Gothenburg, Sweden-based melodic metallers, Rawburt, have released a video for the new track, “The Hunter”.

"The Hunter" was recorded in Sound Industry Studios in Mölndal, Sweden with producer Julien Fabre in early spring, along with three other tracks for an upcoming EP.

In February the band released the song ”Shallow Grave” (see below) with a video of the band performing. This time they wanted to do a more untraditional hard rock video with more of a story based on the lyrics.

The video was mostly filmed in the woods of Gothenburg by drummer Anders Östman (also a photographer/videographer) with the model Izabella as the star of the video. Watch below:

“Shallow Grave” video:

 

Norwegian death metal act, Defect Designer, consisting of former members of Trollfest, Blood Red Throne, and Diskord, have signed with the Sleazy Rider record label. The band has also revealed the artwork for their upcoming album, Ageing Accelerator.

Artwork is done by Seth Siro Anthon, famous for his work with Soilwork, Paradise Lost, Moonspell, Sybreed and other acts.

 

 

Ageing Accelerator recording lineup includes such names as:

- Flo Mounier (Cryptopsy) - drums
- Stelios Mavromitis (SepticFlesh live guitarist) - guitars
- Martin Storm-Olsen (Trollfest) - guitars and clean vocals
- Christos Antoniou (SepticFlesh) - sampling and orchestration
- Dmitry Sukhinin (Diskord) - vocals, bass and guitars

Check the lyric video for “Yellow Grimace” below. According to the band, the album release date, as well as new videos, are to be posted shortly.

(Photo - Polina Helvete Kulikovskikh)

Australia’s The Amity Affliction has announced a deluxe edition of their new album, Let The Ocean Take Me. The special edition release will be available exclusively via tour sales and the band’s own store Fan pre-sales begin May 14th; Let The Ocean Take Me: Deluxe Edition goes on sale worldwide on July 10th.

Let The Ocean Take Me: Deluxe Edition appends The Amity Affliction’s 2014 album with two previously unreleased bonus tracks, “Skeletons” and “Forever”, alongside Seems Like Forever, a stunning new documentary chronicling the band’s history through last year’s epic Let The Ocean Take Me World Tour. An exclusive trailer is streaming below.

 

 

Known worldwide for their incendiary live performances, The Amity Affliction will be spending their summer traveling North America with the 2015 Vans Warped Tour, kicking off June 19th at Pomona, CA’s Pomona Fairplex and then continuing through early August.

Twilight Force have released a video for their single, "Gates Of Glory”, featuring Joakim Brodén of Sabaton on vocals.

Says the band: “Here is a mid-tour surprise to show our appreciation for your mighty support! Tonight we do battle in Bochum!”

Find the band’s live itinerary at this location.

 

Legendary guitarist Bruce Kulick (ex-KISS), in a career-spanning interview by the podcast Cobras & Fire, announces the release of a new single this June and plans for a new solo album.

Conducted prior to a Grand Funk Railroad headlining concert in Key West, Kulick shares in depth stories from topics including Michael Bolton’s shoe fetish, KISS Exposed video porn stars, Hot In The Shade drum machines, Alive III fixes, timeline of KISS reunion negotiations, and much more.

Listen below:

 

Having allowed it to remain dormant for a few years, founder and frontman Doedsadmiral has given his black metal project Svartelder a considerable infusion of both enthusiasm and talent by bringing in members of Carpathian Forest, In The Woods, Den Saakaldte, Pantheon I and Old Forest to form a new lineup.

Whilst Svartelder's roots were initially planted in Norwegian black metal, it is obvious that an influx of musicians with this kind of experience brings with it a whole different set of influences, as each of the members contribute their own skill-sets and style to the overall sound. So much so, in fact, that the band's newly debuted demo track "Askebundet" clearly shows that Svartelder's music is expanding outwards from straight black metal to include more varied elements.

 

 

As to the actual lineup itself, the musicians have kept their identities a secret by changing their usual names. Aside from Doedsadmiral on vocals, the rest of the lineup comprises Maletoth on bass and guitars, AK-47 on drums, and Kobold on keys.    

The band are currently working on their debut full-length album and will be looking for a label. The demo track "Askebundet" can be heard below:

 

Guitarist/vocalist Chris Caffery (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra) is currently working on a new solo album, due for release later this year. He has checked in with another studio update:

"Two years of writing. Six months of demos. Four months of recording after I received drums. Done! Time to master!!!

Fitting to end with 'Arm And A Leg'. It was the first song I wrote for this record. I actually wrote it as a hopeful future Doctor Butcher song but I decided to use it for this record. This song I wrote about Prohibition. It was inspired by my great grandfather who used to make moonshine a long time ago. That's all the details I'll give about that!

Really thankful for Mr Tichy to be able to come in and play the drums on this record. Such an amazing musician! He really made me push everything I did to another level. Also thankful to Mr Lonnie Park for his additional keys and vocal work. Lonnie and I will master this at the end of the week!

