Alien Weaponry have released the music video for their new single, "Ahi Kā", which premiered last week over at Billboard. The song represents the first new material from the New Zealand based metal trio since releasing their 2018 debut album, Tū. Fans can check out the music video for "Ahi Kā" via the link below. The track is also featured on Adult Swim's new, streaming-only compilation record Metal Swim 2.

Alien Weaponry's singer-guitarist Lewis de Jong talks about "Ahi Ka" (Which, like many of the band's songs, is sung in New Zealand's indigenous language of Te Reo Māori):-

     "Ahi Kā was inspired by the Auckland city council's decision to burn down what was considered to be the unsightly indigenous Maori village of Okahu Bay in advance of Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 visit. The eviction sparked a 40-year battle for the native Ngati Whatua to reclaim their land, including protests and battles with the police. Amid worldwide criticism, a small portion of the original land was ultimately returned with an apology and some compensation."

Watch "Ahi Ka" HERE

"Ahi Kā" is available for streaming and purchase through Spotify and iTunes (respectively) over HERE!

Fans and music critics alike have applauded the band's approach to unifying Te Reo Māori (the native language of New Zealand) with thrash metal sensibilities; ultimately creating a sound that is driven by emotionally and politically charged conflict while boasting youthful, warrior-like resilience.

Both Lewis and Henry are of Ngati Pikiāo and Ngati Raukawa (Māori tribal) descent, and began their schooling at a kura kaupapa Māori (full immersion Māori language school) where singing waiata (songs) and performing haka were a daily routine. Also ingrained in their early education were stories of New Zealand history told to them by their father, who would also introduce them to the music of Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, Anthrax, Ministry, Red Hot Chili Peppers and many others.

Alien Weaponry was formed in 2010 by brothers Lewis (vocals & guitar) and Henry de Jong (drums), who were 8 and 10 years old at the time. The two would later move to the small town of Waipu in 2012, and went on to meet Ethan Trembath (bass) there in 2013. The de Jong brothers came up with the name Alien Weaponry after watching the film District 9.

Alien Weaponry have also been nominated for "Best International Breakthrough Band" at the 2019 Heavy Music Awards (UK). The event takes place on August 22nd at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London. Fan voting is now open at https://vote.heavymusicawards.com/  until June 27th.

ALIEN WEAPONRY On Tour:

North American Headlining Tour

11.05.2019 US - Rockingham, NC / Epicenter*
12.05.2019 US - Washington, DC / DC9
13.05.2019 US - Boston, MA / Middle East
15.05.2019 US - New York, NY / Saint Vitus
16.05.2019 CA - Montreal, QC / L'Esco
17.05.2019 CA - Toronto, ON / Velvet Underground
19.05.2019 US - Chicago, IL / Chicago Open Air*

22.05.2019 US - Minneapolis, MN / 7th St Entry
24.05.2019 US - Pryor, OK / Rocklahoma*
26.05.2019 US - Denver, CO / Bluebird Theater
28.05.2019 US - San Francisco, CA / Bottom of the Hill
29.05.2019 US - Los Angeles, CA / The Roxy
 

TOUR DATES EU

07.06.2019 DE - Berlin / Musik & Frieden
08.06.2019 DE - Frankfurt / Batschkapp
10.06.2019 UK - Cardiff / Fuel Rock Club
11.06.2019 UK - Bristol / The Exchange
12.06.2019 UK - Dublin / Vodoo Lounge
13.06.2019 UK - Glasgow / Audio Glasgow
15.06.2019 UK - Donington / DE74 2RP Castle Donington

16.06.2019 UK - London / The Underground Camden
18.06.2019 LX - Belval / Rockhal 
19.06.2019 DE - Köln / Luxor
20.06.2019 DE - Hamburg / Uebel & Gefährlich
21.06.2019 DK - Kobenhavn / Copenhell Festival 2019
23.03.2019 FR - Clisson / Hellfest Open Air 2019
25.06.2019 DE - Saarbrücken / Garage

26.06.2019 DE - Hannover / Capitol
28.06.2019 FI - Helsinki / Tuska Festival 2019
03.07.2019 FR - Paris / Les Etoiles 61 rue du Chateau d´Eu
04.07.2019 FR - Toulouse / Rue Louis Bonin
06.07.2019 ES - Galicia / Resurrection Fest 2019
07.07.2019 PT - Lisbon / RCA Club
09.07.2019 ES - Sevilla / Sala Even

