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21 фев 2014
DAGOBA: 'Yes We Die' Video Released
 "Yes We Die", the new video from French metallers DAGOBA, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's fifth album, "Post Mortem Nihil Est", which was released in Europe on May 27, 2013 via Verycords. The cover artwork for the CD was created by Seth Siro Anton.
Produced by former MACHINE HEAD/SOULFLY guitarist Logan Mader in Los Angeles, "Post Mortem Nihil Est"'s two grand opening tracks, "When Winter..." and "The Realm Black", raise the bar for the rest of the album yet the remaining songs are definitely able to match the high standard. "Kiss Me Kraken", with its strong, harmonious chorus, blends perfectly with the hard black metal, whereas the single, "The Great Wonder", confirms that "Post Mortem Nihil Est" contains a whole arsenal of heavy weapons ready to destroy everything in its path.
"Post Mortem Nihil Est" track listing:
01. When Winter...02. The Realm Black03. I, Reptile04. Yes We Die05. Kiss Me Kraken06. Nevada07. The Great Wonder08. The Day After The Apocalypse09. Son Of A Ghost10. Oblivion Is For The Living11. By The Sword
In a recent interview with Suicide Scriptures, DAGOBA vocalist Shawter Oymyakon stated about the songwriting process for "Post Mortem Nihil Est": "For this album, I composed the songs in short time… in about 10 days. A song a day.
"I was out from a very obscure and sad time of my life, and I wanted to end this… kinda depressurize composing new stuff.
"For the first time in our career, we decided not to change a single note from the songs I wrote. I guess the record couldn't be more sincere."
He added: "Each record is a new adventure. And, of course, we want to improve ourselves each time. We give our best from gig to gig, record to record, and I hope our next album we'll be better again."
Oymyakon also commented on the band's decision to work with Los Angeles-based producer Mader this time around, saying: "Of course it was an artistic reason first. We're not a big or a rich band, so, believe me, if Logan could have been my neighbor… but still, now that the job is done, we're really happy that the U.S. market got an eye on us."
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21 фев 2014
Hungary’s GRAVECRUSHER Signs With Xtreem Music; Streaming Track ‘Morbid Black Oath’
 Hungarian death metal machine GRAVECRUSHER have inked a deal with Xtreem Music and the first of the coming releases for the label will be their debut mini CD entitled Morbid Black Oath which will serve as their real introduction to the scene after their three-song demo Mutilation Ritual from 2012 which was later released as a 7" EP and split cassette also with Hungarians NECROSODOMY.
This mini CD will contain four new songs recorded at Black Hole Sound Studio and will include the three songs from the Mutilation Ritual demo as bonus. A press release says “A total of seven songs of pure death metal the Nordic way grabbing influences from both the Finnish and Swedish scene, but not really sounding as your typical copycats. Their sound is brutal, heavy and tight yet catchy, fresh and intense as fuck. Just listen and judge by yourself!”
Morbid Black Oath tracklisting:
‘Triumph Of The Undead’
‘Necromantic Perversion’
‘Morbid Black Oath’
‘Worship The Impaler’
‘Mutilation Ritual’ *
‘Deranged Massacre’ *
‘Cryptic Butchery’ *
*Mutilation Ritual demo
‘Morbid Black Oath’:
Cover artwork was made by the killer black and white US artist Mark Riddick and release date for Morbid Black Oath is expected something during the spring. In the meantime Gravecrusher will keep busy working writing new material for their debut full-length album due for early 2015.
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20 фев 2014
GEOFF TATE And Former Bandmates Request Four More Weeks To Hammer Out QUEENSRŸCHE Settlement
 Singer Geoff Tate — who was fired from the Seattle progressive rock band QUEENSRŸCHE in 2012 after fronting it for three decades — and his former bandmates have once again requested more time to hammer out a settlement in their legal battle over the rights to the group's name.
King County Superior Court Judge Beth Andrus has signed a new order continuing trial date, allowing the parties four more weeks to come to an agreement over the use of the QUEENSRŸCHE name and its associated trademarks. If they cannot reach an agreement during that period, the five-day, non-jury trial is set to begin on April 7.
Tate and his former bandmates were previously granted five additional weeks in two separate requests in January and February to work on the details of their settlement agreement.
Tate and his wife, Susan, QUEENSRŸCHE's former manager, filed a lawsuit in June 2012 asking the judge to award them the rights to the band's name in exchange for Tate paying Eddie Jackson (bass), Michael Wilton (guitar) and Scott Rockenfield (drums) the fair market value for their interests in the QUEENSRŸCHE companies. Wilton, Rockenfield and Jackson filed a countersuit against the Tates in which they accused Geoff of creative obstruction and violent behavior, and Susan Tate of questionable business practices.
While ruling against Tate, the presiding judge determined that there was no legal hurdle in Tate also using the name with an all-new lineup of musicians. "I don't see any reason that Mr. Tate can't have the benefit, if he gets other members, of whatever name he uses of using the brand," Superior Court Judge Carol A. Schapira said during the July 13, 2012 court hearing. "I think [doing that would be] inherently confusing, although I'm sure the market can get these things sorted out," she added.
