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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

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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

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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

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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.

PESTILENCE – Signs To Candlelight Records

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , on February 8, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Candlelight Records today confirms the worldwide signing of PESTILENCE. The celebrated eastern Netherlands-based band is currently preparing to enter the studio to begin work on their seventh studio album, titled Obsideo. The album is expected to be produced by vocalist/guitarist Patrick Mameli and set to feature ten new songs. No release date is set as of press time.

The band comments, “PESTILENCE is very excited to announce that they have signed a recording deal with Candlelight Records. We feel that our new material is very special and innovative and that it needs the back up of a solid company like Candlelight to get it out there to the Metal world.”

Obsideo will feature band mastermind Mameli and long-time partner guitarist Patrick Uterwijk with new German bassist George Maier and Australian drummer Dave Haley. Mameli notes, “PESTILENCE is chuffed to have Dave Haley in the lineup. Dave is one of the five best extreme drummers in the world, and his talent brings PESTILENCE to new levels that couldn’t be reached otherwise. Georg Maier is a young and talented bass player that will turn some heads. Both guys are really down to earth and real easy-going. Of course, Patrick Uterwijk is my most respectable and long-going friend and musician.”

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Formed in 1986, PESTILENCE took influence from early American and German Thrash Metal to cultivate it’s now signature Death Metal sound. Four albums would see release and continued worldwide growth for the band before members decided to go separate ways in 1994. Fourteen years later, the band would reform and in 2009 released Resurrection Macabre (Mascot). On review, noted website Chronicles Of Chaos said, “Mameli and company chose to steer this effort down paths previously unexplored whilst maintaining their unmistakably vintage essence.” Blabbermouth added, “distinctive and unique… a diverse and satisfying metal experience.”

In recent years, PESTILENCE has also returned to the live stage; their first North American tour in over 16 years commenced at the annual Maryland Death Fest May 30, 2010. Commenting to Noisecreep after announcement of the 18-city tour, Mameli said, “we will put our heart and soul into these upcoming shows and hope to make lots of fans happy with both old and new material.” PESTILENCE was a featured performer on the second annual 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise that left Miami on January 23, 2012. The band performed two sets on the popular Caribbean cruise that also featured Cannibal Corpse, Crowbar, My Dying Bride, Samael, Overkill, and Venom among others.

PESTILENCE is exclusively endorsed by Ibanez Guitars and Pyramid Strings.

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Candlelight Records

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

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

facebook: Pestilence (official)

http://www.pestilence.nl

http://www.candlelightrecordsusa.com

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LONG LIVE PESTILENCE.

Stone.

ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW “Dark Alliance” – 2 Song Digital-Only Single Releases February 8th!

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, melodic death metal, melodic metal, Metal, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on February 5, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - Dark Alliance - cover promo pic!

ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROWDark Alliance

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Finland’s ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW have just announced the first single off their upcoming album Saivon Lapsi.

They will release their digital 2-track single Dark Alliance worldwide (excl. Japan and Finland) on February 8th!

The following songs are featured on the single:

1. Dark Alliance
2. Baptized By The Blood Of Angels

Saivon Lapsi was recorded at the Tico-Tico Studio with Ahti Kortelainen and Janne Tolsa in spring 2012. It was mixed by Mikko Karmila and mastered by Mika Jussila. The album will be released on February 22nd via Massacre Records.

ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW @ Massacre Records MP3 Download Store:

http://tinyurl.com/EToSMRMP3Store

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ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW – Saivon Lapsi

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Source:

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For more info on ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW, click on the links below!

www.eternaltears.fi

www.facebook.com/etosofficial

http://www.massacre-records.com

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LONG LIVE ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW.

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

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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

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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.

Metal News: Second Annual Decibel Magazine Tour Lineup and Dates Announced – Cannibal Corpse Headlining

Posted in concerts, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on January 24, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Cannibal Corpse to release box set commemorating their 25th anniversary this March

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After a bloody successful maiden voyage in 2012, Decibel Magazine is doubling down on veteran star power for their second annual national tour. This spring, the plague spreads as Decibel brings you three living legends of Death Metal and Grindcore: the preeminent gore institution Cannibal Corpse; rabble-rousing U.K. grind icons Napalm Death, and NYDM stalwarts Immolation.

