US metal veterans AXEHAMMER recently signed a worldwide deal with Pure Steel Records. The band's new album, Marching On, will be released on September 21st.

Marching On is produced by legendary producer Bill Metoyer (SLAYER, SACRED REICH, OMEN, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, FATES WARNING). The album artwork was designed by Timo Wuerz, and can be seen below:
Marching On tracklisting:

'Walk Into The Fire'
'The Dragons Fly'
'Swing the Steel'
'Midnight Train'
'Fire Away'
'Demon Killer'
'Cemetary'
'Flesh Machine'
AxeHammer lineup:

Vocals - Kleber Mandrake
Guitars - Jerry Watt
Drums - Joe Aghassi
Bass - Horacio Colmenares

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Chilean metallers DISSORS will release their self-titled debut album on October 10th via Australis Records.

The album was recorded at Midcity Sound studios in Los Angeles, CA under the supervision of producer Mike Doling (ex-S NOT, SOULFLY, CHANNEL ZERO).
Tracklisting is as follows:
‘Deny’
‘Last one’
‘Life’
‘Tonight’
‘Latino’
‘You Can't Take Me’
‘Human’
‘Dissors’
‘The Wicked Tribe’
‘Cuanto mas’

The video for ‘Last One’ can be seen below:

Avant-garde black metallers VON BRANDEN, consisting of musicians from NIGHTFALL, MANDRAKE and MEPHISTOPHELES will release their new album, Flammenreich, on October 26th via Apostasy Records.

The artwork, done by Lukasz Jaszak (DECAPITATED, VOMITORY), can be viewed below:

Flammenreich contians the following eight songs:

'Für die nächste Ewigkeit'
'Eremite'
'Flammenreich'
'Sehnsucht'
'Reverence'
'Verlust'
'Desert Sand'
'Monologue'

A video preview of the album has been made available:

Now aligned with Prosthetic, Minnesota-based grind trio AMBASSADOR GUN is set to deliver a heavy-hitting album that will feature each individual element that makes the band unique – grindcore mixed with death metal-infused thrash and blended with some punk and crust elements. This unique combination will form the upcoming release Golden Eagle, due out October 22nd.

According to Luke Olson, Golden Eagle was an album title and a concept before most of the tracks were even written. Some (but not all) of the album lyrics center on Native American culture at the turn of the 19th century ("Theft, murder, harassment, duress, war," Olson says). The band tracked the album themselves and self-produced.

Olson stated, “We had all intentions this time to record and mix the album ourselves. From the start, we knew we wanted a raw and crusty tone with a lot of mid. In the past we’ve worked with some amazing people, including Steve Austin (TODAY IS THE DAY), Adam Tucker and Jeff Halland, but I felt the three of us had a certain sound we needed conceptually for this record. Tim Sieler captured everything we set out to hear and it came out great."



Golden Eagle tracklisting

'Wounded Knee'
'Christbastard'
'Slowbled'
'Warpainted'
'Sunshine Acid'
'Sever Ties'
'Crack Ikon'
'Chris Brown'
'Unleashed'
'Circle the Lord Of Flies'
'No Suffering'

The band's self-produced video for 'Wounded Knee' can be seen below:
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Bollnäs, Sweden-based metallers TRAIL OF MURDER (featuring former TAD MOROSE singer Urban Breed), will release their debut album, Shades Of Art, on October 26th via Metal Heaven.
Shades Of Art tracklisting:

'Shades Of Art'
'Carnivore'
'Lady Don’t Answer'
'Mab'
'I Know Shadows'
'Your Silence'
'Higher'
'The Song You Never Sang'
'Nightmares I Stole'
'Child Of Darkest Night'
'Some Stand Alone'
'My Heart Still Cries'

Check out an album teaser below:
Trail Of Murder is:

Urban Breed – Vocals
Daniel Olsson – Guitar
Pelle Akerlind – Drums
Hasse Eismar – Guitar
Johan Bergquist – Bass
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Texas southern rock/metal TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION have set an October 15th release date for their new album, Peacemaker, via Carved Records. The new album was recorded in Los Angeles by producer Bob Marlette (BLACK SABBATH, ALICE COOPER, ANVIL, SALIVA, FILTER).
Peacemaker tracklisting is as follows:

'Hands Up'
'Damn You To Hell'
'8 Seconds'
'Outlaw'
'Turn It Up'
'Wicked'
'Don’t Come Lookin'
'Sex & Drugs & Rock and Roll'
'Paw Paw Hill'
'Peacemaker'
'Think of Me'

THC’s official video for the single ‘Turn It Up’ can be seen below:
Lineup:

Big Dad Ritch – vocals
Randy Cooper – guitar
John Exall - bass guitar
Wes Wallace – guitar
Timmy Braun - drums

On August 28, Sean of the WDVE 102.5 FM radio station conducted an interview with HALESTORM prior to the band's "Carnival Of Madness" tour show at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is video footage of a two-song acoustic performance.

