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PATHOLOGY – Signs To Comatose Music

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on November 29, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Comatose Music proudly welcomes the return of PATHOLOGY! After bouncing between several labels since 2010, this San Diego trio has come back home to Comatose Music for the release of their first new full length CD in nearly two years. This as yet untitled album is currently in the final stages of the writing process and expected for a Summer 2016 release.

Drummer and founding member Dave Astor says: “We are very happy and excited to be working with Comatose Music again! The label has always been a great supporter of the band through the years. They put out some of the heaviest underground music out there and we are glad to be back on the roster. We are currently finishing up the music and we are excited for everyone to hear the new tunes”. More updates to follow in early 2016, stay tuned!

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Source: ClawHammer PR

For more info:

www.pathologymusic.com/

www.facebook.com/PathologyMusic

Comatose Music - Large Logo - #2 - 2014

 www.comatosemusic.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE PATHOLOGY.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

UNDER THE CHURCH’s “Rabid Armageddon” Out Now On Pulverised Records

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on November 9, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Rabid Armageddon from old school Swedish/Icelandic Death Metallers UNDER THE CHURCH (feat. former members of NIRVANA 2002), is out now on Pulverised Records.

CD orders: http://pulverised.bigcartel.com/

Digital orders/album stream:

https://pulverised.bandcamp.com/album/rabid-armageddon

Be forewarned, the vultures are circling around this grim chapel – the Swedish old guard UNDER THE CHURCH have unearthed the latest sepulture Rabid Armageddon. Once featured as FENRIZ’s Band of the Week, UNDER THE CHURCH have truly stepped it up a notch with remarkably catchy hooks and their already recognizable corpse-decaying Death Metal stench! Rabid Armageddon is proof once again that crass-ridden and obscene Swedish Death Metal is still a winning formula and shall eternally reign supreme. Artwork and layout by Mattias Frisk (Ghost, Vanhelgd, Entrapment, Vampire, etc).

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Rabid Armageddon – Track Listing:

  1. Sodomy and Blasphemy
  2. Rabid Armageddon
  3. Triad ov Inquisitors
  4. Magus
  5. Suspended in Gore
  6. Walpurgis Night
  7. Mangled to a Bloody Mess
  8. Penance
  9. The Trail of Cthulu

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Critical Praise:

“It’s so nice to find a band still early in their discography who consistently kill it with each new release, especially when their weapon of choice is raw, unrepentant, bestial death metal of the old school.” – No Clean Singing

“Putrid and ferocious death metal in the vein of old gods like Grave, Entombed, Unleashed, etc.” – Zombie Ritual Fanzine

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BIOGRAPHY:

Under The Church… Death Metal… pure and simple.

Born of the base desire to create raw and pure Death Metal, Erik Qvick and Lars Henriksson formed the band during 2012, after the final rites were administered to the reanimated corpse that was Nirvana 2002. Inspired, a series of tunes were crafted, labored and recorded. After a vocalist search, UNDER THE CHURCH settled on Australian vocalist MiK Annetts, to give voice to the primal compositions that had been conjured. The end result was ‘Demo 2013’; a three song affair that created a surge of interest in the band and their raw, filthy and ugly approach to the essence of Death Metal. Following their seven-track self-titled debut EP on Pulverised, UNDER THE CHURCH are primed and have released a firestorm of raw and bestial Death Metal called Rabid Armageddon.

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Source: ClawHammer PR

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For more info:

www.facebook.com/UnderTheChurch

pulverised.bigcartel.com/

pulverised.bandcamp.com/

www.facebook.com/pulverisedrecords

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE UNDER THE CHURCH.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

SINISTER “Dark Memorials” – A Metal Odyssey Album Review

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, rock music with tags , , , , , on October 7, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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5 Out Of 5 METAL Fists!

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European Death Metal warriors, SINISTER, have released their new studio album of cover songs, Dark Memorials, this past Summer via Massacre Records. Man, this offering of Death Metal from SINISTER is a dandy! In all Metal honesty, I already have Dark Memorials reserved for a spot in Metal Odyssey’s Top Ten Metal Albums Of 2015 list. Dark Memorials destroys! There are tons of Thrash(ness) on this album to satisfy fans of the old-school style, while the raging Death Metal is nothing short of stunning. Seriously, my Metal brethren!

The cover of the Carcass classic Exhume To Consume is breathtaking, even with some flashy keyboards making a brief appearance. Yes, keyboards. From Bolt Thrower to Autopsy, with Kreator and Death in-between, this is a cover song album to hunger for! SINISTER have given these Metal classics all the Metal respect they so importantly deserve. Hell, there’s no better way to give thanks and praise to such legends of Metal, as SINISTER has done on Dark Memorials.

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Adrie Kloosterwaard on vocals is a Death Metal monster! Shit, what more can be said. The entire band gets my seal of Death Metal approval for their ear blistering performance on this Dark Memorials album. I have listened to Dark Memorials constantly since September and I’m never gonna stop recommending this album. Dark Memorials is one of the best cover song albums I’ve ever enjoyed in my Metal life! My favorite song on this album? All. Okay, it’s the cover of Autopsy’s Ridden With Disease. Metal be thy name. – Stone

SINISTER:

Adrie Kloosterwaard – Vocals

Dennis Hartog – Guitars

Bas Brussaard – Guitars

Mathijs Brussaard – Bass

Toep Duin – Drums

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TRACK LISTING:

  1. The Malicious (Intro)
  2. Beneath The Remains (Sepultura Cover)
  3. Exhume To Consume (Carcass Cover)
  4. Unleashed Upon Mankind (Bolt Thrower Cover)
  5. Master Killer (Merauder Cover)
  6. Beyond The Unholy Grave (Death Cover)
  7. Under The Guillotine (Kreator Cover)
  8. Ridden With Disease (Autopsy Cover)
  9. Necrophiliac (Slayer Cover)
  10. Radiation Sickness (Repulsion Cover)
  11. Blasphemies Of The Flesh (Carnage Cover)
  12. Spiritual Immolation (re-recorded) (Bonus)
  13. Compulsory Resignation (re-recorded) (Bonus)

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For more info on SINISTER:

Facebook: Sinister Official

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE SINISTER.

