Assimilation Streaming "Apotheosis"

Vancouver's old school death/thrash outfit Assimilation just released a new EP entitled "Apotheosis," which is now available for streaming online or as a name-your-price download at this location. Find out why this Canadian group puts the Ass in Assimilation below!

For some reason the band also seems to want people to throw full diapers at live shows - so oblige them by finding out where Assimilation is playing live next via Facebook. The full "Apotheosis" track listing is as follows:

1. Apotheosis 04:53
2. Decapitated By Beasts 03:27
3. Idle No More 04:45
4. Personal Vendetta 02:49 More...

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Tantrum Releasing "Devirginized"

Originally launched as a limited self release from the band last year, Germany's Tantrum has now signed up with Inverse Records to officially release "Devirginized" digitally on September 25, 2015. Inverse Records also had this to say:

"Tantrum from Germany was born in 1998 by friends who joined to make music, but it broke apart in 2003 due to personal problems. In 2011 the unexpected happened, the rebirth of Tantrum. 2 founding members did’t want their instruments to rot on and so they searched in the darkest corners for new soldiers, and they found a session drummer and one for the vocals in a same year.

"After nearly 1.5 years the session drummer left the band to give the sticks to a younger one. The second guitar was yet used by the singer, but time goes by and the songs went diverse, so it was time to get another guitarist who was found in 2013. In 2014 the band conquered a studio to manifest the sounds of hell, since this day another plague was sent to earth… Tantrum."

The band also comments: "Listen metal heads, this is the first sign of Tantrum, for all of you who thought death 'n' thrash is dead, this will be the hammer to smash it out of your head . Full of rage and full of anger, 5 songs for the perfect armageddon. Because this is the first attack it will be called 'Devirginized.' So drink your beer and bang the shit out of your neck." More...

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Molllust Announces New Album

The German symphonic metal opera Molllust will drop second album "In Deep Waters" on September 25, featuring 75 minutes of brand new material in three different languages all produced by Disillusion mastermind Andy Schmidt.

To present this latest metal/classical symbiosis, Molllust will hit the road with Israeli band Orphaned Land in Europe. Dates are as follows:

25.09.2015 | Pratteln (CH) - Z7
26.09.2015 | Lille (FR) - La Peniche
27.09.2015 | Nantes (FR) - Le Ferrailleur
29.09.2015 | Bilbao (ES) - Stage Live
30.09.2015 | Madrid (ES) - Caracol
01.10.2015 | Lissabon (PT) - Cinema Sao Jorge
02.10.2015 | Sevilla (ES) - Custom
03.10.2015 | Granada (ES) - El Tren
04.10.2015 | Barcelona (ES) - Boveda
05.10.2015 | Aix-en-Provence (FR) - Le Korigen
06.10.2015 | Lyon (FR) - O'Totem
08.10.2015 | Lille (FR) - La Peniche
09.10.2015 | Manchester (UK) - Deaf Institute
10.10.2015 | London (UK) - St. John's Hackney
11.10.2015 | Paris (FR) - Le Zèbre de Belleville
13.10.2015 | Wörgl (AU) - Komma
14.10.2015 | Aschaffenburg (GER) - Colos-Saal
15.10.2015 | Bochum (GER) - Christuskirche
16.10.2015 | Hamburg (GER) - Johanneskirche
17.10.2015 | Andernach (GER) - JUZ Live Club
18.10.2015 | München (GER) - Hansa 39
19.10.2015 | Berlin (GER) - Lido
21.10.2015 | Budapest (HG) A38
22.10.2015 | Albignasego (IT) - Work in Progress
23.10.2015 | Rom (IT) - Traffic Live More...

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Khynn Streaming "Depersonalization"

Following the previous streams of "Tainted Impression" and then "Persona," French metallers Khynn just unleashed the third excerpt from upcoming full-length effort "Supersymmetry."

