Florida death metal legends Obituary have shared the second single off their forthcoming, self-titled full-length. Watch the album art, lyric video accompanying "Turned to Stone" now via Loudwire at this location and YouTube HERE. Loudwire comment: "As if thawing after 1,000 years entombed in ice, the song opens up with slow-churning riff and a low to high guttural scream from John Tardy, whose reputation as one of death metal's most unique and savage vocalists is never in question. In lockstep rhythm on all fronts, they settle into mid-tempo slam-styled groove, only picking up the pace when the frets start flying during the solos on the back half of "Turned to Stone."” Obituary is due out March 17th, 2017 on CD/LP/Digital. Physical and digital pre-orders are available now via Relapse at bit.ly/ObituaryST. Official Obituary Website Obituary on Facebook Obituary on Twitter Obituary on Instagram Obituary on Bandcamp
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Okkultokrati has been awarded Best Metal Album Of 2016 in the prestigious Norwegian Spellemann Awards, for their Southern Lord-released Raspberry Dawn album! The award is the Norwegian equivalent of a Grammy, making this a massive landmark for the band and their incredibly adventurous, genre-entangling style of eclectic hardcore punk. As recently announced, the Norwegian mavericks are hitting the road again this Spring, with new tour dates constantly being updated. See all confirmed live listings HERE, and watch for more dates to be announced. While paying homage to their native region's 1990s black metal heritage, the cinematic synth/goth rock of the prior decade, and the raging early punk movement ahead of that, Okkultokrati still manages to create sincerely original and infectious music through every bar of Raspberry Dawn, resulting in a starkly raw and original sounding album. See Okkultokrati's videos for "Magic People HERE, "Raspberry Dawn" HERE, and "Hidden Future" HERE, and stream all of Raspberry Dawn at Bandcamp HERE. Raspberry Dawn is available on CD, LP, and digital platforms via the Southern Lord store. Okkultokrati Tour Dates: 3/21/2017 Gleis 22 - Münster, DE 3/22/2017 The Plaque - Leipzig, DE 3/23/2017 DasBACH - Wien, AT 3/24/2017 P.M.K - Innsbruck, AT 3/25/2017 Tetris - Trieste, IT 3/26/2017 Scum - Pescara, IT 3/27/2017 Freakout Club - Bologna, IT 3/28/2017 Cinema Metropolis Umbertide - Umbertide, IT 3/29/2017 Spazio Ligera - Milano, IT 3/30/2017 Trokson - Lyon, FR 3/31/2017 Hipster Cafe - Rouen, FR 4/01/2017 301 Live Club - Lille, FR 4/02/2017 The Flapper - Birmingham, UK 4/03/2017 Black Heart - London, UK 4/05/2017 Audio Glasgow - Glasgow, UK 4/06/2017 The Cluny - Newcastle, UK 4/07/2017 Antwerp Music City - Antwerp, BE 4/08/2017 Merleyn - Nijmegen, NL 4/09/2017 The Pit's - Kortijk, BE - Bang Zoom Noise Produktions VZW 4/10/2017 Magasin 4 - Bruxelles, BE http://www.facebook.com/okkultokrati http://www.okkultokrati.bandcamp.com http://www.okkultokrati.blogspot.com http://www.southernlord.com http://www.southernlord.bandcamp.com http://www.facebook.com/SLadmin http://www.twitter.com/twatterlord Portuguese black metal cult Black Cilice have premiered the new track "Channeling Forgotten Energies" at Decibel magazine's website. The track hails from the band's highly anticipated fourth album, Banished From Time, set for international release on March 10th via Iron Bonehead Productions. Hear Black Cilice's "Channeling Forgotten Energies" in its entirety exclusively HERE. Truly embodying the definition of "underground," Black Cilice lurked in the shadows its first five years - or perhaps even longer, as the one-man band's history is as mysterious as he is elusive - releasing a slew of demos and splits, all eventually culminating in two impossibly-rare albums. But then, in 2015, the mysterious mainman joined forces with Iron Bonehead to release the monolithic Mysteries. The album would go on to be hailed far and wide, and often from corners of the cultural landscape not usually acclimated to things of a resolutely raw nature: truly, Black Cilice was being celebrated for his content and vision alone rather than more socialistic aspects of the hype machine. But "being celebrated" and "hype" are forever far from the Black Cilice world-view, and with this armament comes Banished From Time. Like its three full-length predecessors, Banished From Time is characteristically Black Cilice to the bone: a wave of in-the-red rawness greets the wary listener, surging second-wave black metal to the bone, but underneath those layers of filth 'n' fatalism lies a melancholic majesty that's truly a splendour to behold. Just like its predecessors, some could even qualify Banished From Time as "beautiful" - if that beauty was be-spoiled for centuries in a cold, cobwebbed castle. Intractably black metal, once again, we find here that "purism" need not be shorthand for a dearth of ideas: Black Cilice twists the anachronisms of classic black metal into ageless, endlessly spellbinding forms, each undulating wave lapping back against the other to utterly hypnotizing effect. Yet, Banished From Time breaks a bit from the established Black Cilice canon, if more so thematically. Whereas Mysteries ended a three-album trilogy, Banished From Time is meant as a disruptive album whilst keeping the