Melodic death metal outfit Nothing Lies Beyond today release their debut full length album Fragile Reality. Drummer Ariel Lior comments, "We are very excited to finally release our debut album! We've been working on this for a long time, writing and poring over every detail to make an album that we can all be proud of and going by the feedback it seems we've done ourselves justice. We want to send our thanks to all of the people who supported us during the writing and production process, we couldn't make it without you. With a special thanks to our amazing producers Alex and Vitally Zvulun for all their help and advice, and also to our former guitar players and close friends - Guy Elberg and Elad Pakado. So, we hope everone will enjoy hearing the album as much as we enjoyed making it." Stream Fragile Reality In Full Right Here! https://nothingliesbeyond.bandcamp.com/album/fragile-reality Hailing from the Israeli capital of Tel-Aviv, Nothing Lies Beyond are a band shining in the depths of a fledgling Middle Eastern metal scene. They're a band that's been around a couple of years now, slowly building a name for themselves on the club circuit, graduating in performances alongside their peers such as Children Of Bodom and Dark Tranquility. Fragile Reality finally sees the band make their mark further afield with nine tracks of hook laden melodic death metal that would make you swear you were listening to something from Gothenburg from the early nineties... except with a modern finesse. www.facebook.com/NothingLiesBeyond
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'Beast', the new album from Montreal based deathcore pioneers, Despised Icon, was released yesterday via Nuclear Blast Records! To coincide with the band's first release since 2009's 'Day Of Mourning', Despised Icon have released a full band performance of the track 'Inner Demons'. 'Beast' was produced and engineered by former guitarist Yannick St-Amand (Beneath The Massacre, Neuraxis) and mixed / mastered by Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Opeth, Nevermore). Artwork was created by Alexandre Goulet. For many extreme music fans, it may be hard to remember a time before DESPISED ICON, given the massive influence they’ve subsequently had on the genre. But when the group formed back in 2002 and released 'Consumed by Your Poison' the same year, there was little intersection between the sounds of classic death metal and the brute force of hardcore. But DESPISED ICON were among the first to fully embrace the signatures of the traditional death metal formula combined with a relentless embrace of breakdowns, part of an emerging new sound. Now DESPISED ICON have returned with their upcoming album entitled 'Beast'. The genre-defining band is fully reawakened, poised to recapture the crown with the monstrous and merciless might of their potent expression. Featuring the men responsible for most of the band’s now classic death metal catalogue, 'Beast' is a vicious commentary on the state of the world and the state of music itself. Order 'Beast' now: Limited Edition Gatefold Green Vinyl at the official Nuclear Blast UK store: http://bit.ly/DespisedIconGreen Limited Edition Vinyl: http://bit.ly/DespisedIconVinyl CD: http://bit.ly/DespisedIconCD Order digitally on iTunes to receive the title-track as an instant grat: http://bit.ly/DespisedIconiTunes http://www.despisedicon.com http://www.facebook.com/despisedicon http://www.instagram.com/despisedicon http://www.twitter.com/despisedicon Five Finger Death Punch has unveiled the video for their next single “I Apologize,” worldwide on Vevo today due to impact on August 26th. Culled from their sixth studio album, Got Your Six, the chilling clip follows vocalist Ivan Moody through a cemetery housing our era’s most notable deceased rock icons, ranging from Elvis to Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse to Jimi Hendrix. The clip was shot at Los Angeles’ famed Angelus Rosedale Cemetery with Nathan Cox directing the band-conceived storyline. Watch the video here. “The video is a dark sombre metaphor that speaks for itself. I don’t think we need a parallel narrative to explain it or emphasize its impact as almost everyone knows someone struggling with some form of addiction. It’s real for everybody. We have even been losing exceptionally bright, talented people who you’d assume know better. No matter how much support you provide, ultimately it’s everyone’s own decision to face their demons or perish“ explain the band members. “I Apologize” is the fourth single from 5FDP’s latest highly acclaimed album, Got