 Debut full-length 'Sands Of Time' featuring guest performances by members of Cyhra (ex-Amaranthe) and Orphaned Land to be released on May 24; group to perform at major European festivals this summer M-Theory Audio is proud to announce the signing of Israel's leading progressive metal band, Scardust. The label will reissue the group's acclaimed full-length debut, “Sands of Time,” on May 24 on limited-edition double vinyl (the album's first-ever LP release), digital and compact disc. The “Sands of Time” reissue precedes major summer festival performances by the band – the UK's Ramblin' Man Fair, where they will perform on the Prog In The Park stage alongside Riverside, Pain of Salvation and Anathema, and at Slovenia's week-long Metaldays, which also features the likes of Dream Theater, Arch Enemy and Demons & Wizards, as well as Taihu Midi Festival in Suzhou near Shanghai, China May 4th. Mastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Devin Townsend, BTBAM) and featuring cover art by Drake Mefestta (Cradle of Filth, Michael Romeo, Devilment), “Sands of Time” was originally self-released. Check out the band’s lyric video for the title track to get an idea of the grandeur, melody and power https://youtu.be/_d2KMTPampI The new CD reissue will include a bonus acoustic piano demo of the brand-new song “Mist,” while the new gatefold double-LP edition will include the group's 2015 debut EP “Shadow” in its entirety on Side D – the first time that release has been offered on vinyl as well. Both physical formats can be pre-ordered at this location (www.m-theoryaudio.com/store). “We are very excited to be working with M-Theory Audio, whose philosophy of co-operation between artists mirrors our own. It's great to have the 'Sands of Time' CD released globally, and the pressing of a double vinyl LP which will include our EP 'Shadow' is something that would have been impossible for us to do as an independent band. Signing with M-Theory, as well as working on new material and preparing for summer festivals, makes us feel that the future looks very bright for us, and we can't wait to bring our epic experience to new crowds and new heights.” says SCARDUST vocalist Noa Gruman. 
Scardust who have previously performed alongside the likes of Symphony X, Therion and Epica – will next perform live in Tel Aviv, Israel on April 11. SCARDUST is: Noa Gruman - vocals Yadin Moyal - guitar Yanai Avnet - bass guitar Yoav Steel Weinberg - drums Itai Portugaly – keyboards Orr Didi – ghost member, writer & composer https://scardust.co www.facebook.com/scardustofficial www.m-theoryaudio.com
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 Israeli black metal misanthropes Dim Aura will release their sophomore album, The Triumphant Age of Death, on March 22nd under the banner of Saturnal Records. As the first taste of the album, the band is currently streaming the third track "Black Heretic Hate" exclusively via No Clean Singing. CD will be available for pre-order in the mid/late February. "Mercy is a foreign concept in this track, and sometimes that’s exactly the kind of catharsis we need.." — No Clean Singing comments on the single, Black Heretic Hate. "'Black Heretic Hate' is a track depicting an onslaught on organized religion" — proclaims the band. Stream the track exclusively via No Clean Singing, AT THIS LOCATION
Hailing from Tel Aviv, Dim Aura was stormed into the scene in 2010 as a quattro of black metal nihilists who have remained musically chained together since the inception of the group. After the EP “R.U.S.T." and a slew of live annihilations and studio sessions, the Israeli misanthropes unfurled their debut album "The Negation of Existence" in 2013. Dim Aura presented their terror manifestation in the foreign soil by appearing at Meh Suff! Metal-Festival 2014 and Steelfest 2015. Locally, they shared stage with Bölzer, Trepaneringsritualen, Necrophbic, aside from playing at other numerous local festivals. 2017 saw the arrival of their first 7" EP “Negged”, driving the bands compulsory urges towards their forthcoming sophomore album. The Dim Aura pact is sealed and concealed, with no way in and no way out. Through the past decade the pact has always been active, always conjuring, always terrorizing and never resting – and this torment of humanity is now made an alliance with Saturnal Records for the upcoming full-length, The Triumphant Age of Death, with an aim to beget a new era by spreading their vision, plague and terror ritual further upon mankind. Eschewing trends and mediocrities, the band is known for integrating various genres into their bleak and dismal Black Metal sound, ranging from old school punk to dark '80s and beyond. This album is no exception — a massive wall of sonic hatred. https://www.facebook.com/dimaurabm https://dimaura.bigcartel.com https://dim-aura.bandcamp.com www.saturnalrecords.com www.facebook.com/saturnalrecords https://saturnalrecs.bandcamp.com 
