The Iberian Extreme Metal act Noctem confirms its first headlining tour in Rusia presenting the brand new album "Haeresis" (Art Gates Records-Prosthetic Records). Supporting act will be "From Hell" from North America. Dates as follows:

HAERESIS RUSSIAN ASSAULT 2017:

18.08 ZELENOGRAD - "Pub Rebel" 
19.08 TBA
20.08 KALUGA - "Garage"
21.08 YELETS - "Scena"
22.08 VORONEZH - "Station Mir"
23.08 ROSTOV-ON-DON - "Podzemka"
24.08 LIPETSK - "Centre" 
25.08 MOSCOW - "Rock House" MOSCOW BLACK METAL CONVENTION
26.08 TULA -"Dolina X" BLACKENED LIFE FEST
27.08 SAINT -PETERSBURG -"Opera"


There is a slot available for this tour. If you're interested in your band opening for Noctem contact to [email protected] 

Other Noctem shows confirmed so far:

8-10.06 Santa María Summer Fest / Portugal
1.07 Rock Arena / Alicante (Sp)
5-8.07 Resurrection Fest / Viveiro (Sp)
9-12.08 Leyendas del Rock / Alicante (Sp)

www.artgatesrecords.com
www.prostheticrecords.com


official sites of Noctem:

Official Website
Official Facebook
Official Twitter

Norway's Cretura are proud to announce their "Fall of the Seventh Golden Star European tour 2016"!

British metal icons Carcass will return to North America next week for their "One Foot In The Grave" 2016 headlining tour. Set to commence on July 16th and level nearly two dozen stages through August 6th, the journey includes performances at Chicago Open Air Festival as well as Heavy MTL. Support will be provided by Crowbar, Ghoul, and Night Demon. The band's latest state-side journey follows their recent and successful assault on North American soil alongside label-mates Slayer and Testament.

Carcass will be touring in support of "Surgical Steel", released in September 2013. The record came in at #41 on the US Billboard Top 200 Chart, just narrowly avoiding the dreaded "Top 40 Band" moniker. Even with their impressive back catalogue, Surgical Steel has given the band their highest charting and possibly most critically acclaimed record to date.

Surgical Steel was produced by Colin Richardson (Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower, Gorefest, Cannibal Corpse etc.) and mixed / mastered by Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Accept, Exodus, Testament). Joining guitarist Bill Steer and bassist / vocalist Jeff Walker in the band's current incarnation are new drummer Dan Wilding (Aborted, Trigger The Bloodshed) and guitarist Ben Ash (Pig Iron, Desolation, Liquefied Skeleton). Original sticksman Ken Owen contributed guest vocals as well.

Building from the successes of its first year, Kansas City's one and only BlackDeath Fest is set to strike the Midwest yet again this September, certain to decimate with two days of underground black, death, grind, and extreme metal. Event details at this location.

Visit the KC Black Fest II Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Kcblackdeath.

The lineup (in alphabetical order):

Conjuror (CA)
Dark Apostle (KS)
Dead Shore (IL)
Falter (WI)
FIN (IL)
Garoted (NE)
Imperial Savagery (IL)
Knifewound (KS)
Napalm Meth (MO)
Nefirum (KS)
Nucleus (IL)
Pigs Blood (WI)
Ritual Combat (CA)
Sons of Famine (IL)
Stonehaven (KS/MO)
Subjugation (WI)
Valdur (CA)
Verräter (NE/CA)
Vickers (NE)

Venue info:

http://www.aftershockshows.com/
https://www.facebook.com/aftershocklive.musicvenue/?fref=ts
 

Conjuror
http://conjuror.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/thetrueconjuror/?fref=ts


Dark Apostle
https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Apostle-170875889640640/?fref=ts


Dead Shore
https://www.reverbnation.com/deadshore
https://www.facebook.com/dead.shore.doom/?fref=ts


Falter
https://falterhc.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/faltermilwaukee/


FIN
https://www.facebook.com/FIN-287496941295269/?fref=ts
http://finmidwest.bandcamp.com/


Garoted
https://www.facebook.com/Garoted/?fref=ts
http://sordidcurseprod.storenvy.com/
 

Imperial Savagery
https://www.facebook.com/imperialsavagery/?fref=ts


Knifewound
https://knifewound666.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Knifewound666/?fref=ts


Napalm Meth
https://napalmmeth.bandcamp.com/album/ep


Nefirum
https://www.facebook.com/EternalNefirum/?fref=ts


Nucleus
http://nucleus.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/nucleusmetal/?fref=ts


Pigs Blood
http://pigsblood.bandcamp.com/releases
https://www.facebook.com/commandmoreblood/?fref=ts


Ritual Combat
http://www.last.fm/music/Ritual+Combat


Sons of Famine
https://www.facebook.com/sonsoffamine/?fref=ts


Stonehaven
http://www.last.fm/music/Stonehaven
https://www.facebook.com/Stonehaven-274695922642/?fref=ts


Subjugation
https://subjugationmke.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/subjugationmke/?fref=ts