LONG LIVE THE ROOTS OF METAL.

Stone.

WHITECHAPEL – Announces US Headlining Tour In November, With Support From Psycroptic And Culture Killer

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Metal, metal music, rock music with tags , , , , on September 26, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Tennessee-based Metal legion, WHITECHAPEL, will return to the road this November on a near three-week headlining tour with Australia’s Psycroptic and new Metal Blade label mates, Culture Killer. The trek will be visiting cities throughout the Midwest and East Coast, including locales the band has yet to level. Tickets went on sale Friday, September 25th at 10:00am local time.

Guitarist Alex Wade comments: “We are excited to announce a short, intimate headlining run to finish out the year and the Our Endless War album cycle before we head into the studio in January to record our sixth studio album. Joining us will be our tech death Aussie friends in Pyscroptic and a young new addition to the Metal Blade family, Culture Killer, who is a devastating new breed of heavy music. We look forward to seeing all of our fans at these shows and can’t wait to get out there. Tickets will go on sale at whitechapelband.com on Friday. These venues will pack out fast so be sure to get yours in advance!”

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WHITECHAPEL w/ Psycroptic, Culture Killer:
11/02/2015 The Ritz – Warren, MI
11/03/2015 Music Factory – Battle Creek, MI
11/04/2015 Q & Z Expo Center – Ringle, WI
11/05/2015 Vintage Villains – Danville, IL
11/06/2015 Mad Frog – Cincinnati, OH
11/07/2015 Cafe 611 – Frederick, MD
11/08/2015 Crocodile Rock – Allentown, PA
11/09/2015 Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
11/11/2015 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
11/12/2015 State Theater – St Petersburg, FL
11/13/2015 Back Booth – Orlando, FL
11/14/2015 Underbelly – Jacksonville, FL
11/16/2015 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
11/17/2015 Sofie’s Saloon – McAllen, TX
11/18/2015 Dirty Dog – Austin, TX
11/19/2015 Tomcats – Ft. Worth, TX
11/20/2015 The Syndicate Lounge – Birmingham, AL
11/21/2015 The End – Nashville, TN

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Our Endless War was released in May of 2014 via Metal Blade Records. This album is WHITECHAPEL‘s most streamlined, atmospheric, and emotionally powerful release. The album debuted at #10 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, #2 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums Chart, #1 on the Billboard Hard Music Albums Chart (Current) and #2 on the Billboard Rock Albums Chart upon its first week of release. Watch the videos for “Worship The Digital Age” and “Our Endless War” on the band’s official YouTube playlist at THIS LOCATION.

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Source: Earsplit PR

For more info on WHITECHAPEL:

http://www.whitechapelband.com

http://www.metalblade.com/whitechapel

http://www.facebook.com/whitechapelmetal

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE WHITECHAPEL.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

CRYPTOPSY “The Book of Suffering Tome 1” Available For Pre-Order, Debuts New Video, Announces Canadian Rampage Tour Dates

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal music, rock music with tags , , , , on September 25, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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It has been three years since Cryptopsy’s last release and many fans have expressed their eagerness to hear new material. This time, rather than a full album, the band will release a series of EPs entitled The Book of Suffering. This new approach will allow Cryptopsy to put out new music more often while remaining true to their standards of quality. The first EP in the series, The Book of Suffering Tome 1, was produced by Chris Donaldson at The Grid studio in Montreal, mixed by Jason Suecoff at Audiohammer Studio and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music.

The Book of Suffering Tome 1 track listing:

  1. Detritus (The One They Kept)
  2. The Knife, The Head and What Remains
  3. Halothane Glow
  4. Framed by Blood

The Book of Suffering Tome 1 is now available for pre-order via Cryptopsy’s Bandcamp page as well as on iTunes. Upon pre-order, fans will receive the exclusive single “Detritus (The One They Kept).” Pre-order the EP now at: cryptopsyofficial.bandcamp.com.

Cryptopsy has launched the premiere of  the video for Detritus. Produced by Chris Kells of Front to Back Video Production, the video is now playing at: https://youtu.be/HidjSJb7Hw8 or below:

The Book of Suffering Tome 1 is set for release on October 30th 2015. Regarding the forthcoming EP, Cryptopsy states, “We are extremely proud of the new material. it is some of the most brutal, dark and technical music we have ever created.”

Cryptopsy’s Canadian Rampage Tour Dates:
10.07 – Sudbury, Ontario @ The Asylum
10.08 – Timmins, Ontario @ The Working Class
10.09 – Thunder Bay, Ontario @ Crocks
10.10 – Winnipeg Manitoba @ The Garrick with Gwar and Battlecross
10.11 – Regina, Saskatchewan @ The Exchange
10.12 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan @ Odeon Event Center with Gwar and Battlecross
10.13 – Calgary, Alberta @ Macewan Ballroom with Gwar and Battlecross
10.14 – Edmonton, Alberta @ Union Hall with Gwar and Battlecross
10.15 – Prince Geroge @ The Generator
10.16 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore with Gwar and Battlecross
+ More dates coming soon

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Source: ClawHammer PR

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For more info on CRYPTOPSY:

Website: www.Cryptopsy.ca

Facebook: www.Facebook.com/Cryptopsymetal

Youtube: www.youtube.com/CryptopsyDeathMetal

Bandcamp: www.cryptopsyofficial.bandcamp.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE CRYPTOPSY.

CRYPTOPSY KICKS MAXIMUM EXTREME DEATH METAL ASS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

Canadian Experimental Death Metal Band VHOD To Release Debut Album!

