Leave it to Memento Mori to unearth the finest from the underground. Death metal band Necroven from Spain have conjured up their latest and it's just what you think it sounds like looking at the stunning hand-painted Joe Petagno artwork (Vader, Krisiun, Incantation) - dark, festering, cryptic death metal. The music seethes with unmitigated fury, with Necroven churning out sick, earth-rumbling tunes, the air reeking of malice and anger, and there being enough friction to set things afire. Fans of Morbid Angel, Incantation, Immolation, Sadistic Intent and Dead Congregation will find a new favourite in Necroven. Mastered at the infamous Resonance Sound Studio by Dan Lowndes (Cruciamentum, Grave Miasma), everything is perfect in essence and this is the second coming of death metal that is pure and untainted by trends. Line up:
JR - Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vocals FC - Bass, Keyboards, Effects Artwork - Joe Petagno (Vader, Krisiun, Incantation) Memento Mori Label Official Site Memento Mori Label Facebook Necroven Facebook
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Italy's Blasphemer tears through flesh with the recently-launched video for "You Are Nothing." Taken from the forthcoming Ritual Theophagy, "You Are Nothing" is a relentless barrage of sacrilege and hatred for the divine. The video's occultist imagery accurately depicts that contempt. Watch it here. After six years of silence, this Italian death metal behemoth has been awakened and lashes out with inhuman technical brutality. This is Blasphemer's most evil and chaotic material to date, with their signature style of dissonant rapid fire riffs, savage multi-vocal assault, and featuring the extreme drum prowess of Darren Cesca (Incinerate & Goratory). The gates of Hell have opened unleashing a nefarious fury of malevolence and the holy light will be forever extinguished. Blasphemer will return to the stage in 2017 in support of Ritual Theophagy. Dates and details to be announced soon. Comatose Music will release Ritual Theophagy October 14. Pre-orders are available at comatosemusic.com www.facebook.com/blasphemerbrutal UKEM Records are very pleased to announce that the release date for 'The Ghost Road' from Wretched Soul will be Friday 2nd December. The album will be available in the following formats: CD Digi-Pack | CD Digi-Pack & Shirt Package Deal | Digital. European distribution and worldwide digital distribution is once again via Plastic Head. Cover art is via renowned artist Dan Goldsworthy (Accept, Hell, Sylosis etc.) UKEM Records CEO comments:- "I'm sure you will agree that it is a stunning cover and definitely suits the bands style perfectly!" If you haven't heard the preview track 'War Wolf' already then head over to the labels bandcamp page and take a listen: https://soundcloud.com/ukem-records/wretched-soul-war-wolf Digi-packs are available to pre-order now here: http://www.ukemrecords.co.uk/?p=8939 However, the exclusive CD & Shirt package deal will be available very soon, the shirt featuring the cover art and limited to 50 packages, so if you're interested in the shirt and CD, hang fire - the link will be available very soon!! www.ukemrecords.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/ukemrecords The new album "Different Universe" by Polish heavy metal band Guitar Force is now out. Last month the band had an extensive European tour and are now taking a deserved rest. With couple of gigs confirmed in October they are now starting to write their 10th year anniversary album. Listen to the album on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0yvPzRcRabfbhzYMK7XQ9n Marcelina Bieniarz – vocal, bass guitar Antonina Rysz – vocal, rhythm guitar Dorota Kulig – vocal, violin Marcin Habaj – solo guitar Jakub Calka – solo guitar Ignacy Rudnicki – drums www.guitarforce.pl www.facebook.com/GuitarForce https://twitter.com/Guitar_Force Blood Harvest Records have set November 25th as the international release date for the vinyl LP edition of Totten Korps' second album, Supreme Commanders of Darkness. Founded in 1989 in Santiago, Chile, Totten Korps is one of the extreme metal pioneers of the nation, as well as being an influence to the current generation of Chilean death metal bands. The band was born amidst the chaos arising from the military dictatorship ruling the country at the time - a scenario that fuelled the goal of recording their first demo, 1990's The King of Hell Reclaims His Throne, and subsequently their second demo, 1992's From the Infernal Resurrection. In 1993, the band signed their first record deal with Hellion Records from Brazil, thus managing to cross the Chilean borders to disseminate their sombre death metal throughout the globe. In 2001, Totten Korps at last released their debut album, Tharnheim: Athi-Land-Nhi; Ciclopean Crypts of Citadels, on the cult Repulse Records. During a dry period for true death metal, this first full-length proved to be a dark gem, and is now held as a mini-classic with many. Never one for half measures, always patiently taking their time, Totten Korps would stay quiet for the rest of the decade whilst working on new material, but at long last arrives their highly anticipated second album, Supreme Commanders of Darkness. Released in South America on CD at the end of last year, Supreme Commanders of Darkness proves that time has not dulled Totten Korps' fire; if anything, the quartet's more incensed than ever. And just like they've never been away, like 14 years haven't actually passed since their last recording, Totten Korps explode with all the wild, winding fury that made their early work so cherished. And yet, despite the immediate conflagration at hand, there's a pronounced technical aspect at play across the album, ably rendering their apocalyptic terror all the more mind-bending and -mangling and preserving their old-school roots all the while. Bow before the Supreme Commanders of Darkness, all of which can be streamed at Blood Harvest's Bandcamp HERE. Preorder for the album can be found HERE.