Also very thankful for the support and inspiration from my best friend. We are currently deciding just where we are gonna go first! Time off finally this weekend 'till June!

Thanks to all of you for your continued friendship and support! As soon as I get details on the release dates I'll let you know. I still have to get the artwork and photos together. But I'm looking at a release sometime around my birthday!"

Check out a snippet of "Arm And A Leg" below:

The tentative tracklisting for Caffery's new album, Your Heaven Is Real, is as listed:

"Your Heaven Is Real"
"Just Fine"
"Sick And Tired"
"I Never Knew"
"Too Soon To Be Too Late"
"Arm And A Leg"
"Death By Design"
"Hot Wheelz" (instrumental)
"Why"
"Damned If You Do, Dead If You Don't"
"My Light"
"2-26-15" (instrumental)
"Over And Over"
"Come Home"

LA rocker chick Diamante will be supporting Hinder on their upcoming US summer tour, alongside Full Devil Jacket. She will join the tour on June 16th in Detroit, MI, and will wrap up in Chicago on July 17th. Prior to that, Diamante will join Whitesnake for a string of dates on the Purple Tour starting June 2nd.

Diamante recently released her official video for her new single "There's A Party In My Pants (And You're All Invited)". "The people I have met living in Hollywood these past few months and the real-life experiences I've had inspired the rebellious spirit in this song," Diamante explained about the single.

Diamante dropped her new EP Dirty Blonde last month, get your copy via the Amazon widget below. For further details, visit Diamante on Facebook.

 

 

Canadian melodic metallers Borealis have inked a deal with AFM Records and will release their new album, Purgatory, on June 19th in Europe, and on July 21st in North America.

After the self-released World Of Silence (2008) and 2011’s Fall From Grace (Lion Music/Hydrant Music), now with Purgatory the band reaches a whole new level. Their value not only comes from the tasteful instrumentations, but also from Matt Marinelli’s expressive voice which elegantly guides through the twelve songs on Purgatory. Borealis create atmospheric depth like few others are able to. Their partly quite modern guitar riffs merge with classic power metal, progressive elements and a symphonic touch, to build a heavy and intense, yet melodic sound which fans of Evergrey, Kamelot and Nocturnal Rites will embrace to the fullest.

Tracklisting:

"Past The Veil"
"From The Ashes"
"The Chosen One"
"Destiny"
"Darkest Sin"
"My Peace"
"Place Of Darkness"
"Welcome To Eternity"
"Sacrifice"
"Rest My Child"
"Purgatory"
"Revelation"

Check out the following album teaser:

 

 

 

 

On June 26th, Massacre Records will release Cult, the brand new album by Finnish gothic metal band To/Die/For. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Juho Räihä in SoundSpiral Audio, with cover art created by Raziel Kainen at Dark-Prince Graphix.

Tracklisting:
"In Black"
"Screaming Birds"
"Unknown III"
"Mere Dream"
"You"
"Straight Up"
"Let It Bleed"
"End Of Tears"
"Dying Embers" - Demo 2001 (Only on Massacre Records digipack)

The video for "Screaming Birds" can be seen below.

 

 

Finland-based symphonic metal masters NIGHTWISH have just released a new single, the title track of the band's latest album, "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", as a limited-edition MCD, 10-inch vinyl and as a download. The track listing is as follows: 01. Endless Forms Most Beautiful (album version)02. Sagan (instrumental; previously unreleased)03. Endless Forms Most Beautiful (alternate version)04. Endless Forms Most Beautiful (radio edit; previously unreleased)

The official video for the "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" song can be seen below.

As previously reported, the NIGHTWISH show in Vancouver, British Columbia on April 25 at The Orpheum was filmed for a future DVD release.

NIGHTWISH is currently on the road in North America with special guests SABATON, a Swedish heavy metal band that gives us a history lesson in their songs on war and historical battles, and Dutch female-fronted metallers DELAIN.

"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" was made available on March 27 in Europe and March 31 in the U.S. via Nuclear Blast.

The "Élan" four-track single, which arrived on February 13, features the album version of the title cut, a radio edit and an alternate version of "Élan", as well as the non-album bonus track "Sagan".

The cover artwork for "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" was created by the band's longtime collaborator Toxic Angel. Famed evolutionary biologist and atheist writer/leader Richard Dawkins appears as a guest on the effort.

Longtime NIGHTWISH drummer Jukka Nevalainen sat out the recording sessions for "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" due to health issues. He has since been replaced by Kai Hahto (WINTERSUN, SWALLOW THE SUN, TREES OF ETERNITY).

Frontiers Music Srl will release "American Trash", the new album from rock and roll veterans Jean Beauvoir and Micki Free, on June 3 in Europe and June 7 in North America.

The official video for the song "Angels Cry" can be seen below.

