Archive for May 26, 2025

Feast Upon BLOOD VULTURE’s New Single “Grey Mourning” (Feat. AFI’s Jade Puget)

Posted in gothic metal, gothic rock, Hard Rock, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on May 26, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Debut Album, Die Close, Out June 27th Via Pure Noise Records

“GREY MOURNING” MUSIC VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/Q2F-BIxuFSE

Gothic sludge night stalker, BLOOD VULTURE, created by Jordan Olds (2 Minutes To Late Night), has revealed the 2nd single, “Grey Mourning” (Featuring Jade Puget of AFI), from the upcoming debut album, Die Close, that will be release June 27th via Pure Noise Records.

Commenting on the song, Olds states: 

“When I was in middle school, AFI was my gateway to punk, hardcore, and goth. Jade Puget specifically was probably the biggest influence on my guitar playing and songwriting in that very formative time in my life. He’s such a melodic and unique player, and “Grey Mourning” is just a barrage of chromatic death metal riffs, so I thought it would be a really fun juxtaposition to set him loose in that kind of space and see what he came up with. I was honored that he agreed to do it, and his solo is so cool and unpredictable. It was exactly what I wanted.

In my freshman year of highschool, I snagged a black Les Paul studio because I saw him playing one in the Leaving Song Pt. II video and that’s actually the same guitar that I used to mimic his solo for the video. So this whole thing has been a wild full circle moment for me. Oh yeah, and the song is about vampires.

The the impending debut Die CloseBLOOD VULTURE lures listeners in with a mesmerizing melding of gothic romanticism, lush metallic vibes and brutal reckoning. The record features luminary guests Jade Puget (AFI), Kristin Hayter (Lingua Ignota) and Brian Fair (Shadows Fall).

Watch BLOOD VULTURE’s video for their previous single, “A Dream About Starving To Death,” herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwMOaqOIsxE

StreamGrey Mourning“: https://lnk.to/BloodVulture

Pre-Order Die Closehttps://purenoiserecs.lnk.to/BloodVultureStores

“GREY MOURNING” MUSIC VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/Q2F-BIxuFSE

Die Close Track-list:

1. Die Close – Overature
2. An Embrace In The Flood
3. A Dream About Starving To Death
4. Grey Mourning (Feat. Jade Puget)
5. Entwined (Feat. Kristin Hayter)
6. Die Close – Interlude
7. Burn For It (Feat. Brian Fair)
8. The Silence of God
9. Abomination
10. Die Close – Finale

BLOOD VULTURE will perform in Brooklyn, NY on June 1st at The Meadows with Pallbearer and Cinder Well

About BLOOD VULTURE:

This is the story of a vampire known as “The Blood Vulture.”  A once-insatiable bloodthirsty abomination of a creature, he is now a recluse long locked away as he grapples with what it means to live forever in a world of impermanence. His tales of regret and grief and terror will be told from hereon through songs that meld the emotive vocal stylings of grunge’s golden era with death metal, goth rock, and doom metal.

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GRACELESS – Release New Single/Video For “Hardening Of The Heart”

Posted in Death Metal, doom metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on May 26, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Cover: Khaos Diktator Design

Hardening of the Heart” is about the emotional aftermath after a devastating loss. All that remains are shattered dreams and emptiness. The song represents the darker and personal side of GRACELESS.

Watch “Hardening Of The Heart ” (Official Video) HERE

Relentless powerhouse GRACELESS’ new album Icons Of Ruin out May 30th is the band’s most groundbreaking release to date! Massively produced, it boats crushing, unrelenting, large-scale, bombastic sonic destruction!

Icons of Ruins is exactly what GRACELESS should sound like. This is us”, says drummer Marc Verhaar. The songs are destined to be more than just tracks; they are anthems, rallying cries for those who are also witnessing the world around them crumble and burn. “GRACELESS has become much more than a regular death metal band”, says Jasper. “We couldn’t be more proud of this album”, concludes frontman & founder David Kreft.

Listen to “Hardening Of The Heart” now available on all major digital platforms HERE

Pre-Order:  https://shop-listenable.net/en/1138_graceless

Graceless Icons Of Ruin – for fans of Bolt Thrower, Asphyx, Gorguts, Paradise Lost, Death, Bloodbath

GRACELESS – Icons Of Ruin Album Track-listing:
01 God Shines In Absence 4:11
02 Sanctified Slaughter 4:02
03 Lash Me To My Painful Death 4:50
04 Night Of The Slain 5:19
05 Hardening Of The Heart 5:17
06 Ungodliness 4:09
07 Rise Of The Blackest Sun 4:51
08 A King In The Filth 3:59
09 Beneath Starless Skies 5:47
10 Resurrection Of The Graveless 3:41

Band pics: Eus Straver

GRACELESS line up: 
Remco Kreft: Guitar, Vocals 
Marc Verhaar: Drums 
Jasper Aptroot: Bass 
Björn Brusse: Lead Guitar

Discography:
Endless Spiral of Terror – split with Grond (Raw Skull – 2019)
Deathbound – split with Revel in Flesh (War Anthem 2021)
Shadowlands (Listenable reissue 2023)
Where Vultures know your Name (Listenable reissue 2023)
Chants of Purgatory (Listenable reissue 2023)
Icons of Ruin (Listenable 2025)

Band links: 
FACEBOOK 
INSTAGRAM
YOUTUBE

Source: Listenable Records