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REVOCATION – Teratogenesis EP Releases Today Via SCION A/V + It’s FREE! REVOCATION North American Fall Tour Announced!

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal albums, metal music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , on September 25, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Massachusetts metallers REVOCATION have announced a North American tour for this fall presented by Scion A/V.  The tour will begin October 18th in Trenton, NJ and run through November 14th in Montreal, QC.  Support on the tour will come from A Life Once Lost and KEN mode. A complete list of dates can be found below.

In conjunction with the tour, Scion A/V is releasing a new EP from REVOCATION today (September 25th). The EP is titled Teratogenesis and features the first recordings with the band’s new bass player Brett Bamberger.

Frontman Dave Davidson commented on the band’s new bassist:

“Hey what’s up guys, just wanted to give everyone an update on what’s been happening in the world of Revo. As some of you have already noticed Anthony has parted ways with the band. The split was amicable and we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors. We have recently enlisted the services of Brett Bamberger and we are incredibly stoked to have him on board as an official member. Come see us live and buy him a beer.”

In other REVOCATION tour news, the band is currently on the road in Europe with label mates DYING FETUS as part of “The Womb to Waste” tour. Dates can be found below.

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Visit SCION A/V by clicking here: http://www.scionav.com and here: Scion A/V Metal and get your FREE Teratogenesis EP!

REVOCATION w/ A Life Once Lost and KEN Mode

* = No KenMode

10/18: Trenton, NJ @ The Backstage at Champs*

10/19: Quebec City, QC @ L’Union Commercial

10/20: Toronto, ON @ WreckRoom

10/21: Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar

10/22:Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge

10/23: St Paul, MN @ Station-4

10/24: Winnipeg, MB @ The Zoo

10/26: Calgary, AB @ Vern’s

10/27 : Edmonton, AB @ Pawn Shop

10/29: Tacoma, WA @ The Lochs

10/30: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon Lounge

10/31: Portland, OR @ Rotture

11/1: San Francisco, CA @ The Sub Mission

11/2: Fullerton, CA @ Slidebar

11/3: Tempe, AZ @ Chaser’s

11/4: El Paso, TX @ House Of Rock

11/5: San Antonio, TX @ Korova

11/6: Austin, TX @ Red 7

11/8: Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade

11/9: Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall

11/10: Philadelphia, PA @ Kung-Fu Necktie

11/11: Albany, NY @ Bogie’s

11/12: New York, NY @ The Studio at Webster Hall

11/13: Boston, MA @ Great Scott

11/14: Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Electriques

“The Womb to Waste” European Tour With Dying Fetus

Remaining Dates:

9/25: Nijmegen, Holland @ Doornroosje

9/26: Hamburg, Germany @ Markthalle

9/27: Malmö, Sweden @ KB

9/28: Gothenburg, Sweden @ Sticky Fingers

9/29: Stockholm, Sweden @ Klubben

10/1: Helsinki, Finland @ Tavastia

10/3: Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega

10/4: Berlin, Germany @ C-Club

10/5: Würzburg, Germany @ Posthalle, Hell Inside Fest

10/6: Jena, Germany @ F-Haus

10/7: Prague, Czech Republic @ Hoodoo Club

10/8: München, Germany @ Backstage

10/9: Wien, Austria @ Arena

10/10: Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Gala Hala / Kino Siska

10/11: Legnano (Milano), Italy @ Land Of Live Club

10/12: Aarau, Switzerland @ Kiff

10/13: Essen, Germany @ Turock

10/14: Aarschot, Belgium @ De Klinker

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(Source: Relapse Records)

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

Official facebook: Revocation

http://bit.ly/RevocationStore

www.relapse.com

LONG LIVE REVOCATION.

LONG LIVE EXTREME METAL.

Stone.

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CANNIBAL CORPSE – Announce Fall U.S. Headlining Tour; Misery Index and Hour Of Penance Support

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

CANNIBAL CORPSE will be embarking on their first U.S. tour since dominating the stage as headliners of the Summer Slaughter Tour 2012. This headlining tour is scheduled to begin on November 16th and wrap up on December 7th. Dates and venues are listed below and can be found on the band’s Facebook page. Support will be provided by Misery Index and Hour of Penance. Tickets for the tour will be on sale beginning September 14th online and at your local venue’s box office.

CANNIBAL CORPSE are touring in support of their critically lauded, impossibly brutal full-length,Torture, released through Metal Blade Records earlier this year. On the twelfth studio offering of their inspiring twenty-four year career, the Floridian quintet have never sounded so vital, the album building upon the wealth of powerful, dark, and memorable songs comprising 2006’s Kill and 2009’s Evisceration Plague and pointedly upping the ante at every turn.