HALESTORM has unveiled the dates, cities and venues for a late fall headlining U.S. tour sponsored by Jägermeister. The trek gets underway on November 8 in Mobile, Alabama, wrapping up on December 15 in Orlando, Florida. Special guests on the bill will be IN THIS MOMENT and EVE TO ADAM. Tickets for the road trip go on sale this Friday (September 7).

HALESTORM has been slogging through the hottest summer on record these past few weeks on the Carnival Of Madness tour, and Lzzy Hale told The Pulse Of Radio that playing outdoors in the heat can get to you after a while. "It's always a crazy show, especially when we're outside," she said. "We spent like seven days straight in Texas and the weather was just incredible, like just oppressive heat. And, you know, you lose your mind a little bit during those shows [laughs], you really do, because it's just hot and like, you get to a certain note or something that you're gonna hit, and then all of a sudden you're like, 'Oh, don't pass out, don't pass out!' [laughs] So it's a little crazy."

"I Miss The Misery", the second single from HALESTORM's current album "The Strange Case Of…" , is a Top Five track at Active Rock radio.

Hale was named the "Hottest Chick in Hard Rock" in Revolver magazine's annual round-up of the sexiest female rockers, beating out contenders like Lee, IN THIS MOMENT's Maria Brink and LACUNA COIL's Cristina Scabbia.

Interview:

According to The Pulse Of Radio, a new SOUNDGARDEN song called "Been Away Too Long" will be shipped to rock radio stations next Wednesday (September 19). The track will be the first official single from "King Animal", the Seattle grunge legends' first all-new album in 16 years. In related news, Hits Daily Double has reported that the band is signing a new worldwide record deal with Universal Music Group, with "King Animal" tentatively coming out through the Universal Republic label on November 13.

SOUNDGARDEN drummer Matt Cameron told The Pulse Of Radio that the band's 2010 reunion after 13 years apart never felt contrived. "You know, it never really felt forced or anything to try to make a big comeback and, you know, make a reunion happen, 'cause it can certainly backfire," he said. "I think we wanted to just approach it very methodically, and I think we've been doing so."

The band recently launched a web site and teaser video for "King Animal", which included an excerpt from a track called "Worse Dreams".

The only new SOUNDGARDEN song to be heard in its entirety so far is "Live To Rise", which was the lead single from the soundtrack album of the blockbuster superhero film "The Avengers" this past summer.

SOUNDGARDEN's last full-length album was 1996's "Down On The Upside". The quartet disbanded the following year. Singer Chris Cornell embarked on a solo career and also joined AUDIOSLAVE, while Cameron became a member of PEARL JAM in 1998.

SOUNDGARDEN has yet to announce live plans for the rest of 2012 and beyond.

Arto Lehtinen from Metal-rules.com spoke with legendary KING DIAMOND guitarist and producer Andy LaRocque recently about a number of topics. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Metal-rules.com: Was it obvious that it (your return to the stage) was going to be Sweden Rock and Hellfest?

LaRocque: "No, we didn't know that at the time, but we started talking about maybe doing a few things around Halloween as for last Halloween I believe. So we started talking about the possibilities about doing some things, but then again what stopped us was King's health, you know. He had problems with his back and also some problems with the heart. He did like a triple bypass surgery a year and a half ago. So we didn't really know, I mean we were waiting for him to get recovered until we could say anything. But we actually started talking about it maybe about a year ago, something like that."

Metal-rules.com: As you said it was a test for King Diamond how he was able to survive. But I guess it was really encouraging because he sounded really good and the band sounded really tight. I assume you are going to continue in the next summer right?

LaRocque: "Yes, next summer we're actually, we are electing promoters for festivals letting them know that we are actually available for next summer's festivals. So we'll see how many festivals we can get. But that's our goal to do as many festivals as we can within the timeframe here to next summer."
Metal-rules.com: It's about five years since the Give Me Your Soul album. You must have started checking out some new songs, new riffs. Can you tell a little bit more, if you have started talking about making new songs?