Best known as the driving force behind the legendary CROWN OF THORNS self-titled debut album in 1994, Beauvoir and Free's collective credits read like a "who's-who" of rock, with a list of collaborations that includes the likes of the RAMONES, KISS, Debbie Harry, THE PRETENDERS, John Waite, Lionel Richie, N'SYNC, Billy Gibbons of ZZ TOP, Bill Wyman, Carlos Santana and Prince, to name but a few.

The duo both coincidentally moved back to Los Angeles in 2003 and reconnected. They discussed joining forces again for a new project and after a few shows in Europe in 2013, a deal with Frontiers was inked for a brand new album, which was recorded in 2014.

The result is "American Trash", an album that shaped up as "the continuation of the BEAUVOIR FREE sound as the writing team for the CROWN OF THORNS debut," explains Jean Beauvoir.

"When we write together, there really is this magic. We know we want killer guitar riffs and major melodic chorus... and this is what turns out in our songs, in BEAUVOIR FREE style."

All the new songs came out like "rocking babies" in the BEAUVOIR FREE fold. "And all represent the sound only Jean and I create together. The 'inimitable' sound of BEAUVOIR FREE," says Micki Free.

"We both feel this CD is some of the best work we have done, right up their next to the CROWN OF THORNS debut," adds Jean. "We want to get out on the road and bring it to the fans. We receive a lot of enquires of, 'When are you guys coming back out on tour?' and people telling us they can't wait to hear the new material. Frankly, we can't wait for our fans to hear 'American Trash' as well."

An EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for "American Trash" is available below.

"American Trash" track listing:

01. Angels Cry02. Morning After03. American Trash04. Whiplash05. Just Breathe06. Shotgun To The Heart07. Never Give Up08. Cold Dark December09. It's Never Too Late10. She's A K.O.11. There's No Starting Over

BEAUVOIR FREE is:

* Jean Beauvoir - lead vocals and background vocals, bass, rhythm guitar, drums, keyboards and orchestration* Micki Free - lead guitar, rhythm and acoustic guitar

The GRAHAM BONNET BAND has finalized its touring and recording lineup with the addition of Chase Manhattan on drums.

The band is now comprised of:

Graham Bonnet - VocalsConrad Pesinato - GuitarBeth-Ami Heavenstone - BassChase Manhattan - Drums

The first release from GRAHAM BONNET BAND will be a two-song EP titled "My Kingdom Come", the title track being written by none other than Russ Ballard, who has had a long association with Graham dating back to RAINBOW's "Down To Earth" album (on the track "Since You Been Gone") and Graham's own "Line-Up" solo outing from 1981 ("S.O.S." and "Liar").

Graham says: "It's really great to have Russ contribute a song on our first release as a new band, I have a great history with him, having recorded several of his songs for bands and projects I have been involved in over the years."

The "My Kingdom Come" song features renowned progressive rock/metal drummer Mark Zonder (WARLORD, ex-FATES WARNING) performing all drum duties. The other track on offer, a full original band composition titled "The Mirror Lies", is a powerful song that will certainly please fans of Graham's celebrated career in hard rock.

The EP, which was mixed and mastered by Alessandro Del Vecchio, will be released in time for GRAHAM BONNET BAND's Japanese tour this coming June with MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK.

As a special treat for fans of Graham and Michael's 1982 MSG release "Assault Attack", Graham will be joining Michael's band for a song or two from that album on each date of the tour.

Graham adds: "We know that this record holds a very special place for many fans, especially in Japan , so this will make the debut shows of the new band even more special."

Bookings are coming in for Graham's new band, which will see the group touring extensively over the next year in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

Meanwhile, in May, Graham will be partaking in the "Living Legends Of Rock" tour of the Czech Republic, Russia and the Ukraine, alongside John Lawton (URIAH HEEP) and Dan McCafferty (NAZARETH).

Video footage of HALESTORM performing an acoustic version of the band's cover version of LITTLE BIG TOWN's "Girl Crush" at the studios of SiriusXM's Octane can be seen below.

HALESTORM's third album, "Into The Wild Life", sold around 56,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 5 on The Billboard 200 chart.

"Into The Wild Life" was released on April 14. The CD follows up 2012's "The Strange Case Of…" and is already being described as HALESTORM's most diverse and adventurous record yet.

HALESTORM singer Lzzy Hale told The Pulse Of Radio that the band set out to make a unified album despite its many different sounds. "This entire record is like one big song with different elements to it, so it's hard to pick it apart — for me, it's hard to pick it and say, 'Oh, well, that's my favorite song,' because they all don't sound alike and each one lends itself to the other," she said.

In addition to its Grammy win, HALESTORM is the first female-fronted rock band to lodge three consecutive No. 1 tracks at the top of the rock radio chart.

HALESTORM began a North American tour with THE PRETTY RECKLESS on April 22 in Nashville.

