Romanian Progressive Technical Death Metal ensemble Spectral announce their long-awaited debut album, "Neural Correlates of Hate", to be finally released this Spring via Loud Rage Music. This album promises to be a totally mind-blowing experience for fans of the genre if only considering the intense, precise and deeply complex drumming from Romain Goulon, known from his work with bands like Necrophagist, Disavowed, Benighted or Aggressor, or the stellar guest appearances of Christian Muenzner (Necrophagist, Obscura, Alkaloid) and Calin Paraschiv (Pestilence, Necrovile), and all this on top of the years and years of compositions’ crafting and perfecting by the band’s founding member, Ciprian Martin, and the venom-spitting vocal performance of Andrei Calmuc, also known from CodeRed, or his previous work in Indian Fall. The album was mixed and mastered by Clawfinger founding member, now producer, Jocke Skog at his Sunmountain Facilities! Here’s what the band had to say about Neural Correlates of Hate:
“When I started working on Neural Correlates of Hate I didn’t want to make any compromises. I have spent the last years developing the concept and working hard to deliver the proper sound for the album. Although I have planned all the details I couldn’t have done this all by myself so I am very lucky to have had Andrei Calmuc on vocals, Romain Goulon on drums, Christian Muenzner on 2 guest solos, Calin Paraschiv on one guest solo and Jocke Skog as our sound engineer. The result couldn’t have been better.” Ciprian Martin “I joined Spectral in September 2015 and the moment I listened to Ciprian’s compositions from the pre-production stage I knew it was the kind of music that I want to get involved with and it determined me to collaborate. I am delighted with the finished product and the collaboration with all the other guests, whom in my opinion are great musicians.” Andrei Calmuc Here’s a short teaser for Neural Correlates of Hate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tkd9hFCBnU Recording Lineup: Ciprian Martin (Guitars & Bass) Andrei Calmuc (Vocals) Romain Goulon (Drums) Christian Muenzner & Calin Paraschiv (Guest Solos) More tracks and details on Neural Correlates of Hate to be gradually revealed soon! https://www.facebook.com/SpectralOfficial https://spectral-official.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/SpectralOfficialRo www.loudragemusic.com loudragemusic.bandcamp.com
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Finnish death / thrash metallers Khiral have released their first full length album called 'Chained'. The foundations of Khiral were built already in 2008, but this stew required some years of slow cooking and a few line-up changes until 2016 when Khiral released their first singles Orphanage and UltravioleNt, followed by several live shows. During that period their style has evolved from hardcore-inspired rock to a unique mixture of death, thrash and even some black metal elements, still leaning hard on catchy rhythms. Year 2017 was a real step forward, as Khiral made their way to Emergenza band competition's Finnish final, thus being able to introduce themselves to larger audiences, made their first appearance abroad in Germany, and on top of all, recorded their first album Chained. Chained represents the band's evolution from almost the first songs to this day. Rock elements of the early days are long gone, but there are still hints of those hardcore-inspired breakdowns and rhythm that were the salt and the pepper right from the beginning. Strict categorization of the music has been hard even to the members themselves, so let's just call it metal with a twist that you don't necessarily expect. Listen to the album:- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7f5Voq0yCxdLPXVXBPYDKB Khiral is: Joni Öhman - bass, Matti Hämäläinen - guitars, Tuomo Vänskä - vocals, Jouni Tuovinen - guitars, Markus Lehto - drums https://www.facebook.com/KhiralBand/ https://twitter.com/khiralband https://khiralband.com/ Lebanese Blackened Death Metallers Kaoteon to release new album "Damnatio Memoriae" in February13/1/2018 As a species, humanity has plunged itself into an abyss of displacement, greed, tension and paranoia. Out of the hellish darkness emerges Lebanese extreme death metal band Kaoteon with a savage blackened attack in the form of their new full-length album, Damnatio Memoriae. The album is due for release on February 23, 2018, and pre-orders are available now via https://kaoteon.bandcamp.com. Kaoteon is an unusual east-west international extreme metal collaboration, originally hailing from the Middle East but now based in Amsterdam. For Damnatio Memoriae, full-time members Anthony Kaoteon (Death Drive) on guitar and vocalist Walid Wolflust (Ordum, ex-Gothmog) tapped the distinctive talents of bass wizard Linus Klausenitzer of Obscura and drum master Fredrik Widigs of Marduk as guests. After performing with