Wilton, Rockenfield and Jackson last year accused Geoff Tate of "continu[ing] to harm the QUEENSRŸCHE brand" since the Tates' original lawsuit was filed in June 2012. In a court document, they wrote: "The newest self-titled QUEENSRŸCHE CD release by the [Todd La Torre-fronted version of the band] entered the U.S. charts at #23 and continues to get 9-out-of-10-star reviews and is still selling very well on a weekly basis around the globe. In comparison, Geoff Tate released his own QUEENSRŸCHE CD in April of [2013] titled 'Frequency Unknown' and depicted as F.U. on the cover, which entered the charts at #82, received very bad reviews around the world, and has slowed to almost no more weekly sales. [The Todd La Torre-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE's] new CD even outperformed the last two CDs of them with Geoff Tate, selling more in a month than the 'Dedicated to Chaos' CD has since its release in 2010, and charting much better than both that album and the previous one, 'American Soldier'. Thus, the return to the classic sound [Tate's former] bandmates have made with the new CD and live shows has been met with overwhelming success."
They added: "Geoff Tate also chose very poorly in hiring live musicians that have shown that they are not capable of representing the correct performances of the QUEENSRŸCHE music legacy, and he was constantly replacing them. He has been offering his low-quality version of QUEENSRŸCHE to the promoters at a much reduced rate, as low as $10,000 per night, when, in fact, [his former] bandmates have done their best to keep the authorized QUEENSRŸCHE at an average of well over $20,000 per show this entire year. However, this becomes harder and harder with Geoff Tate's sub-par band and cut-rate pricing that continues to be damaging to the QUEENSRŸCHE brand and legacy no matter who ultimately wins control after trial."
In an interview with The Oakland Press, Rockenfield said said that "negotiations are ongoing between Tate and the singer's former bandmates and "there's still time for anything to happen between now and [the start of the trial]."
"I think our confidence is pretty high," Scott said. "There's a lot of legal stuff you have to deal with, but we just feel good and look at it as a light at the end of the tunnel and keep playing shows and making music. I think when you do that, the right decision will be made in time." | 0 | |
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20 фев 2014
MOTÖRHEAD's First-Ever Cruise 'MotörBoat' To Sail This Fall
 MOTÖRHEAD's first-ever cruise, the MotörBoat, will launch this fall. It will sail from Miami, Florida to Key West and Cozumel.
Cruise dates, artist lineup and other details will be announced soon.
MOTÖRHEAD was recently forced to cancel its European tour due to the fact the band's frontman, Lemmy Kilmister, has been struggling with health issues since he suffered a hematoma in July 2013, leading to a three-week spell in hospital. The band called off a summer tour, then cut short their comeback show at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany. They then postponed a European tour set to begin in November.
MOTÖRHEAD's 21st studio album, "Aftershock", sold 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 22 on The Billboard 200 chart.
MOTÖRHEAD's previous CD, 2011's "The Wörld Is Yours", opened with 7,000 units to enter the chart at No. 94. The band's 2008 effort, "Motörizer", premiered with 6,400 copies to debut at No. 82, while 2006's "Kiss Of Death" registered a first-week tally of 3,500.
"Aftershock" was recorded at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, California.
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20 фев 2014
SKINTRADE: 'Monster' Video Released
 "Monster", the new video from reformed Swedish hard rockers SKINTRADE, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's comeback album, "Refueled", which will be released on February 28 via AOR Heaven. The CD was recorded at SKINTRADE's studio and mixed by Oscar Ammer, frontman and songwriter of STEREOLITH, at Echobox Studio in Stockholm.
According to SKINTRADE, the band's new album represents "everything they stood for in the past, and exactly where they are musically at the present."
"Our focus always was and always will be on the songwriting and the ferocious riffs and grooves to match," says the group.
Added singer Matti Alfonzetti: "We have been working very hard writing songs and recording for over a year and half.
"We're really proud of the new album and we definitely feel that this is our best effort so far.
"We can't wait to get out on the road again and meet our old friends and to make new ones."
"Refueled" track listing:
01. Monster02. Liar03. Pay In Blood04. Hardcore MF Heartattack05. Close My Eyes06. Getting Away With Murder07. Mountain08. Been To The Bottom09. Worse Than Wasted10. Dying In Your Arms11. Wild One12. Look Me In The Eye
SKINTRADE's "best-of" album, "Past And Present", was released in March 2012 via Universal Music. The CD includes three new songs and 12 classics.
SKINTRADE was formed in 1992 by Matti Alfonzetti (vocals), George Bravo (guitar, backing vocals), Stefan Bergström (guitar, backing vocals), Hakan Calmroth (bass) and Håkan Persson (drums, backing vocals). The group's self-titled debut was released in 1993 and received overwhelmingly positive respnse from both media and audience. The singles "Sick As A Dog" and "One By One" were played frequently on the radio and their videos spun on MTV's "Headbangers Ball". The same year, SKINTRADE was honored with a Zeppelin award for "Best Hard Rock Album" and was nominated for a Swedish Grammis (Grammy equivalent) in the category of "Best Video." The follow-up CD, "Roach Powder", came out in 1995 with Thomas Skogsberg as a producer (ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER). The videos for the singles "Snap Goes Your Mind" and "Flies" were played regularly on MTV.
