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SUFFOCATION – Despise The World North American Tour 2013 – Dates, Cities & Venues!

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on March 1, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Suffocation - Despise The World - N. American Tour poster

SUFFOCATION Will Be DEVASTATING NORTH AMERICA THIS SPRING Bringing You All To The PINNACLE OF BEDLAM!!!!

SUFFOCATION Officially Announces The DESPISE THE WORLD NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2013.

ALSO APPEARING:

Exhumed

Jungle Rot

Rings of Saturn

Adimiron

Lord of War ( * select West Coast dates only)

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CHECK OUT THE DATES BELOW:

April 04: Long Island, NY @ 89 North

April 05: New York, NY @ St. Vitus

April 06: Philadelphia, PA @ The Note

April 07: Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews

April 08: St. Paul, MN @ Station 4

April 09: Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s

April 10: Denver, CO @ Marquis

April 11: Boise, ID @ The Venue

April 12: Spokane, WA @ The Hop

April 13: Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven *

April 14: Portland, OR @ Hawthorne *

April 15: Oakland, CA @ Metro Opera House *

April 16: Los Angeles, CA @ The Vex

April 17: Tempe, AZ @ 910 Live *

April 18: Albuquerque, NM @ Hooligans Nightclub

April 19: Dallas, TX @ Trees

April 20: San Antonio, TX @ Korova

April 21: Oklahoma City, OK @ Chameleon Room

April 22: Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room

April 23: Chicago, IL @ Reggies

April 24: Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s

April 25: Springfield, VA @ Empire

April 26: Toronto, ON @ WreckRoom

April 27: Montreal, QC @ Club Soda

April 28: Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre

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(Source: SUFFOCATION facebook)

For more info on SUFFOCATION, click on the links below!

http://www.facebook.com/suffocation

http://www.twitter.com/suffocationband

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LONG LIVE SUFFOCATION.

Stone.

SUFFOCATION – Enter American Billboard Chart With “Pinnacle Of Bedlam”!

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on February 28, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Suffocation _ Pinnacle Of Bedlam - promo cover pic!

As reported on the official facebook of SUFFOCATION:

New York Death Metal veterans, SUFFOCATION, have sold 3,213 copies of their new album Pinnacle of Bedlam in the U.S. during its first week of release. That puts the band at #152 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and at #2 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) Chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

“Pinnacle of Bedlam is an album that we couldn’t be prouder of,” commented the band. “A lot of blood and sweat went into the making of this album and the fans have responded! Thank you to all of you who support SUFFOCATION, as well as Nuclear Blast for their support in helping to bring this brutal beast to the masses and to our management team for keeping all the pieces together. We’ll see all of you on the road on the ‘Despise the World’ tour!!!”

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The brand new album, PINNACLE OF BEDLAM, out now worldwide via Nuclear Blast Records! ORDER at http://bit.ly/sffpoblp

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Stone Says: Hails to SUFFOCATION for invading the Billboard Charts! I bought my copy of Pinnacle Of Bedlam; it’s the CD/DVD Digipak version sold at Best Buy for $11.99. I highly recommend this new deathly offering from SUFFOCATION and… Metal be thy name.

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For more info on SUFFOCATION, click on the links below!

http://www.facebook.com/suffocation

http://www.twitter.com/suffocationband

http://www.youtube.com/suffocation

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LONG LIVE SUFFOCATION.

Stone.

DEATH TO ALL – 2013 North American Tour Dates Announced

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on February 27, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Death To All - Tour 2013 - promo poster

The esteemed DEATH TO ALL Tour, celebrating the life and music of DEATH mastermind Chuck Schuldiner, will be returning in 2013 for an even larger run of dates. After a successful 2012 run, the tour, now referred to as DTA1, will feature the original lineup of DEATH from Human — guitarist Paul Masvidal, bassist Steve Di Giorgio, and drummer Sean Reinert, with special guest vocalist/guitarist Max Phelps of Cynic/Exist. The band will be playing a selection of songs from the first four DEATH albums including the cream of the Human album.

Once again, the spirit of the tour is to spread the word and raise money for the charity Sweet Relief, while keeping the music and legacy of Chuck Schuldiner alive. A second version of the tour, dubbed DTA2, is planned for North America later this year, and will focus on the final three DEATH albums, plus a one-off European date at Neurotic Deathfest May 3 that will cover the entire DEATH catalog. A complete listing of dates is included below while a limited number of VIP tickets are available HERE.

Additionally, 2013 will continue to see the deluxe reissues of DEATH’s catalog by Relapse Records. Over the last couple of years, the label has painstakingly reissued and remastered the later albums from the DEATH catalog including The Sound of PerseveranceIndividual Thought PatternsHumanSpiritual Healing and other Chuck Schuldiner related releases. These DEATH titles are currently available for streaming at this LOCATION. Details on the 2013 reissues will be announced shortly.

