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Lebanese thrash groove merchants Phenomy drop new single “When The Darkness Comes”, from the album “Syndicate Of Pain”

30/8/2022

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     Lebanese thrash / groove metal titans Phenomy have unleashed their blistering new album 
'Syndicate Of Pain', out March 3rd 2022, along with harrowing animation video 'Lead Me To My Throne'. 'Syndicate Of Pain' is a concept album about an asylum ran by Dr Anton Shuman, a mad scientist that is manipulating criminals and patients labelled insane in his facility. The album later reveals that these patients are not being cured, but are part of a bigger and darker project, that even Dr Schuman himself is being deceived by. 

     In the album is included the single “When The Darkness Comes”


     Dr Shuman: "First it was the experiments, then there was the knowledge and then came the power of possession and manipulation. It felt godly to be able to create and destroy lives and matter. It became addictive, the greed feeds of the soul of men and vanity makes them feel flawless. At some point we feel in control and indestructible until we realize we are just a fragile pile of dust roaming in the devil's den. And you took advantage of that, you knew that this is what would keep me going and you were just sitting there watching me dance like a puppet in your hands. Doing all the tricks and then taraaa voila, you earned it all" 


Website:          www.phenomyofficial.com 
Facebook:        www.facebook.com/phenomyofficial 
Instagram:       www.instagram.com/phenomyofficial 
Twitter:           www.twitter.com/phenomyofficial 
YouTube:         www.youtube.com/phenomy 
Spotify:            https://open.spotify.com/artist/2oeDZHOGoxpg1kOq39JrL5 
Apple Music:   https://music.apple.com/us/artist/phenomy/1351261592 
SoundCloud:    http://www.soundcloud.com/phenomyofficial ​

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Lebanese groove thrashers Phenomy unveil music video for “Beyond The Wall Of Sleep (A Tribute To H.P. Lovecraft)”

26/6/2022

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     Lebanese thrash / groove metal titans Phenomy released their new album 'Syndicate Of Pain', back on March 3rd 2022, along with a harrowing animation video 'Lead Me To My Throne'. 'Syndicate Of Pain' is a concept album about an asylum ran by Dr Anton Shuman, a mad scientist that is manipulating criminals and patients labelled insane in his facility. The album later reveals that these patients are not being cured, but are part of a bigger and darker project, that even Dr Schuman himself is being deceived by. 
 
In the album is included the single “Beyond The Wall Of Sleep (A Tribute To H.P. Lovecraft)”.

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  • Check out the music video here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF-vnhffmaE ​

  • Website:          www.phenomyofficial.com 
  • Facebook:        www.facebook.com/phenomyofficial 
  • Instagram:       www.instagram.com/phenomyofficial 
  • Twitter:           www.twitter.com/phenomyofficial 
  • YouTube:         www.youtube.com/phenomy 
  • Spotify:            https://open.spotify.com/artist/2oeDZHOGoxpg1kOq39JrL5 
  • Apple Music:   https://music.apple.com/us/artist/phenomy/1351261592 
  • SoundCloud:    http://www.soundcloud.com/phenomyofficial 

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Lebanese thrash / groove outfit Phenomy unveil music video for “The Mute, The Deaf, The Blind”; taken from album “Syndicate Of Pain”

26/3/2022

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     Lebanese thrash / groove metal titans Phenomy have unveiled their music video for the song "The Mute, The Deaf, The Blind"; taken from their blistering new album 'Syndicate Of Pain', which came out March 3rd 2022, along with harrowing animation video 'Lead Me To My Throne'.

     'Syndicate Of Pain' is a concept album about an asylum ran by Dr Anton Shuman, a mad scientist that is manipulating criminals and patients labelled insane in his facility. The album later reveals that these patients are not being cured, but are part of a bigger and darker project, that even Dr Schuman himself is being deceived by. 