Between 1993 and 1995, SKINTRADE embarked on several tours of Europe and played at some of Sweden's and Europe's biggest festivals such as Sweden Rock, Hultsfred, Dala Rock, Dynamo Open Air (Holland) and Rock Am Ring (Germany). SKINTRADE also supported the Danish band D-A-D on their European tour in 1995. One of their last and most memorable gigs took place in late 1995 with the Irish band THERAPY? during a live radio show in Amsterdam, Netherlands. SKINTRADE disbanded shortly thereafter.
The idea for the SKINTRADE members to collaborate again came about as they got more and more requests from fans asking them to make new music. During the first rehearsal in May 2011, it became obvious that the band's chemistry was very much intact.
In the summer and autumn of 2011, SKINTRADE recorded four new songs at Sound Trade Studios with their old friend and partner Ronny Lahti, engineer and producer who previously worked with the band on all the recordings in the '90s.
SKINTRADE 2014 is:
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20 фев 2014
BEAST WITHIN – Featuring Ex-Members Of AKITSA, BLACKWIND To Release 7” Next Month
 Sepulchral Productions has set March 28th as the international release date for a 7” vinyl release of BEAST WITHIN’s Adversity/Servitude.
Founded by members and ex-members of AKITSA, BLACKWIND, THESYRE, and UTLAGR, Beast Within stand for the emanation of the true "Self," buried deep inside each man and woman by centuries of decadence, slavery, and blindness imposed by a false moral, political, and religious elite. The band wears its musical influences on its sleeves, taking cues from bands such as early CELTIC FROST and PENTAGRAM. The band's Adversity/Servitude 7" is limited to 500 copies.
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Side A: ‘Adversity’
Side B: ‘Servitude’
Pressing info:
-43 grams vinyl
-3mm spine jacket
-Printed inner sleeve
Available in:
- "Die-Hard," Blood-Red vinyl (100 copies)
- Milky Clear vinyl (200 copies)
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20 фев 2014
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20 фев 2014
CRADLE OF FILTH's 1993 Demo 'Total F**king Darkness' Released On Vinyl
 At last, after more than 20 years, "Total Fucking Darkness", the infamous third demo from British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH, has been officially released in vinyl format. Housed in a heavy gatefold sleeve with paintings featuring the twisted visions of BBC Radio One presenter and occult artist Daniel Carter, the release will include some tracks previously unreleased by the band.
The first pressing of this album will be available as an unholy trinity, three two-color 180-gram vinyl variants limited to 222 copies each; orange/black, blue/grey and grey/black. Each copy will have a booklet limited to this edition, with a foreword by CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth and previously unseen photos from the band vaults.
Side I
01. Spattered In Faeces02. The Black Goddess Rises03. As Deep As Any Burial
Side II
01. Unbridled At Dusk02. The Raping Of Faith03. Fraternally Yours, 666
Side III
01. Devil Mayfair (Advocatus Diaboli) 02. The Black Goddess Rises03. Seance And Mandrake (instrumental)
Side IV
01. The Raping Of Faith02. Unbridled At Dusk03. Hekate Enthroned (instrumental)
2014 marks the 20th anniversary of "The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh", the historic debut album from CRADLE OF FILTH on Cacophonous Records. To honor this momentous occasion, CRADLE OF FILTH is planning a whole smorgasbord of exciting stuff, including the first-ever CRADLE OF FILTH comic, the release of a career-spanning double disc best-of, and, of course, the subsequent touring.
CRADLE OF FILTH's tenth studio album, "The Manticore And Other Horrors", sold 4,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 96 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous full-length effort, "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa", opened with 5,800 units in November 2010 to land at No. 99.
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20 фев 2014
FALLEN FATE: 'I Welcome The Dead' Video Released
 "I Welcome The Dead", the new video from North East England's purveyors of modern metal FALLEN FATE, can be seen below. The clip is loosely based around band's blistering live performance, all the while there is the lingering presence of Vespa, the tortured soul behind the group's concept for FALLEN FATE's sophomore album, "Into The Black".
"Into The Black" was released on January 30. The follow-up to 2011's "The Virus Has Spread" was recorded, in part, in Stymphalian Productions in York with producer James Stephenson and was finished in vocalist Lee Skinner's home studio.
"Into The Black" retains FALLEN FATE's signature punishing heaviness but it's also apparent that the band has moved on musically since "The Virus Has Spread".
Comments Lee Skinner: "Dark, expressive and heavy…The sound and feel of FALLEN FATE has changed quite a bit since the release of 'The Virus Has Spread'. The band has progressed and developed a more solid metal sound while maintaining a unique mix of speed and heaviness in the music.
"Based on a horror movie theme around a young girl called Vespa, the concept of 'Into The Black' plays a big part in how the album sounds and how it is visually portrayed through the artwork and upcoming videos. It contributed to the evolving sound of the band as we introduced more keyboards and experimental sounds into the mix, giving it a different dark feel and sound."
Talking further about the concept of the album, Skinner elaborates: "She [Vespa] chose a life without faith and over time became possessed by a demon. The demon slowly took over her body and ultimately lead her to kill herself and her family.
"The drive behind the concept is to empower the listener to decide whether she was possessed by the Devil, as she has no saviour in her life, or if she was possessed by God, punishing her for her lack of faith."