Comatose Music welcomes back Boston slam tyrants Dysentery with a multi-album deal. The terror campaign begins with the July 10th release of Fragments, a violent fusion of guttural deathgrind and groove laden beat down. This album is the band's most punishing slab of precision brutality to date. The new track "Led To Terminal Ignorance" is now streaming below.

Fragments was engineered, mixed and mastered by Adam Rourke at the RedRoom in Waltham, MA to ensure a high quality aural clobbering. To match the musical intensity, the band enlisted Marco Hasmann (Fleshgod Apocalypse, Septycal Gorge) to help bring the visual pummelling to life with the cover art. In support of the release, the band will be making their way all over the US in 2015 to spread their volatile death metal attack. Appearances at the Las Vegas Deathfest, Building Temples From Death Fest, Colorado Gutfest, New Jersey Deathfest and a tour of the west coast are just the beginning of their campaign of carnage. With the subtlety of a brick to the face, Dysentery are primed to once again to decimate eardrums with Fragments.

 

 
Tracklisting:

 

“Onset”
“Led To Terminal Ignorance”
“Paranoid Division”
“Grave Evolution”
“Reflection Of Repugnance”
“Invocation Of Parallel Bloodlet”
“Neurological Snare”
“Immersed Into Misanthropic Turmoil”
“Veiled Narcissism”
“Within Descending Skies They Will Suffer”
“Voice Of Deprivation”
“Divinity From The Void”
“Oblivion”

“Led To Terminal Ignorance”:

 

 

 

Swedish Viking black metal-tinged act, King Of Asgard, have completed their lineup with the addition of new guitarist, Ted Sjulmark.

Comments the band: "During the recent past the trembling tree has calmed its turmoil… As of today King Of Asgard has the pleasure to introduce to thee, the closure of the formless void, the King's new guitarist; Ted Sjulmark. Ted has in the past been in collaboration with our latest recruit and drummer Mathias Westman as well as long time villainy in viking metal outfit, Grimner. Accompanied with creation and destruction, death and rebirth we're fully engaged in writing the new material and we're far and in great progress on the new epic journey, fueled with new fresh blood within the ranks. King of Asgard has risen… with sharpened claws - on worn wings!"

King Of Asgard released their latest album, Karg, in July of 2014 via Metal Blade Records.

Video footage of Swiss rockers KROKUS performing their classic song "Screaming In The Night" on May 6 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California can be seen below.

KROKUS's U.S. tour kicked off on Monsters Of Rock cruise and continued through a series of cities, ending at the Whisky A Go Go.

KROKUS celebrated its 40th anniversary with a homecoming show where they began in Solothurn, Switzerland, culminating in their sweaty new live album, "Long Stick Goes Boom: Live From Da House of Rust".

"Dirty Dynamite", the 17th studio album from KROKUS, entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 17. This marked the first time in KROKUS' history that the band landed in the Top 20 of the German chart.

"Dirty Dynamite" was released on February 22, 2013 in Europe via Sony Music and in North America on March 5, 2013 via The End Records. The CD marked the return of KROKUS guitarist Mandy Meyer after 30 years. Sound engineer for the recording sessions was again Dennis Ward, who also recorded the band's previous album, "Hoodoo".

Drummer Freddy Steady left KROKUS in May 2011 because he "concluded that he really wanted to play music just for fun in small clubs rather than conquering the world, playing arenas on huge stages with pyro props, etc.," according to guitarist Fernando Von Arb.

KROKUS has since recruited Flavio Mezzodi as the band's new drummer.

KROKUS is:

Marc Storace - Lead VocalsChris Von Rohr - Bass, VocalsFernando Von Arb - Guitar, VocalsMark Kohler - Guitar Mandy Meyer - GuitarFlavio Mezzodi - Drums

According to The Pulse Of Radio, SAINT ASONIA is the name of a new rock "supergroup" led by former THREE DAYS GRACE frontman Adam Gontier, with the rest of the group reportedly consisting of STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok, ex-FINGER ELEVEN drummer Rich Beddoe and journeyman bassist Corey Lowery. While that lineup has not been officially confirmed, a 38-second teaser video clearly shows clips of Gontier, Mushok and possibly Beddoe and Lowery.

The teaser video states that "the combined forces behind the group have amassed 25 Top 10 rock singles and 17 Number One hit songs."

The clip also hints at something arriving on May 16, with a debut single likely.

Gontier has kept a low profile since leaving THREE DAYS GRACE in December 2012. The band replaced him with Matt Walst and recently release a new album called "Human".

Mushok's band, STAIND, has not released new music since 2011 and as of last December had no plans to return to the studio. Mushok played briefly in 2013 with ex-METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted in his self-named band.

Beddoe exited FINGER ELEVEN in late 2013. The Canadian act recorded a new album late last year but release details are yet to be announced.