Your Six which hit new chart heights for the band around the world with its September 2015 release, including a US #1 and UK #6. The album has since sold 370K units and already boasts two #1 hit singles, “Jekyll And Hyde” and “Wash It All Away”. Five Finger Death Punch will embark on their most extensive tour of Canada to date in September, co-headlining Canadian arenas from cost-to-coast with Papa Roach before kicking off the biggest U.S. tour of their career so far in Little Rock, AR on October 18 co-headlining arenas across the country with Shinedown through December, thereby effectively co-headlining the two biggest North American Arena Rock Tours of 2016. See all dates below. Look out for more US dates to be announced soon. For tickets, VIP packages and more info visit www.fivefingerdeathpunch.com All bands on the US tour have partnered to donate $1 from each ticket sold on the tour to hand-picked charitable organizations close to their hearts: Five Finger Death Punch chose the Badge of Honor Memorial Foundation. In addition to the $1 donation per ticket, the bands have teamed up with Crowdrise to give fans the option to enter for the chance to win VIP tickets plus a Meet & Greet by choosing to donate an additional $5 at the time of purchase. Fans who don't live in one of the cities on the tour, but would still like to support the efforts, can visit Crowdrise to donate $5 and be entered for a chance to win a flyaway to the show of their choice plus a Meet & Greet with all four bands. Says Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Zoltan Bathory about the tours: “I wanted to give you a brilliant quote about trying to keep rock music alive by assembling bills that can sell out arenas where everyone can have the production rock shows deserve, or bringing out new talented bands and expose them to huge crowds... or about rebuilding a community with the help of rock radio, and donating to good causes while we are at it… but we are so busy doing it that I ran out of quotes.” $1 from each ticket purchased for the Canadian tour dates will be donated to a Wildfire Relief charity soon to be named. Check out an exclusive clip of Five Finger Death Punch behind the scenes at last week’s inaugural Chicago Open Air Festival here. Coinciding with the recent announcement of the two massive Fall tours, Five Finger Death Punch also have plenty of reason to celebrate: after the recent platinum certification of their 2009 album War Is The Answer, and the gold certification of their 2013 album The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell, Vol. 1, their current album, Got Your Six just reached gold status this week only 10 months after its September 2015 release. Five Finger Death Punch have grown exponentially in just a few years, racking up 16 consecutive top 10 hits, five #1 hits, four gold and a platinum album. The band will be taking Got Your Six around the world touring throughout 2017. Five Finger Death Punch will play Leeds Festival on Friday 26th August and Reading Festival on Sunday 28th August. Danish metal phenomenon Myrkur has just shared a new track from her forthcoming acoustic / live EP Mausoleum (out this August 19). "Song To Hall Up High," originally by Bathory, has been re-worked and wholly transformed by MYRKUR and has premiered at Metal Hammer, who called the rendition "a gauntlet thrown down to the foes, but one wrapped in finest gossamer, and more true to the transcendent, spirit-channelling nature of black metal than any number of self-appointed grimness-wardens bashing away at their keyboards." Hear Myrkur's take on "Song To Hall Up High" now at this location. On the one-year anniversary of her critically-acclaimed, masterful debut full-length, M, Danish black metal artist Myrkur unveils a captivating live recording from the historic Emanuel Vigeland Mausoleum in Oslo, Norway. Aptly titled Mausoleum, the album features beautifully dramatic & stripped-down acoustic reinventions of seven songs from M plus one brand new song and a Bathory cover; all accompanied by the Norwegian Girls Choir and Håvard (ex-Ulver) on guitar. Captured in a cold, dimly-lit tomb covered in morbid frescos that depict the circle of human life from conception til death, Mausoleum is an incredible showcase of Myrkur's sublime yet haunting voice in a truly chilling, unrivalled atmosphere. Mausoleum is due out this August 19 on CD / LP / Digital via Relapse. Physical pre-orders are available at this location, and digital versions can be pre-ordered via Myrkur's Bandcamp here. https://www.facebook.com/myrkurmyrkur