10.07.2019 ES - Madrid / Nasca Music Live
12.07.2019 ES - Barcelona / Sala Boveda
15.07.2019 IT - Milan / Circolo Magnolia
16.07.2019 IT - Padova / Parco Della Musica
20.07.2019 NL - Eindhoven / Dynamo Metalfest 2019
22.07.2019 SL - Tolmin / MetalDays Festival 2019
24.07.2019 HU - Budapest / Dürer Kert

27.07.2019 PL - Warsaw / klub Stodola Batorego
03.08.2019 DE - Stuttgart / Hanns-Matin-Schleyer-halle
06.08.2019 DE - München / Backstage Werk
07.08.2019 DE - Dresden / Alter Schlachthof
08.08.2019 CZ - Josefov / Brutal Assault 2019
10.08.2019 NL - Leewarden / Into The Grave Festival 2019
11.08.2019 BE - Kortrijk / Alcatraz 2019
16.08.2019 AT - Graz / Metal On The Hill Festival 2019
 
Official Website: www.alienweaponry.com    
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AlienWeaponry
Instagram: www.instagram.com/alienweaponry
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alienweaponry

Belgium heavy metal group Eternal Breath have released an official video for the track Need For Speed, taken from their forthcoming album World Of Chaos, due for release worldwide via Sliptrick Records later in the year. The album will contain 11 original tracks bringing a new mix of epic heavy metal and modern fast thrash metal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWnxG2f_YMY&feature=youtu.be

Eternal Breath wish to thank Geert Fieuw for putting all his effort in the video, Yussel Hauspie for the wonderful lighting, Geert Depotter for the location, Geert Ricquier “Anvil” (Acid) for using his car and last but not least, the fans & crew for always supporting the band!

Eternal Breath are:

Andy Polfliet – Vocals
Marino Decaluwé – Guitars
Robin Vancayseele – Guitars/Backing Vocals
Aaron Soen – Bass/Backing Vocals
Kenny Geerts – Drums

Official Website | Facebook | Youtube | Instagram | On Sliptrick

Eternal Breath was founded in 1996 by Andy & Marino in Wielsbeke, Belgium with an aim to combine traditional and new styles of metal in one sound. During that initial time, 3 demo albums were made and after many line-up changes, a consistent line-up took form in 2015. The year after that, the bands first full cd, The Joker, was released. It featured a change in sound from the earlier demo albums, bringing a new mix of epic heavy metal and modern fast thrash metal, inspired by the likes of Judas Priest and Exodus. The album was praised for its melodic vibes, powerful vocals and philosophical lyrics. To mark the album, a release of the aptly named beer “The Joker” (8,5%, wheat beer with coriander flavouring) soon followed.

Aside from numerous shows in Belgium, the album helped bring Eternal Breath to the UK for several festivals & gigs and had the band join The Three Tremors as a support for their European tour featuring Tim “Ripper” Owens (Judas Priest, Iced Earth, etc).

2019 will see the release (via Sliptrick Records) of Eternal Breath’s second full-length album, World Of Chaos, and will contain a total of 11 brand new songs! The album was recorded in Shellshock Studio (Knokke, Belgium) & mastered by Attie Bauw who took care of the mastering of albums such as Painkiller from Judas Priest.

Eternal Breath are:

Andy Polfliet – Vocals
Marino Decaluwé – Guitars
Robin Vancayseele – Guitars/Backing Vocals
Aaron Soen – Bass/Backing Vocals
Kenny Geerts – Drums

Official Website | Facebook | Youtube | Instagram | On Sliptrick

Belgian black metallers Sercati are thrilled to present their new official video for the track "Time of Loss".

"Time of loss" is a track taken from "Devoted, Demons and Mavericks" out via Wormholedeath / Aural Music Group / The Orchard.

Check it out here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUN-ysCRvdA&feature=youtu.be

Illustrations by Anthony Rubier
Produced by Sercati and Wormholedeath
Video editing by Steve Fabry

     "Nothing is going well in the city where the Nightstalker lives. Some dark event will come soon. And an old ennemy is back from the pit of hell : The anesthetist. He will create a deadly trap to destroy the Nightstalker."