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DEATH TO ALL Tour Dates:

4/13/2013 House of Blues – W. Hollywood, CA Tickets

4/15/2013 Gothic Theater – Denver, CO Tickets 

4/18/2013 St Andrew’s Hall – Detroit, MI Tickets 

4/19/2013 House Of Blues – Cleveland, OH Tickets

4/20/2013 Bogart’s – Cincinnati, OH Tickets

4/21/2013 House Of Blues – Chicago, IL Tickets

4/23/2013 Club Soda – Montreal, QC

4/24/2013 Irving Plaza – New York, NY Tickets

4/25/2013 Theater For Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA Tickets

4/26/2013 The Fillmore – Silver Spring, MD Tickets

4/27/2013 The Palladium – Worcester, MA Tickets

4/28/2013 Phoenix Concert Theatre – Toronto, ON

4/29/2013 Circo Volador – Mexico City, MX

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

For more info on DEATH TO ALL, click on the links below!

facebook: DEATH To All Tour

http://www.relapse.com

http://www.facebook.com/deathofficial

http://www.deathband.bandcamp.com

http://www.emptywords.org

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LONG LIVE THE LEGACY OF DEATH.

REST IN PEACE, CHUCK SCHULDINER.

Stone.

AZURE EMOTE – New Track From All-Star Avant/Death Opus Arises

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on February 20, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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AZURE EMOTE, the avant-garde Death Metal entity envisioned and created by Mike Hrubovcak (Monstrosity, Vile, Divine Rapture, Abraxas), will release its second full-length work, The Gravity Of Impermanence, worldwide on April 3rd via Selfmadegod Records.

Under Hrubovcak’s direction, songwriting and full-on participation in its creation, The Gravity Of Impermanence was executed utilizing musicians from Death, Fear Factory, Yakuza, Monstrosity, Tristania, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder and more. With over an hour of material displayed through fourteen tracks, the album is fueled by pummeling blast beats, electronic programming, a mixture of both guttural and haunting vocal styles, violins, saxophone, harmonica and a barrage of other instruments coalescing in a melting pot of misanthropic darkness that defines the AZURE EMOTE ethos, recorded, mixed and mastered by Ron Vento of Aurora Borealis at Nightsky Studios.

Azure Emote - The Gravity Of Impermanence - promo cover pic

The cover art was once again done by AZURE EMOTE’s creator and frontman Mike Hrubovcak, his Visual Darkness works well-known in the death/grind communities for illustrating covers for Sinister, Grave, Cattle Decapitation, Hate Eternal, Mortician, and many others.

Venerable scene news outlet/community Lambgoat.com is hosting an exclusive stream of the opening track to The Gravity Of Impermanence. Unleash the brilliantly unique destruction of “Epoch Of De-Evolution” AT THIS LOCATION.

Experience the epic closing track to the album “Puppet Deities” and more on AZURE EMOTE RIGHT HERE.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

For more info on AZURE EMOTE, click on the links below!

http://www.azureemote.com

http://www.facebook.com/azureemote

http://www.azureemote.bandcamp.com

http://www.selfmadegod.com

http://www.selfmadegod.bandcamp.com

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LONG LIVE AZURE EMOTE.

Stone.

SIX FEET UNDER “UNBORN” – Releases March 19th; Legendary Chris Barnes Comments On Creating Album

Posted in Death Metal, death metal albums, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on February 17, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Six Feet Under - Unborn - promo cover pic!

As reported on the official facebook of SIX FEET UNDER:

“The journey to create, write, and record UNDEAD and UNBORN has been the most challenging and exciting musical endeavor and process I have ever been involved with,” expresses vocalist and founder Chris Barnes. “Working with all these amazing writers and musicians like Ben Savage (Whitechapel) on songs like Neuro Osmosis and Fragment are some of the most dynamic, beautiful, and brutal songs I’ve ever had the pleasure of putting lyrics to. I believe Ben is a true innovator of the death metal genre. It was also a lot of fun working Jari Laine from Torture Killer again. We wrote a great album together a few years back called SWARM! –one of my favorite releases I’ve been involved with– and Jari is someone who I have really wanted to work with again ever since. I wanted to revisit collaborating with Jari because of how well we work together; proof of that on UNBORN are the hook heavy sounds of songs like Zombie Blood Curse and Incision.” – Chris Barnes

Listen to & order UNBORN: http://www.metalblade.com/sixfeetunder

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UNBORN – Track Listing & Song Writers:

Neuro Osmosis (Ben Savage/Chris Barnes)

Prophecy (Ola Englund/Chris Barnes)

Zombie Blood Curse (Jari Laine/Chris Barnes)

Decapitate (Ben Savage/Chris Barnes)

Incision (Jari Laine/Chris Barnes)