While occultism permeated last spring’s inaugural dB tour—featuring exclusively European headliners in Behemoth, Watain, the Devil’s Blood and In Solitude—they looked (mostly) to North America for this year’s unholy assemblage. Three of Decibel’s favorite underground powerhouses will take on this year’s rotating opening slot: demented Bay Area death-grinders Cretin, Canadian tech-prog upstarts Beyond Creation and Beltway grind/powerviolence crushers Magrudergrind. And the time is ripe to see the new bleed into the old: three of the six artists performing are expected to have new records detonating during the tour.

Cannibal Corpse will be releasing a box set to commemorate their 25th anniversary: Dead Human Collection: 25 Years of Death Metal. The box contains: all 12 full length studio albums in a 12 CD foldout case with new artwork, “Torturing and Eviscerating LIVE” on CD and LP Picture Disc recorded in Tampa, FL 2010 / Milwaukee, WI 2012, PLUS: NEW EXCLUSIVE images by VINCE LOCKE, 12″ X 12″ graphic prints of all 13 original album covers, and a 2013 Cannibal Corpse Calendar. The box will be in stores on March 16th and will be available for pre-order soon, along with the previously announced series of Cannibal Corpse picture discs, HERE.

Kicking off in May, this year’s Decibel Magazine Tour gauntlet will last a full week longer than its 2012 counterpart, spanning over 30 North American dates. Presented by Metal Blade, Indiemerchstore.com, Nuclear Blast, Lace Pickups, Century Media and Season of Mist, the 2013 Decibel Magazine Tour will bring together the kind of globally renowned, boundary-pushing innovators that have made it possible for the magazine to continue thriving for over 100 issues. Coming off a tour noted for Behemoth frontman Nergal’s triumphant return to the States following his battle with leukemia—which culiminated in an explosive sold-out closing gig in New York City—Decibel had no choice but to go bigger and even more badass.

“We’re psyched to be headlining this year’s Decibel Magazine Tour along with Immolation and Napalm Death,” says Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster. “This is a lineup of bands that have been a consistent part of the death/grind scene for decades, and we’re proud to be a part of it. It will be a legendary night for extreme music.”

“Do you remember the Blue Grape Merchandise catalog?” asks Decibel Editor in Chief Albert Mudrian. “How about the Hard N’ Heavy Grindcore Video Special? Or purchasing CDs in longboxes? Then this year’sDecibel Magazine Tour was aseembled for you. See you on the campaign trail for musical destruction.”

Here’s an early opportunity to score a great deal AND avoid standing in line. Twenty premium packages are available in each market that include your ticket to the show, a tour T-shirt, a tour poster, a super-exclusive “Skip the Line” pass to move you to the front when doors open, one free track, Scourge of Iron, from the forthcoming Cannibal Corpse box set, Dead Human Collection: 25 Years of Death Metal (3/19), and one 10% off coupon for a purchase on IndieMerchStore.com. The price of this package is less than you would spend on a ticket and a tour shirt at the show! More details, including ticket info, will be announced at www.decibelmagazinetour.com.

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2013 DECIBEL MAGAZINE TOUR DATES:

May 10 / Houston, TX / Fitzgerald’s
May 11 / Dallas, TX / Trees
May 12 / San Antonio, TX / Backstage Live
May 14 / Tucson, AZ / The Rock
May 15 / Ramona, CA / Ramona Mainstage
May 16 / Santa Ana, CA / The Observatory
May 17 / Oakland, CA / Oakland Metro
May 18 / Portland, OR / Wonder Ballroom
May 19 / Seattle, WA / El Corazon
May 21 / Vancouver, BC / Commodore Ballroom
May 22 / Calgary, AB / MacEwan Ballroom
May 23 / Edmonton, AB / Starlight Room
May 24 / Regina, SK / Riddell Centre
May 25 / Winnipeg, MB / The Garrick
May 26 / St. Paul, MN / Mill City Nights
May 28 / Chicago, IL / Bottom Lounge
May 29 / Detroit, MI / Harpos
May 30 / Buffalo, NY / Town Ballroom
May 31 / Toronto, ON / The Phoenix
Jun 01 / Montreal, QC / Club Soda
Jun 02 / Boston, MA / Royale
Jun 04 / New Haven, CT / Toad’s Place
Jun 05 / Brooklyn, NY / Music Hall of Williamsburg
Jun 06 / Philadelphia, PA / Union Transfer
Jun 07 / Cleveland, OH / Peabodys
Jun 09 / St. Louis, MO / Pops
Jun 11 / Atlanta, GA / Masquerade
Jun 12 / Orlando, FL / Beacham

Cannibal Corpse’s latest release, Torture, landed the band at #38 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart upon its first week of release, making it the highest debut in Cannibal Corpse history! Torture landed at #7 on the Billboard Top Independent Album Chart, #4 on the Billboard Top Hard Music Albums chart and #32 Billboard Top Current Albums Chart. Produced by Hate Eternal’s Erik Rutan, Torture continues to reap critical accolades from critics and fans around the globe and is yet another testament to Cannibal Corpse’s permanent allegiance to shrewdly arranged, pile-driving death metal madness.