The artwork for "Into The Black" was designed by both photographer Ian Cameron and Skinner through his own Black Venom Designs.
"Into The Black" track listing:
01. The Rise (intro)02. Blackened Within03. Until The Final Hour04. Into The Black05. Possession06. I Welcome The Dead07. Rituals08. Last Rites09. The Demise (intro)10. Vespa | 0 | |
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20 фев 2014
EDGUY's 'Space Police - Defenders Of The Crown': Limited 2CD Edition Details Revealed
 German melodic metallers EDGUY will release their tenth studio album, "Space Police - Defenders Of The Crown", on April 18 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2011's "Age Of The Joker". In addition to the regular CD edition, the effort will also be made available as a limited digibook containing two CDs. Also available will be a strictly limited hardcover earbook collectors' edition (28.5x28.5cm) containing the two discs, a photographic history with more than 130 photos from the band's archive, liner notes, touring history, and more.
"Space Police - Defenders Of The Crown" track listing:
01. Sabre & Torch02. Space Police03. Defenders Of The Crown04. Love Tyger05. The Realms Of Baba Yaga06. Rock Me Amadeus07. Do Me Like A Caveman08. Shadow Eaters09. Alone In Myself10. The Eternal Wayfarer
Bonus disc track listing:
01. England 02. Aychim In Hysteria 03. Space Police (progressive version) 04. Space Police (instrumental version) 05. Love Tyger (instrumental version) 06. Defenders Of The Crown (instrumental version) 07. Do Me Like A Caveman (instrumental version)
Comments EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet: "We recorded a pure epic heavy EDGUY album, our record label demanded a heavy metal cover artwork, so who are we to not obey?! It's got 1. Monster 2. Daredevil Action Hero 3. Fantasy Space Scape 4. Is Hand Painted 5. Fire (coming out of the…) 6. …Weapon
"Now, not giving a shit and getting away with it: THAT is metal!"
Regarding the musical direction of "Space Police - Defenders Of The Crown", EDGUY previously said: "We have focused on what makes this band unique and recorded what we believe is going to be the strongest and heaviest album EDGUY has ever recorded.
"We didn't waste any time with updates or distractions.
"There is no doubt that this album is going to be the album EDGUY will be measured against in the future. And it makes us proud to say that as a band that has been existing for over 22 years now, fully aware that the best is yet to come."
"Age Of The Joker" sold around 1,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD debuted at No. 21 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.
EDGUY's previous CD, "Tinnitus Sanctus", opened with 600 units back in February 2009 to land at No. 88 on the Top New Artist Albums chart.
"Age Of The Joker" was released in Europe on August 29, 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Limited-edition artwork:
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20 фев 2014
SOVENGAR Signs With Art Gates Records; Debut Album To Be Released In April
 Epic heavy metal outfit SOVENGAR recently signed deal with Art Gates Records for the worldwide release of the band’s debut opus.
This barbaric quintet was born in Albacete (Spain) in the cold December of 2012.
A press release states: “Since its inception, the main idea of the band is to formalize themselves as something different and unique, providing something special, looking for a powerful sound through direct guitar riffs, keyboard melodies creating an epic atmosphere, thundering basses composed by drums and bass and heartrending vocals… All of this confirms the original and unique sound of Sovengar.”
The band comments: “We’re very proud to be part of this big family; it consists in a great opportunity for us. Surrounded by excellent bands and a close treatment and support. We want to thank Art Gates Records to give us to believe in us and help us getting bigger with this project”.
The act is preparing their first full-length album to be released worldwide in April by Art Gates Records.
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20 фев 2014
HELLYEAH: First Photo Of New Lineup
 The first photo of HELLYEAH's current lineup — featuring the band's new bassist, Kyle Sanders (former member of BLOODSIMPLE and the brother of MASTODON's Troy Sanders) — can be seen above.
HELLYEAH recently parted ways with guitarist Greg Tribbett and bass player Bob "Zilla" Kakaha. A post at HELLYEAH's Facebook page discussed the split, saying, "Things happen for necessary reasons. It's so easy for people to assume or make up reasons for things. Don't ASSUME anything! The reasons for this parting of ways was for the better good. When you hear the new record, you'll understand." Still in the lineup are original drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott, guitarist Tom Maxwell and singer Chad Gray.
It's unclear if Tribbett will be replaced.
HELLYEAH's fourth studio album, "Blood For Blood", will arrive on June 10. The first single, "Sangre Per Sangre (Blood For Blood)", will hit rock radio in April.
Other tracks include "Demons In The Dirt", "Soul Killer", "Moth", "Gift", "Hush" and "Black December".
HELLYEAH is currently filming a video for an as-yet-undisclosed song off "Blood For Blood".
Photos from the video shoot can be seen below.
A press release describes "Blood For Blood" as a "welcome return to form" for the band, adding that it "sounds like a recharged HELLYEAH, taken up many notches."
HELLYEAH will hit the road this spring, starting with several festival slots in April and May.
HELLYEAH was formed in 2006 by NOTHINGFACE guitarist Tom Maxwell and bassist Jerry Montano, MUDVAYNE singer Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett, and former PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott.
