Roskilde, Denmark-based death/thrash band ROARBACK will release their debut album, Echoes Of Pain, on January 27th via Mighty Music/Target. Their new video, for the track 'Manor Of Hatred', can be seen below.

The band's songs are about hate, pain, violence, death and religion. The tracks will take you through a journey of war, mental illnesses, fights, punishments and pure hate! Roarback does this with a raw and brutal vocal performance supported by some heavy and vigorously drumming combined with fast guitar riffing and dark bass notes. The band takes pride in recording their music with an “old school” touch and with a raw and direct sound. The whole idea is to take metal a step back, to where the sound was pure and straight in your face!
Tracklisting:

'Peoples Hate'
'I Will Find You!'
'Voices Of Deception'
'Manor Of Hatred'
'Face The Sun'
'My World'
'Wrong Man's Life'
'Systematically Murdered'
'Warmachine'
'Echoes Of Pain'

'Manor Of Hatred' video:
'Systematically Murdered' lyric video:
Roarback are:

Dennis Ullehus: Vocals
Andreas Rohde: Lead guitar
Andreas Dixø: Lead guitar
Kåre Holm-Sørensen: Drums
Mikkel Stender: Bass
More on Roarback at Facebook.

Saxonia/Germany's ALPHA TIGER start the new year with the release of the 12“ vinyl maxi, titled 'Lady Liberty', on February 28th via vinyl specialist High Roller Records (under exclusive license from Century Media).
The release will be strictly limited to just 500 copies in two different colors and contains three songs. It will be supported by a new video, available two weeks prior to the record release.
Peter Langforth, mastermind of Alpha Tiger, comments on the concept of the EP: "The world is facing dramatic changes. More and more, governments and the people are talking different languages; this rift is being felt in all layers of society. In times where financial powers pull the strings and mass media are used to manipulate, deceive and distract from the real problems, it's getting more and more important that the people express their own interests on the streets.

'Lady Liberty' is our expressive statement against a Big Brother society. The song is full of energy and straight to the point. What remains are our pure emotions and aggressions against this unjust society. The fitting sound was created in the Area 51 studio by Tommy Newton, who gave the song a very powerful mix. The B-Side contains the song 'Men or Machines', originally published on our first album, and completely re-arranged and extended by two minutes. 'Child In The Haze' completes the 12“ and is a rerecording from our SATIN BLACK days, originally written in 2008.“

Brazilian thrash metallers WOSLOM recently signed a deal with Italian label Punishment 18 Records. The band's second studio album, Evolustruction, will be released on February 24th.

Evolustruction tracklisting:

‘Evolustruction’
‘Haunted By The Past’
‘Pray To Kill’
‘River Of Souls’
‘No Last Chance’
‘New Faith’
‘Breathless (Justice’s Fall)’
‘Purgatory’

Video ‘Evolustruction’:

During their second tour around Europe, and in addition to earning more public attention, Woslom also gained media attention.

The TV show Iron Marsh, from Russia, took advantage of the band’s passage by Moscow (at Rock House) and interviewed the band. Watch below:

Melodic Revolution Records has announced the signing of German prog metal act THOUGHTS FACTORY for their debut release, entitled Lost.

Thoughts Factory are a band influenced by different styles and genres. The five musicians are creating an exciting mixture of metallic sounds in the vein of SYMPHONY X and DREAM THEATER, with gloomy parts like OPETH and incorporating progressive rock elements of TRANSATLANTIC, NEAL MORSE and AYREON all the while keeping it fresh on their debut album Lost.

But Lost is much more than a combination of different influences. The album shows Thoughts Factory as a band with a sophisticated concept that succeeds in expressing their ideas through the music as well as the lyrics. Lost is a concept album that takes the audience on a personal journey through the mental state of one who is left behind. It processes the emotions and questions he has to face after the suicide of a beloved person. The dark parts have their place as well as straight metal riffs, tender keyboard melodies and euphoric orchestal passages which prove the complexity of the topic. The result is a diversified sound spectrum and a unique listening experience which enchains the listener for the whole running time of more than an hour. Heavy grooves, breathtaking melodies and vocal passages as well as virtosic guitar solo parts prove that Lost is not just another ordinary progressive metal album.
Tracklisting:

'Awakening'
'The Deep Forest'
'Desperation'
'Light'
'Voices From Heaven'
'No Way Out'
'The Mire'
'Death Of A Dream'