Valdur
http://www.bloodymountainrecords.com/
https://www.facebook.com/valdur-54163319709/?fref=ts

Verrater
https://www.reverbnation.com/verr%C3%A4ter
https://www.facebook.com/Verr%C3%A4ter-259393707481502/?fref=ts

Vickers
http://vickers-burninghair.blogspot.com/
 https://m.facebook.com/vickers666/

The date was set for the extreme strike on Kolkata (Calcutta). But then the inevitable had to happen, guess it's what is keeping the Kolkata scene from rising up to the highest of levels. The headliners of Ritual Ascension Fest II, Nafarmaan, got bombed and battered on their way, you could guess that the people understood their fake nature will be ripped wide open by these guys, hence this made it impossible for the virtual earthquake to hit the Indian ground! But can this really prevent the love and support for Extreme Metal to up rise in Kolkata? Hell no! And that is how Ritual Ascension Fest II was carried out.

Yes, many didn't turn up due to various reasons, but there were enough to show their passion and rage on the Extreme Metal wagon! We all got the unfortunate news that, Nafarmaan could not make it, but those who made it were looking forward to how the Putrid Ascendancy hordes would respond and they sure didn't disappoint! Though it started a tad late, but that's bearable if the show is a great one, read on for what transpired!

The first on stage was Armament, from a general point of view we have seen how these guys have gone from strength to strength, almost making the Black / Thrash Metal genre their own for good. They started with "From The Past Comes The Storm" (Sepultura tribute), a cover which the band is perfecting with each passing day. The gig started off on a real high note, although this was a slightly down performance compared to the other Armament performances witnessed beforehand. It seems that way because of the high standards fans come to expect from these guys. Their originals as always had the crowd really gripped onto them, and the demo video of  "Gas Chamber" released a few days before only made it better. But it was really the last two covers which was the highlight for these guys. "Crush Kill Destroy" (Sarcofago tribute) left the crowd really wanting to crush down the false people, and then came the big moment. The ex-guitarist of Armament, "Syd Myers", joined forces for what was to be a nostalgic performance from Ritual Ascension Fest I. They paid tribute to the mighty "Sodom", with "Remember The Fallen", although there were a few glitches here and there but it was the moment more than the song which was important in this one! With this Armament completed a set list with full of the extra ordinary energy these guys bring on stage and some moments of absolute brilliance! They go on to play Thrashfest in Mumbai, and rest assured Mumbai will experience what the cream of the Kolkata scene can offer!

Complete Set list:-

1. From the Past Comes the Storm (Sepultura tribute).
2. Hammer of God.
3. Wings of Death. 
4. Gas Chamber.
5. Crush Kill Destroy (Sarcofago tribute).
6. Remember the Fallen (Sodom tribute).

[Armament at Ritual Ascension Fest II - War.Cult.Supremacy.]

Next up we had Kapalin. This band has gone a long way from their debut performance at Morbid Death Fest II. They understood what was missing and in time added a new vocalist, released the bassist from vocals duties and recruited a drummer to have a complete line up. Black / Death Metal has to be one of the toughest genres to play and applause must be given to the guys for attempting it. This time around Kapalin showed why they have great potential for the future. Maybe it was the occasion, maybe it was the more complete line up, maybe it was more rigorous practice but these guys sounded at least 100x better than what was displayed at MDF II. They paid some essential tributes to the gods of the genre in "Blasphemy" and "Bestial Warlust" by covering "War Command" and "Till The End" respectively. In amongst these gems they inserted their originals filled with rawness in the form of "World War III" (original, not the Exciter number), "Warstrike", but the best moment of their performance was the original "Funeral Sleep". This is the number to really look out for. Overall a much tighter performance and it will be really interesting to see how these guys go about in the future!

Complete Set list:-

1. Intro
2. War Command - (Blashphemy tribute).
3. World War III
4. Warstrike
5. Till The End - (Bestial Warlust tribute).
6. Funeral Sleep
7. War.Terror.Rape.

[Necrodeity at Ritual Ascension Fest II - War.Cult.Supremacy.]

Then we had the guys in Purgation hitting the stage. Fresh from their debut EP release "Exterminated Malfeasance" and the epic Banish the Posers Fest, Bangladesh unleashed their brutality with full force! Like Kapalin, there was major improvements in the performance by these guys from last time. Maybe it's the effect of the Bangladeshi winds which have helped these guys grow even further! They played their originals which all featured on the EP and also unleashed a new song which they just started working on about 2 weeks ago, and by the look of it something really cool waited on the other side, after the song is completely worked upon! Purgation also covered the song which is now almost a necessity in every Purgation performance, "Charred Remains" from Death Metal masters Autopsy. Overall a tidy performance and would be really cool to see how Purgation goes about their new Original(s) and probably a full length is not far off!

Complete Set list:-

1. Uncanny Obsession
2. Repugnant Flesh
   
3. Charred Remains (Autopsy Tribute).
4. Untitled New Original.
5. Immaculate
6. System Impaled
7. Communal Carnage