Montano left a week after the release of the band's self-titled debut album in 2007 and was replaced by Bob "Zilla" Kakaha, who had played with Abbott in DAMAGEPLAN.
HELLYEAH's other albums include 2009's "Stampede" and 2011's "Band Of Brothers".
MUDVAYNE has not released an album since 2009 while Gray and Tribbett have been working with HELLYEAH.
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20 фев 2014
WALLS OF JERICHO: Lyric Video For 'Relentless' Demo
 Detroit hardcore band WALLS OF JERICHO has uploaded the lyric video for a demo version of a brand new song, "Relentless". Check it out below.
WALLS OF JERICHO will enter the studio soon to begin recording its fifth full-length album. The CD will follow up 2008's "The American Dream", (Trustkill Records), which sold around 2,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The effort debuted at No. 11 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.
"The American Dream" was recorded at Spider Studios in Cleveland, Ohio with Ben Schigel and Tony Gammalo.
WALLS OF JERICHO and Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR) collaborated on an EP entitled "Redemption". The CD, which was produced by Taylor, featured primarily melodic vocals and acoustic instruments.
Harold "Howie D" Herula of National Rock Review recently conducted an interview with WALLS OF JERICHO singer Candace Kucsulain and drummer Dustin Schoenhofer. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below.
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20 фев 2014
NEAR DEATH CONDITION Releases Track ‘Between The Dying And The Dead’
 Swiss extreme death metal legion NEAR DEATH CONDITION has released the song ‘Between The Dying And The Dead’.
Their newest ode of repugnance features on the band's forthcoming long player, Evolving Towards Extinction, set to bloody the lands next month via Unique Leader Records. Mixed at renowned Hertz Studios (VADER, HATE, DEAD INFECTION, VESANIA) in Poland and mastered at Iguana Studios in Germany, Evolving Towards Extinction “boasts eleven molten tracks of suffocating drum gymnastics, twisted riff sequences and enough vocal acrimony to level a nation. Dark, punishing and wholly unsettling, Evolving Towards Extinction is epic in scope and embraces controlled chaos with curious precision”, as said by a press release.
Evolving Towards Extinction tracklisting:
‘Words Of Wisdom’
‘Between The Dying And The Dead’
‘Intelligent Design’
‘Pandemic Of Ignorance’
‘Praise The Lord Of Negation’
‘The Anatomy Of Disgust’
‘Anagamin’
‘Evolving Towards Extinction’
‘Vertigo’
‘Communing With Emptiness’
‘Nostalgia For Chaos’
Evolving Towards Extinction will be released via Unique Leader Records on March 18th with preorder opportunities and further info to be announced in the coming weeks.
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20 фев 2014
THE SHRINE - 'Nothing Forever' Track Streaming
 California hard rockers THE SHRINE will release their new album, Bless Off, on March 11th via Tee Pee Records. The album track 'Nothing Forever' is now streaming below.
Recorded at Eliminator Studios in Venice Beach, CA, Bless Off is the follow-up to the power trio's debut album, Primitive Blast. Recorded on reel-to-reel tape using vintage gear and colossal Marshall stacks, Bless Off is a record that attacks with buzzing riffs, blazing hooks and a bruising, mega-amplified punch. The album features 11 tracks of quintessential riff rock channeling hazy hesher glories including a song ('The Duke') with lyrics penned by Chuck Dukowski in 1983 originally intended for an unreleased BLACK FLAG song. The cover art to Bless Off features The Shrine's ever-present wolf mascot and is an homage to legendary skate punk and gig flyer artist Ric Clayton (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES) and Dogtown Skateboards.
Bless Off tracklisting:
'Destroyers'
'Worship'
'Tripping Corpse'
'The Duke'
'Nothing Forever'
'Bless Off'
'On The Grind'
'No Penalty'
'Spit In My Life'
'Napalm'
'Hellride'
'Nothing Forever':
The Shrine is:
Josh Landau - guitar / vocals
Courtland Murphy - bass
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20 фев 2014
LORD DYING Announce Plans For New Album
 Portland, Oregon's LORD DYING have completed the first leg of their European tour and have returned to the states to begin their North American headline tour tonight (including select dates with PALLBEARER, THE BODY, SUBROSA, and EAGLE TWIN). The tour runs through March 7th in Boise, ID.
Following the North American dates Lord Dying will return back to Europe alongside label-mates RED FANG and THE SHRINE.
Upon their return the band plans on entering the studio to being work on the follow up to Summon the Faithless. Vocalist/Guitarist Erik Olson checked in with an update on the progress of their new record:
"The first two weeks of May we will be recording our second album. This one will be featuring Joel Grind as producer/engineer. The material is already written and the album will be the meanest most concise effort to date. We will reveal the title/artwork in the coming months. Expect a fall of 2014 release date on Relapse Records with extensive touring to follow!"
