Ventura, California-based technical death metal unit, Inherit Disease, will release their third full-length on April 8th via Unique Leader Records. Titled Ephemeral, the follow-up to 2010's seminal Visceral Transcendence was tracked at Seahorse Sound Studios by Samur Khouja (Condemned, Arkaik, Flesh Consumed) and will feature mixing/mastering by Sasha Borovykh (Epicardiectomy, Cerebral Effusion) from Tsun Tsun Productions. Once again adorned with the stunningly disturbing cover creation of Yang Guang, Ephemeral will explore the realms of our dark future.

Ephemeral tracklisting:
 
"Spiritual Paralysis"
"Mutant 2.0"
"Divergence"
"Synaptic Reanimation"
"Ephemeral Morality"
"Binary Alchemy"
"Neotroglodyte"
"Pixelated Hallucinations"
"Digested By Invertebrates"
"Lord Cyborg"
"Drone"

Forged in 2002, Inherit Disease have spent the last 13 years perfecting their style of straight forward, yet original, innovative brutal death metal. Various lineup changes over the years have attributed to the band's artistic growth, though the band solidified their cast adding second guitarist Tom Wilson in 2012 to promote more diverse song writing structures and to enhance the intensity of their live shows.



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Australian metallers AVERSIONS CROWN have released a new song in support of their current U.K. tour. The track is named after the primordial deity who personifies darkness, Erebus, and is accompanied by a visualizer/lyric video, which can be seen below.

"'Erebus' is the first taste of what's to come from AVERSIONS CROWN in 2016," comments guitarist Chris Cougan. "We've written over 20 songs for our next record, we're really excited about Mark's vocals, he is killing it. We couldn't wait to share some of it with you so head bang to 'Erebus' and we'll see you on the road soon with more new music!"

"Erebus", which will be made available to purchase digitally through iTunes starting February 5, will appear on AVERSIONS CROWN's next monstrous slab of brutality, which they will begin tracking this month.

AVERSIONS CROWN has been touring the U.K. with RINGS OF SATURN and A NIGHT IN TEXAS. They wrap up the tour tonight in London at Boston Music Room.

AVERSIONS CROWN's latest album, "Tyrant", was released in November 2014 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Formed in 2010 in Queensland's Brisbane, the same sunny stretch of Australian coastline that is responsible for launching the careers of PORTAL and THE AMITY AFFLICTION, AVERSIONS CROWN developed its pummeling blend of mechanized brutality and haunting atmospherics by utilizing three guitarists brandishing eight-string guitars.

Finnish gothic metallers THE 69 EYES will release their eleventh album, "Universal Monsters", on April 22 via Nuclear Blast. The CD was recorded with producer Johnny Lee Michaels at his Helsinki-based Bat Cave Studios.

The video for the first single from "Universal Monsters", a song called "Jet Fighter Plane", can be seen below. The clip was directed by Ville Juurikkala, who has previously worked with NIGHTWISH, AMORPHIS and MICHAEL MONROE. Juurikkala also created the "Universal Monsters" cover artwork, which portrays THE 69 EYES members in movie monster lighting, showing them as classic and timeless creatures.

Says THE 69 EYES vocalist Jyrki: "The covers are planned and designed as an old-school CD covers. Remember when the booklets used to be as exciting as the album itself?! It will actually have five different covers being such a folder — each member of the band can be used as a cover creature of their own.

"Ville has really succeeded in capturing the classic movie vibe for the shots without any special make-up or photo shopping.

"THE 69 EYES are the universal rock 'n' roll monsters — not so many of us left anymore. So from real fans, I wish they would get the actual CD in their hands to get the full album treatment as we have planned it to be experienced!"

"Universal Monsters" track listing:

01. Dolce Vita02. Jet Fighter Plane03. Blackbird Pie04. Lady Darkness05. Stiv & Johnny06. Never07. Miss Pastis08. Jerusalem09. Shallow Graves10. Rock 'N' Roll Junkie11. Blue

The first making-of "Universal Monsters" teaser trailer takes fans into the beginning of the album's recording sessions with producer Johnny Lee Michaels and drummer Jussi 69 in nighttime Helsinki.

Regarding "Jet Fighter Plane", Jyrki said: "The song has a dark early '80s kind of vibe. I wrote the lyrics those Cold War-era times in my mind. Strangely, the world has totally returned into those dark days again after recording the song."

He added: "It's been some 15 years since we recorded 'Blessed Be' and 'Paris Kills' albums with producer Johnny Lee Michaels here in Helsinki. You can consider 'Universal Monsters' as a follow-up to those records. Nobody makes this kind of music anymore."

Boston’s InAeona have unveiled the music video for their emotionally impactful single "Soldier”, taken from their debut full-length Force Rise The Sun. Watch it below:

InAeona will embark on a headlining winter run starting tomorrow (January 15th) in Richmond, VA. New dates have recently been added, so check the full listing below.

Tour dates:

January
15 - Richmond, VA - Strange Matter
16 - Raleigh, NC - Slims
19 - Orlando, FL - Bombshells
20 - St, Petersburg, FL - The Amsterdam
22 - Augusta, GA - The Iron Heights
23 - Knoxville, TN - The Concourse
27 - Rock Island, IL - Rozz - Tox
28 - Madison, WI - The Frequency
29 - Chicago, IL - Live Wire
30 - Indianapolis, IN - 5th Quarter

February
1 - Akron, OH - Annabell’s Lounge
4 - Baltimore, MD - The Depot
5 - Philadelphia, PA - The Shred Shed
6 - Brooklyn, NY - ABC No Rio (early show)
6 - Long Island, NY - Amityville Music Hall



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German power metallers Brainstorm will release their new album, Scary Creatures, on January 15th in Europe, and on February 5th in North America. A six-minute audio montage has been made available featuring pieces of each of the ten songs that appear on Scary Creatures.

The band continues where they left off one and a half years ago with the previous release, and also mix and mastering was once again handled by Achim Koehler. But right away you feel that Scary Creatures is just that notch better than Firesoul; more anthemic, heavy and all musicians plus vocalist Andy B. Franck delivering to the max. Starting with the infectious opening track “The World To See” (which will also be the album’s first single and video clip), Brainstorm once again prove why they are one of the most popular and respected metal acts in the European scene. The band will embark on European tour in February 2016, followed by many festivals around the world in the summer.

