Venezuelan Blackened-raw Death-Doom crew Cthonica premiere new track at InvisibleOranges.com18/10/2019 Venezuelan blackened raw death-doom abomination Cthonica premiere the new track "Act II: The Lantern" at heavily trafficked web-portal InvisibleOranges.com. The track hails from the band's horrific debut album, Typhomanteia: Sacred Triarchy of Spiritual Putrefaction, which will be released internationally on October 25th by Clavis Secretorvm in conspiracy with both Sentient Ruin and Caligari Records: Clavis Secretorvm will handle the European CD, double-vinyl, and digital formats; Sentient Ruin will handle the North American double-vinyl and digital formats, while Caligari Records will handle the cassette tape version. Hear Cthonica's "Act II: The Lantern" in its entirety exclusively HERE. On Typhomanteia: Sacred Triarchy of Spiritual Putrefaction, Cthonica unravel almost an hour of blood-curling and slithering ritualistic aural terror the hideousness and repulsiveness of which has rarely been seen on this earth. Converging somewhere in the middle between the agonizing and pummelling death-doom of Incantation and Disembowelment and the twisted and serpentine blackened chaos of bands like Beherit, Blasphemy, Portal, and Teitanblood and adding hazy layers of purulent noise and sepulchral dark ambient murk to further disfigure their abhorrent creation, Cthonica have crossed a new threshold in extreme metal horror, setting an entirely new standard of sonic inversion with their raw and decaying sound, and taking the glorification and worship of death and perversion to an entire new realm of conceptual and audial atrocity. Raw blackened death-doom plague Cthonica began in Caracas, Venezuela, back in 2016 (formed by D.V. on guitars, bass, and drums, and H.K. handling vocals, noise, and electronics, lyrics, and concepts), rising from the ashes of a previous incarnation of the project called Okkvlt. Cthonica is, and likely always will be, a proudly home-recorded project: both for necessity due to the precarious access to resources in the tumultuous Venezuelan society and general lack of most things out there, and for the complete refusal by the core duo behind the project to compromise or embrace standardized and commonly acceptable creation processes. As such, Cthonica's existence will likely always be one of near-complete lack and isolation, a state and condition which has perhaps made certain aspects of their art even more violent, defiant, and abominable. That of Cthonica appears to be an existence of evolved regression, where a state of isolation, lack, and primitivism has evolved aberrantly, and created fertile conditions for the development of deviant and feral art forms. Regarding this aspect of their creation process, the band has stated that "we are a home-made recording project because we are oblivious to so-called professional hi-fi techniques and firmly believe that the approach of basic and primitive resources keeps us on the line of what we want." Lyrically, musically, and conceptually, Cthonica are focused on expressing the abyss within every human life, not (only) through the classic but overused Nietzschean cliché, but also and mostly as a Tehomic-Typhonian metamorphosis of every man's reason through what they call "spiritual putrefaction," or the progressive human corruption through the guidelines of opprobrious disciplines and their teachings, a concept which has shaped and defined the band’s abhorrent debut album, Typhomanteia: Sacred Triarchy of Spiritual Putrefaction.