Lowery's resume includes stints with STUCK MOJO, SWITCHED, STEREOMUD, DARK NEW DAY and most recently EYE EMPIRE.

Underground Symphony has announced the release of the new Skylark record, The Storm And The Horizon, due on June 1st. To celebrate the 20 years of the band's activity, an outstanding digibook with 4 CDs and an oversize booklet of 48-pages with lyrics and photos will be published.

 

 

Inside the digibook, together with this new record, there will be the extend version of the EP Eyes, now becoming a real full length, the remake of Dragon's Secrets entitled Divine Gates Part 5 Chapter 2: The Dragon's Gate, entirely rerecorded, and a new selection of their Best of (Divine Gates Part 5 Chapter 1: The Road To The Light).

 

 

All songs have been engineered at the Saltmine Studio (Arizona) by Jeremy Parker (Slipknot, Trivium) and mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound (NYC).

Check out a teaser video below. More details to follow.

 

Los Angeles-based metal powerhouse HOLY GRAIL will enter the studio this weekend with Grammy Award-winning producer John Spiker to begin tracking its third album. A fall release via Prothetic is expected.

Following an extensive tour campaign to promote the band's 2013 release, "Ride The Void", HOLY GRAIL spent much of 2014 writing its as-yet-untitled new CD. Guitarist Eli Santana and drummer Tyler Meahl also kept busy by touring extensively with HUNTRESS, whose lead guitarist Blake Meahl is Tyler's brother.

Featuring a blistering dual lead guitar attack and powerful vocals by James Paul Luna, HOLY GRAIL burst onto the scene in 2009 with its debut EP, "Improper Burial", which led Metal Hammer to call the group "one of the most promising traditionally-inclined metal bands to emerge from the U.S. in the past decade." It was quickly followed by "Crisis In Utopia", which Revolver called "a nearly flawless full-length debut that ecstatically revives undiluted, straight-up metal in all its gauntlet-clad glory" and named one of the 20 best albums of 2010.

In addition to the bands listed above, HOLY GRAIL has toured alongside such notable acts as BLIND GUARDIAN, VALIENT THORR, ORANGE GOBLIN, HELLYEAH, HIGH ON FIRE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and MUNICIPAL WASTE. The group has also performed at such major international metal festivals as Wacken Open Air (Germany), Download (UK), Soundwave (Australia) and Loud Park (Japan).

Last month, HOLY GRAIL triumphantly returned to the stage with a live performance at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California during the home opener of the L.A. Kiss arena football team. The band expects to announce summer tour dates in the coming weeks.

Gruesome, the debilitating death metal faction featuring members of Exhumed, Possessed, Malevolent Creation and Derketa, have released a very special cover of Slayer's "Black Magic”. The band's latest reconfiguration of the old-school gem appears on the deluxe digital edition of the band's Savage Land full-length.

"We chose our cover tunes the same way we tried to write the album," relays guitarist/vocalist Matt Harvey. "We just did what Chuck (Schuldiner) would have done. Death was never a band particularly known for their cover song repertoire, but they did occasionally close their set with a rendition of “Black Magic” and it's a cover that dates as far back as an old 1984 Death/Mantas rehearsal, so we felt it would be appropriate. We were considering “The Exorcist” by Possessed, since Death started recording a cover of it during Individual Thought Patterns, but since (Gruesome guitarist) Dan (Gonzalez) is in Possessed, it was a bit weird. Again, we tried to approach the song as Death doing a Slayer cover, so... hopefully we came close to the mark."

A respectful celebration of the sound of the early Death records, the collective was borne out of guitarist/vocalist Matt Harvey (Exhumed) and drummer Gus Rios' (Malevolent Creation) mutual involvement with the Death To All tours - Harvey serving as frontman for the original nine-member mini-tour and Rios performing "Baptized In Blood" and working with DTA drummer Sean Reinert on the following US tour where Exhumed filled in as support on a several dates.

The pair stayed in touch and discussed their mutual love (obsession?) for the early half of Death's catalog. After deliberating and ultimately discarding the idea of putting together another incarnation of DTA to focus exclusively on the first two albums, Harvey half-jokingly suggested writing their own songs in that vein. It wasn't long before the idea gained traction, and the "band" had five songs written. With Harvey composing in California, Rios recruited Possessed guitarist Daniel Gonzalez and Derketa bassist Robin Mazen to record the material in Florida, while Harvey tracked his vocals on the West Coast. The result is eight-track debut, Savage Land, a truly gruesome slab of late-'80s/early-'90s Florida-styled death metal. Tragically, there will never be any truly new Death material, but Gruesome is humbly determined to keeping the band's classic sound alive as faithfully as possible.

