Metal News for September 8, 2016
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Serpent Crown Streams "Incantations Of Vengeance"
"Incantations Of Vengeance" is the forthcoming new full-length album from Oakland's sludge thrashers Serpent Crown.
Set for self-release this Friday on limited-edition cassette, the record's six punishing tracks were captured at Green Dot Studios by Snake Green and feature Tommy Anderson on bass and Rob Ruiz (Psychosomatic) on drums. The band has since recruited Chris "Woz" Wozniak from Lair Of The Minotaur as full-time drummer.
In advance of its release, today the record comes online in full. Issues guitarist/vocalist Dara Santhai: "'Incantations Of Vengeance' takes you on a passage into the frailty and elemental depravity of the humanity condition, sorcery, and journeys beyond the realm of death... Offering a dynamic array of songs that volley between dark, doom laden material, and vigorous thrash, with the occasional homage to traditional heavy metal, Incantations Of Vengeance creates a diverse musical landscape."
In conjunction with the release of the record, Serpent Crown will bring these odes of enmity to the stage on a mini Northwest live takeover, with additional performances to be announced in the weeks to come.
9/14/2016 Old Nick's Pub - Eugene, OR
9/15/2016 Highwater Mark Lounge - Portland, OR
9/16/2016 The Obsidian - Olympia, WA
9/17/2016 Funky Winkerbeans - Vancouver, BC
9/18/2016 Victory Lounge - Seattle, WA More...
Mauricio Chamucero Posts New Video
Veteran Colombian metal drummer Mauricio Chamucero (Savage Messiah) has just released a new drumming video that features guitars from Jorge Burbano. The "Awareness" track is a skeletal version of a song that will be released with a full band - also titled The Awareness - on an upcoming EP.
Originally from Colombia, Mauricio now lives in the United Kingdom and has worked with many well-established power and traditional metal bands including Dragonforce, Savage Messiah, Blaze Bayley, and Rogue Male. He is also a full member of The Bounded. More...
Your Chance To Die Signs Record Deal
EMP Underground, the extreme metal imprint of Megadeth bassist David Ellefson’s EMP Label Group, has announced the signing of dual vocalist death metal band Your Chance To Die (featuring in its ranks ex-Cerebral Bore vocalist Som Plujimers).
Your Chance To Die will release a debut EMP album "Ex-Nihilo" in the spring of 2017. Founded by original members Coca (guitars) and Missi Avila (vocals), YCTD now includes musicians Ron Dalton and Coca Avila (guitars), Thomas White (drums), and second vocalist Som Pluijmers formerly of Cerebral Bore (vocals).
With the current line-up solidified, the band has progressed into a melodic death metal machine; complete with symphonic elements, and featuring the dual vocal assault of Missi and Som.
On signing to EMP Underground, Missi Avila and Som Pluijmers comment: "Your Chance To Die is honored to be a part of the EMP label group family. We are very excited about our future with EMP, the new record that we have written, and are very thankful for this amazing team we now have behind us. We have worked very hard on our new songs…to become a new band…with different, new, music…and now a great label. We are very excited to have finally have a team that believes in us to release the new album."
EMP’s A&R Director and Operations Manager Thom Hazaert says, “We are beyond thrilled to welcome YCTD into the EMP Family. They truly are bringing something new and interesting to the Extreme-Metal table, and we’re very excited that we’re able to partner with them to bring it to the World. Obviously, many in the extreme Metal World are familiar with Som’s amazing work in Cerebral Bore, and I am confident soon YCTD will be a household name in that regard as well.”
YCTD has released 2 full-length records (Suscitacio Somnus 2011; The Americ More...
Armored Saint Releasing Live Album
Having toured with Metallica, Whitesnake, Alice Cooper, The Scorpions, and many other artists since the band's inception in the early 80s, Armored Saint has always been a highly regarded live act - not only in hometown of Los Angeles, but also around the world.