The record 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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CANNIBAL CORPSE
w/ Misery Index, Hour Of Penance

11/16/2012 Crossroads Music Hall – Huntsville, AL

11/17/2012 Juanitas – Little Rock, AR

11/18/2012 Outland Ballroom – Springfield, MO

11/19/2012 The Castle Theater – Bloomington, IL

11/20/2012 House Of Rock – Eau Claire, WI

11/21/2012 High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI

11/23/2012 The Machine Shop – Flint, MI

11/24/2012 Mr. Smalls – Pittsburgh, PA

11/25/2012 The Chance – Poughkeepsie, NY

11/27/2012 The Met – Providence, RI

11/28/2012 Boat Show *no Hour of Penance – New York, NY

11/29/2012 Crocodile Rock – Allentown, PA

11/30/2012 Stone Pony – Asbury Park, NJ

12/01/2012 Rock N Roll Hotel – Washington DC

12/03/2012 Headliners – Louisville, KY

12/04/2012 Ground Zero – Spartanburg, SC

12/06/2012 Grand Central – Miami, FL

12/07/2012 Brass Mug – Tampa, FL

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info, click on the links below!

http://www.cannibalcorpse.net

http://www.myspace.com/cannibalcorpse

http://www.jsrdirect.com/bands/cannibalc…

LONG LIVE CANNIBAL CORPSE.

LONG LIVE MISERY INDEX.

LONG LIVE HOUR OF PENANCE.

Stone.

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MORTOR – ‘SHOOT ‘EM UP’ Releases On September 18th; FREE Song Download Available Now!

Posted in Death Metal, death thrash, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , on September 12, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

MORTOR – Ottawa, Ontario based Death Thrashers, MORTOR, will be unleashing their ferocious Metal upon the masses this Tuesday, September 18th with: SHOOT ‘EM UP. The follow-up to their 2010 debut Metal Ride, Shoot ‘Em Up is a Metal statement from MORTOR that they are to be reckoned with.

The album was recorded at Garage Studios by Christian Donaldson (CRYPTOPSY, MYTHOSIS) and engineered by Mathieu Marcotte (AUGURY). Both also made guest guitar solo appearances on tracks Point Black (guitar solo by Donaldson) and For Glory (guitar solo by Marcotte).

Take a listen to Under The Flag below from MORTOR! This kick-ass, earth-shaking song will set you Metal straight! Under The Flag is also available as a FREE download! Just click this cool link here to get it: http://mortor.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-flag

SHOOT ‘EM UP – Track Listing:

01. Intro (00:44)

02. Under The Flag (03:00)

03. Eat Lead (03:37)

04. Shoot ‘Em Up (03:00)

05. Clusterfuck (03:24)

06. Trigger Happy (02:41)

07. Locked And Loaded (03:35)

08. Infidels (03:51)

09. Whiskey Surgery (03:59)

10. For Glory (03:42)

11. Days of Our Knives (03:55)

12. Point Blank (03:29)

13. The Bonesaw (04:20)

14. Let’s Deflagrate (04:05)

(Photo Credit – Michele Larose)

From left to right – Jay Cross – Drums | Antonin Perras-Foisy – Lead Guitar |  Yolin Lafrenière – Lead Vocals | Dave Paquette – Rythm Guitar | Jonathan Boulay – Bass

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* If you wanna listen to MORTOR’s 2010 release Metal Ride, click on the link below!

http://soundcloud.com/mortor_metal/sets/metal-ride-1/

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(Source: Asher Media Relations)

MORTOR Official Website – www.mortor.net

LONG LIVE MORTOR.

Stone.

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SIX FEET UNDER – Announce Tour With Cattle Decapitation And Wretched

Posted in Death Metal, death metal albums, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on September 11, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Death Metal legends SIX FEET UNDER will be embarking on a headlining tour this Fall. The Chris-Barnes-named Autumn Apocalypse Tour will include label mates CATTLE DECAPITATION as well as Death Metal newcomers, Wretched. The journey will commence on October 30 and run through the first half of November, with the full routing available below.

Chris Barnes

Led by the inimitable Chris Barnes, possessor of one of the most dominant and instantly recognizable voices of the Death Metal genre, SIX FEET UNDER now features new guitarist Ola Englund, longtime guitarist Steve Swanson, new bassist Jeff Hughell, and drummer Kevin Talley, whose history blasting for Dying Fetus, Misery Index, and Chimaira speaks for itself. SIX FEET UNDER 2012 finds the band reinvigorated and churning out some of the most visceral, in-your-face, and downright horrifying tunes in their renowned discography of brutality both lyrically and musically.

Said Decibel Magazine off the band’s recently-unleashed Undead full-length: “This is the best thing SFU have recorded since Maximum Violence… [Chris Barnes] hasn’t sounded this focused or committed in years.” Listen and order at:

http://www.metalblade.com/sixfeetunder.

CATTLE DECAPITATION‘s 11-track album, Monolith Of Inhumanity, is an achievement that stands out as one of the most volatile, ambitious, and impossible-to-pigeonhole records of 2012. Commended by Stereokiller for being “their most focused and intelligent album yet… this is another solid CATTLE DECAP release that proves again that they are not to be fucked with,” and noted for being “arguably the quartet’s strongest effort to date,” by Blistering, the record was produced by Dave Otero of Denver’s Flatline Audio and finds the progressive grind conjurers exploring innovative new techniques in song writing without abandoning their signature formula of confrontational audio wreckage. Be sure to check out the band’s latest video for “Kingdom Of Tyrants” HERE.

