Visionary Swedish metallers Soilwork have announced they will be releasing a special collection of rarities by the name 'Death Resonance' on August 19th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast. Today the band reveals the cover art created by Mnemic guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie (Volbeat, Carcass, Scar Symmetry, Strapping Young Lad) as well as the track-listing for 'Death Resonance': 01. Helsinki (new song) 02. Death Resonance (new song) 03. The End Begins Below The Surface (»The Ride Majestic« Japan bonus track) 04. My Nerves, Your Everyday Tool (»Beyond The Inifite« Japan-only EP) 05. These Absent Eyes (»Beyond The Inifite« Japan-only EP) 06. Resisting The Current (»Beyond The Inifite« Japan-only EP) 07. When Sound Collides (»Beyond The Inifite« Japan-only EP) 08. Forever Lost In Vain (»Beyond The Inifite« Japan-only EP) 09. Sweet Demise (»The Panic Broadcast« Japan bonus track) 10. Sadistic Lullabye (re-recorded, »The Panic Broadcast« Japan bonus track) 11. Overclocked (2016 mix, »Sworn A Great Divide« Japan bonus track) 12. Martyr (2016 mix, »Sworn A Great Divide« Japan bonus track) 13. Sovereign (2016 mix, »Sworn A Great Divide« Japan bonus track) 14. Wherever Thorns May Grow (2016 mix, »Stabbing The Drama« Japan bonus track) 15. Killed By Ignition (2016 mix, »Stabbing The Drama« Japan bonus track) Commented singer Björn 'Speed' Strid: "The cover for 'Death Resonance' is made by Mircea Eftemie and in many ways he has managed to capture what we went through while recording 'The Ride Majestic': the sorrow, the close encounter with death, the aftermath and also the existential cogitation that came with it. It links those albums together, even though 'Death Resonance' contains unreleased material from 2005 onwards. The cover almost seems like a link between life and death and not only captures where the band is right now, but also where we've been and what lies ahead." www.soilwork.org | www.facebook.com/soilwork
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Emerging Hertfordshire UK melodic death metal quartet Countless Skies have unveiled a new song taken from their upcoming debut album, "New Dawn". The new track is titled 'Daybreak' and can be listened to by clicking here "New Dawn" was recorded by Danny Biggin at HVR Studios before seeing its mix and master under the scrutiny of Juho Räihä at SoundSpiral Audio. The artwork was crafted once again by the talented Carl Ellis. "New Dawn" is scheduled for release 24th June 2016 via Kolony Records. Pre-order New Dawn album here: http://countlessskies.bandcamp.com www.countlessskies.com www.facebook.com/countlessskies www.kolonyrecords.com www.kolonyrecords.bandcamp.com In support of Aborted’s latest studio album 'Retrogore' - which is out now via Century Media Records - the band will be hitting the road for a run of European dates next February / March alongside Kreator, Sepultura & Soilwork. The band comments: “Retrogore over Europe... After the festival season this will be our main trek throughout Europe to bring you some of that delicious gory 80's horror sauce known as Retrogore! And what a line up it is! We are beyond happy to be sharing the stage with giants like Kreator, Sepultura (arise anyone?) and our friends in Soilwork. Prepare for a very diverse bill of pummelling and kick ass metal! Get ready for a few surprises from our side as well! See you all then!“ Order your copy of at CM Distro or the dealer of your choice: Aborted live:
2017 tour with Kreator, Sepultura and Soilwork 02.02.2017 NL – Tilburg, 013 03.02.2017 DE – Munich, Tonhalle 04.02.2017 DE – Hamburg, Mehr! Theater 06.02.2017 DK – Copenhagen, Amager Bio 07.02.2017 NO – Oslo, Rockefeller 12.02.2017 EE – Tallinn, Rock Cafe 13.02.2017 LT – Vilnius, Siemens Arena 15.02.2017 PL – Warsaw, Progresja 17.02.2017 DE – Wiesbaden, Schlachthof 18.02.2017 DE – Berlin, Columbiahalle 19.02.2017 CH – Pratteln, Z 7 21.02.2017 IT – Trezzo, Live Club 22.02.2017 FR – Grenoble, Summum 23.02.2017 ES – Barcelona, Razzmatazz 24.02.2017 ES – Madrid, Riviera 25.02.2017 FR – Toulouse, Bikini 26.02.2017 FR – Paris, Bataclan 28.02.2017 UK – Manchester, Academy 01.03.2017 IR – Dublin, Vicar Street 02.03.2017 UK – London, O2 Forum 03.03.2017 BE – Torhout, De Mast 04.03.2017 DE – Essen, Grugahalle Tickets: http://kreator-terrorzone.de/tour Worldwide festival appearances 2016: 02.07.2016 Rock Al Parque – Bogota, Colombia 09.07.2016 Antwerp Metal Fest – Merksem, Belgium 16.07.2016 Gefle Metal Fest – Gavle, Sweden 27.07.2016 Metaldays – Tolmin, Slovenia 30.07.2016 Nord Open Air – Essen, Germany 06.08.2016 Le Stock – La Louviere, Belgium 07.08.2016 Live Music Hall – Cologne, Germany 11.08.2016 Brutal Assault – Josefov, Czech Republic 01.09.2016 Deathfest Open Air – Andernach, Germany 07.10.2016 Trondheim Metal Fest – Trondheim, Norway 08.10.2016 Hell Over Vellach – Sachsenburg, Austria https://www.facebook.com/Abortedofficial www.centurymedia.com When you think of The Middle East, metal isn't exactly the first thing that springs to mind. But if you where to think about metal, one band that probably springs to mind is Orphaned Land. Well there's more than just that band! Introducing the latest edition to a fledgling metal scene... Nothing Lies Beyond. A band that's been around a couple of years now, slowly building a name for themselves in the back alleys and clubs of Tel-Aviv, graduating in performances alongside their peers such as Children Of Bodom and Dark Tranquility. The band have been holed up in AG studio recently and have come to the surface with a blistering melo-death album entitled "Fragile Reality". Nine tracks of hook laden melodic death metal that would make you swear you were listening to something from Gothenburg from the early nineties. Except with a modern finesse. With songs like 'Never Back Down' and 'We Are The Revolution' this is a statement of intent from the young quintet. Check Out Single 'Final Fight' below Drummer Ariel Lior comments:- "This album means a big achievement in the band's history. From the early beginning, as the co-founder of the band, we always believed in the potential of the music that we made. The album is really a turning point, from being a small local band in the rehearsal studio... to what we are today." "It took a lot of hard work but we can finally say that the album is perfect and represents our music in the best way that's possible and we want to say thank you to all the people that helped us during this time and especially during the recording sessions. In the end, we are really happy with the final result and this album is just a small step to our final goal." www.facebook.com/NothingLiesBeyond
Avatar have debuted yet another visually sunning music video for their track 'The Eagle Has Landed'. Directed by long-time collaborator Johan Carlén, this is the first official music video we've seen from the band off their forthcoming LP. Vocalist Johannes Eckerström explains: "During the past few months I've ended up saying "this is our most ambitious work to date" quite a bit, but this one takes the cake. While still keeping it in the family we've created yet a new universe for everyone to get immersed in. A fable is a metaphor to explore the human condition and we've taken it one step further, zooming in on one song and what it has to say in and out of itself beyond the frames of the concept of 'Feathers & Flesh.'" This is the story of five conmen travelling around the land, selling their snake oil to the easily persuaded people of the soil. Often when we want karma to bite someone's ass the most, they always seem to get away. It was fun to play the bad guy for once. I think the visuals and our treatment of the classic one take-concept speaks for itself. This is one of those you'll want to watch over and over again. I know I'm already doing just that. Enjoy!" Watch 'The Eagle Has Landed' here http://avatarmetal.com/ With past works being buzz-worthy videos like "Bloody Angel", "Hail The Apocalypse" and the 2015 Loudwire "Best Rock video of the year" video for "Vultures Fly", Avatar continues to raise the bar for what bands are doing visually in the current state of hard rock and metal. Avatar will release their very first concept album titled "Feathers & Flesh" to be released on Friday, May 13, 2016 via Entertainment One (eOne) in North America and Canada and Another Century overseas. The new release will be the band's highly anticipated follow up to “Hail The Apocalypse” released in 2014, which cracked the Billboard Top 200 for the first time in the band's career. The aim is set higher, further and deeper than ever before for Avatar. Not only is this concept album their most extensive work to date, showing the widest range of any of their albums, it also contains a story too extensive for any booklet, so they made a book. A fully illustrated 60 page, 109 verse poem hardcover book. The