Watch the “The Mute, The Deaf, The Blind” music video here:- 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSzpCJzGnEg 


  • Director: Jad Shokor  
  • Production manager: Tina – Maria Jabri 
  • Video colouring by: Peter Aoun 
  • Music mixed & mastered by: Bassem Daouk 
  • Recorded at: Grotesque Productions 
  • Drums recorded at: Sonocraft Studios 
 
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  • Website:  www.phenomyofficial.com 
  • Facebook: www.facebook.com/phenomyofficial 
  • Instagram: www.instagram.com/phenomyofficial 
  • Twitter: www.twitter.com/phenomyofficial 
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  • YouTube: www.youtube.com/phenomy 
  • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2oeDZHOGoxpg1kOq39JrL5 
  • Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/phenomy/1351261592 
  • SoundCloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/phenomyofficial 
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Lebanese thrashers titans Phenomy unveil new album 'Syndicate Of Pain'

24/2/2022

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     Lebanese thrash / groove metal titans Phenomy have today announced the release of their blistering new album 'Syndicate Of Pain', unleashed March 3rd 2022, with animation video ‘Lead Me To My Throne’ out now. ’Syndicate Of Pain’ is a concept album about an asylum ran by Dr Anton Shuman, a mad scientist that is manipulating criminals and patients labelled insane in his facility. The album later reveals that these patients are not being cured, but are part of a bigger and darker project, that even Dr Schuman himself is being deceived by. Pre-order, pre-save & find the track-listing here: www.phenomyofficial.com


The 10-track studio album follows on from four new singles:-

  • ‘Bone Orchid’ reflecting dreams of a dead orchid, the ghost of a flower, grieving the death of mother nature: https://youtu.be/Quhqm5jjNXs     

  • ‘The Mute, The Deaf, The Blind’ depicting imprisonment in society, wishing for death:   https://youtu.be/PSzpCJzGnEg

  • 'Ominous' depicting a paranoid patient, possessed by internal voices taking control, leading toward gruesome consequences: https://youtu.be/izFaJMGlk4w

  • 'Lead Me To My Throne’, the animated music video unleashed to coincide with the album. A serial killer, talking about the things he has done, asking for redemption, asking the god above for forgiveness. Admitting he's not in control of himself when he turns into a monster:  https://youtu.be/j_Px1MDMNM4 


     “So Grim, So True, So Real”. Hallowed words that ring true for metalheads the world over, particularly for those living in far-flung corners of the earth where freedom of expression and socio-political upheaval makes it almost impossible to follow your passions.

     Formed in 2014, the mission from the start was to create music in the vein of traditional and modern groove and thrash metal. The dystopian nature of 1980s and 1990s metal releases rang true for many a music fan in war-torn regions globally. This was no different, they in hearted the street spirit that many of those early metal classics were based upon and bridged it to meet their own reality.


     With two previous albums, numerous tours across Romania, Croatia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia and beyond, and major festival appearances at the likes of Wacken and Metalhead Meeting under their belt, Phenomy are excited to be heading into 2022 with an even bigger future ahead of them, fuelled by ‘Syndicate Of Pain’.

The new album ‘Syndicate Of Pain' coming March 3rd 2022: www.phenomyofficial.com

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Global Metal Apocalypse (GMA) Awards 2021 - Metal Release Of The Year (by country / territory)

8/1/2022

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     So we now know who the winners of the GMA Awards 2021 were, but to wrap up the event in it's entirety and bid farewell to 2021 and usher in 2022, we must turn to the last bunch of awards - 'Metal Release By Country / Area'.

     Usually these would include the flag of the band's nation, but given the events in Afghanistan this year among other political turmoil, I felt it would be prudent to forgo any flags and just list the winners.... so without further ado here are the....