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www.sercati.com 

Season of Mist are proud to announce the first signing of the new year; Enthroned! The legendary Belgian black metal formation will release their new album later this year.

The band comments:

     "Enthroned hordes worldwide, the time has come to break the silence. So it is with great pleasure that we can finally announce the new label with whom The Blackened Horde of Enthroned will work as from now on. We will be working with the Season of Mist clan for our next releases and further co-operations. We are looking forward to this new partnership, to work with a label that will be able to give us the support, freedom and the right tools to bring our dark art in it’s right place."

The band have started to work on their 11th and most anticipated album so far, which will be released in 2019 by Season of Mist.

Line-up:

Nornagest: Vocals
Neraath: Guitars, noise and effects
Shāgāl: Guitars
Norgaath: Bass
Menthor: Drums

https://www.facebook.com/Frater.Silurian
https://www.instagram.com/enthronedofficial
https://enthroned.bandcamp.com/

“Too Close To Me” is the new music video from Belgian Post Doom band “Splendidula”, released on December 14th 2018. The concept was created by Splendidula, as well as the production and editing of the video. The music was recorded in collaboration with JDB at Splendidula’s home studio, and mixed and mastered by Hearse Studio, Belgium. “Too Close To Me” is a song from Splendidula’s second album “Post Mortem”, released by Inverse Records on December 14th 2018.

     "I'm nobody. I'm a tramp, a bum, a hobo. I'm a boxcar and a jug of wine and a straight razor... if you get too close to me" - Charles Manson
 
Watch Music Video: https://youtu.be/cniY_7DjU70 
 
Listen to the album:​

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2GpvSfM 
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/74320732 
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2Qsosx8 
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/95859350 
 
ORDER Post Mortem CD: https://bit.ly/2OV84R7 

Line-up:

Vocals: Kristien Cools
Guitar & vocals: Pieter Houben
Guitar: David Vandegoor
Bass: Peter Chromiak
Drums: Joachim Taminau
 
https://www.facebook.com/Splendidula
https://www.instagram.com/splendidula.band
https://twitter.com/Splendidula1
https://spoti.fi/2QbR09B
http://www.youtube.com/user/SplendidulaOfficial
https://soundcloud.com/splendidula

Art Gates Records is proud to introduce Belgian Symphonic Metal act Elusion as our new artist.
The music of the band consists of a blend of several subgenres combined with a strong Symphonic basis and the versatile vocals of Evy.

In words of the band:

     "Elusion is very excited about the collaboration with Art Gate Records. This record deal is the next big step for us. We appreciate the trust AGR puts in us and we are convinced that this partnership will allow our music to reach new people and unexplored stages.”

After sharing stage with well known acts such as Xandria and Welicoruss in 2017 the band is ready to release their debut album through Art Gates Records worldwide in the first half of 2019.

www.artgatesrecords.com

www.elusion.be
www.facebook.com/elusionmetal/
www.instagram.com/elusionmetal

Belgian heavy metal band, Thorium, feat. former members of Ostrogoth have announced the worldwide digital release of their self-titled debut album on November 9, 2018 via Rock'N'Growl Records.

THORIUM is:

David Marcelis - vocals (Lord Volture, Black Knight)
Tom Tee - guitars (ex Ostrogoth)
Dario Frodo - guitars (ex Ostrogoth)
Kurk "Stripe" Lawless - bass (ex Ostrogoth)
Louis Van der Linden - drums (23 Acez, Vermilion)

Given great incentive by their work together in Belgium’s legendary Heavy Metal band Ostrogoth, axemen Dario Frodo, Stripe and Tom Tee found themselves overwhelmed by massive amounts of inspiration for new material, much of which proved to lie too much outside the boundaries of what they could rightly realize with Ostrogoth. They decided, therefore, to found a brand new formation through which to channel all these new ideas, and thus Thorium was born.

After splitting with Ostrogoth, the three musicians seized the opportunity to devote themselves full-time to Thorium, and with the addition of classically trailed batterist Louis Van Der Linden (23 Acez, Vermilion,...) to the fold, the search was open for a powerful vocalist with a wide range and striking stage presence, which they found in seasoned Dutch singer David Marcelis (Lord Volture, Black Knight,...). With the line-up complete, the band put the finishing touches on their debut album, eponymously titled ‘Thorium’.