intractable, idiosyncratic identity of the Black Cilice sound. We can point to the overall production, which is thicker and less strident, and the voice, in kind, has become more "present" and aggressive. But these are all simply signposts for the spiritual /metaphysical state presented in Banished From Time: Black Cilice living physically in the present but not belonging to the present, living in the past (amidst ruins, surrounded by spirits) but not belonging to the past. As usual, the lyrics focus on paranormal experiences, the borderline between the living and the dead and channelling spirits in long forgotten ruins, apart from the world. Fitting for such a momentous work, Banished From Time will be released on the usual vinyl LP and cassette tape formats but also CD. Be Banished From Time and die another death with Black Cilice! The next death can be experienced exclusively HERE, courtesy of Decibel, North America's only monthly metal magazine. The first death begins with the album's opening track, which can be heard exclusively at Iron Bonehead's Soundcloud HERE. Belgian modern melodic death metallers Hexa Mera have unleashed a lyric video for the song 'Inhuman', taken from their second full-length album, "Enlightenment", which will be released on March 31st. The song is streaming on Terrorizer via the link below. http://www.terrorizer.com/news/hexa-mera-release-lyric-video-for-inhuman/ The band has the following to say about 'Inhuman': "Inhuman stands for all the messed up things we've done. Ironically, humanity is the most inhuman thing there is. Every single day various channels remind us of a simple truth: violence is everywhere, and violence doesn't sleep. We wanted to write a song to condemn all of this. Writing the lyrics was easy, finding footage of our species’ disbehavior even more so. But selecting the scenes wasn’t. We watched hours of messed up footage. We had to take breaks because it became too much. We were totally overwhelmed. In the end we became immune to the gore, the sick and our own moral barriers. Management stepped in because we were taking it too far. The video didn’t need all the blood and explicit imagery to deliver the message, it had to be clear without going overboard. We didn’t create this one to enjoy, we created it to open your eyes and face humanity’s inhumanity. That’s what this track is about." The album was recorded at Empyrean Studio, mixed at OceanSide Studio by Ace Zec (Spoil Engine, Diablo Blvd,..) and mastered at Fascination Street Studios By Jens Bogren (Amon Amarth, Opeth, Soilwork,..). The artwork of Hexa Mera's follow-up to 2014’s “Human Entropy” was created by Colin Marks from Rain Song Design (Sylosis, Threat Signal, Scar Symmetry,..) The band has the following to say about "Enlightenment": "The idea to use the age of enlightenment as theme for this album was forged right after we released our debut album ‘Human Entropy’. The world was and still is spinning out of control: Extremists became a larger threat to our civilization, human and animal rights are being violated, political correctness is censoring the truth, media focusing on sales instead of news value, and so much more… the world never was an utopia place, but with the information we got, it seemed to become worse. We felt fear, disappointment, but most of all, we felt anger. Because we felt powerless, the only thing we could do was to speak out, and this is exactly what this album is about." The official ‘Enlightenment’ release-show will take place on April 1st at the renowned ‘Nijdrop’ venue in Opwijk, Belgium. More information can be found here. https://www.facebook.com/hexameraofficial/ Chile's Death Yell signs with Hells Headbangers; reveals cover and track-list for label debut7/2/2017 Hells Headbangers have announced the signing of South American legends Death Yell for the release of their long-awaited debut album, Descent Into Hell, later this year. Death Yell had a very short but intense life in the late '80s until they abruptly split up in 1991. For good or bad reasons, their unique demo Vengeance From Darkness became a referent and even influential for many brutal death / black metal bands and 'bangers, raising the band - even after all these years - to the level of an emblematic and even cult name from that time. Death Yell reunited 20 years after they broke up to come back with the recording of Back From the Depths - released in 2013 through Hells Headbangers as a split 7” with Atomic Aggressor - which received countless praise from zines and fans worldwide, showing they had not lost their eerie occult style. Since then, the band have been busy playing live and regaining the position they deserved, having recently joined the Nuclear War Now! Fest V in Berlin. Says founding guitarist Andrés "Pollo" Lozano about this highly anticipated release, "Descent Into Hell is actually our first full-length after 30 years! We are very pleased to become part of the Hells Headbangers legion, as we wanted to work with a specialized, serious, and well-known underground metal label in order to materialize this project." He adds, "It took us quite some time to decide about recording this album. We had to make the decision about either burying the band definitively or take the risk of resurrecting Death Yell… Eventually, we just did it