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MESSA – Italian Doom Metallers Unveil Video For “Reveal” | European Tour With Paradise Lost To Begin Next Month

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

Photo by Nicola Pianalto

Italian doom metal outfit MESSA are pleased to unveil their new video for “Reveal.” The track comes off the band’s critically-adored new full-length, The Spin, released in April via Metal Blade Records.

Based in the band’s eclectic, self-defined “scarlet doom” sound, The Spin rises, falls, broods, bites, comforts, and destroys, all the while resounding with both instinctive magic and obsessive, concerted hard work. After lighting up the underground with a triptych of increasingly distinctive and wondrous records as 2016’s Belfry, 2018’s Feast For Water, and 2022’s Close, with The SpinMESSA is audibly equipped for the proverbial big leagues.

Comments the band on their “Reveal” video, “The main riff in ‘Reveal’ manifested itself spontaneously. Our guitar player Alberto dreamed of it one night. He suddenly woke up at 4:00am and recorded it with his phone so he wouldn’t forget it. It was the most immediate song to write out of all those we wrote for The Spin and it features two key elements: the typical, ‘blues’ use of slide guitar and the ‘metal’ element of the blastbeats. This video was entirely shot with analog equipment in a tire warehouse in our hometown. We chose the lo-fi aesthetic on purpose, using the dynamism of strobe and neon lights. We tried to make it as spontaneous as the songwriting process for the track.”

Watch MESSA’s video for “Reveal” HERE.

Watch MESSA’s previously released video for “At Races” HERE, “The Dress” HERE, and “Fire On The Roof”HERE.

The Spin was partly recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by Maurizio “Icio” Baggio and includes synth work by Andrea Mantione (Nuovo Testamento) on “Fire On The Roof” and cover art by Nico Vascellari (Uroboro, 2023. Nero Portoro marble, tire. 57 x 57 x 10 cm).

The record is available now on CD, vinyl, and digital formats at metalblade.com/messa.

Next month, MESSA will serve as direct support to Paradise Lost on a month-long European trek. The Ascension Of Europe Tour 2025 begins on October 9th in Manchester, United Kingdom and runs through November 6th in Antwerp, Belgium. Additional support will be provided by High Parasite and Lacrimas Profundere on select shows. See all confirmed dates below.

MESSA w/ Paradise Lost, High Parasite:
10/09/2025 New Century Hall – Manchester, UK
10/10/2025 KK’s Steel Mill – Wolverhampton, UK
10/11/2025 University – Newcastle, UK
10/12/2025 Garage – Glasgow, UK
10/14/2025 Rescue Rooms – Nottingham, UK
10/15/2025 SWX – Bristol, UK
10/16/2025 The 1865 – Southampton, UK
10/17/2025 Islington Assembly Hall – London, UK
10/19/2025 Tyrant Fest – Lille, FR **
w/ Paradise Lost, Lacrimas Profundere:
10/20/2025 Elysée Montmartre – Paris, FR
10/21/2025 La Rayonne – Lyon, FR
10/23/2025 Live Music Hall – Cologne, DE
10/24/2025 Rockhal – Luxembourg, LU **
10/25/2025 Conrad Sohm – Dornbirn, AT
10/26/2025 Hall – Padova, IT **
10/28/2025 Backstage Werk – Munich, DE
10/29/2025 Palac Akropolis – Prague, CZ
10/30/2025 Boogaloo – Zagreb, HR
10/31/2025 SiMM City – Vienna, AT
11/01/2025 Durer Kert – Budapest, HU
11/03/2025 PTR/L’Usine – Geneva, CH **
11/04/2025 Z-Bau – Nürnberg, DE
11/05/2025 Pandora – Utrecht, NL
11/06/2025 Trix Hall – Antwerp, BE
** Paradise Lost, MESSA only

MESSA:
Sara – vocals
Marco – guitars/bass
Alberto – guitars
Rocco – drums

https://www.facebook.com/MESSAproject

https://www.instagram.com/messa_band

https://messaproject.bandcamp.com

Source: EARSPLIT PR

TORTURE HAMMER – Santa Cruz Death Metal Squad To Release Eponymous EP Via Creator-Destructor Records On October 24th

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on September 26, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Title Track, Preorders, And Tour Dates With All Shall Perish Posted

Stream TORTURE HAMMER’s “Torture Hammer” HERE.

Santa Cruz, California-based death metal squad TORTURE HAMMER will attack the population with their cruel, eponymous second EP through Creator-Destructor Records on October 24th.

After writing and releasing 2024’s Dormant Horror debut EP as a two-piece, TORTURE HAMMER vocalist Peter Pawlak and guitarist Sean Collins added drummer Max Mahmood (Iron Front, Manos De Fierro) and bassist Amir Sahabi (Caveman). With this fully fleshed-out lineup in place, the band stepped-up their game in every way on Torture Hammer.