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SIX FEET UNDER: Autumn Apocalypse Tour 2012
w/ Cattle Decapitation, Wretched

10/30/2012 Crowbar – Tampa, FL * w/ Abiotic

11/01/2012 Tremont Music Hall  – Charlotte, NC *

11/02/2012 Kingdom – Richmond, VA

11/03/2012 Cafe 611 – Frederick, MD

11/04/2012 Dingbatz – Clifton, NJ

11/05/2012 Middle East – Boston, MA

11/06/2012 The Studio at Webster Hall – New York, NY

11/07/2012 Club Infinity – Buffalo, NY

11/08/2012 Reverb – Reading, PA

11/09/2012 Revolution – Amityville, NY

11/10/2012 McGuffy’s – Dayton, OH

11/11/2012 TBA

11/12/2012 Station 4 – St Paul, MN

11/13/2012 Mojoe’s – Joliet, IL

11/14/2012 Mac’s Bar – Lansing, MI

11/15/2012 The Brass Rail – Peoria, IL

11/16/2012 Phoenix – Louisville, KY

11/18/2012 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA

* SIX FEET UNDER Only

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info, click on the links below!

http://www.facebook.com/sixfeetunder

http://www.facebook.com/cattledecapitation

LONG LIVE SIX FEET UNDER.

LONG LIVE CATTLE DECAPITATION.

LONG LIVE WRETCHED.

Stone.

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MASACHIST – Sophomore Album ‘Scorned’ Out Now & Streaming Via Stereokiller

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on September 6, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Scorned, the searing second studio full-length from Polish Death Metal assassins MASACHIST, is out now worldwide via Selfmadegod Records.

A collective featuring the warmongering talents of Thrufel (ex-Azarath, ex-Yattering), Daray (Dimmu Borgir, ex-Vader, Vesania), Heinrich (Vesania, ex-Decapitated, ex-UnSun), Aro (Shadows Land, Torquemada) and Pig (Anal Stench, ex-Decapitated), MASACHIST will infiltrate the diehards of the Extreme Metal world with this new album.

Recorded at Monroe Sound Studio (Vesania, Disloyal, Shadows Land, Manslaughter) and mixed by guitarist Aro, Scorned torches anything in earshot with forty minutes of crushing, mangled Death Metal over nine anthems of revulsion.

Stream Scorned in its bloody entirety via Stereokiller RIGHT HERE.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

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

http://www.masachist.pl

http://www.facebook.com/masachist

http://selfmadegod.com

http://www.facebook.com/Selfmadegod

LONG LIVE MASACHIST.

Stone.

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LAVATORY – Joins The Pulverised Records Roster

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on August 31, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Pulverised Records are pleased to announce the latest addition to their roster of brutality: Malaysian Death Metal deviants, LAVATORY. Spawned in 2012,  a five-song EP entitled Transgression was issued earlier this Summer and showcases their unwavering penchant for raw, Swede-ian Death Metal as originally conjured by the likes of Entombed, Carcass and Dismember. LAVATORY is currently working on their full-length debut. In the meantime, sample their delicious sonic decay below!

Notes LAVATORY throat-slasher Muntah Ke Darah of the union with Pulverised: “It’s a dream come true for LAVATORY to sign with Pulverised as we are the first Malaysian band offered with this opportunity.”

Adds Pulverised Records label manager Roy Yeo: “LAVATORY caught us by complete surprise when we first heard them, and truth be told, there really aren’t many bands in the Southeast Asia region paying tribute to the elder statesmen of Swedish Death Metal! This sinister alliance between LAVATORY and Pulverised Records will prove to be an interesting yet lethal one indeed. We cannot wait to hear how they will pick up from where they left off with the Transgression EP. Something tells me that a mixture of sick, crushing and rotten Death Metal is coming our way!”

Further info on LAVATORY to be announced in the coming weeks.

LAVATORY:

Muntah Darah – Vocals

Djinn – Guitars

Jahanam – Guitars

Musibath – Bass

Pelesit – Drums

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

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

Lavatory Bandpage

http://www.pulverised.net

LONG LIVE LAVATORY.

Stone.

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DEEPSEND RECORDS – Signs Death Metal Squads: HUMILIATION and ETERNAL REST

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

DEEPSEND RECORDS SIGNS HUMILIATION

Malaysian war-themed Death Metal soldiers, Humiliation, have signed a multi-album deal with Deepsend Records. Their as-of-yet untitled fourth album will be released in early 2013.

Musically, Humiliation focus on mid-tempo headbangers with heavy anthems of war, lack of humanity and minimal guitar solos. Humiliation’s war has been waged and will continue on until all in their path have been destroyed or join their hellbrigade.

Even at the “Dawn of Warfare,” the band will “Seek to Survive” marching “From Strength to Strength” to raise the Malaysian Death Metal Flag!!

HUMILIATION

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DEEPSEND RECORDS SIGNS ETERNAL REST

Deepsend Records is proud to announce the signing of Australia’s ETERNAL REST. The label will release the band’s debut album, Prophetic, in early 2013. The album was recorded and mixed by Joe Haley (Psycroptic).

Eternal Rest hail from Brisbane, Australia. The band’s powerful energy can be heard on Prophetic, but must be experienced in a live setting to be truly appreciated. This young band is surging forward with their excellently crafted heaviness from Down Under. Their brand of Death Metal is a mix of Immolation, Psycroptic and Martyr, with a heavy dose of ass-kickery.

A pre-production recording of the track “Preaching the Decimation of Spheres” can be heard below!

Eternal Rest have played with many national and international artists such as: The Black Dahlia Murder, Ulcerate, Sybreed and Alchemist, to name a few. The future looks bright for these Aussies. Hellbent on making a mark alongside countrymen Psycroptic and Beyond Terror Beyond Grace, Eternal Rest’s execution is unmatched.