LaRocque: "Yeah we did and we were actually talking about starting writing songs this fall, but I started many years ago. So I think I already have like five or maybe six songs already for the next album, more or less ready I would say. I don't really think that King has come that far in the writing process, but he has got a lot of ideas in his head about the next album, I know that."

Metal-rules.com: How do you usually start creating a riff and new songs in general for the Diamond albums? 153503.jpg

LaRocque: "Usually it's like a riff that could be formed into a second riff and then you build it up from there. It could actually be some kind of atmospheric stuff. It doesn't really have to be a good riff it can also be a chain of chords that sounds very cool together. So it's really hard to say a specific thing about that, but usually it's a riff and then we build it up from there and I've got my own studio. So I usually go put on the computer and try to record the riff as soon as I have a chance to do that. So I got a few really good riffs in the computer that's for sure. And then what we do is like we started with like a click track or a tempo, BPM, like let's say just for example it's 120 or whatever and then we just record it with that click track for a few minutes. And then for me for example I got like a sequence drum like the easy drummer for example, like a drum machine in the computer. So I put on a few loops of drums and I start to build up the song from there and then when I'm finished with that whole thing for like three or four minutes or whatever how long that song is usually two guitar tracks, drums all the way through even though it's kind of simple drums to leave it open for Matt (Thompson), when he's doing the real drums in the studio. Then I also put some bass on it and possibly some keyboards and then I burn it down to a CD and send it away to the guys."

Metal-rules.com: Do you ever miss the old school writing process that each member makes their own things at home then you get together in the rehearsal room and start rehearsing? Or is this the normal way to work nowadays?

LaRocque: "Yeah that's the normal to work nowadays like sitting in front of the computer writing riffs and sending them to each other I believe. But sometimes you miss the charm with being in the rehearsal room, but for us it's not possible since we live all the world, we've got the bass player in Denmark, we've got Michael in Stockholm, we've got King and Matt they live in Texas. So it's like impossible to do it that way nowadays. So we just send it to them, the guys rehearse their stuff and then when we get to the studio, they all know what to do."

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King Diamond made his return to the live stage (after recovering from open-heart triple-bypass surgery in November 2010) at the Sweden Rock Festival 2012, held in Sölvesborg on June 9th and June 15th at Hellfest in Clisson, France.

At Sweden Rock, the band performed 'Halloween' off of his 1986 debut album Fatal Portrait. King was joined by Mercyful Fate guitarist Michael Denner and MOTÖRHEAD (and former King Diamond) drummer Mikkey Dee for this song. Check out footage below:

"The Loser", the new video from Italian folk/power metallers ELVENKING, can be seen below. The track comes off the band's new album, "Era", which will be released on September 14 via AFM Records. The CD was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland with producer Nino Laurenne (AMORPHIS, LORDI, SONATA ARCTICA, APOCALYPTICA). Nino previously worked with the band on "The Winter Wake" and "The Scythe" CDs.

"Era" features guest appearances by Jon Oliva (SAVATAGE, JON OLIVA'S PAIN), Teemu Mäntysaari (WINTERSUN), Maurizio Cardullo (FOLKSTONE), Alessandro Conti (RHAPSODY, TRICK OR TREAT), Marco Sandron (EDEN'S CURSE, PATHOSRAY) and Giordana Gisamano (INSANITY FAIR).

"Era" track listing:

01. The Loser
02. I Am The Monster
03. Midnight Skies, Winter Sighs
04. A Song For The People
05. Animals
06. Through Wolf's Eyes
07. Walking Dead
08. Forget-Me-Not
09. Poor Little Baroness
10. The Time Of Your Life
11. Chronicle Of A Frozen Era
12. Ophale

ELVENKING's last album, "Red Silent Tides", was released on September 17, 2010 in Europe (November 9, 2010 in North America) via AFM Records.

"The Loser" video:

Vocalist Paul Zinay of Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based sympho/black/folk/power metallers BLACKGUARD joined KAMELOT on stage this past Saturday, September 8 at Circo Volador in Mexico City, Mexico to perforn the song "March Of Mephisto". Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below.

BLACKGUARD will support KAMELOT on a European tour in November. Also appearing on the bill are German symphonic metallers XANDRIA and Norway's TRIOSPHERE.