Grammy® Award-winning band Ghost have declared the arrival of a new EP entitled Popestar, available today online and in record stores on CD, vinyl, and digital via Spinefarm Records / Loma Vista Recordings. The surprise five-track offering features leading psalm “Square Hammer”, a new original track which was debuted earlier in the week on Sirius XM’s Octane as part of a week-long global roll-out. The EP also contains interpretations of selections by Echo and the Bunnymen, Simian Mobile Disco, Eurythmics, and Imperiet. Popestar was recorded by Papa Emeritus III and his nameless ghouls in Linköping, Sweden and produced by Tom Dalgety (Pixies, Royal Blood, Opeth). Links to buy Popestar iTunes: http://found.ee/PopestariT Amazon MP3: http://found.ee/Popestar_Ama Amazon Physical: http://found.ee/PopestarPhysical GooglePlay: http://found.ee/Popestar_GPlay Additionally, Ghost have released a Deluxe Version of Meliora, their acclaimed 2015 Grammy® Award-winning album. Meliora Deluxe contains the Popestar EP as a bonus disc (CD or LP or digital). To purchase Meliora Deluxe, click HERE. Ghost have released a music video for “Square Hammer”, directed by Zev Deans. To watch the harrowing clip now, click HERE. The arrival of the Popestar EP coincides with the launch of the band’s 41-city U.S. headlining Popestar Tour which kicks off tonight in Rochester, NY. Tickets purchased for certain shows will include a digital download of the Popestar EP. See below for a complete list of rituals and for more information on upcoming dates, visit www.ghost-official.com. Ghost were awarded a Grammy® earlier this year for 'Best Metal Performance'. Their most recent album Meliora was released on August 21, 2015 and debuted at No. 1 at Independent Retail, No. 2 at Rock, and in the Top 10 (#8) on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart. The band capped off a landmark 2015 with their late night television debut on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert's Halloween show on CBS with a rousing performance of their offering "Cirice", which reached No. 3 at radio at Active Rock and Mainstream Rock. Popestar Track Listing 1. Square Hammer 2. Nocturnal Me (Echo And The Bunnymen cover) 3. I Believe (Simian Mobile Disco cover) 4. Missionary Man (Eurythmics cover) 5. Bible (Imperiet cover) Popestar U.S. Tour September 16 - Rochester, NY - The Armory September 19 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE September 21 - Cleveland, OH - Masonic Auditorium September 23 - Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall September 27 - Tulsa, OK - Brady Theater September 28 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant September 30 - Kansas City, MO - Arvest Bank at Midland Theatre October 1 - Madison, WI - Sonic Boom Festival October 2 - Louisville, KY - Louder Than Life October 3 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore October 4 - Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo State Theatre October 5 - Cedar Rapids, IA - Paramount Theatre October 7 - Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre October 8 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex October 9 - Missoula, MT - The Wilma Theatre October 11 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall October 13 - Vancouver, BC - The Vogue Theater October 14 - Seattle, WA - The Moore Theater October 15 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theater October 16 - Portland, OR - The Rosalind Theater October 18 - Riverside, CA - Riverside Municipal Auditorium October 20 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern October 21 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern October 22 - Las Vegas, NV - The Brooklyn Bowl October 25 - Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre October 27 - Lubbock, TX - City Bank Auditorium October 28 - San Antonio, TX - The Aztec Theater October 31 - Little Rock, AR - Metroplex November 2 - Orlando, FL - The Hard Rock November 3 - Miami Beach, FL - Fillmore Miami Beach November 4 - Jacksonville, FL - The Florida Theatre November 5 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore November 7 Raleigh, NC - The Ritz November 9 - Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre November 11 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis November 12 - Brooklyn, NY - Kings Theatre www.ghost-official.com www.twitter.com/thebandghost www.facebook.com/thebandghost Serbian Progressive / Power metal band A|Symmetry released their first full-length album "Fragility". Following successful EP “Room 17: Hours Between Shadows and Light” (2012), "Fragility" is a conceptual story fragmented to 9 songs in total length of 50 minutes of genuine progressive/power metal music with powerful vocals, complex arrangements and strong rhythm section. Album features guest appearance of Linus Abrahamson (Andromeda, Edge Of A Circle, Metal Station, Nonexist) on lead and acoustic guitars, as well as Dusan Djuric Svilokos (Trigger) and Johan Reinholdz (Andromeda, Nonexist, Skyfire) on solo guitars. “Fragility was a bit of a temptation for all five of us. Main idea came from a song called ‘Aral Sea’ of the band Burning Circle we share members with. Idea was to broaden a concept and tell a fictional story about fate of a man from Aralsk whose life shared same destiny with dying lake (Aral Sea). It is a musical and lyrical journey that describes a fate of millions of people trapped in a