them live for the first time in Beirut in April at the Beirut Metal Fest, Klausenitzer described Kaoteon as, "legends of the Lebanese metal scene". Take a listen to the band's blackened, blistering new single, the title track "Damnatio Memoriae", now via Metal Injection: http://www.metalinjection.net/av/song-premiere/kaoteon-marduk-obscura-streams-blackened-massive-new-song-damnatio-memoriae As a band, Kaoteon has faced censorship at the highest levels in their home country - they have been put in jail for devil worshipping, attacked by religious groups, and raided several times by police trying to use them as scapegoats to mask political and religious problems in the region. It's a terrifying but enthrallingly honest story of a metal band trying to exist, succeed and break out of the Middle East. In a group statement, Kaoteon says: "Lebanese metalheads are some of the friendliest and most amazing people to hang out with. It is sad to see great potential in this world gone to waste because someone somewhere decided to label people at birth and imprison them into their borders. The scene itself is thirsty for metal, so international bands should expect amazing interaction from the crowd. The Dutch scene - where we exist now - shows strong support for local talent, unlike the Lebanese scene. The Dutch scene love their bands above all, while we feel that the Lebanese metal scene favours the international bands." Damnatio Memoriae succeeds at portraying the band's justified "f*ck-the-world" outlook with nine poisonous tracks that brim with exhilarating magnetism and needle-sharp riffing. Beginning at track one with "Damnatio Memoriae" - which describes the ancient Latin punishment of eradicating a person or figure from all memory and mention - Kaoteon unleash an all-out ferocious aural assault, attacking the very foundations of their genre with absolute conviction. Referring to the inclusion of Linus Klausenitzer and Fredrik Widigs on this album, the band adds: "Linus and Fredrik are extraordinary musicians playing with state of the art bands each in their respective genres. Linus is a melodic bass maestro and Fredrik has an amazing delivery that does not lose groove while still being as aggressive as it can get. The best thing about them being a part of this project is that Linus has become a very close friend to us, and that's what really matters at the end of the day." Damnatio Memoriae was self-recorded by Kaoteon, with mixing and mastering credited to renowned Swedish producer Daniel Bergstrand, who is recognized for his celebrated work with bands such as Behemoth, Dark Funeral, Dimmu Borgir and many more of today's top metal artists. Damnatio Memoriae is explosive metal at its finest, and is sure to be one of the most buzzed about extreme metal releases of the year. www.facebook.com/kaoteon www.instagram.com/kaoteon https://kaoteon.bandcamp.com Mexican Atmospheric Post-Black metal band Phendrana recently released album "Sanctum Sic Transit Gloria Mundi", now the album streams on YouTube in full! https://youtu.be/y8uw1N-t8TM Phendrana was formed by Anuar Salumin 2012, when he was 12 years old. He recorded 2 demos and played some shows, sharing stages with bands like Alcest, Gehenna and Nader Sadek, before taking the project into a whole new direction in 2016 by changing the band's main focus and concept, incorporating atmospheric and progressive elements to his music, and eventually changing the name to “Phendrana”. In October 2016, Phendrana signed to Sickness Records for a one album deal and began recording the debut album “Sanctum: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi”, which was finished in December, 2017 and soon to be released in January 8, 2018. Album Background: It is a conceptual album about a Sanctum, an ethereal place where lost souls find shelter. The album is divided in 7 parts: A description of the Sanctum, 3 transitions from different souls to it, 2 stories about the past lives of Sanctum inhabitants, and an ode to the night. Recorded between October 2016-November 2017. Canada's Rites Of Thy Degringolade sets release date for comeback album; reveals first track13/1/2018 Nuclear War Now! Productions has set March 15th as the international release date for Rites of Thy Degringolade's long-awaited comeback album, The Blade Philosophical, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Anyone familiar with the history of extreme metal in Canada must acknowledge the importance of Edmonton veterans Rites of Thy Degringolade. Originally conceived in 1997 as a solo project by Paulus Kressman, known at that time for his phenomenal drumming and vocals for Sacramentary Abolishment (who would evolve into Axis of Advance following Kressman’s departure), the earliest Rites recordings were solitary, experimental endeavours. The self-titled 1999 demo and the debut album, The Carytid, from 2000, feature Kressman handling all instrumentation. With the inclusion of guitarist J. Wroth in 2001, Rites became more powerful and precise. Over the next several years, the duo recorded and released the legendary Totality album, the follow-up Totality’s Kommand EP, and the split with Portal, entitled Our Dreadful Sphere. Kressman and Wroth then recruited Malevolus (Godless North, Gloria Dioboli) for the recording of the third album, An Ode to Sin, which the band elected to release on Nuclear War Now! just as the label was beginning to establish its own prominence in the underground. That line-up wouldn’t last, however, and by 2006, the band was dormant, with Kressman focusing on other projects for the next decade, including Warmarch, Weapon, and Gloria Diaboli among others. It was, therefore, an unexpected and welcome development when, in 2015, Kressman and Wroth reunited to resurrect Rites of Thy Degringolade, along with new members, guitarist N.K.L.H. (Antediluvian, Weapon, Amphisbaena) and bassist C.W. to perform at the Covenant Fest in Vancouver. The band persisted and with this line-up—the fullest in the band’s history—Rites set about recording their first album in 13 years. The Blade Philosophical is at once a recapitulation of the band’s earlier work and a continued expansion of the boundaries of extreme metal. It is, in the truest sense, a real album, with common sonic and thematic threads woven throughout, drawing the tracks together into something cohesive and whole. Conceptually, the album is an exposition of the themes that permeate the band’s entire body of work. While many details of the philosophy of Rites remain obscure, the overarching premise emerges: the exaltation of the self—the cultivation of the individual will—to disrupt, navigate, and ultimately control the ever-flowing streams of determinism. “The Blade Philosophical,” Kressman elaborates, “is the study and catharsis in the constant state of will—deterministic all, and the self as creator and destroyer.” The sound of Rites has always been distinctive—the band is one of a handful that can be honestly characterized as unique. On this album, the full spectrum of the band’s sound is on violent display. Kressman’s frenetic percussion and the low-end guitars form a tangled and tense knot at the core, that is draped and gilded with shimmering contrapuntal melodies delivered by Wroth and N.K.L.H. The organic fibres of Rites’ sound remain in omnipresent tension with the grinding mechanistic and boldly physical elements. The sprawling universe suspended in death-black paralysis. The misshapen spine of the cosmos dissected in the mind of man. The Blade Philosophical is a controlled descent into the orgiastic field of rape and disorder called the world and the corresponding ascendency of the individual from within. The release of The Blade Philosophical signifies more than just the band’s return to recording: Rites is currently preparing to embark on its first major-scale European tour (24 dates), and will be playing various fests in 2018 and beyond. NWN! is supremely honoured to present this monumental return to form by one of the greatest bands of the last several decades. Hear for yourself the first new example of such with the track "The Final Laceration" HERE at Nuclear War Now!'s Bandcamp. Debut single from Sara Vanderheyden out now via Epictronic / The Orchard Written and produced by Ville Oravala at Titans Lab Recording Studio. Additional production: Riccardo Daga Sara Vanderheyden is a Belgian singer active with various projects. During 2017 she signed a contract with Epictronic for the production of her debut solo album. Subsequently Finnish songwriter and producer Ville Oravala decided to join the project and support Sara with his unique songwriting and production skills. During the last months of the year Sara recorded some songs at Titans Lab Studio in Italy with the help of Ville Oravala and Riccardo Daga. This single is the result of this first cooperation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xQ8eLGWC20&feature=youtu.be Video Direction: Nicola Scarpante Artwork and Photography: Tom Swinnen Publishing: Carlo Bellotti Publishing / Warner Chappell Holland B.V. www.epictronic.com Finnish progressive extreme metal band Antipope has signed a deal for publication of their latest album “Denial / Survival” with Brazilian HMR Records. "Denial / Survival" will be released as a digipak CD edition in Brazil in April 2018. "Denial / Survival", Antipope’s 4th full-length album, was originally published under Antipope’s own label in November 2017. So far, the album has gathered positive feedback from the metal media around the globe especially due to its no-conformist nature and bold combination of various moods and musical elements. Official video of the opening track “Waters Below”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po_TigtawCY Antipope homepage: www.antipope.info HMR Records: https://hmrock.com.br/ Inspired by artists as diverse as Enslaved, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Tangerine Dream and Iron Maiden, Unshine is described as ‘Finnish druid and folk metal’ by five friends whom all were raised in the countryside villages of Western Finland. With a long history of recording and playing behind them, Unshine are super-stoked about the upcoming release of their new album "Astrala" due out January 19, 2018 in Europe and February 9, 2018 in North America via Rockshots Records. The album is inspired by the invisible side of the Earth. The first five album songs address the manifestations of Astrala and the last five songs describe travels to Astrala. The album has a touch of Nordic melancholy written all over it and it includes music meant to create landscapes and themes from folk stories, mythology and nature religions, but also to present personal views describing the spiritual meaning of a forest as a cultural concept. The binding theme here is forest, although this is not a theme album. As guitarist Harri Hautala says proudly: “Unshine has always been a band without the traditional role models. For us, the most important thing in a song is the melody. Sounds and rhythms create the overall atmosphere, but the melody makes the whole ancient story in it come to life.” Nature is the true influence on Unshine’s music. Their alpha and omega. Their beginning and end. The modern world may have almost forgotten the ancient ways, but Unshine keep them alive in words and music. Creating songs to reunite the old bonds between the dolmen gods and digitised mankind. Nature is not our enemy, it’s our physical and especially spiritual home. Exploring these values in their new album "Astrala", Unshine unleash their new video "Visionary's Last Breath". The band comments: "On this track, we tell the story of a healer preparing for the journey to Astrala and this requires purification of soul and body. It is fascinating to think that a modern human could also apply these same methods in most of the everyday activities. If it has worked for thousands of years, why did we forget these ways? This quite heavy song is played in low tuning in order to create the right atmosphere." Watch "Visionary's Last Breath" at the following link: https://youtu.be/y1StEjnOQ6c Album teaser for "Astrala" is also available at this following link: https://youtu.be/ScFgarXtoG4 Album Pre-order: http://www.rockshots.eu/release/astrala/ http://smarturl.it/astrala For more info: http://www.rockshots.eu http://www.unshine.com https://twitter.com/UnshineBand https://www.facebook.com/unshinefinland Osmose Productions has set February 23rd as the international release date for Avslut's highly anticipated debut album, Deceptis. Avslut depicts a deformed, decayed, and lost mankind. The group has its roots in the suburbs of Stockholm, Sweden. With full force, following their well-received Vanskapt mini-album last year, Avslut is now releasing their highly awaited debut album, Deceptis. The album will take you on a journey through your deepest and darkest desires with a perfect blend of atmosphere, fierceness, and groovy parts. Avslut is a weapon, an uncompromising passage to meet your fate. LEGION, ARISE! Arise at Osmose's Bandcamp HERE with the new tracks "Terra Mater" and the title track, "Deceptis." Greek melodic death metal newcomers have just revealed a brand new animated video for 'Black Sails' taken from their recently released and critically acclaimed debut album "The Untamed Wilderness". www.youtube.com/watch?v=h698bX7mr_w&autoplay=1 Melodic Death Metal does not necessarily has to come from Scandinavia. Aetherian are one of those bands that stand any competition with the genre pioneers from the North with ease. Formed in autumn 2013, the Greek quartet has only released the EP “Tales Of Our Times” so far, but significantly increased its activities afterwards. With the self-released video of their song "The Rain" in April 2016 the band created, what is called a YouTube phenomenon. This directly leads to the full length debut “The Untamed Wilderness”, which is out now on Lifeforce Records. This first album offers mature Death Metal songs, which are developed organically and with many shades. Aetherian's musicality is distinguished by effective contrasts as well as striking riffs and melodies. A gloomy melancholy accompanies the album, but “The Untamed Wilderness” is by no means sad. The direction is rather confident and expectant. This is the reason, why the songwriting of the Greeks turns out so varied and playful. Aetherian celebrate life and dark-tuned creativity. The Death Metal offers all musical liberties, which are necessary. The Athenians know how to take advantage of their opportunity. “The Untamed Wilderness” marks an impressive debut for all fans of melodic Death Metal. https://www.facebook.com/Aetherianband/ |
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