Vocalist Andy B. Franck states: "Scary Creatures is a very emotional, an almost personal, album. All songs reflect the events and feelings of the past months, which made the music incredibly intense. To me, Scary Creatures is the logical successor to 2014's Firesoul and perfectly bridges to Brainstorm 2016. Also for the first time we achieved that many of the band members' children were integrated into several songs. It's another reason why the new album is very valuable and unique to us. Add to this the rough lyrical concept dealing with severals atrocities all over the world in the past centuries, Scary Creatures turned out to become an impressive metal album we all are proud of."

Tracklisting:

"The World To See"
"How Much Can You Take"
"We Are..."
"Where Angels Dream"
"Scary Creatures"
"Twisted Ways"
"Caressed By The Blackness"
"Scars In Your Eyes"
"Take Me To The Never"
"Sky Among The Clouds"
 
Bonus track on ltd. Digipak:
"Lift Your Eyes To See"
 
+ Bonus Live DVD
(incl. "The World To See" video clip and live concert Essen 2014 (performing the entire Firesoul album plus many more songs)

"We Are..." lyric video:

"The World To See" video:

 

 

 



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Swedish goth metallers, Beseech, will release a new album, My Darkness, Darkness, on March 4th. The album track “The Shimmering” is streaming below.

My Darkness, Darkness tracklisting:

“Beating Pulse”
“The Shimmering”
“Bloodline”
“Highwayman”
“Mr Uninvited”
“My Darkness”
“Atmosphere”
“Ingredients”
“One Last Call”
“Darksome”
“The Symbol”

“The Shimmering”:

"Highwayman" video:

 



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Five years after an acclaimed Los Asesinos del Sur, Polish death black metal barbarians from Stillborn attack with a refreshed lineup, presenting a new full-length Testimonio de Bautismo. When others hide behind the veil of hypocrisy and conformism, they return to spread the truth and spit venom.

Seven new, furious, vicious and blasphemous hymns. In addition, a cover of Sodom and an instrumental march toward death. Thirty-three minutes of pure death black metal madness. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered in May 2015 with the help of sound engineer Ataman Tolovy (ex-Stillborn member).
 
Testimonio de Bautismo will be released in late February as a regular CD / Ltd. CD via Godz Ov War Productions. Full tracklisting and cover art to be unveiled soon. For now, the band has posted a first single off the new album called "Ancykryst", listen via the YouTube clip below.

 



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Prosthetic Records has announced the addition of Arizona-based doom outfit, Sprit Adrift, to its ever-growing roster. Formed in 2015, Sprit Adrift immediately started writing and recording their debut EP Behind - Beyond, which Prosthetic will release worldwide on February 26th.  

Described by the band as "vital excercises in meditation and catharsis born out of necessity, not desire," the 28-minute EP presents listeners with a psychedelic expanse encompassed across two profoundly heavy, dynamically captivating tracks influenced by riff legends including Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy and Neurosis. A lengthy preview of the first track, "Specter Of Ruin”, can heard in a new teaser clip streaming below.

Sprit Adrift are intent upon carving their own path in the realm of heavy music. Special live performances and a full-length album loom on the horizon.

Tracklisting:

“Specter Of Ruin”
“Perpetual Passage”
 
Teaser:



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Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON recorded their concerts at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany and at their hometown festival Sabaton Open Air in Falun for an upcoming live DVD/CD package called "Heroes On Tour". Due on March 4 via Nuclear Blast, the set will contain two DVDs and a CD. The second DVD will feature two switchable viewing angles: live and studio.

SABATON bassist Pär Sundström commented: "We have always aimed to be a band people love to see live, for the simple reason we love to play live. With this DVD/Blu-ray release, we hope to share some of that feeling with you. We recorded two shows in case one is not enough for you!"

"Heroes On Tour" track listing:

DVD/Blu-ray 1

01. Final Countdown02. The March To War03. Ghost Division04. To Hell And Back05. Carolus Rex06. No Bullets Fly07. Resist And Bite08. Far From The Fame09. Panzerkampf10. Gott Mit Uns11. The Art Of War12. Soldier Of 3 Armies13. Swedish Pagans14. Screaming Eagles15. Night Witches16. Primo Victoria17. Metal Crüe

Bonus material:

- Noch ein Bier- SABATON With Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague

01. The Art Of War02. The Final Solution

DVD/Blu-ray 2

01. Final Countdown02. The March To War03. Ghost Division 04. To Hell And Back05. Carolus Rex06. Panzer Battalion07. Wolfpack08. Attero Dominatus09. 773410. Union11. The Art Of War12. Saboteurs13. Coat Of Arms14. En Livstid I Krig15. Resist And Bite16. Swedish Pagans17. Night Witches18. Primo Victoria19. Metal Crüe

CD

01. The March To War02. Ghost Division03. To Hell And Back04. Carolus Rex05. No Bullets Fly06. Resist And Bite07. Far From The Fame08. Panzerkampf09. Gott Mit Uns10. The Art Of War11. Soldier Of 3 Armies12. Swedish Pagans13. Screaming Eagles14. Night Witches15. Primo Victoria16. Metal Crüe

A performance clip of the song "Resist And Bite", filmed at Wacken Open Air, can be seen below.

SABATON released a special, three-disc limited-edition deluxe version of its 2014 album, "Heroes", in the U.S. and Canada on April 7 via Nuclear Blast. Limited to 5,000 copies, this deluxe edition includes two discs of live audio recorded on the 2014 Sabaton Cruise in addition to the original ten "Heroes" album tracks. Released on May 16, 2014 via Nuclear Blast Records, the "Heroes" cover artwork was created by Péter Sallai. A number of bonus tracks were made available, including cover versions of songs originally written and recorded by METALLICA, BATTLE BEAST and RAUBTIER.

"Heroes" was tracked at The Abyss, the recording studio in Pärlby outside Ludvika, Sweden owned and operated by record producer and musician Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN).

Legendary grindcore act REPULSION paid tribute to iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister by playing the MOTÖRHEAD song "The Hammer" during their January 9 concert at the Show Your Scars Festival in Los Angeles, California. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below.

Formed in the mid-1980s in Flint, Michigan, REPULSION is an early grindcore/death metal band. The group's material enjoyed modest, albeit posthumous, exposure when U.K. grindcore pioneers CARCASS distributed a REPULSION compilation titled "Horrified" on their own Necrosis Records label; a subsidiary of Earache Records. With interest in REPULSION rekindled, the band decided to reform in 1990.

