Modern Adoxography, the second album from brutally-demented Christchurch-based Blindfolded & Led To The Woods, is now less than three weeks from release alongside the band's performances supporting The Dillinger Escape Plan. Toilet Ov Hell is now hosting a premiere of the band's gnarled new single, "33440." Offers Blindfolded & Led To The Woods on the new track, "'33440' is the most dynamic song on the album. Musically it's unlike anything we have ever done before, thus making it somewhat stand out. Lyrical introspection concerns control and interaction, metaphorically speaking of a reclusive blind serial killer who strangles his victims but struggles to deal with the fact nobody really cares they are dying." Toilet Ov Hell provides with the song's public debut, "as filthy as this concoction may be, it's also expertly crafted on both a musical and technical level. It can go from a dense, sludgy feel to lightning speed in a measure or two, and the drums and guitars drip with primal malice. The distortion is laid on thick, matched in timbre by the vicious, throaty vocals and augmented by chunky bass. Recorded live without any digital assistance - no quantization, no click track, no amp modelling - it sounds absolutely fantastic. '33440' is no exception; it doubles down on the aforementioned sludge aspects, lurching forth at an ever-shifting pace and oozing slime from every orifice." Unleash Blindfolded & Led To The Woods' "33440" at THIS LOCATION. Blindfolded & Led To The Woods will independently release Modern Adoxography on CD and digital platforms on Friday, October 13th; see the band's brutalizing "Meth Tooth" video HERE and stream "Licking A Landmine" alongside pre-orders for the record HERE. Modern Adoxography is set to see release in conjunction with Blindfolded & Led To The Woods' direct support slots for The Dillinger Escape Plan on the band's final New Zealand tour dates, playing Wellington on October 24th and Auckland on October 25th. The band will announce additional live performances in the months ahead, and will tour beyond their native continent in 2018. Blindfolded & Led To The Woods w/ The Dillinger Escape Plan: 10/24/2017 San Francisco Bathhouse - Wellington, NZ [info] 10/25/2017 Kings Arms Tavern - Auckland, NZ [info] Blindfolded & Led To The Woods recorded their sophomore album Modern Adoxography, the record manifesting everything audiences have come to love about the band, with ten relentless tracks in thirty-five minutes of crushing riffs, technical wizardry, and merciless vocals. While the band's musical foundation is built upon brutal death metal, elements of demented grindcore and bizarre sci-fi tones weave their way into the complex structures, resulting in an engaging and damaging listening experience. Modern Adoxography was produced by Joseph Veale and Blindfolded & Led To The Woods, the album recorded at Blue Barn Studios with James Goldsmith, mixed by Samuel K. Sproull, and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, completed with artwork and design by Syn Photography. http://balttw.bandcamp.com http://www.facebook.com/balttw https://www.youtube.com/user/balttw
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Hatched in Wellington, Order of Diptera is New Zealand's newest purveyors of dissonant Technical / Modern Death Metal. Feeding on the carcass of the collectives' extensive pedigree in New Zealand's metal scene, Order of Diptera is a coagulation of exceptionally skilled players seeking to bridge the gap between modern dissonance focused death metal and technical death metal. The upstart new band attracted the attention of extreme metal label The Artisan Era who are proud to announce today's signing of Order of Diptera. The group's debut album will be released in the spring of 2018 through The Artisan Era. Fans of Hate Eternal, Ulcerate, Abhorrent and Spawn of Possession would be wise to keep an eye on Order of Diptera. An early play-through for