physical album pre order, book, and exclusive merchandise is available now. Click here for more info: http://www.avatarmetal.com https://www.facebook.com/avatarmetal Romanian Melodic Death Metal horde False Reality have decided to premiere their song "The Silence Within", which is the first track to preface the release of their debut album, "End of Eternity", scheduled to be out this Autumn via Loud Rage Music. An emotional, atmospheric, and at the same time intense and abrasive incursion into the band’s own reality through 7 long tracks that will crown the band’s long and troubled career, "End of Eternity" will be the perfect choice for fans of Amorphis, Orphaned Land or Moonspell. Stream "The Silence Within" via:- SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/loud-rage-music/false-reality-the-silence-within) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8KirPvwM5g). www.facebook.com/FalseRealityBand Many expected the return of SynlakrosS, and on April 28th they premiered the first preview of what will be their new album, 'Death Bullets For A Forajido'. This premiere satisfied the craving for the most demanding. An overwhelming theme, at the height of the best of modern melodic death metal bands. Precision, blast beats, guttural and melodic voices, all at an outstanding level. The band commented their new work: "'Curly Wolves' is a hymn, a statement of intent: "Destroy what destroys you" It's that simple, without concessions, regardless of whether the problem is society or you. Destroy everything, be a tough guy, a 'Curly Wolf', willing to face up, ruthless and rebel. You're not alone. Together we can do it". "We are inspired by the Wild West to compose this new project and during the process we realized how the lyrics fit perfectly at the present time. We are still living in the Wild West, this must end". The video was directed and produced by Henry Menacho (Kronic Productions), with respect to music, production was made by Facundo Novo (Novo Estudios). Next May 26 'Death Bullets For A Forajido' will be release. Enjoy and share this badass song! Pre-order your CD + t-shirt limited edition: http://www.synlakross.com/#!pre-orders/c19iw https://www.facebook.com/Synlakross Eluveitie, the leaders of the Celtic-infused Melodic Death Metal movement are teetering on the edge of a potentially complete disbandment as three of their key members depart the band for different reasons. Merlin was asked to leave the band, for reasons yet unknown we can only speculate that either the commitment was not as prevalent as once was or that something more personal caused a fissure to open up between him and the band. Whatever the reason behind his departure, he is not going alone as both vocalist / hurdy gurdy player Anna Murphy and guitarist Ivo Henzi have joined his departing demise in what some would view as showing moral support, others might view it as a betrayal towards the Eluveitie project. This may as well be fuelled further with Anna posting on her Facebook page that "grave personal conflict lies at the heart" of her departure and that despite suggesting taking a break from the lifestyle, her "corresponding proposal was declined" and it seems that this is nothing new as according to Anna "essential decisions have been taken without consulting me or giving me the opportunity to take part in the discussion". She went on to say that Merlin, Ivo and her have plans in place to start up their own band, whether they follow a similar path (as Stahlsarg did when members left Eastern Front) remains questionable. The final shows that these members play will be the Fortarock Festival in Nijmegen (NL). But the band will play all confirmed future shows with stand-in-musicians (until new members are confirmed). Upon releasing this news, the band supplied it with an official statement (a lengthy one):- "With a heavy heart we have to announce that Eluveitie will go through another change soon. We have decided to part ways with our long-time drummer Merlin Sutter. In the consequence of this, Merlin's close personal friends Anna Murphy and Ivo Henzi decided to leave Eluveitie as well. We all developed a lot over the last ten years – not only as a band, but also as individuals. And we partly developed in different directions; different goals, wishes and ideas emerged. Over the last years we all had to deal with interpersonal challenges within the band. Instead of pulling together, our days have rather