Israel's Orphaned Land put misprinted album copies for collectors only on sale! Limited to 100!27/2/2018  Orphaned Land have an announcement to make regarding their latest album:- "At first it was a huge crisis. "This is not our album, it's shit!" We said to our record label the first minute we saw this misprint copies (the misprint is at that lack of black where the white colour is at the guns and the all knowing eye). Immediate actions were made to take back copies from distributors and send corrected covers to the others and meanwhile the release date of the jewel case CD was delayed from Jan 26th to Feb 9th. Feb 9th came to earth, and still, doesn't matter how hard we tried, we received photos from shops that got the misprint version of our albums. At this point we have decided, "If you cannot beat them, join them". Then we figured out: "Wait a minute, we are Jews - if you cannot beat them - SELL THEM!" So, are there any collectors here who like to have those misprint versions of albums? this one is for you!" Limited to a 100 signed copies only, at our www.orphaned-land.com/shop.html Yalla! www.orphaned-land.com https://twitter.com/#!/FarhiKobi https://twitter.com/OrphanedLand http://www.facebook.com/pages/Orphaned-Land/8776213035 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)
 Israeli Prog band Soul Enema releases a new animation video for “Eternal Child,” taken from the brand new album Of Clans and Clones and Clownes. The video features visuals from world renowned sand animation artist Kseniya Simonova and the song includes guest appearance by Dutch Progressive Rock mastermind Arjen Lucassen on guitar. Songwriter and keyboard player Constantin Glantz comments: “‘Eternal Child’ was written at the last stage of the album recordings, almost like a flash of lightning coming out of nowhere. It literally took about 40 minutes to come up with the music and the basic lyrics, something that never happened so fast for me before. It’s almost like the song had written itself and all I had to do was document it quickly before it faded away. And this one really felt like it could be a great closing piece on the record, sort of a final missing part of the puzzle. Speaking of lyrics, I believe it captures, in particular, that slightly nostalgic feeling about everything that a grown person is bound to lose when childhood is over, and the rediscovery of the will to live and learn, to be flexible and curious about things again and again, to have those dreams and do whatever it takes to fulfil them. I'd like to note that Noa [Gruman] has made a hell of a journey in vocal dynamics and range here — from very intimate verses to soaring, high range choruses. And it's obviously a great honour to feature Arjen Lucassen with a truly mesmerizing guitar solo contribution. When I was much younger, exploring these influential Ayreon records in the late ‘90s, I could only dream about such a collaboration becoming reality one day. Last but not least, special thanks to Kseniya Simonova — the world’s leading sand animation artist and inventor of original plastic animation techniques featured here. I'm a long time admirer of her art, it's very unique. She totally loved the track, and her masterful job is a great visual counterpart to the things we were trying to express musically and lyrically.” Of Clans and Clones and Clownes was released on June 23, 2017. Featuring 70+ minutes of music, prime international guests, which include Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, Star One), Yossi Sassi (Orphaned Land, solo), and mixed by the legendary Jens Bogren (Opeth, Devin Townsend, Paradise Lost, etc.), the album enjoys great feedback and interest from the international Progressive Rock and Metal audience. You can listen to the full album streaming and order the album here: https://soulenema.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/SoulEnemOfficial/ www.soulenema.com  Toilet ov Hell premiered a scintillating track of Israeli black metal band Arallu AT THIS LINK. Ethnic instruments such as Saz and Darbuka have been employed to a great effect. OFFICIAL ARALLU TEASER TOILET OV HELL PREMIERE Arallu from Israel are imbibing their Middle-Eastern influences and channelling the same using the black metal template that they've been trying to perfect for over two decades. Not unlike their label mates in Rudra, they're forging a unique sound replete with traditional instruments like Saz and Darbuka, and exhibiting a penchant for the thrashy variant of the style. Faster, tighter and more potent than ever before, 'Six' bears the insignia of the band's progress over the years and their culmination in a release that might change their fortunes finally.
