Death metal barbarians Cemetery Urn premiere the new track "Down the Path of the Dead" at Decibel magazine's website. The track hails from the band's highly anticipated fourth album, Barbaric Retribution, set for international release on August 17th via Hells Headbangers. Hear Cemetery Urn's "Down the Path of the Dead" in its entirety exclusively HERE. By now, Cemetery Urn should need no introduction. A staple of the Australian extreme metal scene, for over a decade now, the band have been a study in staunch self-reliance, self-booking two highly successful tours across the United States as well as releasing their first two albums on their own Cemetery Recordings. Although Hells Headbangers would release those first two albums - 2008's Urn of Blood and 2010's The Conquered Are Burned - on vinyl in 2011, Cemetery Urn's spirit is fiercely independent. Not to mention that they've a deep history in that Australian extreme metal scene: founding guitarist and songwriter Andrew Gillon also hails from reactivated Aussie barbarians Abominator, and previously played in the final lineup of Bestial Warlust; original vocalist Damon Bloodstorm was renowned as the frontman for Bestial Warlust and for Abominator from 1996-2001; and drummer Matt Crossingham, who's played with such bands as Belligerent Intent, Scars of Sodom, and Draconis Infernum. Following up the momentum created by last year's poised 'n' powerful Cemetery Urn, Cemetery Urn strike with arguably their most vicious record yet. Ever aptly titled, Barbaric Retribution indeed makes good on the band's self-branded "Australian Barbaric Death Metal" tag, taking the martial foundation of their earlier work and locating a blood-red-raw humidity which makes their incendiary maelstrom all the more overwhelming. Cemetery Urn have never been short on powerful production - always, a balance between crush and clarity is sought - but Barbaric Retribution, perhaps due to its take-no-prisoners title, pushes the intensity to near-suffocating levels. But within that unremitting savagery lurks a greater number of doomed-out down-tempo twists and some truly demonic soloing, all ever suggestive of the very literal Armageddon at the heart of their aesthetic. Above all, Barbaric Retribution truly proves that unrelenting intensity and top-shelf songwriting need not be mutually exclusive terms - or, more to the point, that Barbaric Retribution is indeed BARBARIC RETRIBUTION! Now scaled back to a lean 'n' mean quartet, Gillon handled bass in addition to his guitar duties on Barbaric Retribution, but the record sees the arrival of new vocalist S. Geoffery, who'll also be handling bass for live performances. Says Gillon:- "I’d worked with S. Geoffery in Abominator live, so I knew he was capable of total unchained barbaric hatred, but the vocals recorded on the new album went beyond our most brutal expectations. There’s definitely some continuity from the Bloodstorm era of Cemetery Urn to the new era of Barbaric Retribution! The decision to continue as a four-piece will enable Cemetery Urn to get back on the road again and continue to brutalize metal maniacs worldwide! Barbaric Retribution is our manifesto to the stench of existence through this final stage of global decay." Indeed, Cemetery Urn will be back on the road this fall touring Europe with Necrowretch - dates below. In the meantime, hear the new track "Down the Path of the Dead" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Decibel, North America's only monthly metal magazine. Also hear the album's title track HERE at Hells Headbangers' Bandcamp, where the album can be pre-ordered. Soon, Cemetery Urn will be touring as part of the Burial Procession of Evropa, where they will be joined by France's esteemed Necrowretch. Presented by Killtown Bookings, the tour kicks off in September and will see both bands razing a dozen cities across eight countries. Burial Procession of Evropa will also be Cemetery Urn's first full tour in support of Barbaric Retribution. Confirmed dates and venues, as well as poster art by Misanthropic-Art, are as follows: 06.09 COPENHAGUE, DK – Killtown Death Fest 07.09 HAMBURG, DE – Bambi Galore 08.09 CHEMNITZ, DE – Nikola Tesla 09.09 MLADA BOLESLAV, CZ - Farářova Sluj 11.09 MILAN (ROZZANO), IT – Circolo Svolta 12.09 BASEL, CH – Hirscheneck 13.09 WOLFSBURG, DE – s.v. Jugendhaus Ost 14.09 KRAKOW, POL – Ze Pe Te 15.09 BERLIN, DE – Swamp Fest 18.09 PARIS, FR – Le Klub 19.09 ANTWERP, BE – Music City 21.09 WERMELSKIRCHEN, DE – NRW Death Fest www.facebook.com/cemeteryurn www.hellsheadbangers.com www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers
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Italian technical death metal veterans are back with a vengeance and premiere today their new video and single «The Last Call». The video is now playing in our official media partners for this premiere: Metalitalia (IT) Decibel (US) Deaf Forever (DE) Subterraneo Webzine (SP) Ultraje (PT) Kvlt (PL) Metal-Roos (AU) Zware Metalen (NL) Demon Reports (SB) «The Last Call» deals with the limits overcome by human race on Earth. Humans are the only beings menacing their own habitat and triggering an evident self-destruction process. The unwise use of nuclear plants is just one of the proofs. The Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters are and will ever be out of control. Humanity is at a point of no return. Planet Earth is making the «Last Call». "The Last Call" is taken from the coming album «1991.Bloodstained» by Italian death metal masters Gory Blister. Full album to be released worldwide on Mighty Music September 28th. Gory Blister are an old-school death metal band originally inspired by Death and the Kreator / Pestilence tradition. It’s no coincidence they made their debut in 1991. After their official debut Art Bleeds, the album that got the best attention from the audience was Skymorphosis, providing the band the chance to go on a big European tour, alongside Steve Di Giorgio's Sadus, and Darkane. In the two albums released in the following years, Graveyard Of Angels and Earth-Sick, the latter is worth mentioning, featuring Karl Sanders from Nile, as a special guest on vocals in 2 songs. Eventually, The Fifth Fury could have been the band's ultimate album, but the diehard passion for music, and the challenge to push it forward, has motivated the band to write new material, laying the foundations for the new album entitled "1991.Bloodstained". Out through Mighty Music on September 28th. During the writing process and demoing period of this new effort, the band had the privilege to receive the artistic and impartial consulting from the Godfather of Metal, Jon Zazula (the man who discovered Metallica), with whom the guitarist Raff Sangiorgio got in touch during the promotion of his solo album “Rebirth”. Listening to the demos, Jon Zazula made his criticism on the work in progress, which was seriously taken into consideration by the band, in order to get the best songwriting ever on this new album. "1991.Bloodstained" now exists. It’s an album with a self-congratulatory title, because it recalls the birth date of Gory Blister, even if the lyrics, as in the past, deal with a poetic and visionary perceiving of tragedies and disasters caused by the human race on Earth. Presenting the ultimate folk metal opera in their debut album "Faerenus" released via Rockshots Records this past June. Italian newcomers KormaK have a new music video for the album's title track premiered via New Noise Magazine at the following link: https://newnoisemagazine.com/kormak-faerenus-video/ For fans of Ensiferum, Heidevolk, Amon Amarth and Folkearth, KormaK's debut album delves into the concept of madness and what this is caused by. Indeed "Faerenus" is the ethereal place where the hidden fears come to life by creating times, places and divinities where the mind self-evolves until all the memories are mutated into obsessive nightmares with no escape. "Faerenus" is an album of secret symbols as well as obscure meanings, ending with the lullaby "Eterea El". Album order here: http://bit.ly/Faerenus_PREORDER Song Stream "The Goddess’ Song" - https://youtu.be/bcZI-QYDPW0 Line Up: Zaira de Candia - Vocals/Whistle Flutes Alessandro Dionisio - Guitar Alessio Intini - Guitar Francesco Loconte - Bass Dario Stella - Drums http://www.rockshots.eu https://www.facebook.com/KormaKOfficial/ Swedish Melodic Folk-Death Metal act Evilon are pleased to announce that they have signed with WormHoleDeath for the release of their debut album "Leviathan". "Leviathan" will be out on 28 September 2018 via Wormholedeath / Aural Music Group / The Orchard. The band was created in 2015 by Kenneth Evstrand and Jonny Sjödin. In the beginning the musicstyle was Melodic Death Metal in the style of At The Gates, Amon Amarth and In Flames among others. During 2016 the music evolved and is now inspired by Celtic and Nordic folk music with a lot of heavy riffs and capturing melodies. We found our bassplayer and our lead/growler early on, it then took some time before the band was complete but in August 2016 we finally found a drummer that met our requirements and we could really start our journey. During the winter of 2016 Evilon recorded its first EP called "Shores Of Evilon". It contains five songs written in 2016. The EP was recorded independently by Evilon and it was mixed and mastered by Big Balls Productions. It was then released in January 2017 on Spotify, Itunes, Google Play, YouTube and Soundcloud. In June 2017, the recordings for a full length album began. Now, one year later it's finished and the name is "Leviathan". The album contains ten new songs, full of great