EGGS OF GOMORRH set release date for Vault Of Dried Bones debut
Vault of Dried Bones sets November 4th as the international release date for Eggs of Gomorrh’s debut album, Rot Prophet, on CD format. Although the band self-released a demo also titled Rot Prophet in 2011, only three songs from that have been carried over here: thus, with a completely different (and superior) recording, this CD version […]
ULCERATE: entire Shrines Of Paralysis LP streaming & album sees release via Relapse Records this Friday
The unrelenting Shrines Of Paralysis – the fifth full-length album from New Zealand’s leading death metal unit, ULCERATE – sees release through Relapse Records this Friday, the label making the entire album available for streaming early.
DYSCARNATE: UK Death Metal behemoths join Unique Leader Records for the release of third full-length
2016 ushers in a new dawn for UK metal trio DYSCARNATE. After a period of silence spent writing and dealing with personnel shifts due to the loss of longtime member Henry Bates, the group is set to return with a third album, a fresh sound, a new vocalist/bassist in Arceye’s Al Llewellyn, and a union […]
DATURA4 new sophomore album Hairy Mountain out October 28th via Alive Naturalsound Records
Rock ‘n’ Roll fans – please welcome Hairy Mountain – the second album from West Australia’s Datura4. Building upon the “guitars-to-infinity” approach of Datura4’s acclaimed debut LP Demon Blues, Hairy Mountain is ten solid tracks celebrating an unbridled joy for rock ‘n’ roll, with a nod to the spiritual presence of their hairy Oz Rock […]
OVERKILL – release lyric video for ‘Our Finest Hour’
Legendary New Jersey thrashers, OVERKILL, will release their brand-new single, ‘Our Finest Hour’, on November 4th through Nuclear Blast. The fitting lyric video for the title track has been launched.
ENTOMBED A.D. – Rock Altitude Festival 11, 2016
Rock Altitude Festival 11. Le Locle, Switzerland – August 10. 2016 – ENTOMBED A.D.. Photos by Sawa & Pavel
LORD DYING enlists BEHOLD! THE MONOLITH members for ENTOMBED A.D. / VOIVOD European Tour
BEHOLD! THE MONOLITH’s Chase Manhattan and Matt Price will perform with LORD DYING on drums and bass, respectively, on the band’s European tour with ENTOMBED A.D. and VOIVOD. The Dead Dawn European Tour begins on October 26 in Leipzig (Germany).
INSULTERS set release date for new Unholy Prophecies album & reveal first track
Unholy Prophecies, in conspiracy with Equinox Discos, sets January 1st, 2017 as the international release date for Insulters’ highly anticipated second album, Metal Still Means Danger. Aptly fucking titled, Metal Still Means Danger is a literal statement of intent from these rude ‘n’ crude Catalonian bastards. Unrepentantly ugly since the beginning (and to the bitter end, […]
CONDENADOS set release date for new Shadow Kingdom Records album & reveal first track
t’s been five long years since Condenados’ cult debut album for Shadow Kingdom Records, A Painful Journey Into Nihil, but at long last, the wait is over: on January 13th, 2017, the Chilean doom-lords return with their highly anticipated second album, The Tree of Death! For over a decade now, Condenados have been expertly crafting ancient, ’80s-style […]
INIRE – new album ‘Cauchemar’ out Nov 18th
INIRE’s hard knocking 13 track album ‘Cauchemar’ produced by Chris Bonavia continues the band’s reputation of delivering energetic anthems that have garnered them a loyal following in the Ontario and Quebec scenes. Since debuting their blend of northern groove and stoner metal with a tinge of hardcore energy on their 2007 self-titled EP to 2009’s full length ‘Born The Wicked, The Fallen, The Damned’, the […]
Ottawa Symphonic Black Death Metal ENDEMISE streaming new track ‘Come Serene Dark’
Ottawa, ON symphonic black / death metal band ENDEMISE are streaming their latest track ‘Come Serene Dark’ from their upcoming album ‘Anathema’ due out on October 28th. The album follows their 2013 debut album ‘Far From The Light’ released on Maple Metal Records and their 2012 self-titled EP. The album was produced by ENDEMISE guitarist Dale Sauve along with Ken Sorceron (Abigail Williams) […]
SLEEP’s “The Clarity” 12″ to receive official pressing via Southern Lord
Southern Lord Recordings is pleased to announce the impending re-release of SLEEP’s “The Clarity.” The special 12″ contains the first new song from the band in nearly two decades.
TESTAMENT – discuss “Brotherhood Of The Snake” artwork in 5th video trailer
Legendary bay area thrash metal giants TESTAMENT, will release their 11th album, »Brotherhood Of The Snake« on October 28, 2016 via Nuclear Blast. Today, vocalist Chuck Billy and guitarist Eric Peterson discuss the concept behind the album artwork, created by Eliran Kantor (HATEBREED, SOULFLY, KATAKLYSM).
SONATA ARCTICA release lyric video
SONATA ARCTICA now release a new lyric video for their ballad ‘We Are What We Are’.
THE GREAT KAT “Bloody Vivaldi”
TPR Music, 2010
BEHEMOTH – kick off European tour
With two dates already completely sold out BEHEMOTH kick off the second part of the Europa Blasfemia Tour today in Cologne, Germany. See dates below.