Tour dates:
February
11 - Portland, OR - Rotture
12 - Sacramento, CA - Press Club
13 - San Francisco, CA - TBA
14 - Los Angeles, CA - Complex
15 - Tucson, AZ - The Rock
16 - Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad
17 - Marfa, TX - Padres
18 - Austin, TX - Hotel Vegas
19 - Texarkana, TX - Silver Dollar
20 - Little Rock, AR - Vino's
21 - Memphis, TN - HiTone
22 - New Orleans, LA - Siberia
23 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
24 - Raleigh, NC - The Maywood
25 - Washington, DC - TBA
26 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
27 - Brooklyn, NY - St. Vitus
28 - Boston, MA - O'Briens'
March
1 - Syracuse, NY - TBA
2 - Cleveland, OH - Now That's Class
3 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle (Free Monday)
5 - Denver, CO - 3 Kings Tavern
6 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
7 - Boise, ID - The Shredder
'Dreams Of Mercy' video:
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20 фев 2014
MORE THAN A THOUSAND Release 'Heist' Lyric Video
 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 new lyric video, for their new single, 'Heist':
Also check out a lyric video for their first single, 'Fight Your Demons':
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 | 0 | |
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20 фев 2014
RIVAL SONS Recording New Album; Studio Video Streaming
 RIVAL SONS are in the studio working on their fourth full-length album, the follow-up to 2012's Head Down. The band entered LCS Studios at the beginning of January and will spend a full six weeks recording. The album will again be produced by Dave Cobb, who will have worked on all five Rival Sons releases.
Producer Dave Cobb comments: "This record the boys seem to have a fire in them! With Dave Beste in tow, we've never had this much time to make a record. During the previous albums, which were twenty days each, we had a room full of whiskey bottles at the end; this time, which is six weeks, there should be enough to fill a football field!"
Bassist Dave Beste adds: "After we played Nashville last summer, the guys asked me to join them in the studio to make this new record. And I said, 'Of course!'. It's an involved process, at times quite intense, but going well - all of us are excited with what we have so far and although there's still a long way to go, spirits are high. I'm looking forward to this newest Rival Sons effort being released and the band getting back on the road soon."
Guitarist Scott Holiday takes you on a tour of LCS Studios, Nashville:
The as-yet untitled new album is due to be released in spring 2014 on Earache Records in Europe, and via Century Media/Earache Records in North America. | 0 | |
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20 фев 2014
WOCCON Release 'Giving Up The Ghost' Single; Solace In Decay Album Artwork Revealed
 Deathbound Records has unveiled the new single, 'Giving Up The Ghost' and artwork for WOCCON's upcoming album, Solace In Decay.
Founded in Athens, Georgia by multi-instrumentalist Tim Rowland (SHOLFROST, ex-PEREGRINE), Woccon released their first EP, Through Ancestral Fires, in the summer of 2011 which featured guest vocals by Ryan Morgan of MISERY SIGNALS. In March 2012 the band signed with Deathbound Records and released their follow up EP, The Wither Fields.
Here is what Tim Rowland (vocals/guitars) has to say about the new single: "'Giving Up The Ghost' represents our need to grow and expand, while keeping true to our original sound. It's dark, emotional and more dramatic in its dynamic."
Check out 'Giving Up The Ghost' below and stay tuned for updates. | 0 | |
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20 фев 2014
Belgium's ENTHRONED To Release Sovereigns Album In April; Details Revealed
 Belgium's leading black metal force ENTHRONED returns with a new studio album, entitled Sovereigns. The follow-up to Obsidium (2012) is scheduled for an April 15th release via Agonia Records worldwide.
Sovereigns drifts from sonic blastbeats to oppressive slower parts, melds together aggressive shredding with forceful riffs, and blends Satanic whispers with Nornagest's trademark vocals. On the whole, the band's 10th album feels coherent and offers first-rate black metal. The album introduces a new drummer, Menthor, in the place of Garghuf and a new rhythm guitarist, ZarZax.
Sovereigns was recorded and mixed in Enthroned's own studio, Blackout Multimedia. The album will be available in digipack CD, black vinyl, bone-white vinyl with green splatter limited to 100 hand numbered copies and exclusive Box CD limited to 333 hand numbered copies (including: the new album released in exclusive jewelcase edition, embroidered patch (8cmx10cm), flag (42cmx59.4cm) and a lighter with band's logo).
Tracklisting:
'Anteloquium'
'Sine Qua Non'
'Of Feathers and Flames'
'Lamp of Invisible Lights'
'Of Shrines and Sovereigns'
'The Edge of Agony'
'Divine Coagulation'
'Baal al-Maut'
'Nerxiarxin Mahathallah'
Band lineup:
Nornagest - lead vocals & lead guitars
Phorgath - bass
Neraath - lead guitars
Menthor - drums
ZarZax - rhythm guitar
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20 фев 2014
DOWNPOUR Featuring SHADOWS FALL, OVERCAST, Ex-UNEARTH, SEEMLESS Members Launch Audio Preview Teaser
 DOWNPOUR, the new Massachusetts-based metal band featuring Brian Fair (SHADOWS FALL, DEATH RAY VISION, OVERCAST), Derek Kerswill (ex-UNEARTH, SEEMLESS, KINGDOM OF SORROW), Matt LeBreton (FROZEN, CANNAE) and Pete Gelles (BIRCH HILL DAM) have launched a new teaser website with a short preview of the music they will be unleashing on the world this summer.
Check out the new website here, and listen to the audio preview below: | 0 | |
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20 фев 2014
WARTHRONE - Venomassacre Due In April
 Virginia's WARTHRONE are completing work on their debut full-length album, entitled Venomassacre, which is slated for an April release.