melodies, awesome vocals and heavy riffs! In February 2018 we signed a worldwide distribution contract with the Italian record label Wormholedeath Records for the release of the album Leviathan. The album will be released the 28th of September in Europe, USA and Japan. www.facebook.com/Evilon soundcloud.com/evilonofficial www.youtube.com/Evilon Spotify.com/Evilon Georgian death infused funeral doom ensemble Ennui will release their fourth full-length album "End Of The Circle" on September 5, 2018 through Non Serviam Records. No Clean Singing debuts the track, "The Withering Part I – Of Hollow Us", as the first extract from Ennui's upcoming album. The band issues this statement: ““None of us will ever see the gleams of light in silent dawn. None of us will even know, that our shadow was already gone.” Hear the twenty-plus-minute long funeral doom/death number RIGHT HERE Formed in 2012 by David Unsaved in the city of Tbilisi, Georgian duo ENNUI explores a variety of styles within the genres of funeral doom and death Metal, and delivers a refined blend of dark melodies, crushing riffs and technical percussion together with the dramatic and poetic storytelling. After years of intense work, headlining the Shadow Doom Festival in Russia, ENNUI is proud to present their fourth album, “End of the Circle”, containing three epic songs, according different canons of genre, and sustaining mind blowing atmosphere of funeral doom/death metal madness. ENNUI is ready to unleash the album that will mark the zenith point in their discography. Indeed, it's the most dark, inventive and extreme music written by the band to date. This is the opus about the death and funeral of all being, existential madness, and final cycle in a whirl of life and death. Throughout the dismally lumbering pace prolonged songs, ENNUI supremely showcases musical technicality in performance and composition without sacrificing melodic and dynamic proficiency. This album was mixed and mastered at the prestigious Grindhouse Studios Athens. Brilliant cover artwork created by high skilled W. Smerdulak. “End of the Circle” will be out via Non Serviam Records on digipak CD and digitally on September 05, 2018. PRE-ORDER: Webshop: https://bit.ly/2u5vASY Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/2m7agbg https://www.facebook.com/bandEnnui http://www.non-serviam-records.com https://www.facebook.com/nonserviamrecords https://twitter.com/nonserviamrec https://non-serviam-records.bandcamp.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9mK64qlsSwxcgCdnv6-5Tw https://soundcloud.com/non-serviam-records Missouri thrash band Degrave have teamed up with New Noise Magazine to reveal "All You Need", which is the first single from their upcoming self-titled album. You can listen to the song here: https://newnoisemagazine.com/stream-degrave-all-you-need/ Degrave will be released on July 27th 2018. Degrave are: Jordan Roedel - Bass, Vocals (backing) Clyde Daniels - Guitars, Vocals (backing) Dylan Volmert - Guitars, Vocals (lead) Jeff Kearney - Drums (2017-present) Three weeks ago Famined Records excitedly announced the signing of the astounding Turkish progressive metalcore act Sails of Serenity along with the music video for their killer single "Left Behind"! The band has continued such momentum towards the release of their next single "Shipwrecked." - Stream "Shipwrecked" here Sails of Serenity solidify their heavy and in-your-face rampage mixed with melodic bliss identity on this new track. If you're into the djenty deathcore intensity alike After the Burial or the progcore impact of Northlane, "Shipwrecked" is the perfect headbanger for you. The gut-wrenching piece was premiered by the talented writers at New Noise Magazine. Vocalist Selim Devirek states about the song:- "Lyrics to 'Shipwrecked' reflects how I was feeling during the writing session and I still am sometimes: sinking. At that time, all my goals and dreams seemed like they were going further and further away from me and I was really depressed to be unable to do anything about it. So I pictured myself as a sinking ship. It is written as a story told by a ship, torn apart by a storm, and is undertow. It sees its own parts floating and sinking but helpless to do anything. Eventually, it accepts its fate and lets itself hit the bottom. It accepts that it will always be torn apart as the closing line reads: 'A shipwreck I will, I will always be'." The band's upcoming ten song debut LP The Crossing includes the "Shipwrecked" single as well as previously released tracks such as "Left Behind," "Castaway," and "The Ghost Ship." The album will drop worldwide on August 17th. Sails of Serenity is a group from Istanbul, Turkey consisting of vocalist Selim Devirek, guitarist Sercan Alkin, guitarist Harun Sekmen, and drummer Alter Güven. Their musical style merges djenty