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RESPECT FOR ZERO – Italian Hardcore Stalwarts Announce New EP Overtime

Posted in hardcore, hardcore bands, hardcore metal, hardcore music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , on May 3, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Time To Kill Records is thrilled to announce the release of Overtime, the brand-new EP from Italian hardcore outfit RESPECT FOR ZERO, set to drop on June 30th, 2025.

Following the announcement of their signing, Overtime marks a bold return for the band; an explosive statement of intent that sharpens their identity with renewed precision. The EP delivers crushing grooves and relentless intensity, staying true to the band’s hardcore foundation while embracing a tighter, more dynamic production. RESPECT FOR ZERO prove once again that aggression and authenticity can evolve without compromise.

The first single “Born Again” is available now:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/vWo8gRgn_l4

Streaming: https://ffm.to/respect-for-zero-born-again

photo credit: Time To Kill Records

The band commented:

“‘Born Again’ explores the experience of existential stagnation, a loss of strength and emotion but ultimately urges a reaction, a personal awakening in the face of despair. The lyrics capture a moment of profound inner struggle and emotional paralysis, where hope seems to vanish. Yet, they deliver a powerful message of perseverance, framing every obstacle as an opportunity for renewal. The song underscores the importance of taking action and refusing to let life slip away, reminding us that every hardship holds the potential for a comeback. At its heart, ‘Born Again’ is a testament to resilience and the transformative power of starting anew”.

Tracklist:

1. Reaching Death
2. Mirrors
3. Sagnol
4. Born Again

Preorders:

https://timetokillrecords.com/collections/respect-for-zero-overtime

https://respectforzero.bandcamp.com/album/overtime

Line-up:

Luca Cruciani – Drums
Luca Paoletti – Bass
Stefano Gregori – Vocals
Iacopo Rossi – Guitar & Vocals

RESPECT FOR ZERO is a hardcore band from Sant’Elpidio a Mare, on Italy’s east coast, active since 2013. Their name doesn’t stand for “respect for nothing” but rather for respect for those who are treated like zero compared to corrupt politicians and the authorities who exploit us.

The band channels the rage of a generation raised in the suburbs, without comfort, and under the repression of the global underground culture, constantly stifled by the church and a bigoted mindset. The band stands firmly against fascism.

photo credit: Time To Kill Records

RESPECT FOR ZERO has shared the stage with bands such as Terror, Ratos de Porão, Expire, No Turning Back, WarCry, Bent Life, Trash Talk, Comeback Kid, H2O, Impact, Bull Brigade, Meet the Storm, Strength Approach, Slander, Straight Opposition, Face Your Enemy, Mud, Chains, and many more!

Discography:

Clenched Punches demo (2014)
The Truth Remains full-length (2015)
My Sacrifice full-length (2019, Indelirium Records)

photo credit: Time To Kill Records

RESPECT FOR ZERO:

https://www.facebook.com/RespectForZero/

https://respectforzero.bandcamp.com/

Time To Kill Records:

https://timetokillrecords.bandcamp.com/

https://timetokillrecords.com/

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Italian Death Metal Duo, ENCELADO, Unleash Pillars of Creation EP

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on May 3, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Italian Death Metal duo, ENCELADO, have released debut EP Pillars of Creation via Regenerate Records! 

Stream the EP at: youtu.be/E9YTSuutGds

Pillars Of Creation pays tribute to the elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula photographed by the Hubble Telescope from NASA on April 1, 1995. The EP’s lyrical themes include space exploration, artificial intelligence, human consciousness and death. The sound of the EP blends the varied metal influences of members Damien and Simone. The music contains a mix of of influences from bands such as Aborted, All Shall Perish and Dying Fetus, while Simone’s growling vocals are largely influenced by bands like Cannibal Corpse and Suffocation.

Purchase the EP:

enceladoband.bigcartel.com/product/pillars-of-creation-ep

Track Listing:

  1. Dark Nebulas
  2. Gravety
  3. Fragments of Fear
  4. Pillars of Creation

Credits:

All music and lyrics by Damien.
All arrangements by Encelado.
Recorded and Mixed at Umbra Studio (Italy).
Band logo by Damien.
Artwork layout by Damien.

Photo Credit: Simone Belotti Photography

Line-Up:

Simone: Vocals
Damien: Guitars, Bass Guitar, Synth, Backing vocals

Max: Sesssion Drums (Tracks 1, 3, 4)

Devin: Session Drums (Track 2)

BIO: ENCELADO is a project created by two old time friends sharing a passion for extreme metal. Between the end of 2023 and 2024, Simone (vocals) and Damien (guitars, bass guitars) started to work on some demo material that resulted in debut EP Pillars Of Creation.

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SACRIFICE – Canadian Thrash Metal Kingpins Announce Rare 2025 Live Performances In Support Of Acclaimed Volume Six LP – Out Now On Cursed Blessings Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , on May 3, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

photo by Kieran Palmerston

With the dust still settling following the release of their acclaimed Volume Six LP on Cursed Blessings Records in February, Ontario thrash metal veterans SACRIFICE have sanctioned several rare live performances this year in support of the album.