their song "Ordo Est Vermibus" can be heard HERE Order of Diptera is: Nag Reid (Heavy Metal Ninjas) - Guitar Nesh Kumar - Guitar James Vanner - Drums Liam Cody - Bass Michael Koefman - Vocals https://www.facebook.com/orderofdiptera https://theartisanera.com/order-of-diptera https://www.facebook.com/TheArtisanEra/?fref=ts http://www.theartisanera.com/ https://theartisanera.bandcamp.com/ Pelagic Records is pleased to welcome New Zealand-based atmospheric metal collective Spook The Horses to their expanding roster of eclectic sounds. With their upcoming album, titled People Used To Live Here and slated for a November 10th unveiling, Spook The Horses manifests an atmosphere of quiet desolation; raw and real, desperate and unsettling; the soundtrack to abandoned places, where people used to live... at one point in time, long ago. "We're extremely excited to announce our signing with Pelagic Records," issues the band, "Pelagic have worked with some of our favourite and most influential artists ever which makes them a perfect home for our new record. We took a lot of creative risks with this album and Pelagic have only been encouraging. We can't wait to show you!" Further info on People Used To Live Here will be revealed in the coming weeks. In the meantime, check out the album video teaser at THIS LOCATION. http://www.facebook.com/spookthehorses http://www.pelagic-records.com http://www.facebook.com/pelagicrecords Black / Death upstarts Vesicant stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, Shadows of Cleansing Iron, at CVLTNation.com. Set for international release on July 14th via Iron Bonehead Productions, hear Vesicant's Shadows of Cleansing Iron in its entirety exclusively HERE. Hailing from New Zealand's fertile metal underground, Vesicant create a constantly churning momentum of coil-and-release dynamics, draped in dread and doom and grinding to ash all who stand in their way. Verily, Shadows of Cleansing Iron is aptly titled: the duo's world-eating sound approximates the inexorable crush of hulking, rusty tanks lurking across battlefields from time immemorial. Vesicant started as a serious band in 2014 when Profanum moved to Wellington and immediately began writing material with then-drummer Carnifex. In late 2014, Mordance joined on drums, who quickly became a core member - while assisting with lyrics, he also does vocals on Shadows of Cleansing Iron. Carnifex and Pravus had left the band prior to the full-length; their contributions can be found on our demo. Vesicant's core concept became the abject horrors and untold abysmal affliction for those men who fought in WWI - more specifically, "Vesicant" or gas attacks used as a method of psychological deterrence with intent to do physical bodily harm en masse. Vesicant's purpose isn't to glorify war, but merely an attempt to channel the intense feelings of those who lived or died during that hellish era. Of course, neither side are excluded. We saw Entente and Central powers fighting in unison against a greater enemy: FEAR. Fear of losing their brothers in arms, fear of retreat, fear of embarrassing their nation's flag, fear of being torn apart by shrapnel, or worse... Vesicant's music is largely inspired by novels of the Great War, such as Ernst Jünger's Storm of Steel - in particular, the author's point of view that the war provided each man a stark purpose and direct path of ascension towards personal heroism and immortality. Other concepts buttress the overall carnage and harrowing annihilation of the Great War, such as nature's reverence for the sacrifice, yet its soil drinks up the blood of these men ambivalently. For now, Shadows of Cleansing Iron is an aural assault of the most harrowing violent proportions. Darkness and despair mixed with confusion provides the basis while moments of heroism provide the smallest glimmering hope of survival. Face the entirety of that onslaught exclusively HERE, courtesy of CVLTNation.com.