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, rock music with tags , , , , on September 17, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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After a few months in his home studio in Armstrong, BC, Chris Shaver has produced the debut full-length VHOD album, ‘Dreamcleaver’. Chris mans the helm alone, performing all the instruments and vocals and this album showcases snippets of unused  material spanning many years as well as brand new material. The release is a fair representation of VHOD’s Experimental Death Metal angle and will cement a milestone for Chris in his quarter-of-a-century musical journey thus far.

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VHOD was conceived in January 2014 and is a merger of Godcursed (2004-2014), Morbid Darkness (1989-2014) and Worms Of The Birth (2011-2014), which were all active projects of sole member Chris Shaver at the time.  Early VHOD releases exhibited sporadic styles and were mostly instrumental pieces used as a basis for finding a more focussed signature sound. Said releases consist of 3 singles, ‘The Scornful Winter’, ‘One Fallen’ & ‘Cimmeria’ and an EP, ‘Dreams Of 11.14′, respectively, all released independently.

In December of 2014, work began on the ‘Tor’ Series, which consists of 4 parts: ‘Behind The Shroud Of Mist’, ‘Wrap Three Times’, ‘Portal’ and ‘The Desolates’, respectively. In these independent releases an evident foundation was made with which future VHOD recordings will branch out from. Dreamcleaver is set for release November 13th 2015 on Finnish label INVERSE RECORDS.

Lyric video “The Spectre’s Behest available in this location https://youtu.be/jqL9FP7acpI or below:

Track list:

  1. Still The Blood
  2. The Spectre’s Behest
  3. On The Tree Of Woe
  4. So Pass Away/Locus Mortis
  5. Dragon Sand
  6. Reap The Harvest
  7. Now Underground
  8. Flesh For Our Swords
  9. Obsequies
  10. Dreamcleaver

Line-Up: Chris Shaver (All Instruments, Vocals, Compositions)

More info:

Official Website: http://vhod.ca/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VHODofficial

Twitter: https://twitter.com/VHODWERK

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/vhodwerk

Bandcamp: http://vhod.bandcamp.com/

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Source:

Inverse Records - logo - #2015IRMO

www.inverse.fi

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE VHOD & CHRIS SHAVER.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

Unspeakable Axe Records Release CIST / SOLSTICE Split CD

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on September 15, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Unspeakable Axe Records has released a two-song split CD from CIST and SOLSTICE. Check out the promo trailer at this location or below. Pre-orders are being taken here.

Relative newcomers, CIST hail from Russia, and their Death/Pestilence-influenced style of Death Metal makes a natural pairing with underground legends SOLSTICE, whose early albums are classics of Death/Thrash metal. This is just a 2-song split to serve as an appetizer for things to come from both bands, and it’s priced accordingly at a measly $5!

2 Song Track List:

1. Synthetic Life [Cist]
2. Eyes Sewn Shut [Solstice]

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For more info:

http://unspeakableaxerecords.com

http://www.facebook.com/unspeakableaxerecords

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Source: ClawHammer PR

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE CIST & SOLSTICE.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

REX SHACHATH – Announce New Record ‘Revocation Of The Blood Elect’

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, news, rock music with tags , , , , on September 14, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Having laid low since the end of 2014, Northern Irish Death Metallers Rex Shachath have suddenly announced their return and are back for blood with a brand new record which will be out November 20th via Great Dane Records.

Entitled Revocation Of The Blood Elect, this new EP might not be what people are expecting if they’re familiar with the band’s debut offering Sepulchral Torment. Since that release, the band have had time to coalesce and where Sepulchral Torment had more of a ‘old school’ sound, Revocation Of The Blood Elect is an entirely new animal. Tackling social issues such as the state of modern society and man’s exorbitant desire for wealth at the expense of our natural world, the band have harnessed a sound more befitting to such issues on their forthcoming record.

Old school ideals kneaded with modern Death Metal notions on a much more up to date and punchier production is what we have here. Revocation Of The Blood Elect carries a sound as big, if not bigger, than its message.

Vocalist and lyricist Dave Connolly sums the record up with a quote from French philosopher Denis Diderot, “Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”

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Artwork (as seen above), was completed by UK artist Godmachine famed for his work with bands such as Suicide Silence, Bring Me The Horizon, Cannibal Corpse and Job For A Cowboy to name a few. The EP was recorded, mixed and mastered by Joe Thompson at Sonic Forge Studio, Cardiff, Wales.

Track Listing:
1. Atonement Through Atrocity
2. Impious Axiom
3. Revocation Of The Blood Elect
4. Within The Temple Of Disgust (Featuring Ben McCrow)
5. Colossus Rise

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Pre-Order Revocation Of The Blood Elect here: http://www.rexshachath.bigcartel.com/

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Source: Future PR

For more info on REX SHACHATH:

www.facebook.com/rexshachath

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE REX SHACHATH.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

VASTUM – Cult San Francisco Death Metal Horde To Release Third LP, “Hole Below”, Via 20 Buck Spin This Fall

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on September 14, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Through the verbose horror of their first two LPs (2011’s Carnal Law and 2013’s Patricidal Lust) San Francisco’s VASTUM sadistically carved a jagged dripping wound into an increasingly reductive American Death Metal scene. One of the most lyrically unique, creative and disturbing bands in underground Metal, now arising for their third full length album, VASTUM plumbs the depths of internalized agony and degradation farther than ever on Hole Below.

Characterized by a deeply cavernous trudge through gut churning heaviness, Hole Below both bluntly crushes and rigorously shreds to conceive fully formed grotesqueries of debased brutality. Guitarist Leila Abdul-Rauf wields her axe with the experienced slice of a masked executioner, quartering savage riffs and twisting leads alongside the thunder of guitarist Shelby Lermo. The abhorrent vocal (and lyrical) morbidity traded by imposing frontman Daniel Butler and Abdul-Rauf continues to be the most formidable combination in Death Metal. The intimidating rhythm section of bassist Luca Indrio and drummer Adam Perry steer the war machine through the pooled blood and skull fragments scattered amidst the debauched iniquity of this peculiar hell.