REPULSION recorded two self-financed demos in 1991: "Rebirth" and "Final Demo". Later that year they released a single on Relapse entitled "Excruciation" before breaking up again in 1993. Carlson went on to play in CATHEDRAL while the rest of the band pursued short-lived projects or simply returned to everyday life. Relapse re-released "Horrified" again in 2003, drawing attention to REPULSION once more, and prompting the band to resume performing live. In 2004 REPULSION also released a live DVD.

In 2008, REPULSION opened for Swedish metallers AT THE GATES on their "Suicidal Final Tour" in California, along with DARKEST HOUR and MUNICIPAL WASTE.

Various bands have recorded covers of REPULSION songs, including NAPALM DEATH, IMPALED and ENTOMBED.

Video footage of former MORBID ANGEL vocalist and bassist David Vincent performing a country song he wrote, "Buyer Beware", on January 9 at the White Horse Saloon in Austin, Texas can be seen below. Playing guitar in the clip is Danny B. Harvey (HEADCAT, THE 69 CATS).

Vincent issued a statement last June confirming that he was no longer working with MORBID ANGEL guitarist Trey Azagthoth. He said: "Trey and I have accomplished amazing things together over the past 30 years and I wish him the best with his future projects. Out of respect for the legacy of these accomplishments, I encourage MORBID ANGEL fans to not take sides, because I am not." He added: "I look forward to sharing my new endeavors with all of you in the near future. Until then, stay Morbid!"

Azagthoth announced on June 15, 2015 that MORBID ANGEL had reunited with Steve Tucker and that they were working on material for the band's next record. Later that same day, Vincent, who rejoined MORBID ANGEL in 2004 after first parting ways with the band in 1996, issued a statement of his own claiming that he had not left the group and had not been asked to do so. Also on June 15, drummer Tim Yeung confirmed his exit from MORBID ANGEL, explaining in a statement: "There have been some lineup changes with MORBID ANGEL. Unfortunately, due to financial differences, I will not be continuing with [the band]… I wish Trey and MORBID ANGEL all the best. As for myself, I'm always up for the next opportunity life throws my way."

On June 18, 2015, Norwegian guitarist Destructhor (a.k.a. Thor Anders Myhren) announced that he had officially left MORBID ANGEL "due to issues of them wanting to work with someone more local." He added that this was "actually pretty good news to me, since I personally decided to leave MORBID ANGEL after the last tour we did in Europe in November/December 2014. It is definitely time for me to move on with the Norwegian extreme act MYRKSKOG. This is where I truly belong and exciting things are happening!"

MORBID ANGEL's controversial 2011 album, "Illud Divinum Insanus", which incorporated industrial and electronic elements into the band's traditional death metal sound, marked the group's first CD to feature Vincent since 1995's "Domination".

THE WINERY DOGS' previously unreleased cover version of David Bowie's "Moonage Daydream" can be streamed in the YouTube clip below.

Says the band: "We were saving this for bonus content down the line but decided to share this now with our fans in honor of our hero David Bowie."

THE WINERY DOGS is the power trio featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB), legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH) and guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON).

Portnoy paid tribute to Bowie by saying: "Just thinking of all the ways David Bowie's music affected my life for the past 45 years when I began listening to him. I loved the song 'Memory Of A Free Festival' when my dad introduced me to it when it was released; I was about three years old.

"'The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars' to this day is still in my top five albums of all time (along with [THE BEATLES'] 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', [THE WHO's] 'Tommy', [PINK FLOYD's] 'The Wall' and [Elton John's] 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'). An absolute masterpiece from the opening of 'Five Years' to the closing of 'Rock 'N' Roll Suicide'. I covered 'Rock 'N' Roll Suicide' on my 'Cover To Cover' CD with Neal Morse. Hard to believe Ziggy has now been reunited with two of his Spiders From Mars [bandmates]: Mick Ronson and Trevor Bolder.

"As much as 'Ziggy' is my favorite Bowie album, my two favorite songs of his did not appear on that album: both 'Space Oddity' and 'Life On Mars' are among my favorite songs EVER. Both of them absolute masterpieces in terms of writing, performance and production. The mellotron on 'Space Oddity' and the cellos on 'Life On Mars' both still give me goosebumps every single time.

"Two later career memories that really touched me:

"The song 'Slip Away' from the 'Heathen' album (written for two of my childhood TV faves Uncle Floyd and Oogie) still makes me cry every time I hear it. I am not exaggerating.

"His appearance on Ricky Gervais' 'Extras' was one of the greatest cameos of all time. My fave episode of the whole series.

"Finally... I don't think many people ever caught this, but look at the shirt I am wearing on the cover of THE WINERY DOGS' first album...yep, Ziggy Stardust is right there with me, Billy [Sheehan]and Richie [Kotzen]. And one of the unreleased covers we recorded during that first session was 'Moonage Daydream'.

"Thank you, David Bowie, for being a part of my entire life. Your music and memory will live with me and millions of your fans forever."

THE WINERY DOGS' sophomore album, "Hot Streak", debuted at No. 30 on The Billboard 200 chart, having shifted 13,000 equivalent album units in the week ending October 8.

"Hot Streak" was released on October 2, 2015 in North America on Loud & Proud Records via RED (a division of Sony Music Entertainment) and in the rest of the world via earMUSIC.

Toronto rockers Danko Jones have checked in with the following news:

"Very excited to announce Live At Wacken, our full length Wacken Open Air appearance from 2015 out January 29th on CD/DVD, Blu-Ray, double vinyl and digital. The DVD and Blu-Ray editions will include a track-by-track commentary, an exclusive backstage interview and the spoken word performance from the 2012 Wacken Festival as bonus material."

The tracklist is as follows:

"The Rules"
"Play the Blues"
"Sugar Chocolate"
"The Twisting Knife"
"Forget My Name"
"Do You Wanna Rock"
"Had Enough"
"First Date"
"Watch You Slide"
"Full Of Regret"
"Code of the Road"
"Legs"
"Invisible"
"Sugar High"
"Cadillac"
"Lovercall"
"Gonna Be A Fight Tonight"
"Mountain"

Danko: "Bonus feature: my 2012 hour lecture on KISS. KISS Army members, take heed."

