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Penitent Unveil New Video “Beyond The Whispering Echoes” Ahead Of Melancholia Redux Release

Posted in avant garde music, avant-garde metal, Darkwave, Music, music news, music videos, news with tags , , , on May 27, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Legendary debut album Melancholia originally released by Cold Meat Industry in 1996, to receive new CD & Vinyl treatment after nearly 30 years

Melancholia Redux to feature re-recorded music, and rewritten English lyrics

Norwegian darkwave pioneers Penitent have released a new video for their track, “Beyond the Whispering Echoes“, as the band prepares for the anticipated release of Melancholia Redux, a profound re-imagining of their 1996 Cold Meat Industry debut, Melancholia.

Watch the video premiered via Side-Line Magazine: https://www.side-line.com/penitent-unveil-video-for-beyond-the-whispering-echoes-ahead-of-new-melancholia-redux-album/

“Beyond the Whispering Echoes” is now also streaming via all digital platforms, along with the single and video for “The Path of the Shadows” (YouTube)

Set for release on 30 May 2025 via The Circle Music, Melancholia Redux is far more than a simple re-recording. Almost every element has been transformed, featuring entirely re-recorded music and rewritten English lyrics, offering fans a fresh and intense perspective on this seminal work.

Regarding the new video, Karsten Hamre commented, “Creating the visual counterpart for ‘Beyond the Whispering Echoes’ allowed us to delve deeper into the atmosphere of Melancholia Redux. The video aims to reflect the introspective and melancholic journey of the track, bringing the re-imagined lyrics and music to life in a new dimension.”

Melancholia Redux will be available in a variety of exclusive formats, designed to appeal to collectors and audiophiles:

  • Digi CD with 12-page booklet: (Limited to 500 copies)
  • Clear & Black Splatter LP with Printed Inner Sleeve: (Limited to 250 copies)
  • Red & Turquoise Splatter LP with Printed Inner Sleeve: (Limited to 150 copies)
  • Luxurious LP/CD Box with Magnet Embossed in Gold: (Limited to 100 copies)
  • Exclusive T-shirt
  • Exclusive Zip Hoodie

Pre-order now via The Circle Music: https://thecirclemusic.gr/product-category/the-circle-releases/?filter_artist-name=penitent

Pre-save the album digitally: https://thecirclemusic.lnk.to/MelancholiaRedux

As previously announced, the release of Melancholia Redux marks the beginning of Penitent’s collaboration with The Circle Music. Plans are already in motion for further “Redux” versions of their extensive back catalogue, including The Beauty of Pain, As Life Fades Away, and Roses by Chaos Spawned, alongside exciting new, never-before-released material.

For over three decades, Karsten Hamre, the heart and soul of Penitent, has consistently crafted dark and eerie melodies to accompany his introspective poetry. His unique personal journey has fueled a creative output that feels revitalized, like a complete restart.

Penitent has been a significant name in dark music since the early 1990s, exploring themes of loss, pain, and melancholy through their distinctive musical art. Founded by Karsten Hamre in 1994 to combine his “mad poetry” with music, the band released their debut album Melancholia in 1996 on Cold Meat Industry, quickly establishing their unique sound of sad and somber synth music with spoken word. Over the years, Penitent has evolved, incorporating elements of neo-classical, martial industrial, and more, always driven by Hamre’s artistic vision.

Penitent online:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penitentofficial 
Bandcamp: https://penitentofficial.bandcamp.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Penitentofficial

The Circle Music online:
Website: https://thecirclemusic.gr/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thecirclemusic

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DEMONOLOGISTS – Industrial Blackened Noise Duo To Release New Album Rakshasa via Aesthetic Death

Posted in avant garde music, avant-garde metal, electronic music, Metal, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on April 3, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

On April 18th, 2025, DEMONOLOGISTS return with their latest sonic nightmare, Rakshasa. set for release on Aesthetic Death and Phage Tapes.

The Indiana-based duo, Cory Rowell and Evan Price, known for their unrelenting fusion of industrial blackened noise and horror electronics, conjure an atmosphere that is both suffocating and otherworldly.

Featuring collaborations with David Reed (Envenomist), Terry Vainoras (Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill), Bill Moseley (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2, House of 1000 Corpses), Andy Ortmann (Panicsville), Grant Richardson (Gnawed), and Eric Wood (Bastard Noise), Rakshasa is a harrowing descent into a world consumed by self-destruction and decay.

The album track “Symbiosis Omen” is now streaming HERE.

DEMONOLOGISTS sound embraces a range of darker music styles, spanning industrial, EBM, noise, goth, experimental, dark ambient, etc., always dark and sinister, often blended and delivered with a sci -fi / horror influence.