Influenced by and incorporating elements of all the classic styles of Metal from the past four decades, such as NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Speed Metal, Bay Area Thrash and of course classic Heavy Metal, Thorium’s members set themselves no boundaries and seek to deliver music that is heavy, melodic, virtuosic, catchy and conceptual.

www.thoriumband.com
www.facebook.com/Thoriumband

Belgian death metal band Carnation have unveiled a lyric video for the song "Hellfire", taken from the upcoming album 'Chapel of Abhorrence'! The new offering is slated for worldwide release on August 17th, 2018, via Season of Mist.

Watch here:- https://youtu.be/UcSv7DlY92Q

Carnation commented on the track:

     "Hellfire is the second track of the upcoming Chapel of Abhorrence album. It was the first track that we've written for this album, back in 2015. The song describes one's descent into a personal hell where he is doomed to be tortured for an eternity. The lyric video, made by Scott Rudd, showcases the incredible artwork that Juanjo Castellano created for us. The design contains visual references to the lyrics of several songs on the album."

Carnation have previously unveiled the cover art of 'Chapel of Abhorrence', which can be viewed together with the album details above.

Embrace the new death metal overlords with their death metal offering, 'Chapel of Abhorrence'!

Carnation equals blistering death metal madness from Belgium. Early 2013, guitar player Jonathan Verstrepen created the band to show his appreciation for the old school death metal legends from the ‘80s & early ‘90s. Vocalist Simon Duson, bass player Yarne Heylen, guitar player Bert Vervoort, and drummer Vincent Verstrepen were summoned to complete the band, and it didn’t take long until the chemistry between this quintet to hit critical mass.

2015 marks the year that the first offering entitled 'Cemetery of the Insane' was released upon the masses. Tracks such as "Explosive Cadavers" or "The Rituals of Flesh" take you back in time to the better days of shredding riffs, neck-breaking drums, and skull-crushing guttural vocals.

The live rituals that followed were executed with stone cold merciless aggression. Carnation delivered their bloodbath at select festivals across Europe during 2015 and 2016. Their next journey led them to distant Asia for their first tour across mainland Japan. This resulted in the infamous 'Live at Asakusa Deathfest' recording (2017). These releases, combined with their reputation as a notoriously impressive live act, drew the attention of fans worldwide and provided Carnation with the opportunity to perform at several European festivals and saw the band touring alongside Pestilence during their special Brazilian tour in April 2018.

With 'Chapel of Abhorrence', Carnation welcome you to death’s domain and invite you to witness them rise to their throne!

www.carnationband.com
www.facebook.com/CarnationBE
www.instagram.com/carnationbandofficial
www.youtube.com/c/CarnationOfficialBE

Good news for the lads of Leng Tch'e. After 5 long months, parts of their stolen equipment has been returned to them via the power of social media. 

The band comments:-

     "A couple of weeks after we got our van broken into and our gear stolen in Ostrava, we received a mysterious e-mail from an even more mysterious, disposable e-mail address. This person claimed he bought our gear from some junkies, and that he didn't know it was stolen. In reality it was the owner of a pawnshop who couldn’t sell our gear to anyone because everybody in the Czech Republic and beyond knew it was stolen.

     In the meantime we got in touch again with the Ostrava police department, who gave us instructions on how to handle this situation. The pawnshop owner wanted us to pay €2000 to get our own gear back. We obviously weren't going to do this, so we set up a meeting with our local contact, who was joined by an undercover police officer, and the owner of the pawnshop to get our stuff back. This guy had the audacity afterwards to call us dishonest because he didn't want to give the stolen gear back to its rightful owners.

     A big thank you goes out to our good friends Anxur Moravian and Dalibor who invested so much time and energy together with the Ostrava police department in coordinating this operation, and to our amazing fans who exposed our social media post to over 300,000 (!) people: we cannot thank you enough. This would not have been possible without you. Don't mess with the underground!

     We are still missing Olivier's drum pedals (Pearl Demon Drive) and a lot of effects pedals, as well as a box of "Razorgrind" gatefold vinyl and t-shirts. So please keep an eye out for those. More info can be found here."

www.lengtche.net
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www.twitter.com/lengtche