been shaped by wearing friction and constant clash of interests. And thus we felt that we have become something we shouldn't have; that we've diverged from what Eluveitie was always meant to be – a band, a family, a passionate and deep-rooted group of musicians, where heart's blood can flow freely! Eluveitie was always meant to be about 'rock'n'roll', passion and also about 'carrying the torch' of the Celtic spirit.Yet over the years we have partly diverged from our roots, which is not good. Each and every single one of us is definitely a passionate musician. But in this group constellation, we seemed to rather cumber, than to inspire each other. The band has suffered from this for a longer time now. So we ended up in this painful situation where the mentioned facts have made it impossible to us to continue like this and we came to the point eventually, where we believe, it's best to go separate ways. It was a terribly hard decision to make and it hasn't been done carelessly, but with tears and a heavy heart. We know that this is tough to handle – for everybody. And we know it sucks badly that things developed this way. Above the fact that this is hard to handle personally and emotionally, we are painfully aware of how much it also must disappoint you, our fans... which makes it even harder. We do not part from each others in hatred though. From our hearts we wish Merlin, Anna & Ivo only the very best for their future ways and also all the best of luck and success for all their further musical projects. For we're sure their musical journey will go on and it will be great. And maybe our ways will even cross again in future, in a different way. For us in Eluveitie this now also means a lot to deal with. We do not want to look at it as yet another line-up change! For us it means to seclude ourselves for a while, to take the inward turn and to recollect. We will go back to our roots and become again what we once have been. We will still play the next couple of shows together with Merlin, Anna and Ivo. Their last performance with Eluveitie will be the Fortarock Festival in Nijmegen (NL) on the 5th of June. So you should grab your chance and come to one of these shows! After that we will not leave you, our fans, hanging. We promise you to play every single show we have confirmed so far! We will perform with temporary stand-in musicians until our new line-up is ready and we promise to do everything to find the best possible session musicians we can! There won't be 'replacements' - Merlin, Anna and Ivo are unique and not replaceable. Yet we will come on stage with a very strong live line-up – this is a promise." www.eluveitie.ch www.facebook.com/eluveitie Brazilian Death Metallers Vulture Wings are offering their debut EP "Funeral Grounds" for free download and streaming on bandcamp (https://vulturewings.bandcamp.com/). "Funeral Grounds" was recorded, mixed and mastered by Daniel Escobar at HR Estudio - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil (Grave Desecrator, Nervochaos, Lacerated And Carbonized) and the artwork was designed by Augusto Miranda (Napalm Raid , Slaughter (CAN), Reiketsu). https://www.facebook.com/vulturewings.official Bellow you can find the artwork and full track-listing: Close to the release of their new music video "Curly Wolves," which will be released on April 28, premiere on Laestadea webzine, the band offers us a small preview of their new work as a teaser, where you can appreciate the quality and forcefulness which is to come. Composed of fragments of the 10 songs of the album makes it very clear line to follow this emerging band that will delight lovers of modern Melodic Death Metal. Produced by Facundo Novo at Novo Estudios, the songs presented a fat and deep sound that fits perfectly with synthesizers, choirs and other details that bring brilliant hues and playing with contrasts between guttural and melodic vocals of the singer Patricia. Betting on a renewed melodeath with a very personal touch. Check out the album teaser below Pre-orders of the album are already available, digipak and t-shirt limited edition. The pre-orders will receive a gift and will be entered into a draw for the background canvas of 'Melodichrome Tour' dedicated and signed by the band's members. Don't wait more and order here: http://www.synlakross.com/#!pre-orders/c19iw www.synlakross.com https://www.facebook.com/Synlakross |
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