www.facebook.com/Vesicant www.ironbonehead.de www.facebook.com/IronBoneheadProductions Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets July 14th as the international release date for Vesicant's highly anticipated debut album, Shadows of Cleansing Iron. Hailing from New Zealand's fertile black/death underground, Vesicant create a constantly churning momentum of coil-and-release dynamics, draped in dread and doom and grinding to ash all who stand in their way. Verily, Shadows of Cleansing Iron is aptly titled: the duo's world-eating sound approximates the inexorable crush of hulking, rusty tanks lurking across battlefields from time immemorial. Vesicant started as a serious band in 2014 when Profanum moved to Wellington and immediately began writing material with then-drummer Carnifex. In late 2014, Mordance joined on drums, who quickly became a core member - while assisting with lyrics, he also does vocals on Shadows of Cleansing Iron. Carnifex and Pravus had left the band prior to the full-length; their contributions can be found on our demo. Vesicant's core concept became the abject horrors and untold abysmal affliction for those men who fought in WWI - more specifically, "Vesicant" or gas attacks used as a method of psychological deterrence with intent to do physical bodily harm en mass. Vesicant's purpose isn't to glorify war, but merely an attempt to channel the intense feelings of those who lived or died during that hellish era. Of course, neither side are excluded. We saw Entente and Central powers fighting in unison against a greater enemy: FEAR. Fear of losing their brothers in arms, fear of retreat, fear of embarrassing their nation's flag, fear of being torn apart by shrapnel, or worse... Vesicant's music is largely inspired by novels of the Great War, such as Ernst Jünger's Storm of Steel - in particular, the author's point of view that the war provided each man a stark purpose and direct path of ascension towards personal heroism and immortality. Other concepts buttress the overall carnage and harrowing annihilation of the Great War, such as nature's reverence for the sacrifice, yet its soil drinks up the blood of these men ambivalently. For now, Shadows of Cleansing Iron is an aural assault of the most harrowing violent proportions. Darkness and despair mixed with confusion provides the basis while moments of heroism provide the smallest glimmering hope of survival. Begin to face the onslaught HERE at Iron Bonehead's Soundcloud with lead-off track "Blood Miller." January 2017 will see the worldwide release of the EP Vengeance of the Slain by Forsaken Age on Metal Hell Records! Hailing from Auckland, New Zealand Forsaken Age is traditional heavy metal for fans of classic acts like Manowar, Running Wild, Hellion, Doro…
Formed in 2009 Forsaken Age cast their eye over a scene that was quick to forget the very essence of Heavy Metal and it’s origins. Heavy Metal was fast becoming a memory from a forgotten age. Forsaken Age made the call for all heavy metal warriors to stand together, make their mark and battle to keep true metal alive Forsaken Age released their debut album “Back From Extinction” in 2012, signalling the band’s intention and desire to honour only the true warriors of steel. This was followed by two New Zealand tours and a tour with Ripper Owens. From there the band went from strength to strength as a live act supporting Nightwish, Korpiklanni, Alestorm and many Australian touring bands. So far having played a number of festivals in New Zealand and Australia including Steel Assassins – True Metal Festival. The road will call again in 2017. 2017 will see the worldwide release of the EP Vengeance of the Slain on Metal Hell Records on CD & Digital formats. True to form the EP is traditional heavy metal - sounding a call to metal warriors everywhere! http://metalhellrecs.com/forsakenage https://www.facebook.com/ForsakenAge http://metalhellrecords.com Iron Bonehead Productions sets October 21st as the international release date for Verberis' highly anticipated debut album, Vexamen. In the spring of 2014, Iron Bonehead located this mysterious New Zealand entity and released its first demo, Vastitas. What started as an otherwise-quiet release from an unknown band soon became a conflagration of interest and acclaim: for those who heard it, Verberis' Vastitas was hailed as the grand birth of something special or at least unusually promising. Indeed, the demo was both special and unusual, solely existing to traverse the devastating terrain of ravenous death metal from the spaces in between. Obscure and doubly vitriolic, narrated with chants of ascending and descending through creation and desolation, Vastitas was imbued with a hideous energy brimming with the essence of DEATH. But as much as the