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Hod “The Uncreated Demo” – Diabolical, Blackened Death Metal Has Risen!

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on August 10, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Hod – In just under 12 minutes, the crushing, diabolical and Blackened Death Metal of Hod’s (self-released) The Uncreated Demo is an intense auditory experience! My fellow Metal brethren, Hod’s underground Metal is a necessity for your Metal stash. All three songs rage with riffs aplenty, with a rhythm section ablaze! The vocals of Vladibeer Reebs are a weapon of mass destruction! Death, Black and Extreme Metal is woven into an out-of-control firestorm on The Uncreated Demo! Metal be thy name.

The Uncreated Demo – Track Listing:

Beneath The Mountains Of The Scorpion (5:39)

I Am Destroyer (1:53)

When The Ghouls Feed (4:08)

Hod – Lineup 2013:

Vladibeer Reebs – vocals

Carl “Lord Necron” Snyder – guitar

Trans Am – bass

Danny Blackwolf – guitar

Del – drums

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BUY The Uncreated Demo from Hod:

The Uncreated Demo will be limited to 100 CDs and 125 cassettes available at shows and through the band’s official Bandcamp Page.

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* For More Info On Hod:

Facebook: Hod

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Long Live Hod.

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MEPHISTOPHELES – Tasmanian Technical Death Metal Artisans To Release New Full-Length Via Willowtip This Fall

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Metal, metal albums, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on August 10, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Tasmanian Technical Death Metal artisans MEPHISTOPHELES will unleash theirsecond full-length, and first for genre-bending, extreme metal imprint Willowtip Records, this Fall. Titled Sounds Of The End, the vicious, ten-track offering was recorded at Red Planet Studio with Jake Long, and boasts some of the band’s most devouringly complex, intricately arranged and plainly engaging compositions to date. Sounds Of The End includes cover art by Bill Dean (Psycroptic, Iciclan, Excarnated) and a layout provided by Cock And Ball Torture drummer Sascha Pahkle.

Comments Matthew “Chalky” Chalk of the outcome: “I’ve never been happier in any of my bands over the years than I have been in MEPHISTOPHELES. What we’ve put together is the freshest, most alive, most invigorating music I’ve ever been a part of and I cannot wait to show the world that Mephistopheles are here, we’ve got something new to say and we mean business!”

Melt your face off to the sounds of “The End of All Light” RIGHT HERE.

Sounds Of The End – Track Listing:

1.  Pariahs of the Universe

2.  Silver Doors

3.  Soldiers of the Endtime

4.  The End of All Light

5.  Battle of the Sea and Sky

6.  Those Whose Skin Was Gold

7.  The Great Orbs Beyond Our Skies

8.  Generation O

9.  A Dolmen Maker’s Lament

10.  The Siren of Eternity

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Featuring former members of Spawn of Possession, Psycroptic and Space Raven among others, MEPHISTOPHELES is a four-piece technical metal band from Hobart, Tasmania drawing inspiration from the likes of bands like Athiest, Deeds of Flesh, Opeth, Cynic, Deicide etc. Originally formed by four high school friends in 2004, MEPHISTOPHELES has always been focused on the creation of memorable but challenging music, infusing Black and Death Metal with occasional Jazz moments. The band has continually thrived on fashioning fresh sounds that purposely step well beyond conventional genre structures, but have also maintained a firm footing within traditional Death Metal realms.

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Sounds Of The End will be released in North America via Willowtip Records October 1, 2013. Preorder details and live assaults to be announced soon.

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Matthew “Chalky” Chalk – Vocals

Ben Lawless – Guitar/occasional Vocals

James “Blower” Excell – Bass

Sam Dowson – Drums

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For More Info On MEPHISTOPHELES:

Facebook: Mephistopheles

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Willowtip Records:

www.willowtip.com

http://willowtip.bandcamp.com

Facebook: Willowtip Records

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LONG LIVE MEPHISTOPHELES.

LONG LIVE WILLOWTIP RECORDS.

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THOUGHT CHAMBER Sophomore Album “Psykerion” via InsideOutMusic – Reveal Cover Artwork!

Posted in Metal, metal music, Music, progressive metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on August 10, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Los Angeles, CA – Progressive Metallers THOUGHT CHAMBER are finally back with a new release, following up on their acclaimed debut album “Angular Perceptions” from 2007. The U.S. based group named their second album release “Psykerion” and it will be released on September 16th, 2013 in Europe and on October 1st, 2013 in North America via InsideOutMusic.

Next to guitarist and composer Michael Harris as well as vocalist Ted Leonard (also in Enchant, Spock’s Beard and Affector), THOUGHT CHAMBER’s ranks of skilled players now also feature Bill Jenkins (also in Enchant) on keyboards, Jeff Plant on bass and Mike Haid on drums.