Phoenix, Arizona metal band The World To Come has premiered their music video for their song "Scribe Of Thoth" exclusively through New Fury Media. To view this music video, check out HERE. The song is from the band's recently announced upcoming new album The Cartesian which will be released September 30th, 2016 via Famined Records. Formed in 2011 by guitarist Shane Griffin, The World to Come is a band formed around the creative idea of exploring the music aesthetic. Creating a sense of ambiance and emotion to accompany the overall ideal of any deathcore band. Starting off amidst the plethora of hardcore music talent within the Phoenix metro area, The World To Come eventually morphed into its own entity. Taking each members unique love for atmospheric music and creating a new blend of heavy hitting, and thought provoking progressive metal. https://www.facebook.com/theworldtocome/ https://twitter.com/TWTCmusic http://www.faminedrecords.com/ https://www.facebook.com/FaminedRecords https://twitter.com/faminedrecords Yesterday marked the release of thrash-influenced alt-metal group Blackmore's new album "Neo". The primarily Armenian-American band, featuring Greek lead vocalist K'noup of global rock artists Viza, have the album available for purchase now via their website here. There, you can also purchase official merchandise. You can also stream the album today via Spotify. In celebration of the release, the band is pleased to reveal a brand new guitar play-through and gear review via Gear Gods. Take a look / listen here: http://geargods.net/playthrough/blackmore-god-sells-guitar-playthrough/ As depicted in the video, guitarist Vahan Aslanyan performs with a PRS CE 24 with a bolt on neck, maple neck and rosewood fret board with 85/15 pickups. Guitarist Shaunt Sulahian performs with an Ibanez JS Series Satriani Signature with a Floyd Rose bridge, maple neck and rosewood fretboard. Blackmore began introducing fans to Neo last summer by releasing one new track from the album per month. Neo was produced by Yury Anisonyan and mastered by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering (Faith No More, Sepultura, Halford, Cynic). www.BlackmoreMetal.com www.facebook.com/BlackmoreLA/ www.youtube.com/user/Blackmoremetal https://twitter.com/blackmoremetal German Furious & Frantic Death / Thrash Metal outfit Dying Empire presents the artwork of what will be their debut album"Dystopia". The artist in charge of this design is Zinnoberdesign and represents the loss of identity for individuals amongst modern society. The band address the influences of modern technology on mankind, executing a mixture of Death and Thrash Metal which is both melodic and brutal, composed by extensive melodic parts, furious blast beats, modern influences and - beware - some clean vocals. The album has been recorded at Virtuose Vibes Studios and PIL Studios, self-produced and mixed & mastered by Kai Stahlenberg at Kohlekeller Studio. "Dystopia" will be released through Art Gates Records worldwide. https://www.facebook.com/DyingEmpire www.artgatesrecords.com Listening to AETHERIAN for the first time makes you think the band would come from Finland or Sweden, but the trio in fact is from sunny shores of Greece. Even with a Southern heritage and much more Vitamin D in their veins the band from Athens share the same melancholic genes as their "competitors" from the upper North. With the sound the band is creating we are very sure AETHERIAN will be playing in the first league of melodic death metal bands very soon. Ladies and gentlemen please welcome AETHERIAN to the Lifeforce Records roster! In April 2016 the band released its first video clip for their new single "The Rain", which received amazing feedback and well over 150,000 plays on YouTube so far. AETHERIAN are currently working on new songs for their upcoming debut album, which will be released on Lifeforce Records in summer 2017. Aetherian is a melodic death metal band from Athens, Greece. The band was formed in 2013 by Aggelos and Panos. By 2015 Aetherian released 2 singles and an EP entitled "Tales of our Times" which were all included in a CD version released by Goressimo Records. At that time Nikos joined the band and Aetherian performed several live shows with various local bands. "Tales of our Times" drew the attention by critics and fans alike and received great reviews. https://www.facebook.com/Aetherianband After five years, Polish death metal cult Throneum return with their seventh album, Morbid Death Tales, set to be released on October 14th via Hells Headbangers. Throneum have worked with Hells