The only official release to capture this, however, is 1989's live album "Saints Will Conquer" - until now. After reforming with the band's original line-up in 1999 and releasing subsequent albums, "La Raza" (2010) and "Win Hands Down" (2015), Armored Saint has been delivering heavy metal mastery around the globe.
Of all of these performances, the band recorded a 2015 Wacken festival set as well as a headlining show in Aschaffenburg, Germany, with the intention of giving fans another live release that holds up to "Saints Will Conquer."
In conjunction with PledgeMusic, this special live album is now available in various formats and bundles, with every pledge receiving a digital download of the tracks, plus exclusive behind-the-scenes content (including footage from Wacken 2015, plus 2016's Ozzfest and Queensryche appearances, and more). More...
Fallen Arise Recruits Fiona Creaby
After recruiting new male vocalist Vlasis Katsaounis last month, Athens-based symphonic metal band Fallen Arise also now reveals a new female singer in the group's ranks: Fiona Creaby.
Fallen Arise comments: "We would like to announce that Spyla is no longer with us, she decided to follow other activities and we wish her all the best! Our new singer is Fiona Creaby from the United Kingdom, singer also of Apparition."
The band now consists of:
Fiona Creaby – vocals
Gus – keyboards
Rudy R. Rallis - bass
Frangiskos K. - guitar
Thanos – drums
Vlassis K. - male vocals More...
Naberus Unveils New Album
Australia’s Naberus today reveals the cover artwork and details for new full-length album, "The Lost Reveries." The album was produced by Ermin Hamidovic (Periphery), and is set for a December 2nd, 2016 release date through Eclipse Records.
"The Lost Reveries" contains five brand new songs, in addition to re-mastered versions of nine songs from the band's previous independent releases. The track listing is available below, along with a video for the "Cohesion" track.
1. Drones
2. Unmasked
3. Close Your Eyes
4. Embers
5. Torch the Sky
6. Vultures
7. Voices
8. The Fallen
9. Darkest Day
10. Gallows
11. Dirge for Sanity
12. Walk the Streets
13. Cohesion
14. Reveries More...
Hellbros Covers "Ace Of Spades"
Ottawa, ON's loud, wild and heavy rock n'rollers from Hellbros have posted a new live video covering Motorhead's classic track "Ace of Spades." The video was filmed during a performance at Moose McGuire's in Ottawa.
Guitarist Peter Jurt comments: "We've been playing 'Ace of Spades' for years and Motorhead has always been a big influence on our band. In 2014, we took a band trip and had a chance to rub shoulders with them on Motorhead's Motorboat cruise that ran through the Gulf of Mexico. A good time we will never forget! So this is our Tribute to Lemmy, the baddest ass motherfucker in rock n roll."
Hellbros recently returned from a first European tour with shows in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands and will be heading back into the studio this fall to record a new album entitled "Take The Animal." More...
Kambodsja Streaming New Song
The Norwegian post-hardcore experimentalists from Kambodsja just shared a new song from their forthcoming fourth album “Stranger” - check out "Jaws" below.
Produced by Øyvind R. Gundersen, engineered and mixed by Christian G. Engfelt, and mastered by Greg Calbi, “Stranger” follows the band’s 2012 album “Year One” and is set for release on September 16th via Mas-Kina Recordings. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Guillotine
2. Jaws
3. Sin And Bones
4. Neumunster
5. Name Among Dead (watch the video here)
6. Vomit Chunks
7. Eyes Ahead
8. Stranger
9. Curses More...
Scythia Announces North American Tour
Canadian folklore metal group Scythia recently released newest full-length offering, "Lineage" and today, the band is pleased to announce an upcoming conquest of North America.
The trek begins on October 26 in Regina, SK and hits several major U.S. and Canadian cities, coming to a close on November 19 in Edmonton, AB.
Scythia guitarist and vocalist Dave Khan states, "We are very excited for this upcoming tour. A lot of the bands we're playing with fit right into the mood of Scythia's music. It's gonna be a lot of fun, especially since we are hitting the road over Halloween! Scythia loves touring in the US and 2016 sees more dates south of the border than the last two years!" More...