ACCEPT – to unleash live Blu-ray/DVD+2CD “Restless And Live” on January 13th, 2017, ‘Stampede’ live clip launched
Ever-raging metal institution, ACCEPT, are returning with a bang! After three studio albums and several tours around the globe since their reunion in 2010, the time has come for the band to unleash a brand-new live document titled »Restless And Live«. This package will include the entire show ACCEPT played at Bang Your Head!!! Festival […]
LAMB OF GOD – to release “The Duke” EP, featuring two never-before-heard songs and three live tracks
Internationally-renowned heavy rock band LAMB OF GOD will release a brand new EP, entitled »The Duke«, on November 18, 2016 via Nuclear Blast Records. The EP will be released as a vinyl version the following week, on November 25. “The Duke” EP is titled after the new track ‘The Duke’, written in honor of the […]
EXCEL: SoCal Thrash/Hardcore Crossover group to reissue The Joke’s On You via Southern Lord this November
SoCal punk-hardcore-metal hybrid outfit EXCEL has remastered their seminal 1989 release, The Joke’s On You, which is now set to be released via Southern Lord in November.
THE RETICENT release behind the scenes video: “The Story of Funeral for a Firefly”
Progressive Metal band THE RETICENT have released “The Story of Funeral for a Firefly,” a behind-the-scenes video concerning the song “Funeral for a Firefly” from new album On The Eve of a Goodbye. The video documents the first time front man Chris Hathcock has talked about it on camera. Producer Jamie King also describes the experience of recording […]
MADDER MORTEM: Norwegian Avant Metal collective reveals “Fallow Season” video
“The lyrics of ‘Fallow Season’ deal with how greed and religion, as driving forces behind humanity’s self-destructive behavior, are speeding our progress towards an apocalypse. The song suggests that perhaps this is what is needed: a cataclysm that will reduce our current civilization to rubble, and let nature reclaim some territory.” – Agnete M. Kirkevaag, […]
VOID OMNIA announces December West Coast Tour
Oakland black metal outfit VOID OMNIA has announced the dates for their West Coast North American tour this December. Additionally, the vinyl version of their Dying Light debut LP is now available for preorder via Vendetta Records.
GOROD: tech death strategists issue “The Mystic Triad Of Artistry” video
Last year, French tech death strategists GOROD unleashed the brain-melting bounty of their A Maze Of Recycled Creeds full-length in North America via Unique Leader Records. Centered around unfathomable fantasies created by various secret societies and mystical orders, the critically-adored A Maze Of Recycled Creeds is a near-fifty-minute-long work of diabolic genius spewing forth eleven […]
KAIRON; IRSE! set release date for new Svart Records album
Progressive shoegazing? Music of the outer spheres? An irrevocably mentally unstable Gentle Giant and a severely alcoholic Todd Rundgren having a love child which, after being adopted to Russia, finds himself performing a rock opera in the Ural Mountains? It is typical of the human mind to try and classify things, but when confronted with […]
Calgary Thrashers ILLYRIAN post live video of ‘Round 2: Fight!’
Unleashing their new album ‘Round 2: Fight!’ on October 7th, Calgary thrashers ILLYRIAN have posted live video from their album launch performing the title track. ‘Round 2: Fight!’ was co-produced by the band with Casey Lewis at Echo Base Studios plus mastered by Sacha Laskow (Every Hour Kills, ex-Divinity) at Perfect Fifth Studios and is available on iTunes, Amazon and Bandcamp.
CHILDRENN recording second album with Randall Dunn
Copenhagen-based CHILDRENN, who released the critically acclaimed desperate dark rock debut album “Animale” in march 2016, that received massive critically acclaim – has just entered Black Tornado Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark to record a brand new album.
OCTOBER 31 to release special covers album of “Metal Massacre” compilation songs & reveal first tracks
The eight volumes of Metal Massacre released by Metal Blade Records in the 1980s were massively instrumental in chronicling (and furthering) the burgeoning heavy metal movement, particularly in the United States. Here, the earliest songs of Slayer and Ratt, for example, stood side by side each other as a declaration of intent: that HEAVY METAL […]
COLISEUM & DOOMRIDERS: Magic Bullet Records confirms reissue of long out-of-print DANZIG covers for November release
Magic Bullet Records will reissue the long out-of-print Not Of this World split 7″ from COLISEUM and DOOMRIDERS in November, this week posting preorders and more on the release.
NORTHERN CROWN releases “Surreality” lyric video
Florida Doom Behemoth NORTHERN CROWN have released a lyric video for “Surreality (The Tell-Tale Mind),” a song from new album The Others. The video was done by Wayne Joyner.
SINFUL released new EP “Neos Kosmos” online
Taus: “We are glad to announce our new EP “Neos Kosmos”. The EP, including two tracks, dedicated to our ex-drummer Konstantin Kalkatinov. Tracks entitled “Ice Cradle” and “Et Reditum Aeternalem” were recorded at Tarantul Records in Voronezh. These are the last works of our collaboration with Kostya, who passed away last Summer. We decided to […]