Headbangers in the past - for the vinyl pressing of Deathmass of the Gravedancer as well as split 7"s with Nunslaughter, Destruktor, and Morbid Execution - and this latest Morbid Death Tales with be the band's 39th release to date. On Morbid Death Tales, fans can expect nothing but raw, ugly and morbidly tuned Nightmarish Death Metal full of Darkness and Evil. On the album's last two tracks, Mark of the Devil of label mates Cultes Des Ghoules contributes guest vocals to fill the mood of an old graveyard and create Necrostuprumical Madness! Throneum was formed in deepest dungeons of Hell back in 1996. Influenced by thousands of '80s and early '90s death and black metal, Throneum is one of the most well-known pure underground bands to hail from Poland. They should need no further introduction for most true blackened death metal fans. Since the beginning, Throneum staunchly stands in opposition to the mainstream. No originality, no own style, no musical progress, only metal for the Devil as it should be - that's the only stated goal of the band. As the band themselves proclaim, "If you aren't into Necrovore, Sadistik Exekution, Mortem, Order From Chaos, Imperator, Asphyx, Mayhem, and Merciless - keep away from Throneum! That's pure Total Death!" Hear for yourself the first proof of those claims at Hells Headbangers' Bandcamp HERE, with the track "Darkness of Another Circle (II)," where the album can also be pre-ordered. Cover and track-listing are as follows:
With Morbid Death Tales, the album will be the first part of Throneum's trinity of 20th anniversary releases that should appear this year. Also, one gig - and only one, after a five-year absence from the stage - is planned for the Black Silesia Festival, which will also feature Morbosidad, Baphomet's Blood, and Demonomancy among others. Set for November 19th in Gliwice, Poland, more info on the fest can be found HERE. www.hellsheadbangers.com www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers Only two years after the release of 'Pariah's Child' plus a massive world tour, the Finnish melodic metal quintet SONATA ARCTICA are already back for more – their ninth masterpiece entitled 'The Ninth Hour' will see the light of day on October 7th. Once again, the album was produced by SONATA ARCTICA themselves and mixed by Pasi Kauppinen, to create a typical yet refreshing sound that defines the spirit of the band in the year 2016. “The studio work for the new record started seriously in mid-April 2016 in several home studios around Finland," singer Tony Kakko explains. “But the main recording and mixing took place at the Studio57 in Alaveteli, Finland. It functions as a kind of centre point and all work finally ends up there. We aimed to create another melodic, beautiful, surprising SONATA ARCTICA album… Did it turn out that way? I surely think so. But maybe I should leave that for you to decide!” After a North American tour with their friends from Nightwish plus many headline shows around the globe, the band was once again able to take a look at the entire world as it is at the moment – on the edge of a possible armageddon. This spirit is reflected in the new artwork of 'The Ninth Hour': “The artwork of our ninth studio album 'The Ninth Hour' depicts a future utopian landscape. Nature and human technologies are balanced. In the middle we have an hour glass contraption with a knob for us to meddle with. The right-hand side cup represents the nature side with no humans left, on the left we have the human dystopia after we have destroyed nature. The idea I had was, that turning the knob will tilt the hour glass in one direction or another, and the other cup will slowly empty and that future will be erased. Biblically we are expected to repent and sacrifice on 'The Ninth Hour'…to dive right back to a more mundane reality, it’s a fact that we are currently living in critical, historical times. Our decisions will define the future. Not only ours as a race, but the future of this entire planet. We need to make sacrifices and in many cases we will repent our already made choices.” Right after the summer festival season and the release of their anticipated record, the band will embark on a European tour together with their label mates Twilight Force to present the new songs to their fans. You can see Sonata Arctica and Twilight Force in the UK when the play London, Shepherds Bush Empire on 15th October. Tickets are available here: October 15th - London, Shepherds Bush Empire www.sonataarctica.info www.facebook.com/sonataarctica |
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