Elaborates Harvey, "We had such a blast writing and recording this album, I just hope people enjoy it half as much as I enjoyed doing it. It was a great experience working with my friends in Florida and getting to write and record my take on the Death sound. I'm beyond happy with the way everything came out and I hope people take it as the loving, respectful piece of work that it is. I know that sounds counterintuitive for a death metal album, but the whole band is really a super nerdy fan letter to Chuck (Schuldiner), James (Murphy), Rick (Rozz), Terry (Butler), Chris (Reifert), Paul (Masvidal), Sean (Reinert), and Stevie D (DiGiorgio) for making records that have given me literally decades of enjoyment. Having had a chance to meet and hang out with all of those dudes from the early Death days, with the exception of Bill Andrews, has been nothing but humbling, rewarding, enlightening and has only deepened my love for the band and made it that much more personal. So I decided to write an album about '80s horror movies and deadly diseases, which is what anyone would do under the circumstances, right? Anyway, if you like late '80s Death, I sincerely hope you enjoy our take on it, which is really what this album is, with all the drippy blood and inverted crosses in the logo that that implies."

Savage Land was recorded by Rios and Gonzalez at Riversound Studios in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, mixed by Jarrett Pritchard at Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida and features a guest guitar solo on "Closed Casket" by James Murphy as well as cover art by legendary illustrator Ed Repka (Death, Megadeth, Massacre, Athiest et el).

 

 

Savage Land tracklisting:

“Savage Land”
“Trapped In Hell”
“Demonized”
“Hideous”
“Gangrene”
“Closed Casket”
“Psychic Twin”
“Gruesome”

“Savage Land” video:

“Hideous”:

Trailer:

Gruesome lineup:

Daniel Gonzalez - Guitar
Matt Harvey - Guitar, vocals
Robin Mazen - Bass
Gus Rios - Drums

(Photo - Niuvis Martin)

New Hampshire-based Vattnet Viskar are streaming the new track “Colony” from their upcoming new album, Settler. The clip was made by multimedia artist, Josh Graham (ex-Neurosis, Soundgarden), who also created the band's "Breath Of The Almighty" and "Settler" videos.

Nick Thornbury (guitar/vocals) comments: "I was reading an article about how a colony of ants actually learns faster than Google, which is completely insane. Luckily we had this sort of mathy but still dark sounding song that seemed a perfect match for that concept.  I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords."

The album artwork was created by multimedia artist, Josh Graham (ex-Neurosis, Soundgarden), who also created the video for "Breath Of The Almighty", from the band's Sky Swallower album.
 

 

Settler tracklisting:

“Dawnlands”
“Colony”
“Yearn”
“Impact”
“Glory”
“Heirs”
“Settler”
“Coldwar”

“Settler”:

 
Settler will be out June 16th in North America (June 29th in Europe) via Century Media Records. The album was recorded at Earth Analog Studios in Champaign, IL with producer Sanford Parker (Minsk, Voivod).

Before Settler's release, the band will embark on an east coast run, ending at Maryland Deathfest, where they will share the stage alongside Napalm Death, Triptykon, Amorphis, and more. See below for all upcoming dates.
 
May
16 - Milly's Tavern - Manchester, NH
17 - Parlour - Providence, RI
18 - Great Scott - Allston, MA
20 - Ortliebs - Philadelphia, PA
21 - Saint Vitus - Brooklyn, NY
22 - Rams Head Live - Baltimore, MD (Maryland Deathfest)
 
Vattnet Viskar is:  

Nick Thornbury - Guitar/Vocals
Chris Alfieri - Guitar
Seamus Menihane - Drums
Casey Aylward - Bass

 

GWAR, the world's premier shock rock band, today announced that Kim Dylla was released from the band directly following the fall 2014 "GWAR Eternal Tour", and will no longer perform with the group. Dylla played the character of Vulvatron, a buxom Scumdog from the distant future, on the band's last national tour. The group garnered quite a bit of press when it was erroneously reported that Dylla, in the role of Vulvatron, was the new lead singer for the band.

Brent Purgason, slave of the recently defrosted intergalactic barbarian Pustulus Maximus, had this to say: "Kim did a great job, but we wanted to go a different direction with the Vulvatron character. You will absolutely see more of Vulvatron in the future, just not portrayed by Kim. There is no ill will, no acrimony, and no drama. We respect Kim's talent without question, it just isn't what we needed in the character."

Vulvatron was previously described as "genetically engineered to the optimum proportions for a female of her species." She was said to have returned from the year 69,000, where she was a high-ranking Scumdog assassin in the battle against futuro-fascist forces. Her primary functions included the mastery of the arts of war, quantum mechanics and intergalactic musicology.

GWAR's "30 Years of Total Domination Tour" will kick off on late August and will feature support from BUTCHER BABIES and BATTLECROSS. The trek will launch August 25 in Millvale, Pennsylvania and wrap on September 18 in Rochester, New York.

Swedish death metallers, Entrails, will release their fourth album, Obliteration, on May 15th via Metal Blade. The new track “Obliterate” can be heard below.

