Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets July 14th as the international release date for Vesicant's highly anticipated debut album, Shadows of Cleansing Iron. Hailing from New Zealand's fertile black/death underground, Vesicant create a constantly churning momentum of coil-and-release dynamics, draped in dread and doom and grinding to ash all who stand in their way. Verily, Shadows of Cleansing Iron is aptly titled: the duo's world-eating sound approximates the inexorable crush of hulking, rusty tanks lurking across battlefields from time immemorial. Vesicant started as a serious band in 2014 when Profanum moved to Wellington and immediately began writing material with then-drummer Carnifex. In late 2014, Mordance joined on drums, who quickly became a core member - while assisting with lyrics, he also does vocals on Shadows of Cleansing Iron. Carnifex and Pravus had left the band prior to the full-length; their contributions can be found on our demo. Vesicant's core concept became the abject horrors and untold abysmal affliction for those men who fought in WWI - more specifically, "Vesicant" or gas attacks used as a method of psychological deterrence with intent to do physical bodily harm en mass. Vesicant's purpose isn't to glorify war, but merely an attempt to channel the intense feelings of those who lived or died during that hellish era. Of course, neither side are excluded. We saw Entente and Central powers fighting in unison against a greater enemy: FEAR. Fear of losing their brothers in arms, fear of retreat, fear of embarrassing their nation's flag, fear of being torn apart by shrapnel, or worse... Vesicant's music is largely inspired by novels of the Great War, such as Ernst Jünger's Storm of Steel - in particular, the author's point of view that the war provided each man a stark purpose and direct path of ascension towards personal heroism and immortality. Other concepts buttress the overall carnage and harrowing annihilation of the Great War, such as nature's reverence for the sacrifice, yet its soil drinks up the blood of these men ambivalently. For now, Shadows of Cleansing Iron is an aural assault of the most harrowing violent proportions. Darkness and despair mixed with confusion provides the basis while moments of heroism provide the smallest glimmering hope of survival. Begin to face the onslaught HERE at Iron Bonehead's Soundcloud with lead-off track "Blood Miller."
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Argentinian Prog-Tango Metal act Bandolirium, led by bandoneon player Amijai Shalev, are set to release their self-titled debut album this Friday, May 12. Although there were tries in the past to blend Tango and Progressive Metal together, Bandolirium’s approach to this idea goes a few steps further by including a bandoneon—a type of square concertina popular in Argentina—in their music. About the idea to create Prog Metal music with the inclusion of the instrument, Shalev commented:- “I feel it's a natural result of the music I listen to and my personal background. Great part of being a composer is finding the unique combination that we are and the way we see our environment. Living in Buenos Aires, this combination seems obvious to me, it hasn't been done before just because people have a tendency to keep on doing the same stuff. In Prog Metal you hear very often rhythms and melodies from different cultures, so if we want to do Argentinian Prog Metal, Tango is a great inspiration, also using the bandoneon in metal parts is interesting because the sound is similar to keyboards but you can work the dynamics of an acoustic instrument, and of course for Tango audience the metal sound is something new.” Progressive Metal and Tango have a lot in common, the intensity and drama especially, but even specific rhythms that are used in metal are found in tango. Bandolirium has previously released a cover of Metallica’s classic “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Shalev said: “I think that our version of ‘For whom the Bell’ tolls is an example how close tango and metal (in this case thrash) can get.” About the creative process of the self-titled album, Amijai said: “I composed all the parts with scores at home, a very intimate process, for the drums I only wrote a reference and our drummer, Marcos Edwards, composed the real drums. While rehearsing we made the changes and corrections; there were many of them. It was a very interesting work, we learned a lot doing it.” "Bandolirium" is out on May 12th. Bandolirium is: Amijai Shalev - bandoneon Marcos de Cristobal - guitars Matias Brandauer - bass Marcos Edwards - drums Website Bandcamp Old school melodic death metal band from St. Petersburg, Russia, Reclaim The Future to release its debut album “The Last Quiet Day” on May, 26 through Musica Productions. First single “Lifestyle” listen in Youtube clip: https://youtu.be/FXnsFKskML Greek Symphonic Metal act Bare Infinity release new lyric video ft. Sarah Wolf of AfterTime11/5/2017 Bare Infinity have released a new Lyric video for the song 'Orion's Light' , from their new album "The Butterfly Raiser" which was released on the 3rd of March 2017 by Blackdown Music. LINK TO OFFICIAL VIDEO : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3kGpFGNwo8 The song features the singer Sarah Wolf of the American Symphonic metal band AfterTime . (https://www.aftertimeofficial.com) The Lyric video and song portray a strong Ancient Greek theme visualised by Very Metal Art. (www.verymetal.co.uk) The album is available on all streaming and download platforms as well as in physical copy throughout the USA via CDBaby and Alliance Entertainment, BeyondBattle Records and RockAvenue Records in Japan and by Blackdown Distribution in the EU. Purveyors of obliterating sludge return with a brand new full length titled 'Beyond the Black Pyramid'. It's extremely thick, grimy and oppressive. Check out their music here, you won't be disappointed! Dense and suffocating, Tarlung's music