Danish death/black metal outfit, Crocell, has released a stop motion video for "Once Called Slaves", which was premiered by BlankTV and can be viewed below. The song is taken from Crocell's fifth album, "Relics", which was recorded during Crocell's ten year anniversary in 2017 and will be released via LongLife Records on March 16th 2018. Crocell - 'Once Called Slaves' video: https://youtu.be/xUDGU1_k_pk Referencing both early Crocell artwork and more than one cult film, the nightmarish music video was shot and edited by Lasse Frisk from Frisk Film and consists of close to 15.000 still photos. Crocell drummer Andreas Posselt comments: "We were searching for a video producer when we came across Lasse, who wanted to try out some more grotesque and gory ideas compared to the work he had previously done with renowned Danish hip-hop artists such as Per Vers and Ham Den Lange. After having discussed a few ideas with him, we decided to just let him loose - and this was what he came up with at the first go. It is exactly what we wanted and a perfect companion to both the music and lyrics!"
The album was produced by Jacob Olsen at JBO Sound and features hand-drawn artwork by BF.B, who has previously worked with Metal Magic Festival, Vomit Angel, Ligfaerd, and Departed Souls among others. The album will be available on CD and white vinyl and can be pre-ordered from the band's Bandcamp profile. www.facebook.com/crocelldk www.crocell.dk
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Blood Harvest Records sets April 6th as the international release date for Taphos' first two recordings on CD, entitled Demo MMXVI & 7" EP MMXVII. A young Danish death metal band hailing from the same scene as Undergang and Phrenelith, Taphos create a classic - and classically gutted - style of Metal of Death. Their first recording, Demo MMXVI, was indeed recorded in 2016, to be followed a year later by the two-song EP MMXVII. The demo, in particular, possessed a darkly thrashing sound highly reminiscent of turn-of-the-'90s death metal on both sides of the Atlantic, as resolutely Scandinavian as it was American; its filthy propulsion is as palatably fresh as it is authentically ancient. On the subsequent EP, Taphos' sound becomes more world-eating, their songwriting aims more epic whilst not losing the raw fury of their beginnings. Together, these six songs are an auspicious start as any. Taphos have recently finalized the recording of their debut album, which will see release later this spring/summer through Blood Harvest, and is currently being mastered at Resonance Sound by Daniel Lowndes. Additionally, Demo MMXVI will be released separately on vinyl as a 12". In the meantime, the entirety of the CD edition can be streamed HERE at Blood Harvest's Bandcamp. Preorder info for the vinyl can be found HERE, and the preorder for the CD can be found HERE. The 'Releases Of The Year' series are albums chosen by myself as the best release from each country / dependency known to have an official release in the year 2017. These are alphabetized in country order so are easy to navigate. Each award has national flag featured alongside the band name, Release Of The Year' and Facebook link (where provided)
Danish old school heavy metal band, Savage Machine, will release their first full-length album 'Abandon Earth' on January 19, 2018. The album is produced, mixed and mastered Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Jorn, Pretty Maids) at Jailhouse Studios. A video teaser can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/dChqYYpp80g The cover artwork was made by Mario E. Lopez M. (Iron Maiden, Megadeth, King Diamond, Metal Church). After a long time dormant, Savage Machine is armed, recharged and ready to resume their heavy metal crusade. The result is an ambitious full-length album with battering, yet playful riffs, powerful vocals and a rock-solid rhythm squad whose only purpose is to convert your heathen soul to that of a true headbanger. “Abandon Earth” takes you into the grim future of post-apocalyptic despair, where the war between man and machine rages. Earth Is dead and the last remaining resource’s are spent. The only salvation of mankind lies in the heavens but, who gets to go? Who deserves to go? And is there really anything other than darkness out there? Savage Machine, from Denmark, is honouring a proud lineage of