Archive for September 13, 2015

HYPERMASS – Shines Through “Clouded Visions” On Début EP

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on September 13, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Not all stones are stationary: Hypermass may recall images of huge monoliths, but these structures have speed! From the far-flung climes of Trondheim, Norway, Hypermass are a genre-melding Extreme Metal band whose goal is to draw upon the melody of death, black and thrash metal, and occasionally throw in some prog and jazz influences too. Clouded Visions is the result of intense jamming in these genres.

Sindre Dagestad, guitarist, commented on the recording process:Since we didn’t have a producer there to tell us how much we sucked, we really went hard on ourselves to get the best result possible. It was a great experience, and all that hard work quickly paid off when we heard the amazing mixing/mastering job done by Stamos Koliousis, as he really breathed new life into the music.

You can check out lead single “Embracing Erasion” on the band’s YouTube account below or here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjJmFcz85qw

The EP is available on Bandcamp below or here: http://hypermass.bandcamp.com/album/clouded-visions

Track Listing is as follows:
1. Intro
2. Ionized
3. Embracing Erasion
4. In The Final Stage Of Embryonic
5. Clouded Visions

RIYL: Revocation, The Black Dahlia Murder, Allegaeon

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Hypermass:
Markus Sundet – Vocals
Thomas Pedersen – Guitar
Sindre Dagestad – Guitar
Marius Grindflek – Bass
Brage Kråbøl – Drums

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BAND BIO:

Hypermass is a Melodic Death Metal band hailing from Trondheim, Norway. Formed in 2012, the quintet first garnered attention from the local scene by fusing all kinds of different subgenres together, with elements of Black, Death, and Thrash Metal all while heavily relying on melody. Since releasing their first demo Into Oblivion in late 2013, the band have refined and focused their sound to a tight and extreme style of Metal, without forsaking the all-important melody.

In the summer of 2014, the band attended music high school and started writing their debut EP. Their bassist Martin Nordvik departed into the military, where he still serves. They got the interest of other bass players and quickly settled on the skilled Marius Grindflek. Their debut EP Clouded Visions was recorded in February 2015 by the band at the school (Trøndertun Folkehøgskole).

The band contacted several mixing/mastering engineers, before agreeing that Stamos Koliousis was the right choice, mostly for his incredible work with his own band Mencea. Now that the EP has been released and available worldwide, the band is currently in the early stages of writing their debut full-length.

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Hypermass Online:

https://www.facebook.com/hypermassmetal

https://hypermass.bandcamp.com/

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Source: Dewar PR

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LONG LIVE HYPERMASS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

Finnish Death Metallers RE-ARMED Embarking On Tour Of China

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, rock music with tags , , , on September 13, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Finnish Death Metallers RE-ARMED are set to embark on the ‘Territorial Expansion: China Tour 2015’ this month. Dates are as follows:

09.24 Chongqing 重慶/堅果俱樂部 Nuts Livehouse
09.25 Chengdu 成都/小酒館 Little Pub
09.26 Kunming 昆明 MAO Livehouse
09.27 Changsha 長沙 4698 Livehouse
09.28 Wuchang 武昌 VOX
09.29 Nanchang 南昌/黑鐵 Black iron Live
09.30 Luoyang 洛陽/喜堂 Xitang
10.01 Tianjin 天津/派 Party Live
10.02 Hefei 合肥/玩石音樂節 Play Rock festival
10.03 Shijiazhuang 石家莊/星光音樂節 Starlight Festival
10.04 Huhehaote 呼市/蔓延 Manyan Livehouse
10.05 Jinchang 金昌/岩 Rock Livehouse
10.06 Jiayuguan 嘉峪關 11 Livehouse
10.07 Wuwei 武威/南巷酒吧 South Lane Bar
10.08 Xining 西寧/南牆 The South Wall Livehouse
10.10 Guangan 廣安/小酒館 Little Pub

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New EP Total Lack of Communication is out now and can be purchased at this location. The band has released the Official Music Video for the title track, which can be viewed below or here.

Death/Thrash Metal with groovy rhythms and a dash of Grind, the self-released EP follows 2014 sophomore album Rottendam (Eternal Sound Records). Total Lack of Communication is designed to keep the fires burning and blood flowing while the band works on new material for a new full-length album.

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Total Lack of Communication
Meant to be Broken
Unhuman

Re-Armed have been around since 2001, when five guys from Kerava, Finland decided to start playing similar music likened to so-called “Gothenburg metal.” Their musical style has evolved along with many critically acclaimed demo tapes, gigs, lineup changes and a well-received debut album Worldwide Hypnotize, which was released internationally on January 2012 via Massacre Records. After releasing their debut, the band supported names such as Chimaira, Suffocation, Origin, Cattle Decapitation and Cryptopsy for the tours in Europe. In this year Re-Armed also made their first big outdoor festival appearance at Bloodstock Open Air at Catton Hall in the UK.

The second album Rottendam was released on January 2014 via Eternal Sound Records, but major lineup changes froze the band almost for a year. Former guitarist/songwriter Tommi Helkalahti decided to leave the band, leaving vocalist Jouni Matilainen as the only current former member in the band.