Tracklist: 

01. Rakshama (ft David Reed & Terry Vainoras)
02. Rat Piss Receptacle (ft Bill Moseley) 
03. Nebulaeic Phantasm As Eloquently Dreamt By The Abominable Primordial Ooze (ft Andy Ortmann) 
04. Autophagy 
05. Wet Wings 
06. Ritual Death (ft Grant Richardson) 
07. Samskara 
08. Tsuchigumo 
09. FFWD To Death 
10. Symbiosis Omen (ft Eric Wood)

At times intense and suffocating, and always with an ominous overtone. Rakshasa takes a few stabs at a social commentary on a world that has been overrun and possessed by man, with a never-ending desire for self destruction and death.

DEMONOLOGISTS:

https://demonologists.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/liquiddeathrecords/

Phage Tapes:

https://phagetapes.bandcamp.com/

Aesthetic Death:

https://aestheticdeath.bandcamp.com/

https://www.aestheticdeath.com/

https://www.facebook.com/aestheticdeath.uk

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SAMTAR – Returns With The Bog of Cosmic Delusions

Posted in avant garde music, avant-garde music, Hard Rock, Metal, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on March 13, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Album artwork by Steven Yoyada.

New album from the multi-instrumentalist comes out April 11

Genre-bending one-man band SAMTAR is set to return with The Bog of Cosmic Delusions. The seventh full-length album by the multi-instrumentalist and songwriter comes fresh off the heels of the acoustic-centric A Second Chapter Made of Wood.

The Bog of Cosmic Delusions stands out as SAMTAR‘s heaviest album to date. With loud and crushing sounds, psychedelic influences, melodic guitars, and grand soaring vocals, this album is sure to satisfy rock and metal listeners alike.  

SAMTAR has released three singles from the album. Stream “The Mire,” “Desert Creature” and “Refuse” on Spotify.

The Bog of Cosmic Delusions will be available on digital and limited-edition CD on April 11. Pre-order the album at samtarofficial.com

The Bog of Cosmic Delusions was written, performed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by SAMTAR.

Track-listing:

1. Desert Creature

2. Fickle Fortune

3. All You Ever Wanted

4. Speaker

5. Distant Voices

6. Refuse

7. Destiny is a Lie

8. The Whispers

9. Vicarious Voodoo

10. The Mire

11. Broken Sparrow

12. Drowning the Goddess

SAMTAR, a music-obsessed virtuoso, plies his craft with an unrepentant vigor and passion. Navigating the forests of genre, SAMTAR follows a path to sounds unknown by combining style and influence from all sources. SAMTAR chose to eschew chasing traditional mediums of promotion and instead focused on loving his life through creating music, exploring the outdoors, and translating the ethereal into song. The music SAMTAR creates is human and close, it has a momentum of its own and entreats the listener to be a traveler along the journey to their own peace.

SAMTAR grew up on System of a Down, Nine Inch Nails, The Black Dahlia Murder, Opeth, Sonata Arctica, Muse, Jimi Hendrix, Sublime, and Nirvana. Now he unites these divergent influences with driving bass lines, hook-heavy guitar melodies, powerful vocals, and a healthy dose of synthesizers. He notes some of his biggest vocal influences being from artists like Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle/Faith No More), and Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica). He also takes inspiration from sci-fi/fantasy films and literature.

www.samtarofficial.com

facebook.com/samtar2

instagram.com/samtarofficial

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MR. BUNGLE – Announce Spring U.S Tour Dates

Posted in avant garde music, Hard Rock, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , , on January 23, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

NEWLY ANNOUNCED DATES INCLUDE MULTIPLE CITIES THE BAND HASN’T PLAYED SINCE 2000

Jan. 23, 2024, Eureka, Calif. – Mr. Bungle continue to extend their 2024 world tour, adding headlining dates to cities the band has not visited since the turn of the millennium, with newly announced performances now also slated for the Southeastern and Midwestern U.S.:

May 6 Dallas, TX House of Blues
May 7 Austin, TX Emo’s
May 8 Houston, TX House of Blues
May 11 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
May 12 Raleigh, NC The Ritz
May 14 Nashville, TN Brooklyn Bowl
May 15 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
May 19 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue

Tickets are on-sale this Friday, Jan. 26 at 10 am local time. Ipecac alum, Otto Von Schirach opens on all headlining dates. Ticketing links are available at Ipecac.com/tours.