Heavy Metal kings with a modern twist. Ambitiously, The machine delivers savage riffs, thundering drums and galloping bass over the grandiose vocals of pure metal thunder. Having existed since 2010, Savage Machine has been a big part of the Danish underground scene for several years before emerging onto the international stage in 2015’s Wacken Open Air. In the past year, Savage Machine recorded a hard-hitting debut album and toured across Europe with Spain’s ”Lords of Black”. www.facebook.com/savagemachineband www.savage-machine.com Portugal's Dark Metal pioneers in Moonspell are set to release their brand new and hotly anticipated album, titled '1755', on November 3rd 2017 with Napalm Records. The band's 13rd studio record will not only outclass all standards you have ever heard from your favourite Portuguese before, sung in their native language it's the musical version of the year of horror when a giant earthquake wrecked Moonspell's home town Lisbon. This album is a dark adventure, breathtaking and completely earthshaking! Moonspell's '1755', coming as CD digipak, digital download & LP gatefold editions, is now available to pre-order HERE! For the first time ever, Moonspell recorded their new album in Portuguese only, but there will be one bonus track appearing in Spanish, and today the band has released this stunning version for the song 'Desastre'! Dive into the brand new tunes by the masters of dark art and check out Moonspell's upcoming album - bonus track right HERE! Says vocalist and creative spirit Fernando Ribeiro: "Desastre is a homage to all our Spanish-speaking fans around the world. In the late 18th century, in our streets a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese was spoken and guess what that’s exactly what we do here! This song is about how the earthquake took Lisbon by surprise and how we are nothing but a a human leave left alone to break when a strong winds blows. Enjoy Desastre, gracias y saludos!“ In support of Moonspell's upcoming release, the band will be heavily hitting the road this year, while kicking off in Portugal and Spain first, followed by an extensive tour with CRADLE OF FILTH in early 2018! Make sure to catch the masters of dark art live on the following dates: 30.10.17 PT - Lisbon / Lisboa Ao Vivo (Special album release show) 31.10.17 PT - Lisbon / Lisboa Ao Vivo (Special album release show) 01.11.17 PT - Porto / Hard Club (Special album release show) with special guests Bizarra Locomotiva and Norunda: 03.11.17 ES - Santiago / Malatesta 04.11.17 ES - Bilbao / Santana 27 05.11.17 ES - Valencia / Rock City 06.11.17 ES - Barcelona / Salamandra 07.11.17 ES - Zaragoza / CC Delicias 08.11.17 ES - Madrid / Sala Caracol 09.11.17 PT - Arcos De Valdevez / Casa das Artes ( special theatre show! ) 10.11.17 PT – Aveiro / Teatro Aveirense ( special theatre show! ) 12.11.17 PT - Castelo Brnaco / Cine Teatro Avenida ( special theatre show! ) 07.12.17 PT – Loulé / Cineteatro Louletano ( special theatre show! ) with CRADLE OF FILTH: 18.01.18 CZ Prague, Roxy 19.01.18 CZ Ostrava, Garage 20.01.18 SK Bratislava, MMC 21.01.18 HU Budapest, A38 23.01.18 PL Krakow, Kwadrat 24.01.18 PL Warsaw, Progresja 25.01.18 PL Gdansk, B90 27.01.18 DE Leipzig, Hellraiser 28.01.18 DE Berlin, C-Club 29.01.18 DE Hamburg, Grünspan 30.01.18 DE Bremen, Schlachthof 01.02.18 NL Tilburg, 013 02.02.18 NL Haarlem, Patronaat 03.02.18 DE Osnabrück, Hyde Park 04.02.18 DE Cologne, Essigfabrik 06.02.18 DE Bochum, Zeche 07.02.18 DE Frankfurt, Batschkapp 08.02.18 DE Nürnberg, Hirsch 09.02.18 DE Saarbrücken, Garage 10.02.18 CH Pratteln, Z7 12.02.18 IT Milano, Live Club 13.02.18 IT Bologna, Zona Roveri 14.02.18 FR St. Etienne, Le Fil 15.02.18 ES Barcelona, Salamandra 1 16.02.18 ES Madrid, Mon Live (former Penelope) 18.02.18 FR Limoges, CC John Lennon 19.02.18 FR Paris, La Machine Du Moulin Rouge 20.02.18 FR Lille, Le Metaphone 21.02.18 FR Besancon, La Rodia 23.02.18 DE Stuttgart, LKA Longhorn 24.02.18 DE Mannheim, MS Connexion Complex 25.02.18 AT Dornbirn, Conrad Sohms 26.02.18 AT Wien, Simm City 27.02.18 DE München, Backstage Werk 01.03.18 BE Antwerp,Trix 02.03.18 DE Flensburg, Roxy 03.03.18 DK Odense, Posten 04.03.18 NO Oslo, Vulkan Arena 05.03.18 SE Stockholm, Fryshuset Klubben www.moonspell.com www.facebook.com/moonspellband www.twitter.com/moonspell www.facebook.com/almamaterrecords www.moonspell.rastilho.com