world ruled by dictators, corruption, twisted forms of leadership, malfunctions of society, wars, as well as a critique of both ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’ way of life. It is also a story about tremendous effect of men on environment and horrible things that mankind does to nature. We’re sure that album will be warmly welcomed by progressive and power metal fans, but also by people with different musical taste, from hard rock to death metal, since this album has all of that! This album is a huge tribute to all music we love and we are sure that listeners will recognize it.” states A|symmetry’s front-man Aleksandar Stojkovic. The album is available through digital platforms such as Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, etc. Physical CD release will be available soon. Webpage: http://asymmetryband.com/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/AsymmetryOfficial Twitter: https://twitter.com/asymmetry_prog Youtube: http://youtube.com/user/AsymmetryProg Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/asymmetry Bandcamp: http://asymmetry-band.bandcamp.com/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/a-symmetry Swedish heavy metal heroes Sabaton - best known for singing almost exclusively about historical wars and battles, a direction the band members were inspired by after watching the 1999 Academy Award-winning film Saving Private Ryan - released their latest, highly-acclaimed record, The Last Stand, on August 19 through Nuclear Blast and have entered the Top 10 of the World Charts with a fantastic #6. This result shows that Sabaton are more successful globally than ever before (for example, taking the #1 spot in Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, #2 in Germany, Austria, Poland and many more). Sabaton have released a new lyric video for the song 'Sparta', check it out below The band comments: "The battle of Thermopylae is in many ways one of the most iconic last stands in history. King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans were certainly not as alone as portrayed in the famous movie "300", but in the end it was their sacrifice that would be remembered by the world to come. An amazing story of the Greek nation states which would rather die than lose their freedom." The worldwide chart entries are as follows: #6 - World Charts #1 - Czech Republic #1 - Finland #1 - Sweden (#1 - Rock/Metal) #1 - Switzerland #2 - Austria #2 - Germany #2 - Poland #4 - Belgium (#3 - Vlanders, #11 Wallonie) #11 - Netherlands #11 - Norway #15 - Hungary #17 - UK (#1 - Rock Top 40, #5 - Indie Top 40) #18 - Spain #20 - Canada (#2 - Hardcharts) #29 - Australia #32 - France #63 - USA (#2 - Hard Music, #4 - Independent, #5 - Rock Album, #19 - Current Top Album) #92 - Ireland (#14 - Indie) Get the new album here: http://nblast.de/SabatonLastStandNB Or digitally: http://nblast.de/SabatonDownloads www.SABATON.net Like: www.facebook.com/sabaton Follow: www.twitter.com/SABATON Watch: www.youtube.com/SABATON French Melodic Death metallers Aephanemer have made their debut album, ‘Memento Mori’, available for full streaming. ‘Memento Mori' was produced by Maciej Dawidek (Widek) at Nova Studio. The artwork was crafted once again by the talented Niklas Sundin (Dark Tranquility). Listen to 'Memento Mori' here : https://youtu.be/jx6UYvp6Xic Order 'Memento Mori' at the following link : http://music.aephanemer.com/album/memento-mori
Aephanemer will give their album release show in Toulouse, France on October 12th, 2016. For more information about the event : https://www.facebook.com/events/159077627830306/ www.aephanemer.com www.facebook.com/Aephanemer www.primevalrecords.fr Russian Death Metal band Old Chapel have returned! The group will release Visions from Beyond November 7 on Chaos Records. New song "Stairs to the Vault" is streaming at https://soundcloud.com/chaosrecords/old-chapel-stairs-to-the-vault Old Chapel is an orthodox sepulchral squad spreading the infection of old school doomed death metal since 2010 under the leadership of Sergei Karpukhin (drums) and Pavel Suslov (vocals). Based in the central Russian city of Ivanovo, Old Chapel is already known in the underground with two unholy releases - Tales from the Churchyard and Symptoms of Possession. Now after several years of silence, the Chapel opens the gates again to unleash all the demonic creatures dwelling and waiting inside. Inspired by old horror movies and witching rites, the band is ready to tell nine chilling stories of horror, decay and possession. Meet the new full-length album from Old Chapel: Visions from Beyond. Recorded in the crypts of Ivanovo and mastered by Enormous Door (Austin, TX), Visions from Beyond shows a new level of anger and despair in comparison with previous releases by this Russian band. Pre-order: http://store.chaos-records.com/old-chapel-ru-visions-from-beyond-cd/ So take a step into the Old Chapel... but beware of visions that can drive you insane In addition, one of the songs from the album is also going to be released (with alternative mixing and mastering) on a unique compilation of Russian old school death metal called Faces of Death, along with songs by PYRE, GROND, CIST and others. The album will be available in Mexico via Craneo Negro Records. https://www.facebook.com/oldchapeldeath www.chaos-records.com/ Twitter.com/ChaosRecs/ www.facebook.com/chaosrecords/ |
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