Full List of Mr. Bungle Tour Dates:

February 28 Tokyo, JP Toyosu Pit
February 29 Osaka, JP Namba Hatch
March 3 Auckland, NZ Auckland Town Hall +
March 6 Melbourne, AUS Festival Hall +
March 7 Adelaide, AUS Hindley Street Music Hall +
March 9 Sydney, AUS Hordern Pavilion +
March 10 Brisbane, AUS Fortitude Music Hall +
March 12 Perth, AUS Metro City +

May 6 Dallas, TX House of Blues #
May 7 Austin, TX Emo’s #
May 8 Houston, TX House of Blues #
May 10 Daytona Beach, FL Welcome to Rockville
May 11 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle #
May 12 Raleigh, NC The Ritz #
May 14 Nashville, TN Brooklyn Bowl #
May 15 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room #
May 17 Columbus, OH Sonic Temple
May 18 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Metal Fest
May 19 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue #

June 16 Zurich, CH X-Tra %
June 17 Milan, IT Magnolia %
June 19 Berlin, DE Huxley’s %
June 20 Copenhagen, DK Copenhell
June 23 Luxembourg Atelier %
June 24 Tilburg, NL 013 Poppodium %
June 27 Oslo, NO Tons of Rock
June 29 Clisson, FR Hellfest

+ with Melvins

% with Oxbow & Spotlights

# with Otto Von Schirach

Photo credit: Buzz Osborne

About Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle was formed in an impoverished lumber and fishing town by a trio of curious, volatile teenagers. Trey Spruance, Mike Patton and Trevor Dunn beget the amorphous “band” in 1985 up in Humboldt County, Calif., sifting through a variety of members until 1988 when drummer Danny Heifetz and saxophonist Bär McKinnon joined the group. In 1989, Mr. Bungle signed to Warner Bros. Records. No one really knows how this happened and it remains a complete mystery that even the algorithms of the internet can’t decode.

Up until 2000 they released three albums (Mr. Bungle in 1991, Disco Volante in 1995 and California in 1999), toured a good portion of the Western hemisphere and avoided any sort of critical acclaim. Some argue that the band subsequently broke up but there is also no proof of this. What is true is that they took 20 years off from performing under said moniker while they pursued various other musics that, in contrast, paid the rent.

In 2020, a different iteration of Mr. Bungle emerged, pairing the original trio of Dunn, Patton and Spruance with Anthrax’s Scott Ian and former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo for a proper release of the Eureka-bred band’s unreleased demo, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny and the new live album, The Night They Came Home.

Instagram.com/mrbungleofficial

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Source: Speakeasy PR

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MR. BUNGLE – Announce First Eastern North American Tour Since 2000

Posted in avant garde music, avant-garde metal, Hard Rock, Metal, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , on April 12, 2023 by Metal Odyssey

April 11, 2023, Eureka, Calif. – Mr. Bungle, who venture out on their first post-pandemic tour dates this May as part of the Ipecac Recordings’ Geek Show, have added an eastern swing to their slate of 2023 outings, with new performances added for several cities including New York, Boston, and Toronto.

The dates, which mark the band’s first shows on the East Coast (with the exception of New York City) in 23 years, find Mr. Bungle once again featuring their The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo line-up (Mike Patton, Trevor Dunn, Trey Spruance, Scott Ian and Dave Lombardo).

Tickets for the newly announced performances are on-sale this Friday at 10 am est. Joining Mr. Bungle for the September outings is Battles, reuniting Patton and Dunn with their Tomahawk bandmate, John Stanier.

Ipecac Geek Show featuring Mr. Bungle, Melvins and Spotlights:

May 10 Pomona, CA Fox Theater
May 11 Los Angeles, CA Palladium
May 13 Las Vegas, NV Sick New World Festival
May 14 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
May 16 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom
May 17 Salt Lake City, UT Union Event Center
May 19 Seattle, WA Showbox
May 20 Seattle, WA Showbox
May 21 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
May 23 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
May 24 Oakland, CA Fox Theater

Mr. Bungle with special guests, Battles:

September 5 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
September 6 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore
September 8 New York, NY Terminal 5
September 11 Boston, MA Roadrunner
September 12 Montreal, QC MTelus
September 13 Toronto, ON History
September 15 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit

Photo credit: Buzz Osborne

Mr. Bungle was formed in an impoverished lumber and fishing town by a trio of curious, volatile teenagers. Trey Spruance, Mike Patton and Trevor Dunn beget the amorphous “band” in 1985 up in Humboldt County, Calif., sifting through a variety of members until 1988 when drummer Danny Heifetz and saxophonist Bär McKinnon joined the group. In 1989, Mr. Bungle signed to Warner Bros. Records. No one really knows how this happened and it remains a complete mystery that even the algorithms of the internet can’t decode. Up until 2000 they released three albums (Mr. Bungle in 1991, Disco Volante in 1995 and California in 1999), toured a good portion of the Western hemisphere and avoided any sort of critical acclaim.