“Warthrone has been on a slight hiatus but is now back in full gear to release this new slab of blackened death metal brutality. Our debut EP was released in 2005 and with this new release we have been able to really refine our sound,” says ex-DYING FETUS drummer and current Warthrone drummer/guitarist Erik Sayenga.
“Expect brutal metal that may please fans from CANNIBAL CORPSE or NAPALM DEATH, to DARK FUNERAL or DIMMU BORGIR” says Sayenga. “We don't like to label ourselves just one style of extreme metal and we are huge fans of black metal and all death metal, so the mixture of the two just naturally comes out in Warthrone's music.”
Venomassacre will be released on the band's own label, Ghostorm Records, and will feature eight new tracks recorded at Sayenga's own Bloodbath Studios. Further, Venomassacre will feature a special guest appearance on a song with additional vocals by Beist of Norwegian symphonic black metal band KRAKE. | 0 | |
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20 фев 2014
INFERNO Nominated For Czech Grammy Award
 The Czech Grammy Awards have nominated INFERNO's latest album, Omniabsence Filled By His Greatness, released last fall by Agonia Records, in the best hard and heavy music category. The 23rd annual ceremony will be held on April 14th in Prague. The full list of nominees is available at this location.
By unifying elements that make black metal special, Inferno set out on a tumultuous journey towards their own massive sound. The band took a leap forward over their previous release, Black Devotion (2009). Dissonant passages now go hand in hand with a delicate use of psychedelia, and the compositions became more demanding. While straightforward black metal and melodic riffs are still present, Omniabsence Filled By His Greatness gained in terms of quality, atmosphere, and songwriting. The full album can be streamed here. | 0 | |
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20 фев 2014
WARCHEST - Set To Record Second Album
 Chilean thrash metallers WARCHEST have announced that they are due to start recording the drum tracks for their second album from February 21st. The remainder of the recording will be completed by the end of March at two different studios in Santiago, Chile.
The as yet unnamed upcoming album will be produced by guitarist and vocalist Christian Pelaez and Jose Tomas Garcia, who is the ex-guitarist of the band.
Christian Pelaez commented as follows: "We were working for this during the whole last year. We came up with nine tracks with a little more technical and modern style than the one before; so we think that its like a evolution from our part. About the lyrics, this is not a conceptual album, so it will continue with the line of the Aftershock. We are still definition the rest of things, such as mastering, art work and distribution. We are going to go through them with calm to make the right decisions as always. From my part I'm very exited, the demos are sounding killer already!. We don't know when are we going to have it ready, but we've assumed that it would be around mid year or end of it, the latest, We hoped, we can deliver it soon for you all!"
Aftershock was Warchest's debut album, released in 2010 via Madness Records in Chile and Digmetalworld Records in North America and distributed via MVD Entertainment Group.
To find out more about Warchest check their Facebook page. or visit Warchest.cl. | 0 | |
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20 фев 2014
WITCHHAMMER - New Single, Video 'Save Me' Available Now
 Chapter four in the WITCHHAMMER history is about to be written. A new chapter that is darker, harder and more evocative than ever. In anticipation of the new album by the band, (which will be launched late winter 2014) Witchhammer introduces a trilogy of new material based on stories from the multiplayer online survival video game, The Secret World. Up first is 'Save Me':
'Save Me' will be followed by 'Rising' and 'From Hell' later in 2014. The dark and atmospheric trilogy paints a picture of what awaits impatient fans, when chapter four in the Witchhammer story completes. | 0 | |
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20 фев 2014
INFERIS Celebrate 10th Anniversary Of Debut Album
 Chilean band INFERIS have released the 10th anniversary special edition of their debut album, Between Heaven And Hell, via Digmetalworld Records in North America. The album can be downloaded for free in its entirely at this location.
The 10th anniversary special edition of Between Heaven And Hell contains the original ten tracks recorded at Espectro Producciones in 2004, plus four bonus tracks, video bootleg of the recording sessions of the song 'L.D.I.' and a full color pdf booklet with images and lyrics.
The full tracklisting of Between Heaven And Hell is as follows:
'Heavenly Whisper'
'Words In Time'
'L.D.I.'
'Anaconda'
'Between Heaven And Hell'
'All That's Left Behind'
'Stormriders'
'The Lighting Storm'
'Inferis' (bonus track)
'At The Gates Of Hell' (bonus track)
'L.D.I.' (alternate version)
'Anaconda' (vocals version)
'Between Heaven And Hell' (alternate version)
'Words In Time' (2007 version)
Inferis is currently recording a new album. They recently released videos for 'The Wind' and 'When Men Collide', both supporting new frontman Nasson. | 0 | |
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20 фев 2014
IFING To Release Against This Weald Debut Album
 In the great mythologies of northern Europe, the Earth came into being within the union of fire and ice. Amid this strange mixture of extremities, folk-inspired black metal has become an exemplary musical expression for these ancient, fantastical stories and tales.
Inspired by the true masters within the genre, longtime friends Fritz Petersen andTim Wicklund would form IFING in 2010. The band's name is taken from the great river in Norse mythology which separates the realms of the gods and giants. Based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, the duo have forged their sound into an atmospheric, elegant form of folk black metal in the grandiose tradition of BATHORY, WINDIR, SUMMONING, ULVER, and MOONSORROW. The resulting debut recording Against the Weald is dense with organic layers of synth, acoustics, blasting drums, and spacious hymns.
