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TRAIL OF TEARS – Sign With Massacre Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, symphonic metal with tags , , , , , on December 12, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Trail Of Tears - promo pic - #1 - 2012

Originally formed in 1994 under the name Natt, the band changed their name to TRAIL OF TEARS in 1997. Shortly after they recorded a 3-track demo tape entitled “When Silence Cries…”

The debut album “Disclosure In Red” was released in November 1998 via the Dutch label DSFA Records, which was followed by “Profoundemonium” about 2 years later. They signed to Napalm Records in 2001 and released 4 further albums over the course of 8 years.

TRAIL OF TEARS played a lot of shows worldwide, among others with Tristania, Therion, The Sins Of Thy Beloved, Cradle Of Filth or Biohazard. They also performed at festivals such as Wacken Open Air, Wave Gotik Treffen, Metal Mania Open Air, Metal Crowd Festival or Summer Breeze.

The band went through a couple of line-up changes, most recently with the departure of the band’s former drummer Cato Jensen. Bjørn Dugstad Rønnow joined the band as new drummer in March 2012.

TRAIL OF TEARS have now signed with Massacre Records and plan to release their 7th full-length album Oscillation in spring 2013.

Trail Of Tears - Oscillation - promo cover pic!

Ronny Thorsen, the band’s vocalist, commented:

“After a recording process full of challenges we are very happy to announce the signing to Massacre Records for our seventh album ‘Oscillation’. Massacre (Records) has a long history and a strong reputation and has shown interest and support towards the band for a long time. We look forward to detonate ‘Oscillation’ upon you all through the channels of Massacre (Records)!”

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TRAIL OF TEARS:

Ronny Thorsen – vocals

Cathrine Paulsen – Soprano vocals

Bjørn Ness – guitars

Endre Moe – bass

Bjørn Dugstad Rønnow – drums

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Source:

Massacre Records - large logo! Red:black:white

* For more info on TRAIL OF TEARS, click on the links below!

www.trailoftears.no

www.facebook.com/pages/Trail-of-Tears-Official/109476819087800

www.twitter.com/trailoftearsno

http://www.youtube.com/TrailoftearsOfficial

http://www.massacre-records.com

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LONG LIVE TRAIL OF TEARS.

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Death Metallers XUL Offer FREE DOWNLOAD Of Debut Album ‘Malignance’

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on December 12, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

XUL - group promo pic - 2012 - #1

Left to right: Bill Ferguson (Vocals/Guitar), Wallace Huffman (Guitar), Marlow Deiter (Bass), Lowell Winters (Drums), Levi Meyers (Vocals) Photo Credit: Bailey Gottlieb

Brutal Western Canadian Death Metallers XUL are offering their debut full length ‘Malignance’ released earlier this year as a FREE DOWNLOAD as the band currently works on their follow-up EP. If you’re a fan of Behemoth, Dissection and Immortal this is one album not to be missed as the band forges their brand of Blackened Death Metal. Malignance features eight tracks of crushing rhythms seamlessly coalescing into atmospheric passages, accompanied by punishing percussion waves and subtle vocal harmonies.

FREE DOWNLOAD at the following link here. (http://xulmetal.bandcamp.com/album/malignance)

XUL vocalist Levi Meyers comments:

“”We are excited to offer our debut album, “Malignance” for free (or by pay what you want donation) to our fans as a token of our appreciation for the endless support they offer us. We are currently writing an EP, which will be due out sometime in 2013.”

XUL - Malignance - promo cover pic!

Track Listing – Malignance

1. Battlestorm 04:27

2. Mastication of Putrescent Empyrean Remains 05:14

3. Porta Noctis 05:08

4. Vengeance 03:28

5. Winter’s Reign 04:26

6. Hordes of Black 05:29

7. Incinerate the Earth 04:17

8. Tomb of Tyrants 05:54

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For more info on XUL, please visit these links:

www.xulofficial.ca

http://www.facebook.com/Xulband

http://www.twitter.com/xulofficial

http://xulmetal.bandcamp.com/

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About XUL:

A five piece group based out of Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, following in the footsteps of bands such as: Behemoth, Dissection, and Immortal, XUL have left the beaten path and set out to forge their own brand of Blackened Death Metal.