Very excited to announce "Live At Wacken” - our full length Wacken Open Air appearance from 2015 out January 29th on CD+DVD/Blu-Ray, Double Vinyl and Digital (see details below). The DVD & Blu-Ray editions will include a track-by-track commentary, an exclusive backstage interview and the spoken word performance from the 2012 Wacken Festival as bonus material. Pre-order here:CD & DVDhttp://smarturl.it/DankoJ-WOA-DVDBlu-Ray & CDhttp://smarturl.it/DankoJ-WOA-BR2LP + download cardhttp://smarturl.it/DankoJ-WOA-LP2LP Special Edition, incl. download card & hand signed 7” photo cardhttp://bit.ly/1Q0oIM0Digital audio / digital videohttp://apple.co/1ndxN8V#dankojones20
Posted by Danko Jones on Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Danko Jones have been confirmed to play a headline show for the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Backstage venue in Munich, Germany on January 15th. Mustasch and Godwave are on the bill as support. Tickets are available via the official Backstage website here.

The Backstage is one of the most popular metal / rock venues in southern Germany, playing hosts to hundreds of shows each year.

Danko Jones have announced 2016 tour dates in Ontario (Canada). The band will kick off the shows in Sarnia on January 21st. See below for the routing and for all tour dates, visit this location.

Danko’s latest and 7th studio LP was produced by JUNO award-winning Eric Ratz (Billy Talent, Monster Truck, Metric) and released via New Damage Records earlier this year.

Canadian tour dates:

January
21 - Sarnia, ON - The Station Music Hall
22 - St. Catharines, ON - L3
23 - Waterloo, ON - Maxwell’s
28 - London, ON - London Music Hall
29 - Barrie, ON - The Roxy



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Progressive metal masters Obscura return with their strongest and most dynamic release to date. The aptly named Akróasis (Greek for "hearing" or "listening") draws on all the various elements of Obscura's signature sound and combines those qualities into a cohesive and mind-blowing whole. Listen to the new song, “The Monist”, streaming below:

Akróasis will be released February 5th via Relapse Records. The album will be available in CD, 2xLP and Digital download. Physical pre-orders for Akróasis are available here, and digital pre-orders can be found here.

"With Akróasis, we produced our grand opus featuring eight songs of fluent arrangements, odd time signatures never heard before in metal, and the most high end production in the history of the band. Without question Akróasis is the heaviest, most complex record we have made to date. We cannot wait to perform live again and bring this excellent music to stages around the globe," says Obscura founder and frontman Steffen Kummerer

Produced by the band and V. Santura (Triptykon, Pestilence), Akróasis is eight songs diverse enough to serve as a near-comprehensive introduction to all of extreme metal. Packed to the gills with virtuosic musicianship, compelling themes, and airtight songwriting, Akróasis will undoubtedly breathe new life into death metal, progressive metal and beyond.  
 
Founded in 2002 by guitarist/vocalist Steffen Kummerer, German progressive death metal band Obscura caused a stir when they - out of nowhere - toured as support for the legendary Suffocation on the band's European tour in 2006 and independently released their debut album Retribution that same year. From its very beginnings, the band (named after Gorguts' inimitable 1993 full-length) demonstrated an uncanny ability for blending different forms of technical, cerebral metal into a coherent synthesis of death, thrash and black metal merged with progressive elements.

 
Akróasis tracklisting:

“Sermon Of The Seven Suns”
“The Monist”
“Akróasis”
“Ten Sepiroth”
“Ode To The Sun”
“Fractal Dimension”
“Perpetual Infinity”
“Weltseele”
“Melos” (Deluxe Vinyl Bonus Track)
“The Origin Of Primal Expression” (CD Bonus Track)

“Sermon Of The Seven Suns”:

“Akróasis” video:

Teaser:

Teaser 2:

Death DTA and Obscura have announced the European Thought Patterns Tour this coming spring 2016.

Tour dates:
 
March
24 - Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
25 - Lyon, France - CCOO Villeurbonne
26 - Aarau, Switzerland - Kiff
27 - Pordenone, Italy - Deposito Giordani
28 - Cagliari, Italy - Cueva
29 - Brescia, Italy - Circo Colony
30 - Rome, Italy - Traffic

April
1 - Athens, Greece - Fuzz Live Music Club
2 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Principal Theater
3 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Mixtape 5
4 - Bucharest, Romania - Events Hall
5 - Belgrade, Russia - Dom Omladine
6 - Budapest, Hungary - Barba Negra Music Club
7 - Brno, Czech Republic - Fleda
8 - Kosice, Slovakia - Colloseum    
9 - Katowice, Poland - Mega Club
10 - Wroclaw, Poland - Alibi
12 - Riga, Latvia - Melna Piektdiena

 



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German thrash crew, Dust Bolt, has just announced that they will be entering the recording studio in two weeks to record their upcoming third album.

The band are excited to start recording their new thrash masterpiece: "We’ve decided to enter the The Engine Studios again, where our last album Awake The Riot was recorded. We as a team are inseparable and working strongly together on a highly creative level. Our upcoming album is going to surprise, that’s for sure and it will be mixed and mastered only analog! We are super stoked and can’t wait to hit the studio soon and finally unleash album #3 to the world!”

The album is scheduled for summer 2016, more news and information on the way. In the meantime watch the official album announcement video:

Dust Bolt recently released a new music video for the track “Agent Thrash”, from their last album Awake The Riot.

Dust Bolt on the music video: “The idea behind the video was to create a funny story based on the figure of Mr. Agent Thrash that captures the spirit of the song and what it's about - having a good time, music and friendship!”

 



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Sarke’s fourth album, featuring the icy and grim screams from Darkthrone’s lead vocalist Nocturno Culto, is truly the grandest and most dynamic album from the band to date. Bogefod presents nine tracks that stretch from lingering atmospheric doom to thrash to black metal and technical metal - all within the realms of suberb quality.

It is a highly conceptual album spinning around the evil walking dead Torolv Bogefod from the norse classic Eyrbyggja saga. After an ugly death Torolv breaks out of his tomb. Dead, yet undead, he terrorizes the villagers and causes deaths and devastations. This viking story is a 1000 years old.

Several retrospective musical elements enhance the underlying story, as the warm sound of a 100-year-old guitar colours the otherwise icy and grim atmosphere of Nocturno Culto’s screams. In addition to this, the ballad in the track “Dawning” in between all the ripping and chilling moments throughout the album enriches the contrast and contributes to telling the story’s true and folky nature.

Sarke is in a sense a band formed by legends of the darker metal genre, with the pre-mentioned Nocturno Culto on vocals, Steinar Gundersen (Satyricon) on guitar, Thomas “Sarke” Bergli (Khold, Tulus) on bass and Anders Hunstad (El Caco) on keyboards. Together they have crafted an extremely immersive album surely to draw the listener into a historical and dark universe in a way no one ever have before.