Finnish specialty metal label Blood Music is set to release this debut from Ifing on May 6th on digipack CD (1,000 copies) and a limited run of 300 vinyl LPs with 200 on silver, 100 on ebony.
As the ancient Norse used their natural world and surroundings to create myths, Ifing use these same ideas to convey Viking anthems of creation, the end, life and death, the afterlife, and the dichotomy of opposing forces on our world and beyond. | 0 | |
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20 фев 2014
Italy's DISEASE ILLUSION Return With New Lineup
 Italian melodic death metallers DISEASE ILLUSION are back with a definitive lineup.
Says the band: "We gladly welcome Alessio Chierici who joins the band as drummer. It's been months of intense rehearsals and songwriting, see you soon on stage!
Band lineup:
Fabio Ferrari - Voice
Federico Venturi - Guitar
Alessandro Turco - Guitar
Valentino Colona - Bass
Alessio Chierici - Drums
Updates to follow. | 0 | |
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20 фев 2014
NONEUCLID - Supergroup Featuring Members Of TRIPTYKON, OBSCURA, THULCANDRA, DARK FORTRESS Announce Blood Music Debut
 Finnish specialty label Blood Music will introduce the global audience to NONEUCLID, one of extreme metal's most fascinating entities. The band features the considerable talents of members of TRIPTYKON, OBSCURA, THULCANDRA, and DARK FORTRESS, and yet manages to become even more than the sum of its parts. Blood Music will release Noneuclid's second studio album, Metatheosis, on May 6th on digipack CD with 12-page booklet (limited to 1,000 copies) and gatefold 2xLP limited to 250 copies with 100 on ebony and 150 on half-ebony/half-crystal vinyl.
Pre-orders will launch on March 5th at this location.
Metatheosis takes their unique musical amalgam several steps further in all respects. Entirely self-produced, the album offers a wide spectrum of colors, ranging from brutal death thrash to sludgy doom, symphonic prog-death with an edge, hallucinatory rock, and epic polymetric insanity.
Noneuclid have been described as "otherworldly" and "very modern and full of intricate details" by the international press, causing Legacy to marvel at the band's last album: "Reaching as lonely into the starry night sky as Cynic's 'Focus' did back in its day." Metal Review added, "“An unsettling amount of varying metal influences. Sixes on high.”
Founded in 2004 in Landshut / Germany, Noneuclid combine the instrumental virtuosity and relentless energy of extreme metal with chamber musical polyphony, high compositional ambition, and the explicit will to innovation. The name refers to dimensions outside conventional reality as defined by Euclid, andNoneuclid’s music strives to open doors to unknown psychic spaces.
Since their debut The Crawling Chaos (Merciless Records), the band has vigorously pursued their evolution; influences from different metal styles (progressive, death, thrash, black, doom) merge seamlessly with elements from classical, experimental and world music. Nevertheless, the focus lies always on musicality and cohesiveness, never on experiment or complexity for its own sake. Every song is its own world, obeying its own laws; the band seeks to think outside the box while being firmly rooted in extreme metal at all times.
This pioneering spirit led to an appearance in the renowned contemporary music festivals Dag in de Branding (Den Haag) and Dutch Music Days (Amsterdam), where the band premiered the 25-minute death metal symphony “Black Vortex Cathedral” as soloists along with the world famous Dutch Metropole Orchestra, in front of a stunned classical audience in the fall of 2008.
In 2010, the band realized Transition Metal, another ambitious orchestral project in Bavaria, together with the Bavarian Chamber Orchestra, in which the music of Noneuclid and Richard Wagner met and merged in an unprecedented encounter of genres. The orchestral version of Into The Light from this collaboration toured Germany and Holland in 2013 in 8 spectacular shows in the hull of a transformed freight ship traveling along the Rhine.
Noneuclid is:
Linus (Obscura, Fallacy) - bass
V Santura (Triptykon, Dark Fortress) - guitar
Morean (Dark Fortress, The Hungry Gods) - guitar, vocals
Seraph (Dark Fortress, ReVamp, Thulcandra) - drums | 0 | |
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20 фев 2014
DEATH DEALER Sign Exclusive Vinyl Contract With Pure Steel Records
 DEATH DEALER, the group consisting of guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman (MANOWAR), vocalist Sean Peck (CAGE), guitarist Stu Marshall (EMPIRES OF EDEN), and bassist Mike Davis (HALFORD, LIZZY BORDEN) and ex-Manower drummer Rhino, have signed a vinyl contract for their current album, War Master, with Pure Steel Records.
The limited vinyl edition consists of 500 pieces (100 colored and 400 black). The release date is April 25th.
A previous update from the band states: “We have been hard at work on the next record and await confirmation of a tour in March April in Europe. The band has put together about 11 songs so far some will be bonus tracks and at least one maybe two will be given out to the preorder pak legions only. They will be exclusive tracks that will never appear for sale on iTunes or on a disc and will only be given to the people that preorder another crazy huge package of metal goodness that we are once again throwing together."
More news coming soon. | 0 | |
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