Promo video:
Lost will be released worldwide on February 15th. The album was recorded between December 2012 and May 2013. Mixing and Mastering by Kristian “Kohle” Kohlmannslehner were done at Kohlekeller Studios, Germany. Vocals, keys and bass were recorded at Sven Studios, Germany. Drums and guitars were recorded by Kai Stahlenberg at Kohlekeller Studios, Germany. Produced by Sven Schornstein.
Thoughts Factory lineup:

Marcus Becker (Vocals)
Sven Schornstein (Keys)
Bernd Schönegge (Bass)
Chris Maldener (Drums)
Markus Wittmann (Guitars)

It would be almost too easy to classify Australia's OUR LAST ENEMY as an industrial metal band. While that's an accurate description of the band, it's oversimplified, since Our Last Enemy are so much more than the sum of their base parts. Our Last Enemy make music that's akin to a soundtrack or mix tape designed for surviving and navigating an apocalyptic wasteland.
Our Last Enemy steps into the spotlight and offers their brand new album, Pariah, as the aforementioned element, scheduled to hit stores on March 11th via Eclipse Records. For this album, Our Last Enemy relocated to Los Angeles, CA to record with Christian Olde Wolbers, formerly of FEAR FACTORY, a like-minded, kindred spirit. Pariah was recorded at Temple studios, once owned by members of FLEETWOOD MAC and currently co-owned by CYPRESS HILL's B-Real and Raymond Herrera of Fear Factory fame.

You can pre-order Pariah now at via the Amazon link below. More pre-order options are coming soon. Check out the new video for the first single, ’10,000 Headless Horses’. The clip was directed by The Blackley Brothers (Her Name is Murder Productions) and was filmed in Sydney, Australia.
Thematically, Pariah has a loose concept threaded throughout. “The Pariah” is this unlucky person who seems to be continually reborn at the center of times crisis or upheaval, whether they are there as witness or catalyst. “The Pariah” appears multiple times throughout the record and some of the tracks are penned from his point of view or from the perspective of those around him.
Our Last Enemy is:

Oliver Fogwell (vocals)
Matt Heywood (bass/vocals
Jeff Ritchie (keys/samples)
Bryce 'Bizz' Bernius (guitar)
Zot Cillia (drums)

Portugal's MORE THAN A THOUSAND recently aligned themselves with New York's eOne Music via their partnership with Good Fight Music. The band's newest, Vol. 5 Lost At Home, will be released February 18th in North America.
More Than A Thousand have released a lyric video for their first single, 'Fight Your Demons'. Check it out below:
More Than A Thousand will spend the spring on the road in Europe with CHELSEA GRIN, THE BROWNING and SILENT SCREAMS.

Guitarist Filipe Oliveira from MTAT expresses, "We feel so grateful for signing with Good Fight Music / Eone! It's amazing to be a part of their family of bands and to finally bring our music to the US!, We've been working toward this for a long time!"

Carl Severson from Good Fight adds, "This is a band that is just incredibly passionate about their music and it jumps out of every second of this record. This is my favorite kind of find in music, a record you put on and are just taken aback by. It reminds me of how excited I was the first time I heard Every Time I Die or Killswitch Engage."
Tour dates:

March
6 - Germany München - Backstage
7 - Austria Wien - Arena
8 - Norway Trondheim - Trondheim Metal Fest

March (with Chelsea Grin, The Browning only)
9 - Germany Hannover - Musikzentrum
10 - Germany Berlin - Magnet
11 - Sweden Gothenburg - Sticky Fingers
12 - Sweden Stockholm - Arena Satelliten
13 - Germany Hamburg - Markthalle
14 - Holland Rotterdam - Baroeg
15 - UK Manchester - Sound Control
16 - UK Cardiff - Clwb Ifor Bach
17 - UK Glasgow - Cathouse
18 - UK Wolverhampton - Civic Hall
19 - UK Southampton - Joiners
20 - UK London - Underworld
21 - Belgium Brussels - Magasin 4
22 - Germany Köln - Underground
23 - Germany Trier - Exhaus
24 - France Paris - Glazart
26 - Italy Romagnano Sesia - RnR Arena
27 - Switzerland Aarau - Kiff
28 - Germany Leipzig - Conne Island
29 - Germany Karlsruhe - Stadtmitte