Witness the next abhorrence with "Act II: The Lantern" exclusively HERE, courtesy of InvisibleOranges.com. Also witness the previously revealed abhorrences "Act VI: …not as those who served and preached in obeisance" HERE, courtesy of NoCleanSinging.com, and "Act I: The Chalice" HERE, courtesy of MetalInjection.net. www.clavisecretorvm.com www.clavisecretorvm.bandcamp.com
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Parlophone Records will continue their reissues series of the Iron Maiden catalogue with the fourth and final set of Digipak CD titles in The Studio Collection – Remastered, to be released on November 22nd. The albums are Dance Of Death / A Matter Of Life And Death (standard/collectors) / The Final Frontier and 2015’s double-album The Book Of Souls. The Studio Collection – Remastered follows on from 2014/2017’s black vinyl releases and 2015’s Mastered for iTunes project and features recordings taken from the same remasters as the 2015 hi-res digital releases. The most recent studio album – The Book Of Souls – was released that year in the same quality audio, but is appearing in Digipak for the first time. The albums supersede the previously available studio catalogue and all titles will also be made available on streaming platforms. As a bonus for collectors, one CD from each batch of releases is optionally available in a specially artwork designed box featuring a 1:24 scale figurine and exclusive patch. In the final batch, this will be A Matter Of Life And Death. All four albums in this set are available for pre-order now from - studiocollection.ironmaiden.com Iron Maiden have attracted rave reviews on their mobile game-inspired, three-month Legacy Of The Beast Tour across North, South and Central America with Rolling Stone calling it the “pinnacle of Heavy-Metal escapism” and a “pure multi-media spectacle”. The tour included a headline performance at Rock In Rio - which NME described as “brilliant” - with all 100,000 tickets sold in less than two hours. The Legacy Of The Beast tour returns to the UK in June 2020 with headline performances at Download Festival (Donington) and Belsonic (Belfast), which will be the band’s only UK shows of next year. See www.ironmaiden.com for full tour details. Amberian Dawn have just released their first single, “United”, from the upcoming album, Looking For You, along with a lyric video that takes the listener to a futuristic world of the 80’s and synthesizer music, mixed with familiar metal sounds. “United” and its detailed lyric video reflect the deeper meaning of the album concept. The song combines elaborate arrangements with glorious, majestic melodies, while the lyrics proclaim an unambiguous statement: “We’re all together and we are standing tall. United we stand. Divided we fall” Listen to the first single “United” and watch the video HERE Amberian Dawn will release their eighth studio album, Looking For You, on January 31st 2020 and enter a new, but still familiar sounding, musical universe, mixing the best of both worlds into a new genre: ABBA-Metal! The new album is packed with well-polished and immaculate songwriting full of catchy melodies and epic keyboard parts that immediately send shivers down your spine. The multi-faceted and emotional lyrics provide a suitable background for soaring guitars and elegant classical interludes: a highly addictive cocktail that is being topped off by a cover version of ABBA’s “Lay All Your Love On Me”! Since their music changed from Power Metal to Symphonic Metal over the last years, AMBERIAN DAWN are now navigating into yet another new style, which is even more melodic, keyboard driven and influenced by the Swedish band ABBA. Therefore, they’ve been working closely with award-winning Finnish artist Kebu for over a month, to create the ingenious keyboard sound that can be heard on the recording. Pre-Order the new album Looking For You NOW! Looking For You will be available in the following formats:
AMBERIAN DAWN are: Vocals: "Capri" Päivi Selo Guitar: Emil Pohjalainen Bass: Jukka Hoffren Drums: Joonas Pykälä-aho Keyboards: Tuomas Seppälä For more information, visit: WEBSITE NAPALM RECORDS Italian industrial/death metal outfit Geschlecht has released details about their upcoming debut album "New Load Continue" - due out on 29th November 2019 via Time To Kill Records. The album narrates the story of a player trapped in a video-game. The band comments: "The protagonist gets swallowed up and has to complete the quest-line of the game by himself. His task will be to break the curse that plagues the 5 great warriors of the game world who will accompany him throughout his journey. The curse brings the warriors in a constant state of inebriation, depriving them of their powers as well and rendering them unable to perform their duty, or defeat the evil demons and gods. Only a gem imbued with the power of the blood moon can break the spell. The player will have to travel the game world to find the gem, in a race against a prophecy that announces the rise of a new god". Hailing from northern Italy, the band consists of Amedeo Finati (vocals), Amedeo Casale (guitar), Edoardo Volpato (bass), Fabio Speroni (drums): together they have been perfecting their musical skills since 2016, sharing the stage along the way with important Italian acts