THOUGHT CHAMBER’s mastermind Michael Harris checked in to comment about the new album as follows: “We’re all very excited about finally releasing ‘Psykerion’! A lot of changes have occurred in the band since our first record. Beyond Ted & I, we now have Mike Haid on drums, Jeff Plant on bass and Bill Jenkins on keyboards, who all did a stellar job and are all great guys on top of that, so our chemistry is perfect. ‘Psykerion’ is a concept record – a sci-fi human drama – musically yielding everything from prog-metal to jazz-fusion to acoustic.“

“Psykerion” contains 16 tracks / 64 minutes of superb true progressive metal with a technical sci-fi twist, likely to appeal to fans of Dream Theater, Yes, Rush or Planet X. The album’s cover artwork, which can be seen above, was designed by John E. Holland / MistyMountainGraphics.com. The album was recorded in various locations between 2012 and 2013 and finally mixed and mastered by Tom Size (Y&T, Aerosmith, Mr. Big, Enchant) at Tomland Studios, Pacheco, CA.

More details about “Psykerion” and some first music samples will follow in the coming weeks…

THOUGHT CHAMBER Line-Up:

Ted Leonard – Lead vocals

Michael Harris – Guitars, keyboards, harmony vocals

Jeff Plant – Bass

Bill Jenkins – Keyboards

Mike Haid – Drums

THOUGHT CHAMBER Online:

https://www.facebook.com/ThoughtChamber

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INSIDEOUTMUSIC Online:

www.insideoutmusic.com

www.youtube.com/InsideOutMusicTV

www.facebook.com/InsideOutMusic

www.insideoutshop.de

Free InsideOutMusic Digital Sampler:

www.insideoutmusic.com/specials/freesampler

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(Source: Glass Onyon PR)

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LONG LIVE THOUGHT CHAMBER.

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STRYPER “Second Coming” – STRYPER Revisits Their Classics; A Legendary Compilation

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, hard rock news, Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 10, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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STRYPER – Being a lifelong fan of STRYPER, I found it exciting news that this legendary Christian Heavy Metal band was going to release an album of re-recorded hits; with two new studio tracks. I’m even more excited now that I’ve had this entire Summer to enjoy Second Coming (Frontiers Records). This album makes for a definitive collection of STRYPER classics. These are the songs that STRYPER chose to re-record and they have given powerful new life to each one of them!

Don’t get me wrong, I’ll always revere the original songs that are represented as re-recordings on Second Coming. Besides, I’ve always found it (gasp) fun when a famous band decides to do a cover song album. With STRYPER covering their own classics, it really doesn’t get any better than this for fans waiting on their forthcoming studio album of original material: No More Hell To Pay (Frontiers Records – On November 5th).

Michael Sweet (guitarist, vocalist) has never sounded better on vocals, on Second Coming. Cliche? Nope. It’s truth for me. Collectively, this album of sixteen songs couldn’t sound any better unless there were thirty-two songs! Guitarist Oz Fox, drummer Robert Sweet and bassist Timothy Gaines all shine once again. Cliche? Nope. It’s reality for me.

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The two new studio tracks, Bleeding From Inside Out and Blackened are Heavy Metal gems! If this is the direction STRYPER is going with No More Hell To Pay, then I’m chopping at the bit for November 5th to come! Both of these new and heavy songs signify loud and clear, to me, that STRYPER are proud leaders of Christian Heavy Metal and have so much more to give to their fans!

I now look upon Second Coming as a victorious moment in the illustrious career of STRYPER. Why? This is a band that has survived and thrived, since 1983; overcoming the same hurdles, setbacks, trends and record industry gaffes that any other band from their era has endured. Nevertheless, the strong survive and STRYPER has stood the test of time and persevered, through their quality discography and sensational live concerts.

Second Coming, to me, serves as a powerful musical testament from STRYPER that they have been here all along, are here now and are looking to the future as well. An inspiring, influential and faith-filled Heavy Metal band that has spanned four decades and stuck to their principles. You can’t get any more truer than that; therefore, my sincere admiration for STRYPER is obvious and I’ve (historically) never held that back, here on Metal Odyssey. Metal be thy name.

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SECOND COMING – Track Listing:

Loud N’ Clear

Loving You

Soldiers Under Command

Makes Me Wanna Sing

First Love

The Rock That Makes Me Roll

Reach Out

Surrender

To Hell With The Devil

Calling On You

Free

The Way

Sing Along Song

More Than A Man

Bleeding From Inside Out (New)

Blackened (New)

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* For More Info On STRYPER:

Facebook: Stryper

http://www.stryper.com

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FRONTIERS RECORDS:

http://www.frontiers.it

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LONG LIVE STRYPER.

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