Barcelona-based ultra-thrashers CRISIX have signed with Apostasy Records, becoming the first thrash metal act to join the label's roster. With their 2011 album, The Menace the quintet released a debut full of hard driving riffs and feisty vocals; a cocktail that feeds every pit.
The band's latest, Rise...Then Rest, was mixed and mastered by none other than Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL, CANNIBAL CORPSE, MORBID ANGEL). Previously available in Spain only, Apostasy Records will release the album across the UK, Europe and North America. More details to come.
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Hailing from Madrid, Spain, WILD recently signed with Sliptrick Records for the release of their latest work La Noche Del Pecado. Produced by Angel Munoz, the maxi-single 'La Noche Del Pecado' will open up for the band's upcoming album. The artwork was created by Dimitar Nikolov. The EP was recorded, mixed and mastered by Angel Muñoz at Traste Cero Studios in Madrid and produced by Angel Muñoz and Wild.
La Noche Del Pecado tracklisting:

‘La Noche Del Pecado’
‘Furia En El Cielo’
‘Al Final Del Camino’
‘See You In Hell’ (featuring STRIKER’s Dan Cleary)

Wild will release their new album, Soy La Ley, later this year. Check out ‘En Tierra Hostil’ below:
For more info visit WeAreWild.net.

REFLECTIONS have debuted a brand new music video for their single ‘Vain Words For Empty Minds’.
Directed by DOPE frontman Edsel Dope, this is the band's first music video they've released in their budding career. The single comes from their latest LP, Exi(s)t, released last year. Frontman Jake Foster weighs in on their latest effort, "We couldn't be happier or more excited to release our first music video. A huge thank you to Edsel Dope and the rest of his crew for helping us put this together."
Reflections will hit the road this winter with label-mates CHIMAIRA and FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY on the Celebrate The Chaos tour, which kicks off January 30th at the legendary Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts. The band has also announced their participation in this year's South By So What Festival, taking place in Grand Prarie, TX the weekend of March 14th. Reflections will then head out with VEIL OF MAYA and ERRA in March.

Celebrate The Chaos tour with Chimaira, Fit For An Autopsy, IWRESTLEDABEARONCE, and OCEANO

January
30 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium (Upstairs)
31 – Wilmington, DE – Mojo 13

February
1 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance (16+)
4 – Amityville, NY – Revolution (16+)
5 – Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar
6 – Reading, PA – Reverb
7 – Jacksonville, NC – Hooligan’s
8 – Fayetteville, NC – The Drunk Horse Pub
9 – Charlotte, NC – The Casbah
11 – Knoxville, TN – NV Nightclub (18+)
12 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
14 – St. Petersburg, FL – The State Theatre
15 – Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
17 – Broussard, FL – The Station (18+)
18 – Shreveport, LA – Riverside Warehouse (21+)
21 – Kokomo, IN – Center Stage
22 – Louisville, KY – Diamond Pub & Billiards (18+)
23 – Newport, KY – Thompson House (18+)
Dates with Veil Of Maya and Erra:

March
7 – Duluth, MN – Clyde Iron Works
8 – Moorhead, MN – Gios
9 – Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theatre

With ANIMALS AS LEADERS:

March
14 – Austin, TX – SXSW
15 – Austin, TX – SXSW
16 – Dallas, TX – SBSW
17 – Memphis, TN – 1884 Lounge
18 – Elizabethton, TN – Bonnie Kate Theatre
19 – Columbus, OH – Kobo
20 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Stache
21 – Kokomo, IN – Center Stage
22 – Joilet, IL – Mojoes

More on Reflections at this location.

Romanian funeral doom collective DESCEND INTO DESPAIR have joined the eccentric Domestic Genocide roster for the release of their forthcoming full-length, The Bearer Of All Storms.