and made all in our hands to keep our original brutality intact. We are quite sure that Death Yell fans will not be disappointed." Marcelo Vasco designed the album cover, who's also designed the latest album covers of Slayer and Kreator. The CD edition will also include a new version of "Back from the Depths" as a bonus track. The current Death Yell line-up includes four of the five original founding members: vocalist Galleta, bassist Guatiu, and guitarists Pollo and Pulga. Death Yell line-up 2017: Sergio "Galleta" - vocals Andres "Pollo" - guitar Andres "Pulga" - guitar Alejandro "Guatiu" - bass Marco "Demon" - drums www.facebook.com/deathyell www.hellsheadbangers.com www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers The world needs heroes now more than ever. In the shape of Montreal’s larger-than-life metal warriors Valfreya, it has them! And in their striking vocalist Crook, they have their own Valkyrie!. In 2009, vocalist Crook wanted to play something akin to folk metal, but even more aggressive and fast paced. Combining Valhalla and the Norse goddess Freya, the band has been creating music and lyrics to revolve around stories inspired by Norse mythology. Orchestral and death metal with a hint of folk music, the prolific Valfreya have released two well-received EP's (‘First Chronicles’ and ‘Acoustic Chronicles’), an impressive 2012 debut album entitled ‘Path To Eternity’ via Maple Metal Records and have just unleashed their second ‘Promised Land’ independently on January 13, 2017. “The album is a journey through a lot of emotions and situations, giving life to a host of varied songs, each with a different sound and personality. The story behind the album is about Eric The Red discovering America and how he defies the Gods, but pays a hefty price for that defiance. ” says Valfreya about the release. “It’s a step-up in sound quality and has more intricate guitar parts and better-written music that with every listen you can discover parts you hadn’t noticed before. On top of that we have an original sound and songs! We want to give more to people that enjoy good riffs!” Just as you hear on record, Valfreya promises the fans a unique live experience. What you hear on the album is what you get on stage. All vocals, whether clean or screams, are done by the band members both in studio and live. They dress in a fantasy-like Viking fashion to go with their story-telling, which gives an interesting visual aspect, while delivering the instrument-playing with precision. Valfreya has shared the stage with Arkona, Dark Tranquility, Nekrogoblikon, Necronomicon, Koorpiklaani, Moonsorrow, Tyr and Insomnium. ‘Promised Land’ is now streaming in full at the following links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX2M2deDyb8 https://valfreya.bandcamp.com Available on iTunes, CD Baby, Bandcamp and all online major retailers. Romanian Melodic Death Metal combo False Reality announces a line-up modification, after Marc Spedalska, the bass player who only performed in three live gigs, decided to quit the band, after being admitted as a resident neurologist medic in the city of Cluj-Napoca, thus pursuing his medical career. His replacement is a young bass player from Brasov, the band’s home city, Radu “Snuff” Constantinescu, who was active in the bands Consequence and Around the World and who has other two active projects: Arrest The Moment and My Backyard Telescope. He already performed in two live shows with False Reality during the first two concerts in the End of Eternity album promotion tour that started in January this year. False Reality will continue their Romanian tour with their new bass player, announcing four more shows for now, in March, in the following cities: București (03.03.2017) Buzău (04.03.2017) Târgoviște (17.03.2017) Constanța (18.03.2017) https://www.facebook.com/KatharosXIII http://www.loudragemusic.com/ http://loudragemusic.bandcamp.com/ Timisoara, Romania based Black Metallers Katharos XIII are set to release their second full-length album 6 years after their well-received debut, Dead Emotions. Negativity will feature 7 new tracks and is set to be released soon via Loud Rage Music, and the band is proud to reveal the cover artwork, work of talented local artist Alexandru Das. Underground Symphony is proud to announce a deal with Italian band Sailing To Nowhere for the second full-length album release, after the success of the debut “To The Unknown" The band plays Melodic Power metal with elegant Hard Rock influences. “Lost In Time” is a masterpiece for fans of Avantasia, Gamma Ray, Stratovarius, Alestorm, Blind Guardian, Sonata Arctica and it will be available at 14th April under Underground Symphony Records in deluxe digipak edition! The band will promote the new album with tours in Italy and abroad and with the participation in big festivals. The album was mixed and mastered at Kick Recording Studio (Fleshgod Apocalypse) and features six Special Guests: - Fabio Lione (Rhapsody Reunion, Angra...) - Roberto Tiranti (Labyrinth. New Trolls...) - Hideaki Yamakado (One of the best shredders in Japan) - Maestro Mistheria (Vivaldi Metal Project) - Dino Fiorenza (Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai...) - David Folchitto (Stormlord, Prophilax...) |
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