Fragment (Ben Savage/Chris Barnes)

Alive to Kill You (Steve Swanson/Chris Barnes)

The Sinister Craving (Ben Savage/Chris Barnes)

Inferno (Jari Laine/Chris Barnes)

Psychosis (Rob Arnold/Chris Barnes)

The Curse of the Ancients (Ola Englund/Chris Barnes)

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“UNBORN” bundles are available for pre-order:

http://metalblade.com/sixfeetunder/

Deluxe Bundle Includes:

– Unborn CD

– “Logo” t-shirt

– 3’x3′ flag

– Bite kit

– 10″ x 7″ polyethylene Outbreak Warning sign

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For more info on SIX FEET UNDER, click on the links below!

facebook: ~ Six feet under ~

http://www.metalblade.com/sixfeetunder

http://twitter.com/sixfeetofficial

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LONG LIVE SIX FEET UNDER.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

MORTAL DECAY – Signs With Comatose Music; New Album Releasing In 2013

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on February 14, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Comatose Music Is Very Pleased To Announce The Signing Of MORTAL DECAY!

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For over twenty years this South Jersey powerhouse has astonished the Death Metal community with their very unique style of technical and innovative composition that sets them apart from all others. Brace yourself for a punishing release full of substance and without limits, exploring beyond the standards to create an opus of mass destruction.

Here is what Mortal Decay says about the new album: “In believing that this is our most solid material to date and that we are individually at our best, it can be summed as a definitive collection of songs. Ranging through every era of the band, and including newer experiments, our collective energy and creativity was reborn and still exploding at a level beyond what we could have imagined. True MORTAL DECAY fans will get a taste of all levels of our musical direction at its finest.”

Recording is scheduled to begin in April and the release date will be set this Summer. In addition to the new release, Comatose Music will also re-issue the highly sought after A Gathering of Human Artifacts CD and it will be available this Spring!

Guitarist Joe Gordon adds: “We are extremely excited to be working with Steve and Comatose Music on these releases. The label is definitely on the upswing, and we’re very happy to be a part of this amazing roster of bands!”

Comatose Music - Large Logo - Red & Black!

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

For more info on MORTAL DECAY, click on the link below!

facebook: Mortal Decay

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LONG LIVE MORTAL DECAY.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

LIFELESS – To Release “Godconstruct” On March 1st, Via FDA Rekotz

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on January 26, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Lifeless - Godconstruct - promo cover pic!

Death Metal undeads LIFELESS have finished the work on their long-awaited second album, Godconstruct. The follow-up to the band’s 2008 debut, Beyond the Threshold of Death, contains 11 new stunning and catchy pure classic Death Metal hymns deep from the crypts of Germany, which will crawl into your rotten ears and devour you from the inside out. Do you like rawness combined with emotional melodies? Don’t miss Godconstruct!

Godconstruct is set for a March 1st release through Germany’s FDA Rekotz. The album will be offered in CD, vinyl and digital formats. The vinyl version will come in two different editions, the Die Hard Edition, which is limited to 100 copies on blue vinyl and comes with poster, inlay, sticker and an embroidered patch, and the Obscure Edition on black vinyl with inlay.

Album track Moribund is now streaming at: http://soundcloud.com/fda-rekotz

The pre-sale for CDs, LPs and T-shirt combo packs have begun. Visit http://www.fda-rekotz.com for details and ordering information.

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LIFELESS – Live Dates:

1/25 – Hagen @ Kultopia

2/21 – Berlin @ K17 w/ Deserted Fear, Harm

2/22 – Wolfsburg @ D-Place w/ Deserted Fear, Chapel Of Disease

2/23 – Hamburg @ Bambi Galore w/ Deserted Fear, Chapel Of Disease

2/13 – Oberhausen @ Helvete w/ Sulphur Aeon

6/13 – 6/15 – GTNS Fest w/ Deserted Fear, Revel In Flesh, Dead, Chapel Of Disease

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GODCONSTRUCT – Track Listing:

01 – Praeludium: Endzeit

02 – Godconstruct

03 – Towards Damnation

04 – Moribund

05 – Blood For The Gods

06 – The Truth Concealed

07 – Interludium: Zeitenwende

08 – Seething With Rage

09 – Sworn To Death

10 – Reconquering The Soul

11 – Blindead

12 – Perdition Of The Whore

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LIFELESS:

Marc – Vocals/ Guitar

Daniel L. – Drums

Jan – Guitar

Daniel W. – Bass

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LIFELESS – BIO:

Founded in early 2006, LIFELESS set out to create pure, traditional Death Metal and have done exactly that since day one. No fucking compromises!!!

In 2007, the band self-financed their debut, Beyond The Threshold Of Death. The mastering  was done by Vesa Kenttäkumpu (EVOCATION).