BLACKGUARD toured with KAMELOT on the 2011 "Pandemonium Tour" in North America and has proven to be a great addition to the billing.

KAMELOT's new album, "Silverthorn", will be released on October 30 in North America, October 26 in Germany and October 29 in the rest of Europe via Steamhammer/SPV. The CD will mark the band's first release with new singer Tommy Karevik, the 30-year-old Swede who previously fronted SEVENTH WONDER (a group that he is still a member of).

KAMELOT recently filmed a video for the song "Sacrimony (Angel Of Afterlife)", in Belgrade, Serbia with director Ivan Colic, who has previously worked with MOONSPELL, SOILWORK, HAMMERFALL, TYPE O NEGATIVE and SYMPHONY X, among others. The clip, which features guest appearances by Elize Ryd (AMARANTHE) and Alissa White-Gluz (THE AGONIST), is expected to make its online debut in a few weeks. Alissa's cameo was filmed by Von Wong Photography at Studio Newreel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Sydney, Australia progressive doom metal five piece RISE OF AVERNUS – formed by guitarist/vocalist Ben Vanvollenhoven (ex-STODOWA) and vocalist/keyboardist, Catherine Guirguis (KATABASIS, ex-BLACK HORIZON) - debut, self-titled three track EP was officially released on March 13th. The EP features three tracks and was mixed and mastered by Ryan Huthnance (THE SEER, MORTAL SIN).

The lead track, ‘Beneath The Frozen Hand Of Time’, features vocal contributions from MORGOTH frontman Marc Grewe. Grewe’s vocals were recorded while visiting Australia last year.
Tracklisting is as follows:

‘Upon A Field Of Stone’
‘Forbidden Sin’
‘Beneath the Frozen Hand Of Time’

An introduction video to the band can be seen below:

Polish metallers HELLECTRICITY – Featuring members of CORRUPTION, LOSTBONE, HEDFIRST, CARNAL, and THE SUPERGROUP - have released the track ‘Silver Bullets’ for streaming. Check it out below:
The band will release their debut studio album Salem Blood on October, 29th in Europe via Metal Mind Productions and December 11th in USA (via MVD).
Salem Blood tracklist:
'Silver Bullets'
'Endless Lie'
'Wolf Or Man'
'Plaque LXIX'
'Nightmare'
'Don't Burn The Witch'
'Eat Me Alive'
'Beware Of Light'
'Salem Blood'
'Prophecy'

Texas progressive metallers ETHEREAL ARCHITECT have released a split-screen video for their cover of the Richard Harris track ‘MacArthur Park’. Check it out below:



‘MacArthur Park’ comes off the band’s sophomore album Monolith, which was self-released on May 11th.



Monolith tracklisting:
'Kalinago'
'Mercury'
'Obsidian'
'Oceans'
'Final Escape'
'Revolutions'
'Obscura'
'Bardo Becoming'
'Submission'
'MacArthur Park' - Bonus CD only
'Oceanos' - Bonus Digital only

The CD can be purchased at the official EA store. The digital version can be downloaded from iTunes.

Heavyweights MARTYR DEFILED have announced the premiere of the music video for the track ‘Nemesis’, off their new EP In Shadows out now via Siege Of Amida. Watch the video below:
The band has also announced a run of UK shows and promised fans each show will be £2 entry with advance purchase tickets. – Dates are as follows:
September
6 - The Well – Leeds, UK
7 – Venue - Newcastle, UK
8 - The Old Hairdressers – Glasgow, UK
9 - Chameleon Café – Nottingham, UK
10 - Relentless Garage - London, UK
11 – Seabreeze – Lowestoft, UK
12 - Labour Club - Yeovil, UK

Italian thrashers NEURASTHENIA have released a preview of their new album, Possessed By Your Omen - check it out below:
Possessed By Your Omen is a compilation of songs extracted from their albums Possessed (2009) and Your Omen (2009), all completely re-recorded, re-arranged, remixed and remastered.

The album has been recorded in Neura-studios by Lehmann, and it will be a co-production by Neurasthenia, Bologna Rock City (responsible of worldwide physical distribution in CD and vinyl) and Spider Rock Promotion (digital distribution and promotion). Mastering will be done by Simone Mularoni (DGM, EMPYRIOS) in Domination Studios.

