 [Photo Credit: Gupbi Hannesson] The Icelandic Viking Metal Heroes SKÁLMÖLD strike back with their 5th full length album Sorgir. The album title (eng.: sorrows) gives the headline for this concept album that is divided in two parts: The first four songs tell four short stories about tragedies and death. It is called Sagnir (tales). The second chapter called Svipir (ghosts) thickens the plot by telling the same four stories from a different perspective. Sorgir is a dark, cold and tragic album dealing with Icelandic myths of superstition, shadows, spectre and despair. Look elsewhere for something light, warm and comforting! Soaring melodies, folk elements and harsh outbursts remind of the chilly beauty of SKÁLMÖLD`s home country – Iceland, the eternal and awe-inspiring source of inspiration for neckbreakers such as "Gangari" and the gripping epic "Mara." Pre-Order Sorgir HERE!
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 While My City Burns (Metalcore/Post-Hardcore from Iceland) are proud to announce that their debut album "Prone To Self Destruction" will be released on 30 March 2018 via Wormholedeath / The Orchard / Aural Music Group worldwide and in Japan on 30 May 2018 via Wormholedeath Japan / Disk Union Distribution. This album can be described as a mix of the band influences into a sweet kick-ass Metal blend with tasty riffs, crushing breakdowns and choruses that get stuck in your head. The pure and yet wild sound of Iceland's extreme music is ready to conquer Europe!
The 'Releases Of The Year' series are albums chosen by myself as the best release from each country / dependency known to have an official release in the year 2017. These are alphabetized in country order so are easy to navigate. Each award has national flag featured alongside the band name, Release Of The Year' and Facebook link (where provided)
 Icelandic band Legend will release their sophomore album "Midnight Champion" on October 13, 2017 via Artoffact Records! Pre-orders are available now at iTunes, where you get the track 'Captive' and 'Frostbite' as an instant grat song, and Bandcamp. Today the band has released the second single from the album entitled 'Frostbite'. Check out the exclusive premiere HERE courtesy of Sonic Seducer Listen to the song 'Captive' HERE! The new record takes off from where the dark synth stylings of Fearless left off, with each song taking the listener into a seemingly different universe from the song before it. From moody, introspective (post)-rock, to dancefloor-worthy hits, to riffing metal-oriented tracks that show off Krummi's peerless voice, Midnight Champion is not simply a sequel to Fearless; it exceeds it in every way, making good on the promise that that first record was, as Krummi once said in an interview, "only the beginning."  Midnight Champion features stunning art which was specially commissioned from Branca Studio (Danko Jones, Pentagram, Black Dahlia Murder, Swans) and was recorded in Iceland at Studio Neptunus and Unstudios. The album is available worldwide October 13, 2017 on Artoffact Records as a double vinyl pressed on special cream colour (black also available), as well as CD digipak and a special edition cassette. Head over to THIS location to see bundle options. https://www.facebook.com/Legendband/ https://legend.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-champion https://www.facebook.com/artoffact/ http://artoffact.com  While My City Burns (Metalcore / Post-Hardcore from Iceland) are proud to announce that their second single "Vivens Mortua" is out today via Wormholedeath Records / The Orchard! "Vivens Mortua" is the new single anticipating their upcoming debut album. Early this year this amazing band gave us a first taste of islandic blasting sound releasing their single "Standing Alone", which is available on iTunes and Spotify. Now they are back and ready to make your ears bleed again! "Vivens Mortua" Official Lyric Video "Vivens Mortua" is available on: Deezer https://tinyurl.com/ycbo3wk9 iTunes https://tinyurl.com/y8ks7t9a Spotify https://tinyurl.com/y9kwowpy Amazon https://tinyurl.com/yb6jn52d Check out the lyric video:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS70Vti_Vrg While My City Burns is a five piece Metal / Post-Hardcore band hailing from Iceland. They mix their influences into a sweet ass Metal blend with tasty riffs, crushing breakdowns and choruses that get stuck in your head. Line-Up Gauti Hreinsson : Vocals Alexander Glói Pétursson : Guitar ,Vocals Úlfar Alexander Úlfarsson : Guitar Kristófer Berg Sturluson Paraiso : Bass Guðjón Trausti Skúlason : Drums www.facebook.com/Whilemycityburns  Auðn are unveiling the first atmospheric track taken from their forthcoming album 'Farvegir Fyrndar', which is scheduled for release on November 10th. The song "Í Hálmstráið Held" is now streaming via the official media partners listed below. Metal Hammer (DE) Radio Metal (FR) Rocking (GR) Lángoló Gitárok (HU) RUV (IS) Metalitalia (IT) Rock Portaal (NL) Kvlt (PL) Loud (PT) Metalfan (RO) Crank It Up (SE) Antichrist Magazine (UA) Metal Hammer (UK) Auðn comment: "We are ecstatic to present 'Í Hálmstráið Held' to you, the first track taken from our new album, which is entitled 'Farvegir Fyrndar'. We feel that this song represents our record very well as it points into the direction, which we are striving for. 'Í Hálmstráið Held' retains the atmosphere of our previous release, but sounds both more aggressive and melodic at the same time. We are taking things a step further and hope that you will join us!" Auðn have furthermore released the artwork of 'Farvegir Fyrndar' (created by Víðir Mýrmann Þrastarson), which is shown together with the track-list below.