psychic terrain of that demo was vast and unknown, it is soundly trumped by Verberis' Vexamen. Whereas the band's demo lurked among the lonely landscape where early bestial metal splintered into more deathly shapes - think Finland's Belial and Mythos - here on their first album, Verberis aim for a more singular and idiosyncratic expression. Verily, this is DEATH METAL, ever blackened and always abyss-ward, but the four shadow-draped figures of Verberis finesse it into a feverishly flowing fount of highly dynamic and darkly memorable madness. There is a certain alchemy at work across Vexamen; call it clarity of thought and execution or something similar, but the cleaner, more-clanging textures found here ably elucidate a wealth of songwriting ideas otherwise rare (or even nonexistent) in the subgenres of cavernous death metal and bestial black/death. And yet, simple categorization such as that eludes Verberis during these 10 songs totaling nearly an hour - rather, it is a journey, restless and wild and wide-eyed and soberly awake, to realms both forgotten and remembered, both imagined and very fucking real. Not for nothing does the band reveal its first photo, much less start an official website: Vexamen is the beginning of a new era, both for the band and especially the wider consciousness of death metal. Fitting for such a monumental release, Vexamen will be released on CD, cassette, and double-LP formats, all graced with majestic 'n' malevolent cover art by Artem Grigoryev. Aptly titled, "The Gaping Hollow of Divinity" is the first track to be revealed from Verberis' Vexamen, and can be heard exclusively HERE at Iron Bonehead's Soundcloud page. Cover and tracklisting are as follows: On October 3rd, Iron Bonehead Productions is proud to present the debut recording of New Zealand's Solar Mass, Pseudomorphosis, first to be presented on cassette tape and then 12" MLP and CD later on. Just as a prehistoric universe exploded into being like a hell-storm of raging chaos, so, too, the sounds of Solar Mass leap into existence in the present era before you with five new songs in random acts of ferocious violence across a broad spectrum of subgenres to escape the mediocrity of the governing Magian death-cult. Listen as the Faustian aristocracy announce a declaration of war and leads a counter-attack to reclaim the right to metallic existence. Hear the atomic warlords impose a new epoch, a nascent culture on a dying world swamped with obsolete low-tech assets resembling mindless automatons managed by the invisible hand of media moguls and alien usurpers. Bear witness to the war cry, the four-string fog-horns of doom, the clanging of metal armour, the rattle of sabre-lazers, and the sound of air-raid sirens screaming across the fire-lit crimson skies into night's dawn as the mechanized battalion marches with savage brutality and cutting-edge technology towards the nuclear horizons of the future.
A deafening roar from the tomb of Diocletian asserts dominance over the cowering effeminate indie and lowbrow radio-wave slaves, to relinquish and thwart the encroaching vanguard of invading subcontinental simian hominids. See how, in their confusion and fear, the label-stables huddle together, seeking shelter and refuge in the subterranean sewers of pop music, hiding from the six-string extermination squads sent in to ethnically cleanse the inferior mongoloids under a reign of bombastic fire from overhead atomic cannons, an aural pogrom set in motion as a consequence of fashion’s own making, a cataclysm repaid in kind for their criminal psychopathic altruism of which they have committed with impunity against the music world. So begins an assault and a long, cold nuclear winter for the subhuman to endure as deadly amplifiers detonate like one billion megatons of TNT to stamp out their miserable campfires, breaking their linked hands and murdering their "Kumbaya" mantras, smashing their acoustic guitars over their befuddled heads, snuffing their dreams of an egalitarian planet. Watch as their pop-stars are mercilessly extinguished for singing hymns to a third world from the sun. Lift up your chalice and quaff the toxic heavy metal which overflows like a sonic shock-wave into the deepest recesses of the eternal space drama. Toast, if you will, the good fight against immeasurable odds in the timeless face of a seemingly inevitable order of death: Solar Mass' Pseudomorphosis! Hear the first nuclear detonation with the track "Weaponised" at Iron Bonehead's Soundcloud HERE www.facebook.com/SSAMRALOS New Zealand's Ulcerate announces new album 'Shrines Of Paralysis' & announces North American tour30/6/2016 New Zealand death metal innovators Ulcerate have revealed the cover art and preliminary details surrounding their forthcoming fifth full-length