons release the first single "Son Of A Gun" today, together with an amazing music video. Check it out below. More...
Raven Announces European Tour With Wolf
New Wave Of British Heavy Metal legends Raven has announced a headlining tour across Europe in support of their upcoming album, "Metal City," which will be released through SPV/Steamhammer Records on September 18th. The trio will bring a plethora of guests along with them, including Swedish heavy metal torch bearers Wolf, as well as Crystal Viper, Kill Ritual and Cyber Strike.
The tour dates are as follows:
Thu 04.02 - Stockholm (SWE) Debaser Strand
Fri 05.02 - Linkoping (SWE) The Crypt
Sun 07.02 - Osnabruck (GER) Bastard Club
Mon 08.02 - Dresden (GER) Chemiefabrik
Tue 09.02 - Hamburg (GER) Kulturpalast
Wed 10.02 - Berlin (GER) Lido
Thu 11.02 - Freiburg (GER) Crash
Fri 12.02 - Obertraubling (GER) Airport
Sun 14.02 - Rotterdam (NLD) Baroeg
Mon 15.02 - Winterthur (SUI) Gaswerk
Tue 16.02 - Munich (GER) Backstage
Wed 17.02 - MIlan (ITA) Slaughter Club
Thu 18.02 - Marseille (FRA) Jas Rod
Fri 19.02 - Barcelona (SPA) Bovedo
Sat 20.02 - Bilbao (SPA) Stage Live
Sun 21.02 - Porto (POR) Hard Club
Mon 22.02 - LIboa (POR) RCA CLub
Tue 23.02 - Madrid (SPA) Caracol
Our Oceans Signs With Long Branch Records
Long Branch Records is excited to announce signing an international deal with Dutch rock trio Our Oceans, for the release of their new album "While Time Disappears," coming autumn 2020. The band have also released "Unravel," the first single off the new album, available now at all streaming platforms. You can check out the video below.
Our Oceans were formed by singer & guitarist Tymon Kruidenier (Cynic, Exivious). Joining him on bass and drums are his former Exivious colleagues, Robin Zielhorst (Cynic, Onegodless) and Yuma van Eekelen (Quadvium, Pestilence).
Tymon comments on "Unravel": "'Unravel' is probably one of the more unique songs on the album, with its uptempo vibe and many ups and downs. It’s about recognising and breaking down the plethora of coping mechanisms we tend to build into our sense of self over the course of our lives. It’s a song about rediscovering who you are underneath it all. It was the first song we wrote for the new album and it was obvious from the very beginning that this had to be the opening track on the album as well as the first single release." More...
Nightwish Postpones European Tour
Finnish sextet Nightwish recently released their ninth studio album "Human. :II: Nature." - it conquered the charts worldwide, including landing a #1 in their home country of Finland as well as Germany, and #2 in Canada, Austria, Hungary and Switzerland. Today, the band announce that they've had to postpone their European tour that was originally scheduled for November and December 2020, until May 2021.
Mastermind Tuomas Holopainen comments: "During these most peculiar and challenging times we've been forced to reschedule our shows, and that`s now also the case with the European leg of the 'Human :II: Nature' World tour. Please check the new dates below. This is a most unfortunate, but necessary move in order ensure everyone's safety and make the best out of this bizarreness that all of you and us are going through. It`s not for forever though, and The Caravan will soon be on the move again. Until then, take care of each other and see you all in the spring of 2021!" More...
Neptune Shares "Last Man Standing" Music Video
The melodic metal band Neptune releases today (4 September) "Last Man Standing" – their second single from the band's upcoming studio album "Northern Steel." The album is to be released on November 6, 2020. You can check it out below.
Neptune, an 80s melodic metal band that has built up a loyal fanbase over time, is now finally releasing their real debut album, only 35 years after they pulled the plug from the band. Early 2018, their collected demo recordings from the 1980s were released to the fans' great satisfaction. The band was completely unaware that some of their old recordings were leaked online during the 2000s which found its way to fans around the globe. That culminated in the release of the compilation album "Land of Northern".
Neptune is a Swedish melodic metal band from the 1980s that was considered to be one of the earliest pioneers during the NWOSHM era. The band are in the same style as Madison, 220 Volt, Heavy Load, Early Europe, Silver Mountain and Glory.
