Archive for September 14, 2015

VOID OF SLEEP – Progressive Occult Metal Visionaries To Release “New World Order” Full-Length Via Aural Music; Artwork, Track Listing + Video Teaser Posted

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, rock music with tags , , , on September 14, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Italian Progressive Occult Metal visionaries, VOID OF SLEEP, will release their sophomore full-length next month via Aural Music. Titled, New World Order, the seven track concept album and follow-up to 2013’s acclaimed Tales Between Reality And Madness long player was captured by bassist Riccardo Pasini (Ephel Duath, The Secret) at Studio73 in Ravenna, Italy and mastered by Collin Jordan (Eyehategod, Indian, Wovenhand, Voivod etc.) at The Boiler Room in Chicago, Illinois.

New World Order represents to us a new culmination of our sound,” issues of the band of their latest compositions. “Now more than ever you can call it visionary, sludgy and progressive. It’s an occult, esoteric and wicked metaphor to the modern society as we consider it: with no positive expectations of the future of this world. This album embraces the concept of evil in its purest form. Since the beginning, man has been doomed to consume and enslave and destroy his own kind in an absurd discord to the final extinction.”

New World Order comes shrouded in the arcane cover creation of Simone Bertozzi who relays of the work, “while doing it I experienced the breath of Lucifer on my back, the Illuminati around the corner and reptilians getting ready for my abduction. Coincidence? I think not.”

New World Order – Track Listing:
1. The Devil’s Conjuration
2. Hidden Revelations
3. Slaves Shall Serve
4. Ordo Ab Chao
5. Lords Of Conspiracy
6. New World Order
7. Ending Theme (l. Mourn ll. Triumphant lll. Void)

Forged in Ravenna, Italy, VOID OF SLEEP – guitarist Gale, vocalist/guitarist Burdo, drummer Allo and bassist Paso – conjure a cosmic amalgam of stoned out, progressive sludge rock where epic rhythms melt into bottom heavy doom breakdowns, complex time signatures and psychedelia.

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Following a three-song promo EP, Giants & Killers, which garnered the attention of Italian imprint, Aural Music, the band released their full-length debut, Tales Between Reality And Madness. Crowned, “adventurous, intelligent and refreshingly addictive,” by Teeth Of The Divine and an “underground gem worth discovering,” by Metal Underground, the record proved wholly engrossing both sonically and thematically with lyrics exploring the darkest corners of the human psyche, oneiric visions and lysergic nightmares. With New World Order, VOID OF SLEEP continues their multi-faceted, audio journey towards oblivion.

VOID OF SLEEP‘s New World Order will be available via Aural Music on CD in Europe on October 16th and in North America on November 13th. The record will be available digitally worldwide on October 19th, with vinyl available in the New Year. Preorders to be available soon.

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Source: Earsplit PR

http://www.facebook.com/voidofsleep

http://www.facebook.com/Aural-Music

http://www.auralwebstore.com/shop

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LONG LIVE METAL.

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REX SHACHATH – Announce New Record ‘Revocation Of The Blood Elect’

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, news, rock music with tags , , , , on September 14, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Having laid low since the end of 2014, Northern Irish Death Metallers Rex Shachath have suddenly announced their return and are back for blood with a brand new record which will be out November 20th via Great Dane Records.

Entitled Revocation Of The Blood Elect, this new EP might not be what people are expecting if they’re familiar with the band’s debut offering Sepulchral Torment. Since that release, the band have had time to coalesce and where Sepulchral Torment had more of a ‘old school’ sound, Revocation Of The Blood Elect is an entirely new animal. Tackling social issues such as the state of modern society and man’s exorbitant desire for wealth at the expense of our natural world, the band have harnessed a sound more befitting to such issues on their forthcoming record.

Old school ideals kneaded with modern Death Metal notions on a much more up to date and punchier production is what we have here. Revocation Of The Blood Elect carries a sound as big, if not bigger, than its message.

Vocalist and lyricist Dave Connolly sums the record up with a quote from French philosopher Denis Diderot, “Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”

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Artwork (as seen above), was completed by UK artist Godmachine famed for his work with bands such as Suicide Silence, Bring Me The Horizon, Cannibal Corpse and Job For A Cowboy to name a few. The EP was recorded, mixed and mastered by Joe Thompson at Sonic Forge Studio, Cardiff, Wales.

Track Listing:
1. Atonement Through Atrocity
2. Impious Axiom
3. Revocation Of The Blood Elect
4. Within The Temple Of Disgust (Featuring Ben McCrow)
5. Colossus Rise

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Pre-Order Revocation Of The Blood Elect here: http://www.rexshachath.bigcartel.com/

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Source: Future PR

For more info on REX SHACHATH:

www.facebook.com/rexshachath

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LONG LIVE METAL.

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VASTUM – Cult San Francisco Death Metal Horde To Release Third LP, “Hole Below”, Via 20 Buck Spin This Fall

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on September 14, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Through the verbose horror of their first two LPs (2011’s Carnal Law and 2013’s Patricidal Lust) San Francisco’s VASTUM sadistically carved a jagged dripping wound into an increasingly reductive American Death Metal scene. One of the most lyrically unique, creative and disturbing bands in underground Metal, now arising for their third full length album, VASTUM plumbs the depths of internalized agony and degradation farther than ever on Hole Below.