Three albums in, VASTUM has honed their disturbed masochism into a sound manifestly their own and true to the core of the purest darkest Death Metal. Crushingly recordead at Earhammer Studios in Oakland and mastered at Audiosiege by Brad Boatright, the art for Hole Below was created by vocalist Daniel Butler. 20 Buck Spin (also responsible for the release of the band’s prior two albums) presents Hole Below as one of the finest and best executed examples of the genre this year.

Hole Below will emerge on CD and digital formats on November 6th, with the LP to follow in December. Fans of Bolt Thrower, Grave, Death, Asphyx, Shroud Of The Heretic, Cruciamentum and the like are hereby on notice.

VASTUM will strike with new tour dates in support of Hole Below, including the band’s debut East Coast performances which are being slabbed for early November. Stand by for tour specifics in the coming days.

Hole Below – Track Listing:
1. Sodomitic Malevolence
2. Amniosis
3. In Sickness And In Death
4. Intrusions
5. Hole Below (A Dream Of Ritual Abuse)
6. Empty Breast

VASTUM:
Daniel Butler – vocals
Leila Abdul-Rauf – guitars/vocals
Shelby Lermo – guitars
Luca Indrio – bass
Adam Gailey – drums

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Source: Earsplit PR

http://www.vastum.bandcamp.com

Facebook: Vastum

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http://www.20buckspin.com

http://www.facebook.com/20buckspin

http://www.twitter.com/20buckspinlabel

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE VASTUM.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

Dark Descent Records To Release GRAVE RITUAL’s “Morbid Throne”

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, rock music with tags , , , on September 11, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Five years removed from their acclaimed debut album, the maniacs of Grave Ritual have re-emerged from the crypt with Morbid Throne. The band’s newest burnt offering delivers nine tracks of blasphemous, old-school Death Metal in the vein of Incantation, Death and Autopsy. Dark Descent Records will release Morbid Throne October 30 on CD, LP and digital formats. Cover art for the album was done by Daniel Desecrator.

Formed from the ashes of Alabama bred duo Meathole Infection in 2009, Grave Ritual’s sole purpose is to create dark and primitive Death Metal. The band’s self-titled demo was released in 2009. A year later, Dark Descent Records released Grave Ritual’s first full-length album, Euphoric Hymns from the Altar of Death. Since the release of their debut album, Grave Ritual has focused on perfecting their devastating live assaults, sharing the stage with such bands as Proclamation, Revenge, Black Witchery, and Inquisition. They have played Rites of Darkness II and III, as well as several appearances at Destroying Texas Fest. The band is now stationed in New Orleans. Grave Ritual’s highly anticipated second full-length album, Morbid Throne, is set for release in late 2015 on Dark Descent records.

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Morbid Throne – Track Listing:
1. Baleful Aversion
2. Autonomous Death
3. Adversary Crown
4. Invoker of Heathen Gnosis
5. Tyrant’s Hammer
6. Masters and Slaves
7. Lewd Perversities
8. Behind the Reigns of Gods
9. Throne of Continuum

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For more info:

www.facebook.com/grave.ritual

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www.darkdescentrecords.com

darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com

www.facebook.com/DarkDescentRecords

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Source: ClawHammer PR

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE GRAVE RITUAL.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

ARKAIK – Progressive Death Metal Goliaths To Release Third Full-Length This October, Via Unique Leader

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on August 30, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Record Features Guest Appearances By Members Of The Black Dahlia Murder And Bay Area String Quartet Amaranth + Fall Headlining Tour Confirmed

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Californian Progressive Death Metal outfit, ARKAIK, are set to unleash their third full-length via Unique Leader Records this Fall. Entitled Lucid Dawn, the ten-track magnum opus was engineered, mixed and mastered by Zack Ohren (Suffocation, Fallujah, Wrvth, All Shall Perish et al.) at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California, and takes ARKAIK’s multifaceted sound to an entirely new dimension, showcasing each musician’s creative potential and upping the proverbial ante of the brutality and technicality of their back catalog.

With the addition of guitarists Miguel Esparza (ex-Hatriot) and Greg Paulson as additional composers, Lucid Dawn delivers a fresh approach to the band’s sound and the entire progressive Death Metal genre. As an added bonus, the album features guest appearances from Death Metal heavy weights, Trevor Strnad and Ryan Knight of The Black Dahlia Murder, as well as Bay Area live string quartet, Amaranth.

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Lucid Dawn is the second installment in a series of concept albums revolving around Cyrix, a disillusioned character in a dystopian society. In Cyrix’s world, dreaming is systematically controlled by a tyrannical ruler named Khaal-Li-Phar and his army of dark shamans, where people are forced to build monuments to the tyrant to stifle their imaginations and inhibit their ability to achieve a multi-dimensional existence. Lucid Dawn is a death metal take on American mythologist, writer and lecturer, Joseph Campbell’s monomyth and the beginning of Cyrix’s “Hero’s Journey.” Musically and conceptually, Lucid Dawn carries the listener on a visceral exhibition through the depths of evil and beyond the threshold of mundane reality.

Lucid Dawn – Track Listing:
1. Intro
2. From The Void
3. Digital Shroud
4. That Which Lies Hidden
5. Awaken The I
6. Fleshwalkers
7. Fusion Of Epochs
8. Lucid Dawn
9. Conjuring
10 Temple Aflame

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In conjunction with the release of Lucid Dawn, ARKAIK will embark upon a near month-long headlining tour from October 16th through November 8th. The Lucid Revolution Tour will terrorize twenty-four cities in eleven states with support from Bermuda and Enfold Darkness.

