 Death metal classicists Ectoplasma stream the entirety of their highly anticipated second album, Cavern of Foul Unbeings, at Transcending Obscurity webzine. Set for international release today via Memento Mori, hear Ectoplasma's Cavern of Foul Unbeings in its entirety exclusively HERE. Hailing from Greece, the band was initiated by Giannis Grim (Carnal Dread, Humanity Zero, Death Trap, Vultur) and George Wolf (Forced In, Dismal Chant, Vultur) when Carnal Dread and Forced In shared the bill at a local show back in the grip of winter of 2012. Both musicians being real zealots of what death metal was known for back in the late 80's and the early 90's - in other words, no tech wankery and no crystal-clear production - they rapidly entered the studio just to start jamming, and ultimately gave birth to Ectoplasma. Shortly after, the Everlasting Deathreign demo was discharged upon mankind, granting the band some following among diehard fans of unpolished death metal. On subsequent releases (the Spitting Coffins debut album and the split tape with Hatevomit), the band kept on perfecting their craft and obtaining more adherents of their underground creed, reaching a more mature sound by the time the Skeletal Lifeforms EP was released in late 2016 (tape format) / early 2017 (CD format), in which Ectoplasma shamelessly manifested their devotion to muddy, organic, disgusting, bone-breaking, and rotten-to-the-core DEATH METAL influenced by the early offerings of bands such as Autopsy, Baphomet, Asphyx, Morta Skuld, Grave, Demigod, Gutted, Death, and Judecca, only with their own personal twist. With the recent addition of Dion K. Alastor (Vultur) on guitars and Giannis Botsis (Embrace of Thorns, Thou Art Lord) on drums, Ectoplasma are ready to continue their foul crusade against inane, overproduced "death metal" and take it to the next level of grime and decrepitude. And indeed, they accomplish that - and much more - with their absolutely gutsfucking second album, Cavern of Foul Unbeings. So accurately titled, it's almost ridiculous, Cavern of Foul Unbeings is a sickening plunge into ancient death metal's darkest and most disgusting depths. Here, Ectoplasma take all the mangled 'n' mangling elements of their most recent work and simply perfect them in a most punishing 'n' pustulent way. If one were to close his eyes, Cavern of Foul Unbeings could easily be mistaken for a stalwart album release in that grand year of 1992 - but open your eyes and the nightmare continues, decades later and disregarding all shameful and softening trends under the banner of death ever since. But, beyond the band's slavish devotion to the almighty Metal of Death, what really puts Cavern of Foul Unbeings over is the strength of its songwriting; each song is as solid and seamless as the one prior, and each one offers its own personality and surprises. That they conclude the album with a cover of the legendary Unleashed's "The Immortals" speaks to Ectoplasma's grounding and undying belief in actual SONGwriting. Featuring era-accurate cover artwork courtesy of Raul Fuentes and clear 'n' crushing mastering by The Crypt's Ted Tringo, Cavern of Foul Unbeings proves that the past is truly alive - and deader than ever! Hear all of it for yourself exclusively HERE, courtesy of Transcending Obscurity webzine
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 Polish extreme metallers Untervoid stream their highly anticipated self-titled debut EP at heavily trafficked web-portal NoCleanSinging.com. Set for international release on January 26th via Osmose Productions, hear Untervoid's Untervoid in its entirety exclusively HERE. Untervoid officially took form during the summer of 2015, after Destroyer (Kriegsmaschine, ex-Hate) and A. (Armageddon, ex-Lost Soul, Azarath-live) finally decided to work together and started to create music, without any compromises. It took almost a year to find a proper formula and prepare several songs. Four of them have been selected and recorded in various locations, including Sound Division and No Solace studios. After the final mix and mastering at Satanic Audio in 2017, the debut mini-album is ready and self-titled. The duo is currently working on their new LP, which will also be released by Osmose Productions. Says Destroyer: "I'm very proud to announce that the debut album of Untervoid is going to be released by Osmose Productions. I can just look forward to great things we're going to achieve working together." In the meantime, hear the entirety of Untervoid exclusively HERE.