Tracklisting:

“Taken”
“Blood of Men”
“Barrow of Torolv”
“Alternation”
“The Wicked’s Transient Sleep”
“Burn”
“Dawning”
“Evil Heir”
“Sunken”



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Bury Tomorrow singer, Dani Winter-Bates, talks about the band's new album in the first Earthbound video trailer. Watch below:

Earthbound is released on January 29th on Nuclear Blast. Pre-orders are available via the links below:

Physical (CD/LP)
Digital

At a time when modern metal is so slavishly led by the following of whatever fashion carousel is popular this week, rare are the bands who find success on their own, gimmick-free terms. A decade into their career, Southampton/Portsmouth quintet Bury Tomorrow are, by whatever yardstick you want to measure it, one such band.
 
With an ethos which has never wavered from a threefold focus on unswerving passion, unrelenting hard work and remorselessly driving, slash ’n’ burn riffola, Bury Tomorrow have hauled themselves into a position as one of the UK’s premiere purveyors of mosh by the sheer force of their own will. 2014’s Runes saw a veritable dam-break for the band, a UK rock chart number one and top 40 success in the mainstream, it was a record that enabled them to take their devastating live show to festival main stages across Europe and the UK, before finally culminating in a headline tour which saw the band playing to 1400 braying fans at a sold out London KOKO.  

Now though, with Earthbound, they have stepped things up yet another gear.

“To me, Earthbound feels like the distillation of everything we’ve ever wanted this band to be about,” says frontman Dani Winter-Bates. “Our first three records are kind of part of their own trilogy but this is Bury Tomorrow’s record, we all see this as our chance to show people what we are capable of.”
 
Certainly Earthbound finds BT on more concise form that ever before: ten tracks that get in, batter you across the face, and get out again with precious little time for respite or caught breath. Hardcore mentality for a metalcore generation.
 
“A big thing for us this time around was to get down to the real nitty gritty of what our fans wanted from us and how to give them without wasting a single second,” continues Dani. “With Earthbound we wanted pace, we wanted heaviness, and for me, personally, I wanted to write a record which was the sonic embodiment of a circle pit. I think we’ve done that.”
 
With notable influences ranging from axe-slinging New Wave Of American Heavy Metallers Unearth and Darkest Hour to the apoplectic fury of Terror and Madball, this is one that will get the pit spinning with consummate ease.
 
But while fans of the heavy stuff will find plenty to grasp onto here, it’s the now trademark interplay between Dani and guitarist and vocalist Jason Cameron which sets Earthbound apart. “It’s much more mature in the interplay between me and Jason,” Dani notes. “We’ve been playing together for ten years now and it feels like we have an almost telepathic understanding of one another. We’ve always wanted to be like one vocalist in two parts and I think we’ve achieved that here.”

One listen to the sky-scraping euphoria of “Last Light” or the call-to-arms swagger of the title track will tell you that Dani isn’t lying: monstrous anthems from a band who are coming of age as a truly astonishing force of musical nature. Elsewhere, ‘301’s chastising punch sees Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta lending his iron lungs to proceedings to devastating effect.
 
“More than anything that song is about how our music belongs to our fans first, those first 301 people who run to Youtube who want to check it out and are excited about it. It’s kind of a ‘fuck you’ to all those people who go ‘Bury Tomorrow aren’t proper metal’ or whatever. It’s Jamey fucking Jasta and I know our fans are going to love it.”
 
It’s that focus on their fan base which has made BT not only one of the best, but one of the most well-loved bands working in the UK today, and, in Dani, one of the most charismatic frontmen imaginable.
 
With Earthbound looming on the horizon, Bury Tomorrow’s fortunes look set to go through the roof and all the hard work pay off in spades..
 
“Where we are now is where we’ve always wanted to be,” smiles Dani. “And now we’re in the position to truly deliver on what we’ve promised so far. We aren’t going to let anyone down.”

Tracklisting:

“The Eternal”
“Last Light”
“Earthbound”
“The Burden”
“Cemetery”
“Restless & Cold”
“301”
“Memories”
“For Us”
“Bloodline”

“Memories”:

“Last Light” video:

“Earthbound” video:



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Tera Wray Static, the widow of STATIC-X frontman and founder Wayne Static and former adult film star, was found dead late last night of an apparent suicide, a longtime associate of Wayne has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET. She was 33 years old.

According to AVN, Wray, who was born Tera Lents, met Wayne during the Ozzfest tour in 2007 when she was modeling for Hustler lingerie. They were married in January 2008 and she retired from porn in August of that year.

A friend of Tera's named Rik Marin posted the following message in the comments section on BLABBERMOUTH.NET's Facebook page: "I spent all day yesterday with Tara [sic]. We had lunch hung out and talked about life without Wayne she show no indication that she was going to take her life. She did talk about fighting the depression for the past 2 years since Wayne had passed..I was shocked when I got the call at 1 am that she had passed.. Instead of hating we should all be happy that Tara had made Wayne so happy he really loved Tera. And put in a track of EVIL DISCO and remember Wayne and the woman he loved...it's really hard for us friends of Wayne n Tera to read these comments..keep Disco EVIL in remembrance of Wayne. I loved you both an will miss are good times at the Dirthouse.."

Adult entertainment attorney Michael Fattorosi tweeted: "I'm so sad today. My client & friend Tera Wray, former Pornstar and the widow of Wayne Static committed suicide yesterday. We were emailing back & forth on Tuesday. And today I got a call from her roommate letting me know what happened. Tera is once again with the love of her life, Wayne, & will be forever. May they both find peace together for all of eternity. Godspeed Tera" Michael Fattorosi added on Facebook: "She was one of the sweetest girls in the industry. It's sounds cliche but she had a lightness about her. Always happy always smiling..."

In a 2013 interview with Gotham News, Wayne revealed that his wife's presence on the road at least partly contributed to the breakup of STATIC-X's classic lineup. He said: "Well, I wanted Tera on tour with me, so she was always with me. She was with me during interviews too. We love each other. I wanna have her with me at all times. She came on stage and danced for a few songs and… I think Tony [Campos, then-STATIC-X bassist] didn't like that. I think it pissed him off. I think he thought, 'She's not in the band, she shouldn't be here.' But the reality of it was, we'd do interviews and she'd just sit there. He didn't like the fact that she was around all the time. For all I know, maybe he thought he should've hooked up with her and ended up married to her, so maybe he's jealous. I don't know. I don't fucking know. I could give a shit if we did an interview and his girlfriend was sitting next to us. The funny thing is, before we got married and she was a porn star, she rode with us on the bus for a whole year, [and] everyone loved her then. When she was a porn star, everything was awesome. Then we got married, and everything changed. I don't know why."