'METAL RELEASE OF THE YEAR'
BY COUNTRY / AREA
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AFGHANISTAN
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Almach 
"Dream Elegy"
ALBANIA

Bloody Skies
​"2021 Demo"
​ALGERIA​

Jugulator
​"Under The Verdict"

ANDORRA

Dilaghran
​"The Search For
​The Dark Star"
ANGOLA

Dor Fantasma
"Ovimbundu"

ARGENTINA

Cernunnos
"Capricornvs"
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ARMENIA

Ildaruni
"Beyond Unseen Gateways"
AUSTRALIA

ENDVS
"Cessation"
AUSTRIA

Nemoreus
"Arnea"

AZERBAIJAN

Hoar Demigod
"Drѐma"
BANGLADESH

​Kaal Akuma
"In The Mouth Of Madness"

BELARUS

Massen
"Contraesthetic"

BELGIUM

Kerbeross
"Servants"

BELIZE

Black Serpent Ritual
"Bestial Incantations"

BOLIVIA

Indignacion
"Amuyta Lakharu"

BOSNIA - HERZEGOVINA

Necrophilisma
"Underground Celebration"
BRAZIL
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Cerberus Attack
"Abyss Of Lost Souls"

BULGARIA

Metalwings
"A Whole New Land"



CHINA

Twilight Blooming
"暮色绽放 Twilight Blooming"


CROATIA

Act Of Denial
"Negative"


CZECHIA

Cycles Of Revocation
"Predestination"





​ECUADOR

Genoxida
"Capítulo 1: Repugnante Negocio Del Terror"


ENGLAND

Ghosts Of Atlantis
"3/6/2/4"


FALKLAND ISLANDS

​Bloodrust
"A Legacy Of Vengeance"


GEORGIA

Warsarius
"Lullabies Of Mountain Beasts"



GREECE

Silent Winter
"Empire Of Sins"


HONDURAS
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Abaddon
"Regnum"


ICELAND

Mannveira
"Vítahringur"


IRAN


Thy Dispraise
"Lost Era"


ISLE OF MAN

Aeons
"Consequences"


JAPAN


Serenity In Murder
"Reborn"


KYRGYZSTAN

Icewind
"Midnight Bloody Dances"


LIECHTENSTEIN

Flashtrack
"Deluson"


MADAGASCAR

Ortho'doxs
"Te Ho Ngeza"


MALDIVES

Fini
"Cold In Our Hearts"


MOLDOVA

Cerebral Attack
"Sub Cultura Urii"




​MOROCCO

All
"Mørk Voix"



​NEW ZEALAND

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Scorn Of Creation
"Annihilation Cult"


NORTH MACEDONIA

Drioma
"Plethora"


PAKISTAN

Blackhour
"Woh Jahan"

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PERU

Indoraza
"Todas Las Sangres"


PORTUGAL

Inhuman Architects
"Paradoxus"



RUSSIA

In Vision
"In Vision"



SERBIA

Claymorean
"Eulogy For The Gods"




SLOVENIA

Dethrone The Corrupted
"The Amygdaloid Decay"


SPAIN

Violblast
"Lazarus Abandoned"



SWEDEN

Orecus
"The Obliterationist"




TAIWAN

Dharma
"Bhaisajyaguru"



​TUNISIA

Nawather
"Kenz Illusion"

 
UGANDA 

Mehul Kanani
"Legacy"



UNITED STATES

Seraph In Travail
"A Black Death Incense"

CANADA

Concrete Funeral
"Covered in Concrete"



COLOMBIA

Snowblind
"Breakin' Out"

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CUBA

From The Abyss
"Chaos Supremacy"


DENMARK


Nothing Noble
"Modern Dismay"


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​EGYPT


Crescent
"Carving The Fires Of Akhet"


ESTONIA

Kõdu
"Unusta Kõik"


​FINLAND


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Korpiklaani
"Jylhä"


​​​GERMANY


Daily Insanity
"Chronicles Of War"

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GUATEMALA

Deipnosophist
"The Utopian"


HONG KONG

CharmCharmChu (慘慘豬)
"Last Breath"


INDIA

Bloodkill
"Throne Of Control"


IRAQ

Rabeen
"Ereshkigal"


ISRAEL

Her Last Sight
"Mirrors"