RE-ARMED:

Jussi Venäläinen – Guitars

Juhana Heinonen – Bass and Backup Vocals

Jouni Matilainen – Lead Vocals

Mika Oinonen – Guitars and Backup Vocals

Iiro Karjalainen – Drums

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Source: ClawHammer PR

RE-ARMED Since 2001!

http://www.re-armed.net

http://www.facebook.com/rearmed

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LONG LIVE RE-ARMED.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

CRETUS – Releases “Dux Mea Lux” On Pavement Music; New Music Video Streaming

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , on September 13, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Pavement Music has released Dux Mea Lux, the debut EP from Louisiana-based thrash collective CRETUS. After a year spent casting their enigmatic shadow over the famed NOLA Metal scene, the worldwide release of Dux Mea Lux will see the band’s message and music delivered to the masses. Select tracks from the EP are streaming at:

https://soundcloud.com/followcretus

Dux Mea Lux is available on iTunes and through the Pavement Music store.

CRETUS recently released the official music video for “Price of Immortality.” The uncut version of the video, which features NSFW content, is now playing at the band’s website – www.FollowCretus.com.

A censored version of the video has been posted below or at this location.

CRETUS’ music is hard-hitting thrash metal at its core; mathematically precise riffs, dive-bombing guitar solos, and thundering drums pummel the listener and their compelling melodies and bizarre pop sensibility make each song from Dux Mea Lux subtly addictive.

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Rock vet Pepper Keenan (DOWN, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY) has been singing the mysterious group’s praises, stating: “CRETUS is a killer band with ripping guitar work and clear vocal hooks.  For sure a future global outfit.  They wear masks and slaughter virgins on stage. Need I say more?”

“Cretus have put together a five-song set that is full of occult themes that are sure to summon the youth of today” – SkullsNBones.com

While it is unknown exactly when or where CRETUS formed, they began publicly spreading their message through music in 2014, with the group rapidly gaining strong support after their first show opening for legendary metal band DOWN in New Orleans. Devout followers of CRETUS pack into shows wearing the group’s signature black masks and cloaks, bobbing their heads in support as hypnotic lights pulse and dense fog surrounds them, becoming a raving heavy metal congregation unable and unwilling to escape the dark energy emanating from the speakers.

Multi-sensory performance rituals such as sacrificial demonstrations and strange pagan rites add an even more ominous tone to the already frightening spectacle of the four masked figures destroying the stage. Heavily symbolic imagery, esoteric subject matter, and poetic lyrics give listeners something deeper to latch onto with CRETUS, and Pavement Records is proud to have released their debut EP.

Dux Mea Lux was released worldwide on September 4, 2015.

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Source: ClawHammer PR

Official website – FollowCretus.com

Facebook – www.facebook.com/DeathToCretus

Instagram – instagram.com/FollowCretus

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE CRETUS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

BATTALION OF SAINTS – West Coast Punk Icons To Release 7-Inch Via Southern Lord In October; Reissues And Live Dates On The Horizon

Posted in Music, music news, punk rock bands, rock music with tags , on September 13, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Southern Lord proudly announces the raging return of legendary West Coast punk heathens, BATTALION OF SAINTS. Led by surviving member George Anthony, the band has three furious brand new songs that kick ass just as effectively as their classics. The Battalion Of Saints 7″ will be released in October via Southern Lord.

BATTALION OF SAINTS was a major catalyst in accelerating the transition from the already upbeat, adrenaline-charged punk of the early 1980s in to feral, snarling hardcore punk of the highest quality and intensity. Pounding distorted pace, live shows dripping with sweat and threat, and a gnarly attitude – BATTALION OF SAINTS stands tall among bands from the era including the Dead Kennedys, Crucifix, Minor Threat and Discharge as well as Southern Lord’s Poison Idea, The Offenders and Excel, remaining a crucial part of an immortal and ongoing legacy.

Founding vocalist George Anthony leads the charge in 2015, joined by a no-nonsense lineup of hardcore convicts; drummer Mike Vega plays in legendary cult thrashers Hirax, while Matt Vicknair has spent time on bass in equally eminent USHC hardcore royalty Angry Samoans and the band now sees guitarist Nate Javier, also of Angry Samoans and others, joining the lineup.

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Battalion Of Saints 7″ Track Listing:
Side A:
1.Darkness
2.Bombs

Side B:
1.Nightmare

BATTALION OF SAINTS will be available on limited edition 7″ vinyl through Southern Lord on October 30th.

BATTALION OF SAINTS will be one of the acts to embark on the Southern Lord West Coast Tour kicking off this week. With nine shows set to storm north from Los Angeles through Portland September 16th through 27th, the tour will see BATTALION OF SAINTS joining now labelmates Obliterations, Black Breath and Goatsnake.

BATTALION OF SAINTS on the Southern Lord West Coast Tour w/ Goatsnake, Black Breath, Obliterations:

9/16/2015 Mystery Box – Los Angeles, CA
9/17/2015 Alexs’ Bar – Long Beach, CA
9/18/2015 The Garage – Ventura, CA [*no Goatsnake]
9/19/2015 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
9/20/2015 Club Red – Mesa, AZ
9/22/2015 Elbo Room – San Francisco, CA
9/23/2015 Boardwalk – Sacramento, CA
9/24/2015 Catalyst Atrium – Santa Cruz, CA
9/27/2015 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR

The band have also stumbled upon hundreds of copies of their classic album, Second Coming, which shall be on sale at upcoming shows and further distributed via Southern Lord in the future. Additional widespread BATTALION OF SAINTS tour plans are also forming; so stay tuned for more news in the coming weeks.

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Source: Earsplit PR

* For more info:

http://www.facebook.com/battalionofsaints

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LONG LIVE BATTALION OF SAINTS.

Stone.