Melodic yet fragmented and led by the anguished growls of Denis Ungurean, the record is a primitive, thoroughly cheerless voyage through the various sounds and shades of suffering and despair, their grim, disconcerting hymns of negativity proving both elegant and suffocating.
The Bearer Of All Storms tracklistng:

'Portrait Of Rust'
'Mirrors Of Flesh'
'Pendulum Of Doubt'
'Triangle Of Lies'
'The Horrific Pale Awakening'
'Plânge glia de dorul meu'
'Embrace Of Earth'

'Mirrors Of Flesh':
Forged in 2010 in the dismal town of Radauti, Romania, Descend Into Despair aims to consume its listeners with a pervading sense of melancholy, their lyrical themes teetering somewhere between hope for a better tomorrow and imminent societal collapse, the downward spiral of mankind playing the most prominent role in their source of forlorn inspiration. Over the course of four years and varying lineups, the band - now featuring Alex Cozaciuc (lead guitars, programming, drums, keyboards), Denis Ungurean (vocals, ex-DONKERLAND), Iulia Bulancea (bass), Orza Radu (drums), Cosmin Farc?u (rhythm guitars) and Florentin Popa (keyboards) - has released one demo, one EP and the 'Hierophant Of The Night' single written in memory of LIFELOVER's Jonas Bergqvist, each offering proving more traumatic than the next both in sound and spirit.

The Bearer Of All Storms will be released via Domestic Genocide Records on January 28th. Order your copy today at this location.

Dutch death metal miscreants PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT will unleash their latest manifestation of audio abrasions on February 4th via Willowtip Records. Tenderly titled From Crotch To Crown, the long-anticipated follow-up to 2008's malicious Descendants Of Depravity features ten groin-churning tracks of merciless brutality.
Recorded in multiple locations throughout The Netherlands including: Split Second Sound Studio in Amsterdam, guitarist Frank Schiphorst's home studio in Zwolle, guitarist Martijn Moes' home studio in Meppel, and Final Focus Studio in Tilburg and re-amped, mixed and mastered by Yuma Van Eekelen and Bart Hennephof (also at Final Focus), From Crotch To Crown promises to deliver the band's sickest, most sadistic material yet.

Warns the band in a collective statement, "From Crotch To Crown is a mix of old-school mayhem and modern, bone-crushing, technical riffing with horrifying vocals spewed from the minds of the most sick and evil beings in history!"
From Crotch To Crown tracklisting:

'Only Taste For Decay'
'Battered To The Grave'
'Crowned In Entrails'
'Dismember The Transgender'
'Under The Patio'
'From Crotch To Crown'
'Glorify Through Cyanide'
'Set Forth To Annihilate'
'Compulsive Beheading Disorder'
'Reduced To Stumps'

'Glorify Through Cyanide' lyric video:
'Crowned In Entrails' lyric video:
Sample the official album teaser:
Pre-order the album here.

Melbourne, Australia-based melodic metallers VANISHING POINT will release their new album, Distant Is The Sun, on February 21st in Europe, and February 18th in North America via AFM Records.
Distant Is The Sun tracklisting:

'Beyond Redemption' (Intro)
'King Of Empty Promises'
'Distant Is The Sun'
'When Truth Lies'
'Circle Of Fire'
'Let The River Run'
'Denied Deliverance'
'Story Of Misery'
'Era Zero'
'Pillars Of Sand'
'As December Fades'
'Handful Of Hope'
'Walls Of Silence'
'April' (Instrumental)

Trailer:
Vanishing Point lineup:

Silvio Massaro - Vocals
Chris Porcianko - Guitar
James Maier - Guitar
Simon Best - Bass
Christian Nativo - Drums

Wurzburg, Germany's WILD ZOMBIE BLAST GUIDE, featuring THE NEW BLACK guitarist Fabian Schwarz, will release their second album Salute The Commander worldwide via all digital outlets on January 30th. They have posted a full length sample of the new song 'This Is Hell':
The tracklist for the new album is as follows:

'Salute The Commander
'This Is Hell'
'Under Toxic Skies'
'Thrash It Or Trash It'
'Mission Complete'
'Damnation'
'Birds Of Prey'
'End Of Your Rope'
'You've Died Before'
'UTZA'
Watch this page for updates, go to this location for more information.

Relapse Records has announced the re-release of YOB's psyche-doom metal classic Catharsis on vinyl. After being out of print on vinyl for over six years, Catharsis has been given the deluxe reissue treatment and will be released the way it was meant to be presented. Remastered from the original tapes by Tad Doyle, the reissue features stunning new artwork by Aaron Edge and brand new liner notes from guitarist / vocalist Mike Scheidt.