Equal parts crushing and ferocious, maintaining a level of musicianship that should be applauded in a scene that’s been saturated with technical nightmares and slow-plodding meh.

ETERNAL REST

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info, click on the links below!

http://www.deepsend.com

www.facebook.com/eternalrestband

http://www.humiliation.my

LONG LIVE HUMILIATION & ETERNAL REST.

LONG LIVE DEEPSEND RECORDS.

DEATH METAL REIGNS.

Stone.

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MASACHIST – Post New Song And Details Of Forthcoming Album ‘Scorned’

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 27, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

MASACHIST has revealed the full details on their forthcoming sophomore full-length, Scorned. The anticipated follow-up to the Polish Death Metal squad’s 2009-released Death March Fury was recorded at Monroe Sound Studio, with final production touches taken care by guitarist Aro. Featuring nine brutal and intricate songs, Scorned will be released worldwide by Selfmadegod Records on September 3rd, 2012.

Fans can view the album’s artwork – completed by Anna Rosół (Trynity Art Studio), and the layout by Ataman Tolovy (Ataman Productions) – as well as listen to another track from Scorned, in the form of the crushing “Opposing Normality.” Check it all out AT THIS LOCATION.

Preorders for the album and special package deals have been launched via Selfmadegod’s website HERE.

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Scorned Track Listing:

1. Drilling the Nerves

2. The Process of Elimination

3. Straight and Narrow Path

4. Manifesto (100% D.M.K.M)

5. Higher Authority

6. Opposing Normality

7. Liberation

8. Liberation part II

9. Inner Void

MASACHIST was formed in 2005 by Thrufel (ex-Azarath, ex-Yattering) and Daray (Dimmu Borgir, ex-Vader, Vesania), and later on joined by Heinrich (Vesania, ex-Decapitated, ex-UnSun), Aro (Shadows Land, Torquemada) and Pig (Anal Stench, ex-Decapitated). The band recorded its debut full-length Death March Fury which has since received excellent feedback both from Metal press and the fans around the globe.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

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

http://www.facebook.com/masachist

http://www.masachist.pl

http://selfmadegod.com

http://www.facebook.com/Selfmadegod

LONG LIVE MASACHIST.

Stone.

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JOB FOR A COWBOY – More Studio Footage Posted From ‘Demonocracy’ Studio Sessions

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 26, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Drum Magazine Catches Up With Jon Rice; Band To Play Russia, Ukraine And Belarus

New footage from JOB FOR A COWBOY’s Demonocracy studio sessions is currently available at the band’s official landing page. Witness Jon Rice demolish his kit during “Fearmonger” at THIS LOCATION.

Additionally, Drum Magazine recently caught up with Rice to talk about his natural sounding approach to the critically lauded record noting, “If you detect more of a feel-oriented style on JOB FOR A COWBOY’s Demonocracy, credit Jon ‘The Charn’ Rice for that extra bit of human touch. Eschewing sound replacement, scientific Pro Tools quantizing, and the usual by-the-numbers approach favored by most death metal bands (and their power-hungry producers), Charn and JFAC did it old school; well, almost. While the band certainly used computers to keep the perfect beast drummer in perfect time, they didn’t follow the typical click track route. Similarly, Charn opted for natural drum tones and sounds. All this anti-machine behavior gives Demonocracy a serious kick to the groin, and on songs like ‘Children Of Deceit,’ ‘Imperium Wolves,’ and ‘Fearmonger,’ 24-year-old Charn smacks down single strokes, bleeds double pedal profundity and generally rips the heads off your favorite Death Metal destroyers.” READ THE FULL STORY HERE.

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In related news, at the tail end of their Euro trek, JOB FOR A COWBOY will bring their audio annihilation to Russia, Ukraine and Belarus this October! In the meantime, the band is still ravaging stages across North America on the final days of the Summer Slaughter Tour. See remaining tour dates below.

JOB FOR A COWBOY – Summer Slaughter Festival 2012 
w/ Cannibal Corpse, Between The Buried and Me, The Faceless, Periphery, Veil of Maya, Goatwhore, Exhumed, Cerebral Bore [remaining dates]

8/23/2012 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
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/24/2012 The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA

8/25/2012 The Grove – Anaheim, CA

JOB FOR A COWBOY w/ Between The Buried And Me, Periphery

08/27/2012 The rock – Tucson , AZ

08/29/2012 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK

08/30/2012 Remintons – Springfield, MI 

JOB FOR A COWBOY – Russia/Ukraine/Belarus Tour 2012 

10/16/2012 Bingo – Kiev, UA

10/17/2012 Re:Public – Minsk, BY

10/19/2012 A2 – Saint Petersburg, RU

10/20/2012 KKZ Moskva – Moscow, RU

10/22/2012 VARITE – Saratov, RU

10/23/2012 Zvezda Club – Samara, RU

10/25/2012 Premio – Nizhniy Novgorod, RU

Praise For Demonocracy:

“…an ass-kicking, skull-cracking record,” — Alternative Press

“…a very strong exercise in slickly-produced, technically sound death metal…” — Decibel,

“Demonocracy affords JOB FOR A COWBOY another album to legitimize their death metal sound, which was set forth starting with Ruination…Bringing in guitarist Tony Sannicandro and Cephalic Carnage bassist Nick Schendzielos translates to dynamics not heard on any JOB FOR A COWBOY album to date…” — About.com

“The album plays like a constant assault, and while never backing off it still manages to add enough structure for individual songs to become memorable… the soloing is surprisingly catchy and well-executed while still managing to sit well in the context of the songs.” — Ultimate-Guitar

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on JOB FOR A COWBOY, click on the links below!

http://www.metalblade.com/jobforacowboy

http://www.facebook.com/jobforacowboy

LONG LIVE JOB FOR A COWBOY.