grooves with catchy vocal melodies all packaged together in an aggressive metalcore package. The band has previously released the Gold to Rust EP and "The Bitter End" single in 2016. Their upcoming LP, The Crossing, was mixed and mastered by Gabor Toth (Harmed) at Ghostship Recordings (Beyond Deviation, Swallowed Alive, Bloodbather). In addition to the guest appearance by Furtherial's Başer Çelebi on previous released single "Left Behind," the opening piece on the album will include orchestration by Eren Başbuğ (Dream Theater). The record will be available worldwide through Famined Records on August 17th, 2018. You can stream the new single on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, and Spotify, or get your hands on bundles here. Follow Sails of Serenity on Facebook Cypher16 have begun recording their second album at Top Floor Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden. The record (as-yet untitled) will be produced by Jakob Herrmann (Anthrax, Machine Head etc) and mixed by Jacob Hansen (Amaranthe, Volbeat etc) in Denmark. Jack comments:- 'We've been having a lot of fun trying to make a record that is heavy, but which steps away from the traditional 'heavy rock/metal' sound and style that we feel has caused the genre to stagnate in recent years. We're turning down the gain, but turning up the attitude, and we'll be interested in what the reaction is to a very heavy album with a difference!' The first single 'Push Through The Water' is due for release at the end of August. Signed lyric sheets and other items from the recording session are available to buy from the band's merchandise store here. All proceeds go towards the album production costs. www.cypher16.net www.facebook.com/cypher16 Mexican death metal cult Zombiefication stream their highly anticipated fourth album, Below the Grief, at Decibel magazine's website. Set for international release on July 15th via Doomentia Records, hear Zombiefication's Below the Grief in its entirety exclusively HERE. Zombiefication – or more specifically, its core duo of Mr Hitchcock on vocals and Mr Jacko (also of Majestic Downfall) on guitars and bass – are back, and while they’re still following the same (left-hand) path initially carved by their debut Midnight Stench as far back as in 2010, they’ve once again decided to take step away from the rest of the cattle and do their own thing. Yes, the original goal was to pay homage to the early Swedeath gods, but after their second album, At the Caves of Eternal, it was clear that rehashing what Dismember and Entombed had done over a decade ago wasn’t satisfying enough for those restless minds always on the outlook for new and more arcane ways of describing the growing darkness around us. Four years after their last album, and three since their last release (a split EP with Revel in Flesh), they’re finally back with Below the Grief, one beast of an album and probably, by far, their darkest and most evil-sounding yet. They’ve incorporated even more black metal influences yet have adorned it with a twisted and truly unique sense of melody. Staccato riffing has booted out the few D-beat parts they had left, resulting in a more majestic and dissonant ceremony. Still, there is plenty of brutality at display here, as Zombiefication have always been about creating a suffocating and occult atmosphere. No wonder this more subtle and complex work asks you to look "below the grief" to find what truly lies within our blackened hearts. And behold… Full the full beholding exclusively HERE, courtesy of Decibel, North America's only monthly metal magazine. www.facebook.com/zombieficaton666 www.doomentia.com www.facebook.com/doomentiarecords South Korean thrash metal band Sahon play aggressive thrash metal with the heart in the right place. I'm sure you won't find many such bands, especially from that part of the world. Decibel Magazine premiered a ripping track HERE, with the following words by writer Vince Bellino - "If you like your thrash relentless and fast as hell, Sahon have what you seek. The South Korean thrashers have been tearing it up for nearly two decades in their hometown of Seoul, releasing six albums since 2002." South Korean thrash metal band Sahon have been waging a war against stereotypes since the late '90s and forging a sound that distils the best elements of extreme metal into a form of thrash metal that holds its own when pitted against the rest. Their latest release encapsulates the struggle over the years and showcases their affinity for their culture and music. From the quaint painting to the very structuring of these aggressive songs, Sahon are proud of their Korean heritage and that is what makes them unique today. Sahon Facebook Label Bandcamp Label Facebook Transcending Obscurity Asia Site |
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