JORDAN

Bouq
"Monument Of Reclamation"



LATVIA

Varang Nord
"Pārķiuņa Uomurs"


LITHUANIA


Magyla
"Tebūnie Tamsa"


MALAWI

Blessings Chisama
"Universe"


MALTA


Carnivorous Horde
"Slaughtered Uprising"



MONGOLIA

Karmantic
"Lethality"



​NETHERLANDS


Epica
"Omega"



NICARAGUA

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Vomitosis
"Necrosadismo"





​NORWAY

Nordjevel 
"Fenriir"



​PANAMA

Myria
"Mankind / Obsolete"


PHILIPPINES

Cerebral Depravity
"Decades Of Suffering"


PUERTO RICO

Kranio
"Revolutionary Sacrifices"


SAN MARINO

Hybrid Practice
"Realignment"


SINGAPORE

Krusnix
"The Constitutional Sacrifice"



​SOUTH AFRICA

The Iridium Experiment
"Hero​.​Villain​.​Victim"


SRI LANKA

Luciferianometh
"The Order Of Satan's Rage"


SWITZERLAND

Excoriated
"Violent Reality"




TAJIKISTAN

Deep Inside Us
"Untitled 2021 Demo"



​TURKEY

Sabhankra
"Death To Traitors"



UKRAINE

Brilliant Coldness
"The Ultimate Dream. Plan B: Disposal Of Humanity"


URUGUAY


Kreeper
"Belong To Hell"

CHILE

In Asymmetry
"Ashes Of Dead Worlds"



COSTA RICA

Coveted
"
Annihilation Of Mankind"


CYPRUS

Dragonbreath
"The Awakening"

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​DOMINICAN
​REPUBLIC


Batu
"Vol. 4: Toxicolandia"

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EL SALVADOR

Apes Of God
"En El Recinto De La Tempestad"


​ETHIOPIA


Nishaiar
"Nahaxar"


FRANCE


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Sol Draconi Septem
"Hyperion"


GIBRALTAR

Angelwings
"Primordium"



GUERNSEY

From Darkness
"From Darkness"


HUNGARY

Beneath The Void
".​.​.​into Oblivion"


INDONESIA

Orbital Element
"Celestials Damage"


IRELAND

Hashmaker
"Attack Of The 50ft Lobsters"


ITALY

Winterage
"The Inheritance Of Beauty"


KAZAKHSTAN

Nuclear Angels
"Gurus Of Destruction"


LEBANON


Turbulence
"Frontal"


LUXEMBOURG

Scarred
"Scarred"


MALAYSIA

Thrashit
"Chaos Of Fear"


MEXICO

Becoming The Entity
"Beyond Cygnus"


MONTENEGRO

Violent Drunks
"Alkobot"


NEW CALEDONIA

Pascal Allaigre
"On Fire"


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NORTHERN IRELAND

Ravenlight
"Intermission"


ORKNEY ISLANDS

Electric Mother
"II"



PARAGUAY

Lucifer's Children
"Signs Of Saturn"


POLAND

Moanaa
"Embers"



ROMANIA

Flaming Skies
"Empire Of Glass"



SCOTLAND

Robot Death Monkey
"Druid Odyssey"



SLOVAKIA

Machina Baphometa
"Shame Of The Proud Angel"



SOUTH KOREA

Epicsode
"A Common Theories"


SURINAME

Brutal Black
"Prelude To The Apocalypse"



SYRIA

Maysaloon
"A Lip To Earth, A Lip To Heaven & A Tongue To The Stars"


THAILAND

Black 'Ciety
"Punishment In The World To Come"

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TURKMENISTAN

Duvel
"..."


UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Tabernacle
"Terror in Thrace"


UZBEKISTAN

The Only Survivor
"The Birth Of Anger"



VENEZUELA

Living Decomposition
"Internal Defragmentation"


WALES

Kong Lives
"Thy Kingdom Kong"



VIETNAM

God Father
"Lột Xác"


ZIMBABWE

Nuclear Winter
"Greystone"

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Cambodian Death Metallers Doch Chkae granted visa for Wacken Open Air

4/7/2019

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More than 10000 people signed a petition last year for the authorities to grant Doch Chkae the necessary visa to allow the young Cambodian band to perform at the Wacken Open Air 2018. Despite intense public campaigning and strong political efforts their application was unfortunately turned down in the end.

Yet the band, Swiss social worker Timon Seibel, and the Wacken Open Air endured and their persistence was finally rewarded. Last week, Doch Chkae were informed that their visa application has been approved and the band will be allowed to enter Germany to perform at the Wacken Open Air 2019!

Holger Hübner comments:-

    "We are stoked that we will finally be able to welcome Doch Chkae in Wacken this year," says the festival organiser. "We sincerely thank all authorities involved, private individuals, and our crew, who have paved the way for this young Cambodian band to come to Germany. Music and particularly metal is an international language that connects people across all borders, cultures, and religions in friendship."

The band adds:-

"Last year's problems with our visa unfortunately made it impossible for us to come to Germany", Doch Chkae relate happily. "We are all the more pleased to have been invited again and to get the chance to play at the world's biggest metal festival! This is our biggest dream coming true! We are totally thrilled! Thank you, Wacken! Thank you, Germany!"

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Doch Chkae translates as "dog life" – in which many of the inhabitants of the big slums in Cambodia are trapped. The three band members grew up in what was once the country's biggest waste dump. According to UNICEF, more than 10,000 children live on and off the streets in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh alone. The kids catch dogs for restaurants, prostitute themselves, trade in drugs, look for recyclables in garbage or try to survive in other ways.

Theara, Vichey, Pic, and Hing were lucky - three of the homeless kids were not only lodged in an orphanage run by Moms Against Poverty, but their social worker Timon also happened to find the right valve for the angry teenagers: Heavy Metal. After visiting a concert of the deathcore act SLITEN6IX, the original trio quickly formed their own band. Doch Chkae play angry death metal – and are probably the first to use their native language Khmer.

Doch Chkae have become a role model that has long been encouraging other children and young people in Cambodia to use music as a means to gain some control over their lives. The band plays concerts for their community, has founded its own label, and even appeared on television.

Before their show at the Wacken Open Air, DOCH CHKAE will be joined by Lebanese girl band SLAVE TO SIRENS, TRAINWRECK from Bangladesh, and VALLEY OF CHROME from the Philippines to play a warm-up gig at Hamburg's Kaiserkeller under the banner of "United Metal Nations" on July 27th.

The official festival trailer for the Wacken Open Air 2019 can be viewed here:-
https://
wacken.click/woa-trailer

www.wacken.com

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July 21st, 2018

21/7/2018

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On July 6th, Lebanese Metallers Phenomy performed at Metalhead Meeting 2018, in Bucharest, Romania! The band has issued the recap from the festival, read below:

     "It was the first time we play on a big stage like this and it really took us to a next level. On the first moments it was really intimidating but after the second song when we really realised that the crowd were really enjoying our shit it became like a flow of energy passing from the crowd to us and vise versa. After the performance the reception of the fans was awesome.They really showed us that they knew what it took us to be here it was really a pay off for all the hard work.Then of course meeting people from other bands especially Alexi Laiho from Children Of Bodom, the look on his face when we told him that we were from Lebanon was priceless. Also, sharing our experiences on the road was fun and educative. We are really excited for what's to come!"