Characterized by a deeply cavernous trudge through gut churning heaviness, Hole Below both bluntly crushes and rigorously shreds to conceive fully formed grotesqueries of debased brutality. Guitarist Leila Abdul-Rauf wields her axe with the experienced slice of a masked executioner, quartering savage riffs and twisting leads alongside the thunder of guitarist Shelby Lermo. The abhorrent vocal (and lyrical) morbidity traded by imposing frontman Daniel Butler and Abdul-Rauf continues to be the most formidable combination in Death Metal. The intimidating rhythm section of bassist Luca Indrio and drummer Adam Perry steer the war machine through the pooled blood and skull fragments scattered amidst the debauched iniquity of this peculiar hell.

Three albums in, VASTUM has honed their disturbed masochism into a sound manifestly their own and true to the core of the purest darkest Death Metal. Crushingly recordead at Earhammer Studios in Oakland and mastered at Audiosiege by Brad Boatright, the art for Hole Below was created by vocalist Daniel Butler. 20 Buck Spin (also responsible for the release of the band’s prior two albums) presents Hole Below as one of the finest and best executed examples of the genre this year.

Hole Below will emerge on CD and digital formats on November 6th, with the LP to follow in December. Fans of Bolt Thrower, Grave, Death, Asphyx, Shroud Of The Heretic, Cruciamentum and the like are hereby on notice.

VASTUM will strike with new tour dates in support of Hole Below, including the band’s debut East Coast performances which are being slabbed for early November. Stand by for tour specifics in the coming days.

Hole Below – Track Listing:
1. Sodomitic Malevolence
2. Amniosis
3. In Sickness And In Death
4. Intrusions
5. Hole Below (A Dream Of Ritual Abuse)
6. Empty Breast

VASTUM:
Daniel Butler – vocals
Leila Abdul-Rauf – guitars/vocals
Shelby Lermo – guitars
Luca Indrio – bass
Adam Gailey – drums

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Source: Earsplit PR

http://www.vastum.bandcamp.com

Facebook: Vastum

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LONG LIVE METAL.

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Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon Guitar Legend) – Rest In Peace

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on September 14, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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As reported by Kevin Cronin, (lead singer, musician and songwriter for REO Speedwagon), on the band’s Facebook:

Hi friends, kc here. My longtime friend and collaborator Gary Richrath passed away earlier today. I feel so sad. Gary was both a unique guitarist and songwriter, and the embodiment of the tough guy with a heart of gold. I learned most of what I know about being in a rock band from Gary Richrath. The entire REO Family mourns his death and shares in the grief of his family, friends, and fans. These words do not come close to expressing the depth of emotions I am feeling at this time…kc

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The Metal Odyssey family expresses condolences to the family, friends and former bandmates of Gary Richrath. May Gary Richrath rest in peace.

Gary Richrath was only 65 years old.

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IRON MAIDEN – “The Book Of Souls World Tour” 2016 – South Africa, Australia And New Zealand Tour Dates

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on September 14, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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As reported on the Iron Maiden Facebook:

Iron Maiden will head to South Africa in May 2016, for two shows:

May 18 in Cape Town at the Grand Arena

May 21 at the Johannesburg Carnival City Festival Lawns

Tickets go on-sale on Thursday 17 September at 9am from bigconcerts.co.za or Computicket. Ticket prices range from R510 – R905 in Cape Town and R620 – R905 in Johannesburg.

There will be an exclusive pre-sale for IRON MAIDEN Fan Club members on TUESDAY, details can be found on our website.

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Ed Force One heads down under in 2016 for The Book Of Souls World tour:

CHRISTCHURCH – April 29th – Horncastle Arena

AUCKLAND – May 1st – Vector Arena

BRISBANE – May 4th – Brisbane Entertainment Centre

SYDNEY – May 6th – Allphones Arena

MELBOURNE – May 9th – Rod Laver Arena

ADELAIDE – May 12th – Adelaide Entertainment Centre

PERTH – May 14th – Perth Arena

Fanclub presales start on Thursday 17th, with tickets going on sale to the general public at noon on Thursday 24th September.

Visit www.ironmaiden.com or www.daintygroup.com/tour/iron-maiden-2016 for all the details.

We’ll be bringing our buddies The Raven Age along too!

More 2016 dates to be announced soon…

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LONG LIVE IRON MAIDEN.

LONG LIVE METAL.

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Donald Death Punch” (Jekyll And Hyde Trump Mix) Music Video You MUST Check Out!

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on September 14, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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The fabulous FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH recently launched a contest for fans to remake their latest single, Jekyll And Hyde, off their latest and amazing studio album, Got Your Six, which is going to be #1 on the album charts this week!

A fan of FFDP created a version of the track that includes Donald Trump as part of the audio; this fan then cut the song to an entertaining video that you MUST listen to and watch! We all know Jekyll And Hyde kicks maximum Metal ass and believe me, this music video is worth every second of it’s 3:26 running time! Enjoy this music video below and… Metal Be Thy Name!

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If you haven’t bought Got Your Six yet, you are obviously severely addicted to stale prune juice. Truth.

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Special thanks to Fresh Tracks.

For more FFDP:

Facebook: Five Finger Death Punch

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LONG LIVE METAL.

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