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(Source: Metal Blade Records)

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

http://www.cannibalcorpse.net

http://metalblade.com/cannibalcorpse/

http://www.facebook.com/cannibalcorpse

http://www.youtube.com/cannibalcorpse

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LONG LIVE CANNIBAL CORPSE.

LONG LIVE DECIBEL MAGAZINE & TOUR.

Stone.

COFFINS – Japan’s Doom Eradicators Initiate Recording Of New LP For Relapse Records

Posted in Death Metal, doom metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on January 23, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Having raided the Death/Doom underworld since 1996, Tokyo, Japan’s brutal Doom Metal eradicators COFFINS have once again entered their local Noise Room Studio, and are currently laying down vocals for their anticipated new LP, The Fleshland.

Although COFFINS seemingly always have a new release out, with a plethora of splits, EP’s, singles and a recent track released as part of Decibel Magazine’s Flexi Series having been released in the past few years alone, the band’s upcoming fourth album The Fleshland will be the first new full-length from the outfit since their devastating and acclaimed Buried Death album, released via 20 Buck Spin in 2008. Their first official release for Relapse Records, COFFINS will wrap-up their cavernous studio work on The Fleshland by the end of January. The album is set for release later this year.

For now, ravenous fans of COFFINS’ brutal arts can get a bit of insight into the new album’s cacophony with a pre-production demo track of Colossal Hole, which will reappear on The Fleshland in its finished state, via Cvlt Nation RIGHT HERE.

Stay tuned for more info on the new album as well as 2013 live actions for COFFINS to be released in the coming weeks.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on COFFINS and Relapse Records:

http://www.coffins.jp

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coffins/195059671583

http://www.youtube.com/CoffinsJP

https://www.twitter.com/CoffinsJP

http://www.relapse.com

http://relapserecords.bandcamp.com

http://www.facebook.com/RelapseRecords

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LONG LIVE COFFINS.

Stone.

METAL NEWS: HYBRID – Deepsend Records Signs Spanish Experimentalists HYBRID

Posted in Death Metal, experimental metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on January 22, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Spanish Experimental Metallers HYBRID have signed with Deepsend Records to release their sophomore album Angst on April 30th in North America. The album was produced by founding member and drummer Chus Maestro, mixed at Sadman Studios (Wormed) and mastered by Alan Douches (Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan) which feature their heavy and organic trademarked sound far from the non-credible modern super productions.

The follow-up to their acclaimed 2008 debut The 8th Plague, is a conceptual behemoth of Extreme Metal that drives the listener through a progressive and intricate songwriting enriched with arrangements and dynamics able to keep the audience aware all the time since the first listening.

Not unlike the game changer Planisphaerium by countrymen Wormed in 2003, HYBRID’s Angst could very well be the country’s next great output. A true hybrid of genres canvasing all aspects of extreme music into one-cohesive yet complex vortex of sound. The twisted extreme Death Metal of Wormed, the frenetic Math Metal of Dillinger Escape Plan combined with the Jazz elements of Candiria and Progressive Fusion of Cynic creates an impressive album that will appeal to fans of Death Metal, Grindcore and Progressive Metal.

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ANGST – Track Listing:

1. Flesh Fusion Threshold

2. Enter The Void

3. Collapse To None

4. Self-Implosion

5. Cuando El Destino Nos Alcance

6. Angst-Ridden Inertia

7. Doomed To Failure

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Take a listen below to Flesh Fusion Threshold – it’s an Extreme, Experimental Metal and Prog delicacy to the ears and senses! Metal be thy name!

HYBRID BIO:

HYBRID was born in 2004 with the intention of setting up an unorthodox extreme music project without self-imposed limits. The band recorded Beyond Undeniable Entropy in 2005 as a presentation, a six song debut MCD of avant-garde, eclectic and technical metal, released the next year by Deadwrong Records, which got a great response within the underground scene.

In the beginning of 2007 HYBRID entered Sadman Studio to record their first full length album The 8th Plague, mastered by Alan Douches (MASTODON, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN) and with artwork by Seldon Hunt (NEUROSIS, ISIS), which was released by London-based label Eyesofsound (BOSSK, YAKUZA) in August 2008.

The 8th Plague received an outstanding reception worldwide, as it was selected one of the best albums of the year in several specialized media.

After playing live with bands like TOOL, DEFTONES, NAPALM DEATH, CEPHALIC CARNAGE, MISERY INDEX, TEXTURES, MOHO, MACHETAZO and LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER between others, HYBRID went back to the studio in 2011 and recorded their sophomore album Angst, settling their unique approach to the genre while taking their sound one step further in terms of creative freedom.

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

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

facebook: HYBRID

Deepsend Records: http://www.deepsend.com

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LONG LIVE HYBRID.

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.”

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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

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“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.

CANNIBAL CORPSE Celebrates 25 Years Of Brutal Death Metal In 2013 – Here Are The Details!

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

Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Alive - Ad Promo - 2013

Special Anniversary Logo, Picture Disc a Month, and North American Headline Tour to be Announced Shortly!

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2013 marks Death Metal juggernauts, CANNIBAL CORPSE’S 25th year as a band and CANNIBAL is going to celebrate it all year-long! The logo has been updated to reflect the monumental occasion and will be used on all things CANNIBAL, from merch to packaging, throughout 2013. There is also a box set in the works for the most extreme CANNIBAL CORPSE fan, which is expected to drop in March – details coming soon!

In addition to the updated logo only being used this year and the box set, Metal Blade Records will be releasing one picture disc a month from the band’s expansive catalog (Eaten Back to LifeButchered at BirthTomb of the MutilatedThe BleedingVileGallery of SuicideBloodthirstGore ObsessedThe Wretched SpawnKILLEvisceration PlagueTorture). A total of 12 pictures discs will be released, covering all of the band’s full-length studio albums, some of which have never been released on picture disc. The first picture disc available for preorder is Eaten Back to Life, which was released August 17, 1990, and can be found HERE. Check back each month to get a glimpse of the next picture disc available for preorder.

Stay tuned to MetalBlade.com and Facebook.com/CannibalCorpse for news on a full North American headline tour featuring one of the best death metal lineups a fan could ever ask for.

CANNIBAL CORPSE’S latest release, Torture, landed the band at #38 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart upon its first week of release, making it the highest debut in CANNIBAL CORPSE history! Torture landed at #7 on the Billboard Top Independent Album Chart, #4 on the Billboard Top Hard Music Albums chart and #32 Billboard Top Current Albums Chart. Produced by Hate Eternal’s Erik Rutan, Torture continues to reap critical accolades from critics and fans around the globe and is yet another testament to CANNIBAL CORPSE‘s permanent allegiance to shrewdly arranged, pile-driving Death Metal madness.

Go to www.jsrdirect/bands/cannibalcorpse to check out all the new merch and collectable items available from the band.

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(Source: Metal Blade Records)

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

http://www.cannibalcorpse.net

http://www.facebook.com/cannibalcorpse

http://twitter.com/corpseofficial

http://www.youtube.com/cannibalcorpse

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LONG LIVE CANNIBAL CORPSE.

Stone.

HELLFEST OPEN AIR FESTIVAL – June 21/22/23 2013 In Clisson, France – Here’s Info You Need!

Posted in Black Metal, classic rock, Death Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal festivals, metal music, Music, rock festivals, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on January 8, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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HELLFEST will take place June 21st, 22nd and 23rd, 2013 in Clisson, France.

KISS And ZZ TOP As Headliners! WHOA!

SAXON, TWISTED SISTER, KORN, AVANTASIA, ACCEPT, DOWN, KREATOR, TESTAMENT, IMMORTAL, HELLOWEEN, VOLBEAT, STONE SOUR, NEUROSIS, AT THE GATES, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BAD RELIGION and SINISTER at this same festival! WHOA!

THE LIST OF BOTH AMAZING AND LEGENDARY BANDS GOES ON… WHOA!

Click on the links below for ALL the HELLFEST 2013 info you NEED!

http://www.hellfest.fr

facebook: Hellfest Open Air Festival

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

http://www.kissonline.com

facebook: KISS

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LONG LIVE HELLFEST.

LONG LIVE METAL.

LONG LIVE HEAVY ROCK.

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:

Massacre Records - large logo! Red:black:white

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.

VALDUR – New Track From Black/Death Occultists Streaming Courtesy Of Decibel Magazine

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on January 3, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Alpine Black/Death occultists VALDUR recently unveiled a teaser track from their upcoming new full-length. Titled Blast Beast, the tune was recorded at the infamous Bloody Mountain Bunker and is currently streaming for all your unholy enjoyment courtesy of Decibel Magazine, who notes: “The guitars swirl like a wicked blizzard at night, the drums blaaast! an unheard of brutality, and the vocals sound like they come from the blackest depths of the Mammoth Mountain. And then there’s that ominous horn-like sound permeating the soundscape. The end of the world or the beginning of an evil era, VALDUR certainly understand Black Metal’s key dynamics without making them sound tired.”

Comments guitarist/vocalist Samuel of the track: “As VALDUR continues to make it a priority to create our music for ourselves first and foremost, we decided this ‘Blast Beast’ should be heard. For us, it is an exciting stepping stone into what will soon unfold into a very aggressive new full length.”

Witness “Blast Beast” at THIS LOCATION.

The  recording of  their as-yet, untitled long player will be completed later this month Earhammer Studio in Oakland. The offering will feature nine tracks in total. Further details to be announced in the coming weeks.

In related news, the band will be performing a rare live ritual alongside Genocide Coven, Ritual Combat and more at the Nihilistic Death Fest V in Salt Lake City, Utah January 19. The gathering is being held at The Shred Shed. Tickets are $10 advance/$12 day of show. For more info, point your browser HERE.

If you missed it, VALDUR recently unleashed an ultra limited two-song EP entitled The Hammer Pit containing a rough version of two new songs. Taste the blood of track one, Conjuring The Fire Plagues, at the band’s Official BandCamp Page.

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“…this is a band that remembers what is good about black metal, and does it very well indeed. Not an album to overlook.”—The Metal Crypt

“…the best black metal band in the United States that you’ve probably never heard of.” – About.com

“…a shimmering brand of black metal which pierces hearts rather than suffocates lungs.”—Thrash Pit

VALDUR:

Samuel: guitars/vocals

William: bass

Sxuperion: drums

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

For more info on VALDUR, click on the link below!

VALDUR on Facebook

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LONG LIVE VALDUR.

Stone.

EXHALE – Signs With Pulverised Records; New Album Releasing In 2013

Posted in Death Metal, grindcore, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on December 30, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

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Pulverised Records has announced the official signing of Swedish Grind-guerrillas EXHALE!

With the group formed in 2004, EXHALE have already proven themselves to be a devastating force since their inception, bombarding the Grindcore community with two full-length albums Prototype in 2006 and Blind in 2010. Two years later into the band’s last effort, EXHALE sharpened their Grind-weapons and returns even more powerful than before!

With a brand new full-length entitled When Worlds Collide, this album sees EXHALE taking on a much more dynamic approach while still maintaining an extremely strict diet of sick and demented modern Grind-sanity.

When Worlds Collide will be scheduled for a 2013 release, with more announcements and further album details to be unleashed soon.

In an official press statement, the band stated: “We’re really proud to announce that we have inked a deal with Pulverised Records. The label has released some really good albums during the years (Bombs Of Hades, Desultory, Morbus Chron just to name a few), so it feels great to be among them.When Worlds Collide contains 14 tracks of Grinding Death Metal. You will recognize the sound of EXHALE but there are also a few surprises for you! Can’t wait to release this monster! See you on the road in 2013!”

Pulverised Records A&R Manager Calvin further commented: “Throughout the years of our search for the signing the ‘right’ bands, there were of course many bands that we felt were a great addition to our roster. Then came along EXHALE’s four-song promo by way of email one day, and those four tracks became an instant hit with us! There are some real serious chops and unbelievably stalwart songwriting amongst all that chaos; it is almost unreal. We are extremely proud to have EXHALE join the Pulverised family, and we cannot wait to present When Worlds Collide on a worldwide domination crusade. Onward to Grind-gotha we shall!”

EXHALE recently filmed a music video for Wrath Unleashed, the opening track from When Worlds Collide. The music video was filmed and directed by acclaimed Swedish videographer Daniel Falk from http://www.framednoise.com. Check out the music video for Wrath Unleashed below!

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EXHALE:

Martin Brzezinski – vocals

Johan Wold Ylenstrand – guitar

Gustav Elowson – drums

Johan Fogelberg – bass

Andreas Allenmark – guitar

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

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

http://www.exhaleswe.com

http://www.facebook.com/officialexhale

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LONG LIVE EXHALE.

Stone.