such as Cripple Bastards, Genus Ordinis Dei and Deathless Legacy. Produced by Lacuna Coil’s Richard Meiz (also in Genus Ordinis Dei), courtesy of Eclipse Records, the upcoming follow-up to 2016’s self-titled debut EP displays the young band's dazzling ambition and artistic vision. Not afraid to merge industrial vibes and extreme metal hardness, Geschlecht has chiseled out a modern metal album of undeniable impact. Watch for single premieres, new tour updates, and more news on other upcoming Geschlecht activities to be posted shortly. https://www.facebook.com/Geschlechtofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/timetokillrecords/ http://www.timetokill-records.com/ My Kingdom Music is absolutely honoured to announce the signing of a new contract with one of the most eclectic realities of the Dark Metal scene: they are Dark Matter, the project behind which the visionary Aria Moghaddam from Iran and his talented band mate Mehdi 14CH paint melancholic, introspective and ethereal musical landscapes. After two singles, they are ready to release their debut album titled "Nebula To Black Hole" an album that will show us a band destined to leave a sign in the scene thanks to an extremely amazing release which includes 8 songs, 17 guests from 11 countries and everything held together by a unique magical essence, that is the dark art of this creature. "Nebula To Black Hole" will be out via My Kingdom Music on January 31st, 2020 and it will be a long musical journey into the beautiful art of Dark Matter. www.facebook.com/DarkMatterPage www.mykingdommusic.net www.facebook.com/mykingdommusic.label Break Me Down, the Italian Alternative Metal band, have just released their second video ‘The Noose'. The concept behind the work was conceived by the band and masterfully shood and edited by Lorenzo Avanzi. Click HERE to watch the video. Break Me Down is an Italian Alternative Metal band from Milan, formed in 2017. They released their first EP “Resilience” in January 2018, recorded and mixed by Matteo Magni at Magnitude Studio. Among many shows all over their country there are some very important as opening act for international artists like: Crazy Town, Joe Stump's Tower of Babel, Vinnie Moore and Lacuna Coil. Break Me Down new album 'The Pond' will be released on the 17th of October. DISCOGRAPHY The Pond (album) – 2019 Resilience (EP) – 2018 STREAM IT! THE BAND Irene Franco (vocals) Laerte Ungaro (guitars) Morris Steel (guitars) Giuseppe “LoChef” Greco (bass) Fabio Benedan (drums) Spotify YouTube French Pagan Black Metallers Tan Kozh reveal trailer for their debut album 'Lignages Oubliés'15/10/2019 French Pagan Black metallers Tan Kozh reveal a new trailer video for their forthcoming debut album, Lignages Oubliés. Set for international release on November 15th via Antiq, see & hear this first glimpse of Tan Kozh's Lignages Oubliés HERE at Antiq's official YouTube channel. Tan Kozh was created by Sven (Himinbjorg, Belenos, Möhrkvlth, Ar Bard) in 2015. After composing an album, Yamnah (Belenos) helped him with the lyrics, and they were then joined by Decay (ex-Way to End) on drums, Barved (ex-Les Chants De Nihil) on guitar, and Introspect (Introspect, ex- Les Chants De Nihil) on bass. The recording is fully redone, with playing on a real drum set and with various additions by all members. The band starts concerts in 2018. The first Tan Kozh album, Lignages Oubliés, is a pagan black metal album inspired by ancient Indo-European myths. The warlike rhythms switch to frenetic blastbeats and some more contemplative passages, including acoustic guitar and fretless bass. The first part of the album contains visions of the past and future wars and destruction, with in the background the awakening of ancient pagan gods and the eternal turn of the wheel of time; the second part of the album is made of prayers addressed directly to ancient gods. Antiq is a label dedicated to the fully coherent concept of making music through sound, image, video, and attitude. They have been putting their entire existence into it since 2009. Over the years, Antiq have been identified as producers of not only perfectly coherent lyrics and themes through music, but also conceptual art and, of course, the manufacturing of beautiful objects. The label tries as much as it can to work with French creators, and if possible, with the smallest and most serious structures. In the meantime, see & hear a special trailer for Lignages Oubliés HERE at Antiq's official YouTube channel. www.facebook.com/tankozhband www.antiqrecords.com www.facebook.com/antiq.label www.antiqofficial.bandcamp.com Polish Thrashers Shartten sign with Wormholedeath & announce "Sound Of Fate" album release date15/10/2019 Polish metal thrashers Shartten are glad to announce that they have signed a deal with WormHoleDeath for the release of their album "Sound of Fate". The album was recorded at RealSound Studios in Italy and mastered by Nick Zampiello from New Alliance East in USA. "Sound of Fate" will be out on 25 October 2019 via Wormholedeath / The Orchard / Wormholedeath USA. Pre order will be available on 11 October 2019. Shartten was created by Mariusz Vardel who wrote most of the songs and attracted other musicians to form a band. In May 2015 Shartten recorded EP album in Creative Music Studio, Darek "Yanuary" Styczen was responsible for realization and mastering. At the end of 2017 EP material was noticed by Wahoomi Corvi from the RealSound Studio in Italy. Wao contacted the band to discuss the recording of the album. In July 2018, Shartten went to Italy to record an album. Cristian Coruzzi was the sound engineer for the album. Whaoomi Corvi took care of the mix and production. During that time band met also with Carlo Bellotti from the WormHoleDeath label and contract was signed. Album was mastered by Nick Zampiello from New Alliance East in USA. Sound of Fate album will be released in fall of 2019. Shartten lyrics revolve around darker side of society and the human. www.facebook.com/Shartten www.shartten.com As the one-year anniversary of their sophomore album Wolves and the Hideous White draws near, Northern Ireland's The Crawling is preparing a special cassette release of the album. Says the band, “The album is approaching one-year-old, we have a home town show coming up, and wanted to do something special. We don’t do as many Belfast gigs as we used to, so it’s always cool to add something, to make it an ‘event’ of sorts. We’re from the era of cassettes, Walkman and tape trading, so we thought we would release a limited edition cassette version of the album. It’s proper old school, single J card, black tape with on body printing. It looks absolutely brilliant, and it was cool to re-visit the artwork and adjust for the new format. It’s for a limited listening audience of course, but people have already expressed an interest from a collector’s point of view as well. We’re super excited to release it!” The release show will be at The Limelight in Belfast on Saturday, October 19th with support from Stahlsarg, Strangle Wire, and Nomadus. Watch the cassette promo video here: https://youtu.be/TRPMlAfO74U Pre-order the cassette online: https://thecrawlingband.bandcamp.com/album/wolves-and-the-hideous-white Formed in the winter of 2014 against the bleak concrete backdrop of Lisburn City, Northern Ireland, The Crawling use a guttural vocal to combine melancholy with weight, churning out a heavy doom/death ensemble. January 2015 saw the single "Choking On Concrete," which put the band on the scene, followed in October by the highly successful EP In Light of Dark Days. The debut album Anatomy Of Loss was released in April 2017 via Grindscene Records, accompanied by five music videos; it received excellent reviews worldwide and was streamed exclusively by Metal Hammer UK. 2018 was the year for the sophomore release, Wolves and the Hideous White featuring six brand new tracks. The album reflects upon the human desire to belong, the sacrifices made to be part of someone, disillusion from loss of self, and the final inability to escape. The Crawling have established their live performance with support from a loyal fan base, appearing at Inferno Metal Festival (Norway), Bloodstock Open Air (UK), Seige of Limerick (IRE), and many more festivals across Europe. With continued support from Grindscene Records and Blackskull Music Management, The Crawling brings their austere musical message further and further from home. Connect With The Crawling
Get Wolves and the Hideous White Greek Prog / Power metallers Lightfold have released a live video for "Behind The Veil", the third song on the band's latest album "Deathwalkers" which is a concept album, the first of a 3-album trilogy. The video was filmed during the band's "secret gig" on May 2nd, 2019 in Athens where the album was presented. Watch "Behind The Veil" here: https://youtu.be/h-tWUENIUrc Stated the band: "At first, there is a ghost, a soul outside the body, confused, something heretofore completely unheard of for Martin. He will soon realize another world behind the world he once knew. A world of creatures that will claim his soul for good or evil..." Just recently Lightfold released a brand new lyric video for the song “The Battle”, taken from the band’s latest release “Deathwalkers” which still continues to receive rave reviews from around the world! Check it out here: https://youtu.be/lJsSaTilYL4 Lightfold is a Progressive / Power Metal band from Athens, Greece. Thanasis Labrakis and Theodor Martinis formed the band in the middle of 2012. Their debut full length album “Time To Believe” came out in April 2014 via Metal Breed Records. From 2014 to 2016 the band participated in many Greek festivals in Athens and Thessaloniki, including Wreck Athens Fest, Under the Quarry Fest, Wreck Macedonia Fest, etc. Lightfold recently finished their new, full length concept album called “Deathwalkers” at CFN Recordings Studio with Dionisis Christodoulatos as sound engineer. Their second album is their first attempt of to create a story that life and death have meanings far greater than we can imagine. For this album Lightfold recruited their “Choir of Demonic Angels”, a real female choir, for 6 tracks of the album, consisting of the haunting voices of Margarita Papadimitriou, Christina Alexiou & Sofia Karvouna. Check out the "Deathwalkers" album at: http://smarturl.it/deathwalkers https://lightfoldnation.com https://www.facebook.com/LightfoldGR https://alphaomega-management.com https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement |
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