Stone.

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RETALIATORY MEASURES – Sign With Massacre Records; New Song ‘Pharynx’ Streaming Online!

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , on August 26, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

RETALIATORY MEASURES from Finland was founded in early 2009 by Kalle Hahtamo (Guitar), Pessi Haltsonen (Vocals) and Janne Halima (Guitar). Soon Iiro Aittokoski (Drums) and Teemu Heurlin (Bass) joined the band. Teemu left the band about a year later and was repleaced by Marko Mäkipanula.

They released their first demo in late 2009, which gained good feedback from the music media in Finland. A second promo CD entitled “MMX” followed a year later.

RETALIATORY MEASURES have been hitting the stages since the beginning of the band and played with bands such as Omnium Gatherum, Insomniumm, Rotten Sound or Napoleon Skullfukk.

Being asked about the lyrical themes of their songs, Iiro said in an interview with The Core Of Brutality: “(Our songs deal with) death, accepting death, tattoo artists and Mel Gibson.”

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Stone Says: WHOA! Take several listens below to Pharynx. Holy mother of Extreme Metal, does Retaliatory Measures crash, burn and tear the F’n place up with their totality of punishing sound! You will hear some melodic guitar parts/solos in-between the vicious vocals and rhythm section. Retaliatory Measures kicked my Metal lovin’ ass today. Holy Metal shit.

RETALIATORY MEASURES’ debut album Withdrawal Syndromes is going to be released on October 26, 2012 via Massacre Records!

RETALIATORY MEASURES:

Kalle Hahtamo – Guitar

Marko Mäkipanula – Bass

Iiro Aittokoski – Drums

Janne Halima – Guitar

Pessi Haltsonen – Vocals

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(Source: Massacre Records)

* For more info on RETALIATORY MEASURES, click on the links below!

www.retaliatorymeasures.net

www.myspace.com/retaliatorymeasures

www.facebook.com/retaliatorymeasures

www.twitter.com/Retaliatoryband

* For more info on MASSACRE RECORDS, click on link below!

http://www.massacre-records.com

LONG LIVE RETALIATORY MEASURES.

HAIL FINLAND METAL.

Stone.

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INCANTATION – Comments On Recent Tour; Reveals New Album Title

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on August 24, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

After a successful trek through Brazil with IMMOLATION and European summer festival campaign, Death Metal pioneers INCANTATION are back in the U.S. to wrap up work on their long-awaited eighth album. The band had this to say about the tour:

Guitarist/vocalist John McEntee: “I would like to thank everyone on behalf of INCANTATION for making this festival run our most successful to date. To get the opportunity to play for so many diehard death metal fans was absolutely amazing. We are especially thankful to all our supporters for giving us a warm welcome at all the festivals, you guys were amazing and totally raging every day. Most of all we would like to thank Sam Inzerra [Mortician / Funerus] for doing a phenomenal job filling in for Kyle  on drums. Without you this run would probably not be able to happen.”

Bassist Chuck Sherwood: “To the hoards of thousands that littered the fests of this past run. Old friends and new, brothers whom we shared a stage, and the  unmatched support of the staff of each fest respectively. It’s my hope that our performance reflected the metal rage that you gave us, Hails!”

Live footage of INCANTATION performing at Motocultor Festival 2012 in France is seen below!

In other news, the band has revealed that their forthcoming release will be a concept album entitled Vanquish In Vengeance. Expect a November release via Listenable Records.

McEntee comments: “The title track is about the massacre of Saxons in the town of Verdun in 782, called on by order of King Charlemagne. As an album title it has a different meaning to me. Vanquish in Vengeance symbolizes the long history of the band. We have fought many battles over the years to keep things going. We have always stayed true to our original vision and have never caved into trends. After a long wait between albums we are back with a vengeance with some of our darkest and heaviest material to date.”

INCANTATION:

Chuck Sherwood – Bass

Alex Bouks – Guitar

Kyle Severn – Drums

John McEntee – Guitar, Vocals

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info on INCANTATION, click on the link below!

http://www.incantation.com

LONG LIVE INCANTATION.

Stone.

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MALIGNANCY – New York Death Metal Legends To Release New Full-Length Via Willowtip This Fall

Posted in Death Metal, death metal albums, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, technical death metal with tags , , , , , , on August 20, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Yonkers, New York-based Technical Death/Grind legends MALIGNANCY are pleased to unleash their latest slab of sonic bestiality in the form of Eugenics. Set to be unearthed in North America on October 9, 2012 through Willowtip Records, Eugenics was recorded throughout 2010 – 2011 by Eliot Gellar at the Gellar Cellar Studio in Mahopac, New York, mixed and mastered by Luca Minieri at Dissonant Studio in Aosta, Italy and features the cover art of Justin Osbourn of Slasher Designs.