Obliteration was tracked by Jimmy Lundqvist at his own Bloodshed Studios and mixed and mastered by legendary musician/soundsmith Dan Swanö (Edge Of Sanity, Bloodbath, Aeon, Hail Of Bullets etc.) at Unisound.

Obliteration will be released as a limited first edition digipak-CD with two bonus tracks as well as on vinyl and digitally. Check out the pre-order section at this location. There is an exclusive bundle available as well.

 

 

Obliteration tracklisting:

“No Cross Left Unturned”
“Epitome Of Death”
“Beyond The Flesh”
“The Grotesque”
“Obliterate”
“Skulls”
“Midnight Coffin”
“Bonestorm”
“Abyss Of Corpses”
“Re-Animation Of The Dead”

“Midnight Coffin”:

“Beyond The Flesh”:

Entrails is:

Jimmy Lundqvist - guitars
Joakim Svensson - vocals/bass
Pontus Samuelsson - guitars
Adde Mitroulis - drums

UK prog-metal band, TesseracT, are set to release their first live audio/video concert. Titled Odyssey/Scala, the CD/DVD and LP/DVD package welcomes back One vocalist, Daniel Tompkins. Odyssey, the audio portion, was recorded live during various stops in the autumn of 2014 throughout Europe and Russia on the Altered State World Tour. Scala, the video portion, was filmed live on November 6th, 2014 at Scala, London, UK. A video for "Nocturne" can be seen below:

TesseracT officially burst on the scene in 2011 with their debut album, One. Touring with the likes of Devin Townsend, Protest The Hero and Between The Buried and Me helped make them one of the most successful break through acts in the progressive metal genre. 2013's Altered State, featured vocalist Ashe O'Hara and was nominated for the Progressive Music Award's Album of the Year. They toured the US with Cloudkicker and Intronaut, playing to sold out venues across the country. Altered State went on to outsell One and appeared on many Year End "Best Of" lists.

Odyssey/Scala, available in CD/DVD, LP/DVD and in digital formats on May 18th in Europe and May 19th in North America on Century Media Records.

 

 

Odyssey (audio) tracklisting:

“Singularity” (recorded in Moscow, Russia)
“Deception - Concealing Fate Part Two” (recorded in Birmingham, UK)
“The Impossible - Concealing Fate Part Three” (recorded in Nottingham, UK)
“Perfection/Epiphany - Concealing Fate Parts Four/Five” (recorded in Rome, Italy)
“Origin - Concealing Fate Part Six” (recorded in Strasbourg, France)
“Of Matter - Proxy” (recorded in Koln, Germany)
“Of Matter - Retrospect” (recorded in Nijmegen, Netherlands)
“Of Matter - Resist” (recorded in Budapest, Hungary)
“April” (recorded in Paris, France)
“Nocturne” (recorded in Manchester, UK)
“Acceptance - Concealing Fate Part One” (recorded in Moscow, Russia)

Scala (video) tracklisting:

“Singularity”
“Deception - Concealing Fate Part Two”
“The Impossible - Concealing Fate Part Three”
“Perfection/Epiphany - Concealing Fate Parts Four/Five”
“Origin - Concealing Fate Part Six”
“Of Matter - Proxy”
“Of Matter - Retrospect”
“Of Matter - Resist”
“April”
“Nocturne”
“Acceptance - Concealing Fate Part One”

"Concealing Fate Part 2 & 3”:

Trailer:

TesseracT have achieved a new standard for outlandish gig locations by playing the first ever set on an igloo, thought to be the world’s biggest. The immense snow structure, spanning the equivalent of 3.5 double decker buses near Yllas village, Finland, was part of the Jägermeister Ice Cold Gig series, which puts artists to the test as they perform in unconventional, ice cold conditions.

 

 

The stunning location played host to the hour-long show which included fan favourite track “Nocturne”. The gig was performed to a unique crowd, pulling in reindeer, skiers, and Sami tribesmen from some 20-50 kilometres away.
 
In the words of guitarist James Monteith: “We’re great mates first and foremost, so we’ve shared some amazing moments. But even after playing the main stage at Sonisphere last year, the Jägermeister Ice Cold Gig was definitely TessaracT’s most challenging performance to date, and what an amazing experience it was. Something we’ll remember forever!
 
“The final stage build was tougher going than we expected - we were shifting one-tonne blocks of ice to create the steps leading up to the stage. Fortunately, we had a team of locals to help us and the effort was well worth it. It was absolutely freezing, but as soon as we saw the crowd of people adrenalin took over, the hard work was forgotten and we battled through the gig.”

 

After the release of The Key And The Gate EP, Swedish sextet Year Of The Goat is back with a heavy sign of life and their full-length album, The Unspeakable, to be released on July 31st via Napalm Records.

The album features nine of the finest dark rock / occult rock tracks with exiting anthemic choruses, enthralling arrangements and a nice 60s/70s vibe. These capture the listener in a whole atmosphere of trademarks of dark rock.