Ominous Eclipse Posts Guitar Playthrough
Forging death metal with elements of thrash, groove, black, and melodic tones, Ottawa, ON's hybrid force Ominous Eclipse has release a new guitar playthrough video for "Pestilence," a track taken off 2015 debut album "End of Days."
Vocalist / guitarist Graham Murphy comments on video: "With our upcoming show date as local support for Arkona on Sept 22nd, we wanted to give fans a little taste of our shredding skills."
Ominous Eclipse will be opening for Russian pagan folk metal band Arkona on September 22nd at Mavericks in Ottawa, ON alongside Montreal folk metallers Valfreya and locals Damnus. More...
Khemmis Opens "Three Gates"
Denver-based doom metal legion Khemmis has unveiled the new single "Three Gates," culled from incoming second LP, "Hunted," which will see release through 20 Buck Spin on October 21st.
Using the same team as with the band's lauded "Absolution" debut, "Hunted" was recorded at Flatline Audio with Dave Otero (Cobalt, Nightbringer, Cephalic Carnage) and features artwork by Sam Turner (3 Inches Of Blood, Black Breath, TRVE Brewing). Catch the band live:
10/23/2016 Club Congress - Tucson, AZ @ Southwest Terror Fest w/ Saint Vitus, The Skull
1/13/2017 Reggies - Chicago, IL
1/14/2017 Saint Vitus Bar - Brooklyn, NY w/ Crypt Sermon More...
Cries Of The Captive Reveals New Album
More ready now than ever before, Cries of The Captive is poised to take the music industry in full force entering the band's third year of existence. The group has signed to Imminence Records and will release label debut "Totalitarian" on September 23rd. The track listing is as follows:
1. Grief
2. Closed Casketk
3. Totalitarian
4. Dead Zone
5. Gaptooth
6. Cataclysm
7. Collapse
8. Abomination
9. Dissolution More...
Tutti I Colori Del Buio Announces New Album
"Initiation Into Nothingness," the first full-length release by Italian outfit Tutti I Colori Del Buio, will see release through Bare Teeth Records on October 8th, with the album's artwork, track listing, and first public audio sample now available to the public.
Tutti I Colori Del Buio began at the end of 2013 in Turin, Italy, from four friends previously involved in such bands as Marmore, Last Minute To Jaffna, and Magdalene. Containing tracks written in their first two years as a band, new album "Initiation Into Nothingness" as well as the band's moniker (translated to All The Colors Of The Dark in English) are a clear tribute to the 1972 movie directed by Sergio Martino.
These eleven tracks on the record are all about their love for 1980s and '90s hardcore punk, Black Sabbath records, horror movies, sonic violence, and high BPM delivery.
1. Three Times Denied Means Fuck You
2. Stop Your Fun With A Bullet
3. REM vs. NRA
4. Painkiller
5. Wet Dreams Of Dry Drinks
6. Tutti I Colori Del Buio
7. The Crab's Failure
8. More Than Sartre, Less Than Allin
9. At War With A Machete
10. Holiday In Mongolia
11. To The End Of The Night More...
Matricide To Enter The Studio
The Israeli metal unit Matricide recently joined the ranks of the Extreme Management Group roster. In addition to the recent partnering, Matricide has announced that the band will be entering the studio to record a forthcoming EP and follow-up to "When Random Turns To Fate" (Kame'a Music).
More details will be released regarding the upcoming album later this year. The group also comments: "Matricide is happy to announce we'll be joining forces with Extreme Management Group! EMG is home to some big names and great bands such as Suffocation, Broken Hope, Atheist, Threat Signal and Into Eternity. This partnership is a great opportunity to take Matricide to new heights and spread our music further." More...
Visigoth Announces October Shows
This October, Salt Lake City's Visigoth will embark on a headlining west coast trek, which culminates at the "Frost & Fire Festival" in Ventura, CA.