Loosely based around the concept of eugenics — defined as “the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics)” — the band’s third full-length hurls forth 10 mercilessly brutal hymns of technically proficient audio carnage.

Elaborates the band in a collective statement: “Eugenics is a culmination of MALIGNANCYpast and present with a hint of what’s to come in the future. Recording the new tunes with a click track was a totally new experience.”

Check out  the cover art as well as first track, “Type Zero Civilization,” at THIS LOCATION.

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In the near future humans will face the very real threat of extinction. Either natural or man-made, it will come to pass.  Eugenics is an account  of what may happen.

Forced to dwell hundreds of miles underground, in an abandoned U.S. archive, they fight to live.  This installation still contains all the necessary previsions needed for survival.  A self-sufficient complex, far removed from the vigor of life topside.  It is equipped with generators, a constant replenishing air supply, even waste management.  A perfect habitat for the evolution of the last species on Earth, Man. 

For preorder info, point your browser HERE. 

Eugenics Track Listing:

01. Type Zero Civilization
02. Eugenics
03. Extinction Event
04. Global Systemic Collapse
05. Cataclysmic Euphoria
06. Separatists
07. Monstrous Indifference
08. Cryptobiosis
09. Creatures of Conformity
10. The Breach

MALIGNANCY:

Danny Nelson – Vocals

Ron Kachnic – Guitar

Roger J. Beaujard – Bass

Mike Heller – Drums

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

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

http://www.youtube.com/MalignancyNY

http://www.willowtip.com

LONG LIVE MALIGNANCY.

Stone.

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A BAND OF ORCS – To Play Summer Slaughter Festival Date In Anaheim!

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock festivals, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on August 19, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

After tasting blood at the local date of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival earlier this season, underground Metal monsters A BAND OF ORCS have succeeded in storming the gates of the last date of the Summer Slaughter Tour on August 25th at the Grove of Anaheim.  Also playing are Cannibal Corpse, Between The Buried And Me, The Faceless, Periphery, Veil Of Maya, Job For A Cowboy, Goatwhore, Exhumed, and Cerebral Bore.  This represents a step forward for the orcs in their attempt to bring about the Domination, the orc-style ear-drum apocalypse of your frail human realm.

Southern California Metalheads who plan on attending the show should plan on showing up early to catch A BAND OF ORCS (1:30pm PST) as they claw their way to the top of the metal heap and add more heads to the pile.

Following up on 2007’s WarChiefs of the Apocalypse EP, A BAND OF ORCS have their first full-length album due out soon, but have had to push back the release date to the end of September. When asked about the delay, bass player and shaman for the band, Gronk!, had this to say, “Us get put behind when us decided to join battle for Mayhem and play some other dates in July. Us live for live raids!  But Gogog and us finish brutal vocals last week. Now, audio sorcerer need time to mix magic. All powerful sorcery take time.  Hail Gzoroth!!!”

By audio sorcerer, Gronk! means engineer/producer Juan Urteaga of Trident Studios in Pacheco, CA whose most recent credits include chart-busting albums like Machine Head’s “Unto the Locust” and Testament’s “Dark Roots of the Earth.”

A BAND OF ORCS’ Summer Slaughter set will include several tracks from the forthcoming album Adding Heads to the Pile, including their latest single released through Itchy Metal Entertainment entitled “In the Keeper’s Chamber.”

Be sure you catch these savages live to bring the most brutal tour of the summer to an end!

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Who: A Band of Orcs

What: Summer Slaughter Tour (Headlined by Cannibal Corpse)

When: Saturday, August 25, A BAND OF ORCS takes stage @ 1:30 PM / Doors open at 12:30

Where: The Grove of Anaheim

Why: So you can be spared when the Domination comes!

Click: www.facebook.com/ABandOfOrcs

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(Source: Team All About The Music – Publicity, Management, A&R)

* For more info on A BAND OF ORCS, click on the link below!

http://www.abandoforcs.com

LONG LIVE A BAND OF ORCS.

Stone.

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KATAKLYSM – “Iron Will: Twenty Years Determined” Hits The German Charts!

Posted in Death Metal, death metal albums, Heavy Metal, melodic death metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on August 17, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

The ultimate KATAKLYSM 2DVD/2CD package Iron Will: Twenty Years Determined hit the German Charts on position #98! The release is a retrospective swollen with pride, a live all-inclusive-package and an in-depth gift to all of the band’s faithful followers. A true all-round carefree package.

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Maurizio Iacono comment: “We did this DVD with no expectations. Our little story immortalized with the luck of a label that would support it, I guess our great fans in our second home Germany have shown their love and brought a DVD release into the Top 100 album charts of the country. This is very unusual and we are very humbled by it, thank you!”

Get your copy here:
http://www.nuclearblast.de/suche/kataklysm

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(Source: Nuclear Blast News)

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

http://www.facebook.com/kataklysm

http://www.twitter.com/kataklysmband

http://www.youtube.com/user/kataklysmrocks

LONG LIVE KATAKLYSM.

Stone.

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BANE – Releases Promo Video For “The Truth Unleashed”

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, metal music videos, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 15, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Serbian Black/Death Metal act BANE have released a promo video for the song The Truth Unleashed, taken from their upcoming album, The Acausal Fire. The video features live pictures of the band taken from performances at Exit Festival 2012 and Sarajevo Metal Festival III.