Catharsis will see its official vinyl rerelease on March 4th in North America, March 3rd in the UK/World and February 28th in Germany/Benelux/Finland. The vinyl includes a digital download of the full album and is being pressed on four limited color variations including gold, gold with black splatter (available exclusively at Roadburn), clear with black, bone white and gold splatter, and a special swamp green with purple and yellow splatter version that includes a black light poster available exclusively at Relapse.com.
Trailer:
Catharsis tracklisting:

‘Aeons’
‘Ether’
‘Catharsis’

Album stream:

Catharsis by YOB

Additionally, Yob will be headlining Roadburn Festival's official Afterburner party on April 13th in Tilburg, NL alongside TRIPTYKON, AVATARIUM, MORNE, BOLZER and many others.

Original Sound Version is the beyond-complete retrospective of DISCORDANCE AXIS' early years. It contains their debut album, Ulterior, along with the contents of their out of print split releases with Capitalist Casualties, Cosmic Curse, and Hellchild, plus demos, live recordings, and unreleased studio tracks.

There are 69 tracks in all; however, one of those is a live recording that actually contains 16 separate songs, bumping the total number of songs up into the mid-eighties.
Stream the release in full below. Order your copy at this location.

Original Sound Version 1992-1995 by Discordance Axis

Spanish metallers DIABULUS IN MUSICA have revealed the cover artwork and tracklisting for their new album, Argia, out April 15th in North America via Napalm Records
Argia tracklisting:

'Et Resurrexit (Libera Me)'
'From The Embers'
'Inner Force'
'Furia de Libertad' (feat. Ailyn Giménez)
'Maitagarri'
'Sed Diabolus'
'Spoilt Vampire'
'Eternal Breeze'
'Mechanical Ethos'
'Encounter At Chronos' Maze' (feat. Thomas Vikström)
'Indigo'
'Healing'
'Horizons'

Updates to follow.

SABBATH ASSEMBLY returns with their third album, Quaternity, set for international release on March 28th via Svart Records. It will be available on LP, CD, and digital download. The cover and tracklisting for Quaternity are as follows:
'Let Us Who Mystically Represent...'
'The Burning Cross Of Christ'
'Jehovah On Death'
'I, Satan'
'Lucifer'
'The Four Horsemen'

What is missing from the Christian concept of “trinity”? Carl Jung suggests that the fourth element is what many reject - the evil in our nature; or by another view, the feminine, which throughout Church history has been equated with evil and duly suppressed. To restore this element to the trinity creates Quaternity, which in William Blake’s Proverbs of Hell represents “the fourfold nature of man and his relationship to the divine.”

Side A of Quaternity the album begins with a look at the four deities worshipped in the theology of the Process Church of the Final Judgment - Christ, Jehovah, Lucifer, and Satan - each tune providing the deity with its own voice, unmediated by Christian prejudice. Lucifer is again the light bearer, Satan the source of primal strength, Jehovah the vengeful destroyer, and Christ the master of death.

Side B explores another four: the horsemen of the apocalypse of Revelations. This intricate, sidelong piece was conceived in anticipation of 12/21/12. For those who got the 7” last year, this is the full 20-minute version.

Quaternity is primarily acoustic in format, with an array of classical percussion and strings creating an entirely new sound for the band. Unlike its predecessors, Restored to One and Ye Are Gods, Sabbath Assembly's Quaternity offers a majority of original material with inspiration from the Process found primarily in the lyrics. One exception is the completely unpublished 'Lucifer', shared with the band over the telephone via former Processian Anthony D’Andrea, who had contacted the band complaining that they were not “getting the hymns right.” Thanks to Mr. D’Andrea, whose rendition can be heard in part at the top of the track.

Quaternity once again features Jamie Myers on vocals and Dave “Xtian” Nuss on percussion. Special guests on the album include Daron Beck of PINKISH BLACK accompanying Jamie on vocals, Kevin Hufnagel of GORGUTS on guitar, Mat McNerney and Marja Kontinnen of HEXVESSEL reciting sacred texts, liturgical chanting by Jessika Kinney of SUNN 0))), bass from Colin Marston of BEHOLD… THE ARCTOPUS, and organ from “Nameless Void” of NEGATIVE PLANE.