ARKAIK – Lucid Revolution Tour w/ Bermuda, Enfold Darkness:
10/16/15 On The Y – Sacramento, CA *
10/17/15 The Third Street Pub – Bend, OR
10/18/15 El Corazon (Funhouse) – Seattle, WA
10/19/15 The Pin! – Spokane, WA
10/20/15 The Shredder – Boise, ID
10/21/15 Karmikazees – Salt Lake City, UT
10/22/15 Trailside Saloon – Denver, CO
10/23/15 Thunder Alley – Oklahoma City, OK
10/24/15 Walters Houston, TX
10/25/15 The Korova – San Antonio, TX
10/26/15 House of Rock – Corpus Christi, TX
10/27/15 Dirty Dog Bar Austin, TX
10/28/15 Tomcats West – Fort Worth, TX
10/29/15 YaYas – San Angelo, TX
10/30/15 Blu Phoenix – Albuquerque, NM
10/31/15 The Quarry Bisbee – Bisbee, AZ
11/01/15 The Rogue – Scottsdale, AZ
11/02/15 Doll Hut – Anaheim, CA
11/03/15 Elks Lodge – San Bernardino, CA
11/04/15 Five Star Bar – Los Angeles, CA
11/05/15 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
11/06/15 Chinatown Youth Center – Fresno, CA
11/07/15 Whiskey Dicks – South Lake Tahoe, CA
11/08/15 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
*ARKAIK and Enfold Darkness only

ARKAIK’s Lucid Dawn will be released on October 30th, 2015 worldwide via Unique Leader Records. Preorders and audio lacerations to be disclosed in the coming weeks.

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Source: Earsplit PR

* For more ARKAIK:

http://www.facebook.com/ArkaikBand

http://www.uniqueleader.com

http://www.facebook.com/UniqueLeaderRecords

http://www.youtube.com/uniqueleaderrecords

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE ARKAIK.

LONG LIVE METAL.

ARKAIK KICKS MIGHTY METAL ASS.

Stone.

VISCERAL THRONE And Comatose Music Announce October Release Date For “Those Who Have Fallen Beyond The Grace of God”

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, rock music with tags , , , , on August 13, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Indiana-based brutal death trio Visceral Throne returns with their second release and follow-up to their acclaimed first full-length, Omnipotent Asperity. Visceral Throne are: Dylan Cox on vocals, Andrew Sutton on drums and Justin Smith on guitar.

Now with a more mature and well written approach, Those Who Have Fallen Beyond the Grace of God is a five-song conceptual EP that leaves you absolutely no chance for mercy or forgiveness. If you seek salvation, you’ll not find it here. Only everlasting damnation awaits. The EP also includes a blistering Internal Suffering cover track. Prepare for an afterlife of scorching misery as you burn upon the Visceral Throne!

Visceral Throne - Those Who Have Fallen - promo album cover pic - 2015

Comatose Music will release Those Who Have Fallen Beyond the Grace of God on October 30. For a sampling of Visceral Throne’s devastating brand of brutal death, check out the promo video for “The True Sin” at this location or below:

Those Who Have Fallen Beyond the Grace of God – track listing:

  1. Those Who Have Fallen Beyond the Grace of God
  2. Father
  3. The True Sin
  4. Indulgences
  5. Colossal Vortex (Internal Suffering cover)

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Clawhammer PR - promo logo - 2015 - #0323CHMO

Source: ClawHammer PR

www.facebook.com/visceralthrone

visceralthrone.bigcartel.com

Comatose Music - Large Logo - #2 - 2014

 www.comatosemusic.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE VISCERAL THRONE.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

Belgian Death Machine DEHUMAN Announce Fall Festival And Tour Dates

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , on August 10, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Fresh off a successful European tour with Vital Remains that left stages across six countries in complete ruin, Belgian Death Metal machine Dehuman will once again strike out in support of their critically acclaimed second full-length, Graveyard of Eden.

Dubber the “Of Gore, Death and…” Tour, Dehuman will join forces with Czech Republic’s Jig-Aî for a string of dates that will see the band invade the UK, France and the Netherlands, with additional festival and one-off appearances in Poland, Estonia and Belgium. Upcoming Dehuman tour dates are as follows:

Sep.25 – BE – Tessenderlo, BE – JH Tessloo
Sep.26 – NL – Oostburg, NL – KashFest
Oct.02 – FR – Loches, FR – Loches en Grind Fest (w/Jig-Aï & Putrid Offal)
Oct.03 – UK – London, UK – Black Heart (w/ Jig-Aï)
Oct.04 – NL – Rotterdam, NL – Baroeg (w/ Jig-Aï)
Oct.08 – FR – Lille, FR – Biplan (w/ Infected Society)
Oct.09 – FR – Bordeaux, FR – Runes
Oct.10 – ES – Bilbao, FR – TBA
Oct.15 – FR – Lyon, FR – Blogg
Oct.16 – FR – Chambéry, FR – Brin de zinc
Nov.06 – PL – Wroclaw, PL – Ciemma Strona Miasta
Nov.07 – PL – Poznan, PL – U Bazyla
Nov.14 – BE – Ostend, PL – Ostend DeathFeast

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Dehuman unleashed Graveyard of Eden in March via Kaotoxin Records. The album is available as a limited-edition deluxe DigiSleeve CD, jewel box CD, collector-edition white vinyl, limited-edition standard vinyl and as a digital download. Check out the official music video for album track “Crypts of Blood” at this location.

Purchase Graveyard of Eden, along with Dehuman’s 2012 debut, Black Throne of all Creation, at: www.kaotoxin.com.