The Acausal Fire will be released by Abyss Records in September.

BANE’s full-length debut, Chaos, Emptiness & Darkness, as well as other BANE merchandise is currently available through the Abyss Records Webstore: www.officialabyssrecords.com

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info on BANE, click on the link below!

http://baneband.com/

Stone Says: BANE receives Metal Odyssey’s Extreme Metal Seal Of Approval. Metal be thy name.

LONG LIVE BANE.

Stone.

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INFERION – Opens The Vault and Unleashes “Aborted By The Sun”

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, melodic death metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 8, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

You may already know of INFERION’s The Desolate, the Black Metal whirlwind from Mr. Everything Nick Reyes. But in 2003 Reyes’ recorded an EP of blast-beaten, aggressive Melodic Death Metal called Aborted by the Sun that was recorded under the name Farewell My Angel. The original plan to release the EP was halted after the hard drive with the original mixes/master was damaged in a fire. A recent discovery of those original files led Iraq War veteran Reyes to re-record much of the EP when time permitted during Army Special Forces and Selection Training at Fort Bragg, GA. The EP has now been released under the INFERION banner.

Aborted By The Sun – Track Listing:

Kill the Angel

Aborted by the Sun

Burn Away the Memory

Imagine Me Geometry

The God Machine

My Hydrogen Bomb 

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The Story Of “Aborted By The Sun” As Told By Nick Reyes:

Aborted by the Sun was originally recorded in 2003 under the band name Farewell my Angel. At the time INFERION had put out the album Firewar that was getting some attention, and since this release was more Death Metal, I was going to release it next, but I was never able to do so because the original mixes and masters were damaged on a hard drive that caught fire. Last year, I was going through my storage unit looking for Army gear to pack for SFAS and I came upon some old CDs and DVDs in the same tough box and among them was a DVD simply titled “ABTSMBU.” I put it in the computer and found all the original mixes and masters for the album.

I re-recorded the bass, drums, and some vocals while I was trying out for the Special Forces, so this album is about determination, and the aggressive pursuit of goals. Since this album was semi structured, I just had to redo it in the way that I had envisioned it in my head during the selection course. So I based it around the guitars that were already there and tracked everything as soon as I got home a month later.

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

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

http://www.myspace.com/inferion

LONG LIVE NICK REYES.

LONG LIVE INFERION.

Stone.

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VEX – Progressive Black/Death Metallers Hit The Road

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, progressive metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 6, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Texas-based Progressive and dynamic Blackened Death Metal act VEX is currently on the road as part of the Summer of Losers East Coast Tour in support of their most recent recording, Memorious. While on the road, VEX will be selling hand-numbered, limited-edition copies of Memorious with artwork designed by bassist William Edgar. This tour pressing of the album will only be available at the shows listed below. Select songs from Memorious are streaming here: VEX (Official) facebook

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VEX Live:

August 03, 2012 @ Poison Lawn :: Knoxville TN

August 04, 2012 @ The Get Down :: Asheville NC w/ Typhonic Age

August 05, 2012 @ Blue Nile :: Harrisonburg VA w/ Within Our Gates and Helgamite

August 06, 2012 @ JR’s :: Philadelphia PA w/ Alement and Shadows in the Crypt

August 07, 2012 @ Saint Vitus :: Brooklyn NY w/ Prostituion, Bloodseeker, Last Legion

August 09, 2012 @ Slim’s Downtown :: Raleigh NC w/ Shadows, Hansgraf

August 10, 2012 @ The Milestone :: Charlotte NC w/ Grohg, Sons of Tonatiuh, Musket King

August 11, 2012 @ Phoenix Taproom :: Jacksonville FL at the Endless Bummers Fest

August 14, 2012 @ Hi Ho Lounge :: New Orleans LA

August 15, 2012 @ The White Swan :: Houston TX

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METAL PRAISE FOR VEX:

“You might be quite surprised to discover that Vex are some long obscured treasure of progressive, moody melodic death/black/thrash metal that seems rather uncanny hailing from Texas, one of the brutal death capitals of the States. Here we’ve got something well off the beaten path, even though the stones paving said path have been lifted from more frequently traveled concourses.”­ – From the Dust Returned

“There is an emotional depth and reserved wisdom to the band’s songwriting which speaks of a forgotten style of black/death metal; the kind practiced by such genre forefathers as Dissection, Rotting Christ or Mortuary Drape.” – Metal Army America

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info on VEX, click on the link below!

VEX (Official) facebook

LONG LIVE VEX.

Stone.

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REVOLTING – Hymns of Ghastly Horror to be Released Sept 7th on FDA Rekotz

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, extreme music, Heavy Metal, horror, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on August 5, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Hymns of Ghastly Horror is the fourth album from Swedish cult band REVOLTING and it is scheduled to arrive internationally September 7th on FDA Rekotz in CD and digital formats. The vinyl LP version will be released on November 16th.  On the new album, REVOLTING offers the finest in classic, yet distinct Swedish Death Metal.

Specifically, REVOLTING returns with an album most demonstrative of their knack for creating those unforgettable necro-melodies, crusty grooves, and unmitigated brute force that has defined their songwriting development to date. The nine tracks of Hymns of Ghastly Horror will enter through the auditory canals and lodge in the brain like tumors! A definite recommendation for fans of EDGE OF SANITY, DISMEMBER, and ENTRAILS.