Boston post-rockers JUNIUS have revealed the second single, 'Battle In The Sky', from their forthcoming EP, Days Of The Fallen Sun, which can be streamed below.
Scheduled for release on February 18th via Prosthetic Records, Days Of The Fallen Sun was co-produced by the band along with Will Benoit, whose previous work includes Junius' 2011 full-length, Reports From The Threshold Of Death. The EP is described by the band as a prequel to their 2009 release, The Martyrdom Of A Catastrophist, and features four full-length tracks interwoven with hauntingly captivating interludes. The EP is currently available for pre-order via the Amazon widget below.
Junius will next be seen joining LONG DISTANCE CALLING on tour throughout Western Europe in early February before returning to the US for a short headlining run with A STORM OF LIGHT, confirmed shows are as follows:

February
6 - Zoetermeer, NL - Boederjj
7 - Dortmund, DE - FZW (Visions Party)
8 - London, UK - Barfly
11 - Madrid, ES - Caracol
11 - Madrid, ES - Shoko
12 - Barcelona, ES - Apolo 2
13 - Zurich, CH - Komplex
14 - Wien, AT - Szene
15 - Innsbruck, AT - Weekender
16 - Stuttgart, DE - Wagenhallen
17 - Munchen, DE - Backstage
18 - Berlin, DE - Lido
19 - Dresden, DE - Beatpol
20 - Esh Sur Alzette, LU - Rockhal
25 - York, PA - The Depot
26 - Columbus, OH - Kobo
27 - Chicago, IL - Reggies
28 - Erie, PA - The Crooked I

March
1 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Night Bazaar
2 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East

COFFINWORM are streaming the new track, 'Lust Vs. Vengeance', featured in the band's new album, IV.I.VIII, out March 18th via Profound Lore Records.
Four years after the release of When All Became None, the band return with an album that not only levels its predecessor, but a vicious statement of intent which producer/engineer Sanford Parker (CORRECTIONS HOUSE, TWILIGHT, YAKUZA, WOVENHAND, LORD MANTIS) claims as one of the most insane and craziest albums he’s ever been a part of.

IV.I.VIII is an album much more complex, lacerating, introverted, and ultimately devastating than anything the band has ever done previously, boasting six tracks of pure blackened unholy doom metal terror. Abetted by nightmarish cover artwork from Scott Shellhamer, this latest Coffinworm icon will once again serve as the soundtrack to the inevitable dark era that will ultimately befall the feeble mortal coil.

'Lust Vs. Vengeance':

Unleashing their new music video 'Between The Lines' last week, Hamilton, ON's hard hitting, heavy riffing melodic groove metal band DEATHPOINT announce guitarist Bill Elliot (BATTLESOUL), bassist Tiny Basstank (A SIN FOR A PRAYER) and drummer Steve "The Animal" Mitchell (BURNING THE DAY) to their touring line up.

Says bassist Brad Gold: "The band is extremely excited and pleased to have been able to assemble a solid line up of musicians for our upcoming headline shows. All three of these guys are great additions to our family and we have wanted to share the stage with each of them for a long time."
Tour dates:

February
7 - The APK - London, ON
8 - Canadian Anglo Club - Windsor, ON
14 - Red Papaya - Guelph, ON

'Between The Lines' video:

Milan, Italy natives DESTRAGE have released a brand new video for a track from their upcoming album, Are You Kidding Me? No. The video, which can loosely be described as a lyric video, features a pair of zombies making their way through the Warrior Dash in Italy as lyrics splatter onto the screen. Lyrically, the song examines why we as humans enjoy killing zombies so much, and visually, the video is an entertaining dose of absurdity, as fans of Destrage have come to expect! 'My Green Neighbour' was directed and edited by guitarist Matteo Di Gioia at The Jack Stupid.
Are You Kidding Me? No. will be released worldwide via Metal Blade Records on March 4th in North America and February 28th/March 3rd in Europe/UK.

Destrage recorded Are You Kidding Me? No. at RecLab Studios with Larsen Premoli and at Adrenaline Studio with Daniele Nelli. Mixing and mastering was done by Will Putney at The Machine Shop in New Jersey. The cover illustration was done by Marco Tafuri and the layout was completed by The Jack Stupid.
Tracklisting:

'Destroy Create Transform Sublimate
'Purania
'My Green Neighbour
'Hosts, Rifles & Coke
'G.O.D.
'Where the Things Have No Colour
'Waterpark Bachelorette
'Before, After and All Around
'(Obedience)'
'Are You Kidding Me? No.'