See more photos here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement/photos/?tab=album&album_id=715122398823819

Next Phenomy shows:

August 2nd-4th - Wacken Open Air 2018 - Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/328105420965621/

September 7th-8th - Beirut Metal Fest 2018 - Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1990982270926489/

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Lebanese metal band Phenomy was formed by Loïc El Haddad and Rudy Bejjani in 2014. The band’s sound is a mixture of Thrash/Groove metal with Melodies, breakdowns and tribal/ethnic rhythms. Only three month after its formation, Phenomy performed in several local gigs and in the Persian Metal and Rock Festival in Cannakale/Troya city in Turkey alongside big names like Orphaned Land. Later on, Phenomy released their debut album “Once And For All” and received good feedbacks from magazines and webzines, before signing a distribution deal with Via Nocturna in 2017. In Summer 2017 Phenomy toured with Repay the eastern European countries (Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria). Furthermore the band supported GRAVE in Lebanon in October 2017. The band released their second album “Threaten World Order” on March 2018.

Watch “Sacrifice (Live at i8 Production Studios)” video, taken from their latest album “Threaten World Order”: https://youtu.be/l-p9d6q7uuM

https://www.facebook.com/PhenomyOfficial
https://www.phenomy.net

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement
https://alphaomega-management.com

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The Lebanon's Phenomy release "Sacrifice (Live at i8 Production Studios)" video

6/6/2018

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Lebanese metal act Phenomy have released their new video "Sacrifice (Live at i8 Production Studios)", taken from their latest album "Threaten World Order" (out March 2018).

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/l-p9d6q7uuM

Commented the band: "Rehearsals before Metalhead Meeting Festival and Wacken Open Air this summer, We can't wait to share our music into new horizons. This is one of many projects we are working on stay tuned."

As previously announced, Phenomy won the Metal Battle in Beirut on April 27th, earning so a slot at the Wacken Festival 2018 (August 2nd-4th).

Lebanese metal band Phenomy was formed by Loïc El Haddad and Rudy Bejjani in 2014. The band’s sound is a mixture of Thrash/Groove metal with Melodies, breakdowns and tribal/ethnic rhythms. Only three month after its formation, Phenomy performed in several local gigs and in the Persian Metal and Rock Festival in Cannakale/Troya city in Turkey alongside big names like Orphaned Land. Later on, Phenomy released their debut album “Once And For All” and received good feedbacks from magazines and webzines, before signing a distribution deal with Via Nocturna in 2017. In Summer 2017 Phenomytoured with Repay the eastern European countries (Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria). Furthermore the band supported GRAVE in Lebanon in October 2017. The band released their second album “Threaten World Order” on March 2018.

Stream “Dance Of The Wounded Souls” here: https://soundcloud.com/phenomy/02-dance-of-the-wounded-souls

https://www.facebook.com/PhenomyOfficial
www.phenomy.net

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement
alphaomega-management.com

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Lebanese Blackened Death Metallers Kaoteon reveal guitar play-through Video for "Raging Hellfire"

14/2/2018

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Lebanese extreme death metal band Kaoteon recently announced the release of their upcoming new full-length album, Damnatio Memoriae, featuring bass wizard Linus Klausenitzer of Obscura and drum master Fredrik Widigs of Marduk as special guests. The menacing new album is due for release on February 23, 2018, and pre-orders are available now via https://kaoteon.bandcamp.com
 
Following up on last week's release of the track "Barren Lands" (which has amassed nearly 12,000 streams on YouTube alone in less than a week), Kaoteon are pleased to reveal a guitar play-through of another new track, "Raging Hellfire", featuring guitarist Anthony Kaoteon. Watch now via Guitar World: https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/kaoteon-premiere-raging-hellfire-guitar-playthrough
 
Anthony tells Guitar World: "'Raging Hellfire' is a museum of fast melodic but yet brutal black metal riffs. You can take all 13 riffs in the song, play them through an orchestra and still get a dark epic symphony of destruction. My Ibanez Prestige neck allows a very comfortable grip which doesn't apply to many guitars. I am not tech savvy so I still use the basics. Walid Wolflust (our singer) hates my analogue passive old school distortion but I enjoy how bright, crunchy and raw my distortion blazes out of my Seymour Duncan pickups and my Blackstar amp. I hope you enjoy this track as much as I do. Take a guess on which riff in 'Raging Hellfire' is the first black metal riff I ever composed even before Walid joined the band in 2001?"
 