Check out the promo clip for album track “The Mother of Darkness” below!

Hymns of Ghastly Horror – Track Listing:

1. The Mother Of Darkness

2. Their Thoughts Can Kill

3. Ravenous Alien Spawn

4. The Black Queen

5. The Thing That C.H.U.D. Not Be (inst)

6. Psychoplasmics

7. Prey To Katahdin

8. Kinderfeeder

9. The Hatchet Murders

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REVOLTING is the new band from Rogga Johansson (Paganizer, Ribspreader, The Grotesquery, Demiurg, Putrevore) which is dedicated to the HORROR/GORE films from the 1980’s! With today’s modern horror sucking beyond redemption and Death Metal being plagued by rap, emo, and fake boring “brutality”, Revolting felt it was time to do a truly PURE and ugly, rotting, putrid Death Metal band for the love of it and to get back to the basics of what all of this madness is about anyway!

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REVOLTING is:

Rogga Johansson – Vocals/Guitars

Grotesque Tobias – Bass

Mutated Martin – Drums

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info on REVOLTING, click on the link below!

http://www.fda-rekotz.com

LONG LIVE REVOLTING.

Stone.

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SKELETAL SPECTRE – Doom-Death Befoulers Join Pulverised Records; Preview Track Available

Posted in Death Metal, doom metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on July 25, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Pulverised Records are pleased to welcome American/Swedish Doom-Death befoulers SKELETAL SPECTRE to their ever-expanding roster of repugnance!

Fronted by Vanessa Nocera (Wooden Stake, Scaremaker, etc.), SKELETAL SPECTRE are a ghastly hybrid of demonacy influenced by the spirits of the undead and midnight graveyard sacrifices. The band released two full-length offerings under the Razorback Records banner and are set to unleash their third studio endeavor, Voodoo Dawn — a malicious riffscape of sonic extremity — upon unsuspecting ears later this year.

Comments Nocera of the signing: “We are proud and honored to be on Pulverised Records’ roster! Definitely a label that I find to be one of the coolest around! We put a great deal of hard work into this album so that it would stand out from anything we’ve ever done. I think it is a testament to the band’s future, and we are looking to play live, especially in Europe so watch out. We’re coming!

Adds Pulverised Records A&R Manager Calvin Chiang: “The moment we heard the beginning riff off the first track from Voodoo Dawn, it completely blew us away and somehow we already knew something filthy was brewing from within. There’s a perfect balance of those trademark Swede-eerie melodies and mammoth riffs that any sludge/doom maniac would approve of. It’s always very satisfying to discover a great hidden gem in this business, and we are definitely proud to say that SKELETAL SPECTRE is one of those gems. Keep your eyes and ears peeled; the voodoo curse shall rear its ugly head soon!”

Check out teaser track “Bone Dust” from Voodoo Dawn at THIS LOCATION. Further details, including art work and release date, will be revealed in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.

SKELETAL SPECTRE:

Vanessa Nocera – all vocals

Behold the Pentagram – guitar/bass

Haunting the Beyond – drums

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on SKELTAL SPECTRE, click on the links below!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Skeletal-Spectre/167747449913361

http://www.myspace.com/skeletalspectre

http://www.pulverised.net

LONG LIVE SKELETAL SPECTRE.

Stone.

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THE FORSAKEN – Swedish Death Unit’s Fourth Album Nears North American Release

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on July 20, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Landskrona, Sweden-based THE FORSAKEN are preparing to drop their fourth full-length assault Beyond Redemption in North America.

Beyond Redemption surges with forty minutes of the band’s modern black/thrash-infused death metal culminating here into some of the most devastating sequences from THE FORSAKEN to date. The album was recorded by the band themselves, and the final product mixed and mastered at the renowned Fascination Street Studios (Bloodbath, Opeth, Amon Amarth, Soilwork).

THE FORSAKEN formed in 1997, initially under the moniker of Septic Breed. Following several demos, lineup changes and the name change, the band signed with Century Media for the release of their 2001 debut album Manifest Of Hate, their 2002 follow-up Arts Of Desolation and 2003’s Traces Of The Past. The band parted ways with the label in 2009, and following another personnel shift, began the construction of their now pending fourth album Beyond Redemption, through new label home Masssacre Records.

Following its successful release in Europe in recent weeks, Beyond Redemption will be available to North American metallers on August 14th. View the audio teaser and more AT THIS LOCATION.

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Beyond Redemption – Track Listing:

01. Beyond Redemption

02. Only Hell Remains

03. Foul Messianic Grace

04. No Dawn Awaits

05. There Is No God

06. As We Burn

07. Reap As We Have Sown

08. The Light Divine

09. Force Fed Repentance

10. Blessed With Wrath

THE FORSAKEN lineup:

Patrik Persson – guitars, backing vocals

Anders Sjöholm – vocals

Stefan Berg – bass guitar

Nicke Grabowski – drums

Calle Fäldt – guitars, backing vocals

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on THE FORSAKEN, click on the links below!

http://www.facebook.com/theforsakensweden

http://www.myspace.com/theforsakensweden

http://www.massacre-records.com

LONG LIVE THE FORSAKEN.

Stone.

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