Last July, Tera paid tribute to her late husband with a sleeve tattoo that she showed off on Facebook.

Wayne Static died after mixing Xanax and other powerful prescription drugs with alcohol, according to the coroner's report. The 48-year-old Static, whose real name was Wayne Richard Wells, was found dead in his Landers, California home on November 1, 2014.

The report, which was released in March 2015, stated, "[Static's] wife stated that just prior to going to bed, he crushed one-half of a 30 mg oxycodone pill and consumed it. The oxycodone had been prescribed to his wife. He also drank an unknown amount of alcohol. His wife awoke at around 1530 hours. She found the decedent dead in the bed and called 911 at 1547 hours. Paramedics arrived and confirmed death at 1600 hours, noting rigor mortis and lividity."

The report added that Tera Wray told them that Static "took oxycodone, Xanax (alprazolam) and alcohol to relieve panic attacks."

She claimed that he took Xanax on a daily basis at the prescribed dosage, according to the report, and would "occasionally have his own prescription for oxycodone, but he would usually take hers."

Wray also told the coroner that she and Static "had a history of cocaine and ecstasy abuse, but they stopped using illicit drugs in 2009."

Static's mother also told the coroner that her son was a "self-admitted alcoholic" for whom drinking had been a problem for two years. Both his mother and Wray said that Static was "not suicidal."

Statements from both Wray and a publicist back in November 2014 dismissed rumors that his passing was the result of a drug overdose.

Static founded STATIC-X in 1994 and achieved commercial success with the band's 1999 debut, "Wisconsin Death Trip", which included the rock radio hit "Push It".

The group issued five more studio albums before disbanding permanently in June 2013. Static has been pursuing a solo career at the time of his death.

Swedish metallers, Violent Divine, have released a new lyric video for the track “Desolation Boulevard”, featured on their new album, Hyperactivity Disorder. The new clip is streaming below.

Hyperactivity Disorder tracklisting:
                                                         
“For I Am Sin”
“Incubus”
“Restart My Heart”
“Beautiful Disaster”
“Temple Of Love”
“Fail”
“Worms Beneath”
“Drown”
“Heartbroken”
“Desolation Boulevard”
“Rain”
“Walking On Thin Ice”
“Bloodshared”

“Desolation Boulevard” lyric video:

 
“For I Am Sin” video:

 



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Metallica cover band Sandman didn't expect to have a FedEx package waiting for them over the weekend when they arrived at FitzRay's, a London, Ontario club where the band was scheduled to play Saturday night. Inside, the Canadian group found an official, 41-page cease and desist letter from Metallica's lawyer for using "official, stylized logos … to identify or promote live musical performances through Facebook and YouTube." The cover band, formed in 1994, had been using their logo, an approximation of Metallica's redesigned logo introduced for 2003's St. Anger, for more than a decade. Yet this was the first time they had even heard from the band, much less received any sort of legal documents.

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"The band have been using this logo for years with no problems at all," guitarist Joe Di Taranto tells Rolling Stone. "I only joined the band last summer and feel a little guilty that perhaps my (albeit humble) success with my main/original band WARMACHINE have brought a little extra attention to the band, leading to this little fiasco."

Now, Metallica has clarified the situation in a statement to Rolling Stone, denying any involvement in the letter and blaming an "overzealous attorney" for the misunderstanding.

"We hear that a Canadian Metallica tribute band is a little upset with us and with a little digging, figured out why," the band tells Rolling Stone. "It turns out that a certain letter was delivered to the band Sandman that neither we nor our management were aware of until it surfaced online. Lucky for us, the band was kind enough to post it for us to see, and it turns out that we have a very overzealous attorney who sent this letter without our knowledge."

The group pointed to Garage Inc., their 1998 covers album, as proof of their support of groups covering other artists' work. "We have a long history of not only enjoying tribute bands, but we started as one," the group says. "Heck, we even recorded a two-disc album of covers! We will always remember those days and continue to enjoy tribute bands, even inviting them to support us on various tours over the years."

Di Taranto says that Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich called him on Wednesday to apologize and quash the situation. "He gave me and the band his full blessing to continue on as we were," says the musician. "They want us to continue paying tribute to Metallica with their full blessing and approval. We will continue to fly the Metallica flag, loud and proud!!" The band says they will continue using their logo with impunity.

As for the original cease and desist order, Metallica has rescinded the letter. "Sandman should file the letter in the trash," the band says. "Keep doing what you’re doing ... we totally support you! And in the meantime, our attorney can be found at SFO catching a flight to go permanently ice fishing in Alaska."

According to Billboard.com, the reunited GUNS N' ROSES — featuring singer Axl Rose alongside guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan — will be one of the first acts to play the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, set to open April 6. The band is also negotiating with promoters to play as many as 25 stadiums in North America this summer. For the tour, GN'R is said to be asking as much as $3 million per show, with tickets topping out in the $250 to $275 range.

Meanwhile, The Pulse Of Radio reports that the instrumental members of GUNS N' ROSES — including Slash, McKagan and more recent drummer Frank Ferrer — are rehearsing for the upcoming reunion shows without Rose. The frontman has yet to join the group in the rehearsal studio and it's not clear at the moment which other members are also present, if any.

Slash told The Pulse Of Radio a while back how his relationship with Axl disintegrated during the final years of the classic GUNS lineup. "His sort of m.o., as far as the band was concerned, over time got so exaggerated in the rock star sense or whatever and he became such a dictator and this and that and the other, that it was impossible for me to work with him, because I'm not the kind of person that takes orders, you know," he said.

Ahead of April's headlining slot at the Coachella Music And Arts Festival, GUNS N' ROSES is rumored to be planning a secret show in the Los Angeles area next month as a warm-up.

Although neither Slash nor Duff McKagan played on the 2008 GUNS album "Chinese Democracy", songs from that set are reportedly being rehearsed and will be performed.