While online, check out a brand new write-up on Kaoteon and their fascinating origin story via Revolver Magazine: https://www.revolvermag.com/music/meet-kaoteon-lebanese-metal-band-fighting-religious-political-persecution
 
You can also hear the band's first single, the title track "Damnatio Memoriae" here: https://youtu.be/gVHcFrVcdEg
 
Kaoteon is an unusual east-west international extreme metal collaboration, originally hailing from the Middle East but now based in Amsterdam. Kaoteon fled their native Lebanon after the release of their debut 2011 full-length, Veni Vidi Vomui, due to facing censorship at its highest levels for simply being a metal band. They have been put in jail for devil worshipping, attacked by religious groups, and raided several times by police trying to use them as scapegoats to mask political and religious problems in the region. It's a terrifying but enthrallingly honest story of a metal band trying to exist, succeed and break out of the Middle East.

www.facebook.com/kaoteon
www.instagram.com/kaoteon
https://kaoteon.bandcamp.com
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GMA Awards 2017 'Release Of The Year' Part 4/6

29/12/2017

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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).


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"Release Of The Year" from The Lebanon

Damage Rite - "The Dehumanizing Factor"

https://www.facebook.com/DamageRite/


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"Release Of The Year" from Libya

Oydis - "Freaks Of Nature"

https://www.facebook.com/oydisband/

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"Release Of The Year" from Liechtenstein

Shotgun - "First Shots"

https://www.facebook.com/ShotgunThrash/

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"Release Of The Year" from Lithuania

Pekla - "The Witch​-​Bitch of Hexenville"

https://www.facebook.com/Peklaa

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"Release Of The Year" from Luxembourg

Retrace My Fragments - "Tidal Lock"

http://www.facebook.com/retracemyfragments

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"Release of the Year" from Macedonia (FYROM)

Trendkill - "Приградски хардкор"

https://www.facebook.com/TRENDKILL.MKD

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"Release of the Year" from Madagascar

Sharks - "Dahalo Ambony Latabatra"

https://www.facebook.com/sharks.metalband

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"Release of the Year" from Malaysia

Tinnitux - "As the Aether Burns / 聽見蒼穹燃燒"

https://www.facebook.com/tinnituxband/

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"Release of the Year" from The Maldives

Shahyd Legacy - "Gateways"

https://www.facebook.com/shahydlegacyofficial

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"Release of the Year" from Malta

Bound To Prevail - "Omen of Iniquity"

http://facebook.com/BoundToPrevail


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"Release of the Year" from Mexico

Anna Fiori - "In ohtli tonalli"

https://www.facebook.com/annafiorimx

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"Release of the Year" from Montenegro

Morana - "Morana"

https://www.facebook.com/Moranaofficial/

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"Release of the Year" from Myanmar

Last Days Of Beethoven - "Blind Conductor"

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Last-Days-Of-Beethoven/179661258768708

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"Release of the Year" from Nepal

Shadow In Shade - "Dynasty Of Evilution"

https://www.facebook.com/defendingdeathcore/

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"Release of the Year" from The Netherlands

Carach Angren - "Dance & Laugh Amongst The Rotten"

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Carach-Angren/289371466833

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"Release of the Year" from New Caledonia

Redsphere - "Facts"

https://www.facebook.com/Redsphere.Official

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"Release of the Year" from New Zealand

Silent Torture - "Torn to Pieces"

http://www.facebook.com/Silent-Torture-1644114412480228

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"Release of the Year" from Nicaragua

Hellraizer - "Desechos Anatomopatológicos"

https://www.facebook.com/HellraizerDeathNic

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"Release of the Year" from Northern Ireland

Drakonis - "The Great Miasma"

https://www.facebook.com/DrakonisOfficial

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"Release of the Year" from Norway

Nordjevel - "Krigsmakt"

https://www.facebook.com/nordjevelofficial/
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