Dubbed the "Warstorms Over Western Shores" tour, fans can expect "real-deal old-school goods with power and swagger to spare" (Revolver Magazine) from the heavy metal quintet. Dates are as follows:
Oct. 1 - Boise, ID - The Shredder
Oct. 2 - Seattle, WA - Highline
Oct. 3 - Portland, OR - Panic Room
Oct. 4 - Eugene, OR - The Wandering Goat
Oct. 5 - San Francisco, CA - Elbo Room
Oct. 6 - Los Osos, CA - Sweet Springs Saloon
Oct. 8 - Ventura, CA - Frost & Fire Festival More...
Allegaeon To Host Live Chat Tonight
In support of new album "Proponent for Sentience," Allegaeon will head out on the road with Max & Iggor Cavalera Return To Roots, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Combichrist for a North American trek that kicks off next week.
Fans can join Allegaeon tonight (September 8th) for a pre-tour live stream chat about these upcoming shows - head over to this location at 7PM EST//4PM PST and ask the band anything! See below for all dates. More...
Devilment Reveals New Album
Devilment - led by vehement frontman Dani Filth - is incredibly pleased to announce "Devilment II: The Mephisto Waltzes" be released by Nuclear Blast Entertainment on the 18th of November, 2016.
Dani had this to say on the subject of the new record: “Everybody in Devilment is very excited about the prospect of releasing our latest album, ‘II – The Mephisto Waltzes’, which we have worked extremely hard on. The album is definitely a step-up from our debut, featuring a more mature, dissonant presence coupled with a darker edge, yet at the same time utilising our better musical assets to deliver a unique metal hybrid. I don't even know what to classify it!”
Assisted by long-time collaborators Lauren Francis (keys and vocals), Colin Parks (guitar), Nick Johnson (bass) and new drummer Matt Alston, Dani has arrived at the telling moment where Devilment becomes a genuine force to be reckoned with.
Regarding the album’s artwork, Dani revealed: “Winner of many international awards, the artist for the new Devilment album is Elena Vizerskayaaka Kassandra, whose photography and photo-manipulation perfectly complements the mysterious and magickal world of Devilment. Elena's work is sometimes compared to Dali and Magritte due to the complexity of artistic figures and the perceptible amount of layers, something to be felt and not necessarily understood, exotic dreams filled with reflections and allusion.
"I have been a fan of Elena's work for a long while now and had originally wanted to utilize it for the Cradle Of Filth album, 'The Manticore And Other Horrors' as far back as 2011, which only fell through when band politics intervened and an in-house label artist was used instead. More...
Psychostick Asks: Are Boobs Advertiser Friendly?
For those not in the loop on the YouTube situation, the site has started banning certain videos from being monetized with ads for not being "advertiser friendly" over a variety of reasons, from violence to near-nudity.
While debate rages on as to how this "non-advertiser friendly" tag seems to be disproportionately applied only to smaller YouTube channels and not to the biggest ones, our favorite comedy metal group Psychostick ran afoul of the practice with the "Because Boobs" video. The band comments:
"Because Boobs isn't very advertiser friendly, so YouTube says it shouldn't be monetized. Advertisers never use boobs to sell things. Just ask Carl's JR. ...or Hardee's depending on your location. #MeatEmbrace This is a parody video, we're aware of YT's guidelines reguarding tags, etc and accept the decree of our internet overlords."
Bauda Releases "Sporelights" Documentary
Chilean group Bauda has released a new video clip documenting the creation of latest album "Sporelights" (reviewed here). The footage was directed by César Márquez and is available below. In related news, Bauda also recently parted ways with bassist Juan Díaz - read the full statement here.
Poison Headache Posts "Rot With Me" Video
Last month, San Diego metallic-hardcore trio Poison Headache played the band's first live shows, appearing at the Brick by Brick (San Diego, CA) and Chain Reaction (Anaheim, CA) with Rotten Sound.