 The Dark rock / metal band For My Demons have released the Lyric video for the song "Reborn", taken from the album "Close to the Shade": https://youtu.be/Z3BbXSeL5dQ "Close to the Shade" available on https://player.believe.fr/v2/3614974375827 https://www.facebook.com/formydemonsdark/ http://www.revalverecords.com/ForMyDemons.html https://www.facebook.com/revalverecords/ France's Out Of My Eyes premiere "404" music video; 'Concept' out now on Imminence Records20/1/2018  Imminence Records' French Metalcore outfit Out Of My Eyes has just premiered their newest music video. The track, entitled "404," is off the bands debut album Concept that was released yesterday on Imminence Records. The album is released shortly before the band's five day UK tour that will be the first of several planned tours throughout the year. "We have worked very hard on that record and we hope you will love it as much as we do! It's gonna be a big year for Out Of My Eyes so keep an eye on us to make sure you don't miss anything!” - Harry Maisonneuve (Guitarist) Watch it here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Cn9LYzV1A&feature=youtu.be OUT OF MY EYES LINKS Facebook | Twitter | Instagram IMMINENCE RECORDS LINKS Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | MerchNow  Death metal classicists Rotheads stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, Sewer Fiends, at heavily trafficked web-portal IndyMetalVault.com. Set for international release on January 22nd via Memento Mori, hear Rotheads' Sewer Fiends in its entirety exclusively HERE. Hailing from Romania, the putrid ensemble of Rotheads was formed in Bucharest back in 2014 as an old-school death metal side-project to the experimental doom / noise / stoner-improv band Keeng Ra'at; both bands contained the same three members. By 2015, five songs were written, and recordings began in December of that year. Ultimately, six songs (plus intro and outro) came out in April 2016 as the Unfazed by Death demo, which turned out to be a remarkable, sick trip into the bowels of murky and foul-smelling death metal. In the meantime, another guitarist joined the band, and the original bassist left and rejoined later on. The original drummer and vocalist also left the band in August, and another drummer has since joined, while the vocals are now handled by the original guitarist. Rotheads have played only a few times live, the most memorable being two gigs around Romania with the legendary Sadistic Intent. "Aptly fucking titled" is an understatement when it comes to Sewer Fiends. Here, Rotheads take their aggregate influences - particularly from the classic early '90s Finnish scene (Abhorrence, early Sentenced, Demigod, Depravity), as well as other timeless crypt dwellers such as Autopsy, Incantation, Carnage, Accidental Suicide, Grave, and Asphyx - and proceed to create a mesmerizingly murky 'n' moody work with their debut album. The sewage is piled high and plentifully, as foul 'n' fetid riffs flow fast and freely, but always with a clearly discernible direction; after all, Rotheads are firmly grounded in the timeless songwriting style of old-school death metal, where feeling and texture are paramount over technique and other flashy wank. And those riffs continue to roll ever forward, malevolently and majestically, just like a (filth-strewn) tank. And yet, amidst all this crunch and carnage lay a layering of eerie melody atop, evoking fresh crypts opening slowly or the tension of wandering further into tomb-like sewers. Indeed, Rotheads are as aptly named as their album is titled, and we dare you to emerge from their mouldy embrace completely clean - there's just no way to wash off this horror! As an appetizer, just stare deeply into Cesar Valladares' cryptic cover art. And, with mixing and mastering courtesy of Javier Felez at Moontower Studios, it's all but guaranteed that Rotheads' Sewer Fiends will be one of the best (if not THE BEST) death metal debuts of the year! Hear all of it for yourself exclusively HERE, courtesy of IndyMetalVault.com.