“When it comes to music, Slash is a serious cat. He’s not going to fuck around. He’s not going to phone in the Guns N’ Roses gig; he’s going to be the best he can be. That’s the reality of it,” says Slash’s bassist Todd Kerns (The Age Of Electric, Static In Stereo) speaking exclusively to BraveWords scribe Aaron Small.

“Duff McKagan and Slash are the only two I can speak for personally,” continues Todd. “They are at the top of their game musically, at the top of their game health-wise. Mentally, those guys are 110%. They’re going to go out there and kill this. The rest is on everybody else; they’re going to have to keep up with those guys. Duff is a constant inspiration and it’s been nothing but an honour to stand in his shoes on several songs a night that I play. He knows what a fan I am. A lot of people are trying to put a spin on it (the GN’R reunion) like, ‘Isn’t it fucking bullshit? Isn’t it lame?’ I’m excited! I’m excited for my friends to be doing something like this; that for them is probably one of the most important moments in their life. I don’t know what it means in the big picture. I don’t know what it means in a year from now, or six months from now? But in the meantime, it’s a hell of a moment. ”

Prior to the announcement that a semi-reunited Guns N’ Roses - featuring Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan - would headline the Coachella Festival in California in April, work had begun on the third studio album from Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators. In his latest blog titled, The Worst Kept Secret In Rock N Roll, Todd wrote about the new music slated for SMKC III commenting, ‘The new material is insane.’

Elaborating upon that statement, Kerns says, “The last one, World On Fire, as you know was 17 songs. The previous album, Apocalyptic Love, we ended up doing ‘Carolina’ and ‘Crazy Life’ as two extras. There was a version released without and a version released with; I don’t think anybody bothered with the one without. Slash is very maverick that way. The way it’s usually done is you have extra songs available for this and that. I like the idea that he goes, ‘Fuck it. I can’t feel any less excited about song 15 than I do about song 7. So guess what, we’re releasing the whole fucking thing.’ That made for a very sweeping and epic album, all the way from ‘World On Fire’ to ‘The Unholy’; it’s a hell of a ride. He was absolutely correct in that. This time he’s sort of said, ‘Maybe we should do more of a succinct rock ‘n roll record, like most of us grew up on.’ Like Van Halen II, or all those KISS records; they’re really short. But it’s pretty early days to talk about what’s actually going to be on it.”  

The new album from Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators likely won’t be released until 2017. “I don’t think so,” agrees Todd. “There’s an Alter Bridge record to contend with there too.” For those unaware, Myles Kennedy is also the vocalist for Alter Bridge. “When the Alter Bridge conversation happened, we knew immediately… we’ll pick away at SMKC III – or whatever the hell it’s going to be called. When it’s ready, the time is right, and everything lines up; then we’ll put it out. The crazy thing about Slash, he goes ‘Here’s the riff,’ and every time it’s like an exercise, but it’s a classic, history of rock moment happening in front of me. You can’t help but go, ‘damn dude, that thing is going to be huge!’ But this one has a lot more… it’s really hard to say actually cause it’s classic riff after classic riff. Myles even said to me the other day that he felt he had so much more completed and ready on this than he even did last time. But the fact that we’ve got a scheduling situation that puts it in a different stage is the only thing slowing us down. Otherwise, it’s very ready to go.”  

“But you know how much shit is going to come up between now and then. Slash will come up with ten other epic riffs. We’re talking that it would be nice to have a ten song album; it’ll probably end up being 20, who knows? ” It sounds like the album will definitely come out at some point though. A lot of fans were worried, given the Guns N’ Roses reunion and the next Alter Bridge album, that this third Slash album with Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators would disappear and never see the light of day. “I haven’t been to the future yet, so I can’t really say if whatever turn of events occurs, but I still believe that… we played the New Year’s Eve show (in Vegas) and it was kind of interesting. I wouldn’t say it was bitter-sweet because there was nothing sad about the end of a – I’m one of those people that, we’re not really saying goodbye, nothing really changes. It’s like the end of Return Of The Jedi… The Force Awakens is coming. It’s going to happen. I don’t believe for a second that this won’t happen in one fashion or another.  Sure there’s an Alter Bridge record, and Alter Bridge has an amazing career for themselves; man, those guys do great work. Then this thing with Guns N’ Roses is fucking bigger than all of us, I really feel that way. It’s like Led Zeppelin or something.”   

Todd’s final comment on the forthcoming SMKC III album, “I don’t really know. There’s tentative schedules in place, and the thing about tentative schedules is, they’re tentative. At any minute they can change, but I know Slash pretty well, and I know that he does not do well with down time. That’s why one day I joined his band, and six years later, here we are. What in the hell happened? Slash is Slash, and there’s really no seatbelt in that vehicle; there’s not even a roll bar. We just get in that thing and hammer.”

 

 



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According to TMZ, NICKELBACK is suing Lloyd's Of London, claiming the insurance company is trying to get out of paying millions of dollars for the cancelation of the group's tour due to singer Chad Kroeger's medical condition.

Lloyd's sued Kroeger in December for allegedly failing to disclose that he had a pre-existing throat condition that forced the band to cancel most of its 2015 tour dates, including a North American trek.

NICKELBACK canceled more than 60 concerts and filed a $13 million claim with Lloyd's after Kroeger underwent surgery to remove a cyst from his vocal cords. But Lloyd's sued to cancel the singer's insurance, alleging that Kroeger already had the throat condition and failed to disclose it before taking out the policy.

Now NICKELBACK has fired back, with their lawyer, Howard Weitzman, telling TMZ it's absurd to say the condition was pre-existing, because Chad performed nearly 40 shows before the cyst issue surfaced.

The band initially dropped off the road in June 2015 so Kroeger could have the surgery, with the singer saying in a statement, "I am relying on my doctor and his team to help get my voice back in good form as quickly as possible."

But in August, the band called off all remaining dates on the tour in order for Kroeger to complete his recovery. The group has not given any indication since then if and when they will return to the road.

The quartet's latest album, "No Fixed Address", sold around 80,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week of release to land at No. 4 on The Billboard 200 album chart in November 2014.

Kroeger and his wife of two years, wife, pop singer Avril Lavigne, announced their separation in September 2015.

Omer Cordell, the mastermind behind Canadian metal project Trailight featuring vocalist Dave Padden (ex-Annihilator) and drummer Ryan van Poederooyen (Devin Townsend Project), has checked in with the following update:

"Here's a snapshot of a work in progress of the cover of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds track 'The Weeping Song'. Dave came over to track his vocal parts and as usual, he did an incredible job! I just sent the tracks to Burton C Bell for him to record his parts but for now, here's a short sample of the track thus far..."