Praise for Graveyard of Eden:
“I like Dehuman, they remind me of early Pestilence, but faster” – Fenriz
“Filled with awesomeness from beginning to end” – Headbanger Reviews
10/10! – Amps and Green Screens

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Source: ClawHammer PR

* For more info on DEHUMAN:

www.facebook.com/dehumanDM

Kaotoxin - Large Logo - B&W - 2013

 www.kaotoxin.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE DEHUMAN.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

PROFANITY – Powerful German Death Metal Band Has Released “Hatred Hell Within” EP On RISING NEMESIS RECORDS

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, rock music with tags , , , on August 3, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Genre – Death Metal

Release Date – December 19th, 2014

Official PR courtesy – Profanity/Rising Nemesis Records

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The legendary German band PROFANITY, going on since 1993, have braved many trends and style-drifts and have remained more or less true to their art but have also updated their sound to remain relevant – that’s the way it should be. Evolve or die. Originally sounding comparable to say Barnes-era CANNIBAL CORPSE or the powerful style of death metal propagated by the German overlords OBSCENITY in the ’90s, PROFANITY have since wonderfully evolved, turning more technical, flashy and coining their own style.

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Every song on this EP is raging with intensity, booming with power but there’s an element of surprise where the band just takes off into a different uncharted territory and having your jaw drop to the floor. Their latest EP ‘Hatred Hell Within’ can be called old school death metal, technical death metal, brutal death metal, whichever sub-style you prefer, and you’ll still be right. PROFANITY are taking a serious effort to get noticed and are refusing to be outmoded.

They’re bringing their inherent old school might with them and knocking over the weak-sounding gimmick-ridden bands of today out of contention. A band with so many tricks under their sleeve deserve to be heard and all this while remaining true to their roots. Immensely powerful, chock-a-block with colorful variations, and still remaining more brutal and active than your local band, PROFANITY are here to stay. And conquer.

Listen To MELTING Below! 

Band Line-Up:

Thomas Sartor – Vocals and guitar

Daniel Unzner – Bass

Armin Hassmann – Drums

Track List:

  1. Melting
  2. I am your Soul (You Made Me Flesh)
  3. Hatred Hell Within

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* For more info:

Rising Nemesis Bandcamp (full streaming)

Profanity Facebook

Rising Nemesis Facebook

Transcending Obscurity Facebook

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE PROFANITY.

PROFANITY = F’N MIGHTY AND MUST DEATH METAL.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

GRUESOME – Death-Saluting Metal Collective Announces Live Dates; “Savage Land” Out Now Via Relapse Records

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , on July 20, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Death-saluting Metal collective, GRUESOME, will take to the streets next month on a short run of live performances. Following an appearance at Obscene Extreme America Fest in Montreal next month, the band – which features guitarist/vocalist Matt Harvey (Exhumed), drummer Gus Rios (Malevolent Creation), guitarist Daniel Gonzalez (Possessed) and bassist Robin Mazen (Derketa) – will kick off a mini tour in September, waging their classic Schuldiner-styled odes upon the ears of Tampa, Miami, Orlando, Cave-In-Rock, San Diego and Los Angeles. See confirmed dates below.

Issues Harvey of the trek, “We’re beyond excited to finally take this beast out on the road and deliver some Schuldinerisms at full fucking volume to the folks out there. It’s gonna be a blast to see the tunes come to, ahem, ‘life’ onstage and in the pit as well. See you there – bring beer!”

GRUESOME:

8/21/2015 Obscene Extreme America – Montreal, QC [info]

9/04/2015 The Crowbar – Tampa, FL [info]

9/05/2015 Churchill’s Pub – Miami, FL

9/06/2015 The Haven – Orlando, FL [info]

9/11/2015 Full Terror Assault – Cave-In-Rock, IL [info]

9/12/2015 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA

9/13/2015 The Complex – Los Angeles, CA

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GRUESOME pays homage to Death Metal’s most celebrated founding American acts, Death. As such, their debut full-length, Savage Land, released earlier this year via Relapse Records, is a delightfully punishing display of late-’80s/early-’90s Florida-styled death metal that keeps the true sound and spirit of Chuck Schuldiner and Death alive.

Check out Savage Land in its gruesome entirety (including two bonus tracks – a cover of Death’s “Land Of No Return” and Slayer’s “Black Magic”) at THIS LOCATION as well as the band’s unrepentantly brutal NSFW video clip for the title track HERE or below:

Savage Land was tracked by Gus Rios and Daniel Gonzalez at Riversound Studios in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, mixed by Jarrett Pritchard at Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida, and features a guest guitar solo on “Closed Casket” by James Murphy as well as cover art by legendary illustrator Ed Repka (Death, Megadeth, Massacre, Athiest et el). Savage Land is out now via Relapse Records on CD, LP and all digital outlets. Physical orders are available now at THIS LOCATION, and digital orders HERE.

Critical Praise:

“…less an exercise in nostalgia than a perfect reconstruction of a lost world.” – Decibel

“This isn’t your crusty, nasty, run-of-the-mill retro Death Metal. Hell no. This is the advanced, dripping-rot-from-the-corners-of-a-coffin, putrid, vile death metal throwback that you’ve been waiting for.” – Metal Injection  

“Metal needs more albums like Savage Land… The legacy and sound of Death lives on ever so faithfully through bands like GRUESOME, and wherever he is, Chuck Schuldiner is undoubtedly windmilling ferociously and smirking ear to ear at the deathly sounds of Savage Land.” – HeavyBlogIsHeavy  

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Source: Earsplit PR

* For more info:

Facebook: Gruesome

http://www.facebook.com/relapserecords

http://www.relapse.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE GRUESOME.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

WARFATHER – Enters Mana Studios

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on July 15, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Death Metal horde WARFATHER have entered Mana Studios in recent days, to begin tracking the as-of-yet untitled follow-up to 2014’s Orchestrating the Apocalypse. The band’s sophomore full-length album will be released on Greyhaze Records.

Masterminded by Death Metal veteran Steven Tucker, who recently rejoined MORBID ANGEL, WARFATHER has tapped Erik Rutan to produce the new material. The album will mark the first time Tucker and Rutan have officially worked together since MORBID ANGEL’s Gateways to Annihilation.