Some argue that the band subsequently broke up but there is also no proof of this. What is true is that they took 20 years off from performing under said moniker while they pursued various other musics that, in contrast, paid the rent. In 2020, a different iteration of Mr. Bungle emerged, pairing the original trio of Dunn, Patton and Spruance with Anthrax’s Scott Ian and former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo for a proper release of the Eureka-bred band’s unreleased demo, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny.

Ipecac.com / Instagram.com/mrbungleofficial

Source: Speakeasy PR

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DRUNK DAD “Morbid Reality” – Noise/Experimental Release Is Turn-Key Brain Consumption

Posted in avant garde music, Metal, metal music, Music, noise rock, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , on June 17, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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DRUNK DAD – Okay all of you Noise and Experimental Metal loyalists; there’s a new band for y’all to add to your extended list of must buys for 2013: DRUNK DAD‘s 4 song EP release titled: Morbid Reality. Avant garde Metalheads and those that follow the Melvins will surely get their brains gleefully sculpted with the Noise party that DRUNK DAD plays so freaking well.

With the absolute heavy album opener Guts, the musical melee has begun. Guts is nearly 8 minutes of maddening vocals and mind assaulting beats and guitar parts that make more sense than our current climate change controversy. In other words, you must go with the eclectic flow with this band’s representation of extreme and join the party; otherwise you’ll be a wallflower waiting for the next easy listening bus to arrive.

With songs Seizure, Ritual and Scum Fee rounding out this EP, DRUNK DAD has no problem exploring the atmospherics of sound, providing both calm and violent intervals that weave themselves together in an unexpected package of fascinating ear candy. This is Noise you want to shake loose to while running aimlessly with a cold beer in each hand; while not giving a shit about anything that could possibly spoil your day. Metal be thy name.

Eolian Empire released the four-song Morbid Reality via 12” vinyl and digital download on June 11th, 2013. Click RIGHT HERE to purchase the digital download!

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Photo Credit: Kate Cridlebaugh

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DRUNK DAD:

Jose De Lara

Adam Garcia

Joseph Naylor

Dane Herrin

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* For more info on DRUNK DAD, click on the link below! Whoa!

Facebook: Drunk Dad

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BANGLADEAFY – Explosive Tech/Spazz NYC Duo To Release New EP

Posted in avant garde music, avant-garde metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on June 13, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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NYC-based duo BANGLADEAFY are prepared to release their new EP, a capsule of musical mayhem containing a burst of the most bewilderingly fun metallic fusion out there.

With rabid rolls and pummeling percussion fueled with nutbar fingertapping, cerebellum-convulsing time change-ups, sporadic keyboard-interloping and the vocalizations and a general disregard for rulebooks, off-the-chain twosome BANGLADEAFY fiercely perpetuates an original style of technical extreme music defying genre classifications and merging in a melee that’ll have jazz aficionados fighting prog critics while the tech metal fans bang their own faces off in their own anomalous sequences.

While dropping riffery and percussion that is jagged and technical yet at once cohesive and succinct, this duo bears more than just a whack style and catchy name. BANGLADEAFY basically breaks down the band to the core, fusing the Bangladeshi origins of blazing drummer Atif Haq with the actual physical impairment of bassist/pianist/vocalist Jon Ehlers, the multi-instrumentalist having been born with sensio-neural hearing loss, alongside his two sisters. Disability aside, the intensely technical and somehow still laid-back basslines this musical assassin drops will floor critics and fans alike paired with is cohort’s jacked-up percussive attack.

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Following their self-released full-length This Is Your Brain On Bugs amidst other random recordings since their full-on inception in 2009, BANGLADEAFY has completed their newest display of jam-band-gone-homicidal musical intensity, now preparing it for disbursement as The Briefcase; a magnificent six-song EP that lays out more face-melting proficiency in under fifteen minutes than most so-called “tech” bands could ever visualize. The band will self-release the tracks through a direct cooperation with their cohorts at the oddball/prog-tech outlet Nefarious Industries on July 9th.

As more info on The Briefcase nears disclosure, BANGLADEAFY will hit the locals with a wave of live dates, playing shows in Jersey, Long Island and Brooklyn this week with Resolution 15, Torrential Downpour and headliners Car Bomb.

Stay tuned for full info on what’s in The Briefcase, new shows and much more on these zany BANGLADEAFY dudes in the coming days. For now sink into some live footage of the band engaging the public including a live portrayal of  Show Me The Gold and Dumpster Fire from the new EP and more RIGHT HERE.

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BANGLADEAFY w/ Car Bomb, Resolution 15, Torrential Downpour:

6/21/2013 Dingbatz – Clifton, NJ [info]

6/22/2013 Katie’s – Smithtown, NY [info]

6/23/2013 Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY [info]

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on BANGLADEAFY, click on the links below!

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http://bangladeafy.bandcamp.com

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