The six tracks on Torture Hammer see the band’s attack fueled with even more aggression and antagonism, delivering their most deadly material to date. Torture Hammer was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Charles Toshio at Panda Studios in Fremont, California (Spy, Sunami, and Scowl) and completed with cover art by Martyrdoom Illustrations (200 Stab Wounds, Kruelty, Morbid Visionz).

The title track acts as the lead single to the eponymous EP; an endless onslaught of headbanging riffs leads the listener through a hellish scene before culminating in a traumatic, mosh-inducing breakdown finale.

Feel the pain of TORTURE HAMMER’s “Torture Hammer” now on YouTube HERE and Bandcamp HERE.

Torture Hammer will be released on 12” vinyl, CD, and digitally on October 24th. Preorders are live at the Creator-Destructor webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE.

Torture Hammer – Track Listing:

  1. Bodily Harm
  2. Torture Hammer
  3. Object Of Desire
  4. Catastrophic Collapse
  5. Hammered
  6. Coward’s Surrender

Directly in support of the EP’s release, TORTURE HAMMER is poised to hit the Western US on their first ever tour, supporting All Shall Perish and more from October 3rd through 11th. The tour will be followed by a show in San Francisco with Mammoth Grinder, Iron Front, and Leer on October 17th. See all dates below and expect further tour developments to be announced shortly.

TORTURE HAMMER Live:
10/03/2025 Nova PDX – Portland, OR w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass
10/05/2025 The Big Dipper – Spokane, WA w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass
10/07/2025 Soundwell – Salt Lake City, UT w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass
10/08/2025 The Oriental Theater – Denver, CO w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass
10/09/2025 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass
10/10/2025 Nile – Mesa, AZ w/ All Shall Perish, Desmadre, Girl Of Glass
10/11/2025 24 Oxford – Las Vegas, NV w/ All Shall Perish, Girl Of Glass
10/17/2025 Thee Parkside – San Francisco, CA w/ Mammoth Grinder, Iron Front, Leer

https://www.instagram.com/torturehammer

https://creator-destructor.com

Source: EARSPLIT PR

Montreal’s DEADWOOD To Release Rituals of a Dying Light, on Innerstrength Records | Video for First Single “Heretic” Out Now

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, deathcore, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on September 26, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Montreal (QC) – Canadian bruisers, Deadwood, have signed to Innerstrength Records! The band is set to release their new EP, Rituals of a Dying Light, on January 6, 2026.

A music video for the EP’s first single,”Heretic,” is available at: youtu.be/qd3b7p4zTug

“Heretic” can also be found on the usual streaming platforms, including BandcampSpotify, and Apple Music.

Deadwood uniquely blends death metal and hardcore to create a modern deathcore sound. Known for their heavy music and dark lyrics, their motto is “Make Deathcore Angry Again.” The band aims to evoke terror and fear through their music, ensuring their performances are unforgettable. Most importantly, the music of Deadwood caters to enthusiastic metalheads who crave pure brutality and violence.

The EP’s second single, “Tales of Masscacre,” is set to be unleashed with lethal intent on October 17.

Track Listing:

  1. Tales of Massacre
  2. Heretic
  3. Thirst for Blood
  4. Whispers of Death
  5. Echoes of the Fallen

Line-up:

Fred Element – Guitars

Stephane Filion – Lead Guitars

Charles Etienne Lafrance – Drums

Derek Heynekemp – Vocals*

*Note: Vocals on the EP by Martin Demontigny.

Music and lyrics by Deadwood. Recorded at EMNT studio January 2025. Produced by Fred Element. Mix and mastering by Fred Element.

Formed in the shadow of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Deadwood quickly carved out a place in the heavy scene with their dark, unrelenting sound. The lineup unites seasoned veterans: guitarist Fred (ex-The Plasmarifle, ex-Ion Dissonance), guitarist Stéphane (ex-Nova Spei, Iron Maiden tribute), drummer Charles (ex-Dismayd, Discovrey Through Tourment), and vocalist Derek, reuniting with Fred after a decade since their days in Malaga.

Drawing from the ferocity of Meshuggah, the brutality of Whitechapel and the groove-driven power of Pantera, Deadwood deliver crushing riffs and haunting atmospheres steeped in true dark histories, from the Salem witch trials to the reign of Jack the Ripper.

Their catalog includes the EP Nemesis (2022), EP Inhuman (2023), and standout singles “Straightblade” (June 2023), “Djinn Pitts” (March 2024), and “Heretic” (April 2025). Known for their commanding live presence, Deadwood has toured Japan with Humanity’s Last Breath and DVRK, stormed U.S. stages in 2025, opened twice for Born of Osiris in Montréal, and shook the grounds of Inkcarceration Festival 2025.

Currently on tour across Québec, Ontario, and New Brunswick, Deadwood is gearing up for their first European run in 2026, bringing their brand of dark, murky heaviness to stages worldwide.

deadwoodmetal.com

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innerstrengthmusic.com

innerstrengthrecords.bandcamp.com

Source: ClawHammer PR