The song "Last Man Standing" is the band's second single from the upcoming album. "Last man Standing" is probably the song from "Northern Steel" that flirts most with the band's older material. If you are a true listener to Neptunes older material, you might hear influences from songs like "Protector," "Enemies" and "Burglary Man." On the album, they have invited several of their friends to participate. On "Last Man Standing" you will find Stephen Carlson - (Brotthogg, Melodic Passion, The Rise, Tales) on solo guitar.
In collaboration with Melodic Passion Records and Sound Pollution, the single is now available on all digital platforms. The music video is available on the band's YouTube channel and this release is the countdown for a new major venture with Neptune which means an album release at the end of November and then enter the roads in 2021/2022. Northern Steel will be released on CD, black and green vinyl as well as digital on November 6th and will be distributed by Sound Pollution. More...
Eleine Posts New Music Video Online
Today Eleine is releasing the first single from their upcoming album "Dancing in Hell". The new video single is called "As I Breathe" and the band themselves describes it as follows.
"Whatever you're fighting through, we think you know by now that nothing is ever just laid out at your very feet. You have to earn everything through blood, sweat and perseverance. 'As I Breathe' is the reminder saying that whatever hell you're going through, you will be the one standing in the end."
Eleine releases their 3rd full-length album "Dancing In Hell" November 27, 2020, through Black Lodge Records on CD, LP, cassette, box set & digital. For the recording of the new album, Eleine returned once again to The Panic Room, the album is mixed and mastered by Thomas "Plec" Johansson.
With "Dancing In Hell," Eleine share stories of inner demons, strength and loss. This is Eleine’s most powerful album yet and sets a new standard within the symphonic metal genre with hard hitting, melodic and seductive metal that has become the renowned Eleine sound. More...
Interview
Serpent Omega Singer Reveals All About "II"
Looking at today's release schedule, there's so much to get excited for. While some of the bigger names may take centre stage though, one of the most interesting new outputs comes from Serpent Omega, a band which defies convention and labels by mixing sluge, black metal and crust punk to be... Well, Serpent Omega really.
It's been seven years since the release of their self-titled debut but finally the sophomore album is available. This week, I spoke with vocalist Urskogr about the record, why it took so long to come out, the artwork, the strange link between their music and Lars von Trier's, "Antichrist" and much more. You can listen to the interview in full below.
"II" is available to buy now at the band's official bandcamp More...
Steel Panther Premiere 'Black Metal' Video
A recently released "all-black metal" version of Steel Panther's "Let's Get High Tonight" music video can be streamed below. The original Frankie Nasso-directed version of the video was shared in April and showcased the band as a black metal band, a Spanish mariachi band, a boy band, a Baroque classical quartet, and a country/western band.
Spirit Adrift Premiere Black Sabbath Cover
Spirit Adrift premiere their take on Black Sabbath’s classic track "Supernaut". The cut is part of a full-album reimagining of Black Sabbath’s "Vol. 4" for Magnetic Eye Records, featuring tributes by Matt Pike, Haunt, The Obsessed, Thou, Zakk Sabbath, and more.
Check out now "Supernaut" below.
Explains vocalist/guitarist Nate Garrett: More...
Coexistence Premiere "Symbiosis of Creation"
Coexistence premiere a new song entitled "Symbiosis of Creation", taken from their upcoming new album "Collateral Dimension", which will be out in stores October 23, 2020 via Transcending Obscurity.
Check out now "Symbiosis of Creation" below.
Cro-Mags Premiere New Music Video "Between Wars"
Cro-Mags premiere a new official music video for their their track “Between Wars“. That song can be found on the group’s first new record in two decades “In The Beginning“, which was released this past June.
Comments singer/bassist Harley Flangan: More...
Killer Be Killed (Soulfly, Etc.) Premiere New Song
Killer Be Killed - featuring members of Max Cavalera (Soulfly), Greg Puciato (The Black Queen, ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan, Troy Sanders (Mastodon) and Ben Koller (Converge) - premiere a new single called “Deconstructing Self-Destruction“. It’s off of their impending second album titled “Reluctant Hero”, out in stores November 20 via Nuclear Blast.
That album's setlist will run as follows: More...
Napalm Death Premiere New Single
With Napalm Death‘s sixteenth studio full-length “Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism” approaching, the band premiere another new single titled “A Bellyful Of Salt And Spleen” off of it. The album itself will land in stores on September 18th.
In other news Napalm Death did have some bad news to announce for fans in the United States who pre-ordered the album on vinyl. A pressing plant malfunction has resulted in the vinyl copies of the release being pushed back to October 16th.
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