 

 

The Unspeakable tracklisting:

“All He Has Read”
“Pillars Of The South”
“The Emma”
“Vermin”
“World Of Wonders”
“The Wind”
“Black Sunlight”
“The Sermon”
“The Key And The Gate” (Alternative Version - Bonus Track)
“Riders Of Vultures”

Following a fourteen-year slumber, cult Swedish industrial black metal misanthropes, Diabolicum, now featuring the diseased vocal conjurings of Shining's Niklas Kvarforth, return with the tormented tones of third full-length, Ia Pazuzu (The Abyss Of The Shadows).

Initially spawed in 1994 by Sasrof and Thorne under the Imperial moniker, Diabolicum stand among the prime instigators of the industrial black metal scene. The collective's first demo appeared under the title Mori Voluntaria. The tape was recorded in just two days at a mental hospital and included the session vocals of Blackblood (Tommy Dahlström now of Aeon). Following various personnel shifts, Imperial unleashed The Imperial Darkness demo with vocals and lead guitar handled by Thyrfing (Stefan Dhalberg) with third demo, De FÆrdÆmdas Legion, unveiled by Arte De Occulta shortly thereafter. By 1997, members of Imperial formed black metal collective, Helvete, together with Mysteriis and Kraath of Setherial. The project was put on hold when guitarist Sasrof took over bass responsibilities for Setherial.  

Two years later, Imperial changed their name to Diabolicum. Nathzion (AKA Zeb Nilsson now of Aeon) joined the ranks as lead guitarist and Diabolicum's debut, the annihilating The Grandeur Of Hell, dropped in 1999 via Napalm Records. In the summer of 2000, Diabolicum fled Napalm to explore new opportunities and forged a union with Italian imprint, Code666. Brandishing a flawless meld of Swedish black metal and industrial ambient noise, 2001's resulting The Dark Blood Rising full-length is now considered a cult classic among the industrial black metal scene. In the years to follow, the band published a collection of early demos (The Killing Spree 1.5) and two split 7" EP - one with Watain; the other with Angst - before penning their third diabolic opus with new vocalist Niklas Kvarforth (Shining) and lead guitarist Likstrand. After several setbacks and delays, the band is finally ready to undrape Ia Pazuzu (The Abyss Of The Shadows). Spewing forth nine merciless tracks of sonic scorn, and featuring guest appearances by Malfeitor Fabban (Aborym) and Vargher (Naglfar, Bewitched, Ancient Wisdom), with cryptic artwork by Maxime Taccardi, Ia Pazuzu (The Abyss Of The Shadows) is anguished, devouring and destined to become a new milestone within the industrial black metal community.

 

 

Ia Pazuzu (The Abyss Of The Shadows) tracklisting:  

“Baxxar Ehl Uhza”
“The Void Of Astaroth”
“The Silent Spring”
“Genocide Bliss”
“Salvation Through Vengeance”
“The Abyss Of The Shadows”
“One Mans War”
“Angelmaker”
“Ia Pazuzu”   

Ia Pazuzu (The Abyss Of The Shadows) will be available in special digipack CD format as well as a limited edition, double gatefold LP and deluxe limited leather box on July 7th via Code666. Pre0orders will be available on May 12th with teaser tracks to be revealed in the coming weeks.   

Diabolicum 2015 lineup:

Niklas Kvarforth - vocals
Sasrof - guitars
Gorgorium - bass
Likstrand - guitar

Kaotoxin has announced that Bulgaria's Sources Of I have just inked a deal with its sub-label Tanquam Aegri Somnia, which will result in the release of the band's debut EP sometime this summer.

The band plays a unique style of dark/black metal and features members of We All Die (laughing), C.O.A.G., Merda Mundi, Yhdarl, The Cripple God, Dimholt, Upyr, and Center.

 

 

Sources Of I deliver an epic, doomy, and blackened experience that is based on dark philosophies and negative introspection, full of crushing melodies and viciously intense, obsidian anthems with a strong personal identity.

 

Loud Rage Music announces the signing of one of the most promising and expressive black metal bands spawned by the deep underground lately, Grieving Mirth, and international project featuring Mexico, US and UK based members also active in bands like Nethermost, Luciferian Rites or A Monumental Black Statue.

The band’s aim is crystal clear and straight forward: to create the most intense mourning cacophonies ever. In that regard the band scheduled their debut EP, the astonishing Calamitosvs Omine, for a late July release on CD format via Loud Rage Music.

Grieving Mirth goes beyond the usual boundaries of conventional black metal and explores different territories outside the established dogmas, their debut EP will prove the serious ambitions and solid potential these guys have.

 

 

Calamitosvs Omine tracklisting:

“Malaugurio”
“Indelectatvs”
“Optio”
“Mille Facce”
“Abuso”

“Optio”: