International progressive death metallers DEFECT DESIGNER have finished the recording of vocals and bass for their new album. The recordings took place in Greece's Devasoundz Studio with sound engineer Thanos Jan (INACTIVE MESSIAH) from December 16th until the 24th.
Album will be mixed by Fotis Benardo (SEPTICFLESH) and will also feature of Christos Antoniou of SepticFlesh doing sampling/orchestration.

Guitars on the upcoming release is performed by Stelios Mavromitis and drums were recorded this October by Flo Mounier (CRYPTOPSY), engineered by his bandmate Chris Donaldsson (Garage Studio).

Here is the video with Christmas Greetings from the band from Devasoundz Studios:
Defect Designer are Oslo-based originally coming from the Siberian part of Russia. The band has one full-length album Wax released by My Kingdom Music.

Russian techno death metal act MISCREANT has released a new album, For The Living, via Musica Production. This album marks the sound of the style of the band.
For The Living tracklisting:

‘Firestorm’
‘Savage Terror (No One Shall Avoid Fear)’
‘For Those Who Will Die’
‘The Sect’
‘World Necrology’
‘Mass Executions’
‘Evolution Of Violence’
‘Tumour Monologue’
‘Total Death Metal’

‘For Those Who Will Die’:
‘Savage Terror (No One Shall Avoid Fear)’:

Oslo-based technical death metallers DEFECT DESIGNER have released the lyric video for the new song called ‘Yellow Grimace’. The video was directed and edited by Richard Oakes of Dark Fable media.
Defect Designer is currently recording their second album. The band has just finished recording of drums, and the lineup for the album features none other than CRYPTOPSY drummer Flo Mounier and SEPTIC FLESH live guitarist Stelios Mavromitis. The album will be produced by Christos Antoniou at Septic Flesh's studio DevaSoundz in Athens and is being engineered by Fotis Benardo.

Defect Designer just reached the goal for the fundraising campaign to support their recording. Information on the campaign can be found at MusicRaiser.com.

Defect Designer is originally from Novosibirsk Akademgorodok, Siberia (Russia) and traveled to Poland's Studio Hertz to record their first full-length CD, Wax, in 2009. In 2012 mastermind/songwriter Dmitry relocated to Norway and reestablished the band in the city of Oslo. Since them, Defect Designer has built a strong international line-up for their upcoming second full-length record, featuring some of extreme metal's most talented musicians.

For more on the band visit Defect-Designer.com.

For the first time, a rare recording of UK prog group FLASH, featuring legendary guitarist Peter Banks, from January 21st, 1973 will be released on CD on October 29th.

Titled Flash - In Public, this historic and exciting concert recording features the original Flash lineup - Peter Banks, Colin Carter, Ray Bennett and Mike Hough in rare form live at Kansas City's Cowtown Ballroom. The show was taped on the very first mobile truck for The Record Plant. Flash were on the same bill that evening with THE BYRDS, who would disband after a few more dates. The shows were all recorded for the Lee Jeans & Cotton concert series - the first nationally syndicated rock concert series.
Tracks include:

'Small Beginnings'
'Black And White'
'Stop That Banging'
'There No More'
'Children Of The Universe'
'Dreams Of Heaven'

The CD was finished by Flash crew member George Mizer and serves also as a tribute to the late Peter Banks, who passed away just days before finishing the final mix in March, 2013.

Says George, "1972-73 was a very special time for me and my love for music in general, getting to go out on the road with one of my favorite bands was unreal for me, now 40 years later we are getting the first complete Flash concert recording ever to be released. Even with the loss of Pete Banks in March I am sure he would have been pleased with the 'Flash featuring Ray Bennett and Colin Carter' release - if you haven't got it yet you are missing a treat."

STEVE HACKETT: "I remember Pete in the early seventies as a friend and superb guitarist. PHIL COLLINS and I were fans of Pete and his band Flash. Pete's talent extended way beyond the work he did with YES. I remember him very well."

TONY KAYE: "To play keyboards with Peter in YES and later with Flash was always an honor and a challenge. He never compromised his guitar style and always pushed for the best from the musicians he played with."

Flash video teasers:

Ukrainian progressive/neoclassical-metallers MAJESTY OF REVIVAL are streaming the first single from their upcoming album, Iron Gods, due out. Check out 'Infernal Grays' below:
Says the band: "We had a great collaboration with Finnish singer Pekka Montin (AMOTH, EVIL-LYN) and Norvegian songwriter Stian Alsaker (SILVER END) on this b-track. Also, sorry for the lack of updates regarding of our new album. We working hard on it. We have many discussions about who`ll release this album. Release date and label announces soon."
Iron Gods tracklist:

'Nameless Guest'
'Infernal Grays'
'Lost Empire'
'Nocturnus Gate'
'Wicked Game'
'Close Your Eyes'
'Edge Of Sanity'
'Masked Illusion:'
'Part II - Fatal Duel'
'Part III - Perfect Lie'
'Iron Gods'

Other guests:
Jouni Nikula (REQUIEM, ISÄNTÄ MEIDÄN, JACK THE FROST, ALTARIA) - vocals
Magnus Nordh (MAJESTIC, TIME REQUIEM, BLIND FAITH) - guitar

Majesty Of Revival lineup:

Dimitriy Pavlovskiy - guitars, studio bass, back-vocals
Konstantin Naumenko - vocals
Oleksa Dynnyk - vocals
Marat Adiev - keyboards
Denis Fursov - drums
More on Majesty Of Revival at this location.

Female-fronted Russian hard rockers LOUNA have teamed up with VEVO, the world's leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform, to bring fans their brand new, eye-opening music video for the track "Up There", cut from their most recent full-length release, "Behind A Mask". The clip was directed by Svyatoslav Podgaevsky with STG Cinema.

"Up There" is intended to enlighten the listener, inviting them to question their surroundings and society. The lyrics of the track mirror the imagery in the video — people of all classes, ages and backgrounds — staring at the sky while nothing but rain pours down on them. People just waiting for a sign, a change, an answer — looking to the clouded sky for help, for light. But sadly, there is no answer. No one there to answer their calls and their cries. The people dream of a better day, but there is no end in sight to the constant oppression, violence, manipulation and deceit being fed to them by those who wish to control them. This message is clearly conveyed in the lyrics to "Up There", which perfectly describe the bleak, yet hopeful images portrayed in the music video. "When we look up there prison walls feel coldFrom this faceless fear silence all we're toldDreams of golden streets slowly tear at meThere has got to be something else somewhereWe want to believe.So we look up thereFor the millionth yearA whispered cry, a whispered lieSo we look up thereBut now I know why unfortunately there is nothing thereThere is no one there."

LOUNA's reputation extends beyond their musicality to include the focus of their personal passions as found in their lyrics and actions. They are the most commercially successful rock band of the modern protest movement (of which PUSSY RIOT has become the most internationally renowned). They donated their song "The Time of X" to the White Album project raising funds for PUSSY RIOT's support and defense. MTV USA came to Moscow in October of 2012 and featured LOUNA in a documentary about protest music around the world called "Rebel Music". Formed in 2008 by TRACKTOR BOWLING lead singer Lousine Gevorkian and bassist Vitaly Demidenko, the idea behind LOUNA was to pursue wider musical ideas that didn't fit in with their original band. They recruited guitarists Rouben Kazariyan and Sergey Ponkratiev, and drummer Leonid "Pilot" Kinzbursky. After the release of their first EP, which lyrically focused on the many modern social problems that exist, they were quickly named the aforementioned 2009 Best New Artist of the Year at the annual Russian Alternative Music Prize (RAMP) awards. They released their first album, "Let's Get Louder" in December of 2010, selling out every venue during their first national tour of Russia supporting the album. Two singles, "Fight Club" and "Let's Get Louder" reached #1 on the Russian radio charts, with "Fight Club" remaining in the top 10 for a record-breaking 16 weeks and also being named the 2011 Rock Song of the Year at the annual Nashe Awards. Along with this, LOUNA was nominated for Breakthrough Artist and Solo Performance of the year. Their second album, "The Time of X", released in February of 2012 has already produced a #1 single, "Mama", and their most recent single "People Looking Up" entered the Russian chart in the top 10. LOUNA has performed on the main stage at every major festival throughout Russia. Earlier in 2012, they were invited to perform as one of the main headliners at the 50th-birthday concert festival honoring Russian rock legend Victor Tsoi of the band KINO, playing to audiences of over 15,000 people in both Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Moscow-based epic ethno death metal band KARTIKEYA have released an official video for the song 'Tunnels Of Naraka'. Check it out below:
The track is available for purchase via Kartikeya's official Bandcamp page here.

The band recently issued the following announcement:

"We are proud to welcome the lovely and totally rocking Chela Rhea Harper (COAL CHAMBER, VII) as our new second guitarist and backing vocalist! And we're damn sure that this collaboration will bring new great times to our band!"
For information and updates on Kartikeya check out their official Facebook page here.

Blasphemour Records has announced the signing of Siberian metal act WIRGHATA, a melodic death metal band with black influences and for fans of DIMMU BORGIR, CRADLE OF FILTH and CHILDREN OF BODOM.

Their debut album, Cold Dismay, will be out October 29th on Blasphemour Records.
Cold Dismay tracklisting:

‘Serene’
‘Through The Eyes Of Serpent’
‘Winter Storm’
‘Tombstone Garden’
‘This Is The End’
‘Nightmare’
‘Shuttered Room’
‘Whispers From Beyond’
‘In The Sands Of Solitude’
‘Outro’

Check out the track ‘Shuttered Room’ below:

Cold Dismay by WirgHata

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