On further news, Auðn have announced a European tour together with label mates The Great Old Ones in support of Ghaals Wyrd. A full list of confirmed dates can be found below. Auðn +The Great Old Ones + Ghaals Wyrd 01 Dec 17 Bochum (DE) Matrix 02 Dec 17 Vosselaar (BE) Biebob 04 Dec 17 Toulouse (FR) metronum 05 Dec 17 Madrid (ES) Chango 06 Dec 17 Barcelona (ES) boveda 07 Dec 17 Marseille (FR) Jas Rod 09 Dec 17 Bologna (IT) Alcemica Music Club 10 Dec 17 Zürich (CH) Werk 21 12 Dec 17 München (DE) Backstage 13 Dec 17 Wroclaw (PL) Firlej 14 Dec 17 Erfurt (DE) From Hell 15 Dec 17 Berlin (DE) De Mortem Et Diabolum Auðn Festivals 16 Dec 17 Eindhoven (NL) Eindhoven Metal Meeting 2017 30 Mar 18 Oslo (NO) Inferno Festival 2018 www.facebook.com/audnofficial  This Friday, Icelandic death metal collective Beneath will drop their blistering Ephemeris full-length via Unique Leader Records. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Fredrik Nordström (Arch Enemy, Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, At The Gates, etc.) at the acclaimed Studio Fredman in the fall of 2016, Ephemeris features new recruit Mike Heller (Malignancy, Control/Resist, Fear Factory) at the drum stool. The result is nine tracks of relentless brutality; an odyssey through the forthcoming millenniums of exponential colonization of planets and galaxies by human induced technology; a world where technology has gone way beyond the frontier of the imagination. Hear the record in full courtesy of New Noise Magazine at THIS LOCATION. Ephemeris will be released on August 18th via Unique Leader Records. Physical pre-orders are currently available at THIS LOCATION. For digital orders, visit the Unique Leader Bandcamp page HERE. On Ephemeris, Wonderbox Metal commends the band's, "condensed surgical brutality and forward-thinking intrigue." Archiac Triad champions an, "extraordinary piece of music, which shows that neither stagnation nor experimentation can really put a dent in the life span of brutal death metal, as long as the vocals are deep and growling as all hell and you keep your complex riffing straight-forward." In an 8/10 rating Dead Rhetoric notes, "Explosive, and sometimes surprisingly catchy, Ephemeris is some of Beneaths finest material to date. A slim and focused release that allows the brutality to flourish without fear of numbing the listener's senses, it's ultimately the marriage of steamrolling aggression and sly melodies that give the band their strongest weapon." Adds Last Rites of closing track "Multiangular" specifically, "It opens in a flurry of swirling rage and torment and slowly attacks that emotion with different musical approaches. Discordance, which the band finally realized is a helpful tactic, dominates the second swath alternating with diminished lead runs and then, with a bugle-like call from the lead guitar, the track descends into a blend of what they've done so well across the previous eight tracks. Drums remain intense, guitars display true melody, vocals continue to use almost laid-back rhythms and it's all seamlessly blended together to create a finish that leads directly back to where it started." Beneath was formed in 2007. The band released their first EP, Hollow Empty Void, in 2010 which landed them a record deal with Unique Leader Records. In 2012, Beneath unveiled their debut full-length, Enslaved By Fear. The album was mixed by Daniel Bergstrand (Behemoth, In Flames, Meshuggah) at Dug Out studios in Uppsala, Sweden. In 2013, the band headed to Bialystok, Poland to record their second full length, The Barren Throne, with legendary death metal producers, Wojtek and Slawek Wieslawski, known for their work with bands like Decapitated, Vader, and Behemoth. The record dropped in April of 2014 to stellar reviews with No Clean Singing crowning it, "one of the best albums of the year," hailing their special brand of, "dynamic, intricate death metal with a touch of somberness and depressive melody." Angry Metal Guy concurred, "The Barren Throne is the culmination of .... [the] anti-religion, hate, death, blood, and gore of Enslaved By Fear only this time it's dragged out across a lengthy eleven gruelling abominations," while The Sludgelord championed the record's meticulous fusion of, "black, death, and a little bit of prog, all mixed within a cauldron of dark imagery and a tale of a dark being awakening and creating a world of despair and destruction." 2017 welcomes Ephemeris. http://www.facebook.com/beneathdeathmetal http://www.uniqueleader.com http://www.facebook.com/UniqueLeaderRecords http://www.twitter.com/UniqueLeaderRec  Next month, Icelandic death metal unit Beneath will unleash their third full length, Ephemeris. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Fredrik Nordström (Arch Enemy, Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, At The Gates, etc.) at the acclaimed Studio Fredman in the fall of 2016, Ephemeris features new recruit Mike Heller (Malignancy, Control/Resist, Fear Factory) at the drum stool. The result is nine tracks of relentless brutality; an odyssey through the forthcoming millenniums of exponential colonization of planets and galaxies by human induced technology; a world where technology has gone way beyond the frontier of the imagination. Today, Decibel Magazine is debuting the band's "Eyecatcher" lyric video at THIS LOCATION. Notes guitarist Unnar Sigurðsson: "Ephemeris is our very best release so far. We wanted to do an album more dynamic and natural than those before and we are extremely proud of the outcome. It has elements from all of us combined into something very different from the other releases." Adds Jóhann Ingi Sigurðsson, "Ephemeris has been a demanding album for us personally and in many ways, it represents a turning point for the band. We've always pushed ourselves in ways that keep us invested and engaged in our music, and on this album, that meant making big changes to our overall sound. There are songs that are a marriage of pure heaviness and brutality, while on the other spectrum there are some very challenging technical arrangements pushing the limits of our playing abilities. In the end, we ended up with an album that feels musically multidimensional and that we are extremely proud of." Ephemeris will be released on August 18th via Unique Leader Records. Physical pre-orders are currently available at THIS LOCATION. For digital orders, visit the Unique Leader Bandcamp page HERE where you can also sample opening track "Constellational Transformation." http://www.facebook.com/beneathdeathmetal http://www.uniqueleader.com http://www.facebook.com/UniqueLeaderRecords http://www.twitter.com/UniqueLeaderRec
Ephemeris is the third full length release from Icelandic death metal titans, Beneath. The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Fredrik Nordström (Arch Enemy, Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, At The Gates, etc.), at the acclaimed Studio Fredman in the fall of 2016. After the departure of founding member and drummer Ragnar Sverrison, Beneath teamed up with Mike Heller (Malignancy, Control/Resist, Fear Factory) to handle the drums for the album. The result is nine tracks of relentless brutality; an odyssey through the forthcoming millenniums of exponential colonization of planets and galaxies by human induced technology; a world where technology has gone way beyond the frontier of the imagination. Commented vocalist Benedikt Natanael Bjarnason, "We are immensely proud to announce the release of our third full-length album Ephemeris. We teamed up with Mike Heller to provide session drums for the nine-track album which adds a whole new dimension to the soundscape of Beneath. Make sure to not miss the release date on August 18th!" Guitarist Jóhann Ingi Sigurðsson adds, "Ephemeris has been a demanding album for us personally and in many ways, it represents a turning point for the band. We've always pushed ourselves in ways that keep us invested and engaged in our music, and on this album, that meant making big changes to our overall sound. There are songs that are a marriage of pure heaviness and brutality, while on the other spectrum there are some very challenging technical arrangements pushing the limits of our playing abilities. In the end, we ended up with an album that feels musically multidimensional and that we are extremely proud of." Ephemeris will be released on August 18th via Unique Leader Records. Check out opening track "Constellational Transformation" at the Unique Leader Bandcamp page HERE. http://www.facebook.com/beneathdeathmetal http://www.uniqueleader.com http://www.facebook.com/UniqueLeaderRecords http://www.twitter.com/UniqueLeaderRec  Sólstafir are unveiling their complete forthcoming full-length, 'Berdreyminn', which means a "dreamer of forthcoming events". The new sixth masterpiece of the enigmatic Icelanders is out now. 'Berdreyminn' is now exclusively streaming via the official premiere partners listed below. Beat (AU) Marast Music (CZ) Metal Hammer (DE) Diablorock (ES) Inferno (FI) La Grosse Radio (FR) Rock Overdose (GR) Lángoló Gitárok (HU) Metal Wani (IN) RÚV (IS) Metal Italia (IT) Never Mind The Hype (NL) Metal Hammer (NO) Kvlt (PL) Loud (PT) Metalfan (RO) Crank It Up (SE) Metal Hammer (UK) Frontman Aðalbjörn Tryggvason comments on behalf of SÓLSTAFIR: "Finally, the time has come to present you 'Berdreyminn' in its entirety. Hopefully, the previous pieces that we have released will now fall into their rightful places in the puzzle that this album represents. There is much to explore, surprises to discover as well as meeting old friends again, and we sincerely hope that you will like what you find. Enjoy!"
The cover art by Adam Burke and track-list of 'Berdreyminn' can be viewed above. Sólstafir have set sails to new horizons with 'Berdreyminn'. Yet the Icelanders brought their home with them and the silhouette of their vessels remains easily recognisable. Welcome aboard on a new adventurous musical journey into uncharted territories. www.solstafir.net www.facebook.com/solstafirice |
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