Denmark's Hexis have teamed up with Cvlt Nation and Legacy Magazine to stream the entirety of their new release XII which will be released tomorrow. Stream XII via Cvlt Nation here: http://www.cvltnation.com/warpremiere-streaming-hexis-xii/ German language speakers can stream the album via Legacy: http://www.legacy.de/exklusives/929-exklusiv-hexis-streamen-drittes-album-xii.html Pre-order XIII here: http://crownandthroneltd.bigcartel.com/product/hexis-xii-10-cd https://www.facebook.com/Hexisband/ Danish Crust / Hardcore / Post-Black terrors Hexis announce new EP and share first song "Nefarius"13/9/2017 Only five months after the release of their last album 'Tando Ashanti', Danish Hardcore / Crust / Post Black Metal terrors Hexis will release a brand new EP called 'XII' coming out on September 29th for 10' vinyl & Digital through Division Records (Closet Disco Queen, Papertank, Process Of Guilt, Unfold…), Moment Of Collapse Records (Cranial, Heaven In Her Arms, Meraine, Red Apollo, etc,..), Crown & Throne Ltd (Primitive Man) et Truthseeker Music (Howl, Human Future, Yards…). On this new 5 songs EP, Hexis strikes harder, hit faster and takes no prisoner. These guys are not doing a sort of post black metal hipster shit, goddamn no. They are actually the best representation of what black metal has to be in 2017: fierce, relentless, uncompromising, dangerous & wicked. Their style is still firmly rooted in a sort of hardcore urgency, but the atmosphere on this songs is so thick that you’ll somehow find yourself walking in a forest, surrounded by deep fog, unable to see anything, but clearly hearing the wolves all around you. This EP is the real deal if you’re searching for pure darkness In the meantime, the band unveiled a few days ago a first excerpt from this upcoming effort with "Nefarious" available right now on Bandcamp. For the record... Denmark, 2010: the idea of creating a hardcore black metal band emerged in the mind of Filip, actual singer and leader of Hexis. His goal was to give birth to a band playing "as dark and heavy music as possible and go on crazy amount of tours around the world and release tons of different records". And it has been successful. Indeed, Hexis’ music is as scary as thrilling, as introspective as explosive and gives an idea of what addiction to darkness could be. To satisfy it, Hexis plays about 200 gigs per year. Among all these gigs and the thousands of kilometres swallowed, Hexis has released 10 records in 7 years, including 3 EP's, 4 splits (w/Primitive Man, This Gift is a Curse, As We Draw, Euglena and Redwood Hill) and 2 full-length albums (Abalam and Tando Ashanti). Hexis is not just music, it is a way of life, a mindset, and every note that reaches your brain will prove it. BAND LABEL Facebook | Bandcamp Website / Facebook / Twitter Unseen Faith delivers dark and brutal deathcore in an atmospheric universe, and they’re now ready with their debut album “Waver” – a power demonstration with compositions that move from neck breaking breakdowns to exalted musical breathing halts.Their 2nd single from the upcoming full-length is called 'Lost World', and you can listen to it right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkC2YYrfKzA The title of the album, "Waver", expresses the wavering feeling of being a religious person, who tries to hold on to his faith, in the midst of a modern and hectic society. The belief in something bigger is rarely something which is spoken about, even though most people still relate to it. Unseen Faith's spiritual and religious approach this genre of music is quite unique. “Waver” will be released on August 25, 2017, through Prime Collective. The release will be followed by a Danish tour and European dates. UNSEEN FAITH Satyricon unveils track-list for new album 'Deep calleth upon Deep'; now available for pre-order4/8/2017 Nearly three years in the making, black metal legends Satyricon have revealed their highly anticipated ninth studio album, 'Deep calleth upon Deep' is set for release on 22nd September via Napalm Records. The opus will be available in digital format, CD digipak and gatefold vinyl options and is now available for pre-order HERE! The band recently unveiled initial album details and the album’s artwork, an obscure drawing from 1898 by perhaps the greatest Norwegian artist of all time, Edvard Munch. Recorded in