Check out this new track "Depersonalization" in the YouTube player below, which also features the album's newly unveiled artwork. "Supersymmetry" is currently being planned for an October drop date, with final info to be revealed shortly.

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Neoheresy Streaming New Songs

Following the "Talionis" album from back in April (still available for streaming here), Neoheresy is now wrapping up studio sessions for a new album titled "Potop."

Two new tracks from the album - "Preludium" and "Dar" - are now available for streaming below or over at Bandcamp here. An official release date for the album is still forthcoming. More...

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Bandit Releasing "Play Fast Or Die"

Bandit is a three-piece power violence act out of Wilmington, Delaware. Not one of the group's members is above the age of 20, yet you would never know it by the crushing sound and well-executed debut album.

"Play Fast Or Die" delivers both decimating PV, but also offers some well-executed grind and hardcore - pretty much, a blending of an album that smashes the control machine. The album is set to drop September 22 via Unholy Anarchy Records.

1. P.F.O.D.
2. Thrive
3. Introxoutroxfuckyou!
4. Live In Fear
5. Xtrendyx
6. To Cross The Line
7. You've Pushed Me Too Far
8. Perpetual Being
9. Die (death By Powerviolence)
10. Forever In A Daze
11. Hands On The Chopping Block-waste Away
12. Dismemberer
13. Where's Your Head?
14. That's Life
15. Not Today
16. Pig Roast
17. Hellmouth
18. Just Don't
19. Pain More...

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Nibiru Recruits New Drummer

Italian psychedelic sludge band Nibiru announces today the recruitment of new drummer L.C. Chertan (Origod). L.C. had this to say:

“Since the first time I listened to Nibiru I’ve been impressed by the huge emotional and spiritual blast they are able to create. When they asked me to join the band, I agreed in order to improve as a drummer, confronting myself with a very different style from my post-hardcore band Origod. Thanks to Nibiru, I can emotionally express the deepest and darkest side of myself."

Vocalist/guitarist Ardath adds: "L.C. Chertan from Origod officially joins Nibiru. It’s not easy to find a bond with our music and three ‘outside the box’ people like us, but L.C. Chertan made it. After just a few rehearsals we have found what we were looking for: more power and relentless energy also on stage, as we have some important live shows to be announced soon. Siatris will support me as guitarist and vocalist, just like he did during ‘Padmalotus’ recording sessions. Nibiru will show no mercy."

The band's album, "Padmalotus," was released via Argonauta Records on May 18, 2015 and can be heard below. More...

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Sunday Old School: Korn

It was going to happen eventually. Nu metal, or at least what most people refer to as "nu metal," is being covered in Sunday Old School. Somewhat surprisingly though, it's definitely been around long enough to be featured in the column and despite the criticism the genre still gets, there's no denying it was a big part of the late nineties and early 2000s, providing plenty of gateway bands that led young rockers to "true metal." Today, we'll be looking at one of the most successful bands of the era, who many people credit with inventing the style, Bakersfield, California's own, Korn.

Korn began life in 1993, forming from the ashes of the bands L.A.P.D., which featured guitarist James Schaffer, drummer David Silveria and bassist Reginand Arvizu, and who released two albums before breaking up. The three aforementioned members decided to continue working together and recruited a second guitarist, Brian Welch and eventually a singer named Jonathan Davis, who only joined the group after consulting a psychic. That same year, the band released a demo album, "Neidermayer's Mind," which wasn't received particularly well by many listeners or critics, but nonetheless, seemed to attract enough interest to earn them support slots for House of Pain and Biohazard. More...

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Into Darkness Premieres Two New Songs

German death metal veterans of Into Darkness premiere two new songs taken from the upcoming album "Sinister Demise", which will be released on September 11 via Rising Nemesis Records, with additional distribution by Sevared Records.

Check out first the lyric video for the album’s second track "Left Behind" and afterwards the premiere of the album’s third track "Throne Of A Thousand Miseries" after the jump.

Listen to "Throne Of A Thousand Miseries" now below: More...

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