Two  years later, LIFELESS signed with US-based Ibex Moon Records, the label founded by INCANTATION mastermind John McEntee, who re-released Beyond The Threshold Of Death in June of 2010. The re-released featured new artwork and a cover version of DISMEMBER´s classic “Casket Garden” as a bonus track.

In 2011 LIFELESS parted ways with Ibex Moon Records to get more reputation on the European market, and soon signed a new deal with German based FDA-REKOTZ (Entrails, Revel In Flesh, Revolting, Goregast etc.). The band’s FDA debut came in the form of the 7″ split EP, Chapel Of A Lifeless Cult,  with labelmates Chapel Of Disease.

In March of 2013, LIFELESS will release their long-awaited sophomore full-length, Godconstruct. Be prepared for ten tracks of old-school Death fucking Metal!

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

For more info on LIFELESS, click on the links below!

facebook: LIFELESS

http://www.myspace.com/lifelessdeathmetal

http://www.youtube.com/lifelessofficial

http://www.fda-rekotz.com

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LONG LIVE LIFELESS.

LONG LIVE TRADITIONAL DEATH METAL.

Stone.

SUFFOCATION – SECOND “PINNACLE OF BEDLAM” TRAILER POSTED ONLINE!

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on January 25, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Suffocation _ Pinnacle Of Bedlam - promo cover pic!

2013-01-25 – New York Death Metal veterans, SUFFOCATION, have uploaded the second album trailer for their upcoming release Pinnacle of Bedlam.

Watch guitarist Terrance Hobbs discussing the title and artwork of their latest soon-to-be-Death-Metal-classic here: http://youtu.be/6EmebFUqeuw

Trailer #1 http://youtu.be/osLxPA7CQ1w

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Pinnacle of Bedlam – deluxe digipak track listing:

01. Cycles Of Suffering
02. Purgatorial Punishment
03. Eminent Wrath
04. As Grace Descends
05. Sullen Days
06. Pinnacle Of Bedlam
07. My Demise
08. Inversion
09. Rapture Of Revocation
10. Beginning Of Sorrow
Bonus: The making of Pinnacle of Bedlam DVD

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The brand new tracks Cycles of Suffering and As Grace Descends are available for streaming and free download now!

Pinnacle of Bedlam was produced by the band and tracked at Full Force Studios in New York by longtime collaborator Joe Cincotta. The mixing and mastering were handled this time around by world-renowned producer/engineer Zeuss (HATEBREED, ARSIS, SUICIDE SILENCE). Pinnacle of Bedlam features 10 genre-defining-bone-crushing tracks and also marks the return of drummer Dave Culross, who played with the band previously on their Despise The Sun EP. Artwork was handled by artist Raymond Swanland (DEEDS OF FLESH, PSYCROPTIC).

Pinnacle of Bedlam will be released February 15, 2013 via Nuclear Blast.

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(Source: Nuclear Blast)

For more info on SUFFOCATION, click on the links below!

http://www.facebook.com/suffocation

http://www.twitter.com/suffocationband

www.nuclearblastusa.com

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LONG LIVE SUFFOCATION.

Stone.

THE RESISTANCE – Decibel Magazine Brings You “Face To Face”

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on January 19, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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In celebration of the impending release of their Rise From Treason EP, Decibel Magazine offers up THE RESISTANCE’s “Face To Face.” Featuring within its ranks some of Sweden’s most esteemed musicians, THE RESISTANCE includes In Flames’ founder Jesper Strömblad on guitar alongside second guitarist Glenn Ljungström (ex-In Flames), vocalist Marco Aro (ex-The Haunted, Facedown) and drummer Chris Barkensjö (ex-Kaamos, ex-Repugnant).

Far from a “supergroup” or “side project,” THE RESISTANCE is a veritable gang embracing the musical attitude and sounds of old-school Swedish death metal and the traditional “no compromise” values of hardcore. Sea Of Tranquility calls Rise From Treason “consistently hard, driving, aggressive, fast, and angry,“ while No Clean Singing adds: “crusty, d-beat influenced, old-school death metal with hardcore vocals and extremely headbangable rhythms. I like.”

The Resistance - Rise From Treason - EP - promo cover

Rise From Treason will see North American release on January 29, 2013 via Armoury Records with a full-length to follow later this year.

In the meantime, check out “Face To Face” courtesy of Decibel Magazine at THIS LOCATION.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

For more info on THE RESISTANCE, click on the links below!

http://www.facebook.com/theresistanceswe

http://www.eaglerockent.com

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LONG LIVE THE RESISTANCE.

Stone.

EXPURGATE – Debut Album “Dementia Tremens” Due Out February 12th On Comatose Music

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on January 19, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Expurgate - Dementia -Tremens - promo cover pic!

“This release sounds sick from the first minute until the last riff finishes. That’s how this shit should be.” – Guttural Death

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EXPURGATE – Colorado brutalists EXPURGATE have allied with Comatose Music for the release of their debut full-length, Dementia Tremens, on February 12th.

Spewing from the Rocky Mountains like an avalanche of violence, comes the guttural slamming madness known as EXPURGATE. The band formed in 2010 and, after numerous delays, they are finally ready to discharge their debut album. Although currently on hiatus, it is mandatory that this album sees the light of day. Dementia Tremens is a ruthless display of bone shattering calamity. Artwork by the very talented Kahori Takeda.

Select tracks from Dementia Tremens as well as free downloads of the band’s 2010 and 2011 demos can be found on EXPURGATE’s Facebook Page here: Expurgate

Pre-orders for Dementia Tremens are available at: http://www.comatosemusic.com

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EXPURGATE:

Jaymes Grundmann – Vocals

Devin Tauber – Bass

Fuckin’ Ian – Guitar

Chris Van Cleave – Drums

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

For more info on EXPURGATE, click on the links below!

facebook: Expurgate

http://www.comatosemusic.com

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LONG LIVE EXPURGATE.

Stone.

SINISTER “Years Of Massacre” Digital-Only Release Available On February 1st, via Massacre Records

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on January 6, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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DIGITAL-ONLY RELEASE: SINISTER -Years Of Massacre

(18-track-compilation including 9 tracks (!!) that have never been available for download until now)

To buy your digital-only release of SINISTER – Years Of Massacre, available on February 1st, 2013, just click on the link below!

http://massacre.musiclogistics.net/releases/19910?lang=en

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THE DEATH METAL MASTERS FROM THE NETHERLANDS!

SINISTER:

Adrie Kloosterwaard – vocals

Dennis Hartog – guitars

Batiaan Brussaard – guitars

Mathijs Brussaard – bass

Toep Duin – drums

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Source:

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For more info on SINISTER, click on the links below!

facebook: Sinister Official

http://www.myspace.com/sinisterwingsofdeath

http://www.massacre-records.com

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LONG LIVE SINISTER.

Stone.

HYPOCRISY – Reveal New Album Title, Announce 2013 European Tour

Posted in Death Metal, death metal albums, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on December 30, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

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Swedish Death Metal monsters HYPOCRISY are currently wrapping up the recording process of their upcoming new studio album entitled End Of Disclosure. The record is tentatively scheduled for a late March release via Nuclear Blast Records.

Band leader Peter Tägtgren commented: “Hi all, we’re still in the studio working hard to finalize the album. Horgh just laid down the drums – and let me tell you – it sounds awesome!!! Thundering and brutal! We can’t wait to put out the new tracks and play them live! Hope to meet you all soon on the road and wish you guys a great X-mas and happy new year!“

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HYPOCRISY have just confirmed the following dates for 2013. More to come very soon.

HYPOCRISY – Live 2013

22.03.13 SE Stockholm/Fryshuset

28.03.13 DE Essen/Turock

29.03.13 BE Namur/Cinex

01.04.13 FR Paris/Trabendo

03.04.13 CH Geneve/L’Usine

04.04.13 CH Winterthur/Salzhaus

06.04.13 DE Leipzig/Hellraiser

07.04.13 DE Hamburg/Markthalle

08.04.13 DE Berlin/K17

11.04.13 CZ Prag/Nova Chmelnice

12.04.13 DE Dettelbach/Metal Franconia Festival

13.04.13 DE München/Backstage

14.04.13 AT Wien/Szene

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(Source: facebook: Hypocrisy

For more info on HYPOCRISY, click on the links below!

http://www.hypocrisy.cc

http://www.twitter.com/hypocrisyband

http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/

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LONG LIVE HYPOCRISY.

Stone.

TERMINATE – Signs To Selfmadegod Records; Debut Full-Length Releasing In Early 2013

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on December 19, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

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Selfmadegod Records is proud to announce the signing of TERMINATE from Morton Grove, Illinois.

The mission of TERMINATE is simple: to play Death Metal the way it was meant to be played. Taking influences from Death Metal stalwarts Bolt Thrower and Autopsy, while maintaining a melodic sensibility akin to Swedish greats Dismember and Entombed is what defines Terminate’s sound.

Thanks to their self-released Thirst For The Obscene EP in 2011, Polish label Selfmadegod took notice of the crushing act and immediately inked a deal with TERMINATE to release their debut full-length in early 2013, which the members are currently in the process of finalizing. More details will be announced soon.

TERMINATE was formed in late 2009 by guitarist/vocalist John Porada and drummer Jim Smith. After releasing their Thirst For The Obscene demo, the lineup was completed with Tom Cardella on guitar and Alfred Mulle on bass. Consisting of veterans of the Chicago Metal scene as well as the New York Metal scene, the band has quickly made a name for itself, catching the attention of not only within their home city of Chicago, but also a core of underground fans across the world.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

For more info on TERMINATE, click on the links below!

facebook: Terminate

http://www.terminate.bigcartel.com

http://www.reverbnation.com/terminate

http://www.selfmadegod.com

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LONG LIVE TERMINATE.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

CANNIBAL CORPSE – New Logo Unveiled To Celebrate Band’s 25th Anniversary In 2013

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on December 16, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Cannibal Corpse - 25th Anniversary Logo - Large!

As reported on the facebook of Cannibal Corpse:

Next year marks our 25th year as a band and we are going to celebrate it all year long! Keep an eye out for special releases, new merch designs and announcements! For now you can check out our 25th anniversary logo which will appear as a sleeve print on all our merch printed in 2013, you can pre order shirts with this print NOW along with our 2013 CALENDAR that features the uncensored Vince Locke art from our 12 releases and marks all of our release dates, birthdays, our favorite horror film release dates and more!

Everything can be found here: http://www.jsrdirect.com/bands/cannibalc…

We never would have made it 25 years without all you die hard fans, get your horns up and blast your Corpse records all year!

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For more info on CANNIBAL CORPSE, click on the links below!

facebook: Cannibal Corpse

http://www.cannibalcorpse.net

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LONG LIVE CANNIBAL CORPSE.

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Death Metallers XUL Offer FREE DOWNLOAD Of Debut Album ‘Malignance’

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on December 12, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

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Left to right: Bill Ferguson (Vocals/Guitar), Wallace Huffman (Guitar), Marlow Deiter (Bass), Lowell Winters (Drums), Levi Meyers (Vocals) Photo Credit: Bailey Gottlieb

Brutal Western Canadian Death Metallers XUL are offering their debut full length ‘Malignance’ released earlier this year as a FREE DOWNLOAD as the band currently works on their follow-up EP. If you’re a fan of Behemoth, Dissection and Immortal this is one album not to be missed as the band forges their brand of Blackened Death MetalMalignance features eight tracks of crushing rhythms seamlessly coalescing into atmospheric passages, accompanied by punishing percussion waves and subtle vocal harmonies.

FREE DOWNLOAD at the following link here. (http://xulmetal.bandcamp.com/album/malignance)

XUL vocalist Levi Meyers comments:

“”We are excited to offer our debut album, “Malignance” for free (or by pay what you want donation) to our fans as a token of our appreciation for the endless support they offer us. We are currently writing an EP, which will be due out sometime in 2013.”

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Track Listing – Malignance

1. Battlestorm 04:27

2. Mastication of Putrescent Empyrean Remains 05:14

3. Porta Noctis 05:08

4. Vengeance 03:28

5. Winter’s Reign 04:26

6. Hordes of Black 05:29

7. Incinerate the Earth 04:17

8. Tomb of Tyrants 05:54

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For more info on XUL, please visit these links:

www.xulofficial.ca

http://www.facebook.com/Xulband

http://www.twitter.com/xulofficial

http://xulmetal.bandcamp.com/

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About XUL:

A five piece group based out of Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, following in the footsteps of bands such as: Behemoth, Dissection, and Immortal, XUL have left the beaten path and set out to forge their own brand of Blackened Death Metal.

An energetic and interactive live performance – with crushing rhythms seamlessly coalescing into atmospheric passages, accompanied by punishing percussion waves and subtle vocal harmonies – expands upon the previously established essence of the sub-genre. With songs reminiscent of war-torn landscapes, destructive human nature and evil intent, XUL has captivated audiences and garnered positive reviews, and on June 16, 2012, released their first full length album, entitled “Malignance”.

Driven by determination and a diverse accumulation of musical comprehension, XUL has toured Western Canada, as well as proven themselves worthy to share the stage with bands such as: Obscura, Exhumed, Vreid, Kampfar, Woods of Ypres, Macabre, Withered, Cephalic Carnage, Archspire and 3 Inches of Blood. With a spring 2013 tour looming, XUL is determined to build on an impressive local following by infecting Western Canada with hopes of Canada in its entirety in the near future. XUL’s focus for winter 2012 is to meticulously craft new material for another release in 2013.

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XUL – MALIGNANCE – 2012

GENRE: Blackened Death Metal

RELEASE DATE: JUNE 16, 2012

LABEL: SELF-RELEASE

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(Source: Asher Media Relations)

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LONG LIVE XUL.

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ULCER “Grant Us Death” Out On February 19th, 2013, Through Pulverised Records

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on December 12, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

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Poland’s morbid sextet ULCER returns this time in worship of the old-school Swedeath chainsaw laceration!

Never for a moment losing focus on the authentic Swedish fucking Death Metal sound that has terrorized the globe for decades, the band’s new full-length effort Grant Us Death is truly an unspeakable act of zombie-invoking riffs, heavily dosed with horror-theme inspired melody lines but yet spewing forth some of the most extremely well-(de)composed filthy-as-fuck Death Metal in the recent years.

Featuring the exclusive macabre painting by Bartek Kurzok (Abigail, Demonic Slaughter, Goat Tyrant, etc) and alluring layout by Kontamination Design, Grant Us Death was recorded, mixed and mastered at Sinquest Sound Studio, Lublin (Blaze Of Perdition, Moon, etc) by Grzegorz Kulawiak and ULCER.      

Grant Us Death is a rotten bag filled with unpretentious D-Beats and blast beats, HM-2 buzzsaw overkill in the name of hate and misanthropy!  The album will be out on February 19, 2013 in North America (January 28th in Europe).

ULCER has posted album track “The Love Song” at facebook: Ulcer

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Grant Us Death

Devilspeed

Bloodpainted Salvation

The Love Song

Godcremation

Thanatoeuphoria

Devialize

The Pact

My Lord Has Horns

When Horror Comes

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Ulcer was formed in 2006 by Lucass and intended to be his solo project, but it quickly evolved into regular band due to joining of D. (vocals), Mścisław (guitar) and Kuba (bass). Two demo materials: A Property of God? (2006) and Slitwrist Society (2007) were spread among the people but they were never released. In the meantime Kuba left the band and the second vocalist Angelfuck joined. In this line-up, debut album entitled Serpent Trinity was recorded in summer 2007. The material still had no real drummer, which was the most probable reason it met the same fate as the demos.

After a period of silence, after joining of drummer of flesh and bones – Vizun, and Kamil – new bass player, the band comes back in 2011 with brand new material offering Pure Death Metal Inferno in the vein of ancient Swedish gods and signs a contract with well-known label Pulverised Records, which will release Ulcer’s new album Grant Us Death.

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ULCER:

D. – vocal

Angelfuck – vocal

Lucass – guitar

Mscislaw – guitar

Szwed – bass

Vizun – drums

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

For more info on ULCER, click on the links below!

facebook: Ulcer

http://www.pulverised.net

http://www.myspace.com/ulcerdeathmetal

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ULCER KICKS DEATH METAL ASS.

LONG LIVE ULCER.

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Metal Blade Records Signs Rivers Of Nihil – Demo From Upcoming Album Streaming Now!

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, progressive death metal, progressive metal with tags , , , , , , on December 10, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

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A new demo of track from the Reading, PA Modern Progressive Metal outfit’s upcoming Metal Blade debut now live!

Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the signing of RIVERS OF NIHIL! The Modern Progressive Death Metal quintet, who formed in 2009, was born from the ruins of their decaying hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania and are on a relentless path of taking their music to the next level. RIVERS OF NIHIL‘s music is as dark and heavy as the coal and iron their home city was built upon, taking influences from some of Death Metal’s heaviest, most abrasive hitters: Morbid Angel, Gojira, Spawn of Possession and Decapitated, to name a few.

“We’re super stoked to be a part of the Metal Blade family! Being on a such a strong label with some of our favorite bands is truly an honor and we look forward to the future with Metal Blade.”

Go HERE to listen to the demo version of the new song “Rain Eater” from RIVERS OF NIHIL‘s upcoming Metal Blade Records full-length debut, which will be recorded with Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal) at Mana Recording Studios in Tampa, FL in March of 2013. Stay tuned to the band’s official Facebook page for updates from the studio and release date info.

About the Band:
The members of RIVERS OF NIHIL honed their chops as high schoolers in various bands in the Reading scene, eventually coming together to form RIVERS OF NIHIL in 2009. They recorded their first EPHierarchy that year with Carson Slovak (Century), regularly toured the Northeast and Midwest, and scored local opening gigs for the likes of Decapitated, Decrepit Birth, Suffocation, Dying Fetus, and Misery Index. Two years later they regrouped with producer Len Carmichael to record their next EP Temporality Unbound, which saw the band earn recognition in the national metal scene as well as start to attract the attention of record labels and eventually saw the band signing with Metal Blade Records in late 2012.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/riversofnihil

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RIVERS OF NIHIL is:

Jake Dieffenbach – Vocals

Brody Uttley – Guitars

Jon Kunz – Guitars

Adam Biggs – Bass/Vocals

Ron Nelson – Drums

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(Source: Metal Blade Records)

For more info on METAL BLADE RECORDS, click on link below!

http://www.metalblade.com

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 LONG LIVE RIVERS OF NIHIL.

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SUFFOCATION – “Pinnacle Of Bedlam” Track List Unveiled! Album Releases February 15th, 2013, Via Nuclear Blast

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on December 10, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

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New York Death Metal veterans SUFFOCATION have unveiled the track listing for their highly anticipated upcoming release, Pinnacle of Bedlam. The album features 10 genre-defining-bone-crushing tracks and also marks the return of drummer Dave Culross, who played with the band previously on their Despise The Sun EP. Founding member and former drummer Mike Smith also makes a special guest appearance on the re-recorded Breeding the Spawn track, Beginning of Sorrow.

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Pinnacle of Bedlam – Track Listing:

01. Cycles of Suffering

02. Purgatorial Punishment

03. Eminent Wrath

04. As Grace Descends

05. Sullen Days

06. Pinnacle of Bedlam

07. My Demise

08. Inversion

09. Rapture of Revocation

10. Beginning of Sorrow

Pinnacle of Bedlam was produced by the band and tracked at Full Force Studios in New York by longtime collaborator Joe Cincotta. The mixing and mastering was handled this time around by world-renowned producer/engineer Zeuss (HATEBREED, ARSIS, SUICIDE SILENCE). Cover artwork for Pinnacle of Bedlam was created by artist Raymond Swanland (DEEDS OF FLESH, PSYCROPTIC).

Pinnacle of Bedlam will be released February 15, 2013 via Nuclear Blast.

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(Source: Nuclear Blast Records)

For more info on SUFFOCATION, click on the links below!

http://www.facebook.com/suffocation

http://www.twitter.com/suffocationband

http://www.youtube.com/suffocation

http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/

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LONG LIVE SUFFOCATION.

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AEON – Issue New In-Studio Video Update

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on November 7, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Today, the second in a series of studio clips from AEON’s blazing Aeons Black recording session has been posted to the band’s Official Landing Page. Sneak a peek at drummer Arttu Mallki punishing his kit for what would become the gargantuan Aeons Black full-length.

Already called “one of the best death metal albums of 2012” in a 4/5 review from Revolver Magazine, Aeons Black is set for release in North America on November 20, 2012 through Metal Blade RecordsAeons Black was recorded at Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden, engineered, mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström at Garageland Studios and features striking cover art by Kristian “Necrolord” Wåhlin (Bathory, At The Gates, Dissection, Emperor, et al).

In related news, Metal Hammer Germany recently premiered the record’s opening track Still They Pray. If you missed it, feel the wrath HERE. Additionally, you can check out the title track and pre-order info HERE.

Aeons Black is the follow-up to 2010’s Path of Fire, which About.com called “a juicy slab of prime-cut blasphemous death metal,” that, according to Ultimate-Guitar.com, ”doesn’t let up in terms of insanely fast tempos, chugging guitars, and demonic vocals,” landing the album an 8 out of 10 score. AEON is already confirmed for a UK tour which will take place in January 2013 with more dates for Europe and North America in the works. Prepare yourselves….

(Photo by: Fredrik Wallin)

AEON:

Tommy Dahlstöm – Vocals

Zeb Nilsson – Guitar

Daniel Dlimi – Guitar

Arttu Mallki – Drums

Marcus Edvardsson – Bass

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

For more info on AEON, click on the links below!

facebook: Aeon

http://www.aeon666.com

http://www.youtube.com/aeon666com

http://www.metalblade.com

LONG LIVE AEON.

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INCANTATION – Posts Title Track From “Vanquish In Vengeance”

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on November 3, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Legendary Death Metal masters INCANTATION and LISTENABLE RECORDS have made the title track from the bands upcoming masterpiece, Vanquish in Vengeance available on YouTube.

Without a doubt one of the most important bands ever to emerge in the world of extreme music, INCANTATION has set the standard for USDM and is often credited as a pioneer in the genre.

INCANTATION’s long-awaited follow-up to 2006’s Primordial Domination features over 50 minutes of the band’s trademark dark and unholy Death Metal. Recorded at the infamous Mars Recording Compound with Engineer Bill Korecky and mixed and mastered by the legendary Dan Swano at Unisound studios, Vanquish in Vengeance deals with the numerous counts of genocide in the name of religion our society has witnessed over a millennia.

Get this Death-Metal-machinery in your face below!

Critical Praise:

“Death Metal excellence.” – Ghost Cult

“After two decades’ worth of albums and a positively legendary number of lineup changes, [INCANTATION] are still as vital as ever.” – Metal Sucks

“Vanquish in Vengeance sounds like it could have come out in 1991 and calls bullshit on the legions of poseurs who disguise a paucity of ideas under a blizzard of fret-wankery and offal. This is Death Metal for the ages, and the masters have once again returned to view their unholy kingdom.” This Is Not A Scene

INCANTATION:

Chuck Sherwood – Bass

Alex Bouks – Guitar

Kyle Severn – Drums

John McEntee – Guitar, Vocals

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

For more info on INCANTATION, click on the links below!

http://www.incantation.com

facebook: Incantation (Official fan page)

http://www.listenable.net

LONG LIVE INCANTATION.

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