Oslo, Norway and Vancouver, Canada, during early 2017 and mixed together with revered studio guru Mike Fraser (who previously worked on Satyricon’s 2006 album, ‘Now, Diabolical’), ‘Deep calleth upon Deep’ is not just a new collection of songs from one of extreme music’s most enduring and reliable bands: this is a wholesale reinvention and a brand new era in Satyricon history. Says frontman and visionary Satyr: “Approaching this release, what I always kept in mind is that either this is the beginning of something new or it’s gonna be my last record. If this is going to be the last, then it needs to be something special. If there are more records, then I’d better make sure that this is so different from the last one that it feels like a new beginning. I think it’s really, really dark, very spiritual and filled with confidence and energy.” 'Deep calleth upon Deep' is a profound statement about the essence of Satyricon’s music and the eternal value of art itself. Satyr continues, “The way that I see it is that for any art, be it Satyricon or any other form of art with substance, in order for you to be able to inhale and completely understand it, it will take a little bit of you as well. If you get it all after a couple of listens, you know that it probably won’t stay with you. So the title is saying, ‘From the depth of the people making this record to the depth of the listener…’ If you want to take part in this journey, you should be prepared to dig deep down in the darkest corner of your soul with us." Satyricon have always excelled as a live band, their evocative performances increasingly becoming special events as their frequency is dialled back to accommodate the Oslo band’s new ‘modus operandi’. In support of 'Deep calleth upon Deep' the band is set to tour on the following dates: 24.09.17 DE - Hamburg / Grünspan 25.09.17 DE - Essen / Turock 26.09.17 NL - Tilburg - 013 27.09.17 BE - Vosselaar / Biebob 29.09.17 UK - London / Heaven 30.09.17 FR - Paris / La Maroquinerie 01.10.17 FR - Nantes - MJC De Reze 02.10.17 FR - Toulouse / Le Metronum 04.10.17 ES - Madrid / Sala But 05.10.17 ES - Barcelona / Razzamatazz 06.10.17 FR – Montpellier / Rockstore 07.10.17 IT - Bologna / Zona Roveri 09.10.17 CH - Zurich / Dynamo 10.10.17 DE - Munich / Backstage Halle 11.10.17 AT - Vienna / Szene 12.10.17 CZ - Prague / Akropolis 14.10.17 PL - Krakow / Kwadrat 15.10.17 PL - Warsaw / Progresja 16.10.17 DE - Berlin / SO36 17.10.17 DK - Copenhagen / Pumpehuset 19.10.17 DK - Aarhus / Train 20.10.17 SE - Gotherburg / Pustervik 21.10.17 SE - Stockholm / Klubben 31.10.17 MX - Guadalajara / C3 Stage 01.11.17 MX - Mexico City / Circo Volador 02.11.17 CR - San Jose / Pepper’s Club 07.11.17 CL - Santiago / Blondie 08.11.17 AR - Buenos Aires / Uniclub 10.11.17 BR - Belo Horizonte / Stonehenge 11.11.17 BR - Sao Paulo / Clash Club 12.11.17 BR - Rio De Janeiro / Teatro Oddiseia 22.11.17 NO - Molde / Gamle Kulturset 23.11.17 NO - Trondheim / Byscenen 24.11.17 NO - Oslo / Sentrum Scene 25.11.17 NO - Tromso / Driv 29.11.17 NO - Bergen / Hulen 30.11.17 NO - Stavanger / Folken 01.12.17 NO - Kristiansand / Kick 02.12.17 NO - Hamar / Gregers www.satyricon.no www.facebook.com/satyriconofficial www.napalmrecords.com www.facebook.com/napalmrecords Copenhagen-based modern hardcore group Psy:code has teamed with Pavement Entertainment for the release of Mørke. Psy:code has posted a 360 video of album track "Loosen the Tight" at: youtu.be/Qt7kVaBY-Zw Mørke will be out August 4. Orders available at PavementMusic.com. Psy:code is a band driven by a desire to reach beyond its own boundaries. The band's first two releases, Delusion and Cause and Neglect, were met with critical acclaim by critics worldwide. The praise was not met with complacency and Psy:code set the bar higher when writing their third album. Mørke is a natural progression, but remains grounded in the roots planted by its predecessors. Over the years Psy:code has supported several major acts, including Slayer, Mastodon, Amon Amarth, Trivium, Gorefest, Illdisposed and Artillery. The band has toured extensively in their native Denmark and throughout Europe. Psy:code has a series of videos planned in the months following the release of Mørke Tour dates in support of the album will be announced soon. www.facebook.com/psycodedk pavementmusic.com |
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