Possessed By Your Omen tracklisting:

'When Nightmare Comes True'
'I, Walking With A Zombie'
'Fell Possessed'
'No Politics'
'Screaming Corpse'
'Go Fuck Themselves'
'Assassination'
'T.B.T (Thrash Is Back In Town)'
'Your Omen'
'The Last Order Of God'
'I Love It Loud' (KISS cover)

The video for the track, ‘I'm Walking With A Zombie', can be viewed below:

Poland's FORGOTTEN SOULS have announced that they have signed with Mighty Music for the release of their fourth full-length album, Sirius 12, which will be available on October 29th.



Sirius 12 will include the following tracklisting:

‘Intro’
‘The Flight’
‘Nowhere Here’
‘Signals’
‘Can't Resist’
‘The Black Tzar’
‘Na Horyzoncie’
‘Sirius 12’
‘The Sum Of All Suns’
‘Nobody’
‘Willow Green’
‘Hope’
‘Outro’

North American melodic dark metal act DEATHWHITE have released their first two songs - 'Feeding The Illusion' and 'Eden' - via their official Facebook page.
The songs were produced and engineered by Leon Mallah at Apartment 23 Studios, and were mastered by Dan Swanö (EDGE OF SANITY, BLOODBATH) at Unisound Studios in Orebro, Sweden.

Both tracks are also available below. 'Feeding The Illusion' is available for free download.

The band will enter the studio in the fall of 2012 to record an EP entitled All Is Quiet.

Feeding the Illusion by Deathwhite

Eden by Deathwhite

South Carolina-based extreme metal band LECHEROUS NOCTURNE will release its third album, "Behold Almighty Doctrine", on February 19, 2013 via Unique Leader Records. The CD was recorded at SoundLab Studio in Lexington, South Carolina with longtime engineer Bob Moore.

The "Behold Almighty Doctrine" artwork can be seen below.

Vocalist Jason Hohenstein announced his departure from LECHEROUS NOCTURNE in July 2011, telling BLABBERMOUTH.NET in a statement, "I was writing/arranging in preparation of the new record when I was asked to leave." He added, "I did not quit! I want to make that perfectly clear."

LECHEROUS NOCTURNE 2012 is:

Christian "Kreishloff" Lofgren: Guitar
Ethan Lane: Guitar
James Oneal: Bass
Alex Lancia: Drums
Chris Lollis: Vocals

LECHEROUS NOCTURNE's second album, "The Age of Miracles Has Passed", was released in October 2008 via Unique Leader Records.

U.K.-based progressive extreme metal juggernaut THE HAARP MACHINE has created quite a buzz within the metal world upon announcing its worldwide signing to Sumerian Records. However, most people don't realize how forward-thinking this band is and how attuned they are to the socioeconomic issues that plague today's society. Their message and music is truly the definitive of progressive metal.

Expect the band's debut full-length album, "Disclosure", to definitely turn some heads. The disc is set for an October 16 release and the new video, for the track "Pleiadian Keys", can be seen below.

A series of specially priced pre-order bundles can be found now at this location.

Commented THE HAARP MACHINE guitarist Al Mu'min: "Our debut album is an amalgamation of many influences across the spectrum and lyrically addresses many of the socioeconomic and political issues in our society today. We hope it will open doors for listeners and broaden their musical horizons as well as spark an interest in areas that dictate our lives, but are swept under the rug to maintain the status quo and keep the populace aloof to the sick capitalist venture of the big money cartels. We feel very fortunate to be in this position and wish to use this opportunity to spread the word on social change via the application of the scientific method for the betterment of humankind. There IS an alternative to the un-sane society we live in and it is our duty to this planet and all its inhabitants to awaken the sleepers. We can no longer ignore the writings on the wall. The time for change is now."

Japanese symphonic metal project LIV MOON, which features musical actress-turned-vocalist Akane Liv, will release their fourth full length album, The End Of The Beginning, on September 26th.



The album features Kee Marcello (ex-EUROPE), Kiko Loureiro (ANGRA) and Magnus Rosen (ex-HAMMERFALL). Watch the video for 'And Forever More', featuring Kee Marcello, below:
The album will be also available via iTunes in North America, Mexico, Europe and Oceania on September 26th. All other Liv Moon albums will be also available through iTunes for the first time for overseas fans on the same date.

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Mythological occult metal discoverers ABSU announce the release of their new video, produced for the anthem 'Hall Of The Masters', courtesy of this year's Adult Swim Singles Program. Once again, the band has showcased their signature style of occult black/thrash mythology to dark, new, calculating territories. The audio was recorded earlier this year at Nomad Recording Studios in Carrollton, Texas and mixed by J.T. Longoria, the video for the song then filmed by director Daniel Garcia.