album and follow-up to 2013's critically-acclaimed "Vermis". "Shrines Of Paralysis" is due out via Relapse this fall (release date TBA soon). The cover art can be viewed above. Additionally, Ulcerate have announced a headlining North American tour with Icelandic dissonance-mongers Zhrine and Montreal death metal quartet Phobocosm. Ulcerate will also be performing two exclusive dates in New Zealand at the end of October before the tour's kick-off. A full list of dates is available below. ULCERATE Live: Oct 21 Auckland, NZ Kings Arms Oct 22 Wellington, NZ San Fran ***Dates With Zhrine and Phobocosm*** Nov 02 Los Angeles, CA Complex Nov 03 San Francisco CA Elbo Room Nov 04 Portland, OR Panic Room Nov 05 Seattle, WA Highline Nov 06 Vancouver, BC Astoria Nov 08 Oakland, CA The Golden Bull Nov 09 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick Nov 10 Tempe, AZ Yucca Tap Room Nov 11 El Paso, TX Mesa Music Hall Nov 12 San Antonio, TX Limelight Nov 13 Houston, TX Acadia Bar Nov 15 New Orleans, LA Siberia Nov 16 Gainesville, FL Atlantic Nov 17 Tampa, FL The Brass Mug Nov 18 Atlanta, GA The Earl Nov 19 Richmond, VA Strange Matter Nov 20 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery Nov 22 Philadelphia, PA Boot & Saddle Nov 23 Boston, MA Great Scott Nov 24 Montreal, QC Piranha Bar Nov 25 Toronto, ON Coalition Nov 26 Detroit, MI Corktown Tavern Nov 27 Chicago, IL Reggies Nov 28 Pittsburgh, PA The Smiling Moose Nov 29 NYC, NY Saint Vitus https://www.facebook.com/ulcerate The Steel Panther and Black Stone Cherry Australian tour date in Adelaide, Wednesday 22nd of June will be moving venue to the mighty HQ Complex, Australia's most awarded Nightclub. The promoters have made the change from the Thebarton Theatre to HQ Complex in order to make it far more intimate for you to get up close and personal with Michael Starr, Lexxi, Stix and Satchel... Any ticket holders that can’t make it to HQ will be offered a full refund, otherwise hold on to your purchased tickets, print them and bring them along - As all current tickets fans are holding are valid and will get you entry into HQ. Anyone wishing to grab some of the last remaining tickets can click here to purchase: http://eventtree.co.uk/steelpanther/ Steel Panther arrive today in Australia and New Zealand to promote the release of their Live Acoustic record and feature film, “Live from Lexxi’s Mom’s Garage.” Alongside US rockers Black Stone Cherry, they hit the Big Top Sydney this Friday night 17th June, Festival Hall in Melbourne 18th June, Eaton’s Hill Hotel in Brisbane 20th June, HQ Complex in Adelaide 22nd June and 23rd June at Metro City in Perth, then jump over to Auckland, NZ for the 26th June at Powerstation, alongside Blue Ruin. “Live From Lexxi’s Mom’s Garage” is the band’s first full length film, featuring a live ten song acoustic concert interspersed with comedic vignettes showcasing the band’s unmatched shenanigans and debauchery. The one hour film is now available on DVD from Steel Panther’s label, Kobalt Records, at SteelPantherRocks.com. The album only version can be found on Amazon, iTunes, and wherever music is sold. For the uninitiated, Steel Panther was formed in 2000 and is Michael Starr (lead singer), Satchel (guitarist), Lexxi Foxx (bass) and Stix Zadinia (drums). The fearsome foursome are not stopping anytime soon. “Our drive to bring heavy metal back has not lessened,” concludes Michael Starr. “It’s actually gotten stronger. We’re not going to stop. I look forward to our continued world domination.” Last in Australia for Soundwave 2015, the band played main stages at the festival and drew massive numbers to their bombastic set, simultaneously offending and salaciously delighting all in attendance. In recent times, they have almost entirely sold out their UK tour, which included Wembley Stadium and played main stage at Download Festival. For ticket information, go to mjrpresents.com or blackstonecherry.com STEEL PANTHER - AUSTRALIAN TOUR with special guests BLACK STONE CHERRY AUSTRALIAN TOUR June 2016 | TICKETS ON SALE NOW FRIDAY 17TH JUNE - BIG TOP SYDNEY, NSW Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au SATURDAY 18TH JUNE - FESTIVAL HALL MELBOURNE, VIC Tickets available from www.ticketmaster.com.au MONDAY 20TH JUNE - EATONS HILL HOTEL BRISBANE, QLD Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au WEDNESDAY 22ND JUNE - HQ COMPLEX ADELAIDE, SA Tickets available from www.oztix.com.au THURSDAY 23RD JUNE - METRO CITY PERTH, WA Tickets available from www.megatix.com.au SUNDAY 26TH JUNE - POWERSTATION AUCKLAND, NZ Tickets available from www.aaaticketing.co.nz - BLACK STONE CHERRY NOT APPEARING - Supported by Blue Ruin -- steelpantherrocks.com | blackstonecherry.com | mjrpresents.com |
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