Already announced earlier this year is the rapidly approaching Modified Ghost Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia May 17th, where SACRIFICE will headline with support from Anciients, Bewitcher, and more, which will serve as the official release show for Volume Six. 

SACRIFICE now expands the year’s live schedule with two more performances, including the band’s first hometown show in nine years – which also serves as their Toronto album release show, headlining The Concert Hall in Toronto on October 11th. SACRIFICE has also been added to the Chile Terrorfest in Santiago, Chile on December 6th with Triptikon, E-Force, and more.

SACRIFICE Live:
5/17/2025 Modified Ghost VII Festival @ Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver BC w/ Anciients, Bewitcher, more
10/11/2025 The Concert Hall – Toronto ON [tickets]
12/06-07/2025 Chile Terrorfest @ Teatro Caupolicán – Santiago, CL w/ Triptikon, E-Force, more

SACRIFICE’s sixth album, and first in over sixteen years, Volume Six features ten new originals and a cover paying homage to the Toronto scene from which they originally emerged. The songs on Volume Six run the gamut from speedy, breakneck thrash (“Comatose,” “Explode,” “We Will Not Survive”) to more nuanced, layered, metallic compositions (“Underneath Millenia,” “Your Hunger For War”).

Two instrumental tracks on the album show yet another side of the band’s songwriting while still clearly being SACRIFICE songs: “Lunar Eclipse” is a showcase for Rico and Urbinati’s excellent twin guitar leads, while “Black Hashish” is SACRIFICE at their most psychedelic. The album’s final track, “Trapped In A World,” is a cover of ‘80s Toronto hardcore band Direct Action, a group that had a massive influence on the members of SACRIFICE during their formative years. The song features guest vocals by Youth Youth Youth vocalist and Toronto music legend Brian Taylor, who operated the Diabolic Force label in the eighties and produced the band’s first three albums, bringing everything full-circle three decades later with his appearance here.

Working once again with engineer Darius Szczepaniak – who was also at the helm for SACRIFICE’s 2009 effort The Ones I Condemn – Volume Six was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Phase One Studios.

Stream SACRIFICE’s Volume Six everywhere including Bandcamp HERE, and watch the lyric videos for “Missile” HERE and “Antidote Of Poison” HERE.

Tracked over a period of sessions between September 2023 and May 2024, the record was produced by vocalist/guitarist Rob Urbinati and features the band’s original lineup, with lead guitarist Joe Rico, bassist Scott Watts and drummer Gus Pynn. They are one of, if not the only, 1980s thrash band that still has its original lineup intact and playing together, and on Volume Six, the band hits it out of the park. The stunning front cover artwork for Volume Six was painted by Propagandhi bassist and lifelong SACRIFICE fan Todd Kowalski.

Volume Six is out now on all digital platforms including Bandcamp HERE and on CD, MC, and LP in Blue, White, and Black variants through the Cursed Blessings Records webshop HERE. The record is available in Europe, Asia, and Australia through High Roller Records.

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https://cursedblessingsrecords.bandcamp.com

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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U.S. Death Metal Juggernaut THORN Returns With A New Full Length

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on May 3, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

US band playing thick, groovy, bludgeoning death metal

After offering various kinds of death metal on the label this year – blackened death, dissodeath, tech death, prog death, post-punk death – we’re happy to offer a more brutish form of death metal and Thorn doesn’t disappoint in that regard. Their corpulent grooves are sure to satiate your primal cravings. Check out two of their songs from their latest album AT THIS LINK. 

Thorn – Nebulous Womb of Eternity (Death Metal)

Thorn has a knack of churning out punchy, rotten death metal hymns rife with some nasty, lurching grooves. The album will have the listener rocking back and forth in its asphyxiating grasp like a pin-pricked voodoo ragdoll. The stench of sickness is thick and pervades the entire recording.

Brennen has come up with meatier, denser, chuggier songs on this record while retaining the band’s primal essence and there is more death metal than doom found on this recording. There are still moments where gleaming leads come in and brighten up the proceedings but it remains a dark, fetid and glutinous affair through and through.

The corpulent grooves stand out the most and form the bulk of this recording. If you like the idea of death metal sounding massive, ponderous, and packed with heaving, earth-rumbling parts, this album is most certainly meant for you.

For fans of: Mortician, Fumes, Wharflurch, Fluids, Intestine Baalism, Retching

Line up info –
Cover illustration by Arifullah Ali (KanvasKarat).
Mixing/Mastering by Daniel Bonofiglio (Fumes, Gutvoid, Intestinal Hex, Grotesque Mass, Internal Infestation).

All music and lyrics written by Thorn*

*Guest solo written and performed by Daniel Bonofilgio on track 4
*Guest vocals performed by Ryan Fairfield on track 7

Thorn is Brennen Westermeyer

Track listing:

  1. Ooze Maelstrom
  2. Entombed in Chrysalis
  3. Quartersawn Remains
  4. Zombifying Mold
  5. Haunting Gale
  6. Gloaming Corporeal Form
  7. Nebulous Womb of Eternity

Release date – August 8th, 2025

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