For fans that missed these two special dates, footage from the Chain Reaction performance is now online. Check out "Rot With Me" below. Poison Headache has now announced additional live shows for fall 2016, supporting Killswitch Engage and Noisem in San Diego, CA.
Sept. 14 - San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick w/ Noisem
Oct. 13 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues w/ Killswitch Engage More...
Katatonia Releases "Shifts" Video
Anders Nyström of Swedish gloom kings Katatonia just issued the following announcement about releasing a new video:
"Ahead of our upcoming European tour we are proud to reveal a new music video for ‘Shifts’, directed by Lasse Hoile. As the music for this song unfolded it took off in a different direction from usually what we do.
"Driven by its gentle, lush and shimmering rendition of melancholy it would take you for a waltz daydreaming of the past, longing for the happiest times of your life, only to find that when the dance is over, emptiness has filled another chamber of your heart. Both Jonas and Lasse enhanced these ideas into beautifully told lyrics and a simple, but very touching video."
The "Shifts" track is taken off latest full-length album "The Fall Of Hearts," which is still available for streaming in full here. More...
Aborym Unveils Album Details
Italy's industrial/electro metallers Aborym today revealed an impressive list of names behind upcoming seventh album, "Shifting.negative" (including Sin Quirin of Ministry and Guido Elmi of Vasco Rossi fame). The band has also unveiled the full track ilst and cover, made by French artist David Cragne (Asymetric Entity).
The new album was engineered by Emiliano Natali (Fear No One Studios), Teo Pizzolante (Braingasm Lab) and Luciano Lamanna (Subsound Studios). In the near future it will be mixed and mastered by Grammy-award winning Marc Urselli at Eastside Sound Studios (Lou Reed, John Zorn, Mike Patton) in New York.
Guido Elmi has been revealed as the post-production sound supervisor behind "Shifting.negative". Band mastermind Fabban commented:
"We are working with a real professional, a true legend, probably our biggest fan and a great friend. Please join us in welcoming mr. Guido Elmi. No need to say Guido is Vasco Rossi’s producer & manager over the past 30 years and he has worked as producer with dozens of artists including Stadio, Skiantos, Gaznevada, Steve Rogers Band, Clara & Black Cars and many others. Today he's also a singer and songwriter."
"Shifting.negative" was recorded in the following line-up: founder Fabban on programming, modulars, synth and vocals, multi-instrumentalist Dan V on guitars and bass, Davide Tiso (Nio, Gospel of the Witches, ex-Ephel Duath) on guitars, and Stefano Angiulli behind synths and keyboards. Aborym's ranks also include a long time associate RG Narchost, who's a live musician for the band.
The album will drop via Agonia Records, with a release date still being nailed down. More...
Headline News
Abiotic Calling It Quits
Technical and progressive death metal unit Abiotic has broken up, with band guitarist John Matos offering:
"To the fans that we’ve been lucky enough to call friends over the years, It is with a heavy heart that I’m reaching out to you today. Less than a month from our debut album 'Symbiosis' 4th anniversary and after much thought and discussion the band has decided to mutually part ways.
"First off, thank you. Thank you person reading this, because you were in some way shape or form, a reason that we all got to do what we love for the last 5 years. Whether playing for 10 people or 1,000, getting the opportunity to meet all of you and play metal for you all has been one of the greatest joys of my life.
"I never thought in a million years that Abiotic would have gotten as far as we did or that our music would reach and impact as many people as it did. That is thanks to all of the amazing people that supported us. More...
Decomposed Premieres New Song "Drenched in Wounds"
Sweden’s death metal outfit Decomposed premieres a new song entitled "Drenched in Wounds", taken from the upcoming new album "Wither", which will be out in stores through Chaos Records on October 3rd, 2016.
Check out now "Drenched in Wounds" below.
Black Veil Brides Premieres New Song & Clip
Black Veil Brides premieres a new song and guitar playthrough video entitled "Pulverizer". Guitarists Jinxx and Jake Pitts run through this previously unreleased track exclusively for EMGtv.
Check out now "Pulverizer" below.
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