crawls along ponderously, squeezing the life out of its listeners. This kind of expression in sludge is rarely done but ends up being most satisfying. The riffs command the direction, as within the mire of the deafening sludge you have catchy hooks and memorable tunes. Influences from closely related genres such as death metal and even stoner doom coalesce to form their monolithic sound. This is the band's latest full length album and it lays waste to everything else they've done before. Listen to one of the heaviest albums in this style and quiver under its might. TARLUNG Bandcamp TARLUNG Facebook Polish metallers from Animations have just released their fourth studio album entitled Without The Sun. It's the successor to the well received Private Ghetto released in 2013. Dubbed as the "notorious debutants", Animations decided to further develop their sound established on Private Ghetto. Their style blends melodic death, technical and progressive metal. Soaring melodies intersect with death metal riffs and progressive structures, that being combined with clever solos, stellar vocal work and powerful drumming. You can stream the album on YouTube and find what the band is up to on their website and Facebook page. On August 25th, 2017, French metal force Dagoba will release its seventh studio album, “Black Nova”, as a cooperation of Jive/Epic for France and Century Media for the rest of the world. Formed in 1997 and inspired by 90's American metal greats such as Pantera, Machine Head and Fear Factory, Dagoba quickly expanded their furious sound with dark, symphonic and industrial elements culminating on what is to become their strongest album to date, “Black Nova”. Shawter – singer, guitarist, composer and leader of Dagoba – helmed the recordings of “Black Nova”, which took place at Eagle Black, his own studio in Marseille, whereas Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Epica, Heaven Shall Burn) took care of mix and mastering. “Black Nova” sounds massive with rich dynamics, towering riffs, vigorous shouts and infectious melodic choruses all over the place. The equally powerful artwork was created by Seth Siro Anton (Septic Flesh). The first single "Inner Sun" premieres on Rock Hard France's sampler CD out this week – "Inner Sun" will be available everywhere on May 19th. 1. Tenebra 2. Inner Sun 3. The Legacy Of Ares 4. Stone Ocean 5. The Infinite Chase 6. The Grand Emptiness 7. Lost Gravity 8. Fire Dies 9. Phoenix et Corvus 10. Vantablack Known as an impressive live act, Dagoba are about to set sails for Japan in May with full European touring under way right around time of release of “Black Nova”. Stay tuned for further details in the coming weeks! facebook.com/dagoba13 Italian progressive rock / metallers Heretic’s Dream have signed with Revalve Records, for the release of their new album, ready in Fall 2017! As previously announced, this week Heretic’s Dream will join the Finnish progressive metal masters Amorphis, as their main support, on the 10th Eclipse Anniversary Shows in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, as follows: May 12, 2017 – Moscow at Volta May 13, 2017 – St.Petersburg at Club Zal Furthermore the band will perform at Faine Misto Festival, on July 22nd, in Ternopil (Ukraine), sharing the Main Stage alongside Guano Apes! Heretic’s Dream is a five piece Rock band that can’t easily be labelled as playing anyone type of Rock music! Their music is Hard Rock, Alternative, Progressive and Metal, combining unusual and complex rhythms with a fierce energy, making their music unique! Check out their latest video for the song ‘Secret Place’, taken from the forthcoming album ‘Floating State Of Mind’ here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JctFa8sjKhI https://www.facebook.com/Heretics-Dream-229362950413489 https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement http://www.revalverecords.com Dutch Black Metallers Sator Malus set release date for Forever Plagued debut; reveals first track11/5/2017 Forever Plagued Records has set June 30th as the international release date for Sator Malus' debut album, Dark Matters. Hailing from the Netherlands, Sator Malus play atmospheric black metal with conviction and ideas deriving behind darkness, space, and worlds beyond the eyes of humanity. Sator Malus include (ex-)members of such bands as The Spirit Cabinet, Walpurgisnacht, Grimm, Cirith Gorgor, and Hooded Priest, so they are not by any stretch new to black metal. Also, they’ve brought upon IX of Urfaust as special guest vocalist to one of the tracks for fans who can relate. Forever Plagued will present Sator Malus' Dark Matters on CD worldwide on June 30th, and the LP release later in the year. In the meantime, hear that aforementioned track featuring IX of Urfaust - "Endless Cycles of Life and Death" - at Forever Plagued's Soundcloud HERE. First Tygers Of Pan Tang, then Blitzkrieg and now NWOBHM legends Trespass sign to Mighty Music, with a new studio album out in late 2017. Trespass was formed in Sudbury, Suffolk, England in April 1979 by brothers Mark (guitar, vocals) and Paul Sutcliffe (drums) Dave Crawte (guitar) Richard Penny (bass). Around this time they started gigging around East Anglia, playing a mix of rock covers and original songs including early versions of "One Of These Days" and Lightsmith. Despite their fairly short lived time on the metal scene Trespass made a lasting impact. Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield of Metallica remained fans since the very beginning and "One Of These Days" was featured on NWOBHM compilation '79 revisited put together by Ulrich and Geoff Barton in 1990 Trespass have recently played festivals in the UK and Europe in 2015/16 and will be touring in 2018 supporting the album. LINE UP Mark Sutcliffe - Guitars and Lead Vocals Jason Roberts - Drums Danny B - Bass Joe Fawcett - Guitar https://www.facebook.com/trespassnwobhm/ http://www.trespassband.com/ |
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