Line up: Butchered (Genie King) - Vocals, Bass Gal Pixel - Guitar and Backing Vocals Omri Yagen - Guitar and Backing Vocals Assaf Kasimov - Drums Eylon Bart - Saz, Darbuka and Backing Vocals Official ARALLU Bandcamp Official ARALLU Facebook Transcending Obscurity Official Site Transcending Obscurity Records Bandcamp Transcending Obscurity Records Facebook Official Transcending Obscurity YouTube Channel  Heroes and villains are fighting the world in a mystic conspiracy thriller, coming from the factory of an Israeli Progressive band Soul Enema. "Spymania" is a part of a new album Of Clans and Clones and Clowns, released on June 23rd. A colourful and diverse 73-minute work features guest appearances from Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) and Yossi Sassi (ex-Orphaned Land) and mixed by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Devin Townsend). "As it turns out, an evil reptilians from planet Nibiru came down to Earth, and they are very close to get the key to universal knowledge. The super-human powers of Batman and Chuck Norris stand on their way, but it turns out, that only something related to the world of music is able to save the human race. What is it? Watch out till the end!,” the band commented. "We used some paintings of a brilliant modern Russian artist Vasya Lozhkin, who's a big phenomenon in his home country, but still not really known in the Western World yet,” says songwriter and keyboard player Constantin Glantz, adding, “I must state that ‘Spymania' has some amusing background. The lyrics for this song were written way back in 2006, or maybe even earlier, and it features a kind of goofy, paranoid mock story about someone being mysteriously thrown down from the roof of Empire State Building, and seen too much things you ain't allowed to see, while flying down to the ground. So much, in fact, that this person was forcefully killed even before he naturally hit the ground. Fast forward to the year 2015, and guess what — suddenly we have a totally real conspiracy scandal taking place around the same Empire State Building during a big ecological happening, when some claimed there's Kali or Satan images projected on a building windows, as part of some mystic apocalyptic ritual! The Hell you know, indeed.” Watch a video for Spymania here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1J5EHWMwTY Soul Enema’s follow-up to 2010’s Thin Ice Crawling was released on June 23rd and can be ordered here. Israeli black metal warriors Arallu announce new release on Transcending Obscurity Records12/7/2017  It's truly rare to come across bands that are blending the traditional sounds in their music and Arallu, like Rudra, are one among them. After a long wait, this underrated Israeli band that have been around for almost two decades, announce their new album titled 'Six' due for release this September via Transcending Obscurity Records. Check out the official teaser on their YouTube channel AT THIS LINK and a brand new song over at the official Bandcamp page AT THIS LINK. Arallu from Israel are imbibing their Middle-Eastern influences and channelling the same using the black metal template that they've been trying to perfect for over two decades. Not unlike their label mates in Rudra, they're forging a unique sound replete with traditional instruments like Saz and Darbuka, and exhibiting a penchant for the thrashy variant of the style. Faster, tighter and more potent than ever before, 'Six' bears the insignia of the band's progress over the years and their culmination in a release that might change their fortunes finally.
 Israeli prog metal quintet Soul Enema has teamed up with Prog magazine for an exclusive premiere of their sophomore album Of Clans and Clones and Clowns, out on June 23rd. The album can be streamed from this location. About the record, the band stated: “We are delighted and proud to present you our new album ‘Of Clans and Clones and Clowns’ in its full length! A hard, prolonged and intense work of many people, that has finally resulted in a 73 minutes of this crazy, funny, sad, colourful, expressive, rocking, exciting slice of our world, our hearts, our souls. A myriad of styles, moods, emotions, influences, experiences. Looking at the golden age of rock music, at its best representatives, it was about the great songwriting, pushing the boundaries, taking chances and setting the trends instead of following them. About depth and impressive substance. We attempted to capture these principles, the way we see it fit for a modern times, and we hope that you will find a multicoloured world we present here, deserving of a long-term interest. We’d like to thank everyone involved in album production, the fans, the friends, the supporters—you made it happen. Time to enjoy the music!” Of Clans and Clones And Clowns features guest contributions from Ayreon’s Arjen Lucassen, Yossi Sassi (ex-Orphaned Land, Yossi Sassi Band), Sergey Kalugin and Yuri Ruslanov (from leading Russian proggers Orgia Pravednikov). The record was mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at the Fascination Street Studios in Sweden. Head over to Prog to stream the album in its entirety, and pre-order the record from Bandcamp or iTunes.
Soul Enema line-up: Noa Gruman – vocals Yoel Genin – guitars Michael Rosenfeld – bass, sitar, violin Dor Levin – drums Constantin Glantz – keyboards, programming, songwriting, production Official Website Bandcamp |
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