 Italians Heretic’s Dream have released their first new material since their 2016 album Floating State Of Mind. It comes in the form of a video and single for the track A Price To Pay. Since releasing their last album, the band have gone through a line-up change but now they are back and once again, firing on all cylinders. Heretic’s Dream are currently working on their fourth studio album, due to be released via Sliptrick Records in Autumn 2018 and with the current working title, Resilience.  Here’s what the band had to say about their new single:- “The song is about the dichotomy lived by a parent, between the consciousness that his child deserves to live his life and to have his own experiences (even the toughest) and the temptation of preserving him from dangers and suffering. “To love you is to die a bit, and make a deal with Hell / to love you is to dance with fear/to love you is to let you go, my words just run in circles”, states the chorus, while the video tells the story of a child divided between two fighting parents. The child’s love overcomes the adults’ barriers and the two separated parents even end up meeting each other in a common embrace with their child. Waiting for a phone to ring is A Price To Pay when you love someone who learns daily to become a man in this world.” Watch here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5tkXC8RMKI&feature=youtu.be Available now in digital format from: iTunes Listen to A Price To Pay on: Spotify Heretic’s Dream are: Francesca Di Ventura – Vocals Andrej Surace – Guitar Francesco Paolo Condoleo – Keyboards Maurilio Di Stefano – Drums Federico Colaizzi – Bass Band pages: Official Website | Facebook | Youtube | Twitter | On Sliptrick Heretic’s Dream – A Price To Pay (Official Video) Taken from the album: Resilience | Sliptrick Records | 2018 Directed by: Adriano Giotti Produced and Mixed by Roberto Riccardo at RR Studio Mastered by Andrea Fusini at Fusix Studio  2018 marks the return of Oxford-based sludge-metal titans Desert Storm as they prepare to follow the release of 2014’s critically-acclaimed ‘Omniscient’ album with their new opus ‘Sentinels’, confirmed for release this coming March 16th via APF Records. Recorded with engineer Jamie Dodd (Orange Goblin) at Flesh & Bone Studio's, Hackney and tracked by Steve 'Geezer' Watkins at Woodworm studios (which has also been used by legendary Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi), ‘Sentinels’ is a colossal sounding record, it’s ten tracks punching the listener with an oppressive towering monolithic sound that batters, but never dulls the senses. “This album is a natural progression from our previous releases,” explains guitarist Ryan Cole. “It has the Desert Storm sound, but has moved in a much harder, darker and heavier direction.” Today we get to hear the first rumblings from ‘Sentinels’ in the shape of ‘Too Far Gone’, a brutal, pounding powerhouse of a track that tackles the bleak subject of excessive binge drinking. “It’s the paradox of hard liquor being both the cause and the remedy of the sickness,” states vocalist Matt Ryan. “Self destruction and punishment of the body. It’s inspired by the tragic tales of Bon Scott and John Bonham, along with fictional characters Ben Sanderson of Leaving Las Vegas and to a lesser extent, Jim Lahey of Trailer Park Boys. It’s a miserable outcome as our song begins with alcoholism and ends in death.” Stream ‘Too Far Gone’ here: https://soundcloud.com/apf-records/desert-storm-too-far-gone/s-oelmn
Pre-order ‘Sentinels’ here: http://apfrecords.bigcartel.com/ In addition to the album’s release, the band will be hitting the road hard throughout February, March and beyond in the UK and Europe. This is a band that have never been afraid to get in the van and have shared stages with a who’s who of heavy talent over the years, including Karma To Burn, Corrosion Of Conformity, Red Fang, VoiVod, Orange Goblin, Crowbar, Weedeater, Valient Thorr and many more. Catch Desert Storm live at the following dates in the UK and Europe: 03.02.18 | United Kingdom | Manchester | The Bread Shed 17.02.18 | United Kingdom | Birmingham | o2 Academy 22.02.18 | United Kingdom | London | The Devonshire Arms 23.02.18 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | Baroeg 24.02.18 | Netherlands | Eindhoven | The Jack Cafe 25.02.18 | France | Douai | Red Studio 26.02.18 | Belgium | Antwerp | Kids Rhythm & blues bar 27.02.18 | Germany | Berlin | Urban Spree 28.02.18 | Germany | Weimar | Gerber3 01.03.18 | Germany | Dresden | Chemiefabrik 02.03.18 | Czech Republic | Prague | Theremin 03.03.18 | Poland | Warsaw | Hydrozagadka 04.03.18 | Slovakia | Bratislava | Fuga 05.03.18 | Slovakia | Kosice | Collosseum 06.03.18 | Poland | Katowice | Klub Faust 07.03.18 | Poland | Wroclaw | Black Moon 08.03.18 | Germany | TBC 09.03.18 | Netherlands | Zwolle | Jacks Bar 10.03.18 | Belgium | Brussels | Rock Classic 07.07.18 | United Kingdom | Bradford | Underground 28.07.18 | United Kingdom | Bournemouth | The Anvil 04.08.18 | United Kingdom | Abingdon | Abingdon Town F.C 25.08.18 | United Kingdom | Bolton | Alma Inn 29.09.18 | United Kingdom | Sheffield | o2 Academy Desert Storm is: Matt Ryan - Vocals Chris White - Guitar Ryan Cole - Guitar Elliot Cole - Drums Chris Benoist - Bass www.facebook.com/desertstormuk www.twitter.com/desertstormuk www.desertstormband.com www.desertstorm.bandcamp.com www.instagram.com/desertstormuk   Australian symphonic doom band Rise Of Avernus have teamed up with Metal Injection to stream the entirety of their new album Eigengrau. The album is out today via Code666. The band commented "Grandiosity, misery, beauty, release, destruction, connection. Eigengrau is the result of exploring our perceptions of darkness. We hope you enjoy it." Stream the album in full here: http://www.metalinjection.net/av/new-music/get-your-orchestral-death-doom-on-with-rise-of-avernus Pre-order the album here: http://www.auralwebstore.com/shop/index.php?id_product=939&controller=product&id_lang=1 Italian Metalcore quintet Forbidden Seasons unveil debut album details; stream lead single18/1/2018  Italian metalcore quintet Forbidden Seasons have announced that their debut album ‘Promise’ will be released via This Is Core on 16th March 2018. The LP follows on from their 2017 debut, EP ‘Paramnesia’, with vocalist Mark Seasons saying of the title: “’Promise’ refers to all the promises made by people that are never fulfilled because of their selfishness.” As an introduction to the record, the lead single ‘Thank You For The Venom’ can also be streamed here, with Mark revealing “It’s one of our favourite songs, and it reflects the overall sound of the album, so we thought it was great to launch with it.” Hailing from Turin, Italy, the band is completed by Symon Ray on Lead Guitar, Danny Ghale on Rhythm Guitar, Paul J. Price on Bass and Federico Spagnoli handling both Drums and Keys. Founded in 2015, they simply came together as five individuals intent on realizing their dreams to play music. Mark explains the moniker: “It’s about discrimination and lack of half measures in society. Everything is completely bad or good, black or white. There’s no space for gray anymore. Forbidden Seasons, it’s like forbidden feelings, forbidden thoughts, forbidden actions, forbidden goals... So we thought that name fit great with this idea.”
The writing of forthcoming LP ‘Promise’ began after their Russian tour in February 2017, with Mark revealing “it’s been both amusing and hard at the same time to create it. The lyrics address topics such as loneliness, anger, apathy and misplaced trust, and all of those are reflected on the listener.” Taking their time, recording took place over 7 months at HTR Studios in Turin and the outcome is self-described as “really reflecting who we are and the direction we want to take. Both in terms of sound and composition, it’s very different from Paramnesia, heavier than our last work; we wanted to create a deeper sound according to our emotional state.” Melodically charged, beauty meeting darkness, their sound evokes Saosin and Underoath, Forbidden Seasons certainly are a promising prospect. Forbidden Seasons Release Debut Album ‘Promise’ Via This Is Core On 16/03/18 Stream Lead Single ‘Thank You For The Venom’ now: https://soundcloud.com/forbiddenseasons/thank-you-for-the-venom/s-IwVhp More From Forbidden Seasons: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Spotify  Killibrium from India have come up with a fantastic album that's both powerful and relevant. Check out the first song on Bandcamp or YouTube. They have this to say about their debut album titled 'Purge' - "Killibrium is a state of balance and harmony paved through by destructive actions exchanged between two opposing forces. In an internal conflict, one side of humans naturally takes this path with the intent to harmonize, while the other side opposes this and fuels aggression. There are various social contexts in which this conflict of identity leads to destructive events. Songs are based on various thoughts that the band has on these identities and situations."
India's most exciting new death metal band Killibrium have announced their debut release and it's every bit worth the long wait. They have found a brilliant balance between old school and the modern, technical and brutal death metal. It's catchy and at the same time engrossing. Artwork duties have been handled by none other than Michal "Xaay" Loranc (Pestilence, Nile, Schammasch) and the production too is impeccable, with everything sounding powerful and clear. Killibrium are touted as the next big band in India and going by the material on hand here, there is very litle doubt about that. Keshav Kumar - Guitars Mihir Bhende - Drums Nitin Rajan - Vocals Suvajit Chakraborty (aka Bunty) - Bass Official Killibrium Facebook Official Killibrium Bandcamp Killibrium Merch |
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