An energetic and interactive live performance – with crushing rhythms seamlessly coalescing into atmospheric passages, accompanied by punishing percussion waves and subtle vocal harmonies – expands upon the previously established essence of the sub-genre. With songs reminiscent of war-torn landscapes, destructive human nature and evil intent, XUL has captivated audiences and garnered positive reviews, and on June 16, 2012, released their first full length album, entitled “Malignance”.

Driven by determination and a diverse accumulation of musical comprehension, XUL has toured Western Canada, as well as proven themselves worthy to share the stage with bands such as: Obscura, Exhumed, Vreid, Kampfar, Woods of Ypres, Macabre, Withered, Cephalic Carnage, Archspire and 3 Inches of Blood. With a spring 2013 tour looming, XUL is determined to build on an impressive local following by infecting Western Canada with hopes of Canada in its entirety in the near future. XUL’s focus for winter 2012 is to meticulously craft new material for another release in 2013.

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XUL – MALIGNANCE – 2012

GENRE: Blackened Death Metal

RELEASE DATE: JUNE 16, 2012

LABEL: SELF-RELEASE

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(Source: Asher Media Relations)

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LONG LIVE XUL.

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ULCER “Grant Us Death” Out On February 19th, 2013, Through Pulverised Records

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on December 12, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Pulverised Records - Large Logo!! B&W!Ulcer - band logo! - B&W!

Poland’s morbid sextet ULCER returns this time in worship of the old-school Swedeath chainsaw laceration!

Never for a moment losing focus on the authentic Swedish fucking Death Metal sound that has terrorized the globe for decades, the band’s new full-length effort Grant Us Death is truly an unspeakable act of zombie-invoking riffs, heavily dosed with horror-theme inspired melody lines but yet spewing forth some of the most extremely well-(de)composed filthy-as-fuck Death Metal in the recent years.

Featuring the exclusive macabre painting by Bartek Kurzok (Abigail, Demonic Slaughter, Goat Tyrant, etc) and alluring layout by Kontamination Design, Grant Us Death was recorded, mixed and mastered at Sinquest Sound Studio, Lublin (Blaze Of Perdition, Moon, etc) by Grzegorz Kulawiak and ULCER.      

Grant Us Death is a rotten bag filled with unpretentious D-Beats and blast beats, HM-2 buzzsaw overkill in the name of hate and misanthropy!  The album will be out on February 19, 2013 in North America (January 28th in Europe).

ULCER has posted album track “The Love Song” at facebook: Ulcer

Ulcer - Grant Us Death - promo cover pic!

Grant Us Death

Devilspeed

Bloodpainted Salvation

The Love Song

Godcremation

Thanatoeuphoria

Devialize

The Pact

My Lord Has Horns

When Horror Comes

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Ulcer was formed in 2006 by Lucass and intended to be his solo project, but it quickly evolved into regular band due to joining of D. (vocals), Mścisław (guitar) and Kuba (bass). Two demo materials: A Property of God? (2006) and Slitwrist Society (2007) were spread among the people but they were never released. In the meantime Kuba left the band and the second vocalist Angelfuck joined. In this line-up, debut album entitled Serpent Trinity was recorded in summer 2007. The material still had no real drummer, which was the most probable reason it met the same fate as the demos.

After a period of silence, after joining of drummer of flesh and bones – Vizun, and Kamil – new bass player, the band comes back in 2011 with brand new material offering Pure Death Metal Inferno in the vein of ancient Swedish gods and signs a contract with well-known label Pulverised Records, which will release Ulcer’s new album Grant Us Death.

Ulcer - group promo pic - #1 - 2012

ULCER:

D. – vocal

Angelfuck – vocal

Lucass – guitar

Mscislaw – guitar

Szwed – bass

Vizun – drums

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info on ULCER, click on the links below!

facebook: Ulcer

http://www.pulverised.net

http://www.myspace.com/ulcerdeathmetal

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ULCER KICKS DEATH METAL ASS.

LONG LIVE ULCER.

Stone.

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