Studio updates and album details will be revealed soon.

Orchestrating the Apocalypse is currently available on Digipak CD and digital formats via Greyhaze Records.

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Source: ClawHammer PR

For more info:

Facebook: WarFather

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www.greyhazerecords.com

www.facebook.com/greyhazerecords

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE WARFATHER.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

SKINLESS – Reactivated New York Death Metal Unit Announces Fall Live Incursions; Free Download Of “Satan Is Living” Available At Recently Launched Merch Store

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on July 15, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Reactivated New York Death Metal unit, SKINLESS, will level stages this Fall on a medley of live takeovers. The onstage debauchery includes performances in Montreal, Clifton Park, Boston, Brooklyn and Philadelphia as well as a co-headlining stint with Pig Destroyer on this year’s edition of Denver Black Sky in December. Additional onstage infiltrations are currently in their plotting stages.

Comments the band: “We’re stoked to have the opportunity to shred in some of our favorite cities! Time is tight for the good ol’ boys in SKINLESS but when the stars align, you can expect an old school night of extreme brutality. Very much looking forward to it; see ya soon.”

SKINLESS:

9/25/2015 Les Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QC

9/26/2015 Upstate Concert Hall – Clifton Park, NY

11/20/2015 Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA

11/21/2015 Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY

11/22/2015 TBA – Philadelphia, PA

12/05/2015 Denver Black Sky – Denver, CO w/ Pig Destroyer

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SKINLESS will be performing in support of their long-anticipated and critically lauded Only The Ruthless Remain full-length, released via Relapse Records last month. Bedecked in the sadistic grooves and flawless musicianship for which the band has become notorious, Only The Ruthless Remain features SKINLESS‘ now-classic, late ’90s lineup of founding guitarist Noah Carpenter, vocalist Sherwood Webber, bassist Joe Keyser and drummer Bob Beaulac, with the addition of second guitarist, Dave Matthews and marks the band’s first proper full-length offering in nearly a decade.

In related SKINLESS bulletins, the band is currently offering a free download of Satan Is Living. The song rears its menacing head during the credits of their ominous video for namesake track, Skinless. “Satan Is Living” is an original tune by the Sunshine Family Ministry and serves as an unofficial Only The Ruthless Remain bonus track. The Sunshine Family Ministry was a fanatical religious cult from the ’80s that committed mass suicide by skinning themselves alive… (fast forward thirty years to the gruesome “Skinless” video). The song “Satan Is Living” was recovered from an old reel-to reel recorder recovered at the scene. The first fifty orders made at the newly-launched SKINLESS webstore will receive a free download of the track as well as an Only The Ruthless Remain poster. Visit the store at THIS LOCATION.

And if you managed to miss the “Skinless” video, featuring a visual smorgasbord of lethal injections, human flaying and general group-inflicted suffering, it’s playing at THIS LOCATION.

Skinless - Only The Ruthless Remain - promo album cover pic - 2015 - #MO7733

Only The Ruthless Remain was tracked by Tom Case at Edie Road Studio and Doomsday Bunker Studio, both in upstate New York, with vocals tracked by Dave Otero (Cephalic Carnage, Primitive Man etc.) at Flatline Audio in Denver, Colorado, with the entire slab of audio violence mastered by Brad Boatright (Obituary, Nails, Integrity etc.) at Audiosiege in Portland, Oregon.

Only The Ruthless Remain is currently available on CD, LP and digitally via Relapse Records. Limited Relapse 25 Year Anniversary editions of the CD and LP are also be available. For order bundles, visit THIS LOCATION. Desirers of the digitals, go HERE.

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“…one of the finest albums in SKINLESS’ repertoire…This isn’t just an album SKINLESS fans will lovingly embrace, but a creation that stands as one of the top offerings of 2015 within the death metal genre” – Apoch’s Metal Review

“…just so fucking heavy.” – Heathen Harvest

“It is everything death metal originally set out to do, and it manages to incorporate a few elements to make it modern. No matter you’re familiarity with the genre, if there’s one death metal album you buy this year, consider Only The Ruthless Remain.” – Yell Magazine 

“Though heavy and full of gore, this album oozes sorrow and anguish. A theme becoming more and more common in extreme metal and it’s a refreshing change of pace. The vocals hurt. The melodic solos weep. It sounds as if the drums are the one thing keeping a man alive…” — Glacially Musical

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Source: Earsplit PR

For more info:

http://www.facebook.com/Skinless

http://www.twitter.com/skinlessband

http://www.skinless.bandcamp.com

http://www.relapse.com

http://www.facebook.com/RelapseRecords

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE SKINLESS.

SKINLESS KICKS OPTIMUM DEATH METAL ASS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

BONE GNAWER – To release “Cannibal Crematorium” On July 10th via Pulverised Records

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on June 17, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Horror N’ Gore connoisseurs BONE GNAWER returns to apex form with the band’s much-anticipated sophomore full-length record Cannibal Crematorium! The album will be released July 10 on Pulverised Records. The album will be available on CD and limited edition gatefold vinyl, both of which can be pre-ordered at this location.

Once again led by Death Metal legend Kam Lee (ex-MASSACRE, ex-MANTAS, etc) and with the prior emphasis  on composing (dead) catchy riffs that plant the hooks in deep, the music of Cannibal Crematorium is impossible to dislodge from memory. The album features an army of special guests, including Dave Ingram (ex-BENEDICTION, ex-BOLT THROWER), Mark Riddick (FETID ZOMBIE), Vincent Crowley (ACHERON), Noel Kemper (GRUESOME STUFF RELISH), and many more!

Simply put, there are is no mindless brutality or distasteful technicality when it comes to BONE GNAWER; this is good ol’ fun ‘n ferocious Death Metal the way this genre intended it to be.