Trailer 1:
Trailer 2:
Destrage is:

Paolo Colavolpe - Vocal
Matteo Di Gioia - Guitar
Gabriel Pignata - Bass
Ralph Salati - Guitar
Federico Paulovich - Drums

British symphonic power metal band DAMNATION ANGELS check in with an update on their forthcoming new album:
"Our second album, The Valiant Fire, has been pushed back to September. This is due to the Europe Descends Into Darkness tour, which took place when we originally planned on recording. An April release was previously scheduled but we don't want to rush the album as we believe we are sitting on gold and it'll be worth the wait and extra time we have to develop it.

So The Valiant Fire is set to be released worldwide on Massacre Records this September... are you ready for it?!"

More details are forthcoming.

UK-based traditional metallers DARK FOREST are offering a free download of the track 'Sacred Signs', featured on their upcoming third long-player, The Awakening, out in Europe on February 28th, and in North America on March 11th via Cruz Del Sur Music on CD, LP and digital. Get your free download at this location (subscription to Cruz Del Sur Music's email newsletter required).
The Awakening tracklisting:

'The Awakening'
'Sacred Signs'
'Penda's Fen'
'Turning Of The Tide'
'Rise Like Lions'
'Immortal Remains'
'Secret Commonwealth'
'The Last Season'
'Sons Of England'

The album is recorded in 444hz instead of the standardized 440hz tuning. The decision was based by studying the lost "Solfeggio frequencies", original sound frequencies which were apparently used in Ancient Gregorian Chants and were believed to impart "spiritual blessings when sung in harmony" and also by studying the nefarious origins of 440hz. Tuning to 444hz corresponds to a "C" of 528hz on the Solfeggio Frequency Scale, the exact frequency used by genetic biochemists to repair broken DNA. This frequency is also believed to encourage "Transformation and Miracles."

A press release describes the album: “Dark Forest's innate sense of melody remains intact on The Awakening, as well as the band's trademarked epic twin-guitar dueling, but this time the album is permeated by a general sense of oppression and sorrow and sounds much more reflective than their previous works. Not by coincidence, The Awakening opens with the ending lines of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem The Mask Of Anarchy and ends with the anthem ‘Sons Of England’. The awakening must be both spiritual and intellectual and through the rediscovery of our roots and a connection to nature, must lead all humanity to remember the truth - which we are infinite consciousness and we are one. This is the realization that will defeat the global control system of the elite and set humanity free.”
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Video footage of former NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis' demo at the Schecter at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which is taking place January 23-26 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, can be seen below.

The special tour edition of Loomis' latest album, "Plains Of Oblivion", was released on April 16, 2013 via Century Media Records.

"Plains Of Oblivion - Tour Edition" features three bonus tracks, in addition to the original "Plains Of Oblivion" disc that was released in 2012.

Loomis's second solo album, "Plains Of Oblivion", sold 2,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 179 on The Billboard 200 chart. The effort landed at No. 2 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"Plains Of Oblivion" was released on April 10, 2012 in North America (one day earlier in Europe) via Century Media Records. The CD was produced by Aaron Smith (7 HORNS 7 EYES) and features cover artwork by Colin Marks of Rain Song Design, who has previously worked with ALL SHALL PERISH, THE END and XERATH.

Singer Jill Janus of the Los Angeles-based, occult-themed traditional heavy metal band HUNTRESS has posted the following message on the group's Facebook page:

"My beloved Hamburg [Germany], tonight for the very first time got a brutal case of food poisoning. I suspect a lamb chop.

"I display my humility and honesty for your viewing. (See photo below)

"This is the reality of tour life. And those socks!

"Will someone help me out and get this sick bitch some decent socks?

"I'm out of mind (duh) but need you.

"The fans who came to see HUNTRESS tonight [as the support act for LAMB OF GOD], please know how much I LOVE YOU. I might barf all night, but I'm thinking of you inside my porcelain throne.

"Anyone who attended the show at the Rock Cafe tonight, e-mail me at [email protected]
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and I will write you a personal note + send you a HUNTRESS patch.

"Now, back to the puke party."

HUNTRESS' sophomore album, "Starbound Beast", was released on June 28, 2013 in Europe and on July 2, 2013 in North America via Napalm Records. The CD was recorded at Hobby Shop Studios in Los Angeles with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris (SHADOWS FALL, HATEBREED, MUNICIPAL WASTE). The cover artwork for the effort was once again created by Vance Kelly (THE SWORD, GRAVEYARD, HIGH ON FIRE, PENTAGRAM, ALICE IN CHAINS, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, DEATH ANGEL), who previously worked on the group's debut album, 2012's "Spell Eater".