Trailight recently released an official video for the song "Open Doors" from the debut, The Primitive Mountain:

Cordell recently spoke with BraveWords scribe Carl Begai about Trailight. Following is an excerpt from the interview.

“When I was first starting to think about doing this project, considering the vibe and riffs I was coming up with – ‘A Thousand Years’ was the first song I wrote – I knew who I wanted to play drums on it. Ryan has known me as a photographer for years, so when I called him up it was like ‘This may come as a surprise, but I’m making music now…’ (laughs). I asked if he’d be interested in playing on it and he wanted to hear the demos, but he had a bunch of touring to finish with Devin and then record the DVP double album. After that he had time to do my stuff.”

“Ryan came back from Devin’s album recording, learned my songs in about a week or 10 days, we had one day of pre-production where I had a chance to hear what he would be doing in the studio. Three days later we were in the studio and 10 hours later he was done recording. When we were finished I knew why I’d gotten Ryan to do it. He not only fits stylistically, he was also such an immense help with the whole process. I was basically flying blind. I’d been to the studios lots of times back when Strapping was around to take photos, but I’d never actually recorded in one before, so Ryan was helpful in guiding me.”

Cordell also took on outside help to produce The Primitive Mountain, a long and drawn out process that slowly deteriorated as the songs were being mixed. He eventually opted to take on the task of mixing and mastering himself; a daunting task on one hand, but the only option left if the album was going to live up to his expectations. Rather than a play-by-play of events, Cordell channels Metallica to sum up the situation.

“As far as the mix of the album, the first batch of songs that I sent you sound like St. Anger, and the final mixes sound like the Black album.”

Go to this location for the complete story.

The complete tracklist for The Primitive Mountain is as follows:

"Open Doors"
"Sentient Beings Pt. 1 - The Dim Future Of Our Distant Past"
"Sentient Beings Pt. 2 - All That We Are" 
"We Are The Ocean"
"Frail Human Form"
"The Primitive Mountain"
"Passer By"
"A Thousand Years"
"Navarino"
"Beyond The Rubicon"

Cordell released a 30 minute behind-the-scenes look at the production earlier this year, which can be viewed below. For information on Trailight go to this location.



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Pentagram has posted the following sad news on their official Facebook page:

"We're saddened to learn of the passing of Stuart Rose, drummer for Pentagram in the mid ‘80s. Stuart came on board in the midst of the name change from Death Row to Pentagram in 1984. His one full-length release with the band was the 1987 album Day of Reckoning, which would eventually become monumental in regards to the history and evolution of doom metal. Stuart was really happy to have both audio and visual of his playing finally surface properly on the Pentagram DVD collection, All Your Sins, in 2015. Among the cherished footage is his '84 performance with the band at the historic CBGBs in NYC. Stuart was a talented drummer, a clever and funny guy, and he will be missed. We offer our utmost condolences and prayers to his family during this time. Godspeed."

From Wikipedia regarding Day Of Reckoning and Rose's contributions:

Day of Reckoning is the second album by Pentagram. It was released in 1987 by Napalm Records. It was re-released by Peaceville Records in 1993, and in 1996 as part of a two-disc split CD with Relentless, and then again in 2005 as a digipak CD. Joe Hasselvander originally played drums on only one track, "Burning Savior," with Stuart Rose recording the drums on all the rest. Hasselvander re-recorded drums on all tracks (except "Burning Savior") for the 1993 Peaceville reissue.The original mixes with Rose on drums only appear on the Napalm Records LP version and an original cassette edition made in Canada, and have never appeared on CD.



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Wormholedeath Records has announced the signing of the Portuguese epic metallers Dark Oath.

Here's the statement from the band:

"As you may know, for the past few years we've been working on our first full-length record, it took us a while to get things done, but we finally managed to do it. In light of this it's time to announce some of the biggest news we've had so far in our journey as a band: we signed a worldwide deal with WormHoleDeath Records! We're happy to be part of the family! Check out the label's roster, great bands in there."

Dark Oath will release their full-length debut When Fire Engulfs The Earth later this year. An album preview is streaming below.

Tracklisting:

“Land Of Ours”
“The Tree Of Life”
“Battle Sons”
“Watchman Of Gods”
“Thousands Beasts”
“Death Of Northern Sons”
“Wrath Unleashed”
“Vengeful Gods”
“When Fire Engulfs The Earth”
“Brother’s Fall”

Album preview:



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Despotz recording artists Grimner have premiered the video for "Eldhjarta", the first single from their upcoming full length effort, Frost Mot Eld, which is out on March 26.

Directed by Magnus Ewald, the video was shot on a mountain in Uvberget, just to the west of Stockholm, "on an ice cold day, which gave us the epic feeling we were going for," says the band.  

 
The track, "Eldhjarta" tells the story of the Viking warriors preparing for battle in the Halls of Valhalla vowing not to fall to their chosen enemies.

Tracklisting:

“Res Er Mina Söner”
“Eldhjarta”
“Nordmännens Raseri”
“Enhärjarkväde”
“Midgård Brinner”
“Vargarnas Tid”
“Mörkrets Hem”
“Etter Och Flammor”
“Muspelheims Härskare”
“Frost Mot Eld”

“Eldhjarta” video:



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After recently releasing two singles on Religious Genocide Records, Ohio ambient technical deathcore outfit, Ascent Of Apophis, recently announced their signing with North Carolina based Imminence Records. The band is currently in the writing stage for their forthcoming Apotheosis EP that is currently set for a spring release. BraveWords is hosting the premier of a vocal playthrough video of the track “The Antikythera Mechanism”.

The band comments, “This play through was created to bring you guys a high quality demo and behind the scenes look into the songs by Ascent Of Apophis. We will have more treats for everyone in the coming months!"

Ascent Of Apophis is a four piece ambient technical deathcore outfit in the vein of Aversions Crown, Born Of Osiris, and Veil Of Maya. The band started back in 2012 as a solo project for Caelan Stokkermans with the band name as a description of the Egyptian god of chaos which resides in the underworld. If he ever arises and swallows the sun, the whole world will be plunged into darkness and chaos.

The project quickly transformed from a solo project to an online band that released two singles on Religious Genocide Records. These two singles quickly caught the attention of Imminence Records. The band’s Apotheosis EP is currently set to be released on Imminence Records during the spring of 2016.

 



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