Track List:

  1. Anthropophagist Inferno
  2. Modern Day Cannibal (Featuring Sly Goregnome of FONDLECORPSE)
  3. Chainsaw Carnage (Featuring Adam Scott & Tom Knizer of CARDIAC ARREST)
  4. Horrors In The House Of Human Remains (Featuring Matt Witchclan of DEADMAN’S BLOOD & WITCHCLAN)
  5. Chawed, Mauled & Gnawed (Featuring Noel Kemper of GRUESOME STUFF RELISH & ALTAR OF GIALLO)
  6. Il Sesso Bizzarro Di Cannibali (Featuring Miss Desideria Gabreiella Annuziata)
  7. Chrome Skull (Featuring Vincent Crowley of ACHERON)
  8. Below A Murder Of Carrion Crows (Featuring Patrick Bruss of CRYPTICUS)
  9. Carnivore Beneath (Featuring Dave Ingram of DEAD AMON THE DEAD MEN)
  10. Untold Story: Human Pork Bun (Featuring Mark Riddick of FETID ZOMBIE)
  11. Cannibal Crematorium (Featuring Dany Dead of DEAD)

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About Cannibal Crematorium

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  1. Featuring Death Metal legendary singer Kam Lee, who used to be a part of the short-lived Mantas that eventually became Death. After which, Kam went on to join Massacre and later on with Denial Fiend.

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  1. Spawning the idea to create BONE GNAWER with Kam Lee is none other than Rogga Johansson of Paganizer, Ribspreader, Demiurg and countless other active projects.

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  1. Joining this extraordinary group would be Morgan Lie, a former member of one of Sweden’s most prominent Black Metal act Naglfar.

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  1. Taking care of all mixing and mastering duties for Cannibal Crematorium is BONE GNAWER’s guitar player Ronnie Bjornstrom, who also is involved with other well-known projects such as Taedeat, Ribspreader, etc to name a few.

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  1. The album cover artwork for “Cannibal Crematorium” was conceived by Malaysian illustrator Irwan of Ironworx Gravefix (Deathevoker, Thorns Of Hate, etc) and the layout was designed by Silvester Koorevaar of Fondlecorpse fame.

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  1. Cannibal Crematorium features a string of prominent guest singers such as Dave Ingram (ex-Benediction, Down Among The Dead Men, etc), Mark Riddick (Fetid Zombie), Vincent Crowley (Acheron) and many more.

For fans of Bloodbath, Autopsy and early Cannibal Corpse!

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Source: ClawHammer PR

For more info:

www.facebook.com/BONEGNAWER

http://pulverised.bigcartel.com/

www.facebook.com/pulverisedrecords

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE BONE GNAWER.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

Swedish Death Metal Legends WOMBBATH – Releasing First Album In Two Decades On August 21st, via Dark Descent/Pulverised

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on June 14, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Old School Swedish Death Metal legends WOMBBATH will release Downfall Rising, their first album in 22 years. The album will be released jointly in North America on Dark Descent and Pulverised  August 21. Pulverised will release the album in all other territories on August 7. Downfall Rising follows the 1993 classic: Internal Caustic Torments.

New song “Underneath the Rotten Soil” is now streaming HERE. An album teaser is also available at this location or below:

Downfall Rising was mixed by Jeramie Kling and mastered by James Murphy (Disincarnate, ex-Death, ex-Testament, ex-Obituary, etc).  The revamped WOMBBATH lineup is anchored by sole remaining member/guitarist Håkan Stuvemark (Skineater) and also includes vocalist/bassist Jonny Petterson (Ashcloud, Syn:drom), guitarist Al Riglin and drummer Henrik Åberg. Drumming on the album itself was performed by Infernaeon/The Absence member Jeramie Kling. Taylor Nordbert (Infernaeon) guested on guitar as well.

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BIO:

Having been around since 1990, Wombbath was without a doubt part of the legendary Swedish Death Metal scene that came to influence bands from around the world, and still is to this day. After a few releases including the classic full length Internal Caustic Torments, they disbanded. After years of playing in different bands (In thy dreams, Skineater etc.) original member Håkan felt the urge to play buzz saw driven Death Metal, the way it was done back in the day, again. When Håkan re-animated Wombbath, the thought was to record a new album with the use of old friends and musicians he knew would be able to channel his vision of what Wombbath is and to keep it purely as a studio project.

Along the journey Håkan picked up Jonny as a full-time member and the duo realized that this album was becoming something too big to keep as a studio project. So a search for a full line-up began. After a few hit and misses he finally found the right people to join him and take this rumbling Death Metal monster to its fullest potential. Wombbath has been around since 1990 and this is where the real journey begins!

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Source: ClawHammer PR

For more info:

www.facebook.com/Wombbath

www.darkdescentrecords.com

https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE WOMBBATH.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

KRISIUN – New Studio Album “Forged In Fury” Releasing On August 7th, 2015, via Century Media

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on June 13, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Death Metal maniacs Krisiun just finished the recording of their new album, Forged In Fury, which is set to be released worldwide on August 7th, 2015!

Featuring cover artwork by renowned artist Joe Petagno (MOTORHEAD, MARDUK, VADER, etc.), Forged In Fury was produced by Erik Rutan. As the brain and heart of Death Metal masters HATE ETERNAL and former guitarist of MORBID ANGEL, Erik Rutan has worked as a producer for his own band as well as for CANNIBAL CORPSE, SIX FEET UNDER, MALEVOLENT CREATION, MADBALL, AGNOSTIC FRONT, to name just a few. Additionally, he also co-produced KRISIUN’s Conquerors of Armageddon album back in 1999!

Stone Says: Now that’s what I call a DEATH METAL album cover! That is what DEATH METAL is supposed to look like! Metal Be Thy Name!

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Source:

Century Media Records - logo - B&W

www.centurymedia.com

www.cmdistro.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE KRISIUN.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.