Stated ABSU vocalist/drummer Proscriptor on the creation of the visual magnum opus: “’Hall Of The Masters’ is a conceptual video concerning the wedlock between a speculum of apparitions and the rite of transfiguration. The mortality featured in the video is unexpectedly visited by the Elder Ones and swept from Earth by the form of the Master. Every dream of man and woman is superlatively coiled by the Lamia!”

Watch the new video below:

This November the Absu clan will take their blackened craft to South American audiences on a venture through Columbia, Chile, and Brazil, with performances flanking MYSTIFIER, MASSACRE, MASTER and more along the way.

The band's live itinerary can be found at this location.

THIN LIZZY keyboardist Darren Wharton's other band, DARE, will release their new album, Calm Before The Storm 2, on October 8th. The album artwork can be seen below:
Calm Before The Storm 2 tracklisting:

'Walk On The Water'
'Someday'
'Calm Before The Storm'
'Crown Of Thorns'
'Precious'
''Silence Of Your Head'
Rescue Me'
'Ashes'
'Rising Sun'
'Cold Wind Will Blow'
'Deliverance'

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Indie Recordings will release the debut album from Stavanger, Norway-based metallers OVERTHROW, entitled Adjust To Darkness, on October 19th in Norway, and October 23rd throughout the rest of Europe. Check out two new studio reports below:
Adjust To Darkness tracklisting:

'Adjust to Darkness'
'Come Thunder'
'Let Them Fall'
'Det Hellige Har Forlatt'
'Phantom Hearts'
'Sleeplessness Awaits'
'Woolgatherer'
'Relapse'
'Octoskulls'
'Destroyeryouth'
'The Worst Is Yet To Come'

The new song 'Let Them Fall' can be heard streaming on SoundCloud below:
Overthrow is:

Ole Gaard Varhaug - Guitar/Vocals
Erlend Færevåg - Lead Guitar
Tor Arne Håland – Bass
Espen Kvaløy – Drums

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Norwegian metallers NIDINGR will release the new album Greatest Of Deceivers on November 20th in Europe and have revealed the cover and tracklist. The art below is designed by the renowned Metastazis (MORBID ANGEL, AS I LAY DYING, PARADISE LOST, ULVER, WATAIN, BLUT AUS NORD).
Greatest of Deceivers tracklisting:
'Greatest Of Deceivers'
'All Crowns Fall'
'O Thou Empty God'
'The Balances'
'Vim Patior'
'Rags Upon A Beggar'
'The Worm Is Crowned'
'Pure Pale Gold'
'Mother Of Abominations'
'Dweller In The Abyss'

Greatest of Deceivers continues the theme from Sorrow Infinite And Darkness (2005) based on Enochian texts. As on the previous album, ten Enochian Æthyrs are evoked through the course of the album.

A trailer for the new, as-yet-untitled album and next live show from Danish groove metallers CHAINFIST, which features in it’s ranks guitarist Michael Kopietz (FROZEN SUN, PANZERCHRIST), can be viewed below:
The band's next live show, where they will perform some new songs, is September 29th in Copenhagen, Denmark at City Of Sin. A Facebook event page can be found here.
Chainfest are currently recording their second album, which will be even bigger, more aggressive and heavier.

The band’s current lineup:

Jackie Petersen – Vocals
Michael Kopietz – Guitar
Thomas Hvisel – Lead Guitar
Braca Pedersen – Bass
Jesper Heidelbach – Drums
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France’s rock/metal outfit LIZZARD will release its debut full-length album Out Of Reach on October 12 via Klonosphere Records/Season of Mist. The CD was produced and mixed by renowned producer Rhys Fulber (PARADISE LOST, FEAR FACTORY, FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY) at Surplus Sound, Los Angeles, California and follows up their 2008 EP entitled Venus.

Comprised by Katy Elwell on drums, William Knox on bass, and Mathieu Ricou on guitar/vocals, LIZZARD was formed in 2006 and has toured with the likes of GOJIRA and LOUDBLAST.

Out Of Reach tracklisting:
'Disintegrity'
'The Orbiter'
'Out of Reach'
'Skyline'
'Loose Ends'
'Backslide'
'Fakeworld'
'Twisted Machine'
'Across the Line'
'Tear Down the Sky'

View the video for the song 'The Orbiter' below: